\ ! B8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 16, 1981 Cl CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 16, 198) Rasp- Cooking hi | Chapel for your ional services Extra special koft and and sympotl ou all, Your ki e romemtsurence, Evelyn ond fomily Bil ond Robert. 74 a eee Land Title Act RE: Lot 16, Block 10, District Lot 380, Similkameen Division Yole t, Plan 35. Forks. oot of loss or Cer- eby given et lieu of the said Certificote, unless In the meantime valid objection writing. ‘and Title Office, this 25th day of istrict. First Publication Sept. 9, 1981._74 —— SS E=—=_S===—_—_S=S==S=== SSS ALAN WHITMORE will be openin; a music studio in Sept. Areas o' instruction will be plano, organ, voice, and theory. Students wishing Instrumental coaching will also be cohsidered. For fur- ther Information, Ph. 365-8163, Exciting, Enjoyable Music THE STAR SYSTEM Weddings — Parties Reasonable Rates 365-8474 Div. of Pacifica Entertainment Industries Ltd. Music lessons will be pravided for the accordian and organ. For fur- thar inquiries, please phone 365. 3147 a4 To crack down on poachers MASAGAMING, MAN. (CP) — Wardens at Riding Mountain national park in western Manitoba have stepped up patrols to crack down on poachers who have been shipping elk meat to ‘S$ Winnipeg. A spokesman for the park, about 160 kilometres north- west of Winnipeg, said there are “quite big” shipments of meat going out of the park. He said the wardens are after a core of seasoned poachers who have worked there for years. “There are a few people that poach for a living and sell it (meat) for a profit,” he said. “That's the people we'd like to get.” The maximum fine for poaching in national parks is $500. However, a maximum of $25,000 is being con- sidered. Columbia Hydro Constructors Ltd. HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT, REVELSTOKE, 8.C. ‘ BOILERMAKER WELDERS Minimum DPW 3 or GMAW certified for production welding of heavy plate (one inch and thicker) to X-ray tested standards. Require considerable experience in welding all positions with %" rod and/or semi- automatic gas/metal arc including automatic girth welding machines. Must do own back gouging and be willing to work at heights. Must be able to pass 3 positional X-ray test prior to commencement of work. Union rate $15.67/hr. Free room and board supplied. JOURNEYMAN CARPENTERS Must have 3 years heavy construction ex- perience, preferrable in cantilever-type con- crete forms, and be willing and able to work at heights. Experience in carpenter rigging and welding an asset. Union rate $15.30/hr. Free room and board supplied. CARPENTER FOREMAN Must have 3 - 5 years supervisory experience i t in One man's opinion Deterrent By FRED MERRIMAN Since | have just spent two hours mulling over the rules, regulations and assorted literature from the Office of the Rentalsman, | think it appropriate to discourse on my opinion of George Orwell brought into reality through the above-mentioned good offices. § May | say at the outset that many landlords are true bandits and some of us from vestery ocr can remember vividly th on the t staring ly ata duplex. The e sight of some poor widow ile of second-hand furniture and making a noble effort to calm her crying children, Our family was close to that situ Ista My tc jation several times and the rent was only a month for a tl Man pulls final daredevil stunt RONTO (CP) — A sor- Before his last stunt, Pow- fue iter Toronto ell’s friend Roger Foam mother, Barbara Powell, who thought he was joking ape .was unaware of her son Rob- diving off the bridge “ ert’s last stunt off Vancou- couver | police call au i: ver's Lions Gate Bridge dur- bridge.” Then Me Nace fl ing a vacation last Saturday, hore as Powe 001 iM Y junge. pad ape carbiry a y Police have abandoned She had always known her their search for Powell, an son “liked to climb the tallest honors chemistry graduate at tree, ride the fastest motor- the University of Waterloo, cycle and drive the fastest because they expect a strong Brain Powell, his brother who flew from Jasper, Alta., to comfort his mother, re- membered other daring feats. “When he drove his motor- cycle home from out west, he raced a train home’ from Kenora to Toronto in the driving rain, I think he beat it.” “He also told of his brother hanging from a fifth floor nb. yard. and demand? being b paid only $18 a month fora much superior two-storied house with a far better It seemed, also, in those days that renters far outnumbered landlords and those fortunate few who actually owned their own home. Things aren't much different now where the banks and-credit unions own all the property and rent it back to the unwary by calling it interest, Then enter the Rentalsman with words like controlled housing, eligible expenditures and subject to review. Whatcver happened to the law of supply of knowing tenants who d the stopped the construction of new apar owners of homes from renting same, rather than listing them for sale. ed the landlord game have also had the experience roperty, failed to pay the rent and all the other devastating action of which a few tenenats are capable. Rank those with ihe bandit landlords mentioned earlier. . Any who have pla: ight to the d/tenant 9! where the owner of a property must ask permission to raise the rent under penalty of going to jail or suffering heavy fines. Perhaps | am naive, but it is, nevertheless, my opinion that government interference in the | h if ff | across the street cars.” rip tide swept it out to sea. But Robert Powell, 24, didn't come out of the fast tidal currents of Burrard In- let after the daredevil stunt off the bridge. His first stunt was at the age of seven when the Ot- tawa fire department plucked him from the neigh- borhood’s tallest tree. “A neighbor called me — balcony during a party. CITY OF CASTLEGAR NOTICE COURT OF REVISION TAKE NOTICE that the Court of Revision for the LIST OF ELECTORS will sit in the Council Chambers of the City Hall located at 460 Columbia Avenue, on Thur- sday, October 1, 1981 at 4:30 p.m. lemolished the Pp 7 forms in June and mailed same before the post office strike. Three months later the Cranbrook office of the Rentalsman calls to inform me that have mailed the wrong forms, as a suc- tments or completely discouraged cessor set is now It was also was not aware of the updated forms . procedures change so fast even the much-maligned tenants can't keep up. The P Court House in Rossland . - and don’t blame them because said he was up on a tree between hydro wires,” Mrs. Powell recalled. “When I got out he was laughing and yell- ‘Look Mom, no The Court of Revision shall hear all COMPLAINTS and CORRECT the names of electors in anyway wrongly stated therein; and may ADD or STRIKE NAMES from the List and CORRECT ANY OTHER MANIFEST ERROR. ; LIST OF ELECTORS will be open for inspection at City Hall and Public Libraries until October 1, 1981. However she didn’t know until her other sons men- tioned that Robert's more recent stunts had bordered close to ‘death. “They don't come home Registration or correction to the List may be made at City Hall before the sitting of the Court of Revision October 1, 1981 at 4:30 p.m.’ for the past two years and also prod institution supporting the refinancing arrangements . . . which must be com- 1 *, I to present fi acertified d for the property from the and tell their mothers of Dated September 17, 1981 pulsory. premises myself. js not yr P 1am writing on this subject because a little “: plonatory literature which referred to form Sec 67(3) and a seven-day time limit on refinancing eligibility. 1 am fortunate to have good, ‘One more rental property withdrawn from the market due to Office of L the Rentalsman interfering in the principle of free enterprise. understanding tenants and yet with this hassle, bureaucracy, red tape and shades of 1984 only three years away, i} am seriously thinking of evicting those good tenenats and occupying the daredevil this..." she said as, Clty Clerk appeared on the ex- her voice trailed off. Sy, Trend has shifted - Shifts in labor market trends and rapid advances in technical training require- ments are making women in increasinbly important seg- ment of the work force. Dur- ing the 1980's, 60 to 70 per cent of the new entrants to the labor market will be fe- males. Faced with current shortages of skilled workers in a wide range of occu- pations including most trade areas and high technology fields such as microelectron- ics, and an even high demand for skilled workers in the future, employers are now realizing the economic reality and necessity of making more employment and training op- women in B.C., particularly in non-traditional occupa- tions. During the past year, staff of the Women’s Office in Burnaby have been monitor- Flight Schedule, Castlegar, B.C. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15, 1981 Flight Number Frequency —VictorlaAr. | Vancouver Lv. the Women's Non- Employment Program which ided finan: to private-sector employers to hire and train females in new, marketable skills. ing and labor market 11207 4} __|__VancouverLv.__} _4300 _ Fight Number Diy. ‘requency that have been Sa. in ion for at least one resource material on wom- en's occupational interests nad related issues; promot- Lv. Vancouver Ar. Ar. Penticton Lv. Lv. Penticton Ar. Ar. Castlegar Lv. Lv. Castlegar Ar. year may apply for 24 months of funding at $1.50 - $2.50 per hour to create new ing public of wom- en's employment issues through seminars and confer- ences, and providing counsel- ling services to employers. Reception to the initiatives undertaken by the Women’s Office has been positive, and staff are currently working closely with coal mine de- portu to fe- male employees. In response to the evolving role of females in the work force, in 1980 the Provincial Ministry of Labor established the Women's Office. The overall objective of the Wom- en's Office is to promote and improve job opportunities for and pipeline con- struction companies in the North and Interior of the province in developing man- power planning’ strategies incorporating the available resource of female employ- ees. Earlier this year, the Women's Office established 1 jobs, or to fill existing non-traditional jobs with female employees. Positions eligible for fund- ing include a variety of man- agerial, supervisory, and Ar. Calgary Lv. + Flight Number Lv. Calgary Ar. Ar. Edmonton Lv. ReadUp technical jobs; and a wide range of machine operator jobs in industrial, transpor-- tation, manufacturing, and farming occupations. Additonal information on the Women's Office and the TRAVEL AGENCY 1217 - 3rd St., Castlegar 365-7782 Women's Non-Traditional Employment Program may be ‘obtained by calling the Ministry of Labor office in Nelson at 3652-5378, or the head office in Victoria at WEL 365-8451 : 1438 Columbia Ave., 3 SERVICE CASTLEGAR LTD. Castlegar A Trusted Name In Travel For 23 Years Teel Once Zenith 2210, toll free. in heavy industrial contilever-type concrete forms. Union rate $17.33/hr. Free room and board supplied. LABORATORY TECHNICIAN/CONCRETE To inspect batch plant and advice on mix adjustments, etc. Also required to perform concrete field and laboratory control tests to check that materials, and wet comply with the requirements of the specifications and prepare reports. Must have a minimum of 3 years experience in lab testing on heavy construction projects and be experienced in batch plant inspection and C.S.A. test procedures. A graduate from In- stitute of Technology desirable. Union rate $15.08/hr. Free room and board supplied or living out allowance up to $35/day. PIPEFITTERS Preference will be given to those having an Inter-provincial ticket with heavy construction experience. Will be climbing and working on steep slopes. Union rate $16.08/hr. Free room and board supplied. REINFORCING IRON WORKERS Must have 2 - 3 years experience in placing reinforcing steel, be in good physical con- dition and must be willing and able to work at heights. Union rate $14.97/hr. Free room and board supplied. PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS OR CALL: Columbia Hydro Constructors Ltd. 230 Wes: roadway Vancouver, B.C. VSY 1P7 Phon '9-3561. COMET GOLDFISH BED AENEUS CATFISH YOUNG FANCY COCKATIELS each? 99,00 GOFFIN COCKATGO Regular $159.99 each. SALE Regular $547.00 SALE ... 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There are several recorded cases of men and women, caught up in a life they could no longer tolerate, who to 1 " These very thoughts kept dancin through Alfred Arth- ur Rouse's mind. The wives, the debts, and the intrigue were too much, Arthur decided to do something about it, andiwhat he did became a classic in the annals of e, Arthur was born in London on April 6, 1894. His parents his war wounds were not evident. Miraculously Arthur had recovered so that he was completely mobile. Comfortable life Now emp! asa 1 7 Arthur prospered from 1920 through 1927. The Rouses owned their own comfortable home on Buxted Road. Arthur appeared to be the perfect family man, puttering about his home and garden. This picture of matrimonial bliss may have been accurate as far as Mrs. Rouse was concerned, but in Arthur's case it was as false as a two-headed penny. You see, Arthur had been playing the field all along. In 1920 he met, wooed and won pretty 15-year-old Helen Campbell. ‘As fate or luck or whatever controls such things would have it, Helen became, as they used to say in those days, {aden with child. ave birthina private home. The baby lived only - inued his relationship with Helen, ood until shortly after No- amously tied the ington. After the became lovers. Meanwhile, Helen gave birth toa bounc- ing baby boy who was aptly: christened Arthur, Jr. For years Art somehow kept his three lives runnin, smoothly. Helen Campbell, who had been employ out Her life, hid: i to Save'a bit of money.. When-she informed-art-that-she was about-to purchase part ownership in a restaurant, he vehemently disapproved of the idea. The pair argued so bitterly that they decided to separate. Wouldn't you know it, Nellie Tucker picked this inopportune time to give birth to a baby girl. In order to get Art to assist her financially in bringing up the child she obtained a maintenance order against him in 1928. They say it never rains but it pours. Helen Campbell obtained a main- tenance order against Arthur for the support of Arthur r. Goodness, everything was becoming complicated. In fact, with court sppearances and the like, it was impossi- ble for Art to keep his three families separate: This state of affairs came to a head in the Rouse’s living room, when Jr. needed to Ii her son to Lily Rouse. Lily became extremely attached to le boy. With babies, wives, and finances swimming through his head one would think that Arthur would make an honest effort to curtail his amorous ways: Not so. Arthur picked this rather inappropriate time in his life to fall in love. The object of.his affection was Ivy Muriel Jenkins, called Paddy by everyone, including Art. Before you could say Numero Quatro, Paddy was going on long drives with Art in his shiny black Morris. She fell in love with Art, and most probably for the first time in his life he felt genuine love for a woman. Paddy, who never doubted for a moment that Arthur was a single, ing commercial traveller, did what oung girls have done before her. She home to Gellygaer, Wales, to meet would pose no problem. At the time Arthur was dead broke and was being pressed by everyone for payment of overdue bills. Paddy assured Art that her family had been favorably im- pressed. The lovers returned to London. During subsequent visits to Wales, Art informed Mr. Jenkins that after they were married he and Paddy would be moving into a comfortable home at Kingston-on- Thames. Later, when Paddy told her father that she and Arthur had become man and wife during a quiet cere- mony held on June 12, he was pleased with the news. Four months later Paddy returned to Gellygaer quite ill and very pregnant. ‘To add to his problems, Arthur received the rather distressing news that Nellie Tucker was pregnant again. Nellie gave birth to her second daughter in October, just as Paddy arrived back home to be with her parents during her difficult pregnancy. if Pr babies, gir , wives, it was enough to drive a man crazy. Arthur became edgy. He and his one legitimate wife, Lily, started to bicker. Then tragedy struck. On Nov. 5, 1930 two cousins, Alfred Brown and William Bailey, were walking the roads near Hardingstone. The two men were returning home from a Bonfire Night dance at Northampton. It was Guy Fawkes Night. Effigies of Fawkes were being burned on bonfires all over England. Brown and Bailey turned the corner of the main London Road and proceeded along Hardingstone Lane. As soon as they did so a man walked by them coming from the opposite direction. Both men later recalled that the stranger was bareheaded. So popular were hats in En- gland in 1930 that anyone not wearing one in the evening would be conspicuous. As the stranger walked by, the cousins’ attention was drawn to a bonfire about 600 yards ahead of them. The stranger, who was now 20 yards hind them, shouted, ‘It looks as if somebody has got a bonfire up there.” The two men ran toward the fire. Burning auto fed in flames. mes-died down Alfred Arthur Rouse of 14 Buxted Rd., London. Had some terrible accident taken place, horribly burning Arthur Rouse to death? It was not that uncommon for motor vehicles to catch fire arid burn in 1930. Then, again, if the burned body wasn’t that of Arthur Rouse, who was he and how did he end up in Arthur’s.car on a quiet country road on Guy Fawkes Night? * amallet. After the Morris Minor had been {denti- fied as Arthur's and an autopsy per- formed on the corpse, it was evident that the dead man was not Rouse. Arthur was at Gellygaer, Wales, visit- ing his pregnant ‘wife’ Paddy and her respectable family. Next day when the newspapers were delive! to the Jen- kins’ residence, there, for all the family to see, was a picture of Arthur’s burned out car. The stares and questions were too much for Arthur. He took off by bus for London. Someone spotted him board- ing the bus, carrying a briefcase with the initials A.A.R. on its side. He called the te pecompany’ me to Arthur replied, ‘Very well, I is over. I was going to Scotl: Yard about it. I am responsible. I am very glad it is over. I have had no sleep.”” Arthur insisted on telling story to anyone who would listen. He claimed that the man in the car was a hitch hiker ar St. Albans. At first ‘uneventful. As they ht Arthur said he null fe was’ large can of gasoline in the vehicle. As ur was taking his leave the stranger asked for a cigarette. Arthur tossed him a cigar, ext thing he knew the whole vehicle was a blazing inferno. Intense heat care. ' “I turned si it A follow through with his hitched a ride part way, 000 by the court, . which seated o Arthur then continue to rrying his initialled brief case? These were hardly the actions of a man to disappear. oe : The briefcase proved to be an embar- rassment. Does one usually take a brief- tds out of their car when they are going-to-relievo. themselves?—Arthar- ~ claimed he didn’t trust the stranger and took the briefcase'as a precaution against theft. -- : . The prosecution brought out the fact that Arthur was something of an amateur mechanic and knew how to set up a car 80 that it would burn furiously from the moment it was lit. . Several yards from the car police found ur admitted that the mallet belonged to him, but could offer no expla- nation as to how it got outside the car. The Crown felt that the victim had been rendered unconscious by repeated blows ing dict was guilty. The decision of the jury satisfied many, but still left some questions unanswered. What was the motive for the crime and who was the victim? Many felt Arthur's story could very well be true. appeals and reprieves were refused. arth use was hanged on March 10, The following day his confession was released to the press and was published. It is reproduced here word for word. “It was the Agnes Kesson case at Epsom in June which first set me think- ing. It showed that it was possible to beat the police if you were careful enol . “Since I read about that case I kept thinking of various plans. I tried to hit on some! new. I did not want to do murder just for the sake of it. “I was in a tangle in various ways. Nellie Tucker was ex; child of which I wo and I was e: ting to hear from ‘Paddy’, Jenkins similar news. “{ let the matter drop from my mind * for a while, but in the autumn of last year something happened which made me think again. “‘A man spoke to me near the Swan and Pyramid public house in Whetstone Hi _Road. He was down-and-out, and told the usual hard luck story. I took him into the public house and he had some beer. “He told me he usually hung about . I met him once again ane iatood Peterbo wich, Hull, and other places trying to get work, and that he was in the habit of Be lifts on lorries. “He was the sort of man no one would miss, and I thought he would suit the Blan I had in mind. I worked out the whole 'Sheepish . lane at that tim thing in my mind, and as it was then early in November, I suddenly realized that I should do it on Nov. 5, which was Bonfire Night, when a fire would not be noticed so much, “T think it was on Nov. 2 or 3 that I searched out the man. He was a drink of beer and we talked. When I said I intended to go to Leicester on the Wednesday night, he said he would be glad of a lift up there. “I made an appointment with him for the Wednesday night for about 8 o'clock. I met him outside the Swan and Pyra! |, and we went into the bar. He had more er, “I asked him if he would like something to drink on the journey, and he said he would. I bought a bottle of whisky. Then we both got into the car, which was outside the public house. “We drove first of all to my house in Buxted Road. I got out, leaving the man e car, “My wife was in. She had seen me draw up near the house and asked me who it was I had in the car. I said it was a man knew, but she suspected it was a woman, “f said, ‘All right. I'll drive close up in front of the house, as I am turning round, to let you see that it is a man. “So far as I-remember, it was about what I had in mind. travelled more than 15 miles an hour. “ for a je man take and a journey the mi m. the bottle and was jel gull led. We talked a lot, but e did not tell me who he was. I did not into Hardingstone Lane be- cause it was quiet and near a main road, where I could get a lift from a lorry. ards. I pulled the. car of the whisky. I looked and ed him by t with my hand. I pressed his d against the back of the seat. He slid down, his hat falling off. I saw he had a bald patch on the crown of his head. just led. I pressed his throat very strong. hand only because it is ve always said I did not resist. It face back. After m: lar » the man was silent and I thought he was lous. ured petrol over the man ald trol union joint and took rushed to the car, which caught fire at ol nce. “Petrol was leaking from the bottom of the car. That was the petrol I had over the man and the petrol that was dripping from the unfon joint and carbu- retor. Mass of fiames “The fire was very quick, and the whole thing. was a mass of flames in a few seconds. I ran away. I was Icame near the two m walk then. It is not,true that I c: Fascination for toes brings fine VANCOUVER (CP) — George Liras had a taste for + toes. He approached a woman in a shoe store, another at an open house, and three more in their apartments. He kneeled before them, then began massaging their feet and sometimes sucked their big toe. Defence lawyer Ron Frat- kin told a provincial court judge that Liras was trying to know the women better and compared the toe suck- ings to'a man who makes an advance at the end of a date by kissing a woman good- anight. é But the judge disagreed and Liras, 28, has been con- victed of four accounts of common assault and fined $150 for each assault. Problem not stopped with wine removal VANCOUVER (CP) — Most low-priced domestic wines have been removed from two Vancouver liquor stores in an effort to control the spread of problem drink- ers from the Skid Road area. The outlets — one in Chinatown, the other in the posh Harbor Centre shopping mall — had most of the Skid “Road clientele after the con- troversial liquor store in the heart of Skid Road was closed two months ago on a six-month trial basis. Joyce Courtenay, spokes- man for the Liquor Distri- bution Branch, says all do- mestic wine that cost $4 a bottle or less — and those same brands in larger, more’ expensive bottles — have been removed. from the shelves in an effort to keep problem drinkers out. But, she says..all the change, has. accomplished ,40. far is to convince. some drinkers to switch to more expensive brands, particular- ly sparkling and fortified wines. i French schools cost factor could be less MONTREAL (CP) — A satisfactory ‘network of F +] the ditch when the men saw me. I was on the grass verge. I did shout to them there must be a ‘bonfire over there’. to see anyone in the night. It surprised me ge lans. “] did not expect e 0: and I decided to cha: my plans. schools could be set up across the \country for betweon $15 mil- lion and $20 million, says the Federation des Franco- phones, Hors Quebec. ‘ A study prepared by the federation, entitled In Search of Billions, concluded that it would be less expensive than foreseen to establish all- French’ schools for franco- phones in .zeven English- ha to take it out “] went to Wales because I had fo go somewhere and I did not know what todo. I djd not think there would be much fuss ra about the thing, but pictures a “In my attache case was identity, disc, WI police the fire that would be left. “I am not able to give: any more help regarding the man who was burned in the car. I never asked his name. There was no reason why I should do so.”” And so ended the life of Arthur Rouse. His victim has not been identified to this lay. 6 over diet TULSA, OKLA. (AP) — What can you feed a 1,800- kilogram elephant that en- ters your place of business? A compressor .and jack bits, among other things, says Ed Monnet of R.G. Dal- ious Construction Co. Sneezy, a 10-year-old ele- phant, somehow squeezed through a 81-centimetre hole in a steel fence, knocked a 1,860-kilogram compressor around, spit out unpalatable jackhammer bits and ate 30 metres of rubber hose. The construction company | had been expanding the ele- phant facilities at the Tulsa Zoo when the elephant visi- ted. “We were told to expect strange things,” Monnet said. “They said elephants are friendly and agile and might take things away from us, but there is no way we anti- cipated this.” Sneezy showed evidence of his romp and displayed some guilt. : “He's got grease and oil all over himself and he's acting sheepish,” Monnet said. “He knows he did something wrong.” The cost estimate does not include New. Brunswick or Ontario, where some French- language schools have been established. “We always had the im- pression that astronomical sums would be needed when we talked about schooling in French across the country but in fact it wouldn't be as bad as that,” said Yves Breton, general secretary of the Association Canadienne- Francaise de l'Ontario. It is more a question of organization and politics than huge expenditures, he said. “The political roadblocks would become much more difficult to justify if it was costing taxpayers nothing to open French schools,” said Official Languages Commis- sioner Max Yalden. Yalden said the federal government must increase its aid for minority education. Ottawa hasn't increased its languages budget in two years. The $15 million to $20 million suggested by the study is not exorbitant to as- sure French-language school- ing, he said, and he had no reason to doubt the estimate prepared by the federation. But nevertheless, Yalden said, it would be difficult to convince Ottawa to loosen its purse-strings.