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Mason came to Canada at the age of three to'an area north: of jonton, » She married on Nov, 23, 1946 and moved to Castlegar Dec. 15,. 1946, : Prior \to Feb- ruary of this year she‘ worked at Selkirk College Cafeteria. ‘Mra, Mason was a member of Calvary Baptist Chuarch and is survived by her husband, Bob and John thers and her father at Vaneou- - vor, ‘Rey, Duane T. Harder officiated at the service during which hymns “Amazing Grace’ and “How Great mee Art" were played:by' organist Mrs, Lorraine Webber. Pallbearers were Tony Costa, Ed Conroy, Ernle New- man, Harold Webber, Joo Schnell, and John Dalziel. Flowers are graciously re- celved or donations may: be made to World Vision Famine Relief Fund, care of Calvary Baptiat Church at Merry Creek Road; Castlegar, or to the Heart Burial took place in Park © e Memorial Cemetery with th Castlegar Funeral Homo in charge of arrangements. : Back-to-School Local youngsters will soon be changing their tuné from “no more.peneils, no more books” to “it’s off to school we go” when resume next week, For motorists also, the morning rush hour “vacation” will be over.” muting to the office during school days, particularly Just after classes open, offers safety hazards not encountered in the summer,” says president: of the British’ Columbia Auto- _ students, He adds ‘stopped to load’ or unload that the law, applies whether your vehicle is approachiong either. the front. or rear of a bus... Only. vehiclés approaching ‘a school bus from the opposite direction on a dual-lane: road: way may proceed if there is a median strip or similar barrier between >the: bus andthe. vehicle, the BCAA if The regulation applica’ to: New Morman Missionary : “In District. Another. chango In ‘the Mormon Missionary partnéy: ahip in the Trail and Castlegar "areas has taken place. The new ‘missionary Is Elder Don oben from Glenwood, a little town tn be i He has re ntly arrived from Vancouver:to ‘Trail, Re- fore coming out on his missida, . | he has attended the Universi of Calgary for a year, where studied commerce, He is repls: Ing Elder Glen'R. Davis, wl has recently been transferre to Burnaby after serving in th area for about three months; Elder Olsen’ is ‘now serg- ing with Elder Burke, who hab been in the Trail and Castleggt areas for about’ two months.*2 Driving motorcycles cles,: tog, All vehicles wheald remaip ' atopped a, safe distance from the bus until it moves on a Parents .who drive theif . youngsters to school, Mr. Brad ‘ley adds, should let them ‘off ; directly. in front of a*achool offical ox." rather than on the street, where thor eae te cnet Des tai lane. |; % jeorge © ists to take special care when related traffic ig these school-) . School Opening Specials : at the Castlegar Drug Where you will find the most complete line of school supplies in the Castlegar : District. x SHOP EARLY — AVOID THE RUSH Be LOOSE LEAF REFILLS 2C9 Narrow or Wide ings LEATHERETTE EXERCISE BOOKS. Requler 25¢ SPECIAL .. 10 for $2.00 LEATH RETTE EXERCISE i) or Regular 3% SPECIAL AD for $3.90 INTERLINED EXERCISE Bude Regular 39¢ SPECIAL ........ KEY TABS Narrow or Wide sRegular $1.19 SPECIAL ...... al for 49c ae Ne HEXAGON WAX CRAYONS Restle 35c SPECI aeetse Hy EXAGON WAX am lar 65¢ Hae esl Be X CRAYONS pe lies REEVES TEMPO Disc PAINTS 12's Regular $2.89 SPECIAL ...... $19 All School Lisis Are Available for Reference Tommy Biln Corner/of Pine and Columbia ‘ Phone: 365-7813 Open Mon. = Thurs. 9 a.m.to 6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. to 9 pam. Sat. 9 aim, 10°5:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. 10-6:30 p.m, Sunday and Holiday Hours: 12 nvon- 1 p.m, 6:- 7pm. in school zones. and safety Crossing patrols helping students cross > streets. Children on bieycles. Children erosing unguard- ed streets. . Children walking on road- ways, ; Youngaters darting out from between parked cars. Toddlers ‘on their. way to school for the first time. School buses stopped to load or unload :pupils. Mr, Bradley'also reminds motorists that in B.C. it fs illegal to pass a school bus in epeed limits’ |: Be Our Foorwosr Wil Moet the: Nesd Gf Any Type Work or Any Oeraton Be TS Colors, of Just received New Shipment of Co-ordinating ‘Beautiful Polyester Double Knits i in the La Costa Fabrics - SLIMS, SKIRTS (short), BLAZERS, BLOUSES, TUNICS, VESTS, SWEATERS & LONG SKIRTS, “Teal, Black; ‘Rose, Rust i Mix and Match an: * Outfit : ; New Clothes Arriving ‘Daily “USE. OUR CONVENIENT LAY AWAY. PLAN Your Link Hardware Dealer - aes ‘365-7762 hogislative: Library. Parliament: ore i Victoria, ie RSS a ; Shorescres = Thrums fica ms Valley and City Denver = 20 CENTS PER COPY: ; oS ‘ eee foes te UP Here | ‘Timber Supply Guarantee ‘ Being Sought by Company Canadian’ Cellulose has plans for a $200 million expan. ‘ston for its kraft pulp mill here, but it wants a 21-year extension of ite tree’ farm licence, a ~-* guarantee of wood supply and a ° fixed stumpage rate first. |: The ‘addition, to/be built » adjacent to the present mill _with an ‘output of 690 tons per da would produce 760 tons a day and would be part of a $300 ‘million. company-wide; expan: “ston CanGel Is now. considering. No dates haye been, set‘ for * construction and ‘the. company. makes it clear that’ the expan- sion is in:the study stage. CanCel's plans and the requirements It considers; nec- - ‘essary to justify and finance the program. were outlined in’a brief to. the’(Pearse’ royal commission ‘oi resumed sittings. Tue! bm. Nelson. Company ex: Gays clubs’ are requested to * Bring their. “donations ‘as sub- the recent summer, } All clubs, as, well as interested: parties, are-re- quested to attend. a ; September. this “diflrens ‘°+ CwWould no longer exist and total enrollment should be equal to that/of-last year. “The drop in enrollment, the secondary school: level which often. shows an’ upws fend as students return from -Cily counts regular ban: (issued strike pay), and’ that ‘ va meetings: for, Septemiber ivé ‘been changed. Bs ees so the Untan of British: Band” ites meeting’ of | 316 te 23 has been ‘changed 2°80." ity. council meetings ‘open to the public are in interview: with” asurer . Marjorie ‘secretary-tre: oy MacBain, she‘stressed that, because of:a: serious labor. ever for each individual in this district to fully realize that the Castlegar District United: Ap- peal is not. fot a separate organiza- 1W. raploy ff at CanCel's, lumber “vision i here decided against. express: nga opinion on the Hutcheon Report { Hspute settle: < ment terms when they held meeting last Friday ‘morning lant chairman Ed: Dinner, said'no: vote‘was’ taken,’ with the membership agreeing that the taking ofa vate would serve we're still out of work,”: com- mented: Mr. Dinner, referring. P "Paper Workers of Canada ha a picket’ line: up. which; IW, ‘members are respecting. “We justpaid'the boys “was it," added Mi cream and strawberries for. all who attend. Me/Brown sald Mr. Bennett is expected to gi a brief speech, “but ‘he'll Lae tovspend!mostof, his’ time talking face-to-face, with those people; is available for distribu all:peopla'to:keep this ‘tind when they‘are canvassed at their loor, this fall, and to give very rious‘ consideration ‘to in- creasing the ‘amount of! their thly payroll; or bank deduc- (continued on page 2) rt company Mr.'\Bennett during i gar tous; Mr: ‘Bennett will be in .. this final leg‘of: bis tour." His first’stop in the Trall Castlegar area willbe fr a tour fadio'and - are expected:to be questioned by:Pearse today, = ‘The provincial government controls 2 per. ont of CanCel shares, 7 CanCel's brief, js-one. of three: the: company: will be | submitting to Pearse. It makes a strong “case for secured tenures if the forest industry is ‘to contribute to an’ increase in Provinetal gr roduet or. even to maintain its present position. The company also calls for regional forest planning and urges a $2 per 100 cuble feet payment from general revenue to finance proper reforestation. ‘The company's pulp mill and 460,000-board-feet-a-day sawmill are on tree licence (TFL) No.'28 which straddles the Arrow. Lakes and Columbia River north from the celty. The ‘mills use. 429,000. units yearly: (A° cunit fs 100 cubic feet of timber). R In its ‘brief, the, company says the sxpansion ‘would cost in excess of $200 million and hypothetically. would be. fi- nanced 60 per’ cent: by long- term borrowing and. the bal: ance from: cash: flow and re- tained earnings’!>/) > ‘An additional 460,000 cun- its of timber would be needed with 150,000 cunits available , from the TFL, The balance required would be in the form of purehased pulp logs, residual sawduat, shavings and wood chips, No significant sawmill crease is expected because: log: supply’ ie near ts. practical ‘maximum. ‘Thechief area ofrisk in the expanaton, CanCel says, is a guaranteed continuity. of, tim: ber supply. “In order, that lenders hav the confidence to advance long-. ° » term Moancing and‘in’ order the local Unity Office and then fothe Crown Polat Hotel fc for icheoi Mr, ‘Brown & sald: the, re cn val lth a fea Fess onan e tour, said , “the community trek through sue: B.G.“has been extreme * cessful.” (ot TFL * gufficien Suigauees ‘we would incur, and he cyclical nature of the pulp =niarkets, it is our opinion that this extension’ should be for'a period of 21 years from the date of the production start of the “new projects + “While we recognize that government as a practical mat- ter would ‘not take away our TFL tenure at the present expiry date’ of 1991, we must acknowledge that people out- ‘side the province who will put up the money need the as- surance that TFL tenure will at least match the repayment period, <, ae “To supply the new mill as well as to ensure continuing raw material supplies for our > (continued, on page 2) Official Opening Slocan .City PO.” This ‘Wednesday Official opening of th ‘of the new Slocan Post Office takes place Wednesday at 2pm.) Jaca macager SB who will be‘ attending. with | public relations officer Den aris, saya there will be a brief ceremony held in the lobby: with: refreshments’ fom iy So) Invited ® guests foclade y West MP Bob Briscd, tative of the depart- tof public works and Slocan Mayor ‘Agta Winje. _——————————— Its: Those’ Metric Changes Creeping As of the first: of, the. jonth metric has struck This time all precipita “Change ‘atthe local wea. ther office has been confirmed by local ofieer In charge, Tom) e ilatater ght y 'New. Vv ‘Sotellite “The public's response has: *" been beyond even our expecta: tions,” he said, “and ] know Bill is pleased.’ He, takes opportunity: if. B. 30, find’ out? ig them.” <>" the Trail-Castle- = Cranbrook and Fernie on Tues- day;' and -Creston, Salmo’: and at 9. 00 ‘a.m, Thi iy ‘After the chainsaw plant, hesand his'busload of news ‘media ‘representatives’ will ‘ar- ‘rive in Trail for a short visit at had ‘to attend this course, gidertcbeal no flew in's 283 and 126, Sgt.’ Nelson on: He leaves Castlegar next, Friday to attend the, annual Union of B.C. Munleipallties meeting) in ‘Penticto Brown,said. ‘been ‘awarded (an ‘While at! the jae ‘Canada.'He received -this distinction yur’ other Canadian. Air Cadets jelzer Flying School at Elmira, Y, Sgt. Armstrong, ‘when recelving his glider alter, he’ and: for traveled to Schweizer trcomethe top A he took’a familiarizing flight at Penhold, Alta; two of three years ago, With seven bours duel, “Set. Arsuatren mad is first solo in July and is Next year be would like to try for his private pilot's licence, hopefully through the Air Cadets perfect TV, rece] that the Slocts Valley ealdeats.> the previous, 2 two weeks vis Channel :7, ‘gone up in’ smoke\when light- ‘struck the new satelite on £5, ‘ning the morning of Avg. mated ot Indlades thet ta the transmit: ter, batteries, power supply miscellaneous ' equipment \and the complete destruction of the “ radio’ shack. <° - the equipment as soon as funds < are avi Secretary Mra; Bruce Strong saya’ payment of: past ~ due accounts would be most « appreciated at this time, metric conversion, Alastair Gt lespie; says he expects that snow accumulation reports wi be fairly easy to grasp for most’ winter sports people. ‘2*The length of our skies, for instance,” sald Mr, Gillespie is measured in centimetres, and most people recognize that. ‘4 80 cm base is equivalent to mid-calf on th Average per- son.” Rain forecants for’ general: id public consumption do not deal in’ specific numbers. Numbers are used:only whenia very algaificant: rainfall’ occurs’ and becomes a news event, and is reported. 2 +-5 +> WSs 7-In making. the statement, * oMr. Gillespie concluded with the hope that “our winter, will deliver as many centimetres as we require’ for: all’ our: en- deavors, but not.so much ‘that we have to think of {t in terms of metre tonnes.” « No Rabies a Tested ( suspected bat bite of 1 ‘old ‘Robson. gir hai boon investigated by the West © Wootenay Health Unit. Medical health officer, Dr. Schmitt, who sald there had ‘th iy the. federal laboratory at Lethe! = bridge’ for examination.’ “For- unately the bat was negative,” §Dr..Schmitt sald, “A bat‘ had, been “caught inside a residence in Trail, Aug. © ite of this year and was found, iboratory ‘examination, to te infected with rabies.°* While Dr, Schmitt told the Castlegar News this does not mean there ‘is an. epidemic, it does confirm recent reports {com other areas in’ British + particular are Columbia ,of bats. being a reservoir for this often fatal disease in humans. | He ‘says, while there is no real major problem, in cases of / bats, it:is_ ir int. that the local health unit obtain’ the bat, «Intact, for laboratory examina- Uon.; Bats that are caught “at » random are not of any particu: lar value to the health unit, ? +: Effective vaccines and an- > tisera are available to prevent the illness. “There is no reason for alarm,” says Dr. Schmitt, “how- ever, the public and children in ned to avold ay contact with bats living or Bart one bitten or scratch: i bya. bat is’'urged’ to immediately contact a physi- cian and the nearest medical health officer,” he sald,