Castlegar News, December 23, 1959 Caroling Forth our Season’s Greetings Yea merrily! The familiar carols ring out in joyous praise of Christmas; to them we add in complete harmony these notes that reflect our greetings and sincere good wishes... ‘May your Christ:nas cel:bration be one that’s long remembered for its ha Merry Christmas, Eresvore! . .. This Wish Is Addressed Especially To You! We're on our way to a” sparkling Holiday season filled with joy and gaiety a Sant XOOTEMSY BUILDERS AWD SUPPLIERS npiness anu good cheer... joy and peace! GREETINGS TO ONE AND ALL! JOYEUX NOEL — May your Christmas be filled with many ‘blessings . . of Best Wishes! VILLAGE OF CASTLEGAR May the world once again be blessed by the beautiful message of Christmas. We hope you will pause to remember the true mean- ing of this Holy Christmas Season. May the Carolers sing out our wishes for a peaceful, joyous Christmas! Graduates Next Month Auxiliary Police Force The 22.member auxiliary pollee force made up of residents of Castlegar, Kinnaird and Rob. son will graduate. in January Steve Jankola, District Civil De- fence officer told the Castlegar council at its last meeting, “They are backed by the ROMP,” sald Mr, Jankola of the auxiliary force and members of it can be called upon by the RCMP and the village to handle a variety of duties. « A graduation ceremony will be held in the Kinnaird hall around Jan, 15 after which a banquet will be held to which B.C. Telephone Passes 500,000-Mark in Phones Bc. Telephone Co, Cana. da's second: largest telephone sy. stem, passed the 500,000-mark in number of phones in its ter. ritory in November, and expects to hit 1,000,000 within the next 15 years, The half-millionth telephone came 79 years after introduction of the province's first commerc. | 900,01 ially-operated service at Victoria in May, 1880, Telephone officials point out that it wasn’t until 1927 that the installed its 100,000th of the Ci ‘ council are invited, ‘The force received council's fo use the of the village office for its head- quarters on an annual basis and the village will also pay for uni- forms, The force will y its share of the heat and light in the will be instrument, 47 years after the in. dustry had its beginning in B.C. It took another 21 years — until 1948 — for the company to reach the sccond 100,000, but the Ppost.war expansion, telephone Browth accelerated at a record pace, and it took only five years to Me the 300,000-mark. necessary to make the basement suitable, HANGERS-ON ‘The man with money to burn has many followers who are ga- thering up the clinkers. demand for ser- vice Sirought the next’ 100,000 in the short space of three years, with the 400,000th being installed in October, 1956, followed by the 500,000th three years later. Telephone officials report that 83 per cent of the homes in B.C. Telephone territory now have prlephones.: and. thls per centage is expect e close to 100 by the time ihe mlitiontn Phone is installed, More than 60 per cent of the half-million telephones now in service came ducing the’ post. war years, with well over $240,- being spent on expansion and improvements in the 10. year period from 1949 to 1959. Busstan Ladies Tea Termed Successiul The Russian Ladies tea and bake sale held in the Kinnaird hall recently was termed a suc- cess by members. . Tickets drawn by Leona Lundquist of Kinnaird showed | 060. the following to be prize win- ners: 1. Mrs, P, Verigin, Robson; 2, Mrs, G. Johnson of Robson, doily; 3, Mrs, McIntosh, of Kin- naird, apron; 4. Mrs, P. Romaine of Kinnaird. Tight Money Fights ‘nvalion Says Bank Tight money, with all its attendant problems both for those seeking and those granting credit, has been the price of stemming all-out Inflation, ac. vording to G. Arnold Hart, presi. dent of the Bank of Montreal. “But,” Mr. Hart told B of M shareholders at their 142nd an- nual meeting, “by! putting up with the disciplines of monetary restriction,” Canada: has already “laid a solid foundation for or- derly, stable and enduring econ. omic progress.”. Shareholders also heard R. D. Mulholland, the bank's: gen- eral manager, present a state. ment reflecting an, unpreceden. ted demand for credit, the B of M loans rising more than 25 per eent during the year to an all. time high of $1,773,000,000 while net profits amounted to $12,191,~ Nevertheless, a.strong liquid position was maintained and the bank’s capital structure was en- larged so that its paid-up capi- tal is now the ieee of any Canadian bank, A PERSONAL COLUMN: By BURT CAMPBELL Over 1,900 years ago a poor carpenter and his wife set out on a journey from Nazareth to Bethichem, a distance of rough- ly 95 modern miles, The carpenter’s mame was Joseph and his wife’s was Mary, and they undertook that journey at a time of the year when the weather was chilly and apt to turn cold, They travelled neither by automobile nor plane, for it was a time in history when-those things weren't even dreamed of. Travellers in those days rode camels, donkeys or horses, or walked on sandalled feet. Doubt. less Joseph walked all the way beside Mary as she side-sat a little grey donkey, safeguarding her with a tender and reverent solicitude, At Bethlehem there was no room for them in the inn, Many Biblical scholars agree there was space of some sort, either in the inn. itself or in some private Christmas home in the town, But Joseph and Mary needed more than @ nook or corner they could call their own for the moment. They needed privacy and of that there was none. Multitudes from every direction poured ints Story of Bethlehem lowly, lonely, gloomy darkness. He, the Son of God, was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lald in a manger. No splendid cradle in a splendid room ‘or a splendid pa. lace for the King of Kings; no the village and were and fro like ants in an anthil, Privacy, for an expectant mo. ther, was out of the question, So, disheartened and troub- led, the young couple turned away and sought out a stable nearby. A cave in the hillside where animals were sheltered in. bad weather — sheep, an ass or an ox, maybe even a camel or two were there, Here was privacy, but of the humblest and most meagre sort. Joseph, thoughtful and solicit- ous, cleaned a cluttered corner, covered it with straw spread over it his woolen mantle or.a woven blanket brought from home, and arranged their few belongings. Here the Child was born in throne of for the Lord of Lords; rather the lowliest of places, couched on straw and warmed by the body heat of beasts, was the birthplace of the Saviour of the world. He whom angels tremble to serve was tendered at His birth only by His mother and foster father. Wonderous, indeed, are the ways of God. , And who were the first to hear the news of our Saviour’s birth? The world’s so-called e.ite? The emperors? The Kings? The wise doctors? No, Angelic couriers hovered over shepherds tending their flocks and ‘announ. ced to them the glad tidings, The birth of Christ was an- nounced first to men who were despised by the Scribes and Pharisees and shunned by the elite as nomadic men, dirty and uncouth, Before God, however, they were good men, clean of heart. ‘They were aware, too, of the prophecies for they hastened with great joy to a stable they knew well to worship.at the feet. of the Infant Saviour, so long await. ed by the world, Wonderous indeed are the ways of God, Even the most . VICTORIA REPORT Xmas in Vict By JAMES K, NESBITT It's a family Christmas in British Columbia's official resi. dence, which is also a private home, It’s also the’ first Christmas in the new $2,000,000 Government House, opened last May. Lieut-governor and Mrs. F. M, Ross will have with them Mrs. Ross” son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs, John Norris of Montreal, and their year-old son, Christopher John, and everyone will be able to sing “the dear little dimpled darling, he hasn’t seen Christmas yet,” for he was born a few days after last Christ. mas, The baby’s uncle wiil be there, too — handsome bachelor lawyer John Turner, Mrs. Ross’ .son, whose name every now and then is linked romantically with that of Princess Margaret. It's the first and last Christ- mas in the new Government House for His Honor and Mrs. Ross, for this time next year they'll be private citizens once more, His Honor having refused a second five-year term. There’s a towering lighted tree in the CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 23, 1959 oria, Kelowna grandchildren to delight the Pre_ mier’s heart, and keep him off politics, for a few hours, anyway. As John Turner Is one of Montreal's most eligible bache- lors, the Premier’s elder son, turned 30 now, is certainly one of the most eligible bachelors in all the Okanagan, but, so far, he seems intereste din running his father's hardware business than in what's called domestic bliss. It's a real old-fashioned fa- mily party of noise and confus. ion and good feeling and genuine happiness in the home here of the Attorney-generél and Mrs. Robert Bonner, There are four grandparents here from Vancou- ver — the AG's mother and fa- ther and Mrs, Bonner's mother and father, and with three lively Bonner youngsters it'll be quite a day. There are comparatively few children who can have the joy of two grandmothers and two grandfathers all at the same time. aes This column wishes ‘all its readers a happy Christmas sea- son and thanks all those who have written their opinions and views during the last year. Celgar and Water On Agenda in 1960 The main item of business in the water department in 1960 “fs the finalizing of an agree. ment with Celgar re completely abandoning the Columbia river as a direct.water source,” water chairman Aage Syivest told the Castlegar council at its last reg- ular meeting. Also on the agenda next year will be the replacement of the existing temporary water tank. “Both these items should be fin- alized in the first part of the new year," said Mr. Sylvest. With 40 new water connec. tions made in 1959 and a similaz growth possibla next year com. bined with a possible very dry summer, some areas of the vil- lage distribution might be inad. equate, “The best solution to this problem pheile also be consid. ered_in During 1959 Castlegar went to a well for part of its water supply, said Mr. Sylvest, and ar- rangements were made for 2 frontage tax to start in 1960. No serious water restrictions were experienced in 1959 because of extensive water main improve- ments in 1958 and a wet sum. mer this year. and Christmas decorations all throughout the big mansion. The night after Christmas His Honor and Mrs. Ross will give a ball, and invited are what's snobbishly called in the society columns the younger sets of Victoria and Vancouver, A tall redwood at the main gates of Government House is once more dressed in colored lights, and the Christmas star tops it, and its glimmer and sheen can be seen for miles around, even by ships far out at sea, and, on clear nights, by our neighbors in the Washington State city of Port Angeles, 20 miles away. The first commoner of Bri- of tish Columbia, Premier Bennett, hearts is touched if it allows it- self to ponder the humble ma- jesty, simple grandeur " and boundless love for an indifferent world that is found in the nat- ivity scene, At the crib of Bethlehem are the greatest lessons of perfect love and perfect humility that ever the world beheld or ever will behold, time without end, is Year season at his home in Kel- owna, making like a country squire, holding open house, at. tending church, presiding at the family turkey, shaking hundreds of hands, Mrs. Bennett is there, too, the wife and mother and grandmother more than the gra. cious official hostess, and there are two sons and a daughter and NOTICE Hotel Marlane N Fi & Appliances OPEN IN THE CASTLEAIRD PLAZA AGRAND SELECTION OF HOME FURNISHINGS FOR CHRIST MAS GIVING TABLE LAM UNPAINTED HASSOCKS BEDROOM SUITES CHESTERFIELD SUITES DINETTE SUITES OCCASIONAL CHAIRS PS STAND LAMPS LOUNGE: CHAIRS FOOT STOOLS CEDAR CHESTS COFFEE TABLES FURNITURE RRS McClary Ranges & Refrigerators Washing: Machines Water Tanks ue Se o fy GENERAL ELECTRIC & SUNBEAM APPLIANCES : ! 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