‘illiams Lake Tribune Toe : 40¢. $2.60 per year. Volume 24 — Number 25. = WILLIAMS LAKE, B.c.. Thursday, June 21, 1956: Nickel Find Along Lake Promising Over 400 Attend Fall Fair aad rp: Option On - Annual Awards Day -|Meet Tonight |“'aims of 4-Man Team : A flurry of mining activity on Williams Lake’s The anni Awards Day program of Williams Definite assurance that the| back doorstep has resulted with the discovery by vet- Lake Junior-Senior High School, termed by 1956 Cariboo Fall Fair will be|eran prospector Dan Rottacker of new nickel bearing Staged this August is likely to|Geposits about six miles south of town along the PGE [be forthcoming from!a meeting right-of-way. = SS tonight at the High School. 2 SSsoclated with Dan in the aeposit has been taken by Gran- District ~Agrieulturist Joe |Useovery is his brother Manuel |ny Consolidated Mining and Walsh, who has been working| 224 two other prospectors, Frank Smelting Go. Ltd., and two more: hard to arouse interest ‘in the| Merryth and Don McDonald. discoveries made Within the last. fair, reports that following a| A® option on the large nickelx9 days bythe tour prospectors, Tribune editorial on the subject within three miles of the origin last. week, he has met with en- al strike, have also been option- ciiewing aioe Ren Hance to Open): 22205 28 vee oo Twanty-Ve persone tave as: has geologists on the ground to sured him of their intention of 1954 Stampede assess the value of the find. being present and others have As a result of the original; indented: thtenest. discovery, there is an extensive. next Friday will he Ren Hance, |S4reh for nickel in the area, on native son of the Cariboo, and|POth sides of the lake. Yesterday four planes were aloft surveying: OUTSTANDING STUDENTS Mr. Kerley, in his introduc- tory remarks, said the Awards Day was important because the i annual event was for every stu- ewes dent in the school, not only the graduating class, ! This.was apparent as the pro- gram continued and students came forward to claim some 96 individual awards, Topping. the school in compe- tition for the Bank of Montreal general proficiency award, offer- ed annually to two Grade Twelve students, were Rosemary Han- nah and Ross Smith. The award Standing is based on academic proficiency, citizenship and gen- eral all-round ability. Miss Hannah, who wWili be go- ing to University, has been presi- dent of the Inter-House Council, captain of her house and a mem- Ashley, lost and found. Publications service pins were awarded to Beverley Kyte and Cora Sellars, and drama service Pins went to Rita Brown and Philip Mayfield. Miss Brown and Philip were also presented with their “best actor” awards won in the Cari- boo Drama Festival. The War Memorial Hospital Shield, won by Tivola Howe for the school, was presented by Hospital Board Chairman Bruce Magoffin. Essay prizes. went to Miss Howe, Donna Bareson and Gsil Hawker, MATH AWARD The Mathematical Association award was presented to Roy Morris. Students throughout North America compete within Opening the 1956 Stampede ime a well-known rancher of the 0. IMIS Bac! Chhesas: the area despite presence of’ Mr. Hance will occupy the|eavy thunder storms. ree On Horsefly Road ose ot icnor in me ota seage|-A1mnoUgh the presence of nk coach ap it rolls along the par-|Kel has been known before in. Toad restrictions will again be; de route opening day, along|this area, mining men felt that placed on a section of the Horse-| With His Honour, Judge Henry because it was a complex ore, fly road effective midnight -to-|€astillou, honorary president or |Xtraction costs wOUldy bes ten ie night, according to District Eu-|the Stampede Association, at|Meh. Present high price of nic-_ Se ee 1:20 lw the afternoon, following |e! makes the possiblity of new ore bodies more interesting than theli rT int F es : eho Ece oe Se ee singe MRE oy Shi] he run area sh [hee mar ot oe One of the better athle! E x 5 Z = ' ‘i = r Ss, v! a school, and also a dormitory| field of 350 in British Columbia. Top all-round students in the i956 graduating eae one woe ang aily ateiove Tid cliey epee. Grade of the present ore find : The Publication club award|class are shown here with their Bank of Montrect Ho sng eee ene Wanker ike at be doing ais believed high enough to make 3 right is|°! the Horsefly and Beaver Val- and at the right is 2 final clean-up job on the grounds tons gross. ae School service pins were SF awarded to Marlene Gardner, president of the Students’ Coun- cil; Patrick Bass, vice-president; Joanne Dunaway, 2nd vice-presi- dent and worker in the school “lost and found”; Janet Kelt, : council secretary; Mary Hordos, council treasurer; © Marjorie Beaulieu, librarian, and Beryle = gemition vice “Look on yous Oe Roberts took a & Worthwhile achievement,” .{Dersonal poll of the stores Mon- G. Greenwood, principafof Ques. | day, but finally gaye up any hope nel High School told the gradu-]0f getting an agreement. Food ation class of Williams Lake|stores had decided to observe High School at their exercises | normal working hours, Closing last Saturday. only for an hour during the “Your marks have carried:you| opening day parade. through and you will carry them| Of the remainder of the mer- as the mark of an educated man|Chants, some were agreeable to go along with a majority opin- ion, but others said they would Gents to look to attaining great-| definitely hold to the hours ob- er achievements in their journey |served during former Stampedes. through life. He used famous|In other years they have worked men in history to illustrate his|through from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Points such a overcoming ob-|and then closed until 5 p.m., re- stacles or the danger of resting | pening for several hours. on one's laurels. He cited men like William Wilberforce, who was physically a working a) move, Mr. Greenwood urged the stu- Thomas Paxton Dies in 91st Year Edward James Kennealy en- tered a plea of not guilty in the] Picked up later in the evening u New Officers Named On Kiwanis Executive ee Augustine Archie of Forest “ Grove was injured last. Sunday {OFFICIALS VIsrT prefect, has been a resident of i Are 41) |tBis weekend, but other than a 3 i A new award, presented by|local B of M manager Tom Larson’ who made the Trucks with single wheels will that, all that remains to do is to | °f the main ore body vein, which make this their permanent home. | Frank Lee to the boy and girl in| presentation. ea meted: to, to. tons’ sroks |i vite ne weatiotac, to turn |48 two miles long and 500 feet He is being articled to the lo-|the high school dormitory show- | and trucks with dual to three ° = ° - Members of Large Bridge Work Waits| “sre sais me ve" Sor bromam of event Gyo oats OU dents of course topped their|Taine Bliss of Alexis Creek and < Strichions’ are ‘necessary ‘to pre-| will be found on another page of Jament ot hydro power classes in academic achievement,|Allen Mikkelsen of Beaver Val- vent the section of road break-|this issue. tS on the Fraser River Commerce awards were pre-| ley. . h by Department of Highways | P mer The local board felt that the words per minute, and to Mary|@nd Terry Baker. Fee eon Glass) of se ville bridge qver the Chileotin| crews last summer and has not MUCSHE! rine? resolution was: premature, since Hordos, Susie Potter, Jacqueline saat ke Junion-Senion Hae8 | oe ig Sill Waiting for a drop|Bad a chance to setile, Heavy .. 5 -|extensive survey was now heing _ Renton and Janet Metcher with in the tiene je per [nodo2as of lumber being hauled aves Addr:. ta ae : Ms PSF iany washg voad are cutting i up| a ek : ; soso on the river and Still have the salmon industry. tn é Another resolution fry ent pile driver 8 z vere se er eon salthonsh Gusts ava) as loaa ertson, Marilyn Scott, Carole hileo Lake will be |restrictions contemplated on Academie achievement awards | i : went to Gail Hawker, Grade 7;|Vick, Lewis Macponald,, Phil If these men do not use discre- Donna. Bareson, Grade 8 (run-| Mayfield, Roy Morsis, tion in hauling heavy loads dur- ston, Grade 10; George Fielder, - restrictions will follow. Bod of Former Grade 11, and Carole Sioan, 2 ‘ eee Two Sentenced for Part In the athletic awards, Sal wa fi ence 0 r ticipation in. intra-sehool ane Found ai Home intra-mural sports) went_t.o-¢ fi emp (2 : i1,|othy MacDonu@” Preda Kozuni stage driver in the Cariboo Trail, a a Kozuki, 1 came to his death last Friday|J°2" O'Dell” Rita Rife, .Dell,| April 6, Hdward James Kennealy, 24, was sentenced |When Thomas Bernard Paxton = Beckma ean Robertson, Gor-| to two years in the penitentiary and his brother Robert |P@ssed away in War Memorial afternoon from what is believed : Mrs. Melvillé, who had heen|Demeoe, Roy Morris, Dick sel-| Honour Judge Henry Castillou. Flat, about four miles from the achieved the abolition of slavery e lars, Walter Levick, Bert Poston lend of Williams Lake i Sep- out for the afternoon, forrud the . p ake in Sep. dec coec ye body of her husband when she|@0rdon Perreten and Allan Mc- tember, 1865. He followed ranch- This year’s school citizenship : ae Subsequent investigation son they consi i held but a verdict is awaiting|#8 @bove, plus a school service) | Suilty. showed the warehouse door hag| Ranch in partnership with John| the cause of lowest castes of In-leq tiene ees tant Ru ulonslepeeandl rancet Went to Bernice Barlow, Lucille! award Morrisey, clerk in| been pried open with a crowbar. fraanother old-timer, Ar-[dia and although a physically the student body “hag ee Born in Wisconsin in 1886, A erley Kyte, Terry Baker, Ed./on the morning of April 6 Eda-|was found in the car, which had Brader for the Public] Joan MeNeil, valedictorian of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, the and went to school at Fairview. Boeke and Ross Smith. ward and Robert came into the been abandoned elose teenies | Works departmene, oy pete? Sraduation class, expressed'| smiable guatotine of the Biks mall “I’s’ were won - 2 uarti 5 a : = ee: a Hale moved to on by Bob/store and purchased 1000 Ibs. of (Truck & Equipment. Ie tags #t 150 Mile House. In|on behalf of her fellow students Hall, are in constant touch with way where they owned a pies zest Molesey, Jim Ran-/obtain- the wire, Morrisey led fied that Robert came in ana| MS: © L. Hodgson. Gob and guldance. “We-have] j) education classes, indoor ticton east to the mines and then ae try, Hee Nene Felker, |oth mén through the main borrowed the flashlight that was] He is survived by three sons,|4eveloped a self confidence that sports and outside of class for pore more ap five pesseneer eiker, Far-| warehouse to a‘ building across later found in the warehouse.|CH#rles, Prince George; Alex,|We owe to our teachers,” she many of their inter-school sports. a and mail stage from Ashcro 15. poe ae Morrison, Bill] 9x4 had to be ‘removed. nealy brothers on the evening | #0dgson and Mrs. F. N. Sutton, |Tllowing, and to her fellow ed their belongings away care- Later in life he took up log- Tee Sate Sees Bob Shortly before ten o'clock the|ot April 6 and they had askea | Williams Lake. His wire, Agnes, |#Taduates in years ahead. fully and generally looked after ging and worksd.at_this until : n, Ken Fel- to borrow his car to start their| ied in 1914. Lucille . Bosworth presented their interests in the hall. 1947 when a heart attack force? Y fleck @ parked car in the lane] appearing for the defence c Perreten, ‘To: BBG eee behind the department store.|. MacLean maintained there | Heart Chureh with Rev. Father sone we eae ee ore. He is survived by his -wite, | AGL. Pe ena, POR Gonatame Ron vane testified was no evidence submitted that| BOYle officiating. Zonta. Mr. Gnd Mrs. Jobin bre-|Gardnes, president’ of theasiie Mary; four sons, Frank, Wilfrea|MUrdoch, Terry Baker, Gen Pallbearers were Claude Pig. | om°4, the School a year ago! gents: Council. and Jim of Williams Lake, and in the seat. HE-sgqke to him and contin wddx ton, Gus Jakel, Dave Ly i page 12 . ynes and ‘ atina . é =e then spotted anothér—wan ) Antoine Boitanio. Honorary pall- Frio} fans setual 5 eeanaee amous a e La Hache; Mrs. Hardin i ‘ id congratulations to the graduat s x Be > ning from the dire n bearers were Alex Clarke, J. . , Williams Lake; Mrs. Ann Rus- “|Were expressed by Comm sell, Salmon Arm; Mrs. J. Lamb, sige a aRt ae elected trens-|the meantime Constable a. Rw-| At Racing Event Carthy. The Canadian Legion bursary| The Famous Restaurant, popu- he iwanis u atl/ers had gone around to the front vas pre d Ross Smith by/lar town eatery that has been Midway. Nineteen | thei ime les 5 ‘ was presented to i E - a a oe ida a tists their luncheon meeting Tuesday./or the parked car. bat he one Legion branch president Felix| closed for a month ang y oot grandchild also sui ive. be nets fill Mr. Moquin’s}down the lane. Another con jraces at the Grove. He suilered| Thursday while on a tour of in-|sented to Roy Morris by P-TA|last night. ital onesal Pall peakesaever, 2 ane the directorate is Stew-/| stable, C. J. Andreas, fired a shot]a a a ae contusi ons to spection of B.C. Power Commis- president Mrs. L. Langley, and Spacious and modern, with a tw Bee Pre oe | ee ing Re fleeing vehicle after call-|the chest and is recovering in| sion planta were oy L. Briggs,|the Order of the Royal Purple|western theme in interi Lamb, Joe Bott, Bd Kraeker and the dormitory for three “years.|Went this year to Marlene Gard-| trophies. Left is Rosemary Hannah milling .an economic possibility, ff the heavenly springling sys-|Wide on the surface. cal chartered accounting firm of|12g. best deportmént through- Graduation Cl r raduation Class |For Water Drop [72's sets, oro bone ice ee sented to Carole Sloan, whose| School citizenship awards went = 7 carcied out to-aseeiftain whether + —-~ Nora “Anderson,-)— eee i 8 test speed of 56 words per se : paces oreo aS ANE g “ni merely evihfures™ rirerntoes <1, ete Gon of a fourth civeutt field meet, presented to Marilyn ee ee % Sloan, Norman Felker. Bdward to the bridge side when it | other district roads, Mr. Pomeron ner-up, Sylvia Krause); Carolyn |!ars, Ross Smith, ef aiie Wig.| An order has been placed for|ing excessively wet weather, - ° Stage Driver Sik eae to have been a self-inflictea| 402 eiKer, Bruce Mcintyre, Ken Kennealy, 23, was sentenced to one year when they | Hospital in his 91 st year. pehiviea A Hie icy, beside tur | Tntoeh, ing most of his lite and ae nnn award, presented nnually by Bosworth, Anne Midnight, Lil- Mackenzies, testified in the trial] An axe and flashlight were touna |t8UT Haddock, recalls when Mr./Irail man of 80 pounds became awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mr. Melville came to Canada 3 . Overton, Gordon } ioe Q ; eae a See students ‘don McDonald, Bob| black wire tor J @ W regens,| | Edward John Robinson, who| sn, /stter Years he has been liv-| their thanks to the stalf of “om the students, who use ‘the hall ranch for many years. He later m1 i neo “ais Dele ent, Bice Meluivres| tne lanes ain ‘order 19 oven the| Another witness, Warner Toop,| Alexis. Creek; Hnhert, Soas| Said. She also wished every SUc-) ‘Phe popular couple have pick. -_Barkerville. He was married in ae: evening of the same day an ker, Bernar e ; bi nard Perreten, Bob Wil. R Funeral services were con-| © the school, on behalf of the The presentation of the joint him to retire. He has been in in- Gauthier and Lawrence Fowler. vent over to the car and|the accused did attempt to break with the nucleus of a wildlite Gordon of Fort Churchill; five ok sand . “Te ssion ° warehouse. He called to him t |Bysian er Injured Isnardy, Arthur. Haddock, Chairman Stan Goad on behalf Opens Again Trepanier, and Mrs. S. Paterson, He Teplaces former Kiwanian|forced to jump for safety when