- Published Every Ne Voi E dey Lhurs day at “The Crossroads, oft he, HEU MLS, Vol. 5 5, _ No. 50 “CASTILE GAR, TH Keetenays TESTE Castlegar Voters Will Choose Three: For Village Commission Castlegar voters go to the polls|~ today to elect three of five com- missioners to represent them dur- ing the coming year. The terms of N..T. Oglow, chairman; Bert Cherrington and J. A .Williams expire as of Dec- ember 30th. next. Messrs. Cher- rington and Williams are runn#ig for re-election and there are four other candidates for the voters to choose from. They are W. H. Reed, Dave Campbell, Roy Tip-* ping and Gerry Wanless. Public Meeting Castlegar residents gained an idea of what they could expect from each of the six candidates, at a public meeting, Monday night in the Coronation Hall. Four of the six candidates. for the three posts that expire this year, were present at the meet- ing and expressed their views on village affairs. Johnny Williams, running for reelection to the board after serving as parks and cemetery commissioner during 1951 and waterworks commissioner in 1952, said he could see the day when Castlegar will be much larger than it is today and when, Brilliant, and perhaps a small part of the Arrow Lakes region, will be its suburbs. He said he would press for park facilities beside the water includ- ing the purchase of Zuckerberg’s Island for park purposes; exten- sion of the waterworks and street lighting systems; more sidewalks, especially along Maple Street; recreational and children’s play- ground facilities including a skat- ing rink and community centre; a modern fire hall and village office; and support for a district hospital-in Castlegar. Mr. Williams was elected to the commission in December, 1950 as one of eight candidates for the three posts expiring that year. Of the 314 voters casting bal?ots, 208 swept him into office. “I have no promises to make,” Bert Cherrington, second candi- date for reelection declared. “That does not mean I will shirk any responsibility that may be entrusted to me.” He said that he would like to see the improvement of the vil- lage’s sanitation facilities, a dif- Continued on Page 5 Local Teachers. At Council Meeting In Nelson Saturday R. Cail, H. Bate and Miss E. McKinnon were Castlegar dele gates to’ the West’ Kootenay and 13. Boundary Teachers District Coun- cil held in, Nelson last Saturday and were ‘among ‘thirty others from all parts of the district who heard an address by the guest speaker, Dr. Chapman, head of the Canadian Legion Correspond- ence Schools and United Nations representative from Canada. Chapman described the summer schools for grade eleven students which are .being plan- ned beginning next August, for the purpose of acfaainting~ the Out Of Six . Teacher Shortage Concerns CDTA Meet - The Grade Four class of Cas- tlegar number one Elementary school, attended high school for. a little while’ Monday evening and entertained the monthly din- nér meeting of the Castlegar and District Teachers’ Association. Led by their! music teacher, Miss Muriel Stewart, the chil- dren were warmly applauded fqr their fresh and sincere rendition Ja of several Christmas carols and two rounds. In the business meeting which followed, Mrs. R. Cail reported on_ the School | Board- Teacher) Fall party, announcing that it was highly- successful: A letter of thanks is to be sent to all the teachers wives who organized the! event this year. le Miss E, MéKinnon reported on the District Council meeting held in Nelson and R. Cail presented his salary committee report. There is a definite shortage 0: teachers, he declared, a chestace which will probably become acute because of competition with industry. The shortage of elementary! school teachers is grave even now, he pointed out. There are sufficient future teachers enrol- led at Normal School now, to fill the needs of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, only. Rght now, there are more pre- school children in Vancouver than in all grades from one to; twelve inclusive. He remarked that this district is“tortufiate"in havirig coriscient- ious and well: trained. teachers ‘and one of the:best. and most ‘forward, looking school boards in the province. The excellent relations existing between board, teachers and the community, he declared, is an in- dication of the interest felt in the importance of education in this district. . Mrs. G. Leitner vol ered to Canhdian Chemical & Cellulose jHold Variety Concert BRITISH COLUMBIA, a ee Montrea! Man Named Viee President Of ~ Gai. nomena sMONTREAL; Quebec: —' Réb-| - inson Ord of St: Louis, Mo., has\ been named Vice-President | of Company Ltd., and Vice-Presi- flent :and- General Manager of, Canadian Chemical “ Company, Ltd., day by Maxwell W. Mackenzie, Executive Vice- Pesident of the two companiés;. * Ord,. who will take over his new duties January’ 1; and who will "make _ his headquarters ia Montreal, has been. since 1945 General Manager of Sales for the Organic Chemica]s Division ‘of Monsanto Chemical Company. From 1930 to 1938, he was in charge of Monsanto’s Export De- partment, A native of Sunderland, Eng- ind, Ord is a graduate of Oxford University. He is the father of four sons, the eldest being a, sophomore in Chemical Engin- eering at Cornell University. Canadian Chemical Company,| Ltd. is currently building a $63, 000,000 plant at Edmonton, Al- berta, for. the production’ of chemicals from liquified perol- eum gases, and of cellulose ace- tate textile yarns and fibres. It is affiliated with Celanese Cor- j poration, of America. ‘Kinn. Little Theatre The Kinnaird Little «Theatre staged their first public appear- ance in the form of a well-receiv- ed variety’concert in the Commu- nity Hall, December 3. The evening opened with a dancing display by members of Mrs. Andreachuk’s dancing class, each one the proud owner of medals | received the previous Saturday at the Highland Danc=| Contest, _ Castlegai ‘An. accordion. solo by Miss L. Lauder proved very popular while the Killough sisters from Castlegar won enthusiastic ap- plause with their duets. On the vocal side, Wallie Wal- per gave his usual fine rendition of a popular Irish Ballad and the Castlegar Male Quartette, con- sisting of R. Graham, W. Pinc- kney, oO. Aasland and A. Harvey, undertake the organization of a news letter for teachers in iso- lated areas and a committee was organized to study the matter of scholarships for students desir- ing to undertake teacher training. It. was felt that since the popu- lation of this district is increas- ing so rapidly such scholarships would be an encouragement to students to supply the equally growing need. of teachers. The next meeting of the Asso- ciation is scheduled for January Gglow To Officiate At Opening Of Skyline Auto Service Grand opening ceremonies of the Skyline Auto Service Station, latest addition to the growing circle of Castlegar businesses, will be observed on the premises, acréss~ Col from students with the i al and humanitariari aspects of the U.N. and Canadas obligations ‘and contributions to it. The schools would be held across Canada with: classes in the Universities of each province. He hoped that ‘at least one’ student from each _high,school would. he able to attend. He suggested that the cost of sending students to these classes could. be borne by service ‘clubs or ‘similar ‘ organ- izations in,each community. The all- “day meeting also heard an announcement that in future, the B.C. Forest Service headquar- ters at the south end’ of town Saturday morning. ‘N,- Te Oglow, village commissi will officiate. Advertised: as the “Most‘miod- ern service station-in,,the Koote- nays” it will officially open for business ‘at -10-a.m:~: Valued, at $35,000, the station measuring 30 ft: by 45 ft. has beén constructed. and is, .qumed a pair of:selections. Entertainment concluded with a one-act play entitled “The Bath- room Door” by Gertrude Jen- nings, produced by permission of Samuel French. The cast includ- ed Gwen Sommerfield, George Clark, Gladys Collinson, Jinnie Walper and Bill Collinson. George Donaldson was director and the Pprompter was Erna Donaldson. At the conclusion of the pro- gram, the members of the Trail Little Theatre, the Robson’ Ama- teur Dramatic Society and the Kinnaird Improvement Society, were guests of the Kinnaird Little Theatre for Coffee and re- freshments, 1ODE Members Enjoy . Pot Luck Supper The Yuletide theme was domi- nant Monday evening in the Twin Rivers Hall where 22 offi- cers and members of the Lillian Killough Chapter, I.0.D.E. enjoy- ed a delicious Pot Luck Supper. The tables were gaily embelish- ed with bouquets of large yellow and bronze chrysanthemums, flanked by tall red taper: while| gilt Christmas place* ed each plate. On the platform stodd a° bright- ly bespangled Chirstmas tree, Following the supper, the mem- bers sang Christmas Car-/3, acs; by. Mrs. ‘Cliff Wan-|s har by A. Cal- gary. t ; Les.. Ternant,. . “former, Winni- | Beg auto i iS fi all teachers new to the pr would undergo an induction cere- mony, Tt was felt, this would ‘give them a higher sense of profes- sional awareness and prestige and the move was heartily endorsed. There was considerable discus- sion’ also of pr 1 and: sal- fin the construction and will be ‘a ‘full time employee of Mr. Den- neus. - Construction began last June. Of cement block (construction with attractive “stucco” exterior and plaster interior, -the one floor ary problems with much concern being expressed over the grow- ing teachers shortage. The convention committee ré- Port was presented by R. Cail‘and the files were then ‘turned over to D. Jain, the it delegate, in whose district next year’s convention is to be held. H. Johnson presided with W. F. Shwarok as-secretary-treasurer. has. an office with large ‘plate glass Windodws on two sides atthe. west end and a commo- dious 250 ft. driveway in front. The new business ‘will.offer a, ‘complete auto ‘repair. and- Jubri-. cation service, with a full line of B.A.\ oil products.. Future’ plans include the extension of the re- pair shop and possible, construct- jon of a number of auto cabins. ‘she ‘and her husband had made less. at, the piano. Mrs. A. T. Hors:} i will gave an. interesting resume, of the trip to Eastern Canada,|’ this Fall and then Mrs. Cliff-Wan- less entertained with a piano solo. Mrs. James Dean ,in Egvtian costume, substituted for Santa Claus . during the’ exchange ‘of Christmas. gifts which followed sion ensued, ducing which a new .member, Mrs. Dunn, was receiv~ ed into, the Chapter, . A. “stuffed chicken,” ‘donated by Mrs, Jack. Scott, was raffled and won by Mrs. Wm, ton. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. James Deans,‘ Mrs. Harold Hesketh, Mrs, “Ralph West and | tinnatrd UESP AY; DECEMBER jr weeth Commiisioners di mhirg’s elections for com- ners! were” decided last Thursday when only three nomi- matfons for the three posts, were | Cominco Announces” | Ghristmas Benuses [For Emnloyees laid out different. storage space provided. excellent -yean for Health and ly and morel { ’ The'commissioners reported an' hourly rated em it was announced here to-|’ received. W. Jacobson, ti pump breakdowns soutces had . caused, and As.a result, R. J. Morice and who_ran for re- elettion, and’ the third nominee, ‘gj. -Warner, are elected com- missioners by acclamation. ie». board of commissioners were:present at a public meeting in the Community Hall last night whére the yexpressed their views on Willage affairs, and reviewed! theiachievements of the past year. The water sityation received themost attention at the meet- ing. Despite the severe trials the other the water- Welfare finance and the’fire. de- partment. The ysaid that not as much was done in regard to pub- lic. works as theywished to do; but that they would strive to ao! gard to: sidewalks at least along more in this coming year in re- the highway; gravelling and im- provement of village roads and perhaps the construction of a new fire hall. The commissioners expressed warm commendation for the vol- unteer fire department and the village’s full time maintenance foreman, Speaking of the latter, works is ending the year with a $1,000 surplus it was revealed. The purchase of the Watson and;Kuryluk water systems and: equipment involves an annual repayment instalment of $6,000 including interest. Revenue from the water works is approximately $800;per month with the only ex- penses being $125 per: month for, power and $125, per month for labour and repairs. It was recommended that < new.-pump house be, built and deep-well pumps be installed in it. Further recommendations weré that the water mains be Jim Barnes, Chairman R. J. Mor- ice declared: “He looks after the village as if it were his own pro- perty and I cant’ pay a Higher compliment to any man.” Commissioner George Layton, Health and Welfare, expressed gratitude for the cooperation the public have shown to his depart- ment but warned them they ' must provide proper covered containers for their ashes if they expect them to be removed’ by the garbage collector. A vote of thanks to the com- missioners was passed unani- mously by the meeting. St. Alban’s W.A. Herald Yuletide At Tea And Sale, Sat. Heralding the Christmas sea- son With colorful Yuletide decor- ations, St. Alban’s W.A. present- ed ‘its anyiual pre-Crhistmas tea an| ‘sale in the Parish Hall, Sat- the fae! itful noes which cehtred the tea tables, V2’ ingenious work of the decorating committee, Mrs. R. West, Mrs. R. Elliott and Mrs. H. Westwood. Past President Mrs. A. T. Hors- will opened the bazaar and ex- tended a cordial welcome to the visitors, Mrs. C. H. King and Mrs, J. Townsend presided at the tea table for the first hour and Mrs. Wade and Mrs. Batchelor for the second. The tables were super- vised by Mrs. F. A. Hostetter and serviteurs were the Misses Tan- nis, Babs and Emily Killough, Judy Elliott and Pamela Roberts. Mrs. H. Westwood, Mrs. C. Petts and Mrs. R. Elliott were in charge of the sewing table and; Mrs. B. Trussler supervised the bake table. The guessing contest was taken care of by Mrs. B. Donnan, who also shared the honor of winning the large Christmas cake with Miss B. Ball. The candy stall and fish pond were in charge of Mrs. J. F. Kil- lough and Mrs, G. Craft respect- ively. The kitchen staff consisted of Mrs. J. Kelly, Mrs. Stainton, Mrs. R. West and Mrs, W. MacCabe. aret Trussler and Mrs. F. A. Hos- wetter, provided a musical back- ground for the afternoon. Piano selections by Miss Marg-|. Local Co-Op Store Declares Dividend Elects Birectors Declaration of a 2.9 per cent dividend on member purchases for the fiscal year 1951-52 was the highlight of the annual meet- ing, of. the Castlegar Cooperative Retail Society in the St. iban’s P; eonine. re was also a discussion of how this surplus could be shared with non-member patrons. New Board members elected for the coming term were: Jack Taylor, George Koehle, Jack Smith and Jim McLuckie of Cas- tlegar and Ralph Scott, Kinnaird. A membership committee was also appointed, consisting of Alex Cumming and Jim Kelly, Castle- gar and Ken Pickering, Kinnaird. A hearty vote of thanks was ac- corded the retiring Board, Man- agement and staff for the splend- id showing of the past year. Herb Christian of Rossalnd, re- presenting tht. »_ Provincial Co-op Union and the B.C. Co- -op Whole- sale Society, gave a brief, com- prehensive explanation of the reasons for having Co-ops and the advantages of belonging to em. Two short films, dealing with co-op subjects, were also shown. Funeral Services For Mother Of Mrs. King Held: Here. Friday Mrs. “Mary Davis, 67, wife of Ernest George Davis, of Riondel, and mother. of Mrs. King and Mrs. Ken Price, Castlegar, The* e ular gathering. Plans* “were participation in Castlegar Ministers Ask Numbering Of Village Residences @cond meeting ‘of the {Castlegar Ministerial Association was held“Monday at the home of the president, Rev. C. L. John- was elected at a meet- tober which revived @émmenced - for the week. of was. laid to rest in Castlegar-Kin- naird Cemetery Friday afternoon following funeral services in St. ‘Alban’s Parish’ Hall, conducted by::A. .L MeLeod.. and W. M. Wiseman, members of the Christ- ian faith. Miss Velma Geier ‘was-‘qrganist and. pallbearers were: Dr. C. S. ‘Fowler, J.D. Smith;'C. Howe, W. Holtom, C. Johnson and -J.. Sut- cliffe. Mrs. Davis died in Kootenay Lake General Hospital. Tuesday. Born in England -in 1885, she came to Riondel with her hus- band 41 yéars ago. She and .then a. short, business. ses-)' prayer held by churches through- out ‘the world during the first week of each New Year. It is anticipated this. will be a united tfort among the various churches in Castlegar. The Association sent a letter is ‘survived by her hus- band and two daughters, a son, Henry Arthur Davis, Bay, B.C. and a brother, Henry Fox in England. Blubber Another son, Leonard. William Davis, Castlegar, died last March. to. ‘the Village_ re- cently, urging thal the work of installing “street. signs be .com- pleted and the numbering of Cas- flegar houses be speedily institi- ‘The ‘Association is undertaking the. project ‘of a sign listing the various: village churches and. the merly of C: has been transferred to Trail De- CONSTABLE RITCHIE , MOVED TO TRAIL Constable’ K. J. Ritchie, for- D Pay offices of the Consolidated Mining, and Smelting Company will’ begin the issuing of Christ: mas_ bonus cheques for the ployees, tomor- row. Oyer 6,000 eraslovecs ing some 500 from C j Kinnaird and Robson, will ceive bonuses. Nearly half a mil- lion dollars will be dist A bonus of $75 will be eligible employees who work before January 15, 19. continued with the compan November 30, 1952. Those who entered the™ company’s emp after January 16 and before Juiy 16 and were still on the pavroll November 30, will receive $37.50. The announcement of the bonuses was made Tuesday at Trail. [ODE Conser! Features Beauties, Music, Fun, Drama And Laughter If there was any type of enter- tainment not included in the Var- iety Concert in the Stanley Hum- phries Auditorium last Friday. enjoyed by some 300 district resi- dents, it was not the fault of the I1L.0.DE., Lillian Killough Chap- ter, who sponsored the show. Well substantiating its name, the variety program presented a sparkling array of first class tal- ent, ranging from the superb orchestral stylings of the Cana- dian Legion Band under the dir- ection of Gus Leitner. to a dis- play of stunning pulchritude in the form of a bathing-beauty parade. The program, capably ceed by Mrs. A. ‘fT. Horswill, fan with selections by the band, who’ also filled in duirng the in- sions. Their numbers, some itzes, some sprightiy sted‘ a. trumpet solo, by G.° Leitner ane a trombone solo by R.:Graham. An unscheduled feature which brought smiles of appreciation to the audience, was the perform- ance of Gus Leitners young son, Davie, who, as a member of the audience, followed and imitated the conducting motions of his band-master “papa” while the lat- : ter was leading the band through their selections. 4 A man who gained fame on the vaudeville stage in Canada and the U.S.A. Wally Walper, now a Kinnaird resident, proved he has lost none of his engaging _ stage personality, charm and ex- ° cellent vocal talent in four solos, rendered with emotion and ex- - pressive gestures to the accom- paniment of Mrs. Walper at the piano. Mr. Walper sang first, a pair of colorful Irish ditties and came back in darky-guise for a repeat performance with a couple of negro songs. Pleasing vocal harmony was * the contribution of the Castlegar Male Quartette, consisting of O. Aasland, W. Pinckney, R. Gra- ham and A, Harvey. Their four part arrangements of*.two well- Continued from Page 4° Eleven Shopping Days: Till Christmas. _ The Yule tide is xrow only eleven shopping days away. To accommodate’ Castlegar svenperss village ‘stores are open tachment RCMP. His post in Cas- tlegar has’ been taken by -Con- stable R. P. Gilchrist, formerly. of Mrs. SER Scott. hours of: their: services. if Trail. Detachment: till p.m. from new till Christmas. They will also remain open till 9 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23 and till; 6. p.m. on, Wednesday, Décember 24.