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. PUBLIC ACW Buffet style dinner. n a 21 — far, 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. PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. 61 CRESCENT ST. — PHONE 365-7531 — CASTLEGAR - | rs, 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 Does modern art puzzle you? attend “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” Registration: terre 365-7292 write: Department of Continuing Education lkirk College or come at 7 p.m. on March 10 Provincial Library: Parliament Bidgs-s victoria, Be Cs Dec. 31/32109 b CASTLEG. i Published Every. Thursday. at: {The Crossroads of the’ Kootenays’’ Pm R NEWS Were WEATHER Sn Si so" 42 36 37 40 40 40 VOL, 22, No. 11 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, :THURSDAY, MARCH 13, - 1969 /10 CENTS PER COPY 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 > FASHION. by Marjorie Hamilton The “Judy Prize Award” winners by Harold Williams — Joyce Palmer Junior Petites and many, many more Don’t Miss «THE FASHION SHOW IT‘S SPONSORED BY THE 1.0:D.E. with Fashions from West’ Ss All the latest elegant styles will be unfolded on 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 Step Into Spring HUSH PUPPIES BY GREB Suede or Leather For Men, Women and Children Full size range at the ROBSON RECREATION HALL | PRUMING SHEARS 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