THE an KID ‘and young good at the Calgary Stampede this year. Sale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harding of Castlegar, is all smiles for Dun- can Reynaldo, the Cisco Kid of TV and movie fame. Dale Hard t off pretty Silver Birch School Re-Gnened Today The Silver Birch School for handicapped children of the District opened today. Last year’s pupils have re- turned to the school and Mrs. J. Palsson is again teaching them. Facilities of the school are available to any District children in need of them. Roger Toogood Wins $100 100F Bursary Roger Toogood, son of Mr. and Mrs, J, W. Toogood of Cast- legar, has been awarded a $109 IOOF bursary. Roger graduated from ou this year and has Tourist Booth Mav Re-Onen For Weekend The tourist booth run by the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce has closed for tue season, but it may open Satur- day for the AKM convention, Commissioner Rysen suggest- ed at Tuesday's council meeting that the booth be kept open at village expense for the AKM convention, The chamber’s tourist chair- man, Jimmy Lamont, will be contacted to see if the booth can be kept open Friday evening and all day Saturday and Sun- day. Grade 13, Next year he aie teacher training at the Univer- sity of B.C. Castlegar Legion Starls Eye Bank An eye bank is being esta- Blished by the local branch of the Canadian Legion for the National Institute of the Blind. Anyone wishing to donate Gheir eyes at the time of their @éath to the eye bank, may secure a pledge card from the Legion secretary. F-L-A-S-H . Damage done to private Property while completing water bylaw 113 will be repaired as soon as the bylaw is completed, works supervisor Norman Me- Paul N. Negraeff Dies Last Week At 80 Years of Age Paul N. Negraeff, Cc died 80, of at his Skating, Rink Fate To Be Decided Monday Evening A projects soclety mecting Monday night will decide the fate of the skating rink this winter. At a special meeting of the proects society Thursday to consider the curling club’s ap- Plication for three sheets of ice, it was decided to call a meeting for next Monday to settle the question. Thursday night's meeting was attended by “about cight or 10 people,” most of whom were in favor of letting the curling club have the rink, ‘Unless more skaters turn out to Monday’s meeting in the Hotel Marlane at 7.30 p.m, the curler’s application will probably be accepted. BACK-TO-SCHOOL Footwear FROM MADDOCKS Maddocks Assures Mrs. E. A. Lampard Council is Concerned “Mrs. Lampard has been as- suréd we have her at heart” water works commission- er R, C, Maddocks told the village council Tuesday night. Mrs. E, A. Lampard was re- leased from the Castlegar hospi- tal Tuesday after being ‘treated for a fracture of the right ankle after falling in an open pipeline ditch near the Electronic Service on Aug. 18. x Mr. Maddocks said “the light closest to the scene of the acci- dent was on; the light furthest from the scene of the accident was off.” He said the fire de- partment had been trying for three months to get a socket for the street light that was out. He said they had béen suc- cessful the day before the. acci- dent and had installed it. How- ever, it didn't work and had been home last Thursday, Mr. Negraeff was born in Russia in 1878 and came to Sas- katchewan in 1889, He moved to B.C. from the prairies in 1903, the day after the acci- dent, PORK CHOPS, loin, Ib. LAMB CHOPS, shoulder, VEAL CHOPS, loin, Ib. 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PRESCRIPTION CASTLEGAR DRUG IT’S THE WEDDING INVITATIONS LADIES’ FALL GOATS a large assortment has just orrived Fur Trim — Chinese Mink and Mountain Sable new full backs including Chemise Styles $25.95 to $54.95 FALL DRESSES ere in also, $6.95 to $14.95 WOOL’ SKIRTS $4.95 - $7.95 NYLONS, SEEMLESS . 89¢ and $1.10 GIRL‘S FALL DRESSES, a new shipment just arrived $3.99 - $4.95 Ib. box $1.15. LOVELY FALL CLOTHING ARRIVING DAILY! SKIRTS — DRESSES — SWEATERS — COATS NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY, SELECTION IS GOOD I’ LUGGAGE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL HOLIDAY DREAM LUGGAGE — BLUE PLASTIC COVER — FALL SPECIAL WEEOR ESE NYLONS, (0 Guage, 15. Denier Reg. pr. size — NOW — 2.pr. for ..... SUPP-HOSE By KAYSER, Pairs ..': 5 4 secre scsareceee GV9B ALSO SOMETHING NEW IN NYLONS ° elastic sheer nylon — Discovery that triumphs over leg fatigue $4.95 MATCHED LUGGAGE BY TRAVELGARD — IN WHITE SAND — Case | Case 18" 0 gt 21" Dressi 21” Ward SI195 - $13.00 $17.50 ALOHA FLYTE SERIES IN SURF BLUE DEDICATION This special Gentonnial edition of the Castle- gar News is dedicated te all the pionsers who came from many lands to soltle in this part of Ganada, A tribute to their vision, toil and courage CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 11, No, 37 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1958 "20 CENTS PER COPY which gave so much to this Districi, to British Columbia and to Ganada. AN EDITORIAL “A Museum: Is Necessary To Preserve Our Heritage Dr, -Victor Goresky says the story of the Castlegor Dis- trict is “the story of men who were wil to take a chance when nobody else would.” O. B. Ballard says “the memory! pp. A, p, McDIARMID AND GRAND-DAUGHTER, ELEANOR, NOW MRS, DUNCAN CARTER, CLEARING THE LAND OF of the pioneer days is fading, but the early settlers laid good foundations and their influence can still be felt.” Mrs. T. L. Bloomer tells how Castlegar was started with West Robson shacks and “‘no one knew if they had their own home or someone else’s when they were re-built.” And Mrs. Lillian E. Killough tells how her husband atways had great faith in this area and predicted "the time will come when you will see houses from Castlegar to Trail.” Mr. Ballard tells of gaols for Robson citizens and kidnapping of a governor-general “that started the “Trail Creek Times screaming.” Mi i +WNelson that took days This -is the living history of the Castlegar District. But it is history that can Sand will die unless it is soon recorded. Staff members of the Castlegar News came in intimate contact with the tap roots, as Kinnaird’ chairman Carl Loeb- lich calls them, of this District as they went about the District collecting material for this Centennial issue. They came away with.a belief. that the people of this area con-never. really appreciate their heritage until they have eaten peaches on a back-porch step while. listening to stories’on the. growth and evelopment of Kinnaird “They, rea! District unti they .have cipged fea in Robson on a cool sum- “mer night and looked through countless number of photograph albums. and. listened ‘to a pioneer tell how Robson was once gutted by fire and how it came back to be’a river-transporta- tion centre and thera fruit-rahching District. No‘one.can:really put :down: their.own fap rents in the Castlegar. District until he has a’ full TREES ABOUT 1910 Bl Waterloo Was First Local Town; Gold, Silver, Saloons, Miners iia) © 32 PAGES * ‘This special Centennial edl- tion. of the Castlegar News contains four eight-page sec- * ttons filled with colorful stories and pictures on the history of .the Casttegar District, We hope our readers find it of interest... ARMA Celgar fo Employ 100 - 400 Men In 1959; Possible 1 100 in 1960 @ Water Pollution Won't Se.a Problem iam paage Mill in Operation By 1961 Between. 100 and 400 men will be employed by Celgar|. Z at its pulp. mill site between between Decernber, 1959 and These figures were given a a: luncheon meeting of the As sociated Kootenay | Worth of Wood Yearly spring and December of next e_the= economy. of _ this] year: Construction workers at. the site may “number | 1, 100 i pure; T9360." Rh ested in British Columbia in ‘the 1910's, ‘after pulp mann- ties Saturday by Ian A. Barclay sécretary and assistant to the tion of the ‘men: ‘and history which: gave birth te this “valley nestled amongst giant. mountains:and. powerful rivers. t-dgain, tha? history must. soon be recorded or it will be lost. Those pictures must soon be collected or they, too, will be scattered. In short, the Castlegar ‘District has a mass of material for a museum. The only need. is ‘for a. building to house a museum and a'group of people to run it. Our. recommendation ‘would be for the: Senior Citizen's Association to take over this enjoyable task. They know the history of this District and to. listen to them: tell it when, visiting such a museum would be pleasant, informative, en- joyabfe and interesting. But if the Senior Citizens can’t do the job, some other group should. It may soon be,too late. Two Life - Saving ‘Awards To Be. Made at Fair Opening «| Two life-saving awards will be made Sept. 19 at the opening ‘band and songs by a barber shop of Celgar Limited. The luncheon was Listed and served by f the in produc- ‘ing, from wood, a purified cel- Tulose with ‘the chemical char- acteristics. necessary for the/: the making of acetate fibre. Union of of the wood of Christ and was sponsored by the pulp division of Celgar, Mr. Barclay sald the pulp maill when have ‘of ‘thi led to fhe Nass and.Skeena Valleys, where the northern woods were particularly suitable for the cost $30,000,000, It will ulifize $7,000,000 werth of wood an- nually. The full text of Mr. Bar- elay’s speech Zollows.: It gives the history of Celgar in this area and offers an insight‘ into Celgar's: especially appropriate at this time in that it can be incorpor- ated into this Centennial edition of the Castlegar News. m6 Since 1952, Celgar has been a corporate citizen of the Koo- tenays 2nd in particular of the Arrow Lakes District. Celgar is ! this future plans. It is! BACK-TO-SCHOOL CLOTHES Cos ay Case Girls sweaters,. Cardigans,. Pullovers and orlon $3.25: to $4.75 Boys long sleeve Plaid Shirts ing Cas 24" Pullman Case 8 to 8 at Low priced luggage in all sizes from . . $2.95 & up. S ic [ MENS WASH AND WEAR -DRESS PANTS 30% Nylon — 70% Viscase — Sixe 32-38 Special 13” COSMETIC CASE BY TRAVELGARD —— CHARCOAL GREY — | Priced af ----~- $6.95 | Reg. $9.95 Special $7.95 DEPT. STORE LYFD. Phone 4911 ceremonies of the Castlegar and District Fall Fair. As BR Zuckerberg and Robert be quartet., Miss Jean Allison of| known to most of yod ladies and the Rossland light o; gentlemen, but not to all. There- h a it” epee’ fore, I think perhaps I should sing: enc even! ne. follow the sage advice of those will H will with life-saving awards for saving the lives of some children swim- ming at Zuckerberg’s Island last summer, The Fair is to be opened for of the two-day! who counsel that one should be- Feir will be a prllaue exhibit gin at the beginning, and try to end at the end, TI trust that those who know us best will bear with me for a few moments while it is esta- by Club of Costes: Kinnaird and Robson, There will also be an exhibit from Silver. Birch School by H.W. Kootenay West at 7.30 p.m. The Legion has scheduled a busy time for all visitors to the Fair, Each evening there will be selections by the Legion-SHHS for Children. blished who Celgar is and briet- Entrants in the Fair are ask-|ly trace the course of events ed to donate their exhibits of, which led up to the signing. of fruit, flowers and vegetables to. Tree Farm Licence No. 23. the Castlegar and District Hospi-| Celaucse Corporation af, tal. America first became inter- ‘of this type of puri- fied cellulvse. Construction of a! @issolving ‘pulp mill near Prince Rupert began in 1948 and opera- tions began ‘in 1951. The company incorporated in British Tolumbia to direct from our Prince Rupert. mill. that year, Celgar was incor. is C Cei- lose Co. Lid. Today, this mill produces 375 tons of dissolving pulp per day, During this time, Celanese became interested in the petro- chemical -potenticlities of the Edmonton area. Canadian Chemi- eal Co. Ltd. thus came into being and began construction of an $80,000,000 plant for the manu- facture of petrochemicals and acetate yarn. The mein raw ma- terials are Alberta gas and pulp fontuaities. The Celanese conception wa: and Cellulose Co, Ltd. was formed as an independent (continued on page four) It. was also in 1951 that Celanese: first became inter- ested in the possibilities of the forest resources of the Arrow Lakes, and in September of porated a8 a British Columbia ‘to explore these po- a Canadian enterprise, managed by Canadians and owned by Canadians to such an extent us they were ready to participate. So in 1952 Canadian Chemical (more easily referred to as Chemcell) affiliate of Celanese, to own and H. Landis of Chewelah, Wash., First Settler Gold Draws 40 Families to the District . Rian Dies in Steamer’s.Paddle Wheel Peter the Lordly Buried in Orchard? Is Kinnaird’s Name Really Kinnear? By HELEN McLEOD People who live in the District about Kinnaird need nor go far afield to live again the familiar story of cold rush days, the strikes that failed to sustain the boom, the promises of fabulous veins and mother lodes and the inexorcble hand of fate or luck, call it what you will, which coused a tawn tz disappear almost over night. It is likely that few residents of the fast-growing cam munity of Kinnaird know their town was originally krewn os West Waterlog, situated on the, west bank of the Columbia river opposite Waterloo Landing, 0 port of call forthe river steamers operated by the Columbia and Kootenay Stearn Navigation Company. Early issues of the Trail} Creek News tell us that Hiram Landis of Chewelah, Washing-|if the bond on the Watering ton, was the first settler in went through, the ensuing rust ‘|Waterloo itself, choosing a Toca-} “will make this section a5 weil tion near the river early in 1895, Known as Trail Creel’ to commence erecting a house and other buildings, some of; which remain. today. In the course of his explora- ~-tions'-he.--. discovered : several iron cappings in the surround: ing hills, Landis himself. did not at first appear to be very/ in the of ‘gold, but it was not long, before the word spread in the . amazing way such news always} ©. Meanwhile, men were also got around. ;soing in to the new eamp af Amazing indeed, when w2 Monte Carlo, stzked cut adjac- learn that by late fall of 1893, ent to the Waterloo Townsite by there were 40 houses in Watar-! three Trail Creek men, Percival, loo, many claims had been staked Cowan and Settle. This enthusi- and diggings were underway! | astic. trio laid cut = town site On May 23, 1895, the Trail) and were all set to self lots. Creek News drew attention toj Witcher Settle left for New the new “sister-town'of Water-| York in an endeavor to interest loo Landing, 15 miles up the , capital in the mines so that -|/Columbia on the east bank; a ' operations could commence. place that has 1ecently sprung | Ore assays from the Monte up through the success of R. R. ,Carlo'gnd Badger. mines. ran Sproule and D. S. Fotheringham.' $2.50 to $13 and the Montana in s|A number “of good prospects the same group showed $240 to show capping similar to Rossland ‘¢7,40, ope, tae, Seats show copper!” In skly of 1006 men wae usy cutting a truil to the iron $3,00 to $12.00,—the boys are Fine group, which included the well the ; Aaron's Gem, Agron's Rod, Aar- ier Sin ei 4 : lon’s Star, Aaron's Isle, the On- ‘otheringham and Sproule tario, Honolulu, the Soft Tunnel, | gave an option on'the Waterloo’ in. Finance, the Marion, the mine to the Horne-Payne Com- - elg, Pole-Store and Cressftac. te pleased,” concludes les Ross, was to come and look pany and the manager, Sir Caat-) xo, Apache, the Belcen and the ‘U The Acron’s Isle boasted a THE YALE- COLUMBIA MILL AT WESLEY, 1902. NOW CELGAR'S SITE 70-foot shaft sual:, and 159 feet of tunnel. . G The trail cul that year is likely (he ‘ove appearing on mineral maps today. Leading up the west Jace of the moun- , tain directly ‘behind the Cast- legar airport slightly to the north of Irou Creek, it goes first-to the Waterloo mines, {continued on page two) Twelfth Annual Castlegar and District Fal Fal Fair-- 5eplember 19 and 20