— aoe Fine pee —_—_—_—_—. =— WILLIAMS LAKETR . Zhe a — 7 a= ae OT as oe IBUN 5 Number 3 Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, September 2, 1 959 Single Copy 10¢ — $3 per year STREET SCENE Bush roads were almost impassable Last Friday due to heavy rains in August, but truckers weren't too safe on town streets either, as this picture proves. a truck owned by Elton Elliott went right through the road surface at the corner of Yorston and Second Avenue. Druggists make bid to have hours of closing set aside for their firms Village council room last night took on the Oz Walker, manager of Cun- ninghams Drugs, and Bruce Magoffin, owner of Williams Lake Pharmacy, were there rep- resenting the two places of. business. Representing them, and presenting their brief was lawyer David Moffett Added “witness” for the ap- pelants was Dr. Hugh Atwood. At the council table sat Skipp, village solicitor. . Specifically, the drug stores want exemption from the hours set forth for shops in town, and under the Municipal Act, this exemption can be granted. OTHER PLACES OPEN According to counsel for the stores, drug stores throughout the province are open 88 hours a week, but in Williams Lake under the new bylaw they will be restricted to 51 hours. Question by * Commission Chairman Herb Gardner drew NDICATED Rain holds woods S222 8vicatep fires in check The wet month of August has proved to be most helpful in cutting down /the number of forest fires jn the Williams Lake Forest to find hus Mrs. al shocked to find her 38-yea saw him Sunday iry will be| | das if the man had| the equipment. sing to cut his tl The district cov by the| failed, tried to shoot himse' Williams Lake rang tice ex- | mis: suceeded in|# tends north to Quesnel | taking a further River, uth to 133 Mile |shot. Two shells had been used. House, east to Miocene and the He is thought to have been dead tern boundary is formed by’ several hours Fraser River. The -couple ran the store at the NEW ENGINEER istri gi at Williams Herb F. Coupe, new district engineer a Lake, who took over his duties Monday. Mr. Coupe | formerly was employed by B.C. Power Commission. Teachers will have to organize later ts are done out of a day’s holiday and teach eee ae ily non-plussed this year by the fact that they will have their pupils under their feet” right from the wore - when schoo ay, Septem . ope Orinal practise has been for teache to assemble on the Tuesday and get themselves or- ganized to receive their pupils the following da The pupils arrived on Wednesday, sorted ou eir books and usually finished at around noon that day. ; ; i to effect is Why the new ruling has come in ; not known but at least both teachers and pupils can exonerate the local school board as the ruling i Victoria. _ _ sora oseibility js that most school principals will release their pupils at noon on the Tuesday. chool buses will be running to schedule in the morning but have been ordered to return bus pupils home at midday. Bernice Collins vacation at the coast Sunday at 10 p.m. and was | tions on the teachin: Returns from holiday band dead returned from a_ short ve in that the bylaw would only cut the stores by one hour a week at the present. Mr. Walker said his store was open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and from 9 to 12 noon on Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and two hours on alternate Sundays new bylaw allows the stores to open until 9 p.m. Friday, r-old husband, Albert Ed- cas ward Collins, lying dead at their home at Spring- hous His throat was. c and he had shotgun | wqunds on i exidenea. ppintine. Sy te Wudere i in and to One Collin’s General miles from Wil li Dos. Greek | road and had beén there for two} years. | The dec ed was known to be} level-headed type of person ac-| cording to persons who knew him and the reason why he| should have taken his own life| is a puzzle. | Besides his wite he leaves| two sons, Bobby, aged about eight, and a baby boy aged a little over one. The body has been taken to Kamloops and Mrs: Collins has gone down to North Vancouver | with her two boys. Before taking over the store Collins was on the maintenance crew at Dog Creek Airport. He He came from the coast and the funeral will be held in Surrey. . Expecting 260 more pupils I's back to reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmatic for school child- ren next Tuesday—fi school. Students will attend school at nine o'clock Tuesday morning and classes will be formed. All buses will be running and this is to be the first regular day of school. All teacher District 27 the exception of four. are pleased with the appointments in have been filled with Trustees way posi- stait have been filled and they feel tliat all schools will be completely statied by September 8 Additional appointments for this district include-locally ; Miss Irene C. Webb-Wiliams Lake Elementary, Miss P. Phelan- 150 Mile, Miss S. Langlands-150 Mile, Miss Heather Shepherd- W. L. Elementary, Joseph Calleia -W. L. High School, and Mrs. Anne Stevenson has been re- appointed to the Williams Lake High School staff. Elsewhere in District 27, Miss Dooreen M. Hampton joins the staff at Bridge Lake, Miss Lois Ann Jackson will teach at 100 Mile House, Miss Doane Cox- Dempsey Lake, Alex Hazard- Alexis Creek, L. Ennis-Black Creek. There will be approximately 260 more students attending school this year in the Williams Lake district. Last year there was an enrollment of 2210 pupils, this year pre-registration figures indicate that about 2470 children will attend classes in this area. | there is no provision for Sun- day opening—except for the fill- ing of prescriptions only. However, Mr. Walker pointed that, as the town) g macists and give himself and Mr. Magoffin a break from the long hours “on call.” ON CALL 24 HOURS This basic difference between drug stores and other retail outlets was stressed repeatedly in the presentation — the fact that no other merchant has to be on call 24 hours a day as the pharmacist has. Dr, Atwood told the commi:- sion that the medical clin biggest day for patients was on Monday, and if the drug stores Cariboo open this weekend Over 60 golfers will tee off at Williams Lake Golf Course Sunday morning where the Cariboo Open Tournament will get underway with the quality- ing round starting at ten o'clock, A great number of contest- ants will be coming from Prince George and Quesnel for the two-day event appearance of a court-room as the town’s two drug stores took their appeal against restrictions in the new closing hours bylaw before commissioners. verbal | Commissioner Ralph Woodland Lee|Walk down the street the next | Next issue were closed that day he could see delays and difficulties aris- ling in patients having prescrip- tions filled. Following | the presentation, said that if the drug stores were granted their request, he didn’t see how he, for one, could |day and face merchants who would feel the action was dis- criminatory. Outcome was that no deci was forthcoming. Commission- ers said they would discuss the situation further and possibly come up with an-answer at a special meeting next Tuesday. lumber pro Heavy rains during t. hit logging operations h. le wilh xp- Thursday, Septem- ‘Police Court Three charges were imposed Ja car accident in Glendale last week, Charges were driving [without a licence and without due care and attention. The charge of driving without a licence was laid twice as the of- fender did not take heed when he was handed the first violation. Fine for these two offences was $50 and a further $50 for driving without due care and attention. Two fines of $50 each were laid oO artin Bochar and his licence Was suspended for one month when he was found guilty of passing on a double line . Another impaired driving of- fence went before Magistrate C. Poston this week and Ralph Waines paid out $50. Four other tratfic went through court charges of intoxications. violations and six Minister will speak on Fraser bridge site Answers to the question of the site of the Fraser River bridge here should be known next Wednesday According to advice re- ceived at-noon trom Speare, MLA, Hon. Gaglardi and his engineers will be in Williams Lake that day to hold a meeting with representatives of the ranchers, lumbering indus- try and the Board of Trade. Rain causes sharp duction fall he last three weeks have ard and have caused a slump in lumber production. A check with logging com- panies operating in the Wil- fiams Lake area showed that practically all bush crews and most mills have been closed an average of 10 days during the month of August. West Fraser Timber Com/* reported that. all bush of Glendale been for five days. This means production lo&s of about, 1,000, 000 board feet eir cut ound crews working out for about August. However, the mill h never ceased operating. fact that loggers couldn't work made the total intake of the mill drop by about 50 percent for the one month. The com- pany figures that they operate full time 10 months out of 12 during an average year. It is felt that 1959 will be no differ- ent because the short break-up last spring allowed a lot of work to be done. Allfir Lumber reports that they have had to shut down four mills out of five for the past week. Only one mill has been operating full time. The heavy rains make the dirt roads impassable mud bogs and dragging and hauling of logs is brought to a standstill Most bush crews and mills started back to work on a nor- mal schedule yesterday and timber companies are hoping for a reasonably dry fall. 15 days SCENIC TRACK The Lake Auto Racing Club may not the bend in have the best track in the world for js Carl Seib their stock car races, but there are . ; probably few others with the same b Fred Je scenic background. Here rounding ace meet se — last Sunday’s trophy dash ert in the lead followed bert. For story on first e Page Five, First Section. shtt, down | a gnum Ltd. stated that bush of Spring- on to Richard Mitchell following]house have had to stop work} is} § 100,000 board feet per THIS IS REAL FISHING! You don’t have to head for the coast to get big fish, as this photograph proves. Angler Jim Bonner of Big Creek is shown here with the 159-pound stur- geon he caught last Wednesday in the Fraser River. Jim, who works for Wells Logging, was making good use of time off for wet weather when he landed this fellow. He was fishing below the mouth of the Chilcotin River with ‘an $0-pound test line and lan- ded two more about 80-pounds each when the big one took his bait. Resulting battle lasted two hours and was made tougher when the fish broke Jim’s rod. And they come in bigger sizes. Jim says he tied into another the same day that would have made this one “look like a pup.” Grandstand idea approved for next year’s Stampede The Stampede Association will build a perma- nent, raised grandstand with facilities underneath to accommodate a pari-mutuel booth, wash roms and concessions. ca IT Oa Decision was reached at a meeting Monday night when a report from. a Vancouver lamin- ated wood construction company was presented. to the meeting.| Mel Haper, representative of the Vancouver firm, illustrated the different types of grandstands that could be employed and the to decide where the structure would be placed, and how many seats could be built for next year’s stampede. The grand- stand will be built in such a way so that additional open seats may be added and a roof put over them at a later date. | A nominating committee was jappointed at Monday’s meeting to select seven candidates for the election of officers to take Place at the next meeting which will be held September 21. The report from the grand- stand committee will also go be- fore the meeting. Post Office changes hours Along with the change in _re- tail store hours September 14, the local post office will also make some changes, according to Postmaster Cece Rhodes. The Post office will now close Monday afternoons instead of Wednesday as formerly. Change is effective September 14.