CASTLE, NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B a THE ‘CASTER "HEWS) qanp a ry Thareda ° THE chemi NEWS LIMITED, re « % ‘ Castlegar, B.C, ° k L. V. CAMPBELL, Managér’'*'' oat (| V. Ay MISUTEA, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association ‘and B.C. Weekly. Advertising Bureau | -, : ‘ SUBSCRIPTION, RATE =" - ; $3.00. per year;;25c per month bs elas, “Authorléed as Second Classs Mail,’ Post ‘Office Departinens id tawa. aa % 1 t o he RIAL COSTLY BOISTEROUSNESS The boisterausness of youth can be a costly affair, it expen- { y 7 these days to write \autoblography: (y1'y anyone can do_ i Dy: hood I was born of parents, ‘They were both. determined: that: I should grow up... They still’ wish I would. It was' they -who: insis- ted that I must learn’ to’ eat. That was the: start of'a'check- ered career. You see I. thought it best to have my ‘career. check- ed right through: .so\I'"did ‘so: “Iwas. carefully ; instructed ‘in Christi: net ‘learning a bit of (Mohammedaniem m the side to. make* sure.': ‘Years rolled past. I ‘made no move to stop them.Then‘at the tender age of ten “years.-I° met her, — by the merest accident. I. was out hunting for a ‘horse which was on its last legs. He had lost: all the others “at the races, I looked’ for him till ded in: i ‘We are to the i ‘that has again been | noted )in .Castlegar, this time “in regard to the street name signs. recently. installed. Such. antics as: defact di found me far’’ from’ home. As ‘the darkness. became more I ly:-real- T * pould:: have | sdattalatened coholic stimulants but a for the horse. Let this be a:war- ning to people: who: look for -horses swithout alcoholic: stu ts," Finally; “she breathed | i Bl and opened her ey they ‘resembled each other, fact. those eyes: were so ‘eye-like in their experssions that: “they |- were almost - CASTLE: NEWS, CASTLEGAR; B.C. To. encourage ‘conversation I asked / if. she didn't: think’..we’d had_a_ backward summer. 'She jsaid we had. but hesied. an _ Tj BUSINESS DIRECTORY and multilating these signs are not excusable,’ not: even as ‘Hal- loween fun, which apparently they. weren't in’ this atest in- stance, Previously Suche things as "street Light bulbs _shattéred : by pebbles or BB gun ‘pelletts, traffic signs ‘defaced or uprobted and walls and’ of public ibed with vulgar lan- guages, have been noted: If such. things | ‘are not done by juveniles their perpetrators certainly possess juvenile minds, DG ‘People in general and young people in particular tend to for- get that street signs.and public buildings are public property. They beolng to us all. Destruction or defacing of them is just ‘as sen- seless as damaging some part of the home, and equally ‘as costly. Parents have a duty to. curb their youngster's destructive. ten- dencies; both in’ the ‘interests of civic pride and in the interests of saving their own money since in the final analysis they. “as tax- payers are paying for the damage.’ A MOTORIST’S PRAYER Oh Lord, give me sense, dec icy of i ‘and a deep understanding of the high fu of endangering a creature to save a split second. : Make me realize that an auto is a blessing oped my life : to new t not an“it to give me ‘the “edged” over 3 ‘conte P the thorities- and. entitle me to special privil eee ve the grief and’ anguish | of others,. And let me‘not./in’ the supplication forget my effrontery in - asking Thee for help in a plain duty calling only for the elemental decencies which-; should be second nature ito. any man or woman who professed faith in Thee. Help me to-cry “Boot” an and “Killer” vat myself upon every, im- pulse to take a chance, Give me the sense to that Thy ment “Thou Shalt Not ‘Kill’. is” never more. grossly ignored ; than “by the man who is ety of a cara act at ths. woes cof motor, Make me know that he who takes. a. life away jacks any excuse whatever and is more “despicable | than he sho aleys. in anger. or madness.. Fix, uppermost in my misid Whenever Iam ina motor. cat as. ¢ 3 in . “Suffer ‘little Thy children to: come unto me.” Fill me with shame whenever I° cause a child : Sourry to safety, frighten. an adult, fight with a fellow motorist. to gain: a split” second, leer, at the Berson ‘who sares to > dispute whe right- of-way with me..- est BS eats ‘Let me rate cé ‘and. ot ; ahead of ized I “was lost. Finally I: fell down ‘an. abandoned * bear : trap hole .from’ which the trap had been: removed and I. resolved to spend the night there.» I cannot say how long I spent in .that-hole for I had no match- es to see my. watch by., I .also had'-no ‘watch. It must. have been most of the night, however as I didn’t wake’ up till ine sun was shining again. All‘at once, someone fell, down the hole. I knew at once it was a girl: because she didn’t swear when she landed. Of ‘course that might. have been due to the fact she’ -was unconscious, ive I..did‘ not - know -what'to. do. I was perfectly beside myself. So was ‘she. .I knew that Dick Tracy chafed the, hands of .un- girls but I hesi to chafe the hands. of -a girl, to i ward winter, |: There was a pause-perhaps an hour or. more. . Still- it: seemed longer.. Then I. asked her how she, got there. 1 She-looked:askance at me, No- body had ever done that to me before. So I turned on ‘my’ heel, whose “heel could I- turn’ on? ‘When I want to‘ walk backwards If I didn’t turn on my. own heel. When next I turned’ around she was gone. I. shall never forget her.’ Her look, rankles -in.:my memory. Before that my. memory had been alright. Nothing: much had ever rankled in -it: before. Let the careless. reader “whose memory has never. rankled = in hot’ weather,’ stop. right: ‘here.’ This autobiography is. not .:for I might ‘as well ‘stop here too ‘cause nothing else of sroperanes has happened since. at By, Miss It‘is a wise thing for one to pause in) life's -hurried. moments and: ask the question .“What:am I living for, ;Time or Eternity?” People.are constantly saying “If I only: had: more time .— wish time flies. “If. we had-more time, how. would) we. spend _ it, for Time, or..Eternity?” < We find time for, pleasure and’ leisure. ‘This .is to. our the. days were longer : —How filling my: SPENDING TIME F: Clemo'* shail I spend eternity? “Behold. now - isthe Accepted Time. Behold now is’ the:day. of Salvation.”..2: Corinthians, 6:2. Take -time .out today .and. pon- der. in your. own heart. “Am 1 r day with: ‘things that, will pass away or am,I_ preparing. PAINT SHOP i Painting. & Decorating : : -PHONE ‘2852 : W.. 0. 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