CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Nov. 29 1962

. CASTLEGAR NEWS

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Get Out and Vote Next Thursday

Castlegar and Kinnaird are both well-
satisfied communities which lack large,
controversial issues this year, but it is to
be hoped that voters next Thursday will
not consider this sufficient reason to ra-

their i and stay at
home instead of getting out and voting
‘in the municipal and school board elec-
tions.

It is a well known fact that perhaps
bears repeating that in countries where
‘citizens didn’t bother to vote, soon. they
didn’t have the vote at all and: now live
under -dictatorships. The secret ballot is
a right and a safeguard of democracy
which must not be lost by default,

At Kinnaird last’ year only 26 per

‘ cent of the voters turned out‘ to the polls

and a sewerage acquisition bylaw, later
described as a ‘“‘buckshee gift” by one
commissioner, was turned ' down by a 6
per cent margin.

At Castlegar, a tough contest for
chairmanship of the village and a lively
commission race as well as a controver-
sial sewerage bylaw resulted in 64 per
cent of the eligible voters turning out to
the polls, the largest turn-out in the vile
lage’s history.

~ The Castlegar News, as it has done in
past years, is again making space avail-
able this year for all candidates to pre-
sent biographical sketches and some of
the things they hope to accomplish if
elected or re-elected to municipal’ council
or-to the school board. In addition, the
Castlegar News is also running the pic-
tures of all candidates. But this, is not
enough.

At Kinnaird, voters there should take

Challenge on a Number of Fronts

A challenge was thrown out to resi-
dents of this area by B.C. Hydro officials
during their meeting with village commis-
sioners here recently and at . their “last
meeting, commissioners in turn’ threw’ the®;
ball to the Castlegar and District Chamber
of Commerce.

Hydro officials told

‘fates and their views towards municipal

"sources committee, should be set to work

dred and Forty-Seven

advantage of the opportunity of attend-
ing the public forum meeting which will
be held in the Kinnaird hall next Tues-
day evening. It is an opportunity to hear
present council members report to the
ratepayers on their stewardship of the
past year and ‘for all candidates for this
year’s vacant commission posts to present
their qualifications for office and their
views on what should be done in that vil-
lage.

Castlegar has not made it a practice
to hold forum meetings each year (al-
though the public meeting on sewerage
last year presented the opportunity for
such a meeting) and it is to be hoped that
between now and election day some ser-
vice club or other interested organization
in Castlegar will sponsor such a meeting |T¢#
and that it will be sufficiently publicized
that it will have a good turn-out.

The adoption of a “cat by the fire-
side” attitude is not a healthy one in two
villages as progressive as Castlegar and
Kinnaird and it is certainly not a healthy
attitude to take towards a school district
as expansive as is School District No. 9.

Tg ratepayers agree with incumbant
commissioners and school board members
they should get out to the polls and show
they appreciate their service, and their
ideas by giving them full support. If
they disagree or feel others have more to
offer, they shoud support those other men
who offer their services. However, change
just for the sake of change should be
avoided and voters should be careful to
base their decisions on a reasoned assess-
ment of the qualifications of all eandi-

and school district responsibilities.

merce, an organization which has been

extremely vocal throughout the past few

years on the Columbia controversy.
Such the Chamber as

ittees of

VICTORIA REPORT

- Victorians Make JKN Proud

K. NESBITT
Being a na-
ve Victorian, as

and I must ‘admit I'm always quite
excited) when Victorians reach
high’ position,

That's why 1 think it’s worthy

Dr. H. Rooke Robertson, is now
principal of McGill.

He's the second Victorian to
reach the top at this famous uni-
versity. McGill's chancellor in the
20's and half the 30's was Sir Ar-
ther. Currie.: He was not a Vic-
torian native, having been born
in Oalatior: but he spent his young
manhood in this vicinity. For some
years he taught school, then sold
‘eal estate, was colonel of Victo-
ria’s famed 5th Regiment. He went
overseas in the 1913-18 war, rose
to be commander-in-chief of Can-
adian forces and a figure’ of con-
troversy; he was-knighted by King
George V. and then he went to
McGill.

Dr. Robertson is a member of
an outstanding British Columbia
family, whose roots go deep down
into our history, His grandfather
was Hon. A. Rocke Robertson, na-
tive of Ontario, who came here
the 1860’s. He was a lawyer, and
his father. was a medical doctor. I
do not believe any other family in
our history has given sb many to
medicine and the law.

Hon, A, Rocke Robertson was
Mayor of Victoria in 1871, He had
fought to have the Crown Colony
of British Columbia join Cana-
da. He had been a fighter to have
the capital of that crown colony
moved from New Westminister to
Victoria. He was the first Provin-
cial Secretary of British Columbia.
In 1880 he became a Justice of the
Supreme Court, and the following
year he died, when he was 40. Few
men pack as much into a short life
as he did.

He was a wise man, He said:
“I believe that as long as the peo-
ple manifest their deep concern
about public matters, so long will
there be .a substantial and effi-

its, industrial. committee,. its highways
committee and certainly its water re-

that it will be up to the people of this area
to demonstrate the need fora road across
the’ proposed High Arrow dam and that it
won't be planned for unless need and
justification are demonstrated.

In addition, Hydro officials apparent-
ly suggested the “staggering” of projects
planned in the area (such as bridge build-
ing, highway construction and railroad re-
location) to prevent overloading of many
district facilities. It is also alleged that the
Hydro officials said policy has not yet
been set on the degree of clearing which
would. be carried out in the basin of the
dam development.

Castlegar council is quite right in not
concerning itself with these matters and
for suggesting that they are more cor-
rectly the concern of such a group as the
Castlegar and District Chamber of Com-

Happy Results at Top-Level Meeting

It took a top-level meeting between
members of, the Castlegar village council
and officials of Celgar Limited, but res-
idents of this area can now rest easier
(even if some can’t breath easier!) about
thé controversy which has raged between
the village and the company about the
pulp mill’s unmistakable kraft pulp odor.

The company, in the words of village
chairman Aage Sylvest, answered “every
question I could possibly think of and
there- were none left unanswered.” This
must have been quite a task because Mr.

’ Sylvest had quite a list of questions, many

of them previously publicized in a brief,
that the village presented to the company
at an earlier meeting.

Apparently the financial aspect of

y on. these problems whether
they are of the opinion the dam is going
to be built or not.

The. need for a road across the dam
should be assessed and B.C. Hydro should
be informed: that’ Hon. Ray Williston,
minister of lands, forests and water ‘re-
souces, has already assured residents here
that the'clearing of the High Arrow dam
reservoir will involve cutting off all trees
level with the ground.

The Chamber should also lose no
time in emphasizing to B.C. Hydro and
the highways department that nothing
should delay .either ‘construction of’ the
bridges across the -Columbia and Koot-
enay rivers at Kinnaird. nor the construc-
tion of the Kinnaird-Salmo link of the
Southern ‘Transprovincial Highway. Noth-
ing must be allowed to delay these pro-
jects.

correcting sources of trouble was. dis-
cussed, as was the location of points in
the plant where air pollution can occur.
Agreement was miade to hold a joint
meeting on the situation again in’ six
months time. ~

Comm. George’:Carr, who first
brought complaints about air pollution to
a head, and his fellow ib of coun-

cient against an exces-
sive abuse of power and. position
by the government.” With that I
certainly agree: our greatest dan-
ger is apathy:for public affairs on
the part of the public,

The Victoria Colonist thought
Rocke, Robertson was wasting his
talents when he went to the bench.
The Colonist said: “Mr. Robertson
is a young man, with many years
of what the Americans term ‘go’
in him. By, the acceptance of this
office he retires from the active
pursuit of his profession, which.
has been lucrative, and is brought
up against-a dead wall. Literally,

of special note that a native son, Mr.

his road to:further preferment Is
Dlocked, He is shelved at an age
when the faculties and energies
of most men—and his certainly—
aro still in the gristle, so to speak,
of great expansion and develop-
ment. We have looked upon Mr.
Robertson as one of the coming
political lights of the country, with
at least 20 years’ capacity for the
hardest kind of work by him. His
acceptance of the position is, we
fear, a mistake which he will re-
gret.”

A. Rocke Robertson, and his
wife, who was a sister of Hon. D.
'M. Eberts, B.C. attorney-general,
Speaker and Mr. Justice, had
seven sons: two ‘became lawyers
and judges—Harold and Herbert:
two became M, D.'s—Herman ‘and

a

And now the grandson of this
man who came ‘to us from the east
has gone east to head one of the
world’s great universities; I find
it extremely. excii

——

Scouts Enjoy =
Archery Hike

Castlegar scouts went on an ar-
chery hike over a recent weekend.
Arteny Patrol Leader Gesse Helfer
had the high score with 10 firsts.
All members would like to try
the Gunior American Round for

Several second-class tests were
‘passed on the hike. These included
fire lighting, cooking of meat, po-
tatoes and one other vegetable.
Nine specimens of ever-greens
were collected. These specimens
will be used for the forestry and
naturalist badge as well as for 2
Portion of the 2nd.class.

members are repassing
their 2nd class as required for in
the Ist class test. The Stag Patrol
meets in the basement of Gordon
Pettitt’s home.

The stag Patrol of the 20d |"

that portion of the Archery Badge. |’

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Pythian Sisters
Plan Xmas Pariy

The members. of . Kootenay
Temple No. 37, Pythian, held their
regular meeting Thursday evening
in the Twin Rivers Hall with a
very good turnout of members and
Mrs. J. Sherbiko, MXC presiding,
Routine opening and. business
was conducted. Plans were made
for the children's Christmas party.
The annual roll call» was held.
Plans were also made for. the mem-
bers’ Christmas party: which : will
be held early in January.

Mrs. Margaret Stokes and Mrs.
‘Mabel Allen were initiated into the
Temple and welcomed into mem-
bership by the Commit-

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tee reports were heard including
the report of the bazaar. This was
reported to have been very success-
ful and Mrs, Sherbiko expressed
her thanks to all those who had
worked: so hard to make it suc-
cessful.

cil should be publicly. thanked for bring-
ing this subject to the -happy point they
have. The company: can also take satis-
faction out of the fact that they have now
convinced the representatives of the. peo-
ple of Castl of the pany’s sincer-
ity about controlling air pollution and of

its sincerity in continually working. to- zl

wards a lessening of the problem.

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oo Cadet Sponsoring Group |
Elect’ Executive for. Year

“phe "regular’ “monthly meeting
ef pees Sponsoring : Committes for
det jas held
ry ‘hen basement of "the Phy t office | ma
“y recently,
There were 14° members pre-
sent.to take part in. the ‘evening's
ess, the: main Hem being the
election’ ‘of officers,:\**
Those elected were aa follows:
Hyson, ‘chairman; ': Mrs.
5 ‘Newman, vice-chairman;
Mrs. J. McGilp, secretary-treasur-
er; G. H. Johnson, publclty; Mrs,

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Stamp-Vincent, Phon
Mrs. Ford, scrap’ book;
‘Mra,:: Kult, Mrs, New-
in and Mrs, Jack: Rillllugh are on
the | food committee. :
Hhe sports activity program was
discussed -' and dt was decided to
arrange. for hockey” and ‘bowling
for the Cadets: during, the winter
banare
Asvery! navel turkey’ ‘shoot will
held for the Cadeta and their
fathers, If dad ‘isn’t available they
may have’ another ” partner, :The
event will take Place..on the Squa-
dyon ‘vange in the basement of the

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trip’ to: Vancouver: to’: attend’ the

where Castlegar was awarded
V..R. Clerihue Cup for Top Pend
aes Committee of B.C. for 1961- | sam

This cup will be ‘on display in
a local store for anyone wishing to
see i

ThE next meeting will be held

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Everyone is welcome to attend,
says Mr, Johnson. :

* Combined Concert
PES by: the: : :
- BRILLIANT CHOIR
d and: the 2
TRAIL. MALE: CHOIR
“Castlegar High School Auditorium: :
. | Sat., Dee: Ist, 1962,

“At 8: 00 p.m.

id | into’: the: westward” ‘bound’. bug,

in the SHSS cafeteria on Dec, 18, | by SI

A ‘weekend studded with car

as a result of a bus-car collision—
was the lot-of the Castlegar dis-
trict this. past. weekend, °°

A Penticton: hairdresser died
enroute to’ Castlegar hospital Sat-
urday ‘night’ after his' vehicle col-,
lided with'a Greyhound bus about
12 ‘miles west’ of ‘here.’ Dead" is
Evangelista: Forte, 42; He‘is: sur-
vived by his wife and one child.*: 1

Mr. Forte was the sole occup-

out of control on the slippery ‘sur=
face of Highway-No. 3. It’amashed

bounced off and slid into the farth-
est ditch:
opposite ditch. +

were injured and ‘damage to the
bus was estimated’at $2,000.

:Mr, Forte apparently had been
thrown.out and under his own ve=
hiele. a
Arelief bus from Nelson car-
wet, the passers on their trip

5 jury Viewed: the

held at a later date, when the Van- |
couver. witnesses will be-available,
Four cars’ Were damaged the

e night near. the ferry ‘when

i they collided’ while police ‘were in-

vestigating, another accident.’:..
Three cars pulled in behind the

‘investigating police: car. instead of

ne around and a fourth driven

teve W. Semenoff of Brilliant
failed to stup and collided into the
rear of a car driven by Bill Ww. Ne-
eelete of Brilliant.

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pushing « other’ cars into ; ‘the first
one.

Ered Rilkoff of Winlaw in the first
‘William ' Tarasoff. of Thrums,

Mr Negrieff and Mr. Semenoff.:

Total damage to the four c

was. in excess of $1,000.

In the accident police were in-

ing a left turn when he.was struck,
in the rear by a car driven by,
Georze. Markin of: Brilliant. :
whicoson of Castlegar, was. struck
day by a‘car driven by. a.Ross-
land youth, Keith Allan Graham: :

suffered. minor’ ‘injuries sand.

accldents—including “one” fatality |+.:

ant’ of. the 1957 car: when it went} °°)"

‘The; bus ‘sent into: ti the kee] m felling me."

None of the 12 bus passengers a

Fatalitv i in Bus-Auto ‘Accielent

after. ~

The accident oceurred ‘about
9,80 ‘p.m; while’ she’ was’ crossing
the: highway : near the: Castleaird
Shopping Plaza, Graham ‘said

he did’ not see the epee be- | lane
cause ‘she ae wearing dark cloth- |’

ing. RCMP la!

Friday,
a head ‘‘on’.collision Pospitalized off’.

two persons,: one seriously. | ¥

SMILE: AWHILE

“| coll was taken home by'the ‘police

© the aeeldent oceurred in froxit
of the Twin Rivers.’Motel. ‘Av've-
hiclo driven by Alec Plotnikoff of
Brilliant ‘collided. with one driven
by. Men Beatrice Driscoll of Ross

‘Four occupants of the. car en-
tered hoapital for’ observation .but
were /released except Mr, ’ Plotnik-
‘Two! occupants ‘of the: Driscoll
vehicle ‘also: went to ‘hospital, but
have since heen released, . Dris-

ithe accident, : The “two
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other people do fs none of my, bus-
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