THE BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNE,1968

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

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

Beautiful Jewel Lake, about 134 miles long and one-quarter mile wide, at the foot of Roderick Dhu Mountain, 6 miles from the Southern Trans-Canada Highway near Greenwood. Louis Bosshart, a Swiss prospector, discovered the lake. Property sur­ rounding the lake, known as Long Lake City, was owned in 1897 by Arthur N. Pelly, an Englishman, whose original cabin still stands. In the 1900's and 1920's huge rainbow trout were taken from this lake, many weighing 30 to 35 pounds, and one recorded at 56 pounds. The presence of these huge fish in a small moun­ tain lake hundreds of miles from the ocean is unexplained. Cabins now dot the shores, and it is still a great fishing spot . A bandoned mines are visible on the surrounding hills. This spring the Grand Forks District has been clearing brush and improving the road leading into the lake, an effort which will be greatly appreciated by fishermen, rockhounds, and tourists alike . 2 THE ROAD-RUNNER

Volume 5 June, 1968 Number 2

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Published Quarterly by the British Columbia Department of Highways Victoria, B.C. Ray Baines, Executive Editor Arthur 1. Schindel , Editor

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Associate Field Editors A. R. Limacher ... Victoria Th e Departm ent of High ways no longer has the biggest Bill Ingram .. Victoria budget in the Government , but physically it is probably Jim Winton . North Vancouver still the largest single department and, certainly, one of the most important. M ore than one-fifth of all British Dave . Wardell .. .. Burnside Columbia Government em ployees work for the Depart­ J. W. Morri s.. .. Nanaimo ment of Highways, and its 34 or so districts are located M. Butler .. ...Courtenay in all parts of this vast Province. Th e record of dedication and public service by the De­ Jim Harris .. Bridge Maintenance partment of Highways has been good over the years, and as your new Minister / would lik e simply to ask for yo ur W. I. N. Higgins.. North Vancouv er co-operation in preserving , and even improving , this rec­ Lloyd Burgess .. New Westmin ster ord. For my part , / know co-operation is a two-way G. M. Vance ... .. Chilliwack street, and / would lik e to pledge my share from this direction . G. V. Sandiford .. Kamloops W ESL EY D . BLACK, Minister. Jim Ferrier _...... Kamloops Edie Smith ...... Williams Lake Murray Ramsay ..__ ....__ .. .. .Salmon Arm Dave Bowman .. .. Revelstoke AI Desimore Vernon Fred Evan s ...... _...... Kelowna Pete Fuoco Penticton Jim Chenoweth Merritt Dave Roberts .. ..__ .. . LilIooet Dorothy Wilkins ..__ .. Grand Forks R. E. McKeown __.. Rossland S. J. Dixey .._...... Nelson Fred Angrignon ...... New Denver Irene Labelle ...... Creston N. Molander Cranbrook Sam Caravetta ...... Fernie John Edgar .. . .. Golden Steve Sviatko .. .. . Smithers C. Bartsch . Pouce Coupe Pat Tondevold .. Fort St. John Homer Good .. Terrace E. A. Beaumont Prince George Fred Bradley...... Prince George Jack Doddridge _ .. Prince George R. Stephenson .. Quesnel George Harper .. ..__ .. Vanderhoof Louis Kubos, Labourer, left, and H. Haigh, Road Maintenance H. R. Walker.. . ..__ ...... _.__ . Burns Lake Foreman, display two hu sky crescent wren ches once used on E. Lund ... ..Prince Rupert wooden bridge construction in the Fernie District. Wr ench at left weighs /80 pounds and is 6 feet long . The one on the right weighs 60 pounds. By way of contrast, the one in the centre is 6 inches .long and weighs about 8 ounces. 3 "EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

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

DEPARTMENT DRIVER BUILDS 50-FOOT INDIAN RACING CANOE

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

Following a presentation at Headquarters in May, Mrs. Edith Val en poses with Assistant Deputy Minister F. A. Ma cl.ean, left, and Comptroller of Expenditure A. E. Rhodes. Mrs. Valen was secretary to the HOIl. P. A. Gaglardi, former Minister of High­ days, for 14 years. After the Cabinet changes, Mrs. Valen was appointed secretary to the new Minister of Industrial Develop­ ment, Trade, and Commerce, the HOIl. Waldo Skillings.

Peter Yakimovich, of the Computer Pro­ gramming Section, Headquarters Location Branch, is already a well-known figure in Vic­ toria's entertainment world. An accomplished piani st, Peter has entertained in Seattle and Vancouver. He has helped write two chil­ from a single white pine log. The log was loca ted in the Nanaimo dren 's movies, both presented in the Bastion area and was towed to Chris's home near Sidney behind a small The atre, and songs he has composed have outboard. It took two years for Chris to build the canoe, roughed been pre sented on C.B.C. radio and television. He is currently out with a chain saw but carved mainly with an adze. It W;J.S musical director of the famous Gerry Gosley's " Smile Show," then sanded to a smooth, even finish, which now resembles plank­ and his Jazz Ballet, composed some time ago, has been performed ing less than I inch thick . The canoe will be racing in both at the Butchart Gardens Sunset Shows. More will be heard of British Columbia and Washington this summer. Peter when he comes out with his own Rock group in September. 4 PEEK INTO THE PAST

Out of an earlier age when labour was cheap and machines primitive are these nearly half-century-old photographs of a construction and paving project on the Pacific Highway. Picture on the right shows small gas tractor and pull grader .. preparing subgrade " in 1921, and the other one was taken in August, 1923, at the laying of the last concrete panel at Cloverdale. Note the Union Jack ap­ parently raised to mark the historic com­ pletion of this early concrete highway.

The Yale toll gate in 1939 showing traffic moving west to­ ward Hope.

5 HISTORIC TREE DIES ... FELLED AS HIGHWAY HAZARD

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

Dave Donaldson, Traffic Counter Technician with the Traffic Branch, is shown .. tuning in" the vehicle detectors at the permanent traffic count station on the Trans-Canada just north of Victoria.

Near the Surrey-Langley border on the Trans-Canada Highway right-of-way, it was last in the news when the freeway was being built, and 10 acres of land belonging to Charles Perkins was used for the highway. At the request of Mr. Perkins and his friends in 1960, the former Minister, P. A. Gaglardi, assured them that the tree would be spared, and the east-bound lanes of 401 were diverted around it. In 1919 or 1920 Mr. Perkins had planted English ivy at the base of the tree as a memorial to members of the Piling being driven in the cofferdam at original Aero Club of B.C. who had the site of the new Bulkley River Bridge served overseas from 1915 with the Royal at Smithers. Ron Garnham, Traffic Signal Techni­ Flying Corps and later in the Royal Air cian with the Traffic Branch, Victoria, Force. Vandals have twice set fire to the uses the recently acquired ladder truck ivy in the last few years and charred the S-3245 to carry alit emergency repairs on tree badly. The ivy survived, but the Convalescents a street-light north of Duncan. tree has gradually died. The highway TOM PERKINS; deck hand on the crew cut the top portion off, leaving a Kootenay Lake Ferry, is recuperating 30-foot stump. Mr. Perkins, 74, a re­ from a broken ankle. tired farmer, has lived in the area for the past 60 years and estimated that the tree 1:< 1:< 1:< A new mechanic in one of the district garages complained to the Engineer: was 270 years old. The crew presented OSCAR ANDERSON, Machine Oper­ .. I've been working here for a week now Mr. Perkins with a section slab of the ator on the Nelson Crew, is convalescing tree, and he states he may plant some and I still haven't been given a work from an eye operation. bench ." more ivy at the foot of the remaining section. District official: .. You're getting paid aren't you? " FRANK BLUNDEN, District Super­ .. Yes, I am," said the new employee, intendent, Williams Lake, is recovering .. but all the other fellows have some­ from an emergency appendectomy. thing to lean on and I don't." 6 WEDDINGS

~ ~ "'- . letssel Heughan and Patricia Robbins l. :.. were married at St. Aidan's United

v- Church, Victoria, B.C., on March 2, .' '"'" . 1968. Following the wedding a banquet and reception was held at St. Alban's Church Hall. Russ is a draughtsman for the Planning and Design Section of the Heather Anne Lenfesty and John \ Location Branch. George Armstrong were married June 8, 1968. The church ceremony took place in the Renfrew United Church, Vancou­ Dave Greer and Bonnie Robinson were married at Knox United Church, Ter­ ver, B.C., performed by the Reverend race, B.C. Many of Dave's friends from McLaren. Heather is a Steno in the the Highways crews attended the wedding North Vancouver Regional Office . The and the reception. Dave has been an young couple will reside in Vancouver. Auto Mechanic in the Terrace District for the past eight years. )

OBITUARY

EDWARD JOHN CHALMERS died Pauline Maksymiw became the bride in the Vancouver General Hospital after of Vernon K. Thomas in a ceremony a brief illness . Mr. Chalmers, or Jack performed by the Rev. P. A. Gaglardi in Calvary Temple on May 25, 1968 . Paul­ as he was known to many, was born on , ine is a Clerk-Stenographer in the Kam­ October 18, 1908, in Woodside, Daviot, loops Regional Office. Mr. and Mrs. Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He began work Thomas will make their home in Kam­ with the Department of Highways as a loops. Road Foreman on June 15, 1946, in Soda Creek. He was transferred to Boston Bar in February, 1952, as a General Foreman and later promoted to Resi­ "" ;. dent Engineer and Engineering Assistant. While at the "Bar" his fine organizing ...... " f ability enabled his crew to keep the Fraser Canyon Highway open during snowstorms, slides, drifts, and even floods. ~~'3i£> .JI in 1959 he was transferred to the Prince­ ton Highways District in charge of the Louis Grosjean and Amy Esther Her­ Allison Pass Camp on the Hope-Prince­ bert were married in the First United ton Highway and the Princeton Road Church, Port Alberni, April 27, 1968. Maintenance Crew. He is survived by The ceremony was performed by the Bill McKay and Anne White were Rev. G . Affleck, and the reception was married April 6, 1968, in the Kimberley his wife, Mary Agnes, two sons, Stephen held in the Longshoremen's Hall with United Church, the Rev. P. Burrill offici­ Kent and Duncan, and two daughters, friends and [ellow workers in attendance. ating. Bill is a Mechanic-Welder for the Jaquiline Marianne and Helen Jean. Louis is a member of the Alberni crew. Department in Cranbrook.

7 SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

Silver and gold safety award presented to Quesnel Bridge Crew by Regional Highway Engineer L. A . Broddy, right . Crew, left to right, are F. A. Swanson, W. D. Glassford, B. Lilienweiss, Regional Safety Officer G. K. Austin presents Al Connah, L. Gradnitzer, H . J. Dwinnell, and Foreman R . W. McLarry. Bridge Foreman, Cranbrook, with the silver-an-gold award, which was achieved by working over 43,000 man-hours from April, 1962, to Octob er, 1967, without a countable accident. Left to right, Mr . Austin, Al Connah, Rollie Thompson, Lynn Beaton, and Ed Pendry.

Regional Maintenance Engineer P. B. McCarthy makes pres­ entation of gold award to Mechanical Foreman George Lobay for the Grand Forks Shop Crew. Left to right, Safety Officer The Vernon Bridge Crew having operated 39,235 consecutive H. Ronmark, R. Smith, G. Profili, J. Miner, J. Legebokoff, F. man-hours with alit a time-loss accident from March 8, 1962, to Scherer, G. Labay, Mr. Mc Carth y , and R. McMillan, Grand December 31, 1967, have been given a gold award of merit by Forks District Superintendent. Missing was Paul Raymond, the British Columbia Safety Council. Here Workmen's Com­ Assistant Shop Foreman. pensation Board Safety Inspector Ted Anderson, of Vernon, hat­ less, presents Bridge Crew Foreman Charlie Hinman, centre, with the award while Safety Officer Dick Claridge, of Oyama, watches. A t rear, from left to right, are crew members Malcom E. Walker, Marvin Zwarich, Dale Webb, G. H. Owen, and Jim Elliott.

George Dragon, Drilling Superintendent, proudly displays the gold safety award presented by Assistant Deputy Minister F. A. Bob Baker, Bridge Foreman, Nelson District, received a MacLean to the Drilling Section, Materials Testing Branch, Vic­ bronze-on-gold award from Regional Maintenance Engineer toria. This is a fine achievement by the drilling crews , who are P. B. McCarthy. Crew members are, left to right, Gordon often required to work in difficult and hazardous situations. Left Hoover, Reo Peloso, Henry Penner, John Wisk, Bill Heddle, Bob to right, Mr . MacLean, Mr. Dragon, J. D . Austin, Drilling Eng in­ Baker, Al Grief], Andy Peloso, and Sam Boyd. eer, and E. E. Readshaw, Senior Materials Engineer. 8 1 J (Photo courtesy Fernie Free Press.) District Superintendent Steve The Fernie Highway District recently won Sviatko receives the Region 4 safety award on behalf of the Smithers II/ attendance at the Annual Chilliwack the Region 3 safety trophy for 1967 with an Safety Rally, held in A bbotsjord, April 0.00 frequency. Holding the award is P. B. District. The presentation was 26, were, left to right, George Spenst, McCarthy, Regional Maintenance Engineer. made by J. A. Dennison, Senior Chairman of the Chilliwack Safety Com­ Looking on, left to 'right, are A. E. Staite, Dis­ Maintenance Engineer of Victoria. mittee; N. W. Wells, District Superin­ trict Superintendent, Fernie; J. A. Dennison, The safety banquet and dance was tendent; Alex Caldwell, Regional Safety Senior Maintenance Engineer, and K. Jackson, held at Smithers, March 22. Officer; H. L. Klassen, Secretary of the Accident Prevention Branch. Chilliwack Safety Committee; S. C. Ker­ shaw, Executive Director of the British Columbia Safety Council. Invited guests were F. E. Cooper, Inspector, Workmen's Compensation Board; Howard McLeod, Driver Training; and the New Westmin­ ster Safety Committee. The rally opened with a film called" Facts about Backs," followed by a question period and a report 01/ driver training by Howard Me­ Leod. The guest speaker, Mr. Kershaw, reviewed the safety measures employed by various industries in the Province which have resulted in a gradual decrease O. C. Sanders, Mechanic Fore­ of accident injuries. (Photo courtesy Fernie Free Press .) man, Smithers, was presented with The Art Irving Memorial Trophy was pre­ the gold award for the Smithers sented to Earl Kline, left, on behalf of the and Hazelton Shops Crews. The Creston Garage Crew, for their safety record in presentation is made by L. A. AWARDS 1967. The crew also won the trophy in 1966, Braddy, Regional Highway Engi­ The Burnaby Maintenance Crew of when it was first presented. The presentation neer of Prince George, standing 01/ the New Westminster Highway District was made in Fernie by George Austin, centre, the right . received its gold and bronze-on-gold District Superintendent, Cranbrook, and O. H. safety awards at a safety rally in the George, right, Regional Mechanical Superinten­ A .. 10 on 2 " mem­ Burnaby yard. Presentation was made dent, Nelson. bership was presented by District Engineer R. W. Gittins to to .. ROLLY" HAS­ J. Brown, Maintenance Foreman, with TINGS of the Co­ Harvey Casavant, the safety representa­ ALEX KLASSOFF quitlam Maintenance tive. recently received the Crew. A Gradall Kelowna District Engineer A. L. Free­ . .. gold cap award." His bucket being loaded hard hat prevented a bairn presented District Safety Officer onto a pick-up slipped with a silver award of merit on behalf of more serious injury and fell on his safety shoe, which saved when a frozen lump of the district crews, who had worked 169,­ him from serious injury. The denting of 428 hours without a time-loss accident. sand rolled off the the toe-cap just bruised a toe. conveyor, striking Alex The Courtenay Road Crew received a silver award, January, 1968. on the head. The impact knocked the On May 3 a safety rally was held for hat off, but he sustained only minor scalp all Saanich District employees. Sergeant Bronze awards went to the following: abrasions. Alex is with the Quesnel Road Chisholm and Constable McGregor, of Parksville Road Crew, M.V... Quadra Crew. the Saanich Police, gave a lecture on Queen" Crew, .. Comox Queen" Crew, traffic safety followed by a film on pre­ Courtenay Highway District Maintenance Someone suggests that B.C. Ferries, ventable traffic accidents. Other guests Crew, Salmo Road Crew, Nelson District now under the Department of Highways, at the rally were D. Johnson and R. Pag­ Ferry Crews, Cloverdale Mechanical should be called the .. Land and Sea son of B.C. Hydro; A. Glover, Nanaimo Crew, Kimberley Road Maintenance Department" or, abbreviated, .. LSD" Bridge Foreman; and A. Caldwell, Re­ Crew, Langford Patching Crew. (the only way to take a trip). gional Safety Officer. (Safety continued on p. 13.) 9 PROMOTIONS TRANSFERS

MRS. GISELE R. G. HARVEY, eEL L A has won Special Projects En­ through competition gineer, has been trans­ the position of Clerk ferred to the Bridge 2 in the Prince Rupert Branch as Senior District office, Many Bridge Engineer in will recall Gisele's Victoria. The Special cheery French - Cana­ Projects Branch and dian accent on the phone and radio. Dock District have been incorporated into the Bridge Branch.

NORMAN H. Mc­ RAE has won, through Friends and col­ leagues bid farewell to competition, the posi­ tion of Road Fore­ Reside n t Technician man 2 at Beaverdell JOHN LAY and his wife at a party held in the Grand Forks PETER BARNES, right, recently won in their honour May Highway District. through competition the position of Re­ 3. The Lays and their gional Paving Engineer in Nelson. Peter Norman served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from three children leave is a graduate of the University of Saskat­ Fort St. John for the Quesnel District 1950 to 1955 and joined the Department chewan. He is seen handing over some after 13 years in the Peace River. of his duties prior to leaving Victoria to in 1959 as Truck Driver and Grader Art Rowbotham who transferred from Operator in the Pouce Coupe District. f:l f:l f:l the Bridge Branch to the Paving Branch. He is a member of the Elks Lodge and Canadian Legion. Interested in elec­ JOHN EDWARDS Peter is married and has two daughters. ~ Looking on is H. H. Sawatzky. tronics, he is presently taking a course won through competi­ in radio and television. tion the position of f:l f:l f:l District Stockman at Prince Rupert. John STUART E. PRICE was previously Fore­ recently won a pro­ BILL BATES has man at Alice Arm, and motion in competition won the competition he and his wife, Vera, for the position of for the Parksville Road and their son are happy to be back in Assistant Comptroller Maintenance Fore­ .. civilization." of Expenditure. He man. Bill comes from was appointed May Saltspring Island, f:l f:l f:l 16, 1968. Stuart com­ where he moved in HARRY HAIGH menced with the Government as a Junior 1964. Prior to Salt­ r e c e n t Iy transferred Clerk in 1949, in the Accounts Branch, spring he was in the New Westminster Victoria. In May, 1950, he went to the from Fernie to the District. He has been with the Depart­ Creston District as Penticton office as a Clerk Trainee, and ment for 21 years. Road Maintenance after a year he was back in Victoria in Foreman 3. Mr. Haigh June, 1951, where he was head of the commenced with the Voucher Examining Section. In Febru­ Department in 1947. ary, 1952, he was made Office Manager S. N. A. McLEOD, Divisional Engi­ He and his wife, Josephine, are looking in Rossland, where he remained for 5\12 neer, Construction Branch, North Van­ forward to living in Creston. years. In July, 1956, he went to the couver, has been promoted to District Vancouver office and after a year, in Superintendent, Revelstoke. August, 1957, he became District Office * f:l f:l Manager in New Westminster. When the GARY C. HANSEN joined the De­ New Westminster and the North Van­ partment in September, 1966, and worked couver offices combined, he became Office H. L. GOOD, Resident Technician in in the shop as Mechanic's Helper at Manager of the joint offices in North Terrace, has been promoted and is the Salmon Arm and Lillooet during the past Vancouver, then transferred back to New District Superintendent in the Terrace two years. Under the apprenticeship pro­ Westminster in 1963. In May, 1965, he District. gramme he received specialized training was made Regional Office Manager in at Langford and transferred to Grand Prince George, and transferred to Vic­ Forks, April 15 this year. toria in July, 1967. He has recently A. M. CAMPBELL transferred from pased an examination and holds a certifi­ Allison Pass to Merritt in April to re­ cate as a certified general accountant. place A. H. Leese, who retired as Me­ A. BEN BAUER has recently trans­ He is married with two boys. chanic Foreman in the Merritt shop. ferred from Cranbrook to the Construc­ f:l f:l f:l tion Branch at Nakusp as an Engineer­ ing Aide. A farewell gift was presented MISS IRENE WIEBE of the Voucher­ J. D. SUTHERLAND, District Office to Ben by G. K. Austin, District Super­ ing Section in Highways Accounts, Vic­ Manager in the Vernon District Office, intendent, on behalf of fellow employees. toria, has recently attained a promotion has been transferred to the same position Fellow workers wished Ben and his wife, to Clerk 3. in the Kamloops District office. Sandy, good luck at their new location. 10 10-7 CLUB IDEA CORNER

GEORGE WIL­ KINSON retired in April as Sign Mainte­ nance Man after 34 ====---- years of service with the Department in the Saanich District. Dis­ t ric t Superintendent Allen Park presented George with a slide projector on behalf of his fellow em­ ployees . George has just recently pur­ chased a new trailer; the Wilkinsons will be putting it to good use shortly. Courtenay District Engineer R. J. Mul­ fl fl fl caster, centre, is seen with retiring Road DONALD L. Mc­ { Foreman Howard Ingram, left, and Bill PHEE retired in Ap­ Bates, who was transferred from Salt­ ril after working for This weed burner was constructed spring to take Howard's place . Mr. Ing­ the Department with ram retired after 34 years' service. Born mainly by the Department in Kamloops. the Rosedale Mainte­ The machine burns propane gas at a rate in Vancouver, he began with the Depart­ nance Crew since Feb­ of about 40 gallons an hour. The ma­ nient as a Truck Driver in 1934, in 1945 ruary, 1946. At a chine is used for weed and brush control he became Shovel Operator, Mechanic's party to mark his re­ som etimes in place of insecticides, which Helper in 1947, and Road Maintenance tirement, Mac was given a reclining easy Foreman in 1955, the position he held chair, and was presented with a meritor­ are often the source of complaint. Th e until his retirement. His fellow workers ious service award certificate for 22 years' machine is being operated here by V. R . Kingsley. Others involved are Wes Har­ presented him with a reclining chair as a service to the Department by N. W. farewell gift. Wells, District Superintendent. wood and N. Veillette, all from Savona. fl flfl fl fl fl WILBERT (BILL) JACK A. FRASER, McKONE retired at Assistant Mechanic the end of March after Foreman I in the completing 19 years Cranbrook garage, with the Department was honoured by fel­ as Road Maintenance low employees recently Foreman in the Pouce with a dinner in Cran­ Coupe District. He brook to mark his re­ was presented with a Polaroid camera tirement after 17 years' service. G. K. from his fellow workers. Austin, District Superintendent, presented fl fl fl Mr. Fraser with a spinning reel, rod, basket, and tackle, and Mrs. Fraser with WILLIAM (Scotty) a bouquet of roses. G RAY retired recently fl fl fl after completing 13 years as Heavy Duty REG PLEAS­ Mechanic in the Pouce ANCE, of the Parks­ Coupe shop. A social ville Road Crew, was evening was held to honoured recently on mark his retirement the occasion of his re­ and that of Bill McKone. Scotty was tirement. Reg started presented with a Polaroid camera. with the Department in 1949. fl fl fl fl fl fl KENNETH LA­ DELBERT M. BENINGER, labourer MARSH, of the Ab­ in the Grand Forks District, retired in botsford Maintenance June. Delbert joined the Department in Crew, retired in June April, 1952. He and his wife, Margaret, at the age of 60. Ken who recently took an early retirement • first worked for the from Federal Civil Service, are moving The Courtenay mechanical shop re­ Department in the de­ to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in order cently did a little renovating, Quadra pression years, and to be closer to their family. They have Island Foreman George Rose saw {Ill has worked steadily since November, one son and three daughters. idea for a barrel holder and asked the 1941. In 1967 he was presented with a shop to make up the sample shown in the 25-year continuous service award. Ken fl fl fl top picture. Curved leg and base permits was given two deck chairs and a tackle JOHN INGLIN, on the Saltspring Is­ stand to be tipped and barrel placed up­ box by his fellow workers. He intends land crew for the past 13 years, retired right. The sign holders, made from rein­ to take things easy with a little fishing May 9, 1968. A presentation was made forcing rod, bottom, were suggested to and gardening. to Mr. Inglin by his fellow employees. the shop by Foreman Jack Darnborough, II ON THE JOB

Port A lberni Shop Crew , left to right: W. H. Bas, District Technician, Port Wally Stewart, Maintenance Foreman, B. Lewis, P. R. Bayn e, C. N . Koel, S. Alberni, of the Nanaimo District, study­ Port A lberni, has been getting in quite a Pakka, and George Bo yce, Mechanical ing a subdivision plan in his office. bit of helicopter time assisting in the Foreman . modifications to radio relay stations.

Departm ent of Highways Asphalt Patching Crew repairing J. Oddie, Mechanic in the Kamloops garage, working on a pavement breaks in the Kamloops area. Crew m emb ers are Sam grader motor. Perry, R . Gustijson, E. Russel, K. McDonald, R . Lief, H. Kos­ san, and M. Mukina,

Fred Wood , of the Parksville Road Otis Cameron, Project Supervisor, Charlie Buckley, Heavy Duty Me­ Crew, standing beside his machine on a Dock District, at his desk in his" Office chanic, Saltspring Island , is proud of the road construction job in the Parksville on wheels" at the Horseshoe Bay Ferry addition to the Saltspring Island work­ area. Terminal reconstruction. shop in the Nanaimo District. 12 Gib W esnedge, Loader Operator in the Lome Morrow, Grand Forks District, Alan McL ean, Grader Operator, Uclue­ Ucluelet area, standing by his unit . at work clearing brush on the Jewel Lake let, is sho wn by his machine on the job. road. Safety Continued \ _' !"1_1I1'

The Princeton Maintenance Crew was recently presented with A presentation of the silver award of m erit was made by Dis­ a silver award of merit by District Engin eer J. H. Pankiw. Crew trict Engineer J. H. Pankiw to the Princeton Garage Crew. Left m embers are, left to right, A . Ryder, B. A. M cDiarmid, W . R. to right , Ray Van Dykhuizen, G. Kassa, L. B. Turn er, G. H. Triplett, R . Jameison, J. H. Merrall, S. H. Stewart, and E. F. Hansen, I. Plecash, W. Pilling, L. Schulli, and L. Pereplecta. N esbitt.

L. A. Braddy, Regional Highway Engineer, is shown present­ ing a silver award of merit for no tim e-loss accidents since July 18, 1964, to D . A. Lindberg, Regional Mat erials Engineer. In The New Westminster District Coquitlam Maintenance Crew the rear, left to right, are John Brenner, Bill Zaporozun , A I Flor­ received its silver safety award in April. Maintenance Foreman ell, Bert Halliwell, John Penner, Dennis Umpleby, Terry Burgess, Stan Deans is shown holding the award with District Engineer Jack Jeyes, Larry Lundeen, Doug Rankin, and Len Th ony, Mi ss­ R . W. Gittins, on the right. ing were Doug Erickson and Bernie Goodwin. 13 ABOUT PEOPLE

Construction of the road between Port Clements and Masset Personnel office staff at Headquarters, Victoria, are, left to by day labour is continuing. The work is kept in hand by Jim right, H . C. Davies, Personnel Officer, Joan L. Hodgkinson, Onion, Senior Foreman; Bill Morrice, Construction Foreman; Clerk-Stenographer 2; J. A. Holmes, Clerk 6; Mrs. Pat Saxon, and Lional A ndrews, Construction Foreman. Bill agreed to Clerk 4; lo-Anne L. Trembley, Clerk 3. Mr. Holmes has just come 0111 of retirement for a few months to assist with the returned from a two-week spring institute of the Executive Train­ scraper work on the project. ing Plan at the University of Victoria and has now completed his first year.

Bill Bates, formerly Maintenance Fore­ man, Saltspring Island, has recently been appointed Maintenance Foreman at Mat erials Testing Branch, Victoria, recently held a conference for Senior Technicians Parksville. Before he left, the men had from the four regions. Attending were, left to right, Ken Towill and Tony Bodnarchuk a get-together which included, among from Nelson, Bill Zaporozan and Terry Burgess from Prince George, Al Hepp from Van­ other things, a fishing trip. Bill, left, is couver, Don Garner from Kamloops, and Maynard Rudolph from Vancouver. The shown with his catch . On the right is conference, organized by Bill Brand and Jim Mewhort in Victoria, is the second of its lack Shaw, Road Maintenance Foreman, kind held by the Testing Branch. It provides an excellent opportunity for senior per­ Galiano Island, and centre is Mike Sta­ sonnel to discuss recent developments and techniques in materials testing work and 10 cey , owner and operator of the water standardize testing procedures. taxi which is the means of transport to the various Gulf Islands. DOUG HECKER, MRS. JOANN Draughtsman with the McMAHON, Clerk­ Prince George Dis­ Stenographer of the trict, joined the De­ North Vancouver partment of Highways office, is a native of in 1963 as an Engin­ Ontario. She and her eering Aide for the husband, Mike, have New Denver District three children. and moved to the Prince George District staff in 1965 as their principal draughts­ Bright addition***to man. His chief interest is promoting the the Salmon Arm north. District Office, MISS In the newly decorated district office CAROL STEWART at Vanderhoof are, left to right, Edith began her duties as Silver, Office Manager; Mrs. Natalie Clerk-Stenographer in Reinke, Clerk-Stenographer 2; and Mrs. December, 1967, after Dorothy Anderson, Clerk 2. Mrs. Ander­ the resignation of son joined the Vanderhoof staff as Time­ Mrs. Agnes Rudeen. keeper in 1957. 14 ..

GORDON JONES, MRS. HILDA FRANK H. SAW­ Construction Superin­ HUSOY is the new ATSKY started with tendent, Kaml o o ps , Stenographer in the the Paving Branch in joined the Department Prince Rupert District 1956, being promoted in 1948. After a few office. H ild a is no from Engineering Aide years he left his posi­ newcomer to the Gov­ 3 to Technician 1 in tion and went to the ernment Service hav­ 1966. After serving Arctic for one year, i n g bee n previously with the Department spent one year in the Okanagan, and employed in the Government Agent's in many parts of the Province, Frank is then three years with a private contrac­ office at Prince . Rupert from 1948 to now Project Supervisor in charge of pav­ tor . Rejoining the Highways 2lh years 1953. ing on a section of the Northern Trans­ ago, he has had 17 addresses in British Provincial Highway in the Smithers area. Columbia. Gordon was involved with f:: f:: f:: With Frank in Smithers are his wife, three major tunnels in the Fraser Can­ Ruth, and four children, ranging in age yon, and recently he has been on the WALTER TAY­ from 1 to 8. His hobbies include sports, North Thompson - Yellowhead highway LOR has completed hunting, and fishing. project. He is married and has two chil­ his apprenticeship and dren. is now an automotive mechanic in the Prince -{:( -{:( -{:( f:: f:: f:: Rupert garage. Walt­ er joined the Depart­ WOLFGANG ment in March, 1965, FRANCES TAN­ SCHUBERT joined and has served part of his apprenticeship AKA, Stenographer 2, the Department in in Department garages at Kamloops, has worked for the 1959. He was em­ Kelowna, and Cloverdale, as well as Department of High­ ployed on field survey Prince Rupert and Port Clements. ways for five years. work for three years, She has been appointed and for the last six Timekeeper for the years has worked in f:: f:: -{:( Kamloops District this the draughting-roorn in Kamloops, Wolf­ year. gang is married and has two children. He draws portraits for a hobby. PHIL ERICKSON is shown at his work -{:( -{:( -{:( as draughtsman for f:: f:: f:: the Locations Branch in Prince George. PHIL NORDIN STANLY GLAD­ from Wetaskiwin, Al­ YSZ, Engineering As­ berta, joined the De­ sistant with the Fort -{:( -{:( -{:( partment in the Kam­ St. John District, has loops regional office been with the Depart­ MISS LORRAINE in September, 1967, as ment since June, 1960. a Radio-Teletype Op­ He recently completed HAFFTER joined the Highways Department erator. Hobbies in­ a course of home clude water ski-ing and singing. study in highway engineering with the as Junior Clerk last Canadian Institute of Science and Tech­ November. She was formerly with Fulton nology. Stan has lived in the Fort St. f:: -{:( -{:( John area since 1938. For relaxation he and Rogers, a law "enjoys pleasure boating and home study firm in Kamloops. courses. Lorraine is 20 years of age, born and raised in Kamloops. Her hobbies are MRS. JOAN RICH­ swimming, music, and seeing the country. TER from Kitimat, f:: f:: f:: joined the Department as Joan Yesdresyski MRS. JOYCE -{:( -{:( -{:( in 1964 in Headquart­ BROCK, Clerk-Sten­ ers office, Victoria, ographer at the Pen­ FRANK E. MAR­ and came to North tieton office, resigned TENS, Project Super­ Vancouver District March 31 in order to visor, began with the office in May, 1965. In July, 1966, she take up residence in Department of High­ married Dave Richter. In September, the Prince George ways in 1957 as an 1967, she transferred as a Clerk-Stenog­ area, where her hus­ Engineering Aide. rapher 2 to North Vancouver regional band is presently employed. On behalf Currently stationed in office. She has now won, through Civil of the office staff and the Penticton, Vanderhoof, he has Service competition, a promotion to Oliver, Keremeos, and Princeton road and made many moves throughout the Prov­ Clerk-Stenographer 3 with the Depart­ shop crews, J. H. Pankiw, District Engin­ ince with his wife, Mary, and two daugh­ ment of Recreation and Conservation, eer, made a presentation to Mrs. Brock, ters. His interests are fishing and hunt­ Fish and Wildlife Branch, Vancouver, who transferred to the Pen ticton office ing, and he is a leader in a local boys' and leaves us shortly to take up her new from the Golden office in October, 1954. club. duties. 15 A recent com posite picture of the well-known Bear River glacier, north of Stewart, shows continued retreat of ice. During construc­ tion much channelling and blasting of the ice was done to prevent blockage of Strohn Lake, which frequently spilled into Bear River and caused extensive damage to the Stewart-Cassiar Highway downstream. The road had to be placed high on the valley side on the left of the photograph (not visible) in order to avoid the ice and the ice-covered gravels in front of the glacier . Although the glacier has receded substantially, residual ice still remains at a shallow depth under the granular terminal morain, Observations will continue to determine the earliest possible time the ratite may be relocated to the dotted lines shown.

The Nanaimo Bridge Crew building a bin wall on the Kennedy Lake section of the Alberni-Tofino Highway. Left to right, J. Shepherd, T. Beatty, J. Gillen, E. Malmo, D. LaFarge, and A. C. Lang.

Retaining wall on the Kennedy Lake Hill on the Alberni-Tofino Highway built by -A rnold Glover, Bridge Foreman, and his crew from the Nanaimo District. The highway carries very heavy summer tour­ ist traffic heading for Long Beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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