Ron Statham
Hollyburn Lumber

ist annual
Village Day!

Bruce Lee _
Vancouver General
Insurance Agency

all day Sat. June 8th

STRIKE UP the bands! Send in the clowns! Bring on
the floats. Gather up the kids and head down to the
village — Edgernont Village Days is coming your way

Saturday, June 8.

Everyone loves a party. And
the fun and excitement that
will be had at the first anniver-
sary of Edgemont Village’s
revitalization program is no
exception,

Last year the inauguration
of the Jocal improvement and
beautification scheme was ex-
tremely successful, said Ron

Statham, president of Edge-
mont Merchants’ Association.

The minister of municipal
affairs, Bill Ritchie, came for

the opening ceremonies, as
well as local MLA Angus Ree.
members of the North Van-
couver council and the mayor
were there.

“I think it is going to be
twice the program it was last
year,” says Hollyburn Lumber
owner, RonStatham.

The day kicks off at 9:30
a.m. with a pancake breakfast
put on by West Vancouver's
Kiwanis Club. And food
organizer Paul Stuart of Edge-
mont Cars & Gifts confidently
says if the whole Highlands
came down for breakfast they
would be able to serve them.

PANCAKES
“A bit of an exaggeration,” he
says, “but we know what
we're doing because we have
done this many times at the
Sea Festival.”

Besides flap jacks there will
be other munchies like pop-
corn, candy floss, dixie cup ice
cream, hot dogs and soda pop
to get everyone in the “carnival
atmosphere”.

And there will be miles of
smiles as 8,000 people are ex-
pected to turn out to watch
the parade commencing at 11

‘Vera Kennedy
Paws & Claws

a.m. ‘It's shaping up bigger
and better than last year,”
says co-ordinator Vera
Kennedy.

Clowns, pennyfarthing
cyclists, and the Pink Panther
strike again. But there are
many added attractions this
year, including the North Van-
couver Youth band and Hand-
sworth High School band, the
Rangerettes, Dr. Randy
Research from Lion's Gate
Hospital and several others.

Squeals of laughter, wide-
eyed stares, fits of giggles are
the sounds you will hear
around the Maplewood Farms
Petting Zoo.

Although children should
never pick up the animals,
there is one hen, an Orpington
breed named Henrietta, which
loves to be picked up, says
Maplewood Farms manager
April Johnston.

OATS
Also coming along for the fun
is Jessica, a pygmy goat,
either Ally or But-ba which are
angora goats, an unnamed
three-week-old baby goat, two
more chickens and six rabbits.

If tasting a mountain of ice
cream, topped with gallons of
syrup, sprinkled with mounds
of nuts and layered with
dozens of sliced bananas is
your fantasy, let the Wood-
bine merchants fulfill it for
you.

Have your spoons ready
when Woodbine merchants’
150-foot edible banana
split—yes, 150 feet of
delicious eating—arrives.

But that's just the beginning
of the fun.

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EI Meson

with,” he adds.

Bob Bovdller

Stongs.

Audre Warwicke
Gould & McCue

Jean & Peter Hallaway/
The ‘Biossom ‘Shop :

The village merchants have
been busy planning this event-
packed day since last June
3rd, says Bruce Lee of Van-
couver General Insurance.
With over 70 merchants in the
village, Lee who is vice-
president of the merchants
association contends they are
dedicated to doing their best
and like to get things going in
the village.

“They are all hyped up,”
jokes Audrey Warwicke of
Gould & McCue Jewellers.
“They're doing cartwheels up
and down the boulevard.”

“Those that can do them,”
laughs Bulk Food Store owner
Marg Corden.

FUN

But kidding aside, Statham
believes it is the merchant in-
volvement and the village at-
mosphere which makes Edge-
mont Village Days so con-
ducive to having fun.

“It is something that
everybody likes to get involved

Antonio Caldron
El! Meson

Statham is sponsoring
CJOR's Build-it-Show at
Hollyburn Lumber, where
Shell Bussy will be doing his
open-line talk show.

The rest of CJOR's Satur-
day crew will be here, 9 til 4,
stationed on the comer of
Edgemont and Highland.
Come over for free coffee,
donuts and a chat. Over the
course of the day, they will
also be giving away two
prizes: a dinner for two and a
trip for two on the Jet-Foil
from Vancouver to Victoria.

Drawbridge Artists’ Group
will be displaying at least 59
pieces of the works near the
Brass Bull and in the Wood-
bine Inn. The 19-member
North Shore group concen:
trates mainly on land and
seascapes, but president Nefri
Lyske says there will be an
odd floral and portrait on
display. Only formed one
year, Lyske says there are
looking forward to Edgemont
Days because although they
didn’t sell any paintings last

John Gordon
John Gordon Hair

year, they did gain a new

“member,

SIDEWALK SALES
Many of the shopkeepers will
be having sidewalk sales, but
with that there will be many
other things to see and do.

Sylvan's. will demonstrate
spinning and carding wool.
Sandra Rhodes of Clair-
voyance is putting on a
fashion show with Geoff Pro-
ctor of Salon 3183 doing the
hairstyles, North Shore Fish
and Game Club will show the
techniques of fly-tying. And
for all you green thumbs,
Horne Hardware is conducting
its ever-popular gardening
clinic.

Besides the sidewalk
displays and sales. there are
plenty of free things to do,
especially for the kids. .

Clowns will be handing out
free helium balloons. Face
painting. a favorite attraction,
is also free. The kids can par-
ticipate in the Bicycle Parade
and have a chance to win free
passes on the Grouse Mt.

Jeanne
Nevenschwander
Village Chalet

Skyride. And there will be ¢

pony rides and stagecoach
rides at no charge.

BELLY DANCING
One of the highlights of the
day will be the cake-cutting
ceremony. Mayor Marilyn
Baker has been invited to do
the honors about two o'clock.

At centre stage, there will be «:

lots happening too. Belly dan-
cing. Square dancing by the
Village Squares and the Swing-
ing Singles. Harmonizing by

the Barbershop Chorus and :

the Dogwood chapter of the
Sweet Adelines. And the
Spinal Chords, comprised of
five chiropractors and one
doctor, will be singing some
popular tunes.

doin the Edgemont Village
merchants for food, fun,
prizes, and lots of entertain-
ment this Saturday, June 8, at
Edgemont Village Days.

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Event will take place along ©

Edgemont and Highland Bivd.
Traffic detour via Woodbine
and Crescent View.

Reinhardt Gehrig
Village Chalet 2