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10 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct. 18, 1960

SPECIAL PROCLAMATION

Black Declares.
Forestry Week

F, M. ROSS
Lieutenant Governor
. JADA:
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ELIZABETH the SECOND, by the Grace of God, of

the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other ©

Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the
Commonwealth, Defender 'of' the Faith.
To all to whom these presents shall) come—GREET-

: ‘A PROCLAMATION
R. W. Bonner, (Whereas the economy of British
Attorney General. (Columbia is substantially based
(upon our Forests:
And whereas industry has developed multiple
forest products which are national and i ional

Diefenbaker

In endorsing National Forest
Products Week Prime Minister John
Diefenbaker wrote:

“The immense economic con-
tribution of the lumber and. wood
products industries to Canada, and
the need of wise and imaginative
measures for the conservation of
the forests will be

Of Forest Products Week |

Lauds Idea

Forest products seccount for 17
per cent of the carloadings on Can-
adian ‘rallways, and almost 90 per
cent of Canada’s foreign exchange
ia earned by the export of. forest
Products. "4 %

one
, More than 360,000 man years of

prought to the attention of a

Canadian are accoun-
ted for each year within the forest

during the
Ganadn’s National Forest Producta
Week.

On behalf of the Government
of Canrda I express’the hope that
this new venture will be productive
of benefit not only to the industry
but to the people of Canada as a
whole.”

ee,

National Forest Products Week,
Oct, 16 to 22, is sponsored by the
lumbermen’s. fraternity, Hoo-Hoo,
and is supported by the Canadian
Wood Development Council and its
member cross Canada.

in their distribution:

And whereas the week of October 16th to the
22nd, 1960, inclusive, is being observed as National
Forest Products Week in Canada and the United
States: -

‘And whereas Our Lieutenant Governor, by and
with the advice of the Executive-Council, has been
pleased to‘direct, by Order in Council No. 1913,
approved on August llth, 1960, in that behalf that
a Proclamation be issued declaring the week of
October 16th to 22nd, 1960, inclusive, -as National
Forest Products Week.

NOW KNOW YE that We do by these presents
declare the week of October 16th to 22nd, 1960,
inclusive, as National Forest Products Week. -

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused
these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great
Seal of, Our Province to be here unto affixed.

WITNESS, the Honourable FRANK MACKEN-
ZIE ROSS, Lieutenant Governor of our Province of
-British Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our
Province, this eleventh day of August, in the year
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty,
and in the ninth year of Our Reign.

By Command.

W. D. BLACK, ;
Provincial Secretary _

and the industry's annual
payroll sxceeds tae billion. °

H ‘timelessness ie Q@ quality of
wood: that few other materials poss-
ess. Wood has beenin style through-
out man’s history ... because wood
not only endures, but grows riore
beautful with oge. The serenity of
the forest, the magnificence of ure-
ation, .as symbolized in the wood
church, make worship more mean-
ingful, Some ancient churches of
timber’ construction are still in use
after 1,200 years.
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The

Toasimaster Club:
Helps its Membérs

Toastmasters International ts a

'/ organization which has helped more

than a half-million men through its
program of self-expression and self-

ter Club president Jack Young said
this week. i
‘There are now more than 3,1000|"
‘Toastmasters. clubs in 35 countries
eres the free ae he add~

A ‘Toastmasters club provides
its member with opportunities to
improve their abilities to speak in
public, conduct meetings and de-
velop their executive talents,. In
congenial surroundings, men help
each other through actual practice,
mutual constructive criticism end

inch-of wood is equal to six inches
of brick or 16 inches af concrete. <r
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Almost 40 sq. ft. of extra exter=
for space can be gained in the aver>|
age new home if wood frame walls,
are used instead ‘of masonry” or
other bulky type materials. This: is.
enough space to increase & 10 x 14
foot living room by four feet or
Provide an extra bath or utility,
room,

Rebekah Prexy
; Visits Gastlegar

IOOF, paid’ her’ official visit: to,
Eingarson Lodge 75, I0OF,” last,
week, Hl

. Prior to the meeting in the Par>,|
ish Hall, a pot-luck La aoe
served." .

the of
within each organization.

Each club’ is a member of
Toastmasters International. The
club and its members receive ser
vices, supplies and continuing coun-
esl from the Home Office in Santa
Ang, California.

‘The Castlegar Toastmasters Club
meets every second Thursday from

“|6.15 to 8.15 pm. Visitors are always

welcome, said Mr. Young.

Mrs, Harrson gave an instruct
and interesting address to the
sembled guests,

Others present included
Russell Brealy, past president; -My.
Brealy, grand treasurer and past
grand master of Vancouver; Mr. W.)
F. Watson, grand representative,
Past grand master, Trail and also
visitors from Trail, Nelson, Rossland
and Enderby lodges.

‘AN EDITORIAL

After 326 Years, Canada’ Gives af
-Recogniticn to. Forests for Week |

‘Lumber. is’ Canada’s oldest manufac-: new world “of. dieinicals and. other. pro-.
turing industry, dating back to 1934 when duets.
the first shipment of plank, square. timber ‘We. salute ‘the.
and rafters ‘was'‘made from Lunenburg whose livelihood depends. on’ the forests. §
Bay by. Nicolas. Denys. We salute the men'who make lumber and

It is fitting that, 326 years: after that’ “plywood and the carpentérs’ who use it to |
historic’ event took place, this nation build: our homes. and schools, We recog- i
should recognize her. forests for the’ first. nize our forests as the home of our wild

time with an entire week - Oct.:15 to 22°:life, the shelter for our. domestic water

set aside’ as’ National Forest Products supply and .as.a place. where '.we can go }
Week, with our- families to picnic,’ hike, camp, |
During this week we'salute the forest fish and hunt.

industries which give us lumber and ply- Lastly we salute the ‘forest produets
wood for our liomes, schools, churches, industries for. safe guarding our. great J
farms. and. other’ buildings; which give us national heritage and: ensuring that, we §
pulp and paper for our newspapers, bqoks and our descendants ‘will ‘continue to’ be
and magazines; and which give us a whole shareholders in the trees of Canada.

value of one|{

5,000.

‘Products come from Trees

It would take too long to list all the amazing things made from wood.
: They. run -the ‘gamut from explosives to rayon and even sugar and.
alcohol. But of course the wood products we are mostly familiar with
‘sare lumber and the beautiful plywoods that we build our: homes with.
If you: are planning to build: or‘ remodel] let us show you the many
advantages of building with products of the forest: — — ideal for the
do it yourself man, ,

‘YOU CAN'T BEAT THE BEAUTY AND DURABILITY: OF
PLYWOODS

"MITCHELL ‘SUPPLY. LTD.

CASTLEGAR

Work, Build

Behind. ‘this’ Bosna’ is a plan’ of se
* management and a logging organization which will
harvest the timber on a continuing basis.

The jer crop will be etietucthiead into pulp
‘and: lumber préducts for sale in Canadian -

and foreign markets, earning dollars’ to _

pay our taxes, build our roads, teach ‘our children,

‘ron our railways and SUPDORE the crore of -

jour secondary industries.’ "

“Forest management also insures continuing beauty
‘on the rugged: mountain slopes ar and forest shelter. |
\ protects one and: fish. | i

‘This river “of leas flows into thousands of peat 5
and helps to earn nearly half of © évery dollar
wealth a proceed in. British- oaab

a} pulp mill in
350,000 Canadians /am {not be lost sight. of.

: foresta.. Books-and
| “ mewapapera once were trees, and 60

erations economic cannot be“over-

emphasized,
“And the importance of Gelgar’a
regard locally mus!

tiele from the July: issue * of the
Canads..Lumberman ‘discuss the im-
Portance of the :-new. taeda ven-

/ ture dt Kamloops, :

‘we NEED MORE } ice, THEM.

(editorial) .,
"In this ‘issue’ we carry on’ ex-
clusive feature which describes the
new.:chipping -venture «in: the: B.C,

it] Interior; known, as Kamloops: Wood

Conversion Limited.

‘The importance of this, ‘newly s

formed>‘company ‘to’ the’ Interior|
lumber: industry cannot | be over-
emphaslzed. “6

Denals cose

called ‘wante’. that has‘ been | con-

elgned to‘burners and otehr means|

of “disposal. ‘has ‘reached. virtually
criminal proportions. .°\:

'-Now,. for the firat: time, some
hardheaded, bualnessmen have got
down to cases, and for thelr opera-
tlons at least, have turned ‘waste’

‘}into.a saleable produce, ’_

The: scope,and cost of the new
venture ‘is » and there is some

large,
, | doubt that. the five sawmills con-

cerned. will, seo thelr: money. back
for” quite -a. ‘while. However, the
gamble has been taken with full
reallration of the risks Involved,

dom lina et Eainlooy:
“| lll: not only Lm reaping a rich ree
ward for the effort ‘and. capital
they jeepended in 1959-60, but will
take ‘the Place’ alongside. other
glanta in ne history of the. lumber
industry'who have led the way in
new ‘and daring adventures,
“We need more like them — and
‘we wish them ‘ every success in thelr
venture. | ae :
(ire bon ok
KAMLOOPS CHIPS

SM (article 8 =
A major atep has’.been taken
on the road to a pulp industry for
British ‘Columbia’s central interior;
On \June 7; an.:epoch-making
event occurred at Pacific Coast Bulk
Terminals’ new bulk loading wharf
at | Port: Moody. near Vancouver.
Fourteen OPR onen rail cars .were
pulled up, each loaded with 60 tons
of wood chips, Then, ata rate of
one every elght minutes, the cars
were turned over by a giant rotary|a
car’ dumper and ‘the chips trans-
ported by conveyor belts to a scow

et dockalde,
‘What made this

160 miles by sra.
from the Kamloops district of male
BQ, interior, ‘The, chips -were the
very first to‘be salvaged by interior
mills from ‘sawmill’ waste, thus be-

ginning a new era for the interior ;

industry. °
‘One day later the scow deliver:

Holding Li

cola. Walley. Sawmills Ltd, Merri
‘They have undertaken to deli
r 100,000 units of chips’ yearly for
five’ years’ to - Crown" Zellerbach,’ a

ed the chips to the'pulp paper
mills ‘at | Blk’ Falls,” Is-

land, ‘of. ‘crown ‘Zellerbach ‘Canada
Limited: About three days’ later the

chips were fully converted inte pulp. | °

‘\y Bor, theinext five’ years,’ three
scows. a week with 500:.bone dry
units. apiece ;: (2,400: pounds. to. the
unit) are scheduled to leave the
Port Moody wharf for Crown ' Zel-
lerbach’s Elk Ralls, mill. Each year
‘the equivalent.iof/ 40: million ‘board
Yeet of logs will come'to the coast
from. the -interfor ; ini -the form. of
chips .°. s/and only ‘s

ago this material was be!

majon chipbuyer on ‘the coast and,
* the

first ‘to | cal
produce wood (chips in British Go-
Jumble. v

Ken Long of Kamloops end
Fadear.: Creek ‘Lumber companies | to
is. prealdent*: of:. Kamloops .Wood
Conversion: Limited, | C, Sirsa

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1960

ry puly tnintster' of tants aaa forests
for’ B,C.,:told: the Interior Lumber
Manufacturers in: Pénticton this
spring. ‘It's dust a question of how
soon.’

“There was a time when we all
thought the const’ was the’ only
Place for ‘a pulp’ mill, but’ today ‘it
is wen. established that ‘such inills

Operates ey, at’ interlor

pointe’ he
ane announcement" of
the Intention of the five sawmills

"thelr “ “huge * breal|'’

> le
through "7 was “made: by Tands and.

wards, Better utilization of. our for-
ests of the interior “and can‘ only
yield increased economic returns by
the use” of what was i, Inevicunys
wasted,” Mr, ‘Williston

“Without ‘the ighteat" ‘shadow,
‘of a. doubt, it opens up new avenues
of “development, in: the’ forest ‘in-
dustries dreamed of five years
ago,” he added, : at
Giving ‘ assurance” that “nitare
(continued on page 12) cs

of B.O;: Interior. id Art
Holding of |. Holding Tumber « are
vice-presidents. Jack deWolf.. of. Ni-
cola Valley Sawmills completes the
partnership |. and Tom ‘Jackson (is
managing director.
Example’ Will. Spu
“The result, of three’ years of in-

and at
sawmill waal

neering” venture is ‘the
achievement of five savmilis in the
Kamloops’ district Who’ Joined forces
to form ‘Kamloops ' Wood . Conver-
sion ‘Limited bork cy distributing or=

the ey, e bod the wood. chips

to:nel
zbe flye: mails. are Bo. Interior

the trail-blazing venture
Js, expected’ to spur other interior
mills" toward ° greater’ wood ‘utiliza-
tion. With the resulting abundance
of: salvaged “waste available, a -pulp
mill in- the central< interlor “would
be a logical next step. i

“Say “someday, : will’ haye

to.go Into hp,” R..G. McKee, fe

“SALVATION ARMY —
BRIGADIER L. PINDRED' of the Salvation Army
at ‘ Vancoiyer. will conduct a public. meeting. on

Thursday, October 20° at ‘7.30: p.m. in the Twin
_ Rivers Hall. 2

ALE ‘ARE INVITED TO, ATTEND

‘The founders of Con-
version have made it known that
they hope their imagination and in-

+./dtlative will encourage the pulp.and

. Local chairman of National Fo-
rest Products Week promotion is D.
‘W. Brookes, resident matiager’ for
Celgar’s sawmill division.,
“The purpose of National For-
est Products Week, beng. held, Oct.
18 to 22,” said Mr. Brookes, “is
focus attention on the use of wood
in its many forms and so to enhance
the markets for wood products.
“This. is a nation-wide effort,”

“continued the local chairman, “and

Prime Minister Diefenbaker - and
President Eisenhower have already
indicated Laat countries’ purport
of this scheme.

to | inevitable’,
wards it have been a long time

paper companies to consider bulld~
ing a mill or mills in thelr area.
‘That the idea has some attrac-
tion to the pulp and paper ‘com-
panies is made plain by the new
Celgar venture being ‘rashed to
completion’ at Castlegar in the
West Kootenays, and’ no doubt

Tt is gs
establishment sof 8 large pulp and

paper ‘industry in the Interlor ‘is
but the first step to-

coming.
“\It is .therefore commendable
that’ members. of . ou industry

should be the ones-to take the lead.| ‘

. We venture. to suggest that
within ten years the Interior, will

be making as big a contribution to]:

the pulp and paper industry as the
Coast does eis ‘When. that day

‘Forest Products Week.

Coast to coast during the week,
of Oct, 18. to':22. Canada ; and :

ty to E
men and -women ‘of our forest “ins
@ustries and the thousands “Of pro-
ducts made. of: wood,

It would joke me ‘bag to list
she amazing: ‘belng .made

aa wood, but {ie san the gamut ae

from’ explosives to rayon and even

it?
), that comes to mind ‘when we think

of wood, because so“many of our
homes are of wood frame construc-
tlon. In‘ fact, ‘all day/long we are
surrounded by, products from the

magazines and|*\:

From the time.we-are born’ we
never get far from the forests. ‘The

able products of our country’s: for-|°

ests. The same is true of our chur-
ches and. of many other: public and
commercial buildings that use wood
9g their’ basic structural matecial,
Our forests have: supplied the
lumber to build our -.nation - since

ite earliest days. They still produce |‘:
an. endless flow’ of logs for lumber,| +
Plywood,” pulp and ‘paper and thou-|:
sands ‘of other products, Over and| -
above:.our: own” needs - they- supply |:

the exports which earn 30 per cent
of our ‘foreign .exchange,
Best. of all’ our forests. are a

were many of: the articles we und]
at work and at play. *

‘Local Sector Plan:
+ Holds Supper, Mest

A ‘supper; training: mecting of
the Kootenay ‘Sector plan was held

>in the Community ‘Memorial Chur-

ch hall, attracting a large turnout,
‘The Evening Group served sup-
per to the gathering which included

~ six members ‘from Nakusp.

was present, “pI

ding” ove
y, meeting wth Bob Maddocks, District

chairman, fits
-> During a later meeting, the Rob-
son General Committee Group dis-
cussed plans and interchanged ideas
and information. ;.

natural‘ resource.” ‘They
will continue forever to. supply lum-|

forest’ heritage’ ss q crop.:

We wouldn't’ get along without
our forests and 1t is right .and fit-
ting that this.week, we pay. tribute
to, them and to the more than 6,000
Products that come from the tree.

Celgar President :

In Chest Drive”

Internal - eanvass .chairman of
Varicouver’s ‘Community Cheat Red
Feather campaign fs ‘T.'N. Beaupre,

President of Oelgar. Ltd. and Col-
umbia. Cellulose Ltd.

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4 Dia you know that the shoksaraphis film you use in your. camera originally’ a
‘came from a‘tree, or that the rayon sothing you wear. once grew aa and -
e Sealant ina Canadian forest. : Z

3 These amazing ‘Fhots and many: “others wil is “told by ocak lumbermen

ae October 16. to 22 when National Forest ‘Pr

s "Week is

: The 1 mbermen will appear on’ service, club. programs and over B.C. radio
c ion stations,.and there, will be. articles: in, newspapers about | this

ig “substance called wood ‘and’ we at. Oglow Bros. .Bi

-Ltd..are happy to endorse this Forest Products week.

ding. ‘and ‘Supply eee

: Of course, the Iumbermen will. stress the, fact that. the principal ‘products
‘Which come from thie forests are those ‘we -live -with. every. day. — lumber,

* plywood. and. pulp. and. paper. But ‘they will also: tell: some "fascinating stories: «
‘about: the’ forests and’ the thousands of rare, and Junnsual bodies that. are
manufactured. from the trees...

National. ‘Forest. Products '.Week should be educationally” valuable. to
every person: in our nation.” People take. the trees for granted. They ‘probably
ow that ‘the ‘forests. supply. our. country. with its lumber, plywood, pulp and
japer, and. many. other. products, ‘but what they don’t realize is that the forests
“protect. our. domestic water supplies, serve as the habitat'for our wild game,
d' ‘supply millions of Canadians. and {ourists. with incomparable ‘recreation
as for picnics, - camping, fishing and hunting. :

Luimbermen point out that ‘the love of wodd is a heritage with most Can: ~
dians - because: it-has been the material which has been used to build their

“home

people ideritify. lumber: with” shelter. andthe most beautiful home;
trict are‘ built, with’ lumber and the interiors decorated* withthe . natural
heat of our: forests. °

their schools, churches, farms and other. buildings for centuries. Most
in this dis-

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