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world, ta. going. to. produce: a vost thought to the future world needs load’ of: people seeking to spend: in- | for, agriculture, recreation etc, is creasing amounts of leisure time in|'morally wrong.

recreational pursults, This valley Js|' (a) The tragic thought in one of the few undeveloped or un~| all this is that we are being asked spolled, valleys accessible’ in* the| to suffer permanént devastation in North Amerléan continent; ‘its tour- | this valley for-benefits over.a period ist industry “is in its infancy but|or only 60° years. “Unless decisions allowing normal development ‘and| of thig: magnitude are made with withholding the devastation which| careful “assesament of the future ‘High Arrow. would produce,.o majer! well-being of -our nation, it .may tourist. industry could ‘be built in/ well be that future generations will this area, Again, this loss of poten. | hold ua in scorn.

‘tial must be weighed as-a true cost. 7). We conten. dthat the ao- (ce) ‘The value of agricul-jtual physical aspects of tho High tural ‘potential has been minimized; | Arrow Storage Dam have not been this industry is now recovering from | made clear to the public; we reit~ o decline. It too Js in its Infancy] erate that if High. Arrow is desir- but again the , north| south road| able, ‘distortion should not be nec- coupled with a ‘flourishing primary | essary ‘in its tonite For exam- industry .points. this up as a po- tential asset to the nation which |"

of High Arrow Dam’

and misleading to the public and do not meet the criteria of strict truth, We maintain that to avold_the truth Is immoral, ‘We maintain. that a project which can be made to look ‘attrac- tive only through falsé argument cannot be morally sound jena is, our

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SUBJECT: SEWERAGE

By Comm, W. W. THORP However, we must convince)ther lengthy nor indigestible. For the next several weeks I] more than 60 per cent of you If we ugh the medium of public will, through the columns of the|are to go ahead, mectings you will be able to ques- Castlegar News, be discussing and ‘When the bylaw missed passing | tion councll and engineers on as- explaining the various aspects of a|by only 2 per cent, your council, of | pects that sre not clear. But if you municipal sewerage system for Cas-| course, began to take stock, Had we | want information that I may have

5) Another ot the arguments in favour of High ‘Arrow. (cited by a Power Commission spokesman)‘ ls that it would provide flood produc- tion to the city. of Trail, This tends to prejudice the public to accept High Arrow. However, it has not been pointed out that ample pdotec- tion could be afforded Trail by Lib. by and Mica without High Arrow, Thig is taking unfair. advantage: of the local flood potential. Moreover, I contend that Mf. that’ spokesman| assumes: that-the’ péople of ‘Trail ware wish to see 2,000 persons on 1» the Lakes displaced to give them flood protection then he is sadly misjudging the people of Trail.

6.) We maintain that the true cost of. the High Atrow Dam has not been set forth. (Indeed we question whether a true and rellable

\ melusion of the brlet¢ on “The Aspects of the High Arrow. Presented to. A. F, Paget,

troller of water rights, at the

It water licence. hearings .on

Arrow held at -Caatlegar,

“che brief was presented by Dr,

+ Fowler on behalf of the Ar-

‘Lakes, Water Resources Com-

72.

‘She conclusion of the brlet

chambers,* + : ‘Without proof that High Arrow 4s In the national, provincial.or lo- interest, .we are duty bound to protest the granting of a license for its construction,

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red Stoushnow, Basses Away al 59

“Well-known Robson resident|

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct. 19, 1961 SO Box 65, Robson, B.C. Phone 365-5662 CALL = . = : Curtis Gray & Harold = for basements, excavating sewers, ditching, septic = = = tank holes, back filling and dump truck work of its, of course, is in prepara- coe we eine oe le ee pmains tg sien) Twit = all kinds. =| tion foe the spond yote sieadreptikd sion that although we hed presen-jnot answer your questions individ- age on Dec. 7. Let me make it clear] ted all the facts, we had not stres- {sally but X will cover the subject from the outset that thi: umn |sed thi h d, whet is|in din, umns, a NUNCA] from, tke outeee that this column Joed them enough nd, what, ts{in succeeding columns, | jonas. voters. We hope to do better this | you exactly as in September — Your village council believes | time. amount is the same and the plans that Castlegar needs a sewerage ‘We cannot hope to disseminate |are the same. There are no exten- system and naturally we want to/all the facts to all the people butjsions and no deletions, ‘| ql i pass the bylaw so that we can pro-| we'll try, You, the reader, can help. We will shortly have a plan of Imperial Gil ceed. From the results of the Sen-|Discuss sewerage with your fellow |the system prominently displayed in tember vote it Js obvious that more | voters, Make sure the’ full facts are|a downtown window. While this is dd Corrosion - than 60 per cent of the voters re-|known. Get them to read this col-|based on preliminary survey data An orrosion alize that sewerage is a necessity. and is subject to minor changes

+ (a) t has been stated that

‘When You Have

An

Call

BOUNDARY ELECTRIC

Phone 365-5919

umn weekly, I promise to be nei-

when the final engineering plan is

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

By Regular

Dear Sir:

‘The following letter is addres- sed to the residents of this area: (Do you curl or skate or play hockey? Or do you intend to start? Do you have children or wives that participate in these winter sports? ‘Well, you're the man we're looking for.

Did you know we have an arena in Castlegar? Apparently, many do not. For the past 10 years your Castlegar and District Projects Society has been building. We've made a good start. We have the building, the Ice sheets, the ice Plant — in fact almost $100,000 in_ vested, And it's all paid for except

for about $5,000. It hasn’t been easy.

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has to the tune of $20,000 and your merchants have all been generous over the ears. And if you are one of our faithful few. who have contributed money or time over the yeats you know what we're talking about. If you are one of these, our thanks and ‘appreciation — read no further — this isn’t intended for you. ‘We're talking now to you new- comers to the District and you old- timers who never quite got around to signing up. Won't you help us on @ regular basis and help us fi-

Urge Support of Arena

Donations

and it’s too!

nish the job, A dollar a month isn't missed on payroll deduction Income Tax deductible,

Since Castlegar participates in the Winter Works Incentive Pro- gram, Victoria and Ottawa are pay.

completed, it gives ss much of a picture of the proposed system as 15 evallable at this time, Look for this column next week

what will coat

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Use Our Xmas Lay-Away 0

you as an individual ratepayer and in succeeding weeks on the various aspects of Castlegar’s proposed sc- wer system,

Funeral Hold For Mrs. Musselman

Graveside services were held at the Robson C

ing 75 per cent of our

supply the material.

ing seating facilit ‘Will you help rat ‘this

labor costs this winter. But we must

Our winter construction pro- gram is under way — how far we ean go depends on you. Currently, we're working on dressing rooms and change rooms, sanitary facil-~ ities, and heating and lighting. Fu. ture plans call for a large upstairs hall for dancing, banquets and the like — 8 real need in the commun- ity; an adjoining building to house the curling sheets and then center- ing the main ice ieee and provid-

Cemetery last Friday for Mrs. Fan- ny Eliza Musselman, who died in Victoria Oct. 8, at the age of 94. ‘Mrs, Musselman was the widow of a former vice-principal of a Castlegar school.

She is survived by one daugh- ter, Mrs, G. Magwood of Chilliwack, one granddaughter, Miss Mary Magwood of Vancouver; one sister, Mrs, Hubert Le Cain in Port Ar- thur, Ontario; five other grandchil- dren and 10 great-grandchildren. ‘Remains were forwarded to the Castlegar Funeral Home for ar-

sign it and we'll do the rest.

deduction.

Stamp Club Sets Date for Annual Meet as Nov. 18

‘The regular monthly meeting of the David Thompson Stamp Club was held at the home of the pre- sident, Axel Nielsen, with 12 mem- bers present. There was quite a dis- cussion of the suggestion of the Nelson Stamp Club that the Col- umbia Philatelic and the local club combine thelr annual banquets and take a turn about instead of each having thelr own annual banquet each year.

‘There was also a suggestion from the Columbla Philatelic Club of Trail that the three clubs in question unite to form one federa- tion which would be a chapter in

the Royal Philatelic Society. They

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PLAQUES in all sizes, shapes and colors and in attractive price ranges. CRYSTALWARE imcluding 7- piece ‘wine, water and liquor sets.

DECORATIVE CEDAR SERVING TRAYS VASES TUMBLER SETS SELECTION OF BEAUTIFUL CRAFES

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will let the local club know when they receive the information from the Okanagan Federation.

The annual banquet will be held in the Castlegar United Chur_ ch Hall at 630 p.m. on Noy, 18. ing on the necessity for changes in the constitution J. Smith and J, Toogood reported that there is mo necessity for making any changes, and auctions can continue as usual, Elections followed with Mr. Jim McKay being elected pre- sident, Mrs, J. P, McKay re-elected as vice-president, J. Toogood re- elected as secretary-treasurer and Mrs, A. B. Condy as publicity. John Moor was re-appointed as auctioneer,

Following a lively auction, A, Nielsen served delicious refresh-

@ profit-making organization.

the utmost,

the load!

at 365-4198, Johnny Clarke, President, Projects Society,

Films Enjoyed By Soroplimists

At the last meeting of the Cas- tlegar, Kinnaird, Robson Soroptim- ist Club plans were made for the annual doll raffle which has be- come a District feature as the Christmas season approaches. Members were given a delight- ful treat when Mrs. Les Cantell showed colored slides taken on her recent trip with her husband to Great Britain, A map showing the routes taken was first introduced and then a most interesting follow- up showed in detail the charm and beauty of the villages and country- side visited. Especially interesting was the study made of architect- ural features,

Mrs, Cantell’s whimsical and entertaining comments helped round out B moat and profit-

project, Fill in the attached card,

REMEMBER;

1, The Projects Society is not to be confused with the KRC Com- munity Chest. This 1s a separate

2, Admission charges for skat- ing, ice rental for hockey, and curl- ing ice rental only pay for the op- eration of the Arena. We are not

3, All contributions are used to complete and expand Arena fa- cilities. We stretch your dollar to

Don't let Joe do it! Help carry Anyone interested in making a

donation may contact the under- signed at 365-5106 or Welter Thorp

CHAMBER BRIEFS

Harry Smith, new Imperial Oil

Commission agent for the Castlegar

area, was elected into membership

in the Chamber without ballot. eee.

Lloyd Ackney, business and in. dustry chairman, reported the op- ening of Irene’s Cafe, the building of a heavy equipment garage in the and tru

tion of a 10-unit motel above Kin- naird on the new highway. eee

Warren Jennings, catering com- mittee chairman, announced that Irene’s Cafe will cater for the Chamber since Mrs. Niles Bystrom has given up Be Position.

_ Nominations wall be received at. the November meeting for new of- dicers for the Chamber for 1962. ‘The new executive will be inatalled in January,

CASTLEGAR SOCIALS

Mrs, H. Johnson, Phone 365-8294 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dunlop were Nelson visitors Tuesday,

Mrs, Ray. Richer is a patient in the Trail hospital.

‘Mrs, H. Hepper ‘ot Marysville was a recent visitor at the home of

T, Horswill were among the visitors attending the 2lst birthday of St. Andrew's WA, Warfield Branch, on ‘Tuesday evening. Mrs. Donnan and Mrs, Raine are charter members of that group.

‘Mrs. L. Cantell is a patient in Kootenay Lake Hospital, Nelson. Mrs, W, Easton is visiting with relations in’ Nelson, She is expected

fhome Wednesday evening.

Trail and District Arts Council

presents for the 1961-62 Season

Celebrity Concert Series

in the

TRAIL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

8.30 P.M.

Memberships Students

$12.00 $10.00

$10.00 $7.50

$7.50 $5.00

Box Office — West’s Store, October 24th

10.00 a.m. to

5 pm.

Buy Firestone “Town & Country” WINTER TIRES

Put new “Town & Country” fires on your car this fall. if you're stopped by traction prob- fems in mud, ice or snow, we'll pay the tow. No argument — fo red tape.

PLUS thousands of extra miles on dry pavement. Fire- stone engineers know that nat- ural rubber wears too fast at high speeds, so they developed Firestone Rubber-X. This ad- vanced rubber gives the trac- tion of natural rubber, plus far longer mileage and a silent ride,

USE YOUR CREDIT CARD No dawn poyment Six months to pay

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all the pictures shown is to be con- gratulated on the very fine quality of his photograp:y — some of the

Mrs, | slides, in the opinion of the viewers,

were extraordinarily beautiful and

ments,

technically of a very high quality.

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Nov. 4th 8

Feb. 17th

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For Further Reference as

Legion Welfare

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Will Be Played On the Following Nights COMMENCING AT 8.00 P.M.

Bert Lamb, Jim Leckie

Bob Wadey, Bill ‘Johnson Floyd Bacon, Cec, Pepper

Bert Martin, Pete Ewart

Herb Pitts, Bill Sommerfield Bert Lamb, Bill: Johnson

Bob Wadey, Jim Leckie Floyd Bacon, Pete Ewart

Steady Patrons Should Cut This Schedule Out

to Dates of Bingo Nights

able evening. Mr. Cantell who took / 2]

SONAL TT es

IMPORTANT NOTICE

ALL BOYS EIGHT YEARS AND OVER AND FATHERS INTERESTED IN COACHING OR ASSISTING WITH MINOR HOCKEY.

ACTIVITY ROOM

A MASS MEETING WILL BE HELD MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 23 AT 7 P.M. IN THE S.H.H.S.

THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO REGISTER BOYS FOR MINOR HOCKEY.

mK, Stoushnow died at his home

6 at the age of 59.

fany mourners attended the

‘ral held in the Rusalan Hall,

fment was in the Brilliant Ge-

ay. Mr,

wack, Saskatchewan.

Cominco,

‘Surviving him are his wife, two sons, Walter at home Fred at Kinnaird; two daugh- . Mrs. Vera Jones and Mra. B. in Grand Forks; hte step-children, Mrs, Lorna Po-

Alta., Bill ‘yeldave of Kinnaird and Mrs. ‘en Btrellatf in Castlegar; par- two sisters, ‘y, Mary Veregan in Grand Forks

ve

fner, both

yf of Forest: Lawn,

13 in Grand Forks;

Mabel Makortoff in Midway;

14 grandchildren,

| He .was predeceased by: a bro- Br, Mike, in 1947,

ements were entrusted the Castlegar Funeral Home.

* NEWSPAPER ADS DIG UP SALES,

Castlegar dows

Stoushnow was born in Before ‘Ing to Robson he lived for ‘y years in Rossland, working

estimate has yet been finalized). And by the true cost we menn the total cost of the loss of land, loss of produce, loss of Industry and indeed the loss of population which would ensue to Canada from the flooding of this valley, For example:—

: (a) Tt has frequently been atatd that “some 1,600 people” would be Involved in re-settlement duo to flooding. That was in 1960.

would .be destroyed by High Arrow. ‘When it is borne in mind that only 3 per cent of. B.C, is srable land, any section which would. destroy thougands of acres of good land must, not ‘pe uidertaken lightly or for a short term cash profit, I am sure that Doctor Keenleyside, from his work with the World Health Organization, mus, agree that to destroy. precious Jand with no

‘Today the estimate is given ot 2,000 people; but it would be more ob- Jective if the authorities attempted to estimate the number of persons who would be involved in this val- ley if the. area were allowed to pro- gress normally. It might well be that if we took a date 30 years hence mid-way during the term of|* the treaty, closer'to 5 or 10 thou- cone people would be involved. This "}is not a ridicuous estimate when it

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Rita's C Rev. E, A. Brophy, PP.

Sth at Elm Street Sunday Masses - 8.30 and 1030 am

Is toe Toad connecting the new trans-Ca. nada Highway with the new trans- provinclal highway running - down the Arrow Lakes is now within sight of completion; when it ls considered how much industry in the way of agriculture, in the way of tourist resorts etc. would normally develop due to the sound perennial payroll’ which this valley is now enjoying for the first time in decades, In this connection, let it be recalled that (General McNaughton) has stated “High Arrow Dam would virtually

THE BIBLE CENTRE Sunday in the Legion Hall At 51 Columbia Avenue 1030 am., Sunday School . 730 pm. Family Service Tues,, 7.30 pm. - Young People’s

- Hour 745 pm. - Prayer and Bible Study

Thurs.,

Robson — Ist and en eundays at

- rita "of Worship at

mean the of civil. zation on the Arrow Lakes.”

(b) All persons aust be aware of the fect that the population explosion in North Am~-

Cw _ DEFENCE

tery: radio, Olvil Defence’ advises, so ,that in ‘case’ of power break; downs, radio atatlons may then ad-

precautions. :

erica, let alone the rest of the}.

‘Lpibie study: < ‘Minister:

+ Every home should have 4 bat-|-

_| vise'them of necessary action and) ---..-

730 pm, Kinnaird — Service of Worship at 945 am. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS. Sundays at at Bog in the Twin,

Evening pedcaent Service 7.30 pm

with-High Arrow we would have a better ‘Inke and ‘a bigger lake, It was not stated when that. larger Inke , would be filled. The truth is that the lake would likely not: be filled ‘until after the threat of flood ped passed and other dams were

() Recent ‘publication by the B.C. Power Commission 0! sketch of the High Arrow Dam states that its ‘storage would be to a height: of 46 feet, Many members of the public have assumed from this that the fluctuation of the lake would be 46 feet and ons cannot blame them for so assuming; the truth of the matter is that from high water to low water is & theor~ etical variation of 78 feet and this figure has been confirmed public- ally by the Honourable Ray Willis- ton, Minister of Lands and Forests. (ec)! Spokesmen have reas- sured: us that the foreshore would tbe cleared, timber would be sal- vaged and stumps cut to a mini- mum of feet, They do not state that our hitherto beautiful valley would be blessed with 20 odd thou- sand acres of stumps and mud dur-

‘been described by Doctor Keenley- side as & potential tourist attrac~ tion, No one disputes that the Col- umbia River flowing over a dam would be spectacular but we main- tain that this statement makes a mockery of the fact that this 130

mile Jake, which is‘a. magnificent tourist attraction, would be made unattractive in order to bring about this dam, Moreover, High Arrow would hold no comparison with flow over Grande Coulee, Mica and other high’ dams.

‘We maintain that these and

Worship Service: 11 a.m.

many miore distortions are unfair

r at 7.30 pm, ¢ John Clarke ust TH RENREOOSTAL : Sanday retest. «10am. Morning Worship, - il am. = 730 pm. Prayer and Bible stay _ Thurs- day at 730

Young People’s - Priday at at 7.30 p.m,

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THEY‘RE COMING TO CASTLEGAR.

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THE BASKETBALL KINGS

S.H.H.S.

GYMNASIUM ~~

“THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26

ADVANCE TICKET SALE: -Adulis — $1.00

AT THE DOOR:

Adults — $125

ceeears —. 150 aadenta | ~_ $1.00 MI

or = Sundays at 11 am, Mattins followed

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Legion Awards : *'93 Scholarships Totaling $9,450

. Thirty-three scholarships worth $9,460 have been awarded by the States Com-

Daited Church — Ist and 3rd Sun- days at 11 am, ‘Arigllean . Church — 2nd and 4th

by Holy Communion. — Sth Sunday

BO. and mand of the Royal Canadian Leg- ion, ‘This is an increase. of $1,800 over 1960 when 26 scholarships were awarded. The awards include two $400 éshoineuine fram the Dominion

2ist Sunday after Trinity

8 a.m, Holy Communion St. Alban’s 930 am. Holy Eucharist ‘St, John’s

780 pam. Evensong St. Alban’s

« of the Royal Legion; 23 awarded by the Provin- cial Command itself; seven “on be-

Ladies’ and two from the, Provinclal Com-

Rev. C. R. Day - Priest-in-charge

yy | chain. across. the Tigris River only

half. of various, Lower Mainland and

A problem that bugged Alex- ander the Great 2300 years ago is one of the biggest technical ob- stacles confronting Canadian indus- try, according to H. W. “Hi" Ad- dington, .chief corrosion -Inspector st Imperial Oll's engineering divi- sion at

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Alexander tried to - stretch a

to have new replacement’ links. cor- rode and break. Centuries later scientists would discover that this was the result of galvanic coupling — a form of corroaion caused by. joining metals of different types or, ages.

Corrosion costs are difficult to calculate but it is estimated that last year corrosion in metal cost Canadians $500 million in preven- tion, replacement or lost production. Imperial suspects that its share of the bill “runs in the millions.””

‘To complicate the problem most corrosion takes place unseen, inside refinery units“ or pipe lines: and cannot be detected while the Biant is operating without x-ray, ull

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