Thursday, September 0, 1984

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Page 8

Dog Creek News

MRS. SMITH of the Welfare
Branch paid a business’ visit to the
valley Tuesday.

OTHER visitors were Mr. J. F.
Waterfall and Mr, A. F. Anderson,
South Burnaby.

HAROLD LANNING was in Satur-

day to escort his mother home to’
Vancouver, following her visit with
the C. R. Places,

THE Hilary Places left Sunday for
Penticton where Hilary will attend 2
delegation to the School Trustees
convention,

WE ARE AFRAID to comment
upon the weather.

Ye you need aw

EXTRA ROOM OR TWO ?

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If you need more room in the farm house
for the children, more accommodation for hired

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hands, U-round ience for everybody
in the home, a spare room for visitors... or

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if you simply need more space for relaxation, his fall name is

don’t let 2 shortage of ready cash stop you from
going ahead with building plans now.

If your proposition is sound, there’s money
for you at the B of M... in the form ofa
Farm Improvement Loan. Talk it over with

MY DANK

To 2 mor cameos

Bank or MonrTreaAt
@anada's First Bank

the manager of your nearest
Bof M branch this week.

Williams Lake Branch:

WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817
2 p22

THOMAS LARSON, Manager

Farm Improve-
ment Loan. Give
him a chance to
help fix up your
farm... he's eco-

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ON RESTORATION WORK, ELECTS OFFICERS

For the first time, the Annual
Meeting of the Historical Society was
held at Williams Lake when seven-
teen delegates representing the
branch societies at Barkerville, Ques-
nel, Clinton and Williams Lake met
at the lakeside home of Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Stevenson last Saturday.

The presiding officer, Alvin John-
ston of Quesnel, advocated the use
of standard markers in connection
with the old stopping places on the
Cariboo Road. He reported that with
the aid of a grant the last resting
place of Barkerville pioneers had
been fixed up; the old Cornish pump
had been repaired at Quesnel. A
grant had been applied for to aid in
fixing up the old cemetery at Soda
Creek, and if and when this money
is received. it will. be the responsi-
bility_of the Williams Lake branch to
have the work done. The Public
Works Department is repairing the
bridge to the old courthouse at Rich-
field and the Law Society of B.C. has
undertaken the restoration of this
historic Hall of Justice.

During the elections the following
Offices were filled: Honorary Patron,
Ralph Chetwynd; Hon. President
Roderick Mackenzie; president. Al-
vin Johnston of Quesnel; vice-presi-
dent, Henry Windt of Williams Lake.
Directors: Mrs. M. Randall and Mrs.
B. Hutcheroft for Quesnel; Henry
Windt and Doug Stevenson for Wil-

Lac La Hache News

RESIDENTS met here to attempt
to organize some form of fire-fighting
service, but owing to a very poor
turn-out, the ifea was abandoned for
the present.

IT SEEMS to be a very unusual
season. Gilbert Forbes has a nice
patch of strawberries with berries
just ripening, and the meadowlarks
are singing as they do in the early
spring.

ALEX BRYCE has gone to Van-
couver to attend the funeral of ‘his
father.

GEORGE WALKEM of Vancouver
has been up in this district doing
some landscape painting by Lac La
Hache.

GEORGE FORBES, attending uni-
versity of B.C., has won a $200.00
scholarship, re

MR. and MRS. RAMSAY have been
up from Kamloops calling on old
friends. Mr. Ramsay was formerly
road engineer for this district.

A HELICOPTER spent Monday
night in Bill Dingwall’s hayfield. The
passengers, L. A. Renairt and his
partner were on an oil survey to the
Peace River district when they ran
out of fuel. On Tuesday they con-
tinued on their way north.

Sales of Canada’s retail merchants
topped all previous annual records
in 1953, aggregating $12,092,174,-
000.00

NEW HOME

OF

Death Motors cvians tte) [,

located at

Corner of Oliver Street & 5th Avenue

Now Under Construction

Completion Date, October 9th

Dealers for

Ford - Monarch - Fordson Tractor
Farm Implements

DICK MOQUIN, Resident Manager

Williams Lake

HEARS REPORTS

liams Lake. Until the meeting the
following week was held, Mr. Brown
and Angus Maclean were accepted as
directors pro tem for Barkerville. At
the subsequent directors meeting,
Mrs, Randall as elected both record-
ing secretary and corresoponding sec-
retary while Mrs. Hutchcroft was
elected treasurer. The Williams Lake
branch was represented by Henry
Windt, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, Ar-
thur Haddock and Bén Clarke. After
the meetings, a dainty repast served
buffet style was enjoyed by all.

LONE BUTTE

Farmers’ Institute
Plans Benefit Dance

Saturday afternoon the Lone Butte
‘Farmers’ Institute held a meeting in
the Hall with 26 members present.
There were several new land appli-
cations and also applications for
range permits.

A resolution was carritd barring
the round up of horses this winter,
owing to a serious shortage of hay.

It was decided to give a benefit
dauce for the Zomars around the end
of October as people might not be
so busy at that time. A donation of
$25 from the Institute funds was
made to the Zomars.

M. J. Walsh, district agriculturist
of Williams Lake gave a talkon feed
prices and the value of concentrated
feeds such as pellets. There was con-
siderable discussion on the shortage
of feed this year.

JOHNNY SAHLSTROM, son of My.
and Mrs. Carl Sahlstrom, has been
operated on for appendicitis in Wil-
liams Lake Hospital.

JACK WOLFGANG has sold his
place to Mr. Harold D. Beck of Van-
couver Island. The Wolfgangs are
moving into a cabin at Lou’s Log
Cabins on Horse Lake.

WEATHTER REPORT: Up to
Sunday six days of nice weather, only
one shower.

MIKE ZOMAR and Tis sawmill
crew are building a new house. Mrs.
Zomar and family have gone to stay
with relatives at the coast until the
house is finished.

MR. and MR. EDGAR HARRIS,
former residents of this district,
were visiting at the LY Ranch last
week.

A. M. LASAGES-of Vernon was in
Friday and Saturday with a crew
laying a cement fioor¢in Jim Mc-
Millan’s garage and welding shop.

FOR
QUALITY DRY CLEANING

SUPERIOR

RCAF IN BATTLE OF BRITAIN FLY PAST

—Centra) Press: Canadian
_ , Sabre jets of the RCAF fly over the Royal Air Force memorial
in formation during London's observance of the Battle of Britain
14 years ago. One hundred and eighty-seven planes took part in
the big fly-past. All but two of the planes were jets. The ex-
ceptions were an old Spitfire and an equally ancient Hurricane.
veterans of the Battle of Britain.

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Telephone 70-R-4

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Laundry & Cleaners

(Williams Lake Division)

OUR SPECIALTY

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Articles left over 30 days at
owner’s risk unless otherwise
arranged for,

Anuuual Caritas Cattle Séle
October 7 & 8, 1954

To the Good People of Williams Lake & District
we sincerely thank you for your loyal support
during the past 2 PLUS years. Last year to
tangibly express our appreciation, on your behalf,
we donated to your WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
‘a Paget Skin Grafting Knife Unit — This year
to once more say THANK YOU — we are con-
tributing an Eliot Neb -El-izer to the Infant
department and a Supra-Pubic Pump to the
Surgical department.

Support your CATTLE SALE
SUPPORT YOUR TOWN
Suport your WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

MAKE THIS STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS

Williams Lake Pharmacy

J. BRUCE MAGOFFIN, Ph.c.
Prescription Specialists.

Cothig ot STUDER

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