CASTLE NEWS, “CASTLEGAR, B.C. ‘Wedneador, December 22; 1954 THE CASTLE NEWS. LIMITED Castlegar, B. 02" on L. V. CAMPBELL, Manager V. A. MISUTKA, Editor Weekly. A é BC. Weekly Advertising ‘Bureau SUBSCRIPTION RATE ae ( i ‘$3.00 per year; 25¢° Bee month by -carrier, . i “Authorized as Second ‘Classs Mail, Post Office pea aeneetan Ottawa, ry EDITORIAL -four, Society’ in’ B.C.,. my. pro- Be campaigns wherever I. went. As. Swelled Hundredfold i in F ‘ew. Years } — ne Alt -Round Fight On Cancer f By ELMO! E° PHILPOTT gone away for some. years? ‘Have. you ‘then. gone. back,. after’ that lapse of years, and been’ astonished that’ the ‘baby!’ has’ become a-six foot. giant of a boy, ‘or; a’ budding, lovely ,: young ‘woman? | Have you: ever held ‘somebody's‘ baby in your arms, and then ‘ {of the B.C. Division of, the. Can- ' | women ‘were gattiered:in a ‘room, “| great. fight. ‘against. : cancer. _.|- this, province. | :| handing over tothe proper au- +01 $145,000: to help | pay for: the -|mew.. boarding home, and. that ,| takes, second place to “no other facilities. which are as’ advanced ‘5 {as ours., But. no others part” of fs E area aoe Well, I felt a’ bit like ‘that at last week’s directors’ meeting adian Cancer..Society.’ It seemed like | only - yesterday when * tiny , handful’ . of \: men and: wracking our: brains ‘as to. where | we could: get enough »money.;to carry on the. modest, : small: be ginning ‘of’ what.has become < Yet now,‘ here was the Piesi- dent, Mrs. Frank M. Ross; C.B.E. thority.-a. ‘whopping cheque of was. in addition to all the other regular work. In the space” of only ‘a: few: years the activities of our Society. in B.C. had liter- round attack. in| ties. for doing all this, Canada, and’; no: other éountry| has -s0'. well balanced an‘ all: ~ There is basic’ cancer research of’ a very “high order going!on|: in B.C. . There .is'research into methods : of treatment... There. is a constant and “even ‘amazing ‘expansion. of. ‘the physical facili- But, ‘where! Bic. is' forging: as head of’ all ‘the rest of’ the: coun- try and’ of .the:’ world “isin! the field of: public education.. Thanks to .the systematic campaign. car-|-‘ ied. on” by. our: Society: and to} * the “marvelous : ‘co-operation’. by and DHOME TOWN semis meee | By STANLEY, UND THAT CARAINALT HANS. EDUCATED ar POLISHING OFF A BUSHEL bos Sis TH’ FEED STO} OAS cae 1G? Fe Srey MILES AN HOU UR: iy a eosin x é e A: gel see re e Cl But: Will Be .O) om “Christmas . the schools, the the radio: ‘stati B.C.” is’ very rapidly ‘becoming not * jus can- ally fold. ‘After I became’ a director of |- fessional job: took :me. to many countries, I,"made):.a , point. of checking up on. the .gqnti-cancer I learned more. and more ‘facts J was ° first “surprised then » de- Jighted,- and then after a bit, just a. wee bit chagrined. I. was awe bit’ chagrined because ..I: finally realized -that not‘one’. person in.a hundred: in “It ‘is: now. some: year: had ..any direct, , personal part in this - part ‘of’ the’ ‘Society's ||: work. So’ I.can. testify, ‘as an observer: that the progress: which has recently, been. made is -real- ly astonishing. B. C. literally.leads the world in: the’ field of ‘balanc- ed all round :public education about cancer. i ‘The pioneers’: in BCs fight against © cancer : believed | in” the B.C, realizes that this pi part of any. country’.on earth in its all-round : attacke on the -pro-, blem «of: cancer.” In" some. : re- spects we “lead the ‘whole’ world. parts of. Canada, and some other countries, have cancen treatment It.is quite true that some other |Ienowledge * ‘as’ to’ the: nature of| triple treatment ‘and’ sable: education, and that universal . public’ edu- cation. was’ the. way, not ‘only to save lives by “proper. treatment, in’ time;* but ‘also: that’ universal cancer would “help'turn’ on. the| séarchlight which “could end the age-old © niytsery: of. thi Sey disorder. ee z Christians everywhere, : _story of’ Bethlehem. v. The account 3: of 5. “that oe yiss;-meagre, \, St. Luke * of His Birth, it’s ‘true,: butisuperb: and. ‘moving as this is, it-is yet | aimere_ outline, a ‘series. of chapter tith to fi in the. unfjhished pages: Consider how it bead swith ‘the: journey. from. Nazareth’ to Bi of; , 95. miles.” Joseph" ‘and, 1 Mary undeiteok: sthat; Journey ‘atea: time when -the. weather was]: Fe W- 0. Pelton By, Woyken, 3 "TWIN RIVERS. PAINT. ‘SHOP Work: ‘ SPECIALTY: “installing © ; cars Radiant : ‘Heat- CASTLEGAR. This | Is ‘Corny : »“T;guess.:we'll, have tot‘whnle f salé. your. pxize bull: he Just ge his: tail‘ cut ‘off.in the gate.” 3 {Why wholesale ;him?: Well SI didn’t figure chilly. and ‘apt -to .turn icold.: No ,closed-carriage, no: swift, - heated: 7 d car, no train or. ‘plang ‘was, ever, dreamed. of, Travellers tode camels, donkeys, or horses or walked on. sandalled. fe tA es Douibtiess Joseph: walked. all’ “the: way: eside Mary, as che side-sat a little gray donkey, eee e her ‘with ender’ ‘and: reverent’ solicitude: ~: is ‘At Bethlehem: there’ ‘was no room! gor! them: in the inn. “Many Biblical: scholars ‘agree’ there ‘was’ spacé: of-some “sort, either inthe inn! itself: or: in’ some’ “private home i in’ the. town, But Joseph ‘and |: * : Mary néeded more’ than. a nook or® *COrni rr they: could ‘call: their own for: the moment, ‘They needed “priv; and of that’ there: was “none,! Multitudes from évery .directi ‘wene threading to’ and: fro lik of the pater 3 ie" humblest “most ’ “meagre: sort); ‘ Jogeph, : corner, cover-: edit with straw, spread over. it his "woolen mantle or a “woven blinket' brought fr hi ‘ami A few: | David, ‘fear not to take unto“thee The’ ‘Angel’ of the: Lord . spoke to Joseph: “Joseph,; thou: Son: of Mary. thy: wife, for" that--which is’ conceived ’.in her is : of. the Holy: Spirit.” ee : back to: my* boyhood t days the ‘Alps,*% we, in’ the: little ‘with great aigernes¢ to! ‘this sacred ‘ festivity: “And* dling: clothes: “and daid