10 " CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec, 15, 1960

Try Your Drus FIRST

for Christmas gifts...

Sheaffer Pens ....... $3.95 _Lovabla . Timex Watches ...... ay

Buxton Wallets ...... Doll Pholo Albums ........ a Pipes . $1.98 --- Wriling Gases....... $4.00 Heating Pads ....... $5.95 Binoculars ...:.... $20.00 “Travel Alarm Glock .. $5.98 Desk Pen Set ....... $4.60 Soda Siphon :..,... $14.95 Sportsman Lantem .. » $9.95

- Bathroom Scales .:.. $7.95 Game Set . $2.98

large-size and

fully ‘dressed,

serie dl Set... : : pick

Joining Plaza Sewage fo Park - Boing Studied

Astoctated Engineers’ “have .ad- vised the ‘Village of Kinnaird that 4 the: feasibility ‘of Joining Castlenird

Plaza ie -the Woodland Park sewer lepends greatly on tests car- S | ried a before and sfter the King 4 | Koin laundromat goes me opera~ tion.

A letter read at council's meet-

ing Monday night advised: that the cost would be approximately - $5,000 but that Associated had written the

company

such information as number of machines,’ hours of operation, and the chemical make-up of the soap to be used, Pe A Comm, E ©. Ackerman said that he hed learned at the Indt meeting of the WE Health board that detergents have been known to-“run half a mile through gravel and still be active after that.” “That's a very Bood point to

"noted village Carl Loeblich, .

’ GROUND ‘BEEF, 3. Ibs.

“h EREMENKO & 00.

CROSS RIB ROASTS, Ib. 590. POT ROASTS, blade, ib. ..

DUCKS, Long Island, Eviscerated, tb.

GEESE = CHICKENS BROILERS

, BUTTER, Ist. grade, tb.

MARGARINE, Quartet, 2 Ibs.” 49c

EGGS, grade ‘A’, 2 doz.

PEAS, Nabob, size 3

TOMATO JUICE, Nabeb, 48 oz, 3 for. .

- STUFFED OLIVES, Margarita, 12 oz.

ICE CREAM, Westland, %% oa 59e MANDARIN ORANGES,

$1.69 box $3.35 bundle « CRANBERRIES, pkg. .... CELERY, Ib.

PUREX, 4 rolls . Sweet Mixed PICKLES, Palm,

30 oz. jars ..... os MINCEMEAT, Nabob, 24 oz. 49c: GINGERALE, McDonald's, 's, qts.

4 for .

CHOCOLATES, Boxes,

Willard’s Famous SWEET BISCUITS, McCormick's *, Family pack, 2 Ibs. 79¢ SHRIMPS, Cloverleaf, 412 ‘oz. 55c © TURKEYS, grado ‘A’ ‘eviscerated

5%

A “seatl. mentale* gift is sure fo score with her ot Christmas,

STATIONERY’. Gifts

Come on in and explore our wide world “S19.95 LADIES’ NYLONS seamless-

89e 57 aa. 59e & 69

of wonderful gifts for practically every . onel Boxed writing paper, pen and pencil |

sets, desk sets... many other bright ideas

for Christmast neg

Bedroom

SUppers, Tors, _ Dolls, Trucks

up, to 26 in. ’ MEN'S

Car Coats, Sportsjackets Ties,

ers, ‘Wallets, Gloves, Socks Belts, Hankles, etc.

FOOTWEAR GIFT

- SUGGESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING

Skates For HIM

MADDOCKS

MAY WE SUGGEST A PAIR OF COMFORTABLE - SLIPPERS FOR -DAD .

FOR HER. INCLUDE; CORNING: WARE, CRYSTAL and GLASSWARE, COPPER WARE, WOODEN WARE, DINNER " WARE, CHINA WARE, and many more non - advertised

The Perfect Gitt For. HIM. .

CAMP STOVE or LANTERN, LEVELS, HAMMERS, PROPANE TORCH KIT, FISHING TACKLE _ SLEEPING ROBE, GOLF GLUBS, WALLETS ELECTRIC DRILLS,. BINOCULARS, LUGGAGE, SOLDERING IRONS:

Electrical ‘Appliances For HER” ‘TOASTERS, IRONS,: KETTLES, FRYING PANS, MIXERS, BLANKETS, 'PERCULATORS POLISHERS, VACUUM CLEANERS, :

Your Christmas ‘store for the Castlegar ‘District

For the Children on your list PYJAMAS, BOY’S V-NECK SWEATERS, TERRYLENE BLOUSES, CRINOLINES, HOUSECOATS for children

Gifts for the Lady’

of your choice _

BULKY KNITS — Orion and: Wool, large selection of styles and colors, sizes 16 fo 44 ......... $6.95 ‘to: $13.50 PYJAMAS, NIGHTGOWNS, SHORTIE PYJAMAS in. Grion, Brushed Ravon and, Flannelette,

100% pure wool Sabre Tartan SLIMS SI.95 to $12.95 2-Piece TARTAN SUITS... wreeeees $25,95

‘SKIRTS, PARTY: DRESSES, BLOUSES, CRINOLINES; NYLONS; “HOUSE DRESSES, SCARVES, ‘GLOVES, Leather and Plastic a HANDBAGS

where the gift you choose says: what you find . |

difficult-to put into: words. © =.”

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PROVENOTAL | UEBRART, VICTORIA, By Cy

DEC, 3}/324Q% °

Published Every Thursday at “’The-Crossroads of the Kootenays”

VOLE. 13, No. 51

20 PAGES THIS ISSUE

CASTLEGAR, = COLUMBIA, NED AY, DEC. 21, 1960°

No Worries About Losing Local Airport

Gusttesor wil not. be tusing its airport, R. A. D, ‘Weat told. thé) Chamber ‘of Commerce tast Wed- neséay.

“I don't think we've pa any- thing to worry about,” said Mr. ‘West. He sald that‘it is “the under- ‘ standing of the airport committee

that federal government policy is|‘

to support the pesent airports at Castlegar and Cranbrook. * He said former Transport Min-

+ iste George Hees, Murray Macfar-|- B.. Slane (MP, Rootensy-Fast) and H.

‘W. Herridge (Mp,

“My Foolish- ness," a love ‘song composed and set to music by Mrs, D. L.

(Ruby) MoCreight of Kinnaird, has now been’ released on 8 Music of America al-

ry = subdivision Kinnaird:

“My Foolish- ness” is the first

all favor the present airport isites,

J. M. Macheth said that -70. per cent of the traffic boarding at Cranbrook and Castlegar is. west-

Vancouver on the line,

“hose chambers in cities who|. are not donating to the airport sure have a lot to say on it,” deuened Paul Oglow.

vee

Fall Fair: Stays Th. Existence--

‘The Castiegar and District Fall Fair will continue. . * Although only. eight - persons tarned ont: td “a: cece

Fairy “will continue in existence, Fete Ewart to remain

as president. Old’ beard. members|

stil on the; executive are: Mrs,

first: vice-president is Mea, L * Grunerud,

‘There was lots: of pro and con “gal at the meeting but: despite “the “very, very poor response” it was felt that It Ywonld be “a pity te let the Fatr drop.”

"“Wo just couldn't. see ‘ie fold wp,” commented recording secre- tary, Mrs, Hill. } 5

“Report Given. Ca : Poor TV Recejtion

No further. action by. the Cas- _ tlegar- Chamber ‘of Commerce, pn complaints shout, poor, service

Kin-Gar TV, until, the results ‘of -

Einnaird’” ‘council's . ‘efforts’ are

suggested at the Jkt:

has had recorded but she'has hopes of having another record out soon. Its a ‘quick tune titled “Make a

peared on “Listen adles” over CJAT and Rick's on Ist avenue in Cases hopes to stock her record.

‘Kinnaird Woman Records. a Song _

plays the plano, it also writes song3 and sets’ them’ to‘miusic. ° :

: not’ “heeded for anothé the'd Cham!

self. the, ‘plano and" now not ‘only, is

A npn Deal

‘Power from: the, Police river is

ppen to know a little abc the Peace. I live up there fortwo years,” said the SOhamber’s new -vice-ptesident. He fsald that power from both the Coltumb{s ‘end tho: Pelice‘at ‘the same. tims is not f | needed £¢ another 20-years, 6

Pte dont sgree, with ths. corse . ‘vatives (Bocreds) in teria: or

thie <Conéervatives .in}/Ottawa” : on

this.matter; said Mr. rhead.

* ek-joint proposition that’s

to‘léave the Columbia ark

nant;'for’. another « 40: years.” “ gaid he .doegn’t elleve

- Phone’ (alls.

Co.. is

on Increase

an senb0e addition to the automatic central office equipment which .will relieve.overloaded. facili- ties’ and -provide

the | Castlegar “exchange ’ Ti

pol ber | project will relieve the “busy”. con- ditions sometimes : encountered on

t | there: Z'ted ‘the ‘horses oni the ‘pack

that 2 million hp ran be'developed

on’ the'"Pesce “as they ‘bay they

ean.” ‘He sald the ‘figure’ would be by

““E was one: gurgeyors up

the: don’t think” 60," They're eet

- Development of the Peace river | @ ‘a :Bto

CHRISTMAS: RUSH: is on: in: full at the “Castlegar post office. Eight extra' persons have been taken on by post- master T. R.. Deans to meet the demand of Christmas

lave “been increased niore than’ ever this

and

right-wing ‘Tories. with the aay

question being which one is. the

creased from. 1959 to more. than: 10,000

“Wo ‘Problem Yet On Engineering

OTTAWA — Preliminary engin- eering studies reveal no outstanding difficulty in. building : the proposed High Arrow dam, Resources Minis- ter Dinsdale safd last, week..

Mr, Dinsdale was replying in the Commons to H. W..Herridge (COF-Kootenay West), who had as- ked for'a progress report.on foun- dation studies at High Arrow by. government surveys, ny

. Deer Park-Renata

Group ‘Neither For \ Nor ‘Against Dam

‘ata and 3: Creek have elec- ted » ‘joint committee which ts “neither for nor. against” ah Arrow dam.

"The comvutttee has been estab- lished "“ta: the: interests of -the : with its_main’ pur-

known, was’ meeting of the

Opiow,’ who’ had looked into ‘te ‘

subject for the group... ? ‘Mr. Oglow. said.that most

ple of “another petition" in‘ the hope

of improving reception. However, he}: said he felt arte further, should’

be.done until the’ results of .Kin- naird council's: efforta ‘are known.

council in getting ‘fictals into the ae to investigate

the complaints. 2

pose” being “to, point ont what we're losing.” =~

“Residents of. Deer Park, Ren-|-

MAt the’ firet mecting of thel-

meeting took’ place Ded, 9 at the *y home’ of. H. Mottershead in Deer | Park.:

hor Stewart’ of Syringa ‘was chairman * of. tha’ joint

By BURT CAMPBELL:

“The True. Spirit of the Christmas Santon

The. true spirit. of Christmas is the spirit°embodied n Tiny Tim ‘Cratchit ‘ih Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” .°

. Tt ig the same Tiny Tim who sums up the trie Christmas spir- it in‘ his oft-repeated phrase: “God bless us every. onel”,

“A Obristmas Oarol,” frst pub- lished in 1643, is a story that will “never grow old. It is oe tory

.of Ebenezer Scrooge, a ‘man 50

taken up with the arnt of. the

(“Golden “Idol”. that. he finds ‘no

“the. for the real. eign nt make “ite m in business.

Scrooge’s “tn the ‘story is Jacob Marley, One- Christm:

a8,” seven years ‘after his death, , Marley appears: : before -Bcrooge a8 a ghost who must go through lfé‘and “witness what :it . carfnot, share, .but “might . have shared on earth, and turned. to happiness.”

‘Marley wears 2

chain, “Th ca I forged in life. I made t

Unk by link,'and: yard by yard; I “girded {t on 6Y my own ‘free willy

Sand Of my own free. will t. wore

1h"

Berooge, says the _shoat, has.

ponderous Chain.” 1%; Marley says thst Jalthough ‘money~ was - his. profes- ‘sion’ in‘ life,” his. real’ business should ‘have been mankind. (“The common welfare was my ‘business;

charity,’ mercy; forbearance,. and-

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NEXT ISSUE. ON JANUARY ce

“hensive ocean) ‘of my businéss!"')” ” -aske ‘Marley, “did 1

walk through crowds of fellow-.

": beings with my eyes turned down

/ and never ‘raise them to that bles~

“ged Star which led the Whe Men /t0-8' poor, “abode?”

"Miley. tells Scrooge he - ill be haunted; hy three Bpirlte.. The

Responsibility To Own Area

By w vote of 20 to two the and District Chamber of

saat a resolution’ sponsored by tte Cul- comamattteree:

ifosits just amazing what hus been “done” in Castlegar: in” 1960, village chairman N. T Oglow told council. Jast mira. «2 ‘Compar.t:s . the ‘record of. Be- wih the

first ts° the ‘Ghost : of Past who shows Scrooge his early life ag-a school boy, as an appren- tice, aid as a man whose wife left him because’ he worshiped the “Golden Idol” -

set « out at the beginning of the year, Mr. Oglow ‘anid: a water tank hadjbeen bullt,.two: wells were’ de- velohed, @ sanitary. land fill gar- bage; dump ,was put into operatiort and more" sidewalks were built. New

__| street lights’ were installed, he. said;

shows Scrooge how Christmas is being celebrated at. the home‘ of his clerk Bob Cratchit and at his nephew Fred's home. |

| The Ghost of ‘Christmas wet \ to Come: —) the-third Spirit — Shows Scrooge a future in which Tiny.-Tim will-die-and in which Scrooge: himsef :wilt die with the charwoman, Jaundress and under- ‘ taker’s man stealing. the curtains, |. clothes and even the blankets ;from his death bed unless he leads an altered life.

Berooge resolves to change his

ever once in all his life the way of such ‘and such a pl

He will lead anew lite ‘of aieanieg ast and. will view Christmas as his nephew does,

Christmas-| time, when it -comes "apart fromthe vener-

around, -ation. due to its sacred name and} ~ anything

belonging to it can'be apart from that,” expounds the nephew, | ‘asa: good ‘time; “a

“1 have jalways thought ‘of 2

and the remaining sections of wood stave pipe ‘were replaced, Other objectives of maintaining .| the same ‘mill rate ond borrowing no money were ‘also: accomplished, said Mr, Oglow. However, the desire to establish a park in. the Shew- chuck subdivision was not ful{Mled for financial: reasons, “We've got a pretty. good bat-

ing, average,” Co: commented the chair-| Thi ‘man: “In ‘my dpinion it has been a avery successful year. I hope we enjoy another ‘one of equal success: and equal , co-operation.” ent Jheads. gave their annual reports at the meeting and full details of these will be carried in the Jan.;6, {asus of the, Castlegar News,

go — Top Batting ¥ Year

ve

works R. * Sook said that his department spent $22,200 “in round figures” this year, ‘while health chairman Welter ‘Thorp’ noted. that the “quality cf water and milk have serained of

the highest order.” Comm. Aage Sylvest sald. the water

a program. started in’ 1959. while Comm, ‘George Catr.said he will confer’ further- with the fire chief before: making a report for the fire | row. department.

~ Pulp Worker In Accident

Celgar employee George Kooch-' in. jcerared seriou wursday when his caught between nip‘ atts ot a drier while working at the pulp mill.

the local hospital but his‘irijuries were diagnosed to be more painful than serious. .No were sustain-

ining last | a became

perhaps “partially answer iginal question as to why High Ar- ”

for or against-High Arrow,” he ad- ‘ded. . Sam Muirhead said the wording

led; but there were some me abrasions.

(continued on page 12)

“Question: of ‘a’ stop-and-ga light at. the corner of Columbia and Pine sparked a. lively discussion at Wed- nesday’s. meeting ‘of the’ ‘Castlegar

kind, Plea- sant .time;, the only. time I, know ‘of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women’ seem by one consent to open their shut-

of ¢ ‘Village works chairman | Ve. RB

highways “department had turned. down & request for a traffic con-

; [trol ight: because the department!

tmas in my heart, and. try to keep it all the year... A Merry Christmas

to'all the world!”

to everybody! A Happy New ‘Year| :

doesn’t. feel It jis

Gook ‘told .the. chamber” that, the!

“AT PINE-& COLUMBIA °

bilan Go Light Mected

commented ‘Mr, Cook,’ ”

department, however, has no ia section i Castlegar wishes to. in- stall 01 nls ‘all right for ‘thems, I guess,!

| Bosse that the light op- erate between'3 and 630 pm.

: “It's humanity. and: lives ‘wets ‘talking about,. not’ money,”

the hour, Beeced for such.a light|-. Comm. Teo| that the chamber's roads“and ‘brid-

he Bad sober fheaall netped: women ‘with their , the -street when cars sare won't stop ‘stop at the’ cross- walk.

- He said that one day. 5 oman, sat down at the coffee. bar—tm hts store, and white after a car just ‘about bjt her and Ther’ two children.

Cook then , suggested

ges committee look into’ the’matter and: report: to the chamber. A ‘let- ter.can then be written the .villege =| council andjor Highways’ Minister that|Geglardi, :