CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 31, 1973 CASTLEGAR NEWS Hore Let the People’s Rights Maintain, Unawed by Influence or Gain Federal Policies Favor the East Over B.C. With great interest in attracting secondary industry very much in evidence in the West Kootenays, the loss to Eastern Canada by the Lower Mainland of a $200,000 industry illustrates how federal import tariffs and tax policies, along with discrimination in rail freight rates, result in a favoring of central Canada by the federal gi and went into production, The retail price dropped toléss than $1,000 and the venture was, another success. Shuley became one of the few small boat manufacturers whe has ever been able to facture in B.C. a: the eastern Canadian market at ‘combelitive prices, é “Sales grew steadily and we eventually = against British Columbia. The following true story, presented here in abbreviated form, first appeared in tho > Vancouver Sun: Peter Shuley is a traveling man these days. His business card gives an office address in Brantford, Ont., and a home address in Vancouver. “I had no choice,” he explains. "I moved to Ontario because I wanted to have more than a marginal operation.” While the loss of an industry with $200,000 gross annual sales has passed almost unnoticed in the local financial community, there should be a message somewhere in it for those who hope to encourage secondary industry in the Lower Mainland. Shuley first became involved in his current business early in 1968. He obtained the Canadian rights to distribute a car-top sailing catamaran, the 12-foot AquaCat which was made in Connecticut and sold in Canada at that time for about $1,180. Backed by 16 years of success in * management and sales, Shuley was sure he had a modest winner. He was right. He sold dealerships for areas in eastern Canada, took over the B.C. area himself and settled down to work. His business "grew steadily and was soon solidly on its feet. But after two years, rising costs began to hurt. costs in the U.S. On top of this we were paying 174 per cent import duty and the 12 per cent ~ federal sales tax. “A good example of what we were fighting was the rail costs from Connecticut to Vancouver. These climbed from $40 a unit to $80 a unit in two years, “All this was combining to push the retail "price of the product too high to compete = successfully.” So Shuley said he decided to manufacture them in Canada and obtained a licence for this. from the AquaCat makers, the American Fiberglass Company. | In the spring of 1970, Shuley Industries Ltd. leased premises in New Westminster and “We were faced with rising labor and rail 5 were emp up to nine people, At the end of the first two years, 77 per cent of our sales were in Ontario and Quebec.” In the third year, 1972, Shuley did a market study and looked ahead. “We found three things: “The main market for our product would remain in Ontario and Quebec; “Labor costs were dramatically lower in our field in Ontario—$3.50 an hour compared to $4.75 an hour in the Lower Mainland (both rates were non-union); “Material costs would continue to be around 8 to 10 per cent higher in B.C. than in Ontario where the suppliers are; “Finally, it was costing about $35 a unit to ship 77 per cent of our product to market and rates were going to increase in 1973." huley was reluctant to move, but did so. He said his Ontario operation is meeting his expectations, The workmanship is as skilled as it was in B.C. despite the lower wage ‘rates, his material costs are less and because he is sitting in the middle of his market, he now ships only some 30 per cent of his product across the country. “Phere is also an added bonus, something we hadn't paid much attention to,” he said. “Because of the freight rate differential, it’s costing us about 10 per cent less to ship from Ontario to B.C. than it cost us to ship from B.C. to Ontario.” He said on reflection the main factor that fered bla his move to Ontario was the difference in bor “I anink if they had been the same in B.C. as they were in Ontario, we would have stayed here and fought it out. But as long.as the difference was there, we couldn't compete on the Ontario market.” Shuley is thoughtful about what has happened. He is aware that if the rule of each rson tw others is 3 ped, there are today some two dozen fewer people employed in B.C. because of his move. “There's no one place to lay the blame,” he said. “The standard of living i: is higher in B.C. and that's the way things are.” Patricia Young Says - .- Free Tickels fo Belly Dancing Finals in Cairo ~ “Between gov- safari to _ Meanwhile we sit withear . with every tune- up, the harried supermarkat and that free fricat answer to who's buried in the .Egyptian belly dancing finals in Cairo. Now one must admit that it is. very? [kind of free tango lessons, but one of these days a smart advertiser is —-MacNelly, Richmond News Leader the’ dance {”" “-mill’c ‘of: feelin, ‘studios to give great-grandma *' home-maker finds herself needing octopus arms to ‘gather up all the advertising goodies available to her just for knowing her own name! Now the giveaway gim- mick isn't all that bad. Didn't we all acquire our first lipstick, foot-powder and birth control tract. by filling out a coupon clipped from True Love? Today, one has to consult a calendar to see if we can Grant's Tomb! Between’ dump- ing the free chinaware, cutlery and plastic flutes from our boxes of detergent, we rush to the store for food we don’t need except for the label which could win us a tub of dollar bills! Sometimes I think there ought to be a law! Or at least free roller skates so that we don’t lose our place in line for the big give-away game, or to get down to Davey's Dive as going to outdo them all: with free tranquilizers so that we, can control ourselves while we watch four TV participants trying to ‘guess which ‘box contains the million dollars as against the one containing the , Mousetrap. Then again, someone else is going to come along and offer a free weekend in the nursing home of your choice so that we Suger and Spice by Bill Smiley Why Not Step Off that Merry-Go-Round? Perhaps the most guilty of all are politicians. Right now the country resembles. a disturbed bee-hive as our Politicians hurtte every one of vinced that his — consti- tuency, his party, and his country will go to the dogs if he, personally, is not elec- ted. God forbid, but’ what would actually happen if Trudeau, Stanfield, Lewis and Caouette had a four- way air collision, which is not an impossibility at the rate they're. haring about their homeland? Would we just have to throw up our hands and sell the country to the highest bidder? Fat chance. There'd be enough power-hungry men and women, or just plain idiots, to fill their shoes before the bits were picked up. Nobody is irreplaceable. The sky didn’t fall in when the British. kicked their great war-time — leader, Winston Churchill, out of office. The States didn’t dis- integrate after the deaths of Lincoln, Roosevelt, Ken- nedy. When Joe Stalin final- ly expired, Russia didn’t ex- atiy hit the skids. It seems that the only way to. stay off that tread- indispensable is toxbe poor: The fewer dir possessions, the freer we are to step off the merry-go- round, take a look at ¢he wonderful world we live in, and -realize that we are « about as individually i impor- tant as grains of sand. T have a fellow just like that sitting downstairs talk- ing to his mother. He drift- ed in this morning from Montreal. He’s off to Alaska to spread the Baha'i faith. How is he going to get there? Well, if he can get to Penticton by Friday, he'll catch a ride north with and father of all colds. I haven't missed a day's work in about three years, at times tottering off to the job with one foot in the grave, For some reason, | had _ the conceit to imagine that the entire English depart- ment, if not the whole school system, would crack, crumble ‘and collapse if 1 weren't there, Common sense tells.me that if I were ill for a month, nobody « would know the difference, and that if! dropped dead this moment .the human race would not falter for a sec- ond in its pursuit of folly, happiness and all the other things that make it tick. So, here 1 am surrounded by soggy kleenex, coughing up chunks of lung, and sweating like a mule-skinner every time I do anything more vigourous than blink my eyes. But it’s not all bad. My wife is dancing attendance on me, something she rarely does because 1’m almost never ill. I have a good, fool- ish detective story which I'd normally never have time to Tead. = And perhaps most impor- tant of all, | have this lazy, hazy feeling that J have slopped the world and got off, cven if only . for (wenty-four hours. My wife has just forced on me, quite against’ my will, a large libation of hot water, Iemon, sugar and some sort of cough medi- cine with the odd name of Teachers’ Highlind Cream. It_makes me sweat, bul cer- tainly cases the cough. In fact, it makes life took al- most rosy. hope she doesn’t run out of lemons. And stuff. Isn't it a pity, though, that we go through life, or the biggest part of it, with this feeling that we’ fe so im- portant, when we're less than ants on the face of the earth? Businessmen flog them- selves daily to meet the competition. Executives and lawyers. drag home their brief cases. Doctors burn themselves out in twenty years of inordinately long hours. Teachers develop ulcers or quietly go mad. Why don’t we all relax a lit- tle more. often and let the earth take a few spins sith out us?) A little out of the way .. , but no Parking Problems d Orthopedic ad and sere vice, 24 hour service on everyday shoe repalrs, “Heels” while you wait. Look for the big 63) on 3rd Avenue, for. courteous home-like atmosphere. Your Satisfaction Is Our Concem — FAMILY SHOE RENEW 631 - 3rd Avenue, Castlegar — Phone 365-3231 For Sale or Rent New 3 Bdrm. Home on 4 acre lot, W to W carpet — double plumbing — full baserment — carport. tee In New Subdivision in. Kinnaird : Only $1000.00 down or will rent: with lease $225.00 per month to right party. Telephone 365-8372 or 365-6808 (ili, PRE-VACATION > GAR CHECK Here's what we'll do Inspect titers and belts © @ Inspect and rotate ti @ top up fluids = transmission, brake and power steering @ lubricate car ®@ pressure test cooling sysiem @ repack front wheel bearings e test wiper blades and washer fluld @ check exhaust system @ change motor oil Gulf Guaranteed Parts Original Equipment Quallty or Betler FILL UP WITH 7 Posters OF GAS ID ENTER FREE TICKET FOR “rn BLACK & WHITE T.V. “WE HURRY SERVICE” Jack's Auto Service Lid. Across from the Schoo! Board Office in Castlegar “Dr” Jack Osachoff — Telephone 365-7511 Goods Offered at Open-Air Market | FLEA MARKET was held Sunday at the Sunset Drive-In Theatre and a number of district residents took the opportunity to operate open-alr atalls at which extra household items, garden tools and clothing were offered for sale. Some of the items offered to the public included a lady’ ‘a wig,a baby’ ‘3 high shale, an electric floor polisher and a small snowmobile designed for a youngster. Flea Market operator Paul Strelaetf, who owns the drive-in, sald another market pould be held this Sunday.—Castlegar News 10 eres “it trouble on your line ever troubles you. Phone service without interruption — _ Report the trouble to our Repair ‘Resident of Thrums Since 1912 pistmct socims Is Buried in Tarrys Cemetery A resident of Thruma since 1912, Dora Nora Klesnikoff, 89, died Friday at Willowhaven Private Hospital. Services began Sunday, concluding Monday from Tar- trys Community Hall. Born in Russia, Oct. 17, 1883, Mra. Klesnikoff came to Canada and Langham, Sask., in 1898, In 1912 she moved to Thrums residing there continu- ously until ill health in February of 1972 saw her enter Willowhaven. She was a member of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. Mrs. Klesnikoff was pre- deceased by her husband, Alex, in 1960 and one daughter, Mrs. Polly Davidoff of Pincher Creek, in 1942. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bill (Dorothy) Perehudoff and Mrs. (Annie) Kabatoff, Thrums; \ grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Martha Katasonoff of Grand Forks, also survives, Burial took place in Tarrys Cemetery with the Castlegar Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Plastic Covered Green House Catches Fire A small fire, confined to a plastic-covered green house, was d to Tuesday morning by seven members of the Kinnaird: Volunteer : Fire Department. The fire occurred on the property of Pete P. Makortoff at 929-6th Ave., and a spokes- man for the fire department Mes. Jim Horewill 365-6856 Mr. and Mrs. Don Gillman, Mr. and Mra. George*Stein and family, all of Robson, and Mrs. and Mrs. Jim Horswill. and family of Kinnaird, returned recently after spending the Victoria Day weekend in Hedley. They attended the Lapi- dary Rock and Mineral Society of B. C. rendezvous, where more than 425 persons met from all over B, C. and some from as far away as California and Australia. $ Frank Beinder Named President Frank Beinder of Trail was elected of the B.C. Halarewich Sentenced To Prison Raymond Halarewich of Castlegar ‘was convicted’ and sentenced on Wednosday of last week to one year's imprison: ment at the Lower Mainland Regional Correction Centre in Burnaby when he appeared on two charges of false pretences involving two cheques without sufficient funds. The charge resulted from incidents which took place in itwo local supermarkets Dec. 22 of last year, Halarewich has also beon sentenced to one year imprison- ment on a charge of break-in, enter and theft. This resulted from the theft of a safe from the Medical Clinic in Kinnaird on May 11. The jail term is to run concurrent with the earlier sentence. @ LEGAL Tenders are Invited for the construction of the new Castlegar Savin, Credit Union office building, on Credit Union property loc- ated adjacent to the High Arrow Arms Motor Inn, naird, Specifications mA from’ the: ar- aeorge Furnadjieff, le. Avenue, West Vancouver} B.C, 926-2616. Closing date for pide will be Sune: 20, 1973, 4 ® LEGAL CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 31, 1973 | it wells i f “in qoure outh! 1 1PORK CHOPS BACON BITS ‘N PIECES .............. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED ILEG OF PORK ROASTS |MEATY SPARERIBS GOVERNMENT APPROVED PORK LIVER - No. T cl i Wieners... mo) ae | CHUCK STEAK CANADA GRADE “A "ANADA EPARTMENT OF ETRAN T. PACIFIC AIR SERVICES REGION TENDERS, addressed to the undersign- ed at 739 West Hastings, Street, Vancouver 1, B.C., marked “Tender. for "30, 008 gallon water reservoir, pum- phouse, distribution main and related work at Castle- to 3.00 PM, PDST, June 19th, 1973. - ‘The works consists of construction’ of a buried 30,000 gallon reservoir. cet Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting held in Kam- loops over the weekend. Mr. Beinder,:'a senior public relations’ assistant: for Cominco, said the B.C.-Cham- ber will focus “more on educational needs in the pro- vince during his tenure. Mr. Belnder isa veteran i in the field said damage was Origin of the fire is unknown, having Senvea as president of the B.C. School Trustees Association. Wheel Alignment pumphouse, supply. ‘and’ in: Stallation of 500 gallon per minute, . listed diesel engine -driven fire pump with accessories, water, dis- tribution. main, valves, 350 Fallon pressure ik, ydrant™ -hydro pneumatic pumping system with two self priming turbine pumps and electrical service to t! pumphouse. » . Specifications and other tender docu- ments, may be examined at the office’ of the Regional Construction Engineer, 739 a RIB STEAK CANADA GRADE “A” 1.39] Ln wL) | SP LUNCHEON MEAT, 12 OZ. TIN. BARBECUE SAUCE 4Q¢ KRAFT. 18 OZ, ORANGE CRYSTALS SUNGOLD. NABOB. BAG OF .... 2 els! KRAFT LIQUID DRESSING T LOW, LOW PRICES ACLE: WHIP tga oz" WAR SS CHEESE SLICES MAPLE LEAF. 1 LB. - = FUAPORATED MILK... FLOUR CAKE MIX 1 5 - $1.00| HOUR 20... $1.49 ae 2898 INSTANT COFFEE $1. 99 that's what we all want. But things sometimes go wrong. Bad weather, technical failure, occasional human error. Whatever the cause, if it should affect your phone service, you'll might recover from the big giveaway game and be on the 2 starting line come Monday morning with our lucky bucks, jingles, gizmos and chewed fingernails Service. We aren't always able to tell when there's trouble on a line unless you tell us. Then we'll do everything we can to get your service restored as quickly WITH FREE PAN. DUNCAN HINES CRISCO OIL 24 OZ. BOTTLE one of the first 10 customers some friends. ‘I point out who will receive free tickets to that. there is no way, short of flying, of getting to Pen- ticton in two days. Oh, well, * he’ may hitch-hike, going through northern Saskatche- wan. (He got the hint that I squeeze in a world cruise between our free-for-all at the AND BALANCING Inspection covers these 8 points: * PO! certified cheque for $25.00 made payable to Receiver General ofs¢ Canada, - ns will also be on ea at Spring Into Action MAXWELL HOUSE. 10 OZ. JAR BRENA CONTRACTING LTD. Correction For ditching, excavating, sand and gravel, road gravel or cement work. Corner 5th and Willow St. — Ph. 365-7013 Established 12 Years Mrs. Debra Jenks was winner of the third prize in the “pie contest held during - the Silverton-New Denver May Day Celebration. Inerror, her mother-in-law, Mrs. W. E. Jenks, was reported tin as having been the winner. Nofice fo Our Cusfomers Our Offset Lithography Department Will be Closed for Three Weeks (July 1-23) for Staff Holidays Customers are Asked to Please Check Their Printing Requirements and Order Now. CASTLEGAR NEWS Telephone 365-7266 May 31, 1973 3.22 wasn’t going to loan him air fare.) What was he going to * take? Well, he has a sleeping bag and a ‘sweater and jeans and boots, and it’s only about three thousands miles, so there’s no prob- lei m. He’s been to Mexico, New Orleans, New York and across Canada from coast to coast. His total assets are those listed above. Physical, that is. On the other hand, he’s completely bilingual and has an education no university could provide. Best of all, he knows clearly that he is not indis- pensable. It takes some people a tong time to realize that they are completely dispensable. | realized it years ago, but “keep forgetting until some- thing jolts me. Today. it’s the mother MOTOR HOMES TRAVEL TRAILERS CAMPERS TRUCK CANOPIES By “VANGUARD” Good Stock & Good Prices Order. Yours Now at the Lowest Prices in B.C, Open’ Weekends 72 Models at Large Discounts ~ Sun Valley Homes Box 128, Grand Forks “to ‘fit all makes of trucks” } °’ Office 442-3555 Res, 442-3676 ‘ want the trouble cleared. Here's what to do: as is reasonably possible. IF PHONE TROUBLE DEVELOPS ON YOUR LINE (or if you finda public phone out of order) PLEASE REPORT IT TO REPAIR SERVICE. One of our. newest Repair Service Centres, located in Whalley, B.C. _ | Now available in the Koo- : 3 ie : ae ° for 0 holding 0 freezeupe Portable, soinplately auto- matic. High-speed burn- ing cycle converts human waste fo vapor.- nays. For further informa- tion, write INTERIOR LAKE SERVICE (1969) Ltd., 608 Railway. St., Nelson, B.C, : tin We Have Purchased “The Famous 330” Balancer _ We Can Now Balance Trucks Up to 1 Ton Ken's Aufo & Wheel Alignment BUSHINGS PHONE 365-7532 Across from the Arena Announcement IRLY BIRD DO - IT - YOURSELF FAIR DRAW WINNERS 1ST. PRIZE: L. Downie, Vancouver, B.C. Air trip for two, anywhere in AIR CANADA'S WORLD 2ND PRIZE: E. Maunsell, Vancouver, B.C. +. Westinghouse’ 19" Color TV “3RD PRIZE: Sue Brown, Vancouver, B.C. Westinghouse 19” Black and White TV. Yor Irly Bulding Supply in the Castlegar area wishes to 'thank.all their customers for their participation in our. Do-It Yourself Fair, making it a big success: P&G BUILDERS SUPPLY Phone 365-8151 PETTITT PHOTOS BUNDLE BARS NEILSONS 89° TOOTHPASTE “CREST. 100 ML. SIZE oo. eee Willingdon ‘Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. . 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