; “eablakioa Every Thursday By “THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED (oy Oamtlegar, BO. OW, CAMPBELL, Manager oe “4 ‘ Member Canadian: Weekly ‘Newspaper Asaicition and: BC, ‘Weekly, Advertising : Bure: SUBSCRIPTION RATE :— i $3.00. per year; 2c per. mbanth by. Seen © . Authorized as Secund Classs Mail, Post Office Department, - Ottawa. INSOMIA. ‘TOSSING; “ -.The!-recent » spate sof ‘Wagneri- ‘an ,music from ayreuth festival “and .elsewh' been. coming over the tadio re- cently is not increasing ‘my «af- fection for Wagner. “With ‘all due AS WE SEE IT..... THE MAGIC POWER ‘OF WORDS Words are ‘labels we give to definite things. The broader your vocabulary, the more skillful you become in expressing yourself and you. are able to’ pick up another’s meaning quicker and easiér. Words are the basis ‘of a newspaper. Through. the use of these, we bring to our readers:a’ full and truthful survey of the news and happenings ‘of. the locality. Definition: isnot -alone..a final “argurnent. Cir cumstances vary—an,amusing ‘example » vis: given in C'S. Herrick’s.“‘The ‘Thinking’ Machine’’—‘If_ 1 de- fine a man as a biped. ‘without feathers, then a pluck- ed chicken is a man. “A useful’ starting point, ‘defini- tions help us avoid fruitless argument and keep us. on the right track. -:: y ; OA newspaper is not unlike a Department Store -~attempting to’ provideunder one roof, goods to please many different occasions and buyers. What pleases some will: likely have no interest for others. Thus, with the use of words. ard :their.:various combinations, we. attempt. to draw ‘pictures of life in our community and give to the public the news as _ completely; as Pee we EDUCATION FOR:DEFENCE? — Contribufors to the Defence Department's fort- “nightly, CURRENT AFFAIRS, which is required. read- ay ing for the members, of Canada's: armed forces, are surely an ill-assorted crew. ° The latest to appear in ‘this! role is Mr. L: 5. .Mealing, described by CURRENT AFFAIRS as. lec-. . turer in: history at «Carleton College, Ottawa; Mr: Mealing‘s ‘assignment is’ “The! Gold: Coast”; and he has done a masterly job in describing how state social- ism has succeeded where private enterprise allegedly respect to the gentleman's” “geni- the bellowings ‘of , his ‘hero-| gods and ‘the hysterical . vocal gymnastics of his king-size hero- ines ‘remind me too: vividly of the ‘hero: and heroines: of the silent movie days and’ the. earlier] stage ‘meller drammers’. If you are ancient enough ‘or if you) have seen some of’ the modern] shorts of those ‘deathless dramas +.) you will recall the highly emo-| “1 4fonal plots, and’ the°even more highly emotional eyerolling and exaggerated posturing’ “on the} part of the actors. Ih a flam- bouyant period: of. Npigness', bustles, bunkum and «Barnum, ‘Wagner ‘out - Barnumed’ the; works, What a forturie he would have’ made writing ‘scripts tor television commercials. And talking of music, I see : hae some of the Roman Catho- gro é Noted also,.- in some paper, book -or/imagazine’ that |women not only have: larger: (stomachs, proportionately, thar ‘men, bu that they havea more efficient digestive system. They are there- fore, more often hungry~> than) men and have to Keep ‘picking’ to stave off the pangs. -Watch it, boy! That look in her eye isn't love, its pure starvation. Another item in .the . paper charging a Vancouver union with being Communist ‘dominated. What surprises me isnot. that! some - organizations -are run -by subversive elements, ‘but that most are not. ‘Take, the Annual School. Board “meeting for Cast- legar, for example, Less than twenty ratepayers attended the| meeting, most: of .them connec- ted ‘directly with © the ‘ schools and a report.on ‘the handling of over a‘ milliondollars was dis- cussed, Doubtless ‘the. poor re BACK ROAD FOLKS — WILFRED. Une eA FAMILY BorscouT CAMP XV PET VISITED i ‘ON QLTTHNUT TA On ae PORN ote, Ie rOmLD eaeTs ELSEEVED 2-6 Kinnaird ‘United. Church WA. To: Complete Floor: In “Basement The first meoting ‘of. the -fall season of the Kinnaird United The. first export of pattie gas from. Canada occurred 1891, .when . surplus. gas seem wells. near ’ Port ‘Colborne, Ont, was piped to ine a, of Buttialo, N.Y. i presentation ‘indicates a Penatter-|® Church W.A. was held at the ing confidence in “our School th Board. A ‘confidence which they hone ot Mi. Bales. rece: merit one hundred hoa ‘On sent. ‘The finishing of the church Rubber have the} plane and singing’ of ‘certain’ music ‘including Wagner's | ee ani the ,was the ma an . irresponsible inclination. to} liscussed. ‘et George : do: it’, as ‘well as topcase to seh ew. ea have ding ‘March’ from: ‘L the ‘Wedding ‘March’ from ‘A -Mid-Summer’s Night’s Dream’ ‘at weddings. ' “Inappropriate to Christian wmarriage”’, ithey sqy- *. Hurray. for..them,”