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 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 | Windshield - + Vinyl Seats Steering!’ _ BUY NOW - SAVE: Regular $854.00" NOW. ‘$699.00. ‘TERMS OR TRADE at: WALDIE’ ‘Sits +} feel ‘a Hon must be® forthcom- . Your Johnson, ‘Dealer. -Phone 365-7451 LCS ‘| unanimously backed the Nakusp FIELD Me STREAM 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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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. 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