i acai ae Volume 27 — Number 26 Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, July 8, 1959 Ee ee eS an Ss 7 > > Single Copy 10c — $3 per year Glendale property owners elect water district trustees Some 55 residents of Glendale turned out toa meeting of property owners of that area last Friday to elect trustees for the Glendale Water District and hear details of the water system proposal. Of the 10 candidates put fore —————___ ward for the election, Jerome Bott was named for a four-year term, Len Searff and John Davidson for three-year terms, BENCH AND BAR THANK MRS. PIGEON Registrar opens County Court for last time _Mrs. fidsiis Pigeon, the only female Court Regis- trar. in British Columbia, opened County Court in Williams Lake for the last time yesterday morning after 17 years of service in that department. from each area around the vil- lage. < In about 1937, Mrs. Pigeon Urging the meeting to stay became deputy registrar and in and Lyle Mooreman and Harding election was conducted by Ed Baker, as government appoiuteé. for one year, With the fire protection district idea, Mr. Ashley said, “ Why not have the best fire protection possible?” Val The On the subject of the actual 1942 she received the appoint- ments of Government Agent and Court Registrar. She was also Gold Commissioner for the Quesnel mining division in this Stretches one week trip in bush Following= the election, the| oreanizati an cic £ . rganization of the district, Mr. area. : chatninay amet Ar Harding 28] ashley read a letter trom’ Bil fo seven Lee Skipp, ina speech to Mrs. s wiles svaten Sa a arene Speare, MLA, which stated that Bigeou on Genslf of the Cariboo. : s vas discussed. - a hy Z ysten q the matter was now in the Carrying only a week’s supply | Bar Association, mentioned the Mr. Harding told the meeting hands of the solicitor of the of food, and without a gun of appreciation and distinction that it would be necessary for the district to borrow $62,400 from the government for the work of installation. These borrowings would be repaid for from a water user charge of $4 a month, Water Rights Department. The meeting voted over- whelmingly to stay with the fire protection district. any kind, a 62-year-old prospec- tor made a seven-week trek from Quesnel Forks to Barker- ville. ; The prospector, Richard Cot- ton, who spent last winter at Likely, left Quesnel Forks May 17 and said he was going-on a one-week trip up Kangaroo Creek. When he became overdue, two other prospectors went out in search of him, but reported back, with no sign of the missing that the district felt at having the only woman registrar in the province. Local lawyers and Judge Charles Morrow of Prince George stressed the efficient manner in which court procedure was handled here through the efforts of Mrs. Pigeon. SWIM IN: STRU CTOR Swimming lessons at the public beach this sum- mer will be under the supervision of Miss Jackie Stinson of Kelow- na. Classes are spon- sored by Williams Lake Aquatic Society. COURT REGISTRAR HONORED Bench. Shown heré following court are from left to right lawyers H. Lee Skipp, Les Langley and David Moffett; Mrs. Pigeon, His Worship Judge Charles Morrow and RCMP Constable Ken Davis. Mrs. L. Pigeon, Court Registrar, opened County Court here for the last time yesterday. Mrs. Pigeon, who re- tires in August, was praised by mem- bers of the Bar Association and the Business was brisk in court over Stampede CONNECTION CHARGE Outside ot water rates, property owner would have put up $65 as a connection charge, $40 of ° which have to be paid immediately aha 325 when fhe main ae went up hoe Vancouver: firm Hopichs -degdie hose man. They sd me nae! QetS fown water POLICE COURT ITEMS latter the iinb is fastaiiear will] Business was so brisk at the B Z 4 k Brow¢hy in, "thes, area“ Was jroo 5 fave tocpay a shitge gf gis: | local Bastille ode the Slewpees OMG Bareson Starts MACK [thee to mane ce “meee = oh Mr. Harding warned those week that at one point an air- ground search. The ROME, reservoir jo Beef salesman [omnia eo rertt ctees | ak at at one potat an air race Rote AA Gee search was being contemplated when word of his safe arrival at Barkerville was recéixed. The word came in a letter from Cotton to Len Speed of Likely dated June 20. Canadian Wood Pipe and Tanks Ltd., of Vancouver, was awarded the contract for con- struction of a 250,000-gallon wood stave water tank for the village system when tenders - property owners would have to|RCMP to lessen overcrowding. pay their $40 if the project.was|Twenty-four prisoners’ were to proceed. He said govern-| flown out in the special flight ment funds would not be forth-|to Oakalla and Prince George. coming until at least 98 people had put their deposit down. On the subject of possible in- jcorporation of Glenalg as a vil- along the road to recovery There is every indication that Nona Bareson, the Williams Lake High School student who seven weeks ago lay close to death as the result of a fall from a horse, is today well on the w ay-to recovery. didn't own herd Heavy dockets in police court this week saw the magistrate As a result of the Stampede celebration, 177 cases were dealt with in court over a period of Were opened last Friday. Althoug! ces from selling someone else's the Vancouver Jean Stevenson, Nona’s close | = te 3 ine bid was second lowest of ‘eatthiess side three days. Intoxication ac E a itiz es Shaw tOleQueierous | ated for Ay) of the ahace trfend ae ee Suey hard ew ci ZENS S spuitted, | be if ers ks o ingle fe Jup3! a Iz bz ‘5 ray ices, the prdsdnce ‘ie their long experience in. the ostoit| ® ind nea tube vesultéll in only We com as work. One year spirit whisper coming fron Other bids were: Steve Bros,, obtaining with the added b na complete coma uatil Stam- ‘The tube was to be 3 Carlson Construction Arnold, | Canadians aces. RCMP detach- ud, recognized her|/removed last night, 3 Abilene Construction {owned a herd of ¢: sold 8 | property d by an addi- : Ny to) Nona’s doctor, E. W. Skwarok, Lawyer Les Langley, speak steer to John Ed expense that they would |; tional nine said that hi patient would be aweer bes gley, 8, >. ¢ quest of McLeese Lake for $85: |not be red to ineur at this | steps yesterday.| img for the Cariboo Bar Asso- The would-be beef salesman|;ime, The meeting agreed with| The healthy, athletic girl has| ciation, welcomed four new E | it , iia, Tetine tect sales [tine Taw ae I to's Sounds} Canadiens eo tut ctzearn | EMMployment men : Sal thie. Wont: for: at i | through the long days of un-| “Canada is a democracy,” he a thoi ve FIRE PROTECTION - consciousness. ‘She weighed 120/: Said, (you, as new citizens, Visit area - Verne Ashley, chairman of th pounds when the accident] must participate in the insti- : |committee still working through | occurred, tutions of the country to make| Visiti i S A $300 fine was handed out | government red tape to form a| The girl has still no recollee-|@emocracy work and to progtect | Week on a survey of employment to Abraham Klassen for supply-| fire p ion area for the sub-| tion of the fall on the Stampede |Your individual rights.” The /needs were Cecil Pitt, manager ing intoxicants to an interdicted the vi spoke | race track. Mrs. Bareson has|lawyer stressed this point of{of the Quesnel office of the @ person. William Hurst, the any proposal that Glen- | epeatedly told her she fell off pation throughout his|Unemployment Insurance Com- erson in question, was fned|qale form its own fire brigade | Dusty,” the horse she was . mission and Bob Keen, employ- $75 for having liquor in bis!\;hen the water system is in- riding, but no flicker of memory, Wilhelm Begoihn from Ger-|ment supervisor. possession while interdicted. stalled. is mirrored in her eyes many, Cornelia Ooyevaar, Neth-| As far as’ this part of the Z Arthur Stobie appeared before! To secure adequate fire pro- But on the subject of horses|erlands, Jacobus Ooyevaar,|newly enlarged district is con- the magistrate on a charge of supplying an Indian with alco- cerned, Mr. Pitt states the Quesnel oifice will concentrate tection on their own (Mr. Ash- ley is a Glendale property Netherlands, and Ow Suey Shui from China took the oath of generally she is still as inter- ested as ever. Jean bought her hol. Stobie was fined $200 or|owner) the speaker said would a small china racehorse model.|/Allegiance and received their}on placement work. Claims for two months in jail. Four other| pe an extremely expensive prop- and another visitor, physical | certificates of Canadian citizen-junemployment insurance are Beople went ‘fo court on this | osition. education teacher Pat Edwards, | ship. largely handled by the local same charge. They were: Aside from the cost factor, | referred to it-as a “pony.”| Five applications for citizen-|firm of the Credit Bureau ot | George Boyd, also fined 3200 or|r_ Ashley said he did not feel Immediately Nona strove to cor-|Ship were received by the court) Williams Lake, acting as agent two months; Maleolm Cruick-| Glendale could possibly get a rect her teacher and her|Tuesday from Martha Beyerle|for the commission. shank, $100;*Walter Dan Ryan,| etter deal than was offered listeners heard the whisper, /f Romania; Adolph Beyerle,] Mr. Keen will travel in this $100; Koski, $100; Gert Han-|rhrough the proposed fire pro-| “No, it’s a thoroughbre Russia; James Dickey, Unitedjarea once a month and will nm was fined only $50 on a|tection district. Under this| 2% States; William Turko, Poland; |come oftener if the demand on charge of supplying Indians be-| plan, he said the Williams Lake | ge and Johannes Weinert, Ger-/his services by employers in causé he was new to this area Department, one o many. search of help warrants tt, the | with the best fire fighting groups in the and not familiar Skyline Schoo! ousness of the offence. | ce, would guarantee that Soperan |10 men would always be av fi _ ards Jable co man the equipment ina Wi * Charles Lafont aine |the fire protection district. ta] "| addition, he said Fire Chief Sid] Pigeon had promised the de-| the list of citizenship The following (scholarship and WINS PAIR AT QUESNEL watch which was stolen from] tment would train three mea | : award winners at Skyline School 4 the store of E. G. (Voodland and | Partment wou | Freddie Seibert is shown here at the on Dominion Day. Fred won the |for the final report period. Son, | wheel of his stock car, and on top of Australian Pursuit Trace and came sec- | SCHOLARSHIPS | ° | the hood are the two trophies the local ond in the ‘B main event. (See Grade 6: Deana Derrick _ | Dies of heart driver won at the big Quesnel meet story Page Five). (honorable mention), Rhianon 2 Lawrence ev » ei | |Boyle. Grade 5: Bobby Collins who, was charged with dr | i t ill |(HM), Sharon Cormier, Anita, 7 | * | (HM), a. nd; attention alfac a il Eniertained b Ho e@ io 0 en Case dismissed | Cockell. Grade 4: Cheryl _ Metro Kostell, 35, was found vy p p Schuks (HM), Craig Keith. _ [dead at about three o'clock on bowlin alle Appeal of Busene L. Bruch,|Gttde 3: Randy Schuks cai), Harfy Mauna paid of $50 for/the afternoon of June 21 at g y of Kamloops, against con-| Connie Tucker, Grade 2: Blaine Pinchbeck and Sandra Schuks using purple gas in a truck] Kohnke’s sawmill at Tyee Lake. ° vietion in local police court here o on the highway. Two other] 1; was a Sunday afternoon Angli- this September January 28 on charges of false| (HM), Pegst McKinney, Gwen . persons were found using col-land the lumber camp was de- at a fare- pretences and selling gold which|Murton. Grade 1: Denise Ber- ored gas near Alexis Creek. The! serted. Shortly before three, | yo1) get-togther for Mrs. G _ The Lake Bowling Company] aig not belong to him was nard (HM), Anita Anderson. second offence in this Sharge has/Kostel_returnéd to the camP|riciaer and ner daughter Joan|f0TMed by Frank Webb, Floyd|arsseq in Vancouver Court ac OFTIZENSHIP , a minimum fine of $200. after visiting friends in Will cme at the home of Mrs. F. B, Bass |M@orman and Ed Cassie reports| \oncal June 2h, Division 1: Gary Forten. Div. — Lake. He complained of not yfonday night that construction of the six-|” White in court in Williams|2: Anna MeGill, Div. 3: John Gerard Lamonthe, Big Lake,| feeling well and he went to the) hoy presented | !@n€ bowling alley is on sched-| rake, Bruch conducted his own |Bronowski, Div. 4: Wayne lity, of driving |C0OKhouse for something -to eat. with a lovely corsage of pink|W!®: Frank said that both five defence and when Magistrate | Bourelle. was found guilty, of driving and 10-pin bowling will take without due care and attention The cook refused to give him | roses and white daisies made of any food and Kostel is reported | fresh garden flowers, and blue place and all equipment in the and was fined $75 . John vee to have gone to the bunkhouse |rixpon book-markers exquisitely | Ovilding is going to be brand liam Cameron turned ov “chain [iB “Somewhat of a rage.” ThIS|sinproidered with the -Win.| 2°: for not having three temper {Was the last time he was seea| chester Cross and letters “W.a” People have been asking wrappers on 2 load of helene, alive. in gold thread which were the|#b0ut forming leagues and it is over vigcon was found guilty| The body was examined at| york op Mrs, LA, Moxon, |thOusht that there will be lots Frank Pigeon wa found Bt * | 6:30 p.m. and after an autopsy Delicious refreshments roun-|f Support along this line. The of impaired driving 4 ter . a the doctor's report determined | qoq gut the evening, principals hope to open the aliey court remand and was fined $75. thatthe man died of a heart for business on or about Sep- Dorothy Carr, of North Van- Stremick, aan ttack. couver paid $100 for impaired |* ‘Kostetl survived by = gl was al driving. Alfred Lagler was) se ars. John Williams Lake. Continued on Page Five The Williams Lake Aquatic | Society has now been registered | under the Societies Act. his of jtember 15. Included in the $75,000 con- struction will be office space and a suite C. H. Poston sentenced him to four months in prison on the second charge the accused asked for an appeal. The Vancouver Sun pulled 3 blooper last Saturday when they printed a picture of a bucking horse and said the action took place at Kamloops during that city’s Dominion Day celebration Buys Wiggins ranch The Wiley Wiggins ranch at Miocene, which was first home- steaded in 1908, has been sold to Buck Mammel of Chilliwack. The ranch was established by Mr. Wiggins’ father, J. H. Wig- Picture was taken at the Wil- liams Lake Stampede. gins,jand Wiley took over the operation 15 years ago. NOTHING TO IT When it comes. to handling those Brahma bulls, clown Willie Peth makes the job look deceptively easy. Shown here running alongside one of the big animals at last week's Stampede, Willie demon- strates his control of the situation. At other times he knelt down and invited the bulls to butt him, or took a flying leap right over the charging animal.