T E BRITISH COLUMBIA DECEMBER,1968

BUSHED BY THE DE ARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 5, NUMBER 4

THREE PULVIMIXING CREWS OPERATETHROUGHOUT PROVINCE

Three pulvimixing crews operate under the jurisdiction of John Kerr, Senior Paving Engineer, and under the Re­gional Plan Organization, where the Regional Paving Engineers and Regional Paving Superintendents effect the regionalor local administration.

Peter Byrne, a Technician 2, supervises the crews, which arerun by Foremen Paul Savenko, Dudley Paul, and Bob Orr. Thereare approximately 16 men in each crew. These crews are seenanywhere in the Province where treatment of gravel roads isrequired, such as minor rural roads where the pulvimix mightbe used as a semi-permanent wearing surface, or where the vol­ume of traffic warrants a base for a future surface of seal-coat.The pulvimix might also be used on main roads as a base forhot-mixed asphalt cement.

The name .. pulvimix .. is used loosely for the two methods ofmixing cutback asphalt with 34-inch minus crushed aggregate onthe roadway. In the first method, after the asphalt has beensprayed on the crushed gravel and mixed to a certain degree witha grader, the pulvimixers go into action and make a thorough jobof the mixing, as may be seen in the photograph below. In thesecond method the gravel is windrowed, upper right, and mixedwith the asphalt in the pugrnill of the Pettibone-Wood mixer,middle right. Graders and rollers, lower right, are used in bothmethods to layout and compact the mix .

The pulvimixing season lasts from approximately May 1 toOctober I, during which time each crew is able to treat approxi­mately 70 miles. During the winter months the crews use theDepartment of Highways Garage at Vernon as their headquar­ters, where they overhaul the equipment. The graders and trucks,generally with two operators, are loaned to the districts for snow­removal purposes during the winter and some of the personnelwork for the districts. Two of the crews also do seal-coat workfrom June IS to August 15.

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Associate Field Editors

Published Quart erly by th e

British Columbia Department of Highwa ysVictoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J . Schindel, Editor

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Number 4

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THE ROAD-RUNNER

Volume 5

With Christmas close at hand, ma y I extend to eachand ever y em ploy ee m y personal best wishes and goo dcheer for th e holiday season. I would lik e to add to thi sa special greeting to those people we tend to tak e forgranted- ferry personn el, snow-plough operators, sandingcrews, and others- who spend a goo d part of their Chri st­ma s making holiday trav el possible for the rest of us. Tothese, then , special thanks, and to all in the Departmentbest wish es for a M erry Christmas and a Happy N ewY ear.

WESL EY D. BLACK, M inister.

Same general area as cover photograph on Loon Lake Roadin Lillooet District , a very difficu lt one-way section being widenedto t wo lanes. Foremen Doug Bain and Angus Murray seen neartree, often photographed in this resort area, which was spared inrespon se-to local request.

A. R. Limacher Victori a

Bill Ingram Victori a

Jim Winton North Vancouver

Dave Wardell Burnside

J. W. Morris Nanaimo

M. Butler Courtenay

David Price British Columbia Ferries Division

W. I. N. Higgins North Vancouv erEllis Meads Dock District

Lloyd Burgess New WestminsterDon Osborne Chilliwack

Jim Ferrier Kamloops

Edie Smith Williams Lake

Murray Ramsay Salmon Arm

Al Desimone Vernon

Fred Evans Kelowna

Pete Fuoco .. Penticton

Jim Chenoweth Merritt

Dave Roberts .Lillooet

Dorothy Wilkins Grand ForksR. E. McKeown Rossland

S. J. Dixey Nelson

Fred Angrignon New DenverIrene Labelle Creston

N. Molander Cranbrook

Sam Caravetta Fernie

John Edgar Golden

Steve Sviatko Smithers

C. Bartsch Pouce Coupe

Pat To ndevold Fort St. Joh nHomer Good Terrace

E. A. Beaumont Prince George

Fred Bradley Prince George

Jack Doddridge Prince GeorgeR. Stephenson Quesnel

George Harper Vanderhoof

H . R. Walker., Burns Lake

E. Lund Prince Rupert

Cover photogr aph and above by Lillooet District Superintendent P . J.O'TOOLE.

3L IT HO GRAPH ED I N CANADA BY A. SUTTON, Q UEE N 'S PR INT ER. V ICTO RIA , BRIT I SH CO L U MBI A .

CONFERENCES

A conference for Regional Engineers was held in VictoriaNovember 13th to 15th to review Departmental policy and plan­ning throughout the Province. Attending were, front row, leftto right, N. R. Zap], Director of Location; H. T . Miard, DeputyMinister; M . G. Elston, Regional Highway Engineer, North Van­couver; Honourable W . D . Black, Minister; P. B. MacCarthy,Regional Maintenance Engineer, Nelson; J. W. Nelson, RegionalHighway Engineer, Kamloops; W. E. Mercer, Regional Mainte­nance Engineer, North Vancouver. Back row, left to right, P. J.Carr, Regional Maintenance Engineer, Prince George; F. A.Macl.ean, Assistant Deputy Minister; J. A. Dennison, SeniorMaintenance Engineer; D. C. MeVicar, Regional MaintenanceEngineer, Kamloops; H. J. Kelsall, Bridge Inspection Engineer;D . D. Godfrey , Chief Engineer; L. A. Braddy, Regional HighwayEngineer, Prince George; D. F. Martin, Regional Highway Engi­neer, Nelson.

Traffic Department and ship's crew testing equipment on boardM .V. "Queen of Prince Rupert" for British Columbia FerriesDivision" Seminars-at-Sea." Included in the group are K. Strat­ford at the lecturn, R. J . Innes. Traffic Manager, David Price,Captain E. P. de Cunha, Captain G. Ruddick, and J. Post .

A Merritt District foremen's meeting was held at Lytton onOctober 9 to discuss winter shift conditions, bulk-salt storage,tool inventories, plant and tool purchasing. In attendance wereDistrict Superintendent W. G. Helmsing, Merritt Road ForemanG. E. Scott, Bridge Foreman E. S. Reid, Merritt Mechanical Fore­man A. Campbell, Coalmont Road Foreman C. B. Blank, LyttonRoad Foreman M. 1. Arnold, Hope Road Foreman J. F. Stadler,Senior Canyon Foreman T. L. Taverna, and District OfficeManager J. J. Chenoweth.

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A floatplane using a ferry ramp is unusual, bill it happenedthis summer at the new Galena Bay ferry terminal. The planeis the Department's Beaver aircraft. In the picture, left to right,are A. W. G. (AI) Smith, Regional Location Superintendent;A. G. (Gordon) Jones, Regional Construction Superintendent ,and L. O. (Lou) Iverson, pilot .

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George Baldwin. Superintendent Engineer for the Ferries Divi­sion, looks over Canadian Coastguard hovercraft at Patricia BayAirport. A native of Scotland, George recently moved to Victoria'with his wife and daughters.

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---Corporal Peter Greenwood of the Department of HighwaysPatrol points to the console operating-board at the First Nar­rows Bridge, Vancouver . Lane-control traffic lights and consoleoperating-board were installed in February , 1964. There are21 lane-control signal bridges between First Narrows BridgePlaza and the entrance to Stanley Park Causeway. Both curb­lanes are controlled by red and green lights, the centre lane byred, amber, and green lights. The lights may be operated auto­matically or manually by the console operator as called for viaradio by men patrolling the bridge and causeway. The lane­control light system provides an efficient means of moving heavytraffic over the bridge in a safe and expeditious manner.

George Kirkbride, Supervising Bridge Design Engineer. in­specting deck of recently constructed Bigmouth Creek Bridge, onthe Revelstoke-Mica Creek Highway. Born in Northern Ireland.he graduated from Queens University, Belfast, and later servedwith the Royal Engineers during World War Il in Burma. Arriv­ing in Canada in July, 1952, he worked for a consultant on theKemano project in power-house design and joined the Departmentin November, 1953 . His hobbies are sailing, painting, pho­tography, and swimming.

Preparing evening meal is British Co­lumbia Ferries Division Chief Cook KungWing Faa, seen here cutting up HritishColumbia .salmon for tasty seafood din­ner aboard. the M .V. "Queen of PrinceRupert."

Ed Buck, Bridge Foreman 2, in theWilliams Lake Highways District, hasbeen a rockhound for many years andthe petrified tree stump shown weighing2,910 pounds is his most exciting find .This fine specimen was unearthed duringthe bulldozing of an access road in theBlackwater area, between Quesnel andPrince George, west of the Fraser River.The dozer operator thought this particu­lar rock was" different," rolled it to oneside and let Ed know about it. Ed andhis wife are anxious to have a geologistsee and assess their new find.

IDEA CORNER

Metal bin wall used as an abutment allthe new Cadwallader Bridge at Bralorne.The abutment was fabricated and thenlowered into place by crane with rockused as ballast. It was made up frombin wall material surplus from anotherjob. The over-all length of the bridge is66 feet and it is 14 feet wide . It replacedone washed out by a flash flood in thesummer of 1968. A great deal of timewas saved and maintenance cost shouldbe practically nil. The construction wassupervised by Bridge Foreman H . Gunner.

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GENERAL ROAD NEWS

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A good illustration of highway construction problems in many parts of British Colum­bia is this rugged section in the Fletcher Creek area on the road between Nelson andKaslo. Left is the big rock cut as work began on the rerouting project and, right, thefinished product.

One of the long tangents along the 30miles of reconstruction on Route No. 29from Fort St. John to Hudson Hope,leading to the W. A. C. Bennett Dam,completed by the Fort St. John crewsduring the past construction season. Aportion of the old Hudson Hope road isvisible to the left of the new construction.

Installation of a 7-foot multiplate at Beaver Creek, 25 milesnorth of Vanderhoof on a section of the Vanderhooj-Stuart LakeHighway, day-labour project in September.

Members of the Burns Lake Bridge Crew this past summererected two 40-foot Rasco utility shelters. The roof has a 25-footspan and is covered with galvanized 24-gauge corrugated curvedsheeting. These buildings will be used for the storage of bulksalt at the Burns Lake and Houston yard-sites. This is the oneat Houston during assembly.

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Members of the Vanderhoof Road Crew assembling a 16-footmultiplate at the Ocock River, 12 miles north of Fort St . Jameson the For t St. James-Germansen Landing Road.

This large boulder dropped onto the Northern Trans-ProvincialHighway, 35 miles west of Terrace, October 6, 1968. For­tunately, the only damage sustained was to the pavement. Theboulder was approximately J2 feet long, 10 feet high, and 6 feetdeep.

PEEK INTO THE PAST

Big day in September, 1925, as caravan of eager motorists wait for official opening of the Monashee Road, now Highway No .6from Vernon to Needles.

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Don't laugh-one of these pull graders is at the present time beingused in the Chilcotin area. The only difference is that the horses havebeen replaced by a small cat and the men's hat styles have changeda little. This was taken on the Ellco-Jaffray road and the grader is aSawyer-Massey machine.

This was taken in the Williams Lake District. There isno record of the year, but snow ploughing IIII1St have beena pretty cold job with this machine. Note the blanketstuffed in front of the radiator.

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SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

The Terrace Garage Crew was presented with a British Columbia Safety Council goldaward by L. A. Braddy, Regional Highway Engineer from Prince George, at a safetyrally held October 24, 1968. This award was achieved between March 31, 1962, andJune 30, 1968, with 96,961 man-hours, with an 8-man crew, without a time-loss accident.Left to right, Mr . Braddy, Shop Foreman Russ Trites, Auto Mechanic Bob Smyth,Mechanic-Welder Bud Bridal, Stockman Howard Tojtager, Auto Mechanic Cas Mensink,Assistant Shop Foreman Gene Butterfield, Auto Mechanic Dave Greer, and AutoMechanic Wil] Toop (not in photo).

An award of honour was presented to Savona Maintenance Crew of Kamloops Districtfor having worked from April 1, 1952, to July 31, 1968, and accumulated 310,805 man­hours without a time-loss accident. Crew members are, left to right, G. A. Slack;J . B. Leighton; A . H. Dibben, District Superintendent; S. G. Gold; C. E. Israel; E. G.McLeod, Road Maintenance Foreman; H. Smith; G . Merry; J. W . Nelson, RegionalHighway Engineer; N. Veillette; and A. R. Ker.

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12th AnnualConference

British ColumbiaSafety Council

Seven members of the Department ofHighways were in attendance at the 12thAnnual Conference of the British Co­lumbia Safety Council held November4th and 5th at the Bayshore Inn, Van­couver, British Columbia. In additionto Senior Traffic Engineer John Hardingand Administrative Assistant Al Limacherwere the five Regional Safety Officers:George Harper, Vanderhoof; HarryFrancis, Kamloops; H. A. Ronmark,Nelson; Bob Veitch, Burns Lake; andAlec Caldwell, North Vancouver; whoare pictured below in front of the De­partment of Highways display booth atthe conference.

The conference, which was opened onthe Monday morning by Lieutenant­Governor the Honourable John Nichol­son, was aimed at presenting the latestinformation and techniques in the acci­dent-prevention field. During the twodays delegates attended sessions on sub­jects such as "Communications," " Moti­vation," "Safety and Labour Manage­ment Relations," and "Defensive DriverTraining." Several demonstrations anddisplays illustrated recent equipment ad­vances in accident prevention.

After two days of highly concentratedaccident-prevention discussion, the con­ference closed with a banquet. Thespeaker, Dr. John Furbay of Long Island,New York, talked on the topic "TheFour Dreams of Mankind."

A bronze safety award was presented to the ConstructionBranch Crews in Region 2. Regional Construction SuperintendentA. G. (Gordon) Jones accepted the award from Regional SafetyOfficer H. D. Francis.

A bronze safety award to the Boswell Road Crew by RegionalMaintenance Engineer P. B. MacCarthy. Members are: W. Hew­itt , A. Lenko, N. Bainbridge, Foreman W. Thompson, E. Whitney,and F. Cummins.

P. J. Carr, Regional Maintenance Engineer, presented a bronzesafety award to Pouce Coupe District Superintendent J. E. Stevenfor the district achievement in logging 116,165 accident-free man­hours prior to January 15, 1968.

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CHARLES ARMAND, Grader Operator with the Departmentat Good Hope Lake Camp, died suddenly on November 9th atthe age of 24. He joined the Department in January of 1966,and will be greatly missed by his friends and fellow workers.

A summer safety rally in the Pouce Coupe District was wellattended by crew members from all areas of the district. Therally was conducted by T . R. Yearsley, Regional MechanicalSuperintendent ; P. J. Carr, Regional Maintenance Engineer; andJ. E. Steven, District Superintendent. Films promoting safetywere shown and a luncheon was served .

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JOACHIN (JOE) SCHUETZE died suddenly in Royal Co­lumbian Hospit al in New Westminster aft er a brief illness. AnEngineering Aide 3 in the Terrace District office, Mr. Schuet zewill be remembered by RR readers for his excellent cover photoin the March, 1968, issue. He came to Canada from Germanyin 1959, where he resided in Moo se Jaw, Saskatchewan. He issurvived by his wife, Karin, two sons, Frank and Clark, and hismother who came out to Canada five year s ago and has beenliving with the family.

Department personnel were saddened to learn of the deathof WAYNE BELLAMY on October 28, 1968, at the McBrideHospital , at the age of 36. Wayne commenced employment withthe Construction Branch on May 23, 1958, as an instrumentmanon the Trans-Canada Highway at Golden and has served onprojects at Crowsnest, Radium Hot Springs, and Valemount. Forthe past three years he has acted as assistant on a 30-mile projectat Valemount. Wayne is survived by his parents, his wife,Marilyn, and four young children.

Salmon Arm District Engineer H. F . Coupe presented SafetyRepresentative B. Paul of the Sicamous crew with a silver safet yaward. Other safety presentations included a gold award to theSalmon Arm Maintenance Crew, a silver award to the FalklandMaintenance Crew, and a gold award to the Salmon Arm DistrictBridge Crew.

R egional Safety Officer Alec Caldwell, right, presentin g goldsafety awards to Missi on and Agassiz Bridge Maintenance Crews.Left to right, District Superintendent N . W. Wells, Bridge Fore­man C. E . Johnson, Mission Road Maintenance Foreman W . J.Pullin , and Agassiz Road Maintenance Foreman W. C. Cameron.

Presentation of gold award to the Fernie Garage Crew for anaccident-free period of no time-loss from April 6, 1962 , to April27,1968. Left to right , S. Cara vetta, St ockman; P. B . Ma cCarthy,Regional Maintenance Engineer; H. A . Ronmark, RegionalSafety Officer; E . Sangala, Mechanic Foreman; and JohnHughes, Mechanic-Automotive.

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Mission Shop Crew accepting silver award. Back row , leftto right, A . C. Newlands, J. Hudson, Foreman J. Oliver, R. A .Brooks; front row, left to right, J. S. Hippisley, District Super­intendent N. W. Wells, and A . Peterson.

Former Cranbrook employee JOHN COVALCINE, 67, diedSeptember 12, John commenced employment with the Depar t­ment on April 27, 1948, as Labourer, and retired in May, 1966.He was born in Ceahor, Bukovina, Rom ani a.

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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT RETIRESAFTER 32 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Over 100 employeesof the Nelson District,Region Three, hon­oured HARRY BELLof the Boswell Main­tenance Crew, ALFGRIEFF of the Nel­son Bridge Crew, and

P. w. Scott. PERRY SCOTT ofthe Nelson Garage at a dance at theNorth Shore Hall, Nelson, to mark theirretirements.

Harry Bell started with the Departmentin 1947 and retired September 30 thisyear. He was presented with an awardfor 21 years of meri­torious service by G .R. Kent, District Su­perintendent, on be­half of the ProvincialGovernment. Alf P.Grieff, who started in1952 and retired inSeptember, was pre- H. B. Bell.

sented with a gift on behalf of the em­ployees. Perry W. Scott, who began hisservice with the Department in 1933, re­tires at the end of this year. He was pre­sented with an award for 31 years ofmeritorious service by H. O. George,

Mechanical Superin­tendent, on behalf ofthe Provincial Govern­ment. D. F . Martin,Regional Highway En­gineer, read telegramsand letters of goodwishes from the Hon-

A. P. Grieff. ourable Wesley Black,Minister of Highways; H . T . Miard,Deputy Minister; F. A. MacLean, Assis­tant Deputy Minister; J. H. Smythe,Superintendent of Equipment; and 1. A.Dennison, Senior Maintenance Engineer.

of Grand Forks; Jack Roe, former Dis­trict Engineer from Salmon Arm ; TedBooth, former Regional Paving Superin­tendent at Kamloops; Jim Hamilton, for ­mer Regional Maintenance Engineer fromPenticton; Ian Stewart, former DistrictEngineer from Vancouver ; and SpudMurphy, former Mayor of Matsqui.

Regional Engineer M. G . Elston wel­comed guests and Mr . Black and Mr.Godfrey spoke briefly on Bruce's long ser­vice with the Department. Presentationswere by Foreman Leon Lorette on behalfof the men of the bridge district crewsand by Foreman Ed Turner of the NorthVancouver District on behalf of the menwho had formerly been associated withMr. Gilmour.

Bruce started work for the Depart­ment of Public Works in 1936 at Inver­mere, where he worked as a levelman onreconstruction. He then was ResidentEngineer in Cranbrook before he went toGolden in 1937. At this time he marriedCathleen Maude, whom he had met in1932. The Gilmours have two children,a son aged 30 and a daughter aged 23.In 1942 Bruce was loaned to the U .S.Army and worked for some time out ofPrince Rupert as a transitman with theArmy Engineers.

His present hobbies are rockhounding,rock jewellery, travelling, and hunting,but when he was younger his tastes weremore robust and he was a professionalhockey player, spending one season withthe Los Angeles Maroons and two seasonsin Calgary, when he worked for theC.P.R.

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Bruce Gilmour, Bridge MaintenanceDistrict Superintendent, North Vancou­ver, ended 32 years of service with theBritish Columbia Government with hisretirement in November. More than 175of his fellow-employees attended a ban­quet in his honour, November 1.

Representing Headquarters was theHonourable W. D . Black, Minister; As­sistant Deputy Minister F . A. MacLean;Chief Engineer D. D . Godfrey; SeniorMaintenance Engineer J. A. Dennison;Senior Materials Engineer E. E. Read­shaw; Chief Right-of-Way Agent L. J.Moore ; and Safety and Insurance OfficerJ. A. Lonsbury. Also present were a num­ber of out-of-town current and formerHighways employees: District Superin­tendent H . F. Blunden of Williams Lake;District Superintendent R. M. McMillan

HAROLD KELLYrecently retired asSenior Foreman in thePouce Coupe Districtafter 28 years of ser­vice with the Depart­ment. Harold's manyhobbies and interestsare his insurance that being 10-7 is apleasure. He and his wife, Margaret,were honoured by a dinner, where theywere presented with a complete set ofbaggage for two .

Mr . Gilmour, left, wearing presentation received from the men of his district, receivespresentation from Mr . Black, centre, while Mr . Elston enjoys proceedings.

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PROMOTIONS

ROSS ELLIS, Engineering Assistantin Chilliwack for the past eight years, hasbeen transferred to Port Alberni in theNanaimo District and promoted to Tech­nician 1. Ross began his employmentwith the Department of Highways in Mer­ritt, then was on the Location Crew inKamloops, and before going to Chilliwackhe spent some time in Lillooet.

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EMERSON WEB­BER was promoted toSenior Captain on theThetis Island Ferry.Captain Webber hasbeen on the ThetisIsland run a numberof years under Cap­

tain Clulow, who recently retired.

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CAPTAIN CLU-LOW retired as SeniorCaptain on the ThetisIsland Ferry, havingserved in that capacityfor the past threeyears. He was one ofthe original captains

on the ferry when the service was startednine years ago . His knowledge of theoperations of the ferry will be missed.

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ALEC BRAYDEN,Maintenance Fore­man, Ucluelet , waspromoted to Mainte­nance Foreman 4 atNanaimo. Alec is stillcontinuing as foremanin ch arge of the AI­

berni-Tofino project and will move toN anaimo in December when the snow shit the West Co ast area.

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Chilliwack District Superintendent N .W . W ells, left, presenting Ken LaMarshwith a scroll of merit for 27 year s o floyal and devoted service. Ken retiredJune , 1968, from th e Abbots ford Mainte­nance Crew.

ServiceAward

E. 1. (PEEWEE)PARE has throughcompetition won theposition of Sign Main­tenance Man in Kam­loops. He startedwith the Departmentin 1964 on the bridgecrew, then tr ansferred to the sign shop .Peewee is married and has four daugh­ters and four grandchildren. Hobbiesare fishing and playing chess .

GEORGE WATKINS has been pro­moted to Maintenance Foreman 2 atUcluelet. He was formerly on the Burn­side staff .

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R. C. (HARLEY) TAYLOR has beenappointed Road Foreman 1 at Sand spiton the Queen Charlotte Islands. He waspreviously a Truck Driver on the PortClements Road Crew.

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D. W. LESYK, Auto Mechanic in theBoston Bar shop, Merritt Highways Dis­trict, won through competition the posi­tion of Heavy Duty Mechanic at theCloverdale shop, New Westminster Dis­trict, commencing November 1st.

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NIELS K. MIKKELSEN has wonthrough competition the position of RoadForeman Grade 2, at Edgewood.

Niels came to Canada from Denmark,and was foreman for a large farm inSaskatchewan before he joined the De­partment of Highways at Boston Bar in1956. He has since operated varioustypes of equipment, and has acted asAssistant Foreman. He is married andhas one daughter and two sons.

M. (TOM) ·ST EVENSON, Q-2 CrusherForeman on the Queen Charlotte Islands,retired December 20th. He was born inScotland and came to Canada in 1924, atwhich time he took up farming in Al­berta. A sawmill business at Merritt washis next venture until 1962, when hejoined the crew of Q-l crusher as aLabourer. In 1965 Tom was transferredto the Q-2 crusher as Crusher Operator2, and in 1967 won the position asCrusher Foreman 1. Tom plan s to retireto Vancouver Island and maybe do a bitof summer farming in the Edmontonare a .

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ALLEN C. BIR­CHARD , NanaimoMaintenance Fore­man, retired early dueto illness and has nowtaken up residence inVictoria. Mr. Bir­chard was Mainte-nance Foreman in the Nanaimo area forthe past five years and was in Nanaimothrough its vigorous growth period. Mr.Birchard's personal knowledge of themany problems will be missed in the area.He first worked for the Department ofPublic Works in Prince George in 1930,went into priv ate industry, and after ser­vice in the Air Force rejoined the Depart­ment in 1945, becoming a Road Mainte­nance Foreman in 1954 and moving toParksville in 1958 before his move toNanaimo in 1961.

On October 15th a long-term Head­quarters employee, MISS GLADYSPERRY, retired.

Gladys was born in Cumberland andraised in Courtenay. After school gradu­ation she took comptometer and com­puter courses in Vancouver. In 1935 shecommenced work in the Government ina .. Health Commission" (forerunner ofHospital Insurance) . On September 6,1938, she went with the Department ofAttorney-General, Real Estate and Insur­ance Branch. In 1943 Miss Perry trans­ferred to the Department of Public Worksas a Senior Clerk-Stene. While in thisposition she acted as a Government Agentwithin the Department.

With the closing of certain accountingsections in the Department of Finance,Miss Perry transferred to the Ferries Sec­tion, Department of Highways, whichposition she held until retirement. Hermain hobbies are now music and reading.Miss Perry was pre sented with a watchand a leather purse complete with Frenchpurse by her fellow employees.

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ABOUT PEOPLE

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WALLY STEW-ART, MaintenanceForeman, Port AI­berni, has been flyingby helicopter to manyremote parts of theProvince with theradio beacon install a­

tion crew and has now returned to his jobat Port Alberni. Wally will have manysto ries to tell for months to come abouthis experience on the mountain tops.

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CHARLIE BUCK­LEY, Mechanic, Salt­spring Island, has beena busy man travellingaround the Gulf Is­lands on repair work.

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KATHY DAVIES,Clerk-Stenographer 2,Headquarters, was re­cently feted by co­workers to celebrateher coming wedding.Bright, efficient, andpopular, Kathy works

for Ferries Superintendent Ted Blanchardand handles aircraft bookings. She isemployed frequently as a stand-in duringholidays and has probably handled agreater number of different jobs thananyone in the Department.

D. W. RANDELL,District Engineer atPrince George, gradu­ated from the Univer­sity of Manitoba in1962 . He worked forFederal GovernmentDepartment of Mines

and Technology Surveys HydrographicService from 1962-65 in the Arctic, WestCoast, and Caribbean prior to joiningDepartment of Highways EngineeringTraining Programme in June, 1965. Hewas appointed District Engineer in Revel­stoke in May, 1967, and transferred toPrince George in May, 1968. He is mar­ried and is interested in curling andbowling.

JOSEPH SAM, JR.,Engineering Aide, isthe Laboratory Tech­nician in the newPaving Laboratory atKamloops. Previouslyhe was in the field withthe Paving Branchduring summer employment while at­tending university. He is single and hishobbies are mainly tennis, fishing, andbridge.

ORLANDO TIS­COT, Project Super­visor for the PavingBranch, is returningto Victoria after as­sisting the RegionalPaving Superintendentwith 16 paving con­

tracts in Region Four this year. Orlandois a Civil Engineering Graduate of Padua,Italy. He came to Canada in 1956 andhas been with the Department since Jan­uary, 1960. He is married and has twochildren. ti ti

K. R. (KEN) WIL­KINS recently joinedthe Department as aRight-of-way Agent inPrince George. Kencame from the York­shire Trust Co. in Vic­toria, where he wasemployed in the real estate department.He is 37 years of age, single, and his mainhobbies are ski-ing, boating, and trap­shooting. Ken is a member of theMasonic Lodge and is active in churchwork. ti ti ti

DAVID LAKE re­cently resigned fromhis position of Assis­tant Stockman at theLangford Yard to be­come full-time organand accordion teacherfor children. David

has worked for the Department since1955 . Everyone at Langford wishes himsuccess in his new endeavour.

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Captain ALPHAHIEBERT FRIESENretires at the end ofthe year. He is pres­ently on sick leave.Alpha has worked onthe Barnston IslandFerry in New West­minster Highway District since 1942. Hestarted as a Deckhand and became SeniorFerryman in 1952. He has been Captainon the ferry since 1963 . He and his wifewill be living in the Township of Langley.

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VERN POUSTIE, ofNew Westminster Dis­trict Office SurveyCrew. Vern startedwith the Departmentas a Labourer in 1960with the landscaping

crew on the Second Narrows Bridge. In1961 he joined the sounding crew as anEngineering Aide, where he worked until1967. Vern is married and has threechildren.

BILL SUNDER­WOOD, Road Main­tenance Foreman 3temporarily assignedto Fernie District. Billcomes from Nelsonand was previouslyForeman on the Sal­

mo-Creston section of Highway No. 3and also Regional Pulvimix Foreman.

One of tlfe young ladies employed atthe reservations desk in Victoria for theM. V. .. Queen of Prince Rupert" cruisesis Diane Gamer, preparing for the day'swork. Diane is a third-year student atthe University of Victoria.

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D. A . (Derek) Bishop, Regional Right­of-way Agent at Prince George, hard atwork all some right-of-way settlements,During October Derek spent two weekstouring Southern California, Arizona, andNevada . II's a good thing Derek is abachelor as he didn 't make out too wellat Las Vegas.

New addition to the crew of the GrandForks Garage is MATfHEW KOPAN,who joined the Department on October 1as Auto Mechanic. Matt was born inYorkton, Saskatchewan, and moved toGrand Forks about seven and one-halfyears ago. He and wife Shirley have twochildren.

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TRANSFERS W EDDINGS"Extracurricular"

Activities

G. K. AUSTIN, District Superinten­dent at Cranbrook, accompanied by hiswife, June, and his brother, W. J.AUSTIN, Resident Technician of theConstruction Branch at Golden, have re­turned from a 23-day trip to Europe,where they travelled through France,Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium,and The Netherlands.

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Chilliwack District Sup erintendent N.W. Well s, left, and Gordon Vance , Engi­neering Aide, right, presenting golf bag toRoss Ellis at a combined safety and socialrally in Chilliwack on November 15th.Earlier Ross had been surprised when hehad received a 30-year-old set of golfclubs, considerably the worse for wear.He was later presented with the new golfbag. Ross was honoured by his fellow­workers on the occasion of his promotionand transfer to Port Alberni.

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Married July 13, 1968, in Christ ChurchCathedral were SUSAN SMYTHE andRALPH WILLIAMS. The ceremony wasperformed by Dean Whitlow. Sue is inthe Operations Department, British Co­lumbia Ferries Division.

Married October 5, 1968, in St. Paul'sNaval and Garrison Church wereLAURA R1CK1NSON and RONALDMACDONALD. The ceremony wasperformed by the Rev. J. A. Roberts.Laura is in the Traffic Department, Brit­ish Columbia Ferries Division.

W. H. BOS, Dis­trict Technician, PortAlberni, was trans­ferred to the Port Mc­Neill area to takecharge of a large day­labour project. Mr.Bos has been in charge

of the Alberni-Tofino Highway recon­struction during the past few years . Hewill be missed in the Port Alberni area .He took an active part in community af­fairs and is a past president of the PortAlberni Elks Lodge . He was also activein Toastmasters Club, Port Alberni.

The Port Alberni District crews andother groups arranged a large farewelldinner for Mr. Bos when he was pre­sented with gifts from the Port Albernicrews and Nanaimo District.

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D. J. KURYLOW­ICH, an EngineeringAide 3, was transfer­red from Gold Riverto 100 Mile House,July I, 1968. Mr.Kurylowich is marriedand enjoying his moveto the Cariboo country.

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PETER BOWEN, Engineering Aide 2with the Location Branch since October,1965, transferred to the Grand ForksHighway District on September I, Peteris married and has one small son .

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G. O. WARRINGTON, Assistant Me­chanical Foreman at Pouce Coupe, wonthrough competition the posit ion of Me­chanical Foreman Grade 2 at Good HopeLake.

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K. KOEBERNICK, Assistant Mechanicfrom Prince George, has been transferredto Good Hope Lake to service units forthe Burrage Creek Con struction Camp.He replaces 1. Chow, who has returned toPrince George.

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WAYNE H. SHAW, Regional PaintForeman, has been transferred fromNorth Vancouver to Region 3 headquar­ters at Nelson.

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J. W. TULLOCH is the new Stockman4 in the Williams Lake District. Marriedwith baby daughter, John comes fromNelson.

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M. F. DUDDY, Mech anic Helper, wastransferred from Revelstoke to WilliamsLake, October I, 1968.

Married August 31, 1968, in FirstUnited Chapel were MARIE PARSONSand GERALD THOMAS. The ceremonywas performed by the Rev. Thompson.Marie is in the Queen of Prince Rupertreservations, British Columbia FerriesDivision.

ConvalescentsMAYNELL PATTERSON, Clerk 3 in

the Nanaimo Highways Office, has re­turned to work after a three-week illness.

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MEL MIKKELSON, Regional Stock­man, is convalescing at home after aspinal operation.

BILL KIMBLE, Mechanical Foremanat Prince Rupert, was recently installed asExalted Ruler of the Local Elks Lodge,while at the same time he is President ofthe Prince Rupert Swim Club.

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The Department of Highways bowlingteam, "The Blacktoppers," at Merritt iscurrently holding down fifth place in aneight-team league, but with a little luckor a few high scores," Slick" Wils Gra­ham (T.O. at Merritt), "Retired" ArtLease (former Mechanic Foreman),"Jumping" Jim Chenoweth (District Of­fice Manager), "Wild" Bill Helm sing(District Superintendent), "Patches" BobIrving (Patching Foreman), and" Lucky "Frank Ovington (Loader Oper ator) maymove up in the standings.

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ON THE JOB

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Cranbrook Maintenance Crew shown moving :a 24-foot concrete steel-deck cattle­guard weighing about 8.600 pounds one-half ':li~e to new l~cation on the Bull RiverHatchery Road. Right, the guard bedded down in ItS new location ,

Rod Darby, Materials Testing Branch.taking cores from the Gorge Bridge. Vic­toria . to investigate pavement condition.

Les Wilmot and culvert crew replacingone of the old original wooden culvertsinstalled by the U.S. Army during con­struction of the Alaska Highway in 1943with a shiny new 5-foot steel pipe.

Ray Giesbrecht, a member of the FortSt. John Fencing Crew. using their newpost driver. The crew completed approxi­mately 35 miles of fence this year on thevarious district projects and British Co­lumbia Hydro work.

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III the Vanderhoof yard, John Smith,Mechanical Foreman, right, and Art Molt,Machine Operator, get Cleaver BrooksSteamer. 0-136, ready for the winter.Whell not operating the steamer, Art is incharge of the sign maintenance crew forthe district. He joined the Department in1965. John has been Foreman in theVanderhoof shop since 1956.

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Driving additional piling to strengthenthe Nautley Bridge. The Nautley Riveris only one-quarter mile long, one "ofBritish Columbia's shortest rivers, flowingfrom the east end of Fraser Lake to theNechako River. On the job is the Van­derhoof Bridge Crew. Left to right, ArtMott, Foreman Omer Pederson. andHarry Hill.

Newton Campbell, Electrical Draughts­man with the Traffic Branch, adds finish­ing touches to plans for a new trafficsignal installation.

Neil Vickers. Special Projects Assistantwith the Traffic Branch, gives the newManual of Standard Traffic Signs a finalcheck before sending it out to the field .Packaged manuals in the background"await the mailman.

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Alexander Gredzuk, Fernie DistrictMachine Operator 13, shown by his ma­chine. Alex is married and has two chil­dren. He recently completed a new homein Femie.

George Price, Duncan Graderman, hasspread lots of asphalt during i968 and isflOW busy grading the gravel roads andshaping them up before the winter rains.

Mel Payne, Mechanic in the Nanaimoshop, is very busy these days with a steadyprogramme of repairs. He is shownworking Oil the grader .

Les Bagley, Loaderman at Nanaimo, isproud of the new machine he is operating.Les has handled many loaders ill the pastbut this lIew unit is different, handlingmore material and doing excellent back­hoe work.

A major repair programme was carriedout to the surface of the Lake CowichanRoad during the past summer. ForemanDale Cooper and Charles Boyden are in­specting the work.

Hector Gerow, Maintenance Foreman,Saltspring Island, has completed a busyday-labour and paving programme on theisland and is now engaged on a ditchingprogramme to take care of the winterrains .

John Gillen, a member of the NanaimoBridge Crew, is on the Alberni-TofinoHighway bridge reconstruction work andis becoming all almost permanent residentof the Alberni Valley. However, hehopes to move a little closer to homewhen the pressure of bridge work easesin the A lberni area.

Louis Osiel, the Yumbo Operator atNanaimo, has been engaged in an exten­sive ditching programme prior to thewinter rains. The ditch cleaning is car­ried out 011 a block basis and Louis has agood knowledge of the over-all drainagepattern in the Nanaimo area.

During our summer programme, gravelwas screened in each of the Gulf islands.Shown here is the screening crew 011

Mayne island under the direction of FredBellnett, Maintenance Foreman, extremeright. Others are, left to right, Fred Han­sen, Ken Johnson, W. Deacon, G. Odberg.

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FAR NORTH

Ted Floren, Project Supervisor, left, andRobert Spleiter, Engineering Aide, are shownat their trailer camp on Cottonwood River nearCassiar where they worked on 25 miles of loca­tion of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway during thispast summer. Ted had his sojourn in the northmarred by sickness but he has now recuperated.Robert kept himself busy in his spare time bymanaging and playing in the softball league.

Location crew at Cottonwood Camp during the summer consisted of about 25men. They are, standing, left to right , Gary Forgaard, Robert Spleiter, Gordie Fy]e ,Fran Bos ley, Pete Davies, Jim Stewart, Lloyd Johnson, Terry Brand, Jim Hender­son, John Clark, Dave Terbasket, Ron Walker, Dave Morris, and Tom Spratt;kneeling, left to right, Richard Tabata, Don Root, Jon Buckle, Dave Fairbrother,Billy Yachichuk, Ron Madill, Dave Mcl.aren, Bruce Kirby, and Bud Porada. Thiscrew and another about the same size farther south at Pyramid Camp under ProjectSupervisor Alex Kuzyk comprised the largest location contingent in the North inrecent years.

Sam Burger at work operating the Stikine River Ferry, believed thenorthernmost ferry in British Columbia.

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Jerry Bynuck and Joe Murthi are busy at work in theoffice on Ninunsaw to Burrage River construction projecton the Stewart-Cassiar route under Project Supervisor Jim .Wood. Jerry is a long-time Engineering Aide with theDepartment who is acclimatized to the north, while Joe,who hails from Fiji , is a student.