COMPASSION is ‘the ante

Hlters and telegrams Saturday
i Wedding TAnnlvorsary:

Al sions of “pest wishes and con-
| gratulations, were thos

8 | Prime
4\Trudeau; the Governor-Gen-

a|mier

requirement in working with

handicapped children, such as this one, a participant in a

voluntary program four days per week at Bob Brandson

Memorial Pool in Kinnaird. Recreation supervisors in that

area are voluntarily giving up their half hour of free time

on Monday, the Po rhureday and eae to work TH
e

creation Ci

Contra Ke

of
Regional District. — bite News Photo

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Heagy
of Slocan received many let-

on the occasion of their 50th
the many expres-

e from
Minister Plerre Elliott

eral and Mrs, Roland Michen-
er; Major-General
Randolph Pearkes, the form-
er Licutenant-Governor; Pre-
W. A. C. Bennett; Don-
ald L, Brothers, minister of
education and MLA for Ros-
sland-Trail,

Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
Harding, MP for Kootenay-

George] in

50 years ago on 2 Jan, 14, 101

Verwood, Sask. with
George Burt officiating,

cy.

were born 1

but life first took them. se-
parate ways. Mr. Hea zy
ed to Saskatchewan in 1915.
His bride, the former Leila
Elsie Farnham, had arrived
that province '% years
Belen in 905.

. Hal Belbeck of Rob-

e-| el

West; Mayor Carl
blich of Kinnaird and Her-
bert W. rridge, former
MP. for Korma West.
These were read by mas-
ter of ceremonies, Ken Free-
man, at a family supper held
Saturday, in the Kinnaird hall.
hall was gaily de-
corated” in yellow and white
streamers and gold bells with
words of congratulations in
high iy ietters across the front

aie toast to the bride

Aerial Firefighters Demonstrated
Their Prowess Lest Saturday

ae joint venture last Sat-

y by Skyways Ltd. and

Be, Forest Service provided
the newly-

stiff test for
installed ‘est ienting facilities

at Castlegar airport and also
an admirable demonstration
of the pilots’ and ground
crew's skill.

Three of the veteran

Skyway pilots flew bombing
practice runs over a simulat-
ed fire, set as a part of the
practice by assistant forest
ranger Terry Russ.

During the five jarope-

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6p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m:

ma of Bentonite ite ee
tardant—the highly skilled
fliers proved their ability
and ground crews proved ef-
ficiency of both operations
and Saulpment,
When the drops were
made, the thick pink mud
floated from the craft, com-
pletely dousing the barrel
and its smoky contents with
the first load.

The three subsequent
drops were placed within a
few feet of the same exact
location.

Finally, with the mock
fire and surrounding area
covered on all sides with the
pink mud, the last drop pin-
pointed a huge upright canes
assessed by th ird di
fares major hot pot in the

‘he bombers, converted

jour.

Piiots fly the planes to
within a hair's breadth of the
tops of trees aglow with im-
aginary fire and aim their
drops with uncanny accuracy.

While the only smoke in

ctual existence at the simu-

a
lated forest fire location was
a relatively small column, a
rea fire situation would see
much more thick smoke, and
consequently greater danger
to the pilots.
‘The bombers were land-
ed at the airport guided into
position, reloaded and put
back into the air within five

nutes.

pvactual loading time av-
eraged three minutes.

All across Canada most
summers, audiences watch
stunt pilots perform high-
speed aerobatics with air-
borne machines only six or
eight, fee apart.

ut they do it, generally
over See epaned airfi elds, in
calm, clear weather with no

B.S | be

Heagy's parents.

in 1934 they moved to
Meskinaw, in northern Sask-
atchewan only to return to
the southern part of the pro-
vince four years later.

They came to B.C. in
1951 where Mr. Heagy work-
ed in a sawmill until retire-

nt.

They lived in, Kinnaird
until 1904 when they. made
their home at Sloc

The couple have five
j|children, Merl Heagy, Ray-
mond Heagy of Kinnaird,

Mrs. Hal Belbeck of Robson,
Mrs, Bruce Hunter of Trail
and Mrs. Ken Freeman of
Coquitlam, 19 grandchildren
and four: great-grandchildren.

After th the

ed by a lily-of- the valley
ioep and the figure, 50. Gold
tapers stood on either side

of the cake,

Two of the grandchild-
ren, Lorna and Beverley Bel-
beck, served pieces of cake to
the guests, after which Patti
Belbeck assisted her grand-
parents in opening their
many beautiful gifts.

For the occasion, Mrs.

Heagy wore a dress of white
net with blue underlay and
matching jacket.

Her corsage was of white| €
carnations.

Saturday marked the
last of several functions hon-
oring, the couple:

Open house was_ held

23 at Slocan, followed

by an open house at the

home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and

Belbeck of Robson, June a

On this occasion, over 40
guests dropped in to extend
est wishes.

A gold cream-and-sugar
set was presented to the cou-
ple by Harry Evans, presi-
dent of the senior: scene of
Castlegar and dis

Pouring for te ent
noon were Mrs, W. E.
Creight and Mrs. Gilbert aL,
cobson, both of Kinnaird.

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Rinsing your mouth ‘of

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but the frontline troops in
the battle against forest fires.

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They risk their lives un-
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He'll be a Conscientious MLA Who Will Work With and For You

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be open Mondays.
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Keep t., in for
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Some Nearly Unknown
Facts on Hypertension

In using the term “hyper.
tension,” the: doctor usually]
refers to the condition in
which the very small blood
vessels of the body show in-
creased resistance to the flow
of blood.

overweight, or who has a
family history of of high blood
pressure or diabetes, particu-
larly during middle age, is
a prime candidate for hhyper-
tension. A routine medical
examination may disclose the

The| presence of hypertension long

This according to
Canadian Medical Association,
wi

before the patient develops

is an i
in the blood pressures.
This is the so-called es-
hypertension, _ prob-
ably ths commonest form.
‘Appro: imately 5 percent of
the rot population of Can-
ada suffer, from it. Most of
it is males.

The association of dia-
betes, obesity, kidney dis-
ease and high. blood pressure
is well certain ly be-
ing overweight is ‘a definite
factor, although the exact
reason is not completely
clear.

Thus the person who is

sential

of it.

The CMA reports that
the judicious use of reducing
diets, salt restriction, and if
necessary one or more of the
many prescription drugs a-
vailable, can contribute a
great deal to the patient's
wellbeing.

In many cases this type
of treatment can delay or
prevent the serious. compli-
cations of high blood pres-
sure that occur in such vital
organs as the heart, kidneys
and brain.

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SHORTS, SLIMS, BLOUSES & SUMMER SHIFTS

Material Suitable For The Bride

Peau De Elegance, yard

Lace, priced at, yard

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Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”

Mite tact KS WEATHER

VOL. 21, No. 29

ethers BRITISH COLUMBIA,

THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1958

10 CENTS PER COPY

TRAVELLERS from this area

journey of a lifetime last week—a’ trip to
Ontario on the’ Young Voyageurs program.
Pausing for the Castlegar News camera he-
fore boarding a bus on first leg of the trip
to eastern Canada are escorts Mr. and

took off for a

Mrs. Bob Patrick of Castlegar and students

Paul Larsen and Vern Enright, both of Nel- t
son. The sports bags the four are carrying
were issued-to all participants in the Voya- fic
Seur program, which involves 3,360 students
and 280 chaperones from across Canada.
— Castlegar News Photo

Settlement Proposed
For Cominco Workers

_Wage increases of 36 cents
an hour in three stages form
the basis of.a settlement a-
greed to by United Steelwor-
kers of America negotiators
and Cominco management.
The union says an addi:

within the period of five
between Jan. 1, de i869 and Dec.

31, 1973. In subsequent
five-year. period each employ-

a further
f special vaca-

ee will be caditieal to:
three weeks

July .1, 1968: ‘Comin-

On’
co's contribution -of.-$1,50'"a!

This provision applies
mainly to employees who are
given short layotts out of line
of: seniority due to

Columbia Cellulose Co.
has acquired .100.per, cent
ownership of Skeena Kraft, it
was announced yesterday by
George W. W, pre-
sident and

© Interest in Colcell

feel that 8 Byes s gecislon

ecom important
shareholder in “Columbia Cel-
lulose can be seen as a vote
of confidence in present man-

hief
officer of Columbia Cellulose.
Skeena Kraft was form-
erly owned 60 per cent by
Columbia Cellulose and 40
per cent by Svenska: Cellu-

fosa Aktlebolaget of Swed-|4)-
en. 4

In the transaction, Sve

‘ska Cellulosa: exchanged its |:

interest: in Skeena Kraft for

umbia Cellulose: In addition,
Svenska Cellulosa. purchased
1,230,000 common shares of
Columbia _ Cellulose
Celanese Corporation.
cater a result, Svenska now

mus:

a eee the ag chan bes
in fap holdings, Mr. Scrim-
shaw cited a number of mar-

counting and record-ke
expenses. '
Skeena’s new kraft mill};'

an-
nouncement,” Mr. ‘Scrimshaw.
said.
excellent _relationshi;
our Swedish ah partners Rare ety
some diffi times and we

eping| 2 Bpanifor for pe ener.

enhance Columbia Cellulose's
po ty to grow and. diversi-

from | 3):

ihe
postal strike began to make.
itself, known. :
Earlier in’ the day,
Offices. stopped accepting
second, en our,
- | class

with p.m.
deadline for Seepndcliss and

ost

was cur-
tailed! at at seven Tuesday.

policies.
Svenska Callulosa’ into an in-|8

MUSIC HATH CHARMS . . .. and the charm-
ing ladies and handsome, fellows from Que-
bec who were hosted by Castlegar. residents
enjoyed music as well as companionship at
an outdoor barbecue, aided and abetted by
Ivo Thiergarten and his accordion and a local

News Photo

ming and boating :
wild spree of enjoyment of the naturak bea
uty of the West Kootenay: area. — Castieger

Information from
the Post Office public re-
lations ‘department’ indicated
that lock boxes would
open, for or: some fime, between

of

ours ant
ical bn -althou He the: Bi seed on
the ee is Ectremely thing in Castle

% Ironically, the smallest

“We have enjoyed 6 an Ro!

- In _ situations ‘where the

conditions...
The settlement terms pro-|.
pose the relief day occurring

every 28: days ‘with the’exist- |?"

to the Benevolent Soc-| and three
cease, In’ its

D | benefits. As wage

increase.

sat | plemented until’ September

An additional floating
statutory: holiday i will will be e add.

ployees who are ee Dens "Of
age or over.on July 1, 1968
will receive the full wage in-
creases."

Fates _in- 968.
crease, Cominco’s benefits will

an
58 58 ‘cents: an. hour on.a 2.04
The bulletin lists the. set-

wage rates from July 1. The
lowest rate in the wage scale
will become $2.80 and one-
shale cents'an hour, aud the

jobs reclassifie

collective bargaining ‘in. 1966
when the rates were reduced.
They will be

KB Chambers Move
To Shelve Tourist Plan

A proposal that the Koo-
tenay Boundary Chambers. of
Commerce establish a tour-
ittee - was shelved
time being in a meet-
ing held here Tuesday in

ist. “commit
for the

Castlegar.

Instead, the Chamber
officials dealt with the
lication of a new broc! re
on the attractions of the area

and discussed various publi-

to attrac

by_ei-
ght cents an hour. About 125,
employees in all Cominco op-
erations are affected.

Six months. later, from
Jan. 1, 1970, all wage rates
will advance a further 10 ce
an hour except “red circle”
rates phic will increase by
eight cents.

Commencing Jan. 1, 1968
employees, with 15 years
more service will be entitled
to a special vacation of three
weeks in addition to the nor-
mal entitlement.

This will be taken once

nts | vincial.

vellers to the Kootenays and
Kootenay Bouns

K-BC C will be on Sept-
ember 29, preceding the Pro-
Tourist dvisery,
Council annual meeting, b
ing held in Nelson.

e Advisory Council is
made up of representatives
rj of all eight regional districts
of the province, who work i in
conjunction with the Depart-
mient of Travel Industry in
Victoria in the promotion of

tourism in- the province.

THE PEOPLE were there, even: though the fire wasn't—
well, not very much of it anyway.’ Very minor damage re-

sulted from a fire in a CPR shed below the Columbia Ave. ing
bridge Tuesday. Two fire trucks
fire

teer

and the cars of the volun-| sj7o

department attracted people of all ages—and the

disappointment was almost audible when the fire was ex-
tinguished in less than 15 minutes. It was the second fire in
the’shed in as many weeks..— Castlegar News Photo

ct tra-

bernert meeting of the

In addition, the Cham-
bers. are preparin;

Total Forest Fires
Still Burning
"| Total Acreage

‘William | Patrick O'Sulli-
‘van, of:1308 4th Avenue, Kin-
led -in hi at’ Res

in yelsioke Sauer a

Sot where he received his
education.

During the Second Wena
War ~ he served. with

former June Lavoie at Medi.
cine Hat. He was an opera’

ing. engineer,. and fo!
construction, and was em-
ployed 4 at the Mica Dam when

We "was a member of the
e son,

une; 01
ae, and one daughter Stacey,
both at home.

ding at Bellevue, | will not

t-
lowed | *

the: sole em-
Ployees -hejis not considered |js

ener of the postal union| an
us . will’ continue his | tar

indignant letter back — for
the time being, at least.

Now Thing
Is Happening
Friday at THE —

Serendipity is a little-
known word, but the con-
cept is not #0 rare as the
word itself.

ing fortunate discoveries
accidental {was display.
recently. i in’ Castlegar,
bh patrons of THE, the
yout ated coffee
Kouse, will benefit.

such _a happening,
serves up a_ brand-new
drink.

This week, THE neat E
t

mputers and comput-
Sewee have - fashioned

‘as: any.
new: PY, schnology apparently
has some old faci ete

One of these, if

He said that-he was un-
as .to the extent of

is being to
ie Colum-
son

the ‘testing. “I am not a
d|chemist, so I .don’t «know
what What oy are looking for,

There - are other consid-
erations in: the tests, besides
the obvious actors "such as
choliform content, Ald. Cook

Mayor Little suggested & a
test for odor and taste

th iter should also be ae
of rmed intervals.

peer oe for. the job

of wate:

t| NDP Retains Seat

In Revelstoke-Slocan
Broetien Monday

e NDP retained Revel-
kegoee riding in the pro-
vincial. byelection held‘ there
Monday. -

Bill King

Train. fire:
of Revelstoke won m the vote in
a seesaw battle with Social
Credit’s. Burt Campbell, edi-
tor of the Castlegar News.
With 37 of 41 polls. re-

icherois, a
locomotive engineer from
Revelstoke, had 456 votes.

It was Campbell's third
try for the office. In 1963 he
it Randolph Hard-
40 Per. cent of the
966 he again faced

ee preccived
t. 0 far in-

ie byelection was neces-

a
sitated by Mr. Harding’s re-

signation to run, and also win,
federally in Kootenay-West.

The Town of Castlegar
may purchase land for a
town-owned Parking facility | to
with a view to

poucnire

five years ago, there has
been no legal problem up
now.

council mee!
The mayor's remarks
were made during discussions
with 1 druggist Romeo
Goulet on the one major re-
maining problem before be-
ginning eaeeneen of. Cast-

spaces required under
town bylaws for a store of its

" However, since the store
was built before the bylaws
became effective, less than

olnted 5
it his

nol have the number of "park- two

expansion tringn einto effect
a requirement to provide
parking space not only for
the proposed new area, but
also to update the parking
requirements on present tas

Castlegar bylaws re-
quire one car parking space
for each 1,000 equate = feet
of floor space of a

Mr. Little said are ‘this

to the problem — it
occur if other. merchants
also decide to expan
should be solved ins one of |i
ways. Either the mer-

juld then! we should change the

open lot at first, with signs
indicating which . merchants
are operating the lot exclu-
sively for their own cust-
gmers.

a year or two, he con-
tinue, demand for parking
in the downtown core might
justify a second storey being
added to the parkade.

Still aHotuee possibility
suggested by Mayor Little
was removal of the parking
requirement from the bylaw.

He affirmed that, since
the law is in effect, it should
be enforced — “either that,
or we break the law by al-
Slowing everyone to bypass

However, he added, “If
we have to go through’ this
g|every time we have an ap-
plication -(for renovation)

Cone decided to take

Castlegar Council ounIpess
Public Parking With 2-Storey Parkade |:

Prt
two separate but related ac-

tions as.a result of Mr. Gou-
let's request.

‘The first of these was to
approve the application
principle, with the parking
Problem being the thpie of
further discussion and ap-

r

“Just ee a good
tongue,”

ber of council quipped.

Cook did. not say

Break and Enter
Charge Against
Gasiiegar Man

A 29-year-old. Castlegar
man is to appear in court in
Grand Forks on a charge of

Grand Forks drug store.
Charged in connection

an charg ith

offence on Friday of last week.
No date has yet been set

for his appearance court,
boundary area police
spokesman said the premises
was entered by forcing arear
door: The store's safe was ta-

o The safe was later found,
but had tidtee" irene into.

| definitely determines, and
$440

The su pect has not yet
appeared in court and no plea
has been ente!

“He has a lawyer and ar-
rangements will have to be,
made with him regarding the
court appearance,” the RCMP

less, one mem-| 7

breaking and entering at a 38

There’s No Substitute for Taste Buds

predetermined course:
ig racers on either 2 one- or
i depending om

Participation in the ev
ent has no top age limit,

prime movers behind the
fee house.

Also taking a hand ins
proceedings will be Barry:
Rrorris a Vascouver man wha ase
is. prese: in Castlegar to
guide the Tactivities of the
youth c cen!

Mr. Morris 1s a theology

student at a *S cboat in Chi-
cago and a personal friend
of Rev. Tom Wilding.

east
Pack. to the church site.

Mr. Davis estimates 50
bicycles and riders will par-
ticipate in the races.

It is one of a number of
events being staged in Cast-
legar the summer
months to to involve young Lea
ple from junior secon

officer concluded.

school through the collese
level.

proval of the building plans

not, at this e, subject. to

fulfillment of the bylaw.
‘The second action was ap-

proval of a proposal to give |

serious study to. the e1
parking _ problem,

the possibility of the Multk
Storey parkade.

. Goulet also indicated

of concern.

Purpose of the. meeting
would be to explore possible
solutions to the parking pro-
blem and the re-

BEAUTY AND THE BICYCLE? With maples TG to the poet,
this picture was shot earlier this week as Bill Anderson ‘of

Castlegar prepared his bicycle

for action in a two-day series

of races sponsored by THE coffee house. His pretty helper

action to them.

of Robson. The races will begin tomorrow

aera with several heats and will culminate Saturday with
three Grand Prix races. — Castlegar News Photo