CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1962

the moment
his feet find the

Pussyfoots

by

As soon as baby tries te
tand alone-make sure his
pliable little feet are sup-
rted by the
arte Pete
Cheek these features:

@ tongue opens right to the
roomy toe, -for ease in
putting on, taking off.

mooth,: soft inside
won't chafe tender feet

eFlexible, sueded leather
: | /soles with light, non aby

We ‘have 2° full teen of”

Savage, Pussyfoots, Qur staff
‘ill take ti to fit your
baby carefully, correc! tly.

‘The annual meeting of the Rob-
son Recreation Society was held
Inst Friday evening with the presl-
dent, Mrs, J, Fowler, In the chair
and about 25 members present,
The slate of officers elected

Mrs, Fowler, president, Zinish-
ing a two-year term; OC, Nygoard,
vice-president; Mrs, V. Wanjoff,
secretary; Mrs, 8, Waldie, finishing
a 2eyear term as. treasurer; Mrs.
H, Hackman, program convenor,
and T. Kaardaal, G, Johnson, R.
Nickerson, G,-Marken and L. J.
Stadler as executive members. All
terms are for two years, .

‘The president addressed the
members, outlining the activities for
1962 and the executive
for their cooperation.

New projects tentatively discus-
sed . were - painting, ‘fluorescent
Ughts, a phone installation, new
fire doors, revarnishing of the floor
and new kitchen facilities, espec-
{ally a stove,

izational reporta were gl-

nies, Mrs, Keardaal; Robson Group
Committee, R. T. Waldie and the
Robson Recreation Society report
by L, J. Stadler,

Mrs, Bro kindly offered to as-
sist on the entertainment commit-
tee,

‘The past year hag been a busy
one and the hall is bs cee of

Robson Hail Is
Fully Debt Free

has once again kindly granted irce
water usage for 1962,

The Zone 3 Conference, (tho
gone under which the Robson Com.
mission falls) will be held this year
in Crescent Valley on Sat., Feb. 17.
Any member of the Robson Recres-
tion Society {is eligible ond most
welcome to attend,

Don
Brothers
Reports cee

onsibility and he claimed that wa-
ter and gas pipelines and telephones
should be taken over.

The Leader of the Liberal Par-
ty spoke at Iength and stated that
the Liberal Party now reocommend-
ed that the construction of the Mi-

club meet twice a week. Last year
saw the insulation. done and new
propane heating units installed.
This was accomplished without the
necessity of borrowing any money
and the hall is now completely
debt-free, i

For the present “the grade 6
class is being held on the stage.
‘The hall fs used on Saturday morn-
ings for a Russian language class
and on Sundays is used for the
Russian Sunday school.

Many dances and social fune-
tions are aleo held in the hall, Re-
cently the Sons of Norway spon-
sored a dance and tumed the en-
tire pees oer to ‘the hall,

of downstream benefits under cer-
tain circumstances. |

@uring the week the House
mourned the death of the late
George Hobbs, the New Democrat!
iceCOF MLA for Revelstoke, Mr.
Hobbs was a very seriously dedi-
cated parliamentarian and his loss
will be felt in the Province,
‘Toward the latter part of the
week the Honourable Robert Bon-
mer and the Honourable Ray Wil-
Uston both spoke on the power sit-
uation.

‘The Minister of Lands and For-
ests, the cBoncinsbie R, Williston,
report on.

District

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Tickets 35c, Door Prize.

|) SENIOR CITIZENS —

Meeting Friday night, Legion
Hall, Films on Canadian Se-
nior Citizen on a World Tour.
Carpet Bowling.

PLUMBING &
gear,

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the Columbla River development
and has advised me that he would

me at the Parliament Buildin
Victoria, BC. “

McLuckie zn
As Local Cubmaster

he Group Committee to the
2nd Castlegar Cubs and Scouts held
its annual meeting recently in the
Legion Hall.

After the routine business the
election of officers for 1962 was held
and the following were. elected:
president, Jim ‘Toogood; vice-presi-
dent, Prank Richardson; secretary,
Mrs. Helen Strelioff; treasurer, W.
Shay.
Scoutmaster Loyd Groutage
gave the report of the Scouts’ act-
dvities for the year, They are now
yeviewing thelr «first-aid having
completed the course and Gre pre-

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gently working on knots. They have
held several hikes, done some out-
door cooking and have had a very
active year.

The report of the Cub Pack was
given by Miss Bev Horlick in the
@bsence of F. Wilcox.

Jim McLuckle, who was cub-
master for several years, resigned
and his resignation was accepted
with regrets, F. Wilcox is now the
‘| Cubmaster assisted by Miss Horlick,
It was reported ‘that there ere 29
scouts and: 15 Cubs in the 2nd
Castlegar oul pack and scout troop.
‘The regular mecting of the
Group was held Thursday evening
at the ‘ome of J. Toogood with
routine business being conducted,
It was decided to hold the annual
father and son banquet on Feb. 23
in the high school. cafeteria.

f€he committee in charge of the
banquet are Mrs. I, Egrison, Mrs,
J, Jonesson, Mrs. 8. Rysen and Mrs.
H, Newell with four ladies from the
Ist Castlegar Group Committee, It
was decided that the executive
would be the Group Committee and
they would call on the parents when
| other committees were required,

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VOL, 15, No, .7

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH!

The Crossroads of the Kootenays’’

COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEB.'15, 1962

Columbia River”

On CBC-

In order to form ‘a'sound opin-
ion on the power controversy bet-
ween Victoria and Ottawa, It is al-
most necessary to know as much
e@bout power gencration and the
Mnancing of ‘hydro-electric projects
as engineers and financial experts
who have spent a lifetime working
in these -flelds,

‘Tomorrow evening a special 7

TV Fri.

pam, TV show will present “Report
On The Columbia” with Doug Col-
lings on ‘the OBO, The purpose of
the program is to ‘explain what Is
involved in the Columbia river and
Pence river power developments and
to present the views of the leading
personalities Involved with the con.
troversy,

‘The rst part of the program

Column

Sy BURT CAMPBELL ©

BIG .CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
IN B.C. FOR PAST TWO. SEARS

livelihood from B.C.’s sea resources.

Oor fourth basic industry is
commercial fishing and if the aver-
age annttal catch of canned aalmon,
all 1,667,000 ‘cases of it, were placed
in e straight line they would stretch
for 476 miles, Storage space for this
catch would be the equivalent to

of fish products caught in B.C. wa-|dam

ters two yearé ago wes estimated at
9522 million. It was Sown $1.5 mil~
lion last year. :

‘We have a farm’ population of
more thin 100,000 persons and'our
farm cash income in 1961 was $130
nalllion. In the tree frults : industry,
we. box more than 6 million crates
of et every year.

Im mining, the annual: value ‘of
B.C.’s mineral’ production ‘has ‘ayer-
aged $166° million. ‘Thirty per cent
of this has been zinc production,
followed in importance by lead with
2% per cent. Last'-year’s mineral
production. was ‘estimated to be
worth approximately - $182 million.

“Manufacturing in B.C,,1s valued.
at about:$200:million’ yearly. <>

Generally “speaking, B. bus-|

iness executives ‘anticipate a ‘fairly | -

will be devoted to an explanation of
the ‘various proposals and plans for
the two rivers, showing the loca-
tlons of the dam sites and the de-
talls for both projects. The com-
plexitles of “downstream benefits",
and how these are related to the
quantities of: power produced and
to the provisions of the treaty, will
be outlined,

‘Those scheduled to appear are:
External Affeirs Minister Howard
Green; Minister of Justice Davie
Pulton; Federal Opposition Leader
Lester Pearson; Provincial Water
Resourcts Minister Ray Willlston;
Provinciel Opposition Leader Robert

Strachan; U.S. Secretary of the
Interior’ Stewart Udall; and B.C,
Power Dr.

BAND CONCERT. takes ‘place this eve:

school when the SHHS junio:
der the direction of bandmaster Norman,

above, with students -Doug
Ww. Doug

and Louise Askew.

ote

plays we Fre

senior: band performs un-
Fishwick, shown
aft, Tony C Le “asby

horn, Louise

McNabb,

aha

plays’ the clarinet. and Tony ‘beats
drums. — ~ Castlegar. News Photo”

& | mittee for 1962 was one of the high.

}} business «. and. industry committee

Appointment of Cec Gorse of
Onatlegar as chairman of. the Cas-
tlegar ‘and District Chamber of
Commerce's roads and bridges com-

lights.‘ of last’ ‘night's
Chamber meeting,

.» Mr, Gorse replaces Fred Pres-
sacco of Robson who was appoint-
ed

monthly

“might sound good but that’s all.”’’
He sald that at the present time
during low water-a ferry can't run
to Nakusp “without extreme diffi-
culties.”

‘In answer to a letter asking for
the immediate opening of the new
highway by means of a detour,
Highways Minister Gaglardi told
the in a letter that “The

of the

after a controversial past year as
Toads and bridges chairman,

si he appolntments were ‘ an-
nounced by Chamber president 5,
‘0, Muirhead of Kinnaird who also

only reason this new highway has
not been opened up till now is be-
cnuse the new Paulson (McCrae
Creek) wee a not yet been
completed.
‘The minister sala his depart-
ment “hed

the

chairmen:
“Paul Ogiow, tourists and pub- |i,
Helty; Fred Gibson, catering; Juck
Young, membership; | Jimmy . La-
mont, public ‘affairs; Art Anderson,
land ,and water resources; D.. W.
Brookes, Alex Oheveldave and Art
‘Anderson, ‘Pass | Oreek Park; ' E.

Hugh Eeenleyside.:....-
In ‘addition,’: the consequences

Mayor. ‘of Revelstoke, Arvid Lun-
dell;: MLA “Tiny” Hobbs} Christo-
pher “Spicer, ‘a’ Nakusp ‘farmer and
@ leader in’ the ‘fight against the
dam;.and Robert Hume,:3, Revel-
atoke game and recreation ene

‘ Returned fie

‘A-hydrogen: balloon released by
two grade. 10 SHHS students ‘on
Jan, 19 was found on ae 5. about

Kraft and Leo Bosse, retail’ mer-

Excellent | progress ta ‘peing made
in construction of the McRae Creek
canyon’ bridge “on: thé ‘ Kinnsird-
Christina Lake highway.

’ District - highways. superinten-
dent A. 'E, Staite and engineering
colleagues said - contractors ‘had
completed ‘concrete abutment work
on the westernmost side of. the can-

ye
was only’ al
the higher Jevelgfot the highway,
| Some. delay: in construction at

yon, and were putting “finishing |!" ”

touches’ on -the easternmost. alde. |

‘They said’ the conorete: contract
would be completed on time.
* Meanwhile, Dominion Bridge

40 miles
Montana,” and Seah Been setar

‘wes. Langley of
found the yellow balloon

in -activie

ty during the rest of 1962 over what

they experienced in 1961. ae

' Over one-half of the executives
canvassed in‘ an-opinion ‘poll con-
ducted by the. provincial govern-

; ment’'s department, of industrial. de.

velopment, trade and commerce, an-

ticIpate sales and production in-|~*
+ creases in their company operations

although expansion of earnings will
be more moderate,
‘While the ‘alr of caution that

, Was 80 apparent one year ago has

been Jargely dissipated, a number
of respondents based thelr optim-
istic forecasts on the assumption of

: improvements in the general level
* of economic activity rather than on,

specific conditions within their own
industry.
‘Nearly 50 per cent of the firms

- Lexpertenced sales increases during |
4901 while 29 per cent registered

‘deolines. The picture dor the rest of
this year is considerably better with

| 86 percent anticipating. sales in-

creases and a-mere handful expect_

inga reduced market for thelr pro- |.

ducts:

‘Total :‘capital expenditure in
Bo. last year_was $1,200 million,
down only 1 per cent from the year
before, It is expected to increase
this year with construction under
way.on the Peace river power de-
velopment and a. possible start on
the Columbia river soon, 4

on Feb, 5 about 8 ft. off the ground
in a tree ‘in'the middle of what is
known as The Sleeping Child Burn,
The Burn’ covers 25,000 miles
and was featured earller this’ year
in Life’ Magazine, ‘In writing the
two boys who sent the balloon up

‘Wilbur. McLeod and Randy

steel superstructure in‘ position. ae
°) Phe - bridge, of: 2 “-hinged-arch

varlety, spans -. the > McRae
ganyon hundreds ‘of feet above the

OPR's Kettle Valley ‘tracks.
: Mr, Staite and aides said the
bridge. should be complete and ren-
y, to carry traffic by late summer,
“ ‘Meanwhile, the . department

men also reported highway bridge

more or less

Wolfe — Wes said “itis quite a
coincidence that anyone found the
balloon.” It was still elf full of
air.” Hamilton 1a about 300 miles
from Castlegar. © oe

Map Indicates
Levels For
An Underpass

-A map from. the denartment of
highways showing levels and ele-
‘vations in the vicinity of the road
to. the Castle Bar Ranch and
Shewehuck subdivisions was atu-
died by Castlegar council at its

~ last meeting. paar :

The map will be used in obtain-
ing. permission from the ‘federal

for the
of either an underpass or public
level crossing, Since the elevations
are quite steep in that area, it is
expected that an underpass will
be favored.

On the westernmost, or Chris-
tina Lake side of the bridge site,
pavement is in place,

On ‘the easternmost, or Sheep

Pavement 0 of-t]
5 also: sn

to’ Felieve new
weight of the snow,
iplowing now would
make for” easier run-off in. the

g| the Arrow Lakes dam should. be

chants and R, A. D, West, airport.
‘A letter. was read the Chamber
from’ Lands ‘and Forests

opening a
detour around the beer, but: found
the cost of improving detour

to a standard which ate make it
safe for generel use by the general
public would have been extremely
high,

“We therefore decided that it
would be better to put the extra
effort. into completion of the ‘new
bridge and thereby have the high-
way open by that much sooner.”
On motion of Ron Minnion, the

Minister
Ray ‘Williston in reply to'a letter
trom ‘the’ Chamber expressing the
fear that Highways Minister P, A.
Gaglardt’s proposal for the opera-
tion ‘of a S0-car ferry between Cas-
tlegar and Revelstoke if the High
Arrow dem is built. might mean
that; it’ 4s nof planned to relocate
any of the existing roads.
Mr.Williston sla he could as-
,| sure the Chamber “that eae @ fer-
ry,,would not be satis-

Swim Hole.
Trouble As
Dyke Away |:

A swimming hole scooped out

factory’ ¢ substitute for the relocation
sy uae ald not’ “In the event that

constructed you’ may be assured
that every, posalbillty for ue Te-

near. Park, several years
ago for the use of children is now

Castlegar.

causing trouble for ie ‘Vilage ‘of
wi

10 CENTS PER COPY

Pressacco Off Roads & Bridges;
Gorse Appointed New Chairman

Chamber's roads ‘and tridges com-,

D..G, ger of
McGauley. Ready Mix, ‘wrote council
that as a result ofthe village's

muntcations ; in -.the. area

spring and less da-
mage to" highway surface an shoul_
ders,

But the highway remains closed
to public traffic...

Knighls Celebrate ©
On Monday Night

The Knights of Pythias cele-
brate Founder's Day on Monday. An
invitational banquet and entertain-
ment is planned for the’ Twin Ri-

Lake side of the canyon, basic road | vers Hall

construction’ is finished.
There remains, however, about

five miles of newly-constructed road

to be gravelled, prime costed and

}paved.

‘These five miles east from the

fridge site. formed the final basic

construction job onthe new route,
and involved heavy. rock ‘work over
most of the distance.

Elsewhere on’ the ‘Winnatrd-

Christina Lake, there remain to be
paved about 10 miles of highway in
the Sheep Lake ares,

. These 19 miles have been trea-
ted with @ hot: mix stabilizing sur-

face, resembling pavement, but ac-

tual final paving was abandoned ih

the fall when the weather: became

too cold,

Mr, alte reported five feet of|,
compacted snow -at the Blueberry-
Paulson summit last week, and four

New Sewerage.
Treatment Plan
Okayed by Gov't ;

be accepted which would not repre-
sent .the maintenance ‘or improve-
ment of the present standard of

communicationg’ in-the area.” '”

the -gravel fromthe com-=
pany’s foreshore.‘ lease, -the~ hole
created by the removal ofthe gra=|
vel filled with water and resulted
during. the fload last.year in the
removal of the support ‘of the exis-
ting dyke with the: result thatthe

and. the

Chamber member Art
commented. that ..a ferry service

dyke
current to erode the land.
’s. letter asked

Fish Club Prexy
To Address Local
Sportsmen’s Glub

‘The president of the BO, Fed-
eration of Fish and Game Clubs,
BI Wallinger, will be guest speaker
next Wednesday evening at the
meeting. of The Castlegar Sports-
men’s Association in St, Rita’s Hall,

Mr. Wallinger will speak to the
eltth on junior firearms ‘safety and

A new type of se treat.
ment known as rotor aeration of
- oxidation ditches has now. been

ability © A
wenort will also be made at the

Mr.

that the village rectify the matter
before this year's high water.
Works ‘supervisor ‘Norman Mc-
Nabb said he had visited the site
with Mr. McGauley and it will take
about three days to rebuild the
dyke. He said the material scooped
from the hole -was left there, ‘The
Ready Mix Company, said Mr, Mc-
Nabb, will make any added equip-
ment necessary to do the job avails
able to the village.

' Gouneil decided it would - visit
the site the Saturday following its
regular meeting. If the work is
done, it will be done under the con-
dition that. the village is not re-
sponsible for any further damage

abroad, won. 24 games, last. twa auut
tled two.

Village Thanks
Pulp Mill For
fis Cooperation

A letter of appreciation to Cel_
company's

that might take place. :

meeting by: elt oe Ed Lewis, George
or Jack |

by. the den
partment of health, Castlegar
council | was informed: at ‘its last
meeting by Wannop-Hirtle of Ke-
lowna, ‘the village’s engineers on
sewerage.

The lettér from Wannop-Hirtle
and the material the firm enclo-
sed on the rotor aeration method
were turned over to Comm. Mar-

White on ine Dae meeting held re-|
cently in Nelson: ‘!

‘The local association has a busy
year planned’ and. members will
soon learn more about a prospective
building site -for the, club’s own
lodge and shooting ranges, search
and -rescue unit, retriever club and
the Columbia River Basin Develop-

ray Little for his study,

ment section of the, organization.

75% TURN-OUT TO ALARM CALLS’

Chief Reports Castlegar Fire Loss Only $500 Last Year :

‘Only two fires ‘took ‘place hin
the Villege of Castlegar last year
with a. total dire: loss of $500, fire
chief Hd ‘Lewis :told, the Isst_meet-
ing‘of Castiegar council in’ making

dis annual”

Teport. |
' Chie? Lewis,’ re} sporting for the
period Deb, ‘1; 1960," to Noy, 80; 1961,
eaid the, fires, took place , on Aug.

fire on & vacant lot ‘atthe corner of
Srd Ave, and Oak St. There was no
fire loss, The second fire occurred
on Oct. 11 at’ the Cedar Crest mo-
tel where it fs ‘estimated $600 fire
damage was done. -

V"athere were six: false alarms

tributable mainly to BA. ‘Telephone
men working: on leased. Lines, .
Seventy-four per cent of the
men -tumed cut to’ alarms and
average attendance at practices,
xoluding the chief and deputy

chlaf, was ‘228 men “or approxi

mately 80 per. cent.”

An instruction course was held

by the flre marshal’s department
and 18 of the 20-men qualified for
certification. Over. two. different
weeks, nll members of the ‘fire de-
partment’: attended ‘a’. familiariza-
tion tour of the: Celgar pulp mill
at the invitation. of, prank Murphy,
Celgar iire chief...
i Three men — E, A. Lewis, N
AL McNabb and A,°W: Bigsby —
completed a course in radio com-
munications and . recelved . certifl-
cates,

- There were, 164 street lights
changed in the village during the
year and 211 burning ‘permits were
issued ‘during the: fire season. The
fire chief carried out -34. of] burn-
ing inspections. oe

Sixteen propane gas ‘inspections
were made and 61 Inspections were
made of schools, public buildings
and assembly hails, Familiarization
tours were also conducted for offi-

cers and men of the department,

in the village - were checked and

painted ‘regularly and all fire equip.

ment: wa kept .in first-class condi-

tion,

the -pumiping system on No. 1 truck
during

purchased for the department, in-
cluding the ‘amplifying - megaphone
Recommensice, in a previous report.

eae fire chief. on April 1 after
the resignation of 8. P. Dower who
took up residence iri Trail, J. Mason
was promoted to captain and J. R.
Xilough was promoted to leuten-
ant.. G, H.. Carr was appointed a
local saaistant fire marshal at ‘the
fire department's annual meeting.

E, A. Lewis, chief; F, P, Fomenoff,
deputy chief; G, H. Carr, engineer;
J, J. Schnell, captain; J. Mason,

- All hydrants and: stand pipes

“A. complete ‘overhauling of

Miscellancous equipment was

. BP. Fomenoff was appointed

Officers of the department are:

| capta: 3.P. A. Obedkott; Meutenant,
and. J, R. Killough, jieutenant,
Firemen ‘are: K..G.. Price, ‘O,
F. Dube, P. N.: Bartsoff, A. W.
Bigsby, W. Price, A. eeenetdeve, 2
M. Kanigan, P.’ Kooohin, “R,
Harmston, N, A. McNabb, a. Boule,
ham: and“F. ‘E. Bonnett, On ‘leave
of absence ‘renewing ‘his’ industrial
iret. ‘aid ‘certificate is W. Popotf,

. chased under Civil Defence,

-| that $00 to 600 ft, of hose will have}:

10 inches be purchased and that @
portable. lighting: system’ be-.pur-

Mr. Lewis ‘sald it is expected

to be replaced after, pressure tests
are made.
Mr, Lewis-thunked the CPR
agent and. his staff “for willingly
in

A number
Were ‘then made in the
That the department's approp-
rlation' -for’ normal operation and
running expenses: be not less. than.
that more helmets should

the ‘Workmen's Compensation Board
in order that each’man ‘might have
one; that ‘wind ‘ breakers, ag ap-
Proved ‘in -last year's budget, be
purchase z

a, i
Other . recommendations: -That
two units of 9 self-contained ee
thing apparatus be purchased; tha,
one smoke ejector of not less than,

th | €or their cooperation,

ing fire calls ang timing’ the te: *

sponte) ‘of the equipment when a

is “responded to.” He also re-
Seeienaea that a letter be sent the
CPR agent.and staff thanking them

The fire chief expressed his ap-
preciation to the officers and men
of the department “for the splen-
did’ cooperation they have extended
to me during the past year.” He
also thanked Comm, V. R. Cook, re-
tring flre and Ught commissioner,
t/and the other commissioners for

high, is. the tallest ° buildi

IMPERIAL-COMMERCE bank bullding,

43-storeys
in the alth.

ed copy of the front page

thelr cooperation,

bank.

The 600 foot skyscraper, located in Montreal will be
ready for occupancy in May of this year. A microfilm-

of the Castlegar News is

sealed in the cornerstone of the building which’ was
laid this month by Neil Melanin, president of the