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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Nov. 18, 1965

CASTLEGAR NEWS |

“Here let the press the people's righ:

by mala”

Established in Winsteon Hondred. ond Forty-' ‘ooven

Safeguards at Ferry Must be Installed

A letter-to-the-editor signed by 13

d district resid

appeared in

‘this paper last week

;the recent tragic accident at the Castle-
‘gar ferries in which a father and two of
ihis young children lost their lives.

t The letter pointed out that this waste-

‘ful, unr le and

ting on

plunged over

“ives “could have been prevented if the

Just Thinking

The ‘most precious heritage in the
;world can become covered with dust; the
finest ‘brass will tarnish; the purest iron
iwill rust. Likewise, the noblest man can
‘become ‘useless unless he keeps polished
iby exposing himself to great truths and
icommitting himself to a’sound course of
‘action.. Everyone needs rekindling ‘per-
Hodically. All of-us need new concerns,
mew targets, new causes. — Reflections,

i

; Vancouver °.

SUGAR _AND SPICE

y loss of

sides, and 2.

are open,

ities.”

recommendations of the jury following: ”
a similar acciGent about a year ago had
been implemented.”

In the accident referred to, an eld-
erly man lost his wife while he himself
came close to drowning after his car

the side of the ferry ramp,

— as did the car about three
weeks ago — the ineffectual eight-inch-
high timber that literally draws the line
beween life and death.on the ferry ramps;

- After the accident of about a year
ago, the coroner's jury made the. fol-
lowing recommendations: 1. That a high-
er guard rail be installed on the ramp

that: better lighting be in-

stalled to show which sides of the ramps

Since those recommendations were
made — and not. heeded — an ‘addition-
al three lives have been lost. As the let-
ter writers point out:
action now and not wait for more ‘fatal-

“Let: us see ‘some

By Bill Smiley

f
: Sewage Plant i is a Living ‘Monument

t Twas tell-
» ing you in last
+ week's column
! how 1

+ shanghaied in-
; to the teaching
} profession, and
how © tea ef
has been good

to m
i But I don't want anyone to
| go go away, with the mistaken idea
t it has been roses all the
nar ‘When I was in the news-
paper: business, I used to get
home, have a couple‘of drinks
before dinner, just to. unwind
a bit. Strictly medicinal:
When.I came into teach-
ing, I got. home from work at
4 o'clock and was so.unwound
by. dinner time I was practical-
ly paralyze:

ene V\t- ag “year. our. school:.is
working a* double. shift, Our
shift begins at a quarter to

from work at 1.15 in the after-
(noon. I have little doubt that
+ my-liver-is the texture of mar-
. ble and the color of a baboon’s
behind. I have great doubt that
Fil last until Christnas: People
on the early shift should get
hardship pay.

‘Another, misconception Fd
hate. to leave with anyone is
that ’I came into.teaching a:
a refugee, because J coulin't
make it in the newspaper bu-
‘siness. Not so.

Not only was I making spo-

Homo Sapiens

Within 50 years the earth
will have a race of many called
the Homo Aquaticus, the Wat-
er Man, who will be born, live
and die entirely beneath the

* sea, This is the opinion of deep
sea explorer Jacques-Yves Cou-
‘steau. -

‘This may sound less far-
:fetched when it is realized that
‘scientists of the United States
‘National Aeronautics and Space
‘Administration . are . at. work
ion an artificial gill which will
lallow. the user to regenerate
:his blood with oxygen. without
‘breathing.

Here in Canada, scientist

~ F. Baldwin of Chalk
Rivers atomic energy plant, is
teaching female wasps to re-
produce without ‘male help.
This method of cell division is
being used on small animals in
other laboratories.

eight inthe a.m. I-get-home:

~ there’s

radic payments on the mort:
gage, but I was dragging home
anywhere up to $35 a week,
clear. And, Ke I do say. it my-
self, I was a Pretty ir important
figure in the community. -
For example, I look back
with unconcealed and’ justifi-
able pride to four years as

‘ my
president of the Bruce County

Publishers: Association. That’s
important post, with
ancut 10 weeklies in the coun-

. Well, sir, before my term
of office, the annual meetings
were regular donnybrooks. The
publishers, last of a‘fierce and

breed,
fiercely about printing prices,
stealing linotype operators
from each other and encroach-
ing on each. other’s sdcred

hunting grounds. ©
But during my entire s0-
journ in the President's office,
peace prevailed.:.There: wasn’t
a bicker or a squabble. The
secret? :In four years, the pre-

‘sident didn’t cali a single meet-

ing. The association has never
run so. smoothly, before , or.
since. é

So, if you’re having inter-

nal: warfare in one of the or-.

ganizations you’ belong ‘to,
your ~ solution.’ Stop,
holding. meetings. -

» Another position in “which
I made my. mark was the Re-
sort Association. I was: presi-

dent of. it, too, and also for’

four years. When I took over,
the outfit was struggling. Rev-
enue -was only about $2,000 a

, year. Most of this .was. spent

on printing folders. In. our
Plant.

Well, I got keen and start-
ed drumming up more money
and urging a bigger and flos-
sier folder. In the end, my twin
activities bore fruit. Right in
the end. We raised so: much
money; and the folder designed
was so fancy, t- we. could
no longer print it in our plant,
so they took it. to an ‘out-of-
town printer. is known as
How Not To Get Along In Bu-
siness By: Really Trying.

VICTORIA REPORT

- ONE MAN'S :
Opinion.

By F. B. Pearce

man Stternehy e
eople,
iid stutt s¢

e
thing learned’ ‘at
school about coun-|
tries,’ mountains

and: seas; ‘It is in-

By dames K Nesbitt

Legislative Opening is Set for January -

It’s almost im-,
ossible to be-

tion’ would be by aectamation, ;

not votes. I won, Within

years, I had spark-plugged ‘the
council. into installing a ‘new
sewage disposal system that
would end the pollution. It put
the tax rate up about six mi

for 60 years. But it was ‘worth.

There was only one thing
wrong. The darn thing didn’t
work. Some silly . little: engin-
eering detail about water not
running uphill, or something.
The bay was once again pol-
luted. I'left town shortly after.
And the.words sewage and Smi-
ley, are still associated in. the
minds of the grateful ratepay-

ers, Not. many men have a
living monument like that, dur-
ing ‘thelr own lifetime.

TIMELESS TOPICS
‘Escape’

as ~ By Rev. Howard Kerr...
Grace Pres| byterian Church,

This summer Tchad the
opportunity of reading.a book
thoroughly. Enloyed. it was

ealle a, The
Switchblade- by + David fWilker--
son. It*is. a. paperback worth
only 55 cents. When I went as
a leader ‘in’ September. to a
teenage camp, I took it along
and several of the campers
- read it. :
From time to time we are
reminded that young people
in every big city in:North Ame-
rica are becoming addicted to
the. use ‘of drugs. This addic-
tion usually began as a means
‘of escaping boredom —: just
for kicks,

e desire for “kicks” or
“escape”, is -not confined to
any one age group. The. pop
ae with the. phrase, Lets’
Get-Away From It All, appeals
to al a of us at one time or ano-

But perhaps my finest hour .

was my career in municipal
politics. The bay bordering the
home town was polluted, and
unfit for swimming. As editor
of the paper, I. had- harassed
the town council for-years, try-
ing to get action.

Finally, I ran for council,
carefully choosing a. year in
which it was obvious that elec-

No Right to Pollute Water

“Too many industrial enterprises of every sort behave as if
they had a right to pollute Canadian waters at will, and as if
anything they do to reduce pollution is a gracious goodwill ges-
ture to be handled by the Publi relations department like a
gift to’ local: charities. It’s high time we, the! Canadian public,
shifted the burden of proof from the poisoned to. the poisoners.
It is for them to show cause why they should ever have been al-
lowed to foul our water in the first place and why they should
not be compelled to stop doing it any more.” — Maclean's eM

our living rooms — the

Don’t ‘get mé wrong. We
all need some type of escape.
‘The odd: trip ‘or. movie or
show can be healthy and help-
ful — but when it gets to the
point. where a three-year old
would like to watch TV all day
somebody has -to ‘step'on him
— at the risk of losing an ec-
gnoniieal baby sitter.

Some. lives’ continually
search for escape. If our tech-
niques of getting away from it

-all_do not better equip us to
face life head on then ey. are
poor prescriptions.

: Too many of our modern
ways of escaping are indulged
in’ as “cure alls” when really
they:‘solve: nothing.’ They are
also, too often used as a means
of ‘shirking very real: respon-
sibilities.
there are for example who try

CASTLEGAR. NEWS

“THE |

L. V. Campbell, Publisher -

‘rata to the

Published Every Thursday it

OF THE
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News

15. $3.00 per year. The price by delivery 'boy is 40

Alt

Burt Campbell, Editor

cents a month. Singte copies are 10 cents.

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ment of postage in cnsh, and ia a. member of the

Audit: Bureau of Circulattons,

It Is a member of the Canudian Weenly News-
papers Association, the B.C. division of the Canadian
Weekly Newspapers Association, ant Canadian Com.
munity Newspapers Representetives.

should ‘be to The

Editor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, B.C,
Letters for publication must be ‘accompanted by the
correct names and address of the writer. Pen names
will be used by request, but the correct name must

ve submitted. The Castlegar ‘News reserves the right”

space.

to.shorten letters in the intereats of cunomy of °

How. :‘many . people:

os

Speaker: William’ Murray of
_ Prince Rupert has:-been: here’
making ’ preliminary ‘arrange-
‘ments and clerk of the house,
Ned de Beck:drops in" every
few days to’ see what's going
on and to keep up with the
mail.

There's a lot of paper work ©
to be-‘done ‘by the protécol
staff. Everyone, of course, as
usual, from time imm
wants to be invited to the open
ing. You'd think people. would
get sick and tired of the same-
ness of. it all, but: they never
do. There’s only so much room
in the legislative chamber and

Must Prepare Us

to find the ‘solition to life’s
difficulties and ponte at the
bottom of a bo!
‘We all need to he remind-
ed that ‘ultimately we. can’t
“get ‘away from it all.” Sooner
or Jater we have to mature
enough to face‘life as it is or
try to change | it, It-is as‘futile
and fruitless to try. and evade
gad est ave as‘ it. isto
get. away} from.’ God —
ial ee no sreater exercise

_ like to admit,

try:
- ing?” The

*so,many are disappointed’ each

year,
Bislative opening.

Le
are something like ng, days 3

— they seem to come:every
few months. which mean some-
thing or. other that Ido ‘not.

- I often: 't!
get. along-:with a legislative
session ‘every two years as in
the State. of Washington, but.
our. members would bé dead

set against this, for they love :
to. come here and talk and talk

and pick up‘their $8,000 each.
If there: was'.a session ‘only
every two years they'd be get-

ting but. $4,000 a year and that '

would never do.

coming session “could
well be the last before ano-
ther general election. ‘True, the

bast election was. do 1963 but. :

hink ‘we could:

is as oftert ag he wants an ele
ection,

there must be‘an.election every
five years but’ at says nothing -

the
* talks as ‘if: th
“of . commerce’ were . to. blame

ing, to’. establish
. here.

Our constitution Bays.

teresting © enough!
but not of much use. To others
it is ‘an. exact’ science “which

© they. can make’ use of in many,

ve must have been ba
jught ‘in ‘schools, bear, badly

ie lates ‘me’ more'than the vis--°
, iting“speaker: who: holds ‘forth

on’ the need for industrial’ de-

* yelopment,. ‘secondary : indust:
lustry

ries and. attracting” indu

principles . involved:
e. local: chamber

and _its members have only to
go_out on expedi-
tions to have industry clamor:
themselves

> Bur at indi
persuaded; usry
_ money it ‘consults’

wants: to know’ the ‘cl

t guceee, Each indw
fering ‘needs’. but ‘there’ are
cortall basic ‘ones common to
all,
i | Geography plays its art.

@ first is“ nearness to raw
materials andthe second near-
ness: t to. markets: Obviously if

raw.

against an
a premier. deciaes, "on one. It
never occurs to’ our premier
be possibly someday, te might”

Have

* distance: it
adds tothe cost of Production,
:.as does: the ae transporting of th

eto be
transported .

here ‘he said that once a <
So ial Credit government. goes.”
in it stays forever and! it would

stint eat
distance. a pet iy oxtatng
why. Interior’ Breweries moved
its Plant from Nelson to Crest-

seem ‘that way ca 1935 + 0

in ‘Alberta. Tobe ia British Co-
Jumbia.

Government House on the
evening of ‘opening day will be,
‘all lit up-and:‘the selected Tel.
presentatives ‘and.
and the elite of victoria ‘and

ir wives .:

“When industrie’ ‘are esta-
plished in the Interior they al-

“most all ‘depend on. forest pro-

‘ducts ¢ or’: mining.” There are
“ample forest products: which
accounts: for: the'‘number of ©
‘pulp : mills * being estahulsied:
‘These, it must ben

“ “additional eeographical’ r

ts of: glamorous social

lov
u ip-
ond”: smart politician that be. jping Okanagan apple j tee and

is, he.knows a. good way.
perpetuate himself in office .is
to have an election shone ver
he can get away. with it, whi

- By Local Ghurehos
for Living

the wings of the morning and
dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea.-Even there thy. hand
shall Jead-me.” It is clear. that
a-: confrontation “with” reality,
with responsibility and - with
God is ultimately inescapable.
Too : many.’ people in-our
time, young and ‘old, arte’ like’
the two cockney boys who met,
on ‘a: street corner. One asked
the other, “Where are you’ go:
other. replied ‘‘No-
where.” * “OK”, said. the first
one, “Pll come with you.” ©
Life without meaning, pur-
pose or. direction needs to be
transformed by One who wants
to motivate us at the very cen-
tre of our being. He alone can
provide the meaning. we
Jook for and.so seldom find,

* dressed up _ in:
tails.

and the

“nothing stronger, will shine and.
-make political talks,’, all

fhe premier is most proud
‘of Goverament House. He looks ©
upon it as a monument to him-
self. in-a_way, for it. was hi
who found the money for the’
uilding : of. the Sperone maa
sidn: when“the oth 2:
ed down in 1957,
mierlobks* upon
Government House as a hye
Sical tie with Great Britain and:
‘the sovereign, : there being no
‘one more .:British’ and ° Jo:
than he, because his s forebears - =
were-loyal Aetaes King Ge Or ge | 10,”

‘start off with

"on Proximity. sto if
rial.;It has to ‘overcome ‘the .

quirements — plenty of water
available ‘and ‘easy . transporta-
tion ' ‘facilities,’ At ‘that. they
the handicap ‘of

tance. The ones most likely
to ‘return a. good ‘profit’ are
those ‘on: tidewater, like Powell

River ‘and.’

. ‘The smelter at ‘Trail is an
vexample ‘of an industty based
its: raw. mate-

fact,: that ‘its products “have
Breat rtation fests but

‘Industry inlikely: e1
‘to give even’ a glancing Took
the . Interior before. esta-
Blushing ‘itself. The .concentra-
) tion” of commercial ts.

is no accident. The area around

“ton. : While: our "Premier likes:

he be.
of what's called the‘land of the.”
free and the home of'the brave.
»~. So. sir, * our: -premier’s ‘so.:
British that’ I sometimes | sus-

bia-a free ‘and Independent
state,

has .all: the geo,
-phical. advantages: It hasa a
climate, ‘a’ large ‘local market,

~ plenty, ‘of water, easy. access to

overseas market’ :by: sea and’:
ample. power. ‘It is quite evi-
‘dent. that.Vancouver andthe.

adjacent ‘area ‘are destined:to |
~ pect he'd: like ‘British Colum- - kee)

ep on growing, It may seem:
indeed ‘that industries tend to

rid .of the
that awful place, Ottawa, going
it alone but a member of the
British. Ce 1

na
«is so‘ simply because ‘they all
have-to be the same’ basie re:

are fortuna

ite in liv ing Inone’ eof the

Ke y.people

most unspolled vacationlands anywhere in the world;
They, enjoy further: pleasure ‘in the ‘quality products
_.. Of Interior Breweries, But there's, another: reward?
because many visitors and tourists appreciate both

~ of these things, Kootenay residents reap the eco!
:Omic benefits of two rapidly expanding Industries:
tourism and the brewing ae

os _BREWERINS
- EED. CRESTON, BC.

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This aiverisoment is not publi or displayed by te ig Contre} Board o or ay “he Government of British Columbia : :

cRNA acy a

Guide, Brownle .
_ Parents Plan
'- Gaffes Party

The! need. for Gulders,
Brown Owls ‘and Tawny Owls
was, the \leading topic at the
recont:'meeting of: the Parents’
Association to; the Kinnaird Gui-
des and Brownies, e

It'was pointed out if a new
Guide’ Company was not’ esta-
Diished immediately, the Brow-
nie’ packs’ which: are: now: com-
pletely . filled, : would have ‘no
openings for’ the coming two
years,

A complete’ report: ‘Was giv.
en of the ‘last’ meeting of the
local association | to Guides’ and
Brownles, 8

Plans .were then discussed
for. a coffee .party. to be vheld
Nov. ‘24: between 10° a.m.: and
12 p.m’ in'the' lower hall of the
Kinnaird United ‘church.’ It’ is
hoped all, ‘mothers “would’ take
this opportunity to meet. each
other as well as bring a friend.

‘proper technique for’ leaf

RE, Autumn is officially! with
peas Bee a ee Tee teen rate have
eta tg aL That mapas ts time f and

and

‘you don’t need a calendar to :

d° turning «col a hay
iy Sony Heaton on

ELC
' ESTA
VILLA
SALES & SERVICE

Near the Arena
MOBILE HOMES —

By the end of June, 1967,
division of TB controll officials
will know how many new TB

velop in British

referred for further medical
investigation, 110 medically sig-
nificant chest chest conditions
were found, including nine cases

cases may. be ‘erpected to de-
TRAVEL TRAILERS during | o

MOBILE HOME MOVING.
For Service
TEAR 6LI7"

_| the next 20 y.

The potential problem : will
be -established- when the .pro-
vince-wide Operation Doorstep
survey, co-sponsored by the: De-

‘or’ ‘TB-Christmas Seal Society, has

TTE! completed. TB* skin’ testing and
vines cone 5 chest raving all B.C. residents,
365-7

tfin-26

1964
and 1965.. Out of the 288 people | cat

we stock a full selection of

SAVAGE SHOES.

‘for children

partment of Health and the B.C. |:

While the value of the chest} |

x-ray in detecting TB and other
chest ‘conditions’ is well Imown,
the purpose of.the TB skin test
is: not '- generally understood.
Both: tests.are’ reliable ‘but
in different ways.

The tuberculin. test. shows
just one ‘thing; whether the per-
son has‘come into contact-with
e| the ‘TB: germ. If he ‘has, a-posi- | C42.
tive reaction which shows as a
red a burip, on: his ‘arm,

~TB* germs Haves a
sana tn a body.: Once this hi
pens, the body develops reslet:
ance to fight the germ and the

skin test shows positive. ‘
i But the test does not show

‘| whether the body has: success-
‘| fally subdued the TB germ. Gen-

erally, it. does. Again, if there’

Many from Here Checked —
By Operation Doorstep

has been manilve exposure to
the germs, “may not
have succeeded, in' destroying the

germ and then ‘active tubercu-
losis can begin.

Positive reactors to the'TB
skin test should have an annual
chest':x-ray to. make sure that
active: tuberculosis does not: de-
velop. Statistics: show that one
out of every 20 positive reactors
will develop. ‘active’ disease ‘at
some time during - ‘etime.
A chest x-ray will detect the dis-
ease in its early stages, when it

most ‘sucessfully treate
and before it can be spread to

If-an individual has: tot
come into. contact with the germ,
he’ cannot possibly ‘have tuber-
culosis,’

will indi. | others.

But since ‘chest x-rays Satur

are now ‘read for ‘evidence - of.
lung: cancer, heart: disease and
other chest.;conditions,. an‘ an-
nual chest’ x-ray. for those over
40 is a good preventive health
measure,

A Brownie ‘golden hand ce-jin

; remony and fly-up was ‘held re-|s

cently’ in: the Joret hail of the

Christmas Party.
Planned for
Senior Citizens

“The Castelgar: and District

.| Senior Citizens ‘held their regu-

lar ting Friday g in

CENTRAL FooD MART

PH. 365-5336. KINNAIRD | FREE DELIVERY
We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities,

the Legion Hall with 30 mem-

_| bers and former, members, Mr.

and Mrs..M. Hougen of Saskat-
chewan; and Mr. and Mrs.\C. EB.
Heagy of Slocan City.

‘The Christmas party for the
members. was’ discussed ‘and’ it
was reported that the L.A. to
the ' Royal. Canadian | Legion,
Branch 170 would do the cater-
ing. The. banquet will be held
Dec, 10, in the Legion Hall.

- Harry, Evans reported that
he had heard that the Rotarians
are: planning to build ‘a Senior

.| Citizens Home: ‘A committee was

appointed to: get more informa-
tion regarding this as the. mem-

| bers were all very interested, °.

At: the conclusion of busi-
ness a social evening was enjoy.
ed with Mr. and. Mrs. W. Wal
per’ and Al Johnson providing
the entertainment.

oMr, Walp ang three solos
accomp! nied ‘at’ the “plano. by
Mrs, Walper.’ Mr.’ Johnson, on
his accordian and Mr. ‘Walper on
his guitar’ rendered many well

This program was brought
to'a close with Mr. Walper sing-
ing a sacred song. © -;:

d | father, Mr. Albert

Kinnaird. Socials

returned last week from
ticton. where they attended. the
funeral of: Mra. (cCreight’s
Haye
‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs. mull:

now make © their home ot "198
7th Avenue. = 0

“Miss Norman: Horswill cele-

r_< fourth bi

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Flour 25 tes. ..
CARNATION
Milk 7 tins
MOIR’S

Chocolates 28 oz. box
NABOB: ' f

Lemon Cheese 14.0. jar...
NABOB

Instant Coffee 6 ot. jar...
BICK’S ©

Dill Pickles 48 oz. jar
‘PALM’ :
Pickles sweet mixed, 30 o7. far...
TAFFY'S

‘Nuts & Bolts. 7 oz. pkg...
Sthackerss mecormici’s 20-00. pis. 49
Honey 4 Ibs.

Mercarine o Better Buy, 5 tb...
Pork Chops t. 00... 200.

TISSUE
Kleenex: 3 boxes of 400 ..

Mrs.”
f Canipbelts ni have sect moved
from: Trail

and now. make
4th Ay

S! Did you know?’—'For seal-
ing Christmas cards, moisten: the.

‘| gummed flaps of ‘envelopes , by.

e| Wiping them across a a well moist-
j| ened: sponge...»

‘|| Kinnaird ‘United: church.

AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS
Luncheons, Dinners, Weddings, Meeting Room |.
Dining Room - Coffee Shop ‘days per week 7 a.m. - 9 pam.

Columbia at Main Street’

791 First Avenue, Castlegar

Invites You to Hear

renee 'W. Beam

Receiving: ‘their’ golden
hands“ from Mrs. :R. Giles, ‘pre:

‘’sident (of the sParents’. ‘As:
‘|: ftion to Kinnaird: Guides and
>| Brownies, : were: - Judy :; Nevett,

Susie Harms; Debbie ‘McNee,
Dianne Westerlund, ‘Gaye Des-
aulniers, Shelda Paul, Geraldine
Johnson, Joyce Walker, Janet
‘Walker and Susan Tipping of
the Ist Kinnaird Pack.

Also receiving golden hands

‘pa
‘Mrs... W. McNee> peeeented
proficiency: badges
Harms for her ietting pee
Westeriund for -her. -swimming.
la. McGauley for “her

Shea ing.
‘A horseshoe formed by the

° Mrs.’
Jeane district commssioncr,
then : presented’ wings’ to
McGauley, Darlene O'Shea, ands

Nevitt, Susie: Harms,. Debbie Me: e

Nee, :, Dianne “,Westerlund and.

Gaye Desaulniers.

‘Following: the presentations;
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