. ; i Hpk before the coming winter ;CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday,.November 5, 1959 Small Number of Curlers Donating Labor jo :ezssrsne so the chairmanship until the next annual general mecting. - @ $21,000 Arches Endangered by Warping This 18 the fact which, to the In general, the rink will be | prsrricr ARENA CONTINUES @ 20 Thrums and Tarrys Men Work Hard TRE who did than th t, in the aft jon only, dur- will be ot ‘iitfeult to Sonaoe wee which time skating will Ke TO MAKE MUCH PROGRESS @ 1,200 Man Hours Pledeedin Big Drive @ Women Help by Supplying Coffee and Food Not only did they lack help from| free, and in the evening when 25 (continued from page four) ‘ [to complete the sheeting before the multitude, but now that their] cehts will be charged for adults task is completed they will be| and 10 cents for children, groups multiplied at the building preparation of the ground inside site In response to a desperate| for ice can begin. denied regognitlon, Provision has also been made call by the Project Society sound- Tt was estimated that it is | tion of his selfless wore We hope that each one of|for “open ice,” that is, perlods them in reading these lines will| during which the arena will be ed at last week's special meeting, | possible to complete the sheet- An account of the public} ing-in In two weekends, providing {feel that they are written person-| kept reserved for groups such as ally for him, in warm apprecia-| school and other hockey teams, which must make advance re- meeting, carricd in the Castle-| enough volunteer labor is forth- gar News, told of the bitter) coming. Much of the Interiot er, 4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, November 5, 1959 ‘Have an Obligation fo See this Through’ 2 ‘board of dir- . He said that the ladi hi @ Parish Hall Practically Empty as Project ‘errs Society Poort of Oe oon essed by telephone for volun. Sociely Directors Recite Grim Story of It was felt by the directors} tcers had had to take abuse and Need a Roof over your Head? INTERIOR MOBILE HOMES LTD. Slash Prices on All Used Mobile Homes Inquire about our RENTAL PURCHASE PLAN Trades Accepted _ “ONE GENT SALE NOW AT INTERIOR MOBILE HOMES LTD. MADDOCKS Main Highway k legar & Kinnaird Sept, 26, 1957 Seven men from Castlegar (continued on page vix) Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Phone 4321 Castlegar servations and pay 25 cents per The Dee, 13, 1956 issue of the | head. Castlegar News showed children The arena polnts skatIng in the rink on natural} out that it will not be respon- ice, The picture is reproduced] sible for any mishaps sustained that these gestures on the bead ruses ick : : = of the Russinn speaking ‘citl- » Loeblich, president was in Public Apathy and Slow Labor Pledges zens of the District speaks well | the chair at the meeting. He sug- tor the future of the rink, dested that the het the Soclety * 4 + 3 could do was to follow up the ad- Weekday labor, the directors ip bd Arena m Red a Modest Figure of $4,000 said, was still falling short of the vice given by Mr, Little, (continued from page three) ;Thursday represeneting the] needed amount. However, sever- That was for every member fn the coming days Project Socie. | Spiritual Communities of Christ a1 groups of young men have been | to round up five men to work on ty officials say. and the Tarrys Improvement! organized and are doing a good| the rinic The large scale partici- The arches, which arrived Sociely. job, but in order that covering| pation of high school students here about 10 days ago, are now They were told by the dit] with may be plet- | was also and it was de- resting on the ground at the} ectors that the Society was very|ed before the start of the bad cided that private cars would be rink site, However, the ground| much in favor of having repre- 4s not level and the huge arches!senatives from the various might easily warp in wet wea: ther. Transportation of the arches from the railroad station to the/the board was held on Monday wink site created quite a problem | and volunteer labor was again the ‘and the public was quite thrilled | main topic, » with the big job, The work at the rink now is| groups would follow the example not heavy and entails mostly the| of the Tarry Improvement Soc- mailing of blocks and boards but|iety and that enough labor could .| Russian organizations on the board, A short regular meeting of It was ‘hoped that more weather larger turnouts would be necessary. PROJECT SOCIETY URGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK ON RINK Sept. 6, 1956 A special appeal to the young people of the District was made by the Project Society this week. ‘Tho directors said that since used for transporting students to the site, RINK BUILDING SPURTS AS VOLUNTEERS MULTIPLY Oct, 1, 1956 ‘The sheeting of the rink sh- owed a big spurt over the week- end as volunteers from all age (continued on page five) PROJECT SOCIETY DIRECTORS for the 1959-60 seasor are, standing, A. Pere- hudoff, Thrums; D. Deverson, Kinnaird; E. Fredericksen, Castlegar; J. Kaufman, Kinnaird; A., Hi Robson; L. Lake- man, Castlegar, and M. Tomlin, Brilliant. Seated are vice-president Johnny Clarke, president Walter Thorp and secretary- treasurer Aage Sylvest. disappointment of the directors work can be gone in had-weal . at public apathy. © The editorial ap- Last stung Into action by such strong words and the energetic organiz- ational work done by the local service clubs, volunteers turned out in sufficient number to near ly complete the sheeting-in of the west half of the roof and to fin- ish half of the east side. Good headway has also been made with the aluminum cover. peared in the Nov. 15, 1956 issue of the Castlegar News: WORK OF THE FEW The rink, whose huge shiny vault now greets amazed visitors to Castlegar, will always stand as a monument to the efforts of the few and the apathy of the elsewhere in today’s paper. FOR CASTLEGAR ARENA Jan, 17, 1957 manship of Gordon Pettltt. SKATING. SCHEDULE SET! in effect as long as the ice lasts, A schedule for skating In the Castlegar ice arena has been pre- pared by the arena committee of the parks board under the chalr-| tne ‘Project Society reported ev- Times for both freo and pald ; 1 admission have been set to| ns May 8 10:28; ty skaters due to poor ice or oth- er hazards, ‘The schedule will be RINK CONSTRUCTION PRIZES TO BE PRESENTED SOON May 2, 195% ‘The canvass committee of erything in readiness for.the big | On Display af the Exhibition SATURDAY NIGHT THE SOLID PLYMOUTH FOR the rink was going to be used mainly by the younger gener- ation, it was only fair to expect, that more young people would show up at the site to do thelr share of volunteer labor. The directors said that labor m large number of workers are be rounded up before the start meeded, There are about 3,200] of the bad weather, @locks to be nailed to the arches now and after the erection the walling of boards will be started. About $0 to 35 men coulé ‘The cenvass must be a suc- | cess as the future of the rink _ depends on the financial assist- | ¥ * ance at this time, The presentation of prizes for the persons giving the most -cambine convenience and re- creation for children with the necessity of some revenue. The ends of the building will be | many. left open this year since there| ~ True, the rink Is still the pros are not enough funds to pay for| fect of the Castlegar District, the lumber needed. and In an abstract sense it was Weather held good and the built by the District. In a prac- Project Soclety directors feel tical sense It was built by in- Plymouth Belvedere Sedan BUILT. TO GIVE YOU SOLID SATISFACTION —‘BIG AND ROOMY SUPREMELY COMFORTABLE — EASY HANDLING CHOIR $50 TO RINK work on the site each day from dawn to dusk, Even a short four spent at the site in the | donated $50 to the Project Soc- evening will be appreciated. jety for the construction of the Seciety spokesman sald. They said that the directors were quite concerned lest the er- section of tle arches might be de- Zayed which would result in a oor roof, It was felt that after the generous response of labor at -@he preparation of the foundation ¥a stmilar volunteer effort would again be forthcoming. BRINK CONSTRUCTION SHOWS EPURT AS RUSSIAN: SPEAK-|I hope that you will have an op- XING VOLUNTEERS RALLY Aug. 23, 1956 The rink construction show- ed a spurt last weekend as vo- dunteer work groups from Rus- sian Aug. 30, 1956 The Doukhobor choir has rink, e The cheque has come from the group of Texas farmers who toured the District recent- ly. A letter recelved by John J. Verigin from Muray Cox, a member of the WFAA Texas farm tour, says that “Every member of our group will Iong remember you and others we met, “When you come to Texas, portunity to include Dallas on your itinerary. We would espec- jally be proud to have you visit us.” A good response was report- ed by Dave Campbell and Herb Pitts their visit to Bril- show- dup en masse at the site, A group of 20 men from Thrums and Tarrys were on the feb Sunday marning with the ladies providing lunches fer the whole crew. The half- day of activity showed a great Amprovement in the building. ‘The offer to bring 20 volun- teers had come from Peter Kon- tin, who, with Fred Hadikin and | weekends, William. Perehudoff, attended - the special director’s meeting last liant last Sunday afternoon where they addressed a large gather- ing celebrating the annual Child- ren’s Festival, The two men said that a keen interest was shown by their, audience and that indications point to a good turnout of volun- has been short, especially on weekdays, On weekends work groups from Russian-speaking residents of tle District are ex- pected to take up the slack, The appeal for labor acquir~ ed greater urgency with the im- minent approach of fall and win- ter weather and the sheeting-in barely started, After the sheeting-in there will still be a fair amount of work left inside with plumbing, wiring and seating installation, BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT NOTED AT. PROJECT SOCIEY MEETING - Oct, 4, 1056 Bitter disappointment with the residents of the District was the prevailing feeling at the last public meeting of the Project Society, Only a handful of men, most ations, attended the spe- clal meeting called to acquaint the public with the plight of the rink builders and to ask for and teer labor from the Rt speaking groups, particularly on It was also learned that these groups will appoint a member. to ALL WORKHEN UKE TQ USE Ready-Mix CONCRETE ARE DOING.. or IT’S SO CONVENIENT — — WE DELIVER IT RIGHT TO THE JOB YOU’ Phone Castlegar 9921 service, McGAULEY NO FUSS — NO MUSS Trail 2054 collect for READY - MIX " {the phone and then failed to show The Parish hall was prac- tically empty save for a few short rows of: chairs up front and a few occupied seats along the wall as members of the Project Society recited the grim story of public apathy and unfullfilled pl- edges in connection with the rink construction. “We called+ this meeting to get an answer from the public as to how they -stand in regards to the construction of the rink,” Art Anderson said. “Well they've giv- en us their answer—by staying away.” (Murray Little said that the directors had obviously misjudg- ed the spirit of the public in fav- or of the construction of an ice arena, “But we can’t throw up our hands. We have an obligation to see this thing through.” Mr. Litéle said that all mat- erlats save the Iumber had been pald for and that the Society was about $4,000 in the red, which was a modest figure if measured the total out- lay. He sald it was hoped a credit could be arranged for the lumber, Mr. Anderson said that a few people had so fer done practically all the work, “The same names appear on.the list over and over,” he toe the meeting. Pitts said that many peo- ple isaged volunteer labor on cag ATA AAAS Looking For a Home? CONTACT US - FREE ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN We have a new subdivision on which NHA financed homes can be built. It is located one quarter mile from the shop- ping centre, close to schools and the community centre. " MANY CHOICE VIEW LOTS STILL AVAILABLE. Coast Development Co. 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ONE SIDE OF EINK ROOF COMPLETED 25, 1956 The west side of the Castle- gar rink was completed this week and about one third of the east side has also been covered with aluminum. ‘ A Project Soclety spokesman sald that volunteer workers are now “racing against the win- ter” in their efforts to get the ioe arena properly roofed over before the first frost and snow. dividuals, of course, very few individuals, We need not name the dir- ectors of the Project Society, for they are a clearly defined and recognizable group and their con- tribution to the rink can be as- sessed easily enough. - We would very much like to name, however, those men who spent holiday after holiday nail- ing, sawing and lifting on the rink site, who changed their shifts on the hill so that they might spend their time off working here, Even here, though, human frailty and narrowness command caution; for in naming one, we must name all, lest some be of- fended—and instead of exalting the deserving few, we would soon wind up listing the many, There have been instances, as one Society director assured us, of whole groups of volun- teers staying away because former contributions went un- acknowledged through unin- and by Fletcher graduated from SI ‘He said that it was necessary 2a TATTOO E = 2 i SS / tentional omission. Holy Cross. . Graduated from Calgary's Holy | Cross Hospital School of Nursing Oct. 18 was Marguerite Fletcher, eldest daughter of Mrs. Ralph Fletcher of Castlegar. Miss|his untiring efforts in directing hours to the rink construction will be made at the start of the canvass, SO watch for the list of winners, you may be one of them, day’s meeting that three or four It was announced at Mon- "| peoule are very close in the num- ber of hours worked on the rink) construction, | CABL LOEBLICH RESIGNS AS HEAD OF PROJECT SOCIETY Aug. 29, 1957 Poor health has brought about the resignation of Carl Loe- \ | blich from.-the Project Society. Mr. Loeblich headed the Soc- tei through the past year of activity and it was with great regret , that his associates on the board of directors heard of his withdrawal. Much credit is due Carl for the affairs of the Society through in 1955 and then took her grade | its most active year. In his letter 13 here before going to Calgary. 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