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CASTLEGAR NEWS,

CASTLEGAR, B.C,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,

1957

Castlegar Happenings

" Mrs. M, Price and son Bill
of Cranbrook, visited for a few
days at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Price.

Master Gordie Gemmill en-

day on Saturday. Guests were
Robert Melnick, Peter Richard-
son, Jim Cummings,’ Gordon
Davis, Scott Westgate and his
brother: Jim and, sister. Nancy.
Television and .games were ‘on
the entertainment after which
Mrs, Gemmill served dainty re-
freshments,
. Mr, and Mrs, L, C. Leamy of
Calgary visited at the home of
the latter’s mother, Mrs. IL R.
‘Thompson, and they also visited
the father. in the aesil-Tadariac
Hospital. *
Mrs. N. Decembrini and
daughters Lorraine and ‘Judy
were guests at the weekend, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. R,
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. ‘Andreashuk
and son of Cranbrook visited at
the home of the former's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
N. Andreashuk.
Guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Les Atkinson last week-
end were Mr, Atkinson’s sister,
Mrs. M. Dyer of Creston and Mr.
Paul Major of Michel.
Mr. Cliff Wanless of Pen-
ticton visited in Castiegar for a
few days.
Mrs. Rennie Mitchell is in
the Trail Hospital.
Seen at the Roya] Winnipeg
Ballet presentation Friday night
were Mrs, G. Fowler, Miss C.
Hogandoorn, Mrs. R. West, Mrs.
H. Adie, Mrs.'M. Dalton, Mr. and

Mrs. C. Onions and Mrs. C, Brod-

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Collection for the age

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at

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SCOUTS and
ALL PARENTS and COM

To The
100 Birthday Celebration of. the
Chief Scout of all the world

Lord Robert Baden Powell °
AT THE CASTLEGAR HIGH SCHOOL

SUNDAY, PEeanary ath

and the Scout Centenary Memorial: Fund
The Great Colour Film Of The

:30 p.m.

MITTEE MEMBERS
ARE INTERESTED
UTH

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jackman
and son of Horseshoe Bay visited
‘at the home of the latters sister
and brother-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.
Jim Killough, while enroute to
make their home in Creston,

Playing in the Legion Bon-
sptel‘playoffs were M. Moran, G.
Leitner, W. Sharples and 5S.
Sanderson.

The Anglican and United
Church Teenage boys-teamed up
and formed a hockey team and
are challenging a, Trail team.

Attending the Kootenay Pres-
preterial, WMS in Rossland is
Mrs. L, C, Johnston, Mrs. G.
Santano, Mrs, L. Grunerud, ‘Mrs.
T. Blackburn, Mrs, W. Easton and
Mrs. J. Tipsett.

Miss Marguerite Fletcher
returned to Holy Cross Hospital
in Calgary after having spent a
three week visit with her mother,
Mrs,’ R. Fletcher.

Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Fair-

her of New are
visiting .at the home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Goulet.

Mr. R. E. Goulet made a fly-
ing trip to Vancouver this week.

Miss Kathy Sherman of
Nelson visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johnson

Mrs. C. Minton, sister of Mrs.
William Devitt, died Friday night
at her residence in Trail. She
was in her 63rd year. Mrs. Min-
ton is survived also by her hus-
band, one daughter and one son,
two brothers and another sister
in California, The Funeral Ser-
vices were held in ‘Trail. ‘on
Tuesday.

Kinnaird Korner

Glen and Grant “were recent
visitors to Castlegar,

Mrs. F. Briggeman returned
to her home here after spending
the weekend in Trail,

An evening of ‘Bingo and
dancing, sponsored by the Deer
Park Women's Institute was en-
joyed by residents of Deer Park
and other out-of-town visitors,
Music for dancing was provided
b yJ. Friesen and P, Doell of
Renata and C. Phelps of Deer
Park. Refreshments were served
by members of the Women’s In-
stitute, Out-of-town visitors in-
cluded Mr, and Mrs. Stan Pearce,
Trail; Mr. and Mrs, W. Gold-
smith, Hoosier, Sask.; Mr. and
Mrs. R. Coleman and son Craig
and: Mr. and Mrs. S. Stewart,
Syringa Creek; Mr. and Mrs. A.
Meckereth, Broadwater and P.
Doell, and J. Friesen, Renata.

Mrs. F. Briggeman has re-
turned to her home after spend-
ing the weekend in Trail, where
she was -the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Briggeman.

Mrs, M. Stainton, daughter
Jean and son John of Castlegar
were Sunday visitors to Deer
Park and Renata, While in Deer
Park, they were. the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Williamson.

J, Smith and J. Dalzeil of

Castlegar were Sunday visitors
to'Deer Park and Renata. - °

Recent visitors to Castlegar

included Mrs. D, D,

News Of Renata

At a baby shower held at
the home of Mrs, J. Dyck with
Mrs, M. Rohn as co-hostess, use-
ful gifts in a pretty basket de-
eorated in yellow, was presented

celebrated as well their 9th an-
niversary of all Women’s. Insti-

in Feb, 1897 at Stoney Creek,
Ont. by Adelaide Hoodless, Let-
ters of thanks were read acknow-
ledgement: from the Queen Al-

to Mrs, L. Chi: for her in-
fant son, Dennis, by young Miss
Eleanor Dyck.
Twelve ladies enjoyed the
evening and several contests were
played, and the list of winners
were as follows: Mrs, L. With-
ers, Mrs, I. Wiebe and Mrs. L,
Chiznazia, Mrs, M.' Rohn baked
the appropriately‘ decorated baby
shower cake.

i eee
A missionary service -was
held at the chapel here, when
Miss Renata Siemens, missionary
from Kenya, Br. East Africa,
visited her name-sake to show
color slides of her work ‘in
Africa, 2
Her itinerary takes her to
Penticton, on to ¢he coast and
Vancouver Island, then East to
show slides and report of her
work and experiences for the last
five years, She was sent by the
Pentecostal Assemblies of Can-
ada. While not travelling, she
makes her home with her mother,
Mrs. F. Siemens, 518 Oakview
Ave, ‘Winnipeg.

*

Valentine se Tea — Six-

Mr. and Mrs. R. Briggeman and
children; Mr. and Mrs. C. Wil-
liamson; J. Allan; A. A, Phelps
and Mrs. G, Briggeman,

. Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Phelps and
children Wayne, Judy and Bren-
da were recent visitors to Cast-
legar and Trail,

P. Milan and son of Rossland
were ‘recent visitors to Deer
Park.

P. Romaine, H. Coleman and
C. Williamson were recent visi-
tors to Renata,-wheré they at-
tended a meeting of the BCFGA
Renata-Deer Park local,

R, Penson and party of Trail
spent a weekend at Broadwater
on a recent fishing trip.

‘Mr. L. Therrian of Rossland
spent a weekend at his summer
home at . While there

Mr. and Mrs. James Munroe,
Linda and Allan returned last
week from a vacation in Cali-
fornia where they visited friends
at Manhattan Beach near ios
Angeles for two weeks,

Mr, and Mrs. Jack Keller and
Mr. Roberts Sr. of Salmo paid
a visit to the home of Mr, and
Mrs. J. Roberts and family over
the weekend.

Mr, ‘and: Mrs. Harry Waters
and two daughters returned to
their home here .on Saturday,
after having spent eight months
at.. Powell River, B.C.

The late Christopher Bean
is the title of the Kinnaird Little
Theatre’s new play now in re-
hearsal. It will be presented on
the ‘evenings of March 29 and 30.
Miss Karen Brown, who was
So years old on Valentine’s

Monte rat come Fund

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| her home after spending the past

of
her "Tittle . friends. A. birthday
supper was served in her honor,
Games and contests followed.
Guests were: Noreen Hendricks,
Linda Culley, Dianne Leckie,
Linda Rallson, Christine David-
son, Nidike ‘Ruebsaut, Fay De-
sauniers, Sharon Ponak and
Angela Homeiuk., ~

Deer Park Socials

. Eight members of the Deer
Park Women’s Institute attended
the February meeting at the
home of Mrs, E. Williamson. A
decision was made to purchase
wool, to knit squares for “Blan-
kets for Hungary”. A Valentine
Social and Bingo Evening is
planned for February 16th, at the
Community Hall; proceeds to go
to the Silver Birch School for
Handicapped Children, at Castle-
gar, Letters of acknowledgement
are to be written to Mrs. Ander-
son, corresponding secretary of
the school for Handicapped
Children, and to H, W. Herridge
M.LP.; also a report to the conven-
or of Cultural Activities, Mrs. P.
Mackereth read an article from
the Arrow Lakes", Contest win-
ner was Mrs, A. Phelps, and all
the members received fayors. Re-
freshmenfs were served by the
hostess, Mrs. Williamson,

Mrs. A. Law has returned to

month as a patient in the Trail-
Tadanac Hospital.

he spént some time.fishing..
While on a recent fishing
trip around Broadwater, L. Ny-
man of' Rossland made a catch
of 3 fair-sized Kamloops trout.

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teen ladies attended the tea held
at the home of Mrs. P. Warken-
tin, February 12th. The Valentine
contest prize for the best hand
made Valentine, went to Mrs. J.
Dyck and the lucky draw gift to
Mrs. M. Rohn, Proceeds are for
the local cemetery upkeep,
eet . =
Renata held their February

for Cri d
Children fora donation sent to
the. “Book of Memories in mem-
ory of a departed resident, News
letter was read by members in
turn, . :

At the social hour, Mrs, J.
Dyck sang “Memories”, Miss Bar-
bara Rohn and Mrs. P. Warken-
tin played a piano duet, and Miss
Barbara Rohn played several
piano selections. A sing-song
around the plano was enjoyed
by members ‘and visitors, and a
contest was won by Mra. J. Dyck,
The March Meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. H.
Funk, March 15th. The birthday
cake was baked by Mrs, Matt
Rohn,

NEW CUBMASTER

Mrs, H. Binnie has kindly
taken the Position of Asst, Cub-
master in the 2nd Castlegar
Pack, It has often been suggest-
ed in this column, that some
ladies would be welcomed as Cub
Leaders. Any more offers?

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KINNAIRD, B.C.

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THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 21, 1957"

CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C. °

by a fur coat. Mr, and Mrs.
Brandson are making their home
in Victoria, where the groom is
stationed with the navy.

BEANDSON - MACKENROD

Bouquets: of white chrysan-
themums graced the altar of St.
Alban’s Church, Victoria, recent-
ly, for the wedding of Shirlie

Anne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DAHLIN - FUITE

(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)

Where Is the World's Longest
fevered Wooden Bridge? -

Canada can boast of having
the world’s longest covered
jo) Oreabes= the Hartland bridge In

R. Mackenrod of Prince George

and Richard Dennies, son of Mr.

and Mrs. M.;Brandson of Kin-

naird. Rev, W. E.. Greenhaigh
rte 1 the

A of,
Kinnaird and district and Kitimat
tockiplace Wednesday, February
6 at: the home of the brides

ther, 1711 Gy. » Kitimat,
when, the eldest daughter, Rita,
of Mrs. J. D. Fuite and the late
Mr, Fuite became the bride of
Robert (Bob) Dahlin, ..only son
of Mr. and Mrs, R, H. Dahlin of
Kinnaird, B.C,

The bride wore a white satin
dress princess style, with chantil-
ly lace redding coat and chapel
length vell held by a coxonet.
She carried a bouquet of red and
white rosebuds,

New Br It's 1,300 feet
put it 228 feet bhead of the run-
nerup, a Norwegian bridge.
Th Woneese the 1,000 foot
one at Cap at, Que, Canada
has more than 600 such bridges,
about equally. divided between
Quebec and New: Brunswick. |
Many of these picturesque struc-
tures, built by the pioneers: from
the ready wealth of timber and
d, top and sides, to keep

--The by.

Rev. W.-H, T. Fulton,. took place
in the presence of about forty-
five guests.

Given in marriage by Mr.
Van de Boer, the bride was
charming in a waltz-length frock
of pale blue embossed silk
Faille, head

white flowers and matching shoes
and: corried -a cascade houquet
of white carnations,

Attending the bride was Miss
Inger Bolvig who wore matching
dress of pink silver embossed
silk .Faille.and carried a cascade
bouquet of pink carnations. ~

Mr. Bill Adamson was best
man. ‘

Mrs, Fuite, mother of the
bride was attired in a light blue

Matron of honor was Mrs. B.
Stephens, sister of the bride, and
she was dressed in a blue bal-
lerina length net, her bouquet
‘was of white Chrysanthemums.
Bridesmaid “was' Miss Marlene
Geortzen in pale pink net bal-
Jerina iength. She carrled blue

pink mums. Flower girls
were: the misses Barbara Geort-
zen and Linda Duguid in blue
length taffetta and each carried
@ basket of blue and pink mums.

Best man was Mr. William
Duguid and ushers were Mr.
William: Daley and Mr, Roger
Mowat, :

During the signing of the
register, “The Lord’s Prayer”
was sung by Mrs. B. Huck,

A reception was held at St.

- and white streamers, and white

Alban’s Church Hall which was
tastefully decorated with pink

bells. To receive the many guests
Mrs, Brandson, mother of the
groom, wore'a two piece ensem-
ble of navy with pink accessories
and corsage. of, white carnations,
. The bride’s parents were unable
to attend dué to illness in the
family. A toast to. the bride was
‘proposed by Mr. W. Hobbs. Tele-

grams were: received from rele- ed

tives and friends ‘of the bride
+ and groom,
For the wedding trip to Van-
couver the bride wore a navy
suit with red accessories, topped

suit and matching accessories
with a corsage of white carna-
tions. Mrs. Dahlin, mother of the
groom chose a short taffeta and
wore matching assessories, Her
corsage was of rose buds and
carnations. .
Mrs. Fuite and Mrs, Dahlin
received the guests at the wed-
ding supper, ‘The brides table

them open at all seasons, are
still In use, In addition to their
function, they make interesting

tourist attractions, %

"KNOW YOUR CANADA”

An old Indian curse hangs
over the. city of Fernie, B, C.,
according to legend. The story
goes that William Fernie had
heard of the coal deposits in the
neighborhood and promised to
marry an Indian princess if
told thelr exact location, He
was given the information but
did not keep his promise of mar-
riage and the‘girl's vengeful mo-
ther put a curse on the whole
valley in 1887.

Where and What is tho

Straddling the Canada - U. S.
border near Boissevain, Man., this
beautiful 2,200 acre garden is
kept up by both nations as a
symbol of international amity.
A cairn. bears the inscription,
“To God in His Glory,” we two
nations dedicate this garden and
pledge ourselves that as long as
men shall live we will not take
up arms against one another.”

Public Relations

It is hoped that the readers
enjoyed the article last week
about the House System at the
High School, Have you any
questions? This week our article
is just a preview to Education
Week, which is being held this
year from March 3rd to March
9th.

For the past few years the

and especially of the parents.
With a view to creating, greater
pena: and enlisting wid-
er supp Canadi.

ists have planned Education
Week; it is hoped that the people
of Castlegar and district will
avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity to visit the schools, ob-
serve, ask questions, and clarify
their thinking on the subject of

slogan for
Week has been “Education is
Everybody’s Business”. We feel
that we can continue with it
again this year.

To a large degree the future
of our country depends upon the

proper education of our boys and].

girls, which fact alone makes
education “everybody’s business”.
Parents desiring the best that
life can offer-for their children,
have an added and more person-
al interest in education,

aims, as well as

High Kids

‘By Rosalyne Williams

Wasn't the school paper good?
Everyone enjoyed the debate on
Co-education between Mr. Smith
and Pat Romaine. Added feature
was the players’ personal opinion
of the big game agairist Trail.
Also.on the lighter side was
the fire drill held one day last
week. I imagine everyone
‘thought the school was going up
in , t that ‘the

was with
flowers, csndtes and a three-tier-

would mind, Turned out it was

2 cake, Mr. J. Di
proposed the toast bd the happy
couple.

Mr. and- Mrs, Dahlin will
make their home in Kitimat.

Bank oF MonTREAL

WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN

EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817
E a ADs09

Castlegar Branch:

CYREL T. ONIONS, Managez

This advertisement is not- pitted or sees he the Liquor

‘}mumbers: by the physical educa-

.| down now. It seems the only time

| Valentine’s. Dance, The all-pur-

set off by a. well-
known personage around the
school, - ao

_ Friday night saw the junior
“Rock ‘n’ Roll”. through the

pose room : was gaily “decorated
with hearts and streamers, Mas-
ter of ceremonies, Mr. Anderson
reports there was a large atten-
dance and everyone had fun.
* . Friday night the Rockers and
Rockettes travelled to Nelson.
The Rockers ended with a very}
close score of 32-31. The Rocket-
tes downed’ the Bomberettes 30-

Top scorers for the Rockers
were. Walter Keraieff with 13
and Marvin LeRoy with 9. Out-
standing Rockettes player was
Gail Leitner who acquired 19
points during the game. Nice g0-
ing kids.
Saturday, saw “the” Junior
Rockers return from Salmo with
the Junior Boys West Kootenay
Basketball. Championship. Con-
#tatulations, boys,.: The girls
played very well although they
were unable to advance to. the
finals.
Don’t forget the annual band
concert to be-held March 1. Ad-
ded attraction will be dance

tion classes,
Come on choir members! You
pleaded until a school choir was

The early explorers of Canada
included. the French, British,
Italian Portugese and Spanish.

According to the new census
figures at the end of 1956, there
are now over: 217,000 members of
the movement in Canada, an in-
crease of over r 20, 000 in the past
year.

methods, have changed consid-
erably during the past twenty
years, No longer is scholastic at:
tainment on the part of his
pupils the teacher’s main objec-
tive. He wants them to learn
their lessons, naturally, but he
is even more interested in-see-
ing them develop into well-inte-

Next weeks Custlegar News
will carry a detailed outline of
plans. of the variou3 schools in
the district,

ROBSQN SOCIETY MEETS

The Annual General Meet-
ing of the Robson Recreation So-
ciety was held recently and all
members were pleased with the
financial report which showed
very good support from: the
community.

Mr, H. Reniperian, secretary
reported the hall had been insur-
ed for $6000 at a cost of $88.00.

A report from the film coun-
cil showed that an average of 93
attended the showings each week
amd that there were still, three
more shows to complete the
series, The society renewed their
ip in the Film Council

graded,
The average thinking. citizen,
<{ in the

All the work plans for 1957

which the Rockers and Rocketies
will take on the “Rossland Senior’
reps, Game time is 7:30 p.m. in

the gymnasium.

al school, may find it difficult
to accept this new outlook, and
yet 1 the

were appr by the

Mrs. Thorndale was placed in
charge of building and mainten-
ance and Mrs, Hunter in charge

and of the ity,

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formed. Don't let Mr. Fi:

members turn up is when they
get a period off from school.
That’s not the proper spirit. j
The deadline for the second
round in the table tennis is to-
morrow.’ Be sure -to get your
name in, Your house, needs ‘the
points!
Adance held on Monday was
in aid of the Rocker’s trip to Van-
couver during the middie of
March, If. any of you have any
fund-raising ideas pass them on
to Mr. Turik. id
Remember to bring your
lunches next' week, The _inter-
house drama festival

ROYAL COMMISSION

‘ON THE

iree Fruits Industry of British Columbia

on Monday. Time is 12:30. p.m.
and the place is the activity
room, These promise to be very
entertaining noon hours, so plan
to attend.

A date to keep in mind will
be March 15, the PTA concert.
A large number of students will
be taking part in this concert.

‘Watch:for the

Regional Hearings

The Royal Commission on the Tree Fruit Industry of British Columbia announces
that regional hearings will be held at the times and places listed below. Regional

i in other areas will be advertised and held at places to be announced. At
still later dates briefs on matters concerning the industry as a whole will be ex-
amined at public hearings.
At each regional hearing, persons or parties interested in any phase of the industry
in that area are invited to present statéments or briefs for the consideraticn of
i at the offices of the Commis-

the Ci vt or the

tary of the C

sion, 626 jen Street, Penticton, : at least 24 hours prior to the time advertised for
the f the

the area.

of ‘winners in the recent con-
tests. |
~ .€ome one, come all to the
basketball game Friday night.

your teams in the last

Control Boerd or by the

home game of the season, during

South & East Kelowna Feb. 27 9:00 am, in C

IKeremeos-Cawston Feb. 25 10:00 a.m. in Victory Hall in Keremeos.
ta Feb. 26 9:00 a.m. in Community Hall.
Peachland-Westhank Feb. 26 2:00 p.m. in Geo Pringle High School in Westbank

Hall in East Kel

E. D. MacPhee, Commissioner