CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C. THURSDAY, JANUARY _10, 1957 CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday By THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED Castlegar — B.O. L. V. CAMPBELL, Publisher i. G. CLASSEN, Editor ‘Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and B.C. Weekly Advertising Bureau SUBSCRIPTION RATE $3.00 per year; abe per month by carrier. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Oftice Department, Ottawa. | Castlegar, B.C. Letter to Editor Castlegar, B.C., December 27th, 1856 The Editor Castlegar News Dear Sir: I noted with your was dated December 21st, 1956 Despite this, I have been charged penalty and interest dating back to 1954, It would appear from your article that I was being charged the penalty for delin- quency in payment. I assume that I was being charged the penalty for delinquency in payment. I assume that the Commissioners will be only too pleased to match my tion for their di article in the last issue of your paper in regard to “a whopping waterbill.” I am particularly in- , of course, because I am EDITORIALS FRONTIER FOLLIES The fate Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary in Bri- tain’s postwar Labor cabinet, made the now famous remark that he was working for, and leoking forward to, a world in which he could walk up to the ticket counter in a London station and buy a ticket to any place on the globe, without the need of passport, visas, certificates, etc. etc. Just how far even we in North America are from tuming this vision into reality, was brought home to us when a Hungarian refugee family in Castlegar, wishing to travel to Ontario, was unable to ride on a - bus going through the United States. It's like this: A Hungarian refugee needs no papers of any kind to be admitted to the United States —from Austria. He needs‘no papers to be admitted from Austria to Canada. Once in Canada, however, he cannot cross into the U.S. Nor can a Hungarian re- - fugee in the U.S. cross into Canada. , It is no exaggeration to say that, during the re-. belfion, it was easier for q Hungarian to break through the tron Curtain and flee to Austria, than it is for him to cross the unfortified 49th parallel. BOLSHEVISM NOT FOR EXPORT _ The biggest single historical development: t to oc- cur during 1956 was not the Middle East war, or Eisenhower's election, or even the rebellion of Hungary token by itself . It was the ‘sudden revelation. that the brand of Communism practiced in the Soviet Union, is not for export. Even* during the past World War, there were people in Germany who used to say, “Don’t worry too much about us losing the war and the Russians occu- pying our country. They will never be able to enslave us Germans the way they. did the Russians.” To such seemingly errogant boasting, those who Had lived in Russia invariably sresponded with a‘cynical sneer, much as if to say, ‘just you wait.’ Germany did lose the war, and Central Europe was overrun by the Soviet hordes. And now, Balchay} the person who is indicated to be obliged to pay. I want to say, for the bene- fit of anyone that read the article and for the benefit of the Com- that the cy in sending me a bill. more important point, which I think, out of fairness to my wife and myself, should be made known. The From.... NEAR “FAR OTTAWA. Organization of the long awaited Canada Council to provide $50 million for arts and ivities and. an IN CHURCH a. St. Rita’s Church Rev. EB. Brophy P.P. Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 am. Benediction at 7:00 p.m. Confessions Sat. “4-5 amd 9-8 pm, equal amount as aid to universi- ties-was announced in the throne speech at the opening of the new session of Canada’s parliament. Also in the speech were a new , St. Joseph's Chapel Rev. E. Brophy P,P. Masses at 8:30 and 10:8¢ am, Confessions Sat, 4-5 p.m. h for federal your article, and I realize you have obtained your information from the Commission meeting, is that I had connected to a wat- er line ing to the C that there was anything dishon- est about my obtaining this water is quite incorrect and an- noying. I point out first that the Commissioners seem to have de- eided that on top of the bill which they are charging me I should also pay a sum for pen- alties and interest, I have not decided as to whether I choose to pay the penalty and interest, but I feel that I may do so sim- ply because the amount does not warrant a dispute. I do say, how- ever, that it would be» most amazing if I, or anybody else could be charged a penalty on a bill owing when no bill ‘or ac- count had ever been forwarded to the person involved. The first tion of the Village of Castlegar. I wish to bring it to the public's attention and, if necessary, to the ion of the C that the main water line running along the highway to my place and fronting on other property adjoining my place is not a pro- perty of the Village of Castlegar, This would seem to me, a’ poor taxpayer, as being a to municipalities and schools. NAKUSP. About 40 mea were out of work at the Nakusp plant of Celgar Ltd. as a result of the railway strike, The strike Pentecostal Tabernacle Sunday School — 10:00:a.m. Morning Worship — 1100 00 am, —.7:30..p. also badly da C. where about 430 men are idle. BUDAPEST. Hungary’s Com- munist government intensified efforts to stop the flight of. re- Prayer and Bible Study, 7 Thurs, 7:30 p.m, Young Peoples, Friday 7:30 Everyone Welcome fugees to Austria, and a drastic purge of dissenters:and opponents. Premier Janos Ka- dar announced a get-tough policy according to which only those important issue when the Com- mission chose to disclose that I had connected to the Village wat- er system. However, actual!:y, Mr. Editor, I am more amused than incensed since this blind indif- ference to all the circumstances of an issue seems to be the trade- mark of the’ Castlegar Commis- Yours truly, account which I ever received Jess Beal, TIMELESS A Weekly TOPICS p) Message Z| From The Castlegar Ministerial Some By Archdeacon B. A. Resker There are many modern helpers ; for the person who wants his twelve years after the red tide covered half of Europe’s an- cient culture, it turns out that the arrogant losers were right: What Lenin and Stalin and their followers did in Russia, they could not do in Europe, for Europe is prepared to die rather than submit to the oppression which Russians bear with no more than a sigh. The Seventeenth of July 1953 in East Germany was th? first warning signal; and now the Hungarian uprising and the Polish reform movement have served notice on the Kremlin that the Soviet brand of Com- munism—Bolshevism—is not a religion for the world, just as National Socialism was not a religion for the world, or even Anglo-Saxon democracy. The first organized Communists—the followers of Marx and Engels—firmly believed that Communism, in order to be- successful, must triumph all over the world at the same time. When the Russian Revolution in 1917 showed that some:sort of Communism had indeed triumphed, but in one country only, Lenin and Stalin grudgingly conceded that it might be possible for Communism to conquer the world not at once, but rather by stages. The year 1956 may well have caused +Khrush- chev and his fellow Bolshevists to make a second, far more agonizing reappraisal: that their Communism * will never exist in more than one country—their own SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK oF tea ye oe HH, How & Sat 34 Ks ‘ara ead Arle Ban AML BIBLICAL F000. MEDUS. A SELLYFISH. By-R. J. SCOTT fo ATA A cont ce uf braces WHOGAYE ten HEAD“ ATEN Ae ‘|house, a task, a way of life that ly the exact opposite of what we to 2p 1 life. One of them is radio, . Religion is something that concerns all life, not just. one hour or some few Sundays of the year. There are many radio pro- grams which help us to worship God and learn about Him daily. Here are a few of them, which ean be heard from our local sta- tions, 7 . 4 eof DAILY: Morning Devotions, 7:45 CBU (1080, on dial). Good News, 11:45 CJAT (610 on dial). Back to the Bible, 2:30 CJAT. . WEDNESDAY: The word of the Lord, 10:45 CBU. THURSDAY: Bventlde, 10:30 p.m. CBU. SATURDAY: “World Church News, 10:30 am. CBU. - SUNDAY: Lutheran Hour, 8 am, CJAT. Russian Language Hour, 8:30 am. CJAT. Salvation Army, 10:30 am. CJAT. Billy Graham, 2 pm. CJAT. In His Service, 10:30 CBU. Religious Period, 10:30 am. CBU. Vesper Hour, 10:30 p.m. CBU. Of course, listening to re- ligious radio Programs is. no substitute ‘of public worship in a church with our fellow Christ- ians. The Church needs your Presence in church and you need the inspiraion of getting with others in man's loyal to Ci ism would be tolerated. WASHINGTON. President Eisenhower laid a bold: new plan Community Bible Centre Sunday in the Legion Hall 2:30 Sunday School, 130 Gospel Service. Bent ‘Thursday 8:00 o'clock, Bible Study and Prayer Meeting at before C which the expenditure of $400 million in economic aid for Middle East nations and the use of American troops in the case of Communist intervention in the area. The proposal has not been whole- heartedly endorsed by the Arabs. LOS ANGELES, Actress Ma- rie (“The Body”) McDonald told a story of being kidnapped by a Mexican and a Negro, who, she claims, dly a: i her 61 Columbia Ave. Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Twin Rivers Hall. © The United Church Robson—first snd third Sun- days at ary 30 am, Service of Worship and mistreated her in various | |forms, Police, who found vari- ous discrepancies in her story, are still investigating. VIENNA. President Theo- dore Koerner of Austria died at his home at the age of 83. Highly esteemed by his countrymen, Koerner was chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War, later joining the Socialist party. CAIRO. Egypt announced that it will refuse to negotiate directly with Britain or France to solve the Suez Canal problem. “Egypt can only discuss the mat- ter in the United Nations”,’ an Bgyptian high official said. MONTBEAL. » A’ disastrous Bd fire destroyed an oil refinery in the centre’ of the ‘city, causing damage’ estimated at over one million dollars, 0 00 am., Sunday School at 11:00 am. Castlegar—Sunday School 10:30 am,, Service oi Wership at 7:30 p.m. Presbyterian Church Of Canada Kinnaird, Sunday Worship 11:00 aan. The Anglican Church Sunday, January 13, 1957 Castlegar, 8-a.m. and 7:30 p.m Kinnaird, 9 am. Robson, 11 am, “Although British “Columbia is the second largest province in area, its occupied farm. land is only equal to that of the Broyles of New Brunswick. function—worship. Everyo%e is wishing for some- thing. Some people’s wishes are modest and easily attained. Oth- ers wish for the stars in the sky. But nearly everyone wishes ar- dently, and makes no bones about it, . This being so, I am constant- ly amazed at how little most people will do to make their wishes come true. * Certainly, as I said above, some wishes aré beyond human power to fulfill. But there are so many, surprisingly many, that are well within the reach of the wisher, and yet the man or wo- man in question does ‘not even try to get his or her wish. een. The twin evils that keep up from attaining our wishes are cowardice and lethargy. and do nothing. I have talked to people who have assured me, with stars in their eyes; that their one great desire is to spend a year in Spain or Mexico. Yet in the next breath they The early name of Canada’s coast area, New Caledonia—pro- bably discovered by Simon Fraser —ment New Scotland. Arrow Lakes Forry : Service ROBSON ‘TO EDGEWOOD, bson Wharf sadly almost. that they could not afford it because they just bought a larger house. Maybe they actu- ally needed a larger house. More likely, they did not need it nearly so much as that dream trip; but it so happened that their friends bought a larger house six months ago; and to keep up with the Joneses ,. . : A housewife yearns, year after year, to play the piano, But does she? No. She spends her spare time wailing to her neigh- bor over endless cups of coffee about her dreary life and the kids’ torn shoes; and the next time she has twenty dollars to spend, she blows them on an ever so gracious hostess chair for her living room, because her fellow sob-sister has one. A working stiff on the lunch bucket brigade talks about noth- ing but how he would like to have his own business. He does know — more about carpentry, Cowardice usually p: us from breaking loose of well- worn ruts of daily drudgery and convention: Although we have long since realized that a job, a we acquired a year ago is actual- want, we lack the guts to wrench free, for fear that in doing so we might injure ourselves, Lethargy is a lingering: mala- dy that attacks even the bravest and most adventurous. It stops us from getting around to doing things that are not at all diffi- cult, that demands no sacrifices —and yet we never do them, be- cause they are not in our daily routine, - see or what have you than his boss will ever learn; but he invests his annual savings in a costly and hurried automobile tour of Wash- ington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, and British Columbia, and if he does take out a bank loan, it is too small to start a business with, and too large to be repaid comfortably: from his wages. And so it goes. | TO: RE-: SURE- For All Your INSURANCE NEEDS Phone 3441 ANDERSON And so we stall and dream AGENCIES LLS. Lid. Charter Service Towing - Barges anywhere on the Arrow Lakes: - PHONE 2901 PROTECT AGAINST and your payeieiens SEE. YOUR pocror Castlegar PHONE 2911 lio You, ‘ean: now be vaccinated against poliomyelitis, Only three injections ‘are required. The vaccine is available to you your family ‘through owas THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957 CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C. 1956 News Stories Reflect Memorable Year for District The year which has just gone by was a’ memorable one, judged by the events which were reflected in the pages' of the Castlegar News, The biggest story of the year seems to ‘have been the ¢ chlorinate the water supply — appeared to be settled in the affirmative at the end of the year. Such points of argument as arose between the Village and the Department of Highways in collected enough money to em- bark on the construction of a new church building, the arches for which had no sooner been put up by the volunteer work- men then a freak thunderstorm threw them down on September 20, Insurance saved the congre- gation from loss, and the build- ing was sheeted and roofed by the end of the year. In Renata, a brand-new ferry was put into service at the end }of May, and in Robson the new water tank. Since the necessity of:replacing the. old tank on stilts “was first determined by jon with the of the cutoff to Christina Lake were generally settled in favor of the Village, it wharf was x in fall. The residents of Robson also rallied around their dilapi- dating Community Hall and hoa e Castl Village Ci éarly in‘ spring, the construction of the new'tank and the renova- tion’ of the pipe system never eeased to be a controversial is- sue, Two Commissioners — water works chairman H. Westwood and Gus ‘Krueger — resigned in April ‘the other t the ‘Village Clerk with Obstet: tion and lack of cooperation. In the middle of summer, an order ‘was received from the B.C. Health Department hat a new tank must be built by the end 0: September. Planning and construction drag-| ° ged out, however, and the new tank was finally put into service on November ‘20. All was not well, thougti, for the tank leaked badly, and Village crew efforts to*eliminate he ‘leak continued into the New Year. The old tank still stands, " TheCastlegar Village Com- i the chairmar ship of J. E. Kraft, who was re- élected by a great majority in the December 13 municipal elec- dion. Two Commissioners, Myles MacPherson and R. W. Cook, ‘were chosen in a by-election in gpring’‘to ‘fill ‘the seats ‘ vacated by Westwood and Krueger, and Gordon ' Pettitt was elected by @cclamation to the seats left empty when George . Atchison moved from the district in sum- mer. Bill Harris failed to get.re- electe don December 13, his seat +» going t6° Bob Maddocks, the latest face to be added to the Commis- sion, Besides the thorny water system problem, the Castlegar Commission battled with such as street mai: and improval, the move to the newly :-constructed “Village Of- fice, i street A, Lambert, A. i Dr. A, Johnson, F, S. Warner and A. Culley’ made up he Commission in January, but with Lambert and: Eldrige resigning in May, Sam Muirhead and Robert Smal- es were chosen in their place on June 21, All three didates for program undertook to renovate it.almost from the bottom up. The Provincial Election found its most furious reflection in our district, as Robert Sommers of the Social Credit Party fought the Dec. 13 election were put in- an@|to office by acclamation, and a vote was held only on the Na- tural Gas F hi By-law; the ht of Liber- als, CCF’ers, and Conservatives to retain his seat in the BC. Legisl a Py an over BELOW NORMAL TEMPERAT URE TO CUVER CANADA inelsco “8 AEE, NO; Ouly smalt sections at the eastjtures for the next three weeks Centra) Preas Vanadian and west coasts of Canada will}according to the U.S. weather|expected to be heavy in the cold escape below-normal tempera-|bureau forecast. Precipitation, Is | areas. which was carried 89-4, The Com- mission for 1957 consisted of S. Muirhead, F. Warner, R. Smales, G. Rust, and J. Logelin, The Skating Rink was suc- cessfully roofed over in the nick of time before the onset of winter. The ‘Tink, a district project that had been talked about for years, got. its official start when the Projects Society reviewed a num- ber. of rink types last January. A small rink was decided upon at that time; but Jater the Society voted to rescind that motion and to build a larger type rink, Carl Loeblich was chosen as president of the Society, and the R. L, Lewis Co. of Calgary was given the job of supervising the ‘con- struction, which started in spring. The arches for tie vaulted roof arrived in summer and volunteers put them up and started to sheet them—a job that was protracted over -long-time due to lack. of sufficient volunteer labor —- a problem that caused he Society much headeache and brought it close to despair in fall. A giant]. bingo, with $1000 as first prize rolled off,on August 10, with a smaller participation than had been hoped for. However, a “last”: ‘minute/spurt of volunteer labor—with a not- able contribution made by high school students —— brought the work scheduled for: 1956 to a and the first skaters lights,” store closing’ by-law, and others, The Kinnaird C could enjoy their’ sport early. in December. after the big missing fund scan- dal of :1955, -appeared to enjoy a fairly. quiet year. Rezoning of New C in Castle- gar was by. no means confined to the rink. A large new brick-and- glass post office was built and & tract of resi on the hi for con Ene on —a drive-in shopping center — gingerly undertaken and finally passed. The biggest pro- blem—to™ chlorinate er not to 14, with the new Castlegar Village Office, which had been in use .for.some weeks previously.:to that date. The United Church congregation 19, Bill eal ie " Gnstlewae was the Liberal candidate, and Sam Muirhead of Kinnaird carried the CCF standard. could be planned. Calamities and disasters were visited upon the district in a fair number, the most recent being The Cast had a rough time trying to agree on a weekly closing day. The issue first came up when the Retail Merchants Association decided to study Monday closing in March. Soon after, those merchants who belonged to the Association“ did introduce Monday closing,” while others continued the old Wednes- day afternoon, closing. When the Tetailers,‘ in several: stormy ses- sions,‘found that ‘they’ could not resolve. their “differences, the Monday-closing proponents took the issue to the voters, with the result that they suffered a defeat at the polls. Wednesday after- noon closing became the law in Castlegar, Celgar was very much in the news on February 16, when a brief presented by the company to ‘he Royal Commission of For- etstry was’ made public. Accord- jing to this brief, the company held a Forest Management Li- cense which obliged it to start constriction of a pulpmill not later than March 1, 1958," ‘and. ito have the mill in operation on’ or before March 1, 1961. The up- swing in business and the influx of new~ labor ‘which would result from* he construction of such a pulpmill is looked to asa cure for Castiegar’s stagnation by many residents. The biggest event .in School Affairs was probably the open- ing of the $850,000 annex to the Stanley Humphries ‘High School in-early March by the’B.C. Mini- ster of Education, R. G. Willis- ton. Other big construction jobs by the school board included the activity room in the Tarrys 1 at the end of i Parch Tense CHEAPER THAN GLass CLEXIBLE, SHATIEAPROOF | MADE SETTER, LAST LONGED F | slow Mecca we Put, Kate: “Mifehell a Ltd CASTLEGAR, “B.C. PHONE “355 the year, the floor renovation in the Twin Rivers elementary school, and the addition to the schoo] bus garage, still going on as the year went to/a close. The district students proved ‘their superior prowess when they won .the West Kootenay Track Meet in Castlegar on May 26. They also did well in other sports events. George Crait, school board chairman, resigned in early win- ter in view of his move from the district, and: Robert Hunter, an- other member, did not stand for re-election. Continuing on the Board are R. T. Waldie, Mrs, W. Jaccbson, J. Marshall. School Inspector B. Harford died sud- denly on December 11, and the Trail inspector was named o re- place him temporarily. ‘ - Preparation for the 1958 Centennial got off to a rather start, perhaps because public attention was focused on the rink. Once that project was pa . a. tee chairmen were appointed — W. Shkwarok in Castlegar, C. Spence in Kinnaird, OB. Ballard in Robson—and the furnishing of the nlanned dixrict hospital was chosen as the permanent Cen- tennial project for the district. The proposed. Gencral Hos- pital did not ‘get past the plan- ning stage, although it had been announced.in April that tenders fcr the $370,000 building would be probably called for in fall. In ‘all the Hospital Society said that tenders -would be likely early in 1957. Quite’a lot of red tape on the local, provincial, and fore construction of he hospital federal levels hal to be cut pe- the hig death of a Kinnaird woman and her daughter on De- cember 22. Floods rose higher than in most years in the Colum- bia: and Kootenay rivers, which fesulted in the occasional sus- pension of ferry service, the tem- porary closure of Celgar.Co,, and the flooding: of several homes.qn c 3 Ninth A A youngster from Thrums, 14-year -old John Zmaeff, was killed on the highway where he was walk- ing, when a driver was :blinded by ‘the headlights of an oncom- ing car. A Castlegar Co-op bus left: the road and overturned near the Genelle bluffs during the first snow, but miraculously no one was ‘seriously hurt. Fire destroyed two homes.in Brilliant on April .10, and.the Glade Community Hall burned down in late fall. The Castlegar Building Supply Store narrowly escaped total destruction in a blaze that spring up in the night of May 22, ,In Robson, the. home of Mrs, Donia Salekin burned to the ground, but a new house had been built for Mrs. Salekin™ by the'end of the year. ‘The Castiegar district Fall Fair had fewer exhibits than in previous years, but ‘the judges were of the opinion that the ex- hibits were -of better quality. A big fireworks display on both nights of the Fair drew huge crowds, TheMay Day. celebration went off well in perfect wea- ther,” with Miss Jocelyn Melvor crowned as May- Queen. Six girls had vied for the top honors. by selling tickets. District clubs ata organiza- tions, too numerous to. be men- and fruitful year, with large and, ty affairs being organized, catered small -sums. being ‘donated to a| to, and supported. New executives large list of _worthy causes here} were elected by most organiza- and abroad, and many communi-| tions at the enPof the year. SPECIALS MILK, Pacitic, by the case ............... esscsereeerersseee SID PORK & BEANS, Broders, 4 tins PORK & BEANS, Broders, by the case TOMATOES, Nabob, 28 ox. .. DELMAR MARGARINE, 2 Ibs. VELVEETA CHEESE, 2 Ib. pkgo. . TOMATO SOUP, Campbells, 4 tins BLUE CHEER, giant Bias FRUITS & NESETABLES TURNIPS, tedium. uaer. Ib. CABBAGE, green, Ib. ORANGES, 252’s, 5 Ibs. .. MEAT BACON, by the piece, IB. PORK CHOPS, all cuts, ‘Ib. GARLIC RINGS, Ib. _BEEF ROUND STEAK, blue brand, tb. OPEN DAILY UNTIL 9 P.M. WEDNESDAY CLOSED -AT 12 P.M. TRISCHUCKS tioned individually, had an active very, very low prices. 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