RETIREMENT of Dr. Pat Fowler, alter 25
years... of practice in Castlegar, was marked
“Saturday afternoun by the gathering of about 50

yesterday.

A. Schwiertz presents a gift to Dr. Fowler

WE ory
as Mrs. Fowler stands by his side holding a floral
gift. Dr. Fowler was presented a camera
marking his official retirement which began

—CasNewsFoto by Donna Embree

Funeral Yesterday
‘For Local Resident

Funeral services were held
esterday from the chapel of
e Castlegar Funeral Home for
Sam Zebert, 73, a resident of
Gasflegar since 1969, who died
in Frankfurt, Germany, Aug.
. B. :
He had been on his way to
visit his sister in Moscow,
Russia, at the time of his
fassing. .
‘Mr. Zebert was born Feb,
1b, 1904 in Poland and came as
a-young man to Saskatchewan.
He married there and worked
ture for a number of

Vaice of the People

the arena several weeks
ou omitted to mention

He later moved to Nelson
where he was employed by the
City of Nelson until his retire-
ment in 1969, when he moved to
Castlegar.

He is survived by a son
Jack and daughter, Mrs, Pete
(Phyllis) Zaytsoff, both of Cas-
tlegar; seven grandchildren, his
sister, a niece and nephew in
Moscow.

Interment was at Park
Memorial Cemetery, with Cas-
tlegar Funeral Home in care of
Nakina

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Lists . . . and all School Supplies.
Back-to-School Sale Ends Sept. 4

Carl's

Hours:

Drug Mart &
Treasure Room
Monday - Thursday, 9a.m.-6 p.m.
ee rey 8. m.-9p.m. 1
urday, 9a.m. - 5:30 p.
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Hours: 12noon-1 p.m. &6-7 p.m.

SHIRLEY POSTNIKOFF -

Well, that was another
narrow escape my spouse
and ‘I had.

It is now fairly obvious
that one does not go rushing
off to your local department
store sale under the im-
pression it's just another or-
dinary shopping trip. As we
limp around surveying each
other's bruises, I have to
wonder if it was all worth
the few articles I came home
with.

Whoever ‘coined the

-phrases a ‘dog-eat-dog
world” and “every man for
himself” must have made
them up after being toa
sale.

have known better than to
leave our safe, secure, hum-
ble home.without some kind
of protection. A suit of
armor or my son's hockey
equipment might have done
the , trick, Unfortunately,
these thoughts never oc-
curred to us until it was too
late.

It was all my husband’s
fault because he happened to
pick this particular time of
year to need new -clothes—-
He's the type who- waite,

through his pants before he

new ones. Judging from the
turnout at the men's de-

» eral
I suppose we should

until-his skin is shgwing a

thinks it’s time to invest in ©

Therapy Van
In Castlegar
Sept. 12

The. C.A.B.S, occupational
therapy van containing a wide
variety of home aids to assist
patients with arthritis will be at
Castlegar Sept. 12.

On board the van will be
C.A.5.8. occupational therapist
Angela Falrleigh, who will be
seeing patients on referral from
family physicians and who will
be working in conjunction with
Mrs. M. Pryce, physiotherapist’
at Castlegar Hospital.

As well as standard home
aids such as pick-up” sticks,
long-handled shoe horns, teapot
and kettle tippers, the van also
carries shoe-making equipment
so the occupational therapist
can make n shoe. ad-
justments for patients with
arthritis of the feet. The oc-
cupational therapist also’ de-
signs specific aids to meet the
needs of each patient.

-— Coping Badly @—

partment, I'm * convinced’
That he isn't the only hus-
band in town with this. pro-
blem.

As we viewed the
hordes of customers gather:
ed around the signs marked
‘Men's Clothing’, I thought it
might. be somewhat of a
challenge, a battle of wills.

You may be surprised
to learn that it is not the
women but the men who are
the most aggressive. They

get a little testy when it.
comes to choosing between
plaids and stripes. One man
latched onto a pair of slacks
which another ‘customer
‘wanted and he shrilled “find-
ers. keepers, losers weep-

"

Then he had the audac-
ity to stick his tongue out at
the other person. Boy, talk

+ about pouring salt into the
wound,
> It only takes a couple of
good kicks in the shins be-
fore. you realize that being
nice gets you nowhere. You
must learn to_be vicious,
cunning, hostile and down-
right ugly ‘if.you plan on
getting anywhere.

I found that you can't be

put, off if a pair of pants are... show. you + swhat~ happens ;

snatched out: from: ‘under:you

pull back, ‘and if' the pants”
happen to. rip. you: simply.
blame it on the other ‘puller’.

I learned a little trick

_ There I was on bended knee

{so to speak): ‘Theitrick is to*- “guy. From here on in, he can f

“background watching every-

Castlegar Socials

Mrs. H. Johnson 965-8234

Mrs. A. MeNell returned
home on Friday of last week
after spending two weeks visit-
ing friends at the coast,

Mr. and Mrs. D. Adshead
of Robson returned home at the
weekend after visiting Mrs.
Adshead’s cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. J. McDonald in Kaleden,
B.C., and another cousin, Mr.
and Mrs, Ted Dirk, in Costa,
B.C. This is the first time the

. cousins have met since they

were children,

Mrs. M. Bonnett's sister,

Mrs. Rena Walker and friends
dJim-Niven and his son Brian,
left Wednesday of last week to
return to ‘their homes in
Glasgow, Scotland. Mr, Niven
and son, who were making their
first visit to this part of the
country, very much enjoyed
their three weeks as the guests
of Mrs. Bonnett.

from one experienced .cus-
tomer who taught me to curl
back my lips in a vicious -
snarl. It's supposed to fright-
en off an intruder who has
his or her eye on a particular
item you might have

. wanted, It was. working very.
well for me until I happened -
to snarl at the. wrong per-
son—a store employee.

One very important
thing I learned from the
whole brow-beating experi-
ence is that you cannot
depend on your husband for
any backup support.

T remember there was
quite a scuffle for a pair of
bag-legged pants, I received
a vicious blow to my rib cage
and I could have sworn that
I heard tiny voices in the
distance singing Nearer My -
God To-Thee.

. I know that it was ri-
diculous for me to. assume
that he would come leaping
to my rescue but I never ex-
pected him to stand-by the
nearest exit ignoring me.

holding’ onto’a pair of his
. pants and he's he

“Mr. Robert Donaldson of

Edinburgh, Scotland {s pres-’

ently visiting his sister-in-law
and her husband, Mr: and Mrs.
W. (Ena) Harrower. Prior to his
arrival here last: Thursday, he
visited in Toronto ‘with his
nephew, D. Donaldson, From
Toronto he took the train
across Canadas, . arriving in
Kamloops, where he was met
by .W. Harrower and-A. Har-
rower.

Harrower and his guest
spent the night in Vernon the
guests of Mr. and Mrs, Alec

Harrower, and family. Enroute
to)

to. Castlegar, they visited

Banff, Jasper’.and .Elkford,
where they were overnight
-guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.

Myers and family. (Mr. - Har-

rower's daughter).

While in Castlegar, Mr.
and Mrs. Harrower, ‘accom:
panied by -their guest, have
visited with Mr. and Mrs. T. B,
Couch, Mr. and Mrs, R. -

ing of Longbeach, B.C. and Mr. :

and Mrs. Rick Couch, across the
lake in Nelson. Mr. Donaldson

* leaves’ for home on Friday,

having enjoyed his Visit to this
beautiful part of the counrty.

‘Donny and Lols Hughes, °

accompanied by their son Den-
nis and daughter Rhonda, re-

turned Sunday after holidaying |

‘in northern B.C., the Okanagan
and Spokane, Wash. While at
Mackenzie, they visited their
oldest son Tom, who is in
charge of the Provincial Am-
bulance Services there.

In Spokane, they attended
the ceremonies at Felts Field
welcoming the: arrival: of the)
Spirit of St. Louis, a replica of
the aeroplane used by Charles
A, Lindbergh when he made his
historic solo flight across the

* Atlantic Ocean to France from
- the United States in 1927. This

replica is sponsored by: the
Experimental
sociation to commemorate the
60th anniversary of Lind-
bergh's crossing. © ~
Both EAA’ members, the
‘Hughes’ -had the pleasure of
“meeting and talking to Paul -
Poberezny, EAA’s. president

and founder of Hales Corners,

Wis. While at Spokane, they
also renewed acquaintences
with friends who travelled from
Le

doesn’t know me.
Well. that just goes to :

-when'you're always thethice’ |

fight his own battles during “|
a sale, while I stand in the

body else in action.

Report Shows
RCMP Active -
This Weekend

Castlegar RCMP have re-
leased a statistical roundup for
the weekend,

Three persons have been

- arrested for being intoxicated

in a public place, ‘two persons
have been charged for being
minors in possession of liquor,
one person has been char;
with possession of a narcotic
and one person is to be charged
with impaired driving as the
result of an accident. There was
also one liquor seizure,

Lifejackets... for that sinking
feeling!
(Health & Welfare Canada}

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9 (cASTIEGAR)
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS

The first official day of School for the 1977-78 School Year is
Tuesday, September 6th, 1977. However, this day has been
declared a Professional Day by the Board of Schoo! Trustees,
hence ONLY teachers will be present in the Schools. It is
Srecommended that parents of children NEW to the Castlegar
"District, and those who have not registered their Grade One or
. kindergarten pupils in the Spring, are requested to registered
" Htheir children on that day — September 6th — between 10 A. M.
‘and 12 NOON: Parents registering Kindergarten and/or Grade
‘One Students must present proof of date of birth. ;

Wednesday, September 7th, 1977 will be the first FULL iy ‘

_ Minister Announces
Renovation Grant

In Feeognitfon of the cen-
tennial of J:

the cost, of the materials for

in British Columbia, Human Re-
sources’ Minister Bill Vander
Zalm has announced a $7,500
grant to renovate the New
Denver Community Hall.
“This hall was the’ focal
point for the Japanese com-
munity during World War IL
when New Denver was used as
a settlenient for People of

‘

will
be carried at with the. help of
volunteers.

The project is part of the
centennial program commemor-
ating the 100 years since the
people of Japanese origin first

settled in British Columbia...

Mrs, David - Fulton; re-
onal director of: the New
lorizons Program, praised the

ie nt, 5

Vente Zaim,

“Today, many of’ these
people are still in the area but
the hall is run-down and in need
of extensive repair,” he said.

Vander .Zalm’ explained

that a New Horizons grant:has _

enabled the Japanese Concord
Society to purchase a video-TV
unit, but a viewing location is
required.

“Many of these settlers are -
now elderly and somewhat iso-
lated and possess limited Eng-

lish. The project will provide’.

entertainment that is not now
available in the area.”
The minister _ explained

gra!
“I am pleased that the

province has seen fit to recog-

nize the Japanese community in
this way. The’ participation of
the ministry of
sources, New Horizons and the
Japanese Concord Society will
benefit - all elderly” Japanese
citizens of New Denver and of-
fer them a place to meet and
enjoy. a variety of activities.”

Advertising:
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ae intelligent. -
; shopping.

that the grant only

PUBLIC NOTICE |
TO RESIDENTS OF THES

human’ re--

Wash. to join:

Benito Ugeri applied for as

birth certificate for a baby. girl,
was asked if he was the father.

“and replied, “No. I bought her
today. for: 20,000- lire”—about

$22.

"Police took the infant away >
from. the™ Ugeri family and
began an investigation. -

Ugeri, 88, told police he *
was approached by.a woman
carrying the baby. She asked if
he wanted to buy the baby for -
20,000 lire and he agreed.

ys Shankland & on,

ent

iis
Fy

CHARTERED. ACCOUNTANTS:

CRANBROOK; CRESTON, NELBON . “

announce ‘the opening of an office:

in Castlegar at 33 Pine Street
- above Bank of Montreal”

Ph. 365

365-2151 °

+ AQ. (Andy) Peters, C.A.
Resident-Manager

Airplane’ As.’

A storm window that
‘installs inside your home

Easy to open
‘Do-it-yourself storm
window
Installs inside.

Saves up to 32% on
heating and cooling

costs

«Clear rigid-plastic _. -
=f Over 1, 000 000 ‘Sold
HAS JUST- ARRIVED AT

PRG

932 Columbia

Builders

Supply Ltd.

365-7725.

tee Local Offi ofc

A wellknown and long.

‘Gstablished Nelson firm of

chartered accountants,’ A. J,
hankland and Co., has opened

pn office in Castlegar.

1 Located above the Bank of

‘Montreal, the local office is

managed by A, G.. (Andy),
‘Peters, Besides offices here and
it Nelson, the firm also has

branches at Creston and Gran, dl

rook,
Peters comes to Castlegar

+ from Bella Bella, B.C., where he.

was financtal and business ad-
visor to the Bella Bella; Indian
Band. “Before \ his association
with: the: Indian band, he was

- involved, in various financial

and ‘administrative - positions
with trust’ companies and con-
struction firms;

-A graduate of the Institute
af Chartered’ Accountants of

Qliebec,::Peters: was. born in -

Montreal; He has been active in
Jaycees and ‘at one time was a
member ‘of the .council of the
Institute’ of" Chartered’ “Ac-
countants of Ontario.

“Peters'” wife, Gail, was
born in.New Westminster and
thoy -have ‘a four-year-old son.
‘They ‘have bought ‘a home in

ersons: awaiting Unem-
ployment Insurance benefits
will -be' ineligible for. welfare
under new policy regulations
announced. Aug. 19 by Human
- Resources Minister Bill Vander

Zalm. :

“Changes in the federal
VIC regulations have forced us
to;redefine our welfare policy
so. that only: those people in
emergency: situations will be
able‘ to collect benefits ' while
awaiting UIC," said : Vander.

The nee policy - is con-
tained “in /.regulation amend-

| ents to the Guardtiteed Avail.
able ‘Income for.Need (GAIN) |:

Act approved by Cabinet.»

“The federal government --

raid from eight to: 12 weeks

5 A ro (ANDY) PETE!
Robson where they. will be re-
siding, :

Anavid golfer, Peters says
his family also enjoys the out,
doors.

He claims the CA firm was
attracted to Castlegar because
it sees Castlegar “as the growth
centre of the West Kootenays.”
He says he's optimistic about
the city’s future “and we want
toplay arole in developing that
future.”

BNA Blun Blunders

The authors of the British Naat, America Act of 1867 ‘slated that Canada would-be a

bilingual country.

One century and ten years later, 1 disagree with the wisdom of that legislation. Had the ”
Plains of Abraham resulted in the other team winning, 1 feel'sure we would all be speaking
French and nothing but:French, 4

France is ad England isa

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Soptomber 11977

Joy Keillor
‘Bridge Club

Twelve tables participated
in Monday night's play at the
Joy Keillor Bridge Club with
the following results:

North-South

With an overall average of
120—first Bev MacDonald and
Joan’ Command with 135.5;
second, Bill Scoffham and Judy

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Once Again...
Follow the Leader

FRED MERRIMAN

won the game at Quebec City 300 years ago.
d By pure weight of numbers English speaking people now predominate in Canada. So what is
the hassle? Democracy has always said the majority rules,
. By popular fact, this country is no longer bilingual. Then why, some 100 years after the war,
is the federal government pushing ‘two official languages. Bilingualism is for the birds.
~ You can not be Prime Minister unless you speak and think in French and English, You will
advance no further in the Canadian ‘Armed Forces or the Civil Service unless you are bilingual.

That is a reality.

French is easy to learn, a beautiful, romantic and expressive language. It is sensitive and
emotional in such a way as to make it superior to English and second only to Chinese in its

beauty.

Let it be cultural. Not economic or political. T have always felt the language issue was a
Liberal vote-getting technique se hold the Quebec vote where Liberals had their strength.
The

So, it matters not to me which colonial army Goodwin with 135; third, Don
and Lilllas Poole. with 134;
fourth, Mary Biker and.Cleada
Bower with, 180.6; fifth, Rob
Wadey and Brian Brady with
129.6.

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East-West
With an overall average of
110—first John Sokolowski and
Bill Ahrens with 134.5; second,
Dr. and Mrs. Garry Jenkins
with 129; third, Gordon Boyd
and Elmer. Pellerin with 119;

fourth, Denny.and Diony Me-

negotiations were being made. Tt think the Fathers of Confederation were 95 per cent correct.
They have my respect and admiration for writing § such ‘a far-reaching and important document. 117.

: But they. made one important error. ¢
Communication is everything and those learned gentlemen forgot that fact. I would like to
be able to understand our French compatriots better by voluntarily learning their language, but I

resent being told I must,

I would hope that Francophones would be similarily moved. But two.languages mean two
peoples. Two peoples mean two countries. Officially and legally that is a reality. i
‘The main issue for Rene Levesque and his Separatists is language and fittingly the priority is
confirmed by calling it Bill No. 1.
Fathers of Confederation, where are ca when we need you? It is your error. We do not,
_ apparently, have men of your ilk living today who have the courage to admit a mistake.

Rene L que was born in 1867 when the Arthur with 118; fifth, Don

Ellison and Wayne Wyton with

In last Thursday night's
‘play there were eight-and-a-
> half tables with the following
results:
). - North-South

With an overall average of
84—first, Lots Cairns and
Cleada Bower with 105; second,
Helen Keillor and.Kees Van-
derpol with 95.5; third, Tom

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CASTLEGAR NEWS

Welfare Chote Con No

overage benefits from the min-
istry to ‘cover ‘the increased

In ‘particular, the changes
will clarify. procedures for the

” explain-
ed Vander Zalm,
‘ “We can't prohibit a.client

from assuming a larger. mort-;

gage, but ‘from now ‘on, we
won't cover the extra costs.”
Vander Zalm noted that’
other regulation. clianges: are
efforts to more ‘clearly define
current practices inthe minis-.

danded’ the: qualification ra uracs ‘Presbyterian:

fe th - waiting — period.
Under. the’ rate structure: in-
troduced last October, several
categories of retipient- begin
assistance at one rate and re-
ceive an increase‘after the first
four months.

“We found, for instance,
that some clients were re-
luctant to take short term or
casual jobs because they would

“Welcomes. New Pastor

the church must play in. the

happy

and ‘this’ new: “regulation: cameo eee

pastor, Hamish M. Harvey.

. Whitby. Also involved

the jcommunity,

number ‘of abuses where .per-- 2255-15

sons re-mortgage their homes

ed pay off bills, take a holiday,

urchase new cars and what
have you, and then turn around
(anid collect additional. rental
See eS

|. cycles. :

- Inheritance
Has One
Condition

-* Company © director” Percy‘

‘Diggle, whose‘ will was pub-
lished. recently . in’ Carlisle,

Eng., left the: equivalent of”
- $22,000 to ‘his. two: grand-

children—on condition they do
not spend the money on motor-

"We. Supply & Install .

Mike Tomlin
- 365.5311

SEPTIC: TANKS & FIELD
‘Site 5, Comp. : 115.5.

‘ Castlegar’
‘Walter: Tomlin

- Come on In to Dave's Dixie Lee most anytime ofthe
day or night. Waiting for you is some of the tastiest food in‘

+ “town. Such as:

“to Gr

of young people.
Accordingly, when First
Presbyterian Church in Regina,
Sask., asked him to go there in
the. capadtne off oe", ist
hristian ‘education swilisg
congregation, he was. willing:
ecept Laying Wh
ie. was a manager fora life

insurance company, he moved
to Saskatchewan, in December ~
2 He served in Regina for.
.} over seven years. While with:
is active: in. Sunday.’ School *.
‘both in Scotland and in St. “
drew’ 3: Presbyterian.

First Church, he served on the

Board of Christian Education -

and was,.at various. times,

Presbytery and Synod: con-.
= vener of Christian education. ° .
7 he became ~
- more keenly aware of the part:

While in Regina, Mr. Har-
vey , took correspondence
courses in Old and New Testa-
ment: from’ Queen's University
of. Ontario. Further: studies

1\~ were conducted in the course 7
for Catichists' provided by The *
Presby rises Church in Cana-_

g on

-St. Paul's, Missio

_ charge
Bradner; and Dunn Memorial,
‘Mt; Lehman, on March ‘1, 1967, «

‘where ;he served till appointed
Castlegar Aug. 1 of this year.

part from pastoral - work,
~ che “was: active. in community °-
'Yaffairs, being a director on the
» local: Community ‘Services

Board and also on the board of

the Mission Half-way House for -:
»; the rehabilitation of alcoholics. *
5 Mr, Harvey, with his wife, »
ti Margaret, pray that with God’s
guidance, tisy.2 may be able to.
_ continue serving Him in thi
% congregation of} His’ people.
‘Their. daughter, Catriona, now -

lives in’ Whitby, Ont,

hitby, ase

Presbyterian Church

Rippon and Denny McArthur
with 90.5; fourth, Emile and
Jackie Gobag with 88.5.
wo: East-West

With an overall average of
_ 94.6—firat, ‘Lillias . Poole and
*. Louise’ Gjennestad with 116.6;
second; Dave Thiel and Wayne
Weaver with 118; third, Pearl
Palmer and, Etuka Cameron

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Only $8 for 8 Months °
. “As Good as a Letter from Home’

haye to. re-start “the four- courage people to take casual
month waiting period for addi- jobs we now allow them to re-

tional benefits. start assistance at. the Meher

Phone 365-7268

with 98; fourth Rob Wadey and

“As. an incentive to en- _ rate.” Brian Brady with 95.

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CITY OF CASTLEGAR

Please take note ‘that
there must be...
NO WATER SPRINKLING - .
during a Fire or Power:Failure.

School for ALL Students in School District No. 9 (Castlegar). :
Bring lunches and all necessary schoo! ‘supplies. : a sie et, 1 designed and
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Buses will run regular schedules on that-day.

SHSS students previously contacted Songsmning timetables
‘are reminded to call at the School on either Sept. 1 or 2.

Your. cooperation is appréciated.
City. of Castlegar”

J. DASCHER,
Secretary-Treasurer,
School District No. 9 (Castiegar)