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District’ s Social Events

Phone 3031

panist, Jim Atwell, president of

Page 4 CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.
fr fanada has roughly 1,200,000 — Rotary Charter Night
i Escorial Hee pomulation The Continued from page t
Tae ea G. Cumming of Trail, as accom-

the Trail club, who presided at
the affair, introduced the special
guests,

Civic welcome and congratula-
tions to the new club were voiced

Castlegar Happenings

Kinnaird Korner

IN HOSPITAL — Mr. Glen
Stanford is a patient in the Mater
‘isericordiae Hospital at .Ross-
land: ,

“oe :

TO SALMON ARM — Vic Mis-
utka motored to Salmon.Arm and
other Okanagan points for the
weekend, se

HOME FROM EAST — Dr.
and Mrs. C. S, Fowler have re-
turned from a two months trip to
Eastern Canada and the
during which they visited with
relatives at Ottawa and New
York and visited metlical cen-
jres in the East. |

ARRIVES HERE — Dr. H.
Rubsaat has arrived in Castle-
gar to begin a practice here with
Dr, H, H, Smythe.

.

CHOIR EXCHANGE —’ The
Castlegar United Church Choir,
under the direction of Mr. John
Dalziel, wilh conduct a choral
service at the Kinnaird Service
next, Sunday, at 11:30 instead of
the-usual hour of 11, The Kin-
naird United Church Choir will
in turn be at the Cas-

The Baden Powell Club held a
Box Lunch at the home of Mrs.
F. Sykora last week. It was deci-
ded that the ladies would: again
“bag” the candy for the Guides
and Scouts Xmas party.

Members of the club will meet
at the home of Mrs, J. Cushner
on Dec, 9 for this

Si! by David C: of the Castle-
gar Village Commission; H. J.
Warner, of the Kinnaird Village
Commission; W. T. Waldie, presi-
dent of the Castlegar Kiwanis
Club and M, B. Dalton, president
of the Castlegar and District
Chamber of Commerce.

Preceding .the charter present-
ation, H, D, Harrison of Nelson,
Past District Governor, outlined
the objects of Rotary. Following
the acceptance. of the charter by
the new club’s president. Mr.
the other

nd

Miss Norma Jean Waldie has
returned to the business college
at Spokane after spending the

b of the new club.
There was an intermission for
the delightful musical entertain-
ment of Babs and Tannis Kil-
lough, whose songs were accom-
panied by Mrs. Simcock at the
piano, and then came presenta-
tions to. the new club from re-

an the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, W. T. Waldie.

of other ‘clubs of
the district present.
The presentations, which were

10 Boys. To Begin
Sea Cadet Training
Here On December (5

Training of Sea Cadets in the
newly formed Royal Canadian
Sea Cadet Corps at Castlegar,
will on D 15th,

y J. M. Macbeth on
behalf of the Castlegar Rotarians,
included membership badges and
buttons; Rotary books, a gavel, an
American flag, a picture of the
Queen; and a large Rotary emb-
lem for the. Castlegar meeting
place.

Final item on the program was
a charge to the new Rotarians by
J.C, Vipond of Trail, Governor's
Special Representative, and the

itlegar evening service on that
date, A pre-Christmas exchange.

Local Bank Manager
To Attend Annual.
Meeting In Montreal

Mr. and Mrs, J. R. Elliott left
this morning by train for Mont-
real where Mr. Elliott, who is
mrangaer of the Castlegar branch
of the Bank'of Montreal, will at-
tend the Annual General Meet-
ing of the Bank next week.

Mr, Elliott Is one of three of
the _Bank’s B.C. managers who
have been invited to attend the

gins Monday and the Elliotts wilt

Annual meeting. The meeting: be-} co’

to Ronald A, Couch-

‘ing closed with a Fellowship
Hour,
Charter of the Cas-

Formed under the
of the Castlegar and District |

Branch of the Navy League of
Canada, the Corps will be called

man, Commanding Officer. |

tlegar Rotary Club are Lioyd W.
Ackney, C. Art Anderson, L. V.
Campbell, W. Collinson, J, George
Cratt, Alex L. Creighton, Harold

Forty boys have been enrolled
in the Corps, which will follow
the regular Sea Cadet program
of training. With character dev-
elopment as its primary object-
ive, special emphasis is. placed
on obedience, heatness and clean-
liness, punctuality, resourceful-
ness-and. citizenship..Naval train-
ing in Boatwork, Seemansilp:

*
sey temioia won tine seston J.R. Elliott, R. H. Fen-
“HLM.C.S, Kootenay.” © oon Romeo Goulet, R, A.D.

West, A. T. Horswill, Dr. A. D.
Johnson, J. A. Lamont, E. A.
Lewis, J. M. Macbeth, E; M. Mc-
Gauley, R. C: Maddocks, R.
Mitchell, K. A. Morrow, J. A.
Thomas and W. A. Tuby.

104,322,096 clothes pins made in

.\ Thursday, December 3,; 1953

We Have.....

2 ONLY

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Why Walk:

Kinnaird Service

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WE ARE DEALERS FOR . |.
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ARC WELDING — INDUSTRIAL REPAIRS

Wash day item: There ‘were ||

Canada during 1951, latest year

Midiand
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Successors to Anderson Feed Co. and Mitchell Transfer

Mitchell Supply Ltd.

PHONE 3551 or 4531

Gunnery, Signals, pil
Hela ‘Training ‘completes ‘he

Th “aaattion, to ‘the incentive

probably return to Ci
next weekend,

The.average capacity of Cana-
dian raliway freight cars rose to
45.961 tons in:1951 from 45.564
in 1950 and 43.905 in 1945,

. Tractionize Tires

Let us do this for you — with our years
an do a job for you that
will give you the best.

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KINNAIRD SERVICE

E. J. FINE

. special
oiferéd for ability
and proficiency. Scholarships, in
amounts as high as’ $1,500.00. are
offered outstanding cadets from
the various Corps across Canada,
as well as others of lesser
amounts.
awards are awarded for profi-
ciency in sig ee
NO OBLIGATION
Two weeks’ summer camp,
free of all expense,- is offered
each cadet who’ qualifies, This in-
volves attending 65 per cent of
parades in the training period,
and having earned the rating of
Able Seaman.
las, ear officers, as announ-
are Ger-

Bree baa: ‘Kinnaird,:as Ex-
cutive Officer, Dr. C. S. Fowler,
Med. Officer, and Wm. McGauley
and Fred Howes, both of Castle-
gar, as Divisional. Officers. Va-
eancies for midshipmen will be
available for eligible cadets,
It is emphasized. that cadet

Further monetary ;

for which figures are

earls

BARGAINS!

BARGAINS!

The New Management of Wright’s
Auto Service: in Kinnaird is house-
cleaning and have many items at-a

TREMENDOUS SAVING TO YOU

BARGAINS!

no on
any cadet to join any of the serv-
ices, Although officially equipged
and trained under Royal Cana-
dian Navy auspices, there is-no
or implied.

The jective is youth

BULLETIN. BOARD

AFree Gommunity Service — Phone 3441

i and ;

Scholastic credits are awarded
each year towards Grade XI and
Grade XII diplomas for eligible
cadets, under arrangements made
with the B.C. Department of Ed-
ueation:
quarters

KP, Hall, 3 to 5 p.m.

@ BABY CLINIC

@ Keep in mind December Sth, United Church Wa. Sale,

Castlegar Legion Hall, ‘Tuesday, Dee. 8,
Shoreacres, Dec. 11, 2-3 pan. Home of Mrs, P. Planc-
din,

@ The Ladies Auxillary to the Canadian Legion will be
serving Coffee and Hot Rolls the morning of Decem-
ber 11, in the Legion Ball, Price 25c.

1:30—4 pm.

have been Reeiiey in Coronation
Hall, Castlegar. These accomoda-
tions will be used until perma-
nent arrangements can be made.

Local Oddfellows —
Enjoy Spokane Trip

- A large number of Odd Fel-
lows from Castlegar, . Trail,
Rossland and Nelson, motored to
‘ash,, on Nov. 21 for

i c lith,

ec

in the Improvement

Phone 3441

of Ci Friday,
Twin Rivers Hall, 6:30 p.m. Election of Officers,
@ Kinnaird Little Theatre will present two one-act plays,
i at 7:45 p.m. sharp.

Cyril Bell’ Agencies Ltd.

NIGHT CALLS PHONE 8683, R. A. PINCOTT
Insurance Advisors

Society Hall, Eeey December

Castlegar

degree work there.

Castlegar had the largest re-
presentation, taking with them
three new candidates, There were
over 200 present at the meeting
in the Odd Fellows Temple.

‘Those present included James
French, the Soveriegn: Grand
Master of Odd Fellowship of the

Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., Ida-
ho, Washington and Oregon.

and enjoyable weekend.

Free World, and 26 other Grand
and Past Grand officers from

The members from this dis-
trict returned home* Sunday
morning and voted it a well spent

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Wright’ s Auto Service

‘SHELL PRODUCTS
z : Phone 3091

Kinnaird, B.C.

Ter COWLIN

Thursday, December

3, 1953

CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.

NABOB

© Peanut Bulter
Squirrel, 24 oz, jar

hs Naf Syrup

2 oz. bottle

@
: Biack Pepper

Widely Known Robson
Man Passes Tuesday.
At Rossland Hospital

’ William R: C. a resi-

‘ Page 5

PTA Meoting: «

(Continued from page 1)

hand and typing in the same
room; there are no proper facili-
ties for the high school band to

dent of Robson for ‘the past 25
+| years and an energetic communi-
ty. worker, passed away at Mater

Tuesday noon, at the age of 52,
Born’ at Dumbarton, Scotland
in 1901; Mr. Campbell was an
employee:of William Waldie and
Sons Limited for.35 years during
which time, his work as scaler,
made him well known along the
Arrow Lakes,

For a number of years he was
a member of the Board of Dir-
ectors of the Robson Irrigation
District. He was also serving as
director of the Robson Coopera-

.| tive Exchange and was a mem-
50 ber of the B.C. Fruit Growers

2 Ib, Long Grain

DELTA

Sco {
2 Ib. Short Grain git re)
41c g i
Cooked Rice
12 oz. tins
2 for . . 23c

He is survived by his wife
Evelyn and son Colin; his father
James Campbell at Mount St.
Francis and sisters, Mrs, Ralph
Lecklett at Fruitvale and Mrs.
Walter Reid at Oasis.

Funeral services are to be held

in and from out
of town mist eat their lunches
in their own classrooms, marking
up the study desks and having
nothing hot to go ‘with their

lunch,
The $520,000 to the

a

these deficiencies, with 13 extra
classrooms for the rapidly grow-
ing school population; an exten-
sion to the Industrial Arts Room;
@ new physics and chemistry lab-
oratory; an all-purpose auditor-
jum_and a cafeteria,
“Only with these things can
we move ahead with our commu-
nity,” Miss Schwartzenhauer con-
cluded,
Her remarks were-emphatical-
y ‘endorsed by Mrs, W. Jacobson,

high school proposed in the by-
law, she observed, would remedy

Kinnaird Anglican W.A.
Rename Mis. Peterson
As Their President

Mrs, .F. Peterson was reelected,
president of the Kinnaird Angili-|
can W.A, at their annual meet-
ing at the home of Mrs, L. Reed,
last week, ,

Mrs. W. K, Fox was elected
first vice-president and Mrs, ‘J.
Pickering holds the office of sec-
ond vice president.
Elected ‘secretary was Miss M.
Baily while Mrs, B. Calkin was
named to a second term as treas-

HEART OF THE SCHOOL

given by W. Shwarok,

ber of the C: School
Board who pointed out’ the low
cost to the average taxpayer at
which the much needed high
school and elementary school ad-
ditions can be provided. One half
of the $616,000 would be paid by
the government; and one half the
remainder by the C.M, & S. Co.
whose Brilliant Power plant re-
present approximately half -of
total district assessment:
“The need is. urgent,” Mrs,
Jacobson emphasized, “There are
no frills, The Di of Ed-

Mrs, J. Raine Heads
Robson Womens Assoc;

The Robson W.A. to the Rob-
son Community Memorial

ing on Dec 1 at the home of Mrs.

Church held their annual meet-

Fre
Building Supplies

OGLOW BROS.
Bullding & Supply Co. Ltd.
CASTLEGAR

PHONE 4061

W. L. Wright.

Various reports on association

activities were given, all of
which have been most successful.
During the afternoon, a pres-
entation was made by Mrs. G.
Miller to Mrs. S, Humphries
for her perfect attendance dur-
ing the past’ two years,

venor.

* A Christ: foll

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25 years experience
Work Guaranteed
Box 522 Phone 4922
Castlegar, B.C.

including | Sumas stories and

ucation wouldn't let us get away
with any frills. The by-law is an
essential whether Celgar comes
in or not.”
The library remarks were
High

tomorrow afternoon from the
Robson Community Church, Mrs,
Thea Gibson of the First Church
of. Christ, .Scientist, officiafing,
and interment will be est the Rob-

urer,

year has proved

SWANS DOWN

ANGEL FOOD MIX

£ oc ans

Ib. pkt. 2... 2). 37e
Get A Beautiful Glass FREE

JAPANESE
ORANGES:
Per Box ... $1.59
Bundle of 2 Boxes -

$3.15

as TOMATOES
‘ ONIONS

son ye
Castlegar Funeral Home are in

son.

The.meeting decided to donate
$100 to the building fund ‘as this

for the Association.
Hostesses for the evening were
Mrs. L. Reed and pita. F. Peter-

School librarian and J. A. Char-
ters, Chairman of the Castlegar
Public Library,
“It has been said, and quite
authoritatively too, that the li-
brary is the heart of the school,”
Mr. Shwarok said. “In the past,
¥ when learning was strictly by

quite successful

charge of arrangements,

Be

Trail District Council
Review Much Progress
At the annual meeting of the
Trail and District Scout Council,
held in Trail last week, Mr. W.
Pape Whittaker, chairman of the
Casti - Group,

are 15 Cubs: and

NON. ADVERTISED PRICES |
THAT CAN’r BE BEAT

progress,
Cubs.

There is'a long waiting list of
boys who want to join the two
packs, Mt.. Whittaker. said. He al-
so reported that the Scouts from
Castlegar. and Kinnaird, had a
good “camp on the Arrow?) Lake |;

especially among the|hold a

Baden-Pow

has’ always.

: BOY S¢couT

ofa ‘Scout Troop: in addition ‘to
the Cub Pack which has been in| #!
existence for some. years, There

Assistant Commissioner B. ‘A.
Resker for the K,R.C, area of' the
d | District;~ reported it ‘is hoped to
aining coursé for lead-
ers ‘ana’ would-be leaders’ in“ the
New Year, He also spoke on his
experiences in'the carly days of
Scouting and:of its great founder,

; He: emphasized ‘that:’Scouting}

there was no need for a
school library. But modern. cur-
ricula, in which there are no text-
books prescribed for some courses
and textbooks form only a small
part of the material in others, the
library is most important.”
The library at the high school
here, Mr. Shwarok said, repres-
ents an investment of about $5 or
$6 thousand but it is still short
of what it should be. Fiction con-
stitutes about 25 per cent of the
1900 volumes on hand and ‘the
average daily circulation is 100,
aumest ‘half of which is non-fic-

ee cited as the functions of a
school library, the following: to
€nrich ‘school curriculum and
*{supply reference material; to
serve as.a centralizing agency for
teacher and student;" to give
training in books and libraries;
to assist in the student guidance
program with. reading material
tailored to the needs of indivi-
gual. students; to bridge the gap
between ‘school and public ‘li-
| brary. and ’to® provid orthy

10 Scouts: here.

(atae

during the summer under-Scout-

OUR MEATS

QUALITY AT LOW.
PRICES SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF

Velveeta, 2 Ibs. ..

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‘Giant, 15 ox, tins oe BEC
: a POWDER |

wilne leecieae:

PK census _ 10%c

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Ditterent Flavors

FRUIT CAKE Ss
-~—__—_XMA® CANDIES:

Al Read-and Bob Mul- over the world in
Tock.

Mr. L Burrows reported great
Progress at Kinnaird where two
Packs .of Cubs and. the.. Scout
troop ‘have some (30° boys ‘in’ uni-
form.
Robson reported the formation
dents named.

Asst. Scoutmaster
The Committee

“HOSPITAL
INSURANCE
~ PREMIUM

the Chalananship
< ter.

Mr. Adams was
‘|new. member and
erson, who: has

way. because’ it is. an _adven-
turous game of the open:air.
- Reelected — president
Council was W. Busby while the
chairman: of the Castlegar and
Kinnaird’. Village commissions,
were among the honorary prest:

R. Nickerson Named

;. | Group met last Wednesday at the
*,Community Church Hall under

help the Scting Scoutmaster with

“boys. all
stich a wonder-

for leisure time.
Mr..Shwarok spoke’ too of ‘the
type of books parents should ‘pro-
a vide for ‘their children at home
of 2

by the Public Library. Commis-
. |sion at Victoria, for the asking.
- . [FOR YOUR CHILDREN

. Mr. Charters sad the main ob-
ject of the Castlegar Public Li
brary is to complement the work
ef the school library. “Our li-
brary is essentially for your chil-
dren,” he said, .“but unlike. the
school library, most of our vol-
wes ‘are fiction.”
the growth of the
Public Library from its begin-
nings in-1947 with some 300 don-
ated. books to its present 2600

of the Robson

of Mrs, D, Car-

Mr. Ron Nick:
undertaken to

Heston was also
comed.

°| Christmas, °

HIKE SA

;.,.. Mr. J, H. Smith, a member of
-| the Committee, volunteered. to
*: help’ -with the Scouts,
~ Suggestions were made for
some Good Turns by the: boys. at

160 BOYS — There are now
over 160 boys from the age of 8
to 16 in the: Scout Movement: in
;| Castlegar, Kinnaird and. Robson.

Scout-

is about 150
heartily wel-

or 175 Sooke per week, he said
which is greater on a per capita
basis than. ifiat:at the Vancouver
Public Library.
Membership is open to anyone
in the Castlegar District and fees
aré $1.00 per year for adults and
free for children, Hours are from

no by Dr.
W.L. wae
Delicious _ refreshments
served by Mrs, L. Johnston,
Miss Jamieson and Mrs, H. John-
son,
There were 17 members .pres-
ent with Mrs, J. Adams,

es te F

newest of Canada's provinces, is
in the same parallel as France,

eum

CLARK'S
Funeral Chapel

Flower Shop
Owned & Operated By
Lynn and Mell Monkhouse

Phone Trail 125

1054 TAMARAC AVENUE
Foot of Smelter Hill
TRAIL, B.C.

Christmas

STANLEY. HUMPHRIES = HIGH SCHOOL

2 PLAYS
“The bike eesa
“Christmas Card”

a TUMBLING DISPLAY :
SAND AND CHORAL SELECTIONS

- High School Auditorium
_ Thursday, December 17, 8 p.m.
“500.

Concert :

CHIEDREN' — 5c

Bicycle

FOR YOUR C

We Hace: A Full Supply’ OF,
Wagons,- Bicycles,
‘Tricycles, Pedalcars

AND ALL WHEEL GOODS
10 Per Cent Discount on All Cash Sales

Castlegar
Shop

Opposite Mitchell Supply Ltd.
Shop will be open until 8 pm. EVERY. NIGHT until XMAS
CONVENIENCE

3 to 5 p.m, and,7 to 8 p.m., both
1

of Rettecedi Pectanell: ff? ry
‘es e

Tuesdays and Fridays, he
d,

Mr. “Charters distributed a
number of books he brought as
\¥ — The Rob-

Please—return—your———@@
billing’ notic:
Saturday.

parents and friends
Buildings,

Victoria,” B. C., or .
make ‘payment:
through your local
Office or

Government Agent. , comparable’ ‘with

people to support
tems,

son’. Scouts under S
Ron Nickerson, went on a’ hike

XMAS ENTERTAINMENT _
The Kinnaird’ Scouts are prepar-
ing an entertainment: for their

mas ‘season. This ‘will include a
*/number of skits and plays.

Canadian railway

other country in the world. des-
pite the fact that there are so few

of the wide range of
reading ial ‘offered in the
Castlegar Public Library. and
urged that more. adults should
take advantage of the reading
ial offered there.
PRIMERS FOR DEL! TS
Inthe discussion on comic
books, J. :Henderson: suggested
these: small. volumes,: which ‘ave
.Jno. longer funny. and which are
turned ‘out at the rate of some
100 ‘million per month, are so
Popular ‘because ~parents don’t] ¢
encourage good reading habits in
the;home;: and ‘because. they -re-
quire no’ great reading ability.
Their: theme,’ even of the an-| @
mal comics, is usually violence or

for the Christ-

rates are
those: of any

the vast .sys-

& Palmer

sadism and as such they are brie

Gray Dunn
CHOCOLATE GINGER
‘PICKLED, WALNUTS

SMOKED OYSTERS

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mers ‘for j
said. They tend to make the i
reader’ regard “violence, crime
and sadism as almost normal be-
haviour.

‘Their moral tone is “it's smart +Y

i AT Gut FEDERE HATH are wel a our Costraton

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to betray friends,” “Only suck-

Phone 4066.

KOOTENAY popgiteens

Columbia : Avenue

ers work” and “crime does pay
if you're not caught,” with con-
siderable scrupulous detail and
sex. mixed

“These things, of course, do not
apply to the strip comics in news-
papers she are generally, quite

tine,” bi

8 Bem,

CASTLEGAR DISTRICT.
PROJECTS SOCIETY ©

INVITES THE PEOPLE OF

KINNAIRD

TO ATTEND A MEETING IN §
P: . THE KINNAIRD

; improvement Sosiely iy Hall
Friday, December Ath |

Am A:
‘es ‘oe

wold

ve

|

vu

‘To Hear An Outline of the Plans for
Building a District Centre