I/O Student Receives Canadas Silver Cross By Anne Ritchey Emerald Atvtieni Newt Editor A modest hero more anxious to talk about construction pro ject* and power possibilities In Canada than his own heroic deed, Ih Bill Hromyk, sophomore in education from Vancouver, B.C. Hromyk last week received a telegram from C. T Batten, pro vincial commissioner for British Columbia, Informing him that he will receive the Slver Cross from the Governor General, as chief acout for Canada, for Having a man's life last Hummer. There la one Investiture held per year for all Much medals given It will Is- held at Ottawa later In the year. That such awards are rare is evidenced by the fact that only three were given in the entire nation last year. What Bill dlil was this: In swum through Icy waters of the Nechako river, 150 miles from the coast, to save a drowning man who had been upset frtfcn a i aft in the rapids area of the river. The man. In his middle twen ties, had been on the raft with two others, who were pushed to the opposite Hide of the river 0v the tide and later taken from the area in a helicopter. The three, and Hromyk. were all members of an engineering crew of approximately 2,000, working on the Nechako dam. The dam itself is the third-larg est earth-filled darn on the North American continent, and has been planned since 191k. The dam and its purpose are on a very large scale, and Bill calls the project "one of the greatest things undertaken in this magnitude." Kor its construction, 11 miles of tunnel were dug, from the coast to the mountain area. A small corps of engineers and ge ologists were pioneers for it. go ing to the region in 194k. High secrecy surrounded their work for some time, especially after rumor spread that the Aluminum company of Canada was employing the engineers. Power proved to be their mo tive, and they were investigating the vast untapped resources of the area. It is now used for an aluminum-producing plant, which is 40 miles from the dam’s 50 Dead, Many Missing After Flood SYDNEY, Atistarlia (AP) Evacuation of about 10,000 per sons from three flooded town* in N<*w South Wales began Sunday night. The new evacuations will boost the number of persons driven from their homes to about 50,000 in four days of floods. Police put the death toll at near 50, including persons who have been missing for more than 21 hours. Hundreds of other per sons are listed as "unaccounted for." All 3,500 inhabitants of Nar rabri, 360 miles northeast of Sydney, began leaving town as floodwaters surged higher. In the other two towns being evacuated, Maitland and Single ton, the water level dropped four feet but the menace of disease grew, Maitland and Singleton are about 250 miles south of Narrabri. The town of Warren, on the Macquarie river, was threatened as rising waters broke through sandbag barriers. Only tree tops showed above the muddy water i nthe farming area around Wai* ren. Nearly 100,000 square miles of land have been inundated and at least 50 communities have been hard hit. ' now-completed, huge generator. Bill thinks of the dam and Its work us an example of the re sources and opportunity in Ca nada, which will expand in re lation to the building-up of cttlea." "Canada and South America will be the frontiers," he says with a smile. "Expansion In the United States has almost come lo a halt. Everything here has b