Thuraday; March 19, 1953 GREAT PLAYS COMPANY Vancouver " Presents HAMLET .HLS, Students’ Council is Proud to Sponsor this Fags pieclsties ete has Achieved Outstanding Success it has been P Stanley Humphries Junior-Senior High School Auditorium _ CASTLEGAR SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1953 Curtain ats pm, et Tickets May Be Obtained In Castlegar At Rigby’s Coffee Shop West’s Store | Or At The Door Reserved Seats — $1.50 Rush Seats — $1900 Students — 50c. ° Soe Glee At Six Months Spred Satin and Glidden PAINTS Sash — Door and Cabinet Making “KOOTENAY BUILDERS and d_ Suppliers Castlegar Highway Phone 3008 A. EREMENKO & CO. Dept. Store & Deen: Freeze Lockers Be Well DRESSED And Join 7 - [fhe EASTER PARADE . Miss Nadyne who is ‘ing in the tion of “Hamlet” being staged here by the Great Plays Company Saturday night is a charming B.C. product, Born in New Westmluster, Hamilton made an unusually early start on her stage career with a debut at the age of six months. The play was “Barretts of ‘Wimpole Street” in which her mother, a actress, was . The baby-was written into the show by her father out of dire neces- sity because of.a shortage of baby sittters. Miss Hamilton has been Lving in Vancouver and played her present role of the wicked Queen Gertrude for two weeks at the Avon Theatre there. a present she is touring Canada with the Great Plays C The presentation a “Hamlet” here will be in the Stanley Humphries Junior Senior High School auditorium beginning at:8:00 pm, The is being by the Stanley Humphries Students’ Council. UNLINED GENUINE EVER - DRY JACKETS 4 Pockets — Double Shoulders ‘Full Zipper Front An Ideal Coat For Work GASTLEGAR - ROBSON NEWS SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | “a. u. x. Foxice ttt tor Pitts- Pagan. UTE, Pennsylvania last .Friddy. & PHONE 303) - . {for a Melty with his son ra -in- me rs, Miss Joanna Jenkinson paid a saunter ae we Dr 2 Qeiet visit to her parents at/” Mr. and Mrs. M. Hougen have Michel, recently. , as their guests, their four daugh- Miss’ Yvonne ‘Mitchell, Kin-|ters, Mrs. R. Wakefield, Mrs. J. naird, spent the weekend visiting Donaldson, Mrs. E, Tasker, and with Miss Rosalyne Williams, | yrs, c, Wormain, all of Maidstone, Castlegar. Saskatchewan. Mr, and Mrs. Ken Price motor-|" winners at the whist drive hejd ed to Cranbrook for a weekend lin the Robson Community Hall visit with friends and relatives Saturday night were O. B, Bal- there, lard and Mrs, R.-Berry with con- Miss Dorothy Gristwood _ of |solatioris going to Mrs. B. Ostrom HAND BAGS ........ $2.95 and uo | Draw String Type in Red, Navy, Black, Tan etc, WHITE NYLON GLOVES. :.... $1.95 SPRING BONNETS ......... $2.95. SPRING COATS spe sPotte $29.95 Gabardine MEN SON FORGET Our Suits Are Still Reduced by 15 PerCent — They carry the BUILTMORE BRAND and are made of Fine Wool Fabrics ced OUR MEAT DEPT. PICNIC HAMS WHITE FISH, whole " SIRLOIN or T-BONE aes STBARS) Blue Brand, - 45¢ pon ROASTS, Shania Shoulders, Ib. 55c BREAKFAST SAUSAGE Fresh, Ib. .... 8c FROZEN STRAWBERRIES AND ‘RASPBERRIES ne | a. A $7 95 BUY WHERE YOUR DOLLAR BUYS DOLLAR VALUE Vancouver, spent Friday.and Sat-|ang Mrs. J. Oborne, Refresh- urday visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. w. ments were served. : Prices Effective March 20 and 21 a Anderson, _- Little Craig Waite was a patient in Trail Tadanac Hospital. He is recuperating now at home. Mr. and Mrs, J. Murchey have moved to Castlegar: from Retal- lack. They have taken up resi- dence in the Eremenko Apart- ments. . Kinnaird Resident Passes Suddenly Funeral services were held in | the Kinnaird Improvement So- ean | ciety Hall last week, Archdeacon VEGETABLES, March, 20th and 21st LE JUICE - A hnies Clear, 48 oz. tin......... 32c ONES tes CELERY ; Cello Wrapped, Ib. ...--..+..-- 14c PORK CHOPS ee “Loin, Ihe ce. eee cess eeeees ee OTC BEEF POT ROASTS - oe | reeeee 496 TOMATO GATSUP Hunt's, hottle .......-..020005 246 EAS ee Metido, (5 oz. size 9's, 2 tins ... 296 ORN : : Comet, Cream Style, 15 02., 2 for. . 35¢ GRANGE JUICE at MB. 48 oz. tin... 10 o'clock SPECIALS Be On Time For Our SATURDAY MORNING B. A. Resker officiating, for Mrs. Leona Violet Amsbaugh, 56, who died at her Kinnaird home sud- denly. Pall bearers, at the funeral were Harry Killough, Ernie Pratt, Mike WALDIE'S Your Headquarters For The Finest. Of P-A-I-N-T Verzuh, A. J. Weir, M. E. Moran and Mr, Harmon, Interment was in the Park Memorial Cemetery at Kinnaird. A Kingpaird resident for the past two years and a half, Mrs, Amsbaugh .was born in Michigan, U.S.A. and lived for 31 years at Wildwood, Alberta. She is sut- vived ‘by a- daughter and four sons at Wildwood. Her husband predeceased her.a few. years ago, PITTSBURGH PAINT | WONDERFUL PAINT FOR: EVERY: PURPOSE. Too Late To Classify. “NOTICE — Fraternal Order of Eagles‘ presentation: of Charter’ _ SHEFIELD. OIL COLORS” For Making Jour Own. Tints” and Social Evening will be held at the Twin Rivers’ Hall, Satur- day, March 21. at 8 p.m. All mem- bers please attend. : C1-12 ‘Spring. GENERAL: ELECTRIC “Push Button Finger-Tip Control FULLY AUTOMATIC $459,° TUNE- UP Burdock Blood Bitters Liquid, Beminal “& Tablets N.GF. Tonic, Lig. & Caps. Sarsaparilla Comp. ” GENERAL. ELECTRIC eae Size gee Biomine Capsules Multiple Vitamin Capsules Wamploes Cod Liver Ext. ne A Paced Fablets | MOFFATT. ‘With the NEW eee Oven, $205 _ $485 PLITS’ * Rexall - ‘Drug co-0P STORE : SEE OUR NEW 1953 MODEL ; ' GROSLEY SHELVADOR’ AND DEEPFREEZE, . NEWS » Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” Vol. 6, No. 13 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIS: THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1953 5¢ Per Copy: Low K.R.C. Contributions Deplored Chamber Voices Support For Highway Relocation \ Support for the proposed rel 3-Cascade of the Ross highway through Blueberry Creek and Paulson, was voiced at the ing of the C. regular Cc Ly night. . Public Works Minister, the Hon. P. A. Gaglardi is being advised of the Chamber's: approval of the surveys of the proposed new route, by letter which will size remind him the route pioposed is not a new discovery by the So- cial Credit Government, as. the Hon, R. E. Sommers claimed in his recent maiden speech in the port’ Committee have asked the Department of Transport for a further grant of $50,000 to finish the improvements begun “last|. year, No further ‘grant has been received as yet, . KR. .R.C, after lengthy discussion, the sec- |’ retary was asked to suggest to the K.R.C, directors that: they appeal more ‘to district businessmen to become to the 5. » but was 1 to the previous’ government by the Greenwood, Grand Forks and Castlegar Chambers whose re- jpresentativos trekked over the route some two years ago, The letter. of support, was prompted aby, the opposition the of C cl has oa to the proposed Paulson-Blueberry Creek reloca- tion. K.R.C. contributions again came in for a major portion of the dis- scheme after it had been observ- ed that of last year's total contri- butions for K.R.C, purposes only, totalling $4,892.50, only $265 came from contributions: other than by C.M.&S, employees, “We businessmen should be e| downright ashamed of ourselves,” R. A. D, West declared. “We've just been riding on smelter em- ployees ... It's in the interests of Castlegar businessmen to support the K.R.C. and thereby stop this Continued on Page 4 and District Chamber of |, IAN: SOMERVILLE Recently ‘nominated . Liberal candidate for Kootenay West in the next federal election, Mr. Somerville, a Cominco em- ployee, resides in -Trail and has served as an for the (Queen Mary Dies “Announcement of the peaceful death of Dowager Queen. Mary, often called ‘“‘the Grandmother of England”, was made to the ‘B.C. Legislature. Tuesday ‘night by ‘Premier WAC: Bennett. A message of ‘profound sorrow’ was sent to Queen Elizabeth om ae B.C. House It reads.. "We, the members of ae Legislatures of Bri- tish. Columbia, : humbly beg - leave, to proffer Your Majesty:an expression ‘of our profound|! sorrow at the demise of Her Majesty the Dowager Queen Mary, who was univereally, revered and beloved." Hospital District Petition Awaiting: Replies To Letters _ Circulation of the petition: for th District for finanenie a ‘hospital at Castlegar, must wait until mdre has been it was decided at a meeting of the Castlegar and District Hospital Society Monday evening at the home of Mrs, A. Saunders. Society members feel the peti- tion circulation should not be undertaken too hastily although it should be done as soon as possi- ble, Letters have been writtex asking for more information per- taining to procedure and organiz: tion and it was decided the peti- tion will have to wait till after the replies have been received. Meanwhile the organization of the petition canwess is Proceeding Chiff Wanless .has agreed to be: zone captain for Castlegar; Alec Gray for Kinnaird and S. Horcoff ~ Continued on Page 4 City of Trail. A veteran R.C.A.F. test pilot, he is also active in dis- trict flying activities and a of the Legion. He is also director of the Trail. Welfare Society. eussion and the C Air- port, the second: Robson foad, numbering of Castlegar streets and residences Sand other prob- t spe were also-dealt with, * ‘A. Anderson, Chairman of the: ‘Roads and Bridges Committee said progress is being’made to- wards obtaining: a “second ' roid through Robson to provide access - to. the rear. lots of present and ‘. fiiture subdivisions. He -said “the committee in charge is at present circulating a petition’ among the to ‘what percentage are in-favor of “the road‘and would be willing to sell some. ot their, = Property for. pie become the 1 ins ‘Robsoi District Organizations Each Get ‘Jobs For Coronation Day Gelebration Here Plans for a wide variety of attractions at the district wide Day in C njght at the first meeting of the office of M. E.. Moran, _ The. ram of events as on June 2, were made last committee in charge, held in the by the and ‘which will help.raise funds for the ofa ital at Castlegar, will be held’on. Events a © include a giant. ‘parade, ‘to ‘be. arranged by: the Legion; -short services by the Ca: tlegar Ministerial As- e Castlegar Ball Park. the committee and urged to be- gin their’ preparations at ‘once Sawmill Production to be Increased Vitor Not Futhy _ Tho There Too! A local subscriber sends us this little anecdote. “Ona Particularly miserable day* recently,” she writes,- sent my small daughter with Nof Neglecting Celgar Roof Assures Chamber Rumors that the Canadian Cl a note to a neighbor's to invite her, equally small daughter to have lunch with us. “The twa children had just sat down to the table when my || cp, fC & Cellulose C of Canada Ltd, is losing interest i in its one million dollar Celgar proiect in the Castlegar and Arrow. Lakes areas, were emphatically denied by Gordon Root, Director of, Public Relations for the Company, at a dinner meeting with the executive. of the Castlegar and Districs. daughter said:.‘Mommy when Friday I-asked her to lunch I don't think she wanted to. come,” “Didn't you dear?” TI: asked our little visitor, “T wathn’t futhy,” prompt reply. project going as we were two yea At a later point in his informal came the Progress will be rep: on ata Public meeting on April 17. talk he again repeated: “I want to again. make the point that we haven’t lost interest in Celgar. ng want .to assure you. we're going ahead just as fast as we, possibly can, ihe Celgar bre ct has not races! in ae charge of Ci Syringa Creck road if: ed, he said. : Mr. Anderson. also advised the Pass Creek road is receiving some “much needed attention from the -Department of Public ‘Works, | District’ T pageant by, the PTA; a “tug-of-war : peeparéd by Castlegar H.C. senior baseball game arranged Zor, tlegar K.P.’s and:music’ dian Legion Band and ic Choir.» Lv. Cc i and Industry “Chairman, said the Chamber has been assured by the Other attractions are’ to be a midway by the Castlegar Eagles; stands - supervised Hon, R. E, 1 that he is working for early establishment of.a liquor store at Castlegar. He said a letter regarding the matter by. the Kinnaird Improvement So-, ciety; an automobile raffle ar- ranged by the Castleaar and Die The Castlegar and District Re- creational Projects Society have decided to build a sports arena af stlegar. « Vith a total of. $27,800 at their trict Cl the annual’ meeting of has been written to the General also. MONEY FOR AIRPORT Letters ‘are-also being writteny to the Hon. Lionel Chevrier, Min- ister of Transport; the villages of Castlegar‘and Kinnaird; the cities of Trail and Nelson-and all inter- ésted Chambers . of ‘Commerce and Boards of Trade in this area, ‘appealing for further ‘siipport to the Castlegar, Airport. The Air- will of First Aid tent with the St. John’s the Society in the Coronation Hall of Kin- naird and Castlegar in charge; fireworks display by the Castle- gar and. Kinnaird Fire Depart- ments; Bingo booths run by the 1.0.D.E.;.a baby. sitting service in the Legion Hall by the Pythian Sisters: and a messenger service by - District Cubs and Scouts. ‘Winding up the grand afternoon be a Coronation Ball to be — Fund ‘Growi in Kinnaird «.. } The Village c of Kinna ird Phneo- lator Fund, ‘a effort by the C Ki- wanis Club; . Other features are to be light- ing and P.A. systems in the hands of. the Castlegar .and Kinnaird Village Commissions; -and -ar- night, decided: the time is ripe for action and after leng- thy discussion,’ the’ motion to build a sports arena ‘passed by a of ‘the 25 Society Decides +. : nn bene “He Peston heweoer . that} a there will be. considerable delay before actual construction ‘of ‘the pulp. mill at Castlégar can begin, The Celgar Company. has not ob- tained ‘their: forest Boy pevery-effort i: is being m Ee iy char purpose in coming here is to assure you we're tot tosing interest,” Mr. Root declared. “We are just as keen to get tis rs ago when it was first suggested. ODOR AND WATER In answer to questions follow- ing his talk, during. which he showed samples of cloth made from acetate which once were , hemlock and spruce trees, he said to sat= ‘ve. the problems of cdorous:. fumes: and water; pollution.» * \“We are: hopeful that by the- time the plant is built, these wilt not. be problems any longer,” he- said. A licence yet,’although it-has been » the serve the unexpired term of one -year of Jas. Kelly whose resigna- tion was accepted with regret, Other. directors “are:.. Dave Campbell, Rennie Mitchell and Gilbert Fowler, with 2 years yet to serve; and I. Dergousoff and Elmer Craft with. one year sf their terms remaining. ¢ _ The Society is also planning an drive for new contri- residents present, voting down a motion for a swimming pool and another -for. further investigation ;| before making a: decision. It was estimated -an arena, 225'x150' with a seating: capacity of 1500, would cost $26,000 in ‘mere shell form, according to fig- ures obtained’ from “an ‘architect’ three years ago. This .would in- clude space for a skating rink, curling rinks, i eee room, re-. and a . Eciot ‘by. the among all Kinnaird organizations . is growing steadily. Proceeds‘ of-the variety concert in the Improvement Society. Hall Saturday. evening, “about $120, ~ have been ‘turned over to’ the fund: Other donations ‘to the fund; both received and promised, ine clude $100 from. the Kinnaird Improvement: Society; $50 from the: Kinnaird : Women’s: Institute ‘and $15 from the Kinnaird Little Theatre, of Christ. } Each of ria orepnizations are of| ciety Hbrary, The " meeting decided «the So} di: ‘should go ahead being Legion L.A. | Worried By 3 Resignations ti of the _| with plans, to construct such an arena, or at least the shell of one in order to gal ‘the jButors: ‘veys must be completed in order ‘that a working plan can be sub- then the terms of the licence con- tract will be negotiated.’ =~ “We do not know what. ali the terms of our contract will be. We spring,” he said. There will be some work done| forest inventory and market sur- should be d catalytic- burner may be the answer to the- approved. Before the licence £2N! fumes problem, he said, and if this is not the answer than one- coming soon. The- fumes, though not harmful in any. way, are abnoxious he admitted_ mitted to the government and and ‘tke problem should be sot- ved in the near future. As for the water pollution prob— lem, “We shall either supply an alternate water system to Castle- won't know until the contract has Kinn hos. been ‘negotiated, perhaps - next aio he: He hes Fac Continued on Page 2 ofat the plant site, two miles west + | of Castlegar, this year, he said. “| Holes will be dug.to test for well water which would be much more Great Plays “Hamlet” Shown At High School Auditorium: Saturday - and market Pris eat be cone ‘Shakespeare's immortal - trag-|.tinued during’ the coming year, edy “Hamlet” was relived on the “We don’t want’ to ‘start. any, stage. of the, Stanley Humphries engineering until the forest. in- Junior Senior High School Audi-| ventory has been completed,” he the Lake. Other. holes will test the plant foundations, ‘| torium: here’ Saturday night by) explained, “to obviate any last the Great Plays Company of Van-;; minute changes in pans.” couver before an audience of SAWMILLS STEPPED UP- some 300 district residents, Other plans for this year in- Sponsored by the Stanley Hum- | clude an increase of production at Phries Council,.. the] the Waldie’ nity>into more: active support: of society and further -donation3 ‘economical than filtering it from Local Parties Not Surprised At Socred Defeat In House The news’ of the Social Credit * Government's collapse. in the B.C- Legislature Tuesday night came as no surprise to members of poli- tical-party associations in the Case. tlegar area, Nor was it a complete pera to R..E.. Sommers, Rossland-Trait || MLA who declared in a telephone. conversation with a Social Cre- dit League officer:in Trail) Wed- three hour adaptation of the Eng-|and the two other eae at lish stage classic, performed by 13 Nakusp and Sidmouth-which Cel- which will ‘allow the project ‘to “be eovapleted in its re “te: the‘ Canadian Legion, Branch No, 170, held ‘last -Tues- day, proved to be an eventful one. Three resignations ‘were: tend- ered and. accepted ‘reluctantly, They were from Mrs. :L-Hubert, it Mrs, E. O'Rourke, First, Water Shutoff Saturday |» For South Castlegar The village. office announced this morning that water service in the Village of Castlegar will be te~norarily shit off to all resi- + dences south of Cedar Street and east .of the Vice-president; and. Mrs. L, Rich- ard, secretary. All stated they felt this move was in the best. interest of the auxiliary as they had ‘not recieved: full support’ from all members and the parent body, As no one present at the meet- ing would accept the nominations, “It was estimated the arena cem- pleted, exclusive, of: artificial ice Plant, would cost $67,000. . Site: of the arena was left up to di who/are ‘to actors and | Bar last ©: fall. ‘This |. was a would be done by: put; ‘| holding .the audience spellbound ting the mills on two shifts. right up to the'final curtain. :; Even if. all the. preliminary Dean, Goodman, used some res-|:work were already organized, he traint along with superb diction,| said, there would Still be delay, ioreetul expression, and marvel-{‘because all ‘the technical - skill their’ efforts towards obtaining Block 14,’ next to-the ‘ball park, from the Spiritual Community of. lous f his portrayal of| must be on nesday - ‘“We have h: the feeling this was going to hap- Ben sooner or later. The gavern- ment has been attempting to dis— Pose of the people's business for: 8'weeks over the stalling and de- laying tactics of the opposition. F feel that the Rolston formula has been misunderstood and that it ix a good solution to'the schoo! cos‘s the title role. Mary 4 alto the C: Chemical Plant at turned ‘in. an into ion as soon Mr. Sommers expressed his. perfor- mance.as. 3. Ophelia. Both these per- as possible.” Christ. If Block 14 avail- able, it could be the site of the arena, if not it was proposed’ the arena be built on the present batl park and the latter be‘ moved dither to the High School Grounds or to the Old Cemetery Grounds a was: to find new otticers: The third vice- filled morning. Water service in this area is to be’ discontinued ‘at 8 a.m, and it is hoped to have it resumed right after lunch ‘if not sooner. Feason forthe shuttoff is that repairs are necessary ‘to, water Hines. {i one vacaney as Bere president and Mrs." J. - Weir accepted the combined Tauties of 7 Beerelary: treasufer. Other L d. on’ C Avenue. A’small swimming pool is also to be considered.~ ; DIRECTORS ELECTED ave out-| “We have a $43 million dollar standing "Secards on the European | bond issue at Edmonton,”. he said, and English stages and Mr. Good-! “and this is costing us $15 thou- man has had considerable Broad- sand per day in interest alone. So way experience ‘also. . all our t to run as Social Cre— dit candidate if another electiom is called and said he was confi- dent the people of Rossland Trail would reelect him. Carl M. Loeblich, president of will be A New ‘Westminster born act-| rated there until the plant i is roll- ress, Miss Nadyne Hamilton, por-. ing properly.” trayed Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s!/! He said he hoped the Edmon- mother, while King Claudius was|.ton plant would be in operation played. by: Ron MacDonald. Mr.| bythe end of the summer fol- MacDonald and Mr. Goodman are) lowing. which there would. be a +, Four new di to the nine member board of fhe Society, were elected. Vv. Ci was The Spring Tea will be held in April. Refreshments. were served and the rattle. was won by ‘Mra. M. Hingley. Eddy Conroy and_J.:A. Williams were also voted in for three years. Alan’ Harvey * was @lected:, to for. ‘another three year term-and |, of-. the: play,'.which! break-in period of six months or opened witha two weelt engage-| more. ‘ i ment at th - He said. some. diffi had the 5) Trail Social Credit- League was not available for- comment, L. G. Bothamley, presi-- dent of the Castlegar Social Cre- dit Group however, said the news of the government's defeat comes 4s no surprise, “I'm sure everybody appre- ciates the difficuty of carrying on the of. g with been experienced at the Colum- bia Cellulose Plant at Prince Ru- pert: but these have all’ been of State and: Ophelia’s father, ae Etraightened out and ‘the! mill: is * Continuéd on Page 5 “running* very” well now,” a minority,” Mr. | Bothamley said. “We are quite pleased with the legislation passed by the govern- ment ‘and. feel sure “there are. Continued on Page 5.