CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, September 26, 1957 A FRACTION OF AN INCH Makes All The Difference-— » when Tip Top experts take your measurements and hand cut and tailor your suit. Subtie differences in narrower lapels, slightly higher lapel notches, slightly narrower waist-line, MA more natural shoulders will [. aq give you a suit that is right for 1 Leitner’s {continued form page one) Mr, and Mrs, Joe Burrows of Kinnaird, returned from Cal- - Dance Classes in gary, where they went to se° 11 tn October, Registration — their son, Lle Burrows off t© soturday, Sept, 28th. Hours 10 — ANNOUNCEMENT Mrs, Phillips will resume the Kinnaird first of the C Branch. There had been many difficulties to overcome, they said, as all were more or less “feeling thelr way” and duc largely to Myr. Korody's hard work, results had been even better than they had hoped, Members of the Society serv- ed coffee and doughnuts to those present, numbering approximate- ly 25 members and representa- tives of service clubs and or- ganizations. uA DAYTON Work BOOTS: - 6" & 9” TOPS $13.95 — $25.95 Other Work “Boots ~ $8.95 Maddocks FATTO ae TIP. TOP-TAILORS- Anti-Freeze TIME IS HERE . AVOID THE RUSH — GET YOURS RIGHT AWAY AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVE A TUNE-UP JOB, READY FOR 12, 1:30 — 5:30, at the hall, Castle Tire Shop 193 COLUMBIA AVE GOOD YEAR TIRES SALES and SERVICE PHONE 4441 EeeSS____ =] KOOTENAY BUILDERS & SUPPLIERS “PHONE — 5155 SASH & DOOR CABINET MAKING BUILDING HARDWARE | GLIDDEN PAINTS MARSHALL-WELLS PAINTS, a eee an PRESCRIPTIONS Your Doctors Prescription will Be Filled Quickly and = Accurately With The Highest Quality of Drugs At The Lowest Prices PITTS REXALL DRUG REACT = =| = WELL BABY CLINIC Castelgar 1st Tues., Oct. 1 — 1:30-4 PH. Office. Castlegar 3rd ‘Tues, Oct., 15th 1:30-4. P.H. Office. Kinnaird Ist. Wed., Oct. 2nd. 2-4 Comm. Hall. Kinnaird 2nd Thurs., Oct. 10th, 2:30-4 Valley Vista School, Renata, 2nd. Tues., Oct. 8th, 11 am. in the School, Pass Creek 2nd. ‘Wed, Oct, Sth, 11,a.m. Shoreacres (Flats) 4th Wed., Oct, 23rd., 2:30-3:30 home of Mrs. B. Stoochnoff. Robson, 4th. Thurs., Oct, 24, 3-4 p.m. in the School. Castlegar and Kinnaird Clinics are by appointment Phone between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. — SMOKED, PICNIC HAMS, WIENER: BACON, side sliced, Ib ROUND STEAK, Blue La! Frozen Foed Lockers For Rent PRIME RIB ROASTS, PORK STEAKS, Pee PORK RIBLETS, fres! SARDINES, Brunswick, 4 for . COFFEE, Green Label, Ib. . 796 TOMATO SOUP, Aylmer, ‘A for 49 CHEESE, Burn‘s Baby Rolls, 59e BAKING RHO COL ATE: Chipits, 6 ox. pkg. 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Dee. 31/57 , Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenaye”” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Thursday, October 3 1957 8c PER COPY VOL .10, No, 40 New gas- Cariboo riding, Third plant, identical in opened at a later sate. 3 iesel generating stations at Pi opened by the B.C, Power Commission fis week.” will throw: the starting s' h Ray Williston” ‘minister of fands,. will appearance, All three. are fuelled by natuarl gas. ch at Quesnel officiate at Prince is now -in service at. e and Gucstel will be officially 2 Seore a Speare, MLA-elect’ for the Thursday (Oct. 3). and Hon. George Saturday (Oct. 4). Dawson Creek and will be Landscaping Hospital Grounds Now Centennial Project © “The permanent Centennial ® project for the Castlegar District was the subject of a special Cen- tennial Committee meeting held Monet: September 30. ter examining all aspects of rig previously. announced project, the radiology room, the ¢ ial Ci ittee voted to of the grounds as the permanent Centennial project, the local Cen- tennial committee feels that the project is a most suitable mem- orial to those who have pioneer- ed in the growth of the district, - in that it will be a permanent essential and ‘at the same time discontinu¢ this project in favour of a more advantageous one, that hospi The change in projets Gs wa. tation with the Pasta ‘Admini- strator and the directors of the Hospital Society, when. it was pointed out that funds for the . radiology room are available un- der ‘the hospital budget and that radiology equipment is ‘paid for “grounds, "by federal and provincial hospi- tal grants to the extent of 60 }, per cent of its cost, and that thera would be no financial gain to the district by substituting Centennial grant for- already - existing grant. ~ The -hospital grounds, whow- ever, pose a much more diffi- cult ‘problem, in’ order to keep construction costs within the by- law figure, no provision for the Jandseaping and seeding of the grounds has been made, conse- quently there is no provision for ~thls in the hospital’ budget. The cost of finishing the | grounds: ‘would have to be charg- ed, directly against any surplus ‘hospital revenue at some later date,. and would thus be borne. entirely by’ the ‘district. . Hospital finances being in a rather precarious state through- out the province, would seem to jndicate that it would be many yéars before our hospital would have the scenic setting any hes- pital should have. ° By adopting the Jandseaping finish Committee To List ‘The Castlegar District Cen- tennfal Committee wishes to ob- tain the names of all persons re-. sident in the area embraced by School District No. 9 (Castlegar) in 1910-or prior .to that date. If a person who resided here at that time is living outside the district now, the . committee - would still be most anxious to obtain ane name and" aaiteets: ic addition. to the new hospital, ea} In addition the existing dust | and gravel around the hospital ;would qreate: g‘difficultprohlem in eliminating it from the! hospi- tal itsdlf, the planting of lawns would ‘do away with the dust. problem entirely. From the point of view of seost, the district can now raise up to $3770 for this project and it would receive from the pro-. vincial government a grant equal to the amount. that is raised locally, This means that every 50c contributed _ locally will: mean a $1.00 towards the com- pletion of the project. ‘The exeet cost of the hos- pital grounds project has yet respect the advice of Cominco’s to be determined, and in this gardening department is being saught, When plans for the project are drawn up, they will be elastic * Celgar Lets Contrad For Celgar Limited announces the award of the contract for site preparation.at its pulp mill plant site near Castle- gor to Dawson, Wade & Company Limited, Engineers and Contractors of Vantouver. This phase of the work will” ‘include excavating, grad- ing, fill and rip rapping. The earth ‘moving involved is ap- proximately 650,000 cubic yards with some 31,000 cubic yards: of rip tap.-Work will be started immediately to take advantage of. the’ low water period, and it is expected that this phase should be completed before spring. It will in- volve the grading’: for the’ relocation of approximately 1% miles'of the C.P.R.‘s Kettle’ Valley Line. Tenders for the sheet piting work and the construction of the ‘first building of the proposed. pulp mill, the, pulp warehouse, will be‘called by H. A. Simons Limited, Con- sulting Engineers, who are acting for the ‘company. Adver- tisements will be:placed.in the area newspapers for these. tenders in order that local contractors in the vicinity may have on opportunity to bid on this work. NT Night School Offers Wide Variety “Do you want {6 build a coffee table; a gun cabinet; fish- ing lures, or a8 ‘writing desk? You do! Well, then fill out an enough to allow for types of landscaping to coincide with the total amount available in funds. for this ‘project: if ‘The ial Ci ion form for ing classes for the 1957- 58 win- ter season, Tovles and, lathes are available.” ‘These. words are taken trom inte sting poole ot prepared Night and containing all necessary about the Night ewould also rtike to point out tet this project in: no way detracts from the excellent response. of Jocal organizations towards . do- nating! funds for specific pieces. of hospital. equipment, it:-will of course entail additional effort . in the raising of our share of ‘the cost of the project: an effort which. the committee - believes district organizations will find Pleasant and rewarding. r Large Work Parly Turned . Out For Work Thirty-eight men answered the appeal for help at the rink site on Sunday, but their efforts ‘were hampered by the Tack of one pay leader. £ Five trucks, génerously don- ated by J, S. Hunter, A. Geron- azzo,.Wm. Sharples, Village of Castlegar and John Blydo swung into action, but the’ single pay loader on the job could-not keep the. trucks nor the . energetic work party busy enough to quite finish the floor leveling. About one third of the floor area has yet to be completely covered with sand, The remaining area \be finished: this. weekend., ile the inside of :the ‘building -was getting a face lift- On Rink ing, ‘Aion’ Ross'.was busy on the southend applying one and” one-half ‘coats: of white prime paint, ‘Many thanks to Alan tor # a big job well done. Spray equip- ment was generously‘ loaned by CM. & S. Company and sixteen gallons of paint by Oglow Bros, wil of Castlegar. ° ‘The show of spirit and co- operation at the rink ‘site on Sunday, © indicates . once - again F that-a few men.with a common purpose can do a great deal. + One stranger to the district, working on the leveling, was heard to say, “this is one of the finest buildings ‘of its kind’ that Ihave seen in Bee Robson, Dodgers Win Pony League’ _ Fred! Zibin's «Dodgers from Robson ran xough-shod over all opposition to win the Pony Lea- gue baseball playoffs last week. Steady pitching by Larry Anyon ff present or founer. residents “qualifying as pioneers are asked to submit their names, adsdresses and de- sos as to ‘sesidence ee to the Be. or by handing me per- sonally to any member of your Centennial Committee in’ your community. and Gilbert along with strong hitting in the clutches made the difference. The won three gam- es ina row to. win the champion- ship, and were never in serious. trouble at any time. The victory was a consider- able cashievement, | considering that Robson’ has the poorest diamond in the district to prac- tice on. It was evident that the Robson boys -also carried more spirit into their play. Many fine young ball, pros- pects developed’ over the season and more importantly, a spirit of give and take began to show at the season’s end, . A truly great season was missed, only’ through ‘the lack of support by adults in the three communities,- Is it any wonder that our young people inck in- terest, and initiative today? Little -\League ‘ ballplayers still have to.end their series for the little league championship. ete, School classes available for the coming year, with 14 courses ‘be- ing all set and ready to go... The ' wood-working classes already mentioned will be wun- der the direction of A. W.. Bigs- a Dee Organizations Discuss Hospital Projects A’number of the Castlegar met at - New Fire Hall Is Nearing Completion Work on the new Fire Hal is nearing Garibaldi Park To Be. 1 en To Public to inormation received from the Village Office here. Finishing jobs are just about done, but some delay has been incurred through the doors riot arriving as yet. When completed the building will house three units, and include Firemen’s Club-rooms and space for hose- drying racks, etc. Good progress is also re- ported on the water system and ‘some of, the new pipe has been laid to replace the old wood- stave pipes which have caused so much trouble the past year or two, i Councit chairman J. E. Kraft and Commissioners, R. Maddocks, R. .Cook and M, MacPherson took part in the. UBCM conven- tion at’ Nelson ‘last week and Village Clerk; A. T. Horswill also spent two days at the Nel- son meeting. of B.C. Auto- oun ‘Association has praised the Minister of Recreation and Conservation for his published announcement that Garibaldi Park is to be made secessibis to the public. Hon, Earle C, Westwood ex- pressed the hope recently that planned development of roads, Trails and lodges will open the park in a matter of time. “Opening up Garibaldi for the people 37 years after it was set aside for so-called future generations, will be a great mile- stone in B.C. government his- tory,” said Charles E. Thomp- son, auto club President. Early in September, Mr. ‘Thompson led a group of BCAA directors and newsmen on 2m exploratory trip inte the Dia- mond Head area of the 600.003 Alpine wonderland. Kiwanis Bingo Sei For Saturday November 2nd President Mickey Moran in- formed the Castlegar Kiwanis Club of the organization for the big Bingo oe scheduled for the High, School on Friday even- ing last to discuss their projects for the new hospital, . The Hospital Administrator ave furnishing different wards and answered questions on the cost of other equipment. Many organizations have had the hospital in. mind for some time past and look forward to reaching their targets by the time the hospital is ready to open. “Support, was. also details of the. cost ofe&°? night the club has 2, when he addressed the regular Tuesday evening meeting. This will be the second Bin- was last year, he said. Advance ticket sales are expécted to begin within dre next 10 days. Last year’s big prize muney of $1,000 was split between a vacationer from Regina, a csit- dent of Oasis and a ig resident. the first being held in August, 1956. As in the case of the first Bingo, all proceeds are slated for the Project Society, to aid in completion of the arena, Prizes are being lined up and it appears at the moment as though there will be at least as , great an array of prizes as there Mrs. C, Arrangements are pene made to hold the Bingo night at the High School, as Brera cura the Activity Room there. Achdeacon B. A. Resker gave an enlightening and enjoyabie ‘showing of slides taken duruur his recent trip to England to at- tend the Scout Jamboree 2% Sutton Park. ‘tor-the™ “Centennial - ‘Project,: orig- inally set’ for the radiology room. It is ‘possible that this may Pia altered. in view. of certain dif ficulties in the first proposal ‘and the Centennial: Committee is to consider the matter again. (See Centennial Story on another page of this issue) In the meantime it-was that the Cen- by, High School 1 Arts’ ‘Teacher,’ and will be held on nights, i it October 9, For those who like to sew tennial project must -.be _com- pleted during -2958 and the or- ganizers hope that the local or- Banlzations ‘willbe ‘able’ to ‘give there will bea day even- ing. course taught by Mrs. F. patel of Kinnaird. This course’ oto be held in the High “School and will start on October A newcomer to the field of a Night School will be the. St John .Ambulance First Aid Course, teaching many useful and invaluable ways,.to render Hint Aid to the Injured, and in many cases, to save lives, Quali- fied. instructors will handle the dieses and chief will i seal eae placing their. fforts Civil Defence Exercises Start At 9:30, October 6 “Key-men”. in the Kinnaird Civil Defence organization were brigfed last ignht on final plans for the big demonstration sche- duled for Sunday, October 6. The meeting was held at ne Fire Hall and r¢ Jankola. issued special sheets 20 instructions to those present at the meeting, and reports were heard from various committees, which come under the headings of Registration, transportation, in. jeopardy... .. The Junior ‘Red Cross at Robson and at Schoo! most were peeeent In the exercises which got 1 Underway at 9:30 am, on Oct. have already announced tuele intention’ of ‘donating ‘a: wheel- hair each to the hospital and the will area has been designated as a “staging area”, and is expected to dem- onstrate how . 8800: ..theoretical purchase'an oxygen tent, an im- portant piece -of hospital equip- ment, Other organizations aré known to prefer furnishing’ a ward (or providing | equipment for the nursery. be ,Frank Richardson of Castle- gar.- Courses in First Aid will start Thursday, October 10, and be held each Thursday while classes are running. A course of interest to many people, and one often asked for is that of Leatherwork and’ _ glovemaking. This class will be @irected by. Mrs, V. B, Goresky, whose excellent work in this field needs no introduction. This is also a Wednesday night course, starting October 9. ~ ‘Then for those Square‘dance enthusiasts, this year the Night School offers instruction for, be- ginners and intermediates, so that each group can go ahead at its gwn level, rather. than the experts having to wait for the novices to “catch up". © Beginners will receive their lessons from Den Paul of Trail and’Mr. and Mrs. Gate, also of Trail will take the more advanc- ed dancers, will ful chanced to develop ‘that latent at talent “of yours, This class will commence October 9, another ‘Wednesday class. “English for New Canadians” is a course taught by Mrs. F. Quarice, it will be of help both to new Canadians and to those who wish to improve their know- ledge and use of English. Ther? is no’ charge or fee for this class, and it will. be held Wed- nesdays, starting October 9. »,. Fundamentals of Golf will be taught to beginners by Mike Ver- zuh of Kinnaird and lessons will start Thursday, October 10, Scor- ing and terminology are among the things taught in this course. . ‘Another neweomer, and different is the “Keep Fit Class For Women’, under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Martini, former High School PE Teacher. At these classes the ladies take special exercises, rhythmics, and group have classes at the Kinnaird School beginning Friday, Oct. 11, and beginners will dance at the high school starting: Tues., October 8. Miss C,° Proudfoot, High Schoo} Arts teacher will instruct a course for those with a lean- ing towards painting, drawing, and will afford a wonder- games designed to keep. one healthy, ‘Tuesday night is set aside for the Keep Fit class, starting on October 8, Typing, one of the old favorites in the night school classes, will be taught this year by Miss D. H. Reith of Kinnaird and will be on Wednesday, (continued on page 5) from. Coastal points could be handled and’ cared for during a ‘72“hour period until the signal to. move out is receiv- ed Registration of “evacuees” is a big job, and central registra- tion headquarters is to be set up the Kinnaird Improvement Society Hall, while’ mobile re- gistration centres will be pro- vided at each of the several parking areas set aside for the 2100 vehicles transp%rtirig the “evacuees”, A long list-of representa- tives of various Civil Defence groups will be on hand to observe the exercises, among whom will be the Provincial Deputy nee Health and Wel- fare, billeting, policing, First Aid, firemen and feeding etc. The exercises will wind up Civil Defence week and on Fri-~ day, October 4, which is Civil Defence Day, the Fire Siren will, be blown at 10:00 am. and 3:30 P.m> to mark the Natiodal event. Saturday, October 5, local CD members..ill attend exercises ‘in Trail, commencing at 109 am. ana -continuing throughout the y- Rotary ‘Thanked For X-ray Achievement Rotary Club members gave a yote ‘of thanks to C. Onions for his work as representative of Rotary in connection with the “Silver Birch” school for Han- dicapped Children. Mr, Onions Vice President for the past year was as a director fence C McCarter. “It is expected about 200 ob- servers will attend, and these visitors will be put through the entire procegs,.planned for the theoretical evacuees, After regis- tration is done they will be given coffee, etc. and will be dispatch- ed either to billets assigned to them or to the Welfare eentre. Local N- at the Annual meeting of the Castlegar Chapter of the Koo- tenay Society for Handicapped Children, Also at the regular Wednes- day luncheon meeting, the mem- bers heard a letter from the TE Association, thanking the Club for the sponsoring of the Mobile X-ray unit in Castlegar, and commending them fer the fine RCMP will provide policing and traffic cont A special training course commented Wednesdey for a volunteer. auxiliary Police #orce which is comprised of Civil De- fence men, and is under the direction of Corporal A. Mc- Donald of Castlegar, Approxi- mately seven turned out for the . first lecture, Civil Defence Officer Steve and the results achieved. A total of well over 500 residents | had free X-rays taken. E. A. Norris and R, Goulet have been appointed to work to- gether on compiling a history of the Rotary Club's development in Castlegar. Other business discussed in- -cluded the possibility of giving assistance to the Canadian Ar- thritis and Rheumatism Society.