4 James Elmer Kraft, 60, a well known and highly re- spected resident of Castlegar, died Sunday in the Castlegar and District H yesterday from the chapel of |/: the Castlegar Funeral Home Wi ating. Mr. Kraft was born Feb. 3, 1909 at Alix, Alta, and re- pr rovince, He was married in Golden, moving to Castlegar in 7 where he has live For many years. he -9) ith Rev. Terry Allen offici- ceived his education dn that | J. Elmer Kraft Passes in Hospital Funeral Was Held | on Wednesday William Kraft and one broth- er ionera palibearers were T. Black urn, D. Gilroy, ie Huston, D. Seaton, J. Lip- a| ments, The GEORGE Sale HIS MEN’S WEAR must raise $30,000 Cash before Easter. Every single item of stock has been re- duced by at least 10% with many dis- counts up to 75%, GEORGE SAYS: “REDUCE INVENTORY-RAISE CASH BEFORE EASTER OR ELSE!” So We Have Slaughtered Our Prices Dave and Wayne may cry a little BUT YOU'LL GET THE BENEFITS Nelson Handicapped, Wants Name Change The Nelson chapter of the Kootenay Society oe Handicapped = Children proposed that the name of the organization be changed to the Kootenay Society for the Mentally Handicapped. The board of directors | signatul she Castlegar member: ship latter: sent over the of branch presi- h, in| dent Gwilym Hughes, notes of the Castlegar in prone its that the Kootenay society was | publicized.” In requesting the name change, the Nelson branch gives two reasons: “1, We are a society for the province, two years the Retarded Children of B.C. the welfare of mentally han- CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 20, 1969 News About RECREATION By BUCK PACHOLZUK Recreation Director Regional Recreation Commission No. 1 many other forms of individ-| Wednesday Evening: antues. of life. tion under normal conditions, nevertheless, tend to be a naird by |. direction, may be avery. strong one. Recreation activity, like|Eltementary School. There is senior badmin- ton in Robson School and badminton for couples in the Rivers Elementary School. Also there are a var- iety of games for couples in Vigorous forms of recrea- we ositive force and, under wise Recreation not only de- wt eta the Castlegar Sash and eae ont ihe Gabtetae Roe gar. United Church. He. helped ‘tary Club, was a president of15 Dictrict’ Senior Citeen's a aad thes Castlegar: aut tt sociation and was on the board of directors of the Cas- past Breaident of the A AbTS tlegar Arena at the time of on the session of the Castle-|its construction, ————— He was also a commis- sioner and chairman of the Writers Fear Town of Castlegar when it ; ; still a village. R. wee at managing director, in a pnd. Mr. Kraft is survived by For the Safely his wife Olga; one brother atta cop prone John of Barriere, B.C,; four] its March 31. year. entary School and for lad- in Kinnaird bark it strongly influences the|} Elementary dicapped people and when 14 profor i aulitudes: oe B.C. People lor 5 GEORGE SAYS: campaigning for funds our a : : ge Pe 1, se men's wolley. wi 53 ‘a ibe present name is very. mis- marily tarde ry = Pare yt = SER _ wi 0 Pet. “Cash It To Me‘ ial leading tothe public.” Oe CCeeBUT irae LIFE MEMBERSHIP in the Castlegar-Kin- Trudy King, wife of club‘president Don King ;| ball and: badminton | ing the Of Brewery “Cash It To Me” ‘2, The stigma has been silty "fr =e lly handi-|naird Kinsmen Club was presented to Brick who stands smiling at the left of this picture. |°% ote: ‘The rope tow Please Ni removed from ie term|c: ren where’ pos-| Saunders, right, at the recent founder's night’ he 49th anniversary of the founding of thee |is now closed for the season. ‘mentally retarded’ or ‘men- sie tion of the club. Mr. Saunders, a char- ,,.. ms ary, i eB Also, interested British Columbia residents SOME OF THE ter member of the 10-year-old club, ‘was also Kinsmen movement was observed the same in having facrosse in the dis- hold share control of Interior Breweries of Creston. FABULOUS Buys SPORT. SHIRTS . . ona: presented with an engraved desk set and a evening and approximately 60 Kinsmen and in- | trict please ‘contact the re- This was disclosed by 5 Kinnaird Built 600 Feet lapel pin. Here Mr. Saunders’ wife, Joy, holds guests enjoyed a champagne dinner and short & long sleeves ttt oo Austrian and Castlegar Families Joined in Recent Wedding Here Baskets of white chrysan- Point slee hemums graced the altar of st Rita's ‘Gatholic Chr creation director at 365-6565. a a bouquet’ of flowers presented to her by dance. — Kinsmen Photo ° Of Sidewalk Last Year The annual public works constructed at the south end report for 1968 for the Town|of 7th Ave. and a set of cov- _ Marx Auto Body & Paint Service jeloth and was centered by ‘ chapellength veil a three-tiered wedding eae ‘Her SOCKS urch in| was held in place by a clust-|which was decorated wit! regular 1.75 guet was composed of Ameri-|P! can Beauty roses ye white in wi “The bride ire the ough tle white hearts ‘were sotsy ter of Mr. and Mrs. of the bride, Miss Popoff of Castlegar ‘and the Olga Popoft, was bridesmaid Buest's tables. ym is the son of Mr. and Schutz of Vienna, Aust- Hoorlengih gown in a poling Master, 1S lit-| were pink candelabra in crys- {wo lt) et holders, ‘Small vases of|at, Thrums brings to public pink carnations decorated the|attention the extreme zidane. of ceremonies: Popoff of North f Lilie ‘ yor b.| ‘The eascading bridal bou-|white swans. Of Children sisters, Mrs. -Fred (Louise) it nal E cence hold 53.6 per cent {| Dear rer injury of a little bo er of allowin: to cross a busy shway. For years we ve ar- gued in favor of loading children in the | school Father E. A. Brophy of- Eat phy of ftung. I re Given in marriage by her Teeth non = yoke, Sean |e: . Mr. Fred Popoff, great father, the bride was radi-leffect falling from a bow at/uncle of the tride, eeaid speed a: bus | street une ant in a floor “length wedding |the back. a! grace, Light pink daisies were Mr. Dennis set in her hair and she car posed a toast to the bi sed a cascading bouquet of ere Vis carnations held in bows, with capucine lace trim hite Place by American Beauty on the bottom. ‘The bodice was of Cap- icine lace and featured matching full-length _lily- Mr. Horst Zitner |i INCOME TAX of Vancouver, Each wore 2g PROBLEMS 7? |Boutiserres of American |2t White dinner jackets woe wo word by the groom and/|§ Ameri-|Mr. Cyril can Beauty. satin-| Backed shan- Barneby: brother, of the bride a pro- lolet_and Marcia en worse, children must wait ze ren die before this siieten grounds at Kinnaird Elemen- tary, instead of having them ed and there is no light or guard. . Making the situation ev- for 20 minutes at the inter- section of Milestone and 7th for their bus. Here they run, play and slide down snow- banks, practically in the heavy stream of traffic. "Must one of our child-|m as Beauty Don’t miss any Pink and white stream. Whimsy _an Crdeits or Refunds mat a white wedding bell and ™2! eart of pink and white CONTACT Sith th the names of - Walter Mrs. L M. Toogood match. me corsage was fe pink and white carnations. Mite All-Stars Mrs. Bertha Green of ‘Chip: He was Predecsared by and At the meeting of the Slocan Women's Institute for re_dresses the ¢ Crippled anes Hos- pital and the Queen Alexan- Solarium. i? 2 a Mr. and Mrs. Walter A bingo game is planned Trusz, Kinnaird; B.C. this Saturday. ‘The tea itesses Hendrix and kanee Pilsener and C -end, le said that British Col- of the total outstanding share value and residents of the Kootenays ‘hold 26.9 lee cent of the total share valuc. There are 1,006 sharehold- ers in Interior Breweries and 1 64 ge cent of these reside in B.C, Of the B.C. sharehold- ers, 38 per cent are Koot- enay residents. Mr. McFarland said that the company’s total: payroll for 1968 reached the $315,000 level, that it paid $42,496 in al taxes during the ye it freight paid to driver-agents during the year amounted to $113,462. Interior Breweries is cur- rently Paying yearly aivid: ends of $115,299 to Brit Columbia shareholders an kets under the brand names NOW ONLY RUBBER WORK CLOTHES Ye PRICE NOW ONLY .... $5.77 ALL WINTER JACKETS & COATS VY PRIGE DRESS SHIRTS 20% OFF _PERMANENT PRESS WORK SHIRTS SWEATERS regular 6.95 regular 19.95 NOW see $5.77 | NOW $15.77 .|of Columbia Pilsen, Kootenay Pale Ale, Fernie Lager, Ko- GEORGE SAYS: “Cash Only Please” THE SALE IS ON NOW AT. HIS MEN’S WEAR P.S. Who’s George? Check at the B of M of Kinnaird was presented by|ered steps | from the pane foreman Curt V ing. Listed in the work done during the year was approxi- mately 600 feet of sidewalks and 500 feet of retaining wall | co: aterman at} to ve. in ‘Tuesday night’s council meet-| Ht! . juipment shelter In rey LATA own FOR AIRLINE RESERVATIONS MEXICO - HAWAIIAN tenance of _ the & EUROPEAN TouRS |?°°!. In reporting for the: wat- ARRANGED e CASTLEGAR AGENT FOR THE WESTERN HOTEL CHAIN WEST’S er works Pdepariment it was noted 17 new water services were connected in 1968 with no major problems encount- ‘Jered in this department. » The treatment Plant dor sions of mai ING ART display recently at SHSS luring the final day’of Education Week are AL exten-| Ald. and Mrs. Carl Henne of Castlegar who . | were typical of many who took the opportun- “ “Issues and Trends in Education and Their) ;, Impact on Society.” The art display included work from all parts of the district The civic qualiti . volved in’ the attitude of the individual * tor ‘ganize Reng forms rms of recreation, ‘0! 0 team and music reqt operative action. Recreation has been characterized as force of tremendous conse- guence: fo) for personal culture, Yet &| ment is not an objective spe- cifically by product of such participa- fon. weekly program. ‘Should ire info Towing — Body Work Painting — Welding es, drama Insurance Claims social: co- Handled Promptly toward | or are also fostered. a 24-Hour Wrecker Service Phone 365-7248 OPENING TWIN - TOWN e ind the character develop- sought by persons sing i in recreation activi- It is rather a nat The. following is our any format on; please phone 365-6565 or [ne MACHINING [ There is keep-fit, games, etc. for men at Bi Rivers Soho ool. PRECISION MACHINING is keop-fit for lad- LATHE, MILLING & DRILL PRESS WORSE ies in Robson School and vol- WELDING & FABRICATION leyball for ladies in Kinnaird ALSO AVAILABLE Castlegar, Kinnaird, Trail, Nelson, Fruitvale Located in the same home as the and Lil set in, formed the 301 Silverwood Cresc. decor of the banquet room of the Hi Arrow Arms where Woodland Park, Kinnaird Phone 365-7985 DEPT. STORE RED CROSS FLAG Phone 365-7542 LC Aas Cc. M. Adams. :Cream Stout. Castlegar Equipment Rentals 417 Cascade St, Castlegar, B.C. 3 proximately 600 feet were|ity to meet the teachers, look around and and New Denver and was sponsored by the iad a the Guido subalyision hear Dr. Gordon Martipen, assistant profes- art department:of SHSS assisted by Mrs. REVERSE ae aaa eoeee at the Hi Arrow!