" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,°1957 A. EREMENKO & Co Prices Effective February 15 and 16 BLUE BEEF BARGAINS STEAKS, Sirloin, T-Bone & Round, bb. CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C. 1 ws ¢ the Kinnaird Improvement So- Rose Ball Wil Be Held) oie2si5.00 senctarsnip. dune 21 In Kinnaird Miss Catherine Pellegrin of Castlegar was the winner of the Kinnaird Improvement So- pid Hose Queen Geliolareip ane ciety Members set the date for ii i we attendin UBC the 1957 Annual Rose Ball, when|&"" '5 no! e . they held the regular monthly Mrs. Jacobson stated also that meeting this week. Acting Secretary, ‘AR NEWS Fublished Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” CASTLEGAR,’ BRITISH COLUMBIA Liberals To Hold Official Gpening Of Nominating Convention Silver Birch School Here In March 0 A LieeatrTioNs YOUR DOCTOR'S H THE BEST QUALITY DRUGS retest were HE Lowest PRICE ES PITTS REXALL DRUG VOL. 10, No. 8 Geroner’s Jury Set Back To Later Dale THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, Hospital Sociely Annual 1957 the “teen-ager’s” dances held every second Saturday .are still Bar Ww: very popular with the younger PHONE: 4231 lists Prescription accion NIGHT SERVICE. Jacobson, said the date has been set for June 21st, and arrange- ments have also been made for the Orchestra, the “Men of Note”, The Rose Ball will be the big event of the year, and again will feature the “Rose Queen”, who is set, and are very successful. by the Improvement Society, and are supervised’ by Improvement Society members, . These dances are sponsored Executive members of the BONELESS PRIME RIB ROAST, Ib; ROASTS, blade or round bone, tb. PORK LIVER, fresh, tb. BACON, by the piece, 1b. EGGS, grade A med., dozen A coronor's jury met Satur- day night to view the body of Charles Duncan, victim. of an id early Mz. Duncan was a foreman for the Mannix Construction Company on the Blueberry- federal election. A special meeting of the Koo- Set For March 5 tenay West Liberal Association was held in Castlegar at the Mar- lane Hotel last week. Members from all parts of the constituency/°" ‘Tuesday, March Sth at the met to discuss the forthcoming| Elementary School at 8 p.m, This was announced by c. 'T. Onions at The Official Opening of the Silver Birch School will be held ti Meef Scheduled For March 11 Hospital Society Executives; Castlegar has offered to take on held two meetings ‘Monday night,| the job of gettin? them out to his resignation .from the Execu- tive, Mr. Rilkoff had found it Society are H. J, Warner, Pre- G CK MARGA! 2 Ibs as work the people, selected from the Grade,12 stu- Paulson highway project and was A Inati is|an necessary to resign owing to Pkt.) oy LB. ... HAMBURG STEAK, 2 Ibs. for ....... February 15 and 16th ORANGES, 5 Ib. cello bag :.... 55c¢ POTATO 5S, Gem, 10 lb cello bag . LETTUCE; firm heads, ib. ....... 19¢ CAULIFLOWER, small heads, Ib. . 25c STRAWBERRIES, Aylmer frozen, SPAGHETTI, Cattelle, 15.o0z. tins, 2 for ........... 29e¢ Blue Brand Beef CO-OP 4lc STORE dents at the Stanley Humphries High School. The winner is pick- sident, W. Jacobson, Financial Secretary, and Mrs, Jacobson, ed from a group of top and must qualify in personality, manner and deportment, ete, as of tee are held’ the first Wednes- day of each month. ti lar meet- The ing for the Kiwanis well as high ments in school. The Rose Queen 10th Annual Banquet on Jan. is chosen by a group of impartial 25th was also reported on, this hi being a turkey. supper judges ata to the Ball, and is the recipient for over 90 persons, OOD RINE, SWEET | MIXED PICKLES, Libby's, KETCHUP, Calinda, 2 bottles TOMATO. ‘SUICE, Libby's 20 ox., 2 for . McCORMICK’S BiscuITs, shortbread ‘rings COFFEE, Green Label, tb. . GAY LiQuip; 20 ox. bottle FROZEN PEAS, Frozo Brand, 2 for FROZEN STRAWBERRIES, Ayimer's, each KRG (Continued frem page 1) | vices. As the 1957 Annual Meeting, of District Welfare Societies is) to be held-in Castlegar, with the: K.R.C. as hosts, the Directors and Executive’ officers are mak- ing plans for the event. The meet- ing will take the form of a ban- quet and evening meeting, and tentative date is set for March 12th. Delegates wil, attend from surrounding areas and the theme of the session Will be “The .de- gree of control and enquiry the Welfare Society shovld have into beneficiary organizations.” President E, Fitzpatrick is of the itt to arrange for catering. Mr. Fitzpatrick stated tthe ‘ply ballot forms, Hospital (Continued from page 1) amount of $215,000.00 was sent the Hon. W. D. Black. Mr, West conferred with the Chief Electoral Officer, F, H. Hurley regarding . arrangements for the plebiscite. He also reported the Pro- vincial Government will take over the responsibility of arrang- ing the plebiscite, and will sup- declarations. Mr. D. Gilroy of Castlegar has been appointed returning offic- er, It is hoped to hold the ple- biscite early’ in ‘March, but no date has been set definitely. Once the ratepayers have given their approval to the as- sessment, the next step will be the calling of tenders, Working Canadian Arthritic A has asked for a representative of the KRC. to attend their meetings in Trail, and if any of the Directors would like to take this on, he would be pleased to accept the offer. ~ “Cominco” to the effect that the monthly. grant from “the com- pany” would be $250. and.,any palance‘would be made up at the end of the year. The grant is on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and the KRc will be holding their drive for memberships in the spring, PINE AT'FOURTA with the aim of boosting the Cominco grant. Speaking briefly on the mat- ter of the membership drives, the president said that in his opinion a few dedicated workers could Are You Making - Plans: For Next SUMMER Why Not Build Yourself A Boat bring in more members: than @ large number of canvassers going out only on certain days, and probably returning with not much, to show besides promises. The’ suggestion has " been made the pledge cards for the 1957 donations show on. the -re- verse side, the various ‘organiza- tions and causes which are help- ed by the KRC grants. Directors felt this should be brought home to the people in some way, as practically every family in the area’ is affected in one way or another. Directors present were “W. Waldie, W. Jacobson, J. Kelly, J. Killough, J. lop, O. Idie,: L. ce 2 ee and F. Webster. by Paul Smith and Partner - are well ad- vanced, The Hospital Society will meet again next week, and ar- rangements to.prepare for’ and publicize. the plebiscite are being ORANGES, :288's dozen « CELERY HEARTS, each TURNIPS, medium, tb. “NEW CABBAGE, {b. . HELEN MORGAN Print Dresses Monica, Mimi, and Maisie $2.98 each Myrna, HYLONS . . 95e pr. 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HARDWARE DEPARTMENT : ; the ‘matter of a donation to the killed on the job, when a fifteen ton truck is said to have run over a portion'of his body, Police say death was practic- ally instantaneous. The inquest, which was call- ed by Coronor ‘Dv. V.'B. Goresky was adjourned tin a later date next week, . : * Jurymen: were Noah’ Defoe, Antonio. Schiavon, Roland Cook, ..John Sherbiko, Frank Watkins, Carl Wolfe and Frank Woodrow. scientiously in selecting Jnvitation is extended to anyone i Guest y for this fe 4 that| at the ing will be Dr, W. J. were ii and “their wives attend Tom Goode, M.P, Burnaby-Rich-| Endicott, of Trail, a film will be mond, would be in the riding for|Shown and a Dedication Cere- jan executive dinnet and public{Mony-and i meeting of the Trail-Rossland|Ver Birch School. Refreshments Liberal Assn, Executive members will be served. the Presi of . the sis on ments for. the coming Hospital now slated for Castlegar during night, of the Castlegar Branch of Plebiscite. the second week of March, As-|the Kootenay Society.for Handi-|FJebiscite, The work of arranging Public, meetings, etc. is being The sociation President Harry Harri-|capped Children. Invitations are son urged all locals to ian Gor: being sent to all clubs and a gen-| Which is composed of Mrs, W. J. their | eral Banigan, M. E. Moran and G. =| Reith, met in Mr. Moran's office to discuss plans ~ for providing the ratepayers of | the © district with a true picture of the hospi- tal situation, 30, that when the Trail meeting, _Gilorination Equipment _ Purchased For At the, regular ing of Kinnaird — CG: Ch the Kinnaird Board ~f Com- it was that Chlorination equipment ‘to chlor- inate Village water supply will be installed at the earliest pos- merce, and help for Mrs, A, R. McDermid. be given to the Kinnaird Im- Provement Society Welfare Fund. C A <% iti. jin Creston of the Kootenay So- of Com-| cluding a. cheque of $300 sent A grandt of $100.00 is to] Brownies (returns of a recent L. Kerody report: ed on the meeting he -attended clety. The treasurer, L. E. Can- tell said that an estimated budget| for the running of the school is| $2,100 for, a 10 month term, Gov- ernment grants for students un-; der 16 are available, but some of. the pupils do not come under this age group... Total cash today, in- from, the Trail Branch, is $869.70. A cheque received from the bake sale) will be used to pur- sible time. It was that this could be si a at the top of the hillside and| piped -in 46". pipe, well insulated]: to be conriected to water pipe- line at the foot of the. hill Al's ‘building approximately 8 x 10 feeet would havve to be built house the new equipment. P.. A. . Smibert, Village Clerk: ‘was -in-|: structed ‘to write to Mr, Joseph H, Paul, Prof. Eng., of Vancou- viee he can give on this matter. ee ek Muirhead re-| pad> weFe ties of Mrs... Kirby: “and Mrs. -Burke, caused’. -by ; povertlow ofl: Village water.. tanks." After’ discussing: the grant- ing of a Franchise ‘for T.V. cable installations."to McBride, Allan and Moran, for .Transvideo TV Services Ltd, and- Karl - Rolph, ‘the c decided that for 1957 will remain the. same as they were in 1956, |) ACbill for 10 ft. of copper ‘cable at '$1.00 per foot is to be sent to Mr. Trischuck’ in pay- ment for cable that was. remov- éd from the Public Works Ware- A.| house without permission. - “Due -to the.. difficulty .. in policing the lack of room, no out- the Village Dump, 23rd. - Named to work with _the Chairman of the..committees the:. forlswitig: Finance] after. Feb. -works* ‘Chairman R. Smales, Vice- Chairman F. -G.:.'Warner; Fite Dept, Chairman J. Logelin, Vice- Chairman G.. 8. Rust; Public Works. Chairman F, G,-‘Warner and Vice: Chairman J. Logelin. The appointment of Mr. G. ‘as soon as both ob- Jack: as Kinnaird Village re- -tain permits from. the Transport| , Board, no objection would be raised by Village of Kinnaird in issuing-a Trades License as long as their installations in no way interfere or conflict with Village water, gas or roadway. However ‘they will not grant an exclusive - Fanchise to any ‘applicant, * A discussion about water pipelines to: divert. water from 10 inch transite pipe to, the ‘Bench pipe’ will be investigated by -the Chairman and. vice- chairman of the water commit- tee, : Also under ‘discussion was ‘to the C Airport Committee was made. .As the Kinnaird Village re- presentative on the Castlegar and District Hospital Society, Mr.}? Guido's $2.50 fee will he paid by side ‘garbage will be accepted’ at| 5th. | plan to build a deck this year. The membership. committee bench and a, cheque received from Mr.\ and Mrs, Herb Pitts has been earmarked for tools. - The Junior Red Cross of the kindly. agreed to arrange the raffle of the beautiful Bride Doll donated “by. Mrs. Westgate and tickets will goon. sale ¢ v4 bylaw. comes up for voting soon, the public . will have all the information they re- quire to cast their ballot wisely. Next week's loca) paper will carry & ‘special Hospital insert, further inf on the plehisicite. . Pamphlets are being prepar- ed which will' be distributed to all. residents in the area, ¢over- ing the sarne territory ‘as School District No. 9, These by Mr. Moran. meeting. will be held in the An- glican Hall at Castlegar on Mon- day, March 11th. _ Others of the Society Ex- .ness period, The. meeting was chaired by A. E. Norris, President, and those in attendance were W. J. Sani- gan, J. Williams, G. Guido and Mrs, C. Saunders, Various matters concerning the Hospita) bylaw also came up at, this meeting for discussion, but'as the members present did not constitute a quorum, there were no d made, are being prepared by Gordon Reith, and the Kiwanis Club of A letter has been written to G. Rilkoff, accepting with regret Castlegar Village Commis- gioners heard Fire Chief Ed is present his semi-annual ‘report, ‘at ‘Monday night's Com- The drawing will take place. at the Official Opening’‘on March Arrow Boat. Glub Forty mi 1 hers: of ‘the Arrow, Boat Club _met! ‘this. week: and a4 ‘the | ‘six-month period, and that “these had all béen grass fires. of ‘}1gse“had been sustained. Jngany 8. oh , The Fire-Chief reported there had been only three fires during!| a@ minor nature. No property bf these-fires,-: ¢ “The. ‘question , ot the Village ‘iremen: ‘responding to ‘calls out= side the Village limits came up for dis ion,:and a that ‘a “charge be madé. for. such i was: made. No. decision voted to an opticn on land held ‘by the take steps to secure a clear title for forshore property. They also freported $400-had been coll Robson Co-op. Society, and’ to{* was reached on the matter, how- ever. A vote of thanks will be € ex- tended to M, Dalton, for the co- operation of the staff at the CPR station in handling the fire alarm calls. chase the materials for a work Fire Report Shows Only 3 Calls In. Six Months Elementary Schools have very s Superannuation Branch Pension plan, for the Village Employees, business reasons, Mrs. Saunders volunteered to speak at service club meetings, It. was announced that the/etc. on the subject of the bylaw Annual. Genefal Hospital Society| vote. It was hoped to have ‘cop- ies of the pamphlet which is in preparation, for reference if any local organizations wished to have Mrs, Saunders address their ecutive held a meeting in the! meetings. High School. for a general busi- ; Severa] applications have been received for the position of Hospital Administrator, and these are being tabled until needed. Village Office To Stay Open Next Sat. For Sale of Licences announced today the Village Of- fice will be open Saturday, Feb. 28rd from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm for the selling of 1957 Motor ,] Vehicle Licence Piates. This is.a public service offer- ed by the Village Office to ac- commedate those who are unable to get in during the week to purchase their new plates, Feb- ruary 28th is the last day the 1956 plates are valid. -The C have been approached by ‘the local Retail M the setting up of a Tourist In- formation Bureau in Castlegar. No decision has been made) as yet) on this matter. The ‘application. of HE Card a Television Cable ynder the’vil- lage” streets, has : been - turned down. It is felt the underground cable would conflict with ‘water pipes, etc. in ‘the ‘village... =- The Natural ,Gas Bylaw, which will: grant Inland Natural Gas Ci 8-20 year fri in the Village, has been approved and returned by the Inspector of Municipalities, It is now ready to be presented to the Setepayers in the near future. A its totaling an The Board of Cx i in dues and that: very favourable Tespense had been received from the Commissioners. the entire slistrigt. 3. M. as Vil- jage Auditor, and alse appointed the firm of Wetmore and Mc- Gauley as Solicitors, Scouting Will, Celebrated. On Sunday. This, week is:a great week 50th Anniversary 0 the local radio station (610 on the The “go-ahead” has been given to the proposed medical service plan and the, Municipal Jr. Badminton Players Bring. Home Silverware ’ The Trail and District Junior Badminton Tournament was held in the Tadanac Hall on February 16th and 17th. There were 63 :jannounced that -practically all payment. Village Clerk, A. T, Horswill, water lines were now clear of ice, and about one more day should see the end of the job of thawing out pipes: “-*An order has “been placed with’ Moynes Motors of Trail for the new Village Truck. This ‘will be a three ton Fargo, and will be equipped with a dump bedy and hoist. of - $1477.36 were approved for|~ Curlers Competa For Two Trophies. The draw for the. Ralph ;West Trophy . will commence on of. Robson for permission. to-lay ing ,f A‘schedule | te play had webs drawn. up as follows: “9 pm. Fowler vs. Frederickson : Friday ¥ 7:00 p.m. Jones. vs. Thiel 7:00 p.m. Lightle vs Pilkey 9:00 Leitner vs, Marshall 9:00 p.m. Mills vs: K. Sharples _ Saturday 8.00 a.m. Jankola vs. LeRoy *.10 am. Leckie vs. Dalton The draw sheets for this competition and for the Leitner Trophy’ draw, are posted in the arena, It is hoped that the skips will keep their rinks notified of playing dates and ‘times after consulting these ‘schedules. The competition for the Leit- ner Trophy should be finished by ‘Sunday. night, according to Mr. Loeblich. Meanwhile, the ladies. are still playing their second draw. Nillage Clerk A. T. Harswilt. 8am. W. Sharples vs. Goetting - players taking part in the tourna- ment this year, making it the largest entry for many years. Trophy winners from Castle- gar and district were as follows: Rita Cummings, Girl’s Singles Under 14 years; Elaine Chernoff and Tanya Kinakin, Girl’s Dou- bles Under. 14 years; Yvonne For Fishing and For The Pleasure Of Your Family ‘for all members of the Scout Legion Membership 1d Guide M ts, for Frid: Still Going Up Feb, 22 isthe 100th Birthday The Legion once. again in-/of the great founder, Lord Robert creased its membership on Tues-| Baden Powell of Gilwell. - day evening with the initiation Uniforms should be worn on of two new members, Mr. Leo/ Friday, all day. : Every. Scout, Bosse and Mr. George Vlanich. Guide, Cub and Brownie will, it Other applications approved were/is hoped, attend the Memorial dial) this week. Saturday 23rd On the programme “This Week” at 4:30 pm. and on Sunday 24th on Canadian Scene at 1 p.m. Funeral Held For New Low. WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF YOUR BOATING NEEDS MARINE PLYWOOD MAHOGANY PLYWOOD. BENDING OAK or YELLOW CEDAR in random widths SPRUCE or PINE LUMBER, WATERPROOF GLUES SCREW NAILS & ALUMINUM BOAT NAILS BALLERINAS Have Just Arrived BLACK CALF BLACK SUEDE BROWN CALF SIZES 4%B to 10B A NEW SHIPMENT OF MAXINE EUREKA VAC ............ HCOVER FLOOR POLISHERS . Prices On Vacuam Cleaners HOOVER COSNTELLATION ..... $89.50 & $99.50 Le $99.50 $59.95 Andy MeWhinnie; George Woed| c .for the founder on and J. W. Randall. ‘The member- further stimulus when a proposed house-to-house canvass of. all ex;/is ef course voluntary, but all service members takes ples i in| members will want to do honor to the Chief Scout of all the world in full ‘uniform, represented by.a strong entry in|high school and in their own the Legion Bonspiel ‘at Nelson| church. the near future. The Castlegar Branch was with M. Moran as skip, They won the first game against Nakusp c W. R 1 Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. ship drive is gathering momen~/ in the high school’ (by kind per- tum rapidly and will receive| mission of the school board). ere invited to attend, Attenda: at this at the All former ‘scouts and guides and sit Accident Victim : Funeral ‘services were held Sunday for Charles -Duncan; ac- cident victim on the highway construction job, west of Kin- naird. Rev. L. C. Johnston, of the Castlegar United Church officiat- ed at ‘the services and organist was Mrs, J, M. Thatcher. Many of his fellow workers and friends were present and hymns. sung were “Abide with Mitchell,. Girl’s Doubles Under 16 years; Cyrij Popoff, Boy’s Doubles Under 16 years; Don Simpson and . Yvonne Mitchell, Mixed Doubles Under 16 years; Marvin LeRoy and Don Simpson, Boy's Doubles Under 18 years, Gail Leitner and’ Mavrin LeRoy, Mixed Doubles Under 18 years. Trophy winners from Kin- naird were as follows: Molly ‘Taylor and Roy Ken- nedy, Mixed Deubles Under 14 but were unfortunately beaten! with present members of their} Me” and. “Lead, Kindly Light”. by a Trail rink, movement, parents and the gen-j Following the service the body The members voted to take| eral public are also invited. After; WaS sent to Calgary for inter- out a membership in the Castle-| the ceremony, the great colour; ment. gar Branch of the Society for| film of the Niagara World Jam-| Mr. Duncan, who was a native Handicapped Children. boree will be shown for half of Scotland, was foreman for the . @he ever popular bingo will! an hour. Mannix Construction Company, be held’ in the Legion Hall on , a oe ; ; = 9 : u : There are two special Baden| and had no known relatives in W : - S sy: S - ; Saturday at 8 p.m. : Powell Radio Programmes on}Canaode. ‘| years; Keith Muirhead, Boy’s Singles Under 16 years; Keith Muirhead, Boy’s Doubles Under 16 years, Concellation winners from the district were, Donnie Mair, Molly Taylor, Tony Dalton, Al- bert Merrifield, Verna Bonder- off, and Terry Ackney, CAULKING COMPOUND 5% AA to 10 AA + PRICED AT $4.95 Madd¢ecks _ JUST PHONE 7112 — Waldie et Yours Hew SS ne Sotevweatia-reneral Vincent Massey is pictured above, on the eps of the Parliament Buildings’ in Ottawa, taking the salute at the opening of parliament. As Chief Scout of Canada, he will be caking part in the 50th A ‘y of that — LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLY