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Williams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Volume 22 — Number 47.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Thursday, December 2, 1954.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

New Power Unit
Ups Capacity
Of Local Plant

Power from a new 1000 kilowatt
Cooper Besserman was thrown on the |
dines in Williams Lake for the first
time Tuesday, making the local plant
‘one of the top five diesel power pro-
ducing plants in the B.C. Power
Commission’s province-wide system.
The plant’s rated capacity now is
2250 kilowatts. ,

Here this week to look over the
new engine were C. R. Jones, man-
ager of the north-west sales division
of the Cooper Besserman Corpora-
tion; Ed. Marzocco, assistant produc-
tion superintendent of B.C. Power
Commission; Norm De Lisle, Power
Commission diesel engineer, and J.
D. Finnie, Shell Oil Company rep-
resentative.

Actual installation has been under
the supervision of Fred Stempel, ser-
Vice engineer.

BANK PROMOTION

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Paoty by Blackweli’s

Don Mars, accountant at the
local branch of The Canadian
Bank of Commerce, has been
promoted to branch manager
and will take over the bank’s
new 100 Mile House branch
when it is completed.

Receives Two Years
On Cheque Count

Patrick Joyce, 39, was sentenced
to two years imprisonment in Assize
Court at Quesnel Monday when he
was found guilty on a charge of theft
by conversion. The sentence run con-
eurrently with a six-moths’ sentence
Joyce is. serving on « false pretenses
count.

The charge arose trom an incident
that occurred in Williams Lake July
Ast. A cheque issued to J. J. John-
son, an employee of General Con-
stuetion, was given by Johnson to
Miss Ruth Forbes to cash in town.
Miss Forbes was unable to find a
place to cash the cheque and accept-
ed an offer by Joyce to have the
eheque cashed and return with the
money. Joyce, a one-time section
hand with the Pacific Great Eastern
Roilway, cashed the cheque at the
local PGE station and failed to re-
turn the money. He was arrested by
RMP officers later the same month
in Prince George. Z

but to

enlists the aid of Col.
the Assoc?:

PROMOTES INTEREST IN MILITIA

“central Press Csnadian

In times of national or local emergency, such as floods or
forest ures cages suddenly become aware they have a militia,
n. He Letson, (right) that’s not good enough.
He ee out. os retirement to determine a way to make the militia
‘a much more accepted part of the life of Canada’s youth. His aim
is not only to promote enlistment in the militia but to interest
professional men and to have their services available.
T. M. Medland, left, executive director, of
n of Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Here he

Something of a
(Williams Lake) Ltd,
life of Williams.Lake.
The bright Shell. service station
and Ford-Monareh-sarase all the
appearance of an opening ni Nt yar—
formance when opens ceremony
time rolled around ~at--{:30, with
visiting business eeuniees from the
coast, two chairmen of commiséh

made

Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince
George.

M.Geeing the show was Shell O11
representative Jack Johnston, who
welcomed the visitors and introduced
the speakers over the outdoor mile.

Chuck Beath, president of the new
firm and a pioneer automobile deal-
er at Quesnel, thanked the visitors
on behalf of himself and manager
Dick Moquin, who couldnt be per-
suaded to address the group. He said
that he had always had his eye on
the business possibilities of Williams
Lake since he first passed by on the
railroad on his way into the Cariboo,
and he was happy that he had finally
entered actively into business here.

Congratulations to the new firm
were extended by Bill Ball, district
manager for the Shell Oil Company
and by W. McFarlane, district man-
ager of the Ford Motor Company.

Alex Fraser, chairman of village
commissioners at Quesnel said he was
particularly pleased to wish the tirm
future success because of his close
association with Mr. Beath, who,
through his work as Fire Chief at
Quesnel, h i
motion and his work as a school
trustee had contributed so much to
the welfare of his community.

Commission chairman Stan Goad
said the opening of the new firm was
additional proof of the faith that
businessmen have in the economic
stability of our ever-expanding com-
munity, He said that all Williams

Week Sees First _
Snow, Colder Weather

Old man winter took a swipe at us
this week, with the mercury steadily
falling to an early morning low this
morning of 13 above at the airport
and 16 above downtown.

The town had its first dusting of
snow Sunday, a month later than last
year when the first recorded light
snowfall was October 25.
adings

Here are the r t the air-
port for the past week, taken from
8 am. to 5:30 p.m. daily except
Sundsy x

Friday, November 25 37 51

gaturday 81 36.

Monday, November 27 25 33

Tuesday 28 34

Wednesday 20 24

J. R. Brown of Kleena Kleene left
Monday for Montreal where he will
enjoy a four-months’ vacation visit-
ing relatives in astern Canada. It
will be Mr. Brown’s first trip back

... ARENA PRESIDENT

Photo by Blackwell's

Elected president of the
South Cariboo War Memorial
Arena Society last Friday was

to his old home in 52 years,

Cc. FP, “Bert! Roberts,

precedent
was established locally last Friday night when Beath Motors

ers and a host of well-wishers tom

Many Visitors On Hand For
Opening Of Beath Garage

in business openings was

its debut into the commercial

Lake joined him in wishing the prin-
cipals every success in..their new
venture.

Following the speakers, a ribbon
ACiv-5 the garage doorway was cut
by Cons issioner Goad, who declared
the P _ses officially open for busi-
ne!

Prior to the ceremonies the build-
ing and equipment were inspected by

ed by Dezell Construction of Prince
George, the company being repre-
sented by president Garvin-Dezell at
the opening.

Following the opening, the visitors
attended a private cocktail party at
Columbus Hall, with music furnished
by Vie Imhoff’s orchestra. Guests

At the garage ceremonies, staff
members Art Myers, Bill Anderson
and Jim Readmap were introduced.

Out-of-town guests included Shell
Oil officials Frank Smith,, district
manager; B. Fody, maintenance man-
ager; Bill Astlen, sales representa-
tive: From Ford Motor Company
were W. Robertson, manager of trac-
tor division, and Gordon Mackenzie-
Smith and Peter Moore, sales rep-
resentatives.

From Beath Motors, Quesnel, were
Bd. Westover, manager; Ken Staple,
Howard Ash.

Also among the four carloads of
tos from Quesnel were Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Gauthier and Mr. and Mrs.
Lew Griffith of the Cariboo Observer.

Bert Roberts Named
Arena Society
President

C. F. ‘Bert’ Roberts, former Board
of Trade president was elected presi-
dent of the South Cariboo War Mem-
orial Arena Society at the annual
meeting of the group last Friday.

Bert replaces popular Claude

Huston, who this time stuck to hiv
guns in refusing nomination for the
societys top executive position. The
meeting though honoured the so-
ciety’s long time president and tire-
less arena booster by naming him
honorary vice-president.
Through the names of this year’s
te of officers are those of younger
sportsmen, who are being encouraged
to take responsible positions in the
society.

Vice-president is Roy Crosina, sec-
retary is Mickey Lunn and treasurer
is Les Pigeon. Directors are Mrs. O.
Matheson, Ken Rife, Don Quesnei
and Reg Norberg.

The meeting discussed at some
length a suggestion that town organ-
izations be invited to name repre-
sentatives to the arena society to
assure overall community participa-
tion in the operation of the arena.
No decision of invitation paticipa-
tion was made,

the visitors. Construction was handl- |

were received by Mr. and Mrs. Beath. |’

No Opposition For Village Candidates

Excuses -- Excuses

.| Dear Reader:

There’s a reason for your Tribune
being late this week, so don’t blame
the postmaster or your newsdealer.

Our monthly shipment of news-
print did not leave the supplier until
this morning (Thursday), so natural-
ly it was impossible for. any trans-
portation.company to get it here be-
fore Friday. And since, newsprint is
an important part of the production
schedule; without it we haye been
forted to mark time,

4 Clive Stangoe. |

Highway. Accident
Prevents Wrestlers
Making Fight Show

Fans who jammed the Elks Hall
t Saturday night to witness the
first ‘wrestle royal’ to he staged here
were disappointed when a minor
highway accident forced cancellation
of the night’s feature attraction,

Driving up.from the coast, Buddy
Knox and ‘Mr. X’ were forced off the
highway near the 70 Mile by anoth
vehicle and were unable to get here
in time for the show. The wrestlers
were not injured in the accident.

At the hall the show went on with
Felix Kohnke and rough-and-ready
Tarzan Potvin heading the impromiu
card in a one hour match that went
the limit before Félix won the event
with Potvin submitting in a hammer-
lock,

While Potvin was Z up for a
second appearance against Bill Kohn-
ke, comedy relief was furnished when
Benny Abbott challenged Bill. After
a couple of minutes eapering, Bill
ran out of the ring, declaring the

hoseiman wes. “too toug!

the final Potvin-Kéhnke match,

Bill emerged the victor, winning two

Fae Spit. Safonau Toren won

the second fall by levelling Bill with
a blockbuster. 4

RVES AGAIN

Soo]
—photo by Blackwell's

Tony Borkowski, local busi-
nessman and a former member
of the Board of Village Com-
missioners, was one of three
declared elected this morning
when nomination deadline
passed with only three candi-
dates available for the three
board vacancies.

Three Commissioners

ommiissjoners.

When nomination deadline rolled
around at noon today, only three
nomination papers had been filed
with Returning Offcer Joe Smith.

Papers for the third place on the
| board of commissioners were taken
out by Anthony T. ‘Tony’ Borkowski,
former commissioner who was de-
feated for re-election last year when
he ran,

Filling out the vacancies on the

board are Chairman Stan Goad and
Commissioner Alf Bagle, who had
‘both signified. their intention of
standing for re-election several weeks
0.
Property owners will still have to
go to the polls though to approve or
reject the proposed $132.000 sewer
by-law.

There }s_a difference in the voters’
list for this purpose and the one for
election of commissioners. The money
by-law vote is confined to property
owners, while the other list included
spouses of property.owners and com-
mercial ratepayers..The money by-

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Game Statistics
From Cache Creek

Up to midnight November 28,
close to 900 hunters were checked
through the Game _ Department’s
game station at Cache Creek.

At that time there had been a total
of 1411 moose checked through, 114
of which were cows; 1481 deer, of
which 279 were does. During the
first two days of the short either sex
season on moose, 42 bulls and 69
cows were tallied. For the same
Pperiod, 370 buck deer} ‘and 221 doe®
jl were checked.

Declared Elected,

Poll Still Necessary For By-law

For the first time since 1949, voters in Williams Lake
will not have to go to the polls December 9th to choose their

law list contains 390 names, compar-
ed to 417 on the normal voters’ list.
Those doubtful of their standing
should check the by-law list posted
in the village clerk’s office.

Poll for the by-law will be held in
the Fire Hall and will be open from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on December 9th.

Commissioners on the board for
1955 are Stan Goad, Alf Eagle, M. F.
‘Mac’ Johnson, Herb Gardner and
Tony Borkowski. Mr. Borkowski
takes the seat vacated by Commis-
sioner Ben Abbott, who declined to
let his name stand this year.

Don Mars New

Manager of Benk’s
100 Mile Branch

Don Mars, popular accountant for
the local branch of The Canadian
Bank of Commerce for the past six
years has been appointed manager of
the bank’s new 100 Mile Housé
branch, due to be opened around
December 20.

Mr. Mars started his career with
the bank in 1940 at New Westmin-
ster, leaving to join the army in 1942.
After three and a half years service
including overseas, he returned to
the bank’s Kingsway and Knight
Road branch in Vancouver. His first
posting away from the coast was to
Whitehorse, where he spent a year
and a halt before being moved to
Dawson City for another year, In
1949 he was promoted to accountant
and transferred to Williams Lake.

During the years he has spent here,
“Mr. Mars has been extremely active
in community affairs. He served as

EL COMPA

QU BRANCH

New Auto Dealer
Firm Opens Here

A new automotive and farm equip-
ment dealership has commenced
business sin completely renovated
premises on Railway Avenue.

The local outlet is a branch of J.
L. Wilson & Sons Limited of Quesnel
and handles Willys Jeeps, Kaiser
cars and John Deere farm imple-
‘nents

‘The Quesnel firm closed down their
Prince George branch prior to moy-
ing to Williams Lake. Manager of the
local operation is Harry Williams,
who was formerly with the company
at Prince.

The company has purchased the
old ‘Fix-it’ shop building across from
|Axgus Lumber company and, have
done a major job of renovating the
structure inside and out.

Area Has Accident
Free Hunting Season

As far as the Williams Lake area
is concerned, the hunting season
passed this year without any serious
accidents being reported.

Police say that their records show
six hunters were reported lost, but
all of the men turned up safely.

Ice Show To Open Season
At Memorial Arena Dec. 21

been pate teres to this week,
be ushered in at the War Mem
one of the country’s top tour
3rd annual Ice Fantasy.

The professional show which play
to over half a million people in 108
communities in Canada and wh
United States in the course of its tour,
has a company of fifty skating cham-
pions from all parts of the two
countries.

With 24 colorful acts, including a

airy tale on sk ‘Little Red Rid-
ing Hood and Peter the Big Bad
Wolf,” the show promises to he a

stellar attraction.
Headlining the “parade of stars’”’
is Lorrie Perkins, first Canadian

ven a continuation of the winterish weather we

have
the season of winter sports will
orial Arena December 21st with
ing ice shov the Canadian

| to stay in the annual ice
| spectacle.

rl ev

With the weather tightening up,
crews of volunteer workers have been
busy at the arena, with the first
flooding made Monday night. If the

ther holds there should be no
good surface

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difficulty in
for the one-n
Hockey
too, Fri
mittee of the arena society holds its
first meeting to line up the popular
Stampeders for the season.

of the Canadian Legion
br aneli for two years, secretary of the
Board of Trade, secretary of the War
Memorial Arena Society and was four
years president of the Boy Scouts
Group Committee. For the past year
and a half he has taken a major role
in the church construction pr
for St. Andrew's United Chof!
pao degihte on the t7. 4

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dian Legion.

Replacing Mr. Mars at the local
branch will be E. A. More, who is
being transferred from Prince Ru-
pert. Mr. More is not expected here
until Janua

‘Valuable Player’
Puck Award Offered

There will be more than moral
satisfaction accruing to the most
valuable hockey player in the 1954-
55 Stampeder line-up, thanks to the
interest shown by the local jewellery
firm of B. G. Woodland & Son.

According to thé scheme, every
person attending a game in which the
Stampeders participate, will be given
one ballott per game on which to
write the name of the player they
consider to be the most valuable to
the team. These in turn are deposited
in a locked ballot box and at the end
of the season the ballots will be
counted by an impartial committee.

The player receiving the most bal-
lots will be presented with a Gold
Gruen Automatic Sports model wrist
watch, valued at $125.00.

"The proposal has been accepted by
the War Memorial Arena Society,
under whose direction the Stam-
peders operate.

Verdict Rules Logging
Death Accidental

A verdict of accidental death with
no blame attached to anyone, was
returned by a coroners jury Friday
inquiring into the death of Daniel
Albert Rabbitt 26, who lost his lite
at Horsefly November 24.

The accident oceurred when the
er released the cinch
s on a truckload cf logs before
a fork lift truck was in place. The
jogs spilled and one fell on the
victim,