t, tPAGE & CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, BY — JULY 4, 1957 BIRTHS feccauLEY—To Mr, and Mrs. W. McGauley on-June 28, a ‘on, IGHT — To Mr, end Mrs. W. , Wright on July 3,a daughter, [ART — To Mr. and Mrs. 4 John Stewart, Kinnaird, June : 28,'a son, 1 Oashiins The femme type at the Beach ts being nicely catered to this year by swim suit de: -gigners, Here is a charmer 1p printed cotton complete with gastching coat. The Em; mpire took de achieved by » sasb in oné the shoulder Sune that po eters a , pow with long . aming i released oot verted fared pleats op the skirt. Done in pastes print contrasting trim. COMMIXTE BACKS ATTEMPT. ON GIANT B.C, PEAK An attempt to scale 15,300- foot Mt. Pagtebepaan highest world, will be made next year The B.C, Centennial Com- GPR Investigator Asks: All Children To | “Keep Off The Tracks” As the school year closes, and vacation time is here, the Police sre again con- mittee has of the project and backing “for it as fronted’ with the problem of safe- the Hfe and ‘limbs of part of An eilght-man team of mem- ‘| bers ‘from the Vancouver section of the Alpine Club and the B.C. Mountaineering Club will | ‘be chosen this fall, FALL FAIR * Continued from page ‘t The Rotary Cryp, -: "Robson Farmers’ Institute and- the local IODE have also assured the ‘}Board that their, Trophy cups will be presented as us' Several of the judges con- tacted by Mrs, Hill have accept- ed the position of judging exhi- bits this year, and others have still to be heard from, ‘The De- partment of Agriculture provid- es one official judge, usually in the fruit, vegetable and section. Remuneration for the judges was discussed end the same procedure as last year will be followed. . + Arrangements will be made to auction off left-over produce on the last night of the snow ‘jan ‘auctioneer can be sec! The proceeds of the sale would go to a worthwhile cause, such as the Hospital fund or the Rink fund. : Date set for the next meet- ing was July 19, as it was de- cided the ‘Board should not take a summer recess. SPECIAL “BLUE BIND ENGLISH TOFFEE Fresh English Toffee In Tins 45c—75e—90e-—F1.15—$1.85 REMPS. CRAFT SHOP PICTURE FRAMING & FURNITURE MATRRORS Sizé Of Polished Plate Gloss » HOME. - OFFICE - INSTITUTE Phone 6011 Costlegor, B.C. ao Waldi "WE CARRY EVERYTHING IN-THE BUILDING LANE —- INCLUDIN BUILDERS HARDWARE LUMBER: & -BUILDING SUPPLY. our school children, Whie there is more or less trespassing on railroad property by children throughout the year, this situation is always worse during the vacation period when, the children have ‘al their ime to themselves, “ Each year ‘tere, are a num: ber of children: killéd and injur- ed because they forgot or. over- looked the dangers: involved in play: on railroad ‘tracks, hop- ping rides on trains or crawling under railroad cars. Also, net ‘a year passes but what there is some employee or passenger injured while riding on trains because boys playing on or near. the railroad tracks cannot overcome the inipulse to pick up stones and throw them |- at the trains, not thinking what serious injury might be sustain- ed by some person on the ‘train as a result of flying glass from windows broken by stones. Investigator H, McGowan, in charge of the CPR Investigation Department, Kootenay Division, addresses this appeal to .the public: “While, we can hardly hope] for the complete elimination of this trouble by keeping all chil- ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHERS _- TO VISIT LOCAL COMMITTEES Representatives of McClel- land and Stewart Ltd, pubtish- ers of the B.C. Centennial An- thology, will be visiting ‘lecal vommittee chairmen. this sum- mer, They are Mr, J.J. Dougias and Mr, K. Blythin, A heavy demand for the An- thology is expected and it is sug- gested that local chairmen de- termine how mariy’ copies they dren i on’ rail- road property, it seems a worth- while task to exert every effort toward keeping it down to a minimum. “This can be done through the co-operation of the children and ‘their. parents, who should be most vitally concerned io their safety, “As parents, guardians, .or simply as friends of children, you can:.do your’ part by teaching youngsters the dangers of play- ing on the right-of-way or inter- fering in the operation of trains Without your whole-hearted sup- port and cooperation, our task of protecting the yourg..from their ‘and | mess will be very difficult, “Will you help us to safe- guard the lives and limbs of the children and prevent accidents to others using our Railway? 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AIDS Double Barner Hot Plates - At ccc. c $8.28 $9,98-$11.28 Good Selection of Fans : , $8.50, $9.35, $11.25, $14.95, huang Lawn Chairs Priced at .........: $4.65--$6,25. "tems are Provinciel Library, Victoria, BeC. Dec. 31/57 STLE R NE Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 10, No. 28 “CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1957 8c PER COPY ° Kinnaird Commission Discuss Vandalism In Park’ Grounds Village chairman S, C. Muir- head, at last week’s meeting of the Board of C re- Deer Park School To Be: Close--Enrolment Down The closing 6? Deer Park School Sune < Jack of been approved by the Board, The of ported on the successful trip made to Kimberley recently by. the Kinnaird Firemen. The Kinnaird at this week's meeting of the Board of School Trustees, District No. 9., Arrangements will be ‘made won third place in one of the events in the competitions, Mr. Muirhead also reported on the laying of 220 feet of new water line on the Upper Bench in one day. He thought the Pub- Ue works department had done & good job, and a speedy one. Commissioner G. Rust sug- gested a stop sign be erected at the Park Road, as it is a poten- tial danger spot.. Mr, Rust said there had been in the to provide else- where for the 4 or 6 children left in the area. The attendance has gradually become lower until it is impossible to keep the school open, as at least ten pupils are needed according to school law. The Board heard reports on the reconstruction work at the Castelgar Elementary School and the installation of the tile floor in the unfinished space at the High School, These jobs are pro- gressing favorably, The replacing of the old Park, and a cable has been Placed across the road at the en- trance, The C do not at the south end, and back of the Castlegar School has some of the excess carth and clearing up around the Industrial Arts Shop is being studied. The erection of Bicycle stands and parking needs and problems will be discussed with High School Principal W. R. Brown at a later meeting. The Board was advised that due to the recent appraisal of School property values, it is nec- essary: to increase Insurance coverage by the sum of $100,000 to bring the coverage into line with Appraisal figures, This was approved by the Board and will be attended to. : Section Of Chamber Formed Last Thurs. At a special . meeting last Thursday, Castlegar’ and District Chamber of Commerce members adopted amendments to the con- fon By-laws, a8 ed by the investigating commit- tee for the admission of the Re tail Merchants, Agscciation into the Chamber. 4 Chairman :of the Retail Mer- chants Section is Lloyd Ackney, The Committee on Tourist and Publicity ansiounced ferry schedules had been’ printed to go with Tourist Booklets already prepared. The Committee has been authorized to spend up to $100 for publicity this year, A discussion was held on the possibility of setting up a tour- ist information booth in the Vil- lage. At present tourists may ob- was | tain m J. Lamont . A letter of read from D, G. Rice of the High School Staff. The Board accepted the resignation with regret. wish to prevent the public from| using the park for private pic- nics, etc., but are anxious to put ‘a stop to the vandalism. Village clerk P, Smibert was instructed to'write a letter noti- fying J, DeSantis that he will be in charge of the Park. ‘The clerk was also asked to write Ford, Bacon and Davis, legal representatives for the In- land Natural: Gas’ Company, re- questing them to see that the gas company made the proper ar- cangemens to clean up wall de- Tocks, gravel and sand ehh remained after their lines were installed. The. Commissioners gave final reading to-the Shop Regula- tions By-law’ No. 98, which will be forwarded to the Inspector of |: Municipalities for, approval. oe project, to be entered in opening parade at . Nelson's Sabie celebrations. J W. Dougan, A. E. Fitz- ing meet the Village Commissioners to discuss town planning mat- ters, . Commissioners present at the meeting were §. C. Muirhead, G. Rust, F. G, Warner, R. Smales, and J. Logelin. TV Gable System For Gasilegar District. Karl Rolph of Electronic Services in Castlegar has been granted a TV Cable distribution licence by the Department of Transport at Ottawa. The Company will be known as the Kin-Gar Video Limited, and will-be managéd and main- tained by Mr. Karl Rolph. Work will commence’ im- mediately. fe SEUTaneeUatoreceanenracenaereerranangacn anim baaentiriseat ‘| Service Held Today For Peter Labentsoff Funeral services will be held today for Harry Peter Labentsoff, seed 76, wee passed away. sud. afternt ME Labentoott was born in|’ Russia ‘and came:to Canada in 1899, settling in the near. vicinity of Yorktown and Verigin, Sask. He moved to British Colum- bia in 1910 with his family and has spent most of his life at Brilliant, : Surviving are his wife Mary, two sons, Fred of Nelson and William of Brilliant, one daugh- ter, Mrs. Annie Kalesnikoff, as well as nine grandchildren, Services will be held from the home of the deceased and burial will be in the Brilliant Cemetery. a inland. Gas Announces; ee Report On Pipe Line Progress More than 200 miles of the Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd, main transmission line through, inter- jor B.C. has now been laid, the company announced June 28,: The 12 inch pipeline from Savona to Kelowna has been laid, and progress on the balance of the main line is keeping up to the schedules set by Ford Bacon & Dayis Canada Ltd., In- land’s engineers, A total of 208 miles of main line was completed at June 15, and of this, more than -half had. been completely cleaned up in keeping with local to At present the Grand Forks Area is the centre of major activity on the main line and the Kettle River will be crossed a-total of eight times before the main line|" Yeaches Nelson. Nineteen city gate stations have been designed and sites have been purchased for them. These will regulate the flow of natural gas to communities throughout the interior. « Target date for the comple- tion of the whole Inland system has been, set to coincide with the turn-on of natural gas through leave property in the condition it was in before pipe laying. More than 152,000 feet of mains have heen laid in Pentic- ton and more than 400 individual services the om- pany Limited's “big inch” pie the Péace River gas fields to lower British Columbia. When it is ‘completed the Inland system will represent a $30,000,000 i: in British has had 27,500 feet of mains laid. Kelowna, with the largest distri- bution footage, has more than 80 percent of its 185,000 feet com- Plete, with service connections going ahead full scale, Kamloops has more than 107,000 feetof mains completed and Nelson about 75,000 feet.’ . * Before the distrfbution sys- completed, engineers and contractors will have used more than 1,300,000 feet of pipe to complete mains, Almost half of this footage has been installed. Inland will complete — its whole system this fal. In a short time, new crews will speed > construction of the main line be- tween Nelson and Grand ‘Forks, Columbia and will make natural]. gas service available to more than 100,000 British Columbians. In order to complete the project, which includes distribu- tion to 37 communities and popu- lated districts in the interior of} - B.C.,, Inland’s engineers had to Prepare more than 700 maps, These are followed to the smallest detail in bringing natur- al gas service to residents, busi- ness premises and factories. Eight lateral lines have been surveyed and mapped, the long-|: est from Salmon-Arm to a point above Vernon and Penticton to Summerland. ‘These will. serve communities some distance from the main Inland pipeline. Self-Propelled Cars - -|To Replace Present Kettle Valley Cars The Canadian Pacific Rail- way will dispense with its present trains on the, Kettle Valley line which runs through here. It will replace them with self-propelled “Budd” cars early’ next year, This at his service station, and rio de- cision was made to change’ the set-up. The Chamber. is concerned about the parking problems at the Post Office and hope for an improvement in the situation, } it up, not loosen it” Mr. Harrison said the CPR is bidding on the mail contracts, notices of which afe now posted at various places in Castlegar, If the CPR is successful the trucks will carry mail besides freight, Although the cars will have was morning when CPR officials met with members of the Castlegar and District Chamber of :Com- merce, Ww. M. Hateion. of _voneone G. W. Cleland of Vancouver, assist- Notice that tenders would be received for the new. Castlegar liquor store was given yesterday by T. R, Berry, secretary of the Liquor Control Board at Victoria, The new store will be erect- ed on the comer of First Ave, and Maple Street, between the B.C. Telephone Office and the Post Office. Williams and Fairbanks of Nelson are architects for the pro- ject. Their estimate for the total cost is $70,000. ' The full size of the’ proposed building is 42 by 80 feet, with a six by 10 foot loading of the windows. Roman brick wit | run from the ground to the roof on the right of the store front. Near the top of the -brick in metal] letters will be the words “Gov-| ernment Liquor Store.” The roman brick will run around the corner facing First Ave, where another window will light the public space, The building will be fully modern and will have an office with two desks, a records room and a janitor’s closet, The in- terior of the public space will be finished in at the back. There will bea full basement for storage under the store, The full size of the present liquor store is 17 by 40 feet, with The new store will have a ‘public space 21 by 42 feet — almost double the present area. There will be three cash registers on the counters, The side and back walls will ‘be a suspended cement slab apd the roof will be wood. The front of the. building will have two large plate glass windows on either side’ of Alu- minum framed doors. Marvibond will be used for the finish be- tween. the ground and the bottom a public space of 10% by 17 feet, |. plaster and roman brick. The floor will be latex torrazzo. The rest of the interlor will be finish- ed in plywood with acoustic board ceiling, “Tenders for the building close at 4pm., August 2, Vator. Line Project To Start Soon Village Clerk A, T. Horswill said Wednesday he had received word that 10,000 feet of the new transite pipe approved in the re- cent water by-law ts on its way. It should not be teo long before it arrives in town and work can commence on the water project. New $70,000 Liquor Store To Be Built In Castlegar Induction of Minister Held At United Church Rev. A. O, McNeil was wel- comed as the new minister for the United Church of Castlegar, Robson and Kinnaird at an in- duction service held in the Cast- legar United Church Fri. night. Rev. A. J. Lawton of Ross- land was in charge of the service and was assisted by Rev. J. ML Taylor of Trail and Rev. P. Kar- Poff of Genelle. Rev. and Mrs. McNeil! arriv- ed in Castlegar Thursday trom Squamish, B.C., and Mr. McNeit will take over the position left vacant by the transfer of Rev. L. C. Johnston to the Hope United Church, Following the induction ser vice a short official Board Meet- ing was held with members af the three communities. The resignation of Treasurer George Santano was accepted with regret. Mr. Santano’s zesig- nation came as a result of his eyening closed with a social :our at which a lovely lunck was served by the Castlegar Women's: Auxili ant General Agent, said reclining seats are .being provided. ‘Train schedules are still in dent, Pacific eegion: ae the comapny has ordered six rail diesel cars. worth $250,000 each. Four of the cars will be used in regular service and “two for the ive stage, But. Mr. Cle- Jand said the cars would make ‘decided amaprovements in travel- ling tim Mr. Cleland also said “There will definitely ba. some Hind | of hmecal, Gi mm ‘said “ “went per ery ‘well” on Yvan: couver/Island where they were recently put into service, Mr Harrison quoted tenta- tive! schedules for the run, The ears going east will leave Van- couver at 3:30 p.m, arriving here at 6:10 am. the next day, They will leave here soon after ar- tiving, and reach Medicine Hat at 9:05 p.m. to make connections with “The Canadian", - Going west the cars leave the “Hat” at 10:10 am. arriving at Castlegar at 11:25 p.m. Castle- gar residents catching this train will arrive at Vancouver at 2:30 p.m. the next day. Mr. Harrison said “We want passengers. If there is any change in the schedule, I am quite con- fident that it will. be to tighten oc. Mr.: Hartison® said’ “treighe| would be handled by 50 foot trucks now being built to-handle this, Two trucks will leave Van- couver one to two hours apart; one will go to Nelson through Trail and Salmo, the other will pass through Castlegar. There will be five day sche- dule to Nelson and three through here. The other two days freight will be brought to Castlegar from trucks going to Naver trom Nelson, Mr. Waldie remarked ‘here would. be no reason to pay the premium on express as it will travel in the same truck as LCL, Mr. Harrison answered. that “what you say is principally true, but if anything should hap- pen, the express, like the mail, raust go. through’ TELEVISION SEES UNDERWATER | Woodrow -appeared in the June ‘The The World Comes To. The Woodrow’ ja} CUES and head’ traight for Be: sPlae ‘son’ on: tie~ to see he waite issue. of, Cominco . popular “D" shift driver is known throughout the district and the story is reprinted with the know- ledge that those residents who don't receive Cominco. Magazine| will find it of interest. A small sign by the road reads “‘Woodrows Live Here". Be- side it, a well-worn drive curves up out-of sight over an enbank- ment. There is nothing to stir the interest of passing motorists— nothing except hundreds of ver- bal and news stories linking Al- Jen Woodrow with some remark- able hobbies. Allen is a Maintenance Elec- triclan at Cominco's Trail opera- tions, But, as he says, “You wouldn’t know it ‘to see me at home or out in the hills.” A truer statement was nev- er made. Allen can Jay claim to the unofficial titles of Zoo Cura- All wouldn’t look twice at a giraffe and he'll never keep monkeys in cages, “My animals are strictly native to the district.” he points out, “but that doesn't detract from their interest. Come on. I'll demonstrate.” A cage door swung open. There was a silent pause, Then a sound very much like a gentle snore sliced through the moun- ting tension. Teeth—an inspira- tion for toothpaste commercials —slid hydralically from . behind feline gums. a. COUGARS ARE PUSSYCATS “The three cougars are stars of this show,” Allen y. Cubs Leave Satarday For Summer Camp All district Cubs who nave sent ip applications to attend Cub Camp, will be able to at- feng. Me Le Groutags, said poet . “At inst it was feared that there would not be enough mom at camp for all Cubs whe wantect to attend, but this has since beem remedied. The bus for this district leaves the Parish Hall at 12 200m on Saturday, Local hiusic Students Successful In Exams examinations held recently im Trail by the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto. Grade 10 piano — Goresky with honors, Grade 1 piano — Lindsay Anderson with first-class honors. Eileen. casually, “People pile up all over the place “just to watch them. And the kids! They think the big Pussycats are just wonderful.” Nearby, two yearling black tor, Artist, Gemologist, Alpinist and Pho- tographer, In any one day he may be’ several of these, switch- ing conversation or activity from animals to cameras to gem stones with accomplished ease. eee “PVE LOVED NATURE” ‘Asked to name his favourite pastime, Allen may hesitate for 8 moment, But the, pause is brief. “Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved nature. So let’s say in point of'time anyway, that I get the most kick out of the zoo with the other hobbies running close seconds.” ‘Woodrows’ zoo needs no in- troduction to youngsters in the West Kootenays, On weekends particularly, parents from far and wide pack their broods into Bible Vacation School To Start Tomorrow After one week of a two week Vacation Bible School at the Pentecostal Tabernacle, more than 160 boys and girls - have been enrolled. Five departments enjoyed Bible Stories, singing, notebook work, handicraft and games daily irom 9 am, to 12 noon. . A display of handicraft and a Commencement program has been arranged for ali to attend bears like playful dogs as Allan handed them jam jars to clean out, A somewhat less amicable raven fluttered in the cage, waiting for his licks, Wood chips under a smaller pen. sug- gested kindling for campfires, In- side, a portly beaver dined ‘on choice morsels of bark chewed from small logs. His neighbour, a Tacoon, refused to make an appearance. Pheasants, ducks, a swan, even three majestic eagles regarded the world without ran- cour through thin but adequate Cc. screening, Farther on, Allen dived head Hospital Auxiliary To To Hold Canning Bee The first meeting of the Ex- ecutive of the new Ladies’ Auxil- iary to the Castlegar and District Hospital was held recently, and resulted in plans for a “canning bee’ for the coming Hospital. Anyone can help, either by fruit and sugar, or cash,"which is needed to purchase cans, ete,——and ‘dast but not least, time. For those who are anxious to know. what to do.and who to contact, get in touch with Mrs. Saunders, 203, Third Ave., Castlegar or phone 2301, first into a cage and holding a pair of lethal-looking skunks by their tails. “Deodor- ized, of course,” he laughed. “Skunks make good pets if they are trained as kits, These weren't, Hence the rear end ap- proach to avoid bites.” . There are other features in- cluding a mink shed which isn't open tothe public and ranks & a commercial interprise. Tree: plantings in the zoo grounds in-; clude if all ed welcome support from several water game fish won't be lacking and, in the leng run, the 200 may well include such attractions as a reptile pit and a deer enclosure. Allen's partner, Cliff Sherlock, one of the few master roof thatch- ers in the world, has undertaken to apply his Old Country skill on z0o structures, ‘Obviously the zoo is the only . away mest people will ever come native to southern interior B, and northern Washington. He is interested in a pet project! eee ZOO ROOFS TO BE THATCHED Alfen has big plans for his choice piece of adjacent upland which he hopes will provide scope for bigger, better and many more live animals displays in a tomorrow evening at 17:45. park setting. Tanks for fresh to native animals,” Curator Woodrow points out. ‘But moncy is a problem. While we don't and won't charge ad- mission, we may start taking up a collection and, perhaps, go into the concessicn business to make ends meet. Feed, czges, facilities are expensive even now,” Working in co-operation with game officials, Allen has obtaln- (Continued on page 6)