CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 16, 1957 _ Newspaper Very many people know the -business of « weekly newspaper ‘publisher better lian does thy publisher himself. We are remin. Qed of that frequently by readers + whose views don’t always coin- cide with our own, Now a Cana- dian daily newspaper has under- taken the task of (cHing us what we should do. : A few weeks back, the Can- dian Weekly ewspupers As sociation held its annual meeting at Banft. Some 80 miles away, the editor of the Calgary Herald read some news copy which came from the meeting. He read that the weekly publishers were not satis- tied with the amount of political advertising that had appeared in the weekly press prior to the last election. After that the cditor appar- ently was caried away by a dream. He found it ‘shocking’ that weekly newspeper editors feel they did not get a fair share Leadershi eadership. papers, Witness the editorials in that particular issue of the Cal- gary, Herald, One was a pat on the back tor Ds. Sidney Smith upon hi# appointment as extern- al affairs minister. One was the brave attack on the weekly press, The other concerned the British Government, 2 It does not take eny great de. gree of initiative te approve a man cf Dr. Smith's standing. Cer- tainly a comment on something huppening 5,900 miles away should not get an editor into dif- ficulty with his xeaders, The weekly press could raise a small voice in protest; and undoubtedly others beside The Kings County Record will do so, orthave done 80, : : The Herald- comments: * “The weekly press in Canada tulfills an important role in pub- in meeting its responsibilities with initiative and independence. of such He-took us to task for feeling that we should expect such a share. But then he proceeded to indicate thet for the weeklies- to receive a share ‘of political advertising would be nothing more than a favour con- fair shares of political advertising is not in. the tradition ot a free press,” Nor, might we edd, are the insipid editorials of the Calgary Gerald in the tradition of a vig- crous daily press providing the ip which is of ferred upon us by the At least, that is the meaning we take from this exerpt: “To expect a ‘share’ suggests that a favour is being granted by the political party — and for a ‘favour’ would it not want a “favour?” Perhaps it is because we are dense, but we fail to comprehend just why we of the weeklies feel we would be rec i we were to get a fair share of po- litical advertising. We can find nothing in the dictionary which links share with favcur. We have been associated with shares of va. rious kinds for quite some years, but never looked upon them as favours. Indeed, there are some shares‘ we look upon with quite .some disfavour. . oe The editor ‘of the Calgary Herald missed the point. What was considered ot the meeting ‘was what steps could be taken w.see that we' du receive a fair share of election advertising’ ia the future. We know full well that we will not u ase our ed. vertising by por ig weary old women weeping salty tears in ing a favour if| - them. 7 Kings County Record Letter to Editor Editor, Castlegar News Castlegar, B.C, Dear Sir: ’ I wish to congratulate you cn your paper's coverage of the Monday, Jan. Sth, meeting of the Castlegar Village Council. A resi- dent of that ifsir village must find these worthy news items very interesting and enlightening, Even though 2 citizen of + neighbouring village. I too enjoy them. However, I beli Kinnaird is also a_ village, Ih, I have been told, a populstion of over 1200 souls, we too must have the odd council meeting! - There was a news item over Stction C.J.A.T, so the good wife) “THE ¢ Castlegar News Published Every ‘Thursday At OF THE Member: Canadian Weekly * ‘Newspapers Assn. Castlegar, B.C.. L. V. CAMPBELL Publisher ys . Advertising Bureau Subscription Rate: $3.00 per year — 250 month by carrier Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. 8" Member: ~ a B.C. Weekly Newspapers . Afternoon. By GLADYS Perhaps it is only the after- math of too much December, too ‘COLLINSON* lic information, Its strength lics|* be, To begin with, I guess there was no group of men that did so much for B.C. as the Royal Engineers. I knew some of them well They were great fellows — and they had to there was ‘| many late nights, too many par! ties, but whatever it is, I am finding January quite a delight- ful month, I find myself look- ing forward with anticipation to a lovely cozy quiet evening, with time to read and time to think, It is not so mucs: that I en- joy my own company, or that I.do not enjoy the company of others, it is merely that I want to.relax and without having to explain why. In a world where everyone seems to be consecrated to a life of.gaiety and constant activity it is luxurious and refreshing to ,jout here. But. beheve me, them Col. Moody (Richard Clement, he was) himself. He was the head man of the Engineers when they came out here in the fall of '58 and you could say he was the Works Minister and Defense Min- ister for B.C. at the same time. There were only 165 Engin- eers, officers and men that came fellows did the work of a thou- sand, The first bateh to land here were 20 surveyors ‘under Capt. R. M. Parsons — Then there was Capt. Grant and about a doz- en carpenters came — and. at last there was Capt. H. R. Luard, the head military man, with the simply do nothing, just nothing at all, Come to think of it, I seem to have a special .talent along this .line, because, as the boss says, in that long-sutfering tone he wont to use upoh occasion, it is the one thing that I really do well, - s Another thing that I really enjoy about January is because it is the ‘one month during the whole year, when nothing very important ever happens, Except of course the January Sales, These sales, however, are the very least of my worries, The reason for that is obvious, my budget won’t even stand the main bunch of men. . 1 I ought to say there was also 30 or 40 women and as many children came out,-tsome child- stretch, one way, of a $1.98 girdle let alone one of these fancy two- way stretch affairs at half price. It is, in other words, ‘The lull before the lull’ when mos' ren being born on the trip)] Think of those pioneer women and little kids, six months on the beat! Well, they had surveyors, fold me of the of the 1958 Kinnaird Village Couneil | artists, carpenters, blacksmith’s¢ masons, miners, ' for and, to my i ment, she had fovgotten who was our aprons, Wi: Inow that we must sell pcliticiuns on the ides that the most effective way to reach Canadians is through, the Country's weeily press, That is what was in the minds of the weekly newspaper- men at Banff. Weekly newspap- er publishers do not want hand- outs. They are, on the whole, far more independen: than the maj- ority of publishers of daily news. SONNE ‘Contbi nation. ‘“GDOORS"-AND gamg WINDOWS GASTLEGAR SASH & DOOR WORKS phone 3211 whe. “Cheer up!” che said, “You will find out when the Castlegar News arrives’ * The only item pertaining io the Kinnaird Council I noted in your weekly news was a_ paid public notice. Possibly your iocal circul- ation is very limited in our fair village and if this be the case our council are very vemiss in placing a Public Notice in this paper. Thanking you for a corner in cur local news, * An Interested Citizen eee Editor's Note — . Coverage of the Kinnaird Village Council was discused with Mr. Smibert on January 6th and arrangements inade with Mrs. Collinscn to cover these mectings in the future. Circulation of the Castlegar News in the Village of Kinnaird jis 271 copies, This, is our ABC audited figure. W.j{out the streets and built roads every trade and profession. And they needed to have them. ° Here's a list of What the British Government told them Engineers to do when they got to B.C. — Be an armed force to keep order, build roads, chart harbours, report ‘on ‘the condition of every industry, survey all people are just nicely getting over a bad attack of house par- ties and visiting has settled back into the familiar ‘Bridge and Canada Dry’ routine. : Not being a Bridge fan my- self, (my ‘friends will vouch for this) I find it-:a bit awkward to entertain at a January Bridge Party, in fact I hardly fit in at ali, so unless I am careful to ex- plain this lack- beforhand I am very likely to find myself spend- ing the evening qwith a bottle of Canada Dry as my solé compan- jon. Sometimes I wish it were not considered crass ignorance to Icnd likely tobe needed, do ev- erything ‘to make B.C. seli-sup- porting, pick out a site for a cap- ital, avoid whiskey und other in- toxicating liqour and keep ex penses down. Well, the Eugincers did.all o? that and more, [t was them that pretty well gave you what you have in B.C. today — They pick- ed out the town sites and laid fer us — Even today in the Fra ser Canyon; you'll see bits of some of the old roads built by the Engineers when they opened up the country: ; Langues nipeiaaaae————a c INSURE | For All Your © 'NSURANCE NEEDS Phone: 3441 ANDERSON And they did it all without any of the. medern tools er machines you have to- day! And at the same time, they did about everything else for us, including raising the te Yes, and sfter their 5-year term was up here most of them fel- Jows stayed on, getting an hon- orable discharge and 150 acres of land. ve : AGENCIES : Na “Sunday Church Services ST. RITA’S CHURCH Rev. E, Brophy, P.P. Maises at 8:30 and 10:30 Benediction Friday at 7:00 p.m. Confessions Sat, 4-5 and 18 pm. COMMUNITY BIBLE CENTRE; “ Sunday in thé Legion Hall 10:30 Sunday ‘School 730 Family Service At 51 Columbia Ave. ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPES Rev. E. Brophy P.P. Masses 8:30 and 10:30 a.m, “Confessions Sat. 4-5 p.m. Wed., 7:30 Young People’s Hr, Fri,, 8:00 Prayer & Bible Study; “THE UNITED CHURCH’ Robson: Ist & 3rd at} CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY’ SAINTS Sundays at 10:30 am. Twin Rivers Holl * PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH KINNAIRD Minister — W. T. McFerran Public worship every Sunday at 11:15 a.m. Church School: meets with the congregation, ~ PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE): Sunday School — 10 a.m. Morning Worship — 11 a.m. Evangelistic — 7:30 p.m, Frayer'and Bible Study, Thurs,] 7:30 p.m. | liam, Sunday School 10 a.m, Kinnaird: Service of Worship at 9:45 a.m, Sunday School 11 Castlegar:.Service of Worship at} Everyone Welcome 7:30pm Sunday School 10:30 am, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH © Sunday 19th Castlegar — 9:00 § 11:00 a.m, Kinnaird — 7:30 p.m, T Happy Gang’s earliest members|" and this year starts his 20th year with the show.' In ‘this ‘composite you will see the change that has taken place in ‘the tenor during that time — from his first days as a budding young accordianist to his present status as emcee of the show. ., ... F : ' - RICK’S ‘T.V. Sales & Supplies Phone-7271 Everything In’ T.V | \ Supplies HALIORAFTERS Fleetwood -T.V. Reflections lie down and take a little nap, or to curl up’ in a big chair and finish the last chapter of ‘Pey- ton Place’ while my guests were finishing ‘Just one more ‘rubber', However, I still insist that January is a lovely cozy.month, a month when one can sit back and get on inkling of the peace and that, is i “YOURE NOT SPOSED TO READ WIEN YA,HAVE COMPANY 1° by an inner tolerance for others, If only we understand this re- latedness better, our own pecul- jarities and those of othefs, would diminisn in the warm and friendly glow of human charity, I once read a quotation that went like this, “He who is sure of himself is deeply willing to Iet others be themselves”, Which gives me a dandy ‘out’ at our next Bridge Party. CWL To Hold Party Sunday, January 26 - “The C. W. L, of St. Rita's Parish held their monthly meet- ing at the Marlene Hotel. After the reading of the re- ports it was decided to hold a Parish Party for the Seminary Fund. Mrs. L. Bosse and Mrs. A. Archibald offered to convene the party to be held on January 26,| at the Marlene Hotel. Father Brophy suggested some special ceremony for the opening of the new church, al- though the date of cpening is uncertain as yet. - The convenors of the various booths for the, Spring Bazaar were named and all were: asked to begin working to make the Bazaar a real success this year. ‘ Bait fishermien. and fly casters alike revel in the good trout fishing to’ be had in Prince Edward Island’s ponds, brooks Perennial Grievance A perennial grievance of the farmer, or of his political spokes- men, is the fac: that his produce, when it reaches the shelves of the city retailer, carries a price much higher than the farmer’ received. Feeling on the subject ranges from mild i about the In her purchase she is paying her share of the wages of the truck- ers, railwaymen, mokers of egg- boxes, clerks of wholesalers and retailers who have shured in’ the task of bridging the gap between. the hen’s desk and the cashier’s desk, She is also paying 'a share of the income taxes of all these middlemen, which also includes their contributions to old-age pensions, unemployment insur- ance premiums, baby bonuses and other luxuries of Canadian il of which neither dhe cause of the price spread to in- dignant shouting that there ought to be a law. How to frame such a law so as to de any good to anyone is something that might stagger the wisest jurists. One of the largest Canadian food retailers has an- nual profits equivalent to less than two cents on each dollar's worth of sales. Since the com- pany's sales are in the neighbor- hood of a quarter-billion dollars, it does. not do badly on its small margin of profit, but it is worth remembering that an annual loss of two cents per sales dollar ‘could put it out of business with- out any appreciable advantage to the farmers whose produce it handles. . The shouters for a law are prone to forget that there are eco- nomic laws already in operation, more inexorable than any a par- liament might pars, Between the dozen. eggs that the consumer buys and the same eggs laid by the farmer's hen stand hundreds of middlemen, each exacting a toll from the produce. The con- and streams, nor’ the hen has ever dreamed, She is also paying the cost of artificial support prices for euch commodities as whest and butter, although the farmer who orig- inally gold the eggs may not pro. duce -either. : A, Royal Commission to in- vestigate price spreads might make these points clearer to con- sumers than they are now. Its cost would ‘also add indirectk> to the taxes paid by the buyer of eggs, — The Printed Word, Nov- ember, 1957. ‘ ora Ma sumer is not merely buying eggs important is the ...at your fingertips Safaty in the automobile is optional at no extra cost, No mechanical safety device can replace the protection of careful driving. . Last year, traffic accidents claimed the lives of mote Canadians | than ever before. Somedne was injured every 8 minutes. A car was damaged every 48 seconds. Automobile than $150,000,000, ‘One result of this is higher automobile insurance rates — because, , what is paid out in claims must be brought in by premiums, But even more z e lives of others, in your handg when you get behind tife wheel of a car. - : Safety pays dividends costs, Be Careful. fact that you hold your life, and the ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION on behalf of more than 200 competing companies writing , Fite, Automobile and Casualty Insurance. insurance claims rose .to, more saves lives, helps to.lower your insurance SOROPIMIST —' HOLD DINNER MEET ‘Tho first dinner meeting of the New Year, was held Friday night by the Castlegar, Kinnaird and Robson Soroptimists, with| 11. members’ present, ° |: Following the business meet- ing an interesting demonstration of Floral Arrangements was giv- én by Mrs, Alice Anderson in the absence of Mra, Helen Richardson. a ON BEHALF OF THE RETAIL MERCHANTS AND SUSINESS MEN‘S ASSOCIATION .OF CASTLEGAR THE A. 0. 1. $. CLUB WISH TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AT THE CHILDREN’S + PARTY ON DECEMBER 23 THANKS TO: oe St. Alban‘s Choir,, St. Rita's Choir, The, United Church Choir, Mr, Fishwick and membere, of the Band, Mr. Corl Rolph and Electronic Services for the public Address System, Members of ‘the RCMP for their traffic directions, the B.C, Telephone for the use of " the C for their assi: and any others which we have overlooked. 4 the Bbuitdi. Santa would like to THANK the children for their co-operation and wonderful singing ond very good children of Castlegar and behaviour —— Santa is locking forward to meeting the District’ next year. ‘fadian Arthritis and CARSCRAFT’ ARTICLES, made. by arthritics like herself, are displayed by Mrs. Lena Sodatkin of Vanrouver, one: of those -who has studied Arts and Crafts under the program Society. of the Can- u has proved Rokson United Church Holds Annual Meeting ‘The regular meeting of the Women’s Association, of the Rob- son Community Memorial‘Church was held in the Church, Hall, ‘Tues, Jan, 7, There were 19 mem- bers and 3 visitors present, with the newly elected president, Mrs. R. T. Waldie. presiding, Meeting opened with the singing of a hyron, ‘and Prayer For the de- votional period Mrs, A. W. Thorp read an article erititled “More Stately Mansions”, which was very appropriate to the be- gining of the yeor. } "Mrs; Waldie‘ welcomed’ the members, and the visitors, Mrs. H. F.“Hyson reported that’ 30 cards and 18 giffts had been sent to various people in the district, It was ‘decided to contribute $75 towards paying for ‘the oil to heat the Church, and to purchase one dozen new Hymn Books, Some of the members voluntee: ed to repair the old Hymn Books, The tea money which had hither. -$to gone towards the general ex- penses, will now be alloted to the Mission Fund. Members were asked to take home a Mite box, this money would also be for the Missionary work. Committees were named as follows: CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 16, 1958 3 Evening. Group Holds Annual Meeting *. The Annual meeting of the Evening Group was held at the home of Mrs. J. Thorndale, Jan. 9, The minutes of the last an- nual meeting and‘a month by month report of the Group's cet- ivities were read showing a great deal had been secomplished in 1957, Treasurers report for the year was also read and showed a very successful year’s work. Sick committee gave a report, and this too was good, and showed what collecting coffee. money and having a booster prize, makes quite a little sum to turn in. All the old business being attended to, Mrs. S. Grant on be- half of the members thanked all the officers of 1957 for the time and work they had put into the group. President, Mrs. Reg Bro, asked Mrs, R. Fowler to presi for the election of officers. Elect- GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED ON $25,000 CABLE PROJECT B.C. Telephone Company of-- ficianls report good progress on a $25,090 cable project in Castlegar exchange. the Supervised by Foreman Hank Dorner, a constructicn crew is at work on the placing of additional cable facilities from Castlegar to Kinnaird, “This project, echeduled for completion by summer, is aimed primarily at reduging the number of subscribers un some multi- party lines in Kinnuird,” said T. E., Brett, district commercial and traffic manager at Trail, “but. will meet future telephone require- ments." also prov:de facilities to Further plans for Castl@gar ~ call for the introduction later this: year of throughout the exchange area. selective ringing : This improvemént will mean that a party line subscriber wilk hear only his own ring. * ed President: Mrs. F. Giraud, Vice President: Mrs. J. Scott, Secretary: Mrs. Beth Rogers, Treasurer: Mrs. B, MacAllister, Director: Mrs, R. Bro., Sick Com- mittee: Mrs, O. Andersen, Sewing convenor: Mrs, J. Thorndale, as- sisted by Mrs, R. Oborne and Mrs,, D. Duncan Club reporter: Mrs, D, Adshead, The booster prize was wor by Mrs, J. Schucpfer. The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. A. Wosdrow. Refresh- ments were served by the host- esses, ic : Visiting and.sick, two every month, Mrs, O, B, Ballard and Mrs, R. Batchelor for Janu- ary. Kitchen; Mrs. H. F. Hyson and Mrs. .L. M. Quance, Regal it and cards; Mrs. J. thet the U.S. 50 plans to copy it. 4 xe: Last Thursday the Committee of the Kinnaird Scouts met under the Chairman- ship of Dr: H. Ruebsaat. A very bottle drive: was re- BOY scour Group ~ “as CASS WSS Es