ees VILL DO Williams Lake, B.C ., Wednesday, Ma IAMS. LAKE T. eT, SS a eu a . reh-26, 1958 1 4 PAGES Single Copy 10c — $3 per year Election Fever At Sugar Cane A Week Early Blections may not reach fever pitch until next Monday, but Indians of the Sugar Cane Re- serye had their fling a week early when they went to the poll Monday to elect a new chief and two new councillors. Blected chief was Felix Bob, 59, who has lived on the reserve all his life. Voting was as fol- lows: Felix Bob, 31; Sammery Peters, 12; Prosper Rocky, 16. Hlected as councillors were “Mrs. Josephine Bob, a widow and ihe daughter of Tommy Wy- eotte, and 27-year-old George Aby, the son of the late William Aby. Voting for councillors was as follows: George Aby, 48; Mrs. Josephine Bob, 28; Sammery Peters, 25; Mrs. Frank Sandy, 12. Retiring chief was James Louie, who has been chief of Sugar Cane Reserve for more] scene at Monday’s pol than 30 years. Brigade Raising Money for Arena The Williams Lake Fire, Brigade is forging ahead with the first really worthwhile effort on a continuing scale to raise ing from left to Miss Mabel Bob, Wycotte, retiring chief J casting his vote, Mrs. and Mrs. Katrine Willia: in the foreground is Mrs. maier, who acted as ele The retiring chief served a: Cane Reserve when.a new chief and two councillors were elected. Stand- right. are Martha Sellars, Mrs. Lily Alphonse, Mrs. James Louie DEMOCRACY AT WORK Is at Sugar wife, Rosie, Mrs, Jimmy Indians ames Louie m. Seated O. Aschen- ction clerk. S leader for 95. money for artificial ice for War Memorial Arena. Based on a similar scheme to draw organ- Azed in Quesnel, which helped “roof thejr arena for the good of the jown, the firemen hope to make Williams Lake's dream ot ® sports centre info a reality. First draw will be hela next Wednesday night at the Elks, Hall during the hinzo game. INDIAN HOSPITALIZED Robert Gilbert, 24-year-old Indian from Sugar Cane Reserve, Was hospitalized last Wednesday. He at St. Joseph’s Mission when a tree was cutting posts {he had sawn through “fell and tractured bones in his foot. AROUND TOWN Mr. and Mrs, Duncan Herbert, of Salmon Arm, are visiting at| Bids close in Vancouver today the home of their daughter and|on the proposed new building in son-inday, Mr. and Mrs. Ken| Williams Lake for the Bank of Walberg. 8 Montreal. HAPPY WILH ReSUM Pf hen Al Smedley, right, had the story si ie rehabilitate himself written by columnist Jean: Howarth last fall, he didn’t know it but feud fe stop was Williams Lake. Gordon Cole, lef 1 Ne ae story and wrote offering Al a job with his eta ie pookkeeper. Here the two men are shov see week when they were interviewed by Tribune § ane Fred Waterhouse. For full. story see Page mete Second Section. — Tribune ph struggle PT PALO ee shail ips ls el Bank Bids Called more than 30 years. serve, he will be 67 in June. Born on the re- His is the same age: Al- though the tendency is today for all to speak BHnglish, Jimmy and Rosie also speak their native Shuswap tongue. claim to remember the construction of the beautiful little church that still stands on the reserve and was built in They both — Tribune photo Swollen Creek Claims Life of Child at Enterprise A litile girl, half, lost her life Monday flowing creck only, 50 fee: prikes nF She had been playing with other small children outside her house when her mother, Mrs. J. E. Howarth, looked out to see that she was all right. Janice was nowhere to be seen. Mr: Howarth went out to find her daughter and noticed a single set of tiny footsteps leading ta the nearby creek. Fearing the worst, she raised the alarm at the local Cariboo Enterprise Mill, where her husband works. The mill was closed down and @ search instituted. At 3:55, the little girl's bode 100 yards down- The body was sub- merged and pinned by the eur- rent against a log. Election Day Next Monday Next Monday is election day. Voters will go to the polls i Kamloops riding to select the! next representative in th House of Commons. Four men have put forware their names: Hon. B. Davie Ful- ton, former M.P. for the ridiny and Progressive Conservative standard bearer; Roy Merrick, standing for Social Credit party Bob Affleck, for the Liberals: Austén Greenway for the C.C.F. Poll in Williams Lake will be in the Elks Hall, and will be open from § a.m, to 6 p.m. on Mareh 31. Deputy returning officer Bob Blair states an udvance pol) will be held in the ks Wall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on each day. Purpose of the advance poll is to give people whose jobs will take them out of their registra- tion area on normal election day a chance to cast their votes. Building Permits Four residential building per- ™Mits were approved by village founcil last night. | Applications were made by H. 2 eae J. Stewart Smith, ~ Poelvoorde and ©. Marten. - oe Neences were approved teadman Stores, depart- anice Marie Howarth, thr when she well into a shri er Seat 3 — howe at mentstore licence: ve Bros. contractor, Fairman, insurance | 8, and H. G. agent, ud ‘ er Reg Carroll, first. aid 2nan trom the mill, immeditely began artificial respiration and ¢on- tinued for three-quarters of an hour, until the arrival of Dr. Hugh Atwood, who pronounced the child dead. A coroner’s inquest held ‘the following day reached a verdict of accidental drowning. There are two surviving child- ren, Sharon, aged and Blaine, 1. 93 Mile Garage Destroyed By Fire Fire that is presumed to have been caused by an oil furnace explosion, totally destroyed the 93 Mile Garage yesterday, The fire occurred about 9:3 in the morning. No one was injured in the blaze but the building and gar- age equipment was a fotal lo: Garage was owned by R. #larety and Co. BABY PASSES A month-old baby, Rodney Lyle Olafson, passed away at War Memorial MHospital | last Thursd He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Olafson, | of 150 Mile House. Suffers Burns When. Blouse Catches Fire Cheryl Searff, 13, was hos- pitalized Monday when she sus- tained burns.to her back. She was ‘baking a cake at Affleck Labels Conservatives As “Strictly Phoney” Although he stayed close to his policy of not “throwing rocks” at other candidates in the cam- paign, Liberal Bob Affleck was lobbing some fairly hefty boulders at the Conservative Party platform Monday night when he spoke here to an audience of 20 at the Legion Hall. Me Alb; Wo. ae. evel IR ts, aoce ae EEL oped a much better public|® eae Be SE ae me speaking since his first trip to|/2¢e8s Toads to mines an timber. the hustings last June, called the Conservatives “‘strictiy| | m ‘lt Gaiblovincae ae phoney” as he criticized their)“'S'8 in Unemployment, 1} ; ee jr| Affleck said it was unemploy- circus-type campaign; their e; * © give-away” policies, and their | Met, insurance, a Liberal stat- " e,/that was providing the stabilizing influence in the Canadian economy during the present recession. On the subject of the present wild promises. The speaxer claimed the Con- servatives were “ giving away ’’ what the Liberal goverment had created in their 20 years in office. He was referring to the 2% Dillion dollar debt reduction achieved by the former Liberal government. Business Moves Occur This Week Several times fon. George Hees, minister of transport in : , the Diefenbaker government,| Erwin Brandly, former owner — of Brandly’s Drug Store, which he sold to Cunningham’s last fall, is returning to business life in Williams Lake. In an announcement this week, Mr. Brandly states he will be associated with the insurance firm of C. H. Dodwell and Co. Another commercial news item that concerns the Brandly Mr. Affleck said Mr. Hees had| family is the sale of Blackwell’s answered the editorial in gene-| Photo Service to Mrs. Brandly was singled out as Mr. Affleck’s target. The speaker stated Mr. Hees, in a recent talk in Mani- toba, had promised projects that would provide jobs for 250,000 Canadians. The Toronto Star had promptly asked Mr. Hees to specifically name the projects, the amount to be spent on each, and the time they would start. home at the time and was stand- ing close to the stove. Suddenly the tail of her cotton blouse, which was outside her jeans, ught fire from a burner. Cheryl tore it off but the flames had travelled quickly and most ot her back suffered superh aye ee Geert eee ee Se switcugi on the /stove ana dashed into the home of neigh- bor Mrs. Orist Sharun, Mrs. Sharun administered first aid and phoned Cheryl's mother, Mrs Len Scarff, at Village radia, who came home at once and statements of ae remov firs. ralities but could not supply|and Mrs. Tea Ewing. It will answers to the direct question be operated on a partnership Holding up a 1%0-page hook-] bas on Conservative promises} Blackwell’s let was established made during the last campaign,|11 years ago as a purely photo- Mr. Affleck said it was tull-of|graphic studio by Mrs. Rana intentions that | Blackwell and her late husband, had never been carried out. Onex Gordon. The busin these was