CASTLEGAR’ NEWS, Thursday, March 26, 1959 Plays Included In. Program For Mother-Daughter Banquet. Approximately 125 mothers, ‘Guides, Brownles - and, special y guests sat down to a sumptuous ‘banquet on Thursday, March, 18 vin the United Church Hall spon- {sored by the Guide and Brownie i Association, ‘The head table was tasteful- ly decorated by the Guides fea- turing wpotted plants in shades of blue and gold, flanked by tall gold cendles emphasizing the Gulde colours, Appropriate place cards were also made by the] Guides, The plants were: a gift of Mr. L, G Attractive’ cards in flag mo- tif with hand bralded tles. mark- ed the place of, each. mother. These were made by the Guides ‘and ‘Brownies, ‘The Reverend M. Reside ask- ea athe: blessing and Mrs, OUR SUPPLY OF 4) Mrs, G, Hughes G. of the Guide nd Brownle Association ' wel: comed the guests. - Toast to the Queen was made by Guide’Rosilind Jones and the Be |toast to: the mothers was made by Guide Dawn McLuckle and much time in helping the girls with their handicrafts, After dinner, guide. Margar- et McWhinnie took over as mis: tress of ceremonies for. the en- tertainment, - ie * Firat on the was Robson W.I. Holds Successful Tea & Salo The members'of the Robson Women's Institute’ held a very succesaful Tea and “Bake Sale in a play put on by the 2nd Castle- gar Brownte Pack with tlie theme “Lénd a Hand”. Taking: part were Joy Anderson as the over- worked mother, Carolyn Harvey and Heather Anderson as’ the children. whose favorite expres: sion Was “Mother can do it"; till one day they decided to go to the woods to look for Brownles to do thelr chores for them, When they found the wise old owl, Played’ by Patsy Hughes, who told them to look fri the silver pool and there they would, see the faces of brownie helpers. The ist Castlegar Pack pre- sentation was one of round-the- world ip when the brown- and the Hall recently. President Mrs, J. Bainbridge wel- jcomed the guests and@ declared ‘the salé open, The hall was ‘tastefully de- eorated in the St, Patrick Day theme with the serving table be- ing covered with a green cloth and centred with a low bowl of daffodils and snapdragons. ‘The .tea tables were:-each centred with styrofoam holding a daffodil and some trailing ivy. Committees were: Tea tables, Mrs. W. ‘Kennedy and Mrs, * Smocher;Bake Table, Mrs. S, and Mrs, M. Kitchen, Mrs, W.. T, Waldie and Mrs, J. Scott; Raffle tickets, Mrs. Dick Fowler. Mrs, H. Evans was at the door with the tea tickets, ~ The door prize of a lovely bouquet of daffodils was won by Mrs. J. H. Smith of Robson, ‘Mrs. F, Shantz‘of Renata wa'the win- ner of the beautiful hand-made cushion, which was wroked and donated by Mrs, S, Grant. Presiding at the urns. were Mrs; RB. W. Chalmers and Mrs, A Whites RICK’S , TV. Sales & Supplies * Phone 7271 Everything ‘In T.V. A. EREMENKO & (0. EASTER HAMS, half or whole, fb. 55¢ PORK ROASTS, Boston Butts, Ib. 52c About 12 TURKEYS, yoriscenateds grade ‘ Ibs., PROVINCIAL DEC. 31/32109 @ Castlegar @ Kinnaird @ Robson @ Brilliant on VICTORIA, B. Ce oT E Published Every Thursday. at ‘The. Crossroads of the Kootenays” Deer Park Renata Genelle Slocan City VOL.-.12, No, 13° CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959 10 CENTS PER COPY KUTIES} aM. P.P. TRACKS DOWN ‘| transport’ department. Oglows Low Bid On Fan Marker A: tender of $5,980, by the local firm of Oglow Bros. Build: ing and Supply Co. Ltd., was ‘the lowest of seven’ received for con- structing a fan marker building and related work for the, federal Bids closed March 19 with T. G. How, regional director,'of air services, Vancouver, and other St Citizens ‘Visit Trail ‘The regular meeting of ‘the Senior Citizens was held Friday with 50 members present and siding. evenings March 27th Legion Hall, |- president Mr. Lv. ‘Webster pre- |}. GHILOREN NOT HURT el HURT des Mt candles for different coun- tries from a central candle held by gold cord guide Lennie Morey. thers to join the Association. « Following «this the guides Mrs. H. Hyson, Divistonal presented ‘songs with all joining gave an iriterest-|!% - ing talk on the work of Guides and Brownies.and reminded the girls of thelr Jaws and promises and their duty to the Queen. She said, “If boys and girls’'grow up B|to be happy useful citizens, then all will be right with the.world.” Mrs, J. MacBain, District plea- sure at the large turnout, She this, ‘ spoke of the fun and magic of ‘Presentations being in order, S| being a Brownie and how it was| Mrs. Js MacBain, District Com- like a golden thread leading to missoiner, presented Golden Bars. guiding and growing up an to: Grace Hansen, Carol Morey, Grade A, about 12 ‘Ibs., Ib. .... 55¢ CHICKENS, eviscerated grade ’A’ Under 4 Ibs., Ib. ‘Over 4 ths.,-Ib. also thanked the ladies who wor-| | ked so hard to make the banquet | u)a success and-Invited more. mo- FRESH PORK SHOULDER, Ib. .... 37¢ BEEF ROASTS, prime rib rolled, ib. 79¢ .VEAL SHOULDER STEAKS, Ib. .. $9 PORK & BEANS, Nobob, 2 for .... 29¢ PLUM JAM, Nabob, 48 ox. tin .. 69¢ _ PEAS, Nabob size 5, 2 for ........ 35¢ ANST. COFFEE, Blue Ribbon, 5.ox. 89c TEA BAGS, Blue Ribbon, 100’s .. 89c * MARGARINE, Solo, .2 for ... - 59¢ BUTTER, Ist. grade,. Ib, .... 68e EASTER CHOCOLATES, 10 - 15 - 69¢ , CUT FLOWERS, & POTTED PLANTS tenderers were? Guy Guido, $6,064; Columbia +) Builders Ltd., $6,799;- Construction, $7,332; Carl Sei- bert $7,350; Louis Maglio, $9,005; Casvoner Building Supply, $10,- A letter was fead’ from the Trail Senjor Citizens :: inviting |‘ the Ci to attend The Ernest Newman ‘family was Liivajeed in a car accident on thelr esting on Monday everiing: Monday. morning ‘about 8:30 when their car left the road between the Ie econ titers Villa .| Glass House and the new Sanca Creek bridge on the Creston high- * Atter the routine bubiness of | way. They had spent thé Easter week-end in Edmonton visiting Mrs. the meeting was concluded, films Newman’, 3 mother. . were shown’ by- Henry,” Hyson, 5 which included a film: of the The car rolled down the bank to the lake, Golf Club - burning ‘of $2,500,000 at thamint. | a'distance of about 100 feet and Mis. Newman Direct These films:were very.much en-| Was thrown: out about. half way down. Mr.: Relums rectors joyed by the members and a vote : eo of thanks was extended to. Mr.| Newman and the children, Sharron 18, Wayne| The Castlegar and Discsict Hyson. Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Kraft | 17.and Raymond. 10, were able to climb back’up the bank but Golf Club met last week and Pi then took over the programme, !q boat had to, be brought from the Sanca Creek Auto Court!|® Work party as soon as weather around to the scene of the accident, to.get Mrs. Newnan and Lanne “directors Wess: BR take.her around to the Auto Court, where the Creston, mbul- to office as follows: R. A. West. President; J. Kelly, vice-presi- Easter Candy IS JUST DANDY .A presentation‘was made to Miss C, Proudfoot by Lennie Morey. This was the words “Ex- tra Good Deed” spelled out in coins or “fairy gold", The Brow- nies requested this to be turried over to the Handicapped School and Miss Proudfoot expressed at being chosen ito do : SOLGATE PRAUTY: SOAE reg. PALMOLIVE SOAP, reg. 4 .LIQUID VEL, King ice oe STRAWBERRIES, = froxen, 3 PEAS, trogen a for nie FRENCH FIES, frozen, 2 for .. CELERY, cello, [b. AVOCADOES, 2 for Everything In The Sweets Line That You Could Ask F ‘or CASTLEGAR . DRUG PHONE 3911 Anniversary Dance For Teen-Agers Teen-agers will celebrate their 5th Anniversary of dances on Saturday, April 4 in the Kin- naird Improvement Society Hall. The celebration will take the form of a Cabaret from 8.30 -to midnight with a free lunch for all. Single will “ be} Ce $5c_and couples 60c. fs C sheets; belonging: to the AOTS. singing was then enjoyed for about 45 jminutes, and Mr. Kraft handed out song ance was waiting to take her to hospital. making your own decisions. A Work CASTLEGAR’S LARGEST STOCK OF . He Maddocks . : DEACER IN: SAVAGE: SHOES Boots. $8.50 to $27.95 Top Quality Brands Including ~ @ DAYTON @ KODIAK @ GREB Project - Annual General . _ Meeting - 10 BE HELD _ MONDAY, ‘APRIL 6th AT ARLARE Society and must be signed by two Annual Meeting. ° “Annual Report — Election of Directors, 7 MORNATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE so FAR), _ EVERYONE WELCOME Nominations “must have the consent. of, the nominee, } ‘tothe “secretary, ‘not less than 48 hours before the. members and turned in ing, Mrs. W. Fox, G. past-president . of ” Also attending were“ Mir: was made to retired District Commissioner, by Mrs. Master, Guide and Brownie Association, in appreciation. of Mrs. Fox's tireless work. Mrs, Fox expres- sed her heartfelt thanks and told the girls to éarry on in, their good work. , Mrs. Moll who ; has bee! ‘with Guiding. for over f ty years OX pressed her: pleasure at ‘attend- Mc- the Ralne, Divisional Treastirer” and C. Proudfoot who, has given a Charlotte Sharples, Joan, Mason, Maureen, Rourke, Maureen Mit- chell, Glofia Fomenoff and Don- na Marken, Golden Hands to: Donna Pep- pard, Judy Bartsoff and dans, Shay. Guides 2nd Class to: Jil Hughes and Margaret MceWhin-| nie. Mrs. Fox, retired District Commissioner, presented Golden Bars to: Patsy Hughes, Carolyn Harvey, Glenna Howes and Pat- ty Clark. The flying up ceremony took Place when Brownie. Lorraine Deans flew up to Guides. Our Ladies’ Ready-To-Wear Department COATS for spring.& summer SPRING COATS, wool. cloths, +1 $25.95 and up. CAR COATS $9.98 to $15.95 SHORTEE COATS, ‘ALL: WEATHER COATS, $19.95 & up DUSTERS ‘HANDBAGS BY JULIAN RESNICK Patent Leather, Some Lizzard ‘The Very Latest In Styles’ A. GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER — HANKIES, NYLONS, “JEWELRY ~ Colored NYLONS ‘Pink, Blue Coral,” Green* = 25] - Cotton’ Sheen CAR COATS 12-18 . LADI ES! - Shortie Pyjamas Crinkte Cotton NIGHT. 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The ones he found were so of-.. fensive to him he-covers them here with a newspaper. One surprise he said, wasthat magazines from the U.K., like - the-one inset; were “even more disgusting’ than the U.: variety.. He taid a charge of distributing obscene literature against © one Toronto store owner |] McKenzie, was guest speaker Kinnaird PT-A Inspector of Schools, C."S. last week at the Kinnaird PTA meeting, and gave an interesting and enlightening talk on arith- metic, - A question period and dis: eussion followed, and was enjoyed very much by the membership. Mr, H. Bate is scheduled: to give a talk on vocabulary at the gbie meeting. Eng. ‘umbia P Pi | alternative schemes of develop- ment of the Upper Columbia, with the, attendant controversy concerning downstream benefits and diversions, came strongly to the attention of the public when! Bat ould, if éarri amvied: through, leave the United States out with regard. to’ additional . upstream storage which they monet would eptibie of no posed by itself.” In’ the current Canada-US. eles Canada holds that the prin- be made the flow to their pen complex on the Lower Columbia, ch in the Boun- dary Waters Treaty is applicable to the Columbia, and if the Upper is Canada The the two countries next stepped in, and held a high-level confer- ence to endeavour to determine policy. The ssa of -high-level in the matter bere “the Libby Dam on the Kootenay River, The proposed U.S. dam at Libby, Montana, would back wa- ter beyond the: US. boundary in- to Canada, Oen-third of the wa- ter storage area would be provid= ed in Canada.:In to the Tnternational 1 Joint Commnis- sion to recommend a basis for the of benefits. This has beén construed to pon that the: Us. has accep- la wishes these downstream rights to be paid for not in dollars, but in electric power.. ‘That is the, way the matter. stands at present. Government leaders and utili- ty engineers. in Canada are gen-| erally agreed that‘definite mea- surers for development. of the U Cc can be taken un- ted th benefits, for the. ‘aust time. The project, the U.S. section of ‘he ic current .of the IJC are expected to” produce: the, desired to pay for dixect.physical damage to Canada for lands which would be flooded above ‘the dam. The Canadian section of the IJC asked also for the return of a portion of the power from Libby itself and from plants on the Lower m7) Columbia, such as would be crea- ted by construction of the dam ‘and by the release of the storage Maat ee by the reservoir. = . HISTORY ipper r til policy has been worked out and agreement reached. Once storage is created. in Canada, some downstream be- efits thereby become immediate- ~ In order to some- thing of what is involved in the policy decisions still to be worked out, a ly for the plants. Moreover, the ‘best: method. for Mrs. Kraft accompanied the sing- ing at the plano, she also sang asolo “I Walk Beside You" play- ing her’ own accompaniment. The old timers ‘werg all in good voice and enjoyed the sing- very much. The meeting was brought ‘to a close with:the serv: ing of refreshments, . Monday evening 20 of the Castlegar Sen- where: they were the Fest of jor Citizens motored to Trail, the Trail branch, other visitors attending were from. Rossland, and Fruitvale. While there Mr. Webster spoke briefly on form- ing a district council df Senior Citizens, and the advantages of ,] affiliation with ‘other groups: Mrs. Newman is reported is ‘still in critical condition. their uncle, John Dalziel, who accident. ‘The children were not injured ‘dnd returned to Ci to be improving aithough she Mr. Newman is much improved dent; Mrs. D. Brookes, secretary- with and OQ. Walk- was called at the time of the er, L. , J. Mires. M. Verzuh, H. Binnie and E. LeRoy.. Dues this year will be S10. (Funeral services’ were held Wednesday. for the ‘late Alec! Konkin of New Denver, victim of a highway accident near Rock Island. Mr. Konkin was killed when his car; left the highway and rolléd over ‘a high bank: He was, 30 years of agé @ Konkin Funeral Held Wed. was born in Lunbreck, Alberta. He was to have been married in two weeks time, Services were held at Krest- ova, where interment took place, and a large attendance was gath- ered to witness the last rites. Ar-| :.|rangements were handled .by id | Castlegar Funeral Hdme. . Local Lodge Visited At Nefson Local members of Lion's Head Lodge, No. 74 IOOF jour- neyed to Nelson on Fraternal vis- it to the Nelson Ledge, Kootenay Lodge No. 16. Delegates making the trip arranged for two carloads fram the Aasieeer, ee additional flow ‘are aleredy place or authorized. : Estimates of the work of wp steam storage to the U.S. plarits lecated on the Lower Columbia have gone as high as 1,900,000 Hillowatts if the Mica’ Creek dam were, bullt for storage purposes |. alone, and 4 ‘the appropriate in- .age, is @siost logical..§tid.. £00-. electric power... of halt? e: downstream bene: tits resulting ‘tom ‘water_storage at Mica‘ Creek-were returned: to British’ Columbia in the. form of energy, this - would: much more than double the total generating capacity of the present B.C. Pow- er. Commission system. The stakes in the discussion’ ‘now’ going on between: the two are indeed bigis are made is easing and project: ed. U.S, plants on’ the Lower Co- lumbia. If the .U. S. plants had ‘only to add the extra machines to obtain this in- Power could, of course, be generated for B.C. at the site of the Mica Creek dam, or at the other dam sites on. the Upper ey A sultable cae Creek would be réduced, ‘but would be much more: than made up by the increased output of the [downstream plants. ‘The value of this power Pro: not-be 3g reguit the BC. utilities” ti eg PO Columbia development but are continuing to plan, and. build, more hydro and thermal capacity but.higher cost than the eventual duction: ito. the British economy would make it reason- ‘able to expect that the. benefits + would: -Parallel those so clearly in” the’ Nor States. . Does British C need cost of power and downstream. benefits. HOW WILL DEVELOPMENT COME? The Government of the Pro- vince of British Columbia. has that the all this Fewer? -jof the Upzer Columbia will be The to the Gordon Beonome Commis- crease in electric power output, it is probable that no power any- where in the world could be ob- tained as cheaply. To Canada “ The chief benefit to Canada of Upper Columbia development would be the return of down- Stream benefits in the form of pacity for ‘a’ generating station, at Mica Créek-has been estimated at 1,200,000 kilowatts, but’ this figure’ is predicated upon total ston, in-No 1955 was that .B.C.'s hydro potential must be developed to the extent. of 12,- 500,000 horse-power by 1975, an increase’ of A over present aes utilization of : water, storage for our -own ‘power: prc n If storage: of the dam’ were to be regulated ‘for best utilization . on is i that B. Be. not-only needs, Colum: bia power, but that by the tim? south of the border, then depend- it is, developed it may of itself the of a public agency; Le. a crown corporation financed by funds guaranteed by the federal and or the pro- vincial government. This methcd of development appears to have general accept- ance for two reasons: “1. The need for co-operation between the tw> nations’ Involv- ed, between th: Provincial and (continued on page eight) to water negotiations on this contin- ent is helpful. The legal relationship: bet- ween Canada and the United States in’ matters ‘of ‘joint. water development is laid. down. in. the -y Waters ‘Treaty of 1909. of beset is recognized in interna- tional law and apparently-in in- . terstate arrangements in the U.S. The United States long ago ob- tained downstream benefits in a comparable case (at Grand Falls on the Saint John River) when Canada was to derive some bene- fit from the storage of water on the US. side of the border, But pene US, had never applied the or even The negotiations * for this..treaty started in 19068 arising out “of the Niagara River power diversion and other problems. General prin-, ciples were formulated and an In- Joint C ission was “{ever agreement is reached.’ depend upon the terms of goat WHAT DOES COLUMBIA POWER MEAN? ++ To the United ‘States 000,000 ‘kilowatts on the Col umbia River, tts tributaries and the -associated :power. systems. ‘(This compares: with-a total of |“ about 2,000,000 kilowatts’ in> the combined present hydro-electric set up to apply those principles to matters regarding boundary waters which were in dispute. Thus the International Joint Com~ mission is automatically implica- ted in any difference of opinion ing such rie it with Canada the In the discussions,on the Lib: by Dam, Canada had a trump card. She could divert some of the waters of the Kootenay Riv- er to the Columbia River at Can- al Flats and make the Libby Dam i impractical, This possibility was i into the d vers as the C rf vince of British Columbia.):’ “This power is being generat- ed:in a large integrated complex of generating stations, both pub- licly and privately owned.. - The present U.S., power out- put is attained chiefly from run- f-th: Kootenay. The principles which were established left each country in full control of all waters within its own. territory even though thse. waters in their natural channels. would later flow across plants ‘below the Border, | ‘although’ some. storage is available such a5 at Horse. With: additional means of controlling the flow of some tributary streams, but particularly on the niain stem of the Colum- bia. north. of ‘the border, they and ‘the negotlatio! 1 deadlocked. : ? ‘When the matter of'a storage dam on the Canadian reaches of the Columbia River was raised by the US, it was apparent that the same principles were again ‘inv- olved. Gen. McNaughton's revel- ation that Columbia River waters could be diverted. to:the North Thompson thence to the Fraser came as a shock not only to thé U.S. section of the IC but to the general public on both sides of the border. This possibility of diverting “both the Kootenay and the Col- ‘Bécame | the’ yi but, they the other! ‘country to:sye for loss sustained as & result of the action This idea was incorporated into Article 2 position taken by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. At that time it represetited the position taken by the United |; States in all prior discussions, The principle had been « based upon @ still broader principle’ expounded by Chief Justice Mar- shall of the Supreme. Court, of the United States in 1812, _ “The jurisdiction of the na. tion within its own territory is, exclusive and absolute. It is sus- could pi be generating capacity on the Col- umblia Itself. Load forecasts show that’ this extra. power will be |’ required by them within the next 10 years, - The development of power | ‘on the Lower Columbia ‘has been’ a major contributing factor to the industrial. development-, of the riorthwest United States during the past 20'years, If this develop- ment-ds- to: continue, increased, energy: production .must come from some source. The Columbia River, its flood. waters. made us the’ present |. in the entire es ‘ Hungry |. SAD: FAREWELI four, left, as she prepores ful through upstream. water ato) 1S BADE by Eskimo, lass’ Angnatuk, ” to leave by plane. for her home in the Arctic circle’ She has been a T.B. patient at the Mountain sanatorium: in Hamilton for ‘the past two. -: years, Doll is one of the many presents given te children *- Bees: by-nurses,” At’ right,.some of ESKIMO CHILDREN CLOSE TO TEARS AS THEY RETURN TO ARCTIC | pa oe Pere 27: others who .cre going home, sadly board plane, The Eskimo children respended- miraculously to treatment’ at “the sanatorium aos T.B. am ng. Eskimos is gradually being wiped out: