Page 8 . CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.. Thureday, February 11, 1954 Do. You Know! (A series of five artlles giving facts about your School District and Your Schools and present- ed as a preliminary te Education Week.) ’ By J. A. Charters NO. 3 — YOUR TEACHERS How many of you parents have heaved a great sigh of relief when, after two months of sum- mer holidays, your family is back at school again? Have you ever imagined ‘what it must be like on the receiving end of your one, two or three live wire personali- ties along with 30 or 40 similar dynamos? In other words have you ever placed in the Deer Park Wil. Pianning Golcbration For Road Opening The February meeting of the Deer Park Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Gladys Briggeman. Greetings and other messages, from the Provincial President, Mrs, A. Shaw, were read from the ‘Newsletter’ by the BEHOLD THE POOR EDITOR (From the Fernie Free Press) Consider the poor editor! A child is born unto the wife of a merchant in’ town. The editor writeth a column and a ‘half and telleth the multitude , that the child, tippeth the beam at nine pounds, Yea, he lieth even as a And the proud father irs, P, A letter requesting stuffed toye for a Children’s Hospital and Solarium at Francois Lake, was discussed by the members and it was decided to enter one toy.in the competition. Tentative plans were made for a sports program and other en- . shoes of the’ teachers of your children? It may sound pretty rugged and ct is as the i ter for the of the Deer Park - Syringa Creek road, A social evening was plan- ned for Valentines. Day, with of nervous fatigue and nervous breakdown among teachers games, and music, ete, Mrs. Florence Briggeman was the winner of the contest held after the meeting adjourned. proves. On the other hand there are and ions. The intimate *participation in the intense business of young first to realize. are the first difficulty. people £1 up, the of personality and the opportuni- ties, gives a rare and unique sat- isfaction. An ideal teacher must enjoy being with and working with young people. He should have a considerable knowledge of child and adolescent psychology; a thorough. knowledge .of his sub? ject matter and the art of teach Returns from teaching are so far below that of att occupations at giveth him a cheap cigar. Behold the young one groweth up and graduateth, And the edi- tor putteth in the paper a swell notice. He telleth of the wisdom of the young woman and of her exceeding comeliness. Like unto the roses of Sharon is she, her gown is played up to beat the band. And the editor receiveth a note of thanks from the girl gra- duate. And the daughter goeth on & journey. The editor .throweth himself on the story of the fare- well party. It rdmneth a column solid, And the fair one remem- bereth him from afar with a pic- ture post card. Behold she returneth and the youth | of the town fall.down to her. She picketh one and of equal ii the secondary level | (tive years of ) that fine, ive teachers either quit or go directly to better paying profess- ions. Secondly governments have for too long made ill advised reduct- ions ‘in to meet ing, and a broad general knowledge. © Physical and. mental health are also most necessary while a wholesome and likeable person- ality, tact, an appreciation of aesthetic values and a generous helping of idealism are indlspen: sable, - Do all teachers meet this: ideal? | Some do but by no means all as the teachers themselves ere the VALENTINESS Remember Her Pa . JUST ARRIVED Smiles N’ Chuckles Fresh Pack Valentine . Hearts SPECIAL VALE : CHOCOLATES PITTS’ Rexall Drug Day or Night Phone 4232 OPEN Monday — Wednesday and Friday lo, sHe “picketh a lemon. The edi- tor calleth him one of the pro- mising young men and getteth away with it. And they send unto the editor a bid to the wedding and behold, the bids are fashion- ed in a far city, Flowery and long is the wed- the acute teacher A eee This has in turn served to lower the prestige of the profession, reduce the challenge to alert minds and thus further widen the gap. Thirdly, living and working conditions, particularly in rural districts, are often far from ideal. -What then is the future of teaching? We repeat again what we said last week that the future of Can- ada is in a direct relationship to the education level of the mass of Canadian citizens, The teacher is the most important single fac- Montgomery Infant Dies At Rossland . Funeral services are being held at St. Rita’s Church Saturday at 10 a.m. for Donald Nelson ‘Mont- gomery, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Montgomery of Castle- gar. The baby, who was four months old, passed away at Mater j| Castlegar Girl Guides: Receive World Flag The Girl. Guides of the First Castlegar C the beautiful World Flag from the local Association. at their regular meeting in the Parish Hall on Monday evening. The presentation was made by Mrs. J. F. Killough president of the Association. She gave a short ding notice which the editor printeth. At last the editor printeth two columns of obituary. And he for- geteth to read the proof ot the heading and the darn cometh out “Gone to Her et Roasting Place." And all that are akin to the de- ceased jumpeth on the editor with exceeding great jumps. And they pulleth out their subscript- ions and they swingeth the ham- mer even, unto the third and fourth generations, ON SALE AT Wednesday night. - Castlegar Funeral Home are in tor in the charge. of « ‘THE GASTLE HEWS Thus the obtaining of good teach- ers is good business as well as good national insurance, . And as the famous Lazerte Re- port of 1949 points out, we are only going to overcome our chronic teacher shortage and raise the vital educational standards by raising professional : standards, by bringing: salaries in line wil other professions of similar training and by improving work- ing conditions within the profess- ion. ‘And when do we get this? As ‘soon as a well informed public and d body of WE'VE MOVED. “DOWNSTAIRS Next to. ‘Bank of Montreal Cyril Bell Agencdes Lid. talk explaining the meaning of the flag to the Guides, Lennie BIRTH Morey and Olga Popofft thanked|| SMECHER — To Mr, and Mrs. the Association for the flag on be-|Hugo C. Smecher, Con Oftice, half of the Company. A. EREMENKO &.CO. Your Red & White Food Store WEEK-END SPECIALS — Fob. 12 and 3 BEEF POT ROASTS, Ib. i... BREF STANDING-RIB ROASTS, Ib MINCED BEEF, fresh, Ib. ..... VEAL CHOPS, loin, Ib........ TENDERIZED BEEF STEAK, Ib; . PORK SPARE RIBS, 1b. FROZEN STRAWBERRIES, Delnor, pkg. 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WHITE BUILDING PAPER 400 ft. - 25 LB. TAR PAPER 400 ft, $3.95] WAXED AND TARRED PAPERS 500 Ft. PER ROLL SCUTAN BUILDING ‘PAPER, Standard Per Roll SCUTAN BUILDING PAPER, Medium Per Boll SCUTAN BUILDING PAPER, Heavy Per Roll ... DUPLEX 66 — For Stucco. $290 | $5.45 Per Roll $370 Per Roll S cea ees Published Every Thursday at “The Grosittads of the Kootenays” VoL 7, No. 7 “CASTLEGAR, BRUT EH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1954 . 8 Cents Per Copy Kiwanis Wins Spelling Bee ~ Kiwanians Host Rofarians: © | Dr. Wright Guest Speaker “lt would not have..been possible thre or -four years ago to of so many men as this in Cuntlegar. This meeting shows-how mich .Castlegar has grown in a short time.” This observation was made by ‘W. T. Waldie, president /of the Castlegar Kiwanis Club, Tuesday evening when he welcomed some 20 or more members of the Cas- tlegar Rotary Club to Kiwanis’s weekly dinner mesiing at St. Alban’s Parish Hal “There were her 45 Rotarians and Kiwanians present ‘for’ the event. Following the dinner, the booster prize drawings tvere held. Second prize went to'L. V. Camp- bell, Rotary Club president. The prize’ was his own plaid;vest, which: gave rise to some: suspi- cions that the draw was “fixed.” SPELLING MATCH Evening's: entertainment . also included-a spelling bee between |First Readings Given :}To Streal Haming And » Castlegar Commissioners Mon- day night gave first three read- ings to two bylaws which will put into effect the house number- inet and street naming project that has been under preparation for several weeks, up to 18 years of age,” he said |, “but very little is spent for those over that age.” He ‘said adults also need edu- cation today and libraries are the best means for them to obtain it, “It is extremely important that > Village ey appeared. at the ae ee and presented the bylaws which: as- sign names to all stréets'in, the village and numbers to all-houses | Th and lots. Fourth reading‘ is to be | f! given the bylaws at a special (Continued on page 8) ae of the Board next Mon- Board of C Plans Discussed For New Village Office: ‘The proposed new willage ‘office and fire hall, was ‘again the subject of much discussion at the? regular meeting of the Castlegar The Board are now ting | determing what it:-would cost to have an architect draw up detailed and m, | plans: for. the Ken/day’s meeting. These plans call plans for the Chairman of: the Board -NVic{* instructional saa from ‘Provincial Fire Marshall's Of-' in “Vancouver began’ an’ 18 course of instruction for Canvassers All Volunteers Sports Centre. Canvass Here Nofes Encouraging Progress ts of the ‘Trail district, this ae if night Castlegar’ firemen. fat led the first series of lec- turgé ‘at the Castlegar Fire Hall. “were an outline of the part departments have to play i Civil Defence organization ba Sizome of. the things they t have to deal with in war- time ye Instructors were Tom Hastings and? David..A; Cummings, ) Their lectures: were preceded’! with a e short talk: piven] by David Camp-| the: bell, Civil Defence \ Officer : Zor Castlegar who‘ urged that all the firemen join Civil Defence so they may avail themselves of the for firemen in the course sof duty. ‘The instructing team’s lectures were on Organization and ‘Auxil- iary Fire’ artments;: Atomic Wartgres “Biological ‘Warfare and Jenks ‘and Village (Clerk : ACT been auificient allowance: made ‘tor itect’s fees. It was then Horswill “to: Mon- for'a’ two storey building which Would contain the village office rand two stall fire hall on the bot- that ‘an archi- tett’s services are not necessary. It was soon agreed however, that an architect should at least draw up detailed plans for the building. even it-he is not ‘engag- ed to. sup In- ~ They pointed out ‘that these: are “all topics fire- me ‘should know . ‘something |. 2 of .war, t hese Organization For Air Gadeis Resumes After’ an interruption ‘of sev- eral weeks,-recruiting for the Air in| Cadet: Corps at Castlegar, was resumed last night at the Coro- “ee Hall, to the drive for funds for the recreational centre is quite encouraging to date, David Campbell, president of the Cas- tlegar. District Projects Society said last night. The drive wad launched in Castlegar a wéek ago last Mon- day and will continue for most of next week. Figures on: the amount rexeived so tar are not bit the 1 has for the cone was, inferrupted,. several weeks ago, allegedly. on advice Hee the: Air ‘Force. However, been good, cazvassers t a meeting with Projects Society H, Reed, oneness ‘Officer of 2 Mr. letter from Air re Woree head. quarters this week, advising that organization may resume and the Corps will receive their charter when’ the required number ‘of lads are enrolled. ' He-said that a public meeting to explain the recreational cen- The weekly recruiting 5 pemions ue and preliminary: drills ‘th sumed last night and will be held weekly on. Wednesdays hence- forth in the Coronation © Hall from 7 to, approximately ‘9 p.m. . All boys ‘between, the ages of 14 and 18, are’ susible. te to enrol and all ini urged to attend the sored ewe Wed- nesday, along with the boys who alrea st have of costs: sare Procee gar. Rotary ‘Clubs. yesterday, ‘wa Al T i baka iar tiie Gomtrunitg bres Con: - phere og ie ompaunity Ero. ‘ADULTS ‘NEED EDUCATION :: >> “We're spending. enormous “amounts of money on schools and. _the Department of Education 'de- been’ from ithe” Water in’ an’ for’. services “shendéted ‘to! the waterworks over‘a‘ ‘period, af sev- ie. sapere eral years, by the. public works | 2 and” other departments; of: “the |" a vil be. ‘featuring items that have |, |. been : marked: down: from ,their- ;| regular: eet to: one. dollar, "The “votes most: of their onthe } reli y 5 073 o to provide troubles,”. Mr. Cherrington said. He ‘said ‘the mud is in other centres and see it revision of the bylaw is not ad- | 2 visable, HIS STAFF BENEFITS’ The village office staff are to have ‘one half their. Hospital ‘In- surance premiums paid by the village the same as* the . 1954 agreement..with | the;. Trail and. ‘District Civic © Workers’ Union provides for, the village's. hourly vated. employees.’ >< These, payments are retroact: ive to Jan. 1, it was decid “the beginning of :rock-crushing. operations wherefore, his. .depart- ‘ment is to stockpile gravels Brilliant for a couple days.” : Mr., Cherrington. also’ advised |: “that a new ‘cutting bar is needed {for the. village: power grader. as “the present. one. is. broken in two “places. ‘The Board anoved that a jmew one be ordered, ‘OFFICE CLOSED’ SATURDAY s«. ‘The: village: softies: is’ to be © Giosed ali iday Saturday, the miecting, decided, . ettective March | h: Kinnaird Drama Group: Choose New Play: For. Stag g¢ in March: Rehearsals’ will _ begin shortly’ chosen as the next, project of the’ 'Kinnaird ‘Little Theatre at’-their. ing held at. the a ‘Mrs x don Four ruary, meeth Local Kiwanis Curlers; Hake Fine Showing. At B.6. Bonspiel “A rink composed of four mem- Club, made .a‘good showing in the President Alex B.. Ross Com- Bonspiel held in Trail all “last week; Skipped by . Cyrit- Bell with Mickey’ Moran, Bill Sharples and Ken Sharples the other members of the crew, the rink.won six and lost six games: winning ‘another by’ default in-.the round: robin tournament, They were ‘elimina- ted bythe ‘Farenholtz rink from Nelson’ -in' the’ semi-finals, how- ever, after , a @ame fight‘ ‘all the ‘way. The curlers were ‘Seatalated by their fellow ‘club members at Tuesday's .Kiwanis meeting, for their fine showing and: for. being the first ‘Castlegar ‘rink. to com- pete’ in’ the BC. Bonsplel: Smibert with: 18, members, pres: ent. = : bers. of the Castlegar’ Kiwanis |B. petitions at the B.C. Curling] Sea Cadets and. their sponsoring: Navy; League branch here, . will: observe ‘one ‘of their ;|red-letter days: tomorrow’ even- })ing in the Twin Rivers Hall‘when ‘the Brarich: will‘ receive - their warrant and the Cadet Corps; their ship’s bell, As many of the ;} general ‘public .as -possible © are urged to attend. H.R... Wade, Secretary ‘Preasur: er of the Navy League of Canada, .€. Mainland Division, will pre-_ sent the ‘official warrant to the Castlegar and. District Branch: of the Navy., League, of: ape by. the McColl Fron- tenac ‘Qil Company, continue to impede ‘the progress of negotia- tions:for the opening of Pine Street-trom Columbia’ Avenue to First ;Avenue in Castlegar. ”- . The village request for. a-$10,- 000 grant to finance the project, has been refused, | the « village Pine Si. ree Project | bt back to their group and discuss it fur- ther with the commission at a night *.was - told. = C Harry.:Sommers,. ‘reporting on 5 telephone. conversation “with ‘the. Hon.:R. E. Sommers, Rossland- ‘Trail MLA, said he was told the request for a grant could not be filled. The. board then authorized a letter asking for an order-in- council. which. would. enable. the village‘to borrow the money re- quired-and repay it over a five year ‘period. ‘Ri D. Perry of the C d Mining |. and: a1 Ge Two b of the Cc a Cc of Canada, who is Honorary .Vice- President -of".the. local Navy League branch, will ‘present the] bell from! the HMCS - Kootenay, | the ship (after “which the local cadet corps has been named, to the Cadet’ Corps, - This ‘bell -has been in use by the Cadet Corps |P: at Trail till present. In its stead, -the Trail Corps, “RCSCC Fort’ Shepherd, is to be presented with the bell from BMCS: Fort Shep- for ‘the street opening, also ap- peared’ at the meeting. They ‘were told-no official approval of ‘the project has’ been receivé fromthe McColl Frontenac” ou Company. who hold a mortgage chase price may come to as high as $12,009. Victor Jenks, chairman of the village commission, said _yester- day that every effort will be made to solve the difficulties. “Pine Street will be opened by hook or by crook,” he emphasized. Deer Park Young: And Old Enjoy Community Social on:the Hi-Way Service ‘p partly, situated where the street would.go. However, the Company’s: vs: couver: office. were.said, to have advised: that‘ they have recom- was when grown-ups an youngsters. gathered at the Deer Park Commpunity, Hall: for an and 4 of the herd’ .at here. | ~ The Aes will, be attended by representatives ‘of ‘the Navy * + League and Sea. Cadet Corps at Nelson and-Trail and will mark the official beginning of the Cast- legar and © District: Sea Cadet}: “Kootenay”, ‘As Corps, RCSCC such it is:a ‘meeting that no one in the aistelet who is in 1any way sin” Sea to their. Montreal headquarters. ‘The village now hold. an option | on the ‘property in ‘question ‘and have, till the end of ‘this month to. make a. $6,000 down payment, ‘The “Gommissioners . said that: if woyd of the mortgage release egeived by that time, the ap een would -be - made subject to eventual release of the : Cadets, can ‘attord to miss. The; ward suggested that per- were enjoyed By. all, with prizes of novelties going to the winners, The" ‘Lucky Quiz’ contest was won by Mr. R, E. Best, Music supplicd by. Mrs. V. Coleman at the piano afid C. Williamson, vio- lin, ‘started:'a lively singing ses- sion of Popular and old-time: SOngS. |. « Coffee aad do-nuts were: sold during the evening, boosting the WI funds by $7.