feist eee RE < Dear Ann Landers; Will you please answer a question and put my mind at ease? I am sure it will be very helpful to thousands {if not millions) of women everywhere, Here goes: At what age can a woman be absolutely certain ihe will not become pregnant? I have met several ladies who have grown children and suddenly they turn up pregnant. How do auch things happen? Sign me —Dumb Dora Dear Dora: “Such things” happen for a variety of reasons. Sometimes even on purpose. The ability to reproduce varies from woman to woman, Generals ‘speaking, however, the baby factory shuts down by age i oo asanting to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest ; recorded mother of whom there is evidence is Mrs. Ruth Alice ; Kistler. Sho was born in Wakefield, Mass., on June 11, 1899, and ‘gave birth to a daughter in Glendale, Callf., on Oct, 16, 1956, Mrs, ; Kistler was 67 years old at the. time. : ‘Dear Ann Landers: Ir read ine opners epi: Both carry your jeolumn, 8 same iletter. The most ee exam le: a A woman wanted to deatey her diary which contained torrid {details of a short-lived romance she had while in college. She was thappily married, and her husband knew about the affair, but he i was not aware of the extent of the passions involved. : ‘The second paper in which I read the same letter eliminated tall references to a torrid romance, giving the readers no hint that ‘the diary contained such material. In the light of the deleted lines, iyour answer made very little sense. Question: Do newspapers have the right to edit your column? ‘If they. want to cut out certain things must they obtain your ‘permission? Please let your readers in on what goes on behind the scenes, —Puzzled In California + Dear Puzzled: : Every newspaper receives the same column. It is carefully } edited in Chicago by an executive of the Chicago Sun-Times. No + paper has the right to change my advice or add to it. : All papers, however, have the right to cut out miniever they : please. (Sometimes an entire letter is lopped off. When extensive cutting occurs, my replies ee aes don't make sense. If a letter is left out and I subsequently refer to that letter, dozens of readers write to complain that they don't know: what I'm talking about. It would be wonderful if allsmy papers printed the entire column (it's available seven days a week) but I realize some papers have space Problems and this would be too much to hope for, * 2 «8 ‘Dear Ann Landers: Yesterday my husband and I received an ‘invitation that read: “Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Celebration :in honor of Mr, and Mrs. Joe Doe, to be held at the Blankety-Blank ‘Country Club on such and such a date. Cocktails (cash bar) at 2:30 ‘p.m. dinner, 3:80 p.m., Pot Roast—Family Style—$7.95 per person. When I saw that “$7.95 per person” I couldn't believe it. My ‘husband and I gave a 50th wedding anniversary party for o ‘family and friends and we paid for everything. Should we attend? —Getting Hotter In The neue Dear Hotter: Only if you want to pay $7.95 for a pot roast dinner—family style. Frankly, it sounds overpriced to me. a party” it isn't, > Landers by- KOOTENAY TRADING POST 123 Main Street — ‘Phone 365-3719 AIR CONDITIONERS 2 — 8,000 B.T.U, 1 — 5,000 BT.U. $285,000 Price Tag Highest Paid for Canadian Painting “A painting by Tom Thom- re son has been sold for $285,000, CAPRI'S et pe ever paid for a Canadian SUMMER painting. PAINT SPECIAL complete, any car, $219.95 gonquin Park in 1917. The IN OUR ACRYLIC ENAMEL circumstances surrounding his CAPRI death have never been fully explained. AUTO BODY 633 - 6th Ave. S. ‘The painting, Woodland BOOK NOW! W. Garfield Weston Foundation for the MeMichael Canadian Collection, an’ art gallery at Kleinburg, Ont., northwest of Toronto, ‘Woodland Waterfall, por- traying the isolated rush of cool water deep in Algonquin Park forest, is reminiscent of the Canoe Lake area in the park where the artist died. Some say he was murdered, others think Waterfall, was bought by the . Renfal of Slocan Wi! Hall fo Increase: Heating Costs Blamed for Extra Expenses ~ Roll call was answered by the 20 members present at the meeting of the Slocan Women's Institute this month with gifts for the Children's Hospital. It was decided that the W.I. Hall could be used free of Cormier Family Join Foster Parents Plan A very special commit- ment has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cormier and family of Castlegar, who have “adopted” little Sergio Holguin of Ecuador, Mr. and Mrs, Cormier join the Foster Tarenia “Pian of Canada in adopting Sergio and their monthly contribution of $17 brings material and finan- clal assistance to both child and family and is aimed at strength- ening the family unit by helping each member. Foster Parents Plan is currently working in 11 coun- tries in South America, Asia and Africa, Over 60,000 chil- dren are currently being aided by individuals, groups and familles in Canada, the U.S.A, Australia, and The Nether. lands, : For more information on this non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political independent or- “ganization, write to Foster Parents Plan of Canada, 158 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, Ont. MAV 1P8 Symposium Deals wan " the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood follow- ing the: arrival of Peter P. a Varian (Christiakoff) to Cana- 1927 was the topic sees at the recent sympo- sium in Shoreacres of the Joint’ Deukhober. Research Commit- "Factual Doukhobor history gathered from this series of public meetings will eventually be compiled into book form. Speakers included a for- mer director of the community, Nick. Arishenkoff of Grand Forks, as well as Elisey Kootne- koff and John M. Dergousoff, both of Grand Forks and John Swetlikoff of Thrums. The general consensus of the, speakers indicated that despite the loss of homestead lands in Saskatchewan (due to the refusal of the community people to swear the oath of allegiance) the community, un- , der its structure, prospered on land that was purchased in B.C. and the prairies, and was able to expand economically. Bridges, schools, jam fac- tories and sawmills were built even during the economic crisis in the country as a whole, when jobs were scarce and wages meager. Questions from the floor were directed to the speakers for’ further clarification of sub- jects under review. The symposium sessions are recessing for the summer months and will resume again in the fall in Grand Forks. A resume of the information gathered so far will be pre- sented by the Research Com- mittee at that time. Grant Awarded For Behavi ‘charge on rainy days this