_ CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1962

As I am not able to send out
Christmas cards this year 1 would
like to wish all my friends who
have been so good to me a very
happy Christmas.

Helen Gergely.

Castlegar Firemen
Enjoy a Banquet
Followed by Dance

Castlegar ficrmen, village com-
missioners, members of the press
and those who hold village appoint-
ments on such boards as that of the
hospitat were gucsts of the Castle-
gar Fire Department and Village
of Castlegar at.the aunual Fire-
men’s Ball held recently.

At the banquet which preceed-
ed the dance, a special presentation
was made to former: firemen Bil!
Price who has moved to Cranbrook.

Fire chief Ed Lewis was chair-
man of the banquet and speakers
were Comm. George Carr, who
chairman of the fire and lights
committee, village chairman Aage
Sylvest and RCMP Sgt. Alex Boro-

| dula,

Following the turkey Supper at
the Legion hall catered by Mra. W.
Saliken, firemen were joined by

[other guests at the Twin River's

hail where dancing was enjoyed to
the music of Buddy Marr’and His
Versatiles. =~

STREAM

BY JACK WHITE

Members of the Deer Park Wo-
men's Institute drove to Castlegar
where they held : the December
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Mackereth, i

Minutes of the November
were read by. the record-

Well fellows the hunting sea-
son is over for this year and now
you. can sit back around the fire
this winter and sce who can tell
the biggest lies about the big one
that got away.

Before you settle down, though,
be sure to take Old Betsy out.of
the rack and give her a last swipe
with that oily cloth. For those of
you who like to leave the oily cloth
in the end of the muzzle, to keep
out dust and) BE SURE

However, when Mrs, C, awoke
and saw the big lug still sleeping
all she could think was the wasted
time making that big lunch. Sounds
good, in fact too gaod to be true,
especially with Sid telling it.

Ice fishing will soon be in full
swing again though many lakes
aren't frozen over except in the
high country. if you do|C

ther. doesn’t make good ice, When
you leave be sure to place crossed
sticks over the hole you were us-
ing to .mark' it so that the next
fellow to come along won't go
through and get wet, also it gives
the next guy a break sometimes at
chopping a hole.

Have fun and a Merry Merry
to wives of

go out and try it be sure and test
the ice before you go out and keep
on testing as you go. This'soft wea-

Sportsmen who’ have been away
every Sunday since’ the season
opened.

to leave a generous piece hanging
down so no one can accidently load
and fire ‘the gun without first re-

moving the cloth.
Ig the breach doesn’t blow and

seriously injure someone the worst |.

that can happen is a ruined barrel,
and the most surprised look on
’s face:when it peels back

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like a‘ banana peel,

All in all, according to our
local. conservation officer Pete E-
wart, it‘has been a good season but
the grouse kill and deer kill is
down considerably from last year
except for: the Cariboo country,
This along with the fact that the
hunter population increased con-
siderably points to about three
things:

1. The spring we had was a
poor one for the hatching and rais-

ing of chicks. 2. The fall was just tinie of

right type for the wild game but the
wrong type weather for the guy
who was out there slogging away

ajafter, that elusive buck. 3, If the

weather continues the way it is,
look for a terrific year next year
for if there is enough feed to carry
wild life population, with the lower
hunter success combined with a
lower winter kill we should have
@ population explosion,

Don’t get excited though, win-
ter isn't over yet and mother na-
ture seems to have a way of bal.
ancing her own.

Bob Morrison picked up a nico
Bob Cat last week up Deer Park
way. Seems like someone had trap-
ped him but the trap wasn’t anchor-
ed securely or else he fought like
a tiger till he broke the mooring.
Anyway, he was still’ packing: the
trap when Bob got to him though
he didn’t see the trap till he went
to pick up his: cat. Anyway, he
busily tanning-a nice skin now. or
at least is going to give it a whitl:

coaip cuduee of the week goes to

Ed Conroy if the story: Sid
Walton is telling is true..It ap-
pears Ed's ever lovin’ packed him
a! whopping big lunch to go. deer
hunting, which he did but within
30, minutes of leaving the house
he was.back home lunch and all
with. his:deer, Everyone was sleep-
ing and it still being early Ed de-
cided to rack up some sack time.

By PL MES x. Ruch

the Mhinterlan will be interested
in what Victoria looks like at thi
year.

‘There are warmer climates and
more exciting places, but I do
not think that any city looks more
beautiful than’ Victoria at Christ-
mas time, and I do not even ex-
cept my favorite city of San Fran-
cisco,

‘We are all lit up, you might
say. The giant redwood at the main
gate to Government House is a-
blaze with light that can, on clear
nights, be seen ‘clear across the}
Strait of Juan de Fuca in Los An-
geles, The redwood in Parliament
Square is a-gleam too, and across
the. way the holly trees in the Em-
Press Hotel gardens are atwinkle.

this year we have the im-
pressive Centennial Fountain, flash-
ing its lights .and. waters, in the
new square back.of the Parilament | -
Buildings, and the south facade of
the dome now is lit, and -so'the
whole area is a wondorous and

ig | friendly sight.

The towers’ and turrets of

their} soft lights. and the Water
Tower is lit up too, not unlike the.
famous Coit Tower in San Francis-
co,

Victoria's face is rapidly chang-
ing, what with high-rise apartments
shooting: up to the sky all around.

a new glamor and: light to this, my
native city; which sometimes can
be very dull and drab, so much so

Trans-Canada
Hwy Standards

. New. stretches of. highway be

rang Canada ‘Highway Southern

ing built along

told the meeting

vincial Highway No. 3.
the recently completed .Kinnaird-
Christina. Lake . link—are. being
completed ‘to Trans-Canada High-
way standards the Castlegar Cham-
ber of Commerce. was told at its
meeting last w

eek,
‘J,'M. Macbeth, secretary of the

that he had obtained this i
tion from Highways Minister: Gag-

Reporting on the reecnt meet-
ing of the association at Creston,
Mr.-Macheth said 66 delegates from
Medicine. Hat to the’ Okanagan: at-
tended. He said the meeting was
agreed that. southern, Alberta: and

4|‘southeastern B.C. deserve a road to

‘Trans-Canada, standards’. before o
second . Trans-Cana ada highway
built. elsewhere, i

Allen ‘Woodrow owner of ‘the
Robson:zoo, reported. on, the adop-,
tion of his tame cougar, : Niki,. as.
mascot of the association. To'be
known as the phantom cougar. of
Highway 3, the animal: will be tak-
en. ‘unannounced to functions along
the. highway.

DEER PARK SOGIALS

Mrs, Williamson
Weekend visitors at the home
of Mr, and Mrs, Fred Briggeman
included’ their nephew Mr. H. R.
Briggeman and sons Wayne and

= | John Victor of Kinnaird; Mrs, L.

Elder and an ped Wilney of Trail.
Mr, Mrs, A, Mackereth and
son Bruce or Castlegar, were Sun-

& |day visitors to Deer Park.

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Mrs. R. Austin and son Mich-

Sl ael of Castlegar spent Sunday at

the home of her father, Mr. and
Mrz, C. T. Williamson.

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Christmas Must .
Eschew Politics

that I often advise young, people
to ‘get out,

I Uke the high- rises with their
litter and their“ pools ‘and their
svelte lines‘an dthe views of scen-

ing secretary Mrs. Mackereth while
‘s. Coleman read the treasurer's
report,

Mrs, Mottershiead informed the
meeting that the magazine “Hoc-
key News” had been sent to the
WI adoptee, John Arncil. The par-

cel of gifts for patients in Mental
hospitals’ was: mailed, as:well' as a |'

Services at Vancouver,

the donation of $5 to. the Heart Re-

search fund at: UBC,:in memory.
of a resident who had passed away
recently. A donation of $5.is to. be
sent to the Silver Birch School for.
Handicapped Children at Castlegar.

A pattern for making. felt:slip-
pers is to be ordered from Unitar-
ian Services. Plans were discussed
for a bake sale with the date to be
set later,

Delicious refreshments were
enjoyed after a half hour spent
in playing amusing games. Prizes
woe given to the winners,’ Th
gi

ery that is
in the whole world. I have e thrilled
to. the Bay of Naples, and the Str-

in |#its of Messina to Honk Kongs Peak

and Repulse Bay, to the loveliness
of Kyoto and’ the excitement of
Tokyo, and the’ starring nights of
the Bay of Bengal—but, honestly, I
have never seen a natural ‘setting
more glorious ithat around
Nictoria, I may be biased, but it is
true—even Kipling” said so. This
isn't to mean I wouldn't live else-
heres because I would, and some-
day I: hope to.

Now, whatever started me off
on that tangent? Oh yes, lights in
Victoria at Christmas time, ‘and
how the new high-rises are lending
more night light, if not night life,
to this place. :

Premier Bennett. is off with
his family enjoying Christmas,

Graigdarroch’ Castle, gleam. with |'

and about, and these buildings lend -

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country-squire style, at his home in
x The L

will have his usual family party
at Government House—with his
mother, his"son, and his grandsons
—four generations,

The politicians will be quiet,
and ‘MLA’s will not. even be re
minding themselves that within.a
month. they must be here, going
about: the duties for which they
were elected, | =

I. take this’ opportuntty to
thank:people in many, parts of the
province who Have written me in
the last year. I have found’ your
comments stimulating. I hope they
have kept me out of a rut. And 1

masand many good days in 1963.

ie
proved very inter.

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‘A letter of thanks was read for |’

Deer Park:-Wk:

a3 Seager:

esting and lovely gifts were re-
celved. The mecting: was. attonded
by former member, Mrs, P, Ro-

maine, now of Kinnaird,
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