Page 2 THE CASTLE HEWS et 8p a Published Every Thursday By *, THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED Castlegar, B.C. L. V. CAMPBELL, Manager Cura® “¥. A. MISUIKA, Editor Ci fan Weekly A iati B.C. Weekly Advertising Bureau SUBSCRIPTION RATE :-— $3.00 per year; 25c per month by carrier. Authorized as’ Second Classs Mail, Post Office Department, . itawa. ; ) ‘? = oe Ss z= a ° and By E.G.0. AT BOOK BURNINGS _ - Less than a decade ago we fought a terrible war to stop a man who had advanced to dicta- torship behind the pyre smoke te burning books. Today in 1954, EDITORIAL NO FAIRY GODMOTHER ' An expression that’s been used to describe the benefits and rewards of all sorts of things from club memberships and bank to and Ne soups, is “You get out of it, only what you put into it.” Ii seems many people don’t realize this old adage also applies to the K.R.C. (Kinnaird-Rebson-C. and Society). A lot of people seem to forget that the district can receive from the K-R.C. only what the district puts into the K-R.C To these people, the K-R.C. seems to be a benevolent, fairy god- mother, endowed with a magic barrel which, despite the fact she continually doles out money to worthy causes from it, is yet always full of “the green stuff.” The reason, ‘h why this i jon seems so prevalent is that only a fraction of the some 3500 people the K-R.C. benefits, contribute to it. Total membership for the year was 449. This means that 449 people last year contributed the money which, with the grants from Cominco and Celgar matching the contributions of their employees, made possible the $6,000 in grants the Society distributed to national, district and local charities and activities. “What the Society distrii d » Was ap) i 3) half | the , in our own prov- ince, still’ armed with the same piteous notion, having learned nothing and forgotten nothing. The facile and wicked philso- sophy which teaches that by des- troying the man or his writings defense’ scem to have been widely echoed throughout the province. Nonetheless it is im- perative that we be on our guard. Ideas can be fought and bested only by better ideas. Talk of such medeival totali- tarianism as book burning can only be.a confession of mental and spiritual burner. We rightly condemn’ the State-dominated press of the Iron Gurtain countries. We are we destroy his ideas or is as old as man himself and just |} as wrong. Socrates was forced to drink poison and became the deathless philsopher; Christ in dying the cruelest death on the Cross, founded the world’s greatest reli- gious belief; Throughout the Riddle Ages men burned other men to ashes at the stake only to have every cinder become a tongue to spread their thoughts; The flames of the books fired by the common hangman in the mar- ket places of medeival Europe, set all Europe ablaze to snow what those books i y in other lands, Are we then, after all this, gO- ing to offer the totalitarians the sincerest form of flattery, that of Bun their actions? poverty. We fought Hitler, the book- |. SETH eae ee OE 18 B.C. Districts To Receive Help Frem 19546.A.R.S.Campaign The battleline of the B.C. Divi- sion, Canadian itis and Rheumatism Society, against the that now af- that their survivors were read rs shreds. DENUNCIATION SELLS Nor does this situation stop ane ideas. Let some | with good and worthwhile books book j flict more than 30,000 British Columbians, has been extended to the MBE. AND MES. JACOBSON ATTEND TEACHER PARENT DISCUSSION AT HI-SCHOOL ‘The names of Mr. and Mrs, W. Jacobson were last week ommitt- ed from the list of those —— FUEL FOR THE BEST IN COAL PHONE 2251 or 4191 and who in a on Senior Matric Me at oe Stanley Humphries High Sch: on Jan. 20. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson along with six other parents and aioe province. This is reported by the Society’s Mary Pack, i as uate for ' public foam ap: of the total asked of them during the year. Were they to have dis- tributed as much money as was requested from them during the suddenly. increased income tax year, they would have needed to receive double what they did re- ceive. The K-R.C. is most no fairy Their grants bracket. Let a movie or play be with and its success is assured. Let some well meaning but ill-advised in- dividuals even start talking such book ing and i954 drive of ¢ Feb. 1), to secure $150,000 by pub- lic donation. Miss Pack reports that areas now receiving service under the CARS. treatment and research program ‘are: the Alben: puree have increased by 66 el cent in two years. but only there were more il the i d total of funds necessary. : More organizations and activities are calling on the K-R-C, for more funds every year. If the K.R.C. is to meet the incweasing | demands for its services, more people will have to i more) as the visitors to Lenin's sarcophagus will find that ‘acute gentleman: grinning from ear to ear. When Mayor Harrison of Vic- money to make the extra grants possible. Certainly more of those people who are asking for K-R-C. funds on behalf of some activity, should members’ of the: KRC:-2- _ A contribution as little as a $1 per year will make them mem- bers. And they don’t have to wait to be canvassed either. The ERC. secretary, Alec Gray of Kinnaird, will receive their membership personally or by mail, at any time. WHAT iS FREEDOM? - Mankind has long pondered Yhe matter of freedom. What is it? What are its initi have been pro- posed but they all require sub-definitions and lengthy explanations. four _ from want, freedom dom of religi of speech — have all been the i of lengthy It would appear to be a very difficult thing to wrap this whole subject up into one tidy parcel. Perhaps one of the best efforts in this direction has been made by Dr. Mario A. Pei, Pro of Phil at C University, New York, in a recent short article in the Saturday Evening Post. Dr. Pei puts it this way: “Freedom is where you can get out if you want-to. Freedom is where if you don’t like it, you are at liberty to go away. That is your key test — the right to quit.” There is something very appealing, very direct and very right about this definition. The more you think about it the more you realize its validity. In this country if you don’t like what you are doing you can move to something else. If you don't like the country, you can move away. Behind the Iron Curtain, as Dr. Pei pointed out, this basic free- dom is wanting. In those countries, if you want to break away from your job, your home, or your nation, you have to get ‘ission — the C possible favor. Like many of the “pocket books” these literary gems are incredibly long-winded and dull. By making them appear “subversive books” he is doing the aby, C: a lively dis- cussion on ditferent quesilions relating to the high school and the senior matric class. From 1939 to 1952 the national public debt increased from $3,152 Million to $11,185 millicn. BUSINESS DIRECTORY owna, Langiey, New ‘Westminster, North Fraser, North toria starts talking of burning | Trail, provide treatment both at hospi- tal centres and in. patients” homes, Many volunteer workers for CA. even si the mayor manages to do just what the pocket publishers do when they bind their books in suggest- ive illustrations — get people to read the books, ‘The books should be available Pp other forms of as- sistance. and NEWS TYPE PICTURES At Reasonable Rates Pettitt Photos. . Castlegar Phone 3811 = Blain St. GRILL Qnen 8:00 am. to 12:00 pm. Net Just Ancsther Piace Te Eat, Bat. .ZheEtace Te. Eat Another. | MARLANE PHONE 3881 CASTLEGAR Urging all-out public of the CARS. fund drive, Miss Pack emphasized: “We know that where early diagnosis is given ous proper treatment provided for those who wish to the claims of the Communists. This is a hard won right but to start advertising them, is foolish- ness. ¥ FLATIERY BY MiniCRY Besides, as the Colonist stated editorially, “to set up any system of censorship or thought control in this country would defeat its own ends.” And further, the words of the Rev. William Hills, “D for 90 percent of those afflicted can be returned to gainful employ- ment and given a whole new lease on life.” “It has also been that deformity can be both less- ened and curbed when di: and proper treatment are pro- vided early enough,” she ie Donations to the campaign ma: be made to: Canadian "Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, 00 we eannot long survive the appli- cation of totalitarian methods of Five Years Ago This Week (From the Feb. 3, 1949 issue of the Castle News.) The Castlegar Library has a membership of 30 adults and 76 or else. : This freedom to get out or quit is what distinguishes a free man from a slave. Security doesn’t enter into it, A canary has security but it isn’t free. A prisoner in jail has security but he isn’t free. A slave may be well treated but he isn’t free. If we ever reach the point where we become so dependent upon Government or anyone else that we find ourselves unable to change our occupations or our addresses then: we will no longer be free. ‘We many not want to make these changes, there may be difficulties in the way, but the point is that, under our system, men are free to do so, if they have the will and determination. —From. the Can. Chamber of Commerce News Letter. it was di at the annual “meeting of the Library Board,.The financial statement showed total receipts of $1150.36 wath expenditures of pnmors i of the A R Kerr with Mrs. Hopland, co retary treasurer; and Mrs. King, Mrs. Whittaker and Rev. Arch- deacon Resker, Board members. Another successful Folk Danc- ing party was held Friday even- ing at Kinnaird when Mrs. Shaw demonstrated new dances and the crowd enjoyed practicing the ones taught previously. Take Your Proscrintions Te Your | dots | Prescription PHARMACY | Spring First Aid Classes at Castlegar will begin on Feb. 7. Members of the Kiwanis Club and the Knights of Pythias bat- tled oyt their annual game of protected by brawny Al pow and the gate to the doubt was guarded by J. Theil, Scholars of the Good Tidings Sunday -School gathered for an riding party High School aig : li CARS. branch offices; or simaply “Care of the Postmaster.” ASKED NEHRU FOR AN ELEPHANT CASTLE ELECTRIC Naturopathic Physician Eremenko Bailding PHONE 2621 Desmond T. Littlewood 3 OPTOMETRIST Fost Ofiiece. Building Wed 2:30 p.m. to 8 pm. re | ar WALBIE LUMBER & BUILDING : SUPFELY Lm, We can supply all your building needs — Estimates gladly given PHONE 2321 — Thursday, February 4, 1954 CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C. dan. Bldg. Pormits Tetal $2209 Hers. There were two building per- mits issued in the village of Cas- i during the month of Jan- » according to the monthly report of Village Inspector David Seaton, < : Mr. Seaton’s -report advises there have been very few dog li- genes pes. pala to date and dog own- report asia there were five fuel oil burning permits issued, four for space heaters and one for a floor farnace. “All were installed in full ac- Motor vehicle reaietrotions in increased from 2.8' mil- ‘Canada lion in 1951 to 3.1 million in 1952. Seaway Would Make Ocean Ports Of Inland Cities Of Canada, US. With are St. proved by th Lawrence e United States ‘Senate expecte¢ to be a subject of bot gives som idea of its effect.. Ocean Liners could traverse the St. Lawrence River and pass through © Great Lakes, thus making seaports of the Pro; ap- by a vote of project. Failure of Congress to approve th way certainly result in undertaken the project alone. Photo Studio _ FINEST QuaLITY SERVICE B. HUBER Bex S22 Phone 4922 |. ,Gastiegak, BC. HoUES: 9 am. to 520 Bd OFEN TUES. to:SAT. Tipson Touring space enough for.). |/Legion L.A. Mame COM MISSION|\ccim i” i MEWS BRIEFS Committees “s : ‘| Committees’ for 1954 were The full five man board along |22med at the regular necting of with Village Clerk A. T. Horswill ihe Ladies Auxiliary to the Cana- were present for the regular |dian Legion, Branch 170, held in bimonthly meeting of the Castle- the Legion Memorial Hall, Jan. gar Board of Commissioners = Mrs. A. J. ‘Weir, presided z at her Monday evening. SNOW REMOVAL Public Works Commissi Bert Ch d his de- that last ‘minute; nearly item. I know because I not only pack it for each day on the road, but I pack and unpack it many times in travel talks before women’s had been ied with and snow clearing for the over-|ed and the date for the 11th. An- ity i niversary Tea and Sale wes set for April 24, Committees were named as 5 fol- clubs and travel The secret is simplicity and organization:-— ‘ (1) Make a list.of every item you need, from aspirin to zipper jacket, and -paste it inside your case cover. > (2) Check off each item as you lay it on the bed or dresser for packing. (3) Start packing with the. heavi position “when ‘the bag ‘is carried or is at rest. (4) Group as many related items as possible: all cosmetics m a cloth case, lingerie and hose to- gether, shoes in another, etc. . (5) Fold in arms and roll “Wanless,