Williams Lake Tribune NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO (gor Volume 23 — Numbér 7: WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, February 17, 1955. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year, One Jailed, One Man Sought Following Garage Burglary One man has. been sentenced to 18 months in jail on a receiving stolen goods charge and another is still being sought by R.C.M.P. in connection with a burglary early Saturday morning in the premises of. -Arrested in Chilliwack Sunday eyenirg dnd charged with receiving stolen goéds valued at over $25 was Roderick Leo Higgins, 23, an RCAF deserter. He appeared before Mazis- trate C. H. Poston in police court Tuesday and was sentenced follow- ing his plea of guilty. Still sought by police is Colin Fraser. employed by the garage icr a matter of four days prior to the burglary. Missing from the garage when the purgliry was discovered Saturday morning was a B.C. Telehone Com- pany jeep, 4 tires, two car wheels, two batteries and about $85 in cash. An attempt to open the company safe had been abandoned after the dial was knocked off and a hole cut in the door with an acetylene torch. According to the story as piece together by police, Fraser and Hig- gins were driving down the highway early in the morning when they aud a fiat tire. The motorists were ob- served changing the tire about two miles out of town by an RCMP patrol car. A while-later another flat tire developed near the 150 Mile and this time a trucker was flagged dwn aud Fraser asked for a ride into town to get a spare. Back at the garage it is Lelieved he took out the telephone company jeep and loaded on tbe tires, Wheel and hatteries. It is be- lieved that entry was forced into the company offices around this time. Entry was gained by breaking the windows of two doors and releasing the latches. Tools and the acetylene outfit were brought into the offices’ town. - lliams Lake Motors. |for the safe attempt, but trouble must have been encountered in try ing to operate the cutting torch since the face-of the safe was blackened by carbon and only a small hole was burned in the door. Fraser was observed for a third time back at the stalled car on the highway. This time Allan Bellmond, pany drove by, and noticing the company jeeps pulled upto enquire why it was on the road. Again Fraser explained the necessity of bringing a spare tire out; and as he was employ- ed by the garage, his story sounded logical. Police were alerted the following morning and the hunt for the men was cn. The jeep was found aban- coned near Wright station Sunday When police a sted “Higgins he was alone, Frasér having left him in Kamloops. Several of the items ta- ken from the garage were later found at a Kamloops auto court where the men stayed overnight. Nothing is known of -Fraser or where he came from. The garage ‘hired him to look after the pumps but have no information about his previous life. ‘The burglary evidently took place between rounds of Gordon Lewis of Security Services. The patrol com- pany office is in the garage. and for an employee of the garage who lived in the building it would be an easy Tatter to check when the patrol officer went on to another part of Short-handed Bears Trounced _ In Free-scoring Series ” = Riding rough-shod over a on the weekend, the Stampeders took a firm hold on second place in the league. At @uesnel the Prince George Lumbermen Jost their chance to tie the Stamps when they split a series with They needed two wins to keep second place the ‘Roos. deadlocked. With only nine men in uniform for the weekend series, the Bears faced impossible odds against the rampag- ing Stampeders. In the Saturday ‘opener the visitors held on for two periods before the Stamps outscored them 4-0 in the final 20 minutes to take the game 8-4. In Sunday’s effort the Bears were )eat from the half- way mark of the opening frame and didn’t show any effective opposition until the final period as the home lub poured on the pressure to build up to a 15-5 win. Young Al McDougal) opened ‘the scoring in Saturday’s game when he was on the receiving end of a gor mouth pass from . Reg Norbers. Steele evened up the score and then Montgomery set up the next scoring play as he ploughed into the oppos- ing defence line lost his stiel in the tangle and then kicked the puck over to McDougall who passed it on to Car} Buchholtz for the goal, Changing a defenceman on the an expensive shift for tho a two-man rush paid off tors with Smithers heat- ing Hutchinson on the shot. Strigier put the Reers in front_at the 1 mark and that ended the period scoring The Stamps poured on the pres: sure in the second frame but were turned back time and time again by the goal minding of Young, who seemed to be everywhere at once. It wasn’t until 9:50 mark that Ram- say Blair and Reg Norberg teamed up to deadlock the score with Blair sigging the twine. Second later the Bears retaliated for their final count- er of the game with Steel scoring on a rebound. Half a minute later Wal- ter Richardson tied up the score on a play set up by Hutchinson and Rocky Richardson. As the third period opened Mont- gomery came roaring up on the play behind the Bear blueline to take Hutehingon’s pass and rifle it home. A lovely display of stick handling Ly Steininger placed him in scoring 1.0- sition for the next counter and then Quesnel. added another. Final score went to Rocky Richardson who tired short handed Vanderhoof club home Hutch’s pass. Tempers were well passed the frayed. point as the game wound up. Veteran Howie Sugden and young Walier Richardson drew two minutes each fer attempting to club each other schind the Bear net and Smithers drew five minutes for intentionally liitting Don Quesnel over the head with his stick as he came up behind the -puck carrier. Quesnel dropped stick and gloves to take up the arsv- ment but was forcibly restrained and finally handed two minutes for fight- ing back. SUNDAY GAME Sundays game rapidly developed into a scoring. spree for the hard- skating Stamps. Quesnel opened the scoring at the 6:40 mark, and the half-way mark. By the period ena the score read -1 and the game was rretty well conceeded. The tired Bears showed little in- during the up to 11-2. The Stamps added another as the final frame opened, but then the Bears began to show some of their Suffers Broken Hip In Lumber Accident Jack Esler, well-known former land inspector and local business- man, had a narrow brush with death last Friday alternoon when he was caught beneath a falling load ot | ; lumber at Fred Pipe’s sawmill, Mx Esler suffered a broken pelvis anj is in War Memorial Hospital, Mr. Esler, who was sealing logs at the mill, was standing near the load of some 6.000 feet of lumber that was on jacks preparatory to ij i loading on a truck, when a ploci | holding one of the rollers must have | lipped. letting the load fall forwara }on the ground. Workmen at the mill moved the lumber in record time to |free Mr. Bsler. the Elks Hall Valentine cut-outs for the occasion. Geof atternoon: in the dying moments of last night's game against the Lac La Hache Wild Horses to stave off a defeat at the hands of the visitors. Final score was 6-f. to the Memorial Hos margin had lengthened to 3-0 at the | $£2,331.35 Net increase of 53 per eupaney figure for percent compared to 65.6 in.1952 or a jump of 52 percent. LICENCE OFFICE HOU Hospital Dance Proves Popular Valentine The Hospital nce sponsored by the Hospital Auxiliary last Friday proved to be a popuiar 2nd financially ceeds for the hospital building fund are expected to amount to close to $300. ful event. Pro- cee: Auxiliary members had decoratea with streamers and Of the novelty dances, interest ¢ tered mainly on the old-fashioned waltz contest ‘that was finally won by Mrs. Bileen Yelland and Terry Killian after the judges had to call for a special dance-off between thi couple and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Me- Hugh to make their decision. Judges for the contest were A. J. Drinkell e and Bill Sharpe. Stamps Just Stave Off Loss To Lac La Hache Stampeders had to use six player The Stamps were down one with a minute and a half to go when Hut- chinson was taken out of the net and the locals went all out for the tieing effort. The Stamps defeated the Wild Horses 8-4 last Thursday at Lac Ly, Hache. . + NEW DIRECTOR Felix Nicholson, who was elected board of directors of War ital Monday night. Hospital Costs And Occupancy Figures Compared incre of revenue Percentage and expenditure over the past three years have kept in line with increas- ed occupancy, Walt Thomas, admin- istrator of War told Monday’s annual meeting of the society. Memorial Hospital ital earnings in 1954 w: up 43 percent over 19 operating expenditures were also up 43 percent over there were 1 tions admitted compared to 856 in 2, an increase of 44 percent, Pa- terest in proceedings § second frame and the scoreboard in-| tient days amounted to 10,209 in dicated as much as the count went] 1954 compared to 6,668 in 1952, an ent. Average oc- last year was 99 In presenting his financial state- ment, Mr. Thomas said he thought it was only right to give credit to B.CIHLLS. which its officials have handled ad- justments in costs that have been rising steadily, mainly heavy occupancy cutting down effi- cient operation. He said that he had manner in tor the fair due to the ust recently received cheques cov- cring adjustments Jor the difference n budget figures and actual cost for 1952 and 1953. From the point of view of financial operation, he said that it was clear that the Insurance Service was ad-) “burnt up” with the attitude of th usting in an equitable manner. To accommodate those who put off buying their tic nee plates until the end of February deadline, the local government office will remain open on February 26 from 8:30 a. |v 5 p.m, . Representatives Must Hold Second Budget Meeting School area representatives will hold a second budget meeting this year to meet with requirements of ‘the new amendments to the School Act. | The amendments lay down an en- tirely different method of approach- ing budget approval and one that will probably be very welcome to the Fepresentatives, since it will give them a much clearer picture of what they are actually approving in the Way of costs to the district taxpayer. It is d down now that the trus- tees first prepare the budget and then submit it to the Department of Edu- cation. This must be done before February 15 of each year. The de- partment then arranges for a budget review with the trustees to define “approved costs.” Before March 10, the department furnishes the board with the tentative figures of assess- ment valués in the district and be- ; fore March 15 the board must submit the budget to the representatives. They in turn have 15 days to decide on acceptance or rejection. If they decide to reject the budget they must notify the board in writing, demand- ing ai bitration. KNOW DISTRICT'S SHARE What this means in effect is that when the representatives look over the budget, they know exactly what share of the cost the district will have to pay, that is, the district's share of capital costs, the set seven mjlls on operation. and those -costs which the department has labelled as “not approved.” They will also know, Urough possession of the assess- nent figures, just what mill rate in-