KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Public Speaking

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Much Interest In Minor
League Baseball

The Castlegar-Kinnaird-Rob-
son Minor Baseball Assoclation,
which i and

Eleven interested men trom
the district attended.the meeting.

youth baseball for the area, met
at the Hotel Marlane on Monday.

They don't always
_ tell you!

Dow! t wait for your child
‘Mummy, my feet

. hurt Children don't know
they've outgrown their
shoes! Their fect are so
pligble that they can often
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grown shoe. Yet growing
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This was a very good
turn out when it is realized that
over 170 boys took part in the
league ° activities last year. Of
the eleven people attending the
meeting, two were young high
school boys.

‘The meeting elected the fol-
lowing slate of officers for 1959:
President — Mr. G. Lind; Vice-
President — Mr. L. Ackney;
Secretary-Treasurer — Mr. D.
Geronazzo; District Represent-
atives: Robson — Carl Nygard;
Kinnaird — Bert Morice; Castle-
gar — Bob King.

Jim Lewis of Kinnaird was

and. Sandy Sanderson of Castle-
gar as League Commissioner.
The problems of finance, re-

and team selection were”
covered during the meeting.
Once again the mecting en-

well

fee. The fee will cover part of
the operating expenses of the As-
sociation,

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE — one McClary Ran-
gette, phone 3237, Kinnaird.
115

FOR SALE — 2 bedroom neue.
an d, extra

Wolf Cubs Hold
Father and Son
Banquet

‘The second Castlegar Wolt
Cub pack held thelr “father and
son” Banquet on Wednesday
April 8th with all-fathers present.
‘This’kind of response is of great
encouragement to leaders and
Cubs, Mr, R. Mitchell, Chairman
of the group committee, acted
as Master of ceremonies in the

er Resker, who was unable to
attend, Mr. J, Dalziel, president

.[of the. district council gave a

very talk,

Simpson; Games and Skits were

the need of fathers and sons do-
ing more. things togdther; as
these times are priceless memor-
Jes in the boys’ future years,

Other head table guests were
Dr. George Page, Mr. J. Waldie
both ‘members of the district
council and Mr. J. Leckle, pre-
sident. of the Legion, who spon-
sors the pack.

The Banquet was opened
with grace by Cub Harold Bat-

enjoyed. A Cantp-fire p

followed which was opened by
A. C. M, Mrs. H, J, Binnfe with
Major Moll, J. Dalzici and Cub
Master J, McLuckie leading thé
songs. The closing was done by
Cc. M. McLuckle with prayer by
Major Moll. A grest deal of
thanks and credit is due the Jad-
les of the group committee and
especially the: president of the
Legion Ladics auxiliary, Mrs. dD
Peppard tor: the: ‘delicious spread.

ting and the toast to the Queen:
was given later by Cub Freddie

dorsed a,one dollar registration ||

absence of District Commission-

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Clean-Up Cam

Members of the Public Affairs
Committee of the Castlegar and Dis-
trict Chamber of Commerce attended _,
B the Castlegar Council meeting Tues- +
day. night and urged their co-operation
inva planned * ‘general clean-up cam-’,
‘‘paign” for the village and including *
‘the highway fromthe ferry to, ““Sher-
bike Hill.” ie
.':. The delegation felt that campaigns
of this sort had not been too successful

in the past and therefore plan an “all

2 e@ Castlegar

out” effort for this year and they will

‘go after the support of the other or-
ganizations in the village for assist- .
‘ance. ie)

Mr. West said, “‘all yow have to do
is leave the village for a short time and
then come back and take a good look
at the village to see just what a shabby
condition it is in.”

The committee had taken photos

of sections of the village, mainly on the |

highway, to back up-their arguments

aign Next Week

for.this clean-up.

‘4, The Department of Public Works

"will be called i in to do their part on the

highway, and ‘it:-was pointed out that

‘the new bridge still carried the accum-

ulation of sand from winter and néed-
ed!a good going“over with a broom.

The Public Works Department has _
_alfgeady agreed té. widen, the road at

the South end of town, Chairman
Oglow reported: i

Comimiasioney Garton Pettitt has
been appointed village representative
on the Public Affairs Committee to
_ help organize the: campaign which has
been set to commence next Monday
for oné week.

With the development i in this area
it’ ‘was felt the whole town needed a
good “‘face lifting” to be presentable
to the many new residents and visitors
expected here.

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VOL. 12, No, 16.

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 1959 *

10 CENTS PER COPY

DANNY ‘GERONAZZO,

President OF the newly-formed Kins

men Club, receives the charter. from Kinsmen Governor. Colin

Jackson. Charter night 4
_Kionaird Improvement; Socia:
men from Trail, Ros: ang
Bili Saunders was el

farfield, New"
Secretary-Registrar, Phil :Zaitsoff,

asiheld last; Friday, night’ in ‘thé
Hall anid.

Health Department Says
Water Needs Clorination —

Village Superintendent Nor
man McNabb informed the Coun-
cil Tuésday night he was going
ahead with the installation of a
fire hydrant at the corner of 7th
and Juniper. The village crew
will also lay new sidewalk at
Bob's Pay’n Takit on the portion
that is ready and the balance of
old sidewalk that has to be re
moved. will be let out on contract.

A change in the

were not happy with ithe water
situation.”

Oil has been. oxdrga for the
streets, Ce

year and will be paid at the rate
of $92 per month.
A request was recdived from

said, and oiling ‘would

A and Co, for: the re-
it of the beside

next week. He uged the ‘coopera-
tion of the motorists uring oil-
‘ing time and suggestdd that the
streets should be shu off for a
time to allow the oll to soak into
the streets.

A letter from the ‘esitn De

of W. W. Plotnikoff was approv-
ed as was the subdivision plans

‘| of O. Lightle,

Commissioner Carr Said,
“the Fire Underwriters had made

partent

the Village Water Suppy, wien
the Celgar plant: {s id operation
and their sewage disposal ‘is in
the river. -

thelr store on, Pine, Ave. °..

- Village Clerk, J. Logelin, will
attend the Municipal Officers As-
sociation meeting in Victoria in
May..- >

A request was received from
the Marlane Hotel for no ‘parking
signs to be placed at the entrance
to the hotel. This was turned
over to the Village Superintend-
ent.
oe Gaunelt is drafting a bylaw
to regulate the "parking of trail-
ers within \the-village limits.

ed, by. Kins=:
nver and Kaslo.

) Treasprer and Pete’ Wok in, Jack: Hipwell and Ron: ‘Mcintyre

directors.

Charter members include Richie Geronazzo, John Poltock, Bill

Stefoniuk, Danny - Geronazzo,

Bip Saunders, Ron McIntyre, Phil Zai

and Jack Hipwell.*.

Bill Pickering, ‘Pete. Woykin,

ff, ohn? Plotnikoff

A First For
Celgar Ltd:

Celgar Limited will become
the first pulp mill in British Col-
umbia to install a Kamyr contin-
uous digester system. The decis-
ion of the. Company to Install
two units capable of yielding a
combined total of.:500 tons, of
high quality bleached. Kraft pulp
per day has recently.been an-

the Grand

* Kinnaird Little
Theatre Takes
Awards >

Nelson ‘Little’ “mhentre » ana
Forks Community
Players walked off with the four
big awards of the West Kooten;
ay Drama Festival Saturday
night:’. th

* Nelson received the best ac-
tor and best director awards,
while the Grand Forks group
won ‘the .best actress and best
play. trophies.

nounced by the Ct

. The advantages “which Cel-
gar expects to achieye over the
conventional batch process are
a higk quality product, economy
of operation, and a: simplified
mill lay-out. Experience with con-

| tinuous digesting is showing that

pulp. with exceptional qualities,
ean be produced.

In recent years great strides
have been. made in pulp mill
odour control, and it {s belleved
that further progress can be. ac-
hieved through the use- of contin.

. uous digesting.

‘Another first for Celgar in
B.C, will be the Installation” of
an Airborne Flakt dryer. The
new. dryer is of the latest design.
Instead of, the usual rollers or
conveyors which carry the pulp
sheet back and forth through the
huge drying chamber, the Atr-
borne Flakt dryer, “supports and
propels the pulp. sheet on a-cush:

nded show!

inates any chance. of, contamina:
tion with ofl or grease. A single

dryer has sufficient capacity to
handle the full 500-ton pulp: pro-
duction which wil be the capac
ity of the Celgar mill.

FIRE DEPT. WILL ASSIST

Tf you have any. extensive
burning: to: do: during Clean-up
Week, -notify..the Fire Depart.
ment and.they will assist with a
patrol. -

_In announcing | the awards,

J. P. Fergu: of

Kelowna said, “This is.a serious’

matter.. There were many diffl-

cult decisions to make. The fes-

tival did. not have a great flock
of clever actors.”

The best play award was
presented to Eve Lawrence, di-
rector of the Grand Forks Com-
munity Players, for their drama,
“The Prison. Across the Street"
by Mr, Fergusson. He said that

the perfomance was “beautifully
b

done. A very colorful show, easy
to watch.”

Miss Lawrence also received
the best actress award for her
portrayal of an old woman in the
same play. “A i

an inspection: of the. village and

_CelgarSite °

‘The Canadian Pacitic Rall.
way has a new station on its Ket-
tle Valley — “Kraft! id :

“This has been the name chos-
‘sen for official designation of a
‘station at the’ site of Celgar’s
$50,000,000 kraft pulp mill a few
miles west of Castlegar: on the
Columbia. River, a company
spokesman said in Nelson Friday.

With construction materials
artiving in increasing numbers
of car lots, official designation
of the stop’ is necessary for way
billing purposes,’ he pointed out.
Signs will be erected soon mark
ing the station,’ and the rame
will also appear on, the CPR’s
new time cards later this month,

- Kraft, which will be a re-
gular stop, is 28.5 miles from
Nelson on the Kettle Valley line.
‘The name was approved by post-
al authorities and the Canadian
Board of Geographical Names.

$1,055,310
Contract To.
Coast Co. :

Highways Minister PA.

ance, not too vigorous,” "was the

adjudicator’s comment ‘on the’

role.

Pattl Grieve ot Nelson Litde
Theatre Association was: given
the ‘best director award.
ion Mr. “Fergusson. said that ‘the

award was. in doubt for ‘a long
18 tim

I ‘feel’ that such ‘an award
ibe given to: the director
6f a play with a large east, They
‘are always’ much more difficult
to direct than a smaller play.”

‘The best actor cup was given

to Denny Coen of Nelson_for
his “lusty, well done” portrayal
of Arthur Gosport in “Harlequin:
ade."

Best suppérting ‘actor and
actress award went to the Kin-
naird Little Theatre. Margaret
AWhitelock and Georgo Jackson
recelved the awards for their

portrayals in “No Weeds for

News this. week: that a contract
for $1, ,055,310'has been" awarded
PB. F. Law Coristruction Compapy
of Vancouver for a 9.56 mile‘sec-
tion in the Sheep Lake area on
the Christina Lak pe

“Time. In
Kinnaird -

Everybody takes a new lease
on life when Spring rolls around.

~And that lease on life — for
you and’ your «family — will be,
more certain if: there’s a -thor-
ough Spring~ clean-up — done
around your home and yard.

“To help avoid a dangerous
and destructive fire: in © your
home is as simple,ds' that”, com:
ments Fire Chief R. Archambault
in connection with observance of | ¢,
Spring Clean-up here. He points
out that rubbish and trash js
thigh on the list of fire causes, ac-
cording to National Fire Protec:

tion Association . records, . and Ke
many of them ware death gesting ,

fires. :
Take these five’ steps ‘to’ a
firesafe home, urged. Chie
Archambault.”
(L) Get rid of stacks of ola

newspapers and magazines, “dis
varded clothing, mattresses, . old
furniture and lamp. shades, drap-
erles — alt the clutter that gath-
ers'in attics, basements and cl
ets; (2.) clean-up the home. Wor!
shop too — ‘get rid of shavings,

oorep oily, rags, old paints; (3.).|

removing job
in the garage; clean. up winter:

rubbish in the -yard,, get rid: of |

dead grass and, brush around’ and

near. the house; , (4.) repair de-|.

fective electrical cords and plugs,
check ‘over appliances and call a

ghway. :

‘Mr. Gaglardi sald that /now

all but 5.35 miles of the road is

completed ‘or under construction.
Work on this most recent

contract is to begin shortly.

the Widow.”

This Is'the second year in a
row that the best supporting
actor award has gone toa
member of the, Kinnaird. Lit-
tle Theatre, Last’ year it was
won by Wally Walper.

Trail‘ Little Theatre's presen-

tation of “One-Day More” was
given the award for the best vis-

ual presentation.

it they need

attention; (5,) have” furnace,

chimney and stoves inspected and
cleaned,

“These are, the danger’ spots"; 2

says Chief R. Archambault. *

“Look out for them — cor-|’

rect them'— keep them corrected.
all year ‘round, and you will have
helped to ‘keep you’ and your
family safe, from fire" :

Set Your Glock Ah Bhead

Don't,” forget

clock ahead one hour on‘ Sinueusy ‘

night before’, going to bed.’ Day-

light Savmg ‘Time goes into ef.
fect on. Sunday, April 26th.

/’ Should Start
© On April 27

lack of interest in . base-
ball was:shown in Kinnaird when |"

only: seven boys’ registered for|-

,| the. BABERUTH feam by the
‘‘ Wednesday closing last -week
which forced the;deadiine to be.
extended to April 17. .~

This year it ‘is hoped ‘the
parents will show more of an in-
terest In the “Ruth”, and ‘Fel
le of the future, The calibre of
baseball’ played does improve
with the support of parents at
games; as well as from the home.
The league is expecting.to get.
under. way. April 27,. for ten.
weeks of baseball, with some 70
to: 80 games being Played.

‘Registration fs -for. ‘thirteen
teams; Robson -- three, Kinnaird

iad ' 43,. boys,” Kinnaird
and Castlegar 87 ‘boys!

st caathes: are- asked
to “turn ‘in any catcher’s mitts,

.R-umpire, indicators, or any other

equipment which ‘they ‘ “have for=
gotten to retuin. »

There will be a Little ‘Lea-
gue jtry-out on .Mond ight-at

Budget Shows Overall
“Increase Of 3 Mills

The budget brought down at Tuesdays
Council meeting shows and overall increase of
3 mills. About | mill increase was caused by
the new wage contract for village employees
and an increase of. 1.65 in the School District

No.9 mill rate.

Revenue is estimated at $125,996 and about
$16,345. will be lifted from the surplus account
to meet anticipated expenditures for the year.
This will leave $29,000 in the surplus account.

General expenditures total

$83,000 while

capital expenditures such as sidewalks, parks,
pumping facilities and blacktopping total $19,-
000. $40, 341 ‘will go for schools.

batiey Chamber Today

“According to Mr. Tan A. Bar-
clay, Secretary and "Assistant to
the President, Celgar Limited, in
an address to. the Nelson Cham-
ber “of Commerce today, the
bleached kraft pulp mill and ad-
jacent sawmill being, built by
that Company near “Castlegar,
B.C.-.wili Install two Kamyr con-
tinuous ‘digesters and an: Air-
borne Flakt Dryer which carries
the. pulp, sheet through the dry-
jing chamber on a cushion of
‘warm air without touching mov:
ing or mechanical parts. Both of
these installatiohs - will,
for British Colimbla.
Basie to ‘the quality

| pulp which Celgar expects to

Sroduce are the softwood species
of the area and the pure water.
‘The mill ‘will use almost as
much water.as the City of Van-
couver does. :

Approximately 325 men will
‘be required to rin the mill when
it opens in 1961. Of these 175 will
be in the operating. group, 76 on

6:00 p.m. at the ‘school. grounds.
All players and cea should
attend.

he
salaried SS a 7
Mr. Barclay. stressed that

construction needs are being fll-

Jed from among the residents in
the area through the Nelson and
‘Trail National Employment Serc-
vice Offices who estimate .that
no outside workers will be re-
quired to meet this year’s con
struction needs. About 100 mex
will be,on the site by June with
800 by .mid-fall.-After a levelling
during. the winter, a peak of 12-
00 will be reached. in early 1960.

The: whole ,matter of. chip
purchases from ‘the sawmillgiin
‘a radigs around Castlegar fs now
under, study by the Company
witha “vlow to fategrating these

gor mills into the wood chip supply.

+ Nakusp- ‘will become the log-
ging centre for the” southern part
of the Tree Farm Licence and
Revelstoke for’the Northern por-
tion. At least 30% of the wood
harvested from Crown linds ‘in
the Licence will be offered to in-
dependent contractors for - cut-
ting. ~

‘An additional. 66) workers,
said Mr. Barclay, means a popu-
lation increase .of about 4,0)

‘| people in an area when services

are provided and families estab-
{continued.on page three)

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