THIS WEEK
AND NEXT

By RAY ARGYLE

Canadians are. ‘supposed to be
great compromisers. One prime
minister — Mackenzle King —
built” his entire ‘career on
his apparent abllity to bring to-
gether conflicting points . of
view. Why, then, has the coun-

"try been unable to reach a ma-
Jority agreement on a national
flag?

; The chict reaton, aad the
sooner it be recognized the bet-

ter, Hes in the division of the -

nation in racial /blocs — Eng-
Ush, French, Ukrainian, Italtan,
ate,

‘This was not so apparent dur-
ing the many years in which
| Canadians of British stock dom-
‘ {nated the political, commercial,

and cultural life of the country,

But since the last war, the in-

fluence of the British element
«has been declining. ty

That ‘this has happened in
Canada is due largely to the
Canadian system of encourag-
ing various national groups to
retain their distinctive identity.

In the United States, by con-
trast, the melting pot of immi-
gration has created one great
mass of, citizenry—Americans,

Americans have reached a
national consensus on most fun-
damental ‘issues, There is, for
instance, general support for
the free‘ enterprise system modi-
fied by welfare state measures,
In only one important ‘area of
American’ life has a national

“* consensus not been reached —

~ the Negro’ question, But the

+. tide is there for all to see —

} and equal rights for the Negro
will be achieved within bls
generation.

Diversity. of attitudes and

. customs can be an. attractive
trait, ‘especially when compared

“ with the’ drugging’ conformity

‘ that runs so strongly through

American life. But diversity will
not ‘ensure the survival of a
country. For that, there must

. be a sense of national purpose
among .all groups which over-
comes their differences.

Canada’ has failed to achieve
this sense of national Purpose.

You can. see it in,the flag de-
bate, ‘not only in \parliament,~

but in’ millions of lying rooms.

and offices across the ‘country.
The flag debate arouses just

Much emotion among Canc,
dians gathered ‘privately in“ ~
their homes as it has in Parlia--~

ment, Little wonder, then,’ that
Parliament « has panied over
‘ this for months, ee

Parliament's ‘decision to send:
‘the flag issue to a 15-man com-
mittee may open the way for a:
settlement, but the charices are:

* 50.50 that before Christmas. the’ -

.) House of Commons will) once
, more he setipped by. Hnending
debate.

Although there is already. a

clear: majority-of MPs ready to *
vote-for'a maple leaf flag, Op.
position leader)”, Diefenbaker’s “:
insistence on keeping the de.”

bate ‘going has forestalled a’ fi-
nal and deciding vote. Now Mr.
, Diefenbaker says that unless 13
or 14 of the 16 members of the
flag ‘committee ; aré ‘able to
Teach’ agreement, the debate
should start all over again.

Majority: Tule means simply
;elear majority of
01 “80. per cent. . Mr.
Dietenbakées insistence of an
80 to 90. per cent majority be-
fore the ‘flag ean become a fact
makes one ‘thankful such \ma-
Jorities: have not been needed
on more important issues. Not a
single major. law ‘would have
been’ enacted since Confeder-
ation if this’ kind of majority
had been required.

The decision to send the flag

to committee’ has’ probably. kil- ,

Jed all chances of) Prime ‘Min!-
ster - Pearson's” three-leaf ‘flag

being adopted. The tri-leaf flag”.

will never. be able to rid itself
of the derogatory label of ‘the
3 cnnant |

The members’ of. the commit.

tee -have been promised a, mini-
» mum-of interference by. their
* party, leaders,’ Freed from the
shrill debate’ of Mr.: Diefen-
baker, the: committee might in-)

deed be able to reach a consen- °°”
sus. If it fails, if will be because («|
Canadians os a whole have once :

again been unable to put: aside

It's. The Happiest. Day!

By BILL SMILEY

Everybody beppy. now that,

occasion in the year, for
large part of our population. ' i

‘When''I was a kid, we all
hated going back to school. And
it was real. Schools were ‘grey
and grimy.
stuffy and poorly. lighted and
smelled. Teachers were maidon
“ladies of eighty or ninety years
old, and crabby as hell.

Nowadays most youngsters
are thrilled ¢o enter the portals
in September. They've had
enough summer. They want to
get back with their peers, and
gossip, play, work, stretch thelr
minds, find somebody to hate
besides thelr parents,

Nothing’ is quite.so charming
as the gossoons entering Grade
1, Shined and curled and star-
ched heyond recognition, they
march off on opening day with
the new schoolbag, clammy.
hand clutched by a disgusted
older brother, or pompous sis-
ter. They’re as scared and ex-
cited as a pilot on his first solo
flip,

Next in sheer delightfulness,
1 think, are the kids entering
high school. Last year they were
the big wheels in Grade 8, the
monitors, the safety patrol mem-
bers, the seniors. Suddenly they
are plunged into a vast high
school where they are nothing,
the youngest of the young, the
rookies, the chickens just out
of the nest. Their bewilderment
is something to behold.

Mothers either weep or brea-
the a sigh of purest relief on
opening day, depending on whe-
ther they have lost the first of
their nestlings, or have just got
rid of the last of the little hor-
Tors who have been’ nudging
them towards an institution for
the past twelve years,

Fathers, too, heave elther a
sigh or a groan, depending on
the age of the kids. If the stu-
dents are young, {t means the
old man. at least knows. they’re
ia school and -safe, not being
buried alive at the sandplt, or

felling “into” the water-filled «

ditch, or running out in front of

Classrooms’ were

+ clear-eyed,

cars to get thelr ball.” .

speeding

Wf they're university age, he
sbreathes heavily and grants
with a‘mingling of pecuniary
pain‘ond wild elation as he
cigns the first of many, cheques
for tultlon fees, plus reom'n
board. .

The “drap-outa” ore happy, as
‘morons. They quit last Easter,
took a job, the job petered out,

and now they fervently, agree
with thelr mother, who. said
they were too stupid to make a
living unless they had a unlver-
sity degree. So they’ve dropped
back in, to keep warm for an
other winter.

The school board is happy.
The long’ dull summer, with
nothing to do but make money,
is over, and they can get back

‘to the fascinating topics of. how
Much the new boiler will cost,
how lousy the new teachers are,
how much they dare submit to
the council in their budget, and
how different things were when
they were at school.

The caretakers are happy.
After all, it's rather frustrating
to spend all summer washing,
waxing and polishing, with no-
body to appreciate. Now, their
two months’ hard work vanishes

in’a twinkling, and they can go .

back to 10 months of grousing
about dirty kids and sloppy. tea-
chers.

+ The -merchants are happy.
Their . “Back-to-School” adver-
-tsing campaign went over pret-
ty well, Now they can relapse
comfortably into criticism of the
stupidity of the school board,
the hours and salaries of the
teachers, and the manners and
morals of to-day’s students, com-
pared to those of their own gen-
eration,

Theoretically, the teachers are
happy. They return to school
refreshed, bushy-
tailed, dedicated, after . their
long vacation, which they spent
lying on the beach, pounding a
golf ball, or touring: Europe.

In reality, most of them ‘tot. . |

ter in, red-eyed, wrung-out and
broke, after seven weeks of sum-
mer. school and one. dreadful
week visiting relatives, during
which their kids were holy. ter-
rors,and it rained every day.

“SHOWCASE -

WEEKLY REPORT ON THE LIVELY ARTS |

. Pa shows.
' TO WATCH -

ees Sept. ‘28. VACATION:

TIME (CBC), Beatles-in Van-
HOE. 2

couver,,, COUNTRY

DOWN (CBC), Gordie Tapp -.
and gang back’ ior suother
season. ':

Sat., Sept. 28; FOOTBALL
(CBC), Hamilton’ at ‘Vancop-
‘ver, on full ‘network ‘except’:
Vancouver, yeni and Regi-
na. GREAT MOVIES (CBC),
The Student Prince.

Sun., Sept.: 27, “FOOTBALL

(CTV), Toronto at Winnipeg.

TORCH. TO. TOKYO. :(CBC),

preparations * for’. Olympics.

HOURGLASS (ery), drama.
¢€

Mon., Sept. 23, SHOW 01
THE WEEK (cBC), amie.

: From Russia, -With

ENTERTAINMENT

NEWS & VIEWS

One ‘of ‘the features of CBO

the suave secret. agent. He'H

dance to.music from the Bond

films'— Goldfinger, Dr..No and
‘Love. 05:

directors.
ducers Pat wea
former writer. for

iterman.
BBC's: The A Week: That Was,
Robin Grove-White, has joined
the “team and hopes to incor
porate similar. material in This
Hour. ©.
. A Paramount :: movie being
filmed ‘in Israel ground to
halt». when — government

arche.
ANNY. i slogists moved into carefully

ign.
Toronto at Caleery:

Wed., Sept. 30
/ TICKS (CBC),. v version of!

cal.
Thurs., Oct. 1. JACK PARR
). THE

st
: da's Navy in Battle of Atlan-
le. :

Ciyde’s Choice
“ACNE MOVIE

: popular att Sroaaway musi- :

‘My: OLYDE GILMOUR ||,

their’ group ‘interests in favor =.

of fhe national: interest, ate

SPARKS ‘by Willis Forbes

The.s0a of moh

“ing Als head
Jabove water.

, elmony tka place]

strays beyond ‘the tourist;
“let realm ‘of reportage: But the”
«ship on. te you'll pene this’.

‘ edish ° mi
rine, It was this ship which was”
the star of Windjammer.

year old: settlement
ed Pe the

Blasting

‘preparing the seiting for

ith, : gouged: out a’

hilltop site which proved to be

the location of an ancient com-
eat

‘sift a 2,000.
which

Harm's Way,
sassett’s novel about the’ Pearl
ck.. Sequences’ in-
ude a: of

‘full-scale
g he bombing: of: Pearl’ Harbor,

urning of ‘Honolulu,’ and
6 he destruction of. the-U.S. Navy
al :

tea inte

>: important, ’as sh

that '2'U.S. survey revealed that
86 per ' cent’ of, first : graders
:could'not pass‘even a minimum

uscular test! You'll enj
author's ‘humorous - sty!

uu ‘will: be motivated: by.” her-

‘Yori ‘This isa “welcome book.

‘Hove a roblam? Write to Ca : :
Bhs Clark in care of = ann wertar

‘dense, ‘My oldest brother likes :
to emphanize it and be Ukea to
pick,on me.

For’ instance, ever slnce ‘Yee
come here he's always tried to
find‘ something» wrong | with
what I've done, or if something
happens he’s on my back before
I get a chance to explain.

What shall 1 do — go “back

home or stick it out here?
UNDECIDED

DEAR UNDECIDED—It is a
funny thing, but we tend to be-!
like what people think we are.
If someone pats us on the back ©
when we do well, this makes us
want to do better, ‘And most of
us can,

On the other hand, if some-
one who matters to us bats us
down all the time, we start
thinking, “What's the use?” A
person— even a grown-up can"
only ,stand so much beating
down before he elves. ie en-
tirely.

You aren't dense,’ Your let-
ter was well written. You have
a fine future ahead. °

Have a serious talk with your

oldest brother. Ask him ‘to ‘no-
tice when you do well and tell’
you about it. Show him this let.
ter. He has it in his-hands to
help you become a fine, capable
young man, if he loves ‘you

i ’otetese. FOOTNOTES

ves sorry, Jack I'm just not
din an accident

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enough and hae. enough | will:

; | etl and understanding to do.
‘me.1¢, L consider myself rather |‘)

"DEAR DORIS — My son and

‘his: wife (want to hold ‘a: re

ception ‘for us on ‘the occasion
of ‘our’ golden wedding. ' What ;

“ bothers ‘me ia that my husband .

is ‘not good at making speeches, °

‘Would it be proper for me,
to say, something to my guests?
I:don’t know what ¥ could say, .

-other than thank them all for!
coming, «

OLD Focy’
DEAR OF. — Why, not. No

. Point in trying to make a publle
i@peaker -out. of your | loving

Spouse at this Inte date!

Welcome fiends, thank
them, say: how. you've ‘prized
their friendship over the years,
Make special mention of any
there who were Present at the
original event.

If there's a gift to open,
would Hubby do that? “And at

“Tenst stand up to say thanks,

and if he had it all to do over
again, he'd do it,

‘And: let me be the first to
congratulate you,

To Tongue Tied—Write in for
my Tips on Talking, enclosing
ten cents and a stamped, self-
addressed ‘envelope. Once you
learn how to ‘get the conversa-
tlonal ball rolling it’s easy, to. .
gain momentum!

‘Government! ‘Approved. :

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Phone’ 365-5432
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Electric’ Heat :Speclatists

Medallion Homes
Phone 365-7241

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Phone 865-7124

New Homes Remodelling
General Construction
All Work Guaranteed
P & G Construction Ltd,
Phone. 365-8151
“Across from the Arena”
Box 90 — Castlegar, B.C,
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PETER KINAKIN
General Contracting
Custom Homes‘a Specialty .
Free Estimates
Phone 365-5160

JOHN .VOGWILL
Accredited Public Accountant ;

pan, >
Not just another place to eat:
: Phone 365-7671

But: the’ place to eat another,

LORETTA’:
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in ‘the. :
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rary to the measurement © <

‘A small’ but keen field of
jantors turned out Sunday; ‘mnorn-
ing to compete for the new Su-

* ‘per Valu ‘Junior ‘Trophy. +‘

‘Ages ranged from, 13\to,18
and heights reached from four
feet to six but once they grab-
ed onto that driver’ and step-

up-to tee. off-many- of these
“Ped up et levelled off and it
easy i case of every man for

y “The ‘fucat nanie./@ sto pppeat
‘on the new tro} @ thal

7 Nanaia,
shot a first round. of 41. and
ifollowed this with-44 for:a total
low gross 0!

His closest competition came.
‘from Jack-Burak and Alex Pere
ehudoff who came in. tied for
second place with 95's. ‘This
was decided by playing: extra
-holes and Alex managed to come
pout victorious on.the very first
shole,

Congratulations to xen and
Alex and also a .word of warn-
ing, especially to Ken: Keep

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gues. their own names’
that, plaque. for, ne:

for sweeping greens!) |

a certain
very., fine golf balls: which:
borrow — his ni

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following “information : —:

orchestra for an evening
dancing and frivolity. i

kets will

year!
(Cheer-up Jack maybe Dad
will split: half. of ;what he got

. The leader of the” low het
aivision must be quite popular
district household
he was the’ winner of some

This, appears ‘to: be-all the
news for this week,’ possibly
we should have, news of. the
ladies ‘match play ‘competition’
by next week plus news of the
tombstone tournament and also
the annual banquet: and: dance;
Speaking of the annual ‘do,
we would like to pass along ihe

date set: is. Oct. 24:at the Kin:
naird Hall. The banquet will be
at 6.30 to be followed ‘by the
music of Jack Phipps and his

Tickets may be. obtained
fromm: Mike .Verzuh, Dick Wayl-
ing; Lorne Zinio, Bob Wadey.
and Ernie SF patcle Tneee tic.

‘on:

certain’ ‘person might wish to i
name, Bob Burak.
Bob came in- with a-net 70, clo:
aely ly ‘followed by, John Popott

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