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2 Williams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Volume 24 — Number 8.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, Fe

bruary 23, 1956.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year,

Over 125 In Cast.
Of 1956 Ice Revue

A cast of over 125 will take part in the Revue to

be staged this Friday and
Arena.

Feature attractions at
numbers presented b:
Skating Club.

Back again this year will be
Miss Audrey Downie, Canadian
Junior Pair Champion in 1951
and Western Canada Junior Pair
Champion for four years trom
1952 to 1955. This talented
skater has also been Canada’s
4’s champion for two years and
Western Canadian 4’s champion
for two years as well as being a
gold medalist.

Michael Healy, junior Cana-
dian Pairs champion and run-
ner-up in last year’s Canadian
pairs championship will also
make the trip, as will Miss Dana
Kulae and Frank Clarke, who
Will be trying for the Western
Canadian pairs championship in
March. :

Just over 100 children will
take part in costume numbers
throughout the show, each group
representing the twelve months
in the cslendar.

Program arrangers have
rounded up that Chileotin steer
for another appearance on ice,
fmd there’s a specialty ballet
number. by mmbers of the Wil-
Mams Lake Tire Brigade that
should be worth watching for.

Saturday at War Memorial

the show will again be the

y members of the Connaught

Car Licence Sales
Expected to Far .
Exceed Last Year's

Sale of passenger and com-
mercial licence plates locally is
expected to far exceed last year’s
figures, according to Deputy
Government Agent John Issi-
gonis.

To date this year, 884 passen-
ger and 337 commercial plates
have been sold, and there are
still four clear selling days left
before the February 29 deadline.
Last year’s total figures
were 593 passenger licences and
693 commercial.

Passenger series this year run
from 304-051 up, and the two
commercial series are from CA1
to CA550 and from C99-17¢ up.
The local office has on hand
1300 passenger plates and 1200
commercial this year,

sale

Minister Deals With Cariboo

(Ha. Note: The following are excerpts from a speech made
in the Legislature on February 3 by Hon, Ralph Chetwynd. The
copy of the speech just arrived this Tuesday, and since much of
it has been dealt with in coast papers, we are only printing that

: section that deais with 2 etwynd’s own constituency. )-

I too would like to have presénted all the mem-
bers of this House with produce of the Cariboo, but I
found it difficult to present you with a carload of lum-
ber, a bottle of sparkling pure air, or even one of the

many hundreds of fish that
of sporting fish.

I should have presented each
with gold nuggets from Barker-
ville, Pl think of that next time,
+. . OF presented you with one
of the purebred herd sires from
the Cattle Ranges, a fine Here-
ford Bull that roamed the rang-
es of the Gariboo and the Chil-
cotin. My gift to you is an in-
yitation to “partake of the joys
of mile after mile of paved high-
Ways over which-you may travel
through the most exhilarating
country in British Columbia, or
by the rehabilitated Pacific Great
Hastern —Railway running

through the'centre of an Empire
in itself, * 2

“+. House, thro
oe

we

~ Rife Rink Wins

Second Curling
Club Trophy

Ken Rife’s rink emerged the
winners of a ‘round robin’ com-
petition Sunday to take posses-
sion of the Central Service tro-
phy.-

The rink has been in top Spot
“right through the season, win-
ning the Cariboo Home Furnish-
ings trophy in earlier competi-
“ion, and being currently tieq
for top place in the Gardner

trophy play.
The Rife rink won ‘three
straight games Sunday, with

their closest call coming when
they played Wilf Moore. Three
down coming home, the winning
rink took a four-ender on the
last end to win by one. Other
rinks in the round robin play
were Dan Rottacker and Tom
Larson.
The winning rink consists of
Rife, skip; Rom Frieson, thira;
~ Don MacKay, second, and Dou,
Townsend, lead.

ways,

abound in the Cariboo, full
Se I ee

stituency, and such places as
Lone Butte, 100 Mile House,
Lac La Hache, Williams Lake,
Whiskey Creek, Soda Creek Mar-
guerite, Kersley and Quesnel,
over the Cottonwood bridge,
‘through Strathinayer to Hixon
Creek and there this Railway
Proceeds through the constitu-
eney of my colleague the minis-
ter of education to Prince
George, and in a short space of
time this railway development
will be operating past the Mis-
sinchinka into the riding repre-
sented by my colleague the Hon-
ourable member for Peace River
... A railway truly extended by
this government to develop Brit-
ish Columbians’ heritage. When
the P.G.B. is completed it will
be longer than any mainline in
British Columbia . . . and it is
just as wide.
GROWING PAINS

As M.L.A. for Cariboo, like
all other M.L.A.'s in this House,
we are faced with growing-pain
problems . . . I have found that
every time one solves a prob-
| lem,seven other problems follow
in the natural sequence. These
problems are brought to us by
the taxpayers and the home-
owners and the voters. The par-
ticular problems that have been
brought to me for solution have
been, First . . . Adequate high-
that problem has been
solved by my colleague, the Hon-
ourable Minister of Highwa
highways having been nearly
completed, immediately we have
the problem of Byways over
which the products of the in-
dustries flow to the highways or
railhead for. transportation to
the markets. of the world. These
Byways are now. called upon to
carry the pay-loads of this coun-
try in ever-increasing volume
and at an ever-increasing speed
+--+ Task our minister of high-
Ways to ‘continue to gravel,
ditch: afd maintain these By-
Wayg#so the pay-loads that pro-
duce. the:provineial revenue may
continually flow throughout the

to the highways and rail-

Year ki
ea is. Adequate highways and

byways will make B.C..a 1
™ontht country instead of a 6-

| The man was named to serve

mpertant to labour, and labour

“Gontinued on page 8)

month country and that is most |

who provided the spending;

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Canada's _first-
formed a rink at
teaching of skip Flight Ser;
Winnipeg, of the RCAF.
curling experience,
quickly to the roarin
agility on the ice.

ig game

Kiwanis Spring
Tea Plans Made

Add signs of spring:

Members of the local Kiwanis
¢lub are working on plans for
their second annual tea and fa-
shion show, which will be held
on the afternoon of March 21,

Proceeds from the affair will
go towards the club’s latest un-

lertaking, a boys’ .and~ girls’
[\ Pitatend ‘bugle band. +
\ {Starting out in a small way
last“sear, the club took over
Columbus Hall for the tea, but
the idea proved so popular thai
larger quarters had to be found
and this year the Elks Hall will
be used.

Tea convener this year will
be Tony Borkowski and Bert
Roberts.

Not the least of the attrac.
tions from a woman’s viewpoint,
is the sight of town business-
men serving at the afternoon
tea.

In addition to the fashion
show will probably be several
dance numbers by town organiz-
ations. For their own part in
the fashion program this year
the Kiwanis members will depict
men's fashions through the ages,
starting with pre-historic man.

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Leaving Friday for her home
in Vancouver, is Mrs. F. M. Da-
vies, who has been visiting with
her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kallaur.

ESKIMOS BECOME ROCK AND BROOM ENTHUSIASTS
ae . < x es s 4 <:

known Eskimo curlers haye
Churchill, Man., under. the
geant Bill Beaton,
With but a few months’
the Eskimos have. taken
and show amazing
‘This rink is to participate in

—Centra) Press Canadian
the Manitoba
this month.

y
ip, but will certainly
rock and broom game.

First Shipment for Gas Line
Goes Through Williams Lake

The great gas pipeline project through the Interior
came a big step closer to actuality last Friday when
the first shipment of pipe for Westcoast Transmission
passed through Williams Lake on the P.G.E,

There were seven flat cars in

the shipment, each one carrying
113 pieces of 20-inch pipe to be
unloaded at Prince George and
trucked to points Slong the gas
line Sehtof-yay. BBpmenke will
go tlirough “here daily for a2
couplé of months.

Missionary Dies
At African School

Word has been received of the
death February 10 of Dr..John
Oshanek, missionary from 100
Mile House who only a month
ago left there to take up a post
in British West Africa.

Dr. Oshanek went to Ibadan,
Nigeria to be superintendent of
the Mission of the Emissaries of
Divine Light.

A well-known figure at 100
Mile, Dr. Oshanek was interest-
ed in organic gardening and had
written several articles for a
United States magazine “Organ-
ie Gardening & Farming.”

He leaves to mourn his pass-
ing his wife Anne, one son Da-
vid and a grandchild at 100 Mile
House, and a daughter, Yvonne
at Vancouver.

On Tag Team

of the duller

Kohnkes Retain Hold

Trophy

The Kohnke brothers, Felix and Bill, retained
their hold on the Ranch Hotel ta.
matches to feature the fight card last

g team trophy in one

Saturday night that drew another thousand-dollar gate

at the Elks Hall.

The trophy bout saw the
Kohnke’s subdue Bud Rattal of
Vancouver and Leo Numa An-
derson of Seattle, in one of the
fastest (in point of minutes
elapsed) to be seen on the local
mat in years.

After working Felix over in
approved fashion, the Visiting
wrestlers lost the first fall when
Anderson started clouting our
boy on the ropes and refused to

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Fined When Fails
To Answer Jury Call

A fine of §10 or 1 day in de-
fault was levied on a local man
in police court Tuesday on the
seldom-invoked ¢
ing to appear for jury duty.

on a coroner's jury

t inquiring
Jinto an accidental

death. He
was “‘called’* three times by the
3 coroner.

cease and 4 when referee
Harold McKay ordered him to.

The second fall went to Felix|
also, with Rattal going under.|
Hotel manager Jack Dye pre- |

sented the brothers with the
trophy again, If they win it a
third time they gain permanent
possession.

In the card's opening event,

Rattal and Bill put on a good
show, the two lighter. men taking
to the air

Rattal had

of the Ww

at times

y most

was
running close to the time limit,
it was Bill who took over with
his punishing walking leg hold
and softened Rattal up for the
fall.

The second bout between
heavyweights, both men weigh-
ing in at 240 pounds, saw the
fight see-saw back and forth for
the entire minutes. with no
decision being reached. A slow
starter, Anderson showed little
fire throughout the nght.

the |

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The shipment was unloaded at| °te?Y-

Vancouver last Wednesday, the
first of a 90,000 ton order valu-
ed at {5 million, the ,largest
order? 3ts kind ever piiced bo
a -Caiadian—company
United Kingdom firm.

The shipments moving over
the P.G.E. will be used in con-
struction of 200 miles of the
northern division of the 650-
mile main line. Pipe-laying op-
erations will start in the spring.

While in transit the pipe is
held in place through the-use of
steel strapping and special con-
tour blocks mianufactured in
Vancouver. Two hundred pounds
of strapping and 12 blocks are
required for every flat car.

Contract with the South Dur-
ham Steel and lron Company
calls for delivery at dockside of
6000 tons of pipe per month.
NO ACTION ON AIRPORT
TENDERS YET

No action has been taken yet

with a

by Ottawa in awarding the ten-
der for work on Williams Lake
airport. Reliable sources indi-
cate that decision on the matter
may not be forthcoming for an-
other three weeks.

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TRADES LICENCES
APPROVED

Commissioners approved three
Plicants were Kenneth §. Smith
trades licences last night. Ap-
(Village Radio), Warold Hunter
(Lake Super Mart) and Gordon
Moore (contractor).

THE WEATHER

A brief spell of milder wea-
ther returned to the area last
Sunday, but any comfort the
higher reading might have given
Was nullified by winds of gale
force that piled drifing snow on
roads. Conditions in town were
no better and motorists were
spotted digging themslves out of
snowdrifts throughout the day.

between the hours of 8:20
and 5 p.m.
min max
Friday, Feb. 17 20 21
15 26
Monday 81 36
Tuesday 0 2
Wednesday 6

This morning at
readng was —2°,

Ray Laverdiere is progr
favorably after undergoing
operation at Vancouver,

an

| ian for the big corporation. He

Jalong the long Chilcotin road,

| emergency.

- |All Snow Clearing Machinery
[In Use Following Big Wind

High winds Sunday created the winter’s worst

snow problem on distri.
Engineer Jim Pomeroy.

Hardest® hit was the Dog
Creek road, where howling
winds piled up drifts for miles
along the open stretches. The
road was effectively blocked
from Sunday until yesterday
when the first vehicle came over
the complete route.

The Likely road was opened
up Tuesday, and the only re-
maining well-used road in this
area not open yet is the Fox’s

Mill Accident.
Claims Life

Thomas Boyd McWhirter,
edgerman employed by Gallant
Sawmill at 141 Mile, was killea
Monday. morning when he was
struck on the chest and head by
a board from the machine.

The injured man was rushed
to hospital but was dead on ar-
tival. ‘he accident occurred at
3 o'clock in the morning.

An inguest fito the tragedy
has been adjourned until next
| Wednesday.

Mr, MeWhirter was born near
Timmins, Ontarfo in 1927.

He is survived by his wife and
one child, A sister, Mrs. J. R.
Jupp, also of Williams Lake sur-
vives.

Funeral services will be con-
ducted Saturday afternoon from
St. Peter's Church and interment
will be in Williams Lake cem-

otters Film|
ill be By-Produci
Of Gas Line Job —

An entertaining by-product of
the gas line being built by Can-
adian Bechtel will be a sound
motion picture in color of the
country served by the Pacific
Great Eastern Railway.

The pictures are being made
by Bill Heick, official camera-
will be in the district periodic-
ally for several months at a time
throughout the year, so. that his
documentary film will take in
all the seasons. é

Mr. Heick was with the first
shipment of pipe on the PGE
last Friday, as was A. J. “Dal”

ict roads, according to District
SS eee

Hill road just outside of town.

All available ‘snow clearing
material was pressed into use
Sunday and the Department of
Highways hired graders and cats
in every district where their own
equipment couldn’t cope - with
the situation. z

A rotary plow Was summoned
from Kamloops, but it. did not
arrive until tuesday night and
had to be put in the shop for
minor repairs. The plow will be
kept here for some time, clear-
ing the snow from the sides of
the roads. The machine picks up
the snow and blows it over the
windrow drifts made - by. the
graders, ze .

The Chilcotin road .was not
seriously blocked. The grader in
that area was in the vicinity of
Becher’s prairie when’ the storm
struck, and kept the main ar-
tery. clear.

PG. Power Saving
Not Outstanding

Tenor of stories appearing re-
cently on the bargain power
rates that Prince Georg resi-
dents will receive from the B.C,
Power Commission has caused
commission officials to worry
about the reaction among the
utilitiy’s other customers.

In a message from the com-
mission Tuesday, it was pointed
out that although the rate for
the first bioeietpower to resi-
dential users would De-cxe cent

customers up north do not have

the benefit of the 10 percent dis-

count on billing that we enjoy
here. Actually the average resi-
dential user in Prince would
only realize a saving of 40 or 50
cents a month over the user in
Williams Lake.

It is pointed out too that in
commercial power, the rate for:
the final block of power here is
% cent a Ki. hour, at Prince it
is 1% cents. The same ratio ap~
plies to industrial power.

30 Members -
Attend Important
Legion Meeting

Dalrymple, publie relations of-
ficer for Bechtel. Also on the
trip was Fred Gibson, assistant
superintendent of the PGR.

Emergency
Shelters May Have
To be Padlocked

Unless the public stops pilfer-
ing from the Department of
Highways emergency shelters
these building will be securely
locked in the future, warns Dis-
trict Engineer Jim Pomeroy.

Although built for the use of
highway work crews far from
their -hase of operations, these
buildings have been left open,
to be used by anyone in case of
Most of them are
tar from any habitation, and in
more than one occasion in the
past, motorists in trouble in sub-
zero weather have welcomed the
shelters with their stoves, sup-
plies of firewood and a bunk to
sleep on

People have been taking the
fireood though, and it is believ-
ed a physical check of the mat-
tresses in the shelters will re-
veal several of these missing.
Work crews have had the ex-
perience of arriving at a shelter
after a long hard snow plowing
grind only to find there was none
of the wood left that is stock-
piled each fall.

Mr. Pomeroy states the pad-
locking of the buildings will be
under last resort, but
the der will be forced
to do it if the pilfering doesn’t
cease,

About 30 members of wWil-
liams Lake Canadian Legion
branch turned out Monday night
to make sure the veterans’ or-
ganization carried on. ?

The branch reached a low ebb
in member support during the
latter months of last year, which
climaxed with the recent. resig-
nation of president Jim Stitt.

Named president of the
branch for the coming year was
Felix Kohnke. Although cur-
rently on a wrestling tour, Mr.
Kohnke had signified his wil-
lingness to take on the presi-
dency when he was home last
weekend.

Tony Borkowski remained as
vice-president and Bob~ Jackson
is second vice-president. Walt
Thomas was returned as treas~
urer and BE. Moressy was named
secretary.

Directors are Jim Duthie, sia
Pigeon, Bruce Magoffin, Barl
Brown, Tom Denny, Bob Blair
and Cece Rhodes.

Gas Franchise Vote
Soon For Village

Williams Lake ratepayers will
soon be called upon to give ap-
proval to a natural gas distribu-
tion franchise for the village.

The by-law, which would au-
thorize the granting of such a
francise to Inland Natural Gas
Company, was given second
Teading by commissioners at a
special meeting last night. After
receiving a third reading and
being approved by the inspector
of municipalities it will be sub-
mitted to the electors for de-
cision,

cheaper than say Williams Use ——~——