Page 10 CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. ‘ Thursday, May 7, 1953 Trail Gecilian Choir To Sing At Concert In Kinnaird, May 16 The Kinnaird Presbyterian Church is bringing music lovers of the Castlegar District, an op- portunity to hear the Trail Ceci- . lian choir in a concert in the Hall on May 16 at 8:00 p.m. ‘he -choir of 25 young girls’ voices, is directed by Mrs, W. Small and soloists featured will be Mrs. Kathleen Cook and Mrs, A. Dahlstrom, Tickets to the concert can be purchased at Leitner’s in Castle- gar or at Lewis’ Coffee Shop in Kinnaird. Bion Improvement Society iM Castlegar Host To Successful School For Credit Union Officers Credit Union ottielals, 60 in_all, Soroptimists Elect New Officers On First Anniversary progress in their first year of ex- Istence as a club, general business discussion, Mrs, Janet, Reed was elected president succeeding Mrs,.Ruby Maclean- Angus; Mrs. Gladys Collinson The first’ of the y Club of Castlegar, from centres, Riana a te is Credit Union Officers’ School'in the Bulletin Board A Free Communily Service — Phone 3441 Major Moll is entering hospital. A Cub leader for Kinnaird is urgently needed. These are your boys. Are you going to iet them down? If this worthwhile work please phone 2332. Cecilian Choir of Trail at Kinnaird Improvement Socicty Hall on May 16 at 8 p.m. Soloist, Miss Kathleen Cook. Froceeds in aid of Presbyterian church at Kinnaird... L.A. No. 3107 to F.O.E, Mother's Day Tea at the home of Mrs. Mike Sawchenko, Friday, May 8, at 2 p.m. Mem- bers and friends invited. + of the Stahley Hum- phries High School Saturday. The day long sessions, claimed by representatives of the West Kootenay Chapter of Credit Un- ions which “sponsored the event, to be the first school of its kind in North America, saw Credit Un- ion members from ' Ressland, Trail, Fruitvale, Nelson and Kinnaird, Robson, was celebra- ted at the Club's monthly dinner meeting in the Castlegar Hotel last Friday, with 17 members present and three guests, Mrs. Laura Morrish, Mrs. Helene Cur- rier and Miss Verna Ci . Mrs. Margaret Ander- son: as vice president; Mrs, Mabel Creighton becomes the new Rec- ording Secretary succeeding Mrs. Mavis Stainer; Mrs. Lorna Lewis is the new treasurer, suceeding Mrs, Betty Kerr and Mrs. Arlee Anderson remains in office as Election of officers followed tha! PARK ELECTRIC GLASSHEAT DEALER ‘ WIRING MATERIALS FIXTURES CONTRACTING REPAIRS COLIN PETTS Corner Maple and 2nd. PHONE 4516 all of Trail, The table was graced with a beautiful decorated cake with one birthday candle. The visitors con- gratulated and commended the on their Castlegar join in panel on Credit Union supervision and routine, Having for its-purpose an ex- change of ideas and opportunity for new officers to month; seven firms were check- ed up for operating in the village without a trades licence and 43 Phone 3441 ~* . Gil Bell Agencies Ltd. Insurance Advisors Castlegar ‘discussions and spoke to the ban- “FRIDAY — Try On Your Self ‘SALE 2 aj ala eet = MOREAY -WOM E te le. Shoes — Sandals . And Oxfords WHILE-THEY LAST ~ THESE ARE ALL RACK SHOES CANVAS WEDGIE CASUALS Various Shades and Styles While eget feos eg o¥ oy . S288 95 BUY WHERE YOUR DOLLAR BUYS DOLLAR VALUE ” JAVEX BLEACH TUNA FISH TOMATO JUICE - TEA BAGS - SSS SK ‘SPECIALS / . 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Presiding at the panel discuss- ions were W.G, Reith of Kinnaird; ‘Vie Ferguson, Trail; John Wood Fruitvale; and Al Martin, Ralph Blench and Mike Driscoll of Ross- land, “ Ace Bailey of Rossland, presi- dent of West Kootenay Chapter of fredit Unions, presented the Chapter Report. which noted: a steady growth in the Credit Un- ion movement in this «area, He said plans are to coordinate all Credit Union operations in the district and noted that the offices at Grand Forks, Burton, Nakusp, Castlegar ‘and two at Nelson, were organized and begun by the West Kootenay Chapter. . Among the local credit union its participating were W..G. Reith, Ivan Dergoussoff, Rev. C.L. John: ston, Al Read and Loyd Groutage. It has been announced that Miss Reith of Kinnaird is assuming the secretary-ship of the Castlegar Credit Union replacing Mr. Grou- tage who is ill. The local office is | ~ planned to be open longer hours henceforth, April Bldg. Permits Toial $54,295.00 April building permits in Cas- tlegar were 30 in number totalling $45,295 in value, the monthly re- port of Village Inspector David Seaton, read at the commission day night ‘The 30 new permits, minus 12 projects that were’ completed luring the month, brings to 61 the total of construction ,projects in various stages of coipletion throughout ‘the village. These in- clude the new hotel on Columbia Avenue, to be ready this summer the almost completed Zanaillo business. block on Main Street and the $6,000 partment house pn First Avenue, Mr. Seaton’s report also ‘re- vealed that three permits for in- stallation of oil byrning equip-| ment were -issued during the “Check tor Summer Safety Summer's crowded .. highways mean that ~ motorists must be 5 more .clert and cars - must respond instant. ~ ly to every “circum- stance. Let us check ™ and adjust now. : Drive .up!.. Sa WRIGHT'S. having their permit. 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PRICES EFFECTIVE nee 8 and 9 ProQviNclaL LIBRARY ‘Published Every ‘Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” . Vol. 6, No. 20. CASTLEGAR, BRITISH.COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1953 6 Cents Per Copy: Need For Castlegar. Bridge Emphasized By Nimsick And Muirhead At Kinnaird Mee! “Castlegar should have had a bridge long ago.” So declared Leo Nimsick, CcrF MLA, for Cranbrook, ‘speaking at a public meeting in the Kinnaird Improvement Society Hall Thurs- day evening at which he attacked the B.C, Social Credit Govern- $500 Damage At ‘Raspberry School By Juvenile.Vandals ‘The Raspberry’ Schoolhouse, on the highway about one and a halt miles east of the Castlegar ferry, has been the scene of consider- able’ vandalism during the past few months, As a result of inten- sive by officers of Local Liberals Shocked At Patronage Charges | The charge of ‘political patron, age levelled at the Hon. R. E, for Rossland ment for ex- penditures by eee them to the local level.” He said the idea of, toll’ roads and bridges is a part of this pol- icy. “The very idea of toll roads Trail, ina vetter from ‘the B.C. Government Employees Associa- tion to district newspaper, (see letter to the editor, page 2) re- sulted in a: resolution of “bitter from a meeting and bridges is ridi he . clared. Jt is in fact a step’ hee to the Dark Ages,” Turning to the need ‘for a bridge at Castlegar, he said “I've been fighting for a bridge at Cas- tlegar for many years, ever since the idea was first mentioned, 30 years ago, One of these.days the be of the Castlegar Liberal Associa- tion Tuesday night: Because of ‘the charges Which Castlegar Detachment RCMP, a Safe Driving Theme Of Public Meoting Here The need for every motorist to be! safety conscious was. stressed atja well attended' meeting in the Céronation Hall, Thuraday night, sponsored by the Coop Transpor- tation Society Drivers Club, PA near capagity audience saw titms on safe driving shown by Loyd Groutage and heard C. J. Currier of Trail and Constable number. of C have been. ‘implicated and face posstble court action. The: damage,’estimated to ex- ceed $500, includes shattered twisted "light fixtures, Broken Castlegar Detchament RCMP, a the rules of highway safety. ,Constable Borodula stressed the néed for complying with the traf- fic laws especially on the part.of teenagers, The traffic laws are for not he desks, and the.basement, plus broken a and damage to some of the litera- ture left in the. building which has not been used since June 1951: Police are continuing their in; vestigations in the course of which other local boys who are known. to have been implicated, emphasized. - ‘Mr. Currier explained how” in- creasing accidents on the high- ways meke higher automobile insurance rates, since rates de- pend on the amount of claims Bald out, First To Sign Three. Volunteer To’ Help . Thrums District Residents — Pelition For: ‘Hospital District Seven ‘Thr resi- dents aré the first nora own- ers in the Castlegar District to sign thé. petition for incorpora- tion of a Hospital” Improvement District inthis area, The seven Ernest Pratt, Paul Drazdoff, Peter Lebedoff Fred Fred Stoochnoff, George Perehu- doft, ‘William Perepolkin and Fred Markin ,signed the petition at a well-attended public meeting in’ the ';Tarry’s school Tuesday the first of six public are being ‘interviewed. 3, The School Board are say that time public works. aan’ ‘for the sub-station at Castlegar, was replaced by. a man-of Mr. Som- mer’s own choosing i: in: ‘a part time ‘ity, the Castlezae Associa- it will to bulle a’ bridge at C. ” tion ys ."Mr. Som- said a large part.of the deat of the Castlegar bridge could have-been financed with the $750, 000 the Social Credit Government is spending for ‘an election this year, if they were really sincere about their “economy with’ effi- ciency program.” | - { These remarks were ech a ‘the meeting by’S. C.. Muighe: “CCR candidate to Rossland" ra ++, in.the June 9 election. “Castlegar rust pve ia beige, Mr. ‘Muir- said, and not only a-bi ie here liquor store as well.” ae mers, in taking fuck ‘action; has shown himself: and ‘his party to be unworthy of the trust placed in them by the.electors of this district and the province.” The resolution claims charges of the B.C.G.E., that “the Hon. Robe! mers of. Cast: - sitting Care Needed In Truancy Proséeulic is, School Board Advised Monday “The trustees ‘of Castlegar School District’. Number Nine, are concerned about truancy in their district, A:number of Doukhobor families -are - not. sending their veal | School age children to the public schools as required’ by law. Ata i day night, a of the C Com- in the. present. L complete disrégard of’, election promises to-work for and achieve the establishment, of a sub-depot of the Department “of Public Works at C Wi full- mittee on Doukhobor Affairs was present at’ the. Board’s invitation, to advise on -the' wisdom of prose- cuting ‘the parents of children not ing schools..-:*, time..employeés, worked for and =) Suecesded in . effecting the re- moval of such a full time empi e Se ‘The guest ‘advised the Board to 3e’a diparty without principle, Ww platform and without prepare their. cases with care if they do and it ee who was qegulanly: ay pointed might be. better. ‘ wait until the Ss policy, with regard Continued on Page 5 - to the D ‘has been clari- tid. hy get. @ case that will involve group Fianning, to use the . school building again this fall for ele- mentary school classes. During the 1950-51 term, it was used for high school classes for Castlegar and district, : meetings being’ held in prepara- tion for the circulation. of the Improvement District. petition to all property owners in the area. A number of Blueberry Creek residents added their signatures to the petition Jast night at the second of the six meetings held at the home of. Mrs: Walton im Blueberry Creek. Two of the seven initial signers. Ernest Pratt and Paul Drazdoff, also volunteered their services tm help in circulating the petition to all property owners in the zone beginning next Tuesday. Fred Nakaroff, another resident alse volunteered. Memopers of the Castlegar andr District Hospital Society who 2!- tended the two meetings thus far are quite pleased with the recep- tion they’ have receivd .Mrs. A- Saunders, J. A. Wililamtis, A. Syf- vest and G, W. Rilkoff, were 2f the Tarry’s meeting for residents: of Thrums, Shoreacres and Tar--" ry's and Dr, C. S. Fowler and Mrs. Nixon spoke at the Blueberry ug T. Wetmore, Liberal can- for Rossland Trail in. the election, denounced th cial ‘Credit Government of B.C. thot t a well attended pub- ig of the Castlegar and iberal Association in the. ‘Hall, by; Castlegar. aeroaial ion; District Artists Share t You need. g! Cooperation,” : ‘He said that although th Con: tative Committee, like every- one else, would like to see the law enforced; there must be ‘adequate “| preparations for _ possible: conse- quences, “We are very “much worried that severe action might be taken without adequate measures to fol- low it up,” he said. It was suggested that fam ies which are accepting family al- Cast * Dliteict’ 33 Helen Butler, Castlegar, 80 snd and not sending their children to school, should be “mide an excellent showing-at the 20th. annual :’K BM Festival in-Trail all last. weels, ‘Wedresday night, Wanda Lind- : McLeod, “, the full six day festival drew over 2000 ‘coritestants ‘in 515.,entries. ‘This compared to 1400 contestants | d cand 500 entries last year when the. festival was held in Nelson. Other wipners from .the Cas- tlegar Distfict were. as ‘follows: Pianoforte, Under ’8, Section’A Daphne : Maclean ‘Angus, Cas- |* Jegar, ‘79 points; Louise. Irene Askew, ‘Kinnaird, also competed. _-Pianoforte: Under 8,' Section B — Theresa Oswald, Castlegar, 77; audrey Wahless of Castlegar ‘also pianoforte ‘Under 12 — Leslie}. Waldie of Robson among top con- tenders. * z | “Blocution,. Boys Under ‘10 -— Second place copped by Douglas Brownlie of.. Kinnaird‘ ‘with 81, points, Jimmie’ Smith of Castle- gar and Douglas Brown, Kinnaird also ‘among ‘top contestants, : ‘Elocution,, Boys Under .8 .— David: Rhys. Leitner, third. Place | + ‘2 with -76 marks. ‘Pianoforte, Under 11 — Valery 4 Martel, | Castlegar, «third place ‘with 78 points, : aloeulion Girls Under sas _ naird also. ! Elocution, Girls Under 15; - on | Pxeliminary 4. Helen Butler, Gas- tlepar, -82:- with Shirley . Shand, | : Kinnaird, ‘algo competing. * “Blocution,” choral ::or. group, _ One ary,School, Grade VI, Div. 2, tied for first place with Grade Seven boys‘and girls of Fruitvale School with’ @4 points. : Elocution, © Girls: Under 10:— Preliminary '— Nadeen Perehu- doft, ents 83; Christina Negre- iff, Tarry’s 82' and Elaine Chernoff Goetleaas ‘and Lillian. Skiboff, ‘also. competed.: Janice Nixén,” and Rose Marie Buckna, Kinnaird, . were contestants ’ also. Final” — ' Nadeen Perehudoff, + Christina’ Negreiff, Tarry’s 87; ‘Tarry’s. 86, Pianoforte; Under’ 12 — Section =<, Barbara: Martin,’ Castlegar, first:with 85, William Atchison. df Castlegar also competed, 4 Folk Dancing, Open, American —-, Kinn School among top contenders, 2 Folk Dancing | Open, Finnish, —> Second .place won. by the Stanley Humphries High School with 89 points. Folk , Dancing, Open, Squire Dances — Grade . Three class: or the Kinniard School among con- tenders... Elocution, Girls ‘Under’ 12, Sec- tion D -—~ Betty Campbell, Valery. Martel. and- Kathleen Corteau, among competitors. Girls ‘Under 12, ers Swhitiener: Gaston in ~ Continued on Ree their cases before pro- ceeding with further prosecution for lack of school attendance. A Brilliant woman was fined in court here last week for not hav- ing her child attend school. It was, reported at ieeting that the ehile is now back in school. ing g politics bir education.” in Mate charges of spiralling edu- cation costs, are actually saying the people, through. their school boards, “are ~ being ' downright fools with their money” since the school boards have control of edy- cational spending.” « The two items over which'the 78 school boards in B.C. have no control, i.e, amount of school grants and curriculum,- the So- creds have tried to change “for political reasons” he: charged. “The Rolston formula”, he said, “would remove the cola. basis for. school grants an jis. why they ‘Ghe Socregis) rere deteat- ed.” He explained that up mn now educational grants: are on a per teacher basis plus the ‘one: third share of ‘the S,S.&MLA. tax and thus the amount ‘of the - grants Cail said that the. Socred3,.J Will Work For Castlegar Bridge Socreds Without. Principle Liberal Candidate ate: Charges co Dorglus’ T. Wetmore Creek last night. :The schedule for the four meet— ings still to be held is as follows: Renata and Deér' Park — Ts- morrow night, Cliff Wanless and At each of these ‘speakers are expl (8d, at leas?-75 per cent ~ of:the landowners in the’ ae ace district. must sign the petition foe incorporation. An‘army of zone captains and jcanvassers I is now ready to begim feireulating “the petition to eactz petition there if they. wish. Nominations. are now. open ‘to fill two vacancies on the Board of c of the Village of as the’ of teach- ers in the district and the tax'col- Three Party Leaders Gone; Gne To Come © Three of* the four party: leaders whose candidates are -runnin; this :riding. for the . forthcoming provincial : election .on June’ 2, have now spoke at. meetings in the Rossland. Trail riding. -First was Socred chieftan, Pre- ‘Imier W, A. C.’Bennett who spoke in ‘Trail “on” Wednesday of last week, He was followed: by Liber- ton, ‘would’ ‘freeze the ‘grants ‘at the 1952, level. He cited the: charges of Salmon Arm MLA, J. A. Reid as innaird,” mae Monday's meeting, the ap- plication: of :R, J..Morice for: the [post of village clerk, was accept- ed.’ The post. became vacant with{ Pe the resignation of S.C. Muirhead, to tamper with the curriculum, . emphatically: enying the charges owing of : political To Impose Sprinkling Curbs Again Two: ‘Vacancies On Board Gf Commissioners: Of Kinnaird will need about 120,000 gallo ‘of water per day at the present rate of usage and -the capacity of the. main water tank is 40,000 gel- lons, which allonage . was con sumed in a two dnd-a hali hour period recently. ‘These figures ao ‘not¥include’ the Xurylak and Du- mont water Notices: of: the details of the new. activities.”: ¥ Mr. Morice has fen- i be cance that are being taught anys schools, The firing. of -Mrs.: Scace was also “playing © politics. with the school system” he said. She was fired: “ostensibly to save ‘$24,000 by closing one ‘of the Depart- ments she occupied.” He said however that the De- partment closed down was rés- al leader Arthur Laing-who spoke ponsible for only..15 per cent of on Friday! night .and: then ‘came Progressive : Conservative’ leader Deane ‘Finlayson. who spoke ‘in Trail: Monday. night. The CCF leader, Arnold Web- ster, will also be visiting ‘this rid- ing soon. . ©. Only. party leader to stop’ in in ‘Castlegar “thus. far: . has” Arthur Laing, Liberal head, who was guest of honor at a short re- ception in-the Twin Rivers Hall, Saturday morning enroute to the Castlegar Alrgort from where he alr to C Mrs. Scace's work and dered h sioner aaa ‘GC. Layton, who is moving. to: Kimberley soon, has also resigned ‘fromthe Board. Ged" int into two. sprinkling - zones. These zones will be. each altow— i for eight hour per- Deadline ‘for - for the two: new ;commissioners is May 25 and ‘if an election.is nec- essary, it will-be held on June'1. Other jpusiness at. Monday's of tie ‘on: alternate: days, Therequest for assistanc2 to the. the again. ‘recurring water troub- else had to be hired ‘for the other department which took up 85 per cent of her.time. Thus the saving was only dbout $1000, he said. He charged’ that such things very much resemble the tactics. of Hitler ‘with ‘Germany’s school the Socreds are as sinister as Hit- ler was: but' they are on danger- 2us grounds,” Mr. Wetmore agreed with Mr. Call's statements ‘and went on to LEGION MEMBERS OBSERVE V.E, DAY WITH CABARET. ‘A good crowd of Legion mem-_ bers, their wives and guests th oughly: enjoyed‘ themselves ata V.E, Day Cabaret in: the Teulon Hall Friday night. the Social: Credit Gov- legislation, lack-of:platform: and their refusal:to:bring the host of legislation that:-B.C:: needed -be- tore: the ‘house ‘in ‘preference to the Rolston: formula which ‘they knew would mean their defeat. been | system, and: said “I. don't ‘think |” ernment: for their lack of Iabor {forth the measure ‘they ‘knew’ les and of a grant of $40 to the Castlegar and Dist trict Hospital Society. * It was decided that ‘sprinkling regulations must soon be poses -is greatly ov‘ supp! since water for. sprinkling pur- bs the ly." - It is estimated that the village} legislation,” he ‘sald, “but the So- cial Creditors were 50 concerned. a Vit— lage Clerk Re z. Morice will rep- resént- the village at the Conven— tion of Kootenay Muncipalities- in Creston this weekend. The Board ‘also eres if in- with gaining a Political advantage that :they brought, would defeat them.” d “the the pub-— Ve: Liability Insurance fore the + Playground . equipment in the: village park. -“As a result,” he char; R - 's House, oldest Hudson's: of the provi has been held back one year.” ~~) - Reviewing what the four majo: Political parties in B.C. “have t. “The Liberals in the house were only, too willing to, support ot offer, he said Social: Credit is ask: Bay: Company. Trading post on. Hudson: Bay, was built in 1668. “Regina, provincial” capital::.of Saskat atchewan, was incorporated as a city in "1903. Continued ‘c on Page 9 4