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News From Wells Barkerville
Fishing Trip Ends in Tragedy
A DROVvNIi\G ai Lottie
Lf.ke about 4 p.m. Sunday
tha; claimed the life of Earl
VvJl^iam Heskett, Wells garage
operator, 'brought a tragic
close to a weekend fishing
party.
V./ord of the fatality reached
Wells about G p.m. when
four boys who had accompanied
Mr. Heskett on the trip,
hurried back to town.
Party Escapes
In Car Mishap
MR. AND MRS. A. Gallant
and party, who had been
visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
B. M. Adams, escaped without
injury when their car overturned
on 11-Mile Hill on
the Barkerville Road as they
were returning to the coast
last Saturday.
Damage to the car was
considerable. It was towed to
Quesnel where temporary
repairs were made before the
Gallants continued on to the
coast Sunday morning.
The accident occurred about
four o'clock in the afterr.oon.
Wells Branch No. 128
CANADIAN LEGION
B.E.S.L.
Pres. — A. H. White
Secretary, K. Vear.
Prospective Members
CORDIALLY INVITED
To Attend
Meetings on the Second
Sunday of the month
South Wells at 2:00 pm
Constal:)le B. Bi'aden, accompanied
by B. M. Adams,
Dr. W^ Whittaker and Leonard
Young hurried to the
scene. Mr. Heskett's body was
recovered in about seven feet
of water.
An incjuiry into the drowning
was held on Tuesday afternoon
by Coi'oner B. M. Adams.
According fo accounts t)f
the accident, Mr. Heskett was
fishing fi'om a canoe and the
craft uDset while he was playing
a fish. The boys who accompanied
him wpi'e unable
to render assistance,
ett were Neil and Jim Smith,
On the trip with Mr. Heskand
Mr. Heskett's two nephews,
the McCall boys. Lottie
Lake is located about 12 miles
east of Wells.
Jets Win, Lose
On Sunday Trip
JETS, the top girls softball
outfit of Wells, won and
lost on a Sunday trip to Quesnel
where they met the Cariboo
Hotel girls and the Quesnel
Lumberettes.
In the opening game against
the Cariboo Hotel, the
Jets just squeezed through
with a 16—15 win and then
dropped the game against
Lumberettes by a 10—6
count.
Midway through the second
game word of the drowning
at Lottie Lake arrived. Catcher
Gei'ry Heskett hurried
from the game and when the
game was later continued all
the Wells players were badly
rattled.
"For the Finest Home-Cooked Meals"
The Wells Hotel
Dining Room
Hours:—Weekdays 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sundays and Holidays 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
"Special Sunday Dinners"
Catering to Banquets
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in & Out of Town
® l\Irs. Lillian MacLean oi
Los Angeles ai-i-ived Saturday
to spend a few weeks visiting
with her sister, Mrs.
Hiram Mooney. Mr. and Mrs.
Mooney met her when she
ai-rived in Quesnel by plane.
• Mr. and Mrs. W."L. Seabolt
returned Sunday aftei- a
trip to the coast. While they
were away they visited witii
Mr. and Mrs. Ale.x Armstrong
at Port Alberni.
• Mrs. Gwen Mackenzie
and son Rod left last Friday
for the coast. From there thev
ENJOY A HOLIDAY
will continue on to England
where they expect to spend
a year.
• Mrs. Whit Ganong re-
• turned last weekend from a
holiday trip to California
where she was visiting with
relatives.
® Mr. Jack McNeill left on
Sundaj^ on a business trip to
Quesnel. He expects to continue
on to Lillooet and Vancouver
\yhere Mrs. McNeill
is currently receiving medical
treatment.
• Mr. J. T. McKel\-it- was a
business visitoi' in Quesnel
on Tuesday.
• Rev. J. M. MeCormick
attended a meeting of the
Rural Deanery at St. John's
Church, Quesnel, last Thursday.
• Mrs. L"ster Johnston is
at present visiting at the
liome of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Frasei-. Quesnel.
• Mr.--,. W^ T. Stevenson
was a \'isitor in Quesnel last
Thui'sday. returning tii'me
that evening.
Mr. Ross McLel'-jn of Wells
slopped ovei- briefly in Quesnel
today while en route to
the coast for medical cheekup
after his recent illness.
At Beautiful Bowron Lake
*
Kowron Lake Hunting k Fisliing Lodge
Opening May 24th
Boats — Motors — Guides
COMFORTABLE HOUSEKEEPING CABINS
CARIBOO OBSERVER • Thursday, July 9, 1953 • Page 9
Booster Plan
Seems Shelved
POSSIBILITY of a radio repeater
(booster) station being
installed in Wells upon
completion of the new telephone
and telegraph line appears
very unlikely, despite
the fact that such a station
has long been promised foithe
district.
During an inspection trip
through the Cariboo a week
ago, D. C. Schubert, B.C.
Supervisor for the Govern-
•.1.11. n—III
ment Telegraph Service, said
that plans for installing a
copper line between Quesnel
and Wells had been abandoned.
"Traffic over the Wells
line has fallen off shai-ply,''
said Mr. Schubert, "and at
the present time installation
of copper does not appear to
be warranted."
A radio repeater station
was to be installed on completion
of a copper line. Such
a station was promised about
seven years ago, but the neces-sary
appropriation has never
appeared in estimates.
ALWAYS WELCOME - - -
There is always a friciKib. uelcmue
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"Tlie Friendly Slrjipiffi' {"rire"
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