Wednesday, September 11, 1957

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, BC. .

Letter to the Editor|New Teachers

THAN

tLECTORATE

Dear Sir—Would you please
convey to the electorate of the
Cariboo, through the medium ot
your fine newspaper, my deep
Appreciation for their endorse-
Ment in the recent by-election.
The conduct of the voting citi-
zens during the course of the
campaign and on election day
may well be regarded as a
matter of pride to the Cariboo.

I would also extend personal|t the elementary school.

and sincere thanks to those
friends and supporters whose
loyalty and faith means so much,
as well as to Mr. Jim Donelly
for the use of the campaign
Tooms, and the the staff of our
splendid new radio station,

CKCQ, for their fine coverage.

Public recognition is also
justly due to Mr. Tony Wood-
land for the manner in which
the polling was organized, and
to the clerks and scrutineers as
Well, for the smoothness and
efficiency with which the

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Appointments to District

teaching staff are now virtually |
complete, according to the}
School Board office.

Lake, Mrs. Mel
appointed com-|
merce teacher at the High
Schools. Miss W. Apps, Van-
couver, and Miss T. Crichton,
Vancouver, have been appointed

In Williams
Kahl has been

Rural appointments include:
Victor Ahorneko, Burnaby, to
exis Creek; Miss L. Albreacht,
Vancouver, to Horsefly; William
Big
appointment to

Selman, Vancouver, to
Creek. An
Glencoe School is now pending.

arduous detail was executed.
The future undoubtedly will
afford many opportunities to
show by honest effort my real
gratitude. I shall not forget.

BILL SPEARE.

INCLUDING QUESNEL PLANT See
Four Thermal Power Plants
Start Producing In Province

“THE B.C. Power Commission is bringing into

| service no less than four large thermal power
plants within the present 10-day period. The com-
bined capacities of the first stage of development of
these four plants is 142,700 horsepower,” was the
announcement’ made today by Lee Briggs, the
commission’s general manager.

“I know that the efforts and| —— :
the accomplishment of com-| British Columbia ‘will appreciate
mission staff to bring all these|the great scale of these aceom-
four large new plants into|plishments on their behalf.”
Service almost ‘simultaneously,” | worms LARGHST
stated Mr. Briggs, ‘as well as

The first gas turbine genera-

to carry along other plants

under design or construction, to/tor in the Georgia station,
bring about three river diver-|situated on Bare Point, pear
ons, bulld hundreds of miles! cnemainus, ent into, gervies

of new high voltage transmission
jines, build dozens of large elec-
trical substations, and build
electric distribution to thousands
of new customers, all within the
year, have been nothing less
than tremendous, and we are
deeply grateful to them. I also
believe that the people of

first on Monday September 9,
Mr. Briggs said. It gives the
commission another 25,000
horsepower of . much - needed
capacity on Vancouver Island.
It is being followed as rapidly
as construction gonditions will
permit, by three additional units
of the same size, to feed energy

into the i 's Van-

THANKS,
CARIBOO

The noise of elec-
tion talk dies away,
the quiet decision of

voting has been
made, and ahead lies
work to be done.

You have voiced your
decision and as much
as said, get on with
the job.

I accept with sin-

cere humility the
great honour con-

you well,
Please know that as yi

letters to enable me to
behalf.

realizing the possibilitie:
Jand.

You:

ferred upon me, and dedicate myself to serving

able for talks with any group, and will welcome

We all play an equally imporiant part in

For the good of our Cariboo and all con-
cerned, let’s do it together.

|couver Island power grid.

PLANTS FOR INTERIOR.

In addition, regular operation
will be started later this week
jon the 16,000 horsepower. gas-
diesel station at Prince George,
| closely 12 months after the
commission took over the city’s
municipal power system. The
new plant being brought into
service there is capable of ex-
pansion to $0,000 horsepower,

A plant of identical design at
Quesnel started producing elec
tric power a few days ago, said
Mr. Briggs. It is rated at
12,000 horsepower. Another
new plant of 14,700 horsepower
at Dawson Creek is going jnto

Convention Bound

Indian Agent Bill Christie
leit, Tuesday tgaethe. east
where he will attend a conven-
ion of all Indian superinten-
dents from all over Canada.
Chief items on the agenda will
be administration problems, edu-
cational developments, the work-
ing of band councils and the
welfare and economic develop-
ment of the Indian ‘populations.

The convention, which will be
held at St. Marguerite, a town
in the Laurentians 50 miles
north of Montreal, will -be
opened by our local member,
acting minister of citizenship
and immigration, Hon. B. Davie
Fulton, M.P.

PARROT ARRON DOE
service within the week.

The gas diesel plant at-Prince
George, Quesnel and Dawson
Creek will utilize natural gas as
fuel,

‘The addition of these four
new thermal plants to the com-
mission's system comes only
three months after Premier
W. A. C. Bennett opened the
commission’s new 70,000 horse-
power hydro-electric plant at
Ladore Falls, which is \he

tatulated by Tom Oliver of

Over 2,000 trapshooter

second plant in the
of the Campbell River system.
The third plant on this river, at
Upper Campbell, is now in the
final stages of construction.
Present schedules at Upper
Campbell call for the first ynit
of 42,000 horsepower in a plant
extensible to 126,000 horse-
power to be placed in service in
March of next year,

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RISKE CREEK NEWS

A bear has been an unwel-
come visitor at the home of
Pauline Perry the last few
nights, It took away a sack of
vegetables that was sitting on
the back porch, and broke up’ a
pen that held five pigs. Pre-
dator animal hunter M. Morten-
son was called in, but so far
the bear still comes around at
night.

DR. AND MRS. H. K. Atwooa
were overnight visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Rafferty on Monday.

PAT AND GENE JOHNSON
came back from Williams Lake
Jast week with a new pickup.

“ MR. AND MRS. BERT Buckle
have moved hack to Riske Creek

to live: For the past year they
have been living in Williams
Lake. Bert’ has started work

for R. Bourdin. ee

SURPRISE VISITORS to the
home of Gordon and Betty
Jasper were King and Chrissy
Hubbert, who are up in this part

Cian Trapshooting association. Tobin
» including 50

CANADIAN TITLIST AT US, TRAP SCHOOL.

it the Grand American
, Ohio, was Dick Tobin,

who won the North American prelimic

and trophy, is seen here being

president of the Cana-
shot a 195 from 20 yards,
Canadians, competed in the

Bear A Nightly Visitor To Home

of the country on holiday. King
is in the R.C.M.P. and was once
stationed at Alexis Creek,

BETTY JASPER went into
| Williams Lake last week for
[medical treatment; also little
Nola Perry, who cut her arm
badly when she fell over a log.
CATTLE drives have been a
common sight on the road the
last few days so they can get
into Williams Lake by Septem-
ber 20 for the cattle sale, «

A Polish worker, 48-year-old
Edward Sienkiewicz, broke an
ankle September 7 in a mill
accident at Lac La Hache. He
was canting logs at the time
when the canting hook slipped.
He fell back heavily with his leg
twisted-hemeathhim: => - >

He was rushed trom the mill,
Cariboo Lumber Ltd., by car té
War Memorial Hospital.

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