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Volume 22 —- Number 20.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, May 20, 1954,

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Pictured here are former members of the

ist Williams Lake Boy Scou

attended the reunion dinner held May 3. From
left to right in the back row are Reg Norberg,
Jim Groome, Les Pigeon, Raymond Wise,
Fred Hutchinson, Hugh Ogden, Ramsay Blair,
Jim Blair, Sid Pigeon, Ralph Woodland, Ed.

t Troop who

Gaspard and Allan Bla
right: Bill Smith, Wilf Hodgson, Ken Huston,
Dick Hamilton, Don Quesnel and Wilf Moore.
Front row, 1 to-
Tom Denny Jr., and Tory Exshaw. Seated are
Scout Commissioner B. A. Resker, original
Scoutmaster here and Tom Denny Sr, original
Assistant Scoutmaster.

. Middle row, left to

: Bill Stafford, Tommy Lee,

Photo by Blackwell’s

Small Turnout For Annual
Jaycee Installation Ceremonies

Forty people, making up one of the smallest groups to |

attend the annual affair, witnessed the installaticn of oficérs
of the Williams Lake Junior Chamber of Commerce Saturday

night.

Although the chamber has slipped
to small membership, there was a
note of optimism in the words of in-
coming president Ed. Gasprd follow-
ing his installation by charter presi-
dent Clive Stangoe. Mr. Gaspard re-
counted the beginnings of the Jaycees
and said at the time he would not
have been surprised if it had failed
to catch on in the community. But
he confessed to being wrong and he
said as charter secretary he had
been proud to see the Jaycees grow
into a strong active group .

His election to office marked his
proudest achievement he stated, and
discounting the slump in. member-
ship, which he said happened to most
organizations during their lifetime,
promised to do his hest to place the
chamber among the most active town
groups again.

Speaking prior to the installation,
Village Commission Chairman Stan
Goad said he believed that one of the
most sucessful projects of the Jay-
cees was the get-out-the-vote cam-
paign. Looking back, he said he
could remember when civic elections
aroused little interest among the
ratepayers, but with the. organiza-
tion of the chamber the annual
stewardship meetings had given
commissioners an opportunity to
speak to the public on their work
and for prospective candidates to get
their ideas across.

‘There is always a place in the com-
niunity for an active young men's
organization to spark projects and
assist in making the town a better
place in which to live, Mr. Goad

This Is Really
Tough Travelling

lf you think we have difficult
travelling conditions around Wil-
liams Lake, listening to those hardy
souls who live in the far reaches
the Chilcotin can cheer you up.

Our Tatlayoko news items were
brought in by Harry Haynes and his
mother, who report that it took
them four hours to drive eight miles
just getting out of their valley io
start the long road to town.

Gus Piltz of Sky Ranch behind
the Big Creek country came to town
for the cattlemen’s meeting last Fri-
day ‘with Dan Lee of Hanceyille, but
in order to reach Hanceville he had
to cover 30 miles-with a tractor and
§t took him a whole day to do it.

In giving his annual report, retir-
ing president Jack Esler said that
provincial, federal and civic elections
during the year had kept the get-out-

/the-vote committee extremely active

and praised Bernie Matthews for his
work as chairman. He pointed to the
all-party political meeting during the
provincial campaign as a particularly
noteworthy achievement.

The club had also taken part in
the coronation day program, Stam-
pede and Fall Fair celebrations, Mr.
Esler said, as well as assisting: in
charity drives.

Former honorary president Bert
Roberts installed the remaining offi-
cers and directors as a group. These
included Bernie Matthews, vice-
president; Steve Malesku, secretary;
Bob Court, treasurer, and Fred Mc-
Neil and Clive Stangoe as directo
Unahle to attend was director Lee
Skipp, who. is undergoing treatment
in a Vancouver hospital.

Preliminary Talks
On Village Parking

Commssioners accomplished llttle
more than preliminary discussion on
the town’s parking problem at their
special meeting Tuesdayenight. Rep-
resenting the RCMP, Sgt. J. Howe
advised the meeting to incorporate

any contemplated changes into the’

village traffic by-law if they wanted
them enforced, since prosecutions
were made on this basis.

Commissioners decided to study
the by-law in the light of changing
conditions and to call in the RCMP
again before making final changes.

Chairman Stan Goad announced
‘hat George McKenzie has accepted
he appointment as Civil Defence

resentative for the village in the
entral area.

A request from the local branch
ef the Canadian Legion-for permis-
sion to move the quonset hut they
vurehased last year, from the railway
right-of-way to their property on 1st
\venue was granted on the promise
of Legion President Harold Richard-
son that plans for a false front for
the building would be submitted to
the next meeting.

A snggestion from the Board of
Trade that the streets be marked
ind lot numbers be allocated result-
od in commissioners approving the
plan in principle and accepting the
‘rade group’s offer to assist in the
planning.

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CANCER PANEL
PLANS READIED

Plans have been ,completed’ gr
the informative! Cancer Pauiel as
will “pe heid here\May 31 in the ENF
Hall. &

Visitors taking part in thé panel
will be Dr. H. G. Cooper, a specialist
in urology, who is a member of the
attending staff of St. Paul's Hospital
and Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancou-
ver; Dr. John H. Sturdy, associate
director of laboratories at St. Paul's
Hospital, and Ewing McDonald, ex-
ecutive secretary of the B.C. Division

}of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Also taking part will be local
medical men, Dr. H. K, Atwood, Dr.
J. B. Ringwood and Dr. J. Haramia.

One of the most. interesting fea-
tures about the panel is the question
period. As the people come into the
hall they‘are handed cards to use for
question purposes and these are col-
lected during the first part of the
talks and screened by one of the local
doctors acting as moderator and
then put to the visiting specialists.

The panel is under the sponsor-
ship of the local Cancer Society
branch, represented by Don Bing-
ham, and by the Junior Chamber-of
Commerce, represented by Jack
Esler. There is no charge for admu-
tance to the hall.

Secures Degree At UBC

Among those successful in obtain-
ing their Bachelor of Law degree at
the University of British Columbia
this spring was
Howard-Gibbon, B
Mrs. E. H. Howard-Gibbon of Wil-
liams Lake.

Among those who passed in sub-
jects written in the Arts course but
have not completed their require-

“Arte degree, and the Proyvinci

Arnett Low Bidder
On Highway Job

W. C. Arnett & Co. Ltd., West
Summerland, submitted low bid of
$189,989 for the construction of
6.08 miles of the Cariboo High-
way, Mountain House-Soda Creek
Hill section, it was disclosed fol-
lowing reception of tenders which
closed Inst Wednesday in Victoria.

‘Three other concerns figured on
the project, submitting the follow-
ing bids:

General Construction Co. Ltd.,
v $208,473; i
Construction Co. Ltd., Vancouver,
$214,920.50; Ben Ginter Construc-
tion Co, Ltd., Prince George $216,-
902.84.

The bids were referred to the
public works department engineers
for tabulation and report

TENDERS CALLED FOR
HOSPITAL WORK

Directors of War Memorial Hos-
pital are calling for tenders this week
for alteration work to an existing
porch that will give them enough
space for four more cot-type beds in
the patient jammed institution.

The temporary ward will provide
a stop-gap while directors await the
results of a survey being conducted
by B. C, Hospital Insurance Service
into the need of a new hospital for
the district.

Application of Miss Mary E. Mal-
loy, R.N. of Victoria for the position
of matron has heen accepted by the
board. Miss Malloy will commence
her dutes around June 1, and will
replace Miss D. Hills who is leaving
to be married.

The new matron is a graduate of
Prince Rupert General Hospital
(1928) and prior to that attended
the University of Western Ontario
where she received her Bact

maY-Scjiool at Victoria. Miss Malloy
has taken post graduate courses in
X-Ray work and surgery, and her
experience includes duty at several
hospitals in urban and rural centres
of British Columbia as well as three
years with the RCAMC overseas.

Lord Martin Cecil
Heads Ranchers

Lord Martin Cecil was returned
as president of the Cariboo Cattle-
men’s Association by directors of the
group who met following the annual
meeting last Friday.

Directors elected to three-year
terms at the meeting were Fred
Davis, Hugh Cornwall, Ray Pigeon
and Ray Hargreaves. The first three
had just retired from three-year
terms.

Annual directors named were
Richard Abbs, Lone Butte Stock-
men’s representative, Wm. Christie,
R. Church, A. Christenson, U. Gui-
chon, F. N. Sutton, S. Wright, H.
Edmunds, Miss B. Spencer, A. M.
Piltz and L. Hudgens.

Elected an honorary director was
Ron Waite ,former secretary of the
association and now employed as
claims agent by the PGE Railway.

Named directors to the B.C. Live-
stock Co-operative Association by
mail ballot and subject to confirma-
tion at the annual meeting of the
co-op at Clinton were Lord Martin
Cecil, Huston Dunaway, Mel May-
field and Ron Waite.

Mrs. E. Pinkerton of Vancouver
arrived Tuesday for a short visit with

ments for degree was Nedra J. Paul.
Kleena Kleene.

her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Mars.

First Church Mo

Barly
watched the United Chur

risers Sunday morning

 manse
being pulled from its familiar loca-
tion on-the corner of Oliver Street
and second Ayenue as Rudy John-
son8 moving crews started the slow
trip with the building to the other
end of town.

Two bulldozers were hooked on to
the heavy pole skids under the build-
ing and had little difficulty pulling
the structure. Moving up: the hill
beyond Borland street the ‘dozer
winch was used to ease the structure
up the crest.

ve Completed

the church's Oliver Street property
which has been sold for $15,000 to
W. H. Sharpe. Work is underway
stripping the inside of the church
itself, which has been sold to Alfred
Froghtman for $150. The building
must be dismantled by June 1.

The building commitee has been
busy for the past few weeks on the
new church property at the corner
of Cameron Street and Third Avenue.
Erection of the new manse is now
underway and work is expected to
start on the church building by the
end of this month.

In the meantime Sunday School

Removal of the mansé was the
first visible sign of the clearing of

and church services are being con-
ducted at St Peter’s Parish Hall.

Outdoor Religious Observance

Honors Pioneer

Missionaries

Two members of the missionary Order of Oblates who
have given the better part of their lifetime to working among
the people of the Interior were signally honoured yesterday
when: Pontifical High Mass was celebated in their honour in
the grounds of St. Joseph’s Mission.

The two missionaries’ were Father
Francois Marie Thomas, who has
been known and loved throughout
the Cariboo for over half a century,
and Father Patterson. who has work-
ed mainly in the Okanagan and Lil-
looet districts The occasion marked
the diamond jubilee of service in the
order for Father Thomas and the
silver jubilee of Father Patterson.

Gathered to honour the occasion
were His Excellency Bishop Harring-
ton of Kamloops and some 30 priests,
mainly members: of the Order of
Oblates.
~ Hundreds of people sat on the
chairs provided on the grounds of
the Indian School and stood beside
the buildings to witness the rare sight
of a Pontifical Mass celebrated in the
outdoors. .

The altar was placed on a raised
dias fronting one of the new school
buildings, and behind this was the
large colourful emblem of the
Oblates. This emblem shows a globe
of the world surmounted by the
crucifix and in the background the
sun sending out its far-reaching
rays of light

At the close of the service, Father
Thomas, who is now 86 years of age,
was signally honoured when Bishop
Harrington presented him with a
scroll containing the blessing of
Pope Pius Twelfth.

The main sermon was based on
the life of the pioneer missionary
and was given liy a wan who worked
closely with Father Thomas for 14
years. Father John Hennessy, now

Objection Raised
To Wild Horse Policy

The provincial government's new
policy on disposing of wild horses on
the range came in for a good deal of
criticism at the cattlemen’s meeting
last Friday.

Previously permits were granted
to shoot these horses subject to cer-
tain regulations, but now the horses
must be rounded up. Only permits
for shooting are special ones limited
to disposal of stallions.~

Ranchers claim the round-up
method only succeeds in bringing in
a limited number of wild horses, the
majority of the bands managing to
escape into the hills.

Speaking on the subject, De-
Beck, head of the grazing division of
the forestry service at Kamloops
said he was unable to give any in-
formation on the new ruling since
that part ‘of range servicing had
been taken out of his department
into the department of lands. He
explained though that the grazing
districts have now been amalgamated
into-one and include the entire Kam-
loops Forestry District.

The meeting finally approved a
resolution from the 150 Mile Stock-
men’s Association asking that per-
mits for disposal of wild horses be
granted to the smaller areas through
the local associations.

Possibility that camp cooks in
other industries might be helping
themselves to range beef prompted
eattlemen to approve a resolution

calling for establishment of road
blocks north of Cache Creek to
Quesnel.

Asked about. inspection of these
camps, Brand Inspector Art. New-
heuse stated that he or his deputy
inspectors had the right to inspect
and to demand a record of meat
purchases be produced for six month
periods.

SCHOOL BOY WINS PRIZE

Marvin Jeff, 12-year-old pupil at
Anahim Indian Day School won first
prize recently for his poster depict-
ing the best Indian theme in the 11th
annual Indian School contest spon-
sored by the B.C. Tuberculosis So-
ciety. Marvin's prize was a View-
master and six reels for the machine.

Corporal and Mr Routledge
left Monday on a ten days’ vacation
trip to Okanagan and coast points.

City busine:
in Sund
seater a

principal of the St. Mary’s Mission
School at Mission City, harkened
back to the great Apostles and in de-
scgibing the qualities that had made
them great, he said these same quali-
ties were found in the story of this
well loved missionary. ,

Father Thomas, he said, was bora
in Brittany, France, and when he
was 18 years of age he joined the
Oblates, an order that was founded
in 1826. He joined the Oblates be-
cause it was a missionary order and
in 1894 he was sent to British Col-
umbia as a priest. Three years later
he moved from the lower mainland
to the Cariboo, where he was to work
for over 50 years among the people.

It was a difficult time, Father
Hennessy pointed out. A time when
a missionary in the Cariboo had 250
square miles of territory to cover-and
it had to be done by saddle horse or
buggy At that time and for 30 years
afterwards, Father Thomas did the
work of six mem because he was the
only missionary in a district that now
requires the services of six ite
fathers,

Father Thomas was best known
for his work among the people of the
Chilcotin, Father Hennessy stated,
carrying the faith to all of the: In-
dians. He was held in such esteem
by the Chilcotins that representa-
tion was made to him by the chiefs
of the Carriérs, the people of the
Ulkatcho, to convert the entire raco
to Christianity. :

“He was an apostle because he

_| brought “a whole race of people into -

the Church,” the speaker declared,
What more could an apostle do?”

Father Thomas was not the first
miissionary in the’ country, the speak-
er continued There had been others
who had done a good work in the
few months they were here. But
Father Thomas was the one who liv-
ed with them through the years,
looked after their spiritual needs and
contributed much to the growth of
the country.

In closing the ceremonies, Bishop
Harrington exhorted the congrega-
tion to be faithful to the example of
this grand old man.

The majority of the visiting priests
were members of the Oblates, and
several of them had worked in the
district. “They were headed by the
provincial head of the order, Father
O'Grady, a former principal at St.
Josephs, Other former principals in-
cluded Father Madden of Vancouver,
who was head of the school 41 years
ago, and Father Morris, North Van-
couver. Other Oblates present were
Father O'Shea, principal of St. Jo-
seph’s, Father Collins, vice-prin
pal; Father Price, staff member;
Father Sutherland, Anahim; Father
Tony MacDonlad, Prince George:
Father Hettrich, Father O'Reilly and
Father Cain of Quesnel; Father
Kearney, Vancouver Island; Father

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Top Flight Retrievers

Expected For Trials

Hunters and dog fanciers are show-
ing increased interest in the cham-
pionship retreiver trials that will be
staged here for the first time May 2

Benny Abbott, sparkplug of the
affair and an old gun dog man him-
self, informs us that coast trainers
are bringing 10 top-flight retreivers
up for the trials and localites will
have the opportunity to see some of,
the country’s top ranking dogs in
action.

The trials have been approved hy
the Canadian Kennel Club and points
gained by the competing retrievers
will go on their official records.

An event for local dogs (the ‘local’
meaning the entire district up to
Prince George) is being staged ana
Benny has secured trophies for first,
second and third places in this event,

The trials are scheduled to get
underway at 10 o'clock in the morn-
ing and will be staged on the R. ©.
Cotton ranch at the end of Williams
Lake.

ials will be Judge
Henry Castillou and Dr. T. Hactrett
of Vancouver.

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