ws! fl th em he 1g Vabinwd Sade ad Sag ’ “Wei “Friday, February 17, 1958. AN ndependent:t ally: newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert nnd ‘Norther! noand Central British Columbia, Member of: Canadian: Prese-~Audit: Buren of Clreutations ~ te Canadian Daily Nawapaper Association . *'The*Prince Iupert Daily Nows Limited od Pe MAGOR, President: payee - Subset hLiSn’ Rates! By. mail—Per: month, Te; per year, $8.00, ean “elghs. malt’ by: the Post L Offlee: De OME Tad ee to District ‘pirlimonty: Buava ' hie main dependent for their livelihood on pole industry. together with. more or less g-and: subeigteioe forming, By oom Tease operations, ¢ e that 1as et ‘the standard o livingt anufacturing, and of ‘this enterprise, “pertcha the an of. this distr ict, : This | is-Of zreat import Ree to Prine Rupert, due to ‘the fact that, except for tite wars years, it: had been almost éntively dependent ufjon. fishing, and so was subject to the seasonal fluc- --tyations and uncertainties of that industry. oye The establishment of our industry in this district his: required a: total capital expendi tur ein plant and Je@uipment of $55,000,000 and is providing direct em- : ployment for some 1,000 persons with an annual pay- . i of approximately $4, 700,000, This does not take oo io account the employment of logging contractors oe independent logging oper ators cand their employ- or the ahs a wecainip ait yecause of our neues in this region: *’ 4 British Columbia’ s northernmost pulp operation isfy henefit, not only to the immediate and adjacent . ateas,, hut to the province as a, whole, New taxes are . he ng paid into the provincial treasury, forest reven- M Gs-have heen’ greatly increased, and the forest lands | ifthe Neence area are heing pr aperly managed on a | en yield hasis. | ope be opme gee are § niplares : All members have not the same office, Romans (et, Nate i | ‘ * Ipitization ot our NGO, seg ean ony ge FEBRUARY SPECIALS! t LADIES’ PUMPS AND SANDALS be All Colors :. 95 sf 95 $4.99 Se em ieee Pricos Slashed an readies’ Mocossin. SLIPPERS 7 Many Sizes EINE NEURO MERCI E HIE ES FOE eEg 8 Emme RUC HOLE T ON oD we Tiga agD srammpmrbae 44 ry Ore be sermwetimn im ~ra eH: Fy toners e ¢ : Adverhing The Dally Nows Brings Results t ee ew | Og gg pl a tlhe A itt he. sb ew SS oe aver By’ gartler-=Per week, 26e; per month, $1.00; per year, $10.00 a about Litt its. public’ schoois; encouraged race “{ prejudice by creating a pattern. ar immediately the head office of ing; hada vopalation of about 1500 ~| Robeson}: e harmony. He expressed aston-! ee been: the 2 nly Sis to. hinment of our pulp? mil near’ Eines. Rue int Oi indirectly em- | Mi “No part of the bodily organs can be Imperfect without Injury ' Fall the holy, We ave part of the body of Christ ar ab least of ‘See It ty Elinore 1 2 Phibpolt - iy | _ eo More ‘on n Sambo . lA NOTED Toronto clevey. ‘man, Rabbi Abraham © | Teinberg, has given the} otherside of the sto: yi le Black Sambe. “Little » ‘Black Sambo, in the of negro minstrel show comi-! cality ino the minds’ of — white. children, and by arousing a sens sc | of persecution and. emotions; : insecurity in colored children... Better. to: deny. white children the’ pleasure. of reading Little Black Sambo than. to. penalize j black children wilh further psy- chological and sot ial, in jury,” he SAYS. “Tt séenis to me that this reas- oning by such a fine. personality does: real harm to the cause of eood inter-race and inter-reliz- ious: relationships in Canada. Surely there are enough. real race persecutions and real’ dis- criminations against minorities without inventing’ entirely im- aginary grievances, Leading officials of the CBC ‘inform me that several years ago ‘\they~ included excerpts ° from {Little Black Sambo on one of ‘| their; school broadeasts. Almost -!the CBC had a visit from a-fam- ous travelling American .music- ian of African ancestry (not Paul “He protested vigor- ously against the use of Little Black Sambo. It so happened | that the CBC official who inter- viewed the musician was himself one of the most ardent advors tes | in Canada of racial.and religious ishment at the attitude of the visiting musician, and requested information on the. snecific: -“igrievance. To what exact part i. ‘lof Little. Blick Sambo. did the: musician ‘object? The reply was! ’ “to the book as a whole.” * 5 % oof RA | IF THERE is any reality in the | complaint about Little Black !. Sambo it is because the word! .|"Sambo” is sometimes used as} a term of disparagement.. In the | -jold days, of.the-travelling min- sttel: shows", bo... Hence,.. by: the. association |- j-* jo! idéas, over sensitive. negroes, who: ‘know hothing of the. fine | book; Little: Black Sambo, may j: imagitie. an jnsulting implication. Of course, there is none. - The -association of ideas is al very: real, and at times a deadly : thing. Now that Little Black | work which contributes to inter- racial illwill, §) will never quite: succeed in ridding itself of the: | smear, ' Hence, it seems to me! | that people who honestly want lo contribute to harmony! between the peoples of different. 'faiths and colors should do some | fundamental thinking about. iwhat they really want to achieve. |! It scems toame that such people ; ido deadly damage to their own | jeause when they concede, direct. ly or Indirectly, that one color: lor one ereed 1s better than some other color or a creed, fe 1 SHALL never “Tor nat eck Ji OL when, délivebe legs eich Mati! Rabe: Ne "Wie re In the revised version, it” out “Poor Old Joe,” | tanglement, have thought of that revised sony shyee, the folly of the ree Vision has impressed” me mare and more. For what the re- _ Viners are really saying: is (hat there is something to be ashan- red af in the words “Old [lack ’ idJoe," whereas there Is natbhing | 'L0 ive ashamed of th the words: Yi'Poar Old Joe," Here, surely, the advocates of ree, color and ereed equality main claim of the race hate and while supremacy advocates, furely there is nothing ta be ashamed of dn the frat that the creator made some tiumin be Ings with white sh Ins, some With Continued an page o See PIMPOUe POP An weap Ones Ene HRN TE ee atime Beton he bigedst idiot i! i: would: frequently: be called Sam-|.2dapted to a standard kitchen, ‘!gambo has been denounced as a |. do i. shock : chy thd | Mise version of Old Black Joe. ' LINE | That was, of course, long bee: fore Paul Robeson had fallen: Into Als Communist world cn: Bub every thie [: have nebually suvendered to the’ “s-Lmamtdze ILBEMORE AS THE. KINSMEN 8.C. POLIO FUND campaign drive opened | last month, members’ of the Kinsmen’s Club visited the Rehabili- jfalion Centre to sce for themselves what the. moncy raised throughout the province would buy. » With Paul Sharp of Penticton, Polio Care Chairman for the Lower Okanagan Main Line as guinea pig, vice-president Win Davis demonstrates how pulleys help strengthen polio-weaxened | legs, ‘Its director, B. J. Desjardins describes how the centre operates “ After examination by. our medical staff,” he exolains, Wo wiite for: the post-polio case a rehabilitation prescription, whica may include some, cr all of our services.” These services embrace phyiiotherapy, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy. gymnasium, social services, vocational guidance, braces. Usually there are about 70 polio victims, men, women and chil- dien at the centre, undergoing treatment to restore their bacies (through exercise, or learning to use the leg, arm or back braces atas which will enable them lo resume a partially normal wav of life. Money bars no one. The expenses of those who can't pay, and §9 ner cent can’t are paid by fhe Kini:men Club sponsored-fund, averaging between $50.00 and $300.00 a month per patient “People who come here get service leading to their re-employ- ment or, in the case of a disabled horgemaker, rehabilitation to enable them to take over the management of their own hone,” explains Mr. Desjardins. Children continue their eduealicn in the centre’s special classes, but since immunization will event- wally stamp out polio as a childhood disease, the re -establish- inent, of adults is the major problem of Mr. Desjardins and his staff, The hausewife must be able to take up her home duties, To this end, a kitchen has been added to the centre’s equipment Bracing, paid fer by the Polio Fund. and the physical side of the program will minimize her disability,. but training is necessary in how to adapt herself.to Her home environment. In the centre - kibchen, homemakers are shown effort-saving methods of doing | household chores and are taught to use devices that cam :he .; ‘Men with disability must’ be equipped to become self-supporting once. more, and often the-door ‘o his former occunation is closed to him. At the centre, when it appears to doctors that he is able to return to work, he is put. through the free Rotary Gereening Test to accesshis abilities, When a possible carcer has been found; the B.C. ‘Polio Fund once more step in and provides that training, at the Vancouver Vocationa Tis available, LOGGER GEORGE DE PAPE of Ruskin, (above) who con- tracted polio near Powell River, undergoes hydro-therapy In soothing, warm water which brings vellef from discomfort. iyeintherspil Brenda Class exercises museles paralized by i polio. Ja 1955, 83 per cent of neaple ners, and the mothers of cl hldicken with pollo were over dren, Therefore, as never before, was ocenpled with some pleasing: 20, During a recent perlod, when a comprehensive rehabliiiation pastime, program ts essen tla, there were nine pollo patlertts In fhe Vancouver Gener Hospi lal, {helr anes ranred between iN? and 42, ‘The average ape AWas 82. Balk vaccine will il} eventinlly chileren dr the province, bub these statisties » fuedllente that the problem of raring for older sufferers will ronan oa heavy one oon the! shoulders of ihe Kinsmen's HG: Polio Fund, Those now most likely ta won| tract pollo, At would anneas tn RD aay | ‘). Cheek Our Stock ! Dial rings. Schoo! or wherever | “oul. Throughout Brilsh Colwmbia be, are the family breal-win- vee lt's Lovely-From Tre BC. ‘Kinsmen ‘Drive Helps Centre To Operate? ’ Funds Still Needed For Local Fund Campaign. . Woe V ANGOU ViER— Reha. bilitation care for polio sufferers in ‘British Co- —lumbia has been cited as the best in Ganada and sec- ond to none in the world. An important part of this rehabilitation program is Pearson Polio Pavilion in Vancouver, pital in Canada set up sole- ly for polio patients and the solution of their prob: lems: Sy To this sprawling, one-story building, with its wide windows and cheerfully decorated inter- ior, come polio victims in iron lungs and those in need of spec- inl nursing care, Rocking beds | und every innovation to. make them comfortable are provided. Cost of this equipment is met by. the Kinsmen’s Polio Fund, the: provincial and the federal goy-: ‘ernment, each paying one-third. ' centre, wheel chairs and crutches The B.C. Polio Fund also steps ini mats exercise to vet ‘to give patients any help they. ‘need, not provided . by govern crutches. -mental odies. 'PERST VISCE SHOCK i ‘shock, The environment is: ‘Pleasant, but the disabilities of: ‘the patients, the totally paral- : “ized in their iron lung prisons, ‘the pretty litile girl, prone on: ‘her rocking bed, the distorted: Hittle children in their wheel ‘chairs, has a shattering impact. ‘Then the realization comes that. none of these people seem to be, sorry for themselves. In the spacious, friendly wards, . ‘theee or four patients have their iron lungs wheeled around one of the hospital’s several tele- vision sets. The mirrors through “which they see the world, are tilted so they can swateh the ‘program, and their laughter is: as hearty and true as any view-: er's would be. Other patients, ; see-sawing back and forth in, -rockine beds, call comments to -each other on the TY program or ‘exchanee jokes. A lot of good-- yatured ribbing goes on at Pear: ‘SOM. 7 ‘CHILDREN BUSY A girl, arms paralized, reads, ‘turning the pages of her hook, with avstick held in her mouth. Attendants turn pages of books. ‘or newapapers for others. A> ‘group of childrén are gathered - around teacher, Mis. Laura Mac- ‘donald. Later, when school Is out, three little boys, with mischievous: twinkling eves, stage a surten- ticlous wheelchair race in’ the corridor, PATIENTS HAPPY The youthlul, keen doctor in charge, Dr. Cevil Melver, points “T think these peonle are happy.” Tt appears to be trade. De. Melver continues, “The point of medicine is to get people well, and also ta keep people happy. Health and happiness do nol necessarily wo hand th band. L think these people are re- markably content, tn view of their handieaps, They have a full day, there is al thing to aeeupy them.” In a tank of soothing warn water George De Pape, of Rus: kin, a Jouser who contracted polie near Love oll rive "was Une dervoine treiments from phys: fothermnist Brenda Class. In the ocenpational therapy room, Mrs i “Uys SOMEs | the only hos- ° lan appetizing menu from which The first visit to Pearson is 4) they can select what they wish, ened in Mareh, 1955, has the dual. cases for rehabilitation and pro. viding a hospital for long term CASES, patients. ing is the basic challenve unaci- ‘lying the Polio Fund's efierts and towards that voal, a years purchased from the C.P.R. $6,000, although it was valned at $20,000. + IN TIEE GYMNASIUM of the Western Society for R cehabilitacion abandoned, polio victims on’ 3 confined until recently to a wheel chair practices walking with oe vege Montreders spend 4,7 cents of “thelt food dollar on meals in restaurants: fn Winnipeg (the * figure is 10.9, Toronto 9.4, Van- The Polio Pavilion which op- couver &3, Halifax 39. ; : PPR, PnP angen | YOU CAN'T GO, . WRONG WITH AN mirpose Of treating post-petig- Its canacity is about 40 Making saved lives wortli liv-j Tow WAS i for ago a large propery . 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