THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DECEMBER, 1966

RunnerPUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 3, NUMBER 4

October Rains Cause Terrac e Area Floods

SIX inches of r ain fell in theTerrace- Kiti mat ar ea on Octob­er 23 and 24, which added to themelting fresh snow on the moun­tains, ca us ed ext ensi ve fl ashfloods on many of the c reeks andri vel' S in the area. T he Kitim atRivel' and Will iams Creek , southof T errace reached highest knownlevels . Greatest damage occuredon the T er r ace -Kiti mat HighwayNo. 25 south of Will iams Creek,where the pave ment was floodedfor one quar te r of a mi le by twofeet of flowing water. Grave lshoulde r s wer e washed away andthe pavement edge under mined.T he highway was clo s ed for 12hours until the waters receded.The four photog raphs show tr affict r ying to get th ro ugh the floodeds ection as the wate r s r ec eded.P ictur e, bottom left, shows thewashout on Hatcher y Cr eek onthe same highwa y and photo,bottom ri ght. shows wate r level sat Copper Br idge on Highway 16"afte r it had sta rted to go down.

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Minister's Message

Christmas is here again and I tcould like to ex tendto every employee my best wishes and God' s ri chestblessing for that holy season. Many of our p ersonnelwill be spending long, cold days and nights keeping ourh ighways open and safe for holiday travel. L ike manypeople in public service occup ations, th ey are oftentaken for granted by th e very p eople who benefit mostfrom th eir extra effo rt. To th ese especial ly I uould lik eto bring greetings and thanks on behalf of th e people0/ British Columbia. A nd to all, may I convey mywarmest wishes fo r a Merry Chris tm as and a HappyNe w Year.

P. A . Gaglardi, Minister

M rs. B . Pearson is the cook in the Port Clements camp andkeep s the boys on their toes with her quick wit and ioonder­fu l sense of humor. Of interest is the fact that "Backy" is anative Haida Indian and has lived on the Queen CharlotteIslands most of her life.

THE ROAD -RUNNERVolume 3 December, 1966 Number 4

Published Quarterly by

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

Ray Ba ines-Executive EditorArthur J . Schindel-Editor

Associate Field EditorsPaul Connor North VancouverAdam Kloster North VancouverDave Wardell BurnsideJ. W. Morris NanaimoM. Butler Cour te nayJim Harris Bridge MaintenanceAlex Caldwell North VancouverLloyd Burgess New Westminst erG. M. Van ce Chill iwackB. McDonald Karr loopsW. Kirkland Williams LakeMurray Ramsay Salm on ArmDave Bowman Revelst okeAl Desimore Verno nFred Evans KelownaPete Fuoco PentictonH. R. Walker Merr it tDave Roberts ' .' LillooetDorothy Wilkins Grand ForksP. Flood RosslandBill Higgins NelsonFred Angrignon New DenverIrene Labelle CrestonS. J. Tognela CranbrookSam Caravetta FernieJohn Edgar GoldenBill Ingram VictoriaSteve Sviatko SmithersC. Bartsch Pouce CoupeE. A. Beaumont Prince GeorgePat To ndevold Fort St. J ohnPat O'Toole TerraceR. M. Boss Prince GeorgeS. Price Prince GeorgeGeorge Harper ' QuesnelGeorge Kent VanderhoofJim Chenoweth Burns LakeE . Lund Prince Rupert

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Ernie Scott and Art Spencer, RoadMaintenance Foremen, "' illiamsLake District have been figuring awayin the office lately. Looks as if theyare making up a new lunar calender,though Ernie insists it is just the wint­er shift list.

Before & After

Pictured above are two shots of theEndako Mine Road showing, top pic­ture , start of cons truction in October,1965 and, lo wer picture, co mp letedroad (same view) in August, 1966. Theroad serves as main access from High­way No . 16 to th e Endaho Mines openpit Mo Iybdenum Mine. The highwaypartly an existing road and partlynew construction was built in coop­eration with the private mining com­pany and is now maintained by theDepartment.

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THOMAS EVANS, for merly of theDepartm ent of Highways, Lillooet diedSeptember , 1966.

Bruce Sutherland, auto motive me­chanic at the Courtenay ga rage waskilled in a light pla ne ac ci dent inAugus t , 1966 in the Hope- Pri nc etonHighway area. Br uce st a rt ed wit h theDepa r tment in 1962 as an Appr ent iceMec hanic. He will be mis sed by allwho knew him for his friendl y andcourteous pe r sonali ty .

Friends ofHenry Prowsewill be so r ry tohear of hisdeat h Novem ­ber 15,1966, inhi s 90t h yea r .

Bill Prowse was a Dis trict Offici alin the Similkam een area for the Pro­vinci al Department of Public Work s inth e 1930' s , In the ea r ly 1940' s he joinedthe Location Branch of the Departm entin Victoria and stayed there until hisr etireme nt.

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DONALD LIVINGST ONE, a diam onddrtll foreman for the Materials Test­ing Br anch, died in th e Shau ghness yVete r ans' Hosp it al , Vancouver, October28, 1966.

Born in Nova Scoti a in 1913 he wentinto the min ing industry where heworked as a mine r and diamond drill er.He s erved in th e Royal Canadian En­ginee rs in Europe for si x yea r s durin gthe Second World War. He joined theDep artment in 1958 and becam e adi amond drill for eman in January,1959, the position he held until hisdeath.

He le aves a WidOW, Mrs. AlisonLivin gstone and a four yea r old daugh­ter at 536 Webster Avenue, Coqu itlam,B.C.

He came to British Columbia in 1947and had si nce been employe d by theB.C. Department of Highways. He wor k­ed on r oad cons t r uct ion until 1949and s ince then had been with the loc a­ti on dep artm ent. He liv ed at varioustimes in Victoria, Salmo, Bi g Bend,Ro ss land , Boston Bar and cametoNel­son in October , 1958.

Ton y is s ur vive d by his wife Hel en ,a daught er Ca ro line and so n Joey, bothat hom e; his mothe r , Mr s. C. M. Sca r ­borough of Nel son; one brother, J os ephof Pine POint, NWT, one s is te r Mr s.Silvia Feener of Pi ctou , N.S. Interm enttook pl ace in Nel son, Novembe r 26,1966.

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He was a me mbe r of Victoria-Colu m­bi a Lodge No. 1 AF & AM, Vict ori a, andof the Roya l Arch Masons at Nelson.

Ail were sad­den ed by thesudden death ofTon y (Buck)Scar­borough, RegionalLocation Supe r in­tendent at Nelson,who died su ddenl yat the age of 41years, November23, 1966.

Ton y was born in Edmonton on Aug­ust 28, 1925, where he atte nded school.He was attached to the Roya l Navy fleetair a r m for training. Returning toCanada in 1945, he was employe d bythe Alberta Highways Department andlater with the Dominion geode tic s ur­vey in the Dea se Lake and Snag areasin the Yukon.

While with the Loc ati on Branch hewas Resident Enginee r in charge ofsurveying the present r outes of theSalmo-Creston Highway, Yahk- Cr an­brook Section, and pa r t of th e Blu e­berry- Paulson s ec t i on s of HighwayNo.3.

OBITUARIES

WILLIAM KREVENCHUK died s ud­denl y October 8th in Mills Mem orialHospital. Bill had been employed bythe Terrace District s ince November,1959 and had competently filled man yclassifications , Loader Operator,Back-Hoe Operator, Truck Driver andTractor Operator. He was consi d­ered a dependable s tea dy worker and allin the District were s addened by hiss udden death. He le aves hi s wife,Frances , and four s mall childr en.

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Peek Into The Past

The first GO.M.C. truck used in the Cranbrook area around 1925. The truck was working in the Marysville area and beingloaded by a !1J yard bear Cat shovel. The identity of the man by the shovel is not known.

Underbody plows are not so new as this 1938 photo from Quesnel shows. It's a Chev 3-ton with two plows mounted underthe body with ingenious spring system to take the shock and p ull the plow back into position.

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Weddings Transfers

Adriana Bertoia and Dennis Lainewere married at Cranbrook in St .Mary's Roman Catholic Church onOctober 8th, 1966, with the ReverendA. V. Maglio officiating at the doublering ceremony. Adriana is employedby the Department as a Clerk Sten­ographer in the Cranbrook office.

Linda Harkness and Trevor Davieswere married in the St. Andrews andSt . Stephens Presbyterian Chu rch,North Vancouver, J uly 30, 19 66 bythe Reverend J. B. Mi lne. Linda is aClerk Stenographer in the Right-of­Way Office, No rth Vancouver.

" * *WILMA M. GELHORN, ClerkStenog­

rapher in the Golden District andALEN H. SCHMIDT, laborer with theColumbia District outside staff weremarried September 3 In the s t . John'sLutheran Church, Vernon. Alan is fromVernon and Wilma from Winfield.

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Anne's Church, Quesnel, were RUSSELZERR and the former Miss LYNNETABER. Russ is employed on the Dis­trict survey crew in Quesnel and Lynneis Clerk Stenographer in the generaloffice.6

A. E . Staite, District Superintendentrecently transferred from Rossland toFernie. Mr. Staite is married and hastwo da ughters. His hobby is photog­raphy.

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of-Way Agent was recently trans­ferred to Victoria as Right-of-WayAgent. A farewell gift of a portableradio and wallet was presented to Normby R. G. Harvey, Regional Highwa yEngineer on behalf of Region four em­ployees.

* * *JOHN KRASTEL ha s moved from

Mission to Gabriola Island, where hehas taken up his new duties as RoadMaintenance Foreman.

Ma rgaret E. Nutter and R odney M.Mu eller were married in the HospitalChapel in Fort St. J ohn on October 8,1966. Rodney is a M ech a nic in theDepartment S hop at Fort St. John.

* * *MARVIN WORDEN, Engineering Aide

in the Nanalmo office and CAROLLUNGREN were married in September.

District Engineer Jack Ke lsall wasrecently transferred from Grand Forksto Revelstoke. The sign in the back­ground should be disregarded as Jackis still with the Highways Depart ­ment.

Transfers from Grand Forks app earto be heavy this year. As well as J ackKelsall employees also welc omedAlice-F aye Embree to the office staffat Hevelstoke. Alice transferred fromthe Government Agency at Gra ndForks to Highways in Revelstoke asClerk Stenographer.

Another new face in Revelstoke is En ­gineering Aide Dale Boutwell. Daletransferred from the ConstructionBranch Headquarters.

ART SIMPSON ha s r et ir ed aIte r 10ye ars s er vice. Ar t' s recor d is hard tobeat-no ti me-loss accidents , has nev e rmissed a days wor k, and has neverbeen late for work.

JOHN BOYILL has r etired afte r 10years ser vice. J ohn ' s hobby is lookingafter the s kati ng rink.

CLARENCE BENSOK of the Hazeltonc r ew has r etired afte r 18 yea r s se r ­vi ce.

CHARLI E FOST ER has retired afte r17 yea r s s e r vic e.

JIM HULIN r et ir ed at the end ofNovem ber aft er 18 yea r s service wit hthe Depa r t me nt . He has been RoadMaint enan ce Foreman Gr ade 2 on theGolden c rew for man y yea r s . J im hasalso ac te d as Cons t r uction F ore manGrade 1 and 2 on va r ious Day Laborjobs in the Distrct. J im is r ecover ingni cel y fr om a r ecent illness and s ur ­ge ry . T he illnes s put him in the hos ­pital fo r the fi r s t t im e in his li fe ­a pretty good r ecord.

MR. & MRS. MER\lN L. BANNIST ERwe r e honored at a fa r ewell part y giyenby the Burns Lake Department em­ployees at the Deck er Lake Hall onOctober 14. 1966. Mr . and Mrs. Ban­nis te r accept ed gifts from T . R.Yearsley. Regional Mechani cal Supe r ­intendent. who .made the pres ent ation onbe half of the Department. Merv leavesthe Departmen t afte r 18 year s . nine ofwhich were spent in the Smithe rs s hopas mechani c. He ca me to Burns Lakeas mech anic a l foreman in Mar ch, 19S7.Merv and his family le ave Burns Lakefor Saskatoon wher e Men ' plan s towor k in a diff er ent field.

"1 th ink I forgo t th e barricade."" You what?"

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Bernard Stallybras s, Road Main ten­an ce Foreman, Galiano Isl and retiredNove mber 8, 1966. M r. and Mrs.Stally bra ss wi ll sta y on Gali ano Is­land. K een card players they will beable to take a more active p art in theinter-Is land card games.

S. C. "S tan" Williso n, lef t, retired inSeptember after having completed 20yea rs of service with the Department.G. K. A ustin, 'ct S uperintendent,presented Stan with a transisto r ra ­dio on behalf of hi s fellow employees.

District S up erin tenden t Pa t Dunnpresen ting Percy Beacli wit h a retire­ment gi f t fr om his fellow emp loye es.

Frank D. Lamb retired N ove mber 17,1966, at Vic to ria after 20 years serv­ice with th e Departm ent. Frank com­menced work with th e Departme nt in1946 and for many ye ars work edthroughout the provin ce as a bridgeforeman and later, because of illness,transferred to Langford as a yard­man. A presentation was made inLangford and District SuperintendentA . F. Park presented Fra nk with awell-stu/fed envelope which he saidwould be used to purchase an ex tragolf bag while he and Mrs. Lam b areon an extended trip to Califo rni a laterthis mon th . Presentation of a walleton behalf of the B .C. Govern ment Em­ployees' Association wa s .m ade by W .Sluggett.

Senior Cap tain Tom Hall standing infront of h is home on Quadra Island.Captain Hall started with th e Depart­ment in April, 1960, with th e inaugur­al run of th e M . V. "Quadra Queen".He spent 40 ye ars working in thecoastal waters of B. C. until his re­tirement this year.

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Safety Awards, Rallies

bob Baker, N elson Bridge Foremanreceives Silver Safety A uard flam D.J" Martin , R egion al High/ray 1'.11g illeel'.

Th e Qu esn el R oad cre u: recently reoce i ced a Si icer Auard for S afety,Shoun alter th e pres entation are:left to right, Hoad For eman Orealb arn es, R egi on al Moi nten an ce L'II ­gin eer Pat Ca rr, R oa d For eman AbCamp beli. Dist rict S upe rinte ndent G,II , Harper , Road Forem an Jim Titusand h oad F oreman Robin 11 right,

Region Three

Safety RalliesTen safety rall ies wv ro hol rl in Rog ion

three fro m Sep tvmbe-r 14 - 20 Inclust vo,Taking pa rt wprp K. E. G. J ackson fromth e Accident Prevent ion Bra nc h Ci vilSe r vice Co m m iss ion : \\'.;\1. Sp roul ,Reg iona l M a lnt ena nco Enginep r: H.C.F ranc is , Hegion two Safp ty Offi ce r a ndG. K. Aus ti n . Re gion thn ' l' Sa fe ty Offi­cer .

Th es e ral l ies were wel l atte-ndr- d a nda good deal of va luable information wa simparte d.

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The combined Delta Maintenance crews uere presented with their Silver Awardsin October , 1966, Holding the eel tificat es are , left, L. Lindsay , Foreman forDelta East and J , Pabln, For eman for Delta V\ 'est, District Engineer ls . V\ ,Gittins stands at the extreme right,

.Th e burnaby Maintenance creu : recently received their Silver A ward for Safety,R , burton. left , Safety lcepresentatice, and L , L. Kruger holding th e award afterpresentation by R , 11, Gittins, District Engineer, standing at th e far right, Jackbroun, Maintenance Foreman is kneeling at Iouer right.

A Bronn' Sa fe ty' Award wa s pres pntpd to Gor do n Cought rv, Mechani cal Forv­nian. :\an a imo , hy John Morris , Dis t ri c t Supv ri nte ndont ,

111P Th et is Island and Gabriol a Island F erry cre ws won a Bronze Saf'otyAward.

A Bronze Award wa s r pc pntl y awa rde d to th e Bu r nside Distr ic t Offi ce s tafffor 42.1 24 consecut ive man hours without a lost.-ti me .ar-c i de nt , Distr ic t OfficeManaae r D.:\.J. Wa r rle ll acc epted thr- awa rd mad» hy District xuperi urendentA. F. Pa r k.

A Bionze Safpt~' Award was gi ven to th e :\e lson ga rage crew, D.F . Martin,Regio na l lli ghwa ~' Eng inee r mad e th o p r e s entat ion to Pen' y' Scott , Me ch ani c alForoma 11.

A Brouz e Safvtv Award was presented to th e Nelson Distri ct Off' ire s ta ff a ndtho Hq:ional Offie (' staff by Re gional High wa y Eng in ec r D. F. Martin, D. R. God ­frp ~' . :\ ,'I s on District Office Mana gr-r a cce-pted th e awa r d on be-half of his fpllo \\'r-mplo vovs,

K. E. G. J acksou , of th r- Accident Prev ention Branch of th « Civi l Se rv iceCo m m issio n prosonn-d a Bron ze Award to th e :\el son Rpg io na l Sc rn pe- r Crew,

Ea r l Khan . Shop For pmall. ","plson. accepte d a Bronze Safpty Awa r d p r es entarionmad« b ~' Heg io na l Maintenance Eng inpe r W.M. Sp roul . .

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T ra ffi c Supe r inte nde nt Don Page pres ented Herb GuUeridge of th e Re gi onalElec t r ical crew with a Bronze Safet y award.

An annu al gene r al safet y meetin gwas he ld in Sa lmon Ar m on Octo be r21, 1966. T he meeting was attendedby H.D. F r anci s, Regio na l Safety Of­fic er. T. Anderson . Workman' s Com­pensa tion Boa rd Insp ector, J. La Paca ,Fi r s t Aid man fr om Mic a P r oject, andmost of the Sa lmon Arm Distr ict crews .

T wo fil ms we re show n, one of themon mouth to mouth resuscitatio n andex te rnal hear t massage. A gold safetyawar d was presented to the SalmonArm office staff.

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Salmon Arm HoldsAnnual Safety Meeting

Bill Balbirnie, Mechanical Foremanat Lillooett travelled to all Districts inRegion 2 with Harry Francis, Region­al Safety Officer, to che ck on fir e pre­oention fac ilities Mr. Hal b i r n i e ,shown here , is Captain of th e LillooettFire Department, and als o Fir e M ar­shall for Lillooett.

W.G. Hel ms ing. Dis tric t Supe r in­tendent. and H. Franc is, Regional SafetyOfficer Region 2. pr esented W.O.Hoggan. Heav y Duty Mechanic' and F. .R .Zip mer. Cle r k. Department of High­ways , Bos ton Ba r. B,C. with IndustrialFirst Aid cer tifica tes whic h they ac­qui r e-d afte r comple t ing a co ur se r e­ce ntly held at Bos ton Bar .

At a safety rally held in PentictonOctob er 31, 1966, attended by 33 em ­ployees from Penticton, Oli ver, Kere­meos and Okanagan Flood ControlRegion 2 S afety Offi cer Harry Fran­cis presented Louis Gladi sh, TractorOperator fr om K erem eos w i t h a"Wall: A way Club" a ward, th e firstone to be won by the Highways De­partment in H. C. L ouis, right, isshown with District Eng inee r BillBishop .

Representatices from the Nanaimo, Alberni, Saanich -Islands and the Couiichan­Malahat crews at th e N anaimo District Safety presentation .

GEORGE WILKIKSON is r etiring aschairm an of the Accident Preventio nCommittee for Esqui malt and SaanichDistri ct s after havi ng s e rv ed a tot alof 100 meetings. Th e new cha ir manis Ronald R. Daws on.

M. G. Elston , Regional Highway lin­gineer presents Bronee Safety awardto Carl Seehuber, Chairm an of theSafety Committee who accepted awardfor the New Westminster District.left to right: District Engineer, Royt cittins, Carl Seehuber and Mr. 1:-1­ston.

New Westminster

District Superintendent W. M . Under­wood and Engineering Aide HillBaker with the Bronec Safety awardwhich the North Vancou ver Districtreceived recently.

District Bronze AwardsNanaimo

M . G. Elston , Regional Highway En ­gineer presenting Bronee A ward toLome Slater, Chairman of the SafetyCommittee, who accepted award onbehalf of the Nanaimo District.

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PROM OTIO NS

J im Onions won th roug h comp etitionthe p osition 0/ Ro ad M aintenanceForeman 3 at Po rt Cle ments .Jim is 'known for h is several years ofwork as a grader operator on th e HartHighway, in the Fort George District.He was then employed on the R eg ion2 pulvi- mix crew and more re cen tlywas a shovel operator at Port Cle­ments.Jim and his fami ly are lo ok ing f or­uard to the ab undant hunting andfishing opportunities on th e QueenCharlotte Islands.

John Edwards won through comp eti­tion the positio n 0/ R oad M ain ten­ance Fo reman 1 at A lice Arm, B.C.Previously John had been a Construc­tion Foreman at S andsp it.John, his wife Ver a and their sonTrever are now settled in th e Depart­ment trailer at Alice Arm and arelook ing forward to a long snowy wint­er in th e mining com m unity.

Th e eve ning of November 18th th eUniversity of Victoria pre s euted di­plomas for th e "Exec ut ive Dev el op­ment Training Plan." The followin gmembers hav e gr aduate d after thrppyears study; R. W. GITTINS, Distri ctEngineer , Ne w Westminst er: and fr omVictoria , E.E . READSHAW, Senior Ma­terials Engtneer: N.C. TATTRIE.Assistant Chi ef Ri ght -of- Way Agent :and W.C. THOMPSON, Bridge En­ginee r .

WILLIAM (WIL LIE) HAUTALA, Ma­chine Operator 2 wit h th e Golde n Roadcrew has r ecentl y ber-n promoted toRoad Maint enanc e Forem an 2 at Gold en .Willie has been with the Departments ince 1947 and since th en has held avari et y of positions in th e Golden a r va,

Exec Grads

CHARL ES A. ARNOLD formerlyRoad Maintenance Foreman at Squa­mish has won th e position of BridgeForeman in th e Courtenay District .Chuck assumed his new duties No­vember 14, 1966. He has be en e m­ployed by this Department s ince August.1948, starting as a laborer. Chuckis marri ed and has two clu ldr en ,

C.J. EGOL F formerly with th e De­partmen t a t Kamloops, B.C. won th ecompetition for Bridge Forem an atBurns Lak e. He beg-an his new duti esOctober' 1, 1966.

C. SMITH has won th e position ofForeman 2 at Port Hardy. He wasform erly a gr ade r operator with th eLillooet District .

M rs. Beth Gibbons of the PouceCoupe office has recently been p ro­mo ted from Clerk Steno to Clerk 2 andis enjoying the new position. beth hasbeen with the Department since 1954.

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Hector R . MacKen zie h as been p ro­moted fr om Right-of- Way Agent 2 toRegional Right- of- Way Agent and hasbeen transferred from N orth Vanco u­ver to Ne lson . Hector entered theGovernment service with the LandRegistry in Ku ml oops, July, 1946, hetransferred to th e Department ofHighways in Ap ril, 1957 and was sta­tioned in Vi ctoria for 18 months be­fore he was transferred to No rth Van·couver in 1958. Hector is married andhas two sons, Ken , 17, and Don, 14.His interests ar e square dancing andminor sp orts.

Mrs . Mary Bossenberry has wo nthrough co mpeti ti on the position 0/Clerk 2 in the Smithers office.

J AMES O. SAWATSKY was th e suc­cessful applicant for th e position ofRoad Maintenan ce Fo re ma n 3 at squa­mi sh, He assumed his new duti esNovem her 7, 1966. Prior to this hewas Road Mai nt enance Foreman 2 onTexada Island whe re he and his famil yhave lived for the past 18 months. Hehas been with th e Department sinceAugust , 19;:;4.

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IDEAS

The "Quadra Beaver Discourager" or "what to do until thegame warden arrives." After having to launch a boat andclean a 3 foot culvert under 12 feet of water some action wasnecessary to prevent a recurrence. A cable was attached tothis screen placed over the mouth of the culvert . Th e beaverhad no trouble in building a dam agains t it poernight. Hut ayank on the cable in the morning was just like pulling aplug in the bath tu b, and sticks, mud and leaves go swirlingdown the drain . B ut beavers don 't dis courage easi ly . Thegame warden eventually had to trap them.

"Rudolph gravel was her," device / 01' washi ng gravel to de­term in e qu ickly th e percent fin er than a 200 mesh sieve.Prototype shown wit h inventor, M aynard R udo lph, was de­veloped in the Vancouver Testing Branch. laboratory and IS

presently being considered as standard equip ment for High­uiay Department laboratories in b ritish Columb ia .

Diamond drill with new ~

"w inte r coat" lor coldweather drilling, b urn ­aby yard.

~ Pride and joy of K el­owna sign painter,AlexMarr, this paint spray­ing unit w as built byRoss Charter, s h opforeman, and his crew.This ne w unit sp eedspainting of sign posts,guardrail and cro ss­walks in the District.

Social Events

Region al Right -of- W ay Agent v. A .Drew presents H ector M'ac Ke n.ziewith a radio from his fellow employeeson the occas ion of H ector 's prom otionand transfer to Nelson.

Three members of the High way De­partment were leaders at a Cub Campheld south of Ne lso n last May. Theyare, left to right, L. A. Broddy, Region­al Cons truction Engineer, G. R. Hoo o­er, Nelso n District B ridge cre w, andW. 1. N . Higgin s, Regional OfficeManager. Judging fro m th e attire, itmust have been a tough camp.

Mabel Simpson, a member of the Na ­naimo office staff, has just returnedfrom an enjoyable holiday in Banff.12

N orth OkanaganEmployees Host 150At 4th Annual Party

The employees of the North OkanaganDepartment of Highways held theirfourth annual party in Vernon October21. It was organized by Jack Suther­land and Les York.

During the evening master of cere­monies Jim Holt , introduced Superin­tend ent Pat Dunn and his wife Dorothy.Mr. Dunn recently posted to the Districtsaid it was a pleasure to see employeeswho wor k together, have fun together.

From Cherryville, Lumby, Enderby,Westside, Oyama and Vernon, the 150who attended enjoyed dancing andnovelty events topped off with adelicious smorgasbord supper.

Percy Beach r ec eived a gift fromhis fellow e mployees on his retirement.

Rod Sparrow, r etired mechanicalfor eman from Vernon, received recog­nition and it was pointed out that Rodhad bee n with the Department for 34year s , starting in 1918.

BOB CAVANAUGH, Stockman withthe Lillooet area. Bob contributes agood deal of spare time to civil defencework.

KAREN SHEPH ERD, a member oftheNanaim o offic e staff was stranded onProtection Island when a private boatmotor fail ed. She had been clo singdown her summer home for the winter.Karen was r escued with no ill effectsexce pt a lon g wait.

CONVALESCENTSR.M. MARSHALL, Shovel Operator at

Cr eston is in hospital r ecovering froma heart att ack which he suffered octo­ber 22, 1966. His fellow employees wishBob Sr. a speedy r ecov ery.

RENE VALCOURT, an AutomotiveMechanic in Nelson, aft er a lengthystay in the Kootenay Lake Hospital isnow in Vancouver undergoing furthe rmedical treatment. His co- work erswish Rene a spe edy r ecovery and hopeto s ee him back on the job soon.

TONY DEGRAZIO has returned towork in the Golden mechanical sho pafter an illness of several months. Tonyhas wor ked for the Department as anautomotive mechanic in Golden since1954.

Friends of E.W. ATTREE (ERNIE)formerly Mechanical Superintendent,Headquarters , now r etired, will bepleased to know that he making an ex­cellent recovery from s erious surgeryand anticipates better health.

Presentation being made to M r. andMrs . Bill Cooper by Revelstoke Dist­rict Offi ce Manager Dave Bowmanwhen Bill was transferred from Revel­stoke to W illiams Lake as ResidentEngineer.

Gordon Dunsmuir, Engineering Assis­tant, Nanaimo, had just returned froma short vacation which he spent work­ing on his house. Gordon had hishouse jacked up and a basement builtunderneath. He is doing much of thework himself.

Farewell and presentation on behalfof the Revelstoke District by DaveBowman, District Office Manager,centre, to Mr. and Mrs . Ian Stewart.Ian, former District Engineer in Rev­elstoke has left to be City Engineer inKitimat.

COMMUNICATIONS

Wally Stewart getting ready to boarda helicopter, assisting the communica­tions Branch to install a radio repeat­er on a nearby mountain. Wally .hasbeen Road Maintenance Foreman inthe Alberni Valley for the past sevenyears.

Trig station "Shin" being tested aspossible location for field radio re­peater site. The North Peace Surveycrew assisted the local Motorola rep­resentative to conduct a series of testsat this site. The repeater presently inuse is located on the peak 0/ PortageMountain, which is accessible only byhelicopter.

Fern Rivard (car 2000) working onradio communiciations in the GrandForks office. Fern lives in Penticton,and services the radios of the High­way Department as far east as GrandForks .

BRIDGES

Monday, October 24th, the bridge atTrout Creek on Highway No. 16 hadboth approaches washed out. Theflood was due to an overnight rainfallof 2V2 inches The bridge at Hells Bellswas also washed out.

Shook bridge in the Chilliwack Dist­rict, recently constructed over HatzicSlough, about three miles east of Mis­sion.

Upper Gaffney Bridge located on theFort St. James-Germansen Landingroad. The old King Truss was re­placed in 1966 by a fir log stringerspan on concrete pier and abutments.Work was undertaken by the Vander­hoof Bridge crew.

PAINTING

Gordon Whi.;ton, Sign Painter atDuncan on Vancou ver Island hard atwork painting the back of destinationboard green to comply with recentchanges to sign post assemblies. Gor­don has now completed his section ofthe Trans-Canada Highway.

Dave Hamilton, left and Bill Bennie,Courtenay Sign crew painting direc­tional markings for Island Highway­Comox Road intersection.

Art Mott, Vanderhoof, repainting theVanderhoof Weigh S cale house. Thescales are now permanently manned.

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On The Job

Nelson Regional Right-ofWay AgentGraham Fraser hard at it appraising-rocks?

Fred Bennett, Road MaintenanceForeman, Mayne Island, with thegrader on the Horton Bay project.The large grader is a tight fit on someof the Gulf Island roads.

Part of the Courtenay Bridge crew,Gordon Highway, left, and HarryMoore. They are working on the newequipment shed on Quadra Island.With a name like that who else couldGordon work for but th e Department .

A sudden inv asion [rom outer sp ace? No - a demonstration of a scraper fleetoperated by Peter Ki ewit L imited on th e No rth Th ompson Highucay Proj ects1475 and 1488.

W. M . Sproul, R egional MaintenanceEngineer, Nelson, engaged in thehard task of correspondence.

Th e Dep artment of Highways in Ver­non is p roud of its electrical shop.Start ed in 1955 to repai r governmentequip ment, the shop has gr own into amodern facility capable of h andlingauto electrical p arts, carbureto rs,welders, power plants, electrical tools,hydraulic equipment, sp eedo meters,tachometers and test equip ment to lista few. Responsible for its growth JackFifer, right. He started by rep airinglocal equipment but now ha s ex tendedthe service to all 0/ Region 2 and be­yond. The power plant shown is fromN elson. Jack has also tra ined 12 mensince 1961 With Jack is the currenttrainee, Bruce Ogilvie.14

b ridge Maintenance Forem an L eonLorett e looks on as Mechanic We lderCharlie Walker of the Oak S treet re­pair shop repairs da maged section ofguard rail on the Sec ond Na rrowsbridge north approach overp ass .

Misc ella ny Project 1597

M hen \.ictoria requested a report on the old Barkeroille-Keithly Cree k miningroad Cari boo District Superintendent G. W. H arpe and Resident Engineer KenH umphrey th ought Honda m otor bik es were th e best method of covering the 40miles of mountain terrain .The road starts at b arheroille and climbs steadiiy to th e 6,500 -foot level where itbreak s ou t on to a rolling grassland p lateau with alp ine [louers and trees andbeautiful p anora mic views. A fte r several miles on th e plateau, th e road dropssteadily dow n to th e old mining camp at Keithly Creek. Left, District Superin ­tende n t H arper tak ing a rest near th e summit, and, right. R esident EngineerHump hrey , a little saddle sore?

On the lef t are the old sheds at Bea oerdell, on the Carm i road; on th e right, thenew 40 'x66' equipment shed.

Alex M ercier, lef t , andDudley Richards examinepieces of old school desks,all that is lef t of their"A lm a Mater" .The Depart m ent y ard onQuadra Is land is beinglo ca ted on for m er schoolsite a nd A lex and Dudleylike to reminisce a bouttheir ' school yea rs sp entthere. T h e ol d schoolburned down 30 years ago,after (as th e story goes) aparticu larly h ectic schoolmeeting.

Complete re constructi on of th e BigBend High way from Revelstoke toBoat E nc a mpmen t was started inMay, 1965 , as part of the p rogram toconstruct dam sites on the Colu m biaRiver. The H igh wa y co nstruc tio n isscheduled for completion in 1967.

Some of the proj ect perso nnel, left toright, Timekeep er Wauerly Con an,Mrs. Anita Min ifi e is teno), Timekeep ­er Lanny R eedman, Assistant ProjectCoordinator J oe LaFla m me and FirstAid Officer Jim Lap laca.

Silver Tip Falls bridge is one of anumber of completely new bridges be­ing built along the highway. The pic­ture shows the piers and bridge decksupports in pla ce, and in the back­ground are the falls and the ex is ti ngBailey bridge.

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MaterialsAdministration, Preparation, Testing, Distribution

~ The Q-24 crusher crew,left to right, back row,bill V,'ilkes, Eric Erick­son, Jim Scott. GrahamStevenson, front row, AllAiishoff, Marv Thomasand Foreman Jim Hayesat the Ledore Pitt northof Campbell River onVancouver Island. J im ,in his fifth yea r as fore­man of this crete was for­merly a crusher mechanicin Region Two. TruckDriver Maru Thomas andicelder Eric Erickson havebeen with the Departmentsince 1960. This year thecrusher has been in oper­ation at Rosedale, Lang­ley, Port Co qui t I am,Parksuille , Cumberland,Campbell Ricer and Na­nmmo.

Barry Young and Jimmy Caplettefrom Region 1 Testing lsrancli check­ing air and unit weight at South uestMarine Drive concrete paring Nooem­ber 12. 1966.

Two members of the Fernie mainten­ance crew, Elmer Murcer and TonyPuppin , about to unload a tank ojasphalt.16

H. H. Stucatsky, Regional Paving Su ­perintendent at Nelson, putting in ahard day at the office.

Asphalt distributor crew for road mixpaving, Mickey Roach and GeorgeBlair had a very busy su mmer com­pleting 14 miles of paving in the Na ­naimo District.

Testing asphalt is Joe Kapuseta, La ­boratory Technician with the PavingBranch in Nelson taking viscosity'tests with a kinematic tester.

Screening crew, left to right. KenJohnston, Ken Stevens, Wilbur Reas­on and Larry Anderson moving thescreening plant on the Gulf Islands.

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