District woman killed
in highway smash-up

Mrs. Harry Felker, 5
Memorial Hospital at 2:3

6, of 134 Mile, died in War
0 this morning following a

car accident yesterday afternoon in which she sus-

tained a fractured pelvis and severe shock.

other persons were hospitalized.

The mishap occurred about
1 p.m. yesterday near 134 Mile
House. Driver of the death car,
Harry Felker, jammed on the
brakes’ to avoid hitting the
vehicle in front of him which
had suddenly stopped. The
brakes locked in position and
the car skidded across the road
into the oncoming traific Pas-
sengers in, the vehicle, George
and Alvin Felker, were injured
in the smash-up. George sus-
tained a broken pelvis while
Alvin, son of Harry, is suffering
from a severe wound in his right
shoulder.

Driver of the other car in-
volved, Danny Friskey, received
facial injuries but was not hos-

Customers fight
waifers in cafe
brawl last week

Broken scissors and a broken

bottle were weapons used in a
fight which broke out at the
= night. |

up|
the volume on the jul in
the cafe. One of the employees
of the cafe turned the volume|
down. “Again Richard turned]

up the music.

ward Collin friend ol
Richard, starteda fight with the
employees thinking that they
were ganging up on Gene Rich-
ard. The fight resulted in a
free-for-all in which a broken
bottle and a pair of sci
came into play. Two of the
cafe workers, were injured, one
of them receiving bad cuts on
the hand, the head and behind
his ear. Day was struck over
the head with a sugar bowl.

Gene Richard was fined a
total sum of $100 for being in-
toxicated and causing a disturb-
ance, Edward Day was senten-
ced to one year in prison on a
charge of assault causing bodily
harm. Day has a previous police
record.

Jack Kennedy,
‘former PGE
manager, dies

J. A. (Jack) Kennedy,
who saw the fulfilment of a
long-cherished dream in the

completion of the Pacific Great

Eastern Railway, died Thursday.
Mr. Kennedy was a former
general manager of the PGE

and during his lifetime was a
tiresless worker for completion
of what he considered a vital
link in the growth of this prov-
ince.
He retired in 1952 but served
a director of the PGE until
his death.
TO PGE IN, 1948
Born in Winnipeg,

Mr. Ken-

nedy joined the Canadian
Pacific as a clerk in 1900,
worked his way up to be

trainmaster at Cranbrook and

later was paymaster at Winni-
peg.
In 1930 he was appointed

superintendent of the Esquimalt
and Nanaimo Railway on Van-
couver Island.

He retired from that position
in 1948 and was appointed
general manager of the PGE.

He is survived by his wite,
Elsie, at home, 1587 West 12th,
and two daughters, Mrs. H.
(Marjorie) Bain, Petrolia, On-
tario, and Mrs, James (Ruth)

Four
pitalized. Danny's father,
George, received treatment. for

broken ribs but has been re-
leased from the hospital. Mrs.
Friskey ‘is being treated for a
fractured shoulder, bruised
knees and an injured ankle.
Earl Dobson, passenger in the
Friskey car, was not hurt.
The Friskey family are trom

Vedder Crossing near Chilli-
wack. They were on vacation
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John

Jones of Williams Lake at the
time of the mishap.

The Felker auto was travei-
ling north towards Williams
Lake when the collision
occurred with the southbound
Friskey car. A vehicle two cars
in front of the Felker auto
seemed to be the cause of the

drov

fatal incident. The car in
question suddenly stopped’ with-
out any indication. or warning.

The next car in line in which
Mrs. W. A. More was riding
also stopped. Felker

raked to miss hitting the More

car, and swung onto the other
side of the road.

The yehicle at the front of
the

but

However, police

b of this

Power voliage
drop cause of
| pump house fire

One of the village's two water
supply pumps was knocked out
Monday night and a large elec-
tric fuse panel destroyed when
power voltage dropped for a
two-hour period.

Firemen who were called*to
the scene used chemicals on the
fire burning in the wall behind
the panel.

Cause of the drop in power
voltage was not discovered until
two hours after the drop. At
about six o'clock lights in a
large section of town dimmed
and motors on automatic equip-
ment started laboring. B.C.
Power: Commission foreman Lyle
Mooreman was on holiday and
manager Tom Wale was work-
ing at the Stampéde grounds.
Mr. Wale did not know about
the condition until he was
located by a staff member of
The Tribune about seven o'clock.
Search for the cause was then
instituted, but was not un-
covered until just before eight.
An automatic cut-out had failed
to operate at the lécal eub-
station when a fuse blew. A
similar fault at the pump house
failed to cut the equipment off
there when the voltage dropped.

As a consequence, the pump
working overheated.
The pump will be out until

a new panel arrives from the
coast and is installed, In the
meantime, residents are asked
ot to irrigate their lawus or
gardens because with limited
storage both pumps are re-
quired to keep enough water in
the lines for heavy sprinkling
Condition should be rectified in
several days.

BREAKS ARM

IN ACCIDENT
Robert Macdonald, 16-year-
old donkey engine operator with

Timothy Mountain Lumber Com-
pany, sustained a broken arm
Wednesday when his glove
caught on the pin of the donkey
engine haul-back drum. The
youth was pulled around the
shaft and his arm broken in two
plac

line] that, stopped without | |
alee :

Rowlatt, Ottawa.

QUEEN AND ATTENDANTS
Crowned Queen of the Lake at last Sunday’s Aquatic

Show was pretty Tina de Geus, centre.
two princesses were Carolyn Robertson,

Mazel McHugh.

Named her
left, and

Parade one of most
colorful held locaily

ski
Stampede. -~

With some 40 units involved,

from floats to
cycles,

for

size,
visiting delegations,

decorated bi-
the parade set no record
but thanks to several
it was one

of the most colorful to be seen

on the town streets.

High in popularity was the
26-piece RCE band, which drew
applause all along the parade
route.

The same applied to the 10
girls of the North Kamloops

Starlets and their leader,
the art of baton
perfection.

demonstrated
twirling to

who

This

group paid their own way up to
Williams Lake to take part in

the parade.

The Kiwanis Boys and Girls
Band added to the festive look

of the parade, but

the slated

arrival of the Rube Band failed

to materialize.

Unscheduled, as

far as

ad-

vance notice was concerned, was
the mock hold-up staged at the

corner of Third and Oliver,

volving the old BX stagecoach.

B

st out-of-town entry in the

parade went to the 150 Mile
Commun Club. The club is
currently building a community|
hall and took as their’ theme

“keep

the pot boiling.”

They

in-| >

A welcome break in the weather provided sunny
for the opening day parade of the 33rd annual

carried this further with a can-
nibal tribe scene, complete with

pot and missionary. Some of
the “cannibals” roamed the
Streets in search of more “ vic-

tims.

Most original float prize went
to Cariboo Home Furnishings
with their decorated car resem-
bling a baby buggy.

Best comic number was won
by Williams Lake Elementary
School P-TA The float lam-
pooned problems ot dress among
school students.

Best commercial float award
went to The Tribune. The
newspaper developed the slogan

but everybody reads The
Tribune,” and showed several
improbable incidents such as a
doctor operating on a patient
and both avidly reading a copy
of the hemetown newspaper.

Best float entered by an or-
ganization went to the Top Teen
Club's replica of a boat, with
second place going to the Hospi-
tal Auxiliary.

Hank Kryner won the best-

NEXT?
You draws your lot and you takes your chances—and ~

if your horse is as frisky as this one, chances are
you'll be taking to the air right after that chute

gate opens.

» Vicilliams Lake
nda
At to see {
ke and the cr
Mudges for
had a tough
winner out of
ants, Herb
Magoifin, Feli

the que

time

Bruce
Kohnke and Al

Smallenberg finally selected
pretty Tina de Geus. Miss
Kiwanis, to wear the crown.
Mazel MeHugh, Legion,

and Carolyn Robertson, Miss 100
Mile Lions, were the two prin-
cesses who were next on the
judges’ lists.

y Al McIntosh, Williams
was the winner of the
water ksi outfit. A 50 cents
raifle ticket brought Al a pair
of water skis, a nylon tow rope
and a life jacket.

In one part of the program 2
90-year-old lady was going to go
for a ride in a racing boat with
Gordie Cole at the controls. The
old lady managed to get into the
boat and then before
could take his place at the con-
trols the craft was skimming
across the water at high speed.
Out of control?’ No, the elderly
lady was quite a seaman. Al
arswell behind the dis-
guise and gave a convincing
performance.

a

was

RACING POPULAR

The main attraction of the
day's program was the boat rac-
ing events. E Kozuki, Williams

Lake, driving a 12-foot craft
pushed by an Evinrude 13 b.p.
motor won the Class E race.
J. Johnson, Quesnel, circled the
markers in a 10-footer to win
the Class F. Johnson's boat

was propelled by a Mereury 10.
In the Class A event there were
12 entries which were divided
into two heats and then a final
race was held. Bob Lunblom
from 100 Mile won the finals in
a 15-foot two inch boat with
a Mercury 70 outboard motor
Other winners were as follows:
Class B, Herman Chase, Kam-
loops; Class C, Herman Chase;
Class D. George Shook, North
Kamloops; hydroplane race, J.
Johnson, Quesnel. There were
only two boats entered in the
hydro race; the other driver
was J. R. Meyers from 100 Mile
House.

Al Deschene, an active mem-
ber of a sky-diving club, was
the man who really got a bird’s
eye view of Willigms Lake when

dressed cowboy award and San-
dra Twan that of best-dressed

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Despite rain, 1800 turn
out for Aquatic Show

Drenching rains did not dampen spirits at the
Annual Aquatic Show held here last
mat eytimated. 1.200

Oat Laces, z
owning of the new Queen of the Lake}

Gordie | §

to 1{Sa0e Aone e Lurie

arachute €rop into tr

member of the RCAF stationed

at Rivers, Manitoba.
Al Smedley,

who doe

and successful
yet. association
to put on a better one
next year. In spite of the fact
that there was no water skiing
event the show went over well.

John Edward Rhodes,
shown here with his
wife in a recent photo-
graph, who passed away
in Kamloops June 21.

E.J.Rhodes dies
at Kamloops

Edward John Rhodes, 59, re-
cent Williams Lake resident,
died in Kamloops hospital June
as a result of a heart con-
dition.

Mr.

Rhodes lived here for al-
most two years prior to his
death. He worked at Beath
Motors for a year and then for
the Forestry Department. Last
month he was transferred to
Kamloops. At the time he left
Williams Lake he was president
of the local branch'of the B.C.
Government Employees’ Associa-
tion.

He is survived by his wife,
Agnes: two sons, Edward, 33,
with the RCAF in Saskatchewan,
and Beverly, 28, Alberta; one
daughter, Olive, Kamloops; four

he made a parachute jump into] brothers, Cecil, Williams Lake;

the lake. Al “bailed cut" of|Richard, Alberta; James and

a private plane that was brought|/Thomas, both ,of Vancouver:

up from Kamloops to take part|two sisters, Mrs. Vickers, Van-

in the Aquatic Show enteriain-|couver, and Mrs. Lucas, Port
The parachutist is a} Alberni.

| ment.

“viding a fence around the big

é FAST STEERS

Imported stock

k provides

spills and thrills aplenty

With a big assist’ from" the ~ ‘weatherman, the
33rd annual Stampede broke attendance records in

all departments.
Dominion Day, when’ the

Biggest: day of the show was

largest crowd “ever to at-

tehd a Stampede paid a total of $6,100:to see.the

“ Gariboo’s Own Show.”

The same. day last year

ticket, takers collected $3,200.

There wasn’t double — the
attendance, but foresight in pro-

field caught a lot of gate mone:
that never materialized last
year. There were probably
6,000 péople on the grounds
though. People watched from
all over the hills, jammed the
srandstands and stood two deap
around the arena fence and be-
hind the race track railing.

And the patrons saw a good

e a
show for their money. Imported

bucking stock spilled riders in
rapid succession, and the Mexi-
can long horn. steers were
faster than some of the ponies,

larger crowds for this latter
part of the program.

Officials in charge of pari-
mutuel betting say that a total:
Of $4,984 was bet during the
three days. Figure would have
been higher last night but for a
short rainstorm that drove Pat-
rons back to their cars,

Probably the largest pay-out
ever made at the local track was
made Tuesday night: Leo Fow-

jler’s “‘ astern Agent”: tools the

half mile open event and paid
fantastic $68.40 for a two-_
dollar ticket. Only eight lucky
people had pay-off stubs.

‘The show Was opened Monday.
by Antoine Boitanio, old-time

although in the steer
this resulted in some phenom-
enal times being turned in as
cowboys put an extra effort into
getting that first jump.

Three contestants turned in|
better than six-second times.
Jerry Peth of Bow, Washington,
had the best time of 4.$ seconds
but ‘his brother, Buz, bettered

» Who told the audi
that he had taken part in the
first Stampede to be held in
Williams Lake, and in the. years
Since had only missed seeing one
show. He said he would like
to say how much those who are
in charge of the Stampede and
those who watch it, appreciate
rhe? Presence of the Indians,

his -ayerage, decorating two “who always help to make the
steers in 12.7 seconds. Stampede a gréad success.”
@, vicious Brahma buus| There was 9 arez noticeable »
Cok ae in

The next four pres were un=
claimed.

BEST COWBOY

Best all-round cowboy was the
same Ellie Lewis, 1958 national
bareback riding champion, and

a top contender wherever he
goes, Lewis, who originally
hailed from Okanagan Falls,

this year gives his home address
as Montana.

Besides topping the dull rid-
ing contest, Lewis was first in
the bareback brone event and
third in the second go-round of
the saddle brone event, and
third in steer riding.

The single ticket for both the
afternoon show and the evening
racing program resulted in much

District engineer
leaving for new
post at Prince

Dave MacVicar, district en-
gineer with the Department of
Highways, has been promoted to
regional maintenance engineer
with ‘headquarters at Prince
George.

Mr. MeVicar was informed of
the ‘pending change iast Friday,
but does not know the exact
date his transfer will be effec-
tive.

The district engineer has been
here seven months, and was for-
merly stationed at Lillooet. He
is a member of the Kiwanis
Club and has been active in the
preliminary planning of the new
playground project the club has
embarked upon.

The name of his successor has
not been announced.

Nona Bareson
improving

Condition of Nano Bareson,
17-year-old local girl changed

to “good” in St. Paul’s Hospi-
tal, Vancouver, over the week-
end.

. Though still on the seriously
ill list, Nona, who has been un-
conscious since she fell from a
horse May 17, is improving.

This. week a cheque for
$1,800 was mailed to Mrs. John
Bareson to help with medical
expenses. The money was
raised by a benefit cabaret-held
last month.

round to put thQmselrex in a
position for top average ‘money.

All concessions on the grounds
did roaring day-long trade, and

those that remained open at
night found crowds still around
at almost any hour.

Five injured
throughout
three-day show

Four contestants in the arena
events and one racehorse rider
were treated at War Memorial
Hospital following accidents
during the three days of the
Stampede.

Injured were George Keenan,
25, Williams Lake, dislocated
elbow; Gene Tyler, 31, Yakima,
Washington, broken ribs; Hec-
tor MacDonald, Lytton, broken
leg;  Lenerd Lucas, injured
knee; Cecile Beaulieu, Williams
Lake, head injury.

Most unusual accident
that involving Lucas. He was
one of a group of mea standing
in the first aid shack when a
Brahma bull dislodged his rider
and looked for someone to vent
its anger on. Spotting the open |
door, the bull charged right in- |
side, and cowboys erupted from
the windows in a wild scramble.
Lucas injured his knee as he
dived through the window. Bull
Was enticed out by clown Willie
Peth.

Keenan was injured when he
was thrown by a Brahma, and
Gene Tyler was impaled on the
horn of a’steer he was attempt-
ing to decorate. MacDonald
broke his leg when he was
rammed against the side of the
chute by a bucking brone he
was fiding. Cecile Beaulieu
was released from hospita! fol-
lowing examination last night
for a head injury. She was rid-
ing in one of the races when
her horse stumbled and threw
her. Cecile struck her head on
one of the posts along the track.

was

Gate receipts

A total of $12, 000 paid ad-
missions was recorded at thes
33rd annual Stampede.

In breakdown of days, Mon-
day’s gate was $3,200; Tuesday
$2,700; and Wednesday, $6,100.