“You ve bought’ the ‘house
and said «goodbye .to .the
countless telephone: calls
and‘ endless * ‘fodtslogging |
involved in ‘modern “real”
estate purchase. - The:
teachers have. met the
children and either love
them’ or hate them! The
second: half of ‘the marriage

licence has left for the office

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— ’ even the: ‘pets have been
fed for the day! What next? |

-Once the” ‘turmoil ~ of
relocation “has ‘smoothed
itself out many .of us have-a™.
real need for people,
conversation -and friendship.
Newcomers Club’ has‘ been
the ideal starting’ point for
many of us ‘with this ex-
perience.

As its name implies, ‘this
North Vancouver. Club’ is
organized for: ‘and run -en-
tirely. by newcomers to the
afea, -

‘Membership fees
minimal

are
and ‘monthly

show ...provides. com-
panionship for a few and live
soap opera entertainment
for more than 100,000
people every Friday night.

The show on RC
between 8 p.m. and mid-
night matches up men and
women desperate. for a last-
minute date. Besides the
callers’ who jam the ‘phone
lines, polls indicate more
than 100,000 people listen to
the show just for the fun of
it,

A sophisticated telephone
system permits show host
Alan Browning to keep four
men and four women on
hold while he selects mat-
chups. for a three-way on-
the-air phone conversation
among himself, a man and a
woman.

Bows

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news, ideas‘and cultures."

Offshoots of the. main. club :

include’such: activities.as five

pin bowling, . . morning - and.

evening crafts, a‘ restaurant”

group; ‘bridge,.a babysitting ;

co-op: ‘and even an 1 Amateur
Chefs group gag!

membership of 20. ‘couples
working in groups of sieht.
Following chosen themes —
this’ month ‘is’ *Caribbean™ —

grotips ‘meet * at’ various ©

homes where food:.and: wine
help.“
relax'and enjoy new friends.

Newcomers Club follows

the” seasons ‘with - camping

weekends’ ‘and Picnics “in

evenings in: December: -

New members’ are alvvays
welcome —~ “for -more in-
formation please phone 984-
9221" ‘or 929-7449. -

A recent example:
“Hi, Alan, this is Carol.”
“Carol, you. sound strange.
Where you calling from, a
phone booth?” ~

“Yeah.”

“Boy, you are desperate.”

“No, I'm at a phone in a
gym ata basketball game.”

“You've got all those guys
atthe ballgame.” ©.

“No, they're all in high
school — too young.” ~

“How old are you?”

“Nineteen.”

“Hmmm, I've got Curt on
hold here. He says he’s 20, 5-
feet-10, 160 pounds. Want to
talktohim?”

“Sure.”
“Curt, you want to talk to

Carol? She’s 19, 5-9, 135
pounds.”
“Sure. Hi Carol, this is

Curt. What color is your
hair?”

North Van.

meetings are a great op-..
- portunity for «meeting: new -
friends:..and © exchanging

everyone to really —

~ ee ee

; out to be married and
“Your eyes?”

second. one, well, we: just
“Green.” didn’t get along.”
“Hmmm, sounds good.” ” Browning. SayS.::‘many

. After a little more con-
versation, Browning asks
them if they want to date
that night. They agree and
he arranges a private phone

.daters ‘are. pleasantly’ -sur-
prised by the people they

meet through the show.

“Both men and women tell ..

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‘conversation so they can us they couldn’t believe their. . .
work out details. date was that good-looking,” | ss
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stemmed from the show and
hundreds of relationships.
But, of course, many just -
don't work out.

call in are dogs. They aren't. ,
Most are just very shy about
asking for a date and ap-
preciate the anonymity of
our show.”

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For example, Browning
may say, “Bob, you've called
a couple of times before,

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