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gesture on their-part if the person chosen to officiate at the opening was the man from Bridge Lake. It would be fitting} Frances recognition of his unselfish devotion to the cause of improved | year-old educational standards in School District. 27.

el “Buddy” Meraw, 21- t” operator for the Pub- {lie Works Department, was instantly killed on a construction job at White {4 Water Crossing, when the 6-ton ma- \ lchine he was driving turned over

. MN three times on a ‘side hill— Two

The Cairn of Remembtance | ss: sto resiznet their poss War Memorial Hospital two weeks

The'simple cairn of rough atural rock that nox stands} ®s0 were offered re-instatement by

in front of the hospital as a visible reminder of the gallat dead | the Hospital Board as the directors of this district is one of the most worthwhile projects cayrjeq | Sought to find a solution between to completion by the local Canadian Legion branch. differences of management and staif Its erection was the work of Legionnaires. The origixal | —Due to the coast brewery strike, plan was prepared by Bert Levens and under his directio | one town beer parlour closed its doors volunteers brought the stone from the 150 Mile and laid thefoday—out of draft and bottled bey- foundation. The actual stone work was done by Mr. Leyen €—and the other hotel expects himself, working long hours to have the cairn completed in a in another two days —A time for the unveiling on Remembrance Day. Le ah {orm on Canim Lake claimed The selection of irough natural stone dhs cairn could) te Bre sRoland Arthtr, Granley,

to

[not have been better. The memorial seems-to haye captured |*>: fr A{_Jens=Breey! Sawmill something of the rugged beauty of the Caviboo, the country when a tug As swampey—

that was home to the men whose names are inscribed upon the} °Ustome™ bronze placques.

Creek resident who-was yidlating the =: game act by selling buck deer for $10— Town donations to this ars Poppy Day appeal hit an alltime high, as close to $400 was added to the Poppy Fund from the street can- vass, house-to-house calls and the commercial appeal— Benny Abbott has taken over the 150 Mile House Hotel with a two-year option to pur-

Strengthening The Record

Last week, much to the annoyance of the local telephone office, we sounded off about the fact that we were unable to raise the operator on duty the night of a small fire at our office.

The annoyance was felt because the operator was in on the |chase— Adrienne Ann Buchholtz incident in a rather round-about w was united in marriage to Edward Unknown to us an employee in a store across the street |Walters, Horsefly— The Petroleum

and Natural Gas Conservation Board has started its final hearing of evi- dence before submitting a report to

had contacted the operator just before we started our futile attempt, and kept her informed on the progress of the fire from where he was sitting, finally advising her not to call the Fire Department when it became evident that we had the blaze |the Alberta Government on the ad- under Control. visability, or otherwise, of permit- Under the circumstances no apology is due, but we herewith |ting the export of natural gas from, set the record straight. the province— Over 100 veterans ang their guests attended the annual Re: membrance Day banquet—

FIVE YEARS AGO November 13, 1947

INTERIOR FREIGHTWAYS

SCHEDULED FREIGHT SERVICE Between Williams Lake and Quesnel end Elementary School staff attend Leaves Quesnel 1 p.m. Mondays and ‘Thursdays ed the annual Teachers’ Conventios Leaves Williams Lake 1 p.m. Tuesday and Friday lat Prince George— The Public INTERIOR FREIGHTWAYS, |Works snowplow has made one triy

W. T. Hannah over the Likely road. to shove off :

freshly fallen 10 inches of snow— Retreading equipment is on the way for Pat's Tire Shop and should be ir operation by the end of November— Nearly all the old vets of World War

The entire Williams Lake Higt

vets assembled at the Parish Hall fo: the parade to the Oliver where Lake police offi shots over a car to bring it to a h: the 150 Mile House.

USED CARS

rs fired 11 or 12

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with heater and radio . $800.00 Mrs: George Stafford Williams La and a son to_Mr. and Mrs. 1. kK. Bry Big Lake— Ruby Bathgate, Vanco

‘the bride of Geral:

TRUCKS

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Mack 4-ton, flat deck and roller, ames Hudson, eldest son of Mr. any heater a $3100.00 Mrs, Albert Alaric of Horsefly— 1951 Ford cab-over-engine 3 ton truck : 5 " ° TEN YEARS AGO with brand new motor ... $2500.00 eae 412, 1942 1938 Fargo Express (%2-ton) as $200.00 E é Funeral were held @

aginda Meiss, who dig

CENTRALSERVICE LIMI

“The Car Centre of The Cariboo” CHRYSLER — PLYMOUTH — FARGE~ DEALERS

Who. turned but toi Qur0s game wardens \rned in aj Meldrum 9;

1 and quite a number of the younger

Theatre, vices were held— Williams}

a have a driver’s licence and failing tg 3 ; i stop when signalled by police. Twé 1937 Chrysler Sedan, with heater ... $500.00 Gectipatits-of the “car are being held 1940 Chrysler Sedan, good rubber and a for the Clinton police on a charg? motor in good shape, heater - $850.00 of stealing goods from a hunter's ca

1941 Plymouth Sedan _-A’ daughter, was born to Mr. an

miles from ‘town— Ann /Iathleen Robertson of Wjlliamhs-Lake became |the bride of Spr\ Hugi Guy Hill of Rose Lake— Miss Weetman suffered a double fracture of her arm— The infant daughter of Mr, Donald MacKay of 4 Mile Creek swas christened Donalda Gwen—

TWENTY YEARS AGO November 10. 1952 2

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Susett P. (Collin became the bride of Leonard B. Krebs, Dog Creeh—| The ladies cf the Catholic Women’s | League held a very successful sale of home cooking and fancy work ir | the store of Mrs. Norman. Lee. Mrs. | Claude Batber won the raffled cus-| hion— The Fakeview Hotel adver- |

SD, breath, “Take” emblejon’ Mp Ae si made to help asthma

ably, 69 they work regularly and enjo | Tong restful nights of sleep. 65¢, $1.35. B:

P@QPAILAOOS LOE

t The driver | arrested on charges of failing to

and, Mrs. |

Lake Hardware & Plumbing

THE ; TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, November 13, TH U BE E TRIBUNE THIS WEEK'S CROSSWORD From Another Vi int Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. ACROSS 2, Pillag: ew POI : By The Tribune Publishing Co. L. Bird's 3. Herbor “TOO MANY DITCH-DIGGERS” Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor stomach carrot (irom The Truro (N.S.) News Subscription: per year . . $2.50 5. Foreman family 27.4 coarse Might we remark at the outset|sinner’s wage 4s a ditch-dieger i aL ae ae ee 9. Narrow 4. Departed bristly herb See Ge SUDNeUS hase Oe eee . eee k roadway. 5 Bxcept epee that we have here no intention of|comparatively very high because the Payable in Advance 10. Fae of Sees pronoun Back Page speaking disparagingly of ditch-dig-|fact is-that a young man can start rE oN = . he eye . Weight 29. Larg a E 5 i igging j apy ERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION i RAB Cae ase) ae Reeeonn For Solution ging and similar simple manual|‘tch-digging and be just about as. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association 12. Small, filled 8. Ridicule - 31. Forages, labor, Diteh-aigeing, where altenes|° os ees Oe Cee Sati CALE RAUnaLa Wa pastry shells 11. Loiters astartie Z “Jas is the man beside him who has Authori : » CWA. 14,Anawn 13. Plant ovule 32. Palm leaves must be dug, is an hongrable and|peen digging for ten years. But what uthorized as Second Class Mail vy the Post Office Department, Ottawa 16. That is 15. A century (var.) necessary work, But the fuct re-lof the comparative futures of the (abbr.) 19. Ata 34. Think ai , any cyouns. = ie - 17. Hereditary distance 37. River we Soren = ian ea neat a (ie testa factor 20. Cover (Russ.) 41. Female men dig ditches in preference 1o|ger? There is no need here to state 3 i8cA bundent: “DIsAneaa (Bo=Siex anes learning a skilled trade for which | the obvious. e€cor fe) ervice - colloa’) they have adequate capacity. The| It is to be hoped that this trend (abbr.) 7 Z-13. 4 5 [6 |7 |e ey of course is that ditch-diggers| towards the job with the immediate ‘ : ; today earn more money than can a E é j vi At the Area Representatives meeting last Saturday, ga eS 9 r iiads capnrentice.> Giron chodsi tee ae Gardner Boultbee of Bridge Lake took the chair for the last 25. Public ZZ such evoune mmendaresinil ieee Fo ee nL halt: Cane te time, marking the cl Of five y Bee e ; 1 iz 3 5 ‘aking a short-) the capacity of every one of her me, | g the close Of five years service to the ratepayers of notice sighted view of their future and its|y, = District 27. His services will be sorely missed, particularly 26 phat whlch: ia iS 16 possibilities. Aa sen ceveleped (ote a since this field of school board work seldom manages to attract SO Z| Sing lovenet in aman traces cise Cee ee men or women willing to give the necessary time to its 33. Rugged Pe es Paes Bass eo days complain that there are very management. st f : : 3 aE ss few young men who are satisfied to c . Asa trustee and board chairman, this well-known Here-| - uM Seay begin learning a akilied tiade at low Het proce Hane ga alm sbale: Of Soung ford breeder Ero th th Carib i : . Verbal Ici at low|Canadian brains and emerge” pay 2 e south Cariboo has rendered a notable 35. Belonging 2 2s wages. The beginning wages in|/ents and teachers can do, public ser rice. The fact that two school by-laws have been tome A skilled trades are necessarily low be-| instill in sone Boas much to passed during his tenure of office can be mainly attributed to 38: eon B e La cause the learner in the initial stazes of building toward a rmpentanes his personal work, because the tough job of ‘selling’ the by-law 38. Shore bird EE Er] is really of little value to his em-|than setting sights ee es to the rural land-owners fell on his shoulders. If you had sat in 42, Circular ployer. On the other hand the be-'than the Tomeutas @ Sie on some of those meetings you might have been misled into objects 3s 36/37 B dollar: thinking that there wasn’t much to the selling job, but the Pe ees >> Late = cordial reception accorded the speaker was mainly because the 45. Leather ] ratepayers accepted the judgynent of the tall rancher who stood flask ras aa ave” (HH a Heatin Problem? ; before them and quoted taxation figues and theories of educa- 46. Minus tion to them in an easy, jatar of-fact manner. The ranchers DOWN 8S 48) COU] dees method of school taxation, but 1. Awine Don’t wait until winter sets in fe an ‘Gardner’ s werd for it that~ additional educational before adding 5: "facilities were necessary and backed his stand-even to the x another heating unit 55 extent-of dipping their hands into their own tax pockets. F EH Fil ¥ "4 : # The present school board is currently making plans for rom Hest es O the Tribu ne See us now for Bee the official opening of the high school addition and the dormi- Oxmaunai® 2c s WOOD & COAL HEATERS om HEATERS >. f 7 NE YEAR AG — ikk > tory building.in Williams Lake. We believe it would be a fine Novcnuaae cians aes = 25 ae Mikkelsen CAMP BARREL HEATERS a 5, 195 5 is_heing’ rebuilt about five

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