Published at Gibsons, B.C. Provincial Library, Phone 886-2622 Victoria, B. C. Volume 23 Number 8, February 25, 1970. SERVING THE; GROWING SUNSHINE COAST 10c per copy f -F -1 Gibsons Heights water si||>ply still months distant About 100 persons attended a Vancouver bureau would cost v Gibsons Heights; Regional Dis Heights. Director Frank West water rate of $8 per month as meeting in Elphinstone school $60 per, year plus an addejl cost trict., irate payers , were told at also spoke and he proposed that compared to $3 per month in Monday evening to hear spea on reports made on request of Tuesday; night's annual meeting shortly a meeting to form a 1971 lower regions of the water sys kers outline advantages of cre the member. - Jof theiXxibsonsHeights Ratepay- , Centennial committee would-be tem. However the meeting was dit control, as explained by > One - speaker pointed out that J?riS:;assdciation that it might be called. "".""• informed that before anything speakers from Vancouver^ people are mainly honest and |wd; or, three months before they Some members during the was done about pipes ratepayers The meeting was arranged by ; that 75 percent remained out of fcouid^e given something defin questioning period were not too would be asked if they wanted the chambers of commerce of trouble, 20 percent became pro ite ph^a Water supply. pleased with the proposed high the system installed. Gibsons, and Sechelt as the re blems and five percent chronic ally troubled. I Chris -;;; ^Beacon- was.., •. meeting sult of a Gibsons chamber re chairniari -with* approval of the quest to look into its ppssibili-' The credit bureau was not only : |tegio^l; District section of the Hydro O •• ties. . ' '•:"';.*•,;•>; -.•• x/-:'^i -''J a credit reporting organization but also collected debts and its • association and the Gibsons sec- v Speakers, were Thomas Dow-, ibniais-the result'..of the area be- The Uni^n of: British Columbia Curtis suggested to Bennett nie of the Credit* Bureaus of program of debt collecting was Municipalities has asked Prem that before any decision is made outlined starting with letters ihg-diyided, part of it being ab- Vancouver, James. McLennan, ier Bennett to order B.C. Hydro unilaterally on rates the Hydro and ending if necessary in |oriiediintQ Gibsons municipal authority should present its case sales manager, and EC; Argue, ity. Jim Gurney, president, was 'to present its case for a power credit sales manager, of the court— ...... ,.,.:.•,'.... . ",,.- '..'..-• BARRY D. ANDERSON before an independent tribunal. The meeting was called for New manager "of the Royai re-elected along with Jim Cram- increase before an independent Hudson's Bay company. Frank ej* as vice chairman and Phyllis Only in this way; he said, can Daugherty was meeting chair ihe purpose of exploring poss Bank of •' Canada, Sunnycrest tribunal. Gibsons and Sechelt B.C. residents understand clear ibilities for the formation of a Plaza who has taken over from Gurney as secretary treasurer man and F.A.W. Havies, cham with Mr. Beacon, Jessie Ghris- are members of UBCM. ly the accomplishments of the ber representative explained bureau in this area. Chairman Evert Nyifors, transferred to the President Mayor Hugh Curtis authority in recent years, its Frank Daugherty asked mem Burns Lake branch. Mr. Ander-' tianson, H.E. Lewarne and Ro why the meeting had been ar bert Coates as trustees. of Saanich said in a letter to the 'responsibilities in the immed ranged. ''•,'::' *'-;';:\?' • bers of the audience to consider son who is married was born at premier that such a proceeding iate future, and what must be The speakers explained the what they have heard and bring Port: Alberni and educated • in' The , meeting was addressed is necessary so that residents of done to ensure its financial sta mechanics of credit reporting forward their ideas at a meet Vancouver. He has been with by chairman Cliff Gilker of the this province may know whether bility. and offered the suggestion that ing: ;which wrill be called at some the Royal Bank 11 years , and .Regional board on the subject an increase in electricity rates "We believe such a course a direct phone line toll free future date, i was manager of the Upper •'of zoning and by Director Lome at this time is justified. would be of great benefit to all from Gibsons would give rapid Numerous questions .were Lonsdale branch in North .Van Wolverton who spoke on the fu - The UBCM made a similar rec concerned— the government, service which would cost SO' asked, some concerning specific couver. ture water, supply for Gibsons ommendation to hydro chairman the authority, and most impor much per month divided among cases and what would,' happen if Dr. G6rdon7 Shrum following a tantly the people." Curtis said. members. Membership in the the bureau took oyer. recent meetihg at which Shrum "Then if the necessity for in told UBCM officials a rate in creased rates were clearly crease should ho longer be de proved the step would be much pages on layed; more readily acceptable." '.]A 16 page brochure with six Gibsons. He will be Bob Linnell, pages devoted to Gibsons and Gibsons. He will be Bob LinneL; the Sunshine Coast! Could be an a former TV man in Vancouver: interesting idea.' and expects io'^be- in/ Gibsons However it is more than an area shortly with a cameraman BY TRUSTEE ana challenging experience and idea It is a reality and through for pictures while he does re BERNARD MULLIGAN it seems obvious that todays so efforts of Gibsons and District search-on the area for material The s ideaj behind Education ciety this is an immensiy im Chamber of Commerce there to use in the brochure. Week; is one of course to focus portant and strenuous job." We will be several hundred copies In the booklet will be special attention on our schools and to have a dedicated group of tea encourage us to take a greater chers in this school district and of such a booklet available be >pages devoted to merchants, SU fore the tourist season opens., where they are and their pro year round interest in the learn-:, j* ,J P Xous all-.'to give them It will happen because of the ducts. There will be data on uig procesfe-m- our own com thjELsupportiandihelp theyiheed^ formation of the Mainland South the place of Gibsons on fb^Sun- munities. We also have fine young peo- west Tourist /Bureau which is ishine Coast and what it has to What better time to pay tri pie, ready and eager to take operating a $160,196 budget offer the tourist. bute to a section of our own com a share in the exciting work of made up of 60 percent govern Mike Ovenall is the regional munity whose job when well improving the society in which ment funds and 40 percent funds eo-ordinator for this tourism done contributes in no small we live and coping with the from Mainland Southwest tour development. He has appeared way to the quality of education problems of our times. We ist groups banded together to before the Gibsons and Dis in this district. Our janitorial should be encouraging them and further their tourist industry. trict Chamber of Commerce to service. I have been most 'im finding opportunities to use explain what Mainland South pressed by the attitude taken their talents, their enthusiasm Organization of the 16 page by our janitors; that old fash and their energy. brochure has already started west means to the community. AT A LUNCHEON last Thursday in Cedars Inn, Gibsons Sea Cavf Dick Blakeman,. president of ioned pride in their work as The name of the game will and shortly a representative of alcade Committee presented their treasurer, Ev Nyfors amd his they strive to keep our schools Gibsons District Chamber of 1 be to be well-informed and Commerce recently attended a wife witb a ccuple of articles they thought he might find useful inl in top shape. Regretably they understand what is happening general meeting of Mainland his new post'ng.'with the Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Nyfqrs }|as.' do not always receive the sup and why. This will be, I believe Southwest at Chilliwack where been sent to Burns Lake to take over the branch there, and it was port they should have from a very important part of the Bequest those iioij wihjose benefit the School Board's function, not on development of the .brochure felt that snowshoes and insect repellent would be most suitable. school exists. How about it kids? scheme was' outlined. It Was The presentation was made by Moira Clement, Sea Cavalcade ly that we understand but that The sixties saw tremendous we find ways and means to explained that most of the ad secretary, (right). ; changes in the educational pic vertising the organization plans share that understanding with ture in this school district re the community especially with to do outside of British Colum flecting the changing thought Bill 11 an act to amend the bia will be in the prairie prov those of you who pay school Succession Duty act introduced across the continent. Added to taxes. inces as last year cars from the the challenge of a rapidly in in the legislature by the minis prairies outnumbered those teen group This education week effort to ter of finance, Premier Bennett, creasing school population from California. > Adverse publicity arising from Memberships will be available which caused most of our bring you and the schools into created some consternation in a recent dance in the high closer contact marks the be Gibsons when hews about the 1 of the dances under the super- schools to burst at the seams, school auditorium has prompt which will take over the running were the new ideas which ginning of the Board's public bill got around/" relations committee's concern The measure intends to make • A ed the formation of a new group of the dances uder the super confronted us at every turn. in Gibsons who hope to hold vision of the Kinsmen and Le to make this a year round pro some changes to the Succession The changes are too numer ject. Lets keep in touch. Duty act and in some cases will -;. There is a challenge from teen dances on a regular basis. gion. Policing at the dances will: ous to do more than mention a apply to estates from April 1, Hopkins Landing! Last week it The group, as yet unnamed, be primarily by the teenagers few of the more important ones, was reported with no names held their first meeting Sunday themselves, but representatives such as the establishment of. MEETING DATE CHANGE 1968. Some Giibsonites acquainv mentioned that frogs were in night with representatives oJf ted with the fact Gibsons United from the other two groups will kindergartens, the addition of The meeting announced by concert nightly in the vicinity of the Kinsmen club, Royal Cana be present. library—resource, centres to Church was recipient of a $10,- westerly Gibsons.1 '••; .., the Sunshine Coast Protection 000 request recently were won- dian Legion and high school stu elementary schools, recognition Society for March 6 to discuss dering; if ;'}10'^percent was tax; Hopkins Landing reports the dents present. of the school's responsibility forestry problems, slashbuxning free and 90 - percent liable for frogs have got past the spring Plans were laid for the first to supply remedial help for the and sustained yield in this area succession taxation, would mean croaking stage because spring of these dances in the Legion Labonte resigns individual child's learning pro has been postponed to April 13 a reduction to /the.' bequest when is so far advanced there that Hall, Friday, March 20. Due to blem's and perhaps most im because of Gibsons Rod and taxes were• removed'. -.;• camelias, dogtooth violets snow the size of the hall, 250 tickets Gibsons Athletic Association portant and far reaching in its Gun Club's arrangments for a A Monday morning phone call drops and grape hyacinth are only will be pre-sold for this announces the resignation of. ultimate effects the gradual im return visit from Mr. Cunning by the Coast News to Hon. Is in bloom.. No names will be dance in order to gauge the size Larry Labonte as co-ordinator provement in the. flexibility of ham to show outdoor films at abel Dawson revealed that this mentioned from Hopkins but the of crowd that can be expected of the Sunshine Coast Little the curriculum and the schools Elphinstone on that date. Coast News has the evidence in League Baseball association. efforts to adapt it to individual taxation didt not apply to some a vase on its desk for .all to see. for such affairs. Tickets will be types of bequests which includ made available at the high This position must be filled in needs.' - GIBSONS St. PAT TEA ed Gibsons United Church. So Hopkins has thrown down school. order that the leagues can be If 1 may be allowed to fore the gauntlet to the rest of the organized for this year. cast some personal opinions, the A St. Patrick's tea and bake nation—including Trudeau coun A meeting of the - association seventies are going to offer us sale will be held March 17 at try the other side of the Rock PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION will be held in March and this a continuation of these same the Catholic church hall from ies. will be an important topic of challenges, in fact we'll proba 1:30 to 3 p.m. There will be an !¥e! meeting The Kinette Club of Gibsons, discussion. If you can offer your admission charge of 50 cents JOINT SERVICES bly have to cope with change Hon.; Isabel Dawson attended who provided playground super services of desire further infor at an even faster rate. Especial and a door prize will be award a meeting of Selma Park Com St. Aidan's Anglican church at visors last year on Dougal Park mation, phone 886 7710. ly in the growth of the school ed. Tea and cakes and baked munity Centre Saturday after Roberts Creek and , Roberts would like to do the. same again populations and the pressure on goods to delight your family are noon on the subject of the pro? Creek United church will begin this year. However they require our existing plant. They are assured. posed gravel operation which monthly united services starting a show that the parents of the PRESENT ONE-ACT PLAYS going to be years in which we nnmuumuHnuuuuun«Mmwniinnmuni«unuuuuni!i\«iii!«c is reported to be involved in Sel on the first. Sunday' in March. area are willing to help with the shall have to use the best TIME CORRECTED ma ' Park/ shoreline and other Services will be held in the financing of this project. They Driftwood players will pre brains and ideas available to us property. churches alternately on the first welcome all donations and would sent an evening of one-act plays t.o cope with the problems on Contrary to information on Hon. Mrs. Dawson arranged Sunday each month. On June 7 like to receive them by Friday, in Gibsons Elementary school financing the facilities which the Education Week advertise to organize a meeting with the the Joint services will be re March 13/ If sufficient interest our children will need and we ment on page eight Langdale is not shown by the parents of auditorium starting at 8:30 p.m. mines , minister in Victoria viewed with the idea of holding March 6 and*7. An earlier no will have to go even further in school open house hours will be for a full discussion; oh what such services twice a month so the area, all donations received making maximum use of exist from 1 to 3 p.m., March 5 in- is involved. A delegation frohx that there will be one minister will be (returned. Donations tice that the dates would be ing facilities: - stead of the advertised times Selma Park will be set up "to present at Roberts Creek on should besent to Kinettes Play March 13 and 14 was incorrect. Working with young people of 7 to 9 p.m. meet the minister. joint service Sundays. ground; Box" '^ Gibsons. * has always been a rewarding Coast News, Feb. 25, 1970. ment all to himself from the late Chief Justice' Aulay Mor- Talels of old Victoria, Alma Mater risqn on what bappened when :/\ (By ERIC THOMSON) and lived in one and then the dirty boots went to the furnace this dentist and second wife other until 1904. ; ' When *ny sister Thelma was room, the. kingdom of a morose threw a dinner party with da in Victoria recently after ah ab I started school life at North • individual, nick-named professor mask, daffodils and old silver, Serving the Mt. Elphinstone district (population 6,000) of the sence of many years, she paid Ward, and went, right up and and hadn't paid his alimony to Sunshine Coast and the Sechelt Peninsula (population 3,000) out. The school had just been Robertson. Here was a chop a nostalgic visit to North Ward, ping block. It was long before No. 1. Phone 886-2622 P.O. Box 460, Gibsons, B.C. where we lived in the days of completed when we got there, Only once did I see Old Mac Queen Victoria, and she noted but when the session opened the days of Nugget and Kiwi, Published Wednesdays at Gibsons, B.C. there was some' trouble about but there was, also supplied by frustrated in this ritual. While Fred Cruice, Editor and Publisher. that North Ward school had' not exactly across the tracks been demolished. She said in the tower, and while that was the management, Day & Mar North Ward was squatrely Second Class mail registration number 0794. jest that she ought to have ta being fixedjclasses \were held tin's and a shoe brush, the de across the end of them, being Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, Canadian Weekly News ken a brick from the ruins as a in the Centennial \Methodist linquent supplied the spit and the then terminus of the 14-mile papers' Association, B.C. Weekly Newspapers Association. memento. Church and Sunday School. One the elbow grease. Victoria and Sidney Railway. Subscription Rates: $3 per year, $1.75 for six months. United My wife and I were in Victor wet day there descended on this Constant* worshippers at this The residents, by and large, States and foreign, $6.50 per year. ia a few weeks later, and I went church, like the Assyrian,'the shrine were several tall broth were of modest means, but there to the site to remedy my sister's principal, Mr. A.R- MacNeil, ers from out Burnside Road, who were others there, poorer by oversight, but found that the known to his pupils as Old Mac, took a short-cut across Cough- comparison. Every Easter, be Victoria School Board had out and he must have been all of Ian's deserted brickyard at the fore the holidays, there was a done the Romans, who had left .30 years of age. This visit Crea corner or Douglas and Burnside. custom of bringing to school A governmental right! not one stone on another on their, ted the same foreboding that a One of these, many years later winter clothing, which re-ap destruction of Carthage, as there move was impending that, in another city rose to be a peared on the children of the On the subject of establishment by the federal government of wasn't enough left above ground years later, a visit of staff of wealthy and socially prominent a bureau to be known as Information Canada the editor of the of the old seminary to make a ficers created in the mind of the dentist and had a lyrical judg (Continued on Page 3) Coast News is in the position where he will be opposite the gen troops put at rest. There followed door-step, and the only relics a flitting to that unpretentious eral attitude of the press and other news media. were the remaining half-dozen building, where we got an ed Information Canada according to Prime Minister Trudeau's huge chestnut trees, in full ucation like the school, .straight explanation in the house of commons will promote co-operation bloom, trees that I saw being up and down arid no frills, and among federal information offices now operating in mutual isola planted. even the style of handwriting N. Richard McKibbin tion. The object, he said, would be to increase effectiveness as. well- ' While we were in Victoria, was Gage's Vertical.' my wife and I called, on Mr. A PERSONAL INSURANCE SERVICE as save money by reducing duplication in the use of staff and equip Ainsley Helmcken, the City Ar Some of the teachers were PHONE 886-2062 GIBSONS, B.C. ment and by better joint use of government information resources. chivist at the City Hall, and in from Nova Scotia, and Evang Now, to state the case of the Coast News editor, he has for its luxurious committee room eline formed part of our litera 4MM**MAA**A0*rf*0*#M^#***0*m#*0*#%MM0«0*#W***#*Mi**rfNMiM#*«**WW***0M***#%^M years, whenever he was able to strike up conversation with feder we were discussing how old ture, to be memorized, and we al cabinet ministers, suggested that in view, of incomplete new in Victoria, people and buildings got to know the murmuring formation of what a government is doing, it should have 4ts own had vanished, and he told us pines and the hemlocks really YttiAGE OF GIBSONS information branch so it can state its case clearly for general pub that on the North Ward site well, and have never forgotten would arise a tall building to them, now how these young and lic consumption. house the operations of the Col homesick teachers impressed It is for this reason that the Coast News, on any major issue, onist and the Times, and the upon our innocent and receptive MOTOR-VEHICLE LICENCES prefers to have the government or board involved state its caste fact that there had been this—minds, the beauties of the Mari- AVAILABLE AT THE MUNICIPAL OFFICE, GIBSONS, B.C. its own words and not in the words of the. editor or anyone else. school there would be forgotten times. , . . t *• •-.,.....'•...• From that beginning readers can make up their own minds with if somebody didn't write it& We;; young Victorians, and .'•'•'; Mbtbr-vehiole licences *are available at the Municipal out having to strive to form a opinion oh incomplete information.; story. As an early alumnusi of proud of it, wondered if this was Office, South Fletcher. Road, Gibsons, B.C., during regular That is also why this publication is giving both Mr. ^Frank West North Ward, and for years ih; so, why these teachers crossed hours, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., Monday a continent to Victoria, and the and the municipal council complete freedom to state their case on. exile in Scotland the recipient to Friday. the sewage issue. Editorial opinion will be confined to the editorial of the Colonist Weekly/ and a reason was financial; for the go? delivery boy for the Times when ing pay in Victoria was all of page only. am The Office will be open for licences on Saturday Febru bicycles were new, I got the $75. a montn^..ag st $50. in ary 28 during regular hours. .''„'• But to get back to the federal government situation there was idea that Mr. Helmcken: was Nova Scotia; They also impres a time when the government departments produced reference pa putting the finger on me to sed on us that there was no sin Cheques must be certified and made payable to the Min pers on subjects which they were deliberating. This was of consi write a requiem/ - in i Acadia. This conviction ister of Finance. •• • - • derable value to anyone deciding to delve into government actions. Back in the early '90's, my stayed with me for many years, It should be continued. , father, James Thomson, was ;Hv until in the first war I was for January 7, 1970. David Johnston B.C. store manager in Vancou a time with a Nova Scotia unit, Municipal Clerk The editor believes that the government has the same right and what these North Shore as any public relations organization to outline its point of view ver. In 1896 he moved to Vic toria, where the Company of Novies did in the Bucket of and will be looking forward to operations of Information Canada. Adventurers of England had Blood in Folkstone^on pay nights Formation of Information Canada will not stop pressmen and varied interests, a wholesale shattered that iUuision: others from doing their own job in their own way, but it will help branch, a fur trade depot, At that time the lObndyke the public if it can get a government point of view clearly stated. farms, then rented to Chinese, Rush was on and one of these There is the age-old argument still extant about a piece of pro and an interest in the Canadian young men hit the trail of '98. posed legislation which the government has Worked over for two or Pacific Navigation Company, His going-away presents from three years before presenting it. A copy is sent to a newspaper edi the fore-runner of the C.P.R. the school were a pick and sho torial writer. In 20 minutes he tears the thing to shreds in an edi Coast Service. The Colonist in vel, a red tie, and 40 feet of reporting his doings quaintly rope. I have always thought torial. Can you wonder why governments are organizing informa referred to him as the local re that there was some sinister tion bureaus? presentative. significance in that last item. We stayed at the New Eng Old Mac rah his school on" a land Hotels until our house was tight rein. On the morning line A romantic early stage ready. Victoria was larger than up the classes stood in two Vancouver at that time, and our ranks. Our principal inspected President Nixon's proposals to Congress for stopping pollution mother warned my sister and the boy back and front, the of the environment strike a high-reaching and hopeful tone. In myself not to wander from the back for idirty necks and the may ways, his message befits the present romantic early stage of hotel in case we^got lost. We front for muddy shoes. The de regenerating the environment. Americans now are united in their then moved to one of Humber's faulters on neck inspection two story brick houses on Gorge purged their sin in cold water sense of mission on this issue. Of this there is no doubt. Road, almost across from thn in the basement, soap supplied In a way, civilized man now is embarking on a second conquest Centennial Methodist Church, by the management, and the of nature. He now faces a wilderness of his own creating. This is an alien region of ugly, harmfully fouled water, air and land. The COAST NEWS President's proposals, in a more comprehensive way than even the most optimistic political observers had expected, would introduce a number of practical remedies on all these pollution fronts. For 5-10-20 YEARS AGO example, water pollution would be fought not only with funds for FIVE YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO waste treatment plants, but also with a tighter national river-basin Six Gibsons area service sta A $55,000 fire destroyed the cleanup master plan and with stiffer enforcement action. An air tions announced that starting Fairway Service Station in Gib pollution end would be sought with enforceable national standards April 1 they intend to operate sons, Gibsons, Sechelt and Port and the phaseout of high-pollutant automobiles. on a cash or credit card basis Mellon fire departments respon Only in two key areas could tbe President's plan be faulted. only. ded. Both of these were assumptions. He said the nation's environment Hon. Dan Campbell, minister With a four mill reduction in crisis was not the by-product of "advancing technology or of grow of municipalities announces he Gibsons mill rate the municip will attend public meetings here al council reveals the surii of ing population." Perhaps he said this to avoid debate over popula $9,929 is expected through the Compare our Prices tion control or over the need to monitor the nation'® production on the subject of expansion of boundaries of Gibsons and Se mill rate grants and fees would -expansion. However neither he nor the American people can ignore chelt. provide $17,736 for a total rev the role played by sheer numbers of people in the environmental A meeting on,Dominion Cen enue of $27,655. GRAV0L 10s 89c souring. And with America's population expected to increase half tennial matters attended by 60 A dog pack , is reported to again by the end of this century, but 30 years from now, the need persons discussed the possibil have molested deer in the Klein either to prepare for such numbers or to moderate the growth rate ity of an area project and de dale district near Bear lake. 25s $159 is clear. cided a further meeting would Remains Of one carcass was For Travel Sickness or Nausea Likewise, one must ask whether industry and technology can be required before a decision discovered. be allowed to grow like wild untrellised vines, choking such natur could be made. Halfmoon Bay Board of al resources as remain. Indeed, in imposing pollution standards A move to start a recreational Trade members have signified MENNFJI'S SOFT STROKE, 7 oz. on the nation's auto production, such monitoring of industrial out setup for the Sunshine Coast the intention of merging, with 99c was outlined by officials of the the Pender Harbor Board of put is already being put into effect. Whether the nation is going Trade. to allow itself to be buried under mountains of waste, without de department Of recreation in Vic manding that products either be reused or not made in the first toria, at a Roberts Creek Com 20 YEARS AGO JEJtGBTS LOTION, 20 oz. place, is likewise being answered "no" in the President's own munity hall meeting. The Public Utilities Commis $189 message. — Christian Science Monitor. sion will hold a public hearing 10 YEARS AGO on Union Estates application MEXICAN HANDBAGS 1/3 off Stoppage of the Jervis Inlet for increased water rates. ferry run for a three-day period Two carloads of taxpayers and slow service on the run from Ganibier Island and,West GET YOUR MAP from Horseshoe Bay has re Howe Sound will inspect all Kruse Drug Stores sulted in complaints to govern school buildings under school of the ment officials and Black Ball board control. LTD. Ferry authorities. ' Batt Maclntyre in his maiden SUNSHINE COAST With increasing demands speech in the legislature said GIBSONS SECHELT from merchants requiring wa that for the past 30 or 40 years 886-2234 885-2238 at the ter in the Sunnycrest area, Gib few schools have been built in sons council approach the is British Columbia. SUNNYCREST PLAZA Professional Pharmacy COAST NEWS sue with caution With a budget expenditure of Phone 886-2726 Edward Lowe was installed $6,410 Gibsons council has set _.i GIBSONS as president and Royal Mur a ten mill rate which will gross doch as vice-president of the about $2,300, the rest coming Dependability — Integrity — Personal Service Pender Harbour Board of Trade. from the fees and grants. Coast News, Feb. 25, 1970. 3 all had to wash up. but the Hotel when we got there, bands We had no social activities and discursive sky-pilot, who the third word, for in that un stink and oily marks remained getting under way, beer at 5 at North Ward, other than the looked dignified in a broad insulated, crowded and uncom for weeks. cents a glass flowing like a ri school break-up in the middle black hat and frock coat. fortable room, he simply boiled We didn't have any fire; drill, ver, and Chinese stores firing of June. This took place in the His address, which never var over. He dried up at last, and Old Victoria but' on two occasions I recall the off crackers. One of these stores 'top floor of the school, in a kind ied from year to year, was on the boys lit out for home to doff school being evacuated in a was throwing double-fused cra loft, and the visiting dignitary three words, inspiration, reali (Continued from Page 2) _/,: ckers the size of beer bottles who distributed the prizes was zation and perspiration. I don't Sunday clothes for bare feet and matter of minutes. The first bathing suits, and then down to Protestant Orphanage up Hill time was when we had a sizea from an upper window, and a the miniter of the Metropolitan know about the first two, but side Avenue,-—our fellow schol ble earthquake, which sent number of North Ward boys Methodist Church, a tall, stout, he was the living exponent; of (Continued on Page 6) ars. Sometimes there was also bricks thundering down the fur were stamping on the fuses and deposited on the school steps nace chimney. Professor Rob salvaging a fair number of the a sack of flour or a sack of po ertson, who was at the receiving crackers. ANDY tatoes. end who complained of rheu In those days the North Ward On this memorable occasion, matism, on which he played on playground was made of cin CAPP in the lunch hour, There drew the feelings of the boys so that ders^ from the gas works, and up at the centre, steps a one- they would feed the cordwood on it was played a game of mar horse delivery rig, and full to sticks into the furnace, lit from bles called Stink-pot. This con the brim with salted herring, ,. his domain like a. deer, bound sisted of five holes spaced like this being a present from a fire for Douglas Street, the rest of the five on a domino, and the man named Babchuck one of us following him. He stayed contestants had to roll their way the crew of the Barbara Bos- there but we kept on going. around the five. With minor cowitz, which traded up the B.C. The other time happened thus: deepening these holes formed Coast. Present day Victorians In those days the Fire Depart ideal burying places for loot, can draw easy inference from ment had an arrangement with and the resulting explosions these names that these herrings the Victoria Phoenix Brewery were many times louder than if were not Canada Grade A. We to signal the number of the fire these bombs had been exploded sniffed, and confirmed this, and box on a fire taking place, so in the openv It took seven loads one orphan gingerly removed a that kibitzers knew where to go. of cinders to level off the holes, herring from the barrel, and For example, 2—7, two toots and the remarkable thing was being taunted by a v non-orphan followed by seven more was the that in spite of all this noise on having to eat it sooner or la alarm box at the corner of Gov and debris, no one had paid any ter, settled that question im ernment and Chatham, then the attention as.to who was doing mediately by slapping the taun- redhght district all this, and naturally Old Mac ter across the face with it. One afternoon the whistle too came up against blank wall of Within seconds the. air was full ted and kept on tooting, and innocence, and there was no of herrings and joyous boys, some boy shouted "Mafeking is aftermath. I wasn't in on the and,the school steps and gravel relieved" and made for the theft of the bombs, for I cleaned playground littered with high door, and' by the time he hit up Chinatown that afternoon at and oily fish. The school bell Douglas Street, the rest of us, big ring marbles and came rang, the principal looked over teachers and all were after,hint. home with both pants' pockets the serried ranks and the corps There certainly was turmoil full, more than I ever had be es on the battlefield, and we down outside the New England fore or since. SUB-DIVISION 18 LOTi 72' x 130-CLEARED with FRUIT TREES, ALL SERVICES -. 1BLOGK FROM SHOPPING CENTRE CENTRE, SCHCmLS, TRANSPORTATION/ CHURCHES, BUS STOP, PARK
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18 4 Coast News, Feb. 25, 1970. TRAVEL REDRCOFS: You .must see MISC. fOR SAt£ (Cont'd) this bright little 2 bdrm. pana- Brand new 14 ft. Coppertone REAL ESTATE bode fully furnished. Just; 20ft: COAST NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS THINKING ABOUT frost free fridge and matching yards from Halfmoon Bay A HOLIDAY? '•?,• stove. Phone 886-7237. Mobile Home— Ready, to move GIBSONS: Two bedroom house beaches, fishing, moorage. Nest Here is your chance to enjoy a in, size 8'x40\ 1 bdrm with ex on large level lot; no hills to led in an sere of forest setting. Phone 886-2622 16 ft. House trailer. Propane 10ft! boat included. All for $13,- Deadline, Tuesday Noon well organized tour with the tra Bdrm' added, 4 pc. bath, shopping, Full. price $9,200. Club Kathleen to Disneyland, fridge and stove $975. Ph. 886- Stove & furniture included, Terms. 500. Terms. Rates: Up to 15 words 55c, Death Valley, Las Vegas, 2546. • '" X.x-l Park rentar$35 per month F.P. cash with order, 3c per word Knott's Berry Farm, from Used electric and gas ranges, $4200 cash. i. • PORPOISE BAY: Own hard to over 15 words, 2nd and sub also oil ranges. C & S Sales. Ph. GIBSONS AREA: Three" bed find waterfront. A 5 bdrm. old March 10 to and including 885-9713. Secheit. room home on 1.5 acres view sequent consecutive inser March 23. For information and 886^2481 •"';;::••. land, 18x15 ft. living room with er type home on over an acre of tions half rate. brochure write Mrs. Kathleen D7 IT'S SUITS - ITS MORGANS fireplace; el. heating, w/w .car grounds, 132' beach front has A billing charge of 25c will Foster, 5442 No. 2 Road R.R. 2 885-9330, Sechelt 1 acre and 2 bdrm.. house on pet, double garage, etc. .Full excellent possibilities. Perfect Sardis, or phone 112 858 4860 or Sechelt Hwy 1 mile from "Gib summer residence for a large be made on all ads not paid SPORTING GOODS price $27000. See this and make 1 week after insertion. Gibsons 886 2533. sons, lot is 16S'x245'. large L.R. your offer—cash. MLS '- . family - or sportsman's club. - Hardware and appliances opening to Sundeck, 3 pc. bath • Must be sold! Cash talks. Try Where your dollar has more utility room with tub's stove & 1 $21,500. Call DON TAIT 883 2284. PERSONA! cents fridge included, low taxes, F.P. GRANTHAMS: 4 bedroom fam EARL'S IN GDJSONS $12,750 with terms on $5,000 ily home, breath-taking view. WEST SECHELT: Only $3,500. COMING EVENTS UNWANTED HAIR 886-9600 Owner must sell. See this one__ down gives possession of unfin Vanished away with Saca-Pelo. down and $80 per-month. only $15,500 with $8,000 down. ; Saca-Pelo is different; It does ished 4 room house on 4 level WANTED ~ .,. '886-2481 ; acres. Excellent., garden soal. TWILIGHT THEATRE not dissolve or remove hair ; ROBERTS CREEK:'« Three lots GIBSONS from the surface, but pene Good well established and con YOUR SUGGESTIONS! FRANKLIN ROAD, Close to the some view, close.to.sea: $16,700. crete cribbed) Wed., Thur., Fri., trates and retards growth of un Shows you would like to see Feb 25. 26 27. At 8 p.m. best beach in Gibsons. Pretty wanted hair. Lor-Beer Lab. at the TWMGHT THEATRE. little one bedroom., bungalow, SELMA PARK: Best views ROBERTS CREEK: One ac. Ltd., Ste. 5, 679 Granville St., Would you like us to open GUNS OF THE ideally suited for retired couple: from this four-bedroom family close to good beach and Golf Vancouver 2, B.C. •-• earlier, close later. Any other Low taxes, handy to all ameni house on. lovely large lot, with Course. Ideal summer retreat. MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ideas. • ' • < • ties, garage Sand shed on lot. Only $3,500: F.P. , Pahivision Amazing quick relief for dis garage. Living area 2,600 sq. comfort of mouth sores, white Write or drop in and let us Furniture included. $11,600 FP, ft. Concrete basement has big know. with $6,000 down on terms. •. Sat., Feb. 28 at 2 and 8 p.m. canker spots, dental plate sores, rec. room, furnace & work area. GOWER POINT: One of the tender gums, with Fletcher's TWDLIGHT THEATRE El. Heat throughout, try your finest view V acres procurable, Sun., Mar. 1, at 7 pm., Sore—Mouth medicine. $1 at GIBSONS 886-2481 C offers for down payment on select cleared and in grass. Mon., Mar. 2 at 8 p.m. Kruse Drug Store No. 1. $26,500 full price. ; Suitable summer cottage or Use of barn or large shed for 1.5 acres on village water, 127' permanent home. $7,800., and THE PRTVATE NAVY boat, Gibsons area. Phone 886- road frontage on Sunshine Coast well worth it. <- of SGT. O'FARRELL HELP WANTED 7227. Highway. Near Shopping Centre. FARM of 15.06 acres, -with 1625 $3,000 FP, on terms, ;,..;."• sq. ft. farm' home, furnace hea Competitive salaries offered to Baby buggy or pram: in good ted, concrete, floored barn, (2- GIBSONS: REDUCED PRICE Bob Hope, Gina Lollobrigida, THIS WEEK ONLY! 2 bdrmv Phyllis Dilier, Jeffrey Hunter oareer minded girls. /Bank of condition; child's* tricycle for '•• 886-2481? '^X storey), excellent water system. Montreal, Gibsons. 3 yr old; Chicken wire. 886-2300. Full price $43,000, cash or cash home, large view living room, to approx. $15,000 A/S at 6%. convenient kitchen. Nice gar Tues., Wed., Thur., Chicken wire cheap 886-2200. Waterfront summer cottage, in den. Trv your down payment Mar., 3, 4, 5, At 8 p.m. WORK WAHID Wilson Creek, • where the sun on $10,500. F.P. Used drafting equipment—board really shines! Only 5 yrs. old, SELMA PARKv Small home on CHASTITY Heavy duty rotovator for hire. T square, triangles, compass has three bedrooms, bathroom, /Fill' available now for quick Phone 886-2897, and living room kitchen. Com LANGDALE: Nowhere else can etc. Reasonable. Leave name at sale: $500 or offers -down on you, find 19 lovely acres with 2 886-2622. munity water, new ST. This is $8,750, .-.•,,, THREE IN AN ATTIC Backhoe and orefabricated sep vacation country par excellence, streams and .over 1000' Hwy. Both Restricted tic tanks. Bill Warren, Phone but could be year round occupa BUSINESSES; tOTS, ACREAGE front, so reasonably priced. $2,- 886-2762. CARS, TRUCKS FOR SALE tion. Lease lot. $9,500 all cash. 000. down on $9,500. F.P. Coming Next Week From MEMBER — MULTIPLE Walt Disney Or! stoves and pipes cleaned. : : Phone 886 2839. >69 Datsun GT, 4700 miles. $2200 -V/: • v886^2481 X,J?' ]- :;-Hx. LISTING SERVICE DARBY O'GILL Phone 886 '2965, . ft BUTLER REALTY and the LITTLE PEOPLE Mobile Home Services and Dis^r GOWER POINT ROAD half an EWART McMYWN REALTY tributors. Furnace repairs. Ron '62 Poritiac station wagon, V8 acre nicely wooded, slope to sea & Insurance Thomas, Phone 886 2728 Box 398, automatic good rubber. Clean ward for wonderful view. Lane .Notary Public Gibsons. B.C. Feb. 28. Job's Daughters rum and good running condition. installed for trailer. Regional Box 238 Gibsons, B.C. Phone 886-2000 mage sale, Sechelt Legion Hall, Gibsons. $695 or nearest offer 886 9963, water at- hand. $4,500 Cash. Phone 886-2248 , TIMBER 10 a.m. to 12 noon. v ' TREE SERVICE? —then check E. McMynn, 886-2500 this:- '...• 1965 Mustang 289 high perfor : MULTIPLE LISTING Mar. 2. Registered Nurses As •;; -886-248l-' :::,'^' X •' ' Do Wortman, 886-2393 Trees felled, limbed topped or mance, 4 speed trans„ rally Vince Prewerr 886-9359 SERVICE sociation 8 pm. Nurses Resi pruned. pack, $1650 cash, or trade for dence. Lorraine WiEiams will MEMBER, MULTIPLE Mrs. L. Girard, 886-7760 TV antennas set in trees. ^ton pickup. 886 7438. LISTING SERVICE speak on the B.C.I.T. course Free estimates-sensible rates. of nursing. Guaranteed, insured work. MUST SELL '61 Corvair Monza LISTINGS WANTED GiBSONS—Waterfront lot. Ex FEARLESS TREE SERVICES 4 SP TRANS. Bucket seats, bo clusive residential area. $8,500. Mar. 2 Mon. 2 pm. OAPO So 885 2109 dy & tires in excellent cond. Representing Zurich and . GRANTHAMS— Fully serviced cial. Health Centre, Gibsons. needs minor motor work. $275. Western Union Insurance bungalow with breathtaking GIBSONS-JExcellent corner lot Backhoe available. Water lines 886-9353. view, carport and matching with expansive view. Near Mar. 6-7 The Driftwood Play and septic-.tanks installed. Ph. Mr. Crosby Mr. White schools and stores. Three room 7 ; workshop:- Large view living ers will present an evening of 886-2231 days, 886-2171 evenings. '61 Morris Mini, runs O.K., Eves. 886-2098 Eves 886-2995 frodm with; fireplace.". Bright cottage. D.P. $3,000. easy terms one act plays, on Fri., & Sat., good rubber $65. '58 Plymouth Richard F. Kennett pace-saving kitchen. $3,000 on balance or reduction for all in Gibsons Elementary School VERNON & SON BULLDOZING 2dr. H.T., V8, A.T., Radio, good Notary Public down handles. cash. 1413 auditorium. >-••••••-• -•• -•... Land clearing with rubber, runs good $200. 886,7755. clearing blade GHJSONS-rFamily-home. ~. View. April 3. St. Bartholomew's ACW Grading and Excavating •68 VW Deluxe, LTHETE INT. CHARLES BretlSH^ LTO. GIBSONS RURAL—- 2 bedroom Full basement. Large sundeck. Bake Sale at Super Valu. Competent work, Service modern home on 5 level acres UND. CT. Radio & other ex Real Estate & Insurance Living Room 16x16 has attrac Carport. Centrally located. F.P. Satisfaction Guaranteed tras. $1450 or ibest cash offer. $16,000 D.P. $6,000 Reasonable April 10. Tea. Health Centre. Phone 886-1887 Sunnycrest Shopping Centre tive fireplace and large, pic Proceeds for Kiwanis Senior Phone 886-2457 after 6 p.m. ture window. Dining room; terms on balance. 1337 Do you require bookkeeping, GIBSONS, B.C. Ph. 886-2481 Citizens Housing at Gibsons '55 Chetv sedan delivery. Al Pembroke plumbing; carport O.A.P.O. statements, balance sheets, and and patio. 3 acres cleared with GIBSONS—Well maintained one personal income tax? Phone mechanical $75. Ph. 886-9984. rich soil. Secluded yet conven and one-half story home oh 886-9331. MacGREGOR PACIFIC May 1 St. Bartholomew's ACW 1952 Merc. % ton P.U. $195.00 iently located. This is a rare in nicely landscaped lot. Fenced. Spring Tea. vestment at $14,600 on terms. Privacy. Double carport. Good MISCFORSAL* Ph. 886-2546. REALTY LTD. water supply. Short distance to '60 Chev 6 std. Good mechanical 777 Hornby St. 688-3501 ferry and shopping. $15,000. MARRIAGES ~~~~ Automatic washer and drier. -r-0ne acre, level and fully ser terms. ' 1155 condition. Offers. 886-9379 after v Vancouver viced with front area cleared. $100 each. Good condition. 6 p.m. KENNET—DOUCET, The wed- Phone 886 7125 after 6 p.m. JACK WARN, 886-7244 Would make two good building ROBERS CREEK—^Near level ding of Miss Rose-Marie Doucet, 886-2681 (ey.) lots. Full Price $4,000. residential lot 1.3 acres, close Bathhurst, N.B. to Mr. Richard FARM FRESH EGGS BOATS FOR SALE View, four bdrm home in quiet to beach. $3,500. - 1308 PURE B. Kennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. 15 ft. plywood boat, factory location in Gibsons. Large liv ROBERTS CREEK— Beautiful R,F. Kennett of Gibsons took UNPASTURIZED HONEY rm with raised hearth, stone lytreed 5 acres with gentle Always Available built trailer, 1960 40 horse John ; place Sat. Feb. 14, 1970 at 2:30 son motor $395. Phone 886 2685. fireplace. Concrete floored work south slope. 260 feet highway p.m. in the Blessed Sacrement WYNGAERT ENTERPRISES shop bsmt. $10,000Tdn.„ $22,500 frontage. Close to golf course. Church. Vancouver, Rev. Fath Gibsons 886-9340 Chrysler Crown marine engine, total price. . Full Price $7,500. er Meek officiated. 9'xl2' Axminster rug & under- rebuilt Oct. 69, 3—1 reduction. felt; walnut bed complete; tri- Complete, ready to go with 22- Semi wf. three bdrm home with DAVIS BAY— Large, fully ser 18 prop. Phone 886-7755. dining rm. workshop in bsmt viced view lot. Can be subdiv DEATHS light table lamp; 75 lb. ice box and large sun porch. Rental ided. Frontage on two roads. Agencies Ltd. for camper or trailer, as new. New 8 ft. dinghy and 15 ft. out in winter, holiday convenience Full Price $6,000. JAMES — Feb. 18, 1970, at Sfc- Phone 886 2956. Realty & Insurance board with 35 hp. Evinrude Ph. in v summer. Half cash at $13,000. chelt, Mabel Ida James, of Se 886-2724. PENDER HARBOUR— Large, chelt. Survived by 2 sons James Man's wool worsted suit, size 36, 30 inch adjustable waste, For complete information on Beautiful, brand new, five room, fully serviced lots on blacktop Gibsons Sechelt Catterall, of Surrey, Kenneth utility and car port bungalow road . with easy access. Only Marine Drive Cowrie St. Nelson, Sechelt, 1 daughter, legs 31; 3 button charcoal, as Marine, Industrial and Liability new, worn three times. Value insurance; claims and adjust on view lot in new suib-div. 200 feet from year round shel Box 369 Box 155 Mrs., Joan (D.B.) Turner, ; ready to move in with carpets tered bay with excellent moor 886-7015 ,' . . 885-2235 North Vancouver. 6 grandchil Sell for $25. 886-2313. ments, contact Captain W. Y. Higgs, Marine Consultant, Box laid, cozy corner fireplace & age. Fuil Price $3,500. Terms. Call C. R Gathercole dren, her mother, Mrs. Lillian electrie heat. Eligible- for $1,-- Walker of Sechelt, 3 brothers FRUIT TREES EVERGREENS 339, Gibsons. Phones 886-9546, Phone 986^7015. FLOWERING SHRUBS and 885-9425. 000 grant or $5,000 second mort Peter Smith 1 sister. Funeral Service was gage. Full price $20,800. FJNLAY REALTY LTD. held Sat. Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. from ARRIVING SOON : Phone 885-9463. the HARVEY FUNERAL AHHOUNCEMEHTS Gibsons Coquitlair Member Multiple Listing Ser PEAT MOSS FERTILIZERS Nine acres with year round Call Frank Lewis or vices of Vancouver Real Estate HOME. Gibsons. Rev. .J.;'Wil Morton Mackay at liamson officiated. Cremation. LIME GARDEN SEEDS- Jewellry &! Watch repair oh stream thru. 1200' highway front Board. GRASS SEEDS age in two. parcels, $12,000. 886-9900, eves. 886-7088 premises. Sechelt Jewellers. j. Gibsons Coquitlam ALSO : CARD OF THANKS FEED FOR ALMOST For membership of explosive re Semi waterfront IVz acres for PROPERTY FOR SUE EVERY NEED qUiremenu contact Wiljo Wirenj sub-div ••; with luxury home on, PROPERTY WAHTB) SZABO — On Feb. 10, 1970, Pigeon Mix, 50 lbs. -$4.00 selling agent, Howe Sound 15,000 to handle.; Form• a Isyn- By owner, Davis Bay, on high Margaret Jean Szabo of Vancou Dog Meal Crumbles 50 lbs 4.99 Farmers Institute, Ree * Rents are soaring. Apartments are becoming a luxury. With the rate of new family formation increasing year by year/the plight of the tenant grows more precarious daily. Make the big step forward now! There never was a better time to build. Look at these homes. Under the Westwood system of building you could be into any one of these (or 44 other models) this spring. Westwood homes go up in sections. Erection is speeded, on-sitejabor reduced. This is the system acclaimed by housing authorities everywhere. Contact your Westwood dealer today. If budget is a problem, ask him about lower-cost Suburban homes—they're terrific! ; move up to the strongest frame house built. • . I WESTWOOD HOMES LIMITED I I I j 2 EWEN AVE.; NEW WESTMINSTER j | D Enclo»ed 25* for Suburban home» portfolio I j Homes I' P Plaas* have representative call I j NAME_ I: I ADDRESS. I I I MODELS ILlUSTRATED:TOP:THECO«MIRE1324SQ. FT. • LEFT: THE 00RVAL1248SQ. FT. • RIGHT: THE STRATHMORE1500 SQ. FT. I;.. I I YOUR LOCAL DEALER: j PHONE. •M I ARB0 DEVELOPS!! BOX 739, GIBSONS. Phone 88G-7244 EDUCATION WEEK ItoT VISiT SCHOOLS Elphinstone March 3,7:30 to 9:30 pm. Drop-In Visiting Pender Harbour March 4,1 fo3p.m. Open House Madeira Park March 3,12 noon Band Concert . 12:30 p.m. Gymnastics- 1 to 3 p.m. Open House and Tea Bgmonf March 5, 7:30 p.m. Concert Parental Visiting all Week Bowenblanil March 5,1 to 3 p.m. Open House Gibsons Hemeirfary March 3,4,9:30 to 11 a.m, Open House, Visiting HalfmoonBay March 5,10 fo 12 noon Drop-In Visiting langdale March 5,7 to 9 p^m. Open House Roberts Creek March 4,10 to 12 noon Open House, Visiting Sechelt & West Sechelt March 4, 7 to 9 p.m. Open House Rims & Gym Display , STARTED IN 1M2 8 Coast News, Feb. 25.-1970, /The British Columbia Forest s Service was created in 1912. To day it has approximately 3,000 Blake C. Alderson, D.C. full-itime personnel— the number SMITH-nHENDRICKS Susan Lawson caught the ST.PIERRE, MP brides bouquet. being increased at certain times COAST-CRTLCOTIN Miss Gail Hendricks of Win CHIROPRACTOR of "the year with the addition of nipeg, daughter of Mrs. M. Ver- After a. short Honeymoon in such part-itime personnel as ;'."' Barney Danson, Toronto Lib recent years to use credit cards recchia and the late Mr. Ted Victoria the young couple will Post Office (Building, Sechelt planters and firefighters. eral Member of Parliament and indiscriminately. This presents Hendricks, exchanged nuptial reside at Gower Point. the inventor (although you wot ttwo problems. Firstly, because vows with Mr. John Smith, only There were many out of town TUES., WED., THURS., FRI. it not) of the Cash Cardj is we can delay payment, we are , son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith guests. 10:30-5:30 guest columnist jhere. seduced into buying the things we NEED. Secondly, the retail of Gibsons in a ceremony at SATURDAY 9:30 - 1:09 " ,?-v ^','yyv'rys;-- 's' /",; <" """" In private life, Mr. Danson is Gibsons United Church Feb. 14, a plastics manufacturer. He has er usually has to pay the credit 1970 at 2 p.m. the Rev. Jim COAST NEWS WANT ADS phone curly auburn hair, a face com card company anywhere from 4 to 7 percent of the sales price Williamson officiating. DEADLINE, TUESDAY NOON Office 885-2333—Res. 889-2321 posed largely of nose and is us The bride given in marriage, ually found smiling. Mr. Danson and this getts built into the;, v Phone 886-2622 price he puts on an article or by her gre^ uncle Mr: R;: Wil is one who believes that a bit son;looked lovely in a white of laughter is not misplaced, service. "When you and I go into a freiich velvet gownen train. The even in our sometimes somber bridal veil Juliet style, studded Parliament. shop and pay cash, the retailer makes 4 to 7 percent more on with seeded pearls & daisies Even when he complains he our purchase. In effect, we are with bouffant veil, carrying a complains gently. Hansard once paying a penalty for our frugal bouquet of baby pink rose buds NOTICE listed his name as Barley Dan- ; ity.' I am urging that you re & white carnations^ love knots son. He rose on a question of quest a discount on such pur & bridal rings an graduated privilege, but only to note that chases and I think retailers Streamers. '-'Xtx 23rd iNNUAl GENERAL MEETING this went against his grain. should be happy to give you 4 Attending the bride was the However Mr. Danson is some or 5 percent for your prompt grooms sister Mrs. Glen F. Bow- times serious, even while smil payment. tinheimer wearing a pink sculp of the Pender Harbour Credit Union ing, as you may detect in his For Real Estate on the "When the retailer receives tured velvet gown, carrying a introduction to Coast Chiicotin prompt payment, he can reduce bouquet of white carnations. of the Danson Cash Card. his bank loan, on which he can The flower .girl, little Suzanne LORD JIM'S LODGE Sunshine Coast "The crux of my idea is to , be paying 10 percent yearly. • Cottrell looked sweet and de bring cash back into sityle.' Secondly, his cash position is mure in a floor length, pink (Cash, if /you recall, is that improved so that he can buy- velvet,daisy'tatimmed gown, K. CROSBY green paper stuff with pictures more competitively from his carrying a basket of white car- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 - 8:00 p.m. of the Queen on it. If you're wholesaler, who also can- use " naUions. Master Chris the ring CHARLES ENGLISH LTD. lucky, you might have a bit cash and thus buy on better bearer looked quite brave tak Sunnycrest Shopping Centre with pictures of ex-prime min terms from the -manufacturer^ ing care of little sister^ DINNER AT 6:30 p.m. ^ Gibsons — 886-2481 isters.) : With credit being so scarce and . The best man Mr. John Cot There has been a tendency in thus expensive, everyone can trell. The ushers Michael Hen ..•benefit. ' :'" dricks and Steve Masdn. Master Scott Verrecchia helped serve/ "The • effects can pyramid. Costs can be reduced and we all The Brides mother chose to tend to become more compet wear a three piece Italian knit itive. Ultimately, our entire ec (suit in beige! with pale yellow onomy could be on a sounder accessories and orchid corsage. basis. It might even force us to The grooms mother chose ,to re1-think our somewhat free wear a turquoise brocaded en Howie Lee Len Higgs wheeling and high-flying- meth semble and orchid corsage. ods of operation which nave The reception was held at the 885-9425 tended to accelerate in recent Golf and /Country Club which 886-9595 years. We might recapture was beautifully decorated in a some of those old-fashioned, but valentine theme. 'Mrs. D. Dick sensible, virtues such as thrift." tea table, "Now I'm not saying it's as and Mrs. Blake presided at the simple as all this, or that cash The Bridal table was tasteful buying alone is the answer to ly decorated around a lovely 3 our inflation problems. As long tiered wedding cake. as there 'is a high degree of in The Bride's great uncle Mr. flation "in the U.S., we will con Dan Dick gave the brides toast tinue to have a tough flight. We Mr. J. Cottrel the bestman toast INTERNATIONA! T0WB0AT LTD. can, however, be a lot worse off ed the bridal party. t and this is pne\of a combination The bride's going away en of things we can do to fight in semble was a yellow suit and flation." brown accessories complimented So says -Mr. Danson on the by a corsage of yellow * rose rAXnicw mm¥i subject of inflation. - buds.' •'"••' ..-;-- :•;-/...'• He has had printed some ( Cashex cards which read "Busi- • nesses allowing credit or ac cepting credit cards are urged i to give the bearer a discount when paying cash, equivalent LEGION to their credit cost. "Mr. Retailer: Inflation can only be beaten by the concerted effort of all Canadians. Reduce costs, where possible, by elim inating credit charges for those paying cash." BINGO Any Coast Chiicotin residents who want to carry a cashex card may write- my office for THURSDAY one. Barney has provided me a supply. (He paid cash for them, he says.) FEBRUARY 11 8 p.m. Sharp NO GAMES LESS THAN $10 WANTED JACKPOT $200 Hurtling dots oh twin spears - small but growing bigger, Used furniture or what fast! There the championship skiers go -: down, across and away in rooster tails of glittering, snow - shooting to have you MUST GO win in downhills, slaloms and jumps: Watch winter WE BUY BEER games at Whistler Mountain on courses without com BOTTLES DOOR PRIZE $10 pare in North "America. Cheer these events at the British Winner must be in attendance Columbia ,Festival of Sports: Pacific Northwest Jump ALS USED FURNITURE ing Championships; Pacific Northwest, Cross-Country Gibsons — 886-28121 GIBSONS LEGION HALL Championships; Provincial Slalom and the Provincial Youth Meet for the "Nancy Greene Championships". Arrow gives a new look to an old favorite. Karatet-shaped wrap Sunshine Coast Highway around robe has matching shor