Beath Motors’ Building A Smart Addition To Town Business District The way has been cleared for the oft-postponed opening of the new premises of Beath Motors (Williams Lake) itd., | thus be assurea of immediate parts with November 26 set as official opening date. service when required. The spanking new Ford-Monarch | The service station end of the busi- Garage and Shell Service Station will | LARGE PARTS STOCK ness features a single island’ for be declared open'at 7:30 pan. on the! Large plate glass. windows sur-|punips and two bays, for labriéation 26th by Chairman “of the Village |rouna the 14°x 24foot showroom|and repair work. dike ail Shen ‘Commission, Stan Goad. that will hold one display model,| Stations, modern washrooms are ine available for the use of the motoring RR PRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LANE Garage Opens Next Best Wishes to All day long on the follo: 2 business day of the station, visitors will receive free gifts from the man- agement and will be invited to look over the 52 x 30-foot structure. MANY PRIZES For the first week the pumps are and the use of wide glass windows is also seen across the general sales office front. Behind ‘the sales office is a parts room, with additional parts storage space béing utilized in the basement. Users of Ford, and Mon- arch cars and trucks and Fordson public. parts men, There will be seven staff members = on duty at the new station. These include car salesmen, pump salesmen and mechanics. The station will be open seven operating, customers will have the] tractors and farm equipment will | days a week from 6 a.m to 12 p.m. opportunity to compete for attend- ance prizes, including a ear radio. | 2, t t ’ H mantle radio, set of tires, spotlight F P id ch k B a h automatic toaster and a windshield irm resi en ae © fan. Draw will be made Decemher 1. A Noted Figure In Cariboo Industry Customers during that week will ee ae tee eae President of the new firm of Beath as Beath, McMann & Roberts, By ments of their gasoline tank, with | Motors (Williams Lake) Ltd., which 1946 Mr. Bedth had bought out the no charge being made if they can| bears his name, is Chas. ‘Chuck’ ae aes roms ae ae pea guess to within a tenth of a gallon| Beath of Quesnel, who has’ been eae: © Das operated the business ees OF gas it takes to “fill it | suing friends throughout the Cari- Durihe hie youn eer yadbe We play: Although the strike in eastern| 00 since he first came here with bis] ed baseball and hockey for his home Ford Motor Company plants has pre- pe ee a sioranes aoe vented manager Dick Moquin from| Although his business life, com- aay ioe ee ne ae as arranging a display of 1955 models. | munity work and love of sports have ages telica use ee if ae Sede Hee in the! made him well-known in almost] ney and is manager of the Kangaroos. Ee ee jn | CverY comer of the central and north| He is also chief of the Quesnel Fire ee as Daeige, 1 anished 1 | Cariboo, it is doubtful whether many | Brigade and a member of the scliool Se a the chat [people know that this owner of one | board. 5 red trim ‘colours of the Shell Oil ; ; Company, whose products the sta-|@esmel’s larger automotive con: | —————_—__ tion “selise je _ | cerns was originally interested in the|. . . FIRM PRESIDE T z growing of seed potatoes. : ' ’ The Beath family came up from the coast on the P.G.E., coming set- tler style in a boxcar, the trip taking a week to the end of stee] at Har- greaves. Mr. Beath’s father, David Beath, purchased the Hilborn Ranch at Australian, but he died several years later and management of the ranch was left in the hands of the eldest son Chuck. He operated the Yanch for ten years and it was during that time that he became the secre- tary of the first seed potato growers’ association to be formed in the Cariboo. Mr. Beath began his automotive career first in the oil distribution end of it, working three years for the Home Oil agent at Quesnel, He start parents in 1920. @ ++. GARAGE MANAGER il ed his own garage in 1936 and built the first service station at Quesnel. Photo courtesy Cariboo Observer In order to handle expanding busi- Chas. ‘Chuck’ Beath, auto- Dick Moquin, manager of | ness, including a move to Wells, two motive dealer at Quesnel since Beath Motors (Williams Lake) | other partners came into the busi- 1936, who heads the new local td. ness and in 1938 the firm wasknown | garage company. Welcome Beath Motors viians vie) [Cd To the expanding’ business life of our town. We wish you every success in the years ahead and hope that we may continue to be of service to you. Electrical work on the new Beath Motors building was another installation by— Cariboo Electric & Plumbing (Williams Lake) Ltd. on the opening of your new garage We are proud to be associated with you in the service you are offering to the public B. F. Goodrich Tires and Tubes sold at the new Beath Motors Garage are supplied by C & S Tire Service Ltd. Railway at Yorston Phone 27-R-2 Congratulations BEATH MOTORS (WILLIAMS LAKE) LTD. On the opening of your new Service Station and Garage As General Contractors for this job we are proud to have been associated with the = addition of this modern structure to the growing business district of Williams Lake. ewe $ Dezell Construction Co., Ltd. General Contractors 1025 5th Avenue : Prince George, B.C.