CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Castlezar, Kinnaird Girls Sefibali Squads Play Here Saturday Two softball teams of high school girls from Castlegar and Kinnaird have been organized this season and are scheduled to meet for the sixth time at the Kinnaird Ball Park tonight. A game is also scheduled at Castle- gar Saturday afternoon. In their five meetings so far this season, Kinnaird won the first game by an 8-7 score but have been defeated three times since. In the fifth game, Kin- naird was leading 6-4 when the game was called on account of rain in the third inning. The Castlegar girls are also to meet a newly ereanized girls Mrs, Jolly Hostess For Annual Mee! Of Playschoo! Assoc. The annual meeting of the Rob- team from O1 h Ys for the first time. _ Coaches are Leo Goetting for the Kinnaird lassjes and Bruce Horning for the Castlegar team. Patty Lewis and Gail Leitner share pitching honors for Kin- naird and Gerry Ann Wanless and Betty Jean Lampard are Castle- gar chuckers. son Cr Coop Play School Association was held last week at the home of Mrs. Phyllis Jolly. Annual reports were Stanford Infant - Baptized Sunday The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Stanford was given the names Craig Robert at a baptis- mal ceremony in St. Alban's Church, Castlegar, on .Sunday, A. EREMENKO & CO. WEEKEND SPECIALS JUNE 25 and 26 June 20th., Rev, Archd B A. Resker and officers elected as aoe: Mrs. M, Rice,’ Dr. R. A. Walley and Miss C. were G rs. 8, O. Anderson, Secretar 7 and Mrs. R. Bro, treasurer, nv Mrs. Jolly was reappointed su- pervisor for 1954-55, ere foll a talk on So- Holiday Needs Insect Repeltants First Aid Kits Sunglasses Bathin: s SonterLane nm Cosmetic Bags JUST ARRIVED BLUEBIRD ENGLISH TOFFEE Fancy Tins 48c to $L85 PITTS’ Rexaii Brug Day or Night Phone 4231 OPEN Fs Monday — Wednesday and Friday Evenings Too Late to Classify cial Welfare Work in B.C. by Mrs, vu. Lonegren of Castlegar. Re- FOUND — Boat in Columbia near Trail. Owner apply Castle News, C1-25 FOR SALE — Second hand toilet, kitchen cupboards and sink, range boiler. Phone 4946, M. Gallo, P1-25 FOR RENT — 3 room modern were served . Jolly. roe a KINNAIRD BOYS EDGE CASTLEGAR CUB PACK 14-13 IN SPORTS FINALE The First Castlegar Wolf .Cub Pack wound up their six weeks sports program of softball, soccer, touch rugby, badminton, archery, house in Castl Apply V. Jenks, Phone 4206. C3-25 PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Fannie Stoochnoff ALL TYPES OF STENOGRAPHIC WORK Phone 3967-146 2nd Ave. ‘|drive from Kinnaird pitcher, and volley ball with a softball game with Kin- naird, Cubmasters McMillan and Bale and Umpire Brown, brought three carloads of softball players to Castlegar. Pitchers for the Kinnaird team were p Brown and Smith. Gord And Walley acted as proxy in the ab- sence of Miss Stanford. - Craig's robe was hand made by his maternal grand- mother in England, 1 KINNAIRD’ BROWNIES Seven Kinnaird girls. received their wings and “flew up” from Brownies to. Girl Guides in a “flying up” ceremony Monday evening. Mrs. V. Greene performed the ceremony as Acting Brown Owl in the absence of Mr, Lorne Campbell. The girls are Maureen Lambert, Shirley Ball, Rose Marie Buckna, Arissa Smith, Valerie Martel, Marilyn Markle and Jackie Greenwood. They received their wings. highest honor in Brownie; work and symblematic. of grad- uation from Brownies, and were left-handed chucker, an the seven inning game. A powerful Smith, brought in the only home run of the evening and the game ended 14-13 in favor of Kinnaird. Both teams behaved in .a FISI SHIRTS ‘The Ist 3 Wear "4, Durable Color-Fast Silk Cloth % Colorful and Cool for Summer SATURDAY SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER FIJI, SHIRT GOING AT $1.00 OFF like manner a Point in favor of the lads wearing or earning their team player’s badge. A future game is looked for- ward to with great enthusiasm. Award winners for the month of May were Leonard Lewis and Jack Whittaker. A supper hike is in order for the winners and a hike for the large number who came in se- cond, Continued frem Page 1 on May 30, FIREMEN’S COURSE — Fire and Light Commissioner David Cc athat C. and Kinnaird firemen are to par- ticipate in a five week Firemen’s Rescue Course beginning June 29, The board authorized the pur- REGULAR | PRICE Firemen for use in the course and afterwards. : chase of coveralls for Castlegar as Girl Guides. Katie Rilkoff and Carol Geier have also earned their wings but did not attend the ceremonies, Bathing Suits BY “PEDIGREE” In Many Beautiful Shades & Styles Sizes 14x to 38 Get In The Swim . . . With One Of These JANET'S -WIENNERS TOMATOES Fresh, Ib. ............ VEAL CHOPS AGON Side Sliced, Ib. .... 69¢ ‘PORK GHOPS | Eggs for ......... --» 69e MARSHMALLOWS . cheaamce! 1 Ib. 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Program of children’s .TAaCes; be- _am., shortly after. fas fire alarm “Jaw. relies on the: truth, under “to Robson at 1:10 am., July. 8? 8 Cents Per Copy Full Day of | Fun for All K : 6 Team Softball Tourney | Main Event Here July 1 A six team softball tournament, featuring top flight senior men’s teams from | Cranbrook, Nelson, Trail and. Castlegar, will be among the main events at the fun-packed Dominion Day celebration the Castlegar Kiwanis the Castlegar Ball Wark. The Castlegar Cubs, the Spo-' kane Fairchild Airbase. team; the Hume Hotel and Nelson Transfer teams, the.. Cranbrook Swansons, and two ‘teams. from ‘Trail areto compete for the total of $350 in prizes, The tourncy is scheduled. to get underway ‘at 10 a.m, and will continue till 6 p.m. The morning will also include. a ginning at 10 lam.. A grand ‘parade, which © pro- mises to be the biggest and best yet in Castlegar, launch the ‘afternoon's eventg at one p.m, with prizes for the best floats and and best d cars Club has arranged for July '1 on : a and tug. o’war; bingo and other games; kiddies’ rides and horse- back rides. Pop, ice cream, hot dogs and full course suppers will be available. Events will conclude with a dance in the. Kinnaird Improve- ment Society Hall'in the evening with music supplied by Jim Car- ney and his band from Nelson. Centre for all’ these actiivties || will be the Castlegar Ball Park. To give more room for the var- ious booths, village commission- ers. have agreed to close Main Street from ~ Second to Third and bicycles. The afternoon will then include Leuis Chizmazia Found Innocent Of Perjury - Louis Chizmazia of Renata was Supreme Court jury at the Spring assizes in Nelson last: weelc. Mr, Chizmazia was charged with fasely testifying at a Fire “Marshall’s Inquiry into _ the causes of a fire'which destroyed a small dwelling owned ‘by hir. on July 8 last year, that he was in Renata at 12:30 a.m.-on July 8. His car was allegedly seen on the Castlegar Ferry about 1:10 sounded. In his charge to ‘ihe jury, Mr. jleause of the late season. proceeds org the day will g0 F All to Kiwanis char! After setting an unofficta his wife and’ son, Cameron, aged * to Montreal and pack at an avera; took him 12 mi eB. Fuse Home 46 minut Cc ir speed record for Canada, Sqdn.- Lar. Robert Christie of Vancouver recelves the congratulations s. to turn.around at Montreal. transcontinental record, having flown from Vancouver to Ottawa : tral Press Ans vy ns of, flve. He travelled from Ottawa: - ge speed of 732.5 mph, so fast it He also holds a John Waldie Fifth Board: ‘Member Five Trustees Now Elected For Hospital Taxation Area John C, Waldie of Robson. was eletted fifth member of the D istrict, Board of Trustees of the C: naird). John Sherbiko, who. lives be- tween Castlegar and Kinnair was also nominated at Friday's meeting. The improvement district trus- tees, thus, are: John C. Waldie, J. A. Williams and J, C, Mcleod ta ‘|for three year terms;-and.R. A. ‘kD. West and A..H. Culley for ‘two year terms. Mr. West and ‘Mr, Williams represent the vil- lage of Castlegar; Mr. McLeod and Mr, Culley, the village of ‘remainder of the district, da; and Mr. Waldie, the|to’ R. J. Morice of Kinnaird, re- [turning officer, presided at the Hospital at a meeting in Robson Friday evening. Mr. ‘Waldie, who was elect- ed for a three year term, represents Zone Three of the Hospital Dis- trict (all the area in schoo} District no. 9 except Castlegnr and Kin- three’ election meetings at which five trustees were chosen. A. C. Sylvest, president;:and J. A. Wil- liams,.J. R. Elliott and M. E. Moran all of the Hospital Society, attended the three meetings ans- wering a number of questions. »Election of the trustees com- pletes another step in the road to construction of a $400,000 Castle- gar and District Hospital. The Improvement. District trustees job ,will be ito say “yes” or “no” having the power to pass money bylaws for ‘the district’s share of the hospital construction. costs. To Be Held at Coronation Hall ' eres Dates For 8th. Fall Fai Changed.To Sept: 17, 18 - -The Eighth Annual Castlegar three weeks later than originally announced, it was decided at’ a neeting of the Fall. Fair Board in the degen Memorial Hall last Friday. ae fair will be held on Friday er 17 and Fall Fair and District Fall Fair will be held tin’s. Clothing in Castlegas or by is contend of August 27 and 28 ‘es . originally : announced. change in date is being msde Be. layne of the Fair is ‘also be-, oath.” {The whole.crux of the’ case is, was the car with licence number 27-646 the lone car that.was ‘on the ferry coming from’ Castlegar And if it was, was the in This. year: it will 2 | held: in: the “Coronation: Ha stead of the’“Legion*: ; Memorial Hall where it was held, in past years. - The prize lists for the -fair Being revised and will be ready. for distribution in the Fair Book- lets about the end of July. * Of.the buzelists, Section .G it? It-is for you to decide?” ¢ ) will unchanged . trom last year a When the jury its ver- dict of “not "pulty”’ the quickest of the assizes this year, Mr. Just- ice J. V. Cline said “I think the evidence. in this case. was such |j to produce a high degree ‘of sus- picion but in my, view it. was not such to justify ‘anyone saying the accused is guilty.” With Mr. Chizmazia not guilty, the Attorney General’ granted a stay of proces against Roger y copies of this list will be available shortly at Mar- Iddings who. faced a similar per- jury charge, He had been: with his uncle, Louis Chizmazia on the night of the fire and at the Fire Marshall’s Inquiry, held at Cas- tlegar on August 12, Had also tes- tified that his uncle and he were home. in Renata at 12:30 an. on July 8, 1953, Recess. $75 ‘Scholarship a as ‘Anne Henderson Crowned “the Roses in a gay and ‘evening of fun and) frolic:at the i eight judges, at ‘a banquet in the vA , and. --this year’s at : Stanley: Humphries High School, ‘ selected by the high school teach- ow. . “Reed, Mr. and- Mrs. He . | Improvement Society hall’ peters [ly the . the stately regal procession from 1954 Rose Queen Friday. of Ki Miss Anne Hend: i 1954 Queen of ‘the annual- Rose ‘Ball Friday. evening, ‘which Kinnaird , Improvement Society's -: One of five contestants for the attended by 400 People, i Rose Queen honor, Miss Hend son was chosen by a. panel of contestant’s honor Thursday eve- ning. The other four contestants, Tannis . and Killough, Zarchikoff. *~: i - On stage, H. J. Warner, presi- dent ofthe Kinnaird Improve- ment Society placed the crown on. the head of the new queen, offi- cially naming her 1954 Queen of 3j the Roses. JA. Stanley Hum; jh: at the ceremony. ‘All five ‘gris are members of class at the ries High School principal, pres- ented the new Queen with a-$75 and ‘gift,’ and) her ing staff on the, basis of scholas- tic _ability,’ sportsmanship, and general proficiency. © ‘The e eight judges were Mr. ‘and R. A..D. West, Mr..and. Mrs. Pitts.and Corp.’ and Mrs. G.. BR. Cline. : “The crowning ceremonies began at 11 p.m. Retiring Queen Donna Muirhead, accompanied by Prin- cess Tannis .and. B. ‘a Kil- lough as her ladies-in-wating, led’ the rear of the ‘hall to the stage. “When ‘came the queen‘elect, es- +. corted: by flower girl © Sandra. _ (Gray ‘and-. Princesses: Mercedes: princesses and’ flower girl also received gifts. Queen Anne’ expressed thanks to: ‘all who had assisted in making her. Rose Queen, A profusion of roses, gaily col- ored streamers, and other are e A. MacDonald at 2381. ‘Friday’s meeting, at which ten members were present with A. J. Weir, president, in the.chair, ap- pointed Mrs. D. moomey publicity: ~ Ack Matt Report Man. — But Nobody Missing. Three youngsters. at Brilliant. are reported to have seen a man drowning in the Kootenay River at Brilliant late Monday after- pean. but efforts a ann the body |: g Hall :|Qhservance Of Traffic Laws Briags Pleasure; Disregards Breeds Anxieties, Films Emphasize The need. for greater highway safety’ and ‘how it can be attain- ed was the theme ot af evening of tilms'end talles in the Coronation Highway Safety Campaign. -: by the local Odd- eek, fellows Lodge as the ewinaing ot ‘thier “Be Odd — Be Courteous” ‘The -first film shown: patna might be, have provea ruitless. The childten say they - heard screams and saw 8 man strug- gling in mid-stream, Another per-; son is also ‘reported to have heard screams but he did not in ey vestigate. Dragging operations of | the}: river by police for a considerable: distance downstream, were to'no avail: and ‘investigation whether anyone "is missing from.the sur- also produc eS negative: results, ©". = Juniors Tighlen Top Spat Grip; Fiyers Drop? Fourth Straight In District Softhall Loop Castlegar Junior Cubs‘ strengthened their hold on: first place in the six team Castlegar and District’ Fastball League with a 6-3 ii wad: at Ooti i Friday. night. Flyers win over the O sq meanwhile, were edged 9-7 by Waldies Friday. night’ and dropped a close 5-3 decision to ‘Kiwanis Monday night for thee fhing, and fourth straight losses, leaving them in third spot. In the only other league. game since last Wednesday, Waldies teok a 7-3 beating at-the hands of the Kinnaird crew at Kinnaird. Juniors 6, Ootisch. 3 Harry Cheveldave pitched: his Junior team-mates to their fourth straight victory Friday evening at. Ootischenia, The. Ju- niors had a 6-0 lead in the ninth when a homerun by Bill Zoobkoff was‘the spark which ignited a ‘}last minute rally for Ootischenia but they were able to score only twice more, Fred Pozdnikoff and Mike Mak- ortoff were Ootischenia pitchers. Waldi's 9, Flyers 7 Four ninth inning..runs on three hits and two .walks gave jthe Waldie team ‘a natrow vic- ‘tory over the Flyers at Castlegar ‘Wriday evening. | Losing chucker’ Bruce Horn- ing eve © oD eight hits and eight walks, tall two strikeouts while * ne y combined chucking force of starter: Larry. Zaitsoff and relief hurler Phil: Plotnikoff who came.on in the’ sixth, gave He nine hits and six walks, tally- ing four strikeouts. Lorne Zinio and Phil Plotnikoft banged out two hits ‘ech for Waldies. and Paul Girealy and Cliff Tipping hit twice for Fly- ers.) Kinnaird 7, ‘Waldies 3 * Had it not been for the third inning, the Waldies fastball crew might have come ‘home. with a the great that’ our-high- ways and. streets are, becoming of over i lackk of proper driving’ * kno ledge; carelessness; disregard -for others;-poor judgement: and fail- ure to observe traffic laws, 5 of the Motor Vehicle Branch ‘at He Following this film; Dan Armit|. The ‘bid:.of Oglow Brothers Building a SUDPIS Co. for con- ds ° "Trail; spoke to the gath pointed | out the necessity of care- ful study’of the Driver's Manual ‘which must be eae before a] been vera: Ii a to the Industrial-Arts room of the Stan— ley:;Humphries High School, has. accepted. for: $15,-.. an, be. | “Turning | to page. » 22 Of the Min: ual -where~a’ series of road signs are’ illustrated, ~he- said: “These tender. Fea. ‘the: lowest of three re- ceived, fenders have now. been called for the y_ school addi- . signs are there for your — your safety and mine and for the ‘safety of those who are strangers ‘and ‘above ‘all’ for the safety: of ‘your loved: ones. Re-~ member to--observe the school zone and playground signs very rigidly. ‘Children will forget but tions at Castlegar, | Kinnaird and Robson and deadline for their submission is July. 8, C was depicted in the film “And Then There Were Four” which showed how one motorist in every “Observe speed limits because people are depending upon you to do 50," he said... Distributing a Driver’s Manual to everyone present, he urged all to study them, and commended 3-0 victory ig. but as it was their Kinnaird hosts erupted for seven runs in the cru- cial third and then held on for the victory... One walk, five ‘hits* and three errors were the material from which the Kinnaird squad fash- ioned their explosion “while Wal- fies were able to score only once in each of the first, fourth, and ninth innings, Waldie’ mound. starter, Larry Zaitsoff, was tagged for five hits, eC ontinued on-page 8). Schedule Announced For Dominion Day Softball Tourney The ‘schedule of games in. the Softball Tournament which will be.the main event of the Domin- ion’ Day, Celebration here, was Tuesday by Cliff Chai: of the the O Lodge for. their efforts in the Highway Safety field, -them ‘YOU must never forget.” _ five becomes: incolved in a traf- Mr. Armit also h the | fic of lack of importance of hand signals and!} 1 poor jud, dis- the observance of speed limits, or an it iperly ad- justed or operated car. Fhe film “Tom and His Dad”, showed how a properly trained, goed driver operates his car at all times and under all conditions. It was:'a vivid illustration of the vital importance of a thorough knowledge for the safety of all as well as. the full support ‘of the Motor Ve- hicle Branch and the B.C. Safety Council, The next film hown, distri! d pedestrian, “Observance of rules end laws yields pleasures, not ‘anxieties.” - James T Noble Grand, by. the Safety Council, dealt with the ‘problems of safety in. Van- couver — the problems facing engineers, traffic officers and others ‘concerned with. ,every phase of traffic'prevention." The tragic’ side of - motoring thanked all who had supported the local. lodge in the commenre- ment of the “Be Odd—Be Court- eous” Safety Campaign. In clos- ing he remarked “You will be seeing us around. We solicit your cooperation and support.” Others Await Exam Results 368 Promoted To Next Grade At Stanley Humphries High . A'total of 322 students of the Stanley Humphries Junior Senior to High School, have to the tion list the next grade by High School - Principal - ‘s » MV Columbia Begins. 2 Arrow Lake Service - Lower Arrow Lake communi- ties are' ports of call for a new twice weekly boat: service. The MV.Columbia, owned and operated' by Ivan Horie of Cas- tlegar, has begun operation, suc- ceeding the SS Minto, ‘recently |’ retired by the CPR. Capt. Horie land festivity. ‘Wally Walper, emcee, also: sang g's. charm is ‘the’ service under! -. Mr: Wanless also the name of the Cabtlegar Nak: the classes for \ which usp Water T be. The 30: toe leaves | ade. * July 1 Committee. The; Softball tourney will get underway at 10 a.m. and- the games will be as follows: 10 am. — Hume Hotel (Nel- son)-ys. Castlegar Cubs. .. 1:45 p.m. — Neson Transfer vs Cranbrook. :.4:15 p.m. — Semi-Final game. "6:00 p.m, — Finkl Game. é PARADE PRIZES promotion. The list of 368 studerits pro- moéted, completely ‘or partially does not include a- number of Grade XI and Grade. XII students J..A. Thomas this week. Another 46 students have earned promotion, having selned Jess than 30 credits required for complete Hunter, ‘Barrie. Jenks, Lance Jones, Emily Killough, Virginia Kinakin, Dorothy Lazareff, Mary Lebodoff, Jocelyn McIver, Marie who have written D ‘ions, results of which will not be known till about the third week in July. The list also does not include the Senior class, all will |S of whom are required to write ‘in the gala par- for some of the dance and after lunch,’ there was an- other i in the Robson Tuesdays ‘and Fridays at 12 noon’ and arrives at Needles| fun, while the Killough sisters, Tannis and “Rahs”, song tws of their repertoire, - of delightful ducts, ; ‘ and at 6 p.m. Leaving’| Edgewood Wednesdays and Sat- urdays, at 7 am, i arrives. at} fan Robson at 1 p.m. All times are Pacific Daylight Time. There .will be prizes for the The list follows: PROMOTED TO GRADE 8 Irene A in, Doris winners in each of the 1 do! ae Pele ey ” ar Feceete icycles, | 5: tri ‘and, Helen Butler, Jack TS, Peter, Dunlop, Judith Enliste, Bary. Evdowmot?, Ser- and ani iris}, (boys),. ‘comic ‘dress. “Cglris) comic dress {bovs). nard Fietz, ‘Peter Harcoff, Gladys Heagy, Nora Hoolaeft, Bonnie Mal Tom Mojelsky, Lennie’ Morey, John Pinckney, Olga Plotnikoff, May Rellkoff, Lorraine Schwart- zenhauer, Shirley Shand, Sharon Williams, Jim Mc- Kay, Reg Mitchell, Arvi Pelle-, grin, Doris Hadikin, Keith Muir- head, Mary ‘Trubitskoff, Mary 2Qpobkoff,. Johnny Osachoff, Lorne. Brown, Joe Cheveldave, Shirley Clair, Wayne Gray, Lorne Grummett, Mark Guido, Peter Hi Sylvia . He lit Raymond‘ Hopland, Patrina) Hos- (Continued on page 5)