‘illiaams Lake

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

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Volume 22 — Number 44.

WILLIAMS LAKB, B.C: Thursday, November 11, 1954.

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>>. TWO WILL AND ONE WON'T

Here are the three commissioners whose terms of 0 I cays
(eft) and Chairman Stan Goad (centre) will offer their names again in December.

Eagle,

—Photos by Blackwell's.

ce expire this year. Commissioner

Commissioner Ben Abbott (right) will definitely not run this year he states.

Two Commissioners Will
Run In December Election

With civie election time only a month away there are two
candidates in sight for the three seats that have to be filled

December 9.

Chairman of the board Stan Goad
and commissioner Alf Eagle whose
terms expire at the.end of this year
have signified their intention of
running again.

But local hotelman Ben Abbott,
whose term of office also expires,
has decided to stay out of the run-
ning this term. Mr. Abbott states that
anticipated expansion of his business
has influenced his decision. He hus
been in office since January, was
elected to complete the term of
former chairman Alastair Mackenzie.

Possibility is being voiced that
former commissioner Tony Borkow-

“ski may throw his hat in the ring,
although he will not commit himseit
to a definite ives or no ai E

Elmer Carswell, who ran against
Mr Abbott last January states that
he will not let his name stand this
election. S

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Elks Unveil Plaque
To Memory Of Late
Roy Nelson .

Honouring the late Roy Nelson,
members of Cariboo Elks Lodge and
the Order of the Royal Purpie wit-
nessed a simple, impressive ceremony
Saturday night in the lodge room of
the Elks Hall as a bronze plaque was
dedicated to his memory.

Terming the occasion one of the
most important he had officiated at,
Exalted Ruler ®. G. Woodland ex-
plained the reason for the gathering:
and called on M. F. ‘Mac’ Johnson,
past exalted ruler and past district
deputy to unveil the plaque.

Mr. Nelson was one of the local
lodge’s first members and one of its
hardest workers through the years
Mr. Johnson told the andience.. The
hall, which Mr. Nelson huilt in 1949
was in itself a memorial to a great
lodge worker he said. Mr. Nelson was
a past exalted ruler of the lodge.

The plaque bears Mr. Nelson's
name and the phrase “builder of this
hall.” Below this are the lines “a
loyal friend and a devoted brother.
This hall was his chapel.”

Mrs. Nelson attended the cere-
monies, accompanied by her nehew,
Norman Jakel of Calgary and Mrs.
Jakel, who were on a holiday trip
to the district.

Following the ceremony, the mem-
bers of the two lodges moved to the
new club room for the official open-
ing of this addition to the hall's
facilities.

Fred B. Bass, president of the Elks
Home Society opened the club room,
and in a few remarks before doing
so outlined the improved financial
condition of the lodge. He suid the
lodge could well be proud of the w
in which the financial obligations
imposed by the new building were
heing discharged. Much of the credit
for this was due to the hard working
members of the 0.0.R.P., he said,
without whose contribution the an-
nual debt would not have been met.

A hope for the continued success
of the lodge and the operation of the
hall was expressed by Royal Lady
Mrs J. Halfnights on behalf of the
0.0.R.P,

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Lone Buite Store
Target Of Thieves

Latest of several robbery attempts
Jin the Cariboo was the entering at
about 2 a.m. last Wednesday of what
has often been called the “biggest
little store in the Cariboo.””

This is the Lone Butte store,
which owner Bill Davies, has just
sold, after a tenure of 16 years, to
Harold Lanning, of the W. H. Malkin
Co. Kamloops and Vancouver branch-
es, and his partners, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Johson of South Burnaby.

After an unsuccessful attempt to
open the safe, the robbers departed
with various stolen items of stock.

Jeycees Will Sponsor
Stewardship Nieet ;

| The Junior Chamber of Commrce

Commissioner Happy

We

Are investing In A Grader

It took just about a year to do it, but Tuesday night Com-
missioner Herb Gardner finally manage@ to get his fellow

village,

In the past his efforts have not
been successful for two reasons. He
had trouble convincing. the other
commissioners that village-ownership
of equipment was a sound business
move, and he usually didn’t have a
definite recommendation to make as
far as what machine he wanted to
buy and how much it would cost.

But Tuesday night he had some-
thing to sell. Armed with pictures of
a used machine offered by a coast
equipment company, and with enough
specifications to answer any ques-
tion, Mr. Gardner was ready to argue
far into the night. Surprisingiy

qin again sponsor the annual stew-
meeting -this~year, Jack

More Police
Protection For Town
According To AlG

Commissioners have been notified
by the Attor: tbat, fol-
lowing consultation with the RCMP
man has

ral

Commissioners are elected to a
two-year term of office. With five
men on the board, one year there are
two vacancies to fill and on alternate
years there are three vacancies.

Commissioner, an extra
been added to the local detachment,
effective immediately.

The letter goes on to say that it is

“very possible’ that this additional

+ 2 member will remain on a permanent
Chief Paull Seriously Ill

Chief.Adrew Paull, president and
founder of the North American Bro-
therhood of Indians is seriously ill
in an Ottawa hospital, according to
advice received by Ben Abbott.

basis.

The board had written the At
torney-General several weeks ago
requesting consideration of addition-
al police protection following a wav
of robberies in town.

j ardship
{ Bsler told commissioners

at Tues-
j days night's meeting. =
Date of the public meeting will be
December 3, the day following the
close of nominations for civie office.
Chairman Stan. Goad expressed
he board’s thanks to the chamber|
‘or again undertaking this public
, Saying it was a big help to
issioners- in spurring citizen
interest in civic affairs,

| Juvenile Sent To BISCO
On Theft Charge .

Appearing in Juvenile Court No-
yember 2, a¥17-year-old youth was
committed to an indefinite term at
BISCO on a charge of breaking and
entering and theft.

The incident occurred October 28,
when the youth entered the rear|
j door of Mac’s Pool Room and took
| s40°in cash, -%

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fe

Chief Paull was in the capital on busi-
ness for British Columbia Indians.
He opened this year’s showing of the!
Williams Lake Stampese. A 5

Safe, Merchandise.
Stolen At 150 Mile

The-150 Mile House store was bro-
ken into sometime Saturday night
under circumstances almost similar
to the burglary at Ogden’s Store,
Lae La Hache a week previous.

‘ Comparison between last

district ranchers.

In 1953 2,383 head were sold for
$248,547.36. A year ago at the se-
cond sale there w
for a total price of $244,088.

Prices ter good steers la

At the 150 Mile, thieves broke a| day were better than a year ago. Top
front window of the store and crawl-| Price in '53 was $17.75. Last week
two small lots sold for 20.10 ana

ed over a display case. They escaped
with an empty safe and $268 worth
of clothing. ,

19.50 but there were some larger
s that commanded top prices too
A lot of 23 head contributed by R.
Thomson was sold to Burns & Co. for
19.25. Swift Canadian bou 2
head of Mel Moon’s for 18.75.
gether there were 180 head among
the 867 steers on offer that brought
17.00 or better.

Prices for heifers this year were
down from last. Top price in 19:
was 15.45 compared to a top of 14.85
for a lot contributed by Ross Bros.
and bought by J. Gilehrist. Cana
Packers paid 14.60 for a lot econ-
tributed by Chileo Ranch. Pri
ranged from a Jow of 10.2

Last year's high for calves of 18
was well above the top of 16.50 p:
by the Prince George Dominion }x-

Dr. Ringwood Awarded
Surgery Certification

Word has been received that Dr.
J. B. Ringwood has received his cer-
tification of general surgery as a
result of taking his tinal oral examin-
ation in Edmonton this week.
his certification,
Ringwood took a post-graduate
course at Toronto this summer at
which time he passed the written
papers as laid down by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons.

Card Games Mixed

On the next page readers will no-
tice the CatHolie Women's League is
advertising their annual Hospital
Bridge and Crib Tournament, At
least that is the way it should have
read — but we nearly bungled the
Job by substituting ‘whist’ for ‘crib.’

So remember, it is a night of
bridge and crib coming up at Colum-
bus Hall.

Youth Fatally
Shot In Lone Butte
Hunting Accident

Victim
the Lone Butte area last week where

of a hunting accident in

he werked in a sawmill, 16-year-old
Louis Lebourdais of Clinton died in
croft Hospital last Friday, 12
hours after he was shot in the head
with a calibre bullet.

Lebourdais was hunting rabbits
win another 16-year old youth when
the accident occurred, i

Farmers from the district donat.
equip the Carleton Place and Dis
- stein shown here brought $160

of the year to the 1953 sale shaw that pr.

AUCTION RAISES $1,700 FOR HOSPITAL

Auctioneer Brunett Montgomery, right, had a busy day
ing donaied livestock and farm equipment at Carleton Place, Ont.

aveek’s second big cattle sale
ces held up well for|

perimental Station for a lot. of 15
steer calves contributed by Stan
Dowling. Fred Hinsche ‘paid 16.25
for a lot of 39 mixed ownership.

| Farms. He

Last Respects Paid
To Springhouse Man

Funeral services were conducted
from St. Peter’s Anglican Church
last Wednesday for Peter Martin
Rasmussen, 72, well-known rancher
of the Springhouse district, who
passed away suddenly October 30.

Mr. Rasmussen, who had been in
failing health for some time, is be-
lieved to have felt ill when he was
working some distance from the
ranch house and had started home in
his truck. He was found dead in the
vehicle about a mile from home by
his neighbor, Ernie Creighton,

Mr. Rasmussen was born in Den-
mark and came to Canada in 1904.
He pre-empted land in Saskatchewan
with his brother, Will, and later
moved to British Columbia, settling
at Springhouse. In his early years
here he went to work for Billy Lyons
and Dr. Hope of Soda-Creek on the
ranch now known as Richmond

,
“pil of Springhduse and sthrted a small
Spread. Although in latter years his
health begen to fail, he would not
part with his ranch and stock and
pt working right up to his death.
Pallbearers at the funeral were
Charles Place, Lawrence Westwick,
Doug Stevenson, Antoine Boitanio
and Don Mars. F
Mr. Rasmussen was a bachelor and

has no known survivors,
A single steer contributed by Cliff nae Suevivors

Eagle and donated to the Lac La
Hache hockey club was purchased
by Alberta Meat for 18.85. The ani-
mal weighed 602 pounds.

Heaviest buyer at the sale was
Burns & Co., with total
amounting to §
totals were Baird & Co.
Canada Px
adian $21,930; Paci
Alberta Meat $15,47¢
Livestdek $15,000.

Teat $19,219;

Airmen To Stage Bouts

Airmen from Puntzi will help out

purchases |the War Memorial Arena Saturday
Other buyer | night when they stage a six-bout

boxing card at the Elks Hall.
Only man not supplied by Puntzi
is Bob Kennealy, who local fans will

; Kamloops | remember as a hard serapper in the

LACK OF WATER HAMPERS FIREMEN
IN BATTLE WITH LAKESIDE BLAZE

Fanned by a brisk wind, fire y
terday morning left the interior of
the frame lakeside home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Ingalls a charred ruin be-
fore village firemen could bring it

| pulling furniture and utens

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—Central Press
auction-

ed and
trict Memorial hospital.

bought $1.700 worth to
The hol-

~ ‘liams Lake

small trouble

cleared enough i

med to start trom the floor near
an airtight heater. The house is own-
jea by Mrs. Ingalls’ father, Fred
Mellish.

a neighbor along the lakeshore who
hed the alarm turned in from Drum-
mond Lodge about 11:30 a.m.

under control.

Hampered by the lack of water,
firemen twice had to forsake their
hose for buckets. The Pumper hose
Was first dropped into a well, but
the water level soon dropped below
the reach of the hose and a move had
to be made to the marshy lake shore.
Were firemen waded in icy water
almost up to their knees as they un-
dertook to keep the intake clear of
mud. In the meantime the small
house was enveloped in smoke as

broke through the
root the hose was once more brought
into play. Weeds and mud again
clogged the intake but the fire had
been confined by this time to two
spots and a bucket.
brigade completed the job.

Firemen and bystanders were busy
js Out of
the smoke
@ to safely do so.

Ingalls, the fire

the house a

According to Mrs.

Smoke from the fire was noticed by

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Mrs. Jack Purser of North Van-
couver w; @ brief visitor to Wil-

this week,

mmission members to agree te purchase a grader for the

enough though he ran into absolutely
no opposition, so now we own ;
grader. That is we own one if some-
one else hasn’t taken a fancy to it
first.

The machine is an Austin West:
2quipped with scarfier ana
blade. Cost of the
LICHNCES

Business licences wei. |
for the following applicants: Mrs.
Muriel Haynes, home laundry; J. W.
Johnson, lumber and building sup-
plies; A. E. Montgomery, building
contractor.

One home permit was issued to
George Robertson.
ELECTION

Commissioners approved a resolu-
tion declaring December 2nd as nom-
ination day for the coming civic
election. Polling station will be the
firehall. Returning officers is Joe
Smith and poll clerk is George Gil

The court of revision will meet
‘the firehall on November 15 from i
a.m. to 12 noon for revision of the
voters’ list.
HANGAR

A letter was read from the D
partment of transport giving app:
al of the site of the hang.

Pre-empted nearly |

civic airport that will be constru..
by Chilcotin Airways Ltd.
SEWER BY-LAW

The long-awaited sewer by-
appeared briefly at the meeting -
was given second reading by the cc
missioners. It is. still hoped to ze
this by-law up for approval by the
property-owners this winter.

Two Traffic Aci
On Town Street:

Two traffic accidents occurred
town this week. ~

In hospital with a broken leg as
a result of being struck by, a car
Tuesday night is Richard Emory.
Cyclist Kwan Kok, 15-year-old, re-
ceived a cut hand as a result of a
collision with a car. ,
| According to police, Emory was
walking down Railway Avenue near
the power house about 9:15 p.m.
when the accident occurred. Two
vehicles were passing at the time and
Emory was struck by a truck driven
by Albert Odnokon of Saskatoon. The
driver took Mr. Emory to hospital
for treatment.

The young cyclist was involved in
@ collision with a car driven by Al-
bert Bossy of Vancouver at the cor-
er of Second Avenue and_ Oliver
Street Tuesday.

Arena Activities
Discussed At Meeting

Some 30 members of the War

Memorial Arena Sociey turned out
for the first meeting of the winter
season.

| Main portion of the time was giv.
en over to the usual reports of facil
ties that need changing at the arena
before the sports centre is ready for
the appearance of king hockey on
the town’s sporting horizon.

Possibility of acquiring the ser-
vices of three ex-Okanagan hockey
players who have been working on
the PGE Railway this past summer
was explored by the meeting. A com-
mittee will look into housing accom-
modation. ,,

Commissioner Herb Gardner
voiced his personal opinion that the
arena should be taken over by the vil-
lage. He baid he was not certain whe-
ther the village had the power to do
this even if the proposition should
be entertained, but he offered to look
into it.

Saying it was the only logical way
to assure overall community respon-
sibility for a building that the maq
Jority of the community enjoys, Mr.
Gardner pointed to other provincial
centres where similar structures
were operated under civic ownership,

ene eres

Opl. Jack Routledge returns today
from attending a two-week RCMP
course in customs and excise work at
the coast,