CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Nov. 28, 1968

SUGAR AND SPICE

Month of November is a

Don't worry,
ado not have
4 plan for!
writing an al-|
snanac of the/
snonths, But
m almost
certain that
wnost people
share my vew of November.
It is a real bummer,

It may be beautiful in

Adelaide, Australia, with bik-

inibabes on the beaches,
and the sun belting down.
But in the true north strong
and free, it’s as the wreck
of a once beautiful woman
with nothing left but good
bonestructure — and great,
black bags under the eyes.

It is suitably introduced
Uy Halloween, that nigh!
when the instruments of
darkness have their fling,
nd people put razor blades
ih apples and caustics in
candies.

It is time when night
comes early and surly, and
we draw our shades and
creep into the darkness of| 4
ur. souls, and contemplate
wh horror the five months
"No wonder Guy Fawkes
ane the other guys in on the

tried to blow up the
Snalish king and parliament
on Nov. 5th, 1605, in the fam-
ous’ Gunpowder Plot. But it
was probably so ruddy dank
that they couldn't keep their
powder dry.
: No wonder World War
1 ended on Nov. 11th. Even
those tough and stubborn
ighters, the Germans, could-
't face going through the
test of another nasty Novem-

“Tes a month of soaring fuel

clean kitchen floor. A month
of putting on snow tires a
day. too late, storm windows
a week to He, and na soldvine

Tos a ara tins This,
in Canada, is
by Grey Cup Day. Isn’
appropriate? It couldn’t have
been a Lord Brown or Blue

or Green or any of those
| distinguished names who don-
ated our football cup. It

had to be a Lom Grey./te

| Oh, I suppose, for the
lunatic fringe of our pop-
| ulation, November has its
merits. It’s deer-hunting mon-
‘th, when one can go out and
muddle around in the marsh-
es for $10. The only com-
ment I have here is that the
deer population is steadily in-
grescing:

anks to the incredible
ines of most hunters,
people like Skinny Wyonch,
the deer are safer from hunt-
Jers than the church is from
tax-collectors.

And it's a grand month
for those nuts—the rainbow-
trout fishermen. I can't think
of anything, on those bone

ber mornings, up to your
navel in ice-water, more con-
ducive to a long, happy life.
Full of arthritis, neuritis, bur-
sits, and plain’ old rheuma-

"November has a certain
grim charm for the misan-
thrope—the guy who wants
everybody to be as mean as
he is. For once, he knows
everybody is as glum as he,
which makes him glumly

By Bill Smiley
Bummer

happy or happily glum.

it's a month wnen every
normat Canadian gets a rot
n cold, which nangs on,
with varying ¢ sone of mis-
ry, until 24, It’s the
month when Gl Christmas adver-
tising reaches a zenith of stu-

ly.

It’s a month when your
kids quit university, when
your roof springs a_ leak,
when your furnace decides
it is worn out. When your old
back-ache, stunned by sum-
mer'’s sun, starts to ache
back. When your car “fall
tune-up” turns into a major
Eas

a month when all

on three cylinders instead of
the usual five.

It's a month, this y
when you had to lick a ae
cent stamp for the first time

in your life. And your poor
old Yank friends had to
‘choose, not Snow White, but
one of the seven dwarfs,
would say November
is for the birds. But even
the birds have enough brains
to head south in October.
Where does that expression
“bird-brain” come from?

hate November.

‘The members of the Rob-
son Evening Group held a
pre-C! ba-

Robson Evening Group
Holds Successful Bazaar

guests and the different
foods were soon sold out.

zaar and ten on Saturday in
the Robson Recreation Hall.
President Mrs. Belleau wel-
comed the guests and declar-
ed the sale open for busin-
ess.

Each individual tea table
was centered with a floating
red flower in tal rose
bowl — were the work of
Mrs. ney gour-
met eee which ‘sup:
ervised by Mrs. Beth Re Rogers,
was a great attraction to the

“ug

jalizine in

Hi-Lite Restaurant

Chi Foods”

Phone 365-6741 for Take-Out Orders
Open 6 a.m. to 12 Midnight Daily
Open 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays & Saturdays
Air Conditioned for Cool Comfort
BANQUET FACILITIES FOR SMALL GROUPS

« in charge of
other tables were: baking,
Mrs. H. Belbeck; sewing, kid-
dies parcels and novelties,
Mrs. R. Donald and Mrs. R.
Oborne; serving tea, Mrs. S.

Grant, Mrs. M. Knight and
Miss Louise Zurek; tea and
Taffle tickets, Mrs. L. Zurek;

The charter graduating
class members from the uni-
versity transfer program at
Selkirk College have now
transferred out to continue
their studies at various Insti.
tutions, including UBC, Sim-
on Frazer, the University of
Victoria and Notre Dame.

Selkirk principal A. E,
Soles noted recently that the
transfer situation Sis year
has been very good.

“Our
wer secelved by the major

ur graduates are being: som

Selkirk Principal Says Transfer
‘Of Grads is Being Well Received

students enterlng from high!
school very carefully, but our
experience this year indicat-
es that the general transfer
situation of our students will
be very good indeed.”
whenever a specific rumour
concerning a transfer pro-
pists reaches the. college it
ig immediately checked out! fer
with the tatay Seu Office ats
the university concerned. “In
e Ranter tt principal Soles
‘e find 3 ieee there e is

said,
no basis ie Tu.

in tl
he said. “We have already
had favorable reactions from
various departments at the
universities about the pre-
paration students have receiv-

ed here at Selkirk. These re-
od ner are really a tribute
to our faculty. The universi-
ties will probably always con-
tinue to question the records
of individual students, just as
they examine the records of

mour. In other cases, the pro-
blems are due to misunder-
standings within the univer-
sities between the registrars’
office and various depart-

ments.”

tr, Soles went on to
point out that no single case
has been brought to the at-
tention of Selkirk’s admini-
stration in which a student
with a good record at the

The Scene Al...
KINNAIRD JUNIOR.

SECONDARY SCHOOL

—<—

wil
Soles noted that

Legion

BINGO
Saturday
Noy. 30

8 P.M.

LEGION HALL
D. D. MacKinnon, Kinnaird

college has encountered sec-

“and the problem of co-
dous difficulties at bes

Ae | ordinating the curricula at
all of the institutions in the
laturally, our most ae
flout transfer situation

fi administrations
and faculties of B.C.'s colleg.
es and universities. Our ef-
forts so far to create a good
transfer situation have met
with real success.”

254 OFF

ear. However,

student attempting to to ‘trans-/ ©
into SFU from an insti-
tution running on the tradi-
tlonal dian academic
similar

year would
problems.

Students should be wary
of accumulating a record a
marginal grades at Selkirk
or any other institution be-
cause of a standard policy
among most institutions of
higher education not to ac-
cept the lowest passing grade
of another institution for
transfer credit.
Following the visit of the
Board of British THUS. - FRI. - SAT.
ONLY

Fur Fabrics — Short
Jackets and three quarter
length and long coats.

teach courses at the fi
second year Jevelst ee

will be automatic atone g all
the fully-accredited colleges
and universities in the pro-
vi en this

We inadyertently omitted

the name of a very import-
ant member of the: group
who took part in our Re-
membrance Day Service. This
was Nancy Henne.

Nancy composed and de-
livered an address on peace
in which she used each of
thefive letters to point up
her message. Both the staff
and the students were very
impressed with her. efforts

pany the team to help spur

the boys on to victory. Here th

are the team members:
jeff

Brown,
Henne,
Haley, Bob Raton D Dele Goo-|

arned at one’ insti.
be

eho are a relative
in British

sen, Glenn
Keith MeGauley, Toni DaRo-
sa and Ron Gile:

School- ‘wide Reading for |

for she did an job.
2 8

The Boys’ Volleyball
Tournament will be held on

Tose | kitchen, Mrs. F. Giraud, Mrs. | f°

McAlister and Miss Julie
Webster.

Mrs. Sharon Markin was
kept busy reading tea cups
and Maxine Flynn, Glenda
Oborne and Janice Minnich
of the Ist Secs Ranger
G

econ
hope that we will ead as
year when we won the’ tro-

“Mr. Allen would like to
see the cheer leaders accom-

Dec. 7 at Nelson’s L. nf Rog. CD boys
Secondary School

much success as we did last|Kim

while the poms had tea.
The raffle of the sheets
and blankets which was to
have taken place at the sale
was postponed until early in
ecember because of the}?
alow sale of tickets.
it Knight oe
Robson “was the winner

the door prize.

NATAARATAAAARIMA VAI VAAN DD

[SIMPSONS - SEARS |

Gift Saie

First Blueberry
Pack Requires

New Equipment
The need of funds for tne
purchase’

inst Blucherry Greek
the Fi Creel

Brownie Pack and the newly-|
formed Guide Company -was
ofl the main topic of the Parents
Association at its recent

me .
Plans were made for a
pate sale wolen 15 toibe ueld

Bobineoty president; A
vice - president;
Mrs. E. i Schulte, seer

andl Mrs. A. J. Lezeett, trea:

G

been announced for each div-
ision. They are as follows:
AB boys Norman Dever-

Condy,
Pacholzuk, GH boys
Clifford Morrison, GH girls
Donna V class Patti
Argatoff, V_ class boys Dan
Renee 91 class Linda Mc-
Gauley and 9J class Linda
Craze.

t and

ston ‘and: are
being ee bard
Nancy Henne,

Gar Collision
.Near Gar Wash

An accident a involving

legar.
Charged with following
too close was Douglas Rich-
ards, 21, of Castlegar whose
car was in collision with one
ora by Ford Marion Lady
of Robson.

Total damage was esti-
mated by police at $110.

8
ARURARANAR

in Brit
Columbia,” Mr. Soles conclud-

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Sorority Members Hear

David Ferguson.

Robson United
Church Holds
Pot Luck Supper

0 members and friends

| gathered.

im Selki: — ib:
elkir] lege libr.
ada” was’ shown from th

igm:
ing Held at the home of Mrs,

Here a cultural program
on poetry was given by Mrs.
John Bozek and Mrs, Larry

A very successful pot
! Iuek supper was held Satur-
| day evening in the Robson
q Recreation Hall. when about

5 of
the Robson .United Church

“Helicopter Can-

Cultural Talk on Poetry

Each read different
Poems of famous poets anid
described what they meant
te them personally. A discus-
sion then followed with the|#

Paul.

rest of the group,

luck supper.

Mrs. Marvin LeRoy.
New

A pledge’ banquet was
held Nov. 12 at the home of
Mrs. Ferguson with a pot

Following the supper the
presentation of the ritual of
jewels was made by Mrs. Ray
Marx, Mrs. Larry Paul and

FIRE CREWS in the four shifts at the Galgar Suis division the occasion.
competed against each other last month on simulated fire,

Tan

their pledge pins were Mrs.

son and Mrs. Lucien Lalonde.
On Nov. 20 the mem-
bers met at the home of
Mrs. Dennis Austin with the
program fur the evening be-
ing verse-making. Mrs. Doug
MacKinnon and Mrs. Robert
Hocyherson spoke on the

subjec!

re “pallad was read fol-
0| lowed by a session of ballads
being composed by each
member.

An example of a lyric
was given and this too was
followed by the composing of
a lyric by each member.

ie

Roy Coleman, Mrs. Ted Jack-

Cpt. Bill

shift. — Celgar Photo

and his A shift crew: D. Alexander,
Armstrong, M. Livingstone, P. Brown, M. Wood, M. Riley, R.
Parent, M. Jorgensen, J. Robertson, J. Vigue and G. Fodor.
Honorable mention went to Cpt. Al Murray and the D shift
crew whose 87 per cent score was only two points behind A

Cairns to”

G.

Three New

The three new Arrow
Lakes communities of Fau-
quier, Burton and Edgewood,
created by B.C. Hydro to re-
place older settlements that
lie below the Arrow reservoir
line, are growing steadily.

| Two Castlegar Men
Honored by

company in 1968 sere re ‘hon-

Cominco

Frank peteet ee
| ecutives Cominco’s
head office = ‘Montreal, RD.

erry, executive vice-pro:
dent of operations. - Other em-

jored last
at. Trail with the presenta-

tion of gold medals and gifts.
- Included in the group
two Castlegar men, Joe
anco and Frank Spencer.
) Also included in the

Lroup were two senior ex-

were

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DEC. 3, 1968

Personal shopping only
Over 225 items

ig | Ployees
ley, ae and Cal;

If
Eperations at Trail, 3 ‘Kimber:

in the
last six months has taken
place at Fauquier. In June
there were 17 houses — to-
day there are 36. Six months
ago there were, only two non-|
a store]

Townsites

Are Growing Steadily

the same period, the number
of houses has risen from six
to 16, and’ the community
also has a new An

World Day
Celebrated

tions of the

icales celebrated a World

A. K. Macleod of Trail,

who is active with the or-
ganization which has a num-

ber of members in: this area,
had asked all Jeunesses Mus-
icales members to wear their
pins on that day to mark

The movement was foun-
ded in.1940 by Marcel Cuv-
elier in Brussels, and by Rene
Nicoly in France, with the
aim to create a love and
knowledge of good music and
the arts in general among
the youth of tne world.

Regardless of religious or
linguistic denominations, the
movement encourages young
People to become iactively in-
volved with the

‘ae literaationst Federa-
tion. of

of Music
Last Week

‘Twenty-eight meinber na-| patrons who had ideas en
International ilar to hi
Federation of Jeunesses Mus-|

is about “a lack of
;Canadian culture,” especially
among Canada's youth, He
found a solution to this in
eunesses Musicales.

| Mr. Lefebvre put aside
his violin and poured all his
energies into Jeunesses Mu-
Sicales. The Canadian organ-}
ization joined the interna-

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Nov. 28, 1968

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

BINGO

ST. RITA’S HALL
ON FRONT STREET

TONIGHT

tional in 1950.
Twenty years after its
foundation, JMC of Canada
presents more than 750 con-
certs with commentaries in
175 sections located in more
than 100 Canadian cities
from coast to coast.
Officials say membership
is constantly increasing.
Besides the JMC con-
certs with which Trail is fam-
liar, the international fed-
eration thas developed JM or-
chestras and choirs,
An artist exchange pro-

Was Created in 1946 by Bel-
gium and France to promote
the development of JM

glican Church, new  three-
room schoo] and new Red
Cross Outpost Hospital buil-
ding. Previously, the Cana-

from old Edgewood and a
federal post office building

dian Legion Hall was moved| qo,

was ‘founded by violinist. Gil-

and a general store were con-|es

with a group of music: -loving |

the world.
Today it totals 28 mem-
er countries. The head of-

fice is in Brussels and the|sical
annual meeting of its mem-

bers is eld during a. World
eG
Canada, the movement

es Lefebvre. In 1949 he met

gram gives young perform-
ers touring

foreign countries, 2

An international compe-
tition of composers and JM
summer camps are also spon-
sored by the International
Federation of Jeunesses Mu-
les,

Canada was first
member of the eat to or-
ganize these summer camps
ners young musicians work
and meet under expert guid-

Castlegar. Taxi

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ance in a xelexed’ and happy

atmosphere.

and community hall. Today,
in‘ addition to the store and
hall, Fauquier has two’ chur-
ches — Pentecostal and Ro-
man eae — a six-unit

Still to come for Fauqui-
er is a school, and this is

At new Edgewood for

Ployees have been honored.
‘ mee kere are still em-
ployed wit \e company and
238 are retired.

Mrs. J. Stier
New President
Of Robson Wi

hhas|§
two sons and one daughter.
One of his sons is employed

cer is a repair-

shop. Born in England, he
yore most of his time with

who me been elected by the
Robson
amet Thursday
Mrs.

coming year.
wit the company at Kimber-
P1

man an aot Warfield electric treasurer
he |an

‘Women’s Institute
at the home of

A.J. Tenner when they
elected the officers for the

The new officers are:

Many plans and SUBECS:

and in the Glectric shop. He

At One Low Price

has one son and one daugh-|
ter.

tions were
year and will be Gisoussed
anes at the regular meet-

rer aol

Health for five years

Chairman

BB. Developments in

Financial ‘Ability’
n: Level.

; mediate Future ‘Re

Kinnaird Voters

f Re-Elect Gerry Rust

Experience is Vital in the Changing
And Developing Municipal Field

@ Six terms as Commissioner and Alderman

@ Kinnaird Finance Chairman for 12 years

@ Chairman, Central Kootenay Regional District
@ Chairman of West Kootenay Union Board of

@ Three years on the executive of the Provin-
cial Health ‘Association of B.C., one year as

@ Member of Board of Management of Castle-
gar and District Hospital for four years

Kinnaird’s Im-
to Hold Down

| Costs and Taxes to an Acceptable

On Saturday,

December 7th Vote .

business,

PRESENT FISCAL YEAR
Provincial personal and corporate Income taxes
Provincial sales tax

Provincial natural resource revenues to
to reduce the taxes on i
by school districts

Federal contribution to
from Federal p

Total estimated Provincial revenues

_Property-cwner contributions by local
= paid by business and industry -
— pald by resideniial Property-owners

Total revenues expended on our public schools

Portion of public school costs raised b

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

RTS TO
REPORTS

O YOU
-on the Annual Financing of your
Public School System

Where the money comes from .

» payment Of annual Home-owner Grants

of the p

pi

Where the money goes
Provincial Government direct grants to schoo! districts

School district share of teachers superannuation paid by the
Provincial Government

_ Free textbooks provided by Provincial Government

Provincial Government Home-owner Grant payments to resident home-owners'
to reduce the amount of local school property taxes

Total Provincial

construction of Public school vocational trainin;
un
tax d from British Col x a

ly tax levies

to financing of our public schools
taxes to support our public schools

school

pay

for the c

industrial and residential property owners

GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Total Gost of operating our public schools

Thus, home-owners only pay this year, $25,700,000
out ofatotal public school cost of $297700,000 which is less than 9%

The Goverment of British Columbia raises and
«school building costs throughout the Province
accordance with assessment values.

of our public schools
y local property taxes Paid by

advances all the money for approved capital
and repays 50% to 90% of capital costs in

Department of Finance
Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, British Columbia

¥

$126,000,000

5,400,000
1,400,000

41,000,000
$173,800,000

123,900,000
$297,700,000