SECOND FRONT Williams

Lake, B.C., Wednesday

, August 5,

1959

SECOND FRONT

Travellers ready
for anything

Some people go down to the
sea in ships, but the Brandt
family from Roseburg, Oregon,
Prefer to go over the roads in
ships,

The Brandt's are
owners of an amphibian auto.
The Ford-built “Duck” was
made for the American Army
during World War 11. Now the
vehicle is on its way back to the
States after touring B.C. since
April. The machine can travel
at speeds up to 45 miles per
hour, when in the water it is
propeller driven and makes
about six knots.

The touring family stopped
in Williams Lake last Wednes-
day on their return journey
from Terrace.

the proud

Father Casey
leaving area

Rev. Fr. Casey leaves his dis-
trict in September to take a
new post with the Redemptorist
Fathers at Saskatoon.

Principal returns

HAVE DUCK .
Says alsatian “ Lucky "
vehicle known as a “ Du

WILL TRAVEL...

as he sits in this amphibious

ck’ which passed through

a Rev. Fr. J. M. Mor prin-| Williams Lake last week. It belongs to Mr. and
Peace ie utk os ae cipal of the Cariboo Indian! Mrs. Fred Brandt of Washington, U.S.A., and en-
ue O° 2 cS"|Residential School, returned| ables them to travel over water and land at will.
sistant principal of the residen-| .
tial school, and the following |ttS Week from attending a

iene my ie, Touowing summer session at

year took over as missionary to
the Shuswap Indians.

Replacing Father Casey will
be Fr. Harold MclIntee, who
comes here from Ottawa.

University, Spokane.

of education degree.

Gonzaga

Father Morris has completed
his studies now for his bachelor

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| transport

department now in

Considerable progress in get-
ting B. new Department of
Commercial Transport into full
operation been announced
by the Honourable Lyle Wic
Minister of Commercial Tra
port.

The purp
partment

has

ses of the new De-
are. to. hring-—under

n coloured
re becoming
British Columbian:
They are located
highways ats)

buildings
familiar to
all the time.
just off the
rategie places
the province
weigh trucks and
A number of the
border points
traitic coming

more

and
are used to
their loads.
stations
where they che
into our province to make sure
that all British Columbia safety
jand other are ob-
served.

are at

regulations

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COME AS YOU ARE — BRING THE FAMILY

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PROTECT HIGHWAYS

The weight stations protect
| the from excessive
size a of commercial
transport reduce overall

and
traffic hazards from improperly
loaded or unduly large commer-

cial vehicles. They ensure that
out-of-province and local com-
mercial vehicle operators pay
proper licence fees, that diesel-
powered commercial vehicles
pay a comparable highway-use
tax per mile to gasoline-powered

ones, and collect overweight or
lite licence fees to the prov-
ince

Little girl wins
local bike contest

Norquay won Mal-
kin color the Rooster con-
test” last week and received
the second bike to be given
away at the Tom-Boy Store.
Marcia won out over 530
other contestants from Williams
Lake. The little girl may be-
come an artist because to win
the bicycle she had to color the
rooster on the entry form ad-

Marcia

vertising  Malkin’s —_ Rooster
brand coffee.
News of her good fortune

came over the radio trom Ques-
nel where the draw took place
when the winner was announced
Monday night. Presentation of
the bicycle was made by John
Connor, assistant manager of
the Malkin’s branch in Williams
Lake.

Marcia is the seven-year-old
daughter of Reg Norquay of
Mackenzies Ltd.

Tire Trouble ?

See us

C &S Tire Service

full operation

Previously
fees.
assist in the
motor-carrier
conduct
for

non-resident oper-
The stations also
enforcement of
regulations and
numerous inspections
other departments.

ators could obtain special 30-
day permits which did not re-
strict the number of trips into
our provinee—now they may
obtain only two permits during
any one licence year and each
permit is restricted to one trip.
After two permits have been
obtained for any one vehicle,
thé non-resident operators must
pay the full licence fee for the
remainder of the year.

LICENCE FEES

At the last Session of the
Legislature new licence fees
for commercial vehicles were
established. They will be
effective March 1, 1960. In
order to help commercial oper-
ators in advance, applications
are now being sent out asking
the owners to fill in the gross
vehicle weight plus other per-
tinent data.

Provision has been made
whereby farmers owning trucks

|days she worked for the then

Government agent —
serves 32 years

Few people have served at one post in Williams
32 years, but such is the proud claim of
Les Pigeon, government agent, who quietly re-
signed from her position last Friday afternoon and
said goodbye to the government building office block

Lake for
Mrs.

she knew so well.

Perhaps an evem greater claim
however, is that Mrs. Pigeon was
the only woman ever to serve
as a government agent in Brit-
ish Columbia.

“It feels funny to think I
won't be coming in to work to-
morrow,” she told The Tribune,
“but I have made up my mind
that it is the thing to do and
there will be no regretting leav-
ing.

Mrs. Pigeon, better known as
Jessie to her friends, has spent
all her life in the Interior and
was born in Quesnel.

Her grandfather, Robert Me-
Leese, came to the Cariboo dur-
ing the gold rush and was
Member of Parliament for the
Cariboo for 16 years.

Her mother, ~ Mrs. Donald
Foster, was the first white
woman to be born in Soda
Creek.

Mrs. Pigeon first started work
at the government office as a
clerk on August 1, 1927, pre-
cisely 32 years ago. In those

agent, L. C. Maclure, taking
over from him when he died in
1942.

Questioned on what she liked
best about her job, Mrs. Pigeon
said that she got the greatest
satisfaction out of her position
as gold commissioner. It was
interesting work and
which necessitated her
ing claims on location.
member once travelling over 40

Mrs. Pigeon affirmed that they
hadn’t grown at all. “They
were this size when they were
built in 1922 and there hare
been no additions. Of course,
|they are far too small and have
been for a long time.”

As our interview with Mrs.
Pigeon came to a close, a pile
of work suddenly appeared on
the scene from one of the local
legal firms. ‘Looks as though
I’m not going to be allowed to
finish the day after all,” she re-
marked wryly. “ After 32 years
the least I can do is to leave a
clean sheet for my successor
who starts on Monday.”

1949 as one of the most hectic.
“Court lasted for 11 days and
we had no less than three mur-
der trials, three manslaughter

cases and divorces galore.”
Sure enough, Jessie turned in

Saturday morning. She finished
the job to perfection. ,

Asked about having watched
the government oifices grow,

MRS. LES PIGEON:

miles on horseback over the

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Snowshoe Plaeau from Keithley
Creek to Barkerville. The ride
was suificient in itself but we
got lost in a blizzard coming
back which, of course, wasn't
so funny. However, there was
not much to fear as I had my
tide, Rae Hamilton, sr., who,
as old timers know, knew the
country very well. He was one
of the Hudson Bay factors from
Fort St. James.

“T also. had the ppleasore of

Portable weighing devices are| under three tons will pay the| meeting
also, used _by.the. Di oe Tees ie tie ae
| presently pay% for the year] wo,
| 1959. This means that there]. phe
about the province will be no iner on farni! yo}

Jmanent stations as required. trucks whose total weight of

New regulations with respect} truck and load does not exce
to operating from out-]|15,000 pounds. For aad,
sid province came into]loads, overweight permi
eifect on June 15. The in-|be obtained. anticipation.
tent of the regulations was to] Provision has been made for
protect British Columbia oper- trucks crossing high-
ators from unfair competition s by the
from operators who paid very! month on a special basis.

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Pigeon recollected.

gentleman was James
who was president of Dole
Pineapple Company. He w nied |
to look over blueprints
of course, I looked forward

some

to meeting him with some little
When he walked
into my office wearing a hat
covered in fish hooks, I couldn't
quite believe it was him. But
when he got hold of the blue-
prints and spread them around
the floor where we had to get
down on our knees to examine
them, I was even more sur-
prised! ”

‘Thinking back over the court
work she has seen, Mrs. Pigeon
marks an Assize Court held in

Presentations
fo retiring agent

Mrs. Les Pigeon, retiring
agent at Williams Lake, re-
ceived two presentations Friday
night on completing 382 years
with the office.

Her own staff gave her a
lovely crystal necklace and ear-
ring set while her staff, forestry
and public works employees
joined together in presenting a
beautiful embossed leather jewel

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