A MARSHALL WELLS hardware store
known as Castleaird Hardware opened to-
day in Castleaird Plaza. Owners of the
store are Albert and Mary Hutchinson who

promise that-the sayings made by the mass
buying of the Marchall Wells organization
will be passed on to customers who make
purchases at their hardware store.

Seats 60

\ The Castlegar District's new-
est restaurant, the Golden Hor-
seshoe, ‘opened in February in
Castleaird Plaza,

Operated by, Otto Goldalmer
the restaurant seats 60 persons

P41 | Red and.brown leatherette booths

New Beauty Salon

The Haigh Tru-Art Beauty) Haigh of Nelson who has ¢ opera-
Salon at Castleaird Plaza is own-|teq the Haigh Tru-Art Beauty

ed and operated by Mrs.

an
Independence At Retire-
ment

"C. Arthur
Anderson

The Mutual Life Assurance
of Canada

{two tinting units, two shampoo

"|Salon in that city since 1935.
This fully-equipped new shop
contains four hair styling units

stations and six dryers and will
employ up to four opérators.

Solicitor Says
Surcharge OK

Castlegar can apply a sur-
charge on garbage collected from
the fronts of lots instead of the
back, village clerk Joe Logelin
told council Tuesday, night.

Mr. Logelin said he had con-
tacted village solicitor E, M. Mc-
Gauley who advised him that all
it requires for the collection’ of a

i t

The shop was and
the furniture made by D. P. Haig.
It is ander the management of
Miss Dale Johnston, a former
resident of the Castlegar District,

who returns here from Calgary.

is an
the existing bylaw.
“At last we know it can be
” said village chairman N.
T. Ogiow. “In the meantime
we'll carry on on the same basis.”

and stools, ‘a’ number of plant
fluorescent ‘lighting, an inscribed
brass backbar‘and a brown prin-
ted drape hung along part of one
wall contribute ‘to the modeir
decor of the Golden Horseshoe.
“Goldaimer, who is on

iginally from Germany but has
worked at Vancouver and Prince
Rupert, said he and his family
are impressend with the natural
beauty and industrial potential
of the Castlegar District.

At Prince Rupert Mr. Gold
almer wasin partnership in a

Kinnaird Council
Thanked for Help
By Capital Holdings

gree of co-operation from muni-
Spal officials in Kinnaird played
no small role in the establish-
ment of Castleaird Plaza.

“On behalg of Capital Hold-
ings Ltd, and myself, I would
like to take this to

Golden Horseshoe

Solld support and a high de-

Persons

restaurant and at Vancouver he
was chef at. the. Shaughnessy

ager of the club. He has been in
the ' restaurant business for 20
years."

Mr. Goldalmer said the Gol-
den Horseshoe will make a spec-
ialty of catering to weddings: and
said he hoped District residents
would -think of his: restaurant
when taking friends or business
associates out to dinner, °

The restaurant will also be

enjoy a sandwich and ag cup.of
roffee while doing the stores in
Castleaird Plaza.

The Golden Horseshoe will
be open from 7 ani. to 12 mid-
night every day and will spec-
jalize in spaghetti and meat balls
and steaks, Business men's spec-
ials will be featured every day.

‘Wo improvement
‘In Dentist Ratio
is Expected Soon

The ‘Canadian Dental As-
sociation reports 82 more. stud-
ents in Canadian dental. schools
than a year ago, Most of this in-
crease is due to the nee school

thank" village chairman Carl
Loeblich foe his council for

at the U
and the new Toronto bulding
Pid oor of 203 dentists were

hel; the
Broder said i. T. Hurst, presi-
ent.

“When we first considered | ant
oun project we were most inter-
ested in the people at the helm
of the community.”

“We found’ an alert, progres-
sive group who provided us with

wer SALUTING MoT ten

with Bargains J
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CHAIRS WITH NYLON WEBBING
Regular... $7.49 SALE PRICE ... $6.99

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LARGE SIZE
REGULAR $32.95

SALE . $27.95

MEDIUM SIZE
REGULAR $25.90

SALE PRICE . s724g

THAT KEEPS. YOU_ON THE

sum?

LUNGHEGN SETS

REGULAR $4.64

SPECIAL . $3.49

SALAD SETS
“REGULAR $3.45

SPECIAL . $2.62

Apron & Tea Towels

* REGULAR $2.29

SPECIAL . $1.72

WHY BUY THE SECOND BEST PAINT
When You can get the BEST for Less!

WALL SATIi# — — — LATEX BASE.
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PAINT FOR INTERIOR WALLS (AND MOSPWORK

| crease

ey mea-
sured up as people who put the
welfare of their community first
and, were interested in attracting
new business to the community,”
he added. *

“So, we extend our sincere
thanks to your municipal and
business leaders, They have made
our entry,.into Kinnaird most
pleasant,"

Schoo! Board
OKs Payments
. Totaling $77,000:

Expenditures totaling $76,972 | *.
were approved at the last' meet-
ing of the Castlegar school trus-
tees. “A considerable portion. was
repayment of debentures,”. said
board scretary C. H. King.
Wiring has been

in. 1958, but ocaly 193
in 1959. No improvement in the
ratio of dentists to population is

pated as a result, Suitable | lj
dental ‘s students are still urgently
needed to keep up with Canada’s
rapidly expanding population,

Business Man’s
Turn to Lead Way

It's the business man’s turn
to lead the way to new heights
in capital outlays this year.

That, says the current Com-
mercial ‘Letter published by the
Canadian Bank of Commerce, is
the most significant point in this
year’s capital investment pro-

gram.

The Letter notes that the de-
pertment of trade and commerce
Forecasts 1960 capital investment

at $8,770 million, the highest on
record, and comments: :

“The ,. significance of this

year’s ‘program appears to rest

. - in the differing rates of‘in-
crease. Both business and social
capital expenditures are expected
to rise this year, but, .in contrast
with the past year, when it adop-
ted a cautious attitude, business
is resuming its stimulating role.”

inthe. Pass. Creek .school. with
just the teacherage left to do.
The i of the Gibson Creek
school has yet to be done:
Footings -have been’ poured
for the additions -to the Kinnaird
elementary school and the: Twin
Rivers elementary school in-Cas-
tlegar.
The board approved an-in-
in the general lability
Policy covering District. schools.
It also approved the use of the
high - school. gym by the Scouts
on N May 10 Providing it: is avgil-

A request |] ‘by, various classes
to attend the inustcal ‘festival .at
Nelson May 9-14’ was also: ap-
Broved. Local students will take
part in elocution, dancing, choir
and band competitions.

A letter ‘from ‘the Interior
Lumber Manufacturers - Associa-
tion regarding7an art; contest to
design a cresti:for the’ group's
letterhead was turned over to the

It is 2 probably that the air-
port ‘committee composed ' of re-
Pesentatives of the City of Nelson
and” twin villages ‘of | Castlegar
and- Kinni will recommend
“before too. long” that the air
strip be extended, village chair-
man N. T. Oglow: told a. council
meeting last week.

Ozlow “said the recom-
mendation would be made.to the
department — of transport - and
would call for, a 600-foot exten-
sion to the air strip and_black-
topping. “The. land ‘is available,”
said Mr. Oglow. .

In other . business council
gave fina] readings to the assess-
ment. equelization bylaw and the
1960 budget and adopted both.
An invitation from’ the

high school

of Ci to tour.

A meeting:of the West Koo-
tenay branch of the B.C. school
trustees will be held in Castlegar
on May 13, The president. of the
provincial oration will. at-
lend.

Celgar’s pulp mill on May 26 was
read and the entire council and
works supervisor Norman Mc-
Nabb will make the tour. Village
clerk Joe Logelin will be at Vic-

toria on-that date,

golf club and then assistant man- |-

handy for. shoppers to pop in and] -

FOUR WINNERS

See Loca

Four ‘West Kootenay _ bad-
minton. players .came ‘home -vic-
torious from. the B.C, Badminton
Champlonships held at .Victoria,

Don Gray of Kinnaird team-
ed up with Gordon Hallstrom of
Riondel to icapture the boys’
doubles under 15 event. Both
these boys were defending their
BC.:title which they, won at Ab-
botsford last: year,

In the ‘finals of this event
Don’ and Gordon defeated Alex
Barloewen and G,' Johnston of
Victoria by scores of 15-8, 11-15,
15-10, -
In the boys’ doubles under 17
evént, Jack Oxzachoft of Castlegar
and Bruce Rollick of Riondel
were the big upset of the tour-
nament by taking out Stewart
Frew and Howard Meakin of
Vancouver by scores of 15-4, 15-8,

Frew and Meakin had been
seen as the number one team In
this event and it came as quite
a surprise to all at the tourna-

ment when the West Kootenay
boys took them out in two quick | 5
games,

The West team wes

Badminton Finals. .

F cee

Don Simpson entered in the un-
dex 19 events.

Ten of the 12 West Kootenay
players’ reqched © the -semi-finals
in'some of, their events, Eleanor
Shannon ang .Gordon, Hallstrom
reuched the finals in the mixed
doubles under .15. They were de-
feated by Alyson’ Daysmith and

ee Barloewen of Victoria 15-4,

Eleanor .teamed up with Gil-
lian Thomas of Victorla for the
girls' doubles but was again. bea-
ten by Alyson’ Daysmith ond
Joan Costr, both of Victoria,

Plans are -now: under way
for the 1961 B.C. Badminton
Championships, which are plen-
neq for the Easter week, and it
is hoped they wil} take place in
Trail, This will give all the bad-
minton enthusiasts in the Dis-
trict a chance to see the best in
B.C. Junior Badminton,

A special vote of thanks goes
out to the Castlegar. Athletic As-
sociation and the Kinnaird Ath-
letic Association by the local ath-
Jetes for their help in defraying

the expenses for: the Castlegar
and Kinnaird players.

made up of Wendy Defoe, Gayle
Pskberson, Eleanor han’

1u Johnson, Don Gray and Gor-
don Hallstrom’ for the, ander’ 15
group. Under 17 team members
were Jack Osachoff, Bruce Rol-
lick,“ Tanya Kinakin ‘and’ Bever-
ley Pinckney. Don Shannon and

Shannon, |‘

Building Supplies
OGLOW’ BROS, .
Bullding & Supply Co, td
Castiogar le
Phone 3351

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Now OPEN FOR

‘ MISS DALE

IN. THE’

Castleaird Plaza

SSNS

Haigh Tru-Art

BEAUTY

SALON

HAIR STYEING

> under the management ‘of

JOHNSTON

|

“The most modern and up-to-date
Restaurant i in the District.

a

oked like this in September of

last year. At th time thi

picture was taken the shap-

ping centre was eing. held: up by the woods strike at the
coast Which tied up ‘delivery of the huge glulam beams
and dry-kiln lumber. At that time the Plaza was getting -
only 5,000 feet of lumber a day. One carpenter alone uses _
1,000 -feet daily. The Shop-Easy supermarket in the Cas-

rn
tleaird Plaza is 98- x 160: feet with 14-

x, 160-feet of this

being devoted to storage space at the hack of

the store.

The Plaza has flat roofs of three

different levels with the supermarket having the highest
roof. The whole Plaza occupys 30,000 square feet. Park-
ing is provided for a minimum of 151. gars.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 5, 1960.

There is much’ more than
mers ine eye at Castleaird ia:

On the surface it representa
more. than’ a°’$1,000,000 invest-

ofthe C Dis-

ment in land, buildings and mer-/ and to study
ichandise, erected to service the

_ More Than Meets The Eye

When Capital.
_ saw. the advefit of shopping cen-
tres as a new treid in merchan-|'
dising, the organization began’ to
gather . information “in ‘ earnest |;
the methods em-
ployed in putting together’ “pro-

trict,

projects.
_(Becaute shopping centres

But. the
of ‘the business community will
appresiate that Castleaird - Plaza
“didn’t just happen to be built.”

Behind the opening of the
Piaza’ stands years of painstaking
vesearch.* covering «the entire
shopping centre field.

Capital ; Holdings Ltd., the

w field
Yor Canada, no authoritative
“guide books” were. available,”
explained: Mr. Hurst. i
“We had to gather every. bit
of knowledge the hard way. We
had to acquire a specialized, pro-
fessional staff and train them to
study | the! potential of modern

firm. behirid all the Plaza projects
in Western .Canada, has’ just
the final phase of a

PRETTY RECEPTIONIST Janet Sadler sends pulses racing
at the Castleaird Plaza. Janet works in the modern office
of Dr. D.'F.. Ternent. Before moving into Castleaid Plaza,
Dr. Ternent’s offices were located in the Creighton Build-

ing in Kinnaird.

Back to “Basements

In recent years, home build-

note -a' trend back to the
ouee ‘with a basement, 9

Families. want more work

Two staunch and en citizens
of a country. beni

Were offered a few eshekels, by | a
foreign power.

If they would go. directly aypon. a
certain hour,”

And sabotage the tracks of a re-
liable rail line,

“So, without giving harm to them-

selves a thought,

(How would they 3 their mail,
clothing, and food

They devised a, bomb ath bulky
and crude,

And set out for the tracks, their
nerves very, taut, .

They eventually came to, a 2 suit
able location,

And each’ searched for’ spot
where the earth was tender.
But now their. devious plant gan

to wither, av

_ For: they. could’ not . agree -.on

where to create | the eruption.

“Let's -do it here!” cried one,
—————————— to, the ground.

and’ ‘play , Space’ than they) can

get ‘in bagementless , houses,.and
the ‘most “economical way. to pro-,
vide it is by building a basement.

‘With land costs soaring, :a
house with a basement sacrifices
less Jot area, allowing extra space
for lawns, flowers and outdoor
living. -

Its uses are almost limitless
— storage, recreation, placement

-of. heating -and laundry equip-
ments hobby. rooms and work
shops depend on adequate base-
ment space,

‘Basement living space can be
built for about one-seventh the
cost-of above-grade construction,

In: many- parts of Canada,
concrete block is a favored base-
ment. building material: If is ec-

eas and

Than Lots

Thoughtful rsidents of the
District, as they pause during
their business round, will see that
there is much more to the Plaza
than just another shopping cen-
tre — another series of stores.
And if they have an oppor-
tunity. to talk to L. T. Hurst,
president of Capital Holdings
Ltd. developers of the centre,
he'll be able to give them a solid
story of statistics, studies and
surveys that took months of work
before the construction of the
Plaza was even considered.

Mr. Hurst hedded the Capi-
tal Holdings Ltd. team that hel-
ped select’ Kinnaird as the site
for the. Plaza.

“At Capital. Holdings, ag far
back as five years ago, we first
Jaunched our surveys in to the
shopping centre industry for all

District was one area high upon
our list as a development pos-
sibility. But before we select any
single area the entire marketing
and research staff of Capital
Holdings spent tho: ands of man

doll esearch:

Says. Mr. Hurst:.“First-we
had-to decide the type. of. shop-
ping \centre required for.a‘spec-
ific area. After that-we had to

population: growth: factors indus:

‘New B.C. Road
Map Gff Presses

“The. B.C, Travel Bureau an-
ticipates a record demand for the
1960 edition of its ‘official Road

Travel Guide, Hon.

recreation’-and conservation, has

quick.and easy to worl with,

‘Finishing off a basement re-
creation room can be a pleasant
and profitable.task for the home
owner who wants to. realize: the
benefits of extra living space at
flow cost. 3

“No. “Over. here!” bellowed his
‘frien

Suddenly a train rounded the
bend:

Hardly. a- trace of the’ citizens
was found.

: — Submitted | by Laicos’ Resiak

Large quantities of the new
map are now off the press and
shipped to distributing
cent throughout’ the western
United States ‘and Eastern ‘Cap-'
ada; the: minister announced,

3 for the expected heavy
demand} is a. sharp increase in
tourist - enquiries being received
at Travel Bureau headquarters,’

‘Total mail enquiries to date
this’ year have‘ increased 63 per
gent 9 over the ‘same perlod in

_ CONG GRATULATION

More to Castleaird

of Stores

trial ‘devélopment, roads, power,
architectural’ studies, and all the
detafis

for this “industry.”

Not content with that, Cap-
ital Holdings ‘also ‘called in out-
side experts in the field of econ-
omic surveys to check out their
studies, %

Once confirmed, Capital Hol-
dings Ltd., then set the wheels
in motion to produce the centre.
“This is an area with a great
future and,we feel sure the Cas-
tleaird Plaza wilt grow right al-
ong and provide a vital service to

$10,000,000 program. with the
ior af Ci Plaza.

centres in various loca-
tions in the west.” ie

‘He ‘added:”.“We embarked in
this field-with Capital, Holdings,
and to a large extent, we have

+} Its ourrent plans call for similar
heavy expenditure in the im-
mediate future.

‘But before Capital Holdings
Ltd, or any progressive firm,
commits itself to such extensive
spending, it“ gives careful ap-
praisal to many factors,

L. T. Hurst, president and
the driving force behind Capital
Holdings,’ ,says: Shopping cen-
tres as we know them today are
relative newcomers in the retail
merchandising field — but they

are a separate and distinct in-

dustry.

‘ “Tt might come asa surprise,
but we've spent more’ than five
years research’ alone in. deter-
mining locations for such centres
as Castleaird Fiera, This sesearclt
took

as Western Canada’s
first shopping centre ‘specialists.
It gives me a great of. pride to
point out that our organization
has, to a large extent, set the
standards for the ‘industry and
today holds its place as. leader
in its specific field.”

The Castlegar-Kinnaird area
he pointed out, was selected as
a sound solid area with the pro-
per. growth potential. It was an
area in which Capital Holdings |
could utilize its years of study
and research — in othe
translate a planned project into
reality.

ths of study, preceded by profes-
sional reesarch in depth ‘from
every conceivable aspect.

HC Plaza stands to-

the District’ for years'to come.”

explain

cost . (houssnde on dollars,” te

day as a professionally-plamned,

ist.

Site selection here took mon-|™

" "a te ‘Hur-

“It-has all the facilities for

‘one-stop shopping’ and ‘is: made
up of a
group ‘of retail establishments
dominated by a Shop-Exsy: sup-
‘ermart and surrounded by ample
parking areas,”

carefully-integrated

Opens Castleaird

r words, §

‘Castiesird Plaza was oftic-
jally opened this morming by
Rossland-Trail MLA Danalé L.
Brothers in a short civic cere~

-fun-and

“SHO. ‘ PI NG
On Number 3 Highway

GENTRE
atl (th Slreet Belween

“CASTLEGAR AND KINNAIRD

of Castleaird Plaza st i

now on.

-and Services,

le the fami

- Sita MCRGHNMNNMN
ti

Compactly Arranged:

Castleaird Bakery
Castleaird Hardware
Beauty Parlor

e
e
-@ Golden t
@ Pardman
@

@ Dr.'D. F.

Furniture

Shop-Easy Super Market

Ternent, M.D.

And more coming soon, to make this
your One-Stop Shoppii

ing Centre

<0

Come on out to our Great GRAND OPENING «.. Meet your friends and neighbors .

. enjoy the

Centre. Shopping is easy at'Castleaird . . . easy

to get to, easy to park. You'll find values galore at the 3-Day Grand Opening and every day from
in the car today and every day and shop at Castleaird’ Plaza.

20

GASTLEAIRD’ 'S LANDM:

. Highway

— 125
A

Daily 9 am. to 6 p.m.

> Drop in anytime for a full course
meal ora ‘snak, You'll he glad

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TRAIL ‘AND CASTLEGAR PHONE 3551

NOTICE

: Residents of Kinnaird

E SHOPPING HOURS Fridays - Open till 9 p.m.
~ Capital Holdings Lid. oe SPACE AVAILABLE . . tr promive mee

chants to join in the swing to shopping centre merchan-

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+ THREE EIGHTH
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Pressure |.
Yo" Diam. per.100°

+ + attractive stores in various sizes, lots of plan- :

$5.00
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“regular session every Monday night from now until. a : 3 < : ‘ 2 = eet “si : > i : Ree rat tact ¢ }

NGS. -

Tan a re

The council-of the Village of Kinnard will meet in

the end of June.

Ken Pickering, :
Village Clerk.

“BOX 129

; GENERAL: CONTRACTORS’ aod

Phone MU 4-5141