‘O'Neal, born Dec. 22, 1876, in Toronto, *
“eelebrates her 100th birthday today. Earller this
year she was special guest at Slocan's 75th yi
anniversary party when = tes wee held in her
honor. Mra. O'Neail is shown here signing the
¢ guest book for Mayor Adga Winje at the time of

Slocan’s celebration. She had resided at Slocan
from 1897 to 1958, Mrs. O'Neail is presently
living with her daughter, Mrs. Roberta Brown,
_.. in Trail. The Village of Slocan will be sending a
‘bouquet of flowers today to Mrs. O'Neail to
mark the occasion.—Castlegar News Photo

a

gar ond Spice by Bill Smiley a

Time to Stand Up f

MY WIFE and | had a terrific
fight the other night. She's
always reading articles and
watching television panels.
One week it's how you can
guarantee that your baby will
be a boy (or a girl). The next

timeit's how toavoid dying in -
your sleep by positive dream--

ing.

As you can imagine, some
of these topics don’t really
send me, and she gets quite
annoyed when I don't wax
sufficiently enthusiastic.

5 1 try to participate in the

monologue by reading her
one of my favorite articles,
something like, ‘Is The Real
John Turner Just a Shy,
Humble Little Boy Under-
neath It All?”

She just: retorts, .““Who
cares?’” and goes relentlessly
back toher own article, which
this week was about battered
wives. The article was entitled
“Couples That Batter Each
Other Matter to Each Other,"*
or something equally ridicu:
lous. Its gist was that married
people who fight, even physi-
cally, are far happier than
those who hold in their resent-
ments and become psycho-
logically warped as a result.

For once I made a stand. I
told her, in words to. that
effect, that that was a lot of
‘women's magazine, soap
opera crap. I went on to cite
some of our friends who used
to batter cach ather regularly,
and are now happily divorced
from each other and’ re-
married to non-batterers.

For some reason this irked
her. U don't know whether it
was the male chauvinistic

Her article hadn’t said any-
thing about battered hus-
bands. I'll drawa veil over the
next few minutes, for those
with tender sensibilities who
have never been hit by a sneak
‘punch from a woman when
they weren't looking.

Anyway, when [had picked
myself off the floor, wiped
the blood from my nose, and
locked myself safely in the
bathroom, ! issued an ulti-
tmatum. "If you ever lay a
Finger’ on me. again, I'm
leaving. I’m going home to
your father.’

Her reply: Go ahead, you
crumb! [f you walk out of this
house, you'll never get back
in. It's in'my name. So's the
car. [il clean out our joint
account, garnishee your sal-
ary, hire a lawyer, and put

you on Skid Row, where you -

belong.’

needn't tell you here that
she had recently read some
shyster’s article about how to
go about doing just that to:
your husband.

1 was so mad that I was
adamant for quite a while. If
there'd been a phone in that
bathroom, I'd have called the
police for an escort. and
walked nght out of there. But
there wasn't.

’ Charged In

gal
charged following a three-
vehicle accident Thursday
morning resulting when one car
struck another in the rear
causing a chain reaction.
Charged is* Barry Mike

- Sherstobitoff whose 1965 model

car sustained an estimated $400
damage when it breaked but
ended up hitting the rear of a
1968 vehicle driven by Craig
Alfred Coleman.

The Coleman vehicle in
turn struck the rear of a com-
pact pickup which was stopped
waiting for traffic before at-
tempting a left-hand turn. .

Driver of the pickup, which
sustained an estimated $100
damage, has been identified as
Justav Rosner of Castlegar.

No injuries have been re-
ported.

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Think of Us as a Friend

Red Cross Coordinator Here

Reviewing his first six

Speaks on Local Scene

months on the job, the Red
Cross coordinator for this re-

* gion finds the soclely so diverse

that people often have trouble
getting a handle on it, 5

“Everybody knows about
the Red Cross,” says Ed Taylor,
“But mostly’ they know about
blood donor clinics and water
safety programs. Mie vi

In a recent visit to the
Castlegar News, Mr. Taylor .
spoke of both of these programs.
as thoy relate to the Castlegar .
area,

Last year Castlegar re-
ceived 252 units of blood from
the Red Cross, used in the care
of 36 patients, representing a
cost, of $5,040,

“This did not take into,ac-
count any ‘surgery: of local
people that took place’ at the *
coast,” Mr. Taylor ‘said,)_.....

He spoke favorably of the
well-received Blood -Donor's
Clinic which was held last June.
The project, which was sup-
porled by the local Kiwanis
club, collected 390, pints of

ood. a

1 ignored her further
taunts, all of them! on a |
similarly low, © despicable

iON
Ed Taylor

‘The other Red Cross pro-
gram held in this area was also
noted by Mr. Taylor. This was
the water safety program,
which cost $1,553 and drew 734
participants.

“*'He-'felt, however, . that
people should be made, more
aware of all the other aspects of
‘the Red Cross—such as youth
programs, international and
local disaster relief, health pro-
grams, sickroom equipment

or Battered Husbands

€)too ready tosee good side
of others; must be more
realistic.”

‘Well, my list went on and
on and on. U didn't realize
what a truly rotten guy [ was
‘until 1 started to put it down,
My wife finished fairly quick-
ly, and resumed her overt
affair with her sewing
machine (one of the things
that are driving us apart).

Handed ‘over my list. She

level, and adigni-
fied silence. She calls it sulk-

itwitha benign

“smile. The smile began to curl

there was a

Her face

ing. F
good paperback novel on the
back of the toilet, and 1 was

_ soon absorbed,

She can't stand this. Bitter
invective, coarse comments,
even bad language rolls off
her shoulders. But she nearly
goes out of her skull when
there’s nobody listening to
her,

Finally, “Do you want a
cup of tea, you cowardly
bunt! seesenstis

Yalan" Cmakes’sound for a

inute, then grunted,

“Maybe. What else?” [meant
a full apology and an abject
admission of her guilt in
gating the donnybrook.

“Anda piece of apple pie,”
she snapped. "With cheddar
cheese.”" [ gave up. How can
you reason with someone like
that?

“Well, O.K. But no more
battering, baby, or I call the

att

After a while, we had
cooled out a fair bit, and she
got me an ice pack for my
nose. | was willing to forget it,
but, underneath I was still
simmering, and [ entertained
thoughts -of cashing my two
$100 bonds the next day,
skipping off to the Canary
Islands, and leaving her high

and dry.) +

But, like every woman I've
ever met, she wanted to “talk
things out." That's one of the
most disgusting phrases in the
English language. Right,
chaps?

It was finally decided that
we'd cach make a list.of our
worst faults, let the other have
alook atthe list, then try todo.
something about it.

1 worked away assiduously
for what seemed hours, my
tongue stuck out of one

+ corer of my mouth. My list
went something like this:

a) too ready to forgive wife;
should be firmer

b) too generous with my
children; must be tighter

¢} too fond of grandchild-
fen; must be sterner

d) complain too much
about arthritis; should com-
plain more about hemmor-
hoids

Respiratory Deaths
The B.C. Tuberculosis

Christmas Seal Society reports *

18,182 death in Canada at-
tributed to respiratory disease
in 1974, the year for which the

latest. figures are available. .

Christmas Seal funds are used
for research into many areas of
respiratory disease.

PODIATRIST
FOOT SPECIALIST
S. J. Fjellstrom D.P.M.
at the
Hi Arrow Arms
Wed., Jan, 5
Thurs., Jan. &
9 am. to 8:30 p.m.
.Phone 365-7282 for an
appointment

got red.

“Why, you lousy. little
cockroach!” she exploded. 1
didn't point out that she was
being redundant.

Ud like to tell you this little
marital drama had a happy
ending, that it wound upin a
clinch,

Well, it did wind up in a |
clinch. [had her arms so tied
up. that Muhammad = Ali
couldn’t have thrown a punch
in the same situation. So she
kneed me you know where.

When I had stopped grunt

ing, and got to my knees, 1
picked up her list of faults,
which she'd thrown in my
face as | lay prostrate.
+ Uhalf expected that she'd
write something like, “My
only fault is that | don’t ap-
preciate ‘what a wonderful
husband I have.’*

It was a little shorter than
that. It just said, lone.”

Joan service and outpost hospi-
tals in places Ilke Edgewood,
Blue River and Alexis.Creck.

“And that's not half of it!"

Even within the Red
Cross, Mr. Taylor says, “the
biggest thing I have learned is
the need for cohesive action,
the need to pull together for an
involved purpose. We often
lack ‘a common identity.”

And that’s a big part of the
reason why the B,C.-Yukon
Division of the Canadian Red
Cross Soclety has’ regional
coordinators like Ed Taylor on
staff.

“But it should be spelled
out that Red Cross is a grass:
roots organization,” Mr, Taylor
emphasized. “It's the branches .
that have the important roles
and the power to make change.

“In acting as Maison be-

“tween the branches and B,C.-

Yukon Diviston headquarters in
Vancouver,’ board guidelines
are set down but I carry things
oul independently as I see [it 80
tong as the goal is attained.”

Ed and Marilyn married
just last July and bought a
house’ in Kelowna, where Ms,
Taylor is a school teacher. Ed is
a graduate in business admini-
stration (with a. major ‘in
marketing) from the Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology
in Calgary.

“I was the only one in my
class that continually sought to
bring the human side of life into
focus,” Taylor recalls. He be-
came. involved working with
children and later was even a
counsellor in a B.C. convent.

He was with the Cancer
Society before joining the Red
Cross, at first in the Youth
Department.

“About 80 per cent of the
time I'm on the road,” Mr.
Taylor estimates, “With 10
active branches and about 50
communities to cover over such
a huge area, I do a lot of
travelling. And the problem
there is ‘that. it's so time-
consuming. Pi

“There are also 14 United
Way appeals and 28 Red Cross
campaigns to help out. Raising
funds is a very important part
of my work, and of course vital
to the Red Cross.” x

He's obviously enthusiastle
about this work. Why? “I love
the challenge of meeting people
and encouraging them about
the Red Cross,” Ed Taylor con-
cludes.

“The Red Cross has a long
and solid history, and I work
with a lot of: people seriously
trying to better their com-’
munities.

“The Red Cross is right
onl”.

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Marriage vows were
solemnized at the Nelson Court
House In late November uniting.
Nettio Sheratobitoff, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, Alex A.
Sherstobitoff of Glade,’ and
Raymond Thomas, son of Mr,
and Mrs, Rae 0. Thomas of
Ymir,

‘The bride was charming in
a dress of sheer organza over
French taffeta, falling en train,
with Inserts of Alevcon lace on
the. long skirt. The, lace-
» itrimmed bodice had a. high
_ Victorian neckline and full,

sheer sleeves were softly.
gathered into cuffs of lace.

,. A halo of organza flowers
secured her elbow-length veil of
silk illusion, and she carried a
bouquet of a single orchid with
white carnations; She also wore
a pearl pendant, which was a
gift from her groom.

The bride's. sister, Miss
Naida 'Sherstobitoff of Glade,
‘was maid of honor, dressed in a
rust-colored. fulllength dress
and carrying a bouquet” of
spider mums and tangerine
carnations.| An amethyst pen-
dant, which was a gift from the
bride, completed her ensemble,

Mr. ‘Richard Thomas of
Edmonton ‘was best man.

‘The bride's mother chose,
for the occasion, an aquamarine
dress with a full pleated skirt
with which she wore a corsage
of orange-red ‘roses, The
groom's mother wore a coral
dress and a similar corsage.

Yellow, green and white

bells and streamers decorated
the Glade Community Hall for
the reception, where the bride's
uncle, George Sherstobitoff of
Kelowna, was master of ‘cere-
monies,
+ Highlighting the head
table waa the three-tier wed-
ding cake, decorated with silver
leaves, yellow roses, and a
miniature bride and groom on
the top layer, Bronze and
yellow mums completed the
table decor,

Congratulatory telegrams
were read from) Vancouver,

,) Mictoria, Selkirk, Man... and

Uraguay. The bride's uncle, Mr.
Ron ‘Nelson of Vernon, pres-
ented the toast to his niece.

The’ young couple took a
honeymoon trip to Spokane,
Wash., prior to taking up resi-
dence in Salmo.

Guests attended the wed-
ding from Edmonton, ‘Alta;
Vernon, Kelowna, Naramata,
and Granisle, as well as from

local points.

Newlyweds to Reside in Salmo

=Photo by Vogue

Pension Plan
Benefits Rise
8.2 Pct. in ‘77

Health and Welfare Minl-
ster Marc Lalonde recently
announced that the 865,000
Canada Pension Plan bene-
ficlarics will recelve increases
of 8&2 per cent starting in
January, 1977.

The increase, calculated on
‘the past year's rise in the cost
of living as measured by the
Consumer Price Index, will
apply o all persons in recelpt of
Canada Pension Plan benefits
as of Dec. 31, 1976, The in-
creases will be reflected in the
January cheques.

‘The maximum retirement
pension effective January,
1977, will be $173.61 per month.
‘The maximum disability ‘pen-
sion payable in 1977 will’ be
$175.05 per month, while bene-
fits for disabled contributors’
children and orphans of de-

ceased contributors will be

$44.84 per month,

Maximum = monthly sur-
viving spouses’ pensions will be
$109.94 for persons under age
65 and $104.17 for spouses 65 or
older.

Of the estimated 666,000
persons who will be in receipt
of Canada Pension Plan bene-
fits at the end of December,
some 639,100 will be retirement

Yawning,
A: Natural

When the conversation
gets boring—do you Ho-Hum—
out a yawn?

ff you do—don’t’ worry
about being embarrassed. Re-
searchers state that yawning is
a natural function and it's also
healthy/for you. |”

But if you've.

Festive Turkey Calls for Care

‘The festive Christmas sea-
son is almost upon us, bringing
with it the banquets, and the
family “Christmas dinners of
turkey and all the trimmings.

We will soon be sitting
down with our families, friends,
and guests ‘to. enjoy many
delicious meals that are cooked

d

your partner, you can always
assure him that scientists claim
that yawning wakes a person
up rather than puts him to
sleep—and “after all, you are
such a stimulating ‘conversa-
tionalist that I just don't want
to drift off on you.”

A little white lie now and
then never hurt anyone.

In a serious vein though,
the yawn was once analyzed by
a.group of tireless co-workers
at North-western National Life—.
Tasurance.Co, 7 (501)

Scientifically, they contend
that the yawn pumps a needed
supply of oxygen into your
lungs, which then finds its way
to your blcodstream and finally
unclogs your hazy brain.

In many countries yawning
is taken seriously among hu-
man beings. Scientists also tell
us that yawning is also linked
with “many of our animal
friends. Apes, lizards, "birds,
dogs, cats, turtles and even fish
do their-share of yawning.

But then, maybe: they're
just tired of the whole human
race—Ho-Hum!

P tain all our
favorite foods, However, you
could invite disaster to your
dinner table by improperly
handling and cooking foods says
West Kootenay Health Unit's
publlc health inspector A. Ford.

Every year, a number of
people suffer from food poison-
ing‘and have their Christmas
holidays spoiled. The vomiting,
diarrhea, and stomach cramps

that people suffer could easily .,

ided ‘by following proper :

food’ Handling” techniques.

1..Keep. your uncooked
turkey in the refrigerator or
freezer until ready to prepare.

2, Thaw your frozen tur-
key either in the refrigerator,
allowing about ‘four: to five
hours per, pound, or thaw your
turkey under , cold’ running
‘water allowing one hour per
pound. Foods that are thawed
on the counter at room tem-
perature spoil very quickly.

8. Prepare and stuff your
turkey the day. it is to be
roasted. Dressing prepared a-
head of time could cause pro-

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4, Ensure that your tur-
key is properly cooked by using
& meat to check

carcass up into several smaller
pieces, wrap them up, and place
in th

that the center of the bird has
reached 165 degrees F. before
removing it from the oven.
Place the thermometer in the
heavy part of the thigh muscle
away from the bone.

6. After roasting, store
your turkey in the oven at 150
degrees F. until served. This
prevents the growth of food
poisoning organisms.

6. Immediately after ser-
ving, remove the: remaining
stuffing and cut the rest of the

Researchers

Pursue Study
Of: Dreams

"Dreams are as. difficult to ;

analyze today as. they. were
centuries ago when researchers:
first began studying the ‘whys’.
‘and 'wherefores’ of the puzzling :

‘sequence’ of images that flash

through our heads while we're
asleep. >
They continue to discount.
other researchers’ findings, and
the baffling study keeps them ~
forever searching.

For instance, some experts
claim that difficult and taxing -

problems: are often ‘solved in ~

dreams. But Dr. Rosalind Cart-
wright of the University of
Illinois psychiatry department

states that “if it happens, it is a“

rare phenomenon.”.
She adds that sleep itself

~ may result in one’s mind being

fresher the ext morning and
therefore a solution tq a prob-
lem may. be found, but -she
concludes that there are no
‘magical’ ‘brain processes’ at
work while in. dreamland.
On the other hand, M. Ray
Denny, a psychologist at Michi-
gan University, reminds us that
the clue to the sewing-machine
invention came in a dream. He
himself reveals that a problem
he had been slaving over for 15
years came to him via a dream
through one of his students.
As for solving problems,
Dr. Cartwright gave a variety
of problems to volunteers at the
University of Ilinois—and none

of them) came’ up with any

better answers through their
dreams.

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Christmas holidays, Follow the
rules of proper food handling

and ensure that what you serve
this Christmas ‘will be a
delicious golden brown turkey,
and not a case of food poisoning.

For further advice’ call

your local Health Unit and they

will be happy to help you.

P 195,000 will be
surviving spouses, and 61,200
will be disability. pensioners.
Another 117,700 benefits
relate to children ‘who ‘are
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