3-64 Williams Lake Tribune ... - vis® oe NEWS EXCHANGE OF TE CARIBOO eC Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. tuation Improved Ranchers Take Good Advantage Of Six Weeks Fine Weather Back in September, when skies still carried the threat ot more rain on already saturated hay fields, agricultural! experts predicted that the next six weeks held the key to feed’ problems in the Cariboo this winter. The weeks have passed, and the bright days that have kept ranchers busy in the fields have resulted in a corresondingly brighter picture from a winter feed angle. Volume 22 — Number 42. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, District Hay S October 28, 1954. New Cafe Manager Business of the Lakeview Cafe has been taken over by Raymond Lee, formerly of Vancouver. Mr. Lee owned a restaurant at the coast centre, then went into the taxi] , Mackenzies Buy Former Drug Store Purchase of the building formerly housing Brandly’s Drug’ Store has: W SWITCHBOARD _ though it is of poor quality, and pel- lets will be purchased as a supple- ment. Im the Big Creek area, outside of Following the annual meetings of|@ few who depend completely on small livestock associations through- | Dative meadows, ranchers haye sal- out this part of the Cariboo, district | Vaged a remafkable amount of roncu- age in the past six weeks. A fex ranchers will be short in the Chey- acut country and back of Greek. In the Big Lake, Hor: Rose Lake and 150 Mile areas ranch- ers have salvaged an adequate sup- ply. Around Lac La Hache and the Lone Butte country some ranchers will be short of hay and a few will be seriously short: Around Bridge Lake and the nearby district of Springhouse, haying has gone fairly well. ; agriculturist Joe Walsh has compiled interesting feed facts from each district. In general they add up to this fact: Six weeks ago the ranchers were faced with the prospect of being forced to purchase some quantities of | hay this winter, as well as feed pei- lets. Now it becomes apparent that there is generally sufficient hay, al- Shown above is the recently intalled switchboard in the local B.C. Telephone Company’s Office. These two new sections replace the older one shown to the right of Miss Marjorie volved the building and two lots, | basis. Rife. It was purchased by Mr. Arin- kenzie, and will include improye-|eight miles from Big Lake, was the department was previously located| about 2 a.m. As the building is lo- Dunlop, chief operator and local: representative drawn up plans for a new building | town were the first to see the burning been completed by Mackenzies Ltd.,| business-and sold that before coming from George Armstrong of Vancou-| to Williams Lake. The new owner involved $21,000. The store portion of the familiar Structure was first erected by the FIRE DESTROYS cirong during the years he conductea, NEW SCHOOL a drug business in town. Alteration work will start immedi-| Heartbreaking sight to the tiny ments to the outside face of the/sight Saturday morning of their building. The new store unit will ac-| volunteer-built school in ashes. _ = commodate the menswear depart-| Tire of unknown origin completely will be taken over by the hardware] cated just over a rise of ground from department. the homes of the mill workers, the The deal for the property was com-| fire was not noticed from. the settle- ee a ae LOCAL DOCTOR SPEAKS ON TREATMENT ) on First Avenue. These plans for a| The school was built by the men two-storey building will now be|of the community this fall to give -| OF ARTHRITIS AND WORK OF C.A.R.S. “The ver. The real estate deal, which in; will operate the cafe on a 24-hour ~ town’s first druggist, the late W. A. ately, according to Roderick Mac-|isettlement of Bach Sawmills, about i of Mackenzies Ltd. Space where the destroyed the one-room structure pleted just after Mr. Mackenzize had | ment. Two men, coming home from abandoned. Canadian Arthritis and though there is no age limit for any first of this month. Loss of classroom equipment amounted to around $500. Rheumatism Society is bringing new j hope and help to the thousands of of the rheumatic or arthritic 4 eases. The treatment of these dis- Major Change This was covered by insurance but sufferers throughout Canada,” sa id | eases is often prolonged, expensive Spring Start Planned Along the Fraser and Ghilcotin Rivers, the latter as far as Hane ville, haying is complete and ‘faii On Store Building x 5 the building itself was uninsured.|Dr. H. K. Atwood, well known local] and discouraging requiring much ‘ In Oil Agencies Mrs, B. G. Soltis, teacher at the|practitioner, who was guest speaker| patience and perseverence on the| pians of a proposed KeiSareg he ee ‘school, lost a considerable amount | at the recent C.A.R.S. public meeting | part of both patient and physio- Wuiléine: on. thie. doniek oF Oliver A major change in oil company|of personal teaching records and | held Qctober 20th, in Columbus Hall. | therapist. Street ana’ -sesona’ “avenue “ters = 5 representation here was announced } educational books in the fire. Me was introduced by. tocal branch | Ny PAIN-RELIBVING DRUGS shown to commissioners Tuesday Hospital Delegation this week by agents concerned. School trustees are unable to help | President Mrs. M. Kallaur. lt is only in the last 5 or 6 years| night by W. H. Sharpe, owner of Effective as of last Friday, the/at the moment in relacing the build-| Continuing his theme Dr. Atwood] that the pain-relieving pills and| Cariboo Home Furnishings. Off To Victeria Seeking some immediate promiss of action on the hospital accommo- dation problem in Williams Lake, a delegation of directors of War Mem+ orial Hospital will leave this week- said that in years past Rheumato Arthfitis was often too easily ‘pass- ed off” by the doctors. The use of X-ray has proved very valuable in tracing the extent of bone damage. se of osteo-arth- Standard Oil agency, which has heen held by R. A. ‘Boh’ Kyte since Feb- - ruary, 1950, was taken over by R. L. ‘Bob’ Carson. Mr. Kyte now takes over the agency here for the new Royalite Oil ing. Before money can be set aside for this purpose, it must be approvea by the Area Representatives, who do not meet until November 20. In the meantime classes are main types — rhew (continued on back page) store. to- comply witht: CoveraaienE ‘has been on the lookout for a busi-| 94 ‘Tyee Lake matoid» wherein the joints and An additional grant of $5,000 to lati 2 ; = ness opportunity. During his former ‘ muscles become extremely painfal carry out some immediate work on | eulations. The store will be closed Sunday afternoon, Monday and Tues- day of next week. Decision to send a delegation to Victoria was made at the hospital board meeting last-Friday. Directors had been informed that the prelimin- ary survey conducted by the B.C. The hunter, Adolph D’Houte, an employee of Le Breuyn’s mill about 12 miles from McLeese Lake, lost his way when he was hunting alone Oc- tober 24. He walked out of. the bush at Le Blane’s mill on Tyee Lake, about six miles from where he start- the worst spots of the Horsefly Road has been received by the Public Works Department, according to Di- visional Engineer Chas. Grigg. Mr. Grigg states that the money will be used to shape the road and years he played baseball and hockey with local‘teams and has latterly been active in the curling club. ifnd swollen and “burn, nd osteo—~ where the joints are damaged, s0/GeGeA. Secretary much that they become fused. This < sie Resigns Position type is usually found in the spine and most often in older people, al- Cc. A. “Chet” Leavitt, secretary of Jaycees Hear Provincial President |, Di Some 20 Jaycees and prosective o Jaycees turned out last Friday night to hear provincial president G. L. ‘Flip’ Filipelli give an outline on the aims and objects of the Junior Cham- ber movement. Guests of the local group present were “Stan Goad, chairman of the Board of Village Commissioners, and Tom Larson, president of the Board of Trade. Also present was regional Jaycee vice-president Geoff. Hill of Prince George. The provincial president is a bach- elor of science in chemisty and i de ed out, on October 26. Two RCMP officers and the book- eeper from De Breuyn’s mill took art in the search. At one time the ffice worker lost his bearings in the search and was found by the trained og. , Tentative Approval For Storage Site * Approval of a bulk storage tank location for subject to an O.K. Marshall's office, was granted Tues- Royalite Oil Company, from the Fire technical librarian with the Consoli-| aay night by commissioners. dated Mining & Smelting Co. ia Trail. He is presently concluding a Proposed site for the 5,000-gallon tanks is on the upper side of Railway trip that has taken him from Seattle] venue beyond Yorston Street. through Vancouver Island, up the coast to Prince Rupert and into the Central Interior. Main point of local business dis- cussed was the coming civic election. Jaycees will again sponsor a steward- ship meeting and are currently dis- tributing pamphlets outlining the new amendment to the Village Muni- cipalities Act regarding right of spouses of propertyowners to vote. a ai h Full Economics HH. E. Klavon ($5,000). Mrs. Marie meals) and to Gordon Cole (power saw sales and service). Building permits were approved for homes for W. H. Sharpe ($14,- 00), H. Pallussek ($5,000) and H. Permit was proved for construction of & ware- louse addition to the rear of the Vogue Building, valued at $1,200. Business licences were issued to Archinuk (serving Lac La Hache Store Target Of Thieves Latest burglary in the district happened last Saturday night when thieves broke into Ogden’s Store at Lac La Hache and escaped with about $200 in merchandise. The thieves. gained entrance by breaking a large plate window in front of the store and crawling over deep-freeze machine. They ran- sacked the open safe in the post office section and broke shelves. No money is kept in the store safe, The burglars had plenty of light to do their job. The window used to gain’ entrance is directly under the stcre’s Neon light, and lights were left burning in the interior of the building. Last time the building had been checked was at midnight when Con- stable Duncan of the RCMP 100 Mile detachment went through the set- tlement. the Cariboo Cattlemen's Association, has resigned his position effective the end of this month. For the balance of the year, Mrs. Ronald Waite will supervise the ot- fice work of the association and a stenographer will “be employed. Mr. Leavitt will leave on the week. end for his former home in Kam- Yoops. He has been here since April, 1953, and during that time has been active in United Chureh work, serv- ing as treasurer, and is also a charter member of the Williams Lake Ki- wanis Club. He also assisted in the organization of the local cadet corps. Town School Area Representatives Named Four area representatives, includ- ‘ing trustee A. E. Levens, were named to represent Williams Lake in school matters at the annual ratepayers’ meeting Tuesday. Others elected were F, B. Bass, C. H. Poston and Mrs. P. Scott. Groups Join Forces To Stage Hallowe’en Entertainment Members of the Elks and Royal sters will converge on the firehal! rectors, put gravel on the worst spots. Work will be started next week and will be rushed to get it done before heavy frosts set in. Last week a delegation from the Horsefly Committee cf the Williams Lake Board of Trade, along with di- met with Hon. Ralph Chet- wynd to ask for work to be done on the road this fa. * Looking For Friends Through Windows Brings Trouble Roger Niben, no fixed address, was fined $25 or in default one month’s imprisonment on a charge of va- grancy when he appeared in police court yesterday. He elected to serve his sentence. The conviction was the aftermath of a scuffle Tuesday night outside the home of Dal Irvine, when Dal and his neighbor Gary Hutchinson held the man for questioning by police. According to Mr. Irvine, his wife, who had just recently returned from hospital, was lying on the bed in their bedroom about 10:15 when she heard a rattling at the window and saw a man’s face. She called to her Hospital Insurance Service had been presented to the minister for his at- tention, but they felt that a personal presentation of the urgency: of the case might speed the process. New Owners For Famous Coffee Shop Sale of the Famous Cafe, well- known local eating place to a group of prominent Vancouver restaurant men was completed this week. The cafe has been operated since 1945 by Alfred and Allan Smallen= berg, who have made many improve- ments in the facilities of the estab- lishment during their nine-year pwnership. The sale deal only in- cludes the equipment and business, with the property remaining in hands of the Smallenbergs. Director of the new ownership group and manager of the Famous now is Alder Hunter, whose exten- sive restaurant experience includes two years as a manager for the Van- couver chain of Aristocratic Res- taurants, and general manager of the same company for five and a half, years. From Vancouver, Mr. Hunter went to Kelowna, when eight prominent coast restaurant men, including him- 4 A Commissioners were informed | Purple Lodges, fire brigade and locs1| Where local firemen will stage their|nushand, who rushed. outside to|self, formed the firm of Western Course Available that under'a new section of the Worn, | teaching staff are all taking a hand|®4ual fireworks show. _|erapple with the trespas Both | Catering Ltd., and pure ks a j At the high school, students of / yy and Mrs. Irvine worked over the | Grill in the lo provide org was two and a half when his group sold the grill last month, Mr. Hunter started through the Interior looking for other oppor- tunities in the same line. Mr. Hunter has become a confirm- ed booster of small towns since leay- men’s Compensation Act, volunteer | this Hallow ated to Firemen will now be covered for compensation of a minimum of $75 per man. Cost to the village for cov- erage of the 25-man brigade will be $45 a year. At the same time the village will continue to pay the cost the upper grades will be tr man, and when he was subdued, M a party around a huge bonfire on the | j,yine went to Mr. Hutchinson's home playground, winding up with 8/to get him to come out and hélp to weiner roast. hold the man. Of course, | Niben’s defence in police court was type of entertainment that he had only been in town for forgotten on Hallowe’en, four hours on his way to Quebec from Students of Williams Lake High - School will soon be able to avail themselves of a complete home economics course as the result of a etaff change. Mrs. A. C. Morris, sho! is presently nment for town chool age through to high school students on Saturday night. For the pre-school. tots and ele chool youngsters, the eve- art out with a p youn the more spontaneous will not be and just to mentary ning will teaching home economics to the |‘) e d junior grades and supervising ¢or- os & eer accident insurance plum) som the elementary school at 6:30|make sure this ‘doesn’t get out of Prince George and had been looking | ing Vancouver. He plans on bringing in the senior | 7eedy in force. to the Elks Hall. . There the lodge| hand, police will have extra men on| for friends he thought lived in the|his family up in a few weeks. He Trespondence courses igrades, asked, and was granted, a ‘release from staff effective October 81. The school board subsequently secured the services of Mrs. Bertha [Casson of North Vancouver, who is qualified to teach all grades, is married and has four children, Aland Allan Smallenberg haye no immediate business plans. Allan says he is still undecided, and his father is looking forward to a long holiday before making his next plans, duty, and will also have the services of volunteers from the Kiwanis Club. Staff Sgt. J. Howe warns business firms with valuable stock outside to have special watchmen on duty to] from a week’s holiday at Everett, protect their property, members will distribute candy a hold the costume judgin, prizes being given for the best fancy, original and comic costumes in tee age groups. After the Elks par neighborhood. The village clerk was authorized to write to the Attorney-General ask- | ing for an additional policeman to be added to the loca] detachment of the R.C.M.P, Miss Tris Blair returns tomorrow Washington, the young-