eieernn I CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Thursday, April 9, 1953 BIRTHS | TEAHAN FUEL FOR THE BEST IN COAL Office — Arrow Motors PHONE 2251 or 4191 tal, a daughter. a daughter. OBEDKOFF — To M OE ID Mrs, Andrw Obedkoff, Rinnai CASTLEGAR April 1, in Trail Tadanac Hospi- CARLSEN — To Mr. and Mrs, Edward. Carlsen of Kinnaird, April 2 in Trail Tadanac Hospital, SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS aay PHONE 3031 Mrs, R. E. Wadey of Vancouver spent the Easter weekend at the home of her son-in-law and IT'S GARDENING TIME And We Have Everything FOR THE GARDENER TOOLS... Rakes — Hoes — Wheelbarows Handcultivators SEEDS... Bulk Garden Seeds — Field ‘Seeds Seed Potatoes SPECIAL With Every Seed’Order of $1.00 or More We Give Away One Package 0! “VIGORO” — FREE ae nderson Y 1 Feed | Comp ni mipan : Aa eoged Mr. and Mrs. F. Wap- ple of Castlegar, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Campbell, daughter Regina and son Burton, left on Sunday for a week's visit with relatives in Kamloops, They hectare tin cat atti atin a) ROBSON NEWS belittle ae catia tie ate Mrs. D, Magee has returned home from a three months visit with her son and daughter-in-law Mr .and Mrs, Ron Magee of New York. Miss Norma {ean Waldie, has returned to Vancouver General Hospital after spending the Eas- ter holidays at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. T, Wal- ie. Mr, and Mrs, Paul Gavrilik and three daughters of Trail were are J the 60th. anniversary celebrations of Mr. Campbell's parents, En route they visited with relatives in Kelowna, Mr. and Mrs. W. Banigan are attending the B.C. Teachers Fed- eration Convention in Vancouver. Mr, and Mrs. R, Cail left Sat- urday for Kelowna and Vancou- ver, Mr, Cail is attending the Pro- vincial Liberal Convention in Vancouver and the B.C. Teachers Convention. Mrs. Cail is visiting with relatives in Kelowna, Mrs. R. E, Goulet and children reruns last week from a visit FIRST CAN. BIRTHDAY Mr. William J, Newman, who was 84 years old on April 3, spent his birthday in Canada for the first time. He arrived here in the Easter weekend visitors at the home of Mr. Gavrilik's mother, Mrs, D, Gavrilik, Mr, and Mrs, Jino Smecher and children, Doris.and Glen of Trait, | were visitors at the home of the! former's brother, and sister-in- iad law, Mr. and Mrs, A. Smecher, 1 Mrs, M. Franco of Trail and children Aldo and Linda ‘of Trail, spent Easter Sunday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, jhe and: Mrs, A, Smecher. RIGBYS’S Magazines : Novelties Confections Light Lunches Meet Your Friends At Rigby’s N : ed MOE eye td ony | latter part of from Godalming, England, to make his home with his daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Wm C, Lamb Among his many friends ,he is familiarly known as “Old Bill.” EASTER SERVICES Special Easter services were ob- served Sunday at the Kinnaird United Church with a good at- at New ster, Robin Pincott- and Reg Lott were visitors at coast points dur- ing the Easter weekend. John Sakson, of F paid The choir, assisted by Mr, W. Walper sang ‘All in. an April Evening” and Easter hymns with Mrs, W. Walper at the piano, a visit to the Castlegar district during the Easter holidays, Mr. and Mrs. Jan Gall were Easter visitors at the home of Mrs, Gall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mikulasik of Nakusp, Willie Oleski, Notre Dame College, Nelson, home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, A, Oleski. _BELMAR SOUPS - HARD GLOSS GLO-COAT : Enjoy A Cooler ‘Summer,. _A LARGE SHIPMENT oF THESE Quality Shirts Greys, F: ‘awns, Wines Blues, Plaids, etc. BUY WHERE YOUR DOLLAR BUYS DOLLAR VALUE Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kirby visited with relatives in Vancouver dur- ne the Easter week-end. KINNAIRD KORNER © PN aPC IO eT ND daughter, Mary Lou and son-i law, Melvin Moncrief left Sun- day by automobile for a month’s holiday at Sherbrooke, Quebec. They are travelling — via U.S. points, Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Graham this week, were two of Bob's. former a student atly spent the Easter holidays at the|\ Mr, and Mrs. N. Kuryluk and PITTS? ‘Rexall Drug LADIES’. SPRING. UTS, GABARDINE or PIC-U-PIC Dressmaker or, Tailored ‘$25, 95 and Up GIRLS’ SPRING COATS wee. $10.95 RED -CABAEDINE =_ = (pies: ® to 6 REDUCED. PRICES ON BEEHIVE WOOL 3 ply Scotch Fingering. for,Socks . a7 for 1 oza Balla [id0ekoes oz. - Skein ~ OUR MEAT DEPT. —-.... f inane! VEAL CUBED Steeee Ib. @se |. Ib....,, PORK CHOPS Beer ‘ROUND STEAK fs bata enee SAUSAGES | b. BEEF ‘T-BONE or SIRLOIN b. 190 Prices. Effective, A peil 10 and 11 tive uoveist ert Spence and John Barwis, Van- couver art teachers and musi- clans. Mr. Barwis is a former Nelson resident. Miss Della Goetting is spending the Easter holidays with relatives and friends jn Moose Jaw and Kyle, Saskatchewan, "FRIDAY and SATURDAY, April {0 and { if 3 pkts. for .:.......-........ Ble ‘CORN, Goodness Me Cream Style, 20 oz. tin, 2 for : MLB. STRAWBERRY JAM: 4 lbetin’ 26 sees ie ON GRAPENUT FLAKES . Large Pht. oo) cies ace cere eine . COFFEE Co-Op Red Label, Ib. .2..-2.. “RICE : : Short grain, 2 Ib. ‘aes Sangeet M.B. TEA as ; Blue Label, Ib. MARGARENE ... Delmar, 2 lbs for ..... With Free, Jubilee. Wax, : 9c. -99c Lecce eeceeers 790 -Bo On Timo For Our... 10 O'Clock Special Saturday Morming” CO-OP STORE Miss Naoni Henke is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Harrison of Beaver Falls. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lauder and family of Edmonton, Alberta, are guests at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. , | Lauder, for the Easter holidays. Mr. and “Mrs. K, Spence are holidaying for the next month in California where they will visit many relatives and friends. Mr, and Mrs. E. Fink and fam- ily left by car on Saturday for New Westminster where they will spend a. week with Mrs. Fink’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, ‘Wm. Ford. Mr. and ‘Mrs, Donald Mackie of Victoria, are presently visiting with their daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Davies. Gasoline Stolen Engine Missing _ yeu x SAY, your car burns loads of ‘Although’ it's still ih the new car class, And the engine misses, when the going’s rough.. “Brother,” we say, “That's not too tough.” Your eee is _merely faulty ” plugs;"* . ‘ciless, thugs Who ‘rob your car of extra fuel ‘ ‘And make it buck just like a mule Sparkplugs too” must get-a “Spring-Clean” Or else one fifth of your gaso- ine wit likely emerge from 3 your ex- Dive up to us, we'll soon correct wel check the whole car bez. fore you've wrecked it. We'll right the: aoe before they're great; We'll tind ihe ‘ouble, before its! too late. y WRIGHT'S | from Vancouver. They are Rob-|- venitee ~~ TA. EREMENKO &.CO.. 0 eni c ge es I Dept. Siore & Deep Freeze Lockers Cie AT A When. “dirty: ‘Or. worn, they’ re mer-| Mr > TIME "GENERAL ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD. APPLIANGES 1953 G.E. REFRIGERATORS . GE. PUSHBUTTON AUTOMATIC RANGES ~ (dali Bulaing Supplies Coop STOCK OF... and MONEY. SAVERS NEW Low IN PRICE $279. 00 - - $429.00 $358. 00 -- $425. 00 AUTO ‘SERVICE oCUoBER “AND BUILDING SUPPY im, , Nall 6. No. 16° = Published Every Mhuréday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” ay CASTLEGAR" BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, ale 16,1953 “Haridge se Aviseo A. D. West we ‘fedleaar ‘Airport coh At that time, the Hon, Lionel Chevrier replied that a further ‘The Castlegar ‘Airport. is re- ceiving «a grant of $125,000 from the Federal Government for com- Pletion of ‘its blacktopping and improvement program, R. A, West, Chairman of the Castlegar. Airport _ Committee. said this morning. Mr. West said a letter has just been ‘received from H. W. Her- ridge," MP for Kootenay -West,-ad- viens that provision is to be made in th Hospital Zone Captains’ |p Meeling: Postponed - ‘The zove captains, ‘who will ba in charge of circulating the: petl- tion for incorporation of the: Hos- pital Improvement Disttiet in this 4: area, are advi: el: menting. for. tomorrow night, has been postponed, - This meeting will be held-one. week later on Friday, April 24 at’ the: € One Ele- grant would in view of the wonderful work the Airport Committee have accomp- lished and the ‘growing import- ance of the Airport. He said, how- ever, that no promise of further grant could be made at that time, mentary Schoo! at 8:00 p.m.’ All zone captains and ssistants must be in attendance. The Next meeting of the Cas: tlegar and District Hospital Bo, ciety is on Monday at the bee, of Mrs, N. Ball,, Hospital Petition To Be Circulated Soon ‘Early in May is aut tentative | nin date set for circu- sag Columbia Regional Planning Area The Lower Columbia River Valley embracing Castlegar, Trail,. Rossland, Fruitvale, Salmo and Nelson, may soon be organized: as a Regional Planning Area, as a result of an inaugural meeting: ‘of 28 from nine West, Kootenay snails in St. bans Parish Hall, Castlegar ‘Thursday eve- sjlation of the Eetition tor a by the Trail own s Planning Com sae aie a ‘also the first meeting of the commit by. B. 3 of th ment District. which would fin-! ance construction of the proposed" hospital at Castelgar, it was an- Mr. West was most the news. and said the grant ‘s larger than had.been at Ottawa for'a: grant! of $125,000 to the Castlegar Airport. e Airport Committee had re- quested the Dept. of UTranspart for hoped ‘for. He ‘said’ much of the credit. for obtaining the grant must go to Mr..Herridge who has}: “wotked véry hard on our be- Coronation Day Gonfab 1:30 Tomorrow Night ' The Castlegar Coronation’ Day iis an grant the program of ie and im- _ provements begun last: summer. half. his work,| o we might not have ‘received the additional Brant” to meet with. the representatives named by local they have at a of the C can! tlegar and Distyjct So-" A ewell, De-| “B.C, Bracwell explained the of Af- and need of Regions (fairs, representing the B.C. Gov: Planning Areas and told the meet- ernment, the meeting_ decided to| that if-this region should be org- set up a five man fact-finding anized as such an area, it would .clety Monday night. fat cathe Petition campaign will be by public in each zone of the proposed district, which is to’correspond to the Cas- flegar school district, At these meetings, the purpose of the peti-! tion, and details of the hospital Celgar Officers Visit i Forest Project Area “The preliminary work in: con- nection with the $65 million Cel- ee project is: proceeding ‘accord- i to plan, Ian Sean y High § School Locals Enter Two Bids For Drama Festival Honors Students of the Stanley Hum- | gar. phries Junior Senior High School Chemi Ltd, said here yesterday, Mr, Barclay, who:along with ‘Charles B. Dunham, newly, ap- ponted Director of Forest Opera- tions for the Company; and Axel J. Brandstrom, Chief Forester for + Celgar, paid a brief-visit to the will. be with high school drama artists from ail over the West Kootenays .al three day West Kootenay ‘Schools Drama Festival’ to be held in GrandForks Det ‘Thursday, Frf day and Sat Se The locals have entered two of ‘* Castlegar and Arrow Lakes Areas! which. thrilled ‘a capacity. audi this week, said it is unfortunate that the appeals against Colents. @ caused: some susper that when ‘the: appeals wert away when actually, much ‘pre-: Uminary work or “stock taking” had yet to’be performed. .... * When asked whether the Com-| satire;: “ [the comical, "The Grand stacy melodrama; Ham's Diamorid.”** ten- by- the ancient. Greek eater will be y night in the Hall at boa fet er The meeting ther the plans for tle Staci fae Day. ‘Celebration: in: Castlegar, Profits: of < which ate to: go:to- wards furnishing and equipping the proposed Megltea at Cre 1. A letter.was. read at Monday's! meeting from the Cariboo Hospi-. tal Improvement District which | Adyised the problem of incorpor- ating the hospital | district ‘there, ‘finance a new 40 bed: hospital at: Quesnel, was approached Continued on Page 8 ae Sommers Renamed Socred |Candidate. For June.9 who are to be the third in B.C., the first be- all aspects of the matter and en-| ing the Lower Mainland Regional Hist the support of their -Taunici- Planning Board in the Frasec palities. Valley and the second the Greater Committee members will re-| Victoria Planning Board. present the in British Col- , ties: Castle, and Finnalrd: umbia enjoy Local Autonomy,” he gar Trail and Tadanac; Rossland and| observed. “However, the muni- Warfield; Salmo ond Fruitvale;|cipality cannot ‘interfere with. and’ Nelson. These centres are to} what goes'on outside its bound—~ forward the names of ‘the repres- j ary. For example, one municipal- entatives they choos¢, to Mayor.J.}ity may classify a district inside Kary ot Nelson who will then call| its boundary as a zone for single family houses but’ developments i may ‘take -place outside the baun -which will spoil the Robson Recreation Soc. Zoned arta and a maid Espoll “she ue, and the municipality so ad- -|Burn Hall Morigage | versely affected can do’ nothing “the uurning of the mortgage on] 2bout it.” the Robson’ Recreational Society He said too that the position of Hall, was celebrated at a sump-| Municipal Ststetbatis rather than tuous turkey in the Hall u -otten de- Saturday evening. : termines itity for parle location © and tenance A capacity crowd was on-hand - to watéh the ceremony dnd parti-| that very often, “the best inter cipate-in the festivities, proving, minister of Lands and'Forests and: 1] Mines was’ unanimously renamed Social Credit standard bearer for the Rossland Trail. constituency in the June 9 provincial ‘election at a’nominating convention. in Trail-Friday night,’ attended by 100 from. all’ over, and Rice, are. “Donna Mulhead, yee nette Zarchikoff, Muriel Scott |and Walter Poohachott with: Pat ey haut! riding, Nominated-,and elected uno D nosed, the-42 year old principal « ‘Robson ana: Castlegar Elementat he | nominated -fc no. time aid he ever slctate: to me.” : Kirst Social Greait < as one put it, “that good by, initiating oF controlling certain times can still be had in the good the history.'of Rossland’. Trail, pfirst Social: Credit member in ae -history of Rogsland_ Trail tirst ‘candidate of any “party . aS or the June. 9 elec‘ tion, ‘Mr, So: ers ‘said the elec- tion would be fought solely;on the arty’s record, with no favogitis to. be phugn to ci or PH deave of ab since phasized it would’ nly’ be if-their employees ‘could not cope with high land values elsewhere. “As you know we are against company towns,” Any housing ‘provision we. might gffer, Gould be strictly on an individual basis, not a collective pne,” they said,” . Dunham, who is familiar- izing himself with the area to be covered. by the Celgar project, |) 0°" was taken for an air survey of the Castlegar und Arrow Lakes areas by private plane Wednesday. Mr. Barclay, formerly a Mont: Look To Local Finals Cc: real lawyer, was. a’ guest at” thi | Quance. , Mr. Grant thanked all those| they wish, form a Board of their who had helped’ make the .eve-| Own: appointees, under a‘ chair- ning possible and then the tables| man of their own choosing, wha were cleared away. and dancing will make recommendations to rounded out the evening in fine the member. municipalities on syle les y matters ‘of. general‘concern such favor. of construction of a hospital Y : Nee the ddor prize| as land :use,: subdivision “control, ‘wines . Continued on Page 3 for: Castlegar and District: Cliff Wanless and Omer Lightle| : of Castlegar, visited these Arrow Lakes communities last week for the purpose of familiarizing them ‘formed | Kinnaird CCF_Club was vheld and ul in the with the developments regarding ‘ners: of. fifals in'Trail,; Ri a hospital at C: They re- port that. in both. communities,’ ‘election: ot S. C.:-Muirhead -.as L. vice the turned out to-the Nelson; Nakusp, New Denver and Salmo at.the district‘finals in the Twin: Rivers Hall here on, May:3. ' Pope: ‘for all the spéeches. -year is: “Highway, Safety and | How) to.Attain It”, ne=y inners from’* ‘this district Wyoming: wil) ‘compete in the’ ar tion: 5 finals! and ith called public meetings |.) "A card party is to be held in the near futufe’and'Mrs. H: Pick- fering, Mrs.-A: Schiavon, G. | Kow-| luk, and L. Greenwood..were ap- pointed to a committee ‘in charge. ‘Mrs. W. Jacobson was named the. Club ‘ é . in force and } enthusiastically -and . solidly.’ in 15 Homes, Community Hall Sel. Afire. ra Terrorists support of the proposed hospital. | § The two Castlegar .men, : who’ will be two of: the, zone captains .«. in. charge of’ circulating ‘the Im-| provement District petition short-! ly, . wént-"to Renata’: Thursday . Trail. and District ‘Council: The remainder: ofthe evening was spent.in drawing. up. the bye laws of the club and te ot the: conclude in “August! ‘with the tinal international. contest, at St.-Louis, The ‘grand! “winner will Bivsstend: -Trai] CCF Association is’ nd::many, of the -pbe . “of $ 1, 000 at any: college, oF university | r3] Helected: by. th the . Goresky. g: esting ’ highlights < of the Auth. nual; convention” whi a resume of’ the-Interior Cancer| Clinic and_ its: history ‘reporting: that 2000 cups of tea had been: served since, the Spening. last Oct tries '| her visits at the trial of 8 J inie Their hosts: were Isaac ee and other. members of the enata Farmers’. Institute under whose auspices, a public meetin, was held.at which the visitors ex- plained the progress on: the: hos-, pital project to date, They also’ told of the part the Renata resi- | defits Would have in the Improve- a .| ment District petition ‘canvass, lesars, Wan- joved on to: (34 ‘arson, victims in ‘the’ ti tile Theatre Elects - terror ‘during ‘the’ weekend.) 0b gins, ‘o-other homes at Glade.and Now Drama Production ‘ the’ Community hall’ at Apple- dale were set afire early ‘Tuesday | Two new, officers were elected | morning. In the worst outbreak’ at the:!annual meeting of the Kin-~ of. terrorist activity: since 1950, Hag Little Theatre on April 13: Torch raiders with gasoline bottle in the Kinnaird Improvement‘ bombs, set fire to homes at Per-| Society Hall,/Mrs..G. Smibert ‘as ry’s Siding, A and Shore-| 5€ and Mrs. W. Sommer- acres under cover of darkness and | field as ‘treasurer. P while the occupants slept.) None z ‘of .the, occupants: were injured and some of them, awakened by] — ptans were made for production, the flames, managed to put out] of a new play on May 2—a farce? te fees: y entitled “A: Sweet Mystery b; home was com- John. Kitkpatrick. ‘The. cast is nd | pletely destroyed about 3. aan. “inchide George’ Clarke,” Mrs: Ss. : oats where they, spok eting, The: SgEn “european” count! -D.: West,’ Mra, Mrs.:R. liott, Mrs, W.'H.. Houston’ and Mrs. Re jee A Tr. ‘Horswitt ‘pregented the ‘retiring regént,: Mrs D..Mag- ee. with. gift: of'appreciation.- variety. 4 aera Sport for the: feral « aca is:ito” couch The’ response’ we. ct shows that R Renata‘and ‘Deer Park. choice for the ésition at a ‘meet- | ing in Nelson Monday night, call- .ed: to’ organize ‘a* Nelson Incrosse entry, into the West Kootenay La-| hich’! is -also: to mi Trail and players lave. stated thors acs. willing | te try out for the | “Omer Lightle is ‘zone gaptaia for Renata and'Deer Park for the Fetition ‘canvass, Pat Romaine and" Isaac Wiebe ‘ will head the| sal canvass there, :- The latter two men will Be es E all went Lauder, Mrs. G. Sommertield,: ip in flames, while Mr’ Makortoff! hrs, G, Smibert; Mrs. E. Fitzpa'- t=, was asleep. Minutes later, anat ex | rick, Wally’ ‘Walper, Mrs. G. Don- ™man’s doors were on aldso: = Alan J: bson. ith Sioetoaaits pet eS eee oy pad alper as directo ir. ™ : ligh ead ¥ ia about 2 o'clocke Sunday ma us togk.Up a “itn for the un. along with three homes at=4 a) pledale. All were burned to the} ‘Tuesday morning a meeting round with only. bits of furnitiire| hall owned by the Sons of Free- ‘Two other homes at AE dom at Appledale, was burned to: pledale ‘were saved when ‘the .oc-| the: eround ‘and the homes of Pete cupants. quelled | the flames. ' ’ ‘Alex ‘Repin ‘were setroyes ‘Sons .} at Glade. ceiving more i progress of the project, ‘as’! mit we for team, some -C. [ee thet « communities. , to! ernpon, denied’ any- part in’ this RCMP officers declared Mon- day that Sons of Freedom were latest rash of arson attacks and responsible for the arson attacks. vt o! gathered at Krestova Sunday’ aft-