THURSDAY, JANUARY. 3, 1957 PAGE 4 Castlegar Happeaings PHONE 2676 Mr, ahd ,Mrs. W. O, Devitt visited with the latter's brother Mr. and Mrs. Ike Tyson over Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. P, E. Burroughs of Warfield had as Christmas visitors the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. T, Horswill, Mrs, E, Thatcher visited her sons for a few days during the Christmas holidays. | Rev. Resker has gone to Victoria to represent the Angli- can Diocese of Kootenay at the consecration of the Bishop of Cariboo on January 6. Mr. and Mrs, A. R, Leithead and family of Red Deer, Alta., spent Christmas with Mr. Leit- head's parents, Mr. and Mrs, T. Blackburn, Also visiting with son spent Christ: with Mr. and the Blackburns for the New Year is Mrs. D. Pappas of New PRESCRIPTIONS YOUR Pepa PRESCRIPTIONS WILL BE FILLED OF DRUGS BEST QUAL ITY ree HE LOWEST PRICES AT PITTS REXALL DRUG \ | 'T. Wallace. eweat miracle of resect in wall painfs. Rich as velvet... fough as rubber... 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Maida and family at Christina Lake, while the Maidas ‘and their daughter Elaine were visitors at the Robinson home here last weekend, in Vancouver, returned to her studies after spending Christmas at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Fornelli, Mr. John Ross, who is tea- ching in North Klamloops, is the i at the Robson Soci Miss Anita Fornelli, who is in training at St. Paul’s Hospital home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Sr. Garry Holm of Stockholm, Sweden, who is attending the more Robson Social on page 3 Mr. and Mrs. L. ti and children Leslie and Darleen of ‘Trail and Mrs, Tesolin spent New Year with Mr, and Mrs, A. Ber- taine, Mrs. Santano’s sister, Lorne Westgate is at- tending a convention in Vancou- ver, Mr, and Mrs. J. Holmes of Vancouver are visiting’ their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L, Westgate, en route from left y for Vi af- ter visiting their parents Mr, and Mrs. Fred Hostetter and Mrs. Helen Gergely. Mrs, Helen Gerge- ly spent three days at Christmas with her daughter and son-in- law at Port Coquitlam with Mr. and Mrs, Jack Pitman, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph West had as their guests at Christmas, Miss Beatrice West of Willow Point. Mr, Jack T is here Kimberley, where they spent Chri . Mr. and Mrs. John Waldie had as Christmas guests, son and daughter-in-law, and three chil- dren, Mr. and Mrs. W. Waldie of Vancouver. Kinnaird Korer for. two weeks from Golden to visit his family. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brookes and son are spending a ten-day holiday in Vancouver. Mrs, Rudy Martini and son Randy spent a few days in Nel- son visiting her mother, Mrs, A. Mr. and Mrs, George Classen and son Georgie spent the week of Christmas with their mother in Vancouver,, While there they also visited ‘relatives . around town and the octopus in the Stan- ley Park aquarium. Miss Beverly Wright of Van- couver is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lipsett. Miss Katherine Pellegrin of with her parents, Riccio Martini has left for Cold Lake, Alta, after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, G. Martini, over Christmas. | Mrs. BE. J. Wallace had as her Christmas visitors for a few days her son and daughter-in- and two girls from New Denver. Mr. and Mrs. E. Maclean spent Christmas with he latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. Wynn of Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bradford had as their guest Mr. Bradford's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bradford of Gol- den, who were en route home after spending Christmas in Van- couver, { FIO Harry Key of North Bay, Ont., and Burton Campbell of Ryerson Institute, Toronto, left today after spending Christ- mas with their parents, return. ing by car through the United States.’ Mrs. P. Kereiff is visiting in Port Alberni at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kalugin and their in- fant son. Mrs, Kalugin is .the former Anne Kereiff. Janet ‘and Louise Davis en- tertained at tea at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Davis during the Christmas sea- son, Mr, Coli nFraser spent Christ- mas with his daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Jones of Trail, Mr. and: Mrs. Les Peterson and son Ross of Warfield and daughter Lois of Calgary were guests at he home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Grunerud, 4) Miss Margaret Fletcher lett Saturday for the Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary, after spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. H.. Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Taylor had as their guests over Christ- mas, Mr. and Mrs. W. Thom Sr. and Mrs, W. W. Thom and sen Brian of Trail and Miss Violet Mr. and Mrs, Pat Haley had as their guests the Jatter’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr, (and bast ROAS' blade or round bone i 39c Prices Effective January 4 to 8th BACON, in.a’ plece * Es winds eres 2 Ibs. secre’ O96 Ready-to-: Serve Picnic . nee banquet style ecassccstcecsuah stoves OFC Les Thomas of Thursday and Friday of last week. Mrs, Shephera of Regina, sister of' Mrs. Powell Smibert, arrived here for Christmas and is spending a holiday at the Smibert home. Friends of Mrs, M. J. Verzuh will be sorry to hear she broke her wrist while skating Saturday evening. Mr..and Mrs, John ‘Roberts and family spent New Year’s Day with relatives in Salmo. Miss Mary Juriloff of Cal- gary spent Christmas week with her sister and family, Mr. und Mrs. Pete Mojelski. . Mrs, Florence Ady of Calgary spent Christmas with her son and daughter-in-law Mr, and Mrs, Ernie Ady and family. Also spending Christmas with the Ady's -was their gon, Leslie, of Oliver, Mr, and Mrs. George McKay spent Christmas Day in Nelson, On heir return trip they were ‘accompanied by Mrs, McKay's two sisters, Mrs, W..H. Tune of Bell, Calif. and -Miss M. Cho- quette of Nelson, who stayed for ‘a week's visit, _ . Mr, and Mrs, H, Ry Wood had as their guests for a few days, Mr, and Mrs. Wood Sr. of Kelow- na, . » Mr. and Mrs. John McLeod spent several days with relatives Frezon Food Lockers For Rent SHORTENING, Jewel 3 Ib. tin& Ub. pkg. Alf for ....: 93: 1 tb. beg 2 GLACED CHERRIES, : 4 ox. pkg., 2 for 35¢ EX : 37¢ a 3 th size, 3 for .. PERSONAL IVORY, 4 bars 5 h YOU STILL PAY LESS whether you pay cash or use SOUPS, Campbell's, aaricken Varieties 2 for... =e 39c PORK & BEANS, ler’s 15 ox. tins, 2 for 27c PEAS, Prairie Maid, 15 ox. tins, 2 for 276 .KETCHUP, ort ede FROZEN PEAS, Frozo Brand asouee, B5C- POTATOES, 10 Ib. at NO EXTRA cost our _— JANUARY: CEEARENCE SALE — LADIES’ Winter Coats Dresses and Skirts ‘ALL: REDUCED BY 4 to 4 OFF (REGULAR PRICE Do. Not .Miss These . VALUES! in Nelson last week. .. Mr. and Mrs. William Robin- COATS “REGULAR PRICED Clearance Sale of Winter Coals & Jackets LADIES’ COATS Nice assortment of styles and shades to choose from, sizes 10 to COATS REGULAR PRICED AT REGULAR PRICED COATS REGULAR PRICED AT .. e Ladies’? POPLIN SPORT JACKETS Detachable -hood, fancy taffetta COLOURS RED and ROYAL. PRICE $14.95 NOW $11.50 Children’s Warm Winter JACKETS All wool in blanket cloth. Melton Flannel or Frieze. aizes 4to l4y AT $34.50 NOW $42.50 NOW uilted lined. Sizes 14 to 20 ° MEN'S = Top Coats, Suits *, Pants. and Slacks ALL REDUCED BY “% to % OFF REGULAR PRICE | A Few Girl's COATS. - reduced by % to % OFF Regular Price | 25.85 20 NOW "E 9.95 31.85 7. 85 REGULAR PR RIGED $ 9.95 REGULAR .PRICED $639 | $ 850 for ‘Six Only Girl’s WINTER COATS In heavy blanket cloth or tweed. Quilted lined, fur trim or plain Sizes 7-8-9 years, Regular Price $16. 95 SALE PRICE $11.95 Children’ 's COAT, HAT and JODHPUR SETS. Sizes 2 and 4 years, Regular $11.95 NOW $8.95 One Piece Quilted Poplin SNOW SUIT | ° Red and’ Navy, Sizes 2: and 3 years. Regular $9.50 NOW $6.95 One Piece Nylon SNOW SUIT Colors Red or Royal. Sizes 2-3-4 yrs. Regular $10.95 SALE PRICE $7.95 One Piece “PUDDLE JUMPER” SNOW SUIT Colors Red or Royal, sizes’3 to 6 yrs. Regular Price $9.95 Now $7.50 Men’s MELTON JACKETS : : Black with white trim, size 42 only. Regular Price $10.50° Boy’s MELTON JACKETS Size 16 to 18. REGULAR $9.50 SALE PRICE $7.95 SALE $8.95 ; Salmo will continue’ normally for a The Castlegar ‘plant of Celgar ‘over’ the corresponding. period..of. | January 23. -elub, Joe Schnell as vice-presi- AST EG Published Every. Thursday at ‘“The::Crossroads of the Kootenays” i CASTLEGAR, BRITISH: COLUMBIA Comm, G.. PETTITT. |. Comm, M. ‘MacPHERSON E, KRAFT, Chairman Comm. R. Cook * Comm. R. MADDOCES Shutdown of Smelter Looms as Strike Continues A complete shutdown of zi: inc. and. lead smelters of Cominco with the resultant lay-off of about 3000 employees will become nec- essary within the next few days if theré is no sudden change in the strike situation, R. D. Perry, general manager of the. company, said Wednesday. Relatively few employees‘ morning, but the shutdown of the were laid off up to Thursday zine plant was to start today,and shutdown of the lead, silver, metal by-products, sulphuric acid and phosphate and sulphate fertilizer end. _ ‘Aspokesman for the Castle-, gar Co-op Transportation Society said that passenger traffic on its busses was down about 25% to- day, but that ‘the future looked pretty bad. a Smelting | operations at Trail plants will follow over the week- Hungarian: ‘Family Leaves Castlegar * A Hungarian refugee family which arrived in Castlegar on 18 and was installed are on the supply of. ore from Kimberley, Mining at Kimberley, Riondel, the ‘time being. -The ‘Trail plant has operated without. shutdowns for - forty years, the last work . stoppage chavi occurry od. :in 1917 thr Qugh a’ wildeat’strike, which Tasted 36 days. Ltd.“ has' ‘been shut down com- pletely since Tuesday, resulting in the lay-off’ of: 120 employees, although the-office staff continu- ed for several days with accumu- lated work. Also idle here are eight employees of the CPR. A spokesman for a Castle- gar department store said that sales were down by one fifth from what would have been ex- pected. He said that for the Jast few months the store had showed a consistent increase of about 20% a year ago, but that the last.eight days had «shown a turnover no higher than in January 1956, thus in effect indicating a drop in business, in a ‘fully furnished. rent-free home through the efforts of the istrict Rotary Club, left. : for Hamilton, Ontario, on January 3, when.relatives of the family been Jocated in that. city, had, come to Canada-in 1948° and 1950, lived. in Hamilton but that she did not. know .the exact ad- dress. He sdid that he had. there- fore sent a wire to the president of the Hamilton Rotary Club, with the result that Mrs, Szoke’s brothers were located -and' offer- ed to.take in the Szoke family. Bungling by ‘the immigra- tion Department. was blamed by some Rotary members for the sending of thé refugee family to Castlegar when there had been & likelihood from . the i 2 - Local Policeman 2 Takes Part in Famed . “me “Musical Ride” ‘An RCMP constable stationed in Castlegar for the past 3 years is.‘back’ at. his post here after having taken part in a tour of the famous “musical ride” which took him all over eastern Canada and the eastern’ United States. Const. Frank Dennis, who never rode a horse before his three-month training period with the ferce, 4vaS-picked to take part in the 32-man show for his abili- ty in handling horses. After ‘training for ‘the ride, ‘| which consists of drill and intri- eate figures executed to music and lasts’23 minutes, the show went on the. road last August, making its‘first stand, in Belle- ville, Ont.;‘and continuing on to the Canadian National Exhibi- tion in Torento, Where the. men and. their’ horses performed daily before an* outside grandstand. id returned, Livestock Show and, the’ Ottawa Winter Fair in Odtober. Two more trips to the States were taken up with exhibitions in New York, Chicago, and other major cities, Both men and horses traveled by train throughout the tour. Gar ‘Not Plane — Wont Take fo Air that the Szokes would want. to Settle in Hemilton, Mr. Szoke was profuse in his thanks to Ro- tary and the people of the district who Had given-them such a gen- Annual Chamber Meet| Fixed for January 23 ‘The annual meeting “of tne cor district Chamt Commerce which was first ae duled to be held on .the- third ‘Thursday of this month, has now been scheduled for Wednesday, A. new executive, elected on December 12 and headed by the new president, Ed-McGauley, will be installed during the meeting. Ed Lewis Re-elected _ Castlegar Fire Chief Ed Lewis was re-elected to the post. of Castlegar fire chief by a meeting. of the’ fire brigade erous reception, Kinnaird to Discuss Frontage ‘Tax Limit The introduction of a. maxi- mum amount.in the frontage tax for water paid by Kinnaird re- sidents will be discussed at the next meeting of the Kinnaird Village Commission, after a sug- gestion made by Village Com- mission Chairman Sain Muirhead. Mr. Muirhead proposed as a basis for discussion that the maxi- mum charged should be the amount collected for 100 feet of frontage. .{ Commission was devoted prin- cipally to di of com- Last Monday’s meeting of the] . AC ‘man out of ‘his car last Friday night to investigate why the vehicle had come to stop although the en- gine wes running, the gear shift in’ reverse, and the clutch en- gaged. He stepped into thin air— five feet of it. Bob Moffat says that the five-foot drop was not so bad, but when ‘landing | on his Back, he looked up and saw the car teetering © above.him as if to fall, he got an icy shock: Reacting. with terrific presence of mind, he rolled himself out of the danger zone and found that he was lying on the railway tracks, Apparently, while backing up in the vicinity of the Castle-Bar Ranch, Bob had ‘driven off’ the road, and one of the rear wheels had rolied over the steep bank at. the railroad right-of-way, thus causing it to spin, ‘Finding that the car. did not fall, after all, Bob called a mittee duties _among the newly elected c i With Mr. ¢ which: pulled his car off its precarious -~ perch, being lected to the on Monday, January 7. ip, G. Rust was ap- with him was the complete exe- cutive of -the past year, with George ‘Carr as assistant fire chief and engineer, Sammy Dow- er as president of the. firemen’s dent and Ken Price as secretary- ‘treasurer, During the discussion of last year’s business Mr. Lewis pointed out that no fire loss had occur- red during the second half of 1956. There are now seventeen members in good standing in the pointed to head the parks, wel- fare and finance committee, J. Logelin was put ‘in charge of fire, lights, and:CD, F. Warner heads public works, cemetery, building, and garbage collection, and Robert Smales takes care of water works, . Rene Archambault was re- appointed. to the post of fire chief, Mr, sh gave a Civil Defense chief, said that a CD police course would com- mence in two weeks, :to be fol- lowed by a first aid course held by the: St, John A sete MS trerbFdokey Traffic Death Inquest the linquest into the traffic Po. December 22 of Mrs. Robe i Hardie and Mrs. Lorne Walkey i is scheduled for Tuesday, January 15, RCMP said this week. Both women, mother’ and daughter, were killed when their small car got out of control on ii Cc Scheduled. for tant 15) Auxiliary ‘Wat day session, on January 7. the: an dKinnaird and hit an oncom- ing'vehicle and a telephone pole. The alleged driver of the car, Miss Jean Ann Hardie, and Gor- don. Pelletier, a passenger, are ed to testify at the inquest. legging Gase Trial Next Week ge alleged case of bootleg- ding yoneevert recently by Cast- ‘| the members, “I invite anyone in- trate debate, Bob Maddocks, who took part in the deliberations for the first time, seconded Commissioner Cook’s motion,. which -was then voted for unanimously, af Comm.’ Cook was most:em- phatic in pressing’ for the. pur- chase. “It is only by the grace of God that we have so‘far been saved from disaster,” he -told terested to go.down to the two pump houses and see with his own eyes how precarious and in- the electric pumps are. lega: an, RC tiong wil 3 come up. for trial in poligg court. by Stipendiary Magi- mee Taylor sometime next is Fred Stefoniuk, proprietor.‘of a coffee shop, variety, store, and taxi business in Castlegar. Mr, Stefoniukt is defended by “| ML Moran, , : Reports of the case were dis- wr ‘Charged with sélling :liquar It is our, homes that would ».be lost if ever a fire Scourred during a power failure. a The. Conimissiong ytéte Nas§ silence. At one point: ‘Mr. Cook said that’ he--did -not- “care to carry on: as water commissioner unless we -buy’ an auxiliary . Chairman Elmer Kratt re- the cussed at the of the Castlegar Village Commis- sion, end several Commissioners expressed deep « concern over. the matter, his frequently stated ‘view that the water works—the only Public utility owned by the Village — should pay its own way, and that the Of the y Trade Boards Suggest Firemen he Dropped For Trial Period: A try-out of the conciliation board recommendation that fire- men no longer be used on CPR diesel engines in freight and yard service was urged by the Associated Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce of South- eastern B.C. in a telegram sent to Prime. Minister Louis | St. Laurent by W. T. Waldie, Trade ‘Boards President, on Saturday, January 5. The wire read, OAs the period of the rail strike increases, the strangling effects on the econo- my of. South astern British pump would .put the water ,works @éeper into the red after the construction of the tank. The Commissioners were not cerfain whether the pump in question was still for sale, or whether the price was still $1600. Another motion made by Comm, Cook and endorsed by the Commission . was to ask the Health Department to carry out a number of baoteriological tests of the water of Fern Creek and 1956 Building Permits Total $475,000 © Building permits for con- struction worth a total of $175,- 270 were issued in Castlegar dur- ing the past year, according to the annual Ncense inspector’s re- Col become | ii acute. We consider that the de- cision of the Conciliation Board was arrived at after careful and thoughtful consideration by many competent : authorities, and that _[their findings should be given a trial period, and that the Govern- ment should take prompt steps to accomplish this.” The text of the wire is con- tained in a circular sent to all Scciety, The Village Commission de- cided that municipal taxes for the coming year would be levied on 100% of the assessed value of land, and on 75% of assessed which the fire loss in Kinnaird brigade. amouned to $1530. Steve Jankola, report on the past year, during]. The. Village budget is ex- pected to be introduced at he next meeting. *s of the A st on Monday, January 7. Mr. Waldie states in the circular that “there are times when the. President of the Association is-expected to state the views of his organiza- tion when time does not permit consultation.” He goes on to say that he hopes his wire will meet with the app! of the jori port to the Castl Village Commission by License Inspector ‘Dave Seaton. Of this sum $122,055 worth of year was for ost part ink B of} tion, construction licensed during the; - Castlegar Moves to Buy er Pump Purchasing of: an auxiliary, gasoline-operated water pump was agreed on by the Castlegar Village Commission at its regular Mon- The motion, which was made by water works chairman Bs W. Cook, and referred to the ptirchase of a used pump owned by i and valurd at about $1600, was only approved efter Blueberry Creek, and if the Fern Creek tests proved the water to be suitable for drinking, to of- fer the CPR $250 for the old water system from Fern Crees. to the railroad storage tank nenr the station.. This metion was car- tied in spite of a report submit- ted by engineer B.C. Affleck ad- vising against the purchase of the CPR-isystem; since the Fern Creek intake” is-below the level of the proposed permanent Vil- lage tank. -No offer for the old Castlegar water tank has been received by the Village Commission, ant, ‘Comm. Cook therefore” Tecomer: be eeting was preceded by the swearing-in of Comm. Bob Maddocks,’ and the invocation of divine giiidance by the Rev. L. Clinton. Johnston; Tepresenting the C: ial A i Comm, Pettitt reported that the skating rink was. now in good shape and completely ready to be used, but that mild weather had kept the water from freezing. Comm. Kraft was re-elected to the chairmanship of the Com- mission, and’ all other Commis- sioners’retained their committec chairmanship, with Comm. Mad- docks being appointed to health and welfare, Handicapned School Holding Classes ' The Castlegar School for Handicapped. Children started holding classes Wednesday, Jan- uary 9, in the newly equipped annex of the elementary schoc}. Lou Korody, president of the local branch of the Society fer Handicapped Children, said thet about six students are -expecte3 to'be enrolled for the start. He pointed out that: enrollment in the school is not such a simple matter as in ordinary schools, since each student must first b> examined by a doctor as to phy- sical and mental abilities, Mrs. H. Palsson, a former $36,210 for. residence, :$14,205 for| additions and alterations, and $2,800 for automobile garages. Completed during the year were’ 53 building projects, some of them started before 1956; and 27 i at the end of the year. The fire marshall’s report stated that the Castlegar fire brigade had been called out on ten occasions, but only three fires resulted in fire loss, from teacher and new a resident of Kinnaird, is teach- ing the ‘class. The students, who ecme from various district com- wil be to and from school in school busses. Time of the classes will be the same as in the other schools. A great deal of voluntary work was put in by members and supporters of the Scciety in or- der to prepare the school house for Occupancy, such as the in- of i and 2 the, 242 trades licenses issued, amounted to $6314.50, slightly less than in 1955 b: of few- septic tank. A radio was donated for use in class, and numerous ips have been taken er peddlers. Dog licenses issued Y- 120, with a total re-| o£ the me:nbers, ' }venue of $374. . io out, An official opening is to be ype at Some future date. .