The Scone Al... KINNAIRD JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL We would like to remind rybody concerned that our school is holding open house next Tuesday from to m. School will be in regu- lar session and visitors may enter any classroom to see what we are concentrating on at this particular time of the vear in each subject. do not interrupt our work when you enter, please do not think we are rude, We will be carrying on a normal day’s work, and with report cards just around the bend, we really have to keep concentrating.” From 2.30 until 3.20 there Mr. Maglio. Between 3.25 and 4 p.m. tea and cakes will be served in the home economics room. Visitors are also invited t. browse in the library just across the hall. "+ At present the school; population is up to its snowy stomach in “sculpturing.” We are having an_inter-housc ion in this art, in Truck and Gar in an Accident ‘Near Kinnaird An accident involving a truce and a car occurred at p.m. last Thursday on the. Kinnaird-Christina_ Lake highway east of the Valley Park Shell. RCMP say a car driven by Randall Haag of Nelson was following a truck driven by Edward Morrison of Trail when the Haag vehicle at- tempted to bass and a col- lision_occurr The ‘accident, which in- volved damages estimated ath 00 to the Haag car and |¢ $100 to the truck, is still un- der investigation. conjunction with the big snow Carnival being (promt, ed by the SHSS grads. As we go to press, the Jaguars seem to be favored to win, They have almost fin- ished their Snoopy on top of his doghouse.” The snow is sifting down upon his sleep- ing form, just as it does in the comic strip. (It is really a very good likeness.) The other houses, how- ever, are hard at work in an all-out effort to upset the Jags, and one more day could see a lot of changes. We omitted to give you fhe results of the public ad- ss finals, held a few weeks tack The judges gave a tie vote o Mark Sahistrom and Steven Zoobkott for first place. Each these boys represented his grade 9 division very ably. Judges of this contest (which Mi INCOME TAX zg PROBLEMS ?? was a “book report” type of Pa communication) were Mr. Phipps, Mr. Schiavon, Mr. qettery, Mr. Salekin, and Mr. CHARLIE BROWN stands with his friend Snoopy while two girls of the 12B class at SHSS paint in the welcome sign. Pictured are Marion McGauley, left, one the queen and Marg’ who are adding color to their class entry. Snow sculptures were painted with powdered paint © powder direct. i by a score of 3-1. | Scorers for the Redwings u which most students found convenient to be ‘prush on while others tried applying the| wer. M. The school yards were full|Sherstobitoff with B of activity with crys of _is going to crack” urging water ‘carriers to speed - up operations. — Castlegar News Photo “hurry up our glaze Blackhawks Beat Out Rangers 5-1 Not soil were J. Makaroff, 2, and D. McMullen. Assists were by F.J. SMITHERAM TRAILER 1g TOWING H Fully Insured 2 Phone 365-5308 3 4 Box 1351, Castlegar W. Quiring, 2. J. Makaroff and B. Martini, The lone scorer for the Canadiens was R. Walker, unassisted. between the Rangers ‘The Scorers for Blackhawks Timler, a and &. and R. Sherstobitoff getting assists. The Rangers, only goal was scored by D. Rut iand, assisted by D. Nazeroff The with the fin- Siatistics For Mitey- Mite Hockey League The Mitey Mite Hockey League season-end statistics ate: Eagles Rockets Hornets jets Bee avines wannaas Veading scorers are NEW AMBULANCE: capable of e Jeff Stew. 10 on The ambulance service, which is ,|CKRD, serves the area al viciory thus became thy winners of the Kiwanis Cen- CABARET DANCE Hi Arrow Arms Motor Hotel Tomorrow (Fri., Feb. 28) Dancing 9-1 Music by The Occasions $2.00 a Couple tennial Trophy for the league championship: The final league stand- ings for the 1968-69 scason are as follows: a ot four. at a time has been Purchased» by Castlegar Funeral Home. nd to Bruins ry an Hospital ¢ district. The ier |ona equipment to facilitate administering Ee as|Maple Leafs Th ONaayr e top ten scorers NOTICE Sr. Citizen's Meeting, beg. ion Hall. Feb. ~ 7.30 pm, iar ettatnment, ‘hin. go. Don't Forget Story Hour, Sat. 10.30 A.M. at Castle- gar Library. St. Patrick’s Day Dance. March 14, Legion Hall. Reminder: Keep May 23 open for big dance in Kinnaird Hall, sponsored me Royal Leg- ion. M. P. Chernoff 8148, Xoung 8117, M. Ponctt pe & Cheese Tasting Party, Hi Arrow ey Mar, 8 11.30 p.m. Robson Women's World Day of Prayer Service. Mare:7 3 2.30 p.m. in Rob- 1 Aux is now collecting Rum- Banque! mage for Spring Sale. All Norte useable items appreciat- 6.3 Sat. Hall. Provincial Library, Farlianent Bldgse.s victoria, B.C. Dec. 31/32109 ASTLEG an Published Every Thursday at ““The Crossroads of the Kootenays” 4& a WEEK'S. WEATHER Min Sn. S ne x5 26 22 29 23 26 17 _36__ 32. poo. boo VOL, 22, No. 10 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ‘THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1969 10.CENTS SENTS PER COPY District Chamber Wants PWA to Serve With BCA | The Castlegar ‘and Dis- trict Chamber of Commerce has aked the Canadian mmission to the award of service here to aL ate peal was made in a a bret prepared by the chatn- and presented to Can- adlan rapsport Commission 3 officials. are now from Vancouver to Picker: In Seeing that BCA Service is Adequate Nelson on, ‘tion The mimitle profit here. if BCA were to usc 18-pas: driving Castlegar and ‘will host a lun- ing _ passe! cheon at noon on today for those |+5, invited to last nizht’s meet-|t© riety prepared by to lapel 8 Gil aris contends that documents on file with the commission indicate two airlines could operate at a ' The brief also notes that have three Local Couple m we feel that.a plane of 18,- 000 Ibs. it is too pert rom Gorenission: aieosident J. rsgill’s general’ atti- tude aa a meeting in Neleon nn Tur was 'that B.C. A! Lines should be ‘given ae oppurtunity + to’ prove itself here, nonetheless he She Fe Ne his personal’ guarantee that any sensible adjustments to: the terms of the licence Soul be 2|heard by himself and, where . feasible, adopted. ‘ ‘This was reported to Cas- tlegar council on Tuesday night by Mayor Murray Lit- tle ‘who -emphusized-that Mr. Pickersgill had been attentive to the representations of the and a series o! pro oral and counter-| Sena been jointly made by. the. Giniaes, “it became impossible to dis- cuss all of forth at the present (Tues- © 8) mi a Sha ena or said there is no law at resent that mak- to make a decision and to then invite constructive cri- ticism such as was come es The practical thing to do was -y for formal B.C. Air Lines has drop- ly 1spassene six ip: and pledged his personal in. E terest. in the «matter if fur- Mr. Little pe the follow- ing paints were made by Mr. alreraft into carrying a stewardess ai equipped wit with a Pe pe ed syd R rt Reynolds, director of Pickersgill at the meeting: 1. Services to be provid- ed by BCA should be discus- sed immediately with the air- line, including 4 pnone at the airport’ with - flight . informa- tion and a-ready announce- ment of any flight ‘cancella- tions use of weather. service for ae. Air, advis- ed legar News of gels late last ursday af- n. He said the Nord designed aircraft. The Nord will also have com- B.C. Air Lines Switches To 24-Passenger Planes 0 rehestra. Tickets avaliable at In- land Gas Office. ed. For prompt pick-up Don’t miss any phone R. Sweeney 5002, Crdeits or Refunds small to handle load.” The brief says that freight for «last’ December. ks. jeynolds said that when’ the ae transport com. and blood transfusions’ and also has oxygen and rescue as follows: Gun Pt “| equipment. — Castlegar News Photo oR S. Bozek 20 8 28 In Hospital ‘Following the contest, the library club announced that and CONTACT there had been a great surge|1 of requests for the stories re- commended by the_ contest- thus p! fake had really held the at- tention of the student body at the other end of the in- Mrs. L M. Toogood 301 Silverwood Cresc. Woodland Park, Kinnaird Phone 365-7985 tercom. Especially built to HIGH AND VIBRAM SOLE any other on the ‘market and you will realize its the best in quality and price. / 4 1g THAT MARE AM IMPRESSION" Safety. Boots WE HAVE Another full and complete line of SAFETY BOOTS our specifications 6 IN. TOPS Come in and compare this boot with roving that their|* anole 5, ff 5. There were six cee close on the tail of the lead- . with four pts., six with three pts. seven with two pts. ‘and 12 with one point ae ffs are now under Trends in Education Subject of Public Talk RED CROSS YOUTH More than one million and a quarter youngsters be- long to the Canadian Red Cross Youth. SMITH’S mums 61 CRESCENT ST. — PHONE 365-7531 — CASTLEGAR After Accident Two. Castlegar Tsang, are in oy col and Issues and trends in ed- ueation and their impact on ciety be the subject dealt ‘with at a public meeting n education on Friday nigh. or ne uae March, 7. way. renee the Eagles andi Re ts for the Hi Arrow League Trophy and the Red Wing Jrs. and Jets for the runner-up trophy. Charges After Accident Occurs On Road Curve An accident on a curve on Lakeview Dr. in Castlegar at 2,30 p.m. Monday caused camages of approximately ict. Dr: Martinen, reports ed- ucation week program chair- man John Landis, has taught mathematics, science ana sv- cial studies at the high school devel ville at the college lev 7 Gemmill, both of Castlegar, e is a supervisor of stu-| BB were in collision. The Steger la dent teaching and is involved vehicle sustained $250 dam-,in classes ig with ;cur- ages while the Gemmill car {rent issues een trends in ed- hau $15 in damages. ucation. iss Degraff has been Mr. Landis said Dr. Mar- charged with failing to con- fine her vehicle to the right- hand side of the roadway. |S) on ‘Sat, March 8. a Ss IS subject / . deal with matters in his, text Castieg: Socials outst Sitategies of Teaching In- -deal Mrs. ‘4, Johnson Ph. 365-8294 Miss Donna Peppard, ac- companied by her moter Mrs. P. and Ewart Mrs. Johnson, visited with Mr. and mrs. R. Strand in gar di 85 lice say cars driven by Isabel Degratt and Gordon one through 22. Of vital interest to, tea- usp were guests of ‘Johnson on Sunday. Miss Darline ‘Aashead of Robson is a patient in the|bo' Minature HOT Bumps and ta HOT WHEELS®, fastest cast metal cars in the world! Sime, ACTION eel © Custom! car, 10° Hot Strip Track! © No battertes or electrical current err nae a fd CASTLEGAR DRUG R. E. Goulet, Corner of Pine & Columbia, Ph. 365-7813 Open Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday & Holiday Hours: 12 noon - 1 p.m. 6-7 pm. local hespital. : Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hen- derson and Mr. C. Hender- son of Trail were Sun guests of the former's son- law and daughter, Mr. ands) Mrs. C. Henne. Rourke is a bees tient in the Castlegar and District Hospital. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Department, of Highways Rossland Highways District PUBLIC NOTICE CASTLEGAR FERRY of C and areas are hereby advised that commencing March 3, 1969, the Castlegar Ferry will operate on a 18 hour per day basis until further notice. The ferry will commence. operation at 6.30 aan. and will operate until 12.30 a.m. the following morning. The ferry will tie-up on the Castlegar side of the river and will commence its daily run from that side. to the ad okie appeared penis 20th. R. McKeown, District Superintendent BLOUSES © ARE REALLY Taylored Fortrel and Cotton Shirts with gay scarfs $4.98 Swinging ‘Safari’ Shirts — durable press cotton - $4.98 Ruffed and Laced in lovely spring shades. Priced at $4.98 to $6.98 New Shipment of Spring House Dresses, Cotton and Fortrels, Ginghams, Sizes 14% to 21% and 10 to 20 priced .. - $6.98 to $9.98 : Coming.... On March 17th, 1969 FASHION SHOW Everyone is waiting for THE SPONSORED BY THE LADIES OF THE 1.0. D. E. “With Fashions From West's” Presented In The S.H.S.S.. ACTIVITY ROOM at 8.00 p.m. ADMISSION . $1.00 Refreshments Will Be Served Tickets at West’s or from LO.D.E. Members NEW. C.C.M. See Us for Special Low Prices BICYCLES Been mips tows Seems in legar Hospital following ‘a th y ital but’ released: was Ni E. Churches of ‘Castlegar. RCMP say the Chucches |, vehicle was proceeding exs: on Highway. 3A, when -a._.co! ye and 2 the Horning icl : which was attempting to'turn from the airport road onto the highway. Damage to the Church: vehicle was estimated at $1,- 800 while that to the Ha ing car was estimated at 3400.! The accident is stilt under, investigation. Cominco Magazine Article Reports a . . Kinnaird Swings The garden municipalit: of the Kootenays is ‘alco Yi Cal town. tl is the conclusion «f an article in the recent edi- mn of-Cominco Magaz.:. which features three pages of text and reas on the towne ot Kinnaird. gees y Cominco, the mag- lates -a brief history of the community .and lists its ea achievements over the + *toneludes: den Municipality is in good hands.” Alderman’s Dog ‘Picked Up Twice “The Gar |¢ figures show incoming’ frei en being given The chamber brief r3- there was an overall in- of 11.7 per cent in passenger -traffic at Castle {sar Airport last year over 'Gentennial Year. In 1967 Pas- Cont ‘pility of emergency service for patients to Vancouver or ex- 82-passenger planes the removal, of two Fouble seats accommodates a stretcher ‘case. It wonders if quarrel with BCA, It. contin- ues; “We appreciate the fact that they give more fre- quent service. We do, how- ever, feel that we are being denied a very vital part e pe ani to it Pp ion was only to augment | - fhe service t the: lby CPA.” eed ee ; | SUCCESSFUL BONSPIEL — nual — was’ sponsored by- 0} rock: | Men’s Curling Club here at the as,,38 rinks from Trail, Riondel; Nelson, Grand Forks, Fruitvale, Kinnaird and Cas- letgar took part. On hand Friday evening at 5 p.m. to get play underway were Mayors, mur Lite aud arl Loeblich ‘of Castlegar ,: id Hr f wor_Laeblich.. its eighth an- Little, men’s. the Castlegar Ewart and -bonspiel chairman Jack. Hein- for : Canadi- should ber th BCA and PWA should a Hoke to adopt (a policy in the case of passen- gto make. trans- ling club- president Pete rich are Gene Dyson Heinrich rink of Nelson. cpres) «ri E Last game ‘in’ the bonspiel’ was played on/to take Sunday evening. A event winner was. the: The.C event, winner was the Herb Miller rink| par hile Castlegar’s Bob Jefterys li duties. eontinental flight connections the Serraecii? at to. optional of Rossland while the Jack first Castlegar, took the B event. intramur- has written the rows of Cas- re Sements te, Cast : provement astle, ena. on. a joint oem with and ~ suggesting Kinnaird .\“such a facility must.be a gional’ concern, as the re- sidents of Castlegar are nct the only people to use it.”| game ¢ Nearly 16 Feet Of Snow Fallen ‘During Winter Over 15 feet of snow have already fallen ‘his winter. In February, 38.6 inches fell while in January the The brief concludes by recommending tt tats since Pac ifie Western Air! “will be flying over nes to Cran ‘brook and Penticton) that Castlegar’s ct: astlegar s night that t his “dog has been pick up twice al- ready. And the second time! it cost- him $31 to ratrieve the wandering canine. plete service with 106 seats per day~ wes! whereas under the present licence we have seats m April to October.” at the The director of i al athletics at Selkirk College | it ” Selkirk College Athletic ‘Director Backs Improvements for Arena Dre. Robert Young said e desire of the col- a Col- legar and Rinnai He: said itiwas “a nice letter to get. boosts lege and the Towns of Cast- are revoked or ‘Direct Distance Dialing Planned for Ne Next Yesor The B.C. ‘Telephone Poy Se ine ae rest. 3 service fence os th | to prepare the way: for fee. pace ee tee me ae a ost | introduction ini-1970-of Direct | ministrative“ amd commmercine lost | Histance Dialing ° service for ; | Castlegar. ‘and wer balance of the West ‘Kootena: This will enable ¢ telephone customers to. dial: their ‘o long distance calls directly. ie expansion, Pi Plans were Mr. Little told hig coun- t in! answer tu a gues- tion from Nelson Mayor Louis the reasons for re- as to why the munici- nal use of the arena.” Ald. ne Zinio : remarked that Ra on the change, Mr. Pick- ersgill had replied that aniti- ally all communities had been y asked to mate representa- play the a ateity of their Trail -or Grand Forks pat if the arena here could include regulation ice jockey goals, seating for 500 Ps 1,000 persons and locker |. rooms or change rooms with ahovier facilities. “we could arantee the college's use we would also have all of our. practice sessions in Cast- legar.” Dr. Young notes that the college has committed itself teams from. S involying Bo NO Univer- UBC,’ sity an of t weather office at the air- ches“ and in November it was 9.9 inches. winter is 187.7 inches, or in :1986-67 ‘it was 88.7. in- ches and in the winter of 28 total: snowfall Se unied to 131.3 inches. Warmest day fast month | was Feb. 27 with 40 di grees. Coldest Pi was Feb. 7 when the mercury show- ed ‘three ‘degrees above zero. Total snowfall so far this |°"* Tt! could in- volve a total of 24 games, 12 of which “would be classified as home es. ..; We would e to have our home ‘games played in the Castlegar Ar- “One further advantage tre. service outlets bie Sout tilized.” Copies: of Dr.:- Young’s tter also went to Kinnaird, CRED and_ Regional: Rectea- tion Commission’ No. 1. mmenting on the let- ter, Mayor Murray Little said cation and their ty. socie a the facility. In addition, a public ad pet! at morrow evel to a col He wate hockey leagues dinen ‘Fire Department -ed at Tuesday night's coun- ions. However, when. the ‘situ- ation changed toa major re- fF all airlines BC. view. 0! Old Genotaph Site Property Asked for Home resident as Week Speaker Friday \ Issues and trend} in edu- be the ties had not been ccnsul- gram, manager of B.C. welepbone’ West Kootenay . distri said that as Part of the Bro. Nelson will become the primary toll centre tor the I Mr. Champion said total | distrance capital spending for expan- sion in. the West ‘Kogtenays $50,000 for new facilities in the Castlegar, ares Castle; legar installa-| > tions wa include a 300-line addition to switching equip- ment inthe exchange office, Felocalion! of outside distribu-| service. tion facilities made necessary Mr. Champion said intro- by flooding behind the Arrow| duction of this service thro- dam and edditions to outside | ugh the balanes:of ia the dist- plang, is Fict is. economical; ro- who abe. Pte to purchase the old cenotaph prop perty n | this week said his application was never made for the pro- '|perty for building an apart- ment. M. J. Scott made appli. cation for the property first Must Not Go Outside of Town {In future, authorization the building of an apartment: will not be given the Cast- legar_ News. re- grets Sstat- for DDDjonly. by centralizing the tolE service in the West Kooten-| se He said total cost of the ays include a a $3204 000 expan- ’s main ice | building addition and sion of the offi equip building in fatson, ment installations in the pe: This will 6s | Proeraa wl will exceed $2 mil- Rate: Vehicle Plates ‘Sale Exceeds Quota a imhe motor vehicle office for 950 but only 450 comm:r- 3 havin ed that the application had formerly jbeen for apartment legar. fire department answer calls © outside: the town‘s ‘municipal pounder: ies. “unless there policy ‘was: announc- cil meeting by Mayor-Mur- ray Little who reported that: last’ week he had au- thorized the department to a fire near the Shor- jiko 2 subdivision: s ‘on the prope! to, him bythe’ town: quota in selling passe! tad vehicle licence plates when the Feb. 28 deadline for new’ plates was reached. Paul Oglow of Oglow Brothers Building Supply. which runs the local moto vehicle — office, said 27000 passenger car plates had been sold while hae office's quota cial plates have been sold so Mr. Oglow said one of the reasons for the fact that only 450 commercial plates have been sold is that owners rjof half-ton trucks and other He said t the office’s Que: ta for) comm: plate: second: vel Castlegar Protests Application by CPR to Close 20 Kootenay Avalcies mee opm of Castlegar posed : an ap- ree by. the TER to @ close of its agencies in the Koo-| ini a a bearing of. the Committee, dusted “in Nelson by its chair- man, the Hon. Jack Pickers- gill, Castlegar protested that ine application is too sweep- , is too’ obviously geared 2; packaged, plan diready decided a In presenting the muni- cipal brief, Mayor. Murray Little said Castlegar apposed the application on three groun “1” As to the general philosophy: that holds forth] kin an-‘improvement ° in service through computerization; “2. As to the drastic sug-| gestion that 20 agencies can he reduced sto. nil over ts, lar. in aultys f fee Sposals eq of Pro] for future’ servicing | of Cast- legar.” Text of “Mer. Little’s pre- pared brief Sollowe: to the philoso: phy. a seep erization it is Fell known that only certain ds of functions ‘in. special “ccumstances lend themselv- Castlegar has not es to data processing. Much sertions. time and effort must go into e ar resources to investi- gate the validity of ‘these as-| claims, acknowledged .to _be|expected -|true, no one will enay I Division with its charac- teristics of great main mobile over our moun- new_ regime cerned: in ‘feeding an felecto- tier a And were ‘these nic’ master may cause an un- reaction from cli- Buarantee/ents Spears have been accustom- tt in the enormous Koot-|ed to dealing with - people. During the recent severe distai ‘winter the railroad was very te, ped from moving Jevant be point outs that in jt paragraph of the aj plication. the M his some of the smaller and less It: would have seemed profitable agencies were. not|equitable to have phased out removed 20 years ago when|these points gradually. over: managed to prevail. However,|the years, but few if ‘any a Zenith telephone number|were abandoned. Why now. and a computer could ‘not|must all 20 agencies sudden- have assisted in any material |ly close their doors including way. those in such thriving ce! In respect to the Cr as Cranbrook, Creston, Kin given valid arguments as no why agencies have had a de- since fron- passes. the facelessness of athe 1 20 berley, Castlegar, — Gra agencies at one time it is re-|Forks and Tadanac? Thi the last of the ts}are not moribund hamlets. were jretived and when doz- to have days. But one might ask why TO} small mines closed | four mobile supervisors han- thelr ots for good. 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