Wednesday, Becamber 84, 1988 Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, By The Tribune Publishing Co. Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Subscription: per year Outside Canada Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association > British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. Authorized as Second Class Mail vy the Post Office Department, Ottawa Messages at Christmas Tomorrow is Christmas day, the anniversary of a great event that took place in insignificant surroundings. To all Christians the birth of Christ foreshadowed peace on earth “if we could learn to live by His teachings of love. It is still the only real hope in the minds and hearts of those who believe in Him, although many of those who believe have forgotten how to practise the way-of life he left as our inheritance. This year we have again asked our clergy to write their “Christmas Messages.” We hope you read them with the serious thought they deserve. The realities of a fuller life*are in the interpretation of His teachings. 4 Worthy Recognition. The fact that our village commissioners saw fit to recog- nize Fire Chief Claude Huston’s 20 years of service with the Volunteer Brigade was a commendable action. - There are quite a number of things about our village that we do not advertise as shining examples, but one of these is certainly not the fire brigade. We have yet to hear-a resident of the town queried on the question of fire protection who didn’t figuratively throw his chest out by bragging that we had as fine, or finer, brigade than you will find in any town our size in the province. And that is probably the finest com- pliment we could pay the man who has been its Chief for Fo) many years. As commission chairman Mackenzie poimted out, it is one thing to mould a well-trained brigade out of paid em- ployees, it is infinitely more difficult to achieve the same results with a volunteer organization. In the 22 years th&it Chief Huston has been at the helm, the brigade has gone from strength to strength, and in those intervening years the mem- bership of the brigade has almost completely changed, men dropping out either because they moved away from town or had passed the active age limit. This fact alone of fluctuating membership and steady leadership is indicative of where the brigade’s strength as a unit lies, As far as the presentation was concerned we were only sorry that the commissioners had not seen fit to do it at a more public affair than a regular board meeting. Townspeople, and particularly members of the brigade itself, would have liked to share in the official “thank you.” Come, all ye faithéul, Joyful and triumphant, The Russian satirical Krokodil recently pictured a cartoon of a typical Ameritan State Depart- ment accountant. We forget thé cap- tion — it wasn’t worth remember- ing anyway. What did strike us how- ever was that the “typical American accountant” was doing his caleula- tions on a ¢hild’s bead frame which, after much research, we've discoyer- ed is technically known a8 an abacus. There was no intended satire in this —it was just Krokodil's idea of how the well-equipped accountant works. We were amused to find the Rus- that countaney had advaneéd no further sians thinking Western ac- than doing sums on a bead frame aud we prepared ourselves to. ‘write a satirical piece on the subject. Then the joke boomeranged on us. We found that the abacus is an ex- tremely accurate instrument in skilled hands and is used extensively in banking circles in the Far East. In Tokyo in 1947, the American forces arranged a contest between SSS es Se ENGLAND PERFORMS “MUMMERS” PLAYS Every year in scattered villages From the Files ONE YEKAR AGO December 27, 1951 Awards in the Jaycee Christmas lighting contest went to Mr. and, Mrs. Bob Kelt for the residential class and to the store of Western, Rife & Pigeon in the commercial class— Miss Eliza Aléxis, Sugar Cane | Indian, died of exposure on Second | Avenue near Rosary Hall— Fire| lotally destroyed a large three-roomj cabin on the resort property of Dr.| and Mrs. A. H. Bayne at Canim Lake, An airdale called “Barney” aroused Normas Edwards, lone occupant of the cabin, and then died in an at- tempt to warn two other people he undoubtedly thought were stil in| the cabin— An the Game De artment spea Simple . .. Byt Neceesaryl . Every Christmas househo)ers~ are warned about retca pe more sinister quality of theisimple Christmas tree — its ability to become a.major fire hazard. And every year a great number of us ignore the warnings and the inevitable reports of house fires are made throughout the country. Aside from ‘fire-proofing’ the tree, which can be done, there are several simple precautions that can be taken, even if your tree is already up. Don’t place your tree where there is any possibility of an open flame touching off the needles. Check your strings of lights for frayed wires or defective sockets and making the necessary repairs. Do use the type of stand that allows the tree to sit in a container of water, or infprovise one. Don’t leave the tree in the house too long after “Christmas. : They are simple precautions and very effective. URE LAUNDRIES Sara Ure George Milliken meeting in Kamloops. couver for Thomas A. Brett. mining man well-known inA#®e boo— The season opening hockey game with Quesnel ended\in a 5-5 deadlock— .Senior B Kamlobys bas- ketball players took the: local team over the hurdles to finish out in front of a 91-61 score— 1951° was .a record year for births at War Mem- orial Hospital, with a total of 98 babies born to date— FIVE YEARS AGO December 25, 1947 The new Elks Hall will be ready for the annual New Year's Ball, ac- cording to representatives of the Elks Lodge— It is hoped the skating rink will be ready for practice be- fore’ the first league hockey game at Quesnel next week. About 30 poten- tial players have signed up— Almost. 25,000 one cent stamps have been sold by Postmaster H, C. Richard- son, who states that it was only a short time ago that 5,000 was all that was required for this office— W. Dingwall received $30 per hun- dred for his steer that Won the cham- pionship in the open division of the singles at the Kamloops Fat Stocit Show and Sale— Kathleen Wycotte became the bride of David Liddell, both of Riske Creek— In the first hockey game of the season the Mis- sion boys defeated the Lake school team 3-1— John Zirn- helt was elected president, Wm. Christie vice-president and Tony Borkowski financial secretary of the recently organized Columbus Club— TEN YEARS AGO December 24, 1942 M. F. Johnson, a former commis- sioner for Williams Lake, won the seat in the Village election— The midget hockey team of Williams Lake travelled to the Mission but were de- feated by a 5-3 score— The Fire Chief of Williams Lake C, Huston, asks that every precaution be used in lighting and decorating Christmas tre According to 5. . always new It’s the same old wish A Merry, Merry Christmas to you. CENTRALSERVICE LIMITED corresp , a new village is de- veloping ont by the 108 mile road— Mr. A, Chisolm, B.C. Forest Ranger in charge of the Williams Lake Branch is transferred to Saimon Arm. Mr. Floy ison has taken over the office here— Home on Christmas leave were Roy Woodland, Dave Roberts, Sid Pigeon, Ralph Blatta, and Ed Co: The Lavington broth- “The Car Centre of The Cariboo” ers in the Nazko killed four timber wolves, after losing six head of Sugar Cane resulte, Williams | the. Horsefly | in the north of England, shepherds, farm jhands and others perform the ancient Pace-egg of Mumming Play of the Tribune From Another Viewpoin “OLD THINGS BEST?” (in Industry) periodical;a Japanese clerk at an abacus and- the Americans’ most proficient user of the caleulating machine. The re-" sult was that although at various stages of the contest the machiue showed itself more speedy, the final. victory went to the Japanese and the abacus. Peace OF Cia -.,and throughout the New Year. May you-en- joy to the fullest all the h at Christmas. With bl faces z and fancy clothes, they repeat the [cattle— Mr. Newcomen, new manag-| words handed down for centuries. of the season, er of the-local branch of the Colum- bia Power Company, arrived here— Mrs. Christine Ferguson, pioneer of the Cariboo, died at Ashcroft— Chief actors are King (or Saint) + a quack doctor and Father In the play, the King his enemies one.by. one, but TWENTY YEARS AGO n turp is resurrected by the December 22, 1932 doctor. One of the oldest of the The Welfare Fund distributea|“™mumming” troupes is that at AL about forty-five hampers to families |@erley Edge, bordering on Cheshire residing in the Cariboo— Bighteen |a0d Derbyshire. boy scouts and seven old scouts and | and good cheer Jan Mikler Jo officials attended a Auto Court— The purchas. ern Railway appears to be definitely , & off— The election of officers in con-|& nection with the Cariboo Ladge, | B.P.O.E., resulted as follows: Hf Ruler, N. Clare; Leading |¥ , J. Mackenzie; Loyal Knig! Richar. Secretary game ree banquet at the Ryan deal for the be & son; TF On the good ofd = Cariboo Fashion May you enjoy the Merriest of Festive Seasons and Happiness throughout the coming year, Bob Blair Jim Blair R. M. Blair Imperial Oil Products iS s We earnestly wis of the excitement, enjoynient and good \ yours long after the . 4 | fellowship of the Yuletide continue to be \ \. Holiday Season has passed.