THE BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNE,1968

PUBLI HED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2

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Three pictures illustrating the placement of the centre span over the South Thompson River at Kamloops. The 252-foot span willjoin the North Thompson-Yellowhead Highway to the Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops .

Beautiful Jewel Lake, about 134 miles long and one-quartermile wide, at the foot of Roderick Dhu Mountain, 6 miles fromthe Southern Trans-Canada Highway near Greenwood. LouisBosshart, a Swiss prospector, discovered the lake . Property sur­rounding the lake, known as Long Lake City, was owned in 1897by Arthur N. Pelly, an Englishman, whose original cabin stillstands. In the 1900's and 1920's huge rainbow trout were takenfrom this lake, many weighing 30 to 35 pounds, and one recordedat 56 pounds. The presence of these huge fish in a small moun­tain lake hundreds of miles from the ocean is unexplained.Cabins now dot the shores, and it is still a great fishing spot .A bandoned mines are visible on the surrounding hills. Thisspring the Grand Forks District has been clearing brush andimproving the road leading into the lake, an effort which willbe greatly appreciated by fishermen, rockhounds, and touristsalike .

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British Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, B.C.

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur 1. Schindel , Editor

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THE ROAD-RUNNER

Associate Field Editors

A. R. Limacher . . . Victoria

Bill Ingram .. Victoria

Jim Winton . North VancouverDave . Wardell .. .. Burnside

J. W. Morri s.. .. Nanaimo

M. Butler .. ...Courtenay

Jim Harris .. Bridge Maintenance

W. I. N. Higgins.. North Vancouv er

Lloyd Burgess .. New Westmin sterG. M. Vance ... .. Chilliwack

G. V. Sandiford .. KamloopsJim Ferrier _.... .. .. Kamloops

Edie Smith .. . .. . Williams Lake

Murray Ramsay ..__....__.. .. .Salmon Arm

Dave Bowman .. .. RevelstokeAI Desimore Vernon

Fred Evan s . .. ..._.. .. .. .. .. .. KelownaPete Fuoco Penticton

Jim Chenoweth Merritt

Dave Roberts .. ..__.. . LilIooetDorothy Wilkins ..__.. Grand ForksR. E. McKeown __.. Rossland

S. J. Dixey .._.. .. ...... Nelson

Fred Angrignon .. .... New DenverIrene Labelle .. .. .. Creston

N. Molander Cranbrook

Sam Caravetta .. .... .. FernieJohn Edgar .. . .. Golden

Steve Sviatko .. .. . SmithersC. Bartsch . Pouce Coupe

Pat Tondevold .. Fort St. John

Homer Good .. Terrace

E. A. Beaumont Prince George

Fred Bradley . . .. .... . . Prince George

Jack Doddridge _ .. Prince GeorgeR. Stephenson .. Quesnel

George Harper .. ..__.. Vanderhoof

H . R. Walker.. . ..__.. .. .. .._.__. Burns LakeE. Lund ... . .Prince Rupert

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W ESL EY D . BLACK, Minister.

Th e Departm ent o f High ways no longer has the biggestbudget in the G overnment , but physically it is probablystill the largest single department and, certainly, one ofthe most important. M ore than one-fifth of all BritishColumbia G overnment em ployees work for the Depart­ment of Hi ghways, and its 34 or so districts are locatedin all parts of thi s vast Province.

Th e record of dedication and public serv ice by the D e­partment of Highways has been good over the years, andas your new Minister / would lik e simply to ask for yo urco-operation in preserving , and even improving , thi s rec­ord. For my part , / know co-operation is a two-waystreet, and / would lik e to pledge my share from thisdirection .

Louis Kubos, Labourer, left, and H. Haigh, Road MaintenanceForeman, display two hu sky crescent wren che s once used onwood en bridge construction in the Fernie District. Wr ench atleft weighs /80 pounds and is 6 feet long . The one on the rightweighs 60 pounds. By way of contrast, the one in the centre is6 inches .long and weighs about 8 ounces.

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"EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

The Nintli Annual Curling Bonspiel for Region 4 was held in Prince George in March with 22 rinks com peting from T errace.Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderh oof, Princ e Ge orge, Quesnel, Mcbride, Pou ce Coupe, and Fort St. John, Th e bon spiel was arran gedby Pat Carr of Prince Ge orge, himself an ardent curler. Winn er of the "A" event was th e Don Delainey rink from Pouc e Coupe, leftph oto. Th ey are, left to right, Lloyd K emple, lead; Andy Biegan ski, second; Jim Bell. third; and Don Delain ey; skip. " B " eventwas tak en by th e Alf McWillis rink from M cBride, right picture. M embers are, from left, Abe Paul, second; Alf M cWillis, skip; IanA nderson , th ird; Handford Brown, lead. Centre picture shows Jim Stevens, Pouce Coupe District Superintendent, getti ng a ch alice tohold the troph y after the bonspiel, evell though the Pouce Coupe rink, for which he played, was elim inated,

DEPARTMENT DRIVER BUILDS50-FOOT INDIAN RACING CANOE

Chris Tom, Truck Driver on the Burnside-Sidney maintenancecrew, has just completed a difficult one-man task--constructionof a 50-foot Indian canoe. Chris is shown with his little helper,nephew Guy, standing beside the II-man racing canoe hewn

from a single white pine log. The log was loca ted in the Nanaimoarea and was towed to Chris's home near Sidney behind a smalloutboard. It took two years for Chris to build the canoe, roughedout with a chain saw but carved mainly with an adze. It W;J.S

then sanded to a smooth, even finish, which now resembles plank­ing less than I inch thick . The canoe will be racing in bothBriti sh Columbia and Washington this summer.

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Following a presentation at Headquarters in May, Mrs. EdithVal en poses with Assistant Deputy Minister F. A. Ma cl.ean, left,and Comptroller of Expenditure A. E. Rhodes. Mrs. Valen wassecretary to the HOIl. P. A. Gaglardi, former Minister of High­days, for 14 years. After the Cabinet changes, Mrs . Valen wasappointed secretary to the new Minister of Industrial Develop­ment, Trade, and Commerce, the HOIl. Waldo Skillings.

Peter Yakimovich, of the Computer Pro­gramming Section, Headquarters LocationBranch, is already a well-known figure in Vic­toria's entertainment world. An accomplishedpiani st, Peter has entertained in Seattle andVancouver. He ha s helped write two chil­dren 's movies, both presented in the BastionThe atre, and songs he has composed have

been pre sented on C.B.C. radio and television. He is currentlymusical director of the famous Gerry Gosley's " Smile Show,"and his Jazz Ballet, composed some time ago , has been performedat the Butchart Gardens Sunset Shows. More will be heard ofPeter when he comes out with his own Rock group in September.

PEEK INTO THE PAST

Out of an earlier age when labour wascheap and machines primitive are thesenearly half-century-old photographs of aconstruction and paving project on thePacific Highway. Picture on the rightshows small gas tractor and pull grader.. preparing subgrade " in 1921, and theother one was taken in August, 1923, atthe laying of the last concrete panel atCloverdale. Note the Union Jack ap­parently raised to mark the historic com­pletion of this early concrete highway.

The Yale toll gate in 1939

showing traffic moving west to­

ward Hope.

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HISTORIC TREE DIES ...FELLED AS HIGHWAY HAZARD

An unusual experience for Maintenance Foreman L. Lindsay and his Cloverdale Eastcrew, New Westminster District, came up May 29 when they were given the sad job ofcutting off the top of the old 2oo-foot Douglas-fir tree on Highway 401, known as the.. Perkins Tree."

Dave Donaldson, Traffic CounterTechnician with the Traffic Branch, isshown .. tuning in" the vehicle detectorsat the permanent traffic count station onthe Trans-Canada just north of Victoria.

Near the Surrey-Langley border onthe Trans-Canada Highway right-of-way,it was last in the news when the freewaywas being built, and 10 acres of landbelonging to Charles Perkins was usedfor the highway. At the request of Mr.Perkins and his friends in 1960, theformer Minister, P. A. Gaglardi, assuredthem that the tree would be spared, andthe east-bound lanes of 401 were divertedaround it. In 1919 or 1920 Mr. Perkinshad planted English ivy at the base ofthe tree as a memorial to members of theoriginal Aero Club of B.C. who hadserved overseas from 1915 with the RoyalFlying Corps and later in the Royal AirForce. Vandals have twice set fire to theivy in the last few years and charred thetree badly. The ivy survived, but thetree has gradually died. The highwaycrew cut the top portion off, leaving a30-foot stump. Mr. Perkins, 74, a re­tired farmer, has lived in the area for thepast 60 years and estimated that the treewas 270 years old. The crew presentedMr. Perkins with a section slab of thetree, and he states he may plant somemore ivy at the foot of the remainingsection.

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Piling being driven in the cofferdam atthe site of the new Bulkley River Bridgeat Smithers.

ConvalescentsTOM PERKINS; deck hand on the

Kootenay Lake Ferry, is recuperatingfrom a broken ankle.

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OSCAR ANDERSON, Machine Oper­ator on the Nelson Crew, is convalescingfrom an eye operation.

FRANK BLUNDEN, District Super­intendent, Williams Lake, is recoveringfrom an emergency appendectomy.

Ron Garnham, Traffic Signal Techni­cian with the Traffic Branch, Victoria,uses the recently acquired ladder truckS-3245 to carry alit emergency repairs ona street-light north of Duncan.

A new mechanic in one of the districtgarages complained to the Engineer:.. I've been working here for a week nowand I still haven't been given a workbench ."

District official: .. You're getting paidaren't you? "

.. Yes, I am," said the new employee,.. but all the other fellows have some­thing to lean on and I don't."

WEDDINGS

Pauline Maksymiw became the brideof Vernon K. Thomas in a ceremonyperformed by the Rev. P. A. Gaglardi inCalvary Temple on May 25, 1968 . Paul­ine is a Clerk-Stenographer in the Kam­loops Regional Office. Mr. and Mrs.Thomas will make their home in Kam­loops.

Bill McKay and Anne White weremarried April 6, 1968, in the KimberleyUnited Church , the Rev. P. Burrill offici­ating. Bill is a Mechanic-Welder for theDepartment in Cranbrook.

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letssel Heughan and Patricia Robbinswere married at St. Aidan's UnitedChurch, Victoria, B.C., on March 2,1968. Following the wedding a banquetand reception was held at St . Alban'sChurch Hall. Russ is a draughtsman forthe Planning and Design Section of theLocation Branch.

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Dave Greer and Bonnie Robinson weremarried at Knox United Church, Ter­race, B.C. Many of Dave's friends fromthe Highways crews attended the weddingand the reception. Dave has been anAuto Mechanic in the Terrace Districtfor the past eight years.

Louis Grosjean and Amy Esther Her­bert were married in the First UnitedChurch, Port Alberni, April 27, 1968.The ceremony was performed by theRev. G . Affleck, and the reception washeld in the Longshoremen's Hall withfriends and [ellow workers in attendance.Louis is a member of the Alberni crew.

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Heather Anne Lenfesty and JohnGeorge Armstrong were married June 8,1968. The church ceremony took placein the Renfrew United Church, Vancou­ver, B.C., performed by the ReverendMcLaren. Heather is a Steno in theNorth Vancouver Regional Office . Theyoung couple will reside in Vancouver.

OBITUARY

EDWARD JOHN CHALMERS diedin the Vancouver General Hospital aftera brief illness . Mr. Chalmers, or Jackas he was known to many, was born onOctober 18, 1908, in Woodside, Daviot,Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He began workwith the Department of Highways as aRoad Foreman on June 15, 1946, in SodaCreek. He was transferred to BostonBar in February, 1952, as a GeneralForeman and later promoted to Resi­dent Engineer and Engineering Assistant.While at the "Bar" his fine organizingability enabled his crew to keep theFraser Canyon Highway open duringsnowstorms, slides, drifts, and even floods.in 1959 he was transferred to the Prince­ton Highways District in charge of theAllison Pass Camp on the Hope-Prince­ton Highway and the Princeton RoadMaintenance Crew. He is survived byhis wife, Mary Agnes, two sons, StephenKent and Duncan, and two daughters,Jaquiline Marianne and Helen Jean.

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SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

Regional Safety Officer G. K. Austin presents Al Connah ,Bridge Foreman, Cranbrook, with the silver-an-gold award, whichwas achieved by working over 43,000 man-hours from April,1962, to Octob er, 1967, without a countable accident. Left toright, Mr . Austin, Al Connah, Rollie Thompson, Lynn Beaton,and Ed Pendry.

The Vernon Bridge Crew having operated 39,235 consecutiveman-hours with alit a time-loss accident from March 8, 1962, toDecember 31 , 1967, have been given a gold award of merit bythe British Columbia Safety Council. Here Workmen's Com­pensation Board Safety Inspector Ted Anderson, of Vernon, hat­less, presents Bridge Crew Foreman Charlie Hinman, centre,with the award while Safety Officer Dick Claridge, of Oyama,watches. A t rear, from left to right, are crew members MalcomE. Walker, Marvin Zwarich, Dale Webb, G. H. Owen, and JimElliott.

Bob Baker, Bridge Foreman, Nelson District, received abronze-on-gold award from Regional Maintenance EngineerP. B. McCarthy . Crew members are, left to right, GordonHoover, Reo Peloso, Henry Penner, John Wisk, Bill Heddle, BobBaker, Al Grief], Andy Peloso, and Sam Boyd.

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Silver and gold safety award presented to Quesnel Bridge Crewby Regional Highway Engineer L. A . Broddy, right . Crew, leftto right, are F. A. Swanson, W. D. Glassford, B. Lilienweiss,L. Gradnitzer, H . J. Dwinnell, and Foreman R . W. McLarry.

Regional Maintenance Engineer P. B. McCarthy makes pres­entation of gold award to Mechanical Foreman George Lobayfor the Grand Forks Shop Crew. Left to right, Safety OfficerH. Ronmark, R. Smith, G. Profili , J. Miner, J. Legebokoff, F.Scherer, G. Labay, Mr. Mc Carth y , and R. McMillan, GrandForks District Superintendent. Missing was Paul Raymond,Assistant Shop Foreman .

George Dragon, Drilling Superintendent, proudly displays thegold safety award presented by Assistant Deputy Minister F. A.MacLean to the Drilling Section, Materials Testing Branch, Vic­toria. This is a fine achievement by the drilling crews , who areoften required to work in difficult and hazardous situations. Leftto right, Mr . MacLean, Mr. Dragon, J. D . Austin, Drilling Eng in­eer, and E. E. Readshaw, Senior Materials Engineer.

The Burnaby Maintenance Crew ofthe New Westminster Highway Districtreceived its gold and bronze-on-goldsafety awards at a safety rally in theBurnaby yard. Presentation was madeby District Engineer R. W. Gittins toJ. Brown, Maintenance Foreman, withHarvey Casavant, the safety representa­tive.

Kelowna District Engineer A. L. Free­bairn presented District Safety Officerwith a silver award of merit on behalf ofthe district crews, who had worked 169,­428 hours without a time-loss accident.

The Courtenay Road Crew received asilver award, January, 1968.

Bronze awards went to the following:Parksville Road Crew, M.V... QuadraQueen" Crew, .. Comox Queen" Crew,Courtenay Highway District MaintenanceCrew, Salmo Road Crew, Nelson DistrictFerry Crews, Cloverdale MechanicalCrew, Kimberley Road MaintenanceCrew, Langford Patching Crew.

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AWARDS

II/ attendance at the Annual ChilliwackSafety Rally, held in A bbotsjord, April26, were, left to right, George Spenst,Chairman of the Chilliwack Safety Com­mittee; N. W. Wells, District Superin­tendent; Alex Caldwell, Regional SafetyOfficer; H. L. Klassen, Secretary of theChilliwack Safety Committee; S. C. Ker­shaw, Executive Director of the BritishColumbia Safety Council. Invited guestswere F. E. Cooper, Inspector, Workmen'sCompensation Board; Howard McLeod,Driver Training; and the New Westmin­ster Safety Committee. The rally openedwith a film called" Facts about Backs,"followed by a question period and areport 01/ driver training by Howard Me­Leod. The guest speaker, Mr. Kershaw,reviewed the safety measures employedby various industries in the Provincewhich have resulted in a gradual decreaseof accident injuries.O. C. Sanders, Mechanic Fore­

man, Smithers, was presented withthe gold award for the Smithersand Hazelton Shops Crews. Thepresentation is made by L. A.Braddy, Regional Highway Engi­neer of Prince George, standing 01/

the right .

District Superintendent SteveSviatko receives the Region 4 safetyaward on behalf of the SmithersDistrict. The presentation wasmade by J. A. Dennison, SeniorMaintenance Engineer of Victoria .The safety banquet and dance washeld at Smithers, March 22.

On May 3 a safety rally was held forall Saanich District employees. SergeantChisholm and Constable McGregor, ofthe Saanich Police, gave a lecture ontraffic safety followed by a film on pre­ventable traffic accidents. Other guestsat the rally were D. Johnson and R. Pag­son of B.C. Hydro; A. Glover, NanaimoBridge Foreman; and A. Caldwell, Re­gional Safety Officer.

A .. 10 on 2 " mem­bership was presentedto .. ROLLY" HAS­TINGS of the Co­quitlam MaintenanceCrew. A Gradallbucket being loadedonto a pick-up slipped

and fell on his safety shoe, which savedhim from serious injury. The denting ofthe toe-cap just bruised a toe.

Someone suggests that B.C. Ferries,now under the Department of Highways,should be called the .. Land and SeaDepartment" or, abbreviated, .. LSD"(the only way to take a trip).

(Photo courtesy Fernie Free Press.)

ALEX KLASSOFFrecently received the

. .. gold cap award." Hishard hat prevented amore serious injurywhen a frozen lump ofsand rolled off theconveyor, striking Alex

on the head. The impact knocked thehat off, but he sustained only minor scalpabrasions. Alex is with the Quesnel RoadCrew.

(Photo courtesy Fernie Free Press .)

The Art Irving Memorial Trophy was pre­sented to Earl Kline, left, on behalf of theCreston Garage Crew, for their safety record in1967. The crew also won the trophy in 1966,when it was first presented. The presentationwas made in Fernie by George Austin, centre,District Superintendent, Cranbrook, and O. H.George, right, Regional Mechanical Superinten­dent, Nelson.

The Fernie Highway District recently wonthe Region 3 safety trophy for 1967 with an0.00 frequency. Holding the award is P. B.McCarthy , Regional Maintenance Engineer.Looking on, left to 'right, are A. E. Staite, Dis­trict Superintendent, Fernie; J. A. Dennison,Senior Maintenance Engineer, and K. Jackson,Accident Prevention Branch.

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PROMOTIONS TRANSFERS

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GARY C. HANSEN joined the De­partment in September, 1966, and workedin the shop as Mechanic's Helper atSalmon Arm and Lillooet during the pasttwo years. Under the apprenticeship pro­gramme he received specialized trainingat Langford and transferred to GrandForks, April 15 this year.

A. BEN BAUER has recently trans­ferred from Cranbrook to the Construc­tion Branch at Nakusp as an Engineer­ing Aide. A farewell gift was presentedto Ben by G. K. Austin, District Super­intendent, on behalf of fellow employees.Fellow workers wished Ben and his wife,Sandy, good luck at their new location.

Friends and col­leagues bid farewell toRes ide n t TechnicianJOHN LAY and hiswife at a party heldin their honour May3. The Lays and theirthree children leaveFort St. John for the Quesnel Districtafter 13 years in the Peace River.

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JOHN EDWARDS~ won through competi­

tion the position ofDistrict Stockman atPrince Rupert. Johnwas previously Fore­man at Alice Arm, andhe and his wife, Vera,

and their son are happy to be back in.. civilization."

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HARRY HAIGHr e c e n t Iy transferredfrom Fernie to theCreston District asRoad MaintenanceForeman 3. Mr. Haighcommenced with theDepartment in 1947.He and his wife, Josephine, are lookingforward to living in Creston.

R. G. HARVEY,Special Projects En­gineer, has been trans­ferred to the BridgeBranch as SeniorBridge Engineer inVictoria. The SpecialProjects Branch and

Dock District have been incorporatedinto the Bridge Branch.

BILL BATES haswon the competitionfor the Parksville RoadMaintenance Fore­man. Bill comes fromSaltspring Island,where he moved in1964. Prior to Salt­

spring he was in the New WestminsterDistrict. He has been with the Depart­ment for 21 years.

S. N. A. McLEOD, Divisional Engi­neer, Construction Branch, North Van­couver, has been promoted to DistrictSuperintendent, Revelstoke.

MRS. GISELEeEL L A has wonthrough competitionthe position of Clerk2 in the Prince RupertDistrict office, Manywill recall Gisele'scheery French - Cana­

dian accent on the phone and radio.

A. M. CAMPBELL transferred fromAllison Pass to Merritt in April to re­place A. H. Leese, who retired as Me­chanic Foreman in the Merritt shop.

NORMAN H. Mc­RAE has won, throughcompetition, the posi­tion of Road Fore­man 2 at Beaverdellin the Grand ForksHighway District.Norman served withthe Royal Canadian Air Force from1950 to 1955 and joined the Departmentin 1959 as Truck Driver and GraderOperator in the Pouce Coupe District.He is a member of the Elks Lodge andCanadian Legion. Interested in elec­tronics, he is presently taking a coursein radio and television.

J. D. SUTHERLAND, District OfficeManager in the Vernon District Office,has been transferred to the same positionin the Kamloops District office.

H . L. GOOD, Resident Technician inTerrace, has been promoted and is theDistrict Superintendent in the TerraceDistrict.

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MISS IRENE WIEBE of the Voucher­ing Section in Highways Accounts, Vic­toria, has recently attained a promotionto Clerk 3.

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STUART E. PRICErecently won a pro­motion in competitionfor the position ofAssistant Comptrollerof Expenditure. Hewas appointed May16, 1968. Stuart com­

menced with the Government as a JuniorClerk in 1949, in the Accounts Branch,Victoria. In May, 1950, he went to thePenticton office as a Clerk Trainee, andafter a year he was back in Victoria inJune, 1951, where he was head of theVoucher Examining Section. In Febru­ary, 1952, he was made Office Managerin Rossland, where he remained for 5\12years. In July, 1956, he went to theVancouver office and after a year, inAugust, 1957, he became District OfficeManager in New Westminster. When theNew Westminster and the North Van­couver offices combined, he became OfficeManager of the joint offices in NorthVancouver, then transferred back to NewWestminster in 1963. In May, 1965, hewas made Regional Office Manager inPrince George, and transferred to Vic­toria in July, 1967. He has recentlypased an examination and holds a certifi­cate as a certified general accountant.He is married with two boys.

PETER BARNES, right, recently wonthrough competition the position of Re­gional Paving Engineer in Nelson. Peteris a graduate of the University of Saskat­chewan. He is seen handing over someof his duties prior to leaving Victoria toArt Rowbotham who transferred fromthe Bridge Branch to the Paving Branch.Peter is married and has two daughters.Looking on is H. H. Sawatzky.

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This weed burner was constructedmainly by the Department in Kamloops.The machine burns propane gas at a rateof about 40 gallons an hour. The ma­chine is used for weed and brush controlsom etimes in place of insecticides, whichare often the source of complaint. Th emachine is being operated here by V. R .Kingsley . Others involved are Wes Har­wood and N. Veillette, all from Savona.

The Courtenay mechanical shop re­cently did a little renovating, QuadraIsland Foreman George Rose saw {Ill

idea for a barrel holder and asked theshop to make up the sample shown in thetop picture. Curved leg and base permitsstand to be tipped and barrel placed up­right. The sign holders, made from rein­forcing rod, bottom, were suggested tothe shop by Foreman Jack Darnborough,

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DELBERT M. BENINGER, labourerin the Grand Forks District, retired inJune. Delbert joined the Department inApril, 1952. He and his wife, Margaret,who recently took an early retirementfrom Federal Civil Service, are movingto Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in orderto be closer to their family. They haveone son and three daughters.

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land crew for the past 13 years, retiredMay 9, 1968. A presentation was madeto Mr. Inglin by his fellow employees.

GEORGE WIL­KINSON retired inApril as Sign Mainte­nance Man after 34years of service withthe Department in theSaanich District. Dis­t ric t Superintendent

Allen Park presented George with a slideprojector on behalf of his fellow em­ployees . George has just recently pur­chased a new trailer; the Wilkinsons willbe putting it to good use shortly.

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PHEE retired in Ap­ril after working forthe Department withthe Rosedale Mainte­nance Crew since Feb­ruary, 1946. At aparty to mark his re­tirement, Mac was given a reclining easychair, and was presented with a meritor­ious service award certificate for 22 years'service to the Department by N. W.Wells, District Superintendent.

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JACK A. FRASER,Assistant MechanicForeman I in theCranbrook garage,was honoured by fel­low employees recentlywith a dinner in Cran­brook to mark his re­

tirement after 17 years' service. G. K.Austin, District Superintendent, presentedMr. Fraser with a spinning reel, rod,basket, and tackle, and Mrs. Fraser witha bouquet of roses.

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REG PLEAS­ANCE, of the Parks­ville Road Crew, washonoured recently onthe occasion of his re­tirement. Reg startedwith the Departmentin 1949.

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Courtenay District Engineer R. J. Mul­caster, centre, is seen with retiring RoadForeman Howard Ingram, left, and BillBates, who was transferred from Salt­spring to take Howard's place . Mr. Ing­ram retired after 34 years' service. Bornin Vancouver, he began with the Depart­nient as a Truck Driver in 1934, in 1945he became Shovel Operator, Mechanic'sHelper in 1947, and Road MaintenanceForeman in 1955, the position he helduntil his retirement. His fellow workerspresented him with a reclining chair as afarewell gift.

WILBERT (BILL)McKONE retired atthe end of March aftercompleting 19 yearswith the Departmentas Road MaintenanceForeman in the PouceCoupe District. He

was presented with a Polaroid camerafrom his fellow workers.

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WILLIAM (Scotty)G RAY retired recentlyafter completing 13years as Heavy DutyMechanic in the PouceCoupe shop. A socialevening was held tomark his retirementand that of Bill McKone. Scotty waspresented with a Polaroid camera.

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KENNETH LA­MARSH, of the Ab­botsford MaintenanceCrew, retired in Juneat the age of 60. Kenfirst worked for theDepartment in the de­pression years, and

has worked steadily since November,1941. In 1967 he was presented with a25-year continuous service award. Kenwas given two deck chairs and a tacklebox by his fellow workers. He intendsto take things easy with a little fishingand gardening.

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ON THE JOB

Port A lberni Shop Crew , left to right:B. Lewis, P. R. Bayn e, C. N . Ko el, S.Pakka, and George Bo yce, MechanicalForeman .

W. H . Bas, District Technician, PortAlberni, of the Nanaimo District, study­ing a subdivision plan in his office.

Wally Stewart, Maintenance Foreman,Port A lberni, has been getting in quit e abit of helicopter time assisting in themodifications to radio relay stations .

Departm ent of Highways Asphalt Patching Crew repairingpavement breaks in the Kamloops area. Crew m emb ers are SamPerry , R . Gustijson, E. Russel, K. M cDonald , R . Lief , H. Kos­san, and M. Mukina,

J. Oddie, Mechanic in the Kamloops garage, working on agrader motor.

Fred Wood , of the Parksville RoadCrew, standing beside his machine on aroad construction job in the Parksvillearea.

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Otis Cameron, Project Supervisor,Dock District, at his desk in his" Officeon wheels" at the Horseshoe Bay FerryTerminal reconstruction.

Charlie Buckley, Heavy Duty Me­chanic, Saltspring Island , is proud of theaddition to the Saltspring Island work­shop in the Nanaimo District.

Gib W esnedge, Loader Operator in theUcluelet area, standing by his unit .

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Lome Morrow, Grand Forks District,at work clearing brush on the Jewel Lakeroad.

Alan McL ean, Grader Operator, Uclue­let , is sho wn by his machine on the job .

The Princeton Maintenan ce Crew was recently presented witha silver award of merit by District Engin eer J. H. Pankiw. Crewm embers are, left to right, A . Ryder, B. A. M cDiarmid, W . R.Triplett, R . Jameison, J. H. Merrall, S. H. Stewart, and E. F.N esbitt.

The New Westminster District Coquitlam Maintenance Crewreceived its silver safety award in April. Maintenance ForemanStan Deans is shown holding the award with District EngineerR . W. Gittins, on the right.

A presentation of the silver award of m erit was made by Dis­trict Engineer J. H. Pankiw to the Princeton Garage Crew. Leftto right , Ray Van Dykhuizen, G. Kassa, L. B . Turn er, G. H.Hansen, I. Plecash, W. Pilling, L. Schulli, and L. Pereplecta .

L. A. Braddy, Regional Highway Engineer, is shown present ­ing a silver award of merit for no tim e-loss accidents since July18, 1964, to D . A. Lindberg, Regional Mat erials Engineer. Inthe rear, left to right, are John Brenn er, Bill Zaporozun , A I Flor­ell , Bert Halliwell, John Penner, Dennis Umpleby, Terry Burgess,Jack Jeyes, Larry Lundeen, Doug Rankin, and Len Th ony, Mi ss­ing were Doug Erickson and Bernie Goodwin.

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ABOUT PEOPLE

Construction of the road between Port Clements and Massetby day labour is continuing. The work is kept in hand by JimOnion, Senior Foreman; Bill Morrice, Construction Foreman;and Lional A ndrews, Construction Foreman. Bill agreed tocome 0111 of retirement for a few months to assist with thescraper work on the project.

Personnel office staff at Headquarters, Victoria, are, left toright, H . C. Davies, Personnel Officer, Joan L. Hodgkinson,Clerk-Stenographer 2; J. A. Holmes, Clerk 6; Mrs. Pat Saxon,Clerk 4; lo-Anne L. Trembley, Clerk 3. Mr. Holmes has justreturned from a two-week spring institute of the Executive Train­ing Plan at the University of Victoria and has now completed hisfirst year.

Bill Bates, formerly Maintenance Fore­man, Saltspring Island, has recently beenappointed Maintenance Foreman atParksville. Before he left, the men hada get-together which included, amongother things, a fishing trip. Bill, left, isshown with his catch . On the right islack Shaw , Road Maintenance Foreman,Galiano Island, and centre is Mike Sta­cey , owner and operator of the watertaxi which is the means of transport tothe various Gulf Islands.

In the newly decorated district officeat Vanderhoof are, left to right, EdithSilver, Office Manager; Mrs. NatalieReinke, Clerk-Stenographer 2; and Mrs.Dorothy Anderson, Clerk 2. Mrs. Ander­son joined the Vanderhoof staff as Time­keeper in 1957.

MRS. JOANNMcMAHON, Clerk­Stenographer of theNorth Vancouveroffice, is a native ofOntario. She and herhusband, Mike, havethree children.

* * *Bright addition tothe Salmon ArmDistrict Office, MISSCAROL STEWARTbegan her duties asClerk-Stenographer inDecember, 1967, afterthe resignation ofMrs. Agnes Rudeen.

Mat erials Testing Branch, Victoria, recently held a conference for Senior Techniciansfrom the four regions. Attending were, left to right, Ken Towill and Tony Bodnarchukfrom Nelson , Bill Zaporozan and Terry Burgess from Prince George, Al Hepp from Van­couver, Don Garner from Kamloops, and Maynard Rudolph from Vancouver. Theconference, organized by Bill Brand and Jim Mewhort in Victoria, is the second of itskind held by the Testing Branch. It provides an excellent opportunity for senior per­sonnel to discuss recent developments and techniques in materials testing work and 10

standardize testing procedures.

DO U G HECKER,Draughtsman with thePrince George Dis­trict, joined the De­partment of Highwaysin 1963 as an Engin­eering Aid e for theNew Denver District

and moved to the Prince George Districtstaff in 1965 as their principal draughts­man. His chief interest is promoting thenorth.

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PHIL NORDINfrom Wetaskiwin, Al­berta, joined the De­partment in the Kam­loops regional officein September, 1967, asa Radio-Teletype Op­erator. Hobbies in­

clude water ski-ing and singing .

FRANK H. SAW­ATSKY started withthe Paving Branch in1956, being promotedfrom Engineering Aide3 to Technician 1 in1966. After servingwith the Department

in many parts of the Province, Frank isnow Project Supervisor in charge of pav­ing on a section of the Northern Trans­Provincial Highway in the Smithers area.With Frank in Smithers are his wife,Ruth, and four children, ranging in agefrom 1 to 8. His hobbies include sports,hunting, and fishing.

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MRS. JOAN RICH­TER from Kitimat,joined the Departmentas Joan Yesdresyskiin 1964 in Headquart­ers office, Vic tor ia,and came to NorthVancouver Districtoffice in May, 1965. In July, 1966, shemarried Dave Richter. In September,1967, she transferred as a Clerk-Stenog­rapher 2 to North Vancouver regionaloffice. She has now won, through CivilService competition, a promotion toClerk-Stenographer 3 with the Depart­ment of Recreation and Conservation,Fish and Wildlife Branch, Vancouver,and leaves us shortly to take up her newduties.

FRANCES TAN­AKA, Stenographer 2,has worked for theDepartment of High­ways for five years.She has been appointedTimekeeper for theKamloops District thisyear.

PHIL ERICKSONis shown at his workas draughtsman forthe Locations Branchin Prince George.

FRANK E. MAR­TENS, Project Super­visor, began with theDepartment of High­ways in 1957 as anEngineering Aide.Currently stationed inVanderhoof, he has

made many moves throughout the Prov­ince with his wife, Mary, and two daugh­ters. His interests are fishing and hunt­ing, and he is a leader in a local boys'club.

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MISS LORRAINEHAFFTER joined theHighways Departmentas Junior Clerk lastNovember. She wasformerly with Fultonand Rogers, a lawfirm in Kamloops.Lorraine is 20 years of age, born andraised in Kamloops. Her hobbies areswimming, music, and seeing the country.

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WALTER TAY­LOR has completedhis apprenticeship andis now an automotivemechanic in the PrinceRupert garage. Walt­er joined the Depart­ment in March, 1965,and has served part of his apprenticeshipin Department garages at Kamloops,Kelowna, and Cloverdale, as well asPrince Rupert and Port Clements.

MRS. HILDAHUSOY is the newStenographer in thePrince Rupert Districtoffice. H il d a is nonewcomer to the Gov­ernment Service hav­i n g bee n previously

employed in the Government Agent'soffice at Prince . Rupert from 1948 to1953.

MRS. JOYCEBROCK, Clerk-Sten­ographer at the Pen­tieton office, resignedMarch 31 in order totake up residence inthe Prince Georgearea, where her hus­band is presently employed. On behalfof the office staff and the Penticton,Oliver, Keremeos, and Princeton road andshop crews, J. H. Pankiw, District Engin­eer, made a presentation to Mrs. Brock,who transferred to the Pen ticton officefrom the Golden office in October, 1954.

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GORDON JONES,Construction Superin­tendent, Kam l o o ps ,joined the Departmentin 1948. After a fewyears he left his posi­tion and went to theArctic for one year,

spent one year in the Okanagan, andthen three years with a private contrac­tor . Rejoining the Highways 2lh yearsago, he has had 17 addresses in BritishColumbia. Gordon was involved withthree major tunnels in the Fraser Can­yon, and recently he has been on theNorth Thompson - Yellowhead highwayproject. He is married and has two chil­dren.

WOLFGANGSCHUBERT joinedthe Department in1959. He was em­ployed on field surveywork for three years,and for the last sixyears has worked inthe draughting-roorn in Kamloops, Wolf­gang is married and has two children.He draws portraits for a hobby.

STANLY GLAD­YSZ, Engineering As­sistant with the FortSt. John District, hasbeen with the Depart­ment since June, 1960.He recently completeda course of home

study in highway engineering with theCanadian Institute of Science and Tech­nology. Stan has lived in the Fort St.John area since 1938. For relaxation he"enjoys pleasure boating and home studycourses.

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A recent com posite picture of the well-known Bear River glacier, north of Stewart, shows continued retreat of ice. During construc­tion much channelling and blasting of the ice was done to prevent blockage of Strohn Lake, which frequently spilled into Bear Riverand caused extensive damage to the Stewart-Cassiar Highway downstream. The road had to be placed high on the valley side on theleft of the photograph (not visible) in order to avoid the ice and the ice-covered gravels in front of the glacier . Although the glacier hasreceded substantially, residual ice still remains at a shallow depth under the granular terminal morain, Observations will continue todetermine the earliest possible time the ratite may be relocated to the dotted lines shown.

The Nanaimo Bridge Crew building abin wall on the Kennedy Lake section ofthe Alberni-Tofino Highway . Left toright, J. Shepherd, T. Beatty, J. Gillen,E. Malmo, D. LaFarge, and A. C. Lang.

Retaining wall on the Kennedy LakeHill on the Alberni-Tofino Highway builtby -A rnold Glover, Bridge Foreman, andhis crew from the Nanaimo District. Thehighway carries very heavy summer tour­ist traffic heading for Long Beach on thewest coast of Vancouver Island.

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