CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, February 5, 1959 By R. J. SCOTT SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK >" (a fR ose’ Guide Association Elects Officers. Castlegar News: Published Ever, Ttursday At “THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS" | Scout Area “A home away from home, popular among the blind and where blind persons learn to be} many members roll out a sea: fi needed and, wanted,” — that, is t Castiegar, B.C. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assn. L, V. CAMPBELL Publisher. B.C. Weekly Newspapers A Bureau Subscription Rate: $3.00 per year Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa by mail — 35¢ per month by carrier So This Is Competition her group plays an. actlve p: al Institute for the Blind, The clubs provide a ye how Miss Jeanne Levesque Vice: son's, average In the 200 bracket. J President of The West’Kootenay. Branch of the Blind described her | f4Vorite entertainment. In the organization. One of 68 clubs of|S¥mmer boat trips and picnics the sightless across Canada, for| t#ke Place with nail driving con- Square dancing is often a art tests, threelegged races, horse- during the. current educational|®°¢ Pitching and other active § period — White Cane Week| 2™Usements, sponsored from coast to coast by The Canadian Council of the| Programs on the newly blind is Blind and The Canadian Nation-|¢markable,” Miss Levesque sald. “The impact of these lively » When a newcomer realizes ar-| that there Is a place for him in Council Is Formed Representatives from various Kootenay District Executive Com- mittees of the Boy Scout As- sociation ‘attending a meeting in Creston voted to form an Area Council serving the entire Koot- enay region. The area served by this Council extends east from The Annual Meeting of the Guide’ and Brownie Association, Castlegar Branch, was held re- cently In the United Church Hall. There were 14 members and one guest present. The meeting was also attend- ed by Mrs, R, MacBain, District Commissioner. The minutes of the last re- gular meeting were read and adopted also the treasurers re- port. Correspondence was read ... While they last! LUNCH round recreation program de this group, a flood of confidence signed to appeal to’ touch and|Fushes through his being. hearing. Metal bingo cards have| Through these clubs, the newly ‘been devised with embossed num. | Dlind soon find themselves taking bers easily discernible by touch,|Part in ‘actlvitics they thought They permit the sightless to com- denié¢d them for the rest of thelr pete in thls popular game not] life, q only within their own walls, but “The work of The Canadian for the more venturesome at re-| Council of the Blind is truly gular bingo parties of the slght-| warm and wonderfyl,” Miss Lev- ed. esque sald. “It achieves a goal of Brallle marked cards place} individual happiness and service at the finger-tips of “sightless|to others that demonstrates the the present boundary of the West |and business of the meeting was Kootenays to the 3.C.Alberta|dealt with. It was decided that border, and south from the C.P2.|the mothers and daughters ban- malnilne to the forty-ninth paral-|quet would be held in March and lel. a committee was chosen to take cat * = u The consolidation of District |care of this. : : Councils into Areas represents Mrs. MacBain was asked to "SOUVENIRS OF a ‘continent-elrcling trip, 2,000 miles fnew trend in organlation, andltake the chair for the election b outemibile ond 200 ) miles by froin taken by Mr: nd gains such advantages a is of officers, Those elested Rare: rs. Mike Pankoff of F 7, B.C., up elt (1) a more uni -consider-|President, Mrs. G. lerson; mpany Limited, have meen mounted ighbourln F. Schwart- apg ubsbeh bea ee how here. They toured the’ states of See ae one eel rare id [ise Presidents My Fes a oe New. York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginio, West the Boy Scout Movement. |roy: Matt aor ne P. King: persons the joy of bridge, crib-| thought for this White Cane Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiano, IMlinois, Kansas Color- mutual assisfance among |madge Secretary, Mrs. P. Ander-\{ bage and solitalre. Week — True Vision Lies Be- ado, Missouri,. Wyoming, Montana, \daho, Washington, districts In. matters of or-tson, Fivepin bowling 1s most| hind the Eyes." : South and North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, regon ane ganization and effective|-. ance 3, Howes will take over California, and all Canadian provinces fre ete re ae operation. publicity for 1958, Columbia — Kootenay Minor 3 "ar more. efticlent planning A vote of thanks was extend- cnequie and ed to retiring president, Mrs. Mc- Hockey A for sag vanced Pender: ‘Training Masters for her work during the Little Theatre Group. games that were cancelled, Ge CASSAAS, oF Shautbe BOXES. LUNCH KITS, VACUUM BOTTLES, .... BOTH FOR .......:. $2.29 TOASTLESS ELECTRIC FRY PANS, 10-INCH, COMPLETE WITH LID AND CORD PRICED AT, . 0.0... 0 ccc cence cee es $15.95 13-PIECE DRILL SET, one-sixt ter inch, (0) \| ) Qa - $1.69 nth to one-q' Courses. facilitates the programme of Boy Scout Camporees FEBRUARY oth 45 pm Comets vs. Cubs past year. A vote of thanks was also extended: to the other re- happy, the Government resists price increases when they are indicated. To keep workers satisfied the Government is loath to take a strong stand against union demands for wage increases and other concessions. Opposition might bring the risk of major strikes. The re- sult is that managers of nationalized in- dustries have been forced to hold down prices while allowing wages to rise. That invariably has meant a loss at the end of the year. There are other things too, that cut profits. The verr P 1 B.O.A. loys 3,00% more workers ‘on its engineering staff than the Not long agd headlines read: “TCA' TO There will be widespread disatisfaction HAVE COMPETITION” and “TCA MONO- that the unrestricted competition which Mr. POLY BROKEN”. Sounded good to those who Wheatcroft said was justified on certain s have been urging, more airtine service; bad to routes will not take place. Instead, CPA is al- ? . i those who favor government monopolies.’ lowed only one flight daily each way between : a a raed? » When the fine print is studied, however, it Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montrea. doesn't please anyone very much. If they sell more tickets, they are not allowed : here will be some small: satisfaction to put ona second section to handle them. that CPA has at fong last been allowed toen- They must stick to a single flight. Is The Countr Full ter transcontinental service. That is all, This is competition? Surely not! : ‘ a a s Public Ownership A Flop Of Spinsters? = Newspapers have many per-)frst flush of wifehood. The read- Nationalization is a dirty word in British losses close to 40 millions. certo: _rostration when ae oo ouaht io pairs husbands politics nowadays, with even the socialists be- rouble with Britain’s nationalized in-| written in pencilon both sides of |wives to ‘go gallivanting round “ing forced to acknowledge that public owner- dustries, according to U.S, News and World | ine paper, poorly constructed, it|winning przes. It made a well- ‘ship is a colossal flop, says the Letter Review. Report, is that men who run them are in-|