V Prince Rupert Daily News Monday, February 26, 1951 nnouHcemen 1 . i ' ;U ceilings n K.lirJ Rd 'lhefuL Veteran Telegraph Operator Puts his Hobby into Service Canadian Legion card party, February 28 Prince Rupert Shrine Club Ulli. IJoitlUjS J-Lail LUmucii J Cvuncif and Mrs. R. B. Skinner; West End Mrs. J. S. Black and Mrs. T. Boulter. Hospital Mrs. A. L. Holtby and Mrs. Doneen. East End and Seal Cove Mrs. T. Glenn and Mrs. M. Waksdale. A tea, with all organizations participating, is to be held at the Civic Centre September 20. 11 - .W ' 'H) i ii ........ i... j - It New president of the Women's Co-ordinating Council for 1951 is Mrs. Norton Youngs. Other officers are Mrs. T. Boulter, vice-president; Mrs. A. Thompson, secretary, anil Mrs. A. Haines, treasurer. Executive members are Mrs. J. S. Black, Mrs. T. Sollien. and Mrs. Ii. B. Skinner. Press correspondent is Mrs. W. J. Lincham. Sirk co m mitt ees appointed were: Westview Mrs. W. J. Llneham :Band concert, March 2. j Presbyterian home cooking i sale, McRac's Store, March 3. i ! Card party, Catholic Hall, 'March 8. Lutheran Tea and Home Cooking, March 10. i The King Edward School P-TA White Elephant sale and tea vlarch 15, at 2 p.m. Conrad School P.T.A. card party, Friday March 16, 8 p.m. 8 . Patricks Tea and card party. Catholic Hall, March 17. Orange Ladies' tea and sain, March 21. j Job's Daughters Easter tea and ' sale. Masonic Temple, March Z'i. I Cathedral spring sale, March 29. Legion Auxiliary Sprina Satf, Quick Relief for ARTHRITIC PAIN G Hi relief frm thirp, slabbing arthritic N" rou lm lor with Twi.pl.ton a T-K-C'a. Jv tu loniM? Be ti aiain. Get T-R-C'a today, jet comfortinf relief tonifht. Rerommended by uteri and drutgitU. Me taiU2S. I 1 r-r. j U - I 1 n o O 1 j WE CARRY A H.ETE SUPPLY OF HIGH QUALITY j A ' tn l 4 .y; I f -WMMt (BUMBO Jfclf A NNOUNCEMENT April 4. . j i Presbyterian spring sale, April 12. i W.O.T.M. Spring baaaar, April i 20. Queen Mary I.O.D.E. Daffodil tea, March 26. i St. Peter s Spring Sale. Apn, ' - .,4 5 Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Lock wish to advise their many friends that they have sold their business known as Prince Rupert Florists to NAr. Will iam Baxter of this City. May we request for our successors the same good will and supporf which you have given us in the past. All outstanding accounts may be paid to Mr. Baxter. IONE 116 - 117 or 58 Irt & McCaffery 26. United W.A. Spring sale. May 3. Sonja tea. May 12. PIONLER OF NORTH, "Bill as radio co-ordinator. Picture Wrathall functions effectively LIMITED For action use News classificd-i. t- was finally completed 21 days later on October 6 when Mr. Wrathall reported for duty on his new job. So he spent the exciting and colorful days of railroad construction in that shows himself and his studio. By G. A. HUNTER William W. Wrathall, pioneer business man, photographer and telegraph operator, is one of those fortunate individuals who is able to enjoy his retirement by the active exercise of a useful hobby. He still does his "trick" every day as a semi-professional "ham" radion from the basement retreat of his home I FOR BETTER . . . Planning Building or Repoiring CALL 363 Wanted To Rent ca bustling interior frontier town. In 1908 Mr. Wrathall returned j to Victoria to get married. II was) in Hazelton and Prince Rupert and PERSONAL at 336 Fiiih Avenue West. There tM.. Mrs. S. L. Peachey and daughter returned to the eity on the Camosun yesterday from a' tr:p to Vancouver. The Columbia Cellulose Company Ltd. require immediately for their permanent operating staff, HOUSES FOR RENTAL Please address replies to: Supervisor, Operating Dept. Personnel, Bo 1000, Prince Rupert, B.C., or call Supervisor at Watson Island. Jin1.; on Monday, i il p.m. (48c) ii(T, Vancouver, jnlanl, arrived la ('amusini yesl.er-Imitli. bring her? j that their four sons and two ernment Telegraphs at Hazelton 1 daughters were born. j in 197- j Meantime, Mr. Wrathall had . It was in September of that developed a keen and proficient i year that Mr. Wrathall landed interest in photography and in i at. Port Essington, metropolis of .1912 he quit the Government j this part of the coast in those Telegraphs to go into the photo- j days, aboard the old coastal ' graphic business professionally. I liner Princess May, then, the 'Next year 119131 he moved to luxury ship of the "Inside Pas-! Prince Rupert and opened busi-sage." He found that every one ness here, continuing until 1920 of the old sternwheeler vessels! when he returned to his old love he holds forth as e mergency co-ordinator of the American Radio Relay League for this area and seldom a day goes by that he has not done a useful job or a good turn for someone in the way of wireless communication. When normal communications fail, he is the stand-by who conies to the aid of the regular sommercial services. It is "Bill" Wratha.l who the most of radio lister crs run into Regular Moose Tuesday, m e e 1 1 n g bruary 27 8 p.m. (40 I Mixed Chorus i.iy evening at 8 PRINTING r Booth Memorial were wrecked and out of commission. The Northwest had W. L. Newell was a pas ."iv:'-aboard the Camosun to t'1'V..irt after a two weeks' trip to 40cl Don Willinm.aui telegraphy by joining the Government Telegraphs with which he remained until 1940 when Canadian National Telegraphs took over and with which he continued for five years un Highest Quality Experience Versatility MITCHELL & CURRIE Jed last ninht on struck a sandbar at Telegraph Point and broke in half, the Hazelton was ashore at Kltze-gukla and the Mount Royal had capsized in Kitselas Canyon with every now and th rn as they flick their dials and hear the 1 familiar "VE7LX" signal. Mr. Wrathall has "thousands of friends" all over the world with whom he keeps in regular ) jju' IV, t Mellon. c, where they will ire home. Mrs. E. Jes.see. head waiti " s for Columbia Cellulose Co. at Watson Island, returned yest-r- til retirement. I LIMITED I I .,, I day on the Camosun from a trio ion Auxiliary t'nim,r p I Builders & Contractors I ' For Action Advertise! ',1 loss of five lives. Opportunity to continue the trip to his destination at Hazelton came when Harry Daniels, a fisherman-adventurer, invited Dibb Printing Co. arts tonight in I and frequent contact. The walls of his studio are lined with the cards of hundreds of "ham" stations like his from near and far H) ! Dance, at 9:30 Moose Social and Tuesday. February 27, J ill relumed ',. PHONE 231 BESNKR BLOCK Membi'is of ! aucia- lne personal cnaiier p.m. in the Temple Mr. Wrathall to join him in pol- j ing a canoe the distance of 150 ; miles up the rugged shores of I , 1 I the Skeena Rivei r ; Hazelton. Leaving Port l,-it.?(on Sep-tcmper 15 what ttj to turn out to be a rather arduous and hazardous undertaking wnien tnese people exonange is intriguing indeed to the observer who may call on "Bill" in his studio as he carries out his regular stands each day and keeps actively in the communication business. He goes on the "network" twice daily at 12:30 noon and v:3j p.m. and his domain as emergency co-ordinator for the American Radio Relay League PHONE BLACK 367 For Efficient Building and Remodelling YOUR BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS: Ml the Lodge and Chapter plea.se attend and bring your friends. Admission free. (4!)ci Capt. C. ClaxUm, .superintendent of pilotage for Briti-h Columbia, arrived in the city o,r th. Camosun last evening from , Vancouver, being here on ofU- cial business. Music and Drama Festival meeting Wednesday, February 28, 8:00 o'clock, Civic Centre. Representatives of member organizations and all interested please attend. t ( ltc) (',iniosim yest?r-! i to Vancouver fnent at, Shuugh-itinpital. fun. president of I'd Cross bratvi-h ime this after-ijroiiver wlier? he I 'ial council ses-I proceed to the 1 evening's train. l:NTION --Special Ike place in the I 8 p.m. Wedne.'s-.'f'-H. All members 4'end. Appointing 0t Standing and $tecs and ballot-applicants. Grand 'jjielon will give s to members. GREER and BRIDDEN New Wonder Electronic Ear Hides Deafness i extends to such remote points, in Northern British Columbia as Telegraph Creek, Parsnip River and Takla Landing to the more Prince Itiinrrl, B.C. I pMXYJ HrfJ I- - I accessible places such as Perow Burns Lake. Smithers. Hazelton bm.. '(1 to isnteg 1 Ciin 3 HOT ,r I PEAS & CARROTS J Alice Good, 417 Seventh Avenue West, has asked the Daily News to state she was not th person of that name who was .fined in city police court last week on a drunkenness charge. and Ketchikan. He co-operates CHICAGO, ILi.. (Special i A closely with such local luo-watt falb,u0lls , ne electronic ear . AllcAgues m,. as i! trMK Frmk Palette idutiit, which miraculously conceals d revealed by an Fred McDonald. Dock Do.'htcM cmjnpnt chlcag0 acoustical sci-man, Norman Kinslor, Hill Cuin- lCIlllsl mings and Sid Anderson. I In an exclusive interview with BUY Right fliVKBeatty! Roitw ncon.r maw l i nk we me cosiness m'.srurcn ASSOC!- ales, he disclosed that ' throimh the miracle of modern eieetron- l!. 11. is niiur tircwlhln ffir m i 1 1 ni . arc a nuisance," Mr. Wrathall told the Daily News, "but we think we ale doing a.guod and o1 hard ol i1(.,rmii to ic,iDl.ne I CANNED FOODS (A Beautiful Beatty Washers men- loss without a button I howjig in either ear." $139.50 From In a remarkable dcmonsUa-; lion he fhowed how his tiny rev- I useful job." Possibly the most cifective demonstration f the usefulness of the emergency radio network maintained by these amateur radions, of which Mr. YVralhall is emergency coordinator, came during the ! oluhoimry eieclronic discover has rendered old style heating i.ius ooso.clc. SEE OUR USED CAR VALUES FRIGI D AIRES TOO! Cums in and see these new models of. Frigidaire Refrigerators. 6 cu. ft. models from $299.75 GORDON & ANDERSON Poiiilin out that his invention gives new hope to those wnu have heretofore refused to wear a hearing; aid with a consp....u-ous ear button or hcad-banu, ' said that "this electronic ear transmits even whispers with startling clarity." To acquaint the hard of hearing readers of this paper with this new wonder discovery whic'i hides deafness, full details will be sent in a piain wrapper wnu-out obligation to anyone who requests it. Address: Electronic Research Director, 500C Beltone Building, 1450 W. 19th St.. Chi 19-ri flood season when for days everything in (lie way of commercial com m indentions with such inter or points as Terrace, Smithers and Prince fieoigc was really "down" and Kill" did a great and untiring job in the handling of vital commercial traffic. More than two hundred messages were handled and the service won the grateful acknowledgment of both Canadian Na VM'TiH.VI.L rvllnrtcr SEDAN, l.:alrr. i:i ri;i:ir,v.'.l.''ed new car condition 'fl.1 A yr5N 2 door. Goof' condition. Heater etc 995.00 1M8 r:KVILF.T Sylemasr PEDAN 18.600 miles. PiivHta owiu excellent condition. Radio, tvV'T and dcrrosUr 1395.00 V'Al PONTIAC Ditixc 25 Ser'cs Sedan 17,00 miles Now tires heater, private owner 1650.00 nr.!) ill:.i;.riKY Sedan. New mo'or, recently lli. A penny postcard tional Hallways and federal cr-'O t), government. t'- 6011(111 i:"a'l"d 1; 18 in;UOI,HT Deluxe Sedan. Recently overhauled. Heater and DrFrosler PUC. Private owner . 1495.00 Mr. Wrathall built his own 100-watt transmitter which carries 20, 40, 80, 19, 25 and 49 meters. He uses a Howard communications receiver with a mass of supplementary equipment such as only a confirmed I'adion would appreciate. ALWAYS A TlXEfiUAPIIF.It Beside? bcins a pioneer In ths !:li I VC Fedan. Privately owned, condition guaianteed. Good tires, heater, etc 13:t0.00 I r.--i4 t?? f-i il)"W.d s Rive a tj 1937 OI.DSMOIHLE Sedan. Privately owned, excellent rendition. Good tires, heater, etc 750.00 rn. 1 Irl radio field here, Mr. Wrathall is 1 true and interesting north-1 erner in other ways. Telegraphy I IV" 114. has always been his first love 1919 HhO Flat Deck Truck, 5.000 miles. Guaranteed In cood condition - 15",,0 1916 ( ilEVKOLET 2',2ton truck, with Steel Dump Box and Hoist. 30 day guarantee 1465.00 19.M (lirUtOILT 'j ton Picktios n Panels available lor immediately delivery. WE FINANCE rRlvATE SALES ON G.M.A.C. FINANCE TLAN We have lisled olher Private.y owied Cars and Trucks for immediate sale, at owners' requested price. ' Yes Sir! . . . That's what you get when you purchase your shoes at FASHION ! See our new lines of pi'.hmi'jh he has ventured into other fields. j Born in England, Mr. Wnh- H.:nt ''8hti;,," G-E f f I all came to Victoria when five j -van. o- men ,t'. Iff "J 1 vears of age and started as a teleeraoh messenger there in MEN'S FOOTWEAR - in, ii I m ' . ' ttkv. ' & . v Long Motors Ltd. 1900, becoming an operator for i Canadian Pacific Telegraphs three years later. In 1905 he , transferred to Vancouver and I two years later answered the I "call of the north" by accepting an appointment to the old Gov- Fashion Footwear THIRD AVENLE AT SEVENTH STREET