R NEWS Crossroads of the Kootenays” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1961 10 CENTS PER COPY (961: RECORD AD YEAR ~ No Treaty Ratification Until. Hearings Held in Koofenays ers “from the hot-head that would make them act matly and from the cold feet that would pre- vent them from acting ai See around the council tafe are from left te right, works supervisor Norman McNabb, Comm. George Carr, village clerk Joe Logelin, village chairman N. T. Oglow, Rev. Prat, Com Sanusieoners Aage Sylvest, V. R. Cook and r Tho New Committees Named Jn on anicipaud move Twaiay Castle's munlcpal comm ‘night, village chairman N. Cook leaves pub- Changed the makeup of mort of|o works to head, te, lige and ctv detect. He remains na the vilages repreerciaive on tae ne a ige s¥ax ales " High Dam, Reads, . Schools, Sawmill As 1961 gets underway the Castlegar District can look forward to the brightest future. of perhaps any section of British Columbia, And ‘this cheerful outlook follows hard on the heels of the Ereaest history of ' ee year of expansion in the Everywhere one looks one can see the den 2 of progress and when the future is looked to, describ- ing the signs as heartening is to be cpnservative. ‘The year just passed—1960—saw completion of construction of Celgar’s new pulp mill and the start of production. It also saw the start on con- struction of the company’s new sawmill A new a most modern housing development iq, the interior of British Columbia. A second ferry was put into operation ies “ a cost of $200,000 last year and the road to pulp mill and the one to Syringa Crgek were re both The Castlegar District also stuck with the government in the 1960 provincial general elec- tion and can ‘expect to continue to reap the fruits of its just rewards. ‘The municipalities of Castlegar:and Kinnaird both contributed greatly to the gens prosperity last, year. Castlegar continued i us and dev- eloped wells. Kinnaird is now giving the local econ- omy another shot is pleted in November and created many jobs for local people. Newt business blocks bourgeoned up in Castlegar during the pest year and’ District continued at a fast He turoughout the Castlegar District during the past year. At Robson, Kinnaird, Blueberry Creek, Castlegar and in the Sherbiko sub- division, new homes sprang up. Three additions were also made to District schools to handle creased enrolments last year. At the high schoo over 800 students crowded into a school built for 700. The year 1961 should see not only a continu: tion of this great development, but an increase in Regional highways engineer D. F, Martin predicts the opening’ of the -Christina Lake high- Way to traffic in the fall of this year and already the department has started tests for the foundations for a bridge across the Columbia at Kinnaird, The pulp mill will continue to give many of our early citizens as well as our newer ones profitable employment and the District will prosper with this. In addition, start-up of the company's 75-mbf-per- “year sawmill is slated for July of this year. The new sawmill will hire a large will have a healthy pa fact, Celgar has esti- mated that when its” "rly. integrated pulp-lumber- forestry operation is ir full swing it will be respon- sible for placing $7 million a year into the local seonony. ie High Arrow dam appears to be a certainty ant the start on construction. of this $65 million project will see tremendous developments in this area for the calculated five-year construction period, As time goes on and this province's needs for further BUSY COMMISSIONERS at Kinnaird took time out st|their council meeting Tuesday night to show the commerce present Dona Water-| that will battle the village’, problems. in fil drone berg ew tox, 0 Heh in, village chairman mim. E. vw Cart g-4 oobi tuiniecare sae Hendricks and R. A. Giles. (continued on page six) sources of power soni. > can look forward to | Biome: the building of Murphy Creek dani and the ins ton’ of added generating capacity at the Brilliant The é artment of highways is steadily im- proving the entrance to Castlegar by removing the earthen banks next to the CPR right-of-way as men and machines are’ available and normal mintenanee of roads and construction of the new bridge and opening of the new highway fortell great things for the commerce and tourist industry of this District. Castlegar is planning to continue its sidewalk and blacktop program in 1961 and there is the pos- sibility of a sewage bylaw being introduced. At Kin- naird, demands on municipal government will in- crease.as the population there increases and already it has been suggested that the village will have to start a sidewalk program and get moving on its an- nounced plans for blacktopping. ‘The School trustees for the area are talking of a referendum to build additional classrooms and schools and if the people of this area should approve such plans, industrial construction will continue at last year’s rapid pace. This is especially true with predictions of more residential construction and the probable normal expansion of present businesses and the likeithood of the establishment of new ones. All in all we in the Castlegar District have a tremendous future ahead of us. Given the courage to take advantage of it and the willingness to work hard and to sacrifice where it is necessary, the year 1961 should see Castlegar continue as the industrial activity centre of this province. et eh Fan et A REE I i ii lt He lt rT ;