NEWS Published very "Thursday. at Phe Crossroads of,;the Kootenays” Vol 5, No. 33 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1952 : 5 Cents Per Copy District School Will Number Arrangements are rapidly nearing completion for the open- ing of another school year in Castlegar School District Number Nine. All schools will. reopen on Tuesday, September 2. Due to increased enrolment in the district, another room has been opened in the Castlegar No. One elementary school. Grade ‘Six pupilg from Kinnaird and grade four pupils from Robson will now attend the Castlegar No. One Elementary school. This ar- is found ‘y to plleviate the shortage of space at Robson and Kinnaird schools. Bus schedules have not been ar- ranged as yet. For the first few days at least, it is expécted to maintain the schedules of last term. With about 100 beginners, total school enrolment for the coming term will be between 1275 and 1300 pupils. The high school en- rolment totals 450 and 12 stu-|" dents are registered for the senior matric course. Registration of new high school students, i.e. those who have moved into the district since last term, will take place at the high school on August 27, 28 and 29. Receipts and expenditures of the school board for the term completed last June have been announced. Expenditures totalled . $421,901.03. Total receipts were, $386,164.71- plus a surplus from the previous term of $162,453.97, leaving a balance of $126,717.65 for the next term. Of the total expenditures, $138,717.70 was on the capital account including new buildings, equipment and ground maintenance. Among the new equipment purchased is the new school bus and the clock-punching station for night watchmen at the high school. New buildings include a $19,000 one-room school at Deer Park Lawns have~been seeded at the high schooi and some bull- dozing accomplished at the high school and at Kinnaird and Cas- tlegar elementary school grounds. The meeting of the school poard in the latter part of Sept- ember is scheduled to consider further building expansion. Fortune Tells Story Of Gelgar Project Castlegar and the contempla- ted Celgar Pulp and Paper Pro- ject share interest with Trail in the latest report on Canadian business to be published by’ a major magazine. The August edition of Fortune magazine contains seven articles and a wide variety of pictures on Canada and Canadians, included in which is an article on the Cel- anese Corporation. of America and its affiliate the Celgdr Deve}- opment Company, as well pictures of the Trail smelter and an article about R. W. Diamond, executive vice-president, ern region, for Cominco. In the article “Celanese Adven- ture”, the experience of the ‘Cel- anese Corporation of, America in establishing a new empire in Canada is described. A part of this empire is the proposed $65 milion dollar project at Castle- ar. Fortune says that the Arrow Lake site was chosen for the Cel- gar plan because not enough tim- ber was available for expansion near Prince Rupert while Castle- gar offers not only power, from the West Kootenay Power and Light Company but a ready fuel supply from the Crowsnest Pass and cheap downstream water transportation for logs. New Fire Pumper For Kinnaird Fire Dept. ‘A new:500 gallon per minute frorit-eid-mount pumper has been installed:on the Kinnaird Fire truck. This now supplies Kinnaird with two pumpers and enough equipment to meet any large fires in the village. The pump was put to a-test at the Castlegar -ball park hydrant Tuesday evening, and maintained five hoses, four_11|2 in. and one 21|2 in. hose, at a pressure of, 140 pounds. Byst&nders marvel- led at the results produced by the pump. The department: has also ob- tained. 350 feet of 2 1|2.inch hose asj west- Enrolment 1300 Pupils Village Organizations: Urge Night Patrol By R.C.M.P.. Officers ‘The growing evidence of in- cendiarism in the district and the Teachers Appointed For District Schools With one position at the high school yet to be. filled, the teach- ing appointments fon the four- teen schools of, Castlegar School District No. Nine have now been made. When another teacher is secured for the high school the teaching staff there will have been increased from 15 to 17 bringing the total number of teachers in the school district to “The Hon. R. E. Sommers, prin- cipal of Robson and elementary schools, has been granted a leave of absence from his post in view of his governmental duties. J. H. Corbett will be acting principal of these schools. In the Stanley Humphries High School where the senior matriculation course is being of- fered for the first time this year, three new teaching appointments | have been made, R. H. Lott, phy- sical education; Miss Ella Mar- tin, Commercial course; and G. Rice. The following teachers re- tain their previous positions: J. A. Thomas, principal, Mrs. A. C. Cail, R. E. Cail, W. F. Shkwarok, J. A. Charters, J. D. Munday, fon H.,Magwood, R. W. Graham, A. R. Harvey, Miss Betty Ball, J. Buhr, W. Bannigan and M. Milli- ken. Miss M. Stewart will be a new teacher at the Castlegar No, One elementary school, along with J. H. Corbett, Mrs, F.-E. Leitner, Mrs. G. H. Thorp, Miss E. A. McKinnon, and Mrs. W. Shkwar- ok who will continue from last term. Ht weastlegar No. ewe " school, threat it presents to the public welfare of Castlegar and district caused a discussion of the problem at a meeting of representatives of the Village Commission, the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce, the Castlegar school board, in- surance agencies in town and Waldies Lumber and Building Supply with Staff-Sergeant Mc- Kay of Nelson, who was repres- enting Inspectcr Harris, Inspect- or of Nelson Division, RCMP. Provincial Attorney-General acq- uainting him with the growing evidence of incendiarism in the district and urging that another constable be stationed here for night patrol. Another letter is also to be sent recommending the replace- ment of all guards at public: buildings and bridges in the dis-. trict, with RCMP personnel. Copies of these letters are to be forwarded to the Hon. R. E. Som- mers, ‘Inspector Harris of the RCMP and to the provincial pre- mier, W. A. C.:Bennett. Four Auto Collision Cancels Holidays For Castlegar Family A holiday visit with relatives and friends in Biggar, Sask., was cancelled for-Mr. and Mrs. J. Schwan and family by a four car collision on the Banff-Cal- gary highway, ten miles from Calgary last Sunday. It was a rainy, slippery and foggy day, Mr. Schwan reports, and his vehicle was last in: a three car line travelling towards s. F. Q and Me D. ‘MeGauley “will be the teaching staff. For the remainder of the dis- trict schools, appointments for the next term are as follows: Champion — Mrs. Ruth Cooper. Deer Park — Mrs. P. Romaine. Gibson Creek — Miss A. C. John- son. Glade — Mrs. A. Gray. Kimano — Wm. Konkin. Kinnaird — H. Bate, W. E. Me- Cabe, Mrs. K. Andreashuk, B. J. Smith and A. C. Bloomer. Ootischenia — Miss B. Tarbutt and Miss I. Lind, both new teachers, Pass Creek — Miss S. R. Brandon and M. M. Stéwart. Renata — Mr. C. H. Schmok (new appointment) and “Mrs: A. E, Weibe. Robson — Mrs. E. R. Smith and Mrs. L. A, Quayle. . Tarrys — Mrs. J. Waters and Mrs. M. Fleming. . i Father Backing Auto | Strikes Young Son Alan Hunter, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hunter, is in Kootenay Lake General Hospital recovering from a fractured leg as a result of a near auto tragedy at his parents’ home on the Trail Castlegar highway: beside the Twin Rivers Motel, Saturday morning. “The father of the lad, intend- ing to go.to town, was turning his car around in the drivewey. As he entered the car, he res members noticing that young Alan was playing by the house, some 100 feet away. Mr.-Hunter drove the. car ahead, and then began to back up. Suddenly a piercing’ scream split the air."On investigation, Mr. Hunter dis- covered his son, lying in front of the car, having apparently been struck by the right front fender or the right-fromt wheel. Alan was rushed to the Nelson hospital, where diagnosis reveal- ed he had sustained a broken leg. Calgary. As the cavalcade began ing a hill, a car parked in the middle.of the road ahead; forced all to maké a sudden stop. The first car grazed the park- ed vehicle and then passed by. The second smashed into the parked car. Mr. Schwan, having seen no braking signal from the tail-lights of the car ahead, did not realize the danger until he saw the collision, whereupon he jammed on his brakes too late to prevent his vehicle from for- cibly skidding into the car ahead of him. The Schwan vehicle, a 1952 De Soto Sedan, sustained crumpled radiator and front fenders, shat- tered lights and’ extensive motor damage, total cost of which wes estimated by police officials at $2,500. Damage to the car ahead of Mr. Schwan was estimated at $2,000 while the parked car es- caped with minor scratches and dents. No one was injured. The Schwan family had their car towed into Calgary where it ~vill undergo repairs while they returned to B.C. by train, arriv- ing home Monday morning by bus from Nelson. The parked car, eeported: to be responsible for the four-auto tangle contained two occupants when the accident occurred. A third, the driver had gone to summon a tow-truck after his car had stalled in the middle of the road. Chamber Of Commerce Sponsors Imprevement Of Brilliant Viewpoint Brilliant Bluff, overlooking a wide expanse of scenic splendor including the junction of the Kootenay and Columbia: Rivers, Verigin’s Tomb, Castlegar, Kin- naird, and the Castlegar airport has been made more accessible to motorists who can stop off and. admire the panorama in comfort, On recommendation of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce, the driveway to the bluff has. been widened and No other injuries were The lad is making a satisfactory recovery. which will be carried at all times on the truck. ‘ Trailer hitches will shortly be ‘issued to members of the fire de- partment for their -cars, so that they will -be able to hook onto the trailer pumper and take it to'the scene of fire, thus enabling the fire truck to get away faster when an alarm Ag. turned in, improved, ive parking faci- lities provided and’ signs: inform- ing+the motorist of the view- points existence, erected. At the bluff itself, there are A letter is to be written to the! Not Sellout, Sommers The existing forest mandge- ment licence system is a sound one, the Hon. R. E. Sommers, Minister of Lands and Forests and Mines told the weekly meet- ing of the Castlegar Kiwanis Club Tuesday evening. .The minister stated that after having reviewed the situation, despite considerable public opin- ion to the contrary, he was con- vinced’ that the existing forest management regulations are the best for all concerned and for the province as a whole. . Under the forest management system, we are not selling the Province to. big industry,” he de- calred. “Rather we are entering into a partnership with industry for the development of our na- tural resources.” Referring to, Celgar’s applica- tion for a forest management li- cence in this are, he continued. “As regards the application of the system to this district, matters are progressing as satisfactorily as can be expected, in view of a number: of appeals against the application.” Mr. Sommers who left Castle- gar yesterday with his wife and | Forest Management Is Partnership Tells Kiwanis family to take up residence in Victoria, admitted that there were some objections to the management licence regulations but affirmed that these can ke solved. He said the public was misin- formed about being barred from lands covered by a forest mana- Bement licence. Anyone has ac- cess to such lands for the pur- Pose of hunting, fishing and hik- ing, although they can be barred from using private roads on such lands. The minister also admitted that the government should be re- presented by an authorized for- ester in the supervision of the lands to which a management li- cence has been granted. Commenting on his cabinet Posts in B.C.’s new government, the Hon. Mr. Sommers told his fellow Kiwanians that his ap- pointment to the Lands and For- ests and Mines portfolio made him very happy. To date he has not been able to accomplish much, however, he disclosed, as he is still becoming acquainted with the background of all the problems facing his department. The Castlegar Cubs had their hopes for a bye in league playoffs shattered last nigiit at Butler Park by a 3-0 whitewashing at the hands of the Trail Motors Pontiacs. As a result of the game last night, which was’ a sudden Trail Atk‘ete Revived By Castiegar Firemen A. Bileski, captain of the Crown Point fastball team from ‘Trail, was rushed to the Castle- gar Fire Hall and revived with the fire department’s respirator after a near-drowning episode in the waters of the Columbia River at Eremenko’s Park, Tues- day night. Following their evening game with the Castlegar Cubs, Mr. Bileski and a number of his team- mates went for a swim. The Trail captain soon encountered difficulty in the somewhat treach- erous current and began calling for help. With the aid of a log and rope, his team-matés pulled him out of the water but not be- fore he had lost consciousness. The athletes sped to the Cas- tlegar fire hall with their strick- en comrade where firemen re- vived him. Medical help arrived and Mr. Bileski was taken to Trail hospital via ambulance. W. Ozercff Observes 20th Anniversary Of Castlegar Business W. W. Oczeroff, 48 year old jeweller and watch repair man, celebrated the twentieth anni- versary of his Castlegar opening last week. “I have always liked Castle- gar” Mr. Ozeroff has observed. “I have alwavs beleived it would grow. My faith in Castlegar’s fu- ture is strong.” Mr. Ozeroff opened his first Castlegar jewellery shop in the former Fomenoff building on Main Street, now occupied by G. Cheveldave. on August 5, 1932. He recalls that at that time, there Were only three or four stores in Castlegar and the ferry was still a semi-private affair, numbering buggies, cows and horses as well as pedestrians among its pas- sengers. Four of his first cus- tomers are still in “Castlegar; others have moved away and some have passed on. Born in Saskatchewan in 1904, he lived in Castlegar for a short time and then spent eight years in California where he learned his trade. After his first six years b here, he purchased a) signs inti to: the J of the Kootenay and Columbia, Vil- lages of Castlegar and Kinnaird, and\to the Castlegar airport. The special committee’ of the Chamber which has. been urging this for the past two_years,:com-] prizes, A. Anderson, R.:W. Cook, | {and J. R. Elliott. Tot on Columbia Avenue, cleared | it and constructed his present premises. In his twenty years as a jeweller. Mr. Ozeroff and his wife and family have watched tthe . community. grow from a and look forward to seeing Cas- | tlegar become a small city. ‘Affer-Near-Drowning—| (ferry; stop to a bustling village’ Cubs Ousted From Bye And League Top-Spot death playoff tilt to decide the top spot in the league, the Cubs must meet the cellar-dwelling Crown Pointers in a best of five contest, first game of which is scheduled for Friday evening at Butler Park, while the Pontiacs can sit back and wait to take on the winner of the first round. Last night’s game was a tight pitching duel all the way be- tween two ace chuckers, Johnny Sofiak for the Cubs, and Elsio Vanelli for the Pontiacs. The two ‘gave -up’a total of only five hits in the game, Vanelli allowing three and So- fiak, two. The: Pontiacs’ three runs, one in the first and two in the eighth, were largely possible through ragged fielding on the part of the Cubs. SPORT TRAILS . By Len Walker The Castlegar Cubs, over the Past week, won two important games from the Trail Pontiacs putting themselves into the posi- tion of seeming to have the leag- ue title in their back pocket. But then the Crown Point nine lead by Johnny Wallace spun them for a loop Thursday night to Place them into a tight tie with the Pontiacs. As you read this, the playoff game will be history. I beleive the Cubs will win the bye. Re- gardless of who wins, however, there is one thing sure and that is that the playoffs will see all three teams fighting tooth and nail, giving the fans the’ best brand of ball seen in this league for sonte time. Cubs Down Pontiacs 6-2 Last Thursday saw ‘the Cubs down the Trail Motors Pontiacs to the tune of 6-2, despite the fact than‘ an injury to Gesryv Wanless badly handicapped the Cubs and forced them to play eight men to nine for the final three frames, Hicken and Sofiak combined the pitching chores and gave up only four hits. The Cubs went on a hitting spree getting 12 safe- ties, including a double by Hor- koff, and a triple by. Sofiak. Cubs Edge Pontiacs The Cubs played inspiring ball Sunday evening for 15 tight inn- ings, and then Bobby Kromm broke it up and gave Cubs the victory with a blow into left field that scored Sofiak from second for a 2-1 victory. Sofiak went all the way for the locals, giving up eight hits, while Vanelli, who al- lowed only four safeties, took the loss: ¢ Crown Pointers Rally for 5-4 Win Thursday night, the local lads had a 4-1. lead going into the eighth frame but a determined G. Jackson Elecied Kinnaird Commissioner Mr. G. Jackson has been elect ed commissioner by acclamation to complete the 18 month term: left vacant by the resignation of Ross MacDermid, it was announ- ced at the regular meeting of the Kinnaird Village Commissioners Monday evening. As Mr. Jackson’s nomination for commissioner was the only one received, Mr. Jackson be~ comes commissioner by acclama- tion. He has been appointed Fire and Public Works Commissioner and Mr. A. Eldridge becomes lights and water commissioner. The remainder of the board is as follows: R. Morice, Chairman and Parks Board; W. Jacobson, Finance and Cemetery and G. Layton, health and welfare. The meeting heard the month- ly report of Fire Chief G. I. Scott who described tests of the new front-end-mounted pumper on the fire truck. Residents were again asked to take heed of the revised sprink- ling hours and were reminded: that when the fire siren is sound- ed all sprinklers must be imme- diately shut off. Free Theatre Passes For Subscriptions Beginning this week and con- tinuing till the end of September, new or renewal subscribers ta- the Castle News will have a chance to win free passes to the Castle Theatre. Each Wednesday, the names of all who have renewed their sub- scription during the previous week, will be eligible fér a lucky draw. One name will be drawn for every ten subscriptions, new or renewal, received each week. The winners will receive a free theatre pass by mail. Subscribers are urged to find new subscriptions and bring them in thus putting themselves in line for two theatre passes if their name is drawn. If the per-~ son whose name is drawn has re- newed his subscription only, he will receive one theatre pass. If that person has brought in a new subscription along with his new renewal, he wins two passes for himself and another pass will be sent to the new subscriber. Names have been-drawn from among the, list of subscribers who have renewed their subscriptions since July 1. Lucky subscribers to whom free theatre passes have been mailed, are: J. Fornelli. Robson; H. Adie, Castlegar; Mrs. T. L. Bloomer, Castlegar; Ted Cowlin, Kinnaird; H. R. Foxlee, Robson; and W. Saprunoff, Cas- tlegar. Mrs. Edith Toogood Passes Away After Lengthy Illness Funeral services are being held this afternoon at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Rev. E. Wal- lace officiating, for a resident of Castlegar for the past fourteen years, Mrs. Edith Toogood, wife of William Henry Toogood. She passed away in Rossland’s Mater Misericordiae Hospital! Tuesday morning after a lengthy illness. Born at Plumbstead, Kent, England, on May 17, 1882, Mrs. Toogood came to Canada wit! her husband in 1907, residing in Saskatchewan and Manitoba In 1924, the family moved to Ross- land and fourteen years later to Castlegar. Mrs. Toogood her husband; two sons, and James, Castlegar; daughters, Mrs. L. A. (Hilda), Trail and Mrs. well (Kay), Rossland; f4 grand- children iri Castlegar, Trail and Rossland; two brothers and a sis- ter in England and one sister in New Zealand. Another son and daughter die?. in 1924. Pall bearers for the funeral held today were: J. F. Killough., Colin Petts and Lew Korody of Castlegar; Athur ‘Turner, and’ Robert Tweed of Rossland and Cecil Turner, Trail. is survived by Philip bunch of Crown Pointers came up with two hits which, aided by’ two Cub errors, resulted in four big runs and a 5-4 victory for Crown Point. One of Trail’s hits was a home-run by Moe Walton,. pinch-hitting for Fiyier. From the Cubs’ stand-point, one of the highlights of the game, was Ren— nie Mitchell’s steal of home plate> in the first frame.