Castlegar

‘Kinnaird

Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” i

Robson
Brilliant

t Vel. 5, No. 21

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22,

Teachers Urge

= Woree
Higher Standards
Two Castlegar District Teachers’
Association delegates reported on
the Easter Convention to their
feHow teachers last Thursday.
Mrs. A. Cail told of the awartis
presentation, at which the
Charlesworth award for the
daughter or son of a B.C. Teach:
er, went to Shirley Perkins of
Rossland; the Christie cash award
for further study went to Marta
Shepherd of Dawson Creek, and
the.Ferguson award for the teach+
er contributing the most servicé

Mrs. Magwood
Pleads ‘Case
Of Children

The members of Castlegar Dis-

Airport May Receive
Additional Grant

The Castlegar airport may re-
ceive an additional $25,000 in fed-
eral aid. This information . was

trict Teachers’ Association were
particularly fortunate Thursday
evening in that, after doing full
justice to one of Mrs. Martini’s
famous Italian suppers, they
heard as guests two people who
are experts in théir field.

The first was Dr. W. L. Wright
of Robson, and formerly Profes-
sor of Music at Brandon College,
who had chosen t play certain

to the pr to
Miss Jegie McDowell. Miss Mc+
dowell, a Scotswoman to whose
-tongue a bit of the Scottish burr
still sticks, was deeply and sin-
cerely moved, a feeling quickly
shared by her audiecne for the
award had been a carefully
guarded secret. and came as a
complete surprise.

An addréss by Ken. Cople,
Western Regional Director of
C.B.C. entitled “Kindle the Magic
in Their Eyes” was an urgent ap-
peal to rekindle the early curios-
ity of children in older students.
“Inspired”, said Mrs. Cail, “so
tThuch so that one teacher was
overheard to say, ‘It makes me
feel like going back and starting
that kindling.”

The second delegate, Miss Jose-
hine Merlo, who confessed frank-
ly that hitherto she had consider-
ed Convention a “bore” and at-
tended mainly out of curiosity,
came back laden with notes and
samples and bursting with en-
thusiasm ,having become com-
pletely interested in the work of
the Convention and attending al-
most every possible meeting.

It was, she admitted, “ a bit
boring at times and the seats were
rather hard” (convention plan-
ners, please note) but “I did en-
joy at,””

In_the March issue of the B.C.
‘Teacher, articles by teachers of
both sexes were written critici-
zing the minor part women often
play in B.C.T-F. activities and
urging that more women teachers
accept an dseek official duties in
Teacher Orgamzations. In view
of these articles perhaps in part
because of them, the women
teachers carried on a very ener-
getic campaign to elect women
officers and though they failed
to elect the president or vice-
president, Miss Cryderman was
elected 2nd vice-president and
should prove to be a very inge-
nious and efficient. officer.

‘The general concern of many

Continued on Page 4

Celebrate May 24
With The 1.0.D.E

Once again the Gala May 24
Celebration for Castlegar is m
‘the capable hands of the I.O:DE.
‘Lillian Killough Chapter. For
months now these hard-working
ladies have been doing the “be-
hind-the-scenes” planning and
organizing that alway} im the
past ‘has shown pleasing and suc-

te selections with comefi-
taries.- Dr. Wright’s modest pro-
tests that spring gardening had
marred his playing, were quick-
ly belied by an altogether de-
lightful and informal perform-
ance, which he opened with a
Chopin Prelude. Having com-
pleted this selection, Dr. Wright
then explained that ‘this Pre-
lude was an impression of a de-
serted monastery, one of a series
which this sensitive and poetic
Polish Genius wrote at one per-
iod of his short life. He then
went dn to play jand explain
short excerpts, {rom the gentle
and poetic German Composer,
Schumann, the hyper-sensitive
impressionistic, modern Ameri-:
can, MacDowell and others. A/
teacher all_his life, Dr. Wright
displayed all the characteristics
of the top flight teacher. He ob-
viously loves his subject (the
writer could quite distinctly hear
im i ingi the

2g in_a letter to _R. A.D.
West from R. W. Mayhew, Min-
ister of Fisheries, which stated
that a grant of $25,000 was. be-
ing sought for the airport.

This figure will have to be ap-
proved by the Treasury Board
und Parliament, before the money
can be provided, however. The
funds would probably be spent
on gravelling and: hard surfacing
of the runway and taxi strip.

Board Accepts
Resignations

At last week’s business meeting
tthe Castlegar District School,
Board approved receipts and dis-
bursements for April for a total
of $39,549. There was also a con-
siderable variety of general
el a to i jnpiep-
proval of the LO.D.E. request for
the use of the elementary school
grounds for theif May 24th Cele-
bration, approving the suggest-
ion of J. A. Thomas, principal of
the High School, for the rental
of combination locks on the lock-
ers used by grade seven and
eight pupils; ordering dishes and
cutlery for the high school lunch
room, and reviewing the list of

theme of the music he was play-
ing), he loves feaching it to
others and can do so in a way
which makes the learning a
shared pleasure.

In the course of his remarks,
Dr. Wright spoke of music as one
of the most aesthetically and
spiritually uplifting of all the
arts and said that he -was ‘highly

2: with the and

attention it receives in this dis-
trict. He was, he said, particu-
lary struck by the performance
of the elementary and high
school choirs, which sang at the
Robson Concert and added fur-
ther that he had never heard the
song, “To Music” by Franz Schu-
‘bert ,sang ‘better.

Mrs, George Magwood, the sec-
ond guest speaker, chose to speak
on the “problem of the retarded
child.” Opening her address with
a quotation from “The child from
‘five to ten” by Gessell and Tig.

“If we wish to do justice to a
child’s personality we must think
‘in ‘terms of growth, in ‘terms of
his development maturity. This
means a philosophy which re-
cognizes the relativities of the
life cycle. Devélopmentdlism «is
the name for such a Philosophy -
opposite of facism recognizes that
all ‘his behavoir is subject ‘to ‘the
natural laws of human growth.

“The most ameliorative force
that can be released in the year:
which lie ahead js the intensified
conservation of the development
of infants and children. Such
‘conservation depends up favor-
able political and economic ar-

cessful resiitts.

as in other -years ;the events
start with a Parade, in which all
are urged to participate, floats,
decorated cars, trucks, bicycles,
‘wagons and doll buggies. Prizes
-will be given. The Parade will
‘begin at the school grounds at
1-00 p.m., ‘wind through Castle-
gar streets and back again to the
grounds were the May Queen,
Miss Faythe Toogood and her at-
tendants wil Thold the Corona-
tion Ceremony. There too, will be
the scene of the May Pole Dance
and sports and furl for aT]. Booths
for ‘refreshments will be evi-
dence.

In the evening a ball game will
be played at the ball park and
a huge dance at the Coronation
Hall will make a fitting ending
to the day.

Work Started On
New Hofel Building

The first step in the construct-
jon of the new 3-storey; 28 bed-
room hotel, which the , Central
Hotel Co. Ltd of Trail, B.C., is
constructing on Castelgar’s Col-
umbia Avenue, next to the Ere-
menko Department Store, began
Saturday morning when a fleet
of trucks and the village bull-
dozer began excavation work on
the property. The bulldozer was
put on a twelve hour shift Tues-
day and work is proceeding ata

i ace. .
"atthe architect for the new hotel
.is Paul D. Smith of Trail.

but those in turn are
dependent on scierftific know-
ledge as well as on the aspira—
tions which come from humane
traditions from the arts and from
religion.

“We cannot conserve the men-

not make democracy a general
folkway. unless we bring into the
homes of the‘people a develop-
ment philosophy of child care
rooted in scientific research.

“A science of man, aceprdingly,

tal hedlth af children, we can-|.

work for the sum-
mer holidays.

The resignations of two teach-
ers, T. Kriss and 1 Hansen were
accepted with regrets, while let-
ters of thanks were read from
the Stanley Humphries P.-T.A.
Variety Concert Committee for
the board’s donation of the gym-
nasium, and from R. E. Sommers
and Mrs. E. Leitner in return to
congratulatory letters for their

1952

5 Cents Per Copy

“WICTORIA — Expert

for the fi of its $65 mil-

testifying. at a hearing before
lands Minister E. T. Kenney here
on Monday, declared that timber
insthe disputed Trout Lake-Fer-
guson district could be logged’
more easily and economically to
Arrow Lakes by the Celgar De-
veolpment Co, Lid. than. to at-
témpt to take it out via Kootenay
Lake. .

Supporting the application of
the Celgar Company for a For-
est “Management License, Barry
Buurns, of Passmore Lumber Co.
Ltd. and Grover Cady of Shaffer
Hitchcok Co. both declared that
the logical route for removal of
the’ Trout Lake timber was by
way of Beaton and the Arrow
Lakes.

At the hearing, which lasted
through the day, other witnesses
testified that.

1, Kootenay Forest Products
led ‘by Nelson has access to more
than suffiicent Crown Timber on
Kootenay Lake to satisfy its re-
quirements apart from the Trout
Lake tract. Kootenay Forest Pro-
ducts Ltd. is protesting the Cel-
gar application insofar as it cov-
ers the Trout Lake area.

2. Driving logs on the Lardeau
River would be more costly than
trucking logs from “Trout Lake
to Kootenay Lake (Kootenay For-
est Products Ltd. had indicated
it planned to drive the logs down
from Trout Lake.)

3. The cost of trucking the logs
from Trout Lake to Beaton, a
distance of 12 miles, would be
less than the truck haul from
Trout Lake to Kooteny Lake a
distance of 32 miles.

4. The value placed on its
plant, equipment and timber by
Ke

wok in the West K y Music
Festival.

‘Two items of maintenance work
will be carried out shortly in
Kinnaird — the gravelling of
the road from the highway to
the Kinnaird School and the con~
struction of a new shelter at
milestone road. This new struct-
ure is made necessary since the
ola shelter -was on loan to the
Board and is now required by
the village ..

Present at ‘the meeting were
chairman G. Craft, secy.-treas. C.
H. King, menibers, s. W. Ja-
cobson, R. ‘Hurtter and J. Marsh-
al.

“Who ‘was the first man
‘to have a 40-hour week?”

ack: ““Rebinson Crusoe. He had
all his work done iby Friday.”

Another $28;70D worth of build-
img permiits, five licati

Forest Products Ltd.
has increased by $2 million since
the Celgar Project was first con-
tentplated last June.

5. The Celgar Development Co.
Ltd. ig. % for-qnly 62 per
éent“of its timber requirements
in the Forest Management Li-
cense while Kootenay Forest Pro-
ducts is asking for more than
100 per cent of its needs.

the Celgar Development Co. Lti

company already has withdrawn
a substantial volume of .timber
from its license application and
the license now applied for is the
absolute minimum which the
Company can hope to proceed
with its develonment of an inte-
grated forest industry.

‘It would not be possible for
the Celgar Company to arrange

D. Hossie, QC., councillor far |}
told the Minister that the Bald

lion project if the Trout Lake
area were witheld from the Li-
cense, Mr. Hossie said, “and
there would be no alternative
but to withdraw the License ap-
plication if the full “arear were
available.” 3

‘R. W. Johnstone, Revelstoke
timber man whose present act-
ivities include logging operations
in the Trout Lake District, de-

Many Support Celgar Application
Before Lands Minister In Victoria

remainder of Kootenay Lake com
tains sufficient government tim-
ber lands to keep the mill opera-
ing in perpetuity. The Kootenay
Forest Products application for
a management license does not
include this area,

The Celgar Application was
supported at the hearing by Nick
Oglow, chairman of the Castle-
gar Village Commissioners, A.
Anderson, president of the Castle—
gar Chamb ce, Ross

clared that he is inggg his
logs to the Arrow Lakes. This
route, Mr. Johnston declared is
the only logical one for taking
out this timber. William Whet-
sler, of Priest River, Idaho, who
has been river driving for more
than 30 years and who, at the
drives each year for the Dia-
Diamond Match Co. Ltd. told the
the minister that he had examined
the Lardeau River and found :t
would be impractical and costly
to attempt to move logs in the
stream,

Using aerial photography, Mr.
Whetsler pointed out the parti-
cular are&s in the river that

McDermid, representing the Kin-
naird Village Commissioners, and
representatives of the Chambers
of Commerce of Revelstoke, Ar-
rowhead and Nakusp.

The hearing - as held before
Lands and Forests Minister Ken-
ney despite earlier assuratnces
that it would be held by the
whole cabinet at the original
hearing on April 21, Senator J.
w. Deb Farris, council for Koo-
tenay Forest Products Ltd., said
he requested that the hearing be
Yheld before the entire cabinet.

Despite the protest of repres-.
entative of the Celgar Company
this it was accepted

would p. nt its
use as a mode of transporting
logs from Trout Lake.

Any attempt to drive logs in
the stream would destroy the fish
that are present in the Lardeau,
Mr. Whetsler said.

Dr. Frank Larkin, Biologist for
the Provincial Game Branch des-
cribed the Lardeau River as the
only spawning grounds for trout
the Kootenay Lake has and he
declared that any attempt to
drive logs in The River would be
opposed by his department.

by Mr. Kenney on the understand-
ing that the hearing would be
considéred final and no apppeal
would be permitted. Senator
Farris suggested that, because of
approaching election it would
not be possible to obtain a cab-
inet hearing before the end of
June, but he agreed to co-operate:
in obtaining the earhest possible:
date.

At Monday’s hearing it was dis-
closed that Senator Farris in a
telegram had agreed to a cab-
inet hearing on May 19th, but

ib ly, advised Mr. Kenney

Hugh Hodgi a for-
ester of Vancouver, said he ha
studied the Lardeau River and
had - estimated it would cost
$12,000 per mile or nearly $400,-
000 to make it suitable for river
Griving. With booming grounds
at Trout Lake and Kootenay

ake, Mr. Hodgins placed the
otal cost of “improvements re-
quired at $500,000.

On the basis of new and re-

ntly compiled information

eorge Minns, former member
4f the Forest Department staff
Nelson and at present _con-
sulting forester, declared that the
a di Lardeau districts,
where Kootenay Forest Products
Ltd. is applying for its manage-
ment license. could supply enough
tamber to satisfy the mill at
Nelson without the Trout Lake

Timber.

Further, Mr. Minns said, the

that since W. M. Leuthold, Presi-
dent of Kootenay Forest Pro-
ducts Ltd., and one of the Com-
pany’s witnesses could nat be
present, he would not attend.

In his place on Mondgy was hi3
son, John Farris, who asked that,
if the hearing could not be’ post-
poned again, it be heard before
the Minister instead of the Cab-
inet and that Kootenay Forest,
Produucts Ltd, be given the right
to appeal to the Cabinet at a
jatter date.

No evidence was presented by
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd.
on Monday.

Mr. Kenney reserved that his
decision, on the application which
he heard, would be returned at
an early date. The decision, when
:it is given, will not necessarily be
{final or binding, however, as it.
is subject to appeal.

Village, Commission 7
Approves More
Building-Trade Permits

ja@isposed af, following -which,
Cc issi Williams reported

‘fo:
water service, and ‘five trade ‘li-
cence appplications were {ap-
proved by the Commistoners ‘of
the Corporation of the Village of
Castlegar-at their regular Monday
night meeting. Bills for new

becomes a ‘most creative force
in the atomic age. It wil height
en and tmiltiply human values.
It will defuse among peoples,

Continued ‘on Page 8

equipment, including the yur-
chase of new -water works equip-
‘ment, were akso approved.

In the absence of Commission-

Jer ‘N. Qglow, who «was at Victoria,

Tea, Bake and Apron
Sale Planned By
Evening Group

A Tea, Bake and Apron Sale
was planned for June 18th in
aid of the Kootenay Society for
the Handicapped Children when
the Evening Grdup held their
business meeting.

The President, Mr. D. Duncan,
who was nominated as delegate
to.‘this worthy society, gave the
report of the meeting she atgend-
ed in Trail last week, It was de-
cided to send $10, this will give
the Society’s delegate a vote.

, Reports from other committees
‘were given, followed by refersh-
ments served, by Mrs.

'

g the Celgar Licence Ap-

| plication hearings, as the Com-
| mision representative,
| stoner “VV. Jenks: assumed chair-

Commis-

manship fo rthe evening. Prior
to the regular order of ‘business
the commission heard a two man
delegation from the Castlegar
Transportation Society present
proposals for purchase of the Vil-
lage propetry on Maple Street,
adjoining: the Arrow Motors Gar-
age. The Society representatives
G. Carr and S. Dower, reached
tentative .agreement with the
commission, whereby property in
question would become the site
of the new C.T.S. Garage, a new
Village offite; a Fire Hall and a
Community Hall, adjoining each
other. The vlan is subject to fu-
there investigation and negotia-
tion.

that the latest water service com-
plaints were being taken care of
Mr. Williams also assured the
meeting that there are ailequate
supplies of water pipe on hand
for present needs. He fhem told
the council of the opening cere-
‘monies of the new Trail High
School last week, which he at-
tended as commision represent-
ative. “It’s a grand building.” Mr.
‘Williams described the new High

School. “but taking it classroom
for classroom, Castlegar ‘bas
mothing-te be ashamed of.”
There ‘way a repert 83 the
work being done on the ball park.
‘Hatry Sommers, Parks Commis-
sioner, disclused that a consider-

able amount of work ‘has been
expended with ‘good results and
™ore is contemplated. The cOm-
missioner outlined proposed plans
for construction of a wall around
the ball park, with a back-stp
in front of the bleachers. The
wall would be available for ad-
vertising display on its interior
surface. J, Williams, water com-
missioner announced that plans
Continued on Page 3

“The reason grandmother look-

ed better dressed than the mod-

and Mrs. E. Ostrom, to the 18

then began
ar order. of business. A

| members and one visitor present.

mer ef rcutine matters were!

ern girl wasn’t that she had more
clothes; she just wore more at a
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Kiwanis Hold :
Social Evening

Some sixty Castlegar Kiwanis
Club ‘members and guests en-
joyed an evening of fun and
frolic m the Twin Rivers Hall
Tuesday evening when the Club
sponsored another of its famous
“ladies nights.” Highlighted by
the induction of two new mem-

quet, performances by guest art-
ists dancing to the music of two
different orchestras and a_ bar
where refreshments were avail-
able.

In the absence of President
Bob §S Vice-presid
George Magwood called the as-
sembly to order. After the sing-
ling of “O Canada”, and intonation
of Grace by Al Horswill, the con-
vocatio proceeded to enjoy a
sumptuous meal. When the “in-
ner man” (and woman) were sat-
isfied, the evening’s guests were
introduced by their escorts.

Two young men were then of-
ficially welcomed into the Club
membership. Vic Misutka, a Cas-
tlegar newcomer, and Ken Sharp-
less, Castlegar milkman, were
imtroduced to the assembly by
Gus Leitner 2nd Cliff Wanless
respectively. Cyril Bell  wel-j|
comed these new members,
minding them of the high aims j
and ideals of the Club, and urg-
ing them to take their member- |
ship seriously, Further words ot |
welcome and admonition were |
voiced by Vice-President George
who then fastened the official
Kiwanis Club emblem to the
lapels of each of the new Ki-
wanians.

In honor of the evening’s
guests, a toast to the ladies was

bers, the event featured a ban-|'‘

proposed by Joe Killough, and
respnded to by Mrs. Al Horswihl.
In her response, Mrs. Horswill
told the Kiwanians present “I
think your Kiwanis Club is a
splendid Club. I hke your motto,
‘we build;’ I like your aims and
ideals.”

It was now entertainment time.
Miss Nettie Brodman, well known
Castlegar artist, lent her thrill-
i ‘ano voice to a superb

of three selections:

from Jocelyn; “I
Love You So;” and “Will You
Remember?” Her accompanist
was Miss Marcia Bell.

The Castlegar Male Voice

(continued on page 5)

Castle News Adds:
Equipment - Staft:

The Castlegar ecjmmunity
newspaper, “The Castles New
is expanding right alongwith the
community it serves, The arri-
val of new press equipment and
two staff additions make it an
independent weekly for the first
time in its history.

Since its pioneer days. five
years ago, the _ cdllections of
news, articles, features, etc. whicn
made up each issue were sent t».
Rossland each week for Lino-
vpe setting. Now the Castle
News has acquired its own linn-
type which arrived quite recent-
ly, tI is now entirely published
in Castlegar.

th

Tonrel fr,
from Salmon Arm, 1s the new
lirfotype operator: whil V. A.
Misutka, now employed as a bank
teller in Castlegar, will. he join-
ing the i
shortly,