Pee] DICK M. KOZUKI HERBERT J. POSTON FELICITY M. MARJORIE, F. BEAULIEU RAFFERTY “JUDY M. BORKOWSKI CAROLYN D. ROBERTSON 4 AE BROWN MAZEL McHUGH DARYL J; CLAYTON W.L.H.S. GRADUATING CLAS JOSEPH M. GIBAULT JEAN D. STEVENSON SHARON A. JUNEK ARTHUR R. OLSON She eS Volume 27 —- Number 22 Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, June 3, 1959 Oil bulk plant application still before council Commissioners will meet night in a special meeting to consider the ticklish question of the application of the Texaco Oil Company to install a bulk plant on property at the high- way “Y" on the village limits. The matter came before the council last week, and since the company had obtained permis- sion from the Fire Marshal's office, application was approved. However, commissioners were being guided by a colored zon- ing map on the wall of council chambers that showed the triag- ular-shaped lot in white, desig- nating it as property that had not been zoned. This map isswrong in two in- stances, and one of them con- cerns the lot in question. Actually the lot is zoned as a commercial area. In defining the zones, the applicable bylaw sets forth the type of business that may be in- cluded in each case, but as far as a commercial zone is con- cerned, there is no mention of bulk plants. Consensus is that this type of plant should be in a light industrial zone such as the area on south Mackenzie Avenue where present plants are located. Under the circumstances, the original motion of acceptance is now considered ultra vires. A representative of the com- ‘Dunaway heads cattlemen Huston Dunaway, well-known rancher at 150 Mile House, is president of the Cariboo Cattle- men’s Association this year, re- placing G. T. L. Baylift of Red- stone. Vice-president is Dan Lee of Hanceville, and second vice- president is Stan Wright of Lae La Hache. Executive officers were chosen pany applying for the plant per- mit will attend the meeting tot present his side of the question. by association directors follow- ing their recent annual meeting. LARGEST IN: SCHOOL HISTORY Exercises this Friday for graduating class Twenty-five graduates, graduating class in the his' o will take part in formal exercises High School, Friday evening. Program for the evening in- cludes the graduation banquet, followed by the exercises at eight and winding up with the annual graduation dance. Toastmistress at the banquet will be Student Council presi- dent Judy Borkowski, and vale- dictorian at the exercises will be Jean Stevenson, Principal speaker of the evening will be Sally Creighton, a former professor with the . aus department: of the niversity of British Columbia and a writer and critic for the Canadian Broadcasting OCorpor- ation. making up the largest tory of Williams Lake a RAVINE BUSH FIRES Fire has occurred twice in the past week in the ravine be- low the PGE station. Last Wednesday at one o’clock the alarm sounded for a fire in the push, and at the same time END OF tanker on the fire truck A HOME Firemen were winning the fight to save the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Neufeld yesterday when the ran out of water. While the crew went to refill the tank, the blaze got out of control and soon nothing was left but the chimney. course. Two brothers, Gerald, 7, and Bernard, 11, were home alone at the time, Mrs. Neufeld hav- ing gone downtown shopping. |Gerald had lit the candle and |placed it behind the door of the boys’ room so as not to be detected by his brother, and it is believed the candle s fire to a curtain on a clothes closet behind the door. When the fire broke out at 5:30, Gerald ran to a neighbor’s to turn in the alarm while Bernard stayed to take articles out. Downtown, Mrs. Neufeld noticed the traffic moving to- wards the golf course and went to investigate, then rushed to her children and burning home. Mr, Neufeld, a hauling contrac- tor, was working at the time. Firemen held the blaze in check for half an hour, using water from the tanker. In the Monday the siren shrilled as smoke billowed from the same location. meantime most of the furnish- ings were removed to safety, al- Candle causes fire that destroys home A seven-year-old boy playing with a candle was the innocent cause of a blaze yesterday afternoon that completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Neufeld on the north-east side of the golf though all belongings in the boys’ room were lost. ‘When the tanker ran dry the truck was driven back to town for more water, and in the 15- ihinute interval more took over, this time totally destroying the house. Fire Chief Sid Pigeon said to- day that had there been a hy- drant in the vicinity of the house the blaze would have been kept under control. The Neufelds carried insur- ance on their loss, and the house, which is owned by the Williams Lake Golf and Country Club, was also insured. ATTEND CONFERENCE Commission Chairman Herb Gardner and Village Clerk Bob Smith attended a municipal of- ficers’ conference at Victoria last week. changed, today. Condition Condition who was injured when thrown from a horse May Herbert Buckle, 38, a haul- Father of four dies when truck overturns A Riske Creek father of four young children was killed last Friday night when his lumber truck overturned on the road two miles south of Scott's Store in the small Chilcotin centre: ing contractor, was bringing in| The Tribune today, Mr. Ridler a load of reject lumber for a|said the truck was alee re communi te DEGECE Seees athe |a sii ght de ae same of Nona Bareson, 17, is un- according to reports She has been lying in a coma in a Vancouver hospital since the accident. iim was’ Robin Roy “Ridler of Penner’s Mill, Big Creek. In a telephone interview with Three spend night on lake Three men spent an un- scheduled night in camp on the shores of Quesnel Lake last week when their boat threw a propeller. Forest Ranger Jack Cawston, Commissioner Fred Hamel and Len Sheier, Forestry patrolman at Sucker Creek on Quesnel Lake, set out about 3:30 p.m. last Wednesday in Mr. Hamel’s speedboat. They were to travel up to Lynx Creek and return about eight o'clock. About a quarter of a mue short of Lynx Creek the propel- ler flew off and the men had to row into shore. They set up camp and about 8:30 the next morning lit a prepared smudge fire when they heard a plane going over. The aircraft was piloted by Dave Whelan of Chilcotin Airways, and he drop- ped down ‘on the lake. Fred Hamel was then flown back to at “the: skidded slightly, Sd the front wheels hit the bank on the left hand side of he road and the vehicle overturned. d sprung enough to leave a narrow gap near the seat that he managed to crawl through. Time of the tragedy was pin- pointed at 8:12 p.m. by Buckle’s watch, which stopped when the crash took place. A resident of the Riske Creek area since 1944, Mr. Buckle owned a ranch there, and for the past four years has also been driving umber trucks. Two years ago he bought ‘his own vehicle and started contract hauling. In driving thousands of miles, the fatal accident is the first one he has been in- volved in. Mr. Buckle is survived by his wife, June, two sons, Gordon, 10, and Lorne, 4, and two daughters Donna, 11, and Dianne, 4. His father and several broth- ers and sisters also survive. Funeral services were con- The Sere ROBERT B. OVERTON 2 SANDRA J. YORKSTON Hiroko Uyeyama was indis- posed when these photographs were taken. To open Legion lounge Saturday Harold Richardson, new lounge Saturday night. Arrangements are still b sing a \made for the op tand an official of San Command of the Legion present. Speakers will include branch Past president Felix Kohnke, under whose tenure of office the branch home was constructed. and Tom Mason, present presi- dent of the branch, An orchestra has been en- gaged for the remainder of the social evening following the opening. Funeral Thursday for Fred Sallein Funeral services will be held Thursday from the Lutheran Church for Fred Sallein, 30, who passed away in War Memo- rial Hospital yesterday after- noon. A native of Germany, Sallein had been here four years, during which he had worked for P & T Planer Mill. He has no relatives in Canada. His mother and father and two sisters survive in Germany. Mr. Sallein -underwent an Mr. ducted this afternoon from St. Andrew’s United Church. Sucker Point to his truck and spare prop. An inquiry into the fatal ac- cident will be conducted. operation for cancer at Kam- loops in February and had been in hospital here for eight weeks prior to his death. the fire once, WHERE ONE Herbert Buckle of Riske Creek met his death in the cab of this truck when it overturned on the Chil- cotin Highway last Friday. Passenger Robin Roy MAN DIED Ridler managed to squeeze out of the overturned vehicle. Mr. Buckle had H. Penner just two weeks acquired the truck from ago.