Dinner ‘Fit for Kings’

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“A Christmas dinner fit for
a king” was one of the more
mild descriptions made of a
Christmas dinner hosted at the
Celgar pulp mill site Thursday
by Canus Services for the men
at the site and guests of the ca-
tering firm.

JeNy-roll “logs,” emphasiz-
ing the construction camp's pur.
pose, helped decorate the tables
and two little cooked piglets
drawing a sleigh with a roast
turkey on it were on the main
table.

A four-foot church was de-
corated with shortening and a
cookie roof and there was a wide
choice of Danish pastry. There
were huge tubs of oranges and
Christmas candies and whole
pineapples were on the tables,
A 12-foot Christmas tree was sct
up against a blue backdrop and
a nativity scene was set up.

For appetizers everyone had
their choice of a seafood cock-
fail, hot sauce, chicken broth with
rice or smorgasbord.

Main courses consisted of

November Busy
in Works Depi

Forty-one three-yard loads
of gravel were hauled onto vil-
lage streets during November
works supervisor Norman Mc-

Nabb told council at its last;

meeting,

Three days were spent gra-
ding village streets during the
month and the same number of
days were spent clearing away
the dyke bordering the Popoff
property on Columbia avenue
across from the Arrow Motors.

Mr. McNabb said three days
were also spent clearing away
trees and bush from village bou-
levards, Two catch basins were
installed during the month.

Four new street signs were
erected — two on Cedar St. East
and West and two on Woodland
Drive, Two damaged stop signs
were replaced and the site for
the proposed new water tank on
the Castle-Bar Ranch property
was completed.

‘Two new water conncctions

ulp Mili Sife

roast young Alberta turkey, sage
dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry
sauce, butter-whip potatoes, fresh
peas, hot rolls, oven-baked ten-
derswect ham, whole cloves,
Pineapple sauce, candied yams

Desserts were chosen from
plum pudding with brandy hard
sauce, hot mince pie, Christmas
fruit cake, a fresh fruit bowl,
mixed nuts, Christmas candy and
after-dinner mints. Beverages

and California sprouts. |

were coffee, tea and milk.

In this picture, cooks D, Ap-,
postolos and Charles Tomozer are |
shown carving a turkey and ham |
for the Christmas dinner. t

Deer Park Socials

Mr, A. W. Kent has returned
to his home here after a two-,
week stay as a patient, in the}
Trail-Tadanac Hospital. H

Mr. and Mrs, H, Mottershead |
and Mrs, S. Smith left to spend
the holidays with friends at Pas-|
adena, Cali.

Mr, and Mrs, H, R. Jamic-
‘son, Barry and Beverley of Kim_
berley, spent the weckend at the
home of the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D, D. Jamieson,

i Frank Reimer of Toronto,
{who had been spending a holiday
, at Renata, was the recent guest
| of his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs, C, Williamson,

Those attedning the Christ-
mas tree and concert at Renata
were Mr. and Mrs. A, A. Phelps
and Larry, Mrs, V. Coleman, Mr.
and Mrs, R,. Briggeman and
Grant, Mr, and Mrs, C, 8. Phelps,
Wayne, Judy and Brenda, Mrs.
F. Briggeman and Mr. and Mrs.
c, T, Williamson,

Arrow Lakes Get
Six-Ton Tow Boat

A six-tom fast-water tow
boat, the “Sporting Girl,” has
been placed in service on the
lower Arrow Lakes by Interior
Lake Service.

At the same time the pre-

worth $145 were installed during | S&"t steel barge will be doubled

November.

in size “to handle any additional
traffic,” said Ivan Horie, head
of ILS,

The “Sporting Girl” will sup-

To insure your Dependents
NOW and Assure Your
Independence At  Retire-

ment.
C. Arthur

Anderson

The Mutual Life Assurance
of Ganada

plement the service already pro~
vided by the “Widget” and the
“Columbia” The “Widget” oper-
ates anywhere on the lakes
while the “Columbia” makes
two trips weekly between Robson
and Edgewood.

Described as having “lots of
power,” the “Sporting Girl” was
built by John Mannly Ltd, of
New fi :

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Castlegar Hotel
DINING ROOM

CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY

NEW YEAR’S DAY
FROM (2 NOON TO 8.00 P.M.
Drop In For New Year's Dinner

EN.

Mrs. Williamson R

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A Bedtime Storv

When the lights are out and the
house is still,

And you are fast asleep,

Then the angels softly tiptoe in,

Their nightly vigil to keep,

And they hover around your
sleeping form,
And they count each breath you

ake,

And they fill your room with
angelic love 5

That gives warmth till you
awake.

And they fill your minds with
the nicest dreams

Of laughter and fun and play,

But they only do this for the
girls and boys

Who don’t forget to pray.

For when we pray, we tatk with
od,

Who wants to give us care,

But how will He know just where

we are
If we never offer Him prayer.

So just before you go to sleep

Remember, if you let Him know

That you'll try to be good and
do things things you should,

Guardian angels will follow whe-
Tever you go,

+ — Margaret Obedkoff

;| ken possession of her mind,

Timeless
TOPICS

By REV. R, H. PRATT

To a child of two and a half
years I sald, “What is the first
word you think of when I say
Christmas? “Santa Claus” was
the Prompt and unhesitating re.
ply. I also tried it out on other
children, and their reply was
“prusents,” .

Next In true Brock Chisholm
fashion, I begain to explain to
the little girl that there was no
Santa Claus. She looked at me
with eyes {ull of incomprehen-
sion and it was obvious that she
had her own ideas on the sub-
Ject which she would keep no
matter what I said, so I gave up,
and surrendered to this strange
magic which seemed to have ta-

Thinking on her simple be.
lief it seems that it has two es-
sential elements, Firstly there is
the belief in the benevolence of
Santa Claus, He was a man who
Joved everyone especially child.
ren. Is there any reality in this
belief? Is there personality at
the heart of the universe and
does this personality care for
people In a personal manner?
Does not the Gospel of our Lord
say, "God so Joved the world that
He gave His only Son that who-
ever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.”
Secondly there is the emphasis
upon the receiving of presents.
In our sophistication we may say
that it is far better to give than
receive, but in the development
of personality it seems that peo-
ple have to learn how to receive
before they can give to others.
A child who will not receive love
is not very likely to give love
to others, The same applies to
religion, It is only as we are will_
ing to receive forgiveness from
God, that we are able to extend
forgiveness to others, .

The point then which I séek
to make is simply this, Does a

Hospital Pay Boosts
Total $8,500 a Year

Salary

CASTLEGAR
_ Gouneil Briefs

Gravel from the recently.
purchased Koochin gravel pits
will be used on village roads.

to such a low level

to $8,500 a year have been ap-
proved at the, Castlegar and Dis.
trict Hospital by the hospital
board,
After

that beds have to be closed,

The nursing staff situation
“is not good," said Mr, Bain-
bridge. He sald the nursing esta-

carried on regionally by other
hospitals, the board approved
salary revisions for 1960 that will
cost $8,500,

The board accepted a pro-
vincial agreement to up the basic
salary for. nurses registered in
B.C, to $285 a month: They also
approved other salary increases
which will bring different job
classifications into line with sal-
aries paid for similar work at
other hospitals, i

Hospital administrator J.
Bainbridge was also given author-
ity to go over the establishment
of 10 nurses and utilize the sur-
plus for relief work in order to
stop the staff situation from

{9 Dolls Raffled
By Soroptimists

Ninetéen dolls were raffled
at the annual Soroptomist's ball
held recently,

Winners were: Mrs, Mary
Ferguson, Jack Jhapola, Debbie
Page, Mrs, W, Smith, Tony Den-
neus, Stephanie Goulet, Marlene
Soberlak and Earl Greep, all of
Castlegar; William Lony, R.
Booth and Sharron Fornasero,
all of Trail; and Florence Pier-
point, Mrs, Alan Selbie, Mrs. Gor.
don Henderson, Mrs, John Krav.
ski, Linda McGauley, Doris Tom.
lin, Mrs, Zupka and Dennis
Brookes, all of Kinnaird,

Before the, dance members
and their husbands and guests
enjoyed a banquet and gift ex-
change. There was also a supper
during the evening's dance,

. At a recent meeting the Sor-
optomist Club decided to donate
$100 to Silver Birch School.

child by the use of its sense of
fancy get closer to the very heart
of reality, than does an adult
with his hard facts and cold
reason. And my plea is that we
seek to see beyond the outward
form of Santa Claus to the in-
ward reality — to the truth that

. Archdeacon Resker
Involved in Accident
Al Harrep Junction

Archdeacon B, A. Resker is
in “good condition” in the Nel-
son hospital after being involved
in a head-on crash at the Har-
rep ferry junction Sunday.

Former minister of St. Al-
ban’s Anglican church here and
now a resident of Balfour, Mr.
Resker sustained a hip injury.

Police say Mr. Resker was
driving south and was swinging
toward the ferry road when he
was in collision with, a north-
bound car. .

At the wheel of the second
vehicle was a juvenile driver
driving his father’s car. The
youth was given first aid treat-
ment for minor injuries by a
Nelson ambulance driver.

Both vehicles were exten-
sively damaged,

Commercial Water
Fale Down by 10%

‘Businesses operating in Cas-
tlegar will get a 10 per cent dis-
count for paying for their water
one year in advance.

Comm. R. C. Maddocks-poin-
ted.out at council's last meeting
that though domestic water rates
have been lowered and a water
frontage tax established, com-
mercial users have not had their.
rates cut and must stiil pay the
frontage tax.

Business establishments, said
Mr. Maddocks, are already good
revenue producers for the vil-
lage. A motion to provide for a
10 per cent discount passed un-
animously.

Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir:

On behalf of the local Boy
Scouts I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you for
providing space in your paper
for reports on activities in var-
jous camps,

It is only with the generos-
ity of people like yourself that
the Boy Scout Association has
continued to work with the youth

throughout the world.

Mrs, L, Horcoff,
Corresponding Secretary,
Kootenay-Columbia Dis-
trict Boy Scouts Assoc.

God cares and gives of Hirase‘f.

Building Supplies:
OGLOW BROS.
Bullding & Supply Co. Ltd
Castlegar

Phone 3351

is for 10 nurses and
the hospital has been getting
along with nine or less,

He said there is a certain
amount of sickness while onc
nurse is leaving and her re.
placemet isn't due to start until
Jan. 4, Two English nurses who
had arranged to come out in Jan.

The work crews will carry out
a test of the gravel to deter.
mine its usability for other uses
ata later date,

ae

Inland Natural Gas advised
the village that it can’t allow a
sanitary fill on land through
which it holds an easement sin-
ce the ashes, ete, will corrode
the pipe and subject the com-
pany “to heavy replacement
costs,”

«oe

Accounts totaling $2,087.09

uary have been delayed and|were approved for payment.
won't be here until February, re EEE Sei Li -

Asa result, said Mr. Bain-
bridge, it is sometimes difficult
for a doctor to get a’ bed in the
hospital “for anything but the
most urgent cases.”

In view of the demand for
beds, the board has appointed a
Yesearch committce to study the z
probable expansion of the Dis- ARISHENKOFF — To Mr.
trict and what the necds of the|and Mrs, John Avishenkoff of
expanded population will be as|Shorencres, on Dee, 20, a daugh~
far as the hospital is concerned. | ter.

Castlegar & District |
Project Society

SPECIAL MEETING

A special meeting of the Castlegar and District
Projects Society will be held at the Marlane Hotel
at 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 1960, to
seek approval of a proposed loan to permit immed-
iate purchase of plastic pipe for artificial ice at the
Arena.

In the interest of completing the Ice Plant Installa-

tion this winter, your vote on this matter is vital.

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é With the approach of Christmas, our thoughts revert gratefully to those

_ Whose good will and confidence we have learned to ‘treasure throughout the years.
It is to these old friends and our many new ones that we wish to extend our warmest
wishes for a cheerful and joyous Christmas —a happy and prosperous New Year.

: Jolliest Wishes for-
“IT CAME UPON

A MIDNIGHT CLEAR... . a MERRY CHRISTMAS

PEACE ON EARTH”

The chimneys ‘are ready . .
Santa's here . . bringing

with him all good cheer!

Thank you for your
loyal patronage... may you

enjoy a Happy Holiday!

May this oliday be your

HAPPIEST EVER!

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

ANDERSON

To Our Friends...

HAVE A

HAPPY HOLIDAY

‘A BIG STOCKING-FULL
OF HAPPINESS IS,"
OUR SINCERE
‘WISH TO YOU

May you find in Christmas the
wonder known to the shepherds :

at His Birth.

MENS WHEEL ALIGNMENT

Peace On Earth

Goodwill To Men