B6é Taks Furniture Village in Castlegar is part of a five- store Kootenay chain that sees its flagship, Taks Home Furnishers of Cranbrook, re- opening in a larger new premises on Thursday of next week. The story of Taks started in 1946 in Creston when Tak Toyota opened a small radio repair shop called Creston Electric Ltd. (this name was later changed to Taks Stores Ltd.) In 1960 Taks opened its second outlet in Golden, and today it is managed by Art Futa and a staff of six pro- viding full sales and service. Taks’ third outlet was opened in Cranbrook in 1964 and replaced with a larger store on 11th Avenue (now the Smart Building) in 1968. In 1974, Taks opened their combined sales and ware- house building in the “Slater Park” area in Cranbrook. Taks continued its expan- sion into Fernie in 1969 when a store was opened in the old Waldorf Hotel. Today, the Fernie store is managed by Bentley Feddersen with a staff of six. In July 1979 Taks opened its fifth location in Castlegar as Taks Furniture Village which is managed by Bill Miller. In 1980 a.new building was constructed in Creston and is managed by Art Gior- gini with a staff of eight. Taks is a member of V.1P. (Volume Independent Pur- chasers) Stores Ltd. which is a non-profit buying group istil of 65 b CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 21, 1981 Taks’ grand re destroyed the retail store and warehouse complex. Over $2 million in the build- ing, equipment and inventory was lost. Taks was able to open ina temporary location (the old Revy building on Van Horne St.) only four working days later on Jan. 6. The re- on keeping up with current trends and being knowledge- able about their products, thus being able to offer help- ful advice to their customers. As well, they pride them- construction on the same site /~ in Slater Park began in late March and the “grand re- opening” is targeted for Oct. 29, ' The re-built building is pre-fabricated steel structure + with metal cladding in the warehouse and a wood frame- up with stucco exterior retail area, The warehouse ceiling is 32 feet high and the entire building is fully sprinklered for fire protection. The ware- house area is over 13,000 square feet and carries inven- tory to service all five lo- cations in the Columbia and Kootenay areas. The front-end (or retail sales area) is over 24,000 square feet on two floors with an extra 6,000 square feet for shops and offices. The Cranbrook operation has four managers: Ron Toyota, general manager; Paul Bur- rows, Office and assistant manager; John Scott, oper- ations manager; and Den Foraie, sales manager. A full-time and part-time staff of 18 will relocate into the new location on Thursday of next week. Taks appliance and furni- ture store in Castlegar has selves in the “after-sale” ser- vices of delivery. by cour- teous and professional staff and looking after complete service of your purchase during and after the war- ranty period. Taks also val- ues their customers during the initial sale and in future sales. During the grand re-open- ing of its Cranbrook store, Architectural drawing of Taks new store in Cranbrook. -opening in Cranbrook Taks. will have representa- tives from all their branch stores, plus many sales rep- resentatives from their ma- jor suppliers on hand and over $9,000 in door prizes. CHECK AND COMPARE THESE VALUES "FRESH __ LEG OF PORK ve 676 Ib. ($1.47 ke) $ 1 38 Shank Portion. ($3.04Kg). 2... eee e eee Old Sentinel captivates By JEAN STONE The Castlegar Senior Cit- izens' Association was dis- appointed that only 32 mem- bers signed in to attend the second social meeting of the season. Those who mised the gathering missed out on some excellent entertain- ment. After the opening pro- ceedings, entertainment chairman Edith Heslop in- their home on “Old Sentinel” — but there are slides to prove it. Also bears — one big fellow was standing in the center of the path with out- stretched arms, as if to wel- come this intrepid human! We weren't told whether the bear or Mr. Groutage yielded the right-of-way, but we are sure they didn’t stop to shake hands! The many photographs of l were breathtak two floors of color with 91 stores in Western Canada. Ron Toyota (co- owner of Taks) was president of the VIP group in 1978 and 1979. - Tragedy struck Taks oper- ation in Cranbrook on Dec. 26 1980 when a fire completely TV and furniture p g customers with a wide selec- Loyd who had brought a number of colorful and interesting slides for our entertai and tion of styles and prod: They pride themselves on providing a pleasant atmos- phere for customers to shop for furnishings for their homes. They also pride themselves Capacity crowd attends A harvest theme of pum- pkins, vegetables and flowers decorated the tea tables when the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 170, held their fall tea in the Legion Hall on Saturday afternoon. The decorations had .been the handiwork of Mrs: Sig Olson and Mrs. Bonnie Grant. President Mrs. W. Leduc welcomed the guests and committee members were kept busy throughout the af- ternoon, serving the capacity crowd in attendance. The well-laden bake table was in the charge of Mrs. Pearl Zorn and Mrs. Ruth Rourke; the ever-popular white elephant table was su- pervised by Mrs. Edna Dod- gson and Mrs, Rose De- beque; sewing and novelty table was in the care of Mrs. L.A. tea Marg Rafter and Mrs. Rose Johnson. ~ Tea tickets were sold by Mrs. Molly White and Mrs. Jean Fitzpatrick. Serving teas were Mrs. Sig Olson, Peari Mott, Blythe Elliott, Mrs. Sylvia Morrow and Mrs. Maria Amaral. The ever-busy kitchen was well supervised by Mrs. Muriel Heagy, Mrs. Florence Laycock, Joyce Tur- ner, Belle Gray, Rhonda Sor- enson and Lorraine Hoover. The door prize, which was a potted plant of three var- ieties, and four place mats (which had been woven by some of the Vets in the George Darby Hospital in Vancouver) was won by Gordon Norwood. L.A. members express their thanks to everyone who supported the event and con- tributed to its success. edification. His subject could be called, I suppose, “Old Sentinal”; but that bare title doesn't begin to do justice to the beauty of the camera work Mr. Groutage has done in re- cording the essence of our most familiar landmark. We were astonished at the vari- ety and beauty of wildlife caught by Mr. Groutage's quick eye and accurate cam- era work. Few of us realized there are a number of elk making ing in their beauty, and sur- prising in their variety. There were some lovely slides of the orchid-like lady slipper, the queen's cup, wild tiger lilies, trillium, and a rare picture of a rare plant in full massed bloom, the ex- quisitely dainty Clarkia. At various times‘as he as- cended the mountain, Mr. Groutage took “aerial” pho- hs of C: arguments about where was what! After thanking Mr. Grou- tage, Mrs. Heslop revealed that she had held him back on a full showing of his Castle- gar work; he has a number of movie shots of our town and seniors its surroundings that we can look forward to on another afternoon. A social hour followed the meeting, with refreshments being served in ample supply Jj as usual. Replica desk carries a hefty price tag When Michael Pitfield, clerk of the Privy Council gave up his historic desk for display in the renovated East Block, it was agreed he would get a hand-made replica to replace it. Rumor had it that the ela- borate replacement in solid walnut, with rope braid and as it f carvings, would appeared in times past. It was fun to hear the old- timers among the members trying to locate just where so-and-so’s store or home had been, and ‘to listen to the cost about $10,000. But the works department insists the price is nearer $5,000. The original desk was used by the first. Privy “Council “clerk many yéars ‘ago. eo Prime Minister Trudeau also gave up his desk for display in the historic Parli- ament Hill building. It had igi to first BONELESS BEEF BOTTOM ROUND ROAST 2” 583 kg, ene foata Grade SLICED SIDE BACON $928 Burns. Pride of Canada ALL PURPOSE FLOUR a 10 5499 prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald. But he didn't get a replica. Works department designers searched almost every stone quarry in Ontario before lo- cating just the right marble for a new desk. Still, it’s a bargain compared with Pit- field's new desk and cost about $2,500, plus shipping “and other costs. IT’S TIME involved in the important decisions that affect the educational experiences of our children For you to consider becoming actively all — class sizes — strategies to involve | — learning conditions WHOLE TOMATOES — er) Save 246, Four Star. 28 iLoz. (796 mL) Tin. . 5 SUNLIGHT DETERGENT s $959 HUSKY DOG FOOD AQ _ Amy was a kind soul MAX HAINES pears to save enou, those feeble elderly people who didn’t have that much time left on this good earth. ht from the beginning the Archer home flourished. In 1910, after only three years of opera- tion, the home was the well-established domicile of 20 elderly guests. Amy usually charged a lump sum upon accepting a guest to her home. Amounts ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 were turned over to her in exchange for the necessities of life for whatever years remained. Amy was a fine nurse and an excellent adminis- local church, No question about it, 50- had arrived as a well-liked, respec community: aaa "i were saddened when James Archer died, leaying all his wordly goods wife. Three years later Amy married one' of her elderly guests, Michael W: Gilligan, who unfortunately, after only four months, of marital bliss, chose to Mopart these mortal climes in favor of whatever }ies beyond. Considerate Michael managed to make out wil only hours before the end. Amy inherited the tidy sum of $5,000. Death was no stranger It is only proper to note that death is not a stranger in homes for the aged. The Archer Home was no exception. In fact, it seemed that hardly a month went by without a visit from the local undertaker. No one was overly concerned. On May 30, 1914, guest Frank Andrews rose b: it and early. hada hearty breakfa:t, and prepared to paint a fence. By mid-afternoca ‘Frank had com- leted his work. He sat down to the dinner table B position. Shortly after jained of not fee! well. called Frank’s Fra .F. King, the county medical examiner, attributed death to gas- tric ulcers and so signed the death certificate. hbors talked. It just didn’t seem right. Frank ainting a fence in the afternoon, ate that evening, was vaguely ill at,11 rr. , he wa: the malicious neighbors besrairehin name and good works of Amy Archer-G' doctor reminded the gossips that many of Amy’s guests.could only afford small lump sum payments, and were in fact subsidized by Amy herself. Suspected mass murder ...or was’she ? Actions speak louder than words NEW YORK (AP) — A at for bor- .- Not satisfied with this explanation, ‘several mtacted a Hartford paper, whict taking place at the Archer Home. Detectives inves- tigating the matter felt they were dealing with a mass murderer, but with so little concrete evidence to go on they proceeded slowly. It wasn't until May 8, 1916, two years after Frank Andrews’ death that authorities felt they had enough evidence to pro- ceed against Amy. She was taken into custody and placed in the Hartford jail. Soon accounts of Amy’s foul deeds appeared in the Hartford newspapers. The heat was on. The number of deaths which had taken place at the Archer Home were now being studied by police. A total of 48 deaths had occurred in five years, an average of one death every six weeks. The Old People’s Home in Hartford had buried exactly the same number, but as everyone was quick to grasp, the Hartford home had six and a half times as mi guests. Other comparisons were made, and in ea case the meidence of deaths was between six and ten times greater at the Archer Home. One fact led everyone for a while. ainstakingly into Amy's opera- lize that-her motive for Cough president’ was standing’ if ‘on a street corner handing: out a leaflet titled Five Ways to Fight Crime Without Spending 5 Cents when he - suddenly got a chance to demonstrate a sixth way. A crowd was chasing a fleeing man and the cadidate, Jon Davis, heard someone shout, “Stop that man!” Davis and campaign man- ager Andy Cowin joined the chase and soon were leading it. “My campaign manager and I and a third man caught up with the guy and pushed him inte s doorway,” Davis said. ‘I put his arm up behind his back and told Andy to hold the other arm and we held him until police .ar- TANG 365-6766 Recommended by Canada’s leading carpet manufacturers. GENUINE STOLE 57 Seeds ( valley landscape nursery i 7 © Full Line of Flower & Vegetable Seeds. BULK ORDERS should be PLACED NOW Pruning Supplies & Winter Fertilizers AYamcFertices 1 Qcr Gardea NURSERY 226-7270 OY 4 DESIGN & ESTIMATES: William J. 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