Page 4 ‘CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Thursday, January 21, 1954 Kinnaird Waler Bylaws (Continued from page 1) to the village's present 40,000 gallon tank just below the Kin- naird school and a new eight inch main from the ten inch line to the Dumont subdivision and mains at the South end of the village. Water will be pumped from the new pump house to the present 40,000 gallon tank from where another pump will push it to the new 100,000 gallon tank, Present water storage capacity including that of the two small tanks on the Upper Bench and a tank on the Dumont System, is about 90,000 gallons. This will be in- creased to 190,000 gallons with the new program. NO TAX BOOST The $105,000 program is “to be financed through the sale of de- bentures, bearing five per cent interest for bylaw 51 and four and one half per cent interest for bylaw 52. These bylaws will not mean an increase in either water rates or taxes, the ratepay- ers have been told, as present water revenue will be ample to cover the increased water works expenses. The commissioners have indi- cated they will begin working ‘on the program at once after the prescribed 30 day waiting period, and hope to have the enlarged system in operation this season. COMMISSION NEWS BRIEFS bulbs at a pole on Main Stree’ near Sixth Avenue, was aswel at the regular meeting of the-Cas- tlegar Board of Co! loners, ‘ing. It was The large consumption of. light the pole should be moved because in its present location, it attracts a lot of attention from BB gun sharpshooters, ROCK CRUSHER TIMBERS . Timbers have now been pur- chased for the scaffolding and framework on which the village's STORM SASH, COMBINATION STORE DOORS & CABINET MAKING All Coast Finishing Ma are used in our Construction KOOTENAY Phone 4066 Suppliers BUILDERS Columbia Avenue erated at the gravel pit on.the Wadey Subdivision. VILLAGE SOLICITOR . The law firm of Wetmore and McGauley was named to continue as village solicitors for 1954. Cas- tlegar Fire Chief Ed Lewis was allso reappointed to that office for 1954. ACCOUNTS APPROVED Accounts amounting to $2,187.36 ‘were approved for payment. This on BULLETIN BOARD A Free Community Service — Phone 3441 the village bulldozer. A payment of $55 to the “West Kootenay Union Board o oe to cover for costs of the Sreuitn Tait pub- lication, “Our Health”, authorized and the current $10 membership fee to the Union of Kootenay Municipalities was The ing a Val- BABY CLINIC:— 2 to 3:30 p.m. Polonikoff. 1:30 to 4 p.m. 3 pm. -Guild are entine Tea and Bake Sale on Se Februrzy 13, 1954 at the Parish Hall between 3 and 5 p.m. SHEWCHUK SUB-P&VISION — ’ Monday, January 25, 2 to 3 o'clock at Mrs. Fishers. ROBSON — Tuesday, January 26, Community Hall, THRUMS — Wednesday, January 27, 3 o’clock at Mrs. CASTLEGAR — Thursday, January28, Legion Hall, Sunday 24th — Public Meeting at St. Albans. Address by the Rev. H. J. McSherry of Bay, January 29th. — Pot Luck Suppers are and for the Japgn at Albans, Phone 3441 ay Hall at 6:15 p.m. Meeting 7:45 ‘ca The Official Board Meeting of the United Church for all points on the charge will -be held in the Castlegar United Church on Friday, January 22, 1954 at 7:30 p.m. Let us have a record attendance at this meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Girl Guide be held in the home of Mrs, Earle O'Rourke, Tuesday, January 26, 1954 at 2:30 p.m. The Annual United Church congregational meeting will be held in the Castlegar United Church on ‘Mon- 4, This will bo 2 dinner meeting, See cacelaaly reports from ali departments of the Church, Cyril Bell Agencies | Ltd. NIGHT CALLS PHONE 3683, 5. A. PINCOTT Insurance Advisors dered paid. Chamber Of Commerce Continued from page 1 He also cited the $250,000 pro- gram of improvements at the Castlegar Airport as an outstand- ing eve... of-the year and urged that the Chamber fully suppost the proposed Air Show and open- ing ceremonies at the field next Spring. Other noteworthy Chamber ac- complishments during the year as cited by Mr. Dalton, were the of the A at ted Boards here early in the year; the fight to ‘ensure the Blueberry-, Paulson route is given due consi- deration as a possible route for the Cascade to C: includes $1186 for the snow traci? Queen Elizabeth and the Duke ‘of Edinburgh are shown during their visit to the Walitomo caves in New Zealand. Attracting the Queen's at- tention are some of the 100,000 giow worms that live on the ceiling of the case. made the visit ‘The royal couple GLOW ors IMPOSE SILENCE oN ROYAL COUPLE —Centra! Press Canadian to the eaves by boat down an underground river snd maintained silence on the trip so as not to frighten the-glow worms and prevent them {tem shining. et The District's Social Events Phone 3031 Mrs. N. Bystrom Wins Ladies Bridge Prize At Card Party, Sat. There were four tables each of whist and bridge at the Castlegar Legion L.A’s Card Party in the Legion Memorial Hall, Saturday Castlegar Happenings ‘Deer Park Socials SUNDAY VISITORS — Visi- tors: at the John Wiig home on Sunday swore: Mr. wand Mrs. Jack installation of extra traffic safe-)~ guards on the Castlegar Ferry; Castlegar for ment of the highway situation and and Mr. and: Mrs. Tomine Davidson and chifdren, all of Trail: Little Rich- ard Davidson, who visited with ts for a couple of active of the for a hospital and recreational centre at Castlegas. “In retiring,” Mr. Dalion con- cluded, “ would like to remind you that in our rapidly growing district, there is still much to be done. No organization ean assist more to see that it is done than your Castlegar and District Cham- ber of Commerce.” David Campbell outlined pro- gress towards the proposed skat- ing and curling rink at Castlegar, explaining first that the Froices ane returned. home with his par- ents, Sunday. oe IN HOSPITAL — Mrs, Lewis, Sr., is a patient in the Mater Mis- ericordiae Hospital, Rossland. Dr. R, A. Walley is also a patient there. -- see FROM HOSPITAL — Mrs. C: ‘W. Lundgren returned home from the Rossland hospital yesterday. “2 6 TO ENGLAND — Mr. and Mrs. Society, who are project, was formed “through the ( JOHNNY'S MEAT MARKET PHONE 2001 Top Quality Meats © Red and Blue Beef — Pork — Veal. Lamb — Chicken — Fresh Fish BEEF STEW - . 55c ROLLED ROAST Lh. ......-.. 63¢ MARGARINE Talip and Delmar 2 lbs. for .... 58 .’ AYLMER FROZEN PEAS 25s Burn’s Chuckwagon Be 2 Ib. box .’.. $1.05 BRIS Red and Blue ae, Bb... eee ee OBE Ciover Leaf — Fancy ‘Pink Y’stin ..... 220 4 10 O'CLOGK SATURDAY MORNING SPHCE | -NABOB COFFEE, Ib. iL EAL of the C.M. & S. ca ae help the people here, help themselves.” Ife traced the slow growth of support for the project in the community and said a district wide canvass for funds should be- gin very shortly. Although a number of differ- ent types of rinks are still being investigated, he said, the Society feel a recreational centre similar to the one at Fernie, is needed here. Such a rink might not quite pay its, way financially but it would mean “a terrific gain in the community’s recreational wel- fare and business activity,” he said, : However, an open air arena with artificial ice is also a possi- bility if that’s what the district wants, Progress towards a Castlegar District Hospital was outlined by A. C. Sylvest. “Now that a maj- ority of the some 1965 landowners Jof the district have signed the petition for setting up of a hos- pital improvement district, he said, things are pretty well cut and dry from now on.” The government can now ac- cept the petition and authorize @ improvement district. where- by the hospital construction will be financed through a raise in taxes, he explained and urged that the improvement’ district trustces be elected: with care. Mr. Sylvest thought hospital construction is not likely to be- gin this year. A number of pos- sible sites for the hospital in and around Castelgar, are still being d he further advi A. ©, Ki leave for Spokane from where they will fly to London, England for a two Mr. Keissling’s parents. ome FROM PORT ALBERNI — Mrs. E. Homewood of Port Al- berni, V.L, is visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Keissling. ¥FEOM EDGEWCOD — Mr. and Mrs, R, Briggeman and their chil- dren Laverna, Leroy and Glen re- turned from Edgewood where they spent the weekend. oer TO CASTLEGAR — W. (Bud) Schwarizenhauer returned to his home in Castl after di ref Bridge winners were: Ladies First, Mrs. N. Bystrom; Gents’ First, Mr. A. J. Weir; Consola- tions, Mrs. H. Sommers and Mr. H. Foxlee, « “Hs . The whist winners were Ladies First, Mrs, M. Enoksen; Gents’ . First, Mr. J. Gemmill; Consola- tions, Mrs. A. J. Weir, Mr. A, Pil- key. Mrs, M. Enoksen, Mrs. C. Woolls, Mrss. A. J. Weir and Mrs. E. A. MacDonald, were hostesses for ing and Mrs. E. A, Mac- the past week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Schwart- zenhauer. oe FROM RENATA — Miss Louise Barker of Renata was the recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Wil- liamson. sae FROM NELSON — .Mr. and Mrs. R. Rowe of Nelson are rane a few weeks at the home o! the Donald was also general conve- nor, é a iy Hospitai Petition (Continueg from page 3} perty owners for their signature. The completed petition - has been sent to the Hospital Insur- ance Service in Victoria. On ap- proval of it, the Provincial Gov- and Mr .and Mrs. C. A. Crockett. se 8 may issue letters patent which ‘will set up the improve- ment district and set forth the Carl Wine were recent visitors to Castlegar. Others included Mr. C. Sehwartzenhauer and Miss P. D. Allen, se 8 srrvifpay PARTY — Little Geraldine Griffiths was the host- ess at a party Sunday, on the oc- enjoyed by the guests. TO CASTLEGAR — Mr. and| months holiday at the home of|Mrs. G. Bri an J. of and how. they are to be elected. Along with the petition, the Hospital Society have submitted the name of Robert James Mor- ice of Kinnaird as returning of- ficer for the election of improve- ment district trustees. The So- cety also propose that there be _|five trustees for. the district which will correspond to Castle- gar School District No. Nine. © nee: propose two trustecs for IN HOSPITA®, — Mrs. G. Mil- ler is a patient in Trail Tadanac Hospital. Lae . AT VANCOUVER — Mr. R. T. Waldie is in Vancouver on a busi- ness trip. 2. « & CHRISTENING CEREMONY ~ AT ROBSON CHURCH SUN. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Balfour of Trail, was ¢hris- son Community Memorial Church, Sunday, following the United Church service. Archdeacon B. A, Resker of- ficiated at the service and Mrs. Odd Anderson of Robson and Gordon Balfour of Trail. were proxies for the godparents, Dr. and Mrs. John Balfour of Van- couver. © The christening gown worn by the three and a half months old baby, who received the names John Fraser, was the same onc that his mother and grandmother wore at their christenings. ‘The happy occasion was com- The meeting included delight- ful musical entertainment by an instr trio Ted Gergely, saxophone; Paul Gergely, piano; and Fred Hostet- ter, trumpet. with a the home of Mrs, Balfour's par- ents, Capt. and Mrs, G. O, Suther- land. The top layer of the chirstening cake was the top layer of Mr. and | Ki Mrs. Balfour's wedding cake. tened at a ceremony in the Rob-: Kinnaird Korner NELSON VISITORS — Mrs. W. Jacobson, accompanied by Mrs. W. Evans and Mrs, A. McWhin- nie, were recent visitors’ to Nel- son, eee IN HOSPITAL — Mrs. Beulah Wright is a patient in the Koo- tenay Like General Hospital, Nelson. oe AT NAKUS?P — Mrs. Guy Guido is = visiting ih relatives at CALKIN — To Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Calkin, Kinnaird, Jan. 14, a daughter. HILTON — Té Mr. and Mrs. at{Ed Hilton, nee Phyllis Humph- ries, in Hurley Hospital, Flint, Mich., a daughter, Jan. 16, SULLIVAN — To Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sullivan of ‘Kinnaird at} ; two for Kinnaird and ae for the remainder of the dis- trict, emphasizing that this would give the best proportional repres- entation possible. “Normally to serve three year terms, one each of the first Gas. tlegar and Kinnaird trustees will be elected for two year terms. “When the trustees have been elected, they will have the power to pass money bylaws for the dis- trict’s share of hospital construct- . ion. These bylaws will, become ef- fective when registered with the Comptroller_of Water Rights and the trustees may then apply to the Minister of Finance to have the i money taxation. Estimates of cost for the typé of hospital planned, come slightly less than $400,000 . of which the district's share would be about $150,000, Financed over a 20 year period this would mean a tax increase of two to three mills, Preliminary plans for the hos-' pital proposed that the concrete structure would have eight medi- cal, eight surgical, s seven mater- nity and six children’s beds plus nine bassinets. It would be serv- iced by two operating rooms, labor and deiivery rooms ané «5- sential X-! hay: and _phoratory itchen Publi¢ Jan. 6, a daughter, * laundry and h heating facilities. : eee present. ” CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. Page 5 LIBRARY CORNER © OVERDUE BOOKS A : bpd OF CONCERN eraniiie Magazine which, it.is be lieved, will be a valuable asset to ae e brary. Fire Chief's Report Continued from Page 1 practices with an average attend- sues of 17.5 men, and carried out 4 inspections of various build- ima besides continuing to re- place all broken or burned out street lights during the regular Shett t overdue books we ainee ee stocks are limited and the practice of keeping due books overtime, both deprives other readers of g | thete uae and involves a fine. inded that un- Plans were made for the An- nual General meeting at the li- brary on Jan. 29. Individual notices are going to members of the Association and general notices will appear in the Castle News. Mr, Charters is to attend the KR. Annual meeting on Jan. 26 on behalf of the Library, and will report* on the work of the library. Part “of the library grant from the LO.D.E, is being used*for a Z "(ieee there i is a@ demand for them, books are renewable. Further consideration will be given to the matter when the board meets for a work night, to- morrow night. * Mrs. King served refreshments |. at the close of the The report also discloses fog Honorary Ene Chief Rea A. D. Evening Group Choose Dale For ‘54 Bazaar The Robson Evening Group | of the W.A, held their first. Kinnaird WI. Spend $40 For Xmas Hampers The Kinnaird W.I. spent $40.on Christmas and numer- of the New Year at the home of Mrs. D. A, Duncan, Thursday evening. Madam President, Mrs. Z. Grant, was in the chair and there were 16 members and one _ | visitor present, The i opened with | an West has bee: or of the Castlegar Fire Depart- ment. “Myr, West has had wide exper- ience in this line and seems to be the logical choice for this position. Every department of any size in the province, has one man ap- pointed as instructor,” the report states. The fire alarms responded to by the t in the last half of Library hours are still 3-5 and 9-8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. At Dee. 31, 1952, di the year, were as follows: July 8 -—— 1:30 am., dwelling owned by L Chizmazia on First on loans and advances from the Ca- nadian government to foreign governments totalled $1,870,200,- + subscription to the National Geo- | 000. Avenue, C arrival of department and a total loss. Oct. 7 —‘8:16 p.m, — Fire in at home | of T. L item, called “Code of Living” read bythe president. “During the business meeting, most of the discussion was cent- red on this year’s bazaar. It was decided the best date would be Nov. 27. , The evening's raffle was won by Mrs. V. Hett..- - The next meeting is‘to be held at the home of Mrs. ae A, Fowl- er on Jan, 28. LEGION CORNER: Work on the t and club ous other small gifts were dona- ted by the W.I. Club, it was re- 2 . 2 Kiwanis Executive ' Continued from Page 1 extended to W. T, Waldie who be- gins his second successive year as presi of the Castl Club. “This is a rarity in Ki- wanis,” the lieut. governor stated. A sumptuous banquet began ported at me first 1954 meeting of-the Kinnaird Women's Institute, held at the home of Mrs. T. E. Green, Thursday, with seven members and two visitors present. Plans were discussed ta a Bake Sale to be held on Jan, 29 at Rob- inson’s and Bradley’s Dry Goods, and Mrs, Green was appointed delegate to the Handicapped Chil- dren’s meeting. 3 At the close of the the and g the in- stallation ve officers, the dis- trict'’s ace entertainers, Mr. and“ Mrs. Wally Walper, provided a delightful. program of songs. Their audience joined in with them in a chorus. The evening concluded with a dance to music supplied by Ted and Paul Gergely. The' program was under the direction of Michael Moran. lunch was served by the hostess and Mrs, R. Hardie, co-hostess. The hostess prize was won by. Mrs, W. Brownlie, of the C: Kivenis Club are: W. T. Waldie, president; Ken Sharples and Mike Dalton, vice presidents; Tony Keissling, treasurer, Ralph Kerr, In 1952 forest fires destroyed 289 million cubic feet of timber in Canada. id Eddie Fredericksen, Cyril Bell and Gus Leitner, dir- ectors. room is going ahead rapidly and seon will be ready for opening. Work parties are being held each due to d stove. No fire PLB) atl HEAR THEM IN THE THEATRE BUX THEM AT THE LAKESIDE HOBBY CENTRE from the Theatre THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF CASTLEGAR NOTICE Tenders are invited for the purchase of Lot 4 of Parcel C, Plan 2356 situate in the business-area on the east side _ of Columbia Avenue in Castlegar, must be bya cheque for 5 per cent of the price offered and be in the hands of the § Clerk, P.O. Box 130, Castlegar, on or before 5:00 p.m., Feb- braary ist, 1954. The lowest or any tender not necessarily A. T. HORSWILL, Rinnicipal Clerk. | CELEBRITY CONCERT Gladys Swarthou MEZZO-SOPRANO TRAIL JR. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Curtain at 8:30 p.m. ° SATURDAY JANUARY. 23rd loss. Oct. 25 — Midnight — chimney fire at residence owned by S. Ry- sen. ey: — Overheated oil heater of H. No day and and all are asked to drop in and see the results of the work of a few mem- bers. Two dates to be remembered are Jan, 23, the Variety Concert at the High School, and Jan, am fire loss orwater damage. Nov. 16 — Ouray oil stove ft A. No the det and Social, All members are urgently re- quested to attend the latter. Dec, 4 — , Overted oil heater at W. F No tire damage or loss. The report thanks the ‘village commissioners for the grant which made the Department's and social Dec. Crowd Enjoy Gay Time At GWL Parish Social A comparatively small but lively grow of some 60 people 21, Rossibic: acd for all the co- has re- fun at the S St. Alban's Parish Hall, T evening when St. Rita’s a | ceived ain ‘he Board. The officers and men of the Castlegar Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, are as follows: E, A. Lewis, Chief; G. H. Carr, Deputy Chief; R. A. D. West, in- ¥istructor; James Kelly, engineer; S. P. Dower, Captain; J, Mason, Captain; J.. Schnell, Lieutenant; C. Wanless, Lieutenant; J. Tay- lor, P. Tarasoff, F. Bartsoff, M. McPherson, L, Atkinson, J.. Kil- lough, E. Newman, F. Fomenoff, N, :Andreashuck, J...Strelioff, -J. 4 | Markin,.R. Pincott, W. -Banigan and F, Marozolf. “ithe Killougiy sisters, CWL sponsored a. parish. social. The J, F. Killough orchestra did a fine job of providing the music and Walter Fields, of Cast- egar, as floor manager, supervis- ed a variety of novelty dances to ensure that everyone partici- pated in the fun,” Following a pause for the ample supply of delicious refreshments which the ladies had p: My Bank’ Canada’s First Bank CW AANK 70.2 ANION CARDULES -Bank. or MonTREAL + WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817 Castlegar Branch. - JAMES R. ELLIOTT, Manager ANNOUNCEMENT three cakes were auctioned: and Babs and Yannis, combined their popular talents in three vocal duets. - Proceeds are being donated to the’ ‘fund for education of future priests. ° Life At S.HHS. With Mercedes This year the Film Club has been proving itself worthy of congratulations,. Every noon hour ‘they have films to show to the students who bring their lunch and don't participate in noon hour activity. Monday and Tuesday the Club presented “The Bicycle Thief,” prize winning Italian pic- ture. This Club which. is under the capable direction of Mr. G. Smith, not only presents these films to, the students, but also trains club members in operating the pro- jector. All students are welcome ‘to join this interesing project. On Saturday evening the Se- nior Dominoes, Ther game was @ Final ‘Payments on Memberships to be made at the Box Office night of the concert. “0 “BATHRO‘ [e) Nn The Miracle Lustre Enamel EST looks and washes like baked enamel _ seeas easy to keep clean as your new refrigerator by the Junior Boys teams battling it out in Junior The Bears d R. Englund gained a victory over Castlegar Daitinaes ‘|Bow To Notre Dame By si - 28 Margin Castlegar Dominoes went down by a close 31-28 margin when they met the Notre Dame Pups in a basketball fixture at Nelson, last week, The Pups-were riding along on the crest of a 27-15 lead going into the final quarter when Dom- inoes took advantage of a lapse in Pup play to pot 13 points. Pups managed to add 4 more counters to their total however, for the win. Veteran ‘athlete Rennie Mitchell of the Dominoes, was high man for night, sinking the ball for 15 points for the losers. Billy Kani- gan garnered six points for Domi- noes, Spark plugging the Pups’ attack was Leo Smith with 11 points while Gene Godderis and Pat ‘}Poulin each tallied six for the victors. The triumph was third straight ‘| without a loss for Notre Dame who are now at the top of the four team league with six points. In second (Spot are the Nelson Pros with four points while Cast- legar and Cloverleafs hold third slot with two. Points each. nior Boys Rep team met the Se-| the Thunderbirds coached by P. Zanet with a score of 26-23. The Senior’ game was faster and was a victory for the Dominoes, who pushed ahead under the faithfal arm of R. Mitchell to gain a win- ning scure of 62-43. The Grade 12 students are al- ready thinking of graduation as they had a class: meeting this they were, asked to make their choice within the next weeks. That's. all for now and until gather dust. then, I'll leave my typewriter to|# THE ANNUAL RRC ; Sth. GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY WiLL BE HEL Tuesday, leatary 26 AT 8:00 p.m. | SMALL ROOM Coronation Hall | : e NOVELTIES SO WE ARE CLEARING IT ALL OUT BEFORE STOCK TAKING AT A GREAT SAVINGS TO YOU @ SOUVENIRS @ CHOCOLATES THIS SALE "CONTINUES UNTIL JANUARY 28 @ CHINA AND MANY OTHER ITEMS b RIGBY'’S