THANKYOU By E.G.0, The news of the opening of the new hospital started a whole train of thoughts running in my mind, In the first place, it is an- other small reminder that man- kind is unique in that he has a conscicus pust, present and future. Other created life is born, grows, mates and dies within the more-or-less narrow confines of its own patterns as laid down by its instincts or growth patterns. Man, with a few basie in- stincts, is born into the present, but he is born into it with all the accumulation of 10,000 generations of past culture in and about his feet and with his eyes fixed on the future. Other creatures can live in “he present only, even though ‘instinctive behaviour may, cause them to prepare for the Tuture. Man alone Ilves in the ‘past, present and future, and the turn of the century. A surgeon had to be both strong of hend and hard of heart if he were to—as,one famous British surgeon was known to do—hold the great femoral artery of a patient. shut with his left hand while he amputated a leg with his right and in 22 seconds and then caaterized the raw flesh with a white-hot iron while the unhappy soul struggled and sereemed in agony. Internal surgery was even more heroic and undertaken only as a last resort. Particu- larly so since nothing was known ‘of bacteriat infection, A surgeon had no ‘qualms therefore, in honing his scalpel on the sole of his shoe between, operations, 5 To read of which SX. her Here forecast for central Canada, while on both coasts above normal expected, temperatures can be happened in hospitals within the time of persons still living TIMELESS is enough to make one’s flesh crawl with horror. A récent ‘dils is his gretness, his destiny and his peril. When reading of the effort which has gone toward making the hospital comfortable, clean ‘and efficient, I cannot help but account of the life of Florence Nightingale and’ the war in Crimea or a mofe recent book, The Century of the Surgeon, by Jurgen Thorwald are worth THE TOPICS A WEEKLY MESSAGE FROM CASTLEGAR MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION By W. T. McFerran a try, The patients in the new hos- Pital will not know ‘the dirt, terror or agony which was the certain lot of any one who had the misfortune to fall ill only a few years ago. They will never know the incompetence and brutality which were an accepted part of hospitalization. The only danger I feel now is complacency and too great a worship of the sciences, think how readily we accept the wood things of the present and. forget the past from which it arose, Consider, for instance, that hospitals less than 100 years ago: were veritable charnel houses! and except for church hospitals the nurses were Lary Gramps er street walkers, Consider also that enesthe- tics, though discovered a little more than 100 years ago, did not @chieve general acceptance until he man watched several ped up ahd immediately the forth, “One at a time, please,” Few Attend Hospital Meeting ‘Zone meetings held in Cast-jlast year. . : . tas. morrow's duties added to ‘legar, ‘Kinnaird and Robson by} Mr, West said in answer to often too much for us. the trustees of the Hospital Im-|Westions, that there had been n rene some extras to the plans under rieeawain District were poorly contract, the main one.being the ‘attended trustees report, purchase of the generator and In Kinnaird and Castlegar|Cavipment for the auxiliary there were not sufficient rate- lighting plant, also some slight There is a story about a fat man who went to pair of scales to weigh himself. These were special scales and instead of registering the weight of a person by number, a voice would call out giving the weight. themselves before he ventured to get on him- self. A small person got on and back came the voice: “115 pounds, thank you.” A sec- ond and a third got on and had_ their weights recorded verbally. Then the large man step- . Here one can find the secret of master- ing life — and how we need to find it today. Most of us face days which are so busy we hardly see how we can accomplish all that needs to be done. We feel the pressure of unfinished tasks. The accumulation of to- those of today are Yet, surely, we can believe God never intended that to be so. He meant for us to have time for our fasks and strength for our;-, burdens. This principle of living one day at* a time runs thoughout Jesus’ teaching. “Give us this day persons weigh for us, but it is all we voice sounded ' said, the cd day.” in it. tra: i ‘Payers out to hold meetings, Rob- Bate See oad teats of ‘Son was only a little better, with| the clerk of works who was four ratepayers Present, three} put on at the stipulation of the ‘from Robson itself, and one|trustees to observe how plans from the outlying rural area. were carried out. . . A balance of about $6,000 is Study of the financial state- left to carry on, or for emergen- ment revealed that a total of he id. $248,000 has now been. raised] Vn" pe St ; i . Bae Mr. West statéd the ‘trustees through bond issues as the Dis- 4 . triet’s share of hospital construc- pa acvan ee nfidence aoe the lion -costs, ‘hospital administration,’ and feel sure the district is getting good “Trustee thairman R. A. D.|value for the money and effort West said all money has now}#hat has been expended. heen turned over to the Hospi- A vote of thanks was given tal Society for payment of con-}io the trustees for their hard struction costs. He added the}work and unselfish efforts, and trustees are pleased to see the|:ior the fact that the Castlegar building has now been completed | Hospital is now epen and has been built within the|:or business, and accepting pa- amount voted for in the bylaw|ients. ‘S; i th A new Boy Scout district ‘corresponding roughly’ to. the area covered by’ Sctionl: District No, 9 was set up May 1 when the newly-formed! District. Caun- eil of the Boy Scout. Association: met in St Alban's: Parish: Hall. The district. wilk be known as Koot oli and: as. soon as: the: constitmtinm is: proved by Boy Scout: pravimeial Sunday Church Services headquarters the first: officiak council in the district’s scouting history will be. existence. Archdeacon BL A. Resker, ‘Mr. Scouting, was unanimously chogen first district commission- er. Council president John Dal- ziel sald, ‘We consider ourselves) fortunate in having a rman such as the Archdeacon since his long and intensive: work: in. tte: scout: movement have made him one who is most. highly regarded’ not only locally, but provincially-+| and even nationally, Ih is not! only an haror, but a. privilege! 1 - ‘A'S CHURCH COMMUNITY BIBLE CENTRE CHURCH OF SESUS. CHRIST ST. RIT. " OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Rev. E. A. Brophy, P.P. Sunday in the Legion Hafl and a to have a man such as this as: fitsh district] commissioger.” Dr. George: Page: is: council Sundays at 1&30 a.m. 10:30 Sunday School Twin Rivers Hall 7:30 Family Service PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH At 51 Colambla Ave. KINNAIRD Wed., 7:20 Young People’s Hr.| Panne Dwar or mm a d ic worship at Il am Fri, 8:00 Prayer & Bible Study! Church. school in the dat at RI am, W. T. McEerran, Minister 5th at Elm Streets Sunday Masses at 8:30 and 10:30) “Mass at Genelle at 4:00 p.m PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE, Sunday School — 10 a.m, Morning Worship — 11 a.m. Evangelistic — 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study, Thurs! 7:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 pm Young Peoples] -THE UNITED CHURCH Robson: Ist & 3rd Sundays at| Mam. Sunday School 10 am Kinnaird: Service of Worship; at 9:45 a.m, Sunday School 12 Castlegar: Service of Worship at! 7:30 pm Sunday School 10:30 am THE ANGLICAN CHURCH , SUNDAY, MAY 18th Kinnaird ——8 am, and 7:30 p.m. Castlegar — 9 am. and 11 am. Published Every Thursday At ¢ “THE CROSSRC4DS OF THE KOOTENAYS” . Castlegar, B.C. Member: B.C. Weekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau Member: L. V. CAMPBELL Canadian Weekly . Publisher Newspapers Assn. = 7 Subscription Rate: $3.00 per year — 25¢ macnth by carrier Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa ‘jaward to Mr. and Harald Bate is) a ; are A, Harvey, awards; G. ! Jackson, badges; H. ‘Woods, : ing, W: ; , and C. McKenzie, publicity. Cubmaster JC. Meluckie of the Second Castlegar Pack was presented with a certificate at the meeting for completing part one of the Woods Badge course, Mr. McLuckie took the course by correspondence during the winter and hopes to com- plete part two of the course at Scout camp this summer, Mr. Dalziel presented the . McLuckie and spoke highly of the calibre of scouting leaders’ within the new district, # The executive’ of * the new council will meet the first Thurs- day of each month, except dur- ing ithe months of July, August and December. An annual meet- ime will be held every Novem- er, & Mr. Dalziel said ‘enthusiasm | at the meeting augers well for, the new district council.’ He hopes residents of the area will add their support that we do our take it as it comes, ; Orte day at a time is not only all we fave, alf we car manage,. “This is the day — let u: (Psalm 148:24: R without coming close chief end is to glorify God.” our daily bread.” In fact, that is all the bread we need — today’s, Jesus asks us to Pray only for today’s bread. It is the only kind of bread we can possibly eat. A day at a time. it is all we have. It is foolish to worry about tomorrow for we do not know we will have it to live, Only today confronts us. This is God's plan living one day at a time. For not only is this all the time we have, can manage. A famous doctor, “The load of tomorrow, yesterday, carried today, falter.” Jesus was thinki William Osler, says , added to that of makes the strongest ing of this when He “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let fay's own trouble be sufficient for the (Matt. 6:34 RSV) He is saying to fo Gi od, but it is alf we need. is rejoice and be glad SV) Let it not pass “for man's Former U.S. Senator Dill Proposes Hydro Dam Here A dam at Castlegar may. not yet be a dead duck, / Former U.S. Senator Cal- rence C, Dill spoke in Spokane on May 1 and proposed that there be a dam at Castlegar with Canada getting all on-site power, and Canada and the U.S, sharing 50-50 the additional power which could be produced on the Ameri- ean side as a result of the Cana- dian water storage. The Vancouver Province sees two significant things in this proposal; First, this meets the proposal which Premier Bennett has been making, with the exception, per- haps of the location of the dam; Second, Mr, Dill has called on Premier Bennett in his office on at least two occasions and probably more. Meet the Prime Minister...of 2018! “We ‘think so, anyway. Whatever his future, our job is to provide him with the best we can. “That takes money. That’s why we're saving Tegularly, and that’s why we've opened an account for Jimmy at THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE” ‘TIS BRANCHES ACROSS CAMADA READY TO SERVE YOU Castlegar Branch, A, B Norris, Manager guests at a Mother's Day tea of the mothers have resided in the District for a_minimum of 40 years. Seated ore Mrs. W. Shkwarok, Mrs. T. Bloomer, ‘Mrs. Eleven pioneer mothers of the district bounded by Schod) District No. 9 were honored or Fomenoff, Mrs. N. S. Zibin, Mrs, L. F. Quance and Mrs. L. Ladies standing are Mrs. J. T. Mi O. B. Ballard, Mrs. C, S. Squires and Friday, All J. Martin. Mrs. M. Popoff, E. Killough. Funeral services were held | Funeral Held Mond Pall bearers were Stewards Monday in the Castlegar United; of Kinnaird, Castlegar and Rob- Church for Rev. Albert Orpheus MeNeil who passed away sudd @denly last Thursday. . Ministers ‘of the Kootenay Presbytery officiated at the services and the church and base- ment hall were overflowing with some 300 to 400 persons, a tri- who had endeared himself to all in the short time-he had been in Castlegar, Rev. J. M. Taylor of Trail donducted the services wh started with an organ prelude by organist Mrs, J E. Wallace, rs, Mrs, cles, many dating back 100 years ‘more, drew the attention of those at the tea, The following persons were guests of St. Alban’s WA at a ©’ Dogwood lapel flowers made by Mother's Day tea and sale Sat-| in urday, WA president Mrs. J. F. Kil- lough opened the tea by intro- ducing the guests and presenting each with.a corsage. The guests were seated at a beautifully jap- Pointed tea table covered with a lace cloth, The centre of interest was a special cake baked by Mrs, R. A. D. West. It had tall pint candles on either side. The Centennial theme was carried out in tea table decora- tions which featured attractive Sunbonnet ‘figures in gay colors, of Mrs. Kallough’ helped continue the thems and were sold at the fancy-work table, An exhibit of -antique- arti- Ww. and Miss M. Trussler were in charge of refreshments; Mrs. C. H. King, Mrs. A, E. Norris, Mrs, Cc. Petts and Mrs. J. Toogood, Serviteurs, charge of the tea: Mrs, J, bake. table; Mrs, J. Mackenzie and Mrs, H. Westwood were in charge the sewing table, Mrs. F, A. Hostetter, Mrs, C: Kennedy, Mrs. R. A. D. West Mrs. B. Trussler looked af- ter the guessing ountest and gar- den flowers which were worked on by Loyd Grontage. Mrs, A. T. Horswill was in charge of tea tickets and the door, prize. Centennial Events For Everyone In The Kootenays The rest of this month will see many Centennial celebra- ‘toris going on in the East and West Kootenays, and the follow- ing list tells just where district residents can catch them. May 15 — Creston Valley Pion- eer Tea, Creston; Veteran’s.Day Centennial Blossom Queen Contest, Creston; Symphony Concert, Trall, May 15-17— Lion's Blessom. Fes- tival, Parade, Kootenay Night, Dance Festival, Creston. - May 16 — Vintage Car Run, Fer- nie to Victoria. May 17 — Pageant, Burton; Old- timers’ Day, New Denver. May 17-19 —- Centennial Cele- brations, Church Service, New Denver, May 19 — Sports Day, Crown- ing of C Queen, New be ee a Canned Fruit or ATTENTION HARDTIME TEEN DANCE... MAY 17, SPONSORED BY THE . ‘Kinnaird Improvement Sociely * ADMISSION ’ For the Hospitot Come on Teen-agers — Support YOUR Dances Coming Dances are to be held on Friday May 30 — Saturday June 14 SUNE 21 — ROSE BALL 1958 Fruit Juice Denver; May Day Celebrations, Parade and Sports, Golden; Annual Sports Day, Edgewater; LO.D.E. Empire Day Celebra- tion, Castlegar; Sports Day, Dancing, Pageant “From Wild- erness to Wonderland”, South| Slocan; May Day Celebrations and Crowning of Queen, Sports, Square Dancing, Celista. by and a prayer of invocation. Scripture lessons were read by Rev. A. J. Lawton from Ross- land, Prayers were led by Rev. R. B. Knipe of Creston and hymns sung were O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee and The Lord's My Shepherd. j Combined choirs of the dis- trict chyrches under Mr. Me- Niel’s charge sang the well- known The Sands of Time Aré Sinking, as an Anthem. bute to the memory of this man | son United Churches: Wm. Wal- die, L. Cantell, Wm, Easton, R. Smales, J, Lipsett and G. Jacob- son, Honorary pall bearers were C. Fraser, J. Dunlop, W. Black- well, E, Kraft and W. Ball A guard of honor was formed by members of both the Masonic Lodge and the IOOF fraternal Decorations Available CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 15, 1958 Ej ay For Rev. WMcNeil . organizations to which Mr. Me- Niel belonged, +Many other service groups the Masonic section of Mountain | View Cemetery, Vancouver. The Castlegar Funeral Home was in charge of were in the Among these being th Order of Eastern Star, The Rebekahs, The Castlegar Branch of the Canadian Legion, No. 170 and Ladie’s Aux- illary, the Creston Canadian Le- gion and the Castlegar