THE CASTLE ‘WEWS a "Published. Every ‘reiGreday at “THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS” Sibscription “Fate* $1.50 -per-year-or: ‘15e- per month by -carrier ig pohacgeass Authorized as Second Cldss Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa . the; Canadian Lé; I K fies: ana eeion. wish, EDITORIAL Where Is Castlegar? The Lethbridge Herald asked this question in a recent editorial and then went on to answer it and make a few com- ments. The text ig interesting, representing, as it does, not only a plug for our village but also how we ‘and our good fortune, look to others. We herewith reprint the editoriahin full, : “Where is Castlegar?” “It’s practically on your doorstep. Castlegar is on the Columbia River near where the river becomes a river again after having been the Arrow Lakes in the West Kootenay country of B.C. After flowing a few miles south of Arrow Lakes, the Columbia crosses the U.S. border near Trail, great smelter town.’ “Castlegar comes into our geographical vision by reason of the fact that the Celgar Development Company is plan- ning a huge pulp and paper development there, part of the program of the Celanese Corportion of America’s expansion into Alberta and British Columbia in the synthetic fibre and petrochemical field. “Two $50,000,000 plants enter nto. the scheme, one a petrochemical plant near Edmonton where British Columbia wood from near Prince Rupert and Alberta chemicals will enter into the making of fibre for textiles and other industries ; tlte other pulp and paper plant at Castlegar using forests from the West Kootenay area. “In contemplation of the expansion program, Castlega: ‘has already taken on boom town airs and is said to have a population of 5,000 It may become the biggest city in‘ the Kootenays before many years when the big pulp and paper plant goes into operation.” gh the medium. of your, This column enka like to say a few words in Support of the paper, to thank all those Wel- and organizations who. assisted -in| our Armistice Parade in: order.to make it successful. Further, a} motion. was. passed, by;.the.mem-|- bers of our Branch, authorizing} me to extend to you, Mr. Camp: Friday; Dee. 12'at'? p.m. - Over Radio Station ; CJAT Castlegar Residents... your local merchants by, bidding on the items fore and Recreation and incidentally (as usual a few words about. this district and the K.R.C.) >There, would..seem to be in the [world today, (perhaps due to our bell, our sincere, thanks. ‘for yout assistance, particularly in the loan| of the Castle Theatre without charge. I also wish to take this oppor- tunity to explain to the people of Castlegar and Kinnaird a certain discrepancy in the Armistice Day Wreaths. The orders for these wreaths were taken by members of the Ladies Auxiliary and the order was submitted to our. Pro- vincial Command in accordance with. the orders placed by . the various merchants. However, it was impossible for the Provincial Command to fulfill orders_cor- rectly, and as a result, we receiv- ed a large number of the more ex- pensive wreaths and an insuffi- cient number of the wreaths that were ordered. Consequently in order to dispose of the wreaths, and in order to avoid losing con- siderable money on the wreaths, it was necessary to request var- ious merchants to purchase more expensive wreaths than ordered. I ‘wish to explain on behalf of the members, that this situation was not created deliberately, and we have already taken steps in our Branch, to avoid a repetition of such a situation. On behalf of the members, I wish to apologize to the mer- chants who were affected and to assure them that we regret the occurance of this situation. Yours truly, M. E. Moran, President, cation system) a growing aware- fess of the moral obligations of helping one another. On_the other hand, perhaps as a result of the very impersonal vastness of that system as well as a definite encouragement in some quarters, an equal and op- posite tendency is evident to “let George do it,” “let the Govern- ment do it,” “let anyone do it” so long as it’s not I who has to do it. Probably most of the people in Castlegar and district have seen the C.M.&S. Film, “No man is an Island” which so convincingly hasizes the interdep of members of local and world communities. Certainly most of the people in the district saw what could be effected by a whole community working together, at the recent Teachers’ Convention. Undoubtedly all who read the letter from the B.C.T.F. Executive J. A. Spragge, in last week’s Cas- tle News, or have heard the many congratulations from other districts, have felt a glow of pride and a sense of accomplish- ment as one member of this com- munity. If we can’ make such a suc- cess in one field of community endeavour, we can and should be able to in another. Too often, however, we hear “let the K.R.C. do it. And the K.R.C. As Mr. Dalziel, sectetary for the Society pointed out last week, offered for auction RAFFLE EACH NIGHT GRAND RAFFLE, FENAL NIGHT GIFT SUGGESTIONS BOXED STATIONERY _ CAMERAS OPEN EVENINGS BUSINESS DIRECTORY EMES ELECTRIC ; . nm Tienes Greep’s Electric 4 Electrical Contracting ELECTRICAL :CONTRACTING Free Estimates Estimates Box 384 PHONE 3571 Castlegar Canadian Legion Branch No, 170. the main ‘function of the K.R.C. is to centrailze the collection and ‘| distribution of all funds for the support of welfare and recreat- ional. activities. in the district igevered by, the ‘society. ‘Nof'“all pf us can or have the inclination! to actively participate in ‘the’ recreational activities which are growing steadily in ‘Wiring Electrical Fixtures and Supplies: Store Hours: 1-5 p.m. Struck ee as eee Mr. H. C. Themlinson is: mak- ing satisfactory recovery in Koo- tenal Lake General Hospital this week after being struck by a car ‘on Maple ‘Street near Second Avenue, Saturday night. A former resident of New Den- ver, Mr .Thomlinson, 86 years old, has been living with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Thomlinson, Maple Street. He was returning to the house about 9:10 p.m. Saturday night when struck by an auto driven by’ a Trail youth. He sustained two fractures of his right leg, lacerations about his eye and bruises to his left hand. 2338 PHONE 3551 MITCHELL Transfer and Fuel Ltd. The Detroit River which runs into. Windsor,. Ont:, and Detroit, carries an average of 115,000,000 importance in this district: Only a few of us can engage in the specialized area of welfare work. But we can all do our best as s of the cc ity by contributing to the K.R.C. not as our sole contribution—for I be- lieve in the importance jot per- Closed Wednesday Kinnaird, B. C. Phone 3098 . = = Plumbing — Heating Furnace and Chimney Cleaning CASTLEGAR PLUMBING & HEATING CO. LTD. Phone 4271 R. Fletcher, Mgr. ZUCKERBERG’S BEAUTY PARLOR Established 1939 Beauty Service sonal giving for the d of the individual—and not as an obligation, but as a privilege in which we can be of service to our community, . . Castlegar and district is grow- ing up fast, physically. It can grow ub as a community, only as fast as its members undertake the responsibilities which come with ‘growth. In such a community, the “let George do it” attitude has no place nor is it wanted. Every res- ponsible citizen relaizes full well that Georges and governments, once d, tend to b and the former masters tons o y greater tonnage than that of Suez, Pana- ma and Kiel canals combined. -| Proper YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT HOSPITAL INSURANCE —Same wide coverage ‘at new y reduced rates ‘Onty>$ Only $13: 50 for Tah mo —Co-instirance apollo’ a jeans, you: pay ‘Only. one: dollar for éach’ al. This ‘amount barely pays: ‘for the: cost_of ‘food - alone! —Dependency, iNew ‘depend low the ‘head.of a family. to” : reg f claim:as dependents certain relatives dependent’ upon: him