aot Pg a a Williar iis Lake NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO Tribun 32-86 oO yas? Volume 23 — Number 12, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, March 24, 1955. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. Commissioners Approve Budget Estimating in excess in many cases to what will actually be re- quired to operate all departments of the village, commissiovers have come up with a budget of $70,500 for 1955, or roughly about the same amount as can be expected from yeyenue. In the budget $11,000 is- allowed for public works (streets, sidewalks, drainage); $6,000 for sanitation (garbage collection and sewer main- tenance); $5,000 for administra- tion; $14,450 for community ser- vices. which is broke down into $2,000 for grants, $500 for parks, $500 for beach, $750 for pound, $1750 for street lights, $250 tor cemetery, $500 for fire protection, $8,000 for social welfare and $200 for airport. Waterworks has $26.050 allowed for the department, $6,000 for pumping and labor, $1500 for chlorination and treatment, $5000 for maintenance and connection: $2500 for customer billings, $5,006 for main replacement, and $6,050 for bond repayment. Another $8,000 has been earmarked for a new vil- lage oifice, Ollsetting this are the following anticipated receipts: from taxes $17,689; government grants §12,- _800; owing from PGE Railwa: Company for sub-divi: work $7,000; water rates air port tees $1400; business licence fees $1500. : On this side too must be placed ‘About $7,000 to he labelled ‘social services.’ This is tq offset the thump- -ing figure of $8,000 for social ser- yices on the expenditure side. Actu- ally this amount of money will never be used as a direct cost, but under , the set up Of payment for social ser- vice work, a healthy sum must be placed in this aecount for budget purposes. The money is a sort of re- volving fund due in each case from the provincial government and from other municipal (goverments. when the person hus nor resided i this! village for more than a year. How- while the money social welfare fund the refunds go back into-general revenue. The re-assessment this year did litile to change the taxation picture. Land yalues jumped along Oliver Street but little change was made in other areas. ‘With the same rate as last year of 18 mills on total value of land and 50 per cent of improvements, the figure of $17,698 is $4,242 greater than the previous year, and this in- crease is not due to reassessment alone, since a great deal of residen- tial building was completed in 1954. Mill Employees’ Gift Matched By Management Management and labor co-operat- ed in one district mill to make a sizeable donation to the hospital building fund, ‘The 21 employees of Johnson Saw- mills Ltd.. contributed $148.00, which Ww: matched by company president Rudy Johnson to make a total to the fund of $296. Mrs, Norman Lee of Hanceville is is a house guest at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Christie. Sr. ——o— Mrs. J. Abbott left last week for a holiday at the coast ‘Lake PI ayers weep IMPORTANT ROLE FOR LITTLE BOY B minic’s » of Which the Queen ’s Welsh Baptist iversary of the Hepburn purse contained a contribution Moiher is a patron. Sewer rBydow Approved The way has been cleared sewer system with the receipt approval from Victoria of the received a substantial majority the electors last December. Awaited now is approval of the bond issue by the minister of finance, which is necessary for government ching of e out is the formal agreement between the village and the firm of will turn the matter over to a solici- iron out, the vited and the project will be abo ready tor tender call. for Williams Lake’s $132,000 last week by the village of money by-law. The by-law when it was placed before tor for study. Once those two points: have been bond Bids sill he fi involved, Tuesday night commission- ers looked over the contract and discovered several points they did not like. They are securing a copy of the contract that Quesnel entered into with another firm last year and = out of the north this past week, the weather has been anything but springlike. “Imported” Fashion Models Prove Tea Comedy Highlight Comedy highlight of the Kiwanis fashion show last Wednesday was provided by three members of the local club who were billed as “im- ported models from Paris.” In the words of commenttor Mrs. Haramia, the fashions shown were little designed to nge the body basically. if not fundamentally. Draped in a slinky evening dress, slit at the bottom to coquettishly show a black garter, Bob Court, member of a chartered accoutant firm showed his basic knowledge of figures as he tripped around the stege. Commented Mrs, Haramia “This beautiful gown is the H line at its best... it is designed for wear (continued on back page) Credit Union Members Hear Reports, Elect Officers At Meeting Williams Lake & District Credit Union has grown to a point! Gibbon paused to inform the it now has 77 members with shares of $3,178 at Deceni- | m secretary-treasurer Earl Brown told members at the annual meeting last Wednesday evening. whe ber 31, A total of 28 loans were made dur- ing the past year amounting to $5240, compared to 18 made in 1953 totalling $2447. Pat Hosey was returned as presi- dent of the Credit Union for the coming year with Don Meyers nameq vice-president. Mr. Brown was named secretary-treasurer again, a position he has held since the incep- tion of the group. Other directors are Ken Petersen, pd. Baker. Verne Mann and Mrs, L, D. Deschene. is Blected again to the one vacancy} on the supervisory committee was - Jack Esler, who has jnét completea ; Cies a three-year term. Credit commit- tee members elected to two vacan- were John Borkowski, three years, and Mrs. J. Duthie, one ye Guest epeaker at the meeting was Frank H. Humphrey of Vancouver, field. supervisor of the B.C. Credit Union League. Mr. Humphrey traced the history of the Credit Union movement since its inception. He stated that today in British Colum- bia there are over 300 credit union $35 with share capital of some Million. He valee explained the credit union’s health insurance scheme and , endowment loan plan, What Happened To Spring? above and a raw wind made it seem Commissioners Replace Cut Made In Library Grant on the subject of donations Lany 2 With the prevailing wind blowing Low for the week was reached last , night when the mercury dropped to 25 below. The first day of spring minimum during the ea Ider. Here are the daytime readings at the airport: Min Max Friday, Mareh 18 Saturday Monday This morning at §:20 the was —11. Commi demonstrated ioners Tuesday night that second thoughts re not always as generous as first ones. the ap- the He om- Reading over the minutes of previous meeting that concerned proval of a donation of $200 to local library, village cle B. joners that he had discovered this had been approved some time ago, but at that time the figure had been $250. Mix-up occurred because of a let- ter from the library i king for the grant. the request had been made by gation, and although the commis sioners approved the higher grant, they advised the library board to send a letter in for the record. Weeks went by and when the letter finally appeared the commissicners had tfor- gotten all about their earlier motion, and in the subsequent discussion the grant s cut $50. When the matter was ed out Tuesday night fathers agreed to leave the or motion stand at the higher figure, Association offi ginally a dele- a straighten- the village Two-Hour Power! Shutdown Sunday A power interruption affecting all of Williams Lake is scheduled Yor Sunday, March 27 from 12:30 pan. to 2:30 p.m, to permit Power Com- ion clectricians to complete some additional alterations to the ‘switchboards in the power house. If the present sub-zero weather continues until Sunday, the inter- ruption will be postponed until a dater date, Four Street Lights For Sub-division * Four street lights will make their appearance soon in the sub-division overlooking the Stampede grounds. Work on the project will begin around April 1st, according to B.C. Power Commission manager Basil Gale, The lights will be located on the Shuttle corners of 7th Avenue and Yorston, 7th and Barnard, 5th and Barnard and 4th and Barnard. Win Four Titles Tourney At Annual North-Central Tourney . Williams Lake-players swept the North-Central British Columbia badminton championships at Prince George over the weekend, taking four titles two events in the ‘B’ flight. in the main events and winning From an original membership of 12 with $45 in shares, The six-player from the ‘lake. was 6ne of the smaller groups in the tourney. Sixty-three shuttlers from eight town competed, with 23 entered from Prince, 10 from Qugsnel and 9 from Fort St. James,.The smaller communities of Sinclair Mills. Houston and Fort Fraser sent four each-and Dawson Creek three. Star of the local group was Ralph Woodland, long an outstanding Player on Interior courts. Playing against perennial rival for top shut- tle honours Don Currie of Quesnel, Ralph swept to the singles crown-in two straight games 15-9 and 15-2. In the seven years the tournament has been operated. Ralph has won- the crown five times and Currie twice. Back in harness together after tho lapse of a year, Woodland and Ea Gaspard captured the men’s doubles crown, deteating Currie and Monk 15-10 and 15-7, Woodland and Gas- Fans Treated To Another Outstanding Mat Show As long: as wrestling hereabouts stays up to the standard set Saturday night, it will continue to draw sell-out crowds. Although the gate was short of the hospital benefit card record of last month, it ran a close second, and fans saw an even more edge-of-the-chair performance. The headline fight between Felix Kohnke ané Cal Roberts was a seri- Des anair for the top fight pertoem= Ss, With a side purse added for the winner. Only once did Roberts take to the air with his famous drop-kick, right after the opening bell. Felix flipped back at the same time and both of the big fellows went down on the rickety ring with a resounding crash. From there on the fighters stayed on their feet and demonstrat- ed a healthy respect for each other's ability. Kohnke took his roughes treat- ment when Roberts kept him in a series of reverse knee locks, work- ing over the hefty Kohnke limbs. Felix cut his opponent down in en- thusiasm with a series of leg scissors, and then caught him in a reverse full nelson, flipped him back and used his 231 pounds of brawn to hold Rob- erts to the mat for the full count. In the opener Bill Kohnke, look- ing in his best form, disposed of the clowning Frank Snyder of Tacoma in 12 minutes. Although Bill started out slow against the taller Snyder, the local lad cut down the visitor with a flying scissors and wound up the match with his famous double log roll that is enough to take the starch out of any opponent. The tag team match brought the fans to their feet several times as the fight developed into a wide-open affair between the Kohnkes and Sny- der and Roberts. At one point. after brother Bill had taken a rough time from. the two opponents, big Felix came out swinging to toss both Snyder and Roberts out of the ring and stand by the ropes knocking them into the ringside seats each time they came up to the ropes. First fall in the mateh went to Four Cadets Receive Promotions First promotions for cadets in the Williams Lake Corps were announc- ed at parade this week. Made corporals in the unit were Ken Brandly and Ernje Smallenberg. Terry Baker and Eddie Kozuki were promoted to Lance Corporals. Boys of the unit were also issued with their shoulder badges and cap flashes at the parade. There are now 18 boys in the town group and 27 at St. Joseph's Mission. The corps is trimming up for the annual inspection of the unit some time in May that will be conducted by an outside officer, Emphasis is being placed on weapons training, wireless and drill, Felix, who practically hqd two men to his evedit. Hoisting Snyder oyer his “shoulders-he sent ifito- an air-| plane. spin and’ as Robérts came in to help: his-partner, he was caught on the chin. by Snyder's whirling: feet. With Roberts back to the ropes, Felix dumped Snyder and dropped him for the fall. Bill turned a painful full, nelson into a winning fall for the wind-up, of the match. Shyder clamped. Bill in the grip and then hustled him over to the corner where Roberts was winding up with his good right arm. Bill ducked his head to the side’ and Snyder took it full face. Bill prompt- ly disposed of the groggy ex-sailor. Village Opposes Pollution Control Agency Suggestion Village commissioners have gone on record as being opposed to a sug- gestion emanating from the Union Board of public health units that a provincial pollution control agency be set up in British Columbia. Suggestion was that such an agency be responsible for control of pollution in water, land and at- mosphere in both organized and un- organized districts. Feeling of the commission was thet such an agency would he just another ‘government restriction that ; Would add “more shackles,” as one member.put it, to our way of living. | Commissioners couldn't see why the present method of sanitation control Wusn’t good enough, where any com- plaint of such a nature could be re- ferred to the Health Unit in the are Another suggestion, also emanat- ing from the Union Board, that meat Inspection services under the Depart- +ment of Agriculture be established and that all meat for human con- sumption in British Columbia hear therapproved stamp of the provincial “or federal departments of agricul- ture or approved foreign meat stamps. was also turnéd down by the meeting. Firemen’s Ball Success The annual Firemen's Ball mark: ing the observance of St. Patrick's day in Williams Lake was its usual success. Masses of green streamers The blow was delivered, but | pard have won the event five times. ALL“LAKE EVENT The mixed doubles was an al- Williams Lake affair with Woodla and Joan Huston meeting Gaspard and Noreen Carson in the finals» Af- ter coming from behind in their first game to win 15-10, Woodland and Huston went on to win the second 15-4 and the title. Seventeen-year-old Noreen Carson copped the junior girl’s singles crown after being forced to three games by Joyce Ongman of Prince. Scores were ‘Ul-1, 8-11, 12-11. “in the B flight, the local father and daughter combination of Will: ‘Hannah and Rosemary Han: swept the opposition to reach the fin- als and then took the mixed doubles title. in a three-game fight with Smith and MeVeam of Quesnel. The Hannahs won the opener, dropped the second game and took the decid- ing one 15-13. Wilbur featured in another B flight when he teamed up with Bill Scott of Prince George to defeat Russell and Russell of Fort St. James: Jerry Patrick of Dawson Creek won the junior boys singles against Cliff Russell of Ft. St. James 15-9, 15-7. Ladies singles crown went to Anne Munro of Prince George who defeated Beth Dickinson of Ft. St. James 11-7, 11-4. Ladies doubles event was won by Munro and Scott of Prince who downed Embleton and Baillie.o?, Quesnel two straight. ‘Presenting the trophies at’ the ‘elose’ of fe tournament. were Tony Woodland of Williams Lake and Toi Dilworth of Prince George. Garage Theft ‘Suspect Arrested In Vancouver Royal Canadian Mounted Police here have been informed that Colin wanted. in ‘connection with the breaking and entering of Wil- Lake ago, Fraser. liams Motors months ver. Fraser is being held on a charge lodged in another case by’ Vancouver police and pending disposition of that will be brought to “Williams Lake to face the B & EB charge here. Fraser, who had worked for the garage for four days, disappeared on the night of February 12th rollow- ing a break-in when four tires, two batteries and about $85 in cash was stolen. Police subsequently picked up airforce deserter Roderick Leo Higgins, who had been with Fraser that night. and charged him with receiving ‘stolen property. He w sentenced to 18 months on the charge. garage two is in custody in Vancou- Kiwanis Expect Hospital Tea To Realize $280 Last week's fashion show, staged by the Kiwanis Club, is expected to net around $280 for the hospital building fund, show committee mem- ber Tony Borkowski told the club at Tuesday's luncheon meeting. Mr. Borkowski said that net pro- ceeds now amount to $251.25 and he expects that $30 will be turned in yet from advance ticket sales. cross-crossing the main auditorium of the Elk Hall was the main decor- ative theme. Jim Groome’s orchestra | provided the musie this year, In addition to the ticket sale re- epts, th clb ralizd $51.25 F ceipts, the club realized $51.25 on the auction sale of flowers donated Lee's Ladies Wear and another $38.50 was made on a cake donated by Mrs. F. Nitholson and Mrs. 2. Court and won by Mrs Freeman Butler. Helping to swell the proceeds was | the donation of tea by Overwaitea land cream by Primrose Dair