CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thuirsday, April: 1, 1965

CASTLEGAR ‘NEWS

) “Here let the meee the pcople’s rights
blished in

unawed by bribed by gute”

od ‘and aoe eae

The Nom de Plume Has a Place in Letters

i An interesting editorial défending the
ise of nom de plumes or pen names on
.Ietters to the editor’ appeared recently in
“the Cobourg (Ont.) Sentinel-Star. It is
: yeprinted here:

. *

ie A iene publicist once said: ‘Every
preat newspaper must be the major pro-
Fnoter of its community, the guardian of
‘its integrity and the defender of the pub- ,
ic’s rights and aspirations.”
vito Closely related in value with the edi-
“forial opinion of a weekly newspaper in
“yelationship to the community is the opin-
; ton of the reader, in the letter to the edi-
; tor — in the of a
Both elements, the opinion of the reader
v dnd the opinion of the editor, combine to
* make a good newspaper .a better. one.
‘The Cobourg: Sentinel-Star encour-
ages the voice of the people. It is the po-
; Hey.of this newspaper that'a nom de plume
he used when occasion and ‘subject de-
mand it, which is quite often.
i. The editorial in a newspaper is an
opinion. -
| The letter to the editor is an opinion.
+ In either case; editorial or letter, the
subject matter might easily be of contio-
:-versial nature and arouse the reader to -
make comment.
: ? The most important point in the con-
‘flict of words is the opinion itself, not
the perm, belting: the writing. What

© dashes,

: It seems that institution is ‘going to’
agsist financially in on- -the-job ‘training of
for. symp orchestras,

rator

: we ‘require the bona fide (an unwritten law

is said is paramount, However, only ma-
turity of mind recognizes this truth, and

the fact remains that many inmature .

people will, castigate the writer, when in
‘disagreement, and not the opinion. Wis.
dom, then dictates the value of the nom
de plume in ‘letters to the editor.

Following this premise, quite fre-
quently we suggest pseudonyms in sub-
missions to our letter box. Perhaps we
can best illustrate this fact by one salient
example.

. Last month, a. town inebriate had
an ‘idea, He stood before our editorial
desk,

“Say, Mr. Editor,” he swayed back
and forth, “this is what I think we should
do in this town.”

He expounded a brilliant idea. with
an overpowering, reekirg breath.

“Put it down on paper,”
“Write us a letter.”

“Twill,” he replied, .as he Saled
unsteadily from our sanctum.

And he did .. . above his nom de
plume. His letter had value, and an im-
provement was evident in a particular
function, of town, ‘affairs because of this
letter. Had the true name of the constant
imbiber appeared at the foot of his com-
position, the saine result would not have
been. achieved; for it is a damning fact
within ‘all our communities that those of
us who are labelled for‘some misd
or, or. pigeon-holed.in a social strata, are
also misread and misjudged for our in:
tentions:

For these reasons and more we have
suggested the nom de plume in letters to
the editor. A well known political figure,

we said.

if he writes of politics, is regarded’ as

biased in ‘opinion. He needs a pen name
, to Put his point in orbit.

Naturally, in suggesting a nom de
plume in a submitted letter to the editor,

“dlieatres and’ other cultural. or

: is looking for “four young - men — or’
‘apti-*
I

‘get out of the kitchen, she says, why.
deave them ina parent — The
rinted Word :

‘Owe for the Stove

Noting that thie Ottawa government, ? By
for. old age pensions, and’ other. purposes,
iis ‘Blaming to spend tens (or is it hund-
reds?) of millions of dollars, more,.a .cas-
: paliobserver of: things governmental ‘ ‘asl
«What we are going to do for. money?”

F-Perhaps the ‘answer .to this. question

= eame from the<late Jack Charlesworth,
* who . overheard. ‘a hand-inharid= young
couple devise a way for them to:get, some-
_ thing ‘without spending the cash at’ once.
_ Zhe very sweet-looking young | Tady asked
ther handsome man: “Darling, -d6. you
think that if we missed a payment or two .
“on the stove we could get a television?” ’:
-;; Canadians: are young ‘and. sweet and
Jovely and they plan to look after the ag-
*‘@d and aging whether or not the stove
ever gets paid for: — The Printed Word

papierdom) e of the writer,

** The editor of a newspaper, « as a:law-
‘yer: with his client, must -honor the .nom
de plume; a’ practice always ; followed -by
this newspaper, and -one. that builds up
‘confidence in any community and a -rap-
port with people who. shave opinions to
: @XPTESS.:

In Cobourg we have a continuing
flow .of letterbox copy, with or without
. pseudonyms, but always: with signatures

in the private hands of the editor... rs

. No .matter: how’ rationally efficient,
.n0 single. editor can fully apprize’ his 'com-.
munity, on all-pertinent matters — but a
combination ‘of, editorial opinion; arid. let-

. the good life

Economic Rewards
In Great Society _
Debase Education

The New Republic:

If. we want to pave. va
Great Society, we will have
to free ourselves of viewing

man in terms of economic pro-..

duction and rewards.

That Western society ‘can
afford to put economic con
siderations second to human’
needs is the greatest achieve-
ment of our technological age.

It allows us, for

WOOSH! .

Timeless Topics

y Pastor D. Reeves

The “great” or “dynamic”

society of our. day is bestowing

upon us a measure of mat terial

security, leisure time and com-

fort never before enjoyed by
“so many.

The ease of the “good life”

yored few, but it is encompass- -
idg an‘ever increasing propor-
tion of the people of our land.
However; .,as ‘with: an over-fed
puppy. .dog, jthe affluent soc-
lety has i sels to produce oval.

to sto )

in terms of greater .earning
power: nothing is more des-
tructive to education for hu-
man purposes than to educate
for economic ones...

If we think-ef high school
and colleges as: means of fit-
ting us to a job or ensuring
a. higher income, that is all
they id.

Nothing is more alien to”
than to make
man’ fit for a job when: the
real problem is to make the
job fit for man.— or. fit for
a wife and a motker. :

ness.

‘We are in danger of be-
ing ‘spoiled by success, of being
lulled to.sleep with our bless-

Trust in Debt

‘Are you in deht? Here is a
good point to remember: If you
‘are in debt, it is because some-
one believed in you, and trust-.
ed you. Trust is a divine ele-
ment — a faith — and it isa
good thing to have. — Reflec-

+ tions “

Blood- Soaked: ‘Bodies.
In Hospital Corridérs -

+A review in ‘Time maga-
zine of othe Hospital’ by Jan
de Hartog, 337 pages, Anthe-..

neum, $5. 95. ie

The “senses ~ folect, “The:
tal". cries. for»

: nity, the total reaction was sil.
and five volunteers,

. \The words of a Jefferson °

Davis. doctor haunted sa:

ter’to the editor opinion does cover. most. their:

of .the- grouiid of:the community’s need.
It is our. considered ion, backed:

p
by. experience in‘the business: of publish-
ing, that if ‘nom de plume” letter re ‘

prohibited, ch of, valuable,” p
a ‘progressive  opinidn’ would” se Tot
Tt must be recognized, too, if an edi-
tor of the free press in the free world is
a guardian of the people, then it follows
that the opinions expressed in letters to
his newspaper, with many of the authors
known only to him, are, too, the defen-
ders of freedom today and the protagon-
ists for democracy tomorrow.

‘ Next Time Cop a Misunderstanding Plea

Production of whodunits and the .

interest of those who read them continue
unabated over the years, and there seems.

“to be an unending supply: of new clues’
to. aid the private eye or. confuse thé ~

- ‘Feader.
Although the dog that didn’t bark has
: ‘been used, that doesn’t rule out, the ‘due
of the unexplained silence. All the author
_Mmust'do is find another example.
3 Modern inventions . -continually | come

‘onsider the murder without a motive,
i ewhich is explained in the last chapter
‘when it is discovered that the victim per.

ished . through a highly comical series “of:

ed bodies on stretches remain

‘unattended inthe |dark corrid-
om Patients thrash helplessly .
at:night as.cock- »
roaches bore for blood among © hlera

in their ‘beds
. Avian, dies of:

A woman hemorrhaging from
a miscarriage .is told she has

come to the wrong desk to re- -

gister. A patient missing from
the psychiatric ward is discov-
ered near death two weeks la-
ter in a-broom closet on the
same floor.

Jan de Hartog.is a noted.

playwright (‘The Fourposter”)
and novelist (‘The Spiral

Road"). The consclenee, prays
that this work, to
this catalogue of horrors some
sort of

one. oe eee
“The roplar® is written’
both in sorrow and in anger by:

program :
But even then the bureaucratic
archy of ie iasteaen un-

a. man whose senses, like the
reader’s, ‘ache ‘to. reject: the:
eruel fact that such institu-
tions exist all over an affluent
America, not just in Houston.
But “The Hospital” is more
than “a warm sitz bath of po- |

etic indignation.” It is the story.

of how a callous Texas city was

is fiction, .

As the story opens the old-fashioned
air conditioner is humming along on its
comfortable way, A man speaks: “Bill
him,”

a hundred pages an attractive but dumb
blonde (the one on the cover) is saying
to the judge: “But, your Honor, I under-

“Before you can furn over more than -

“The Hospital,” however,
is no literary trick, but a piece
of grim reality.

:~ In September 1962, the au-
for settled § for’ ayear of teach-
Texas, whose

ne ctletiveentuy image of mil-
Honaires and astronauts leaves
little room for the medieval

stood him to say, ‘Kill him.’ I thought at ©
ity inst!

the time it was drastic.”

No doubt ‘even.:window units will
soon be so quiet | that a lovely. blonde will
snot be able to get away with so much as
“a typographical error by a plea of mis-
. understanding. -'The next. time the story

Taub General Hospital).
“This was not a ‘hospi
writes de Hartog,
public utility to Geep the dead
and dying off the, streets.” *
A Quaker with a deep sense
of moral outrage, de. Hartog

is written-there will, 1

almost ecame an

» be
gimmick, to! advance the plot. — The
Printed ‘Word *

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space.

improve conditions.
y Like the hospital itself; the =

. cal feuding, only
: ton’s.then:. three * “‘newspa) Sera
printed de Hartog’s bitter, chal-”

“new quarters, de
; resorted to bettin,
! eity ‘it: would ‘no’

‘orderly in: the hospital and
soon was. leading*a. fight’ to

public. indifferenc
vented. Because 0:

lenging. lettér to the editor, on
the. squalor inside. Jefferson
‘When $60,000 was needed
after the’ hospital ‘moved, into
2 finally

the entire
 eollectivly
give $50,000 if: he gave -$10,-
000. He won. And.-when:.the

author appealed to 150 garden: “
club; women «in. River .. Oaks,

Houston’s “wealthiest

fursing.”

“this was a”

to leave ‘unpleasant taski to the --
moment in most cases the.
returns do not reach Ottawa‘
~ until” the ‘Inst’ day" of. grace.

-’'This,: of course,: is not a very

> satisfactory: way. of conducting
business on the part ofthe pro-

/, Cras taxpayer...It im-.

‘poses too much: sttain on the
‘taxation department . at one

time, It..would: be’ better. to
spread ‘the::work load: over a
longer. ‘period: :*

“ Lhave no Jove for taxation ©
form filing; principally herauie
Iam‘not good at arithmetic.
simply,don’t’ like figures eae
cannot ‘add \a_ column, “When
someone asks how.I managed ‘
to ‘teach’ it ‘at:school I’ point.

out that you do not-have to be =

good ata ‘subject to teach it.
Indeed, if you aren’t, you pro-

pupil’ who™:

for the

is no longer restricted to the fa-;

pably. will have. more sympathy;

ings, Our current prosperity
may well be. a curse in dis-
guise, Instead of. drawing us
eloser. to our God,-as the gi-
ver of every good ‘and perfect
gift, we begin instead to feel
we can now: get alone: 1 uite
nicely without Him.’ As the lit-
tle boy so honestly confessed:
“No, I don’t' pray every day,
some days I don't need any-
thing.”

Old'Téstameht history fea- ‘

tures an ever repeating cycle
of the Israelite nation forget-
a din. times of blessing,

oe returning to Him’
only when. under the goad of
tria] and’ captivity. with yo-yo
like'action, men

/ Leader

pital: city,:

‘go often they sat far into the

doing ‘business for
e cltizens of,‘this most

y
/marvelous province of them all,.
as our Premier W

y got
“plike but,
ae Pe tei sie sete
‘sallying : forth’ int
mix) with you, ‘and
ig you
work in

into a tearidie grind’ and;

that, and Victories belng a most

expensive place: in . which to

live, there being so many. sin-:

bins, not:that MLAs ever enter."

such! places, but they: hear. of:
em.

‘Now, ‘what you’ the people.
will hear about. the 1965 :ses-
sion all depends on where you
-live' whether: in‘ Social Credlt,
New. Democrats or Liberal ter-

* litically, expect the. e int 5
pretations of. the session's “Bc!
complishments,' or lack’ there- ~

of, or, the loud and sometimes

ge goings-on, from Prem-
jer Bennett « and Opposition
trachan,’ Bor yet
‘again from Liberal leader Per-
rault. They. all look: at it thro-
ugh entirely, ‘different :politi-
cal syes

see! é
: to turn back to God q until they.

have come to the end of the’

ope.

Too ‘often God is treated
like. a‘spare tire, stowed away.
and unthought ‘of: until mis-
fortune! forces’ us, to to

tis in times of ‘danger,
financial: difficulty, © sickness”
and- bereavement. that: hearts
ery out tothe Lord. The only

for

NDP'L es Nimsick will tell you.
it one way, while not far. off
in the’ vast hinterland, ‘in’ Re-
velstoke, Social: Credit -Arvid
Lundell. will tell you it :the
other. way.

Recreation * Minister Ken-
neth, Kiernan, fhe SC. member

“way t6 make some people look | all the

up is to place them flat” on
their backs.)
God must fealize that ‘so

often we are only using Him as .

a last resort,.that we're’ like
the neighbor who -only comes
over and acts friendly: ahen he

to keep them ' -

It is’ significant that the
‘amily doctors.in Britain ‘have

just.told their government that
free”: treatment under. the
fational:Health Service is now

K. is ruining our oe some-

* thing . fierce, and “the public
should wake up‘and:do'some-
thing about it, like cutting off .

Mr. Kiernan’s head at the next

: fuaicipal Affairs :
Dan Campell, the SC'mem!

ber
for Coméz,’ will \tell you hé’s
ling’ up. winter ‘works,
‘his * next-door: ee

are

re sessions; except
it’s the government,
pposition ‘ that rules
ce, though

: 8
bows, ‘though pretending ot
to, and never, never, never; av.
ing any credit or. praise to ) the
‘opposition: ‘That's ‘not the way
governments operate.
it. the confusion

the seeming chaos all boil down

to. is this: you, the peorle f.
i ae own free minds, and intel-
ligence;- are make’ your, own

ohn a: democracy, are’ the. 5u-

“now. Last year my

back ‘corrected. I-had made a:

—~not'in‘my favor. -
‘and the department :had’ spo'
‘ted it and.returned me.a larger
refund ‘than ‘I -had claimed.
‘if the department has :ma:

ny more like “me, to:contend |

with people who are not finan-
cially

bright, (as well as.crooks ~ Bay.
who. are: often’ not:.as bright ©; Ore,

as: they think they are).then

indeed hey have to suffer fools a:

y and crooks gladly. : ee

Surrey a country. area just

preme’ bosses.

activi
not yet; ‘Reached ions: ame'state ©
bi vine tit.

‘will: 800)
Indéed,”. in. ‘a fe years = ie
“whole .area around.’Boundary

‘south ‘of Vancouver; is suffer-')*

> ing: very.

‘much’! from - urban

sprawl. Because of their. mild) a”

‘climate: and ‘large’..annual am-
ount: of ‘sunshine, places “like:

White Rock are becoming Mec-::::

“tively. ‘cheap:

Most | of the “piillt’ their ‘last ho

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BY JACK WHITE

‘Toastmistress Says
Effort and Discipline
Help Develop Voice’

At the last meeting of the
Vali Toastmistress. club, .: Mrs.
Rose, Watters handed to ‘each

At
Rod and Gun Clubs, all delegates

club ‘in ‘its’ bid ‘for a‘ complete
survey of fish and wildlife in the
Columbia basin. before’ the Ar-{ g
row. dam’ cbmes into: being. :
This'survey has been asked
for ‘continuously ' by. the zone
for the last four. years, but has

terialized. ‘Ni

How can.
assess the potential o!

Arrow: Lakes: without a

any. government te

the’ last ‘zone meeting of greel c cena before and after the}

Are wi
facts of "what such a’ census

right: now?

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spend so sacl time on Kootenay
Lake ‘that he has had. little or
no time.to spend on the Arrows,
Yet the ‘Arrow Lakes: will
be the ones affetced by. the Ar-
row dam and we keep asking
foe whee one ‘simple little ques-
ion —
The Peta club prougnt | 2
ina resolution’ for stricter pre-
dator ‘control on cougar, w!
was Soteated st rightly so.
Personally I feel that. predator.
control could and should be done
away. with in the West Koote-

: ‘Castlegar, 'B Kel

: “why destroy the cougar,
cayote and bear. by professional
hunters andthe’ use of poison
baits. In’so doing we are:tam-

hi Son Monday mse nding
jome on Mon ¢ spendin:
two weeks in the: Castlegar an :
District’ Hospital.
and” Mrs. W. Morgan
visited ‘in’ Grand
Forks over the weekend.

Sorry to report that ‘J..T.
‘Webster is ‘a’ patient in ‘the Io-
cal hospital: and we wish him
a) speedy recovery.»

” Mr. and. Mrs; i , Heslop re-
‘turned: Jast wi: a: two
week ‘holiday
and at Toby: Creek, B.C.

Mrs, K.-Hepher has return-
ed ‘to ‘her home'in Boswell after
spending the. winter: with: Mr.
and Mys.'J. -H. Smith,

2 Mr, and Mr. a Hyson have
been‘ visiting. in kanagan
for the past ae :

ingo

‘A: successful bake
was “held ‘in: the. sreewention hall

member, a allp of paper contain-

we stock a dull telnetion of

-SAVAGE- SHOES ,

for children °

e afraid to. face the |

pering with the balance of na-
ture. .

Leave the ‘predators alone poetry.
and they. will clean up the weak

ing either ‘a plece ‘of prose or

Fach member's reading was

CENTRAL FOOD MART

might provide?” Are we expect-
sit i by and. forget

aie a multi-million dollar year-
ly potential throughout the years
to come, ‘or: do we. rear ‘back:
and demand some’ action and] selves; with providing bette:
fae bitat and ranges and leave: the

ce ow ia the the ume ior, a Bro-

spent at Calgary | ua

and ‘the . crip)

throughout the area.

predators alone,
tute’ a hazard to

officer, not those: who want:
fully

on

they become too scarce.

Juniors “Win
Wockey Tile

tn 6-4 Victory

e ‘Castlegar ‘Commercial

niors beat
4) the. best: of five. series three
‘games

of the’ semi-finals.

zenhauer,:

We would be doing a much tem

b mint, the tape was played back

better job if we S concerned our and goo 4 and’ bad points were
discussed. | >): Atte

domestic stock and as such must spealking |
be controlled. Let: this'be part] she said. In order develop it
of the works of our conservation | one. has to put forth effort and

destroy these creatures, |)»: C!

Wanton’ Killing of these ani-
mals must be: stopped: before
a

Hooke League came to the iat
of another, jgeazon when the Ju-/:
the Flyers 6-4 to take

In the e first’ two: games’ the
Juniors. easily handled-the ‘Sul-
yan creee Flyers with 6-1 pnd) 0

The aoa ‘won- the

the 4
Fulpmakers n/t in their tro" games
The ‘members of the’ vietor-
ete |B ye d ideas strict-
an leas.are re!
gay.

led in the  bush| then recorded on tape. In order
and thus devel lop a stronger herd to evaluate each other's efforts

and especially’ one’s “ own : at-

Mrs, Fae Shealds preceded

When bear and cougar] this ‘part » of’ program : by
come, in too’ ‘close to settled
areas I agree they may, conttt:
nan

to | self-discipline.
ter and. poise are re:
in the ’.volce ‘and she

perionced actors.
Tee-breaker speeches were
‘itman

“ate ies
- Gan Be.Found
wh Larger Sizes -

ou “wear.

tence to .visit::the shops
larger sizes or take

“althou hit might” seem to}
majority” of the

alze, ‘the young:

isoff : (goalie), :' Harry: Gretchen
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