John Howard Societies
Be-Friend Ex-Prisoners

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By
DOROTHY WALTON

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N a letter to the John Howard
] Society, a lad of 24 wrote, “You
have given me an entirely new
lease on life, and the incentive to
rebuild my character.’

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This man is

QUEEN’S CAFE

Operating in Queens Hotel
FULL. COURSE MEALS

Specializing in
CHINESE DISHES

GOLDEN British Columbia

HOTEL FRIDHEM

HOME FOR COMMERCIAL MEN
AND TOURISTS

S. W. and B. FEUZ, Proprietors
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GOLDEN British Columbia

AQUACOURT
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We Serve Meals - Light Lunches

Fountain Service, Magazines,
Novelties
Sitting here, in the million-dollar Aqua-
court, you look out the Coffee Shop

window at the famous Radium Hot
Springs Pool.

Information, Your Genial Host,
Mr. E. Conti

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, B.C.

Gateway Lodge
and
Radium Hot Springs

Hotel

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RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
BRITISH COLUMBIA

TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION

now established in a_ useful life.
Prior to the time of writing the letter,
most of the previous 10 years of his
life had been spent in and out of
prison.

Helping to put on their feet again
persons who have been down for the
count, is an extremely worthwhile
endeavour. When it is realized that
persons in jail are the forgotten men
of society, it is indeed heartening to
learn of some antidote, however
small, which is actively striving to
help rehabilitate ex-prisoners. Such
is the work of the John Howard
Societies of the world.

But let’s go back to the beginning.
John Howard was born at Bedford,
England, in the year 1726, and lived
till 1790. Inspired with human sym-
pathies unusual in those harsh times
when most offences were punishable
by death, or the living death of
transportation for life, and armed
with wealth and some small measure
of influence, he spent his life trying
to improve prison conditions in Great
Britain and on the Continent. His
voluminous reports produced the first
reforms in England in 1774. He con-
tinued his jail inspections in Eng-
land and in every quarter of Europe.
He voluntarily underwent the rigors
of quarantine imprisonment. He died
in the Crimea while on his way to
visit Asian prisons.

The Howard League of England
is a perpetuation of his work, and
there are now John Howard Societies
in all the larger cities of Canada, with
Headquarters in Toronto. In British
Columbia there are two branches,
the John Howard Society of British
Columbia in Vancouver serves Van-
couver and the mainland. The John
Howard Society of Vancouver Island,
established in 1936, serves all of Van-
couver Island. Its offices are in

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A fine for drunk-
enness was the best
$10 an Albuquer-
que, New Mexico,
man ever spent.
Police rescued him
from the busy Santa
Fe Railroad tracks
where he had
passed out.

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D. DUDAS, Proprietor

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CASEY’S

GROCERIES

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Novelties, Farm Produce, Fresh
Fruit and Vegetables

Phone 33-F
British Columbia

HOTEL
INVERMERE

GOLDEN

Owner Operated - Mrs. King
“KOSIEST IN THE KOOTENAYS”

Catering to:—

@ Commercial Travellers
@ Tourists
@ Sportsmen
e@ Permanent Guests
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Modern Coffee Shop
Wholesome Food Served in
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Subscribe to the Shoulder Strap

RUDY HECHER
GROCERY STORE

Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and
Smoked Meats—Camping Supplies

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Phone 27 INVERMERE, B.C.

Fernic HOTEL

J. Hughes and Frank Sopko, Proprietors

A HOME FOR MINING MEN

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Good Rooms - Reasonable Rates
Running Hot and Cold Water
Dining-Room in Connection

FULLY LICENSED
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