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Volume 24 — Number 7.

WILLIAMS LAKE, BO. Thursday, February 16, 1956.

Single copy 10c, $2.50 per year.

Minister Promises To Take
Ranchers’ Case To Cabinet

Promise of two cabinet ministers that the ranch-
ers’ land taxation problem would be brought before
2 full cabinet meeting was given to directors of the
Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association who travelled to
Victoria at the end of last week.

The directors, Hugh Cornwall
able 9 make arrangements «o|MOSpital Addition
Cited as Tribute
To People of Area

See the cabinet as a group or to
obtain an audience with Premier
Hospital board vice-chairman
Bruce Magoffin, who served. as

Bennett.
They did see education min-
ister Ray Williston and Kenneth
Kiernan, minister of agriculture.
The men were particularly im-
pressed with Mr. Williston’s at-
tention to the tax problem. Un-
familiar with the taxation facts,|chairman of the new building
he thought that Cariboo ranch-| committee, told the hospital so-
ers were in a situation peculiar| ciety Monday it was a proud
to the area, and conceded that| moment for him to report on the
the taxation formula.seemed to|success of the undertaking.
be working a distinct hardship.| The fact that the addition had
a been constructed and is occu-
pied is a tribute to the people
of Williams Lake and district,
he stated. They have proved
that, if shown a project worth-
while, they will see that is is
accomplished.

No indication was given as to
what hope of tax relief, if any,
might result from the directors*
representations. However the
delegates felt the trip had been
Worthwhile since it resulted in
presentation of a problem that
This spirit-of community help
was found even in the children,
he said, pointing to the example
of the students of Williams Lake
and Skyline schools who raised
money to furnish the nursery.
He also paid tribute to the

cabinet members were evidently
other members of his commit-

unaware of. .
tee, Dr. Barney Ringwood and

_ Trade Group Forms
ened | =,
Town Planning
Committee Fairs te pinsling tot ssl
that satisfactory services were

-Formation of « town planning
eommittee to investigate the| provided.
Proposed sub-division develop-| The increase in the number of
ments and make recommenda-|beds might not seem so great,
tions for the orderly expansion| Mr, Magoifin said, but the addi-
of the town resulted from last|tional services must be consid-
Thursday's Board of ‘Trade|ered when evaluating the pro-

seting. Z ject. i

Jack We now have a modern case
committee and members are C./room that the hospital never

BF. Ms: ~ Tee Borkowski, ; had before; we now.
ee “Glive Stan-| isolation rooms: there

Boe. ern ‘“‘prep’’

room adjacent to
the operating room;

& Cade is chairman of the

the chil-
dren’s ward has been moved and
more space is now available in
the new ward. Where the chil-
dren’s ward was previously,
there is now space for a second
minor operating room.

The next job to tackle will be
a new hospital, he said, but the
present addition will not be
wasted. It is a moveable unit
and wil take its place in the
eventual plan for a larger hos-
Pital plant.

Decision was made after an
argument on the relative merits
of the sub-division plans as pre-
Pared for the PGE. Speaking as
a private citizen, railway com-
pany embloyee Ron Waite said
he thought the crescent lay-out
Of the residential sub-diyisions
Was going to add considerably
to their cost because of addi-
tional survey fees. Commenting
on the one out the highway, he
Said an engineer had told him
that the work of surveying was
going to be extremely difficult

and costly.

Referring to the airport hill
sub-division, Clive Stangoe said
he thought the crescent*plan
would ada considerably to the
beauty and the value of the
land.

Commissioner Al Carswell re-
ported first that the commission
had approved the railway com-
Pany sub-division plan, but on

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High School Gets
Accredited’ Status

Costs Jump, But
Hospital Still
Shows Surplus

Operation of War Memorial
Hospital during 1955 showed a
surplus of $1,367.27 of revenue
over expenditure, according to
the flnancial report read Mon-
day to the society by adminis-
trator Walt Thomas, giving his
tenth annual statement.

Comparative figures for the

Capability of the teaching |Sast three years showed-the op-
staff of Williams Lake High erating revenue jumped from
School is reected in’ the) an-!'$58,601-39 in 1958 to $109,-
Rouncenient this. week that thel595.¢s in 1955. At the same
school: has been “accredited” by!time. operating expenditures
stopDepsriment of Mdueation’—" Gumped aron” §50,456.48 to

This means that the school] $108,225.41.
now has the responsible auth- Expenditures during 1955

ority to recommend students
with “C” or better averages in
terminal course subjects, or
courses which would normally
require the writing of depart-
Mental examinations.

In general, the standard is
awarded by the accreditation
committee of the Department of
Education when they are satis-
fied that the school’s teaching
staff is competent; that there is
a continuity of staf, and that
the internal organization of the
school is up to a certain stand-
ard,

The local high school was ac-
eredited for one year. Through-
out the province, some schools
were accredited for one year,
some for two years and the bal-
ance for three years. This was
done to avoid having all ac-
ereditations reviewed in the
Same Year. If accreditation is
peaiged Again next year, it will

showed the main increases were
in salaries and wages ($13,724
increase), medical and surgical
supplies ($3851) and@ dietary
supplies ($3,200). Last year a
jump was shown in mainten-
ance from $400 to $3,656, caus-
ed by the exterior and interior
painting of the main building,
and in the rental of the nurses’
residence, $1,646, which was not
ed previously.

Number of patients admittea
in 1955 was 1,796, up from
1954’s figure of 1,422. Number
of patient days was 12,922 com-
pared to 11/252 in 1954.

ATTEND BAR CONVENTION

Attending ihe annual conven-
tion of the Cariboo Bar Associ-
ation last weekend at Dawson
Creek were His Honour Judge
Henry Castillou and Mrs. Cas-

Dr. Paul Yates and his wife,
were presented to the Queen at
journey through the Nigerian

David, one of their two children,

been stationed at a hospital outpost in Nigeria fortwo years.

anadian
medical missionaries in Nigeria,
Kaduna airport after a 500-mile

jungle. The cousle, shown with

are from Guelpby Ont.. and have

Improvement District Only
Solution to Hospital Need

Formation of a hospital improvemént district to
finance the district’s share of a new haspital will be
the only solution to our hospital accomnjodation prob-
lem, director Fred Bass told members of the hospital

pei ee a ee eee

society Monday night,

Mr, Bass said the directors
had hoped that the new addition
would give them a breathing
spell for three or four years, but
today, after only a cuple of
months’ operation, it is apparent
that three or four years is going
to be too. long to wait.

Plans he said would have to

tmo| he made immediately. 3

isa mou |

" Explaining some of the points
in formation of such a district,
Mr, Bass said that up to last
year it was necessary to obtain
75 pereent of the ratepayers’
approval to form a district, but
that now the percentage requir-
ed was only 60.

Once a district is approved,
it is broken into zones, repre-
sented by trustees who can au-
thorize the borrowing of up to
three mills. Over a 20-year “per-
iod in the general area that
would probably be taken into a

hospital district here, Mr. Bass
said he thought this authority
would realize from $275,000 to
$300,000,

However, if the needed capital
exceeded three mills, a plebis-
cite would have to be held. If it
passed, then the trustees could
authourize the borroing of as
much as they pleased.

At Quesnel, where 90 percent
approval of a district was ob-
tained, $210,000 was borrowed,
which was the maximum under
the three-mill schedule. This was
the district's share of an esti-
mated cost of construction of
$650,000. Final cost as $881,000
and a plebscite was held to get
the difference. Of the total cost,
the provincial government paid
50 percent of construction cost
and one-third of equipment cost,
and the federal government gave
$1000 per bed and $100 for
every 900 square feet of floor
space for out-patients.

For our district, we need
nothing less than a 75-bed hos-
pital, Mr, Bass declared. If it is
not large enough, it is a waste
of the taxpayers’ money.

Mr. Bass agreed with a ques-

12 Months Term
For Auto Theft

Reginald Anderson of Ente
prise was sentenced to 12
months in prison in police court
yesterday on a charge of thert
of an auto,

Anderson took a car owned
by James B. Howarth, a fellow
Worker at a mill at Enterprise,
last Friday anq@ proceeded south.
He sent Howarth a wire from
Clinton saying that ¢
was alright ana
back that night. When he didn't
show up, police notified Vancou-

Vverything
he would be

tillou\ and local barristers Lee
Skipp and Les Langley.

Probably be on a th
asia. three-year

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ver and he was apprehended at
the coast centre,

tion from the floor that it was
not an opportune time to organ-
ize an improvement district in
view of the ejrrent land tax
fight being carfied out by the
ranchers, but hé said he thought
we should be ready to organize
as soon as the tax picture stab-
ilizes, althoughjhe also pointed
out that sooner pr later we were
going to he foiged to make the
“attempt &* Se

One thing Mr. Wass said he
did not like about the wording
of the act was that under the
improvement district plan, pro-
vision was given also for placing
any hospital operating deficit
cost on the taxes.

Members agreed to leave the
matter to the discretion of the
board as to when organization
of an improvement district
should begin,

Cost and Donation Figures of Hospital

Two Hospital Board
Member's Returned

Two sitting members of War
Memorial Hospital board were
returned to office at the annual
meeting of the society Monday.

Vice-chairman Bruce Magoffin
was elected to fill one of the
two town vacancies, and Hugh

Cornwall was named to the
single country seat open,
Replacing board chairman

Clive Stangoe is Tony Borkow-
ski, who formerly served a term
on the board as a representative
of the village.

Mr. Stangoe told the meeting
he would not let his name stand
again this year, giving pressure
of business as his reason for not
seeking re-election after four
years on the board,

THE WEATHER

Winter took another turn our
way this week, with the mercury
starting to slide down Tuesday.
By Tuesday night lows of from
35 to 40 below were recorded
in the vicinity of -town and
south along the highway. West,
at Alexis Creek the mercury
dropped to 50 below and un-
officially as reported 60 below
at Redstone,

The wind switched last night
and snow started to fall as the
mercury climbed to zero. From
3 to 4 inches of snow fell dur-
ing the night that was drifted
by high winds.

Here are the readings at the
airport for the past week taken
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily.

;min max,
Ea aS

sy ee 10

Saturday 24 37

Monday 5 20

Tuesday =19 =13

Wednesday -35 -5

This morning the reading was
1° above.

RASH OF CHIMNEY FIRES
Men of the Williams Lake

Fire Brigade were called out

three times this week to extin-

guish chimney fires.

By 1958 Town Will Be One
Of Best Lighted In Province

By 1958 Williams Lake will be one of the best
lighted towns in the province according to a plan for
an improved system which was presented to the Village

Commission Tueday night
of the B.C. Power

The number of lights will be
increased from 46 to 124 (only
four new lights have been added

during the past two years).
The plan calls for complete
lighting of the new subdivision,
additional lights in the old sub-
division, a large increase for
Railway Avenue which Mr.
Humble felt could develop into
a skidroad with the proximity of
the railway, and various other
lights in sections which are
Poorly lighted. Installation of
21 mercury vapor lights on met-
al arms down the entire length
of Oliver Street from the village
limits to Railway Avenue is
slated. Mr. Humble termed this
“a good advertisement of the
town to the travelling public.”
Ji the complete plan was put
into effect this year, the cost to
the Village would jump from
the present $103 monthly rate
to $407.14 a month. Total cost
of installation by the B.C. Power
Commission would be $1 0.
Although the Commissioners
commended the exceptionally
fine plan drawn up by Mr. Hum-
ble, they felt the t was too
great to be borne in one year,
Therefore Mr. Humble pro-
posed that the lights be install-
ed over a two-year period. Rate
by the end of 1956 is expected
to be around $200 when the new

WHERE'S THE ROBIN

Wonder what became of the
principal character in our “first
robin” story. -

Bud Barlow reported seeing
the red-breasted optimist just
at the outskirts of town last
Thursday,

Addition In Balance, Society Told

Costs and revenue figures in regard to the building

night.

Private donations from dis-
trict organizations and individ-
uals amounted to a total of
$20,136.98, and with the adai-
tion of B.C.H.L.S. grants for
new construction and furniture
and equipment, this figure is
boosted to, $39,357.05.

On the cost side, the contract
price was $29,626.97 and fur-
niture and equipment brought
this up to $39,101.26. The
chairman pointed out that not
all the equipment and furniture
were used directly in the addi-
tion, but their purchase was
made necessary by the increased
size of the hospital as a whole.

He pointed out that the board
was planning new equipment
purchases and an addition to the
laundry to give a better service
to the hospital. It is estimatea
that these will cost a total of
$12,000, a good part of which
has to he met by donations from
the district. He said it was for-
tunate that these donations con-
tinued to come in, and that dur-
ing January alone just over a
thousand dollars had been re-
ceived from town and district
organizations,

In this new equipment will
be an autoclave ‘sterilizer that is
due to arrive any day and will
cost $2500.

Member of Early
Cariboo Family

jDiesin Sleep.

Edward Gaspard, member of
one of the earliest families of
the Cariboo, died at his home
early Sunday morning. He pass-
ed away quietly in his sleep of
a heart attack.

“Eddie” as he was known to
his many friends, was born at
Dog Creek in July, 1887. His
father, who made the long jour-
ney from France to, California
in search of gold, followed his
quest to the Cariboo during the
famed gold rush of 1858. He and
his partner eventually settled at
Dog Creek, being the first own-
ers of thé land now within the
boundaries of Circle S Raneh.

With the death of his parents
when he was very young, Eddie

by Tom Humble, manager

Commission.

sub-division lights and addition-
al lighting in the old subdivision
will be completed.

No Referendum
Planned by Board
In Near Future

There will be no school refer-
endum presented to the ratepay-
ers at this time, trustees of Dis-
trict 27 decided at a special
meeting Sunday. The heavy vote
against the referendum last
month: influenced the board in
its decision.

In the meantime the board is
studying the requirements of
the district and may present a
Plan to the ratepayers in the
fall.

The present accommodation
situation may make it necessary
to place some cla S$ on a shift
system in Williams tLake and
100 Mile House. Other centres in
the area may he affected as well

Trustees devoted most of their
Ume to preparation of the school
budget for 1956. The budget
will now be presented to a
“team” from the Department
of Education for review at Kam-
loops February 20. At this meet-
ing the board will be told what
items in the budget will be ap-
proved by the department as
shareable expenses. When this is
known, final revisions will he
made and the budget presented
to the Area Representatives for
their consideration.

was raised by an older sister
living at Horsefly and spent most
of his early life there. He receiy-
ed his education at New West-
minster, then worked for a num-
ber of years as a foreman on
public works projects. In later
life he turned to carpentry as
a trade

He married Elizabeth Holland
of Yorkshire, England, in 1916
at 150 Mile House and in 1929
they made their permanent home
at Williams Lake,

An ardent outdoorsman all
his life, Eddie was the first big
game guide to work out of Like-
ly in the early 1920's. He was
noted as a keen fisherman and
knew all the lakes in the coun-
try and the best lures to use.

He was holder of the Williams
Lake Golf and Country Clu)
championship for five years from
1933 to 1937 and was Cariboo
golf champion. for a year. He
won many trophies for trap
shooting and rifle target work as
well. Latterly he was an avid
curling enthusiast.

His knowledge of the outdoors
stood him in good stead back
in 1927 when Rev. A. D. Mac-
Kinnon and his wife became lost
near Lake Morehead. Eddie was
credited with finding the e:
hausted pair by evening with his
skill at tracking.

He js survived by his wife:
two sons, Edward at Chilliwack,
tor at Powell River, and two
grandchildren,

Funeral services were
ducted from St. Andrew’s
Church Wednesday and
ment was
cemetery.

Pallbearers were Tom Paxton,
Bert Levens, Neil Friesen, Bill
Lowden, Magnus Meason and
Matt Latin,

con-
Tnited
inter-
in Williams Lake

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of the new wing to War Memorial Hospital are’ just

about in balance, board chairman Clive Stangoe told

the annual meeting of the hospital society. Monday
eee

SALARY AGREEMENT

Turning to other matters, the
chairman said the board was in
the process of doing preliminary
work towards a staff agreement
on salaries, following certifica-
tion of. the Registered Nurses
Association as bargaining agent
for the nursing staff.. Final out-
come of this will be delayé
until such’ time as the proposed
additional wage cost- can be
authorized by approval -of- the
hospital’s overall budget.

The board’s work had been
eased during the year, he said,
by the interest of such organiza.
tions as the Hospital Auxiliary,
Legion Auxiliary and 0.0.R.P.;
to the loyal staff members from
the -administration down who

worked long hours and- under
extreme difficulties up to the
time of opening of the new wing,
and to the medical staff of whom
he said the directors could not
speak highly enough. - Priyate
citizens also have taken an ac-
tive intereest in the hospital, and
the chairman mentioned District
Engineer Jim Pomeroy who drew
the plans for the addition.

The chairman closed his re-
marks by saying the time gain-
ed by the opening of the new
wing is already Tunning out,
and that it is imperative that
plans for a new hospital be laid
immediately so that if the fin-
ancial way is cleared, we may
have a new institution in threg
years. :

HOUSE DUTIES ER
Speaking for the house com-

ee}, Bill. Christie _tola— the ——

moimberS OF the society that; in
addition to the’ small repair

work that has to be carried out
throuhout the year by his com-
(continued on page 8)

Kiwanis Induct
Members, Hear
Band Report

Inducted into membership in
the Kiwanis Club of Williams
Lake Tuesday were local busi-
nessmen Bert Roberts, Mel Kahl
and Stewart Smith.

Club president Bob Court econ-

ducted the short ceremony at ~

the group’s regular luncheon
meeting.
Reporting on the Kiwanis

Boys and Girls band, Al Cars-
well said it had been necessary
to purchase more bugles, so
great was the response of school
students to the idea of belong-
ing to the organization. From
an original list of 100 volunt
teers, Mr. Carswell ‘said there
had heen 27 selected. To accom-
modate this number he had
purchased an additional 14
bugles.

Practice will get underway as
soon as these instruments ar-

rive, and the committee chair-
man said he could promise the
band would be in action on the
streets at Stampede time,

B of T Committee
Heads Named

The following members of the
Board of Trade were named
committee chairmen at Thurs-
day night’s meeting.

Tourist development and ad-
vertising, Tom Madison: logging
and lumbering, Stewart Smith
and Joe Vandevanter; airport,
Bert Koberts and Al Stewart;
program and entertainment, Alf
Smallenberg; public works,
telephone and transportation,
Dick Moquin and Clive Stangoe;
hospital and public health,
Bruce Magoifin and Chet Leav-
itt; membership, public rela
tions and publicity, Alf Smal-
lenberg and C. F, MacLean;
civie and national affairs and re-
tail merchants representative,
Tony Woodland; agriculture,
Norton Olsson and Hugh Corn-
wall; trade and industry, Tom
Humble,

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