Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” No. 41 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1952 5 Cents Per Copy Attempted Theft At Coop Garage . Wednesday Morning An unknown person or persons made an unsuccesful attempt to rob the cash register of the Cas- tlegar Cooperative Transporta- tion Society Garage early Wed- nesday .morning sometime be- tween the hours of midnight and 5 am, Workers arriving on duty Wed- nesday morning found. that the front, gover had been forcibly pried off the locked till in the main garage section of the build- ing but access to the funds had not been gained. The theft-intending party had evidently crawled through a window on the west side into the storage section of the building and_then into the main garage to the till. The glass was found re- moved from the storage shed window. No loss has been noted by the Transportation Society. Local RCMP officers are in- vestigating. Mines No Opposition To Gelgar Plans A British Columbia mining industry spokesman said last week that the industry would not oppose the Celgar Develop- ment Company Ltd. application for a forest management licence in the Arrow Lakes area, where the Company plans a $65 million integrated forest industry with headquarters at Castlegar. /S. H. Mitchell, secretary of the B.C. Mining Association, said the industry was satisfied that its in- terests, were protected, * “We are confident that the position of the mining industry is: fully understood by Lands and Forests Minister R. E. Som- mers and by his administrative officers,’ Mr. Mitchell affirmed. “We are confident that the re- quirements of. the-cmining.-in=} dustry in forest management [COMMISSION NEWS BRIEFS A full board was present for the regular meeting of the Vil- lage of Castlegar in the Village office Monday night, and trans- acted a normal volume of busi- ness. Items dealt with by the board and not covered in- separate articles in this issue, were as fol- lows: Reaction to a letter from the Mayor of Vancouver, asking for the village’s finnancial suport to- ward the financing of the British Empire Games to be held in Vancouver in 1954, was that al- though the games are a “won- derful thing” for B.C. and de- serve -all possible support, will the Village be able to afford any financial support? It was decid- ed to table the matter till the financial status of the village becomes definitely known next December. | The convention of B.C. villages and Municipalities being held in Vernon, today,” tomorrow and Saturday, is being attended by Village Clerk A. ‘T. Horswill and Chairman Nick Oglow, repres- enting Castlegar and W. Jacob- son for Kinnaird, The commissioners were ad- vised by the Department of Pub- lie Works that their request for crossing Columbia Avenue with a 6 inch transit water main in front of the.new hotel, did not meet with the devartment’s full approval, as cuttmg up of the pavement should be avoided as much as possible. Water Com- missioner J. A. Williams declar- ed that the needs of the village demand = the crossing and the clerk was instructed to inform the department that the village insists on the crossing “as asked for.” A donation to the Castlegar and District Hospital Society was approved and a cheque for H$25-wasvordered-to be-sent- Cc issi Williams sug- areas, aré fully appr by, all concerned and that a maxi- mum degree ‘of cooperation. can be expected.” Mr. Mitchell said the Associa- tion had received an invitation to present its points of view at the hearings in Victoria. Anglican Church Te Make Study Of Doukhobor Problem The recent Anglican General Synod held at London, Ontario, which was attended by Arch- deacon B. A. Resker of Castlegar. decided to urge both the Federal and Provincial Governments to accept a “more direct responsi- bility” for the Doukhobor prob- 4lem in B.C. and Canada. After discussion at great length a resolution was drafted by the Synod, askirjg the Council for Social Service of the Anglican Church, to make a_ thorough study of the issue, with the pur- pose of urging both Provincial and Federal authorities to 3h more r ibility’ for the problem. The resolution reads: “Be it-re- solved that this General Synod request the (Anglican) Council for Social Service to examine into the status of the Doukhobors dn B.C. and’ Canada, and in par- ticular to study the report of the Consutative Committee on Douk- hobor affairs appointed by the B.C. Provincial Government, under the chairmanship of Dr. Norman MacKenzie, with the purpose of securing the accept- ance of more direct r gested that used hydrants be purchased from the C.M.&S. Co. by the village. The matter is be- ing investigated. Road Building Report Seventh Avenue from Elm Street to the dead end, has been opned up, Public Works Com- missioner Vic Jenks reported, disclosing that Green Street is being extended to connect Fifth and Seventh Avenues and will be gravelled this week. Next on the agenda is the widening of Sixth Avenue from Elm to Main Streets, to a width of 30 feet. The commissioner recommend- ed the purchase or construction of a snowplow blade for the vil- lage bulldozer. He declared that pushing snow with the dirt blade is highly unsatisfactory although the dirt blade could be converted into a snow plow blade. He is to investigate further, The commissioner also declar- ed that the public is making a “general nuisance of themselves” calling at his residence with re- quests for bulldozer work. The village office is the place to make these requests, not a commission- er’s vrivate residence, he de- clared. The -commissioner promised that the lane from Columbia Avenue to Railway Street would be opened as soon as his depart- ment could get around to it. Parks Board Bill Paid P The commissioners instructed that an outstanding bill of the Parks’ Board for sprinkling of the ball park last June, be paid by the village and charged to the Parks Board. Commi: Harry for the problem on the part of all Provincial and Federal au- thorities.” CASTLEGAR BADMINTON CLUB HOLD FIRST MEETING TONIGHT All shuttlecock swatters and badminton racquet wielders are requested to. come to the Coro- nation Hall tonight for the first meeting of the Castlegar Bad- minton Club..Even those mildly interested in) batting those .fea-| thered corks around, are urged to. attend this) meeting “tonight. *Procéedings are to get underway ‘at 8:00 p.m. i One of the foremnst Board that they be ‘given exclu- sive control of the $2,000 allotted for their use by the village. Tt was di ed that statutes prevents such a transfer of funds. They have entire Man- agement and control of the parks and grounds: in their charge, ex- relayed a request from the Parks| Teachers’ Convention Begins Thursday Next " The West Kootenay and Boun- dary Teachers’ Convention in Castlegar, is now only one-week away and the teachers of Castle- gar schools, who will be hosts to 450 fellow-members of the pro- fession during the three day convention, are ironing out final details in the massive prepara- tions entailed. Highlighting the convention will be two public meetings in the Stanley Humphries - High School Auditorium. On Thursday next at 8:00 p.m., the Hon. Tillie Rolston, Minister of Education will speak on the tovic “Our Children, British Columbia’s, Greatest Asset.” Sharing the platform with her will be Dr. Roy Daniels, head of the English Department at U.B.C., whose subject will be “Character in Education.” The following evening at 8 Pp.m., a panel discusion on the topic “the cooperation of the various agencies in the prevent- ion of juvenile deli will ment Company Ltd., and against the granting of Ejumber Co. Cabinet Reserves Decision. On Appeals Against Celgar VICTORIA, October 8 — The Social Credit Cabinet reserved decision on an application by the Celgar Develop- for a forest-management licence cover- ing one million acres of timberland in the Arrow Lakes area with headquarters at Castlegar. After the cabinet had heard five hours of arguements for the licence, required before Gelgar can go ahead with what it says will be a $65 million logging, sawmill and‘ pulp development Premier W. Bennett announced the cabinet was reserving its decision but did not say when the verdict would be announced. 4