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Castlegar, B.C.

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EDITORIAL.
SAVING MONEY AND LIVES |

A motorist is reported to have driven in to a service station
in the U.S. and asked: “How much will it cost to have my front
brakes relined here?”

‘The garage man an renee “$14.00 today; seen tomorrow

The, the garage
man added, “Because by ate tomorrow you'll need.a front aeauilie; too,”

That'stoxy points up an’ aspect of highway safety, many drivers
mfay not appreciate. Not ‘only does safe and careful driving save
lives, ‘injuries’ and’cars, but it saves money’ “too.

“The driver who: isnot involved in an accident, saveg.the cost| i
of hospital and garage bills, In B.C. the safe driver now gets a low-
er rate’ of insurance also, under the Preferred, Risk Plan. Under
thig plan, owners of cars that have not been involved in an accident
for the previous three years, get their auto insurance at considerably
reduced.rates. ..

Of course, insurance rates’ ‘have always. depended on the
accident toll. The more accidents and the more costly the: accidents,
the higher the insurance rates, for the latter are based on the amount
of money paid out ‘each year in ‘the settlement. of. accident ‘claims.
If these rates; have gone up, it’s because: the accident fate and ac-
cident: costs have been’ going. up.at Eat clarealng rate, =:

trary to my intentions.

were in any way.

T’would seem that. the  com-
ments on highway safety and
“ghost patrols” appearing ‘in .this
space last week, gave -some ‘of-
fence. to my. esteemed. fellow
scribe, Mrs. Collinson, much: to
my deep regret and most. con-

Mrs. Collinson that neither. her
safe, driving record, her motoring
ability nor- her concern..for. our |;
nation’s: traffic. accident rate

next mile.

extend’ my apologies for any. as

have cast,” - t

At the same time, I. repeat | my.
last: week’s Suggestion that, Mrs.
Collinson, in «branding :.“‘ghost
patrols” a “low method of enforc-

aware just-how serious the acci-
dent situation is. In view of: the

verse aspersions she may feel I

ing’ the law”, is perhaps not fully and

just a bit.too fast to stay on the
right side of. the road, around: a
curve, a tire blows out; an ani-
mal suddenly darts from no-
where onto the higt

NOTICE

‘DR. HL J. RUEBSAAT |
WILL BE OUT OF TOWN FROM JULY 23 TO 28

accidents’ ate} causéd~ by .. ‘good
drivers"; fellows like you: and '¥,

the scene of an accident, are ‘care-
ful to observe every driving rule
they can think of for at least the

But as the “good driver” is. go-

~ BUSINESS. DIREC

her car
to the apalling’ statistics.

peril pet where | only
getfulneds if, not ivegard. of ‘nee food - memory recall na Beale
law, I feel drastic such sent. Dy nor erie dees

as “ghost patrols” are’ entirely
justified, if our streets and high-
wave ere. tobe made eater, $05)
everyone, And’ since’ they:

justified, andy. for, the the safety of
everyone without -harming>- the
rights of anyone, “ghost patrols”.
cannot.be termed “a low. method

Insurance rates‘ will be’ goes, down,
unless the cost-of ‘ach actident: serio way: up."Neither’ the driver
nor the insurance ee company <a ‘do much about the costs of repairing
either y are Slreeny
doing‘all they beth to “ie reduce! laccidents> «: .

But the people-who>can put the t: dent’ in ‘the

of enforcing the law.”

You know this highway. safety,

thing, .is a,unique taffair, With all,

the ranting and. raving that insur-

ance ‘companies, law enforcement
and 5

biggest
Sh cine Whew thevancuicnt mart seer aloe are the drivers
trate soes down, "unless. the cost. of: each

Canada and gained himself some ewspaper publicity: when he was
reported as having. , eight
‘times as much’on liquor and tobacco as they gave to their churches.”

Since'no statistics are: avilable: on’ “to

ladies of the press and

ast Ways :
populated, iby. a brainless herde' of of

ath destructive maniacs intent. only

and destruction: in their: part. of
the road.

.We. all know: that’s not the case
at -all.: No. one deliberately . sets
out to see how many. accidents)
he or she can cause, No one-wants

* «churches, and since the: statistics of “jquor ‘and tobacco: sales ‘must

include the spending of quite a’ few visiting foreigners, particularly | accidents
colidiry, His! é 3 .| We're told that’ a! large. ‘percent-

from Mr. Graham’s own

paps 50,”
what ‘can or cannot be established | oy Statistics. 22 y

In the first place, considerably more than’ half of what is eat
‘by Canadians on liquor and. tobacco, goes | ‘to the Dominion Treasury
and, in the case of liquor, to the
cial’ govereiinenter AIG thanks to a decease) poli i,
during the war “put on the whole armor of God" by‘allowing him
sto water their whiskey, and his successor in office has not seen fit to
disown the hypocrisy. If the figures Mr. Graham-was' using. were
approximately correct, his statement ‘might 'be that Cardians
spend about twice as s much on distilled water as they do on their
shuren

‘What Mr. Grah to i is that i: giving

to churches and drinking:liquor are such. personal: matters that any
statements about what Canadians do or don’t do.in those

age of them are caused by young
drivers — and others

could have quite easily’ been an
accident and the fact that there
‘wasn’t: must: be attributed: to-my
ae | euaraian Angel working over-
time?

My inemory also recalls two
other incidents in the dawn of my
motoring dayg with a vehicle not
too much youngér than: myself,

fault. In both cases-the law did
not find it’necessary to.take act:
ion. In both: cases too, hwever,-I
know I could have prevented the

on accident had’I known what could

: That's the major’ part of safe
‘driving; it seems ito me, — — being
for the. You:
and I and every ‘motorist must
become so safety conscious that
we know what’ can happen and
ensure at it doesn't \Rappen:

under, 25.. These, in many .cases
for the “thrills” of souls up”,
and” i

breaking the law. Pérsotally, I
haven't met any such it irrésponsi-
ble individuals that I know s
but: that could be ‘catise

the big-town crowd; and from
automobiles:too.  -

“GOOD DRIVERS” CAUSE

it seems to me that most traffic

apparently, £0 out “in a big. way.|1

younger days were spent tae teom the

weighty and. serious responsibi-
ties as drivers, care, caution and
will b so h

in our driving that we will expect

unexpected and the grim’ ac-
cident toll will decrease instead of
spiralling, Then such drastic
measures as“ghost. Patrols", will

be unnecessary.

must be meaningless. There are C: is who drink
and give to their churches even, more. generously,- There. are
teetotallers who give little or nothing to churches, Giving up smok-
ing has been known to generate spiritual pride in the abstainer,

and occasionally it makes him so irifeble that he takes-up wife-
beating instead. =

From the Printed Word eau

Letter to the Editor

WILL, HIT.TAXPAYERS.

ae: I beg space in your .valu-
le paper to keep the proposed
extension of the Village of Cast-
legar- boundaries before the tax-

-.] payers who are the most concern-

ed and the least informed.

‘The danger is that the Village
Commissioners may, upon ‘recei-
ving this petition with a majority

HOLDIN GTHE ROPE

“it is of the Lord’s mercies; was impossible’ for him to reach
that we are not consumed, be-| it.
cause his compassions fail not./ Just ther, he saw a littte boy

They are new every morning;|peering at him from behind a
_ ereat Js thy faithfviness” ——|tree, The man lost no time.
” Lamentations,’ 322,23. Sonny, see that plant: down

The story. is told of a man who| there? If you will let'me tie this
had been searching for, years for| rope around you and you go down
avery rare plant. One day, ajand get that plant for me, I will
hundred feet below him, at the] give you a dollar.”
foot of a precipice. he saw.one, It}. The boy quickly replied “Mist-

= er, it’s a deal if. you-will let me
run home first and get my Dad
to hold the rope.”

LAQUITA’S In times of, trouble I, have felt

that my heavenly Father has held

BEAUTY __ + J] the rope as I have gone down into

the Valley of the Shadows. Often,

“SALON too, when the load has been very
heavy, I have felt that my Father
Next to Credit Union, J} was saying to _me,.as Moses did

to Israel in blessing. them: “The
eternal God is thy refuge, and

‘seems eligibl sign — can by
order of the Lieut, ;Governor in
Council, extend the viliage bound-
‘aries without .a vote, plebiscite or
referendum in thé Village of Cast-
legar.

seemingly undemocratic
law: should nigke all taxpayers

“}alert at once to protect: their

pocket books ’as the extension as
proposed will hit them hard.

It is interesting to study. the
groups who might possibly be
fostering’ the petition, The com-
missioners at some time or an-
other, extended -the water ser-
vices, beyond. the village limits
Sore sharp, real estate pro-
moters have tried to use the
village’s vulnerable position to
force’ them ‘to further extend the
system. This ‘the commissioners
cannot legally do with village
funds. However’ there is ‘still the
powerful Public Utilities Comis-
sion to ‘contend: with:. Could this
petition be a face-saving method
of the

are the ev in

arms.”

I am sustained by the faith that {c42
I can depend upon His love.
PRAYER

We know, our divine Father,

“ 7 Ne O. that we can ever depend upon
Hours 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. +¢| Thee. Give us the wisdom to

Donon: Tuce, tn. Sat, know Thy will, and the couraze|ing

: to live it. Help us'to be faithful |:

to Thee. In the name of Christ |:
our Redeemer, Amen.

It seems ‘logical ‘that if they

can’t withdraw, the water system
in the boundaries, that they ex-
tend the.system, Then all the tax-
payers of Caslegar would have ti
do is buy a new water system for
ne new subdivision they are tak-

ie real estate promoters
won't fare so badly either by an

extensios. They can assure all who

ofnames* — which everyone|;
to

have ‘bought a. dey ak that water
is available, They can sell more
lots or hang on to them for five
or.ten years and get better price
because it won't be their money
buried in: the ‘ground withthe
‘waer pipes and yielding no re-
turn, |... : ee

This is a gloomy picture and
T and all taxpayers would-like to
hear a brighter. one but the silence

: They may wake up one bright
morning with a village doubled
in_size. and. committed to another

ee eT ee

DEDICATED
. THOUGHTFUL SERVICE.

{-CASTLE.NEWS, Castheger, ‘B.C.

Sa aah

whien’ thére was an accident. ‘In |<
both cases I-was told it wasn’t my | %

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For COAL, SANB, GRAVEL
* BULLDOZING! and 090-02 ~

. We. ean ‘supply. ol ot

bagels Bakery”

e When Free Enterprise Bies,=
uiree Labor Dies Withit a

Recently the New York Federation! --

of Labor Legislative Commit ic
declared ‘that it favors development. of

hydro-electric power by private’ enter-

Commenting on. this fact in “Chris-

tian: ies”. T of the
Southern, States Industrial Council writes:

“Sit is quite easy to understand
_why Union management would be
opposed’ to Government owner-
ship and operation of the electric re
power business; that’ is, if they”
’ are resily Jooking out for the in- |
, tezest of their Union members.
When: free’ enterprise dies, free
labor dies with it — and it is to
the eredit of the - majority of
the Labour Unions of the United.
“(States that they Ihave seemed {
to recognize this fact more clearly
“{han” similar’ Unions. in other
countries.” é
Here is “one , instange. ‘of the.
growing recognition : in ; North America
that political freedom depends on freedom
in enterprise — that “labor's freedoms,

“too, , ‘are based on ‘tree, competitive, Fe : .

i sponsible, private initiative, ye

"British Columbia Federation ae and a Industry. |

FRAMES PUES MPC ES OS

week
successful operation. at, Van-

wan b in: New. Westminister,
WEEKEND HOLIDAY — Mr. and
and chikdren,

theth. and @itdren: Jiramy and
- Jill, left by air Monday for Que-

10. VANCOUVER: — and

couver General Hospital and a monk FROM HOLIDAY. — Rob=

te tauahten: inte at . Duncan,
Be :

Bia, a W. York and tamiy left
 eeeay for Sheena where

grt-Wadey and family have re-
turned coastal points.
: where Beni visited: with ‘vela-
tives for two weeks, °

FROM DUNCAN :— Mrs. A.
McWhinnie has returned home
after.a visit with her son‘and

on?

IF Yau) HAVE, THE T

14” PIPE WRENCH
WHITE FAGE STEEL TAPE .......

SPECIALS”

FOR THE» HOME. BUILDER AND
HANDY MAN

tion of the BC. Tel. Co.

Lanter with ‘Bings : and
Tf ee ‘conditions. stay tav-
orable; some 4500 crates -will ‘be
sipped

+: Wiltiren ‘has left for points East
-0n 2 motor {rip. She will be
visiting’ with - relatives fora

‘FOR SUMMER — Mrs.
Lila Withers of - Vancouver, is
staying with her daughter Mrs.
Isaac ‘Wiebe for the summer
months,

CASTLEGAR INFANT
RASSES | IN HOSPITAL

Funeral’ services were held in
the chapel of the Castlegar : Funer-
al Home Saturday ‘morning for
Yee Ting Mah. infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. York Mah of Castlegar.
Born on July 10, the baby passed
away at Trail-Tadanac Hospital,
July 16. WW
Rev. L. C. Johnston of Castlegar
officiated at the services and in-
terment was in Park Memorial
The infant is. survived by. a
‘brother and sister.”

f2ma other earlier, varieties ‘are |)

Here for the smnmer tholadys S:

‘| al ‘wonders - of :the :Kotenay’s, a

B ii
ciety was ‘hela to draft plans for
the canvass of the district, Mrs.
R ewes: attended the. meeting
and agreed to conduct the can-
vass. President S: Dower, presid-

Committee of the Projects So-

‘'D, C. McGee, appointed secretary.
The Committee wi}l budget for
and distribute grants from the
ERC. to sports activities in the
Castlegar area. :

-. Members of the Castlegar Ki-
wanis Club paid an official visit
to the Colville Club, Friday, the
occasion being: the presentation
of the travelling gavel :to Col-
ville. The program was conducted
by, the Castlegar Club, with Dr.
J, Evans of Robson, speaking on
“Democracy”.
. One ‘of the'niost striking natur-

stone: archway" overlpoking the)

Arrow. Lakes opposite Deer Park,.
will be the centre’ of a large pro-,

nation of the 400-dcres

Mr. C. Locblich has been named |.
pro-tem Chairman of the Sports|

ing the stone bridge, as a peel
was made: to prevent exploita-

65 foot. archway, Largest. natur-
al bridge in* Canada, towers
about 1000 feet above the lake.

a ee span measures 143 feet across

Mr. Mah is co-manager of the
Marlane Grill i in Castlegar. 2

the base and is reached by a
winding and. rugged half mile
trail from the water's edge.

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CLINICS DURING THE MONTH OF.

4 AUGUST

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