CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Thursday, May 20, 1954 Fresh clean water is one of the most essential ingredients of pulp and paper manufacture. B.C, has _ lots of good water, PURCHASE YOUR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES FROM US. 10% Down — Easy Terms Pele’s Electric Phone 4189 Box 3 CASTLEGAR, B.C. On Sherbiko Subdivision ATOX WEEVIL BAIT SLUG DEATH BENEXANE HERBATE 2-4-D DDT WETTABLE 50% GARDEN DUST CHLORDANE LIQUID FERTILIZER iGO! ERO PUMP SPRAYERS NICOTINE SULPHATE PITTS’ ‘Rexall Brug Day or Night Phone 4231 OPEN + du 1 db ob bbb ob bt ob bt Deer Park Counle Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary Wedding | and nei, , anniversary. Friend || Mr, and Mrs. D. D. Jamieson entertained “at home” Thursday, on the occasion of their Golden in all day Juniors Jolted 3-1 ‘By Waldie Squad In Tight Fasthall Tilt The Castlegar Junior Cubs, last year's champions of the Intervil- lage Fastball League, were given Sitheir first setback of the season T ing at the Castle- Met from their friends, Mr. an engineer, CPR, to then on to Many lovely gifts were received and Mrs. Jamieson were married in Gault, Ont., an May 13, 19044, They settled in Fort William, where Mr, Jamieson was employed by the From Fort William they moved gar Ball Park before a good crowd, at the hands of the Wal- dies ‘crew. It was one of the best games of the league so far this season with both sides playing nearly rerfect ball. A’ slight W.L Conference Continued from Page 1 been a member since the W.1. began in Nelson in 1909, greeted the board. Little Margaret Brownlie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W, Brownlie of Robson, presented Mrs. Chalmers with a bouquet of carnations and roses. There was adjournment again for refreshments following three vocal selections by Mrs, .R. T. Waldie, ae a at the piano by Dr. W. L. Wri After refreshments served by Mrs. L, F. Quance, Mrs, O, Suth-, selend and Mrs, Hunter there: was of advantage, however, gave the Waldies team the victory. ‘Vancouver, years ago. grandparents of 13, they are at side, 1945. Arm district where they lived on a farm at Tappen and then to Deciding to move again they came to the Koote- nays, arriving in Deer Park 8 The parents of 9 children,- and Kiwanis, Gotischenia Win Last Night's Fastball Tussles ,|meeting at the present planning a trip to Dawson Creek and Fort St. John where a son and his family re- For the third year in a row fewer bicycles were made in Can- ada in 1952. Output was 82,375, lowest since 74,337 were made in The Kiwanis’ and Ootischenia softball teams were victorious in the two Intervillage Softball tus- sles that were played last night. At Castlegar, a rejuvenated Kiwanis squad won their second victory in three tries, by ‘handing the Waldies team a 10-4 pasting, for the latter's first defeat.of the season, the country in 1951. and Friday Evenings cedes five feet per year due to Canadian tariff duties are among the word's lowest, an average of only 71j2 per cent of value being collected . on all goods .entering . The brinks of Niagra Falls re- at Kinnaird, the Ootischenia fastballers won their first victory in three tries with a resounding 11-4 trouncing of the Kinnaird crew, It was Kin- naird’s second defeat in three starts, RHE Oot. 1240010301173 y s Trail, Civil Defence. Coordinator for ‘the Trail-Tadanac Target Zone. Two resolutions were aboroved to be presented to the provincial month, They are: Vancouver © next That Nurses Training Course be made available as an option in conjunction with oe regular Home A. EREMENKO & CO. Prices Effective May 21 and 22 Ist. 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The | Published Every Thursday ‘at ‘The Crossroads of t he Kootenays” Vol. 7; No. CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, _THURSDAY, MAY. 27, 1954 = Cents Per Copy To Be Displayed: Sunday New Convair Planes Begin Vanc.- Service, Mond -Castlega r-Calgary ay, May 31 Larger and more modern will be beginning | next Monday, May 31. On that date, Canadian Pacific will cada peqular service between Yencouver and ‘Calgary Stops | - ‘Liners will be made st F The public will pave an: ‘ooper- tunity ‘to inspect the mec ie on Sunday when it will be on dis- play during the ceremonies .-in ‘connection with the Castlegar Airport. This pre-inaural flight will arrive at Castlegar from Cal- gary at 1:00 p.m. and will carry a number of CPA officials. Regu- lar ‘passenger service will com- mence the folowing day. The. Convair- Liner, the ‘most aircraft on Canadian dom- estic routes potty, has. pressur- ‘ at: hit | q gi A uniqué feature. is the y ‘jbuilt-in ” landing ': steps Which: are hydraulically’ operated from inside the ‘cockpit. ~ CPA, has. four. of these fast, tion on‘ the routes, vair is equipped ‘with “hot wing” de-icers whereby hot air from the engines ‘is: piped to the in- side of the leading edges of the wings and tail surfaces, The pro- peller blades are hgllow, and are heated in the same way. ‘THE CONVAIR-LINER 240 -This* streamlined, 40 passen-. ger loxury airliner will begin regular: eervice betwroes Vans. | Gur Town: Has "Em ‘Mull Headed Tulips? ts Vancouver isn’t: the only jplace where multi-headed tu- “lips choose to grow. Of course ‘they don't have quite 2s many ‘heads here but then Castlegar isn’t quite as. big as Vanco; iver either, » A recent item in a Gouat \clty newspaper told of a four headed tulip found in a Van- ‘couver garden, There’s a three ‘headed specimen of the same ‘plant species in the garden at ‘the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. ‘Harding of Castlegar. The local flower started out as one stem but in the process of growing up. Nature caused three. separate stems, each with’ its: own -beautiful,.-wine ii] colored ¢ Howes t to sprout from couver, F -Cranbrook and Oeleary ‘next } f Monday, May 32 Canadian Now Man eee what else ‘do you have? © H. W. Herridge to Officia: . nea U Opening: liken The program of events for the official opening festivities and airshow at the Castlegar Airport about finalized and. the various Sunday afternoon, is now just committees are arranging final details for the various events they have charge of. The big day’s activities will be launched with a Hanquet in the Castlegar Hotel Dining Room, at 12:15 sponsored by the Castle News and to be attended by a number of ‘offi iclal guests. At 1:00 pm, the C gion Band conducted by Band- master Gus Leitner will lead a motor cavalcade to the ‘airport where a CPA Convair-Liner, the 44 passenger airliner that is sche- duled to begin regular service on the’ Vancouver-Castlegar-Calgary lines representatives, will break the ribbon symbolic of the air- side at the official o will also be/an invocation by run «the j next - S29 HN arrive land from Calgary at: 2 p.m. The Convair, which will bring B a number of federal and prov-|c, incial gi nt, civic and Wing area, is 817 square ‘feet | and height of tail is 27 feet. | ‘The: plane weighs: 27,208 os * Maximum speed at: 16,000 ft, B 347 mph. and. cruising speed 270 “She. two propellers- are. three’: biede with automatic full. theri pitch... i \Gaglardi and Sommers to Officiate ‘Deer Park Going All Out To Mark Road Opening Saturday The scenic Arrow Lakes commuialty of Deer Park, situated some 24 miles up the Lower Arrow. Lake’ Castlegar, is preparing 'to a and visi to Deer Park. The day will begin swith a 9 at ‘noon for. invited Prizes for Parade Entries May.. Killough Chapter: LO.D.E.. arade which. formed at the roe Ee School of Western Canada. ‘WILL CUT FLIGHT ‘yIMES Schedule for the new planes will cut abqut one hour from the present Vancouver-Calgary fly- ing time. The flight: will leave “Vancouver at 8 AM, Pacific Day- light Saving Time, and after a 15 minute ‘stop at Penticton, will arrive at “Castlegar: at 9:45 AM, Tt “gilt Teaive for Calgary fale the Castlegar Ball-Park. along 2 grounds and wended its way: to route solidly lined .with admiring and camera toting onlookers. 1 Mambers of the Castlegar Vol- unteer Fire , Department! with their Number Two Fire truck led of trim feuntlly. ate stepping major- ettes : led. by *:Miss + Ann Wanless. Then’ came’: the ‘Castle- gar Legion. Band ‘whose. stirring Mountain ‘Standard Time, West- bound - the: flight - Jeaves ‘Calgary. arbour later and arrives’ at Cas- ‘tlegar: “for. a 1533 2:10 p.m. PDT. “Th flight - es take set the .musical ‘tempo for the- parade, | ‘car b€aring members, of the ‘LO.D.E:; and cadets ‘and. officers. ‘of CC. KOOTENAY, on parade. Boy Scouts, * of the Queen’s float which, bore ticton. This will cut about a half hour:..from. the present De-3}o¥' time, Queen Faythe Toogood, |- Queen |Elect Maureen. and Prin- cesses. ory. Axin' Barnes; Marilyn Fox, Martha Konkin and Hazel Labentsoff. ‘- é Gaily decorated feats, cars, bi- orful events. of the afternoon, highlighted uae and preceded witha program of: kiddies’ Tes in‘the morn- | "usic ing. . Main . events began: with thelj the parade: followed by .a- troop es QUEEN OF THE MAY - .. Miss Maureen Lipsett of Cas- tlegar is 1954 May Queen in_the | +, Castlegar District. ‘One: of. five Grade Nine girls. who were candidates, she. received her crown, at the 1.0.D.E. May Day on cycles, boys and ‘girls in canis costumes and h riders. made. up With a of 40 ers, the: Convair-Liner, can carry, loads which equal or better those of older type. four engitied craft. The fully pressurized cab' i is the remainder of the parade.: ‘Arriving at the ball park; the band took® their places ‘on. the bandstand there while the queens “has a‘high output heating eyitern which assures an. adequate supply of fresh air at the correct temps erature at all ‘times. * he zs and pri led “by “Mrs. W. Easton, Queen Convenor, and ‘es- corted ‘by ‘boy scouts, proceeded in, sedate procession onto . the stage nearby which was tastc- d with cedar: ‘boughs Many new are also incorporated:, One is the . use ‘of reversible’ ‘pitch “propeller |’ blades. ’ When © the.” plane. .-has touched down on landing.-the pilot | P alters the angle of the blades: and propellers then’exert an opposing thrust, ‘enabling ‘the plane to be slowed “quickly . without ithe use of wheel brakes. This ‘is espe- cially ‘useful on wet.or‘icy. run- ways .when« wheel traction is rr. Another feature of. interest’ ‘is the .built-i in-landing~ amp, ‘loca- ted just ‘ahead, of the ‘wing on the right side."Thesé ‘steps are operated ;::hydraulically. from within.the. plane, and are, a real ‘time saver on routes where sev- ‘eral stops are to be nade. at. short intervals,” ‘ For winter operations sthe Con- fully and flowers. Retiring. Queen Faythe : ‘Too- good placed. her, robe. of royal purple about the shoulders. of Queen ‘Maureen, ‘Then: with ‘the words, ‘ I-crown thee: Queen‘ of the May,” she’ placed. the crown on the head of her Queen Maureen wn her title on the basis of ticket sale votes with .a:.total of 24,225 votes, Runners-up were Corry Ann Barnes with 15,600. votes, and Martha:..Konkin with: 10,075 votes.” Marilyn Fox received 4,400 votes and Hazel: ‘Labentsoff, 3,925 votes in the May Queen contest. Queen Maureen’ presided at the prize drawing at the Mon- day evening dance in the Kin- naird =. Improvement: - -Socictv Hall, ‘concluding ~. the day's events. Winners ‘of the draw and 3. Shirley Calkin, Kinnaird. The new ‘queert came ito 4 her commonwealth tour. guests among. whom will: be the ..| Hon. P, A. Gagliardi, Minister of | Creek Public Works and. the Hon. R..E. So ‘Rossland, Trail MLA. ymimers, . is and their wives. The Castlegar and District Chamber, of .Com- mercé. will also be represented will the Robson Farmers In- ties tere, i gong all out #8 t : the} kiddies :at ithe Deer Park the opening a nieenoranle 5 Fe from far étid ‘near | pan: next Saturday at the official opening coloration for the new: road t ceremonies and the'Tegia Ban wharf. The latter event is being s Re- | gro’ the area’s* summer resort, : ‘fruit and potent- falities. » a *Back- ground for the afternoon. The day’s events will com- ion of the Tannis Killough Gives Valedictory dents at the Stanley’ Humphries high school auditorium to receive ers and fellow students’ ion of their duati “The ceremonies were. opened with the graduates’ entrance, fol- lowed by the playing of .O Cana- dada and.a musical selection by. the high* school band conducted by Mr. E. Eames. Anette - Zarchikoff introduced the graduates, giving a brief, en- tertaining sketch of. each: The. graduates ‘are Barbara Killough.. Jack Collinson, Tannis Killough, Barclay. Creighton, Joyce’ Schia- von, Peter Hoodicoff, Muriel Scott, Lorne ‘Kavic, Caroline ‘Hardie, Taek “Killough, Mary Heagy, Vic- 28 Grade Twelve Students Receive Graduation Honors. Z 5; The most tacpatant night of the.year for 28, Grade ‘Twelve stu- when the group, — the girls dressed in long ‘white ‘gowns and the boys: in: their best: bib and/tucker — appeared on ‘the stagé of the the good advice of their elders on the {Robson's oldest building and a the airfield as one of the finest in B.C’s Interior with a graded rum- way over a mile long, of which 4800 feet has hardtopped paving. 150 ft. wide, The airfield, situated about 2 mile south of the bridge over the Kootenay near Brilliant, first attracted the attention of what is now,-Trans-Canada Airlines, whosé “pilots were supplied with sketch maps of the site, showing locations of trees and an old "High: ‘School’ was. ‘Friday the congratulations of their teach- Fate OF Robson. Hall To Be Decided At Public Meeting duns 5 What is to be done with’ the Robson ‘Recreation Society Hall, landmark. since pioneer days, is to: be? the topic of public meeting in the’ June 5, beginning at 3 po Sacie' decided : to call the ting ‘after and use the field for “belly landings” AIRPORT ‘HISTORY Its. development as an began in 1945 when the newly organized Castlegar Board of Trade became interested. Mem- bers formed work parties in their spare ‘time, removing the old foundation and loose rock from the site, At the Board’s request, the Land Settlement Board re- served the site for airport pur- Poses. Canadian Pacific Airlines be- gan scheduled stops at the field in 1947 following some improve- ments to the field surface. | ~.In’ 1948,’ the villages of Castle- _ gar and Kinnaird and the City of Nelson jeintly purchased the Berhard Aaa A Horswill, Richard Martini, Grace’ Hostetter, Bill: Plotnikoff, Judith. Pfeiffer, Morris. Murray, _ Joan” * Johnson, Paul Zanet, Myrna Sumner, Dick Annette Z: Cecil “‘Wanjoff, . Mercedes’ Sch. wartzenhauer and Max Zeibin. ‘Walter Pochachoff then intro- ducea the 15 members of the Se- nior_.Matriculation” class:.. Mar- leen “Albee, Walter Cheveldave, Kennedy Facchina, Joan Hett, Leo™.-Goetti: Alan public ai thank-all hér supporters ‘and the LO.D.E. “I hope you ‘all have, a wonderful ‘time~ on’ this:.day zi never forget,” she: said. Mrs, R. A. D. West, regent ‘of the Lillian Killough: Chapter, ex- tended a cordial welcome to everyone and spoke. briefly ‘on the significance of ‘Victoria Day, expressing . gratification that the present Queen, whose birthday was also celebrated that day, ar- Queen faa her princesses, Mrs. West went on to thank. a long list of and Joan" Hostetter, ~Paul Moroso, Walter Poohachoff, Bernice Kav- ic, John Ross, Joe Zeeben, Jean Donna d and who were partici day. Second. Vice Regent Mrs. w. Dunn then presented gifts to the new and . retiring queens, the princesses and attendants as well as to Miss B. Tarbett, director of the Maypole dancing which was also a feature of the afternoon. (Continued on page 8) ii in the Beverley Lipsett. a élase history, stating . that al- though the slugging had been hard for the past 12 years, it was intermixed’ with many fond memories. of class mates and school days, He, reminisced too “ (Continued on page 363 rived safely’ home: again from e Oita. Ter ~ Paul Zanet gave the graduating | the. matter with their building committee last Satur- for airport and set up a committee of -‘repres-- day. The hall it-has outlived its usefulness and should be scrapped. — < is to be repaired, demolished or sold as is, > Four Man: Bali Team — Play Castlegar Cubs Here Monday Night. One of the smallest. and most famous softball aggregations in the ‘Western Hemisphere, Eddie Feigner, and ‘his. four :man soft- ball‘team, will be’ playing at the Castlegar. Ball Park next ,Mon- day: with .the .C: and costly repairs and: some feel |""- aCe on page 8) them ‘all over North America and the’ Phillipines, are known’ as the:King and His Court. Lead- er and.'star. pitcher is Eddie, Feigner who chucks part of each ‘| game. blindfolded. ‘Then there's Meade Kinzer, who: has. been catcher for 90 percent of the games Eddie has pitched. .|Serry: Jones on. first base and Mike 'Meilicke, shortstop, com- plete this unique championship team. -group played here- three year's ago “and were to have play- ed last season but the game was cancelled on account of rain.". + Admission is to be. charged: to the park forthe game which is 5 Senior Cubs. as- their i The ‘four softball artists whose4 tours The Ottawa River i: long. Pd yedr’ round have « taken