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Williams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE

OF THE CARIBOO

Volume 22 --- Number 8.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, February 24, 1955.

Single copy 10e.°- og
Felker

Police Search Still On For Armed H

RETIRI

VG

Vet

an RCMP officer Sgt. Joe Howe, whose’ retirement
from the force becomes effective March 6,

Photo by Blackwell’s

HONOUR VETERAN POLICE OFFICER
ON EVE OF RETIREMENT FROM FORCE

Last week Sgt. Joe Howe

officers who were honoured at a special get-together of fellow
members of the Silent Force just prior to their official exit

from the stage of active police

Occupying the spotlight along with
Sgt. Howe, former patrol sergeant of
the area from Merrit to Williams
Lake, was Sgt. Tony Gunn, patrol
sergeant of the Okanagan area. The
two men were the jast First World
War veterans on active duty with
the force in the Interior.

Tribute to their work

with the

force was expressed by Superintend-
end R.

y. Wonnacot, officer in com-
beivisionmand they
each presented with an electri
lgek and a scroll marking the occa-
sion. “East Monday Set. Howe was
honoured by men under his command
in theirea When they presented him

Much of Joe Howe's early police
work was spent in the northern part
‘of the province on river patrol work
and probably those years in the silent
‘bush contributed much to the quiet
ealm manner in whch he has handled
his work through the years.

Sgt. Howe was born in England
and was eleven years old when his
family came to Canada, settling in
Victoria. In 1915 he enlisted in the
48th Battalion and served through-
out the war. He was wounded in the
battle of the Somme in 1916 and
again at ! years later
Back home after cessation of hostili-
ties, he was discharged with the rank
of Corporal, just one month hefore
jis 21st birthday.

In civilian life young Howe found
it difficult to settle down to a routine
job and for the-next few years he

was one of two veteran police

work.

spent most of his time with survey
parties in the Interior. It was while
he was doing this work that he be-
came friendly with several of the
Provincial Police officers around
Kamloops and at the suggestien ot
Inspector Fernie, finally went into
the force in October 1928.
FIRST POSTING

His first posting sas to |
/Georgeaunder Sgt. Walker. now pro-
vineial fire marshall, and was as-
signed to river patrol work that often
called for routine trips of up to six

(continued on back page)

Prince | _

Poor Turnout
For Fair Meeting

With
the annual

only five members out for

ihoo

meeting of the C
Fair Association last night, the elec-
tion of officers was postponed until
a second meeting to be held nexi
Wednesday.

Fair Association president Roy
Clements states that if this second
meeting fails to inspire any more in-
terest in the membership, steps will
be taken to disband the organiza-
tion.

Children’s Smoking
Habits Problem Of
Home, B. of T. Agrees

The problem of juvenile smoking
is the responsibility of the home and
not of any community organization
or of the school, other than during
school the Board of Trade
meeting agreed last Wednesday when
the
opinion on the question.

There to pose the question was
high school principal Tom Beames,
who said he had received numerous
complaints from citizens on the
prevalence of smoking among stu-
dents of junior high school age.

Mr. Beames said he wanted the
board’s opinion on whether any spe-
cific plah of action should be taken
in the community to curtail the prac-
tice. He said the school would be
prepared to co-operate if any pl&n of
action was proposed.

hours,

members were asked for an

years 10 Smoke and it was:
for a merchant to supply tobacco to
children utder that age limit.

ion fromthe Bella

Jim Stitt Heads
Local Legion Branch

Jim Stitt, RCAF veteran who has
been guiding the destinies of the
Jocal branch-of the Canadian Legion
since the resignation of Harold Rich.
ardson last summer was elected presi-
dent for the forthcoming year at the
annual meeting of the branch Mon-
day night.

Vice-presidents are Tony Borkow-
ski and Bill Smith. Secretary is Jim
Groome and Walt Thomas was re-
turned as treasurer. Directors are
Bob Jackson, Jim Duthie and Frea
Graham,

Sgt.-at-Arms is
named as chaplain
Lee.

Bert Levens and
again was Franic

HOCKEY AS 1? SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED

look — They're At It Again!

=~ don’t walk to War
pos sure youv’e got a seat to watch that annual hockey
men and the businessmen.

¢ between the Fir

This year me fugitives from hoe-
key teams of other days, including a
sprinkling of recruits from the rank
of retired broom ball exponents, w
give their all for the hospital building
fund.

Business manager Bill Sharpe and |
his deputy Gordie Rowand
up with a roster of players that might
Jack something in quality but will
certainly make up ‘for it in number.
Here is their list up to press time:

Gord Rowand (goal); Verne John-|}
son, Tom Hay Bil Smith, Tommy
Madison, Claire Redding, Pred Fva-|
ser, Roy Williston, Clive Siangoe,
Lorne Barle. Dong Matthews, ill
Sharpe, Wank Neufeld, Pred Bean- |
Gair, Dr. Lieyd Bothamley,
Harding. ‘Tis said that Prank and
Martin Latin may also turn ont. |
The smoke eaters, on the other!

hand, insist they are leaning towar
quality. Manager Reg Norberg claims |
his boys will win by a wide margin,
wiping out the memory of last yea:
businessmen win.

The businessmen made their first

“ mistake of the pre-game build up

this week when they attended a prac-

[lucky to ice a complete team Friday.

go to p Tom Bishop (goal),
Jim Blair, Geoff Place, Mars Poire
| Wilf Moore, Cece Rhod

ton, Bill Margetts, Elmer

John Anderson, Harry Curt

Pi on,, Ken Moore.

playe
| fi

Memorial Arena tomorrow

lice Wednesday night in full force.
From the haggard expressions as
they stumbled off the ice after a bri
half-hour workout, tht club will be

On the other hand the Firemen
played it extremely cagey by prac-
ignoring their summons to
Monday night.

Here is the Firemen lineup as we

ghtening up of the weather
weighed the outcome of the game in
favour of the Firemen. ‘The Business
proved hy wading through last year's
slush that they are the better
“mudder
me time is §:20 p.m. Fans are
sed 10 be on hand early since the
usually look their best in the

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adv

VANDERHOOF GAME

ROAD FUNDS
x 5

oola Board of Trade stated thet
that body was asking the government
to provide $75,000 for work on the
Anahim-Bella Coola section of the
Chileotin road.. and asked that the
local board press for allocation of
funds for work on this end of the
road. The meeting approved a re-
quest for a like amount for this sec-
tion, with the suggestion that spevial
atiention he given to the Anahim-
Tutla Lake portion of the route.

At the same time the board for-
warded a request that the govern-
ment consider replacement of the
Chimney Creek bridge.

BEARS TAKE 6-5 WIN

STAMPS PROTEST

Surprise appearance of Kelowna
Packer player Dave Wall in the uni-

form of the Vanderhoof Bears for
last night’s semi-final open “|
ed in the local club registering a!
game protest. |

The game was won by the Bears
6-5. |

Wall was playing for the Packers |
last week when they were eliminated
from the Okanagan mainline league
by the Kamloops Elks.

Vanderhoot is contending that
since Wall waited out two games, he
is eligible to play, but since the two
games in question were postponed
ones and not regular league fixtures,
the local club feels the waiting period
regulation was not adhered to.
ding 1
Stoempeders go
series down one game in the =
decision is based on two out of three

emis

the

z pan. Sunday.

Tired out from their long trip to
Venderhoor the Stamps found they
had to play in a blinding snowstorm,

The game was split into four 1
minute periods to try and keep th
ice clear.

tied up in the
a big goal

The tight game wa

dying minutes of play, but

‘st two minutes of play. In fact that
y be all you’ll see of some of the
ayers before worn out muscles and
lungs give out, |

by defenceman
30 seconds to go put the Bears in
front.

Curling, Club Will
Sponsor Green ‘Spiel

With play for the curiboo Home
Furnishings trophy due to wind up
this weekend and more eurling wea-
ther in the offing, the local club will
stage another “Green Bonspiel”

starting Monday.

Anyone is welcome in a green
spiél whether they are club members
or not, or no matter how ‘‘green”
they are at the game. Those wishing
ito enter should contact Lorne Barle
or Bob Kelt immediately.

Spring And Winter
Visit Us This Week

Theweather has blown warm and
cold in the South Cariboo over the
past: Weel.

Last Friday the mercury sank to

‘one below, the third time this winter.

With the lowest reading registered
as five below, the winter so far has
constituted quite a record for mild-
ness.

Here are the airport readings for
the past week:

Min Max
Friday, February 17-1 16
Saturday 18 30
Monday, Feb. 21 25 43
Tuesday 19 26
Wednesday Sas

This morning at 8:30 the reading
was 13 above with a raw north wind
blowing.

NO TRACE OF WANTED MAN

Police have still failed to find any
trace of Colin Fraser, employee of
Williams Lake Motors, who is want-
ed in connection with the break-in
of the garage. premises on the night
of February 12.

same evening.

A suspect caught in the dragnet at
Hope Tuesday was réleased yesterday
when the victim of robbery, Arthur
Lemarche said he was not the man
involved. Lemarche was taken to
Hope to identify the man.

The incident occurred about 8:30
Monday night just outside the out-
skirts of town. Mr. Lemareh, who
works for Trobak Sawmill, was
driving to his place of residence at
Valleyview Lodge, (formerly . Her-
bert’s) when he spotted the hitch-
hiker near the-town boundary and
stopped! to offer him a ride. At the
lodge Mr Lemarsh slowed down to
turn in and let the hitchhiker out
when the man pniled a revolver and
told him to keep going.

About a mile farther on he told
the driver to stop and would have
‘probably taken over the car then but
the headlights of an approaching ve-
hicle prompted him to tell his victim
to drive on.

The driver was directed to turn
off at the 150 Mile, and as they near-
ed A. L. Crosina’s at the 153, the
hitchhiker told Mr. Lemarche to pull
in to the gas pumps and fill up the
tank, advising him at the same time
to just ask for gas and hand the
money through the window without
raising an alarm. As it happened,
the station was closed for the night
and no one answered the summons
of the car horn so the driver was in-
structed to move on.

About half a mile farther on he
told Mr. Lemarche to turn the car

Cool Young Pilot Brings Plane
Down Safely On Lonely Feed Lot

* Cool headedsess" oF “the-part‘of a young 19-year-old-pilot |

from-North Vancouver
and his 16-year-old passenger

is credited with the safe landing of he}

in their Piper Cub aircraft

Sunday when he brought his ship down in a feed lot some 30
miles up Dog Creek valley as it was running low on fuel.

Gerry Haldeman, who has only 60
hours in the air, was flying he and
his passenger. Bob McKerns of the
RCAF at Comox to Alaska on a hunt-
ing trip when trouble in the form ot
strong headwinds was encountered
on the leg of their journey from Kain-
loops to Dog Creek airport.

Shortly after leaving Kamloops
the pilot encountered strong head-
winds and terrific downdratts, Fight-
ing the elements all the way, Halde-
an knew by the time he was over
Clinton that he probably did not have
enough fuel to reach Dog Creek. The
airstrip there was not serviceable so
he decided to land on the highway,
but the strong winds made attempt-
ing a landing difficult, and after
flying under some telephone wire
and brushing the wing of the air-
craft against a clump of treees as he

pulled out of the valley, he carried
‘on his course.
The pilot figured he must have

been on his last pint of gas when he
spotted a clearing dotted with cattle
beneath him and a small cabin. Com-
ing in to land he was unable to use
the packed snow of the feed lot be.
cause of the cattle, and heat and
steam rising from the ground would

not let the light aircraft down. Swery-
ing

around a clump of trees about
six feet from the ground, the plane
suddenly plumped to the ground and
flipped over. Just before landing the

pilot handed MeKerns the fire
tinguisher and this piece of
thinking prevented the craft from
catching fire

The feed lot where the plane esme

tle Co. Preen

» Who is in charge of the
w the
me running to off y assistance,
fom Desmond hi appened ‘to be at the

SHUTTLE PLAYERS TO PRID

About 20 local badminton play:
will travel to Prince George tl
weekend to take part in the annual
Cariboo Badminton Tournament be-
in held in the northern centre this

year,

camp with his light delivery truck
and brought the two young men out
to the main ranch at Dog Creek.

In landing the aircraft's propeller
was damaged and the young airmen
had to stay over at Dog Creek until
repairs couid be effected.

The RCAF was holding one of the
largest Ground Observer Corps exer-
cises ever attempted in B.C. Sunday
and observers~ had. spotted Halde-
man’s aircraft as it pursued 1
course towards Dog Creek, If he had
not reported himself safe before dark,
the RCAF would have known what
area to search in.

Local Lumber Deal
Involves. Purchase

Of Planer Mill

Formal completion of a deal in-
volving the purchase of the local
planer mill of Argus Lumber Ser
by Diane Lumber Company Ltd., ¥
announced this week.

Diane Lumber is the second luw-
ber firm to be formed in the district
under the presidency of W. S. Coon,
who also heads the old-established
Seattle corporation of Western Ska-
git Co., Inc. The other local firm is
Western Skagit Co. Ltd., which is
inly interested im the purchase
and sale of umber.

Announcement of th

purchase of
mah Butler,
n,

Argus was made by Pre
and ma

ern Skagit Co,

r dent
director of both We;
L.id., and Diane Lumbe

The physical assets inelnde
planer mill on Railway Avenue which
is producing 65M feet a
taking over the mili it has been elec
trived and new equipment will arrive
shortly. It is planned to move the
operation to another site when a
suitable one can be obtained,
up production. Superintendent of the

the

to steyi

operation is Boh Allen.
The new Jumber company takes
its name trom that of Mr, Coon’s

daughter,

itch-Hiker
Takes Car At Gun-Point From
Local Man Just Outside Of Town

Police road blocks thrown up along the Cariboo Highway
Monday night failed to locate a young hitch hiker wanted in
connection with the theft of a car at gun point earlier une

around. Then he ordered him to stop.
He asked him if he had any money,
but when the driver said he only had
a dollar, he was told to “keep it.”
Then Mr. Lemarche was ordered out ~
and told first to start walking and
then to start running. This order was
punctuated by a couple of shots from
the revolver. Then the man got be-
hind the wheel and drove off.

Mr. Lemarche returned to Crosina’s
and telehoned the police, who im-

} mediately called all men on duty and

broadcast the alarm.

It was 10 o'clock when 4 local pa-
tro] car, working back trom Twilight
Lodge checking the sideroads, dis-
covered’ the car abandoned about a
mile up Knifé Creek road near the
141 Mile. Evidently the man hat
driven up this narrow road and then
tried to turn around but had- become
stuck in a snowbank.

It is believed that he walked back
to the highway and caught another
ride south, although not one of the
drivers of all cars and trucks stopped
on the highway reported seeing a
hitchhiker.

The wanted man is described as
being about 5’6” tall, weighing 145
pounds and about 22 or 23 years old.
He is of slender built. fair coniplexion
and has a long thin face. He has
fairly long blond hair combed
straight back and was wearing either
a grey mackinaw or brown parka
type coat.

The description of the suspect
picked up at Hope tallied in almost
every respect altnough his facial
characteristics were different. To car-
ry the*eoinidence along even. far~
ther, the man was also hitching a ride>—
and-had come down from Quesnel.

Stop Sign Question
Held Over By Board

A request from the Board of Trade
that stop signs be installed at the
intersections of Third and Second
Avenues at Yorston ‘Street was not
acted upon immediately by village
commissioners at their meeting Tu
day night although they stated that
it is their intention of going into the
traffic problem for the entire village
at an early date.

The board pointed out that both
‘corners were ‘blind’ and that several
accidents had occurred at both in-
tersections.

An application from the legal firm
of Skipp and Langley for the appoin:-
ment as village solicitors was tabled
ly the meeting pending a full tur.-

out of the board. Comissioners
Eagle and Gardner were not in at-
tendance.

School Budget
Will Be Reviewed
At Prince George

School District 27 budget for 1
will be reviewed this Saturday at

the Depart-

5

Prince George )hefore

ment of Education financial comp-

troller and director of administra-
tion.

Presenting the budget will be
board chairman Hilary Place, trus-
tea Fred Buss, board
B. Macqeen school inspector Bi!l
Mouat.

On Sunday the board officials will
attend a meeting of the Northern
Interior Branch of the B.C. Trustees
Association.

Date for the local ares
tatives convention to appro
budget has been set for March 12,

PHONES FOR SUB-DIVISION
B.C. Telephone Company crews
have heen stringing lines into the

new sub-division this week,