4 THE CITIZEN Lumber Inspectors Call For Strike Action VANCOUVm CP Lumber grading Inspectors hae voted in favor of a strike tliat could lie up a major part of the BC lumber industry They rejected a conciliation board report by a 224 7 vote and approved strike action by a 221 7 margin There are about 10 grading inspectors that come under the 1WA local here They work In four area mills Most inspec inspectors ¬ tors are employed on coastal lumber operations Employers have called for a government supervised strike vote which under BC law must be held before strle action can start No date has been set Engineer Drowns L1LLOOET CP- One crew crewman ¬ man is dead and two others escaped when a PGE railway engine plunged Into Seton Lake near Lillooet Sunday Forty-five-year-old engin engineer ¬ eer Mel Hunt of North Van Vancouver ¬ couver drowned in the icy waters of the lake Fireman Jake Morrison and trainman Tom Myette both of North Van Vancouver ¬ couver managed to escape from the sinking locomotive and swim to shore Railway officials saywarmer temperatures In the area may have melted ice in the rocks above the tracks loosening the rocks and causing a slide Top Brew LONDON CP - Canadian brewery tycoon E P Taylor today was presented with a sil silver ¬ ver trophy for the best bottled beer In Commonwealth coun countries ¬ tries excluding Britain The trophy won at a recent brewers exhibition in London against competition from 21 Commonwealth countries is awarded every four years The ale Is brewed in Van Vancouver ¬ couver It won in all classes after a panel of 2 5 leading Brit British ¬ ish brewers judged it on color nose or bouquet and taste Publisher Dies CH1LLIWACK CP One of Canadas most widely known weekly newspaper editors and publishers Charles A Barber of Chilllwack died Saturday in the Fraser Valley city He was publisher of the Chilll Chilllwack ¬ wack Progress for many years He was a former president of both the BC Weekly News Newspaper ¬ paper Association and the Cana Canadian ¬ dian Weekly Newspaper Asso Association ¬ ciation Costly Bill QUFSNEL CP - A one dollar bill was auctioned for more than 1000 Sunday at Quesnel The bill actually a bill and a half was a misprint found by a Quesnel bank which turned it over to a service club to be auctioned for charity The bill was purchased by 0 C Brown miller who paid 1050 for it The auction was an annual charity affair on radio Many Subpoenaed VANCOUVER CP Lawyer Hugh McGivern says four dep deputy ¬ uty ministers and as many as 12 other government officials will be called as witnesses In the trial of G E P Jones suspended chairman of the BC government purchasing com commission ¬ mission Mr McGivern is representing Jones at the Vic Victoria ¬ toria trial in which Jones is charged with receivingunlawful benefits in the purchase of two cars Hunter Safe WILLIAMS LAKE CP An American hunter reported 10 days overdue on a hunting trip in central BC has turned up safely in Alexis Creek 40 miles west of here Howard Morgan of Moses Lake Wash was reported missing after he failed to return when the hunting season ended in the area However Morgan moved to the Horsefly area west of here to take part in the extended hunting season in that region gd gerdes WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER Ste 6 1330 3rd Avenue Next to Bank of Montreal PHONE 5647538 Monday December 14 1964 Fluoridation Still An Issue But Voters Dont Mind Improvements Spending B C is still sharply divided over the merits of fluori fluoridation ¬ dation will f pend money for local improvements and is mostly content with local administrations That appears to be the result of municipal elections held across the province mostly In bad weather Saturday It was mainly off year voting with few races for mayors reeves and village commlsion ers and only In rare Instances was the turnout heavy neferendums for new schools libraries and hospi hospitals ¬ tals were approved with few exceptions Fluoridation was the hot is sure But the only thing proved by the voting in 16 fluoridation referendums appeared to be that some groups had argued more eloquently than others for and against the proposal to protect teeth against decay by treating the water supply It needed 60 per cent approval and got it in Port Moody North Kamloops Terrace Golden Klmberley Chapman Camp and Marysvllle The margin In Ter Terrace ¬ race was an overwhelming 1 064 to 191 There was an astonishing inconsistency on the question where the heaviest fighting went on before balloting North Kamloops gave fluoridation a yes 758 to 409 but down through the nearby Okanagan such communities as Pentlcton and Vernon said an outright no Fluoridation also went down in Merritt Princeton and Hope On Vancouver Island Nan aimo sent it to a crushing 2008 - to - 1145 defeat In Duncan the issue fell short of approval by seven votes and in North Cowichan district by 25 votes Total spending authorized across the province was 19800000 and only 904000 worth of projects were turned down including 719000 for sewers In 13 municipalities sur surrounding ¬ rounding Vancouver the single battle for council leadership saw incumbent Murdo Frazer capture the North Vancouver district reeves chair with 66 per cent of the popular vote in a two way fight with Peter Faminow Williams Lake voted to be become ¬ come a town and to extend its boundaries and Revelstoke Vernon Creston KitlmatOso yoos as well as Prince George voted to expand Civic voting on Saturday was an Innovation requested by the Union of D C Municipalities HAZELTON Commissioners Two Seats Mrs Mary E Ingram 58 Wil William ¬ liam McGowan 46 elected Caspar DeDeer 43 SMITHERS Referendum - 480000 schools yes 193 no 52 Car Carried ¬ ried WILLIAMS LAKE School trustee Lac Lallache district one seat - Dorothy Dryce 100 elected xWilliam Dingwall 27 Referendums village to town status yes 151 no 29 carried Extension of boundaries yes 100 no 37 carried Repeal sidewalks improvement policy yes 161 no 30 carried BURNS LAKE Commissioners two seats N Patterson 191 L Radlay 140 Elected xD Traxler 60 School Trustee one seat T Forsythe 152 elected P Drewcock 104 Bylaw - 30000 for sewer system yes 139 no 21 car carried ¬ ried VANDERHOOF Commissioners two seats xLloyd Nordlung 146 xWllfred Sawatsky 138 elected William Lemmy 106 School trustee one seat xA W Mooney 131 elected Jerald Peterson 84 FORT ST JAMES Commissioners two seats Bob Goodwin 98 Ed Hill 83 elected Bob Switzer 52 Anton Schneider 50 McBRIDE Commissioners two seats xSteve Kolida 60 Kenneth Hen Henderson ¬ derson 56 elected John T Dutton 45 George H Cole 28 KITIMAT Alderman three seats xWD Stickney 808 Hugh Gresham 640 Mrs Edith Angle 480 elected J Paul Asikalnen 430 Mrs Isobel Ripley 416 Ray Raymond ¬ mond Lapolnte 344 Nicholas Urbanowski 256 School trustees three seats Mrs Mary Connolly 979 xJ W Thomson 941 xJ L Osborne 910 elected Steen Cassldy 349 Antoon Coppens 134 UNIONS POSTPONE US RAIL STRIKE CHICAGO AP - Three shop craft unions made known today there v ill not beany US wide railway strike until after Jan 1 Alex Elson lawyer for the Machinists Electric Workers and Sheet Metal Workers Union made the announcement in US district court The unions last week had set for G am local time Tuesday a strike that would have made idle more than 90 per cent of the rail traffic just at a time when pre Clmstmas travel mail and merchandise shipments are at a peak BIGGEST IN WEST Call Bids On Peace Powerplant Project VANCOUVER DC Hydro has invited bids for a contract to build the huge Portage Moun Mountain ¬ tain powerplant and associated facilities at the Peace River project Bids will be opened at the BC Hydro head office April 6 When fullv developed the 2 300000 - kilowatt powerplant will have a greater capacity than any existing powerplant in the western world In addition to the powerplant complex major work covered by the contract will include power intake structures and pen stocks to deliver reservoir wanter to generating units two 48-foot-dlameter tallrace tun tunnels ¬ nels and associated works to discharge spent water back Into the river installation of 9000 000 pounds of mechanical equip equipment ¬ ment and major earth ex excavation ¬ cavation associated with the projects switchyards and various other surface works The contract calls for under underground ¬ ground rock excavation totalling 1000000 cubic yards Another 1700000 cubic yards of sur surface ¬ face excavation also will be re required ¬ quired A 18 million separate con contract ¬ tract for excavation of power powerhouse ¬ house access tunnels has al already ¬ ready been awarded to Northern Construction Co and J V Stewart Ltd of Vancouver One 1400 - foot - long tunnel will provide permanent access to the powerhouse A second tunnel 1600 feet long will lead from the main access tunnel around two thirds of the powerhouse perimeter From the second tunnel Min Miners ¬ ers working under the power powerhouse ¬ house contract will begin ex excavating ¬ cavating penstock tunnels next Thisadvertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government ol British Columbia Great idea for your guests A tub of Labatts Pilsener Beer Big group coming Toss a couple of dozen Labatts Pilsener into a tub of ice Put the tub on a table Stand back Remember this is the lively lager thats prized by beer drinking men H I Labatli U BEE fHhaB Free home delivery and pick up of empties Phone LO 4 2919 spring Bids must be accompanied by 2000000 tender deposit In the form of a bid bond or cer certified ¬ tified cheque Purse Lites Records Hitparade 33V L Ps COLD SNAP CRACKLES PRAIRIES EDMONTON CP - 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