CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, September 10, 1976

BRIDGE ENTHUSIASTS turned out in full foree Labor I Day when
the Joy Keillor Bridge Club held its evening of “beat the champ"
with Dr. David Kendrick and Joy Keillor being victorious, Hesults
of the evening, with seven and a half tables in play, are as follows:
North-South, firet, Joy Keillor and Dr. David Kendrick; second,

Peter and Marilyn Tohnstone; third, Maryellen and Hubert
Hunchak. East-West, first, Bennie Schneider and on
Whitehead; second, Care Gjennesiad and Bua Poote S75 tir
Etuka Cameron and Pearl Palmer.
—Castlegar News Photo by Lois Hughes

Those Nice Folks Next Door

LAST WEEK I entloned
neighbors, and after
finished the column, "
thought some more about
mine.

If you live in a city*
apartment, you'll probably
never know your neighbor
two doors down the hall, and
will take two years before

eel, and the spirit behind

Up the street a couple, of
houses lives Gabe. He is
former plumber, an

the tools and the skills of his

Jim Bond Passes at 88
After Lengthy Illness

John (Jim) Henry Bond,
88, died on Tuesday. of Inst
week here at his home in
Raspberry Lodge following a
lengthy illness,

Funeral service was held
last Friday from Carberry's
Memorial Chapel in Trail,

Born in London, England,
March 23, 1888, Mr. Bond came
to Canada in 1920 after serving
with the Coldstream Guards
during the First World War. He
was a ‘long-time resident of
Fruitvale and had been em-
ployed by Cominco, retiring in
1964.

He was a member of the

Fruitvale branch of the Royal -

oe Legion.

Worthy Grand M

Mr. Bond is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Doris
Partridge of Fruitvale, Mrs,
Amy McKenzie and Mrs, Bar.
bara Pargeter, both of Beaver
Falls; 12 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; and a sis-
ler os Bond in London.

predeceased by his
wife Minute oD 1948,

In Heu of floral tributes,
memorial donations may be
made to the Beaver Valley
Manor, c/o Gwen Robinson,
Box 826, Fruitvale.

Rev. Hadden Gregory offi-
ciated at the service. Cremation
followed.

‘on

Honored by Members

Approximately 600 East-
ern Star members gathered
Sept. 4 at Stanley Humphries
Secondary School to honor Mrs.
Barbara Schellenberg, Worthy
Grand Matron of the Grand
Cuupler: ‘of British “Columbia

d the Yukon Order of the
Eastern Star.

Hostesses for the event
were Minto Chapter of Castle-

gar and Rose City Chapter of

Nelson.

Distinguished guests were
introduced and welcomed by.
Worthy Matron of Minto, Mrs.

you are on nodding ac-
quaintance with those next
door,

That's fine for some
people. They actually like to
retreat into their cells, and
resent any encroachment on
their so-called privacy. _

But if you live in a small
town, in a house, you have
neighbors, for better or
worse, and you might as well
relax and enjoy it.

Neighbors are not an un-
mixed blessing. They can be
a terrible pain in the arm,

When I wasakid, wespent
our summers at'a cottage.
Next door wasan old bat who
wasthe quintessence ofabad
neighbor. Everybody else at
the lake was part ofa big,
happy family. Not so; this:
one, She.. sneered’ ‘and
snarked and caused endless
trouble. Finally, she put up a
fence between her property
and ours, 0 we couldn't walk

on her. lawn, which was
nothing but pineneedles. We
solved this by jumping the

on the brown, bare-footed
vandals, That was a nasty
one, and caused my mother,
T'm sure, some anguish,

But there aren't many like
that. Most neighbors, like
yourself, are pretty fine
peor: i you treat them as

ih to be treated by

‘There is one thing about
neighbors, They are like
relatives. You can’t pick and
choose. You takes what you
gets. You don't buy a house
because of the neighbors,
though it might be a good
idea to think about it.

T've been lucky all my life,

we lived in,’ they were the

‘salt'of the earth. One of them
was even decent enough to
have his’ house burn ‘down’
‘one night, in a spectacular
fire, which I got my kids out
of bed to watch. Something

fence and walking across her
pine needles, while she
Peered from behind — the
curtains, calling down curses

they'll never forget.
I don't expect that kind of
service from all my neigh-
“bors, mind_you, That was

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Only ‘with your full’ co-operation can we
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co Of

being neighborly tothe point
of no return.

But we've been in this .

house going on 20 years, and
I couldn't have done better’
for neighbors if I'd hand-
picked them.

On one side lives a
carpenter and contractor.
For a guy like me, who can't
hammer two boards together
without making a hand sand-
wich, it's better than having
afairy gotmother. He is the
soul of generosity when it
comes to lending advice and
nails, And when I'm standing
looking stupidly at some
project that would take me a

He also has a warm and
pleasant wife and a son who
has grown ‘into a dandy
snow-shoveller and lawn-
cutter.

On another side, my
neighborisasailor. Don’tsee
much of him in the summer,
but inthe spring, he whistles
over the fence and holds outa
big newspaperful..of fresh
smelt or perch fillets. Had to
cut down one of my oaks the
other day that was threaten-
ing to fall on his house. It cost
me $300. But who in his right
mind wouldn't trade mere
money for a panful of fried

‘Out of Order’
Sign Nets Smart
Crook $3,600
A thief got away. with

$3,600 from a bank’ in St.
Helen's, Eng. using only a

+ length of wire and a sign.

‘The notice, placed over the
external night safe, said: “Out
of erder. Please deposit money
through letter box.”

Two businessmen did so
and the thief used the wire to
extract the money, bags.

Prior to the evening
comes to the rescue. In 10 and
minutes the sink Aatusphing
water again. id
doesn't want an arm, a in
and your liver.

Across the way lives John,
@ teacher, a mathematical
whiz, and a delighter in the
solving, of problems. For
example. My wifeis away for
a week. I want to do a
washing. 1 can't get the
washing machine rong. Call
John. He whips across the
street, through the snow,
and in five minutes the wash-
ing is thunking away.
when my wile is away, his,
wife nips across and puts a
jarofhome-made soup nae
my back door

‘Wien we go away for:

ysy the neighbors keep an
eyeon the place, as though it
were their own: pick up the
newspapers, feed the cat,

Canadian Legion Hall with the
Ladies Auxiliary catering. Dur-
ing the meeting several visitors
extended their good wishes to
the honoree.

Guests present at the

letter to the Editor

Dear Sir:

I can find to spend on large
issues of the day.
1 am_ concerned about. tn

Postage
y i gates. Yet, iI vould be. lost
‘without the mails.

Grocery prices astound
me. But nevertheless, my
weight remains constant.

The divorce rate in this
province exceeded 8,600 last

udde; year and I have personally
calamitjranditeriibe te, added to those statistics. for
todrive you, phonea doctor, 1976. ¢.
bring food, whatever. Weare all concerned about
This closeness might seem the unemployment levels and I
appalling to city folk, with nee ear" ted job seeker
ir preoccupatio:
privacy’ But onan ee, Inflation is a destructive
don’tliveineachother'staps. cancer. that everyone including
‘They have their families; we the wisest minds seem power-
have ours, less to stop and I raised the
Wedor'tencroschontheir rent to one of my tenants,
lives; they don't on ours. 1 also raised the price of
They have their friends; we | my harmonicas and guitars to
have ours; and they're not pass on the :cost increases
necessarily the same. levied on me.” All I had to do
Poet Robert ° Frost was accept a lower margin of
summed. it up, as poets so profit, or if you were a working
often do, when he intoned: — man, you would call it wa;
“Good fences make good The point is that I didn’t,
neighbors.” And he wasn't By writing this letter I am
Just talking about fences. making a public apology and
“So there you are chaps, _willlet you put the blame for all
Let's see you come up witha 3
fisherman, a carpenter, a
plumber, and ‘a trouble:
shooter, and I'd say you're as
lucky as I am, when it comes
to neighbors.

Perhaps best of-all is the
knowledge’ that they are
there, if you need them. A

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The Buck Stops Here

the major concerns of the day
Lam writing thisletter at4 where it really belongs . .. on
a.m. because it is the only time _ me.

The buck stops here.
Fred Merriman
Castlegar, BC

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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, September 10, 1976

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the Alberta government acquir.
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Last year, PWA paid some
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