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4 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1966 - THE QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER BRIDGE IN QUESNEL Dealer: East Vul. Both WEST S A 2 H K 8 D A Q J 9 6 C A J 8 EAST Pass Pass Pass Pass By KIBITZER NORTH S K 9 7 6 5 3 H J D 8 C K Q 10 9 SOUTH S Q J 10 4 H A Q 10 9 D K 10 4 3 C - SOUTH 1 Spade 5 Diamonds 6 Spades Pass Secondary Report By COLLEEN JORDAN Congratulations to the following students who achieved honor standings at Cariboo Junior Secondary School in the second term: Grade 10 - Leonard Gagnon, June Paley, Loy Pierce, Dale Ruckle and Penny Savard. Grade 9 - Patsy Annett, Barbara Berg, Eric Berg, Barbara Callaghan, Paullette Deerlng, David Dubuc, Judy Earnst, Milena Habjan, David Kohlen, Carolyn Mc- Cauley, Gloria PUchak, Sally Prosser, Linda Ramey, Bruce Sanderson, Tonl Torgerson, Richard Tucker, Judy Vicic and Marjorie Webster. Grade 8 - Barry Annis, Ricky Beedle, Wyman Gavelin, Betty-Anne Grice, Bob Jefferson, Shirley Lessard, Linda McTaggart, Vicky Polichek, Susan Prosser, Dwain Ruckle, Don Stewart, Linda Sutherland, and D(Hma Trifunovech. Grade 7 -MarciaAnatooshkin, Kristy Bartkow, James Drew, Karen Floyd, Leslie Festerling, Lynn McLeod, Linda Russell, and Marjorie mL WEST Double Double Double EAST S 8 H 7 6 D 5 2 C 7 6 4 3 2 5 3 2 NORTH 4 No Trump 5 Spades Pass Opening Lead Club Ace. While kibitzing a game recently, one of the players asked me, as head kibitzer to fill in while he made a phone call. I nonchalantly picked up the West hand. My partner passed, south opened one spade, I made a takeout double, and north, who must be new at the game bid four no trump, asking for aces. South responded five diamonds, which I promptly doubled to direct the lead if my partner ended up on lead. North signed off at five spades, and south went completely mad and carried on to six spades. I regained my composure enough to double and that was the final contract. I chose the ace of clubs for my first trick, which declarer ruffed. He then led his Ace of hearts, then the Queen of hearts, I covered with my King, and dummy trumped. Next a small club was ruffed in the closed hand, and the 10 of hearts was led. I trumped small and north over ruffed, and played the club ten, which south again ruffed and continued with the heart nine. I trumped with my ace, north dropping his diamond eight. My diamond ace was trumped by north who now drew the outstanding trump and claimed the rest of the tricks for his doubled contract. The regular west arrived back just then and I suddenly remembered that I too had to make a phone call. Feb. 7th winners were Marg and George Futer N-S. Elaine Comish and Marg Bogle E-W. Proposed Workshop For Handicapped Much study and investigation has been done to organize a needed workshop for the physically and mentally handicajK>ed in the town of Quesnel. The proposed workshop will be discussed at a special meeting to be held at theBorealis School room of Helen Dixon Elementary School on Monday, Feb. 21 at 8:00 p.m. All those interested are warmly invited to attend, and help this plan become a reality. NORDHENDE Introduces Music Lovers To A New Dimension In Sound! The Nordmende Component Ensemble 3004 Or Choose a ... Offers the stereo purest unmatched recording - studio sound ... the ultimate in High Fidelity. Perfect in technique and design, the 3004, features Isophonic Speakers for brilliant highs and deeply modulated lows in a full range of tone. Pure Sound from Nordmende PHILIPS STEREO That combines the finest stereo equipment in a beautiful furniture cabinet that will grace any room. ^499 W.I. Corner By RUTH PATCHETT We have had word that Dr. P, Vowles, Director of the Cariboo Health Unit, will speak to us at our Spring Rally on the overall picture of the work of the Public Health Services in B.C, We are looking forward to learning more about our own province in this respect. We are awaiting confirmation on our other suggested speaker. Have you drafted some good resolutions to hand in at the Rally? Now is the time to put Into words some of your ideas for improving our society. Be sure you have the facts to back up your resolutions - do lome research on the subject, and send in your findings to the Resolutions Committee, which consists of Mrs. A. Windt, R.R. 1, Quesnel, Mrs.N.Cimningham, 70 Mile and Mrs. L. Hernstedt, R.R. 1, Quesnel. We were pleased to learn from your monthly reports that some of you are entering the terry cloth soaker competition, but not many are making the historical quilt. Are any of you planning to enter the public speaking contest? With the topic "An Unusual Experience" you have a good choice of subject matter and the first prize is a lovely tray. Many of us think that C anada and Canadians enjoy a very high standard of education, and this is true in many parts, but some surprising figures are quoted in the last issue of the "Citizen", that informative little magazine available, free of charge to Institutes, from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa. Quoting from this publication, we learn that "When we Canadians feel inclined to become complacent over our capacity to meet the challenges of the age of automation, it might be well for us to ponder seriously some facts released a few weeks ago by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Entitled simply 'Population with Limited Education, Census 1961', the Bulletin provides the reader with a succession of shocks that-are calculated to eliminate any sense of smugness he may have about the possible outcome of the competition between men and machines." Here are some of the figures: (this refers to the population over 15 years of age, not attending school). Out of 11,046,605 Canadians, 5,166, 346 or 46.8 per cent have not reached high school. Also, 848,261 persons have attended school for 4 years or less, and 176,524 persons have not attended school at all. The article goes on to say what is being done about this situation by the government and other agencies. But I thought you would be Interested in the part that the writer feels that voluntary organizations can play, and I quote: "But what of the needs oi the individual who is occupied during the day and may not be able to attend programs or classes in the evening? The housewife with family responsibilities is one example. Perhaps it is in this area of education that the voluntary organization or agency can make the most effective contribution - through development of educational projects and programs for its membership." This is certainly one of the chief objectives of the Women's Institute movement. When Adelaide Hoodless started the first Institute in Stoney Creek, Ontario, sixtynine years ago, she felt that girls and women needed more education than was then available to them. Through the years she worked towards the establishment of the Domestic Science or Home Economics schools for girls. As the movement gathered momentum, its scope was enlarged to Include education in several divisions, including Agriculture, Cultural Activities, Social Welfare, Health, United Nations and International Exchange and, more recently, Industry has been added to the convenorship on Agriculture. As a farmer's wife quoted in that early period of the infant organization: "Let them educate a boy and they educate a man; a girl and family." 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Editorial Page of The Cariboo Observer, Quesnel, British Columbia/Thursday, February 17, 1966 "Cariboo.^Observer ESTABLISHED 1908 A Divitton Of NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS LIMITED W. B. Milnar • Pretldant Publithad avcry Thursday at 24« Raid Straat, Qvatnal, British Columbia A mambar of Canadian Waaldy Nawspapar Aitociafion, British Columbia Waakly Newspapers Association and tha Audit Buraau of Circulations. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for payment of postage in cash. R. N. Brisson D. McN. Finlay • General Manager • Printing Superintendent K gQ^^ . Editor Laidlaw - Advertising Manager NATIONAL ADVERTISINO REPRESENTATIVES Armstrong-Dagg Representatives Ltd., 207 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 3, B.C. Copyright Canada No. B3 • Serial No. 132934. We're Only A Small Town But... The inauguration of Quesnel's first Winter Frolics next week could provide the town with the opportunity it needs to stage an annual event of comparable stature to Prince George's Simon Fraser Day; Kelowna's Regatta, or the Williams Lake Stampede. There has always been something of a vacuum in civic festivities between the fall and spring, and it could well be that our own Jaycees have come up with the answer. What they are sponsoring is a good original idea, in a season when there can be no excuse for competing events providing alternative attraction. Their ambitions, too, are channelled in the right direction. An event of this kind can be made into something other than a purely local carnival. For instance the reigning Queen, chosen on the first day of the Frolics, could visit festivities in other towns, and this could include the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. In this simple manner alone Quesnel's voice would be heard in other parts of British Columbia, while we might do worse than invite return visits of towns' beauties. Monday last our centennial fund got off to a rip-roaring start with donations totalling $10,017.00. Early contributions from clubs, firms and other organized bodies will be coming in regularly now for the next few weeks. In the initial stages such donations will probably account for about a third or a half of the target figure. This is the usual pattern in such fund raising campaigns. But then they have a nasty habit of .getting stuck below the target line and. only struggling over the hump with extreme difficulty or through the benevolence of some individual who dislikes a failure. This must not be allowed to happen here. There may be mixed feelings whether the project chosen for Quesnel is the best that could have been chosen, but it is well to remember that there would have been dissenters no matter what was selected. Whether we build a swimming pool, a new civic hall or merely erect a stone monument isn't really important. It's the concept of marking 100 years of free Canadian thought and action which matters most, and whatever project was chosen This week we are publishing a number of articles in support of the "DO IT NOW" campaign. The common theme of these articles, and of this editorial, is the many advantages to having household work done before the pressures on labor begin in the spring. This paper is not alone in supporting such a campaign. In last week's issue of the Cranbrook Courier their edtiorial comment mirrored exactly our own feelings on the advantages of winter works: "Materials are more readily available with faster delivery and sometimes reduced costs. The seasonal fluctuations in the labor marked are reduced, thereby keeping more workers employed over the normal slow months which in turn adds dollars to the economy. "It also reduces the tremendous waste of our most important resources, 'Manpower.' "Homeowners and businessmen can help themselves — and the country — by having work done in the winter. This can range from having a new home built to having electrical wiring repaired and from The presentation in Quesnel last week of Romeo and Juliet by the Playhouse Theater Company, was a resounding success. Judging from the enthusiasm of the audience which packed Quesnel Secondary School auditorium our town appears culturally starved of entertainment such as this. True our own Little Theater group is to be commended for its efforts; and our service groups and church organizations play an important part in bringing entertainment to us, but many performances are limited to members, parents or friends. These presentations are not enough, and the organizers will be the first to admit that they do not compare with the professionals and the like of what we witnessed last Thursday. This Means Us All "Dolt Now" The sporting events, too, already apparently well enough organized in the Snowmobile section, should be of a high enough calibre to attract top class winter athletes. And there is no reason why the Frolics should not sponsor a float showing Quesnel's attractions, good enough to visit other festivals. Perhaps this is an overly ambitious plan, but the sponsors themselves envisage the development of the Frolics into a Cariboo event, attracting visitors, and competitors from all over the area. True it will require a great deal of organization and hard work, but the Jaycees appear willing to devote their time to it. We should all support ventures of this kind which will broaden our town's horizons. Too often the cry of "We're only a small town" is heard when some scheme or other is suggested. It's time we shed some of our insularity and broadened our outlook into activities which will be equally attractive to our neighbours — who, after all, are pretty nice people, too. It must not be diminished one iota through lack of funds. Like taxes, people resent the constant pleadings for contributions to this or that fund, but if we have any pride in our country or regard for those that drew up the blueprints a hundred years ago, then we must recognize that we all have an individual responsibility for this project. Celebrations nejct year will be something to be talked about long after the dust of our rejoicing has settled. If, as individr uals we intend to participate in it, then we have a duty to help pay for it. The hard-working Centennial Committee has gone out of its way to make our donations as trouble-free as possible. All we have to do is tell our bank to deduct one dollar a month for the fund. Nothing could be easier. Just one dollar a month is all that is needed to ensure the success of Quesnel's centennial enterprise. Communities outside Quesnel are joining the town in the project because they see it as a monument to our country's past glory and potential for the future. We must not let ourselves down for the sake of one dollar. plant expansion to increased advertising of products at reduced prices to encourage consumer buying and thereby maintain full production at the plant or establishment. "The federal government has taken many steps to reduce winter unemployment. "There is the Municipal Winter Works Incentive Program, whereby Ottawa pays 50 per cent of labor costs to the Municipal government on approved projects. There is the Winter Housebuilding Incentive Program, with a $500 grant for owners of a house built during the winter months. "There is intensive advertising to promote the 'Why Wait for Spring — Do It Now' theme and there is the scheduling of federal projects to the winter months as much as possible, and the making of more mortgage money available for winter construction. "This is all paying off, but we can't sit contentedly." Honest sentiments, honestly put. Quesnel certainly can't sit contentedly, not when there are over 800 persons seeking work. Let's Have More of This We are constantly reminded that Quesnel is a hockey town. No one would deny that we are justly proud of our fine team, but sport alone cannot fill our entertainment life. What a good class hockey team can do for a town so too, can visits from top class entertainers. It has been proved that given the class performers people will turn out to see them. If we want to see more of thes professional entertainers, whether they be actors, musicians, dancers or painters, then let's begin by supporting those we have in town already. By our very enthusiasm and support we will then encourage mor^ visiting professional groups to our town. rOWN mi SQUEEZE ON MAM/NG DOGS crsck down " by-Uw makas tt nac-i •ofdocs •s'ary for owners to I ihelr does under proper , trol and on their own proper- , ty. He also reminded people that the town employs an offldaljte catcher. "fnftf of you tuy's ht Al Oamlnt's cfcttfi^ /ooft Altyit ff7/ ftj^t fpw of th9 hut oH usJ By B.R« LEBOE M.P. Cariboo We (lave had several speeches lately based on the need for the auto manifacturers to add more safety features in the cars being built. These are very noble ideas that are presented and should not go unheeded. There are, however, many other things that add to the danger on the streets and highways that need attention. In the cities there are many dangers to the motorist. One hazzard is the lack of good readable street signs, so that motorists can readily be aware of the street they are seeking to travel on. We all have, at some time or other, been guilty of causing a slowdown in traffic and sometimes accidents l)ecause we were looking for a certain street and were almost past it before we een investigating the situation for some time, and noting changes in the river current and Its channel, and that they are In favor of a change. Every resident, without exception, has signed the petition, which was prepared and forwarded by Mr. Avison, the local barrister, and which has the support of Mr. Stoddard, local member. It therefore appears likely that the location of the ferry will be changed this spring. Kiddies Kapers The Editor, Cariboo Observer, Quesnel, B.C. Dear Sir: As chairman of the Kinsmen Kiddies Kapers '66, I would like to take this opportunity through the use of your news media, to say a heart warming thank-you, on behalf of the Quesnel Kinsmen Club, to the fine people who supported the club by their attendance at this Kinsmen Service Project and who became members in the Kinsmen Dishwasher Club. Also I would like to extend a thank-you to the people who without the slightest hesitation gave us their complete support and assistance. To the following, may I say thankyou, Quesnel Klnette Club, First Quesnel Land Rangers, Quesnel Curling Club, Quesnel Figwe Skating Club, Quesnel Legion Twlrlettes, Minor Hockey Assn., Scouts and Cubs Assn., Quesnel Hockey Club, Overwaitea Stores Ltd., and numerous others such as Miss Nancy Jean Hall, our Kaper's Queen, and the judges to name only a few. Also, I would like to extend a thank-you to Radio Station CKCQ and your fine news media, the CarilKX) Observer for the tremendous coverage of the Kiddies Kapers '66. In closing, may I say thankyou to everyone for making Kiddies Kapers '66, the most memorable and most successful to date. Yours truly. Kin George T. Owens, Chairman of Kiddies Kapers '66. P.O. Box 630, Quesnel, B.C. The Department of Education will be expanded as well as vocational and technological school faculties, and an even larger portion of the Department of Education work will be directed toward the post Secondary School field. Reorganization of the Secondary Schools began In 1962. Next year will see the graduation of the first students to keep their Secondary School education under the reorganization programme. Increased emiAasis will now be placed upon revision of the curriculum at the Elementary School level. We await theBudget to learn just how great these increases may be. The recent report of the Canadian Economic Council made it abundantly clear that ever-increasing productivity is essential for economic growth. That productivity can only be improved by raising the level of education. It was recommended that advancement of education at all levels be given a very high place in public policy, and that investment in education be accorded the highest rank in the scale of priority. The British Columbia Government has asserted itself to act upon this recommendation.
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