CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1961

Used Stamps
’ Are Collected
At Deor Park

Mrs. Oliver D'Andrea was
welcomed as a new member at the
Pebruary meeting of the Deer Park
‘Women's Institute.

Nine members and one visitor
attended the meeting, which was
held at the home of Mrs, A, W.
Kent. At this meeting two resolu-
tions were drafted, These are to
be presented st the District Con-
ference,

A parcel of used clothing and
soap was sent to Unitarian Service
Committees in Vancouver. A box of
used stamps was collected and sent
to the Solarium office in Victoria.
Pennies for Friendship were col-
lected and sent to the Pennies for
Friendship fund.

A social evening is planned for
March, A portable

Kinnaird Institute Hears
Reports af Annual Meet.

The Annual Meeting of. the
Kinnaird WI was held at the home
of Mrs, Bes Goetting with 10 mem.
bers present.

After routine business election
of officers took place, Mra, Bea

was elected and

the Kinnaird swimming pool to
which we donated $300, We also
donated $50 to the handicapped
school at Castlegar, Our other don-
ations included $25 to help a needy
family; $15 to the Minor Hockey

the rest of the board who were.re-
turned unanimously are Mrs. M.
Brownlie, sec., Mrs. G, Bray, trea-
surer; Mrs, Bev Roberts, vice-pre-
sident and Mrs, M. Reith, director.

Sick and visiting report by
Elsie Plotnikoff showed 21 get-well
cards, 7 sympathy, 19 -baby cards
and 6 gifts of flowers to sick mem-
bers had been sent.

Adoptee report by Bea Goetting
for little Jimmy Franklin at Queen

Al ars had been re-

with seo was donated to ‘the
community hall by Mrs, Motters-
head. A demonstration on rug-ma-
king was given by Mrs. Douglas,
(Mrs, Mottershead was tae win-
ner of the door prize and Mrs,

membered on all holidays and his
birthday, -

Agrilulture committee report, we
assist at the fall fair at Castlegar

'to which we donated a Challenge

‘Trophy Cup. Have spring and fall
root end bulb sales among our

Coleman won the Valentine prize.
Refreshment

will be the hostess for the March

Home economics committee re-
ports catering to banquets and bake

meeting.

sales, One of our latest projects was

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We keep flowers and
magazines in the hospital ‘waiting
room which we also furnished, The
‘Women’s Institute takes pride in
‘the work we do for our community
and welcome any new of old resl-
dents of the District to join us,

Humorist Writés
On Public Vs
Private Power

By ERIC NICHOL

‘Vancouver Province
‘The recurrent argument of pub-
lic vs private power always ends up
with each side furiously belaboring
the other, like burlesque comics,
with inflated statiatics.

‘Those of us in the balcony are
etther unable or unwilling to check
the facts and figures, and some of
uf may even belleve that whether
the utility is privately or publicly

owned matters less, as far as con-
cerns the “Ught bill, than Junior's
failure to learn that Ught switches
have an OFF position.

‘My own attitude towards public
ue private ownership of utilities

like power and telephone is what
might be called volatile, For instance
it only takes one pay-phone’s re-
fusal to return my dime for-me to
become passionately convinced that
our pr com-

- On Getting Your Club Into Print ----
How fo Prepare Copy to Get Publicity

News of clubs and fraternal
organizations is welcomed by the
Castlegar News, ‘The fololwing ar-

‘Toastmaster:
ting Your Club Into Print" is re-
printed for the benefit of club re-
porters in this area,
vee
‘very enthusiastic Toastmaster
wants to see his club’s activities re-

ported In the news _ columns of the Pr

Be
‘The officer ‘or member in char-
ge of club. publicity 1s expected to
accomplish this, How does he go

masters club is usually drawn from
® compact local area, and most of
its activities are conducted within
that area,

Because of this, sostropoltan,

A club.has elected: new officers
A club holds a joint meeting with
enother

prints with sharp detail. There is

to write "Left to waht, front row,”

& great deal of loss in newspaper | ete,

A photo which 1s the

In a speech, a member made a
highly original suggestion for im-
proving the community.

‘These items are specific, dyna-
mo, warranting consideration for
the news columns — and are usually
accepted.

‘When you have real news, such

indicated in. the, second group,

take It or‘ send .it to your editor.

‘When you do not have such news,

let the editor alone, Do not send

him what you would not print in
his place.

The most important element in
good presa relations — and results
— ls the selection of material to
send to the newspapers.

Method of Submitting News

The way you submit news fo

is not as

dailies and other larg news
Papers are not odrinarily the logical
media for carrying news of a Toast-
masters club. These large papers
carry news of interest to readers
throughout the numerous, widely’
seattered localities where they clr-
culate,

‘They may occasionally carry!
{tems about local Toastmasters clubs,
but cannot reasonably be expected

to make @ practice of it.

On the other hand, the inten-
sely local of e Toastnras-
ters club makes it a very logical
source of news for the newspaper
hares circulation concentrates in a

small town, 8 nelghborhodd, or a

& TM club may’ be

pany is an octopus whose tentacles
are wired for busy signal.

Conversely, when a postal em-
ployee makes me take the scotch
tape aff the parcel I'm trying to
mail, and finds a letter enclosed

iy
per, my conviction is that the soon-
er private enterprise takes over this
den of weasel-nosed bureaucrats,
the better. .
T strongly suspect that this ba-
sis of judgment is not peculiar to
me alone. -
I believe that I have for com-
pany 2 fair proportion of men and
practically all the women.

Our method of diagnosing the
advantages of public ownership over
private, and vice veraa, is'to become
disgusted with whichever tweaked
our nose Jast.

This was proved in Britain,
where the mass of the population
first swung, under Labor, to ‘nation-
alization of all sorts of things, then
swung : after ev

hed been told for the hundredth
time by the underpaid Beak behind
the wicket to fil out this form
Please,

‘The British learned, I believe,
that one. flint-eyed, overworking
chairman of the board of a private
company, the man whose net in-
come is $30,000 8 year, is no more
expensive to the public than three

lf} drones in green eyeshedes doing the

same job, each for a net income of

“| $10,000 a year.

RAYON From

$16.45

670 x 15
NYLON From.

| $17.95

670 x

“Plus retraodable trade-in

Every Firestone Tire
LUFETIME
GUARANTEED

j mautned FREE |

Parkinson's Law — the dynamics
behind the pyramiding of personnel
in tax-supported corporations -—
pretty well cancels out any saving

ed by the elimination of share-
holders of the private company.

On the other hand, when the
bus barrels by the bus-stop after you
have loped 50 yeards in full view
of the driver, you are rapidly per-
suaded that the privately-owned
bus company Js an arrogant mon-
ster and that the profit motive is
directly responsible for that bab-
oon’s leaving you gasping in his
diesel exhaust. -

Quote hard figures on public
and private ownership as they may,
if unalloyed these melt to nothing
in the heat of personal experience,

As the man said: Please don’t
confuse us with the facts.

, events: are news. Strings of local

-| the implications of their. behaviour.

eee one or more papers may be
fount a specializing in serving that
area,

‘The first step for the publicity
chairman is to identify the news-
papers wheh furnish the natural
channels for carrying news of the
club,

“What to Submit

‘Editors and readers like items
of genuine news interest. They dis-
like items which are mere promo-
tions for selfish or special interests,

Events are news. Desires and ex-
Pectations are not news. Local na-
mes associated with unusual local

names associated with routine events
are not news. The following tables:
may help to distinguish what 1s|
news from what is not news:
NOT NEWS
A group is trying to form a club.
A club holds its second meeting
A club applies for a charter
A club wants new members
A cliib will hold elections
A club desires outside contacts
A member made a good speech”
These items are static, dull, or

vague. Reports with these charaoter-
istics should be rejected by editors
— and usually are,

NEWS

A club holds ,its first meeting
A club elects ‘provisional officlers —
A club receives its charter
A club inducts new members

Problem Kids Are
Traffic Violators |

Teenage traffic violators are
likely to be problem children in
many other areas of Ife, says the
B.C. Automobile Association.

‘The finding was developed dur-
ing a one-year study of 208 teenage
problem drivers at Columbla Uni-
versity financed.by the AAA Foun-
dation for Traffic Safety.

In subjecting them to tests to
improve their attitude behind the
wheel, it was found that compared
with non-violators, teenege traffle
violators are more lkely to act
without giving due consideration to

DEPARTMENT,

NOTICE

A partially submerged cable will be be in‘ place

OF HIGHWAYS

Ya-mile

across the C

River appr

selecting the material you cend,
‘However, material in good, work-
manlike shape, easy to read and

likely to be printed tian sloppy ma-
terial of equal news value.

Here are sqme suggestons whith
will help you in preparing material
an editor will understand and —
we'll hope — accept:

1, Use one side only of stan-
ord 8% x 11” See white paper.

‘Type name, address,
end Tohone ‘number at the top left
hand corner of the paper. Phone
number ensbles editor to check on
you or the message easily, if he
wishes to do so, Do not use a bus-
iness ‘letterhead, as this will make
your submittal Jook like a commer-

cial communication.

3. A few spaces below your
name, etc., type the heading NEWS

4, Do not write a headline for
the item — the editor will prefer
to write his own.

5. Type the news item in dou-
ble space with margins at least 134"

on each side, State the facts in|,

clear, simple words. Use short sen-
tences, Check carefully for grammar
and spelling.

6, Handing the message to the
editor. personally is best, but if this
is inconvenient, mail it in an en-
Velope ‘ndressed as follows: .

+ Editor -

. @ame of paper)
(address)

city :

7, Do not write a letter oor note
to go with your submittal. When
you send a news item to an editor,
you are doing him a favor. When
yow press the editor to use the
item, you irritate him, The news
item alone will work better than
the news item accompanied by a
letter of transmittal.

Results

Your item may or may not get
printed. It is your job to buy the
paper and see. Do not expect a re-
ply or 8 clipping from the paper.
Do-not get upset if the item is not
used — just send more items; some
‘of them_will probably be used.
Papers vary from issue to ‘issue in
the amount of usable material avail-
able, This variation may shut your
item out or let it in. Nelther you
nor the editor can contro! the ebb
and flow of news,

Pictures

Pictures brighten up a paper.
Editors Uke to use them if the
are good pictures which will repro-
duce well and if they tie in with a
good news item.

Send only good, clear glossy

least bit fuzzy or dull im the orig-
inal will be s sad blur in the pap-
er, doing you no good.

Identify the gqubject and the
people in the picture by @ typed
slip pasted or taped on the. reverse
side, Never write on the back of the
Picture, as this will damage it for
reproduction. i

dentify people from lett to
right, front row firet; but he sure

Avoid photos showing much de-

Probab
Each face should be large enough
to show distinctly.

Harkdling public’ relations for

results will be worth the time and
care you expend.

“+ in Unbroken Zine."

APPLICATIONS

will be received by the S y-T for
a position which may become open for a man
qualified to handle building construction and
maintenance, supervise construction contracts and
sub-contracts, read blueprints, take off quantities,
ets., estimate costs and handle building and main-
tenance repairs. eens

Enclose copies of references and state age and
experience.

Closing date will be noon, March 13, 1961

Cc. H. KING
Secretary-Treasurer.
Schoo! District ‘No. 9

All The Best

TO THE
T. EATON co.

AND Mr. BOSSE and Mr. MADDOCKS ON THE
OPENING OF THEIR NEW BLOCK
AND STORE

Greep’s Electric

CONGRATULATIONS
: -T6 THE
T. EATON CO.
¥ AND
Mr. Maddocks and Mr. Bosse
ON THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW
STORE AND: BLOCK ON PINE ST.

INTERIOR PAINTING BY

A. Gleboff

Best: Wishes.....

‘to the

T. EATON Co..

and Mr. Bosse and Mr. Maddocks

ON THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW PREMISES

- World Prayer Day
Is Well Aitended

‘The . Women's ’ World ' Day. ot

VIoTORIA REPORT

Prayer which ‘wos held in the Rob-|.\ 2 '

aon Community “Memorial Church

wa svery well attended. The'thems/\

‘The \service was genducted iby
Mrs. H, F. Hyson and. those. taking

Rowers, “ Bolotat’ Mrs." R. T.: Waldie
aang “Be ~ Thou My” Vision,” ~ ac-
companied ee the organ by Mrs..A,
‘W. Thorp,

areas was, given: by Mrs, W.

Salekin and the’ offering was taken| “

up by Mrs. J. 'Taranko and Mrs, 0,
‘Thring,- 8r.; ‘The of the
World Day. of Prayer are used for
Misalons ‘abroad. and ‘work at home

thie service mem:
bera of the’ Evening ‘Group served
refreshments ‘to ‘all Present in’ the
ehurch hall. :

SILVER BIRCH NOTES

,By JAMES EK. NESBITT |
“Two Social: Credit members of

=| the Legislature, so far ‘this session,
have, given great. ald:.and comfort i

to” the COF, ‘\

‘SC ‘Bert Price of ‘Vancouver
Byrrard! came right .out and said)
the government: should ‘go {nto the
wutomoblle *- insurance’ business,
Corrs" have been saying that for
years, and: s0 they japplauded : Mr,

heeling: oul, who prides
hima on his ‘independence; got
up ‘and said® he’ doesn't ke. the
new Incfeas8 in the gas tax, and.
he‘; broadly; hinted’ he may vote
against the ‘government, in an ate
tempt ‘to defeat.

Mr.’ Shelford does ‘this he
will’ be-but: following’ in the’ foot-
steps of his chief, the: Premier;..Mr,

) now, be-

Valentine's: Day. was’ celebrated | 6

at Silver Birch, the schoot for the
handicapped children, ;with 9 class
party. Mra Palsson and Mrs.' Jack;
provided’ special | refreshm at
noon, and the: contents’
decorated Valentine Box’ were dis-
tributed, All ‘the children

the new pupil,’Ronnie, enjoyed: the
day very much.

ane nee sapien makes be
‘bright. i

and increased re is

much appreciated by’ both teachers

and students.’
‘The schoo}, would “q00 like to
‘thanks to the Soroptimists
Club for providing ‘a: very useful
wooden, screen.

against. his:,own,
Coalition, the government® he was
elected to support, on the sales tax,

‘JAMES 'K. NESBITT
becothe: Premiey it's “unlikely he'd
cut out any of the’ present taxa-
tion, Last’ sesslon‘’he' mbde the
mistake: of: saying that if tha COF’

came to. power - the: home-owner |

it would be

‘Thus.. do
thelr minds about taxes. and other

gaily| things, when ‘they. rise from the

back benches into ‘the seats of the
mighty, Mr. Bennett calla it ‘tak-
look.” :

his supporters pinned his ears back
on this one,- and Mr, Strachan
ssid ‘he had changed “his: mind
a COF government would not cut
out: this grant."

ar. government, you see; inherits

or good ilaws.

taxes at this time is a mystery. Is
he worried about the. neue of. the

Now, if Mr. ‘ptraehiats should

Automatic’ Electric Steam Iron. $: 19:50
A

: = aa n

Steel Ironing Raard $ . 9 o5

weeOca aPor

oe

Aa tee. Bs 995:

‘The OOF says that when they
become ‘the government —' and “no
ifs about it'— ‘they're sure they'll
Inake {t/in 1964 — they'll ‘tax bi
‘Is| business more, and take over such

‘as the B.C, Electric, us-
ing ‘these. profits ‘for “the “good “of
all, thus’ reducing’ ‘general taxation.
‘Well, we shall’ see — if ‘and when.

Just” Uke -it" Anherits bad

_MLA‘s. thump ther

of the.-Premier
and his ;cabinet ministers) ,ani
shout down opposition shouts, COF..
ers, led }by.their chief, Mr, Strach-
an, call out, in sneering tones: the
Hallelujah chorus ‘is at it again ~."
‘Mr.: Speaker‘ Hugh Shantz has|%
now ruled there must: be no more

Kinnaird
Brieis

A letter wes, read from the}

school board requesting information
on the village's plans for: widelting
Milestone ‘Road and * dsking. how
much property -will. be ‘required

to the chorus;
it's. undignified “and - insulting, ‘not
only to MLA’s, but ‘to others, as
well, and it’s ‘highly unparliamen-
tary. That's what Mr. Speaker says,
and what he says must ‘80 — or
else. :

Howevel, your “NELA's, on all
aide of, the fence, ‘are pretty clever

lwhen ft comes ‘to thinking “up|

amart-alec . catoh-phrases,. and. be-
fore long COF’era: will coin’ another
— which, in due course, will be out-.
lawed + by; Mr. : Speaker, whodoes
his best to keep up legislative de-
corum,.a tough’ job: when alot’ of
politicians ‘get’ going ‘at’ each’ oth-
ers’ political throats,

60 Téachers om
~ Second ‘Session
For Improvement

("The ‘second in a series of ine
service training. for ‘teachers .’was

‘The West Kootenay Health Unit

advised “the. village ‘that the latest | §

set of five’ water tests recorded 115,

‘The .test. which , showed pollution

was madé on Feb. 7.'¢ i
see

The annual convention a fie
Bo, Building

CASTLEGAR, NEWS, ‘Thursday, Feb.: 28, 1961

Si. Regis Hotel.

602 Dunsmuir St.”
Situated In the heart of the business and “shopping austrict.
“EXCELLENT. COFFEE SHOP AND DINING “ROOM
Rodis From #250,

_; Special ba and monthly rates:

held in May .in ‘Trail.;; ‘innaird's
share’ of the: banquet for the cin-'
vention qyill be i

* /gne safel committee, headed
by “Comm... Jake’ ‘Hendricks, will
bring‘ In). @ recommendation at ‘a

future, meeting concerning payment

for ‘hard ‘hats: for’ the: village ‘crew.
One suggestion made at council was

| that’ the village pay for hard Dats] ”

and if they are lost crew members

+ |must pay for their replacement.

e, 808
Floyd. Peterson was appointed
|village representative on the  oniag
board, of aopert
: eee

OA

held in’ the 1
School under ‘the ‘chairmanship of
Miss B,' ‘Tarbet. Mrs.!MacCabe and
a demonstration Class:of 18 regular | Chased
grade aix pupils illustrated ‘compre-
ension and rate, ina reading lesson

to approximately” ‘80 teachers, Mrs.
MacCabe @eveloped the: lesson by
giving the ofthe her-

ioneaa tee’
An offer.of $165 fora mean of|
junk” (old electrical equipment pur-
chased; by the ‘village. for _“about

$20") was accepted. ;
°

‘Comm. jake Hendricks reported

on the comparative. P power-per-unit-

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‘The regulat ° ‘monthly “meeting

was: held at the! home’ of Mrs.’ E.|
H. McPhee with the, president (Mrs.
. Seatt preblding,

“The 12 mémbers present’ an-|"
swered' the roll call with a-Valen-|

tine verse.’ There were one ‘or two
very original ones,-It was’ decided
that “membérs ‘each | plant @ flat of

give ‘out the “geeds' to: avoid /duplt-|
Mrs,

cation in pl

that:
iby: the education
tend the fashion show atthe high
school, Girls: from“ grade ‘7. through
to. grade’ 11” modelled” the clothes
they. had ‘made ‘in Home Economics
course, It was. very” interesting to
see What a good, showing Hisse. girls
made.

“Mrs. RW. “Chalmers ‘for. the
‘citizenship ‘committee ‘told of an
article she had read; Mrs, J, Scott
of. the home economics committee
again’ came-up with: some very’ in-
teresting tips on home ‘making.

‘Mrs, Ax SmecherSof, the: hospi-
tal committée reported: that. the net
proceeds : of. the.“coffee! paity: were
used to, buy: fruit for the "Castlegar

ital. "She ; also “read excerpts
from’ the ‘nattona? health “Week ima-
pazine,-A collection: of ‘Pennted for
Friendship was. taken up and ‘$4.10
wad collected. \:

‘Mrs, Fowler extended an in-
vitation to the Institute to send a

to the" rec
comntittee zone’ conference ‘which
will be held in the community ‘Hall
in.March, Mrs, H, Hubert offered

Fowler xe-

=| to attend ‘and her-offer was accep-

ted’, with : thanks, Layette articles
were’, .brought in and Mrs, Smecher
offered to look after the’ packing
and shipping of these,

At the conclusion of business
the hostesses: Mrs. J; Ross and Mrs.
Hubert =. served») delicious refresh-
ments. The booster prize donated |
by. Mrs, Smecher and won by: Mrs,

Coftrtnell; netted $1.15 for. the flo- |.

oH wor box.

‘up; new words, ‘arous-
ing initerest in ‘the story, letting the
pupils read “it* silently,

of. it. °

was served by.the Kinntard PT
A number of questions and B. aise
cussion peried followed, 4 A

mercury arc
and Muorescent ugnte, A

\ of, x
Paving be ne met: with council to

assigning
o comprehension type questions on it,| _-
}|and ‘then discussing’ various “aspects|

VAfter the der scatehict cottee 4y

CASTLEGAR NEWS

aie ulaeeaaetuieate’ Teena Garr jute :
came because he took time out -. good at putting our energy

to think—to figure out how to sources to work for ux. Take cil,,

get tnergy sources other than for example. (if provisies more:

th tetmen TOR

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