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Wednesday, June 22, J

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Use this space to add up your monthly

payments

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then cut ASSOCIATES

them down

with an Associates —

consolidation loan

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Add up your monthly obligations. If the total i is too high, the Associates will lend you the money to clear up those debts, and turn them into one low monthly payment, And by paying off debts instead of putting them off, you keep your credit good for ‘any other purchases: you make in the months ahead. So cut monthly payments down with a debt consolidation loan from the Associates. Call your Associates manager today.

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‘Phone vi 13-6387

4556 Lozelle Avenue

“I’m English Bill,

_ “Get away girls, - “Or Pll tousle your curls.”

That was the song of miner William “Billy” Barker who made a big strike on Williams Creek in 1862, creating a town of 10,000 people within a year —the town of Barkerville.

He was a Cornishman, a. pot-

WILLIAM (BILLY) BARKER

“Never worked and never will;

Encouraging Year

~ GORDON HENRY » + « Associates Finance

Gordon Henry, manager of the Terrace branch of Assoclates Fin- ance Company Ltd., will celebrate a special anniversary this week, His Terrace office, Associates’ most northerly situated branch outiet .will be one year old on Thursday, June 23.

Associates Finance Company is 47 years older than the Terrace branch, however, having heen esta- dblished in May, 1018 at South Bend, Indiana. The company offers ist and 2nd mortgages as well as automobile, furniture and debt consolidation loans and all types of personal loats.

Mr, Henry said this week that the first year of operation in Ter- race has been “most encouraging” and that he shares his company’s confidence in the continued growth and expansion of the Terrace area. Associates’ offices: are located

’_ | upstairs in the Pepsi-Cola Bullding

on Lazelle Avenue and they high- light the. mainstay of the Terrace economy — cedar. The entire of- fica decor hes been given over to attractive usage of wood, with ul- tra-modern lighting and ‘brightly.

‘|upholstered . furnishings adding

contrast. In ‘addition to manager

| Gordon Henry, the Terrace branch

employs Mrs, Faye Fransson as

loan clerk,

tery worker who had gone _ bea, It was thought he had al nerted: his ship at. Victoria du Ing ‘the early days of the Frasd : gold: rush, in.°1088.- That’ wif about all anyone: knew abot him. He was digging on Willan Creek in the Cariboo in- 1 and mining records show that. recorded six claims that yell and eight the next, with varlows partners helping with the 49 ances. He was just about di heartened, One report says tH famous judge Matthew Ba 7 Begbie loaned him money at og polnt because it was less expew sive to help him than to pay # way out, Then Billy Sarl struck it rich. His share of ta strike is said to have been wo: ' $800,000. UP Barker took his money am went to Victoria to winter, met and married a widow and 4 soon back in Cariboo. But new wife liked a good time. (§ hold her Barker felt he had il be a big spender and he we known in all the saloons. THe result was his money and wife were soon both gone @% although he made many tee | loans too, from a generous heg ‘THis claim ran out of gold.- was reduced to ‘ working cook, He developed canc i Dame Fortune loved him brie and departed leaving him to in poverty In 1804 In an dg man’s home in Victoria, when “i was 5, -

a - ‘The European Common Mar will be among the internatio bodies taking part at Expo 67.\@

Trade Training Opportunities

(Sponsored by the Federal-Provincial Governments)

: Pre-Apprenticeship trade training is offered at the regional B.C. Vocational Schools in the following trades:

B.C. VOCATIONAL SCHOOL (PRINCE GEORGE)

Automotive “Heavy Duty *Millwright - Mechanics

B.C, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL (BURNABY)

Benchwork & Boilermaking Bricklaying | Joinery (Erection) *Electronics

Carpentry *Blectrical Sheet Metal

Painting & ’ Plumbing & Structural Steel

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Sign Painting Steamfitting :

Avto Body Training is offered at the B.C. Vocational School, i Kelowna. {

*Cooking Training is offered by the B.C, Vocational School, | Dawson Creek, | ;

*Building Construction (Carpentry & Joinery) will be offered at i] the B.C. Vocational School, Dawson Creek.

Courses indicated* will-be 6 months, all other courses will be 49

months. Dormitory facilities are available at Nanaimo and if

Dawson Creek only,

Training offered in these classes. is dasigned to pewvide | ‘thell : trainees with basic knowledge of the trade’ so that he will be more}f readily acceptable by employers as an apprentice.

_ Preference will be ‘given to physically fit applicants who are over 16 years of age and have grade 10 equivatent or bette education. |

The Apprenticeship and Industrial. Training Branch, ‘Bol £ Department of Labour will pay all tuition fees. A subsistencel™m allowance will be provided plus one return transportation fare to the sehool from place of residence for successful applicants, ‘5

Application forms for this training and ‘further informatioy 7 €an be obtained from: ” Director of Appranticeship’« and Industrial Training B.C. Department of Labour, * 411 Dunsmuir Street, VANCOUVER 3, BO

or:

- Apprenticeship and industrial: Training, Counselto o B.C, Department. of Labour, . _ _- VICTORIA, DAWSON CREEK, KELOWNA, NELSON, PRINCE GEORGE.

“Or:

Principal ‘of the B.C. Vocational Scheo where Hh teaining is offered. 7