j | | | 2. Ste, a ae. % Williams Lake Tribune ee} Volume 26 — Number TWO SECTIONS Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, January 8, 1958 10 PAGES Single Copy 10¢ — $3.00 per year Department Heads _ Chosen By Councii Principal business of the first Meeting of the Village Council in 1958 Monday was the naming of departments heads for the year. Chairman Herb Gardner, who was not present at the meeting, will again handle finance and airport. Councillors Fred Hamel and Alf Smallenberg will handle the same jobs as~last year, Streets for the former and building inspection and side- walks for the latter. Council- lor Tony Borkowski will look after the water department, a job he had when he last served on the council, and Councillor Bob Garson will be in charge of sewer system, parks and the cemetery. "By statute, the first meeting of the year is held on the first _ Monday in January. At that time the council set their own Tegular dates for meeting the remainder of the year. This year, as usual, the council will hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of| ~ each month. Guild Officers Mrs. W. Holtom was elected president of the United Church Guild at the group’s annual meeting last night. She suc- ceeds Miss Iris Blair. Other officers are: Mrs. Jack ‘Hsler, vice-president; Mrs. R. Maarsman, secretary; and Mrs. 'M, Kahl, treasurer, GameRecords Show’57 hunting last fall. number of The hunters checked decreased from resident 12,926 in 1956 to 12,376 in 1957. However, the number of non-resident hunters increased from 1,591 in 1956 to 1,770 in 1957. Combined, the number of hunters was 14,517 in 1956 and 14,146 in 1957. The figures for game animals checked in 1956 are shown in parentheses after those_of 1957. A record total of 2,788 (2,649) moose passed through the station. Of these, 982 (799) were antlerless. Of 2,246 (2,397) deer ehecked in 1957, 906 (800) were antlerless. Other big game __ species checked through the station were: 24 (29) mountain sheep, 87 (56) mountain goat, 48 (27) caribou, 4 (2) elk, 32 (29) Was Good Hunting Year ECORDS of game animals tallied at the Game Commission’s checking station at Cache Creek, show that hunters travelling to the Interior enjoyed grizzly bear, and 148 (112) black bear. The total number of big game animals recorded in 1957 was 5,377 (5,301). There were 6,858 (4,423) willow or ruffed grouse, 2,457 (1,746) Franklins grouse, 977 (881) blue grouse and 632 (481) sharptail grouse checked through during the senson. The number of ducks likewise in- creased from 7,049 in 1956 to 7,752 in 1957, Geese increased from 300 in 1956 te 350 in 1957. Annual banquet and installa- tion of officers of the Williams Lake and District Board of Trade will be held at the Elks Hall January 17. Arrangements for a guest speaker have not been finalized. Hospital Visitor Wi In the tradition Jones first headed for t gift for the patient- her wrist. inds Up A Patient HEN Mrs. Arnold Jones decided to visit her neighbor, Mrs. Jack Kirk, in the hospital the other day, she didn’t know it but her visit was due to be a protracted one. of hospital visiting, Mrs, own to pick up a small slipped on the ice and broke Shortly after she was admitted to hospital as a patient herself, Mrs. Kirk is recovering from a broken leg suffered when she fel] on the ice while skating. ~ Old PGE Landmark Removed Disappearance of one of Wil- Miams Lake’s oldest landmarks takes place this week with the tearing down of the old P_G.E. warchouse situated near the has been in constant servire) ever since, but shipping volume has necessitated the buitding of # new unit. - The new building running parallel with Mackenzie in the Tailyard opposite the Borkowski block is of permasteel construc- tion. It has more than ‘three times the storage area of the old warehouse and measures 198 feet by 30 feet. Untering a corridor fram the station end, the passage gives off into three rooms on the right. First is a completely fireproof furnace room housing an aytematic oil furnace and water heater. Next comes a fully-equipped washroom, a domestic feature not felt neces- sary in the days when the old building was erected. Last of the rooms on this side is a spacious office measuring 17 by 10 feet with a large window overlooking the large warehouse ‘area beyond. ‘he oifice,. wash- room and corridor have lino tiled flooring, acoustic tiled ceiling and the office is bril- liantly lit with modern fluores- cent tubes. To the left of the fdor Gs a ~he: room for goods which must ‘noi be stored in cold: temperatures. Entrance is from the warehquse proper and the room: measures 30 by 14 compared with the tiny 8 by 12 heated room in the old warehouse. Interesting feature of the new warehouse are the huge doors lining the wall on the de-train- ing side, and the truck loading side opposite. There are four doors on the rail side so spacd that four boxears can be yn- loaded at one time. The doors swing overhead out of the way and are so big that an auto- mobile can be driven straight out of a boxcar into the ware- house. The opposite wall has five large doors for loading goods to be trucked away. Final feature of this new ad- junet to the P.G.B. services in Williams Lake is a flush-with- the-floor weigh scale of modern design which will weigh up to 10,000 pounds. Arctic Survival Is Part of Officers’ Education - ae é : Monwealth officers who are attending the yi il b-zero te; survive in su Mpe) learning how to set up ‘Tatures, “amp in the frozen wast gston, Ont., also get “One of them is a i! learn t |, Where the—officers ED Some of them are seen above, _{Tesident of Sugar Cane Reserve} Dies Affe Long Illness Mrs. Olive Paul, 31-year-old atient since 1951, entrance |Passed away yesferday morning-| would be’ that wee ated arturo ge ate at hialeetza Sani fen out of Seasoh unless a per- nium, Wa chad bess a) mi had. heen abuginea, Indian agency officials spoke highly of Mrs. Paul, and she was well liked in the sanitorium, She was at avid reader and also a writer of poetry, which she used to-contribute for publica- tion in the sanitorium magazine. Mrs. Paul leaves behind two children, who-have been in the eare of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gilbert, for most | of her absence. The two boys are Francis Alexander, 13, and Frank Andrew, 11. The funeral will take place By False Alarm A false alarm about 6:24 Monday afternoon created a small traffic jam around thy fire hall as flremen and tho curious on foot and by car cou verged in the street. The alarm was turned in from the signal box at the cor- ner of Oliver Street and Second Avenue. Hurrying to the hall, two firemen narrowly escaped injury on the icy streets when a car rounded a corner suddenly. Collision At Crossing A collision occurred at 3 p.m. Sunday between two cars that met head-on at the right-angle turn over the railway crossing at Macalister. The cars were driven by 42-year-old J. F. Wildfomg, of Quesnel, a shop mechanic with the highway con- struction company working in the canyon, and Barry Robshaw, of Prince George. Robshaw suffered slight in- Juries and aggregate damage to the cars amounted to $300. CHURCH MEETING SET _ The United Church board of stewards ary, 22. stewards for the will be elected. a New board of | ensuing year md co: i reports. recetveq, committee } game stored, Little Hope For Hockey This Week Already postponed two weeks, there seems little likelihood the North Central hockey loop opener will be played ‘here thié week. : Lines have been painted on the ice at the arena, but the mild weather has prevented any further flooding. £ There may be a possibility that the Stampeders might travel to Vanderhoof for the postponed opener. The club there has been playing right along since the middle of December. Tonight the Stamps get their first club- workout when they travel to Lae La Haclte to meet the Wild Horses, 7 Irony of the sitation this season so far is the fact that the local club has more prospec- tive players eager to Bet on the ice than they have had for several years. League officials wil] have the information on weekend games announced over the air Friday. Permit Necessary For Keeping Game As of January 1, it is com: pulsory for residents having game in their possession that was lawfully taken during the open season, to have a permit to keep it. Attention is drawn to this often overlooked requirement of the game laws by Game Warden Joe Gibault. Requirement of a permit applies to either game animals or birds. The permits may he obtained at the game warden's office free of charge. If game officers entered any premises under a seareh- warrant for any reason apd discovered thegjassumption, : ‘ game was Another} sectio# of the xsi! stipulates that it {s unlawful to have in one’s pqssession any migratory birds ater July 31, eye Monday night at badminton practice in the Elks Hall when his glasses were shattered by a and medical attention was nec- essary to remove them, NEW CLERK APPOINTED New clerk to be appointed at the Indian Agent's Office this week 1s Mis Iris Johnson, of Mission City. Previously em- ployed with the Unemployment Insurance Commission in Van- couver, Miss Johnson took up her duties Monday. She has never resided in the interior of liams Lake sduring topped that Sr the according to ‘figures released by the village office. $383,600; stations at the CENTENNIAL BABY. Central Cariboo’s Centennial Baby is Patricia Dar- child to Weighing 11 lbs. 3 ozs., she is the fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. William McLuckie, of 150 Mile House. If weight is anything to go by, Patricia Darlene should be a good omen for the Centennial Year, and beats her older brothers and sisters who merely ‘‘ topped She was just four and a half days old when the above picture was taken at War — Tribune photo lene McLuckie, first 10 pounds ” at birth. Memorial Hospital. be 'Cariboo's Mild _ Weather Holds .. The mild weather continues ‘to be the chief topic of conversa- tion these days, as the Cariboo experiences one of the mildest |; winters on record. > Old-timers are going a‘ long way back to recall its equal. | One resident who was queried on. '|the subject could recall that 1920 was a similar winter. Last Saturday a radio report from the coast gave Vancouver's temperature at 46 above. At the same time it was 42 above in Williams Lake. During, the early evening rain started to fall and came down steadily most of the night. = Here are the minimum and maximum temperatures since last publication, taken at the airport between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily, ., Friday, Jan. 3 _ 36 40 Saturday __.____ 26 41 Monday, Jan. 6 26 39 Tuesday _. 86 43 This morning at eight o’clock the reading was 39 above, Colorful Chilcotin Rancher Passes: In Hospital Andy Holte, one of the “best known and most liked figures in the Anahim country, passed away this morning at 20 minutes after midnight. He had been rushed into War Memorial Hospital on December $1 with a perforated ulcer, necessitating an emergency operation. Born in- Washington, U.S.A. born in 1958. 1957 BUILDING FIGURES IN TOWN JUST BETTER THAN PREVIOUS YEAR Value of construction in Wil- 1957 just r before, whether originally sibred ynder moe sore Permit Ore nots compared with $358,051.00 in 1956. = Value of commercial permits Eye Cut Playing last year was $261,170, com- pared to $182,410. Residential B d H construction in 1957 dropped to QOMINFON erase ta Lanpataon n 5,641 in 1 5. Ramsay Blair suffered a cut aies for ihe twarpre. rs 1955, on Saturday at Sugar Cane | racquet. _ The building value figures Reserve. The accident occurred in| isted only refer to those pro- doubles play when Blair and nis|Jects undertaken within the partner both went for the same|POUndaries of Williams Lake. Si T h lshot. Pieces of the scatterea |SUCh construction last year, tor ren. Touched Off 2%, Piece, 2,5 220 caate an tne. two aaron “y" just out of residences that town, or those built in Cariboo Heights ion, are not included. PRncipal cammerei in tolyn were: Western, Rife and Pigeon, $70,000; Curling Rink, 000; Legion Hall, $25,000; $18,000; and the Renner Build- ing, $16,000, Lilacs In Leaf Continuation weather of spring’ department. Lilac bushes are beginning to sprout leaves, reek the other day, fisher was carrying out its own methods of angling in the open % Andy started ranching in the Anahim country in the late 20’s, and for a time rented a ranch at Towdystan from Tom Enge- bretson, In the early 30’s he settled on the Dean River “be- low Anahim Lake: From there he moved to LessardLake where he built the present family Waneh, see Ba) OTS Andy played a principal*part in the well-known book, Grass Beyond the Mountains, and it Was from the boundafies of. his ranch that author Rich Hobson and partner Pan Phillips: said farewell when they journeyed into the unknown Blackwater country. zt He was known and admired by the pioneers of the country as a brilliant teamster who could and would drive a team with “ any- thing anywhere.” So much travelling did he do that there is no part of the vast Anahim hinterland unknown to him. Andy, who would have been 65 in five days’ time, leaves to mourn him his wife, Hedwig, two sons, Tommy and Jim, and two daughters, Alice and Ila: perinits) P.G.E. freight shed, Oil bulk plant, of the current will undoubtedly an earlier-than-usual items for the ‘‘ signs and down at the a king- Attempted Murder Charge A charge of attempted murder has been laid against Mrs. Christine Quilt, 29-year-old resident of the Stone Indian Re- Hanceville. serve, near The charge is the result of a fight on the reserve New Yea’ Day in which s. Cee the province before. Stump, of Anahim Reserve, condition is good. Date of preliminary hearing the charge has not yet been sed is being held.in Prince George jail. re- Repairs To Station P.G.E. station is undergoing multiple stab wounds.}minor structural - alterations Stump is still in War| this week with a new wicket in- | Hospital, where her|stalled between the waiting | room and the office proper°to | deal with express, freight and | passenger traffic. \ The tiny office previously used } by the public will -now--be- re- | served for P.G.B. staff only. ic in the meantime the thing new to Beauceville, Que., but this onejmounds of ice against houses, flooding basements and driving Floods ar ‘record and means a Winter of privation to the |250 famil Two days of rain swelled the Chaudiere there will be many houses uninhabitable for the rest of the piling huge season, is the worst on record town’s 1,000 homeless. fiver to the point where it spilled over its hai RIVER IN FLOOD WRECKS HOUSES, LEAVES 1,000 HOMELESS IN BEAUCEVILLE, QUE ilies from their homes. Even if the floods soon subside,