‘Extended care
patients. shown
ere being enter-
tained by members
of the * Hospital
Auxiliary, have
visitors. of many
ages who come to
entertain or just be
company.

Keepirig equip-
ment and general
maintenance of the
hospital in» ship’
shape is the job of
the maintenance
crew. Here George
Clark is testing an

Automatic Pipet-,

ter/Diluter.

FIRST YEAR nursed stodenté from Donna Van Viiet, Kathryn Armstrong,
Selkirk College receive practical ex- Salley Bird, Reabbeca Kessler, Ameg
perience at the Castlegar and District Loriviere and Kristine Roberts.

Hospital. Shown here are instructor Mrs.

UPDATING of equipment is a continuous process, At being ward and in the seoratleg roam. Soon to be ad-
right Is o G.E. Mobile x-ray D3 which was developed. ded will be another model. It is q new battery powered
during World War Il for field hospitals and no longer in” ‘mobile-motor driven machine completely independent
service...In use is the G.E. Mobile x-ray 225 whichy; of wall power as it operates on Nica batteries.
operates throughout the hospital on 220 volt outlets, ¥

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Serving Our Members in the.
Castlegar District for 32 Years.

Ca: tlegar Savings has’
strived. to be a ‘people-
oriented’ financial institution
since the first organizational
meeting was held in Ivy Hill's
home’ in early 1949,

That was the desire of the
11. Castlegar‘ Credit . Union
pioneers, as they met to ex-
plore the necessary steps to
be taken in founding ‘helt
‘own financial institution. At-
tending that organizational
meeting were Ralph Flet-
cher, Alex. Cummings, Carl
Loeblich, Esther Loeblich, Al
Richards, Bill Johnson, Al
Read, Edwin Johnson, .
Géorge -Worobey, Lloyd
Groutage and Ivy Hill.

Asa result of that mile-
atone: meeting,

for four years,’ <

From its early. days of
meeting in paint shops and
Co-op Transportation buses,
the directors made a wise
decision: to ‘purchase. \ prop-

‘erty. on Columbia ‘Avenue

that was the former Fergu-
son's Hardware. This build-
ing was later remodeled and

served the Credit Union for *

over 20 years,

Doris Reith became the
second manager and: she
served faithfully: in. that
position for 16 years, George
Terhune and Archie McLeod
served short terms and Har-
old Webber became manager
in 1970.

It became evident in the
early 1970's that CSCU was

‘-outgrowing its premises on

share capital and $9 in initi-
ation fees.

Loyd Groutage was ap-
pointed president and Esther
Loeblich, treasurer. Mrs.
Loeblich operated the office
from within the premises of
the Castlegar Paint Shop,
rent-free, through the cour-
tesy of the proprietor. Mrs.
Loeblich graciously donated
her time for a whole year and
served as tressurer-manager.

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Columbia Avenue, and with
that in mind’ the directors

«had earlier shown great fore-

sight in purchasing: parcel
of prime land adjacent to the
Castleaird Plaza,

In 1971 planning meetings
were held under the direction

:of Frank Dawson, who- was

the building committee chair-
man throughout the project.
‘An architect was hired and
the project gained momon.

tum. Construction was
“started in 1972 with comple-

tion and official opening In,

March, 1974,

A now, dimension to our
outreach was undertaken in
1978 as.we were asked to
assist a small credit union in
the Slocan Valley, We were
pleased to be able to offer our
knowledge and ‘personnel, as
‘we feel the principle of- a

people-oriented : institution,

also includes helping sister
-eredit unions.

After longthly negoti-
ations, we acquired the $.6

million assets of Slocan Val- -

ley Credit. Union ‘and their
550 members became part of
Castlegar , Savings. ‘Today
«that membership -stands ‘at
1,800. with assets of $3.4
million.

‘A new building was
erected at Slocan Park in the
fall of 1972,: and with \ the
opening of larger premises,
we were in a position to offer.

greatly expanded services:to :

;valley residents... For «ex:
“ample, ours was the first

institution to’ offer’ safety.
deposit --boxes,.. traveller's’

_ cheques, U. funds and free
“ chequing. 4

We were also able to be-.
come an ICBC motor vehicle,
agent, which has proven’ to
be a’ real asset to the local
population, We can now fore-
see: the day when'our, office
will have to be expanded to
accommodate - the “present
and future business we anti-
cipate, .

“In looking at the growth :
we have experienced at both,
branches, it is encouraging to |
note that we have had almost.
18,000 ‘accounts opened at

Castlegar since incorporation *

and 8,400 at our Blocan Vale
ley branch,

‘The growth in’ ‘assets has:;
been interesting to} watch”
since we startéd off with the
initial $45, It took 27 years.to
reach our first: $10' million
and only three years more.to
reach $20 million, Our pres-
ent assets stand’at slightly in
excess of $21 million.’|

We: have gone through 8 8

. unique evolution in our book-

keeping ‘system’ since “the ©
days. that: Esther :Loeblich..
and. Doris Reith ‘carried out
hand-posted entries on mem- *

bera’ share or loan cards, All |,

Consulting Engineer:

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Castlegar Branch Office :

186. Columbia Avenue,

Castlegar,

B.C. VIN 2X3

Phone: 365-6266
_ Ryan Schultze, Manager

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