,as. fire, of as” yet «unkown . =

rigin, engulfed and gutted

-- His nine-year_old brother,”

Adam,.‘was. rescued from’...
thé blazing dwelling: nestled: |

»

‘among trees along the west

_»; bank of Lawson Creek; by the: . os

Stimpson’s 22-year old house.
maid, Edith Turk. 9° >

Se
t

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hoa

4 +

. Cloudy with = in-
creasing shower activity.
Winds SE strengthening
to 15-25.

_,.. Pt. Atkinson tides: lows
0315, 1620; highs 0915,
2325.

MONDAY .

' Continuing unsettled.
Pt. Atkinson tides: lows”

0420 1725; highs 1000,

0045 (Tuesday)

se

is, home at-1972 Inglewood: ;

~ Damage was ‘put ‘at’ over |

"TWO SORROWFUL

OF pe,

; VE’ UTTED RUIN of the
‘Vancouver home at 1792 Inglewood where their friend, 11-year-old
"Nathan Stimpson, died in an early Thursday morning fire. Housemaid
-_., Edith Tark, alerted by a smoke detector, rescued Stimpson’s 9-year-old

has no cash
for clean

‘Pitch- In campaign
funding cut. o

voy,
West

eet 4

“We were absolutely
appalled,” said former
North Van _ City
alderman Stella Jo
Dean, describing the

reaction of the board of

Outdoors Unlittered to

the announcement that
the ' provincial
government would no
longer contribute to the

. “Pitch-In” clean-up
campaign held = in

recent years each May.

The campaign, in which
approximately. 200,000
cople participated last
ay, would this year have
cost the province $13,513.
The campaign Proposal.
according to utdodrs
Unlittered —- of which Dean
is a North Vancouver

ae cer Naina

brother from a

. he

director -- was supported by
the Environment Ministry,
but turned down by the
provincial Treasury Board.

“In 1978,” said Dean, “the
one-week campaign = in-
volved 200,000 volunteers
who collected tons of litter
from along highways, in
towns, in schoolyards and
from vacant lots. In addition
to the donation of labor,
towns. and industries
donated trucks, equipment
and garbage bags’ to haul
away the litter.” ”

A total of 517 organizations
participated in Pitch-In in
1978 receiving free garbage
bags ‘through Qutdoors
Unlittered. Projects were
undertaken in every village,
town and city in the province.

‘Participation in Pitch-In
during 1978 increased by 50

main-floor bedroom. But N .
‘upstairs ‘bedrodm. Damage to the dwe
AEUsworth Dickson photo)

athan was trapped in his
lling Is estimated at $200,000.

ryibeppiomeys eitedatt yee igre

per cent, over the previous
year’’ said’ Dean. ‘‘It's
become the most successful
campaign in the province and
it should have received more
support from the govern-
ments, not less."'

The government funding
requested, $13,513,  rep-
resents only a small percent-
age of the actual cost of the
campaign. Industries, local
government and the media
donate approximately
$100,000 to the ‘campaign in
materials, labour and
advertising.

“I's incredible that the
government can afford. to
turn down the support of-
200,000 volunteers. The cost
to the government of $13.515
is a bargain when one

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