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CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.

Thursday, November: 13, 1952

- Deer Park News
A. showing: of films fromthe
National Film''Board was held in
the schoolhouse, retently.
Arthur Carlson haq returned
from a trip. to Vancouver and
Mission. 28
Miss Louise Barker and her Re-
nata assistant, held a church.serv-
ice in the schoolhouse recently.

While here, they were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs, G. Briggeman.:

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Ferry Traffic Here
Continues To Spiral

“Traffic figures for’ the Castle-
gar ferry during. the month ‘of
October, this year, compared to
October : totals last ‘year, contin-
ued the record increases of the
summer months’ with terrific
gains ‘registered in total passen-
ger, car and. truck..traffic al-
though the ferry mee 145 fewer
trips and the total freight, ton-
nage transported. was 1,463 tons
less than for, October last year,
The ferry transported 81,644
persons, 15,418 more than the 66,
266 total for October 1951, repres-
enting a 21.7 per cent increase,

Passenger Automobiles totals
increased 38.8 per cent from 23,-
674 in October, 1951 to 32,857 in
Qctober, .1952, a gain of 9,138 ve-
hicles while truck traffic was up
from 12,340 to’ 14,515, a gain of
2,175 vehicles ‘or -17.6 per cent,
There were also. 238 trailers
and semi-trailers compared to 197
for the same month. last year;
882 motor buses with 744 -for
October, 1951; 96 motorcycles

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ed to 40 last year; 12 rigs
compared to 2 last year, and 75
head ‘bf livestock compared to 29
last year.

Only decreases registered were
in total tonnage of freight trans- |
ported which dropped from 6217}
to 4754, and in round trips which
were 4130 last month, compared
to 4275 in October, 1951.

Of 14,000,000 Canadians, 5,100,- |
000 are insured against hospital
expenses, , |

‘Norway. and came with her~par-
7 .;the- McPherson Funeral Home,

Mrs. Barrie Hill-
Passes Suddenly

Passing suddenly while ona
visit. to’ Wardner, Mrs. Hjordis
Hill, 34 years of age, wife of Mr.
Barrie Hill, Castlegar formerly of

Cranbrook, died on Tuesday of:

last. week, November 4..
The late Mrs. Hill was born in
Ne 1918, at Christi

Mrs. F. Briggeman
New President Of
Deer Park W.I.

A new slate of officers for the
coming year, was chosen by the
Deer, Park Women’s Institute at
their annual meeting in Deer
Park recently. &

Heading the club as new presi-
dent is Mrs. F. Briggeman while
Mrs. J. Kent was elected secre-
tary-treasurer and Mrs. E. Wil-
liamson, vice-president.

Directors elected were Mrs. J.
Stuckleberger and Mrs. M. Law
and convenors are as follows:
Mrs. F. Birggeman, handicrafts;
Mrs, E. Williamson, welfare; Mrs.
E. Coleman, social; and Mrs, E.
Williamson, publicity.

There was a discussion on a tea
to be held in the near future and
it was decided to send a remem-
brance gift to Mrs. A. Phelps, now
of Salmo, a former member of
Institute.

Mrs. Kent and Mrs. Law read

the financial statements for the

past year.

Business

By FRAN

The scheme to pipe natural gas
from’ the Peace River down!
through the middle of B.C. and
into the United States, now ap-
proved by the Alberta, B.C. and
Federal governments, still has a
big fight on its hands. :

When the United States fed-
eral power commission resumes
hearing, probably just before
Christrnas, it will be faced with
one of the most centroversia: de-
cision in years. The opposition to
this line is poverful in the United
States, and they hav2 some strong

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come from the San Juan basin in
New Mexico, nut the B.C. Peace
River. 2 eel
A fair picture of business as ‘a
whole in. the first eight rnonths
of this year, :an be seen in the
figures given out by provincial
statisticians: Lumber production
down 15 per cent in the first
seven months compared with the
like period last ye Fish Jand-
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but down seven per cent in val-
ue duc to th: drop in salmon
prices; Coal procuctior ,down ten
per cent.

Retail sales in the first eight
months were up 8,21 per cent in
dollar value. Volume of. retail
sales is up six per cent, consi-
dering the price increases that
have taken place. Taking into ac-
count the population growth jin
the period, the physical amount
of goods. purchased per capita is
greater. ey

Nolume of
prospect is good.

Department Store’ Sales were
down 3.6 per cent in British Col-
umbia in the week ended Oct-
ober 18, compared with the like
week a year ago. This was against
the trend in all other provinces
except Alberta where the drop
‘was smalier, 2.1 per cent. The ge-
cline is not an indicator of a turn
down .in retail sales generally.
It is probably accounted for: in
B.C. by the continued mild wea-
ther that has encouraged people
to. delay purchases of winter
clothing, fuel and equipment.’

“Work on the Terrace-Kitimat
$14 million railway branch is get-
ting underway and Terrace: is
having a fresh influx of workk-
men with money’ to spend:
CNR has a gang of 200 work
on No. One track extending!
oward: the. new line, and the ¢

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er which they operate B.C.’s $500
million trucking industry, whose
560 members’ operate 72,000
trucks and buses, are trying to
get Premiet Bennett to- commit
himself on whether the Motor
Carriers Act is to be scrapped.

Motor carriers say that Social
Credit candidates made some
election statements suggesting
that the Act would be axed. They
fear this would open the way to
what they call “cut-throat” com-
petition from new _ operators
using cheaper, less safe equip-
ment. Moreover, they would be
licenced without the statutory
hearing called for by the Act at
which*:an~—applicant.. must*-prove
that his proposed truck service
is in the public interest.

These carriers, members of the
Automotive Transport Associa-
tion of B.C., say there has been
a growing laxity of enforcement
of the Act since Social Credit
took over, and that at least 10
licences have been granted with-
out the ‘applicant appearing at a
hearing as required by the Act.

Another Group of Business Men
calling for early clarification of
the government’s policy are the

of the Vi Stock
Exchange, many of whom are in

the business of financing new |{

enterprises.

An official statement by the
exchange says a variety of med-
ium sized industrial undertakings
that had been approaching the
decision stage, have been put on
ice until the picture clears.

If, in its search for new reve-
nues, the provincial government
should appear to be taking dis-
criminatory'or especially severe
action in any particular field in
which investment have been
made, the resumption of large
scale flow of capital to the prov-
ince would be indefinitely de-
layed,

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Her father and mother, Mr. and
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Darryl, and two daughters, Bren-
da and Sylva, in Castlegar.

'She is also survived by two’
sisters,; Mrs.-R.. Thompson, War-
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Private funeral services were.
held. Thursday, November 6 at

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