Page 2 THE TRIKTAB, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

~Thursday, January 4, 1951.

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THE TRIBUNE

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From Another Viewpoint

“AS SHE IS SPOKE” in Industry, Cdn. Manufacturers Assoc. ‘

The late George Bernard Shaw, who. come out all right.

often got in wrong with his interna- | “In this schedule, a rererence to tional meddling, but never for his use| goods to which consumer goods are of his mother tongue, wanted desper-| affixed or of which consumer goods ately to do “something for the English! form part of the equipment or ac- language.” Perhaps the great play-| cessories at the time of delivery of wright was concerned with the gobble-| the goods to the buyer, includes degook that is written and sometimes| those consumer goods.”

even spoken by that segement of the| That's perfectly ciear, retorts the English-speaking race which spends’ bureaucrat. Certainly it is, but is there its time producing bureaucratic para-|a law against calling a spade a spade? graphs and instructions to bedevil the | Or must we becloud the issue by refer-

Contract Rates on Application Wednesday noon, losing time for copy of each week. “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa”

In Review

Editorials are expressions of opinion with the inclusion usually, of a few facts to show how a conclusion is reached.

Although this week we are devoting these columns to a review of the highlights of 1950, we believe we are still ad- uering to an editorial treatment, because there is a definite opinion, or conclusion, to be drawn from these events,

We believe, as you read this account of recent history, you will agree that the past year has seen Williams Lake take a jong-12-month stride from village to small town stature. There

are many improvements to be

made yet, but the foundation

has been laid and we can expect to maintain a steady growth

in the new year.

JANUARY

The new year opened with the Cariboo experiencing the start of one of the most prolonged cold spells since 1907. Some country schools were already closed and for six weeks “the weather” was to be the main topic of conversation.

January 7th the first hockey game to be played in the new War Memorial Arena was witnessed by a “fair”

MAY

Beef continues to be the Cariboo's major million-dollar-a-year industry. The annual report of the Cariboo Cat- tlemen’s Association revealed that during 1919 some 8,875 head were sold through their association for a total value of $1,342,449.

JUNE Clear skies and a record crowd of

THY) WGEje

|—-“aredne —

ONE YEAR AGO, Jan. 5, 1950

35 below weather cut down on visit: | ing over New Year weekend — Coast papers say “Interior Isolated” but

From the Files of The Tribune |

be compiled — Lucille Mary Faessler, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Faessler of Bridge Lake united in marriage to Walley L. Sianchuk of

mind and delight the legal profession. There are many examples of gobble- degook extant, but one we ran across recently left us reeling with mental exhaustion. It is an extract from a British Goveenment administrative or- der and it runs, believe it or not, like this:

ring to it as a flat-bladed metallic tool specifically designed to dig, delve, grub, excavate, exhume or disinter, not to be confused with round-bladed shovels, trowels (short-handled) or similar tools which are also used for digging, delving, grubbing, excavat~ ing, exhuming or disinterring?

“In the nuts ( — other than groundnuts) order, the expres- sion ‘nuts’ shall have reference to such nuts, other than groundnuts, as would, but for this amending or- der, not qualify as nuts (unground — other than groundnuts) by reason of their not being nuts (unground).”

Obviously, Shaw and the author of this gem of nuttiness were aiming their English at different audiences.

To be honest, we have never made a deep-down study of the reason for

z Se a ni ast | New Westminster — Lac La Hache| this baffling language. Maybe it has . For the record it was a junior | yi); ; The Tribune maintains that the coast 8 2 ig language.

crowd. ead i e ens Spas Williams Lake’s 24th annual Stam- is isolated as all communications|C°™™unity Club puts on turkey din-| its uses in that it covers enough loop-

game ac La | pede. The 1950 show had encountered ner for over 50 guests — First whist| holes to make an astute mind search

the local Pontiacs 85.

Along with a low drop in tempera- ture came the first of a series of fires in the district. At Likely the lodge of Speed brothers was destroyed, later te be rebuilt into one of the finest in the district.

Tt was on the night of January 26th | agian queen. his home at Deep Creek — Mr. and) 9. rinooet when he was a baby — je iain eet that townspeople had the first inkling) 4 nother organization was formed| Erwin Brandly to open second 4rug} yy, yrary Hink, 26, of Anahim Re- that their newspaper was about tO) this month. The Order of the Royal| Store about January isth — New| .orve, died at hospital — Sensational Smiles —Z change hands. At the annual Board of | purple Lodge, women's affiliate of the| Highway bridge to be built across| +24 fold samples coming from Kleena

Trade dinner veteran publisher

many financial difficulties in getting underway earlier in the year but the results justified the effort. For the first time since 1940 we had a Stam- pede Queen, in fact two of them. Norma MacDonald was the white queen and Katherine Wycotte the

Elks Lodge, came into being.

working except to coast — First inter- town hockey match of season played at Prince George. Williams Lake Juniors lost to Shamrocks 4-1 in first game, but second game was 3-3 — Pioneer William Lynes, born at Wil- liams Lake 84 years previous, died at

Deep Creek, states O. J. Wilkie, di-

drive of season held at Roe Lake —

First picture show brings out 54 resi-

dents at Dog Creek —

FIVE YEARS AGO, Jan. 3, 1946 Joseph A. Isnardy, 83, who died in

hospital, was a pioneer of the district.

His parents moved to Chimney Creek

Kleene, being sent out by Northern

for another one to crawl through, but to most people it’s just plain confusing.

Our own Ottawa comes out on oc- casion with a fair-to-muddling effort. The following, with a bit of careful parsing and a good chess player's ability to concentrate, does eventually

SENSATIONAL SAVINGS.

ON. WORLD’ FAMGUS

THIN MODEL POCKET WATCHES LOWEST PRICES IW-15-YEARS!

A SUPERB GIFT FOR

George Renner aphouleed his intone Sane visional engineer — Mr. td MMraeWells-ccpecuing| Syndicate: 20 iGomine® ere Soupame: EMierie ae ae t 2 e e 20 2 4 js 2

tion of Feuiae, & er 13 y ae a |" Early this month the town extend- J. Goudie, Lac La Haske lost. Home| tome party given returned men by ee ee ANY OCCASION! helm of The Tribune and introduced | 15 100+ wishes to Harold Richardson, | PY f7@ — Census of number of pre-| Garipoo Comfort Club — First carload ged. :

his successor, Clive Stangoe, formerly of New Westminster and Chilliwack. FEBRUARY

It was early in this month that the first rumblings of an argument over the location of the proposed PGE ex- tension from Squamish to North Van- couver started to appear in the news columns of The Tribune. As the ar- guments between proponents and opponents of the plan waxed hotter,

who retired after 20 years service as postmaster. Cece Rhodes took over the job. AUGUST It had been known to: be in the offing for some time, but the actual transfer of the Provincial Police to R.CMP. did not take place until August 15. Actually the change was discernible to the man on the

school children in District No. 27 to

THAT PASS IN THE TYPE

INTENTIONAL? — The Huntsville (Ont.) Forester unearthed this frice- less one from an issue of 50 years\ago:

“Aj)-couple named Newton Lor@ and

of cedar telegraph poles ever to be exported out of Canada from the Cari- boo left Horsefly Lake Logging Camp, according to A. Alaric, manager — Charles Basco, Chilcotin Indian, in- jured in shooting affair — TEN YEARS AGO, Jan. 6, 1941 Williams Lake Juniors lose first game of season to Quesnel — Fare- well party for Rev. and Mrs. Basil Procter who are leaving for Saskat-

“Well, to tell the truth, it was my wife's idea. She thinks we ought to have the same name that is on our spoons.”

Who was it said: “The reason a dol-

“| lar won’t do what it once did is be.

cause people don’t do as much for a dollar as they once did”?

Last night I held a hand, So dainty and so swee!

QUANTITY IS LIMITED—ACT NOW! $29.75 Fates oe orcs, $41.25 dsion Ror cone $49.75 rede tor sashes

oe Attreclive silvored metel diate

Every watch representative of the

eee oh E a weeklies trom |28ect Exen at the yeag end only one |Jemfic_ Helper were marrié S lain : accuracy, beauty and fine crafts- coast dailies, and weeklies rhember of the focal detachment had | edit@r of the papér came. n: gan — Three opnfined to jail after} I thought my heart would surely manship that for generations have Kamloops north had devoted con-/sis new uniform, % clubed to deatn by the indi; days — Miss#Annie Jacobson of “areak é = distinguished the name Waltham. siderable space to the topic. In an endeavour to raise enough! groom because he made use of the); Beaver Lake and Ernest Marrillo of| So wildly did it beat. <y Don’t miss such an outstanding Taxpayers took a close look at the money to clear the indebtedness of the | heading ‘LORD-HELPER’.” Wells united in marriage — Local, No-other hand in all the world opportunity. Come in tday!

Santial opersitie Pusest cot DIBtrIct [7s vend Wak ManioHal Society o@iciala i boys leave for 30 days military train-] Can greater solace bring — ae G00. t 3 a $176 Lag pie “P| announced pians for a bond drive to| APPROPRIATE — Maybe this' does| ing at Vernon — Overwaitea adver-} Than that sweet hand I held last PIERCE WATCHES = 000 to a recor 994. The Carin | 545,000. not belong under “Slips . . .” It may | tises two tins Burns’ sausage for 45¢, night — boo was growing and more school s 1 Chipso 1 286, jelly powder : ‘ eee ee °!| SEPTEMBER be coincidental; on the other hana, it| Chips large 23c, jelly powders 6 for! FOUR ACES AND A KING. Smartly designed cessary ; 5 5 ” (i: 27e¢ — Tr c 5 fi = ae tentional “tie-up” advertis- eee CUCKOO CLOCK handl . Aftér a lapse of 12 years Williams |™@¥ be in [oe : ut Spee eds! Sune taba Lake has a Fall Fair again. Revival | ns: Anyhow the “For Sale” ad under | TWENTY YEARS AGO, Jan. 1, 1981 | felt his breath upon my cheek only $10.50 it costs a lot to construct an Arena| showing was hailed by judges as one|‘his apple beer recipe in the Kaslo| First of a series of demonstrations | And the gentle touch of his hand; i readers discovered when the War| of the finest fairs they had seen for a| (B-C-) Kootenaian was appropriately and lectures on poultry plucking and He very presence near me, English Rock Crystal wine Memorial Society revealed that it had| centre of this size placed: ed given at Mr. Lennard’s ranch ee a pee one desert sand. and cocktail glasses : UlSee ave: rerey: 3 issi e sought my. lips, cost $43,614 to construct Williams| One of the most controversial issues| Apple Beer — Pour two gallons boil my Sekisr ae one ‘Ana ay naae ae gently hold; $18 per dozen Lake's arena. On top of this was an| this year was touched off by Divisional| ing water over each four pounds of | _ - ae = = = additional outlay of some to} Engineer J. P. Hague with the an-| grated apples’ and allow mixture to aoe a poe Bees Turkey ASS See ee ae SMOKERS SUPPLIES apply roofing on the structure later.| nouncement that Deep Creek bridge | stand 14 days, stirring it daily. Strain, Bie ecaisd Babe ‘le. Top penne ig be r gold? : At this date there was some $29,517| project would be abandoned and the|edd two pounds sugar, two ounces) © Pats Ml anh Oh AA Sen ae yet to be paid on the building. highway would swing off about the| ginger, eee tev tenepson tulle el ltigne Patenaude ROE Wwalters EE. Riding Shoes Repaired ar 00 f joi i cloves. Cask and dun: yee D Bese see one as ee da a OiaE tenuy oe nce, and bottle after ae Felker from 150 Mile. Also all types of boots March had hardly blustered into road “Viahipe oda, “Créeck a Deny af. once a) i and shoes at : trail. The road was eventually com-|weeks.—London Field. | the calendar when it was announced - ; 4 that a $00,0:0 Federal Building was | Peted @* @ winter road from the air-| FOR SALE—10 Fir Barrels, nearly cs Tonys Leather Shop | on the books for Williams Lake. as|POtt © the Mountain House, but] new, 45 gallon, Price $5.00 each. 3 You're in the § | the year wore dn there was oni the exact location of the by-pass is still —Capt. G. A. West. oe BF best dressed 3 appearance of a purchasing agent to|~ eae sts mG circles when E show the project hadn't been for-| oot co tio ag, ee 2 as Ch h N ° { your clothes are 7 gotten. Land values seemed a ithe stone Sertember 1s when the arst 2-14 Chueh Notices | high though, and the year passed into eae =a _ os ishe ae the oblivion with no location being se-|P@Per Was founded back in 1931. p pageant ee . s - ee cured. OCTOBER ST. ANDREW'S UNITED 6-piece Dinette Suite comprising Buffet with linen It was also in March that the first| Month of the big cattle sale — and CHURCH drawer and cupboards, jack-knife extension table, intimation of the present Canadian| although the number of head con-| 41 a.m. Sunday School and four attractive chairs covered in Pacific Airlines feeder route from| tributed was down considerably from] 7:39 pm. Evening Service. mottledigreen leithes: Vancouver, Kamloops-Williams Lake-|!ast year, the ranchers were weil Sou gt 2 CIAL 112 50 Quesnel-Prince George was carried in | satisfied with the sale. Some 1800 head = ewe At Your Service SPECL : se e the news columns. A week later an-| were offered and brought $342,935. The| ST- FETEN S ANGLICAN nouncement was made of a date for|ceventy pedigreed bulls offered CHURCH No need to go : ry e ° the inaugural flight of the new route.| brought $45,495 with a top price ot {11 a.m. Sunday School ‘around in circles’. | Cariboo Home Furnishin S March 22nd the town had four visit-| $1725 being paid_by Chilco Ranch for |7'30 p.m. Evensong Discover where fine ors from Prince George. The visitors|the Reserve Champion animal shown ear ee 1 ‘. . “Vics, + A 19 aning is > Visit the Store with the Friendly Door treated 40 young men of Williams| by Len Johnson of Heffley Creek. SACRED HEART CHURCH cleaning :is'done ee = Eake-to dined, aiid: Bette, they. haa | ROGEAE Sunde SE Oese SE the most inexpen: Agents for Connor, Mayfair, Norge, Gilson and Climax left for home a new organization had iets andes Mass, 8100 Gia. way Gas and Elcotric Washing Machines 8 First nomination papers to be filed| Sunday Mass 9:00 am. ae been assured of formation. The young . sake ae ‘ara for the December election were tnost; "5. time through the Cariboo to ye club showed a youthful disregard for! .¢ ¢ 34, Poston. This was the start) > P* ® bs r convention, but before 1950 was over | CaztY natural gas. : i of one of the most interesting civic i the Junior Chamber of Commerce was| campaigns ever seen in Williams |, AiMOUgh pressure was continually z : an established organization with a a Bee brought to bear on the post office de- ‘ wae Lake. By the time nomination day had F td record of many projects behind it. i. a ;, | Partment to grant an air-mai]l fran- J] rolled around eight candidates were in pee as APRIL chise to CPA, a firm “no” came from the field. f Ottawa each time. j

The announcement of construction plans for what is now one of the finest additions to the Oliver Street business district was made by Sid Western. A new Oliver Theatre was to be built beside the Post Office.

Not every proposed scheme for civic improvement is carried out to a successful conclusion. It was in April that the plan was first outlined to improve the cemetery. Organizations owning plots in the cemetery were to

DECEMBER Candidates Poston, Stan Goad and Buster Henke elected as Commission- ers. . Schoo] Representatives at their an- nua] meeting approved a modified vo- cational training plan and’ gave the Board authority to work out costs for presentation to the February meeting, THAT'S THE YEAR

Those are the highlights of 1950.

Plan on Renovating That Spare Room Now

While Building Supply stocks are good

Full lines available of

with a CHRY

Costly Major Overhauls

Replace your worn out motor SLER method remanufactured engine

work with the Village on making this| Through the news ran the reports of DONNACONNA VENEERS IN JUS v ‘4 a beauty spot. The plan never received | happenings on the provincial or na- 4 Pah ET ONE SY full support and finally the village|tional field that would have some GYPROC MOULDINGS That's the time it takes to install this engine that

went ahead with improvements on the new section of the cemetery.

The town turned out to welcome CPA’s inaugural flight April 15. It was a big day in the town's history and everyone, (especially the visitors) pad a@ wonderfu} time, .

bearing eventually on the Cariboo. A lot was said about the Quesnel

power project but no formal state- ment of “when” was forthcoming. In Edmonton a company prepared to present 2 request to the Federal Gov- erpment for Permission to construct

Also BAPTONE -- the wonder wall finish

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YOUR BUILDING SUPPLY DEALER

will give you miles of service

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