CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 4, 1963 CASTLEGAR NEWS 1 “Here Tet the press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain” Established in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven Who Speaks for the Weekly ‘News papers? Every intelligent American knows that, mighty. pap are as to our way of life as are our courts of justice. But who speaks for the weeklies? Who tosses accolades around for the rur- al publications? abou the only time a weekly from its big brothers is: when some crusading editor is run out of town for denouncing local i shortcomings or playing footsie with the minority political’ party. Depending on the editor and pub- lisher (generally one and the same fellow) of a weekly, the small town paper is part of its community. By comparison the edi- tor of a weekly is (if he has the intelli- gence, wisdom and fortitude) a greater influence than the editor of a metropoli- tan paper. Because of his proximity he can serve his community better, see both s sides of an issue better, feel more involv- ed in the problems of his town than can the editor of’a metropolitan daily. But of equal importance to his read- ers and to his community is the quality Willful Littering We could probably harp on the lit- tering topic till our eyes bulge out, and still people will toss their unwanted wrap- pers, cartons ete., on the ground. This is bound to happen, ‘as ,it seems the logical move for many:is to just drop things where they're standing. This type of lit- tering is difficult to control. But the incident which happened on Port Elgin’s streets last Friday, when a business establishment some distance to of his reporting. It is a rare:country edi-| tor who would’ willingly do an injustice to any person‘or group, right or wrong, in order to sell ‘more copies - of his paper. It is a rare country editor who publishes scandalous acts by his fellowmen unless the‘acts are of such a nature they reflect upon the community. Even then he pre- fers to “play down” rather than to “play up” the matter. The rural editor is often faced with a lack of newsworthy events and must fall back on “common-place: occurrences to fill his pages. Too often unusual and timely news in his town'becomes the pro- perty of dailies long before his paper goes to press. When this occurs he suffers the pain of his own ‘inadequacy. "If the weekly paper. is handicapped with untimely stories, with commonplace events hardly worthy of the term news; if it is no media for national and interna- tional news, then what value is it? Why do people subscribe to it? Why does it exist at all? The answer to ‘these questions are simple. A small town newspaper reflects the character of the community. it serves. Through its pages runs the lifeblood of the people, their moods, their: mores and manners, their customs. In it the readers see each other through the editor's eyes. Yes, they see themselves, too: It is their history as a society, their individual and collective biography. Over. the of VICTORIA REPORT By JAM Ss K. NESBITT i In another two weeks we may be able to tell which way the political Siwinds of British E fy sign, though the voters’ are great flip floppers when it comes to_clections. Feeling their one-day power, they dearly, love to baffle and | frustrate -the . politicians, However, if by-elections be any test, the winds appear to be blowing : against the Social Credit sovernment, which-has lost two. in By-election Political Winds test for new Conservative leader Ravic Fulton. If he looses Colum- bia it will, indeed, be a bad blow for him—and perhaps'the hand- writing on the wall for him to sce. To House membership Colum- NOTICE bia makes little but it “:|bears watching, “nonetheless—be- cause it’s a political weathervane, Annual Sunday School Picnic ‘Race Winners" The | annual Sundsy School Picnic of. the Pentecostal Taber- nacle was held at :Kinnaird Park and Point Grey last December, A third loss, in Columbia, could well forecast’ a disaster. for Social Cre- dit—two years hence. Revelstoke, of course, was.not a loss as serious for Social Credit as was Point Grey, for Revelstoke had been in the NDP ‘camp for a long time. You might call Revel- stoke a No, 2 losa ‘for Social Cre- dit.But Point Grey was a\No, 1 loss—because that. seat had ‘been held by Social Credit, A Social Credit defeat in Col- umbia would bea No. 1. loss deed for Social Credit, because, for 11 years, Columbia. has been|% SC, Premier Bennett, if he:loses, will havea real tough job ex- plaining it away. He'll try, natural- ly, and he'll be most convincing, as out what well cotild be the writing on the wall for him and his govern- ment, Politicians are a contradictory lot. But then, aren't we all? Op- Position leader Robert: Strachan had been erying for the Columbia by-election’to be called, but what happened? When:the Premier set July 15 for: the’ by-election” Mr. was: irritably always he is, but that won't’ wipe |* last week. A hot casserocl’ supper was. served and enjoyed “by all. Mrs, M. Wolfe was ‘in charge of the kitchen. |. ‘The winners of races’ were as ftlows : ges 4.5 Eleanor Belback and Lily ary 6-7, Tiberia Reis’ and Karen: Webber. ::' Girls 8-9 Pam: Macalister’ and Hazel :Hoodicoff. Boys: 8-9 ‘Robbie | Lamont. and .David Brown, ’10-11 Doug Brown and Sondra. Lamont.’ Girls >.12-13: Karen” Jonasson and Rosalie’ Phillips.’ Boys 12-13 wae Hoodicoff ‘and Ray, Holm- ist. i Backwards ‘Races? os Hazel Hoodicoff and Robbie Lamont. 9-10 ‘im’ Phillips: and Pam Macalister. 11-13 Walter Hoodicoft and Karen Jonasson, © ‘Scrambled ‘Shoe Races: | 7-9, Pam Macalister. 10-18, Walter Hoo- dicoff. Wheelbarrow - Races: | @8 David Brown and’ Robbie Lamotn. 9-11’ Watler Hoodicotf and ‘Roy Holmquist, Harold Webber and Mrs. Ellen Olsen:.were. captains for a ball game which brought an enjoyable day to.a close. ane winning team was Mrs, ‘Olsen's. : "No Refunds iB | rT -The United & Presbyterian ‘ Congrektions in Kine naird will: meet together in GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH for the month of July. MORNING SERVICES AT. 9.30 e Rev. Tegwyn Evans Tel. 365- 8202, "5484 will | ict the services and. Pastoral -care for. July. Closing Out Sale SLASHED PRICES ON ALL STOCK This includes School Supplies We have the 63-64 supply list ; BUY NOW & SAVE VARIETY STORE No Exchanges iii ccc ToTTaReo KNIGHTS. OF COLUMBUS : FRONT ST... TONIGHT 2 ME EARLY DOORS OPEN 7.20 P.M. a cone Le) ST, RITA’S HALL _ 1 = years the files of the “hometown paper” retain the birth, education, marriage, for- tune and passing of each :citizen. The small town weekly is not the property of the edior alone. It is the pro- perty: of the community. Consciously or iously it holds to the philosophy the south was seeking publicity by toss- ing out dodgers from a car as it drove up and down the. street, certainly..can be and must be halted. The sight of the main business. !séction < certainly . wasn’t improved by ‘this act and we doubt that the. promoter. received any great’ influx of: people, to his: ‘business. at tires, takes on, the effect of ecmakeg: ‘see.(if other-monkey get away with) ‘then: monkey. do.” And if this little ‘arried through (as in the case the’ dodger tosser) by other business people, we could all be -wading in paper. up. to our ankles. , — Port Elgin (Ont) Times of John Donne and might of. itself say, “No-man .is an island entire .of itself. Everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of:the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe’ is the less, as well as if a _ promontory were; every man’s" eerie me, am mankind; And therefore never send to, know for whom the bell. tolls, it tolls for thee.” If for no reason than being | invelved in the lives of the people in its commun- ity, the rural weekly newspaper is justi- * fied ‘in its existence. — ‘Bloomfield Mo.) Vindicator, ponent Want Extra Vacation Money? SELL THOSE UNWANTED ARTICLES YOU HAVE WITH A CASTLEGAR "NEWS CLASSIFIED AD... PH. 365-3031 : si He said mid-summer’s a bad time, that everyone's ‘away holidaying or so busy catering to tourists that they won't have time to visit the polling booths, I don't understand why Mr. Strachan raised this squawk. July 15 is as good a time as any other time. Ef it’s spring the farmers are too busy seeding; if it’s’ winter they're snowbound, it it's autumn they're hauling in' their crops. There’ are ExcavatingLand Clearing “and General Bulidesing contract M, R. WIESNER - Phone 365-2889 3.1, MAUGHTON (Pe so Seatiee BO “Mou Wel=Eri: “1030-18 “Los PHONE 365-1 258i, d ——. CUSTOM’ HOMES contractor, |” We Ralse,, Move “Houses.-\. Inside, Outside Repaira _), Guaranteed Work , /Best. of Equipment ‘CASTLEGAR BUILDING SUFFLY - DESMOND T. ‘SINNAIRD. CONSTRUCTION ELINOR’S BEAUTY. SHOP |” 418-135 ‘Avo. oD: _ Wed. 230 to 8 pm Phone 363-8214 MM. E._ MoCORQUODALR : RO. Land Surveyor = “12H Bay Avenue, Tall 23 SUBANING 35: [Phone s65-Nees Ever Brick Construction ; : ; General Contracting &: Alterations Phone’ 365-6851 . Box 138 » Gostlegan,, B c. Gas ‘and Electric" ‘Welding: : ; General Machine: Repairs “CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 4, 1963, & rsh 3 VOTE FaVNGECE ¢ ei BU New ZEALAND BEEF