Aas % oe Williams Lake Tribune NEWS EXCHANGE ‘OF THE CARIBOO . a Volume 23 — Number 27. : WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thirsday, July 7, 1955. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year, Stampede Again Sets Attendance Mark es Suess S AND AWAY! . another rider out, and just as this picture wa apped the going didn’t look too tough fer the cowboy. ‘The prone however exploded into violent action right afterwards and ditched its rider in a matter of seconds, “NOW GENTLEMEN STAR” ...and.Peter Moffatt has his student square dancers going through another movement on the street. On the truck behind the dancers are Mrs.‘P. Friesen and Bert Roberts with caller Moffat. Also playing for the dancers were Reg Rankin and Bill Friesen. The students were trained for the dancing by Mr. Moffat, who is physical educa- tion teacher at the local high school. Wrestlers Stage Bang-up Show In Stampede Cards As long as the calibre of the wrestling cards locally lives up to the Stampede bouts, the art of grunt and groan will continue to draw full houses. Add to the popularity of the local Kehnke boys the showmanship of couverite had spent almost the en- Bud Rattal and Tarzan Zimba ond tire 20 minutes in showing the fans the ingredients of a crowd-pleasing what tactics the villain of the piece program is made. That combination should employ. Finally Felix des- was offered last Thursday and Sat- cended on-Zimba like an enraged urday nights and the fans loved it. | Goliath; tossed him out of the ring in the Thursday night opener, Bill and then laced him securely in the Kehnke was given the nod by Ref- Fopes to win the bout. Brother Bill eree Harold MacKay when Zimba didn’t fare so well in the second was disqualified for failing to break fight. Although the localite seemed after tieing Bill up several times in to be carrying the bout most of the the ropes. Felix Kobnke and Rattol way, Rattal finally cornered his elus- pattled the full 45 minutes to a draw ive opponent and worked him over in with Rattal getting the first fall and @ series of leg holds before tossing Felix the second. The bout was liv- him 40_the canvass three times and ened up by the appearance of Mrs. Pinning our hoy for the count. Maisie Kohnke, who took exception, WITH TWO STRAIGHT to Rattall’s tacties and descended on| Tm the tag-team match the Kobn- the ring to indulge in a litle har] xe's won in two straight falls. The pulling, that included MacKay’s neat | spectacular wind-up came to a shud. pompadour. dering halt for the visitors when Saturday night a sell-ont crowd} Zimba came in to help out fis part- { same. In and Felix vaulted through the Felix | ropes to join in-the fray. The Kohn- Van-| kes caught their opposites in seeure head locks and walked them to the centre of the ring to bounce nog- ns. They were then laid neatly ont ind the Kohnkes worked them over in what appeared to be a demonstra- tion of rowing. was back for more ot the the preliminary one-fall bouts won over Zimba after the stock BUILDING PERMITS Two building permits we ay night's comm proved at Tues sion meeting. A commercial permit Women wrestlers were on the pro- Taylor-Boughton for the first time in several s here, and though the gals work hard in the ring, after the may’ was granted to Motor Rebuild for constru 30x60 frame shop on Railway / ue this side of Lignum’s. A residen-| demonstrat: y : tial permit was granted to F. how, their fights seem an anti- Plowe for a dwelling yalued at| climax. $9000 (continued on back page) Lifetime Resident Of Meldrum Creek Dies In 84th Year Thomas Meldrum, 83, lifetime resident of Meldrum Creek passed away quietly in War Memorial Hos- pital July 1st. Meldrum Creek was named after Mr. Meldrum’s father, Thomas Sr. who was born on the high seas en- route from Scotland to Canada. The in the Meldrum Creek area and died in 1889. The late Thomas Meldrum grew up at Meldrum Creek and married Emiline Johnny of the Anahim In- dian Reserve. whom he leaves to mourn his passing. Besides being a sucessful rancher in the Chilcotin, Beecher House and Anahim Church. Besides his widow he is survived by five sons, A. B. Meldrum, Van- couver; A. T. Meldrum,’ J. B. Mel- drum and Irwin R., all of William: Lake; three daughters, Mrs. J. B Frost (Ellen) Williams Lake; Mrs. Stanley Bowe, (Irene) Williams Lake, and Mrs. Maleolm McLeod (Mary), Meldrum Creek. Twenty- one grandehildren and one great grandchild also survive. The remains were forwarded to Meldrum Creek for interment Mon- day in the family plot. Rey. Fr. Boyle officiated. 5 Village To Employ Additional Staff Sgreewuent that the villete weeds more hands to carry out administr: tion and outside work was voiced by all commissioners (Tuesday night when they discussed’ the problem. Upshot of the discussion was a de- cision to hire an assistant village clerk and a full-time outside man in addition to present pumpman Bert Levens. Applications are being sought for the office position and will be taken up to July 26. A man will be hired immediately for the outside position. First Airmail Arrives Monday First airmail to arrive in Williams Lake on the new service that now includes Kamloops and Williams Lake, was brought in on Monday morning's CPA fight from Vancouver. In the first batch were greetings to Village Commission Chairman Stan Goad from Acting-mayor T. J O'Neill, Kamloops, and to the Wi liams Lake Board of Trade from the Kamloops trade group. Locally, mail to the north will close at 8 a.m. and for the south flight at 4 p.m. Deadline for regis~ tered mail south ) pm. The flight will carry first class mail weighing up to and including 8 ounces prepaid at air letter packet rates of postage; first class mail over 8 ounces prepaid at air letter packet rate, and air parce) post. Airmail north from Vancouver Jeaves that point at 7 a.m. and mails close at the Vancouver office daily except Sunday at 4:45 a.m Minister Cites Show As Drawing Card _ Hon, Ralph Chetwynd, minister of trade & Industry. in officially open- ing the Stampede last Thursday said he hoped the people of Williams ke would continue to improve the show in order to entice more visitors to the Cariboo, the “greatest country in the world.” He said he was honoured at being asked to open the Stampede, an an- nual show that was gaining in popu- larity all the time. Also introduced to the was Hon. Erie Martin, minister of health and welfare, who : extremely happy to bo vy, Stampede, d he was ing the elder Meldrum. married and settled | Mr. Meldrum was also a carpenter} Ten Quarters Of Beef |Eaten At First Barbecue A beef barbecue in conjunction with the Stampede will probably be |an annual event, due to the success of the first one organized by the Kiwanis Club. Ten quarters of beef were barhe- cued in the big pit and club mem- bers were kept busy all afternoon on Dominion Day earving the piping hot meat and preparing the king-sized buns for hungry spectators, ‘Garage Closing Hours Problem Held Over For Another Week No action was taken by commis- sSioners at their special meeting |'Tuesday night on the proposed amendment to the hours of closing by-law with regards to town garages. Confusion seemed to exist as far tas the village clerk was concerned on his instructions in the matter and he told the commissioners that no fletter had gone out to the garages ‘prior to the meeting. (Commission- \ers agreed at their last meeting to ireularize the garages, asking theri © present recommendations to the Special meeting.) = Present again was Jack Cade. who said he had carried out his own poll among all garages except Beath Motors, who would not discuss the Jnatter, and presented the results of his findings. This was read to commissioners, but no action was taken, since just prior to Mr. Cade’s arrival the de- Gision had been made to hold the mat- fer over for another week. Commis- ‘Sigler Garaner’said he had: just re- ceived a phone call from Chuek Beatn | #t Quesnel, who told the commis- sioner he had not heard of the ar | rangements for the special meeting until he read about it in The Tribune | He asked that a decision might be postponed pending an opportunity for his firm to study the problem. | White the matter is being nela over, village clerk Ted Gibbon was jinstructed to see that letters went | out to the garages. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Herbert, accompanied by their daughter Bon- nie have left for Tisdale, Sask., to it Mrs. Herbert’s mother who is fill. Best All-Round Cowboy Award Goes To Stoney Simla Despite threat of rain and road closures to the north, the 29th annual Stampede chalked up its biggest single day’s attendance record in the history of the show. Dominion Day Jargest amateur rodeos in the Rain on opening day cut attend- ance away down, and only $500 was collected at the gate. Friday the skies cleared and as far as attendance at or show is concerned, the weather was just perfect. Dust of previous years was absent and a light wind kept the weather from being too hot. Total gate for the three days was $5430, up a thousand dollars over 1954. Best all-round cowboy of the show was Stoney Simla of Vernon, con- tender here for about five years and recognized as one of the best rodeo performers in the province. Last year Simla captured the saddle bronc busting eyent. Piling up his points for the main award this year, he was fourth in the second go-round of the saddle event and third in the aver- age; in“the bareback event he took a third in the second go-round and in the cow riding he was first in the first go-round and first in the aver- age. Winner of the saddle brone event Johnson of Princeton. CALF ROPING OFF Calf roping times were a long way from times of the past two years. Willard Antoine of Cache Creek took the first go-round with a time of Two Youths Drown In Canim Lake. Two boys from the Forestry Youth Camp, Richard Oreille Hobbs, 17, of Kamloops. lost their lives last Satur- | KKam]oos, lost their lives last Satur- day in the waters of Canim Lake. Aitken apparently got into diffi-! culties in the lake and Hobbs attemp- ted to rescue him. The body of Hobbs was. recovered the same day, but up to Tuesday afternoon this week the body of the the other youth had not been re- covere.d Frogmen Vance Tanner of Kelowna and his brother Verne of Toronto have been down 150 feet searching. RCMP and forestry men are .using grappling irons in drag- ging the lake. Threat Of Rain Also missed in the parade was the presence of the Wells Boys and Girls Band. The group couldn't get as far as Quesnel because of a washout of the approach to the Cottonwood bridge. Leading the parade were Mr. and Mrs. Red Allison of Dog Creek, whom Pigeon had picked out the day be- THE WEATHER Town Experiences Cloudburst Sunday Unseasonable coolness and damp- ness continues to be the daily wea- ther fare in Cariboo. Sunday afternoon a cloud-burst. over town brought a spring run-off appearance to the rtreets as gutters overflowed. Many basements in town were flooded and down at the power house crews were kept busy pumping out the gener- ator pit. : Here are the temperature read- ings at the airport for the week: min max Friday. July 1 48 66 Saturday 49 66 20-minute 50 G4 ‘Tuesday 51 61 Wednesday 53 60 This morning at 8 o'clock the read- ing was 53 above. ‘Judges Mrs. C. Dorin and Mrs. R.| Curtails Entry List In Main Stampede Parade Alhough the main Stampede parade was run off in perfect weather, steady rain for several days before is believed responsible for the noticeabe curtailment in entries. Consider- ing the weather, association officials were pleased with the response and some worth while entries were shown. fore from the horsemen’s parade as the best dressed cowboy and cowgirl. Behind them came the B.X. Stage Coach. an annual entry from Mac- kenzies Ltd., carrying Hon. Ralph Chetwynd and His Honour Judge Henry Castillou. The judges gave the most original float award to the Publie Library As- sociation, a large low-bed truck used as a stage for boys and girls dressed in costume to depict characters from favorite stories. Best decorated award went to War Memorial Hos- pital for a float with a replica of a new hospital building labeled “this is what we want.” Best fraternal went to the Kiwanis entry; best decor- ated car to the Lakeview Hotel; best commercial to the Gloria Groome Dance Studio of a small decorated truck with streamers leading from it to hoys-and girls marching along- side. Most comic entry went to a last iminute entry by the girls of the Post Office, wheeling a buggy with signs labeling it ‘pony express.” Best decorated bicycle award went to Buddy Malesku. | Judges were Dr. Jack Temple, Mrs,. Dune Herbert, Mrs. W. Pul- ver and Mel Mayfield. TAG DAY PROCEEDS Members of the Auxiliary to War Memorial Hospital collected $179.69 through the efforts of their tag day j July Ist. was Len DeRose of Pritchard. Top- | | ping the bareback riders was Bob an estimate 3500 people paid their ducats to see one of the country. 2.6 seconds and Perey Minabariet of Cache Creek won the second in 28.1 Minnabariet’s average of 68 Won hin the show's average. Best calf roping times were turned in by Stampede Association president Slim Dorin and Minnabarriet after the event had been run off. The two contenders were doing their stuff for a television camera grinding away at the fence. Minnabarriet had his calf trussed up in 22.3 seconds and Slim came right back with a time of just under 20 seconds. From a spectator point of view. one of the highlights of the show was an exhibition of Roman racing on the final day by expert Bill Twan, who hasn’t been seen in action on the track since he sold his matched greys three years ago. Perched pre- cariously in his stocking feet on h new team, Bill thundered around the track in a splendid exhibition of horsemanship. Always a crowd pleaser, the wild horse race provided its share of thrills and spills as the three men teams fought with the bucking mounts to get a saddle on and race the length of the arena. The event was won by Gilbert Bowe. (Untry goes under name of the rider in the team.) Contributing a great deal to the success of the show was the: calibre of the bucking stock. Some of the best horses the Stampede has had in years made the contestants’ life any- thing: but an. easy. one, “Best Ducking horse in {he show was Cannon Ball, owned hy Ray- Curtis and in the show for the secon@ year. Second prize went to a horse called Dog Creek from the Circle $ ranges. Rough though the going was. no contestant was seriously hurt. Mem- bers of the local St. John Ambulance Association packed about a dozen off the field who ha lost their wind ‘or been knocked out for a couple of minutes. RESULTS Here are the results of the arena events: Saddle bronc: 1st go-round - Len DeRose, Pritchard; Slim Howay, Princeton; Maxine Mack, Alexi: Creek; Stanley Ned, Wms. Lake. 2nd go-round - Ray Isnardy, Spring- house; Alfred Garrigan, Clinton; Perey Minnabariet;, Stoney Simla and Joe Alex, Cache Creek (tied). Average - Len DeRose, Stanley Ned. Stoney Simla, Slim Howay. Bareback: st go-round - Bob Johnson, Princeton; Clarence Bates, Soda Creek; Bill Kay, Princeton, Hector McDonald, Pavilion, 2nd go- round - Bob Johnson, Dave Perry, Cache Creek; Stoney Simla, Dave Wright, Lac La Hache. Average ~ Johnson, Perry, Kay, Leslie, Curnow, Spences Bridge. (continued on pack page) School Inspector Will Be Moving To Salmon Arm Announcement of the transfer of School Inspector Bill Mouat was made this week from the School Board. Mr. Mout who has served as in- spector for Williams Lake and Ques- nel School Districts for the past five years, will take over the inspector- ate of Salmon Arm and Enderby in September. He came here trom Co- quitlam where he bad been princi- pal of the high school. Replacing Mr. Mouast will be Doug- las G. Chamberlain, who bas been inspecting schools from the Kam- loops office for the past year. Prior to that he was principal of thé Ross- land High School. In 1950 he was president of the B.C. Teachers’ Fed- eration. With the new appointment a new division of the inspectorate will be made. Quesnel will now have its own inspector, and the Department of Education official stationed here will look after the area from Williams Lake south to Clinton, Asheroft and Lytton.