CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday At “THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS” Castlegar, B.C, Member: L. V. CAMPBELL Editor and Publisher BiG, Weekly Newspaper? Newspapers Assn. Advertising Bureau Subscription Rate: $3.00 per year — 35¢ month by carrier Member: Vanadiin Weekly Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October 22, 1959 Fourteen years ago, on Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations was founded with the four-fold purpose of keeping peace and promoting self-determination, social wel- fare and human rights. In that time the UN’has proved to be ‘an institution where member nations don’t necessarily agree on the conclusions, but it has also proved to be a place where mem- bers agree on the:rules under which dis- UN Dollar Votes Cast For Freedom Just as Important as Security Votes looked after by this special UN committee. The committee has been keeping these persons alive with 1,500 calories each a day at a cost of 15 cents a day per person. In addition it has supplied the refugees with schools and educational facilties where they can learn trades and skills. WELL...IT WAS LIKE THIS... HE WAS IN A HURRY TO GET SOME CANADA SAVINGS BONDs.., President Eisenhower said recently that “The United Nations still represent man’s best organized hope to substitute the cussion is carried out. The United Nations was organized to deal with quarrels between nations that might lead to war. Of the satisfactory set- lement of a great many of these quarrels cthere is much doubt, but as far as encour- aging co-operation “to save humanity from - the disaster of war and to help it to higher degrees of fulfilment,” the UN has done an admirable job. Through such specialized agencies as - the International Labor Organization (ILO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Inter- national Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Bank), World Health Organ- ization (WHO) and the Universal Postal Un- ion (UPU), the UN has helped the countries of the world in their age-long fight against human misery, injustice,’ oppression, dis- . ease, ignorance and poverty.+ . Dollar votes cast for freedom and de- mocracy in the operation of these agencies ‘have had just as much importance in many areas of the world as the votes cast in the security council. ;, The Palestine Relief Committee is a concrete ple of the itarianism work of these agencies. When the Western powers established Israel the Israelis evict- ed the Arab inhabitants from Palestine. Over 900,000 refugees, half of them living in tents and mud huts, have since been conference table for the battlefield.” And it is partly because the UN’s specialized agencies have put human beings before sputniks that this is so. Timely Warning A warning against spliting the ‘free- enterprise vote in B.C.’s next provinciak election was given by CCF leader Robert Strachan recently in an interview with the Grand Forks Gazette. Although Mr. Stra- chan didn’t mean his warning in the sense this newspaper understands it. With the resurgence of the Conserva- tives in many ridings, Mr. Strachan sees the CCF getting more seats next time. Rid- ings lost by the CCF to the Socreds by less than 200 votes will be won by the Social- ists because the PC candidates, no factor in the last election, will pull votes from Soc- jal Credit this time, thus electing CCF mem- bers in close ridings. The election of a CCF government in B.C. would be a calamity which the citizens of this province can’t afford. To avert even the possibility of a CCF government being elected means that all those persons who favor the continuation of.a political and economic system which offers the greater opportunities for the individual should vote for government candidates at the next election. Wenner Gren Power is Good for B.C. It seems that of late we are béating a ing from, those millions which will be paid big drum for our Social Credit Government, out in wages and in purchasing materials although in actual fact we are just calling — why most of*those millions will be com- the cards as they fall and as we see them. ing from outside B.C.,; from outside Can- What is thrilling us at the moment is ada. ‘ the announcement that work appears cer- True those millions invested in Peace tain to start in the spring on the huge pow-" river power will have to pay dividends to er development on the Peace river and that the investors, but once those dollars are the first power will be available in the next transmuted into concrete dams and turbines «decade. and power lines they are here to stay and This is not a dream, it is a reality and the investors will only get back what the “will cost, in the first stage, $375,000,000. traffic will bear. Just think of it, $375,000,000 to be in- Foreign investment, if it merely repre- ‘vested in the first stage of the huge power sents a subsidiary of a parent company else- development. And where is that $375,000, where, is potentially dangerous insofar as 000 and that ultimate of $611,000,000 com- the subsidiary usually takes the first beat- ing in any setback, but foreign investment THE CHOICE in such things as power development, in They fill me with a wonder, railroads, and in opening up natural re- Which really never ends, sources cannot help but be good for the When they ask “Mom, which is better, community. * | A hundred dollars or a hundred friends?” -The foreign dollars are, so to speak, I tell my wide-eyed thinkers, built into the country. The-investors, we Without money we'd get by, hope, get a reasonable return on their in- But if we didn’t have friends who loved us, vestment, but what those foreign dollars Our souls would just wither and die. build ean be said to be for ever Canadian. — Margaret Obedkoff That is why we think that in listening to Wenner Gren, Premier W. A. C. Ben- GHOSTS ON WIRES nett was a wiser man than his detractors When Senator Kenneth B. Keating of- and in giving Wenner Gren carefully res- New York received 789 telegrams asking ‘Ticted rights to explore the Rocky Moun- him to try and soften the labor reform bill tain Trench country, the Premier showed he noted the wires came in two distinc ~ himself again to be a man of vision, wordings. They were obviously form mes- And the first fruits of that vision, a sages. start in the spring on a $611,000,000 hydro The Republican Senator replied to all Power devel t that will rebound to the the telegrams. aes F rep aa benefit of all British Columbia. He got back a raft of the letters he sent out. Some had notations “no such street” or “unknown” and nearly a hund- red were marked “deceased.” Whoever sent the telegrams never. fi- among other things, that we can look for- ward to a growing population in Northern B.C., a new market for our tree fruit pro- ducts, and, as we all well know, markets close to home are what this valley needs. — For us here in the Okanagan, it means, TIMELESS TOPICS We have become so conditioned by the rapid strid- es in scientific achievement that we would not be too greatly surprised were we to read a headline like this: “SPACE CONQUERED, MAN FLIES TO MOON.” Ever since man appeared on the earth he has stri- ven to wrestle with his environment and to bring it in- to subjection. Nor is this contrary to the will of his Creator, for God has ded man to “subdue the: earth.” Man has, in a large measure, succeeded in this sk. : It is tragically true, however, that man’s moral and spiritual development has not kept apace with his scien- tifie achi ts. He has subdued the earth but can- not subdue his own heart. The result is that which may be constructive and good in itself, whether it be the perfecting of the bow and arrow: or the splitting of the atom, is put to evil purposes. : The problem is not science as such. It is man’s heart. As we think about this matter sericusly we are: driver to one conclusion. Man’s spiritual nature is in- deed corrupt as the Holy Scriptures teach. We have: conquered practically everything except our own hearts.. Only Jesus Christ can do this for us. ‘We can not do it for we do not have the spiritual resources within ourselves for the task. We are morally and spiritually bankrupt. Our salvation, individually and internationally, will come only through our per- mitting Jesus Christ to conquer our hearts. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of your- selves; itis the gift of God.” — Rev. Merrill S. Reside Senior Citizens’ Assoc. News , Make Sweepstakes Legal An issue that becomes very much alive at frequent intervals is the questions of sweepstakes. Many believe that government controlled or supervised: sweepstakes could be a painless method of solving the problem of fin- ancing our hospitals, or at least reducing the enormous “deficit that has to be faced year after year-. In spite of present restrictions against sweepstakes it is recognized that many thousands of dollars are sent out of'Canada, every year to benefit projects:and charities in other countries. , The chief objection to allowing legalized sweepstakes in Canada seems to stem from the idea that: it is a form of gambling. We are wi under what heading some of our other activities come? In Vancouver the annual Pacific National Exhibition recently closed’ on another successful year, where gambling and almost every known game of chance was allowed to run wide open without interference. i y B.C., in common with other provinces, legalizes horse racing for quite a number of weeks every year. “Bingo” is another country-wide pastime indulged in and enjoyed by old and young while quite harmless under proper su- pervision, is classed as bhi ib} by many resp or- ganizations and individuals. Possibly under other circum- stances many of the bingo fans would be playing that oth- er highly respected and popular legal ling known as “The Stock Exchange.” Sweepstake tickets from various countries flood Canada year in and year out and keep law enforcement officers busy raiding and arresting ticket sellers, Yes even. to arresting a citizen whose only crime was that he or she was in possession of a sweepstake ticket.. Premier Bennett has stated frequently: that his gov- ernment will give the people what they want. Without placing too literal an interpretation upon that statement, the matter of government supervised sweep- stakes or lotteries might be a good place to start consid- ering giving the people what they want, in view of the fact that in 1955 in Vancouver, voters showed they were in favor by 90 per cent, and in Victoria in 1958, 83 per cent voted in favor of controlled sweepstakes or lotteries. A recent panel of prominent representatives of the: church and press agreed that Canada’s law governing: lotteries was utterly ridiculous and hypocritical and a poll by a responsible r h organization tacting 425, representative citizens showed 85, per cent favored lot-. teries to raise funds for hospital aid and other charities. Rest assured that gambling in some form or another:- has always been and always will be: with us. Are the peo- ple of Great Britain, Australia, New. 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BITT Premier Bennett's not nearly as politically afraid.of the CCF as he is of Liberals and Conser- ‘vatives. - Now this may appear strange, on the surface, for the CCF Is strong in this province — it never loses its hard core of support — and Liberals and Con- servatives are wetk; .certainly that is the only conclusion to be gathered from opposition party in our L — 10 CCFers, who form Her Ma- jesty's Loyal Opposition, three Liberals, no Conservatives, and, of course, Mr. Thomas Uphill of Fernie, who has been there since 1920 — remarkable, almost un- believable, in fact? The Premicr, you see, figures ho has the CCF where he wants them; to him they're a known quantity and he is sure he can handle them. But Liberals and Conserva- tives are unknown quantitics; ithey’re both down and out in Bri- tish Columbia at the moment (except Federally, where the Con- servatives are on top), but the Premier always has a lurking fear that suddenly they — one or the other — might be catapul- ted to the political heavens in an and Conservatives at the moment is that they have not their lead- ers — Ray Perrault of the Lib- erals and Deane Finlayson of the Conservatives — in the Legisla- ture. Certainly a party leader should be in the House, speak with the true ring of au thority; until he can tack the ma- gic, prestige-filled initials MLA after his name, the public doesn’t pay too much attention. to him, colorful though he may be, Predictable, As far as the L guests over the weekend were the Jatter’s mother and _ sister, 's, M, Franco and Miss Linda Franco of Trail, concerned, the Premier would like no Liberals and no Con- servatives, To bring this about, he'd even be happy if the three Liberal seats went CCF though, naturally, he'd rather they go SC, The Premier’s big ambition, hig whole consuming political passion, is to have Social Cred- it the sole representative of what's called capitalism, and quite erroneously, free enter- prise, fighting what he calls the State of Soclalism of the Biggest weakness of Liberals Only as an MLA can he In the 1952 general election} ° stamps are made will to for the ‘weekend were Mrs, B, K, Macal- ister, Mrs, Ross Oborne, Mrs, Hal Belbeck, all of Robson, and Mrs. J. B, Batchelor of Blueberry, Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs, H, Johnson were Mr, and Mrs, George Eastcott and Mrs. Harl Smith of Rossland. ; Returning at the weekend from a_ successful hunting trip to the East Kootenays were Joe Schuepfer and Ted Worley, both of Robson, and John Gibson ot Penticton. Mr. Joe Schuepfér received word during the week of the passing. of his mother in Switzer- land, “3 Locai Philatelic Club Holding Dinner Meet Films from the Federal post- al department showing how Wright. ‘Hallowe'en Tea, Bake Sale The regular meeting of the| post office, A po; wreath wil Robson Women's Institute ob-|be purchased tor Nov. 11, as the served a minute of silence in|November meeting falls on Nov. memory of the late Mrs, W. L.| iJ, it: was decided to hold the meeting on Nov. 10. Gyproc A letter was received from the Queen Alexandra Solarium stating that the new adoptee of the WI was Linda Ball of Vic- toria, A letter of thanks was also read from’ Tom Mojelsky for the scholarship he had recelved from the WI. Mrs, J. Scott, president, than- ked the members who had work- ed at the fall fair, A nominating committee of Mrs. S, Grant and Mrs, A. O. was named A Hallowe'en tea and bake sale will be held in the Com- munity hall soon. Tea commit- teo will be Mrs, W. G. Kennedy, Mrs. V Pattullo, Mrs. S, Grant and Mrs. O. B, Ballard. 7 Bake table committee, Mrs. H, Evans and Mrs, W.'E, McPhee. Posters, Mrs, J. Scott, Mrs, 0. B, Ballard and Mrs; A. Woodrow. H. F Hyson spoke on play- ground equipment, offering many suggestions and showing the for the election of officers. Mem- bers decided to have a booster prize at the mectings and the money would go towards the flo- wer fund. : A motion was made to move the bulletin board from its pres-; ent location to a site by the new a of equip- ment and quoted prices, Mr. Hyson also explained some of this equipment was suit- able for pre-school children, Mrs. Scott thanked Mr. Hyson for at- tending the mecting, The members decided to leave the discussion of the the entertainment at the annua: dinner meeting of the Davh Thompson Stamp Club Monday night. The local group have invit- Robson Coffee Parly Highly Successful The members of the WA to/ Conservatives to none. the Robson Community Memor- fal Church held a successful cof- fee party in the Church hall last Thursday morning. Christmas cards were also sold and orders taken for cards, | eral fold, wrapping paper, etc. The com- “mitten” in charge of the regal stationary table were Mrs. J. Raine, Mrs. G. , Miller and Mrs. iW, G. Kennedy.’ - - - tives, Last session Liberal strength went to three, when Mel Bryan of} club are also invited to the meet- North Vancouver, who was elect-| {ng being held in the Castlegar ed a SCer, could no longer stand | Hotel. SC’ism and returned to the Lib- Social Credit cut Liberals down|€4 Castlegar post office employ- to six and Conservatives to four;|e€¢S to their meeting to see the in the 1953 election Liberals went | films. Guest speaker at the din- down, to four and Conservatives|ner ‘will be a member of the to one; In the 1956 election the|Trail philatelic society who will Liberals dropped to two, and the| exhibit. his prize-winning collec. tion of stamps and covers. Members ‘of the Nelson stamp The David Thompson Stamp Club meets once a month and In next year's election the} has 10 members. James Toogood Premier will concentrate on keep- | of Castlegar is president,’ John ing all Liberals out of the House,| Moor of Kinnaird is vice-presi- as he has kept out all Conserva-| dent, and Duncan Carter of Rob- son is secretary-treasurer. Simpsons - Sears Announce The PTA Sponsors Cancer Forum ‘The Stanley Humphries PTA executive meeting was held’ Thursday at the home of Mrs. Vaessen. There were seven mem- bers’ present and J. Paluck pre- sided, The Trail Cancer Association had requested that the PTA again Sponsor a cancer forum for wo- men, to be held next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the high school audi- torium. This meeting will feature films on the early detection of eancer- and a panel of doctors will be present to lead the dis- cussion, The program convenor re. ported that almost all the ques- tionnaires from the first meeting asked for educational programs. With this in mind, the next meet- ings will have Mrs. E, Leitner, remedial reading. teacher to speak on ‘Reading Problems in the Jun- jor High School.’ As this topic will be most in- teresting and informative a warm invitation is extended to all par- ents, whether you have a child in high school or not. for a later meeting, when ways and means of rals- ing the money for the equip- ment will be discussed. Wallboard A x 8 SHEET at.. $2.40 LOW PRICED WALL FINISHING RECOGNIZED AS A STANDARD IDEAL FOR THE DO-IT-YOURSELF HOME WORKER WALDIE At the close of the business, refershments were served by the hostesses, Mrs, V. Pattullo, Mrs, J. Ross and Mrs, W. Kennedy.” LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLY LTD. _ GONTACT US — FREE ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIYEN We have a new subdivision on which NHA financed hemes can be built, It is located one quarter mile from the shoc- ry our money ping centre, close to schools and the community centr2. MANY CHOICE VIEW LOTS STILL AVAILABLE Coast Development Co. Lid. 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