CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.

Thuieday, May 14; 1953

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Mrs. Guy Guido Heads
Kinnaird Catholic Club

Election of new officers was the
main business at the meeting of
the Kinnaird Catholic Club held
Monday evening at the new nome
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Guido fn
Kinnaird, with 11 ‘members’ and
one visitor, Mrs..S. W. Wilson of
Rossland, present,

Mrs. Guy Guido was elected the
new president with Mrs, S, Gallo
secretary and Mrs, J, Buckna
treasurer,

Convenors were named as fol-
lows: Sick visiting Mrs, J. Kauf-
man; church cleaning; Mrs, W.
Robinson; social Mrs. T. Fourt;
Membership, Mrs. L, A. Croteau.

Mrs, Croteau announced. she
would organize a drive for new
membership soon,

The Club issued a challange to
the ladies of Castlegar unit of
the Catholic Women’s League, to
play a softball game with them
at the Kinnaird Ball Park on May
31,

Among the rules of the dia-
mond classic will be that there
is no practice before the game
and the losing team will supply
flowers ‘for the Church altar of
the winning team.

BIRTHS

WALLACE — To:Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Wallace of Castlegar, at
Kootenay Lake General Hospital,

| gu? EATON'S ORDER

PHONE. 2361

May 8, a
LINDGREN — To pes and Mrs,
Li

CASTLEGAR

“COLUMBIA AVE.

Kootenay ae Cetera Hospital,
May 9, a daughter.

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Your Pant Leg
Rolls Your, Money
When Pockets

Let us. mend sockeke and ‘frayed cuffs when doing your

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at/and May 7. Those present on the

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Drs. Fowler‘and Daly and the

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CASTLEGAR
SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Dae

PHONE 3033

Steve Melnick and Colin Fraser | of Castlegar Monday ni;
left by Satemenlle Saturday for cathe eee eet
a week's visit at Vancouver. -

East corner of the hall, rests on

Walter Fields has returned! property that was recently sold
from Wadela, Saskatchewan. Mrs.|to the Castlegar Cooperative

Coronation Hall To Be ©
')Shifted Over. Slightly

The Coronation Hall is tobe

there with Mrs, Field’s father who| meeting was held to determine
is ill, what can be done about the mat-

George Landis has returned to|ter since Society officers say the
Castlegar after a term of service | position of the hall will interfere
with the R.C.A.F, He is now em-| with their plans fora new garage
ployed with the Castlegar C.P.R. and bus depot on the site,
office,

Leo ~Nimsick, MLA for Crari-/ allow the village sufficient time
brook, and H. Whelan of Vancou- | to move the building.
ver were guests Thursday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wil-
liams. Mr. Nimsick is an old
friend of Mr, and Mrs. Williams. eons jmalllton ee, cream, cones

Mrs. R. Williams of Nelson, | eee year
Spent a few days at the home of
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. J, A. Williams.

"James W. Toogood of Castlegar
and Jack Webster and Dave Stew-
art of Robson attended the Dis-
trict Oddfellows Convention in
Nelson last Saturday. They re-
presented the Castlegar-Lion's
Head Lodge No, 74 and were most

with the
Delegates were present from
Rossland, Trail, Castlegar, Nelson,
Slocan City and Kaslo.
MRS. MORROW HOSTESS
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About six feet of the South;

Fields and son Norman remained | Tansportation Society, Monday's

‘The Society is being asked to} YOUR °

Government

moved slightly, it was decided at r
a special meeting of the Board rn £
of Commissioners of the Village Holds Record

OPPOSITON :.PARTIES.. ARE
ADEPT AT DISTORTION OF
FACT, MISREPRESENTATION
Halal UNWARRANTED CRITI-

YOUR. SOCIAL CREDT GOY-
ERNMENT: MAINTAINED A
RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT
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GOVERNMENT
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CONFUSION FOSTERED BY

, A COALITION ADMINISTRA-
TION THAT HAD LONG
SINCE CEASED TO REPRE-

) SENT THE PEOPLE,

DON'T BE MISLED. MARK
‘“¥OUR BALLOT FIRST
CHOICE.

This advertisement is issued by
the British Columbia Social Cre-
dit Campaign Committee.

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aE

Mrs. K. A. Morrow entertained

at a tea at her home on April 30

first date were Mrs, J. Dupuis,
Mrs, Dave Campbell, Mrs. J,
Buhr Mrs, M. Ford Mrs. G. Mil-
ler,-Mrs. J. A. Thomas and Mrs.

On May 7, Mrs. Dave Campbell,
Mrs, R. A. D. West, Mrs, J. W.
‘Toogood, Gilbert Fowler,
Mrs. H, Wade, Mrs. J. P. Taylor
and Mrs. W. O. Devitt were pres-

ent. .
CARD OF THANKS

We'wish to express our heart-
felt thanks and appreciation to
our many friends’ and relatives
for their acts of help and kind-
ness; messages of sympathy and
beautiful floral offerings received
during our recent sad bereave
ment-in the loss of a loving hus-
band and father.

, aa FOR

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Phone 371

FOR BETTER CEMENT as
We Have

Crushed Gravel
THE PERFECT. MIX —
- Also One Cement Mixer & Floor Sander

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TRANSFER

. . Castlegar, B.C.

We especially wish to thank

nurses and staff of the Trail-
Tadanac Hospital. a
’ Mrs. Ralph Pletcher, °

“How. many ae
Canadians. keep -
warm with oil?

More than 4 millions. Oil is: used in ‘the furnaces or - heaters of more
than a million Canadian homes—better than one in four:

‘Oil ie a large and growing part in our everyday living. How

many of these questions about ic can you answer?,

How does Canada rank among the’ nations in
known oil reserves—

«
Sth? Wh? bine “

Jargee reserves.

How many barrels of oi!
tel) do you think Canadians use in'a year
& millions? 165 millions? 300 srsillions?

In, the, past 10 years, the average wholesale
ices of all commodities have risen 85 per cent.
Flave prices of Bato gasolines risen—
rnore? fess? about the same?

f Ease produced at Niagara Falls ‘each ‘day is

gasolines across

to that in
Puairie oil fields row, {produce energy, equal to
how many, aes
. ap : MP oe

Taxes take a bi re of a compan:
How would. on va itera 19 cad ux x bill

r i id 10; taxes and 4¢ in‘dividends, i
compared wi ice divid ends? ae ? Impegal ras ti do Las include suoling tales tax re
greater? fess? about the samei opal id ae whet pump.

IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED’

ell makes a country strong

: he list a few years ago, Canada now
«Fade ch, Except for a group of Midale East
> countries—-Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
—only the.U.S., Venezuela and Russia have

5 gallops to a bat- | Last year 165 million barrels—sbout one g alloa
> for every man, woman and child

twice as much oil as she did six yeats ago.
Much less. The average wholesale price of, Esso

much as the average for all commodities. 4]

crude f the oil oduced i in the western oil

Soe eet Star eal to oa fields ar ofthe oil produced that general
at Ni

: '5$ millions, about 234 times divi-
Tong wee #5 il a cach dalla of income,

ld. Canada uses

nada is up about one-third as

help.”

‘| tapped. and di
| standstill,”

{end get the People of BC. back

i|he said ‘a get-tough policy i: is not

«| prablem. which is “social rather

“| tee should be implemented parti-

: political .patronage”. by the. Soc-
:|reds citing the- appointment: of

“|eral;; the ‘shocking dismissal of

“land the recently reported . Tip-.

and Noreen.

: TRAIL

HEAR THE eococe se ‘i : F

|

Liberal Candidate C E C I

(Continued from Page 1)

ing the voter to. “buy something
he cannot know the contents. of
since the party has. no definite

LIAN

_ CHO

platform, and are making no pro-
mises. “They are a party without
prineiple,”” i he charged.

As for the Conservatives they
are “to the right” he said, and
stand for “rugged individualism”,
‘But all people are not rugged,”
he commented. , ‘Some need

Directed = Mrs. Ww. Small”

KINNAIRD IMPROVEMENT
_ SOCIETY HALL”

The C.C.F. he said, with thei

advocation of. public ” ownership,
would - “frighten away private
capital from the province as they
have ‘done in Saskatchewan
where oil reserves, Perhaps as
large as those of Alberta, are un-

is ata

“He said the only party that oa:
|make B.C, a thriving, reoiicols
| province once more is the Liberal
party with its sound platform and
revitalized policies.: They would
restore the Labor Relations Board
on a full eurtl basis to’ ensure
labor’ di

on. the und
fn the are with their heads

Turning to. district. problems,
le ‘answer to the Doukhobor.

than’ political.” The recommenda- | «
tions of the Congultative Commit-

cularly in allowing the Doukho-
bors to vote, -
He scored too’ “the rerotting of

Robert Bonner as attorney. Gen-
Mrs, Scace; ‘the attempt to ap-

point Mr. Sands from the Okana-
gan to the Labor Relations Board;

ping-Langland case in the Castle-.

,| a8 “flagrant examples, of -thjs.”

/| pressing the matter if the bridge

gar District Public. Works. setup

-When asked about’a bridge ‘at:
Castlegar, he said: “If I were a
Social Creditor, I'd. pramise..you
a bridge here’ and now. But,all I
can promise you is that 1 will
very definitely dol all I can to get
a bridge built at Castlegar.”

He suggested however, that the
/community. itself must keep

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Thursday, May 14, 1953

CASTLE NEWS,

Castlegar, B.C.

Business In B.C. . +

Brisk Business Tempo For
Next Six Months Promised

By FRANKLIN PRICE

BUSINES IN BC

Increased sales in most lines of
merchandise, big totals for new
construction planned, and heavy
exports of lumber at cut prices
point to a quick tempo of st

Shipments to the United King-
dom, the principal market a year
ago, dropped to less than half.in
the first quarter, compared with
the like period in 1952,

for the next six months,

Sales of motor vehicles climbed
17.3 percent in B.C. during Feb-
ruary of 1952.

Department store sales were a
slim 1.9 per cent up in February
compared with February of 1952,

Value of building permits is-
sued zoomed in March. Construct-
ion Beaunientey awarded were more

YI wit

of lum-
ber ‘from B.C, ports in the first
quarter totalled 335,904,329 board
feet compared with only 274,815,
691 board feet.(January, February
and March 1952).

ip to
mainly’ the United Kingdom had
reached a total of 269,403,447
board feet at the end of the first
quarter of 1952. ‘This year the

ce 10952, The figures are $18,-
130,000 (March 1953) and $6,927,-
000 (March 1952.)

“The pattern of construction
work has changed; Emphasis is on
increased residential building
this spring and less for commer-
cia] and engineering projects,

Television sales in the Lower

. Mainland, the only area able to

receive on the fringe of the Seat-
tle broadcast station, continue
brisk, March sales were 156 sets,

February sales were 240, A year British capital interested in dev-

ago sales were in the neighbor-
hood of 20 receivers, climbing to
an-average of 30 sold.in August.

This indicates continued interest | Was identified gs the promoter.

in’ the prospect. of increased

proodcast reception in the area| Duke is reputed to be worth

shortly.

B.C. Lumber exports in the first}in downtown London,
three mionths of the year were|some of the city's finest business
abodt 60 per cent greater than in|and residential
the first three months of 1952. The| agricultural lands and about 20,-
big increase is in shipments to]000 acres of forest in England.
the United States Atlantic sea-| His plan for Annacis Island is to
board ports. Prices are cut heav- | build roads and services and con-
ily from a year ago. Lumbermen| struct factories for British com-
say it’s an “on ag’n off ag’n busi- panies that want to establish in
nata resident for 43 years, passed | B.C. He offers these British con-
ness” based on price-cutting and| cerns special preference and fin-
subject to sudden Jropasition ‘of | ancial aid.

total is sown, to 106,
647,428 feet,

Net income. of MacMilkin &
Bloedel Ltd., B.C.'s largest lane

| Muirhead Speaks

(Continued from Page 1) i

bor than any other. party,”..Mr.
Muirhead declared, mand we will
continue to do so.”

The Rolston formula was ‘also
denounced by Mr. Nimsick which,
he said, “would have put the pro-
vince into a far worse mess than
it has ever been in,”

One third of the S.S.&M.A. Tax
belongs to municipdlities and vil-
lages* by virtue, of the Act, he
said, but the Rolston formula
would change the Act so that in-
stead of receiving an amount that
would increase as the population
increases, the municipalities
would . receive an far

iy government had a major-

ie also made a scathing “de-|

nuhciation of the charges of Sal-
mon Arm'MLA J, A. Reid which
he said “was a ridiculous speech
even to listen to, so ridiculous we
tried to stop it.”

Yet he said, press reports indi-
cate that the premier was in
agreement with Reid's charges of
immorality and socialist in edu-
cation,

“He said too that the Doukho-
bors should be given the fran-
chise and at least some of the rec-

of the Ci Ita-
tive Committee should, be 'imple-
mented.

When asked for the difference

short of the district's expanding
school needs,

“By freezing the. grants at the’
1952 level, the government would
in effect have set up 78

C.F. and Ci
he said the answer depends ‘on
what is meant by communism.
“If by. communism you’ mean
public ownership of utilities, then
C.F, is But if you

standards of education in B.C.”
jhe said, “It would truly have been
‘a great tragedy to the educational
system. of B.C. had the Social

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mean opposition to religion and
the idea of private property, that
is not CCF.” CCF, he said, means,
“democratic socialism.”

Castlegar Branch:

JAMES R. ELLIOTT, Marhiger

bering and. logging

the three months ended March ei
skidded by 31 per cent, compared
with the first quarter of 1952, The
net (was $3,034,369, as against
$4,381,935,

After more than a year of veil-
ed references to unidentified

eloping Annacis Island in. the
Fraser River south of New West-
minster, the Duke of Westminster

The richest peer in England, the

$100,000,000. He owns 600 acres
boasting

“building, . large

d power for the Lower

tariffs and the

‘United States,

The most-desired steady pusi- | when the $13,000,000 B.C. Electric
ness is sales on long term con- is Qt
tracts to the United‘ Kingdom, a) in about two years time. The pro-
class of trade that has fallen off| gram will be in two phases; a
sharply because of the U.K. ina- $5,000,000 addition to. the com-
bility té provide sufficient dollars} pany’s Bridge River plant, and an

=to~buy-Canadian: lumber, ‘when |-$8,000,000:- power station: at the

Mainland ‘areas can be expected

ds from the: sterli
‘ean be substituted. >

area
ag Fraser. Rive

(of. Selon’ Cre ik and

Music aa

Continued from Page 1"

tion C —--Diane Cowlin, Barbara
- Martin, Anita Watson, Castlegar

among finali:

ste, *
“12, tion
Pianoforte, Under See pction Scheel’ *Ghatese &

points. “They possess great possi-
bilities but require more delicacy
in ‘quality-of tone” -adjudicator
Mr. Kurth’said.

Primary School Choir Won by
Tarry's ‘Primary School with a B
rating. ©

Cc — Warren Th
gar, one of the runners ae

Pianoforte, Under 14 — Dawn | tary: Choirs ‘tied for second place
Waldie, Robson and Sharel Mar- [with C ratings. «
tel;. CaStlegar also ‘among top

‘contenders.

Pianoforte, Under 7 — Third school choirs tied,” for first place

place won by Bruce McCabe, 78.

tanley Humphries Junior Sen-
tof High School:Band tied .with| Won

Trail Junior High with mark of B.

Elocution, Boys Under; 12 -—|1
Don-| Mr. Adaskin adjudicator, said.
ald Davies, Kinnaird; Bill Fraser,
Castlegar; Mark’ Guido and John] Clubs gained joint possession of
Pinkney, Kinnaird, all among the } Nelson’ Daily: News Shield. The

Grant LeFaive,

Dunlop, * Castlegar, ‘second ‘with performance ‘was ‘over, “had the
77 points. Mildred . Raine, Robson ‘pained
x and harel' Martel,’ Castlegar’ also trying to fit out income tax,” the
. among top

Kinnaird and Castlegar Elemen-
Junior High’ School Choirs _
‘Nelson and Castlegar Junior High

. | with C ratings.
Pianoloris ‘Under 18, Bach Sod

won vushe played with good
and good: bouncy style,”

Castlegar ‘and Trail Kiwanis

| Castlegar, choir,’ minus two of its
members. who arrived after the

Girld« Choir ‘under “20'—-S.H-
H. Girls:-Runnersup.; with. 157) and.

made a’ wood. attempt, however,
dT. mpti? ss,

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. YOU HAVE BEEN

to your satistaction

“PHONE 2251

yy. Joanne Dunlop with 85}

:-expression. of . someone};

“They. |,

FINANCE

(a) Rduce Taxation.

- The :

(b) Reduce passenger car licences to ten dollars,
(ec) Remove Sales tax on meals and on all purchases
f 30 cents and under,

PUBLIC ‘WORKS . ;
(a) Con of main hig! and paving
“+ program.

“(b) A specific annual ‘appropriation for. construction '
and improvement of secondary roads.

TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY

To relieve traffic congestion on the" ‘Trans - x canade

Lulu Island: and a.

a ~ EDUC.

y new
crossing, of the. South Freser “Rivers ee vaeross
new Marpole Bridge.

PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN R'LY

‘To complete the Pacific Great’Eastern’ Railway fro:
Prince George to the.B.C, Peace River district, and
to ensure the most adequate connection with Vancou-~

ver as speedily as possible,

ATION

(a) To preserve ‘and expand the curriculum to meet
. the highest Standard. of Pee eR and community.
ft ad ‘

eneeds and

wy Consolidation of all teacher - Se on factihes
a Faculty of ‘Education of the University of

“British Columbia/
controll of ae Department of Education and the’ -

funder the joint supervision and .

ritish
ec) to seek eiditional Redorat grants for the Univer-:
and,for vocational education...

ity. a
(d) To prov provide definite grants based upon a per capita.
(e) To ‘pring additional relief to municipalities: and’

rural areas. by the Province assuming eighty per -
, cent of the cost ot education,

() To

legislation ‘to

y oineluding a faculty of dentistry, ae tinue
school building: program to keep pace with in-
creasing pupil enrollment,
(g) To a amend the rhe: Munelpal: Ae ‘Act and other necessary
: iy of
profit schools in the Brovince of British Colum
bia from land and improvement taxes. 4

oominy eh LELAND WEUEAR ‘ARE

ie exemption of non-

under

(a).
(By Pp

Goveenment ‘Admminateation

» (ec) Th

‘without co-snsurance.

ot fits of ho:

(da): The

¢e) re n adequate b

drug

LABOUR.

Caner 2 asa full time

tals,, prisons, correctional
niles ud treatment facilities for alcholics and

: ad
«) Further Ne ad of using: homes and homie
care facilities.for chronic a

‘married ‘and* single: persons,

a
(b). Amend. the ‘Workman's Cornpensation ‘Act ‘along
the ines recommended by Chief Justice Gordo!

‘THE LEGISLATION -

the
dated : revenue Me premiums for itisens ot age in-

ding program ‘for mental hospi:
institutions” for‘juve-' °

lescent cases;

BY
4

\ @ The ‘Labour Relations Board to be reconstituted

Sloa
(co). Revision of the LC, & A. Act dt the next session:
2: ‘ of the Legislature,

READ THIS” PLATFOR RM POINT. BY POINT. “EMEMBE : THAT: THIS IS
HAT WILL BE ADOPTED. IF... 106; EEEOT: THE
. NEW LIBERAL PARTY AS YOUR GOVERNMENT ON. JUNE.9 .

VOTE LIBERAL |.

and Restore Responsible Government

“LIQUOR is

Liberal Platform

' OF THE LIBERAL PARTY OF. BRITISH eet anelA
CONVENTION OF APRIL 8, (953, VANCOUVER, B
THE PROVINCIAL LEADER MR. ARTHUR LAING

As ADOPTED BY THE
.C; AND APPROVED BY

\.Redraft the Liguor in’ accordance with the result of
“the 1952 plebiscite to allow the sale of liquor by the

glass. on a local option basis.

* FORESTRY,

» (a) ‘To appoint a Royal ‘Commission at the next
Session

make a fu

er. survey of forest

eee anes era industry in: accordance with the
recommendations:-of the‘1945 Sloan Report to
determine the effect of the program of forest
management licences and public working circles
on the economy of the logging industry of
British Columbia, with particular study to be
given to the position of the small operator.

In the interval the operator to have the option nf
using | caihet, the ‘B.C. log. seale or. the cubic

scale.
0B): ‘Garibaldi Park, tobe: turnéd ‘over to the Federal
Government for development as a national park. ~

CIVIL SERVICE

* (a) Arbitration rights for Civil ‘Servants,
=(b)-Equal’ pay. for ‘equal “work; ‘regardless of sex,
marital status, race, creed or. color.
* * Amend: the civil Service ‘Act and the superannua-
f ~ Act to. permit :engagement. of: men and
: ee of ‘forty-five’ years'and over.

+ ‘POWER. DEVELOP

awhere power}

‘That the'B.C.:Power Commiission be urged to supply -
yand, develop available power:in all outlying Sistricts
Sevelopments are’ feasible, .: q

To mining de
‘i maining» roads and trails

by ding the

programme, and to, ,continue

olicy: of. CPOE eee stakes. £5
AGRICULTURE :

a) To ECOLT a,more active Markef Branch within
ie Department) of: :Agriculture,
(b) To. remove existing inequities‘in education costs

on farm and ranch land:
(c) To urge the Dominion:

(a)To.

s0vernment to extend the
‘terms of fhe PERA. to'B.C. ae

chool.

_ (2), To establish. a.veterinary, College at tne,
():'To' extend ‘Provincial- Land Clearing Service to

cover well-drilling, weed-spraying, etc.

(g) To continue aid to artificial insemination,
(h) To institute. pocauate uniform grading for
etables.

closer

‘ 'FOURIST INDUSTR

nd the Federal F Goverment

To encourage the tourist industry to the fullest pos-

He , aibte: éxtent.

ECONOMIC: DEVELOPMENT

& Procure and study information, ‘and make recom-

« ducts of British Columbi: eer

that arise

* from the” changing channels of trade in the pro-

date over-all view of all’ the. he tactre -entrative, :
- marketing, financial, power, tansporiation © sete e
Bath Co in: special of ee
ENB opportunities!in the ‘Province..

OYEE-EMPLOYER |
ENRELATIONS

‘whe establishment .of ‘research facilities to “investi-
gate’ all phases of ‘employee participation j in industry
>good

with a view:to