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Williams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE

OF THE CARIBOO

Volume 22 --- Number 8.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, February 24, 1955.

Single copy 10e.°- og Felker

Police Search Still On For Armed H

RETIRI

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Vet

an RCMP officer Sgt. Joe Howe, whose’ retirement from the force becomes effective March 6,

Photo by Blackwell’s

HONOUR VETERAN POLICE OFFICER ON EVE OF RETIREMENT FROM FORCE

Last week Sgt. Joe Howe

officers who were honoured at a special get-together of fellow members of the Silent Force just prior to their official exit

from the stage of active police

Occupying the spotlight along with Sgt. Howe, former patrol sergeant of the area from Merrit to Williams Lake, was Sgt. Tony Gunn, patrol sergeant of the Okanagan area. The two men were the jast First World War veterans on active duty with the force in the Interior.

Tribute to their work

with the

force was expressed by Superintend- end R.

y. Wonnacot, officer in com- beivisionmand they each presented with an electri lgek and a scroll marking the occa- sion. “East Monday Set. Howe was honoured by men under his command in theirea When they presented him

Much of Joe Howe's early police work was spent in the northern part ‘of the province on river patrol work and probably those years in the silent ‘bush contributed much to the quiet ealm manner in whch he has handled his work through the years.

Sgt. Howe was born in England and was eleven years old when his family came to Canada, settling in Victoria. In 1915 he enlisted in the 48th Battalion and served through- out the war. He was wounded in the battle of the Somme in 1916 and again at ! years later Back home after cessation of hostili- ties, he was discharged with the rank of Corporal, just one month hefore jis 21st birthday.

In civilian life young Howe found it difficult to settle down to a routine job and for the-next few years he

was one of two veteran police

work.

spent most of his time with survey parties in the Interior. It was while he was doing this work that he be- came friendly with several of the Provincial Police officers around Kamloops and at the suggestien ot Inspector Fernie, finally went into the force in October 1928. FIRST POSTING

His first posting sas to | /Georgeaunder Sgt. Walker. now pro- vineial fire marshall, and was as- signed to river patrol work that often called for routine trips of up to six

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Prince | _

Poor Turnout For Fair Meeting

With the annual

only five members out for

ihoo

meeting of the C Fair Association last night, the elec- tion of officers was postponed until a second meeting to be held nexi Wednesday.

Fair Association president Roy Clements states that if this second meeting fails to inspire any more in- terest in the membership, steps will be taken to disband the organiza- tion.

Children’s Smoking Habits Problem Of Home, B. of T. Agrees

The problem of juvenile smoking is the responsibility of the home and not of any community organization or of the school, other than during school the Board of Trade meeting agreed last Wednesday when the opinion on the question.

There to pose the question was high school principal Tom Beames, who said he had received numerous complaints from citizens on the prevalence of smoking among stu- dents of junior high school age.

Mr. Beames said he wanted the board’s opinion on whether any spe- cific plah of action should be taken in the community to curtail the prac- tice. He said the school would be prepared to co-operate if any pl&n of action was proposed.

hours,

members were asked for an

years 10 Smoke and it was: for a merchant to supply tobacco to children utder that age limit.

ion fromthe Bella

Jim Stitt Heads Local Legion Branch

Jim Stitt, RCAF veteran who has been guiding the destinies of the Jocal branch-of the Canadian Legion since the resignation of Harold Rich. ardson last summer was elected presi- dent for the forthcoming year at the annual meeting of the branch Mon- day night.

Vice-presidents are Tony Borkow- ski and Bill Smith. Secretary is Jim Groome and Walt Thomas was re- turned as treasurer. Directors are Bob Jackson, Jim Duthie and Frea Graham,

Sgt.-at-Arms is named as chaplain Lee.

Bert Levens and again was Franic

HOCKEY AS 1? SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED

look — They're At It Again!

=~ don’t walk to War pos sure youv’e got a seat to watch that annual hockey men and the businessmen.

¢ between the Fir

This year me fugitives from hoe- key teams of other days, including a sprinkling of recruits from the rank of retired broom ball exponents, w give their all for the hospital building fund.

Business manager Bill Sharpe and | his deputy Gordie Rowand up with a roster of players that might Jack something in quality but will certainly make up ‘for it in number. Here is their list up to press time:

Gord Rowand (goal); Verne John-|} son, Tom Hay Bil Smith, Tommy Madison, Claire Redding, Pred Fva-| ser, Roy Williston, Clive Siangoe, Lorne Barle. Dong Matthews, ill Sharpe, Wank Neufeld, Pred Bean- | Gair, Dr. Lieyd Bothamley, Harding. ‘Tis said that Prank and Martin Latin may also turn ont. | The smoke eaters, on the other!

hand, insist they are leaning towar quality. Manager Reg Norberg claims | his boys will win by a wide margin, wiping out the memory of last yea: businessmen win.

The businessmen made their first

“ mistake of the pre-game build up

this week when they attended a prac-

[lucky to ice a complete team Friday.

go to p Tom Bishop (goal), Jim Blair, Geoff Place, Mars Poire | Wilf Moore, Cece Rhod

ton, Bill Margetts, Elmer

John Anderson, Harry Curt

Pi on,, Ken Moore.

playe | fi

Memorial Arena tomorrow

lice Wednesday night in full force. From the haggard expressions as they stumbled off the ice after a bri half-hour workout, tht club will be

On the other hand the Firemen played it extremely cagey by prac- ignoring their summons to Monday night.

Here is the Firemen lineup as we

ghtening up of the weather weighed the outcome of the game in favour of the Firemen. ‘The Business proved hy wading through last year's slush that they are the better “mudder me time is §:20 p.m. Fans are sed 10 be on hand early since the usually look their best in the

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VANDERHOOF GAME

ROAD FUNDS x 5

oola Board of Trade stated thet that body was asking the government to provide $75,000 for work on the Anahim-Bella Coola section of the Chileotin road.. and asked that the local board press for allocation of funds for work on this end of the road. The meeting approved a re- quest for a like amount for this sec- tion, with the suggestion that spevial atiention he given to the Anahim- Tutla Lake portion of the route.

At the same time the board for- warded a request that the govern- ment consider replacement of the Chimney Creek bridge.

BEARS TAKE 6-5 WIN

STAMPS PROTEST

Surprise appearance of Kelowna Packer player Dave Wall in the uni-

form of the Vanderhoof Bears for last night’s semi-final open “| ed in the local club registering a! game protest. |

The game was won by the Bears 6-5. |

Wall was playing for the Packers | last week when they were eliminated from the Okanagan mainline league by the Kamloops Elks.

Vanderhoot is contending that since Wall waited out two games, he is eligible to play, but since the two games in question were postponed ones and not regular league fixtures, the local club feels the waiting period regulation was not adhered to. ding 1 Stoempeders go series down one game in the = decision is based on two out of three

emis

the

z pan. Sunday.

Tired out from their long trip to Venderhoor the Stamps found they had to play in a blinding snowstorm,

The game was split into four 1 minute periods to try and keep th ice clear.

tied up in the a big goal

The tight game wa

dying minutes of play, but

‘st two minutes of play. In fact that y be all you’ll see of some of the ayers before worn out muscles and lungs give out, |

by defenceman 30 seconds to go put the Bears in front.

Curling, Club Will Sponsor Green ‘Spiel

With play for the curiboo Home Furnishings trophy due to wind up this weekend and more eurling wea- ther in the offing, the local club will stage another “Green Bonspiel”

starting Monday.

Anyone is welcome in a green spiél whether they are club members or not, or no matter how ‘‘green” they are at the game. Those wishing ito enter should contact Lorne Barle or Bob Kelt immediately.

Spring And Winter Visit Us This Week

Theweather has blown warm and cold in the South Cariboo over the past: Weel.

Last Friday the mercury sank to

‘one below, the third time this winter.

With the lowest reading registered as five below, the winter so far has constituted quite a record for mild- ness.

Here are the airport readings for the past week:

Min Max Friday, February 17-1 16 Saturday 18 30 Monday, Feb. 21 25 43 Tuesday 19 26 Wednesday Sas

This morning at 8:30 the reading was 13 above with a raw north wind blowing.

NO TRACE OF WANTED MAN

Police have still failed to find any trace of Colin Fraser, employee of Williams Lake Motors, who is want- ed in connection with the break-in of the garage. premises on the night of February 12.

same evening.

A suspect caught in the dragnet at Hope Tuesday was réleased yesterday when the victim of robbery, Arthur Lemarche said he was not the man involved. Lemarche was taken to Hope to identify the man.

The incident occurred about 8:30 Monday night just outside the out- skirts of town. Mr. Lemareh, who works for Trobak Sawmill, was driving to his place of residence at Valleyview Lodge, (formerly . Her- bert’s) when he spotted the hitch- hiker near the-town boundary and stopped! to offer him a ride. At the lodge Mr Lemarsh slowed down to turn in and let the hitchhiker out when the man pniled a revolver and told him to keep going.

About a mile farther on he told the driver to stop and would have ‘probably taken over the car then but the headlights of an approaching ve- hicle prompted him to tell his victim to drive on.

The driver was directed to turn off at the 150 Mile, and as they near- ed A. L. Crosina’s at the 153, the hitchhiker told Mr. Lemarche to pull in to the gas pumps and fill up the tank, advising him at the same time to just ask for gas and hand the money through the window without raising an alarm. As it happened, the station was closed for the night and no one answered the summons of the car horn so the driver was in- structed to move on.

About half a mile farther on he told Mr. Lemarche to turn the car

Cool Young Pilot Brings Plane Down Safely On Lonely Feed Lot

* Cool headedsess" oF “the-part‘of a young 19-year-old-pilot |

from-North Vancouver and his 16-year-old passenger

is credited with the safe landing of he}

in their Piper Cub aircraft

Sunday when he brought his ship down in a feed lot some 30 miles up Dog Creek valley as it was running low on fuel.

Gerry Haldeman, who has only 60 hours in the air, was flying he and his passenger. Bob McKerns of the RCAF at Comox to Alaska on a hunt- ing trip when trouble in the form ot strong headwinds was encountered on the leg of their journey from Kain- loops to Dog Creek airport.

Shortly after leaving Kamloops the pilot encountered strong head- winds and terrific downdratts, Fight- ing the elements all the way, Halde- an knew by the time he was over Clinton that he probably did not have enough fuel to reach Dog Creek. The airstrip there was not serviceable so he decided to land on the highway, but the strong winds made attempt- ing a landing difficult, and after flying under some telephone wire and brushing the wing of the air- craft against a clump of treees as he

pulled out of the valley, he carried ‘on his course. The pilot figured he must have

been on his last pint of gas when he spotted a clearing dotted with cattle beneath him and a small cabin. Com- ing in to land he was unable to use the packed snow of the feed lot be. cause of the cattle, and heat and steam rising from the ground would

not let the light aircraft down. Swery- ing

around a clump of trees about six feet from the ground, the plane suddenly plumped to the ground and flipped over. Just before landing the

pilot handed MeKerns the fire tinguisher and this piece of thinking prevented the craft from catching fire

The feed lot where the plane esme

tle Co. Preen

» Who is in charge of the w the me running to off y assistance, fom Desmond hi appened ‘to be at the

SHUTTLE PLAYERS TO PRID

About 20 local badminton play: will travel to Prince George tl weekend to take part in the annual Cariboo Badminton Tournament be- in held in the northern centre this

year,

camp with his light delivery truck and brought the two young men out to the main ranch at Dog Creek.

In landing the aircraft's propeller was damaged and the young airmen had to stay over at Dog Creek until repairs couid be effected.

The RCAF was holding one of the largest Ground Observer Corps exer- cises ever attempted in B.C. Sunday and observers~ had. spotted Halde- man’s aircraft as it pursued 1 course towards Dog Creek, If he had not reported himself safe before dark, the RCAF would have known what area to search in.

Local Lumber Deal Involves. Purchase

Of Planer Mill

Formal completion of a deal in- volving the purchase of the local planer mill of Argus Lumber Ser by Diane Lumber Company Ltd., ¥ announced this week.

Diane Lumber is the second luw- ber firm to be formed in the district under the presidency of W. S. Coon, who also heads the old-established Seattle corporation of Western Ska- git Co., Inc. The other local firm is Western Skagit Co. Ltd., which is inly interested im the purchase and sale of umber.

Announcement of th

purchase of mah Butler, n,

Argus was made by Pre and ma

ern Skagit Co,

r dent director of both We; L.id., and Diane Lumbe

The physical assets inelnde planer mill on Railway Avenue which is producing 65M feet a taking over the mili it has been elec trived and new equipment will arrive shortly. It is planned to move the operation to another site when a suitable one can be obtained, up production. Superintendent of the

the

to steyi

operation is Boh Allen. The new Jumber company takes its name trom that of Mr, Coon’s

daughter,

itch-Hiker Takes Car At Gun-Point From Local Man Just Outside Of Town

Police road blocks thrown up along the Cariboo Highway Monday night failed to locate a young hitch hiker wanted in connection with the theft of a car at gun point earlier une

around. Then he ordered him to stop. He asked him if he had any money, but when the driver said he only had a dollar, he was told to “keep it.” Then Mr. Lemarche was ordered out ~ and told first to start walking and then to start running. This order was punctuated by a couple of shots from the revolver. Then the man got be- hind the wheel and drove off.

Mr. Lemarche returned to Crosina’s and telehoned the police, who im-

} mediately called all men on duty and

broadcast the alarm.

It was 10 o'clock when 4 local pa- tro] car, working back trom Twilight Lodge checking the sideroads, dis- covered’ the car abandoned about a mile up Knifé Creek road near the 141 Mile. Evidently the man hat driven up this narrow road and then tried to turn around but had- become stuck in a snowbank.

It is believed that he walked back to the highway and caught another ride south, although not one of the drivers of all cars and trucks stopped on the highway reported seeing a hitchhiker.

The wanted man is described as being about 5’6” tall, weighing 145 pounds and about 22 or 23 years old. He is of slender built. fair coniplexion and has a long thin face. He has fairly long blond hair combed straight back and was wearing either a grey mackinaw or brown parka type coat.

The description of the suspect picked up at Hope tallied in almost every respect altnough his facial characteristics were different. To car- ry the*eoinidence along even. far~ ther, the man was also hitching a ride>— and-had come down from Quesnel.

Stop Sign Question Held Over By Board

A request from the Board of Trade that stop signs be installed at the intersections of Third and Second Avenues at Yorston ‘Street was not acted upon immediately by village commissioners at their meeting Tu day night although they stated that it is their intention of going into the traffic problem for the entire village at an early date.

The board pointed out that both ‘corners were ‘blind’ and that several accidents had occurred at both in- tersections.

An application from the legal firm of Skipp and Langley for the appoin:- ment as village solicitors was tabled ly the meeting pending a full tur.-

out of the board. Comissioners Eagle and Gardner were not in at- tendance.

School Budget Will Be Reviewed At Prince George

School District 27 budget for 1 will be reviewed this Saturday at

the Depart-

5

Prince George )hefore

ment of Education financial comp-

troller and director of administra- tion.

Presenting the budget will be board chairman Hilary Place, trus- tea Fred Buss, board B. Macqeen school inspector Bi!l Mouat.

On Sunday the board officials will attend a meeting of the Northern Interior Branch of the B.C. Trustees Association.

Date for the local ares tatives convention to appro budget has been set for March 12,

PHONES FOR SUB-DIVISION B.C. Telephone Company crews have heen stringing lines into the

new sub-division this week,