CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 4, 1976 'Eremenko’ S FIT-RITE SHOES QUALITY. SHOES for ne sorely, For Dress — Casual and Our Footwear Will Meet the Need of Any Type Work or Any Occasion NA ‘Informative, Bright, Interesting CASTLEGAR NEWS heated Day of Prayer to inetd. in Robson’ Com: tt 2 p.m. Everyone Woloome Also Robson Church Ladies this munity Church Hall Mon., Mar, 8 at 2 p.m. David Thompson Stam Club will held its time Waldie's Plumbing & Heating 61 Crescont Street, Castlegar — Phone 365-7531 ‘World Day of Special . Castlegar & District ree jor Citizens will meet in the Cent on Thursday, Mar. 4 at 2 p.m. Prayer Service for fhe Costleeny, area will be hi David's ‘Anglican 1a church on Fri, Mar. 5 at 2 p.m. Everyone reli Rummage Sale, Fri. Mar. main lounge of SaaS fon BE CLOSED MARCH 27 FOR INVENTORY "SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION” FOR SAVAGE SHOES AND ALL YOUR FAMILY FOOTWEAR Phone 365.7025 — Pine Si. — Castlegar Shipment of: @ VARIOUS LOCOMOTIVES @ SETS @ BUILDINGS & SCENERY @ REMOTE CARS '@ TRACK &SWITCHES @ BOX, FLAT &’ TANK CARS ise Party Given Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fillipoff Shoreacres Couple Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary Many friends and relatives gathered at a surprise party in the Tarrys Community Hall recently to celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of Mr, and Mrs, Fred Fillllpoff of Shoreacres. Speaking on behalf of the gathering, Peter T. Oglow con- gratulated the couple of their many years of marriage “through the sad as well as the glad days.” He also conveyed to the couple, the best wishes of Mrs, Anna P. Markova of Brilliant. Both were born in Saskat- chewan and then moved to British Columbia where they were married on Jan, 80, 1926, residing for a few years in Rossland before moving to Shoreacres, They have brought up . three sons, Jack of Vancouver; Fred, who is a schoolteacher in Castlegar; and Peter, who ‘works for the Canadian govern- ment in Ottawa, ‘The hall was decorated for the occasion by their grandchil- dren. Their granddaughter Ka- thy, read messages of congrat- ulations and well wishes from the Governor-General of Cana- da Jules Leger and Madam Leger; Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau; and Premier Bill Bennett. Congratulatory messages were also received from their sons Jack, Fred and Peter; Boris and Helen Kositsin from California; Mr. and Mrs. Franco De Vuono from Nelson; as well as others. The Lord’s Prayer was recited before a well-served buffet dinner, after which gifts were presented to the couple. Many Doukhobor hymns and folk songs were sung by their friends at the party. ‘The couple expressed their thanks to God for His blessings, and to the people for gifts and well wishes. CHARTERS To Britain & Europe By WARLAIR Great Britain . . . Great Price from $359. 00 —Book Now— CHARTERS TO: - London — Prestwick — Austere = Frankfurt "TYCO" H.0. GAUGE TRAIN ACCESSORIES We also carry aye MINI GAUGE TRAIN SUPPLIES March 6, 7, 8 * DOODLE ART * 30” x 42" Print with 12 fine tipped 10% OFF Pens and Hanger Regular $6.95 Drop down to our Downstairs Toyland REAL SOON and look over the great selection of Train Sets and Accessories ‘WEEK- END SPECIAL—— Tommy Biln Le )RUG Corner of Pine and Columbia Open Mon. - Thurs, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat. ee Sins to 5:30 p.m. Sunday and Holiday Fourse 12 noon - 1 p.m, Phone 365-7813 7pm, Manchester — Zagreb — Copenhagen — Oslo KINNAIRD JUNIOR _ SECONDARY SCHOOL Also bring your relatives over from Britain to Canada . «book at least 60 days in advance ... Mo clubs to join BRITRAIL and EURAIL PASSES CAN BE ARRANGED BY WEST'S TRAVEL Last week winter was certainly muttering like a sore loser... but into the showers with himt! We are going to celebrate his departure with a carnival at the arena on March 19, (More about that later.) . 8 We have been having a lot of fun with our “Tom Swifties.” Here are a few: “Those are my scissors!" said Mrs, Walters cuttingly. (Dan Barnes); “Give me a hot dog,” barked Tom. (Gordie Zaitsoff); “Don't spill those chemi- cals,” said Mr. Matthews acidly. (Carole Plant}; “T'll fix the lights,” offered Gordon brightly. (Karl Bro); “It might be a good idea to sharpen that pencil,” said Mrs. Leitner pointedly; “I wonder how many kids are away,” mused Mr. Rogers absently. . * We have added some more clubs to our roster. Badminton enthusiasts are shaping up, and each Wednesday and ‘Thursday, volleyball players and other sports-minded stu- dents are given extra time in the gym. Mr. Joly has started a stamp club and has a core of keen philatelists. (Aha, just spell that onell) Incidentally, we don't mean corps, we mean core. It's Scottish. oe 8 Qur last two Stanley Se- condary School winners were Marianne Popoff with “occur- rence" and Cheryl Hadikin with “repetitious.” Only 42 of our students were able to spell the second word correctly . . . (groan). , « 8 ¢@ Mr, Sang believes in gra- phic “visual imagery" wherever possible in the teaching of English. When his students were studying the novel “In the Heat of the Night,” Sharon Semenoff ~ constructed a splendid table model of the town with all the main streets and buildings carefully placed. ‘There was the locale right in front of our eyest We all know that a really good author can draw us skilfully into the place of his creation. It is his duty to see that we do not stumble on the threshhold. He will expect us to “cross over", but he will ensure that we donot wander aimlessly and © lose our way. We accept all that. However, it is a fact that many of us junior high students need more practice in imagery. We appreciate a helping hand. e 8 © While we're on the subject. of English, let us tell you some of the tribulations of our speech arts contestants—the ones who are entering original meterial in the story telling competition to be held in Nelson 12 days from now. - They have been thinking of Monjo’s words, “The common cold of fiction is predictability.” {Just you try writing a three- minute story that will keep the reader in suspense unitil the very last line!) Lorry Harshenin has de- cided to go back to her old ROSSLAND LIGHT OPERA BRIGADOON Tickets available at Castlegar Drug brand of cheerful comedy, But Cindy Swetlishoff and Marie Koochin are still gritting their teeth and “going for the Gothic.” WEST'S TRAVEL AGENCY 21 Pine Street 365-7782 Castlegar Top Spring ot win easy to wear and easy to care PANTSUITS Textured Double Knits in Fortrel Polyester Casual and Dress Up BLOUSES and SKIRTS Sizes: 8-15 10-20 38-44 Skiwy Sets & Novelty Prints PRINTED. 100% NYLON PEGNOIR SETS Long’ Géwn"and Matching Housecoat Only ......... $24.98 SKIRTS, JEANS, THE BIG TOPS JUMP SUITS, JUMPERS, DRESSES LOUNGE WEAR Velour Dusters By “HANNA” in brushed nylon Soft Spring Colors SM BL Only ceeeeeees $12.98 DO IT YOURSELA "STEAM" CLEAN YOUR Trewax Products CARPETS... will save you money Berean Reet t Hydro-Mist Machine for superior carpet ¢ ‘clean- For The Homemaker when you New Spring Cotton Polyester material arriving daily ond up na 30% 0 moisture in just one atep. 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Heart Foundation, to date show a totals of pacrenl eg id ier In re! oriams. jonations still coming in, Castlegar and area is showing a substantial increase over last year's total. ‘This was reported by Mrs. Wendy Ferguson-Davie at the windup dinner meeting of the Castlegar Unit of the B.C. Heart Foundation, held last Thursday in the City Centre jotel. Attending the meeting, which was chaired by president Alf Clausen, were unit mem- bers, area chairmen, and repre- sentatives ‘from the’ Senior Citizens and Pythian Sisters. A brief outline of the work 4. of the B.C.H.F. was given by J. their lives in Mr. and Mrs. Desauiniers on July 30 of last prem healt bai fie pany ras ero tad ive Desauluiers natural gas leak. Within 60 seconds Thompson. In speaking of the awards, Lice award committee chairman Jim ofthe thelr presence of mind, their were s dangerous situation, « te act ‘with a swift and calculated band hecome hovers and Spr Dee Wale fe eal BOMP." 99.7 Milllon Offered by Calgary-Based Cable Company for B.C. Cable Systems A Calgary-based cable company applied last: w the Canadian adie Tolovsion Commission to buy seven B.C. cable systems, for $9.7, million. : “Castle naimo and Red Deer, Microwave Catleviston Ltd., of Calgary, plans to buy. the systems from North West Community Video’ Ltd... and Community Video'Ltd. General manner, Microwave, Ross. MacGregor, told the CRTC during a hearing atthe Hotel Vancouver that his company plans to spend $146,- 000,"or 12 per cent of gross ‘subscriber revenue, on commu: nity ‘TV programing. Most of this money will be used to improve. community television in Interior locations, he said. He also said that the ‘Vehicles being company plans to o spend $95 million to upgrade and expand the eable systems. The North sand West Vancouver system has a capacitytto handle: Away Vehicles : Local RCMP continue to tow away vehicles parked con- trary to licencing Tomnlations, increased to 80 within aix months, he added. 19 channels and: could bo T## in The ‘company has already entered into an agreement to McNabb, who’ stated that al- though research still receives the biggest percentage of the donated heart dollar, more + money is ’’being spent on community services and eduea- tion. Many schools in the East ‘and West Kootenaya are using Heart Foundation films and materials as teaching aids. As well, many. hospitals, particu- larly in the East Kootenays, are making extensive use of Heart - Foundation ’ slides, films and professional education mater- ials to keep their nursing staff Castlegar: ‘Liquor Store Goes Through ‘Pusser”” Rum Allocation in Record Time ‘The “pusser” rum ‘allocated to the Castlegar Uqnor. Store didn't lagt’ lon a.m, for the special shipment of surplus navy rum, ssys vendor the rate increase sbelng * a Bored also h heard those not parked eatirelyron on private property which fail.to bear the 1976 licencing decal. Owners who have found they have placed their new decals in the wrong location on the licence plate are also in a position to be charged, As of the first of the week local RCMP have counted as many as 29 prosecutions. Bylaw to Amend City's Traffic Regulations Gets Third Reading ‘A bylaw to amend Castle: gar's traffic regulation received third reading at Tuesday night's council meeting. Traffic violation penalties © are_as follows: _ Three dollar penalties are being charged for cents is the penalty for parking in ano parking or prohibited aréa, or. for being parked overtime in a time zone. - ¢ Parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, running over a (firehose, . making U-turns or parked vehicles, which include ‘ vehicles over 12 inches from the curb, parked on wrong side of street or,in no parking area, lane or driveways, or for other general infractions including crosswalk infractions, Three dollars and: fifty going penalties, ‘ The largest penalty is $10 for those violating th limit. Failure of payment for any. of these violations within seven days of the infraction will result in an additional $5 penalty. ~ City Council Briefs _ an phere by Coquitlam Cablevision Ltd., a subsi of Premier Cablevision, ° for licence renewal, a rate from $5.a month to $6 and a connection charge increase from $15 to $25. Schoo! Board Not Happy With - Calculators Should schoo! children be allowed to use pocket calcula- tors in class? The question was to Trail School District trustees at their meeting last week by schools superin- tendent Brian Johnston. Without: recommending. a ban, the board ‘nevertheless eonrensed its disapproval,: ea- pecially for younger students. Trustees decided that fhe board should discourage the use of calculators in elementary and junior secondary schools, and also during examinations, Whether senior secot stu- dents should use them was left to the school principals, whose advice will be sought by the district administration." ~ PWA President Resigns’ Position. ° + \ Arequest fromthe Castle- gar Sentinel Baseball Club’ to the ‘city to assist. in the furchase of a $1,125 Jugs pitching. machine has been referred to the finance comtmit- tee for consideration. Part payment for this pitching machine is the $500 returned from the Provincial Play-Offs for ‘travelling ex- penses and is being donated by the boys involved in last year’s play-off. ee 8 » . The Women's Auxiliary to the ‘Castlegar and — District Hospital have been granted the use of Kinnaird Hall at a reduced rate to $50 for its two-day annual spring rumm- mage sale to be held Antil 30 and May 1. “The | Boy ‘Scouts of’ the Kootenay’ - Columbia "District have been granted the use of Kinnaird Hall March 20 from 8 ,a.m. until 6.80° p.m. for’ the purpose of holding a training seminar for, Scoutera in’ the Kootenay 1 Region. Cousel gave its approval to proclaiming the Lions Easter. seal appeal and will be doing so. through ‘'a proclamation =: to appear in the March 18 issue of the Castlegar News. . 8 8 Ald. Audrey Moore says she attended a Homemakers meeting and that the meals-on- wheels program has proven to be very popular. Thirty-three meals a week are prepared with 60 volunteers involved. - “In Woke of Dispute Don Watson resigned Mon- day as -president of Pacific Western Airlines in the wake of a dispute over the decision of the Alberta | government: to move the airlines head office from Vancouver to Calgary. Board chairman Rod Mac- Daniel of Calgary told a news conference _after . a’ five-hour board ‘meeting that Mr. Wat- son's resignation was effective immediately: and that 40-year- old Rhys) Eaton ' had been appointed president. Mr. Wat- son will become “special ad. viser" to the board, Mr. Eaton was executive vice-president of finance and planning and has been with the « airline for nine years. fora while in the cab of their truck and “then took their places at the start of a line that eventually wound its “way around the corner onto . 1st Ave, and contained 80 to 100 pe +The Castlegar. Liquor alloted of th “\) The Castlegar'crowd wale ing for the’ store to open goed natured with friendly: tan tering going on as new. faces joined the Lineup. Speculation varied on how many bottles there were for sale as those waiting in lne stamped their feet and Diew on their: hands to keep: warm. When the store opened, suc- cessful purchasers waved their brown sbag enclosed bottles, some d offer to bootleg their purchages for far more than the $21.08 (including 5 per cent sales tax) price they paid. i : ‘It wasn't surprising that the rum didn’t last, because in navy use it’ never did. By tradition, the’ call “up spirits” went out each morning at li * “Routine varied but. on _many ships each mess sent its “jeading hand” with a “fanny” (large metal pot).to collect the and: ladle--it - out in Fo Speaiinee, tots to those ratings ' tod. (ampernaee);or UA. (uber (uider. ” sumed: on’ nthe, spot and ‘not saved or. stashed away {(al- ; though it sometimes was). Bil Shay. He said the two early . - When'the Canadian navy ‘stopped the rum ration, 20,000 40-ounce : bottles of .“pusser” (regulation) rum were declared surplus at the Esquimalt Cana- dian Forces base. Bessa The provincial. liquor branch obtained it through the War, Assets: Dis} tie A rum ro petas spirits, meaning it is 57 per cent alcohol: by volume which : is / nearly 80 per cent stronger than most bottled spirits. “Pusser” rum is also good f imported rum, probably, in this case, Demerara, though no one at the liquor branch was saying exactly. what it was. yposal: a tion, It sold for su 60'per, eon sales'tax. up-to-date on the techniques of coronary care in thelr Intensive care units, The hope of the Heart Foundation is, with a steady. education program, to change Canada’s heart statistics to more favorable . Regional recreation di- rector Pat Metge reported on the activities of Fitness Month, ‘The club trophy was again won by by Senior Citizens’ Assocla- tion, with the Calorie Counters close behind, The school trophy was again captured by Mrs. Townsend's Grade 3 class of Twin Rivers School. Mr. Metge stated that overall attendance in alt ne ern part of Castlegar; Don also thanked “Lyle Borkes and Duncan McNabb for their or- ganization of the “roving can- vassers”, who covered a good part of the unorganized areas. Mr. Silvester also reported on the smokers clinic which he was instrumental in organizing for Heart Month. This program was sponsored by the Castlegar Unit, and conducted by Pastor Blake of the Seventh mth | Day Adventist Church in The turnout of Bs 100 people for five nights was tothe gener- not as high as previous youn! and he would welcome new ideas from service clubs, and the public at large on how to keep Fitness Month a vital part of the community, Campaign chairman Dave Silvester, in his report, thanked the area chairman, Mrs, Blanche Michelson of Blueberry Creek; Andre Lamarche, south- ‘€ollege Council Names R.. Buckley New Chairman 7 Ghairrian of Selkirk Col: slege is R. Buckley with «7. MacKenzie as vi These positions were filled at the last regular meeting of college council. Council will be meeting tonight at 7.16 when a tour will be made of the Nelson campus where Swelling: automotive, 1 nursing, business. om reers’ and “hairdressing iB among the: yocational careers ‘ taught. At the last regular. meeting it was ‘decided to continue meeting on the same dates each month, the' second Thursday, but the time has been changed from 7 p.m, to 7.16 p.m. * Couneil has also approved expenditures not to exceed $8,600 for the operation of the gymnasium for the month of ‘April. » Castlegar and District Hospital Security Program Satisfactory fo Nursing Staff Ap regarding hos- pital aecurity between 9 p.m. ‘and'6, a.m. has been put into *” effect’ at the Castlegar and District Hospital and is proving very sal and night shift nurses. This was reported at the regular monthly meeting on Feb. 26 of the hospital board of management. Further = mea- sures are in the process of being installed and Then these are in operation, the'security in the Castlegar. hospital should be: one -of the finest in the terior. In other business, a letter from’ the new. Minister Health gave indication that it is not likely the 1976 approved creased, budget © will | cover“ in costs, What effect this will have ,on the local hospital cannot be determined at this time. Tt was ‘decided that no useful purpose would be served at present. bh having a delega- local hospital - tion attend: a meeting in Victoris tisfactory to the evening . between the Department of Preparing for its spring rum- Health and* from Central Kootenay Region- al District and the Creston Valley Hospital Board. There has been no further Progress in the proposed build- 1g program of the hospital. Hoeven it was decided to ask permission to hire an architect for the purpose of drawing up preliminary plans for the pro- ject. Director of nursing Mrs. D. Reed presented her report outlining the activities of her of s denastmest One resignation been received, An in- ee program : respiratory. course is being conducted by Mrs. Gruden, R. N. ” Reporting for the medical staff, Dr. Van Vliet said that he, Dr. Fowler and Dr. Walton had recently attended courses. Mrs. P. Chernoff reported that the Ladies’ Auxiliary was is to be held sometime in April in Nelson; and a cash donation had been made to the Meals-on- Meals program. The Provincial Hospitals Labor Relations Association Conference is to take place May 18 and 14 to be followed by the B.C. Health Association Annual Meeting May 14 and 16. Pat gate to the H.L.R.A. meeting and delegates to the B.C.H.A. meeting will be chosen at a future date. ‘The annual meeting of the hospital society will be held March 25. This will be preceded. by the annual board meeting on March 18, A complete review of the hospital board bylaws will be made in the course of future meetings and these will be presented for approval’ when finalized. Open May 24 en May 24 Tours Provide: Admission to be Charged at Village For the’ first time admis- sion is to be charged’ Doukho- bor Village visitors, The Koote- nay. Doukhobor Historical So- clety is now arranging to see that ‘the fee charged: visitors will be to the guests advantage ai having quality tours’ every Robe, plans were laid at Saturn necting of the s0- any & for summer staffing. The to be staffed from rege 2) e mid-September. During: the first two months, p.m, and then extended from 9 am, to 8 p.m. in July, continu. ing into September ifthe hours remain suitable. ‘ : The ‘society will soon be advertising for its summer help which is to be for both full- and half-time empl kes admission, a silver collection was taken in the past, the society has set its projected budgeting on seven to eight thousand visitors, The fee structure will be $1 for adults, 60 cents for children Spol man for the personnel commit- tee’ says ‘maturity will be a guideline in their choice of employees, Last year the village was visited by approximately 20,000 ‘visitors. With the charging of or are to be admitted free, a party of 10/or more 50 cents, and a family $2.50, Acurrent membership also entitles a person to free admis- sion to the Doukhobor vee. the Kootenay Historical Douk- hobor Society is $2 per member or $8 per family. At the April 20 annual general meeting it will be recommended that this fee structure be increased to $3 single membership and $5 for a mily. Any 1976 membership pur- chased prior to the annual meeting will be at the present rate. ly mie of several local businesses who sponsored all the advertis- ing. At the end of the program, 60 people had stopped smoking. President Alf Clausen in his report, outlined all the programs undertaken by the local unit. He especially thank- ed the Phythian Sisters, who, every year, canvass a complete division on Heart Sunday, as well as contribute a generous donation. e Canadian Legion was also Naked for its generous donation; the Senior Citizens for their: great: participation; and the Kiwanis Club for sponsoring the WAMM Walk. Suggestions to make’ the Heart-Unit more useful in the community included one from a former heart patient to have a * Sports event during Heart Month for example, broom ball or hockey, where team mem- bers must be former heart patients. This would emphasize the fact thata heart attack isn’t ‘necessarily ‘the end of every- thing... - for people ‘who Ba have reaversd from a heart attack ‘to visit heart patients in the hospital. ‘This has been found to help relieve a lot of the patients’ anxieties. Anyone in the com- munity that would offer as- sistance in this program would ~ be most welcome. Mrs. Colleen Metge has offered to speak to any organi- zation or service clubs on heart disease. Mrs. Metge is a pharmacist presently working in Nelson. Any organization who would like to have Mrs. Metge as a guest speaker, is asked to phone 385-6695, 365- 2515, or 865-3388. is Dog Licences Outside City Due March 31 Residents in the outlining area have until the end of the month to licence their dogs before a $2 penalty fee is’ added to the purchase price. Fees range from $3 to $8 depending on the dog’s size and whether or not it has been spayed or neutered. The $2 penalty fee does not apply to dogs having just been purchased or a new dog enter- ing the province. The owner . has 80 days before the late licence fee applies. Licence for dogs in the out- lying area can be purchased at the local RCMP office. Foe of Local Dam Dies in Vancouver A noted electrical engineer and resident of Vancouver's North Shore since 1911, Francis Jobn Bart’ Bartholomew has died in Vancouver. He was 90, “Mr. Bartholomew became well-known in the West Koote- nay several years ago, when he conducted a strong campaign opposing the construction .of the High Arrow Dam, later. re-named after Hugh Keenley- side, He visited the area on several occasions to address public meetings and hearings on the subject, saying that dam construction would destroy small communities on the Ar- row Lakes. Born in England, Mr. Bar: At present, A has been appointed as has a ‘3 cluded teaching at UBC, later forming his own electrical hours will be from 9 a.m. to &