Wednesday,

September 16,

1959

THE ‘WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE |

TIMBER AND MILLS
‘ustion of Timber
1 Sale X79391

ere will be
sale at public auction Tr
a.m., on October 16. 1‘
the office of

Three (3) years will b
allowed for ft
fetes Temoval of

Provided’ anyone unable to
attend the auction in person
may submit a sealed tender,
to be opened at the hour of
auction ‘and treated as one
id.

Further particulars may be
obtained trom the Deputy
Minister of Forests, Victoria,
3.C.; the District’ Forester,
Kamloops, B.C.; or the Forest
Ranger, Horsefly, B.C.
Gazette Sept. 3, 1959

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iStock car racing providing lots
of thrills and spills for enthusiasts

There were lots of thrills and spills at the stock
ear races held in Williams Lake last Sunday after-
noon as cars rolled over and one went around the
track with a wheel missing.

The Australian pursuit race
captured a lot of excitement
from the crowd as Fred Seibert
in the C & S car No. 789 drove.
a lap and a half around the oval
with his right front wneel miss-
ing. The car was in third place
and just going. to pass 0-300
from Quesnel when the wheel
came off. Freddy didn’t even

riding in car 103, sponsored by
Alex Shaw, went over the ‘bank.
But Al wasn’t having any of
that, he charged his auto back
up the bank onto the oval and
completed his laps.

NEW RECORD

A new track record was set
by Freddy Seibert who won in
a time of 24 seconds flat. This
speed is five seconds faster than
the time set at the first races
held on the track. Williams
Lake oval’ is at this time the

kept on trying to pass. He-did
one and a half laps before he
saw the red flag signalling bim
off the track. When he saw the
red flag he thought that he
had a flat tire, but it wasn’t
flat—it wasn’t even there.
Next morning a local Indian
chief walked into the C & S$

know it had come off and he|Shop with the missing wheel.|ractest dirt track in the Cari-

It had rolled down from the

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4-room suites.

: . CAR ROLLS ‘ - eae é
Two duplexes on adjacent lots totalling four Anothey -thtilier was we” a|Ct™ 1° 2° & was bis fret
Full i = _was the -Altime racing. Three Seibert
ully automatic heat, ranges. main event in which car 100/prothers are racing now:

One duplex has hot water system, other requires
In growing Glendale district
store.

hot water tanks.
adjacent to new
$280.00 per month.
$4,000.00 and terms.

Write Box 366-or Phone

boo. However, a new oval is
being put in at Quesnel, but it
is not known when races may
be held there.

Face track across the highway
and almost all the way down
to the lake. An Indian tho had
watched the races found it and
returned the tire to Fred say-
ing that he liked watching the
races a lot.

Two new local cars and their
drivers were introduced to the
crowd Sunday. Al Seibert was
driving 103 and did an excep-

rolled over when driver Denny
Styn lost control on a turn.
Quesnel auto Sweet 16, driven
by Jack Hartnett, smashed in-
to Denny's car and knocked it
for another loop. Car 100 is
sponsored by Taylor-Boughton.
Fred Seibert won the A main
Williams Lake 60 in 789. Larry. Baker from
. Quesnel pushed C-300 across the

Freddy, Carl and Al. Bill Rube
was the other new rambler who
rode in car 102. Both new cars
are sponsored by Alex Shaw.

There is just no ‘stopping
Freddy, especially when he has
all four wheels on the track.
Fred paraded the checkered flag
for winning the trophy dash.
Carl Seibert followed his broth-

Steady revenue of
000.00 for cash or

line in second place. er across the line to take second

An interesting incident oc-|place in No. 101. Third man
curred in the time trials too. A]to finish was Stu Gustafson in
Enjoy new local driver, Al Seibert,]No. 3 from Prince George.

the

Loggers, Firemen
battle to 9-9 draw

Loggers and Firemen battled to a nine-all tie
in last Friday night’s lacrosse game at War Memorial
Arena. It was a rough, hard-fought game in which
four penalties were handed out.

Log
playin

for the

Star forward
| Harry Buchanan \close and each team was fighting
jand his absence put the Firemen |ya+q to put in the winning goal.
jon even terms with their victors) j, was in the last quarter that

wasn't

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crated and renovated following
last month.

Completely redec
the fire of

of the previous week’s game.

The first period ended with
each team having three goals to
its credit. Action was fast in the
first quarter as the boys were
fresh and playing hard. With a
tie score checking was close and
penalties were handed out to Reg
Norberg and Stu McNiven for
fighting. Stu McNiven,
Bucholtz and Lou Woodkey
chalked up one apiece for the
Loggers. Firemen Reg Norberg
shot two in and Fred Hutchinson
got a goal to even things up in
the opening quarter.

Again in the second period
Stu McNiven broke through to
score two more and Lou Woodkey
made another to put Loggers
ahead 6-3. The Firemen did not
score in the second period.

The Firemen started to come
from behind in the third quarter
scoring two to one. Fred Huteb-
inson and Al Blair threw in one
| each for the fire fighters. Logger
Reg Norberg got the only goal
for his team. At the end of the
|thira total score was 7-5 for the
| Woodsmen.

|
| LAST PERIOD SPLURGE

The challenging Firemen out-
scored the Lepetich boys in the
jast period scoring four to the
Loggers’ two. In the Jast min-
utes of the game with an even
score of nine all, checking was

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Keith Maltman, —_— former
Quesnel resident now living in
Kelowna,
Pan-American Games heavy-
weight wrestling division held
two weeks ago in Chicago.

Maltman won two straight
matches before being decisioned
py 280-pound Bill Kerslake of
the United States. Kerslake
was seven times U.S. champion
and twice world champion.

When in Quesnel, Keith was
recreation director and active in
the Decathlon Club.

Curling next

‘The emphasis will soon be on
curling again. Ice will prob-
ably be ready for the end of
October and both the men’s and
women’s clubs are calling their
first meetings of the season.

finished second in the}

|carl Bucholtz and Garry Hutch-
inson received penalties and
went to the box for roughness.
Fred Hutchinson plunged on the
Logger goal to chalk up two
more while Reg Norberg and Al
Blair got one each.

Carl Bucholtz and Lou Woodke
retaliated with a goal each and
the teams battled in dead-lock
until the final whistle blew. The
tie could not be broken, the play-
ers were exhausted and the
Loggers missed Harry Buchanan’s
four or five scores that he usually
makes each game -

High point makers for the
Loggers were Stu McNiven and
Lou Woodke who shot in three
each. Carl Bucholtz had two
successes and Pete Routley made
one goal. Firemen hot-shot was
Fred Hutchinson who filled the
net four times. Reg Norberg
shot three and Al Blair made two.

Ref last Friday was Ramsay
Blair while Norman White was
time keeper. There were about
20 spectators attending the game
and only $8.30 was taken in at
the ticket box

Lillooet revives
‘its rodeo

|
LILLOOET—There will likely
be some controversy over the

claim by a few local residents
that the Lillooet Rodeo is the
old: established rodeo meet in

| British Columbia
be the S3rd.
They cannot remember when
lit dates back to, but that is the
jclaim. Anyhow, after a lapse
lof a few years, it was revived
jlast Saturday and from the suc-
lcess achieved will undoubtedly

It is said to

become on annual event once
| more.
The three main events of

saddle brone riding, steer riding
and bareback riding drew a
good number of entries and
more than $500 in prizes was
paid out for these three events

Winners were:

Saddle brone riding (11 en-
tries): 1, Joe Lebordeau; 2,
Henry Bowie; 3, Richard Paul

Steer riding (11 entries): 1
Pat Alex; 2, Joe Alex; 3, Jett

Roaring into the near turn on an improved track
are six stock cars as they begin the first lap of the
fast heat race. The black car pictured here second
in line on the outside is number 103, driven by Al

Williams Lake man Denny’
Styn roared to a winning finish
in the slow heat. Quesnel job
Sweet 16 carried Jack Hartnett
to second place.

Quesnel racer Chuck Byrd, in
No. 47, hit the bank on a curve
and rolled over three times. A
door came off as the car rolled
and Churck received a cut on
his wrist. It was in, the B.
main that 47 went over.

bring down a checkered ag.
Williams Lake racer Bill Rube
paraded 102 across the line in
number three spot.

Carl Seibert won the fast
heat in Elton Elliott's car 101
and brother Fred took second.
Stu Gustafson placed third for
Prince George.

The ‘Australian pursuit was
won by 103 driven by Al Seibert
and cond place went to Ques-
nel when Larry roared in driv-
ing C-300.

Four women took
track for a powder
Entrants were Mrs.

FIRST TIME WINNER

New local star Al Seibert
wrapped up first place in the B
Main. Prince George driver Ed
Mersner was second: man to

over the
puff race.
J. Ponto,

Seibert and sponsored by Alex Shaw. Number 103
later won the Australian pursuit race. This was
Al’s first crack at stock car driving and he came out
on top.

driving 102, who won the race;
Mrs. A. Seibert in 103 took the
second place; Miss M. Seamon
crossed the line third in car
C-300; Mrs. Elton Elliott drove
101 and was last to finish. The
four women did a lot of passing
and maintained fast speeds.

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Red Cross Home
Nursing Classes

Flagman Sunday was Arthur aa ae
Mushins, timekeeper and recora| Classes will start in Wil-
man was Bill Laird, backfield} liams Lake September 24
flagman was Gordon Hoover.| at the Kiwanis Health
jNorton Olsson did the announe-| Centre. Register now at

ing, Ernie Taylor was pit boss.| Ang Variety Store. For in-

formation phone Mrs. W.
Ivens, 283-M.

Next races will be held in
Williams Lake on Sunday, Sep-
tember 27.

9
‘ O: course, there was just a handful of people

Williams Lake when the Bank of Montreal arrived.

That was when the settlers were still coming in ai

the community was beginning to take shape. I hadn't
been here for long myself at that time. Things sure

have changed since the B of M arrived.

“Now, let’s see... it would be in 1919 — Sep-
tember, I think it was that the B of M opened. That

in in the bungalow-type building at Oliver and First
that we all came to know so well. And, come to think
of it, it’s nearly a year now since the present B of M
building was opened on the same site.

“Why, do you know it’s 40 years that the B of M’s
been here. It’s a long time and we've seen a lot of
progress and shared in it, too, through working to-
gether.”

nd

was about the same time the P.G.E. railroad reached
here. Well, the bank started off in a little wooden

shack, just west of MacKenzie’s department store.

“For about a year, service was only provided a
couple of days a week and the bank staff came from

150 Mile House on horseback. Bur, as the communi
grew, the B of M extended its service to full-time ai
moved to larger premises.

“That would be about 1921—and the bank opened

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TO 2 MILLION CANADIANS

McCleod.
Bareback riding (15 entries)
1, Hector McDonald; 2, Winkie

George; 3, Merle Morgan.

WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN

Bank OF Monrreay

Here and throughout the length and breadth of the
nation, the Bank of Montreal has grown with the com-
munity, sharing in its growing pains as well as in its
achievements.

And, in hamlets and villages, towns and cities, the
B of M is still pioneering with the men and women who
are building the Canada of tomorrow.

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Canadas Fit Bank

Williams Lake Branch:
THOMAS LARSON, Manager

EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE