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Volume 23 —Number 37.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, September 22, 1955

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

More men moving mountains for the new Horseshoe Bay-Squamish Highway.

On the

lower leyel may be seen a short section of the new P.G.B, right-of-way along Howe Sound.
This will be one of the more spectacular routeson the continent,

Provincial Chief
To Visit Scouts

Loca] Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs,
along with their parents, will meet
their provincial chief next week
when Col. C. EB. Batton, provincial
commissioner of the Boy Scouts As-
socation visits Williams Lake.

The local group i has

Photo: B.C. Government Travel Bureau, Victoria:

It isn't every day that someone
walks through the doors of Wil-
-liams Lake Taxi office and asks the
fare to a point some 300 miles away,
but last week it happened — and
thereby hangs a tale:

The questioner was a young fel-

arranged a parents and sons banquet
next Thursday to welcome the dis-
tinguished visitor,

ist Williams Lake troop leader Al
Deschene wil} give a\talk on his ex-
periences 2 the World Samboree last
month: Field Comini ner J.B.
Turner will also be in attendance.

4

On Church Building

Work has started on a new as-
sembly hall for the local congrega-
tion of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The 40’ x 42’ frame structure,
valued at $9800.00, is being built on
Fourth Avenue, -between Oliver and
Yorston Streets. %

When the congregation first ap-
plied for a building permit several
months ago, the site was on Second
Avenue just off Proctor Stret, but it
was subsequently changed.

low in his mid-seventies who had
read all about Bella Coola and
thought the area would bear looking
into. He owns a cycle shop in a Fras-
er Valley community and wondered
if Bella Coola might be a likely
looking sppt’ for: expansion:

Taxi owner Bill Edwards was-at 2
he wasn’t sure of the exact mileage
or the condition of the road, so he
telephoned our office to get what in-
foration he could.

Well — it has been some time
since we made the trip personally,
so we passed on what information
we could from a recent talk with
district agriculturist Joe Walsh who
went to the coast centre to judge at
their fair on Labor Day. Joe’s chief

Bill it was just over 300 miles, for-
getting that that mileage figure car-
ries you to Hagensburg, which is a
few miles short of Bella Coola.
Well, Bill made the trip with a

LAST LINK IN NOTORIOUS SEGUIN CASE

Three-year Mystery Solved
With Find Of Human Bones —

A three-year-old mystery about the disappearance of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Labrie one-time residents of the Williams

Lake area is bélieved solved w:

ith the discovery Monday on a

farm 10 miles southwest of Kamloops-of the bones of a man

and woman.

Labrie and his wife, Jeanne, both
about 30, disappeared from a shack
near Kamloops ‘November 17, 1952,
and no trace of them had heen found
since.

RCMP Superintendent R. Ww.
Wonacott said he was convinced the
two’ skulls and a number of bones
were those of the missing couple,

‘A bullet hole was discovered, in
one of the skulls found by a party
of hunters at the bottom of a 60-
foot ravine. y

The couple were believed murder-
ed by Henri Joseph Seguin, alias
Beaudry, alias Godin, whose abortive
attempt to hold up the Canadian
Bank of Commerce- here December
16, 1952, led to his wounding and

Daylight Saving

capture on Sugar Cane reserve by
RCMP officers.

Seguin, who had lived ‘with the
Labries near Kamloops, later com-

minutes before he was to be execut-
ed‘for the slaying of Leonard Hurd,
short months before the Labries
disappeared.

Seguin was questioned about the
Labries but he denied knowing their
whereabouts. Investigators said Se-

furniture owned by the missing
couple and it was believed,he had
sold or traded their truck as well.
In the bank holdup attempt that
cost him his freedom, Seguin forced
| bank manager Len Hellyer to take
| him to the bank at night. They had
| mot been inside many minutes when
Don Mars, then the branch account-
ant and now manager of the 100
Mile branch, accompanied by local
businessman Tony Kallaur, made

a
‘Ends This Week-end

“This weekend is the official
change-over in the province from
Daylight Saving to Pacific Standard
time.

Daylight saving actually ends on
Sunday, September 25th, although
most of us will move our clocks back
an hour before turning in Saturday
nfght.

their appearance. The two men had
bese returning from a meeting and
japaies the door’ ajar. Seguin hela
the three men at bay with his re-
| volver and just before he disappear-
jed into the night he shot, wounding
Mr. Helyer in the thigh.

Police picked up Seguin's trail in
}a fresh fall of snow and tracked him
| through the night, finally cornering
| nim at 10:80 the following morning,

bit of aloes Mi quoting 2 igure, since:

complaint was dust. We also assured.

mitted suicide in an Ontario jail 59 .

guin sold about $1,000 worth of [

Taxi Fare To Bella Coola Probably
Up After Town Firm’s First Trip

spare driver and three passengers,
and on his return looked us up to
lodge a complaint about our infornt-
ation service. Seems we had forgot-
ten to mention what the road down
the mountain might be like if it
rained. It didn’t rain on the trip dut
it snowed, and the journey wasn't
too enjoyable. When they reached
Bella Coola (320 miles) there was
no hotel accommodation (another in-
formation oversight) so they slept in
the car and started back the next
day, stopping quite. a number of-times.
to remove boulders? 5
“The mountain itself finished the’
visiting businessman's aspirations
about another cycle shop, even be-
fore he discovered the size of the
community, and he informed Bill
that he didn’t intend to move away
from his home town shop for the rest
of his life.

Incidentally the rate was $100,
but we understand there is a good
possibility this has been changed by
now.

‘The road is all a matter of weather
and viewpoint. Another owner,
Mike Christensen from Bella Coola,
dropped into-the office yesterday on
his way to-Vancouver to attend a
school trustees convention — report-
ed the road dry and conditions good.

Stampede Profit Of
$1800 Split 2.Ways

The local War Memorial Hospital
and the War Memorial Arena Society
benefitted to the extent of just over
$900 apiece from the Stampede this
year.

The $1800 represents the profit of
the 1955 show and had been pledged
at the first of the year on a 50-50
split between the two community ser-
vices. The Stampede association did
[not retain any part of the profit but
|carries its surplus from previous

years.

Civic Leaders Will
Welcome Drew

Representatives of the Village
Commission and the Board of Trade
will officially weleome Hon. George
Drew, M.P., leader of the opposition
in the House of Commons, when he
its Williams Lake next week.
Here in the course of a speaking
| tour of Western Canada, the Federal
F rvative leader will

a public meeting in the Elks
anquet room Tuesday evening.

An able statesman, Mr. Drew has
been in public life since his twenties.
He served as an alderman in the
city of Guelph, Ontario, later as its
mayor, and then went into provincial
political life, rising to the premier-
ship of Ontario. He entered the Fed-
eral field when he was chosen leader
of the Conservative party in 1948.

With Mr. Drew will be Davie Ful-
ton, M.P., and Gardner Boultbee,
president of the Kamloops Federal
Pro-Con association.

The Weather

First sharp frosts of the season
this week finished many gardens.
;| Higher points along the highway re-
ported ‘snow flurries Tuesday morn-
ing.

Here are the weather readings at
the airport, taken during the hours
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

> Friday, September 16 39 60

Saturday 43° 65

Monday, September 19 48 65

= Tuesday 42° 55

Wednesday 32 54
This morning at § o’clock the
reading was 23 above.

Bumper Hay Crop
After Hot August

The hot days of August and the
early part of September have restilt-
ed in a bumper hay crop being har-
vested In the Cariboo.

Second crop alfalfa is now being
cut and some of the swamp meadows
are still being harvested. Some
ranchers report their best hay crop
in years.

Want Chserver Post
On Fire Hall,

Application by the local Ground
Observer Corps to erect an observa-
tion post on the roof of the frehal!
will be studied by a committee con-
sisting of -Commissioner Gardner,
Fire Chief Claude Huston and dis-
trict observer corps head Gordon
Lewis.

The application was dealt with by
commissioners Tuesday night, but
although the village fathers were in
agreement with the principle of the
corps, they felt they should, know
more about the actual plan of con-
struction,

The post will be manned 24 hours
a day.

‘A logger who had only been on
the job three days Was instantly kill-
ed Monday afternoon when he was
struck by a falling tree. -

The victim, John Robert Johnson,
aged about 50, was working alone
with hjs power saw at the time of
the accident. He was employed by
E. “Scotty Frizzi at’ Springhouse,
about 23 miles west of here.

According to police, Johnson had
left the camp after lunch and when
he failed to return for supper, fel-
low workers Nick Chomyshyn and
Walter Babiy went out to look for
him. They found his hody lying be-
de his saw. It is believed he was
struck on the head by a braneh-of the
falling tree.

Police know little about Johnson.
He had a small home in North Kam-
loops, but a search of his possessions
failed to show if he had any rela-
tives. Any information anyone might
have on the man would be appreciat-
ed by the local detachment of the
RCMP. *

A_coroner’s jury viewed the re-
ins Monday and the inquest was
adjourned to September 27.

Nimrods Find Ducks
Plentiful in District

Nimrods out in the area during
the first week of the hunting season
report ducks as plentiful, with the
mallard population _ particularly
heavy.

It is still early for good goose
hunting, and grouse are just as
scarce as they were last season.

Cariboo Cold Storage reports 156
ducks, 20 grouse and six geese
brought into their plant. Nine moose
and one deer, all shot west of the

Fraser, have been bronght in. The
lone deer was bagged by a party of
Duncan, V.I. hunters.

| said- that, pi

21 Attend Initial Meeting

Of Ratepayer’s

Association

Some 21 ratepayers gathered at the village hall last
Thursday night to form what they later agreed to name “the

Williams Lake Ratepayers’ Associ:

jon.”

Organizer and of the
meeting was long-time resident G.
G. Groome, who opened the general
discussion by explaining his own
thoughts on the formation of the
group.

Mr. Groome said he felt it \was
time something was done about the
situation locally, where taxpayers
had no association to appeal to when
they felt they had a legitimate griev-
ance. The idea of the taxpayers’ as-
sociation was to hear such grievances,
either slight or important, he said
and to study them and if necessary
to take the grievance before the vil-
lage commissioners on behalf of the
taxpayers concerned.

‘The association, he said, would be
an organization formed solely ot
people who own property — the ones
who haye a real stake in the village.

The chairman said he envisioned
the association with a large member-
ship of taxpayers, with committees to
bring in nominations for prospective
candidates for the commission; to
act a an ‘advisory board on village
government limitations under- the
Municipal Act, and act as a griey-

One Airport Site
Problem Settled

Village solicitor Lee Skipp in-
formed commissioners Tuesday night
that the way was clear to have title
of the two small triangular pieces of
land on the new airport site registér-
ed in the name of the village if and
when they are purchased from pres-
ent owner J. Croan.

Commissioners had been previous
ly informed that before title would
he granted they. would have to con-
struct expensive access roads to the
two parcels in question, Mr. ‘Skipp
'déa “evidence by res-

ance study group.

After choosing a name for the or-
ganization, the meeting agreed to
the establishment of an organization-
al commitee to bring in suggested
by-laws and executive structure.
Members of the committee named
were Mrs. G. Mayfield, Dr. J. Duthie
and former commission chairman
John Anderson.

The commitee was instructed to
sel a date for the next meeting in the
week of October 9.

Among those attending the organ-
izational meeting were five women, a
departure from the usual make-up of
all-male groups that was commended
by the chairman.

Village Purchases
Crushed Gravel

Road surfacing material will be
readily available to build up village
streets again. Commissioners Tuesday
night approved the purchase of the
large stock of crushed gravel left by
Mannix-O’Sullivan Paving Company
above the golf course property.

Quantity of gravel in the pile has
been estimated as high as 3800 yards.
The deal called for the village to pay
$1 a yard for the gravel, with a de-
posit of $1500 to be made immedi-
ately and the balance paid within a
year. ~ :

Commissioner Herb Gardner told
the meeting it was his hope to start
building up and spreading the gravel
immediately on the streets where the
sewer construction company has
completed laying their lines. Prob-
ably only two of the main streets will
he*done this fall hefore the snow files,

olutioh-copy- with the
application stating that the land was
to be used for a municipal airport,
the title would he forthcoming.

A committee of the board will ap-
proach Mr. Croan to settle on a pur-

MIT APPROVED
Commi§sioners approved new
plans for\a small extension to the
premises of J. L. Wilson & Sons Ltd.
Permit had been refused before when
no floor plan was shown on the rough

chase price for the land.

drawings.

Work Started On Gas Line
As U.S. Decision Awaited

Dirt is already flying in construc-
tion of West Coast Transmission’s
long delayed pipeline from Peace
River to Vancouver, reports former
Cariboo M.P. George Murray in a
story appearing in the Prince George
Citizen. |

Mr. Murray was writing from
Jasper where the top men of the na-
tural gas industry of America were
gathered in national convention.

Dr. C. R. Hetherington, vice-
president of West Coast, stated in
a convention address that the con-
tract had been awarded for the first
32 miles of the 30-inch pipeline,
Work had already begun laying the
pipe in the ground.

Later, Dr. Hetherington said that
the 32-mile strech under construc-
tion was out of Vancouver and that
Fred Mannix, of the Mannix Con-
struction Company, associated wit
the Betchel group, had it in charge.

Dr. Hetherington said that there
had been many changes in the plans
of the company and that continually
there were new industrial factors to
be met south of the border.

It now appears from his address
that California will be a major mar-
ket for the Peace River gas. Here-
tofore the U.S.A. market was limit-
ed to Oregon and Wiishington
GOT TOGETHER

What happened to throw open the

Garages in town may stay open 24
hours a day proviedd the firms con-
cerned apply for a permit to do so,
according to the terms of an amend-
ment to the village’s “early closing
by-law” that has now had its first
reading.

When the permit is granted the
garage making application must stay

Permit System For Garage Hours

Garages not making applicatlion
for a special permit must adhere to
the regular hours, now fixed at be
tween 7:30 a.m, and 12 midnight.
Final adoption of the amended by-
law will bring to a close a squabble
among local garages that began sev-
eral months ago when exception was
taken by those firms adhering to the

open for the hours asked for or the
permit will be revoked.

by-law when one garage started 24-
hour service.

valves of energy from the north to
the fuel-poor cities of the south is
that the top men in the industry
have got together. Pacific Northwest
Pipe Lines, which originally opposed
West Coast before the U.S.A. Public
Utility Commission, have joined
forces with West Coast. This means
that the natural gas from the San
Juan basin will be supplemented by
Peace River gas for the rich Califor-
nia trade. Joined also in: the project
are the Texans back of the El Paso
producers.

EXPECT EARLY DECISION

Dr. Hetherington told the conven-
tion that West Coast will now ap-
pear before the Public Utilities Com-
mission on Sept. 19 fully backed by
their former rivals. With this united
appeal and with the consumer mar-
ket crying out for natural gas, he
was optimistic of an early decision
favorable to West Coast.

The general opinion among pipe-
line executives and distributors pres-
ent from Texas, Oklahoma, Califor-
nia, Louisiana and other producing
areas expressed in the convention
was that a favorable decision from
Washington would come as a mat-
ter of routine business.

Employment will be helped out in
British Columbia this fall and winter
as the pipeline gets under way.

Dr. Hetherington said that the
right-of. had b bought and

2 This was work
Which could not well be carried on
in hot weather owing to the forest
fire menace but which could be done
during the wet season.

The 650 mile right-of-way passes
through Crown land most of the way
trom Fort St. John south. The B.C.
Government recently reserved an
area on each side of the pipeline one
quarter mile wide,

ee ee

Thomas Mikkelsen of Beaver Val-
ley returned Saturday from a three
months’ trip to Nebraska and Iowa,