PAGE 4 ‘ CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, British Columbia" THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 SPORT TRAILS (By Len Walker) Basketball came back to Castle- gar on Friday when over 200 screaming students cheered both the girls and boys teams to their first victories of the season. Both teams were much im- proved and showed a lot of spirit against the St. Joseph’s College of Nelson. The girls led by S. Taylor and D. Muirhead with 8 Points each got away to a fast Start and piled up a 20 to 6 score. by half time, but Nelson would not give up — they held the locals to 4 points in the last half but were only able to collect 10 themselves for a 24 to 16 final score. For Nelson it was little Helen Bond, a Kimber ley girl, who was the star with 10 points. Helen tried desperate- ly to drive her team on, show- ing more spirit than we have seen here in quite some time. This game was marred by an accident to Nora Henke of Castle- gar, in the first minute of play, ‘when she was hit on the nose. It was believed that her nose was broken but I have not heard definitely if this was so. The boys ‘game was a much closer contest with a tie score at half time of 15 to 15. From then until the end of the game it was very close with the locals going ahead and Nelson evening it up, but with less than two minutes to play Leo “Goose” Geotting notched what proved to be the winner with what I ANOTHER BOUQUET IN OUR MAIL BAG it is good. eral times when necessary.” to their communities. “SHE WAS RIGHT ON THE JOB” “Whenever the service is not so good we are inclined to moan to high heaven about it, but are apt to forget the times when “On July 6, 1951, at 1:12 a.m., I was on duty at the Fire Department when I received a fire call. these calls involve a lot of ’phone calls, and on this occasion I was particularly pleased with the service given by the oper- ator on duty at your central office. 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Hastings St., Vancouver 2, B.C. Pa. 2 SUPPORT A B. C. ORGANIZATION — EST. 1946 would call a buggy whip shot, it just seemed to ‘come from be- hind his back some place. John Nixon a few seconds later put the game away with a nice shot. Final score was, Castlegar 26, Nelson 22. L..Goetting and R. Martini each had 6 points. For Nelson it was B. Godderis and B. Phillips with 7 markers and G. Trainer with 6. Here and There _Ritchie Martini played a fine game for the locals, Arlene Blai- hut played a good game for the girls with 4 points, but was out for half the game with an injury. Trail Motors , meet Kamloops’ on Friday and Saturday. Local basketball fans will be interested to know Rennie Mitchell will be playing for Trail. Rally Being Held Castlegar and Kinnaird teen-, ers and children are to be able to take part in the junior phase of the Christ for Trail Campaign. Several Interior Stages have been chartered and are -being sent. to Castlegar and Kinnaird as well as Rossland and Fruit- vale to provide free transporta- tion to and from the mammoth afternoon children’s rally being held in Trail junior high school auditorium, March 15. Passes good for free trans- portation on these special buses will be distributed outside dis- trict schools on Friday aftcrnoon, enabling children and young friends to attend the rally. Pro- per supervision is assured. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir:—. As a school] trustee in British Columbia I would like to say a word or two of appreciation to the school bus driver — one of the most important groups of people we employ. It is surprising to me that there-are not more accidents when you consider the ever-am- bitious, over-impetuous group of young people they have to trans- port. I do not know exactly how many accidents there were last year, but I know of only one fatality. I would like to say, “Well done, Bus Drivers, but let’s make our record even better. With a lit- tle thought on your part you can become as important a teacher as the actual teacher in the classroom. It is from you the pupil can learn good sportsman- ship, discipline and courtesy.” The pupils learn safety ha- bits during their early years. Their attitudes in later life can often be traced to the habits they learned while riding the school bus. The driver has a tremendous influence in shap- ing the thinking of the children who ride with him. Pupils are quick to notice any lack of Sportsmanship on the highway and will quickly notice any de- fici fi which the driver may This rally will lude a ser- ies of children’s meetings being held this week in connection with the Christ for Trail Cam- paign continuing for three weeks in the junior high school audi- torium, under the auspices of the Trail District Christ Council. Mr. Lionel A. Hunt, an elec- trical engineer, who conducts a fast moving and interesting chil- dren’s program, illustrated with artistic slides, is the speaker and has conducted rallies of up to 1500 children, and the Trail audi- torium is expected to be well fill- ed each night. At the two week series of adult meetings to follow, the well known Evangelist and Se- attle Pastor, Rev. E. M. Jensen, will speak. Guest soloist is Le- land Haggerty of Seattle. Three Castlegar-Kinnaird meetings will be announced in this paper next week. Cold breath of winter, now be- gone, And rest thy weary hoary head, Beneath the Soft caress of spring That heralds summer in her tread. At last the warm brown earth awakes, Her slumber once again is o'er, And nature paints with lavish hand, As she has done before. A promise new, stirs heart, And all the earth awakes to sing, As winter graciously succumbs And bows, to spring. —Gladys Collinson. in my Provincial Elections Aci The Provincial Voters List is now being revised If you are not registered you will not be able to vote at the next Provincial Election. Registration on the Rominion or Municipal voters lists does not mean that your name is on the. Provincial Voters List. “The responsibility is YOURS . . . to see that ° you are properly registered. If the _ Sanvester has not called ‘on® “you get in’ “GILBERT FOWLER touch CASTLEGAR, B. C. MARGARET HELEN EVANS | KINNAIRD, B.C. have in handling the bus. If the driver uses unsafe practices, the pupils will feel that this is the manner of all drivers, and is the common practice of the high- way. The driver is not only en- dangering the pupils, but his un- safe driving is also teaching them to follow his example. The driver should explain his procedure in loading and un- loading, and give his reasons for these procedures. In this manner he is teaching pupils an import- ant lesson in safety. A pupil who learns to cross the highway cor- rectly when leaving the bus will follow the same practice when he is alone in traffic. The driv- er should call the attention of pupils to pedestrians who are not walking properly on the high- way and thus train pupils in cor- rect walking habits. The responsibilities of school bus drivers have grown so tre- mendously in recent years that their status is the same as a teacher’s in most instances. Again I say, “Thank you for a job well done.” ° FRANK VENABLES, President, B. C. School Trustees Association. LIBERAL MEETING Thur- sday, March 13, in the SMALL ROOM of the Coronafion Hall. A TIP. TO KOUSEWIVES CHANGE TO ROCKETGAS For Better ‘Cooking and Good Natured Husbands “ Woodpile” ROBSON NEWS The monthly meeting of the Robson Cub group was held on Wednesday, March 5th, at the Robson Community Church hall. Election for vice-chairman was held with nomination going to Jack Smith. Mrs. D, Carter was the presiding chairman. Mr. Couchman, the Cub Mast- er, gave a report on the cubs, stating that an average of eight cubs attend each week and that all are doing very nicely. A monthly meeting will be held the first Wednesday of each month immediately following the Cub’s meet, + ee Mr. and rs. D. Marcellus were week-end visitors at’ the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Raine. - The Evening Group Rummage Sale and Dance was held at the Robson hall on Saturday after- noon and evening respectively. A large number of ladies and children turned out in the af- ternoon with pop corn being the children’s (and possibly the lad- ies) main attraction. The eve- ning dance was enjoyed by all, with Mr. Stanford and Mrs. Sim- cox handling the popular music and Mr. Nixon the square dance calls. Kinnaird was nicely repre- sented and welcomed at the dance. KINNAIRD NEWS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lade at the Kootenay Lake Gen- eral Hospital on March 4th, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. Maitland and family have returned from a short motor trip to Calgary. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dempsey of Prince Rupert are spending a two weeks holiday at the home of Mr. Dempsey’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Dempsey. Mr. and Mrs. G. Rielly were visitors to Kinnaird and Castle- gar on Monday. Mrs. R. H. Fenner has left for Denver, Col., on a business trip. oe 8 Friends and neighbors gather- ed on Saturday evening to hon- or Mr. and Mrs. P. Girardi and family with a farewell surprise party. The Girardi’s will leave shortly for Greenwood where they will go into the ranching business. Mr. and Mrs. Girardi were among the first residents of Kinnaird arriving here 12 years ago. During the evening a presentation of flowers was made to Mrs. Girardi. On behalf of their many friends, Mr. R. ATTEND THE Bridge Commitiee Meeting Friday, March 14, TWIN RIVERS HALL Progress Report and General Discussion ESSS__|_||aE___E= CYRIL BELL Agencies e May we offer our facilities and services to you? See us about all your . Insurance needs SENTINEL ELECTRIC Maple St. at 2nd Ave. Full stock of wiring supplies for the home electrician « BRING YOUR WIRING PROBLEMS TO US CONTRACTING, REPARS, APPLIANCES Phone 4511 Ray McIver, Colin Petts _—————————— Bechthold presented a beautiful General Electric radio to Mr. and Mrs. Girardi. Invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. J. Pickering and Ken; Mr. and Mrs. N. Kury- luk, Dorothy and Mary Lou; Mr. and Mrs. R. Cecconi, Patsy and Frances; Mr. A. Cecconi; Mr. A. Ritzke; Mr. and Mrs. A. N. As- kew; Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott and Kenny; Mr. and Mrs. G. Smibert; Mr. and Mrs. R. Bechthold and Audrey; Mr. and Mrs. E. Fitz- patrick; Mr. and Mrs. J. Logelin and Joanne; Mr. and Mrs. J. Wolfe; Mr. and Mrs. G. Manar- in; Mr. and Mrs. Rilkoff, Katie and Olga. Mr. and Mrs. Andreashuk and Mrs. W. E. Harris were week- end visitors ‘to Spokane. Mrs, C. Brown is renewing ac- quaintances in Castlegar for a week. A lady motorist was driving along a country road, when she Spied a couple of repair men climbing telephone p o1e s. “Fools!” she exclaimed. ‘They must think I never drove a car before!” Two little kittens were watch- ing a tennis game very closely, when an old cat walked up and asked the two little kittens why they were watching the game with such intense interest. 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