ih _ «Thursday, June 17, 1954 terfly to struggle in order to gon THE GASTLE NEWS: Published’ Every Thursday By THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED | - Castlegar, B.C. - L. V. CAMPBELL, Manager Vv. A. MISUTKA, Editor ian Weekly per A B.C. Weekly Advertising Bureau SUBSCRIPTION RATE :— $3.00 per year; 25c per month by carrier. Authorized as Second Classs Mail, Post Office Department, wa, ‘ EDITORIAL NEAR AND YET SO FAR The goodwill cruise of the Lower Arrow Lake by members of Castlegar and District C! of C last , was irig of an ity in these days of modern, swift trans- portation. When one the mere dist that the communities visited from Castlegar, the tour seems almost as absurd as taking a day off to drop in for a short chat with our next door gi neighbor. For many of those participating, Sunday's tour was the first or second time they visited the neighboring communities up the lake. When one that the visited, Ed; is only 47 miles from Castlegar, —little more than an hour's drive in a car over a mod i “it seems almost the same as . living next door to a family and not knowing they exist. But distanve is not always measured in miles. Our neighbors up the lake are near us, yet the time it takes to reach them, puts them quite far from us. The 47 miles in this case, is not an-hour’s drive but a four hour boat trip and boats, unlike roads and private auto- il t only on regular but not too frequent schedules. s It is to the advantage of the Castlegar District as weil as Arrow dna Lakes communities that: there’ be a road “down the lake. For the Arrow Lakes such a road will mean a more efficient outlet to mar- kets at Nelson and Trail for their produce; for Castlegar and the inder of. the West K it will mean a more direct access to the North Okanagan and the B.C. Interior. And for a large portion of the West Kooténays such a road * would make the distance between neighbors near in time as. well as in miles. NO CALLING CARDS PLEASE * With the ofthe sun ths, the annual tourist season is just around the corner with its influx of visiting motorists By your kind- ness, you, robbed it of that strength’and the ‘will to live.”!” A lot of parents who also read this story have since been led by ‘certain cl sult of a misapplied ,misinter- - preted concept of democracy. Ideally, democracy offers equali- ties of opportunity but it cannot and should not attempt to sub- ' sidize ‘brains, ability, personal ion or (who _ incidentally, “make the worst possible parents), into be- lieving they can live their lives EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY Under the heading of “Medio- crity the Price of Democracy” a Nelson columnist comes up with several truths and one major boner. : Quoting from Roger Babson, an eminent American business ana- lyst, he’ states “every system of education is, to a great extent, the expression of the people it serves” (which it is). Also which is want. to, there was little argu- ment. He went without. In the modern “fill ‘er up” system, a dozen. troughs and a gross of begiulments are used to meet the public delusion that every student is a potential doc- tor, lawyer or merchant chief. If he refuses the honor, it is the duty of the long suffering teacher to fill him up willy-nilly witin sufficient knowledge to pass the in equality will have a s$stem which will endeavor to make all pupils _ educationally equal” (which it doesn’t, at least not in Canada.) The commonest ane most tra- ic Too many educational systems today are catering to too many parents who: lacked an opportu- nity to make the most of them- selves or thought they lacked it, and are determined to have i is the notion that te like the infamous bed the un- happy occupants of which were stretched if too short, or pruned if too long till they fitted. We are all eqial,—in theory at least, before the law Ne Teuual Tights and the of ourselves. We. have, “generally possibilities but fs are only potentialities, to be used or not as we see fit. Of themselves, they are of no more value than’ the vast stores of is | their “get the best there is." This is a very again their The hypocrisy of giving them “every- thing we missed” isa flop simply mbi- The mediocrity of conformity is therefore not the product of democracy but of shiftless, shod- dy thinking which leads inevi- tably to the welfare state, pater- nalistic dictatorship and totall- it is ab tion has to be of sterner tier than parental conceit. The stu- dent is probably only too well aware of it anyway and would be glad to forego the farce and pur- sue‘his own interests, - There is a very real danger, as Mr. Babson suggests, in trying to educate all children equally. We pull the bright students down and try to drag the dull students ‘Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public get what they want in education whether they realize it or not. If they feel they are in danger.of getting the mediocrity of uniform- ity and wish to change it, they must: (a) give up a lot of their self righteous criticsm of education and (b) their thi: up and so end with a of uniformity. But this is not the price of democracy. It is the re- and actions along lines ‘more truly realistic and democratic, ‘BUSINESS DIRECTORY desire but one which overlooks the fact we cannot live our chil- dren’s lives; that struggle pre- cedes the miracle of birth and personal effort the goal of per- sonal success. I often think that one of our great losses in the field of edu- cation was the withdrawal of the CASTLEGAR FUNERAL HOME DEDICATED TO KINDLY THOUGHTFUL SERVICE old public school C: Read- ers with their selections from writers, and fine stories wealth lying in the hills. or the gold dissolved in the sea. The disappearance of the horse ‘ing of the has had more effect on our think- ing or lack of it than’ we realize. It is easy to repeat the old saw that you can take a horse to water but you can't maké him drink but it’s very hard to com- prehend the depth of truth if-you Phone 3601. -K. As MORROW EPTOMETRIST Suite : _ Post Office Bldg. ‘OFFICE HOURS 9 AM. to S P.M. Closed. Tuesday Morning For Appointments PHONE 2581 moral, One of these Readers had a story by a famous naturalist and told how as a small boy he had found a butterfly chrysalis which his father told him, would ‘one day develop into a beautiful butterfly (fathers knew more in those days before the emancipa- tion’ of women). NEED LE TO LIVE havé not only not tried but have become accustomed to driving up to a filling station and supinely saying “fill ’er up.” THE GOOD OLD DAYS Transfer this to the field of ed- ucation. In “the good old days” to which so many critics are hearl- ening “with so mucf® affection, the } from other parts of B.C., from other pi of the Dominion and from south of the border. We cordially invite these visitors. May their numbers increase and may they have a restful and enj trough was with what was considered a suit- able, and the “horse” led time wherever they cheose to visit. we hope will be fewer of them—rione at all would be ideal—who leave unsightly he refused to drink or didn’t Each day the boy watched the chrysalis until, sure enough, it split down the middle and the butterfly began the struggle to free itself. Soon the iad felt sorry for the struggling insect and helped it by means of a pair of scissors, but to his great sorrow, led |instead of developing further, it ceased further efforts and died. In tears he reported the tragedy If;to his father who again had.the answer “Nature intended. the but- THE |. MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA owas. ANDERSON Local Representative Phone 2201 Box 100 Castlegar, B.C. CENTRAL SHOE & LEATHER REPAIR We attach “Dinkie” Nickel | - Bim‘ Heels on:Ladies Shoes " CASTLEGAR, B.C. RIGBY’S BUS DEPOT COFFEE SHOP CONFECTIONERY ° -- PHONE’ 288M" calling cards of trash, refuse and garbage littering the and ‘byways behind them. Numberless tourists and other motorists seem to look upon Mother Nature everywhere, as one huge garbage receptacle. At any rate they seem bound to make the countryside such, As a result dsides have the i a of such things as rusty tin cans, broken glass, scrap iron and trash of every déscription; road- side and lakeshore camps become mere dumping grounds for litter- bugs who seem to have a deathly fear of the garbage receptacles = — MARLANE. ~ “GRILL Open 8:00 a.m, to 12:00 p.m. Not Just Another Place To. Eat But The Place-To Eat Another, PHONE” ses CASTLEGAR A Weekly Message | From The Castlegar Ministerial, Association provided, and broken bottles cause and bi PS among unsuspecting motorists. : The only ones who benefit from all this are the beer bottle col- lectors and even they much prefer the bottles to be unbroken. Inconsistently enough litter-bugs are usually people who keep their homes tidy and neat, their yards clean, their lawns and hedges trimmed, and their bottles if any, stored in the ‘They're June is the popular month for weddings. The covers of many magazines portray an attractive bride. Some manufacturers and usually quite courteous people too in most other things, taking pains not to clutter up their neighbor's domain. Yet in strange surround- . ings or on public property, they forget Mother Nature is the home of us all and common courtesy deserts them. One solution was that contrived by a certain farmer, we forget where he lived, who hit the head lines when he drove into town with a load of junk and dumped it.in the street. He said he was merely returning the mess that city people had dumped on his land. A more practical solution of course is to teath everyone what ‘proper garbage receptacles and dumps are for. It seems a difficult job but not only would this prevent rubbish from spoiling the scenery but it would make the self-appointed. task of the beer bottle collectors much easier, too. RECULAR _, FOR WORMAL HAIL Pees. News Tuesday brought the wel- -|come news that the automatic. ‘| dial phone system for Castlegar, “lV constructing here will cost $70,- fabu- lous gifts to the bride of the mon’ it is a time of anticipation for the bride-to-be as she looks for- ward to the day when she is uni- ted with the man of her choice. Preparation follows anticipation. She must make early preparation for this day and not merely dream of the event lest it come suddenly and she finds herselé unready. Every detail is BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS BY MISS ¥ CLEMO |for his son Isaac. This is a type of God the Father sending forth the Holy Spirit to prepare a bride for His Son, the Lord: Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Ephesians, states - the Church, which is cormposed of the redeemed, is the Bride of Christ. He further i the love Washing Machines. PARTS and REPAIRS For ‘every make and model Ss. JOHNSON . 28 Columbia Ave., Castlegar. je 254 + ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Free Estimates PHONE 3571 Box 384 Castlegar CASTLE ELECTRIC -GARBERRY’S FLOWERS FUNERAL EO HOME ‘and . AMBULANCE. SERVICE 1298 Pine Ave, — ‘Trail Phone 1000 i ‘that exists between Christ and His Church. go forth—Behold the _ Bride- groom. Samet Many with Ante for the day of presentation to her bridegroom, ‘ The Bible i of Ps Tooking. forward hy “that a aay of F ly the story of Abraham Seung his servant Eliezer to choose a bride ' Are you ready for that Day to. Come? One of these days the cry will f WATCH - REPAIRS Guaranteed for-One Year Leo Bosse _ Diamonds — Watches Jewellery PHONE 2041 Phone 3091 ~ SHELL PRODUCTS: Five Years Ago This Week (From our June 16, 1949 issue) A telephone call to the Castle Kinnaird and Robson, should be in operation by. Dec. 1 of this year. The. office B.C. Tel. Co. are 000 and there.will be 26,000 feet or save strung ata cost of $12,- ne Turnbull, ‘Coalition Can- didate, was the. winner in the Rossland Trail ‘riding in the Provincial elections. — ‘J. Dalziel, secretary of. the EKR.C., was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Lillian Killough Chapter, LO.DE. Emp- ire Study, Convenor Mrs. R. Kerr, who returned this week from Winnipeg, also spoke on the 75th. day, at their Sunday evening . ‘meeting this week. held at the home of Me. and Mrs, A..D. Me- A chequé for $2801.07, part of, the S.S. & MA. Tax distribution to B.C.. municipalities, was re- ceived by the Castlegar Village office. * The Castlegar District Projects Society were told there-t is ample _ GA. SUMNER. Naturopathic Physician Eremenko Bailding * PHONE’ 2021, Desmond Tt Littlewood OPTOMETRIST: “Post Ottiee Building Wed 2:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.” PHONE 2231 room.on the Hall site ‘for constructing ofa new hall, without disturbing the present Community Hall. More specific working plans are being drawn up. Representatives of the Kin- naird ee Society jatlended a ) ‘Committee - to Mrork together with a similar committee in Cas- _ WALDIE LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLY LTD. We can supply all your tes, For coat, SAND, GRAVEL Local Lo > Phone: 4982 We Sharples: ‘tlegar on the scheme, 70.000. of the $28,000 C.M. & S. ‘grant is to go to Kinnaird and $18,000. to Castlegar.’ Steering Committee appointed for Castle- gar are: J. Dunlop, C. Loeblich sary. 3 by that city. +The .Kinnaird Catholic Club made plans for.a basket picnic on the Konkin property next Sun- and N. Oglow and for Kinnaird, s. A ie’ and Bert Morice. : The Castlegar . Publie Library Board met at the home of a (Continued on nage > Butch Maid laid Baker. suaiaey Cakes: - Wedding Cakes Anniversary. Cakes PHONE soit ooas Thursday, June 17, 1954 iG Boys And Girls First Communion Glass At Kinnaird Sunday Sixteen Kinnaird boys and girls received Our Lord in Holy Communion for the first time Sunday, at the ‘regular Sunday mass in St. Joseph’s Chapel, which was filled to overflowing with a large attendance of par- ents and parishioners. The First Communion class, the girls wearing lovely white dress- es with veils and the boys in dark trousers and white shirts, was the Jargest “in. Kinnaird’s history. Mrs. Leo LeFaive and . T. Fourt were in charge of the class, and Mr, LeFaive:was usher, A choir, ‘directed by Mrs, S. Gallo, sang hymns at the mass which was said by Rev.. Fr, Bro- -|phy. Mrs. Gallo sang a solo dur- ing the Communion, After mass, the class were the guests of the Kinnaird Catholic Club for a Communion breakfast at the home of Mr. and Mrs, J. Kennedy. The 16 First Communicants were: Carol Ann Buckna, Arlene Archambault, . Gail Kennedy, David Lamb, Brian Fourt, Terry Kaufman, Joan Guido, Evelya Rogers, . Lynne : Fount, Bruce Mathews, Ron Kennedy, Orissa Smith, Jerry Cushner, and Wayne, Sharron ae Gary Paul: son, —=ROCKETGAS— (PROPANE) FOR Cooking — Water Heating _House Heating — Clothes Drying 532 Baker St. “ITS FAST. - CLEAN - ECONOMICAL” ‘McKay & Stretton. Lid. Your Home Planning Centre NELSON, B.C. Phone 1555 CBC OFFICIALS VISIT. B.E.G, STADIUM SITE NOTICE My Office Will Be - CLOSED Wednesday, June 23rd. DR. -D T.. LITTLEWOOD ATTENDING OPTOMETRIST CONVENTION b ol Batian Empire Games * Point oe interest. suring: the recent western tour of CBC's Char! was nearly completed ge for the C jis CBC's Inter-Divisional Gaamatites “for the B.E.G, He is shown visiting the site with Jack McCabe (right co-ordinator of B.E.G. The B.E.G. expects to supply radio and television coverage * to 25 participating countries as well as to the Canadian Public. of the The Lillian Killough ‘Chapter IODE held’ their final monthly meeting of the season in the Twin Rivers Hall Monday which was El OUR. SUNSET CLEARANCE LE STARTS AND WE ARE ne. RCLESEING BIG. TORBAY by a Pot Luck Sup Mrs, R. A. D. West, regent, presi- ded and .there were 25 members and 18 visitors. present. The Sezretary reported . that letters of appreciation have been sent to all who assisted in. the May Queen enterprise. It' was decided that each mem- ber should donate a small article such as towels, wash cloths, socks Guests Honored At Final IODE Meet Piano solo; “The Waltz in A Flat” by Chopin, Then came the showing of pic- tures taken by Mr. and Mrs. West during their recent trip to Hawaii. ‘A contest on B.C, towns was con- ducted by Mrs. Petts and winners were Mrs. W. Kennedy and Mrs. W., O. Devitt. Mrs, D. Magee then presented a highly enjoyable humorous skit called “Aunt Melissa ‘and Boys” ica was followed by a cup of and baby articles, for E relief. Pocketbooks are also wel- come. for Korea. All these are to be left with Mrs. H. Gergely, Service at Home and Abroad » 4S soon as: i for the ing were me James Kelly, Mrs. R. Som- mers, Mrs, W. Houston and Mrs. A. Harvey to whom a hearty vote of thanks was extended, eae ‘W. Dunn gave. a report on the Film Council” meeting which was further explained by Mrs, E. Eames, Mrs. A, Harvey was named .Chapter representa- tive to the Film Council. Donations: were voted to the Mary Croft. Memorial . Fund; - the. TEANAN, FUEL R ‘THE BEST. IN COAL and WOOD Phone 4191 OFFICE — 80 Crescent St, Peace. Garden; the: Ci Fund; Commonwealth .and. Em- pire; Empire and World: Affairs; the National Shipping Fund’. ‘and. the National Film Board. ‘Welfare Convenor Mrs. W. Eas- ton reported that several: meal tickets were distributed and as- ‘sistance given to a needy family. Mrs. A. ~ Week- End Bargains Pr 6x6-6 MAHOGANY DOORS Each - ZSCHLAGE FRONT Doon SETS: ". Pedadioeds 232 BOURLE COMPAR RIMENT STEEL Thomas gave: a report: on the Awards Day ceremonies at the high school.’ “A letter of. thanks was read from Tannis Killough, this year’s recipient of the $100 LO.D.E.. schoarship: Mrs. ‘Thomas was then named chapter repres- ciety. A letter was also read from J. A, Thomas, high ‘school ‘principal, thanking the chapter for its inter- est in education work and the as- .j sistance given to schools during ‘| the year. Mrs. . ‘James Kelly, Empire | Study Covenor, read: an article DECK FAUCETS WITH SFEAY ° DECK FAUCETS WITHOUT SPRAY Each . CLOSE COUPLED TOILETS y Each <: WHITE SEATS . ‘Each “Hiltines of your choice Extra “PAINT — %& CILUX ENAMEL > % DULUZ SUPER WHITE ENAMEL . (Porcelain) Su tle auer UB? (Colored.Only) from the National IODE* meet- :]ing: held in St. John’s’ and Con- ;| stitution convenor :Mrs.' J. Scott ‘| read an article on primary chap- | ters. Mrs, C, Wanless and Mrs. J. .| Lawson were scrutineers for the :| balloting of a new member. ‘A float will be ‘entered in the July 1 ‘celebration at’’ Castlegar lf it-was decided. The May Day re- “| port, given by treasurer Mrs. R. Whittaker, showed the’ event had » | been a worthwhile effort. : _At the Pot Luck supper which | ¢ the ‘| tables were effectively decorated :| with low vases of svring blooms. The blessing was said by ‘Mrs. H. . $2.40 _. He ‘FLAT WALL PAINT _ (Colored Only) ; Suik .- 60 _bearer, ‘and then Mrs. West ‘ welcomed the visitors: As she called each mem- :|ber’s name, they in turn intro- duced their guest. Former May Queen Miss Fay- ‘ the. Toogood, thanked the -chap- ‘|ter for her happy two’ years as queen and: wished Queen Maur- een a successful reign. Queen Lipsett then tk all ‘| who assisted. her and extended best wishes. for the chapter's con- . | tinued sudcess, -' Mts. Lillian: Killough; for {|whom the ‘chapter is named, was also‘a guest at the Supper Hour and spoke of her pleasure at be- -}ing present and how she. follows | _ every — activity the’ chapter's, through the press. Mrs. V Gores- »| ky then pinned a corsage on the honored guests who included Mrs, J. Toogood and Mrs, J. Lipsett!:' Mrs,C. “Petts,-in charge of en- tertainment, introduced * Miss tone Goresty, who played a entative to the Handicraft So-' BR. L Most people ceem to a hte, them 4 sm these. days. Prices have gone up _ 1s . and up...-food, housing, “just about © anything you can think of. <9 \ ees 4 But: gasoline has tried hard fo me a , 2 gome SUCCESS... Because while wholesale prices in ) general are up HZ. more than double what they were - before the war... &ss0..gacolines: “across Canada ate up only ~ /42%.,.about a third as much ac most other things.