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Injured rider still
in critical condition

In critical condition and still unconscious ina

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Vancouver hospital is 17-year-old Nona Bareson.
who was thrown from a horse Sunday afternoon as
she practiced for a race in the Western Playday.

The young girl, an accom-

“Loses fin ers Dlished rider, was riding a saddle

Gg horse at the time, the mount she
qi é was to ride in the pony express
in accident} race the next day. The track

was in good condition, but her
Bill Adolph, foreman with |horse stumbled on a slick spot

Phelps Burners, sustained {and she was thrown on the in-

painful accident yesterday morn-|Side rail. When onlookers

ing while working. at West |TUshed to her aid, she was found

Fraser Timber Company, Glen-| crumpled by a post, and it is

dale. believed she probably struck her
He was attempting to shift| head against this obstacle,

on a winch iruck power| Medical men here were unable
take-of when he accidently | to revive her, and it was decided
caught his left hand between the|to fly her to the coast for
sear and the drive chain. specialist attention. She under-
His hand was badly lacerated / “eMt Surgery Tuesday and con-
and he was rushed to War Mem.|timues to lie in a coma, her con-
crial Hospital by Bret Phelps. | ‘ition mainly unchanged.

He had three fingers amputatea.|_ Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bil Adolph is exalted ruler of|%08 Bareson, have gone to the

Cariboo Elks Lodge. coast to be near the injured

girl.

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IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Nona Bareson, 17, popular Riding Club member, who

END OF A LANDMARK |

This view of the fire at Beath Motor's

body shop building was taken around top storey had

10:30 last Wednesday night when the

fallen in.

Rain brings welcome relief to
lumber, ranching industries

Loss to three parties amounted to around

$40,
razed the old Central

marks.
No-one was injured in the
blaze, which left one family

occupying an apartment
the garage homeless.

above

The building, now owned by
Beath Motors Ltd., housed the
Williams Lake Taxi Ltd., Chick’s
Body Shop and the second-storey

apartment occupied by Chick
Henry and his family.
Beath Motors estimates the

replacement value of the build-

ing at $31,000, with $15,000
imsurance carried, and their
equipment value at $3,000. Of

the four cars in the body shop
at the time, two were owned by
Beaths and valued at $2,000 for
the two of them. Another cus-
tomer car was valued at $900.

Chick Henry, operator of
Chick's Body Shop, lost his per-
sonal car valued at $1800 and
}00 worth of equipment. The
latter was partially insured.
Household furnishings of the

Henry's valued at $4,009 were
h the
lost

A boarder
Miss L. Rust,

insured.
Henry

Although several district holiday events suffered
from rain, including a wash-out of the Lac La Hache |
ball tournament, the welcome moisture that has
been falling off and on for the last week is just
what was needed for the lumbering and ranching
industries.

Forestry men particularly wel-
comed the weather change. Last
Tuesday the fire situation in the
on Wednestay. with the tema [ere used to fight the fre and
ature soaring’ fo a recort s6|! Was under control by night:
above, fires were springing up|fall. The fire burned over 560

: Villiams Lake|®Tes, and although no mature
throughout the Williams Eo eee ee
jee ee jestesrowth was Killed. oF sel

The the
Springhouse wich
|fires burnir

day afternoon
over an area
Eighty men

as flames burned
of logging slash.
and tractors

six

moke darkened the sky to th
south of Williams Lake Wednes-

afternoon
1 erupted,
120

same
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_ the on Lake area sows

. ltrom F Linde’s and Lig-

2 drivers sought ‘or rss mes or rie
| fight the blaze.

H | At 150 Mile, a fire believed

after mishap | j.2 us 4 ty meee

| carry-ov: ‘om earl 2

Police are unable to find any

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ines Tuesday night between | Pied the attention of 60 men and
Lakeside Body Shop and the /SiX machines, The fire was con-
drive-in theatre. fined to serub Jackpine and
jstopped before it reached the
A panel owned by Brandt oa stands of timber.

Plumbing and Heating was being!
driven south along this stretch
of highway at about 10 p.m. Ay

Out in the Chileotin there are
still five fires burning, but they
are being patrolled, and air ob

rehic! $ ing thi . face nai
vehicle was pe eroaching the servations this morning indicate
panel nom a second vehieig the area is relatively clear.
fon ani

double line to pass} Forestry men, some of whom
crossed over a double line ass | -
jhave been working 10 and 16-
si ipi vanel, |
Be ae ee Dae ece ors tor tae put do0r
causing s| a

Stampede.

WILL REIGN OVER STAMPEDE

Perched atop the corral fence at last
Monday’s Playday are these two young
queens who will reign over the 1959
At the left is Indian Queen
Lila Boyd, 17, of Anahim Lake, and
the other smiling lass is White Queen

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One of the

000 in the spectacular fire

last Wednesday that

Service garage building on
Mackenzie Avenue, one of the town’s older land-

$2,000 in personal
that were not insured.

The firm of Williams Lak
Taxi Ltd. was located on the
side of the building away from
the main blaze, and most of the
equipment was safely removed.
Loss is estimated at $200.

belongings

WELDING TORCH

The fire broke out about eight
o'clock Wednesday evening. Mr.
Henry was working with a weld-
ing torch in the body shop and
it is believed a-spark from the
torch. ignited a highly inflam-
mable liquid. Unable to cope
with the mushrooming blaze, Mr.
Henry dashed upstairs to save
his children, who were alone in
the apartment at the time. He
carried down Gary (3) and Guy
(1%) then left them in charge
of his oldest son, Brian (12)
while he went back for five-year-
old Derek.

The fire spread rapidly
through the old trame building,
but firemen managed to confine

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Barbara Felker, 17, of 150 Mile House.

candidates who was not

there for Monday’s judging was Nona
Bareson, who was injured in a riding
accident the day before.

weeks, are now doing the inevit-
Driver of the panel could not|able papper work in connection
identify either of the approach-|with the fires, and are looking
ing vehicles in the dark, and forward to their first free week-
neither of them stopped end.

is in critical condition in a Vancouver hospital fol-
lowing a riding accident last Sunday.

Rain cuts into attendance
at annual western playday

Although rain cut heavily into attendance
figures at the second annual Western Playday staged
Monday by the Williams Lake Trail Riders, club
officials think they will break even financially,
thanks to a donation of $50 by Gordon Graham of
Caribou Enterprise Lumber.

Despite a steady rain in the
morning, the Cowboy’s Break-
fast was held as scheduled and]
customers ate in their cars or
under sheltering store canopi
By noon the rain was letting u
and the parade of some 40 rid
signalled the start of the day's

lat the Forest Grove gymkhana
June 6

Track events for the Playday
were started by Lorn Maleoln
» of Vancouver, and judges were
PR. E. Moon and Mel Mayfield,
«| Here are the detailed results
events.

of

events. Three-eighths mile open (Kahl
Judging of the Stampede propane trophy): 1, I Do, rider
Queens was held on the grounds | jean stevenson (owner Steven-

at 1 p.m. but there was a long son and Hannah); ovin 8,
gap as mounts lined up for the |rider Clarence Twan (owner
first race of the afternoon. /Twan); 3, Happy Thought, Stan

which didn’t get underway until
two o'clock.

|Benson (Peter Rock).
Gretna Green 1, Tango,
riders Len Atehison and Reta
| 2, Rusty, Leo and

(Leila Fowler)
1, Glory
2

Fifteen events, from straight | DONS
racing to an unusual turkey | 107 UO):
roping contest, were run of, Men’s saddle horse:
with the day’s program closing : horse: 2.
with the popular mounted square Babe, arenes wan ¢ i Die
dance. This display of horse- 7 » ir. ;
manship will be a featured event

Continued on Page Five

NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS . .

and it means painted backdrops as well as
singin’, dancin’ and looking “purty.” Above are
pictured Jean Yorkston, Lucille Chapman and Carol
Hunter working on a section of scenery in prepara-
tion for the High School show Wednesday—‘Annie
Get Your Gown ’—a musical-fashion show based on
the well-known Broadway hit.

In an unusual court review at Vancouver yester-

day, involving the rights of subjects of the Crown,
a local man, Cecil M. Boyd, was successful in having

an application to quash a warrant of commitment
granted.

The “was heard by
the Hon. Thomas Wilfred Brown,
a judge of the Supreme Court
of B.C. His Lordship quashed
the warrant of commitment and
ordered the return to Mr. Boyd
of $85.50 paid by him to Cecil
M. Poston, Small Debts Court
Magistrate at Williams Lake,
and the payment by the magis-
trate to Mr. Boyd of the costs
of the application.

The order arose out of a gar-
nishing order issued out of the
Small Debts Court here by J
istrate Poston on October
1 when a summons was is-
sued against a Stanford Pang-
ham for debt.

Mr. Boyd was named zs the
nishee (employer) and served
with a Garnishing Order which
required him to appear before
Magistrate Poston at a certain
time. Boyd forgot to appear be-
fore the magistrate, and the
latter had a warrant of commit-
ment issued, ordering the RCMP
to arrest him. Boyd was placed
in jail at the RCMP barracks,
and upon obtaining the services
of local barrister Les Langley,

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Magistrate’s committal order
quashed in B.C. Supreme Court

he was released on payment of
Bangham’s debt and costs.

At the time, Mr. Boyd, a dir-
ector of B & J Logging Co. Ltd.,
said he was not the employer
of Bangham and the garnishing
order wrongly named him. 1t
was following this that certiorari
Proceedings were taken to have
the warrant of commitment
quashed.

Certiorari proceedings are an| is

extraordinary remedy
which a high court reviews the

| $40,000 loss as town landmark
destroyed in evening blaze

it for a long time to the walls.
Since these walls were all insu-
lated with shavings though, the
result was easily foreseen. About
ten o'clock the flames suddenly
burst out and took over the
Whole structure. From then on
firemen with their six hoses in
Play concentrated on forcing the
walls in with water pressure.

Heat became intense, and
across the street the windows
of Mackenzies Ltd, were draped
With water-soaked blankets to
keep them from cracking.

BUILT IN THIRTIES

Originally built im the early
thirties by the late Herbert
Spencer, the structure was al-
ways used as a garage. At
one time Claude Huston owned
it, and since he was fire chief
the firemen held their meetings
on the second floor.

The building has had a history
of at least four fires in the past.
One of the more serious forced
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ewing to fiee
from the apartment. At that
time the garage was owned by
‘Mr. Ewing and Vie Imhow.

Mr. and Mrs Henry are now
living in a small house loaned
to them by Mr. and Mrs. Jean
Mielnik, and are looking for
permanent quarters.

Students busy
producing

fashion-musical —

A casual visitor to W:
bal ish (School du

\Lake

Past Week could well be for
given for wondering if he or
she had wandered into a Holly-
wood screen set.

Approaching from the outside
you can see painters arrayed
against the outside walls oa
Scaffolding who are completing
the school building. Inside, the
rafters are likely to be ringing
during lunch break and after
school with Broadway hit tunes
from Rogers and Hammerstein's
“Annie Get Your Gun,” yhile
the auditorium provides a prac-
tise ballroom for waltzers on the
floor and scenery artists on the

stage. In short, they’re ““pro-
eaneek They are Producing a
musical fashion show. entitled

“Annie Get Your Gown,” based
on the well-known musical of a
similar name. Annie cannot get
her man with a gun, but in this
version she gets him with a
gown.

The show is being directed by
Mrs. B. Grattan, whose son first
dreamed up the fashion-musical
link-up and just about all the
school is taking part, including
students and staff.

Lead for the show is Susan
Ringwood, who plays Annie. Her
hero, Frank, is being played by
Ken Liebscher.

A choral group of girls in-
cludes all grades and is being
taught the many hit tunes by
staff member L. Gregoire. Wife
of the school principal, Mrs. Tom
Beames, is engaged in teaching
two dancing sets, one a waltz
scene danced by senior students
and the other an Indian dance
performed by some of the
younger boys. Mrs. R. Suter
teaching the Grade 7’s a

under} country dance.

All the home economics clas-

Proceedings of an inferior court ses are taking part in producing

to see if that court acted either
without jurisdiction or exceeded
its jurisdiction.

for protection of
rights of British subjects.

In the review at Vancouver,
the application was presented by
Wilfred Heiferman of the firm
of Russell & DuMoulon.

RCMP STAPF ADDITION

Constable. Fred Sontag has
joined the Williams Lake RCMP
detachment and commenged his
duties this week. Constable
Sontag came from Kimberley,
where he had been stationed
two years. He is married and
has one child.

It is one of the |
old laws written into English
“| statutes

the fashions to be used in the
show ranging from a simple
Grade 7 apron toa lovely styled
Grade 12 party dress.

The art department is painting

| Stage props which have been

| constructed by the drama group
|while the commercial depart-
ment is responsible for book-
_keeping and ticket sales,

| In addition to the lead solo-
lists, other roles are being sung
|by Rita Brown, Carol Hunter,
Joanne Phelps and Gala-Mae Im_

hoff. Commentators for the
show are Jean Stevenson and
Jean Yorkston.

Proceeds from the production
which will be held in the new
auditorium next Wednesday
night, will be donated to the
Jobin museum.