CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec. 1, 1960 HOSPITAL AUXILIARY . Used Winter Clothing Wanted; ‘The regular meeting of the WA to the Castlegar and District Hos- pial was held Jast week. There were 15 members present’ ond Mrs. Rust ‘was welcomed ine ® guest. Mrs, Guy Guldo was in After the adoption of the min- utes read by Mrs. Hyson, the pro- Posed nut drive was discussed. Mrs, W. Reed reported that she had hnd no success in contacting the salesman from Planters’ Pea- nuts, However, it. ts hopéd that Buy stamps row _ before: the : rush. 12 ‘and 8 -eent - come in. handy. dotlar, packs. Y Chock ‘your list for correct. ad- dressos, Include postal zone num- ber where nosucd, some arrangements can be worked out, so that the drive may be held in early December as’ planned. Mrs. Hyson read ao letter from the former treasurer, Mrs. E. Nor- ris, thanking the: Auxiliary for the farewell tea in her honor ond the gift and good wishes of the mem-| bers, nase During her presentation of ‘the treasurer's report, Mra. D, Deveraon told the members that the Thrift Shop had grossed $149, 20 in Octo- ber. Hospital mending is being kept|_,’ up to date by the Womens: organ- izations in the District, and was done in November by. the WA to the Kinnaird United Church, Mrs. Reed showed the members a sample of thé large crib blankets|- being offered for sale by the auixil- lary to be sold at the Thrift Shop. She also reported that another cro- _|sheted baby outfit had been turned in dnd is now on asp ley, in the hospital, A’ suggestion was made by Mrs. ®. Minnion that the Thrift Shop be decorated for Christmas, Mrs. _| Vaessen told the meeting that there have been many requests at the Thrift Shop for winter clothing, ‘)particularly children’s snow suits, conte, overshoes, mittens and warm sweaters, ‘There is also a demand at this time of year, for all kinds of toys, skates, sleds, in fact everything from stuffed toys to guns and hol- sters. > ~ Anyone having any of these articles, with no use for them, is asked to call Mrs, Verzuh at 4451, Pick.them up. ‘The clgaret-vending machine has been installed in the hospital and this service is greatly apprec- iated by both patients and visitors. ‘The matter of renewing maga- zine subscriptions was discussed and it was decided: to ‘drop -all-but a and | /and she ‘will be happy to call-and mimeographed and distributed to the members, Mrs, Guido named a nomina- ting committee, composed of Mrs, D, Brookes, Mrs, W. Reed and Mrs. R. Minnion, to draw up a list of Nominees for the election of offic- VieTORIA REPORT Cabinel Gels CofC Brief: By JAMES K. NESBITT. 2nd Castlegar Troop) ‘Has a Busy Month .. ‘The Scout activities of the ina Castlegar. ‘Troop for November :fea~ tured two troop meetings, five pat- rol. meetings, one hike, the“ Armis~ tice Day parade and a theatre par- ty to see the Ten View on hele Runs | A Canadisn Pacific Railwa: K ofe Nelson... fidlal last week reiterated a dom-| ‘mm ‘addition to the expenditure pany view at Nelson, aeatin if A trend ‘Troop of Pa- ‘The British of Commerce came calling.on the| ‘a few days ogo and ers at the meeting.” - Mrs. D. Campbell, Mra. R. Min- nion and Mrs, H, Wood will assist’ Mrs. Guido in planning the annual dinner meeting to be held in Jan- uary. The’ possibility of a dance. fol- lowing the dinner was’ discussed with & favourable response. from | ; the, members, : : Mayor Read Opens Canadian Pacific Herchandise Bldg. Canadian Pacific opened its new merchandise services bullding. in ‘Trail last week when several hun- dred Trail business men and. clvic officials saw Mayor L, A, Read cut/ § the ribbon and. proclaim the $100,000 building officially opened. It was another big step in the overall modernization program .of Canadian Pacific integration of ex- press, ‘truck and | th: | ideas, and ‘handed out to the cabinet (Premier Bennett was not there, being absent on business) a mighty bagful’ of “JAMES K. NESBITT © as to what Yail shipments all handled from the one central point. - ‘The key point 1s Vancouver feed- ing all classes of goods by all-rail haul, highway, combined truck and|.. rail haul, piggyback services and air services to many points in Bri- tish Columbia, With the opening of the new building at Trail, shippers may now have all of their transportation needs filled by one organization, one staff under one roof, The new Canadian Pacific ter- minal at Tadanac is a pre-fabrica- ted ‘steel. structure altuated on a site of three actes opposite the Con- solidated™ ee and. Smelting Tio out-of-town return address on all envelopes... outside and inside the parcel, Weigh at the Post Office. Mail early. A Post Office leafiet will be delivered to - your home. with suggested mailing _ dates, ° : ff Last date tar local dolivery DECEMBER 17. S GANADA POST OFFICE to dally papers instead. Several members offered to bring current issues of magazines to the hospital every month, ’ The: draw: for the blanket was held and the winning ticket, held by Heather Andefson, was drawn by Mrs. Rust, Mra. D, Campbell presented the completed lst. of bylaws for con- sideration and these were adopted 108 40 feet ae General offices in the front. At the rear are two sidings to acconimodate four box cars. On the south side are alx-pick- up doors for transports with’ six trailer bays on the north side. ° ‘A staff of 24 will handle the duties formerly carried out in two widely separated buildings, Now they can better serve. patrons: and expedite traffic. The manager is J. M. Robison. should, and should not be done, in the chamber’s view, for the better- ment of this province and its peo- ple. ‘The cabinet ministers listened, nfostly in silence, asked a few qués- tions, gave no opinions. They pro- mised to algest everything: that was said. It is in this way. tral. senger services will probably t bail: work such as care or bloycles, sem- sphor and shear’ lashings. . the ‘Owl. and Wolverine: patrols. ‘These meetings were held. ‘nt- Scout minton and hockey..From’ the -pat- rol reports it's gathered’ that Mrs. Larry Davis is a very Boot den me ther. The hike theme was cooking, ond trail signs. ‘Barbecued grouse, ducks ond fish showed that the pa~- rents of the scouts are hunters and fishermen. ‘Winners of the monthly ~ Patrol’ meetings , were: held’ by |. mited top “number Hs business firms’ last year, peas or co tes. 1 page ws gutliacke oad | i general manager of the CPR's pac-| 5 . CALL. ifio region, told the Nelson ‘Cham-} ‘2 ber of Commerce, the development of. air, and automobile’ travel had made it necessary for Canadian Pa- cific, which had already begun to ‘reduce. passenger’ service on ‘somb |. branch’ lines, to intensify this. pro- gram. and to expand ‘it’ to: cover some main line services, ‘This program, he said, took the form of reduction in frequency, con- solidation and discontinuance of. train service, SMITH? § “PLUMBING & -HEATING Phone 3401 CASTLEGAR - FOR SAFE, ETE ROPETE. ' are the of “the! Owl ‘patrol, Don patrol Jeaner, and Gordon. Gem- mill, second. ‘Wolverines came seooind, with Coyotes and ‘Foxes tying for third Place. Individual winners were Craig “ Paolfic however, that the transition’ will be gradual with: an objective to con- tinue such operations so long ‘as revenyes are sufficient to cover di- rect operating costs and make a | Pettitt first, Don second and Fred Simpson. third. bute tothe common welfare... “In short freedom of enterprise is the individual's freedom to en- terprise, rather than-:bis right to Preserve from .interference what he has. It is the freedom of the: in- dividual to make his own choice, and to take his chances, and, at ‘mes, to make.his own mistakes.” ; + Wise words, these, sage sdvict) — most people would be far hap- Bier, live far more fully, AE. Shey, had ;}4fic had always supported the prin- towards ex- penses,” he sald, My, Fraine said Cangdian Pac- ciples of the chamber of commerce and was probably one of the! far- gest single components of the cham- ber of commerce in Canada. The railway, he said, had seven mem- berahipa on the Kootenay Division, ‘three of them in Nelson. He ‘sald the Canadian Pacific employed 1,100 on the Kootenay Di- Mision, 400 of these are in Neluon. ‘The annual‘/payroll on the ‘division More get-up-and-go.. the government learns what people are thinking — right from the grassroots, so to speak. mn its brief, the Chamber of Commerce” delegation’ showed its worry about how. governments are going more and more into private businessy'look at this province — the government in the lquor busi- ness, the railway business, the el- ectric power business, the ferry bus- ines, Premier Bennett says his gov- ernment only goes into business when private business will not do 80. But this is not quite sp, because the gqvernment wouldn't. for one minute dream of létting private business go into .the: retail Hquor business, ‘not while booze turns into the bythe, members. Coples will be Ste Regis Hotel ‘Vanconver, Bee: Situated in the heart of the Business. and shopping district EXCELLENT COFFEE: SHOP AND ‘DINING poor ‘Rooms From #50 Geena weekly and monthly rate coffers about $30,- 000,000 a year in profits. ‘The Chamber of Commerce told the government’:there should be more fredom o¥ enterprise in Bri- tish ‘Columbia. So’ there should be, but unfortunately, today, more ‘and more people .want their paths through life "cushioned, the pills of life coated with cangy; te want a” painless - path: there's .ng such thing.”.” * "Young. people, taking” “employ- ment, look 50 years, ahead to pen- sions at the end of the road. Why, when’ one 1§ 20:—. a: magic ‘age — there ahould be no’ end of. the'road — it's millions of miles away:.The result of- this is. that::too’ many young .folk/!are stifling .themzelves, bogging down “in hum-drum jobs they hate, folerating them only ‘be- cause,there’s a pension in the dim, | sta domi of enterprise is 8 a negative concept for the ‘defence of vested Private interests.-It'is positive and dynamic,: “It! imposes on ‘the, indiv- idual the duty; to Be enterprisin t maintain (a high*gtandard of eth- wan. $6%. million and $3 million in for payrolls, he ‘added,’ Canadian | 30. People Attend. Silver Birch Meeting To Hear Coast Handicapped Consultant |azontana Centre for Cerebral Falsy Weekend ; hunting ;ot and Handicapped Children, and as: Hf retarded children could be; reached at an earlier age for train- ing and therapy, a large-percentage of them could become useful self- England which demonstrated the advanced thinking both in training and housing of *the retarded, Dr, MoGann stressed the fact that his nt felt it knew what was cltirens of the ¢ ity, self-relant and accepted and , thprefore less a burden to the tax- * payer, Dr. J. D. ‘MeGann} professional consultant of the Association for Retarded Children and sssociate| handling professor at the University of Brit- jah Columbia brought home this * fact to the 80 people attending a meeting at the filver Birch Handi- capped School here last week. . Ghowing a. film. produced ia needed to be done in this province halted ‘in ita developmént owing to insufficient funds, . “There are 1,500 children at Woodlands, It is overcrowded, the facilities ate and there! alstant professor of special edttiea- tion at the University of Montana. CASTLEGAR SOCIALS arenes Churches, Phone 9511 and ‘Mrs, Ivan Dergousoff event the weekend at Grandforka. Mr, N, E. Churches accompan- ied by Mr, Ken.Denneus spent last CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec. 1, 1960 Dunlop Wins Slide Rule Peter Dunlop, a’ atudent last term at SHHS, has been awarded the slide rule donated by the West Kootenay Branch of the Association tics 101 course of Grade 13. Peter is the son of Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Dunlop, He is now at- tending the University of British His closest competi Friends of Mr, Sid Walton will be pleased to know that he is.im- bike although -he is still in hos- of This prize is awarded: annually to’ the student in the West Koo- tenay District who obtains the highest standing in the Mathema- tors « were Ronald Hebdon of Nelson and . Ronald Harrod of Trail who each obtained one mark leas than Peter did, are 00 more. awaiting admittance,” to improye existing ‘His present :9,000-mile. tour of BO, was intended ‘to inform the public of thé problems involved in df retarded children and to atress the urgent need of trained personnel and homea for these un- fortunate people. . ‘There is only one snatitution| — Woodlands — in the’ province, with another one, Tranquille, being Notre Dame Plans ‘5 ee Winter Carnival “‘The Student Council of Notre Dame University College at Nelson will. seek the.co-operation of the * Nelson Sliver King Ski Club in or- ganizing competitive sk! events in conjunction with the Winter Carn- ival to’ be held late in January. ‘The Carnival, which will be held ‘Jan. 21 Yo 23) will coincide with the _New Gubmaster For fst Gub Pack | The 1st Castlegar Cub Pack welcomed Frank Ingram and Ed Conroy as assistant Cubmaaters. Mr. Conroy and Mr. Ingram are instrug- ting the first-star Cubs for the firat-ald proficiency badge. Mr. Ingram ‘has his industrial first-ald certificate and the boys are recelving some very thorough he said. is the Olnd- erella of the Social Services.” Advocating the establishment of small residential type unite in various areas of the province, Dr. McGann sad that the retarded have the same social, physical and emo- tional needs as normal children and that these could be better satiatied in this cottage type of home than in a large impersonal institute. ‘Dr. McGann came to B.0. from Montana where he was educational director, and co-ordinator at the TNA AUR LISTINGS WANTED *.. PHONE ANDERSON AGENCIES College's mid. ter holidays. ‘The theme of the Winter Car- nival will be a-student insurrection resulting in the overthrow of the faculty and followed by a mercifully short period of-misrule. The- over- throw.of the College faculty and administration, will be symbolized in @ snowball fight between the staff and the student. body. t Socred President Predicts Win In’ ‘Island Byelection A prediction that Social Credit will win the Esquimalt-Saanich by- election on Vancouver Island when it fs called was made here last Fri- gay by Dr. R. N. Thompson, presi- dent of the Social Credit Assocla- tion of Canada, ‘The ‘Esquimalt-Saanich seat be- came vacant when former Defence _ Minister George Pearkes resigned to become B.C.'s licutenant-govern- or,. Dr. ‘Thompson ; made chis 5re- marks ‘at the airport’ he ate tothe (Okanagan. :- At. the: airport Dr. ‘Thompson - met with Burt. Campbell of Castle- gat, president of the ‘Roseland-Trail | Social Credit Association, albert Tenderpad tests were passed by Colin Maddocks, Ed Bradford, Chris Moffat, Craig Schellenburg, Doug Haines, Roy Franco and Guy ‘Woods, * 4 Second Star Cubs Ricky John- son, Lorne Pellegrin, Gene Shiite, Dal’ Newman, Allan Ross, Tom Lit- tle, Mickey Read have. graduated. Tom: Little has gone up to Scouts. ‘New sixers and seconds by .el- ection but on trial are: Red Six, John McCutcheon and Hugh Ross; Blue Six, Martin Jones and. Ed Bradford; Yellow ‘Six, Phillip Riv- ers and Brian Harvey; Grey Bix, Chuck Smith and Guy Woods, New chums are Pat Bailey, Har” ry Plotnikoff and Al Johnson. Road Expenditure Highest in World * Canada’s per. capita expenditure on roads and streets is now, the highest in the world and the same holds good for, espendltume: pe re- istered: the a of: iy view. for “November, ‘just’ issued. ‘Phe ‘review points out that bet- ‘ween: 1900 and 1928, the number, of Maida, president. of the’ Kootenay | hs Min’ the ‘néxt: three. years;’ and re 1959, the figure had climbed to TATA Best Wishes | ‘ON THE, OPENING OF ‘THE NEW . ~TEXACO. Ul i AcACnNRRON i “Congratulations Best of Luck LES TERNENT ON THE ‘OPENING OF HIS TEXACO STATION ‘. Gleboff Alex PAINTING AND DECORATING PHONE 3441 ere. . AOTEAROA © HA JOIN IN THE FUN SERVICE CONGRATULATIONS TEXACO CASTLEAIRD PLAZA 3 @ 2) TAYLOR - PEARSON & GARSOK TRAIL, AAA AUER CENTRE B.C. 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