illiams Lake Tribune NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO wee Volume 23 — Number 18. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, May 5, 1955. Single®copy 10c. $2.50 per year. Elect for Trial in County Court on Robbery Charges Facing charges of robbery with violence, three men who appeared in police court last Friday for the preliminary hearing of their case, elected*to face trial by a judge of the County Court. The charges are faced by Garnet Marks, William Sound and John Spurrell. According to the evidence of James Albert Russell, employee of Gang Ranch, he liad come to town April 9 with almost $500. After pay- ing some Hills and sending a nfoney erder away he claimed that he still had about $295 in cash. Late in the afternoon he went to ‘the Maple Leaf beer parlor where he met another employee of the Gang Ranch, Frank Stockdale and a friend of his, Joe Beulanger, and he had “half a dozen beer.” The three- some parted company and about 10:30 that night Russell said he entered the Ranch beer parlor and again met Stockdale and Beaulanger. Then, the witness testified. “that man,” identifying Sonnd, “came over and asked me to buy him a case of beer.” The witness said he had seen no reason to do so and they ‘igot into an argument.’’ He could not re- eall who had asked who outside, but he testified that he went out with Sound and went hetween two parked cars. Then he said his opponent struck ‘at him with his left hand and grazed his cheek. “I never got a chance to hit him and he didn't hit me. I don’t know what hit me but 1 went down,” Russell said. The witness testified he had his wallet in his pocket when he went into the beer parlor but after he came out it was gone. Stockdale told the couzt that he and Beaulanger were sitting in the beer parlor when Russell came in with Sound behind him. He said Sound wanted Russell to sit with him put when he wouldn't he went || aver Abont 11:30 he testified that Sonnd came back and asked Russell to huy him the beer. He then iden- tified Marks and Surrell as men who had been sitting with Sound and thet they went outside too. SAW PIGHT Richard Emile Hanson, 18, tes- tified that he had been to the show earlier in the evening and had sat in Spurrel's- car as it was parked in front of the Ranch Cafe on Oliver Street about 10 o’clock and started to read. He said that he saw some- one fighting and got out to see who it was. He said he recognized Billie Sound. He then testified that Sound knocked the other man down and that was all there was to it. Al- though he saw a erewd on the side- walk he said he did not recognize anyone, He said he then went back to the ear and about five minutes later Marks and Al Minow got in and they drove away. About. 20 minutes after the fight, Manson said they picked up Spurrell and Sound, and after dropping Minow off at Marks’ trail- er, Spurrell took the wheel and drove towards the Stampede arounds. COUNTING MONEY The witness said they drove a couple of miles out of town and then Sound and Spurrell began: counting money. To questioning he testified ‘Lake Ball Chances - epends On Success In Finding Hurlers What will happen to the Williams Lake Power Glides in the forth- coming invitational ball tournament at Lac La Hache May 22 and 23 will depend largely on the eluh’s succes in procurimg the services of one or two additions to the pitching staff. that nothing was said at this time He then continued with his story to say the police came and started to question them and. after they left the group went back to the trailer where the money was counted again. He tesetified that Marks and Sound gave lim money to keep and that he hid it. Questioned again about the fight. Hanson said that after the fight he saw Sound cross the street and run up the road. Corporal Jack Routledge testified that on the evening in question he] (continued on back page)? Member of Pioneer ine Family Dies soe services were conducted | Lac La Hache, last Saturday for miicaee MeCauley Hamilton, aged 89, who passed away after 24 years in provincial Infirmary. Marpole on April 26. Service at Lac La Hache was per- Yormed by Rev. Fr. J. Naphin and interment was in the family plot. He is survived by one sister, Miss Margaret Wamilton of Williams Lake, and four brothers, Gavin of Beaver Valley and Ike, Teddy and Moffat of Lac La Hache. Mr. Hamilton was a great grand- son, of Peter Skeene Ogden, original uuaseas Bay Factor of Fort St. ames. Active In This District Survey crews of Canadian Bechtel Limited, engineers for West Coast Transmission Company, are working in the vicinity of Williams Loke in preparation for construction of the gas pipeline to the Peace River country. Actual construction of the line awaits permission from the Federal Power Commission in Washington, -D.C., to import gas into the United States. Construction may start this fall. but only a small amount will be done this year, according to a representa= tive of Canadian Bechtel. P.G.E. Considering for Land Problem Consideration is being ‘given by the Pacific’: Great Eastern Railway Company to engaging a firm of con- sulting engineers to study the prob- lem of land development around Williams Lake, according to a letter received by the Board of Trade by company general manager R. F. P. Bowman. Mr. Bowman states that last fall a study was made of the prolem and consideration had been given to opening up another sub-division on the north edge of the village. adja- cent to the one opened up last below the airport. However, Mr. Bowman said that problems arose that pre- vented the adoption of this plan. With regard to the board’s com- plaint about piling of lumber on PGE land along Railway Avenue, Mr. Bowman said that steps would be taken to control this. F Belaid Following 3-Car Crash Charges will be laid as a result of a spectacular three-car erash Saturday night at the junction of the Mountain House cut-off and the Cariboo Highway, according to police, who are stiH investigating the accident, Two persons are still in the hos- pital, both in good condition. S. Michele is suffering from concussion and lost part of his scalp in the crash. Mrs. Clifford Joe has severe lacerations to the face. According to police, the three-way crash occurred about 11:30 p.m. A panel truck driven by Ernest Cook with four other passengers, was pro- ceeding south on the highway when | it crashed head-on with an oncoming | vehicle driven. by W. A, Stewart, who Permits Granted Three building permits were ap- proved at Tuesday night's commis- sioner's meeting. Two were actually hold-overs from last week’s meeting, with per- mit being granted to Cariboo Oil Dis- tributors for a dwellimg and Over- waitea Ltd., for addition to their present store. Another commercial permit was granted to Home Oil Dis- tributors for construction of a small addition to the Home Service Sta- fon on Railway Avenue. Applicant will be warned however that~ the shack 6n this property must be torn down as soon as the new addition is completed. ‘Transjent Heences were granted to Chas. C. Russell, plumbing and heating and to Klassen & Born, Vancouver, building contractors. A three-way licence for funeral direct- or, florist and ambulance service was granted to Chet. Leavitt. Teams to the south are reported strong in that department, and | opinion of one Lae La Hache citizen | with an eye on the entries, if the| *glides can’t produce an outstanding hurler out of the sports hat, they might as well go fishing on the holiday weekend. = Of course experts can be wrong, and in the meantime the leals are getting in as much practice as pos- sible. This Sunday they travel to Lac | La Hache to take on the home club | there in their first season game. The sponsoring Williams Lake Motors is providing new uniforms for the club this year, | Parents Of Local Nurse Killed At Armstrong Miss Betty Hopkins, public health nurse here, lost both her parents Saturday. in a tragie autmobile ac- cident near Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hopkins, aged 79 and 73, were killed instantly when their car, driven by Mr. Hop- kins, crashed head-on into a car travelling in the opposite direction. They had been residents of: Arm- strong for 50 years. Miss Hopkins was driven down to Armstrong early Sunday, was alone in his car. The Cook ve- hicle had slewed sideways on the road when a third car, driven by Steve Todorak came down the high- way towards town and struck it again, this time knocking it to the side of the road. Both Mrs. Joe and Mr. Michele were occupants of the panel. The others, Mrs. Michele, Mr. Joe and Mr. Cook all suffered shock and bruises. Mr. Stewart suffered shock and bruises and was confined to ho: pital for two days. Todorak and his passengers were unhurt. All of those involved are from Williams Lake. The Cook vehicle was a total loss and an estimated $300 was done to Stewart’s car and $300 to Todorak’s. Soil Samples At Airport Engineers Bric May and Bill Hols- worth of the Department of Trans- port are currently taking soil sam- ples on the new airport site. Inform- ation gathered from these samples is used in making up specifications for such work as paving. Mr. May says he believes that work will.get underway in the summer on actual clearing of the runways. Highway Paving Contract Let Contract for the paving of 38.3 miles of the Cariboo Highway around Williams Lake has been let to Mannix, O'Sullivan Paving Company Limitea for $348,372.00. The paving worl: is broken into sections: 150 Mile to Williams Lake - 8.6 miles; paving to 170 Mile - 9.6 miles; 170 Mile 19.0 miles, and recapping Oliver Street a price of end of cut-off to Macalister - and Railway Avenue in town - 1.6 miles. the Railway be undertaken this year because Of this latter amount, Avenue work will not ot the proposed sewer project. Gas Pipeline Survey Crews | We Are Ferced To Do Some Squeezing We are leaning a little heavy on Advertising this week to keep the Size of the paper down. , Reason is that a third of our me- ehanical staff is in the hospital with pnenmonia. Of course in a three-man back shop a third is one man, but it Sounds a more serious shortage us- ing the fraction. Our apologies to our district cor- espondents whose news did not get in. The items will appear next week. Apologies too to Norton Olsson. Cariboo Cattlemen's Association sec- tetary whose advertisement couldn't lie squeezed in. Norton was advising all association members to be on land May 20 for the annual meeting at Columbus Hall and also the pro- gram that evening and field day May 21 sponsored by the Board of Trade. > The plug is free, Norton. Students Shaping Up For Coming School Sports Local student athetes at the high school are putting in long hours of practice in preparation for the school sports meet coming up. A check with physical education teacher Pete Moffat shows that he has several likely looking prospects among the boys. The discus winning Mark at the 1947 provincial high meet was 108 feet and Bill 18 throwing 179 téet in prac-| tive With Dave McClure and Alt Ad- ams throwing consistently over 100 feet. A good relay teanr is shaping up in five boys who are running the 100- yard dash in around 11 seconds. Ray Foisey and Tom McDonald have the edge, followed closely by Gordon Armes, Charlie Wiggins and Al Demcoe, Among junior sprinters, Walter Levick and Wayne McArthur are also around 11 seconds in the 100 yard. Although condition of the playing fleld has limited practice in-the 440, 880 and mile events, Mr. Moffat has hopes for Don Grover, grade nins student who is doing the mile in under five minutes. The school playing field is gradu- ally shaping up now and ‘tis said it will be one of the best in the central Interior when work is completed. / lot of credit goes to the boys of the school, who have been working like trojans with pick and shovel. CORRECTION In 2 story on an inside page of this issue about a forthcoming musi- cal show, featuring Theatre Under the Stars performers, the date is May 20. Since this was written the sponsoring group has changed the date to May 21 Another correction, or cancella- tion, reached us just before the front page went to press. The local players’ group received a wire from Kamloops ‘at noon today saying the club there would not be able to visit Williams Lake this Saturday for their pro- poséd workshop performances as reported on Page Six. LUMBER COMPANY ANNOUNCES PROMOTION L. J. Kerr. president Limited, announced this week appointment of Charles Cassford as manager of Quesnel Sawmills Ltd, am associated company. Mr. Cassford has heen active with Lignum's since 1946 in the Cariboo and was the first manager of the | firm's Williams Lake planer mill. | More recently he has been managing | Likely Sawmills. | Gordon Bruce remains in over-all charge of all Cariboo operations of num and associated compani In Williams Lake he is assisted by Stewart Smith, who has been ap- pointed assistant manager. of Lignum the |} Faced with a petition sign on the block affected, and the 1 us ensman Al Carswell, repr night, Some ten hand to hear the arguments present- ed by both sides involved. The problem arose out of an un- derstanding by Mr,-Carswell fhat the lot in question was in a commer- cial zone when ae purchased ity last fall. Since no goning by-l-aw has ever been passed \by-the Village; the block in which the-fot is locafea is actually residential sthce se built up almost solidly with 2°™$s, In this case a section of 4 townspeople were on fe Muni- cipal Act dealing with ch®™fes from residential to commercial . zones would séem to apply, village solicitor Lee Skipp told the meeting. This, in effect, states that before such a change can be made, there must be the approval obtained of not less ‘than 75 pescent of the residents liv- ing in the area where the zone ap- plies, In number and value. z Mr. Carswell. took the position that the whole thing had been mis- represented to him in the village clerk's office when he was shown a his bid to get a building permit for Third Avenue when he appeared before commissioners Tuesday Petition, Statute Blocks Firm’s Plan Of Building Plant On Third Avenue ed by 75 percent of the residents etter of the Municipal Act, local esenting C &§ Tire Service, lost the controversial lot on thing should be done about fashion- ing a proper zoning by-law immedi- ately. Speaking for the residetits oppo: ing the commercial developmen retired game warden Leo Jobin also mentioned this need when he told the meeting, that when he was plan ning his house he was told the block was in a residential zone and now, years later, Mr:. Carswell is told it is a commercial-zone. “It is not fair to him or to yourselves,’”"he asserted Mr. Jobin said he built his home in 1944 and he had expected to spend the remainder of his:life there, but with rumours of commercial huild- ines going up he had decided to sell. Construction of a tire shop next to his home would devalue his property by one or tw6 thousand dollars, said, “and I cannot afford it.” ¢ Although he wasn’t concerned in the matter personally, Jack Dye told the meeting that he thought the vil- lage should reimbursé Mr. Carswell. map with the coloured and residential zones shown on it. He said that both he and the repre- sentative of the local real estate firm involved had heen given to under- stand that the zones were legal and since Third Avenue is shown on this map as being in a commercial zone, it would be in order to purchase a lot there for commercial develop. ment. NOT WORTH 5 CENTS “If there was hot a proper by-law, We should have been told that,” Mr. ‘Carswell sid. “The lot is not wi ete five cents to us it we can’t build on ity xs He went on to tell the meeting that the lot had cost his firm $1480. Chairman Stan Goad‘ told Mr. Carswell he should have come before the commissioners with his plans for approval when he contemplated pur- chasing the lot and he would have been told it was not commercial. He said he could not understand why the clerk would instruct him other- wise. The map. he went on, had been prepared at the time a zoning by-law was being considered, but the pro- ject had not been carried out when only a handful of citizens turned out at a public meeting several years ago to discuss the matter. HIDE MAP Under the cireumstances, Mr. Cardwell said he believed the map should be hidden away or burned it it,didn’t mean anything. He‘also said that it should be apparent that some- Mr. Goad took exception to this Suggestion, since he again pointed out the portunity to present their views on zoning several years ago and had not taken any interest: The final resolution’ read that iu view of the petition présénted and the section of the Municipal Act per- taining to the subject, the Board of Commissioners could not grant the permit. Well-Known Alexis Creek Resident Passes Suddenly Funeral services’ were’ conducted Monday from St. Peter’s Anglican Church for Rosamund King Lee, well-known resident of Alexis Cree’ who passed away suddenly in Ro: Inland Hospital, Kamloops, April 25 Mrs. Lee had undergone an oper ation and appeared to he recovering when she had a relapse: She is survived by one son, Tom- my, at Alexis Creek amd’ two-grand- children. Funeral services were conducted Rev. George Fielder and inter- ment was in Williams Lake cemetery. A full story on Mrs. Lee's life will be published next week on receipt of more detailed information. by Iris Blair and Miss Joan Huston are leaving Friday for a two-weeks’ vacation in Californi STAMPEDE PLANNING COMES TO LIFE‘ (With some 30 persons on hand Friday night for the special meeting of the Stampede association, a new fire of: enthusiasm was evident in planning for the 1955 show. The unanimous in selecting the dates of June 30, July Ist and the ' Stampede, breaking a long-time cus- meeting was practically 2nd for tom of starting on Wednesday. Con- census was that a larger gate would result if Saturday included since visitors would want to take advantage of.the long weekend. Al- though Saturday is not a holiday, many industries and government services shut down on that day. Surprise for the officers of the ociation came when volunteers were asked to fill the various com- mitees. Usually it is a question of ap- pointment and reluctant acceptance, but Friday night the members came forward to fill the committee posts j without any coaxing. was The one yacancy on the executive, ‘that of treasurer, was filled when Jack Harder, accountant of the Bank ; of Montreal. allowed his name to stand. Here are the committees for the! 1955 show: Grounds — George Felker, Bill Pulver, Frank M theson; Conces- ions — Fred Graham, Jim Blair: Publicity — Earl Brown, Ron Frie- sen; Parade — Clive Stangoe, Claire Redding; Race committee — Bert Roberts, Mrs. F. Matheson; First Aid — Erwin Brandly; -Donations — Spike Hannah, Jack: Dye; Arena — Slim Dorin; Entertainment (eve- ning) — Bill Sharpe, Bert Roberts. The Kiwanis Club will be asked to accept the job of looking after town decoration. " Legion representative.Jim Groome told the meeting that his organiza- tion had been unable to acquire the rides they had proposed operating and had decided to operate skill games instead. Permission to oper- ate such a concession was granted. The association will hold its first work bee on the grounds Sunday, May 15. Work proposed this year includes replacing broken fencing around the t rebuilding con- cession booths, and putting a’ new floor in the Indian dance hall and repairing the sides, | STAMPEDE - CORNER... Make a down payment on a cow- hat. From June Ist to show time, the Publicity committee wants to sea Western hats a ‘must,’