Williams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Felker, G- Bey

Volume 21 --- Number 8.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, February 26, 1953.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

Local Boys To Play
For Clinton ‘All-Stars’

Two Pontiac juveniles have been
asked to play with a Clinton all-star
aggregation that will seek provincial
hockey honours. =

Defenceman Barry Bishop and f
ward Allan McDougall were picked
out Saturday night by the Clinton
manager, who was up to take in the
‘lake-Quesnel game and look for pros-
pective additional strength for his
club. Also picked was Quesnel goal
keeper T. Trites.

The Clinton club will meet Kam-
loops in a series-Mareh 14 and 13.
‘The winning team in this series will
then move on to two more Interior
play-downs before the B.C. finals be-
tween Interior and Coast winners
takes place.

Education Week
Program Planned

A full
Week” has been arranged by students
and teachers of Williams Lake High
and Elementary schools. Education
Week is from March 1 to 7.

. On Monday students will arrange
a number of displays in store win-
dows. Tuesday will be ‘open hous
at the elementary school with par-
ents beibg invited to visit classrooms

program for “Education

g / ill Extend Her Life

oh
—Central Press Canadjan,

Five-year-old Susan Sutherland is greeted by nurse Pat Heath

following her

arrival at Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto
‘i half.

in Ed: Th

» Who has a

says
but Gas always
The youngster spends

from October to April in bed suffering from colds, measles or

about died.
cided something would have to be

“After that episode,”

of chickenpox and just
said Mrs. Sutherland, “we de-
done, hence the trip to Toronto.”

throughout the day. Teachers have
indicated they would prefer that
Grades 1, 2 and 2 be visited in the
morning if parents can arrange to do
50. Tuesday evening will be ‘Father
and Son,’ ‘Mother and Daughter’
night, affording an opportunity for
parents to visit the Industrial Arts
shops and Home Economics room

ing on projects. The girls will serve
refreshments at 9 p.m.

“Wednesday afternoon a physical

ion program will be staged i

the Elks Hall, commencing at*2 pin.
Program will consist of a girls’ PT
Jesson taught by Mrs. Palmer, a
group of activities by the boys under
the direction of Mr. Pedersen and a|
square dancing display provided by
Grades 5 and 6 directed by Mrs
Phillipson and Mr. Friesen.

Thursday the ~junior-senior high
school will hold open house and par.
ents may visit regular classes at!
their eonvenience, preferably in the)
afternoon.

FIRE DESTROYS
HISTORIC LANDMARK

mark that played a. major part in the
story of the Cariboo Trail since the
where students will be actively work-| gave of the gold rush, was complete.
ly destroyed by fire Tuesday arter-
noon.

was owned by 1D. W. ‘Rordie’ Felke:

lers of! the Cariboo Highway as it
was to the parents and grandparents
of the present generation of old Cari-

was built in the 60
it retained much of its early appear-
ance up to the time it was destroyed,
the present owner had spent thon-
sands of dollars in renovating the
house. 3

Felker

The 115 Mile House, historic land-

The rambling log structure which,

as familiar to present-day trave

oo families. The former road house
and although

Smoke was first noticed by Mr.)
about 3 o’clock and it was

JUVENILES WIN

evident that the fire had been smoul-|
dering in a high corner of the attic.
Unable to get at the blaze, the Felker
family and neighbors had to concen-
trate on saving the furnishings. Be-

TWO STRAIGHT

The juvenile Pontiacs came

through with their first wins in the

Clinton-Quesnel-‘lake league play on! started by a defect in attic wiring.

the weekend when they downed

Quesnel in two straight games. Scores] a

fore advancing flames had engulfed|
the entire structure, all the furniture
had been saved. |

It is understood that the fire was

(Next week The Tribune will car
story on the history of the old 115

of both tilts were 5-4. Mile House. Ed.)

Following instructions to ‘lay
back’ in the first period of Saturday
night's game the locals found them-
selves behind 3-1 at the end of the
prescribed 20 minutes. Let loose in
the second frame, the youngsters
rapped in three goals of their own
to tie the game up and both clubs
added singles in the final period.
Walter Richardson got two of the
‘lake goals; Marvin Scott,, Frank
Purjue and Allan McDougall tallied
one apiece. McDougall garnered four
assists and Scott, one

The Pontiacs stayed in front ot| >
the opposition throughout Sunday’s
game but they were pressed all the| 2

tr

way by fighting Quesnelites, though
to be held he:

Scott, Richardson and Crosina,

scored singles for the “lake club with | titioned -
name Prince George as the spot for

McDougall getting two,
With the ice going fast at all three] tl
centres it is doubtful there will pe
any play-offs in the juvenile league| it
this season. Clinton is well in front

Quesnel.

STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR FLOOD FUND

In a somewhat delayed news re-
of
port, students ave informed. ua. tha
they have been doing th
the Buropean flood victims.
“The youngsters staged a
hockey game on the
February 13 and collected
ther statistics provided
“Overton's
played. It was a very
because neither team scored,

a
benefit

were that

unusual game

League Crown Could
Be Won This Weekend

weekend could decide
Stampeders or the Vanderhoof Bears
will be top club in the Central B.C.
league. x

wind the play-offs up. Failing that,

to take
in regular league games, followed by] the result of
anybody's guess

the local elemen-/to get any goals could be termed
unusual, but we think both teams
their part for] and the spectators

afternoon of | worked for the flood fund, this time
28. Fur-| ho
collectea $7.
team and Levens’ team) want to thank everybody who helped
With the sale, e;
who jade the canay,"

Hockey games at the arena this
whether the}

With the series tied at one apiece,
he winning club would have to take
oth Saturday and Sunday games to

fifth game will be necessary and al-
it was originally scheduled
e, the Bears have pe-
league president to

the

he fifth go

With a long drive ahead of them,

is doubtful the Bears will be able
Saturday night's game, but

the Sunday effort is

Failure on the part of the players

scored” as far
results were concerned.

Last Friday the students again

olding a candy sale at which the
9. Say the pupils: “We

specially the mothers

FLOOD RELIEF
FUND NOW $2414

The Williams Lake flood relict
fund now stands at $2414, according
toa check with banks and canyassers
this morning.

Canvassers of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce nave completed their
calls but have several pledges still
t@. come. i by

Constable and Mrs. Jack Routledge
left for Mission City last night fol-
Jowing word that Constable Rout-
ledge’s mother had died suddenly
yesterday afternoon.

Andrew Waddeli

or North Van-

THE WEATHER

Min. Max.
Friday. Feb. 20 .. 9
Saturday .. 22
Monday 15
Tuesday 13
Wednesday .. 20

Temperature reading at the
airport at 8 o’clock this morning
was 33° above.

McNIV OUT IN FRONT

Stamps Win McKinley
Trophy From Clinton

is the word for Mr.
MeNiven. Last night as the Stam-
peders brushed past Clinton to clinch
the McKinley Trophy the ‘lake cus-
‘todian deserted his usual post be-
tiveen the’ pipes and joined one of the

“Versatile”

forward strings getting one of the
Stamps’ three-goal total. Clinton was
held to one. F

Dal Irvine donned tlie pads again
to substitute for Don and turned in
a Smart performance particularly in
the third frame when the Clinton
club poured on the pressure in a
comeback attempt.

Clinton got their lone counter
with less than a minute remaining
in the first period and the second
canto was half gone before Latin
seored on a pass from Hutchinson.
McNiven put the Stamps ahead with
three minutes to go when lie flipped
in a pass from Doug Norberg.

Play on the rough ice picked up in
the final period as Clinton tried des-
perately to get the equalizer, but at
the 11-minute mark it was Latin who
again scored, this time on a solo
breakaway.

Last Thursday the Stamps took

the first game’in the McKinley Cup
series when they went on a seven-
goal splurge on their home ice and
held the visitors to a single retalia-
ts

n.
St the end of thedirst period
the game was tied at 1-1, but for the
next two frames the Stamps kept
pouring on the pressure, scoring four
in the second and two more in the
third. Except for the work of Del-
buccio between the Clinton pipes the
seore would have been even more

couver was a weekend visitor at the || lopsided, particularly in the opening
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Stangoe.| 20 minutes of play.

Bus Depot May Be Constructed
Outside of Present Business Area

First intimation of an extension of the business district
from’ Oliver Street and Railway Avenue was made at Tuesday

night’s commission meeting

when Gordon McLean, local

Greyhound bus company agent, stated he was readying plans

for a depot on Borland Street.

Mr. McLean said he might build
the depot this summer, but before
he proceeded with plans he wanted
the assurance that a ‘no parking’
area would he allowed in front of
the proposed building. Commission-
ers agreed that such a zone would he
allowed for stated periods of the
day. Mr. McLean plans to build the
depot on a lot on Borland between
Second and Third Avenue. It will he
just half a bloék from the new Fed-
eral Building.
CIVIL DEFENCE |

Chairman Mackenzie was appoint-
ed official representative for the vil-
lage on the Civil Defence Committee
of Cariboo by his fellow commission-
ers. The committee was set up by a

between Third Avenue and the vil-
lage boundary up to the standard of
the remainder of Oliver Street. On
Railway Avenue the Board first ask-
ed the department to consider elimin-
ating the ‘roller coaster’ effect by
the Power Commission building by
taking off the crest of the hill there.
The department indicated that this
was going to be done this year by
taking two feet off the hill and build-

ing up the hollow by the same
amount. Commissioners felt the
street should be brought up to a

level grade, irrespective of how much
work is necessary. The department's
contention that to build up the hol-
low would cut off entrance to the
Power plant was countered by the

meeting of 1 of the
various centres in the Central Iv-
terior held at Prince George Febru-
ary 7. The district takes in Williams
Lake in the south and McBride and
Burns Lake in the north.

J. Nicholson of Prince George was
appointed full-time civil defenee co-
ordinator and will be actively organ-
ing the defence setup on his return
from a course at Ottawa,

In the meantime commissioners
here will select a man to take the
position of civil defence instructor
in Williams Lake. He will attend a
two-weeks course in Victoria next
month.

ROADS

The commissioners have joined
forces with the Board of Trade in
ng for work to be carried out on
Oliver and Railw: which retain
their status arterial highways
through town.

The Public Works Department will
be asked to bring the main highway

pr ative

as

as

that another entrance
road could be made from the hack of
the building, taking off from the oil
companies’ road.

Father of Town Lawyer
Receives ‘Good Citizenship’
Award at Prince Rupert

Prince Rupert's first good citizen
award was presented last week
Dr. John P. Cade, 79-year-old phy-
ician and father of John A. V. Cade,
Williams Lake: barrister.

Dr. Cade came to Prince Rupert
before the 1910 incorporation of the
He was chosen outstanding citi-
zen for 1952 from five candidates
selected by a committee of represen-
tatives from various city organiz
fons. Presentation of the si

Plaque was made at a special banquet

in the recipient's honour.

McNIVEN GAINS SHUTOUT

Stamps Square Series
in Roaring Comeback

As the finals for the Central B.C. loop championship gct
underway at Vanderhoof last weekend, the Stampeders con-
tinued on their unpredictable way by going down to defeat at
the hands of the Bears Saturday night and storming back

Sunday to deliver a terrific

8-0 shellacking, and handing

goalie Don McNiven the second shut-out of his career.

The long car trip Saturday was
the biggest obstacle the locals had
to overcome in their opening game,
and it proved too much for them.
Neither forward line was able to get
away from the hard-checking Bears,
and back between the ‘lake pipes.
McNiven just about performed m
acles as he fought the rain of rub-
ber directed his way for 60 minutes.

Vanderhoof took a two-goal lead
in the first frame and added a third
in the second period before Garry
Hutchinson sagged the twine for the
first Stamp retalliation with three
and a half minutes to go. Al Cam-
poni brought the locals within reach
of the Bears at the 7-minute mark

Highway Rebuilding
May Extend Into
Town This Year

Possible extension of the Cariboo
Highway reconstruction work into
Williams Lake this year was inti-
mated by Public Works Minister
Gaglardi in a letter this week to the
Board of Trade.

The minister’s statement was made
in answer to a written inquiry by the
board on the proposed work. The
Board recommended that a work
camp should be established at the
150 Mile and the stretch from there
into town be completed before that
between the end of the present road
work and tie 150 Is done. “Unless
Of cpurse,"” the letter stated, “it is
the intention of the departmént to
complete the entire streteh of road
into Williams Lake.”

In answering this, the Minister
said “we hope that we will be able
to build right into Williams Lake.”

Beef Market

There was not enough stock to
establish a reliable quotation this
week at the Vancouver stockyards of
the B.C. Livestock Producers Co-op
Exception to this were the bulls,
which were in strong demand with
sales at $14 to $15.75. Cows looked
50c higher than last week on limited
offerings.

Dr. A. H. Bayne was the guest
speaker at the regular monthly
meeting of the Quesnel branch of the
Cariboo Historical Society last night.

| of the final canto but Steele put t

game in safe keeping for the Bea:
with his goal five minutes later.
Despite an early start in Sunda
game, thawing conditions turned +
small out-door rink into a hockes
player’s nightmare and both team
found it almost impossible to play
an organized game in the lvalf frozen
slush.
The

locals built their lead up

early in the game, rapping in four
goals before thé first period was halt
over. Three more in the second put
and

the Stamps well out of reach
they concentrated on helping -
Niven get his cherished shut-out.
Camponi added to his season goal:
getting four of the ‘lake tallies.
Doug Norberg racked up two an
Buchholtz and Blair got one apiece

HOSPITAL BOARD
NAMES CHAIRMAN

Clive Stangoe, publisher of The
Tribune was elected chairman of the
Board of Directors of War Memorial
Hospital at the first regular meeting
of the board last Friday.

Re-elected board vice - chairman
was J. D. Smedley. Committee chair-
men for the coming year will be ap-
pointed before the next meeting.

He had no set program for the hos-
pital during the coming year, Mr.
Stangoe told the board, but he said
he would cont{nue to work to proviae
the community with the best possible
hospital facilities, an aim whieh he
knew was held by every director of
the board.

Welcomed to the board were new
directors Mrs. Eva Lockwood, Mrs.
Jim Stitt and Rev. Geo. Fielder.

To fill the remaining rural vacaney
on the board, directors agreed to
contact Horsefly Community Club to
secure the name of an interested per-
son of that community who would
serve.

Commissioner Tony Borkowski has
been appointed Village representa-
tive for another year on the hospital
board.

MATRON

The application of Miss Yvonne
Parliament for the position of hos-
pital matron was accepted by the
board. Miss Parliament has been on
the hospital staif for the past year,
part of this time as-assistant matron.

Mrs. Sid Leath ha
assistant matron. -

Captain’s Cabin Becomes Operating Room

—Central Press Canadian.

The captain's cabin in HMCS Athabaskan was turned into a
hospital rvom when a South Korean sailor, wounded in a raid on
the Communist-hald maivniand, was taken on board the Canadian

destroyer for medical treatment.
in the abdomen, here ke is shown receiv-

from a bullet wound i

medica: officer of the A
Foote, Oua
of St. John’s,

Nfld,

A

ry to an eperation.
urg. Lieut. R. B. Irwin, Victoria, B.C.
nabaskan: chaplain of the fleet E. G. B.
‘a; CPO William Murray, Victoria; and AB James Wall

The South Korean, suffering

Left to right, around