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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKH, B

Kamloops Wedding
Of Local Interest

A wedding of interest to Williams
Lake was solemnized at Kamloops
recently when Dorothy Margaret,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Claude Dean, Braemar Lodge, Fawn,
became the bride of Theodore Alison
Smith. The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Smith of Kam-
loops. Rev. A. L. Anderson officiat-
ed at the rites in the Kamloops
United Church.

The bride left Williams Lake last
spring after being employed in the
office of the Department of Public
Works here for three years.

A floor-length gown featuring a
full skirt of pleated net over satin,
accentuated with pointed inserts of
Jace was worn by the bride as she
was given in marriage by her father.
The lace jacket had long sleeves and
stand-up collar and was fastened
with tiny satin buttons. Her finger-|
tip veil was held by a headdress. She
carried a bouquet of red roses.

Miss Patricia Mary Dean chose a
floor-length dress of yellow lace for
her role of bridal attendant for her
sister.

... WITH IRENE

One subject that kept this column |
going for a number of weeks two
years ago and resulted in* more re-
sponse from my readers (ten letters
compared to nil) than I had ever had, |
was the CBC.

I contended that they catered to a

small minority by producing hours of
Shakespeare, symphony, opera and
cultural talks. In other words there
was just too much culture for us com-
mon folk, aff we usually turned it off
and listened to records.
Most of my answ-
ers favored the
CBCto a degree
although they felt
that perhaps some
aspect, such as
the long - winded
talks, could be
dispensed with.
Most of the vyer-
bal comments I
got on the street were strongly
against the CBC, and sometimes the
language was unprintable.

I sent my little survey down to
Vancouver, but just received a polite

Carman Smith was his brother's
best man, and ushering were his
other brothers, Robert and Harry
Smith, both of Vancouver.

.J- Ball proposed the toast to the
bride.

For the wedding trip to the
Okanagan, the bride wore a white
and red organdy dress with match-
ing red hat and purse, and other ac-
‘eessories in white. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith will make their home in Kam-
loops. ae

Out-of-town guests attending the
were Mrs. Alex Smith of Vernon,
Mrs. J. Wood and son of Forest
Grove, Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs, R. Smith.and Miss I. Dean,
ll of Vancouver.

Dog Creek News

MRS. C. ROWLAND has returned
home to Portage La Prairie follow-
ing her visit with the James Symes’.
MR. ERIC HARLOCK, Comos, has
been visiting his son and daughter-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. Harlock at
the airport. They paid the valley a
visit Saturday evening. Mr. Harlock
Sr., returned to Comox Monday.

WITH THE commencement of
the Fall Term~a school will be in
operation at the “airport in a build-
ing provided by the Department of |
Transport. This will satisfy a long
felt need on the part of the airport
personnel.

THE HILARY PLACES were
tweek-end visitors to Lac La Hache.

AN epidemic of. mumps is taking
a lot of the joy out of the summer
holidays for many of our young
folks. : >

RED AND DIONNE ALLISON.
‘were in town over the week-end.

THE barking of the neighbour’s
dog was almost drowned out by the
moar of airplane engines overhead.
A gardener paused in his weeding
to locate and identify the plane. A
neighbour coming up behind him
started pointing excitedly but no
plane could be seen in that direction.
However, there was a black bear
perched in a tree a few yards away.
The gardener ran for a camera to
jet a snapshot of his four-footed
visitor but neighbour number two
got there first and took a shot with
@ more lethal contraption and bruin
fell plonk into the irrigation ditch
thereby ruining a chance for a per-
‘manent record of one of a life’s uni-

thas. been-extremely sensitive to pu-

the Corporation's failure to licence

ed by many as an

invitation for
Americans to trap larger audiences
and fatter advertising revénues in
Canada”.

Examples are given in the articles
of how low CBC radio ratings have
sunk,

At Watrous, Sask. the CBC has
erected a 50,000 watt station that
fills the air of the three prairie prov-
inces with a loud, clear signal. The
signal thunders into Regina, but it
makes no more impression on the
people in Saskatchewan’s capital
city than a rubber shoe ona concrete
sidewalk. _

“In Edmonton the CBC listening
audience is so’small it..is not even
recorded on the regular audience
measurement surveys”.

The cost of financing the govern-
ment-owned network is staggering.
According to Mr. Root, CBC is re-
ceiving more than the national sub-
sidy for atomic research, general
public health, or Trans-Canada
highway construction. It is four

brush-off in reply. I had not unleash-
ed any bombshell and converted
Canadian radio apparently.

And you should have seen what
happened to us at parties. The topic

CBC in those days, but humorously |
enough it was Clive and not me who
would end up in a corner pattling
valiantly against the components of
the CBC. It was fun though!

I am re-hashing this old subject
because my contentions haye been
confirmed. In July the Vancouver
Sun ran a series of four articles on
the CBC written by reporter Gordon
Root who had conducted an exhaust-
ive survey on the radio and_televi-
sion networks,

Here are some of the excerpts
from the articles, in case you did not
see them.

“In every English-speaking coun-
try, save Canada, broadcasting is a
service directed primarily at satis-
fying the tastes of the majority of
the people. United States broadeast-
ing is a free enterprise masterpiece.
In the United Kingdom it's a gov-
ernment venture but programming
there is similar to the U.S. pattern
because the BBC - unlike the CBC -

blie reaction.

The Canadian Broacasting Cor-
poration, according to a government
publication, is a basic weapon ‘In Ca-
nada’s struggle to survive as a na-
tional and cultural entity in the face
of the competition of the-cultural
output of our neighbours to the
south, the United States.”

“It’s difficult to see how €BC
radio and TV is protecting Cana-
dians from’ the inroads of “Ameri-
canism”.

“The low CBC audience rating and

always seemed to get around to the'

times what is going into experiment-

al farms and more than 10 times} day to make their home in Vancouver

the government’s donation to .na-
tional housing. including slum clear-
ance.

“The CBC during the current
year will spend nearly $13 million
in tax money to produce and trans-
mit along its network lines and 20
radio stations such programs as ‘‘Ap-
pointment with Agostini’, “Raw-
hide”, “CBC Symphony”, “Don Mes-
ser and His Islanders”, “Stage 55”,
“National News Summary”, and
“Citizen’s Forum”.

“Only five per cent of Canadians
who own radios will listen to them,

“Small but vocal minority pres-
sure groups have been largely re-
sponsible for the excessive power
wielded by the CBC. The preference
of the majority of Canadians, as ex-
pressed in regular audience surve
‘on broadcasting, have been over-
looked repeatedly”.

“Asked to dip in their pocket for
more than $50 million a year to
keep its cultural prodigy alive, mem-
bers of the St. Laurent administra-
tion have appointed a special cabinet
committee to scrutinize financing of
the network. As a result, drastic cur-
tailment of CBC,operations..can—be
expected in the next year".

And not before it’s time... . as
long as it’s the culture that’s cur-
tailed.

Mrs. Parl Stanchfield of Bur-
bank, Calif., was hostess to a num-
ber of guests on Saturday, August 1
at the home of her daughter Mrs.
Ken Peterson of Mountain House
The guests included Mr. and Mrs:
W. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. M. Sinclair,
Miss S. Wagar, Mr. and Mrs. Mable-
son and Mr. Jack Carson.

Home Cooking
and Flower Sale

Sugders Aarduare
Saturday, August 20

2-5p.m.

under the auspices of

Williams Lake Gladiolus Society

que moments. “Shucks”.

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Thursday, August 18, 18565

Around Town

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirkham
of Fort a La Corne, Sask., were the|
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. Mart. Mrs. |
Kirkham is the niece of Mrs. Mart.

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of Hagen,

Sask., were also guests at the Mart
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walsh and family |

left last aveek for a holiday at
Smithers. ~

Mr. and Mrs. b. Krause of Mar-
guerite will be moving into town this
weekend to make their home.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Edwards re-
turned recently from a three weeks |
holiday at Vancouver. |

. and Mrs. G. G. Mableson have |
as their house guests Mr. Mableson’s |
brother and sister-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. P. B. Mableson of Kenora, Ont.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Nicholson lett
Sunday for, a two-weeks holiday at
Vancouve

Mrs. I. G. Ringwod of Edmonton,
is visiting her son and daughter-in-
law, Dr .and Mrs. J. B. Ringwood.

Mr. and Mrs, Bob Gillis and fam-
ily of Whalley are visiting with the
later's sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Petersen. |

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews left last Fri-

They have lived here for the past
ithree and a half years. Mr. Matthews
was an active member of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce when it was
one of the town’s active organiza-
tions and at one time served as vice-
president.

Shower Hostess

Mrs. C. Hayward entertained at 2
miscellaneous shower recently in
honor of Miss Carla Wohlleben
whose marriage took place Satur-
day.

The gifts were presented to the
guest-of-honor in a gaily decorated
umbrella.

Guests included Mrs. D. Beaman,
Mrs. R. Beaman, Mrs. ‘. Paxton,
Mrs. A. Fahl, Mrs. A. Routley, and
Mrs. C. Kemmler.

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