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meet at the Hlks Hall at 10:30. , in h e . il
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“managed the Alkali Lake Ranch for

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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, December 23, 1954.

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Widely Known Native Son. feat #5
Of The Cariboo Dies Suddenly

Hafold Rdmunds, distri
est breeder of -commertial wtkeys.
Townspeopie were shocked Monday to hear of the sudden os = oe me , ze ee un:
death in Vancouver of former brand inspector Joe Smith, one | “10° t @ oy ee te ea
of the most widely known men in the South Cariboo. Tatkev alld Quesnel: atta nO ae
Mr. Smith was convalescing from : olie (oicaal centres
Ap onsiation undergone lust Wed-| eluding Chico, Ranch where he was | eee a etinably prone
nesday when he was suddenly strick-| located for tour years. vf his low percentage loss o? bird
en. Denth was caused by a bjood clor} Ip 1931 he was appointed brand Of the 100 he raised, 40 were lost ty
to the heart. beeen pene nes Sndvepent Me |. sicmonaly rowing pennies
Fimerai services will be conducted | next 12 years in the position, giving Uonal average tor breeders over the |
Seca ee nom Columbay | 2 iu ne valuable assistance tolranch: | rorperiedhis Dorfaccont IGes:
Hall, with the Elks Lodge in charge | ¢*S from his vast experience. When 2
‘of arrangemenis. Blks are asked toj he retired in 1953, directors of the
Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association

bronze br

Weart Church at 9 p.m.j his contribution to the eattle in-
| auatey. (Reaches Peat -
As a mark of respect to a long-| He leaves to mourn his passing hia
time respected citizen, stores in town | loving wife Mabel, two sons, Bill,| Space in the new post offie is al-
W: close from 11 aan. to 1 p.m.j Williams Lake and Joe at Vander-|ready proving too small for the
Pri ny. hoof; four daughters, Mrs. Nora} Christmas mail rush, according to
‘Joseph Michael Garner Smith was| Law, Quesnel, Mrs. K. Adams, Ocean | postmaster Cece Rhodes.
born i Clinton in 1885, the son of a] Falls, Mra. Mary Borkowski, Wil- Rush reached its peak Saturday
family, Jone associated with that | ems Lake and Mrs. Florence Smith, | with 158 bags of parcels arriving in
‘rea. His paternal grandfather pur-| Ocean Falls. One brother, Alfred of | town. Last year's top day peak was
chused tie ‘new’ Clinton Hotel m| Clinton also survives, and eleven | 95 ja,
1860 (now the oldest - operating | grandchildren. Tmpact of the increased town pop-
hotel in the proyitice) and the busi- ulation was felt when the post office
hess remained in the Smith family van out of LwWo-cent stamps Tuesday,

until 1912. — Fi T k after going through 45,000, fen
Joe first come to this pare or me | FUFEME@N TOKE thousand more than was sold in the

Cariboo in 1905, working for the Li hti A rd entire month of December last year.

Sacred _

Santa Claus made a specia!

Instead of waiting until midnight of bee 25,
0

year-old Marie Medvezky of Bay City, Mich,
oe pose that he has adopted here sugzests that

Centra) Press Canadian
he came not only to list what she wanted for
‘our- Christmas, but remind ne r that if he is to visit
her at all on Chris she must be a good
litte girl.

1. trip

government ou a bridge gang. a: Also sold this month to date have
Contest judges Stan Goad, Fel

that lime the only building here was been 10,000 stamps and

the old Borland place. ! there are

+ Sinee that time, with the excep-| Nicholson and Tom Larson last | 20,000 5's sold each month, Hos an Staff

uon of an eight-year fing at grain| night selected winners for the an- Postmaster Rhodes estimates that Pp

farming in Alverta, he has been as-| nual Jaycee Christmas lighting con-|some 60,000 Christmas cards have| Bpatay

sociated with this area. test. Awards in both commercial and | been clearéd in outgoing mail. Enjeys Annual Pa y
Alter his first job on the bridge] residential divieions were won by ———

gang, be drove stage for awhile and|two new entries in the contest this

worked in the Bullion Mine, Then he | year,

The Williams Lake Volunteer Fire

four years before moving to Alberta | Brigade were winners in the commer- e

with his wife, Mabel, who he mar-| cial division with their original d Mild Weather

ried December 1915. When the] play on top of the fire hall (see other

Smiths returned to the Cariboo Joe| story).

managed several district ranches, in- Residential award this year syent
2 : to Mr. and Mrs. Sid Pigeon tor the

jeffective manner in which their

ch

Sta inembers of War Memorial
Hospital, medieai men and hospital

Chineek Winds Bri | Uiee9Ps enioved the anmyar Crist

mas staf party Monday night,
Co-dperation of the star during
what Was déscried as the heaviest
5 nm veur in the hospital's |
Williams’ Lake enjoyed am une | iyerory sé-mmended by board
rise in temperature 418 | aammian Cle Stungoo
ey reaching the 3

ents tor
titted hiv

the ff were
adyiinistrator —W

if hi mee

ime mila we

|took second plac

District Potatoes © Temperature Rise
Take Second Award Spoils ice Show Hopes

t Although the sudden jump In tem-
At Coust Show

perature th was enjoyable, it
Samples of Netted Gema from the

spoiled any hope of the staging of an
ice show Tuesday at War Memorial
Edmunds Ranches at Marguerite
in the cooking

Arena.
quality competition at. the recent
B.C. Seed Potato Grower
uion show at New Westminster lag:
month,
There were

Had the cold snap lasted two more
days the ice-makers would have been
suce

lar weather conditions farther
ay spoiled chances of shows ia

eniries in the rinee George’ and aavenE Greee as

= outlined
HO) with decorative’ lighon: Spinone Sy | ie i
y wn this display was added the i = |
lit Up’ For Holiday Santa Calus set beside the chimney. z neh in-that he Trede Treasurer
Added attraction to the town’s| Honourable mention in this division | #d eut about YorF miles out along |

the road to his Chimney Creek ranch. ose ols officers |
e

Board of T
$ the name ot

Joe Borkowski, who was elected
‘treasurer for the en:

Christinas decorations this year is| went to previous winners Mr. and
the slush of Neht and colour on the} Mrs. Bob Kyte for their iluminatea; Here are tie weather readings Pet ied eee
firehall roof. display of Santa Claus and his| tiken at the airport from last Friday.

Firemen spent the weekend stand-j reindeer set out on the front lawn Fria: December 16 22 11
‘ing fir trees on the roof as a back-j of their home. Sa
drop for floodlit figures of CI

ning

er 20

| prize potatoes were ay

ssivén tor cooky

of Corumifia:| ©
t trom Vancouver Island 7
a yery slim margin of points. First

a = Village Tox Share

points and the second place entry |
revolved 21-4 i\Dewn From 1953

Mr. Harold
munds was elected a ad

nehe Williams Lake's interim payment

| PURIRY AVINN ORS
revellers, and on the side of the Hal? TURKEY WINNERS

electric signs flash the messages of B D |
‘Merry Christmas’ and “Happy New | BOF Decorated |
Year.’ In the evening recordings of

‘Christmas music are played over a For Concert Setting Wi

loud speaker.

Annual hockey club's turkey draw

yesterday saw birds go to}
Mableson. Mrs, Mickey Lunn |
Bott

ing at § o'clock this morning
above, |

The huge crowd that turned out
for the 159 Mile school concert last
Thursday evening in Ralph Rodger’s
baru overflowed the doors, and late
comers could not even flud standing
room.

Aceording to reports, it was the
best concert presented in several
years due to the untiring efforts of
“tenchers Miss C. Uchida and Mr. W.| —
Serack.

Over 64 pupils took part in the
full program, Grades 4,5,4, under
Mr. Serack presenied a group of
songs, recitations, pantomime: and
three plays entitled ““The Gr

Christmas Present," “The Truth-| ~ - f rie ome = 6e
Telling Machine,” and ‘Christmas The publishers, staff and corresponden of The |
Burglar.” Tribune join in extending the sincere hope to all our

Grades 1, 2, 3 directed by Miss
Uebide gave g number of songs and
drills ana s play called “Upside
Down.” _

Master Danny Dunaway acted as Way a full measure of happiness and prosperity
master of ceremonies for the primary
grade, while My, Serack announced
tor the older students,

The barn had been transformed
for the occasion by the combined ef-
Torts of teachers, pupils and people
of the community. a large platform
was built with an imitation flreplace
with Santa Claus emerging realistic-

readers that you may enjoy the very merriest observance

of Christmas, and that the coming year may bring your

Clive and Trene Stangoe

Jim Stitt - Louis Iwe Koehnsen |

Mis

door below. Streamers and col
[lights were draped through the
uuilding, snd benches made to seat Cor
the public, ;
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TRERE'S ICE IN sPoTs

rinkell, Dog Creek

Creek

Perey Willard, Lone Butte
Mrs. J. Bonner. Creek Mrs. T. L

im Lake

A. Bracewell

While indoor rinks in this part of
the Interior await colder weather to cott, 100 Mile House

make ite, conditions are just right re -
s the late Joe Smith. | on the smaller lakes for hockey.
known men in the| From Springhouse way comes the
who passed away suddenly |report of g game at Salt Lake last
Monday morning. This picture wes/Sunday With the boys trom Frost
taken at the time of his retirement /Creek downing Springhouse by a
score of 11-8,

Photo by Blackweli’s

as brand inspector, j

(Gravelling Complete r =o
On New Read Section

rector of the association at the an-! of
nual meetin

shate of the Social Services
for the year will amount to
according to inforimation
ed from the Premfe: office

foNowing the show

Sees 4,640.18

TO LEAD GROUP

TO NORTH POLE down from last
78. This slight
general and is
eflect-
ction experi-
returns from this

[drop in

> degree of ¢
need to date in th

“that
ior to the end of

government's fiseal

Youth Seriously

resulted
morning
en a car driven
nnon,18, of Portland
outh Burnaby, flipped over
upside down.

arth
will go by air

the pole but most of th
exploratory work will ‘be py do: Ma
team. Principal purpose: of th vehicle in the ere
0 test

the thickne:
th

nnon was pinned inside the
and after being

shed to Williams

extricated was
L

to be head in-
th juries and ken to Vancouver
by Dr. H. K Atwood.

Arthur Miller of 70 Mile, a hitch-
the Burnaby

in the

ay to visit
when the
11:30 a.m.

pital was
360 from saw

tyeit,

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