CASTLE NEWS,

Castlegar, Bc.

Thursday, April 30, 1953

Page 4
i i Mrs, J. A. Williams, with seven
Girl Guides Welcome members present, welcomed one
new member, Mrs, E, O'Rourke
New Member Of Assoc. and made plans for the annual

The monthly meeting of the
Castlegar Girl Guide Association
Tuesday afternoon at the home of

Guide Association Tea to be held
in June after the Coronation,
Mrs, Smith gave an interesting

“FOR

. a

MOTHER’S DAY

(SUNDAY, MAY 10th)

Cut Flowers and Plants

Plants and Flowers will be in for Pick-Up May sth

GIFTS AND CORONATION DAY
NOVELTIES

STORE HOURS — 9 a.m, to. 5:30 p.m.

Variety Shoppe

report on her visit to Victoria, be-
ing oneof 175 women who attend-
ed the three day British Colum-
bia Girl Guide Council assembly,
She said there are now 1,000
more Guides and Brownies in
B.C, than last year,

Local Druggists Join |
In Pharmacy Conclave;
High School Visited

in all its aspects was

refr were

served at the close of the meeting |,
and Mrs, Killough was the booster

at the Crown
Font Hotel, Trail, at a meeting

prize winner. The next
at the home of Mrs. V. Jones on

for business,

drug store ond hospital dispen-
sary, designed to protect public
health and confine the sales of a
great many poisons, drugs and
-| medicines to pharmacists. Among
these it is required that a phar-
macist be on the premises at all
times that a drug store is open

The Defence Research Board is
developing a new type of synthe-
tic rubber which will retain its
flexibility at temperatures as low
as 65 degrees Fahrenheit,

Moose Jaw, Sask., got its name
from ‘an Indian phrase meaning
“where white men mended cart
with jaw bone of moose.”

d and Trail New industrial expansion
and icials of the British Ci and
PI i A fati of of small

May 26, will feature
exercises,

Cubs May Be Part Of
Fiye Team Ball League

The Trail and District Fastball
League this year will consist of
four and possibly five teams, it
was learned at a well represented
organizational meeting in Trail
Tuesday night at which

1 B.C,

iE. A, Mann, Nelson, President

ties into thriving towns has help-
ed to make an acute shortage of

the pro-

of the p and
Mrs, Mann; Miss Verna Enves,
Vancouver, editor the Western
Druggist; F. H. Fullerton, Mana-
ger and. A. F, McDuffee, Regist-
rar of the B.C. Ph.A., both of
Vancouver ‘and Dr. A. W. Math-
ews, Dean of the Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of British?
Columbia, were among the speak-
on pne visitors,

of the newly elected executive
nf the Castlegar Cubs were alsr
present, :

Three commissioners, including
one from Castlegar, are to gov-
ern the league. These men may
not be connected with the man-
agement or be one of the players
of any of the teams, The Castle-
gar Cubs exccutive are to hold a
meeting shortly to name a com-
‘from Ci

The for entries of

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- Tonight is the night of the Band Concert in the High School

Bulletin. Board

A Free Community Service — Phone 3441

teams into the league has been
set as May 15, It is hoped to have
the first game of the season be-
fore June 1.

The pharmacist shortage is in-
tensified by the heavy demands

cists on graduation,

vince which, though particularly TUES.
acute in B.C., extends throughout
Canada, m: z MAY

of the three apmed services, who|§. Open 10 a.m, to 10 p.m,
are offering commissions and at- ADMISSION
tractive propositions to pharma- Adults—60c _Child—400

macy. They were brought to the
high school by Herb Pitts, local
druggist and introduced by J, A.
Charters,

Dr. Mathews, one‘of the most.
distinguished authorities on phar-
macology in Canada, showed the
film slide and introduced Mr. and
Mrs. Mann and Mr. McDuffee,
They spoke to several interested
students and were taken on a tour
of the high school.

that pk

Auspices Kiwanis Club

CASTLEGAR

C.P.R. DEPOT TRACKS.

i author- a
ite poke at the reall pigh school : = CLIP THIS COUPON |
on Mon, where they bone again Photo Studio PRESENT. WHICH :
and showed film slides on phar- + With

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Castlegar, B.C.

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They explai
to have Se-

K.R.G DIRECTORS

(Continued from Page 1)
Society, as were grants of $75 to
the Kinnaird Guides and Brown-
jes and $50 to the Castlegar Guide
Association,

An application from the Castle-
gar Public. Library for $300 re-
sulted in a-grant of $200, since
the directors felt, the budget per-
centage for local grants was al-
Teady exceeded ‘slightly.
Regarding the United Church
Building Fund request, it was re-
fused for two reasons, 1. the role
of the K.R.C, is not to act as col-
lection agency for other organiza-
tions and if they complied with
one such request from’a church
group, all church groups in the
district would then request such,
a service, making a great deal
more work for the secretary.
2. the constitution forbids the
society tom giving assistance to

tions, noweyer laudable.

nior Matriculation or first year
of University standing. They then
require a year’s practical train-
ing in a-dispensary followed by
three year’s attendance at the
Faculty of Pharmacy. Required
subjects for realateatlon include
ti English, ¥
and Biology or Physics and an
average of 60 per cent is requir-
ed in the Senior Matric marks.

At the Trail meeting it was

MOTHER'S DAY
Sunday, May (Oth.
COUTT’S CARDS

And Many Beautfiul Gifts That
Will Please Her on this Day

'. RIGBY’S

pointed out that op-

t ; ahs

erate under strict in-
volving protection of public
health. It was stated there are ap-
proximately 40 federal and pro-
‘vincial Acts which affect the
everyday operations of the retail

AIRPORT GRANT

Continued from Page ‘e

quoted the minister as saying no
further grants could be made be-
cause the money. was - ‘needed for
d ‘The Mini-

The secretary tr report
for the period, April 28 to March
31, showéd, receipts of $604.27 of
which $536: 25 was in CM & Ss.

ster had agreed to press the. mat-
ter, however, when Mr. Harrison
pointed out that .a grant to the
Airport would be a

Co. payroll
ments totalled $750.22 “ot nehich
$31.75 was.turned over to the Rob-
son Recreational Society, $90 for
the Legion Building Fund; $125

faon of defence expenditure since
there are important _ power’ vde-
velopments. on ‘the Columbia
River, served by the air field:

for the Kinnaird iP:

Society; $21.47 for and

“Mr. had made repeat-
Liberal ‘ion in Ot-

the remainder in grants.

Get your tickets now for ‘the Trail Male Chorus’ Musial
concert to be held Friday, May 8th in the High School

Audtiorium. This concert is spsonsored by the Columbia
Nauey. Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles.

i

Castlegar Kats Softball, Team Dance at the Kinnaird. Hail,
Friday, May Ist, 9:30 p.m. Music by the Rythm Swing-
sters.. Spot Dances, draw for door prize.

Auditorium presenting the Trail Legion Band. Booster
tickets will be honored Assisting artists, Miss Nettlie
Brodman and Mr. Jock Hawkins,

Cyril Bell Agencies Ltd.

Phone 3441 Castlegar

Bal in the Bank of Mont-;
real, April 28, 1953, was $2220.72
with $656.25 worth of cheques
outstanding and $2000 in Domin-
ion. of Canada Bonds.

In the year ending January 15
average wages Of male farm help
inereased by 1 dollar per month:
$87.00 per month with board, $122,
per month without board,

tawa for a closer liason with them
to ensure “such errors are not
repeated.”

Mr. Harrison also gave an en-
thusiastic account of, the B.C.
Liberal convention terming it
“one of the biggest and most Bn:
ic I have ever

and. spoke. encouragingly of
Liberal -prospects in the June 9
election.

, oirone. pressure is : being

ST. ALBAN’S W.A.
Will Hold Its Annual

Mother’s Day Tea
and Bake Sale

Sat., May 9

PARISH HALL

Insurance Advisors

3 pm

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the field,” Mr.
“but these were, defiitely without
success. The grant came only as
the result of. my talk with Mr.
Sinclair.”

The Association is writing. the
brought to bear by the Associat-
ion for federal action to remedy
weak radio reception in:the Slo~
can and Arrow Lakes areas. The’
Association is urging that-a:C.B.C,
Station be set up in the. Koote-
nays, sufficiently powerful to be
audible in all areas and if. this: is

not ible, that booster stations
to give:.the re-

FOR.

“LAWNS - FLOWERS. —

"FRUITS

SHRUBS — TREES
VEGETABLES

FULL LINE OF"

GARDEN SEED

TOOLS AND SUNDRY SUPPLIES - °

AT ALL TIMES.

Headquarterstfor Farm and Garden Needs _ :

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Og a a Ga et” eet

naires radio coverage,

Ian Somerville, Liberal candi-
date: for Kootenay West, gave as
his reason for entering the poli-
tical ring, that he wants Kootenay
West to get the government, as-
sistance it is entitled’ to‘ which
‘repr by an positi
member, cannot achieve.”

He called on the various Koote-
nay ‘centres to advise him of: the
needs of ‘their localities’ that ‘he
might press for their attainment.

Both Mr. Somerville’ and Mr.
Harrison, who was elected second
vice president of the.B.C. Liberal
Association at the recent ‘Van-
couver Convention, “expressed
confidence that the’ Liberal party
will be victorious in both the fed-
eral and provincial election.”

Mr. Harrison said the people of
BC. “are fed up with the wishy-
washy type of government they
have just had” and are turning to
Liberalism again’ because “of our
sincere desire to! give, B.C. the

HE ‘COULD HAVE
;EXPLAINED.....

junk yard,

Kind of government the people
can depend on",

TELL “NO
SALES!

: Probably could have explained, it to the Courts too! ... Only
_ trouble is, he isn’t around anymore and the car is in the

We can't Bive ‘you 1 the odd sense and >
body reflexes. needed: to drive a car —
: But we can give the next best..-

— AGAR THAT's SAFE TO DRIVE —
Have Your;Car SAFETY-IZED with us

‘Wrights Auto Service

: a BUT
DEAD MEN

Thursday, April 30, 1953

‘CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.

Page 5

Chivalry Is Not Dead

Roy Tipping, local foreman for
the Department of Public Works,
proved Tuesday night that chival-
ry js far from extinct. ” c

Called to Berry Creek on the
Robson Syringa Creek Road about
10 p.m, to repair the road wash-
out caused by. the creek's ram-
paging flood waters, Mr. Tipping
‘noticed a lady in distress, She
wanted to pass along the road but
@ good portion of.it was submer-
ged beneath the flood waters.

Like the gallant knights of old,
Mr, Tipping came to the rescue
at once. Peeling off his coat, he
picked up the despairing lady ih
his arms and carried her to the

. other side of the washout,

Bob Pitts Wins Most
Valuable Player Award
Gn Calgary Hoop Squad

Bob Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Herb Pitts of Castlegar, and an
employee of the Gulf Oil Co. in
Calgary, was the first winner of
.a trophy for the most valuable
player in the Intermediate A bas-
ketbali league in Southern Al-
berta.

The six foot, 180 pound centre
of the Cajgary Tech basketball
team netted an average of 13
points per game during the past
season to win the Choate Memor-
ial Trophy commemorating Col.
C. A, Choate who was a director
of basketball activity at the Pro-
vincial of T

Mr, Pitts received the trophy
from Mrs. Choate in a special

ecremony last week. A student at
Calgary Technical School for two

RADIO

MR, JAMES H. BLACK
The appointment of Mr, James

H. Black as vice-president of Can-
adian Chemi and

Six Dog Owners Fined
As Police Check For
Licenceless Ganines

friends as required by law.

Saturday and Monday before

Taylor.

Saturday | William

Fred Hadikin and William Lebed- |S

pleaded
were ordered to purchase licences
for their dogs immediately,

es were also heard in court dur.
ing the weekend. On Saturday,
Officers of Castlegar Detach-/Pete Planidin of Thrums was
ment RCMP last Friday staged o/fined $75 and $6.50 costs on a
crackdown on dog owners who| charge of driving while his ability
had no licences for their canine/Was impaired by alcohol and
John Calvori of ‘Thrums was fined
As a result of the routine check,'|$5 and $5.50 costs for driving
six dog owners in the Brilliant| Without due care and attention.
area each paid a fine of $5 and $5|Both had pleaded guilty to their
costs in Provincial Court here, |Charges.
On Monday afternoon, Francis
Stipendiary Magistrate W. H.|Mabel Creighton of Kinnaird,
entered a plea of guilty, through
Masloff|her defense counsel, M.-E, Moran
pleaded guilty to the charge of no|of Castlegar, ‘to a charge of ex-
licence for his dog. Monday wil-| ceeding the 30 mph speed limit
liam Abictkoff; Alex Loverenow, Seouel acinnaird on April 22.

off also pleaded guilty to the same or $10 and $5. 30 costs,

From 1939 to 1952 Canadian
labour income rose from $2,567 to
$10,868 milion,

OLD TIME |

DANCE

at
ROBSON HALL
SAT., MAY 2

Sponsored by
Recreation Society

INSTRUCTIONS BY WELL

KNOWN DANCE
INSTRUCTORS

ignorance of the law,

Three driving infraction charg-

Refreshments
Admissi 50c

fine fon.

charge and paid their fines.

William Podmoreff pleaded NOt | em

Company, Limited has been am

guilty , saying the dc:

SERVICE

ive in Calgary sports,

years previous to his present em-
ployment, Bob has been very act-

nounced by M.W. Mackenzie, eke

.in question is a stray animal and
does not belong to him, He was

cutive: vice- -president. Mr. Black found guilty however, when he}

z red thleti
B. H U B E R He has been offered an athle c wi as

a position he has held

at th £. U
25 years experience

Work Guaranteed
Box 522 Phone 4922
Castlegar, B.O.

Michigan.

erly housed,

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR THE

TRAIL MALE CHORUS
MUSICAL CONCERT
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM — CASTLEGAR

Friday, May 8 — 8:15 p.m.
ADULTS — 5c STUDENTS —25¢ *

Columbia Valley Aerie Fraternal: Order of Eagles

Offjcial estimates from building
experts are that Canada currently
needs at least 750,000 more dwell-
ing units if people are to be prop-

since its formation a year_ago.

A native of the United States
Mr. Black was educated in Scot-
land, where he recieved his certi-
ficate as a chartered accountant.
In 1935 he éame to Canada, and
two years later moved to. the
United States where he ot

the animal has fed from
his garbage pail in his yard and
jhe has made no attempt to drive
‘it away. Magistrate Taylor ruled
this constitutes “harboring” the
animal which required Podmoreft
to purchase a licence,

Podmoreff elected to serve the
alternate sentence of five days in
jail, still i ‘ing the dog does

his C.P.A. During World War 11
he served: with United States
Navy. .

Prior fo. = doming Canadian

fe)
Limited he. tts associated ‘with
the Celanese C of

not belong to him, His

NOW. OPEN

PETE'S ELECTRIC

EXPERT REWINDING AND REPAIRS TO YOUR
MOTORS, GENERATORS AND MAGNETOS

Brine Your Electric Motor Troubles to Us
“Shop located Next Door to Castlegar Dry Cleaners
Pete Makortofft 1 Castlegar, B.C.

advised by phone shortly ‘there.

for fines,
licence,

All the offenders, some of whom i

court costs and dog| @™

America,

Firemen “Burned Up”
About Annual Ball

The Kinnaird Volunteer Fire-
men's Club are somewhat disa-

Friday, May-8th
REFRESHMENTS.
FLOOR SHOW
GOOD ORCHESTRA

‘GET: TICKETS NOW FROM |
LEGIONAIRES OR MARTIN'S .CLOTHING

CASTLE -THEAT RE

; ~- Castlegar, B. C.

MAY PROGRAM —

i with the results of their
fifth annual firemen's ball in the
hE Improvement Society
Hall Friday night. ‘
“The lack of interest on the
part of residents in backing their
firemen, was very disappointing,”
one fireman said,. “although those,

Kinnaird Catholics

A motion to pas me villas’ |
proposal of buii

through the rear aE "the “Church i
lot in Kinnaird, was passed at a
meeting of the Kinnaird: Catholic
Club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. |
¢, Buckna,

Main topic of discussion was the
inability of St. Joseph's Chapel to
accommodate the growing Cath-
olic population in Kinnaird and
plans for a possible -new church
were di “These latter “dis-

that ny
¢tremendously.”

[° The firemen report the Proceeds
‘of the event. barely. covered the|
expenses ‘of staging it,

-; cussions will be continued | at fu-,
tur} ‘meetings, 3
There was'a lengthy distastien'|
also on the new pledge system of &
which’ is to be ex-

Door prize
Deane, Rossland; T, . Malnuik,
Trail} and Mrs. Florence Swihart,
Kinnaird.

were R.|

plained at a later date.
Mrs, A. Gallo was elected cor-

after, that he would pay the $11 —

Accept Road Proposal : i

ALL PAINT
TO CLEAR

20 0 50 O%
DISCOUNT

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for. “the Pi
the’ district Catholic weekly.
Of new officers is sche-

bs & represent’ the Mountain
‘Wool Company, Madam. Would
you be interested in some coarse
yarns?”

“Gosh yes. Come right in and
tell me a couple.”

‘Batty: “I can’t decide whether
to go to a palmist or a mind
reader,” i

Cat! “Better make it. the
palmist — you know you have a
palm.” — : ey

Before boarding the train in the
city the little lad had been cau-
| tioned :by:his mother ‘that if the
‘conductor asked his age he was
to say he was five years old.

Fri. - Sat. 3 My, 1 - 2!Mon. - Tues.
Yvonne DeCarlo." : Rock Hudson jy ‘Lewis Jordan
“SCARLET: ANGEL” |)’
Color by. Technicolor, “~
Shows at'7 and 9

“BIRD OF PARADISE”
Color by. Technicolor.
Shows at, 7and 9

* The aid
, May 18 +.19] age and ae fellow replied that
Debora 'Paget | |

Mon. - Tues.

May 4-
Tony Curtis » Piper Laurie
“ SON OF ALI BABA ” *
Color by Technicolor
. Shows at 7 and 9

Wed. - Thurs. May 6,7
Charles Boyer William 'D

5| wea. -

. {Fri.

| “THE FIRST LEGION ”.”.
Shows at 7. and 9

Fri. - Sat. at May 8-9
Nora Swinburne: Arthur Shields
“ THE RIVER ”

Color by Technicolor _
Shows. at 7 and'9°'"

Mon.-Tues.-Wed. May 11-12-13
Charlie:Chaplin | re
“LIMELIGHT” | *

Shows at 7 and 9

Thurs.-Fri.-Sat, May 14-15-16
Gary Cooper ‘Thomas. Mitchell
“HIGH NOON”
Shows at. Jand, 9:

Thurs. “May 20 - 21
Barry Nelson Lynn Ainley
“THE MAN WITH MY FACE"

. Shows at 7and 9°

~ Sat. May 22 - 23
Two. Top - Hits :
“APACHE WAR SMOKE:
> :)Plus;”

eS (TREASURE OF LOST ‘CANYON’

Shows ‘at 6:30 and 9 p.m,

Mon. - ‘Tues. _ May 25 - 26
Jane ‘Russell Victor Mature
“THE LAS. VAGAS STORY"

; Shows at 7 and 9 p.m,

Wed, - Thurs. May 27 - 28
“FOUR DAYS LEAVE* *:
Shows at 7 and 9 p.m.

id ask him-his

he was five years old;
. “You're a: big boy for siive
the

duled for the next meeting at the

Delecious refreshments served
by Mrs, Buckna were enjoyed by. L¢
the meeting at the close of busi-
ness,

(Continued from Page 1)
géneral object is to minimize the «
effects of enemy action.”
‘Even apart from the war aspect q
civil defence has an important
role in the growing number of (
peace time disasters, floods, fires, 2
mass wrecks etc.

He described the organization (
.of civil defence from the’ federal
cabinet at the top right down to (
the coordinators in’each province
and the officers in each’ target
area of which there.are three in}
the. province, Vancouver, Vic- ‘
toria and Trail. ukse|
Civil defence, he said, requi:

)
homé.of Mr: and Mrs. Guy Giudo, y :

ti
CIVIL DEFENCE : =

4

- IMMEDIATE.
-SALE
‘LARGE HOME

‘On the. Highway in'Kinnaird
-;On-Acre of Ground. -

$8, 000 CASH

: Small Home on Tee Lot
ULLY MODERN :
_ $3500.00 pown 2 “BALANCE ise RENT

ee a
ethan atti alin el ll al

years,” said
{soon will you' be six?”

Replied the youngtser: Just as
soon as I get off this train!”

‘ A dignified old clergyman own-
ned a parrot of whom he was ex-
ceedingly fond, but the bird had
picked, up an appalling vocabul-
ary of cuss, words from a previous
owner and, after a series of em-
barrassing episodes, the clergy-
man decided’ he ‘would have to
part with it..A lady in his parish
suggested a last ditch remedy. “1
have a female parrot,” she said,
“who is an‘absolute saint, She sits
‘autetly on-her porch from morn-
ing till night she does nothing but
‘ray. Why not. bring’ your’ par-
rot: over. and see. if‘; my bird’s
ood: influence doesn't; reform

“The clergyman. anid it. was
worth a\try’and ‘the:next night
‘arrived. with’ his Pet « tucked
under His arm. The bird took one
look at’’the lady ’.parrot and
d, “Hi toots. How about

Fri. - Sate May - 29 - 30

“THE BLAZING FOREST ”
Plus

Walt Disney’s ' F

a little loving?”

“Come to mamma,” cried the
lady parrot, gleefully.”“What do
you think I've been praying for
all these years?”

“NATURES HALF ACRE? :
: »; Shows: at 7.and 9:p.m.

; Canada’s population should ad-

vance beyond the: 15, 1000) 000 mark
this’ year,

and

tion as: well as some training by

everyone. “We know from exper-
ience that Civil Defence played a
very large part in the Battle of
Britain. Through the far sighted-
ness. of. the authorities and the
willingness of the people of. Bri-
tain to train in ,Civil, Defence
death. and destruction’ was mini-
mized and the enemy. perhaps
prevented from landing on Eng-
land’s shores.”

‘In Britain, civil defence began
in 1935 and in Germany in 1930.
Similar methods were used in
both countries except that in the
latter, the training was compul-
sory, in Britain, it- was volun-

Canada wants.to keep civil de-
fence on a voluntary, basis too, he -
said, since “individual participa-
tion is the key to success.” «

“In the table of precedence for
Canada, the Prime Minister ranks
immediately following the Gover-
nor- General officer administer-
ing the government.

Last year Canada was exceeded
in gold production only. by South
Africa and Russia,

The oldest operating Pulp and
Paper mill in B.C. is loc&ted at
Port Mellon. It commenced pro-
duction in 1910.

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CASTLEGAR, B.C. “PHONE 2251