THE BRITISH COLUMBIA APRIL 1972

RunnerPUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 9, NUMBER 2

.ROCK SLIDE .IN FRASER CANYON "CLOSE ONE"FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNELH/~f{hJ)'(l)' 1 Blocked Four D a) 'S

A huge rock and eart h slide at JackassMountain in the Fraser Canyon broughtdown 25,000 yards of material early inMarch and blocked Highway 1 for overfou r days .

Eli Makeiv, Machine Operator 4, andRed Arnold, Road Foreman 2, both fromLytton, had close calls when the secondof two separate slides roared down.Makeiv's truck was tot ally demolished .

Report of the first slide was received byForeman Arnold from the RCMP at 9.30p.m., March 6. He was also informedthat a camper truck was on top of theslide.

He ar rived at the slide with the loaderat 10.15 p .m. Boston Bar RCMP ar­ranged for a wrecker and the campertru ck was removed from the slide . BostonBar Foreman Vince Adamski also re­ceived a call at 10.15 p.m. reporting thehighway was closed by a rock slide. TheBoston Bar tru ck notified ForemanAd am ski the slide required a largerloader. In the meantime, Foreman Arnoldproceeded to cut one lane through theslide. When thi s was completed the ythought it necessar y to place some finematerial to level the rou gh sect ions be­fore allowing traffic to proceed.

T he first inspection of the single lanewas carried out by F oremen Arnold andAdamski, with District Technician NickGraboski. When this was completed thesecond and final slide came down .

Foreman Arnold was still in the loaderand had to back out in a hurry andTruck-driver Makeiv was flagging on theeast end and was forced to leave hisvehicle and run.

At 1.30 a.rn.• Tu esday, District Tech­nici an Graboski called out TommyTaverna, Road Maintenance Foreman 4,at Lytton, to check on the safe ty of EliMakeiv on the eas t side. This waschecked out by Foreman Taverna at 2.30a .m. and it was confirmed that all per­sonnel were safe .

The slide was assessed by R. G. White,Regional Highway Engineer; D. C. Mac­Vicar , Regional Maintenance Engineer;Roger P ratt , Regional Materials Engi­neer ; and Bill Helmsing , D istrict Superin­tendent, both from the ground and air,and by this time major equipment hadstarted to mo ve in for the clean-up.

Early in the morning of March 7, 1972 ,Foreman Adamski and Lee De smarais, ofthe Lytton crew, went to a house at thebase of the slide to again confirm that itwas not occupied.

Regional Construction Foreman FrankLofting came in from Karnloops to super­vise the job, assisted by members of theFraser Canyon section supervisory staff.Scaling and clean-up work was still inprogress toward the end of March.

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Spectacular aerial photo of Jackass M ountain slide, M arch 6, shows extent o fBritish Columbia Highway J covered, N ote size of vehicle s on road ( top left ) andabandoned house at the toe of the slide. Bottom photo shows group of Departm entpersonnel on the scene during four-day clean-up operation, Th ey are, lef t to light, RedArnold, Road M aintenance Foreman 2, Lytton; Eli Mak iev, M achine Operator 4, Lytton;Vin ce Adamski, R oad Maintenance Foreman 2, Boston Bar; Tom Taverna, Road Ma in­lenan ce Foreman 4, Lytton ; Bill He lmsing; Merritt Dis trict Superintendent; and WaltCaryk, Shop Foreman, Boston Bar.

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Publish ed Qu arterly by the

Briti sh Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J. Schindel, Editor

Number 2April 1972

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THE ROAD RUNNER

Volume 9

Associate Field EditorsA. R. Lim acher VictoriaF. A. Clapp VictoriaBill Ingram VictoriaWayne Rand ell Vancou ver HighwayL. Q. Fong Ce ntreline Marking, Clov erdaleJim Winton North VancouverR. 1. Archer Burn sideJ. W. Morris NanaimoM. Butler . CourtenayGeorge Cooper Patrol, North VancouverEllis Meads Dock Distri ctLloyd Burgess New WestminsterDon Osborne ChilliwackBill Bouchard British Co lumbia FerriesJim Ferrier KamloopsEdie Smith Williams LakeMurray Ramsay Salmon ArmM. J . Newlands ReveIstokeAl De simone .Vem onFred Evans KelownaJ. W. Zaporozan PentictonJim Chenoweth MerrittDave Roberts LillooetDorothy Wilkins G rand ForksR. E. McKeown RosslandA. Dyso n Rosslan dS. J. Dixey Nel sonFred Angrignon New DenverFred Ryckman Cres tonN. K. Mol and er Cran brookSam Caravetta FernieJ. W. H ickm ott GoldenFrances Mart in Smi thersJ. C. Bartsch Pouce CoupeHomer Good Fort St. JohnDon Hutton TerraceShirley Hrechka Prince Ge orgeJa ck Doddridge Prince GeorgeWayne Cha ppell QuesnelGeor ge Harper VanderhoofH . R. Walker Burns LakeW. R. Ball Prince Rupert

In March 1969 we wrotetha t we had just ex perienced"a pretty severe wint er," thatDepartment crews "did asplendid job , parti cularly inareas where unprecedent edc o n d i t i o n s were enco un­tered ," and that "public re­action was fa vourable." W ealso not ed that there hadbeen co ns i de rab le mail"praising highway personnelin all part s o f the Provincefor the winter wor k: ' Werecall that message because

it 11011' bears repeat ing-alm ost word fo r word . Snowcondi tions have been unprecedent ed in some areas thispast winter and our crews have again mov ed mountainsof th e stuff. To say nothing of a fe ll' slides and ot herassort ed nui sances. Again we had lett ers from anappreciative pub lic who saw what our personnel were upagainst. But as we said that other tim e, " the crews hav etim e for only a quick bo w" because th ere are some post­winte r problem s to attend to- pavem ent damage, springbreak -up, perhaps a little floodin g. . . .

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T wo pho tog raphs of winter road conditions from the R evelstok eDistrict- top, th e Mica Access road 70 miles north of R evelsto ke;above, Sicard blower widening the road 2 miles west o f R evelstokeon High way 1.

Typical nor thern winter scene , snowploughing on TclccliickR oad west of Prince G eorge. Truc k plough is ope rating oUI ofPrinc e George District.

-Photo by Road M aint en ance Forem an J. B. Untc rnali er

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LI THOGRA P H ED I N CANA DA B Y K . M . MACDONAL D. QU E EN ' S P R IN T E R. VICTORIA. B RI TI SH C O LU M B IA

PROMOTIONS

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CLI FF SCHNEID ER recently wonthrough compe tition the position of RoadForeman 3 at Keremeo s in the Pent ictonHighway Distr ict. Cliff has wor ked forthe Departme nt since 1951.

ROBERT J. SEARS has won the posi­tion of Stockman 4 in the Willi ams LakeShop and started his dutie s February 1,1972. Robert and his family are lookingforward to life in the Cariboo.

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po sition of Clerk 3 in the Williams LakeOffice and started her duties December 1,1971. Carol and her husband moved toWilliams Lake in July from Vancouver.

* * *MRS. C. JILL BORN OWSKY, Clerk­

Stenographer 2, has won through compe­tition the position of Clerk 3 in the Cran­brook office. Jill previously wor ked forthe Motor Carrier Branc h and startedwith the Highway Department Ja nuary 8,1968. Jill has two daughters and herhobby is sewing.

MISS SHARLOTI'E BEAUCHEMINwas the successful applicant for the posi­tion of Radio-Teletype Operator forPrince George . Prior to her appointment,Sharlotte was the Voucher Clerk in PrinceGeorge . She has worked for th e Dep art ­ment since March 1971, when she tr ans­ferred to Prince George from the VictoriaSuperannuation Branch.

* * *ALLAN JAMES KERNAGHAN, En­

gineering Assistant, Cranbrook District,has been reclassified to Technician 1.Al started with the Department May 15,1956, worked with the ConstructionBranch for five years, Location Branchfor four years in Region 2, and trans­ferred to Cranbrook in May 1965. Al ismarried with three daughters. His hob­bies are fishing and hunting.

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recently earned a pro­motion to Stockman 4with the Region Ielectrical crew. Hestarted with the De­partment in October1968 as a yardman

after more than 25 years of stock­handling experience in private indu stry .Tom, who was raised in the New West­minster area, is married with one son .His main hobby is music and he is anaccomplished saxophone and clarinetplayer.

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cently won throughcompetition the posi­tion of Technician 1with Headq ua rtersPlanning Branch. Ronwas formerly adraughtsman with theLocation Branch, Design Section. Hisnew duties will be assisting MunicipalProgrammes Engineer J. A. Stewart.Ron 's hobbies include all sports.

* * *WILLIAM (BILL)

GREEN, of the PouceCoupe Di strict, re­cently won the posi­tion of Head Ferry­man on the ClayhurstFerry, located 34 milesnorth of Pouce Coupeon the Peace River. Bill has been on theferry since 1958 and knows the waterswell. His dominant interest is horses.

* * *LARRY CHURCHILL won through

competition the position of MechanicForeman Grade I at 100 Mile House.Larry had left the Williams Lake Shoponly in January 197 I to take the positionof Assistant Mechanical Foreman in NewDenver. His former colleagues arehappy to have Larry back in the WilliamsLake District.

H. G . HUNTER ,formerly M ech a n icForeman 4 at Clover­dale, joined the staffof the HeadquartersEquipment Branch re­cent ly as MechanicalSuperi ntendent 2. Mr.

Hunter has a lengthy service in themec hanica l field, having serve d with theAir Force from 1938 to 1946. He joinedthe Highways Department in January1956 as Mechanic 6 at Kamloops, waspromoted to Mechanic Foreman 3 in1957, and transferred to Cloverdale in1963, where he was promoted to Me­chanic Foreman 4 in 1965. Gordon ismarried with four grown child ren.

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TON recently trans­ferred to the PouceCoupe District wherehe was promoted tothe position of Assis­tant Shop Foreman.Russ and his wife,

Sharon, have two children of their ownand a foster child. Russ will be knownin places such as Creston, Nelson, andLillooet where he has previously worked.

NORMAN TAY­LOR has recentl ybeen promoted to Me­chanical Foreman inDuncan. Norm is mar­ried with one child andis looking forward tolots of fishing in theCowichan Bay area.

A. C. (SCOTTY)NEILL, Assistant Me­chanical Foreman 1,has won the positionof Mechanical Fore­man at McBride .Scotty was interestedin many community

affairs and his former colle ague s in theLillooet District wish him and his familywell in his new position.

T. V. (V IC) VICK­ERS was appointedBridge In spection En­gineer at Victoria inFebruary. He hasbeen Computer Engi­neer for the BridgeDesign Office since

1968. Vic graduated from UBC in CivilEngineering in 1953 and originallyjoined the Construction Branch. He sub­sequently worked for a construction con­tractor in British Columbia and consult­ing engineer firms in Glasgow, Scotland,before returning to the Department. Vichas served 12 year s with the Department,10 of these with the Bridge Design Office.

KEN GREENWAYhas won the positionof Road MaintenanceForeman 3 at Pember­ton. Ken workedmany years for theLillooet District asRoad Foreman. Heand his family will be missed in theLillooet District, and best wishes go withthem .

MRS. N. OLIVER,after 5Yz yea rs in thePersonnel dep artmentof the Liquor ControlBoard , h a s wonthrough competitionthe position of Clerk 3in Headquarters Per­

sonnel Branch. Nora is keen on allsports and enjoy s sewing, crocheting, andknitting.

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PROMOTIONS (cont.)E. C. (ED) HOGG recently won through competition the posi­

tion of Mechanic Foreman 2 for the Burns Lake District Shop.Ed was formerly Assistant Mechanic Foreman I at the 100 MileHouse Shop. He started working for the Department in October1959. He is married and has four grown children. His hobbiesare hunting and fishing and he was a member of the 100 MileHouse square dancing club.

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K. C. KOEBERNICK has been appointed Mechanic 2, Fort St.John District. He was formerly Mechanic lA, Fort St. JohnDistrict.

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A. M. M. MAciNTYRE has been appointed Mechanic 2, PortHardy, Courtenay District. He was formerly Mechanic lA, FortSt. John District.

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M. V. BERGLUND has been appointed Mechanic 2, NorthVancouver District. He was formerly Mechanic lA, Squamish,North Vancouver District.

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R. E. ROBERTSON has been appointed Assistant MechanicForeman 1,54 Mile Camp, Revelstoke District. He was formerlyMechanic 2, Revelstoke District.

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L. A. MERRETT has been appointed Assistant Mechanic Fore­man I, Williams Lake District. He was formerly Mechanic 2,Williams Lake District.

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C. N. KOEL has been appointed Assistant Mechanic ForemanI, Cranbrook District. He was formerly Mechanic 2, Alberni,Nanaimo District.

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W. H. REYNOLDS has been appointed Road Foreman I,Gambier Island, North Vancouver District.

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R. J . MARSHALL has been appointed Assistant MechanicForeman I, Creston, Nelson District. He was formerly Mechanic2, Creston, Nelson District.

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J. BALOGH has been appointed Engineering Assistant, DockDistrict, New Westminster District. He was formerly Engineer­ing Aide 2, Construction Branch.

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F. R. JOHNSON has been appointed Road Foreman I, LoganLake, Kamloops District. He was formerly Machine Operator 9,Ashcroft, Lillooet District.

W EDDINGSLORRAINE HAFFTER and HOWARD TURNER were mar­

ried in November 1971. Lorraine was formerly the KamloopsDistrict Stenographer and Howie is an Engineering Assistant incharge of the Kamloops District survey crew .

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MIKE TWAN, Machine Operator 4, Saanich District, wasmarried to Joan Taaffe in November 1971 at a double-ring ser ­vice in Metropolitan United Church, Victoria.

ABOUT PEOPLE

Kamloops District Office staff. back row , left to right. DistrictSuperintendent Frank Blunden, Oliver King. Fran Takenaku ,Norma O'Brien. Keith Mclntyre, and Betty Jones. Seated atfront, left to right, Wendy Jones. Barb Kochan, and LinHumphreys.

CLIFFORD RAMSAY joined the LocationBranch in 1966 as a graduate of the BritishColumbia Institute of Technology in surveytechnology. Cliff's hobbies are varied, butperhaps the most contrasting are his love ofhockey and the plants he cultivates on hisbalcony. He may also become the office con­noisseur of fine food. On a week-end he andhis wife can often be found titilating their tastebuds in one ofVancouver's fine restaurants.

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LEAGH MARTELL has been with the Lo­cation Branch North Vancouver office since1965. No "armchair quarterback," Leagh isactive in both water and snow ski-ing, hockey,baseball, and fishing. Perhaps one day he willbe immortalized in "RIpley's Believe It orNot" for he had what may be the only spiderranch in the world.

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MRS. ROSEMARIE (ROSE) FARQU­HARSON commenced work at 100 MileHouse in November 1971 after being trans­ferred from the Kamloops Testing Branch.Both Rose and her husband are enjoying thelife of the Cariboo and look forward to somewinter sports as well as fishing and campingin the summer. Rose also enjoys sewing,knitting, and cooking.

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JOHN KRASTEL, Road Maintenance Fore­man 1, Nanaimo District, and his crew arenow busy preparing roads for paving onGabriola Island.

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ABOUT PEOPLEBARRIE CARL­

SON, Centre-lineMarking Foreman,Cloverdale, startedwith the Departmentin April 1967. Heand the crew under hisdirection are respon­

sible for the centre lines in Region 3. Heis a good golfer and is interested in cars

Corvettes. Barrie is single.

S. R EYNOLDS,presently with thePlanning Branch, is arecent graduate of theEngineer-i n -Train- ;.>

ing Pro gramme. Dur­ing the past two yearswith the Branch, Stevehas been in charge of a Secondary High­way Study. Steve 's hobbies are scubadiving and snow or water ski-ing.

J E R I L Y N DE L­LOW, Clerk-Stenogra­phe r, joined tbe Ross­land office ~aff inSeptember 1971. Sheis married and has onechild. Her hobbiesare snowshoeing and

looking after two dogs, three birds, 23goldfish, and any stray cat, if she dares.

MRS. J. WALLErecently joined the De­partment of Highwaysas Clerk-Typist in th ePenticton District Of­fice. Her hobbies arereading, pian o, andpool.

W. McDONALDhas been a Radio­Teletype Operator forRegion 2 since July1968 . He enjoys hisjob, is married, andhas three children . Hishobbies are reading,

swimming, camping, and gardening.

DONALD OE, Me­chanic with the PrinceRupert Highway Dis­trict since February1957. Besides havingthe shortest surnamein the Department, heis married with two

children and interested in most sportsand the outdoors.

WENDA SCOTTjoined the Prince Ru­pert District Office inJune 1971 as Clerk­Stenographer 2. Sheis married and haslived here most of herlife. Her hobbies arereading and sewing.

BILL McFARLANE, Machine Opera­tor 4, Langford, Saanich District, suffereda fire at his home in Victoria in Decem­ber 1971, with a loss of personal belong­ings. A collection was taken from thedistrict crews and put toward new furni­ture . Bill is married and has nine chil­dren.

LEO NOVAGLIA,one of the Region 2Radio-Teletype Opera­tors at Kamloops, hasheld the position since1964. His interests areoutdoor sports, read­ing, fishing, and boat­ing.

Dave Stock, Shovel Operator, andJohn Bjorney, Truck Driver, both of thePOlice Coupe District, show smiles ofsatisfaction on completion ofa bin wallon the Alaska Highway, Mile 32. Davehas been on shovels and cranes most ofhis years with the Department. John isone of the older truck drivers with thePOlice Coupe District.

DALE POWNALL commenced work­ing with the Department in Penticton asa draughtsman in November 1971.

Two of the "older and wiser" mach ineoperators in the POlice Coupe District.Left is Steve Gilbert, who has operateda grader in the Rolla area for many years.He started with the Department in 1953.On the right is George (Brooky) Brook­bank, who has been a truck driver atPOlice Coupe since 1954 . Both are con­{inned northerners.

FRED BUXTONjoined the Departmentin 1959 as Patrolmanon Oak Street Bridge,North Vancouver.Now Road Foreman Ion Saturna Island inthe Saanich District,

Fred is married and has four children.

VERN FLiNTOFF,Machinery Operator,centre-line crew, Clo­verdale, has workedfor the Departmentsince July 1966. Hepresently drives thecentre-line marking­

truck that operates in Region 4. He ismarried and is an ardent fisherman.

P. E. (PERCY)PARENT, Clerk 5,has recently been Re­lief Office Manager inthe Prince Rupert Dis­trict Office. Percy hasworked in the Karn­loops and PrinceGeorge District Offices during the pasttwo years. He is married and enjoysreading and hunting.

H. DELCOURT ,Centre-line MarkingForeman, Cloverdale,has been with the De­partment since April1951. All of the timehas been spent on thecentre-line crew andhis duties have taken him to all regions ofthe Province. He is married and hasseven children.

MRS. OLIVE FRIESEN recentlyjoined the Department of Highways inPenticton as Clerk-Stenographer.

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J. CHOW, Automo­tive Mech anic, hasworked in Princ eGeorge Shop for twoyears. He is married .with one boy and on egirl. He enj oys play­ing cards.

JOHN ALLSOP hasrecently tran sferredfrom Haney Correc­tional Centre to theDepartment in Peruic­ton as an EngineeringAide. John is mar­ried, with two chil­dren.

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ALEX BRAYDENha s just returned toN anaimo Di strictmaintenance crew tores ume dut ies afterspending severalmonths as construc­tio n for eman in thePort Hard y area.

JUNE LEE recentlytransfe rred from theDepartment of Men­tal He alth and nowho lds the posit ion ofC lerk-Stenographer 3wit h the KamloopsRegional MaterialsTesting Branch. In her spa re time Juneenjoys curling, go lfing, and sw imm ing.

MRS. M . WRIGHT.C Ie r k - Stenographer.Re gional Office, PrinceGeorge . Mona startedworking for the De­partment in Januarythi s year. She is mar­ried and ha s three chil ­

dren and is presently very mu ch invo lvedwit h her family in construction of a newhouse, wh ich they are building them­se lves .

MEL PAYNE hasbeen busy in the N a­naimo District shop­welding snow-removalequipment th at hassuffered unusual stressin the difficult winterconditions this year.

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who has been with theKamloops Regionalstaff since December1968, will be marriedin April and leave withher husband to re sidein Fernie.

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R. MACDONALD,Bridgeman 2, Fort St.John District, joinedthe bridge crew inM ay 1968 . Ray's ex­perience with bridges,Bailey bridges in par­ticular, goes back tohis service with the Royal Canadian Engi­neers during the Second World War onthe Italian front. Since that time andprior to his employment by the Depart­ment, Ray used his considerable phy sicalstrength to make a living on his farm inthe Cecil Lake area. He is a member ofthe M asonic Lodge and the Legion.

JOAN SMAILESha s recentl y joined thesta ff of the KamloopsRegional Office as aC lerk-T ypist I. Sixyear s ago Jo an movedto Kamloops fromNorthumberland , En -gland. Joan is single and is an enthusias­tic table tennis and bridge player.

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N O RMA O'BRIENwas recentl y appointedas C lerk 2 (AssistantTi mekeepe r) in theKarnloops D istr ict Of­fice . She moved toK a m I 0 0 p s fromChurchill. Man itoba.

where she was em ployed with the FederalDepartment of Public Works at FortChurchill. No rma is married a nd hasfour ch ildren. Her hobbies include curl­ing and bri dge .

JOHN KLOSTERrecently joined thePenticton District asT imekeeper. His hob­bies are ski-i ng, cars,and pool.

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GA RY ARNETT,Y a I' d man, PrinceGeorge District. G aryhas worked for theDepartment for threeyears. He is marriedand his hobby is fish­ing.

R. CARELLI, Yard­man, Prince GeorgeD istrict, has workedfor the Department forsix months . He ismarried and ha s aseven-yea r-o ld son . Heenjoys hunting.

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MRS. SHARONJACOBSON, Clerk 2,Prince George Di strictOffice, is the newVoucher Clerk .Sharon is married withthree children, is anardent bowler, and in­terested in handicraft s. She started withthe Department in January.

SIDNEY BUR-ROWS, Mechanic ,Prince George Di s­trict , has worked inthe shop since M ay197 I. He is m arr iedand enjoys the hobbyof racing cars.

GEOF F RE Y W A R­RINGTON, Mec ha ni­ca l Fo reman 4, Pri nceGeorge District. Ge offworked for the De­partment in PouceCoupe and G oodHope Lake before

moving to Prince George. He is marriedwith three children. He belongs to theToastmaster's Club and is presently tak­ing swimming lessons.

DICK W H E A L E ,Yardman, NanaimoDistrict, is kep t busyon mechanical andmainten ance stores.

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Ploughing sno w at Ym ir, February 1943. Charlie Jeffs, now Road Foreman 4at Ne lson, was the Cat Operat or and Tom Nutter, now retired, was the helper.

Half-century-old photo from Fernie Districtshows, left to right , Joe Friztal, Charli e Byers,and Melvin ' (Swede) Commons, posing on gasshovel.

Old but effective cut and jill system is shown in this 1930photo of work at the Colony Farm Hill on the highway nearWardner in the East Kootenay. Tunnels were driv en into hill

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photo said job inv olved 10,000 cubic yards , and unit cost wasrunning about 22 cents.

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Cat erpillar 30 operated by M elvin (S wede) Commons 0 11 a 1926 snowslideat Morrissey near Ferni e. Mr. Commons was later senior Road Foreman inthe Fernie Di strict [rom 1950 until his retirem ent in 1965 .

Ferni e District 1927 Adams Grader.

1927 Che vrolet driv en by Tuner Lindberg, Ferni e District.

Will iams Lake High way District Office staffm oved to the nell' Law Co urts Bu ilding last year .Th e High way office is located on the thi rd floor.Having all the Provincial 'departm ents located inon e bu ilding results in m ore efficient and pleasantworking conditions.

QUARTER CENTURYCLUB

Rossland District was well represented at therecent annual "25-year Continuous Service" certifi­cate presentation and dinn er given by the Hon our­abl e W. A. C. Bennett , Prim e Min ister. Amongthe recipient s were, lett to right , Jozek T . Gac h,Bridge Labourer; R obert Gl over, M achin e Opera­tor 9; Rob ert Jackman, Technician 2; RussellBrought on , Mechanic For eman 2. Missing [romphoto is Steven M elnick, H ead Ferryman, Castle­gar Ferry.

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DON PIGGOT, Road Foreman 4, Golden Dis­tr ict , was recently presented with his 25-year cer ­tificate by P. B. MacCarthy, Region al Mainten anceEngineer. Don will be retir ing in Jun e of this year.

OBITUARIESMARY C. GALBRAITH, Office Manager for

Prince Rupert and Terrace, died January 20, 1972,after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Galbraith started withthe Dep artment of Highw ays in July 1957.

JOHN B. BOURCET, Road Foreman 1, Vern onHighways District, died January 18, 1972. Hestarted work with the Dep artment in Ap ril 1967.

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Region 4 bridge crew driving piles for reconstruction of seawalls at north shore landing of the Francois Lake Ferry. Hiredcrane sits on a "uniftote" barge , Wilf Dueck, Bridgeman 2.isshown guiding the leads. Eric Schroeder, Bridgeman 2, is behindrailing.

Albert Kennedy, Machine Operator 4, left , and Ted Cleverly,Road Maintenance Foreman I, Nanaimo District, replacing de­lineators on curves near the Cameron Lake area.

Sylvester Saunderson, Carpenter, Prince George District, hasworked for the Department for 16 years. "Ves" is married withthree boys and three girls. He enjoys hunting and fishing.

Left to right, John Nesbitt, Yam Hashimoto, and Oliver Szer:e,Rock Scalers for the Geotechnical and Materials Branch, receivingchain-link fencing being delivered by Okanagan Helicopter's JetRanger at a site 275 feet above Highway 1 near Boston Bar. Themesh is being used as part of a stabilization programme nowunder way.

Fred Kazakofj, Mechanic, Prince George District, unpackssome new parts. Fred has worked for the Department since 1965.He is married with one daughter and two grandchildren and heraises registered Hereford cattle in his spare time.

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Last October, Pat Wilde, left, Project Supervisor on Project 2233, outof Stewart, and with L. D. Perkins, centre, Regional Construction Engi­neer from Victoria, both met J. E. N. Wood, Project Supervisor onProject 2234 of the Cassiar end, at the boundary of the two projects.These two johs form the last uncompleted gap in the Stewart-CassiarHighway. The tracked vehicles are Department "Bom bardiers."

A lien Rankin, Ma chine Operator 5, Langford crew , op er­ating a winch clearin g right-of-way 011 Proje ct 702. " A I"has been with the Department sinc e 1960.

Richard (Wilf) Widmark, Road MaintenanceForeman, Thetis Is land, ke eps his hand in operatinga loader 011 the islalid.

Prince George District bridge crew, left to right, Jim GUIlIl , Pat Fay , andLen Thatcher, reconstruction 011 Cummings Bridge.

Dale Cooper, Road Maintenance Fore­

ma n, Lake Cowichan, wonders wher e heis going to find room for an additional

snowfall in the Honeymoon Bay area.

Cecil Kennedy , Machine Operator 9, Lan g­ford crew, on the job at Black Creek clearingright-of-way on Project 702. "Cec" has beenwith the Department since 1967. He is marriedand has three children.

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Norman Porter, Powder Mall 2, Na­naimo District, repair ing a jack-hammer011 the job. Norman is continually 1'11­

gaged at drilling and blasting rock O il

Vancouver Island,

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ALEC LOTOSKY, Mechanic Foreman2, of Golden District, is now out of hos­pital. Alec fell while cleaning ice froma roof and broke both ankles. All hisfellow employees wish him a speedyrecovery.

CONYALESCENTS

GORDON MURCHISON, Patrolmanat Oak Street Bridge, is recovering athome from injuries he received in amotor-vehicle accident.

PETER GELIN, Design Engineer withthe Bridge Design office at Victoria, re­tired at the end of January. R. G.Harvey, Assistant Deputy Minister, pre­sented Peter with a gift on behalf of hisfriends and colleagues. Peter served withthe Department for 12 years.

C. MILLER, Yard-man, Port Alberni, has

- retired after 22Y2years' service with theDepartment. A fare­well party was held inhis honour at Port AI­berni, where he was

presented with gifts. All of his friend sin the Department wish Charlie everysuccess and happiness in his retirement.

PETER BECKER, Machine Operator3, Cranbrook District, retired January 3 I,1972, after more than 18 years' service.Peter worked on the patching crew. Hewas presented by G. K. Austin, DistrictSuperintendent, with his shovel auto­graphed by fellow employees and sprayedwith gold paint and lacquer and a benchgrinder. Peter is married with four sons,two daughters, and 15 grandchildren. Hishobby is carpentry.

JOE PROCTER, Timekeeper in theNanaimo District Office, has been offwork because of illness. The Nanaimooffice staff wishes him a speedy recovery.

NEIL MAcLEODrecently retired as Sen­ior Engineer on theKootenay Lake ferriesafter 25 years with theDepartment. Born inScotland, Neil came toCanada in 1927, arriv­

ing in Procter. He held numerous jobsduring the 30's and was one of the firstengineers in the district to hold a 'marinediesel engineer's certificate. He servedfive years in the RCN and at the end ofwar held the rank of Commissioned Engi­neer. Returning to Procter in 1947 asEngineer on the MV Anscomb, he wasappointed Senior Engineer in 1952. Mr.and Mrs. MacLeod have four children.They are planning a trip to Scotland thissummer to visit Neil's five sisters and twobrothers.

E. D. ALLEN, RoadForeman I, FernieDistrict, retired inFebruary 1972. Mr.Allen was born onFebruary 9, 1907, inFernie. He startedhis service in 1939 atvarious seasonal jobs and then left forthe armed forces . When discharged in1945, he came back to the Departmentand worked continuously until his retire­ment. He is married with two children.

FRED S. EMMER­SON, Road Foreman3, Penticton District,recently retired after26 years of service forthe Department ofHighways. He waspresented with a meri­

torious service scroll by District Superin­tendent W. M. Underwood.

MRS. ADRIANALAINE, Clerk 3 in theCranbrook office, leftthe Department in De­cember 1971 after sixyears' service to be­come a full-timehousewife and amother in April. G. K. Austin, DistrictSuperintendent, presented Adriana witha gift on behalf of fellow employees.

E. C. (TED) WEBSTER, Director ofConstruction, has retired from the De­partment after 43 ' years' service. Mr.Webster will join a private consulting firmof engineers in Victoria. A presentationwas made by H. T. Miard, Deputy Minis­ter, early in January, and later in themonth at a dinner dance in honour ofTed and his wife, lola, a second presenta-

tion was made by the Honourable W. D.Black, Minister, on behalf of all Head­quarters employees. Ted joined the De­partment originally at Delta in 1929 asa chairman and until 1940 worked onvarious location and construction projects.Between 1940 and 1950 he had a numberof supervising jobs on construction andlocation projects in practically all partsof the Province. He came to Victoria in1950 as Assistant Construction Engineerand in 1957 was appointed Director ofConstruction.

A farewell dinnerwas held in Revel­stoke for MechanicalForeman ALBERT"BERT" LENNY,who retired in Januaryafter 29 years' servicewith the Department.

Bert started as an assistant Mechanic inthe Golden District in 1943, transferredto Prince Rupert in 1947, where hestarted the first shop, and then went toRevelstoke in 1950. Sterling McLeod,District Superintendent, presented Bertwith a scroll for meritorious service. Hisretirement plans include boating, fishing,and prospecting.

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SNOW (conr.)

Pictures taken dur ing the closure of the Fraser Canyon sectionof British Columbia H ighway I , January 19 to January 26, 1972.During the 24 hours of January 20 to 21, the snowfall amounted to32 inches. Several D-B's and D-9 's, along with load ers and grad ers,

were used to clear the slide s du ring the week the highway wasclosed. Left, Bell Crossing area east of Yale and , right , the eastportal of Ferrabee Tunnel.

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One of the more onerous tasks for the Revelstoke bridge crew is the removalof the snow and ice build-up at the end of the avalanche sheds in Rogers Pass. Thetask is usually completed as quickly as possible and with on e eye on the avalanchepath . The accumulated build-up sometimes exceeds 5 or 6 feet and can causedamage to passing vehicles.

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Th e Yellowhead Highway , 43 miles west of Terra ce, was the scene of anoth er derailment. Th e ma ze of equipme nt spraw led overHighway 16 included 11 railroad cars and two power units. Strang ely, this small slide was only 6 to 10 feet deep and 25 to 30 feet lon g.

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SAFETY AWARDS, RALLIES, INFORMATION

Presentation of the One Million Man­hours award of merit was made by theHonourable W. D. Black, Minister, dur­ing a Christmas reception at Victoria .Receiving the award is Bill Ingram, ofAccounts, on behalf of all Headquartersaccounting and administration personnel.

J. W. G. Kerr, Senior Geotechnical andMaterials Engineer, left, received a goldaward of merit on behalf of his Headquar­ters branch from Deputy Minister H. T .Miard. J. H . Harding. Chairman of theHeadquarters Safety Committee, centre,looks on during the presentation.

Gerry Pockrant, Machine Opera­tor, Pender Harbour, holds thehard hat that saved him from pos­sible serious injury. Gerry wasdismantling a portable shed whena portion of the gable end fell andstruck him on the side of the head.

Region I-Harold "Hal" Dennies,from Patrol, takes over full-time acci­dent-prevention duties . Hal is wellknown in the region, having conducteda number of defensive-driving courses.

Region 4 - District Superin­tendents "Bert" Dibben, ofPouce Coupe, and Francis Mar­tin, of Smithers, will shareduties in the region, east andwest respectively.

Accident Prevention, 1972There will be new faces and new happenings in the

Highways Department Accident Prevention Group in1972:

Region 2 - "Stan" Palaposki, Re­gional Landscape Supervisor of Kam­loops, is off to an energetic start withhis appointment as Regional SafetyOfficer.

Senior Engineer N . C. Macl.eod and Senior Captain C. F. Fitchettdisplay their bronze on gold safety award received on behalf of theNelson District ferry crews. This award was earned by the crews onthe West Creston. Glade, Harrop, and Kootenay Lake ferries. Presen­tation was made by Regional Safety Officer A . J. Bodnarch uk, Leftto right, W. D . Silman, A. V. SCOII, C. R. Walton, B. W . Root. Mr.Macl.eod, A . C. Radcliffe, Captain Fitchett, W. L. Maynard, J. W.Hension, J. H. Allan, F. F. Neale, G. M. MacKinnon, W. M. Taylor,and R. M. Noakes .

Region 3 - Tony Bodnarchuk, Regional LandscapeSupervisor, after one very successful year, continues fora second. Tony and all people in Region 3 should beproud of winning the Minister's Trophy for 1971.

Harry Francis will be working in Regions 2, 3, and 4to assist the Regional Safety Officers and promote specialprogrammes.

Alex Caldwell will be co-ordinating a First Aid Train­ing programme, starting in Region 1 and expanding to theother regions.

The Drilling Section of the Geotechnical and Materials Branchrecently won the Safety Committee's award of distinction for 232,320man-hours without a time-loss accident. R . G. Harvey, AssistantDeputy Minister, presented the award to Tom Reid, Drilling Superin­tendent. Left to right are John Austin, Rockwork and ExplorationEngineer; Mr. Harvey; E. B. (Bert) Wilkins, Chief Planning Engineer;Mr. Reid; A I Limaclier, Senior Personnel Officer; and John Kerr,Senior Geotechnical and Materials Engineer.

JACK DORE recently received his Ten-on-Two Clubaward from L. A. Broddy, Regional Highway Engineer.Jack, a Grader Operator in the Clayhurst area of the FortSt. John District, was installing the snow-wing draw-bar onhis grader when it slipped from the chain hoist and fell onhis left foot. Fortunately, the 300-pound bar landed on hissteel-capped boot which he straightened in a vise and re­sumed wearing.

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"Extracurricular"Activities

Last year's championship trop hywinner was Don Sleep, of Langd ale,but the golfers at T sawwa ssen havebeen sharpening up since then andnow feel confident that the trophy willbe resting comfortably in its originalniche when the tournament is over.A bigger and better tournament is ex­pected . In 1971 there were 21 prize sand four trophies, plus the champion­ship trop hy. In 1972, plans call foreven more and better prizes .

Pride of the De­partment at Kelow­n a i s HENRY" H A N K " REDE­COPP, Road Main­tenance Foreman I,who h a s be ennamed th e first

"Good Citi zen of the Year " at Win­field. The award was made at the10th annual Winfield, Oyam a, andOkanagan Centre Chamber of Com­merce banquet. Chamber presidentWilf Gelhorn made the presentationto Hank for his interest and particip a­tion in community affairs.

Th e third annua l British ColumbiaFerry Golf Tournament will be held onThursday, May II , 1972, at Tsaw­wassen Golf and Country Club. Allemployees of British Columbia FerriesDivision are welcome.

Dean Barl ow , Bridge Forem an, PrinceGeorge, an ardent hunter, shows ofl twotrophies he got last fall in th e Chilcotinarea. Th e larger horns ha ve a 3/%-inchspread .

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MRS . LYNNEPRI CE, Teletype Op­er ator at Victoria forthe past 14 years, haswon through competi­tion the position ofClerk 3 in the SaanichDistrict office. At a

presentation held in the office of theDeputy Mini ster, Lynn e was presentedwith gifts by her fri ends at Headquarter s.

J . R . " J A C K "FREDRICKSON hastransferred from thePrince George Districtto Victoria to workwith the Training andSafety Branch. Jackis well known in the

Location Branch, having worked there for16 years before going to district work,first in Saanich.

NEW FACES INNEW PLACES

MACK GURR, Road Foreman 3 inBella Cool a, Williams Lake District , ha sbeen transferred to Ashcroft.

WILLIAM A. ADAMS, Plant Fore­man 2 for Crusher Q-22 in the NelsonDistrict for 12 year s, has transferr ed toCranbrook District. Bill started with theDep artment in Octob er 1957. He ismarried with one son and two daughtersand his favourite sport is hockey.

HECTOR GEROW, Road Foreman 3,Saanich District, transferred from Salt­spring Island crew to Langford crew asConstruction Foreman. Hector has beenwith the Dep artment since 1954.

E. H. HENKE, As­sistant Mechanic Fore­man I , CranbrookDistrict, transferred toNanaimo in January.G . D. Austin, DistrictSuperintendent, pre­sented Al with a gifton behalf of fellow employees, along withtheir best wishes.

PATROL WINSREGION 1

SAFETY AW ARbAt a banquet and dance held in the

Canyon Gardens, North Vancouver, onMarch 17, 1972, the Patrol received thesafety award for Region I. Thi s is thesecond successive year this group of em­ployees, work ing under medium hazardconditions, have won this distinction.Victori a visitors were Assistant DeputyMinister R. G . Harvey; Co-ordinator ofAccident Prevention, Civil Service Com­mission , Ben Pass; and Mechanical Super­intendent, Headquarters Services Branch,H. Go rdon Hunter. Local representa­tives were Regional Highway EngineerD. D. Godfrey, Regional MaintenanceEngineer W. E. Mercer, and VancouverDistrict Engineer D. W. Randell underwhose administration the Patrol operates.Also present was Nanaimo District Super­intendent John Morris, who was there toaccept an award for the most improveddistrict reco rd in the region.

Patrol Sergeant William Carruthers,right , receives th e regional safety awardfro m A ssistant Deputy Minister R . G.Harvey:

Region l Highway Engineer D. D.Godfrey, right , presents awa rd for themost improved district safety record inthe region to Nanaimo District Superin­tendent John Morris.

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MISCELLANY

In November last year the Reservations Department of the British Columbia FerriesDivision consolidated its operation by moving into new quarters at Tsawwassen Ter­minal. The new office handles all passenger and vehicle reservations for the M VQueen of Prince Rupert, operating between Kelsey Bay and Prince Rupert, the MVIsland Princess on the northern Vancouver Island route, and for the Mainland-GulfIsland route.

Reservations for the Queen of Prince Rupert and the Island Princess were formerlyhandled in a Victoria office, and Gulf Island-Mainland reservations by an office at Tsaw­wassen. Above, Mrs. Mary Morrow, left, and Mrs. Barb MacFarlane at the circularreservation table . Top right, Reservations Supervisor Clif} Campbell, who organized theoriginal reservations system for the Prince Rupert service in 1966, and, bottom right,Mrs . Joy Babalos, Reservations Clerk.

Just as rolling colter was used on afarm plough, this "pavement cutter" ismounted on Salmon Arm grader andworks like a charm.

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Pete Robinson, Road Foreman, and the crewat Kootenay Pass Camp coating the blades of agrounded helicopter with antifreeze. The chop­per was on its way from Creston to Victoriawhen icing conditions forced it down. Theantifreeze prevented further icing and the heli­copt er continued on its way.

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Spectacular blast was caught late last year in reconstruction of Highway3A in the Sanca to Boswell section, Nelson District. Charge involved about 200drill-holes.