CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Nov. 24, 1966 CASTLEGAR NEWS TV: Just Home Attempt to Hold Mill Rate Commendable Good news for Castlegar ratepayers rate would have increased by at least 10 was Mayor R. C. Maddocks’ announcement niills for the improvement bylaw and ano- at last week's council meeting that the ther several mills sufficient to cover these 1967 mill rate will probably go up only other factors. While the town probably has a wider x tax base now than it did a year ago (there Ths was the increase anticipated by has-been much new building), nonethe- less this certainly is not sufficient to co- ver the increased costs of running the mu- W. aan * Since then costs have skyrocketed for nicipality, Instead, it is more probable that the Atanas eight or 10 mills over the present 14 jmills. faldermen at the time they were promoting e blacktopping and’ storm drainage by-- the municipality on many fronts. The town’s outside workers won a town’s self-imp y_progran D there the past several months has indicated that thave been higher costs ft upon 2 tighter rein can be kept on municipal Yarger-th ted pay i pooptefs rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain‘ J and Forty-Seven of ‘attaining town status than was first anti- cipated, bylaw debenture sales cost more dividuals. have been gloomy expected that the ORE MAN'S GPINION | pata ees Shrum Succumbs to Myth About Teachers duc ‘educational Sys my way. I never admitted that I All Castlegar residents will hope that expected, and everyday costs for run- when the 1967 budget is brought down’ ning the town have increased for Castle- in the spring, the mill rate set: then will gar just as they have for businesses and be true to this November’s prediction and individuals. : : that a cautious eye will continue to be * "Yn Jight of these facts, then, it would a on all municpal expenditures and act- vities, i ‘Hovle System TV. Guide things here are no- network: mi on Mondays and Wednesdays, a situation that: will be pai remedied sometime in’ 1967. year. Fi g about 80:movies a year for each of the six net- work movie shows (they doa lot of repeats), the total. pro- duct needed will be 180 feature films a year’- | After watching what the networks fill their time with, season after season, we ‘are | happy to see movies that were made’ for ‘audiences fill 80 much television time - nly od a somenne wrod 0 ind «al way to’ present movies’ sensibly ‘on ‘television, e fe hose - interruptions By F.B. Pearce thing of the press. - the Now that body has an im- mense conceit of itself. Like conceited individuals it is s0 sure of itself it does not learn, In the past Secade teaching had to reply to ill at iy easurably. moti. There have been a flood of tab! at each hoi child in the my view that most of the c! u with which teaching is plagued subject which should be con- direct’ result of the at- stantly explained to the public. the same It is not to be that you can deride -ed to the ‘cow it unt tunately over tra fo: d, entire a it of "touch with ‘te consider they are second class, - mt ; ek entirety attic that is what they will be. I you accuse them of bein: igeneral public. This-has effect of perpeti: are the titude of the general public. 1 ‘because the press scorns to treat education as.a think, is most col. Cana losal -of such vast magnitude and. of eir ranks the best such -imp as and Pay hem poorly and at- ‘Geserves the best of coverage trealis merch brains of the country. If you Dy the press. © : Srganized the currency. t! de: It doesn’t get it. ‘Jn the whole of Canada. o¢ gow mm Canada’s First Bank accep! cts they History of the Bank of =~ products -Spparen' had to barter in ex -Wkjacked. ‘The author goes in- Moxtres! By Merrill Denson teh to McClelland’ and Stewart Ltd. trappers and. ind i" When the Bank of Montreal bly, opened for business on Nov. ’ 3, 1817, bi began > and ada, With a paid-up capital of vated by prejudice, and that which the public know noth- $150,000 the bank was in busi- the profits into ‘the now. -includes--Dr. Shrum. I ing, simply di would, however, like to gubmit jn its hidebound intolerance issuing th mestic banknotes known to John Richards bank. Now ‘known’ as the father 2 youRE TELLING ME CANADA'S DIVORCE LAWS ARE OUT OF DATE..2* It is against this back- scribe the day-to-day problems, business and other, of getting ai Can: the first bank underway until character of the environment, 2 the reader bogins to feel com- fhe formidable obstacles to argain, pletely involved. ~ Using this technique, the History of the Bank of Montreal Shows that Americans Were Necessary to Raise the First Capital for the Bank land during the winter, with no for this ‘ Of Canada’s striving to- ward nationhood, the ‘author says: detail to, de- “HE the facts of the’ Jong struggle were more’ widely un- lerstood — the forbidding t concern of its being communication and transporta- tion; the exploitative. nature influence and impact.which the of colonial ‘mercantilism, and opening of ageticles and branch < the crippling effects of Ameri- P offices of the Bank of Montreal tis Ey ae its bls had on other co: nities be= can protective: tariffs - if there were'a deeper apprecia- -come very clear. Without these” ‘tion ‘of this historic background pranches in Toronto, Quebec, . there could dian in- Kingston, and ia are cauld Be te Cena chard. & body of readers who are in- g'me-. there is probably no. journalist . et diocre and: incompetent, any. who specializes in education gon, who'd bees ‘born jin Scot: our \ as a nation, Volume two will will’ assure you .and no paper which has an ed- pusiness years, in; the United pear next ye! psychologist Gertie may hat that that is what they willtend ucational supplement... - quired, are not deserving of to be. But fig Eon the other: hand, 1 1 you praise profession as ynderstanding and it is large! the respect accorded other Pro” ting the most valuable to the S ac nareely country and assure teachers that they rank high’ in your esteam as peoplé anxious to do - a good job, it is probable that they will respond as people an- . xious to- deserve your good press realize this. fessions. _ | ‘This myth is so widely be- Yieved that even such a learn- ed person as Dr. Gordon Shrum is affected by it. In his address ‘to the trustees’. convention this fall he berated teachers and said schools are havens for the mediocre and incompetent. Dr. Shrum is undoubtedly opinion. stupidities which but he. men can also be supid. He would not ot amin. ; ute allow any non-sclent : challenge his opinions as a B.C. FOUNDERS scientist or a layman ‘his 2c. —————— dministrator, and hrum are not fs} though of course he berton, h the first survey< phrased them better. He is‘evi- general of British Columbia. Pemberton was born lieve that it makes forimprove- Dublin, Ireland in 1821. He be- dently one of those who be- But I'm not here to praise teachers but to point out the carried articles inder effect- school boards to resist any in- an able-selentist and capable ive teaching and ‘if the first t pli stupidity e the attitads ot hur That ‘is the Sula total of their. 4 2 rilliant public by far the most import-- nt e ad fies my . belief, that 5b > ant is the supercilious attitude ment of education. Pemberton Remembered Repeated numerous times ‘buildings and instigated Vic- good and bad, oatmeal, onions, on British. Columbia maps i toria harbor improvements. He fog’ 3 lard, butter, crumbs of had adians in the It is important Americans, . Ih mediate area one daily news- counselling onies and - crease in ‘teachers’ ‘salaries. was made surveyor-general of bread, salt, Vancouver Island in 1859 after leeks, parsley. serving in the first house of the legislative’ assembly: for ~ island colony 1856 to 1859. He ada, land legislative council in 1664 eyor- and on the council of British Columbia in 1867 and 1868. g z A book he wrote in 1860 ment in ries individual to tell came an engineer and 2 profes-. for prozpective immigrants him his faults and p tc rub salt in the wounds. ‘site. And any success I may have had as a school principal is due to the fact that I lost no opportunity to tell my tea- chers an pro- plored fession that I had th tween teachers in the school district. Quite pal they. did not ee with me but strove to justty my good opinion em, rn Christian Thrown to the Lions is t ‘Ancient Romans used to throw Chris- tians to the lions, Modern Canadians #] throw lions to the Christians. As lions are somewhat scarce in this country, 4 they often have to resort to lambs. This js known as Layman’s Sunday. Last Sunday I was the sacrificial : Beet 5° lamb. I preached a sermon. You think those earty Christians had a tough time with the Htns? Layman’s Sunday is a special day. Usually, I look forward to it. It's a chance to get into the choir, with the other laymen, and belt out the hymns, serene in the knowledge that most of the others, too, are off-key. _ Normally, I pray fairly fluently, asking for all sorts idiculous things, like a kid writing a letter to Santa of Sars Saye before I mounted to the pulpit, which is 84-feet high, ‘all that would come out, over-and over, waz, ‘Lord, help me!” ‘What is a layman, anyway? The clerical definition 4s: “One not in holy orders.” The worldly definition is: sor of ant ematies: . tne Royal Ageia: “the colony. He was devoted to ite the oppo- tural lege meester. Lbelee re rd He Noted the’ seryice ot ing: confederation almost as: ad construction of many pub! math- brought many new. people to the British connection, oppos- strongly as he had earlier op- posed any annexriion of the:. colony to. the “United States. Pemberto! Vic. Va tants, th a street after him. “One who is not an expert.” I was fully qualified. A clear case of the blind leading those with 20-20 vision. * Let’s have a look at the typical layman, Usual- ly, he’s an ordinary soul, .a. bit baffled by the trials of the twentieth century: kids, wife, job and society, ‘The:kids are expected to bloom like roses, but they inevitably have thorns. The wife is supposed to be a gentle, forbearing creature, a good mom and a faithful help-mate, Too often, she is ‘an old harpy. The job is supposed to be a vocation, of which the layman is proud because of his particular skills, Too often it is fraught with terrible tensions, Society is sup- posed to be a well-oiled machine which enables him to live with grace, ease and dignity. Too often, he finds the only way he can stand the machine is to keep himself well-oiled. Upper class, or grade three laymen, are the types who are. elders, fund-raii that sort. of thing. They don’t have to be religious, They merely have Knowledge should bring praise ” 4792, per the end he had to elicit sub. ‘2 reading this engrossing bio. stantial support from south of praphy is: that the growth of 2 ler, and over per mY cent of the original sharehold- ‘be separated from the’ history ers in Canada’s first bank were and Montreal... But, » as In describing the effects the. of British mercant Mr. Denison ‘notes that served on the Vancouver Is- “the, inadequacies, inconveni- . culties of such a ery, te tant, te syateta required then 6 em, to pay. the highest prices for the manufactured ‘goods they needed, while forcing them. to ar before n! ban observance ‘of the bank's \- bs Bary." interes ‘What: becomes very. clear growth of Canada. « and . “0 The vi example, when the author de- in bullion from’ Mon- TIMELESS TOPICS By Rev.-Carl Stone © - Apostolic Church 5 pepper, , Barlic, the earth.” oe ete. ete.” on Can- of “evolution?” o! iphs ; : Bank of Montreal cannot early banknotes and co! 7 Pant boxes..and coin seales Budget Balance The first 10 words of the Holy Bible say: “In the beginning God created the heavens and ~ to such’a person! Did God tell the truth here, did He really make this world, the:man in His own image? Or did this world and ‘its plant’ and animal life and man just come by natural inherent forces of. those centres. instead ‘would ‘view themselves might have been far different.” proudly in the light of their Adding to the vivid por- incredible accomplishments.” “From the viewpoint of re- ‘search, contents and lithogra- phy, this is a.very superior book and one which belongs on:the shelf of every’ serious reader. id _photogral ot : an “ ing, Rol of ‘leading. fig- ery feel of. life of ures the’ life of the bank At that time, a8 now, there the people is recreated, as for and be country... paper and one weeldy fecenty Dotyeon the New tngland cor | Serbs on, cay transies of double, Bases a fvapreduc , hundre of dollars i fons of. paintings by. Canadian ‘treal to Boston, by sleigh over- artists esp i interest are 19 hi with his ss habits, — Mid- ecially commissioned Jand {ont ¢ County Herald. One colonist.is quoted as Infidel ity Comes from an UnGodly. Heart: saying that ‘‘our ‘currency is. + ean yar paste : i jike a Scotch haggis, made up * of contradictions,.” of - thin: infidel, ‘evolutionist or unbeliever does'not be- Neve the Bible. Genesis 1:1; 1:26; Romans 6:23; or-even John 8:16 means: completely nothing I kmew an infidel in my boyhood who was a wicked, profane lumberjack. I think he had h man was an infi But what I want to point out, is that his in- fidelity. did not come because’ of education. It some of the this very age’about evolution. God knew all. _ along that there would be such thoughts and He warned us about them in advance, In St. Peter's second epistle, chapter three,’ »-verse three we:-read: “Knowing ‘this there shaii come in tive last days score, wals- ing after their own’ lusts.” $ I want us to ‘notice:three: words in this inlyour Bible there is‘a temarkable-scrip-- 1 did not come because he was a lumberjack. was a lumberjack.too). It did not come because he had‘a seeking mind. It did not come from high standards, ‘ See that His infidelity came from a dirty, wicked God.” Z ‘The Bible says that without God “The heart f verse: “Past days” ard’ “scoffers.” The phrase “* is deceltfulabove ‘all’ things, and ‘desperately. “last days” is found maby times in the ‘Bible, . ‘and has referenes to this very ege in which we said: He would:ré live. (For reference to:‘‘last days” read Joel give us a heart of love, understanding and be- “: 2:28: acts, 2:17} second. Timothy 8:1; Hebrews’ © lef... < ‘ aires i: d thi 1:2) 3 fire the whe rather enjoy. it. : y R =-+ Down one in the hierarchy is the grade two layman. He's the earnest soul who gets stuck with the scout group or: the Bible- class or*chaperoning the young people’s dance. He's usually But not an executive type, or he’d be grade three. ; Farther down is the lowly grade one layman. He Jooks on the church as a slightly shabby service club, but ig ‘willing to ‘drive some kids to a youth ci or : ‘Webster says a scoffer is “One who does not believe the truth.” Therefore, a, scoffer, , wicked": (Jer. 17:9). It was Jesus Himself whe ‘remove ‘that‘heart of stone and ” "Ring: David sald: “Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin (or disbelleve) against thee.” Raph a he Poor Chap Who Gives ‘the Serrnon on Layman’s Sunday to raise, the Joot, pay the bills, pare the expenses, :and en he ; They. _time he sees the minister: approaching.*And he is too stupid, or. too cowardly, to. Jaugh ‘heartily. and‘ shout: “Don’t be. ridiculous!” when*'the ‘latter ‘has asked him to preach the ‘sermon on’ Laymian’s ‘Sunday. BENE , \5As_a'lgrade .0,;)my ‘admiration of the chaps‘on the higher echelons is unbounded. But the guy I really envy is the layman of 2,000-odd years ago. , ‘What a snap he had.He turned up’ at the service with his offering, a loaf of bread‘or a couple of ontons, worshipped .then went home and counted his sheep, his tell his wife to make scalloped potatoes for. the laymen’s supper, or‘serve ice cream at the Sunday School picnic. Apt-to be a keen curler or golfer, but always: cheerful. His ‘philosophy is; “I'll leave the church alone if they'll leave me alone,” : $ <-And at the bottom of the heap, striving with all his amight:to remain there and out of sight, is’ the grade 0 layman. He’ takes up the collection, bumbling,’ twice a year. He falls behind with his financial pledge. He crosses the ‘street and looks in a hardware store, window every. and: his No golf, no mer cottage, ‘ no ski hills, no television. Nothing to do for the rest of the day but meditate upon what.a good layman he was. It’s a little tougher today. But we're tougher people. Anyone who can stand up to television commercials, the price of beef, and the threat of instant annthilation can cope with anything. ah ‘Well, we can do the chores, anyway. Let the rector handle the alkies and the infirm ‘and the. broken homes and mentally ill. After all, that's what he's paid for. And in some cases, he makes more than.a truck driver. never been beyond grade 4, ‘This poor ignor- . ant, . drunken, . cursing, : blaspheming, Grty.. heart ‘that was ungodly, ! or. simply..‘without Smart Santas Shop Here! Yours Exclusively at PIrts REVLON GIFT SETS “SWEDISH GLASS EVANGELINE WEAR - Canada's Own: _ JENNY LIND CHOCOLATES ._ WITMAN SAMPLER CHOCOLATES PERI. 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