CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October 26, 1978

Maintenance
ff, shown here

xamining the damage Sunday morning,

With Rev. TED BRISTOW

Halloween had a fearful
beginning.

In pre-Christian Britain,
Oct, 31 was a festival marking
the beginning of the dark,
depressing, dreadful winter,
Witches and goblins were be-
lieved to be out celebrating the
beginning of their. favorite
season, sometimes looking for
human victims as part of their
celebration.

Oct. 81 began the New
Year, and much fortune-telling
with accompanying supersti-
tion took place.

The mood was fearful, for
fall and winter were a real
ordeal when there were no
electric lights, no neight

Europe. All Saints Day was
also called Hallowmas, and so
the day before Hallowmas was
Hallowed Eve.

Saints began to replace
witches and goblins on Hallow-
ed Eve,

The saints, good people
remembered for their good
deeds, were the heroes of the
middle ages. Their stories were
well known, remembered in the
names of churches and towns
and special days, and many
people chose one particular
saint as their personal hero,
and tried to model their life in
some way on that of their
chosen saint.

‘As Hall

supermarkets with fresh pro-
duce and no doctors to ward off
the death that often came in
winter.

The coming of Christian
faith to Britain removed the
fear from Halloween,

With God on our side, what
is there to fear? God's love was
seen as more powerful than the
demons’ devilments. Dread of
the supernatural diminished.

Halloween then became a
time for fun, with costume
parties, apple bobbing, and all
the rest. More recently, chil-
dren were made the centre of

Most ,

why not share with your chil-
dren the story of its origins?
Tell them how fear was changed
to fun when people trusted in
God's love.

And tell them about saints,
someone you've read about, or
someone you have known whose
life has been an inspiration to
you. Perhaps you have a grand-
parent or dear friend who, in
your mind, qualifies as a saint.
What better time than Hallo-
ween to tell your children about
them?

Our children need to hear
that they need not fear the

on
recently, UNICEF collections
have added a Jove-your-neigh-
bor dimension to Halloween.
Christian faith has trans-
formed a time of fear to a time

said It would take a pretty strong thrust to of fun.
make this type of Impression on the sealed

The word Halloween has

units of glass. RCMP are still investigating nothing to do with the original

the incident.

pre-Christian festival. In about

—CasNewsFoto by LolsHughes the ninth century, Nov. 1 was

made All Saints Day in western

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And our children
need saintly heroes, good peo-
ple to inspire them, someone
they should want to be like.

KJSS Foster Parents Club
Begins Fund Drive This Week

Members of the Kinnaird
Junior Secondary School Fos-
ter Parent Club will be selling
candy door-to-door in the
Castlegar school district this
week in order to raise $228,
their annual support payment
for Agus Gunawan of Indone-
sia, :

Since 1972, this club has
sponsored a child and his family
in an underdeveloped country
through Foster Parents Plan of
Canada, This agency, with the
club's contributions, provides
medical and dental care, coun-
‘selling, school tuition fees, and
basic material goods to the
family.

Agus Gunawan, his moth-
er, and his older sister, have a
monthly income of $12.06 plus
the $19 in cash and services
from the KJSS club,

The Gunawan's home is a
bamboo house with a dirt floor
and no plumbing. Their furni-
ture consists of three beds, one

table and two chairs, The cliib’s
support gives the Gunawans
some hope of improving thicir
living conditions, ~
The club hopes that the
public will contribute to its
campaign by purchasing party
mints from its members when
they come to local homes.

Have a happy Halk

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Bylaws (parking).

court if necessary.

position.

transportation.

Castlegar, B.C.

City of Castlegar invites applications for:
the position of enforcing City Traffic

Applicants must be prepared to appear In

This is only a part-time position.

Apply at City Hall for description of the:
Applicants must have thelr own vehicle f

Applications will be received up to 5:00::
p.m. on November 10, 1978, at the Office:
of the City Administrator, City Hal

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Grand Opening Flyer were not available.

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