" CHRISTMAS, 1956 - ee nT CASTLEGAR: NEWS, CASTLEGAR, we : mae Ss To all of: cow we ‘have’ ‘oo lop >: i theh pleasantly ‘served .. . Merry 6 ory ite: 0 in Ng ‘Christmas and.a. Happy: New: VERY. eer cee | (ee PROSPEROUS fe) fo Yer Ct MERRY eM RISTMAS eavth 1 Peace, good - ae te Luke 2: 14, NEW YEAR LE Thureday at ‘The. “Crossroads ‘of the Kootenays” VOL. 9, No. 51 5 BRITISH. COLUMBIA yp ohp is. -This:-Issue ‘Has 18° Lower Municipal Taxes Forecast for. Castlegar; Water. Rafes Unchanged ‘Lower ‘unicipal taxes were forecast: by “village Cc iss! See etteiony & Castlegar £oF. the coming year. Mr. Kraft oa Claus’ wi: hold, open astlegar. -kiddies* and their elders -tomaxow, ‘Friday at 6:30 pm. The jolly old fellow i up his stand — or seat —in front in taxes, The Commission, however, will continue to study the intro- ‘auction of. a frontage tax for water, ora water by-law, or both. Village Clerk Al Horswill told the Commission that total water revenue in 1956 was abdut $14,- 000. Payments on the old. water by-law ‘amounted to. * $7,000, and maintenance costs were $5,000. of the Castl fire hall and| distribute treats and.advice to]. the small fry. ‘The affair is being organized by. the. AOTS in co- operation with the Castlegar merchants, and the canvass of the|- distridt and the bagging Water Line Fapping . Brings Whopping Bill” Unauthorized “tapping” of the Castlegar water supply system for three or four years swill bring a whopping wat to’. J. R. Beal, owner of # of the ~ tank and pipe’ renovation, how- ever, had» erent of $9,000, asim that-Was taker from muni- cipal taxes, and which ‘would have to be repaid. To make such iron a and a grocety’ south of the’ Castlegar " limits. a ‘fhe secret corineetign, which had been made; privately. ‘several, years ago, was discovered onl: payment legal, the Commi: had passed expense bydaw No. 116. * Bob Maddocks, the new Com- missioner ‘elected at’ the muni- cipal election on December 13, attended. the meeting. Mr, Mad- docks will take over hhis new duties ‘in January. Gordon. Pettitt’ was absent due to press of work. A note of suspense was in- troduced when Comm. Cook pro- duced a'map showing the exist- ence and:location of the pipeline from the’old CPR water storage/ 7 tank at the station to. a hillside intake at'Fern Creek. Mr. Cook said that the..existence of this | pipeline’ had been | completely unknown to him. The Fern Creek intake “is not very far from’ the ~ new temporary \Village tank, and Mr, Cook ~-said’.the _ possibility that the new tank: and ‘this pipe could: be ‘linked .up should not be regarded as ‘tarfetcheds. The pipeline. has :not ‘been in-use for “several ‘years, | and --the- Commis- “ sioners agreed. to instruct the solicitor’ ‘to approach the’ CPR in (Continued on: back «page | Village system,,’ at. the Fegular rate of $2.50. plus 25 penalty pe paid for a commodity whith: has literally. gone down the drain: in Heglin Appeal A writtén .j of treats was completed Weanes- day night. Also in attendance on Friday i night will be the combined United Church and Anglican choirs, who will delight the pub- lic with carol singing. . last the Szokes ‘for many-“weeks. : !The sponse has been over- pected *. shortly in. the : apy the’ verdict in the Heglin case,| E. MeGauley, defense © counsel, said this week. ; ee Roland Heglin, 2 of: Kin- naird, was found guilty in ‘Cast legar police court on July 28."of being intoxicated’ ‘in’ a, ‘pil lic place. ‘The’ trial’ aroused ‘interest because of Heglin’s ' piember of the Rotary commit- tee ..which'.looks after * the ‘Te- ftugees, .‘‘Tt is impossible to name all those” ‘who’have helped or who offered their assistance. ” He said that! while i Pages. CHRISTMAS, “1956° “rent-free ina house ‘odzh thé’ efforts of the District +] native ‘Hungary, the Laszi arrived | him. in: this ‘matter. °° +, Mr.: Szoke, ,.who : knows practically 1 no English, but: speaks a few words of German, said that he went to school and lived in Budapest all. his life, . until about a month ago, when the out- |, break of civil: war’ had” made! flight to Austria" possible, “He said that the family had covered the distance-from the Ht i Castlegar ,;. Village Commission ‘ during the; past ‘year ‘received: ano capital to. Austria by train, truck, and on foot. Although Mr. Szoke took no part in the ‘fighting, he indicated that re- ‘were not large, the’ total supplies Collected were more: than suffici- ent to, help the newcomers set that the arresting officer, Cor: poral Cline, was himself’ under the influence Of: Mauer at the uy Mr. Goulet . Said that no ‘job has as yet been found for Mr. Szoke. who isa pipe-fitter, but Lthat, the Club will try to sepa sey; ports of the situation i in his. home- land were but & pale the actual terror prevailing there. Mr, ‘Szoke’) was a dinner} guest ‘at the regular weekly: din- ner meeting of ‘the Castlegar] ” District Rotary Club on ‘Wednes- ‘The ‘magic of Ghiistiaas is reflected in this scene from play. No Room at the Inn. staged last Friday by grade seven at the! S.ELILS, Christmas ecneert, ‘Those fancifully attired figures on thel message of joy to the earth. ie ‘urnishin, a the. planned Castlegar’ Gener. ital is now the aa of Kinnaird, Castlegar, and | Robson..“as) the Permanent Cen: the, right are Ears -who tell of the es appearance and hjs 2 Castlegar News Photo tennial’ project: The ‘agreement was: reached at-an executive meeting held last Thursday,”.and attended by the chosen ‘representatives *, of . the three major “district: commiuni- ties, Shkwarok, * Gastlegar || ‘Committee: Chairman, said \ that three’: members from each of the three ‘communities’ are forming ‘the Central Committee, -with ad- ditional » seats: ‘reserved “for. re- sresentatives: front rural ‘ areas, He- said’ that’ all. grants’: ‘tor the district’ — which coincides with School District No.9 — will; be | channeled through the Central Committee, provided that the rural areas which have not yet been. heard from agree.'to’ the whole. set-up. . Kinnaird doned its orig. at the polls -on.. “December. 13," when Chairman’ Elmer, Kraft and water Pherson and ‘Gordon: Pettitt.” The actual voting ‘was as fol- lows: Kraft 241," Cook "197, Mad- : -Rysen 13) Harris 110, Krueg r 97 ‘The vote. was light: as. usual $38 people out of 832. voted,: or about” 24; per cent. found. that most “of: ‘the district communities favored the ‘Hespi- fal scheme. At a special meeting of the Kinnaird: Centennial Com- mittee, should swing: its support behind the Hospital furnishing. "The ‘Committee’ consists’ of Carl Spence, chairman; “Monte Warner vice chairman; Gordon Smibert, ‘inal. ‘proposal © of a>swimming pocl in that.village when it ie at Robert ‘Wadey, : trea- Plerpolnt <8 as directors, ee pss surer; and Alex’ Gray, and Ernie » eee pS nn —- sn Greetings: ‘aiid: Rest Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a. opi dent ett et —s Sect : seocet RRS KINBAIRD, B.C. : a season, ‘gurround y you and ‘your nove ones’ ‘with its happy ‘To Wish ‘you all the Joys of a very: Merry’ Christmas’. and a Happy New Year. tie Co-on ‘Transportation Society _ 3 -Nielsen’s Flowers “KINNAIRD, . 8.C.