CASTLEGAR: NEWS, Thursday, Dec. 7, 1961

Money Danger Lies

By JAOK SCHREINER
Financial Post
There's a hidden danger in the

friendliest of car pools, and youl|whether or not the driver taking

circumstances would not be entitled
to damages,

The law does not make it clear | Roderick Phelan's Highway Traffic , writes, noting there is no mention
Law, tells of two persons who paid of profit or loss in the act.

pay damages.

Hidden in Friendly Car Pools’

tmusiness, namely a carrying of pas.

‘
Another case, summarized in sengers for compensation,” Phelan

should know about it. his neighbor to work is making @/a driver = fixed fee for a ride

he wrote your car insurance policy. | panies to car pools ts this:

‘The danger is.this: if there's

It's possible your insurance | business of it.

agent didn’t even think of it when
+ If you have a standard policy,

en aceldent and the gue | get your

If these vourt decisions seem to

from ‘Toronto to Montreal. They define compensation clearly, put
Go the advice of insurance com-| were .injured in an accident and' against them a 1957 decision,
successfully sued the driver,

Here an’ Ontarlo judge ruled

Phelan observes: “A motor car] that a man is (quoting the Highway

company's per~ can, in some circumstances, be Op- Traffic Act) “In the business of
the driver, the insurance company | mission to run a pool and pay the erated In the business of carrying! carrying for

tion” only where compensation is
the primary reason for a man to
operate his car,

Wich leaves the suggestion
that you're not running your car for
compensation if the car’s chief pur.
Pose is to get you to work and if
the passenger fees sre ‘voluntary or

Airline U-Drive
COMPANY. LIMITED
Serving Trail, Castlegar & District
and Castlegar Airport

may not pay any damages the court | extra premium — $5 to $15 extra,
awards, ‘There are four ewhere | jy

for even if
it 1s 80 < for only one day

A friendly arrangement between |the driver might find himself re-|or on a single occasion.”

neighbore could mean years of debt|sponsible for passenger safety —
and expose himself to being sued.

for the driver, if he ts sued,
Normally, passengers ride in

e
private cars at their own risk in all/of neighbors alternate cars, Insur-|4,, thool student, to drive other
provinces but Quebec, ance companies feel there is least brecrnariars heel daily for a fixed
te per week. There was an accl-
sponsible for passengers when he's|cide the driver was using his car aenk pa the other parents sued for
medical expenses.

belng pald to carry them, and ts in f

A true car pool: a group

But the driver is generally re-|risk here that the court would de-

for compensation.
pool: one dri-

the business of

tation, ver charges a fee to take others to
And the way courts are inter-/and from work regularly.

preting the law, some car pools may

be Ousiness arrangements — partic-| yer, reeeiving mileage payments

* ee rofit is unimpor-
ularly if passengers pay a fixed|from his employer, carries other arives sonken SE e
x 2 employees as passengers, An ex-
‘A man is a fool," says one] ample would be a team of salesmen,

fee for the ride to work.

insurance lawyer, “if he takes mon-

ey or some recfprocal . advantage ae: a
é grees to convey a passenger
from the passenger and doesn't rom one point to another for a fee,

have lability coverage."

Mileage payments: a dri-

responsible with the driver,

used for compensation and the own.
er was Mable for passenger safety.

The car owner can be equally,

One owner allowed his son, a

The court held the car was
Whether or not the car pool

nt,
“The legislature has defined the

@ = The solicited ride: A driv-

Except in the case of a true car

‘The fact is that many car pool
é pool, there have been court decis-

Grivers haven't the extra insurance] igng’in Ontario ruling that drivers
Soverane,’ Companies 659 Hoy | the other three situations were
atsa cleariy ‘itae ties oat Peon, |recelvng compensaton. ‘This made }
states iy policy them lable for the safety of thelr
mot cover anyone making a business passengers,
In one case, the driver arran-
-|ged to take an employee to and

‘There's a condition added to} trom work for a fixed fee, On the
the policy and an extra rate for! first trip an accident occurred and
drivers who get paid for carrying] the injured passenger sued,
passengers in private cars, The court ruled that the fee

The rate is higher because the| had no relation to the expenses in-
risk is greater that the insurance|curred by the driver, Therefore, a
company may be faced with clailms| passenger was being carried for
from passengers who under most|compensation, The driver had to

Cominco Cooperates With
National Safe-Drive Week

1-7 has ‘been designated as] - Cominco safety officials are

Region Manager
For Imperial Oil

B | out Cominco’s operations under the

ls.
a situation the insurance
davapntce don't like. A good deal of

Seb Flegel Shift

FOR INFORMATION PHONE

CASTLEGAR 365-5811 AIRPORT 365-2011
5 TRAIL 368-6141 |

AR S65-8035

Dec.
Safe-Driving Week in Canada,

again copperating with the Trail

and district Safety Council in urg-
ing citizens to take extra precau-
tions during the annual Christmas
season safety drive.

According to the company’s su_
pervisor of safety, J. C. Ink, Comin-
co employees at Trail and Warfield
operations will ‘be told of the dan-
Bers every motorist faces every
time he or she follows unsafe rules
of the road,

Douglas H,-MacAllan has been
appointed manager of the Pacific
marketing. region for Imperiel Oil
Ltd. with headquarters in Vancou-
‘ver.

‘He succeeds Howard W. Coxon
who has been appointed deputy ge-
neral manager of Imperial’s mar-
keting operations across Canada.
Mr, MacAllan was born in 8t.
Thomas, Ontario, has held a num-

safety have
obtained two recent vintage auto-
mobiles which have suffered severe
damage in accidents and are dis-
playing them at prominent locations
nt at Tadanae and Warfield for all

To net be or A cmployees to view.

ber, of with Imperial, and
before his recent appointment was
assistant manager of the company’s
co-ordination and economics de-
partment.
Mr, Coxon is widely known in
BC. as a speaker and for his work
as a director of the B.C. Chamber
and in other provin-

In addition, appropriate safety
not nok in with a
to be ¢ dally tally board at each location,

will record the number of automo-
bile accidents each day during Sa-
fety-Week and the resulting dam-
age costs,

These statistics will include the
surrounding areas like Rossland,
Castlegar and Fruitvale.

“Property Gamage and loss of
Hfe due to automobile accidents
is becoming more and more severe
every year in Canada,” said Mr.
Ink. “We're asking all our employ-
ees to be extra cautious during this
perlod of heavier traffic in the
coming Christmas season. Trail is
enjoying a marvelous fatality-free
record. I hope it can continue for

"

It is possible to make 92,626,-
934,400 errors of transposition
in the phrase, "To be or not to
be.”

Through its ABC circulation
facts, this newspaper helps you
buy advertising on the basis of
known values, thereby helping
you to. avoid mistakes.

Be sure. Ask to see a copy of
our latest ABC report.

Castlegar News

Let your car marr
your Christmas
season pleasure.
Make sure it is in
good condition and
ROAD SAFE.

Our mechanics can
put it in top run-
ning order for you
in a hurry — and
your -car will be
ready to get-up-
and-go when you
are.

WZ

DEALER IN
SHELL PRODUCTS

Castle Motors Ltd.

Phone - 365-2411

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celal organizations.

BOOMS AA Ogos

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LIST

FOR CHRISTMAS

GIVING

Slide Files
Slide Trays
Slide Viewers
Slide Projectors
35mm Cameras
Movie Cameras
Movie Projectors
Movie Editors

In Fact For All
Your Photographic
needs

SHOP AT

PETTITT
PHOTOS

The qaintest store
in town.

only photography

PETTITT

Castlegar’s Photo
Headquarters

Sels Safety Record
For Another Year

For the fifth consecutive year
the “Seb Flegel” shift at

cover suits arising from the neigh.
borhood car pool. .

‘The trend to car pools began
with wartime gasoline peared and

HB mine has operated without a
single lost time accident, a notable
safety xecord in mining.

The HB crew totals 30 men in-
cluding thelr shift leader, Seb Fle-
gel.

The zinc-lead producer, loca~
ted near Salmo, has been acclaimed
several times in past years for its
safety accomplishments,

Tn 1966, the HB mine was joint
winner of the John T, Ryan Domin-
jon Metal Mining Safety Trophy,
which is awarded by the Canadian

has ‘been
living. Standard tonrease policies
were drafted before car pools pre~
sented a clear insurance problem.
There are now discussions with.
in the insurance ‘industry almed at
coming up with a policy that will
give sutomatic protection to drivers
in car pools,
‘Until & mesure Mike this ap-
pears, Insurance companies advise
car pool drivers to get permission
from thelr Insurance companies,

‘Taint deehr Eagursnes peices ee [Em HUuN gC ee

ape I | ° 1
William’‘s
MOVING & STORAGE

“The Family Mover"

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE HAULING
STORAGE - CRATING - PACKING - SHIPPING
For Free Estimates Call Collect

Says one Inwyer:
“Pleading in court that it was a
friendly

Institute of Mining and

to mines with the best safety record | Much protection.”

will not be

Trail 364-1818

Nelson 1471

each year,

In June of 1656, only a year af-
ter the mine went into full time
operation, it won the British Col-
umbia Department of Mines mine
rescue competition for the West
Kootenay region,

‘The HB mine employs about 100
men, of whom 55 work underground,
The remaineder are employed in
the mill, service shops and office.
Superintendent of the pi iy
is J. C. MacLean and the safety of-
ficer is G, W. Law,
‘The achievement of the HB
mine’s outstanding safety record
can be attributed to a regular safe-
ty program, carried out in conjunc.
tion with similar programs through-

direction of safety supervisor J. C.

SP MSN a TRE PE TIO

Low RAIL FARES
Christmas and New Year

From December 15th to 30th you can go to points in
Western Canada .(as far east as Port Arthur or as far west
as Victoria) for slightly more than single fare and a half
for the round trip. Good in coaches and tourist sleepers.

Return limit—January 4th,

Ask about All-Inclusive Off-Season Travel
Plan including rai! fare, meals, gratuities

and sleeping car berths where
desired — also Roundtrip Group

The Photo Store. that sells

PHOTOS.

Ink,

The five year milestone of ac-
eident free operation by the 30-man
crew owas reached at 4 pm. on Nov.
23. According to property superin-
tendent J. 0. MacLean, the men
will be awarded prizes at a special
ceremony to be held at the mine

Including the old age security
pension the federal government es-
timates 1961-62 spending at $6,730,-
000,000; in 1951 federal semen.
‘Was $3,061,000,000,

. Travel Plan for two or more
people travelling together.

GO BY TRAIN
AND SAVE _ SAVE

site, © oF

siemens

The ideot Christmas gift, senda pre-
paid rail ticket. and celebrate your
Christmos together... Your. Canadian ..
“Pacific “ticket, “agent will’ arrange *
prompt di rr) Further information
ond reservations available fram your
Canedian Pacific Agent.

Results From ‘Local Bowling

Last We ecks Bowling ‘Resulte
Monday beers Bohool” League ~—

. Girls high bead Marg Gallo|4-3, 5-4, 6-3.
17; girls high
4963 boys ‘thigh single, Orlando Vec.

Vecchio 687,

Team No, 4 1 point, 2-1, 3-0,

thres, Marg Gallo Mon, Pm, “elgar” Mixed ‘League —
Ladies high single, Louise Poole
chlo 291; boys high three, Orlando | 330; ladies high three, Mona Men-

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The Drama Club

Christmas Concert
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14,

The Junior & Senior Band

S.H.H.S. SN eSm

Students 25¢

i{beens 0, Freshmen” 0, Fireballs 0,

ard 782;. mens ag alngle, Dave
Calder 943; mens hgh three, Dave
Hiebert 848; team high aingle, No.

4 1130, team high three, No, 4 2826,
‘Team: No. 1 9 points, 2-4, 3-10,

Mel, 12-3,
Tues, a.m. “Cofteebreakers” Lea, —

192; ladies high three, Jo Taylor
S21; team high single, Mugs 705;
team high three, Mugs 2166.

‘Wheaties 3, Muffets 3, Mugs 3,
Cheerios 1, Take 5 1, Pincurlers 1.
Tuesday “Afternoon” League —

‘High single, Mona Menard (Og-
dows) 284; high three, Mona Men-
ard (Oglows) 683; ladies high aver.
‘age, Roge Dickson (Aero Taxi) 198;
team high single, Oglows 760; team
high three, Oglows: 2267.

Ross' Market, 4 and 28; Bosse
Jewellery 0 and 17; DeFoe's Trans-
fer 1 and 12; Castlegar Drug 3 and
20; Oglowsg and 28; Aero Taxi 0
and 28,

Tues, p.m. ,"West" Mixed League —

Ladies high single, Mable Isak-
son 221; ladies high three, Mable
Isakson 662; mens high single, Don
MoLarty 263; mens high threé, Don
McLarty, 713; team high single,
Fireballs: 1007; team high three,
Fireballs 2830.

Greenbacks 4, Littlejoes 4, Has-

‘Tartles 1;

‘Tuesday Night “ea League —
Ladies high single, Joyce Turn-
er 248; Indies high three, Noni Ar-
chibald 521; mens high single, Greg
Stefonink 297; mens high three,
Curt Waterman 685; team high
single, Fireballs, 947; team high
‘three, Pinheads 2619.

Chevrons 1, Pinheads 3, Genelle 1,
Pireballs 3,
‘Wed. am, “Drivers” League —
‘Ladies high single, Lola Chev-
eldave 314; ladies high three, Lola
Cheveldave 711; team high single,
G&paretires 912; team high three,
‘Sparetires 2526.
Bumpers 14, Sparkplugs 13,
Cranks 4, peeeiee 16, Carburetors
20, Exhausted
‘Wednesday a “Ladies” League —
High single,, Marge Bro 213;
high three, Phyllis Melnick 584;
team high single, Choregirls 835;
team high three, Choregirls 2459,
Bonnie 3, Flyers 1, Sputniks 2,

Phone 365-3351 -

< thy.

Hardy 245; ladies high three, Dor-
othy Hardy 596; team high single,
* high’ three;

Ladies high single, Mary Leb-
edoff 256; ladies high three, Mary
Lebedott 671;

(Karl Koreen 60; G

639, Harry Cheveldave 615, George
Brownlie- 602, Nick Koochin 602.
Kingpins 4, Mudlarks 0, Bread.
winners 3, Rick’s TV 1, Consters 3,
8, Castles

4-11, 5-7, 6-6, 7-2, 8-8, 9-5, 10-0,| -

Qadles high single, Jo Taylor |”

Vagabonds 2, Nighthawks 2,|"

|Stamp Club

Ve

Personal
Coiumn

By BURT CAMPBELL
‘FALLOUT SHELTERS AND
' IMPROVISED PROTECTION
The best protection from fall-
out is a shelter and a person
should be prepared to stay fn it
until told ‘by radio that it ts safe
to come out,

The fallout shelter Is for use
after @ nuclear explosion. It Is a
fallout shelter, not a-blast shelter.
Tt ts for protection against radia-
tion ‘and: fallout which comes
about half an hourr after a blast,

During the actual explosion
there. is a greater danger In the
shelter than elsewhere. The shel-
ter may collapse as well as the
fouilding and it may be more dif-
ficult to escape: from the shelter
than the building if ‘there fs a
fire,

The fallout shelter is for pro-
tection against radiation that can
pass through walls and other so~
Uds, ‘but the denser the obstacles
it encounters, the more radiation’s
intensity is reduced.

For homes without a fallout
shelter, there is much a person
can do to increase basement pro-

_-tection in the time between the
and the fallout’s arrival,
or between a nuclear explosion
and the Inevitable arrival of fall-

. out.

Basement windows should be
blocked with earth, bricks, books,
newspapers or anything solid.
Furniture, trunks, books even
earth, should be piled on the

OUR STORE 1S FULL OF

floor above the corner of the|:

‘Oh’s and Ah’s’

We have the kind of gifts that make
Christmas ‘morn live up to its name
Gifts carefully selected_ for value

and quality.

AND IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO
‘DO-ALL YOUR CHKISTMAS
SHOPPING HERE!

os for evel
: Gifts body ry.
Canuck Pottery $1.-$10.
Chanel Perfume
Colognes $3.50 - $8.50
Revion Overnight Case

Electric “Razors
$19.95 - $37.95:

cf “ UNDER
Gifts $2.00
Cutex Sets . 89c
Hobby Tiny Toy $1.39
Science Sets . $1.49
Midnight . Band Box
Cream Perfume $1.75
Friendship Garden
Cologne & Bubble Bath

0 i

UNDER

Gifts $5.00

John Gnagy Learn To
Paint Oil colors $2.98
Auto Bridge $2.75
Mr. Potato Head $2.79
Initial Compacts $4.00
Manicure Sets .. $2.95
Carving Sets .... $4.75

tts Prescriptions

Pitts Plaza Drug

P

Gifts 105,

New Born Baby Doll

(Life Size... $8.98

Musical Powder Box
5.51

$5.50
Needle Point Wallet
. $7.50

French Purses .. $8.25
Bath Mat Set .... $5.95

basement’ chosen as the refuge
area,

Around the basement corner
selected as the safest spot should
je placed any heavy objects such

as work benches or trunks. If
‘time permits, earth, etc. should
be piled against all parts of the
, (basement which are above ground
level. When going into your shel-
ter corner, or fallout shelter, don’t
forget the battery radio, Persons
who take shelter against .fallout
might be advised to stay in their
shelters for as long as 14 days.
Beside protection in
the half hour after the blast, put
‘out any small fires that have star.
ted and give first-aid to those
“needizig it. -
, eee ee
Nert week: Emergency food
and first-ald supplies‘and emer-
gency cleanliness.

18 Members
In Junior

‘The regular meeting of the W.
‘E, MacCabe Stamp Club was held
at the home of Mrs. A. B. Condy.
President Pat Creighton was in the
chair with 18 members present,
Valerie Dawson acted as secre.
tary in the absence of Henry John.
‘The members decided to hold their

1,
aird Plaza Five 1, Fivepins 3, Bob's
Pay'n Takit 1, Smith’s P & H Un-

+ Ladies high single, Mary Rah-
dall 275; ladies high three, Mary
Randall 664; mens high single, Joe
Zebroff 275; mens high three, Wal-
‘ter Cheveldave 645; team high
single, Dukes 901; team high three,
Defenders 2673. Other top bowlers
oes Bonnett 607, Slim Koochin

“Rebels 3, Royalscotts 1, Dukes
3, Bedrockers 1, Defenders 3, Phan.

}toms 1, ‘

Buy a Rotary Christmas Tree
Beautiful trees of many sizes to. sult all

‘TREES GO ON SALE SATURDAY

Select yours at_one‘of the
following location's .....

Next to Anderson Agencies
Castle Motors Limited:
Mitchell Supply Li

_ Castleaird Plaza

Money raised through the sale of Christmas
Trees will go to- the Proposed Rotary Health
Centre.

CASTLEGAR
_ ROTARY CLUB

ited

¥= | the ate ‘of Hull in England.

at 630 pm. on Friday
nights at the home of Mrs, A. B.
Condy for the rest of the. winter.
months. The December meeting will
be on Fri, Dec, 2. Everyone Is to
bring their own pop and Valerie,
Niki and Marin are a committee to
phone for refreshtnents,

. The members unanimously, ac-
cepted Tom and Willa Condy as as.
sociate members on the payment
of the regular dues,

‘The club will invite the David
-|Thompson Stamp Club to their re-
gular meeting on Fri., Feb. 23, Fea-
tured at this meeting will be a dis.
play af the members’ albums and

on the David ‘Thompson
Stamp Club banquet which he had
attended, The lucky draw was won
by Niki Verzuh.

Stamp bingo was enjoyed by all,
The winners were. Niki Verzuh,
Pamela Johnson, Linda Munro, Dale
Cowlin and Tannis Roberts, The
stamps for prizes were donated by
Mrs, John Moor. For the rest of the
meeting the senior group discussed
watermarks and the junior group
worked on the stamp map for their
display,

HULL DESTROYED
On is centenary in*1900 two-
thirds of the city. of Hull was de-
partie by a $10 million fire; It was
rebuilt by donations from

a

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