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Williams Lake Tribune.-:

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Volume 22 — Number 43.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. ‘Thursday, November 4, 1954.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

OF THIS
AND THAT

What with taking time-off to-iifre
to Victoria for a chat with a fellow
about hospitals; catching the Cariboo
‘flu bug in the Fraser Valley, and
then arriving home to find another
staff member had been away, this

week seemed pretty much of a lost|.

effort so far.

Add to Cariboo tourist literature:
no fog or smog. Had forgotten how
miserable it is to drive through that
clammy curtain that blankets the
lower mainland for varying lengths
of time during the month of Novem-
ber. For a Vancouverite, Sunday and
Monday nights’ fog would be classed
as ‘mists,’ but for Caribooites they
were bad enough. Coming up the
canyon Tuesday, the black ash that
had been deposited on the enzine
hood during our short Vancouve
stayed stuck like glue until we hit
Spences Bridge. Imagine what the
stuff does to your internal workings.

Speaking of the Cariboo, we com-
bined pleasure with business. for a
couple of hours to take in the Hotel
Georgia’s ‘Cariboo Room.’ Minor
annoyance on entering the room was
to see a large plywood map on the
door with all Cariboo centres but
Williams Lake marked. We mention-
ed the omission to the chap in charge
of the floor as we left, and discovered
complaint is a fairly common one.
Hallway leading to room is lined
with re-touched enlargements of old

stage coaches on the Trail. Very
effective.
While in Victoria- Hon. Ralph

Chetwynd suggested I watch the
opening: of tenders in his office far

_ the superstructure of the Capilano

River Bridge. Fleeting expressions of
jph.and_defeat on the-faces of}

the representatives of the two firms

involved was interesting to watch as
the sealed tenders were opened and
read out. After the little ceremony
was over the two representatives,
clutching their brief cases, stood up
and gravely shook hands. Low bidder
was Dominion Bridge with $259,990
and high bid was that of Western
Bridge & Steel Fabrication for
$271,688.

Periodic pastime of unfortunate
Williams Lake residents in digging
large holes in their lots for rock pits
recently gave a trespassing horse the
fright of his life.

Incident happened at home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sid Pigeon while Sid was on
a hunting trip. Just preparing for
bed, Mrs. Pigeon heard three horses
in the back yard, so she opened a
window and yelled at them. The ani-
mals headed for the lane at a run,
and as she watched, two of them
made the lane safely but the third
just disappeared, as though the earth
had swallowed it. It had. Mrs. Pigeon
went out to investigate and there the
animal was firmly wedged in a new
exeavation for a rock pit that measur-
ed about ten feet deep and eight feet
across.

Neighbor Elmer Carswell was call-
ed on for assistance and with the help
of visitor Ranger Don Weinard from
Horsefly, managed to extricate the
horse — after two hours hard work.
It was only after a long sloping
trench was dug down to the base of
the pit that the frightened animal
could be hauled out of the trap it had
plundered into.

What ever happened to the contest
to choose a name for the proposed
Library - Museum - Art Centre? No|
ideas submitted? For that matter!
what happened to construction plans? |

Shed a tear for loca) businessman
Dick Moquin, the garageman without
a garage, and for the past few weeks
the car salesman without a car to
sell since-a strike tied up factory
production. Dick is about to become
the butt of coffee bar jokesters again
when his advertisement is perused
this week. Yes, the opening date has
been changed again. This time, Dick
advises us “you can say it’s for sure.”

After the absence of a number of
years, soccer may be making a come-
hack in the local high school under
PT instructor P. K. Moffat. Outside
of school instruction, Bert Levens is
helping out and is calling for assist-
ance from former soccer players.

SPUD IS KING AT

head, hand and health

club, with a membership of 68,000 across Canada stands for heart,

4-H CLUB CONTES1.

club championships at Guelph.
a

ni
‘s who had en-
ons. The 4-H

tractor compet

Accommodation

Little in the way of information
for the public was available from
members of a delegation who talked
over the local hospital accommoda-
tion problem Monday With Mon. Bric
Martin, Minister of Health & Welfare
at Victoria. 2

Clive Stangoe, chairman of War
Memorial Hospital Board, said the
interview had been placed strictly
“off the record.’

He said, however, as a result of the
interview it appeared that if the dis-
trict wants to continue with any hos-
pital construction plans it will first
have to show the government that it
can produce its share of the cost of
any such proposal.

Pioneer Lac La Hache
Resident Passes

Charles Hamilton, long-time re
dent of Lac La Hache and a member
of one of British Columbia’s pioneer
families, passed away at his home
October 30th in his 87th year.

Mr. Hamilton was born at Fort St.
James in 1868, where his father,
Gavin Hamilton, was factor for the
Hudson's Bay Company. Mr. Hamil-
ton senior moved his family south in
» purchasing the 150 Mile Ranch
and in 1891 a further move was made
to the 115 Mile.

Charles Hamilton is survived by
two sons, Alfred at Lac La Hache and
George of Vancouver; one daughter,
Mrs. Rose Williams of Lac La Hache;
two sisters, Miss Margaret Hamilton
of Williams Lake and Mrs. Katie
Parks, Ontario; five brothers, Moffat,
Teddy and Isaac of Lac La Hache,
Gavin of Beaver Valley and Tommy
at Marpole.

Mass was held at Lae La Hache
Tuesday for the late Mr. Hamilton,
with Father Collins of St. Joseph's
Mission conducting the service, In-
terment was in the family plot. Pall-

bearers were Bob Goudie, Stan
Wright, Alf Eagle, Bordie Felker,
Bryant McClary and Roland La-'
trenier.

No{Promises For Hospital

Relief Here

In the meantime, board directors
are considering means of of proyid-
ing t

plans are formulated. a

Others in the delegation included
hospital directors Bruze Magoitin,
Mrs. J. Stitt; board’ of trade presi-
dent Tom Larson and Doctor J. B.
Ringwood.

.. NEW

GED

New agent for Standard Oil Com-
pany “locally is R. L. ‘Bob’ Carson.
who is well-known in business and
sport circles in the Cariboo.

417 ON VOTERS LIST

There are 417 names on this year’s
voters list, according to Village
Clerk. E. H. Gibbon. List closed
October 31st.

Campaign of the Jaycees to ac-
quaint citizens with amendments to
act that allows spouses of property
owners to vote, resulted in 14 more
names being added to the list. This
is a fair percentage, according to Mr.
Gibbon, who states that most prop-
erty is held in joint ownership and
that only about 30 parcels are listed
under single names.

So far this season there has been}
considerably less moose taken out of |
the Interior than the same period last |
year, a check at the Game Depart-/
ment’s station at Cache Creek last
weekend revealed.

Up to October 30, this year, 985
moose have been taken through |
Cache Creek, compared to 1194 up
to October 25, 1953.

Deer figures for the two seasons!
are comparable. For the same dates.

Volunteers should contact Bert.

LESS MOOSE TAKEN OUT THIS SEASON

Game department attendants at
the station said the number of hunt-

ers w:

s definitely down this year,

but exact figures had not heen tabu-

lated to date.

Here are the otber figuré
this year: Elk 1; sheep
bear 76; grizzly

lin grouse 794

B: |

Quesnel Forks History
To Be Main Topic

The history of Quesnel Forks will
be the topic for discussion at the next
meeting of the local branch of the
Cariboo Historical Society on No-
vember 8.

Bill Lowden and Bill Bellmond of
Williams Lake and Sam Prior of
Hydraulic will be the main speakers.

Quesnel Forks at one period in the
early history of British Columbia
was the most populated place on the
mainland.

Rev. Fielder Will
Deliver Remembrance
Day Address

Principal speaker at the annual
Remembrance Day Service next
Thursday in the Elks Hall will be
Rv. Geo. Fielder, rector of St. Peter's
Church.

Other town clergymen will also
take part in the interdenominational
service honouring the memory of the
Fallen,

At 10:30 a.m. the parade of ex-
servicemen and women and town or-
ganizations will assemble at the fire
hall and ten minutes later will move
off to the Bkls Hall for the service.
After the service the parade will re-
form and march to the War Mem-
orial Hospital and then to thé War
Memorial Arena for the laying of
wreaths. :

At 6:30 p.m. the annual banquet
is held, which is open to all ex-service
personnel and Women’s Auxiliary to
the Canadian Legion, each of whom
may bring one guest; and also to
the widows and mothers of deceased
ex-service pensonnel. The public

-dance’ starts atzT0:30 p.m. Tickets

for the banquet'may be obtained from
Fred Graham, Foe Borkowski, Tony
Woodland, Bruce Magoffin or Jim
Stitt.

Quiet Hallowe’en
Observed Locally ©

Few instances of vandalism ‘were
reported over the weekend asa result
of the annual observance of Hal-
lowe’en in Williams Lake.

Wilful damage seemed to be con-
fined mainly to cars, with police re-
ceiving reports of half a dozen in-
stances where car aerials and mirrors
were torn off Tenders. =

There were the normal amount of
gates and fences uprooted and ca
ried away, but even this type of
prank was kept at a minimum, mainly
due to the constant patrol of the
streets by members of the local Ki-
wanis Club, who this year aided
police.

Youngsters confined their activi-
ties to Saturday night, much to the
relief of police officials, who had
thought there might have been a pos-
sibility that the younger citizens
would take in the adult-sponsored
parties on Saturday night and provide
their own spontaneous entertainment
on Sunday, the actual calendar ob-
servance date. °

Poppies Will Be Sold
Locally On Saturday

This Saturday members of the
Women’s Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion will be on the streets of Wil-
liams Lake selling the familiar red
poppies of remembrance.

The Legion urges that each per-
son give what they can afford, for all
money raised by the campaign will
go to aid any service man in need ——
he need not be a member of the Le-
gicn—or the dependents of a service.
man who gave his life.

The poppies themselves, symbolic
of the sacrifices made by the veterans
of two world wars, are made by dis-
abled men or those too old to get

other employment.

The Legien prefers to consider the
poppy as being a token of a donation
made, and not an item that has been

s worn by four mil-
‘anadians last year, and the
an Legion hopes to increase
this number still further in 1954,

Best Hallowe’en Party Yet
Brings Out 200 Youngsters

Some 200 children, dressed in a variety of costumes for
the occasion, took in the Elks’ Hallowe’en party last Saturday

night.

Assistance of the local elementary school teachers resulted
in the party being rated as the best organized to be staged here.

" Teachers lined up the children ‘by
grades at the elementary school and
marched with them down to the hall.
They
throughout the judging and the usual
problem of segregating age groups
from the floor jammed with milling

maintained this grouping

youngsters never materialized.

Largest. group, and always one of
the most difficult to judge, was the
pre-school children. In the girls sec-
tion, most original prize went to
little Doreen McKay as a music sheet,
comic went to Diana Peterson as a
rabbit, and best dressed went to
Debbie Goad as a fairy. In the boys’
section most original went to Robert
Moore as a baseball player; comic
was awarded to a group of three,
Brian Johnson, Paul Johnson and
David Friesen as the three bears;
best dressed went to Garry Mallette
as a jockey.

Other winners were: Grades 1 & 2
— Girls — Bonnie Desehene, original

Support For Arena
Urged By Society
President Huston

Claude Huston, perennial booster
of the War Memorial Arena is out
on the streets these days drumming
up enthusiasm in the activities of the
winter sport palace.

Claude his called a special
of the society Friday night (Novem-
ber 5) at the firehall at § p.m|

Says Claude: “We have the ‘oppor-
tunity this year to ice one of the best
hockey teams in this part of the
country, but we need your support to
make this possible. Let’s all get be-
hind this move and have a team we
can be proud of. We are also plan-
nihg on opening this year with a
bang! There will be a travelling ice
carnival, second to none in Canada,
that will show here December 21, il
we so wish.-We are appealing to all
businessmen and winter sports fans
to get behind the War Memorial
Arena Society this year.” ,

F. B. Bass Named
Official Administrator

Fred Bass, president of the local
firm of F. B. Bags Ltd., has been
appointed’ official administrator for
the district according to an announce-
ment in the B.C. Gazette.

The notice of appointment goes on
to name William J. D. Bogle, depucry
government agent, as deputy official
administrator, Mr. Bogle, who was
formerly deputy government agent
here, left Williams Lake a year ago
when he was transferred to Terrace.

The appointment ef Mr. Bass fills

(printer’s devil) ; Noreen Kelt, comic
(Mandy); Beverly Rhodes, best
dressed (cupid doll). Boys— Rodney
Searff, original (Indian); Dennis
Beames, comic (ghost); Rickey Jokn-
son, best dressed (cowboy).

Grades 3 & 4 — Girls — Blizabeth
Woed, original (artist); Edna Stitt;
comic (rooster); Heather Movat,
best dressed (lady). Boys — Pat Phil-
lips, Larry Coupal, Lee Phillips as
the three blind mice, led by little
Debbie Aitken as the farmer's wil
Jackie Murray, comic (tramp); Paul
Gauthier, best dressed (court jester).

Grades 5 & 6 — Girls — most or-
ginal to Bernie Bass as a safecracker,
complete with a cardboard safe clear-
ly marked Western, Rife & Pigeon, a
combination that in the light of re-
cent experiences the store ‘has had,
brought a lot of applause; Kathleen
Lincoln, comic (lady and dog); Shir-
ley Fowler. best dressed (bride).
Boys — Rennie Johnson, most origin-
al (tramp); Terry Nicholson, comic
(negro mammy); Ronnie Mallette,
best dressed (pirate).

Following the judging the micro-
phone was taken over from master-
of-ceremonies Stan Goad by Terry
Nicholson, who thanked the adults
for the party on behalf of the chil-
dren. :

Judges for the contests were Mrs.
George Morris, Mrs. P. Jorgensen
and Tony Borkowski :

After the party youngsters wall-
ed up to the Firehall where firemen
staged their annual fireworks.display.

Up at the high school students
tetiched off the granddaddy 5? all
bonfires to start an evening program

of skits and eats for the student-_

body. So much stufi had been coll:
ed for the big blaze that firemen took
the village fire truck up and watched
for a while to make sure that no
sparks were being carried in the di-
rection of nearby buildings.

2,282 He
Sold Today.

Prices are expected to hold up in
general on the 2,282 head on offer
today at the second large cattle sule
of the season. With 557 heifers on
ofier, a price drop in yearlings is
expected to materialize,

First lot prices this morning show-
ed a lot of steers with an average
weight of 954 pounds selling for

6.50. Three lots of heifers hrought
Prices of 11.25, 14.75 and 17.50.
First lot of bulls went for 9 cents and
three lots of cows brought 9; 11.25
and 12.

Besides the heifer:
steers, 477 cow:
bull

No exceptionally heavy movement

there are $67
calves and 39

a

in stock is shown by the total of

a vacancy caused several months ago | today’s sale. Total number is actually

when former official administrator
Walter Nesbit moved to Alberta.

20 head down fr
ale of 1953.

the November

B.C. RIVER YIELDS RECORD STEELHEAD

—Central Press Canadian

The pleased look on C. B. Ewart, centre, is explained by the

ruler held b
of Dr. J. Gi
the steelh

E}

Don McEachnie, left, and the bewilde:
, who still doesn’t believe his ey
d held by Ewart is 46 inches.

Its weight is 36 pounds,

a world record.«The monster was caught in Kispiox river, near

Hazleton, B.C,