Published Every Thursday at “
CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1

Wide Range Of Attractions
For Sixth Annual Fall Fair

With one week left to go before
the show gets underway, mem-
bers of the Castlegar and District
1952 Fall Fair Conimittee are
anxiously scanning weather fore-
casts and keeping their fingers
crossed while beginning to apply
finishing touches to their fair pre-
parations. And just to be’on the
safe side, they have taken out
“rain insurance” in case the wea-
ther man has a deluge in store to
let loose upon the fair as he did
last year.

The committee held a meeting
Monday night with nine members
present, at which many of the
final details regarding arrange-
ments for the fair were disposed
of.
The Baby Show

Events are scheduled to begin
next Wednesday afternoon with
the judging for the popular baby
show in the Legion Hall. There
will be first and second prizes for
the winning toddlers and crawl-
ers in each of three age classes:
one to six months old; six months
to 12 months; and twelve to
eighteen months. Prizes will be
awarded to the winning tots Sat-
urday afternoon, September 6.
First prize in each age class will
be a silver baby’s cup and a
photograph while each of the
second prize winners will receive
a photograph. Dr. C. S. Fowler
has consented to act as judge for
the baby show.

e Crossroads of the Kootenays”
HURSDAY, August 28, 1952

Vol. 5, No. 35 5 Cents Per Copy

1300 District Pupils
Back To. School Tues.

* On Tuesday next, some 1300
youngsters of Castlegar and dis-
trict will begin another school
year in the fourteon schools of
Castlegar School District Nine.

Teaching duties will be in the
capable hands of a staff of 46
teachers, 17 of whom are on the
staff of the Stanley Humphries
High School. Any former teach-
ers in the district are asked to
volunteer their services as ‘“‘sub-
stitute teachers” in case relief for
short periods. of time becomes
necessary for one of the regular
staff members.

In the high school, registration
of new pupils who have moved
into this district since last term,
is taking place this week. Next
Tuesday those who continue in
high school from last year, will
report to their last term’s home
room, while new grade seven
students are to report in the aud-
itorium and pupils from outside
the district, to the office, where
they wil receive their instruct-
ions, 8

High school text books for
@rades seven to thirteen will be
available on the rental plan. The
fee for this rental is to be- paid
on Sept. 2 if possible.

School Board Meeting

The Castlegar school board
held a meeting yesterday after-
noon at which J. J. McKenzie,
Inspector of schools for Creston,
Arrow Lakes and Castegar school
districts, was present. ,

The board decided to make ap-

and skill plus a grand fireworks
display. Friday evening and a
monster dance in the Legion Hall
Saturday evening, are planned
for variety and fun-fare.

At Saturday evening’s dance,
the drawing for the lucky Fall
Fair Booklet number will be
held. Another prize $10.00 in cash
will be given to the adult holder:
of the lucky exhibit-admittance
ticket.

Prize List

The list of prizes to be awarded
for exhibit winners have been an-
nounced. There are credit notes
for merchandise from a number| :
of district stores; A 2 lb can of
wax; a thermo jug; an electric
kettle; and samples of the pro-
ducts of other district firms.

Five cups will be awarded for
aggregate winners. The Grand
Aggregate Cup, donated by the
Castlegar and District Chamber
of Commerce, and the R. E. Som-
mers Cup will go to the winners
of the largest total of points
in the fair; the Kiwanis Cup to
the junior exhibitor with the
largest total of points; the Leo
Bosse Cup to the flower exhibitor
with the most winning entries
and the Turnbull trophy.

There are also cash grants for
financial assistanee to the Fall
Fair by the K.R.C. Welfare and
Recreation Society; the B.C. Gov-
ernment; and the C.M. and §. Co.,
and the Castlegar

Old, Glory Mountain In Winter
Here on this 7,792 foot height, some thirteen miles from Ross-
land, is stationed a year-round meteorlogical station and a B.C.
Forest Service lookout station. Here too is offered a breath-taking

view of exquisite scenic grandeur to anyone hardy and intrepid
enough to make the climb.

This week, Arlee Anderson resumes her columinist activities
with us and describes, in her own inimitable style on Page 5 a trip
she and her family made to the top of Old Glory this summer.

Castlegar Legion Men | Gastlegar Kiwanians
Widen Hall Basement Hear Recorded Talk
Members of the Castlegar, By John Fisher

Robson Branch 170 of the Cana-

Cooler Weather Brings
Forest Fire Relief

With the advent of cooler wea-
ther, the forest fire hazard in the

And Then The Fair

The fair itself is slated to be-
gin Friday afternoon. H. W. Her-
ridge, federal MLA for Kootenay
‘West is expected to be present
for the opening ceremonies while
the Canadian Legion Band | will
also officiate and provide a musi-
cal background throughout the
fair.

Judges are being contacted for
the various classes of exhibits
which will be open to public in-
spection Friday and Saturday in
the Legion Hall, The Crowning
of the Harvest Queen will take
place Friday evening with N. Og-)
low, Chairman of the Castleg&r
Village Commission officiating.
Other Attractions

Throughout the fair a carnival
of varied outdoor attractions in-
cluding a merry-go-round; a
bingo-game, and games of chance

Cubs Lose Playoffs -
Four Games To One

“The Castlegar Cubs were stop-
ped cold by the ace-chuckjng of
Elsio Vanelli in their playoff
series with the Trail Motors
Pontiacs last week, as the Pon-
tiac mound man held the locals
scoreless for 45 innings of play
including the sudden death game
for. the: bye into the district
finals.

Final gamé of the series was
Saturday night when Pontiacs
nosed Cubs 1-0 thus taking the
best of seven series at four
games to-one. It was the fourth
game of the series with Cubs, |
that Vanelli pitched and won. The |
Trail team’s victory moved them
into the semi-finals of the Bri-|
tish Columbia senior men's soft- |
ball playoffs.

Cubs only win of the seri
was the third gime when they
whitewashed the Pontise on-
ponent with Van-
elli o again at the helm roar-
Friday night with a 4-0
and fhe 1-0 edge on
Saturday.

Sofiak and Mitchell shared
hurling chores for the Cubs,
Mitchell pitching two games and
Sofiak three. .

In Saturday’s game, the lone
Tun was scored by Cavanagh on|
two singles and a walk as both
clubs held on to the end in a
tight pitching duel between Van-
elli and Cub ace Johnny Sofiak.

Pontiacs‘ are now engaged in
a best of three semi-final at Vic-
toria, the winner to meet Van-
couver in the final.

Labor Day Is
Holiday For All

Next Monday is Labor Day,
a statutory holiday. All stores
‘and businesses will be closed
in Castlegar as elsewhere in
Canada. ‘

The Castlegar Post Office
will be ppen for one hour-only
from 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. for
stamp sales,

mission.

Public Works Minister
Tours Rossland-Trail

actually “not too badly off” com-
pared to some other Interior B.C.
Districts in the opinion of Rev.
the Hon. P. Gagliardi, B.C. Min-
ister of Public Works after a tour
of the Rossland-Trail district last
Thursday.

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Chief Engineer N. H. McCallum
and Divisional Engineer H.
Miaird,
Loeblich of Kinnaird, visited Re-
nata, Deer Park, Castlegar, Oasis,
Trail, Warfield, Annable, the Cas-
ino Road and
Salmo project,

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lto Robson,

Village Com-
is

The Rossland-Trail -riding

The

dian Legion are donating their
time and construction talents to
a program of improvement and
enlargement of the basement of
their hall in Castlegar. od

The basement is receiving an
18x24 extension and the interior
of the present basement is being
remodelled to provide additional
space. It is hoped to have the
project near enough to comple-
tion to provide additional space
for the display of fall-fair ex-
hibits next week.
Plans are to.set up a ¢lubroom
for ib in the enlarged

and conducted by C.

the Fruitvale-
meeting various
delegations and discussing their
problems with them.

Nick Oglow, Chairman of the
Castlegar Village Commission,
asked the help of the minister’s
department in a flood control
project for Bloomer Creek. Mr.
Gagliardi declared that this mat-
ter was the sole responsibility of
the Village of+Castlegar. How:
ever, when Mr. Oglow pointed
out that the project would be
quite beyénd the village’s fin-
ancial ability, the minister stated
that the Public Works department
might make a partial grant if the
Departments of Education and
Municipal Affairs would also
help. F

Mr. Gagliardi nrémised that a
snow plow would be stationed in
Castlegar next winter to clear the
road for the Castlegar Cooper,
tive Transportation Society's bus-
es. a

He also promised to a delega-
of Renata and Deer Park
representatives that a survey for
a rond from, these communi
would be
soon as an engineer
available, probably nex

The Trail Chamber
merce endorsed the Castlegar re-!
quest, made the previous evening, ;
for a survey of a Blueberry to
Paulson route as an alternative |
to the preseft Cascade segment. |
The minister repeated his pro-|
mise that the survey would be,
made as soon as possible.

Regarding improvement of the
Robson-Syringa Creek road, the
district engineer guaranteed that
it would be graded and oil-sur-
faced from Robson to the bridge,
shortly. ;

The minister also heard the re-
quests for incorporation from a
Warfield delegation, advising
them to submit a brief on their
requirements. .

After a discussion of a number
of other minor problems in the
Trail area, Mr. Gagliardi board-
ed a plane for Penticton where
he continued his tour of the B.C.
Interior.

In all his discussions, Mr. Gag-
liardi stressed the fact that the
Hon. E.. Sommers, "MLA for
Rossland-Trail, had already acq-
uaintéd him with most of the dis-
trict needs and their ‘urgency..

‘¥vonne Ballard, all of Flin Flon.

quarters.

A recorded. address’ given
by John Fisher to the Salmo-
Creston trekkers at the banquet
in Creston marking the comple-
tion of that recent historic “foot-
slogging” session over a proposed
route for a new road from Sal-

mo to Creston, was heard by the

members of the Castlegar Ki-
wanis Club at their weekly meet-
ing Tuesday evening in the Cas-
tlegar Hotel. .

Alan Ramsden, Manager of
radio station CKLN, guest of the
ee, presented the recordéd ad-

ess and commented on the vi-

Airport Improvements
In Progress This Week

Amid ‘the rumble and roar of
graders and gravel trucks, the
Castlegar Municipal Airport is
undergoing a $12,500 program of
surfacing and improvements.

To date, some 800 feet of the
runway and the taxi strip have
been gravelled. It is intended to
surface as much of the runways
and the taxi strip as possible with
a new surface of gravel and as-
phalt and the ramp in front of
the office is also to be filled in
and surfaced . |

A grading machine is in con-'
stant use, smoothing. the gravel:
as it arrives and a carload of as-|
phalt is expected to arrive
shortly,

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Funeral Serviees For
28 Year Old Kinnaird
Resident, Tuesday

Castlugar United Chureh. dor-
orated ‘with a rich variety of.
flowers, was the scene of funeral
rvices, Tuesday afternoon, for
David Lloyd Ballard, a 23 yerr
old Kinnaird electrical contrac’
or who passed away at his D
mont subdivision home, Friday
afternoon after a lengthy illnes

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close friends of the deceased,!
were: Tom Cols, Red Harmon,
Barton Brown, Gerald Langton,!
Walter Hermandson and Harry
Waters. The Baden-Powell Club
of Kinnaird were in charge of
decorating the church, Interment;
followed in Kinnaird Castlegar’
cemetery. - s |

Mr. Ballard’s mother, Mrs. W.!
H. Ballard of Flin Flon,. Man.;!
and an uncle, M. Adair from Al-
berta, were among those present
at the service.

Born at Roblin, Manitoba in
1924, Mr. Ballard came to Bri-
tish Columbia five years ago and
resided at Kinnaird for the past
three years. .

He is survived by his wife,
Jeannette; a son Morley Wayne,

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8 years old; a daughter, Amber | lect

Leqn, five years old; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ballard, Flin
Flon, Man. and three sister, Mrs.
A. Abar, Mrs. M. Grant and Miss

{the Castlegar Legion Band will

brant personality and vigorous
Cc di hil h ‘of the
speaker. Mr. Fisher in his ad-
dress, declared that demands for
new roads are one indication of
the rapid growth of the Koote-
nays and cited Celgar’s proposed
Project at Castlegar as evidence
of that growth.

He commended the trekkers
for their resourcefulness and per-
sistence likening them to Thomp-

|son, Hearne, Vancouver, Champ-

lain and other early Canadian ex-
plorers who opened up_ the
country by trekking through Jit.

Also at Tuesday’s meeting the
Club inducted one new member
and laid plans for attendance at
a Kiwanis International Picnic at
Paterson on Sunday, September

The new member, Dr. C. S.
Fowler, who has recently opencd
his medical practice in Castlegar,
Was introduced to the Club by
™M. Dalton, while C. Brown gave
a brief instruction on the aims
and ideals of the Kiwanis Clu
and What membership. entails,
following which Cyril Bell and
P; J. F. Killough formally

omed Dr. Fowler as a fellow
Kiwanian.

consisting of Messrs
G, Leitner and K.
set up, who are char

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Castlegar Ranger District is con-
siderably releived although care
in the woods is still essential,
Forest Ranger J. F. Killough said
here Tuesday.

A total of 39 fires in the district
most recent of which was a smal)
blaze in the Shields vicinity dur-

Plication to Victoria to have the
Stanley Humphries High School
accredited. If this is granted, it
will mean that all students, ex-
clusive of the senior matric class,
will be able to earn promotion
to the next grade with a ‘good
scholastic record.

The board also approved a

‘ng the week-end, have kept the
forestry firefighters in this dis-!
trict busy throughout July and
August. There are no fires in the
district at present, however.

At one time, quite recently,
there were some 210 firefighters
fighting 12. different blazes
throughout the area. Most

tions was a fire in the Shee
Creek district which destroye

acres.

The 39 blazes were widely
scattered in location throughout

tlegar Forest Ranger District,
from Sunshine Creek on the Ar-
row Lakes between Deer Pari
and Edgewood, to the interna-
tional boundary. There were fires
at Crescent *Valley, near Ross-
land, at Blueberry Creek. Champ-
ion Creek, Sheep Creek and
Shields.
| The fire

suppression crew,

‘numbering eight youngsters with | flows:

their foreman, which has been
stationed in this district for the
first time this year, has proved
invaluable in checking blazes be-

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fore they have a chance to spread.
The members of the crew have
also been engaged in improve-
ment of the forestry buildings
and grounds and for _ trail-
mprovements in the district

Kinnaird Belsters
Water Fasilities |

The pumping facilit

9s of Kin-
reive nurrin r

renging the children’s sports at! ‘ce

the picnic. The Castlegar Kiwan‘s

for rendition at the event, wh

also be present.

istvie? Firemen
Attend Annual Glasses

Castlegar and Kinnaird fire-
men are attending lectures on
firefighting theory and technique
his week, under the auspices of
the Provincial Fire Marshall's
Office in Vancouver.

An instruction crew from the
Marshall’s office, arrived in Cas-
flegar yesterday and’ will be in
Kinnaird Friday and Saturday,
an an annual tour of all fire de-
Partments in the province who
Tequest their service.

! choir is preparing some selections |

~ motor clock7d

Tho

et 2600 r.

num, will ext appro

v announce] at the roegulor
meeting of the Kinnaird cama
sioners last Monday evening.
The new oump will replace one
ird’s three pumps, which
was discovered no longer usable,
on inspection by an Inspector
from Edmonton and a_ lacal
machinist. The used .pump that
the City of-Trail has for sale, has
héen discovered to be unsuitable
for Kinnaird’s purposes as_ it
would mean a complete revision
of the whole pumping station.
The bid made on this pump will
therefore probably be withdrawn.
The commissioners also heard a
written request from a Calgary
i who is ki

ded the
ctures yesterday evening and
will attend tonight also. Lecture
Subjects include theory of fire-

Castlegar firemen

purchase two business blocks in
Kinnaird. The matter was tabled
for later discussion.

Idi: boom is‘ contin-

fighting, and use of
With ‘a practical demonstration of

Hose-laying and ladder work.

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uing with $85,000 worth of buil-
ing permits issued in July.

ser-
ious of this seasons conflagara-
‘Pp
d

an area roughly estimated at 100

the 1,500 square miles of the Cas-

“| school

final claim for construction on
the new school at Deer Park,
amounting to $3,567.51. Members
of the school board will formally
open this school on September
19 although classes will begin
there next Tuesday. Total. re-
ceipts and disbursements for the
month of July were $26,571.26.

A request that the Robson
school bus route be extended to
cover a wider area, cannot be
granted at present, the board
decided, as the buses are taxed
to the limit with their present
routes and schedules,

A new three-stall garage is to
built for accommodation of the
four school buses. One stall of
the present two-stall quarters will
then become a workshop.

Bus Schedules
A

the
day

tentative schedule for
buses each school
1 morning. has been announced

Bus No. 211 will leave Mile-
one Road at 7:45 a.m, with hich
school pupils. This same bus will
leave Blueberry at 8:20 with hotn
elementary end high schoJ
Youngsters and will pick un fur-
ther high school students at Milc-
stone Road at 8:35 a.m.

Bus No, 380 will leave T
at 8:30 a.m. Grade six pupi
catch th slong with
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MppsTs
swt

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term. All pup

be at the

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j e8’s Winners

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This week
theatre passes i
Subscrintion Drive
vray T leear,

Robson, B.C. Tas n
two subscribers
Wednesday morning fram

he twenty

i eived sines Wein

3 Jast week. These tn
subscribers renewed their sub
scriptions only, thereby becom
ing entitled to a pass cach.

If either of these subscribers,
whose names were drawn. hid
brought in a new subscription
with their renewal. th> draw'ng
of their name would have ‘entit-
fled them to two passes for them-
selves and one for the new sub-
scriber.

The drive is continuing till
September 30. Full details how
any subscriber can win one or
-more free passes, can be found

on Page 4 of this issue.