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CASTLE NEWS,

Castlegar, B.C.

Thursday, May 15, 1962

Giant Monolith To Topple.
At Cominco Power Project

TRAIL — Thirteen miles south
of Trail, where 700 men are at
work on the Waneta Power Plant

bined maximum output of 210,-
000 h.p. The. $30,000,000 project
of the $63,000,000 expansion of

e Ci i d ‘ining and

project for The C

Iti Cc now in pro-

Mining and Smelting C iy
“of Canada Limated, engineers of
the Northern ConStruction Com-
pany and. W. Stewart Limited
are making final plans for a uni-
que and spectacular construct-
icn feature. A giant pillar of
concrete, 18 storeys high ‘and
weighing nearly 6,000 tons, will
be tipped to fall over on its side
(usually called a monolith) will
block the swift flow of the Pend-
d’Oreille River through the south
two thirds of 1as channel, ena-
sling construction men to bare
the river bed and erect a section
of the dam.

The Waneta ‘monolith, rising
180 feet above its concrete base
on the river bed will be the
‘ighest on record, although not
*he heaviest. A monolith erected
in the Saguenay River in 1930
was 92 feet high and weighed
about twice as much. Another
unusual characteristic of the
Waneta monolith is that it will
he tinned into place. In the past
monoliths have been blasteed
from their foundations and roll-
ed into position.

The date for the Waneta mono-
‘ith project will depend upon
vater levels, The foundation has
Seen completed, but will be un-
der water until some time in
July. It is expécted
mono- will be ready for tipping
in the alte summer or early fall.

A cable attached to the top of
*he structure will be powered
“va winch. which will pull the
monolith off balance to start it
falling freely. The direction of
fall_will also be guided by a
~teel hinge embedded in the bot-
*om of the monolith and the base
on which it is to be erected.
When the monolith strikes the
iver it wll be sprayed with fire
“ose force. The cushioning of
“he water will slow its fall so
‘hat it will hit the river bed
‘vith the effective force of
drop of only a few inches.

The face of the monolith which
vill rest on the river bottom
wl lhave an irregular shape, de-
“igned to fit the contours of the
river bed. In, position in the
“rater, it will be 35 feet at the
Jeepest point and thirty feet
‘hick, tapering to ten feet at the
tov.

The Waneta Power Plant pro-
ject was started in June of 1951
“nd is scheduled for completion
‘ate in 1953. The plant will have
~rovision for four units Two
will be installed with a com-

KINNAIRD NEWS

Mrs, E. C. Ackerman, who has
»een a patient in the Kootenay
Lake General Hospital at Nelson,
iss returned home.

Mr. S. Hargrave is a patient

gress. Stone and Webster Canada
Limited have ‘been retained by
Cominco for the design and gen-
eral supervision of the ‘power
project and have contracted the
excavation and construction of
the dam and powerhouse to Nor-
thern Construction Company and
J. W. Stewart Limited.

Gordon Atkinson
Makes Radio Broadcast

Gordon Atkinson has_ gone
back to Dauphin, Manitoba, to
coach a ballet class in a ballet
which he himself has created the

that ‘the |

dance interpretation. He was to

Ballet, with which he was train-
ing and which will appear in
Trail next month on tour, how-
ever, since he has his eye on fur-
ther training in Europe, he has
decided to remain in Manitoba
teaching and practicing. Mean-
while, he has been interviewed
for stories in two different
papers, Once by a well known
music critic for the Winnipeg
Tribune and again, by an Eng-
lish reporter, who will send her
story to the Daily Express, one
Some time this week he will
give a radio broadcast on the
creation of a ballet and a talk
on ballet in general.

After his show in Dauphin is
done, Gordon plans to work two
or three months in Churchill from
whence he will work his way to
Norway or Sweden for further
training and instruction; —most
likely to Sweden as he has just
received a letter from a Russian
Ballet Teacher in Malmo, Swe-
den, who wants him to come and
teach at his school there as well
as take lessons.

ROBSON NEWS .

Mr. and Mrs. W. Waldi and
family have left for Vancouver
to attend the U.B.C. Graduation
of their son Fred.

Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers had the
yleasure of having Mrs. East of
Keremeos, Mrs. Doe of Salmon
Arm, Mrs. Kyle and Mrs. Gum-
mow of Victoria as théir guests
for a few days after they return-
ed from Nakusp where they at-
tended the W. I. Conference.

It was Confucius who when
asked. if good should be return-
ed for evil replied: “For good, re
turn good—for evil, justice.” The
English courts handle the ques-

is the best country in the world
if you are innocent and the worst

in the Trail Tadanac Hospital.

if you are guilty.”

have appeared in the Winnipeg j

Castlegar Social

Mr. and’ Mrs. ‘Fred Nelson of
Trail visited. Mr. and Mrs, Robert
Moore last week’ before. moving
back to their’ home in Alberta; >

Mr, and Mrs. James Smythe.

and family and Mr. and Mrs. Art
Kelly and family were visitors
at the home of Mr.-and Mrs.
Robert Moore last Sunday.

Miss Edna Pleasance of Swift
Current, Sask, is a Castlegar
visitor for a few weeks, especial-
ly for the Easton-McKenzie wed-
ding. She is a former resident of
Castlegar.

Mrs. H, Gergely of Revelstoke
is visiting her sons Paul and Ted
this week. She is a guest at the
home of Mrs. J. Thatcher,

Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Johnston
left on Monday for Vancouver,
where they will attend the Uni-
ted Church Conference, Accom-
panying them was Mrs, B. Find-
later who will visit her daughter,

Mrs. R. Morberg at New West-|'

minster.

Mr. W. Dyer of Vancouver was
a visitor this week at the home
of his brother and sister-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Atkinson,

__ Miss Bea West of Willow Point
is spending this week with her
brother and sister-$n-law, Mr.

and Mrs. R. A. D. West.

Miss Denise Santano, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, George Santano
has returned from Nelson where
she was-a patient in the Koote-
nay, Lake General Hospital.

Mr: and Mrs. Frank Blackwell
and family of Rossland were
Sunday visitors at the homes of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Blackwell and
Mr. and Mrs. W. Toogood.

Mr. andd Mrs. George Santano
left yesterday by car for Vernon
where they will attend the Grand
Lodge and Temple ‘Gessions for
the Pythian Sisters and Knights
of Pythias.

Mr. and Mrs. Colin Petts have
returned from a five day holiday
to Calgary where they visited
Mrs. Petts’ mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs, Lee and her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Freddie Marsh. Returning
with them 1s Mr. Petts’ mother
who will vacation with them for
a few days.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Demeo
motored to Spokane for a few
days.

Mr. Miles MacPherson spent a
few days this week with his
father, J. L. MacPherson at Kaslo.

Miss Elizabeth Boettger cele-
brated her 15th birthday on Sun-
day with a small afternoon party.

Invited guests were ‘the Misses
Dorothy Vaughn, Lily Miscavitch,
Ann Robertson, Wendy Lou
Spence and Regina Campbell.

Gordon Anderson was a very
surprised boy on Monday when
his mother and Grandmother,
little brother and sister took a
“Party”~to school to Mrs. Rob-
inson’s graed III class, Each child
received a favor, a revel and a
piece of the beautifully decora-
ted cake—another product of the
skillfull hands of Mrs. G. A. Mc-
Donald, Gordon’s grandmother.
On Wednesday a few friends
were asked for the “home” cele-

bration and a “fight'to the finish”
ball game was the order of the
dady.

Visitors at the John Wiig home
on Mother’s Day were daughters
and their families, A buffet sup-
per for thirty-two was served.
Guests included: Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Johnson and family of Oasis;
Mr. and Mrs. Rod Stuart and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy David-
son and family, Constable and
Mrs. Jack Flamank all of Trail;
Mr. and Mrs, Martin Bale and
Mr. and Mrsi Cecil Momnthieth
Mr. and Mrs. oe. Dunlop and
and family of China Creek and
family of this city.

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