“Here let the press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain” 16, 1974 5th AvNorth Undecided. 5th Av.South Give Queen Victoria Thought on May Day ‘This coming Monday we will be celebrating aholiday to honor the memory of that grand old monarch, Queen Victoria, But many of us won't be thinking’much about her as we head out on the highways to the summer camps at Christina Lake, or to the May Day celebrations at New ‘Denver or Appledale. May Day has become just another holiday, another day off work...another day'on which there is no school, The Victorian era is referred to as one filled with many restraints and customs that wouldn't be’ recognizable today. If Queen Victoria suddenly returned to life, the alterations in our way of living and our standards of behavior would probably give her such a jolt that she'd pass out again from the shock. was areal nono” in her day. She'd beamazedat late Dr.. John L. MacDougall of British | - what we have done with the forests, our highways, our electric lights and busy indus- tries. Queen Victoria wouldn't be able to comprehend such things as space-labs, artificial ice inside buildings, power lawnmowers, food in openers plugged into walls.by black cords, and more. “Yes, we've made great strides in science and technology, medicine and many other fields, but some of the other developments have not really made this old world too much better. In fact, there are those of us who fee) that morally and spiritually we could use some of that mid-Victorian culture, including its devotion to religious teachings and discipline. Maybe one of these days\we'll get back to it, or something similar. Who knows? In the meantime, we hope you'll enjoy this holiday weekend and will come back again next SEWING MACHINES i: @ SINGER VACUUM) CLEANERS». .: ‘Your, Sieger Dealer for a Ceslogar and ‘Aron at : Sewing Centre & Vac Shop “John Carter, Representative” 1251 Cedar. Aven, Trail, B.C; Ph ie 964-1744 week refreshed and rarin’ to go at wh you do to keep you busy, happy and pi i However, take a few moments to think We have the automobile, radio, television about: Quee: sets, and few restrictions on pornography that former Me) bee of Parliament, a dentist, the sealed cans that are opened automatically by can this year. in Victoria and also a thoughtful Columbia,’ who in the:1950's was able ‘to persuade his colleagues in the House. of Commons to change the holiday from the actual May 24th date tothe Monday preceding that date. Otherwise, we’ "d be celebrating « ona ‘Friday > Patricia Young Says... Windows Were Draped But Oil Use the Same: y The news media keeps telling us a- than gritting one's teeth and doing a slow burn. Of course we'll probably mud- dle through while they play Russian roulette in the Middle East. I'd even give them.some help to trigger things if I could get my frozen fingers unlocked! Found.the oil tank in the backyard filled the other day— the one guarded by barbed wire and ‘hungry. canines. The bill tells me I used the same consur ption as last year—des- pite burning up all those legs of Hepplewhite in the’ fireplace and draping the windows with down comforters. And wasn’t I grateful for ‘the regularity of my. deliveries? Always’in time to give By Bigey bank another us aspen et) a are! af.the / cost replacement parts, with inflation chasing it's tail like an idiot dog, I can’t even afford'to replace my corns! ; So please, Mr. Oi! Man, don't tease me with the tempt- tation of this new water heater. Not when the patches on my. hot water bottle are in need of patches. All right for you. Maybe you don’t yet suffer the chill winds of “democratic” lism as in my neck of the woods—with it’s frozen land, frozen rents, not to mention mines frozen petrified by taxa- tion! But I am interested in. those terms tailored’ to: my convenience. Since the govern- ment has sucked. most: of my blood and the bailiff has a lien ‘on my teeth, how about settling for some monthly:strips of my:. skin? Sure I could quietly, fold my tent and fade away into‘ some shiekdom—that is if I could find one, that wasn’t too overcrowded. Then again, I still may. beat the whole thing wi dollar hit. Lik like an old fuel!” are a girl's best friend!” Canada Park at Expo "74 Restful Haven for Weary ‘The Canadian. National participation will consist; pi g marily.o of an nae te CSRS, bidet. ternis available.to.cus.._.sland, Expo 74: tomnere? Hat My.budget joined The landscape is. to have~ inch Foreign Legion six months, ago! when we couldn't come to terms‘ over those fishheads that were on sale! Such availability ‘of services. I ‘hope they include burying: my ~ frozen bones. As for those low READ THE. | | CLASSIFIED ADS the feeling of an open woodland “‘and meadow. area: complete. with rock!’ outerops, falling ‘water and to be: inhabited: by. the © smaller,’ ‘furry | animals normally found in such areas. The landscape will have three features; a mini amphi- theatre in'a natural setting for amateur concerts; a lookout from where one’ can view the Spokane River and for the - children, a playground equip- ped with a specially designed play. equipment _ made. from 5 used and recycled materials.- *The-park is'to be‘a restful ‘ haven for the weary‘and will be and of avergs plants -in the park. This* Canadian < park is being built as an expression of Canadian’ friendship and good- will towards the United States, . and in particular the citizens of the Pacific Northwest and { Spokane. _, vl The’ Province Columbia will have a pavilion at the entrance to, the park. The, theatre, in which artists from Canada, : and ' other: ‘countries, will perform. - | Post Office, Urges Residents to Designate Mail. as North or South” Purchase your co-ordinating Suit for Graduation now and we will give you a Gift Ce at $15.00 good on a purchase of a Shirt and Tie to complete your ou The Klothes Kloset “Home of: Distinctive Mens Wear” cate valued Sugor and Spice by. Sm ley Budding. Career awa Movie. Star is Short lived Several items this .weel none of: them large enough ~to write. a column: about; but each ‘of. them’ of: such vital importance to the state. ofthe world that they must not be ignored. 2 rmany: a couple of” leftovers.’: Prostitution is legal there. In Kaiserslautern, there’s a rather bleak four-: storey . building. Probably. financed. by ‘American ‘aid. It is a (uh,‘shall we say? } _ house of ill repute. ~..°In’ their rude: and ‘licen- * tious way, the soldiery call it, “Four floors of whores”, : which has a nice echoic ring to, it. But what caught my. eye, at 11. am., was thei. huge. neon. sign. on top of: © the -building.' It read, ‘SEX MIT © heart.” The‘ “word - heart. was not. spelled aut, but represented by a huge, ted, : Valentine-type’ heart, in neon, A nice touch. Another place. in the same. city was ‘“‘Harry’s”. He ‘hasa® good ‘gimmick, shiek I'd like to see:;Eaton’ “fio Germans” in’ the’ ete re But you can buy anything 3 ae car-! ee ing. It’s chicken'stuff, but it’s smart. In-.a lot of Canadian stores, all you are, offered: isa slice of, cold :+ shoulder. > Z Trees. The Germans treat: © their. trees as we would - roses. They ’ are ’‘carefully = husbanded —: and |)-even wifed- and ‘produce the expectant harvest. They are then cut up as carefully as * bread. We whack ours down and. ‘bum them.: Not that, I'd want_ to.” live Germany. Who wants to live in a country where the trains run on time, and highway signs say, ‘something ,: ‘as vulgar as Ausfarten? MOVIES: Recently I was” involved in the making of a movie. I am here to declare, by the grace of God, that I do not now, or ever, want to be a movie star, a support- ing actor, or an extra. You’ guessed it. I .was an extra. Unpaid. 1 spent a beautiful spring afternoon running up and down hills, “Get him! Kill brandishing a stout club. y I, as a soldier, was carrying a club, instead of a musket,.1 don’t: know, but extras don’t question De- . Mille; do they? Trouble was with the movie, that we extras didn’t know what the hell was going on. We puffed up and> down the hills, got slapped in the eye by willow switches, and jumped over fogs, “waving _ our clubs menacingly. It was pretty CASTLEGAR NEWS OFFICE HOURS Monday & Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to’5 p.m. Wednesday Thursday & Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There. ‘is.’ ‘something eminently hilarious about a collection: of middle-aged people, some of them with hemias and heart attacks, walking’ back up a jhill, for the fifth time, in order to exciting. The first time. > Then. we did it over and over again, because. some- one had: forgotten ‘to take off the sun-glasses, or: the watch. It was a period piece, and the beer cans and coke bottles. didn’t fit into‘ the, 19th century milieu. Must. admire the camera- man, though. He climbed about forty feet: into a tree, to take’ ‘'down” shots of us - idiots. running through: the g, “Kill him! he lay under:a log, shooting +) Up, getting ‘crotch shots and feet shots as we- did the same thing. Then he waded into a ‘river (in April) and “did the same thing. Finally, he_ ran; backwards with .a ‘hand camera while we. itaced couple’of timés* over trees cut: down witha 1974 chain saw. Biggest problem was not - . tolaugh during shosting Gs: we call it), come running down it again, because’ some. silly -ass had cried, in’ the i New. Owners ‘Spe Diapories: \Leathareitie: _ Carpeting | and Fab “Go get him, Mike!.”,. in-— stead of “Kill! Kill! and the sound man had picked up the modem expression, DEPRESSION: Not the . psychiatric kind, the econo- mic’ kind. I feel it) in my: : bonés. There’s a big depres- ston coming. Jolly good, is what I say. We haven't had a decent. depression in this country for years, © There's: almost a desire for one. The kids, of course, don’t even know what one is. Heard a) girl say today to another, “Vu “‘gotny money? ” The other replied, “Yabudy.: Yabudy “goddat getsum cigrets.”’ Priorities, But the old folks now. In fact, they ‘almost have a nostalgia for it. They brag. about® it. Lumpy. porridge. instead of Krinkly Krunch- ies. Hamburger, two pounds for two-bits. Mailmen work-. ing and danged glad to have a Job. Railwaymen, ditto. ; se gars’ Ws rane : 8 dramatizing the Depression. And it was dramatic. Iwas there. For. the ‘ten’: Lost Years., And 1° didn’t. feel they were lost. Ask anyone. Ifyou can find him. Or her? A Time’to Remem! A Time for Pictures Capture Hall with y Beat ‘Darnell - Koznuik Wedding Vows - An Empire styled gown ! white Fortrel was worn ’b: mn if a en's Pin Presented Mrs. D. ‘Alderton “Routine ‘business ‘follawed ' * ing. ‘she: will be ‘assisted by. ith reports given on Higelow * te tlin 'Bay, New. ‘Denver Cemetery. tesented by Mrs. Grace Butler’ _ bth Mra: ‘T.:W. Clarke at-the the ‘singing of O Kootenay, ‘Savings, ‘Credit’: uth Slocan_. will, be Closed nded : hours: of ‘business’ in. effect. FRIDAY, 8:30 to 12. 1toS pmj- Maybe y you think the phone company i is one big” machine. One look at the right and you know. youre wrong. Soif you're problemed, please call us. Because we're people like you. And we can talk. And: smile. Re Tél ic) "You can talk with ‘BE 10-A.M.10 6 P.M. TUE ag hone ines the-village hope/can ‘be carried out Ada student parti- >. Bl ‘Mrs,.S: Flint, ‘The Conquer Cancer. Cam- paign was completed by, can- vassers Mrs. T. Steenhoff, Miss ‘M. H. Butlin, Mrs.'J.'A. Greer, Misses ‘Heather Wilson and Law, Mrs. W: J. Wilson and Mra..M.'Bradshaw. A total Sof $278.85 has been sent to the: will: Arrow’ and Slocan: Lakes: Unit Nakusp. ‘Mrs..J.' A. Greer had. ‘the pleasure.of presenting a presi-’ dent's 'pin'to Mrs.'D. Alderton who: will’be delegate to the~ Biennial Convention \at Notre ) Dame in Nelson in’June. ie Mrs. R. Harding. advised ~ the institute members on ‘par- * Mamentary procedure and gave an interesting |paper from the © opening of a session to its close. a Hostesses ‘Mra2. We! © Clarke ‘and Mra. C..W. Nelson had the tea table arranged with’ ‘Lilian ‘lloug sh Chapter. * daughter of Mr, and. Mrs, John Koznulk of Kinnaird; when she / became’ the’ bride of) Randy. Lewis Darnell,'son of Mr. and" Mrs. W. R. Darnell of Calgary. Rev. 'D. Love officiated al the afternoon ceremony which ’: took ‘place in: St. Andrew's, Given in marriage by her. : father, the bride's Soe 2 checked‘ Fortrel ~ go corsage was of white and rea Brother of the groom, Mr. ‘Reg white wedding bells decorated Carriage House. Moto Inn. reception’ ‘hall’ in'’‘Calgary, where centered on the bride's ‘ding cake, ‘flanked by’ yellow tapers ‘in’ gold ‘holders jd | ated with white bows. > + the‘tables of the guests. Telegrams ‘were from Guelph,’ Ont. .* For’ her. daughte: + ding, the bride's smother. wore: ‘a: pink'Fortrel-gown wit ith ‘match: ing.’ pink “aeceasories’: and’! The ’\:groom's. chose a blue chiffon gown with’ cream colored accessories and a corsage * of white {and ‘yello great-grandmother, Mrs.: reno McLaughlin of Nelson. ©." "2 ‘The newlyweds now reside ‘at 1716 85th 8t., i Apactaent 3, 8.W.. Calgary, Al ‘Wedding ‘at ‘were from Castlegar, Red Deer, Calgary © ‘and surowding. reas. t IODE was held at, he k home of pices < Regent: Mrs, A; Sylvest.. t The: Provincial News Let- i: fe ter read ‘at the meeting, ‘sug- gested that each primary sha + ter in B. C. make a quilt forthe :new Emerson House. Afghans also would be. appreciated. ‘Donations were requested ‘by the Ni | Chapter. for the purchase of portable incubators to be, used ‘i hospitals in the. north. : $< Contributions are urgently “requested: bythe}, Jessie’ R. Burke Memorial’ Cancer man. ¥ Colorful :pom= poms “and. ‘CANADA GRADE [ReneS ale $ Rose |were distributed ‘to. the ‘members: Hospitality convenor. ‘Mrs. !Geramaill reported that cards” ~ members in, the-hospital. en secretary Mrs, resent the IODE * ‘taken on‘a recent cent holiday trip to the ‘Canary, Islands. ‘At ithe! conclusion of the E business meeting refreshments. y.. the}! hoe isted bi sala "Glass is not a ‘common cause of flat tires’ when the ‘weather is dry. But when tires j-become® wet, they’ can be punctured easily. >This is.a finding from a detailed study made in Britain, which reports that it is almost impossible to induce ‘a broken “bottle to puncture a tire at all, when dry. ‘But tn wet.weather, with 2 water to lubricate ‘its passage through rubber, the report says even a matchstick |has been known, to. puncture a tire. “] MQUID DETERGENT. $2 OZ: FACAL TISSUE KLEENEX. MAN ee PER BOX.