THE BRITISH C LUMBIA s ~ PTEMBER, 1970 RUDner

PUBLISHED BY THE D EPARTMENT OF H IGHWAYS VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3 Old Fraser Street Bridge, New Westminster District, Has Troubled Life

A serious fire destroyed part of the south span of the Fraser Street Bridge between Mitchell Island and Richmond, June 20. Dense flames and heavy smoke envel­ oped the wooden span just after 3.50 p.m . T A!bout 800 feet of the bridge was badly damaged. The point of origin seemed to . ' be about 500 feet from the north end . The fire was put out by evening but continued to smoulder and flare up for nearly a week. The Department began repairs as soon as possible and brought in bridge-crew men from all seven Districts in Region I (see p. 3) . Work was done with four full \ crews on double shifts and the bridge re­ opened July 17. The cause has not been determined. A short could have occurred in cables on the bridge or a cigarette from a vehicle fallen into a crevice in the water main case. The bridge , linking Vancouver and Lulu Island, in Richmond, was burned beyond safe use and had to be rebuilt with materials borrowed from many of the adjacent highway Districts. It has an average daily traffic count of 20,000 and much of this had to be diverted to the Oak Street Bridge already carrying 64.000 . J. A. Dennison, Chief Highway Engi­ neer; D. D. Godfrey, Regional Highway Engineer; W. E. Mercer, Regional Main­ tenance Engineer; and R. G. McKee, Chairman of the Purchasing Commission, congratulated the bridge crews, under Bridge Foreman Frank Stirling, for the speedy repairs to the bridge , with such hindrances as gas lines, telephone cables, and a large water main to contend with .

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2 One of t he Mi n ister's T HE ROAD RUN NER pleasanter task s is answering letters of thanks from peop le Volume 7 Septe mber, 1970 Number 3 who have received assista nce from Department personnel. The write rs usually "don't Published* Quarterly* by the know the men's names " but are " most grateful" for the British Columbia Departm ent of H ighways help, often done "in their Victoria, British Columbia own time" or "out of th eir Ray Baines, Executive Editor way," The words vary but Arthur 1. Schindel, Editor the sentiments are the same. Mind you, there aren't many letters like this , not because such acts are rare but be­ Associate**Field Editors cause people seem more A. R. Limacher Victoria ready to condemn than to praise. Perhaps they do have Bill Ingram Victoria th e right to expec t the best from us. But even in this age AI Walisser Bridge District of cynicism we belie ve such acts are not uncommon in our Jim Winto n oo __ oo oo __ North Vancouver Department-whether it's th e survey crew whose members S. J. Tognela oo oo oo oo Burnside spent part of th eir week-end helpin g a trav eller with car J. W. Morris oo_ oo oo oooo oo_oo oooooooo Nanaimo trouble or th e clerk who spent her lunch hour helping a M. Butler oo oo _oo oo Courtenay visitor locate a relative. It varies in degree and kind. Man y such deeds go unnoticed but we would like to say David Price oo British Columbia Ferries Division th ey are not unappreciated. These are more than public George Cooper oo Patrol, North Vancouver relations gestures, th ey are acts of human kindness. Ellis Meads oo oooo oo Dock District Lloyd Burgess oo oo oo __oo New Westminster W . D. BLACK, Minister. Don Osborne 00 00 Chilliwack Jim Ferrier oo oo oo Kamloops Edie Smith oo Williams Lake Murray Ramsay oo oo __ oooo Salmon Arm M. J. Newlands oooo oo oo oo oo Revelstoke

Al Desimone 00 00 00__00 __ 000000 __ 00000000Vernon Fred Evans _oo oo_ oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo Kelowna J. W. Zaporozan oo __ oo oo oo oo Penticton Jim Chenoweth oo oo oooo oo oooo_oooo __ oo oo_ Merritt Dave Roberts oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo Lillooet Dorothy Wilkins __ oo oo oo oo_oo Grand Forks R. E. McKeown oo oo oo __ oooooo oooo_Rossland S. J. Dixey oo oooo oo oo oooo __ oo oooo Nelson Fred Angrignon __ oo oo oo _oo New Denver Fred Ryckman oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo __ oo __ Creston N. K. Molander oo oo oo oo oooo _oo Cranbrook Sam Ca ravetta oooo oo oo __ oooo_oo _Fernie

J. W. Hickmott 00 00_0000 Golden Above: Back row, left to right, A lbert Trottier, New We stmin­ ster; Al Had wick , New Westminster; Eugene N elson, North Van­ Steve Sviatko __ 00 00__ 00 __ 0000 0000 __00 00 _ . Smithers couver; Ralph Cormier, Nanaimo, Third row , Jeff Haastret, Nell' J. C. Bartsch 00 00__ 00 0000 _ 00 0000__ 00 00 • Pouce Coupe Westminster; Jack Graham, N ew Westminster; Mike Buchanan, Homer Good oo_ oo oo oo __ oooooooo oo _oo __ Fort St. John North Van couver; Ernie Ma lmo, Nanaimo, Second roll', Vern Don Hutton oo oo oo oo oooo oooo Terrace Hansen, Nell' Westminster, and Joe Ko zar , Nell' Westmill.Her. E. A. Beaumont oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo Prince George Front row , Don LaBierge, Nanaimo; R ene Trottier, Nell' We st­ Shirley Hrechka oo oo oo oo Prince George minster; Ted Terril/on, North Vancouver; Ray Lehti, Foreman, Jack Doddridge oo oo __ oo oo oooo _oo Prinee George North Vancouver. Missing from picture, Leon Lapinsky, Bill C. R. Stephenson oo oooo_oo_ Quesnel Grieve, and Rudy Herdan of the Chilliwack bridge crew and Dal George Harper 00 0000 ._ _ _ 00 Vanderhoof Mansell of the New Westminster bridge crell'. H. R. Walker.. oo _oo oo oo _oo oo oo oo Burns Lake W. R. Ball oooooo oo oo oo Prince Rupert

Cover Photo - Construction on Highway 3A, Twin Bays-Sanea section. Project is now completed and pulvi­ mix laid in August.

Left photo: Back roll', left to right , Mike Busby, Burnside; Jim Richardson, Burnside ; A be Wieb e, Mission; Bill M cSachren, Courtenay. Second roll', Clar ence Johnson, Foreman, Mission ; Frank Stirling, Foreman, Nell' We stminster; Harr y Moore, Acting For eman, Courtenay ; Robert Chapman, Burnside. Front roll', Marcell Daulin, Courtenay; Manuel Quieto, Bridge Maintenance, North Van couver; Bob W ennig; Courtenay; Dave Brown, Burn­ side. 3 10-7 CLUB

Chief Property Negotiator At a recent get to­ gether in the Courte­ Two Region and Five Retires After 45 Years' Service nay Yard, WALTER MILLARD, Road Main­ District Heads Shift tenance Foreman, Den­ L. J. (LES) MOORE, Seven changes in senior Department man Island, and ED Chief Property Negoti­ personnel were effective September I. ~ ator, Victoria, retired I HANSEN, Road Main­ The following moves are the result:- tenance Foreman, Say- recently after 45 years' J. W. NELSON, Regional Highway Walter Millard. ward, were presented service with the British Engineer, Karnloops, goes to Nelson with gifts from the Columbia Govern­ as Regional Highway Engineer and Courtenay District ment. Presentations on R. G. WHITE, Regional Highway Engi­ Crew on the occasion behalf of the Depart­ neer, Nelson, goes to Karnloops as of their retirements ment were made to Mr. and Mrs. Moore Regional Highway Engineer. this year. Walter start­ by the Honourable W. D. Black , Mini ster; D. C. WESTAWAY, District Superin­ ed with the Depart­ H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister, and F. A. tendent, moves to Grand Forks, trad­ ment full time in 1956 MacLean, Assistant Deputy Mini ster. ing pl aces with R. M. McMILLAN, Dis­ Presentations to Mr. Moore included gifts, and Ed in 1947. Ed Hansen. trict Superintendent, who goes to New a Meritorious Service scroll from the Brit­ Denver. ish Columbia Government, and a remem­ H . F. BLUNDEN, District Superin­ brance booklet from the Department, as tendent, transfers from Williams Lake well as a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. to Kamloops, replacing A. H. DIBBEN, Moore. JOHN SEVER, of the Rossland Road Crew, District Superintendent. Mr. Dibben An evening stag dinner in honour of recently ret ire dafter goes from Kamloops to Pouce Coupe, Mr. Moore was held July 21st and about 14 years' service. He replacing J. E. STEVEN, District Super­ 45 active and retired employees of the was feted at a recep­ intendent, and Mr. Steven goes to Department attended. tion held in his honour Williams Lake. Mr. Moore joined the Briti sh Columbia and presented with a Civil Service on October 5, 1925, as a gift from his fellow Junior Clerk in the Land Registry Office, workers, PROMOTIONS Kamloops, when he later became Sur­ veyor and Deputy Registrar of Titles. He MRS. MARILYN KIN­ transferred to the Departn.ent of High­ SEY, of the New West­ ways, in Kamloops. in April, 1947, as the minster District office , Department's full-time Right-of-way and R. H . 1. (BOB) WILLIAMS, Bridge Tend­ has won Clerk 3 posi­ Claims Agent and transferred to Victoria, er, Kelowna District, retired June 30 after tion in Penticton Dis­ May, 1949 . 23 yean,' service. With a new camper he trict office. Mar i Iy n Under his leadership the Branch has plans to pursue his hobbies of hunting and enjoys making her own grown to a staff of some 27 field and fishing . clothes and spends clerical employees in charge of all land most of her spare time with her husband acquisition for the Department. outdoors. They have been building a summer A-frame cottage on Jones (Wa­ V. R. (BUD) GREEN retired August 31st leach) Lake near Laidlaw. after 15 years' service with the Merritt District crew. A presentation was made to Mr. Green on August 31st by his fellow ART WATSON has A. S. (FRED) BRAD­ employees. won the position of LEY, Timekeeper, re­ Road Maintenance tired May 15th from Foreman 2 at Burns the Prince George of­ Lake. Art was for­ fice. Fred was pre­ TRANSFERS merly Road Mainte­ sented with gifts from nance Foreman at the staff who will miss GORDON D. FRAMP­ Trout Lake in the Rev­ his sense of humour. TON, Property Negoti­ elstoke District. He is married and has He joined the Department on May 14, ator Grade 2, is now five children. His hobby is collecting an­ 1962. with the Department tique bottles. at Kelowna having transferred from North Vancouver in July. The BOB MINGER has re­ placement of a Prop­ cently won the position CLAUD W. TAYLOR, erty Negotiator at Kelowna is an innova­ of Stockman 4, at Labourer in the Yahk tion to improve service to the public in Burns Lake, replacing Maintenance Crew in the Southern Interior. Lloyd Perepelecta who transferred to the For­ the Cranbrook Dis­ estry Department. Bob trict, retired earlier this joined the Department year. Claud started in May, 1968, and has worked as a La­ with the Department, ROGER PRATT, Materials Branch, Vic­ bourer and Machine Operator. He is December 27, 1952. toria, has been appointed Regional Mate­ married and is Assistant Chief of the G . K. Austin, District Superintendent, rials Engineer in Kamloops, replacing Voluntary Fire Department, and driver Cranbrook, presented Claud with gifts on LARRY DEBoER, who is transferred to for the Ambulance Society. His hobby behalf of fellow employees. Victoria. is rebuilding old cars. 4 WEDDINGS

Roy Walker, District Office Manager at Burns Lake, was married to Nora Dueck, May 29. 1970, at the Burns Lake Courthouse. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rolston stood up for the couple. .. Chuck" is {/ Road Foreman 4 at Burns Lake.

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Linda Marie Askey and Raymond Frederick Pengelly (Jr .) were married ill Oak Bay L. LORRAI NE McDo NALD and D EAN H . United Church May 16th. Linda is employed as Clerk Typist 2 with the Department C. DAVI S were married in the Burch Pre s­ of Highways traffic bran ch ill Vi ctoria. byterian Church, Fort St. John, o n June 20th, by the Rev. W . P. Jan ssen. Dean is Clerk-T imekeeper in the Distr ict Office, Fort St. John, and Lorraine is a Clerk­ Stenographer for the Department of Re­ hab ilit ation and Soci al Improvem en t. Convalescents

LLOYD ANTRIM, Mech anic I. rec eived a bad burn on his foot while weld ing a piece of equipment in the Parksville sho p. The bum was so extensive th at a ski n graft was required.

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RON HATHAWAY, Patrolman at Fi rst Narrows Bridge, is resting at home after surgery. BILL CHRISTIAN, Patrolman at Herb Y oung and Anne Marie M ennie, both of Salmon Arm, were married May 16th Second N arrows Bridge, is reco vering at ill the First United Church, Salmon Arm. Herb is a member of the Salmon Arm Sur vey home from a back injury. Their fellow Crew. employees wish them a speedy recovery.

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EDWARD BROAD and SYLVIA KOHLMAN On May 16, 1970, ALICE-FAYE EMBREE FRANK WOODS, Yardman. has been in were married April 29th in Coeur d'Alene, and JIM LINES were united in marriage at ho spital in Vancouver for a major opera­ the United Church in Creston. Jim is Idaho. Eddie is Machine Operator 9 in tion. He is now convalescing and all his employed as District Stockman and Alice­ the Pouce Coupe District and has been Faye is the Timekeeper with the Depart­ fellow employees in the Golden District with the Department for five years. ment of Highways at Revelstoke. wish him a speedy recovery.

5 "EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

M . G. G. Briscoe, En gineering Aide 3 in the New Westminster Maintenance District, warming up his Ossa 230 Motor-Cross prior to racing on the sand dun es on l ona Island. Glyn is a member of th e District Sur vey Crew and spends much of his time draught­ Department of Highways personnel captured the Commercial ins in th e N ew Westminster Office. He is single, 25, and his League A Ev ent Curling Trophy in Terrac e earlier this year. Th ey f{/\'ourite sport is m otor-cycle scrambles. are , left to right, En gineering A ssistant Charlie Lessard, Project Supervisor Gordon Hanna, and R oad Maintenance For eman Ted Arnoldus and Ross Bowlby,

J. W. T. Hickmont, G olden Di strict Timekeeper, with the sec­ ond of two doll houses he has built for a friend. Th e model is During the past sum m er in Victoria the" Highway Limits " furn ished and carpeted. Jack has been with th e Golden District women's softball team has been play ing weekly in the Government since 1954 , league. They reach ed the sem i-finals only to be defeated by the Department of M ines and Petr oleum Resources. Team members are left to right , back row , Sylvia Jubb, Pat N elson, Noreen Star­ key, Irene Standal, Lynn R ockett; front row, Fran ces Chapman, OBITUARY Leslie Veitch, Linda De/UJIli, Lorraine Peters, Diane Sprinkling, L. 1. HART, Console Ope rator at Lions Gate Bridge , died June and Coach A Ian Lachurity, Missing, Coach Gary Dobi e, Barbara 4,h while on annual leave in the United States. He was 62 , M orrison, Ga il Vau ghan , Val Lubin , and PeRRY Arbber, Len is survived by his wife, Doris, and seven children. Born in London, England, Len came to Saskatchewan in his early teen s where he worked as bank clerk for a number of years. During GLEN G . HIGGINS , Technician with the the Second World War he served with the Grey and Simco For­ Equipment Branch, was among the crew of resters, transferring overseas to the First Hussars. In 1946 he eight abo ard the Gabrielle II, a 48-foot sloop and his family came to North Vancouver where he worked for owned by his brother Ralph, which sailed the City of North Vancouver and at Burrard Dry Dock. Len was from Victoria to the Hawaiian Islands in an officer with 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, where July, one of 23 sailing boats taking in a race he took an active part in the training programme for more th an to the Island of Maui. The Gabrielle II took 15 years, He was also a member of West Vancouver Royal Cana­ 21 days to make the trip, placing third over­ dian Legion. In later years Len worked as Toll Collector on all and second in their division. Lions Gate Bridge and became Console Operator in 1965,

6 ABOUT PEOPLE

F. W. RAMSAY, As­ MRS. LANA U NDER­ MRS. PAT LITTLE is sistant Office Manager, WOOD is a Clerk in the a Clerk in the British British Columbia Fer­ Columbia Ferries Divi­ British Columbia Fer­ ries Division personnel sion revenue depart­ ries Division, Victoria, office. She is married ment. She began with is one of the original with one son, and in the Division in Septem­ 89 starting in 1960, as her spare time she en- ber, 1969, and is mar ­ ried with three daugh­ Senior Ticket Agent, • _ joys sailing. ,. ters. at Swartz Bay. In 1961 U U U Frank was promoted to Terminal Agent W. MURNEY BREN- ­ u u u at Horseshoe Bay and continued there TON , Stockman 4, Headquarters Stores, until 1967 when he moved to his pre sent Victoria, has been with MISS J. MOTTERS­ position at head office. He is married the Department since liED, Clerk in the Brit­ with three children. May , 1948, when he ish Columbia Ferries joined as Stockman 2 Division revenue de­ in Kamloops and then partment. She has been ,'1 1'1 u moved to Victoria in 1949. Murney was with that Department born in Trenton, Ontario, and is married since October, 1969, with two children and four grandchildren. and her hobbies in­ MRS. SYBIL 1. Me­ His outside interests are gardening and clude tennis, canoeing, and swimming. SORL EY is a Clerk 2 in lodge work. the New Westminster u u U u u u Highways District Of­ IRENE HILLEN is District Office Mana­ ROB RIPPENGALE is fice. Sybil has a daugh­ ger at Fort St. John. " jack of all trade s" at ter five and a son two Irene has been in Fort British Columbia fer­ and one -half. She re­ St. John for three years, ries Division head of­ cently vacationed with having previously fice in Victoria. He has worked for the Hospi­ her family in Old Coulsdon, Surrey, Eng­ been with the Division tal Insurance Division since September, 1969, land . When not travelling, her hobbies in Victoria and Department of Public and is very interested are ceramics, sewing, and knitting. Works at Tranquille. in drawing.

This is the brass corner post of L.S. 15, Sec . 23, Tp. 22, R. 7, W. of 6th M., in the Salmon Arm District. It was found grown inside the I8-inch birch tree . The stump was actually Cllt away Captain J. Patterson, skipper of the Galena Bay Ferry, waits at with a chain saw to find it, because a local farmer had remem­ a discreet distance for visitor to leave after a mid-day visit to the bered seeing the pin in the roo ts of the young tree when he was Shelter Bay ferry complex. a boy. 7 ON THE JOB

A week-end washout in May cut the John Hart-Peace River High­ the job were P. J. Carr, Regional Maintenance Engineer; J. R. way, 88 miles north of Prince George. Picture at left shows the Fredrickson, District Technician; Ken Soiland; and John Hrechka. deep gash in the highway and the right one, the start of repairs . On

Installing gabions in slide area on Prince George airport hill Left to right, S. N. A . McLeod, District Superintendent; E, are, left to right, Vern Webster, Frank Peck, Ed Nordstrom, John Ditomassi, Road Foreman; and A . Lenny, Mechanical Foreman, Bergen, and George Jack, members of the Prince George District Revelstoke District, inspect the gabions placed at Shelter Bay ferry crell'. ramp, south of Revelstoke,

Revelstoke bridge crew at work laying the concrete bridge deck Installing 54-inch culvert at One Mile Creek on Wright Creek on the new Camp Creek Bridge located on the Trans-Canada Road are Prince George District crew members Patrick Riley, on Highway, 16 miles west of Revelstoke, Cat; Dean Ireland, Foreman, centre; and John Hrechka, right. 8 •I

\ I~ Prince George District shop mechanics, left to right, are Gaynal Prince George District Mechanical Shop, left to rloht , Meehan­ Arnett, Paul Richards, and R oy Braun, Assistant Mechanical ics Al Henke, Ray Desgagne, and John Tereschuk. Foreman.

Princ e G eorge District cre w hauling grave l to W right Cre ek Prince G eorge District M echanical Sh op , left to right , M e­ R oad , left to right , l vor Hallum, Lyle MacKay, Lin coln Graham, chanics Bill Schmelzel, Billlllett, ond A rt Hesse. Rick y Hetherington , R obert Steph enson , and John Hrcchku,

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The Mesilinka River Bridge, 255 miles north of Vanderhoof on Part of bridge resurfacing crew, Engen Overpass, J3 miles west the A iken Lake Road, was built by the Vanderhoof bridge crew of Vanderhoof on Highway 16, Fred Black, left, and Tim Burtis. for the Department of Mines. The bridge consists of concrete scarifying deck prior to placing nell' concrete. Other members of footings and piers, 110 feet of Bailey bridging, and two forty-foot bridge resurjactng crew were Bill Sainsbury, Harley Haines, Don log-stringer spans. Lindley, and Clifford Lippa. 9 ON THE JOB

W. A. Patten, Senior Road Foreman at Harold Blackburn, Grader Operator at Ken White, Road Maintenance Fore­ Vanderhoof, at his desk in the foremen's Dease Lake, and his Austin-Western Super man at Dease Lake, 90 miles south of office at the new maintenance establish­ 500 maintain approximately 207 miles of Cassiar. Ken has been located there for ment. Wilf commenced working for the the Watson Lake-Cassiar-Stewart High­ almost 3 years. He was formerly {Ill Department in 1954, and last October was way between the Dease River and Eddon­ operator at Good Hope Lake. promoted to his present position of Road tenaion, Harold works out of the Dease Maintenance Foreman 4. As an Alder­ Lake Camp. man on the Vanderhoof Council, Wilf also contributes many hours to village problems and business.

Peter M. Baker, Engineering Assistant Tony Desmarias, Mower Operator, at with the Fort St. John District, investigat­ Parksville, on his machine on th e Island ing possible methods to improve drainage Highway. Tony would prefer the weather A Ibert Evans, Road Maintenance Fore­ on one of the local roads. Peter comes to remain dryas he finds it difficult to man l , left, and Robbie Wilson, Grader­ from the Construction Branch originally keep up with the lush growth on Vancou­ man, Nanaimo District, prepare to start and has been with the District since 1964. I'er Island. on a roadmix paving operation.

Harry Dawes, Spreadman, figuring out Henry Nielsen, Truck Driver, Nanaimo, distances to spread various size gravel Fred Wood, Machine Operator, Parks­ near his water tank. Henry has a busy trucks on a roadmix operation at Na­ ville, is kept busy stripping gravel pits in job trying to keep the dust settled on naimo, Spread distance will affect the the Nanaimo and Parksville areas. He roads under construction in the Nanaimo thickness and width of the finished pave­ has also been reconstructing and widening area. ment. roads in the Errington area.

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"Jock" Rattray, Senior Foreman at Good Hope Lake is super­ vising as Homer L. Good, District Superintendent at Fort St. John, changes a flat-tire while Floyd Erickstad, Bridge Foreman, looks on from the rear. Standing nearby with camera and stop Prince George District sign crew, Felex Larocque and watch was Les Broddy, Regional Highway Engineer at Prince Art Lussier (on ladder). George.

District Superintendent G. W. Harper, of Vanderhoof, and Members of Nanaimo survey crew busy establishing a right-of­ sidewalk superintendents J. E. Zielke and /. C. Wilkes inspect the way in preparation for construction, left to right, Jerry Moore, pulvimixing behind W . G. Mellett. as the District crews surface Jim Oglivie, and Perry Fleming. Necliako A venue and a section of the Kenney Dam Road.

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Equipment used to grade narrow road between Dease Lake and Telegraph Creek. Switchbacks and bluffs make the road too narrow jar grader in summer or one-way plow in winter. Jim J. Janzen on D7 clearing right-of-way on the frontage road Stewart is operating H .D. 5 and Don Mcl'hee on Austin-Western east of Terrace, Highway /6. . pullgrader, 11 PEEK INTO THE PAST

Top picture, the M. V . " Cascade" whic h served 011 the west coast position for 44 years. Picture was taken in late 20's. Notice as II freighter for a yew or .10, then started servi ce as a ferry [rom advertising posters on th e wheelhouse. Below, th e present M .V. Brentwood Bay to Mill Bay O il VaIlCOII\'er lsland, after being re­ " Mill Bay" with recent m odi fied superstructure, com menced .11'1'­ named S.S . " Mill Bay ." Later a truck engin e was installed which vice origin ally in 1956 and 11011' operated by till' British Columbia lasted thre e years, then hori zontal Gardner 152 B.H .P. Vessel was Ferries Division, Old ph 0 10 and injormation was supplied by owned by M essrs. Kinnaird and Williams, Master and Mate respec­ wtuta». Hankin, Chief Engineer , MY. .. Mill Bay ." ti vcly, and Chi ef Engineer was II. C. CiaII' who served in this 12 SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

REGION 2 CHILDREN LEARN SAFETY EARLY A recent colouring contest for children of Region 2 em­ ployees produced some good entries and some lessons in safety for the very young. Judged by Regional Construction Superintendent A. G . Jones and Harry Lay of the Mechanical Superintendent's office-the contest was divided into age groups; under seven , eight, nine , and ten and eleven and over. The best two entries in each group were awarded prizes donated by inter­ ested persons throughout the Region. All entries were acknowledged by letter and every child received a .. Smokey the Bear" booklet. Winners were Lynn Kelly, five-year-old daughter of Jim Kelly, Machine Operator at Salmon Arm; Kathy Trouila, seven, daughter of L. G. Trouila, Mechanic at Allison Pass; Barry Gergstrom, ten, son of B. L. Bergstrom, Road Main­ Ken Jackson from the office of the Co-ordinator of Accident tenance Foreman at Bridge Lake; Melody Ottenbreit, II, Prevention presents D. O. Young, Road Foreman, Kimberley neice of John Ottenbreit, Bridgeman at Kelowna; Debra maintenance crew in the Cranbrook District, with the silver award Watkinson, 12, daughter of D. E. Watkinson, Stockman at of merit. Background, left to right, M. J. Laisnez; J. B. Thom­ Vernon; and Faith Evans, sponsored by Francis Tanaka, ason, H. Haug; R. Lowe, L. L. Nelson, missing from photo D. N . Timekeeper of Kamloops District. Roe.

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W. J. McDonald, Regional Safety Offi­ cer, presented to Clifford Dodge, Mechanic Foreman at Burns Lake" medium silver" award of merit. The crew of nine men worked 80,874 man-hours from June 23, L. F. Cote, left, recently was presented with a bronze award on behalf of Nelson 1964, to December 31, 1969, without a District road crew and W. Kortegaard, a silver award on behalf of Nelson shop crew by time-loss accident. P. B, MacCarthy, Regional- Maintenance Engineer. Prince George Fore­ I~ man Lloyd Roselliook­ ing at hard hat which saved his life. On May 21st, while direct­ ing the removal of logs jammed against a bridge, the boom on a crane swung around, hitting him on the head, knocking him to the ground. Lloyd lost no time obtaining the / new hard hat he is wearing. () // " This is known as' getting your feet wet' in the secretarial pool-Miss Farb," 13 FERRIES

Mrs. Maria Logan, the only lady member of .. The Original are still with the service . Two more of them are shown in the 89" after presenting the Han . W . D. Bla ck with captain's cap and inse ts, left, Chief Engineer Rick Henriksen and, right, Captain receiving bouquet from the Minister and cull links from M. F. B . G . K . Owen-Jones. Ferry sen'ice now has close to 2,000 Aldous, General Manager, at the British Columbia Ferries Divi­ employees, 21 ships, and has carried over 37,000,000 passengers sion Tenth Anniversary dinner in June. The Ferries Division since it started. started ou t in 1960 with two ships ami 191 personnel, 89 of which

Isle Pierre Ferryman Harry Taylor has been on the job at 1sle Pierre on the Nechako River since January , 1953. Harry is mar­ The bridge of the M .V. .. Powell River Queen" with Captain ried and he and his wife live in a Government house at the ferry­ T. J. Whelan on the left and Mate Mr. Victor Walker at the helm. site. 14 ,.~

On June l Oth and l l th , the docking cradle and winch at Shelter Bay ,...- ferry terminal was used to remove the ferry M. V. "Galena" from the water for hull inspection and repairs, the first test of the cradle and winch under their full design loadings. Photo shows the MY. " Galena" emerg­ ing from the water and starting up the l O-per-cent grade to the mainte­ nance area. The ferry was taken just far enough up to grade to allow in­ spection, repairs. and a quick return to service. By pulling it out in the evening and working at night, the ferry was out of service for only approxi­ mately half a day. The 700-foot-long grade to the maintenance area is necessary because of the 70-foot variation in the water level behind the Arrow Dam.

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I The Francois Lake ferry M. V. "Jacob Henkel" was alii of service May 19th to June 23rd for major refit . Tempo­ rary service was provided with a barge powered by ttu; boat BP 451. Before the temporary service could be started a portion of a proposed new ferry approach 11'(/ ,\' Dock Design survey crew doing an as-built survey of the Long Harbour constructed by District crews. Top , MY. "Jacob Hen­ ferry terminal on Salt spring Island, Left to right, they are G. A. Mintz, kel" in dry dock and, above, Captain T. E. Ashe standing G. B. Hand, and G. S. Goundrey, on tugboat deck. 15 Q\

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When the Alaska State Ferry MY. .. Taku " ran aground recently on the north side of West Kinahan Island, about 8 miles from the mouth of Prince Rupert Harbour, the British Columbia Ferries M .V . .. Queen of Prince Rupert ,; was able to assist in the refloating by removing 70 vehicles and passengers. Here M. V . .. Queen of Prince Rupert," bow to stern, receives vehicles from M. V. .. Taku " in the transfer operation.