CASTLE, NEWS,,Castlegar, B.C.

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fhe Government of British Columbia,

‘At Castlegar Airport —

‘| ped witha standard wind-meas-

New: Wind Instrument *

Castlegar Airport is now equip-

uring instrument, a -three-cup
anemometer -of ‘the type used at
-all--major: airports. and weather
stations iri Canada.

Revelstoke Drowning. |

Affects Local Family

tuned last Friday evening from
Vernon where they attended the
funeral of Mrs. Miller’s two
nephews, Marvin and‘ George «
Schmidt who were drowned near}

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Developed by the M 1
cal services, Department of Trans-
port, and especially designed for
Canadian weather conditions, the
new equipment was-installed last
week by two visiting representa-

Williams, Meteorological Inspect-
or for British Columbia and F. W.
Townsend, both of Vancouver.

> The indicating instrument’ is
mounted above the airport office
of Canadian Pacific Airlines, in
the care of Mr. Lyle Langpap,
agent. Its installation makes pos-
sible more accurate reports of lo-
cal weather, which are relayed
by radio and teletype for use by
Pilots, airline” despatchers and
weather forecasters.

The Castlegar instrument is
mounted at the too of .a radia
antenna pole, where it has-free
exposure to the local : winds.
Standard international specifica-}
tions of ‘the World Meteorological
Organization svecify that it be
mounted at least ten metres
(about 30 feet) above ground so
that it will be clear of surface
eddy currents. :

+ Wind speed is measured by the
cupwheel, which is so designed
that it will make 600 revolutions
during the passage of one mile of
air, -Mr. Williams explained. A
flasHing light timer indicates the
frequency of rotation of the cups
from which the wind speed is
quidékly computed.

‘ind direction is also indicated
to 16 points of the compass by
the lights connected to the vane
of the instrument.

Mr. Williams, who is responsi-

observing stations in the prov-
ince, many of which are main-

tained by voluntary observers,, West Kootenay district and there-

some of whom have kept the re-
cords there for over a generation,
was asked why the Crescent Val-
ley radio station temperatures
are used as the basis for the offi-
cial forecasts for the whole Koo-
tenay-North Thompson region.
He explained that Crescent
Valley Radio, is one in the chain

Re last week.

The younger of the two lads,
Geeorge, had ventured too far out
on thin ice and fell through. Mar-
vin also fell through when :at-
tempting to rescue his stricken
brother, : .

Another rescue attempt by a
girl on horseback also failed
when the horse could not be ca-
joled to enter the river.

Mrs. Miller isa sister of the
drowned boys’ mother.

of Department of Transport air
navigation ‘and communication
stations which line the transcon-
tifental airway from Vancouver.
Guided by the special radio sig-
nals of this station, pilots are able
to follow their planned routes,
and report their positions and
altitudes so that the Air Traffic
Control centre at Vancouver can
ensure air safety. .
For forecasting aviation wea-
ther and ensuring safe flying,
weather observations are requir-
ed from the airway radio stations
such as Crescent Valley. There-
fore, these stations are equipped
by the Meteorological Services
with complete sets of weather in-
struments, for recording, wind.
precipitations; visibility, cloud
structure of the sky, temperature
humidity, atmospheric. pressure
and rate of pressure variation.
Reports, tabulating this data
are plotted four times daily on
the weather maps from which the
official forecasts are made at the
Dominion Public Weather Office,
Vancouver Airport.
Crescent Valley is the only
such fully-equipped and fully-
staffed weather station in the

fore its observations, which in-
clude the wind readings at the
Castlegar airport, are the basis of
weather forecasts for the whole
.district.. Nearest neighboring sta-
tions are at Kimberley Airport,
Revelstoke, Kamloops Airport,
Carmi and Old Glory Mountain.
On display at the Castle News
officd. is a sample mav. showing

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the of the official

recast -regions with explana-
‘tions of the standard descriptive
terms used in weather forecasts.
“Cloudy” and “Overcast” refer to
skies more than half covered by
cloud, while “cooler” refers to
one day’s temperature as com-
pared with the previous day. _

Copies of this map are avail-
able, free on request, from the
Public Weather Office, Vancou-
ver, AMF, B.C.

Random
Reveries

By Vic Misutka

A casual’ glance through’ an
American magazine recently,
' yielded the following item which

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The Corporation of the Village of Castlegar

IN THE MATTER OF A REFERENDUM FOR
AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF LOTS
17, 18, 19 and 20, Block 1, Plan 1520

Nofice to Voters

On the 11th day of December, A.D. 1952 a refer-
endum to the Voters of the Village of Castlegar will
be held; the contents of which shall read:

ss
i POLLING STATIONS WILL BE LOCATED AT:

CASTLEGAR LEGION HALL

DATED at Castlegar, B.C. this roth. day of
November, 1952. ' 7
A. T. Horswill,
Village Clerk,

I am in favour of The Corpora-
tion of the Village of Castlegar
selling Lots 17, 18, 19 and 20,
Block 1, Plan 1520 Village of Cas-
tlegar. ~

was advanced—with all due res-

sense of humor. 3
I present it here, not with its

ing life can“be at times.

The story concerned a middle
aged lady, of more than sample
dimensions, who was having a
bit of diffculty in getting herse'f
down to the railway depot in
time to catch a train to varts un-
mentioned (—No, Mr. Dalton, it
wasn’t the C.P.R.) .

She was in her upstairs room,
puffing and wheezing from the
feverish exertion of getting her
travelling bag packed. The depot
Was two blocks away and her

left.

With one swoop she snatched
up ‘her toothbrush, a final pair
|.of stockings and her “I Like Ike’
button. Bounding across the floor,
she crammed them into the bag.
At last she was ready. But now
alas, her timepiece said there was
only three minutes left. .

“God. dont’ let me be late,” she
breathed fervently, glancing ap-
pealingly at the ceiling, and then
started running.

Just -to ‘save. time, she took a
ishortcut. and launched her 210
Ibs. down the banister of the fire
escape: “As her portly frame

|| swooped’ down the rail, a pig,

which had: been blissfully root-
ing in the back yard, was guided
by Fate to pass sauarely into the
path of the onrushing female. $

-And it came, to pass. that said.
lady, unable-to check her ‘descent
when she saw the pig and being
in’_a {desperate -hurry ‘anyway,
landed ‘squarelv.on the back, of,
said porker, who didn’t see her
coming. : 3 5
‘stupefied swine’ promptly.

pect—as evidence that God has a j

original purpose necessarily, bet]
as an expamle of how entertain-;

watch said she had five minutes | |

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