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THE
3 FT. WIDE

> been discontinued,
Mrs.

SIGNS OF SPRING"

Castlegar News Photo

, OLD VILLAGE
GIVES WAY
.TO NEW ONE.

ola Doukhobor

materials from

the prick and wood build-
will take on a new lease

hase Two

usands, of
made briks have been strip-
ped from the w of the
more than 50-year old buil-
ding, and well-seasoned
poards have been carefully
removed, ready to be put

jiato. a service at the new

usable lumber as th
ety has little money with
which to purchase new ma-

Members of ine society

ed that before
“Dutch ovens” will

up and. the first ‘home-
made loaf of bread will be
prod
come:a museum piece.

Selkirk College

Cuts its Budget

In reporting on Selkirk

College at Monday's. meet-
ing of the board of trust-
ees ot School District No. No.

truste ith Lanz-

9, e Mrs. Rut :
arotta stated the college has

made cut backs on its bud-
et,

The maintenance staff
has been decreased by two
men-and one secretary has

‘Lanzarotta stated
the feasibility of dorms for
the college ‘was much too

uced.
Tt ig not likely to be: ” ¥

Coffee Break

A Brief Glimpse of the Old Slivery Slocan
Through Aging Type and Yellowing Newsprint

Many of us are becum-
ing mpe and more intereat-

newspapers were loaned to
me or whatever pleasure
I could gain from them. °.
The oldest of the: pap-

ers was one printed in New

Past summer and began fo

fearch for a familiar n

amongst the past only. t to

by

get completely fost in
general in news:

Papers,
would - be’

issue
gaulls, to each a

Bean p Columb Tele-
phone any suggested
in its ad, soe you write
be sure that

Then _ there
from the Newmarket or tat
and the G. in

re Carter: request
that appointments be made
early., His next scheduled
visita were ‘Sandon’
16 and rar and New Denver
duly 17 to 20.
Local pers te

chin: to rep!
by. the recent fire at the

miso A. F. McClaine ‘and
W. R. Winstead of Spokane
district this

wpeen . wor
near Whitewsier “for about =
25 years, he has not put
nis theory into practice by:
genting very far under the
Everything was news in-
cluding. of

the
residents
Buick by:

plating the
notch

cars Rr Sivvers ate,

Hermann _ Clevi Angus
wcinnus, T. re Honen and
A. Jacobson, Some of the
recent purenaers of Ga
ra approac
that stage of perfection ton
that they can manipulate
the steering wheel with one

Another Issue is simply
Saly P sper Printed in the
aper in

Slocan District
dated, New. Denver, Thurs-
day, 15, 1930,
pages remained unnumber:
ed’ and the tops of the pag
es uncut,

A dentist, Dr. Erank
advertises the o

ing of a a fully equ lipped! of of

Plants iS ate for his neat
visit to Sandon, New Den-
ver and Silverton.

The Newmarket Hotel
and G. T. Sto! ues
to advertise. Braggit is
Chas. F.

Here are "a few news
items:

FIRST BURGLARY IN
NEW DENVER — Saturday
night some Fan ht more en-
terprising than his nelghb-
or, entered the cellar of the
Nevanerket Hotel, went up

to the dar through the trap
door and wo

registers, ap eag about

$60.5 The entrance fo ie

ed by break-

in the

ith.
tion To | ital
behalf hes staff
- thank the follow-
signe ed

—: July." der’ of

merit.
- Diviaon 1— ae WI

Tarr a

nie Maddick,

Phersan, Dorothy Sells, Ed-
Shannon

Olson, "Cecil" Vander-
gritt — J. ‘J. Strait, princi-

Division I! — Grade V
— Mae Ward 91.5,

Wi Harry
Wallbaum 61.1, Helena Tar-
ron 80.5, Effie 5!

jhaunon
78.0 ane Arthur Meers oh 6.

Gra
: Ward rade Tima b Madd
Ellison Crellin.

an
83.4, Violet i, aed
a Stagg 48.2, S

win '78,6, Teddy Shan-
fon 66.0, Lorry Croft 64.2,
Jim Burkitt and Mary Gen-

lew Denver ‘adver-
Libera: ‘still remain. Pages
now numbered, and can

eet hose persons
living g in ine Castlegar and

aird Area.

The Tennis Club and
Badminton Club held a tea
on Saturday honoring H.W.

A, Minnion, prior to his de-
parture, for’ _Cloverasle,
where he en trans-
formed as bes in the Bank
0

in
banner bears the
pao of New Denver with
the date pril 22, 1043.
Again items of interest
an it Fcould >On Fetus.
there Backs aN Mrs,

din ‘Bor of pet doaaied
family, the Valances, these

‘WHATTA BLADE!

A monstrous saw-tooth
blade was recently develop-

powerful tractor and was,

rst used in 1969 In tl
Cranbrook area,

her husband's

ec by the engineers of the °
©, Forest Servies for land. 10c

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"CAS

EGAR NEWS

Published Every. Thuraday Morning at “The Crossroads of. the! | Kootenays”

‘VOL, 25, No, 9

SERVING

Castlegar » Kinnaird
Robson - Blueberry

Shoreacres - Thrums
Slocan Valley and City
New Denver - Silverton

oo PR SE SES
CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1972 ? :

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NOTICES

St. David‘s Tea te sean

- Sale, Wed, March 1, Le-
gion’ Hall 3.4.90. Reagan
ed by ACW.

Kootenay Soc. Handicap-

ped Children, — annual

meeting, Mon., March 6.
8 p.m. in Legion Hall.

Sr. Citizens Meeting 7.30
Legion Hal

p.m. ‘hurs.,
Eve., Feb. 24. ‘

Kinwood-Balle District

rummage may be left at’

Kinnaird Hi

Introductory tears _
Transcendental  Medita-
tion as faught by Maar
ishi Mahesh Yogi, SHSS

March 2, .7 p.m., Foo)
110. No a on. :

Ape David. Thompson Sein
15, ail. tc Club, ‘‘swal yap session” on
ple up en 5002, .7541, Sunday, 27, 1-5 p.m.
5406. St. David's church

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+ Skunks Continue: Harassment
Oo Kinnaird’s Kuznulk Family

skunks |
have succumbed to the traps

-be shelved

a me sec-
treatment plant.

o.2 They also intimated :

sidents of ‘Strawberry and .

Rasberry Villages were con-

4 king up a uate
lagoon. | 2-5" ‘

q Ms smell originating from
Be da originating

ny emell from that

| area”, he said,-“comes from

decaying vegetable matter
ver bank.”
laid out; ‘ox.

aris absorb and
Yodors of sew-

eral meeting will

A gen
“be called shortly in Robson
“to re-instil

tute the Robson
Association.

their presence known in the

bred it only more probl
the faunlly” tat have
boon, aa eaige to by ekunks
0 past month,

for tho

al trap and no!

_, Wooden ones ‘supplied by

i FROM THE SKUNK FRONT. IN KINNAIRD l) “LET'S G0 MIDGET REPS
AND BRING CUP HERE!

Saturday «will

“the
one he

his
pm. the waniette” will

blow for the -declsive
me in the great: battle

Ferni Mind thes mul pies
rnie a

of catlger

Bual joada 0 of fans. from
Farnle will be descend-

fon: a past soma

Ing upon us on Saturday,
to: provide the cheering
section for the visitors,

With the VERY limited
capacity of the Castlegar
Arens, seats for the

me are wong to be

rd t There-

B Ml Phill
Special to ra fora Lag

on officials: to: GET TO
NA EARLY.

two and Jim

e ie

~‘Aulomotive Refailers Express. Concer
Over. Giant Gas Trucks Moving in Town

The Automotive Retail
of Castlegar: an

towns 5,000 gallons or more

of bull gasoline ‘late at
> night

property as well as

pal roads on which to. timn :

&

A

E

WING SPAN

STING-A-REE IS HERE

@High Angle of Flight

Koofenay-Columbia Care Cenire
To Hold Annual Meefing Monday

The annual __ general
weting of the Kootenay-
Columbia Child Care Society z
has been called for Feb. 28
at 7.15 p.m. in St. David's
Church. ‘

il

ib
but
thet operations be no bet.
i b ete ign forestry. de.
ve: ie fo:
ment and’ particul:

Heavy Weight Patterned Pullover
Regular Price ...... $14.98 SPECIAL $9.98

Kates Polyester and: Cotton Slims
$11.00 and'$13.00° ‘

President Ge
said business -woult

ae sceport th iaty's
ss re on the society’
sctivides.

KITES 25c to $1. 59 : ‘

5 ‘the -'question’ of the Pass
fee cree watersied,

Robson has one of the

oldest water systems in the

© Sturdily Built — @ Spectacular Performance thing thal

ly Bui pectacular Performan: urbed me quite a lot took
place ‘about tyro. years ibe z
when it-came to my. al of . control (as frequently

Tops in Stripes and Prints to Match. Rapyens it would eens

° | A mattress has had to go, thanks to skunks

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“Open Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Skipping Ropes ~
Balls of All Sizes

Corner vt Pine and Columbia

Sunday and Holiday Hours: 12 noon = 1 p.m.

Friday 9 am.

6-7 pm

CABARET

Every Saturday’ ‘Night
STARTING AT 9 P.M.

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
_KNIGHTY SQUIRE

Admission $1.00 Per Person

D-Bar-D Riding Stables

Phone - 365-3294

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> ula
pepe eee

Fred Giraud.

ees ve been told by
that"

ae, vel

‘Point “OF yomation’
“Anderson said and added.
ight is what we should be

i Fhere must be some

& Sout 2,000 people de-
md\on Pass , Creek for

in 1940 we were concerned
‘with the sheollragement of
Pass Creek

and there :was no
proper Aupervision of water

mae have seen this
population expand, we heave

utes drive from the propos-
ed site.

“J was told there would
“be ‘no. swim: up the
creek, but my neigbors told
me people went up. there
to swim, and this was above
our int

fo BS appei pealed again to
the water board, but a aot

5 nowhere as an individ
“What

arent lack of inte:
a ¢ eneral public, and
the ‘Robson

jociation

road a pearing better trans-

Ass
Rolpaten on’ page twelve)

Columbia Cellulose Co. Loses Millions:
Has No’ Infention fo Close Down Mills

‘Columbia Cellulose Co:
Ltd. ‘has: reported. 1971 sal-
s of 908.5 million and ‘a
loss fore extraordinary
items of $17.0 million jeq-
ual to $1.71. a common
share, After extraordinary’
items, the loss amounted to
$48.8 million, or $4.73, a

mill at Prince Rup-
‘An examination of. the

long-term viability. of- the
sulphite: mill indicated: that
the mill would: require sig-

to: survive’ in. ace of in-
creasin: tenance and
pollution control’ require:
men!

William 7. = Mars, ch chair-
man of the ted,
the mill’ cannot profitably
carry the depreciation of
these new.capital expendit-
ures in addition to the de-
preciavon of ..the -present

asa result of excess Greed
tories.
Since. the beginning ot

Parent Celanese Corporation
roximal

Tequired to ' guarante
precimately, $14 mullion OF

bank loans for a sul

of Columbia Cellutose. A
Portion : of: these’ funds ‘ was
used: to build up inventory
in ‘anticipation of increased
demands. increase in
deman:

ize, ‘however, and, di

- shutdown in ‘some of
ich

fourth-quarter: of 1972 and
pulp sales at distressed

nificant capital

1971,

on page twelve)

New Route Discovered Around

4 A higher road that’ will
“circumvent the ~ Slocan
Bluffs on’ Highway .6- im-
mediately north of .Slocan
City -has been fouad prac-
tical. by the department of
ways, -
‘This* is reported from
Vistoua by. Revelstoke-Slo-
MLA pure bell,
who: ‘said he has been ad-
vised by Highways Minister

W. D. Black that “rough
estimates” indicate the de-
be ‘complete, by

‘About 85 per cent of
line has been establish-

tions,
take about two athe to do
the cross sectioning .and
detalling.

Body Recovered

The body ofa Castlegar
woman, missing since Nov.
27, 1970, has been found

nthe banks of the Colum-
fia River.at Keller Ferry,
Washington.

from Columbia

“The” rémains, found
Feb. 17, were those of Ver-

na Rose Babich, 41. Identi-
fication was made through
dental work.

Cheque out

ac crippled child