THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OCTOBER 1973

RunnerPUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 10, NUMBER 4

FLOATING BRIDGE REPAVEDThe Okanagan Lake Bridge, the floating bridge at

Kelowna, was repaved in June this year. It wasoriginally paved with a special sandmix in 1958 .This pavement had gradually worn through in severalplaces and the decision was made to strip off the re­maining sandmix and replace it with new material.

Kelowna District did the stripping of the old mix,using two graders with modified teeth. The workturned out to be harder and took longer than ex­pected. After the removal of the old mix, pavingoperations began . A sand mix design, similar to theoriginal, was produced and laid in four days by acontractor. The major problem at this time was theheavy volume of traffiic.

The accompanying photographs show just howlimited space was. On the two bridge-span sectionstraffic had to be run on the hot mats to prevent longtraffic back-ups. In the method of operation a sec­tion was

(a) lightly tack coated with an asphalt emul­sion,

(b) paved with the sandmix to a depth of be­tween one-half to three-quarter inches,

(c) rolled.Then the process was repeated in the middle

lane with traffic moving at times both ways and oc­casionally on a single lane . This way, traffic delaywas held to a minimum.

The project supervisor for this work was PatMcFarlane, Engineering Assistant, and the road in­spectors were Bert Dodds and Byron Neufield . Theplant was under the control of Bernie Haddock, withDwayne Brennan, Ric Garner, and Craig Thompsondoing the actual testing. Ron Stratton and WayneDawson handled the laboratory duties .

Bert Dodds checking temperature and finish.

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COVER PHOTO

River-level shot o f new Mission Bridge op ened in Jun e showsdistin ctive inverted "A " piers. Structure is 1,500 fee t downstreamfrom the old railway brid ge. O ver-all length of the brid ge is3,694 fe et and it is 70 feet above high wat er .

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THE ROAD RUNNER

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur 1. Schindel, Editor

Published Quarterly by the

British Columbia Department of Highw aysVictoria, Briti sh Columbia

Volume 10

Associate Field Editors

W. S. Boughey Vict ori aBill Ingram VictoriaHerb Gutteridge Regional Electrical CrewL. Q. Fong Ce ntreline Marking, Cloverda leBruce Robertson Burn sideJ. W. Morris NanaimoMike Butler Cour tenay

George Cooper .Patrol, North VancouverEllis Meads Dock DistrictLloyd Burgess New WestminsterEdna Hodgson McBrideJim Ferrier ---------------- KamloopsEdie Smith -------------- Williams LakeMurray Ramsay ---------- Salmon ArmM. J. Newlands --- RevelstokeAl Desimone VernonR. J. Martin KelownaJ. W. Zaporozan PentictonJim Chenoweth MerrittDave Roberts ---------------- LillooetDorothy Wilkins -- . Grand ForksA. Dyson ---------------- RosslandS. J. Dixey ------------------------------ NelsonShirley Verigin New DenverFred Ryckman .. CrestonN. K. Mol ander CranbrookSam Caravetta ..FernieJ . W. Hickmott GoldenFrances Martin .SmithersJ. B. A. Hecker Pouce CoupeHomer Good Fort SI. JohnHarman Del yea TerraceShirley Hrechka Prince GeorgeJack Doddridge Prince GeorgeWayne Chappell Que snelBrian Hunter .. Vanderhoof

1. R. Peterson Burn s Lak eW. R. Ball Prince Rupert

Sin ce my last message toyo u in thi s publication , I liavelearn ed and seen a gre at dealabout the o perations of ourD epartment.

My week -long trip acrossthe North not only impressedm e with th e immense 'beautyand grande ur of that portionof th e Pro vin ce, but also withth e eno rmous and complextask of building and maintain­ing 0 111' high way system.

I m et with many D epart­m ent em ployees on that trip,

and I wo uld lik e to ex ten d m y co m menda tion for th eexcellent work th at is being do ne in SIIch a vas t and d iffi­cult terrain .

In say ing this, I do not m ean to forge t th e rest of th ePro vin ce. A s tim e perm its, I hop e to be able to ge t outto all the region s to m eet as m an y peo ple as possible, andto see first -ha nd the co ndit ions under which yo u live awlwork.

GRAHAM R. LEAMinister

Left to right , Barry Perepclkin , G err y G erow , and John Mac­Lean of the Con struction Bran ch su rve y crew on Proj ect 2482,curb and glit te r improv em ent s on Point Rob erts R oad, fro m 18thAvenue to 8A Avenu e in Tsawwassen V illage, D elta.

Left to right, Road Maintenance Foreman Joe Pabin , Fla g GirlLinda N elson, and Graderman Pete H yra of th e New W estminsterDistrict H ighways Di stri ct , Delta West cre w, on th e Vancou ver­Blaine Highway and Ladner Int erchange impro vement project.

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A. L. (SCOTTY)FREEBAIRN recentlywon through competi­tion the position ofDistrict Engineer,Kamloops. Scottystarted with the De­partment in 1951 as

Resident Engineer with the PavingBranch. He has been District Engineerat both Burnside and Nelson , moving toKelowna in 1961. Scotty is married andhas two children. His hobbies are fishingand golf.

The Department would like to welcometo the Headquarters P e rso nne I office ,MRS. CAROL JOHN, who won throughcompetition the Clerk 4 vacancy resultingfrom Mrs. Saxon's early retirement.Carol started her Government service in1971 with the Civil Service Commissionoffice. She is an avid bridge-player a ndoften joins her friends at the Commissionin a game during the lunch hour.

P. J. DUNCAN has been appointedPainter, Dock District, New Westminster.He was formerly Painter, North Vancou­ver District.

G . D . ANDERSON has been appointedCarpenter, Dock District, New Westmin­ster. He was formerly Machine Oper­ator 3, Nanaimo District.

L. A. McDONALD has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Burnaby. He wa sformerly Engineering Aide 2, Burnaby .

H. J . TREM BLA Y has been appointedMechanic 3 (Welder) , Burns Lake. Hewas formerly Mechanic I, Fort St. JohnDistrict.

H. F . WOLF has been appointed Engi­neering Aide 3, Prince George. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2, McBrideDistrict.

R . B. BRUNE has been appointed (Act­ing) Centreline Foreman, Cloverdale,New Westminster District. He was for­merly Machine Operator I (CentrelineMarking), Cloverdale, New WestminsterDistrict.

H . C. DELYEA has been appointedTechnician I, Terrace. He was formerlyEngineering Assistant , Fernie,

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PROMOTIONSGEORGE KAZA­

KOFF recently wonthrough competitionthe position of Region­al Maintenance Me­thods Technician inKamloops. He startedwith the Department

a t Prince George in 1960 , then moved to100 Mile House in 1967 and to New Den­ver in 1971, holding various positions ofincreasing responsibility. George is mar­ried and has two sons. He enjoys boat­ing during his spare time.

V. E. BARRETT has been appointedRoad Foreman 3 (Driver Trainee), PrinceGeorge. He was formerly Machine Oper­ator 2, Nanaimo.

J . A. McCLEAN has been appointedRoad Foreman 2, Vernon, He was for­merly Machine Operator 3, Burnside.

C. L. ARLINT has been appointedBridgeman 3, Dock District, New West­minster. He was formerly Bridgeman 2,Courtenay.

1. A. McCABE has been appointedBridgeman 3, Dock District, Courtenay,He was formerly Bridgeman 2, Courte­nay .

R . F . LINES has been appointed RoadForeman 3 (Driver Trainee), Nelson .He wa s formerly Road Foreman 2 (tem­porary ), Revelstoke.

R. E . HAROLD has been appointedRoad Foreman 2, North Vancouver. Hewas formerl y Road Foreman I, NorthVancouver.

S. G. JOHNSON has been appointedAssistant Mechanic Foreman, Revelstoke .He was formerly Mechanic 2, Squamish.

P. L. McCULLOCH has been ap­pointed Road Foreman 2, Lake Cow­ichan. He was formerly Road ForemanI (temporary), North Vancouver Di s­trict.

G . H . MEIER has been appointed En ­gineering Aide 3, North Vancouver. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 2, NorthVancouver.

LLOYD FOWLER,chief of the NanaimoDistrict survey crew,has just been promotedfrom Engineering Aide2 to Engineering Aide3. Lloyd enjoys sal­mon-fishing and has

invented a set of tackle for deep fishing.

K. L. McCUAIG has been appointedMech anic 3, Squamish. He was formerlyMechanic 2, North Vancouver.

HENRY MEERMAN has been ap­pointed Mechanic 8, Prince George. Hewas formerly Mechanic 7, North Van­couver.

M. J . WOODCOCK has been ap­pointed Engineering Aide 3, Kamloops.He was formerly Engineering Aide 2,Nanaimo.

B. E . NIEHAUS has been appointedTechnician I, Merritt. He was formerlyEngineering Assistant, Quesnel.

S. J. SUMMERS has been appointedTechnician I, Merritt. He was formerlyRo ad Foreman I (temporary), Courte­nay.

R. G . HYDAMACKA has been ap­pointed Bridgeman 2, Prince George . Hewas formerly Bridgeman I, Quesnel.

R. C. THOMPSON has won throughcompetition the position of Servicemanin the Pouce Coupe District.

G. JACOBSON, Machine Operator 3.Pouce Coupe District, has won throughcompetition the position of MachineOperator 7 in the Pouce Coupe District.

R. E. (ROSS) ROBERTSON fromRevelstoke was the successful applicantfor Assistant Mechanical Foreman atPouce Coupe.

NEW FACES IN NEW PLACESJOHN GERHARDT,

Road MaintenanceForeman, transferredfrom Crawford Bay toBlue River last springafter winning the com­petition for Road Fore­man 3. John started

with the Department in Victoria in 1956and has been Road Foreman at CrawfordBay since 1969. His favourite pastimesare fishing and bowling. He is marriedand has two daughters.

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S. M. WHEELDON, Mechanic's Help­er, Terrace, has been appointed MechanicI, Pouce Coupe.

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A. W. (AL) SLA­TER recently wonthrough competitionthe position of Region­al Construction Engi­neer in Kamloops. Hehas just returned fromTanzania, where he

was an adviser to the Government onhighway construction for the last twoyears. Prior to that, Al was a publicadviser to the Government of Ugandafrom 1965-70. Both of these positionswere under the auspices of the CanadianInternational Development Agency. Alwas District Engineer with the Depart­ment in Quesnel from 1961-63 and Re­gional Maintenance Engineer in Kamloopsfrom 1963-65. He is married with onedaughter and his hobbies are golf, curl­ing, and coin collecting.

STAN GLADYSZand his wife Margewere honoured by theirFort St. John friendsin the Highways De­partment at a dinnerand dance June 23prior to his transfer to

Dease Lake as Technician in charge ofthe Atlin North portion of the Fort St.John Highway District. Stan started withthe Department in 1960 as an EngineeringAide and has been in the district sincethat time. He has a large farm in thearea and has retained this, intending toreuvn at some future date. Both Stanand Marge are looking forward to thechallenges of life farther north.

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JOHN EDWARDS.Stockman, transferredfrom the Prince Ru­pert District to the

- Terrace District inJune 1973. John beganwith the Department

_ , - • on January I, 1964.His hobbies are camping and fishing.

FRANK PRAILL transferred fromRevelstoke District in August 1973 tobecome Road Foreman 4 in the NewDenver District. Frank joins the commu­nity with his wife.

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JOHN P. CLARKwon the position ofEngineering Assistantin Fort St. John andtransferred from thePrince George office inMarch. He began hiscareer with the Depart­ment in Prince George in 1967 with theLocation Branch. He is married with onedaughter and his hobbies are carpentryand mechanics.

E . BROAD, Ma­chine Operator 7,Pouce Coupe District,has transferred toStewart in the PrinceRupert District.

R. J. (BOB) PETCHrecently transferred tothe Sign Maintenanceposition in McBrideHighway District afternearly 23 years asRoad Foreman at BlueRiver. Bob joined theDepartment in 1949 and has seen the Yel­lowhead South Highway 5 grow from awagon trail to a modern highway, withthe Blue River crew responsible for main­tenance from Albreda south to Me­Murphy. Bob is married and has fourchildren. As his spare-time interest, Bobhas built four houses in Blue River, in­cluding his present home on Lake Elea­nor. Often called the "Mayor" of BlueRiver, Bob still lives there, though heworks out of Tete Jaune.

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MISS LINDA RID­LEY is a recent charm­ing addition to theHeadquarters TrafficBranch staff as a Typ­ist. Linda was formerlywith Highways Ac­counts, where sheworked for one year. Her hobbies includeher sports car, painting, ski-ing, andswimming.

Successful candidatein a recent competitionfor District Technicianin Fort St. John wasDON HUTTON, whowas transferred fromTerrace District. Donstarted with the De­

partment in 1956 with the LocationBranch. He is married and has two chil­dren. His hobbies are hunting and fishing.

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MRS . B. BABAKAIFF, New Denver,recently won through competition the po­sition of Clerk 3. Bobby came to us fromVancouver. She enjoys sewing, basket­ball, and tending her family .

H. 1. TREMBLAY, Mechanic I, hastransferred from Pouce Coupe to BurnsLake.

PROMOTIONS(continued)

K. GRAHAM, after one year as aYardman 2, has won through competitionthe position of Sign Maintenance Man atNew Denver.

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W. GEBHART, Labourer, POlice CoupeDistrict, has won through competition theposition of Yardman I, Pouce CoupeDistrict.

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O. T. (OLIVER) KING, District OfficeManager in Kamloops, has transferred toBurnaby as Regional Office Manager forRegion I.

M. W. EMPSON, Mechanic 3, Chet­wynd, has been reclassified as Mechanic4, Chetwynd. Mel has been with the De­partment at Chetwynd since 1964.

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W. JERVIS, New Denver, recently wonthrough competition the position of Yard­man 2. He plans to settle here with hiswife and he enjoys hunting and fishingduring his leisure hours.

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ABOUT PEOPLE

The Quadra Island road maintenancecrell', Courtenay District, pause to posefo r the R R cameraman. Left to righ t, R .Dudley Richards, Machine Operator; II.Bud Loyst, Machine Operator; Cecil J.Smith, Road Maintenance Foreman: A lex.J. Mercier, Machine Operator . . Missingfrom photograph, Wilf H. Cooper, Ma­chine Operator.

Three members of the Courtenay Dis­trict outside crews, left to right , Jim A .Ti ernv, Foreman of the patching crewsince 1966; Alex. J. Hanson , Machin eOperator on Denman Island; and CliffeGrieve, Road Maintenance Foreman onDenman Island since 1970.

LANCE ROSSI-TER, Yardman in theTerrace District, hasbeen with the Depart­.........,;.aII. ment since 1958. Lancewas born in Surrey,England, and came toCanada in 1925. He

takes pride in having one of the best coincollections in the North and raising prizebegonias. He is a member of the Ameri­can Begonia Society. Lance was secretaryof the first organized safety committee,held April 3, 1959.

Labourer PHILL C.THORNE, CourtenayDistrict, has workedfor the Departmentsince 1968. Phill en­joys his new - foundhobby, salmon-fishing.

GO R D OLSON,T ruck-driver on Las­queti Island, NanaimoD istrict, began withthe Department in1971. His hobbies arehunting and fishing.

ERIC NICHOLS,R o ad MaintenanceForeman I, LasquetiIsland, Nanaimo Dis­trict, has been withthe Department since1947. He started withthe Department as

Truck-driver and has operated a graderand loader before becoming Foreman onthe island.

W. C. " BILL"GAZE, Senior RoadMaintenance Foreman,has been Road Fore­man in the CourtenayDistrict since 1948.His hobbies are hu nt­ing, fishing, and disap­pearing to his cabi n on Quadra Island.

MELVIN JONS-SON, Plant Foremanon cone crusher, Na­naimo District, beganwith the Department41/2 years ago asTruck-driver. He wasPlant Operator for 11;2years, Tractor Operator for the crusher11/2 years, and was promoted to ForemanI year ago . He is married with two chil­dren. His hobbies are canoeing and land­scaping his new home.

The crew on the cone crusher, NanaimoDis trict , left to right , Ray Maclronald ,Loader Operator; Ernie Tokaryk, PlantOperator; Melvin Jonsson, Plant Fore­man; and Cecil Kennedy, Plant Operator.

A surprise dinnerand presentation, puton by the Region 1mixing plant crew,marked 25 years' ser ­vice for Plant Fore­man HOWARD GOW­LE R. He began work

for the Department at Cassidy in 1948and in the intervening years has workedin Cranbrook, Kamloops, Nelson, andmany other parts of the Provi nce.

GEORGE A. COW­IE has been RoadForeman on HornbyIsland, Courtenay Dis­trict, since 1952. Hehas seen the islandferry service growfrom a small passenger

boat to a 16-car ferry . Summer traffic isvery heavy because of the extensive devel­opment.

TOM MOSSEY,Yardman in the Cour­tenay D istrict, beganwork with the Depart­ment in 1964. H e hadpreviously worked forthe coal mines in theCumberland area for36 years. Tom enjoys fishing in the sum ­mer and the cribbage league in the winter.

C. A. (CHUCK)ARNOLD, CourtenayBridge Foreman since1966, began with theDepartment in Merrittin 1948. He was trans­ferrey to Hope in 1960and promoted to RoadMaintenance Foreman when he was trans­ferred to Bowen Island, North VancouverDistrict, in 1963. The following year hewent to Squarnish. He enjoys fishing andhorseback riding.

C. J. (CEC) SMITH,Road MaintenanceForeman on QuadraIsland, Courtenay Dis­trict, started with theDepartment in 1953 inthe Lillooet area. Hewas transferred to Port

Hardy and promoted to Road Mainte­nance Foreman in 1966.

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RON THATCHER.Machine Operator onthe Parksville crew ,Nanaimo District, ismarried with one child .Ron and his wife havebeen using their gift ofmusic and singing in

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SEYMER YOUNGjoined the Departmentin June 1971 as anEngineer - in -Trainingand was recently ap­pointed Regional Main­tenance Methods Engi­neer for Region 2.

Seymer is single and off the job he cangenerally . be found golfing, ski-ing, trapshooting, or curling.

PAT L. LAU­RENCE, Clerk in theCourtenay office, com­pleted high school atG. P. Vanier School inCourtenay and afterspending 10 days inthe office last spring aspart of on-site training joined the staff forthe summer.

DONALD I. F.MAcSWEEN, PropertyNegotiator in BurnabyRegional Office, hasleft the Department towork for the City ofKamloops. Don began ..with the Departmentin 1962, transferring from the Land Reg­istry Office. His work in the PropertyNegotiator's Branch took him to PrinceGeorge, North Vancouver, Smithers, andBurnaby. Don is married and has twochildren. His hobby is photography.

JENNIFER BISHOPcame to the Headquar­ters Planning Branch inNovember as a Clerk.She is with the Sys­tems Planning Section ,assisting in the collec­tion of data for incor­

poration into the inventory. Her hobbiesare bowling and playing bridge. Jen­nifer recently became engaged.

Left to right , T. K eith W indsor , SeniorCaptain ; Leo J. Sa voie, Deck Hand; Ron­ald J. Graham , Sh ift Captain; and Har oldV . St evens , Mate Pur ser , are some of th ecre w of th e Albert 1. Savoie , the HornbyIsland ferry which operat es betweenHornby and D eman Islands.

Three of the 150 em ployees hired underth e Summer Employment Programme inth e Fort St. John District, left to right,Cecile Martel, H eath er Logan , and LindaLundin. Along with several others, th esegirls help alit ill the office while their fel­low SEPers paint bridges, sheds, andshops , ma intain culve rts, or slash brushall the right-of-way ami clean up yards.Roland Bremner, form erly with the Terri­torial Government, is in charge of theprogramme. H e reports that the districthad a great group of young people.

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Nanaimo District survey crew, left toright, Mike Woodcock, Lloyd Fowler(crew chief), Rick Kirby, and Ray Degraff.

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MISS BRIDGETPERROT, Clerk 2,Kelowna District of­fice, is an exuberantmember of the staff.She comes to the De­partment from Eng­land.

MISS MAUREENSKELLY, Clerk-TypistI, a newcomer to theKelowna Distri ct officestaff, spends time onthe beach at Okan aganLake to get her goodtan .

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A. H. CALLAHAN,Road MaintenanceForeman 2, PouceCoupe District, startedwith the Departmentin 1959. He attainedhis present positionthrough competition in1969. Bert and his wife, Charlotte, havethree children. His interests are horses,hunting, and curling.

SHIRLEY Mc-ADAM has returnedto the Fort SI. JohnDistrict office as thesuccessful candidate forthe timekeeper's posi­tion. She ha s spentmost of the past three

years in the Okanagan, but found employ­ment opportunities more plentiful in theNorth. Her hobbies are camping andcooking.

MRS . SHIRLEYDYE joined the staffof the H eadquartersServices Branch inJune as Clerk -Typist.Shirley's hobbies in­clude tennis, swim­ming , and other out­door activities.

BOB PEACOCK,Engineering Aide 2,sta rted with the De­partment in the Van­derhoof District lastJanuary. Bob, whocomes from Ontario, isone of the bright spotson the local hockey team. ,.,

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Tal/ring in style about 1930 in Kootenay National Park . A bove, Vermilion Riveron Banfj-Windermere Highway and, below, a section of Sinclair Creek . Car is a 1929Packard, one of fleet available for hire in those days at Banfj for tours. Top right ,[amous Sinclair Canyon near Radium and , bottom right, a shot of the canyon taken lastyear from a slightly different position. Notice trees on the blufj in the middle back­ground in earlier picture, same trees in later shot, some 40 years older.

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En gineering crew on the John Hart-Peace River Highway inJune 1949 at Camp 7, A zourettu Lake. Picture was supplied byFrank Clapp, Headquarters Lands SUI"I'ey Officer , in the picturesecond from th e right. Oth ers , left to right, are George Sloan,Glen Gillies; Frank Rawson; Pat Wilde, still with Construction

Bran ch as a Project Supervisor; Jack Shaw; Sew ell Nason; Mi keCh orn yo psk y; Carl Shaw, now District Superint end ent at Golden;Frank Smith ; Jack Welch (holding kitten) ; Percy Brinkman;Frank; and W . R. Martin .

Fraser Canyon picture is marked "Entrance to Nine Mile Creek Basin" and is thought to have been taken ill the early 20 's.

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ABOUT PEOPLE"Extracurricular"

Activities

JACK McMILLAN,Grader Operator inParksville, N anaimoDistrict, is marriedwith five children .Jack is a member ofthe volunteer fire de­partment.

ALLEN G. WATER­MAN, Machine Oper­ator in the CourtenayDistrict, began his em­ployment with the De­partment in that dis­trict in the survey crewin 1959.

R. Bob Burns is Senior Captain of theHighways ferry Cortes Queen. Bobstarted with the Ferry Service in 1966 onthe Quadra Island ferry run and moved tothe Cortes Island ferry when the CortesQueen was pili into service.

Kim Reynolds, Regional Electrician,Prince George, started working for theDepartment in February 1972. He doesall the electrical work for Region 4. Heis married and has three children.

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ED PETERSON, Machine Operator7, Lillooet District at Clinton, recentlyhad the misfortune to lose his housein a fire. A collection was taken upfor Ed and his family to help tide himover until he can get back on his feet.

Another newcomer to the Headquar­ters Personnel office is MRS. CHRIS­TINE BENN, Clerk-Stenographer 2, whohails from London, England, but hasmade her home in Canada for the lastthree and one-half years. Chris' hobbiesare table tennis and hiking.

WEDDING

Marie M. Jacques and Bruce Fischlwere married at Marysville on July 7,1973 . Marie is a Clerk-Stenographer inthe Highways District office in Cranbrook,

DIETER GRANER and EDNA RE­BALKIN were married June 30, 1973, inKnox United Church in Terrace. Dieteris a Machine Operator in the Terrace Dis­trict. They will be living in Terrace.

Earl Lund, District Engineer, Burnside,takes a last look around with the new pairof binoculars presented to him by theBurnside District staff. Earl has movedto the position of Maintenance Manage­ment Engineer, Headquarters, after fouryears as District Engineer.

O. T. (Oliver) King, District OfficeManager, right, receives a gift from hisfellow workers in Kamloops on his de­parture to Burnaby as Regional OfficeManager for Region 1. Making the pres­entation is J. (Jack) Sutherland, RegionalOffice Manager in Kamloops. Oliver wasactive with the Rocky Mountain Rangersduring his stay in Kamloops.

A. L. Freebairn, District Engineer, isshown with his gift of a fishing outfit pre­sented by his crew on his transfer to Kam­loops as District Engineer. He is flankedby Road Foreman R. J. Martin, right, andRoad Foreman F. J . Evans, lef t.

SAFETY AWARDS, RALLIES, INFORMATION

Members of the R ossland District road crew have received a silver safetyaward. Left to righ t they are , back row , I . D. McA llister , G . C. Howe , H. E. Sivyer,W . A . Deadmarsh, E. E. Sanborn, M. J. Sch rader, L. N. Oliver, J. K. Weir, R . W .Tweed, R . J. Needham , R . M . Ayotte, A llan Gohn, Bren t Watkinson , L. A. Mac­Aulay, F. N . Flanagan, D. M . Andrews, T . fl . Cru iks hank, W . V. Cycke, C. J. Jen ­sen , Pat Vickers . Front row, K. B. Nyman , T. J. Williams, R . M . G lover, M . N.Co lenso , R. E . Nystrom, F. A. Crockett , M . W. Farrell, Jacob Gelesz, Donald Roberts,P. W. Cutler, D . J. Zanussi, L. O. Hamilton, and G. P. Seejelt,

Bill Bates, Road Maintenance Foreman3, Parksville , proudly displays an award ofhonour won by his crew for 276,543 acci ­den t-free hours from January I, 1965, toJanuary 31, 1973.

A n award of m erit was earned by the Vernon Districthighway crew for working 95,907 man-hours from Ma y18, /968, to De cember 31, 1972, with out an accident.From left to right, back ro ll', G eorg e Martinson, MervH ennig, Jack Fifer , G . Douglas, Bill Tear, Dave Edwards,Bruce Ogilvie, and Dick Kei r, Front row, John Goldie,Kip Rogers, Mike Kennedy, Art Morgan , and Larry Gri]­{ins.

A silver on gold safety award was recently received by the NelsonDistrict crew. Front row, left to right, J. F. Brinley, William Markin ,C. G. Jef}«, John Paul, Larry Ma llow, J. W. Haynes, C. A . Strom ,Peter Robinson, G. C. Lena, James R eggin, Back row , P. N. Legebo ­kof] , George Strukoff, N . J. Sperling, K . N . Gorkofj, N . G. Mcinnis.Edward Barton, D . J. Baker, V. L. Johnson, Gregory Joyce, G. T.Klee], K. D. Ferguson, G. W . Doyle.

R. A. Broughton, right , Mechanic For eman at the RosslandShop , receives one of four bronze safety awards for the Districtfrom R . E . N ystrom. Bro nze awards also went to the Kinnairdand Fruitvale shops and to the Rossland office staf] , Behind are,left to right , G . C. Raabis, E . H . Sorensen, B. E. R. Flynn, L.L. Mack, R. E. Normandeau, and F. H . Munro.

K . E. Jackson presented an award of merit earned by theEnderby crew, Vernon District, for working 135,340 man-hoursfrom June 29,1968, to December 31,1972, withou t an accid ent .Th ey are, left to right, John M cCready, Alvin Hamilton , PeteY ells , George Seifer, Peter Dyck, Trevor Ginn, Harvey Sten­quist , Dick McQuillan, Peter Yeo , Dick Warnock , Gordon Gar­ner, Mike Farynuk, Jesse Dyer, Nils Pada, Ken Jackson.

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10-7 CLUB ON THE JOB

Leo Goodwin, Telescoop Operator ofthe Revelstoke District, installing culvertfor Revelstoke intersection drainage .

A n over-all l'iew of the batch plant re­cently constructed at Trout Lake by theRevelstoke District bridge crew .

E. W. (Ernie) Paradowski, MachineOperator 6, Po uce Coupe District, withGrader Unit L 343 .

PETER KITCHEN·ER, Mechanic 1, re­cently retired from theKelowna District ga­rage after 10 years. A.L. Freebairn, DistrictEng ineer, presentedPete with a gift fromall the crew.

CONYALESCENTSANDY MORRIS, Foreman 1 at Clin­

ton, has been away for several monthsand all the district wish him a speedyrecovery and return to work .

HARRY TAYLOR,Reaction Ferryman atthe Isle Pierre ferry,Prince George District,retired recently. Mr.Taylor emigrated toCanada in 1928 fromEngland. He started

working for the Department of Highwaysin 1953 on the Isle Pierre ferry, where hestayed until his retirement. Harry is mar­ried and has four children and nine grand­children. His hobbies are gardening andfishing.

The Department was sorry to see MRS.PAT SAXON leave in June when shedecided to take an early retirement after20 years. Pat, who has been the main­stay of the Headquarters Personnel office,was well known all over the Province forher cheerfulness and knowledge of per­sonnel matters. Pat started her Govern­ment service in the Personnel office work­ing with former Senior Personnel OfficerBert Davies, who also took an early re­tirement this year.

DONALD O. YOUNG, Road Fore­man 2, of Kimberley, Cranbrook District,was recently honoured on his retirementwith a dinner. Presentation of a meritor­ious scroll for 38 years' service was madeby H. O. George, Regional MechanicalSuperintendent, Nelson. L. E. Taylor,Road Foreman 4, presented Don with agift from fellow employees and friends .The Kimberley crew also presented Donwith his hard hat mounted with a battery­operated headlight and flashing red tail­light. Don started with the Departmentin 1930 and has worked at various po ­sitions such as Mechanical Foreman,Bridgeman, Truck-driver, and GraderOperator.

u 1:1 uJO HN OLSON, Machine Operator in

the Terrace District, is convalescing aftera leg ope ra tion. His fellow employeeswish him a speedy rec overy.

RICHARD V.SMITH, Road Mainte­nance Foreman I atAleza Lake, PrinceGeorge District, re­cently retired after longservice with the De­partment. Dick startedwith Public Works at New Denver in1932 as a Labourer. Working up to RoadForeman I, he transferred to Nelson in1944, where he worked until 1961. Hethen worked for the B.C. Forest Servicein Nelson for two years and transferred toPrince George Highways District in 1964.Dick is married and has 10 children, 16grandchildren, and three great-grandchil­dren . He has retired to the Willow Riverarea, just east of Prince George.

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retired from the Saan­ich District after 13years' service. Fellowworkers presented himwith a farewell gift,June 30. Harry joinedthe Department June

30, 1960, and worked on the bull gangfor several months. Then he switched toGrader Operator and finished up the lastfive years in the sanitation department.His two sons are employed with the De­partment at Langford and SaltspringIsland. u u u

W. CRAFT, a Mate with the MVNeedles, New Denver District, retired inJune after 26 years' service. As he isvery keen toward the activities in his com­munity and gardening, his extra time willbe well occupied.

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Needles, also retired in June after fouryears' service.

H. A. (HARRY)GRAY, Engineer 3with the Design andSurveys Branch, retiredJuly 31 following 17years' service with theDepartment. Born inSouth Dakota, U.S.A.,

Harry moved to Dauphin, Man., at anearly age, where he was educated. Aftera short stint with the CNR, Harry re­turned to school, graduating from theUniversity of Manitoba in 1935. He hasworked in every province of Canada ex­cept Alberta, but mainly in Quebec (De­partment of Highways and Mines) andBritish Columbia . He served for fouryears with the RCAF. In 1956 he movedto British Columbia where he becameDistrict Engineer at Quesnel, and in 1961he transferred to the Location BranchHeadquarters in Victoria, where he hasserved until his retirement.

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A n old Prince Rupert landmark, the Currie home was recentlyremoved by the Prince Rupert District to make way for new COIl­

struction of McBride Street.

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Deer approaching Upper Levels Highway, West Vancouver,via access road at Westmount Project 2127. Picture was takenfrom Project 1715 field office by Bill Rowe, Engineering Assist­ant.

The Williams Lake District Department of Highways took first place in this year'sStampede Parade for the funniest float. Miss Liselotte Lonnqvist , Clerk from theWilliams Lake office, is seen on the left-hand side of the old pull grader. M. Brecknock .from the Alexis Creek erell', painted some I'ery effective signs for the grader. Mrs.Maureen Hendriks, Clerk-Typist is the Williams Lake office, helped with the decorations.

Embedded in the tire of garbage dumptruck S-4597, Rossland District, this bat­tered quarter was found to be the causeof a flat tire. Hardly an example of in­flation.

OBITUARYThe Nelson-Creston Highways office

staff and crews were all saddened at thedeath of LLOYD FAUST. Lloyd workedon engineering crews with the Construc­tion Branch, Bridge Branch, and latelyDistrict Maintenance Branch, Creston.

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In July the MV Nimpkish went into service between PortMcNeill. A lert Bay, and Sointula. This new lID-foot steel vesselreplaced the old Sointula Queen. a wooden vessel carrying pas­sengers only . The MV Nirnpkish will carry 16 cars and 145passengers. The name Nimpkisli was taken from the lake andriver close to the vessel's triangular route . Left, new ferry

arriving at A lert Bay for inaugural ceremony. Top right isCapt. Norm Craddock at the wheel and above, right, Depart­ment personnel on deck, left to right. J. T . Johnson, ResidentEngineer, Courtenay District; Tom Tasaka, Dock Design Engi­neer; Ted Blanchard, Superintendent of Ferries, and Capt. MerleMinnette, Senior Nimpkish skipper.

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Improvement on the Vancouver-BlaineHighway and Ladner Interchange; upperleft, trucks dumping on north off-rampfor widening, lower left, Rollerman Den­nis Cook on the job, above, John Wiebe,Checker, and Pete Hyra, Graderman.

A section of bin wall installed in the Trans­Canada Highway south of Ladysmith in theNanaimo District by Road MaintenanceForeman Russ Galloway and his crew.

Two members of the Q-21 crushercrew, Prince George, are, left, Bill Sterlingand Ted Zazulak, both Truck-drivers.

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Vanderhoof District's Highwaysbackhoe operator received a rudeawakening when returning one morn­ing to continue with gravel-pit pros­pecting. His trapped friend objectedodiferously when attempts were madeto dig him out.

John Tereschuk, Mechanic, left , andGeorge Kivi, Machine Operator, both ofthe Prince George Highways District, takea minute from their work to co-operatewith the RR cameraman.

The MV Clayhurst crossing on the Peace River between the Pouce Coupe andFort St. John Highway Districts on her first operating day of the season.

Washing the median guard-rail on the Patricia Bay Highway in the Saanich Dis­trict are members of the Burnside crew, left to right, George Coward, Foreman; PaulWade, Weed Spray Operator; Skip Acherman, Driver; Ron Akehurst. Labourer; KathyZiebell, Flag Girl; and Joanne Murtagh, Flag Girl. The washer was designed and built byLaurie Croft and the Langford garage crew and adapted from the John Beau weed sprayunit. The addition of a small amount of detergent 10 the high-pressure water results ill asuccessful one-pass operation.

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K. R. (Ken) Essery, Welder on Q-27 crusher, inPrince George District.

Donald Wyber, Mechanical Foreman, Stew­art , appears happ y with his trip to Cloverdaleto bring back a tandem hydraulic truck for thePrince Rupert Highways District.

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Bill Thatcher , Road Foreman in Bella Coola, looking over the problem ofremoving these rocks from the hill section of the Bella Coola road. Road is narrowand high, as indicated by the adjacent tree tops.

Three members of the Pouce Coupe bridge crew, left to right , Ivan Nygaard­Petersen , Jim Laforge, and Euclid Tremblay, Bridge Foreman, putting up false­work for the new Pouce Coupe River Bridge on the highway between DawsonCreek and Spirit River, Alta.

George Jack, Road Foreman 3, left, andGeoff Warrington , Regiona l Mechanical Super ­intendent, Prince George Dis trict, disc uss aminor bumper problem.

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