CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961 Power Probe is a Good Deal | By BILL RYAN Vancouver Province Business Editor cal power.. The provincial government's by these contrasting statements’ of, two of the principal figures, Justice Minister “Davie Fulton, The public, at Iong last, is|exponent of Columbin development, about to get a fair deal on electri-| stated here recently: "'. . it be remembered that all the power returned to us by the Americans as announcement that B.C. Energy| well as the power generated at Mi- should ca and possibly at High Arrow can be delivered ‘to load centres (the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Is- land) at a cost of around four mills. “This ia the cheapest power thht can be produced in North America at the present time, It might be well to compare this mill Board will study the Peace and Co- lumbla power projects — and com- pare thelr costs-of-power-to-con- sumer — {s an encouraging note upon which to conclude 1960, The action js perhaps the, most con- structive the government has taken throughout the entire year, It will provide an answer to the biggest single quetsion confronting this west coast province today and, in a@ secondary sense put’ to work, and give stature to, a body which must inevitably play a vital role in B.C.'a economic Bass namely, the BO. Energy Bo . How big is le problem? What is the measure of it? ‘It involves well over $2 billion in all; it will affect your power. rates and miné for @ generation or more, + And perhaps:the need for such Ws a Small nee Ivs a small world. And four Castlegar couples can attest to‘ this fact, Mr, and Mr. Paul Oglow, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ackney, Mr. and Mrs, Pete Harvick: and .Mr.: and in Californis. * f Unknown to each other ahead of time they all ‘chose’ Venetian 2,000 miles away from home with-| to out bumping into other Castlegar residents! ‘an examination is’ best pointed up | brought to the Lower Mainiand of Mrs, Tony Denneus were all holi-|!umbia River power, and for that daying during the Christmas season |Teason we welcome the most com- Square in Long. Beach, Callf., to/ the chasm of confusion which exists spend a few days, To the surprise}in tha public mind. But let there of everyone they all met each other!pe no: there. It seems you can’t even get study will enlighten the politiclans, member of the’ federal goverhment| = in Ottawa nor a single member of rate with the mill rate of Péace River power at Vancouver and the load centres of the Interior.” s-W. ©. Mainwaring, -preaident of Pence River Power Development Co,, stated in commenting on the Victoria. action. “Our, studies to date indicate ‘|that Peace’ River power can be B.C.-.and@ to Vancouver. Island at tates equal to or. cheaper than Co- plete. investigation - and study” of these two projects. , ‘The statements, clearly outline misunderstanding, . This Sante 4s, after all, not a single PAINT. SUNSHINE. - ‘INTO YOUR HOME WITH odor-free. Touches up in no time—and cleans up with just water! Give your walls and cell- ings deep glowing beauty— with the glorious colors of Monamel Latexl - Oglow BROS, BUILDING & SUPPLY CO. LTD. Phone 3351 Tienamel LATEX. You'll ‘really enfey painting the "gneeoat way with Monamel Latex. [t smooths on fast—dries in minutes—is badklaacsd ‘jority — perhaps the B.C. Energy the in’ Vic- torla who actually knows: the com- parative costs of Peace and Colum. bia power — elther at site or de- lvered to the consumer. The B.C. Energy Board study {s| » ‘| personally . heartening to us. On Dec. 9 we suggeatd in this column: “Would this not be an auspic- 4ous point for an independent auth- Board — to be authorized to step in and rule on.an orderly plan for development of beth (rivers)2" -In this connection, the order- in-councll authorizing the Energy Board to step into the picture asks it to study. “The extent to which the two projects may be related to one ‘an-| other if at all and, if complemen- tary in this relationship, the legal and economic conditions under which may take place.” ‘Two points of caution, however, shollld be inserted here and em- phasized. ‘The Energy Board should make the widest possible use — as auth~ orized by the order-in-councill — to engage outaide technical help. ° It should go to eastern Can. sada — or perhaps Britain or the US. .— and engage the best con- sulting it is possible to JUST GIVE ME ENOUGH . GAS TO DRIVE OFF THE NEAREST. CLIFF Old “Daredevil Dan” - doesn’t care what happens to his cdr or himself! But then, he’s different from most folks. For example, YOU care for your car. . . and WE do, too! We're here to clean it, fuel it, water it, nourish it when it’s ill ~+- to ‘provide the best service possible for your . because we CARE: —TEXACO. CASTLEAIR! Car... nn mn You'll be glad we dot SERVICE (CENTRE ‘|done about B.C's confusing power -| find. These consultants should ne-| 'r¥- ver have been employed by the B.C. Electric, nor by B.C. Hydro, nor an any of the work done to date on either Columbia or Peace. ore, the B.C. govern- ment should give a firm promise now that ‘the full report of the Energy Board will be released. to the public to assure that — as Pre- mier Bennett promised — “the sun- shine” genuinely will. Jay bare the whole power. picture. Anything. less than these two safeguards will destroy: the atates- manlike intent of this entire Energy Board study. | Given “these assurances, this observer feels that at! long last Weather The coldest day of 1960 was in Ped to -1 degrees..Hottest day was €d to.103...The most precipitation, 42 inches, fell in November. weather \ have’ been gathered . by Walter -Peachey;\ an SHHS high school student who operates the meteorlogical station for the Caatle- gor District, ie Mean maximum,’ mean - mini- mum, mean, . highest,.and lowest temperatures for the 2 months of 1960 follow: Jan.: 17.4, 22.9, ‘43, °3. Feb,: 36.2, 23.6, 29.0, 45,.1.-March: 48.4, 26.1, 36.3, 70, -1, April: 57.1, 33.8, 45.5, 73, 25. May: 62.9, 38.8, 50.9, 84, 30, June: 76.1, 43.3, 59.2, 87, 36, July: 91.1, 61.8, 71.2, 103, 44. At gust: 77.8, 50, 63,9,°100, 43. Sep! 69.2, 41.6, 56.4, 80,..34. Oct.: 57.7, 37.9, 47.8, 75, 28. Nov.: 40.4, $1.7, 98.1, 52, 22. Dec.:° 33.7, 26.5, 30.1, 40, 14, Precipitation Ace the year was. ag follows? Jan. ee Feb? 2.01, March: 3.19, April: May: 3.34, June? 62, July: pe 1,19, ete! Oct.: 2.87. Nov.; 4.2, Dec.: Maximum. and” minimum "tem= peratures for December and” early Janudry were 93 follows: 1.57, Calgary Funeral For Mts. 0. Goldalmer Funeral services”took place at Calgary Monday afternoon for Mrs. Otto Wanet) Goldalmer, who died suddenly in ~ “Trall~TavZanac Hospital Jan. 5 at the age of 37. naird for year, since moving here from Vancouver to operate the Gol- den Horseshoe restaurant with her husband. She is survived. by, her husband, Otto; “one “ daughter,, Miss Nancy May Preston in Vancouver; six bro- thers, Henry Hardbattle in Chilli- wack, John in Cloverdale, Norman in Vancouver, Leslie! in Port Co- quitiam, Gordon in; Calgary ‘and Owen in Hull, England; one sister, Mrs. G, Ritz in Calgary; and her father, David Hardbattle in Calgary. ‘The funeral services were con- ducted at Calgary, With interment taking place in ‘Owen Park Ceme- McNabb Makes. December Report Five working “days were spent by village crews.removing snow du- ring’ December, works supervisor Norman McNabb toll. Castlegar council Tuesday night, During the month, he added, 280. ft. of water subdivision near hospitat Ail. Hydrants; were cleared of snow: during the month with sidewalks being cleared, “also churches and areas. of town.” Sand- hes : been picture, that the public interest is at last protected — and ‘that Bri- tish Columblans probably. could not have received a better ‘New Year's Present, SHHS Beats Salmo In Basketball Tilt ing. of ’.village - streets alsa’ took Place “when -needed.” The’ exits in front of the arena were cleared of snow ahd repairs were made to three water mains with ‘two more leaks yet to-be repaired, — ~ Gravelling and grading -took Place to fill frozen” rough sections of streets and considerable time was spent locating two shut-off water services which were recorded and put on file. Stanley Humphries Rockers, pi ced by Tim Horcoff who netted 29 points, downed ‘Salmo Falcons to the tune of 45-39 in an inter-high school basketball game here Friday night. Other point getters for the win- ners wére Ron Smith 6, George Keralff 6, and Dino Zanet 5, Kurt Forguard led the’ losers with 15 points, while other. scorers were Drain Dorey 12, ‘Tom Chernoff 6, and Willie Antliaeff 6.- In the girls! game, Bernice Lightle . ‘notched 26 points to lead the Rockettes in the 36-20 win over the visiting Falconettes. Susan Mit- chell and Kathy Kazakoff picked up four ‘polnts each for the winners, 25 FREE PAIR OF PANTS CASTLEGAR NEWS. ~ “THE Published Every Thursday: At A ier) - L. V. Campbell, Publisher - Mail’ subscription -rate to the Castlegar News - Au 1s $3 per,,year. The price. by delivery boy is 35 cents a month. Single copies are 10 cents._ The Castlegar News Is authorized as second- class mail, Post Office Department, is a member of the Audit Bureau of It {9 a member of the Canadian Weekly News- papera Association, the B.C, division of Weekly Newspapers Association, and the B.C. Weekly “Newspapers Advertising Bureau, OF THE Castlegar, B.C. Burt Campbell, Ealtor 3° = o - gs Cucat® Ottawa, and Circulations. the Canadian The Editor, Castlegar. News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, BC. Letters for publication’ must’ be accompanied by the correct name and address ofthe writer. Pen names will be used on request, but. the correct + Mame must be submitted.: The ‘Castlegar. News reserves the right to shorten letters in the interests of ,economy of space. - ‘: should be ,- WITH EVERY. } Made - To - Measure SUIT Offer Good To’ January 30th : For Last Year . March when the temperature drop- Deo. In July when, the temperature soar-|° ‘These and other interesting statistics on Cagtlegar, and District main were installed in the Landis k Report Dec, Bak3 Cosa gmme mr fe me mo SSBSSSERSSEREREsES: syaeeeuns SESRRREESBESEEEBRBE g Some Castlegar residents. have an ides that ‘the village is still op} erating with. the 8-12 man crew of last summer, commented Comm. |George Carr, Such is not the case, The normal. crew of foiir men {a now employed. : eee ‘The cost of a traftic ught for Pine and Columbia may be around “That's cheerful news, it’s less," an- swered Comm. Carr. eee |, Castlegar’s share of ‘Tra: luw- fyer Peter Dewdney's attendance at the. Inland Natural Gas’ ht and the cost of a transcript is ees Rossland and Kinnaird will also pa; $22 each and ‘Trall, Neon, and 2 | danac will pay. $60 a piece. eee ‘Accounts totaling $604.18 were payment. Castlegar and District Hospital Soctety te ‘Annual Meeting of the above Society wi be held ‘in the UNITED GHURGH BASEMENT. at 8 p.m. “TUES, MARCH 7, 1961” Memberships in the Sociéty may be obiained b contacting the treasurer, Mrs, Clara Saunders waith tooking ! imo sss fresh fot -power Canadian built Willard Batteries wee gvoranteed for 4 full years . f factory-filled ... both 6-volt and 12-volt types In * economy, heavy duty and premium service grades, See your nearby Willard pester. dry charged or “Castle Motors Lid. PHONE 2411 » the Union of Spiritual Communities RNR CROCERIES MEATS ard at Maple — Phone 4201 — We Deliver We. Reserva The Right To Limit Quantity --~ STORE HOURS 8's 6 DAILY. Pacific Milk. a : AI = 1 Jello Powders iu. 3 for 25° IVORY SOAP, personal ‘size, 5 for Bites Soar CHORE BOYS Ea 6 for... 59¢ = sr mi a TN mM im mT EE cmv Hl Funeral. Heid Last Thureday ‘For Crash Victins One ot the largest funerals to Carr Reports On Fire Dept. ‘8 volun-| dry ond two electric 1 teer fire enartnent “remained sat- =|isfactory for’ 1960," Comm. George way accident near here New Year’s|Carr told council’s last meeting an Bye. G ‘The services were held at the making his annpal report. “I considey this a very fortun- Russian Hall, and interment’ took late aspect of ‘our fire department. Place at Brilliant. 6°. we ‘is often difficult to kéep a vol- ‘Mrs, Chernoff born at Pin.| teer’ department satisfactorily ctiey Greek, Alberta, She moved to|™anpowered,” commented Mr. Carr. Trail at an early age and yecelved her education there, . Married in 1956, she moved to Grand Forks for. short time and later spent periods in Calgary and Genelle' before settling at Dlueberry Creek a few months ago. “Oastlegay is fortunate to have a group of efficient firefighters.” . Carr's report follows: ‘The fire chief has improved the supplementary “equipment during 1960, A ladder mount, was purchas- ed and installed for No. 2 truck and carries our 4@-ft, extension very Mrs, Chernoff was » member of satisfactorily, It is still hoped to trade this ladder off for a 3-section | tenta, Of; Grist | and was ‘active ‘in the ladder at the firat favorable oppor- ‘Trail youth group a few’ years ago. ti She was a past member of the youth choir of Grand Forks. ty. :|f A second hose clamp, a second She is survived by her husband,| John; one son, daughter, Nadine; Fred, Peter and Oscar in Edmontcn, Lawrence; ons} Terry in Calgary and Loule in Beat- {lve brothers, | tle; oo her Lert ae at Mrs, tenes and @ spotlight were purchas- ed for No. 2 truck. This leaves the department with two trucks with nearly the same first-aid fire fight- Raine of: Robson, was united in\& double-ring ‘ceermony to Mr,.Ken- neth Arthur Robey, son of Mr. and Mra. J.'J, Robey .of Port Moody, Dec, 27 in the Robson Community in case of of one truck. there will be very lit-|A. tle confusion through lack of equip- ment, During the year the departmeat over to the hospital, The oxygen unit is now carried on No, 2 truck at all times, Experience of. the last year polnts up the neceaalty of equipping both the fire chief's and deputy chief's private cars with sireris and . They have both experienced difficulty with traffic getting to the ‘ire . Alternative generatora have not been’ purchased as yet for the two trucks mainly for financial rea- sons, An audio haler is still’ con- sidered very ‘high on’ priority as well as two portable flood Ights Wi WITH A HOME IMPROVEMENT. LOAN it Loans are through ~ Home Imp your bank under the National Housing Act-for alterations and repairs to the exterior or Interior of a home and fora wide variety of other improve- ments. You may borréw up to $4,000 with-up to ten years to repay. These loans are also available to the owners of Tental properties: ‘arm improvement Loans, acked byt the Domine lofi Government ipa from your. bank— ru up to ten years tor repay. _ These loans cover; the: urchate of all “apes ‘te far quipment ‘and improvement to! the fara a eee ‘about: Government: backed ‘joan te8. to small'b through the chartered banks—up to $26,000 and up to ten years to repay. coat Wy Wait for Spring?’ - 22 OWAL EMPLGYMENT OF FIFE. ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THD MINISTER OP LABOUR, CANADA and a portable exhaust fan. A.start has been made on uniforms. All the officers of the department should be equipped very soon. Further de- tails will be contained in the firo chief's yeport, Twenty-seven new fluorescent | and Ughts were ‘installed in the down- town area which improved visibility immensely. Thrums Reception For Nowlyweds Adding to the Christmas season festivities this yeat at Thrums was the reception held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Konkin for their Church, . Resker was officiating clergyman, “Dr. W.-L. Wright. was organist tar was done with large white shag- sy mums green pews were marked with large white The bride entered the church on the arm'of her father who gave her in marriage. Her gown was of heavy white satin, Point ‘aleeves, Victorian © stand-up | room. collar, A’ three-quarter ‘length allic Mlusion vell, was held in place with ® rhinestone and peatl tiara’ and ashe wore the groom's gift of a cul- book that her mother had carried at her » It. was centered with a single poinsettia with trail- ing yellow rose buds and stephani- bride's, alstes-: Drs. 'D. bridesmaids were de’s gown..\They wore matching short jackets’ with three-quarter length sleevyes,. white glover and shoes. ‘ : ; and Mrs R. T. Waldie, soloist, sang black floor-length, | enjoyed an evening of dancing whi-|/ princess-line with slight train, lily-|ch was led off by the bride and’ groom, Ths young couple left. for af tured pearl ‘necklace’ and earrings, |orles and a corsage of pried Fose- The bride carried” the prayer | buds. couver, Port ’ Moody, Paradise tis, The matron of honor. was the|iey, Alberta’ and ‘Englang. Out-of- . BE, Marcalius {town guests were Mr. and Mira. J, Miss Dawn|Raine and family, Vancouver;, Mr. Waldie and Miss Helen Gleboft, The | and Mrs, J.J. Robey, attendants’ were all attired in pea- ane Mrs, E, 8. ‘Buddes nat tion wes held'in the Robson Com- munity: Hall >) ‘was “decorated white. wedding bells and a ‘basket ‘of white shaggy. munis, ‘The bride's ‘table: waa. covered lace With ‘a three-tiered’ wedding embedded ‘in ‘white tulle.” ‘The White tapers in ‘silver holders, The serving table, which was The bride and: groom were as- oak : arora bed ‘Arena Schedule: Jan. 13°= 19, 1961: Fri., Jan, 13 © “ 4.30 - 5: 30 pm. Figure Skat- ing Club.. 7-9 pm Genesal Skating. Sat.,. Jan. 4 7:30 - 1 pm’ Minor Hockey. 2 =. 4.pm Children’s Skat- ing. 5:30 - 7:30. General Skat- ing. 8 - 10 AOTS Skating Party Sun., Jan. 15 12 <*1_pm Air Cadet Hockey 2. 4 pm Family Skating. 7 - 9 pm Senior Hockey. .Mon., Jan. 16 4: 30. =. 5: 30: ‘pm Figure Skat- ing ‘Club. 6:00. - Hockey. Tues., Jan. 17 .. ; 6 - 10:30 pm Minor Hock- ey. Wed., Jan..18 6 - 8 pm General Skating. 8:30 - 10: 30 pm Sr. ey Thurs., dan. 19° .6 -. 10:30 pm Minor Hockey Subject’ to Change |. Watch the Bulletin’-Boerd 10.30. pm Minor ‘SIRLOIN 'T-BONE - on STEAK ce ROASTS | ~ SQUARE DANCING | Ron Taylor, your SHOP-EASY Manager cordially invites you fo attend the SQUARE DANCE Brt the Nelson Square Dancing Club Friday Night - at 8.00 P.m. COME * HAVE A FLING ~ fs see