10 " CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec, 15, 1960

Try Your Drus
FIRST

for Christmas
gifts...

Sheaffer Pens ....... $3.95 _Lovabla .
Timex Watches ...... ay

Buxton Wallets ...... Doll
Pholo Albums ........ a
Pipes . $1.98 ---
Wriling Gases....... $4.00
Heating Pads ....... $5.95
Binoculars ...:.... $20.00
“Travel Alarm Glock .. $5.98
Desk Pen Set ....... $4.60
Soda Siphon :..,... $14.95
Sportsman Lantem .. » $9.95

- Bathroom Scales .:.. $7.95
Game Set . $2.98

large-size and

fully ‘dressed,

serie dl Set... : : pick

Joining Plaza
Sewage fo Park
- Boing Studied

Astoctated Engineers’ “have .ad-
vised the ‘Village of Kinnaird that
4 the: feasibility ‘of Joining Castlenird

Plaza ie -the Woodland Park sewer
lepends greatly on tests car-
S | ried a before and sfter the King
4 | Koin laundromat goes me opera~
tion.

A letter read at council's meet-

ing Monday night advised: that the
cost would be approximately - $5,000
but that Associated had written the

company

such information as number of
machines,’ hours of operation, and
the chemical make-up of the soap
to be used, Pe A
Comm, E ©. Ackerman said
that he hed learned at the Indt
meeting of the WE Health board
that detergents have been known
to-“run half a mile through gravel
and still be active after that.”
“That's a very Bood point to

"noted village
Carl Loeblich, .

’ GROUND ‘BEEF, 3. Ibs.

“h EREMENKO & 00.

CROSS RIB ROASTS, Ib. 590.
POT ROASTS, blade, ib. ..

DUCKS, Long Island,
Eviscerated, tb.

GEESE = CHICKENS BROILERS

, BUTTER, Ist. grade, tb.

MARGARINE, Quartet, 2 Ibs.” 49c

EGGS, grade ‘A’, 2 doz.

PEAS, Nabob, size 3

TOMATO JUICE, Nabeb, 48 oz,
3 for. .

- STUFFED OLIVES, Margarita,
12 oz.

ICE CREAM, Westland, %% oa 59e
MANDARIN ORANGES,

$1.69 box $3.35 bundle
« CRANBERRIES, pkg. ....
CELERY, Ib.

PUREX, 4 rolls .
Sweet Mixed PICKLES, Palm,

30 oz. jars ..... os
MINCEMEAT, Nabob, 24 oz. 49c:
GINGERALE, McDonald's, 's, qts.

4 for .

CHOCOLATES, Boxes,

Willard’s Famous
SWEET BISCUITS, McCormick's
*, Family pack, 2 Ibs. 79¢
SHRIMPS, Cloverleaf, 412 ‘oz. 55c ©
TURKEYS, grado ‘A’ ‘eviscerated

5%

A “seatl.
mentale*
gift is sure
fo score
with her ot
Christmas,

STATIONERY’.
Gifts

Come on in and explore our wide world “S19.95
LADIES’
NYLONS
seamless-

89e
57 aa.
59e & 69

of wonderful gifts for practically every
. onel Boxed writing paper, pen and pencil |

sets, desk sets... many other bright ideas

for Christmast neg

Bedroom

SUppers, Tors, _ Dolls, Trucks

up, to 26 in. ’
MEN'S

Car Coats, Sportsjackets Ties,

ers, ‘Wallets, Gloves, Socks
Belts, Hankles, etc.

FOOTWEAR GIFT

- SUGGESTIONS FOR
CHRISTMAS GIVING

Skates For HIM

MADDOCKS

MAY WE SUGGEST A
PAIR OF COMFORTABLE
- SLIPPERS FOR -DAD .

FOR HER.
INCLUDE;
CORNING:
WARE,
CRYSTAL
and
GLASSWARE,
COPPER
WARE,
WOODEN
WARE,
DINNER
" WARE,
CHINA
WARE,
and many more
non - advertised

The Perfect Gitt For.
HIM. .

CAMP STOVE or LANTERN, LEVELS, HAMMERS,
PROPANE TORCH KIT, FISHING TACKLE
_ SLEEPING ROBE, GOLF GLUBS, WALLETS
ELECTRIC DRILLS,. BINOCULARS,
LUGGAGE, SOLDERING IRONS:

Electrical ‘Appliances
For HER”
‘TOASTERS, IRONS,: KETTLES, FRYING PANS,
MIXERS, BLANKETS, 'PERCULATORS
POLISHERS, VACUUM CLEANERS, :

Your Christmas ‘store for the Castlegar ‘District

For the Children
on your list
PYJAMAS, BOY’S V-NECK SWEATERS, TERRYLENE
BLOUSES, CRINOLINES, HOUSECOATS for children

Gifts for the Lady’

of your choice _

BULKY KNITS — Orion and: Wool, large selection of styles
and colors, sizes 16 fo 44 ......... $6.95 ‘to: $13.50
PYJAMAS, NIGHTGOWNS, SHORTIE PYJAMAS in. Grion,
Brushed Ravon and, Flannelette,

100% pure wool Sabre Tartan SLIMS SI.95 to $12.95
2-Piece TARTAN SUITS... wreeeees $25,95

‘SKIRTS, PARTY: DRESSES, BLOUSES, CRINOLINES; NYLONS;
“HOUSE DRESSES, SCARVES, ‘GLOVES, Leather and Plastic a
HANDBAGS

where the gift you choose says: what you find . |

difficult-to put into: words. © =.”

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PROVENOTAL | UEBRART,
VICTORIA, By Cy

DEC, 3}/324Q% °

Published Every Thursday at “’The-Crossroads of the Kootenays”

VOLE. 13, No. 51

20 PAGES THIS ISSUE

CASTLEGAR, = COLUMBIA, NED AY, DEC. 21, 1960°

No Worries
About Losing
Local Airport

Gusttesor wil not. be tusing
its airport, R. A. D, ‘Weat told. thé)
Chamber ‘of Commerce tast Wed-
neséay.

“I don't think we've pa any-
thing to worry about,” said Mr.
‘West. He sald that‘it is “the under-
‘ standing of the airport committee

that federal government policy is|‘

to support the pesent airports at
Castlegar and Cranbrook.
* He said former Transport Min-

+ iste George Hees, Murray Macfar-|-
B.. Slane (MP, Rootensy-Fast) and H.

‘W. Herridge (Mp,

“My Foolish-
ness," a love ‘song
composed and set to
music by Mrs, D. L.

(Ruby) MoCreight of
Kinnaird, has now
been’ released on 8
Music of America al-

ry = subdivision
Kinnaird:

“My Foolish-
ness” is the first

all favor the present airport isites,

J. M. Macheth said that -70. per
cent of the traffic boarding at
Cranbrook and Castlegar is. west-

Vancouver on the line,

“hose chambers in cities who|.
are not donating to the airport sure
have a lot to say on it,” deuened
Paul Oglow.

vee

Fall Fair: Stays
Th. Existence--

‘The Castiegar and District Fall
Fair will continue. .
* Although only. eight - persons
tarned ont: td “a: cece

Fairy “will continue in existence,
Fete Ewart to remain

as president. Old’ beard. members|

stil on the; executive are: Mrs,

first: vice-president is Mea, L
* Grunerud,

‘There was lots: of pro and con
“gal at the meeting but: despite
“the “very, very poor response” it
was felt that It Ywonld be “a pity
te let the Fatr drop.”

"“Wo just couldn't. see ‘ie fold
wp,” commented recording secre-
tary, Mrs, Hill. } 5

“Report Given. Ca :
Poor TV Recejtion

No further. action by. the Cas-
_ tlegar- Chamber ‘of Commerce, pn
complaints shout, poor, service

Kin-Gar TV, until, the results ‘of -

Einnaird’” ‘council's . ‘efforts’ are

suggested at the Jkt:

has had recorded but she'has hopes
of having another record out soon.
Its a ‘quick tune titled “Make a

peared on “Listen adles” over
CJAT and Rick's on Ist avenue in
Cases hopes to stock her record.

‘Kinnaird Woman
Records. a Song _

plays the plano, it also writes
song3 and sets’ them’ to‘miusic. ° :

: not’ “heeded for anothé
the'd Cham!

self. the, ‘plano and" now not ‘only, is

A npn Deal

‘Power from: the, Police river is

ppen to know a little
abc the Peace. I live up there
fortwo years,” said the SOhamber’s
new -vice-ptesident. He fsald that
power from both the Coltumb{s ‘end
tho: Pelice‘at ‘the same. tims is not
f | needed £¢ another 20-years, 6

Pte dont sgree, with ths. corse .
‘vatives (Bocreds) in teria: or

thie <Conéervatives .in}/Ottawa” : on

this.matter; said Mr. rhead.

* ek-joint proposition that’s

to‘léave the Columbia ark

nant;'for’. another « 40: years.”
“ gaid he .doegn’t elleve

- Phone’ (alls.

Co.. is

on Increase

an senb0e addition to the
automatic central office equipment
which .will relieve.overloaded. facili-
ties’ and -provide

the | Castlegar “exchange ’ Ti

pol
ber | project will relieve the “busy”. con-
ditions sometimes : encountered on

t | there: Z'ted ‘the ‘horses oni the ‘pack

that 2 million hp ran be'developed

on’ the'"Pesce “as they ‘bay they

ean.” ‘He sald the ‘figure’ would be
by

““E was one: gurgeyors up

the:
don’t think” 60," They're eet

- Development of the Peace river | @
‘a :Bto

CHRISTMAS: RUSH: is on: in: full at the “Castlegar post
office. Eight extra' persons have been taken on by post-
master T. R.. Deans to meet the demand of Christmas

lave “been increased niore than’ ever this

and

right-wing ‘Tories. with the aay

question being which one is. the

creased from.
1959 to more. than: 10,000

“Wo ‘Problem Yet
On Engineering

OTTAWA — Preliminary engin-
eering studies reveal no outstanding
difficulty in. building : the proposed
High Arrow dam, Resources Minis-
ter Dinsdale safd last, week..

Mr, Dinsdale was replying in
the Commons to H. W..Herridge
(COF-Kootenay West), who had as-
ked for'a progress report.on foun-
dation studies at High Arrow by.
government surveys, ny

. Deer Park-Renata

Group ‘Neither For
\ Nor ‘Against Dam

‘ata and 3: Creek have elec-
ted » ‘joint committee which ts
“neither for nor. against” ah
Arrow dam.

"The comvutttee has been estab-
lished "“ta: the: interests of -the
: with its_main’ pur-

known, was’
meeting of the

Opiow,’ who’ had looked into ‘te ‘

subject for the group... ?
‘Mr. Oglow. said.that most

ple
of “another petition" in‘ the hope

of improving reception. However, he}:
said he felt arte further, should’

be.done until the’ results of .Kin-
naird council's: efforta ‘are known.

council
in getting
‘fictals into the ae to investigate

the complaints.
2

pose” being “to, point ont what
we're losing.” =~

“Residents of. Deer Park, Ren-|-

MAt the’ firet mecting of thel-

meeting took’ place Ded, 9 at the
*y home’ of. H. Mottershead in Deer
| Park.:

hor Stewart’ of Syringa ‘was
chairman * of. tha’ joint

By BURT CAMPBELL:

“The True. Spirit of the Christmas Santon

The. true spirit. of Christmas
is the spirit°embodied n Tiny Tim
‘Cratchit ‘ih Charles Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol.” .°

. Tt ig the same Tiny Tim who
sums up the trie Christmas spir-
it in‘ his oft-repeated phrase: “God
bless us every. onel”,

“A Obristmas Oarol,” frst pub-
lished in 1643, is a story that will
“never grow old. It is oe tory

.of Ebenezer Scrooge, a ‘man 50

taken up with the arnt of. the

(“Golden “Idol”. that. he finds ‘no

“the. for the real. eign nt make
“ite m
in business.

Scrooge’s
“tn the ‘story is Jacob Marley, One-
Christm:

a8,” seven years ‘after his
death, , Marley appears: : before
-Bcrooge a8 a ghost who must go
through lfé‘and “witness what :it
. carfnot, share, .but “might . have
shared on earth, and turned. to
happiness.”

‘Marley wears 2

chain, “Th
ca I forged in life. I made t

Unk by link,'and: yard by yard; I
“girded {t on 6Y my own ‘free willy

Sand Of my own free. will t. wore

1h"

Berooge, says the _shoat, has.

ponderous Chain.”
1%; Marley says thst Jalthough
‘money~ was - his. profes-
‘sion’ in‘ life,” his. real’ business
should ‘have been mankind. (“The
common welfare was my ‘business;

charity,’ mercy;  forbearance,. and-

Wo Gaslagar
News Printed
~ Next Week:

NEXT ISSUE. ON JANUARY ce

“hensive ocean) ‘of my businéss!"')”
” -aske ‘Marley, “did 1

walk through crowds of fellow-.

": beings with my eyes turned down

/ and never ‘raise them to that bles~

“ged Star which led the Whe Men
/t0-8' poor, “abode?”

"Miley. tells Scrooge he - ill
be haunted; hy three Bpirlte.. The

Responsibility
To Own Area

By w vote of 20 to two the
and District Chamber of

saat
a resolution’ sponsored by tte Cul-
comamattteree:

ifosits just amazing what hus
been “done” in Castlegar: in” 1960,
village chairman N. T Oglow told
council. Jast mira. «2
‘Compar.t:s . the ‘record of. Be-
wih the

first ts° the ‘Ghost : of
Past who shows Scrooge his early
life ag-a school boy, as an appren-
tice, aid as a man whose wife
left him because’ he worshiped
the “Golden Idol” -

set « out at the beginning of the
year, Mr. Oglow ‘anid: a water tank
hadjbeen bullt,.two: wells were’ de-
velohed, @ sanitary. land fill gar-
bage; dump ,was put into operatiort
and more" sidewalks were built. New

__| street lights’ were installed, he. said;

shows Scrooge how Christmas is
being celebrated at. the home‘ of
his clerk Bob Cratchit and at his
nephew Fred's home. |

| The Ghost of ‘Christmas wet
\ to Come: —) the-third Spirit —
Shows Scrooge a future in which
Tiny.-Tim will-die-and in which
Scrooge: himsef :wilt die with the
charwoman, Jaundress and under-
‘ taker’s man stealing. the curtains, |.
clothes and even the blankets
;from his death bed unless he leads
an altered life.

Berooge resolves to change his

ever once in all his life
the way of such ‘and such a pl

He will lead anew lite ‘of
aieanieg ast and. will view Christmas
as his nephew does,

Christmas-| time, when it -comes
"apart fromthe vener-

around,
-ation. due to its sacred name and} ~
anything

belonging to it
can'be apart from that,” expounds
the nephew, | ‘asa: good ‘time; “a

“1 have jalways thought ‘of 2

and the remaining sections of wood
stave pipe ‘were replaced,
Other objectives of maintaining
.| the same ‘mill rate ond borrowing
no money were ‘also: accomplished,
said Mr, Oglow. However, the desire
to establish a park in. the Shew-
chuck subdivision was not ful{Mled
for financial: reasons,
“We've got a pretty. good bat-

ing, average,” Co: commented the chair-| Thi
‘man: “In ‘my dpinion it has been
a avery successful year. I hope we
enjoy another ‘one of equal success:
and equal , co-operation.”
ent Jheads. gave their
annual reports at the meeting and
full details of these will be carried
in the Jan.;6, {asus of the, Castlegar
News,

go —
Top Batting ¥ Year

ve

works
R. * Sook said that his department
spent $22,200 “in round figures” this
year, ‘while health chairman Welter
‘Thorp’ noted. that the “quality cf
water and milk have serained of

the highest order.”
Comm. Aage Sylvest sald. the
water

a
program. started in’ 1959. while
Comm, ‘George Catr.said he will
confer’ further- with the fire chief
before: making a report for the fire | row.
department.

~ Pulp Worker
In Accident

Celgar employee George Kooch-'
in. jcerared seriou
wursday when his
caught between nip‘ atts ot a drier
while working at the pulp mill.

the
local hospital but his‘irijuries were
diagnosed to be more painful than
serious. .No were sustain-

ining last |
a became

perhaps “partially answer
iginal question as to why High Ar-
”

for or against-High Arrow,” he ad-
‘ded.
. Sam Muirhead said the wording

led; but there were some me abrasions.

(continued on page 12)

“Question: of ‘a’ stop-and-ga light
at. the corner of Columbia and Pine
sparked a. lively discussion at Wed-
nesday’s. meeting ‘of the’ ‘Castlegar

kind, Plea-
sant .time;, the only. time I, know
‘of, in the long calendar of the
year, when men and women’ seem
by one consent to open their shut-

of ¢
‘Village works chairman | Ve. RB

highways “department had turned.
down & request for a traffic con-

; [trol ight: because the department!

tmas in
my heart, and. try to keep it all
the year... A Merry Christmas

to'all the world!”

to everybody! A Happy New ‘Year| :

doesn’t. feel It jis

Gook ‘told .the. chamber” that, the!

“AT PINE-& COLUMBIA °

bilan Go Light Mected

commented ‘Mr, Cook,’ ”

department, however, has no ia
section i Castlegar wishes to. in-
stall 01
nls ‘all right for ‘thems, I guess,!

| Bosse that the light op-
erate between'3 and 630 pm.

: “It's humanity. and: lives ‘wets
‘talking about,. not’ money,”

the hour, Beeced for such.a light|-. Comm.
Teo| that the chamber's roads“and ‘brid-

he Bad sober fheaall netped: women ‘with
their , the -street
when cars sare won't stop ‘stop at the’ cross-
walk.

- He said that one day. 5 oman,
sat down at the coffee. bar—tm hts
store, and white after a
car just ‘about bjt her and Ther’ two
children.

Cook then , suggested

ges committee look into’ the’matter
and: report: to the chamber. A ‘let-
ter.can then be written the .villege
=| council andjor Highways’ Minister
that|Geglardi, :