Wednesday December: oP 1g rege s Four TERRACE ““Omineca” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA TERRACE "“Omineca™ HERALD A Division of NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS LIMITED ' Published every Wednesday at Terrace, Britich Columbia CATHERINE M. FRASER, Publisher - RUTH M. HALLOGK, Mditer Telephone V13-6357 — Malling Address: P.O, Box 1177, Terrace, B.C. or! e SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 2 , The publisher reserves the right to edit or refuse iteme in the publication of the paper, ,, '. Member of B.C. Weekly Newspaper Advertising Buresu; B.C. Division of the 4 Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; and Audit Bureau of Circulation. * Authorized ag second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. NEVER ON SUNDAY Sex or solicitudes? THE TAXPAYERS of Northern B.C. were slapped right back into the middle ages last week when a group calling themselves the Knights Columbus in Prince Rupert, succeeded in vetoeing a television program originally scheduled to be shown here on Sunday evening, The Rupert Knights banded together on Thursday evening and sent telegrams to the CBC and Skeena MP Frank Howard asking that the controversial film “Sunday” be taken from the CFTK telecast sched- ule. Their reasons for asking that the film not be shown in this area were clearly out- Jined in a carefully composed resolution passed at their Thursday evening get- together. They claimed the film was “unfit” for public viewing and they. used the sadly © dog-earred excuse of ‘sex’ to strengthen their request. The Knights of Columbus in Prince Rupert, and no doubt many other religiously affiliated groups throughout Canada, had another reason for raising a smell about the ' “Sunday” film. It, was so far removed from “sex" it would make any self- respecting Turkish dancer dizzier than dizzy, . The pressure groups were not concern- ed with the "sex" aspect of Sunday's “Sunday.” They were afraid of truth; they moved to suppress truth; and they succedd- ed, The truth in this particular issue was almost an hour's insight into modern day beliefs pertaining to God, religious phil- asophy, and the Church in that order, ; “Sunday” contained a 30-second film ; clip at the outset which showed two un- married persons together in a rumpled ouble bed. One was a male and the other *éiawas a female. Both were covered with bed- clothing. They kissed and embraced and chatted amiably with each other. Much worse displays af emotionalism can be seen almost daily in any movie house currently advertising a James Bond film or a Doris Day pillowtelk picture, The clip was inserted for one reason only — to reveal the basis for the recent best seller ‘‘Sex and Morality” and to pro- mote a feeling of complete honesty in the viewer in order to. prepare him for what came later. So much for the alleged porno- graphic aspect of Sunday's ‘Sunday.”’ What came later was a frank and def- initely honest reporting of, the recent de- cision to label Bishop Pike of the U.S. as _ an heretic. By Pike's own admission he doesn’t believe in the Virgin birth, he has his doubts about the age-old God concept and he has the honesty and courage of his - convictions to stand up and say 50—pub- licly, He did this on Sunday's "Sunday" and we in the north were deprived of the privilege of viewing him in action because a Prince Rupert pressure group got “the word,”’ GUEST EDITORIAL... Another . portion of Sunday's “Sunday” dealt at length with the restrictive and - mediaeval rulings of the Church as they ap- ply ta today's society. An excommunicated Catholic priest was interviewed, He is mar- ried and has a 10-month-old child. His wife shared in the interview. He admitted that celibacy in the priesthood is a requirement that creates and nurtures grave personal . hardship among many young men whe are in every other respect, well geared to min- - ister to the spiritual needs of any congre- gation. He was asked why he in turn had not denounced Catholicism... His reply was simple, “Once a Catholic, always a Cath- olic-—once a priest, olways a priest.” He now has his ewn church, one in which’ the congregation is comprised of persons ex- communicated by either the Catholic church or some other denomination. An aged couple, both of whom are 83, are two. members of his congregation, They have always had a deep and devout belief in God, and for the past 40 years have been deprived of the privilege of worshipping in their chosen church simply because of a previous marriage. The ex-priest drove his point home in a most interesting — and thought-proveking manner. The film also featured interviews with youngsters, fresh out of Sunday school classes. They were asked what God meant to them, Many of them confessed openly that God was a thing of fear because He. is ever-constant in the midst of such shame- ful suffering as the world today experiences in variaus areas, Others stated quite plain- ly that they believed God to be very much alive and they like Him just the way He is. We've given you a capsule report on what happened in Sunday’s “Sunday”? — the film you, the people of Northern B.C., will not see because a minority, religious pressure group decided it was unfit for you - and might corrupt your morals. How up- right ‘of them to steal from us the right to think for ourselves. How devicus of them to call the programa ‘‘sex orgy’? when, in fact, it was a “truth orgy" designed to make ‘viewers look into themselves for some of the answers to some of the ques- tions, The frightening thing about the whole messy fiasco is that in this so-called dem- ocracy of ours, in this so-called advanced and modern age, we are still subject to the whims, idiosyneracies and often unholy restrictions imposed by the Church. This we might be able to condone if the Church as.such were actually cour- ageous. But. the Church today .is running . scared, and the actions of the Prince Ru- pert Knights of Columbus in resolving to suppress truth last weekend is all the proof we need for saying, sO. A “yes” vote is how TERRACE SCHOOL BOARD is asking voters to approve a referendum in the amount of $2,832,700 when they go to the polls on Saturday. It’s a’big sum of money but there's a big job to be done, too, just in keeping pace with the ever-increasing flow of students into our ‘schools. This calls for the most meticulous planning on the part of our volunteer trustees who are responsible to the people who elected. them to make sure that the facilities are there to provide our chil- dren with a sound educational program. ‘ The board's latest planning has passed _ . the critical ‘eye of ‘the government..and has been accepted as being our essential mini-. - mum ‘requirements, Every -Minister and MLA is acutely aware of the “tight money” squeeze and of all referenda submitted to. the minister of education, only $30 million "worth of school building hos been permitted to go ahead—and nearly one-tenth of this ‘sum is aflocated. to'us, This seems to indicate thot this .refer- endum is a MUST if we are to keep abreast _ of our educational needs. The trustees seem to be carrying out their responsibilities in an outstanding effective way; the govern- ment has certainly co-operated in: so read- - ily recognizing our essential requirements of which it will bear 90 per cent of the cost—the rest. ls up to the voters! Whe- ther or not our hard working, but willing, -. school board is-to be given ‘the tools to do]. its job - will depend upon ‘the outcome at } the polls, . We would do well to stand behind the intelligent planning of aur school board. A “yes” vote to the referendum is how to. do it, is f “I don’t-remember the face, but the appetite amiliar,’ Band Uniforms .Now On Order Fifty-five uniforms consisting of capes and pants or skirts will be purchased for bandsmen of. the Skeena Secondary School Band following a motion from the Skeena Secondary School Band Association. ’ The group voted to purchisé the ‘uniforms at its last meeting, held in the Skeena Secondary Music room on the evening of November 29. Dr. R. E, Lee, school trustee, told the association that no fin- ancia]l assistance can be expected from the School Board and mem- bers then set about trying to find ways and means of raising funds to cover the purchase. A. F. Goulet, president of the association, wag in the chair for the evening meeting which attract- ed about 49. people. Colors and styling of the uni- forms will be established by the students and uniform committee before the order is issued. The school band is planning to hold a band concert in early March and it is hoped that the new uniforms will have arrived by then. . Six new directors of the Band Association were appolnted -dur- . ing the November meeting. They are: Mrs. Ron Lennan, Mrs. Don Parmenter, Mr, M. Kostek, Mrs, F. Weber, Mrs. Ivan Kamp and Mrs, H. Smith, On the LLeys MEN'S "A" Barney's Bowl Seb ebeneusees Legion - Lucky Strikes Eve's Men's. 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GuDE COMPANY ie collecting good used toys: and: will repair them so they. may be distri Christmas Hampers. Anyone wishing. ‘to donate, may call - V13-2826 or V13-5149. They will -be tributed in greatly appreciated. ap? puirinpetinhae