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THE “CASTLE NEWS.

Published Every ‘Thursday By
THE - ‘CASTLE NEWS LIMITED

L. V. CAMPBELL, F

Castlegar —" BC.

Association and

SUBSCRIPTION RATE :—

Authorized as Second

Weekly
B.C. Weekly Advertising Bureau
$3.00 per yéar; 25c per month by carrier.

Department, : Otta'

Class es Mal Post Oftice

we ‘are constrained. to. rush up
with bucket) and’ sponge}-in or-
der to mop. up,-the. crocodile
tears so ‘copiously. ‘shed by the

hool Trustees ‘Association

and income: to. sects
Furthermore,

making salary |:

men, chief clerks:‘and such” oct
cupations is ‘about’ as: valid as

paying a man on the basis of].
the number of hairs on his head. |):

These | -people (are not even rre-

"The only absolutely ‘certain de-| seek

town crier will, for.

" |for, the local citizens,

a, sob. , :
Every’ year, there are.’pay ne-
gotiations ‘in almost all

‘certain’ pmount of, jock
public support, When,

bout.
fence against" ithe tiydrogen ‘and ! friends.:/ rand; * the’ British’

+ bomb isto ‘be’ where: ‘it’ isn’t.
* And: everr“then theré’ is :dariger
from its radioactive fall-out ‘un-
less, you're ‘far enough away.

: The long-: -range bomber, capable
or spanning” oceans” in’ a\eféw
‘hours, has ‘brought the H-bomb

+ threat into the’ very front yards Bs

of North A

found, people didn’t’ want to ‘go
to! ‘eit: hall; say, to: get: it: Set-
ting up inquiry points on ‘the
spot. became a’ part of the C.D.
service‘ to sort! out®!this infor-
imation &0 important to the’ civi-
‘Han * population’s ‘morale: ae

~ Trained - volunteers’ provided

- capabilities are'so great“that not |’

- only would -large cities“ be ‘in
: danger but also“towns, villages
‘amd’ even farms. It is this pos-
+ ibility of infinitely greater hor-
‘ror on the home’ front, should a
~-third’ world’ war’ come ‘that has
t- ereated:a need for civil defence| fi
-measures in Canada more urgent
+. than it was for Britain during
* the worst buzz-bomb days of whe
| Second World ‘-War..

But ‘what! is civil’ defence?
When and’ how did it take on

fs such importance?” $
“he “ultimate aim ‘in * war
ae today is to break the enemy's
will to fight: The ultimate -aim’
« of civil defence, ther¢fore, says
the federal, civil ‘defence’ ico-
WF is:
“To eee ‘the: effect of enemy
* attack’ in order that the people
maintain their’ will to win, pub:
lic: utilities are restored, essen-
tial production can continue and

's C.D.".setup:‘to
- normal ‘tire’

forces’ were able to increase * ‘the

speed’ with ‘which ir were

controlled ’:.and * put : out. Count-.

less_ lives’ were’'saved.: by the

the

and misleading | as it

have .doné -recently, ‘it takes’ on
the aspect of a long range game
of public _ “Russian... Ruolette”’
and: therefore ‘a’ bit ‘of ‘balloon
pricking is in order..For. the first
pin, we have asked (our Ed) to
reprint a column: from. degt, year:

INTELLIGENT ‘PEOPLE. Mic
“Two weeks'ago the ‘Castle: News
printed the current salary \argu-
mént! by “the” B.C. ‘School ‘Trus-
tees: Association ir general by
Tiwyer;” Frank . Wilson"

liwack in “From ‘here

quick’ action’: p
volunteers trained in rescue’ and
first-ald “work, The normal ser-
vices would’ have been'swamped
C.D. volunteers: often worked’ 72
hours ‘ata stretch. 9 ig -
Should .a nuclear war. come to
Canada, Canadians would. face
all the “dangers Britons faced,

fimes. Main difference’ .is. that
against H-homb attack the only
real ‘safety’ is ‘in. evacuation-'of
potential target areas — chiefly
large cities.’ ‘The day of ducking
into a shelter during a bombing
raid. and cleaning ‘up after it is
over has ended.

‘Canada’s civil. defence, policy
for target areas has ° evolved into
four stages: -

. the ‘gov ean’ to
govern.”
The. -value of a civil. popula-
tion .organized to care for. itself
when disaster strikes was nev
more clear than during the Sec
“ond World War. With ar effici-
. ent. civilian defence  organiza-
;tion, Britain was able to sustain
- months of terrible bombings
- .without losing the will and the
ability to. fight, . c+
.. It; was built, as. Canada’s is
: being built, by + using: the. normi-
--al services and facilities .of gov-
ernments at all levels, assisted |
by and 8
; Mental ,organizations. Civil. de-
..fence must be’ built, through a
network ‘of jorganization. from
a ‘the federal government through

1 i ; ial

. jorsons vohildeent vempnelant imo:

thers, aged, infirm and'so on—
o outlying © towns and ‘villages
when “intelligence - ‘teports | indi-
cate an impending, attack. This
likely: would be about. 12 hours
before the bombers ‘were expec-
ted to arrive ‘and..would involve
about 35 per cent of a city’s
Population.

multiplied. several . ~thousand |‘

we are looking ‘it’ would*aéppear
that: in’! their “enthusiasm” to
A

haps ' made potentially’
ing comparisons, ‘have
adequately present ‘the ‘facts and
have ‘ignored the’ co ees of

In ‘order’ therefore °
tain journalistic integrity, we of-
fer the following: truths.

agreed -by all- thinking, intelli-
gent. people since time out of
mind that the miost-'important
single factor in ‘any education is
the : teacher.’ ‘ The educational
poverty or’ excellence.‘ of*' any
system is the direct “consequence
of the quality ‘of’ the ‘teaching
in’ that ‘system. Furthermore, it
has been shown statistically‘ that
there isan Sem ey. high’ cor-
Frelation between: tengher's
educational. eitlen ions. .and
his. teaching. abilities. In other
words, the higher the training
the better the teacher.

So also “with: any other pro-|to
{fessional group. In’ each’ profes-

1 of the|
sash of the population based on
an elert from the<radar warn:
ing -devices being” thrown up

tor, “lawyer and. high |

In: the first place ‘it“has* been] °

let alone university graduates.

And to. complain about, the
difficulty of. getting school" in-
spectors is even’ more ridiculous.
There: are | probably. no: harder
worked,’ responsibility: lade,’.un-
derpajd member: of -a --poorly
paid service ‘than school’ inspec-
tors. The solution ‘obvious. ae

BULL. FIGHTER'S CAPE

Finally! we ‘cometo:Mi. Wil-|

son’s. .major: ‘theme,’ taxation.
Education tax for years ‘has been

used: ‘asa’ bull-fighter’s ,cape.: to] ay
distract public’ ‘attention ‘and: al:
sword ‘to’ stab the® teachers, :with |

the vnet- result that’ both: have
suffered ‘and, nothing -has:-becn
done. -When.. last . year’s, liquor
and. cigarstte

‘million, such red cape waving
as_the. voicing _ of .concern. over
the growing burden’ on, taxpay-
ers. leaves’ me_a little. cold. and
skeptical , particularly in‘ a, dis-

trict like Castlegar where 70} ¢

percent of the bill: is ‘paid | by
our two! major. industrial ’ ‘plants,

2" you may ask,
It dogs. definitely, | "For | every
day he spends in school’ ‘after
grade ten it pays the CM. &

s. draughtsman $42, the doctor,| Lent

bate Rites Jawyer Slit" and the
tect $260."

oand © it’s going to’ pay more

yet, With our increasing techno-

logy, well trained men and -wo-

men “are *,becomirig “ever”, more

essential’ as ‘those students who].

have talked: to the personnel: of-
ficer at C.M. & S. ‘know ‘full
well,

So we come back to where we

started.from. Education is essen-} io

tial even in terms of dollars and

cents. Better. ‘qualified teachers |

mean better qualified students i in
‘Sndustry ‘and “ the“ ‘pi .
Higher qualification is therefore
essential’ to our ‘entire’ econo-
my. and ‘future. But we will have
pay for: it.
With solar ce far below other

oma the
shave at least five years, of ‘uni
B with: r

pact science |

versity
~ based “on

and ‘are ‘turning: to
i which *:offer

around’ North ica’s outer
fringe by. “the U.S. and. Cana-
da.”

3. After’ the bomb, potential
fall-out areas must be ascertain-
ed = and ‘ alerted; “ populations

the provincial ‘to the 1

level, The services. required’ of
Civil Defence are the’ same now
as during the war: police, fire,

d from cities must be
found shelter in‘ towns and vil-

costs,’ lost earning” power - -ete. of
$21,108." :

But here's the rub. Announc-
ing that‘we must have ‘the best
for ‘ourselves: and ‘our children,
we paid’ doctors “in| 1951‘ “an
average income: of $9,975; our

greater pay and prestige. Unable|'n b
1 |-to. get ~ qualified: teachers--in a

situation. alerady . acute; ‘Boards
will: staff schools with ‘all the
more unqualified’ people: turning

bills: were -$174|:
million * and :; $30,, million -:alone,| - ;
while education costs were $59}

“Be Perfect, be of. Good Com-| able . valentine. He keeps. me
11. ; '

Lent to. His Spirit.So Jesus. sald
1 urself

Is it any wonder thén with|..'That. is the.-reason. to be per- ©.
this great burden of. our: conse-| fect ‘is to.: be. of: good: 3

crated. substance piled ‘upon . our
shoulders. that we find

‘going to “make! thee~ plese
hast: give you.a
sciousness,
turned: val

the “unhappy to
fans called “five to six. feet of} your heart, and. what ‘a’ picture
polish I”. All the thing of. per-|:will come into -your Home, ‘you
Fection has still. its own centre being thus lent. to ving such
self, and turns even if its works} a’ Heart.’ Let us keep’ Lent, “The
to pride. and conceit; and poss tuning key. is

find

You see, “Lent is aot’ so" much |

; lis not;an armehair. ae cO-
fort-
by.

is prayer; we shall
being:

: The city: of Sydney, NS. is

~ It is eerie seven feet above sea-level, while
my mind .on my Beloved, ac-j Kimberley, B.C. is 3,661 feet
cepting ‘Him that is ‘the accept | abo, :

out .fewer and fewer,

who. car: meet « industrial and |’

lages; mobile would re-
turn. to the stricken cities when

health and medi am-

bulance, warden, ‘engineer and
public __ utlity, 5 i

irected | to” help ‘those who may

and $9,628)
and the members of the bar! of

‘Money ‘spent on: education. is
in

whom Mr, Wilson is an
an ‘average declared: in-

Eee have
jal

: under :

and i ions}

But destructive as they were,
the bombs of ‘the Second World
War were like ntites compared to

* the -H-bomb. There was not‘ the
meed, as ‘there ‘is now, to eva-
- euate :whole cities. There. was
sult safety in bomb shelters. The
big job. then: wasafter thé

va Rael of’ those’ disrupted:

'come of $10,214.
The average laborer in “Trail
got $3,486) plus at least $300° in

by the bomb,

fringe The.

freedom and the future prosperi-
ty of the nation. To-blame ‘our
difficulty on a manifestly inade-
quate: tax system is ridiculous

and misleading: ‘To use. the! im

providing’ food -and ‘shelter ‘and
medical ‘care and. so on..

: With ° ‘the capability ° “now. in
c as well’ as
hands of wiping out whole citiés
and. endangering vast *<rural,
areas with radioactive dust’ par-
eles raining from‘ the sky from
H-bomb ‘borne in

quickly as: possible. The wardens
with® their: nei; d° setup

one - aireraft, the importance of.

teacher. two'years ‘ater accord-

ing to BCSTA: :received $3, 510.
Little \ ‘wonder. ? we “are “istaf-
ting our schools. with. “:un-
qualified teachers, importing .tea-

adequacy as an excuse to ‘balk
the reasonable. demands of quali-
‘fied; teachers’ is‘ as bland. a folly

boat to mend: the: Jeak -in ‘the||
chers and.-laying out all. sorts|5!

jor. Jures ito. get’ more

MAYBE THEY'RE DUMB

proved invaluable for’ this.. But

and being . trained “to. provide
the

is ‘some i

-élose

behind, a bombing’ raid. People

ro-
tection” from “such destruction

flocked to the damage ° areas to

seems ,obyious..

Lope

serach maybe.

| cal student. in: his “fifth yearns

They. :must ’ pass ‘high! ;
school ang which

to ‘meet :the growing , deficit... :
Perhaps, you will say, there:

Maybe, ‘but only if they let!
certain people« get away -with|:
: | destructive “and misleading ? pro-

in Eesttegar

requires an average IQ of £100.
Then. follow ‘the’ first,, second,
third, fourth and fifth years

‘| university,:: each*' of . inc i
difficulty and: each. an effec ve"

intellectual selector: a
The: net..result is a repeated
skimming ‘of the best brains ‘the

“| country ‘has ‘to offer. What dees |;

this mean? In a country w
the:-average .matric student!
an.IQ of 102, the average m

an IQ.of 139.3 the average); Arts

and | Science, Honors Graduates, I.
138.5, the average’ ‘teaching: gra-|"

port cost $2,204.54 in 1950...

‘Airport. >
—Bride elect '«

a. miscellaneous * shower’
: nata, «
: =elens ufdenvay for: build-
aird esbyteri

duate 132.4, 431.4,
Law, 129, Pharmacy 123.3 and

Spending - ae ‘municipal. ‘aoue
-ernments -in Canada..in 11953, to-.

+ talled $922) million;; about 13/1

percent of -total- government
spending in Cariada_ in that year,

c ‘Canada has 95; daily. mewspap-
ers, ‘about 1,000 weekly. news-
Papers, and’ 177.. itio’
of which 22 fare Ftc

‘Queen's, Privy Council for.
Canada, has -about ‘seventy ‘r
ers, chiefly present and; formey
‘Ministers of the Crown, who re-
tain membership, for. life.

~ erated fos, i oy

‘Agriculture; 119.5.

The : average:: teacher, el
tary,;and-,secondary combined,
hag anvIQ of: 123-placing him ‘in
‘the top one percent -of the popu;
lation> while. :the average | high
school:steacher ; is. in the ‘top::.2!

: In ‘prea Canada is uubout ‘forty percent, 1} te
times. the: size. .of. ‘the United |,,. The, teachers are, “gum "

right, . but. .only.. if they permit
the present; - fantastic ineqt
ties between’ investment, BEY,

-| Please make every vetfort,

turn) out.:
There ‘will be aistag party on.

Friday,, February 24th 00,

p.m. ..in. the;.club rooms...

‘All members:.are-requeste:
attend the Pot; Luck Suppei
March: 9th.

The Ladies’ Auxili Ci
Party. will be held on, Saturday,

Seren: 18th. at‘ 8:00 p.m.

il from. Air-

rey, to it, Even''the bleak:
“no. barrier ‘to ‘this’

For. portent an. epic
a. aysenole Baking, vil-

way‘ to oriquer® an. “enemy: is

Si ‘Alban’s WA. Holds
(Sth Birthday Party -

‘St. Alban’s .'W.A.: celebrated
the eighth birthday of the for-
mation ‘of, the

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Bloomer. blew out. the “cant? 29,
and then cut'the'cake, Mesdames
Stainton, Wolverton and.’,Trus-

sler were hostesses for the event.

‘There were only 65 grand | -

pianos maniifact ured im. Canada: ’

in] in 1954.

to fight it “with” every |

pensive process, ‘The
‘Fund needs your help: to‘:
victory in’. the battle jwe must

x wins --. the’ tight fgets Polio:

Many, of the: slides: were
scenes ‘at: and around Camp Ga-

lillee.
: Theiz. birthday. pox: organized
7 sits, Stainton, added: much.
to: ie.

ral duction An: Postage

MSO?

The tea:.tab! wis: centred by
a decorated. birthday: cake‘ made:
by."-Mra. Stainton.:\During the tea
h Mrs. Killough Sri and Mrs,

TM teats

ine If
Robson WR. was held ats the

home of. Mrs; E. Ballano with 12
ey

jor | May. -Mrs, H.' ‘Johnson was ap-
only. pointed <  Seoyic Trees. for. the

Classes; to. 2
started: ds:::-soon? as; isutticont
members| are: enroll anyone

once, just. once,”
‘ul to. be right,

eee on hi BY
and: H: lines. At least ‘now -Mr.

ld.
'| alphabet. being’ gradually: whit-

tled down,. it shouldn't be: too
long before he reaches the. 's‘s
‘and that. is; when a- lot’ of. .1

. -|-will feel‘ our -worries..are ‘over.

* soldier i in 17 years of: st i is Don

tor“of-the- Ontario ‘Safety league. Don travels about 40, 000 miles”

‘a year organizing ‘safety _patrols ‘in schools‘ to make the roads’?
vand ‘highways safe’ for’ :
‘league’ has -not lo: lad: whe

childrens In the ears of ‘operation, the =
are’in operation. The
league system> of. trai ig high shoo} students to be their own
traffic officers’ has been d y 22

the province. ae

What's, to become of: the ‘gals

H. line?

.| one .of. these, tight
2) Pll: probably. be

:| money..on . someth:

‘| ulcer. Every, spr:
‘ver, Dior. comes;.up,
fantastic . creation tha

or “worse still, dres-'

COLUMBIA’ A’

sing paper. dolls, no. .wonder then,

.\the. poor ‘man goes slightly be-
a serk. every ‘spring.

| things.
=} der. 40 think’ of ‘what, might hap-

-pen if wee Dior ‘ever rns out

3] of letters: and.stants on. mumbers: ie:

igh §
our’ figures’: ésqueezed * ‘in some

places and oozed ‘in: others.. Now

‘| they come up with the latest in].
ich:

size ae’ be
ide: down “something,

¢ would go.,for.|".
The< only: advantage’ to ;these

ewest hates’ is. that they ‘tit so
far down: over ones eyes that i*

| partly’ obliterates ~the current F's:

RICK'S
“TLV. Sales. : &: Service
‘Phone i

should . contact Mrs.

et
Queen “Alexandria Hospital ‘that
little: Douglas: Tyson, age Bas

Sutherland WES SP jointed.
‘Mrs,’ Ww; T. Wale agreed to

started sometime in. March. All
members took part in the read-
ing ‘of the W.I Newsletter. Re-
freshments, were: served ‘by: Mrs.
E. Ballano and Mrs, -H."

4 heaven ‘help: us ‘it-ever:the time | °°:
comes, ~ when: fashion decrees

These: washers“are not;

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