2 Ps aed ssn THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1956 “Published ‘Every Thursday By [HE (CASTLE NEWS LIMITED . astiegar — B.C. - re L. Vv. CAMPBELL, Poblisher “RG. cee Editor |. : and inti 31 Ci Weekly B.C. Weekly ‘Advertising San SUBSCRIPTION RATE :— $3.00 per year; 25c per. month by carrier. Authorized as Second: Class Mail, Post Oftice Departinent, Ottawa. Geites Bernard. Show, that master © of » facile ‘and*" cynical | generalization,’ marriage will always be popular since it provides the minimum of restraint with. a. maximufi’ ‘of opportunity. Doubtless‘he had a@ point, but I think there’ is at ‘ EDITORIALS THE KITCHEN — KILLER IN OUR MIDST Everyone knows and worries about the, fearful possibilities of having an automobile accident. Few people realize, however, that there isa close rival to the highway in the Big Killers League.» That is “our family home;’ and the most dongerous. spot in the home is the kitchen. . you No fewer than 28,000 people died in hori -ac-" cidents last-year in the United States — twice as many as died from ‘accidents while. at: work. The: accounts for® perhaps three- fourths of these deaths. And over half the victims of kitchen accidents are children —-:children under’ eight years. : A compilation of home: accident causes. in the Pacific -Northwést shows that half of these accidents are caused by. falls, mostly by elderly people on level surfaces, such as a well-waxed floor cluttered with lovely little. rugs. More than one fifth of home acci- dents “is: caused by burnin: hile liquid poisons’ «and poisonous .gas account for. ten percent. Over; four- fifths of all poison-accidents occur in the horne. with aspirin and kerosene. hig! the list of child. killers. There were 2,867-deaths:in motor: vehiclé aéci- dents in Canada tast-year, 5,513 people — almost. greater: safety. to the: home. ‘ptortuialy this. is not ~ le most of. the modem equipment .complicated, 5 more difficult: to? mairitaiet and ir, “and :more dangerous: when‘ out, of ,order than thé old standbys. It has: beéri’said: hat’ any ‘fact ty would requite months or years of supervised study and, apprentice-_ ship before it let an employee handle the many tricky and dangerous . equipiment, ‘utensils, } and- chemicals . which a housewife; handles, often totally unprepared, day after day,’ fourteen: hours a ‘day. : Truly, there “is 4° blind spot. in our safety-con: sciousriess. : : THE FORGOTTEN CRISIS . -With. so “many crises pressing ‘on the: ‘attention of c our statesmen, one of the oldest and deepest of them -.all -has been practically forgotten. That ; ‘is the crisis” S of divided Germany. ~ The crisis of.‘ divided Germany is so dangerous | . because, unlike other recent trouble: we shall not be | “ ‘able to solve it. With. police actions; “foreign- aid, or summit conferences once it comes to a boil. Germany’ Ss first. crisis, that. of. the twenties; ‘got out. of hand in 3,!-and. it wasn't. solved even by. the; mass destruc: The question: hen, as’ now,.was; one “of asking i and. expecting ‘too. much. For after World War | Ger- °° many, too, was: divided. Then, as_now, large ‘parts of Germany were” “handed: to: eastern neighbors. Parts of Germany were occupied, and the “whole nation was un- der a cloud ‘of deliberate: foral?condemnation. The question as ‘to whether, such measures were . “Sust’’ does not’ concern us here, since’ world ‘history does not distinguish between just ‘ond unjust. . It does . distinguish - between. wise and unwise}. -and the raea- - “sures taken against Germany after. Warld ‘War 1 were unwise. They. were.a poor investment for future pedce | Jeast another reason, aes One has simply to once, said that to ‘give ‘some st part A «Weekly Messi: » TIMELESS: TOPICS 2. The great dangér to our of: himself. to someone ise,’ a factor which philosophers assure us: is an: essential: ingredient: of | in, happiness, but the fact that some- one else is giving him. a censid- erable degree of attention” goes far toward ‘assuring him. of his own dignity. as an’ individual. the atmosphere of.a city with. a small community, To the city ‘| awellers the great bulk Of per- reality. They are either, an ane, noying obstruction in his way, ©: a_ moving. which only he has .an.. actual existence. tendency - to become lonely, a city can be lonelier than a de- sert island,. since’ there’ at, Jeast "he can talk to. himself,In @ liv- ing sea of i he’ must |sons around him have no actual} {background eatin If one has’ | any Even in Russia, -where the mass the eis have mneaning somewhere laws tic way of .life is the Gimmie’ Spirit. So many taglay want to get something for noth- ing. They. get a lot out of-life and don’t want to give anything in return, It has been said that “service is the rent we pay for our »space on earth.” It was the spirit of ‘bread. and. circuses” that brought about the fall of the mighty Roman ‘Empire. Our Arena shell stands as to the service of the ly, sinee have swung. from almost com- plete freedom to rigid strictness. Periodically,- of course, wher one, meets a friend in the appar- ent ‘emptiness of the mass, the meeting has an increased plea- sure. The pleasure. of meeting a familiar .face where none. was expected, on the. one hand, and the ‘knowledge that since the meeting is. a fleeting contact, a o¥serve the usual racial customs ‘without actually having (a. part of them. Hence he soon, ?hegins to question his om existence. A sad state indeed... > ‘A villager’on ‘the other" “hand. is constantly being reminded that he is a person, a real..person, since a walk along’ the block will bring half a dozen greétings, and at least ‘one or two passings of the day. In his village he is unique in ‘his own sight, ar whereas he has had no existence in the city, where his" joys and sorrows had only to to get as much from it.as. possible. | “I had two such pleasures a little while- ago when I walked into a cafe at noon one..day. to sit beside’ the Eames family, who had’ just arrived in Victoria, and a couple days later, when in the midst of a.wild scramble, again at noon, “I: bumped into Mary Heagy — or she used to be Mary Heagy. I'm sorry, Mary, but I still haven't Zot your. new. mame straight. There is only one drawback to these meetings. I find myself himself, in his village he has dozens of friends and acquain- tances who probably know of .1| good news and bad news almost. as soon as he does, and -what is important, are willing to share them - with him. din a mental computation of ithe statistizal possibilities of meeting my friend in: a.city: of ome hundred: thous- and at such a place and time. AS bit distracting — to the friend at least. The statistical bilities |: few and the lack of this spirit among the many. When 200 ‘high school boys over, sixteen , were asked to give.a few. hours’ \abor, ionly six turned ‘up; and the rink will be used largely: by.‘them! We see this lack of. spirit of service ir many. other ‘direc- tions. It is so difficult to. get, leaders for youth. work . that Robson had to suspend its Cub and Scout work, ,: Even those organizations which should specialize im service, .the service clubs, the’. Legion, the churches find: that:-most - of. the work.and giving’ is. done by.’a small minority of their members. The others “Iet- George do: it.” The local welfare: organization QKRC) is supported’ by a min- ority of the citizens; the majori- ty are spared: tag days and INSURE TO BE SURE > For, AU: Your INSURANCE NEEDS Phone 3441 (ANDERSON. iWe, pshould, go. AGENCIES © the few. Why is people are working less hours and have two days off per week and when there is. more money around than ever ‘before?’ Why this Jack of the ‘spirit of service? In wartime service was the great, factor that helped to victory. That ‘service’ was ‘called. out by a great ‘incentive... Wel need that incentive today. ©; The greedy, selfis! ib, grasping spirit of today is the sopposite’ of the Christiar ‘spirit “of” sefvice. Can it be that we have'so largely given’ “up ‘the < teaching and practice’of’ the réal Christian:re- ligion: that we. have lost. one: iof ;The “Breat’ Teache “tal, as much as ye have done it unto Me," ‘Think ‘that unto one of the ‘east of these’ ye have' ‘done’ it unto > Me’, Thinks ‘that, ‘out. Regular.worship’ in-our church: is }.the.; highest . form, of sexvice—w9,call;it divine service rch services. to offer. oucselves'” to God, sand in the service “of -our fellow men, ard while‘ there we should find help and inspiration ‘for a full life of service, reat “RICK’S’ “my. Sales & Supplles Phone 2946: Everything © 2 ) Supplies. E leetwood:: : When we take this trating process down to the ulti- mate concentrations of marriage ‘we have, -theoretically and ideally the. almost, exclusive “mutual concern of one other. human be- ing. Be it noted here that though there have been on. past occa- sion:serious debates: as ‘to wheth- er. women ‘were possessed of sotils, no. one ‘seems: to“have de-' nied their‘ humanity... Not only: does -the: state irge- of not seem to be. equally large. I tried on bes both. Saturday and Sunday to meet three. former pupils, Misses Frances. Mather, Jean Lightle, and Olga Samsonoff at the ‘dock, without luck, though I did meet} -*’ at least a. hundred — thousand Victorians all waiting to meet not Jess than two hundred thou- sand. Americans, Vancouverites }and other foreignérs. What hap- ; orrawa: A. Soviet ‘diplo- mat was ordered ‘out “of Canada and a Canadian civilian air “force ‘| worker was fired following’ dis- | closure of new: Soviet maneuvers ‘| to - glean. “Canadian itary secrets. Second secretary at the ‘Soviet... embassy, Gennadi . F. Popov, had tried to elicit classi- fied information from J. S. Stap- les, a_ civil ‘service employee at the Rockeliffe air station. “ *PANAMA.:! ‘Nicaraguan‘ Pre- sident’ Anastasio’ Somoza took an une ted turn for the .worse Monday, Somoza( who is in. ‘the care of U.S. doctors at Panama, was struck by several bullets ‘in ‘ar assassination attempt in Nicar- agua jJast week. The was killed om the spot by presi- dential guards. LONDON. ‘Britain and: France _| moved: to’ seek United Nations ‘support: for. international control of. the Suez. Canal. They.,asked that. .the..UN Security C cil, situation created . by Egyptian President Nasser’s ipationalizaton ‘| of: the waterway on July:26.°A day later Egypt. also requested Security, Council action ageinst “french, and British threats ° guns , shelled freighter. Monika near * Harbor. Saturday: ‘Chief :| Hans ":Mayer.° of - Hamburg the fais © was Beading, for, the and prosperity. Hitler did not gain. power. by. Pp future ‘g ; only, by pro right old wrongs. World War Il has been ‘more destructive than World War- 1,,and with a sort of mechani ical ‘logic, the = “Their present. government, led - ‘and’ dominat ‘i peste Adenauer, acts ‘as if. it -accépted these sacri- ices. ‘ ment: store. dropped: thd think it you Mr, Webster, would ‘be so good as “to. read. the .icolumn again ‘carefully,: you: would > un- |, derstand that I was simply peev- ed. because I resented having to pay fifty cents. twice,’ Cw you not too?, I: was Pr isble Xa]. stay’ more than a few minutes on: Friday night, having other obligations, I would like to) add, Mr. web- ster that I too was Jet down in regards to ‘your’ statement about my'leck of interest ‘in’ ‘these Mike: Pankoff, Passmore Lumbe works on’ farm. with his grandchildren 1Co. superintendent, spare time. things’, I) take ‘it,’ by ofthese 5 thixfgs you. mean’ efforts. Therefore, ‘ perhaps it would help us to understand each other a little better, were I ‘to point out that although Ido ‘not contribute prodtice::to°:the Fall Fair it is not because I lack, ins terest. It .is simply .because I Jack: \time.; First of all I’ ama housewife, ‘just Itke all the other ladies’ in the ‘district, second J hold down a full.-time” job; helping ‘to’ serve the! people of our: ‘community.:I might add that by, ‘doing ‘so I am-helping-to, add the family exchequer. We ve two song. going-to’ universi- ty. Thirdly: I belong to a Service Club, buy tickets to’ functions Iinever have the time to attend, am a: member. of the. Kinnaird ,| Tattle Theatre AND do: 99% | of this ‘project, and. .any: success in from this area.‘ The: Club took on}: * T Jack ‘Yours Siar “Wishes to chp that his Office will remain Open a as usual -Gladys Collinson. é to ‘the ‘irectors’ and Members’.of the Castlegar Co-operative Trans- ‘ portation Society, who so ably assisted: in - these| The open hearth method wis steel pro duction. ; children “back: and. forth to: Trail * "This Spring, the Trail Branch asked the: AOTS: Club to. condurt ay registry .of d. rhil- , Have you read The ds? _: | dren and adults in the Castlegar area; and .assist..in. the. forma- tion. of.a Branrh’ of the. Soriety. Again, the Club .was glad .to _| assist. “The . Registry, , has been dompleted, and the next step is ‘the: forming ofa “Branch ‘of the ‘Kootenay. Society for Handicap- ped Children, -and ‘shortly: after the., forming ¢ of. the Branch {2 school, should’ .be established, . All organizations in this area, PHONE 2901 : are. asked to. send. 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