Firefighters

‘OCKTAILS & CAVIAR

MICHAEL LAMBERT’S Hotel Vancouver was the setting
for 732 elegantly attired guests to enjoy the 74th
Firefighters Ball and, at the same time, raise thousands
upon thousands of dollars for Vancouver Geiicral Hospi-

tal’s Burn Unit.

The affair was sponsored by the
Vancouver Firefighters Band, the
50-member orchestra that is the
official band of the City of Van-
couver.

And from the moment they
began their tuneful music until the
home waltz was played, the even-
ing was a brilliant success!

Vancouver Fire Department
Chief Glenn Maddess, along with
his pretty wife Yvonne, presided
over the head table for the first
time.

Honorary Fire Chief Murray
Pezim was just back from his
gold-mining talks with the presi-
dent of Panama, and escorted his
favorite lady, Tammy Patrick,
who had just flown in from their
abode in Scottsdale.

Tammy, blonde hair in a fash-
ionable French roll, was ina
clinging peach-colored silk gown.

Feisty columnist and author
Simma Holt, the first female
honorary fire chief, was also at
the head table in turquoise taffeta,
and was accompanied by her
sister, graphologist Hannah
Smith, who was in soft purple.

Simma was named honorary
fire chief by VFD Chief Hugh
Bird back in 1951!

Vancouver Firefighters’ Union
boss Dave Mitchell made an ex-
esllent speech.

He and his red-headed wife
‘Mary were still on Cloud Nine
after becoming parents a short
while ago.

Burnaby MLA Joy McPhail,
giameorous in a bare-all, bright
red party dress, chatted with
Coun. Don Bellamy and his wife’
Ness, who was in beaded blue. °

Gale and Rick Honey were

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JOY TELLS ALL

special guests too.

This is the second year ina row
that Rick has emceed the smoke-
eaters’ dinner, and sharp Ricky
with his clever repartee is always
on target! He was hilarious!

But the man who stole the
spotlight Saturday night was the
firefighter of the year, Vancouver
Fire Captain Sohen Gill.

Sohen was badly injured in a
serious fire last year which almost
destroyed his lungs.

He was helped in his fight for
life by the VGH Burn Unit's Dr:
Sgerling, who was also at the do,

‘glong with Harry Jenson, chair-

man of the board of Vancouver
General Hospital.

Other notable guests at the
festive affair were: generous hu-
manitarian Joe Cohen; Harvey
Gould, Murray’s right hand; the
banker’s banker Nick Masse and
his wife, leather-clad Lisa; the

garden wedding last Sunday morning.

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Zajac Foundation’s Leslie and
Mike Rogers; BCTV’s Linda
Aylesworth and CBC’s Belle Puri,
The Sun's Jeff Lee and his date,
Penny Wohl.

Band member Dan McLellan
found his trumpet-playing quite
restricted.

Seems that on Monday night
when he was cranking up that an-
cient antique, the 1912 lafrance
fire engine, it suddenly backfired!

And Dan suffered a broken
wrist and double dislocation. It's
commonly known as the chauf-
feur’s fracture.

Congratulations to Dan and the
entire VFD Band, and to Bob
Hollier and his organizing team,
who made this such an enjoyable
event,

Can’t wait for their Diamond
Jubilee 75th Firefighters Ball on
Saturday, April 30, 1994, Tickets,
anyone?

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After that dreary, dreadful
downpour on Saturday, the sun
finally came out Sunday morning,
just in time for the wedding of
renewned artist and Canada’s
famous heart-transplant recipient,
Daniel Izzard and West Van travel
agent Pilar Donaldson.

The setting for their nuptials
was under the flowering cherry
trees in the gardens of the historic
Brock House with the harbor and
North Shore mountains in the
background.

Besides Pilar’s children and
grandchildren, some of those on
hand to offer congratulations were
CKNW’s Patti Mair and son Steve
(Rafe was entertaining unexpected
visitors), PR man Tom Butler and
his petite wife Angelica, who had
on the cutest hat, former
Ambleside Inn owners Marta and
Willie Bruecket who Jooked so
happy and relaxed now that
they’re out of the restaurant
business, and Nancy and Jack
Farley, who had just returned
from a two-week vacation in

‘Brazil. They were there for car-

nival!
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Sunday, April 25, was a
very important date for a couple
of well-known lovebirds.

Dorothy and her ever-loving
husband, former publisher and
columnist Cloudsiey Shovell
Quenton Hoads}.i1h, were
celebrating their Golden Wedding
Day.

It was their 50th wedding anni-
versary and they celebrated it in
style with an afternoon reception
for family and friends at the
Hollyburn Country Club.

And a very happy Mother’s Day
to all those irameasurably
wonderful mums out there —
especially mine! ... Cheers!

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Friday May 14 &
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all raises thousands for burn unit

Photos submitted

HONORARY FIRE chief Murray Pezim with Tammy Patrick at the
74th annual Firefighters Ball.

JULIA WOODWARD with firefighter of the year Vancouver Fire
Captain Sohen Gill, who was injured in a fire last year.

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