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Volume 26 — Number 27 16 PAGES

PLANS SET FOR

Princess to receive Western hat end |
see stampede during short stay

The town will observe a three-and-a-half hour holiday Friday on the ocea-
sion of the visit of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret.

= i a g last Friday, but
Oliver Street merchants circulated a petition the following day
urging that the hours of closing be limited to the

= actual visitation. Falling in line with this request,

will be cleared ree approved a closure of from 11 a.m. to
°
of cars Friday
cess will step from the Royal

RCMP are asking motorists|train at 11:45 and will be met
not to park on Oliver Street be-| by Village Chairman Herb Gard-
tween the hours of 11 a.m. and| er, who will extend an official
2:30 p.m. on Friday when Prin-| W@!come from town and district.

iNiams | S2& Wil then be presented with
S55 Matgatet comes to Witliams| .~stcison har Ga. oP sour nie ae
Lake, the home of Canada’s second
“We want to make it as easy | largest rodeo.
as posible for the public to get

There have been no changes
in the program here. The Prin-

Oliver and ont the highway as

Toad back towards the Stampede

the Princess will enter the
grounds at the lower gate and

ing the grandstand and entering
the inner area of the grounds at
the point used at the start of
the chuckwagon races.

Gallons of paint have been
used to spruce up the chute
grandstand where the Princess
and her party will sit. Benches
have been removed and chairs
will be substituted.

Cowboy breakfast for Princess

The Princess and her party) plate, with a mug of coffee

enforce the rule and we shall| son,
tow any cars away who park

: When the presentations ar
during the times mentioned.” 2 s

No cars other than official
cars will be allowed on the new
airport when the Princess leaves.

alongside.

Lake Riding Club’s chuckwagon Then the special Stampede
would become unmanageable. !The club is not deviating from | will get underway, with some 25
cowboy breakfast” menu, |contestants taking part in four
they serve at Stampede -arenn-vevents: ghee wil be

Will be allowed past the foot of | which
time 4nd peior to their/Western|saddie prone ding. harebbere

the airport approach road. 4

Town water

Rlay “Day. Bacon and eggs and | vron¢, steer riding and calf rop-
flap Jacks will be on the royai|ing.

Top money men to compete

Contestants will come trom )dition they are making up their
this district and the Kamloops. own “jackpot”. ‘This will ensure
Vernon areas. Top riders of the/the events will be highly com-

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system cannot

a 1 1 L vail- itive. ‘b. ill al: =
handle Glendale [srs sor wit sas eat! ace Bin nis oi ote

"Several aspects of the town|PFofessional circuits in Alberta|from the association, setting out
now. Stampede Association pres-|the fact that they competed be-

ident Bert Robert states that|fore Her Royal Highness on this

serutiny at last night's couneil| jigers taking part, some of them | important occasion.

meeting. men who finished in the money
Back to get a decision on|in their particular events early Siig Will be the kame noe ne

their request for permission to|this month will put on an out- iiindled fie ie shone

hook into the village system, a|standing show. : Clarence Bryson is making

delegation trom Glendale were] Contestants will be paid for

informed that while it was pos-|each ride they make, and in ad.

sible, it was going to be a fairly

expensive business for the esti-

mated 50 families to be served.

Water system came in for close

Wherever possible, arena offi-

Continued on Page §

A survey of the situation
made by the engineering firm of
Walker & Weber showed that
it would not be possible to serve
the Glendale people directly
from town mains for two rea-
sons. In the first place the vil-
lage storage tank is not large
enough to handle the extra load
and since it is just about the

made, the Princess and her party
will travel by car along

far as Lakeside Motel, then the
cars will follow the old lower

grounds. The limousine carrying

move on to the race track, pass-

ROYAL VISIT FRID

French Henry
ill in hospital

Varice, “French” Henry, 97-
year-old Williams Lake man,
is il in War Memorial Hospital.
He has been there since last
week. Three weeks ago the old
man was attacked late at night
by three thugs who knocked him
unconscious RCMP report. He
was hurt about the face. The
men robbed him of the change

same elevation as part of the
proposed Glendale,system, pres-
sure would be low.

It would he possible to handle
ihe extra customers if the users
were prepared to put in a
10,000-gallon storage tank which
would be filled from the town
mains at night, and install a
booster pump to lift the water
from the tank Into their system.

The same survey had showr
that the village 1s not receiving
Heights swb-division and the
enough money from Cariboo
Jack Rowat sub-division. In both
cases the systems are privately
owned and maintained, ana the
village sells water to the sup.
division owners. At present the
village gets $1 (25 per cent) of
the rate the sub-division owners
collect from each householder,

It has how been establishea
that this wholesale rate does not
cover the cost of pumping the
water, Consequently the council
has decided to up the rate to
the_ sub- isions to 50 percent
of the rate charged the house-
holder or commercial user.

Council: will study the possi-

WILLIAMS LAKE CADETS AT B.C. CENTENNIAL

Air Cadets andy, 15, Sugar Cane, and Don-
bility of purchasing @ ee al Doss, ae of 610 Williams Lake
private system along the Nigh) Squadron’ worg able to go back stage and meet the
way. The system would be paid Derformers taking part in the mammoth military

z users baving free! tattoo hela at Hmpire Stadium. They are Picture
urgil the post (abeut| examining the navy gun, Sailors are from HMcsS

as offset by monthly! Naden, Ssquimalt, B.C. The boys were taking part
rate credits, in the Alr Cpaet Camp at Vancouver.

in bis pocket, $10 from a trunk
and two bottles of liquor. H
assailants have not been appre-
hended.

He lives in a cabin near the|
San Jose Creek bridge.

Councillors
raise salaries

Councillors last night gave

first reading to a bylaw that will
double their salaries,
That’s a statement that is]
enough to make any taxpayer
go straight up in the air, but in
actual dollars and cents the
figure for councillors’ indemni-
ties is still low.

Previously a councillor re-
ceived $200 a year, and under |
the new set-up the job will pay
$400, In return for this muni-|
ficient salary, a councillor at-|
tends over 50 regular and
special meetings a yi
at every tax,
call 24 hours a day |

A salary differential is noted
now for the first time between
councillors and village chairman
The latter office will now pay}
8600 a year. |

Under the Municipal Act, the]
salary maximum for villages of
frem 1,001 to 2
1s set at $500 for councillors

ar and is|

beck and

TWO SECTIONS

Hon Royal Highness Pinceos Margaret

Dog Creek radio range will
be moved to Williams Lake

Move of Dog Creek Radio Range to the new;
Williams Lake airport has been confirmed in
advice received from the Hon. Davie Fulton, in
connection with app ion of specific
tor werk on the latter project.

| Of the total aprovea early this year by the
| House, an amount vf. $190,000 has been allocated
Yor the acual work of moving the range station
into town. .

There is’ also $125,000 set aside for the con-
struction of a new equipment garage at the air-
port, and a further 80,000 for construction of
two double dwellings.

Mr. Fulton also states, “I am advised that
plans and specifications are presently in prepara-
tion for these projects and that it is hoped to call
tenders later in the summer.”

Hospital district
work moves

With the arrival of an up-to-
date list of registered property
owners in the area, members of
the Hospital Improvement Dis-
trict committee are now prepar-
ing a voters’ list.

Once this list is compiled, the
committee will s actual date
for voting and start their pub-
licity campaign to advise prop-
erty owners of ‘the issues at | BUILDING PERMITS

. Two building permits were

If the district is approved, | approved by Council last night.
area representatives are elected}One was for a residence for
in their res;
this board

Wrong names for
prize winners

Our information on the spe-
cial parade prize winners as pub-
lished last week was incorrect,

The two boys who were
dressed as old-time miners and
pushing a one-wheel cart were
Richard Lindsell and Kenny Me-
Kenzie of Rose Lake.

One business licence applica-
tal and place a money by-law be: |tion from Mike's Meat Market
Was approved,

Soviet rocket

seen in orbit

Local resident Geoff. Place
and his family had a perfect
view of the carrier rocket of
Sputnik III last Friday night.

Mr. Place said he saw the or-
biting carrier about 11 pm. It
Was directly overhead and trav-
elling from south-east to north-
West. It appeared to alternatively
dim and brighten as it travelled.

Scientists say the carrier is
orbiting at about 1,175 miles at
its highest point.

Bank clearings
for June

With the kind co-operation of
the two chartered banks in Wil-
liams Lake, we offer as a new
service to readers the monthly
totals of bank clearances in
town.

Although unusual circum-
stances may cause fluctuations,,
generally speaking these clear-
ance figures give a reliable in-
dication of the general economy.

The figures cover local clear-
ings only. Cheques from outside
tirms or cheques going to out-
side firms are not included.
These are strictly transactions
between town business houses
and individuals.

Total clearings tor the month
of June amounted to $1,252,468.

These figures are being com-
piled for six months by the Bank
of Commerce and for the other
half of the year by the Ban
of Montreal. In all cases though
they are total clearings of both
banks,