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Castlegar and District mem- bers of the Progressive Conser- vative Women's Association are preparing to welcome their Na- tional President next week.

She is Miss Elizabeth Jan- zen, of Kitchener, Ontario, and she will be entertained in the Le- gion Hall here Tuesday, October 28 at 10:15 a.m.

Miss Janzen, president of the Business and Professional Wom- en's Club of Kitchener and Wa- terloo is scheduled to arrive in the Kootenays by plane on Mon- day.

She is appearing at a lunch- con in Nelson that day and later will speak in Trail.

The Conservative Women's National President will be ac- on her tour: of the

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West Kootenay by Mrs. Maxine Dewdney of Trail, immediate past-president of the B.C. Wom- en's Conservative Association.

On Wednesday she will leave the area for Grand Forks and the Okanagan.

Miss Janzen is engaged in Real Estate business in Ontario. She has twice been Federal can- didate in Ontario, and was Chair- man of the party’s National Con-

of 1956. Miss Janzen is the first woman in Canadian political his- tory to open a political Conven- tion,

The Castlegar and “District Women's Conservative Assocta- tion extend a welcome to anyone wishing to attend the meeting at the Legion Hall next Tuesday, to meet the National President of

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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October'23, 1958 *

National P.C. President Will Visit /District

Gelgar Asked To Discuss Wator

In a wire sent-during the regular Council meet Tuesday night, Celgar Ltd, at Vancouver was asked to send represente-

Sewage System Discussed At Council

The Castlegar Village Coun- cil met with Associated Engincer- ing Services Monday night, Oct- ober 20 to discuss two reports made up by A

tives to state pollcy decisions on a future water sy- stem for Castlegar in the event that the Columbia river ts elim: inated as a source of water, the future system to be as proposed in the new bylaw’ to be taken to

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Twe-Inch Line To Go In At SHHS

A hydrant at Hemlock and 1st ‘intersection had been raised by an etxension. There is still one more two-inch outlet to go in at the High School, but as the water supply js not sufficient for conection at present and need for this” outlet is past for this season, it was decided this could

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The first report dealt with a sewage system for the Village, and the second dealt with water.

The water report discussed the work which would have to be done to make the system ade- quate to service 3500 people.

The two bylaws when pres- ented to the people, if passed

‘felt they must have decisions — not discussions.

Council said details of the new bylaw will be publicized be- fore long, at present it is in the formative stages.

would cost over half a million dollars,

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“Anniversary

Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Dave Seaton on their Golden Wedding Anniversary, October 28, over 100 guests enjoyed a banquet in the United Church Hall,

and sincere sentiments,

The “groom”, Dave Seaton thanked all the friends for being present, and hoped .to see every- one back when they celebrate the

The'room was de- corated with gold and mauve streamers from which hung wed- ding bells. The feature decoration

sary. At Mr, Cantell’s suggestion, Miss Wendy Seaton, grandaugh- ter of the guests -of. honor, car- ried out a

was a rainbow of crepe streamers across one end of the hall, and above: this the words “Tina and Dave" in“gold lettering.

Guests. at the head table be: sides Mr. and Mrs, Seaton, were son and daughter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs, J.. Seaton.and daughter Wendy; their daughter: “in? law and soninlaw, Mr.’ and Mrs. K. H. McSweeney of Cupar, Sask.; Mr. Seaton's brother-in-law. and sister Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fraser of Winnipeg, Mr. and Mrs. W. Max- -well of Nakusp, Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Fowler, ,L. E. Cantell, Rev. R. ¥L Pratt and Mrs, Pratt.

‘The “bride and groom’s table was covered with a pale mauve cloth and: centged ..with a; cloth’

ested, the exquisite. three tiered’ wed"| ding cake in: white‘ ‘and gold dainty white vase on the cake: stop held_ golden‘ daisies and. ‘the * umerals “#0” also in gold. Tiny gold leaves the cake,

pot of gold at.the end of the rainbow. The “pot of gold” turn- ed out tobe a, handsome bronze jardiniere full. of, gold coins, which on closer examination proved to be silver dollars wrap- ped-in gold foil.

The “bride” wore @ gold car- nation corsage and the groom had a handsome bouttoniere of yellow ‘rosebuds. Ladies, at the head table wore complimenting corsages of carnations.

Table Secoratigns were done by .Mrs. F. Ri

Place cards were gold-letter- ed and. featured ‘tiny. ‘stickers

ssed, 1d Dave; st

Mr." and: Mrs.: Seaton, who were married: ‘October: 28;.1908 in tland, came ‘to

‘which: rested on ruffled . gold tulle sprinkled .with gold-glitter. Tht wedding cake was made by . Mrs. J. Lipsett. ae Flanking the. cake: “were low golden. sconces which held tall white and gold tapers grouped , about effectively arranged bou- ‘quets of yellow roses and -green ‘box’ Jeaves, dusted with, gold. Over the guests of honor was +a canopy of mauve and gold streamers under. which hung a large white wedding bell, and against a backdrop of white, gold , and ‘mauve were . large golden numerals “50” in gold foil. Guests . were introduced by Mr. Cantell, master of ceremonies and Toastmaster’ was C. S. Fowl- er. : % Prior to proposing the toast to the guest of honor, Dr, Fowl- er spoke briefly, saying he felt “we are honoring them not so much for the years that have passed, but for the grand people they are.” He felt it a privilege to be asked to propose their health. Mr. Cantell read several tél-

. Sco * Canada in 1910; settling ‘at~Mark: |:

inch, Sask. Here they remained | until 1951, when they. moved ‘to Castlegar, and nave been here since that: time.

- | Miss Seaton was in charge of the guest book in which guests were asked to write thelr names with gold ink, as memento of the happy event.

Mr. Cantell announced that October 28 was also the 14th an- niversary for the Seatons’ daugh- ter ‘and son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.

the 19th y of guests’ at’ the dinner, .Mr.: and Mrs. A. E. Norris, and the an- iversary of: Mr. and Mrs. T. Blackburn.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958

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‘Pile Driving ‘Contract Let

Fraser River Pile Driving Company of New Westminster,

:{who submitted the. lowest of 11

bids. received, has been awarded the contract for the Waodroom foundation piling work ‘for the Celgar, pulp mill.

This work will consist of the driving of approximatey 600 wooden or stee] piles on the south bank of the Columbia River, 2% miles west of Castlegar. H. A.

Fire ‘Depariment. Hears Lectur is

Inspectors of the) Fire Mar. shalt’s Office arrived; in Castle- gar last week to hold'a serles of lectures and demonstrations for the local Fire Department. Visit of the Fire, Marshall's Instructional Unit isan annual event, and affords an! opportuni. ty for the firemen to Jearn about pny. new techniques in fire fight- ing.

Castlegar Fire “omer Ed wis says some of the lectures are more less “brushing up" for the old hands, and are useful and. informative for the newer, mem-'

Simons Limited of Consulting Engineers for the project; state that’ work wil? start on the site on Monday, November 17th, and it is expect- ed that it will Bs completes by February 28th,

Furnace Winners © Announced

‘The Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. announced ‘at. the weekend that the Kootenay District win- ner in their free furnace compet- ition was Mrs, R.. Mills, 1515 3rd St, Nelson. Mrs.’ Mills bought a Fairbanks-Morse furnace -from Nelson dealers.

She will recelve her full pur- chase price plus all the install- ation'costs’ from Inland..

Under. the’ competition, home- owners in,each of, three’ distri cts |

bers of the

Demonstrations ana Practice with ladders and hose were car- rled out Sunday by* Inspectors Bob Wilson and Robert Shelley, and lecture sessions:*have fea- tured educational ‘films, Among films shown in the three sessions held have been dealing with fog fire-fighting, fighting natural gas fires, and similar subjects. ‘The Inspectors also visit all

as ‘schools, halls, etc, and make recommendations. if anything is found to be below safely stand- ards.

Travelling in twonan teams, the Instructors alternate their lectures between various centres, thus the final sessions here will be under the direction of other Inspectors. There ake 4 groups working in the area at present. |

The final sessions is schedul- | ed for Novémber 21.

Fire Chief Lewis announced there will be no’regular Monday

public buildings in the area, such |‘*

Vice-chairman Mrs, W, Ja- cobson reported to the Board of School Trustees .on her attend- ance at the meeting of the West Kootenay Union Board of Health in, Trall, Monday.

WKUBH, Dr. J. Conchie, Dental officer, made his report on Den- tal clinics in the ‘area and stress- ed the need ‘for a’ second dentist in Castlegar.’ Dr. ‘Conchie | told of the arrangements being made to’ have several Trail dentists come out-to look after Dental cli- nic work here, i‘

Mrs. Jacohson expressed the thanks and appreciation of the Castlegar’ School Board, for the help Dr. Conchie and his colleg- ues had given. in the efforts to keep. the dental program: going here.

The, Board would like to re- mind parents of Grade one child- ren'that they will’ accept’ regis-

At the Trail meeting ‘of the].

dental program, ‘and this should be done right away.

The Trustees-also gave their

aproval to the survey on the den- tal plan now being conducted in the area by Dr. Conchie. Night Schoo} Director, L. -E. Cantell submitted an Interim re- port on the courses now going on.

‘The report showed an. enrol- ment.of 168, with eight courses belng offered.

*. District Superintendent, C. S. McKenzie was asked by the Trus- tees to arrange to have Dr, St. Clair Sobel, head of Slavonic Studies at UBC, visit Castlegar and address the high school stu- dents if possible, at an early date.

* On the suggestion of Dr. C. J. G. McKenzie, Director of the ; West Kootenay Health Unit, the} School Board will offer the staff a choice of TB tests or X-rays, as X-rays are not approved by

tration of beginners now for the

many. Ali School District em-

Arrangements Made For Childrens’ Dental Care

ployees such: as the teaching staff, bus drivers, and so on, are required by the Health Depart- ment to have annual neat ks or tests,

R. J. MacBain, Salary com- mittee, reported that meetings on salary negotiatio: re contin- uing.

A_ recommendation to have all wood and coal heating equip- ment in the district schools in- spected each year, was made by John Dalziel.

Secretary-Treasurer, C. He King announced the new 35 pas- senger International bus has ar- rived for the Renata run. The new bus will replace the smaller 43 passenger GMC bus used at present on this run. ~

A request by the Tarrys Bad- minton Club fie of the Tar- rys School Acti: Toum one night a week was granted by the Board.

- 72 Funeral services for the late Walter Wilford Dams were held Tuesday: from the Chapel of the Funeral Home.

night’ until 24th. L

Two. new members were ac- ‘cepted into the ranks, of the Fire

3 | they are Bob Bweed 5 [EY be <The: Shier:

Department,: sald” Chief Lewis— |:

Mr. .Dams passed away Oct. 25 in Mount St. Francis Infirm- ary at the’ age of "1. Archdeacon B.A. Resker conducted; the. services and | or- ‘Hostett

Ces: re fof Geoti Baten, wd Ie: Jeaviig

the district ‘and’ will be stationed |

“; at” Greenwood.

Cross!” and ‘o Thee.", .

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[Funeral Held Tuesday For Lafe Walter Dams

die, Barney ‘Trussler, .John Law- son,. Oliver Dube, Art Hostetter and Elmer Wallner.

Honoray Pallbearers were:P. Jones, J. Hansen, H. Thomlinson and. M. ‘Stewart. |

The chapel was filled with friends of Mr. Dams, who was ‘an old-timér and well-known in the district. *

of the. Senior Citizens: Organiza-

Teacher “Association méeting at

prepared by PTA's for presenta- tion to the Commisstona on Edu- cation. ‘

” Special speakers on the pan- el were A. R. Harvey, Mrs. R. J.

with .D. v. (Anderson as modera. tor.

List.of points for, discussion is long, and the panel was able to consider only about half of them in the two hour session.

The Mon-

‘Topic’-of.. the “special panel|” |discussion at: Monday's Parent-)-"~

the High School was the brief} ;

MacBain, and L. Vv. Campbell, F

ed to children: prior to admis- sion to school as beginners would be a good idea—she felt that settings certain age was not: good, as ‘children are so different, many are ready earller than others for school, and this would show up in the tests.

It. was pointed out by Mr. Harvey, and ‘supported by sev- eral speakers in the audience that an age limit of some sort must be set. It would -be extremely to work on the basis’

the tur- Key dinner served by the United Church Ladies’ Auxillary, the honorees und guests moved to.the Parish Hall where an evening of games, dancing and singing, was enjoyed.

Solos by Mrs. Elmer. Kraft, Mr. J. Dalziel and Mrs. J. Too- good were ‘well. received, also humorous monolazues by Mrs. id Mrs. George

egrams of

ceived from friends and relatives

in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Cupar, _- Sas)

Anderson. A Barbershop. quartette gave and

.. ad Tucson, Arizona. A phone call “was received from a nephew in California also.

Everyone present enjoyed. a good laugh over a fictitious tel-

‘-egram read by Mr. Cantell, pur- porting to be from Kirkentilloch, Scotland, and claiming Mr, Seat- on had failed to pay the prescrib- ed fee for his wedding service 50 years ago. The “telegram” said “May I inform you that. with in- terest compounded annually you now owe the estate of late Mr. So and So, officiating minister, the sum of 27 pounds, 8 shillings, 7 pence hapenny.”

The Master of Ceremonies then performed a humorous “mock” wedding ceremony, “esp- eclally arranged for golden wed- dings,” after which he placed the ‘ring’, which turned out to be a yellow “hula hoop” over the heads of the “bride and groom.”

. Joe Dunlop read aloud a poem

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wound up with comunity singing led by John Dalziel.

Refreshments were served to conclude the festivities and the bride and groom were'served at a table covered with a lace cloth and decorated by flowers and gold and white’.tapers.

Contract Let On Road

successful. bidder on S35 milles bes

of. road on the - Pautson~to Coryell :sectlon—of: the Chris- tina’ Lake* to. Kinnaird High. way. ‘Their bid yas $873,288.00,

which he had composed for the

happy occasion with appropriate

Preliminary” work: wit start shortly. ~

day were those dealing with of in the

of results of readiness tests for He was of the opinion

schools,: and one or’ two ques- tions in the curriculum section of the questionaire.

Leading off with the first

the probable solution was.a kin- dergarten system where those under the required age could | be

gin their learning.

The meeting recorded a vote against the test prior to admis sion,

‘The second question, should only those pupils who reach a

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on these points, and Mr. Harvey sald these are in practice at any rate. Members felt all points should be considered in order to get the ‘true picture for Promio- tion

of achi

ment be promoted to a higher was

A little: more

\ “Members of the Senior’ citiz.

| ens Club ‘formed a Guard: of Honor. Mr. Dams was a member

“Pallbearers were’ John Wal-

tion, Castlegar branch.

Burial was in the Parit Mem: orlal Cemetery in Ninnaird.

Born in Seston, Engiand,. or. August 27, 1881. Mr. Dams cam to Canada in 1898. He was en:- Ployed in eastern Canada unrit 1902, when he came ta BC. oz live, and worked in lumbering and mining industries.

In the year 1915, Mr.. Dams married Miss Violet Crebhir amt moved with his family ta Castle~ gar in 1925, where he was em-

known, fo all as a ‘fan.

Mr. Dams waa predeceased by his wife in 1937 and survivors

‘\are’ three daughters, Mrs. 2B.

Haining, Gibsons. 5.C.; Mrs. Dar- othy Warren, Manchester, Eng- land and Mrs. ©. Andersom,. Castlegar; three son-. Stanley of Honeymoon Bay, 3.C.; Elmer at Robson and Tyrrel at Castlegar; also 10 grandchildren and # bro- ther and sister in England.

number ‘4 which

grade, an vote. Some felt it should be re- worded to say “according to the student's capabilities, there were instances when a student is dis- couraged by being held. back, when a’ promotion would give the incentive to work harder.

dealt with requiring every high School student to’ write.exams June before graduation.

Several members in:the au- dience felt students ‘should write these exams, they were against the practke of: recom-

Mr. Harvey

Opinion on- in grades 7 to 12. being based on evalution of some or all.of these four: points: Class work, .home assignments, periodic tests and June exams, was the third ques- tion debated. The panel speakers

and audience ~sereed generally

spoke strongly in favor of the

Nick. Kahatoff Died Tuesday

A resident of Ootischenia for 25 years, Nick Alec Kabatoff passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 28, aged’ 78.

Mr. Kabatoff is survived by his wife and son at home in

one thing the exams are very costly, he advised. He would rather see. this money spent directly for educational needs. He Pointed , ‘out figures from

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help prepare ‘them for the tests.

‘show only 2 percent 7 those récommended ‘fail in College. ©

Mr. Campbell asked would it not be a good thing for the stu- dents ‘to write these exams, as when they get into University they will have to write, and the experience would be valuable to them,

Mr. Harvey replied they do have “full dress” examinations at

Christmas and Easter, which

The meeting voted against re- quiring. the June exams before graduation.

Always good for a discussion, the system. of marking. report cards came up next, with Mr. Harvey speaking in. support of the present “letter grades, which are more “elastic” than the stan- dard percentage system, he said. + he would r

using rank in subject and grade, which might seem unkind to the student, but would give the true picture ‘of his achievements. Mr, Campbell felt all sys- tems actually showed where the student stood In the grade — even letter grades were arrived at through percentage figures.~

Mr. Harvey said also the idea that a teacher must only give

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Funeral services will be held October 30 and burial will be at the Ootischenia cemetery.

Land Purchased For Fulure Health Unit

The Village Council has pur- chased Jand on 5th Avenue which will be the future’site of a Jocal Health Unit.

It is hoped a Iccal club will take on this project to. rafse funds for the construction of this unit as hasbeen, done_in Rossland and Grand Forks. Local costs wéuld be about one third of th2 total costs.

erroneous, the 3 per cent is actually on the whole popula- tion, and that Is the way it will always work out.

In the seven*h question, also in four parts, the panel and meeting was in favor of “enrich- ed courses” which offer more to the brighter students, but voted down the question of accelerated . courses, which are courses that are speeded up ic et four years work done in Special cla by the membte:

were favored -3 these separ- ate the stud: c. nto groups of their le ts ver, special schools were not approved by the majority. Regarding retarded children,

an ‘A’ mark to 5 per cent is

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