CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961 CASTLEGAR NEWS Jake Kosi” ~ Sports Editor rs The Castlegar News has made arrangements ‘to @x-|°" He ‘was Alexander F, Zucker- tend its coverage. of sports events in _ Castlegar| berg, owner of Zuckerberg’s Island District. (Emerald Island); who once recel- Jake Koenig, a resident of Kinnaird for the past 1% Shel elie eee ine years, has taken up duties as sports editor of the ‘Castle- gar News on a part-time basis. Jake was born in Saskatchewan, lived in Kelowna for i? years, in Nelson for eight years and in Trail for one year before moving to Kirmaird. He is now employed by SHOP-EASY. The new sports editor has played all sports, but concentrated mainly on hockey, baseball and basketball. During the winter months he will he primarily concerned with sports. coverage of basketball, hockey, curling and bowling. Married, with one son and one’ daughter of pre-) school age, Jake may be contacted at his home phone number of 5274 after 6 p.m. in the evening. Persons Alexander One of: Castlegar’a most re- apected and beloved cltizena passed away Saturday in the Castlegar actively connected with sports in this area are asked to phone him and -discuss arrangements for ' coverage of sporting events. river when he was 76, ‘years old. . 3 d Mr, Zuckerberg is familar to Luckerberg. Passed ‘Away Saturday church with an.“onlon” tower atop at. ‘He was very interested in paint- ing, wood carving and sculpture and never tired of showing District realdents and children the results| | of his labor. His house is ful of the results of his work whils many statues are carved out of tree stumps ‘on the is. land, A memorial to his second wife, Alice, who was a hairdresser for many years in Castlegar before her death a year ago, was erected by Mr, Zuckerberg in the form of a cross with a rellef done in it of his wife shown as a young nurse's afd in Ww I. Mr, Zuckerberg, was always Ine terested in education and was an active questioner at PTA and school board construction meetings, He also coached local students in mathe- matics, Three weeks ago, in a move typical of the man, he purchased o new set of the Encyclopedia Britan- nica. Mr. Zuckerberg,; when he was 76, was presented with an award for bravery by the Royal Canadian Humane Association for diving into the Columbia river on July, 25, 1957, and pulling -s -youngster who. wag in trouble out of it. BACON, side sliced, Ib. . 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Some THLACU electric invalid car, Funeral service for Mr, Zucker-|* Noy. 26, 3880 in Vellkie Luki, Rus- ais, near Petrograd (later named ‘Three years before that, when newer residents of Castlegar as the/ne was 73, he pulled an ne hen 80-year-old gentleman who drove out of the same -river whi himself about the village in an American's boat emaned on the rocks near his island. In Castlegar to attend the fun- and Rubbers $1.95 pr. $1.95 pr. Ladies’ Asst. Overshoes LADIES’ WINTER COATS and PARTY. & COCKTAIL DRESSES etc. 80 percent Of: Regular Price "MEN'S SPORT SHIRTS Flanneletie, S-M-L ........ $1.95. St, Petersburg and now called Stal- ingrad). ~’ Z He was a graduate engineer and taught in Russia between 1900 and 1923, He married his first wife in 1907, and after the Russian revolu- tion established his own’ school. at his own are where he taught subjects to of the story * remarks | “that certainly weren't picked up there.” Comm, R. A, Giles said he ob- . Jected to ft the Wording used FIRST COMPLETELY [in the article, He said the wording would convey & wrong .meaning, - WATERPROOF. particularly use of the word “ine rf cee jurtous.” LEATHER Pulp mill managr Eugene De- Luca said that Celgor’s offer con- SEE THEM AT. sign the filter and offer it to Kin- naird, If the village wished to ac- MADDOCKS Kinnaird council will make a decision on the offer at ata next cept it the company would be giad to supply it, peasant children, . After the death of his’ first wife, Mr, Zuckerberg remarried in 1917 and came to Canada with ‘his two children, Gilbert and Asta, in Oct., 1924, They first lived in Ed- monton for & few months and then moved to Vancouver where Mr. Zuckerberg worked as a cabinet ma- ker, In 1935 Mr. Zuckerberg moved to Castlegar'on the suggestion of Peter: (Lordly) Verigin, who asked him to teach the Doukhobors. Later Mr. Zuckerberg had dealings with Peter I but they were not too sat- isfactory and he gave up teaching. Mr, Zuckerberg loved children and they were always welcome at his home on the island which was built after the style of a Russian sisted of the installation of a se- cond filter so that if the first filter SCC |*°e™S* Tne. plugs up, the village can change over to the second one. ..' : Dietary Plan for Weight Control... . He said the company would de- NEW LOW PRICE 8 OZ. TIN LB. TIN 3¥2 peat PET OWNERS UETERNARIAN WILL BE AT Smith's Kennels THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 Smith’s Boarding Kennels Syringa Creek — Phone S004J: - Gouncil Talks Pollution With. Celgar at Mill (continued from page one) no choice but. to spill 40. tons ‘of fibres “and we apologize for 1t.” - .. ‘The equirment where the bur- ning’ of. black Uquor takes ,place is ;|tatéd to be 98. per cent effective for preventing odour, said Mr, De- .| Luca, while Mr. Penney noted that the rating of the oxidation tower is ‘92 per cent, . Another pfoblem, said Mr. Pen- ney, which the industry as a whole has not learned to control, fs at the leaching stage where effiuent is mixed ‘with water, However, the effluent is: distributed and ‘diluted dn such 8 ratio that no dour or ‘taste ts offered. * give it an odour, Mr. Penney re- piled” that it would not. will not be able to do it overnight.” “We have a period to: go through to prove our citizenship,” but the company asks that Kin-, naird. be tolerant and give Celgar time to'cprrect its problems, “We don't ask forever, but if you can be‘tolerant fora few months.” Public (le, press invited) meeting with the company, in two months time to look at the. problem again, This Celgar agreed to. ‘The ‘company slso agreed toa CLEARANCE! ” Lédies’ Flannelette Pyjamas & Nighties. sizes.small, medium, large & extra large Regular...000...... 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Depariment Controversy Over Road Repairs “The of excavations cut in the arterial high. way through Kinnaird, regional en- gineer D, F. Martin has advised the village council, Arrangements werd made bet- ween the department of highways and Interior Contracting, ‘who in- stalled Kinnaird’s new water. sy- stem, to blacktop the crossifiga cut in the highway, wrote Mr, Martin. “This work was completed and pald for by ‘the contractor. This was, however, only the initial ra- pair work, and as stated in permit number N 191/60 the permittee is responsible for alt maintenance of is) these for @ period of one year. Our crews have’ been dumping a lot of of sand into these trenches when they pass through that ares, apeted it is gonerally felt that. this is used for backfilling of the ditch. “You have no doubt observed the numerous gouges and depres- sions in the pavement which could only be attributed to the work done * the during the In- of the village as outlined in the aboye- noted: permit, “In regards to the damage done to our pavement throughout the Kinnaird section of the arterial highway, I wish to polnt out that T, myself, on one occasién stopped the operation of a tracked vehicle] ; backfilling the ditch in question, I have also been advised by other authorities that this was not the first time that a tracked unit wns stallation of your water system. I Personally went over: this ‘work with the foreman for the contractor and pointed this damage out to him, and at that time X advised him that the department would likely be Placing @ damage clilm. | “It is rather difficult to make a:thorough inspection of this road at the. present time, however I would be pleased to go over It with the councll or the contractor as soon as, the road. surface dries” up in the spring, I would appreciate {tf you could ailvise whether such @ meeting would meet with your concurrence.” 5 2 3 del e Following :the reading of the foregoing letter, %& copy of a letter aent Interior Contracting by As- sociated Enginets dealing with the same subject was read. ‘Written, over. the signature of| tem) .D. F, McMaster, the Iptter notes re- celpt of copies of letters between the village and “highways depart- ment, “Fhe “department letter comes es a Surprise,” writes Mr. as| McMaster, “in spite of the fact that unusual procedures are. frequently encounter : Mr. McMaster says that ‘when he discussed “the unsatisfactory re- pairs” with Interior's project man- ager, Olarence Gordon, the manager ten,"and whether the department intended to proceed with the work immediately or do the work at a later date. “On the whole, we feel you would not have, left these with the un- mentioned that he had the crossing wdith project engineer Ralph’ Williams “and verified that no ‘Settlement had” occurred but the ‘surface ‘had recelved only. a porary repair and you would be less you” were assured proper re- storation of the pavement would be made immediately. The backtill ing that he personally “did not sec any tracked equipment working di- rectly on the pavement during any visits to the site. The notification, of this alleged confliction with the three] permit, on Dec, 22, is rather late and we wonder if any earlier re- ference had been made, ata time when the’ cause of the damage could have been more easily veri- ” was suitable for immediate repav-| fied.’ ing, and tho failure to repave im- casts great discredit on in auch, with the of highways.” e Mr., McMaster asks Interior’ to “provide us with full details of your. atrangements with the highways| ‘|your work, We would like. to, take this matter up with the department, and request you to furnish complete @etalls as early as possible.” Mr, McMaster concluded by say e @ Commented village chairman Carl Loeblich after the reading of the letters: “I don't know. I'm glad we're not too deeply in the middie of this one.” RARE NICTORIA, B. Cc. ‘pee. 31/321°> “. Published Every Thureday on my department, whether verbal or writ. "The Crossroads of the Kootenays”” ah VOL. 14, No.3 CASTLEGAR BRITISH - ‘COLUMEER. THURSDAY. JAN..°19,_.1961 10 CENTS PER COPY Castlegar Turns Down Reagy-Mix Land Request An offer made by MoGauley Ready Mix to purchase the former Koochin’ property located on 8rd Ave, between Juniper and Larch streets from the Village of Castle- gar for the. re-location of the ‘ cided to ‘ell.” However, continued Mr. Og- low, the clerk and the village of- fice staff .are available to. the company. to. try and locate other suitable property, . My. ‘said that if the comprny's a now. Jocated at the foot of the hospital hill was turned down by council Tuesday night. company rebuilt at its present, site it’ would have ‘to. curtail its gravel business and do away with scréen- D..G, McGauley. told. council | ing. .Commtssioners remarked that that if the village sold the. land to the company it would move its batch plant and ‘erect buildings How- said Mr, MoGauley, if the were not available .the company could probably” do) the job at its present Tocation, ” uw ever, Mr. “McGauley sald he is: aware the business is not too desirable in {ts present ‘Ioleation ‘and if property. which is “equally, ‘suitable and handy”..can be found, : the company, would, be - gladto._moye: : 5, roochin: pexty.,.“lends § type of business” and “it” doesn’t’ appear’ too attrac tive:.for, residential building, no-|* * ted “Mr, - McGi jauley. All commissioners spoke ‘againt st the proposal with Comm, Geo. Cayr yemarking that:-to ‘sell the priperty to them: would be to|° see’ ita operations -\coming further into. a residential area.” ‘The: fact: that it. is in’, the} 4irector. * heart of the residential area of the village :would make it unde~ sirable,” said village ‘chairman N. T. Oglow. “It would be very hard to. justify our position’ if we de- -Waldie, Campbell To Speak on Past, { Faiure of District “Gastlegar’s past and the pros- pects .for its future will be the subject of two" talks: to--the an- nual meeting of the Castlegar and District Chamber of. Commerce, president. R. D. Minnion “ said ‘Tuesday. > OW. T. Waldie, a past’ president of the chamber and an executive member of the Assoelated Cham- this was the. most obnoxious part. of the company’s operations to Te sidents in that area, --Band Concert * Tonight ‘at SHHS "A band:;. concert. te obtain funds -for. a, ‘tip. to Oliver is being held’ tonight’ in thle | high: choo! by the’. students’ band, Featured at |s1, 183.18: CHEQUE was presauisn project sident Johnny’ Clark right, b: ch W. F. Shkwarok' ata recent the, concert:"will be “Bruce. Bissel District. is a} free‘=seryice made available by: the We Health Unit, J. ba eons said yes The service is ‘available on'a ‘written’ order from’ an ‘attending doctor. .It is intended* to benefit People who can’t get out. to see'a doctor. but who are.not il! enough for hospitalization. Chronic and re- cently-released patients. from _hos- pitals- are two groups that - fall in|- this category. Regular public health and part- time registered nurses will admini- ster the service during the day-time from 8.30 am. to 5 pm. Further| details onthe service aré available from local Bene health nurse’ Aida OBrien, : ‘Building, Permits ‘Total $365,604.20 5 ity: building permits BO. wil. speak © var Castlegar’s history while Burt Campbell, edi- tor of: the:.Castlegar News, will ser ‘on the -area’s future. Minnion said that . wives and gaat of members ‘will be welcome at he’ annual dinner meeting being «held “next, Wednes- @ay in: the: ETS hall; and added that all. members must pick up thelr tickets.:at either the Bank of -Afontreal or: West's Gtore by this Saturday, valued at $285,604.20 were issued in Castlegar during 1960, building inspector Norman McNabb: told council Tuesday night.. - The 7 permits were made. up of 21 mew - residences. elther buflé or under construction, 13 _ business premises with’ additions ‘and renovations, four additions and atlerations to private gar- ‘ages, one. addition to a. service station, one school addition and two swimming pools, ~’ io .bé used towards. capital] at the arena and i is the proceeds rae the at ppettal meeting to’. discuss what’ Rossland-Trail MLA’. Donald ; | Brothers described ‘as “happy prob- ef sbhaty °pre- dinner. meetin | Rossland-Trail. » MLA‘, Donald Brothers urged Kinnaird council at ‘@. meeting last week to_ continue with ite‘efforts to obtain the of- ficial road opening: ceremonies for. the Kinnaird-Christina take high- peice VLA Subdivision How. Proceeding ‘After Tribulations ‘After. months, of trials’ and tri- bulations the VLA subdivision at Einnaird is now needy to. go ahead, Surveys for the a * building lots will start immediately, an- nounced developer Nick. Shelfon- tuk Tuesday, as will the road ac- cess survey. Construction’ of hom- ‘les will start immediately after Foads'are in... . The subdivision is located on the right hand side of ‘the new highway just across from where 10th Ave. meets the road. It over~ looks’ Kinnaird, Castlegar, the Brilliant ‘dam and.the confluence of the Columbia and Kootensy ae ‘vers. “The VLA lots will. have 80-ft, frontages ‘and will taper’ back, gi- ving a total area to each of 16 acres. ‘The private lots will have 80-ft. frontages and will be 220 ft, deep, giving each an. area of A0 acres. ‘. NOT ANY MORE Water is Profeired: to Bear “Recent defeat Of the beer par- ler yeferendum st Kinnaird came in fer some light. but serious Mis | ‘Village clerk Alten selbte said that Vancouver: syridicate inter- quiries at the ‘village office, before]: ” vindial ‘vote’ and’ had apparantly ta- ke& an option for ‘somd property in village. : ‘The day after the vote, con- . : tinued Mr. Selble,‘ the men ‘phoned from Vancouver to find out how . Kinnaird. Wants. Pollution .Board < se eecte oe oe ae cabanas heel op 8 pelle “'Kinnaint’s council’ meeting ‘Mon. the vote. had‘ gone, It had been de- feated. the vote we would have been set,” noted’ village chairman Carl Loeb- Uch. Now the Hquor act redds that the village myst wait “a reasonable time” before application can -be made for ‘another ‘plebiscite. “Seek Chamber of Commerce Support for: Road Opening} :{ atthe half-way point on the new. “Had they made application for |. Jems’... the results of prosperity,” ‘was held last week between Kin- [mated council and the local MLA. ¢, Commissioners - brought up. the | question “ot the. possibility ‘of 8 ed that the village would: ke the highways department to locate an old department road near Merry|said Creck.. “If they locate it, we're quite prepared to do some work on it" noted Mr, Loeblich, saying that regional engineer D, F. Martin at Nelson had already” been notified of the subject. “Brothers Meets With Village Council fo Discuss Problems Reganting gazbage dumping o- tes for omizide areas, Mr. Loehitch the problem “comes beck tr baitep bers ter ccryes Neel erate out septic tanks." . Comm, Ackerman salt that De personally is “very mmeit conceru— (continued on page ten): the danger to children. walking to and from school. . The first requisite for aid on such a project, sald Mr, Brothers, fis for the highways department to have, the. money, Seconidly.the vil- Inge will have to point out the need and maké application." ~~ “The ‘department then allocates | monies on the basis of need. The {| MLA- said: he would see the high- :|ways department about the problem ‘when he:is in Victoria for the Blt- ‘Total tire loss. in “Castle- gar during 1960 amounted to $3,- 007 in 14 ‘fires, fire’ chief Ed Le- wis told the ‘Caatlegar council; in hig annual report. Of this amount, $1,507 .was covered by insurance. ting ‘of’ tlie ‘Legislature. ‘Village ‘chairman: Cart Toeblieh said. Kinnaird would lke the shoul- derg of the’ highway through- Kin- naird’. gravelléd and ‘if this were done it: might relieve the ‘pressure .Villagé chairman Carl Loeblich said the village had already written Highways © Minister’ Gaglardi ‘but He sald the minister had suggested that the ceremonies might. be held road. ‘\ “Grand ‘Forks has nothing ‘to do with the highway,” answered Mr. Brothers. “They just happen to be along it.” Kinnaird council will write the Castlegar Chamber-’ of Commerce asking thelr support for the ccre- “The letter wag very noncommital.”| {or curbs‘ and gutter ‘fora: year.::” “Gomm. E. 0. Ackerman remark- Stubs Respond - “To News Appeal “Over 25 clubs and in the Castlegar District have ta- ken advantage ‘of ‘the ‘Castlegar pipes News’" free -offer -to ‘Ust™ their meeting nights in the classified section ‘of this paper Inthe “no- Mees” column, Any gtoups. who: Jhaven’t “yet taken advantage* of this offer may: do 90 by’ phoning monies, | 303 Another “look at’ the Chant royal commission report on edu- cation in B.C.:° @° Report cards should lst percentage marks instead of let- ters’ to show a child’s progress. “Percentages are familiar to ‘a wi- der section of the popuietien than any other system.”. @\ BCs | public~ choot sy- stem compares favorably with that of any other.country. The com- mission’s job was to look for faults and the. fact that. short- “have been,’ “disclosed | should not lead to any presump- tion that the system has. been judged unsound. e ince the primary aim of development, a zone order of pri- ority should be used in defining the scope of the school curriculum and the apportioning of school time, .@ Central. subjects in this zoning should be. English (read ‘education should’ be intellectual” A. Personal Column By BURT -CAMPBELL Another Lock at the Chant Education Renee: Outer zone subjects, whi- ch could be taught elsewhere, in- clude drama, industrial ‘arts, heal- th.and personal development, phy- sical education, home economics, agriculture, commerce, art and music, * @ = Every principal should ‘be appointed for a two-year proba- tionary. period axd incompetents shoud be removed from thelr jobs. @ Be. has’ more qualified teachers and fewer. with low qual- ifications ian other. provinces, - teacher a pooner were five ‘fnhalator calls | ec during ‘the year and average man- power, excluding thé” fire. chief and deputy, was. 15.men. Average turnout cat Bractices /was: 85. per cent, There were 217. ‘street lights changedin the year ard ‘193 bur- ning permits were issued during the fire season. Twenty off burn- [ing permits were issued and seven compressed gas permits for domes- storage. -Fifty-one inspections were made: of schools and public -butla- inga and all hydrants and starid were checked regularly. . All. department equipment bas “Kept in first-class condition.” ‘Th inhalator equipment’ that. the de- partment was in charge of -for 10 years’ was turned over to the “care” .of .the Castlegar hospital for emergency use. “The fire de- partment has replaced this equip- it approved by. the. Workmen's Compensation Board, All person- nel has been’ been briefed on the operation. of this’ unit. It ts car- ried on No. 2 truck at all times.” A number of,‘ recommenda- ffons were contained in the re- ‘|appropriation for’ normal. operat- ‘During the year-the fire. chief attended an orientation course sponsored by ‘the fire marshal's office in Vancouver and’ also at- tended: the Canadian Association of Fire Chief's annual converence fh Calgary. « During 1960 agreement: was reached between’ the department and the village “regarding com- pensation and insurance remun- eration whereby, in case. of: injury, a member of the department may recelve his regular pay and the. tic installations and one for bulk |’ ment with: an oxygen ‘therapy un-|? ‘Village Fire Loss $3; 007 i in 1960 | port, major one being “that our ‘also ite adverse effect on his busines. Decision ih the case was reser- ved. , : Mr. Kolosoff was represented by Mickey Moran and the Village of Castlegar by Ed McGauley. Village chairman N. T. Ogiow teld council Tuesday night that Be sttended. polly cays’ of she trial “and our solicitor presented case very, very well. He put ipa good should be immediately and requirements for basic should be increased to three yesrs. There should be early implemen- - tation of degree course require- ments for all teachers. Poor tea- chers should be ‘weeded out, @ Annual’ teachers’ ‘salary negotiations should be handled centrally through the. B.C. Tea- chers'. Federation and the BC. dof ing, spelling, “They “(village }thought 0 much:of our water they didn’t want to drink-anything else," smiled Comm. G. 8. Rust. “Now they're: sorry’ they haven't’) a ‘beer parlor,” laughed Comm. F.C, Ack- erman, H 6). and: ma- try, geometry and algebra). :.-. t @ Inner» subjects include science, geology, chemistry,: his-- tory, languages, geography, social studles‘and physics. erase ‘8 insteas neent through haan: school prey “the right of w teacher to maintain. discipline in the class- room aould not be open to chal- -lenge from elther puplla or par- ents. Danger to Kids > Al Woodland Sewage: Plant Concern was expressed at Mon- council are to the judge on points of law as whether or not the time bas elap- sed for the registering of the tom- Plaint. The village chairman sak? he would.much prefer to see the decided upon ‘the evidence rather than on a point of aw. but they can fall the 32 ground, THE WEATHER Maximums i Bae Sseseese RN2Zege