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Volume 22 — Number 41.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, October 21, 1954.

Single copy *l0c. $2.50 per year.

Cattle Sale
Deadline Time

Directors of the Cariboo Cattle-
men’s Association are worried about
the possible results an omission on
their posters advertising the Novem-
ber sale may have. ~ as

Ranchers planning on contribut-
ing are warned to have their stock
in before the sale acceptance dead-
line of noon on Tuesday, November 3.

Weighing will start at 7 a.m.,
Gctober 30 and the sale itself will
start at 9 a.m. November 4.

Some Of B.C. Power’s
Best Customers
In Williams Lake

Individually, residents of \Wil-
liams Lake rate as some of the best
customers the B.C. Power Commis-
sion has in the province, according to
a statistical table recently compiled
by the utility company.

We are second only to the resi-
dents of Smithers in average annual
consumtion of electric power per
customer. Up in that northern centre
the average is 3612 kilowatt hours
and here the average is 3432.

But here is something even more
surprising. .The average Williams
Lake customer uses 66.4 percent

more than the national average for
Canada, which stands at 2350 KWH.

The fact that the winters are cold
here hasn't much effect on the totals.
A look over other B.C. Power users,
shows Quesnel residents only ayer-
age 2100 KWH, Merritt is at the low
end of the scale with 1260. Clinton
customers use 1500 KWH. Even the
centres where one might expect the
average to be higher than here, the
seale marks them down. Kamloops
averages 2592; Campbell River
8108; North Okanagan 2136.

The figures used are for the year

Suggest

Annual Quesnel
Sale Successful

Quality held up but' quantity was
down at Quesnel’s commercial cattle
sale Tuesday.

There were 987 head offered, down
100 from last year, with total sales
figure standing at $87,170.91.

Concensus of opinion seemed to be
that the feeder and finished steers
offered were in better shape’ gener-
ally than those offered at the annual
sale here two weeks ago, but price
wos down slightly. "Top steers
brought 18.70 and top heifer price
paid was*15.50.

Trading in calves was brisk, with
Quesnel district ranchers and farm-
ers taking all that were offered. The
largest lots ran from $14 to $16.
Local buying was indicative of the
hay situation around Quesnel, which
is much better than here.

Only three registered bulls were
offered at the small bull sale, all
from Maealister breeders. Only two
were sold, bringing $325 and $300.

Citizens’ Patrol
This Hallowe’en

Answering a suggestion ‘made by
Corporal Jack Routledge at their
noon meeting today, members of the
Kiwanis Club have volunteered their
services for special patrol duty on
Hallowe'en.

In asking for volunteers, Cpl.
Routledge said the patrol would not
be conducted with the idea of inter-
fering with children’s fun on the
taditional night, but as a means of
checking wanton destruction of

1953-54. In the previous.year our
average was 2736 KWH, showing a
substantial jump.

There were 433 customers of the
Commission in the village last year,
compared to 353 in 1952-53.

Local Commission manager Basil
Gale hasn’t any answer for the high
average, except to point out that it
proves we know the advantages of
using power in our homes.

New P-TA Group
Suggested For Skyline
School Area

A proposal to form a Parent-
Teacher Association for the new
Skyline School was made at the local
group's meeting Tuesday. There will
be fifty children attending the school,
and it was felt that the parents would
be unlikely to travel in to attend the
Williams Lake meetings.

Mrs. F. Armes and Mrs. K. Rife
were named to a committee to.do the
necessary preliminary investigations.

Speaking in favor of the proposal,
R. Friesen felt that the Williams
Lake branch could do more mission-
ary work in the rural areas to en-
courage the growth of Parent-Teach=
er organizations. He mentioned that
Riske Creek had started a branch this
year. Attending the meeting was Mr.
W. Serack, principal of the 150 Mile
school who wished to obtain inform-
ation on the workings of the organ-
ization with the idea of forming one
there.

BANQUET

As the graduation banquet has be-
come too large both in work and ex-
pense, it was decided that the Stu-
Gents Council would be asked to
handle the banquet in future years.
The P-TA will offer to serve a tea to

properi
Peas

Dr. James Plans To
Return To Former Home

Dr. J. W. James, local dentist, has
announced his plans of leaving Wil-
liams Lake within the next two
months. =

Dr. James is negotiating for the
sale of his practise, and when. this
is completed will return to his former
home in Castor Valley, California.

Dr. James has been here just over
a year.

T. G. Foreman of the Department
of Veterans’ Affairs, will be at the
Ranch Hotel October 29th to inter-
jew veterans wishing to consult him.

Horsefly May Take To The Air

MAY HAVE TO IN SPRING IF ROAD

“I’m Not Scared !””
Steps Into Ring
With Charlotte

—Central Press Canadian
Gilbert-Johnson believes that
a woman's place is in the home.

And what's more, he is not
afraid to say: so. | That is. his
theme in Ottawa’s mayoral elec- ~

tions in which he will run against
Charlotte Whitton, present —in-»
cumbent. “Everyone else ‘is
seared of Mayor Whitton,” says
Mr, Johnson. “But I am not.”
Johnson is a grocer, age 40.

Fire Destroys Trading
Post At Lac La Hache

j Fanned by a high wind, a raging
fire at Lac La Hache early Saturday
‘morning destroyed buildings
housing Bell’s Trading Post, and
|Bell’s Cafe, formerly known as Cari-
boo Trading Post,
|Motors Garage.

The fire was first noticed about
0 a.m. and as the flames engulfed
(the structure, volunteers waged a
Successful battle to stop the blaze
arom extending to nearby buildings.
‘A fortunate shift of the wind also
fhelped to prevent the fire from
Spreading at a critical time.

» The fire is believed to have started
‘at the rear of the cafe, although
Kexact cause is not known.

& The trading post was built in 1941
by Mr. Moran and was later sold to
Ray Bowman of Kelowna, who still
owns the property. Jim Bell and his
sister, Mrs. R- Kupusta took over the
store and cafe business a year ago
from Alex Bryce. The garage is own-
ed by Ken Fraser.

the

and Northern

THIEVES VISIT GROCERY STORE FOR SECOND TIME

Plans ori
meeting for the formation of a

Monday morning of the fifth
Thieves struck for a second time

store, whick was Tobbed August ft
of over $2000 in cash. This time the
thieves gained entrance through a
basement window, made their way
upstairs to the store and moved the
1000-pound safe, which had heen
purchased subsequent to the original
one being blown, into the warehouse.
Once there, the safe-was loaded on
a handeart and trundled out to the
loading platform facing Third Av-
enue. The company truck was parked
there, and the thieves loaded the safe
on to the vehicle and drove away,
The truck was noticed on the Ghil-
eotin Road just out of town by store
employee Mrs. Ramona Hayward, on
her way to work from her lak
home. There was.no sign of the safe,
but acting on a hunch, Les Pigeon,
one of the store partners, drove out

to search and found the safe along
one of the trails leading off into the

P-TA ARGUES MERITS OF SUGGESTED
CHANGES IN SCHOOL REPORT CARDS

The local Parent-Teacher Association was drawn into the
current storm of controversy over report cards which has been
aired in other branches throughout the province by the presen-
tation of a 10-point questionnaire issued by the Parent-Teacher
Federation at’ Tuesday’s meeting.

The Williams Lake branch en-
dorsed the present system which uses
the symbols ‘“‘O” for outstandin;
“N” for normal; “S" for slow but
satisfactory; and “U" for unsatisfac-
tory. On the primary card, these sym-
bols alone are used for both work
habits and educational subjects.
According to R. Friesen, principal
of the elementary school, who spoke
in favor of the present system, com-
petition should not enter into the
picture in the first three grades; it
should be a period of adjustment for
the child.

the graduates and their immediate
relatives in the Home WBconomics
Roem directly following the gradua-
tion. |
CAR:

Planning a drastic change from
the annual Carnival program of fer-|
mer years, a committee was a

VIVAL

to plan a PTA day. Named were M
W. Sharpe, convener, assisted by Mrs.
J. Pomeroy, Mrs. D. Herbert, G
Rowand and Peter L. Sanford.

Mrs. A. E. Levens and Mrs. H. At-
wood volunteered to canvass for the
C.N.LB.

Members were asked to turn out
for the annual Ratepayers meeting,
next Tuesday, and to take a ratepay- |
er with them, :

On the intermediate card, the sym-
hol “G” is added for good” and the
child is more specifically and more

‘severely marked. A column is added

to record their achievement in spe-
cific subjects as well as work habits.

Mr. Friesen emphasized that par-
ents should not necessarily be con-
cerned if their child is marked “Ss”
for slow if the opposite side of the
report car (work habits) is marked
“N” for normal for it proves that
the child is working to the best of
his or her ability. “All people are
different and all children are differ-
ent, and we don’t all learn the same,”
he stated.

teacher to decide whether a child is

Mr, Friesen replied that
a teacher is trained to do this.
Another mother felt that the “O”
should be done away with as children
asked one another “How many 0's
did you get” and thus competition
entered the picture. ,
T. Beames, principal of the high
school, defended the high school re-
port card, which he felt made it pos-
ible to a the student in terms

|his own ability. “In order not to turn

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out juvenile delinquents, we adhere
to two principles,” he said. “One,
administer a certain amount of di
cipline, and two, to inform parents of
our opinion of how the child is doing.
If any problems arise, the parents
and teacheF can get together and
work it out.”

The high school report card uses
mbols as above for work
habits, but achievement records are
, B, ©, ete.
stionnaire asked the mem-
bers to vote on the following resolu-
tions: that primary report forms be
less formal; that provision for mark-
ing the student on health habits,

One mother asked {f this did not | social adjustment and effort be made

put a terrifie responsibility on the

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at-Western, Rife & Pigeon’s grocery |

Patrol Service Plans
Spurred Following Robbery

inated last Thutsday at a Board of Trade

night patfol service in the busi-

ness section of town were spurred this week by the discovery

serious case of breaking-and-

entering since the middle of August.

holding grounds. The strong=
bux phad™ been’ opened in the same
manner as the one in the earlier rob-
bery, by taking an axe to the vul-
nerable bottom of the safe.

RECORDS SAFE

Missing was cash estimated at
around $500, but $2600 in customers’
cheques were intact, still in the clip
holding them when they were put
away Saturday night. Also safe were
the firm’s records.

Cireumstances of the robbery in-
dicate the perpetrators were familiar
with the store building. The base-
ment is only under the store itself,
with the warehouse being extended
later. The warehouse effectively
sereens the basement windows and
have to be reached from the outside
by utilizing the crawl-space under
the warehouse.

Besides the robbery Sunday night
and the break-in at the same store
August 13, the other robberies in-
cluded:

August 13 — firm of Williams
Lake Motors Ltd., also broken into
but thieves unable to crack safe.

September 25 — department store
of Mackenzies Ltd., entered. Thieves
escape with $15 in cash and merchan-
dise valued at $200. Here they also
did damage to store equipment to the
tune of $1,000 taking double-bittea
axes to a new cash register and office
filing cabinet.

October 3 — thieves escape with
$2000 worth of heavy duty truck tires
from hte firm of C & S Tire Service
Ltd:

Boad of Trade members last Thurs-
day approved appointment of a com-
mittee to look into the feasability of
establishing a night patrol. Chairman
Doug Stevenson and his committee
have been contacting merchants this
Week to get their reaction to the plan,
and‘ will work out relative costs and
report hack to the board.

Reaction of those of the 78 firms
and business property owners already

canvassed seems to favour this
xcheme. Estimated cost of such a ser-
vice is placed at between $4.50 and
| $5 a month per contributing firm

that an
ed

though there is a possibilit
alternative edule of fees
on number of employees might be
presented for consideration.

Archbishop Visits

Visitor to the Cariboo this week
was Archbishop Wm. Duke of Van-
cover, who was: lL
years ago.
Roman Catholic missions
cluding the Anahim Lak

yesterday.

Mr. Brown said this approach was
being made in all seriousness, since
it was the opinion of his committee
that if no definite attempt is made
this.fall to fix the worst parts of the
Horsefly Road, the community's link
with the outside world would be im-
passable next spring.

The community might also con-
sider the possibility of doing thelr
own improvement to the road, Mr.
Brown said, if the department of pub-
lic works cannot get the funds to do
the job.

The Horsefly representative told
Mr. Chetwynd and town directors
that there were some 120 miles of
road in his area, with 862 people

living along them. There are 70
ranches (some very small) 25 saw-
mills and six lodges.

HIGH REVENUE

The daily output of the combined
sawmills amounts to around 342,00
feet, and figuring on an average
stumpage of $5, daily government
revenue from this source alone
amounts to $1,710.00. ,

Some sawmill operators have
found they have had to work on the
roads themselves in order to get
lumber out. Mr. Brown said that
aleng the Beaver Valley road two
mills rebuilt a portion of the road
at a cost to themselves of $1,000. Mr.
Fowler of Williams Lake punched
through a mile and a half of road-
way along the Quesnel Lake road,
and Fetters Lumber Company is
continuing construction on the
istreteh= Scat
"Mr. Chetwynd said he recognized
the fact that the Horsefly Road was
a prime revenue-producing route. He
said that a survey he was having pre-
pared by the department of finance
showed that of the secondary roads
in his riding, the Horsefly, Forest
Grove and Nazko roads were the
three contributing mainly to the
Cariboo’s economy It is only logical,
he said, that alocation of government
money for roads should be made on

The Weather

Mild weather prevailed for the
majority of the past week with the
thermometer climbing to the seven-
ties last Saturday. High winds were
prevalent this week, with gusts up
to 40° miles an hour registered at
the airport yesterday.

Last night cooler weather return-
ed and the airport reading at 8:30

his morning was 32 degrees. Low
last night in town was 38.
min. max.
Wednesday 46 56
Friday, October 15 45° 55
Saturday 57 71
Monday, October 18 53) 58
Tuesday 56 58

Airport reading between 8:30

a.m. and 5 p.m.
Voters List Prepared
Civie election time- is rolling

around again, with the compilation of
the voters’ list now underway.

The list closes October 31 and will
he posted outside the village office
Nevember 5. Court of revision on the
lists is held November 15,

Telegraph Office
Moving Soon

Cramped the local
telephone and telegraph office office
will soon be relieved when the Can-
adian National Telegraphs moves to
a new location in the Borko’
Block.

The move is expected to he com-
pleted about the end of this month.

It is anticipated that the equip-
CBC booster station wi
so be moved to the telegraph office,
althongh this has not been confirmed,
In other centres along the old goy-
ernment telephone and telegraph
tem, CBC equipment has been

quarters of

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mo

ed with the telegraph company,

NOT REPAIRED, REPRESENTATIVE STATES

Residents of Horsefly have inquired into the possibility
of establishing an air-lift service for their community next
spring as an alternative to road travel, Harry Brown,
president of the Horsefly committee of the district Boara of
Trade told Hon. Ralph Chetwynd at a special meeting here

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those roads from which government
revenue is derived.

The minister said he would take
up the question with the cabinet
immediately on his return to Vic-
toria. The problem of road work in
the province is scheduled to come
up today, he said.

HORSEFLY MEETING

Yesterday’s audience with the min-
ister was arranged last Friday in
Horsefly at a meeting of the commit-
tee, attended by some 40 member:
including a representation of the
parent body in Williams Lake.

Slow to get underway, the protest
part of the meeting was sparked by
peppery Dr. D. J. Millar, who eajoled
the members into entering the argu-
ment, “I don’t care whether you are
in fayor of going after the govern-
ment for money for road construc-
tion, or whether you are against it,
but for goodness sake get up on your
feet and express yourselves,” he said.

Argument revolved arund rela-
tive merits of sending a delegation to
Victoria or settling for a meeting
with Hon. Chetwynd, and if possible,
Hon. Phil Gaglardi in Williams Lake.
The latter course was chosen and Dr.
Millar, Harry Brown and Jim Wyllie
were named delegates. 5

The fact that two of the delega-
tion failed to arrive in Williams Lake
was attributed to the failure of the
eommunity’s telephone link with the
town, a situation, ironically enough,
that entered into an argument on
the telephone system a last Friday's
rashes aie =

When Williams Lake’s road com-
mittee chairman Tony Woodland
made arrangements for the meeting
Monday morning, he placed a call to
Harry Brown to give him the details
of time and place. He was informed
that the call couldn’t be made, and
he finally sent a special message out
by truck the following day. This
method of communication was also
delayed, and Mr. Brown didn’t get it
until 11 a.m. Wednesday, too late to
get in touch with his other commit-
tee members.

At the Friday meeting, the me
bers cited their telephone hook-up
as being in ‘deplorable condition, se-
cond only to the condition of the
Horsefly Road.’

The meeting endorsed a resolution
asking the Attorney-General’s de-
partment, through Mr. Chetwynd, to
appoint a Justice of the Peace for
Horsefiy.

Lawyer Leaves On )
5-Months’ Ocean Trip

Jack Cade, well-known local law-
yer, left today on the first lap of an
extensive five-months’ ocean trip.

Mr. Cade sails from Vancouver and
will spend a month in the Caribean
before proceeding to Africa. He ey-
pects to be back home next April.

For the past two months, and dur.
ing his absence overseas, the: law
practise established by Mr. Cade is
being handled by Lee Skipp and Les
Langley under the name of Skipp
Langley
native son of Victoria,, Mr. Lang-
took his law course at the Uni-
h Columbia after dis-
charge from the navy. He graduated
in 1952 and then worked in the navy
cash office for a while before being
articled to the Vancouver firm of
Russel & Dn’Moulin. He was called to
the bar in February of 1954 and came
to Williams Lake in the ear
summer

Last Rites For A.Isnardy

Funeral services were conducted
from Sacred Heart Church Monda
for Alfred Isnardy, 56, of Sprin.
hou who pa: d away October 15
of pneumonia. Services were con-
ducted by Rev. Fr. J. Boyle.
Mr. Isnardy leaves to mourn his

passing one son, Raymond at Al
and a daughter, Mrs, George Flet.
of Clinton,

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