CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Nov. 8, 1962 Tires Cost $340,000 1 A yearly subscription to BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA (worth $2.00 travel slang with 26 beau- tiful B.C, colour scenes (worth $1.00). The 1962 fire season officially {terminated on Oct. 15, In making a summary of this particular sca~ son, two things became apparent, First, it was a very good with a below average number of fires, Secondly, the weather was definitely on the side of the fire- fighter, It appeared that every time the hazard rose because of a leng- thening dry spell, the rain arrived and in’sufficient quantity to lower -|the danger, and then the cycle started all ‘over again. ‘Most areas received a greater than average amount of rainfall, some as high ‘as 50 per cent above the norm, Those localities, howev- er, that did receive less than nor- mal rainfall also received less sun- shine. In some places this was as much as 10 per cent for the May- September period. It was noted that sunny periods “fin excess of 14 days were extreme- ly rare, in fact one station which recelved’a higher than normal a~ mount of sunshine recorded only eight: days as the longest period without a measizable rainfalls season | on this Year season it was marred by the death of two firefighters in the Lytton area early in August. For the taxpayer it invovided Outstanding initiative in all phases of Scouting is being credit- ted to 26 active members of the 1 | Let Scouts in the troop's since it cost haloes No 000 against a staggering $4,500,- 000 last year. The ‘average cost of fighting individual fires in 1962 shows & significant and striking decrease, being almost one-quarter the 1961 average. In fact, one large fire in 1961 cost more to extinguish than all the costs of fire suppreasion in 1062, including the contract char- ges for increased air support. For the B.C. Forest Service this was the first year when air tankers and were held log book: Recorded also is that never in the troop's history has attendance been so consistent. Interest -is exceedingly keon on the part of all members to work on tests in furthering their stand- ing. A great deal of effort is being undertaken by several scouts as to earning the necessary proficiency badges for ‘attaining the Queen Scout goal. There are four poten- tials to this end for the Bear future and, possibly another six who show a marked interest in under contract for most of the critical fire period, This factor un- doubtediy ‘contributed to the lower than average firefighting cost. ‘Although statistics have not yet been completed it is already apparent that damage to the forest crop and to other propery within the woods will also be extremely low. It is anticipated that similar firefighting costs undertaken by though it was an excellent ire Little Grey Cup Game Has Lions Against Ti-Cats Paced by Jack Burak’s five touchdowns, the Ti-Cats edged the Lions 43 to 42 in a game Played Saturday morning. Johnson and Paulson each scored single touch- downs for Ti-Cats in a high scor- ing and wide open football game. Four touchdowns by Wayne Peppard and singles by Green. wood and Shutek kept the Lions in the game until the final whistle. The Little Grey Cup game on Saturday will see the teams battle for the Little Grey Cup in a game which promises to ‘be a thriller yom beginning to. sone On Satur- will also reflect this lower figure. If the season was kind to the laxpayer’s pocketbook it is also ap- parent that he was kind to the for- ree that is his heritage. There wae Provincial Parks Show 4% Increase in Camper Use Hon, E,- C, ‘Westwood, min- ister. of the department of recrea- tion and conservation, has | an- nounced that use of provincial parks by campers increased by 15 per cent during the summer ‘of 1962 and that 26 per cent of the eampers were from tng: U.S.A. by “the of care the woods by campers and by oth- ers during the peak recreation-va- cation period. This also assisted this good fire season, Historian Wants Koolenay History . Authenticated Now An amateur historlan says it’s time somebody compiled a reput- able history of British Columbia. Les Walker, who mined for gold in’ the Nelson-Rossland area in the early serie told a meeting HA 6" x 8" Christmas greeting card announcing your gift ‘subscription (worth 25¢). * A $3.25 value for $2.00! Beautiful British Columbia is a wonderful gift for friends and relatives’ any- where in the world. This spectacular: illustrated magazine deals exclusively with B.C, and is published- quarterly by the Depart ment of Recreation and Conservation. x All three gifts: current issue of the magazine, cal- endar, and greeting card, come in a special protect- ive envelope ;that will. be mailed out for you. Send several this year. Come ia soon to CASTLEGAR nEWS A $3.25 VALUE FOR $2. 2 fea by the eritient broken field running of Gerry Leduc, handed the Ti-Cats a 45 to 38 trouncing.\ Ledue scored four touchdowns with two going to Helferand a-single to Harmston. ~ In the opening minutes of play, Ti-Cats quarterback Jack Burak scored three of his four touch- downs and the Ti-Cats seemed well on the way to victory until the Roughriders came to life and played their best game of the sea. son, Christofoli and Paulson scor- ed single touchdowns for the Ti- Cats in the season’s final game, See Castlegar and District youth in Castlegar’s first annual Little Grey Cup game, recommends coach Rev. C, R. Day. The game will be played rain or shine on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the high school football field. ‘Fewer Trips But More Passengers The. Castlegar ferries made 539 fewer trips last month than they did during October, 1981, but they carried 1,208 more automo~ biles and drivers. ‘The ferry report for last month follows with statistics. for October,. 1961, in brackets: Number of round trips (5,199) 4,660, number of automobiles and rivers (49,184) 50,392, number of passengers not drivers (91,654) 90,023, number of trucks, all types (17,121)..15,759, number of trailers and semi-trailers (647) 792, num- ber of motor-buses (835). 772, number... of motor-cycles’ (19) 6 and livestock (78) 61. the Art, and. Scientific ofspeciation: “Before it's too late, while there are still people around who lived through the early days, we should write down what. at happened, “The historians to date have not been authentic — I have found several errors in histories of the Kootenays—nor do they take in the whole ‘picture of community living in the early days.” * ‘Walker, who has been in Van- couver for the past 10 years, pre- viously lived and worked in the Kootenays for almost 50 years. Reminiscing about the early days there, he recalled when: Nelson was' a town of 48 sal. at the bar.” The town was bustling with a large shipyard, building “a real fleet of sternwheelers to carry freight on the Kootenay Lakes.” The miners’ union at Sandon (about 10 miles west of Kaslo) built and operated its own hospital zand they kept it going. until 930."" He said it was a shame that almost no one‘konws about the Indian writings found at Deer Park (on the southeast shore of Lower Arrow Lake), or details of the natural stone bridge 80 feet in height, a historic landmark there, (ie said a soft rock formation had eroded away, leaving this na- tural arch.) Walker said the Rossland Min- ers’ Hall, which he is attempting to preserve, saw the birth of the ‘Workmen's Compensation Act and the eight-hour workday. ‘William Lyon MacKenzie King had spoken there when he was a young man, he said. ne Attention Businessmen: ORDER YOUR PRINTED BANK CHEQUES with Magnetic Ink Code Numbers wOweQaa® moO 2230221 frome the Be 3h" O049 eu". cons and “most business was done |- Parks Branch show a 4 per cent increase in overall park use and a total of 3.7) million visitors. Of this total, 2,860,000 were day visi- tors, indicating a 3 per cent in. erease in this type of use. The figures also show that Mt. Park, near visited by 350, G00 people, had the heaviest use. From second to sixth in use volume, are Cultus Lake 306,000, Alouette Lake | 241,000, Miracle Beach 188,000, Peace Arch 149,000, and Shuswap Lake 140,- 000. These six parks accommodat- ed a little over one third of the visitors total. Parks Branch officials feel that the World's Fair in Seattle may have influenced the. increase in park use by U. S, citizens, and that poor weather conditions dis- couraged B.C. residents. © 10 Kinnaird Scouts Work Towards Their Queen Scout eventually achieving thelr Queen Scout badges. Besides thelr attendance at the meetings, these scouts are taking every other opportunity to succeed in their tests, As Scoutmaster Mar- tin Bale and his assistant, ,C. Munns, have pointed out, these tests “are not passed always on the first try. or perhaps, not even on the second try.” While a small ‘nuinber of scouts have. dropped out, their places are taken by boys on the way up from cubs. Recent welcome additions in this category are Robert Burak Robert Johnson, Keith Allingham and John Mills, who’ has earned all the cub ‘badges available. A were also won by the other three. ‘Mr. Munns held a scout ses- urday, ‘morning for some of the boys. He reports that the'life lino throwing tests produced some odd moments—and the assistant Scout- master. will have to raise his tele~ vision antennal The Kinnaird troop are ‘plan- ning several’ winter trips in the near future. Under discussion is a full troop outing to bring the signalling standard up to top form. The troop has started to form into avery compact unit with spirit running high, tremendous inter- est and the will to advance, which is very gratifying to the leaders. HOUSING HINTS Q. Is the repayment term for ‘conventional loans different from the 25, 30 and.35 year terms per- missible under the National Hous. ing Act. A. Yes. As in the case of. in- terest rate, the term of the loan is also a matter of individual. ar- rangement between the borrower and the Iender. Repayment periods can vary greatly, but 15 years would -probably be the most gene~ ral term and payments are not ne- cessarily arranged in monthly in- stalments, They’ may be monthly, |= or even semi considerable number of cub badges sion at his home a week ago Sat- las cc # UNOS VOLKSWAGEN. and AMBLER SALES & SERVICE : Phone’ R.A.: (Bob) Horswill 365-3491 I Stock. of Voll Cars and Trucks New Rambler Cars Sales & Service — Trades PARKVIEW MOTORS — Nelson rita nS EA Television Service @ Repairs to all makes of TV's, vo Madiog,. Phonographs, x e Electrical Appliances, @ Applications for TV cable book- ups made here. “Years of experience Ss guarantee of dependable cervion:" ELECTRONIC SERVICES. 365-3331, —: Phones — 365-460 2880 Highway Drive, TRAIL Phone 368-9301 SALES AND SERVICE Chevrolet Oldsmobile _ En - Cadillac Corvair — Finest and ( Cleanest ( Used Cars in ‘in the ie Kootenays Every Car ‘Guaranteed WHOLESALE GM PARTS DISTRIBUTORS Largest stock in the Kootenays of genuine parts for all General Motors Vehicles Largest and most fully equipped Gal Garage and Body Shop in the. Kootenays A . jeetan Snecialist: Tr Seiberling Tire ‘Warehouse: : Here you can get answers to gurrency bank can add groatly'to the enjoyment and contentment ot. travelling, leave va CASTLEGAR | NEWS nn an 1, of i School Report. (continued from page one) distance: for’ am: others, continues | balance ts raised by surplus funds i ‘0 an ceived in government. grants, The The dirvers' safely record con- tines to be excellent. The depart-|ed that we are responsible for the | & From this it is easily recogniz. ment of highways and public works | efficient spending of ‘a’ very ‘large matter of ‘school + is co-operating well with us in the /sum of moncy. We are endeavor. ete.” the ing to Teaching staff now numbers 83 | eystem of the district as well and | full-time . teachers’ and three re-|as economically as possible. Your | § lieving teachers for the elementary | co-operation with us is very much schoo! principals.’ The school. pop- | appreciated, ulation has increased by approx- inxs 100 pupils in the iat year, The voluntary accident’ Insur- ance policy. offered through the achools is being continued. In ad- . dition, for those who wish ‘it, an increased coverage js available giv- ing 365-day, 24 hours-a-day cov- erage; The board wishes to empha- size that: this is entirely optional. ‘The insurance has been made avall- | Kinnaird able particularly for’ families who do not have other coverage. How- by ever, it might be: consid: tendent” of. schools, continues, his Foreman Reports At Kinnaird On Oct. Work ' ‘Two waterlines on ‘sth Ave, in that winter have been lowered village fore- In ‘his: month-end report for October, | Mr. Waterman: sald the ‘water at the park and .cemetery has Ween shut-off and ‘the river excellent anid interested service to |PUNP house was winterized, Also, the district. He has worked in closo co.operation with the teaching man ;Curt Waterman told councit y all | Monday night. we parents, A copy of the, policy is available for you to‘ study ‘at the board office, G. C, Bissell, district superin- ellvillage equipment. was winter- ataff in holding soveral. in various subjects. Included: hav. The of.a (on 4th Ave. was completed ‘dur- been sessions for studying the new ine the month and holes in black- math courses. ‘With: the continuing expans-| ere prepared for the cemetery |§ ; top were ‘patched, Three’ plaques ion of the population of. School {224 six new water connections District No. 9 in view, e board were installed and two .old ones has purchased future building sites | Were replaced on 4th Ave, and has been consider ine further Two . Bench p -pumps Property able amount of elimi dis- cussions has bnuilding of a new secondary school, wall’ was completed with the ex- which appears to be inevitable in |CePtion of the steps. The water the: near future. ‘system and ‘sewerage ° treatment The board has continued to en- | Plant were serviced and the side- abs fe ‘Upper | 8 and a culvert was “installed at ; taken place on. the | Reith's. The lowering of the Haley Joy ‘excellent ‘relations. with the vale on the highway was complet- commissioners of |the Villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird. Their un- derstanding of the problems in. volved in. administering a school district such as ours is much .ap- preciati Y It is considered that’ the rate- payers will be interested to know |. Evin’s Contracting Truck is Wrecked that the total budget for 1962, as approved by the department of ed- - Ucation in the amount of 5881;- A Slocan Park‘ man’ was: ser- iously injured when he leaped for his life from his runaway logging 481, of which $560,592 is raised by truck near, Deer Park last Friday local taxation, and $248,209 is morning, ee Serr rae AIRLINE RESERVATIONS. | MEXICO - HAWAIIAN. AND EUROPEAN TOURS from th - ARRANGED e CASTLEGAR: AGENT FOR THE WESTERN HOTEL CHAIN e WEST‘S. DEPT. STORE ~Phone 365-4911 | al. suffering’ from - broken ibs. Punetured lung .and injury ‘to a shoulde He oa driving ‘a six.ton load- ed logging truck when it is believed the.-brake. mechanism | failed ... hold and he lost control. As the truck was approaching a steep hill and gaining speed on the private logging © road, the ’ leaped e cab. 2 truck hit, alert, then the bank which crushed the ‘front of the vehicle and then the truck caught fire. # Bi A complete wreck, the truck was valtied at $15,000 by the own- ers, Evin's Contracting of Robson, 7 ECT - Foothall Standings Castlegar and District Football Conference Ww TP AP +0, 274:167 14 , 0-279 274 -10 cam |. S Lions 4 ‘Ti-Cats © -Roughri, CLIN Game, Lions vs i-Cate. OGLOW BROS. BUILDING & SUPPLY co. LID... Pete. Plotnikoff is reported in| # We've blown the whistle on high prices — Shop at the Store where your Dollar Buys. More mm = = Ist GRADE | BUTTER’ LB. 49c INC TOASTMASTE R BREAD 6 - $1.00 . GAINERS " BETTER BUY > MARGARINE Albs. 89¢ BOLOGNA, by the piece Ib. 29¢ MARTINS, Raisins 4-1b. bag ...:....... 99 Saturday 2 pm, - Little Grey, Cup a DOT. WEST. : Walnuts light pes. 1- Ib. pkg. 89c DUNCAN HINES: Cake Mixes pkg. . ee 39c : ROBINSONS. 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