THE BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNE, 1966

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Ice Takes Out Bridge at Smithers, CrewsMove Ice and Build New Bridge in Record Time

On Good Friday, April 8th, a massive ice jam destroyed the Bulkley River Bridge at Smithers and flood­ed surrounding land. The same night wor~ began to improve a detour road and less t han two weeks later anew Bailey Bridge was opened to t he public,

Ice surrounds the remaining pier at the Bulkley Bridge; theice was fr om four to [ice feet thi ck and in big chunks.

On April 8th, the highest tem peratur es across Canada wererecorded and the Bulklov River ran clea r . At 8:00 p.rn , thatdav S. J . Svl atk o, Dist rict Supe ri ntenden t was advised byth ~ R.C. :Vl.P. that the Bulkley Bridge had been pushed outdue to heavy ic e flow which jammed downstream after takin gout the bridge.

Local highway crews were cal1ed out and by 10:00 p.rn,wor k had begun on the upgrading of a detour road fromT alkwa to Mor icetown, a di stance of 25 miles. Bl asting ofth e ice was started Sunda y, Apr il 10th and resumed indaylight hours until Monday noon when three qua r ters ofthe ice jam was moved and the br idge site cleared. Theta ili ngs of the jem, known as s lus h ice , hung up and blockedthe river downs tream from the br idge causing extensivefloodin g for the s econd time. Bla s t ing was immedi atel y re­sumed.

Becaus e th ere was no water in the r ive r channel the icewas ha rd to move . Vic tor y finally came about 4:00 p.rn,Tuesday, Apr il l Sth, Approxlm atel y 8,000 pounds of dynamiteha d been loaded in plasti c bags , tied by rope and placedund er the ice. T he plac ing of the powder was done from ahovering helicopte r by Powder man Vern Kingsley of theKamloops District, with the assis tan ce of P at Carr, RegionalMaintenance Enginee r of Prince George. The blasts weres ynchronized to go off ever y 15 minutes . They consisted of150 to 350 pounds each.

An ice jam up s t r eam at QUic k about 25 mlles away was acon stant threat but was watched clos ely fr om helicopter byDistrict Offici al s.

OWing to the excell ent co-operati on of the adjacent dist ricts2

Powder being lowered from hovering helicopter to blast theice j am in the Bulkley R iver. M ike Ha nchar and DaveHawe fus ed the powder in plastic bags and the KamloopsDistrict Powder man, Vern Kingsley.. with the help of PrinceGeorge Regio na l Maintenance Engineer Pat Carr placedthe powder under the ice from the helicopter.

and private suppli ers all mat erials required arrived at br idgesite Monda y night, April l l th, Work on the false work of thene w br idge was started Wednesday morning, Apr il 14th. Thenorth s ide of the bridge was under the di r ection of DeanBarlow, Prince Goerge Bridge Foreman , with crews fro mPrince George and Burns Lake. The south side of the bridgewas under the direction of Roy Sabey, Br idge Foreman atSmith ers , with crew from Terrace . Upon com pletion ofpie rs on Apr il 19th the Bail ey Bridge, 190 feet of tr iples ingle , was erected on the south s ide of the r iver under thedirection of Art Olson of Terrace. T he Bail ey Br idge waslaun ched from the so uth side on Wednesday morning, Apr il20th. The last 100 fee t was put on in section fro m the nor thside.

Th e bridge was open to traffic on Th ursday night at8:30, April 21st. During thi s entire per iod br idge cr ewsworked from 6:00 a.rn, to 8:00 p.rn, and ro ad cr ews on thedetour route 24 hours a day. The whole operation was plaguedwith fr eez ing temperatures which dropped to 2 deg r ees aboveon Apr ll 10th along with snow and high winds .

Cover photo-destruction ofBulkley R iver Bridge- SmitheT'8 .

Minister's MessageVolume 3

THE ROAD·RUNNER

June, 1966 Number 2

We don 't usually siTllIle out any particuUu district or groupwhen passing on bouquets but we like to think the job atSmiths was more typical than exceptional. We have had anumber of comments from the trauelling public, and inparticular res idents of the area, expressing their apprecia­tion for the work done by crews and of{icialB in Region Fourand the Smithers dis tric t in gettiTllI a detour road in shapewithin a few hours and a Bailey bridge into place within afew days after ice had knocked out the old bridge. We haverecently had another one at Vancouver when an unladenbarge took out a 150 foot truss in the old Fraser bridge.Again crews and officials pitched in and had a temporaryBailey span in operation in 4 days . These operations are notour most rewarding work but they are among the mostimportant.

Bulkley Bridge (Cont.)

Bailey Bridge being pushed across the open span of waterafter ice took out 290 feet of the Bulkley Bridge at Smithers.

Published Quarterly by

Department of Highways-British Columbia1690 Main St., North Vancouver

Ray Baines-Executive EditorArthur J . Schindel-Editor

Associate Field EditorsPaul Connor North VancouverAdam Kloster North VancouverDave Wardell BUrnsideJ. W. Morris NanaimoR. G. Mulcaster CourtenayEgon Willig Bridge MaintenanceAlex Caldwell North VancouverUoyd Burgees New WestminsterG. M. Vance ChilliwackDon MacSween KamloopsMurray Ramsay Salmon ArmDaveBo~ Reve~tokeAl Desimore VernonFred Evana KelownaPete Fuoco PentictonH. R. Walker MerrittDave Roberts LillooetDorothy Wilkins Grand ForksP. Flood RosslandBill Higgins NelsonFred Angrignon New DenverIrene Labelle .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CrestonS. J . Togneia CranbrookSam Caravetta FernieJohn Edgar GoldenBill Ingram VictoriaSteve Sviatko SmithersC. Bartsch Pouce CoupeE. A. Beaumont Prince GeorgePat Tondevold Fort St. JohnPat O'Toole , .TerraceAI Park Prince GeorgeS. Price Prince GeorgeGeorge Harper QuesnelGeorge Kent VanderhoofPat Dunn _ Buns LakeRoger McKeown Prince Rupert

Words of WisdomThere are two days in eve ry week about which it is use­

less to worry.One is yesterday with its mistakes and cares, its faults

and blunders.The other is tomorrow. It too, is beyond our control.

Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendour or behind amask of clouds - but it will r ise.

That leaves toda y and usually our present trials areeasier to bear than remorse for what happened yes terday,or dr ead of what tomorrow may bring. Let us, therefore,journey but one da y at a time.

Anon.

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Morley C. Hyatt, foreman at Ka slo,at. the controls of a 'p uii grader in usemany years ago.

Peek Into the Past

A bout 25 years ago at departmental garage, N ew Denver. Shown, right, JohnTaylor, General foreman, Kas lo-Siocan District, now deceased. The others are,left to right, Resident Engineer, Ross Workman, now Records and EstimatesEngineer, Victoria; J . McDonald and E . Jameison.

J im Horswell, Engineering A ide at Pouce Coupe, poses onan old 'belly dump" gravel wagon. He couldn't find a unitnumber on it but maybe it was stamped on the horses.

Armand DeLisle, Charlie Kingsley in 1930 Chevrolet truckworking on No .3 Southern Transprooincial Highway justEast of Bridesoille..4

Road building in the Fernie District in 1929, Benny Lasalleformer mechanic foreman at Fernie and now with the De­partment of Commerciai Transport is operating the 30 Holtgas cat. Jack ThoTTUJ8 is on the pull grader.

A. DeLisle, Joe Pringle, Dan Blythe, Ernest Ki ngsley onhighway near Rock Creek Canyon in 1930.

* * *The Cariboo Observer reported this item 40 years ago:

"A power grader, the firs t of it s kind seen in that districtarrived ther e on Tuesda y for the depa rtment of public wor ks,and was placed at wor k on the main Cariboo Road, be twe erthe Rancherie and Dog Prai r ie . Floyd Vernon was in charge.

Pack train nortb of Fort St. James, heading for the Germansen Landi1llI area in the late 1920's.

Caption on this picture from the Provincial Archives refers t o this as "17·Mile Bluff-Caribou Road." Remarkably sharpphoto was taken nearly 100 years ago before the railway m oved in and displaced many sections of the original Cari booRoad through the Fraser Canyon.

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Left to right, Jack Cummer, Vern Poustie, George McArdon.

JIM DODGE, Bridgeman 3, recentlyretired and received a presentationfrom the Merritt crew. The Merrittbranch of the Government Employees'Association also presented a wallet andan honorary membership to Jim for 18years of service.

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W. G. McLauchlin retired from theDepartment of Highways Patrol inMay. Bill began with the Patrol inApril 1958 and worked chiefly in theOak Street bridge and Deas Tunnelarea. For the past year he has beendoing stores and clerical work at theSecond Narrows Patrol Office.

JOHN H. SISSONS retired February28 after being on compensation for ayear as the result of a serious acci­dent on Highway 401. He and R. 01­hausen were in the rear of a hiredsanding truck during the severeweather in January, 1965 when theelevated box hit an overpass structurethrowing them to the pavement. At afarewell gathering in Cloverdale hewas presented with oil paints andeasel, and his wife, Mrs Sissons, reoceived a table la-mp. They will con­tinue to live at 864 Stayte Road,White Rock. He worked for the DeltaDistrict since July 1955.

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impulses bounce off the bottom and arepicked up by a receiver in the boatthat plots the wave impulse on a wetmoving tape. This information is com­piled and with special scales and in­struments is plotted on sounding plans.Jack Cum mer handles the crew andinstruments with Bruce Wilson as aide.Vern Poustie operates the boat andkeeps it on line. George McArdonruns the sounder. Contact with shoreis usually maintained by portable radioor, if distance is not too great, byhand signals.

The crew has been kept busy for thepast two years taking soundings of har­bors for the Ferry Authority's newwharves. They have just completedwork on the Kelsey Bay Terminal forthe Vancouver Island- Prince RupertFerry route.

A grid is established from stadiashots on shore and the crew then en­deavors to establish a profile of thebottom on a set line. This is done byan "Echo" sounder which sends electricimpulses from a "fish," immersed at aset elevation, to the bottom. These

Awre. Bruce WilBon, Jack Cummer. In boat, White HelTMy, Vern Po~ andGeorge McAroon.6

The New Westminster Sounding Crew headed by Jack Cum mer takes annualreadings of river bottoms to inspect for erosion at the many provincial bridges,such as Port Mann, Patullo and Trail or Nelson bridges. This information is alsoof assistance in the location of new bridges, such as Fort Steel or Canal Flats.

Department Takes to Boats forRiver I Lake and Sea Bottom Surveys

A r eception was held In Victoria onApr il 15th, 1966, for Jack P. Hague whoreti red on March21st, 1966, asDistrictEngineer at Burnside . Afte r dinner,Deputy Minis ter , H. T . Mlard presentedMr . Hague with a chaise lounge and abillfold on behalf of the Regional andHeadquar ter s Officials pres ent .

Mr . Mla rd spoke at some length onJ ack's long and varied career.

Jack was born In Winnipeg, Mani­toba, and attended school ther e. Dur­ing the period of 1923 to 1941 he wasa resident engi neer for the CanadianPa ci fic Railway, the Manito ba High­wa ys Depa r tm ent and the Departmentof Tr anspor t. From 1941 to 1947 Jackserved In the Royal Canadian En­gineer s where he was pr omoted to theposition of Major. He first co m­menced with the Department in July1947 and served as District Enginee rat New Westminster, Cranbrook, and asDivisi onal Engineer at Willi ams Lake.Late r , he was t r ansfer r ed to Victoriaa nd assumed the position of SeniorMaintenance Enginee r and later SeniorLocation Enginee r . In June 1959, Jackleft the Depa r tment and worked for theFederal Government as a consult ingengineer in cha r ge of Trans CanadaHighway cons t ruction at Revelstoke.In J uly 1962, he returned to theDepartment as District Enginee r forEsqulmalt and Saanich districts whichhe held until his r e ti r e ment In March.

Ea r lier, another pr es entation washeld at Langford where he was pre­sented with an automatic 35mm cameraby the District Office Manager, D.N.J.Wardell, from all the e mployees of theDistri ct .

* * *PERCY BEACH r eti r ed Mar ch 31

after 17 years service. He started atCloverdale In 1949 with the Bridge Cr ewand came to the Vernon Districtin 1961and reti r ed as br ushing crew foreman.He has one son and two daughters, 10grandchil dren and two great grand­child r en.

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W.D. OGILVIE has r etired afte r 37year s service as Head Ferryman on theHarrop Ferry. • Bunt" Ogilvie startedwit h the Department on the fir st HarropFerry on July 1, 1929, sh own In thepicture tak en In 1930. A r etirem entparty was held for him on March 19at the P roctor Community Hall a ttendedby 75 fellow employees. Bunt waspresented with a reclining rocking chai rby District Enginee r Ray White. Belowis a r ecent picture of Bunt with his dog.

JOHN COVALCINE r etired In Cran­brook May 31, after havin g wor ked forthe Department since Fe hruar y 1949.

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HENRY B. DAVIES, powderman forthe Parksville Maintenance Crew re­tired June 8. Harry was first employedin the Sayward Vall ey In 1925. Heworked under Tom Glover on the ComoxDistrict Br idge Crew and then trans­fe r red to Parksville Maint enanc e. TheCornox Branch wish him the best of luckon his proposed trip to his birthplacein Wales .

A farewell luncheon was held at tilE'Rota ry Club in Hevelstoke for Res identEngineer BOB l\lc I:\NES who ret iredin May this yea r after completing 28yea rs sen-ice with the Department .Bob spe nt 20 yea r s of his service withthe Construction Branch and was wor k­Ing on the Mica Creek access road atthe time of his r etire ment. C. C. Weh­ster , Dir ector of Cons t r uctio n, is shownpresenting Bob with a scroll for me ri­torious se r vice .

A.W. KERR has retired fr om theDepa r tment of Highwa ys after 10 yearss e rvice as Br idge Foreman in OminecaWest District. He ha d wor ked partti me for the Department before startingpermanent se r vice . Mr. Kerr plans tosp end his r etirement fishing and tra­velling. Every one in Omineca Westwishes him a very happy r etirement.

* * *EMIL CARR, a member of the Lake

Cowichan Cr ew s ince 1952 retired inApril.

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Safety Stories Awards

J . R . Krushnishy, Regional Maintenance Superintendent,and H. D. Francis, Regional Safety Officer, presenting theGeneral Motors Products Award for the greatest annual re­duction of mechanical and vehicular accidents to JackLacey, chairman, Kamloops District Safety Committee.

R. W. Veitch, District Superintendent, presents Walt Caryk,Mechanic Foreman, Boston Bar, with bronze safety award.vince Adamski, Boston Bar Ma intenance Foreman alsoreceived a Bronze A ward in behalf 01 the Lytton and NorthBend Ferry crews.

Ed Arnston and Mel Callbreath ac­cepting safety a wards from DistrictSuperintendent , P. A . Tondevold. TheFort S t. John Sh op under MechanicalForeman Ed Arnston has operated61,142 man-hours without a time-lossaccident. This earned the crew abronze safety award. Mel Callbreathand h is maintenance crew at Tele­graph Creek earned a Gold SafetyA ward, (the first such award in theNorth Peace River and Atlin NorthDistricts) for their efforts in recording83,200 man-hours without a time-lossaccident.

H. Coupe , District Engineer, SalmonArm, presented Dave Day with a newpair of safety toed boots which wereawarded because he was wearingsafety footwear when an accidentoccurred. By wearing the requiredfootwear, he saved his foot fromserious injury. It is noted that theCeli sta Maintenance crew had beenwearing safety footwear for eightmonths prior to the January 1st dead­line.

Left to right: M. "' . Bernt, RoadMaintenance Foreman; G. R. Kent,District S up erin tendent; and J . M .Smith, Mechanic Foreman, Vander­hoof. Mr. Bernt and Mr. Smith areholding Bronze Safety A wards re­cently awarded to the vanderhoofRoad an d Garage Crews. The RoadCrew award represents eight monthsof accident-tree operation, while theGarage Crew award represen ts twoyears.

Resident Engineer, E . R . Long, right, presenting a bronzeSafety Award to the Esquimalt Bridge Foreman R . B. Hed­strom. Other members of the crew present are, left to right,M. J . Walker, D. S. B rown, J. J . Popadynec, M. Smith, H.P. Goodmanson and A . Johnston.8

A tailgate meeting is always a good idea before staring ona job Here, Foreman Frank Praill is briefing his crew be­fore they leave to construct a camp at Trout Creek . Thecrew are, left to right, Dick English, Boyd Kincaid, FredPailister, Ken English, Bruce Inglis and Frank.

Regional AwardsNorth Okanagon-Vernon Dewdney East-Chilliwack

The North Okanagan District was presented with the an­nual D. R. McLeod Memorial Award for the best safetyrecord in 1965 in Region two. The District encompassesEnderby, Lumby, Cherryville and \lemon. The District alsoplaced fifth out of 39 districts in t~ province, the Assistan:Deputy Minister, F. A. McLean, mforme~ the 135 NorthOkanagan District employees, guests and wwes who gather­ed in the National Hotel for the annual safety awarddinner. The photo shows the Assistant Deputy Minister andthe men who jointly accepted the trophy in behalf of theNorth Okanagan District. Left to right, Mr . F. A. McLean,Dave Edwards Vernon mechanical staff; Charlie Fisher,Vernon; Alfred Ray, Lumby; Roger Demers, Cherryville;Harvey Stenquist, Enderby; Charlie Hinman, VernonBridge crew

Left to right, Harry Francis, Kamloops; H. J. Kelsall,Grand Forks; J. E. Steven, Pouce Coupe; Alex Calduell,North Vancouver; Regional Salety Officers get together atthe annual B.C. Safety Council Convention in VancouverMarch 30 - April 1st. Note Department of Highways disp~y

in the background.

The Dewdney East-Chilliwack District was presented withthe award for the best safety record in Region One for 1965at a banquet held in the Canadian Legion Hall in Chilli­wack. The Assistant Deputy Minister F. A . McLean alsoinformed the employees that their district placed third outof 39 districts in the province. The photograph shows theAssistant Deputy Minister, the District Superintendent andthe men who accepted the trophy in behalf of the district.Left to right, back row, C. D. Johnson, Bridge Foreman;John Oliver, Mechanic Foreman; Mr . F. A. McLean, N. W.Wells, District Superintendent; W. Pullin, Mission; HenryKlassen, Office. Front row, left to right, P. A . · Hassard,Abbostford; Vince Franklin, Sign Foreman and Chairmanof Safety Committee; W. Cameron, Agassiz; Don MacCoU,Rosedale.

Headquarters Safety Award

F. A . McLean, Assistant Deputy Minister, left centre,presented a Bronze Saiety Ce':1!ficate to the ~ridge designsection and a Gold Salety Certificate to the bridge construc­tion section. of the bridge branch. A ccepti1ll! the certificateson behalf of the branch, are L. C. Johnson, left, Bridge De­sign E1II/ineer, J. A. Alton, right centre, Senior Bridge En­gineer and W. A. Bowman, right, Bridge Construction En­gineer. These are the first Safety Certificates awarded to aHeadquarters Branch.

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Transfers

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Fred Trueman has been transferredfrom Hazelton to the Smithers shopas Auto Mechanic. Fred's pastime isfishing and tell ing stories about it .

SuperintendentsOn the Move

BR UCE GILMOUR, form erl y Dis tr ic t Supe r inte ndent inChilliwack is now District Superintend ent of Bridge Main ­tenance In Nor th Vancouver.

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Distr ic t Supe r inte ndent BILL HELMSING has moved fromVernon to Mer ritt .

N. W. WELLS, Bridge Maintenance and P atrol Super in­t end ent In Nor th Vancouver is the new Dis t r ict Superintend­ent in Chilliwack .

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E. A. ST AITE, Dist rict Supe r inte nden t at Ros sland hasbeen transferred to Fernie.

Changes Involving ten District Supe r inte nden ts and Engi ­neers took place r ec entl y.

R. W. VEITCH , District Superintendent at Merritt hasbeen transferr ed to Burns Lak e.

Tom Taylor, Road Maintenance Fore­man 2, north shore Shuswap Lake.Transfer reported in March issue.

Regional Materials Engineer Mario Merlo, right, present­ing a farewell gift of an electric car ving knife to John andMaisie Brenner. John recently won a promotion to Engineering Aide 3 and has been transferred from Nelson to theBurnaby Testing Laboratory. The presentation was madeat a fareweil party held in the ir honor at the home of TonyBodnarchuk .

Do ug Fielder, A uto M echani c, hasbeen transferred fro m th e Ha zeltonshop to the Smithers shop. Doug'shobbies are repairing old steam en­gines and prospecting.

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R . P. Materi recently transferred to Nelson from Princeton.Mr. Materi is now Foreman of the Regional hydro .eedercrew .10

PAT DUNN, Dist r ict Superintendent in Burns Lake willbe movin g to Vernon.

* * *EARL LUND, Regional Mat erials Engtn eer, P r ince

George, is the new District Engin eer In Prince Rupert.

* * *ROGER McKEOWN ha s left Prince Rupert to take up his

duties as District Sup erintendent in Ros s land,

* * *R. M. BOSS, District Engineer, F ernie, has been trans­

ferred to Prince George.

* * *ALL AN F. PARK formerl y District Super intendent in

Prince George has moved to Burnstde s ucceeding Jack Haguewho r etired In Mar ch.

Miss Lynne Taber won through com ­petition the position of clerk-steno inthe Quesnel Distric t Office. Lynnecomes from New Westminster whereshe attended the commercial collegeafter graduation fr om the MapleRidge High School.

Bill Bates, Salt Spring Island is theproud owner of a new cruiser. B illwas recently promoted from Grade 2to Grade 3 Road Maintenance Fore­man.

Mike Fri sina recently uronthrougticompe tition the position of RoadMa intenance Foreman 2 in the Mer­ritt area. M ike was previously ReadMa intenance Foreman 1 at Cran­brook .

Promotions

Harry Haigh was recently promotedto Road Maintenace Foreman 3 atFernie. He began with the Dep art­ment in 1947 as Bridgeman and laterbecam e stockman and road mainten­ance foreman 1.

Ross Ellis has been reclassified fromEngineering Aide 3 to EngineeringAssistant. Ross has been with the De­partm ent 0/ Highways for 12 ye arsand has served at Merritt, Kamloops,Lillooet and Chilliwack for the pastfour years.

Dean Anderson, Engineering A ide 1,was promoted to Engineering Aide 2,in the N an aimo Office. Photograph.shows Dean holdi ng the leuei rod,Harby Grewal on the level and TomAorta on the p icke t.

Oliver King recentlypromoted to OfficeManager in the Salmon Arm Office.Oliver rep laces the la te Doug Dean .

DOYLE McNABB has been promotedfro m Senior Clerk to Officer Managerat the Pou ce Coupe Offic e. Dovla, withthe Departm ent s ince 19:;6, is ma r r iedand has two children.

HOW ARD GANNER has heen pro ­moted to Bridge For eman 3. lie hasbeen on br idge wor k s ince February,1948 and has bee n with the LillooetDistrict s ince 1951.

GLEN HUNTER of the Smithers sho phas recentl y been promoted from automechanic to heav y duty mechanic.

Safety (Cant.)

On Apr il 6th a well attended safetyrail y was held in the Lillooet Com­munity Hall . A sa fety shie ld, repre­s enting the greate s t one year red uc­tion in accidents , was pres ent ed to theLillooet District. Harry Franci s , Reg­Ional Safety Offic er; Ber t Dibhen,Reg ional Mechanical Superintendent;Ken Jackson, Accident Co-ordinator,Victoria; spoke on diff er ent as pectsof safety . Films were also shown.

A meeting was held February inNanaimo as a Safet y Workshop withrepres entatives from all c r ews in a t­tendance. Anumber of interesting film swere shown and Regional Safety OfficerAlec Caldwell outlined sa fe ty matt er s.Dis trict Superintendent John Morri scongratulated the enti r e Nanai mo Dis­trict Road Maintenance forces forreaching a Bronze on Gold equivale nton the Safe tv Program.

Murray Ramsay, Salmon Ar m Safe tyOfficer and Tom Churchill, chai r manof the Salmon Ar m Safet y Com mit tee,attended the first Safety Semina r heldin Region two at Allison Pass. Theyreported that it was a very Inter estingand worthwhile experience.

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Sports, Social ActivitiesGOLF TJURNAMENT

Ross Ellis of Chilliwack was the winner of the inauguralmatch 01 the Department of Highways New WestminsterGolf Tournament started at 12:00 TWon March 19th, atGreen Acres Golf Club. Others in the tournament were,[ront row, left to right, Jim Page , Ernie Shannon, TomTasaha, Glen Rowand, back row, left to right, Wayne Fiest,Ron Rowland, Jim lotilson, Bili A lexander, Jack Cummer,Ken Byrnes, Bert Larsen, Ross Ellis, Gordie Rowand. Asecond match held April 23, at the Meadowlands GolfCourse saw Gordon Vance win low net trophy and TexacoTrophy and Chilliwack won the team trophy.

SHOOTING TROPHY

A Department of Hig hways team became tthe first winnersof the Alex Frolek sho oti"ll trophy in a meet SundDy,March 6, at Kamloops. Gun Club's Palmer Gulch shootinggrounds. Nine teams competed under difficult conditions ina high wind. The winning team consisted of, back row, leftto right, J. B. Leighton, Robbie Jamieson, Dennis J ones,front row, Bob Jamieson, left, Ear; McLeod, right.12

VOLLEY BALL

Members of the Nelson Highway Dep artment uoliey ballteam , one of several in the Nelson Men 's League. Back row,left to right, R. G. White, H. Ronmarh, J . S. M. Drew, M.Renwick, l-V. D. Goddard, front row, C. ? Lipinski, J . M.Karasz, W. I. N. Higgins.

Nelson Location Branch Resident Engineer George Mussel·white relaxing on the beach with his son. Wonder il Georgereally kno ws how to play that gu itar?

Two ladies of whom the Salmon Arm District is justly proudare stenographers Wanda Jones, right, who recently wonth e best supporting actress award in -the \-ernon DramaFestival, and Agnes Rudeen who directed the play.

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Dean Anderson, Engineering Aide inthe Nanaimo Office was married re­cently to Dawn Armishaw,

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Rick Kirby, mechanic in the Nanai­rna workshop was married to N adineMacLean in January. The bride wasemployed in the Parliament B uild­ings, 'victoria .

Don McSween and Bo nalin L. Car­michael were married recen tly inKamloops. Don is the N umber 1 Ra­dio Operator in Region T wo and hispretty bride is a nurse at Royal In ­land Hospital. The pair were mar­ried by the groom's father, the Rever­end McSween, wh o wa s visiting inKamloops where he had been pastorof the Presbyterian ch urc h so meyears ago.

Department of Highways entry in theCreston Blossom Carnival held onMay 22 . This float dep icted theabom inable snowman and was madefrom real snow by members of thecrew stationed at the Salmo -CrestonSummit-F. Ryckman, B. Tona, R.Browell, and A . bucik,

Abominable Snowman

Ivan Morris and Shiriey Pattersonwere married by the Reverend How ­ard P. Collins in the Un ited Churchin Haney, B .C. Ivan has been withthe Department for 15 months work ­ing in North Vancouver with theBridge Maintenance grounds crew.

Lyle McNabb and Donna Major weremarried at the First Uni ted Churchin Dawson Creek May 14. Lyle worksas an Engineering .Aide for the De­partment of Highways at Po u c eCoupe and Donna is a stenographerwith the Lands Department.

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* * *MAUREEN LEMME RICK of the Al-

bern i staff is taking part in the dramain the Albern! Valley, She recently had.a leading part in a play presented bythe Masque Dramatic Society,

* * *ALEC BRAYDEN, road maintenance

fore man, Uecluelet, has been el ectedPres ident of the Canadian Legion, To­fino.

* * *LARRY STILLING, mechanic in theNanairno workshop and his famil y spentthe 'month of February in Hawaii.

Social Activities (Cont.)

Conva lescentsJ , A, RYCKMAN of Creston, has been

away on si ck leave since April 1st,r ecover ing from an operation on hishan d. F r iends and co-workers wishhi m a speedy r ecover y.

MRS. FERN BADHAM, Clerk in theP rince Geor ge Office has r ecentl y re­tu rned to work afte r two months sickleave, including th r ee weeks in thehosp ital,

M rs. Dorothy Wilkins, Cierk in theGr and Fork s office, plans to forgetbooks, typewriter and radio for fourweeks while touring England, Ire landand Scotland. Dot is on the charterflig h t to London sponsored by theBritish Columbia Govern ment Em­p loyees Association.

BILL BATES, road maintenance fore­man, Salt Spring Island and his bowlingtea m won the 1965 Legion Trophy.

RAY STEPHENSON , Office Manager inthe Quesnel District Office is holiday­ing in England. A Government Employ­ees' chartered fli ght took him to Londonwhere he will be visiting relatives andfriends. A combination bus and traintour will take him to Wales and Scot­land before he returns.

In the interim, Louis Johnson, notknowing what was happening had foundthe stolen loot and returned It to theyar d. The thieves, r eturning to theircache, found it gone. Then the roofcaved in - the pollee arrived and thethree CUlprits were put under arrestand taken to the Department of High­ways yard where the witnesses wereinterviewed and the evidence retrieved.The time - 7:30 a.m., a fast job, theresult of ci vili an- police co-operation.

An ea r ly morning break-in of theSalmon Ar m -Jersey Bar" was wit­nessed by Mr. McLennan on his wayto work at 7:15 a. rn., who notifiedMur r ay Ramsay and he informed thepolic e of the ro bbery. The escapingro bbers were also seen by Ray Pakka,

Department EmployeesAid Police

Left to rig ht, Murd. McLennan, RayPak k a, Murray Ramsay, Louis John­son.~Vhat Next?

Richard Kirby, Left, and MeL Payne,righ t, are p ictured with Russell GaL­Loway who captured injured eagle onIsland Highway. The bird Lived andand was turned over to the VictoriaBird Sanctuary.

The originaL" shed on Tex ada IsLand in contrast with the shed finish­ed this year.

Bird Catcher

Before & After

Road Maintenance Foreman VicMorrison (on Loader) and MechanicForeman BiLL Kimble, both of PrinceRupert, are somewhat confused­they wonder if the Loader couLd ha veshrunk during shipment. Actually itbelongs to the Department of PublicWorks and performs many usefultasks around the C 0 u I' tHo u s egrounds

Th e above p icture shows the DuncanSafety Device de veLoped in the Sal­mon Arm Shop by Doug Duncan, abLacksmith with the shop crew at thetime. The de vice has been installedon-aLL trucks since 1956.

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Duncan Safety Device

IdeasSafety Scaffold

The Salt Spring IsLand crew has re­ceived considerable fa vorabLe com­ment regarding the safety scaffoldthey have built for falling overheadbranches. The unit was designed andbuilt by Road Maintenance ForemanB ill Bates and me chanic ChariesBuckley.

This is how George Mercs, Engineer­ing Aide at Revelstoke made theRoad R unner. Some people play hardto get, so naturally the photographerhas to take drastic steps, even onGeorge 's t a ble , to get res ults . Bornan d bred in Revelstoke he claimsthere is no place lik e it. This remarkdraws various comments, particularlyduring the winter. George's passionsare hunting, gardening (he is knownas the J olly Green Giant of Revel­stoke) and dr iving a v olks wagen.

Left to right, Dave Sicotte, Val Roth,Don McLennan- all members of a lo­cation party working on the YohoCanyon Project.

About People

Mrs. Masuko (M ary) Hig an o, clerktyp ist in the Re uelstohe Dis tric t Of­fice, is obvio usly not fro m Texas .Petite, Mary is only 4'6" tall evenwith her sh oes on. Th is presentsminor difficulties such as filing in thetop dra wer of the filing cabi net andmaking tea on a th ree foot table.Mary is a very charming p erson, ishappily married and has th ree chil­dren.Bilinguaiism seems to be th e fas hiontoday, but th is presents no problem toMary who has been bilingual all herlife . v arious delegations from Japanhave been very fortunate in securingher services as interpreter and host­ess du ring their vis its to Revelstoke.Mary's Centenial project - to build acounter which she can see over !

R egion Three Location Branch En­gineer Ted Floren.

Dick Mathews, Quinto Maida, DennisPu rdy, left to right, members of theCons truction Branch crew worki ngon the Kinnaird Interchange.

Pete Methuen (car 6(0) hard at workma intaining radio communication inRegion three. Pete has been attachedto the Department for over two andone hal f years. He is married andhas four children.

Ray GOUl d, L. Buskey and DaleCooper on th e Paldi Project, LakeCowichan Road.

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Bridges On The Job

The East Kelowna Bridge acTOSS Mission Creek was burned by vandals on May10. Left picture, deck damage, showing cans used to carry creosote and keroseneto set the blaze. Right picture, underside of bridge, damage to needle beam, swaybrace and decking. The bridge has been completely repaired in quick time bybridge Foreman Lloyd Batie and his combined Kelouina -Penticton. bridge crew.

Esquimalt bridge crew hard at workdecking the new Uglow Bridge onthe West Coast Road.

Mamquam Blind Channel bridge, Squamish, being demol­ished. Part of new bridge can be seen on the right side ofpicture.

New bridge at Kaslo nearing completion. Pictured at workare W. ",elch, R . Hopp, and E. Klein cf the Kaslo-SlocanBridge crew.

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L. Newsham, foreman at Port Hardy,Btanding in front of 95·foot fir brid8estringers measuring lour and one hallteet at the tip.16

A. Caesagrande, Road MaintenanceForeman, Duncan, looking over aslide on Riverbottom Road. This slidewas successfully repaired.

Charlie boyden, graderman on theDuncan crew at work in his machineon the Lake Cowichan Road.

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