12 ‘CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 17, 1959

Letter of Thanks

To Don Brothers

A letter of thanks will be
sent Rossland-Trall MLA Don.
ald Brothers by the Village of
Castlegar for his efforts in suc-
cessfully having the level rail-
way crossing near the ferry wi-
dened,

A similar letter will be sent
D. G Westaway, distric! engin-
ver for the department of high-
ways,

ATES

FOR CHRISTMAS
MEN’S — WOMEN'S
GIRLS & BOYS
MEN‘S $9.95-$16.95

Boy’s
LADIE’S FIGURE .
GIRL‘S FIGURE

AT

MADDOCKS

» $11.95
- $9.95

55-VOICE CHOIR, BAND

‘Christmas.in Many Land

The following account of the
SHHS Christmas concert, Christ-
mas in Many Lands, was written
by a studnnt of the high school.
The concert was put on by a 55-
voice choir assisted by the school
band under conductor Norman
Fishwick.

By VIOLET MAKAROFF

Outside the night is like a

Christmas card with snowflakes |"

filling the sky and mantling the
earth, Inside almost 1,000 people
walt expectantly.

Lovely arrangements of ce.
dar wreaths and Ct 25 pos.

ouflage the basketball hoops,
Each wall is bedecked with gree.
tings printed in languages of
other lands,

And, in keeping with the
theme of universal love, a Uni-
ted Nations emblem hangs on
the stage wall surrounded by a
cluster of holly leaves and ber-
ries.

Rousingly the band perfor-
ms! Marches, pop tunes, tangoes
and a lilting ballad. ‘Each selec.
tion is-grected with a spontan-
eous outburst of applause by the

ters adorn the gym. Fragrant
boughs and scarlet ribbons cam-

And now begins the stage
Waldie as narrator

BOSE Re eae SALA

Saag

ran res

GUR Git? Selection was never Geller
so pop in right away and look them over.

GIFTS TO PLEASE BOTH NIH AND BER

And we have a good selection ef candy and
Boxed Chocoiates.

Store Hours — Open this Friday and next Tuesday and

Wednesday until 9 pam.

: CARTLERAR BRUG

captures everyone's hushed at-
tention, A sonorous gong sounds
the change of time and place.
The stage is dusky. An Indian
chief bedecked in head feathers
stands proudly beside his squaw
and new-born infant.

To the hauntingly lovely mu
sic of the Huron Christmas car-
ol other braves come forward to
kneel with their gifts, Silently
the Indians steal away and out
come French Canadians who rol.
Nek with good-natured sport.

Vive La Compagnie! Then
with changing mood, D'ou viens.
tu bergere, and a crash of tam-
bourines and Mexican children

dance around their gaily-painted
“Pianta” as it revolves tantaliz.
ingly overhead,

They poke at it with their
slender rods until all the goodies
tumble out, Adeste Fidelis —
Roman monks worship reverent,
ly within their chapel in the flic.
kering light of candles.

O Tannen Baum sing the
German voices us their Christmas
tree is decorated with lights and
tinsel, Happy Norwegians greet
thir laughing guests who whirl
about the tree in bewitching an.
lics, Raven Rasker Over Isen
they sing in joyous merriment.

And now Wales, with the
loved Deck the Halls’... and
i England, (capturing our hearts
iwith Hark the Herald Angels,

Very sof: comes the voice of
: Scotland singing Child in the
‘Manger, Doukhobor girls in au-
‘ thetic costume weave a vivid pic,
ture of Christ's birth with their

{tender version of Silent Night.

Now all performers mass on
| Stage‘and the swelling music of
iO Hoty Night and Joy fo the

| World fills the air, As the beau-
7; tiful strains die away the audi-
{jence has indeed partaken of the
{true and deeply-moving spirit of
, Christmas.

Building Supplies
OGLOW BROS.
Building & Supply Co. Lt.d

. Castlegar
Phone 3351

Live Tree Decorated
On Castlegar Hill

Castlegar may not have the
tallest Christmas tree in the
Kooenays but it has a lve one
and it's one of the best decorated
in B.C,

‘
Fea en cent ve aires: located “Years of experidnce is our guarantee

Monday night by the fire depart. og le ‘ of dependable service”.

ment. Colored lights have . al a
Columbia Ave, ||| Phone 3331 ELECTRONIC SERVICES

" Repairs to all makes of TV’s,
tadios and phonogrophs.

Dealer for RCA Victor. i
Applications for TV cable hook-
ups made here.

been strung across Columbia Ave,
and as fai as the post office on

A. EREMENKO & (0.

over 16 Ibs. to 20,
under 16 lbs.
under 10 lbs.,

TURKEYS, oven a Grade “A”

- 49

HAMS, Ready te Eat, half or whole,

. SMOKED PICNICS, lb.,

FRESH PICNICS, Ib., .........
FROZEN OYSTERS, 8 oz.,

53¢

| 396
296
. 58

CHICKENS, over 5 Ibs.,
MARGARINE, Quartet, 2 Ibs., 39c
GINGERALE, McDonald’s Dry,
qt, 2 for oo... . 49e
INSTANT COFFEE, ‘Blue Ribbon,
5 oz. jar, ...
CHGCOLATES, Fireside, |
1 Ib. box, .........
STUFFED OLIVES, Fi C.,
TZ oz, jar, ........
ROLLMOPS, 12 oz. jar,

FROZEN STRAWBERRIES, Fraser
Vale, 2 for. ......... .79¢
EGGS, grade A large, 2 - we 96
SHELLED WALNUTS, 8 0z.,. . 39c
TOMATO JUICE, Heinz,
48 oz., 2 for-...........
TUNA, Solid Light, Sea Haul,
2for .....
BRUSSEL SPROUTS, b.,
AVACADOES, 3 for ....
BANANAS, 2 Ibs.,

OCMC LE ST

TORE HOURS — Monday open until 5: 330 | p.m.
‘Tuesday and Wednesday until 9: 00 p.m.
Thursday until 5:30 pm. *

"SUGGESTED ‘GIFT:

YOUTH'S
Suburban Coats
Slacks
Pyjamas
Bedroom Slippers
CHILDREN’S

TOYS |
ete, — etc.

FOR HIM

Suburban Coats
White Dress Shirts
Sport Shirts
Slacks
Wallets
Bedroora Slippers
etc, — etc.

FOR HER

Quilted Dusters
Bedroom Slippers
Party Dresses
Hand Bags
Lingerie
Nylons
etc. — etc.

MEEETACOS TORE
?

All Ladies’ Coats

Have Been Marked Down

ORLON MIST REG. $67.50 SALE .......$49.
WOOL COATS, ALL HAVE INTER-LINING
SOME FUR TRIMMED - 3 PRISE GROUPS

REGULAR $27.50 ...... SALE ...... $49.93

REGULAR $38.95 ...... SALE .
REGULAR $49.50 ...... SALE ....... $84.95

GAR COATS — FUR TRIM COLLARS .
REG. $13.95 & $14.95 .... SALE .... $10.95

We've Something
for Everyone

in the

FAMILY!

EGOVER VAGUUR GLEANERS .. - $85.00 & $95.00
STEAM IRONS, PRICED AT ......... $15.95 TO $18.95
E@OVER FLOOR POLISHERS ............... $46.00
BLECTRIG KETTLES .............. $9.95 T9 $17.50
BLEGTRIC TOASTERS ............. $14.05 16 $27.95

KOCKEY PADS & STICKS, SKATES FISHING RODs
REELS AND GOLF EQUIPMENT

BASKETBALL SET INGLUDING BSL,
METAL HOOP & MESH, PRICED AT .. --- $11,908

-- $29.95 GENUINE

Nylons

60 GUAGE .

INLOVELY GIFTBOXES ~ *
SEAMLESS MESH,

by Weldrest

For Men

GIFTS OF QUALITY AND STYLE

ARRGW SHIRTS, IRON GHEATER
AND PLAIDS .............. $5.00 TO $12.95

LEATHER WALLETS $7.50

-GIFT BOXED TIE BAR & CUFF LINK SETS
cw FRIGED AT ............... $3.95 TO $5.60

TIES — HANDKERGHIEFS — SOCKS

Travelgard Luggage
: IDEAL GIFT FOR LADIES AND MEN

SKILL DRILL, QUARTER [HCH pence ee eeceee ees 919,95
PORTABLE SAWS .......--.+..-.. $49.95 — $69.95

SAWS - HAMMERS - LEVELS - TAPES PROPANE
TORGHES - PLANES AND MANY OTHER TOOLS
FOR THE HOME WORK SHOP

Christmas brings exciting toys for girls and boys QUR BIGGER THAN
EVER selection will delight any youngster for months to come.
Bright and colourful fun for active youngsters. Old favourites and
exciting new ones.

* ¢ Monday, December 21st, 8.30 to 5.30,
. Tues. and Wd. Dec. 22-23, 8.30 to 9.00 p.m.

CHRISTMAS
STORE

2Pr. for ........... $2.69
wees 2 Pr, for $2.50

BRY OF THESE ARTICLES GAN BE

Gift Wrapped

Thursday, Dec. 24th, 8.30 to 5.30

HouRS

WEST’

ped

EMH RAAT

vie
VICTORIA, B, C,

DEC, 31/32109

“Pulp Mill Schedules

Are Proving

Although progress on Cel-
gars mult-million dollar pulp
mill project is now in the hands
of the weatherman, construction
schedules to date have proved to
be realistia

Warmer weather followed an
early November cold snup whieh
temporari.y slowed some con.
erele work, Most parts of the
project, however, ure close to
schedule say officials and the

ve~Christmas work force has

been levelled out at about 445
men, most of whom are now on
Christmas holidays.

‘Karget date for completion is
March, 1961 at which time the
500-10n high quality bleached
kraft pulp amill shoukl be in op-

ion Immediately upstream
irom the pulp mill will be a saw.
mill complete with planer and
dry kiln installations,

In addition io two chip silos,
provision has been made for 20,-
utv cunits of chips in open stor-
age between the sawmill and the
chip silos. ‘

This integration of sawmill
and pulp mill faciities is unique
in the interior of B.C, It wil en.
able the best use th be made of
ail the wood beng grown on Cel-
gar’s 860,000-acre tree farm
which extends 200 miles north
of the mill on either side of the
Columbia river,

Logs will be towed down the
arrow Lalses in 50-foot bundles
and .ifted from the water onto
the log deck of the woodroom by
a Gantry-type crane which will
also handle direce truck or rail
jog ae :

novizental cnippers will hana
logs up*to 34-inch in diameter.
Bark and sawdust will be burned
to make steam.

Anocher feature of the pulp
mid design is the location of
central administration offices
with direct access to the operat-
ing floors for managers and su-
pervisors, The mill will be the
firt in B.C, to have an airborne
flakt dryer and kamyr, continu-
ous digesers rather than the

atch
When operating, the mill will
give permanent employment to
about 325 men.

To date nearly 13,000 cubic
yards of concrete have been
poured, with many major por-
tions of the concrete work near-
ing completion,

Chip silo concrete is 86 per
cent comp.ete and work is pro-
gressing on the.roof slab, The
pulping group and the machine
room columns and beams are be-
ing rushed to allow pre-cast roof
sections to be erected early in
the New Year.

Over 94 per cent of the con-
crete work has been completed
in the recausticizing section, and
equipment bases have been con-
ereted for storage tanks,

Floodlights have been set up
to facilitate work on. the four
Ranney water collectors. .

The welding of the lime kiln
sections has now been completed
ad ony a few equipment instale
Jations remain to finalize this
project; Scructural steel erection
is now complete to the shops
and stores bullding and is- pro-
gressing on tanks in the recaus-
sicizing area.

‘The main dissolving, storage
and black liquor dump tanks are
completed except for roofs, Elet-
trical crews are busy erecting
outside’ lighting for the ware-
house and‘inside lighting is also
nearing completion, Fresh water
underground services have been

and other
services are about 60 ‘per cent
completed.

Fire line installations have
been eepecesstully tested and the
trench has been backfilled, The

automatic sprinkler system has |-

also been completed ready for
testing. Pile: driving work has
been completed at the woodroom
and work has begun on the per-
manent roof to the woodroom

CAST

Beginning In 1960 log pro.

EGAR N

Published Ex very Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”’

duction will be increased in or-
der to build wood reserves for

VOL. 12, No. 51

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1959

10 CENTS PER COPY

the oneratio of the mill early in
1961

and leave local taxpayers unpro-

Fire Dept. Refuses
Answer Fire Gall
In Sherhiko Area

The Casttegar fire depart-
ment, nbiding by village policy,
refused to answer a fire cil!
outside the village boundaries
in the Sherbiko subdivision last
week, 3

The person making the call
was referred to the forestry
service who were not in the of-
fice at the time. The man then
took one of the’ village's ‘fire
extinguishers and put the fire
out himself,

In line with village policy
“ave just cannot go outside the
village,’ said Comm. George
Carr. However, if a life is in-
Volved the fire chief has the
authority to take men and
equipment. autside the limits

tectex,

Comm. R, C, Maddocks said
that of the five or six calls the
department has answered out-
side the limits, only one was
Paid for, He said that the sug-
gestion was made to the Sher-
biko-subdivision residents ‘that
they take up a collection
set up a fund to pay for pe

calls, “but no one has tuken
the initiative.’ ~

Compiciod Pulp.

it
Nee i
‘ we me

er
SoD

S'S BLEACHED krait pulp san ens ¥ are?
iin 1961, is'shown here. Log b will

nat 3) ih a

een
oe

chin siios

ed by crane from the C

into.chips in the woodroom and blown to opeh storage
at right of the mill site. Buildings from right to pdett

ee

Mill will Provide Work |

(behind stack), recausticizing piant
reeovery boilers and slack; the pulping group; the fong
ine room and the pulp Warehouse." Célgar’s’ new
sawmill will appear immediately to- the. west of the
pulp mill and will manufacture chips as a byproduct.

Premier Bennett’s
Christmas Message

Each year at

[ilies throughout

ahead. And may the

: 2 “game

hroughout the wor
To ali of you,

Christmas and a Happy

Year,

Murry
New

ilews Publishes Qn
ied, Next Week

The Castlegar News will he

\ published one day early next
week. It will he pubjished om

{ Wed. Dee. 30 ta allow anr
readers to take advantuse af
the specials offered by our at_
vertisers for that last minute
shopping far New Year's Eve.

Three Plans for the evelopment of Columbia River Power

PSVELGPMENT of the Columbia hydro potential will involve
«one of the above three pans ultimately selected by agreement
of the internc.tional government bodies and provincial author-
i.ies concerned, The project, once agreement is reached bet.
ween the US. and Canada on downstream benefits, will change
the face of the Kootenay cou!ry and will have a direct bear-

ing on its economy and that of the whole province. Says the .

Cranbrook Couricr of the Plans | for the Columbia: ‘Not since

@ land tetwecn, Speaking to the Windermere board of

le, Dr. Coy said the non-diversion plan calls for a dam at

. Montana, which would flood back to about Wardner (42

ito Canada) affecting 43 families or 600 people and

ng out exis ing roads and railways running east and west.

A dam at Bu‘l river is also visualized which would create a
dam up to Canal Flats, flooding most of Fort Steele and Wasa
completely and roads end railways running north and south.
Dr, Coy said the two other plans would result in much more

the comple ion of the will any ig be. so
indiuentia, to our economy.” The three pians are: 1, Non-di-
version, in which there would be no diversion of the Kootenay
ner in the Columbia river system. 2. The Copper Creek di-

sion in which some water from the Kootenay is diverted
Inte th2 Columbia by building a dam at Copper Creek near
Spriygbrook and a dam a! Luxor creating a lake between the
two dams raising the water to the 2,170-foot level. 3. Dorr
diversion which increases the size of the above-described lake
from Dorr (four miles north of the International Boundary)
to Luxor. Such a plan as the third, says Dr, F. E. Coy, a
member of the Columbia river hydro i for the Koot-
endys, would flood out Atha’mer, Canal Flais,

nf flooding in the Windermere district, The level of
Lake Windermere would be raised 80 feet. The low-lying com-
muri ies and al. existing channels of communication would be
flooded at least partially. The lake level would be subject to a
variation drawdown of 50-60 feet during the winter and early
spring. The speaker pointed out that investigations have been
continuing since 1944 under the auspices of the Interna-
tional Joint Ce ion, The actual he said, has
been done-by the Co:umbia River Engineering Board consis-
ting of engineers representing both Canada ane the U.S.A.
These invesiigati have been to

Joint Commission as three broad alternative echeniias, The by,
he A Cc

prairie, part of Windermere and Edgewater, and all the low-

Suuinesstors BC. have been aoa this development of clase

for some time, said Dr. Coy, “and have agreed on certain. orin-
ciples among them: 1. That the hydro resources of the Colum-
bia river basin should be developed in the best interests of
the Canadian people and 2. that the energy developed

region should be available tc the region to the e: td
it can be utilized now or in the foreseeable future, 3. that
development should be done in such a manner as ‘0 “create as

tittle disturbance as possible in the existing economy of the

Koo enays." Dr, Coy said the hydro committee “has held the
opinion for a long time that these objectives can best be met
by the construction of the Libby Dam to supply power to the
adjacent arcas and give adequate flood control to the agricul-
tural.lands on the Kootenay Flats at Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, and
Creston, BC.” On the Columbia the key controt dam at Mica
Creek should be constructed immediately, continued Dr, Coy,
to meet the power needs of the southwestern portion of the
province as well as that of the interior, “These two projects
would meet the pressing need for power and time for further
investigation of cheap thermal power and would result in the
least flooding of our country and the least disturbance of the
existing economy.”

— i courtesy’ C1

Courier

Columbia and Kootenay River
Basius

Proposed dams or power stalions
shown in bieck capitals
Plan I (no diversion)

to
completion oe ee holdup in
spite of spells of cold weather.
Preparation of the sawmill site is
continuing and to date over 293,-
000 cubic yards of cut have been

Nine test piles have

been driven on the sawmill site, |~

Columbia and Kootenay River
Basins

Proposed dams or power stations
shown in block capitals
DR (Copper Creek diversion)

Columbia and Kootenay River
Basins

Propesed dams or power staticns
shown in bieck capitals
Pha IL Dore Diversion

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