CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 26, 1960

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LEITNERS.

'Gonduct Master Survey

: chairman V. R. Cook at council's

would lika the advice of the wil.

Cook Suggests Village

A master survey of Castlegar
from which several definite
points aan be established from
which ali surveys would be con.
ducted was suggested by works

last meeting.
My. Cook said the village

ib sae

If we had been i
the moral obligations of a news-
paper with a clergyman as a

portant. point: that joules :

le-

has — the ity to stay
in existence.” ..;
ind, iring the

pendent it cannot be editorially
ard that unless ‘it

the editor of the Cl
‘News several days ago, we
shou'd not have used as the
keystone og our argument the
fact that “there is one single

editor of the "Cleveland News
as we do, we are sure he was
using thee method of exaggera-
tion to hammer home an im-

can request tha
nor in council for permission to
have the survey carried out at
village expense and the cabinet
will then study the survey and
declare it to be “true and correct,”
Mr, Cook said there are some
places in town where surveys are
as much us 1 foot out. He said the
cost of the survey would be about

Comm, Alage Sylvest said he

lage solicitor to see if Castlegar

rows be liable for any changes
in ‘property lines that would be.

Paneer about by a Poe

continues to exist. it , cannot
serve any good purpose.

His own newspaper demon-
strates daily that-he recognizes
other important: responsibilities
than the basic one of remaining
in existence,

However, if his words as to
“one single responsibility” were
taken literally, they would con-
stitute im our opinion a rather
shabby conception of the duties
of a newspaper,

‘We believe (and believe the

editor of the News does too)
er these duties include those
advis-

Paper Should inform, Educate, Advise, Serv

It makes the people aware
that danger exists, and .teaches

~ them: not '\to be too’ trusting
“souls, ready to admit a ‘strang-

er into the house just because

he says-he {s a Bible salesman.|-

Suppose no crime news

» Were ever printed; would crime
‘disappear? You know it would-

not — it ‘would’ probably in-
crease. And if the good minister
thinks word wouldn’t — get
around anyway, he js badly
mistaken.

It got around when all the
mewspapers were shut down &
few years ago — and it got
around in exaggerated, distort-

ed form. Indeed, there was just.

the morbid and the “abnormal”
when not a.line was printed.
do’ newspapers © sup-

“port drives to clean up crime if

(as is sometimes charged) they
grow. fat on reports of.it? Why
do they ‘sipprt’ decent candi-

-dates for public’ office ff they

go along, with shady dealings?

are they against rac-
keteers and ‘hoodlums, who
would certainly, merit page one
a lot oftener if they were per-

tale a cleaner and better and
God-fearlng town, — The

as much “prurient interest in- Cleveland Plain ‘Dealen,

we amusing, and serving the

public,
does these

Village N. T. Oglow
gaid that Mr, Cook's estimate of
$3,000 would cover only a block
outline, “not a detailed survey.”

Asked how many surveys he
knew to be wrong in the village,
Mr. Comm.. Cook replied: “More
than two.”

He saig he would get more
facts ‘and figures on the number

and also a better idea as to the;
cost of such master survey.

Corporation of the

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Village of Castlegar

T

BIDS TO BE IN THE VILLAGE OFFICE ON OR

[is felt that 3 ee interest and ex-

For New

of surveying errors in the village! wow ro SELECT A SEWING you “puy will probably be with
[ACHINE you for the rest of your life.

Every hamenaler knows the
value of a good sewing machine,
They pay for ‘themselves over
and over again over a period of

ears,‘ But, how does one go’
about selecting the right sewing |
machine to fill their particular
needs? |

It pays to select wisely and

cautiously because the machine:

Works Commissioner
To Employment Post

Comm. V. R. Cook of Castle-
gar has been appointed village
representative to the Trait Em-
Wloyment committee. The com-
mittee a¢ts in an advisory cap-
aotty tothe local office manager

Shop, Sew, Select

Machine

Some information on choos-
ing 2 sewing machine will help
you even before you go shop-
ping, because there are many
decisions you‘ can make at
home.

For instance, ask yourself,

Ifa
jobs as it should do them, it
will keep the readers which are
required ‘by the advertisers
who, after all, supply much of
the-money that keeps a news-
paper alive, .

“We start with the concep-
tion of a newspaper as 4 pri- |
vate enterprise,” the editor said-|
“The charter. with the sceretary
of state is a charter for a‘ com-
pany to publish a newspaper
for profit. There is nothing in
the charter about | educating
people and nothing reforrning
them .

Where may be nothing in
the ‘charter, but it is almost
i that a

“Will I use the for occas-

is some-

sional plain sewing and
tor will I want it for a fine dress-
mak'ng and tailoring?” And,
“will I expect to do the fancy
sewing that some machines fea-
ture?”

Then think of the shortcom-
‘ings of the machine you now
have. Modern science may have
remedied those shortcomings in
the more recent models. It will
help you to talk to friends and
try out their machines,
Once you've settled the pre-
points in your mind,

‘of. the: U

Commission in matters pertain-
ing to employment

In advising Mr, Cook of his
CA.

you are ready to watch a de-
monstration of each machine
on the market. Sort out the
that have the re-

you need, and then

Commission at ottawa said, “It

BEFORE 5 P.M. JUNE 18, 1960.

J. LOGELIN,

will
value to the committee and that
your contribution will be of a
high order,

VILLAGE CLERK

“The commission wishes you
every success and assures you of
its utmost co-operation in the
work which you are about to un-
dertake.””

insist on trying the machine
out yourself. Do actual work
on each machine. Look for
easy-to-handle ,

thing more than a stopping
news, operated only for profit.
A responsible newspaper has a
theart and a soul; it is interest-
ed in. the public welfare for
more than selfish reasons.
- It is distressed by crime in
its midst; it is proud of civic
and personal successes; it ser-
ves as a mouthpiece for its
Teaders through its letter-to-
the-editor columns, and anyone
who wishes to disagree with its
editorial stand may do so —
and see it in print.
It prints crime stories on
page one, not to titillate mor-
‘bid readers, but simply because
news is news. It ‘knows such a
prominent display serves - to

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discourage crime, rather | than
to encourage it. é

Is
it-easy to clean and oil? And
can you easily get service and
replacement parts?

In short, know. the features
you want, find out all you can
about the different models, try
them out, and your decision is
made. |The way the

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Province Pays Half

For Storm Drains.

The department of highways
wil pay 50 per cent of the cost
of storm drains installed ‘on Col-
umbia Ave.:in Castlegar,-D. C.
Westaway, district highways sup-
erintendent, has advised the aif
lage,

Mr. ‘Westaway. said he asks
only that his department pprove
all plans for ‘the work and
mates of cost before proleds are
started. .

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ice test in a U.S, Air Force survival capsule in Lake Erle near Buffalo.

VICTORIA HERORT

Japan — Land of the Kimono

By JAMES K. NESBITT
Pakarzuka, Japan — This is!

the theatrical heart ‘and home of | M°O-

Japan — the old’ Japan, where
the kimono is worn, where, you
‘can hear the fascinating, musical
elack-clack-clack of the geta on
the narrow streets,

This is the Japan of which;

we all dream, gentle and leisure-
y, in strong contrast to teeming,
ig Tokyo, that almost
frightening giant of a city, the
world’s most populous.
It was but an hour to Takar-
azuka from P & O - Orient Lines
Himalaya, in which I crossed the

. Peeific, from Her dock in Sustling
i nolsy Kobe. The troin was jam-

It's rush hour. every hour
in Japan,
It was drenching rain when
we stepped from the train. — the
water was running én torrents;
but rain ls so much part of Ja-
pan we felt fortunate to see ana
feel it — a warm nain, though
wet, = :

We bought ourselves oil-pa-
per parasols, and, thus protected,
went down along, curving walk,
under the cherry-blossoms, and
we felt not at ali strange with

nares something

=SPE CTAL=
Gee hes

~-Seagrati's ~
SPE CIAL

its. SPECIAL flavour.

thousands of Japanese — old wo-

pes

nerve 3

,{ dents to see ‘our. province,

, | week.

\|my mind -how Splendid it would

men, bent and wrinkled, old men,
not bent, because they didn't do
much hard work when they were
young, leaving it to their women-
folk, young mothers, -their babies
on thelr backs, and of course, the
schoolchildren, | in. those never
ending waves of school children
that flow like a great and friend-
ly tide over all Japan." ¢

The children are everywhere,
seoing the sights, learning geo-
graphy, trying out thelr English
on we foreigners,

‘We came: now to an amuse-
ment park, in the centre of which
is the world-famed Takarazuka
Theatre, which sends its magni-
ficent dancing .troupes to many
parts of the world. The theatre] sies.
seats 4,000 people, and it was
filled, nd is every day.

shall never forget, four hours —
nearly 200 performers, color,
briltiance, superb settings, cos-
tuming so elaborate that it leaves
one breathless. -It's no wonder

o S.-by storm. Unfortunately, the
full .magnitude of the perform-
ence as seen here cannot be
transported across: the. ocean.
Rats ehlOn tiie Y tai
toa young. teacher of English,
shepherding ‘his. boys . and. girls
about. Japan, As_we: talked, the
boys stood ‘around in admiration.
if oThey. are hoppy to see we can
understand each ” said the
teacher.

¥ told him ‘oanane he must
come to Canada.:He sald, no, that
day, would never ‘come, for Ja-
Panese are not.paid much,’and
cannot . trave} “abroa® Therein
lies one of the great frustrations
of ‘Japan. The péople are hungry
to see the world, but they can-
not. It 1s going)td be’ to our own
aon advantage to see that they

The thought flashed through |
be if 50 British Columbians
would put up $1,000 each to bring
such a teacher and 25 of his stu-

It was \a Temeraele day’ in

and all iy soon we were walking
back to the station under the
cherry blossoms, and. then into
the crowded trains again, and
then -came the mad taxi? ride
through the streets of Kobe back
to the Himalaya.

And I’'made one resolve:
that, God ‘willing, I would come

_| Used in.the following’ ways:

purchased for the maternity ward

It was a performance we Mr

‘akarazuka is taking Canada and|‘

Hospital

B The regular monthly meeting
of the WA ‘to the Castlegar ond
District hospital was. held. re-
ntly with 15 members present,
Mrs,. Guy. Guido, president, was
in the chair,
: The meeting. opened with the
members saying ‘the Lord’s ‘Pra-
yer.
During the teading of ute
minutes, Mrs. Jack

Seeking
Russian Books

fof unused groceries were turned
‘over to the hospital kitchen. Mrs.
Guido thanked the members for
helping. to make the

CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thursday, May 26, 1960

Castlegar May Erect Public Bulletin Board

Castlegar will investigate the longer able to provide a bulletin
possibility of erecting o bulletin| board.

board in ‘a central location in'the
villoge for, use by. local oggan-
izations in notices,

“I think it’s @ necessary ser-
vice,” commented village chair-
gs man N, T. Oglow. The village

Council decided to do this at clerk will make enquiries and see
ite last meeting. et the suggestion | what can be done about erecting
of R. H, Fenner. who said--his bulletin, board, iia central lo~
store, Bob's Pay’n Takit, was no |eation,

such a success,
‘Mrs, P, Vaessen reported that
the Thrift Shep hed shawn a
profit of $986.56 in the first year
ot operation: A suggestion that

acl
reporteg that “part of the 3650
given to the hospital had been

A large coffee’ pervolator
had been purchased for the hos-
pital kitchen.

Two hundred and fifty dol-
lars had, been spent ‘on surgical
inatruments.
A: shower curtain had been

shower room.
Quotations have deen asked
on orthopedic instruments,
After the presentation and
adoption of the .treasurer’s re-
port, Mrs. Guido reported on the
proceeds ‘of the catering to the

for visiting delegates to the B.C,
Hospital ‘Trustee's Zone conven
tion.

Under: the convenorship of
Mrs, Guido and Mrs. D. Brookes,
this brought a profit of $40 to
the auxiliary.'‘Ten dollars worth

Successful Plant Sale
Held By Robson WA

| ‘The members: of the Robson
Women's Institute’ held a very
successful coffee party and plant
sale recently in the community
hall. Tables were tastefully de-
corated with low vases of pan-

” Committees in charge were:
piant table — Mrs. W. T. Waldie,
‘kitchen: and ‘serving —

and Mrs, J. Ross; raffle tickets —
Mrs, Dick Fowler. — :
Mrs, J. Scott, president, re-

:|proved by the members.

home.

weeks of safety month at Comin-
co was a special ceremony at
Trail Thursday to

‘Tadanac

sists of 22 men and five super-
visors has now worked more than
Mrs. W. Hubert, Mra. J. Fornelli| 1,000,000
single jest time accident.

tnainteuanes and J. B,. Biker,
safety departmi

bring ‘any extra seeds
and seedlings to the Thrift Shop
dor sale to the public was ap:

Most of the Iocal women's
organizations have agreed to help
with the’ hospitel mending, tak-
ing one, month each during the
year, along with the ‘hospital
auxiliary,

The, auxlary provided cor-
Sages on Mother's Day to all the
new mothers in the hospital. A
bouquet was provided for the |
nurse's station.

Mrs, Bainbridge was asked
to contact ‘2 Russian language
lending brary in Grand Forks
with a view to obtaining Russian
books ond magazines. for Rus-
stan-speaking. patients.

Mrs, D. E. Corbett has don-
ated an awning’ for the window
of the Thrift Shop,:

‘The next ‘meeting will be
held on June 20 in the form of
@ potluck supper at Mrs, Guido's

‘Special Ceremony
In Safely Month

A highlight of the first threé

mark the 13-
year accident free record of the

Sid, the Taare slips into the bank to’
change an unwieldy twenty-dollar bill.
Young Charley has heard that the bank is
where money comes from and ‘drops in to
get some. Neither is a regular customer—
yet. But both get a friendly reception and
attention that leaves them feeling good.
They'll be back again. Sid tomorrow, may-
be, Charley in a year or two. |

Cust "s requir nts may differ—they
may be great, they may be small—but the
service they receive at The Canadian
Bank -of Commerce is always the same...

The department, which con-

man ‘hour without. a
H. Gill, ‘superintendent of

ent ~ supervisor,

centre; Second — Mrs..J.. Scott,

a small table centre; :Third — a
air of embroidered -pillow cases

oe ‘Mrs.'S.‘Doell' of ‘Renata.

record.

‘i wee Presented ‘with a ay pound

tended the special ceremony to
congratulate the men on having
atteined this significarit safety

. .Bach ‘man in the department |-

i ble and courteous service that makes
banking a .pleasure. This is the reason
people across Canada look on the Bank
of Commerce’ as the familiar symbol of
service sincerely rendered.

THE CANADIAN
‘BANK OF COMMERCE |

2 Call us your bankers

18 Members At
Evening Group

The-.regular meeting of the
Robson Evening Group WA was
held recently at the home of Mrs.
J.: Schuepfer, with 18 members
and one visitor present. Presid-
ent | Mrs. J. Schuepfer. presided.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were ‘reag and ‘approved and
committee reports were ‘given.
The members’ decided that
owing. ta other’ commitments
,| they could not at the present
time help the LT to the hospital
with the repaining of linens.

The main topic of the even-
ing -was-the spring sale to be
held later this month. Commit-
tees were named and articles re-
ceived were’ priced. Mrs. B.*Ro-
gers said she was very pleased
with all the varied sewing’ turn-
eq in and.that they should have
a very successful s:

Mrs. P.: Jolly donated a doll
to be raffled at the sale and Mrs.
Schuepfer donated the door prize
—a cup and ‘saucer, ‘Mrs. R. _Bro
won the .booster pri

home of’ Mrs," lbeck.. Re-

back to T for a- full

were ‘served by the

hostess, Mrs, D, Adshead.

There ave a limitea

tlegar. village offices on
basis.

Joe Logelin,
~ Millage. Clerk,..
eats i

lished or disph

not
gion’ Control Board or it the Government of British etna.

“NOTICE:

RESIDENTS: OF GASTLEGAR
and
_ RESIDENTS OF KINNAIRD

able for: the luncheon on Saturday, June 4, on the
- occaition of the’ yisit.of his honour, the Honourable
Frank M. ‘Ross and Mrs, Ross to this District. These
tickets are available at both the Kinnaird ‘and Cas-

number: of. tickets avail-

a first-come -first-served

Ken Pickering,
Village Clerk,
Kinnaird.

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Next meeting. will be at the].
Bell

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