| %, % %, mber 10 TWO SECTIONS Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, Mar Williams Lake Tribune ch 5, 1958 12 PAGES Single Copy 10¢ — $3.00 wer year 3 Ses Scott Named Chain. x Of Town Hospital Board ” - Alex Seott, former chairman of the Williams Lake Hospital Improvehent“District, who resigned recently in protest against government inaction in Setting boundaries; has been named chairman of the board of directors of War Memor al Hospital: Mr. Scott was one of two town members elected to the}! Patient days for the year, ex- board at last Friday's annual|°lding newborn, was 7,084, meeting of the Hospital Society.|Cmpared with 15,268 in 1957, His election as board chairman |" ®” increase of 114 percent. game at a directors’ meeting,|9°eupancy figures showed in that followed the general mect-|1953 the hospital was filled to ine 69.3 percent of capacity, while in 1957 ‘the figure was 140 per- Second town member elected | cent. was Mrs. A. Kallaur, who takes! yn the X-ray department, = prominent role im the districts 220 plates were made last yenr. nurses’ association and C.A.R.S. Bright spot in the picture, Re-elected to the single {according to the chairman, was country member -yacaney was|the quality of the staff. “ You Hugh Cornwall, now serving his | may be able to duplicate the per- third term on the board. formance of our staff, but you'll never surpass them,” he stated. Retiring board chairman Bruce Magoffin and director Tony Borkowski had indicated they would not tet their names &¢/ROAG Restrictions forward again. -Outside of the seven board Go Into Effect members present, only 20 society members attended the annual} Spring break-up regulations meeting, and these were mostly | went into force Monday, restrict- members of the _Hospital]ing heavy traifie on ail roads. Auxiliary. Normal allowable are 18,000 pounds single axle Magoffin said the‘board, among/@nd 32,000 pounds tandem. Re- other things, had acquired »|duced to 75 percent ‘of thes: piece of land from the P.G.E. to] figures are:— Round out the-liospital-property; |” 4 “aiehway No 10, Cariboo Hea Juvialled automatic laundry iishway pavement ‘from Milé eguipment ‘started a medicsljiz¢ +> mountain House junétion, Fecord system; and constructed |i4 miles north of Williame a small out-patient department. | 1.6, Ler TATHOLOGIST SERVICER 2. Highway No. 11, the Smed-| He said an important advance | leyville road from Williams Lake Was the establishment of alto Whiskey Creek. regional pathologist service in | conjunction with hospitals from here to’Salmon Arm. This, he stated, proyides comprehensive laboratory facilities without cost touresidenis. In his annual rport, Myr. Reduced to 50 percent, restric- tion are all other roads in the South Cariboo District, District Wngineer Don Cullen reports that road work is TRS 5 stricted Chietiy to filling- in pot- Seeking -on\ the continuinElaicies and. breaks th ihe road | dbeperate need of hospital) intace atthe moment. Grad: pecommedation, Mr “Magomin|ine is impossible until: sneh! Pe Selees rere 1982 pnd 1067 igimie as: thecbrealealp: is come| months’ imprisonment when she appeared efor: Magistrate Gordon Marks re. jcently. The charge of falsifiea jeor of company records. w jfirst offence, le weights Nad a contract to haul logs tor jfigures to the firm’s Va [Hearing Date Set ‘For Attempted Murder Charge Preliminary hearing ‘on the attempted murder charge against 29-year-old Christine Quilt will be heard on Mareh 10, according co police: The charge arose as’a result of a fight on the Stone Indian Reserve, New Year's Ere, in which Mrs. Cecilia Stump, of Anahim Reserve, received mul- tiple stab wounds from which she has since recovered. | RECORD FALSIFICATION ———___ ‘Bookkeeper Gets 18 Months Mrs. Robert Chaloner, 100 \Mile House, was 39, oF sentence She was employed”as a book keeper with Western Plywood at 100 Mile House. Her hushand the firm. As the were brought in, Mrs. Chaloner re- corded the number and sent the neouver office, through which payment to Mr. Chaloner was made. The offence for which Mrs. Chaloner was charged and found guilty was increasing the number of. logs delivered by her husband. The offences took place early last summer and in early fall. SIGN OF Mr. Chaloner was chargeai| Sure it’s spring. with theft, but the charge was withdrawn through lack _ of! evidence, Dr. Campbell Will Leave In June town streets. Taling sq | Watching: inter {ly Doe st ori Ss CANDIDATE REPORTS M Halfnights, son of Mr; and M th hopes of adding to. that. ne Desid ae SIS wood, son of Dr. and Mrs. Barney Ringwood. SPRING : Ask any smal] boy as he “ knuckles down” to the important busines The scene above was repeat of playing marbles. d last week on many uinting aim here is Ken George Halfnights. bye elns lex, i8 Pat Hing Tribune photo BHAGRE to show the Jmcreased service | stot, Dr. Arthur Campbell, who has demand. In 1953, the number ~ Work is being done on the| been pratising medicine here tc the past year, will leave Wil- liams Lake in June to do pos Sheep Creek Hill, easing s! corners on the steep gradient. Some of the worse corners are/Staduate work in patholos also being taken off the section| Victoria, On Stock 5 Charge of road between Hydraulic and| Dr. Campbellwill spend a year the Bullion Mine turnoff west of |on the course. His plans after Norman William McLean, a Likely. that are indefinite, e Lone Butte rancher, elected trial before judge and jury fol- at Federal Electio n Fight Looks Like Dull Effort ‘The fight for federal election honors in Kam- loops riding this year looks like a pretty dull effort. ‘imprisonment. lowing a preliminary inquiry at 100 Mile House~in connection With three head of cattle alleged to have been stolen from other Lone Butte ranchers in the early par of December. His case will probably not be heard until June, when he will appear in court in Quesnel. Gordon MecNolty, who was charged with the same offence accepted a magistrate's verdict ;and was sentenced to 18 months’ Hospital Operates At Deficit In 1957 War Memorial operated ata deficit of $7,524 though 1957, aceording to fig: ures in a condensed financial statement presented 10 members of the society at their recent meeting. Hospital The loss compares with .« whopping surplus of $15,609 that was experienced in 1956 This was the first time the latter figure has been presentea to the society. A Year ago, at the an- nual meeting, it was saiq that the financial statement was in- complete and copies wonla je mailed to members later. The hospital showed a reyenye of $178,789 in 1957, up $8,499 from 1956. A greater bad dey write-off was shown last yeay the net revenue write-off were and $163,600) though, and figures after $167,241 for 19 for 1956. Expenditures crease of $26,966 1956,up to $174 showed an in- st year over 5. Chief con- ttibting item to the sneer 396 for salaries. Tota wwas $22,396 fo ed figure for this item in 1 $112,372. this part of the iboo. Austen Greenway, last year candidate for the C.C.F. Party in the riding, is said to be run- ning in, hut there has heen nO direct announcement received from the party by this office, | In Kamloops last Saturday the ‘entinel reported that EB. V. | Roy Merrick, of North Kamloops | busines manager of Atlas Con= {struction Co,, was elected eandi- date for the Soeial Credit Party by —aeclamation Again no direct. word from p head- quarters. The Liberal Party was to hold a nommhating nyention in Kamloops last Friday, aceord- infi to local party informants, but since no one went down| from here, there has been no r port on just what happened | | ‘Local Donors Contribute $1,860 | To University Jniversity alumni & intere citizens in Williams Lake hh } a contributed $1,860 to date to ake ae: 2 MAXD ICH the University of British Colum One way to be sume OR igs in War Memoria) Arena is | bia Development Fund, ord to put in an artificial’plant.” Of course, that tales | ing tw the loral committee chair- Money, and 35 enterprising youngsters were out on the street last Saturday selling tags to share in the fund raising. Their interest? If you have ice you Play hockey, and the boys were all members of town Deewee and midget teams. Shown here as a sale is Made to Jack Kirk (right) are, from left to right, Charlie Curtis, Keith Ralston, Lorne Hunter, Jimmy of $7 man, Doug Stevenson. | shout Pritish Campaign. throu Columbia has been extended to to reach the minimum objective stewart and Pat Hayes. In the background ig Com. | 4, was announecd Saturdes Stable Dick Brookbank of the R.C.M.P., hockey | that the fund total to that da | gangland organizer of the tag day. The boys raised |trma 1s gus donors was | $252.49, — Tribune, photo | $6,271,965 ‘Students Take Part In Program Students of two local elemen- ry schools took part in the program of last night's Eduea- tion Week public meeting. The mixed voice, Grade Five choir of Williams 1 ry School under Mrs, J. Huck le, presented three numbers including the Centennial Song, ‘Brit Columbia on the Mareh.” Several of the opposition par-| ~ ties are going through the} motions of namin ndidates, | but there has been absolutely no effort to get the information to the people through the press in _ Students from grades five to six of Skyline School gave seve- ral choral speaking number under the direction of Mrs. Frank Arme Chairman of the meeting wa Norton Olsson, and Edueation Week Chairman Dr. Arthur Campbell thanked guest speaker Dr. Gordon Shrum. Interest Shown In Panel F.iday Widespread interest is being shown in the panel discussion tion that will be held in the High School on edue: auditorium Part of the program for Edu- ation Weei., the panel has been set up as a sort of publie forum every phase of the eduea- fional field, ‘Phe public has ren invited to send in qu that they want to hear @ and the committee has recei a good number. Dr. Moderator of the panel i h Cornwall and Dr. Hugh At- ood, Influence of Sputnik on Thinking of Democracies Outlined by Speaker 5 The appearance of the Russian Sputnik in the skies last October prompted President Eisenhower to state: “We are living in an age of great danger and impending peril.” ae 2 a The peril we face, and the were convinced that Johnny effect on our thinking as moni-| Wouldn't damage his little brain tors listened to the steady ‘beep |y homework. Later, he stated beep” of the first’ man-made|that parents don’t hold out the satellite, was the subject of an| benefits of an advanced educi i worthwhile goal to their children. “They should,” “It if a national adults by Dr. Gordon Shrum, noted physicist and professor at|he asserted, University of British | duty.” Columbi; Speaking more specifically on The launching of Sputnik one|@dUeation, Dr. Shrum said it and two were great scientific|Should be designed to. train achievements, Dr. Shrum stated,|People to earn a living;. shoula particularly in the light of two|Pe fitted to the n of the considerations. Sputnik one|Student, and should turn out wis put into an almost circular} Well adjusted citizens—put not orbit around the earth, a fact well adjusted incompetents. that is much more difficult than |MORE COMPETITION that of an elliptical orbit. (The| He said he believed there "Inited States satellite launched |Showld be more competition in this spring is in elliptical orbit) education, that students. who get Sputnik two, with a weight of high marks should be rewarded 1,120 pounds, is about the|to.the same extent as for ath- largest satellite that could be| tic achievements, launched with known present} More emphasis should be propellants. * placed on doing something for Since the launching of these|the very bright student, he satellites means that Russia| thought. He said he would like the speaker | entering university at 14 or 15. Sputnik didn’t represent only a shadow of impending ballistic missiles, said that we must accept the fact that Russia is just as ad- AS a result of doors being SECRET OF SUCCESS opened to the unknowns of Considering the fact that|SPace, Dr. Shrum said people Russia, at the end of World War|™ay in this era of change for- Two had no jet’planes, radar or |8¢t their battles on earth’s sur- nuclear -weapons, Dr, Shrum|face-and look up and out to said the obvious question in our|Steater things. We may ex- minds was: “What is the secret |Petience something like another ‘of their success?” Rennaisance, he concluded. He said he thought one had to might is concerned. ‘go Bek: fo" te Russian reyor= tion In 1817 for the answer. «| Cancel ‘Hockey that time the Russians realized they were coming into the scene ite, ma to becone wrest o-/ LOOP Playoffs dustrial power in competition with the other large nations, they would have to place the emphasis on technology and scientific education. How well they have succeeded can be gained by realizing the fact that in 1917, 70 percent of the Russian people were illiter- ate, and many groups of people within the framework of the Union of Socialist Republics did ke Elemen-| ) not have a written language. He said he thought the Rus- sians in 1917 copied our educa- tional system to a degree, but he pointed out that “little Ivan" goes to school six days a week instead of the five his Canadian counterpart puts in the classroom, and that by the time he finishes high school, he as had five times as much mathematies and chemistry thal ould be required for university entrance here. In answer to crities who point out that the Canadian student | gets more “ culture,” Dr. Shrum id-he didn’t think the Russians were too far behind here, since they were fairly good at ballet and literature. But the Russians are produc- ing twice as many scientists as the United States, and by 1960 the number of scientists gradu- ating from Russion universities will be five times the amount Canada produces on a population. |ratio basis. MORE LAWYERS Mm one of his numerous humorous asides, the speaker interjected at this point the fact jthat Canada is producing 10 |times the number of law gradu- Jates that Russia turns out, and |there is a possibility that when |we finally reach the moon, we may be able to argue the Rus- sians out of their proper In answering the thought of what we about the present a obvions do it Shrum didn't reeom- mend we de-emphasize the arts jin our school program, but that ment, Dr. | we accept the challenge attempt to excel in both arts| Transport Arthur Campbell, chairman of |the Education Week Committee. | and sciences. Panel members are Trustee Mrs.| Twice he placed the onus of 5 u, high school Vice-| responsibility on the parents. Owen Kerley, rancher|He pointed out that more woi would be necessary in studying. | which could be done if parents and|attending a With continued mild weather in all sections of the central In- terior, the planned playoffs in the North Central B.C. League have been cancelled. It was hoped at one time to have the playoffs held on arti- ficial ice at Prince George, but the big ice arena there is still not ready for use, Figures released by the league president this week credit speedy Wayne Kinley, of the Stampeders, with the most goals of the short season this year. Wayne scored 18. Rucks (Mohawks) Bob Young (Kangaroos) Alex Ritson . (Kangaroos) Ken Silvers (Bears) 19. ‘March Comes fn Like A Lamb March came in like a lamb ast Saturday, but already shows signs of wagging a lionish tail. Heavy snow was falling in the the valley this morning, but by noon much of the fresh fall had disappeared.” South of Williams Lake the snow had more st: gualities with cooler air prev. ing. At 100 Mile House it was reported there was an eight-inch fall last night and this morning. Here are the readings at the airport for the past week. min. max Thursday, Feb. — 24 40 Friday ga Saturday, March 1 24 Monday, March 3 _.. 20 Tuesday This morning at cight o'clock it was 30 above. 49 97 —_— Dr. and Mrs, J. B. Ringwood leave Saturday for Eastern Canada. Dr. Ringwood is Department of course in aviation medicine for examining doctors, Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Atwooa have returned from a two-week [holiday on Vancouver Island,