THE BRITISH C LUMBIA s ~PTEMBER, 1970

RUDnerPUBLISHED BY THE D EPART M ENT OF H IGHWAYS VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3

Old Fraser Street Bridge, New Westminster District,Has Troubled Life

A serious fire destroyed part of thesouth span of the Fraser Street Bridgebetween Mitchell Island and Richmond,June 20.

Dense flames and heavy smoke envel­oped the wooden span just after 3.50 p.m .A!bout 800 feet of the bridge was badlydamaged. The point of origin seemed tobe about 500 feet from the north end .

The fire was put out by evening butcontinued to smoulder and flare up fornearly a week.

The Department began repairs as soonas possible and brought in bridge-crewmen from all seven Districts in Region I(see p. 3) . Work was done with four fullcrews on double shifts and the bridge re­opened July 17.

The cause has not been determined.A short could have occurred in cables onthe bridge or a cigarette from a vehiclefallen into a crevice in the water maincase. The bridge , linking Vancouver andLulu Island, in Richmond, was burnedbeyond safe use and had to be rebuiltwith materials borrowed from many ofthe adjacent highway Districts. It has anaverage daily traffic count of 20,000 andmuch of this had to be diverted to theOak Street Bridge already carrying 64.000 .

J. A. Dennison, Chief Highway Engi­neer; D. D. Godfrey, Regional HighwayEngineer; W. E. Mercer, Regional Main­tenance Engineer; and R. G. McKee,Chairman of the Purchasing Commission,congratulated the bridge crews, underBridge Foreman Frank Stirling, for thespeedy repairs to the bridge , with suchhindrances as gas lines , telephone cab les,and a large water main to contend with .

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T HE ROAD RUN NER

Volume 7

Cover Photo - Construction on Highway 3A, TwinBays-Sanea section. Project is now completed and pulvi­mix laid in August.

Published Quarterly by the

British Columbia Departm ent of H ighwaysVictoria, British Co lumbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur 1. Schindel, Editor

Associate Field EditorsA. R. Limacher VictoriaBill Ingram VictoriaAI Walisser Bridge DistrictJim Winto n oo__ oo oo __ North VancouverS. J. Tognela oo oo oo oo BurnsideJ . W. Morris oo_ oo oo oooo oo_oo oooooooo NanaimoM. Butler oo oo_oo oo CourtenayDavid Price oo Briti sh Columbia Ferries DivisionGeorge Cooper oo Patrol, North VancouverEllis Meads oooooo oo Dock DistrictLloyd Burgess oo oo oo__oo New WestminsterDon Osborne 00 00 ChilliwackJim Ferrier oo oo oo KamloopsEdie Smith oo Williams LakeMurray Ramsay oo oo__oooo Salmon ArmM. J. Newlands oooo oo oo oo oo RevelstokeAl Desimone 00 00 00__00 __ 000000 __ 00000000VernonFred Evans _oo oo_ oooo oo oo oo oooo oo KelownaJ. W. Zaporozan oo __ oo oooo oo PentictonJim Chenoweth oo oooooo oo oooo_oooo__oo oo_MerrittDave Roberts oooo oo oo oo oooo oo LillooetDorothy Wilkins __oo oo oo oo_oo Grand ForksR. E. McKeown oo oo oo __ oooooo oooo_RosslandS. J. Dixey oo oooo oo oooooo__oo oooo NelsonFred Angrignon __oo oo oo _oo New DenverFred Ryckman oo oo oo oooo oooo oo __ oo__CrestonN. K. Molander oo oooo oo oooo_oo CranbrookSam Ca ravetta oooo oo oo __oooo_oo_FernieJ. W. Hickmott 00 00_ 0000 GoldenSteve Sviatko __ 00 00__ 00 __ 0000 0000 __00 00 _ . SmithersJ . C. Bar tsch 00 00__ 00 0000 _ 00 0000__ 00 00 • Pouce CoupeHomer Good oo_ oo oo oo__oooooooo oo_oo__ Fort St. JohnDon Hutton oooo oo oo oooo oooo TerraceE. A. Beaumont oo oooo oooo oo oo oo Prince GeorgeShirley Hrechka oo oo oo oo Prince GeorgeJack Doddridge oo oo __ oooo oooo_oo Prinee GeorgeC. R. Stephenson oo oooo_oo_QuesnelGeorge Harper 00 0000 ._ _ _ 00 VanderhoofH. R. Walker.. oo_oo oo oo _oo oo oo oo Burns LakeW. R. Ball oooooo oo oooo Prince Rupert

L eft photo: Back roll', left to right , Mik e Busby, Burnside; JimRichardson, Burnside ; A be Wieb e, Mission; Bill M cSachren,Courtenay . Second roll', Clar ence Johnson, Foreman, Mission ;Frank Stirling, Foreman, Nell' We stminster; Harr y Moore, ActingFor eman, Courtenay ; Robert Chapman, Burnside. Front roll',Marcell Daulin, Courtenay; Manuel Quieto, Bridge Maintenan ce,North Van couver; Bob W ennig; Courtenay; Dave Brown, Burn­side.

W . D. BLACK, Minister.

One of t he Mi n is te r 'spleasanter task s is answeringletters of thanks from peop lewho have received assista ncefrom Department personnel.The write rs usually "don'tknow the men's names " butare " most grateful" for thehelp, often done "in theirown time" or "out of th eirway," The words vary butthe sentiments are the same.Mind you, there aren't manyletters like this , not becausesuch acts are rare but be­cause people seem more

ready to condemn than to praise. Perhaps they do haveth e right to expec t the best from us. But even in this ageof cynicism we belie ve such acts are not uncommon in ourDepartment-whether it's th e survey crew whose membersspent part of th eir week-end helpin g a trav eller with cartrouble or th e clerk who spent her lunch hour helping avisitor locate a relative. It varies in degree and kind.Man y such deeds go unnoticed but we would like to sayth ey are not unappreciated. These are more than publicrelations gestures, th ey are acts of human kindness.

Above: Back row, left to right, A lbert Trottier, New We stmin­ster; Al Had wick , New Westminster; Eugene N elson , North Van­couver; Ralph Cormier, Nanaimo, Third row , Jeff Haastret, Nell'Westminster; Jack Graham, N ew Westminster; Mik e Buchanan,North Van couver; Ernie Ma lmo , Nanaimo , Second roll', VernHansen , Nell' Westminster, and Joe Ko zar , Nell' Westmill.Her.Front row , Don LaBierge, Nanaimo; R ene Trottier , Nell' We st­minster; Ted Terril/on , North Vancouver; Ray Lehti, Foreman,North Vancouver. Missing from picture, Leon Lapinsky, BillGrieve, and Rudy Herdan of the Chilliwack bridge crew and DalMansell of the New Westminster bridge crell '.

10-7 CLUB

Seven changes in senior Departmentpersonnel were effective September I.The following moves are the result: -

J. W. NELSON, Regional HighwayEngineer, Karnloops, goes to Nelsonas Regional Highway Engineer andR. G. WHITE, Regional Highway Engi­neer, Nelson, goes to Karnloops asRegional Highway Engineer.

D. C. WESTAWAY, District Superin­tendent, moves to Grand Forks, trad­ing pl aces with R. M. McMILLAN, Dis­trict Superintendent, who goes to NewDenver.

H . F. BLUNDEN, District Superin­tendent, transfers from Williams Laketo Kamloops, replacing A. H. DIBBEN,District Superintendent. Mr. Dibbengoes from Kamloops to Pouce Coupe ,replacing J . E. STEVEN, District Super­intendent, and Mr. Steven goes toWilliams Lake .

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District Heads Shift

MRS. MARILYN KIN­SEY, of the New West­minster District office ,has won Clerk 3 posi­tion in Penticton Dis­trict office. Mar i Iy nenjoys making her ownclothes and spends

most of her spare time with her husbandoutdoors. They have been building asummer A-frame cottage on Jones (Wa­leach) Lake near Laidlaw.

PROMOTIONS

ART WATSON haswon the position ofRoad MaintenanceForeman 2 at BurnsLake. Art was for­merly Road Mainte­nance Foreman atTrout Lake in the Rev­elstoke District. He is married and hasfive children . His hobby is collecting an­tique bottles.

BOB MINGER has re­cently won the positionof Stockman 4, atBurns Lake, replacingLloyd Perepelecta whotransferred to the For­estry Department. Bobjoined the Department

in May, 1968, and has worked as a La­bourer and Machine Operator. He ismarried and is Assistant Chief of theVoluntary Fire Department, and driverfor the Ambulance Society. His hobbyis rebuilding old cars.

JOHN SEVER, of theRossland Road Crew,recently ret ire dafter14 years' service . Hewas feted at a recep­tion held in his honourand presented with agift from his fellowworkers,

TRANSFERSGORDON D. FRAMP­

TON, Property Negoti­ator Grade 2, is nowwith the Departmentat Kelowna havingtransferred from NorthVancouver in July. Theplacement of a Prop­

erty Negotiator at Kelowna is an innova­tion to improve service to the public inthe Southern Interior.

At a recent get to­gether in the Courte­nay Yard, WALTERMILLARD, Road Main­tenance Foreman, Den­man Island, and ED

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Walter Millard. ward, were presentedwith gifts from theCourtenay DistrictCrew on the occasionof their retirementsthis year. Walter start­ed with the Depart­ment full time in 1956and Ed in 1947. Ed Hansen.

ROGER PRATT, Materials Branch, Vic­toria, has been appointed Regional Mate­rials Engineer in Kamloops, replacingLARRY DEBoER, who is transferred toVictoria .

R. H . 1. (BOB) WILLIAMS, Bridge Tend­er, Kelowna District, retired June 30 after23 yean,' service . With a new camper heplans to pursue his hobbies of hunting andfishing .

V. R. (BUD) GREEN retired August 31stafter 15 years' service with the MerrittDistrict crew. A presentation was madeto Mr. Green on August 31st by his fellowemployees.

Chief Property Negotiator

Retires After 45 Years' Service

CLAUD W. TAYLOR,Labourer in the YahkMaintenance Crew inthe Cranbrook Dis­trict, retired earlier thisyear. Claud startedwith the Department,December 27, 1952.

G . K. Austin, District Superintendent,Cranbrook, presented Claud with gifts onbehalf of fellow employees.

A. S. (FRED) BRAD­LEY, Timekeeper, re­tired May 15th fromthe Prince George of­fice. Fred was pre­sented with gifts fromthe staff who will misshis sense of humour.He joined the Department on May 14,1962.

L. J. (LES) MOORE,Chief Property Negoti­ator, Victoria, retiredrecently after 45 years'service with the BritishColumbia Govern­ment. Presentations onbehalf of the Depart­

ment were made to Mr. and Mrs. Mooreby the Honourable W. D. Black , Mini ster;H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister, and F. A .MacLean, Assistant Deputy Mini ster.Presentations to Mr. Moore included gifts,a Meritorious Service scroll from the Brit­ish Columbia Government, and a remem­brance booklet from the Department, aswell as a bouquet of flowers to Mrs.Moore.

An evening stag dinner in honour ofMr. Moore was held July 21st and about45 active and retired employees of theDepartment attended.

Mr. Moore joined the Briti sh ColumbiaCivil Service on October 5, 1925 , as aJunior Clerk in the Land Registry Office,Kamloops, when he later became Sur­veyor and Deputy Registrar of Titles. Hetransferred to the Departn.ent of High­ways, in Kamloops. in April, 1947, as theDepartment's full-time Right-of-way andClaims Agent and transferred to Victoria,May, 1949 .

Under his leadership the Branch hasgrown to a staff of some 27 field andclerical employees in charge of all landacquisition for the Department.

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WEDDINGS

Roy Walker, District Office Managerat Burns Lake, was married to NoraDueck, May 29 . 1970, at the Burns Lake

Courthouse. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rolstonstood up for the couple. .. Chuck" is {/Road Foreman 4 at Burns Lake.

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A wedding of interest took place in the

Golden area when JACK HAMILTON andLOIS SOLES were married in the United

Church. Jack is a Truck Driver who hasbeen with the Department in Golden forthe pa st three years.

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Linda Marie Askey and Raymond Frederick Pengelly (Jr .) were married ill Oak BayUnited Church May 16th. Linda is employed as Clerk Typist 2 with the Departmentof Highways traffic bran ch ill Vi ctoria.

Herb Y oung and Anne Marie M ennie, both of Salmon Arm, were married May 16thill the First United Church, Salmon Arm. Herb is a member of the Salmon Arm Sur veyCrew.

L. LORRAINE McDo NALD and D EAN H .C. DAVIS were married in the Burch Pre s­byterian Church, F ort St. John , o n June20th, by the Rev. W . P. Jan ssen. Dean is

Clerk-T imekeeper in the Distr ict Office,Fort St. John, and Lorraine is a Clerk­Stenographer for the Department of Re­

hab ilit ation and Soci al Improvem en t.

ConvalescentsLLOYD ANTRIM, Mech anic I . rec eived

a bad burn on his foot whi le weld ing apiece of equipment in the Parksville sho p.The bum was so extensive th at a ski n

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RON HATHAWAY, Patrolman at Fi rst

Narrows Bridge, is resting at home afte rsurgery. BILL CHRISTIAN, Patrolm an atSecond N arrows Bridge, is reco vering athome from a back injury. Their fe llowemployees wish them a speedy recovery .

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EDWARD BROAD and SYLVIA KOHLMAN

were married April 29th in Coeur d'Alene,

Idaho. Eddie is Machine Operator 9 in

the Pouce Coupe District and has beenwith the Department for five years.

On May 16, 1970, ALICE-FAYE EMBREEand JIM LINES were united in marriage atthe United Church in Creston. Jim isemployed as District Stockman and Alice­Faye is the Timekeeper with the Depart­ment of Highways at Revelstoke.

FRANK WOODS, Yardman. has been inho spital in Vancouver for a major opera ­tion. He is now convalescing and all his

fellow employees in the Golden Di strictwish him a speedy recovery.

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"EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

OBITUARYL. 1. HART, Console Ope rator at Lions Gate Bridge , died Jun e

4,h while on annual leave in the United States. He was 62 ,Len is survived by his wife, Doris, and seven children. Born inLondon, England, Len came to Saskatchewan in his early teen swhere he worked as bank clerk for a number of years. Duringthe Second World War he served with the Grey and Simco For­resters, transferring overseas to the First Hussar s. In 1946 heand his family came to North Vancouver where he worked forthe City of North Vancouver and at Burrard Dry Dock. Len wasan officer with 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, wherehe took an active part in the training programme for more th an15 years, He was also a member of West Vancouver Royal Cana­dian Legion. In later years Len worked as Toll Collector onLions Gate Bridge and became Console Operator in 1965,

J. W. T. Hickmont, G olden Di stri ct Timekeeper, with the sec­ond of two doll houses he has built for a friend . Th e model isfurn ished and carpeted. Jack has been with th e Golden Dis trictsince 1954 ,

Department of Highways personnel captured the CommercialLeague A Ev ent Curling Trophy in Terrac e earlier this year. Th eyare , left to right, En gineering A ssistant Charlie Lessard, ProjectSupervisor Gordon Hanna, and R oad Maintenance For eman T edArnoldus and Ross Bowlby,

GLEN G . HIGGINS, Technician with theEquipment Branch, was among the crew ofeight abo ard the Gabrielle II, a 48-foot sloopowned by his brother Ralph, which sailedfrom Victoria to the Hawaiian Islands inJuly, one of 23 sailing boats taking in a raceto the Island of Maui . The Gabrielle II took21 days to make the trip, placing third over­all and second in their division .

M . G. G. Briscoe, En gineering Aide 3 in the New WestminsterMaintenance Distri ct , warming up his Ossa 230 Motor-Cross priorto racing on the sand dun es on l ona Island. Glyn is a memberof th e District Sur vey Cr ew and spends much of his time draught­ins in th e N ew Westminster Office. He is single, 25, and hisf{/\'ourite sport is m otor-cycle scrambles.

During the past sum m er in Victoria the" Highway Limits "women's softball team has been play ing weekly in the Governmentleague. They reach ed the sem i-finals only to be defeated by theDepartment of M ines and Petr oleum Resources. Team membersare left to right , back row , Sylvia Jubb , Pat N elson, Noreen Star­key , Irene Standal, Lynn R ockett; front row, Fran ces Chapman,Leslie Veitch, L inda De/UJIli, Lorraine Peters, Diane Sprinkling,and Coach A Ian Lachurity , Missing, Coach Gary Dobi e, BarbaraM orrison, Ga il Vau ghan , Val Lubin , and PeRRY Arbber,

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MRS. PAT LITTLE isa Clerk in the Briti shColumbia Ferries Divi­sion revenue depart­ment. She began withthe Division in Septem­ber, 1969, and is mar ­ried with three daugh­ters.

ROB RIPPENGALE is" jack of all trade s" atBritish Columbia fer­ries Division head of­fice in Victoria . He ha sbeen with the Divi sionsince September, 1969,and is very interestedin drawing.

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MISS J . MOTTERS­liED, Clerk in the Brit­ish Columbia Ferrie sDivision revenue de­partment. She has beenwith that Departmentsince October, 1969,and her hobbies in­clude tennis, canoeing, and swimming.

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District Office Mana­ger at Fort St. John.Irene has been in FortSt. John for three years,having previouslyworked for the Hospi­tal Insurance Division

in Victoria and Department of PublicWorks at Tranquille.

MRS. LANA U NDER­WOOD is a Clerk in theBritish Columbia Fer­ries Division personneloffice. She is marriedwith one son, and inher spare time she en-

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TON , Stockman 4,Headquarters Stores,Victoria, has been withthe Department sinceMay , 1948, when hejoined as Stockman 2in Kamloops and thenmoved to Victoria in 1949. Murney wasborn in Trenton, Ontario, and is marriedwith two children and four grandchildren.His outside interests are gardening andlodge work.

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F. W. RAMSAY, As­sistant Office Manager,British Columbia Fer­ries Division, Victoria,is one of the original89 starting in 1960, asSenior Ticket Agent,at Swartz Bay. In 1961

Frank was promoted to Terminal Agentat Horseshoe Bay and continued thereuntil 1967 when he moved to his pre sentposition at head office. He is marriedwith three children.

MRS. SYBIL 1. Me­SORLEY is a Clerk 2 inthe New WestminsterHighways District Of­fice. Sybil has a daugh­ter five and a son twoand one -half. She re­cently vacationed withher family in Old Coulsdon, Surrey, Eng­land . When not travelling, her hobbiesar e ceramics, sewing, and knitting.

Captain J. Patterson , skipper of the Galena Bay Ferry, waits ata discreet distance for visitor to leave after a mid-day visit to theShelter Bay ferry complex.

This is the brass corner post of L.S. 15, Sec . 23, Tp. 22, R. 7,W. of 6th M., in the Salmon Arm District . It was found growninside the I8-inch birch tree . The stump was actually Cllt awaywith a chain saw to find it, because a local farmer had remem­bered seeing the pin in the roo ts of the young tree when he wasa boy.

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ON THE JOB

A week-end washout in May cut the John Hart-Peace River High­way, 88 miles north of Prince George. Picture at left shows thedeep gash in the highway and the right one, the start of repairs . On

Installing gabions in slide area on Prince George airport hillare , left to right , Vern Webster, Frank Peck, Ed Nordstrom, JohnBergen, and George Jack, members of the Prince George Districtcrell'.

Revelstoke bridge crew at work laying the concrete bridge deckon the new Camp Creek Bridge located on the Trans-CanadaHighway, 16 miles west of Revelstoke,

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the job were P. J. Carr, Regional Maintenance Engineer; J. R.Fredrickson, District Technician; Ken Soiland; and John Hrechka .

Left to right, S . N. A . McLeod, District Superintendent; E,Ditomassi, Road Foreman; and A . Lenny, Mechanical Foreman ,Revelstoke District, inspect the gabions placed at Shelter Bay ferryramp, south of Revelstoke,

Installing 54-inch culvert at One Mile Creek on Wright CreekRoad are Prince George District crew members Patrick Riley, onCat; Dean Ireland, Foreman, centre; and John Hrechka, right.

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Prince George District shop mechanics, left to right, are GaynalArnett, Paul Richards, and R oy Braun, Assistant MechanicalForeman .

Prince George District Mechanical Shop, left to rloht , Meehan­ics Al Henke, Ray Desgagne, and John Tereschuk .

Princ e G eorge Distr ict cre w hauling grave l to W right Cre ekR oad , left to right , l vor Hallum, Lyl e MacKay , Lin coln Graham ,Rick y Heth erington , R obert St eph enson , and John Hrcchku ,

Prince G eorge Distr ict M echanical Sh op , left to right , M e­chanics Bill Schmelzel, Billlllett, ond A rt Hesse.

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The Mesilinka River Bridge, 255 miles north of Vanderhoof onthe A iken Lake Road, was built by the Vanderhoof bridge crewfor the Department of Mines. The bridge consists of concretefootings and piers, 110 feet of Bailey bridging, and two forty-footlog-stringer spans.

Part of bridge resurfacing crew, Engen Overpass, J3 miles westof Vanderhoof on Highway 16, Fred Black, left, and Tim Burtis.scarifying deck prior to placing nell' concrete. Other members ofbridge resurjactng crew were Bill Sainsbury, Harley Haines, DonLindley, and Clifford Lippa.

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ON THE JOB

W. A. Patten, Senior Road Foreman atVanderhoof, at his desk in the foremen'soffice at the new maintenance establish­ment. Wilf commenced working for theDepartment in 1954, and last October waspromoted to his present position of RoadMaintenance Foreman 4 . As an Alder­man on the Vanderhoof Council, Wilfalso contributes many hours to villageproblems and business.

A Ibert Evans, Road Maintenance Fore­man l , left, and Robbie Wilson, Grader­man, Nanaimo District, prepare to starton a roadmix paving operation.

Henry Nielsen, Truck Driver, Nanaimo,near his water tank. Henry has a busyjob trying to keep the dust settled onroads under construction in the Nanaimoarea.

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Harold Blackburn, Grader Operator atDease Lake, and his Austin-Western Super500 maintain approximately 207 miles ofthe Watson Lake-Cassiar-Stewart High­way between the Dease River and Eddon­tenaion, Harold works out of the DeaseLake Camp.

Peter M. Baker, Engineering Assistantwith the Fort St. John District, investigat­ing possible methods to improve drainageon one of the local roads. Peter comesfrom the Construction Branch originallyand has been with the District since 1964.

Harry Dawes, Spreadman, figuring outdistances to spread various size graveltrucks on a roadmix operation at Na­naimo, Spread distance will affect thethickness and width of the finished pave­ment.

Ken White, Road Maintenance Fore­man at Dease Lake, 90 miles south ofCassiar. Ken has been located there foralmost 3 years. He was formerly {Ill

operator at Good Hope Lake.

Tony Desmarias, Mower Operator, atParksville, on his machine on th e IslandHighway. Tony would prefer the weatherto remain dryas he finds it difficult tokeep up with the lush growth on Vancou­I'er Island.

Fred Wood, Machine Operator, Parks­ville, is kept busy stripping gravel pits inthe Nanaimo and Parksville areas. Hehas also been reconstructing and wideningroads in the Errington area.

Prince George District sign crew, Felex Larocque andArt Lussier (on ladder).

District Superintendent G. W. Harper, of Vanderhoof, andsidewalk superintendents J. E. Zielke and /. C. Wilkes inspect thepulvimixing behind W . G. Mellett. as the District crews surfaceNecliako A venue and a section of the Kenney Dam Road.

J. Janzen on D7 clearing right-of-way on the frontage roadeast of Terrace, Highway /6. .

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"Jock" Rattray, Senior Foreman at Good Hope Lake is super­vising as Homer L. Good, District Superintendent at Fort St.John, changes a flat-tire while Floyd Erickstad, Bridge Foreman,looks on from the rear. Standing nearby with camera and stopwatch was Les Broddy, Regional Highway Engineer at PrinceGeorge.

Members of Nanaimo survey crew busy establishing a right-of­way in preparation for construction , left to right, Jerry Moore,Jim Oglivie, and Perry Fleming.

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Equipment used to grade narrow road between Dease Lake andTelegraph Creek. Switchbacks and bluffs make the road toonarrow jar grader in summer or one-way plow in winter. JimStewart is operating H .D. 5 and Don Mcl'hee on Austin-Westernpullgrader,

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Top picture, the M. V . " Cascade" whic h served 011 the west coastas II fre ighter for a yew or .10, then started servi ce as a ferry [romBrentwood Bay to Mill Bay O il VaIlCOII\'er l sland, after being re­named S.S . " Mill Bay ." Later a truck engin e was installed whichlasted thre e years, then hori zontal Gardner 152 B.H .P. Vessel wasowned by M essrs. Kinnaird and Williams, Master and Mate respec­ti vcly, and Chi ef Engineer was II . C. CiaII' who served in this

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position for 44 years. Picture was taken in late 20 's. Noticeadvertising posters on th e wheelhouse . Below, th e present M .V ." Mill Bay" with recent m odi fied superstructure, com menced .11'1'­

vice origin ally in 1956 and 11011' operated by till' British ColumbiaFerries Division , Old ph 0 10 and injormation was supplied bywtuta». Hankin , Chief Engineer , MY. .. Mill Bay ."

SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

Ken Jackson from the office of the Co-ordinator of AccidentPrevention presents D. O. Young, Road Foreman, Kimberleymaintenance crew in the Cranbrook District, with the silver awardof merit. Background, left to right, M. J. Laisnez; J. B. Thom­ason, H. Haug; R. Lowe, L. L. Nelson, missing from photo D. N .Roe.

REGION 2 CHILDRENLEARN SAFETY EARLY

A recent colouring contest for children of Region 2 em­ployees produced some good entries and some lessons insafety for the very young.

Judged by Regional Construction Superintendent A. G .Jones and Harry Lay of the Mechanical Superintendent'soffice-the contest was divided into age groups; under seven ,eight, nine , and ten and eleven and over. The best twoentries in each group were awarded prizes donated by inter­ested persons throughout the Region.

All entries were acknowledged by letter and every childreceived a .. Smokey the Bear" booklet.

Winners were Lynn Kelly, five-year-old daughter of JimKelly, Machine Operator at Salmon Arm; Kathy Trouila,seven, daughter of L. G. Trouila, Mechanic at Allison Pass;Barry Gergstrom, ten, son of B. L. Bergstrom, Road Main­tenance Foreman at Bridge Lake; Melody Ottenbreit, II,neice of John Ottenbreit, Bridgeman at Kelowna; DebraWatkinson, 12, daughter of D. E. Watkinson, Stockman atVernon; and Faith Evans, sponsored by Francis Tanaka,Timekeeper of Kamloops District.

W. J. McDonald, Regional Safety Offi­cer, presented to Clifford Dodge, MechanicForeman at Burns Lake" medium silver"award of merit. The crew of nine menworked 80,874 man-hours from June 23,1964, to December 31, 1969, without atime-loss accident.

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L. F. Cote, left, recently was presented with a bronze award on behalf of NelsonDistrict road crew and W. Kortegaard, a silver award on behalf of Nelson shop crew byP. B, MacCarthy, Regional Maintenance Engineer.

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" This is known as' getting your feet wet' in thesecretarial pool-Miss Farb,"

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man Lloyd Roselliook­ing at hard hat whichsaved his life. OnMay 21st, while direct­ing the removal of logsjammed against abridge, the boom on acrane swung around,hitting him on thehead, knocking him tothe ground. Lloyd lostno time obtaining thenew hard hat he iswearing.

FERRIES

Mrs. Maria Logan, the only lady member of .. The Original89" after presenting the Han . W . D. Bla ck with captain 's cap andreceiving bouquet from the Minister and cull links from M. F.Aldous, General Manager, at the British Columbia Ferries Divi­sion Tenth Anniversary dinner in June. The Ferries Divisionstarted ou t in 1960 with two ships ami 191 personnel, 89 of which

The bridge of the M .V. .. Powell River Queen" with CaptainT. J. Whelan on the left and Mate Mr. Victor Walker at the helm .

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are still with the service . Two more of them are shown in theinse ts, left, Chief Engineer Rick Henriksen and, right, CaptainB . G . K . Owen-Jones. Ferry sen'ice now has close to 2,000employees, 21 ships, and has carried over 37,000,000 passengerssince it started.

Isle Pierre Ferryman Harry Taylor has been on the job at 1slePierre on the Nechako River since January , 1953. Harry is mar­ried and he and his wife live in a Government house at the ferry­site.

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The Francois Lake ferry M. V. "Jacob Henkel" was aliiof service May 19th to June 23rd for major refit . Tempo­rary service was provided with a barge powered by t tu;boat BP 451. Before the temporary service could bestarted a portion of a proposed new ferry approach 11'(/ ,\'

constructed by District crews. Top , MY. "Jacob Hen­kel" in dry dock and, above, Captain T. E. Ashe standingon tugboat deck.

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On June l Oth and l l th , the docking cradle and winch at Shelter Bayferry terminal was used to remove the ferry M. V. "Galena" from thewater for hull inspection and repairs, the first test of the cradle and winchunder their full design loadings. Photo shows the MY. " Galena" emerg­ing from the water and starting up the l O-per-cent grade to the mainte­nance area. The ferry was taken just far enough up to grade to allow in­spection, repairs. and a quick return to service. By pulling it out in theevening and working at night, the ferry was out of service for only approxi­mately half a day. The 700-foot-long grade to the maintenance area isnecessary because of the 70-foot variation in the water level behind theArrow Dam.

Dock Design survey crew doing an as-built survey of the Long Harbourferry terminal on Salt spring Island, Left to right, they are G. A. Mintz,G. B. Hand, and G. S. Goundrey,

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When the Alaska State Ferry MY. .. Taku " ran aground recently on the north side ofWest Kinahan Island, about 8 miles from the mouth of Prince Rupert Harbour, the BritishColumbia Ferries M .V . .. Queen of Prince Rupert ,; was able to assist in the refloating byremoving 70 vehicles and passengers. Here M. V . .. Queen of Prince Rupert," bow to stern,receives vehicles from M. V. .. Taku " in the transfer operation.