Page 2 "Thursday, May 27, 1954 THE CASTLE NEWS ates, Published Every Thursday By ‘THE CASTLE NEWS LIMETED | - Castlegar, B.C. * L. V. CAMPBELL, Manager Cura*~ V. A. MISUTKA, Editor Member Canadian Wethly Newspaper Association and B.C, Weekly Advertising Bureau i SUBSCRIPTION’ RATE :— $3.00 per year; 25c per month by carrier. uthoneed as Second Classs Mail, Post Office Departmen:, ttawa. ° EDITORIAL AN END AND A BEGINNING Next Sunday will fon and a begini at the Castlegar Airport. As the aiticlal opening ceremonies for the field and all the airshow events unfold. the six years of efforts to* have a first class airfield established here to serve the West Koote- may area will come to a successful conclusion. At the same time, the pre-inaugural stop of the new 40 passenger Convair-Liner at the field will. mark the beginning of access to all the comforts, conveniences and efficiency of the best in modem air travel for the West Kootenays. ceases ‘to exist. aieoat as a re- flection of the state. A free ‘so- SB: of individuals ¢ gives‘ ‘way, ‘to totalit Ks EX aoa lag is thi the it tion of the laws. It is not the number but the quality of laws, that counts. A law which condemns: ‘lotteries but of society. A bad law is worse than no law at all, not only se- ducing and even forcing the law abiding irfto unlawfi(iness, but AT LAWS, GOOD AND BAD Some time ago Eric Nicol, Van- couver columnist, wrote a biting satire on the Gash mur- der case in palin he allegedly and respect will follow as a mat- ter of course. A DOUBLE EVIL laws or di the judge, thet it eon society as a whole. Subsequently Mr. Nicol and his ublisher were tried and found Pl guilty on a charge of of court. Mr. Justice Clyne who heard the case, gave a careful summation and discourse in his judgement, which was printed in full by the Province, and which could be read with profit by most of us. I feel with Mr. cit that cap- ital as well, : WAYS AND MEANS all effect-of good laws e How can we, meet the chal- " lenge? First by taking a more A bad law, such as our lottery personal ‘interest in the law and laws, is double] the courts, rather than seeking evil. Outdated, unreasonable or| means of circumventing them, By unenforcable, such laws are cir- speaking out strongly. and con- cumvented or broken with mono- structively if we feel some mis- tonous reewauly, This in turn|carriage of justice has occurred. of disres-|By vigorously campaigning pect and cyalden not only to- against bad laws, through our that law to win large sums of money, is an unrealistic and des- tructive law. A law which sets adultery as the sole or one of the few reasons for divorce, thereby forcing law-abiding citizens into unlawfulness to evade that law, is a ridiculous travesty. Good laws are not necessarily cocomitant with universal justice for that is a part of moral evolu- tion but the absence of ‘good laws is most certainly a breeder of in- justice, Mr, Justice Clyne cannot make good laws but he can and has suggested how they can be im- ward these bad laws but gradi ward law in ge law, I violate my own elected ly, by a process of association, to-| view to abolishing or improving eneral, them. By a mature and active Furthermore if I violate the support of those entrusted with ethical | the with a and i which is the first step toward that ultimate justice. I would like to offer my personal thanks for a needed public re- minder, | anachronism and i ra both morally more tragic, since the law is es- the visible fabric of the land also agree with Mr. Clyne eee ever, when he says that Mr. Nicol and his publisher have every right “to express their views on capital punishment but if they wish to change the law, their broadsides should have been dir- ected at It will be a big day for the West Ke but for members of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce : ‘who have spearheaded the move to establish an airport at Castlegar. “The villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird and the City of Nelson entered into a for the ion and | of the field He then broadens his ‘state: ment by an even more import- ant truth which is either not known or not often enough und- ertaken and that is “no wrong is by anyone who cri- but only after of the Cl had first i the airfield possibilities of the site “across the Columbia from Castlegar and had spent many hours of their time © in hed the necessary groundwork, ‘ on ? Even now there are communities in the area the airport serves ticizes the courts ora judge in god faith but it is‘of vital im- courts should be maintained and that where criticism is offered, it that Tefuse to the field as the West Ks Primary- Airport although they are ing from its should be legitimate” His Lora- ship may well have included and ment. The $200,000 the federal gov: ‘thas making the airstrip one of the finest in the Interior, however, shows that Ottawa e the of a West Kootenay Airport at Castlegar. The extensive improvements the fiela has received and the modern, airplane service it makes possible, will ‘play a major pie in the further development of the West Kootenay area. CRIME AND FREE CHOICE Worthy of note are remarks made recently in Vancouyer by Justice J. V. Clyne. Passing on a case which produced the familiar argument that “society” makes criminals, he observed: “This, denies the indivi 's si eats for his i Ny had in' mind, the dignity and respect for the law as well A good law will have the res- pect and cooperation of the ordi- nary law abiding citizen and will therefore check or punish only. BUSINESS DIRECTORY society in which I live, not only do I effect a my standard of right and wrong and eventually end up with no standard, but by my actions and attitude, I weaken that fabric and So endanger myself and society. If this should seem exaggera- ted, remember that Rome and Greece and other now dead civi- lizations, did not rise and fall in the ourse of days or even years but in centuries, Nor were their CASTLEGAR, FUNERAL HOME DEDICATED TO KINDLY ‘ THOUGHTFUL SERVICE Ambulance — | Flowers Phone 3601 K.-A, MORRC™: . OPTOMETRIST Sulte 3 — Post Office Bldg. , OFFICE HOURS 9 AM. to 5 BM. Closed Tuesday Morning For Appoiitments . PHONE 2581 - falls due in major part to great of war or but to the gradual rotting of their moral and ethical fabric. DETERMINISM RAPPED Mr. Justice Clyne .sharply cri- ticizes the materialist philosophy of determinism which seeks, to place the blame for the actions of the individual on society, and so denies the .individual’s responsi- bility for lis wrong doing. This as Mr. Clyne and this column have i Jeads . . RHE , MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA . C. A. ANDERSON Local Representative Phone 2201 Box 100 Castlégar, B.C. * t CENTRAL SHOE & LEATHER REPAIR’ We attach “Dinkie” Nickel Rim Heels on Ladies Shoes CASTLEGAR, B.C. the evader of . Thursday, May 27, 1954 ~ Life At SABS. With Mercedes “- - May 14 was the big day for the /100 yard dash while the faye re- school athletes. The annual Inter-|lay team also.came in with af | * House’ Track* Meet occupied *the| first‘for House Four. entire school day and: produced] An May 715 the school softball miany exciting, record breaking rép. teams motored to Nelson to events, * take part in the West Kootenay House Two topped the: day }tournament. In the boys , first Values of imports into Canada during 1951 totalled $4,195 mil- ‘Jlion as against $808 million 15 years earlier, , % One out of four Canadians is employed today “ ‘in manufactur- ing. with 852 points. Among their out- standing competitors. were Joan Hett, winner of the Senior Girls’ Discus Throw, tossing the men’s discus 55 feet; Joe Zeeben, win- ner of the mile in 5 minutes, 12 seconds; and Babs Killough, win- ner of the Senior Girls’ Broad jump.’ Huose Three was a close sec- ond with 340 points. Their star performers were Tannis Killough, Brian Atchison and ‘Jack Cher- noff. z Haoes Gne was third with 292 ints with Ralph Englund and Bi Plotnikoff starring for them. For House Four, Richie Martini came first in the pole vault, clearing the bay, at 10. ft. 6 ins. Paul Zanet gained .first in the game against South Slocan,. our team came out on top with a score of 7-2, In their final game against NeJson, they also came out on top after ten innings of hard play with a score of 6-5, to gain the championship. Congratulations to the star Atchison and Alan Jacobson, and their supporting teammates, “Stars Of Tomorrow” * Comjag Here June 3 who have ed thousands. at the coast city, pitchers, Ken Grunerud, Brian}, Every’ week ‘for neat ‘ten years Dr, Ww. a. Gallagher has broadcast a report ‘of- international church news on the CBC’s Trans-Canada network. * 21 btn 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. { Dr. is.g of the C: Council of and of the C Canadian com- mittee of the World: Council of Churches. ‘FILM DEVELOPING A Fast High Class Developing Service is Available Now At The LAKESIDE HORRY: CENTRE POPULAR SIZE FILMS NOW IN STOCK PHONE 3331 © CASTLEGAR, B.C. row’? show, 2 group of juvenile to elevation of the state at the those for whom it is carrying out this law, the otic and the courts will have the sup- of the mak- ing the state the sole arbiter of Fight and wrong. : RIGBY’S: port of the public and dignity the i BUS DEPOT COFFEE. SHOP CONFECTIONERY’ ‘TIMELESS TOPICS 1 PHONE 2sem “! Not Just Another To: Eat But'The Place To Eat ; another: =. EHONE seal: castLEcar actions and by the same token it denies the indivi of choice and the exercise of free-will. It blames seaety for the wrongs ii by i it says by reason of social or i the i is unable to do otherwise.” “It affords the individual the means of escaping the. morai}i of any 1 act by ing him to say of the influences which have surrounded me from my, birth, I have become the sort of person that Iam, and I am not responsible for CHRIST IN sation.” , those conditions which have moulded my character.” “It is the ialisti of inism | which is; very popular in some quarters of the world today and which empha- j H The only thing wrong with the ;Motto is that it is never true. If hrist is the Head of the house He wili neither be unseen nor sizes the importance of causes and mini the i of the ! choice by the individual between good and evil” “In its last resiit it elevates the importance of the state at the expense of the individual and leaves to the state the acceptance of | responsibility for good and evil.” - - , with hw know the truth of these if observations. Many criminals come from well favored homes and ~ many men from ill-favored ones. li. those who blame crime on social and economic conditiéns were right, it would increase during hard times and decrease during good times. ' In fact, as all earn ek it does just the opposite. 7 — The Letter Review, Officials ch: pons all the proposed pulp andj Alberta, considered Canada’s, per mills are constructed. Bri-| mobile province, has 10 motor poh Columbia's pulp and paper|vehicles for every 33 citizens. industry will double in size dur-|Next is Ontario with 10 for every ing the next decade. . 37 «souls. There will be a visible ixepresentation and verbal testi- {mony of Christ in the Christian home or else He-is not Head. The religion of Jesus Christ is ya 2 seven daysia-week religion. It will consist of church formality _and it will be carried on to the every day informality of the home. it is in the home we first prove BY REV. PAUL BR. 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Horswill, vice regent, thanked Mrs. D. A. Shea,