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By NEIL STEVENS
The Canadian Press|;
Boston's’ off-season: acqui- ;
sition of “goaltender : Pete
Peeters “is: paying : big - divi-
dends ‘asthe Bruins: push
?Chicago Black Hawks ‘for the
National ». Hockey ~ League's
overall leadership. =:
Peeters, ‘ obtained
“Philadelphia ‘Flyers ‘for. det “pe

‘ of record! for 12 ;wina and ‘I
‘three ties — ‘an)\important

Flames, was more points.
In: other iegames, : it .was:
‘Quebec : Nordiques’ 4,.:Hart-

Vancouver. Canucks 4.
<In. Edmonton, the‘
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‘who outshot the Blues 28-20.
Terry. O'Reilly and. Lue Du-
four each Picked up. twe

sists...

‘The Dec, 1819 weekend in* Koff ‘each; scored “two vals
‘Andy Dunn had’a single:
successful for Castlegar Juv-. In the: “Sunday morning’
‘eniles, who won both of their game, Castle;
games. The team came away ||

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tothe SS city at Brilliant vet was bitterly cold ‘and there;
lot ‘of snow’). Here his father built, and later operated, ‘

A the grain‘ elevator for the ‘community, He also helped build

the ‘wooden pipeline which brought water from Pass Creek
to Brilliant and worked on the old Brilliant bridge over the
Kootenay. \Below the bridge he: built’ a’ pump ‘house, a

wooden-wheel ‘turbine and a, grinding. mill on which hi

It was a world that: 1 remel ber'as a chit, not greatl

distant in chronological time but different from the present

One of my fondest memories as a child living in a'small
Burrard Inlet is the aroma of strawberry jJam:'No!
Malking/or’ Nabob or Empress. — ‘though they were
‘nqualit; ‘products but: a brand known: to afficionad
K

jams
. frogratcs' and flavor that to this day makes my. mouth water

at the remembering of it.
‘That K.C. jam is another part of our local history for it
‘was manufactured from local farm produce by the C.C.U.B.

(Christian Community/of Universal Brotherhood) jam ‘fac:

tory. at: ‘Brilliant '— another: casualty of the destructive

troubles of the 1980's and 40's, along with the grain elevator, *,
+ the post: office, the. old : Verigin: tomb and the Verigin
guest-house. below it.

It-was with’ considerable pleasure, therefore, that I
learned recently that my old friend and retired businessman

‘memories, but was an avid photo collector as well Since our
“interview” consisted mainly of a recollective romp through , H

a:dozen thick photograph albums, we would like to, share

. with our readers a fow. slimpecs f an already almost

forgotten world.’

‘was born in, (1910\to John Stephan and Mary
Negrave Cheveldave in‘ ‘Canora, Saskatchewan His parents
had emigrated with the first’ group of Doukhobors from the

» Caucasus in 1899 and his father had worked as a carpenter.

ity. of. Universal Brotherhood

as we were from the Elizabethans. It was a time of dirt roads:

and ruts, running boards and rumble seats, milk in‘ bottles ::

and! quarantino~signs on} the front’ door’ when one had

a tim ores — chop'and carry the |

ood in, haul the ashes out, and hoe the’ weeds’ in the

fon; it was a time when one’s milk came in bottles and
ead iin a: basket:-— ‘unwrapped ‘and. unsliced’ and was \

‘Sand parents were sain figures nd ‘few kids got into

trouble with the police — who themselves were rarely in
evidence. It-was a simple:
bet ferent. Back to George.
‘Young George lived the life of a typical community boy

‘farm chores at home ‘and ‘school ‘at’ the’ old iBrilliant

entary ; school . where |. community children © were’

to get a basic education then leave, to work full
time when they reached the age of 12. George, however, was
anxious for more learning and went to Nelson (no high school

here) where he boarded and got his high. schoo! matricu- ‘
la

tion‘at the Nelson high school and his Chartered General -

“Accountant's Diploma through correspondence. He was then,

ited to remain in the community by taking a job as'an

accountant in the Brilliant community general store and in’.

‘the jam factory.

‘The jam factory had been built in 1920'8 and.was s burned :

down in 80's, ‘but within that brief time had established.
remarkable reputation f for quality across the country:and its:
jams and jellies found'a ready market from Ontario to the
Pacific Coast: Raw. materials (including wild ‘hhuckleberries) : -
were obtained both locally. and from the Fraser. Valley. A’
b lading for one-third of. the pack which George j
among: his souvenirs is a ‘B00d ti

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'FAMILY PORTRAIT. .
Batti George Cheveidave

rents! John ‘and.

proper swim-
ming. attire: Featured are
(from left): George, Tim

*\ Savinokoff;: Pete Hadikin

and::John’ Chernoff. -—

“above ‘the old’ bridge in
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