VOL, 10, No-T Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads be the Kootenay CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA Celgar Mill to Close lf Rail Strike The Castlegat plant of Celgar week if he strike of CPR firemen said this morning. Continues Ltd. will close down early next continues, a company spokesman He said that the impossibility of shipping out the plants product —cut lumber—as a result of the CPR. shutdown would force the company to cease operations for the duration of the strike. Only a skeleton crew to tend water pumps and other essential * equipment would be kept on during the strike, the spokesman said. The strike, which went into effec at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, already caused the lay-off of eight railway employees in the Castlegar area,’ “Weare closing. down com- pletely,” _Mike Dalton, Castlegar stationmaster.. said _ yesterday, “There will be no one on duty at the -station, and we shall provide no service of any kind, including wire service.” A spokesman for a local fuel supply. company. said that pros- pects for fuel were not. bad, since to his belief.most district homeowners: had.a “sufficient supply of coal on hand. He point- ed out that the supply of heat- ing oil was not affected, since the on: is shipped by Great North- oe na strike was caused by ihe refusal of CPR. firemen to. av- cept an arbitration board recom- mendation that firemen no long- er be. used on freight and yard service, as proposed by the com- pany. Although only the firemen are actually ‘on strike,.. their walkout has inevitably brought rbout the suspension of operations & the whole company. There is ho prospect for a settlement in R. D. Pees “vice-president ..and general manager of The Consoli- dated Mining: and Smelting Com-| Us. pany. B. E.. Hurdle has, been ap-| : f {In the interests of Jesus’ Christ". | pointed “assistant manager ‘of mines, In his new post Mr. Hurd- “\1¢e:avill be located at Trail and will be responsible for all ‘of Cominco’s producing mines. J. R. Giegerich. succeeds: him as Gen- eral Superintendent of the Com- pany’s operations at Kimberley. R.:' J; Armstrong has been ap- pointed assistant to’ the vice-pre- sident/ in charge of mines. The new posts. are effective , January. ‘| members. were ‘initiated at the first. : Also announced was “the ‘ap- pointinent . of. Richard ‘Deane. as Chief Electrical Engineer of the Consolidated Mining: and Smelt- ing Company by J., V. Rogers, Manager.’ ‘of the compen’ £7 En- gineering / Division... the near future'as both company and «wnion’ ‘stand on their de- mands, Canines Chase Coyote A;coyote’ who had rashly wandered into Castlegar, : was ‘chased :up,-and down’ village streets. und across yards and gardens by a large part of .the local dog population. The incident, which happen- ed on Boxing Day, was seen end reported: by Wilbur Horning, 324 Fourth Avenue, Mr, Horning said that the dogs had caught up with the hapless stranger under his ‘bedroom window, where a ter- rifie’ free-for-all. took place. The coyote preseritly succeeded in jumping clear and bounding into Joe Thiel’s yard, and out again onto Fourth Avenue, finally dis- appearing from view, with the dogpack still hot on his tail. Local Churches Observe ‘Prayer Week ~The annual Week of Prayer, commencing on January 6, will] be ‘observed by special services inthe various protestant church- es: of the.district ..during - the coming days, “These united efforts have ‘proved ‘a. blessing to. those: who have. attended. ‘ia the past," a} spokesman for. the Ministerial Ase 7° Haald-“"It-jarhoped'ttiat por many. more will. avi of ‘this opportunity’ to join with Phe theme ,for the week is Legion Membership Drive Hits Mark The membership drive of the Castlegar branch of the Cana- dian Legion hit the 200-mark set as the 1956 ‘goal by the member- ship ‘commitee, when three new annual . meeting shortly before Christm: A joint installation of offie- ers of the Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary. will take place ‘on Wednesday, January” 9, and will be followed ‘by a social evening. Waier Tank Given New Inside Lining. . The new’ Castlegar water tank, was given a new lining of |- glue .and veneer by the village works crew. on December 31 in|. an’ effort to eliminate persistent leaks which threatened the tank’s usefulness from the day it wes installed. “The sides are now complete- ly dry,” Village Commission E. Fraft said this week, “Only at] . wie two ends at the bottom does water still leak out, and the crew |‘ plans to attack that problem|_ Thursday (today) morning.” A’ water supply failure, which occurred on December 31 at the time of the work on the new tank; was “completely un- necessary and accidental”, Mr. Kraft's words. He said that in order to empty the new tank, water pressure had in been diverted to the old tank, but due to the latter not having been in use'for several weeks, the pipe leading to-it had frozen up, which caused lack .of supply in he water system until the freeze- had . been thawed. out. Shortly thereafter, first a switch failure and then a burned-out fuse in the, pump house caused more lack of water. All ‘trouble was repaired by the works crew in|: the late afternoon’ Badges Presented - At Brownies’ Party ‘A large Sine of. profict- ency badges was presented by Commissioner Mrs. W. Fox at the Christmas Patty of the Kinnaird |’ Brownies held on Friday, ‘Di 21 in the Improvement Society ‘bault, collectors}, Elaine Ady and. YY, minstral; Jean s; and pathfinders . badges to Jean Murray, Elaine Ady, Mari- lyn ‘Edmondson, Sidney Wisted, Gail Kennedy, Noreen ‘Hendricks, Janice Heagy, Caron ' Jackson, Evelyn Rodgers, Wendy .Rieth, Linda Warner. : After the badge presentation Jean Murray presented’ Mrs. L. Campbell with farewell gifts fro mthe girls, and Mrs. J.. Ken- nedy, ‘secretary. of the local Brownies “Association, presented gifts to Mrs, D..Lamond, Brown Owl: of the pack, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. . Hyson, Division Ccmmission- ér,, and’ Mrs. Campbell, ‘ The: party’ then was given over to he enjoyment of games and a delicious lunch served by -A. > Meiellar offic . ' vet Posing proudly besides his giant’ Christmas cactus Is: George J. Cheveldave, proprietor of Cheveldave's Grocery in Castlegar, The plant, covered with a multitude of red blossoms,, blooms Herdie-Walker Inquest To Resume Soon The inquest into the traffic death of ‘Mrs, Robert.Hardie and her daughter, Mrs. Lorne Walker of Kinnaird on December 22 will probably’ resume early, this month or Both -women died when their small car skidded on the ice- covered slope just south of Cast- legar and smashed into an on- coming Vehicle and a telephone pole, Ml - The inquest has been post- poned until” the alleged driver of, the death car, Jean Ann Hardie gets out‘of hospital and is well enough fo testify. Another pas- senger in the-car, Gordon Pelle- |; .tier of Fernie, a visitor at ‘the Hardie home,’ was also injured -|in the ‘collision, The jcar which was hit by died instantly Funeral services for the de- ceased were held on Wednesday, December 26, from the Presby- terian Church in Kinnaird, E. idiating, with, the ‘Castlegar Funeral Home in charge. of ‘arrangements. Mrs. Hardie is survived by her hus- band Robert, while Mrs. Walker leaves her husband Lorne, a re- sident of Red Deer, Alta. Interment was at Park Mem- orial Cemetery, Kinnaird. the Brownies. Arrangements for the party were in the hands of Mrs... Lamond,’ assisted by Mrs. Campbell and members of the As- sociation. Many Brownie mothers were among the guests, iirerrne es only at. Chtistmas time. It is ten years old, and .Mr, Cheveldave believes that there are few if any of its size in British Columbia, Castlegar News Photo Theatre Operation To Change Hands The operation of he Castle Theatre in Castlegar is changing hands as L. V. Campbell retires from the movie ,tiela with the expiry of the lease of the theatre building. O. A. Bergeron, a re- sident of Trail who owns the building, will himself operate the theatre, which is now closed for a change-over in equipment. _Mr. Campbell, who managed theatres in Trail before coming -to. Castlegar, has operated. the Castle Theatre continuously since it was first opened ten years ago today. It is tentatively scheduled for re-opening under the new management in the. misce of January. Carol Sing Marks Xmas Day Greeted With Rail Bombing. Christmas Day was greeted with a severe explosion on the CPR tracks near Shoreacres that tore out a three-foot piece of rail and shattered windows in a nearby store and some homes, The bombing occurred at about 3:40 a.m. No trains were in the vicinity and railway work- ers had the. track repaired in time for the maintenance of scheduled traffic: The tracks in the area, which is populated largely by Doukhobors, many of the Sons of Freedom, are pa- trolled constantly. MILD WINTER WEATHER MAKES PANSIES BLOOM. Women’s Institute ladies and Buests énjoyed a, sing song of carols at their Christmas party held:at‘the home of Mrs. P. War- kentin. Mrs, J. Dyck sang a sole “O.Holy Night” and several con- tests were played. . Winners of contests were Mrs. I Wiebe and Mrs. J. Dyck. The highlight was the exchange of gifts and The Night Before Xmas was recited in sections and ladies chose’ their gifts in turn Christmas Cake was baked by Mrs. J. Reimer and decorated by Mrs. M. Rohn. Refreshrerate were served by Yhe hostess. Xmas Concerts Held in Rural Schools Successful Christmas concerts were held in the rural schools of the Castlegar School District. Robson the’ Robson & Brilliant elementary schools held a com- bined concert in the Community Hall on December 21. Henry Hyson, principal of the schools, acted as‘ chairman, giving thanks to the teachers and the parents who as‘he said, had given so freely of their time to make the concert a success, The following plays were presented=to the pupils: The Night’. before Christmas, by grade 1;°Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by grade 1; The King’s Breakfast, by grade 2; The Boy who found Christmas, by grades 2 and 4; Christmas Eve at the Fireside, by grade 4,‘ Bril- liant; The Perfect Gift, by grade! 4, Brilliant. : A‘large number of choral songs’ enlivened the program, sung by all grades from both schools. A square dance was put on by pupils of grade 2, Robson, d' another dance was done by ‘ade’ 5. A silver collection was taken at the door, andi the proceeds were turned over’ to the com- mittee fer the, renovation of the Robson Hall, the money: to be used to pay. for the blower re- cently installed in. the furnace. story of the Nativity and was sung by Mary Ann Wiebe, Jackie and Kathleen Rempel, Barbara Rohn, Pearl Letkeman,. Eileen Funk, Freddie Kcch, Waldo Peri-. ner, Frankie Peters, and Eddie Rohn, A Play — Christmas Gifts— | was, staged by: six girls and four boys. The .primary pupils ex- ecuted a drill to the tune of the Teddy Bear’s Picnic, ’ All community children re- ceived bags of treats and re- freshments were served to ail. ae . At Deer Park, the schoo! Christmas, concert started off with a..welcome recitation by Glen Briggeman which was fol- lowed by the play The Forsune Teller, starring Leroy Brigge- man, Jackie Allan, April Ailan, Danny Romaine, and Carl Wine. The above actors also on other skits and recitals. Wayne Phelps gave a recitation I'm just a little Boy. Accordian recitations «were played until the arrival of San- ta, who had quite a time com- ing through the mud on. the Robson road- Santa distributed gifts for all the pupils, - pre- joined in the fitst part of the|school youngsters, and several program to sing ten carols as! adults, and candy for all Re- part of) a musical dialogue en-|freshments were served by pile titled, What is Christmas. P. Romaine, and a showing