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BEAUTY ' OR SURVIVAL
CONTESTS

There is a division ot opinion
in the E.G.O.. household.: It con-
cerns a girl who has just. won a
beauty contest: and) who. hopes
to win more and - Tore, until

ible for: the p
of “Crops, ‘they sought to” ee

sure, and:example’ (am unknown
thing today). Strangely enough
though’ modern man has: put
aside these primitive notions, he
has retained many of the cere-

she
The division of alee ves

_ EDITORIALS.

‘WHY IS THE KOOTENAY OVERLOOKED?

Lack of ‘picnic “and camp. sites in the West Koo-

tenay has been mentioned several times in this column
but just how badly off we are:.in this respect was:
glaringly ‘brought to our. attention last: week end
when. the magazine sedtion ‘of ; one of Vancouver's
daily Papers printed a two-page * mop with the Pro-
vince’s camp sites shown in color.
‘ It was interesting 'to note :that no less than 60
camp sites. dot B.C. from Vancouver Island to’ the
Alberta boundary and from the 49th parallel north
to Hazelton and Dawson Creek, But — there is a
large blank space on the map -— It reaches.all ‘the
way: fram Boundary: Falls: Picnic-site at’ Greenwood
to Lockhart Beach Camp on ‘Kootenay Lake. In -this
area which comprises the whole of the West Kootenay
‘and extends from the ‘US. Border all the way north
“past Revelstoke, Lockhart Beach ‘alone has been set”
aside as a. campsite.

The highway from Vancouver to Williams Lake
literally dotted with campsites. The Okanagan,.
th south and north, has,as.many more, but just
y the West Kootenay with its ‘abundance of ‘wild

“tolife and scenic beauty has been overlooked is hard.

Maybe we don’t fully appreciate what we have to
offer in the way of tourist attractions and maybe we
don’t stand up on our feet and demand our fair sharé
in this allotment’ of government camps and picnic
sites. If such is the: case we should change our atti-
tude now — a letter to the member for Rossland
-Trail would be a good way to start. .

: (The Rossland Miner)

BUY FROM B.C. FARMERS" ore

‘The provincial government is now conducting a
campaign to get Peels to buy more, B.C.- farm pro-
ducts. —

While we are not ‘always in sogieement with the
Social Credit governmént,. this campaign to help B.C.
farmers has our. fullest ‘support.

The tendency to buy. food items brought here
from other provinces or, especially, the United States, .
has been growing mainly because many of these
“foods- are canned. and ready-to-use, and sometimes
cheaper. We must -not: forget, however; that canned
foods are. not nearly so healthful as fresh ones; and

- that the little extra work that may perhaps go to-—
and’

ward the preparction of fresh fruits,. meats,
vegetables, will pay off a hundredfold. in. better nu-
trition. a

At the same , time, we can state with all cer-
tainty that the foodstuffs produced in B.C..are second
to none in. quality. Our milk, our apples, our beef,
our honey, our tomatoes are as good, if not better,
as those produced anywhere,

And besides: these i diate, p |. reasons,
there is also the more important, long-range :truth
that anything we can do.to help’ farm prosperity in
B.C. will ultimately be to our own good, since the
money we ‘spend will be returned. tous with increases
.in same way or: other. «no matter. what our cecupa:
tidns: are. : :

in the fact that’ not only do I
think the young lady is.or should
be out of this world (a long way
out), but that I also entertain a
very poor opinion’ of peauty
contests at any. times; Mrs. E:
thinks otherwise. : : [Pe
In ‘the first iced the as-
sumption that the females tak-
ing part in these contests: are
the: most. beautiful in: the ‘par-
ticular town, country,’ or’ con-
tinent, is about as. valid as Dr.
4d Kinsey’s generalizations on the
shenanigans of ‘the world’s male
and female : people, Like Dr.
Kinsey's’ subjects, they: repre-
sent. a/-selection. of | individuals
who: “are ambitious * enough,
tough enough,” inflicted with
sufficient exhibitionism ,;to for

Vand up. to’ the _ballyhoo’ and

beating of ‘such. displays, - Under
these circumstances" ‘physical
beauty. takes a poor, third.
.| THE: ANCIENTS WERE 2
HONEST |: Ba
Ih the “second. place I like
“| things ‘to: be: what they: appear
to be, and in the ‘case ‘of these

Is ‘which accompanied
them, albeit” “in a modern form.
‘Instead of. honoring the god
Bacchus with dancing in the
sacred .groves and ‘the drinking
of much new wine, modern man
just goesion an office picnic and
gets drunk as a skunk. Instead
of . ceremonial | slaughtering of
sacrificial victims, so that. their
blood: might fertilize the fields,
modern” man- just slaughters
them “unceremoniously on . the
highways,’ It must work ‘ever
without * ceremony, for see ‘how
the roads ‘increase.

The ‘phallic worship’ and
crowning: of the queen of spring
is preserved today in the more
innocent. May’ pole and May
queen ceremonies. °”

Occasionally, since the people
of those days. believed‘ that the’
gods needed lessons, 'so that ‘the!
rites sometimes. became lascivi-
ous ‘and’ ‘abandoned, ° However,,
they occurred only in the spring

-only fora short time, -and- for

a good purpose, '
THE GODS GIVE UP.
Nowadays, in ‘the guise of
crowings . _of queens ‘of . every
ity and event

beauty,
“| deceiving. In: tact they. et
‘leloser to being perversions of
ancient fertility rites; than an
‘|honest search for beauty. al
.In ancient. times the people
lieved that certain
usually held ‘ir the .spring and
early summer -were necessary
if they were to enjoy a good
harvest. Laboring as- they did
under the quite erroneous belief

of beauty contests ‘and the
careful ‘draping of draped ‘and

young women over
everything from fast foods |.G

ence divinities by flattery, pres-|/

oc;
ote

aN THe SAM® PLACE

NOU HAD.
KRUPTHO TWICE.

by George Cassen

.| The big gamble ig. drawing
nearer, and . as “I< contemplate
my chance

is always ‘Tue % says one of
their“ proverbs.’

The Russians “are *’ terrific
gamblers —’ Monte’ Carlo ‘would
not’ even exist today‘ If it had
not been, built. up by, Russlen
princes | ‘and: their’ wai yf

comment, But here,’ as). every-
where . else, “ ‘the’: Communist:
government | ‘has crossed up hu-
man nature, by ° ‘making. -it un-

of: ‘making off with $1000. cash,
it occurs to me what a’ wonder-
ful: and interesting thing gambl-
ing really is. ¥

The main feature , of - any
kind of gamble, especially. for
money, is its rigorous impartiali-
ty.. Anyone, even ‘an idiot, has
an, equal chance of. winning. Be-
cause of this reason, gambling
is held by many People and or-
ganizations to : immoral.

spark: plugs, there is d

C ng, it is does
not. bring

fertility “rite ‘ symbolism. And
moreover it is not directed to
the ©. worthy cause’ ;of fuller
gtanaries but to fatter. pocket
books. Little’ wonder that the
ancient gods are heard of no

that the gods (and not the De-

more. They” ‘could'nt “stand: the
pace. : s

‘| partment of Agriculture) was

From - we

LONDON, ENG. Britain and
France “‘asked’-the: U.S. -to back
a plan for an international con-
trol board to that ‘the

30,000° households by. the, bureau
of statistics. .

. JERUSALEM. Jordanian and
Israeli . forces « exchanged heavy
gunfire im the Judean‘ hills.west
of ‘Jerusalera,. and other - -shoot-
|ing incidents erupted on Syrian
‘and Egyptian. frontiers. Two
Canadian Army officers sent to

Suez’ Canal remains an interna-
tional ‘waterway, open: to.: all
countries“in war and ‘peace. The
poard would include. ‘Egypt-and
Russia, The Canal ‘was ‘seized
by Egypt in a surprise move last
week. Built--by - French engin-
eers, the Suez Canal with all
its facilities: was owned for the
most part by the French and
British ‘governments. As a‘re-
taliatory action: against Egypt's
-|seizure - Britain froze all of
Egyptian funds in London banks,
about. 300 : million..dollars. =: :
NEW YORK. The. Italian

the ' -Swedish “passenger boat
Stockholm collided near here in
dense fog, with the Andrea
Doria so badly damaged that’she
sank in a few hours. The Swe-
dish ship made it to New York
under her own power. About 40
persons. died in the disaster,

whose ‘passengers and
erew were taken off by . the
‘|Stockholm:: and other ships
speeding to the area. A number
of d
that the: crew of the Andrea
Doria thought only of its own
-| safety, and’ that no instructions
and guidance came from the
bridge.-.-

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& Years 7g0

oS ee

— THIS WEEK —

at

view impr
H. ‘Bate appointed: Principal Airport,
ird,

Kinnaird ‘Commissioners plan|

of -water: Rev.

Castlegar Commissioners
meet with ‘Nelson ‘Council to

sider reduction’,of its forces ,in-
Europe - of Britain and

United. States take such action.
But jit is-stressed that no unilat-

“ENG.

strike ‘Wednesday as an indirect
result of a,‘strike by 21,000

luxury liner Andrea Doria and’

..|mearly all from. the —Italiam)"
. | liner,

OTTAWA. Canada will con-|-

eral action will be: taken by
Canada and.that-none should be
ents to field at by any meni of NATO.<

thousand oa workers: were on|-

WE as UN truce observers
were in serious condition with
wounds caused by a land. mine
explosion.

From’ 1926 to “1954 infant
mortality in: Canada was re-
duced from a fate: of 94 deaths
per 1,000 live births to 32. Ap-
proximately 27,000 children lived
to their first birthday in’ 1954
who would have died at the rate
prevailing in 1926."

with effort or: intelligence.
see

-For. this reason, gambling is
in the ‘fullest swing in those

countries where any kind of ef-|«

fort is. shunned as much as pos-
sible. * “The. phenomenal. rise of
gambling in Britain in all shap-
€s.and‘ forms, , with :even., the
government getting’ rinto - the
game, reflects, the growing | un-
willingness of the Briton to Keep
his nose .to the: grindstone. In
Latin America:‘Iot

be the national oabupatior . In
most countries, there are dozens,
of huge, and perfectly. legal 16!

tevies, with drawings being held
week after week. The ‘grande”,
the big. winning | ticket of the
New Year..lottery: in:: Buenos
Aires, pays “out. about a quarter
million . dollars. ‘to: the’ -winner.
There are’. of , course, thousands
of smailer sums. -

In. Germany,

trary, gambling has never -been
much in ‘favor, for ¢the frugal
and. hard-working Teutons could
never. be really convinced that
you. car. get something | for
nothing. “Only the capable’ man

"A Jump of gold''as

on the con-|-

le to: gamble :for* money.
Money, in: Soviet vussta, ‘means
vory- lttle: ~ The big things ‘in
life’ —~‘homes,: cars, “vacations,—
go with the job, and” can't’ be
bought.
as big. as a
cabbage. : would -. be* less . useful
to a man‘ in Russia than a cab--
bage, unless “he . wanted some

teeth ‘capped with -it. The, Seom- "

pulsory -Joans-,to- the; govern-
ment, for which. every employed
person has to shell out a certain
cut from wages, supposedly Hick
back. ; prizes: like; a, lottery,

I've never Heard ‘of a case ress:
anyone won poything. y

, All this isiuess about lot-
teries . and?-bingo:-games | brings

to. my. mind my: favorite story i

of absdlute:honesty: A man ,in
Madrid, : going. away,.0n.-a Jong
trip, asked a friend ‘to -buy him
a). ticket-on >the: big Christraas
lottery.

fof: NERS
man. had. dep
bought a ticket for himself *
the: same

The “traveler, fer away. Pat
the ‘time of the drawing, - -got a
wire the next day, telling him
jihat his ticket had won the big
‘prize

of: “the. tickets: -was anine?”, che
asked back.’

poth ‘tickets into separate en-
velopes and ‘wrote our names
or. them.”

This honesty so moved the
winner, that he split. the prize
with his friend .

n
e

peat tel
wAuantie sea fisheries vin) 1955;
cod’ rankedsecond ‘with a land-
ed:-value of $13,809,000. :

INSURE

enough, ., surely one: "Soul pick
‘| up enough ‘of the story to’ .en-

joy the: picture quite well.’ Be-
‘sides, the hero: was terrifically
good ‘looking. Unfortunately,” his
good looks did: nothing to’shap|.
me unravel’ the plot.” The long-|'
er I looked the more: scomplicat:

TO BE SURE holiday, was. the

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_of August and SA VE

not. being able to
ante of the story,

Naturally” this advice fell
FOR THE

_ MONTH

a sacred ambition. Ivhave, for] surprised when they received

sit| the new script I had

J Ss ‘ed it berame, by the end of,.the |’
One ‘of’ ine ids I he second ‘show the only thing]:
I: enjoyed the’ most during my | that I was gure of, was that. the |<
of

Ingrid ‘Bergman

THEATRE

Shows at 7 ant 9 p.m.:

Aug. (13 -14}).

Nt. (Technicolor) *
Shows at 7 anid 9 p.m.

Wed. - Thurs, Aug. 22 - 23

"August: Program Wed. - Thurs, Aug. 15 - 16
John Agar aia Corday

Dana And Piper Laurie,
“SMOKE SIGNALS” j
(Yechnicolor) .
: Shows at 4 and ‘9 p.m.

Adult’, t
Shows at 7: antt-9 p.m.
Fri, - Sat. ‘Aug. 17. -.18

Shows at'7 and 9 p.m. -

out onthe highway and‘ watch) up for them.
a “Drive-In Theatre” for free.
. ‘athe ‘boss however, has dis-| holiday,
IN cduraged : this,. in no, uncertain| Lift. When the boss, first” sug-
||terms, in fact he has ‘refused to] gested it’ I thought it was a

Another highlight of my
was. the Banff Chair

‘or| wonderful idea. The be-

Geo. Gobel . Mitzi Gaynor
David | Niven

Mon, - Tues. Aug. 6-7
"7 “THE BIRDS & THE BEES”

Carol Ohmart Tom ‘Tryon
Nat “King” Cole.

Fri,, - Sat,
Tony Curtis

(Technicolor)
Shows at 7 and 9' p.m.

cr >
Shows at 7 and 9 p.m.
Mon, ~ ‘Tues, Aug. 20 - 21

“THE SCARLET. HOUR”
Shows at 7‘and 9.

=| form, he pointed out to me that fore, we had noticed the/ lights
it not only looks cheap from|high on the Norquay’ mountain,
an. outside point of view, . but the sight facinated me and be-
that it was also stupid because,|sides, who knows, it just might
hear one|be the only chance Yd ever),
would ‘not be able to get the/have of getting that close to

heaven. As we drove up to the
on| site I tried to:keep my stomach

deaf ears, and to prove it.I had from doing sommersaults, and
to find a way to outsmart him.| my husband from finding out
chance: came.last. week when that I was scared silly.
I ‘craftily | chose .a Motel smack
across the rgad from one of the one on ‘the lift seemed “happy
best: Drive-Ins ‘in Calgary. I'm enough, and I came to the con-
quite ‘sure ‘this bit of conniving clusion that the green hue of
escaped his -notice entirely, ‘all

On closer inspection, every-

their complexions must. be only
as reflection fromthe ‘grass'on the
ide, I. knew once I

[| he!was conscious of seeing 2
if{he ‘the ‘door- si
‘way, was the comparative com- got in: that waiting line, there

four days.

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evening simply looking out

‘Another reason 1 was elated | passenger gets ‘oul
was because the pictures show-|one must be: ready to’ get im
ing were brand new to me. Now,| Even it You are not ready you
I thought, now at last I'll be able still: get in, and with the help
to really enjoy this show with-/of 8 good hefty" push from the
out initerferénce. How could any- operator you're off, The first’ few
one. object’ to’ me spending the yards I saw and. felt absolutely

forts: of home— we had. been| would ‘be no. turning back, ‘The
camping ‘in a tent, for the last chairs are operated one a sort of

perpetual motion  kagis, -gne
the ‘next

of|nothing, mainly’ because I was

our Motel window. I was wrong. numb -from fright and: had my

AT 4, In the ‘first place, I under-| eyes shut ‘tight.

Leitner’s

a‘ dozen’ times, but, I

gent © and concentrated — hi

estim: bands. ‘Th are
pam na Ak and | had never- been.. .able to tolerate,

mostly. right. Of: course, I knew moreover I had just piad $1.50 to
I couldn't hear the narrative, he| get on and I was blamed if I
had. already . told me so at least] was going to waste it. Slowly

Cowardice was ‘something I

relaxing, I opened my eyes: and

“reasonabl: eoraira ed tly out into space. I
nab! i-| gazed vacantly out into
is one ere s ard| must have looked sick, because

someone .on the way..down. pas-.
| sed me and yelled encouragingly.

oHow ‘did. you- know which |

The friend answered, ‘ey put L

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~ SOCIAL CREDIT LEAGUE |
eI MEMBERS.
“OF THE’:
‘ISTaIeT.
= SOCIAL CREDIT DAY. WILL: BE-CELEBRATED AT A:
LAWN PARTY TO. BE Hab ‘TONIGHT, AT THE

‘HOME OF MR. & MRS. ‘A: C):WEBSTER — COL-
_ UMBIA GARDENS, ROAD AT: FRUITVALE AT 8 p.m.

Wed. - Thurs.. Aug. 8 - 9
Donald O'Connor | Martha Hyer | °

Africa’ at it deadliest
“THE SCARLET .SPEAR”

Mon. - Tues, Aug. 27 - 28
Ida Lupino Steve Cochran
“PRIVATE HELL $6”

Shows at 7 and 9 p.m.

“FRANCIS ‘IN THE NAVY”
Shows at 7 and 9 |

Sat. , Aug. 16 - 11
“J. Afthur’Rank Eee
eGou KNOW. WHA’
SAILORS ARE”
(Fechnicolor)
“» Shows at-7. and 9. pam.

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nly,
feet to. go! 1°
‘at: the top. I also remember of.

complain of being earth.
I too,

forward in “your chair: a
| that’s’ right, “smile ~ ier the cam;
‘Véra,” “only I Pat
Shortly: after the Valee? another
‘celestial being. suddenly. reached
out. and grabbed me by the arm,
Iwas bodily yanked out of the
chair and set upon my feet in
| a most .uncelestial “manner.
4 Gathering what wits I had
left about me, I:managed to walk
away with my feet.once more
planted on.-the good earth, ever
if it;:was 7000-feet above. ‘sea
Jevel.: One thing,’ I discovered
while up in the: clouds,’ was that
the: mosquitos ‘are. just’ aseager
to ‘syphon ‘away. your life blood
at: the top: of .a mountain, . as
they, are, drifting down the. iver

in a / canoe.

‘Ali in: all though, we had a

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‘wonderful holiday. ‘To . be ute
the ‘boss is still, walking wi
'lintp- and seems at times. toath
to. sit, down. (horse-back riding
just isn’t his idea of* having’ fun).
To -be absolutely frank, I'd pro-
:bably be limping’ too, except that
that. my crutches fit so well.

production is. 2° tons ‘per’
‘About 250,00 000 tons of alfalfa are
producéd in two cuttings, Fodder-
F popular feed: for ‘dairy
Mainland,

“fhe “principal
vacant areas are. Ieated. in the

of
voice up in the clouds say, “Lean |
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what they did with dead bodies|

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