Se eae i en ee ~ Volume 27 — Number 38 Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, September 23; 1959 Single Copy 10c — $3 per year 280 PINTS FOR RED CROSS Power Commission Hospital group purchasing plan fails to go through W: Lousle: ar Memorial Hospital administrator Hugh y attended the annual meeting last week of the B.C. Hospitals’ Association for the north east regional council which w: . In the endeavor to cut hospital costs, the meeting held a lengthy discussion on the standardization of hospital supplies such as food, drugs and equipment. It was felt that group pur- chasing for the eight hospitals concerned would materially re duce costs but the scheme fell down when it was learned that supply houses would not cooper: ate. Another debate tool the possibility of organising a regional X-ray service by which the eight hospitals in the region would employ thetr logist. In vi t tive distances involved in a region stretching from Fort St. John to Williams Lake it was felt that the idea was out of the question. The time spent at each hospital would be strictly limited, and the scheme would be costly both in time and money. is place on Next item on the agenda was a discussion on regional bargain- ing with regard to union agree- ments. It was found that only three hospitals, Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George had 9. | Mornin: as held at Prince George. Two injured in district accidents broken ribs when a cat being loaded on a truck fell from the truck and the canopy struck Smith’s chest. The accident hei pened at 9:40 a.m. last Saturday Smith was taken to Memorial Hospital by car. A Horsefly man, Barry Flynn, 21, was rushed to Williams Lake Hospital ‘with a bullet Wound in his right leg. Barry was out target shooting with his 22 re- peater on’ Saturday. He finished shooting, took the ammunition clip out and ‘handed the rifle to his knowing that there was one bullet still left in the chamber. The girl stepped back and stumbled, somehow the rifle went agreements. Accordingly it was decided that these three would cooperate in formulating agree- ments and make their findings| available to the other five hospit-| als at Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Pouce Coupe, Vanderhoof and Burns Lake. A resolution was passed calling on the provincial government to underwrite the employer's portion ofthe hospital employees super- nuation Scheme. ~ i anf tween them, have more staff than the rest of the small hospital put together. sidential approved night. out by C. J. Oliver Ltd. new Canadian Bank of Commerce} Det p§otit of $2: si Siaace. On Ab et i | ente | White off and the bullet caught Flynn Building permits Two commercial and three re- building permits were by commission last Commerciil permits were taken for the | Williams © Lake ash. cracls; ‘permits to J. Toth, c issued home carport. attractions, and Ernest Smith, 44, who w working for San Jose Logging}: near Jones Lake, suffered three girl friend to hold, not! starting late this fall. T height of 20 feet and wil 000 gallons. Work is exp about three weeks. Tank hill. TO INCREASE WATER STORAGE This will be the new water reservoir which will supply Williams Lake and Glendale ‘with water he tank itself reaches a l have a capacity of 250,- ected to be completed in is located on the airport - 1959 STAMPEDE REALIZED PROFIT OF OVER $4,000 The 1959 running of pede resulted in a net pr ing to the financial repor pede Association annual m Comparing the profit picture to! the two year’s previous, the figure for 1959 looked a healthy Lone... In 1957 thé show made a 53.06 and in 1958 1 yw receipts atter operat- es of t Welcome visitor at Monday’s Canadian Legion branch meeting w president Mrs. Francis Lew who presented Legion president Tom LAND Mason with CHEQUE FOR s Auxiliary right, payment on the existing Police court items Driver of one car involved in a head-on collision on the Likely road faced two charges in police court last week. Fulton Johnson was fined $15 for not having a driver’s licence and $100 or ten days default for driving on the wrong side of the road. He ser- ved the ten days in jail A minor, William ° Summerville, charged with dri ing without due care and atten- tion, was fined $60. The youth was arrested about two miles out of town on the Cariboo highway. His car reached speeds of between 5 and 75 miles an hour and he was driving on the left hand side of the road. A first offender for theft, Ken Kennedy, was given one day and fined $50 or 14 days in default Gordon | § for stealing tires which amounted to more than $50 in value. with the first term. Supplying an Indian with alco- hol cost Fred Belcourt $50 or $3¢ days in default. suspended for due care and attention Ronald Boehm had his licence one month and paid out $25 for driving without Another r the Williams Lake Stam- ofit of $4,044.12, accord- t presented at the Stam- eeting Monday. mony of Legionnaires was car- Monday bers were formally admitted to Branch President Tom there ready although many had not been able Legion branch has mass initiation ried out at the Canadian Legioh night when 14 new mem- 139. Welcoming the new comers Mason said that 38 new members admission altogether, were for to be in attendance that night. ing Kiwanis Club; concessions}He hoped that by the following rentals, brought in $1,260.a0y;-year the branch would be 250 Pari mutuel, $302.46: donations | strong. ‘ $451; © pony ratmé~ g390,86;]~ 2 \ s 4 4,|_. During the course of jthe meet= Indian dangel hall $164.00. u 4 : ae i See ee i oe ans prestitent of the Legon Aux up thgevalance Gwar sents cate i 5417.50 in arela | yo/$287,00) representing the down prize money / was pald gut ment 0 an adjacent lot which competitors, of which 33,08 baa Legion hab purchased’ for was made up Gf entry tees ensions to the existing build- ected. Race prizes amounted t6) ing 31 ), of which $669.00 Was entry fees. Other large expendi-| Initiates were E. Boxeur, H.| tures included feed for ‘stock,|Fourt. 0. R. Frank, B. Hooker, | $3,670.40; advertising and print-|A. Mushins, J. Pyska, J. 8. Smith. | ing 964.6: arena wages; A. Sorge, B. M. Toews, R. $1,410.50; parade prizes, Wood, C. Wilson, D. R. $270.00, and amusement tax 0 E. Foston and F. Waterhouse P-TA’s attend Delegates from 25 Pa from Merritt to Quesnel Thursday. Mrs. H. L. Horan, Ist vice- president of the Federation from Vancouver, will be in charge of the program which starts at 1:30 in the afternoon. The first ses- sion will consist of a workshop “The Federation and You,” fol lowed by reports from each as- sociation. After a no-host dinner in the United Church, delegates will hear a discussion at 7:30 on “The | a cheque from the ladies for $237. Money represents the down an adjacent lot which the Legion has purchased for extension to puilding. $ fine was handed down for driving without due care and at tention to Donald Long. An Indian woman, Lora Charlie, appeared before Magistrate C. H. Poston on her fifth intoxication one month as fifth appearance intoxication. . in court ) Thirteen other cases in the last week. traffic violations totalled three. Herbie Johny went away for it was also his for of drunkeness went through court Additional | vention 375. |Best For our Children,” a chal- lenge to P-TA then an evaluation | of the conference. Local president Gil urged all who are interested the welfare of children to attend these sessions. The first meeting of the fall season of the Elementary P-TA met Tuesday night and was well attended with approximately 60 members and teachers present. The teachers were introduced by principal Ken Kingwell. Two resignations were accepted; one from C. Odine as vice-presi- Mundell, in Es A two-month jail term was|eharge this year. In view of] °°") iyo other grom John Stewart handed down to Victor Braun for) special circumstances the mast) .- pogtam chairman. Mrs. H vesisting arrest by a police offier.| strate fined the woman $25 Fl Pichanan and G. L. Brodie were Victor was arrested for driving|one month in default lected respectively to the two while intoxicated and he and his! —_—— positions. brother Peter struggled with the Mrs, D. Dixon was elected constables. Peter Braun was} An intoxicated man, Jonny i oa inman, en two months for obstructing|Edgar Moore, went to court for) Nt kd so the coming an officer in his duty. The seven|the fifth time this year on a) 7) 0 approved. Largest out- day sentence tor the intoxicated |charge of intoxication. He Mir flay will be for a $100 bursary *, e ve s in jal utd driving charge runs concurrently [sentenced to two months in Jail) warded to a chosen graduate of the Wiliams Lake High School who enters UBC for recognized teacher training. Other proposals in- cluded a school grant of $75; four small donations to March of Dimes and others $35; and ex- penses for a delegate to the con- Cash on hand, mem- bership dues and tea money will Delegates From 25 Interior conference rent-Teacher Associations have been invited to at- tend a Regional Conference at Williams Lake next $260., raised bring in an_ estimated leaving only $200 to be during the year. The student accident scheme which covers children to and from school and during school activ ties, will not’ be renewed this year by the local insurance office. The P-TA will write directly to the head office to see if other ar- rangements can be made to con- tinue this insurance policy. conducting fuel tests locally A delicate experiment is being conducted today by the B.C. Power Commission at the Wil- liams Lake plant to test the feasibility of ‘ operating gas- diesel generators on a fuel of propane gas. The local plant generators now operate on natural gas and diesel, that is diesel fuel is used to start the motors and then they operate on gas. If the man- ufactured gas, propane, is suc- cessful in combination with die- sel starting, tae Commission could convert present all-diesel generators at plants like Mc- sride where natural gas is not available, but where rail ship- ment of propane from Alberta is possible. Propane is much cheaper than diesel and would result in a say- ing of 20 percent in operating costs where conversion is made. This morning the machine be- ing used for the experiment was changed over for operation on propane and following a day’s operation readings will be taken to determine what adjustments are necessary for most efficient operation. In testing this new procedure is delicate propane gas is heavier than air and it tends to settle in lower regions of the machine and if there is a leak it will settle about the floor of a building. This quality of the gas makes it dangerous because-the slight- est spark or flame could ignite i fuel the because A representative of the diesel manufacturing company is here from Edmonton to watch the proceedings. Also present are gas distributors from Seattle, Vancouver and Williams Lake. It was, pointed. out that this particulay uni eu gas weg is the fuel to/run th unit and supply power. Result and recording of thi: | }exp! next week’ Fulton to visit 's Tribune. " here next month The Honourable E. Davie Fulton, Minister of Justice tor Canada and member of parlia- the last ten days of October in his riding. October 27. visiting loca Lake on Tuesday addition to and lumbering industry district, Mr. Fulton will lunching with the Williams Lak will meet village commissioner’ at their regular meeting. Licences were applicants Busine: Business licences, the following issue to G. H. Searff, chimney sweep an Johnny Paul, painting and deco ating. is a dual fuel eriment will be published in ment for this district, will spend He will be coming to Williams In representatives of the ranching in the be Kiwanis Club and, in the evening, at last night’s Commission meeting: NUMBER OF well up to expectations at Canadian Red Cross wanted 150 voluntary donors in ‘order to make their three-hour stand here worth while. They prepared for as many as 200 persons but, in fact, 280 people were put through. Credit for the splendid turn-up goes to the Ladies of the Royal Purple whosé committee chaired by Mrs. Fred Bass organized the campaign. . They commenced their activi- ties several weeks in advance Death. ruled accidental The death of Albert Edward Collins, 37, was caused by selt inflicted wounds from a shotgun in the lett side of the neck. This was the conclusion and resulting statement of a coroner’s inquiry which was fifalized last Friday. Information from, the patholo- gists report indicated that the wound may have caused concus- sion in the spinal cord and brain which resulted in death. A re- port from the RCMP showed that there were no suspicions of foul play and death was suicidal. Collin’s body was found by his wife on the night of August 30 at their Springhouse home. Mrs. Collins returned home from a short vacation at the coast to find her husband dead on the floor. He had apparently cut his throat and shot himself twice. BoE pais Friday when almost double the re people gaye their services. BLOOD DONORS DOUBLE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE Residents of Williams Lake and district came the blood donor clinic last quired number of with press publicity in the Trib- une. This was ‘solidly backed up by house to house canvassing and dozens of letters inviting donors to give their services. In addition, the town was flooded with posters advertising the cam- paign. : The 14 nurses and aides who performed the actual “blood letting” left Prince George at 9 am. on Friday morning and arrived in time to set up their apparatus in the Elks Hall where beds had already been laid out in readiness for the donor service. Soon after 6:30 that evening there was a line-up of customers sucking on straws as they drank the Coke, served to them in ad- vance of the blood-giving. As beds become vacant, each donor lay down and was waited on by a nurse. A slight prick of a needle on the upped forearm and the patient felt nothing more until the nurse withdrew the hollow needle through which blood had been pumped by the heart to flow by gravity to the pint bottle below. The donor was then asked to lie down and rest for ten minutes atter which he or she was given a cup of tea and asked not to smoke for about an hour. In the meantime, the bottle of blood just sealed was put into refriger- ation for transfer to the blood bank in Vancouver. e is n 1 e s + OFF TO d 1 bottle is then placed und STORAGE Another pint of blood for the Red Cross blood bank. Nurse at left has just brought this pint over to the laboratory technician’s table and is capping it. The er refrigeration. Sterilized bottles at right are ready to be filled. i i i ho were Pictured above are a group of Legionaires Ww € formally initiated into the fast growing Canadian Branch 139 on Monday night. Seated in the centre 1 Kohnke. Bee wearing berets are charter president Tony Wood land, president Tom Mason and past president Felix