“ CASTLEGAR ‘NEWS, “Thursday, ‘Jan, 18, 1 1962 Thorp Reporis on Nitrates, Wells, Garbage, Baiipark A comprehensive report on operations of the parks Mr, Thorp's report follows: Parks and Recreation Although no sdaleional pak Given in memory of has late wife, and recre-(ject which began with tho Kins- ation and health and welfare com-jmen wading pool in 1960 was ex- mittecs of the Village of Castlegar | panded considerably, during 1961 was given by Comm. Walter Thorp ot a recent meeting of council. ‘ the good den} of attention, The pro- Under the winter works Incen- tive program the aren was fenced with a 5-ft. chain-link fence. ‘Through the generosity of Thomas Couch and his family the park re- celyed @ donation of playground equipment to the value of $1,000, the] and ‘installed by village crews, tho gift comprised swings, teeter- totters, a merry-go-round | ant a Inet edaeon there were. 104,662 | STA #eeded in the area, Landscap- ‘minor players. (under 18 years of | "8 Wil bo continued In’ 1962, age) with the slide and climber, “fa addition, two park benches were donated for the convenience of mothers attending thelr child- ren, A’ memorial plaque ‘will be erected’ in the park to commemior- ate the gift. During the late sum- mer and fall topsoll was placed and The 2 ballpark atlon of work ona d-£1 = OL West creation hall during 1962, at & very reas sonablo price further the | was Considershie time and. effort The program wos considerably |collection program, while the ws governments. The outstanding work | time and effort, eering and Sropanation of sewer enhanced by the use of winter |of the new village loader at the|bylaw. The bylaw was presented to work welfare cases with labor costs |lond fill resulted in improved cov-|the public borne entirely by the two senlor|erage and a considerable saving in}56 per cent of the votes, Since the required 60 per cent on Bept. 15 and received engin. The Bou Bougust be noted, Health and Welfare garbage truck from the of Ed Nemrava in the planning and supervision of this program should }in Castlegar is no longer a prob- ‘The sanitary land £11 garbege | umpig river in June, when the flood disposal 4 started in 1960 proved en- 2 tinely oatisfactery, is aeatlat fare aoe approached the. 1983. and sightly the land reclamation at the Geron. azo gravel pit is proving up well. The x purchase | Of | @y sevond-hend jana 421 was viewed with alarm by Garbage collection and disposal Jem, The efficient syatem now em- ployed might well be the envy of much larger was almost achieved special permis sion was obtained to re-prosent the referendum et the December elec- tion, However, During the flooaing of the Col- fand fill was completely submerged: and temporary disposal facilities were employed at the ra- vine adjacent to Juniper 8t, Although the submersion of the since ~ KINHAIRD BRIEFS — the Columbia, health departsnént assurance was received that the ad- ditional cover placed on the dis- Amateur Hockey’ Association. Fol-| Problem wes eased ‘considerably in lowing is a break-down cf the reg- 1961 by restricting’ the use of the park to juniors and the women’s ball club. A public relations policy sug- gested by council to the teams us- ing the park, whereby only certain players were detailed to retrieve balls from adjoining residential Proper rspect was shown for gardens, apparently suc- ceeded since no complaints were re. ceived by council from residents the park. In February the arena was fine 0| any presented to the village by the Projects Society. An agreement was reached whereby the village would supply a reasonable amount of la- bor under the winter works pro- 0} gram and the Projects Society would supply material for the im- -Givil Defence in British Col- umble needs: many recruits to’ work with existing civic services, See and eventual of the arena, ” ‘This resulted in the demolition of the temporary dressing rooms L. 8, McGill of Celgns will meet |Iack of ercalve currents at the alte with council at the end of the|added only negligible pollution to month regarding the Woodlend|the already heavily-polluted flood- Park sewerage treatment plant. Vil- | stream, lage voters turned down acqulsi- posal field before flooding and the The high water table due to ger. they obtain thelr water aupply from | | jand electors defeated. the money bylaw again with the affirmative vote re- duced to 48 per cent, © Since the problem of malfunc- tioning septic tanks ts still with us it is. casontial that the matter of sewers be further punted in 1662, ‘Tho schools and hospital cannot function on‘ septic tanks much Jon. During 1961 the miuch-post- Poned action on dog contro] moved oloser to completion. Joint use with Kinnaird of a dog pound at Byrin- Ba Creek is planned for eatly 1962 and similar dog licencing and pound vlan have been Pessed, by ‘the two villages, FS Wedding Invitations Thermo-engraved (Paes cia) ; tion of the plant ate bargain rate|the flood also caused some concern in December's municipal elections, | with the village water system. os ° . ° ‘Tests showed the presence of | A 4-man delegation led by Nick |mitrates in the water which could Sookachoff met with councl to dis- | have proved harmful to infants, All | ie cuss the possibility of providing }Parents with bables under aix mon- road access to an area of the vil-|ths of age were advised to obtain lage located on the east side of 7th|Water for thelr youngstera from o Avenue in the vicinity of:the Cut- |nown nitrate-free source. Rate Groceteria. ‘The village will Although frequent teats showed write the CPR asking for a lease|"0 colfform bacteria in our well on sufficlent property to provide water the WEHU took the pre- access to the land in question, caution of advising that ‘residents e 8 . boll thelr drinking water. With the recession of the. flood waters the appre ta panting #114898 were |igh nitrate content declined to etree normal and the water supply was Court of revision will ait in the |S aien Ss clenty Galt of nesith During year the coliform bac- village office on Bat., Feb, 24. Com-|tevia tests never varied from the missioners E, ©, Ackerman and Pat Perfect Os. and the of concrete flooring in that area of the build- ing defore the expiry of the 1960- 6i winter works program. Under the 1961-62 program work was started Oct. 15 and by the end of the year new dressing end change rooms for skating end hockey had been readied, together with sanitary fa- cilites. In addition, the curling view room was conalderably improved and club room facilities were built, Work was sfarted on the main en- will ait on ‘the board, smell number of homes along TRESS oth and sa 20th avenues were flooded Comm. Ron Giles suggested |in June and before being reoccupled the intake about three or four years ago. d foe ee Ser Comm. Romaine gave Gomm. Giles several pieces of lterature that Associated Engineers be con- | were disinfected wilh HTH supplied tacted regarding its views sabout|/to the householders through the extending the villege’s water intake | WEKIEU, Chloride of lime was also further out into the Columbia, A|used to disinfect the shoreline as 20-t. extension had been put on the water receded. ‘Three tankfuls of coal oil, die- se] oil and old engine oil were used during the spring to help control mosquito larvae, DDT. was not used against adult mosquitees due to the your Civil Defence officer for fur- ther information. ae deoling with water source systems | harmful effect on beneficial insec in trance and plans call for continu-land pollution, * : and small birds. NOTICE TAE 15th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE KRC COMMUNITY CHEST WILL BE HELD MON., JAN. 22 7.30 P.M. 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TILT ARBOR SAW Sale price $57.95 = LN = Eee ESA CASTLEAIRI HARDWARE - CASTLEAIRD, PLAZA ‘Marshall Wells - ee TERT Suggests Mutual Golgar-Castlegar Fire Protection recommendation that, ‘If eae an agreement be drawn up between Castleegar and Celgar foe: the - mutual . advantage: of:fire’ in, was made to a recent meeting of Castlegar council by re- tirtng fire committee chairan, V. R.| ° Cook. ‘war, Cook is now, chairman of the gublic works commttee, Certain maps, photos, etc., of the villarge and its utilities should tbe made a charge against the clvil defence department, sald Mr. Cook, |. New Year Offers a Chance To Look at Dec., 1960 Babies Babies born in December. 1960 ( great are now over one year old. They have. in, act, reiched the stage where. they, are. no longer Toft rod to in’ statistical language’ os “infante”. As (the . time .comes around when It is‘ fashionable to look back over events and the progress of people and their activities during the year, it might be of interest to take 0 look at our one rea olds, ‘Why 3 Well, for, one thing, a much proportion of them are stl, Se ae us after..that first, most difficutt year of life, than was the} cage & generation ago. for 1090, an‘average year for ite period. In British’ ‘Columbia, there was an infant deat for every nine. teen births, a little over 5 per cent in 1960, when ‘almost four times as many births ‘occurred, only one out of 42 infanta-died, a decrease to less than) 2% ‘per “cent, 5. ‘What. had. caused this remark- as should ‘ce ” Stema,end certain furntahings and + office equipment. Teo suitable light standards should be purchased “Immediately” for Pine &t,, said Mr, Cook. ‘The fire: department ‘pudget for 1902 ehould be the aame as that of last year, he anid, while the de- partment ‘asa whole is to be con. gratulated for its continuous and | St. > unfailing service to the. ‘people. > Commissioner Cook sald the de- “ig capably and le efficiently capable: to serve any area within our boundaries.” YEISH OUTNUMBEBED At the time of Confederation the Irish in Canada were second in number only to Canadians of Fren-; ch origin. Today Canadians of Irish origin rank fourth in number after Canadians of French, English and Anglican Church Takes OQver.Gamp ‘The deed to the YMCA Rose- bud Lake camp was officlally turn- ed over to the Anglican Church last night ata special meeting held in Andrews Church in ‘Trail. ‘Members of the: West Kootenay Deanery Anglican Camp Association met with: YMCA’ to rate of, our newborns? The’answer can be: summed Up in 8 few. words The physician at the sick bed now has so many more potent wea- pons at) his command, ‘and’ public health ‘services at tho Provincial and community level have success- fully carried the tight for. preven- tion to the farthest corners of the Province, ‘Take; for ‘Instance; the: records phas.been able “Any the survival |~ 4ntant deaths recorded for the past two’ years, and with pilio, the in- ‘troduction ,of Salk vaccine after ‘the large-scale outbreak of 1950 ‘Recompantied :. bya. much jeatensd incidlence of the disease. tion. ‘programme, initiated, foster- ed and organized by the provin- cial health departmeent, with the active cooperation of the famlly physicians, Starting when. baby 1s, three months .old,.mother takes him to the doctor .or; to the child health conference at the local health unit for his firat.‘shot" ~ and: how for. tunate today’s babies are compared with those of even a few years ago, Instead of separate, injections against ‘each’ diseate he’ now. re- celves ‘one that combines his pro-. tection against, diptheria, tetanus, whooping’ cough and’ pollo. Alto. gether, ho geta” three ‘combined shots ut ‘monthly, intervals, follow- dinalize the ‘transaction which has been under negotiation for the past several months, Details of price were not dis- closed. However, William Robinson, president of the Anglican Camp Committee reports, sone sum 1s nominal.” Rosebud Lake “is about two miles east of Highway number 6 end about 12 miles south of Galmo, ‘The ‘Anglican church previously maintained Camp Galilee at New Denver which was opened in 4961. and courteous service prevail. Family arrangements, no charge for children under .14, also Free cabled TV and Parking. Rates from $8.50 Commercial Cards Honored ‘The SANDS MOTOR Hotel On English Bay 4756 Davie Street, Vancouver 5, BO. Telephone MU 2-1831 ‘Telex 2350 ing at the when we compare the medical causes of the Infant deaths that occurred in those two years, 1930 and’ 1960, we are immediately struck by the way in which the two. groups of com- munticable disease mortality stand out . those reported’ under infect- ive and parasitic disease, in which deaths dropped by 98 per cent, and the gastro-enteritis group, ‘which regiatered 9 76 per cent drop. . Puttng it another way, in 1980 the infant death rate from the in- fective group of diseases was 5.3 so gteat has been the abravement that in 1969 only one out of 10,000 ‘Among, infants, the x _more dan- erous communicable diseases’ are Sipnth htheria, whooping cough’ and pallomyelitie, British. Columbia has not seen.a death from diphtheria since. 1967; whooping cough has tinued the downward trend that began several years ago, with no ed by. smallpox vaccination at' six to ‘twelve monty, =e . BYTA’S ‘OATHOLIC CHURCH muses 180 Dee. Zoung:} oF. Robeon ae and Lee a Banieg3 at Castege - series "of f Worthip. at CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST : LDS. Sundays at 10-am. in the Twin Rivers Hall Evening Sacrament Service 7.30 pm t : SNE Mel He will have 2184 pay days ~ to save for his retirement the first of many - more to ciel Sheet he he i to “io with with that money, as he goes along, is impor- do many worthw! One of the most desirable is. is to set aside ae money regularly for Your Life “Imsurance.agent can show you tshe’ll ‘be: able to take n his Pay. cheques stop. his later years, ONLY LIFE INSURANCE CAN PROTECT you THESE FIVE WAYS 1. Guaranteed retirement Income. You have an Income you can never outlive. 2, Guaranteed immediate protection, from the momentyou qualify. 3. guessing. You know ovactly the ere Ot dollars tocome.. You provide you ¢ 8, Guaranteed can guarantee funds for future expenses such aa sending childrento college. protection for the home. Your family will never Inherit an unpald mortasr. Church School st: 8.46 am. at 11. (00 am. Bible Study: Wednesday at 730 pn. Sunday, ., Morning Worship - 11 a.m. Evangelistio.- 730 px. Prayer and. Bible. Study - ‘Thurs- day at 780. p.m. Young People’s ~ Friday at 7.30 p.m, United Church — Ist and 3rd Sun- + days at 11. am: Anglican Church — 2nd and 4th Gundays at 11 am, Mattins followed by Holy Baptist Church — ANGLICAN. ‘CHURCH 3rd Sunday after Epihhany Jan, 21 St, Alban’s 830 am, Holy Eucherist CALYEY, BA BAPTIST cHURCH aird Soclety Delinquency. a 430 p.m. “The Truth About ‘Angels. a Thurs, 8 pm. Bible Study and Prayer Pastor G, Fraser BTh, call 365-6121 To net be or to net be net It is possible to make 92,626, -934,400 errors of transposition “in the phrase, “To be or not to be.” Through its ABC circulation facts, this newspaper helps you buy advertising on the basis of . known values, thereby helping : you to avoid mistakes. ‘Be sure. Ask.to see a copy of our latest AB a report. : PATRIA LCC ANCA pe leemeeent FURNITURE & HOME FURNISHINGS. STARTS THURS, JAN. 18 Customers using the Grilegar exchange may.phone toll free to EATON'S T LL with this ZENITH 7244 NO DOWN PAYMENT . USE YOUR BUDGET CHARGE ACCOUNT FREE DELIVER} ; TO CASTLEGAR - ROBSON & KINNAIRD a LAB In Appreciation of our Customers of Castlegar and District ‘| CLEANERS Minor Hockey Clinic Will be conducted for ali Boys in the Castlegar and District Minor Hockey Assn. on January 19th and 20th Starting at 4.00 p.m. on Friday & 8.30 a.m. on Saturday @ Entry forms can be obtained frora either the coaches or at the Gem Cleaners. @ Forms must be returned to Gem Cleaners not beret : than 5.30 p.m. January 16th. @ Four Professionals to coach you. @ Prizes awarded most improved players. GEM CLEANERS CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT'S own DRY, CLEANERS .