8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October 3, 1957 at 8 pm. with Mrs. TOO. LATE TO CLASSIFY LOST — New gray plastic lunch bucket with small thermes pro- Legion Ladies Hold Pot Luck Supper “Hospital A tor were read and Mrs, I, Hill volunteered to attchd the meet- presiding, Letters from Mr. J. ° LEGION CORNER bably at school shack near Reiths The initiation of Richard jy iipnaird, Please return to Chapman of Castlegar a3 an Or- me ‘ dinary member on Tuesday a, Kautman 140 evening brought the Branch paid ‘The Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion, Branch 170, _ commenced their fall session, with a Pot Luck Supper in the Legion Memorial Hall on Sept. 24, Mrs, Townsend, president, wwho js leaving the district was presented with o corsage and a gift from the members who expressed their thanks for the work done by her while in office and wished her well in her new home. Business meeting followed Ing in the Stanley Humphries High School cafeteria on Friday to obtain information as to what is needed and prices of same, The Ladies Auxiliary will assist the Branch in advertising and selling tickets for the Neil Kirk, White Heather Theatrical Group, which will stage a show in the Trai! Arena on Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Mowlam asked, for donations of yarn and r in making ‘squares for the Afghan to be raffled in the future, Mrs. Peppard, convenor for the concessions at the Fall Fair, up membership to 205, a figure closely approaching Jas$ year's record total of 209, « But it is one thing to have a strong membership and another thing to have an active mem- bership, The Branch is keenly aware of this and a select com- mittee has been formed to in- vestigate into and take active steps against the apathy of members, The Branch received a re- port of the work of the Silver Birch School from the President, A. E, Norris and resolved.to re- new thelr annual subscription for the forthcoming year. _ The chairman of the Enter- LT KOOTENAY NURSERIES “A Complete Line Of Nursery Stock” Phone 4042. . Landscaping, Fruit ‘Trees, Small Fruits, Roses; Bulbs, ing SI “p “A. EREMENKO and Co. | F g Shrubs Box 10 Kinnaird, B.C. NET LLU reported a profit of $54.80 and thanked all who had helped. ig The volnteer canvass for Britain’s Finest\j KRC’ by the Ladies realized a | . Woollens: EjJust Arrived At) [}[DEALER’S NAME] to Mr. MeWhinnie to be turned over to the Bran Mrs, BE, Dinner was chosen as Official Delegate to attend the ‘West Kootenay Zone Council meeting to be held’in Nelson on Oct. 19 and 20. Mrs. Peppard volunteered to collect all flour sales slips and turn them in to Mr. Ed Smith of Maple, Leaf-Purity Mills. The Electric Frying Pan, raffied at the Fall Fair was won by Mr, John Sherbiko and rea- lized a profit of approximately $50. A few of tho highlights—new ends, Flannel vo iT AS en Ann. ESET The towels received from a’ member as a donation were raf- fled among the members pre- sent and the lucky winner was Mrs, M. Heagy of Kinnaird. Before closing the meeting Mrs. ‘Townsend expresed her re- gret at having to resign her posi- tion as president and asked the Ladies. to give their support to Mrs, Dinner who will succeed her. Mrs, I. Hill, past president, then installed Mrs. Dinner and Mrs, Dunn as president and first vice-president. Mrs, Dinner then thanked the members for their confidence in her and asked for Leitner "5 ze support in her term of of- The next meeting will fall on Oct, 22 and the executive will be held at the home of Mrs. K. Adshead on Monday, Oct. 14th. TOP TAILORS c profit of $70 which was handed; 15+, All members are urgently smembers tainment Committee called for a strong attendance to welcome Rev. A, O, McNeil on his install- ation as honorary padre on Oct. ‘BALLET SLIPPERS * INFANTS, MISSES and WOMENS’ | SIZES i requested to attend, also to greet from the Creston Branch. The Cenotaph Committee re- ported that the excavation for the Cenotaph had been comple- ted and that the concrete base would be poured on Saturday, Oct. Sth. All members who can assist are asked to report at 9:00 A, M, at 2nd Avenue and Elm. W. Sommerfield was heartily for the amount of work he has contri- buted towards the alterations of the Hall. It is the aim of the Branch. with the assistance of the Ladies Auxiliary to extend the facilities for catering. 2 A Bingo evening will be held on Saturday, Oct, 12th. PRICED AT. ” $2.35 - $2.75 - $2.95 Full Size Range Avoilable Maddocks SA CLA PRESCRIPTIONS Your Doctors Prescription Wilt. Be Filled Quickly and Accurately With The Highest~Quality of Drugs At The Lowest Prices = =| = 3. Ibs. 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Defence”: week here wound up with the forum held in Kinnaird on Sunday, ‘both ‘Kinnaird and Castlegar Civil De- fence. workers taking part, and headed by C.O.. Steve Jankola, Civil Defence .Oificer, and his deputy Wilf Leduc, + The problem handed to the was to . the manner in which they. would receive and care for about 10,- “000 evacuees from the coastal aren, : Delegates from widely scat- tered centres were on hand to observe and pass judgement of the har , of the problem, which consisted not only of car- ing for ‘the theoretical evacuees, but of safely parking the. more than 2000:vehicles in which they were to arrive, / , Delegates arrived in Kin- naild at 9:30 am, and the first session, was held in the Kinnaird dmprovement Gociety Hall where Pp typical mobile Registration fcentre was set up. Here dele- «gates went through the .proce- dure of registration, were alloted billets and transportation. First Aid’ attendants .Frank Richard- son and Bill Dalling were pre- sent to handle any problem cases such as evacuees suffering shock ete, who were directed to Mrs, ‘A.’ Gallo, RN.. This demonstra- ted how registration would be set up in the parking areas, in ® the event that it became neces- sary to bring several thousand - evacuees from danger areas into the. Castelgar-Kinnaird area. From the i ter in this staging area, Mra. Green attended a course on registration while at Arnpricr a short time ago. S. J. Jankola, local Civii De- fence Chief, presented the trans- the fact that’ evacuees coming in Underground TV Cable Draws ‘Delegation To Commission Castlegar Village Council he spoke only for himself, but was approached Monday night Council might adopt his yecom-. by a delegdtion of ‘about fifteen mendations if acceptable to both residents, who requested the parties, ee. Commissioners to reconsider the The conditions listed by Com- previous decision against allow- missioner Maddocks included the ing .underground TV cables in’ clauses that Transvideo must the Village. provide proof of permission from cars would be transported by buses to private billets, At no time. would the cars be allowed to leave the’ parking‘ areas .un- less authorized by the transpor- tation officer, Floyd Petersen. Cars would be serviced and ‘be ready to move when orders to do so were recelved, Figures giving the amount’ of gasoline available as well as the capacity of the parking areas were re- corded. °- ! “Billeting evacuees, is a great problem”, said Harry Bate, - but a solution was given with figures that are’ present “on re- cord’. Kinnaird and Castlegar would receive the greatest pro- Blacktop For — Airport Road of the Roads and Bridges Committee of the Castlegar and District Chamber of | > Commerce received word this week srom - Victoria to the ‘effect that the road will be - : hail, the delegates moved to the Kin- naird school auditorium, where S, C, Muirhead, chairman of the Kinnaird Village Council gave an . *“agdress “of! weledines 0500 t 5 ‘Mra, V. Green then-gave her P tion of - the 4 problem stressing the reasons why. registration was necessary and how it was being looked af- pecan ice aaa iremen Number in the spring. Mr. Brookes outlined the terrible condition of the road din. a.letter to Victoria last Renovation Work. aa Started For Bank Of Commerce Here - Renovation of the building Spokesman for the group ‘the Provincial Government to was M. E, Moran, representing. take the-cables under the high- “Eransvideo". TV Services which way, proof of permission from is owned by Horace, Card. . the Federal Government to cross Mr, Moran stated a petition under the Columbia River, the had been circulated among posting ofa bond to ensure the ci and over 300 L and names had been signed to the iviolable control re first rights . document asking that Mr. Card and no recourse to the Village, be allowed to bring in TV cables and permission to be granted from his installations’ on Sen- fer a three year period only. All tinel Mountain. The delegation these clauses to be subject to the expressed their opinion that un- provisions of the Municipal Act derground ables would give as set forth, . . superior reception to that of a The proposed plan of instal~ line strung on poles, lation is also to be approved by @ Commissioner R. C. Mad- the Village Enginéer, should docks, who had been in charge permission be given. of the | Council’s i into the question of TV systems, del that these. explained the reason for refusal could or would be met, the: of Mr. Card's application earlier, Council voted to accept Trans— saying as there are already water video application for the under— and gas lines running through ground TV system, at such time: the strects and aileys, and the as the conditions have been ful- possibility of sewer lines in the filled. not too distant future, the ad- i hair dition of TV cables was felt (aire ene Gennes Keatt to be a further complication. saia it was regrettable and dis- - A map of the proposed TV turbing that personalities bad cable installation was presented been allowed to enter the gic- to the Council by W. ‘W. Thasp, ture, as had been evidenced by who stated he had no interest the manner in which some can- in Transvideo, except as the un- vassers had presented the peti- derground cable concerned good tion, engendering and fostering reception, but had. assisted Mr. ill-feeling and mis-representa- Card in drawing up the plans.- tion of the facts of the case. + Ci i in- P ives af che rival formed the delegation thé mat- firm ‘Kin-gar Video,’ also attend ter had not been declared a ed the méeting, announcing that closed issue, and felt if Trans- crews were ready to commence ‘by this i video wuld guarantee fulfilment stringing the TV cable on BC. the Coun-. y pales, ar cil might reconsider their de- set out in their agreement with AOTS Conducting ,cision. Mr, Maddocks pointed out that Company. -J. BD.’ Yeatman convention. 7 At one time Mr. Yeatman al- so operated a garage and gen- ‘Robson, Brilliant Schools” KRG Canvass In Dist. South Slocan Pioneer. Directors of the Kinnaird-' Dies At Age Of 71 " Robson-Castlegar Welfare Society England, and nas lived for the were informed of the commenc- John Dyson Yeatman, 71, pi- past 45 years at South Slecan. He ing of the Fall canvass for mem-' Oneer resident of South Slocan, was Honorary Fire Warden and ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4th THE FIRE SIREN WILL BE BLOWN AT 10:00 A.M. and 3:05 P.M. eral sto. it FOR YOUR BETTER DRESSES USE ARNEL FAILLE— akin witanciit aed the ‘carefrée trialcitate fabrics — 45” and comes in Navy, Midnight Blue, Red, Aqua, Cocoa .and Black Houses In Kinnaird || eectased by tthe comet mes Gj Wh B ich A Ti Th Kinnaird. Com ‘in Castlegar phi cd ive ee u airs : 0 € ws heard the Fire Chief's quirter- according to information receiv- IN KINNAIRD TO MARK | CIVIL DEFENCE DAY § S. J. 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To ‘ | BRASS WIRE MAGAZINE RACKS : Furniture Depariment — Upholstered Hostess Chairs IN ASSORTED COLORS ........ Coffee Tables Arborite Te = PRICED ar | CORNER TABLES TO MATCH Hassocks : PLASTIC COVERED .. Hassocks ; ee $19.95 — $23.95 Walnut Finish and Brass Trim) $21.50 — $26.50 wie $21.50 : With Wraught Jron Legs a PLASTIC COVERINGS ... $4.85 — $6.95 Combination Hassock & Magazine Rack IN, WRAUGHT TRON & BRASS TRIM $9.50 . $1.90 ou : oo ag ag, a,. ioe at onto’ Seow roms ee ee New District Hospital - “The Fire Depatrment answer-,. ed seven fire calls and one false alarm. during the period of duly, Of th Oglow Bros, are doing the job which will, entail raising of cthe’. building, . complete inieriee ton‘ ting’ of ~" Satisfactory progress “én the Castlegar. Hospital ‘was reported August and ese six were brush fires and there was one house dire, Total cost amounted to $1900. . - The break-down of the ‘‘pumper on the fire truck had < placed the “Village. in an swk-. / ward position recently, ‘until a. ' yeplacement was” obtained. LO" It was “reported ‘the Fire- ! men's” Club had’ completed the and the front to give a more modern and suitable - aspect. ‘~The single storey ‘premises, when ready will afford. dncrensed. ities for night by “Architect Paul D, Smith of Trail, when he attended the Hospital Society “meeting at. the High School. Mr. Sniith said the last of was be- ample ie ing “poured for. the - roof slab. ‘ion for ing in a future second storey had. been in the. roof * slab; ieee job. of numbering the ‘houses in the Village. A report was, also heard on the successful Civil Defence Exercise held. Sunday. Officials “had been p Zrom . Victoria December ,1. x With the start of work,on the building, which has been to moye the fire trucks snd Ottawa and bad been favor- ably impressed with the demon- stration put on by the local CD group. ‘Two Bylaws were given their first, seoond. and third. readings at the meeting, These were the Highway Use Regulations -By- law,-and an amendment to the -Zoning Bylaw. - . Seven Bullding Permits were issued by. the’ Village Office, covering an amount of $19,800. The meeting adjourned at an early hour, as some Commis- sionets were unable ta be .pre- sent. Youtig People Paint .. Silver Birch School The Castlegar United-Angli- can Young People’s Association held a’ work party Friday, Oct. 4 at Silver Birch School. Enthu- silastic members had as_ their project for the evening the painting of the interior of, the He also stated all re-infore-: ing steel for the main had been placed, and remaining to be put in is that of basement floor, entrance, steps,. etc, and the: septic tank. - ‘ plumb- ling able to have done themselves for ‘some time to come, since all funds ‘must ‘be allocated: to vital Centennial - Com- mittee’s offer, and a fairly large sum of money at their disposal, it would be possible to have it ‘done right, and to install sprink- systems, purchase equip- ment for keeping the grounds in order, and have the satisfaction ‘of seeing ‘the Hospital grounds develop into a beautiful and or- derly setting for the,’ building now being erected; While provid- ing:a fitting memorial to the B.C. Centennial year, berships, when they met: Tues- day in the Legion Hall, The canvass is being con- ducted. by the AOTS and resi-' dents who are not members of the KRC will be called on some time in ‘the next week or so. The KRC Welfare Society in this area is comparable to the Community Chest or Red Feath- er Campaigns in other centres, in that collections are made for a- vast. number of worthy or- i and by ibuti ‘to the Welfare ‘group, the con- ,tributor ‘shares in all, and can- not be canvassed separately by the ‘member charities, : Organizations receiving grants from KRC in 1956 were locally, the Castlegar \Public Library, Athletic Associa- ‘died suddenly. at his son’s home ‘Vicar’s Warden of St. 31 et in, Hydro. Glen, Ontario, early Church. He was on the pada Saturday morning. of the South Slocan Sports Ass- Mr. Yeatman was postmaster cciation and a member cf the fire at South Slocan for 32 years, re- brigade in South Slocan. tiring from his position in Feb- At the time of his death he ruary of this year. He had ser- and his wife were visiting their ved sete years on the execut- son Julian) = ive of the B.C. branch of the Can- The funeral was - adian Postmaster’s Association, day in Ontarig. It has bee re >. He had first worked as ass- quested that no flowers be sent. istant postmaster at South. Slocan Survivors are’ his wife, Ber- in 1912. In 1956 he was given an tha; tws cons, Julian at Hydro award.as’ the oldest active post- Cen, and .Marwood in ‘South master attending the Postmaster’s Africa; and tov grandchildren. Fund Raising Campaign to the new Fire Hall now nearing completion. Some work has been doné on ion of the field oTae >“. and electrical work is ahead: of Savaptimist Governor senedute. 1m Mr, Smith's words, 8 - “Progress in general. appears to. Visited Club Hare © © b= zooa” : A joint diner, meeting will ae rns aerial Lidl be held in Honor of Governor lain Mee tak bie BS ee Dorothy Browziing of Vancouver. ~ per: Hostesses for this occasion will | Delegate to the Convention be. Nelson, Trail, Rossland. and of the Be. Hospital Association Castle ‘Kinnaird and Robson in Vancbuver next week will be Clubs. ‘Robson w. J. Banigan, secretary of the "A luncheon and tea will be Hospital Society. bc brates ‘held by local members. during Details of the WF the the Centennial Committee will tion, the Kinnaird Library Com- be in ‘charge of the plan, and mittee, Welfare Committee, will c Planned By Hoszital 1.4. experts on Cheer C ut the consulted and appointed to carry St. John A of of the Ladies it out. : First Aid and- Home Nursing Divisions, the Kinnaird’ Athletic ‘Assoc, the Robson Recreation Society, Robson Rec. Soc. Christ- mas Cheer Committee, and the ‘Womens’ Institute Welfare Com- mittee. ‘i ' On a Provincial and National Zags j Fire Razes all Seifiemenf =“s23.te ene Fire, aided by strong winds, stitute for the Blind, Can. Red four . inva Cross, Trail and Nelson, Crip- Miss Browning's visit te Castle- and telephone system to be used gar, % ie : were explained by J. Bainbridge, Founder's Day was observed Administrator, who quoted from by the.-Castlegar, Kinnaird and the B.C. Telephone Company. pled Cl ’ Hospital in ‘Van- Doukhobor settlement near the couver, Conquer Cancer, Salva- Castlegar airport,Tuesday tion Army, B.C, Olympic Games, -One home was completely st. ichn ¥ to. the Castlegar and vy District Hospital are working out~ plans for holding a Home-Made Candy Sale, on December 14. At a meeting of the Auxil- jary, held in the High School, Wednesday, it was.decided to ask members for donations of candy for the sale, and short- bread will also be sold. Mrs, F, Chernoff of Robson has volunteered to bake a Christmas Cake for raffling, and tickets for the cake will be printed shortly. The . Auxiliary will provide material for the Robson Mr. 3c : Club at their meeting. Friday the Junior.-Red ; Cross group at’ night. . Robson and Brilliant Schools The sum of 36¢_per-member plan to supply two wheel chairs, will be paid by all Clubs in this -he felt the children were doing region and will ‘total $7000. to-'a very ‘fine thing in this endeav- wards Regional Fellowships, to or. sera outstanding students to further . The Hospital. Society had studies in .their particular field. been pleased-to learn.of the Cen- ry school for dren. + mee) ‘The group plans to have its next social-metting at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Joe Killough. r to founded _in.. fornia in ge they would not be jyed before any action could Hungarian Relief Hund, British be taken in the outbreak and a 204 Foréign Bible ety, Koo- shift in wind sent the tire ‘i tenay Lake Tragedy Relief Fund, Camp Lourdes, Camp Koolaree, through three more buildings be- Camp Galilee, YMCA Camp fore it ‘could be brought under Minto, Salvation Army Camp control, . Rotary, Canadian Arthritis. and Other buildings in the area Soc, Trail L were caught in the blaze but Boy Scout Assoc, Kootenay So- were at least partly saved when ciety for Handicapped ‘Children, a B.C. Forest Service tanker was Navy Leogue, Castlegar: Branch, brought into action and the fire Girl Guides and Brownies Local t Association, Castlegar and Dis- Continued on page 5 ‘The Junior Auxiliary, which has been formed by the Grade Eleven girls at the High School, has joined the Ladies Auxiliary as a group, and representatives attending the Wednesday meet- ing were Rosaday Williams and Jocelyn Melvor. They will re- port back to their group when they meet next. The girls are busy collecting beoks and toys for the children’s ward. - “‘Anyone wishing to donate books to the Hospital Library may leave-them with the Grade 11 girls also, as well as at the three depots uptown. Moertin’s Clothing Store; Helen's Flower Shcp and the Co-op Store. Any books will be welcorned, includ- ing pocket books, It was agreed that each member should contribute one nickle on meeting nights, with the money going towards send- ing cards-to sick roembers and to provide scme form of social, evening for the -memibers. who cannot cjfend regular meetings but do sewing and knitting at home. f ‘i Mrs. Lundquist,ic..to take charge of the nickle Fund. Mrs. Brownlie cf Kin -aird will be looking -after the «ards for sick. members, and if you know anycne Who chould ;.2t 2 card, phone number is 4023, The Ladies Auviliary is at Present endeavoring to obl:in 2 cupboard to be placed ir. the Hospital lobby for display of knitted articles on sale: The members felt this was som: ‘ing which would make a good, pro- Continued on poge 4