Page 2 THE TRIKTAB, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. ~Thursday, January 4, 1951. SHAKEDOWN CRUISE THE TRIBUNE CLIVE STANGOE, Editor and Publisher j ADVERTISING RATES: Water Notices: $15 for 4 insertions Land Notices: $17.50 for 4 insertions, including B.C. Gazette Insertion 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. 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 H. J. Gardner & Sons Ltd. YOUR BUILDING SUPPLY DEALER will give you miles of service Central Service Ltd. 7 — (TED and VIC)