6 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, February 27, 1958 Large Turnout At Mother And Daughter Banquet The Robson Guides, Brow- thanks to Mrs. Jean Fowler for nies held their mother, and Working so hard with two Brow- Daughter banquet on Thursday | Mies, teaching them their sem- in the Community Hall. There; ?"°O4.. rox reminded the gath- were 70 present, The tables were cring of the Thinking Day Ser- tastfully decorated with Blue,' vice to be held in the SHHS on Gold and Brown streamers, with'Sunday, and invited all the Gold candles in silver holders. | Guides, Brownlie, and parents to Guests at the head table were attend, This is Thinking Week, Mrs, Ruth Hyson, Divisional Ict us think of our sisters all Commissioner; Mrs. Dorothy Fox' over the world, Mrs. Hyson told District Commissioner; Mrs, W.! how Thinking Day had started T. Waldic, who was Guide Cap-| in 1932, . tain for about 14 years in Rob- Mrs, Hyson on behalf of all son, and Rev. and Mrs. A, 0.! presented Mrs. Waldie with a MeNcil. j‘Thank You Badge' for all her The supper commenced with | work with the girls, Mrs, Waldie the singing of the Queen and who was the first Guide Captain Rey. McNeil asked the blessing.! of Robson, thanked Mrs. Hy- ‘A toast to Brownie mothers! son and the girls, and urged the ‘was proposed by Pat Brown, re-| girls to keep up their guiding, sponded to by Mrs, D. Adshead. | and to work with their leaders, Toast to Guide mothers was While the tables were being proposed by Jane Rogers, Mrs., cleared away ‘the girls sang Ted Worley responding. Toast|songs, and played games for all 4o the Local Association was) to join in. Brownies under the proposed by Beverley Hyson, | leadership of Brown Owl, Mrs. Mrs. Reg. Bro, president of the; Johnson, and Tawny Owl Mrs. LA responding. Mrs. Rose John-| Louise Duncan held their mect- son thanked the LA for the| ing. They sang a song of welcome lovely supper, the mothers for} to the commissioners and invited aheir support, the girls for their] them into the Fairy Ring where the C issi they were given the grand howl. for their assistance and a special! Three Brownies were enroll- [i ee eS ae ei Applications — “Are again invited for the position of Inspector “Port Time Only” for the Village of Castlegar to be in hond on or before 5:00 P.M. March 3, 1958. The duties are as follows: Building Inspector Licenses and Traffic Inspector Village Clerk, Box 519, Castlegar, B.C. | Nafural Gas Units HOT WATER TANKS COLEMAN-VIT-ROCK INSULATION AND WHITE GLASS LINED NATURAL GAS FURNACES COLEMAN BLEND-AIR AND ARMSTRONG FURNACES TAPPAN GAS RANGES FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS NO DOWN PAYMENT KOOTENAY BUILDERS right equipment to extract of the area. left, have staked their claim A new kind of gold rush is on around Beauceville, Que. It's piacer gold that is attracting mining men and some of them who hive sluiced loose gold in the Yukon and the south seas believe there is a large amount of gold just waiting for the The prospectors, Ralph Croteau and John Smith, it from the river and stream beds but may nol be allowed to register it as the Quebec government has withdrawn most of the area from staking. The old-fashioned method of panning gold, right, could produce a cupful of gold flakes and nuggets from a bucket of water, but [t fs a hig-investment proposition to extract gold economically from the gravels. stuices are being considered by several mining companies inter- ested In the area. Huge, hydraulle pumps and ed by Mrs, Fox, and two recciv- ed their golden bar, they were Pat Brown and Evelyne Hunter. Mrs, Hyson presented Golden Hands to Rita Schupfer and Barbara Fowler. Mrs. Duncan presented Brownies Rita Schup- fer and Barbara Fowler with their wings, The Guides under the lead- ership of Captain Mrs. Anna Brown, Lt. Mrs. Nan Raine, as- sisted by Miss Mildren Reine, Castlegar, Kinnaird and Rob- son Scouts and Guides, Cubs and Brownies met Sunday to observe ‘Thinking Day', bringing to a close the annually set aside formed their and they welcomed, Charlene Brown, Wendy Worley, Dene Giraud, Diane Duncan and Via Letke- man, Brownies who walked up into the Guide company. Brow- nies Flying up were Barbara Fowler and Rita Schupfer, Mrs, R. Bro presented ser-) vice stars to Mrs, Johnson for 12 years service, Mrs, Duncan for 5 years, Mrs. Brown for 4 year, ! The Brownies were dismiss-) ed and the Guides carried on with their meeting. Mrs, Fox en- rolled guides Charlene Brown, Wendy Worley, Diane Duncan, Barbara Sheene, Shena Scheene, Dene Giraud and Judy Belbeck. years and Mrs, Raine for one! ‘The colorful ceremony took Place in the Activity Room of Stanley Humphries High School, the Scout's and Cubs yellow and green uniforms together with the blue, gold and brown of Guides and Brownies creating an impressive display as they thronged into the building, and the color party advanced with Standardi Bearers carrying the ‘Union Jack’ and colors of each troop. + After the singing of O’Cana- da, played by Mrs, F. A. Hostet- ter at the piano, Jack McIntosh of the Kinnaird Scouts opened the ceremonies with the Bidding Prayer, Archdeacon B, A, Resker, it District C issi Mrs. Brown all the Guides with the Guide Hand book.” Mrs, Fox said it gave her a great deal of pleasure to pre- sent Miss Mildred Raine, with her Little House emblem, After the .ceremony the evening clos- ed with th singing of Taps. BARR — To Mr. and Mrs. C. Barr (Lynn Campbell) in the Calgary General Hospital, Feb. 24, a daughter, CASTLE TIRE SHOP FOR QUALITY RETREADS, REPAIRS & VULCANIZING GOoDpFsVYEAR TIRE HEADQUARTERS DRAGGING? “ WORN OUT AND INEFFICIENT? TIRED? Check Your Tires For Those Symptoms! Prepare Now For Happy Summer Driving, Have Your Summer Retreads Done Now. SIGN OF QUALITY °C for Trail-Rossland, spoke on the great need for leaders in’ the Scout and Guide and Scouts’ And Guides Day Was Colorful Ceremony AtSHHS Mima Wallace of Castlegar, the Brownie Law. The Last Message of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of “the Scout movement was read by} y; Bob King -of Castlegar. Castlegar District Guide Com- missioner, Mrs. W. K. Fox spoke @ briefly on the i of the who belong to the movement today, as well as some five mil- lion girl Scouts and Guides, The Scout movement, he said, is founded on three pre- cepts, duty to God, service to others and obedience to the Scout and’ Guide Laws. On the first count, the Scout must re- member religion is not some- thing to be turned on or off when convenient, said Mr. Resk- te it must be a part of everyday le. i The second promise, service to others, teaches good citizen- ship to the boys and girls, the motto of ‘Do unto others as you would” have: thern'do' unto you’, is the answer to'this, and the willingness to help which is a part of Scout teaching, reflects the true spirit: of demoncracy, said Mr. Resker. Last, the Scout or Guide, Cub or Brownie must strive to live up to their laws and pro- mises, and in doing so is streng- thening his or her character with the firm foundation of stead- fastness, reliability and loyalty. Hymns sung were ‘Onward Christian Soldiers, All Things Bright and Beautiful’, and ‘Be Prepared’ specially arranged ‘with the Boy Scout slogan, After the sitiging of ‘Taps’, the Lord’s Prayer and return of colors, the cpremony concluded with ‘The Queen’ and retirement of the color party, Also assisting during the afterncon was Scout Leader Martin Bale of Kinnaird. Castlegar News Guide and Brownie promises. In his address to the assem- bly of approximately 400 persons in the activity room, Mr. Resker spoke of his attendance at the Scout World Jubilee Jamboree held last; summer to observe the 50th Anniversary of Scout- ing. ‘It. was one. of the greatest events of my life’, he said, to see the 35,000 Scouts from 84 different nations of the free world joined together in Peace and Understanding, living to- gether as one world-wide broth- erhood.’ Mr. Resker outlined the im- mense growth in Scouting during the 50 years since its small be- ginning of 20 Scouts to around seven and a half million boys of the truly great and valuable service given by those who give so freely of their time to bring the wonderful training of Scout, Guide, Brownie and Cub work to the boys and girls. Speaking on the growing numbers of those joining, about 170 in the area, Mr. Resker an- nounced it is planned to have the Castlegar, Robson and Kin- naird groups form a new District instead of being a part of the Trail-Rossland District. He men- ing of District Councils to be held in the Parish Hall here on February 27, and said anyone is welcome to attend. The ‘ Scout's Prayer was given by Roger Toogood of Castlegar and the Guide Prayer by Mildred Raine of Robson. The Scout Law was recited by Leslie Waldie, and Betty Campbell of Kinnaird gave the Guide's Law, Leslie Koehle of Castlegar the Cub Law and Combination + DOORS AND .* WINDOWS. 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Logging truck and trailer with tongues; St. Patrick’s Bazaar, Saturday, for logging or poles, $1600, Ap-| March 15 at the Marlane Hotel. ply George D, McOuat, Kaslo, 19 19 BC. Bt NOTICE — Castlegar Film Council presents the 4th An- nual Kootenay International Film, Festival in SHHS