HUMOR was much in evidence in the Grad

Winter Carnival parade last

ing and Celgar’s old fire truck, always .a
popular entry in all local parades, was again
involved with Celgar fire and security of-

ficer Frank Murphy behind

float paid tribute to four lads — Alan Henne,

Saturday morn-

the wheel. The

Fred Tomlin, John McKenzie and Stuart
Deverney — who accompany the high
school’s cheer leaders to basketball games
and who work with them in a comic fashion.
“The boys add a lot of enthusiasm and in-
terest to games,” remarks SHSS vice-princi-
pal Bob Patrick. — Castlegar News Photo

(continued from page one)

dle the local problems of all
4\shippers from Rock Creek to
Crowsnest and from South

do it but not four, un
suppery road conditions,| ,,
heavy snows, and over great | O
distances. “Non-service” is
buna to result,
‘ The Canadian Pacific has

the right to maximize profits
and tu regroup its Taeiittios
but only within the spirit of'stro
the agreements in its building
«at gave it privileges in re-
warn tor service to Canadians.
It could not for instance go

ing abandonment to a

in carload lots, then bier
load lots, and finally train-
loads.

in respect to the
E Ynequity in in the pro-
posal for Castlegar, we re-
sent very greatly that we are
to lose an agency and all thi
his means in terms of ae
dicated personalized service.
We cannot understand’ the
new classification that, groups
us with places such as. Yahk,
Lardeau and Rosebery. There
is small comfort in “the fact
that cities such as Cranbrook,
Fernie, Creston and Kimber-
ley are to be in this class,

0.

It must be pointed out to
the transport committee that
the argument of the railroad

Non-Stop Flights to Vancouver
From Castlegar May be Possible

(continued from pace one)
donment of rail

wir, Little sald. tir. Pick-
ersgill stated that BCA had

been asked to adhere to the
sriginal plan of taking over
service at Castlegar on April

and pending selvery. ry of their

CASTLE

Shows 7.30 & 8.00 p.m.

SAT - MON - TUES - WED

March 8-10-11-12

was being eed to lease a
(Nord aircraft in order to start
the operation.

The six mayors present,
including mayors Haroid Etm-
es of Rossland. Arnold an

.i and that to facilitate this, | ters

connection times
brook and
PWA, and many other mai

president

problems, gave his personal

Craa-
Penticton with

“Mr. Little said the CTC

is su pore by population
saa are obselete.

ing these agencies.
Castlegar’s popu-

the latest federal census
basis for government pe!

ind

“discussed these:

views, but asked that these naird, a town of ‘500 bord-

same questions and

many
be put to Bone ans

ering Castlegar, plus unor-
ganized communities within

at
meeting at Kinnaird.”

The Castlegar mayor said

t's ile radius totaling
another 5,000 people. All ot

Castlegar Believes that
Service from the CPR Will Suffer

It is all the more

Castlegar

tained here, Car re) ort
the service centre

cars
where.

mass’ abandonment of

on the CPR therefore, to see
that box car supply iS malt

may well be an rena Nelson
but it cannot conjure up box-
already commited else-

ing provided; it is against the |t!
20)returning ‘to large scale use

agencies. at one time; it is
strongly in favor of an agency

being in Ci
toward the end of continuing
and improving the present

at iL goryiog of the Canadian Pacl-

capacity of the ailing, Will
open up the question of

of the Kettle Valley route to
the Pacific?

gar distri
Stine last Thursday.

Robson Cafo
Ownors Now
At Red Hin.

and . Bakery to accep!
Mountain

the Robson Cafe

large ranch.

to the ground within the past
three months in the Castle-
ict was destroyed in

The house, reported own-
ed by John Verigin of Grand
Forks but apparently at one
time the subject of court Jits-

Local cafe operators Geo-
e and Lynne Haskin have
losed up “the Robson Cele

e
position of Cateress mt the

ki Lodge.

ler

Fire Destroys Third
House in 3 Months

e third house in un-
eerpe territory to burn |ai

.

gation between et. atin
id Mi y (Ril.

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5-7 p.m. Tickets: adults
a1 50, children under 12

NOTICE

Castlegar CWL aSt. Bat:
rick Tea. Mar. 15,

—Legion Hall. "alo a
home baking and aprons.
Robson WI will moet at
Mrs. H. Waldie rea, Mar.

at 2 p.
iove Fashion Show; at

Raninse: — Hospital
Aux. is now collecting
rummage for Spring Sale.
All usuable items appre-
elated. For pickup Ph.
R. Sweeney 5002, M. P.
Sept aes £148, ap agegune

nt S eunied

Women’s World Day of

Frayer Service, March 7

2 pm. at: y caatleear
United Churc]

SMITH’S

Everyone welcome.
Cabaret Dance. Mar. 8—
.m. Robson Rec. Hall.
@ Bingo, Mar. 14 —
730° p.m. Robson Hall.

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inty of eS un vapor
ed on fire at 4.45 p.m. Inst
Thurstiay.
fire was belleveu
within the town’s limits, says
assistant fire chief Jim Kil-
lough, and the department
answered the call.
‘The fire was believed ex-

crew on standby in Castlegar.
Mr. Killough said there
was “no hope" in saving the
house when the department
ot to the fire the ‘second

carrying some items out of
unoccupied basement

ome Haskins, who open-| suite.
ed last year,
Thus, are building a new cafe at
lation is shown as 2,255 but|the Arrow Lake — Trail
Court and expect to have the
ca-|new building open early in

The Haskins replace Mr.
in-jand Mrs, Bill La Plante at
the Red Mountain Ski Lodge. |tha
The La Plantes leave on Fri-
day for Ashcroft where they
will become managers of a

The house itself was also
unoccupied.
At council’s meeting Tues-
day night, Ald. Lorne Zinio
said the provincial fire mar-
shall has sent some one in to
the scene of the fire while
acting municipal clerk Mar-
Popoff said two members
of the RCMP from Nelson
were in the town office Fri-
day making inquiries about

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“An Approach to Modern Art”
4 sessions at Selkirk College

Mondays, March 10 - 31, 7 p.m.

Lecturer: Mr. Robert Campbell of England
Tuition: $8.00 for 4 sessions
Lecture titles:

March 10 — “Towards Freedom”

March 17 — “Pioneers of Modern Art”

March 24 — “The. Heroic Period”

March 31 — “Art in a Computor World”
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Study Regional College
Vocational School Meld

ional schools ‘with jun-|

Don
Brothers proposes to set up a
mmittee to study
the Wintioashipy b between re-

special col

jor colleges, ‘s }
tacted by the Castle-’
[onday,

gar ews one
e feels, as a

"|result of a visit to Ci Callfornia

naimo, su
would be highly desireable.”
He sald such an amal,
mation “would improve tl
status of vocational schools’
and would also cut costs.
he had not been

built “and then a ,couple of
blocks away there's talk o
building a as srodional college. i)
e merging: of
facilities bern help take
the whole concept out of the
public school aura.
“ Mr. Brothers peavisioned
e legrees be-
ing eorcas such a region-
al college-vocational school
set-up as is the case in Cali-

rece
to go into the ‘natel pro:

. has purchased ' mat
“fhe 2panit Juniloa ee

business at. Penticton.
pure!

swimming pool.
Mr. Cairns took up duties
as mil manager here on Aug.

Cari Henne Rink
Aggregate Winner

tional side necelve, an associ-
has |" pelence! de; ‘3
2
ees to set up
jcomuittes to study the pain
e said, the committee

Kootenay School of Art and
private Notre Dame Universi-
ty at Nelson.

‘He sal committee

JUNIOR ROCKETTES were

about

10 days ago as they became the
the W

winners of

rest

In the semi-finals held at the Kinnaird Junior
Secondary School, they defeated the Trail
junior team 26-9 and in the Trail champion-
ship run, Nakusp was downed 34-1. Shown

|| here are the members of the victorious Jun-

Cities Want BCA Calgary
Link; Direct one Flight

‘+ By BURT Bae
Editor, Castlegar News

tou of

gh added: that these. seats are

fli t from astlegar throu
ae rook to Calgary, and re-

The committee yap also. also

stop. flight; between Vancou-
ver and Cestlegar ani and Cast-

het flight init its Han
iS

tion. A direct ‘fli

irom Vancouver ena

By LOIS HUGHES

Special Reporter

Can ‘the school of Evester:

day be the school: of today | a)
and tomorrow

‘This was one of the many

questions arising from the a

blic ‘address piven by:

which

for. the child, not letting him
;or explore and the tea-lp

Tesigtence

er becomesa director

decision

ae ‘Dr.
with ' those ‘who have ‘a. chance tolt
This often

hibited ‘under the

it out of Castlegar wi

9am. connect
wa connecting: with ae
Passenaare
man-

ager: John EA ceoae along
ith several other local avia-
tion authorities, told BCA’s
Sid Reynolds that the -air-
rt here is often fogged in
iy mt ie morning. lifting at
around 10 a.

Speakers ‘pointed out that
card | this would mean eastbound
att [passe a would be. unable
e “connections with
EWA at Cranbrook pybeh,

duced figures
which showed ign with a
gle di rovides

not exclusively available ‘to
Castlegar passengers since
me are occupied by. east-
era bound bassen ers. while
trans-| on westward 4

bai “He noted that BCA
three hts
from ‘Vancouver. would a
vide 72 seats eaclt way or 144
m|seats while its two C

disputed

XM
thi
in competition: with WA be-
tween Vancouver and:the OE: :

“He expressed: the
i misma about. freld "
tg that 700 pounds oti
addition an extra 209
uld be: carried

flights a ‘would provide
it} 48 seats each way or a total

of Re Reynolds figures were
=| Kinnaird Gals

‘| Ottawa Letter

on Box Rents

{tice of the postnaster gene
o! coro o! en-
eral’ at Ottawa was read. at
flunaite's Tuesday might
council meeting ‘which replied
to.an earlier letter sent by
council questioning the doubl-
ing of box rental rates.

It explained that the basic
charges for boxes have. re-
mained unaltered since 1927

students retleinnting to avoid! ‘will .col
Gordon at school’ and ‘learning. i,

to the. £ that an:
ly peatossor se nptucation at| “To° break ‘a habit,” ex- leads t ‘belle a.

means “justifies the end.
ton pe | Jained Dr. Martinen, ‘“‘you| + Failure:should:be a friend-

ente of Warfield and F.
DeVito of Trail,
Mr. Pickersgill
many Points.

f. E.jhe asked why BCA’s licence
questioned | specifically excludes its mak-
closely on ine non-stop Vancouver- Cas-
tlegar and Castlegar-Vancou- | 5

would in: turn it im-
possible for an eee Bound
for-eastern Canada to make
ongoing connections at Cal-

when the nininum charge at

post offices such as Kinnaird

was: chee oa at $2. At thel ging
time the maximum

In Local Curling

te. winner of ‘the

T e H E raries need not duplicate 7 College, Cheney

ver flights.

He gala he told Mr. Pick
ersgill tl he thought that {i
-| since PW “would be doing

fights

from “landing fees ee
the smaller aircraft, the quali-

ty of airline personnel and|stop flights as it could be
ol

the. Okanagan, that BoA
should be allowed the non-

hospital cases, the

for them and very
the West Kootenays.”

GEVRABON

ON THE ROCKS
A Daily Toast to Better Health
Essential Vitamins and
Minerals in a tempting
Sherry base.
regular $3.63
SPECIAL OFFER $2.95

at

CASTLEGAR DRUG

R. E. Goulet, Corner of Pine & Columbia, Ph. 365-7813
Open Mon. - Sat.9 a.m.to6pm. Fri. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday & Holiday Hours: 12 noon-1 p.m. 6-7 p.m.

Mr. Little said he was
not sure that Mr. Pickersgili
was aware that the stipula
tion preventing the non-stop
flights was in the licence.
The CTC president re
plied that. such non-stop
flights might indeed be pos

sible.

‘Mayor Little told his al.
dermen that Castlegar Air-
port is a “lucrative”
for airlines. He said it was
the second most
rt in the interior exceed-
ing such airports as Pentic-
ton, Kamloops and Cranbrook
and being exceeded in traffic
only by Ke

acocplable to the people of
ni

{|eated at the
patronized | tit

the! lion’s share of the bust th

doubling
yard

Our mor industry is
pulp and lumber complex i.
tions

est revenue contributors on
the Kootenay Division, only
out: ranked by Cominco’ ai

and -Tad-

BIRTHS

STNIKOFF — Mr. and

Miwele” BC. are P
announce the arrival of their
chosen Aaron
Charles,

infant son,

BISHOP — To Mr. and | Tr

er. Feb. 5, 1969, a daughter.
NAZAR — To Mr. and
. F. Nazar, Thrums, Feb.
a ‘a daughter.

iahoae pone — To Mr.
an irs. P. Gp orehdott,
asteen, Feb. 28, a daugh-

SOUKEROFF — To Mr.
and Mrs T. Soukeroff, Cresc-
ent Valley, March 6, a son.

et Contributions were $6.5
million in 1966, $6.3 million
in 1967, aud $4.6 million in
1968, the last year beinz
tov a due to a four-month
si
‘We feel that Castlegai
and its industries have beer
well served in most respects
by é Canagian Pacific and-w..
id like to Jose this tie
a crews, operators anu
the local agent have been
most co-operative. Shortage
of box cars have not been
their. fault. We understana
the recent wet situa-
tion and resulting alienation
of boxes is one that no one
may able to

that our larger in

in an unenviable position of
being “captive” customers of
the Canadian ‘Pacific as there
is no alternative carrier: in
this area for carlot business.

‘Spirit of Spring’ |

is

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by Marjorie Hamilton

The “Judy Prize Award” winners
by Harold Williams — Joyce Palmer

Junior Petites and many,

many more

Don’t Miss

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All the latest elegant styles will

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MARCH 17th

in the

S.H.S.S. ACTIVITY ROOM

4 competition
a Btn ipel

turin vision
men’s curling club di
during this .winter’s

season was the. Carl Henne
rink.:

10-Year-Old Boy
In Hospital Here

Following fot

cA

10-year-old = Thru:

youngster was in “fair cont
Mone in’ Castlegar :‘Hospi-
day afternoon fol-
an_ accident ° near
Thrums early that morn-

tat
Towing

Jack Dally. son of Mr. Pro!
Dally: of
Thrumecty aR: one of at r La

he wa:
ruck, as

Lumber cS Z
Driver. of

Cast

legar.:

5 shes of Castlegar.
Crescent Vall
report there was

the
ruck -was Fred- Soukoroff,

RCMP

some arrangement could
made for sharing them:
If the merging oer Te; pion

ip
oe ‘volve one: presiient a sep-

and | ‘Tom
rink the C. competition. te

arate principals ‘for each -col-}
“feo and each - vocational

be|Martinen spoke

“Friday even-

ing at/SHSS cl ig educa-

tion’. week“ sctlviles | in -the|be
district,

‘tren
cation and impact‘ on ea
outlined what were early ed-
ucators’ first “beliefs. It was

fet uaa had be mtiated teat

learn: and the quality of

Snow removal from school
‘ounds and roots) in Se School
istrict No. 9 has cost the

district $8,700 so far this win-

“This was reported at. the
regular miesting 0! of the board|
of trustees Mc night.

the new. trustee leadership
held at Kam-

presented by recreation)
mission

olzuk, was given tentative ‘ap-
proval by the board and the
principal of of the Castlegar Pri-

mary 1 and {the equi cue
ment will be erected at
Barticuler, school as. a test

sare other business, trust.
a seminar | ¢:

was appointed the district's
representative on the. West

mittee. -
- The. resignations: of tea-
chers Miss C. Batuik and Mr.

Kootenay branch salary com: to

Snow Removal Cost
School District $9,000

Belo! principal John Landis
granted leaves of ab-
gence. from Sune 16 to 23 for
purpose registering
on time .at the. f nigeety in
Cheney, Wash., for summer
master’s degree .

Andy. Shutek
ts Community
Chest Prexy

force the habit and int retin, It
break the habit. Aniyex-!

i le to] ereedion: he sug-
Cm tne thould have

ample, ‘Be. eonttauied, “would it thi
at that ern eater, Bott e learned.

{ve must. be sown one s and|f
Does; this learn how to. think thin:

“We.
on

ore teat he. stated,
“should not be.a’
ceiver. of . information. They
learn what: .is relevant rf
them.”

He continued: “A_stu-
dent needs a feeling of be-
lon Learning happens in
spurts. "A sense of belonging
does not come m
Someone else’s success is

other's failure. Participation
does ‘not curtail the student
body. as a- whole, «for only
those that know. they are
right venture rather than

risk failure.

“Failure, stated: Dr, Mar-
tinen, “should be. a. friendly
guide. Our students do™ pe
fail. for lack of inf
they: fail because tl

were

2 Plead Guilly

To Possession.

Of Marijuana

Two . district ‘juveniles | carrie:
lure, pleaded guilty here last week | «

ccharges - of possessing
Marifuane

First hearin

week.

The two juveniles : were
remended! by magistrate H.
C. Pitts for pre-sentence. re-|broo!
m | ports.’

_ coing to ae

gs out.’
ust see them-

of the two
teenage boys, er 15 and 16
heard separately on
Wednesday an and ‘Thursday of
a

e | Bary.

‘Mr. Reynolds, who is the]
of

ailing 's director
ig and

a aie
aay ould, ny Pg forward
step... We felt it
quired service and so we or-

dolph Harding :. commented
that the concern’ of local re-

sidents:is that the change in
Ts from BCA
Sprovide eq equal oe eras ser-

Ses the pr con-
nection with gary {through
a. connection with P'
Cranbrook) is certainiy'v Not an
improvement.”

He added that the fact
early. morning ground con-
ditions here could often mean
missing sonnections -at_Cran-

k created a situation
that would “give our district

y
use yi Challenge the student,
him; with.

|.. Andy Shutek of C:
was elected president of
KRC Community Chest at the
first regular meeting of the
board

do: not,

the failure.

e- speaker raised the
Section of what limits the
in. ~ his

of
the eocietys annual meeting.
oss Whittaker of Castle-

one Shutek succeeds Merv
Rush, 1968 president, who did

ar was elected vice-presid- oh

dents, he suggt
cher. digests and summarizes

in \those communi-

Castlegar, R: R. Riv-
ers na pure Campbell ¥ were
elected fe

| Kinnaird: Tax
| Penalty Dates
’ Are Changed

A tax penalty bylaw_ re-

Was a‘ Te-| 4

signed to provide a more real-
istic relationship between re-
“| venues and the present costs
of providing this

ig to

replyin,
that patrons of smaller com-
munities have to

and cost.

for an independent jeter car-

at] rier delivery service

imum of 2,000 points of call.

Delivery. throtigh . post
office boxes represents an op.
tional service

The basic requirement BP

Bp determin-
ed on a basis’ of seni offices

it is the minister's belief that
there is ample

to normal basic free delivery, ov

ect an adequate

ential service.

Council took no further
action on the matter after the
letter was read.

oat return from this prefer- my

P
in the light of the foregoing, iter
finan-'

Castle
the one snot we we serve
sively. Castlegar will get

(Saumee on. page seven)

| “The War Game’ Film
‘Showing this Weekend

The

They, quote Ke Kenneth Ty-
I: at may
bet ‘the most. cant film

ever made.”

youth group of f the

The War’.Game will be
arish'!shown tomorrow and Satur-
ay, at THE coffee house at

an
<9 at the time of the accident
at 8.00 p.m. q ; and the logging truck veer-|su)

to avoid. the bus/S)
Admission $1.00

ceived ‘final: reading’ at «Kin-
naird’s..Tuesday night coun:
cil meeting...

While

The War Game was pro-
duced for the BBC by Peter
Watkins, but never shown on

for three-year: terms sion. Adults are welcome at
these two times.

Girls Curling
Team the Best

e West Kootenay un:

,| While in Robso:
u| Anderson yas ire Te-elected: to

In ieee D. C.Dev-
erson was elected to a three-
year term while Wilf Sween-

when it was) seen and in
so doing “brushed by some
children.

penalties remain
the same at 5 per cent.on the

Cabaret Dance

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 9 P.M.

will pitt nncinat and
i a next month on a teacher re- current year’s unpaid. taxes,
Tickets at West’s or from 1.0.D.E. members is still un- trip. the deadline date TOF paying

den "fnvetigatton. Mr.. Lind and Robson|ey will serve for two years. d.

Refreshments Will Be Served q ie First - pe

i : : ; £ x Renee and ‘the see
(0!

Kinnaird Sewage Bylaw

tential
4 Cnneeoes ae possinid Ptate. of
ond penalty date’ will beth : 7 : ~ all who live in the nuclear
aa Bent, business day following = — — ale

Mayor. aa Loeblich stated | Kinnaird ast ‘Thursday: for West Kootenay municipal and to ak show the folly of nuclear

d about a kesman for
service tol be by the airline. Here Kinnaird ue ee youth group “The impact

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Tree pruners 8 ft. & 10 ft. — Tree lopers with wood and
aluminum handles. Hand pruners in all styles. Time now
to apply dormant spray. to trees.

“It isa movie that every- zi
one should see. It is a visual

out the poli
fi etal cy, cabal attempt |

B.
of: marketing ‘and customer service, hosted a nye ee ad BC. plays
Vernon the middle of ‘this

mon!

Calculations are Being Checked

-concrete* information «is With the adjournment of
rward|the council meeting, mem-
bers went into committee to
|prepare its five ‘year capital
budget, a budget designed to
give a long range view on the
municipality’s “financial » af-
the option of|fairs to be used: as
locality whether :or not, stick: and-. not necescorily
to Spates Sunday sport. |compulsory . in detail.

payment must be Teeeived to
These penalty dates by the
to| oe Taxes aon
marked prior. to: the penalty
date” yet not in the town of-
fice, would d de
linquent.

The change of date, com-
mented‘ the mayor, was to
omit any confusion caused by
the two holiday dates.

$3.00 COUPLE

Carl Loeblich inspects an illustrated brochure with Mr. Rey-|is Cee. for tears. You! from Kimber!
nolds describing the 24-passenger Nord 262 jet-props which j hurt over because it is
will be used ‘on the route. Mr. Loeblich chaired the meeting | abed vith frightening real-
le-| while Ci of Ce Mrs. It is not f hil

Anderson took eae of local arrangements for the luncheon dren beceeee oF Yio itipact.
after the meeting had to be postponed a day because bad; jIt is recommended for sec-
weather prevented CPA from landing at either Penticton or jondary school students and
Castlegar. — Castlegar News Photo jadul its.

Sponsored by the mented the ae
ment has give!
to Sunday sport
by az nt is now

girl
making. the trip to the pro-
vincial_ playdowns:: are’ skip
Patsy Van Yzerloo, third ee
lee Trischul

uk, second
Archambault and lead shaven
Kinakin.

ROBSON RECREATION SOCIETY

to be
goverment
sta’

“SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION“ ted that as soon

fs
She

Proceeds for Robson Swimming Pool