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Thursday, April 10, 1958

HE TRIBUNE, WILAAMS LAKE, B.C.

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Centennial Celebrations Start *
This Month With Lighting of Beac

VICTORIA—The celebrations of British Col=
bia’s 100th birthday move into high gear in Apr

The month marks- the be-
ginning of a five-month period
packed with Centennial celebra-
tion events, although the party
will continue to December 31.
Several projects that will be in
the forefront for weeks and
months get their start in ‘April.

Centennial observances get
their real send-off April 27.
This will be a provincial day of}?
prayer, “dedication and Centen-|P™°Y'™
nial flag-raising ceremonies.|7°Picting the 2
More than 200 beacon fires will | “Toush relics, ps
be lit, signalling the start or|&"@hPS, original
many Centennial celebrations | M2P% ‘© 300 ce:
throughout B.C. ‘One: caravan

Premier W. A. C. Bennett has |‘! April 28,9
been asked to light the beacon | 974 Bsauimalt
fire at Victoria’s Clover Point,
while militia and Princess Pat-
ricia's Canadian Light Infantry
bands play for the simple cere-
mony that will have its counter-
parts across B.C.

‘A color guard of the Royal
Engineers arriyes from England
at New Westminster April 26.

April 28, 29 and 30. Thet=
couver Symphony Orchests
pears at Poweli River Ap:
before going to 12 oth
communities in May.

Two 34-foot vans
tractor trailers begit,
month provincial ton.
These ‘ Historic Ca
nging treas

starts
to May 8, then,

northern areai
loops to Daws:

until August 2, participating in
Centennial events in New West-
muster, Vancouver, Chilliwack
and Victoria, recalling the first
Royal Engineers who came to
B.C, in 1858 and were among
the most important foundation-
layers of this province.

Also on April 26, Victoria
will gaily welcome the S.S.
Commodore. It is a navy ves-
sel converted into a replica of
the famous sidewheeler that
brought the first miners to Vic-
toria, en route to the Fraser
gold fields, in 1858. A parade,
bands, street dancing and other
whoop-de-do will provide a
warmer welcome for some 100
bearded sailors, impersonating
the miners, than the original
gold-seekers ever got.

The National Ballet of
Canada appears at Victorfa on
April 25 and 26, and at Van-
ecouver April 28 and 20. Holi-
day Theatre presents its ‘* Magic
Nugget” play for children, to|international plowing matches
go throughout the province dur-|at Chilliwack, Mr. Swanson has
ing the year, in Vancouver April| won the top honors about eight
1, 2 and 3, and in Burnaby,! times in previous years.

The “ B.C.
hour travelling variety enter-
tainment package, starts at Port
Alberni, April 25 and 26, is at
Victoria, April 28 to May
then continues on a provincial
tour until July 30.

wo

Plowing Champ
Moving Here

Winner of the B.C. champion-
ship tractor class in the Chilli-
wack plowing match last week
was Sven Swanson, a former
Chilliwack man, who is now
seeking land in this area to
locate. He is the brother of
Cliff Swanson, president of
Swanson Equipment Ltd., in
Williams Lake.

A regular competitor in the

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FROM THE LI

CAMPBELL'S
Hammond Innes (Collin
James Place, London)

+ St

of a loveable old
called Campbell.
dedicated to the discovery of oil
7,000 feet up inthe Rockies.

bell’s Kingdom and through ‘the

drumming up interest for his
discovery. It was upon the
death of this man that we are

of the novel,
for this is the story of his
struggles while trying to prove
his grandfather was not a fool.

Bruce was an
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

try to prove, in a few month
something his grandfat?
failed to do in 30 years.

The story has ady
humor and lawlesness./

Centre Kecords
Busy Year

VANCOUVER—The R.C.A.F.'s
RescueCo -ordination Centre in
Vancouver chalked up a total of
305 accummulated incidents in
search and rescue operations in
British Columbia last year. the
Air Force announced recently.

At the close of the fiscal
year on March 31, marine inci-
dents on the West Coast topped
the list with a total of 137. Air-
craft searches totalled 10 and
18 aircraft radio distress calls
due to engine failure or other
epuses were recorded.

Pilots who failed to close
flight plans or who gave incor-
rect information alerted the res-
cue centre a tgtal of 61 times.

The Air Force was asked to
provide emergency air transport-
ation for sick and injured per-
sons in the province 35 times
during ,the year, These mercy
filghts were handled by 121 Com-
munications and Rescue Flight |
from Sea Island in especially
equipped aircraft.
| The planes flew a total of 533
|hours on rescue operations dur
ing the 12-month period.

Busiest month for the rescue
centre was last July when 40
separate requests for help were
handled. September, and Nov-
ember were the quiet months,
with only 12 calls for assistance.

Flame Throwers
Win Commercial
Curling Honors

Finals of the Commercia’
Curling League completed las
week were won by the Kah’
Flame Throwers. Alston Theatre
rink secured second position
while Al's Variety tied with
Standard Oil in third position.

Bid for top honors resulte?
in an exciting finale when th
Flame Throwers, with only fou
losses during the season, faced
the Theatre, with five, and both
skips absent for the play-off.

Excitement reached fever
pitch for the $200 first prize

exciting again with the propane
boys winning by the odd rock.
The second prize awarded wus
$100 in cash, while third and
fourth places earned the teams
$50 each. Although the prizes
are the same in this case, the
teams are talking about playing
off a further match for the honor
(and fun) of seeing who is
really third and who fourth.
Rinks were as follows—Kahl

Bob Kelt, Wally Giesbrecht and
Noreen Carson.

Commenting on the play, or-
ganizer Mel Kahl said that it
had been a most successful sea-
son. " We played with as few
| yules as possible. There was all-
| round carpperation and competi |
‘tion was keen but har

KINGDOM by

This is a human interest story
reprobate
His life was

BRARY SHERME or-Seumenr waar

going to becom
of. the- commit
“|first task was to rey”
bell ringer and with;

set a record by ring

was

y

He named this domain Camp-

years had fleeced a few pockets

introduced to the main character.
Bruce Wetheral, =

insignificart | °

decision to sail for Canada and

demonstration.

stesting Premier Duplessis’
PORTR? and discuss financial problems, students went on a day’s

refusal

to meet student

by Tand toured Montreal streets shouting their disagreement.

i re
Only 11 studen

ts showed up for

but they plan further action.

anaoliday was declared by McGill, University of Montreal and
vir George Williams college.

1 Dean Hall's lecture on
economies at Sir George Williams college during the one-day
The students were back in class the next day

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Skull Fractured By Horse Kick

Clifford Hamilton, 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. “ Buster”
Hamilton, of Ten-Be-Aa Lodge,
Lac La Hache, sustained a frac:
tured skull Tuesday afternoon
when kicked by one of his
father’s horses. ;

Precise detaits of what took

place are not known, The Ham-
ilton’s had Mr, and Mrs. Leslie
Meehan visiting them from

Revelstoke and their two child-
ren expressed their wish to go
for a ride. Clifford went off
to get a horse but was brought
back by two unidentified passers-
by who must have seen him
during or after the accident. He

Sister of Local Man
Passes at Quesnel

QUESNEL — Geraldine Nulty
Barbara Winger, 18, passed
away in hospital last Thursday
following an illness of several
months.

Miss Winger
her father,

Quesnel;
Jack Groat, West Vancouver;
Mrs. E. Lowe, Burnaby, and
Mrs. P. Heinzelman, Quesnel;
and one brother, David, of Wil-

is survived by
Vern Winger,

three sisters, Mrs.

liams Lake.

was bleeding profusely from the
head. :

The passers-by offered to take
him to War Memorial Hospital,
but he Was brought in by Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Meehan. The
boy did not know what happened
or which horse had kicked him.

He received immediate medi-
eal attention on arrival at the
hospital and was able to hold a
normal conversation with his
father soon afterwards.

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