‘ : CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 30, 1959 MLA Meets With Chamber Members fo Discuss Ferry Traffic problems created by the Castlegar ferry were the sub- ject of discussions at a luncheon meeting yesterday between Ross- Yana-Trail MLA Donald L, Bro- thers and members of the Castle. gar and District Chamber of Commerce. “The problem is so urgent that immediate steps need to be taken," said Mr. Brothers. He said a bridge at or near Castle- gar needs to be built, but added that engineering studies will de- termine the exact location. Chamber members suggest- ed that one method of alievia- —————_—} —_—_—_—_—_—_—_— aE GOING AT 99 & $3.45 AT MADDOCKS Ung the tarffic problem at the ferry would be to put an cx- tension on the ferry similar to the one used at Nelson before the Nelson bridge was built. Another suggestion was that a second ferry could be put in use until a bridge was construct- ed. The old Nelson ferry is now out of service and is parked at Balfour. It was suggested to Mr. Brothers that the ferry could be dismantled in three pieces and reconstructed at Castlegar, Mr. Brothers said the com- pletion of the highway will mean an Increase of through traffic of from 40 to 50 percent. “The ferry just can’t stand that,” he com- mented. Mr. Brothers said he will be tn Kelowna this weckend and will discuss the problem with Premier Bennett, Highways Min- ister Gaglardi and Attorney-Gen- eral Bonner. He said he: would suggest that a third highway lane be built near the ferry. An extra lane, sald Mr.: Bro- thers, would facilitate traffic] past the ferry to tho ater from falsely other motorists sre juivping the lineups. Cpl. Angus Macdonald, who also attended the meeting, said he attributes two recent accidents to the heavy traffic at the ‘ferry. The meeting between’ Mr. Brothers and ‘Chamber members was arranged by Dr. C. S. Fowler, chairman of the Chamber’s.roads ‘and bridges committee. «""~ Other persons present at the meeting were Lloyd Ackney, a member of the roads and bridges committee; D. W. Brookes, pres- ident of the Chamber; J. M. Mac- beth, secretary-treasurer of the A&sociated Chambers of Com- merce of Southeastern B.C, and Art” Anderson, chairman of the Ohamber’s elvie. affairs commit- tee. YOUR Prescription Pharmacy STORE PHONE EMERGENCY PHONE 12 BEAUTIFUL COLORS — porcelain-like enamel : quickly and easily A high* ziigloss, extn conveaiest oe ean we Dries dustree A FOUR STAR PRODUCT this durable extra-hard h for seplicaton the in 10 0 mina to e bane fi in4 4 hours, a a party last week com. pleted the cement work in front ot the Legion Hall, This has grently acces to the appearance of the hall ‘Another work party will be called shortly té, clean up the grounds In front of the hall and to erect a new flag pole. At the regular meeting next ‘Tuesday night plans will be drawn up for further work on the hall. Po facts: Over 16,C0) nts have Ballard: and To Senior Citi Interesting talks by“two loc. at residents on their attendance at Lt-Governor -Rossis, garden party, in Victoria for’ Queen Ell zabeth: and Prince Philip high: Hghted the regular meeting of]? the Senlor Citizen's “Association Friday, night. Lesiié-Waldie, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Waldie of Robson, told the gathering how much he had enjoyed the garden party. He spoke of the colored lighting of Victorla’s Buchart Gardens and been assisted by the Legion Ser- vice Bureau. These facilities are set up to help all veterans who need this service. In supporting your Legion Branch. you help yoursclt and your community. 3 Win Prizes > At Rick’s Store Winner of the toaster drawn at the opening of Rick's store last Saturday was Wm. Harshen; in of Brilliant. Lily Perkins of Robson was winner of the radio and Mrs. Ottson of Castlegar won the He Linda Popofft of Kinnaird drew the winning tickets. ae er, YOU'LE OBS: WHAT YOU WANT FASTER WITH A HEWSPAPER: AD, MY FRENT0 the jewels that Queen Elizabeth Was wearing. ‘ He said Prince Philip stop- ped to tatk with several of the Scouts that were attending the ~ garden party in full uniform. O. B, Ballard of Robson, who allended! the garden party with his wife, said that what high- lighted the end of a perfect day in. Victoria was' the fire works display’ put on by 10 ships & the Waldie Speak( zens Assoc... freshment contfnittee. Twenty-five: members atten- ded a special Senior Citizen's show in Trail, Mr. Webster re- potred, All members attending were presented with Golden Age Club membership cards which al- low them to attend Odeon Thea- tres at a reduced admission price, A. EREMENKO & CO. SHOP HERE AND SAVE Smoked Picnics, lb. ... 39c _ Beef Pot Roasts, blade Ih. 55c Garlic Sausage, lb. ... 55c Pork Steaks, Shoulder th. 55c Bologna, by the piece th. 2c = Pork Riblets, Ib. ...... 19¢ Repairs to afl makes of TV's, radios and phonographs. Dealer for RCA ‘Victor. Applications for TV cable hook- * ups made hore, "Years of experience is our guarantee of dependable service”. ELECTRONIC SERVICES arbor, He also wonderful and beautiful fighting of the Buchart Gardens, ..- ‘Mrs, M. Hogen acted as sec- retary for the meeting in the ab- sence of V. Lamphear. Seventeen members and three visitors were Present, The ‘association's presi- dent, J. T.. Webster, presided dur- ing the meeting. «. The sick and visiting com: mittee reported a plant and cards had ‘been sent to some of the members, Flowers were also sent to the sisters of the late Dr. J. R. C. Evans who. passed away suddenly. lats ‘Thursday while hol- idaying in“ Robson, Mr. Webster F Spoke briefly 01 Dr. Evans and remarked that he had taken part in the Sen- lor Citizen's picnic last sum- mer. Mr. Webster announced that khe Castle Theatre has offered ‘the Senior Citizens Association a reduced rate for all members attending the theatre here. A Iet- ter.of thanks will be sent the "manager of the theatre thanking him for the reduced rate. The arinual picnic was discus- sed and it was decided tohold it on Aug. 8 on the lawn of Mr, and! Mry. Webster. The catering ar- Bi will be left to the re-|_ FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS FOR RENT CHEESE, Golden Leaf, or Spreadeasy, 2 |b. box . CORDIALS, all flavors, 16 07. 29¢ WISK, Liquid Detergent, giant 79¢ BUTTER, Ist. grade, Ib. TEA BAGS, Nabob, 60's MARGARINE, Solo, 2 Ibs. 5 COFFEE, our own brand, | MIRACLE WHIP Salad Dressing. -T lb. 60c:or 2 lbs. ...... 32 oz. jar 69 FISH & CHIPS, frozen . FORTY. ‘NINER BISCUITS, . FISH STICKS, frozen . 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Hartson, was discovered ‘by works supervisor Norman Me- Nabb after a letter concerning the pool was sent the village of- fice by. Mr. Hartson’s neighbor, (Mike Wymyczuk, ‘ Mx. Wymyczuk wrote , the village to “Please send foreman or come yourself.” He said Mr. Hartson “got'-cesspool cross by property and every nighi he drain this dirty cesspool through back ‘avenue’ tom: _yard. Asphalt Company _ May Set Up Here. An. asphalt: company is ine " terested in setting up a black: topping business, in the village the Castlegar.council was told by works supervisor .Norman _Mc- Nabb at its reguiar meeting Tues- day night. Mr.’ McNabb said Wm. Hold- en Construction of North Surrey, B.C, is interested in working the Defoe ‘gravel pit located near the arena and in installing an asphalt plant there. Mr. Holden claims, said Mr. McNabb, that his company can pave village streets for “about $1.40 a square. yard verses about $3” that another company now charges for -the job. “That part is good,” com _ mented’ commissioner Aage Syl vest, but he questioned ‘whether that area of town was zoned for light Industry. Council felt that the hospltal would have objec- tions to an asphalt plant being located in its vicinity. - Mr. .McNabb said the com- pany is also interested in a gra- vel pit of Mr. Defoe's -located near the river and if it decides to. go into business in Castlegar the company might choose that location. instead of the pit near .the arena, . , “Tt is against the law to do so. Please stop that dirty busi- ness.” ° vestigate the:complaint and at council’s regular meeting Tues- day night he reported “It’s definitely not a septic tank, it’s 2% pool.” that ae ean’t empty his pool on Mr. Wymyczuk’s property, Com- missioner Sylvest sald the village): is going to have to haye an over- all plan - governil * swimming pools. He said this would be done at council’s next. meeting. Drive-In Restauran! Opening Salurday The District’s newest drive- in restaurant opens:Saturday in Castlegar. The Honey Bun, owned. by ‘Tony Denneus of cee Bil a Shandey morning near the Sky- line Auto Service across from the offices. - The 20: x 32: foot cement block building was constructed by Westko Buflders.. Yellow and white colors are used for both the interior and exterior ofthe building with Korpack split blocks used at the front of the building under the large windows. Inside the Honey Bun there is a restroom, walk-in cooler, a grill and refrigeration equipment. There is lots of parking space around the building, Dairy products . featured at the Honey Bun include hard and sof€ ice cream, cold drinks, milk- shakes, sundaes and floats. Hot foods to be sold include hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chic- ken potato chips and the Honey' e Bun special, a tasty hamburger, sooth the: palet of the most dis-' ‘Mr. McNabb was sent.to in-|- Mr, Hartson is to be advised Nakusp sawmill, by Art Frances, director of prevention for the WCB. Celgar’s Nakusp mill oper- ated accident-free oom Aug. 2, 1957 to Match 16, WORKMENS’ Compensation " Board’s meritorious safety performance certificate is presented to Robert Pakula, chairman of the plant committee at Celgar’s . McLeod Reelgas As Commissioner. Rares MeLeod, Kinnaird’s wa- ter chairman, has resigned from the Kinnaird village ; council. 1: In a letter of resignation :read at the last meeting of the y-Village . council, Mr. McLeod sald the after effects of the _vextension bylaw during Justice Lord to Hold Hearings al Grand Forks and Neison Full Economic Renfai Wanted; Only Five Land Sales Made The Doukhobor lands surrounding Castegar. Grand Forks and Nelson may soon be for sale to persons other than Doukhobors. Mr. Justice Arthur E. Lord, commissioner for the in- quiry into the allotment of Doukhobor lands in 5.C.. today inserted advertisements in the public press surrounding the areas concerned announcing that public hearings will be a held in Grand Forks on Sept. 9 and 10 and in} Nelson Sept. “past six months is “his health. i He sald he the 11 to ition of the lands. Since the 875 parcels of land backing of many of Kinnaird’s ratepayers during the water “votes, that council is short-handed with comniiss- _foner G. S. Rust’s absence for health’ reasons,. Mr. Mcleod asked. that ‘his resignation take were and offered for jek to persons other than Dauit- sale on Oct. 9, 1957, to members | Hobors. _ of the Doukhobor people at 60 per!» According to rhe | muartiis cent of their appraised value, on- ac amendment act ly 19 valid applications for pw chase have been made and onl: five sales negotiated. stice Lord says the male or female, exempted or jtitled to claim exemption, wha, on production of 2 ey . . ‘The suggestion plan commit: tee of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company awarded a total of $815 to company em- ployees for 82 workable sugges-; tions submitted during the last month. Kimberley asipeae propos: ed 33 of the changes and im. with the being suggested by ‘Trail employ- arsed single award was to, treat that the. owners say will’ Charles Dabner of instrument; who received $100 eater. Gelgar Buys Land Fer $8,900 at Nakusp Celgar has*purchased 25 ac- res of land in Nakusp at an up-, set price of $8,900. The land is, located on the ‘town’s northern) outskirts near the. school. ; | for suggesting the use of graph- ‘ite wells instead of carborundum “Suggestions Earn’ $815 For Cominco Employees of $20 last month. Their propos- al.of a tool to bend lead button hooks at the blacksmith shop re- sulted in wider usage than . was first anticipated by the commit- tee. o Mr. Mcleod sail he oan Ze -eapanih Jands_.have ven, aed el AeA DEED Seah eae ssid aati occupied by. &* no other way. of patting in the needed 's water system than be: the me- thod already defeated twice by the village’s owner-electors. ‘Village chairman Carl Locb- lich said Mr. McLeod’s resigna-, tion will take effect. Sept. 30 and s byelection will be held be- fore that date. Mr. Locblich said he’s “very, very sorry” to see Mr. McLeod i of. the . by. reasaal ‘of the order of de ‘people at rents less than the ‘governor in council af the sixth. Seonomle rental value of the 2ay of Dec. 1898 and every sald lands or In many instan- Scendant of any such ces at no rental at all.” , Whether born in the province ¢ The hearings, which will be. ‘ elsewhere.” held at the Grand Forks and Ne’ In his second report on his son court houses, will hear evi! inquiry into the allotment of lence from all interested persens | the Doukhobor Iands, Mr. -Fus- “on-oath or by artismation in: tice Lord recommended that form of! the jJands be sur- the D faith” veyed, subdivided and apprais- resign, “but X the pressures he’s been under.” A. Dafoe of the de- partment maintenance staff ear- ned $55 for suggesting that lea- ther coupling-links used on drives of the oxide baghouse screw con- veyors be replaced with double rubber discs made from -used conveyor belt material. Mr. Da- foe previously. recelved $25 and was recently for Two Enter Castlegar Hospital After Crash Sunday at Blueberry Two persons were admitted | to the Cast hospital Sunday an additional $30. : J, D. Wick of engineering services that trol- i for taking {tures in the zine melting room. Adoption of the idea has result- ed in savings of labor and mater- ials. | Ga Coupland and A. R, John- stone of enginecring trades, who ‘ combined their “on-the-job” thin- King to earn $35 in October of ‘ast year, reaped further benefit ley wheels be reconditioned so they can be used many times. His idea was worth $30 to him, E. B. Deadmarsh and L. L. Prough of the Nitrate Plant sug- gested use of a different pump to handle diatomite dust. The pair shaged the $30 award. Their sug- gestion was’ put into operation and resulted in a ~ FIRE AT DUMP ‘July Busy for Village e Crews A busy. month in Castlegar by village work crews was indic- ated by works supervisor, Nor- man. MeNabb in his report Tues-; day night to the Castlegar coun-, mi cil, Mr. MeNabb reported that) during July village crews haul- ed 200 yards of gravel for streets, 48 loads of top soil for boulevards and spent six days grading. ‘An alley was put through the area bounded by Pine and Main and 6th-and 7th, parking and stop signs were installed and the extension of Ist Ave. to the Cheveldave subdivision! near the senotaph is almost complete. A leaking ‘ute main was al- so repaired on.’ the. Mis¢avitch subdivision. Mr. McNabb said the leak was a result of poor instal- lation. of the main, Six new. wa- ter connections’ were made dur- ee eink ing July and 2nd Ave. was ‘clear. ed and widened. ‘The sidewalk on Sth Ave. is ae completed and a water ‘was lowered on 2nd Ave. Street cleaning in the village was carried out twice a week during July. Mr. MeNabb said he had two calls:to the garbage dump during fale Rn Df SE $26,000 Extension To Telephone Office The B.C. Telephone Co., plan- , ning # $28,000 extension to its office building. in-Castiegar, re-' ‘ceived: council's» permission ‘Tuesday night to put in an un- derground tunne) with a man- ‘hole’ for taking telephone IInes out of ‘the bate to its potex. Suly beacuse of fire, He sald a fire guard was built.with the “gat", but a call was received. by the village saying that the fire had jumped the guard, ‘ Mr, McNabb said he felt the fire didn’t Jump the guard, but rather that children -had been playing in the | area and had lit the fire. Mr. McNabb said he was having trouble with pecrle dum- ping their garbage -outside: the gates at the dump. He’ suggested that the gate be moved closer to the entrance to the garbagedump property., Commissioner George Carr suggested that ‘more no- “dumping ‘stgns-be_put-up. ‘Letters will be sént to depart. ment of highways’ foreman, Roy Tipping; and the herilth inspec- tor asking them to suggest a lo- cation for a new. dump: for Castle: gar. ‘ ate ‘time-saving. Rube Reid of the Kimberley | ©! fertilizer department earned $35, the largest award to a Kimberley employee’ last month. His sug- gestion to change breather pipes on pug mill pumps resulted in material saving. Awards ranging from $5 to $15 were paid to the following ‘Trail employees: G. B. Dickinson, E. J. Bag- gio, W. K. Pitt, A, E. Grieve, G. Brown, J. A. Dellow, U. H. Matt- sen, RB. Wy Jamieson, F, Anger- ili, H, Shannon, J. Hoodykoff, A. Trevisan, P. K. Seymour, N. Hie- bert, V. W. Dempsey, W. Weir, F. Bergen, G. Smecher, J. Monaldi, R. Storvold, J. A. MacLeod. Z, Pighin, K. Bannatyne, R. G. Cunningham, G. B.: Babcock, E, Kiit, J. J. Ludwar, R. C. Pier- pont, G. Osachoff, W.:Miller, J. H. Clarke, W. Tomlin, F. Jack- son, W. R. Kambick, L. EB. Weeks, Ji 'D. Doig, J..Mukanik, R. M. Jones, N. Couch, L. A, Grunerud, D. Fy-Hanes, | scene at a recent accident near “| ice only. He said that the police night after a car they were rid- ing In went off the road near Blueberry. The car, driven by George McIntyre of Trail, was proceed: ing towards Trail and had just gone across the bridge at Blue- berry. It went’ over the bank at the top of the hill. Mr. McIntyre and Annette Dumont were agmitted to the Castlegar hospital and were dis- charged - yesterday. Two other passengers in the car, Jack Fer- guson and Helen Hussey, were taken to the Trail hospital. The accident, involving a 1951 Meteor, occurred at about 9.30 Saturday night. Police are -still investigating the accident. First persons at the seene of the accident were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oglow of Castlegar. Mr. Og- low is chairman of the Castlegar St. John’s Ambulance Association and was the first one on the Fruitvale. . Mrs. Oglow immediately phoned the ROMP while her hus- band administered first aid to those ‘involved in the accident. Hospital administrator J. Bainbridge asks that any persons coming upon the ‘secne of an ac- cident get in touch with the pol- then notify the hospital and other authorities. Mr. Bainbridge said that fi number ‘of. persons phoned the hospital after the accident Sun- day. night. This choked up the hospital lines so that Yor a while the Hospital wasn’t able to phone The heairngs’ will consid | 1. The apparent lack of in-j terest of the Doukhobor neoo!: in the purchase of the said lavd. s 5% and Lord reported that the recnm- mendations of his second report had been completed and that ic tender and reflecting the: full | Neil T. Drewry and his four col- market value of the said lands, |leagues of the taxation branct and the department of finance of. 3. The leasing of such lid [B.C, had finished an: as may from time to time re main unsold at rentals in ke ing with the full economic ren tal value as may be set by th: land settlement board of B.C. Written submissions from’ In terested persons unable to attens the hearings will also be consid- ered by the commissioner during ie the course of the public heariags.° “Ge aries of tied 0 ia Announcement of the hear-! py. "Mr. Justice ings ends in. this was 60 per District as to just when the Dout-| " . hobor lands would be offered for | 2, Other dispositions of the lands, including their sale by pu: q A the first instane> from the Douk- hobor people “to ‘chase the lands in individua’ general prince’ (continued on page seven} Senior Citizen Members’ Holding Picnic Saturday — - The Senior Citizens of Castlegar and District are hold- ing a picnic Saturday at the home of their president, J. T. Webster of Robson. The day will start off at noon when many of the mem- bers will arrive at Mr. Webster’s to set up luncheon tables on the lawn. The rest wili arrive at about 2 >.m. There are 85 members in the lccal senior citizens group and most of them are expected to attend the picni¢ Since some of the members will be cn holidays and others will be unable to attend for various reasons. preparations are being made for 80 to-.90 members and guests. During the day the senior citizens of the rict will enjoy lawn bowling, croquet, a horseshoe contest, croquet eards, crokinole and visiting. No members will go in swim- ming. “The water will be too darn cold.” There'll be plenty to eat at the. parly. All families attending the picnic are being asked te bring a pie and a salad. A wiener roast, bonfire. and sing-song in the even- out. ing will climax the well-planned day.