4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Aug. 24, 1967 Ambulance Service Looks Very Attractive EDITORIAL ectoral area Electoral areas I and J will vote on ly On .a prop Pp with regional-district ambulance service— vehicle is chi a service to which the municipal councils Of this of Castl and Kinnaird have already cent will be committed their communities. Voters in these two electoral areas, being as realistic as other West K would be 22.48 per cent — $8,228 or $2,- them 711, depending upon which ambulance mercial concerns, leaving at most $645 to be paid by the local taxpayers. aval I, Mr. Bodard said its share josen, amount, no less than 80 per paid by industrial and com- citizens and also just as conscious of rising costs ie all areas of living, will begin ue ing—if they have not already begun—what such a service will cost. af The answer to such a: question will be-demanded in facts and“figures, not in generalizations or in vague stands for. or against the proposal. Figures recently released by CKRD secretary-treasurer Gene Bodard are en- couraging indeed for tesidents of the two areas. et Summarizing the costs of an ambu- lance for the entire area which is -to be covered if the bylaw passes, Mr. Bodard said that the total cost would be $16,360 with a basic but adequate ambulance and its equipment, or $17,660 for an ambulance vehicle of a better type, but with little or no improvement in the service which it provides. Discussing costs of operation to el- sen. | or reject an tion: | any price. But this your parerits per year? even more optimistic, with 90 per cent of its total 52.46 per cent contribution being} paid by industrial concerns. t Residents in area J will have to foot.a bill of either $634.80 or $755.90, again depending on which vehicle is cho- When considering whiether to accept need service, people must answer the ques- What is 4 lifé worth? ibulancé service for the. area — peace of mind — is a very good deal, at In a day and age when there are so many -small costs to be paid, there is a danger of the payer being the “two-bit bills” and $2 tabs. the lives of your wife, your children, area J, the situation is ambulance or other disaster- hoked by If your home is to be your castle, know, how to choose the right one, Anyone can make a mistake when, buylng a house, but the trick 1s to'be sure the error is small. Careful studies have been made on : z ;, Can you afford it? ‘You'll probably have to keep up tion- ly mortgage payments’ but thane should not be eee, lere's an easy way to re ou approxititately what amount you attord without | straliing if, after you move into your house you're shivering in the winter and broiling in thé stim- mer. Insist on Betting ‘the best heating and cboling system for comfortable living. You should know all: the facts before you choose, which: one is 8 | best dor-you. If your choice is your your come tax front your annual sal- ary and divide what's left by 52. This figure is your approxi- mate net. weekly income. Your monthly payment — including a on the is one that make sense. Are or youtself. worth about $5 VICTORIA REPORT Victoria Has Some Free Tourist Sights I have been would be A malding an unt I coiild find no more than 15 the Bue oa women in pants, but whether by lady tourists.| they were Americans or Canad- One of many|ians I could not tell. { find it Canadian myths] quite impossible to tell Cana- is that the awful] dians and Americans apart. looking women However, -I stand around , in pants and hair| watching the cars. I pretty well 2B curlers are all] know now that when a car with Americans, a Canadian license parks, the My survey tells me it’s the} Women inside will step out at- other way around — that most| tired in some kind of pants, no of them are Canadians, matter their age or their figures. One day I gawked at 1,409{1 find that the women stepping people trooping ashore from the|°Ut of most Amer -license Seattle steamer. Most of these |C@r8.are in suits or dresses. 3 T realize that for saying this I am liable to be torn apart by those perpetuators of the Can- adian myth that American wo- men look terrible, talk loud, and are always Kinnaird’s Bear Problem Solved : when they go. travelling. The bear problem is out of ve By James K. Nesbitt ani mortgage, taxes and fire and hazard’ insurance—should not exceed this net weekly income. :electri¢: heat, ple, gas ‘is much less expensive’ than © electric ' heat. Electric heat will also require ve ‘additional unlike; gas systems, Gas heating takes to cool- ing adaption quite easily because the ducts used to conduct the heat can ‘also be .used for air Hi-Lite Restaurant “SPECIALIZING IN CHINESE FOOD” Phone 365-6741 for Take-Out Orders Open 6.a.m. to 12 Midnight Daily Open 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays Alr Conditioned for Cool Comfort BANQUET FACILITIES FOR SMALL GROUPS’ Pacific Water Wells Ltd. Drilling Contrectors for. Fast Efficient Complete Service in Industrial & Domestic Water Supplies Box 329 — Castlegar, B.C. Phone 865-6983 i Pick the. proper I i Once you've gotten your financ- es straightened, choosing the proper location is the next im- portant step. e lectric heating, however, .which uses baseboard or ceiling coils as its means of conductivity, can not ed over to an air con- system. haps there are too many hotels, motels and restaurants, all seek- ing to wax fat overnight on the tourist traffic, |. More people do seem to be travelling by trailer and doing their own cooking. Perhaps this is because restaurant meais us- ually go up in summer, in order that the tourists may be nicked. Tourists don’t like this, Neither do local residents. In winter J get the same lunch for 15 cents Jess than in the good old sum- mer time. I don’t know how some restaurant owners have the colossal gall to operate this way. Victoria is an expensive town for tourists, there” being Ask yol thes about thé area: Is it near. shops and schodls, churches, fire and police. departments, and. ‘health services? Is it close to your friends and near your job? Are there good roads nearby and is the location close to various forms of public transportation? «Yet, don't forget, heavy traf- fic close at hand can be a lia- bility for undisturbed sleep at night or-if you have children. One of the best ways to find out about your potential neighbor- hood is to talk to some of the neighbours and find out what they think of the area — wheth- er it's safe, well-kept and quict. a Is the space adequate and lannede 4 How will the house be fin- anced? Once you've found your dream house, you'll first have to make a cash downpayment plus take out a mortgage loan of the amount ‘borrowed plus ‘interest to be repaid monthly. You'll al- so have. several one-time costs to pay in cash. These will in- clude a title search, title insur- ance, recording taxes and legal fees, not to mention moving ex- ‘penses and possible repairs you may have to make to an old house, But all these expenses will be worthwhile if you've followed the rules and chosen a comfort- able, more adequate house. Re- our ‘or current functional needs should include space for eating, cook- to choose your castle with care, because you'll pro- bably be living in it for a lon, ne many places that gather in those lovely American dollars, How- ever, there’s a great’ deal for free —. the : Legislative, Build- Bastion and. Centennial squares, the fountains and courts in L are, Beacon How about Ing. your own survey along these lines — ;,, fyou'll find it fascinating an: ROMp | surprising. ; ee woe oe ‘d area last Friday Some restaurants and mo! morning by a police officer. ing b a] Which is attracting 250 tourists in Ke Squi Hill Park, Craigdarroch Castle, a five-day weel eas » Vietéria;* really doesn’t* do too badly by its tourists. els here are ‘ Age of the bruin was not|they say the tourist season this determined, but reports said it|year is not up to par. You'd welghed “several . hundred |never, know by. the hordes of pounds.” people and fhe seams ote cars It Dro : an ie queties af ie lous police officer at 8 am” *|forry wharves, Victoria is tarob- No injuries’ were reported |bing with tourists. E to the police officer in the hunt. Trouble is, I think, that per- Castlegar Briefs Dr. Nick Schmitt. advised that all ‘flooded® homes .in the Castlegar area ‘have ‘been —in- spected and. approved. for re- occupation. Dr. Schmitt’s clearance was Revolvers And Pistols SMITH AND WESSEN . BROWNING AND RUGER LEUPOLD — REDFIELD — WEAVERER FULL STOCK OF RE-LOADING SUPPLIES SCOPES INSTALLED BY PROFESSIONAL GUNSMITH a Norms Sport Shop 300 Baker St.. NELSON, B.C. Ph. 352-2015 Open Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. in a letter read at a recent council meeting. ck eet Granting of a business licence to Telecolor Services. was with-held; pending further inves- tigation and possible require- ment of a performance bond. Castlegar town council made the decision to delay the application, after learning that the business would be involved in. door-to-door selilng. The ess address was given as General Delivery, Cas- tlegar. e* & © we A further meeting will take place Aug. 29, between Castle- gar council and the board of School District No. 9, Mayor R. C. Maddocks said recently that a meeting held last week to explore possibilities of a land transfer between the two. entities was most, successful. He said he felt certain fur- ther progress would take place at the later meeting. WATER HEATER can BE INSTALLED ANYPLACE— . ANYWHERE IN THE HOME... s « » Without veriti—flues—-or 2 hot weter pipe that wastes Install your Flectric Water Heater spear the point of greatest use for and economy — P -—Kitchen—-Utility Room. P IG TO TEND—NOTHING 'ST—CONVENIENT, ANN ECONOMICAL. an ELECTRIC F lanoloas ing, bathing, ““Dear Sirs: Premier of British Colum SPECIAL NOTICE WIN A FILTER QUEEN HOME CLEANING UNI FREE! After every 15 FILTER QUEENS sold the 16th FILTER QUEEN is a FREE BONUS to be WON in'a draw by one of the first group of 15 FILTER QUEEN users. A FREE home demonstration is walting for you, and YOU decide whether you would like to own a FILTER QUEEN HOME SANITATION SYSTEM or not. HOME CLEANING APPLIANCES BOX 57 — SLOCAN PARK — PH. 359-7295 2-33 long time. i gover parts. HEAT WATER BETTER caeraae = L/ectrically and ‘wealthy province should h ;..behalf-of the government of | any government would deliberately standards for groups of its people onl: for app ig such an able man as Mr. Justice Craig Mi i to act as a Mediator in th “ hiciber cone ployers in the interior of the province. e dispute between our Union and the lumber em-' ~ FAIR PLAY, MR. BENNETT... run © T Ne eco The following is the text of a letter addressed to Hon.-W. A. C. Bennett, bia, by IWA Regional. President Jack Moore, | “First, on behalf of our organization, I should like:to thank your «2... “Efowever, just prior to your announcement of this appointment oni of your Ministers, without hearing any of the facts possessed by our Reseatch Department ‘on the state of the industry, that woodworkers doing the same work ‘in be paid as much as those working in ano : _ “The section of the province this Minister was referring to (the Interior) also happens’ to have a higher cost of living than the coastal ee and his ot ‘vocacy of maintaining lower wages in an area with a higher. cost of living simply means that he is advocating that people in one part of this bountiful ave lower standards than people living in other publicly sided with the employers: one part of the province could not ther section of the prévitice. “I am certain that the Honourable Mr. Williston was speaking for himself and on behalf of those of his constituents who control: the farest area in northern British Columbia rather than. making a policy statement on this province, for it is inconceivable to me that adopt a policy denying proper living ly because of the location of their homes. “On. behalf of the IWA we would request that your govern- ment.ensure that no further ‘inflammatory outbursts are made by. any Minister of the Crown until after Mr. Justice Munroe has been able to ascertain the facts from all the evidence he will be presented ‘by both ‘sides to the dispie. ; : os : , : “For. Ministers of the Cro _ either the union or inanag ‘hearings to be held by a M wn to publicly put. themselves ‘on the side of ement in. any kind of dispute. before or during”. - ediator might leave the inference in the-minds ‘of | ;Some that political Pressure was béing exerted'‘on ‘an impartial ‘umpite in a’: “dispute — a situation which is eminently unfair tothe man who-has taken / on the Onerous task of mediating'a dispute — and extremely unfair to the | party against whom such a Minister may have spoken.” : LET THE FACTS SPEAK! Yours respectfully, t AX coe President. Castlegar Public. Library Needs Financial Support Dear Sir: May I, through your. col- Confederation Centennial project the Public library? ’ Under construction. at pre- completed by October 31 with commemorative: project. It is intended to lst all con- |# umns, appeal for greater finan-|tributors \ to. thé © pi clal support for the Castlegar | specially All donations are eligible |# sent, the building is expected to! for income tax deduction. Contributions should be for- be the official opening ceremony to warded to the Castlegar Confed- be held November 4: residents: of our. comm cluding Deer Park and Blueberry Creek will be especially proud of ‘the project that .we have selected for them to commem- orate the centenary of Canadian an of thanksgiving as Canadians, The contract price for the building was $20,150 compared with our original target: figure of $17,160. which’ represented one mile of quarters. ‘The com- D mittee felt that the:addition of a basement would: prove an as- .|I: noticed one of: my neighbors set to the building and this ex: tad been seen in the vicinity of |f Kini , plains the increased cost, The total’ funds’ ralsed amount to.$14,500 including the Original Dwellers Wam Trespassers Of Bear Country ear Sir, : Perusing the Castlegar News, stify this sighting, I eration Centennial Committee, |§ We are confident thet the Box 493; Castlegar... , To ju a magnificent additional contri-/feel it only fair to inform ‘you lroraLty DESTROYED by fire bution of $1,000’ to’ their previ- people that it is extremely hot Saturday! was a house fo at bat ous gift of $3,500 by Celgar Ltd, this week. There is, therefore, a remaining deficit of $5,600 to be|Of a: summer, our berries have raised which we ‘feel: is well within our capabilities. ¢ We record with pleasure and gratitude the unparalleled ex- ample of 40 Portugese families living in Castlegar who collect- ed $367 as-contribution to this MARX AUTO BODY & PAINT SERVICE Towing — Body Work Painting — Welding Insurance Claims Handled Promptly Ph. 365-3037 top of the mountainside and as a result of this furnace dried out! and streams are run- ning low. " Slocan City.’ The CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Aug. 24, 1967 Funeral Services For. Gastlegar Man Held In Grasmere Funeral services were held last Saturday from the Grasmere Community Hall for James Mac- ae we stock a full selection of SAVAGE SHOES for children Maddocks Shoe Store : Donald, 69, a of Castle-| gar who dled nly “Aug. 17 in the Castlegar and District B| Hospital. i Rev. C. H. Schulberg of Fernile United Church officlated. Mr. MacDonald was born at Fernie July 7, 1908. He was also mj married there. He resided in the 4| Fernie and Grasmere area:until 1956 when.he moved to Cran- brook, He came to Castlegar in 1964 and at the time of his death #| was employed with Foundation Dravo. Mr. MacDonald was active in sports, playing a great deal of @| baseball in his early years. He: was a charter. member of the Cranbrook Elk’s Lodge No, 443. } Mr. MacDonald is ‘survived ‘Mrs. S: Muto in|) - : by. Castlegar by his wife, Katherine; two sons, in an early-morning blaze | last occupied b; News publisher. L. V. Campbell,’ former home. Cause of the blaze x ‘rese! Jim of Cranbrook and Peter of twas not determined." | Nelaon; tres daughters, Mrs, M. ¥ ean) fotioc! ‘erme, . L, = Castlegar News Photo! (atta) Guzzi of' Castlegar and Due to you stupid humans who smoke dried ‘leaves, which to our view should be eaten, some of our land is burned to a cinder, ‘Do not be surprised, there- fore, if you: see a few. more of us. We would like to draw the attention of your readers to the fact that’ this was our country originally, the Indians came next and you came Iast. Yours, ; BERNARD BRUIN. The: Berry Patch, Blueberry Creek. (On behalf of residen- tial black.and brown bears West Kootenay. distri ATTENTION at 7 p.m. on Friday, - instructions. — -I€ unable to attend, 365-8058. — Student Safari Students trax lling to Expo on the spe- cial SHSS Student Safari meet at SHSS August 25 for final phone Mr. Pryce at When you need money for back-to-school expenses... © ice.‘ You get p to help you.take a ¢ needs’. . «or for any good reason. : Getting tha money you need for clothing, school supplies , of tultion ts'a.simple mattér at your GAC International rompt, personal:sérvice . .. ready idvantage of special sale prices . «. and monthly payments to fit your budget. Stop in or call. Get * acash advance from GAC International for back-to-school , LOANS UP TO $5009, GAC INTERNATIONAL FINANCE: CORP. LTD. Kinnaird ‘Sheila Bateman of Winni- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wright. Mrs. A Mew and. children, and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Horswill for the past three weeks, the. weekend and family spent the weeken at Osoyoos as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Shaw. iy Other Osoyoos visitors were Sunday,. at which stos demonstrated his ability as a yodeler. He is a member of the yodeling club of Switzerland. . 2 “The. couple left. Castlegar early this. week for the coast. After visiting there, they will travel east, stopping ‘at Expo SHSS Teacher Accapts Position In West Africa “Those faraway places” have a strong appeal to everyone, but relatively few of us actually an- swer. the call. One of those who has done! so is. Castlegar resident Henry DeRosa, a’ grade X and XI tea- cher at SHSS. Mr::DeR will be leaving ionth to accept. a in’ Malole, ~ Mr. osa biology and_history to secondary peg is a guest at the home of| back to Europe.: Gillian, Kenny and Eddy, left}summer months wrap them in for Medicine Hat last week aft-]aluminum foil: 2 - Jer visiting Mrs. Mew’'s son-in-law. ‘ is Margaret: at home.‘ r : Also surviving are.11 grand- ‘ e children; ‘two: brothers, Bob of S | Nelson and Dave of Cranbrook; Ocida Ss two ‘sisters, Mrs. Mary. Mathew- x - . son of Vancouver and Mrs, Tom, LEVERS (Jean) Brawley of Onteria ae welt ; efore going| 8 several other relatives in Gras- and other, points before going mere valley. : :Did you know? — To avoid Interment was at Roosville stamps sticking together in these | Cemetery ‘with the © Castlegar. Funeral Home in care of arrange- MLS No. 1069 e dso ‘Lorge 2-BR Ranch Home Foot of Milestone Rd., Kinnaird 1120 Sa. Ft. ' Entry and thra hall to view living room with fireplace. Range and. washer in- cliided. Landscaped lot with fruit trees. 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