CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb, 2, 1961 CASTLEGAR NEWS Established in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven t They‘re Leaving in Droves THE DISMAL TRUTH ABOUT THE .CCF IN SASKATCHEWAN ! 1! 1 THE COLD FACTS If .the headline quoted above looks like it was taken from ari election docu- ment put out by either of Canada’s two free-enterprise parties or by the rapidly moving leftward Liberal party, it wasn’t. It’s the headline:from a full-page ad- vertisement ° appearing in the €CF’s own Offices to a top-level meeting of the execu- tive to be held Feb. 3-4. a The reason for this, cqntinues the. ad, “is that the organization is receiving prac- tically no sustaining funds from the con- debating the 1961 Speech from the ‘Throne, delivered on opening day by Licutenant-Governor Pearkes, VC. * VICTORIA REPORT. The Throne By JAMES K. NESBITT ‘Your MLA's are now engaged in] just about the usual. It was pre- pared by the Premler and his gov- ernment, and so it fell all over it~ George| self. praising the government, for what it has done in the past, is Is not really a debate, in the| doing in the present, and will con- tinue to do in the future. ° ’ stituencies' and is now _completel PA broke 3 0! . It's hard to believe ent the great CCF or can pass.out of existence tite this, bring- ing to nought the heart-breaking work of so many people through so many years.” A const y report rmerly propoganda organ; “The C “The advertisement notes that at a provincial executive meeting of the Sask- atchewan CCF party, on’ Jan. 7, the “pain- ful decision” had to be made to refer the matter of closing the. CCF’s provincial TN. Before the advent of. TV We'd sit and. read ‘or talk, Or else get up and slowly stretch, And say. “How about a waik?” = But now we crouch in darkened rooms, Our manners grown quite banal,’ Instead of witty repartee, * We: only hear “What channel?” — Margaret Obedkoff in the same “advertisement shows that. of a total ‘quota of $113,000 asked for from * the 49 CCF riding associations, only .$6,- 478.58 has.been received by the party’s ‘head office. Tt would appear’ that the fact that is” the CCF execu- . tive in their groping about'for reasons’ to explain why the money isn’t coming in to support their'party, is the one that. would seem to be the most obvious. That simple fact is that’the laboring - forces of this country and Canada’s farm- ers have, very little in common with each ‘other and with plans for a CCF-Canadian Labor Congress merger in a New Party, the farmers of Saskatchewan don’t hold out much hope for their views prevailing. ily, they are ig the Cl par in droves. - Someone Should Explain A letter appearing in last week’s Gaz- ette under- the title ‘Won't Someone Pledse Explain?”. deserves an answer. The letter, written by a Mr. Bill Plot- nikoff, asks why action was not taken’ against the arsonists, whose, identity is known, who quite openly burned down a house on property owned by the Land Settlement Board, and on which he, Mr. Plotnikoff.was paying ren’ _ Mr. Plotnikoff's eter! is, in itself, an hi t. It is bably the first time that a member of “the. Doukho- ‘bor community has asked that arsonists be punished by. the law and has himself cq-operated with the law giving full in- formation as to the culprits. Mr. Plotnikoff states in his- letter: “The ‘people who set the fire stood by in the nude flouting law and decent order. They were taken into town and allowed to go scot free.” - JAMES: K,:NESBITT strict sense of that word; it’s a serles of speeches, Seldom is a speaker in the Throne’ Speech de- bate interrupted, unless he ,be a flery cabinet minister lke -Mr, Eric Martin, or a loud-volced one Mke Mr, Phil Gaglardl, These two cre- ate uproar, in thelr own quiet way, and love it, but, generally, MLA's Usten politely to each other, or pre- tend they do, Seldom in the Throne Speech debate does ‘anyone mention ‘the ‘CF Thone Speech, except in’ an off- hand sort of way, dragging mention of it in, as an excuse to make a long speech about everything’ and anything ‘under the provincial sun, . We always know, from where we sit, and. depending on who's’ go- ing to make the speech, the re- action to the Throne Speech. Op- poaitionista never like anything in the Speech from the Throne. Most of. what's said in the Gpeech from the Throne ‘gives them a pain in their political’ faces. On the other hand, goverment Debate Starts of. detail as to what the government will do at this session, but, then, a ‘Throne Speech never. does; no gov- The 1961 Throne Specch was It didn't’ give much in ‘the way CANADIAN LEGION WELFARE BINGO | ernment shows all its cards on op- ening day. It .lkes to keep them well hidden, popping them out, with startling suddenness as’ the . ses- sion goca on. This technique is sup- posed to confuse the opposition, wear ‘them’ down, and sometimes it works that way, until, in the ses- sion’s dying hours the government SATURDAY NIGHT “LEGION HALL ae Tushes‘in all sorta of le= gislation, and the poor opposition !s too addle-pated to oppose. However, it's a pretty formid- able dpposition this session — 16 CCFer’s and four Liberals, -and they all look very in- TOTAL: JAGKPOT PRIZE $160 the run at last, which they haven't, not yet anyway, though Social Cre- dit did lose seats in last Septem- ber’s general election, and, in 1964 — well, who knows, Much water will roar through: our legislative ri- ver before then. The day after the opening all was quiet, eyeryone exhausted from the social activities of the day be-| fore — the Premier's reception at the Empress Hotel, where more than 2,000 people showed up, and the State‘ Ball at Government House. Cliosen by ‘the Premier for the time-honored ‘high honor of moving and seconding the Address in Re- deed, Inced they hi Mr, Ben- nett's Social Credit government on ee NT | SUNSHINE ay YOUR HOME “WITH: Tonamell LATEX I CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thursday, Feb, 2, 1961 KRC Now-Known as Community, Chest;, Busy instal Meeting Here By HELEN DUNLOP With the passing. of an extra- ‘ordinary resolution at its 14th an- nual meeting, the Kinnaird-Robson- Castlegar Welfare and Recreation Boelety, became the Kinnaird-Rob- son-Castleger Community Ohest, re- taining the old familfar’ “KRO” while falling into Une..with the more widely-usod name of “com munity chest.” ‘The resolution was passed ‘une rectors snd the seoretaty. for thelr support, Meetings had been well attended, he said, and he wished to thank. all members for their cone tinued contributions, . Backbone, of the society is the regular payroll, contributor, and of course “Cominco,” which matches employee donations dollar for dol- lar, Thanks must also’ go to the Kinsmen Olub for canvassing for the ERO this year. after made'by the society directors * ‘were Presented to members, Election of two directors from the Castlegar area will be -held in the Legion Hall tomorrow hight and all Castlegar members of KRO are| ‘ eligible to vote. Directors ‘whose terms expire are James Kelly, 1060 president, and Harold Hesketh, Audited financial report of the], soclely was presented by secretary. treasurer Alec Gray. Discussion on the report brou- ght up the matter of an excess of @isburscments over receipts during 1960. As the society had a favor- able balance on erftering the year, this had not been too serious, but should not be allowed to continue. The answer. tg the problem is more members and higher contributions, In presenting the president's of beneficiary organizations, Mr, Kelly felt their yearly. reports created a better. understanding ‘of what’ goes on in the society, and of the prob. lems faced by each party concerned. First report heard was that of the Castlegar Unit of the Canadian Cancer Soclety, presented by R, OC, Maddocks, who thanked the KRO for the 1960 grant. The grant is used: mostly for research and education, he sald, there had not been too much need for direct welfare on thelr part, However, In his opinion it was im- Possible to spend enough money on reasearch, and he hoped the di- rectors would see thelr way to ma- king. a large grant this year, Mr, Maddocks referred also to the “Well Women's Clinic,” the work of which fs unique in Canada. H..¥. Hyson, chairman of the civilian : committee, ‘ Castlegar’ Air report, Mr. Kelly thanked ‘the di- ply to the Speech from the Throne were two enthusiastic young SCer's — Herbert Bruch of Esquimalt ahd Cyril Shelford of Omineca, Mr, Bruch thinks Social Credit the most wonderful. thing, in all get-out; Mr, Shelford sometimes complains abqut SO in a loud, whi- ny voice, He Mkes to show his in- dependence, and the Premier beams on him, as much to say: “Well, oe you see it — Tae: fact there's “edor-free. with the Monamet The last sent would indicate that the authorities did apprehend the parties involved but for some™'reason released them. This fact would indicate that orders’ were received from “higher-ups”. that. no action was'te be taken: The- att =-fen- are always Throne ‘his wonderful, ae solutely wonderful; So, you see, the Speech from the’ Throne is a mat- ter of political: opinion; your view of it depends on which side of the political fence you sit, eral’s department is the ultimate authority * in this matter, and it would seem, there- fore, that they do not’ wish any action . - taken. © But still this does not answer the question ‘that Mr. Plotnikoff' asks: . Will Mr. Bonner do so? . _ Grand. Forks Gazette ™ . More than Meets the Eye “When ‘man turned from hunting to ‘agriculture he made the first. step towards civilization, and ever, since farming has been the basis of his progress. Agriculture is still the basic industry of every country, though farming and its methods have changed greatly. Except where men: are willing to live on a sub- basis, the p ti farmet has to consider many things, . Basically he. has to find the right a- mount of land to grow the crops he re- quires and be able to sell them at an ad- vantageous price. This is by no means as simple as it . sounds. In British Columbia the relative- ly small’ amount of arable land lies in the valleys and varies in quality. It is often in small and. scattered units as the ranch lands along Kootenay Lake which are ad- mirable from the growing point of view’ but which do not produce sufficient crops to make. them pay. Such farms do not lend tl to ization and .without machinery no man can make profits from farming today. - Climate and rainfall have much to do with the type of crops which can be rais- ed. Early frosts will. not suit the fruit grower and interior valleys are often so dry as to. be suitable for raising hay., : Proximity to markets is also impor- tant and our interior farmers because of their. distance from important cities often are faced with heavy freight and ;haul: DEER PARK SOCIALS Mrs, C, Willlameon A, Law has returned to his Social Credit — there are, no strings — no one’s muzzled —' government members can say what they want to say, we're demo- "yout really” hiss patnting the cael way with Monamel Latex. it smooths on fast—dries in‘ minutes—1s completely ‘time—and cleans up with just _ Water] Give your walls and cell- Ings deep glowing beauty— Oglow - BROS. BUILDING: & SUPPLY co. LTD. :Phone -3351 Touches up in no Saou colots of home in Deer Park after : week as a patient in the Castlegar lospital.. oars, “©. T. Williamson returned to her home here after spending a week In Vancouver, , : Mrs, M. Cole, has returned to her home from Trail where she was Fe eetatics in Trail-Tadanac hospi- "ir. A, W. Kent left for eg FRI. — SAT. FEBRUARY where he will recelve the hospital. Mr. ©. T. Williamson left for "Toronto where he attended the wedding of his youngest daughter, Miss Ruth Williamson, when she was united in marriage to Mr,-An- soe Austin, of:Toronto, on Jan. Mr. hibmetea was accompan- in-law and costs,’ While the farmers of Lulu Island can sell their products in the cities of Vancouver and New Westminster with ° littlé cost for freight. Last ‘but not least is the matter of capital, which is often high, for the farm- I man and ea peand-daugtien Mr. and Mrs. oy ws Aasland and Janene, of Cran- arty and Mrs. B.C. “Goleman and children, Craig, Lorne and Cheryl of Syringa Creek were weekend Yvisitors.'at the home of Mr, and Mrs, H, C, Coleman and Mr, and Mrs. A. Law. * er today is at once. a an industrialist. a It follows then that the land itself “is not enough for farming and when people look at the lands along -the Arrow Lakes|: : ‘and deplore the possibility that they may be flooded they are not taking into account all the factors: which make farming a suc- cess, Unless the farmer is making a net profit equivalent to the wages of ‘a city. truck driver he is only: a marginal farmer. Both. he and the country would be-better off if he were re-located in a. better. farm: ine area, — Nelson News —__ccNn WF OPS. AL Valentine GiFT FOR HIM -- Make ‘your selection at _ CASTLEGAR NEWS “THE at ED’. ) o X) Castlegar, B.C. +. iy Ve Campbell, Publisher Malt ‘subscription rate to the Castlegar News 1s $3 per year. The price by delivery boy Is 38 - cents a inonth. Singte.coples are 10 cents. ‘The ‘Castiegar News is authorized as ,second- clase mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and ts a membdF-of' the Audit, Bureau of Circulation. 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