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Proudly
suffering
from bad
case of
nostalgia

- Dear Editor:

' Before the covers of the book of
memories slam shut on the pages
“of the halcyon days of the Port of
Vancouver, a reply is in order to
Mr: Clair Johnstone, president of
Cates Towing, in the North Shore
News of Nov. 28. :

* Our. port was served by an ‘ray

of vessels from the i imposing to the
* '-' plain’ workhorses‘of conimerce,:

“during what. was called ‘the “Great
_ Depression” or the “Hungry "30s." .
The magnificent Empresses —

“Japan, Canada and, Asia,. the’

Downunder. the: faithful SS
Niagara and Aurangi, 5 Were sent on
‘their Way. with-stredmers, ‘the
Kitsilano Boys: Band of. Arthur

y-Delemont fame, and. sometimes ac

‘And, that bravest of. ‘all fleets,

‘the Union ss, ‘serving every nook

“and cranny of untold'miles of B.C.

“coast, at times dangerous, replaced

’ by. fioat planes and barges at a cost.

of how many lives, and. the spic-
and-span CNR vessels, ‘Prince
"Rupert and Prince George.

’. The standard reply to these sto-
ries by old codgers like myself is
that we suffer from a_bad case of
Rostalgia. i

Yes, indeed, and proud of it, of
what could have been the finest
coastal development in North
America! :

To return to the port, our port,
‘during the hungry, "30s, Vancouver
was the terminal base for a sched-
uled pass.nger service to the U.K.
and Euifipe — namely, Furners
Witky, loyal Mail, and French
‘Lire — and to the antipodes.
:/;Nostalgia indeed. To see our
docks turned into hotels and our
shipyards mooted for highrises.

Don’t blame Europe. In the
“30s, port entry whistles went
* around the clock.

Now, once in a while, a trailer
“court with running lights come
‘gliding in followed, in the summer
months, by a floating hotel called a
“cruise ship. “ .

Nostalgia? You bet!

“LM. Kenworthy

‘West Vancouver

Direct deposits would halt lost welfare cheques

Dear Editor:

The ROMP wanted to publicize
the names of peaple who lose their
welfiere cheques, The idedt was sup-
posedly to “help locate” the miss-
ing cheque,

However, on advice of fegal
counsel), it is decided that this could
be a violation of their rights,

It has been said that many mil-

NIGHTMARE

BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Nightly 6: ‘50pm: Sun. 3:05pm
JOY LUCK CLUB
Nightly 8: aa 4:30pm

lions of doflirs are paid out every
imeath for tase ar Ystolen” welfare
cheques,

Much, if not aly of this is gener-
ally believed to be fraudulent. And
no doubt it is.

Why net make itimandatory Usat
people applying for welfare be
required to provide the social work-
er with a bank or credit union

CINEMA 2
MY LIFE

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Mature

A PERFECT WORLD
Nightly 9: ‘OOpm: sat Sun. §:00pm

account number?

A direct deposit would eliminate
this prablem. Then. if you some-
how managed to “ose” that, lough
beans.

Does no one want to tike a hard-
nosed stand to try and stop this
nonsens
Robert W. Stirling
Maple Ridge

CINEMA 3

Nightly 7:00pm
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AGE OF INNOCENCE
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The poppy you boug it in
November i is still giving life today.

7 t means easing someone's pain ‘with the spe-
_cial, theraputic matresses we. were able to

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-our North Shore Royal Canadian

/ Legions want to say thanks for being so
‘generous in the 1993 poppy campaign.

. Thanks to you, we've been able to raise
$69,888.32 to assist veterans and their families,
as well as to care giving organizations that were

in critical need.

That means things like buying emergency
equipment for the Willow Unit.

Branch 60 — West Vancouver

Branch 118 ~ Lonsdale

Tot Vee

‘It means making seniors safer by installing

survellience cameras at t Cedarview Lodge.

Here are just a few of the ways you ,
helped by giving your donation for a bright red
poppy in November. The good you do lives all:
year long. Thanks, North Shore. .

‘Branch 114 ~ Lynn Valley