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Castlegar, B.C.

District Fasthall

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then put Juniors in the lead
until the eighth. ¢

John Strelioff, Fred Stefoniuk
and Cyril Bell each connected for
two hits off Junior chucker Brian
Atcheson who gave up 10 hits in
all, Wanless was touched for
seven hits by Juniors, led by Fred
Horcoff with two singles.

FLYERS BLAST KIWANIS

The rampaging Flyers contin-
ued their winning ways last night
when they took Kiwanis for a 15-3
ride, helped along considerably
by four Kiwanis errors,

Finding the rarige for a total
of 14 hits off Kiwanis moundsman
John Strelioff, the Flyers scored
once in the first and Second, twice
in the third and five times in the
fourth, clinching matters with a
six run explosion in the ninth.

The three Kiwanis tallies all
came in the fifth, Bill Sharples
and Rudy Martini . singled | and

~ came home on a round-trip clout
to deep centre field by Fred Ste-
foniuk. Martini and hit

Rose Growing A
Keen Hobby Here

It would seem that roses are
flowers that have many admirers
a flowers that have many admir-
ers. *

A short news item three weeks
ago telling of the two colored.
yoses found ‘on one white-rose
bush in the garden of Albert

‘of C

& number of people into the Cast-
qe News office to see the floral
oddity,

Among the viewers were W. H.
Toogood of Castlegar and Mr. and
Mrs, Cyril.Lumb of Kinnair
Mr. ‘Toogood, who knows /a pa
deal about roses having grown
them as.a hobby -for the past
seven years, explained the. two
different colors on one stem and
the two different colors in one
flower, were the result of cross
pollination by bees,

Mr. Toogood invited a reporter
to see his rose garden. The re-
porter accepted and was thrilled
by the many beautiful variations
he saw..of the rose flower, — a
total of | 87 rose bushes with some
60

GLADYS COLLINSON

Tragedy and courage are ‘often
said to go hand in hand and when
one meets them both’ head‘ on,
it starts you wondering, For. in-
stance that) slight misunderstand-
ing you had with your «best
friend last week, has , Somehow

More Adults: Wanted .
For Film Council
Weekly Programs

The Castlegar Film ‘ Council ||

held_its fourth weekly showing |
of National Film Board

“AD EREMENKO™&. C0.

"SPECIALS FOR Aus. 6 7, & 9th,

Monday evening as part of its
summer program,

So far at these showings, there
has been a good turnout‘ of chil-
dren but not as many adults ‘as
the council woe. like to see.

faded into and
this morning the whole’ affair
looks preety silly and trivial.
Besides, the sun is shining. and
the sky is marvelously clear and
blue. Funny, but we didn’t seem
to notice these God-given ' gifis
last week and our appreciation of
home and family and friends was
right down to nil.

Without i x

of four
to pix or Tore films, covering a
wide range of topics thus holding
interest for all age groups, At
least one award winning. film is
featured. }

It is“hoped ‘that more adults
will take advantage of these en-
tertaining and instructive «film
sessions during the ‘remainder of

life has a way of Morigine us in-
to crises which call forall the
courage and creative agility of
which the human’ mind) is capa-
ble-and it is under ci

the There is no admis-
sion charge but a silver collection
is taken to defray the costs \of
mailing the films. .

The showings. ‘are held every

such as these that we suddenly

at 8 p.m. in
St.. Alban’s Parish Hall,
fi

twice in the total of 9 hits gained
off Flyer chucker Pete Hoodicoff.

‘Paul Gergely with a three run
roundtripper and a single and Ot-
to Walker with three singles, led
at bat for Flyers, Pete Hoodicoff,
‘Wallace Horning and Cliff Tipp-
ing each hit twice. ;
TEAM STANDINGS

Team P w.
Juniors 19 14
Ootischenia > 19 10
Flyers 119 10
Kiwanis

Waldies

‘Kinnaird

On our %th. Birthday we
take this opportunity of ex-
tending our thanks and
appreciation to our many
friends and customers for
their patronage. Over the
seven years we have served
this district we have given
QUALITY, SERVICE and
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Oe enaay _— Wednesday
and’ Piiday : Evenings”

from dark, velvety red, to deli-
cate yellow and lily white, All are

find from|.
the cocoon of self pity and
in which so -many

large, formed flo
a superb display of floral beauty.
Mr. Toogood’s roses have won
many prizes at fall fairs in “this
area and at the PNE where they
outclassed entries from. all over
North America.
Mr. Lamb of Kinnaird jis an-
other. grower of roses though on
a smaller scale. He

of'us tend to wrap ourselves.
As a famous actress recently
observed in the face of her. own
Personal sorrow. “If one ig riding
a merry-go-round and_ falls: off,
the very best thing to do“is to
get up and get on again.” ."
This is apt to take a great deal
more’ courage than the average
He

that the two colors on one stem

» | have been noted among ‘his plants

also,. suggesting that Kinnaird
can produce anything that Cast-
Jegar can,

Building O' Anglican
Church At Kinnaird
Begun Saturday”. --

-|me.

person, , asa
1 disti

being thrown off a colt. Instead
of ‘receiving the sympathy and
coddling I expected, I was simp-
ly told to get on and ride the crit-
ter home, Much to my surprise,
by the time I did -reach- home,
my bumps and bruises were noth-
ing compared 4o the thrill I felt
in mastering a‘ situation’ which
could very easily have defeated

~ ‘Work ‘began on. the
building of an Anglican Church
at Kinnaird when a crew of 18

such as these teach
one not only to master one’s own
problems but also a depth of un-

men poured the for the
basement. é
‘Work will proceed steadily on
the basement which .is to be com-
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A crisis is not merely something
‘unpleasant that life sends us, It
is a challenge and a test of. out

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School Board pray
Coliimbia Blders. Bid
For Septic Tank:

The Board of School trustees
of Castlegar School District No.
9 held a special meeting Monday
morning to.open tenders for in-

* gstallation of.a septic tank at the

Stanley Humphries High School,
part of the $520,000 high school
expansion project proposed in the
, $616,000 school loan referendum
which, was approved by district
ratepayers last December.

Of the four tenders received,
the trustees are recommending the
acceptance of the one submitted
by Columbia ‘Builders; The four
tenders received’ weré: Columbia
Builders, $7,100; Oglow Brothers,
$7,400; Kootenay Builders, $7,626;
and Castlegar Building Supply,
$8,950,

‘Work is to proceed on the in-
stalation a€s soon as possible,

af oan:
to ome Industrial Arts Room at
the high school and new elemen-
tary school consrtuction ‘at ’Kin-

naird, Castlegar and Robson,’ is|..

Proceeding’ well, and should: be

‘Here is a: general’ view.

ed early in
The board hopes to
eall for tenders for the’ Yamain-

‘der of. the high school e:
within .a, weelc. or ten
The project 1 will be a three: storey

addition with 13' more. ‘classrooms, |:

an. at itrium, cafeteria,
metal shop. ..

{the huge Aican i
Project at; Kitimat where the’ power and the cdetistanentel a wank entec-
Aug. 3, in the | prise which , will ventually:

*: THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954
j : Exght Vehicles Damaged; No Injury

A rash of five:

$1500 Damage In Five Auto:
Crashes During’ The Weekend

The accident rash began Friday
evening at the Pass Creek Bridge,
where vehicles driven’. by: Fred
Koftinoff of Blewitt..and Charles
V.'S, Walker of. Kinnaird, were
in éollision, Walker stopped his

.| vehicle at the approach’ to. the

city of 50,000...

bridge, to let an oncoming vehicle
cross the narrow structure first,
The vehicle driven by. Koftinoff,
struck the Walker car from be-
hind. There was a total of about
$150 damage. to the ‘two cars. :
Saturday about 11.a.m., two‘cars.

and William George Easton both
of Castlegar, were in c®lligion at
the Rasberry: ;Village. corner of
the Castlegar-Nelson . highway
just. outside Robson, Mr.’ Eastcn
made a‘left turn’ onto the high-
way from a side road. ‘The cars

driven by Fred Nick Pereversoff

eight

‘| and ‘about $1500 damage, was noted in.the Castlegar District during
the weekend. The district's worst accident weekend in some time
resulted ‘in no serious injuriés but one‘of the mishaps has thus far.
led to court action and’ police ‘are investigating another,

Stipendiary Magistrate W.. H.
faylor;at Castlegar Monday. He
was ‘fined ’$50 and costs.

The charge arose from an ac-
cident about 1:30 a.m. Sunday
when a light delivery truck
‘driven by: Sbitney, left the high-

way near Robson and rolled down * -

a.steep bank.. The truck was re-
Ported a total loss, but no injuries
‘were sustained, i
‘The fourth accident ocurred
‘about 8 p.m. Sunday: when the
front left wheel. of. a car driven
by’ Walter. Thomas Grubisic of
Rossland, locked and sent the
car spinning off the highway and.
into a bank. Mrs. Grubisic, who
‘was a passenger in ‘the car, sus-
tained a cut lip and minor bruis-
es. Police reported at least $500

0. million” invested

The plant will eventually be: ‘six times its,
present size. with’! at it least “$55

in its development pene a’$60- million pulp
and, paper mill, using Alcan’s vast new ly. harnes-

sed’ power

almost “head. at what

d to the car.
_ The accident occurred at the

Some $450 d:

Jack John’ Sbitney: of ‘Green-
wood, B.C. pleaded; guilty to a
charge of impaired driving under
Section 285° 4A of ‘the “Criminal
Code, ‘when he ‘appeared: before

was described as a “blind corner”.
gi

School corner on the
CastlegaNelson highway.
A‘tifth weekend accident, in~
volving two vehicles and about
$150 damage, is still under in-

vestigation. >

EDITORS NOTE
commencement ‘of. oj
Lang n
ner;' ‘aid Les: Way,° ‘Vancbiiver,

tatives of B.C. weekly néwsp
pwnitten especially 1 ict the Castle

per Dp nd ‘represen-

apers.. This’ is — ‘on-the-spot \story

News.

and |

press and radio’

inte the! history-making event, the first aluminum -

presentatives
ingot was

poured at 2:45 p.m., August 3 at: the multi-million dollar’ ‘aluminum
. smelter at Kitimat -—- B.C.’s newest eee which, is being Uiterally,

carved out of the northern, wilds,

“A” Day, marking the entry of
aluminum’ into ‘this’ province's
fast expanding industrial econo-
my, was a historic chapter in the
story. of Kitimat — a story of the
‘ courage and vision of private en-
terprise, the skills of modern en-
gineering ' science’ and .the Iabors
of thousands of men whose brain
and brawn triumphed over formi-
dable obstacles, It was also the
prelude‘to the future — a future

- of ordinary men, women and chil-

dren ‘living- out their hopes and
ambitions in this newest of thriv-
ing, industrial cities which only
a few' short ‘years ago, was ‘a
sleepy, ‘almost ‘unknown ‘muskeg

Indian village in a virgin wild-

ALUMINUM TOWN, i

“The location’ of Alcan’s smelter
4s a broad river valley 400 miles‘
~ north of Vancouver and 100 miles
from Alaska: “As we flew down
“over ‘the. bustling‘ townsite as
guests of the Aluminum Company
of Canada, Kitimat gave a-first
impression of being made entifely:
of aluminum. The roof decks: and

There hava-been a total: of 18
forest fires in the Castlegar Rang-
er District sé far this seaon, For-

vised,

been
a tire’ ‘near: ‘Crescent Valley last
week ‘which ‘covered ‘‘about!:'10

" pores. ‘A ‘total of 18 ma men Plus” the:

1 ‘Softball, Horseshoe Tourneys

"$00 Number Two-fizetruck.to
ey idence on ‘Fist Avenué:

bees... ‘The ': firemen © departed
after a‘ warning ‘that ‘this a
is "season in which to.

:|9 man
here for the.third summer, fought

the blaze. 2. :
But h the fire’

be using’ fire and smoke’ out-.
doors. _Even’ a “bee smoking”

so far ‘this .season,,has not ‘been
too bad and the” hazard ~ only

|moderate, Mr... Killough warned

that August and September . are

gen-
erators and ‘smelter potlines.+.’
‘When completed for capacity
ion, the smelter. i

will occupy. an area two: miles
long and close‘ to‘ three quarters
of a mile -wide.. Present popula-
tion of: Kitimat’is about 4,000 in-
cluding | only.-250. women; : Qnly
a handful of the latter are single
girls.

10 MILE TUNNEL. te

| In the® Kemano powerhouse,’ a
vast. cavern one. quarter-mile in-
side the mountain, three 140,000
hp. turbines: began. turning: over
on July 15, driven by water. fali-
ing 2600 feet

the months .and..ap-
pealed for the cooperation. of the
public in’ keeping their‘ forest
wealth, green.

“We. are now. ‘approaching the
ctitical period,” he said ‘"With the
cooperation of ithe’ public’ this
area: can: become _ greener “and

He’ said the greatest ‘menace to

ye forests is ‘the .careless Smoker.

oo) ‘tire per-
mit,

The eg was. phoned ‘in
to Fire Chief Lewis by a neigh-
bor. Since the call did not come
in‘on the Fire. Department
phone, the fire siren was not
sounded. is ants

7

New Appoiniments For.
School Inspectors

J. 3 McKenzie of ‘elson,' for-
for District

Planning Three Day: Fele
For labor Day. A Kinnaird

this. year be a

day affair beginning Saturday,° Sept? and concluding ‘with:

“AMen’s Open Softball ‘Tou:

ia. ball, Monday evening, Labor. Day.‘ e

ment will ,be the: main: event all
three days and theré will also be
‘a singles and doubles. horseshoe
tournament and any, other ‘at-

afternoon.

Saturday evening there | will.
also bea’ “Jithey Dance” held at
the’ park ‘and ‘a aes Mee,

‘for

day: afternoon -with: preliminary
games, and eliminatio: .Sunday
afternoon the horseslice: pitching
tourney will be launched for $100
in’ prizes ‘and 'thé . softball com-
"| petitions will. continue: . possibly
with a doubleheader. Five courts
are available if necessary for the
horseshoe ‘event, 2

>The finals of both the softball
and horseshoe playoffs .will «be
the ‘main event for Labor Day

gives a and
a{campfires, though! also a meriace,
can’ be coped ‘with. But the’ care-.
jess ‘smoker, — we don’t‘ know
where he will strike.”

“Careless, discarding” of lighted

from the tunnel above. ‘The: tun-

i nel, 10 miles: long, brings. water

from the. vast. reservoir created) ;
by the; Kenney Dam on the East
side of the Coast: mountain range,
fo the turbines inside the base of
Mount DuBose half.a mile below
on the Western side of the-range.
A twin tunnel is to. be constructed
in the event that more than 1,000,-
000 hp is required for. the Kiti-
mat

roof cladding of the ‘buildings are
aluminum ’ sheet. Walls of ° the
smelter proper and buildings are

For the past three weeks power
has surged :through.a 50 mile al-
Juminum line, across

also sheet.

use has been made, of light metal
alloys theoughout. ‘the interiors
of. the buildings and as a’ final
touch, an all-aluminum fence en-
closes ‘the entire: property. Alto-
gether 15 million pounds of: al-
~uminum went into this first stage
of the. project.

Spread out over an area of un-
‘settled territory .-160 “miles in
width and 60 miles in depth, the
vast development will eventually
have'’a -hydroelectric. capacity .of
2,240,000 shp, “largest. ever “under-
taken. by private, enterprise, The
block of power -will supply . the
world’s largest “aluminum ‘smel-
ter with'.an) Gnnual.: production
capacity’ ‘of 550,000: tons.

“The initial stage,"now in oper-
ation, uses hydroelectric capacity
of 420,000 hp and, will produce

a 5,0000° foot mountain pass be-
tween Kemano and. Kitimat, to
“bake” the “pots. in the’ smelter.

The company's own ‘ships are

butts — is

Smokers. must make sure ' their
cigarettes are out before throw-
ing: them away ‘or better still ae
their ashtray.”

A) live'-butt ‘thrown in a safe |’
place! MAY‘ NOT’ start a fire but
.a-:dead (butt. CANNOT start a
fire,"-he concluded.

the Bc. _ Forestry Station. at

inspector’ of ‘schools in Districts
No. 6, ‘7, 8 and 11; according’ ‘to
an announcement by a Depart-
ment of i

FILM, COUNCIL NOTES
INCREASED ATTENDANCE ~
“The Castlegar Film Council
were ‘pleased to: note’ an’ increase
in-adult at.their regu-

a6 G. Kirk, will be stationed at
Trail taking over the duties per-

whose. transfer. to Vancouver. was|
announced ‘recently.
' Ig addition ‘recently. ‘appointéa
Inspector H. S. Hurn ‘will assist
inspector McKenzie, Dr. DG.
Smith and Mr..Kirk” in school

foi ‘by Inspector ‘W. E. Lucas].

Jar. film, showing in: the Parish
Hall “last Monday.

It ‘is “hoped: that even more
people will take advantage of this
opportunity to see these’.enter-
taining and. instructive - film pro-
grams.

. Next. Monday’ program. will
start at 7'pam. in the Parish Hall
to allow’ fora second ing at

and
The Mapld Leaf Band from Trail.
will be.on hand to give a band
concert :and ‘variety concert.
‘Thete will also be & varied pro-
Monday

attractions for young and old con

cluding: with the Labor Day Ball
in the Kinnaird Improvement So-

clety: Hall Monday evening.

The Kinnaird Park has excel-
lent picnicking facilities and fami-
lies will be able to make an en-__
joyable all-day. outing there all
three days. iene lunches and re-

will be for
those’ who don’t .care to bring
their own. lunch.

Parking. space will be no pro-,
blem. either. Extra crews are
working at the park to provide
enough parking space for almost
any number of cars, committee’
members. report.

The committee in: charge of
the projegt are Joe Buckna, Or-
ganizer; Ernie. . Pierpoint,” supe

Rene

istricts No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12.

ters for the
Gastionn Ranger, District, is re-
ceiving extensive improvements
and beautificati6n of the grounds
py the suppression crew under A.
J. Weir; and assistant Ranger Al-
bert Hesketh. A drying rack has
been constructed for drying the
hose used at fires and‘ cement

(ci on page 8)

on.a regular
aluminum. through..the Panama
Canal from Jamaica, to the newly
built seaport at Kitimat adjacent
to the smelter. Bauxite, the chief
ore of aluminum, is obtained from

company mines in Jamaica‘ where
about $30, million, has'so far been
invested fe. support the Kitimat

Vacation Bible School
Begun At Kinnaird

‘The :annual . Kinnaird Com-
munity Vacation Bible School be-
gan; Monday‘, conducted’ ‘by T.

plant: Teluee the welght of the
bauxite: by. two thirds, convert-
ing it to the white pi yalumi-

Lang, of the Com-
munity. Sunday School.
There were 12 boys and girls

na, which is then. shipped ‘to Kiti-
mat. :
NOT COMPANY TOWN :
‘.Kitimat is in no sense a “com-
pany towns Business ‘will all, be
wed, | A number of

91,500 tons of al

P

i t Siore an a weekly

‘Hy works, ti
sion lines and iter site are
ision with

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ble of zerld

but an.
enrolment of at ‘least 50 is expect-
ed, Mr.-Lang said. Monday. . -
The school ‘ will -continue till
August 20, The classes are held
in the Kinnaird Impovement So-
ciety Hall each morning, Monday

9 p.m, at Robson.

Kinnaird started things rolling

by downing the Ootischenia squad
7-4 Sunday evening. Monday

night Castlegar Juniors dumped
the Waldies' crew 5-3 in a much
discussed fastball fray and Tues-
day night, : Kiwanis staved off
some: serious ‘threats “for a 4-1
victory over Leitner’s Flyers.

Kiwanis and Ootischenia meet,
again’ Friday and if: necessary,
Sunday. Waldies and Juniors are
slated :to battle it out: again to-
mérrow night and Kiwanis meet
Flyers again Friday.

The semifinals are to be com-

see the finals with the three win-
1

Juniors Kiwanis, ‘Kinnaird,
Castlegar And District Fasthe It Playoffs

It's playoff. time in the. Castlegar. and District ‘Fastball ‘League
and the first three. games of the semifinals find the Kinnaird team,
the: Castlegar Juniors and the Castlegar Hotel Kiwanis team a
one game.up in the three best - of -- three series,

--|Kinnajrd counters in the seventh

pleted Sunday and next week will | man.

Lead Semis Gf.

Championship.
KINNAIRD — OOTISCHENIA
: Odtischenia-Kinhnaird . tilt
at. Kinnaird saw the hometeam
take a 3-0 lead in the second
frame. Ootischenia came back
with two tallies in the fourth and
two.in the fifth but three more

put the. game on ice.

Alan ‘Jacobson, Kinnaird hurl-
er, gave up four hits, two of them
to |J.. Kazakoff, while ‘Barney
Brown with two hits led Kinnaird
in the'six safeties gained off Bill

FONiORS — WALDIES’

ners:of: the i-th

to Friday, from 9 to 12. °

Children of aii ages are soul:
ally invited.

fava round cobin,

out: ‘tourney.’ for. the League

double-kacals-y.- ‘aes slmest preved good

aouble-kneck-by

ninth inning rally

Greenwood and Steve Jankla one
are all members of the K:.A. A
executive. >

Drive'Safety Wise

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