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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1960

Fabulous Doings With. Paper
Augurs Well for B.C. Pulp

They're doing fabulous things with paper.
Romper-type bathing suits. ond even strapless
evening gowns can now be made of paper.

Both of these have been made as soft as mo-
dern facial tissues, but exceedingly strong by

t-strength

and then thrown away,

Snow fences’ of reinforced kraft paper fas-
tened to metal posts have been used successfully.

and by

with “cross-laid nylon or rayon threads. Just think,
soon caps and gowns for graduation will be avail-
able which will be cheap enough to be used once

The latest reports tell of a new P towel
that ‘also serves as soap and water, of new sclf-
adhering wallpaper whith sticks without, wet-
ting or gluing, other wallpaper which incorpor-
etes a fly-killing ‘insecticide and a ‘wallpaper
which repels dirt.

‘Many of these marvelous paper products will
be on the market before the Russians launch
another moon rocket, And each time the paper,

industry expands, the destiny of the products of

that will

and
i high

in
which frozen foods are sold, cooked and served

are now in daily use,

Even seat covers, ‘furniture upholstering ma-
terials, noiseless pape bags for popcorn eaters in
theatres as well as mon-rattling script paper for
use in radio and TV studios are now

B.C.'s forests shine a little brighter.

‘Pulp mills on Vancouver Island at Crofton,
Nanaimo, Port Alberni and Elk Falls are run-
ning at top capacity. Many daily output records
have been made in the past few months, Before

too long Kamloops area mills will be sending

for B.C.

chips to the coast pulp industry. All this augurs
well for the pulp and paper business, It will
mean more jobs and more Jobs | mean more money

Abuse of Public Figures

A friend, told us the other dey that he was
amazed at the ability of men in public life to

absorb abuse.
He labeled as

countries. Some of’ the remarks about President

“SUGAR 1S SWEETAND+ +”

Those TV Quizes

Why so much indignation because a man took money, or a.
TV quiz,,which was supposed by its viewers to be honest. Why.
Pick om Van Doren, who did nothing that scores of others aid || a

not do?

Because Van Doren should: have known. better, if some simple
Mar or woman, unable to resist easy money, is tempted to do a
shedby thing in order to get-a few hundred dollars, we cannot
blame them too greatly — though we. greatly blame so-called en-
tertainers. ‘who thus debauch our whole concept of morality by

offering such money.

But when a favored young: man, respected as a scholar and _
Eisenhower and Vice-president Nixon are in par- the son of a scho‘ar, falls for such fool's gold, he disgraces schol-

tewtariy bad taste, Nixon is drawing the full arship, tand brings the world’s scholar, professor, learning and

leader,

* Reading of the , newspapers would indicate
that the United States i: is even worse thar other

Quit School?

Much is said these days about the failure of
parents to provide the necessary stimulus and
encouragement from outside the school. A good
deal of this criticism ts justified in many cases.
But the school cannot escape its responsibility as
the chief factor in child education.

If a lot of high-flown pedagogical nonsense
could be stripped away from the thinking ‘of our
if the school courses

educators and officials,
could be beefed up and.a lot of

pared away from them, if the youngsters could
be taught how to work’ instead of how to play, . tish C
the problem of school drop-outs would decline
immeasurably. — Calgary Herald,

VIEWPOINT CORNER

Credif Terms for Teen-Agers

By JACK SCOTT
Vancouver’ Sun Columnist

Those dine little creases on
my brow which, on dark days,
spell out the word ‘Worry?
have been deepening since com-
ing across a department store
advertisement beamed at the
young folks, :

‘ . Whe idea that a wholo new
world may magically open with
the incantation “Easy Credit .
Terms” is mow offered“ to the
boys and girls known as “teen-
agers.”

The substitute for Aladdin's
lamp, it seems, is a party na-
med Sue Peterson, credit office,
fifth floor, who will be more
than happy to arrange a “car

eer account" for the youngsters,’

What's" more, the store’ is
posing the ‘bare-faced proposi-
tion that the whole jolly x.

‘poorish, di: ii fu
and ‘humiliating, the conduct, of many, people to-
wards prime ministers, premiers, presidents and
other heads of state. Of course lesser public fi-
gures get their share of abuse too, but it seems
particularly out of place when it is flung ata

who don’t want to see him suc-

ceed hast as president,

And while Senator Jack Kennedy is not in
the actual “leader” or “head-of-state” ‘categori-
cally one must regret the type of mud slinging ‘ borough ‘Examiner.
to which he too is being subjected.

But even if there are’ too many people of
boor taste below the line, there are those who

display some respect for their elected represen

tatives.

tion exceeded that of her.
in the huge hall,” writes ‘a U.S, columnist, “was
more -amazed than: a ‘one-time high school tea-
cer named Pat.”

Occurring in the deep south, where Republi-
cans are not in the majority, the reception for

Recently when Nixon made an extemporan-

“And no one

into i on. this

they are little enough esteemed. now. If we cannot trust a Van,

where, God knows,

Dorer: to be honest in a matter of scholarship, whom can we

trust? !

If our learned men desert us we are lost indeed, — Peter.

Horse Passes — Children Lose

! Childrén will lose most in the -passing of the .horse, thinks”
idge Herald? “The child who has not. known at least
eous address in Miaml, th passing familiarity with a horsé hag missed something of, value.
gave him a three-minute se euienes ot 10.000 And for:many city children, even. in Lethbridge, horses will
ter this, a young cadet escorted Mrs. Nixon to paar be creatures which appear only at exhibitions and ro
the podium where her own cheering “recep- ”

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As the father of a teenager,
myself, and ome who is not
above enjoying the helpfut and

warning us that if we
to live as high off the hog
there'll come a day when there ,
ain't no hag left.

Only a day or two after
this appeal to the junior debt-

of
credit offices, I fear that I've
not too much confidence inthe
rising. generation's ability to
resist the temptation-of spread-
ing their future over multiple

ors an old spoil-sport named
James Coyne, the governor of
“the Bank of Canada, took up
the coleful refrain. .

Mr. Coyne’s reference was
to Canadians living ' beyond
their means which, he said,
we've been doing on a festive
soale for at least: five’ years
with ithe certainty of a day of
reckoning ahead.

Since “living beyond your
Means” and “easy credit terms”
Eran practically :-synonymous it
that ‘his words

will. be
I quote: “You'll find it a
helpful and educational meth-
od of managing money .. . es-
ttablishing ‘and learning the va-
lue of your Parent credit Ya-
ting for the’ ful
Not that

weren't directed. specifically ‘to
the ‘sprites who wilt be testing
ther. newfound power on the
fifth floor with the lady ino.
as Sue.

+ Sindeed, ‘Mit. Coyne might
address his future

isn’t im-.
‘portant, mind ‘you,

Only the other night ‘we
heard an authority from Toron-
to grimly informing us that:80
per cent of Canadian students
mever reach junior matricula-
tion,

Yet it seems doubtful if a
caurse in how to buy now. and:
pay later is really much of a
substitute for the more tradi-

* thonal types of learning.

‘The' move to indoctrinate

youth into a Ufe in.which re-

warnings to the innocent teen-
‘agers who, poor. things, ‘are: go-
ing to inherit our legacy. ‘of in-»
debtedness and who, by learn-
ing the valu€ of personal cre-
dit without learning the value
of a buck, seem sure to increase
the burden of their mortgaged
heritage, .

It is unlikely that auch an
‘old-fashioned’ word as .“‘thrift”
may adult the siren call of ;‘ca-
Teer gccount” but it does t seem
“worth a try.

* privilege of paying later.

One of our dear girl's boy
friends, for example, has just
purchased. a sporty little auto-
mobile valued at approximately
$1500 and seems strangely ‘un-
‘willing to absorb the fact that,
as the months go by and the
car ages, he will be paying
something ‘like $500° dor the

+ The impression he gives is
that the principal is the thing|
and that the staggering carry-
ing. aren’t to

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If this is a general thing | faae
then I fear that we've not only
willed the -kids a crippling na-
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A A Fairly Quiet Session.

JAMES K. NESBITT

The 1960 session of your Le-
gislature may | not turn out. to be
tas lively sas ;we:

thing. might. happen. ‘The explos+| yo,
ions’ always. come’ with the ‘specd|>
ard noise of breaking the sound
barrier.’ |

Outside one,or two flare-ups] >
in the Throne Speech.fnd Bud-|_.
get debates, the cession so for

expected..” Of].
+l. course, -during a session, any-

“Jest, it will ‘appear as if they;

just haven't the time to pay at-
tention to such childishness, At

to tall about: campaign funds, do

ai ttorae y-genoral Bonner
once observed to Mr. Strachan
that he was in’ a very ‘bad tem-
per. Mr. Stnachar said:-he was in

@. very good ;temper, thank: you,
quite calm, because, why should-

has ‘been quiet, per-
haps because ‘Premier ‘Benrett
ras, not been. there. i

x ‘When . ‘he's, absent . opposi-
tionists feet: it's something like
‘kicking ‘the ‘kennel’ when. the
dog's not there, In other words,
it's futile; there's really no, one
to growl and get stirred up, The
chiet in’

Robson Guide Assn.
Plans Bake Sale
Sometime in March

‘The February meeting of the
to Guides

benches, Messre, Martin, Gaglar-
di qnd Bonner haven't said much

Budget debate, and managed to
rile government benches a bit —
but just a bit, though it sounded
fairly: exciting at.the time:

Ho brought ‘up anew his fas-
cinating; “intriguing charge‘‘that
the ‘government’ accepts wHat he
calls” political. payola from ‘big
“; business, chiefly «the BIC. Blec-

“trig; and-he* insisted once’ more

that because of ithis the “public
is forced to pay political ‘payola,
too, to the SC Government, in

-, the form of higher leche light

bills to the B.C. EI
As he talked Geo political
campaign funds cabinet minis-
. tera tried ~to josh thim, but he
wouldn't be joshed. Cabinet min-
istera think if they ‘take the
Strachan ‘charges lightly, and in

and. Brownles. was held at the
home of Mrs. Tet Worley’ with
the president’ Mrs. O. Andersen
presiding, i

“Ihr the absence of the secre-
tary, Mrs, B, Rogers, the minutes
of ‘the January meeting were
read by Mrs. J, Hunter.

iTh6’ treasurer’s report /was
given by the treasurer Mrs. Wor-
ley. It was; decided to pay ‘the
two ladies who had Jocked ‘after
the? serving of the supper at the
mother. end: daughter. banquet,
and also'for doing the dishes.
Having some! one doing this the
members of ithe LiA.were able to
sit’ down : with their daughters
for supper.

It was decided to hold a
bake sale in March, the’ place
and date to be decided: later, at

n't he be? He ‘and his CCFers
have SC'ers on the run. Health
Minister. Martin said that when
SC'ers run they always run for-
ward, and that's. what; the peo-
ple want — progress Sunder an
SC government,

Mr. Martin called ccr‘ers
stubborn, said he’s glad, oh so
glad, that he ‘doesn’t belong to a
party’ that has’ stone deaf ears
to ‘suggestions from’ anyone' else
plugged-up ‘ears when it‘ comes
to listening to another's explan-
ations,

The CCF doesn’t believe In
freeing the province from direct
debt, said Mr. Martin, and to
inte Mr, Strachen said Mr. Mar-
tin was talking stuff and. non-
sense. Then Mr. Martin made a
slip and admitted that while the
direct ‘debt hus. vanished, the in-
direct debt is piling ‘up.. Wonder
if his boss, thé ‘Premier, : gave
him a. talking-to for sahle indis-
cretion.

In between ‘alt diese plessar-
tries, if you can call them. that;
cabinet; ministers’ make method-
ical reports . on;' what their de-
partments’ are doing, ‘and mem-
bers‘ of. the opposition criticize
the: government, “| when .~ they
think criticism: is due. y
“Premier Bennett confounded

hopes ito go to :Europe in. May
or June, This put an end ta spec-
ulation there may de an election
at. that .time,: The Premier, of
course, could change his mind.

oppositionists’ wher‘he said he] |

was filled to
capacity Suriday, when the Scou-
ts'\and Guides’ ‘Own’ Thinking
Day. program wes held. ‘

The ‘program’: was opened
with the :parade of colors when
all’ present ‘Joined “in ‘the singing

of O Canada. ‘R.D, Minnion ex-
teridéed a welcome ;to all, "

Mrs,’ J.-B. 'C.' MacBain,' Dis-
trict commissioner,’ was’ chair-
man for the afternoon and she
also: extended ‘a “welcome to all
and ‘sald how’ pleased she was to
gee Bp present. *

The, table at/the front was
draped with'a flag and centered
with a low bowl which was cen-
tered With a trefoit and sur-
rounded with’ golden daffodils,
in keeping with the Golden Sub-
lee of ‘Guiding.’

‘All joined in the singing of|”

the hymn “Land Of Our Birth,”
‘This was followed ‘by ‘prayers.
The Guide ‘prayer was sald by
Guide Charlene Bale, Brownie
Prayer by’ Vicky Verzuh. ‘The
prayer of ‘Thanksgiving’ and Re-
membrance of .the Founder was
said by Major ‘Moll.

- Baden-Poweli’s ‘Last Message
to Scouts was réad by Don Sper-
ry..Thé Guide Laws were given
by Dene’ Giraud...and Brownie
Law by ingun Reéinsbakken and
the Cub Law by. Rod Pridy. — *
Mrs, ‘MacBain introduced
those ‘who .were sitting at. the
front with her: Mrs, H. F. Hyson,

sent and to ‘be able to’ welcome

was not present and sald how
much work the Archdeacor used
tos put into the arranging of oe
Program in the past, . .:

He said that Mr, Resker “ig
malting progress - in the Kooten-
ay, Lake. Genéral ‘Hospital : and
wished him .a speedy ‘recovery.
Mr, Minnion also sald how. plea-
sed we should be in this District
as there are. three Scouts who
will. go to Victorla, at Easter
time to meet, the ‘Lieutenant-Go-
vexnor and will be presented
with their certificates of the
Queen’a Scouts.

He also told of how the boys
had to be: good all round scouts
to. become a Queen Scout. The
boys are Leslie Waldie and Ted-
dy Batchelor’ of Robson and Ho-
ward Ridge of South Slocarm. The
boys will be presented ata later
date with their, : Queen Scouts
Badge.

Mrs,.H. F, Hyson was next
called upon’ tor her address, She
said how. pledsed she was to see
s0.many. present,, She said that
this: was the Golden Jubilee of
Guiding in Canada. ‘

She ‘also ‘told: of. how | this
District. had grown: with 1,381
Guides and ‘Brownies in the West
District. She:

‘Minnion tor: ‘his ‘addrese, He said, Castlegar. News “for printing the
how Pleased the-was to be pre-|programs on such short notice,

to R, Maddocks for the use of

80 marly parents and boys and |his store ‘window for’ the Guides
girls, He also.expressed regrets| display, to Scout. Leslie Waldie
that Archdeacon 'B.. A, Resker|for geing ‘pianist for- the after-

oon, and to‘any who had helped
in’ any way: to make the afiter-
noon'a success, i

“.- The’ program was brought to
a close with taps and ‘the ‘Lords
Prayer,"-the Queen and then the
retiring of the colors.

- MLA ‘Serves. On

Three Committees
“A busy man at Victoria

_ these days is Bossland-Trail

MLA Donald Brothers,

Mr. Brothers Is serving on
three committees during the
present sesslon of the legis-
lature, The committees are for-
estry and fisheries, mining and
railways, and standing orders
and private bills,

(~

Area, i
aoe Girl, Guide; Mrs... A. M.

He oan call an election any time
he wants —.and he will, for the

the con of the

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has. ity best cance of being re-
elected,

Certainly, no one can, tell
what's im the Premier's - mind,
and he's not telling. He likes to
keep “everyone: guessing, and
sucen they most eee

er; Mrs. J, Killough, who was
ithe first District commissioner
in this District;"R. Minnion, pre-
sident of the Kootenay-Colum-
‘bia Council, Boy Scouts,

The Scouts took up the. col-
lection which . Will ‘be, sent to’
Scouts and Guides World Friend-
ship Fund. ‘A’ hymn . “'T Wenld
Be True”. followed.

oer MacBain called on Mi.

“Cominco Apprenticeship.
Program Requirements

: one? of the pion-
eers- of «industrial apprentice
training ir Canada has now grad-
uated 491. men‘since the*!pro-
gram‘ was instituted in 1918.
fo "the’ custom ‘Of honoring gra-
Lduates ‘and their fathers at ‘a bane
quet was yepesied this year, with
the ial event ‘being ‘held en
cafeteria

ling, auto“mer

Feb. 17. atthe: Cominco caf
int ‘Trail, *:
“Following: ‘the banquet and

“|desmen. trom Cominco’s: shops. :

Cominco’s purpose in. estab>
Ushing ‘this owes primar-

her talk with 'a'story.to the boys
and one for the girls, The Guides
and Brownies all renewed ‘their
Promises,

The hymn, “Mine tEyes Have
Seen The Glory” was ‘sung. Mrs.

gave the az
ts and asked that ‘all the Guides,
Brownies, Cubs and Scouts wear
their uniforms all’ day’ Monday
in memory of thé founder Baden
Powell. ¢

She also said how | pleased
she was that there are three
Queen-Scouits in the District and
how. the boys had to «work to win
the Queen. Scouts Badge, and
how they had to be good all
round scouts.

She. asked the boys to come
to -the front. so. that. everyone

pleased. she wes to. have Mrs, H.

could. 'see them. She said. how |‘

of closing. x

ily to: ensure an adequate ; sup-
ply of- well-trained.

year service.
Mrs,

to:-meet-: the’ company’s; needs,
The ‘Program: fits’ in with the: fe-
deral: government policy of buil-
ding. up the entire country’s sup-
Ply of. tradesmen, « .:-

‘The Cominco “sippreritiseship
training program is carried out

SHHS, and the maintenance men
for all thelr help; to fhe school
board for the use of the school,
to. Helen’s Flower shop for the
deautiful floral center piece whi-
ch will .besent to. the, hospital

a both Tradl and XK

for. athe

there are only two Guiders in the |”
/who . have: thelr 6b
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Western ‘International. Hockey.
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Each’ one ‘of ‘this year's gra-
duates have’ ‘completed 4% years
vf apprenticeship in their respec-

_|tive trades. The company. offers

epprenticeship training in the
following. trades: ‘armature: wind-
antics, blacksmiths,
boilermakers, bricklayers,:
penters, electricians, ° instrument
mechanics, lead. burners,“mach-
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To apply for. Cominco’s a

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the sons of” Cominco employees.
Apprentices start off at: 40 per

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crements during the 4%4-year.
prenticeship | ‘up to 80 per’: cent °F
the journeyman rate.

While, the, company does not!

of" as: apprentices tind employ-
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man, tradesmen.

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the apprentices. are under the.
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