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" Suitable Children’ 's Literature Discussed _By Alpha Phi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi

The Alpha Phi Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, hed at its January ‘meeting Mrs, Jean

Christiansen as guest speaker | for a ptogram given by Mrs, |

Daun Bate. Mrs. Christiansen’s

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ature for children’ and she ac: companied her talk with exam.” ples of pleture and storybooks for different age groups. Th meeting was held at the home: of Mrs, Daun Bate, with Barb Dusseault as co-hosteas,

The Jan. 19th meeting was

“held at the home of Mrs. Barb

Dusseault, where the evening’s program was based on popular musie, presented by Mrs. Paula Belton and Mrs. Barb Dus- seault, Hostesses for the eve-

+ ning were Mrs, Eileen Akselson + and Mrs. Chris Beauchamp.

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Funeral Service Held For Charles J. Morey

Funeral service was held yesterday afternoon from the chapel of the Castlegar Funeral Home. for Charles James Morey, 76, of Castlegar, who died Saturday in the Castlegar and District Hospital,

Born in Beniji, Minn., July 1, 1900, Mr. Morey came as a youth to Canada with his family

: to Saskatchewan. He lived on

farms there until 1943 when he moved to the Pend d'Oreille area.

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In 1945 Mr. Morey moved to Renata and lived there until 1965 when he went to Winlaw, coming to Castlegar in 1971.

He is survived by his wife,

Laura of Castlegar; four sons, ._

Fredrick of Williams Lake, James of Snow Lake, Man.,~ Henry of Fernie and Charley Jr. of Castlegar; four daugh- ters, Mrs. D. (Laura May) Unger of Bruxelles, Man., Mrs. A. (Florence) Pscheritter_,of Peoria, Alta., Mrs. M. (Carol) Nelson of Winlaw and Miss Anna Morey of Willaims Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Wright of Washington and Mrs, Fannie E. Bradford of Melford, Sask. and 25 grandchildren.

Pastor John ‘Blake of- ficiated at the service with burial at Park Memorial Ceme- tery.

Impact Throws Pedestrian —

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No charges have been laid

in an incident which occurred at 9:30 p.m. Friday - when a 14-year-old pedestrian was struck by: a car near the. old Castlegar Arena. . é The. pedestrian, Dawn Marie Prokop of Castlegar, who was thrown through the air by. the ' impact; was taken to Castlegar and District Hospital and kept overnight for ob- servation.

The driver was identified” ‘as Marlis Ann Shaw of Robson.

Head Injuries Reported In Sat. Accident

Driver and passenger both sustained minor head injuries

Alpha Phi members and

their husbands took part in a

bowling party Jan. 22 at the Castle Bowladrome. Prizes for high game totals were won by Mrs. J. Jorgenson and Mr, Art Dusseault. Booby prizes were won by Mrs. C. Josephson and Mr. T. Jorgenson. The first February meet- pe was held at:the home of Elizabeth Young,’ with

Mrs, Jill Swinbatk and Mrs, Jennifer Jorgenson ‘as host- esses. The ‘program was pres- ented by Mra. Cathy Danlel'and Mrs, Jill Swinbank, along with syes jest ‘speaker Greg Layton, 0 spoke on the proper way to

present a speech, b Val.

Presently, members are hooking a rug to be raffled at their annual Bake Sale and Raffle to be held April 16, the proceeds of which are used for bursaries to worthy high schoo!

students in an area of the arts, .

‘Tickets may be purchased from

entine's Day on Feb. 16 with heir annual card’ party, Re-

_freshments ‘were served ‘by

Mrs, Barb Mathers, Mrs, Eliza- beth Young and Mrs, Paula Belton.

Blames Road

Conditions

For Accident

Road conditions have been blamed in a single vehicle accident Saturday evening when a 1967 model car struck a light standard in the 1500 block on 4th Ave. S., resulting in an estimated $800 damage to the, vehicle.

Both driver, Donald Bruce Davies of Castlegar, and pas- senger Barbara Duff of Blue- berry Creek, sustained minor. injuries.

‘Alpha Phi members of Beta Sigma Phi recently held a Friendship Day at the Hi Arrow Arms Motor Hotel, with

Trail members in attendance,

A glimpse of spring fash- fons was presented by Update

Fashions end the Klothes.

Kloset. Commentator. for the fashion presentation. was Madeline Plant of Update

Fashions, and models were Kim - Smith, JoAnn Wabisca, Carol

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Assisting the models were Pat Brown, Lorraine’ Baines and Karen Smith; Hairdressers were Henrl and Ken from Cameo Beauty Salon, Make-up was done by Joanne Farrell for NutriMetics,

+ Flowers were donated by Helen’s Flowers. Donating door prizes were the Klothes Kloset, Stedmans Department Store, Castlegar Drugs, Carter's Sewing Centre, Carl's Druga, Castlegar Plumping and Heat- ing, and Robinson Stores, ©;

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Driver James John Laur- ient of Trail has’ been charged with driving too fast for road conditions,

The passenger has been identified as Ron Alliboney.

Damage to the vehicle has been estimated at $500.

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TRADE FAIR ‘77, sponsored by the Selkirk Lions of Castlegar, sana momentum rapidly with the 66 stalls indicated on the’ sbove floor plan of the

and District Arena.at a premium: Trade Fair ‘77. chairman Walter Tymofievich, who indicated earlier that the two-day attraction will attract from SE Ae Nee es Nee wrested tk sein te hatana Displays

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~ Canadian Water in Arrow And ‘Says There's a Boom Duncan Reservoirs Available.

B.C. Hydro has agreed to make emergency releases of water from Columbia River Treaty ‘reservoirs in British Columbia ‘to help: the. north- western United (States . - cope with ‘what\may be its lowest water year in half'a century.

“The ‘arrangemen

: Unues: a” pattern of mutual: assistance | between ote Canada, and. the Pacific north- :

western’ U.S. over ‘the years, For example, several years ago when B.C.. Hydro's power sup- ply from the Peace River pro- Ject was: cut off by storms and < slides, - U.S. tities

~“ made suffielent power available . to avert blackouts in B.C. until.’ J) -’

damaged powerlines could be repaired.

a maximum ‘of 1.7-million acre-feet of water from Cana- fan. storage in the Arrow and

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Following the emergency releases, B.C. Hydro will re-. store the ‘Arrow and Duncan

‘reservoirs to the levels they

otherwise would have reached, by releasing water

In addition, B:C. Hydro will be paid’ approximately $600,000. for energy produced ‘at downstream U.S, generating” plants as.a result of ‘the emergency releases. There will be no reduction in the amount of power available to British Columbia’ as‘ a. result. of. ‘the

from Mica reservoir between May 1 and July 31.The U.S. then wil! make up the reduction in Mica storage by returning energy or its equivalent, by July 31, 1979 at the-latest, °

Reverses... Airline” Decision

Alberta was not obligated to. seek ' Canadian transport commission ‘approval for its purchase of Pacific Western Airlines, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last week.

- In a’ 9to-0 decision, the high court reversed a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that air regulations concerning airline purchases do apply to a: pro- vincial government. Alberta. secretly acquired

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B,C. Hydro’s own gener- ating. system, which: includes the vast Williston Lake reser- voir on ‘the Peace River,. is designed. to. accommodate a

~. sequence..of low-water years

without limiting its ability. to

“supply Power for* sobeequent

years.’

- Beeatise of low rinoffe this year, however, Hydro recently halted exports of surplus power

- tothe U.S, in order to ensure

that B.C. Hydro '‘reservoirs'do not fall below adequate levels.

A mid-February: water supply outlook for the Columbia :Basin in the’ U.S.‘ northwest, issued by the National Weather Service and the Soil Conserva- ction Service in the:U.S., esti- mated ‘that: Columbia. River - run-off at The Dalles, Oregon, will be about 67. million acre- Teet in the recent dry :year-of 1973 “and with the’ previous .all-ime low flows of: about 60 million acre-feet in :1926 and 1944. Normal Columbia run-off at The Dalles, Oregon for the period is about 106 million acre- feet.

‘The U.S.. agencies noted *

that the outlook has deterior- ~

‘ated since ‘the Feb.’ 1. snow

‘survey. report which. confirmed

“Get. out ‘of uranium stocks,” advises the Investment Reporter, a Canadian Business Service publication.

Ina front page story dated Feb. 18, the ‘Reporter’ notes that there’ was a boom in uranium shares in the second half of the 1950s and: ‘again in the late 1960s.° A third boom began early in the current decade “and .may now ‘ be drawing to a close, if things go, ‘as we expect.”

The story points out that the Canadian: uranium ex- tracting’ industry. is running

into.‘ more: and more inter. “férence~ ‘from*

might because those who regu- late nuclear’ power are more concerned than they used to be about danger to the environ- ment,” the story says.

“We have had doubts for ‘some time about long term investment in'the industry but we ‘felt that shares’ of com- panies in it would do well, so long as the ongoing bull market lasted. But the shift from’ a sellers’ to.a buyers’ market in uranium is becoming’ apparent

‘and may. soon show up in the

prices -of uranium company shares,” the story sald.

whose intentions, ‘good as they, may be, do’not providé much

for shareholders to cheer about, |

“Elsewhere, uranium use is not Browing as fast'as it

hares Mines Ltd, Rio ‘Algom Mines Ltd.,, Roman Corp.» Ltd., : an Preston. Mines Ltd., to sell ra profits.

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Health and Welfare ‘Mini- ster Marc, Lalonde last week reminded the’ more than: one million-Old Age Security pen-

sioners, ‘who: receive Guaran-*

teed Income Supplement bene- fits, of the March 31.renewal deadline. If. pensioners fail to re-apply by then, their benefits maybe interrupted... : Application for the federal government's: Guaranteed In- come Supplement, paid to pen- sioners ‘with - limited . incomes, must be made each year. The. Department | of. -Na-

‘tional Health and Welfare :sent

‘application kits (containing in- formation booklets and: ap- plication forms) to all supple- ment recipients in late Decem- ber’ or early’ January. .Two reminders. will also” be: sent before the March $1 deadline.

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Sons of Norway Sponsor. Family Outdoors Club.

The. formation of. a club with interest in ski-touring and hiking took place last Wednes-

-day at the meeting sponsored

by Nordic Lodge No. 76, Sons of Norway. ‘This was-the third such meeting aimed at pro- moting cross-country skiing and an. appreciation of the winter outdoors.

Previous. ;meetings have featured films, speakers and general discussions of aims,

Nordic Lodge has also Sponsored free ski lessons at Nancy Greene Lake each Sun- day. since early’ January, fol- lowed. by. ski-touring expedi- tions,

Although the basic ob- jective of: the newly-formed club is ski-touring, it will also promote other snow activities,

‘as: well-as. summer outdoor

activity. The-.members . also i

expressed the desire to attempt to encourage family outings and to attract young people.

meaningful business needs to be undertaken. The secretary- treasurer will seek some films for the next meeting,

Mr. Reinsbakken gave a brief report on his examination of the Grassie Mountain site as a potential ski area, stating that

@ proper survey. will-have to:

wait until the snow melts. _ Negotiations with the Forestry ” Service have reached the point

that a meeting of all recrea-

tional groups with the Forestry Service had been called for —s

Mr. ReinsBakken , still hopes that the club, under a Special Use Permit, will be able to pick a site for building a shelter which will be near the new highway and will permit a good range and terrain for ski touring trails.

The meeting ¢losed with . oh

the signing-up of 35 members, Secretary-treasurer Olaf Krin- ghaug. advised that he was confident “membership would . increase rapidly because of the wide interest that had been - expressed in recent months. ’

Although sp d by Nordic Lodge, it was clearly established that any person of any age is welcome to join as a full member...

Another item of business at the meeting was the election* of officers, with the following results: president Ivar Reins- bakken of Castlegar, vice- president Marian Hutchinson of Castlegar, ‘secretary-treasurer Olaf Kringhaug of Trail, and directors Dean Houghton, Rune Skretting, Olaf Gundersen and Tom. Willson, all of Castlegar.

The matter of a‘club name was deferred to the next meot- _ ing, ‘with. the hope that mem-

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There was some discussion of an appropriate fee structure. Because no substantial expendi- - tures ‘could -be ‘anticipated in the near. future,” the annual dues were set at $1:per person with; a° maximum “of: $2. per family. 3

‘The new executive board was also: given some instruc- tions by the meeting. Firstly, they are to examine. constitu- tions from other similar clubs and bring in a draft at some future meeting. Secondly,. the

continue to. receive, their... supplement: regularly, the department will operate 76 satellite offices in small towns across the country .. between-now and March 31. The dates, hours of operation and’ locations’ of ‘these offices will-be announced locally.

rs were advised to take on specific. functions. such ‘as trails, cabins, youth,-ete. They were also empowered to recom- mend further directors, should the ‘need arise.

Lastly,‘ the board was in-

structed to call meetings, when’

1» deemed necessary, but only if”

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January as the fifth month of record or near-record:

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