{ 4 Ss NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO ake Tribune x. yeiker: se Volume 22 — Number 39. WILLIAMS LAKRB, B.C. Thursday, September 23,1954 Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. HOME TOWN GIVES ROYAL RECEPTION FO R MARILYN BELL : Crowds \sued Toronto streets in drizzling rain to applaud Marilyn Bell, congueror of Lake On- tario in the 32-mile swim thal has earned recog- uition from coast to coast. “Gus Rvder. her swim- ming coach, rode a presentation. Bay St. to the city hall, where the may Centra: Press Conadun with her as she was driven up ir made B.C. Breeders Contributing 70 Head To 1954 Bull Sale Breeders throughout the province Haughton, Kamloops; will be contributing 70 head of reg- | Barriere; istered stock for the annual Bull Sale here October sth. Those contributing include Sam Abramenko, Armstrong; BX Ranch, Alex Gardner, Penticto: Vernon; Tom Jackson, Salmon Arm; L. John- won, Heffley Creek; K & J Herefords, Heffles don Lister, Armstrong; Noble Creek Ranch, Kamloops; E. A. Rannie, Lumby; Henry Rottacker, Vernon: Allan Jeffrey, Meldrum Creek; Joe Sehuk, Tatlayoko; W. H. Stewart, Heffley Creek; Allan Syme. Salmon Arm; Chas. Turner, Salmon Arm; Wood Bros., Salmon Arm; Geo. W. D. Hysop, Chase; V. E. Ellison, Oyama; Marz & Sons, Falkiand; L. Lee, Hancevill; Gor- A. W. Watt, Wm. Stafford, Spring- house; Earlscourt Farms, Lytton; James Turner, Royal Oak, V.I.; Earl H. Deeder, Francois Lake. Officials of the Cariboo Cattle- men’s Association are busy with de- tails of the Bull Sale and the big Feeder and Fat Cattle Sale the day before. It will be the seventeenth annual showing of the affair. ‘This year the sale manager will be fieldman Slim Dorin, assisted by Ralph Devick of Kamloops and Tom Wilson of Vinsula. Yard Superintend- ent will be George Felker. Judge of the show for the second consecutive year will be veteran Alberta breeder J. Charles Yule. Auctioneer will be Mat Hassen. Jr. Highway Death Accidental, Jury Rules A verdict of accidental death with no blame attached to anyone was re- turned by a coroner’s jury at 100 Mile House Tuesday night inquiring into the death of Frank Grandberg, who was killed in a highway accident at the 93 Mile September 11. The jury added a rider to the ver- dict that a 30-mile-per-hour zone be | placed on the highway at 93 Mile. According to the evidence at the inquest, Mr. Granéberg was walking on the road and stepped in front of a truck driven by Roy Hollingsworth of 103 Mile. Other occupants of the vehicle were Mrs. Hollingsworth and Sharon Odian. Estimated speed of the vehicle when it struck the vic- tim was between 45 and 50 mlies an hour. Mr. Hollingsworth testified he blew the horn twice and then slammed on the brakes as he saw the man step out. Only eyewitness to the accident was Howard Leverington of 93 Mile House. After being instructed by Coroner Gordon Marks, the jury retired and reached a verdict following 35 min- utes deliberation. Jury members were: John Peterson, foreman; R. Forestor, F. Wilson, C. Forestor, R. Ritz and G. Savage. Normal Weather- And We All Have Colds This week we have been blessed with what appeared to be the longest spell of normal Cariboo weather of the year (three days), and promptly 95 per cent of the town fall victims to the common cold. There have been eight cases of virus influenza among town children, but Dr. H. K. Atwood states that there is no evidence that it is spread- ing with any rapidity. Children af- fected run a high fever but-do not appear to be as miserable as could he expected with temperatures up to 104. Patients are affected for about six days. 595 Head Moved There were 595 head of cattle moved through the yards of the Cari- boo Cattlemen’s Association last weekend. Good steers brought $17.50 to 18.75; common to medium steers from 15.50 to 17.35; good heifers 14 | to 16; common to medium heifers 12 to 13; good light cows 10.25 to 11; heavy cows 8 to 9:50; canner cows 4 to 7; bulls 9 to 9.50 and calves 15. Up from the Fraser Valley this weekend to move his family down to their new home in Chiliwack is Andy Westwick. Andy is, now floor manager of Progressive,Furniture & Appliances Ltd.. in the valley centre. pee Two Fraser Valley residents com- leted deals this week to acpuire property on the 108 Mile Road. Jim Jarvis has purchased a parcel of land from A. J. Webster and Alf Grossen has purchased the old Stober place. Officers Replaced In P-TA Group P. Seott was named vice- president of the Parent-Teacher As- sociation, following the resignation of Mrs. J. Phillipson who has moved to Campbell River, Named honorary presidents m Place of J. Phillispon, were T. B. Beames and R. Friesen, principals of the two schools. Delegates to the North, Central Zone Conference at Prince George September 30, October 1 and 2, will be Mrs. G. Gibbons and Mrs. B. Deschene. New appointees to the program committee are Mrs. F. Armes who ill act as chairman, and Mrs. C. Stangoe. Added tothe ‘membership. committee were Mrs. W, Sharpe and Mrs. E. O'Dell Sr. a A Child Guidance Clinie will be sponsored by the association on Oc- tober 12th. It is exected that a child psychiatist will be on hand, and a film shown. Combining with the Jibrary com. mittee, the executive informed the meeting that a tavelling case had been purchased as a parting gift for Mr. and Mrs. Philipson. Mr. Beames added that it would be a loss of local autonomy and the opening wedge towards centralized education. Indian School Nearing Completion Completion of the large one-room school and teacherage combined on Sugar Cane Reserve is scheduled for about the middle of October, ord- ing to Indian Agent Bill Christie. The 5¢ building is being con- structed for the Indian Affairs De- partment by T & E Construction of Chilliwack. Some 40 children from the reserve will attend the day school. New Rate By-law Still Pending Commissioners failed to complete the new commercial rate bylaw at their special meeting Tuesday night. Although discussion centred around the new structure, it was decided to, delay final action until all conimissioners could attend. One residential building permit was approved in the name of John Bare for a house valued at $10,000, A business license was issued to Geo. Latin and Chas. Johnson for general contracting. considerable iFirst Deer, Moose Brought Into Cold Storage First deer brought in to Cariboo Cold Storage this year was bagged by D. Hargreaves of Prince Rupert, who shot his buck September 17 near town. Brothers from Oregon brought a moose apiece on opening day of the season for the big game. William Holaday and Tulla Holaday of Ukiah, Ore. bagged their animals from a herd of' five east of Lae La Hache. Altogether five moose and two deer have been brought in. Break For Ranchers In Word From PGE And Victoria Two bright ‘spots in the other- wise dull livestock industry pic- ture appeared this week. The first concerns word from the Frovincial Department of Agri- culture that a top-level meeting Was held in Victoria on Tuesday to give special consideration to the {feed situation m relation to the beet industry. ‘Satcome of the meting was-a— decison to take the problem of feed shortage and that of the freight rate structure between this dis- trict and the prairies to Ottawa for consultation with the Federal Gov- ernment. This conference will take place two weeks from now. The provincial department has also advised the Cariboo Cattle- men’s Association that. investiga- tions of sources of hay supplies are being carried out, particularly in the Peace River country. Tho second item of good news was forwarded to Pacific Great Hastern Railway traffic represent- ative Ron Waite from freight traf- fic manager Drage, stating that a tariff will be published immediately reducing the through rate on cattle to Edmonton and Calgary. The rate to Edmonton will be $1.12 per cwt., compared to a present figure of around $1.40. New rate to Calgary will be $1.34. (id. Note: Due to the mechanies of publishing a weekly newspaper. the edtorial in this week's paper regarding government interven- tion had gone to press before the Victoria release was received through the C.C.A.) GAS PIPELINE LAID ACROSS NIAGARA RIVER Laying of the natural the tast flow This crew is its immersion in the river. and heavy tarred : , gas pipeline across the Niagara river, three miles inorth of ton bridge, has been accomplished of the river and the rocky bottom. Preparing the 20-inch steel pipe for Paper, then protect this coat- ABu y gi the Lewis- in spite of ing with wooden slats is pulled from the American side of the river, another section is welded enough sections are added on the Canadian side, it They apply a coat- divers fill in the trench in which ing of coal tar enamel, a wrapping of fibre glass pi ally carry Alberta gas to it rests. system that will eventu- Eastern Canada. Record Turnout At P-TA In School Ad Arguments over the school 30th again this year by Tueday night’s meeting of the Although the record turn-out of over sixty people eventually endors- ed the decision of the Board, it was not without a stiff battle by expon- ents of the December 31st deadline. In a letter to the Association, the Board gave their chief réasons for the age limit for beginners being set at September 30th as mainly the serious overcrowding in other schools in the district and the social and phy- sical immaturity of a child under six years of age, particularly in the rural areas. i Although he stated he was attend- ing the meeting in the‘role of a parent, School Inspector Wm. Mouat found himself in the position of de- fending the board’s ruling. No mem-+ ber of the board attended. Pointing out the enormous dis- trict that the local board governed, with the widest variety of schools in B.C. Mr. Mouat said that they had adopted a consistent policy of treat- ing each school the same way and thus were wary of changing the entry date. “A few additional beginners in several overcrowded rural schools would ‘be a severe handicap for the teacher,” he said. He felt there was no question of choice as to whether a child waited a year or started early, as the im-; mature child could be given a psycho- logical handicap that could last through its life zZ “No matter what deadline is set,” ‘Mr. Mouat continued, “The same number of children will haye birth- days following it and will be taken way from theirlogical playmates.”' On the other side of the fence. one mother felt that her cild had suffered a psychological handicap through being forced to wait a year when she was definitely ready for school. Others felt that the December 31st dealine would be more accetable and cause less controversy as it was the end of the current school year. A motion that a resolution be sent via the Parent-Teacher Federation urging that the government make a Daylight Saving Ends Sunday There’s an extra hour of sleep in store for you this weekend with the annual changeover from Daylight Saving to Pacific Standard Time. Change is made Sunday, Sep- Meeting Backs Trustees mission Date admission date set at September the School Board reached a climax at Parent-Teacher Association. Province-wide ruling was squashed when T. B. Beames and Ron Friesen, principals of the high school and elementary schools __ respectively. Spoke against it. 4 Mr,-Beames agreed with Mr. Frie- sen in that if the local board’has the power to set the date, they can adjust to local conditions. Officials Say ‘Phone Service Will Be Much Improved The telehone situation in Williams Lake can be expected to show a tre- mendous the changeover this week from the anti- quated switch board operators and Subscribers have been complaining, improvement with about for years, to a spanking new one. Such was the good word heing spread around Tuesday by Harold G, Bourne. division commercial man- ager of the B.C. Telephone Company, and his staff assistant, D. A. Chubb. The two officials stopped here for the day in the course of a tour of the interior facilities purchased by their company from the Dominion Govern- ment. { According to Mr. Bourne, the new! board will adequately handle lines now in use, and when the load ‘he- comes too heavy, a similar panel be iiistalled. Crowded party lines will be a problem that the company will Bet around to as soon as it is human- ly possible. Mr. Chubb will stay in Quesnel for some time conducting courses for op- erators in commercial work, and also sn making detailed surveys of the problems in the service throughout this area. In a news rélease from Vancouver, the company states that the fi book-type telephone directories will be issued in October in the exchanges taken over from the government. The Cariboo telephone directory will include listings for Alexis Creek, Forest Grove, 100 Mile House, Ques- nel, Wells and Williams Lake, Mrs. A. Halleran, who went into partnership with Mrs. G. Blackwell a year ago to form Blackwell’s Por- traits, has now disposed of her in- terest in the firm, tember 26th, although most of us will put our clocks back one hour before going to bed Sat- urday night. gS Ulysse J. Bourque, operator of |Clinton Sawmills Ltd., spent several |aays in Willams Lake this week. 150 Expected To Attend Kiwanis Charter Night Over 150 people are expec ted to attend the charter night celebration of the local Kiwanis Club to be held in the Elks Uall to-morrow night. Headed by Tommy Thompson of Redmond, Oregon, governor of Ki- wanis Pacific North-West District, visitors will converge on Williams Lake from many points in British Columbia and Washington State. Also attending, and taking a major role in the ceremonies, will be R. M. ‘Bob’ Johnston of Kelowna, lieutenant- overor of District Five, which cludes all the clubs in B.C. and ington. A telegram from J. Ward president of the Vancouver states that seven members from there can be expected. From Kam- loops, sponsoring club of the new | organization here, comes word that | about ten couples are coming from | Allen, club. there and 15 couples from other points in the Okanagan, Committee chairmen, under the general charter night chairmanship of Joe Borkow: have been busy for the past two weeks lining up the program, | Accepting the Williams Lake club charter from Mr. Thompson will be Felix Nicholson, charter president of the new group.