2—COMINCO'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY ou) res TRAIL PROGRAMME Friday, September 18th 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Cominco Retiree Get Together 1981, Cominco Arena. : 6:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m. Bavarian Garden, Trail Curling Rink. Sponscred by Trail Smoke Eaters hockey club. 3 : 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Music and Theatre Pageant 1906... And All That” — Trail Junior High School Audi- - torilum. Sponsored by Kimoderley Community Theatre/Centre 64 and Trail and District Arts Council. Tickets available at L&J News. 9:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m. . School Dance, J. L. Crowe Senior Secondary School. Sponsored by J. L. Crowe Students Council. Saturday, September 19th 7:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Pancake Breakfast, Spokane St. between Cedar Ave. and Bay Ave. Sponsored by Trail Lions Club. 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. High School Soccer at Pople Park and lower Sunningdale and High School Volleyball at J. L, Crowe School. 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Cominco 75th Anniversary Parade. The parade route is shown on page 24. 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. Birthday celebrations at Butler Park. After- noon will feature rides and games for children. Cominco displays and novelties, band concerts, liquid nitrogen shows, high- land dancing, food booths, Lions’ dunk tank, First Aid Demonstrations, etc. A feature of the Park activities will be several presentations to Cominco from the i will take c These pi place commencing at 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Golf Competition, Birchbank Golf Club. Sponsored by Cominco Orbit. Slo Pitch ball games, Haley Park. Spc Copper melting furnace at Trail in early 1900's. 1:30 p.m. (cont’d.) Tennis, Butler Park. Sponsored by the Trail Tennis Club. | School Cross Country Run. Starts and finishes at Butler Park. . . 2:00 p.m. oe Trapshoot. Sponsored by the Silver City Trap glue and held at their Trap Club at Birch- ank, Soccer for the Blaylock Bowl, Haley Park. 3:00 p.m. Presentation Ceremonies, Butler Park. 4:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Giant BBQ, Webster School. Sponsored by 9:00 p.m. Fireworks Display, Jubilee Park. Sponsored by Cominco. 10:00 p.m. 75th Anniversary Dance, Cominco Arena. Pp ed by Ci ‘O lombo Lodge. Tickets on sale at L&J News, Allan’s Fruit Store, Columbia Travel and from Lodge members. Note: Because of liquor regulations no admissions can be sold at the door. All tickets much be purchased ahead of time. Sunday, September 20th 9:30 a.m. 75th A y ing = Tourr Bowi. d by Trail Men's Warfield Fire Department. Ri by Cominco. High School Soccer at Pople Park and lower Sunningdale and High Schoo! Volleyball at J. L. Crowe School. 4:36 p.m. Bocce Tourr F dA ) Bocce Pits. Sponsored by G. Babuin, M. Favaro and O. Lus. if Children's games, Butler Park. Sponsored by the Italo Canadese Lodge. For all children ages 5-12. ticket sales at Allan's Fruit Store, L&J News, Warfield Village Office. 7:00 p.m. “4906... And All That” Pageant, Trail Junior | High School Auditorium. 8:00 p.m. Square Dance, J.L. Crowe School Gym. Sponsored by Trail & District Square Dance Association. y Bowling Club. kkk Teams from high schools in Kimberley, Rossland, Castlegar and Trail will compete in 3 sports during the Kimberley and Trail celebrations; Senior Boys Soccer, Senlor Girls Volleyball and Cross Country Run. Teams from Trail and Kimberley who have dy q' will in a home and home series in slo pitch, golf, tennis, soccer and bocce. COVER STORY a 1) The amelter with the town In the foreground taken from the southern slopes at the time of amalgamation. 2.) The two Rossland mines Involved in the amalgamation, the Centre Star in the center and the War Eagle at the top. Negotiations for the purchase of Rosstand's richest mine, the LeRol, fell through in 1905 but it was later ‘acquired as well as most of the other Rossland mines. operations. a 4) Waller Hull Aldridge was thirty years old when he came to Trall on By behalf of t 4 he C.P.A. to negotiate # settlement with Heinze for hie railroad ‘and smelter. He was schooled In the mining areas of Colorado. He guided the Trall smelter into a profitable and efficient operation and his astute business foresight has the si tot joht today. In mining in New York and had experience &) This view of the smelter in 1900 shows how the Improvements to the plant had resulted In its physical expansion. Many new bulidings had been bullt to handle f nd two brick smoke stacks had been bullt to carry the toul smelling gases higher into the alr. 1 the smelter’s 0" usedto Bf. roast the oe to eliminate the waste as slag and produce gold-copper ii matte. The molten matte Is then oxidized In, converters eliminating iron HS and sulp! jhe ret 7.) The Trall Smelter at the time of the formation of the C.M. & S. Co. The lead production facilities had grown to Include an ex; lead and sliver refinery but expansion into zinc and fertilizer production had yetto ae Happy 75th —_ Cominco 4 a } Birthday S Spt 75.yearsm business and still number 1 is proof that Cominco’s resource has been the team of progressive thinking people working together dver the years. 1 A F * _ és of Congratulations We would like to thank Cominco for 25 successful years of doing business together . RP McGauley Ready Mix Concrete Co. Ltd. Casino Road, Trail, B.C. 368-8226 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Congratulates A noteworthy corporate citizen for the past 75 years TRAIL DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Those of us who do not work there But depend on those who do are proud to congratulate on their 75th Anniversary The continuing efforts on the part of Cominco has made our ‘Smelter town’ attractive, healthy and a place of which we can be justly proud From the Management and Staff of Currier’s insurance (1960) Ltd. and Walter Siemens, Notary Public 4 LICENCED INSURANCE AGENTS TO SERVE ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS 1346 Bay Ave. Trail, B.C. Ph. 364-1285 COMINCO'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY—3 yN =e care ane caiaacianiel ———— Trail and the new smelter in 1896, eight years before the consolidation which es Cominco. General office first aid team 1935. Seated, G. A. Wallinger, W. J. Davies. Standing, E. H Caldi ST MEL SMELAND AND THE Kootenay > Gattis Co STEAK HOUSE 4P.M.-To-10 P.M. CLOSED MONDAY CONGRATULATES Cominco ON THEIR 75th ANNIVERSARY 3 Schofield Hwy. G. Hazard, Jimmy Bell, Jimmy O'Donaghy, Eric Jackson. Le a ae Congratulations | Cominco on your 75th Anniversary We are proud of our association with Cominco through the years INLAND | NATURAL GAS CO.