Page 8 CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Thureday, May 14, 1953 Ralph Fletcher Dias; TEAWAN FUEL | Buried At Kinnaird FOR THE BEST IN COAL Olfice — Arrow Motors PHONE 2251 or 4191 Ralph Rhodes Fletcher, owner years and was formerly employed and manager of Castlegar Plumb- ing and Heating, passed away sud- Castlegar since 1942 and was denly night in Trail Tadanac Hospital. He was 48 years old, Born Oct. 24, 1904 in Revel- stoke, Mr. Fletcher had lived in Castlegar for the past several with Cominco. He has resided ‘in chairman pt the committee which of this yas @ village in 1946, Bulletin: Board AFree Community Service - _— ~ Phone 344i He was also the first chairman of the Provisional Board of Com- missioners of Castlegar and ‘sign- ed the first by-law ever passed in Castlegar. It was the “Proce- dure” by-law. He is survived by his wife, Holly; and two daughter, Mar- guerite 15, and. Noreen, 10,. of This is the start of the Polio Season. Polio Insurance pro- vides $7500-for each member of your family for. treat- ment, Premium :— $15.00 for two years. Ask us for ’ details. , Attena the Caitlegar and: District Hospital Soclety Meeting May 29th at, St. Alban’s Parish Hall. SUPPORT YOUR HOSPITAL Twin Rivers “all, Thaedaye May ist, $30 Pan. CW. fae a Sale, Saturday, May 23, in Leo Bosse’s Store. 3 tw y George, Trail and Howard, Vancouver; and two sisters, ‘Mrs, Helen Thor- lakson, Vernon and Mrs, Miriam Rowebottom, Merritt, - Funeral services were held Monday in Carberry's Funeral Home, Trail, Rev. Father L. Trainor officiating. Interment was in the Park Memorial Ceme- tery, Kinnaird.’ Trail Male Choit Superh In Goncert Hore Friday Thirty four male voices singing Cyril Bell Agencies Ltd. Phone 3441 ‘Castlegar Insurance Advisors KINNAIRD KORNER: eae tina tinea tintin ANGLICAN W.A. SOCIAL OBSERVES Srd. BIRTHDAY The Anglican W.A, held a so- in the home of Mrs, B. Mahoney. The event took the form of an annual birthday party since the club was formed three years ago this month, There were 19 guests present and two special guests from Castlegar, Mrs, A. T. Hors- will and Mrs, C, Petts, Games were enjoyed during the evening after which a delicious lunch was served by the hostess, The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. F Peterson, KINNAIRD GUIDES JOIN TRAIL PARADE The first Kinnaird Guide Com- pany of 26 girls under Captain Mrs. J. Burrows took part in the annual Eagles Mothers Day par- ade in Trail on Sunday afternoon, The Cubs and Scouts also attend- ed under Scout Master Major J. Moll and assistant Scout Master Mr. Smales, “ee Miss Shirley Collinson from,the R.C.A.F, at Sea Island is spending four part h painting exquisite melodic moods that ranged from reverent hymns to rythmic negro spirituals and sparkling modern numbers pro- vided a delightful musical treat for an audience of some 200 peo- ple at the Trail Male Chorus Con- cert in: the Stanley Humphries Friday evening, AT LAST PICKIES ' NYLON FOOTLETS THE ANSWER TO. ; re Cool Feet This Summer A9c PAIR by the Columbia Valley Aerie Fraternal Order of + Garden Pests WE HAVE A FULL STOCK OF GARDEN AIDS Atox, C Eagles, the concert also four. songs by Lewis Freeman, baritone and a piano recital by Neil Perkins, The Male.Chrous, in which two Castlegar vocalists, John Dalziel and E. Newman are members, be- gan their recital with five power- ful religious numbers, highlight- ed by the stirring “Reveille.” Lewis Freeman, then lent his rich baritone to an operatic aria; a Jerome Kern melody; a “ark- DDT, Wetable Powder Guarden Guard Dust Cutworm and Weevil Bate Benexane, Black Leaf Herb- late Tablets : ‘Sprayers and Bombs AT PITTS? Rexall Brug ey” song and a ballad. For their second appearance of the evening, the Chorus then turned to more lilting and mar- tial. melodies singing “Border. Ballad” by J. H: “The : Open Mon. — - "Wed | and Fri. Evenings cla) evening on Monday, May 11] di three weeks leave at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Col- linson, oe. 8 Mrs, Geo, Sinclair fiom Van- couver was a guest at the home of Mr, and. Mrs, Creighton on Mon- lay, eee % Miss Elsa Gunderson from the RCAF. at St. Hubert, Que, is spending a month’s leave wit her family tld Kinnaird. PARK ‘ELECTRIC . 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Fogh-Dohmsmidt conducted the group and. Gwendolen Kay was the piano accompaniest. 1.0.0.E. Look To Coronation Day Fete ‘The monthly..meeting of the Lililan Killough Chapter, 1.0.D.E. was held in the Twin Rivers Hall with Regent, Mrs. V. Goresky presiding and 18 members, Items read from the Provincial Summary included an appeal for al! women to.take a more active part in- World Affairs. There was algo an appeal from Winston Churchill suggesting that Canadians wishing to send a Cor-. onation Gift to the Queen, send.a donation for repairing Westmin- ster. Abbey, instdad since that would be the Queen’s wish, Members were urged to begin displaying their flags from now the Coronation. Empire ‘Study as read by Mrs. #H. Westwood was entitled “Isola- ted Primary Chapters” and “IO DE and its Work.” A word of thanks was extend- ed to Mrs, James Kelly for con- vening the succesful drive for new K-R.C. members. ‘The Chapter decided they will enter a float in the Coronation Day parade at Castlegar on June’ A fontest was held during the STOCK REDUCIN 30"x20"x8". D. spout deck tyge) pai Get These liems Whi e They Last IT’S A GIVEAWAY” Cast Iron Enamelled Drainhoard Sinks 42"x22'x8"” Deep —.Complete with Chromium Plated. Swing Spout Faucet — Soap dish and basket strainer . ‘Gast iron Enamelied Double B Bow! Fiatrim Sink. $52 80. soap dish Cast fron Enamelled Rolled Rim Sink. 18"x30"x6" Deep — Complete with swing spout. and faueet with: $39 00 Cast iron Basin Universal Basin Complete with 4” centre fauce! COME IN AND LOOK AT ‘ our other BARGAINS 17"x19" Complete ‘with: faucet, and trap ‘....... High Grade Vitreous. 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(One Free Towel Bar with Each ‘set oo they’ last) ot . r % AG $143. 50 wel. $165.15 PROVINCIAL AST Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of ‘the Kootenays” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 19 NEWS 1953 8 Cents Per Copy Vol. 6, No.2! ~ Coronation Day Fefe Plans Rapidly Near Culmination for colorful aan ae Dav paad on June 2, proceeds of which are to go towards furnishing and for Castlegar and District, are Castlegar Garages Want Hours By-Law Four ot Castlegar five service the board quite of of the village of and the day gives ‘of be- ing one of the grandest and most lavish entertainment events ever held in ‘Castlegar, it was jenroed ata ting of the in Castlegar to pass a by-law regu- lating the hours of business of Castlegar service stations and sti- that only one of them be ‘charge Tuesday night, ‘A lot, of course, depends on the open for business ‘during Sundays and holidays.” weatherman and the decided to take “no chances, They've got, their fingers cross- ed and have decided to take out rain. insurance, The. meeting also decided that the parade which will get the festivities underway, must: begin promptly at 1 p.m. The commit- tee members are appealing to all merchants, service clubs, ladges and all other community organ- izations to enter a float for the big parade, They point out that ‘the merchants especially, will gain wonderful public relations from their entries dnd will be making their contribution to a community effort for, a most worthy cause. The day is planned to be the Castlegar --District’s own “big day,”. with a variety of, colorful pageantry, sports, games, mid- way, concession booths, a pet At their ing Tuesday night, the board. decided to wait until the newly formed Retail Mer- chants Association have made their closing. hour request, and then draw up. one byslnw. for all the ‘businesses, . The. petition reads: 2 “We the undersigned service station op- erators hereby petition the com- of the C ion of the Village of Castlegar to enact a by-law to provide for the reg- ulation of opening, closing and hours of operation of service sta- tions within the Village limits, in such manner as to provide service to the public during every day in the week, and ‘at the same time, compel the closing of all service stations except one Muring holi- days and Sundays.” The petition was signed by Hi- ‘Way Service, Oswald Motors, Ar- row Motors and Skyline Service. FIRST MOUNTIE T~ ARRIVE IN U.K. rOR CORONATION || miles from the.C ‘|Borry Creek Washes Ouit Road Second. Time Berry Creek on the Robson- Syringa Creek road about two ferry, Will Begin Hospital Pefition Circulation Tomorrow An army of some 50 zone captains and canvassers will begin tomorrow the job of circulating the petition for incorporation of the Castlegar School District. night, in of the Ci istrict Five public meetings have been held and one more is to be held for thé petition circulation. At these gave, local public works crews another pneedache during the the an D: District. and District Hospital Society have ‘explained the need for a hospital for the Castlegar District and ho wit can be financed. through a moderate tax increase under At these meetings too, many of motorists ton 24 houts, The creek, which ‘normally flows through a culvert under- neath the road and thence into the Lower Arrow Lake, became swollen again from melting snow in its mountain sources and wash- j{ed out a sizable chunk of the upon his arrival.by ship in Lon- | don—first of a detachment of Sergt. old six-footer with service, is attached to gary subdivision. tn’ addition to guard duties during the June 2 coronation, ie mounties will perform their. musical ‘ride. at the royal tournament and particle. pate in a lay show at d after the road for the second time in three weeks. The washout occurred about 8 et ‘) pim.:Friday and it was not until Saturday evening that the road was repaired, Consequently mot- orists travelling:to their summer homes at: Syringa Creek for the long} ‘week-end were delayed and somé, that were returning were stranded. Public works crews were ‘still reinforcing the road on Tuesday as. the water continued to cause some damage, The little stream went on the show, tug of war, ete, ” ete. officially opening with the Celgar and Villages Share Survey Costs for the first time on the i evening of April 29 when a 20 ft. wall’ of! water roared down of the Coronation. Day Queeri soon ‘after the arrival of the. parade on the ball grounds, and climaxed ‘with the grand’ ball in the ‘evening in the Stanley ‘Humphries High: School Auditor: ium. Refreshments“ of all kinds, to suit every taste and need, will also be available intluding “sand. wiches; ‘salads,:etc. sq that ther Piiies Bes or ‘heed {:for-anyone: “The bpaer community. anizations:in- charge ot. the ‘var-. ing good. progress; e ‘@ueen Contest, being. sponsored. by the Ladies Auxiliary‘ to’ the: Frater-' mal Order of Eagles, is to be de- Water Supply Lake Entirely esp ‘waters /0fBlueberry. Creek, - coh become the ‘source of a gravity. water. system .for,:the .villages:.of Castlegar ‘and:.Kinnaird, if the, proposed Celgar.Development Co. Nant three miles west of Castle- gar, renders the Columbia River useless as such a supply source, a survey by Boyd c. “ cided next Ticket sales for the eight queen contest- ants, Anita Smecher,. Alice Sop- ow, Joan : Cheveldave, Polly Obedtkoff, Lorraine Martini, Jo- anna Jenkinson, Pauline Nevak- shonoff and Joyce Killough, close this Saturday. Affleck of. ‘Nelson has revealed, The report on ‘the survey, sent to the Celgar Development Com- pany, and the two villages advises “it is entirely feasible to store 1800 acre feet in Sheep’ Lake‘ by means of.a gam 15 feet high to st. The C ‘Day " hold their next meeting one week from tonight in the small hall of the Coronation Hall at 7:30 p.m. All representatives. of: organiza- tions are requested to attend, this important meeting. Public Health Nurse . And Teachers To Lead ‘ PTA Group Discussions *-Pthe Stanley Humphries Par- ent Teachers Association monthly meeting next Monday: will. fea- ture group discussions led .by * three of the highschool teachers and public health snurse,, Miss B. Conroy. * Final plans wall; alse be made Mr. Affleck, basing his - esti- mates on-a future population of 25,000 to be.served bythe system, says that total storage required, under the most extreme: condi- tions would be 1920 acre feet. The deficiency of 120 acre feet can be made up readily either by secondary storage sites, three locations for which are known to exist and possibly a fourth; or by a rds ie 4 dam, five feet higher which would increase the lake storage by 600 acre feet. “None of these expedients is likely: to be required for several 'years,” the report states, The dam would flood about 40 acres of land and. two small earth dykes would be required to pre- vent spilling of water. into the for the ‘of Big Sheep. “Creek, the ' banquet on May. pn and the deco- ating of the;PTA float in the Coronation Day ‘celebration at Castlegar, will also be discussed. The meeting is Monday. night in the Library room of the Stan- Jley ‘Humphries High’ School, be- Binning at 8 p.m. . Music Festival Artists Will Perform Tonight . ‘The musical talent that prought horiors to Castlegar. in.the Koo- tenay Musical’.Festival at ‘Trail two weeks (380, will be-heard in a concert in, the Stanley Hum- phries High School? auditorium tonight begining at 7:30 p.m. “by the. Ci Lake - ‘néay -the head-j..” From Sheep Feasible’ . sad hurling a mass of -| tangled: debris before it, and cov ‘}ering the road for a distance of ‘}about 100 yards, washing away 2 good ‘Portion of the road bed, ‘Former Stuiens Now “& gopd:dam’s! i the outlet ‘of theta ‘the? eee continues, dis point:-about three miles west,of Kinnaird Post -Oficevand' convey- and for distribution to the two Muni: cipalities. The report: suggests that the entire flow of the creek be.diver- ted into the pipe line and that the total volume. of Blueberry Water District’ licenses - be ‘then returned to the reek’ ata conve- nient point. “Costs of the preliminary sur- vey are béing shared by the Cel- gar Development Co. ;and_ the villages of Castlegar and Kin- naird, with the Company paying half. the costs and : the - villages, one quarter each, 40th. uatieraary Of Robson Womens Inst, Marki: its 40th i ‘Y; the most outstanding . event: to date in the history of: the Robson Women’s Institute, members and visitors from ‘nearby Institute: met at the’ Robson Community Hall on May 13 to celebrate the occasion. x Among those present were Mrs. Stella Gummow, Supt. of B.C. ‘Women's Institutes, and three Millage Employees Joining Trail Union The ‘Castlegar Board of Com- missioners. is. to hold a; special meeting with the’ Trail. and Dis- trict Civic: Works’ Union in Cas- tlegar next’ Monday evening. * Purpose of the conference will be to discuss an agreement with the Union regarding ~ bargaining rights for village of Castlegar employees. memibers of the Provincial Board, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs, Doe and Mrs. Roylance. The hall was artistically dec- orated for the occasion, by Mrs. L. F. Quance and Mrs, H. John- son. Spring blossoms were used throughout, arranged in baskets of green, white and gold, the Wo- men’s Institute ‘colors, The.smalli tea tables, were centred with dainty flower arrangements while silver baskets of tulips, ruby. red in color, signifying’ the 40th;-an- niversary, centred the tea table and presiding table. District Teachers 'A the who competed in ‘the. festival. Proceeds will go to the Castle- gar fund." concert will feature. entertainers] The P Mrs. R. Berry welcomed the. visitors and ex- pressed the pride of all the mem- bers on this great occasion. She ‘ted’ from’; the - créek :-at. a" ed. easterly -and: northerly.-to a]: point near Merry. Creek crossing c ie the district, 3_ “ot 1S. C, Muirhead, CCF Candidate “present have al- ready signed" the: petition, thus expressing their wholehearted support forthe hospital project and making the job of the can- vassers that much easier, Over 100 landowners have al- ready. si med, it is estimated, At¢least 75 per cent of the pro- perty owners in the proposed area must sign the petition be- fore. thé. Improvement. District can be incorporated, Once the re- quired majority of signatures is obtained, letters patent will be applied for’ from Victoria, When these''are granted, arrangements will be -made for election of trustees of the Improvement Dis- trict, one for each zone, \ It will be the of the audiences and a good response. The majority of the landowners present at these meetings signed the Improvement District petition there, Tuesday night of this week, it was Castlegar’s turn with Messrs. Wanless and Moran the speakers again and here too the response wis quite good and several more petition signatures were volun- teered., James Wisted and W. G. Reith were the, speakers at the meeting in the Kinnaird Improvement So- ciety Hall last night and meetings have also been held in Blueberry Creek and at Tarry’s. - The sixth and final mieeting is being held in the Robson Recrea- tion Society Hall tomorrow night Sutiindinee trustees to draw up a money by: law, for thé’ people's approval, to finance. the district's. share of construction of the proposed hos- pital. The district's share of con- structing a $400,000 hospital such Sylvest Cascade Read Topic At Chamber. Meet Tonight The! proposed Blueberry Creelc. to f the Ross- as_is being will be about $150,000 of which over 60 per, cent or $80,000. would be paid in land-Cascade highest will be one ‘of the main topics at the the proposed eee > The remaining $60,000 could be loaned and repaid over.a 20 year period: through: an annual. in- crease in taxes of less than $8 for the owner in of the C: and Dis— trict’ Chamber of Gomme in the Twin Rivers Hall tonighs. - Delegates from the Rossland .Chamber will be present amd are. expected to speale against the All, Shis hes, “been explained at | “held:-thus. 4a.’ neyed :to.Renata and ‘Deer: Park; ied 0 . at Friday'nlghe, Cliff | ay Wanless and M: E. Moran jour-| iri since .the