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YOUR OLDTIME STYLE PUBLICATION WITH TODAY’S NEWS FOR SENIORS SEPTEMBER - 2020 FRASER VALLEY - LOWER MAINLAND EDITION Volume 25 - Number 10 FREE - Please take a copy or by SUBSCRIPTION see page three CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS MAIL PRODUCT SALES AGREEMENT #40025695 Inside This Issue ACCORDION TO DAN by Dan Propp ......................................................... 3 MASK UP TO VISIT A RECOVERING RAPTOR... by Ursula Maxwell Lewis ...................................... 4 FINANCIAL NEWS by Rick C. Singh ................................................... 6 THE PHARMACIST REVIEW ........................... 7 STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH by Mel Kositsky ..................................................... 8 VANCOUVER ART GALLERY RE-OPENS... by Lenora A. 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If you are talking about cameras, long there would even be channels four and five from Fraser Valley / Lower Mainland Edition lenses could produce close up shots, or sound effects Seattle, yahoo! Box 61533 - Brookswood P.O. Langley, B. C. - V3A 8C8 E-Mail: [email protected] from shows we would watch as kids like Superman Do you remember expressions like Alfred on TV taking off at a near by phone booth after Hitchcock’s spooky “Goo-od Evening” or Jackie Publications Mail Registration #40025695 changing from his disguise as Clark Kent. Ask a kid Gleason’s catch phrase "And away we go!” As kids today what a phone booth is or how to use a phone we were sometimes mesmerized by the early morn- Printed in Canada, Blackpress with a rotary dial. Chances are they wouldn’t have ing TV test pattern. We would just sit there with Publishers / Copyright Disclaimer: the foggiest idea. wonder and gaze waiting for programs like No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transferred The following bit of rhyme might help some Whirlybirds, I’ve Got a Secret with Gary Moore and without first obtaining written permission from the Publisher, but we seniors to zoom back to a nostalgic memory or two. Front Page Challenge with Fred Davis. There was so do welcome requests. AS IT ONCE WAS much to watch and enjoy. The opinions expressed herein are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the publishers, staff or Remember the days of convenient phone booths THE 1960’s employees of Today’s Senior. all over the place that would swallow a nickel, two Just a few years ago...well in reality...more than Due care and attention is used in checking advertising copy for bits and a dime. You could find them in hotels such thirty, I used to write a column for an Ontario based accuracy and legitimacy, but no warranty is implied or given by the as Devonshire and Ritz; in restaurants like The Sky publication called Better Boating. My job was to publishers. We reserve the right to refuse any advertising or editorial Diner, once upon a time. What about expressions bang out an interesting BC boating piece once a submissions which we believe to be inconsistent with the concept of the publication. like a ‘penny for your thoughts’? month. The one I remember the most was writing a All submissions should by typed (double spaced where possible). Life was still credit card free. Of course, what piece on the American folk singer Glen Yarbrough Submissions and pictures are submitted at owner’s risk. Make copies we have today is so much better, just think what we who was part of the famous musical group The of important pictures and documents please and ensure you are the have got. We can do everything on line...whoopee! Limeliters. He was having a Ferro cement boat built authorized copyright holder of any supplied content. So much is virtual reality with cellular phones that here in Richmond. All submissions and columns fall under the Registration of Today’s Senior. even take razor sharp pictures instantly. Who needs One of his greatest hits was ‘Baby The Rain camera, film, manual typewriters and sending hand Must Fall’ when he went on his solo career. It was As Today’s Senior continues to grow in popularity, an increasing written letters by mail. We were enveloped and an honour to meet Glen Yarbrough. The following number of people and businesses are advertising their service, stamped out with a cumbersome outdated structure. lyrics that might reprise the 1960’s. concept or product as either a regular advertisement or in a paid editorial format. Therefore we suggest that you follow logical For future generations studying how things used to AN ERA THAT STILL RESONATES, BIG consumer practices and guidelines when purchasing any products or be will sound almost like an unbelievable tale. TIME services. Perhaps these few lines may reprise many yester- Accordion to some, the ideals of the nineteen The management and staff of Today’s Senior cannot recommend days such as sitting and having a fountain drink at sixties have changed a tad. Do you remember The any product or service that appears in Woolworths or perhaps browsing at Army and Navy Limeliters, Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary? All Today’s Senior Newsmagazine. or Fields. Just a tad different how humanity in 2020 the hootenanny, bass, banjos, acoustic guitars, those surfs the internet searching for deals. songs and idealistic hopes we had. Spin one of those ROOFTOPS AND RABBIT EARS records, it is different from today’s music. From Telephone Contact Numbers Do you remember, as a kid, the wonder of grow- Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie to Dylan, Glen PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION ing up with that first TV. With rabbit ears we could Yarbrough, Ian and Sylvia. Pete Seeger, and Leonard pick up two or three channels. When times were Cohen, how they touched humanity! How the melo- Main Office / Distribution 778-751-4188 really tough, a metal coat hanger might at least pull dies, and lyrics and ideals fulfilled...yah! Listening OFFICE HOURS: 9:00am-Noon in one channel. However, the day arrived when aeri- to that music will still continue to play on. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday als were put on rooftops with channel two, four and Please visit www.Nostalgicroads.Weebly.com Online: todaysseniornewsmagazine.com other reception heads. Now, that was sophistication! Search for Song CD’s by Dan Propp via cdbaby. Emergency Five or six channels was considered a luxury. 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