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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LARE, B.C.

Thursday; March 3, 1963.

Williams Lake Tribune
Established 1931 C.ive Siangoe, Editor
Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C.
By The Tribune Publishing Co.
Authorized as Second Cla:

Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa

Woodshed Discipline

The Board of Trade took the right stand on the question
of children smoking when the members agreed that the matter
was primarily a problem to be dealt wiht in the home.

For some reason other there seems to be a growing ten-
dency today on the part of many parents to shift this matter of
child discipline on the school, the police or any responsible
authority that will accept the problem. We wouldn’t want to
return to the harder living of grandfather’s day, but we could
profit by maintaining some of its better qualities, one of which
was the responsible place the home took in moulding character.
Not the least of these was the place the family woodshed had
as the final testing place of authority.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

While the facts of current educational needs stare us in
the face this “Education Week” would seem to be a good time
to think backward and forward at the school scene in Canada
and to recognize that while teachers may be in short supply
today and may be vitally needed tomorrow, they have been
faithfully on the scene of Canadian education ever since the
first settlers arrived and through many years when their re-
ward was pitifully small and their influence great beyond all
computation.

There has been. in almost every small town in Canada, at
least one teacher whose honest to God fearing presentation of
the basic principles of Jearning has laid a foundation on which
the men and women whom he or she taught have built lives
which were lived in the service of their country and their God.
They wielded an influence which even they probably under-
estimated, because in the life of every child or young person
there is one moment when he needs a hero. It may be a baseball
player, an orchestra leader, a minister or, perchance, a teacher,
but when that moment comes, the person who fills it will never
be forgotten.

They taught in log school houses, in rooms in private dwell-
ings, those pioneers in education. They took over the bright new
Schools which we now term hovels. They worked with a mini-
mum of text books and paper and ink but they turned out our
college professors, our ministers, our politicians and our
statesmen. And they did as good or better a job as is being
accomplished today with all our new fangled machinery.

We owe them a debt greater than we may ever hope to re-
pay. But in one way we may acknowledge it and make 2 down
payment on a long loan. Today we may accept this whole mat-
ter of education asa trust from those who worked long and faith-
fully for little pay. We may spend our money and educate our
young men and women with a view to making the education
of our children the first claim on our time. And we may recog-
nize this great increase in the children of the nation for what
it is --- riches unexcelled.---CWNA. Pies

Aether Dera Method

It recently came to our attention that an amendment to
the School Act last vear offers a different method of election
of school trustees in rural districts than is now used. The new
method may be instituted at the discretion of the Deputy Minis
ter of Education, and although it does not specifically say so,
Wwe presume that the move would be considered if recommended
by the board of trustees.

We believe the plan merits some consideration in the case
of the village of Williams Lake, since it makes it possible to
elect the- trustees representing the town by the method of
ballot in conjunction with our civic election. It would require
ouly one additional task on the part of the returning officer,
since the qualification for casting a vote in a school board
election is not quite as broad as that for a civie election. In the
former case only. property owners may vote, while in a civic
election a person who pays a trades licence in excess of $5 also
has a vote irrespective of whether he or she owns property.
However, since there are only a few in this category it would
be a simple matter to operate two voters’ lists on election day.

At present town school trustees are chosen from among
the town representatives’ elected by a meeting of the rate-
payers. the method of ehoice is by having the area representa-
tives from all over the District 27 elect the town trustees at
their annual fall meeting.

Obviously this method has its limitations, particularly in
a school district that sprawls over most of the South Cariboo.
When a name ie placed on the floor of the meeting, it is often
evident by observers that some of those who will be casting
ballots have never heard of the candidate let alone Nave any
idea of his capabilities. Actually, when they are faced with
several names and have to make a selection, it places them in
an uncomfortable position, one in which they are at a loss to
make an intelligent decision.

Of course it might he said that the ratepayers had their
c y :n electing their representatives to put up only
the names of men or women who were capable of doing a sound
responsible job, and therefore the other representatives could
not go far wrong. That might be quite true, but we believe the
final selection of the person who is going to occupy the aciual
seat on the board should also be up to the people whom he or
she represents. It would be a system that would- probably be
a welcome one with the other representatives too.

The new system referred to is applicable as well to indi-
vidual rural zones, but it would probably not be practicable
in other places than town where the machinery for election
is already set up.

The Pacific Great_Eastern Railway Co.

Effective June 1st, 1954, Will Operate
THROUGH-FAST PASSENGER & EXPRESS SERVICE
between
VANCOUVER, B.C. AND PRINCE GEORGE, 8.
Including Sleeping & Dining Car Service
Prince George - Squamish Dock
Pacific Standard Time
Ly-Vancouver (Union Pier) 9:30am
Ar-\Wms. Lake :
Ly-Wms. Lake
Ar-Fr. George
tv-Pr. George
Ar-Wms. Lake
Ly-Wms. Lake p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ar-Vancouver (Union Pier) 6:30p.m.-Wed-Frid-Sun
THROUGH FREIGHT SERVICE
Ly - Vancouver-Mon-Wed-Frid
Ar - Wms. Lake-Wed-Frid-Sun
FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY ON FREIGHT AND EXPRESS

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Barrel Forum —

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ment did uot initiate the tem but
had it ready made for them by th
coalition predecessors. Whether, as
Mr. Gibson appears convinced, the
Social Creditors have utilized it to
fill the party coffers is not, as
forum sees it, the real
It is a sad commenta upon our
political system having to state we
have grown to expect all par
when in power, to follow that pro-
cedure.
What
us most
is the
feeling
order
cessful

concerns
gravely
growing
that in
to be suc-
any pro-
ject. or industy,
must be placed in
the hands of a
few big concerns.
Looking back to
the time when the Social Credit par
upset the political applecart we recall
that on the eve of that election the
deputy minister of lands addressed a
large group of small lumber oper-
ators. loggers and truckers at Mis-
sion City. He informed them the day
of the small operator had gone for-
ever and whether they liked it or not
they would have to make the pest

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to what extent Mr. Orchard still

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: . angath PRINCIPAL
influences government. policy. Just ONG OE

recently he is reported’ as stating

that operators could not build roads

and such, consequently management
licenees must be given to big operat-

ors. Now! just who does this man
Orchard think he is, and by what
divine right does he presume to
preach the gospel of serfdom? Who

j ever told him a million British Col-

umbians must kowtow to afew
, industrial barons? If Mr. Gibson's Low
j inferences have no substance why a aa EE

doesn’t the minister order his deputy
to pine down?
| If this gove:

ment is the “people's
Mr. Bennett inaists
nould be seek-

i. government” t

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By R J. SCOTT

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and means of-assisting small
operators to stay in business. Surely
| there are other ways of recompensing
for licences besides building roads.
Surely the government could under-
take to do the required reforestra-
tion with repayment being made in
installments. If the cabinet ministers
exerted as much effort to enact legis-
lation to help the small business
people as they appear to do in ar-
ranging giveaway programs for a few
moguls they would command

the votes without spending large
sums on election campaigns.
SMALL MEN WORTH MORE

We suggest the various ministers
inform their spbordinates that Ma
na Carta is still operative in this
of the brave and instruct them to
give considerale thought to the in-
terests of the small fry. We have no
time for these matters of negative
thought. We are tired of hearing the
expression ‘You can’ do this.”
our

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From the Files

more to this
Province than all the huge concerns

ness men are worth

of the Tribune

put together. We realize there are

ONE YEAR AGO
March 4, 1954

W. C. Arnett Company moved in
to begin highway contract between
150 Mile and Williams _ Lake—
Radio-Tel beams will shortly proyide
better long distance service to this
mmunity— Wm. Tymochko and
Walter Kowalski of Big Creek went
over their trap line by dog team and
found this mode of travelling most
satisfactors— The Lone Butte Hos-
pital Auxiliary
had been paid off the hospital debt
— Among the nursing students who
passed the recent registered nurses
examination were two graduates of
Williams Lake High Schoo:
Moom ané& Kathleen Weert
Education Week will be observed
With all the schools holding ‘open
house”—

FIVE YEARS AGO
March 2, 1950

Ths Williams Lake Blementary
School was officially opened by Ion.
W. T. Straith, Minister of Education
— The Junior Pontiacs will meet the
Kerrisdale juniors in Vancouver this
month— ‘he federal government
has approved a $90,000 Federal
Building for Williams Lake— ¥
liams Lake Badminton pl:
ed off with three of the five
pionships in Cariboo Club pli
Moose have been reported to, be
grazing at Rod Machenzie’s— Father
Feehan arrived to take up duties as

announced $350.00.

some projects that can hest be de-
veloped by those able to command
large sums of money but that does
not necessitate our tossing the entire
resources of the province into their
laps together with an ironclad mon-
opoly upon industry. That is not our
ccnception of free enterprise and we
venture to predict that any govern-
ment subscribing to such a policy will
not long remain in power. We believe
the vast-resources of this province
ean be handled so as to permit ail
types of endeavour to participate
freely in their development to mn-
tual advantage. We believe a million
British Columbias having tlie world|
by the tail on a down hill pull require
more people shouting “‘Tally-Ho” and
fewer offigials commanding them “To
Hell - To ‘Heel.’ No. ‘department of
government should he allowed to re-
main under the control of individuals
firmly convinced there is no longer
a place in our economy for the small

istant at Sacred Heart church
he children's ward at War Mem-
orial Hospital is to he opened official
ly this week— The Ladies Auxiliary
vf the hospital will stage their first
fashion show— The B.C. government
is considering replacing the B.C. Po-
lice with Royal Canadian» Mounted
Police— The new school at Lac |
Haché was officially openea—
TEN YEARS AGO
| March 1, 1945

new

Six timber wolves were responsible
Tor the loss of $0 moose and deer in
the Horsefly District as reported by
Fred Hooker, big game guide— A
concert presented by the school chil-
! Williams Lake was enjoyed
fer thre®é hundred people A
donation of gasoline has heen asked
for so that the Musical and Drama
Festival group may go to Prince
George— Twenty members of the

Such negative thinkers should be
promptly purged. lf Judge Lord’s
enquiry does nothing more than un-
mask or confirm this tendency to
squeeze the small operator out of the
lumber industry except on terms dic-
tated by government sponsored mon-
opolists, it will have rendered the
province a signal service. Judging by
the many “letters to the editors” a.
great many people feel Mr. Gibson is
fighting their fight with the dice
loaded against him.

Letter to the Editor

Hanceville, B.C.,
February 24, 1955.
Editor, The Tribune
Dear Sir: Last week in your 20
years ago you quote Mackenzies as
selling 5 cans pineapple at 65¢.
When I arrived here from England
Feb. 17, 1903, 50° below zero, prices
w
35c per Ib., sugar Se. 3 pkts. Chinese
matches 25c, no others except a few
wax vesters sold. Overalls 1.50 per
pair; socks, 3 pair, (woolen) $1.00:
good print 6 yds 1.00; 3 large plugs
T&B $1.00. ete., ete. Cowboys got
$30 a month, Chinaman cook $26.
Three year old steers bought by John-
nie Wilson, or J. D. Prentice, $27 on
range. cow angi cal® S10 to $15
for both. We were allPWell of and
could save Money and content with
life in general. =
Yours sincerely,
Agnes Lee,

Horsefly Cattlemen's Association met

2 z tradesman and businessman.
to discuss the possibility of estab-

(Mrs. Norman Lee.)

lishing a feed store at Williams
Lake—
TWENTY YEAR
March 7, 19:
Williams Lake defeated Clinton in
the last two games of outside hockey
of the on— Brunswick Sardines
are advertised at 5¢ a tin— On
Shrove Tuesday the,"Paneake Panta-
loons” flipped pancakes at St. Pete
Hall. which was followed by a dance
|_vhe PGE debt to B.C. is $70,034,

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“We repair anything in le.

Spring Is Almost Here

BRING YOUR REPAIR WORK IN
BEFORE THE SPRING RUSH STARTS

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