Volume 27 — Number 36 Williams Lake, B.C., Thursday September 10, 1959 Single Copy 10¢ — $3 per year SHEEP REEK fie FIRST DAY Not too much anxiety here as these first graders attend the new elementary school for the first time. Front row fro mleft to right are Michael Norquay. First day of school holds no qualms for these second graders at Skyline School as they move around the MAJOR SALE OCTOBER 29-30 Special cattle sale dates announced by the Cariboo Cattlemen's Association following a direc- tors’ meeting last night are ‘October 29 and 30. Commercial classes of cattle will be sold October 29 and judging of 4H Calf Club entries will held that afternoon. ; Onn Ontober 30, a sale of registered bulls will be held. ith Alo: with the cattle functions will be held. The Board of Trade holds a ‘cocktail party for the ranchers, and the Elks will hold their big Klondyke night on October 30. Junior farmers are luncheon guests of the Kiwanis Club on their judging day. sale, several other AT SCHOOL .- Benjamin Abbott, young Ted Abbott (just visit- and Patricia Latin. ing) ground are Mrs. Mrs. F. Latin. R. desks talking over their experiences during the sum- mer holidays. Big day for newcomers and their mothers : is portrayed above as a class of first graders assemble at the old Elementar School known as Parkside School. In the’ picture are Mrs. J. Connor with her daughter Roberta and Mrs. D. Whelan and her son Peter. James Worthington, 14, suf- fered a lacerated left leg when he was injured by a power saw at his home in Horsefly last Norquay Sunday evening. Mothers Mrs. in the back- J. Abbott and Drug sto observe hours ag Drug stores ii same stores Williams Lake will observe the hours of business for retail establishments as laid down in the néw Store Closing Hours bylaw, according to a decision made Tuesday night by the village commission. Druggists had asked for excep- tion of closingshours restrictions when they pregented a brief on their problem Jast week. Ques- tion had been hid over until this week’s special council meeting. In discussing the petition, com- missioners offéred such opinions as “if they were drug stores I would agree, but they are general stores” and “I would rather throw out the entire bylaw then make this exception?’ Commissioiners were unamin- ous in their decision to let the bylaw stand, Under its pro- visions, drug stores must keep the same hours as bther retail stores, except that the dispensary may be opened for the filling of prescriptions. Accidental death verdict returned “Adolph Bob Johnson came to his death Augus at 5:15 p.m. on the wa War Memorial Hospital following an accident on private property adjacent to Armes Brother’ warehouse as a result of internal injuries when he was run over by the front wheels of a truck. Other members Tom of the Denny, Peter Richard Holmes, , and Del Campbell. jury Ramsey Blair, PERMITS ISSUED Two applications’ for building permits were approved by com- missioners Tuesday. One was issued to Mrs Wanda Mielnik for $850 to convert a residence in- to a florist shop, and the other was for $12,000 to Felix Kohnke for a residence. Preliminary figures show school population rising While school it population, is too early the few to get a firm idea on returns available indi- cate that there will be a considerable increase again this term as the Cariboo district continues to grow. known to La Hache where 157 increas siggest at Lac enrolment bas gone up to trom a ire of 106 when hool came out in June. There are only three classrooms in Lac La Hache and the new chool population will require five classrooms, © Endeavours are being made by the school board to alleviate ng the At 100 Mile House the high New hours for Tribune next week | Along with the majority of business houses in Williams Lake The Tribune will be making a slight change in hours effective next week. The office of the newspaper will be open all day Monday, but the office supply department will not beopen for business Monday afternoon. The office will be open all day Saturday instead of only Satur- day mornings as in the past. Friday evening opening will not be observed school also has a considerable increase in enrolment from 163 but part of this has been caused by the high school tak- g grade 12 this year. In town figures have pot yet been made available but it seems as though there will be a little under 400 pupils at the elementary school and just over 400 at Junior-Senior High. The latter will represent some- thing like a 10 percent increase. Horsefly school figures are in and show an increase from 61 pupils in June to 75 this term. An effort is being made by the school board to give more help with transportation this term, Arrangements have been made to transport 28 primary grade children trom Glendale to Williams Lake where they will have to attend following the education department’s refusal to build an additional class- room in the suburb. Transport- ation has also been made avail- able by way of taxi to several children who have to tramp up and down the steep hill of the Chilcotin road to attend Sky- line, Firm enrolments for most of the schools in District 27 will be published in next week's Tribune. Representatives of th tries who attended a me to talk over the question new Fraser series of shocks. In the first place, Mr. Gaglardi was not present, and had evidently never intended being on hand. (Word that the minister would be present had come through MLA Bill Speare). In his place was Roy McLeod, assistant to the deputy minister. But what was more important to the local men was the un- pleasant fact that the bridge site had been selected and that all the discussion in the world was not likely to change it. Low level After an hour’s verbal’ skir- mishing around the visiting en- gineers’ expressed recommenda- tions of the Sheep Creek site as opposed to the more expen- sive high level bridge site at Meldrum Creek, Mr. McLeod was asked point blank if the department’s mind was made D. He replied, “It be a low level bridge. is going to It will could be shown that factors were such that the added cost of a high level bridge would be warranted, it was still not too late to make a change. Besides Mr. McLeod, the visiting engineers included Jim Pomeroy, regional engineer; Norm Zapf, location engineer; Doug Perkins, regional location engineer, as well as local dis trict engineer Herb Coupe. economic 8m. to one Big argument in favor of the Sheep Creek site over Meldrum Creek was the cost factor. Estimate of the former (just upstream from the presént structure) is one million dol- lars, against eight million. Mr. Zapf told the local men that Sheep Creek hill with its switch-backs was no longer an approach problem. He said a road had been located up the hill that could be constructed with grades comparable to those of the Hope-Princeton Highway. This approach road would al- low the use of large truck- trailer units necessary to both the lumbering and ranching in- dustry in the Chilcotin, he But just when the road with its passable grades would be a reality is another matter of Cemetery board appointed Establishment of a local ceme- tery board to act in an advisory capacity was approved by commis- sioners Tuesday night. Commissioner Ralph Woodland, reporting on progress in forming such a board, said that local ministers contacted had agreed to serve as well two laymen rep- resenting fraternal orders with plots in the cemetery. The board will serve until January 1, 1960, and will then be subject to re-appointment. On the first board will be Rev. Fr. George McKenna, Rev. E. P. Funk, Rev. A. Anderson, Rev. E. H. Wallace, Harold Richardson and R. M. Blair. Commissioner Woodland will be chairman. Since there have been several cemetery committees set up in the past, the new board is appealing to any member of previous com- mittees who might have corres- pondence or papers concerning the cemetery to turn them over to the new body. River bridge to the Chilcotin with Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi, were treated to a F NEW BRIDGE as must Petider call published on span over Fraser e district’s primary indus- eting yesterday afternoon of proposed sites for the concern, the local men learned. The part of the project that is to be undertaken immedt- ately is the bridge structure self, not the roads winding down to the bridge. fhe new bridge can, at present, be tied into existing road approaches. On this subject the eagineers were silent. ‘They said the new approach road up Sheep Cresk was part of their recommenda- tions, but they did not know when this work would be under- taken. Board of Trade bridge com- mittee members Doug Steven- son and Dan Lee stressed the|, fact that the Chileotin road would soon be a major trans- portation route to the Pacific. Referring to the cost diiferen- tial, Mr. Stevenson said he felt the government was going to| Corporal Alex J. Davidson has eventually spend many times|taken over as second in command that in justifying an error that|of the Williams Lake RCMP de is being made today. tatchment, replacing Corporal Bill Henderson who was trans- fore to Armstrong, B.C. Corp- Cpl. Alex J. Davidson, now second in command of the local detachment of the RCMP, who re- places Cpl. Bill Hender- son. New corporal joins detachment Bridge now An inquest into the death of|be at Sheep Cree : ot Dae eee Adolph Johnson who died im) He also said it was a point of) pe tocal mon though were|errong whee he mas in elon Williams Lake on Monday, |some embarrassment to him that topoea to comerto the conclusion |o¢ the sores there for nearly oe August 24 after being run over/he had been informed that the|tnay even in the matter of |\veara Us a truck on First Avenue.|tendér call for construction of hecmere mics men xt oe eee dudeg WE ve forge acsirden-| then bridge at Sheep} -Oreek far { poitited |» he AL da } woulkt appear in the IneAl paper that ¢eommitmen® to” theltwo er ldven, Heather ase 12 and man jury headed by|the following day. million dolar proicet| poppy’ age nine. na Titiord brought back the} Mr. McLeod pointed out, Id probably mean a delay eas ‘i following verdict: |nowever, that if the engineers several years, while the low level bridge was ir the immed: jare future. On the third site proposal of Chimney Creek, which wou Trades licences also accommodate a low Trades licences were approved bridge, it disclosed that|Tuesday by commissioners for there was little choice between |Reliable Ignition Products, Van- it and Sheep Creek, although|couver, sales and agent; C. J. the former would necessitate|Oliver Ltd., Vancouver, general the reconstruction of 3.8 miies|contractor, and J. P. Simpson, of road more than the latter| Williams Lake, building con- site. tractor. yal a . as Sa . Se SCHOOL’S A BEWILDERING PLACE Not every first grader shows wild enthusiasm for this new experience of going to school. This little fellow at Skyline sheds a quiet tear in this new environ- ment of desks, blackboards and teachers.