: ~ home to YS Ranch this week after a _two goals in the first si NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO iliams Lake Tribune Volume 23 --- Number 4. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, January 27, 1955. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. Freedom Of Press Important, Speaker Operators Fear Lumber Tells Audience The strength and responsibility of a free press in our democracy was the main theme of an address by Gus Sivertz, assistant financial @ditor“OT] the Vancouver Sun given to the an- nual Board of Trade installation banguet last night. “If we lose freedom of the press we lose the beginnings of all free- doms,” the speaker asstred. He pointed to the contribution of the French press to the downfall of thet country in 1940 as a classic ex- ample of what dangers could befall @ country where the press failed in its responsibility to society. It has been proven, he stated, that at least 50 million franes was paid to a certain large French newspaper b: to carry propaganda injurious to France. Asa result of this continuous flood of mis-information, many sec- ‘tions of the French public came to be- lieve the lies that were being printed and national unity was disrupted. In his four and a half years as a public relations officer with the Can- adian army in Canada, Mr. Sivertz said the opportunity to observe the |" press from the outside had made im proud of his line of endeavor. In all that time, he said, there was no censorship of news, and there was never an incident of the press violat- ing security by the release of inform- ation. Mr. Sivertz also had a word to say about the work of the board of trade. He cautioned the hoard against work- ing for the sake of bigness alone — to Be able to say that this is “the biggest little town.” Work with the idea in mind of making your com- munity a more pleasant place to visit and to live in, he said. BIRTHS At Merdian, 3 TODD — To Mr. and Mrs. nee _(nee_ Andrey ississippi Hurchell Wotzke) at ... THE OLD AND THE NEW Shown above is the original St. Andrew’s Church on Oliver Street that was constructed in 192 down last year. When this picture was taken, demolition work had started on the belfry . The old buil g Was torn This is the new McKinnon ‘Memorial hall, the church building plan that will eventually include manse, hall and church. second unit of Photos by Blackwell's Mississiva ter, fosoan Lyrine, ary 19. At War Memoria Hospital= PAPOV — To Mr. and Mrs, joke. Papoy of Williams Lake, a @ ster, horn January 20. a #BE — To Mr. and Mrs. Get ‘Abe of Williams Lake, a son, In January 21. DE WEES — To Mr. and Mrs. BE, DeWees of Horsefly, a daugh- ter, born January ROBERTS — To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam D. Roberts of Soda Creek, |f a daughter, born January 24, Si CORNWALL — To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cornwall of Onward Ranch, 150 Mile, a daughter, horn Jan- Db: uary 25. A DICKSON — To Mr. and Mrs. Her- | ¢ man Dickson of Puntzi Lake, a daughter, born January 26. CHELSEA — To Mr. and Mrs. Pat- rick Chelsea of Alkali Lake, a |™ son, born January 26. 2 nm Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kyte, parents of Bob Kyte, arrived from Lulu Is- land last week aud will be making their home her 0: eis © Mr. and Mrs. Glen Tubach returned month's trip to the United States, | h Mrs. Tubach stayed in Oregon and Mr. Tubach went on to Nebraska to} h sit hf family. c service, Dr. Bunt children of the congregation at the} A lasting memorial to one of the standing clergymen who established th: arts | modern village of Williams Lake 35 4 dedicated ‘Sunday evening. > MacKinnon Memorial . Hall, the rst unit of the new chureb plan of ; Andrew's United, will be dedicated y Dr. W. P. Bunt, superintendent of Home Missions for British Columbia. s well as officiating at the evening | eremony during the regular ehureh will address the norning Family Service. MacKinnon Memorial honours the nemory of the late Rev. A. D. Mac- Kinnon, B.A., B.D., Phd., whose love f the Cariboo was reflected in the (rength® of the miinistry he gave ver the years. The commencement of- Dr. Mae- Kinnon’s ministry here in 1920 was is second appearance in the Cariboo. Back in 1896, as a student minister ie spent two years in the Cariboo pening the first Presbyterian church Stamps Hand Roos First. Puck Defeat Of Season Our alternately hot and co. their usual unpredictable form wbsorbed a 9-4 defeat a night and then bounced back Sun id Stampeders were showing on the weekend as they t the hands of the Kangaroos Saturday uday in what proved to be the fastest game of the season to trip the league leading ’Roos 5-4. Saturday the locals just conldn’t seem to get their scoring plays under- way, and bad Juck around the oppo- sition net robbed them of several scores. There were 34 shots directed on Dal Irvine, playing in the Stamp net for the first time this season, and 28 on the Quesnel goal. The visitors jumped into an.early lead in the opening game, scoring minutes of play and adding another at the 10:30 mark without any retaliation. The first ‘lake counter was collected by former Pontiac Walter Richardson, who punched home a pass from Carl Buchholtz during goal mouth scramble. The score remained stationary through the first half of the second frame before Quesnel began to Jengthen out their lead with Allan Blair, Young and Koppa beating Irvine. ‘The final 20 minutes saw each team add three goals apiece, although it looked for a time as though the *Roos were going to have it all their own way, The visitors were on the long end of a 7-1 score up to the 12 (continued on back page) Sago, will be at Quesnel, He owas then called to Boston, where ne years and in 193 3 auoved to Van- couver. In 1921 this ‘energetic minister Started his congregation at Williams village*schoo] house and in the top storey of the old T. A. Moore store. Since ihe Presbyterian Church was the only one here, all residents 3 aor ipped together and worked’ -on s for an actual building program. The young town was only five years old at the time. Its first chureh services had heen held the year be- fore hy Rev. Major White, In an address given some years later, Dr. MacKinnon relates that when he started his ministry here there were no homes, the people liv. ing in tents and camps on the town- site, Inthe same address he mentions the rong dhurch board and the work that resulted in construction of the original chureh and manse on Oliver Street in 1922. Two members of that original board will be hon- oured also at the dedication service, Roderick Mackenzie, the first board's chairman, and R. M. ‘Bol’ Blair, orfe of the original directdrs. Dr. MacKinnon carried on his min- istry throughout the South Cariboo for over 20 years. His wife died in Williams Lake in June, 1939 and af- ter this tragic loss, Dr. MacKinnon resigned his post here After five years in Peachland he returned to his old home in Nova Scotia where he died in 1949. He is survived by two daughters, Lovett and Joy, both born in British Columbia, who are remembered as the famous figure skating MacKinnon Sisters, who appeared at the corona- tion of King George VI. New operator with the local forest- ry office is Weinard, brother of Horsefiy foi ger Jolin Weinard. Bob will replace Fred Hutchinson, who is leaving the department to take a job in private industry, F plans $10,000 Loss When ‘Cat’ Burns In Bush Loss is estimated at $10,000 in a. freak fire Sunday night that partially destroyed a large ‘eat’ owned by Kohnke Bros. Sawmill. The cat was situated on the company’s logging op- eration and the damage was not noticed until Monday morning. Evi- dently q short had developed in the electrical system sometime “during the night. Commissioners O.K. Garage Permit After Warning The building code infraction inci- dent that commissioners were hold- ing up at their last meeting as an example of what was in store for violators, quietly subsided Tuesday night into a neighborly discussion on the pros and cons of the case. Called to show reason why he shouldn't he ordered to tear down the garage he constructed before ob- taining the necessary permit, L. G. Scurff told the meeting that he had deposited his plans with the village clerk in December and had under- stood that a commission meeting would be held prior to the end of the year. This meeting had subse- quenily been cancelled and the plans had not come up for approval until mid-January. Building inspector Alf Bagle warn- ed that building code requirements were going to be strictly enforced this year. He went on to say that he was g around town on a Wed- atlernoon and discovering buildings either completely erected or well along their way where the weék before there had been nothing on the property. On. ihe Subject of the oil company that were Fy(eu Hioned= = ia Tribune editorial, «commissioners claimed the editor was ‘off the beam,’ that the plans had been tentatively approved previous to construction, subsequent to acceptance’ hy the firs marshall’s office. BEACH Commissioners finally approved payment of a bill for $140 for in- stalling plumbing at the public beach. The bill has been the subject of de- bate at several meetings as commis sioners attempted to find authoriza- tion. Tuesday night former Jaycee president Jack Esler appeared to tell the meeting that the money for this work had been allocated by commis- sioners several years ago. Commis- sioner Alf Eagle, who is in charge of the beach, reminded by Mr. Esler that he had verbally authorized him on several occasions last summer to g0 ahead with the work, South African Cities Topic Of Noon Talk A brief verbal sketch of the prin- cipal cities of South Africa was giv- en to the Kiwanis Club at their Tuesday luncheon meeting by P. C. ‘Glen’ Glenister, accountant for Mac- senzies Ltd., who formerly lived in South Africa. Guests at the luncheon were Har- old Jacobson, lumber operator from Beaver Valley; Cliff Orr, salesman, aud local oi] agent Geoff. Place. Cariboo Continues To Enjoy Mild Weather January's mild weather continued this week with temperatures in town nudging the 40 above mark. .A light precipitation yesterday fell as snow in-the high levels and rain in low \ { ae Max Friday, Jan. 21 712 Saturday 2” -BaE 38. Monday 15. 26 Tuesday 18 26 ‘Wednesday 26 35 Temperature reading «8 o'clock this morning was 21 above. Art Hill, formerly with the For- estry Department at Barriere is now istant ranger of the Williams Lake forest district. Mr..Hill is married { / weight to any organization working and has two children, Production Now Source Cut Greater Than Annual Allowable Cut Figures What does the future hold in store for the lumber i:dusi: y in the Williams Lake district? Probably at no other time in the history of the young industry has there been such a welter of rumours in circulation among the operators themselves on this question. One of the statements being cir- culated is that when an operator's present timber limit runs out, he will be unable to bid on another one to guarantee his supply of raw material. This is the crux of the matter, the fear that the source will be cut off, and with it the operator’s livelihood and the inyesment of probably ‘his life savings. What is the truth of the matter? There is a definite curtailment of timber sales. At the moment, while au outside operator can come into the Williams Lake or Horsefly forest districts and make application for limit it is debatable whether their application would be put up for sale. In the case of established dperat- ors, the department will give them the opportunity to get mere timber for a comparatively limited time if their present limits are about to be finished. There is a reason behind this slow- ing down of timber harvesting, and behind the Forestry Department’s reluctance to formulate a clear-cut policy at this time. NOT AS MUCH TIMBER The simple reason for cutting cur- tailment is the department's opinion, backed by complete aerial survey photographs and field trips that we hayen’t as much timber in these two districts as was thougnt to exist at one time. Board Of Trade President Outlines Year’s Activities Incoming president. Tom Larson, who filled the Board of Trade’s top exective post for eight months last year, told members and. guests at last night's installation dinner that the trade group had experienced a busy season jn 1954. In co-operation with the village commissioners, the board continues to work for-the establishment of a new airort. in Williams Lake, Mr. Larson stated. Seeking the improve- ment of disttict roads; helping new industries get established; pressing for daily air service, and lending its on village service improvements are all part of the board’s work. With regard to air mail, the presi dent read Out a letter from the Post- master General stating that in view of the clarification of costs to trans- ort the mail as brought to light by the board, the department is giving the entire matter, further consider- ation. A crime wave in Williams Lake last summer resulted in the board adding its weight to the village com- mission in seeking and obtaining the services of an extra constable on the RCMP detachment. At the same time, Mr. Larson stated, the hoard’s work in investigating the’ possibility of a private patrol service being in- stituted had resulted in such a busi- ness being formed. Mr. Larson was installed into office by His Honour Judge Henry Castil- lou. Just prior to the short ceremony, Judge Castillou dipped into hig vast storehouse of historical data to come up with a humorous anecdote of the gold rush days when the boards of trade of Lillooet and Yale were vying with each other for the gold field traffic. Seeking to lure travellers from the Douglas Road route, the ed a printed dodger s ption of the route from ‘Hari ison Lake overland that at- tempted to soften the dangers and evident discomfort to be encountered on the route they were extolling. Greetings from the village com- mission were extended to the incom- ing officers by Chairman Stan Goad, who promised the two groups would continue to work together for the betterment of the community. Seven members of the Horsefly Committee of the board were.present under Crairman Harry Brown. They Bere introduced to the meeting by ~D. J. Millar, “p1t5 operators wouli- 3 The districts coyer roughly from the Fraser River over to the junc- tion of the North and East Arms of Quesnel Lake, and from Dog Creek on the south, north to the country around Yank’s Peak in the Keithley Creek area. Taking in about 4,000 square miles. It is now estimated