6 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 9, 1959

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

On Potatoes, Puddles
and Trade Licences ”

Dear Sir:

A considerable amount of
heat has been generated over the
issue of trade licences and a
great deal has been said in anger
so that in my opinion, the main
issue has become a little hazy.

It would appear that some of

pace with this growth, We
should, Big Business and small
potatoes alike, keep the important
issues free from the conflicts of
personalities.
Those of us who signed the
petition feel that now is the time
to take an accounting of Castle-
ii assets and to put the

“the C: come
‘under the category of Big Busin-
_ess, while there are those who
are looked on as little business,

gar

village business pertaining to le
eences in order before the rush
starts.

or small It is

not surprizing that, considering
the great difference in stature,
‘the two groups cannot see eye to

eye.

‘We in the small-potato league
are quite naturally convinced that
‘our place in the yet small puddle
-of the Castlegar business world is
legitimate and that we are honor-
able members of .our various
trades, whether they ‘be strictly
over-the-counter enterprises. or
cthe service and skill trades.

Those of us who offer our
skills for sale may not be consid-
ered as belonging In the merch-
‘ant class, but we still have our
places and with excellent com-
pany. Do not lawyers, doctors,
dentists and accountants all sell
special skills and services?

We may he poor relations
but we do belong to- the same
family. One docs’ not necessarily
assess the value of an object by
the splash it makes in a puddle.

We fill a place larger than
can. be measured by our small
4businesses alone. Many of us are
veterans who had faith enough
in this village to establish homes,

ise our families, help
I way in churches and
service clubs.

Some of us have married and
4uried here. Our roots are deep—
as deep as those of Big Business.
This at least is a common factor.

It has been pointed out that
most of us have become estab-
lished in the last 10 years and
that we should remember the pri-
vilege of having been allowed to
open ow’ shops when asking that
Tieencing be controlled.

Who can compare the teddl-
ing child. of 10 years ago to the
adolescent youth of today? The
growth process of Castlegar has
been speeded up far b2yond the
normal rate of development and
we can reasonably assume that
there is a bright future for our
village.

We are now, in view of the

lity of rapid exp
faced with the need for mature
attitudes so that we may ~ keep

iccess Story
While general sales through-
oat’ the industry in British
Columbia declined by nearly
18%, our sales increased by
over 45% in the same period.
THE REASON IS 2
Premium: Refreshment at
Standard Prices
CARIBOO LAGER
HIGH LIFE PILSENER
ROYAL EXPORT: LAGER
OLD DUBLIN ALE
CARIBOU BREWING
COMPANY LTD.
This advertisement is not pub-
ished or displayed by ‘the Li-
quor Control Board or’ by the
Government of British Colum-
bia,

Mer is still new to
me but I know that before pur-
chasing new stock I take an ac
count of that which is on hand,
To the best of my ability to judge
I buy only that which my busin-
ess can handle, going strong for
variety and quality rather than
for large quantities of any one
article.

It is a simple fact that large
quantities of one article lessens
the value of each separate item,

disposal sale,

All we ask is that freedom of
enterprise should be kept within
the ability of our villlage to carry
now, and not as we hope it will
‘be five years from now.

‘That sort of thing is alright
for the big, and I mean really
BIG business who can afford the
risk of continued losses over an
extensive period of time while
waiting to’ become established.
We need a clear-cut policy
that will enable established bus-

while allowing new and competi-
tive businesses the reasonable
security of knowing that they will
have a chance to survive the
rough initial period of establish-
ment,

During these last 10 years we
have seen several small enter-
prises go under (and it is not a
good thing for any community to
have this happen.

It is far better to have bus-
inesses develop their potential
capacity to employ others than to
have the risk of businesses going]
under and adding more figures
to the unemployment statistics.

Helen Richardson

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Porter to Conduct
United Services

3. Porter of Robson will con-
duct the service at: the Kinnaird
United Church Sunday at 9.45
am.

- Robson Girl Guides
Hold Last Meeting

Before Summer Rest

The First Robson Girl Guides
held their final meeting of the
season in the Community hall re-
cently under the leadership of
Captain Mrs, R. Bro Some of the
Guides’ ‘parents were also pre-
sent,

After the opening ceremon-
jes, four girls were presented
with ‘thelr second-class badges.
Those girls who worked hard for
their badges were Linda Bro, Ca-
thy Giraud, Lana Shuttleworth
and Helen Belbeck. ~

Guldes Judy Belbeck and Bly-
the Rogers, who are working for
their hostess badges, were hostes-
ses for the evening. They will be
presented with these badges in
September,

‘The evening was brought to
a close with the serving of re-
freshments after the Guides en-
tertained thelr mothers with
skits,’ games and singing.

NOW
OPEN

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FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

JIM’S

~BARBER SHOP

LOCATED IN THE

MARLANE HOTEL

SENIOR CITIZENS
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Open FRIDAY NIGHTS For Your Convenience

nesses to hold to a fair standard} _

ROAD UNDER -
CONSTRECTION

PROCEED AT

Announ

AGENT.

WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT
MR. J. E. YOUNG OF MUIRHEAD
‘AGENCIES IS NOW A FULLY-
LICENCED REAL ESTATE SALES-
MAN UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP
OF DAN GILROY, REAL ESTATE

cement

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ition and value, :

'stores offer just as much (and often more) in styles, selec-

Not only our hometown merchants, but service stations,
"sutomobile dealers, banks and professional men in this com-

munity can provide. everything -you need for better living

and personal care.’

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anything can happen

(That all-day shopping trip to the BIG CITY may sound
‘attractive when you plan it, But road hazards, weather, car
«failure and heavy traffic can easily make you sorry you
‘strayed so far from. home. Especially so when our local

‘The next time the idea of taking your shopping dollars fat
from home presents itself, be realistic. Ask yourself whether
the risks involved are worth the effort. 4

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HERE'S HOW YOU BENEFIT BY DOING
ALL YOUR SHOPPING LOCALLY:

‘When you buy from your hometown merchants you gets

e
of
‘8. HONEST VALUES
2. AMPLE SELECTION
INSTANT DEI

LIVERY, ~~
SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENT

4. MORE PERSONAL AND
FRIENDLIER TREAT!

'B.” SAVING OF TIME
RELIEF FROM COSTLY,
“a \WRAVEL” —--———-~

FREEDOM FROM ROAD
HAZARDS

ELIMINATION OF COSTLY
PARKING PROBLEMS

AVOIDANCE OF JOSTLING:
CROWDS '
THE CHANCE 10 BUILD *

Pi
TO WORK HERE

YOUR LOCAL STORE
OFFERS MORE -

: ing to be completed. in a month’s

eminSnvrintyjreesnmvennnesmy ancl Remseye rece

“ON TRADE LICENCES

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- Letler fo

Dear Sir:

the Editor

West and Bowe
Win Golf Mixer

Fifty-nine local golfers took
part in a get-acquainted mixed
two-ball golf tournament at the
Castlegar and Distict Golf Course

this

igate the financial status of these
ti

concerning trades licences. It is
logical to presume that our vil-
lage council should manage vil-
lage business aftuirs in the same
efficient manner as they manage
thelr own private businesses,
We are quite certain that the
ofa

firm, dees not employ more per-
sonnel than his firm can profit-
ably support. A good manager
would soon find it unprofitable to
allow his firm to become over-
staffed for any length of time.
Why, then, should our village
manager allow the village tope-
come overstaffed with certain
categories of Ucences? :
In a recent statement to the
Castlegar News, one of our com-
missioners stated that it was no-
ticeable that the majority of sig-
natures on a petition mentioned
previously in one of your edi-
tlons, were comparative newcom-
ers to the District, that they were
allowed to take out licences When
there was some doubt If thé vil-
lage could support additional li-
cences and that. these people ap-
‘parently prospered.
There can be no doubt that
the village must have been in
need of these new businesses at
the time they were granted li-
cences, otherwise they would
soon have gone bankrupt.
.To our knowledge there has
never been a survey conducted by
the trade licence bureau to invest-

Jim Leamy- Opens
‘New Post Office
For Robson Folk

‘The Robson post office mov-
ed to its new premises Monday.
Although it is not yet completed,
Robson post master Jim Leamy
opened his new post office Mon-

-day to serve the more than 200
Persons getting their mail at
Robson,

The new post office is located.
half-way between the old post
office which was located at the
East Robson Store and the Rob-
son Community Church. ©

Mr. Leamy expects the build-

‘ime. The whole building is 22 by
30-feet, The mail-sorting room is
12. by 19-feet, the general lobby
is 9- by 18-feet and the rest of the
building is devoted to an office,

O just
how many. times they have had
to obtain bank loans to carry
them through the. years while
they tried desperately to hang
on while awaiting this predicted
construction boom,

We would gladly open our
books for such an inspection,

We made a very thorough
check before establishing our bus-
iness here in Castlegar and we
were given every encouragement
by your president of the Chamber

of, Commerce, bank manager,
eight prominent businessmen and
your village clerk.

no less than three Castlegar high-
school graduates and long-thne
residents of the village approach
us concerning employing them as
apprentices to the trade.

In each case we have had. to
tell these kids how sorry we were
that we were unable to employ
them as our business was barely
supporting ourselves,

Would it not be a much bet-
ter Idea for our village council to
restrict the issuing of new. li-

should be able to see are greatly
overstaffed now, to allow exist-
ing businesses to expand so that
they would be able to employ
these local kids instead of chasing
them out of town to seek employ-
ment? ~

local artists fake a blown-up pic-
ture of the Castlegar business
District as it will look in the year
they might be made to realize
what this unrestricted trade ‘ll
cence policy is doing and will do
to the small shopkeepers of this
village. t

Charley and Mae Tollington

Rotary Installation
Held at Skylark,
Wednesday Night

Jimmy Lamont was i

eences In the categores that they |_

1961 with all its vacant stores,|'

last evening.

Tenders to be Called-Soon
For Rest of New: Highway

‘Tenders for construction of a'a stretch to,the west of Sheep |’,
Lake toward which highway con-],,

slx-mile link in} the Kinnatrd-
Christina Laké:.séction of the

Partners in shoot-
ing around the’ nine-hole course.
Winners were golf club president
R.A. D, West and his partner,
Mrs. P. E. Bowe. Consolation
prizes of practice golf balls went
to Catherine Pellegrin and W.
Jacobson,

A barbecue suppes followed
the tournament,

igh-

T hij
way will be called within “five|

weeks.

The disclosure was made in
a telegram from Premier W. A.
Cc. Bennett to Rossland-Trall
MLA, Donald L. Brothers, “who
safd he fully anticipates the, new,
route will be in operation by 1961.

struction crews are working from
both ends.

‘Mr. Brothers told the Castte-|
gar News that he expects paving |-

will start on the new road at this

end “very shortly.” Paving is al-[-

ready underway at the Christina
Lake end~of the road “and. Mr.

Brothers expects ‘the equipment |

In recent weeks we have had | .

Perhaps if we had one of our|-

as new president of the Castle-
gar Rotary Club at a social even-
Ing last night at*the Skylark in

Mr. Lamont "was installed. by
a past district governor of Rotary,
Herb. Clark of Trail. Colin Me
Kenzie is the club’s new  vice-

wash room and delivery 3
Colors used in the post office
are green, grey and white.

Young Ladies See
District Residents
For Tourist Money

Two young Castelgar ladies
are presently visiting District re-
sidents asking them to contribute
to a regional tourist brochure
which will be published for the
1960 tourist season.

‘The brochure is being under-
taken by the Associated Cham-
bers of Commerce . of South-
eastern B.C, The money collected
by the girls will be used for the
section in the brochure advertis-
ing the Castlegar District.

Jimmy Lamont, head of the
Castlegar and District Chamber
of Commerce's tourist and’ pub-
licity department, said the bro-
chure will be distributed mainly
in the area between Spokane and
Calgary, and in the Okanagan.

Camp Beaverlodge

Announces Dates

Dates for the YMCA Camp
lave been
ed by the camp committee.

Boy's camp, for boys nine to
14, will. be held from Sunday,
July 5 to Sunday, July 19. Girls’
camp, for girls of the same age,
will be from July’ 19‘ to Sunday
Aug, 2,

Campers may: register for a
one or ‘two-week period,

rman of the camp pro-
gram committee is George Pear:
sall. General camp chairman is
Walt Taylor. Mrs, A. Ewing will
be camp cook and -Mrs. F. Daw-
son will act as camp mother. Di-
rector will again be A. Leslie, sec-
retary of the Trail YMCA, .

Registration is open to any
boy or girl of the District. Pro-
gram emphasis will be.on nature
lore, camp .craft,, boating and
swimming.

This will be-the fourth sum-
mer of operation of. the camp at
its present site on Rosebud Lake,
17 miles south of Salmo, Former-
ly called Camp Minto, the camp

retary. Directors are Lloyd Ack-
ney, Guy Guido, Bob Fenner, J.R.
C. MacBain and Archdeacon B. A.
Resker,

Four past | district . Rotary
governors were present at the
supper and soclal evening attend-
ed. by 25 members of the Castle-

and Al is sec-|°

and implements.

gar Rotary Club and their wives.

To assure availability of spare
parts to meet the needs and tempo
of present day farming: the process
of controlling the supply and dis-

‘The contract to be let covérs

Massey-Ferguson introduces
Master Service for Spare Parts

Automation integrated with
CENTRAL, CONTROL has been
ped by Massey-Ferguson to
bring a new concept in service on
spare parts for. tractors, combines.

tribution of spare parts by electronic
~ methods: has been applied in the

Massey-Ferguson Master Parts

Warehousing operation.
_. Through a network of branches
$ and local dealers there is available
to users of Massey-Ferguson equip-
ment service on spare-parts-that wil
help them, maintain their Masse:
Ferguson equipment -in’ first-class
working condition. ~ 4 :

to ‘be working at this end soon.

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