a! i U iw CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, June 28, 1966 ~ SUGAR ANB SPICE ‘Mari juders’ We went a “beach village” : last weekend, on Mj our way to: visit the indparents, You now the sort of. place:. perhaps 83 -year-round re- aiden, ‘and ety the weather atsbolled It’s not my cup of ee ‘but such & resort: hag som There's a carnival exeltement for the teenagers. And for fam- ty groups and the imldalo-aged | means rottin; getting from the city, yet not having > with the wild, frighte Silence of the real country. a sured sand and sky a ese es are magnificent are some of the bronzed, bikini- id goddesses wriggling past the aeenny arcades and shooting But it isn’t these things that give the beach village its atmos- phere. No it’s a” compound of other things that make them fascinating. y There are the wonderful smells: hamburgers frying, stale beer, gasoline fumes, fish; faulty nero. “are the freshair punks scatter kids like lit the whine of power boats phalt underfoot. There's the cool thrill of. bare feet on some kid's dropped popsicle. There's the sat ora half-eaten hag of notato I'm not knocking these plac. es, They have their own charm, like zoos, ‘At any rate, there we were, heading for this beach vil- lage, which les across our route to, Granny's, And suddenly they | + started to ‘batter past us, in| in threes, in gaggles of fwe or alx; the motorcycle gangs, There were at least sree differ- ent ones, with such names as “The Marauders” across the backs of black leather jackets. “Oops. Looks like a rough ning weekend at the beach,” says I. My fe family ‘was enthralled, just watching them fly by, biack jacket) cowboy boots, dark 8 We stopped in the village to buy something. The invasion was on. They were everywhere. The storekeeper groaned when I mentioned it, “I sure hope they don't start nothin.” We got a closer look. My wife was appalled. She'd never seen such a collection of femal- es in her life. Greasy hair, dirty clothes and a builtin chip on the shoulder. I guess it’s diffi- cult to stay dainty on the back of a motorbike, but they did look like a jam of tarts from a Glasgow slum. The men were equally inter- ing crunch underfoot to By Bill Smiley rs’ Weekend Ends in Tragedy esting, You could tell them from the girls because they hadn’t taken’ off their leather jackets pe fxpore every ‘inch of legal They were, obviously into the beer already, but they wer- 't having any fun, They. weren't relaxed; ‘they were tense, They didn’t wails they fey sncor ‘The: A: didn't laugh; sneered. “a burly brutes y, long-haired. { must admit the ey gaye me a small, cold chill down the back. Nothing happened, We were- nt beaten up or ingulted. We frove off, glad we. ‘weren't stay: there. day, I heard there'd been antte a ‘rumble at’ that village. On the way home, over the same route, we were: wondering whether they had. left, There dlant seem to be any sign of em, TBOn we turned a corner. There was a big crowd in the middle wt the road. A policeman | ¥ waved: us by. On:the pavement were two bodtes, covered with blankets, But you could see-the cowboy boots «sticking out. greasy-haired girl. crouched, stroking the face of one of the young men lying there, I don’t know whether they were dead. I don’t think so, be- cause nobody seemed hysterical, and the cops’ were calm, even in- different. ema ers, And of course there are the sights. Here’ the pen falters. Words alone cannot convey the impression of that pink, pot- bellied man in the purple sport- shirt, that lavish lady whose slacks match exactly her or- ange hair, ‘Nor do fhe bs beach villages touch, neglect the of There’s the stovehot, sticky. as- For All Your INSURANCE. 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Morse, an an OnRo ias on our fur trade histo. traversed and written about the old canoe routes. of Canada, says ere, are: a8: many miles of in-|: land waterways in this county, pelt as in all the other nations.of the world; combined.) In fact. it. is Stig estimated: that, one’ quarter of all the fresh: water in the world is to be found in Canada. In an article published a few years ago, called ‘'Canoe Routes of the Voyageurs,” Erie mares aad BANQUET, FACILITIES, FOR SMALL GROUPS ‘ ‘Hi-Lite Restau PECIALIZING IN CHINESE EQOP! rant Phone 365-6741 for Teke-Out Orders Air Conditioned for Cool Comfort months between breakup ata| freere-up. The modern day ‘vo eure” wis have’ been chosen for the. ageant have been getting en shape for the lg event and this: summer ‘pate in’ ‘advance bes Abe Parti “KOOTENAY. 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From’ Rot Mountain House, near the KbertaBrlbeh Columbia bor dip their paddles" ‘and. follow in the wake of voyageurs and fur traders along the early inland powill country, to' Lake C! race crews test will That the, frencherous br at chine Rapids (now treal) and on ta the From ‘Montre boundaries ae Ren Mone : ers will. move bs Ot rence, ’’ dow Hcheli through once oi Mohawk on to: New York’ for The Centennial ‘canes Pag- eant will create considerable ex- citement because: it is to be. a “race” between teams chosen by lous provinces of Canada Fee and the territories. The-race will be conducted according to rules similar to those of a car rally-so that com- petitive spurts and stops.can be made. at communities for the teams’ in local tative training program.: Cc inst were used to associate the ‘hand -Seeame, jo bare go-ouiity 21-A state Ze-Propristor 3 Shaded, wat “For Crossword Puzzle Gnawa See BOSSE’S 2 JEWELLERY humiliation of their handicap, expent them- selves to an astonishing degree. Practical: aspects of the remedial Phase of the course. Centennial Celebrations, Like the old fur brigades, they will travel. in flotias; and judging will be pone ‘on-a' point system; the zace vi will, srpate jo: oy f excitement. it also Will ‘stir o imaginations, It’ mi, us ‘The big ra mer of 3007 wl be one of {a6 the’ Centennial. Many Canadians who live on the route will be able to witness th pageant’ and: thie others ¥ e teams It to Vic- ng the bs uz | OF Bess; a aus void of. road 0 beset with ol and difficult trade goods succeeded each year in crossing over half a continent Ad on Page. 3, BQSSE'S “Also Has All fe nee to Your Sowellery. Needs Needs ys Mr, spent: few. days "its. Hi: and Mn ‘John ohn Dunlop Johnson , weekend visiting ‘in enico. "ite ‘Wiscinski’ isa pa- tient : in Castlegar and District Hospital: Miss Gayle Davis, who ho spent fhe past three we (with ‘her. parents Mr. and Larry Davis, left by jet ‘on Mon: day. morning to return to Lin- cola in’ England, where she will resume -her nurses’. training. : Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Ber-| 2) spent a few houres at the b BC ‘toia ‘home of the Jatier's ts, Mr. and Mrs. on , where they will re- We side. - “" Mrs, H. Jobnson. and Mrs. J. 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