Recal eae GETTING old sure has “its down side, I don’t have to tell you that. Limited this, cranky that, uncuoperative body parts that just aren't reliable any more. As always, we press on, trying to do the best we can, that’s how we were taught, and actually there are in truth some advantages to our being in this condition. ; Nobody's going to recruit you to carry tubs and logs, for instance, not necessarily out of respect for your aging ~ muscles but because you'd .. psobably drop them. ;5.Nobody’s being actually . critical of our efforts... - Except ourselves, we are. . Perhaps one way to achieve the desired serenity is te “look on the whole thing’as, “an extended voyage... + Some of the cvernights ; were less than classy, and © we weren't always sure we’ brought the right gear, but were lovely times and” ‘some beautiful views that made ‘up for the downers, Stephen Wong Pharmacist CAPSULE: - COMMENTS Mothers breastfeeding © their newborns should use caution when taking medications, Some rugs find their way: into the eam and could be toxic to the infant because of the baby's inability to metabolize the med- ication and eliminate it from the jody. Get advice before raking ‘any medication. We have a well-stocked refer- -ence library in our pharmacy to lp us answer your questions about medications. It’s an inte- gral part of the service you receive when you shop : at Davies Pharmacy. ‘DAVIES. » . PHARMACY | 140i St. Georges 985- e771 f 10:00 AM - 4:00 I SAT June 22 1 WED June 26 vintage years Certainly I've had other spurts of the same idea, but it was one of my cooking ‘men who finally brought me to the crunch. Walter phoned one day-a while ago and asked if he could come around. Well, any time — I am always happy to help any chap who wants to do. - better with his beer-bread or + his omeleties and without “| hesitation said “sure.” As it turned out, his visit : had nothing to do with the “ys kitchen.’ He had come, in “fact, to give-me a present, 2 “book, biggish, with'a soft cover, titled A Vancouver “Rote A’ ais named — boyhood he describes was spent here on the North Shore. The book he gave me is a Limited Edition, and you can see a copy of it in our North Vancouver Museum and in fact they are prepared to sell you one. The anticipated new edition, the author promises, will be mere sunyptuously illustrated. This one does have some photos of family members and school chums, but the copyrighted edition, soon in the works, will be more beautifully illustrated by North Shore artist Kiff Holland. My husband picked it up . immediately — his boyhood was spent in Vancouver, too . —~ and he was absorbed in it, from the first page. There "| were so many references to the sorts of games the kids used to play and the kinds of things they did at school and _ the places that they loved to haunt. It took him back, as - _the saying: goes, and he reveled in the memories. ~ [thought it a bit surprising, since Robin’s “family early on was forced “every roam in your home: Also =. B specializing in custom cushions,’ draperies and blinds,” ing a boyhood by the downturn in the economy to vacate their splendid Shaughnessy home 176 PEMBERTON AVE, N.VAN, ; INLGAMOT ive AlrCare - - Ge. Cottied 50222 SERVICE LID, B.C.A.A. ~ A.R.A. » APPROVED TUNE-UP SPECIALISTS TUNEAUPS ~ FUEL, SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL TALKING CUR 28TH YEAR —« consuttation Byers 938-7458 'mliitis.) and find cheaper quarters on ' § the slopes of North Vancouver, an area not easily accessed from the city. . It made no difference, apparenti;. The tales in the book are itnmediately recognized by any youngster who grew up in those stringent times, no matter the surroundings. So that is how I have come around to the idea of a book about my own “olden days.” ‘There have been incredible advances, I suppose we have to call themn that, in our lifestyles, changes, anyway, very pronounced in my own case, because of the painfully restricted life we led in the ‘Twenties and Thirties in the North, under the double jeoperdy of the stepfather and the uncompromising weather.’ . It was surely the most basic ove could imagine, . and the act of writing it all + down will perhaps excise all . _ ‘the’ ancient demons...) + The following FREE clinics are available for Children age 19 months to end of Grade 12 to offer asecond -- dose of Measles/Rubella vaccine. Please bring your | Health Passport if you have one. DATE/TIME MON June 17 § 10:00 AM- 4:00 f TUES June 18 t 5:00 PM - 6:00 | TUES June 18 3:30 PM - 7:00 | THURS June 20 10:30 AM - 3:00 f TUES June 25 3:00 PM - 8:00 6:00 PM - 9:00 Drop in Clinics LOCATION Parkgate Library 3675 Banff Court N. Van _ West Vancouver Secondary School 1750 Mathers, West Van St Catherine's Anglican Church 1058 Ridgewood (Edgemont Village) N. Van St. Martin's Anglican Church 195 E. Windsor N. Van. West Vancouver United Church 2062 Esquimalt W. Van Ron Andrews RecCentre | 931 Lytton, N. Van North Shore Health 6th Floor-- 132 West Esplanade, N. 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