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THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSN UJ !>2 - 2Hl Runner P BUSHED BY THE 1 INISTR Y OF HI GH WAYS AND P UB LIC WO K WINTER 1977 VOLUME 14, NU MBE R 1

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA Runner · fu nctio n as a dump truck. By 1960, Langford was in production of hydraulic systems, underbody ploughs and tailgate sanders. The basic hydraulic system

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  • THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSN UJ!>2 -2Hl

    RunnerP BUSHED BY T H E 1 INISTRY OF HIGHWAYS AND P UBLIC W O K

    WINTER 1977

    VOLUME 14, NUMBE R 1

  • LANGFORD FABRICATION SHOPAs earl y as 1958, development of a single-operator

    winter unit was considered imperative. Such a unit ,fully con tro llable from the cab, had to be capable ofsanding and ploughing as well as retain ing its originalfu nctio n as a dump truck. By 1960, Langford was inproduction of hydraulic systems, underbody ploughsand tailgate sanders.

    The basic hydraulic system has been improvedduring the intervening years but it still uses the samecomponents. Improvements in design and functionhave developed the unde rbody plough and pres ent

    L. E. Croft demand is for a plough for each new unit. Changes Art Cookhave also been made through the years to the tail gat e sander , which now is widel y usedin salt delivery. However, the ori gina l design was sound and, the quality and durabilityof the sanders proven. The or iginal sanders produced in 1960 are still performing fromLangford to 100 Mile Hou se. Over 700 sanders have been produced as well as hundredsof underbody ploughs and hydraul ic systems.

    Langford fabr ication sho p has been the ch ief manufacturing centre over the years.The hydraulic systems, underbody ploughs, and fron t-plough mou nts for all new unitsa re fabricated and, excep t fo r the tandem truc ks, are ship ped out fo r installation . Eachtandem unit has a fron t-plough mount, an underbody plough , and a hydraulic systemtailor made and installed in the fab ricat ion sho p. Th is is prac tica l because of the manymodifi cati ons necessary .

    In addition to the plough mounts, underbod y ploughs, hydraul ic systems, and tail-gate sanders the shop produces no-post guardrail forms, d r ill rigs, pavement evalua-tion drills, sand bodies, wind.·ow proporrioners, flat decks, t ra iler s, gravel hins,wat er tanks, pile p oin ts , dust eyclo nes, dust f ans, aml sh ear p fns and bushings.

    An important function of the fab rication sho p is the overhaul of returned parts andthe supply of sanders, ploughs, and hydraulic pa rts to units in the field, as well as tech-nical advice. Devt:lo pment of better, more dependable and safer un its is a continuingprocess. The many years of technical experience, the knowledge, craftsma nship, andcreative ability of sho p personnel make any problem a welcome cha llenge. Th e shopoperates unde r the supervision of L. E. Croft, the Shop Foreman is Art Cook.

    R ed Cox, M echanic Welder , happilyfabricating hydraulic tank with a newautomatic wire feeder.

    Barn ey Cha rters, Mechanic, flaring hydraulic tu be. This ope ra-tion , perform ed thousands o f tim es, previously had been done witha hand-flaring tool. Barney, the sho p geni us, assembled th e ma -chine fro m odds and ends and the flaring is now do ne 10 tim es asqu ick ly with a m inimum of effort .

    First step in fab rica ting unde rbo dy blade, Dave Baillie, M e-chun ic Welder, drilling blade ho les with magnet ic base drill .

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    Cleveland Coppin, Machinist, facing hydraulic cylinder tubingfor tandem front -mount lift cylinder. All average of 20 of the secylinde rs are produced each year.

    Dick Somerton assembling hydraulic parts . Th is unit . whe ninstalled, controls all hydraulic [unctions, [ront plough , underbod yplough, dump body, tailgate sander or sand body .

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    THE ROAD RUNNER

    Winter 1977 No , I

    Someone pointed out re-cently that the Road Runneris ill its l-tth yea r. It waslate in 1963 that Volume I,Number I , sail' th e light ofday, Since tha t time 51 is-S ill'S have been pu blished .nearly 300,000 individualcopies. There ha ve been alot of changes ill th e M in-istry and in the Provin cedur ing th ese yea rs. Fo r onething lI'e have many moremiles of highways to lookaf ter and there are m orethan twice as many m otor-

    vehicles using the m . T echn iqu es and equipme nt haveimproved and so have working conditions. But our roleis the same as it was then , th e same as it has alwa ysbeen-to pro vide good facilities and services to the public.W e believe certain changes to the administrat ive structure

    .and senior managem ent of th e Ministry will help us dothi s eve n bet ter. W e kn oll' the staff will continue itsrecord of dedica ted public sen-ice-for ano ther 5 1 issues.

    ALEX. V. FR ASER

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    Asphalt tanks were lift ed by borro wed T rojan log loader ontoconcrete pillars built by O. St ein wandt and M . Senerchia, Cum-brook D istr ict road crew. and weldi ng by F. Benthien shop crew .

    * *Published Quarterly by th eBritish Columbia Ministry of Highways

    and Public WorksVictoria, British Columbia

    Ray Baines , Executive EditorArthur 1. Schindel, Editor

    * *Associate Field EditorsW. S. Boughey . ._ __.__. __._ Victori a

    Herb Gutteridge .__...__..__.__...Regional Electrical CrewEric Eastick _ .Centreline Marking, Clo verdal eDoug Jone s __._ __ __.. .. . ... BurnabyGeorge Harper .. __.__ .. . ..__.. .__ Burn sideHector McLeod __.. .. NanaimoD. L. Oliver _.. .. .. .._.._.. .. _. Cour tenayPaul Connor..__ ..__ .... __ .. __ North Vancou verEllis Meads __.. .. .._ __ __...Dock DistrictLloyd Burgess __ ..__ ... .__ . New Westmin sterS. R. Young .. ..__ .. __ ..__ McBrid e

    Whayne Chappell __ __ __ KamloopsKen E. Smith .. __ .__ Williams Lake

    M. D. Murray Ramsay . .... .... __ .. __ . Salm on ArmM. J. Newlands .. __ .... Revelstok eLes Johnson .__ ........ __ ..__..__ __ __ ._ .. ...VernonR. 1. Martin __ .. .... ..__ .. _..... __..Kelo wnaJ. W. Zaporozan .. .. .__ __ .. Penti ctonBrian Niehaus __ .__ ..__ _. MerrittDave Roberts __.._ _ __ __ LillooetDorothy Wilkins .. __ Grand Fork sJo y Mailey _ __ . _ __ RosslandS. J. Dixey __ ..__..Nel sonJack Prokopetz .__ . _..New DenverFred Ryckm an ... _.. Cresto nN. K. Molander .. .. _ ..CranbrookSam Caravetta .. FernieMike Maglio ..__ .._ __ GoldenW. R. Rowe .. ..__ _..__. .. SmithersStan Gladysz ..__..__ ..__ Pou ce CoupeLor rai ne Kric ze .... ..__ .. __ _ For t St. JohnHarman Delyea __ __. TerraceShirle y Hrechka __.. .... _..Prince GeorgeClyde Smaaslet .. .. Prince GeorgeAl He pp . . Ques nelNatalie Reinke . _ .. VanderhoofDon Hutton ..__..__. .. .... .Burns LakeW. R. Ball .._.. .... .. Prince Rupert

    COVER PH OTO

    On e of a seri es of early photographs of motor travel ineastern British Columbia abo ut 50 yea rs ago. this sho t of M ountCathedral in Yoho Park was taken about 1927 by one of th epassengers (we assume ) in this tru sty Studeb aker (we believe).Licence plate read s Alberta. 1926 (we think ) . Note freight trainpar tly hidde n by the trees on th e hillside in th e background.

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    ALEX CALD-WELL, who was Re-gion 1 Safety Officerfrom 1965 until 1971 .retired in December1976 . He was hon-oured at a combinedChristmas and retire-ment party in December 1976. Prior tohis time in Government service, he wasSafety Director for the Peace PowerConstruction for two years, Safety Super-visor with Dutton and Williams, Calgary,for three years, Safety Director at theWarsack Dam in Northwest Pakistanunder the Canada Colombo Plan for twoyears. and Safety Director for Domtarfor five years. Alex was in the ArmedForces in World War II and served inBritain and Europe . He is married andhas a son and five grandchildren. Re-tirement is in North Vancouver. Hishobbies are gardening and painting.

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    WIN PILLING,Mechanic Welder atPrinceton, PentictonDistrict, retired with25 years of service.Win was active in theBCG EU, and wassecretary of the Rate-payers Association for several years, anda member of the village commission forfour years. Win will continue to live inPrinceton. His hobbies are fishing, car-pe ntry, photography, and landscapepainting, mainly in pastels.

    HO W ARD Mc -LE O D, R e gi on alDriver T ra iner, Bur-naby, recently retiredafter 22 yea rs of ser-vice with H ighways.Howard began Gov-ernment service in

    1954 as operator of the Headquarterstrac to r-trailer unit operating out of Clo-verdale. His travels, as far east asFernie, as far north as Allin, gave him adetailed knowledge of the British Colum-bia highway system. He was well knownfor his ready wit and smile , and hiswillingness to travel regardless of time.weather, or road conditions. He suf-fered an unfortunate accident in 1964 onthe Hope-Princeton Highway when histruck was run off the road by a passingtruck . Howard was the first DriverTrainer in Region 1 and in this positionhe organized one of the initial trainingprograms in the Ministry. Howard is acharter member of the Langley FarmMuseum and continues his hobbies, an-tique and coin collecting, together withhis interest in travelling. Howard andhis wife , lean, will continue living inLangley. They have three sons and onegrandchild .

    JOHN DIGEOR-G IO, Machine Opera-tor 3, Fernie District,retired after 17 yearswith Highways. Johnplans to remain inFernie where he canenjoy his hobbies ofhunting and fishing .

    FRANK ENGLISH, Stockman, Mer-ritt District, retired in February 1977.Frank has been off work for healthreasons.

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    I K E PLECASH,Mech anic at Princetonin the Penticton Dis-trict, recently retiredafter 25 yea rs of ser-vice. Ike has bee nactive in communityaffairs, chairman of

    the Princeton Ratepayers Association for11 years, chairman of the village com-mission. and subsequently he was themayor. Ike and his wife , Beryl, willcontinue to live in Princeton . Theyhave one son and two grandchildren.His hobbies are carpentry, fishing, andprospecting. Ike is a member of thepioneer "Allison" family, who wereamong the first European settlers inPrinceton .

    DICK LOWE, Ma -chine Operator atPrinceton in the Pen-tieton District. has re-tired after 25 years ofservice. Dick and hiswife , Ena , will con-tinue to live in Prince-ton. They have four children and 10grandchildren. His hobbies are fishingand travelling .

    BRUCE McDIAR-MID, Machine Opera-tor at Princeton in thePenticton District, hasretired after 24 yearsof service. He alsoworked for four yearswith Forestry and four

    years with Parks. Bruce and his wife,Barbara, have been active in the BoyScout and Girl Guide movement inPrinceton for 16 years. He also servedas president of the Yale District CreditUnion for 14 years. Bruce is a memberof the pioneer "Allison" family, whowere among the first European settlersin Princeton. His hobbies are rock-hounding, riding, carpentry, and travel-ling .

    ERIC KOSKI, TruckDriver, Vernon, retiredafter II years of ser-vice with Highways.Eric was a memberof the Silver Star roadcrew doing most ofthe sanding during the

    winter months. Retirement plans includetravel, fishing, and more frequent visitswith his three children.

    The Ministry's firstmetric engineer, A RTROWBOTHAM, is re-tiring on May I, 1977.Art joined the Depart-ment of HighwaysBridge Design Branchin 1956. He trans-

    ferred to the Paving Branch in 1969where he remained until 1975 and thenhe was appointed metric engineer underthe Director of Design and Surveys, E. E.Readshaw . Art received his early school-ing on lames Island. graduating fromUBC in Mechanical Engineering in 1951.He worked in Ontario until he movedback to the Coast in 1956 and startedwith the Department. Art's hobbies arefishing from his runabout and shooting atthe rille range. He is currently enjoyingpre-retirement leave .

    EARL PORTER,Machine Operator atPrinceton in the Pen-tic ton District, retiredwith 21 years of ser -vice . He was secretaryof the PrincetonBranch of the BC-GEU. Earl and his wife, Margaret, willcontinue to live in Princeton. They havetwo children and two grandchildren.Earl's hobbies are carpentry and com-munity affairs.

    10E A VEND ER.District T e c h n icia n ,Vernon. retired re-cently after 24 yea rsof service with Hi gh-ways in Vernon. Be-ginning in 1952 asStockman he sub se-quently wor ked as Labourer, TruckDriver. Instrument M an. and DistrictTechnici an for the last 12 years. Retire-ment plans included travel and moretime for his hobbies. Joe is marriedwith two children and five grandchil -dren.

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    DORIS WHEAT-LEY, Clerk -Stenog-rapher 3, retired Jan-uary 31, 1977 , after20 years of service.She started with NewWestminster HighwaysDistrict as a Clerk-Stenographer and worked in the regionaloffice for a short time when Region Ioffice was in New Westminster. Shehopes to travel and keep active in herchurch. A retirement dinner was heldand she was presented with a photo-graphic almanac of her life with theMinistry.

    ANDREW BAL -OGH retired in No-vember from the Geo-technical and Mate-rials Testing Branch .Andrew joined (heBranch after comingto Canada from Hun-

    gary in 1956. He joined the Branch as aDraughtsman, worked as a LaboratoryAssistant in the soils and concrete labo-ratory, and was later involved with thegeophysical section. Andrew has retiredwith his wife , Margaret. to their home inMill Bay where he intends pursuing hisinterests in classical music and wine-making. All his friends at the Branchwish him well.

    Road Foreman 4 position at Nanaimo.where he remained until his retirementexcept for two years as ConstructionForeman on the Port Albion Road, AI-berni, and the Coal Harbour and PortAlice Road on the north end of Vancou-ver Island . Alex plans extensive travel-ling and some fishing during retirement.He is active in the Masonic Lodge and isa Past Master of the Lodge.

    Joining the 10-7club at the end ofFebruary, TED AR-NOLDUS. Road Fore-man 3, was honouredat a dinner given bySmithers District per-sonnel. Ted started

    with the Department in Prince George inMay 1954 as a Labourer and becameForeman in March 1955 at Aleza Lakewhere he had to plank roads over themuskeg. After serving in a number oflocations, Ted finished his service inSmithers as a Foreman 3 and he hasbeen spending his pre-retirement leavetravelling and fishing. favourite pastimesof his and his wife, Vera.

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    ALEX BRAYDEN,Road Foreman 4, Na-naimo, retired after30 years with theMinistry. Alex beganhis Highway careerat Salmon Arm firstas a Labourer and

    then a Truck Driver for 15 years. Hewas then promoted to Road Foreman 2at Ucluelet. He was Construction Fore-man for the rebuilding of the Tofino-Ucluelet Highway when he became ex-pert on rock work due to the rocky ter -rain of the area. In 1967 he won the

    JIM A. McLARTY,Machine Operator atChetwynd in the Daw-son Creek HighwayDistrict, retired inJanuary 1977. Jim isthe only one left ofthe original crewwhich started in Chetwynd when themaintenance depot opened . He began in1959 as a Labourer, then went to TruckOperator. He was also the Steam Gen-erator Operator who looked after thefrozen culverts in the Chetwynd-PinePass area. Jim was a pleasant. reliableemployee and will be mis sed by hisfellow-workers. The entire Chetwyndcrew, as well as representatives from ad-joining areas, attended a farewell partyto wish Jim a long and happy retirement.Jim received a presentation from hisfellow-workers.

    AMOS (CASSY)CASAGRANDE, theRoad Foreman atDuncan in the Na-naimo District, recent-ly retired with 33~'t'ars of service andwas honoured at a

    party in Nanaimo. Cassy began hisHighway career at Rossland in 1943 asa Truck Driver, later he was promotedto Construction Foreman working in theCastlegar and Trail areas. He was thenappointed Road Foreman at Rosslanduntil his transfer to North Vancouver inthe same capacity. The period of timespent in North Vancouver included su-pervision of road construction on BowenIsland, Bella Coola, Ocean Falls, PortMcNeill, and Beaver Cove. In 1964Cassy was appointed Road Foreman atDuncan. holding that position until hisretirement except for a short time a..Construction Foreman on a four-lanewidening project in the Cassidy-Lady-smith area. His friends in the Nanaimoarea wish him a happy retirement.

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    VICTOR C .BOOTH has retireda f t e r spending 4·0years of service withthe Ministry in theVancouver area. Hebegan with the Depart-ment on August I,1938, as a Gardener Foreman for thePattullo Bridge. Vic stayed with gar-dening and was responsible for landscap-ing and gardening for First and SecondNarrows Bridges, Oak Street Bridge,Pattullo Bridge, Port Mann Bridge, Mas-sey Tunnel , and Knight Street Bridge,besides looking after mowing, planting,weeding, and watering gardens, etc . Vicwas also District Relief Foreman andwinter shift Foreman for the formerBridge District and Vancouver District.He travelled to several other districts andregions to assist in the design of facilitiessuch as the Overlander Bridge in Kam-loops, Upper Levels section of HighwayI. Second Narrows Bridge to CapilanoRoad, the seeding of medians of High-ways I and 99 . He also assisted in thelandscaping of Horseshoe Bay andSwartz Bay Ferry Terminals for theDock De sign District. Vic's career wascontinuous in the New Westminster High-ways District except for 2V2 years of warservice. He is shown receiving his meri-torious scroll from District HighwaysManager A. Walisser. He will be livingat his present address at 101, 1320 KingAlbert Avenue, Coquitlam, and will con-tinue as Timer for the Hy-ack AnvilRegiment.

    TOM TAMS, Dis-trict Office Manager.Courtenay, was hon-oured at a retirementbanquet and dance onJanuary 7, 1977, after47 years of servicewith the Ministry.

    Born in Staff, England, in 1912, Tombegan employment with the ProvincialGovernment on a monthly basis inMay 1930, and on a continuous basis inApril 1931 as a Junior Clerk. He wastransferred from the general office tothe Golden District office in Mayof 1942. From August 1942 to 1\'1 arch1946 he was in the armed forces. Afterdischarge he was reinstated as Clerk 2in the Courtenay District office. The rateof pay then was $1,680 per year. Hewas promoted to Senior Clerk in 1956.Clerk 5 in 1969. Clerk 6 in 1972. InDecember 1970 he went to Victoria andreceived a gold watch for 40 years ofcontinuous service. He is married andhas two child ren and three grandchildren.

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  • PROMOTIONS

    CEC HUNTER, Road Foreman 3,Merritt District, died on October 29.1976. Cec had been with Highways since1939 and is missed by his fellow crew-

    OBITUARIES

    men.tI tI tI

    PAUL A. TONDEVOLD died in theBellingham hospital on January 8, 1977;he was 72 . " Pat," who began with High-ways as Construction Superintendent inthe Lower Mainland, was District Officialin Fort St. John from 1962 to 1970 . Heis survived by his wife, Kay.

    10-7 CLUB (Cont'd)ART McDONALD,

    New Denver High-ways , has retired after23 years with High-ways . Art retired asa Grader Operator.Art spent his wholeservice career at New

    Denver. His friends wish him all thebes t for his ret irement.

    Mechanic 3. Ques nel; S. M. WH EEL -DON , Mec ha nic 2, Pou ce Co upe, toMechanic 3, Dawson Creek; D. M.STA RKE, Engineeri ng Aide 2, Prin ceGeorge, to E ngineering Aid e 3, Designand Surveys; KENNETH SUTTON, En-gineering Ai de 3, Construction Branch ,to Engineering Assistant , ConstructionBranch; B. F. MACKAY, EngineeringAide 3, Construction Branch, to Engi-neering Assistant, Construction Branch;C. A. PO PP , Bridgeman 2, Golden , toBridgeman 3. Nanaimo.

    T . W. BONE, Mechanic 2, PrinceGeorge, to Mechanic 3, Prince George;J . C. ARMSTRONG, Mechanic 2,Smithers, to Machine Operator 3, PrinceGeorge; RICHARD WEICHEL, Engi-neering Aide 2, Prince George, to En-gineering Aide 3. Prince George; W. M.PAINTER, Engineering Aide 2, PrinceGeorge, to Engineering Aide 3, PrinceGeorge ; G . C. RAA BIS, Mechanic 3.Fort St. John, to Mechanic 4, McBride;L. V. MORROW, Foreman 2 (Road) ,Grand Forks, to Foreman 3 ( Road),Merritt ; V. SCHIMNOWSKY, ForemanI, Burnaby, to Engineering Assist ant ,Burnaby ; C. D. HILBORNE, Engineer-ing Aide 2, Victoria, to EngineeringAide 3, Geotechnical and Materials ; J .R. DONKERSLEY, Mechanic 2, Chet-wynd , to Mech anic 4, Dawson Creek ;FERN AGUILLON, Labourer, Coal-mont, to Machine Operator, Coal-mont; MRS. LAURIE LEWIS, Clerk 3.Merrill, to Office Manager Trainee. Me r-ritt ; G . MILLER, Bridgeman, Merritt,to Machine Operator 4, Merritt.

    DAVE MA RTENS .Foreman I a t Win-law, New Denver Dis-tr ict, rece nt ly wonth rough competitio nthe position of Fore-man 2 at Fernie.Dave was formerly

    with the regional cru sher crew beforejoining the Winlaw maintenance crewnine years ago . He is married and hasthree daughters. Dave is a talented mu-sician and his wife, Bonnie , and daugh-ters are fine vocalists.

    Other recent promotions include M.M. ELD, Labourer, Kamloops, to Fore-man 2 (Road), Texada Island ; SVENCORSDEN, Engineering Aide 2, Burna-by, to Engineering Aide 3, Burnaby ; A.T. GODDYN, Engineering Aide 2, Bur-naby. to Engineering Aide 3, Burnaby;DOUGLAS ERICKSON. Foreman I,G aliano, to Foreman 2 (Road), Courte-nay ; T . M. REYNOLDS, EngineeringAide 3, Prince George (Geotechnical andMaterials) , to Engineering Assistant,Pr ince George (Geotechnical and Mate-rials) ; STEPHEN LEE, EngineeringAide I, Victoria (Geotechnical and Ma-terials ), to Engineering Assistant, PrinceGeorge (Geotechnical and Materials ) ;MICHAEL BARISENKOFF, Engineer-ing Aide 2, Nel son , to Engineering Aide3, Nel son .

    ARMANDO PORCO, EngineeringAide 2, Nel son , to En gineering Aide 3,Nelson; P. F. MAKORTOFF, Engineer-ing Aide 2, Nelson, to Engineering Aide3, Kamloops ; M. G . MAcARTHUR, Ma-chine Operator 3, Richmond, to Fore-man 2 (Road), Courtenay; R. A. PAS-TOR, Engineering Aide 3, PrinceGeorge, to Engineering Assistant, PrinceGeorge ; R. K. COX, Engineer ing Aide 3,D awson Creek, to En gine er ing Assistant ,Dawson Creek; G . A. M ERKEL, Fore-man 3 (Road ) , Parksville, to Foreman 4(Road) , Nanaimo; WILLIAM PELECH ,Foreman 2 (Road), Salvu s, to Foreman3 (Road ), Kootenay Pass.; W. J. ST EP -ANIUK, Foreman 1 ( Road ) , MayneIsland, to Foreman 2 (Road), PenderIsland; M. G. MACARTHUR, MachineOperator 3, Surrey, to Foreman I(Road), Langford; R. 1. PIMLOTT, En-gineering Aide 2, North Vancouver, toEngineering Aide 3, North Vancouver.

    D . W. ROOT, Mechanic 2, Vernon, toMechanic 3, Honeymoon Creek; H . A.HOLM, Machine Operator 4, Stewart, toForeman 3 (Road) , Stewart ; E. H.HENKE, Mechanic 4, Nanairno, to Me-chanic Foreman 2, Quesnel; S. J. SA-WATZKY, Machine Operator 7, Atlin,to Foreman 2 (Road), Dease Lake; A .M. DUCLOS, Mechanic 2, Quesnel, to

    HANS RAABE re-cently won the posi-tion of Stockman inMerritt Highways Dis-trict. Hans was pre-viously at Stewart.

    FRAN K RIZZ-ARDO recently wonthrough competitionthe position of Tech-nician I with the De-sign and Surveys inVictoria. He beganworking in the DesignOffice in North Vancouver in 1973 afterreceiving his diploma in civil and struc-tural technology from BCIT. Frank andhis wife, Alrnerina, are look ing forwardto their new home in Sidney.

    T he three successfulcandida tes for the Ex-ec ut ive Director Posi-tio ns in Vic tor ia areM. G . ELSTON. En -gineering ; R. G .WHITE. Construction;T. R . JOHNSON.

    Maintenance. Mr. Elston 's ca reer beganwith Highways in Kurnloops in 1957. hetransferred to 'o rth Vancouver as Re-gion al Highway Engineer in 1963. andmo ved to Headquarters as Senior Plan-ning Engineer in 1969. He has a B.Sc.engineering degree from the Universityof London . Eng. Mr. White was em-ployed by B.C. For-ests for 12 yea rs be-for e he joined High-wa y s a s Di strictEngineer in Nel sonin 1963. In 1969 hewas promoted to Re-gional Highway Engi-neer in Nel son and in 1970 he transferredto Kamloops in the same capacity . HisB.Sc. degree in civil engineering is fromUBC. He completed the three-yearExecutive Development Project in PublicAdministration in 196H . Mr . Johnson

    had summer employ-ment with PavingBranch in 1957-1962before he becameEng ineer 2 in thatBran ch in 1963. Hetransferred to the

    ~ Traffi c Branch in 1964and was promoted to Ser vices Engineerin 1971 . He possesses an honours de-gree in engineering from UBC and aB.C. Secondary Teacher's Cert ificate.

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  • REGION 1 SURVEY CREW IN NANAIMOSurvey cre ws handle many different jobs but their main purpose is to

    de termine the best location for proposed highways, whether they are newones to be built or existing road s to be upgraded. M any of the se projectsar e ca rried out with the use of aerial photography and mapping.

    A job begins with a preliminar y sur vey line to correlate all existin gfeatur es, both natural and man made, as well as all information pertainingto drainage and legal property boundaries. These dat a are plotted on theplan . At thi s point a projection can be made by the Project Supervisor orthe design team. The projected "L" line is run in the field and level andcross-s ect ion measurements taken .

    After thi s has been done, final gra des can be determined and ca lculationsfor prope rty acquisition made. Th e accuracy of the ele vations and cross-sections is imp ort ant as these a re used to estimate qu ant ity costs.

    Shown on the pa ge are members of a mobile survey crew locat ed onVancouver Island , generally con sistin g of 10 to 15 men ; a project sup ervisor,two or thr ee field parties, and two or th ree draughtsmen,

    Region 1 Sign Maintenance MenMeet in Victoria

    Th e first meeting of the sign mainten an ce men in Region 1 convened in Victori a,Januar y 19 and 20, 1977 . The first day of d iscu ssions was a imed at proc urin g stan-dardization in sign maintenance and ordering procedure. Metric conversion inSeptember 1977 will involve the cha nging of a trem end ous nu mber of signs . Thegro up visited the Sign Shop in Lan gford where Sup er visor A rni e Davies, amo ng manyother interesting processes, dem on strated the proper way to apply metric overl ays toexisting signs and stoc k. A new sign man ual is in produ ct ion . Symb ols taken fromthe Ca nadian Ma nua l will be incl uded in this boo k. T he meeting was ad judgedsuccessful in achieving th e objective. "ai ring mutu al problems" and mo re meetin gsare being pla nned .

    L eft to right , [ront row, John Lub bers, Ne w W estminster; Harry Bryant, Alberni;Jim Paton, Saanich; Bill Hl ook o f], Ch illiwac k; G eorge Spinst, Chilliwack; H aroldW alke r, Courtenay; seco nd row, Clarence Giguere, North Vancou ver; Da vid Buck ley,North Van cou ver; R. D . Page, R egion al Traffic Superinte nde nt; R . W. G ittins , A ssis-tant R egional Engin eer; John Harvey, New W estminster; Cec Holland s, Gi bsons;back row, Harb y G rewal, N anaimo; Gordon M easur e, Na naim o; Larry Patt erson ,T raffic Branch , H eadquarters; Amie Davies, Sign Sh op Supervisor; Ll oyd Hicks, G ib-sons; Darcy Byers, R egional Ma intenance M eth ods En gineer .

    Le ft to right , T. W . W ork , R odman;W . J. Ma clr onoll, Transitman; G. E . M c-NlIf t, Levelman, and G. A . Dick. Chain-man,

    Lef t to right, J. L. Mowle, ProjectSupervisor; K. E . M acK cnzie, Cliainman,and D. K . Smart, Chainman , Missingfrom photo, B. Blecic, Tran sitman.

    Left to righ t , Dr aught smen R . D .M ueller, C. G . Waltoll, and R . 1I. Bailey .

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  • PEEK INTO THE PAST

    Three different crossing facilities all the Halfway River ill thePeace River area over a period of 45 years. Top, at aile time ill/932 a vehicle was simply floated across the 300-foot stretch ofwater by means of a rough raft. The mall was George Woljendale,all Anglican minister, who travelled from Fort St. John to HudsonHope 10 hold services. Bottom , more recent methods of crossing

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    this Halfway River. The 200-foot triple-double Bailey bridge waserected ill /965 after all accident demolished aile 200-foot sectionof the old truss . This allowed single-lane traffic only until the 111'11'bridge was completed this year at a cost of $/.5 million for the440-foot girder span, The bridge is located 011 the Hudson /lop/'-Clietwynd Highway.

  • The good old days in the loadlimit department, wide tiredivision.

    The following notice was placed inThe British Columbia Gazette, Aug-ust 9, 1890, by the Lands and WorksDepartment:

    "Public Notice is hereby given thatafter the first day of Octobernext it will be unlawful for anywaggon or vehicle carrying aload of more than two thousandpounds weight avoirdupois to bedrawn or driven on any of thepublic highways of Victoria Dis-trict as defined in the Constitu-tion Act, unless the tires of suchwaggon or vehicle shall be atleast four (4) inches in width .

    W. S. Gore,Surveyor-General"

    These two photos on the right wereincluded in a report from the locul A 1-berni Public Works [oreman ill April1923 about road from A lberni to SproatLake all Vancouver Island. A ccompany-ing memo said "no expenditures on theseroads during the present year (1923) ex-cept for snow plow work and one daypatching on the Secondary Highway illthe City of Alberni-i-approx. $15.00".

    From B.C. Forest Service files, this picture was taken ill 1914.It shows a reaction ferry all the Skeena River. Because clouds

    block out the mountains, identification is difficult. Can anyonerecognize the location?

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  • ABOUT PEOPLE

    ALLAN RICH-ARDS, Lowbed Oper-ator in the Fort St.John District has beenwith Highways since1961 and gets to seea lot of country whilehauling equipment to

    and fro. His hobbies include ski-dooing,hunting, and fishing with his wife andchildren.

    ALBERT (AB)RATfRAY, Foremanin the Fort St. JohnDistrict, is in chargeof new constructionprojects. He devotesa lot of time to direct-ing and coaching mi-

    nor ball and hockey and has three sonsinvolved in these sports. He has beenwith Highways since 197 I.

    VE RN SCHWALM,Truck Driver in FortSI. John since 1972, isalso a part-time grainfarmer and thereforedoes not have sparetime for hobbies. Hissix children are able

    to lend a hand in that department socrops do get sown and harvested in duetime.

    DEAN DAVIS, Of-fice Man age r forDease Lake and FortSI. John Highway Dis-tricts, is learning theart of self-defence inregular Kung Fuclasses ( to keep staff

    in line'!) . Married with two sons, he isalso active in hockey, baseball , and curl-ing. Dean has been with Highways since1969.

    DEAN ANDER-SON, EngineeringAide in the NanaimoDistrict office, workson subdivision and in-spection. Dean hasmoved from the Wel-lington area to a new

    subdivision south of Nanaimo, where heis constructing a new home. Dean hasbeen with Highways for 13 years andenjoys fishing, softball, and being a Cubleader.

    Jovial TERRYSHELKIE, born andraised in the PeaceRiver area, is a TruckDriver for the Fort St.John District. He hasbeen employed byHighways since 1964and enjoys the outdoors with his family .

    CORNELIUS(CORNIE) NICKEL,Sign Maintenance Manin Fort SI. John, in ahappy mood; no doubtcontemplating hiseventual move to thesouth, away from theland of ice and snow . He started withHighways in 1967 and serves as a winterShift Foreman.

    ART HUHN, Me-chanic in Fort SI.John shop since 1972,spends a lot of hisspare time outdoorswith his five childrenas he enjoys most out-door sports.

    WILNA (WILLIE)SMITH is new in theFort St. John Districtoffice working withMaintenance Manage-ment. She is marriedand has three children,and when time per-mits , loves to work on macrame, curl, andplay golf.

    ART SHELKIE isa Mechanic in theFort St. John shop andhas been employed byHighways since 1956.A long-time residentof the Peace Riverarea he helped buildthe Alaska Highway in the early forties .Many ailing vehicles have received newlife at the hands of this accomplishedmechanic during his long career. He hasrecently undergone heart surgery and isnow well enough to work in the shopand enjoys a lillie fishing when timepermits.

    ARNOLD TAL-BOT, Bridge ProjectSupervisor working inthe Peace River areaon several bridge proj-ects, has been em-ployed by Highwaysfor 25 years. His con-

    stant moving around the Province hasenabled him to see a lot of British Co-lumbia. He is married with one childand enjoys curling and golfing.

    ROSEMARIEKNISSE successfullyapplied for the Clerk-Typist 1 position inthe Kamloops Districtoffice. Rosie enjoysgolf and tennis and hervacations in Europe

    a chance to practise herRosemarie aspires to be a

    JOE BRODERICK,newly appointed Fore-man 3, Savona, Karn-loops Highway Dis-trict. In 21 years ofservice, Joe has workedin Karnloops, Barriere,Birch Island, Williams

    Lake . and 100 Mile House as Construc-tion Foreman. Joe is an avid hunterand fisherman and is active in most out-door sports.

    C L A R E N C EBECKER, MachineOperator 3, in theFort St. John District,has been employed byHighways since 1964and has so far eludedthe Road Runnercamera. Clarence enjoys ski-dooing andhunting with his family. He thinks atrucker's life is A-O-K.

    offer herGerman.lawyer.

    NELLIE THOMP-SON was the success-ful applicant for theClerk - Stenographer 2position in the Kam-loops District office.Born in Warsaw, Po-land, Nellie and herfamily moved to Onoway, Alta ., beforethe Second World War. She has lived inVernon, Oliver, and Grand Forks. Nellieenjoys handiwork and badminton and isvery active in the Gideons' Ladies Auxili-ary and church work . She is a motherof three.

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    BEVERLEY ISAK-SON, Clerk-Typist I.Kamloops District of-fice, is an enthusiast inski-ing, swimming.and skating. Bev en-joys art sketching andhairdressing as her

    hobbies. She also enjoys travel andwould like to become an airline attendant.

    NORA McMEANS.Clerk-Typist I, Karn-loops District office.has lived in Halifax.Montreal, Winnipeg,Saskatoon, Vancouver.and Kamloops. Norais an active equestrian

    and would eventually like to study inter-ior decorating.

    PATRICIA RAE,Clerk-Typist 1, Karn-loops District office, isa much travelled lady.She has lived in To-ronto, Edmonton,Vancouver, Victoria,and Kamloops. Patrecently made a trip across Canada bymotor-cycle. She enjoys ski-ing and bik-ing and wants to become a world traveller.

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    JOHN CLARK ,Maintenance Techni-cian in Fort St. John,is married with onedaughter. He enjoystravelling as well asplanning for his newhouse. He has been

    with the Department since 1967, trans-ferring from Prince George in 1973.

    The New Denver District shop crew. Left to right , front row, Bill Vaughan.Sakaye Hashimoto, Allan Latkin , George Skarr, A I Schuman. Standing; left to right ,Iohn Johnson, Bill Ogilvie, Roger Hogg; Russ Broughton, lim Steeves, Kurt Peters, limMclronaugh , Bill Wilsall, Mac Flynn, and Nelson Lim/stein (behind Flynn).

    NORMAN BECK-ER, Truck Driver inFort St. John since1971, enjoys ski-doo-ing and most outdoorsports with his familywhich includes threedaughters and a son. Norman is one oftwo Becker brothers who work for High-ways .

    HARVEY GA-BERT, Grader Opera-tor in Fort St. John,was a reluctant subjectfor the Road Runnercamera but finally hadhis picture taken. Hehas been employed by

    Highways since 1967 and is a hobbyfarmer as well as a ski-dooing enthusiast.He and his family also raise horses andenjoy riding.

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    SAKAYE HASHI-MOTO, Yardman withthe New Denver High-ways District, hasbeen with the Depart-ment since February1974. His hobby isfishing. He recentlywent on an extended vacation to NewZealand with his wife and youngdaughter.

    IRVIN ZIEGE-MAN, Mechanic atFort St. John shopsince 197 I, enjoysmost outdoor sportswith his wife and threechildren.

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    JIM KOZLOWSKI,Machine Operator inthe Terrace District,started with the De-partment in July 1973.Jim is single and en-joys such hobbies aswoodworking, playingguitar, and fishing .

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    RON MATERI,Truck Operator andrelief Grader Opera-tor in the TerraceDistrict, started withthe Department inTerrace in November1974. Prior to that

    he was the hydro-seeder working out ofNelson. Ron is married and enjoys fish-ing, fly-tying, and hunting.

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    JACK OAKLEY ,Assistant Stockman inthe Fort St. John shopsince 1963, is an avidcurler in his sparetime. He and his wifetrain their own showhorses for competitionthroughout the region.

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    RUSSELL A.DEAN, PersonnelOfficer with Highwayssince 1972 has trans-ferred to the Ministryof Human Resourcesas Director of Person-nel. He had previously

    been a Classification Officer with thePublic Service Commission. During histime with Highways, Russ was very ac-tive with problems of the ferry personneland represented the Ministry in dealingwith the employees. His outgoing man-ner and cheerfulness will be missed by hisassociates.

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  • ON THE JOB

    Th e Kamloops District brid ge cre w constructed two 90-footpipe arches 9 fee t high and 12 feet wide at Spahats Creek as partof the Clearwate r Valley Project, The com bined weight of thepipes was 29.500 pounds ami 3 ,190 pounds o f bo lts were required/0 assemb le 108 panels.

    From th e left , Gordon Morehouse, Ma chin e Op erator; Gor-don Schneider, Labourer; and E I'elYII Y ocum , Labourer , busyinstalling a culvert 0 11 the Alaska Highway in the Dawson CreekH igh way District .

    Major road widenin g bet ween Nell' Den ver and Ka slo , High-way 31A. L eft to right Stan St. Thomas, Jim Botham, RollySp ence r, Ne ll' Denver Highways District,

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    An 8 foot multiplat e cul vert hl'ing installed ill Cedar Cr eekby the Winlow road cre w and th e Nelson brid ge cre w.

    John Durant and N eil M cN eil , Flagm en 0 11 [our-luningproject , Trans-Canada Highway , Lytton area, M erritt Hi ghwaysDistri ct .

    Cap e Hom poses many unusual problem s for th e Will/all'road crew , Nelson District. Th e above photo shows [allen rockbeing clear ed all'ay with an underbody plough .

  • Salt and sand hoppers were built by Cranbrook HighwaysDistrict and set up in Abbey Pit, 15 miles east of Cranbrook .Bulk salt is metered at the rate of 60 pounds to the cubic yard ofof sand. Salt and sand are carried along conveyor belt andloaded in truck. Carrying alit operation is Frank Santoro,Plant Operator, W. Hyde , Machine Operator 5, and A. Sartor,Machine Operator 3, Cranbrook road crew.

    Archie Campbell, Mechanic Foreman, left, and Jim Stirling,Machine Operator 7, Merritt area, posin g in front of the newChampion grader which Jim operates.

    Winlaw Highways yard recently received a [acelijt, includingblacktop ill the main yard, as seen ill a bird's-eye-view from thetop of a winter sandpile.

    Trailers and [oreman's offices and assembly room for roadsand bridge crews, Cranbrook District. The landscaping done byE. Fantuz, E . Pendry, M. Senerchia , and G . Kisch. Cranbrookroad crew.

    Lawrence Haugen, Relief Foreman, Lytton area for Project3026, [our-luning Fraser Canyon section of Trans-Canada High-way, giving directions on where the trucks were 10 dump .

    Part of the Mount Lemorary area crew, Dawson Creek High-way District , patching pavement all the Hart Highway, CarlDouglas, front, started with Highways in 1973. Presently he isa Machine Operator and the MOIIIII Lemorary first aid person .Rupert Graff started with Highways ill 1973 and now operates agrader during the winter shifts and is a member of the patchingcrew during the summer.

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  • TRAINING AND SAFETYAerial Photography Seminar First Aid Course

    Cliff Stilt, Kamloops, applies asling to G eorge Flack , Gib sons.

    The Public Serv ice Co m mission reports that Govern -ment employees are receiving special awards for te achingDefensive Driving Courses. Instructors receive bronzeplaques for tea ching four cour ses, silver plaques for teach-ing 20 courses, Leading all award recipients is EDROZANDER. Region al Driver Trainer in K arnloops, whoha s tau ght 97 courses since 1969.

    Lake Southwick and his maintenance crew at Hudson Hopewere recently presented with Good Housekeeping A ward forR egion 4 (1976), Visitors say never a tilin g is out of place , Th e"neat" people who ke ep it thut \l'ay are, left to right, Lake 501/111-wick, Foreman ; John Ardiel, Jim Beattie, Jolin Luchinski, EricJackson , and Monte Pennington ,

    Many employees know about the eight-hour first aidcourses sponsored by the Ministry, first through St. John Ambu-lance and more recently the Workers' Compensation Board"Survival Firt Aid ." The course emphasizes the items essentialto maintain the life of

    the non-breathing worker ,the bleeding worker.the unconscious but bleeding worker.the crushed chest victim .

    The training received may never have to be used , but if so,the acquired skills may save a life . Already Highways employeeshave saved more than one life with what they have learned.

    First aid training does not stop there, the Ministry sponsorssome people from appropriate lo cations on a much more inten-sive program of Industrial First Aid , Recently a number ofemployees in Region 3 attended a course in Nelson through th eco-operative efforts of RON MA CK, Regional Safety Officer .At the same time, DAVEGRANT, Regional Safct yOfficer, Karnloops, aidedby HAL DENNIES, Rc-gional Safety Officer , Bur -naby, gathered 16 em -ployees at the AllisonPass Ca m p for t h r e cweeks under the instruc-tion of Art Cook of Cari-boo College. K amloops.Students, instructors, andorganizers arc all to bccommended for their fineefforts.

    Robert R obinson, M errill District Office Manager, presentinga Sil ver A ward of Merit to Pal Conlon , Sajety R epresentative forthe M errill and District survey crew. A total of 72 .544 hours\l'as in vol ved; Janu ary 1968 10 Janu ary 30 , 1976. L eft to right,Urian N iehuu s, District Technician; Robert Robinson , DistrictOffice M anage r: N eil Gill, En gineering Aide; Rick M ctlowau,Engin eering A ide; A rchie Fink, En gin eering A ide; A I Ta yl or,En gin eerin g Assistant; Arnie Kraus, Maintenan ce ManagementT echn ician; and Pat Can lon , En gineering Aide .

    Several Highways employees attended Aerial Photography Icourse seminars in Victoria and Vancouver recently. Jim Ca ld -well, Instructor at BCIT, conducted the courses. which aredesigned to introduce the stud ents to the basic principles of aerialphotography, photo interpretation techniques, correlation betweenaerial photos and maps, engineering applications, and materialsinvestigat ion .

    On completion of this course, participants are aw arded onecredit toward their certificate in the Highway Technology Train-ing Program.

    From tlu : Vict oria course are, le]! 10 right , Duve Boon e(using st ereo scopic \'i('l>' er), Saanich District ; Jim Caldwell (stand-ing), BCI T instructor: Russell Heughan, Planning Bran ch ; BahSeeds, De sign and Su rvey Bran ch ; Larry Vli et, Geot echn ical andMat eria!s ]'e.l"1ing Bran ch; Herb Walk er, De sign an d SII/'I'eys;and others .

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  • The Nell' Denver District held its sec-011I1 /lillI/ill I mixed six-ender bonspiel illKaslo , Willllers of the A event were,left to right, Lillian Flynn, third: MacFlynn, skip; Kathy Agrignon, lead; andTerry Bohall, second, Willllers of the Bel'ellt were Russ Broughton, skip; EricBergren, lead; Bel' Bergren, third; andHenry Klassen, second, C event winnerswl'/'e Bob Unrau, skip; CharmaineUnrau, third; Ingrid Hartung, lead; andPercy Hartung, second,

    TRANSFERSDON HUTTON

    was presented with afarewell gift from theDistrict staff at Fort SI.John at a recent gath-ering. He was DistrictTechnician in Fort SI.John from 1973 to

    1976 and won through competition theposition of District Highways Managerat Burns Lake. Married with two chil-dren, he was actively engaged in minorhockey and also enjoyed golfing. curling.and other outdoor sports. When timepermitted he improved his craft of finish-ing carpentry.

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    SUKH JOHAL,Engineering Aide 3, istransferring to theGeotechnical and Ma-terials Testing Branchin Burnaby as an En-gineering Aide 3. Hestarted with Highwaysin Quesnel as Engineering Aide 2 andwas then promoted to Engineering Aide3 and transferred to Nanaimo in 1967.

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    WILLIAM (SLIM)NEWMAN, Bridge-man 3 in Burns Lake.is transferring to Daw-son Creek. He hasbeen in Burns Lakesince 1972.

    ExtracurricularActivities

    Recent su perannuunt Doris Wheatleyof the New West minster District officewas widely known for her [ondness of"chiclets:" A t a banquet where Doriswas feted all her retirement , a [eat lire ofthe festivities was the presentation of alarge box {tiled with chiclets and otherconjections. The reproduction Oil thebox cover was the work of LYIIII Sawat-zky, holding the box, Technical Assistantill the Nell' Westminster office.

    25 YearService Awards

    JOHN E. ZIELKE,~ left, and JAMES E.

    , SIMONSON, lowerright, received their25-year Service Awardsin Victoria in Decem-ber 1976. They areboth members of the

    Vanderhoof District crew and they arebrothers-in-law; John married the formerJoan Jacobson, they have three children;Jim Married Shirley Jacobson, they havetwo daughters. John began with High-ways on a casual basis and has been con-tinuously employed since 1951. He is aMachine Operator and has served asTemporary Foreman on several occa-sions. In his spare time he builds modelrockets, which work! Jim started withHighways on a casual basis in 1948 andbecame a regular Ma-chine Operator in1951. He has been aForeman 2 since 1969.Jim is a member of theVanderhoof FlyingClub, the MasonicLodge, and the Kins-men K-40 Club.

    Frank Ovlngton, Machine Operator 4,Merritt Highways District, operating thelIew Lohn Deal' loader.

    Herb MeAllister is I'ery proud of hislIew Clunnpion grader L727. Herb is aGrader Operator ill the Alaska Highwayarea, Duwson Creek Highways District.He waited a long time for a lIew ma-chine and considers the waiting worthwhile.

    Smiling Bill Roth, Machine Operator7, Merritt Highways District, ill [ront ofhis grader. Bill is due to retire ill Julyuf this year.

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  • GLADESho wn crossing the Kootenay River is the Glade cable ferry

    which has been in use since the Ministry assumed responsibilityfor its operation during 1955. The first ferry at this site was aprivate reaction scow being owned and operated by the Doukho-bor Community of Glade. Their ferry operated until 1944 whenthe West Kootenay Power and Light Company's Brilliant Dam

    FERRYraised the river level making it impossible to use a reaction ferry.For a time a rowboat was used to transport residents across thestilled river waters. Later a private barge and power boat wasemployed. In 1967 the ferry scow was widened increasing thevehicle capacity from three cars to the present five .

    -Photo by F. A. Clapp

    16 LlTHOGR ....PHED IN CA NA DA BY K. M. MlcDONA LO, QU EI' N'S PRINTER, VICTORI A. BRITISH COL UMBIA