‘FIRST 300 COPIES of “The Ascent of Man”
presented by MacMillan Bloedel to the
Mepartment of education for school use has been
Fecelved by Education Minister Eileen Dailly
shown here with the company’s community
telations manager for Vancouver Island, Ted
‘Stroyan. The company sponsored Dr. -Jacob

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GIFT SUGGESTIONS
FOR ALL THE 97%

A GIFT CERTIFICATE
FOR THE UNDECIDED

Bronowski’s television series:“The Ascent of
Man” on the CBC national network. When it was
afffounced a book would be published based on
Dr. Bronowski’s scripts, MacMillan Bloedel
purchased enough ‘copies to cover secondary
achool libraries in B.C. 4

Save on Gas Consumption
By Watching Driving Habits

Watching your driving
habits can save gas says a
spokesman of the motor-vehicle
branch for ‘British Columbia
who passes on these few tips.

Drive at a smocth, steady
speed. Every time you increase
your speed after a temporary
slowdown, a little pump inside
the carburetor squirts an extra
shot of gasoline into the engine.
Cutting in and out of lanes is
not only dangerous, but also
wastes fuel because of frequent
acceleration and braking.

Look ahead to traffic
lights. Slow down gradually as
you approach a red light. The
light: may change to green
before you reach it and you'll
save energy required to get the
car in motion again and
accelerate to ‘normal speed.
When you do stop for the light,
coasting to a gentle stop is a lot
easier’ on fuel consumption,
brake linings and your passen-
gers’ nerves than slamming on
the brakes at the last minute.

The driver who is first
away from every stop-light is
wasting gasoline. For better
economy, tread lightly on the

Librarian Recommends
Extended Opening Hours

Year-end items of business
were finalized at the recent
meeting of the Castlegar
Library board.

The librarian's report re-
commended the library be open
for five additional hours per
week starting in January, 1974.
It was gratifying to learn that
November 1978 had the highest
monthly circulation the library
has enjoyed since its beginning.

The annual general meet-
ing, which will be preceded by a
dinner for ‘the volunteers,
librarian and ‘board members,
will be held Jan. 21. D. Jones
hopes at that time to have a
guest speaker from the library
development commission.

. Soon to be arriving at the
library are the following books:

For Childre

Storybook Dictionary,
Best Storybook Ever, Hop
Aboard—Heré We Go, Best
Mother Goose. Ever, Busy,
Busy, World, Nicky Goes to the

Doctor, all by Richard Scarry.
Fun. and Nonsense by L.
Untermeyer and Stuart Little
by E. B. White.

Adults:

. One Woman's Arctic by S.
Burnford, Across the Bitter Sea
by E. Dillon, Survive the

Savage Sea by D. Robertson,’

Harvest Home by T. Tryun,
How to be Your Own Best
Friend by Newman and Berko-
witz, Making of the President
1972 by T. H. White, Yukon
Summer by E. Cantin, Do With
Me What You Will by J. C.
Oates, Tourist by Gerald

Green and Breakfast of Champ-

ions by K. Vonnegut.
Mysteries:

The Prison by G, Simemon,
The Fire Engine . that -Dis-
appeared by Maj Sjowall and
P. Wahloo, God Save the Mark
by D. Westlake, The Steel
Spring. by P.. Wahloo and
Madame Aubrey and the Police
by H. Travers.

we extend our sincerest wishes
that you and yours enjoy

A Mong Chinas

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Open late. Thursday 2 Friday - Saturday
“Christmas Day 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.

Boxing Day 12 Noon to 1 p.m. — 6 pi
Sunday, December 30: 12 Noon to.) p.m. —.6 p.m. to 7. p.m,

to 7 p.m.

6 pm, to 7 p.m.

accelerator and Increase your
speed gradually. If your car has
an automatic transmission,
upshifts to the more economical
second and third speeds occur
sooner at light throttle, With a
manual transmission, upshift as
soon as tho car will run
amoothly in the higher gears,

Don't “ride” the brakes.
Slow the car by easing off on
the accelerator. Don't uso the
brake pedal as a rest for your
left foot. Finally, don't let the
engine Idle while you are
waiting outside the school or
supermarket. When the engine
is idling and the car isn't
moving, you are getting zero
miles per gallon,

Regular tune-up is import-
ant for any car, but especially
so for those equipped with
exhaust emission . controls,
They can tolerate less variation
in carburetor setting, spark
plug and distributor point gap,
or ignition timing. A dirty air
cleaner restricts the flow of air
to the carburetor and causes
the engine to run on a-richer
mixture—a higher-than-normal
percentage of fuel to air. The
result is an increase in both fuel
consumption and carbon
monoxide emissions. A. com-
plete engine tune-up can reduce
fuel consumption by an average
eight to ten per cent, and in
some cases as much as 25 per
cent.

You will save money by
getting the most out of every
gallon of gasoline you buy, and
you will do your bit. toward
cleaning up the air. And you
will be making a useful
contribution towards the
energy crisis,

Stan Babich
On Winning
School Team

A former resident of
Castlegar, Stan Babich, who
now makes his home at
Cranbrook, is on the Cranbrook
High School team which ap-
peared recently on the CBC
television program .“Reach for
the Top”. :

As. a member of the
winning team, he will again
appear on TV when the
Cranbrook High School team
defends its position in January.

Streetcars
Of Yesteryear
On Woy Back

tcar may

be in’ for a big revival across
Canada, according to opera-
‘tions manager of the Toronto
Transit Commission, James H.

. Kearns, 3

Concern for the environ-
ment and the ongoing war on
city pollution have sparked this
new trend in Canada’s second.
largest city. :

According to Mr. Kearns:
“Passengers' much prefer the
riding stability of a rail vehicle
as compared with a bus, and, in
Toronto, public pressure in-

‘jfluenced us in reversing our

decision to phase out our

“Instead, we are rehabilita- .

ting about 150 cars, and expect
to buy perhaps 200 new ones of
improved design. Toronto also
has rebuilt 150: of its electric
buses.”

North America’s
Second Largest

Chinatown

After San Francisco, the
second largest Chinatown in
North America is in Vancouver,
where some 50,000 of Canada’s
125,000. Chinese live.

-:For gourmet visitors to
Vancouver, Chinatown is a
tmust because of the almost
endless variety of culinary
delicacies-on sale,

Take your pick of the huge,
black, Chinese, mushrooms,
lotus roots, yams, eggplants,
kumquats and lichee nuts.

Or you can try sturgeon,
rock cod, ‘sharks’: fins, bird’s
nest soup, Hong Kong oysters
and barbecued ducks. - :

For cooking your own, you
can buy “a, wok,” a. round-

bottomed Chinese pan, origin-.

ally designed to extract the
maximum amount of heat from
the tiniest fire.
In the: restaurants, you
must give at-least one day's
notice if. you wish to’ order
Eight Precious Jewels Chicken,
Peking Duck or Winter Melon
Soup. Chinatown chefs are very

‘jealous: of their: international

reputation for excellence in the
kitchen. 2. 3

“To point up the all-embrac-
ing availability of everything in
Vancouver's. Chinatown, one
store -has this‘ sign: in the
window: “If We Do Not Have
It," You ‘Never Needed It.”

Butala-Nickerson Vows |

A> double-ring wedding
ceremony performed at Sacred
Heart Parish Church in Golden,
united In marriage Patricla‘Ann
Nickerson and Joseph Colin
Butala, .

The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ronald
Nickerson of Robson and the
groom the’son of Mr. and Mrs,
Joseph Butala of Golden.

‘ellow and blue mums and
white tapers decorated the
church for the Nov. 3 wedding
ceremony at which Father
Clements officiated,

Organist was Miss Helen
Lapha of.Golden,

Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a white
silk gown with pearls down the
sides and front. Trimming the
hem were ruffles. Her floor-
length veil was secured to a
Juliet cap of white pearls. She
carried a bouquet of yellow

‘mums and white daisies,

Maid-of-honor was the
bride's sister Miss Helen
Nickerson of Robson with the
groom's sister, Miss Helen
Butala as bridesmaid.

Miss Trudy Nickerson, also
a sister of the bride, was the
flower girl. There were ‘all
attired in multi-colored gowns
with ruffles round necklines
and empire waists.

Best man was Mr. Bill
Fraser with the bride's brother,
Mr. Robert Nickerson, and the
groom's brother, Mr. Frank
Butula, sharing ushering
duties.

White and yellow bells and
streamers decorated the: Civic
Center at Golden for the
reception where the bride and
groom's mothers received
wearing blue __floor-length

gowns and white accessories.
Their corsages were also of
white carnations, >

Centering the bride's table
was a three-tier wedding cake
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decorated in white and blue by
Mra, Bill Salekin,

Master of ceremonies was
the bride's uncle, Mr. C,

Rindler of Rossland, with the

toast to the bride proposed by
the :bride's cousin, Mr, Alan
Rindler of Victoria.

For travelling to Sparwood

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the bride donned a two-pi
suit of forest green with black §
accessories, A
The newlyweds will make
thoir home at Golden, \
Outof-town guests were
from Robson, Rossland, Revel-
atoke, Golden, Victoria and
Vancouver, ;

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The Kinnaird Public Lib-
rary will be closed from
Dec, 22nd till Jan, 2nd.
The Story Hours will re-
sume early in January.
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