CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C, “8 THURSDAY, MARCH. 7, 1957 NOTi Annual General Meeling Castlegar & District Hospifal Society MONDAY, MARCH 11th, 8:00 O°CLOCK PARISH =HALL HOSPITAL PLEBISCITE UNDER DISCUSSION. SKETCH PLANS OF PROPOSED HOSPITAL ON DISPLAY.., TWO OFFICERS OF HOSIPTAL SOCIETY TO BE ELECTED. Meetings fo discuss the Hospifal Plebiscite will be held at the following places! THRUMS, MARCH 7—8:30 P.M. ' TARRYS HALL DEER PARK, MARCH 8-7:00: P.M. ‘ RENATA,. MARCH 8—9:00 PM. CASTLEGAR, MARCH 11—8:00 P.M. \ ANGLICAN PARISH HALL ~ KINNAIRD, MARCH 12-8:00 P.M. KINNAIRD IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY HALL ROBSON, MARCH 13—8:00 P.M. ROBSON HALL HOSPITAL PLEBISCITE Polling Places BLUEBERRY Nixon’s Store. KINNAIRD CASTLEGAR ROBSON SYRINGA GREEK DEER PARK THRUMS RENATA Be Sure To Vote Kinnaird Library Legion Hall Community Church Hall Roy Coleman ‘Store. Coleman. Siore ‘ Lambert’s Store Warkentin Store TTEND ANNUAL THE - GENERAL » MEETING OF THE , SASTEEQAR & BISTRICT HOSPITAL SOSIETY Monday, yee 11th ASK ‘QUESTIONS — SEE SKETCH PLANS ‘THEN. Vete Yes" TO THE Hospital Plebiscife . all ‘too soon, was ‘the Mad ee MARCH -7, 1 957 CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C, PAGE 5 A LOOK; _into the fulure.... Three More Lives Saved at Local Hospital Blood transfusions given at the hospital here in Castlegar saved the lives of the three: peo- ple critically injured in a high- way accident last night. A member of the medical staff stated that Mr. T, Paul, his teen- age son Larry, and sister Mrs. John Rooney, owe their lives to the prompt attention they re ceived at the Caslegar and Dis- trict hospital. , oe _ “The trip into Nelson or Trail hospitals would have been too much for them; they would nev- er have survived the long jour- ney,” salé, Dr. Doe in a state- ment today. “Five years ago they wouldn’t have ‘stcod a chance of survival. All three pa- tents are off the critical lst today.” School Board Holds Emergency Meeting With the ph in population over the Jast few years, it has been necessary to build four new elementary schools in this: district and there is still a. serious shortage of classrooms. It was decided at an emergency meeting of the school board ‘to seriously consid- er the building of two more ele mentary schools and a large an- nex to the local high school, A teacher shortage in this dis- trict has never existed since the Castlegar and: District hospital was built five years ago. The complete services available to the local residents is the prim- ary factor underlying the assur- Local Merchants Prosper With Progress ’ Castlegar and district merch-|. ants have found that retail buy- ing has doubled during the last five years. The influx of new residents into the district has put sales way up in every phase of the merchandising field, and the sales force has been increas- ed in 80 per cent of the local stores. The increase in popula- tion is primarily due to the com- plete services offered to the pub- Ile in. this y. Four March 14th, EDITORIAL’ If we want a hospital’ we've got to vote for it. The many years of hoping on the part of district residents, the years of effort on the part of the hospital society and trustees, the beautiful jlans and the careful cal- culations — they are all going to add up to one dandy Fiasco if we don't give this thing the final push on Oh sure, we need a hospital; just about everyone agrees on that — it is heard on every hand. But we . don‘t hear from the minority, who think we don’t need a hospital, the well-organized groups who think we can get along without one, and who, for the sake of ten bucks, are going to vote against it on March 14th. We'll hear plenty from them then. Let’s just bear in mind that we need a TWO- THIRDS MAJORITY of ballots cast, to put this thing through. That means, that good will and good inten- tions are not enough; we’eve got to have the votes — everybody's votei,.in favour of this plebiscite. New Flower Shop Opens Tomorrow Mrs, H. Rich, our local florist, © who started her business in a small shop ten years ago, is hold- ing the official opening of her new business tomorrow, Shares in the Rich Flower shop, originally selling for $1.00 each are now selling for $100.00 a plece. In a statement to this report- er Mrs. Rich said, “Since the Castlegar and District hospital opened five years ago, business is booming. RANDOM NOTES We're fortunate in this district to have hospital financing available, at around only two mills tax rate; in other words the average householder will get a half-million dollar hospital for about ten dollars a year. It’s a pretty good deal, isn’t it? Well, let's make darn sure.we get it. Approaches to the new Trans- Canada highway bridge at Cas- tlegar which replaces the orig- inal ferny service, still leaves the Castlegar and District hospital in a quiet zone due to the wise new schools, ne new addition on the three-bed Castle- ance by the of the school board that all teaching positions in the schools would be filled at the besinnipe of the school term. gar and alee hospital, the new Trans - Canada highway bridge and natural gas are just a few of .the many services ‘en- joyed by the local residents, |\—_—_——— THANKYOU By E.G.0. Ministerial Association): Supaoris Hospital Due* to the tremendous in- fluence of the Castlegar and District hospital, on the students, @/reat percentage of this year's of pees and District is strongly in favour of a Hospital at Ci and d all are majoring in’ the The expansion. will create a need for i The other day we found our- selves puffing up the hill of 5th Avenue toward the new hospital. We had had no intention of go- ing anywhere near the hospital less than half an hour before, in i of its size, sat inviting me to go in, No sign of that solid, armor- ies look — cold, efficient and|. impersonal. In fact-it looked al- most inviting—to a visitor, Stepping up to the doorway, aud. ‘ fact i ‘were one or holed In cur two t along with ous under “Institutions’—to be filed and forgotten. However: a - brief’ conversa- tion of the iceberg: type (one-| eighth spoken, seven-eighth un- spoken) between the Editor and E.G.O. changed slightly the even course of ‘my life. 4 Ye Ed (very. politely.and. out loud) E.G.O., miy' cabbage, do you think you could write that col- ‘umn you promised on the, hospi-' tal for this week’s paper, please? Weare putting out a special Hospital ‘dedication issue. ‘Ye Ed. (less politely and quite | inaudible) Don’t bother thinking bub. Some things are impossible. We need some words under your byline on the Hospi- tal, ‘to fill that particular space and your elected, so get down out of your tree and get busy or you'll be the Hospital's dedicating sacrifice, Here it is January 1962 and you ‘haven't written a word on it yet. ; Me (aloud and equally polite- ly) .of course, of course, ‘Me (to me) Hospital, shmos- tipal. What the heck do I know about the things? Souless, sterile «catacombs, reeking of carbolic ‘soap and ether, staffed by.scurry- ing. non-entities and guarded by an im female C ‘Times have .changed or, have they? They -used to kill their spatients witn dirt, and Careless-| - ness, New they kill. them more efficiently with near-human ma- -chines and machine-like humans. Beaurocrat's paradise, that what. “Ye Ed:—‘and you take a walk ‘down there. It might give you “some ideas (heaven forbid)’. ‘So there we were, snow erunching underfoot and gleam- ingvin the wi:ter- sun, and there my overshoes, I stepped inside, and walked over to, the admit- ting desk to be. met, not by some Branite-yisaged: amazon, but my old friend Margaret! Hardly had we exchanged “hello” when Nooni and Margie came’ down + the-Jight airy... hall. In, a. .few, minutes” we. were chatting atl other days ‘and ‘places. A short tour,around with this’ charrain, guide service included a peek! fat" an * immaculate ' “operating room,'a glance into one of the. peaceful, homelike, wards: where Marguerite was bending over a patient’ and a ‘much longer‘lock through the glass of the nursery while Doreen held up one of the brand new pink-wrapped ‘guests’ for our inspection. As I left the i ox to‘ vote for it on March, 14th, A hospital right here will make the visiting of the sick (one of. the great functions of a minister), more requet and efficient. At the meeting of the as- sociation on Tuesday, the Rev. F. Woodrow, conducted a devo; tional period, . which led to a discussion. A further discussion was held on the great need, which is to- day ‘being emphasized, of more family religion. It was felt that families should worship and Jeatn together ‘at home, | and. at church of a menace ‘to quiet. bs _ peace.’ The suggéstion’’ was ‘ ‘made e that this Lent, a good, project’ for. the “family, was’ to “have family prayers at home, ‘and to’ attend thei ‘‘chtirch® as a’. ‘family. ‘The younger members of the family cannot be..expected: tobe. keen: about religion, if they are, : sent. to church or Sunday School, and |* not brought. lab. physio - therap- ists, doctors, nurses and phar- macists. Judging by the enthusi- astic’ response given by the stu. dents. ‘in the high school to the plea for young people to train in, these professions .and return 5 Local Taxi Driver Retires After 20 Years ¢Mr.S. Joe; taxidriver in Cas- has started a new enterprise. :He. is quoted as saying, “No in driving taxi these days ce tiegar ‘arid district for ‘20° years, | + Principal Of High School Grants Special Interview to the district, thesé new post tions will be ably filled by our own high schoo] graduates, DISTRICT FAMILIES LARGER THAN EVER From’ statistics recorded _ by the recent census, it is noted that the birth rate in Castlegar and district has risen steadily in the five years since the local choice of h site seven years ago. There is a more active interest in clvic affairs in recent months as shown by the large attend- ance at all public meetings, This was particularly shown by the record 400 residents who attend- ed the annual general meeting of the hospital board last night. FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY An view of the trend toward the installation of natural gas the West Kootenay Power and Light Company. eame into The average family now consists of five. and seven-ninths children. As one mother of 1] remarked. “Now that ‘taxi births: are a thing of the past, having. a baby in our local hospital is a: plea- sure, though unexciting compar, ed to the old days!” raise African violets for gifts to patients in the local ~ hospital. Mint .o’ money jn plants. these | days.” g Good luck in your: “new ven- | ture, Mr, Joe! WEEKLY SPECIAL New. Beatty Washing Machine as low as $111.30 One full case of Blue Surf with every washer. ‘PETE’S ELECTRIC SHOP “Phone 4189 -The monthly meeting was Thala ve at the home of Mr. Woodrow, — changing farewells with my guid- es and old: ideas for new with| - myself, who should I meet, but Elizabeth. “Oh, you haven't met us all yet,” she announced, “If you had come later during the visit- ing. period...” *. Small “hospitals are like small ‘towns — at their best when they consist of: peopte. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. -— WANTED — Bunk beds. Phong 3432, More than 1,300 -fires _oveur in an average week across Can- ada, according to the All-Canada Insurance federation. Total an- nual cost o& such fires is more than $90,000,000. Insurance Agents and BACK TO SCHOOL TO HELP YOU ; ‘tt il be school Sicis again for independent, the province when they attend their Annual {Brokers from all over gleaming on the hill, looking for all the world like a broody hen sitting cosily on her nest. ‘A few more steps, and’ the top-‘of the hill and the ii Conf in V: They go to this Conference to learn from leaders in the Insurance Business about the many er on March 18 and 14, tant looking now almost . home-like (I nearly said “Human”) in spite in coverages They realize that by improving ‘their knowledge they can serve you better. THE INSURANCE AGENTS? ASSOCIATION ‘OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ~ * fusions, strikes.’ ‘The most important British Columbia today... Red Cross Volunteer Canvassers Over the next four speaks British Columbia 15,000 men and women Belk be cas enthii a doce: to doce sss Piving: ete me aie oft to a job that means 60. much to all of us. Mhia year: Red Cross Canvassers hepe to raise $712,200 in. British Columbia to: maintain “vital Red Cross’ services—free blood trans-; veterans’ services, home nursing cour +s, outpost hospitals, the’ Junior Red: Cross,’ ‘help and comfart tmomediately when ‘disaster We all know how important itis is to keep the Red Crosg ready. So when ours , five g ly—tarn your dollars into action. THE RED.CROSS First to