Thursday, December 23, 1954. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Page 7 HORSEFLY NEW: a Community Club Sponsors Well-attended Christmas Party [ie cent a Aeon. the village. MRS. GEORGE HOCKLEY is the new ant at the local post office GEORGE HOCKLEY is presently | 18th. A well-attended supper was put; enaude of Circle U Ranch, put on a/¢mployed with Overton Brothers in on by the Horsey Community Club | short Play with her grandchildren, Williams Lake. on December 12. The hall ana tables} making up the = Patenaude!| MR. and MRS. W. R. FOWLER Were tastefully decorated in keeping |is teaching them thi with the Christmas season. 1ilins| ‘The Misses Donna and from the University of British Col-j sang two duets. Mrs. Harmon, Beaver | THE B.C. TELEPHONE umbia Extension Departemnt were| Valley, with her pupils put on her | PANY crew are repairing the line to shown entire rogram for the local concert, | Williams Lake, a much-needed work. The Club sponsored the Christmas|Then Santa arrived and gilts and] The men free and copeert this year. ,Puev|treats were distribuied. etre Were ably supported by various peo-| ments were served to all, who voted | With M ple in this community and in neigh-! it a good con and un opportunity boring communities. to chat with triends whom we do Mrs. L. Gaustin, primary teacher. | not see any other Lime of the year, oepened the-program with her well- trained group of carol singers. Miss Donna Cole and local children then | minster, followed with several numbers. Mrs.|a few d Floyd Chapman at the piano and Norman Brigden with his guitar ac-| presently companied themselves in @ duet,| Ranch. “Star of the Hast.” Mrs. Annie Pat-| MRS. Jo Cole| Browns Jast week-end Dorrans is also st: ets” MISS JOAN ARRI. CANIMAHOOD NEWS came up to visit her father 4, New W staying at Wood Jam chased in late summer by the Jolly MARY WEHLAN has moved children’s Christmas drawn for December fourth at a Olzoxrs, beautiful cloth erocheted in Corona- ton pattern was Mrs. J. W. Dobie of Vancouver. Second and third drawings were Tor a crocheted blue wrist bag and a wine puffed satin cushion made and donated by Mrs. R. A. Pitre and Mrs. Walter Oslon respectively. These were won by Mra, B. Spencer MeNeil and Mrs. Herbert MeNeil. ~ The‘whist party of four tables was eujoyed by all. High score was made by Mrs, Kenneth Higgins; men's high by Herbert McNeil; low by Ihe is dona re billeted at the Barretts, | TOM RABBETT, who is logging! ‘Trade and ying at} Trading for his use in : . | buck snd forth to Williams Lake! - GL. GAUSTIN left for a’ Penn att acs VANCOUVER WOMAN WINS DRAW The handsome lace tablecloth pur- Hour Club to raise money for the treats was [have been y whist party at Mr. and Mrs. Walter The Iucky winner of this her cottage from the Otson property | visit with friends and’ relatives in on Horsefly Road to her own lot in| Vancouver and Seattle. Tom Goode left at the same time to spend the holidays with Mr. Tom Goode, M.P., and Mrs. Goode, Vancouver. REV. J. COLCLOUGH officiated at 5 service in the Hall on the Miss Faye Campbell of the ‘Tribune stafl accompanied Mr, Col- clovgh on her first Wip to Horsefly, THE LOCAL year, jand Rosalie were guests of the Harry | very fine new wood shed. A RUMOUR has reached the ears COM-| of this correspondent that since the Mon. Mr. G: glardi 4. new "plane, ng old plane to our genial president of the Board of owner of the Horsefly travelling The Compliments of the Se Vivian Higgins and Olaf Thrones, KENNETH LYNCH of Santa Bar- i and Buck Nick of Seattle, who ing Mr, and Mrs, Ea. ward Higgins, have returned to their homes. MRS. L. LOGAN is training the stu- dents of Canim Lake East school for the Christmas tree concert to be held the evening of December 18th, tollow- ed by a visit from Santa Claus and a dance, CAL, PETTIGREW is hauling lum- ber for Flahertys from MeNeil’s mill to Exeter, H. MeNEIL and his mother, Mrs, B. H. MeNeil motored to Kamloops Monday, MR. and MRS. C. A. PELKEY and daughter Sandva of Williams Lake D v0 Christmas May the wonderful holiday spirit of joy and peace be with you and yours at Christmas time. To wish you ail the very best of Christmas Joy and to thank you for your -patronage since opening our business, motored to Lone Butte last Sunday to visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Flaherty of Lone Butte. Sandra remained on an ex- tended visit while her parents plan to be away at Terrace, RAY WLAHERTY was on a suc- cessful “guiding trip during closure of saw mills. A GIFT WRAPPING PARTY was held Saturdap evening at Mrs. Hart- wig’s with Mrs. Hartwig iv charge to wrap the gifts for the school Christmas tree. KENNETH HIGGINS is cutting Christmas trees for Kenneth Lynch of Santa Barbara, and shipping them to Seattle, MARION HIGGINS of Bear Lake and Gordon Mountford trom Merritt paid a visit to McNeil's sawill re- cently. CAPT, EDWARDS and his father Clem, Edwards of Vancouver, and Norman Pigeon of Meadow Lake are hunting in Wells Gray Park. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Waller Olson December first. Their guide is David Christopher. MR. and MRS, EDWARD HIG- GINS took in the turkey shoot at Lone Butte and also at Roe Lake and visited in that neighborhood. Mr. Higgits won two turkeys. Photo Service GORDON - Black well’s EDNA - and Portraits CAROL [ea [GREE _ Brown's Furniture Store Ss 2 7 ie SON: f heppiness and the MANAGEMENT AND STATF OF THE RANCH HOTEL EETINGS May the good cheer of the season enter your home at | | Christmas and abide with you and yours through all the days and | = | months to come. To all we extend our sincerest wishes for health, | of dreams most dearly cherished. MR. and MRS. GORDON MOUNT- FORD have rented and moved into Mr, Higgins’ cabin on Roserim Lake. Mr. Mounttord is working in MeNeil's sawmill and Jimmy and Ann are at tending Canim Lake Bast school, FROM. the turkey shoot at Lone Butte turkeys were brought home by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins, Rdward Hig- gilts and Glenn McMillan. H. Hart- Wig brought home two. SEVERAL attended the Roe Lake turkey shoot, Norman Carlson, Ray Flaherty, Victor Foster, Malcolm Miller, H. Hartwig, Ed and Kenneth Higgins, Glenn MeMillan, Dowling Monette, W. Olson and others, bring- ing home several of the Christmas birds. Four men for $105 brought heme three turkeys, MISS JOAN McNEILL was flown to Kamloops Monday by PWA for medical treatment. She was accom- panied by Mrs. Ray Flaherty, R.N. She is in good condition at Royal Inland Hospital. MR. and. MRS. K, E. HIGGINS motored to Kelown a Tast week on a visit to Mr. Higgins’ parents, Mr. and Mrs, McMillan sr. Egypt, Rome Observed New Years in Spring . Ancient Rome and Egypt céle- brated New Year in the spring. Egypt used the overflowing of the Nile as a calendar and cele- brated the New Year accordingly, in June. The Babylonians began their year in March and the early Ro- mans followed the Babylonian pat- Bearing this in mind, the custom of invoking the gods of fertility at New Year's time—the origin of which is lost in -antiquity—seems logical and appropriate. The Romans were accustomed to hanging tiny masks of Bacchus upon trees and vines, ‘the idea be- ing to impart fertility to every side of the tree to which the masks were turned by the wind. of fruit trees and petitioning a “good howling crop.” * Reflecting the fear of starvation, er hunger nor want should enter the ‘ing the a Ow Sood cana fd and Feared THIS ADVERTISEMENT 15 ROT PUBLISHED OF BOARD OR EY THE GOVERNMENT pe M DISPLAYED BY THE LIQUOR CONTROL GF BRITISH COLUMBIA.