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THE WILLIAMS

LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday December 23, 1959

Players will
select two plays
for local festival

Two one-act plays will be
selected by the Williams Lake
Players Club for performance
in the Central Cariboo Musical
Festival next spring, according
to a decision made at the club’s
meeting last week.

Of the two, one will probably
be selected for entry in the
Prince George Drama Festival.

Harry Calleia will direct one
of the plays and Mrs. Warren
Hayes the other. Selection of
plays has not been made as yet.

Warren Hayes will represent
the club at a zone meeting of
the Drama Festival Association
to be held in Quesnel next July.

The local players are branch-
ing out with the formation of a
radio study group. Techniques
of radio performance will occupy
the attention of this section of
the club under Luciene Gregoire

FIRST BALLOT

and Beryl Gough. A

The club will not know the] Casting the first ballot in last Thursdayges civic
results of the adjudication of| election was postmaster Cece Rhodes, left, as re-
their five-scene play “Face in turning officer Tony Woodland looks on. Photo-
the Mirrir” until after the end) grapher had. to wait 26 minutes after the poll

of January. At that time they |,
will know whether they made or

opened to get the first voter.

Agriculture department official

Comments on

KAMLOOPS—The B.C. De-
partment of Agriculture and the
two major provincial cattlemen’s
organizations don’t agree over
the need for assistance to Cari-
boo ranchers hit by the failure
of the 1959 hay crop due to bad
weather,

The cattlemen say that breed-
ing herds are endangered be-
cause ranchers have neither the
hay, nor the money, to buy feed.
to keep them through the win-
ter.

The directors of the Beef
Cattle Growers’ Association say
there’s more need for assistance
that the government appreciates.

On the other hand, a Depart-
ment of Agriculture spokesman
said a survey made in the Cari-
boo indicated “ the situation is
not nearly as bad as what it was
made out to be.”

G. A. Luyat, supervising dis-
trict agriculturist, added how-
ever that his department is still
“looking at the situation since
no one can tell what may hap-
pen from day to da:

missed one of the six spots open
to clubs in the province for per-
formance in the regional finals
of the Dominion Festival at Vic-

ae OUR MAN IN HAVANA by)clines the job—a job which en-

ri Graham Green (Heinemann), | tails the appointing of sub-

Out of proceeds from the per-| gs oo, agents and sending reports to
formance of this play locally, lo ~

This would appea - i
the club hagipurchaséa two anor: is would appear to be a ter-| London in code

lights for the High School stage, |""° Piece of irony about the| tr, Wormold’s chief interest,

which will be left for use by|°cCTe! Service and its head/in fact his only interest, in life

school players. © [office in London. As the story is his daughter, Milly, who is
5 opens, Mr. Henry Hawthorne

ne ined . : being raised as a strict Catholic
ers’ Club willbe Rela the second [2 sured in Havana tor the | in accordance with a promise
Friday iit Tanuazy. [Purpose ° setting up an SS | made to his wife, Milly
5 - In casting about for a|pefore she ran away
man to act as agent his atten-| other man
tion is drawn to Mr. Wormold.|
Jan obscure busin who|
In Czechoslovakia, the Christ-|™@kes a meagre li ell

mas tree is the centre of much iS. or attempting to sell, vac- | as ae
ila hi ing S, s
uum cleaners. To build himself |‘& clothes, riding equipment, |

mother,
with an-|

HOLIDAY CUSTOM ~ Milly is mow 17 and has Iatety |

| acquired a number of expensive
tastes. She wants a horse, rid-

attention during the holiday "
iad P " ‘ * jet Sh wants (0)
season. The tree is decorated | UP With his chief in London, Mr.|°*® e wants to join the
oe . arias [country club in order to have|
with many ‘candies, assorted|Hawthorne describes Mr. Worm.

| tas cons ;
candies, nuts and fruits and is| ld not as an agent for vec eee and other serial
surrounded with singing and/¢leaners but as a sort of mer-|PI CO course the vacuum cleaner |
dancing until the New Year at | Chant prince. | business is totally inadequate for
which time the children eat the] Mr. Wormold knows nothing) in. indulgence of all these ex-.
goodies before the head of the|whatever about the SS and pensive demands. Her father.
household discards the tree. when approached he de-|

FROM THE LIBRARY SHELVES

remembers that
agent for the Secret Service
would be $150 a month, plus
another $150 for expenses, as
well as salaries and expenses for
such subagents as he might ap-
point. He unwillingly,, and
with many misgivings, decides
to undertake the job.

his salary as

The rest of the book is taken
up with the hilarious anties of
Mr. Wormold as he invents sit-
uations to justify his existence
as an agent. The resulting wel
becomes dangerous when he is
investigated by the police, and
finally his office is disbanded
and he is returned to London.

is

Instead of being fired, and
perhaps even jailed, Mr. Worm-
old finds himself retained on the
home staffi—lecturing on “ how
to run a station abroad.”

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The season’s the reason
‘we’re jumping for joy,
with sincere thanks and
best wishes for a happy
holiday to all our
loyal patrons?

The joy of Christmas
knows no bounds. You hear

it in glad greetings
«+. you see it in happy
faces. That it may be
fully yours, is our sin-

cere wish for you.

RANCH C

MANAGEMENT AND STAFF

AFE LTD.

Cariboo feed problem

“All the Cariboo cattlemen
wanted from us was advice in
the feeding of supplements. We
gave this advice.

“We met also with the Cari-
boo Cattlemen’s Association and
the Quesnel Creamery Associa-
tion for we felt that, living in
the area, they would be most
aware of the situation.

“But they both indicated the
need was not all that acute,” Mr.
Luyat said.

But he agreed that this was
because where hay had been
short, ranchers had sold down
their herds completely.
| ‘Maybe these people think
they will be able to buy them
| back cheaper in a year or two.

“Tt looks as though we have
| reached the peak of cattle prices
and that they may go down,” he
said,

Legally, unless the Distressed
Areas Act is invoked, the gov-
ernment has no obligation to
assist the ranchers.
But the cattlemen believe at
least 10 per cent of cattlemen in
the Cariboo are going to have
either to borrow or sell down
and cut into their breeding
herds.
November 13 Agriculture Min-
ister N. Steacy announced a re-
duction in freight rates on grain
screenings from Vancouver on
the PGE, but ranchers say this
goes only a short way to finding
a solution.
The cattlemen, through their
associations, are asking the pro-
vincial government to come up
with some form of aid and ask
the federal government to share
the load.
The survey made by the De-
partment of Agriculture cons Mr. Luyat also said that Cari
ted, of consultation between Ge-/ oq cattiemen had built up
partment officials and members | « quite a reserve” of hay over
ot Cariboo cattle and dairy| the last two years and said that
organizations. but for this, “the situation
It was from these, Mr. Luyat| would be desperate.” :
said, that the extent of the need] «4 is these reserves which

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The Holiday Season's bere! &
We're hoping it brings you
Good luck and good cheer!

had been ascertained. are important to the whole
“ONLY TWO REQUESTS " issue,’ he said.

He said that at a meeting of He felt that it would not be
cattlemen in Clinton recently, |possible for the government to
only two ranchers had made any|give any assistance “ other than
request for assistance at all. ja little freight assistance.”

Our sincere grati-
tude for the privi-
lege of serving you.

Best wishes for
the happiest of
holiday seasons.

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May your Holiday Season
be jam-packed with much
joy and Christmas merriment

We welcome the festive season
and this opportunity to tell you how

much pride and pleasure we

take in your friendship and loyalty.

Have a very happy holiday!

Best Wishes from
MARIAN MITCHEL
THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF

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