CASTLE NEWS) Sborces! B.C. CASTLE NEWS: Published Every Thursday By « THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED Castlegar, B.C. L. V. CAMPBELL, Manager Vv. A. MISUTKA, Editor Member’Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and B.C, Weekly Advertising Bureau SUBSCRIPTION RATE :— $3.00 per year; 25c per month by carrier. Authorized as Second Classs Mail, Post Office Dep: Based on Standard of Life Editor's Note: The following an address made by Bruce Hut- chison, at Rotary's 1954 Conven- Hon in Seattle, is repent from Ottawa. EDITORIAL THE MENACE STILL THERE ‘Two years ago this cuiamer the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce was advised by the Provincial Department of Public ‘Works that the bridge over Pass Creek, on the Castlegar-Nelson f4 , would be laced-very shortly by a new, wider and safer structure. - Be Two years have passed and the old narrow bridge, with all its menace ‘to the motorist, is still with us, This year the Chamber was advised that funds do not permit the of the ised ‘new bridge yet. oe We realize that the job of our Public Works Department is lex ‘and often. one, No matter how many bridges are roads curves and roads made safer, there always seem to be other bridges, toads and curves demanding attention, e é But we are surprised that the Pass Creek “pridge replacement has not enjoyed. the -priority it should have done. The present, narrow bridge is a downright. menace. Even the: niost careful of drivers has a difficult time avoiding an accident there if he should meet another car, if the bridge is slippery, or if traffic is heavy. District hospitals have bedded more than one person who overesti- mated the width of the ‘bridge , though there has been no injury this year nor any; record of a “fatality there, ‘The ‘accident at the bridge last Friday, could very. well have been much more serious had the rivets. been less careful-than’ they were. It is difticult to understand why the bridge was built as narrow es it was in the first place. But in these days of high speed cars and heavy traffic, it’s ti ai ous | : is i ib) PROFIT SHARING An 4 t by leaders of union labor when negotiations for .a wage agreement are in progress, is to the effect that a has hada f year, the employ- ees are entitled to a share in the’ incresed profits, ‘The ‘argument might be worth if, when the had been operat- ing unprofitably, the union leaders showed. the same readiness to accept-a share of the Jesses. Actually, if there ‘are any profits Sitee materials have been paid for, wage and salary bills have been met and the minister of natonal revenue has taken his ‘far from, slight share of gross earn- ings, the di of the are” te if they, receive as much-as half ‘the profits in dividends. The inder, leaglly ie ‘eitor of the ‘Victoria : mes" * There is one aay anneal fact in the world. today. which could save it from suicide by hydrogen. That fact is the U.S.-Cal Canadian border, It symbolizes the: only perfect, or almost perfect, rela- tionship ever achieved by “two article which is an adaption ‘from/| The U.S. - Canada Border; Lesson And Example For All/c: ada to join the American Union voluntarily—yes, from the beginn- ing — the wealth of Canada has always been known to the Ameri- can pedple. Then why has the boundary endured so many passing fric- tlons, so. many mistakes, so much ignorance and rhetoric of ‘both sides? The, answer, I think, is ‘ob: vious. but generally overlooked. To state ‘it simply,. both. North Aroetleen nations have accepted: of their nations in the~ 5,000 years of man’s folly. The bord- er is not, as so many unknow- ing people seem to think, a fact of Nature or an act of God. It is entirely a feat of human intelligence which conceivably can be duplicated) anywhere : In the world. — Now, I have no wish to lavish any more words on ‘that border. ower This was an easy thing for’ Canadians, living beside a colossus, since the overwhelm- ing balance of power lay with their neighbors, It was not so easy in the case of the Ameri- cans for precisely the same rea- son, Yet the Americans have recognized Canadian rights, of- ten at .the cost of serious in- the As our Canadian Governor Gen- eral, Vincent Massey, - recently put it, the boundary has not lately been’ damaged by force but it has suffered grievously from rhetoric, Nonetheless, some further things must be said about it; its lesson must be made explicit, and soon. =: Around this: imaginary line, the 49th parallel of latitude, has grown a thick jungle of legend and myth. It is not enough to say the parallel: is the. world’s only.;; unarmed, yet. absolutely safe ‘and inviolable border where of a defenseless neighbor would be’a betrayal of'the United States itself and all it ‘has stood for in its history, And, therefore let the’ Malen- kovs, the Molotovs, the Vishin- skys, and thelr weary ventrile. the “FIVE. YEARS AGO The Castlegar Airport was in- spected Saturday morning by: in- terested a perties aroma Nelsen Kin- Society, is off to a good start. is interesting to TS the first person to ‘contribute fo this new Project was a:pioneer of Cast- Sar, Mrs, T. L, Bloomer, whose efforts helped largely to the suc. ° cess df the (Original Community Hall in the years. gone by. It is the object of the Society to pro- vide a new hall in which there will be space for a modern library and possibly space for a. museum of local: interest; St. Rita’s Church and Rectory. underwent an ‘organized “beauty, Bach ae the CPA S a ne an : ‘of facial i ..of the ;Chureh, chimney: ‘extension and to-and from. the district, the’ in- crease over last year at’ this time being over one. third. Mr. Hen- dricks,-MLA for Nelson-Creston, praised the farsightedness of Mr. ‘Wést and Mr. J. Waldie in their work to the air- 'Y repairs to the Rectory. and a ‘full paint job on the ex- terior.’ 3: Death: claimed a man. familiar to: many people of this: district, wheh' Edgar Patrick Rock, at one time » ernployed as a deck hand on - port’ at: Castlegar. the Castl Ferry.and a ‘former member ‘of the Royal ‘Northwest The‘ canvass for funds by :the poeta and District Projects. Mounted Police, died in Shaughn- essy ‘Hospital; Vancouver, "i BUSINESS DIRECTORY. CASTLEGAR FUNERAL HOME DEDICATED TO KINDLY THOUGHTFUL SERVICE Ambulance . Flowers Phone ; 3601 K. A, MORROW. . ‘ OPTOMETRIST: * Sulte 3 — Post: Office Blag. OFFICE HOURS 9 AM. to 5 BM.:- Closed Tuesday, “Morning For Appointments iene uist world mouth | their ; on U.S. ‘morals, Canada’s very exist- ence is a complete answer to their charge. Canada has always been .the supreme test of US. morals, the ultimate trail of the American conscience—yes, ‘and cause this was. not always. so. For: 200 years a ceaseless war was fought, ending in peace on- ly an inch this side of a. final war, before the attempt to unify the continent—by Britain, France, and Spain, and then the United States—was finally abandoned. Canada repelled’ two U.S. ‘inva- sions in the 18th and 19th cent- urles, “It resisted a” series ot unofficial “raids “ending - ‘in’ Wet: there’never‘has‘been‘a ane, '| Within the Jast“‘half.century~at/4n : ue Spirators, -It finds its closest’ ally. |; least, .when the United : States could not have extended its power by .arms.-to. the. North. Pole. It did not. ; : The record we take. as a mat- ter ofcourse today on both sides, yet it is.a record with no patallel or precedent in human history—a_ great’ power .volun- tarily- deciding ‘not to seize.or even to envy the territory, wealth, and independence’ of (a small and “weak neighbor. One may ask Why the United States ace cepted such a limitation. The cynical. school of, histor jans_ suggests. that the’ United /are States never smashed that fragile the sole ty of the shareholders, will be by any prudent board of directors for the benefit of the ‘employees suite as much as for the benefit of the owners. line simply. because it never saw anything in Canada worth taking. That theory simply, will not. wash!! Since the ‘earliest, days, since’ ithe gallant General - The theory of the welfare state is that social ean ‘be obtained without individual thrift, but sound. financial policies are ble from the ofa The able-bodied worker in a factory may have an idea that he is underpaid, but he has sense enough. to see that receiving wages is better than getting a ‘ition that can easily come ‘about a: his Benedict ‘Arnold, besieged. Quebec, and since the explorers. Lewis and Clark. sought.a river. lead. ing them ‘to the rich fur lands of the North, and since’ various no man fears his neig! . bel? golden which few arent powers cowld have resisted. . But the U.S. did resist, and that is one of the hopeful facts of this disordered world. By lim- iting -its power, what does, the United States find today. its northern flank, in the vital, s tegic. space , between _ ii of. onaiaios with © ‘foréign ‘eon: It: finds also its. largest” -foréign market, and the source of ‘es- sential supplies without which, by the way, the United /States could not even begin to fight a foreign war. : It does not ‘find a Communist, a- neutralist, or a. fair-weather friend. It does not find, a.'poor and servile relation looking ‘for but_a pi and growing people who have never required a single cent of foreign charity, who “have always paid their bills, and who, ‘ THE MUTUAL LIFE -OF CANADA ©. A. ANDERSON Local Representative f Phone 2201 * Box 100 Castlegar, B.C. ‘ oceasion’ of “her” ‘91st.’ held atthe :home'of Mr. and Mrs, 5 George: Cleeve, “For every. make,and: A mnoted _ -WRINGEE. ROLLS 7 ‘Sale cas H. 8S. JOHNSON 28 Columbia Ave., Castlegar Phone 2546. -- are carrying a huge, unfavorable balance of trade with their nelgh- bors. ‘That is what. the’ United States finds today on its north- ern flank as a result of ‘two things ‘ only—the quiet, ‘almost inarticulate will of the Canadian people ‘to’ be themselves’ and ‘to build. their: own separate way of life ‘and, on the other hand, the willingness of thé United. States to let them ‘do it. Those are the tacts of the American statesmen , invited Can- harvest where the United ‘States CASTLE: ELECTRIC. for One’ Year| either to holders or, employ From the Printed Word. if profits are all Woeeeian », FOR NORMAL HAIRS © ONLY TON! GIVES YOU A cusTom- -MADE PERMANENT. 1{ course. In 'I-C . [we read: “Know.-ye not that they ‘Many individuals have . been been eagerly reading about the 1954: British Empire and Com- monwealth Games, the great pre- parations and the arrival of the contestants. The colorful pageantry and glit- tery athletic display, accompanied by the attendance of royalty, dig- nitaries and’ crowds of people made it an outstanding event. ‘After the formalities and eke change of greetings were over, “\the ones who ‘travelled many miles, was confronted with this reality: “I’m here not on a good- one ‘chosen as an_ outstanding acilete of PY: country—I . must do my bes! id take home the The Apostle Paul was familiar with the Olympic games. He lik- -| ens‘ the: Christian. life to a race inthi 9:24,25, will tour, but as a contestant—| RUNNING THE RACE ue . BY MISS F. CLEMO * ‘The-racer fixes his eyes upon thé goal. The cheering throng, the contestant alongside or behind does: not distract ‘ his attention from his goal. He must hit the tape first. : Again ‘the Apostle admonishes us in Hebrews 12:1,2 “to run the race with patience looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” . The greatest thrill to himself and honor to his country is the moment when he is the victor and receives -his award. Paul ‘Leo: Bosse Diamonds, — Watches PHONE 2041 G: A. SUMNER , Naturopathic » Physician’ Eremenko Building ; PHONE 2022) TOOT Ris: Post. Office Building : Wed 2:30 bem. to 8.p.m. : PHONE 2231. LUMBER & BUILDING “SUPPLY LTD. We can supply all “your building. needs — Estimates > eladly given | PHONE 2321 viewing the victor’s ‘ crown of | === “For COAL, SAND; GRAVEL: “BULLDOZING: and 7 EXCAVATING laurel leaves, said it is a tible -crown—one that will fade away. -At the end of the Christian race, —the finished’ course—an incor- ruptible crown’ which fadeth not away, would be presented to the ‘which run ina race, run ‘all but one receiveth the prize—run that ye may obtain.” racer and the words commendation Well - done, good and faithful servant.: Enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.” — Dutch Maid Bakery: coos |) Bice Birthday.Cakes Wedding.Cakes ", Anniversary Cakes RHONE S241 Pictured just before leaving ‘Trail for “Van- couver are four’ young ‘Empire Games ‘enthusiasts from, the Kootenays, ‘Left to right are Jim Cor- rigan, Cranbrook; Lorne Russel, don: Wood, Nelson ‘and Marvin The four, Iads made the trip as guests of Comi to see.the oe Thursday August 12, 19, 4 ' Page 3 Kimberely; Gor-|the Games. so LeRoy, Castlegar. Lorne, Jim and Marvin picked Li dy to win. Gor- don stood by Banmiistér.“"/":/ The students were among five Kootenay boys, one from ‘each school district. in the: Kootenays, who were eligible _ for selection ‘as Kootenay ‘re- presentative -. at ‘the Empire ‘Games for a. week‘as | : guest of the ‘B.C. Athletic Round Table ‘Society: Ball: Clubs who I want. to Cesare Mauiaas: won the draw for the honor following which P, F. McIntyre announced Comin- co would host the other four boys for a day at they wouldn’t .miss out entirely on-the historic event, On his’ return to Castlegar Sunday, Marvin thanks to Cominco and to the Castlegar had given hima donation towards his expenses: at the games, ' “I was -proud to‘ represent Castlegar at the B.E.G. We cojildn't’ have ‘had such a grand, time |: on our own. Everything was prepared for us. thank pion who made the trip possible.” Marvin said.’..+ Surprise Parly For On Ist. Birthday Mrs, Emma Hamel, a newcomer | ‘to Castlegar, was the guest: of honor: at sia: surprise party. on the Hamel. ie Some .25 triends “and relatives were present for the occassion and many beautiful gifts were presen- ‘Ited’ to the guest’ of honor. - ;Mrs.Hamel arrived in Castle- : gar recently from Medicine Hat, Alberta with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. » George Gendron. g US. - « Canada’ Border (Continued from page 2) is reaping’! as it has sowed, it other. great. powers. had sowed the same seed. instead . and’ monstrous: weeds, inienity would not be reaping: today. the hideous *. fungus growth :‘of ‘at- omic explosion. . Nor is this US. Canadian. “rela. tion and at costs about $5000 000 a month family - THE: FISH ‘ARE-BY You NEED’ yarn iting: iésiicss' So IG.TO CATCH: THEM - “ACKLE. GET YOURS - LETE : able. Heretofore, °Carrada has i. | been -a., relatively’. wéak nation, but within the lifetimes of. many |: people ‘reading. this article’ it will grow to 50 million’ people, Stronger | than. any nation: in Europe. ':We ‘cannot turn’ “back ck na: it realizes’ now “that ‘the volun- tary. limitation’ of: its own power at the ‘ border” was “the wisest thing’ it/ ever: did, a° continental fact. applying to ‘all- powers ang all.,boundaries: in the world, as ; under “Glass: of ‘All Sizes and’ Weights GASTLEGAR SASH” & DOOR. - PHONE gain | DRINK : Burnes ets even the © ‘will find out in due. time. ‘I “mean. that. the|* power of individual nations has ‘encountered: in ‘our age.the Jaw | Letters fo the Editor (|/CLIFFE CHURCHES TELLS | six hours leave which .we’ spent of! returns, national sovereignty’ carried ‘too far in ‘this closely: knit ‘clviliza- tion destroys itself, as Germany and’ Japan have already . dis- covered, answered’ why : beneath’ ali - this Why. have the Canadians so grim- }ly ‘and ” “stolidly insisted on’ their own roots, and‘ why ' did ' the United States; cutting’ the same roots, let: them do‘it in the fate fof all. human’ history? We. com- monly say that “ the political were. shaped by..certain constitu- tional” documents. We also say that “theke ‘ two “have attained a standard of living }iigher than any ever ‘seen’ in -the world be cause they learned how to man- as‘ private ‘enterprise. € ‘No’ doubt:both’ statements: are - | true, but’ both’ fall’ far: short ‘of | the ‘whole ‘truth. “Neither “nation ‘is the resulf of any ‘known. law, or. indeed, ; of former human ex- perience. In ° their” creation ‘and growth, both’ defied | all! known laws:iof. human - history, :politics, sulted from one revolution, : one the affirmation; the other in a curious way ‘the negation of that revolts, ‘ , The ‘United Statesand Canada ; | were’ bullt primarily ‘on: certain | 2° intangibles, uttered in the Decla- ration..of Independence but .hard- :|Jy.mentioned at all in the Arctic silence of Canada. They -were' not, “+ built, for prosperity ‘and. profits; they .would-have been-built. any- | way, without ‘either. No hope of ; , |higher wages or a_bette: living '§ WHITE SATIN GIN INDON -DRY- GIN standard “would. have - brought those ragged men’ to Lexington the untrained Canadian farmers to the walls ‘of. Quebec in 17% ‘and:. to. caucenston ‘Heights. in 1812.; ‘Ifa “had: been : think: : Hing. in only. economic ‘térms,*: ‘they the would’ _ have surrendered “There ‘is’ still,’ however, an-un-|" ‘structures . of the “two: nations |. age an economic ‘system Known, economics, and: logic. Both’ re-} OF LIFE IN THE NAVY H.M.C.S, Cornwallis, Aug. 3, 1954. To the people of Castlegar: _ Just thought I would drop a line and give an:idea of my trip here and the life on the base. We started from. your town July 1 at 4:45 a.m, Late that night we arrived in Medicine Hat where we, met boys from B.C.'s coastal corps. Next day we arrived at ‘Winnipeg where: we were, given touring the city and going to a show. : : At nine p.m. we left ‘Winnipeg for Montreal. stopping at. small towns along the line. At Montreal we met our Chief Petty Officer and Petty. Officer. “We were given a.delicious meal in the Alouette, Room of the: sta- tion and then set-off to tour the city, not going far in case we got lost. | was the next day at 6 am., we were herded in taxis and rushed to the dock (and I mean rushed.) Here's where we got a change from the train. ‘We boarded the CPR ship, Prin- cess Helene for a three hour voy- ‘tage to Digby, N.S. After about half an hour, we passed through the main gate of our new home arriving at our barracks in-about 15 minutes. Here we disposed of | our luggage. Then we ‘went up to the galley. After eating we were given ‘a bed and clean linen. ‘After we had our beds made and stowed our gear into lockers we went up to the stores for clothing. The re- mainder of the afternoon was spent at lectures in which we were told about the routine ‘of the base, We had divisions on 1 the Parade Square. Then we went to the first of three morning ° classes where we learned such things as knots, organization, -helm -and compass, parts of ship, _rigging, the ‘big. We. left Montreal that night on a somewhat quieter ‘trip to St. John’s (due, to the Chief.) : At St. John’s where we arrived boundary and clamored for :ad- mission to the. Union Jong . ago. ‘We did not, and ‘the U.S. ‘did not compel ft because this North American civilization, like any civilization worthy ‘of the name, is built on. feelings, ‘instincts, passion’; and no myths, if you like, deeper ‘and ‘more’ powerful than any mere facts known to economists, “scientists, ' or the draftsman “of constitutions. ‘Therefore, 'I’'submit © that“ the great lesson which North ‘America —and signs: of’ it are appearing on the. southern border of . the U.S., which ‘also is undefended —has offered ‘to ‘the world‘ is not its ~ measurable '.wealth,’ but- its immeasurable ideas, ‘ideas ‘dwell- ing not.on-paper ‘documents but in the lonely skulls of* ‘ordinary men," : ‘Not. its - power. but its. cabllity, to lmit: and ‘control that: power. |: Not its-weapons, but its homes- Not its territory sweeping from the : Rio: Grande: to: the: North Pole, but ‘its .ability’ to -divide and share that: territory in peace and_-neighborliness,. = Not,. in short,: its” standard of living, but its standard - of | life. “It is by “such * that mmantcind, will“ judge,::and is: judging; is in. those ‘ideas that 'the* tee" tain One ofthe most ‘urgent needs’! of ‘these times: is:.to::project< our: joint. experience~. beyond North America—to project not only. the “image” ofthis continent, :but the. policies on both. sides . of the border ‘that made. it ible—ané not: only ‘to project it but to be’ worthy of it. -No- nation will be safe, civiliza-| tion itself will remain :tottering| on*'the’:brink” of ‘atomic ‘night, until the lesson learned here is learned “on other continents, un- til borders unite," instead of 's_ call, wire finder and. seamanship. We then hada period of’ physical training, softball, basketball, wat- er polo and swimming. After this period we went to the galley for lunch. At one pm. we returned: to classes, ‘returning. to barracks after the three ‘afternoon: classes and- changing into night.clothing (white hats, gun ‘shirts ‘and: uni- form pants.):'Then we carried:on free until nine thirty, if we weren't on duty watch, During this time we could go to the show, the library or swimming. After divisions on ‘Sat., . and ‘church on Sunday, we were free to go anywhere on the base. (It wasn't until recently that we could go into Digby or Annapolis Royal.) Every Monday each of the three classes went either to Halifax, (Continued on page :7) Fae ZEISS CAMERAS CONTINA 35 mm 3.5. 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