CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C.

THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1957

OUT IN THE

BAD YEAR FOR ROYAL COMMISSIONS

Grant Dexter writing in the Winnipeg Free Press has pointed out that this has been a very bad session for royal commissions. He spoke of the unfriendly re- ception some parts of the Gordon Commission Report were given by the government. He then went on to tell of the embarrassment of the Fowler Royal Commission on Broadcasting which said it had found no evidence of political interference— and while it was still off the press, such political interference turned out to be quite extensive,

Mr, Dexter goes on to say that all the “members of parliament knew that political interference is con- tinuous and has been going on ever since the CBC was created by statute in 1932. Indeed he says “The record of the CBC is such that public ownerstiip and political interference are but the two sides of a single coin. The one goes with the other.”

He found it a very curious thing that a royal commission could have put in months in intensive investigation without uncovering a single sign of it.

This more or less destroys a good deal of the validity of royal commissions. But in spite of this, many of the recommendations made by the Fowler

Royal Commission are considered to be important re- -

forms on the old setup. It creates a new Board of Broadcasting Governors which will control both private broadcasting and the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion.

This is considered to be a good deal more im- partial than the present arrangement. It is to be hoped that Mr. Fowler's blind spot in some other matters

does not affect the decision of the government as to.

whether or not the other recommendations he made, should be implemented.

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INTERESTING ASPECTS OF CANADIAN TAXATION

Twenty years ago—in 1937—taxes paid by Can- ‘adians to all levels ofgoyernment amounted to 23.66% of a national income of little more than $4 billion. In that year our total tax bill amounted to $961 mil- fion. This percentage relationship didn’t change very much in 1938 or 1939, in fact the percentage dropped a little to 22.36%. In 1940 however, with the war getting under way, our national income rose to more than $ and one quarter billion and our tax bill increas- ed to $1,388 million. In 1940 the percentage of taxes “as against the net national income was 26.37%. °

During the war years our national income con- tinued to grow from 62 billion in 1941 to more than $934 billion in 1946. Our taxes continued to grow accordingly. The Percentage of taxes, as against the national income, jumped to 30.65% in 1941 and then fluctuated up and down until it reached a peak,

. for the war years, of 31.61% in 1946.

The latest chapter—the one titled 1956—is the most revealing of all. In this lost year for which figur- es are available taxes as a percent of the national income had risen to the staggering total of more than $23-billion.

Today, during the period of Canada’s greatest prosperity, Canadians are paying.a tax bill larger than that which was paid during the war years of World War Il when we were fighting for our very survival.

When one considers that a sizeable portion of this increase is due to so-called welfare payments, one is inclined to ask whether a more prosperous people are not in a better position to care for their own wel- fare needs than they were before becoming so pros- perous.

nother aspect of this problem. is that our govern- ment expenditures are not geared to our nation in- come, Practically all of the expenditures of govern- ment are fixed commitments which must be paid whether we are prosperous or whether we are poor. While it is true that the volume of taxation will vary with the national income, government commitments must still be paid, and if they cannot be paid out o' taxation then our governments must borrow.

Because we have to finance our borrowing our condition therefore becomes increasingly worse. Should anything happen to halt or even slow down the up-. ward thrust of our economic progress, we shall feel the pinch at once and the high rates of taxation will have an immediate and gowerful tendency to throw our up- ward spiral into reverse.

We are just now coming to a period when we must weigh the claims and promises of the various politica’ zarties seeking our supgort at the polls on June 10, We should make it our business to examine, closely and carefully, the speeches of the various can- didates. Let us,,to the extent possible, extract from them their view as to where Canada stands with re- spect to this question of taxation.

Are they advocating great new expenditures which will add to this burden of ours? Are they at-

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E CASTLEGAR MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION This Weeks Message By by Mr, James G. Hemmons

TIME and ETERNITY IME—what is time?

‘Webster says that time is 2 known, fixed, or anticipated period,

We mgy limit time to the seconds tick of a clock, or ex- tend it to a vast number of eons. But to mankind, time is merely the doorway to eternity. The Psalmist realizing this wrote, “For all our days are passed: away in Thy wrath, we spend

“our years as a tale that is told”. (Psalms 91:9). And James wrote “For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for little time, and then vanisheth

way.” (James 4:14).

TIME — how precious it is, yet how much of it we squander, Few people today have time for God, the Bible, or even the wel- fare of their eternal soul; instead their time is spent pursuing the fleeting fancies of life.

. Have you ever watched the second hand of a timepiece as

a a

it ticks off sixty seconds? How short that moment is, yet our lives are only made up of mom- ents, This present moment is the only one we. can call our own; the last one has passed, and what has been done or left un- done cannot be altered, The next moment has not’come and may never come, for us. Do you re- alize that 18,000 souls have pass- ed into eternity since you.started to read this arttcre? We nave no promise of tomorrow, and no.as- surance of the next moment.

rs ~ ay, -Prepared by the Research Staff of -SHEYCLOPEOTA-CAWADIANA

sn aoe tt Who Founded the Famous Montreal Repertory Theatre?

“All of a Summer's Day,” won the Sir Barry Jackson trophy in the Dominion Drama Festival.

In 1935 she received the Cana- dian Drama Award for “outstand- ing service in the development of Canadian theatre.”

She was born at Montreal in 1895 and died at Victoria in 1942. zs Where Did Ice Hockey Start?

Canada gave birth to its most

‘The Montreal. Repertory The- popular sport on Christmas day atre was made one of the most in 1855 when members of the important asd successful amat- Royal Canadian Rifles stationed

cur theatrical groups in Canada at Kingston,

Ontario, cleared

by the distinguished amateur act- Snow from the harbor, tied skat-

ress and producer, Martha Allan. Her memory fs honered by

means of the Martha Allan Tro-

Marguerite °S onto their boots,

borrowed. field-hockey sticks and an old la- erosse ball, and played the world’s first game of ice hockey.

phy, whieh is awarded for the What noted champion of women’s

best visual presentation at the annual Western Quebee Regional Drama Festival.

She scored as both actress and

producer’ and one of her plays,

rights became the first woman member of the CBC Board of Governors? .

Nellie McClung, also noted as a writer and temperance leader,

was a CBC governor from 1936 to 1942, |Born in 1873 at Chats- worth, Ontario, she died at Vic- torla in 1951,

Her vigorous and witty cam- pafgns for social reform and wo- men’s rights kept her in demand as a lecturer in the U. S, as well as Canada, She was one of the few women speakers who eould fill Massey hall in Toronto,

She was a member of the Al- berta legislature from 1921 ta 1926. Her name appears on a plaque at the entrance te the senate chamber in Ottawa, with those of four other fighters for woman suffrage who succeeded in opening the doors of the sen- ate to women.

Snowy mountain ranges, rug- ged coastal inlets and quiet countryside happily combine in British Columbia. .

Sunday Church Services

ST. RITA’S CHURCH Rev, E, Brophy, P.P. Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 Benediction Friday at 7:00. p.m. Confessions Sat. 4-5 and 7-8 p.m.

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Sunday fh the Legion Hall 10:30 Sunday School. 9:30 Family Service

At 51 C Ave.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Twin Rivers Hall

Wed., 7:30 Young People's Hr,

ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL Rev, E, Brophy, P.P.

Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Confessions Sat. 4-5 p.m.

Fri, 8:00 Prayer & Bible Study

THE UNITED CHURCH Rev. L. C. Johnston's New Phone No, 7581

tempting to bribe the electorate with p which are not bribes ot but threats? Is there any individual or any party courageous enough to say to the Cana- dian people “We shall do everything in our power to make this country even more prosperous than it is to- day and out of that prosperity you will be able to do a lot of things which up till: now you have asked gov- ernment to da"?

Let's get the story straight!

PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE) Sunday School —-'10 am. - Morning Worship — 11 a.m. Evangelistic — 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study, Thurs,|

Robson — First and Third Sundays at 11:30 a.m.

Kinnaird — Service of Wor- ship 10:00 a.m., Sunday School} at 11:00 a.m.

Castlegar. — Sunday Schoo! 10:00 a.m, Service of Worship at

Everyene Welcome

8:00 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANADA Kinnaird Sunday worship 11:15 a.m. Sunday School during worship

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH Castlegar — 9 am. H.C. Kinnaird — 11 am. HC. Robson — No service.

z Rev. Beams. officiating

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munity work are widespread, He FT late Past of

CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C.

FOR: CONSERVATIVES

During the last 10 years in Trail, the recreational facilities of this city have increased from practically nothing to a point where now the Memorial Centre and Jubilee, Gyro and Butler Parks are features second to none in cities in Canada of slmi- lar size,

This has been lish

Is as

the local branch of the YMCA

and has been President of the

local Boy Scouts Association and

of the Chamber of Commerce. If there were his only ac-

complishments they would cer- b

tainly qualify Dr. Wright for any job he might be called upon

to do, should he be elected, But J of course, he has wide experi- |

ence in ‘many other fields too, eoee

by the citizens of Trail, Tadanac and Warfield, and by The Con- solidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited through the Recreational Projects Society,

This Society has had as its President during this time Dr. Charles H. Wright, the Progres- sive Conservative candidate.

There is no doubt that the ac-.

complishments of the Society to date are in no small way the result of Dr. Wright's drive and administrative ability.

Dr. Wright's interest in com-

Mortorists can vividly recall

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Tea and Sale of Work on Friday, May 24. Many ‘parents were on hand by 1:00 p.m. looking long- ingly at the very fine collection of articles for sale on the bake table, Needless to say by 1:30 p.m, thé bake tabe was almost sold out, The boys selling raffle tickets on the cake, did a brisk business all afternoon, There were many comments from the parents on the fine quality of

Final arrangements for their annual Tea, June 8, were made 1) of the C

lough Chapter IODE was grate- fully received,

Mrs. L. Zinio reported at- tendance at Fall Fair Mecting, and brought a request from that committee that the Guide As- take charge of the

vy Girl Guides Association when they met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. L, Morey.

The tea, covéned by Associa- tion President, Mrs. FP. We

needlework - Section: of the Fall Fair, Members agreed to comply

served by the hostess, assisted by

will be held in the Parish Hall and will feature a bake tabe, sewing and novety table, myst- ery parcels, convened by the a fish pond convened

the pupil’s i ‘k which was for sale,

Tea was served in the Divi- sion 2 room from two to three thirty, with Mrs. W.'Bogwn, Mrs. R.-Bro and Mrs. H. Hyson pour-

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Financially the sale was a .| huge success, total receipts being ‘)just over $75, Of this amount $40 will be put into, .the special Castlegar Hospital Fund bank ac- count, $10 will go to the Silver Birch School andthe remaining $20 to the Junior Red Cross it-

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by the Guides and a Door Prize.

Mrs. C. H. King will make the tea tickets which will be sold by the Brownies,

Mrs, W. K. Fox, District Commissioner, reported with re- gret that Mrs. Myles MacPher- son, Guide Captain, would be un- able to attend the Centenary World Camp at Doe Lake, but plans were going ahead to make Judy. Whittaker’s attendance possible.

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Date Visitors

May 30 Castegar vs’ Kinnaird June 3 Kinnaird vs Otischenia June 6 Kinnaird vs Castlegar June 10 Castlegar vs Ootisch. June 13 Ootisch. vs Kinnaird

June 17 Octisch. vs Castlegar

June 20 Castlegar vs Kinnaird June 24 Kinnaird vs Ootisch. | June 27. Kinnaird vs Castlegar July 1 Castlegar vs Ootisch. July 4 Ootisch. vs Kinnaird July 8 Ootisch. vs Castlegar July'11 Castlegar vs Kinnaird July 15 Kinnaird vs Ootisch. July 18 Kinnaird vs Castlegar July 22 Castlegar vs Ootisch. Suly 25 Ootisch. vs Kinnaird.

On Monday, May 27, Ootisch-

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