^ Inscriptions - the Quesnel & District Museum and Archives

16 - QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980
Well-knownartist
holds workshop
An internationallyknown
B. C. artist will conduct
a weekend workshop
in painting on November 7 -
9 in Quesnel through the
Outreach Program of the
Emily Carr College of Art
Gordon Smith, who came
to B. C. in 1945 and now
lives in West Vancouver,
will be available to the
general public when he
discusses his work at a free
public lecture on November
7.
The Saturday-Sunday
workshop is restricted to
workshop participants only.
Registration is limited to
15 students.
Police
step up
Quesnel RCMP have
warned that efforts will be
' stepped up dramatically in
the month of November to
get the drinking driver off
the road.
More road blocks will be
in place and patrols will be
increased as police
throughout the province
prepare to implement a
high-powered program
developed by Counterattack.
RCMP officers are making
a special request to the
public, asking that they
. report out-of-control
vehicles to the nearest
detachment.
Citizens are reminded to
watch for the make of the
car, licence number and so
on. All names will be kept
strictly confidential.
Drinking and driving kills
more people annually than
crimes conventionally considered
'violent' such as
assault and murder.
In the past five years
more than 1,200 people
have died in alcohol-related
traffic crashes in British
Columbia.
The Counterattack program,
introduced in 1977,
has been instrumental in
lowering the alcohol-related
fatality count by almost 20
•; per cent over the last three
i • years.
Nevertheless, insurance
; premiums are expected to
:
rise anywhere between 20
And 40 per cent next year, as
, • result of drinking drivers
; who cost B.C. taxpayers
more than $100 million annually
in enforcement,
court, emergency and in-
. surance bills.
R e s i d e n t
dies
; Early Sunday evening on
• October 26, Norman
• William Murray, 59, died
suddenly at his residence on
'• Philips Road in Quesnel.
' Death has been attributed
• to natural causes.
Smith studied at the Winnipeg
School of Art under
Lemoine L. Fitzgerald, the
Vancouver School of An
(ECCA) and the California
School of Fine Arts in San
Francisco.
He taught at the Vancouver
School of Art from
1945 to 1956 and was a
member of the Advisory
Council and the Board
from 1976 to 1979.
He has been professor of
art education in the Faculty
of Education at UBC since
1955, where he now teaches
part-time.
In 1972, he set up the
visual arts' program at the
Banff Centre of Fine Arts.
He has also conducted
workshops for the Outreach
program.
Smith has had numerous
one-man shows in major
Canadian cities, and ex­
hibits regularly in Canada,
the U. S., and England. His
work is included in many
private, corporate and
public collections in North
America.
Originally a watercolourist
and commercial
designer, he was influenced
by British painting and his
traditional training in Winnipeg.
After a visit to San Francisco
in 1950, he began to
explore painting with more
freedom. His works have
become more simplified,
often stressing colour relationships
or structure, and
show his concern with the
polarities of realism versus
abstraction.
A long-time resident of
the Cariboo, Jim Miller,
died at G.R. Baker Hospital
October 9, 1980, at the age
of 79.
Mr. Miller first came to
the area in 1922, when he
settled near Marguerite.
Ten years later he moved to
Quesnel and worked for the
PGE Railroad as section
foreman.
In 1950, he was appointed
roadmaster, a position
which he held until his
retirement in 1961, after
having spent more than 40
years with the rail company.
Miller was predeceased
by his wife Ester in 1960,
and two sons who were killed
in the Second World
War.
Surviving are three sons:
Ernest and William of
Quesnel, and Edward of
Delta. Also surviving are
two daughters, Beatrice Inglis
of Quesnel and Evelyn
Weatherill of Perth,
Australia.
Mr. Miller also leaves a
brother, Norman, of Abbbotsford,
19 grandchildren
and 15 great-grandchildren.
for information leading to conviction
of persons uuillfullu damaging City Pro-
. perty and in particular STR€€T
LIGHTS. This notice also applies to City
of Quesnel Parks, Buildings, Water
and Sewer installations, signs, etc.
€.fl. Green, Clerk
City of Quesnel
405 Barlow Ave.
Quesnel, B.C.
992-2111
The Quesnel Cariboo
Observer welcomes the
following newcomers to
Quesnel and to the
Cariboo:
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Tienta,
from Laos; Mr. and
Mrs. Chau Ngo, from Vietnam;
Mr. Steve Ainsworth,
from Vancouver; Ms. Gail
Stewart, from Vancouver;
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick
Vanlerber, one boy, two
girls from Port Hardy; Mr.
and Mrs. Jeffery Beal, two
girls, from Revelstoke; Mr.
and Mrs. Omar Robert,
from Bonnieville; Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Gorva, one girl,
from Prince George;
Mr. and Mrs. Terry
LeBlanc, from Sexsmith,
Alberta; Ms. Kellie Thompson,
from Revelstoke; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Harrison,
from Fort St. John; Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Gautier, two
boys, one girl, from
Aldergrove; Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Oftebro
Carl Vardy, three boys,
from Kingston; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Rouse, one
boy, from Prince George;
Mr. Brian Noel, from.Sault
St. Marie; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Noel, one girl, from
Fort McMurray;
Ms. Shirley Lom, from
Vancouver; Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Dahl, from
Salmon Arm; Mr. and Mrs.
John Ropking, from
Kingston, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Saturley, from
Williams Lake; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sanderson,
one boy, from Toronto;
Ms. Roxy Barnes, from
Kamloops; Mr. and Mrs.
Nguyen Van, from South
Vietnam;
Mr. .and Mrs. Ito
Phoocan, from South Vietnam;
Mr. and Mrs. Pouliot
Henri, from Quebec; Mr.
and Mrs. Gilles
Deslongchamps, one girl,
from Ottawa; Mr. and Mrs.
Classifieds
992-3733
A double-ring ceremony
at the Trinity Lutheran
Church in Quesnel united
Perry Oftebro and Valerie
Moffat in marriage on
September 13, 1980.
The groom is the son of
Ray and Edna Oftebro of
Quesnel. The bride's
parents are Jim and Kay
Moffat of Abbotsford.
The newly wed couple
have made their home on
Beryl Street in Quesnel.
For Mayor - John Kushniryk
Let's have a proud
community.
Lets have
(John Kushniryk
for Mayor to
lachieve this.;
VOTE JOHN KUSHNIRYK for MAYOR
Rural Writers
from the above communities are needed.
j The Cariboo Observer is continually trying to keep in touch with our rural areas.
Help us report the news from your community by writing a column.
Phone Bjorn Stavrum, 992-2121, anytime (except Thursday & Fridays) or drop
in at 246 Reid Street.
SNOWPLOWING OF PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS
QUESNEL HIGHWAY DISTRICT
F u n e r a l A-rea newcomers greeted Before a private driveway can be snowplowed with Ministry equipment
the driveway must be inspected by the Road Foreman. This
services
h e l d
Jim Rilling, from Kitimat;
Ms. Janel Jeffries, from
Lower Mainland;
Mr. Craig White, from
Sault St. Marie; Ms. Lori
Rpich, from Sault St.
Marie; Mr. and Mrs. Ed
inspection can only be properly carried out prior to the onset of
winter weather. Where driveways are not suitable for heavy
equipment, suggestions will be made for the improvements required
before the driveway can be included in the plowing program.
All persons who intend to apply to the Ministry of Transportation
Lifehure, from Surrey; Ms.
Yoshimi Jonishi, Rotary
Exchange student from
Japan.
and Highways for snowplowing services for the winter of 1980-81
should complete an application form H415 and submit it to the
District Office, Ministry of Transportation and Highways, 408-350
Barlow Avenue, Quesnel, B.C. before November 15th, 1980. Application
forms may be obtained from the District Office or from
the Area Road Foreman.
No applications for snowplowing services will be accepted after
Free Word
November 15th, 1980.
Private plowing by the Ministry will only be undertaken beyond a
six-fnile radius of Quesnel if there is no commercial equipment in
the area available for such work.
Yours truly,
A.N. Hepp
District Highways Manager
CLUBS &
ORGANIZATIONS
QU1SN1L ROTARY CLUB
President: Bob Patrick Secretary: Jim Koppari
MEETINGS: THURSDAY NOON
DOWNSTAIRS IN GREENLEAF RESTAURANT
"Visiting Rotarians Welcome"
* * *
QUESNEL H0MEMAKERS
SERVICE
• 324 Hoy St., Quesnel V2J 1X3 Phone 992-7761
WE PROVIDE HELP WHERE THERE IS A NEED...
*Any emergency medical situation "Acute or chronic illness
'Disabled or aged person *A new baby
'Convalescent person 'Holiday relief for those already caring
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING RATES, ETC. PHONE 992-7761
9a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon. - Fri. — Office hours 9a.m. - 4 p.m.
+ • •* # + * +
FBIE.BL 60SPIL BUSBMESS MENS
Quesnel Chapter (international)
'Monthly breakfast meetings for men.
Monthly dinner banquets for everybody.
PHONE 992-5863 or 249-5516
+ + # + jf #
• i f * . * * * * * * * * * * . * .
QUESNEL
TILLICIM SOCIETY
319 N. Traser
Open 7 Hays/Week
FRIENDSHIP CENTRE
HOSTEL & RECREATION HALL
992-8347.
9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Referral, Social and Recreational 'Programs, Cultural
TLwareness, Community "Development, "Education.
We also hate a kitchen, dining room, and hostel. Hall rental,
catering. Cfhere's a pool table, television, juke box. Coffee's
always on.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
Save up to $24 on
a pair of Atlas snow tires.
Until November 15th, the
participating Esso dealer in your
neighbourhood is having a sale on all
Atlas Weathergard tires.
They're premium quality tires at
less than premium prices, carefully
tested for Imperial Oil and built to
perform.
From the tough, reliable .Mark I
bias-ply and Mark II bias-belted, to
the top-of-the-line. fuel efficient
Mark IV glass and Mark V steel
radials, Atlas Weathergard tires help
provide you with the traction that
Canadian winter driving demands.
Atlas All Trac
Mark IV Radial
tire savings.
The Atlas All Trac Mark IV
glass radial is an ideal all weather
tire. Its versatile design not only
meets all snow tire standards, but
also delivers a quiet ride on dry
pavement. Ask your dealer for sale
prices and available*Atlas All Trac
Mark IV sizes.
"Our SnowTire Sale
will stop you
in your tracks!'
HIGHLAND ESSO
626 Front St. 992-5733
See your participating
Esso dealer today.
Ask him for the right Atlas snow
tire for your car. If you're a saver,
youH take advantage of these savings
at your participating Esso dealer
while the sale lasts.
Many more sizes are available
in the Atlas Weathergard Mark I,
Mark II, Mark IV, and Mark V or the
Atlas All Trac Mark IV snow tires.
Ask your dealer for details.
Atlas Weathergard Mark IV Glass Radial Atlas Weathergard Mark V Steel Radial
Size Our regular price* Sale price" Size Our regular price' Sale price"
P175/80R13 $65.15 $55.15 155R-13 $61.95 ' $53.95
P185/80R13 $66.70 $56.70 165R-13 $65.90 $55.90
P195/75R14 $67.60 $57.60 DR*78-14 $76.05 $66.05
P205/75R14 $69.50 $59.50 P195/75R14 $81.50 $69.50
P215/75R14 $72.50 $62.50 P205/75R14 $86.10 $74.10
P205/75R15 $73.35 $63.35 P225/75R14 $92.40 $80.40
P215/75R15 $74.90 $64.90 P215/75R15 $91.10 " $79.10
P225/75R15 $79.30 $69.30 P225/75R15 $96.70 $84.70
•Regular prices/savings quoted
above are based on Atlas suggested
retail prices. Atlas retailers may
sell tires for more or less than
suggested prices at any time.
"Atlas retailers may sell tires for
less than the sale price.
Atlas tires are under warranty by
Imperial Oil Limited!
The Great
Esso Dealer Atlas
SnowTire Sale.
SOUTH HILL ESSO
118 Hwy. 97 S 747-1113
a
ra, !-.t
14 x 70
3 Bedrooms
1 Vt Baths
(unfurnished)
•25,200°°
(No Trade Price)
Includes:
Local Delivery
(100 Mile Radius)- 1
Tax and Set-up
Now on Display
at
MOBILE
HOMES
LTD.
392-7135
Hwy. 97 South
Williams Lake
DLN 6660
, v
x Hamel
Appraisals for:
Hm/46*-
Surrey leads
B.C. house prices soar
British Columbia house
prices continue to surge
ahead of those in the rest of
the country, reports the
Royal Trust survey of
Canadian house prices.
A typical three-bedroom
•bungalow in Surrey now
costs 36.7 per cent more
than it did in February, up
to $82,000 from $60,000.
A Victoria bungalow is
now $105,000, up 32.1 per
cent from $79,500.
Only one area surveyed
recorded a price increase of
less than 16 per cent: East
Vancouver, where the
bungalow rose in price by
6.9 per cent.
Increases were even more
dramatic for the larger twostorey,
four-bedroom
home.
Surrey recorded a staggering
50 per cent increase
in the price of the larger
house over the eight-month
survey period, from
$80,000 in February to
$120,000 in October.
Prices were up 36 per cent
in North Vancouver, 25.9
per cent in Kelowna.
The survey, conducted
every four months, is based
on opinion and data from
its more than 160 residential
real estate offices
throughout Canada.
Across the country, the
picture is as follows:
Atlantic Provinces:
For Sale
EXCELLENT
BUILDING LOTS
Buy now, be ready for
spring boHding.
1 only Riverside lot on Finn St..
S15.500.00 assessed at $16,500.00.
3 - Riverview lets on Funn St., 2
- $13.5000 each assessed
$14,450.00. 1 - $14,500.00 assessed
$15,500.00,
1 only on Lewis Drive, Uplands.
$10,000.00.
1 only on Purmal Street, Uplands.
View lot. Only $10,000.00.
Only 10% Down
Excellent Terms
PHONE 992-2256
Evenings preferably
CULLIS APPRAISALS
AND LAND SERVICE LTD.
•INSURANCE VALUATION
•CAPITAL GAINS MARKET VALUE
•EXPROPRIATION VALUES
REG CULLIS, AACI B.Sc. Agriculture. R.R.A.
345 REID ST., QUESNEL
992-8861
Cost of
houses rises
sharply
Prices for a typical
bungalow increased by
from 2 to 11 per cent, with
Halifax registering the
highest increase, over the
past eight months, 11.5 per
cent, from $61,000 to
$68,000.
For the larger fourbedroom
home, Halifax
again saw the largest increase,
14.3 per cent from
$105,00 to $120,000.
Quebec: Prices in Quebec
varied drastically, with
Montreal showing some
dramatic increases. In
Beaconsfield, bungalow
prices rose 29.9 per cent,
from $47,200 to $61,300.
The larger house in
Pointe Claire registered a 36
per cent increase over the
eight-month survey period,
$75,000 to $102,000.
Ontario: House prices in
a number of Ontario cities
were slightly deflated or
static, and increases were
generally in the one to six
per cent range.
Toronto area homes
showed the greatest appreciation,
with the
bungalow up 12.1 per cent
in Richmond Hill, from
$75,800 to $85,000, and the
four-bedroom home up
10.8 per cent in Hamilton,
from $79,000 to $87,500.
Manitoba - Saskatchewan
- Alberta: House
price increases averaged
about 2 per cent in
Manitoba and Sasketchewan,
but showed more
dramatic increases in Alberta.
In Mt. Royal (Calgary)
bungalow prices increased
14.7 per cent, from
$139,500 to $160,000, and
the larger home prices increases
22.5 per cent, from
$200,000 to $245,000.
Putterin' Pete
By FRYE
SAVE OLD AUTO FAN BELTS fCfo USE AS> CLEATS'
ON CATVMALKS AhiD GANGPLANKS. TMEY ARE
LESS SUCK THAN WOOD VOUEN WET OR ICY,
co Pl.,„.,.„,.,..| ASK GAPAGEMEN) TO KEEP TUgl*.
QUESNEL MOVING & STORAGE (1973) LTD.
3043 N CARIBOO HIGHWAY QUESNEL, BC
V2J 3P3
BILL FOWLER, President
TELEPHONE 992-7234
The exterior of this home
design combines several
contrasting materials - brick
veneer at the front entrance,
stucco at the rear
entry, and contrasting
channel siding on the second
level, with heavy
shakes for the roof.
These latter could easily
be replaced with more traditional
and economical
shingles, for those who
prefer this roofing material.
A double carport fits
under the sundeck and a
portion of the house proper.
An exterior door opens
from the carport to the
utility room, where there is
adequate space for the
freezer, washer, dryer,
laundry tub and a folding
counter, as well as the furnace
and hot water tank.
Double entry doors open
to the foyer, which has a
guest closet, door to the
recreation and utility areas,
and a stairway to the second
level.
O p e n
House
N e w life
QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980 - 17
The \
Homes/Real. €scqcg
Section
Plan of the week
In the un-finished lower
level, there is a roughed-in
vanity, powder room and a
bar sink to complete the
luxury of the wet bar. The
large area has a roughed-in
fireplace and folding doors
to the front foyer.
On the main living level,
the combined length of the
living and dining area
measures 28 feet (9 meters),
thus creating an expansive
entertaining area.
Features of this area include
a masonry fireplace at
one end, a pocket door to
the kitchen and a sliding
glass door to the balcony at
the other end.
An exterior door opens
from the sundeck directly
into the kichen-nook. The
nook area is designed for
family use and may be
readily served from the
compact U-shaped kitchen.
All three bedrooms are
positioned to the rear of the
floor plan, and are grouped
around the central
for old "slums'
By JAMES M.
WOODARD
Today I walked down the
restored sidewalks and cobblestone
alleys of historic
Bastion Square in Victoria,
British Columbia.
A couple of days ago, I
walked through the Gastown
District of Vancouver, British
Columbia. This, too, is an
area of great historical significance,
and today is enjoying
a resurgence of popularity
and activity.
It's a national trend —
both in Canada and the United
States — recycling older
districts of major cities into
unique and highly atmospheric
shopping and tourist
centers. It's a formula that's
successfully injecting new
life into what was becoming
depressed chunks of real estate.
In Victoria's Bastion
Square, I probably walked
over the remains of execut­
ed criminals who were buried
there many years ago.
There were many "bad
guys" in this area during the
gold rush years and whaling
and sealing eras of the 19th
century.
Miners and sailors were
the primary inhabitants of
the district. Many dubious
"business" deals were settled
in saloons, dance halls
and back alleys.
Some of this business involved
the sale or auctioning-off
of items that had
been stolen from ships attacked
on the high seas.
The same type of infamous,
but colorful, activity
prevailed in Vancouver's
Cont'd page 20
RONKRAL
B.C. LAND SURVEYOR
#103-345 Reid
992-2419 or 992-5700
SOUTHHILL
EXTENSION
PLAN
FOR THE FUTURE
Prime residential building lots in
Southill Extension.
Water - Gas - Cable T.V. - Paved
Roads - Competitively priced with
10% down and 9 3
A% financing.
PHONE 992-5712
PHONE 747-1683
PHONE 747-2004
e x t e r i o r
bathroom and linen storage
area. Each has generous
closet storage facilities and
excellent exposure for view
and natural light.
The large master
bedroom has full-width
closets and a three-piece ensuite
bathroom with
shower. The smaller of the
secondary bedrooms has a
corner-positioned vanity
for easing of morning traffic
jams.
„ A practical and
economical home to build,
with lots of useable living
space, all contained in 1,238
square feet,
Plans for design No.
21238C may be purchased
either by the single set, at a
cost of $95.00 for the first
set and $20.00 for each additional
set, or by the
package. A five-set plan
package, also including the
first set, is only $175.00
Whichever method you
choose, please include $5.00
for postage and handling.
B.C. residents add 4 percent
sales tax.
MONEYMAKER
This 768 sq. ft.
2-bdrm home
could be a profitable
project for
a handyman
747-2101 or 562-4114
collect
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B. C.
Uplands
"1
7 building lots, fully
serviced on paved
street. Good
terms.
747-2101
MOVE IN BEFORE
WINTER
New 3-bdrm
home with
fireplace and carport.
Good view
lot.
747-2101 or 562-4114
collect
SOO-SECURITY MOTORWAYS LTD.
115 KEIS AVE. (2 MILE FLAT)
QUESNEL, B.C. V2J 3J4
TELEPHONE (604) 992-5322
Daily Service from Vancouver,
Kamloops, Prince
George
"Get in touch with Motorways and you'll
be in touch with Canada"
GAIN $10,000 FREE
BUY FROM OWNER-
Trade your clear titled mobile or motor
home for my equity in this 5 bedroom home
situated on 3 acres with 400 feet of road fron­
tage on Milburn Lake Road. Directly across
the street from the beach.
Contact me at home or phone 249-5142 after
6 p.m. for an appointment.
ALSO - 2-2 acre lots left!