Page 8 CASTLE. NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Sales of appliance and radio stores were 17.9 pere cent higher in the first half of 1953 than in the similar period of 1952. A. L. Johannson Eads Service With Cominco The. D 31st of A. L Johannson as Mana- Guaranteed PRESCRIPTION SERVICE Nothing ts feft to chonce when we com- ger at Vi as_been an- nounced by the Consolidated Min- ing and Smelting Company of Canada Limited. Mr. Johannson’s as a Vice-F and Director of “the West Koote- nay Power and Light Company Limited ‘was announced recently. Born in Winnipeg Mr. Johan- nson attended the University of in 1913 with pound Double-check, system PITTS’ Rexall Drug QPEN MON. — TUES. WED. & THURS. NIGHTS Day or Night Phone 4788 ‘Assistant Solicitor, the degrees of B.A, and LL.B. Following service in the first World War and a period devoted to private iaw. practice in Van- couver, he joined Cominco's legal Department at Trail in 1933 as He . became General Solicitor in 1943. In 1949 Mr. Johannson ‘was appointed Manager at Vancouver, the post he held until his retirement Dec- ember 31. means “cradled on the waves”, | ty Island — “A CARDS FOR EVERY OGCASIGN- oe) OVELTES — " TOBACCOS — CONFECTIONERY Meet Your Friends At RIGBY’S MAGAZINES The Indian name for Prince p mainly farm machinery. This : by Sr TO HOLLAND FROM CANADA —Centrs ts from Canada totalling more than $3,000,000 have be coatsituted to Holland Flood Relief, according to the Canadian Red Cross society. In Toronto harbor the Prins Willem IM, a Dutch ship, is Joaded with nearly half a million dollars in Canadian gifts, ls the loading scene and official tictals. and Holland government of ~¥ First Baby Of 54 | Born To Biueberry Greek Gouple, Jan. f ‘FOR EVERY A JACKET @ BOMBER JACKETS @ REVERSIBLE QUILTED | © GRENVEL CLOTHS @ SATEENS @ MELTONS .@ EVERDRY @ MACKINAWS OCCASION. BUY WHERE YOUR DOLLAR BUYS DOLLAR VALUE A BI y Creek couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Kavaloff, are the parents of the first baby to be born in the New Year in the Trail District. The infant, a girl, weighing eight and a quarter pounds, ar- Announcement Drs. H. H. Smythe and H. Rueb- saat now have their office above the Castlegar Post Office. P1-1 At the time of the 1951 census it was disclosed that 208.539 Can- adians of 10 years of age or over had never been to school, rived at Trail Tadanac at 5:15 am., New Year's Day to be welcomed by a wealth of gitts from Trail district merchan She is the, first child. of the couple. s 1954 Officers For Legion And L.A, Installed Tuesday The 1954 executive of the Cas- tlegar-Robson Branch 170, Cana- dian Legion, and their Ladies Auxiliary, were installed in of-|- fice at a joint installation cere- mony in the Legion Memorial Hall, Castlegar, Tuesday evening. Mrs. A. J. Weir. was installed as president of the L.A. with Mrs. E. Dinner, First Vice President; Mrs, C. Woolls, Second Vice President; Mrs. H. Bate, secretary; Mrs, Anne MacDonald, treasurer; Doris Harmston, Sergeant-at- arms; Mrs..I Riley and Mrs, W. Offi ee eee ewewerweeeeeprewewerewwerewee eee eee eee PO GPP reed Pag gg gag nag 5 lb, fin.... Pr (2 (2) w~ BEEF POT VEAL STE LEG PORK ‘ danuary & and 9 MARGAREWE : Parkay, 2 Ih. pki. ........... 696 SWEET MILK — POTATOES Alberla Gems, por sack wees O249- A LARGE, FRESH Per dozen '...........59¢ A SMALL, FRESH Per dozen ........... 45¢ ib, ween newer eer neesaeeee Sic. Shoulder, Ib. ....--......+. 496 . SH.15 ROASTS AK ROASTS - Smith, re 3 and Mrs, J. Marken, Standard Bearer. ‘W. Houston was Installing Of- ficer assisted by A. A, Lamb as Acting Sergeant-at-Arms. Branch executive installed are: A. J. Weir, president; C. Wooils, first vice president; N. Ball, sec- ond vice president; R. Wadey, cl & sergeant-at-arms; ard H. Pitts, E, A, ‘Fitzpatrick and Mrs, Ze Smibert, executive officers. Mrs. E. M. MeGauley | Joins Teaching Staff . ‘At High School Here Mrs, E, M, McGauley of Castle- gar has joined the teaching staff at the Stanley Humphries Junior Senior High School, following he resignation of Mrs. R. Cail last month, Mrs. Cail’s English classes ave now taught by J. Henderson and Mrs. McGauley is in charge of Mr. Henderson’s former classes. FINED FOR SPEEDING THROUGH SCHOOL ZONE John. J. Popoff pleaded guilty to a charge of exceeding the speed limit through a school zone when he appeared. before Sti- pendiary Magistrate W. H. Tay- lor at Magistrate’s Court, ‘Castle- gar, Monday. He was fined $15 and $5 costs, “Bale openings”, the record of how many 5(0-pound bales of raw cotton are processed by Can- adian cotton - mills each. month, clearly show the drop in the voil- ume of business done by this important Canadian industry. In 1917 there were 606,523 Ca- nadians employed in the manu- facturing: sigdustries; in 1928 the number was’ 666,531; in 1939 it was 658,114 and in 1952 it had reached the all-time peak of 1. 273,187, ELIE’S AUTO COURT Fully Modern CABINS Reasonable Rates CASYLEGAR-TRAIL HIGHWAY A. EREMENKO & (0 Your Red & White F pod, Store VEAL CHOPS, loin, Ib. BEEF BLADE ROASTS, Blue Brand, Ib.’ STANDING RIB ROASTS, ib. .. : MINCED 'BEEF,. Ib, BEEF LIVER, Ib. BLACK COD, fresh, Ib. CANADIAN CHEESE, }b. ...... DELMAR MARGARINE, 2 Its, ... SUGAR, 5 Ib. bag CAMPEELL'S TOMATO SOUP, 2 for .... ‘LETTUCE, fresh, crisp, Ib, CRANBERRIES, 1 Ib. box + 4 HH HHH HH HH —— Our Ready To Wear Dent. es January Sale e@ LADIES’? - Coats and Dresses Reduced by One-Third OFF Regular Price. @ CHILDREN’ ) : Coats and Snowsuits Reduced by 14 OFF Regular Price @ BOYS’. ‘Wool Jackets & Parkas Romane by % OFF Regular Price REGULAR $3.00 . — ON SALE. . Enterprise Healer ~ REGULAR $45. 85 — Quebec Heater REGULAR $58.10 — ON SALE .. ON SALE .. Enierprise. Furnaceife REGULAR $91.00 — ON SALE .. CLEARANCE | : SALE Weather Stripping Window and Door (Metal with Rubber) S185 SAT.85 $7480 INSULATION @ FIBERGLAS, 2 inch, per M.....:...<.,. + $67.50 @ FIBERGLAS, 3 inch, per M....... . $92.50 @ FIBERGLAS, 4 inch, per M .......'.. + $115.00 @ ZONOLITE, loose insulation, per bag ........... $1.70. Ww WALDIE’S. ww Peake oie Published Every Thursday at’ The Crossroads of the Kootenays” Vol. 7, No. | 8 Gane ‘Per Copy IWA Members Here Elect Committeemen. Discuss Developments Some 75 members of Castlegar sub-local of Local 1-405, Interna- CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ‘THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1954 tional Woodworkers of America, s in the Carnation Hall, Tuesday evening, George Marken of Rob- son presiding, The union mem- bers who are. employees of the Celgar Development Co, Wm. Waldie and Sons Division, are on strike along with I.W.A. opera- tions of the Southern Interior. The meeting discussed the Nor- thern Interior wage settlement ‘and recent developments at Cres- ton, and were brought up to date on negotiations for a 1954 agree- ment, It was noted that Press re- ports claimed that Northern In- _ terior woodworkers did not vote on. the proposed settlement whereas actually they did so vote on Jan. 4 and | John Stoopnikoff was nomina- ted for reelection as president of the Castlegar sub-local and for second vice president of Local 1-405, Pete Kazakoff was elected Plant Chairman. Elecied to serve on various committees about the plant when work resumes, are Cecil Heagy, §S. Soukeroff, Peter W. Wanjoff, W. W. Plotnikoff, Ray McCreight, L. Belbeck, Alec Hadikin, J. Mak- aroff and George Marken. a Gelgar Officials Pay: _ Weekend Visit Here - Five officers of the Celgur Dev- elopment Company paid a rou- tine visit to Castlegar and the Arrow Lakes area during the weekend. si They were Ian A. Barclay, co- ‘Woods Manager; Charles.B. Dun- ‘After 171 days of striking, miners at Hol- linger gold mines are tearing up thelr picket ings and preparing te. go back to work, Hol- proposals to end Centro} Press Canadian Noeaie: are expected to vote soon on settlement the series of strikes which have Qntario and- i Quehee mining linger men for the 1,500 union aceaberts Other mine union _ towns. Friday Evening Store Hours Discontinued Castlegar stores will not con- ‘tinue to ‘stay open Friday. eve- nings in the New Year, it was de- cided. at a meeting of the ‘Cas- tlegar Retail Merchants. Associa- tion Thursday evening. * From Dec. 19 till Christmas, “|the stores were open from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m, but they now re- turn to the regular 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. schedule on Fridays also. The half day holiday on Wedries- day-is also: being continued. {of a $400,000 Election of Trustees, Next Step ict Petition Now. Completed; Results To: Be Known This Weekend — Complete results of ‘the petitic ofa k improvement district in the Castlegar, area, to aace consteuelion will Sy)vest, of the C Mr, A, C. and District Hospital Society, ham, Director of Forest Opera- tions; C. Y. Robson, Consultant; and D. Brooks, who is connected with plant destin. 1854 automobile Ligerice tabs and plates are now available at ‘the Castlegar Village Office. Val-. idation tabs are being issued as in 1953, for passenger cars and new plates for commercial vehi- cles such as trucks, farm tractors, trailers and. motorcycles, Fees for passenger vehicle li- cences have a ten per cent re- duction from last year. There is no ten per cent reduction on li- cence fees for any other vehicles, however. : New tabs or plates may be ob- tained at the Castlegar village of- fice on submitting | the 1954 forms, now arriving in the mail: from the of Motor 1954 “AuitoLicence Plates». And Tabs Now Available Victoria. Vehicle owners are re- minded not to tear or mutlilate any part of the new licence forms, Arrived at the village office for distribution in this area are 300 passenger vehicle tabs and 375 commercial vehicle. plates along with a‘ supply of chauffeurs’ badges, etc. - For the information of district motorists, here are the reduced | still. being tabulated | pana. prez t tee the Manager, Liability and Ad- has advised. The circulation of the petition among all district property own-| ers, has now been completed, Mr. Sylvest said, but the results are lfarea, and the powers’ of the dis- trict. It will prescribe the num- tber of trustees and the misthog of their election. - -be The smprovement District trus- -will tées, when. elected, -\ However; it is pemrerhery “that t the required majority of 70 per.cent x $105, 000 Prosteni To Voters Tomorrow Provide For: 1 Kinnaird ratepayers heard on they are being asked to app! \Kinnaird Water Bylaws To 000. Users outline of the two water bylaws attended by 150 people. - ww, at a public meeting in the Kinnaird Improvement Society Hall, Monday night, The Kinnaird Board of\Commissioners spoke on the urgent need. for the $165,000 program of waterworks expansion proposed in the two bylaws, first of which would authorize the village to borrow $40,000 for the purchase.of the Dumont water system, and second of which would authorize a loan of $65,000 for Spansion ¢ consolide: tion and renewal of the waterworks system. “These bylaws are about the mest urgent things that have ever faced ‘us since incorporation,” commented' Walter Jacobson, chairman of the Board, “If they don’t pass, it will ‘be a tragedy.” Waterworks Commissioner A. Lambert explained that the ex- panded water system proposed would provide an ample water supply for 1,000 water users, en> abjing each householder to use one sprinkler for at least 8 hours every day, There are at present some 370 water users in the village and sprinkling has been greatly cur- led because of insufficient water, NO TAX BOOST Village Clerk R. J. Morice ex- plained there--would be no. raise in water rates or taxes to finance the bylaws, sh ig that p lage’s present 40,000 gallon tank below the Kinnaird Elementary School; a new eight inch water main that would connect the ten inch main with the Dumont water sys- tem ‘and mains at the south end of the village. CAN'T WAIT FOR CELGAR - Possible contamination of the Columbia River as a source of water, by the Celgar Co. project, does not concern the commission, it was explained. « “We need more water now and we need it urgently now,” Mr. Jacobson said. "Celgar is still not a certainty. If their project comes in andpollutes our water, then‘ it is up to them to‘replace it. But we cannot wait for Celgar.” : Other asked afd their water revenue is. niore than ample. to cover the‘ expense, The village had-.374 water users in October. Mr. Morice ‘explained, from whom an annual water- works revenue of $15,708 is de- | rived. The total of water users in- creases.at a. rate of 25 — 40 every year. For every 25 water users, total annual revenue is increased by °$1,050. Waterworls expenses “n ap- 26f the bylaws would total Fieo2980 per: cyear but there | - guid.“ be_ no. answers, were: ‘Q. When : will the proposed new system‘ come into effect? A. We: will- begin working on it as soon as the bylaws are ap- proved and hope to have it i in operation this season. Q. Is the ‘price for the Dumont System. fair? A. Yes, Itwas appraised two or three years ago by a qualified _ engineer, at over $39,000. Since. then some old pipes have heer. 9. aie _yith betten ones. Wp will smate ‘make. provision | ‘for of district Have .4signed the petition. ~ 7 The petition will now be sent justment Division, Hospital In- surance Service, in Victoria, to- gether with a record of those who signed and those who didn’t sign, the name of the Returning Offi- cer for election of trustees for the’ Improvement District, the number of trustees desired and a statement of the amount of money to be = by the” dis- trict. gq eolowing this, the Provincial ment. “These laws become. ieffeo- ive when registered by the Comp- | troller of Water Rights, Dept. of Lands and Forests. The trustees may then apply to the Minister of Finance to have the Provincial Assessor collect: the required moncy by taxation. of cost for - ing a .32 bed‘ hospital, come to slightly less than $400,000, Of this, the district’s:share would be $150,- 000, which financed over a 20. year period, would require an an-. nual tax increase of about $8 for the higher assessments in the dis- fees for cars, MW last year’s fee. FEE Not. Mos 3 Comfy But A Life Saver erative * efforts and donations of ‘An Iron: Lung. might not’ seem the most’ ‘comfortable thing | to spend: all your. time in but’ ‘to 8 year, old ‘Raymond H., one of ‘Vancouver ‘Asland’s : récent polio victims, it has proven a life saver. If numerous Iron’ Lungs: had not ibeen:. -cthe ‘efforts. of the “Kinsmen’s ;B.C.; Polio, Fand, many. : Department agrees to look after vthe may issue - Letters trict and correspondingly Jess for lower assessed properties. in case be’ built. ae in 1954, This, would increase,.with thé antici= pated. annual: increase in water Qn What about the Kuryiuk tank? A. it belongs to the wee et but users, Mr, Morice FOR FIRE’ PROTECTION The ‘necessity. of a greatly in- ereased water supply for ‘com- plete fire protection was. empha- sized ‘by H. J..\Warner, Fire ond Light Commissioner, and G. I. Scott, Kinnaird Fire Chief. . “Rire protection ‘right now in Kinnaird, even with all tanks full, is at a bare minimum,” Mr. War- ner said. Mr, Scott that & has only a 13,000 allen cage cap- ‘-acity, Users‘at the North end- of the village will be supplied from the 40,000 gallon tank below the school Q- Why must both by-laws be approved for either to be ef- fective? , A. The bylaws depend on one an- other. There is no sense in i the Dumont sys- in the case of a serious bush fire, the fire department’s two pump- ers could drain the present water tanks on the Upper, Bench in ten - aes specifically describing the Pneolator Presented To|: Kinnaird At Mon. Meet A new, pneolator, among the latéstand most efficient of arti- ficial: respiration equipment, was officially presented to the Village ‘of Kinnaird by the St. John’s Ambulance Association, Kinnaird Cen- tre, at the puble forum meeting, in the: Kinnaird Improvement So- ciety Hail, Monday night. Purchased through) the coop- nine village organizations with a ‘substantial donation from ‘the’ vil- lage‘ commission also, the - port- able machine was presented by S. McKenzie, president of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, Kinnaird Centre, * ‘.The machine was then turned over to the \Kinnaird Volunteer Fire Department i in whose behalf }t was accepted by Fire Chief GQ I, Scott. « * “I have great. pleasure in-pres- enting this pnedlator tothe vil- jage of 1 ed id Mr. Mc- Kenzie; “I can only say, I hope rio ry one ever has to use it.” “In accepting .the maching ‘for the village, E. C. W._ Jacobson, chairman of the Board.of Com- missioners said: “On behalf of the village of Kinnaird, I take’ great pleasure in. accepting this inval- uable piece of. life saving equip- meht. It ‘is certainly a wonderful gesture on the part of the St.|-. John’s Ambulance Association and the organizations who done-, ted towards ‘it.”; { Fire ‘Chief Scott. said the Fire one pequize the use of the “mach- ine,, they. may. contact Village Clerk “Bert Morice at the village office. The- organizations who contri- buted towards the pneolator pur-’ chasé, whose names were read |’ out at the meeting, are: the Home Nursing’ Division, St. John’s bulance.Assoc.,. Kinnaird ‘Centre; Kinnaird Women’s Institute; Kin- naird . Firemen; Kinnaird. Little Theatre; St. John’s Civil Defence; St. John’s Ambulance Association, Kinnaird Centre; Kinnaird Cath- olic’ Club and the Presbytetian Ladies Aid, - Total “of. these contributions came to $300 and the balance of the: purchase price of $546, was paid by ‘the village. ° 1.0.D.E. Lauded For Welfare Work Here The Lillian Killough Chapter, LODE. ‘held their regular monthly meeting in. the Twin _Fropesed, in the $65,000 bylaw : as new 100,000 gallon water tank on the Upper Bench; a:new $10,000 pump house on the: Columbia River with two new 60 h.p. deep well pumps that would deliver 600 fallons | of water per minute; a’ new.ten. inch water .mai _ tem if the $65,000 program is turned down, Conversely, the $65,000 expenditure is too great if the Dumont system purchase is turned down. The meeting passed a hearty: vote of thanks to the commission- ers for their clear and factual ex- planations and to the Kinnaird Water Commission who were res- ponsible. for.much of the work. entailed in drawing up the water- works expansion proposed, Mem- _'| bers ‘of ‘the ‘Water. Commission are A. G. Eldridge, W. Carpenter from the pump house to the. vil- and A. Gray, New Buildings, Subdivisions, Responsible Assessment Tofals:Up From. "53 In Castlegar, Kinnaird over last year in th total assessment in the villages of Castlegar and Kin- naird, are noted in figures re- leased by the village offices tus week, ‘otal ‘assessment in Castlegix has increased from $1,820,033 last year to $1,951,553 this year,°an inerease of - $131,520 or about seven per cent. This includes ‘a total taxable land assessment of $309,838. and. taxable improve- ménts totalling $1,255,765, com- pared to. totals: of $304,! 538 and $1,125,605 ly, last. year., Rolary Governor Yo Visit Castlegar -The Rotary Club of Castlegar made plans for a theatre party for Rotarians and their wives in the near future at their weekly dinner meeting yesterday. It was announced that Dolph. Brown. of: Vernon, Governor of Rotary District 153, will visit the Castlegar Club on Feb..10, ‘lans were made for a. Rotary which is to be published land — in Castlegar this year totals $35; 225 compared to $34,810 last.year, and éxempt imprevemene total $350;- 725 d to , $355, 100, . last Rivers Hall, Jan; 11,- with the Regent, Mrs, V. Goresky, presiding and-19 mem- and for the village. At present Yhere are seven men in, the department} C.' who know how. to operate. the and rules for itd, use if-needed, will:be:drawn up by like Raymond, would not be alive today. e » he-said. -bers: A minute of ‘silence was observed in‘tribute to Mrs. > @ past mem )ALKARC. grant” for - ‘welfare work, was received, ‘along ‘with'a letter. of: appreciation: for the ef- year, .- > In Kinnaird, ‘total i are to turn in ‘suggested names for this publication‘ to. Mr. J. A. Thomas at next. week’s. meeting. . For the program portion, H. Creighton and. L. V.. Campbell figures for this year..are not yet available but assessment on tax- able land comes to $10,523 and exempt assessment stands at $6,200. Total-- overall: assessment figure for. taxable. land: and~im- ficient way the'10.D.E. commit- ie fire. tn the meantime, should any- (Continved on page 8) provements ‘last year, was $1, B1B gave brief reports this total will ‘be consi- derably higher for 1954! New buildings” and new sub- divisions” in* ‘both villages’ are manly responsble for the assess- growth. :