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THE TRIBUNE, WILITANS LAKE, BG.

Thursday, June 24, 1956,

EDITORIALS |
Wear A Big Hat — and a Big Smile

_.__ Well — the big three days (count them) are just
“about on us one more. In another week and a half the
30th annual Stampede will be history, and the measure
of its success will, to.a great extent, have depended
net only on the actual contestants in the arena but to
Mr. and Mrs. Average Williams Lake Citizen. Whether
you are-fussy about the role or not — you are the
hosts: Upon you rests the ability to create an impression
of taking part in a big family party. There will be
visitors a-plenty, and they’ll enjoy their first or 20th
Stampede a lot more if they are made welcome by
friendly overtures on the part of all of us who call
Williams Lake home.

Get out your Western duds (creates ‘atmosphere’)
and for three days forget your everyday problems and
just have fun. Not a hard prescription, is it?

To Close Or Not To Close

The general confusion about store hours for the
first two days of the coming Stampede point out more
than ever the necessity of a retail merchants’ associ-
ation in town. Without such an association to mold
general policy, we periodically witness a confliction of
aetion such as is apparent in regards to the Stampede
dates.

It might be said that whether a group of business
men: organize or not is entirely their own affair, but
inthe case of closing hours the question becomes of
extreme interest to another important fellow — the
customer.

In the present instance, there is, of course, every
possibility that the town merchants will finally come
to an agreement among themselves and all close — or
open — together, But it will be a little late to spread
the word around. Customers would like to know in
advance about the hours of business the town is Boing
to observe,

Talking to individual merchants, there seems to

~— Be a general agreement that a retail merchants’ as-

sociation would be a good idea even if it did nothing
more than help establish general policy on store hours
at times like this. =

To Their Future

_ We join the community this week in extending
congratulations to the young men and women of Wil-
liams Lake High School who marked the completion of
twelve ye warmal schooling at their graduation

success in the pursuit of their
Mm life. Good luck — grads

vale y peopre™ “
zecipueon behalf of the so-called temperance move-
ment; they omitted the name of the generous distiller-
sponsor from the list of those whose donations made
the festival possible. a

One of the festival authorities tried to recoup by
heading in the other direction with all speed. He wrote
the 3,000 lovers of little theatre who support his en-
deavors a now-famous letter suggesting they should
be doing something for the disillery to balance the
favor. He was not so zealous as to suggest insobriety
but some readers of the letter felt he was pouring

little stiff.

eee Massey in his capacity as the Queen’s repre-
sentative and because his name was on the letterhead
used, let his zeal for retribution run wild. There was
talk of his possible resignation (from the Festival, not
from Rideau Hall) and some other sharp rebukes,
none of which seemed to take into account the fact
that the Royal Family itself condones liquor distilling
along with the preparation of jams and jellies and
hundreds of other products ‘“‘by appointment, e of course.

Leaders of the CCF got on the publicity wagon.
Their zeal was aimed at demanding the situation could
be cleared up only by creation of their socialist dream,
a.Canada Council, which would allow politicians to
put up the taxpayers’ money for drama festivals and
thus keep nasty private business from getting any
eredit:for being interested in culture. In their excite-
ment they gave the distiller several million dollars
worth of additional free publicity.

1 told a rather mixed up affair, but plenty of

zeal from everyone.—The Printed Word.

The Way of The Tourist Dollar

“Who benefits from the tourist dollar?” is the
question posed and answered by Newsletter, published
by the Government Travel Bureau. _ :

Here’s the answer: accommodation 22 percent
meals 22 percent; transportation and auto costs 20 per-
cent; retail merchants 19 percent; entertainment 5.7
percent; fishing 3 percent; hunting 3 percent and mis-
cellaneous 8 percent.

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between
VANCOUVER, B.C. and PRINCE GEORGE, B.O.

Including Sleeping & Dining Car Service
Prince George - Squamish Dock
April 24 to September 24 inclusive

= inion Pier 9:30 a.m.-Mon-Wed-Frid
cwillisme Lake : 5:20 a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ly-Williams Lake 5:50 a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
- Ar-Prince George 1:20 p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
r-Pri TES 4:00 p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Lv-Williame Lake 11:30 pan-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ar-Williams Lake 11:50 p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat
Ar-Vancouver (Union Pier) 6:30 p.m.-Wed-Fri-Sun

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The Cracker

Barrel Forum

By A. J. Drinkell

The Case of

their equivalent) to
reaching us are correct it cost
the B.C. taxpayers around $2000
in overtime pay to work crews
in order for Mr. Chetwynd to
win the bets he made. To a yov-
ernment now accustomed to
spending many, many millions
of dollars annually $2000 may
seem a paltry sum hut we can
suggest any number of things
that could have been done with
that many dollars and all of
them more vital than the win-
ning of forty hats by a Minister
of the Crown.

Quite some time ago the boys
opined that if the Southern ex-
tension of the P.G.
completed those industries lo-
cated along its route and ad-

jacent to tidal water would
never transfer from water borne

service to that of the railw

That: prediction apparently y

not far of the mar orman

Hackett, marine editor for the
e, in a ree

transfer slips. — Ruilw:
cials won't hazard a guess when
tug service will become redund-
ant. There is even a suggestion
that some of the tugs will con-
tinue in service indefinitely.
Irony of the matter is that it
may cost less to ship by barge
from Squamish to Vancouver
than it will be to ship by rail to
North Vancouver and then over
the C.N.R. tracks and Second
Narrows Bridge to Vancouver.”
Shouldthat prove to be the case
it will require a tremendous in-
crease in passenger traffic to pay
the interest on the cost of the
rail extension.

ROAD LITT!
This week’s gripe

Mght at our last

Some of the hoys have bee

came to
hold-forth.
do-

Ly - Vancouver - Mon-Wed-Frid
Ar - Wms. Lake - Wed-Frid-Sun

The Forty Hats

The extension of the P.G.E. Railway into
North Vancouver is now an accomplished
fact and our local member is forty hats (or
the good.

If reports

ing, a bit of travelling in be-
tween showers, and have return-
ed thoroughly disgusted with
the obnoxious sight of garbage
heaps scattered higgilty-piggilty
all along the road sides. It was
pointed out that a recent statute
renders it an offense to deposit
garbage beside the road but we
feel it is not a matter that can
be checked by Acts of Parlia-
ment. It may he »po: ble to
shame ourselves inte discontinu-
ing this degrading habit by
erecting suitably worded signs
at fairly frequent igtervals along
our highways — sist as a con-
stant reminder.
A lady visitor fifom the U.S
suggests that oui$ countryside

admirably lends itstIf to the es-
tablishment of garage disposal
s|areas well out of}sight of the

thoroughfares, also thinks

it would be sound

gns at the jusetow
and the thoroughtart
is pointed out
heaps are a malignant
to n iy of our own resi
and mar the beauty for all of

a greater measure of community
pride and a far fuller apprecia-
tion of the fact our countryside
is a thing of real beauty and
well worth a lot of effort to
keep it so, for the greater en-
joyment of all. It should not be
necessary to force us to keep
ourselves tidy we should have
enough pride and self-respect
to do it volunt:

What seems to be required is|~

of The Tribune

in the Cariboo— The Cariboo
received a million dollar rain
the past few days as it has Tain-
ed very little! since the snow
went off early'in the spring—
Member: of the Williams Lake
Volunteer Fire Brigade netted
nearly $350 on the concessions
at the Riske Creek Stampede,
the money was donated in aia
of the War Memorial Arena
tund—

From the Files

ONE YEAR AGO

June 23, 1955,

Corporal Jack Rutledge, offi-
cer-in-charge of the local RCMP
detachment has been transfer-
red to North Vancouver— Hot-
test day of the year was hit
when the mercury registered 94
on June 10— Tender of Over-
ton Bros., in the amount of
»123.40 for construction of
the proposed addition to War
Memorial Hospital, was approv-
ed by directors this week—
Parallel parking on Oliver Street
and Railway Avenue will be-
come effective the first of next
week, according to a statement
made by the district engineer—
Thelma Fisher of Smedlyville
recovered in second case of Roc-
ky Mountain spotted fever when
itten by an infected tick— Last
night’s electrical storm was cli-
maxed by a heavy rain storm

TWENTY YEARS AGO
June 18, 1936

Announcement has recently
been made by the Provincial
Government of its intention to
assist farmers by permitting
them to work out one year’s de-
linquent taxes on the road— A
new Catholic mission chapel is
being constructed at~ Spring-
house—

Williams Lake Tribune
Established 1931’
Clive Stangoe, Editor

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... SMILES

A father and son were posing
for a picture at the time of the
young man’s graduation from
college.

“Stand a little closer to your
father,” said the photographer
to the boy, ‘and put your hand
on his shoulder.””

“I think it would be more ap-
propriate,” said the father, “it
he stood with his hand in my
pocket.”

which measured almost two

inches— An elderly Vancouver
couple who purchased land close :
to Williams Lake in 1911 came
up to inspect their property and
found their land worthless as it
covers a hillside that is almost
sheer cliff up at the top of Six-

pen and a Bright Future”
FIVE YEARS AGO graduates.
June 28, 1951 !

School District No. 27's build-
ing program received the ap-
proval of the ratepayers when
it was placed before them for
the second time— Frank L. Lee
was named president of the
newly formed Williams Lake
branch of the Canadian National
Institute for the Blind— The
100 Mile Lodge is putting in a
new 12,000 gallon water tank
to provide for the needs of the
growing community—

TEN YEARS AGO
June 27, 1946

The earthquake which center-
ed on Vancouver Island was felt

and recognize that it is
continent.

these boys and girls, we

1644 |W. Broadway

Congratulations

The teachers of the Province say “Good Luck

B.C. education is a flexible, ever-changing
process which has kept pace with the growth and
development of Canada and the Province.
teachers are grateful for our educational system

After years of classroom association with

Columbia’s future is in good hands.

We are proud of the product leaving our
schools and trust that many of them will enter
the Teaching Profession.

B.C. Teachers’ Federation -

to this month’s school

The

one of the finest on the

rest assured that British

Vancouver 9, B.C.

tap Beet

nr comtprete a registration form
for each insured employee

mployers!

IV hen renewing your unemployment insurance-books= - lite

This year all insured persons in Canada must be

registered, and blank forms, UIC 409R, are being

~_ _ sent to all employers for this purpose. If you have

“not received yours by June 25th write or phone
your local

Remember:

New 1956-57 insurance books
cannot be issued without
the completion of a
registration form.

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Unemployment Insurance

= J. G. Bisson
Chief Commissioner

Cc, A. L. Murchison
Commissioner

Commission

R. J. Tallon
Commissioner

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