CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 21, 1966 \ i CASTLEGAR NEWS — pissin Armounces $8 Million More For Schools re scarce ai + “Here let the betel the people's rights unawed by and A Se re Tod: y J in H In addressing the annual! by a basic levy i and Forty: Seven By The United Church ef anada convention of the’, ols nually, by the’ 9 Heutenanty over Parent’ peTether Ai nor in in coun nell, ‘? Board of Evangelism ond CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 21, 1966 ~ GLENMERRY USED FURNITURE 3194 Highway Drive In the Millar and Brown Bullding, Trail. Phone 364-1822 i by gain” : More RCMP Needed for Castlegar Area : The legitimate need for an increase Hin the size of the RCMP detachment serv- 2ing the Castlegar district has been drama- - tically demonstrated within the past month by the six break-i -ins of local businesses. ‘i! Phe Cag Devel A tion and the Town of Castlegar have both ‘written the responsible authorities re- questing an increase in the size of the here and the -officer in vehstas of the Castlegar detach- dotack fiv police ment is also known to be p first in the morning. We are not suggesting that if there were a patrol during those hours that the six break-ins would not have occurred, but there is at least the possi- bility that if there had been an RCMP pa- trol about during the six-hour period that the licence numbers of cars out on the roads during those times might have been noted by the police and ‘the owners the ;on his headq ters for an enlar t ig the It is only because ‘of the excellence of local RCMP personnel that untoward 4 have not been greater.in num- iin the size of the force. 2 At the present time there is no RCMP Patrol of the area between 2 a.m. and 8 SUGAR AND SPICE ber than the six mentioned, But this can hot I last forever. The only fensiite answer in aoe for the RCMP daecknert here. By Bill Smiley “LET'S STEP INSIDE, FOR A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Touching Story of a Teacher's First Term yieronis REPORT For teachers on the verge of sui- cide, puzzied par- ents, and anyone iauP. The ack costing 95 conte’ ‘an read it. T came across it'on te week- end and changed about quitting. the “Daching profession. It's called a novel, but isn’t. It's a record of the term ‘of a young, pretty high school teacher in a huge New York secondary scl It's ‘ender "and touching and utterly hilarious. And be- neath the fun is a shocked and often bitter indictment of what ihe educational system is doing, or failing to do, for the vast mass of teenagers. he ted ou, the others ve pointed out he ‘Yream of crop will rise © top. The bottom 10 Padi net cent is 1g millions of dollars spent png jhem It’s the great mob in the middle that gets the dirty oon or ick, ‘Conditionos in . the ‘school’ described are much worse than those in the average Canadian: ait pened but the ‘parallels oe ere ae of paper, most of it unnecessary. Crowded conditions everywhere. The ad- more important than learning. e librarian doesn’t fike the hear aoe used because the kids don’t put ‘the books back on the shelves straight. The nurse isn’t allowed to even Another: “Because every- ‘body in high school at one time or another had to read it, and now it's our turn.” Another: “We read it be- cause it’s a classicle.” The young teacher has a suggestion box where her stu- dents were allowed to drop in ideas, anonymously, Some were me with someone who respects them as people. This is the age- old individual demand for re- spect aud human dignity. Second, the requisites of a good teacher: physical tough- ness;' understanding; ‘mental and emotional vitality; a gen- 8 ily for fellow humans, kids; and, of course some funny. Samples. “My mother has ‘been living with me for 16 . years but she er my ‘ankle. Athalete.” “This is the first class I enjoyed failing because of looking at you.” What emerges from the book? Several things. First and most important, the yearning of the young for some contact foot kids ath ‘oa bari co amd gic foo! games % micks, ‘Third, the massive, frustra-_ ting task of educating Cy rpen chalk, ‘paper, the teachers: one the best is the alm, but it’s too laden with trivia to attra b do you good. Last sample of its flavor is a cartoon the teacher had on the bulletin board. It . went; Teacher: “There are two words ‘in the English language you must never use. They are “swell” and “lousy.” Pupil: “O.K. What are they?” Bv James X. Neshilt Another Ball & Another George Pearkes or of the Crown Colony of of Van- ward: eouver. Island Arthur Ed' Kennedy, his wife and daugh- ters gave a ball at old Cary Castle, the’ government house of its time, which stood on ex- actly the same spot as the gov- ernment house of today. who - swe their pif By F. B. Pearce Long Vacation Trips Can Prove Tedious: One of my~:. guess long before the six months are up he will be tired of it. As Edward Streeter puts :found a motel with a kitche :*and ‘all, facilities,’ moder in every. way and sparkling‘clean of Hid per day. We liked that..we stayed there io g days. Motels today are the pre- occupation of ail travellers ‘by road‘since| they are their ma- jor. expense, io, ey vary in price “are te argo ad “201 the ne yer ones -;: they ; ‘with ‘a’ mantle ‘of si ners. He paid special atten- tion, it would appear, to the Kennedy daughters Elizabeth 1d. Georgina. idence ‘Canse: the name is not wl you might call common. A Pear. kes a guest at government Bouze in 1866 and a Pearkes in residence in government house in 1966 — is one of the interesting little ‘side lights of history. The ball the aaae the atmosphere, rays of the Iovely moon falling mh every. object’ and ‘clothing. richness, leaned on the arms of the sterner sex and whirled over the floor, their busy feet 5, Sala of time with the soft Ins of the delicious music, Ore promenaded throu: — objects of admiration io. a beholders, The dresses layed great taste and set erep a % ergures of the wearers to aah advantage.” The 1866 dance went on to 3.80 a.m. and came to a close with a flourish: “The Misses Kennedy, in full, clear voices of much. sweetness, sang the | first verse of the national an- them; Mayor Lumley Franklin, in his fine bass, gave‘ the ‘sec- ° ond verse and Miss Brankes, a fair young visitor at govern- , ment house from San Francisco sang the third in a rich soprano of great power, the company joining in the chorus, “The guests then took their leave ‘of Governor Kennedy and his family, and departed for thelr homes in the sun-up, bearing with them pleasurable recollections of the ‘second ball ho.; at the to” build: tty there is a spank- - whit adorn the obsentodat ‘real iverin; Certainly. ing new one at Steptoe, 50 mi- - Strait les south of Spokane, with all the -best features - of motels, which charges:only’$8. ‘It has, . however, an. excellent: dining © ror attached wiich js always always it in his book, “ the Bored,” with one retired an aspirin. And the counsellor tries to analyze all the Kids with 8 Phony Freud. ‘And the teachers are there: the workhorses, whiners, | the beaten,‘ those who’ don’t like kids, and those who, in spite of it all know they're do- ing the-most important job in the world. But it is not basically a bitter book. And most of the humor comes from those fase- inating animals, the kids them- selves. The teacher asks the kids ‘to tell briefly why oe study ane myths and the Odys- one answer: ‘I’m sure there _ate many reasons whv we stu: to one about tp (retire, “We were go- ing to take a year, go around the world, perhaps, but in our own time and in our own way. » “At the end of six months. we never wanted to see. an- other hotel. At the end of eight ‘we never wanted to see each other, At the end of nine we came home.” T can quite understand it. We set out to spend six weeks in California but we were, back home at the end af thre It was a.pleasant trip. “We left Nelson with Snow on the ground and did not see any more after we crossed the bor- der until we came back to Ca- nada again. The roads. were ond and if the sranery was ‘The newer.‘ones. cater to snob’ appeal but: if you leave your status’ at home you can be quite as comfortable in old- er ones..-Though > these may show. ‘their’ age, they .are. us- pally clean rn pays, of course, to in- spect them carefully before taking them. I have an idea help to make “it a paying Ore: position, ‘All: the’ ‘more intére! and have good ~ cl it is an asset to an agricull ultural community. John Work DrovelHard Bargains With the Indians these things, but: T missed it due to absence: Facts Notable And Mundane Prope: e for the 0! dinary house peat, is “Domestic Shorthair.” . . . The largest room in Cerls- bad Caverns has a floor area of 14 acres. * * * A day on the moon is four- teens times as long as on the Aluminum is the most a” 2 not as bright as in summer the sun shone and the weather was pleasant. But stilt? we were glad to come hom That did not mea we did not enjoy our trip. We did. ‘All the way down to the ene 3 bia because the elevation is low the | weal was reasonably warm, ‘but when we left the Columbia at Biggs to follow No. 97 through Oregon it became colder as we climbed up a pla- up & tean to Klamath Falls where: ees was still ice on the lake. e next day, when Mount Shaste came in sight, we be- gan to descend into the aun shine of California, This ar is one of the most beautiful John Work parts of California, not unlike, . on a. smaller scale, our own he's earth’s crust, forming more than eight per cent of the solid portion of crust down to a depth of 10 miles. We passed through Read- ing, which I hardly remember, and stayed that night at Red Blufis. We were fortunate, We Indian had a hard time making on honest dollar when he had to deal with shrewd Hudson 's Bay traders like John tk. ss One of them: brought two sm oO ak. “THE CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday At < OF THE Castlegar, BO. 1. ¥. Campbell, Publisher = — News rate to the 143.00) por i year. "The, petos' by, delivery! boy 1s. 70 cents a month. Single copies are 10 cent ‘The Castlegar News 1s authorized as second: aces ou mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- “ment 9f postage in cash, and is 9 member of the ef Circulations, Audit Bureau ef Itipa member of the‘ ‘Canadian Weekly News- Assoeiation, the B.C. division‘of the Canadian 4, oa Peas Boog to: The should’ be Editor, Castlegar News, “Drawer 490, Castlegar. B.C, Letters for publication must be accompanied by the apace, | * Weekly Newspapers Association, and the B.C. Week- dy Newspapers Adverusing Bureau ~ ** correct names and address of the writer, Pen names will be used on request, but the correct nama must be submitted. The Castlegar News reserves the right to shorten eters in the Interests of economy of @_ fine buck deer into Fort Simp- son in 1835. In return he re- ceived a_half-pint .of rum, a acs Ji Hividases, sin puUbUD | of buckshot and two heads of tobacco. Work: reckoned ‘that the outlay cost two shillings and sevenpence — ‘less than 50 cents. The deer, ‘he estimat- ed, would’-feed 26° men for one day. Born in Northern Ireland in 1792 (an estimate), he join- ed the company in’ 1814 and served first at York: Factory and then ‘at other Hudson’s Bay forts for eight years, in 1623 he was seni io Fort Vancouver on the Colum- bia river, to organize wide- ranging fur trade expeditions over the Oregon’ country: 1834, now a ‘chief. factor, ie ‘was 3 appointed manager of the coastal trade and sent to Fort Simpson. Work came to Victoria in 1852 and‘though hi legislative council in 1853; He died in office eight years la- ter at the age of 71. In over 47 years with the company he never took a leave, although |he was cntitied to one year every seven, He miss- ed only two of the more than 100 meetings of the legislative une whue he was in office. Jandowner in the island col- ony, owning an estate of 1,304 rowing: the hoary heads of the giant mountains of the Ol- ture pen do justice.” don Island.” - itis if North Social Service How oiten: So we. read in 1B the riverbank and did ‘nothing ‘or men in construction pecidents becauts fo gue: ‘felt respons repair an obvious ‘hazard. What is wrong with our se- ciety if people just can’t be bothered to get involved in someone else's woe? Is it be- cause everyone is so burdened with troubles of his own that he just can't take on ai Ri be more? Or is it because have such puny oe eciences they don’t react? Is no one responsible for anyone alse? Is it indeed every man for himself? What a terrible treadmill Americans are 80 afraid of becoming involved ta someone else's trouble that by. the waysit feer being that they might ee to ear in court or answer &s ions or miss time from ir own work or play. “TY didn't think it was any of my business.” This was what a Toronto truck driver testified atau inquest into the. death of in struction acei- pparently workers are re- "uta 0 re rt safety haz- ards’ beca’ Th use they feal they may ber branded as “trouble- makers. Wilds Needed as Mdape. From. ‘Dreariness. of Life » We stand on a new. ‘frontier where science and its, machines threaten. man. Our. industrial; plants. and. otir.: modern convent- ences have: ruined many of our rivers and Jakes. The uproar of deeper: into’ the remaining ‘wilderness areas. diminishin g ‘chance’ to find any retreat. need wilder- we ness areas where youngsters and old folk alike can escape the dreariness of life for an hour, a day or a month aud once more ‘William 0. become in tune with the uni Supreme Court Justice verse, —— Douglas, U.S. April st : bring May fl to dry the family wash. ; She can forget. all’ about. April showers when she uses a “Flameless” Electric Clothes Dryer - - - Any day will be 2 good drying day. ~Elameless” Electric Dryers come ina variety of thodels one of which undoubi- _ edly will sult your exact re- quirements. See your Favourite Electric Appliance: deater— plan to Dry Your Clothes Bet === but they also bring plenty of headaches to the housewife who ts trying ver last year However, Be Petron stat. it, to ther, ts the at eg ho medwi Dis ae Cy $0.8 6 seat ah bee local school taxe: crdase "a 1 nillien over}v6g!iicther we province will pay an ada onal, superannuation;"on: behalf of potool districts in 1 he pr ual iricte f = that te a nes at in a silos @ 3 million: for -teachers’ | £e™ Y In total the province is pro- | ot viding $14.7 million: more, for Saucation!| in 1966 than was pro- rAded in “1965, ‘The education finance form- ula provides that for each school district: the. provincial govern- ment pays the full, cost of a basic education program beyond the amount which can be raised Photocopying, Letters — Birth Certificates Important Papers Clippings Black-on-White Process Reasonable Rates"~ Castlegar News Be intheas 580't0 $2,610 fer. approve cher: one eh bride th: on which" PD ale grants calculated: costs in 196: Third, further assistance te whose’ child their schooling, the hoardin; Jowance of cmonthi Boardin lal pre: ing financ! anne yy on zz pt ne is a revision in the tea- T0-| cher grant schedule, in which ‘an| ¢ ‘ovince ’. will increase . the an) amount | in te schedule to appro- imately scent ‘pf’ the ‘at- eat ’of echool dis- {ar ‘million for 1066, an increase a 2 ay int are per cent of Pee actual’ average per appro’ ved teacher for these costs, or 144 fy “order to ae was contr ui ted iby: the province ; The Ive away: trot home to ae the local: school: district portion \per'month? will ets ralsed by one-third fo $40 wil MOTHER GF PARLIAMENT. ‘Britala is Parliament. The. actual anniversary tl tamed on British F t which: sai in Lention,:. arma whi i ores wet of $15.7: million“ over 1965,~ Mr. Peterson stated ’ that, a although the province was only required to pay one-half of the | $145.5 mulltion, a fact sungtan: Ually mi e paid. He sald that fnelusive of the $46 million the province will pay for teachers’ superannuation: on be- half of school districts the pro- vince will contribute £ 59, 65 cent’ of the - shared “operat er cent more than asic levy to provide pre rae x ‘5{cial contribution’ to education costs, and at the same time not moods . Color say t's a way to express bright, lively «high spirits ....a cheerful disposition... iWe have many shades of yellow—rich ones, f laughing ‘ones, dazzling ones. And we'll help you. find the yellow (or any other colon. that's just right for you. hab. PALNT Galion: Regular $10. 90 Quart: Regular’ $3.35 Gallon: Regular ‘$10.30 Quart: Regular $3.25° Gallon: Regular $10.90 Quart: Regular. $3.35 you, and C-I-L col SPECIAL : SPECIAL. y it best the basle levy paid by |" ite local The sign fance of this is re- flected in the fact’ that at least 11 school. districts of. the pro- tate this -year * For. 1968. of the: 88.organ: teed schoo distri wift Fee a OBL Glstricts. al Tpvel : rehbol detricte cate at‘-the 90 per cent level: of.sharing’ of ital costs. eteraon tated that in jaddition, to. the $ now, provided «for: direct: grants tricts. $4.6 ‘million’ for, teachers’. superannuation. .In: addition: to this, asa result of amendments made to: the teachers’ pensions act employer. premiur> which, the school districts.m ast) ay.un- der the’ Canada.-Pensicn -Plan will be refunded to-the distri ell dln llslltoat vince will ‘enjoy. a: lower. ae ty roo! 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Ask to Test Drive Any “ Vehicle ATALANTA ela estimated that these ds will-amount to’ $1.3: mil- Ton! ‘for '1966 and there’ should be no. cost ‘to tha local taxpayers in\ respect. of. teachers :covered by the teachers’ pension act now being. brought’: ‘under the Cana- da pension: ‘Plan; Y Peterson went, on to ing pro provided ,tojschool ‘districts |) {966 the province-wide' aver- age mill rate for. school: pur- OSes petors application of the} mills ‘grant is computed incre’ jointed out that of 83. orga! school districts } 000. had a-decrease in mill rate Tonight at SHSS~ With Three Students: :per: person, ° $4.50" ‘ ‘|