ASTLE NEWS

Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”

Vol 5, No. 34

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA; THURSDAY, August 21, 1952.

Johnny Sofiak Mound Star As Cubs Eliminate Pointers

Behind the mighty arm of ace mound-tender Johnny Sofiak who pitched 27 successive innings for the locals in the series, the Castlegar Cubs eliminated the Crown Point nine from the Trail and District fastball playoffs in four games, and won the right to enter the best of seven finals, with the League Champions, Trail Pontiacs.

The first game last week saw the Cubs edge the Pointers 3-2 with Rennie Mitchell on the mound pitching his seventh win of the season with no losses. Johnny Sofiak, took over hurl- ing chores in the second game, chucking a superb 2-hitter but taking a 6-4 loss due in part to a number of fielding blunders.

The best of five series came to a decisive conclusion Monday night when Sofiak, chalking up nine strike-outs, pitched his team to triumph in both games of a double header, by scores of 5-4 and 6-2.

In the 27 innings of the series pitched by Sofiak, the Cub ace whiffed 15 batters, issued 7 walks and was tovched for 17 hits. In the same three games, the Cubs collected 23 hits.

Rennie Mitchell, Cub coach, also helped the Cub cause along with a booming homer in the second game of Monday’s doub- le-header. Ray Hamilton was top Cub slugger of the series with an average of .400..Both Ray and Bobby Kromm, garnered 3 hits in 7 tries Sunday evening, includ- ing a triple apiece. |

Walton and -Fisher were the Trail mound-men Monday eve- ning, the former striking out five batters. and walking seven and the latter gaining three strike- outs and allowing two free trips.

Kats Begin Playoffs With 16-1 Lacing Of West Trail Team

The Castlegar Kats, League Champions roared into the first game of the playoffs with a mer- ciless 16-1 drubbing over the cel- lar-dwelling West Trail team, who foundered hopelessly before

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a r and the four hit hurling of mound-stalwart Anne Kastrukoff.

The Kats began their scoring spree at once ,with five runs in the first frame, four in the sec- ond, one in the third and six in the final two innings. Every Kat clouted the ball at least once while Mary Randall took top- patting honors of the evening with five hits in five trips to the plates four of which resulted in runs.

Anne Kastrukoff went all the way for the locals, holding the opposition to four hits, whiffing eight batters and walking two. For Trail it was A. Mattazi tak-

Cubs Blanked 3-0 In Opening Game Of Playoff Finals

Cub Coach Rennie Mitchell suf- fered his first loss of the season against seven wins, Tuesday night when the Castlegar Cubs, unable to cope with the top- notch chucking of Elsio Vanelli, were whitewashed three to no- thing in the first game of a best of seven final playoff with Trail Motors.Pontiacs.

The Pontiac mound-ace faced only 29 batters in the nine inn- ings of play, striking out 12. He allowed no walks and only one hit. :

For the Cubs, Mitchell allowed nine hits, and no walks with three strikeouts. The only Cub hit was a single gained by John- ny Sofiak, first man up. Eric Bishop also landed on the base paths but that was due to a Pon- tiac error.

The Trail fastballers scored their first run in the third frame and added the pair of clinchers in the seventh. With the exception of a two-bagger-~by~ Geranazzo, the Pontiac hits were singles.

Six Participants For Harvest Queen Contest

A bevy of six high school girls are participating in the Harvest Queen Contest this year, the Cas- tlegar and District 1952 Fall Fair Committee have announced. The girls, pupils ‘of the Stanley Humphries High School, are Betty Jean “Lampard, Shirrel Riley, Jerry Anne Wanless, Rose Marie Soberlak, Sharel Martel and Gail Seaton.

Tickets representing points for these contestants are now on sale and the girl for whom the largest number of tickets are reg- istered, will be the 1952 Harvest Queen. .

Ticket-purchasers become elig- ible for the lucky draw to be held in conjunction with the crowning of the Queen on Sat- urday, September 6. First prize will be an electric, mantel, clock radio. Second prizewinner will receive a tri-lite lamp.

These as well as the various other prizes to be awarded to winning exhibitors, are now on display in the window of Bar- rie’s Barber Shop.

ing the loss with one’ strikeout, nine walks and 17 hits.

The second and perhaps final game of the best of three series is slated for tonight.

Postal Authorities Seek Site Here For New Post Office

Recent developments indicate

that Castlegar may have a new post office building in the near future. L. S. Wells, District Architect for the Canada Post Office, B.C. and Yukon Terri- tories, visited Castlegar recent- ly to investigate what sites might be available for a new building.

A number-of locations are be- aecicl

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COMMISSION NEWS BRIEFS

The regular meeting of the Castlegar Village Commissiqners Monday evening was consider- ably’shortér than usual. Two of the commissioners, Bert Cher- rington, and Vic Jenks were ab- sent.;Other business transacted besides that covered by various news items throughout this is- sue 1s as follows:

Purchase of property at Pass Creek Bridge for a Village Park is not feasible at present. The

ing ed but no has been reached as yet.

land-in question is former Douk- hobor porperty now under the

Two Subscrihers Win Free Theatre Passes

There are two winners in the Castle News Subscription drive this week. The names drawn from, among those who renewed their iptions or subscri for the first time in the past week were Mrs. T. Ratcliffe, Castlegar and A. Eldridge, Kinnaird, both of whom renewed their subscrip- tions. One free theatre pass is being mailed to both these lucky subscribers.

Had either of the above win- ners brought in a new subscrip- tion to the Castle News, the drawing of their name would have entitled them to two thea- tre passes and they would have won a free pass for the new sub- scriber as well.

The contest is continuing until October 15. Full details are on page 5 of this issue.

Law Enforcement Begins At Home Commissioners Find

+, The collective faces of the Cas- tlegar Board of Commissioners turned a rosy hue Monday night at their regular meetin.

A few weeks ago, village resi- dents were reminded through a press notice that every house- hold must have a suitable gar- bage container, according to vil- lage by-law and that this ordin- ance would be enforced.

It was brought to the commis- sioners’ attention Monday night, by Fire Chief R. A. D. West that

ion of the land settlement board. The Hon. R. E. Sommers has promised to investigate the possibility of making this pro- perty a provincial park.

Commissioner Williams strong- ly advocated that the major cost of road building on new subdivi- sions. should be borne by the owners. His contention was that owners of subdivisions are rais- ing the cost of their lots at vil- lage expense. The matter was tabled for further discussion by the full board. .

Another tire and, tube is to be purchased for the public works truck.

The board accepted a grant of $12,500 from the City of Nelson ‘towards maintenance and im-+ provement of the Castlegar air- port.

Commissioner Sommers report- ed on his interview with local police officers regarding village policing. He was informed that such matters must be taken up withthe commissioner at Nel- son. The Village Clerk was in- structed to write the palice com-

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“We agree you need a bridge. But when we’re going to give you distant future.”

So said the Rev Honourable

St. Laurent Will Visit Castlegar On B.C. Tour

The Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister of Canada will visit Castlegar on his forthcom- ing tour of the B.C. Interior early next month, according to a letter from the Hon. R. W. Mayhew, Minister of Fisheries, who is in charge of the tour arrangements.

The letter, in answer to a re- quest from the village commis- sion that the Hon. Mr. Mayhew , arrange for Mr. St. Laurent to; land at Castlegar airport en, route to an overnight visit at; Trail on September 1, stated that: if weather, pressure of engage-' ments etc, enable the party to ad- here strictly to schedule, as the minister wil] endeavour to en- sure, the Prime Minister and his party will land at the Castlegar airport and spend a few minutes in Castlegar prior to journeying

Officials of the Village and [Chamber of Commerce are mak- ing plans to meet the Prime Min- ister and his party at the airport. to Trail.

An_ invitation was read from the Trail Chamber of Commerce inviting the full board of com- missioners to be present at a din- ner in the Prime Minister’s hon- or at the Legion Hall, Trail, Sept- ember 1, with tickets at $2.00 each. The commissioners are also invited to attend the reception

sibilities of RCMP enfor of Village by-laws. gh ee

No garage accommodation for the new fire truck has been sec- ured as yet. A number of possi- bly available sites were proposed and Commissioner Sommers will investigate.

The ball park fence project is being carried on with although considerably delayed.

A request for disposal of ashes at the high school is to be refer- red to C issi Jenks and

there was no garbage suitable or otherwise, for the vil- lage office and fire hall building and that bottles, cans and debris were consequently littering the premises.

The village clerk was author- ized by the meeting to purchase one or more containers for the building, according as he deem- ed it essential.

It was suggested by one of th2 board that the commissioners should prosecute themselves for an offence against their own

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Faster, smoother air gravel between Castlegar and other points in Western Canada will soon be

possible when Canadian Pacific Airlines places five new Convair-Liners in service. Purchase of the modern planes, for use on the mountainous routes of Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon, has been announced by G. W. Grant McConachie, President of the Company. .

The five new planes will be placed in service as soon as they are received in Vancouver, the first to be delivered im December and the balance shortly afterward. Various routes they will

serve on are: Calgary, Castlegar, Vancouver; and Vancouver to Grande Prairie.

Flying times will be greatly reduced compared top speed, but also by the built-in landing steps. operated steps unfold from the fuselage ahead of saver when many stops are to be made.

The’ Convair-Liners are fully pr ized, plus cargo. They are powered with Pratt and ‘Whi

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to those in effect now not only by the 340 mph The pilot flicks a switch, and the hydraulically the wing on the right side. This feature is a time

d aircraft which carry 40 passengers tney engines of 2400 horsepower each, either one

of which will lift the aircraft off a runway to a height of over 10,000 feet. Ceiling with two eng- ines is over 20,00 feet. The propellers pe be reversed after landing for added braking power and

control when taxiing.

Passengers will enjoy the comfort of sea-level cruising while feet. This is accomplished by the. cabin pressurization system, output heating and air conditioning system. Luxurious reclining seats, extra large windows are features which will add to gre

Also featured are radio and navigation instruments

de-icing system.

flying at heights ranging to 20,000 which is backed up with a high

tasteful interior colors and

ater passenger comfort. . ae df the latest design and a highly efficient

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A raise in pay for all village employees is to be referred to the next meeting of the full board.

Accounts payable _ totalling $1,518.04 were approved for pay- ment.

New Building Here Totals $23,500

Eight new building permits, re- presenting a total of $23,509 worth of.new contsruction in the village, and including permits for five new residences and three al- terations to existing buildings, were reviewed by the village commissioners Monday night at their regular meeting. Six new trades licences and six water ap- plications were granted.

Among the building permits reviewed, the five for new dwell- ings were for G. H. Wanless, $6,500; Andy Strelioff, $5.000; G. Chersunoff, $5,000; and E. R. Buckle $1,000, while Peter Popoff,

Koochin and Mitchell Trans- fer and Fuel Ltd., had applica- tions for building alterations and

| ditions. The Mitchell Transfer

and Fuel Ltd. application was for an office addition to their ware- house in Castlegar formerly own- ed by Vic Jenks.

New trades licences granted Were as follows: Ralph Desaul- niér, upholstery reconditioning; Mike Tomlin, coal and wood transfer; Maddock Shoe Store, to °Ppen for business in the barber- shop building; Jas. Thomson,

innaird, plumbing; Bill Nixon, Electrical retail and contracting ftom Waldie’s store; and Paul Samsinoff, plumbing.

Among the six new water ap- Plications granted, one to J. Dou- Pouis was granted subject to When’ water sefvice becomes available in the ‘area. The other five were applications by A. Stre- lioff, M, A. McMillan, J. A. Clark,

‘ed by C following the. dinner. Chamber of Com- merece are. a! invi:

We'll Give You Bridge Gagliardi Says Here

We're going to give you a bridge. a bridge depends on when money

eauipment, and labor are available. I hope it will be the not too

P. Gagliardi, Minister of Pubilc

Works in the new B.C. Cabimet to a delegation of Nelson and Castlegar civic officials in the Castlegar Hotel last night.

Mr. Gagliardi, accompanied by his Chief Engineer N. H. MacCal- lum and Divisional Engineer H. T. Miaird, arrived in Castlegar at 8:00 p.m. at the request of the Rossland-Trail Social Credit Lea- guue. He heard a presentation of various district problems by the delegates present and promised action on all of them when cir- cumstances permit.

A. R. McDermid presented the case for a bridge at Castlegar quoting pertinent figures show- ing that the cost of a bridge will not exceed the combined direct and indirect cost of the present Castlegar ferry. In reply the minister promised that a prelim- inary survey for the location for a bridge here would be under- takeh within the next two weeks and that a bridge would be built when circumstances permit. He disclosed that if the Castlegar Chamber forwarded a resolution to his department signifying their approval of a toll bridge here, action on the project will be cons. siderably speeded up. _—

In reply to a request from the Castlegar Chamber presented by W. Waldie that a survey of a pos- sible Kinnaird-Paulson-Christina Lake route by made before any definite decision is reached re- garding relocation of the existing Rosslund-Caseade highwav, Mr. Gagliardi declared: “I'll be happy to get a survey of this route as soon as engineers are available. If their findings prove it to be the best route, we'll put it through.”

The commissioners moved that six tickets to the dinner be order- ed for them.

Pass Greek Bridge To Be Replaced

The Council of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce, has received replies to a number of letters it has sent re- garding certain district projects and improvements.

The Department of Public Works has advised that the Pass Creek bridge cannot be widened according to the council’s sug- gestion, but in view of the un-

loubted traffic hazard it repres- ents, the bridge will have to be replaced with a new and wider one. The Department hopes to ac- complish this in the not too dis- tant future.

Regarding improvement of the Robson-Syringa Creek road, the Department has advised that this is scheduled after the close of the tourist season and when equip- ment becomes available. .

The B.C. Telephone Company have advised that they hope to install new phones as soon as their outside plant equipment is installed. Priority will be given to schools and public buildings.

Kiwanis To Sponsor Junior Cup For Yearly Fall: Fair Competition

The Castlegar Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a cup for annual com- petition in the junior exhibit section of the Castlegar and Dis- trict Fall Fair, President J. F. Killough ‘announced at the week- ly meeting of the Club Tuesday evening. The Kiwanis Cup will be awarded annually to the ex- hibitor gaining the ‘highest total of points in the junior exhibit class.

The Club also heard interest- ing holiday reports from two of its members who have returned from trips. Gus Leitner related some of the experiences of the Bob Graham band on their Oka- angan tour recently, saying that they had a highly enjoyable tour and were accorded an excellent reception especially at Kamloops and Revelstoke.

_- Cliff Wanless told of his im- pressions gained from a visit} with , relatives in Port Angeles. He explained that there is a pul, mill at this town and said’ that if the is no more

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“Ht. D. Harrison, President of the Trans-Canada Highway Asso- ciation, Crows Nest Route, ex- Pressed appreciation for the work the Provincial Department of Public Works has accomplished in this area and stressed the need for a close scrutiny of the ferry situation on the Main Lake, re- commending that an auxiliary ferry be pressed into service and the route shortened with a land- ing at Queen’s Bay.

In reply Mr. Gagliardi said his department was very much aware of the seriousness of this and all the problems presented and that the Hon Mr. Sommers has been pushing for improve- ments in this district strenuousiv. He promised that the problems mentioned would “definitely he looked into.”

The minister and his engineers are spending all of today in the Rossland-Trail riding, visiting the Robson-Syringa Creek road. Pass Creek Bridge and other projects demanding action. The visit is in charge of C. Loeblich of Kin- naird, who presided at last night’s meeting.

MLA Favors Govt. Aid For Flood Contro! Of Bloomer Creek

Financial assistance from the provincial government for con- trol of Bloomer Creek flood waters may be forthcoming i the near future according to V: lage Clerk A. T-.Horswill, who reported to the commission mee ing last’ Monday on an interview with the Hon. R. E. Sommers, MLA for this district.

Mr. Horswill disclosed that the minister has already devoted consideration to the problem and is favorable to the granting of assistance by the provincial gdv- ernment. He recommended, how- ever, that the Hon. Minister of Public Works “be sold on the idea” also so that the provincial grant for the project may come partly from his department.

aromatic here when Celgar starts operations, than what he exper- ienced at Port Angeles there is no need to worry.

Cyril Bell, Lieutenant-Gover- nor elect of District Six, present- ed the meeting with a box of cigars in honor of the recent ar- rival in his family. The cigars were wrapped as the prize for the weekly draw. Who won the draw? You guessed it, — Cyril Bell. : .