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EDITORIAL

‘The Readers’ Editorials :

The absence of letters to the editor from most issues of this
mewspaper would indicate that renders of the Castle News are not

At Hunting Accidents

Earlier this year, this column
indulged in a litle p to
the effect that at least two and
possibly three people in this arca
would meet their deaths while
engaging in the summer sports
of swimming, camping, boating
or hiking.

Furtt we that

deriving the full benefit from their that
they are entitled to. *

Possibly a few words ‘on the place that “letters to the editor”
hold’ in the functions of a newspaper, may dispel some misunder-
standings and prompt more of our readers to use the voice in com-
maunity affairs, that letters to the editor offer them.

Letters to the, editor have the same purpose as editorials
in any newspaper. Indeed they are the reader's editorials, It is a
newspaper’s duty to not only chronicle the happenings of its com-
anunity but to also comment on them, offering advice where needed;

i} facets of the public may not be
aware of; urging support for and
and inciting readers to do a little civic thinking themselves,

The editor, being in constant touch with community events as

‘hey occur, is in an ideal position to do this in his editorial columns.

But, having. no monopoly on brains, and presenting his comments
as any human being must according. to his own opinions, ‘principles
and upbringing, he may not always paint a‘given picture as the
reader sees it. The reader can, through a letter to the editor, prin?’
to the public's attention the facts’ or circumstances the editor’ may
have ommitted or neglected to stress,

Letters to the editor may also convey the reader’s agreement
‘with and support for any stand taken by a newspaper,

Or they may bring to the of all, some

of the that the
and public are * apparently not aware of,

We will welcome and gladly publish letters to the editor.tThey
may be on any topic of general interest in Castlegar and District.
Any about hi: that needs corrective at-
sention, or aware of something the community should know about,
«an, by a letter to the editor, pave the way for the right kind of ac-
tion by those responsible.

Letters to the editor should not be too lengthy. Nor should they
aantain falsehood, distortions of the truth or attacks on someone's
. food name.

They must-be signed by the writer. However, if the writer wishes,
-we will publish his letter signed with a pen-name, provided we have
‘tke.writer’s actual signature on our file copy of the letter. 2

_ Whrough our letters to the editor column, our readers can be-
‘ome partners with the Castle News in promoting ‘betterment of
their community and district.

need,

Poor Hotiacliec pang :

-/. The unsightly appearance of many poles,-board fences and sign-
pasts. within the village of Castlegar, is eloquent though silent testi-
smany‘of our lack of civic pride and lack of proper “house-

the means by which these care-
less unfortunates would die. ‘The
fact that there were at least two
deaths and several near misses
in this area, are not so much an
indication of our clairoyance as a
fulfilment of the laws of proba-
bility.

These same laws apply equally
to the present craze — hunting,
and we would like to take a look
at this popular sport to see how
they, hunting mishaps, can come
into effect,
Most Under 21

The recent accidental killing of
a Merritt woman by her 17 year
old son, is a good starting place.
I wonder how many people real-
ize'that the greatest number of
shooting. accidents are caused by
youths under -21?

Yet every day of the week you
will see boys walking about the
streets or by the river with rifles
er shotguns, which could bring.
wounds, death and’ tragedy to
some innocent bystander or to
the owner,

I wonder how much training
inthe proper handling of weap-
ons these young people have had.

To what extent have the neces-
sary’ precautions become cast-
iron habit? Very few if one is to
judge merely by the position in
which weapons are carried in the
streets.

Furthermore, not only are these

.

forward, blazing away at every-
thing that moves. With luck you
are almost certain to get one of
your companions during the sea-
son or even a total stranger. Any
game dead or wounded, acquired
at the same time, is. pure profit.

A third popular item is: “the
old frontiersman” pose, particu-
larly adaptable to. ham actors.
Simply place the butt of the load-
ed and cocked gun on the ground,
fold your hands on the muzzle
and pose, gazing thoughtfully in-
to space, “a la Daniel Boone”,
With any, luck you'll be, seeing
your hands off in space too un-
less you lean forward too far,

By way of varicty you could
plug up the barrel with dirt or

time. You could be different and
‘make it permanent, at the same
time ensuring that nobody else
would ever use your precious
gun, ;

If however, despite. your best
efforts, syou fail to achieve your
desired end or that of a friend or
neighbor, there is still hope.
Simply forget to unload your
rifle before returning to camp or
car. Then you might kill yourself
while cleaning it, pulling it into
the car or taking it out. Lots of
the best people” get killed by
“empty guns”.

Finally, if. you are determined
to meet a painful but certain end,
particularly if-your aim isn't so
good, go out alone somewhere
where it's. wild and lonely. There
even a relatively simple wound
can so weaken you that you'll
die of exposure and exhaustion,

IN CHURCH.

mud. We all lose our heads some-'

} '1941 was condi in

Five Years “Ago
This Week {
of the Castle News)

The Canadian Legion have ap-
plied for a plot in the Castlegar

(From thé. Odt."21, 1048 tssue| ,

St. Rita's
‘Church, Castlegar, during the
‘weekend, The preacher was a Re-
‘demptorist Father from Calgary,
Rev, John Q'Rellly,

A Badmin{on Club was organ-
zed on Thursday last at a meet-
ing in Kinnaird, with S.C. Muir-
head, president and Miss Livia

Cemetery but. the of the
cemetery has been protested, the
feeling .being that -a ‘cemetery
should ‘not be on the highway.
It might be advisable to have
a joint cemetery with Kinnaird.
The Commissioners would wel-
come any p

secretary

Mrs, W. Jacobson’ was hostess
to the Kinnaird Baden Powell
Club on Friday evening.

First zoning plans for the. Vill-
age of Kinnaird were discussed
at a public meeting in the Kin-
naird: Hall » when tenta-

The first. parish mission since

tive districts for light and heavy
areas, play-

far from home and -friends,
Someone is going to be in-
volved in a hunting accident in
this area, If you fee] a need for
attention and. cheap publicity,
you can easily ensure that some-.
one is you. Just follow the above
directions.

If on the other hand you feel
as I do, you'll support the re-
commendations of the coroner’s
jury in a recent shooting, i.c.,
that a rigid examination be esta-
blished and passed by all. those
who wish to use firearms, The
of

cand
were outlined, | _ +

The first of a series of Whist
drives ‘to be sponsored by the
Legion Ladies was held Saturday
night in. the. Legion Memorial
Hall, Prizewinners were Mrs. R.
Gemmill, P, Owles, Mrs H. R,
Foxlee and J. H. Pederson,

The, Boy Scouts and Cubs en-
joyed” a Bean Supper with their
Dads Wed. night in. the Coro-
nation Hall,. sponsored by the
Baden Powell Club of Castlegar,
Special guests were representa-
tives of the K.R.C, The Trans-
Society, ‘the Kiwanis

season
deaths and thousands of wound-
ings, are a-national and conti-

Club, Knights:.-of Pythias; Cap-
tain: Moll of the Girl Guides and

nental disgrace which can be
drastically reduced.

Mrs. Gabana, president of the
Scout Group Council. :

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guns carried i it the

bolts’are in place or the (tatsnes
élosed. A boltless or open-breach-
ed gun cannot fire, - ~
However the youngsters are
not the only potential “town

keeping”.
Such things as concerts, fairs, public; meetings, sports events,
«ste, must be advertised of course if the public is to know about them.
Posters on poles, fences, -buildings and signboards, are one of. the
‘xpany ways such events canbe brotight to the public's attention.
But once the event is over and { ppsters are no longer;si

c ving.
“Say useful purpose, they should bétaken déwn, and not.left for te

-wind, rain and other elements of Nature to first reduce to

ip”, I was sitting in the
barber chair a while ago, when
a man came in, saw a’.22 in the
corner, picked it up and began
sighting along it‘ as if- uncertain
whether he wahted to get rid of
fe ‘dr Just speed up the haircut.
And the interesting or. perhaps.

#atters.and then scatfered piecemeal about town.

Suerly if someone had enough time to put up the posters before
“thé event, the: same person can also find the few moments needed
to take the posters down once the évent they advertised, has taken

.Based on first-quarter figures, |.
home-building currently is on the
upswing in Canada. - ‘

Some $6,000,000 worth of zip-
4 pers are made each year in Cana-
da.

of

ly i thing was
‘his air of hurt innocence when
the barber somewhat peremptori-
ly suggested that he point it
somewhere else.

Guns And Cars

Another. member of the breed
is the moron who insists on putt-

very lucky indeed if the. only
thing that jcevelons is new: holes.
in the roof.

Not infrequent’ this same type
tries for a double in ‘spades by

the car again muzzle first. It’s

and shipping tags is a $17,250,-
000 business each year in Cana-
da. :

“So that’s what they uso to.focther

their :nestl’:

the number

circumstances are as careful as
an autoist passing a police parade
but will, if they get a gun, parti-

cularly a shot; in their hands,

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How It’s Done

If you wish to become Mr.
Hunting Statistic of 1953, for this
area, we offer-here a variety of
choices by ‘which this doubtful
honor may be achieved.

We have already suggested the } 2
show-off method by. which (in
front of all the town, you can
achieve your heart's desire—that |.
is carrying an unsafe weapon
through the streets or

ing.loaded guns into a car. He’s}-

pulling these same guns out. of}:

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Castlegar.

10:35. a.m, — Sunday School
6:45 p.m, — Teen Church.
7:15 p.m, — Hymn Sing and

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St. Rita’s Church
Sunday.’ Masses — 8:30 and 11
“o'clock,

Sunday devotions — 7:30 p.m.
Confessions, Saturday evening at

330 p.m,
Daily Mass, 8 o'clock.

St. Joseph’ e Chapel

Sunday Mass, 10 am.

Pentecostal -
Tabernacle

First Avenue and Juniper
J. Pennoyer and F. Clemo
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Sunday School, 10 a.m.
Evangelistic, 7:30 p.m.
-Eyeryone Welcome!

Community- Bible
Centre
Undenominational

Sunday school, Sundays at 10:30

a.m. Classes for young People of
all ages,

Evening Service, Sundays, 7:30

p.m. A ‘service for the family,
Above service in the Legion Hall.

Prayer and Bible Study, Thurs-
days, 7:45 p.m. and‘ Young ‘Peo-

ple’s’-Fellowhip, Fridays, 7:30
pi ie am the home of Mr. and ire:

it froma car business end first.

Tf however, you arrive in the

field unscathed, there are still a
wide wariety of’ methods. The
lazy man’s method is the one in
which you walk through the bush
with a cocked and loaded gun.
‘A branch or twig can be counted
on to save you the effort of tripp-
ing the trigger.
' Variations in this method. in-
elude climbing through or over
a fence and pulling the gun after
you muzzle. first; Climbing in or
out of a boat in a similar fashion
or simply: dropping the pesky
thing altogether, The jar will set
it off for you,

These. and.a_ thousand. varia-
tions have also the advantage of
a ‘sporting. touch. You never
know who is going to get ine re-

. All are coral invited. “to
these services, -

Presbyterian Chueh
‘Services in the Churoh every.
Sunday ‘at 11:15 a.m.

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7:30 p.m. — Evangelistic.

“Jesus Christ, the same yester-
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‘Lutheran Services -

Services to be held in Anglican
Church every first and. third Sun-,
day at 3:00 p.m.

ceiving end but
will get the full effect of the
blast at point blank range.
The Barrage ‘Approach

‘Another: popular method for

.| the more energetic nimrod is” ‘the

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Thursday, October 22, 1

953! -

CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B. C.

. pect that we shall’have to make

Premier Bennett Describes.
Doukhobor Pro

Part Four

Prevention and Protection

‘The Honourable, the Leader of additionak iadio cars to the ex-

the Opposition said in his re- jte

arks yesterday that we spent! ation and. in radio communica-
freely for “protection when we tion one* with the other.

should be spending for preven-|

. Ja

nt that 12 are in constant oper- oO

In our desire to protect schools

Wright’s Auto Service
Has New Management

The Kinnaird service station,

bi em A Histor Wright's Auto Service, owned ty |'
: Jack Wright of Kinnaird, came

under
week,
Two. Kinnaird | men,

taken over, the management of
the garage which retails Shell

i The,.néw. managers of the ‘sta-
tion will continue'to offer..2 full
line: of automotive: needs’ and
tion, I want to say clearly to the and: school property some 62|service for the motorists of Cas-

House. that expenditures’ of this| guards. are | employed. and for Hegor, Kinnaird and Robson,

new, management this

George
ckson and Ted Cowlin, have;

i Products. e

nature are not

on both

Tex-| th
trades ee ced: fn ie Railway

of the C.P.R. in that

for perhaps many years before
we can safely say — within our

area we have 13 bridges under,
guard

: the hours of

19 guards

through

r ibility to
ihe citizens of .this Province —
reduce our expenditures on pro-
tection. S

Under protection —- 1 think

and six bridges floodlighted. with |:
arrangements made for two more.

‘0 much for protection.
In respect of the recommenda-

permits in the village of Castle-
gar, will be charged when a new
by-law, now being drafted, comes

Charges | Decided For 7
Oil Burner Permits

‘Fees for oil burner installation

his 7 al. facilities to handle. mass dis-
FIRE AUTO turbances, I¢ will be
/LIABILITY that ‘last ‘Fall, following an in-

Accident — Sickness
" ‘INSURANCE
zr: PHONE 2921 |

~ Agencies Ltda. First, Erection of adequate pen-

this House should be advised that|tions of the report, I wish to into effect. ;

- we Have in the West Kootenays, | advise the’ House ‘that the Sug-|° On the recommendation of vil 3.
based at Nelson, 30 RCMP Con-| gestion conveyed by the Leader | lage Inspector David Seaton, that| @
stables extra to the normal|of the Opposition that such mat-|fees should be charged for such
strength of that Detachment and| ters.were not fully in hand, is at! permits, as is-done in other, cen-

best, erroneous, tres, the Board of. Prope nernanr &
'Hollowing meetin with Te: had agreed to | investigr ec :
Gouchman ° He _ of ond: i malice: At Mondey: ae mato .
Committee, ° of which I made Commissioner Gerry Wan. -|
Fowler earlier mention, eight specific | comended that fees should be $1) ¢
points have been before the Cab- for oil stove permit and $2.50 for} }
‘Collinson ‘ net, oil furnace permit.

A by-law. stipulating
fees, is being drafted.

spection of Oakalla Prison Farm
by’ the Attorney General, it ‘was
decided ‘to ‘erect. certain further
accomodation. Although ‘stich ac-
was, and is, ‘neces-

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sary to relieve the over-crowded
conditions--at that prison, and
notwithstanding our then unan-

BOYS.

Sun. ‘Morning Acci dent ‘
ht Pass Greek Bridge

‘-An automobile accident at the
Pass Creek Bridge early Sunday
which sent four occu-

plans con-
struction of additional perman-
‘nent facilities in the Province
commencing this year, the erec-
tion of temporary accomodation

pants of ‘the car involved to Cas-
tlegar for medical treatment for
cuts ‘and "lacerations, resitited © in
a ‘fine | of .$15- and- $6.50 -costs

was undertaken, immediately be-
cause it. would provide. much

these ay

Brings Fine Me 7

for: Douglas C, Garrett, of ‘Trail,
owner of the car, on ‘a-charge of

needed facilities in the-event of |being intoxicated - in ar public >
te mass demonstrations. by the Somis | place. 4
PURE NYLON of Fi the of i ;
\: which was sleatly, forseen at, that Magistrate yr: bet ore in Mag-

"$9.95

time... |.
Seeond. ‘Relocation of the -Sons

GABAEDINE °

of Freedom

In this connection the Attorney
General had conversation with
Mr. S. S. ‘Sorokin prior to his

bay —for: f
ement windows... Keéps. out t eald
i Sponge: rub!
Haile to aff,

ede 2 Bo eooe: Lesathe vated. 2 + 3
‘Very-simple to instal,

‘| koff early this year journeyed to

| bilities of -emigration to that

BY course, isin no position, to re-

eliminates noise . and. per

“into. ‘that: Country,
nly, a;few months ago,
ave'had some reason to hope
that :Sorokin’s efforts ;:might. not
be in vain.
Concurrently ‘however with
such ‘negotiations, Mr. Emmett
Gulley and Mr. “Anton Kalesni-

Costa: Rica. to explore’ the possi-

Country. Although emigration to
that Country ' remdins ‘a | possi-
bility, the Sons of Freedom do
not appear. to want to take such
avstep, and the Government, of

quire them to go any more than
it is.in. a. position so to requiré|
any .other - Canadian citizen.
‘Doukhobor Lands

The third, recommendation was
that: we ‘should make. possible:thc
re-purchase of former. Doukho-
bor. lands currently held by the
Provincial Government, . In_ this
connection certain’ soil surveys,
which are. necessary’ before:.this
question"can be fully’ gone; into,
have ‘been ‘only, just completed,
the. surveys — having “gone... on.
threueneut ‘the Surimer. of us

aT T wish to advise the House dthat
the Govetnment will, seek au-
thority by: “Act. at this Session | to

to. determine Le aading quest-.
ions’ concerning sale ‘of “lands, so
that this recommendation may
‘be rried “into “effect. -

the scene shortly after the acci-|

istrate’s Court, :Castlegar, ‘Mon-|..

A “police, officer who arrived at

$400-$500 ‘damage.
The officer’ said ‘the ‘accused, |
when’ interviewed ‘shortly. after |"
the accident, “was not too coher- | *
ent in his speech; he whined; - chis | 'y
eyes. were. bloodshot ‘and! he
smelled strongly. of some alcholic |*;
drink.” £
Bis testimony also said that
nine sealed ‘bottles of whiskey,
‘one partly. full bottle of whiskey,
and four bottles of beer were |-
found in and near the car.. The )‘
accused was alleged to have. said |-
he carried this amount: cf liquor
because he “is an‘alcoholic.

The liquor was siezed by the
Crown.

The accused also claimed he|
was not driving the carat the’
time of the accident but had al-
lowed one of the other passengers
to drive becayse he (the accused) ie
felt he “was to drunk -to drive,”
the officer. told the Court.

am. Sunday motning.

‘Bu ding Underway
For Funeral Horie
On Third Avene

Work’ has ; begun ‘and is pro- |’
ceeding steadily on a funeral Z
home’ in Castlegar. .
‘Frank whose ap-.

i for . construction of a/*

a ‘FOR BERTER scale

‘GRUSHED GRAVEL
; PHONE 3711.

“CHUCK’S

$10,000 funeral ‘home .on Third
Avenue, South of Maple Street,
was. ‘approved * by. the Board: of .
Commissioners last Spring, has
begun construction’ of the estab-
lishment. 4
The building measures approx-
imately 46x34. and ‘will, have an
exterior finish ‘of white stucco. 4
Mr.’ Richardson says he “hopes to
have the, project completed som:

time: next:month.

tain a. garage. for: Mr. ‘Richard

The ‘accident occurred about 1 x

The. ‘structure is also to con- “4

. “Shell Products

day afternoon, Garrett pleaded] -g° °°
guilty. to the charge.

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