“CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Jan. 5, 1997

CASTLEGAR NEWS

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Lots More Work Yet to be Done on a DM

One of the most worthwhile and in-
formative public meetings to have been
held in the Castlegar district in a long time
Was the district municipality forum held
just before Christmas and sponsored by

kirk College and the Castlegar and Dis-
trict Chamber of Commerce.

The forum had a little bit of every-
thing: facts, humor and a great deal of
erious discussion—and those who attend-
ed couldn’t help but go away much better
informed than when they first arrived for
the 2¥-hour session.

But it-was also most obvious at the
‘forum that those opposed to the formation
of a district municipality have done their
homework much better than those favor-
ing the new municipal unit, or at least
those opposed were much more ready to
deal with such important items as budgets,
mill rates and costs then were those who
support a DM.

While this newspaper favors a district

municipality for much the same reasons
as those enunciated by Mayor R. C. Mad-

docks, nonetheless a district municipal-

ity cannot sueceed—or even come about—
without the support of the people in the
presently unorganized areas of the Castle-
gar district. And Kinnaird village chair-
man Carl Loeblich did an excellent job of
presenting highly valid reasons as to why
residents of such unorganized areas as Rob-
son and Ootischenia should not at present
favor a district municipality. :

It is our assessment of the situation
that the district municipality steering
committee has a lot more work yet to be
done and that the committee should place
particular emphasis on the study of both,
the advant and the disad that
a district municipality holds for any un-
organized areas. The committee should
then be prepared to deal most specifically
with these items when an educational for-
um is next held.

We Can All be Proud of Our Country

Everyone shares a desire to see 1967
‘an event-filled year, a year in which com-
ounities large and small, various clubs and
‘organizations and the individual citizen all
‘participate in the nation’s birthday party,
the Centennial of Confederation.

The list of plans and projects is grow-
ing longer by the day.
; But det us not lose sight of the rea-
Sons for the rejoicing. Canada is a nation
of which we can all be proud. This nation
has a proud past, an increasingly bright
‘present anda dazzling future. We tend to
‘take such an appraisal in the material
isense, for this is a country of material

VICTORIA REPORT

wealth. Canada’s greatest wealth, how-
ever, is its people and their ability to work
together in peace, in justice and in a soc-
ity nn which there remains freedom for

e diff 7. individ, d

— wa
) hs 9.
¢.

_ Deliver
Meriter (Ark) Democrni
It was election night, Aug.
& well-known snerif? was
bemosning the outcome in the
Hotel Marion.

_CNIB. Field Representative Retires
After Serving 22 Years in This Area

Teeter braencneretitbe

first two’ field secretaries for

She-Stis-.a B.C.

J.C. Hembling, who has
been for 22 years a field repre:
agntative for the CNIB in

a ene Py

JUST THE TOP THIRD...

lareneel, pli
oC. =a

One suggested the sheriff
would “have to’ join us now”
and it was an obvious jest.

‘ That perked up the down-
cast lawman, who roared:

*{ delivered my county,
didn't 12”

And

ok the

selves pretty we!
ject in that Aug.

We
if the da d
(from being “‘delivered”) is at
hand — all over Arkansas. And
we do mean all over.

Seven Miilion Russians Live in Moscow But No People
Have Either Private Homes or Own Private Businesses

"ight in Montreal
rop TU Nee which

an
groups to be expressed, for varied customs
e retained.

to bi 5 ‘

It is Canada’s performance in this res-
pect rather than its material development,
by which other nations and peoples—and
indeed, history—wit judge us. °

Centennial year, 1967, should be a
good sharp reminder to us all not to take
those things for granted.

Happy birthday, Canada. ... . and
many more.

By James K. Nesbitt

Canadians are a Long-Suffering People

é The taxes go
erous to

is forced by them fo be so gen-
them.

ting in the sun when I could

up, and the ex-
travagances go

th
» government, has decided a re-
t governor- general will
. have a pension — about $15,-
{ 000 a year. No doubt this will
*: be spread across the country,
and all retired — lieutena
governors will receive pen-
sions, too. BSA,

The Canadian taxpayers are
forced to keep official resid-
ences in Ottawa, one, Rideau
Hall, for the governor-general,
and the other, 24 Sussex Drive,

r, though
a tokon

Goverrment Houses are
rich and glamorous places, but
they are not necessary. Gov-
exnments don't ike the ta
payers knowing et
exactly how much such man-
sions cost, because
sure the public would not ap-
Frove if they knew the size of

e bills.

r the e
the latter does pay
rent, oe Z

g0-
you sald: “That meal
cost 15 bucks.”
Government Houses, leav:
us face it, amount_to one.

-their

re
hig |

Without the offices of
governor-general and lieuten-
ant-governor, of course we'd
be a republic, and of that the
elected Teprenentatlves do not
approve, because any change
in the present politically cozy
system do them person-
al harm — and politicians do
not like taking changes if they
figure change might eat into

Prestige and publicly-
financed nests.

them pay. I'm no fool like
they are. I'm smart.” Perhaps
such a one as this is the wise
one after all.

Canada’s social welfare en-
courages extravagance and
poor citizenship. How many
people work a while, build up
unemployment insurance, then
quit their jobs and live on the

mart insurance? There are thous-

Hi
should be paid for by the peo-
ple. There is in this country too
much belief in the something-
for-nothing theory. But to tax

increases to old-ag
not

iM
$15,000 pays more, and so on,
Is it just that a person on $10,-
000 pays the same as one on
$30,000? It is not.

This increase in pensions, on
a means test is going to further
encourage laziness and pro-
fligacy. Many a citizen will sa:
this to himself: “Why wor!
myself to the bone building up
a nest egg. If I do that I can’t
get that extra pension.
Ym a sap? if EF carry along,
living beyond my means, sii

Winter Raw

The winters fur

‘ands. I know people who've
drifted along this way for
years.

Take family allowances —
juvenile delinquency increase
must de Diamed on this to:a
very great extent. How many
‘parents, receiving that check

ich ith, take

streets?
iberals brought in
family allowances and unem-
ployment insurance, hoping to
Temain ‘in’ office forever. No
government would now dare

we the courage to take away
this debilitating, vote-catching
pap.
Well, now that our feder-
al government is . collecting
more and more, just keep
your eye out for more and
more extravagances,

Fur Auction

frill, The office of lieutenant-
governor is quite useless in a
Bractical sense, a fifth wheel
on the cart of the state, but it
does preserve the status

and that’s what politicians
because wi

when the public

TS

Mowntown stree

ot Reaver hall are ctill held on the pletely. rahuilt_sinee _

lew direct to Cuba.
oom ers, of Parliament
and Canadian newspay
lishers, including Teoanbien
publisher R, D, Tayl a

, Imaugural and were guests of
Aeroflot in Russia, The follow-
ing article is the second of
three Mr, Taylor will write for
Castlegar News readers on his
experience in Russia.)

te 8 ee

More than seven million

of Russia’s 230 million citizens
live in Moscow. There are no
Private homes or private bus-
esses and very little neon
or color in this capital of com-
munism, Most of the families
live in dismal barrack like

ceeded to tell me that he was

hive alt ane a Vy t-
versity. unusual mee

ing veralty. This an ter Palace and

versation on life

experi

to
friend sitting in

bv lobby of our hotel in Koos.

se

a month “scholarship.”
an t The art gallery in the Win-

of Puskin, th
near Leningrad aro

lences that every tor
Russia should see.

til I found and bought one that

worked. It’s no wonder that my

souvenir toy cost twice what

a lar toy would cost in

Canada. :
ee &@ @& &

the rich restora-
rewardin,

eee

Russia's state ‘control or

cow talking to our ¢
Intourist ‘guides,

In Leningrad,:an African
student in “civil plasaing” told
me that he depended on money
from home, summer trips to -
France and a little trade with
tourists to supplement his $80

tured into

clerk mere!
pile with o'

Retraining Fine Thing—But
Redwood Gazette, Redwood Falls, Minn.
Retraining of workers whose skills are no longer needed is a

fine thing. Education for the children of poor

ningra‘
store. The first six toys I trie
to buy failed to work and the
tossed them in a
er “failures” un-

tion of competative forces

which we know as builders of

cur modern economy were evi-

deat in Teningred paont ven-
a

to
“

mi paper for sale in the
lobby of my hotel and more
surprised to discover a full
page devoted to B.C. Commun-
ist writers who ‘boasted that
the NDP laborers and the com-
munist were completely
anne ui a their protest ov-
er ‘ood prices,

families is also The story did not mention

needed, Federal aid, if by
is

ani rom

the suburbs on the subway.

‘The sparse cars on the streets

are taxis since not one Russian

in a thousand owns an automo-
le.

Tourists’ first

this great nation. ©

of this city are general
tered on the wide streets,
streams of trucks on the streets
and mass of people on the side-
walks, the lack of any gas sta-
tions and the complete absence
of any billboards or advertis-
ing, other than propaganada
Posters and the occasional
movie or theatre sign.

"The highways are a
cession of 5:
movin;

in Kiev I was

startled to wake up in the mid-

dle of the night to the sound

of columns of tanks and troop

carriers moving through the
aoe

All tourists will probably
see the onion towers, of. the
8.

and tomb,
symbols of the
+ a8 commi

percentage incidentally’ as
Party membership) still believe

__ Kiev is“a_ beautiful city
with the center almost com-

cen-

: It 1s remarkable how little
most: people and even some
lawyers know about law in its
larger sense. It is generally be-
lieved that Canadian law is all
cut and dried and all that the
a judge bas to do is to decide

cere according to what is laid down
in the statutes.

It is not as simple as all that,’ Canadian
law stems from English law and that is derived
from three main sources: statute law, custom-

“ary law and case law.

Statute law would seem to be the simplest _

and most-effective yet in many cases lt causes
a great deal of controversy probably because
they were not well drawn. ~
Custom law is, as its name suggests, law
based on custom of the country and can go
right back to what was done in the earliest
period of history. It is pretty well established
today. 2
* ase law is where neither statutes nor cus-
stom are involved and the judge makes his own
decision, Different judges may make different
and each decisi: a prece-
dent quoted. by counsel to the confusion of
litigants. E
In the innocence of their hearts most peo-
ple imagine that law is just common sense,
Nothing, of course, could be farther. from the
truth. They are, in fact, poles apart as this
following case will show.

When it comes to the point of having te guarantee
every family an annual income, then something has happened to

local the high wages of B.C. nor did
it mention that food prices in
Russia were almost all higher
than in Canada.

_ByF.B. Poarse

Canadian Law is from Three Sources

agree. It said that if the adjoining property
were in a state of nature, then the church
would be legally responsible but.since a house
had been built on the land then the owner
could not recover.

Fortunately the church realized its moral
responsibility and as an act of grace made good
the damage caused.

In many cases, as Mr. Bumble said, the
law does appear to be an ass but it does not
do to act upon such an assumptioa.

Our labor leaders did this and ran foul of
the judges to their great brief. They ignored
the judges to their great grief. They ignored

our =
cour,

I blame the lawyers for the labor leaders
for this. They should have known enough about
contempt of court to have warned of the dang.
ers of flouting the judge but they did not
seem to realize that the judge's powers are un-
questionable and unlimited.

In England judges have ordered individuals
held in prison until the defendant has purge
his contempt by an apology to the judge
and in this country even a minister of
the crown has been heavily fined for disobey-
ing a judge’s order.

it-is an arbitrary power derived from the
fact that judges represent the ultimate power
which must be respected.

Harsh as the sentence on. the labor leaders
was it serves to show that this respect for law
is the foundation of justice. There is no appeal

_.from a_ser for end. the only. ro.

It is Russia's old-

banks of the Thames, where

arrivals of fur-trade vessale.were of gancern te. eveny. Londen —of tks”
of.300 years of trade to rely on,

With the

ago the and

the Hudson’s Bay Company (1670), Smith’s of Watling Street

(1787), and other well

i still

bring together for the entrepot trade of the world the raw furs

of the continents.

— Wildlife Review.

rere
“sf tats

Kiev, while travelling alone
through the downtown streets I
stumbled in a crowd and auto-
matically |. “Excuse me,”
civilian I-bump-

ite all right,” he

my amazement and pro-

est city and original capital
38 aad. ciucel.

The church and the house were five feet
apart. The church committee dug a deep trench
~to"lay a drain’to ‘the basement, Ali went well
until a heavy rain fell and the water poured
off the church roof into the trench and under-
mined the house wall, This made the wall sink,
Common sense would’ declare that the
church committee were responsible since they
ordered the trench dug. But the law did not

lief can come through the clemnency of the
frown. aan IS protec: panies
“In this case it is improbable that it will be
exercised. The labor leaders. will first. of all
have to express contrition and apologize. What.
happens them remains to be seen.

So far no case of this kind has-ever been

known and the chances are that parliament ~

will decline to interfere.

By Bill Smiley

. Mr. and;

December. e

He pioneered the work of| Hembling is Burt Johnson’ who
will also be responsible for ex-
tending the agency’s comprehen-
sive service program to more
than 800, blind persons in this
area as well as pre-
vention of blindness. Mr. Johin- years,
8

He has also spoken to hund-|80n will work out of,

The Canadian National Institute
for the Blind in the Okanagan
and the Kootenays in the early
forties, Since then he has helped
hundreds of blind persons to
live more comfortably with their
loss of vision.

reds and hundreds of school chil-
dren about: the
eye accidents: and the need for
good eye health: 3

“My talks to schools have

ts of the work,” Mr. ‘He:
Ting sald. “Tam keenly interest-

ury, Alberta and
ed on the prairies, He Brad.
uate of Brandon College and the
gina Normal School. Mr.‘Hem-
bling taught in all three prairie

prevention of|Pénticton.

in' 1955 at the: age of 15 whee
di
been one of the most enjoyable aay cracker exploded in a p
mb- |The neck of the bottle plerced i
ed in the prevention of blind- iis left eye and infection fo!
ness,’ : blindness in six months, ‘i
Johnson attended the Ontario

er he entered the Jericho
Hill School for the Blind.

Appointed to succeed Mr,

enibling who was the CNIB re-

Tie completéd two year in-service | tyy,
training including a counse sat
the: agency's National Training
: of Ocean’ Falls, was a recent|and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mel
Centre, fa moronto: est to the home of Mr, and| Carroll of White Rock,
irs. Jim Horswill,
Home ‘from UBC. for the) and Mrs, A. E. Webster for the
holiday week

Mr, Johnson succeeds J, C.

inF for 22

office. at 618 Main Street,
“Mr, Johnson lost his sight

After. duation Mr. John- é
erga IB stand. in | Mrs. 1D. B: Hughes Ph, 365-5503  Gormtey,

and Mra, Lionel. Tranter. a D. el
Mr.'Ron

ley, son’ of Mr. and Mrs. James

CASTLEGATE NEWS, Thuriddy, Jai 6, 1067
* Dutch ‘Maid Bakery

WEEKEND SPECIAL
es
. $1. i

3 causty BUNS, Dozen, Reg, 39¢
H HOMEMADE BREAD, 6 loaves .
..  In.onr Rakerv Acrosa from. Liquor Store.

Camsell of Pen- Arriving for the Christmas

C holidays at the home of Mr. and
Mrs, H. A. Shields were then
iter-in-law, Mr.
ds of North
Burnaby and thelr son-in-law

Brown

Fresh Donuts Every Morning at 9

Horswill, formerly

Visiting at the home of Mr.| © SAVE coccee ‘ :
UP TO 209% ON
YOUR INCOME TAX
for details

C. Arthur Anderson

was Gordon Gorm-| New Year's week-end’ was thelr

son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and

Mrs. John Hopping of Vancou-
er,

ve

Mrs, E. L. Wright of Van-
couver was a guest at the home
of her son and daughter-in-law,

filled turpentine bottle, |

the right, causing total
eat ea aa

hool for the Blind, Brantford.
hen-his family moved.to Van-

Pp
provinces before leaving the
profession in’ the early les

use of failing g cyesight.
He and his le, Hi .
came to Penticton in 1995 to

FOR CHRISTMAS
& THE NEW YEAR

FROM YOUR
FRIENDS .OF THE
- KOOTENAY

SOCIETY
HANDICAPPED
CHILDREN
Mr. and Mire L. Smith, Box 1447,
es

Mr. and firs. J. H. Pedersen
Castle;

Bob ‘Adana, Box 3100, Castle-

Mr. emnd Mrs. Fred Stanyer,
Castlegar -

Mr. and Mrs. John Postnikoff,
Robson yAeas

Mr. and Mrs. J. Corbett, Ces-
tlegar ra ¥

Gordon. and Faith Henderson

et y on

Mr. and. Mrs. C. C.. Bradford,

Castlegar SEP -
. J. Walton,. Susie
Bobby... °

Dr. and
and é
The Lloyd’ Ackneys, Kinnaird:
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oglow. Jr.,
Kinnaird, B.C. b

$21, Castlegar
Donald, Dorothy. and Yvonne
Bellea n y

and
Rizzuto,

berlak
Joyce and Jim Macbeth, Jill and
ae Eunice:
jonymous
bic. and fares. W. Saiekin, Rop-

~

An ous a
Mr and Mrs. Mitch Chernoff
and Family. -

Anonymous

Recent Meeting
On DM Lauded
By Local Ian

Dear Sir:

I would like to express my
appreciation to all who contri-
buted in any way to the fine
program in connection with the
district municipality proposal.
Special commendation should
go to Dr. John Ohliger and oth-
ers of the Selkirk faculty who in
a strictly neutral manner gave
their time and effort to effici-
ently and intelligently bring out
in the open the many questions
and thoughts brought to the
meeting by an enthuiastic crowd.
The cool calm deliberation
by the panel in dealing with the
questions selected by Dr. Oh-
liger from those submitted b:
the various groups was indici-
tive of a well-organized informa-
tive meeting. :

I would suggest -that Dr.
Ohliger be invited to chair a
further series of meetings -in
order that definite facts may be
established, and the many more
unknowns brought out for an-
alysis.
sf Thank you, Dr. Obliger.
Ed Herman,
Castlegar, B.C.

Leiter fo Editor
Urges Help From
Robson Residents

Dear Sir:
An open letter to Robson
Tesidents:

the Robson: Recreation Society
I. wish you. all’ a happy and
prosperous 1967.

Our-Recreation Society has
had a.good: year. and as all can
see: our Centennial’ project,
which' was e.new addition to the
hall, is now: nearing completion.
The next step we hope is a ‘com-
plete stucco job on the‘ hall:

low

2,000. per:
members.

The annut
ine is'to' be ke!
in January and all we ai
he food: majority: attend; pay
thei

dues,’ which’ are: only $1

year, and have a voice’in

is Most important part of our
community. art f

h

y qualities which. create a good

Mrs. D. E. Hughes 365-5503 |.
Mr. M. 8. (Dutch) Courtright
spent Christmas and New Years
‘here before returning to Mica

lam,
Mr, Leonard Horvath. was

ome ‘from .UBC to spend the

holiday season with his parents,

had as his guest, Mr. Gabe Al-
lard who is also attending UBC.

and dai

Mr. and

ughter,, Mr. and Mrs. EB. Rs
A. Killough of Victoria: a
Kitchen Hints: For a refrig- ap

},,| erator, deodorant, place a bunc!
Mr. and Mrs, W. G, Horvath. He of parsley on the bottom shelf,
or

hy] in parsley acts as
a natural decdorant.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Wright for the

Mrs, James W. Too- holiday season.

their Phone 365-7833

The Mutual Life Of Canada

SATURDAY 2:00 P.M. CHANNEL 2:

rie See TV’s Top Golf Show
ter, Mrs. Oga McLean of Hope} : See od S Fl op aes f
who had been their guest for . 5 _ ae

‘the week. prior.

.

{0 High Level where he ire sem

0: eophysical, after.
ending ‘Christmas with his
Visiting at the Spears’ home
for the Christmas weekend: was
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Slizak and
family of Vernon. .

Boy's
School for the holiday season.
Mr. and Mrs. ‘Karl. Wolfe
and sons Tom and. Ken. left

ing a week's holiday with their
son-In-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Austin Purdy.

Mark Batchelor, son of Mr. | to
and Mrs. J. B. Batchelor, who is

Skating Club

- Resumes Regular

Skating Sessions Mr. Alan
The Castlegar Figure Skat-|L. Hawkins was home for Christ-
nzaro' ‘ass: }

zuh with special instruction dur-|ly after Christmas where they

ing the Sunday session for the| spent a week's holiday with Mr.

Friday for Kelowna ‘after spend- aaralidd nthe a now.

The bo:

tend every Sunday from 12 noon
1.30. p.m:
siruction. *

Visiting at the home of their;
parents, fr. and Mrs. K. E.
‘Johnson for the holiday season,
was thelr. Bill who has re-
turned
Brian. aha will be leaving ‘short-
uver. a
ty tor Ala VHawking of Cal-
gary, son of-Mr. and Mrs.°A. R.

mas. : woe

TONY LEMA
The late U.S, star,
‘winner of many tities fi

AT MID-OCEAN GOLF CLUB, BERMUDA

Every week a different match in a different country.
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf.

Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Godfre: ry so
returned from Lethbridge short. vs. i
Godfrey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
K. S. Godfrey. i
Holiday visitors ot the home |. shecoat
of Mr..and Sirs. Frank Bishop SHE
for this special in- ‘was Mr. and Mrs. Tony Pelas-

uke of

are urged to at-

attending UBC, was home for

the holidays,

Badminton Club
“Is Anticipating
Annual Tournament

day play at SH:

Players are anticfpattn

slub’s jannauls tournament
at the .

Celgar has donated the tro-
phies to. be awarded to lucky
Wy aight games in men's dou
“B" es _in..men' -
bles, Tallest doubles and mixed

doubles. -

The new slate of’ officers
for the club are Jack: Osachoff.
president; ‘Marvin LeRoy, vice-
president and* Lyn’ Harman,
secretary-treasurer.

Alpha Phi Chapter
Completes (966:
Calendar Year
i ‘The: members re of alr ha Fit
igmia Phi com-
Stee the 1088 calendar year,
with a meeting at the home of
Mrs. D. Austin. :

rogre im, “Voice and
, Reflect the ‘Inner

Jan.

speaking voice and how we can
actquire them and the relation of
breathing and posture. to the’
voice. oy +

ice. i :
Mrs,..Aichele spoke, on the
importance’ of ‘using the right
words. and: read an: article by.
Alan Arnault on.ways in which
we improve our vocabulary.
To iMusteate, ole: and an:
cabulary, the play, “The Begin-
ning of the End” was read by
Mrs, Bozek and Mrs. Aichele with
the narrator being Mrs. R. Zan:
ie @ostesses: fore the’ avening,|
were Mrs, Austin and Mrs. R.
Lightle. :
To end:the year, the mem-
bers enjoyed mixed bowling and
later all gathered at the home of.
Mr. ‘and Mra. J. G ley for

Alice Sanford, :
1 of RRS.

eat
aa
Serge and. Vi. Plotnikoff, Kin-
nair
Mr. and Mrs.:L. L, Buffet, Kin-
aird $

01 y
games, refreshments and a light
lunch, Sates,

‘SKIS- SKIS-SKIS

) Special Souvenir

- Edition of the

CASTLEGAR NEWS

#o

— of the New

SELKIRK COLLEGE —

Will be Published _
Thursday, January 19

Christmas Went Off Well as Usual, But the Preliminaries Almost Murdered the Whole Smiley Family

This is the time of year when some _ the whole thing into a bit of a nightmare. These are the this: “Holiday greetings, Why don’t you drop dead?” up wrapping it in that cheap junk from Woolworths. Oh,
people wish they were Moslems or Bu- cards to old friends. Each a cute, or i Another of the preliminaries which grabs you where well, there goes a $5,000 legacy. z
ddhists. Yes, that Christmas caper is or witty ne . A e Wn it nur is christmas: ee Night This is Ee souilal event Then there’s the pre-Christmas party. We've had
my getting rougher and rougher. Worse Try g 50 such notes of an evening, and it takes which makes me des‘ “OY, ith my ly, the image ?
2 fhan the eee of Ramadan. more out of you than a day in the salt mines, whten I have built up, 50 carefully, during the preced- one or he mst oi years. Asis me: why. jan iaionine
The main bout, Christmas itself, _ Such inanities. Such garbage. Such coyness. Such ing 12 months. list ‘f tan zt
: | went off smoothly enough, It's the pre- insinestity, You don't believe itn sample a This event drives me into a frenzy which neither er atierane haven’t even mentioned Christmas
that almost us. ‘9 a couple you met on a trip six years ago, who p h , Science nor faith can explain. It’s not exactly shopping, which is a form of self-destructive exercise,
One of the first, and the worst, of them, was Christ- live 1,200 miles away. “We still the w a frenzy, though I must admit the Lord’s name + 4
mas Card Night. The kitchen table was a melange of times we had. Why can't we get together for a weekend? comes up with awsome ‘frequency. better than any yet Jnvented. | Nori Christmas Vaile,
cards, stamps, envelopes and lists. Does Jim still do his famous trick? Our kids are cer- T’'ve tried them all. Iron stands, aluminum stands, whieh is-neither music nor Chris ree t be i
About half the cards are no trouble at all. You tainly growing up. How about yours?” wooden stands, buckets of coal, ‘And the damn thin, in. Ughts on the eruddy cedar on your front lawn.
: iB An. Oh, well, the heck with it. It’s all over now. But
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merely sign your name. But you're working with Some that you would take off like the Canada goose if you variably winds, up with the same list as a sailor on the that doesn’t prevent me from doing something pleasant,
left-over cards from last year and some new ones. There's oven dreamed they were coming to visit, that Jim was Mth day of a seven-day leave. in the midst of all these pains in the posterior.
always the haunting fear that you sent éxactly the same stoned and made a mess of his trick. You know your kids The Jatt, and not the least of the preliminaries is Td rather shake hands, or kiss you, depending on
card, with the same message, to the same person last have grown up, but you're not even sure they have any Gift-Wrapping Night. You wander around, having a your sex. But I can’t, To all my readers, from Newfound-
Christmas. This doesn’t bother me, but my wife, know- kids. And you have to look up their last name in your ‘ink and giving the Christmas tree the odd quiet kick, jand to the Yukon, and down to BA., and then across
ing what women are like about these things, gets the your Christmas register. : while your wife gets the paper and presents out. the prairies, and through the old provinces and down as Wendy, Ken and Betty Paterson
trembles over it. It would be a lot more fun sending brief, pungent Nothing fits. The expensive gold paper bought to far again as Shelburne, N.S., permit me to say, “God (+ .' Mr. and Mrs.’ Omar Wilson, Kin-
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