f i Thursday, June 19, 1952 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Page 7 Lone Butte News THE THERMOMETER registered above zero on the morning of 26° June 12th. LOU BRAMMER of Marguerite, former resident here, a few days. IN THD double header ball game en Sunday, Lone Butte first game; Green Lake 17, | Lake, Lone Butte 5. Buite.15, Green pita Outpost Io: treated sever —o. = is visiting for their 22nd annu DR. MILLS of Second game; Lone Lake 12. sheroft visited the 1 on Sunday and patients. — THE Farmers Institute will hold ual picnic and sports | day on July 5th this year. ——o—_ thunder storm afternoon. vs Green — LONE BUTTE had its first heavy of the year Monday WED LIKE TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE— LEVI'S LI WILD HORSE. Railway Ave. at Oliver ALL “INDIANS 60" if smart G ROW KE CHIEE “COWBOY OUTFITTERS FOR THE CARTBOO” F The Cracker Barrel Forum By A. J. Drinkell Well, it's all over or perhaps the third counting, but the Vancouver columnist who says all columnists will now have to find something else to write about just does not have a nodding acquaint- ance with the boys who foregather at Markup and Sockem’s emporium. As soon as the election returns were complete to give the trend of the voting their aim at the cuspidors took on a deliberate and uncanny accuracy. It would be futile to even conjec- ture what might have transpired that night had not Shorty relieved the tension by flatly declaring elec- jon day isn’t what it used to be. Ac- cording to this ribald cowpoke June 12th was deader than an Anscomb celebration, and he cannot under- stand why the papers are so annoy- ed over having to wait three weeks for the final tally. It used to take that long to gather the ballot doxes a few years ago. He recalled how a courier conveying the ballot box from Clinton to Empire Valley got stuck in so many snowdrifts he ar- arrived two days after polling day. They held the poll anyway and the same courier took the box back to Clinton. The only local paper cireu- lating in this area was the Ashcroft Journal which, according to an ad- yertising blotter it circulated, serv- ed Ashcroft, Lillooet and ‘‘con- tagious” districts, and once wound up a glowing description of a wed- ding with the terse announcement ‘both bride and groom were present.’ There were no full page appeals to the elector in those days. The ap- proach was much more -forthright says Shorty. He then proceeded with Join the Canadian Army Active Force Now High schoo! graduates YOU CAN BE AN OFFICER To qualify you must be: — Single —Physically fic— Between 18 and 25 years of age and have a Junior Matriculation or Equivalent Educa- tional Standard. Young men recently graduated from High School with Junior Matricu- lation or equivalent educational standard, may become officers in the Canadian Army Active Force. If accepted you begin training at Camp Borden as an Officer Cadet to qualify as a Second Lieutenant in ‘the Active Force., You will receive Second Lieutenant's pay while in training. When you are granted a commission you will then serve for periods of 3, 4 or 5 years as you choose under the Short Service Com- mission- Plan. At the end -of this service you may apply for a perma- nent commission. Apply today to the Recruiting Office nearest your home. No. 11 Personnel Depot, 4201 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. AziaW-BC Dut the second | A graphic description of the fi | vineial election he witnessed in B.C. | He was unable to vote himself be- cause of residence requirements. The bars were all closed of course during polling hours; so the: two chaps in command of the local eam- paign for the Conservative candi- date moved in to a building a short distance from the polling booth and opened up a refreshment counter of their own. Owing to the dearth of early voters the Deputy Returning Officer decided he had hetter go down to see what was going on at the Conservative headquarters; leav- the polling booth to the tender mer- cies of the Poll Clerk; a young Eng- lishman just out from the Old Coun- try whom Shorty describes as being greener ’n grass but chock full of hellery. When the first voter finally showed up it was quite evident from his condition it was no small chore to stagger under a full load the quarter of a mile from the refresh- ment stand to the polling station which happened to be slightly up grade. He informed the poll clerk in no uncertain terms he just nad to to vote. After cogitatisg a while the young fellow produced a bottle of genuine Hudson’s Bay Rum 40 0.P. from which he gave the exhausted elector a three finger snifter to vote with. After that the voter seemed a lit- tle befuddled and sought the aid of the poll clerk in marking his ballot. The poll clerk willingly obliged. The special constable appointed to preserve law and order also deem- ed it prudent to keep an eye on the erstwhile refreshment centre where he displayed a keen knowledge of the verb “to order” and if pickled and preserved are synonymous, then he did a good job of preserving opies Shorty. However, for a time he did manage to get the boys on the way to vote as they became ripe for the oceasion. Those extra three fin- gers and the Poll Clerk’s guidance were in stéady demand. Toward clos- ing time the bar closed down and) ‘| the two jubilant caterers along with | the D.R.O. came along to cast their votes and then tally up the result of the Poll. A deathly silence pervaded the room. as the count proceeded, for what should have tallied up to a one hundred percent Qonseryative voted turned out to be an over- whelming Liberal victory. Then all hell broke lose and while everyone was busy assuring everyone else he sure voted for good old Archie the Poll Clerk discreetly suggested he go search for the constable who had failed to show up. He found him fastened up in the little building on the noll to which he had been drawn by loud shouts for help. The sight which met his eye sent him into an uncontrollable fit of laughter which seemed to add great- ly to the constable’s vocabulary. The more the young fellow laughed the longer he could cuss without repeat- ing himself or taking a breath. The boys had used a whole ball of binder twine in their determination to be rid of this ordering and pre- serving. As a trussing up job it was a real work of art. Thoughtfully they had laid him down on the only available seating accommodation. Them were the days says Shorty, when election day was something to write home about. It is a safe bet that is what the greenhorn English- man did. COUNTER SALES BOOKS THE TRIBUNE Phone INTERIOR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Williams Lake, B.C. i have a bracer before he could begin 150 Mile News MR. and MRS. RALPH RODGERS ved back from their holiday in Oregon with a new Ford pickup. A MEETING of the Community Club was held last Thursday eve- ning at the C. J. Zirnhelt residence with 16 members attending. It was decided to enter a float in the parade but due to the rain it was cancelled. MRS. RALPH TURNBY lett on Friday for Vancouver to take the baby to a specialist. MR. HENRY ZIRNHELT was up risiting old friends over stampede. MRS. GODLEY is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Zirnhelt, for a few weeks. TWO birthday parties were held this past week for little folks; one for Margaret Zirnhelt on Monday who was three and one for Danny Dunaway on Wednesday on his fifth birthday. MR. and MRS. LEONARD PUSEY and family of Vancouver were guests of the Frasers over Stampede. MISS NORA STEWARY arrived from Edmonton on Sunday to visit with her sister and family, the Lloyd Keenes. Roe Lake News IN SPITE OF an all day rain most, of the people in the Roe Lake-| Bridge Lake district turned out! June 12 to vote. MR. and MRS. TED LEAVITT and children, and Mr and Mrs.. Jim Reed and children were guests Sun- day with Mrs. Leavitt's and Mrs, Reed's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. | Bell. MRS. NANCY HULBERT ana Linda visited Sunday in the Dave Mulligan home. REV. J. COLCOUGH held serv- ices at Bridge Lake Saturday night and on Sunday preached the tuner-| Soldier From Alberta is First Canadian to Take Japanese Bride = Central Press Canadian Believed to be the first Canadian soldier to marry a Japanese girl, Pte. Earl MacMillan of Medicine Hat, Alta, will head for home shortly on leave from Canadian Postal Corps in Japan as soon as his bride is given a “clean. bill of health” by medical authorities, Tie 21-year-old soldier, who was the first recruit in“the Calgary district to join the Korean brigade in 1950, met his wife-to-be working in a souvenir shop in Kure where he went to shop for gifts to send home. Within three weeks he marr.ed her, winning her hand against the oppo- sition of one Australian andj two USS. soldiers. al service at Roe Lake school, for Mrs. John Ross, who passed away last Friday morning. MRS. LOIS HIGGINS is stiil in Vancouver. She expects to be away until around the 21st of this month THE school children are look- ing forward to a long summ day, with just one more week of school. CECIL HIGGINS and Mrs. Nancy Hulbert made a business trip to 100 Mile on Tuesday, and Cecil left Wed- mesday for a day or two in Kam- loops. 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