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Removal of Half Brain Brings Normal Life FROM THE LIBRARY SHELVES Forest Grove News R ee oe : ae

Valerie Bean. 10, is living proof that half a brain is often

better than a whole one.

jov. 4, the Toronto girl under-

went a rare operation, known as hemispherectomy, removal of

one of the two major lobes of

is much improved, she is writing,

the brain. Since then, her 1.Q.
speaking well and taking an

interest in people and events around her for the first time since
» half her brain was badly damaged by encephalitis when she

was nine months old. Her mother, Mrs. Bru
also grateful that Valerie no longer has convulsions from which
her daughter suffered for most of her young life.

Bean, right, is

ALEXIS CREEK NEWS

Bingo Popular

A good crowd gathered at the
school for the bingo game on
March 29, to try for the $20
jackpot. Once again the jack-
pot went unclaimed and now
stands at $25. Mrs. Bobby
French won the $ilver Centen-
nial dollar. Refreshments were

_served by the Community Club

members.

MISS DOREEN KINKEAD
celebrated her 14th birthday on
April 2. A number of friends
attended a birthday party at her
home!

MRS. TOMMY LEE journeyed
to North Battleford, Saskat-
chewan, to visit her sister, Mrs.
Milingworth, whom he has not
seen for 11 years. Accompany-
ing Mrs. Lee are her daughters
Audrey and Elaine.

MR. AND MRS. Bud Prait
and sons have returned from

“Kamloops, where Mr. Pratt
attended the game warden’s
convention. Mr. Pratt's mother,

Mrs. EB. Pratt, of Vernon, re-
turned to the Creek with them
for a visit. ~

MR. AND MRS. Tom Hamil-
ton and sons, of Horsefly, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Telford
over the weekend. Mr. Hamil-
ton has been Forest Ranger-at
Alexis Creek for the past three
years and was recently trans-
ferred to Horsefily.

MR. AND MRS. Pete Yells
and Barbara left April 2 for
‘Agassiz, where they will visit
gelatives of Mrs. Yells. From
there they will travel to the U.S.

EPFORTIESS
EXERCI. ZER

semi-retired en-

Ira Frank,
~ gineer of Highland Creek, Ont.,

this exercising »ma-
chine can add 25 years to 2
man’s life. He developed:it for
himself when, bedridden after

a fall, he wanted a stimulator
for his unexercized muscles. He
doesn’t claim his machine a

cure-all for neuritis, rheuma-
tismeor any other specific
disease but is enthusiastic

about its capacity to induce @
feeling of well-being. The
machine resembles a boat and
is vibrated by an electric motor.

Transient Rate
Set For Borrowing |:
At Library

Transients to pay $5 deposit,
new adult books to be purchased
and children's reading sessions
to be started, were among the
subjects discussed at a meeting
of the Williams Lake Public
Library Association, held Mon-
day, March 31.

CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM by
Hammond Innes (Collins, St
James Place, London)

This is a human interest story
of a loveable old reprobate
called Campbell. His life was
dedicated to the discovery of oil
7,000 feet up inthe Rockies.
He named this domain Camp-
bell’s Kingdom and ‘through ‘he
vears had fleeced a few pockets
drumming up interest for his
discovery. It was upon the
death of this man that we are
introduced to the main charseter.
of the novel, Bruce Wetheral,
for this is the story of his
struggles while trying to prove
his grandfather was not a fool.

Bruce was an insignificant
bookkeeper in England when he
received the news of his grand-
father’s death and that he was
now the sole heir to Campbell's
Kingdom. It_was ironic that at
the same time, his doctor should
inform him he had but a few
months to live. It was perhaps
this time limit that pushed his
decision to sail for Canada and
try to prove, in a few months,
something his grandfather
failed to do in 20 years.

The story has adventure,
humor and lawlesness, and it
should cause a natural interest
for the people hereabouts witn
the oft repeated reference to 150
Mile House and the Cariboo.

* * *
THE NINE TAYLORS by

Dorothy L. Sayers (Harcourt,
Bracean d Co., New York).

Mystery stories are always en-
joyable, but this one is more so.
Author Sayers has written her
intrigue around the art of com-
panology. Here in Canada, bell
ringers are few and far between
and little is known of this
ancient art, so this book opened
a new field of interest to this
reader.

When Lord Peter Wimsey,
through a slight car accident.
was stranded in the little parish
of. Fenchurch St. Paul, he did
not realize just how involved he

was going to become in the
affairs of the community. © His
first task was to replace a sick
bell ringer and with eight others
set a record by ringing constantly
for nine hours to bring in the
New Year.

The appearance of a stranger's
body in a freshly dug grave in
the parish cemetery disrupted
the community and this started
another string of events that
brought Lord Wimsey back into
the lives of these people.

It is a fascinating story, full
of information on bell ringing
and the construction of a benuti-
ful old chureh, it Is written well
and captures well the genuine-
ness of the English people.

* * *
PORTRAIT OF A BAD MAN

by Tom Tullett (Rinehart
and Company Inc., New
York). °$3.50.

It would be more appropriate
to call this man Chesney a
scoundrel. A brilliant lad, but
rotten to the core. This story
enfolds a continuous stream of
erime, starting at 17 years old,
with the forging of his mother’s
cheques.

was, when some-
thing got in his way, he
obliterated it, so when it was
discovered how he was. stealing
his mother’s money, he murdered
her. He did it in such a way
his guilt was questionable. Con-
troversial evidence brought forth
the verdict of ‘‘not proven
guilty.”

His theory

Chesney had a great love for
money, a glib tongue and dis-
regard of the laws of humanity.
He led o merry life through a
chain of parties, women, smug-
gling,int errupted the odd
time'by a slight prison sentence.
He was known in every country
for his irregularities and colorful
living. A dramatic figure in
life, it"qwas only fitting that he
came to a spectacular end by
his own hand.

After a long it was
decided that transients wishing
to use the facilities of the
library be-asked to make a $5
deposit, in-view of the number
of books which were not re-
turned last year. All permanent
residents in ‘the district will, of
course, be allowed to borrow
books on payment of the $1 an-
nual fee.

A resolution was passed that
new adult books be purchased
right away.

A work bee is to be held in
two weeks’ time to clean up the
library and all helpers are asked
to volunteer. A discussion took
place on the holding of child-
ren’s reading sessions in the
library on Saturday afternoons.
Mrs. Rueger is to be in charge of
these sessions and it is hoped
they will commence soon.
PORDAS DD AOTT DOLL O DODO LD

to visit friends.

MR. AND MRS. Bill Telford
and family left April 3 for the
coast, where they will visit Mrs.
Mrs. J. Neate,
Vancouver, and

Telford's sister,
north her
brother, Mr. Hoare, South Burn-

aby.
MR. AND MRS. Bob Brench,

ir., travelled to Kamloops on
Good Friday to visit friends.

SPRING FLOWERS :

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SATURDAY,
2:30 to 5 p.m,
ST. PETER’S PARISH HALL

NEEDLEWORK :

APRIL 12

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May 30

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THE -DANCE held in the
Hall on Saturday,
March 29, was a big success.
Sponsored by the W.I., the
music was provided by 100 Mile
orchestra.

THE FARMERS’ Institute
held their régular monthly meet-
ing in the hall kitchen on Mon-
day, March 21, with a good
attendance.

MRS. GWEN FELKER and
son Bobby, accompanied by
Larry Scott, motored to Kam-
loops’ on March 381, where
Bobby received medical atten-
tion.

MR. AND MRS. Shig Uyeyama
and girls motored to Kamloops
on Tuesday, April 1, where the
girls received dental care,

MR. AND MRS. Steve. Dray-
ton and son Steven left last
Thursday for

Community

Vancouver, where

they will spend the Easter holi-

days,
MR.
Thursday, April 2,

will? visit friends and relati
through the Baster holidays.

MR.
holidays in Vancouver.

Dennis and Vickie, left

will spend a few days with Mrs.

the remainder of
holidays. \

and family are spending

at Langley.

AND MRS. Bill Molnar
and family motored to Kelowna
where they

AND MRS. Bruce Nelson,
of Canim Lake, are spending the

MR. AND MRS. Larry Bakken,
last
Thursday for Chase, where they

Bakken’s parents, and then will
continue on to Vancouver for
the Easter

MR. AND MRS. Mel Finney
the
Easter holidays with relatives

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and deputy
left for

inger Mel Monte
Kamloops Tuesday

to

attend a department convention

lasting trom Wer
day this week.

dnesday to Fri-

the beer

this y

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tis not published
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Government of

Reasons for the failures

te

The right-of-way
to falling trees.

power line.

1 Transfer of power from Williams
volved normal technical problems
are, now being solved.

are twofold:

between the two

velopment period.

Lake to Quesnel
at the northern plant which

Notice

During the past few months, there have been numerous power failures in
this district, causing inconvenience to our consumers.

We hope that_another month will see the end of these troubles.

has

centres is being widened to
ensure that there will be no power failures in the future due
There have been failures recently,
when the odd tree of the hundreds being cut has fallen on the

We should like to express our thanks to local customers who have been so
patient during this dey

TOM WALE “
Manager

B.C. Power Commission
Williams Lake, B.C.

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commence in
summer.

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weather

A feeling of t
ranch home i

in this fine two-bedroom
home with attached gar-
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full basement

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space: The

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