NEW Ty Bt, OF I PIONEER
By KAY BURBIDGE™

"Have you ever given thou ght to ‘what it means sto

‘be “A Pioneer?” Webster's dicgtionar y gives two def-
Ju) initions which apply in principle to Kitimatians of the
>, | 1961 to 1967 era... ‘to lead the way in ahy advance or].
development? and ‘an. early settler i ina frontier land.’ |

We are pioneers!" : Ae ai na, | <I" )
\.y Colourfu anvuage. “gradually
ilt. ‘4s’ no:. easy task: to forsake
the known way; the old friend- diminished:. Beards: slowly van-

ished. ‘Courtesy overflowed. In
rships, lifelong contacts, familiar :
nlages, to become ‘a settler in a! short, _Chyilization came, to Kiti-

mat, be:
‘frontier land’ ‘and ‘to lead’ the) tn. th
‘way. There are those of us ne) nt i, year of 1951, how do we

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rocail with gratitude, the bearded modern Pioneers measure “Up?

Have ‘we-done a. good job of sell- :
‘Knights of the ‘Unpaved Roads” i " 9 |
who. would: ‘hoist us up for ing “pioneerism” to newcomers?

We have. .demonstrated. .that| —
a“lift to townsite—not in your, homes can be pioneered, gardens)
present day luxurious cars—but/ planted, culture fAurtured, and
‘fn the cab-of a Bellydump, Euc-) 5. solid “future assured... to--all|
Aid,-or noisy jeep. Riding ‘in one those willing to accept the daily |
of ‘these. machines was comfort- round, the common task. Can-We. au :

de-luxe. . also° pioneer: the dally. round of detscore the ‘what eac- . joining of the monkey and cat

\* Some of us think back to the} living and -sHaring,” to. make} Hon of most, visitor . familles, they're lemurs front
terrifying fire in what is now Kitimat:100° per. cent. Canadian them’ for thé first time,-these . Madagascar,,seldom found ‘in
Neighborhood. “C". Townsite |. . 1 believe. we cant os | residents”. of: the! “Hamburg, 3 European. zoos, Their antics
might have heen wiped out had od Germany; | 200 have, {ails whith ~ have. ‘made them the favorite

it not been for the courageous |” ‘}form: a natriral question. mark. oltr ‘action of visitors,

3} nd 00}: per: year
» By. carr) month,’ 61.25; er year, $12.00
MS aoond.. “lags: mail “by: the: Post. Office: Department, ottawa

 

 

 

Ee e Well Said John | et
rey IN THE earlier days of the present election campaign
both the Progressive ‘Conservatives and the Social|

Gredit parties were guilty of fall cing with h tongue, mn

2 cheek about old age ‘pensions. ee

* Both: promised oth higher old
A. age. ‘pensions: and. lower taxes!’
1) The “two: promises”. certainly
| gantelled each other out., Can-
: J ada.can have and “mist. have
or higher old age: ‘pension ‘than the
i's argument that with the present dea -|$40 pet. month’ payments, which
nies ae _Jare now. to. be. Incréased to $46
pped | t pw oduee ‘| per month, ‘But Canada cannot}

highlycom petitiv lass oi , ‘al: have ‘higher old ‘age pensions
eny pe ae t syste S905 Sane -} without also. having © heavier
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. We covér mire people—and: we
give-it. to everybody, repardless
of. whether they personally paid:
any income taxes, before: the. act
wert into effect. In the’ States,
the whole thing is much, more
restricted, :

The scheme. ds actually, ‘sound,
for roughly, double the aniount
has been collecied in payroll: de-
taxes to pay for, those higher old| ductions and- employer | itaxes |"
ae : sitio the than has been paid out: .

is e grea’ credit: of the} .Byt' the point is that “in
CCF that-they have not stooped USA. the vorker ‘and: his” the
to ‘the: ‘double- talk ‘tactics which. ployer, are personally paying, for’

outlandish :

“nawoue. DEMON 8: rl

It Yet pai bowen Treat

Deion ote eben od

_ ‘both the Conservatives: and the

 

| pensions. :

Social. Credits : have uttered - on
this matter ‘of higher “old age
The CCF would levy
‘much’ higher taxes. against, the

his own pension and that-of:his
wife. It is not based on the false
premise that you can: have your
cake and eat It too—Lthat- you can
pay higher pensions, if you. also

Work-of the tiny fire. department,
the. volunteer firemen, and . the
women who- rallied :round with
help of. every conceivable ‘kind

omer. climbed. nto" We ‘car in-an|| | |

displaying a pioneer “spirit ‘sec~ automobile howroom here and

"_YORKTON,, i ‘Sask, OA. Cus=

a pressed. the ‘gidrter. ‘button. The
cat--leaped . forwerd through the .
showroom - window. ‘The: cat had | hee
‘been left:in’gedr,The dealer did\}.
not say whether: he mage’a sale.

ich and ap&inst: “corporations.”
‘In my opinion, this policy pro-
posed by the CCF is mistaken,
There is a limit beyond which
you cannot go in this “soak the
tich” type of taxation without
killing off the goose which lays

ond to none.,
, : We: have ptogressed unbeliev-

ably. Not’ so long.ago, we battl-|
jed and won against, daily. Jrustra-
tions, Nolse, ‘dust, mud, rain,
.| snow, lack of esbentials and very |
real isolation.”

cut the taxes to pay for those
pensions. yee :

Tunnel: Work:

It appears strange { hat Music and vi Dhak asso-
n president W. oe Hankinson should wish to

 

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‘om the’ ‘Drama Festival

“drew he only, sizeable
stival, but when: the public
Il amounts, it expects some-

We.can quite’ Tunderstand | that a:
| yather minor. exhibition of elec-

ep ie of the Teddy Bear” ‘or. “Days. ‘on

the golden ege.. But at least the
CCF is candid and lets. every-

body know just where it stands,

BUT ‘the new Progressive Con-
J: servative leader, John Diefen-

baker, is a good man who learns
from his own mistakes as he goes
along. After his initial® and

tioneering double ‘talk on this
matter of higher old age pen-

To Start
Immediately

VICTORIA @—The B.C. Power
Commission. has awarded’. .$3,-
200,000 contract to a Vancouver
firm ‘to build-a five-mile tunnel:
for the Ash River hydro-electric

 

tor” a temperamental toilet, pre-
pare a meal by. candlelight. be-
cause the “poweri:was off.” To
bnve outward patience with the
|undried washing, tocwear. cum-

bersome Kitimat fashions with] -
a flair, to trim straggly hairdos};

Into. .some ‘ semblance’; of city

gay when: ‘they cond” browse
through a “five and ten!” . it

The women, of] 22 site's : tl fe ae
necessity, learnt how to “doc-}. iy i Gos

coiffures, and to pray for’ the]: "

Mand: Business People”

. pcre ‘
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sions, but with lower tsxes tol power | scheme in the | Alberni
pay for them, he has wurned over: Valley. . eo a

{a new leaf. Successful bidder was Belmont
“John now says that the Con-' Construction Co, Ltd.,:which -al-
servatives are: ening .to support! ready has started to set up camp
the idea of a contributory old age) facilities, The actual work of the

pension: plan, along: the same) tunnel will start almost imme-
lines as Roosevelt. brought in in diately.

the U.S.A. pee

|. Iam personally delighted at
‘Mr, Diefenbaker’s conversion to} . : Steady Lives
RAYMOND, Da @. — When

this cause; because I am one of
‘several Liberal MPs who have al- eltizens of : this town 25 miles
‘south of Lethbridge: sponsored ‘a

ready advocated this plan on- the.

floor of the ‘House of Commons.| ginner to honor pioneer’ settlers,

But as I-pointed out on. April 10 guests : included ‘seven ‘couples
who have sbeen- married more

of this year, the Dominion does
{not yet at present have. the con-, ‘than’ 50 years. Oldest. in! the: by rove outside their. bunkhouse

3 stitutional right to: move. into gathering was: James’ Taylor, 91! windows: Most of’all they ‘longed eS
a this, Nas a ‘would be mecessnny | on Ha x (for the: day they would see thelr |’ MAY} 5 i 4 00
ogetste provinces: sai -\womenfolk..So,the women. came. oth — p. m.
mlurther. amendment to the BNA ty Daily News i Glatt jarid” 80 ad, a‘startli ‘
: ng” change. RO E
me ‘Act before this could be done by : . g 8 1005 EVELT. PARK ©
| he parliament of Canada. .

And the menfolk. As:in the} _
oldén, ‘pioneering days, they, “led | |
the way.” Those who were here |-
before the smelter was erected |”
Will recall the rough and tough-
ness of it all,. The frontier: days |
atmosphere, when almost’ any-
thing was allowed. Men came in,
and men went out,-many richer’
than they ever’ dreamed. Men |
_.|from every walk of. life came’ to}.,
Kitimat, - They grew. luxurious | |
beards, washed their clothes a
and dried them on tree branches: |. ©

They. fished, played. ball, . they: oN
painted, and carved, and : -they | -

hung ‘their, “Christmas : “Cheer”

Pi | ide” can. be most: fascinating: for the parents of

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ge c | sublie it falls Somewhat short. | |
At a same time there should be a yearly outlet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vy . Ne” Bur the Conservative leader has
‘fore. iti is too late, “Talling: a , child he’ or ‘shel ig almost | |, rendered a real public service

flaviless when they ¢ aven’t is a waste of time. ty maak ah ection,
“We wish the Music and Drama Festival associa- |, The U.S. Social Security sys
tem is by no means as beneficial
| ‘tion well in its search for officers to carry on the Jas our system here, in a good
‘work that'is needed to encourage music, singing, ropaels his much better other
 dancing’t ‘and drama in Prince Rupert. We hope that | in the U.S.A. there is absolute-
- they find sufficient inferested persons who will ly nothing which compares Witt
~ pledge themselves wholeheartedly to a project that | system, which is pald to every-
_will benefit the youth of this city, boy at a lion the USA.
- Tt ig not something that can be dreamed up in a | million’ people are covered for
| few months with small details being wrapped up five future pension page n ee euily
minutes before the opening bell, It isa year-long job
. that, must result in an attractive product.’ Few will
‘disagree that .a festival as. a: Whole comes under the
heading of enter tainment, Some'dt it, yes, The.
majority no, If it isn’t entertaining then make it a
- matter of strict adjudication so that the pupils can

 

 

Scheme, And the main differ-
ence Is:that- the person who'ac-
tually gets the pension In the

gain the most out of it. Forget the public, let the par-

ents attend if they wish, And hy all means “obtain

coupe adjudicators,

a tremendous success in the fal-
Jowing points, It pays much
higher pensions to some people.

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Tho maximum In the U.BA, 1s A / RLI Ni E S

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In other words, both the Can-

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better In some respects, and not

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lend smust have.-pald, for that] -
“__ GEMS OF THOUGHT ——

pension, Py iQ. oe ae er of | |
contilhuldongs:: whieh: .
onthe Ne ‘ndWatiek ” tidmi’ ioe

. of mother's affection entmot be wenned from her chile,

 boonuae the mother-love includes purity and constancy, hoth
Of which are. immortal—Mary, Baker Eddy,

pay cheque, and deposited with
the government,
But the U.S, scheme has been

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prondhiig motorist, The Cann-|fotry ratos betwoon hore and)
lan: i Highway: Safety Confor-)U.8, points, Modern cars tako
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Chdok. Accidents, In May, beer invreased by: about $1,

 

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The introduction of 1 completely |
“new plan of uineniployiment:dssist-
--anee to extend help'to persons. xe
“cluded trom the: ‘benefits: oh:oxe |

Ha ae

~ isting welfare n mocsures, Me mas

"Fat reaching improvements in ‘the

~ benefits provided under the Unem- ;

ployment Insuranee Act, Fisher :
men now come fe under the Act. / ‘ .

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