CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 6, 1975 One of Four Easter Seal Services Easter Seal House -- She is a Grand Old Victorian Lady IES A ae OE he Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley Travel agents don't include it in their brochures. It is not a member of the British Colum- bla Hotel Association. And it will never win an award for architecture. Yet Easter Seal House Is the most unique hostelry in the province. More than 2,000 persons stayed at Easter Seal House last year. The house, operated by the British Columbia Lions Society for Crippled Children, offers accommodation to par- ents and families of disabled youngsters who must come to Vancouver for treatment from all over the province and the territories, There are five suites in the building and a kitchen, And best of all it is handy to the Health Centre for Children here di tak become a necessity ‘since dis- abled children will no longer recelve treatment ‘at Vancou- ver General Hospital. Will the Grand Old Dame make it? their treatment, Easter Seal House {s a great Victorian lady that should be pensioned off, Between the sagging roof and a grumbling foundation beats a heart that should be transplanted. When the B.C, Medical Centre at Shaugnessey Hospital becomes a reality, the transplant will Si. John Ambulance Standard First Aid Course is Completed The following local resi- dents have completed a pre- scribed course and passed an examination in St. John Ambu- lance Standard First Aid. Bill Harrower, senior in- structor, conducted classes In the Twin Rivers Elementary School in Castlegar during October, November and De- cember, 1974, under the diree- tion of chairman Al Clausen, Bob Rivers, examiner for St. John Ambulance, Castlegar branch, was assisted by John Cristofanetti in examining the class which consisted of the following people: Polly Samoyloff, Sylvia Smith, Trevor Hughes.. Violet Giles, Bill Zaytsoff, Ruth Som- mers, Patricia McKay, Jane West, Lenore Pederson, Ray Pederson, Robin Dalziel, Jim Schafthuizen, Paul Stewart, Brian Marsh, John Forrest and Bruce Mackereth. The first aid course was also conducted at Stanley Hum: And Those Old Bandits were Colorful Have you noticed the big ‘change in the world of big capitalism in the past ‘couple of decades? The. personnel in: the Mnner- ‘sanctum of high finance’ is just as piratical tas that.of the robber baron days, but the things they wheel and deal in are vastly different. old boys, the The bad Fords and the Rockefellers: the J.P. Morgans and th Andrew Carnegies, were giants of finance, and a pretty unscruputous lot, from all accounts, They dealt with solid, tangible assets: steel and coal, oil, minerals, railways and bat Their techniques were roughly similar. Get hold of something as cheaply as possible, and dispose of it for as much as possible. ‘And never pay a working man more than the absolute [Tennessee Aromatic Codar Chests Every Bride's dream. Artistic Design. Superb Quality at pid vada lis minimum. A simple formula, but it piled up millions, then billions. Today, their nines} are connected with gre: pies s+ buts She ethey- were Ps liver ‘thidir’ “nates: produced more curses than . blessings. They: fought the unions bitterly. They bribed and bullied and stole. ey'd have laughed at the idea that their depreda- tions were destroying the ecology. They'd have had, apoplexy if someone had suggested something as more likely to be floating a stock issue that getting the stuff out of th Today's financaloroanate is far more intcrested in the half-world of sposts and €ntertainment. than he is in jst old things, like mines est goes where the big buck is, but the action has changed. Now more likely to copper mine. Today's big money is in. publishin; 3 ridiculous as fringe benefils. It’s probably je ‘as well they have gone, though they were a colorful bandits. Today's entrepreneurs seem to be just as arrogant, greedy, and ruthless, but the things they deal in have changed almost completely. and railways and airlines are still “highly profitable, but they are no longer the financial play- things of a few men. They have become exceedingly dull, huge bureaucracies with little life or colour in them. The new breed of banditti steers clear of them. Oh, your modern wheeler might take a Murry in oil, but it’s Tot of y money is in land speculation, Your old-time financier would have been stunned, and envious, could he sce the doubling and tripling of money in the buying and selling of plain old tand. So, it’s in the areas mentioned that you'll find the modern sharks, in large schools, gobbling up the’ little suckers and regurgita- ting them for all the slightly larger suckers. ‘Another big change is in the publicity involved. The magnates of yesteryear were very. close-mouthed, They kept their private lives as secluded as possible, re- treated to vast homies and e MGS A TURNING POINT IN B.C, MINING = The moratorium on claim stak- ing is over. Now there's a new way to locate and record min- eral claims. It's the Modified Grid System—devised to lead to increased discoveries and developments. New topographic maps, aerial photographs, identification tags and other material are available to help you stake claims with MGS. There is also apocket guide to the new sys- tem. For yours, call at any Provincial ing Recorder Office. Or write to the Chief Gold Commissioner, Victoria. "MINES AND PETROLEUM: RESOURCES Seti Tilin tants tried to keep the press at arms length, the limelight; They are neve happier than when they have 5: the media speculating about. their next) deal. They. manipulate the press. After all, every story, every pic- ture, drives up the price of whatever they're selling, and is also great for the ego. They'll conference to disct ing operation for a tocnail. Even P.T. Barnum, the eatest con man of them . would be green with jealousy if he could see the way some of the modem von artists use every trick he ever knew, and some they've invented. to sucker people into watching a third- rale sparts team, There's one other aspect of the great scramble. for the buck that has changed drastically, That’s the re- lationship with the people working for the big dealers, In the bad old days, laissez-faire Md supreme, it was the accepted custom to grind the worker down, and sweat the ver life-blood out of him, to he last cent of profit. : Today the worm has tumed, particularly in sports. All you need, if you're a pretty good athlete, is a good lawyer. and you can put the bass through the wringer. ‘Can you imagine the look on the face of J.P. Morgan if someone could tell him that athletes, mere bodies, were pulling in salaries in six figures? This last aspect would seem to be a matter for sheer joy for most of us. watching the bosses being squeezed by the warke But alas. It won't do us. any good, fellow sucker. The boss willl merely raise the price of admission and won't lose a nickel of his own money. 5 ike the govern it, Whe they raise i taxes to pay Sewing Machines, Typewriters, TV's B&W and Color TV's for rent. by week or month Union Peters 1334 Cedar Ave., Trail Telephone 368-6331 the ~ increases. When thing casts us more, they raise the tax curb against infl in the, ome their fal, 1 ike ‘the old buat phries Secondary School during the months of October, Novem- ber and December, under the direction of Al Clausen. The following students, examined by Al Bigsby, have passed an examination in St, John Ambulance Standard First Aid: Edward Argatoff, Grant Brigggman, Rand Deans, Mike Dmytruk, Randy Egli, Tom Ehl, Eli Esovoloff, Jay Fried- rich, Jack Grant, Dennis Greep, Randy Harmston, Rob Mc: Creight, Glen Neilson and Joe Pavlis, 1 House is one of four Easter Seal services oper- ated by the British Columbia Lions Society for Crippled Children. ‘There are 25,000 handi- capped children in British Col- umbia, Please help the Lions to help the children. Mail in your check for Baster Seals today. Adults — $4.00 SAFETY CHECK! Tires - Shocks Brakes Alignment H&R BRAKE & WHEEL 713 - 6th Ave, South Castlegar INE 365-7818. Master Charge & Chargex come IF YOU CAN'T STOP DON'T START THE ONLY COMPLETE BRAKE SHOP IN THE KOOTENAYS SEE US. FOR B.F. GOODRICH: TIRES: NOW IN GOOD STOCK 410 COL, AVE. Same Home Uke Atmosphere and Quality Matesial Mon, thru Sat, _ 9 am, to 5.30 p.m. The Fesfivial Concert Society, presents THE VANCOUVER RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by John Avison "Sunday, March 9, Trail Junior i Secondary Auditorium — 8 p.m. Advance Tickels — t. J. Newsstand, Tickels alto available at Door at 7:30. | Students — $2.00 Senior Citizens — $2.00 : PHONE 365.923} To make ¥ checks, it may — 2 minute, but the may one thee are no em ox] PaO SPRING DRAW ORDER FORM To order your tickel, mail this coupon to: WESTERN CANADA LOTTERY FOUNDATION P.O. BOX 1690, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. $2.50 s PER TICKET HED NO.OF NeRETS ‘ALOYN LT] LT LTT LI “More than: $750,000 in total | prizes Over 1900 winners per draw — Second Prize $101 close April 14, 1975 / Preliminary Draw April 30. 1: Non-profit organizations interested in becomin ation, B.C. Division, 1000 Langley Street, Vict 10,000 — Third Prize $50,000 — 5 Prizes of $25,000. Ticket sales 975 / Proceeds to Sport and Culture throughout Western Canada. ig,authorized ticket sellers should write: Western Canada Lottery Found: * foria, British Columbia VBW 3A6. i ; Socreds to Hold Regional Policy, Convention in April - A regional policy conven: tlon will be held by: Nelson Creston and Rossland-Tral So clal Crediters on April 18 and 19 in Teall, ‘This was announced this week by Ted Mannings, presl- dent of the Nelaon-Creston So- clal Credit Assn., and G, “Mac” MacAndrew, presldent of the . Rossland-Trail Socreds. The ‘two men also an- nounced that Burt Campbell of Castlegar has agreed to be chatrman of the convention while Hank Coleman of Nelson will be co-chairman, Mr. Campbell is publisher .and editor of the Castlegar News and is a former Social Credit MLA. Mr, Coleman is immediate past chairman of the Central Kootenay Regional Dis- trict and served for four years ‘as an alderman of the City of Nelson, Commenting on the con vention, Mr. Campbell said it is one of 12 regional conventions being held throughout the province to- continue the work of the party's main policy convention held in Vancouver Mr. Coleman sald he hopes that a large number of non- Party riemberswilltake part in Letter to the Editor Encourages Any Language Dear Str: Personally, I cannot see the argument, debate, or even the relevance of the question- nalre sent home by the school board on the value or necessity of the Russian language being taught in the local schools, As an English-speaking Canadian, with no Russian ancestry, I can see only gc in the opportunity my children will have exposed to another language. Surely, with the shrinking of the expance'of the world, where in a matter of hours one canbe transported from Castle- gar to Russia, Sweden, South America ete., it seems to me to be the most inexcusable lack of integrity if we pass up the marvellous opportunity we have, in this little B.C, interior clty, to allow our children to expand their horlzo1 Very few places in Canada have ‘such a natural source of teachers for the Russian lan- guage. We have to import our French teachers! In the future, I would hope that the Portuguese language could also be added, so the children of this heritage, as well as others, could havo the opportunity to learn the lan- guage, ‘Yea, you can go anywhere in the world with English, so perhaps all other languages should be optional. However, as. many as possible should be presented for those children with the abllity and intellectual curiosity to explore them. Marilyn Johnstone Castlegar CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursdi lisa _WHOPPER a , March 6, 1975 ; SALE CHUCK STEAK CANADA GRADE “A" MATURE GRAIN FED BEEF ROUND BONE ROAST CANADA GRADE “A” Ib. CANADA GRADE “A“ MATURE GRAIN FED BEEF on... eee ¢ 69: Infernafional Celebrated in Women’s Day Various Ways MATURE GRAIN FED BEEF ....... tb. 1.39 RIB STEAKS International Women's Day is not to be confused with International Women’s Year. is day has been declared in of the militant as resource people, moderators and debate participants, He sald about 200 delegates and visitors are ex- pected to attend the two-day convention. Cut Lip as'Car- Strikes Post |, Mike Hadikin of Thrums’ suffered a cut lip when the Vehicle he was driving slid into a meridian post on 7th Ave., at the Nelson turnoff, ‘The incident occurred Sat- | urday afternoon after the vehi- ele he was driving came out of the parking lot at the Hi Arrow Arms and started to head south Si 7th Ave, Mr. Hadikin braked; 2 GF another south 'bourid Vehicle" only to have the'car go into a. oS :Darhages tothe 1967 model car are estimated at $950. No charges have been laid. Mr. Campbell said involve- ment by interested citizens who do not hold membership in any Party will be encouraged. He he Soered party “must ake a new commitment to renewal and growth. Social Credit must become The Party of the Open Door...We must welcome in many people of diverse interests so that we become fully representative of the community at He added, “Only by by doing this, only by listening to people and by adopting their ideas as our thinking and policy will we deserve to be entrusted once again with the government of our province.” ~ Charges Laid activities of working women, (early 1900's), especially those involved in the garment indua- try. The tremendous work ae- complished by two interna- tional ladies’s garment workers unions, (ILGWU), in New York and Philadelphia, not. only - united the workers on a huge scale, 90,000 workers joined the strike in 1909, but also gained— support from middle-class suf- fragettes. Throughout a cold winter these women picketed, held mass meetings, and bullt their union, sometimes at the rate of one thousand new membersina day. ‘A few years later, in Russia, women organized a peaceful ‘strike demonstration on International Women’s Day despite protest from all political Thursday _ In Two Separate Accidents | f'wo' separate accidents’ * station waganidriven by Jack fat gol last Thuraday have resulted in éharges of backing while un- safe. 3 ~ Ian Thorne of Blueberry ‘was charged after his 1963 car was in collision with a 195 KINNAIRD SUNIOR SECONDARY scHOOL Gordon Benton of Castlegar: ‘The accident occurred back of Stanley Humphries Secondary School at. 10.05 a.m. At5.40 pim,, a 1962 pickup, driven by Robert Morgan of Kinnaird, was in collision with a parked 1964 pickup owned by groups including the Bolshe- viks. Thousands of women left the factories and marched along alde working and middle class housewives concerned with shortages and high prices, The police kept their cool, and inspired by the women's suc. cess, more workers took to the streets the following day. This year International Women's Day is being cele- brated in various ways. It is hoped this. year's celebrations will insplré women to get in SHORT RIBS OF BEEF = FRYING CHICKEN - PORK LOINRIBENDS GOVERNMENT INSPECTED IDEAL FOR BENDS ===. 89 BEEF SAUSAGES 23: 10.741 touch with the gutsy past, and in tune with the creative potential of the pre- sent. ~COFFEE MAXWELL'HOUSE : 7 ALL PURPOSE GRIND ..... . 99 Catal, Supp System for B.C. {continued from page 1) mation products and services provided to meet the needs of individuals as library users and the composite needs of the __ libraries in the province”. In an effort to determine the feasibility of DEAS OR CORN BRENTWOOD FROZEN 25 19° APPLE Jue «69 LEMON JUICE 26 OZ, BOTTLE .... 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