Castlegar

‘Kinnaird

Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” i

Robson Brilliant

t Vel. 5, No. 21

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22,

Teachers Urge

= Woree Higher Standards Two Castlegar District Teachers’ Association delegates reported on the Easter Convention to their feHow teachers last Thursday. Mrs. A. Cail told of the awartis presentation, at which the Charlesworth award for the daughter or son of a B.C. Teach: er, went to Shirley Perkins of Rossland; the Christie cash award for further study went to Marta Shepherd of Dawson Creek, and the.Ferguson award for the teach+ er contributing the most servicé

Mrs. Magwood Pleads ‘Case Of Children

The members of Castlegar Dis-

Airport May Receive Additional Grant

The Castlegar airport may re- ceive an additional $25,000 in fed- eral aid. This information . was

trict Teachers’ Association were particularly fortunate Thursday evening in that, after doing full justice to one of Mrs. Martini’s famous Italian suppers, they heard as guests two people who are experts in théir field.

The first was Dr. W. L. Wright of Robson, and formerly Profes- sor of Music at Brandon College, who had chosen t play certain

to the pr to Miss Jegie McDowell. Miss Mc+ dowell, a Scotswoman to whose -tongue a bit of the Scottish burr still sticks, was deeply and sin- cerely moved, a feeling quickly shared by her audiecne for the award had been a carefully guarded secret. and came as a complete surprise.

An addréss by Ken. Cople, Western Regional Director of C.B.C. entitled “Kindle the Magic in Their Eyes” was an urgent ap- peal to rekindle the early curios- ity of children in older students. “Inspired”, said Mrs. Cail, “so tThuch so that one teacher was overheard to say, ‘It makes me feel like going back and starting that kindling.”

The second delegate, Miss Jose- hine Merlo, who confessed frank- ly that hitherto she had consider- ed Convention a “bore” and at- tended mainly out of curiosity, came back laden with notes and samples and bursting with en- thusiasm ,having become com- pletely interested in the work of the Convention and attending al- most every possible meeting.

It was, she admitted, “ a bit boring at times and the seats were rather hard” (convention plan- ners, please note) but “I did en- joy at,””

In_the March issue of the B.C. ‘Teacher, articles by teachers of both sexes were written critici- zing the minor part women often play in B.C.T-F. activities and urging that more women teachers accept an dseek official duties in Teacher Orgamzations. In view of these articles perhaps in part because of them, the women teachers carried on a very ener- getic campaign to elect women officers and though they failed to elect the president or vice- president, Miss Cryderman was elected 2nd vice-president and should prove to be a very inge- nious and efficient. officer.

‘The general concern of many

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Celebrate May 24 With The 1.0.D.E

Once again the Gala May 24 Celebration for Castlegar is m ‘the capable hands of the I.O:DE. ‘Lillian Killough Chapter. For months now these hard-working ladies have been doing the “be- hind-the-scenes” planning and organizing that alway} im the past ‘has shown pleasing and suc-

te selections with comefi- taries.- Dr. Wright’s modest pro- tests that spring gardening had marred his playing, were quick- ly belied by an altogether de- lightful and informal perform- ance, which he opened with a Chopin Prelude. Having com- pleted this selection, Dr. Wright then explained that ‘this Pre- lude was an impression of a de- serted monastery, one of a series which this sensitive and poetic Polish Genius wrote at one per- iod of his short life. He then went dn to play jand explain short excerpts, {rom the gentle and poetic German Composer, Schumann, the hyper-sensitive impressionistic, modern Ameri-: can, MacDowell and others. A/ teacher all_his life, Dr. Wright displayed all the characteristics of the top flight teacher. He ob- viously loves his subject (the writer could quite distinctly hear im i ingi the

2g in_a letter to _R. A.D. West from R. W. Mayhew, Min- ister of Fisheries, which stated that a grant of $25,000 was. be- ing sought for the airport.

This figure will have to be ap- proved by the Treasury Board und Parliament, before the money can be provided, however. The funds would probably be spent on gravelling and: hard surfacing of the runway and taxi strip.

Board Accepts Resignations

At last week’s business meeting tthe Castlegar District School, Board approved receipts and dis- bursements for April for a total of $39,549. There was also a con- siderable variety of general el a to i jnpiep- proval of the LO.D.E. request for the use of the elementary school grounds for theif May 24th Cele- bration, approving the suggest- ion of J. A. Thomas, principal of the High School, for the rental of combination locks on the lock- ers used by grade seven and eight pupils; ordering dishes and cutlery for the high school lunch room, and reviewing the list of

theme of the music he was play- ing), he loves feaching it to others and can do so in a way which makes the learning a shared pleasure.

In the course of his remarks, Dr. Wright spoke of music as one of the most aesthetically and spiritually uplifting of all the arts and said that he -was ‘highly

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attention it receives in this dis- trict. He was, he said, particu- lary struck by the performance of the elementary and high school choirs, which sang at the Robson Concert and added fur- ther that he had never heard the song, “To Music” by Franz Schu- ‘bert ,sang ‘better.

Mrs, George Magwood, the sec- ond guest speaker, chose to speak on the “problem of the retarded child.” Opening her address with a quotation from “The child from ‘five to ten” by Gessell and Tig.

“If we wish to do justice to a child’s personality we must think ‘in ‘terms of growth, in ‘terms of his development maturity. This means a philosophy which re- cognizes the relativities of the life cycle. Devélopmentdlism «is the name for such a Philosophy - opposite of facism recognizes that all ‘his behavoir is subject ‘to ‘the natural laws of human growth.

“The most ameliorative force that can be released in the year: which lie ahead js the intensified conservation of the development of infants and children. Such ‘conservation depends up favor- able political and economic ar-

cessful resiitts.

as in other -years ;the events start with a Parade, in which all are urged to participate, floats, decorated cars, trucks, bicycles, ‘wagons and doll buggies. Prizes -will be given. The Parade will ‘begin at the school grounds at 1-00 p.m., ‘wind through Castle- gar streets and back again to the grounds were the May Queen, Miss Faythe Toogood and her at- tendants wil Thold the Corona- tion Ceremony. There too, will be the scene of the May Pole Dance and sports and furl for aT]. Booths for ‘refreshments will be evi- dence.

In the evening a ball game will be played at the ball park and a huge dance at the Coronation Hall will make a fitting ending to the day.

Work Started On New Hofel Building

The first step in the construct- jon of the new 3-storey; 28 bed- room hotel, which the , Central Hotel Co. Ltd of Trail, B.C., is constructing on Castelgar’s Col- umbia Avenue, next to the Ere- menko Department Store, began Saturday morning when a fleet of trucks and the village bull- dozer began excavation work on the property. The bulldozer was put on a twelve hour shift Tues- day and work is proceeding ata

i ace. . "atthe architect for the new hotel .is Paul D. Smith of Trail.

but those in turn are dependent on scierftific know- ledge as well as on the aspira— tions which come from humane traditions from the arts and from religion.

“We cannot conserve the men-

not make democracy a general folkway. unless we bring into the homes of the‘people a develop- ment philosophy of child care rooted in scientific research.

“A science of man, aceprdingly,

tal hedlth af children, we can-|.

work for the sum- mer holidays.

The resignations of two teach- ers, T. Kriss and 1 Hansen were accepted with regrets, while let- ters of thanks were read from the Stanley Humphries P.-T.A. Variety Concert Committee for the board’s donation of the gym- nasium, and from R. E. Sommers and Mrs. E. Leitner in return to congratulatory letters for their

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“WICTORIA — Expert

for the fi of its $65 mil-

testifying. at a hearing before lands Minister E. T. Kenney here on Monday, declared that timber insthe disputed Trout Lake-Fer- guson district could be logged’ more easily and economically to Arrow Lakes by the Celgar De- veolpment Co, Lid. than. to at- témpt to take it out via Kootenay Lake. .

Supporting the application of the Celgar Company for a For- est “Management License, Barry Buurns, of Passmore Lumber Co. Ltd. and Grover Cady of Shaffer Hitchcok Co. both declared that the logical route for removal of the’ Trout Lake timber was by way of Beaton and the Arrow Lakes.

At the hearing, which lasted through the day, other witnesses testified that.

1, Kootenay Forest Products led ‘by Nelson has access to more than suffiicent Crown Timber on Kootenay Lake to satisfy its re- quirements apart from the Trout Lake tract. Kootenay Forest Pro- ducts Ltd. is protesting the Cel- gar application insofar as it cov- ers the Trout Lake area.

2. Driving logs on the Lardeau River would be more costly than trucking logs from “Trout Lake to Kootenay Lake (Kootenay For- est Products Ltd. had indicated it planned to drive the logs down from Trout Lake.)

3. The cost of trucking the logs from Trout Lake to Beaton, a distance of 12 miles, would be less than the truck haul from Trout Lake to Kooteny Lake a distance of 32 miles.

4. The value placed on its plant, equipment and timber by Ke

wok in the West K y Music Festival.

‘Two items of maintenance work will be carried out shortly in Kinnaird — the gravelling of the road from the highway to the Kinnaird School and the con~ struction of a new shelter at milestone road. This new struct- ure is made necessary since the ola shelter -was on loan to the Board and is now required by the village ..

Present at ‘the meeting were chairman G. Craft, secy.-treas. C. H. King, menibers, s. W. Ja- cobson, R. ‘Hurtter and J. Marsh- al.

“Who ‘was the first man ‘to have a 40-hour week?”

ack: ““Rebinson Crusoe. He had all his work done iby Friday.”

Another $28;70D worth of build- img permiits, five licati

Forest Products Ltd. has increased by $2 million since the Celgar Project was first con- tentplated last June.

5. The Celgar Development Co. Ltd. ig. % for-qnly 62 per éent“of its timber requirements in the Forest Management Li- cense while Kootenay Forest Pro- ducts is asking for more than 100 per cent of its needs.

the Celgar Development Co. Lti

company already has withdrawn a substantial volume of .timber from its license application and the license now applied for is the absolute minimum which the Company can hope to proceed with its develonment of an inte- grated forest industry.

‘It would not be possible for the Celgar Company to arrange

D. Hossie, QC., councillor far |} told the Minister that the Bald

lion project if the Trout Lake area were witheld from the Li- cense, Mr. Hossie said, “and there would be no alternative but to withdraw the License ap- plication if the full “arear were available.” 3

‘R. W. Johnstone, Revelstoke timber man whose present act- ivities include logging operations in the Trout Lake District, de-

Many Support Celgar Application Before Lands Minister In Victoria

remainder of Kootenay Lake com tains sufficient government tim- ber lands to keep the mill opera- ing in perpetuity. The Kootenay Forest Products application for a management license does not include this area,

The Celgar Application was supported at the hearing by Nick Oglow, chairman of the Castle- gar Village Commissioners, A. Anderson, president of the Castle— gar Chamb ce, Ross

clared that he is inggg his logs to the Arrow Lakes. This route, Mr. Johnston declared is the only logical one for taking out this timber. William Whet- sler, of Priest River, Idaho, who has been river driving for more than 30 years and who, at the drives each year for the Dia- Diamond Match Co. Ltd. told the the minister that he had examined the Lardeau River and found :t would be impractical and costly to attempt to move logs in the stream,

Using aerial photography, Mr. Whetsler pointed out the parti- cular are&s in the river that

McDermid, representing the Kin- naird Village Commissioners, and representatives of the Chambers of Commerce of Revelstoke, Ar- rowhead and Nakusp.

The hearing - as held before Lands and Forests Minister Ken- ney despite earlier assuratnces that it would be held by the whole cabinet at the original hearing on April 21, Senator J. w. Deb Farris, council for Koo- tenay Forest Products Ltd., said he requested that the hearing be Yheld before the entire cabinet.

Despite the protest of repres-. entative of the Celgar Company this it was accepted

would p. nt its use as a mode of transporting logs from Trout Lake.

Any attempt to drive logs in the stream would destroy the fish that are present in the Lardeau, Mr. Whetsler said.

Dr. Frank Larkin, Biologist for the Provincial Game Branch des- cribed the Lardeau River as the only spawning grounds for trout the Kootenay Lake has and he declared that any attempt to drive logs in The River would be opposed by his department.

by Mr. Kenney on the understand- ing that the hearing would be considéred final and no apppeal would be permitted. Senator Farris suggested that, because of approaching election it would not be possible to obtain a cab- inet hearing before the end of June, but he agreed to co-operate: in obtaining the earhest possible: date.

At Monday’s hearing it was dis- closed that Senator Farris in a telegram had agreed to a cab- inet hearing on May 19th, but

ib ly, advised Mr. Kenney

Hugh Hodgi a for- ester of Vancouver, said he ha studied the Lardeau River and had - estimated it would cost $12,000 per mile or nearly $400,- 000 to make it suitable for river Griving. With booming grounds at Trout Lake and Kootenay

ake, Mr. Hodgins placed the otal cost of “improvements re- quired at $500,000.

On the basis of new and re-

ntly compiled information

eorge Minns, former member 4f the Forest Department staff Nelson and at present _con- sulting forester, declared that the a di Lardeau districts, where Kootenay Forest Products Ltd. is applying for its manage- ment license. could supply enough tamber to satisfy the mill at Nelson without the Trout Lake

Timber.

Further, Mr. Minns said, the

that since W. M. Leuthold, Presi- dent of Kootenay Forest Pro- ducts Ltd., and one of the Com- pany’s witnesses could nat be present, he would not attend.

In his place on Mondgy was hi3 son, John Farris, who asked that, if the hearing could not be’ post- poned again, it be heard before the Minister instead of the Cab- inet and that Kootenay Forest, Produucts Ltd, be given the right to appeal to the Cabinet at a jatter date.

No evidence was presented by Kootenay Forest Products Ltd. on Monday.

Mr. Kenney reserved that his decision, on the application which he heard, would be returned at an early date. The decision, when :it is given, will not necessarily be {final or binding, however, as it. is subject to appeal.

Village, Commission 7 Approves More Building-Trade Permits

ja@isposed af, following -which, Cc issi Williams reported

‘fo: water service, and ‘five trade ‘li- cence appplications were {ap- proved by the Commistoners ‘of the Corporation of the Village of Castlegar-at their regular Monday night meeting. Bills for new

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equipment, including the yur- chase of new -water works equip- ‘ment, were akso approved.

In the absence of Commission-

Jer ‘N. Qglow, who «was at Victoria,

Tea, Bake and Apron Sale Planned By Evening Group

A Tea, Bake and Apron Sale was planned for June 18th in aid of the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped Children when the Evening Grdup held their business meeting.

The President, Mr. D. Duncan, who was nominated as delegate to.‘this worthy society, gave the report of the meeting she atgend- ed in Trail last week, It was de- cided to send $10, this will give the Society’s delegate a vote.

, Reports from other committees ‘were given, followed by refersh- ments served, by Mrs.

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g the Celgar Licence Ap-

| plication hearings, as the Com- | mision representative, | stoner “VV. Jenks: assumed chair-

Commis-

manship fo rthe evening. Prior to the regular order of ‘business the commission heard a two man delegation from the Castlegar Transportation Society present proposals for purchase of the Vil- lage propetry on Maple Street, adjoining: the Arrow Motors Gar- age. The Society representatives G. Carr and S. Dower, reached tentative .agreement with the commission, whereby property in question would become the site of the new C.T.S. Garage, a new Village offite; a Fire Hall and a Community Hall, adjoining each other. The vlan is subject to fu- there investigation and negotia- tion.

that the latest water service com- plaints were being taken care of Mr. Williams also assured the meeting that there are ailequate supplies of water pipe on hand for present needs. He fhem told the council of the opening cere- ‘monies of the new Trail High School last week, which he at- tended as commision represent- ative. “It’s a grand building.” Mr. ‘Williams described the new High

School. “but taking it classroom for classroom, Castlegar ‘bas mothing-te be ashamed of.” There ‘way a repert 83 the work being done on the ball park. ‘Hatry Sommers, Parks Commis- sioner, disclused that a consider-

able amount of work ‘has been expended with ‘good results and ™ore is contemplated. The cOm- missioner outlined proposed plans for construction of a wall around the ball park, with a back-stp in front of the bleachers. The wall would be available for ad- vertising display on its interior surface. J, Williams, water com- missioner announced that plans Continued on Page 3

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then began ar order. of business. A

| members and one visitor present.

mer ef rcutine matters were!

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Kiwanis Hold : Social Evening

Some sixty Castlegar Kiwanis Club ‘members and guests en- joyed an evening of fun and frolic m the Twin Rivers Hall Tuesday evening when the Club sponsored another of its famous “ladies nights.” Highlighted by the induction of two new mem-

quet, performances by guest art- ists dancing to the music of two different orchestras and a_ bar where refreshments were avail- able.

In the absence of President Bob §S Vice-presid George Magwood called the as- sembly to order. After the sing- ling of “O Canada”, and intonation of Grace by Al Horswill, the con- vocatio proceeded to enjoy a sumptuous meal. When the “in- ner man” (and woman) were sat- isfied, the evening’s guests were introduced by their escorts.

Two young men were then of- ficially welcomed into the Club membership. Vic Misutka, a Cas- tlegar newcomer, and Ken Sharp- less, Castlegar milkman, were imtroduced to the assembly by Gus Leitner 2nd Cliff Wanless respectively. Cyril Bell wel-j| comed these new members, minding them of the high aims j and ideals of the Club, and urg- ing them to take their member- | ship seriously, Further words ot | welcome and admonition were | voiced by Vice-President George who then fastened the official Kiwanis Club emblem to the lapels of each of the new Ki- wanians.

In honor of the evening’s guests, a toast to the ladies was

bers, the event featured a ban-|'‘

proposed by Joe Killough, and respnded to by Mrs. Al Horswihl. In her response, Mrs. Horswill told the Kiwanians present “I think your Kiwanis Club is a splendid Club. I hke your motto, ‘we build;’ I like your aims and ideals.”

It was now entertainment time. Miss Nettie Brodman, well known Castlegar artist, lent her thrill- i ‘ano voice to a superb

of three selections:

from Jocelyn; “I Love You So;” and “Will You Remember?” Her accompanist was Miss Marcia Bell.

The Castlegar Male Voice

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Castle News Adds: Equipment - Staft:

The Castlegar ecjmmunity newspaper, “The Castles New is expanding right alongwith the community it serves, The arri- val of new press equipment and two staff additions make it an independent weekly for the first time in its history.

Since its pioneer days. five years ago, the _ cdllections of news, articles, features, etc. whicn made up each issue were sent t». Rossland each week for Lino- vpe setting. Now the Castle News has acquired its own linn- type which arrived quite recent- ly, tI is now entirely published in Castlegar.

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Tonrel fr, from Salmon Arm, 1s the new lirfotype operator: whil V. A. Misutka, now employed as a bank teller in Castlegar, will. he join- ing the i shortly,