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H H H H H H H S M M M<br />
• DRAGON LAKE NEWS<br />
By JOYCE SWANKY<br />
DRAGON LAKE — The annual<br />
meeting of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cariboo</strong><br />
Farmer's Institute was held on<br />
Friday evening in <strong>the</strong> Institute<br />
Hall. Officers for <strong>the</strong> incoming<br />
year are President A. K. Richardson,<br />
Vice-president Ed<br />
Zschiedrich, Sec. Treasurer<br />
Don Symington and directors<br />
Peter Josephy, John Annett and<br />
Bob Mufford,<br />
The water problem at <strong>the</strong> hall<br />
was discussed at length and a<br />
joint meeting with <strong>the</strong> ladies<br />
will be held soon when a new<br />
proposal to <strong>the</strong> problem will<br />
be presented. The group<br />
approved several recommendations-<br />
to be sent to <strong>the</strong> government<br />
with regard to Government<br />
land-clearing regulations.<br />
* * *<br />
Although it was 55 years ago<br />
on March 20 that TomTrueman<br />
first arrived in<strong>the</strong>DragonLake<br />
<strong>District</strong>, this is <strong>the</strong> first year<br />
he has ever picked fresh mushrooms<br />
on that day.<br />
* * *<br />
Mrs. Bill Irwin is expected<br />
home this week from Prince<br />
i George where she has been<br />
visiting her mo<strong>the</strong>r Mrs. Crotteau.<br />
* * *<br />
A very successful 'open<br />
house' followed by a parentteacher<br />
group meeting was held<br />
in Lakeview School on March<br />
20. Plans are being made to<br />
raise money to purchase special<br />
gynf equipment for <strong>the</strong> °new<br />
activity room.<br />
* * *<br />
The house on Symington Road<br />
owned by Ernie Martens which<br />
was originally built and owned<br />
by Tom Nevin, burnt to <strong>the</strong><br />
ground late Sunday afternoon.<br />
It had been vacant for several<br />
months so <strong>the</strong> cause of <strong>the</strong> fire<br />
is a mystery. Neighbours managed<br />
to save a storage shed near<br />
<strong>the</strong> house by throwing v/ater on<br />
it.<br />
* * *<br />
DRAGON LAKE—The Dragon<br />
Lake PTA met on March 26 at<br />
<strong>the</strong> school and after a short<br />
meeting everyone travelled to<br />
<strong>the</strong> School <strong>District</strong> 28 Resource<br />
Center in <strong>Quesnel</strong> where <strong>the</strong>y<br />
were met by Mr. and Mrs. L.<br />
Kelsey who gave <strong>the</strong>m a guided<br />
tour of <strong>the</strong> building. Everyone<br />
was very impressed and<br />
heartily recommended that<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r PTA's or interested<br />
groups plan a similiar event.<br />
Before leaving home everyone<br />
enjoyed a cup of coffee with <strong>the</strong><br />
Kelsey's who operate <strong>the</strong> Centre<br />
for School <strong>District</strong> 28.<br />
* * *<br />
Congratulations to Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Donald Preston (nee Darlene<br />
Wheeler) both of this district,<br />
on <strong>the</strong>ir marriage in<br />
<strong>Quesnel</strong> on March 30.<br />
* * *<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bev. Wheeler<br />
from <strong>the</strong> Peace River, formerly<br />
of Dragon Lake, are visiting<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir son and family <strong>the</strong><br />
Lloyd Wheelers, and attended<br />
<strong>the</strong> marriage and reception on<br />
March 30 of <strong>the</strong>ir granddaughter<br />
Darlene.<br />
* * *<br />
Mrs. Nettie Sornburger from<br />
Ontario and Mrs. Liz Marmes<br />
from W infield, Saskatchewan,<br />
sisters-in-law of Mrs. Mary<br />
Wall, have returned to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
homes after a very pleasant<br />
visit especially as <strong>the</strong>y had<br />
not seen each o<strong>the</strong>r for 48<br />
years.<br />
* * *<br />
Sympathy is extended to Mrs.<br />
Elsie Heppner who was unable<br />
to be present at <strong>the</strong> funeral of<br />
her fa<strong>the</strong>r, who passed away<br />
recently at Brandon, Manitoba.<br />
* * *<br />
The Dragon Lake Women's<br />
Institute was well represented<br />
at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cariboo</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
Institute Rally held in Williams<br />
Lake on March 23. Those making<br />
<strong>the</strong> trip were Mrs. Vi Hultkrans,<br />
Mrs. Leonore Trueman,<br />
Mrs. Jean Daniells, Mrs. E.<br />
Tourigny, Mrs. J. Swanky; and<br />
Mrs. D. Symington.<br />
OAPO Meet<br />
At <strong>the</strong> April meeting'of <strong>the</strong><br />
O.A.P.O. in <strong>the</strong> United Church<br />
hall on Tuesday Alderman Ceal<br />
Tingley addressed members on<br />
<strong>the</strong> subject of an intensive care<br />
hospital which it is hoped will<br />
be established, in <strong>Quesnel</strong>. The<br />
question of sending a petition<br />
to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cariboo</strong>'s provincial<br />
representative, Bob Bonner,<br />
was discussed and approved.<br />
The Sing Song which was to<br />
have been held at Fraser Village<br />
is now planned for <strong>the</strong><br />
United Church hall, (upstairs)<br />
on April 9. This will include<br />
songs by a ladies glee club,<br />
a male quartette, and community<br />
singing.<br />
Everyone is welcome to join<br />
in <strong>the</strong> fun.<br />
Birthdays<br />
J. Williams, left, and Amos<br />
Carson, right, celebrated birthdays<br />
during April and pose<br />
with <strong>the</strong>ir birthday cake during<br />
<strong>the</strong> regular social O. A. P. ga<strong>the</strong>ring<br />
held on <strong>the</strong>.first Tuesday<br />
in <strong>the</strong> month. There was on o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
gentleman who was born in April<br />
too, but he was camera shy.<br />
"I've never had my picture<br />
taken and I never will" he<br />
stoutly maintained.<br />
--<strong>Observer</strong> Photo<br />
(Continued from psige' four)<br />
when lifted from <strong>the</strong>ir normal<br />
nursery environment.<br />
Ano<strong>the</strong>r advantage is that <strong>the</strong><br />
bullet desing lends itself to<br />
mechanization of planting and<br />
makes' possible <strong>the</strong> development<br />
of a planting machine<br />
which could do <strong>the</strong> work of a<br />
number of planters who are not<br />
always readily available when<br />
required. This could be of much<br />
importance in view of <strong>the</strong> tight<br />
schedule of British Columbia's<br />
reforestation program which<br />
has as its objective <strong>the</strong> production<br />
of 75 million seedlings<br />
a year by 1975.<br />
In addition to <strong>the</strong> factors of<br />
increased' planting speed and<br />
still-to-be-determined surviv- .<br />
al rates, <strong>the</strong>re is <strong>the</strong> all-important<br />
cost factor. Certain aspects<br />
of <strong>the</strong> system now on<br />
trial are more expensive, but<br />
<strong>the</strong>re are o<strong>the</strong>r considerations<br />
such as <strong>the</strong>reduction of nursery<br />
cost, <strong>the</strong> more universal choice<br />
of growing areas over <strong>the</strong> limited<br />
choice of <strong>the</strong> present nursery<br />
system and <strong>the</strong> difficulty of<br />
locating suitable sites.<br />
The break-even point could<br />
come with <strong>the</strong> survival rate<br />
alone. If this point is reached,<br />
many o<strong>the</strong>r factors favour <strong>the</strong><br />
bullet-planting method on<br />
selected reforestation sites,<br />
and it is hoped <strong>the</strong> next few<br />
years .will provide <strong>the</strong> answer.<br />
THE CORPORATION<br />
OF THE TOWN OF QUESNEL<br />
EASTER<br />
Pursuant to <strong>the</strong> provisions of By-Law No. 464<br />
all stores in <strong>Quesnel</strong> may remain open until 9:00 p.m.<br />
on <strong>the</strong> Thursday, prior to Good Friday in each year.<br />
Therefore for 1968 stores may remain open on Thursday,<br />
April 11, 1968 until 9:00 p.m. All retail stores<br />
must close all day Good Friday, April 12, 1968.<br />
<strong>Quesnel</strong>, B.C.<br />
The Corporation of <strong>the</strong><br />
Town of <strong>Quesnel</strong>.<br />
Mo<strong>the</strong>r Shipton's Prophecies<br />
Have you ever heard of Mo<strong>the</strong>r Shipton's Prophecies?<br />
While I was visiting in Saskatchewan my mo<strong>the</strong>r dug<br />
up <strong>the</strong> poem which Mo<strong>the</strong>r Shipton wrote, believe it or<br />
not, in <strong>the</strong> year 1559! Perhaps you will find <strong>the</strong> predictions<br />
of this ancient lady as fascinating as I did, and will marvel<br />
at how many of <strong>the</strong>m have come to pass 400 years later. . .<br />
MOTHER SHIPTON'S AMAZING PROPHECIES<br />
A house of glass shall come to pass<br />
In merry England, but, alas,<br />
War will follow with <strong>the</strong> work<br />
In <strong>the</strong> land of <strong>the</strong> Turk,<br />
And state and state in fierce strife<br />
Struggle for each o<strong>the</strong>r's life.<br />
Carriages without horses shall go,<br />
And accidents fill <strong>the</strong> world with woe.<br />
In London Primrose Hill shall be<br />
And <strong>the</strong> centre of a Bishop's see.<br />
Around <strong>the</strong> world thoughts shall fly<br />
In <strong>the</strong> twinkling of an eye.<br />
Through <strong>the</strong> hills men shall ride •<br />
And nei<strong>the</strong>r horse nor ass bestride.<br />
|f<br />
Under water men shall walk,<br />
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.<br />
Iron in <strong>the</strong> water shall float<br />
As easily as a wooden boat.<br />
God shall be found and shown<br />
In a land that's now unknown.<br />
Fire and water shall wonders do,<br />
And England shall admit a Jew.<br />
Three time three shall lovely France<br />
Be led to dance a bloody dance,<br />
Before her people shall be free<br />
Three tyrant rulers shall she see,<br />
Each springing from a different dynasty,<br />
And now a word in uncouth rhyme<br />
Of what shall be in later time.<br />
In those far-off wonderful days<br />
Women shall get a strange odd craze<br />
To dress like men and breeches wear,<br />
And cut off <strong>the</strong>ir beautiful locks of hair,<br />
And ride astride with brazen brow<br />
As witches do on broomsticks now.<br />
Their love shall die and marriage cease<br />
• And babes and sucklings so decrease<br />
Their wives shall fondle cats and dogs.<br />
In eightee - hundred and ninety-six<br />
Build your houses of rotten sticks,<br />
For <strong>the</strong>n shall mighty wars be planned<br />
And fire and sword sweep over <strong>the</strong> land.<br />
And those who live <strong>the</strong> century through<br />
In fear and trembling this will do;<br />
Fly to <strong>the</strong> mountains and <strong>the</strong> glens,<br />
To bogs and forests and wild dens,<br />
For tempests will rage and oceans will roar<br />
And Gabriel stand on sea and shore,<br />
And as he toots his wondrous horn<br />
Old worlds shall die and new be born.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> air men shall be seen<br />
In black, in white, and in green.<br />
How strange, but yet <strong>the</strong>y shall be true.<br />
The world upside down shall be.<br />
And gold be found at <strong>the</strong> root of a tree.<br />
The world to an end shall come<br />
In nineteen-hundred and eighty-one.<br />
The forward look of today's Canada<br />
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• NORTH<br />
KERSLEY<br />
By MISSIE FOYLE<br />
NORTH KERSLEY — Edsel<br />
Beharell and John Budd<br />
of Abbotsford arrived last Saturday<br />
to attend <strong>the</strong> wedding of<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir school chum Don Preston.<br />
* * *<br />
John Harvey and Frank Kohlhauser<br />
motered to Edmonton<br />
last Thursday on a combined<br />
business and pleasure trip, <strong>the</strong>n<br />
on to Paradise Hill, Sask. ;<br />
where Frank<br />
YOUR FAMILY<br />
AND<br />
MAKE THIS EASTER<br />
ONE TO REMEMBER<br />
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THE QUESNEL, CARIBOO OBSERVER - THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1968<br />
will visit his<br />
parents and bro<strong>the</strong>r before returning<br />
to Lethbridge where<br />
<strong>the</strong>y will be joined by=John's<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>r, Mrs. Harvey Sr., for<br />
<strong>the</strong> return trip.<br />
* * *<br />
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Rea<br />
and son Clifford of Grand<br />
.Prairie, Alta., spent <strong>the</strong> weekend<br />
with <strong>the</strong>ir parents, Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Al Sweder, while attending<br />
<strong>the</strong> hockey game. They are<br />
regular attendants at <strong>the</strong> Hy<strong>the</strong><br />
arena.<br />
* * *<br />
Word was received in Kersley<br />
last week of <strong>the</strong> passing of<br />
Dave Parks, a former Kersley<br />
resident. Dave lived for many<br />
years in Kersley and Australian<br />
before he moved to Cuisson<br />
Lake where he worked for Bob<br />
Ross as watchman for <strong>the</strong> past<br />
many years.<br />
Percy Kitchener left last<br />
Thursday for Vancouver Is.<br />
where he will enjoy a short<br />
holiday with his son Bruce and<br />
family.<br />
Mrs. Frances Zschriedrich<br />
is a patient in <strong>the</strong> Baker<br />
Memorial Hospital undergoing<br />
a general checkup. A clean<br />
bill of health, Grannie, from<br />
all of us.<br />
* * *<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McEwan<br />
and family of Elk's Point, Vermilion,<br />
are visiting Ron's sister<br />
Cathy Parr and family while<br />
attending <strong>the</strong> hockey games between<br />
<strong>the</strong> Tigers and <strong>the</strong> 'Roos.<br />
* * *<br />
Art Durrell of Fort St. John<br />
spent <strong>the</strong> weekend with his parents<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Durell<br />
while attending <strong>the</strong> hockey<br />
games.<br />
FOR THE<br />
BEST.<br />
Is<br />
* QUESNEL VIEW NEWS<br />
By BAB GARVIN<br />
QUESNEL VIEW —Members<br />
of <strong>the</strong> Q.V.W.I. attending <strong>the</strong><br />
Spring Rally in Williams Lake<br />
last Wednesday included Mesdames<br />
May Higdon, Dot Mc<br />
Donald, Nellie Klapstein, Fran<br />
Woolley, Agnes Bourque,<br />
Florence Montgomery, Clara<br />
Bennett, Evelyn Cash, Madelaine<br />
Peterson and Bab Garvin.<br />
* * *<br />
Florence Montgomery visited<br />
her daughter, Mrs. Art Long,<br />
in Williams Lake for a few<br />
days.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Moffat<br />
have returned to <strong>the</strong>ir farm<br />
from <strong>Quesnel</strong><br />
* * *<br />
Friends of Mrs. Stan Bueck<br />
are sorry to hear she is a<br />
patient in <strong>the</strong> Baker Memorial<br />
Hospital.<br />
* * *<br />
Congratulations to Angela<br />
Mutter on winning $50.00 in <strong>the</strong><br />
birthday contest on station<br />
C.K.C.Q.<br />
* * *<br />
Slim Montgomery attended<br />
<strong>the</strong> Bull Sale held in Williams<br />
Lake last week. Slim reports<br />
he did hot buy a bull, just<br />
"peddled" it.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald<br />
Durocher visited relatives in<br />
<strong>the</strong> States recently. They returned<br />
home via Alberta.<br />
Chris Johnson, Leonard Gray<br />
and Gordon Hockett spent a<br />
few days fishing in <strong>the</strong> Chilko<br />
River. They went as far as<br />
Alexis Creek, but fishing didn't<br />
improve.<br />
* * *<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Higdon,<br />
E mily Su<strong>the</strong>rland, and Alice<br />
Palmer motored to Williams<br />
Lake on Saturday where^<strong>the</strong>y<br />
participated in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cariboo</strong> Crib<br />
Championship play-offs.<br />
The Future Farmers of Q.S.S.<br />
under <strong>the</strong> leadership of <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
teacher Mr. Gene Pascuzzo<br />
spent most of Sunday at farms<br />
in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Quesnel</strong> View area. They<br />
judged poultry at Bill Su<strong>the</strong>rlands,<br />
bulls at Higdons. swine<br />
at George Needham's farm and<br />
beef at Don Weavers.<br />
The Nagys of Prince George<br />
spent <strong>the</strong> weekend at <strong>the</strong> Jess<br />
Higdon home.<br />
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Chocolate Bunny's ea<br />
2c<br />
Chocolate Eggs ea<br />
2c<br />
Bunny Big Ears, ea<br />
— 5c<br />
Easter Baskets, ea. 15c to 75c<br />
Fleck's Easter Egg Colour, ea 15c<br />
Chenille Chicks and Bunnies. ea.-15c<br />
Shredded Cellophane<br />
(Asst. Colours) pkg.<br />
25c<br />
ll<br />
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EASTER CHOCOLATE<br />
NOVELTIES<br />
(All boxed, ready to go).<br />
Hollow Chocolate Bunnies<br />
and Chicks (F50I2)<br />
2 for 25c<br />
Fruit b Nut Cream Eggs (F5046)Each 50c<br />
Hollow Chocolate Easter Eggs<br />
Boxed and decorated !(F5118). ea.<br />
95c<br />
Hollow Chocolate Decorated Rabbit (Boxed<br />
Hollow Chocolate RoOSter(l n<br />
window box). (F5325) $2.391<br />
Giant Easter Bunnies<br />
Hollow Chocolate - Boxed. (F5095)<br />
3.49<br />
The Corporation of <strong>the</strong> Town of <strong>Quesnel</strong><br />
Individuals or Community Groups are invited to submit,<br />
io <strong>the</strong> undersigned, not later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, April<br />
22, 1968, ideas and suggestions for a <strong>the</strong>me for a Float representing<br />
<strong>Quesnel</strong> and <strong>District</strong>. It is proposed that this float<br />
will be entered in local and surrounding communities parades.<br />
Submissions should include a sketch with a written description<br />
and if possible details of construction.<br />
E. A. Green<br />
Municipal Clerk,<br />
P.O. Box 1060, <strong>Quesnel</strong>, B.C.<br />
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