CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Sept. 11, 1958 Village Meeting Place @ 15 Years Old and as Busy as Ever @ A Maple Floor and a First-Class PA @ Youth Groups Get Hall Rent Free @ Rose Ball an Annual District Attraction The Kinnaird Improvement, ‘Seciety was born on June 2, 1943, when 26 Kinnaird residents wet at the home of Mr. and Mrs, A L. Creighton, The objective -was service to the community. The great need of a hall for -community activities was im- enthusiasm was shown and every means of raising money was used, By the spring of 1946 the rapidly-growing community need- dition was started which brought the hall- to its present size of 30’ by 90' with cagreed that this would be the prime objective of the society. At the July 7 meeting the! purchase of the lot which the hall stands on was authorized. A Iand-clearing bee took place -onSept. 5 and 6 and excavat- ing started in November. ‘The first section of the hall was started in the spring of 1944, It was 30’ by 30° in size and by October the membership ameeting was held in the hall. Money for the hall had been’ raised by donations, dances and and it was various other projects. Much) the veranda and its, open fire- place additional to this. ‘As money was raised, many & ke f KINNAIRD‘S IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY HALL GROWS improvements were made to the hall, A good furnace re- placed the old coal heaters, a conventional kitchen was built in the basement, aluminum roofing was put on, a maple floor was laid, and asbestos shingles covered the old wood siding. A stage was built and a first-class PA: system instal- led. Over the years the objective of service to the community has A very Happy Birthday to B.C. Celebrating 100 years of history, Nature to her has been so kind A fairer land you'll never find. PARK ELECTRIC COLIN PETTS — 220 MAPLE STREET Castlegar, B.C. — Phone 4516 ed a larger building and an ad-|§ Presbyterian Church Starts Here In 1948; Rev. Reside Minister 1948 —- A meeting is held October 3 by Rev. A. L. Faris} to form a board und establish the Presbyterian church in Kin- naird. Services were held twice a month. Rev, Faris since that time has taken advanced studies in Scotland and is now a pro- fessor at Knox College, Toronto. 1949 — Rev. W. L. Detlor of Parry Sound, Ontario, install- ed as minister of the Trail and Kinnaird churches. 1951 — The church js built. 1952 — Church corner stone jlayed May 18 by Rev, Detlor. A First services are held in the new church and Alex MacDonald is a student minister for four een realized, On Sept. 3, 1947, the members arranged for a public meeting to be held Sept. 10 to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Kinnaird in- corporating as a village. ment for incorporating grew until on Aug. 6, 1948, Kinnaird became a village. On July 28, 1948, the society called a special meeting to dis- of From this meeting the move-|" The Society operates a lib- rary for the residents of the village with books being pur- chased from KRC grants. It also administers the welfare grant from the KRC in Kinnaird. is the Rose Ball held in June. Five Grade 12 girls chosen by the high school. staff compete for the title of Rose Queen and a bursary. In previous years the bursary | has been $75, but in A major annual attraction months, Rev. D. A. Mackellar is ap- pointed ministes by the mission board. Mr. Mackellar continued fas minister until 1957, being as- sisted each summer for four months by student ministers. 1955 — Charles Shaver, stu- dent minister, 1956 — Gordon MacWillis, student minister. 195% — Larry Jackosn is stu- dent minister, W. T. McFerran cuss the oO acreage for a park and on Aug. 2 a public meeting was held. From these meetings the de- cision to purchase the present park was reached. Volunteers) canvassed Kinnaird for dona- ‘tions and eventually the land! was bought with the village, Improvement Society, and Ss. Cc. Watson having joint control. The Kinnaird park is well- known and well used now. of B.C’s Cent year it was increased to $100.- During the winter months Saturday night dances for . District minister from October 1957 to May 1958. 1958 — Rev. M. S, Reside becomes minister. By MRS, M. BROWNLIE The Kinnaird Women's In- stitute was organized in’ April, 1948. Mrs..Chalmers of Thrums and Mrs. Foxlee of Robson, both members of the Robson institute, organized the first meeting and presented the Kinnaird group with its charter. The WI grew to a member- ship of 60 at one time and had to be sub-divided into three circles. However, through time and change it has gone Kinnaird WI Once Had 50 Members to one group and although it a lot smoller, it is still quill active in community effort. ‘The first project of the grou} was to provide badminton equirg ment for the community hal] The WI has gone on from the to provide playground equip ment for the Dumont schoomm furnished a single’ room at thi Mount St. Francis infirmary an finished the waiting room the Castlegar and District Hosp: 1. backs | tal TIMES HAVE CHANGED! OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS BUT THE FINE QUALITY OF GOODYEAR GOES ON AND ON AND ON We salute the province and the fair in this Centennial Year: 1958. are held by the Improvement Society. The night after the Rose Ball the teenagers have their own! the; Rose Queen in attendance and, corsages for the girls. At Christ- mas there is a big special dance Rose Ball complete with with prizes, favors and free re: The hall has been used as a community centre from the beginning. Before the first unit built, the elementary school pupils attended school in ne hall, and before Kinnair churches were built, sree were held there. school activity room was built and-a rifle club used the base- ment, The Scouts, Cubs, Guides! and Brownies still hold their] meetings rent free, and the hall is also available rent free to the Kinnaird Little Theatre. freshments, From its small beginning the 1 objective of the orignal 26 mem- bers has been met. It is the hope of all the approximately 260 present members that the Kin- naird Improvement Society will continue to serve the village well. CASTLE TIRE SHOP VULCANIZING & TIRE REPAIRS 193 Columbia — Castlegar, B .C. — Phone 4441 Society of the Kinnaird school was| chin has grown until it now boasts a membership of about 130 families. A major source of revenue to the society apart from mem- services and Sunday ‘schools|hership dues is catering to ban- helps the society to Juniors and seniors played| make the hall available to all badminton in the hall before the| community organizations at as quets. This little rental as possible. These, are only some of the bighlights of the steady growth Many other of the society. projects have been undertake and other services given dur- ing its 15 busy years, It would appear that the OF THE PROVINCE ARE BEING RECALLED IN THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR —— THE ‘DAYS OF - HARDSHIPS, AND OF TOIL TO OPEN A LAND OF PLENTY. “WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHOULDERED THIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE WHO CAME AFTER” KOOTENAY C OLUMBIA. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY BRILLIANT, B.C, PHONE 4572 nm Pion eers of the Castlegar, B.C. THANK YOU! District for Building a Solid Foundation for the Present Generation M. MORAN McBRIDE ALLAN AND MORAN BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS PROVINCIAL 1, VICTOR TERARY, DEC. 3 “Kinnair Canvassers Will Be Knocking On Doors The Kinnaird swimming pool drive gets underway on Tuesday, September 23 with 40 canvassers out in full force to solicite donations and pledges which it is hoped will be sufficient to have the pool completed in time for swim- ming next May. Families are required to discuss their pledge before the canvassers call, to speed up the canvass and allew them to get on to the next house. Both payroll and bank deductions will be taken, "To make the drive a success the committee hopes for pledges of from $30 to $50 per fam- ily, payable in six months time to complete the pool in the spring. . Other district residents wishing to make} ' donations to the pool fund may phone 3031 and a canvasser will call. Truck Load Of Vegetables Gathered for Hospital A novel been made to the Castlegar oe strict Hospital by Pete Rezanoff of Brilliant. Mr. Rezanoff made a tour of villages and homes in Bril- Mant and Thrums, collecting surplus garden produce, -toma- toes, potatoes, onions, and other vegetables, as well as Delegates Attend . Hospital Meeting In Grand Forks John Williams, Hospital trus- tee,. d Pool Blitz To om i Tuesd CAST EGA Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 11, No, 38 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 10 CENTS PER COPY FEES MAY BE REFUNDED : School Board officials said following Monday’s regular meet- ing, they are unable to make any definite announcements on the Dental Plan yet. Efforts are being made to obtain the ser- vices of a dentist, or! dentists, to accommodate all the children who would be eligible. If this is not possible, fees already paid will be refunded to the parents, the trustees advise. Parents are also advised to watch the paper for an Industrial Arts ‘yeacher Ly. E. Canteli has been appointed Director of Night Schools, taking ovér the position held last year by N. Turik. Secre- tary-Treasurer C. Hi King and Dist Supt. C. McKenzie will as- sist ‘Mr. Cantell- in arrange- ments, The Reopening of the hot soup No Announcement Yel On Dental Plan Says School Board: Dentist Reeded A statement ‘ot July expen- aitures was reviewed and ap- proved by the Board, in amount of $17,494.26, also: the Financial report for the first six months of 1958, in the amount of $332,- 494.91, was approved.’ A letter of invitation was received for the Fall Fair open- ing on Friday; and oe. Jacob- and it is hoped ‘o get started again before long. { Mrs. a The Board of hes was to make the arranged for alt rural voters of School District No, 9 living in the unincorporated area be- to get the progam underway. ‘The board announced at pre- sent there’ are no High Scliool tween C: and to vote at the same time as Castlegar residents, when the Trustees’ elections come up this fall. A list of rural voters has been posted ut the Castlegar Village Office, and residents are asked to check it for their names, A court of revision will be held at a later date at which time eligible residents can make applleation to be placed on the list. Voters within the organized municipalities will be able to check’the Village Ust for their J. tor, and Mrs. M. Higgens, Mat- names, in other out- ying areas will vote at the an-., ron of the Ci of different varieties of. frults. With his truck loaded down with all his collection he arrived at the door of the hospital, and, * needless “:to---say: : it" was “amuely appreciated: Hospital Administrator Mrs Bainbridge says Mr. ‘Rezanoff found there were several other] - families who wished to send their surplus garden produce, and he will be making another collection shortly. He plans to send word through the school children when he will call, so d the West Re- gional Hospital Convention hed P maparte on school enrél- ment were ‘heard, District Stp- c being given boarding assistance, The high school pupils from Champion Creek are coming across the river in a rowboat and are ‘then picked up by bus. If the weather be- |” comes too severe tne: arrange ments may have to he: changed, the board said. Theft insurance ‘ ‘for school ete, was son was the board, The Castlegar Air Cadets were granted the use of the High School Activity room for parades once a month, providing it is available. The trustees were pleased to hear tha School Board Scholarship award of $75 for Sr. Matric. fees. went to. Ger- «ald Card of Robson. Gerald had ‘an average of 81 per cent. All teachers on District. No. 9 staff received an advance on the September salary, as has been the practice the last year or so, the board advised Mr, King and Mr. MgKenzie are preparing Usts of ‘items to be for routine the board * 1420 ENTER FOR FAIR ENTER FOR FAIR Open Fai With a record number of, entries and exhibitions, Fall Falr Board officials are hoping the 13th Annual — Exhibition which gets ‘underway Septem. ber 19, will be the best held so far-in the District. A total of 1420 entry forms have been turned in by 198 exhibitors, which is an Increase over last year's figures, The Handicraft section pro- mises to be interesting and suc- cessful this year, as there has been a large increase in exhibi- tors, many of them High School students, The whole affalr will centre ‘Bround a Centennial theme In keeping with B.O,’s birthday . celebrations, and a special dis- play feature will be the an- tlque booth sponsored by the Soreptimists International. We H.W. Herridge Will r Friday hear that some of the on view will be 75 years old at least. The Fair will be Friday at 7:00 p.m. by Herridge, M.P., and of special interest will be the presentation of bravery awards to two Cast- Jegar citizens, A. Zuckerberg and R. Benware. N. Oglow. vil- lage council chairman, will make the presentations. A variety program of musical Concessions will be acruss the read from the High Schaal where the Fair is being held. Members of nuttin sions, and the Pythian Sisers wi have a refreshment cuot. See you at the Fair. FROM FERRY TO HOSPITAL ROAD to be presented at the trustees ‘Work has been dorie on the Pass Creek and Gibson Creck road by the department of Highways, to improys. fe for the school ‘buses, Mr, King advised! the trust- ees. that sections off the play areas at Robson, Cagtiégar and ‘0 The West Kootenay piatia Conyention | is: held - . prior to 2 stating that. omar ‘schoo! jagen is down slightly. Lena 7AYSS" schoo! a schools "ave been dlacitopped. “ next week, Bishop Ragg To ‘Conduct Mission formerly Bishop of Calgary. and Rector of Trail and Chilliwack year, and. - resolutions - are drafted for Presentation at the main meeting. This year the Provincial Convention will take pince in October 28 to 31, in the Hotel Vancouver. Various aspects of Hospital and if are under discussion at’ these the gifts can be ant ready when he arrives. Mr. Bainbridge said there have been other donations com- ing in recently, and a list will be announced next week. said Mr. i and this year the big issue.-will be the new Federal medical scheme, as all delegates will be interested in finding out “who pays for what.” Hospital Auxiliary Mrs. Arlee Anderson is now in charge of the Service Cart— this includes the purchase of all items to be sold to the patients, arranging the schedule so each auxiliary member may have the pleasure of being of service to the patients, and multitudinous other details. Mrs, A. Anderson is. also Library Committee Chairman— anyone with books for the hos- pital can contact her. Also’. on the Service Cart, baby garments knitted by auxiliary members and others, will be sold to the patients. Knitted baby sets will ‘ also be available for purchase from Mrs. E. Sherbiko in Kin- naird and Mrs. Pat Banigan in Robson, Mrs. Helen Norris , kindly voluntecred to act as treasurer for the auxiliary until election | Makes Appointments Reed, Mrs, Vaessen. Membership pins available to auxiliary members, price $1.60 each, may be purchased from Mrs. Helen Norris. A child's sweater, knitted and donated by Mrs. M, Tomlin: son, a beautiful standard lamp donated by Simpson Sears and an aluminum dish are to be priz- es on.a raffle to be held in the near future. Mrs, Pat -Banigan has taken over the publicity from Mrs. A. Anderson, who will be busy enough with her new dutles— anyone who wishes any infor- mation, regarding" joining the auxiliary or volunteering services to the auxiliary may contact Mrs. Banigan—new phone No. 4547, Friday, Sept. 19, of officers next year. Mrs.~ Edi . chalr- man of the Sewing Committee, reported that her ‘hard-workitig ladies had made 67 Instrument and surgical drapes. Mrs, Isok2] Guido volun- teered to take the place of Mrs. M. Onions on the House Com- mittee. - Vegetables kindly donated by the local Russian residents ar eto be canned in the hospital kitchen by Mrs, P. Harvey, Mrs. 3. Guido, Mrs: H. Verigan, Mrs. four travelling aprons will go forth, and the public will be asked to sew a patch over a donation, sign thelr names in a accompaning booklet and send the apron on its-way. One apron complete with money and patches will be won’ by a draw from names in the booklet and the.other 6 aprons depatched and demonied, will be consolation prizes in _the same draw. ¥ jol-open- ing ‘show 1570 students as against 1576 in 1957. The. 1958 dlemien- tary enrolment is 939, against 954 last. year end the High School figures, which increased sornewhat is 641, while last year’s was New teachers on the High School staff are Miss J, Hor- . der, Miss Se ‘Thomeloe, Miss 3. Sim, Miss N. Works: Sup't H McNabb Is Attending : | . Engineer's Meeting Attending ne Pas annual will be in Castelgar for tend ‘from Séptember" ear sor! ante here to conduct a Missfon n in the *| Anviican Parish of: Castlegar, Kinnaird and Robs It is hoped that he will be here in time to attend a Parish Social on the evening of the 26, Special services will be held on the two Sundays and there will Baeiness Division of the As- En, Miss D. Steele, J, Bilesky and W. Oteski, New elementary teachers are B. eers of cc) in Prince George this Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday is H. A. McNakb, Works Mrs. ‘Tarbet and ¥. Pictnikoff, Chamber Meeting Tonight At 6:38 - The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce will hold their first fall meeting in the Twin Rivers Hall tonight .at 6.30 pam. All members are re- quested to attend. Village of Cast- legar. More than 200 city end muni- cipal engineers, representatives of supply firms, and their wives will represent 51 B.C. communi- ties at the three-lay meeting. Two full days of .business sessions will feature presenta- tion of papers followed by form- al and on be Mission services each .jevening at St. Alban’s Castlegar for the whole district. These services will be open to anyone who cares to attend. Bishop Ragg has had a great deal of experience in running missions in Canada and the com- munity fs very fortunate In hav- ing him here to conduct. this teaching Mission. Mrs. Ragg will be with the Bishop and they will be staying at the Twin Rivers Motel. On October 5th after a final service of ato various he will go to the topics. at Nelson to conduct a Sines Mission. The Right Rev. H. R. Ragg| Curb and is to’ be amended to give the Dave. Seaton, Cénvention banquet - The above photo was whipped following the tendered Limited. Pictured .left to right are: N. Oglow, chairman of the Castlegar Village Council; tan A, by Celgar £. R sen, Castlegar Village Council; Read, Mayor of Trail and C. Loeblich, chair- man of the Kinnaird Council. Barclay, Celgar Limited; Mrs. LA ‘) Pettitt reported on discussions Guifer For Columbia Discussed : Castlegar's Sanitary Bylaw' wait for a written The Annual grant of Sean was 3 ahened. fe: fhe Aigpact Com- ite inspect Beatie tank sand a by Council. motion to that effect was put through at Tuesday's regular Council meeting. Council ‘will also instruct the Village Solicitor to prepare and draw up a frontage bylaw. Surveyors for the Village, Johnson and McCorquodale, at- tended the meeting and .dis- cussed the big map they are preparing for the village. They advise the map should be complete in about four|c weeks time, showing dimen- sions of properties, names of land holders, etc. Mr. McCorquodale spoke on the matter of installing curb and gutter along Columbia Ave. He suggested Council write a letter to D, F. Martin, Regional Engineer for the Department of Highways, advising the Village would install. a curb and gutter from the Ferry to the Hospital road, and inquire what portion of expense incurred would be paid by the Highways Depart. ment. % Mr. Wren, of Associated Engineers, gave a report on the water-works job and said a financial report would he ready ‘by September 18. The job should be finished by then, he stated. The matter of a lane be- tween the children’s park and the Co-op store was discussed. The Solicitor witl be asked to draw up papers totaling $3545 were also approved for payment Council Chairman N. Oglow will attend the opening of the Fall Fair to present awards for bravery to two Castlegar resi- dents. Robson Rec. Meet The members of the recrea- tion society held their first meeting of the ae ea in the evening, with the ‘president Mrs. A. Thorp presiding, ana 33 present. a Owing to the vice-president and the entertainment convenor resigning, to leaving the dist- rict, two new members to be elected to the executive, Mr. Leamy was elected vice-presi- dent and Mrs. L. M. Quarice to the entertainment. It was aiso learned that Mr, Turik who was the Society's representative to the KRC has also left the dis- trict, another repr: have to be £ to leave thi executive. easur the bank loan w and the hall fs Mrs. Thorp took the opportuni. ty of thanking ail who had helped in any way, and said she had never a: that she got it end had never been turned down. E ear of debt. the Village of any responsibility in This a were ived re: an if possible and see case of release is to be signed before work can go ahead on the lane. Parks C Gordon if the money could be borrowed from the bank. It was moved that the executive have a build- with Mr. Wilson, Community Planning consultant, in connec. tion with the Park, and he had suggested drainage tile be in- stalled at frequent intervals along the retaining wall. DeFoe's Transfer has been authorized to level the dirt on 5th Avenue fronting Woykin's ‘lots. % Commissioner Maddocks re- ported on the Vetrov light pole. This would be on a dead-end street. It would pro- vide a Ught of some use to the schoo] as well as to the Vetrovs. Council decided not to ing of three to work with them regarding the bduild- ing and the estimates. A Hollowe'en masquerade party to be held in the hall for the children up to 14 years old, and Teen-age a ret e held . Bro ¢ the party and te arrange her help. The sum of $35 was voted towards the Hallowe'en party Myr. ©. B. Ballard on behalf of the memhers extended a very hearty vote of thanks to executive for all their untiring efforts, The meeting was adjourned after which a short executive act on this at present, but to menting was held.