8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 8, 1958 fursing Counsellor Spoke Ai Silver Birch Mrs. £E, Gibson, Nursing Counsellor at the Provincial Sos- pitat at Essondale spoke to mem- Bers and guests of the Castlegar ‘Branch, Kootenzy Society for Handicapped Children at the ‘Membership meeting Tuesday night. : . Mrs, Gibson explained the equiraments for nurses at Es- sondale, and slated the staff are working toward closer contact . Withithe parents of students and they have quite a few from e@ interior of whom they are ‘very proud, : The Woodlends School, which ib for Handicapped Children has Nursing school: of its own 1d so draws a large percentage w? its staff from the Essondate graduates, A film on Woodlands School --was shown by Mrs. Gibson, who also gave the commentary on Mrs. Gibson is in th dis- ~ trict to recruit male and female trainees for the 2 year course in Psychiatric Nursing at Esson- dale, and visited schools in Nel- . eon, Castlegar and Trail to add- ress the. Graduating classes on ‘to say you. care Couto Caxds On her special day send a Coutts Hallmark Card to show “you care enough to send the very best.” CASTLEGAR DRUG the matter of: taking up this training after leaving school, During regular business it was voted to send Mrs, Arlee Anderson as delegate to the Con- vention of Handicapped Children Society in Vancouver, May 16-17, The meeting went on record as stating that “because of com- plete Jack of detait or proposed pioneer plan of home for retard- ed children and bécause of no Government backing now and none promised in the future, the Castlegar Branch of the KSHC would vote against any immediate construction at Blewett.” ° Director’s meeting night on May 12 will be held over till May 20 as the District meeting takes place at Balfour on May 12. British Columbia has 100,000 gases of theart disease, ‘including approximately 5,000 children, age Art Exhibition (continued from pege 1) sional nature. Here in Castlegar there will be.on display samples of Copper foil pictures, soap and wax carvings, wood carving of a leather work, plus an additional smal nature, clay work jand section of Junior High Scheol mounts. Castlegar’s official opening is May 15, next Thursday evening in the Stanley Humphries Activ- ity Room. W. R, Brown will be chair- man and speakers will be 'C. S. McKenzie, Inspector of Schools for District No. 9, N, T. Oglow, chairman of the Castlegar Village Ce and a rep BALLERINAS _—————————— ed SSS HALIBUT STEAKS, fresh, Ib. .... 49¢ BEEF POTO-ROASTS, blode or round bone, I 58 PORK CHOPS, loin tb. PORK LIVER, fb. .. BACON, side. sliced, Ib. VEAL CHOPS, loin, Ib. Funeral services were held yesterday for a well known Castlegar resident, Myles Angus MacPherson,, who passed away at his home here on May 4, following several months of ill- ness, Services were conducted from the: Chapel of the Castlegar Funeral _Home by Reverend B. A. Resker, ‘with a large gath- ering of friends and neighbors present to pay their respects and to honor the memory of a man who was well thought of by all who knew him, There were many beautiful floral offerings. Hymns sung by the large congregation were, ‘He Leadeth Me, and. ‘Lead, Kindly Light’. Organist was Mrs. F. A. Hostet- r. Pallbearers were G, Wheat- ley, H, J. Purdy, C, F, Sander- son, G, C. Fowler, J. D, Lang and M. Sawchenko, and Honorary Pallbearers were F. Conroy, J. Hansen, T. Brown, T. B. Couch, T, McGauley, E. C. Crispen and Dr. C. S. Fowler, Mr. MacPherson was an ar- dent supporter of the Girl Guide organization, and a Guard of Honour was formed by the Girl Guides, both at the Funeral Chapel and at the graveside. Burial was in the family Many Attend Funeral For Myles MacPherson of the Castlegar School Board. SIZES 5-9 AA & B: FITTING PRICED FROM s re a FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE WE ARE OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT until 9:00 P.M. Specials for Friday night ONLY SUGAR, 10:Ib, bag 99c SAUSAGES, small links, Ws Ibs. . BUTTER, Ist grade, ws OTe MILK, Carnation, 2 for .. member of the Castlegar Cooper- 98 ative Retail Association and the . Cl Ce tation Society, and had been a eo member of the Community Club. Survivors are his loving wife Minnie, and two sons, Robert and David, at home in Castlegar, his father, John Laughlin Mac- Phersgn, Kaslo, his mother, Lil- Han Cassell in England, five brothers, Jack, Cassell and Mur- doch in Vancouver, Kenneth of Refuge Cove and Lauchie in Kaslo, and Mrs, H. Knauf, Van- couver, CHEER. giant pkg. WALNUTS, shelled, 8 ox. bag .... 39¢ 2! Hau Ip LUX detersen a CHOCOLATE CHIPS, Chipits, FIVE ROSES CAKE MIXES White and Golden 2 for Choe. Fudge and Bamana Fiesto, 2 for . 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The operation, known of- ficially as $s under| command vf Squadron Leader Cuthbertson, Senior Cilizens Have Party NYLONS — Sheer 51 gg - 15 den. Seamless Service weight. : , MOTHER'S DAY CARDS plot in Park mi y at Kinnaird. The deceased was born in Kaslo in March, 1911 and was married in Trail in 1939. He and his wife took up residence that! year in Castlegar, where they have lived since that time. An employee of the Consoli- dated Mining and Smelting Com- pany, Mr. MacPherson had been with the firm for 28 years, Mr, MacPherson had served on the Village Board of Com- missioners, and was also a past member of the Castlegar Volun- tary Fire Department. He was very interested in prospecting and the ‘out-of-doors’. Mr. MacPherson was a past. 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Forty members and driends tables sident, J. Webster, .and letters from Mrs. E. A. Lampard and Colin “Fraser were .read, Both Mrs, Lampard :ord -Mr. Fraser are visiting in England, ‘Overseas “Ferry Unit which has flown ‘hundreifs of jets to Exvepe. Supporting the airlift were close to 36 ‘Training Command ground who made the journey in two North ‘Stars. Refueling stops ‘were maile at Goose Buy, Labrador, Suniires- i Te in he associ A large Birthday. cake. with wne e@andle and decorated . in pale green and pink was wut cand served to everyone. The committee in charge of tthe supper was Mrs. R, BL Dor- man, Mrs. H. Houghen, Mrs, F. McCreight and Mrs G. Jacobson. Mr. ‘Webster was wdlected del- egate to the pnovincial convention in-Vancouver Dune .2 :and:3;-and Harry Evans. was named alter- ae ee (t was jeaxned by whe group eat’ Mr. Pieoeee thas tbeen no- ime of the -After dinner the , was called to oraee by the -pre- jattion.,” -Thanks were extended - to the president iand secretary for their faithful wark duting. the past year? Thanks were also ex- tended to Mr. Joy far the work he put ints il gereup paoviactal ound wf tthe Senior the hall fwire a anneth. CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, , Thursday, May 15, 1958 SEA A 12-page letter from S. S. sorokin, Montevideo, Uruguay, who claims to be spiritual leader of the Doukhobbrs, to F. J, Mead, Deputy Commissioner retired, of the RCMP, was not read at the Doukhobor Problem Aired; ora np By Group Public Meeting Protests | Terrorism In The Koofenays * By BURT CAMPBELL A dation that the p: est- ablish a consultative committee to look into the Doukhobor public meeting Monday night on the Di was given to J. M. Macbeth Monday stternpon by faces men who said they the c ‘Two of the men, as John J. and N. K. Nevorshonoff: They said they wanted the letter read because certain people are keeping things hidden from: the public. : Mr. Macbeth tol them it was a public meeting and recommend-| ed that they attend and ‘read the letter themselves. They said ‘they bhaped to at but couldn't ‘be sure whether oe not they would be ableto. ij + “Mr. Macbeth sala he couldn't, promise the letter would be read atithe meeting because it was a public meeting, but he promised hd would bring it to the attention of the meeting. He then asked. ithe gentlemen to mark out certain passages to speed up the reading of the letter at the meeting. This they re~ fusea to do saying ;' jthey didn't want sections of the letter read out of context, { “The letter was! not read at the meeting because those present felt such a long leiter would take too much time. However, those interested in reading it were allowed to do so both before and af- ter the meeting. + Ne MM ‘A copy af the 12-page, fullsoap size, closely typewritten letter | — was passed at a public, meeting here Monday night. The :meeting also suggested that the $5,000 reward for information: leading to the arrest of terrorists be increased to $25,000 and that “sufficient personne! and equipment” be made available to the RCMP to combat this terrorism. _ The. mesting at the Marlane Hotel | of Hadividials Oe or- in the problem was vealed by the Associated Boards of Trade and of Ce of So B.C, The eae to get local feeling on three resolutions passed at its. annual meeting in Kimberley April 18 and 19 and to find out in “which direction do we,, the citizens of the Kootenays, want to see the go.’ At its Kimberley meeting the Hugh Herbison, a Nelson A u schoo! teacher and a member. af that the. wig it irst cppodint a continuing commission ae existed from 1950 to I94, to deal with the Doukhobor sit-|saia “what trouble there is has- uation; that the present $5,000] n't been caused by only ane oc reward otored by the provincial] two people.” or lead. \- eee To oy ing to the of McRae of wha chaired be increased to $25,000; and’that/ 40 meeting, said the BCME the provincial government, intro haven't been able to tie. the: bam- [ages of Custiegns and inns a and to the ‘Leginn ifor the use aif “Representatives of the ‘Vil- ee At AKM Meet duce the militia into the Koot- to walt to hear about it through |tthe sche boards was supported Sutunday and found : many ' allies} in their. complaints against the AKM to favor an Associated ‘Board's resolution’ urging the the new formula for school costs. 52] “Municipalities were not hap- said: BATTERED HAT TEACHES LESSON Safety Measures Stressed At Celgar Dinner Ceigar held its Fourth An- nual Safety Dinner at the Castle- gar Hote] Saturday. 4 ‘The meeting was attended dy, management | officials, - sawmill’ supervisars, and members of the joint management-labor safety committee, Also pmesent at the dinner was Philip Wanjoff, charge hand at, the Castlegar mill’s lath mill. Mr. Wanjoff completed 36 years of unbroken service with the company on May 7. Bob Rivers, Celgar’s perssn- nel and safety director, welcomed the guests and gave a review of the safety results in 1957. He said good safety perfor- maances had been maintained ‘in all’ operations and Celgar, mills _ had captured both awards “Of merit in their respective classes, the job. Mr. Rivers stressed the importance of this “berause it is the man.on the job whe comes directly» into contact with. the hazards ‘of the various eccupa- tions in sawmilling and legging.” Mr, Rivers showed a bang- ed-up safety hat to the gathering to’ emphasize the necessity of -weering protective, equipment. ‘The hat belonged to a Nakusp logger who had felled a tree which struck a snag and sent a large piece of wood back hit- ting the logger’s hat. The safety hat was shattered and the logger got a cut om the head. Mr, Rivers said the hat “unquestionably saved his life.” Mr, Rivers said statistics show a man is safer at work than at home and remarked that many accidents could be avoided by an He said that the chief point’ awareness of hazards. He men- learned at a meeting he shad. at-| tioned’. several house accidents tended in Penticton. was that of selling safety to the man, on which had hee in:the Dis- trict recently, Denzis Brookes, Colgar xresi- dent manager, presented the In- terior Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. Award of Merit to Cecil Heagy, who represented the IWA men.on the plant safety commit- tee. t ‘ Mr. Brookes. congratulated the crew members: and noted that without the efforts of the safety committee and the full co- operation of all the crew, nothing in the way: of accident prevent- ion could be accomplished, Mr. Heagy: said he would give Mr. Brooke’s message to the sawmill men who were “very glad to have won the award." "Out ‘of town guests at the dinner were Glen Garside, di- rector of sawmills. fer the ‘com-. pany at Vancouver; Bob White, superintendent at Vancouver and Tom head chairman Carl Rysen attended the meeting for Castlegar. Kinnaird Council Loeblich and commissinners McLeod and Rust attended far Kinnaird. Mr, Maddocks .said a com- saittee under Mayor Read of Traii drew up four points to discuss. The municipalities dis- cussed the four. points in turn The first, that school boards Present their budgets a month, ahead of time to the civie’gov- ernments, was passed. Castlegar supported the motion.. Mr. Loe- blich was not available for com- ment on how Kinnaird voted on ‘any of the motions, Castlegar opposed a motion to have records of teacher's salaries presented to the muni- cipalities, but the motion passed. A third motion to have bargaining for teucher’s salaries carried out on a provincial scale was opposed by’ Castlegar be- cause “we felt we aldnt know enough about it.” to the Alec Sees: safety supervisor and W. K. ; yard fore- ‘suggesting that be notified directly government nvan, all from, Nakusp. |aouthern Trans-provincial ‘high- and Commissioners Pettitt and|_ way as scon as possible. Castlegar abstained from woting on a motion that would ihave absolved old-age penslon- ers from paying mmalcipal taxes. The motion was defeat- ed. ‘ Gustailed Ferry Service Results In Lineups At/1.30 pm. Tuesday RK Dunlop, bridge foreman for the Rossland-Trail riding, announced “everything is under control” and the small Needle’s ferry started to carry cars across the Cc ja at Ci .q| mans Mrs _ area. Twenty-six persons attended the meeting. Local representa- tives were Nick Oglow, chairman of the Village of Castlegar; Cari Leoblick, Kinnaird Village chair- gar Commissioner; B.A. Resker, ‘Ministerial ‘Assoc- jation; Cyril Onions, ‘ Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce president; W. T. Waldie, a member of the original consuit- ative committee, and a few in- terested Doukhobors. James Macheth, secretary of the Association, told the meet- ing that representatives from School District No. 9 were un- able to attend because of a school board meeting. He said the school board members didn’t feel they would ‘be able to add anything to the meeting if. thy had been able to attend. “They just send children to the New Denver school if they don’t attend school he said. * Mayor L. A. Read ot. Trail Trail Council at the The smaller ferry will be in use until about May 22 when the 28-car ferry will be returned, It is mow at Nakusp for inspection and painting of the hull. Asctional barge fs being used for the traffic at Needles while that ferry is in use here. Mr. Dunlop said the ship yard crew at Nakusp would be th meeting, Mayor T. S. Shorthouse bing and terrorism to any ane group of péople to the extent that it will hold up in court. Be said there is “information that points, but it decsn’t prave.” Mr. Loeblick felt that the Atterney- General Robert Bonner to in- crease the size of the RCMP de- tachment in the Kootenays- i Staff-sexgeamt 5K. L. Smit, and Inspector E..S. W. Batty of the ECMP, Neilson, were asked by Mr. McRae to csus— “ment om the views expressed that the ECOYP were. hampered in their werk by lack of men in Denis Williams, editar of the Trail Times who attended the meeting as a private citizen, said “This is a matter for the police, the army or the defence depart- ment ata very high level.” He added later that the Kaot- enays are “almost in a South American situation” in that peo Ple can blow things up and ter- rorize without being arrested. of Nelson, the man who first cal- led for the militia. to enter the Kootenays, was unable to attend! the meeting because of two other | y meetings in Nelson. Mayor Elms of Rossland was unable to at-{i tend because of a council meeting, Trail, Castlegar and Nelson | Chambers of Commerce were re-! e ferry — its first ceerhaul since it was first launched. Tourists are advised by sign- boards at Trail to use Highway 3A through Salmo so that no long lineups will ‘occur here. Mr. Dunlop feels that if the through traffic will co-operate “every- of school costs instead of. having thing will go all right.” We NORMAN. McNAB. .AND-ROBYN - | Castlegar and District Hospital, Robyn McNab Is Centennial Baby Proud parents of the Castlegar and District Centennial Baby, Mr. and Mrs. Norman McNab have received an impressive array of useful and beautiful gifts for their new daughter, Robyn. They also received a few gifts for themselves, First baby born -in the new Robyn arrived late ‘Friday af- ternoon, weighing in at ‘six pounds, 12 ounces. Mr. -McNab is supervisor of works for the Village of Castle- .gar, There are four other child. ren in the family. :| Montreal; a deposit of $10:in a The long list of gifts includes flowers and a corsage from Helen’s Flower Shop and flowers from Nielsens’ in Kinnaird; a hand-made carriage cover donat- ed by Mr. and Mrs. W. Shay; a supply of paint from Oglow Bros. Bldg. and Supply; a $100 bond donated by the Centennial Committee, paint brush from Kootenay Builders and a'Cen- tennial’ record from W. F. Shkwarok, She also received 10.Centen- nial silver. dollars mounted on} black. velvet :from the: Bank of bank account as a gift of the Bank of Commerce; a year’s sup- ply of shoes donated by Mad- docks Shoe Store; an 8 x 10 por- trait by Pettitt; six month's free insurance from Anderson Agen- cies; 50 cigars for the proud fa- ther came from Lewis’ Coffee Bar in Kinnaird, * donated ‘by Karnie’s; gift of a shirt for “dad” from Leitner’s Clothes; a baby blanket’ from West's Store; an iced cake from the Dutch Maid Bakery; a hooded baby set from Castlegar A bed jacket for mother, was| ! Kinnaird Council chairman “Carl Loeblich favoured the ofa committee as was inferred by _ the Associated Board’s recom-: mendation for a continuing” commission. He said there can’ nevér be any harm in such a" commiittée “because it will’ come into closer contact with the grass roots of the situation.” | Mr. Herbison said the former committee “hid just laid the foundation for a lot of progress when it was disbanded.” He said “a new group must have author- ity to act along general lines ap- Proved by the government.” Mr. Willitm3; wondered whe- ther there was a need for a con- tinuing commission. He asked , Whether anyone at the meeting , had definite information as to whether or not the Sons of Freedom were leaving Canada. Mr. Waldie and Mr. Herbi- on felt a commission could do much to bring about the in- tegratlon of Doukhobors and non-Doukhohors, Mr. Herbison (See “RCMP”, page three) (See “Robyn,” page six) DR. cs. FOWLER, ROBYN roy MRS. M. ‘HIGGENS