December 22, 1955.

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

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A Merry Christmas
‘ and a
Happy New Year
To all my friends in the Cariboo and Chilcotin
ISA PIERCY,
c-o Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital,
Victoria, B.C.

| Oia ions About
Eating of Mince Pies

Many writers say the mince
pie originated in Germany, while
that
is lost in the annals of history.
Nonetheless, it was an essential
jPart of the Yuletide. celebration

other claim its beginning

Old superstition held that any
person refusing to eat mince pie
would be unlucky for the coming
year. Should he accept the in-
vitation ana partake of mince
pie during the holiday season,

he would have the same number] Department of

of happy months during the year
as the number of houses at
which he ate mince pie.

Welding Courses for Pipe Line
Construction Will Start in January

The Honourable Ray G. Wil-, will be offered to those candi-

Education and|dates who successfully complete
liston has announced that the

the Preliminary Course and who

he Department of Labour has bs
. Pannent of Gab e recommended by their

completed arrangements to train

in-

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cover. “MY BANK" in your neighbourhood
will gladly cake care of your needs,

Bank or MonrrFEAL
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Williams Lake Branch: | THOMAS LARSON, Manager

Lac la Hache (Sub-Agency): Open Tuesday and Friday é

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welders for the new gas pipeline
that will be constructed through
the Central Interior.

A fifty-hour period of pre-
liminary training, followed by a
screening of candidates will de-
cide who will be eligible for ad-
mittance to the thirty-five-hour
Advanced Pipe-welding Course
to be given in the Dominion-
Provincial Vocational School at
Nanaimo.

At the preliminary training
courses priority of candidates
will be given to experienced

welders from small pipelines, or,
Pipeline welders who are -not
fully competent in all aspects of
pipeline work The balance of
the ¢ ses will be filled by per-
sons competent and experienced
in general welding; persons with
experience on large lines in such
capacities as welders’ helpers,
ete. If there are still vacancies in
the classes, enrolment will be
open to all other interested per-
sons.

The preliminary training
courses will be conducted in
Vancouver and Victoria.

The Vancouver preliminary
coufse will commence January
9th, 1956, at the Vancouver Vo-
cational Institute. Here evening
classes of four hourg per night
will be offered for two nights
per week. The time required tor
completing the preliminary
course will depend on the abil-
ity of the trainee to meet the
instructor’s standards; but in no
case will it exceed fifty hours.
Each trainee will pay a fee
ranging from $5.00 to $50 de-
pending on length of time in the
course.

Candidates for training in
either Victoria and Vancouver
must register with the National
Employment Service.
Vancouver, applications for
registration will be made to
Vancouver Vocational Institute;
and in Victoria, to the Director
of Night Schools, Greater Vic-

for Final Advanced
Training at the Dominion-Pro-
vincial Vocational School at
Nanaimo.

The Advances Pipe-line Train-
ing School will commence Feb-
ruary 20th, at the Dominion-
Provincial Vocational School in
Nanaimo. The course will con-
sist of day-time training of sey-
en hours per day, five days per
week with a maximum of thirty-
five hours. Graduation will de-
pend upon the ability of the
trainee to reach speed and qual-
ily tests to standards required

structor

by Inspector from the Inspection
Company,

There will be no training fees,
and the school will provide lodg-
ing and meals to all men who
desire same at the rate of $2.00
per day.

Trainees will pay their own
transportation to. Nanaimo.

It is to be noted that only on
the recommendation of the in-
structors in the Preliminary
Training Course will candidates
be accepted for screening for the
Advanced  Pipe-li ‘Training
Course at Nanaimo.

The first Christmas cards were
mailed in 1846 by Henry Cole,
an Englishman. The cards de-
picted a Victorian family as-
sembled at the festive hoard and
bore the now famous greeting:
“A Merry Christmas and a Hap-
py New Year to you.”

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The management and staff of

o all our cherished
friends we extend our
sincere good wishes
for a joyous Chrisimas
++. abounding in the
blessings of good
health and happiness,

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Advanced pipe-line training

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New. at the happiest time of the year,
we take the opportunity to express our
deepest appreciation of your loyalty
and friendship and extend our warmest

wishes for your health and happiness.

Al. you celebrate the Birthday
of Him, who was born in Bethlehem “|
upon the Holy Night of long ago, may the .

true spirit of Christmas surround you and your

loved ones, lifting your hearts anew with its glorious
Promise of “Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.”

MACKENZIES LTD_

The Management & Staff

of

THE FAMOUS BAKERY