Agreement With Loaging Company
Provides Province With New Park

British Columbians have
gained 576 acres of property,
ree of all encumbrances and/| ti
representing

area of Vancouver Island.

The property, which is
inside the boundaries of the
Proposed 38,009-acre Cape
Scott Park, comes into the
hands of the provincial gov-
ernment as result of an|

in: two parts of Strathcona
Provincial Park which are
agsessed by parks branch spe-
cialists to be of comparative-|
ly low we. park: potent
ndincenient of - the

Hon, W. K. Kiernan, minister
of “recreation and conserva-

"this action was taken

involves seven parcels of pro-
perty at Cape Scott rangin;

to 168 acres,

is
In areas from about six acres it
mi

By BH Smiley

Human Kindness Very Wonderful

Sometimes ; iwe

> we
drop a pebble ft 4 pool and
thes ripples made are really

s o* *

was an ‘entively un-

expected facet of Grandad’s
personality. We gawked with
admiration and he lit up like
a neon sign with modest
pride.
Most of us can't remem-
ber an eight-line poem for
two weeks, after memorizing
it. How many: can remem-
ber hundreds of lines after

who was’ reading it). One
jcustomer went to the trouble
and expense of having photo-
static coples made.

What really delighted
Grandad, though, was the
kindness’ of the ‘notes and
letters that accompanied the
‘e}poem, One lady sent a. long
Nst of other poems from the
old grade three and four
readers; And the letters came
from as far east as Nova
;| Seota and from B.C. in thele:
wesi

‘Thus my — father in-law
learned of the power of the
press, something I learned
years ago. But I also learned
S|that the term: is misleading.
The people who plan ard ex-
ecute editorial policy and
news coverage for the daily’
Papers have the hilarious idea’
that they tremendous power,
that they have tremendous

are surest

dailies could uni ous
in supporting one man for
a certain position, and as

likely as not the Canadian
people with their own sense
of when they are being push-
ed around, would elect his
opponent
No, Mt is the little thin

that demonstrate the power
of the press ich

we stock a full selection of

SAVAGE SHOES.

for children

Maddocks § Shoe Store

Eight Branches. Represented

wi
touches a chord or a nerve
in the reader and rouses Bia
from his habitual’ apath:
heights of kindness or ee
T've recently had:a good
exam ple. Not long ago, I men-
tioned here, in-one paragraph
a woman who strugeling
to raise a family of six, de-
cently, on ‘welfare, good
and kindly woman of Riondel,
B.C., read it and responded.
She’ wrote ‘and offered to
fend a box of clothing. for

sha arrived today, and I've

just had a call fi the

man on welfare. She. was ter-

ribly excited. e whole

.| family ‘sald it was “Just ‘lke
Christmas.”

There is a lot of warmth
in the world, still. Let’s help
spread it around, in a genera-
tion that needs to realize it.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BINGO
TONIGHT.

ST. RITA’S HALL
. FRONT STREET

almost 70 years?
But one thing bothered
hin He couldn't remember
ie stanzas of an old fav-
“The Village Black-
It had one verse in
which he. wanted

by the parks branch that
certain pockets of timber in
Strathcona Provincial Park
might be considered negoti-
able in obtaining for public
recreation nurpases the high-
ly desirable oral property
at Cape Scott,” Mr. Kiernan
Said.
“wphis is is part of a five-
year program to develop an
over-all national and provin-
cial parks system on Vancou-
ver Island which will include
Cape Scott, Gold Lake, Long
Reach and’ other areas.”
‘he agreement was made
with ae Lumber Ltd. of
Rivers: who

He was

tablishment of a park at Cape
Scott that he felt the agree-
ment k ropresented:

Mr. Ahrens said the pro-|
Posed Cape Scott park is
typical of west coast scenery,
includes good fishing streams,
and an ecology that demon:
strates the effects of the sea
on vegetation at various’ dis-
stances from. the coast. In
addition, the area is an im-
Portant resting place for wat-
erfowl on the North Ameri-
can flyway. Sen lions live on
ofrenore t0

aerecinent was made by the}c

‘owing — Body Work
“Painting — Welding
_ Insurance Claims
Handled Promptly
24Hour Wrecker Service
.” Phone 365-7248.

only from the two relatively

}that no land was lost to the
public,

ister said, “Rave:

has agreed to pay the goin;
rates of stumpage for the

small. areas of the park and

“In addition,” the min-
en

————— ee

timber felled.” B
Parks director R. H. Ah-
rens said that the

Lumber | th

in-|

cludes’ ail of Erie Late, nahich
would become the only com-
atural | 1 lake

the progress towards fe oe

to get straight, because it
was a solace to Hay in his
loneliness, since the loss of
his wife. The Smith had lost
his wife, too, but was press-
ing on.
Most of you middle-aged
and older folk will remem-
ber tne Boem, or: at least a
few lines,
“Under a spreading chestnut) |

tree
The ‘village smithy. stands;
ape smith, a mighty’ man is
With large
hands;

and = sinewy
an
And something, something] +5,
something ar
Are strong as win bands.”
Gran is = nan of
id he de-

pletely ni

in the provincial parks syst-

em on Vancouver Island.

About 56 miles of coastline,

including about seven miles

of beach, would be included
the. park,

in
Ahrens said that ac-
quisition of the 576 acres in

Ble't to o enjoy wildern

ae
“We ini “here the. po-| ous!
tential opportunity for, Beer Ay

great
termined that he'd. remedy
the lack: He wrote to.a farm-

Press| iio
feekly,. and asked if anyone

could help supply the missing}
Tees.

Any Soles, principal of
Selkirk College, won a wag.
er recently against tne stu-
deat bady. Prior to the Re

Cross blood donor clinic head
at Selkirk on Sept.
Soles

Faculty Beats Students
In Blood Donor Race

and Safeway contributed re-
freshments. Red Cross ‘per-
sonnel were aseisted in run-
ning the clinic by five nurses

‘Mr,|from the community, and by

student

e
to a contest, asserting that if
dents would donate wore

A president of the student
government would he’ oblig-|
ed to eat humble pie.

Tesults of the suinie
gave victory to Mr. Soles.
total of 126 persons’ offered:
to donate blood of whom

A few days following the
clinic, a pie-eating ceremony

- Come Alive
with the infectious enthusiasm ofa
45-VOICE YOUTH CHOIR

»/as they p a

from V:

Concert of Sacred Songs

nlwas held

lounge Both Mr. Soles and
Gary Camozzi, president of

the student
cil were pips
lege Pipers.

proud pie, while Ga
ozzi ate ‘humble nie.
bette:

Alstudents vo
next year.

in’ the college SHSS Activity Room 11am. Sun., Oct. 19

executive coun-
ed_in by the Col-

— A Volunteer Offering Will be Received —
Soles ate ; :

Sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church
w to do 1

114 were acce; as di
by ne ped Cross: Of the fac-

body. The 114 pints of blood

contributed represent a 50

per cont increase over the
unt

es mat over i al-
mo: - ically, by the re-
sponse. Approximately 150
jJetters came pouring in. Peo-
ple from 10 years old to
those in their
Some - remembered
studying the poem and chat-|

aot the one-room rural sch

nineties wrote] that

ted about the good old days of: is
Ol. | 2 closed community such as
pate

ciation to those who had con-

Mr. Ab Dunn, counsellor:
tt Selkirk,* expressed appre-

. “And Tat! t's in|

80 /tributed to the success of the

KINNAIRD _
ELECTORS.

The Court of Revision will sit in the Council Chamber
on Saturday, Nov. 1st., 1969 between the hours of 11.00
a.m. and 12.00 noon to correct, revise and certify the list
of Electors. :

Allen Selbie,
Clerk-Treasurer.

Senior Citizens Fall

Convention

The fall regional council
meeting of the West Kooten-
ay branches of Senior Citiz-|

jociations was held

jet, 8 in the Castlegar Le-|

gion, Hall with 56 represen-
tatives and: guests present.

Evans, president

Held Here

to be very happy and con-
tent.

Each branch present gave
a report of thelr activities
and all seemed to have a full
and successful year.

r “The

of the local branch,
all delegates and hoped they
would have a happy time to-

le,
council. She also extended a
welcome to all and thanked
the Castlegar branch for host-
ing the meeting.

was reported that
there were eight branches re-
presented and they were
from Fruitvale, Trail,
land, Nelson, Christina Lake,
Grand . Forks, Nakusp and
Castlegar.

Mrs. Mciuckie reported) ¢,
attending an executive meet-
ing at the coast and that the
1970 convention would
held in Vancouver. She also
spoke of the Senior Citizens
Ledge in’ Trail. There are
still rooms available.
The villa” in Castlegar is all
occupied and all there seem

Senior Citizens ‘Federation
Canada” would be a_ good
paper for all branches to
have and to subscribe to. It
was remarked that all senior
citizens should take an inter-
est in their local affairs. | ~
W. H. Herridge said how
pleased he was to see such
a wonderful turnout of mem-
bers and to see so many lad-
ies present and being active.
After some lively discus-
sion it was decided that a re-
solution should be presented
to the prime minister of Can-
ada and leaders of other par-
ties in the House of Commons
«That we protest any increase
in salaries‘‘and expenses of
Members of Parliament, until
needs of-senior citizens and
pensioners: on low fixed in-
comes, and war veterans and
have been ade-

community service
toutes between:

quately met.”
is a be

This resolution
presented at the senior citiz-
ens’ convention in Vancouver.
A ‘motion was made to
endorse the objectives of ‘The
West Kootenay Legion Lands
for Canadians First Commit-
tee,

A hearty vote of thanks

and high praise was extended

Castlegar-Robson
Sranch No. 170 of the Leg-
ion for all their help and as-|
sistance to the’. Castlegar
venior Citizens.

Mr. Evans presided for)
the ‘election. of vofficers for
the council and those elected
»ere: chairman, Mr. K. Sche-
er of Grand Forks; firstvice

Mr. Scheer gave a short
talk and extended a very
hearty vote of thanks to Mrs.
McLuckie for all the work
she has done for the region-
al council.

Refreshments were serv-

ed by some of the ladies of
the Castlegar branch and a

social was enjoyed by all pre-'
sent.

It was noted that a pap-|®

MAPPING out statistics showing results f from

RED Ge

td

lounge of the Royal Canadian
fegion Hall on friday even-

m|minded the members of’ the
McMixers Square Danre Ciub
invitation to puisnd, their en-

tertai
Park School tamorrow (ri.,
Oct, 17).

treasurer of the West siout-
enay Regional Council of Sr.

: esting report

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct..16, 1969

Senior Citizens Meet
Thursday Afternoons

Castlegar and District meeting g night and time. Sev-
Senior Citizens members held eral

available but not for Friday
evenings, A motion was made
that for the time being, and
until such time as other ar-
rangements can be made, the
meetings bet zreld on Thurs-
day jatterny

heir regular meeting in the

President Harry Evans re-

inment Woodland
Mrs. I. McNeil, secretary-

itizens, gave a most inter-!2!
rt of the council

proud she was of the senior
citizens in Rota Villa. They

the
abl;

freshments were served.

year while Nelsonites gave $2.85, "Fruitvale| t

Ing places are

Mrs. Crissall said how

are nearly all members of;
branch.

The bingo was very cap-
conducted by W. Maze,
ssisted by Mrs. Crissall. Re-

meeting which had been held
in. Castlegar two days previ-
ously. The 1970 Senior Citiz-
ens convention is to be held
in Vancouver. A very hearty
vote of thanks was extended
Mrs. McNeil: for such an
informative report.

Mr. Evans, who had been
elected at the last meeting

mn this
committee sa that the | three
of them are working on avail-
laces. He state
e election ofa the 1970

last year's United Appeal

out the Kootenays are Psalter "Chest

general drive chairman Ross

and Community Chest president Andy Shu-
tek. Figures provided campaigners by the

two men show that Castlegar.

Fraser, left,

district resid-

ents donated an average of $2.18 each last

$3.44,
Trailites $5.51 and Rosslanders $5. 62, Hopes
are high that this year’s objective of $20,000
in the Castlegar-Kinnaird-Robson area will
be reached and topped.

— Castlegar News Photo

World cf Mosses
Is Now Covered:
. In B.C. Booklet

The interesting world, of
mosses in Bi lumbia
has _ been eo ited one
handbook ‘by the provincial
museum.

The new publication,
which deals with mosses
from Abietinella abietina to

zygote, is the 28th in a ser-

Datsun Sales in B.C.
Double in Six Months

Hiraki Miki, vice-presi-|car
dent and id general manager! of
Nissan a la, said that sal-

have doubled sin:
troduction of Fords compact,
the Maverick.

On this note of confid-

designed meet’ the
competition of: tne
compacts,
F “We don't think the Mi-
verick ‘will make any serious
impact on our sales,” said
Miki. “Naturally we will be
keenly what models

ence, the
bile company opened its $1
million C.

ies of
bv the museum.

“It is available from the
museum for fi per copy.”

. G.
Carl said.
Titled “Some
Mosses in ‘British con OR
the handbook was written by
Dr. W. B. Schofield of the
department of botany,
versity of British Calambia,

and: illustrated by Patricia No

ers building on Annacis Is-|_

land.

The new plant combines|ing
“Jan extensive parts. division,

the American an °
come wj com] fe
| with us” rs

General Motors and Am-
erican Motors fore wll bef offer: offer:

ker in the next year.

bya
computer that keeps track of
inventory, a mechanics’ train-
ing headquarters, and the
-|main offices of the company
tor Canada.

“The
ies have decided to. recog:
nize that there is a small car
market in the U.S.,” he said.
“Competition will ‘be harder

import foepial

officers would be held at the

14 meeting.
A thank- you n note: was re-
ceived from Jonk-
man for Towers ana cards
received while she was in

visited Mrs. Shepherd while
she was in Kootenay Lake

r Prayer 7.30 p.m.
friday: Young Peoples 7.30
Pm.

CUE ER AN eu RCH

Sundays at 9.30 a.
Kinnaird United Church
Richard Klein, Vicar
Ph. 365-5976
Sunday School 8.45 a.m.

v. Harold C. Clark
PENTECOSTAL

TABERNACLE
791 First Ave.

APOSTOLIC CHURCH

One block Eust of the
Castleaird Shopping Plaza
10 & 11 a.m. morning worship,’
7.80 p.m. Evangelistic Service
Wed. 7.30 Prayer Bible Study
Phone 365-6662
Norman Walker

Pastor

ST. RITA’S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. E. A. Brophy

Ph. 365-7143

Sunday Masses at
9am. -11 a.m.-7 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD
(Next to Kinnaird Communi-
ty Hall)

Famil;

Mo ig Worshij
Evening Fellowship 7 p.m.
1969-70 Theme: “To Know
The Living God.” ~

GRACE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday service at 11.30 am.
with Sunday School

Minister Rev. J. Wiseman
Ph. 352-6194 Nelson

Pastor: Rev. L. M.
Phone 365-5212
Sunday School 9.55 a.m
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evangelistic Service 7 p.m.
Tuesday: Bible Study and

CALVARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Ph. 365-6667
Next to the Closeriest Motel
Castleaird P!

Family Bible Hour - 10 am.
Worship or am
rorship

Hospital and that she was
pleased to report: that Mrs,

Shepherd got home Thurs-'
é . G. Hagen is still in

jai
fine to her home with a
sore back. E. Bailey was sick
after having s some injections.
Mr. and Mrs. _E.

were staying with "tien Bert

The entertainment _re-
port was even by Mrs, Cris-
sall and the e@ening’s enter-
pallens ras ‘bingo, A letter
of thanks is it the

Legion for
sandwiches .the
for the evening's re!
ents,

Under new business a

REGIONAL ECUMENICAL PARISH

Anglican

UNTTED CHURCH

but the arena will: be wider.

lively discussion was held re

: CHURCHES OF
Robson — Castlegar — Kinnaird
IN ST. DAVID'S ANGLICAN CHURCH

ANGLICAN SERVICES 8:00 & 11:15 ann

Robson 9.45 em.
Sunday School Grade 1, kindergarten & bubysitting
at 10 and 11.15 2m.

Rev. T. Allen, 365-7424 — Rev. G. Hermansae
365-8337

— United

SERVICE 10:00 em.

garding the

old reader (a school reader,

, not an old perso clinic, Soft drinks were son

portant that is,

Fly the Alpine Routes to. . .
Revelstoke — Mica Greek
Priaca George — McBride

pets MONDAYS. AND FRIDAYS
ave Reve) e 7.30 a.m. — Arrive Castlegar 8.45
Leave. Castlegar 9 a.m, — Arrive Revelstoke 10. 10 ama:
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. Leave Revelstoke 1 p.m. — Arrive Castlegar 2.15 4
Leave Castlegar 3 p.m. — Arrive Revelstoke 4 ae
Castlegar-] Hevelstoke rare: $22 One-Way (Plus Boarding

Where Applicable)

MONDAYS ‘AND FRIDAYS

Cc
Flights to ities Creek,
Valemount and McBride.
Trans-Inland Airlines
Revelstoke, B.C.
For Reservations & Information

WEST'S TRAVEL AGENCY
Phone Castlegar 365-7542

ae George,

Disposal of Pesticides
Must be Done Carefully

flushed down toilets,
ntaminati

Pesticides pave become
an essential: part of food pro-
duction throughout the world.

or disease.

Pees likewise

have used pesticides to’ gro
better fruits, vegetables,
flowers and ornament
Plants. Many home ‘owners
have accumulated

ie| who do not ‘or cannot dis-
Pose of their unwanted pesti-
sides, t the B.C. department of
agriculture has °

provide this service. There-

— the most widely
peace pesticide on the mar-
ket. Many people have be-
come alarmed by the bad
publicity and have

cf nome, or all, of their pes- P

She methods of disposal
comments W.|
district ho: -

some

se | People, pave simply ‘thrown
em int e rf

to contaminate ieee
lump.

Storage and ‘eventual dispos-

ated by Silver King Bevera:

es in Nelson, and Super-Vali fa

the garbage
The only approved meth-
d

For the benefit of those

arranged to

snyone, who has
office for

People in areas where

CASTLEGAR, B.C.

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e
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COURTEOUS
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For Reservations
Phone 365-7277
e

MONDAY TO SATURDAY
6.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m, 2
SUNDAY
10.00 a.m to 8.00 p.m.

me RET:

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PHONE 365-7277

Coffee Shop — Dining Room — Banquet Room

CITY CENTRE MOTEL

there is no gflcPartment of

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Drive Now Underway

SUPPORT DISTRICT WELFARE
AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS ~

Give Once to Over

Worthy Organizations
Please be Ready When Your Volunteer
Canvasser Calls During the Campaign

Be Ready -Be Generous

United Appeal Drive

Building, Trail.

_ Open Fridays

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3194 Highway Drive in the Millar and Brown

WE BUY AND SELL USED FURNITURE

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Hipossibte to avoid encount-| fro
ering mosses, but possible to
ignore them.” He then goes
on to discuss .the question:
What are mosses?
“And,” says Dr. Carl, “in
262. pages, the author pro-
ceeds to. demonstrate that by
ignoring‘ mosses, people are
ussing out on some. of the

1 p.m. - 9 p.m.

eas p.Selings, ac
ministe! industrig

r
development, tte and com-
merce offered the welcom-

ing remarks.
e sales of

Miki said th
Datsuns in Canada had doubl-| *

basis,
to 2,000 since April
when Ford introduced the

interests of the world around
them.”

Maverick, a small American

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