CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 81, 1977

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Note Worth a Penny
Is Cashed for $39,700

It was last September that
Stephen Holcomb walked into
the bank with a 1923 German
100,000 mark note, and folks in
Traverse City, Michigan are
still shaking their heads,

The 91-year-old Holcomb
talked the bank into exchang-
ing the worthless 1923 German
bill for nearly $40,000 and then

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Don Dooley, the Inter.
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said that Holcomb had asked
him if he could use the bill to
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“T told him’I couldn't take
that thing," Dooley recalled,
But Dooley did call the National
Bank & Trust Co, to ask what
100,000 German marks: were
worth, apparently forgetting to
mention what year the bill was
issued,

A while later, Holcomb
strolled back to the dealership
with a handful of cash, The
bank had exchanged the old

* note for $89,700.

Holcomb began buying and
kept buying, though he knew it
couldn't last, “I have a lot of
good memories,” he said after it
was over.

Holcomb drove his new
$7,000 Scout to Chicago and set
up at a hotel where he tipped
the elevator operator $900. “I
thought he was doing a real
good job running that elevator,
that's all,” he said,

He bought a stereo tape
deck, a double-barrel shotgun,
pistol and a new fishing pole.
When he got back to Traverse
City his windfall was down to
$20,000 and the spree was
about over,

* Sheriff's detective Jim Pal-
mer paid a visit to Holcomb at
his hotel room and left with all
his new ‘toys.

“They came busting in my
woom,” Holcomb said, “and they
took my truck and about $5,200
cash. The top cops hauled me
down to the bank and told me to,
sign something, so I guess
that’s where I lost my money I
had in the bank.”

No criminal charges have
been laid against Holcomb, but
the bank, which will not discuss
the case, has sued for the
$18,177 it has not recovered. A
hearing on the case was sched-

‘uled but was delayed. No new

date has been set,

A banking expert in De-
troit said the German note was
actually worth “less than a U.S.
Penny even when .it was

. printed” in 1923—a period of

inflation so high in Germany
that prices rose hourly and
people brought money in wheel-

* barrows to make ordinary pur-

chases.
Holcomb said the bill had

‘been around his house as long

as he could. remember.

How about TV:

with a message,

the evening:

came with the hall,

should be.

Tam sitting here at the ty,

I think sex is out and vi

put the assistant mayor, himself a black man,

One Man's Opinion

By FRED MERRIMAN

verning them.”

Band Beats Violence

pewriter in a small store in downtown “Kinnaird” and
wondering what wise words of opinion and comment I can offer my readers this week,
I presume somebody is reading this contribution because I do get feedback, || -

jolence is in. I think we should all be encouraged by violence

In a popular “special presentation” by CTV Friday, March 26 we saw a white police
officer shoot a supposedly unarmed black man in the back, The ineident occurred in a black
area of a city in a back alley at 3 a.m. A riot in the area was barely averted.

All ended well when it was determined that the victim deserved to die and Delvecchio
in his place when he uttered the measage for

“If you can’t give your own people credit for having more intelligence than youare...
then you don't deserve to be
Thank you, Delvecchio for! hitting the nail right smack on the head.
I wonder how many TV fans were able to see "La Bohemo” which was brought to us by
Public Television on a recent Sunday afternoon. i
T enjoyed the opera and I also enjoyed Delvecchfo. So much for TV.
x . 8 8 1

On Thursday evening this past week a nearcapacity audience rose to a standing
ovation for 60 boys and girls who had just shown them what could be done with $300 worth
of plastic recorders, a few drums and miscellaneous percussion instruments. The plano,

Twin Rivers Elementary Schoo! has a dedicated musician named Bob Bertuzzi, and if
you don't know Bob get to know him and find out what a rea) teacher can do,

‘The “Night of the Bands” had no sex, no violence, no béoze and you had.a choice of
places to sit. You cauld even stand if you wanted to get closer. The concert was “up tempo.”
The parents were proud of the kids and the kids were pleased with themselves, aa they

Next time you hear or read that Bob Bertuzzi's recorder band is going to play, make a
special effort to get there and find out what music is all about.

Voicé of the Péople

TB Thanks for the Plug

The Castlegar News has
received the following copy of a
letter sent to Mrs. Arlee
‘Anderson of Castlegar by the
general manager of the Tuber-
culosis and Chest Disabled
Veterans’. Association, in ap-
preciation of her letter to the
editor which appeared in the

+ March 3 issue of this paper.

Mrs, Anderson's letter had
expressed thanks for the return
of lost keys which the, as-
sociation had returned to her
address,

Dear Madam:

We have noted in the
Castlegar News, under date of
Thursday, March 9, 1977, the
letter written by yourself to the
editor of that newspaper
wherein you expressed your
thanks for the set of keys which
we returned to you, and which
was the second time that we

have been able, to bo of
assistance to you. ‘

Please be advised that it
has been a’ pleasure to be of

assistance to you over the ..,

years.
On behalf of the chairman,
the board of directors, we wis

to extend to you our genuine .:

thanks for your .‘host com-
plimentary remarks, and we
assure you that it is very
gratifying to know that we do

have such staunch supporters, .

and it is very much ap-

. preciated.

We feel sure that we will
gain much more support from
the public as the result of your
publicity, 7

All we can add is thank you"

very much indeed,
J.M. Griffiths
General Manager
Tuberculosis and Chest
Disabled Veterans’ A

Guilty Embezzler Spent
Loot on Former Lover

high-living

Citizen's Arrest Said Legal
And is Sometimes Mandatory

A citizen's arrest is legal,
and in some cases required,
says an RCMP spokesman.

Any citizen may. arrest a
person found committing an in-
dictable offence, the most com-
mon of which include breaking
and entering, willful damage
where the damage is obviously
in excess of $50, arson, assault’
causing bodily harm and rob-
bery. -

Any citizen may arrest a
person whom he or she believes

has committed any offence or is |

‘escaping from and: being pur-
sued by, for example, a police-
man,

Anyone who is the owner,
is authorized, or who has lawful
Possession of property, may ar-
rest a person who is found com-
mitting a criminal offence on, or
in relation to, that property. In

all instances, an arrested per- .

son. must immediately be
turned over to the police.
When making an arrest, a

* person may use only as much
force as is necessary to stop the -

continuation of the crime or

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detain the culprit for the police.

Refusal, without a reason-
able excuse, to assist a police
officer in arresting.a person or
preserving the: ‘peace when

asked ‘to do so, is-a criminal |
: offence.

Argentina Has Ability

Argentina now has -the
capability to make an atomic
bomb. So claims the chairman
of Argentina’s National Atomic
Energy Commission, Capt. Car-
los Castro Madero.

“We have attained suf-
ficient capacity to manufacture
nuclear weapons,” Castro Ma-
dero reports.

~ To Make Atomic Bomb

. But’ if we built one, it
would mean sacrificing our
power-generating program. Be-
sides, we could not keep it
secret.

“Also, if we started to
build a nuclear device, the in-
dustrialized’ countries would
immediately suspend the
needed ‘supply of nuclear ele-
ments to our.country.” ;

Mildred Charla Wattleworth—
once the assistant vice-
president of a bank—has
pleaded guilty to embezzling
$760,000 and says she spent a
bundle of it on a lover she no
longer has,

“Lalways knew I would get
caught." Mrs, Wattleworth told
U.S. District Court Charles
Joiner in Detroit recently.

The 86-year-old divorcee
from Birmingham said she had
worked for the Michigan
National-Metro West bank
since she was 17. She said she
first got involved helping her
lover get money because she
“knew he could not get a loan.”

“He did not have any col-
lateral or anything.”

. When Judge Joiner asked
whether she’ was still involved
with the man, who was not
named in court, she answered
“No” in a trembling voice.

Prosecutors said she had
showered gifts on the: man,
including:’

@ A $200,000 home in posh .
Bloomfield Hills.

@ A $65,000 boat, a Rolls-
Royce and a Mercedes,

© A $200,000 interest-free

loan to help him» open. a
restaurant.

e Vacation property on
Torch Lake, north of ‘Traverse
City, valued at $137,000,

A government source said:

“Actually $1.2 million is closer ~

to what she embezzled during
the years she worked there.”

Makortoff of Blueberry Creek, were captured on came!
women are both in their first year ceramic which is

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Castlegar News Photo by Lois Hughes

Swashbuckling Pirates
Were Really Gay Guys.

The swashbuckling pirates
who terrorized the Caribbean
in the 17th and 18th centuries
were homosexuals, an author-
ity on colonial history has con-
cluded,

The uniqueness of pirate
society lay not in the practice of
wanton violence—as portrayed
in historical novels and adven-
ture films—but in the fact that
it was a self-contained and ex-
clusively homosexual com-
munity, Dr. B.R, Burg, as-
soclate professor of history at
Arizona State University, said
in an interview.

The popular image of buc- ,

caneers as roistering, romantic
men carrying struggling wo-
men from plundered ships is far
from accurate, he said.

. __ Pirates were more likely to
carry off young boys,

Two factors contributed to
the homesexual nature of pirate
society, Dr. Burg believes. One
was the paucity of women in
the islands of the West Indies,
The other was the origin of the
pirates th

- Cominco's Summer Tours
To Operate April 4-Sept.2

Cominco's supervisor of
public relations, Jim Cameron;
has d that the summer

He said Mrs. W
who had charge over mortgage
loaris, accounted for the large
amount of money she spent by
telling friends, ‘lawyers and
fellow workers that she was an
independently wealthy heiress,

One of her fellow workers

said Mrs. Wattleworth never _,-

wore the same outfit twice. *

The land, boat, cars and 4

other items were turned over
to the bank in ‘partial re-
imbursement, but government
sources said the most the bank
can recover would be one-third
of the amount embezzled.

A prosecution source said
the former lover has agreed to
repay the $100,000 which he
used to start his restaurant.

Sentencing was set for
March 16. She faces a maximum
of five: years in’ prison.

PONTIAC by

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tour schedule will go into effect

April’ 4 and will - continue
through to Sept. 2.

‘Under the summer sched-
ule; tours of the metallurgical
plants at Tadanac will be pro-
vided twice daily, at 10a.m. and
2 p.m., Monday through Fri-
day; and tours of the chemical
and - fertilizer operations. at
Warfield will be available as on
the regular schedule at 2 p.m.
only, Monday through Friday.

On Sept. 6, the Cominco
tour schedule will revert to the
regular hours observed during
the winter months. The metal-
lurgical tour will be at 10 a.m.
only, and the chemical and
fertilizer tour will be at 2 p.m.
only.

Visitors wishing .to tour
the... metallurgical. operations

during the summer schedule
should arrive at the main gate
at Tadanac at least five minutes
before the tour is. scheduled to

begin; or at the Warfield gate,
if they wish to tour the
chemical and fertilizer opera-
tion. 4

Funeral Service Held -
For Mrs. Mary. Kabatoff

Funeral services began
Monday evening from. the
chapel of the Castlegar Funeral
Home and concluded Tuesday
afternoon for Mrs. Mary Kaba-
toff, 87, resident of Pass Creek
who passed away Friday at
Castlegar... ~

Born in 1889 in Russia, she
came to Saskatchewan in 1904
and to B.C. in 1909, residing in
Ootischenia until her husband's
passing some 20 years ago, She
has resided with her sister in
Pass Creek since that:time.

She is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Vera Doubinin of.
Pass Creek, Mrs. Irene Mala-
koff of Wadena, Sask. and one

brother, Bill Masloff of Ootis-’

chenia. teks
She was ‘predeceased’ by
her husband, Nick, in the early
1950s, brother John, sister Tina
and her brother-in-law, John
Doubinin, ‘in December, 1976.
© Interment took place at
Ootischenia Cemetery with
Castlegar Funeral Home in care

of arrangements: °/>\":

Scraping Tool is Best
For. Ice on Windshields

Cold mornings often mean.

frosted windshields. The prob-
lem is how to remove this ice
condition,

The> application of’ hot
water, probably the most fre-
quently used method of remov-
ing frost; “is definitely not
recommended.’ Applied to a ”

sfrosty windshield, hot’ wafer -

ean crack the glass. Even if the
windshield ‘survives, . the’ ori-
ginal ‘problem remains, as the
surface will quickly glaze over
again unless all moisture is

removed. S i
In_ addition, water will

The simplest and often the
easiest’ way: of clearing a
heavily: frosted windshield ‘is
the use of a non-abrasive
scraping tool followed by. the
application of a dry, clean
squeegee, cloth, or paper towel.

The simplest and perhaps ~

the best solution to the problem

is to cover the windshield and.

other glass surfaces with news-
paper.or.other materials that
will keep ‘the surface from
accumulating frost in the first
place. Specific products are
available at auto parts stores.
i placed. be-

ly cause the windshield
wipers to freeze and, ice up.
Water is not’ the answer. *
Another “don’t” when try-“
ing to remove-windshield frost

zinvolves windshield wipers.”

Heavy: frost: is made up ‘of

sextremely abrasive ice crystals ‘

that: can: quickly destroy’ the”
rubber" contact“ surfaces* of ©
wiper’ blades. see ase

Any
tween the glass and the outside
atmosphere’ will “reduce. or
eliminate formation of frost o
the glass. .

It.is strongly recommend:
ed that the ‘entire. windshield
area, ‘plus‘rear and side: win-

dows, : be ‘rendered : frost-free’:
before even leaving the drive-’

‘way on cold mornings. |

+ because it

Very few women were sent
to the English settlements in
the West Indies, and those
were reserved chiefly for the
planter and merchant classes.
The legal system was designed
to inhibit heterosexual activity

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the value
of these women as dependable
servants, Dr. Burg said,

For the remainder of white
male soclety’In the Indies—
sailors, deserters, ‘indentured

. servants, convicts, prisoners of

‘war—no women were available,
Pirates had even less chance at
the ladies, being raroly in port.

Most pirates were drawn
from the ranks of merchant
seamen, .where ‘homosexual
contact, was common. Those
buccaneers. without previous
experience at sea were often
drawn from wandering all-male
bands of vagrants and beggars,

‘who also had a homosexual

orientation, Dr. Burg added.
+ The isolation of pirates
from heterosexual opportuni-
ties and their almost exclusive
preference for homosexual re-
lationships helped. create a
soclety that operated efficiently
in all respects except for the
production of children, he said.
Pirates felt no need to
adopt effeminate roles, ‘man-
nerisms_or dress, It was un-
necessary -to adopt. defence
mechanisms such as those com-
mon among modern homosex-
uals :.who wish to’ avoid
“threatening” the sexuality of
heterosexuals and suffering re-
prisals, ©.

Strength,, endurance and -
‘toughness, were the key

characteristics of pirates, Dr.
Burg said. - u

The .torture and cruelty
associated with pirates was no
more severe, than ‘the legally
sanctioned ' penalties of the

: time, he said.

The: contemporary litera-

ture about pirates contains ‘no.

detailed” descriptions ‘of ‘ their
_ sexual’ practices,. although

strong relationships “between. °

pirates are occasionally ‘ de-
“scribed. The assumption “of
“ their homosexual orientation is
based upon ' “situational. an-

alysis,” Dr. Burg said. j They

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