CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1962

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mooth,: soft inside won't chafe tender feet

eFlexible, sueded leather : | /soles with light, non aby

We ‘have 2° full teen of”

Savage, Pussyfoots, Qur staff ‘ill take ti to fit your baby carefully, correc! tly.

‘The annual meeting of the Rob- son Recreation Society was held Inst Friday evening with the presl- dent, Mrs, J, Fowler, In the chair and about 25 members present, The slate of officers elected

Mrs, Fowler, president, Zinish- ing a two-year term; OC, Nygoard, vice-president; Mrs, V. Wanjoff, secretary; Mrs, 8, Waldie, finishing a 2eyear term as. treasurer; Mrs. H, Hackman, program convenor, and T. Kaardaal, G, Johnson, R. Nickerson, G,-Marken and L. J. Stadler as executive members. All terms are for two years, .

‘The president addressed the members, outlining the activities for 1962 and the executive for their cooperation.

New projects tentatively discus- sed . were - painting, ‘fluorescent Ughts, a phone installation, new fire doors, revarnishing of the floor and new kitchen facilities, espec- {ally a stove,

izational reporta were gl-

nies, Mrs, Keardaal; Robson Group Committee, R. T. Waldie and the Robson Recreation Society report by L, J. Stadler,

Mrs, Bro kindly offered to as- sist on the entertainment commit- tee,

‘The past year hag been a busy one and the hall is bs cee of

Robson Hail Is Fully Debt Free

has once again kindly granted irce water usage for 1962,

The Zone 3 Conference, (tho gone under which the Robson Com. mission falls) will be held this year in Crescent Valley on Sat., Feb. 17. Any member of the Robson Recres- tion Society {is eligible ond most welcome to attend,

Don Brothers Reports cee

onsibility and he claimed that wa- ter and gas pipelines and telephones should be taken over.

The Leader of the Liberal Par- ty spoke at Iength and stated that the Liberal Party now reocommend- ed that the construction of the Mi-

club meet twice a week. Last year saw the insulation. done and new propane heating units installed. This was accomplished without the necessity of borrowing any money and the hall is now completely debt-free, i

For the present “the grade 6 class is being held on the stage. ‘The hall fs used on Saturday morn- ings for a Russian language class and on Sundays is used for the Russian Sunday school.

Many dances and social fune- tions are aleo held in the hall, Re- cently the Sons of Norway spon- sored a dance and tumed the en- tire pees oer to ‘the hall,

of downstream benefits under cer- tain circumstances. |

@uring the week the House mourned the death of the late George Hobbs, the New Democrat! iceCOF MLA for Revelstoke, Mr. Hobbs was a very seriously dedi- cated parliamentarian and his loss will be felt in the Province, ‘Toward the latter part of the week the Honourable Robert Bon- mer and the Honourable Ray Wil- Uston both spoke on the power sit- uation.

‘The Minister of Lands and For- ests, the cBoncinsbie R, Williston, report on.

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he Group Committee to the 2nd Castlegar Cubs and Scouts held its annual meeting recently in the Legion Hall.

After the routine business the election of officers for 1962 was held and the following were. elected: president, Jim ‘Toogood; vice-presi- dent, Prank Richardson; secretary, Mrs. Helen Strelioff; treasurer, W. Shay. Scoutmaster Loyd Groutage gave the report of the Scouts’ act- dvities for the year, They are now yeviewing thelr «first-aid having completed the course and Gre pre-

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gently working on knots. They have held several hikes, done some out- door cooking and have had a very active year.

The report of the Cub Pack was given by Miss Bev Horlick in the @bsence of F. Wilcox.

Jim McLuckle, who was cub- master for several years, resigned and his resignation was accepted with regrets, F. Wilcox is now the ‘| Cubmaster assisted by Miss Horlick, It was reported ‘that there ere 29 scouts and: 15 Cubs in the 2nd Castlegar oul pack and scout troop. ‘The regular mecting of the Group was held Thursday evening at the ‘ome of J. Toogood with routine business being conducted, It was decided to hold the annual father and son banquet on Feb. 23 in the high school. cafeteria.

f€he committee in charge of the banquet are Mrs. I, Egrison, Mrs, J, Jonesson, Mrs. 8. Rysen and Mrs. H, Newell with four ladies from the Ist Castlegar Group Committee, It was decided that the executive would be the Group Committee and they would call on the parents when | other committees were required,

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VOL, 15, No, .7

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH!

The Crossroads of the Kootenays’’

COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEB.'15, 1962

Columbia River”

On CBC-

In order to form ‘a'sound opin- ion on the power controversy bet- ween Victoria and Ottawa, It is al- most necessary to know as much e@bout power gencration and the Mnancing of ‘hydro-electric projects as engineers and financial experts who have spent a lifetime working in these -flelds,

‘Tomorrow evening a special 7

TV Fri.

pam, TV show will present “Report On The Columbia” with Doug Col- lings on ‘the OBO, The purpose of the program is to ‘explain what Is involved in the Columbia river and Pence river power developments and to present the views of the leading personalities Involved with the con. troversy,

‘The rst part of the program

Column

Sy BURT CAMPBELL ©

BIG .CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN B.C. FOR PAST TWO. SEARS

livelihood from B.C.’s sea resources.

Oor fourth basic industry is commercial fishing and if the aver- age annttal catch of canned aalmon, all 1,667,000 ‘cases of it, were placed in e straight line they would stretch for 476 miles, Storage space for this catch would be the equivalent to

of fish products caught in B.C. wa-|dam

ters two yearé ago wes estimated at 9522 million. It was Sown $1.5 mil~ lion last year. :

‘We have a farm’ population of more thin 100,000 persons and'our farm cash income in 1961 was $130 nalllion. In the tree frults : industry, we. box more than 6 million crates of et every year.

Im mining, the annual: value ‘of B.C.’s mineral’ production ‘has ‘ayer- aged $166° million. ‘Thirty per cent of this has been zinc production, followed in importance by lead with 2% per cent. Last'-year’s mineral production. was ‘estimated to be worth approximately - $182 million.

“Manufacturing in B.C,,1s valued. at about:$200:million’ yearly. <>

Generally “speaking, B. bus-|

iness executives ‘anticipate a ‘fairly | -

will be devoted to an explanation of the ‘various proposals and plans for the two rivers, showing the loca- tlons of the dam sites and the de- talls for both projects. The com- plexitles of “downstream benefits", and how these are related to the quantities of: power produced and to the provisions of the treaty, will be outlined,

‘Those scheduled to appear are: External Affeirs Minister Howard Green; Minister of Justice Davie Pulton; Federal Opposition Leader Lester Pearson; Provincial Water Resourcts Minister Ray Willlston; Provinciel Opposition Leader Robert

Strachan; U.S. Secretary of the Interior’ Stewart Udall; and B.C, Power Dr.

BAND CONCERT. takes ‘place this eve:

school when the SHHS junio: der the direction of bandmaster Norman,

above, with students -Doug Ww. Doug

and Louise Askew.

ote

plays we Fre

senior: band performs un- Fishwick, shown aft, Tony C Le “asby

horn, Louise

McNabb,

aha

plays’ the clarinet. and Tony ‘beats drums. — ~ Castlegar. News Photo”

& | mittee for 1962 was one of the high.

}} business «. and. industry committee

Appointment of Cec Gorse of Onatlegar as chairman of. the Cas- tlegar ‘and District Chamber of Commerce's roads and bridges com-

lights.‘ of last’ ‘night's Chamber meeting,

.» Mr, Gorse replaces Fred Pres- sacco of Robson who was appoint- ed

monthly

“might sound good but that’s all.”’’ He sald that at the present time during low water-a ferry can't run to Nakusp “without extreme diffi- culties.”

‘In answer to a letter asking for the immediate opening of the new highway by means of a detour, Highways Minister Gaglardi told the in a letter that “The

of the

after a controversial past year as Toads and bridges chairman,

si he appolntments were ‘ an- nounced by Chamber president 5, ‘0, Muirhead of Kinnaird who also

only reason this new highway has not been opened up till now is be- cnuse the new Paulson (McCrae Creek) wee a not yet been completed. ‘The minister sala his depart- ment “hed

the

chairmen: “Paul Ogiow, tourists and pub- |i, Helty; Fred Gibson, catering; Juck Young, membership; | Jimmy . La- mont, public ‘affairs; Art Anderson, land ,and water resources; D.. W. Brookes, Alex Oheveldave and Art ‘Anderson, ‘Pass | Oreek Park; ' E.

Hugh Eeenleyside.:....- In ‘addition,’: the consequences

Mayor. ‘of Revelstoke, Arvid Lun- dell;: MLA “Tiny” Hobbs} Christo- pher “Spicer, ‘a’ Nakusp ‘farmer and @ leader in’ the ‘fight against the dam;.and Robert Hume,:3, Revel- atoke game and recreation ene

‘ Returned fie

‘A-hydrogen: balloon released by two grade. 10 SHHS students ‘on Jan, 19 was found on ae 5. about

Kraft and Leo Bosse, retail’ mer-

Excellent | progress ta ‘peing made in construction of the McRae Creek canyon’ bridge “on: thé ‘ Kinnsird- Christina Lake highway.

’ District - highways. superinten- dent A. 'E, Staite and engineering colleagues said - contractors ‘had completed ‘concrete abutment work on the westernmost side of. the can-

ye was only’ al the higher Jevelgfot the highway, | Some. delay: in construction at

yon, and were putting “finishing |!" ”

touches’ on -the easternmost. alde. |

‘They said’ the conorete: contract would be completed on time. * Meanwhile, Dominion Bridge

40 miles Montana,” and Seah Been setar

‘wes. Langley of found the yellow balloon

in -activie

ty during the rest of 1962 over what

they experienced in 1961. ae

' Over one-half of the executives canvassed in‘ an-opinion ‘poll con- ducted by the. provincial govern-

; ment’'s department, of industrial. de.

velopment, trade and commerce, an-

ticIpate sales and production in-|~* + creases in their company operations

although expansion of earnings will be more moderate, ‘While the ‘alr of caution that

, Was 80 apparent one year ago has

been Jargely dissipated, a number of respondents based thelr optim- istic forecasts on the assumption of

: improvements in the general level * of economic activity rather than on,

specific conditions within their own industry. ‘Nearly 50 per cent of the firms

- Lexpertenced sales increases during | 4901 while 29 per cent registered

‘deolines. The picture dor the rest of this year is considerably better with

| 86 percent anticipating. sales in-

creases and a-mere handful expect_

inga reduced market for thelr pro- |.

ducts:

‘Total :‘capital expenditure in Bo. last year_was $1,200 million, down only 1 per cent from the year before, It is expected to increase this year with construction under way.on the Peace river power de- velopment and a. possible start on the Columbia river soon, 4

on Feb, 5 about 8 ft. off the ground in a tree ‘in'the middle of what is known as The Sleeping Child Burn, The Burn’ covers 25,000 miles and was featured earller this’ year in Life’ Magazine, ‘In writing the two boys who sent the balloon up

‘Wilbur. McLeod and Randy

steel superstructure in‘ position. ae °) Phe - bridge, of: 2 “-hinged-arch

varlety, spans -. the > McRae ganyon hundreds ‘of feet above the

OPR's Kettle Valley ‘tracks. : Mr, Staite and aides said the bridge. should be complete and ren- y, to carry traffic by late summer, “ ‘Meanwhile, the . department

men also reported highway bridge

more or less

Wolfe — Wes said “itis quite a coincidence that anyone found the balloon.” It was still elf full of air.” Hamilton 1a about 300 miles from Castlegar. © oe

Map Indicates Levels For An Underpass

-A map from. the denartment of highways showing levels and ele- ‘vations in the vicinity of the road to. the Castle Bar Ranch and Shewehuck subdivisions was atu- died by Castlegar council at its

~ last meeting. paar :

The map will be used in obtain- ing. permission from the ‘federal

for the of either an underpass or public level crossing, Since the elevations are quite steep in that area, it is expected that an underpass will be favored.

On the westernmost, or Chris- tina Lake side of the bridge site, pavement is in place,

On ‘the easternmost, or Sheep

Pavement 0 of-t] 5 also: sn

to’ Felieve new weight of the snow, iplowing now would make for” easier run-off in. the

g| the Arrow Lakes dam should. be

chants and R, A. D, West, airport. ‘A letter. was read the Chamber from’ Lands ‘and Forests

opening a detour around the beer, but: found the cost of improving detour

to a standard which ate make it safe for generel use by the general public would have been extremely high,

“We therefore decided that it would be better to put the extra effort. into completion of the ‘new bridge and thereby have the high- way open by that much sooner.” On motion of Ron Minnion, the

Minister Ray ‘Williston in reply to'a letter trom ‘the’ Chamber expressing the fear that Highways Minister P, A. Gaglardt’s proposal for the opera- tion ‘of a S0-car ferry between Cas- tlegar and Revelstoke if the High Arrow dem is built. might mean that; it’ 4s nof planned to relocate any of the existing roads. Mr.Williston sla he could as- ,| sure the Chamber “that eae @ fer- ry,,would not be satis-

Swim Hole. Trouble As Dyke Away |:

A swimming hole scooped out

factory’ ¢ substitute for the relocation sy uae ald not’ “In the event that

constructed you’ may be assured that every, posalbillty for ue Te-

near. Park, several years ago for the use of children is now

Castlegar.

causing trouble for ie ‘Vilage ‘of wi

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Pressacco Off Roads & Bridges; Gorse Appointed New Chairman

Chamber's roads ‘and tridges com-,

D..G, ger of McGauley. Ready Mix, ‘wrote council that as a result ofthe village's

muntcations ; in -.the. area

spring and less da- mage to" highway surface an shoul_ ders,

But the highway remains closed to public traffic...

Knighls Celebrate © On Monday Night

The Knights of Pythias cele- brate Founder's Day on Monday. An invitational banquet and entertain- ment is planned for the’ Twin Ri-

Lake side of the canyon, basic road | vers Hall

construction’ is finished. There remains, however, about

five miles of newly-constructed road

to be gravelled, prime costed and

}paved.

‘These five miles east from the

fridge site. formed the final basic

construction job onthe new route, and involved heavy. rock ‘work over most of the distance.

Elsewhere on’ the ‘Winnatrd-

Christina Lake, there remain to be paved about 10 miles of highway in the Sheep Lake ares,

. These 19 miles have been trea- ted with @ hot: mix stabilizing sur-

face, resembling pavement, but ac-

tual final paving was abandoned ih

the fall when the weather: became

too cold,

Mr, alte reported five feet of|, compacted snow -at the Blueberry- Paulson summit last week, and four

New Sewerage. Treatment Plan Okayed by Gov't ;

be accepted which would not repre- sent .the maintenance ‘or improve- ment of the present standard of

communicationg’ in-the area.” '”

the -gravel fromthe com-= pany’s foreshore.‘ lease, -the~ hole created by the removal ofthe gra=| vel filled with water and resulted during. the fload last.year in the removal of the support ‘of the exis- ting dyke with the: result thatthe

and. the

Chamber member Art commented. that ..a ferry service

dyke current to erode the land. ’s. letter asked

Fish Club Prexy To Address Local Sportsmen’s Glub

‘The president of the BO, Fed- eration of Fish and Game Clubs, BI Wallinger, will be guest speaker next Wednesday evening at the meeting. of The Castlegar Sports- men’s Association in St, Rita’s Hall,

Mr. Wallinger will speak to the eltth on junior firearms ‘safety and

A new type of se treat. ment known as rotor aeration of - oxidation ditches has now. been

ability © A wenort will also be made at the

Mr.

that the village rectify the matter before this year's high water. Works ‘supervisor ‘Norman Mc- Nabb said he had visited the site with Mr. McGauley and it will take about three days to rebuild the dyke. He said the material scooped from the hole -was left there, ‘The Ready Mix Company, said Mr, Mc- Nabb, will make any added equip- ment necessary to do the job avails able to the village.

' Gouneil decided it would - visit the site the Saturday following its regular meeting. If the work is done, it will be done under the con- dition that. the village is not re- sponsible for any further damage

abroad, won. 24 games, last. twa auut tled two.

Village Thanks Pulp Mill For fis Cooperation

A letter of appreciation to Cel_ company's

that might take place. :

meeting by: elt oe Ed Lewis, George or Jack |

by. the den partment of health, Castlegar council | was informed: at ‘its last meeting by Wannop-Hirtle of Ke- lowna, ‘the village’s engineers on sewerage.

The lettér from Wannop-Hirtle and the material the firm enclo- sed on the rotor aeration method were turned over to Comm. Mar-

White on ine Dae meeting held re-| cently in Nelson: ‘!

‘The local association has a busy year planned’ and. members will soon learn more about a prospective building site -for the, club’s own lodge and shooting ranges, search and -rescue unit, retriever club and the Columbia River Basin Develop-

ray Little for his study,

ment section of the, organization.

75% TURN-OUT TO ALARM CALLS’

Chief Reports Castlegar Fire Loss Only $500 Last Year :

‘Only two fires ‘took ‘place hin the Villege of Castlegar last year with a. total dire: loss of $500, fire chief Hd ‘Lewis :told, the Isst_meet- ing‘of Castiegar council in’ making

dis annual”

Teport. | ' Chie? Lewis,’ re} sporting for the period Deb, ‘1; 1960," to Noy, 80; 1961, eaid the, fires, took place , on Aug.

fire on & vacant lot ‘atthe corner of Srd Ave, and Oak St. There was no fire loss, The second fire occurred on Oct. 11 at’ the Cedar Crest mo- tel where it fs ‘estimated $600 fire damage was done. -

V"athere were six: false alarms

tributable mainly to BA. ‘Telephone men working: on leased. Lines, . Seventy-four per cent of the men -tumed cut to’ alarms and average attendance at practices, xoluding the chief and deputy

chlaf, was ‘228 men “or approxi

mately 80 per. cent.”

An instruction course was held

by the flre marshal’s department and 18 of the 20-men qualified for certification. Over. two. different weeks, nll members of the ‘fire de- partment’: attended ‘a’. familiariza- tion tour of the: Celgar pulp mill at the invitation. of, prank Murphy, Celgar iire chief... i Three men — E, A. Lewis, N AL McNabb and A,°W: Bigsby — completed a course in radio com- munications and . recelved . certifl- cates,

- There were, 164 street lights changed in the village during the year and 211 burning ‘permits were issued ‘during the: fire season. The fire chief carried out -34. of] burn- ing inspections. oe

Sixteen propane gas ‘inspections were made and 61 Inspections were made of schools, public buildings and assembly hails, Familiarization tours were also conducted for offi-

cers and men of the department,

in the village - were checked and

painted ‘regularly and all fire equip.

ment: wa kept .in first-class condi-

tion,

the -pumiping system on No. 1 truck during

purchased for the department, in- cluding the ‘amplifying - megaphone Recommensice, in a previous report.

eae fire chief. on April 1 after the resignation of 8. P. Dower who took up residence iri Trail, J. Mason was promoted to captain and J. R. Xilough was promoted to leuten- ant.. G, H.. Carr was appointed a local saaistant fire marshal at ‘the fire department's annual meeting.

E, A. Lewis, chief; F, P, Fomenoff, deputy chief; G, H. Carr, engineer; J, J. Schnell, captain; J. Mason,

- All hydrants and: stand pipes

“A. complete ‘overhauling of

Miscellancous equipment was

. BP. Fomenoff was appointed

Officers of the department are:

| capta: 3.P. A. Obedkott; Meutenant, and. J, R. Killough, jieutenant, Firemen ‘are: K..G.. Price, ‘O, F. Dube, P. N.: Bartsoff, A. W. Bigsby, W. Price, A. eeenetdeve, 2 M. Kanigan, P.’ Kooohin, “R, Harmston, N, A. McNabb, a. Boule, ham: and“F. ‘E. Bonnett, On ‘leave of absence ‘renewing ‘his’ industrial iret. ‘aid ‘certificate is W. Popotf,

. chased under Civil Defence,

-| that $00 to 600 ft, of hose will have}:

10 inches be purchased and that @ portable. lighting: system’ be-.pur-

Mr. Lewis ‘sald it is expected

to be replaced after, pressure tests are made. Mr, Lewis-thunked the CPR agent and. his staff “for willingly in

A number Were ‘then made in the That the department's approp- rlation' -for’ normal operation and running expenses: be not less. than. that more helmets should

the ‘Workmen's Compensation Board in order that each’man ‘might have one; that ‘wind ‘ breakers, ag ap- Proved ‘in -last year's budget, be purchase z

a, i Other . recommendations: -That two units of 9 self-contained ee thing apparatus be purchased; tha, one smoke ejector of not less than,

th | €or their cooperation,

ing fire calls ang timing’ the te: *

sponte) ‘of the equipment when a

is “responded to.” He also re- Seeienaea that a letter be sent the CPR agent.and staff thanking them

The fire chief expressed his ap- preciation to the officers and men of the department “for the splen- did’ cooperation they have extended to me during the past year.” He also thanked Comm, V. R. Cook, re- tring flre and Ught commissioner, t/and the other commissioners for

high, is. the tallest ° buildi

IMPERIAL-COMMERCE bank bullding,

43-storeys in the alth.

ed copy of the front page

thelr cooperation,

bank.

The 600 foot skyscraper, located in Montreal will be ready for occupancy in May of this year. A microfilm-

of the Castlegar News is

sealed in the cornerstone of the building which’ was laid this month by Neil Melanin, president of the