CASTLEGAR N

EWS, April 1, 1981

CanCel’s most senior employee ©

Retires after 47 years

CanCel’s Celgar lumber
division’s most senior em-
ployee, John Makaroff, re-
tired yesterday after 47
years of service with Celgar
and its predecessor company,
Waldio’s Sawmill,

Makaroff, who worked his
last day Monday and took a
floater holiday yesterday,
was guest of honor Tuesday
afternoon at a party held at
the mill.

On Saturday, a surprise
retirement party was held
for him attended by family,
relatives and friends.

Makaroff worked for Wal-
die's Sawmill in the summer
of 1938 but wasn't able to be

hired on steady payroll until
1934 when he turned 16.

In the 47 yeara of his
working life, he missed very
few days of work — and then
only because of serious ill-
nesses or operations.

The retiree and his wife,

Dolly, live at 701 - Ist St. on |

the banks of the Columbia
River overlooking the old
Waldie Sawmill site. John
has lived there for most of his
life, recalling that his wid-
owed mother bought the
property and" house for $150
in 1981,

For many years‘ the water
for the house was obtained
by use of a water wheel that

Chip 'n Saw

The logs from the river we are going to draw,
We are going to start the Chip-N-Saw.

The conveyors are running, photo cells, too,
There is almost nothing for you to do.

Logs .
L h

. . logs are dropping everywhere;

si
“Makaroff! Straighten out

ome.

your logs!"

We cannot look at messed up jobs!”

Makaroff trying his best to please,

Tries to untangle crossed

up trees...

“You crazy fool!” the bosses yell,
White he is working where two logs fell.

“You must turn off this .
For when the logs come tl
Makaroff wonders, for he

+ and this... and this,
hey will not miss.”
doesn’t know —

-How come they didn’t teach three months ago?

Some logs go through, and some get stuck
“When will you learn, you crazy Muck?”

Makaroff sees the crossed

up mess,

Goes into a state of nervousness.

“Five days of training!” the Supers yell,

“When are you going to r

‘ing the bell?

You have to do your work more swift,
We're ready to start, the, sécond shift.”

More trouble starts, niore

tempers blow.

was secured by the riverbank
with a cable, The water
wheel was also used by
neighbors and friends.
Makaroff is a part-time
poet, devoting about two
hours a month to the hobby
and writing poetry for such
special occasions as deaths

and anniversaries. Two sam-
ples of his work accompany

, this article.

Married in 1956, John and
Dolly have two children, both
born on holidays, John Jr.
was born on Christmas Day
while Walter was born on
Aug. 1, the Doukhobor holi-
day known as Declaration
Day. Both sons live and work
in Vancouver.

John Makaroff was born on
Indian Flats in 1916 in one of
three Doukhobor “villages”
that used to be located on the
bench that overlooks Bril-
Nant.

Both John and Dolly look
after the Doukhobor Hall on
2nd Street, tending the lawns
and doing maintenance work.

Dolly says the two of them’
have always been careful in
their living standards and
look forward to some vaca:
tion trips in John’s retire-
ment. “I. don't buy anything
on credit," she comments. “If
I owe anybody a dollar I
worry about it,”

RDN npr rIeh ge Bot paare genes ne et

His faith
was stronger

‘than guns

For 15 years, Joe Donato
was: an underworld figure
and an assoclate of the Mafia,
Twice, he was tried for mur-
dor, facing the gas chamber if
convicted,

Then, in 1972, he met,
Jesus Christ in a dramatic
conversion, Now he carries a
Bible instead of a gun and he
shares the “good news” with
everyone he meets, including
his former associates.

Donato shares and minis-
ters in prisons, jails,
churches and

shout North Ameri

schools :

Celibacy is ‘in’

By Bruce Levett .
The
The WORD comes from
Hamilton, so we have little
choice but to accept it:
Celibacy is becoming
fashionable.
Oh, it would be easy to
pooh-poch the whole thing

. ifthe contention had eman-

ated from Montreal, with
its reputation as the capital
of the effete East.

And the. premise ‘could
be dismissed with a ripping
expletive had it surfaced in

. Toronto which — even at

its moat riotous — seldom

and as far away as India and.
Europe. In addition, his story
has been heard by thousands
via radio, television and the
news media. He is the author
of the book, Tell it to the
Mafia.

Joe Donato is alive today
because his faith was strong-
er than gangland guns. He’
will be sharing his exciting
testimony at the banquet
meeting of Full Gospel Busi-
nessmen’s Fellowship next
week at the Fireside Place.

for Babylon, ,

But Hamilton? Canada’s
Chicago? City of the Big
Shoulders? Home baso for
Big Ange Mosca,, where
they call the foétball team

‘the Tiger-Cats? Mecca for

Saturday Night wrestling?
Me and the boys and our

THAT Hamilton? The
one in Ontario?

Yup.

One of the sources
quoted is Ross Stewart, ‘a

masters student at Mc-
Master University and

someone who should know ‘

better.
GIVE UP. SEXz?,

As a lecturer ‘in the
Human Sexuality Clinic, he
could be expounding him-
self right out of a job, I
mean, if everybody gives
upon sex, there goes the
old clinic, what?

Both Stewart and sox
therapist Joyce Askwith
labor in an area which
should provide a real chal-
lenge in their chosen field
of endeavor,

Why, at McMaster they
even have his-and-hers T-
shirts ‘emblazoned’ “Mc-

Master" and McMistress.”

Both Askwith and Stew-
art see the new celibacy as
something positive, as op-
posed to the negative,
guilt-ridden abstinence of
Victorian days.

OK, if sex is giving way,
what are the alternatives?

toned in h

bing of the shoulders, And
there is the old-fashioned
hugging and hand-holding
which, says. Askwith, can
be unbelievably satisfying
to someone jaded by s0-
called intimate relations.

But aren't there draw-
backs?

“Phe only ddverse reac-
tion is if the person leaves
you, but if that's the kind
of person he is, I see that
as a plus,” Askwith says.

SOMETHING MISSING .

Missing from the dis-
patch, however, is advice
on just how and when to
make known one’s inten-
tions — or lack thereof.

“Hi, Pm Roger. May I
buy you a drink? Oh, and
‘by the way — I have just
made a commitment to cel-
ibacy,” ssems a bit abrupt,
somehow.

Even should you sur-
mount this difficulty with-
out her handing you an

hed copy of The

are such pastimes as pat-.

ting of the hair and rub-

Sun also Rises, further pit-
falls may lie ahead.$

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For five whole days I tried, by heck,
On sixth I became a nervous wreck.

I tried aspirins for counting sheep,
Then even prayed, but could not sleep.

And then I said: “So what the hell!
Perhaps I did not ring .the bell.

But why get ulcers and be dea

T'll leave those to the Golavaly's Headl”

For five long days'l triéd Ike hill... .
Perhaps I did not ring the bell.

Oh welll... I decided to withdraw,
And said, “Farewell, old Chip-N-Saw!”

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Working Years
The Working Years of John Makaroff
1934-1981 *

I left school early; went over the hill
then crossed the river to Waldie’s Mill.
I needed a job and needed it NOW...
I had to get behind the plow.

The boss looked me over and said to me,

In a voice as kind as he could be:

“My dear young fellow, the mill's high-geared
For a very young lad without a beard.”

“Why don't you wait for a couple of years,
Then you come to see me without any fears?"
I said, “Mr. Waldie, our family can't wait.

I have to find work before it's too late.”

You daring young fellow,
Your talk’s kind of cute,
If you really want work

Start on our slab chute.”

I worked on the-slab chute;
the years numbered two...
Then worked in the Jath mill
with Phil Wanjoffs crew.

After working four years on the lath mill
I was given another choice,

I became clean-up relief man

On the main sawmill floor.

I rode the saw carriage

for many a year

In that same Waldie Sawmill
that ran in high gear.

Then I worked on the trimmers
In the mill with high gears

I was very contented,

and without any fears.

T also pulled lumber
on a horse-driven cart.
To balance the load
was a work of art.

T also hauled slab wood
with a horse-driven team
To fire up the boilers
and keep up the steam.

T have scen hard times
In this tale I've told
Still I've never been on
The welfare roll.

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Efforts “to* persuade “ths
provincial ‘government to in.
oye. the’ Syringa . Creek/ *

: Deer Park Road have failed,

and ‘the“Regional . District’ ‘of-
Central Kootenay appears

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$46-million “rockets, with’:a

A: letter from Highways
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earlier letter.—
are no plans for major recon.’
struction — are-un changed,

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te 3
to Fraser, the second’ "Tne
early in February, when they
included a ‘copy oe a
from the: deputy. minis! ter of
environment in which Mee said :
the question of improving the
road to offer an. phaenative
6

“Arrow. a plan 2

‘An amended version of th
Arrow Lakes regional Pian,
with two small changes, bas

been given second reading by.

the Regional District of Cen-

log transport via Arrow
would have to be considered: ‘tral Kootenay directors.

Fraser, in his most secon
letter, “acknowledged
comments, and referred tak
to his ‘earlier letter, in which
he stated:the Huvironmentsl
,and Land Use Commit

‘The next step in the plan-
- alng will be holding
public meetings in
and

the: provincial cabinet - hat
decided ' against
reconstruction of the road.

any ‘major

‘There; were: two, ‘minor i
changes tothe plan after ds:
ectore from Castlegar, Nak-- Nak

Castlegar:
‘Nakusp. Meeting dates
will be set by the ‘RDCK's

usp, ‘and Areas 1 (8h

‘BANGKOK (AP)'=
than 100 military. officers in-
volved in’ the failed ‘attempt
to overthrow Prime Minister

tan Bs .
held radio.and television sta.

-°: Blueberry" Creek) and J th
(Lower. Arrow Lake; ‘met ©

March 2, wrote Fiera pee
man,'RDCK, director of
ning, in a dirieaaoeehagr to
the ‘board of directors.

. The changes show spawn:

ing capabilities of two, creeks

in Area 3 according to the

memo, *

J,and-I, and Castlegar and
‘usp.

“The planning area “covers.
‘Areas K (Upper Arrow Lake).

- Prem foiled a coup. attempt
when he ordered troops |

. The “atonal " Bahibition.
Centre.-wants a, grant from

fed H
\ vinetal ‘governments believe |’ ¥
> the centre is not supported
locally, there is a danger they.

‘will | withdraw ..their: annual
grants and the-centre , will
have, to. close,. Bernard
Bloom, an NEC- director, .
warned RDCK area repre-
sentatives March 28, when he
asked for $1,000.

, Federal grants pay 50 per
cent of the centre's operating
costs, provincial: govern-
ments pay 20 per cent, and
the remainder must be raised
locally, Bloom told the RDCK .
meeting.) ' ° > °:

al District of Cen: :

__ those
will be cut off.
The centre has operated at:

Several board members
sounded willing to consider

-giving’ a grant, but John
f * Neville: (Nelson) ‘pointed out

;.the' board cannot distribute _
ind various cultural events with °

added the badge bs has been
$34,000 to $53,000.

With that money, ‘the NEC
has provided a ced pro-
gram of history, science, and,

their sive planning com-
missions.

Bloom ‘told the ‘poard the
centre is required to operate
at ‘certain levels of . per~
formance to get the federal
grants, and if it fails to meat’

standards,

the same budget level for
threo years now, and with:
inflation, that has had about

the same effect as a 50 per. -

the fanding |

an
and regional flavor, he said.
Bloom said the NEC's con-

. cerns are how it can get the.

Fegienal district : involved,
ow to get, more support
from the region.

Neville eaid. the: city of
Nelson gave‘a: grantin-sid
last year, and Bloom ‘replied .

» it bad been $50.

: When. the’ other *govern-

ments see a major centre

give $50, they ses no Fegional
Bloom added. :

He said the NEC also re-

‘Area J (Lower Arrow Lake).

It 'will-get a similar grart
this year, said Martin Van-
.derpo},' the Area J director.

“he elty: of Castlogar in
approached annually for a’

grant, and it: bas ‘given the
centre $2,600 every year, Bill
Krug, the city administrator,
sald Thoraday.

‘This year is the first time
the eity of’ Trail is giving a
~ ‘grant, for. ete Boom told
the regional distri

Charlio Wilson, necclieak
ing Area A (south arm of
Kootenay Lake) was cautious

commitment, -Moet of the
directors represent © small
communities that are far
from Castlegar and that are

few of the residents use the
centre,’ he added.
He continued that the a
committed

areas Qh"
Bloom answered the NEC
is eligible , for, government

funding to pay people to help

local musepms (and to: hire
people to take

outlying areas. The centre is
not competing with the other.

: projects, he said. He said
Trail

‘when‘it ap-

the city is meee:

civilians and

the Iraq’ command

claimed that seme of tho Jets ve
flew .from:'8: but! Iran,
denied ‘this and, said’ it” are
four military bases’ anal no.

cent budget cut, he said. He

ceived $250 last year from