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THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED’
Castlegar, B.o.t 3

L. Vv. CAMPBELL, Manager
V. A, MISUTEA, Editor **'

EDITORIAL :

WEEK OF WEEKS
«This week, Oct. 3 to 9, -is really four’ important’ weeks in
one. This is Fire Prevention Week, National Pharmacy . ‘Week,

National Letter Writing ‘Week ‘and. National’ ‘Newspaper Week.
‘In the rush of daily. activities we are: inclined to take .a lot
their ‘i

: of things for

*in our. daily

~ lives. ‘Thus ‘once’ ‘a year, a week is set aside. to remind us of
some.of them. ies
This week .we are first of all's i of of
fire- prevention. Fire takes a shocking ‘oll of eee and. lives
;every year. Bitterly ironic. is: the ‘fact that most ‘fires could have
been prevented.. Fire feeds greedily on vareless deeds, Care Bnd
_ caution can stop fire before it. starts,

‘Every citizen, in his own -best interests, must put. himself and :

: his family: on guard, against every: fire “hazard —-not only. during
this week: but every-day and ‘night of every week of every month.
Check that wiring: system. 'Clean :that jpocumulation, @ of was -mat-

rial in the. basement. ‘Keep ts, and the: (e3..in,
efite-safe placé:"Watch’ that Thatch’ nd -eigaré pean fee butt, D Don’t smoke
- in bed —-ever,:° {PRSLTS Se

we are ind of the i -place our, drug-|}

gist, holds. in our. lives.. A: druggist: or pharmacist is,more..than a

merchant; he“is a: partner with you. and your: physician. in. main-

ihe
taining your health. His’ years’ of training qualify him as.a man you ‘

can have faith. in to Sl your’ prescription the .way. your doctor
ordered,

As for National ‘Letter Writing Week:: being abéerved in Canada :
for the second time. this year, . each of us can: remember’ the glee

with ‘which we’ pounce on ‘a letter. be’ it: from home: or distant
friend, Others like to'receive letters equally as much:as we do. Do

we want more letters?’ The only ‘and obvious solution :is‘ to .write |":

more letters, Time.should be no problem because a brief’ message,
which can be written ‘as, quickly .as a-note-is written ‘and pinned

up in the kitchen, is much preferable to @ long; newsy. epistle :that |-j

must wait weeks to be composed. Nor is lack: of ‘subject matter ‘any

obstacle’ since writing a letter just as easy.-as talking. People|"

make © your ‘ life.” Let. thei ‘make your. life, more - interesting by
inviting them to write: you. often — ‘that i is, by_ writing _ first. | f
Last of all; ‘is Newspaper Week. reminding : everyone ‘of
the i role’ that play/in- a free society. As
your doctor guards’ your health; your, newspaper guards the way of

life you know and love.’ Democratic government simply cannot exist] *

the fullest of wih public
security and individual rights: Our society ‘can no more do without
2 free press shen a ae ‘can live without lungs for freely organized
: af furnish the very oxygen of
‘epinion by pe hie the v vitals of x live and
Newspapers: are the eyes, the ears and the voice of.a free and
uncénsored : people. Free ‘press,’ however, does not belong, to the
newspapermen. It belongs to everyone and is a freedom to be pro-
pv tected and cherisied: i i

: a .
A POTENT WEAPON
Good news for PTA’s, ; youth’ groups and Sen individually
is the announcement that'24 of the 27 major comic book :publish-
ers are setting up_a ‘self-policing organization. |
It's not a new ‘idea of course. The ‘baseball world has had its
own ‘self-policing authority for years. So -have-the movies an ar-
_ i biter of their, ethics "whose job. it-is to see that ‘good taste and
‘ morals are not’ vi | by. their « "3, mati st
. The new: Comics: ‘Association of A ica‘ has named
5 "Charles F.-Murphy as its code seminiveralae, a. young, New York

“ ‘goodly ’ ‘number of people in
these parts are suffering, from
colds ‘at this time, from’: all 're-
ports.

I sympathize ; with’ them.” ‘Tes
true a cold isn't’ anything : ser-
ious, being an infection’ involving
mucous membranes ‘ofthe nose
throat ‘or larnyx, usually caused
by bacteria or virus. and ‘last-}.
ing trom three to ten days.‘

Yet neither is a cold: anything
to sneeze at, Indeed it\.can be

Is the ‘ damnedés!
caught!

Give ear, you scientific fossil!

Here is the. genuine:Cold. Colos-
sal;

The Cola . of, which’ researchers,
dreai

The Perfect: Cold, the Cold Sup-
reme. ‘ ‘

"This honored: sytem humbly

+ holds -

‘The Super-cold to “end | all ‘colds;

The Cold C: di for Dernoc-

among the most: misery g
of, maladies capable of beset-
ting mortal frame.

A lot. of things have “been |’
written and said about colds:'Of
the printable: cold comments, /I
like a bit, of verse composed |»
by. one Ogden: Nash on ‘the.‘oc-
casion of. being told “ that’?
cold he was laboring ore was
nothing serious, .

It goes: :

“Go hang yourself, you old M.D.!
You shall no longer sneer at’ me.

Sgope,
Go. wash: your mouth with

laundry bares
I

joy:
In never paying you for your
visit.
I did not ‘call you | to, be, told ©

brow ond

My malady,’ is ie common cold. |.

wet y
‘The Fuhrer of the cantor
cracy.

Bell swarm: within my po

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a oe cease cr cate ries f

i fedesras tactic se! :

Bac large. mice,
With feet of, fire and. “heads of
ice

Pick up your hat and stetho-. Who never interrupt for’ slum-

ber,
Their stamping ‘elephantine

And
led by = Booth;‘..
Don Juan was 2 ‘budding gallant,
And Shakespeare's ‘ plays show
4. Signs of talents

ter iis: rather cool:

incotn’ wes s Jest: e

ish,
Oh what a derision histars holds
For the man. who belittted the
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NEWS ‘BRIEFS|

The: full. board - wes-‘ present
Village ‘C

was 2‘recent ‘letter to|C:

There
: Lin‘ the Castle ‘News| Monday evening .in the | Village
Higned tealton “Aan ‘Exhibitor,’ *: | Otfice..-Among’ the items ‘receiv- |:
‘The gist of ‘the! letterwas in|ing their attention in the slightly
the ‘nature ‘of ,a complaint” be- | more, :than three hour. meeting F

¢ause,.the lady said, “I, won. first |:

prize for an entry’ in’ the: home- NUISANCE. BYLAW. — Health

cooking section? and it, -had
even jbeen ‘cut. into or tasted

Now this: 2megli-

jligence on the part of the judges

has ‘me. completely’ dumfound:

Whe one and only. sensible

clusion I” can ‘arrive’ at 18 ‘that

thie . judges’ if,:men, “must have
a

hear’ from” other ‘*!communities'|'!
y| who are drafting similar at wit 4

to sample another woman's coo!
ing, especially prize-winning
‘and not! get’ that’ dieamy, ‘out-of-
nines expression’ on his face.
if this expressi

-|The disciples. waited” in‘. Jeru-

“Pray for us,” Hebrews 13:18.
Read John 17:9-11.

The cry of all Christians - is
“Pray for us.” Over and over: a-
gain it’ bas arisen from: Christ-
fans in dire peril and extreme
trial, Prayer.was one of the dom-
inant ' notes of the: early- Church.

er, they. constantly. sought < divine
guidance, =. > iS

: “Pray © for: us”.

those ‘who: are in: concentration

to: ‘pray™ for* those “who * in‘the
struggle for human freedom have

, (City magistrate who has been: ana ctiv ju-
* -yenile ‘delinquency.

<= Self-policing, particularly Dy the’ movies, may ‘not’ be: perfect.

But ‘it’s much better’ than’letting ‘the abuses ‘continue and: muck

better than Senconship! be, be! it “by ‘government’ or ‘pressure:“group, | kn<

.- Parents’ will ‘certainly wish “Mir. furphy and the new. rganization
every success. i
‘As for’ what brought it

‘on land and on sea.-How
they ‘need our prayers! If ‘we

fall pub
al at otal foe i le ly of oe a

“PRAY FOR US,”

Bue Ve fat. ROMANS: AB
DAWH CHRISTIAN

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