_ apology. —

Dear Editor:

In a letter published Nov.
18, Mrs. Doris Whitfield,
Acting President of the Navy
League of Canada, North
and West Van _ Branch,
attacks Malcolm Watson for
his protest of the Sea Cadets
accosting the public for cash
hand-outs at shopping malls.
Mrs. Whitfield is annoyed at
his use of the term
“panhandling” Frankly, I
don’t see why. That's the

_ word we use when it happens

to us on East Hastings

_ Street!

Mrs. Whitfield says that
unless Mr. Watson can offer
a better idea, he owes her an
Well, « Mrs.

Dear Editor:

Being a mother of two
sons who were former sea
cadets, and one daughter
who is still active in the sea
cadet movement,
“R.C.S.C.C. Lonsdale”, I
was absolutely shocked and
amazed at Malcolm C.
Watson’s letter in Sunday,
Nov. 15 N.S. News. |

Mr. Watson: — being a

“former air cadet officer” I.

would have thought you
would have been dware of
the difficulties there are in
funding a youth movement
organization, wherein we
are only trying to teach our
young mén and women to

“oldest

your challenge to come up
with a few better ideas. In
the past four years, I per-
sonally know of the.
following successful fund-
raising efforts on the North
Shore: A one-day church
rummage sale and raffle,
proceeds $19,000; com-
pilation of a recipe. book,
$2,700; sale of chocolate
almonds, $2,000; pre-school
mother’s’ bazaar, $1,500;
three-day sale of citrus
fruits, $2,800; raffle of
donated merchandise,
$4,500; a Casino night and
raffle $7,500. P’'m sure that

countless people could add

to the list ad infinitum.

have responsibility and to be
better citizens in
representing their country in
a cadet corps; and I feel my
son is a_ perfect
example of this. When he was
18 he joined the P.P.C.L.I.
(regular forces) and on his
29th birthday he was picked
by a visiting general in-
specting his battalion to be
on the 32 men honour guard
that -went to England to
represent Canada for the late
Lord Mountbatten’s funeral.

So, Mr. Watson, my son
bore the Canadian emblem
both as a cadet and as a
member of ‘tthe regular ar-

Whitfield, I'd like to accept’

knowledge

I subit that youths who
earn money through their
own ideas, creative efforts,
organizational efforts, and
labour will have a greater
appreciation not only for the

cash proceeds, but for the”

total market economy and
how it functions. What
valuable lessons are wasted
by standing outside the
liquor store asking for
nickels and dimes! The

‘cadets may well be the

“cream of the crop” of our
youth. Let’s not degrade
them by making beggars of
them.

(Mrs.) Iona M. Brown
North Vancouver

med forces and he
“panhandled” (as you said)
when he was a cadet to help
support his corps; and
“thank God” he did, as it
certainly goes to show what
a cadet movement can teach
a young man.

It seems to me sir, you
have a problem and very
limited knowledge as to how
cadet movements function in
this day and age, and your
ignorance showed in calling

a sea cadet a corporal; for |

your information he
cadet leading seaman.

is a

_Donal. Atkinson -

North Vancouver

Too much emphasis on looks

Dear Editor:
The North Shore News is a
newspaper, not a fashion
magazine or a Playboy; why
then do you continue to print
the Girly Picture of the
Week? Our society today
already places too much em-
phasis on looks and sexuality
-- hence the rise in physical
abuse and moral decadence.
Instead of featuring d
female who has a pretty face
and /or large breasts, how
about having’ a feature on
the Citizen of the Week?
This citizen could be anyone
who has made a contribution
to our community, or even a

The Canadian Hea Croas Society

person who has done
something kind for someone
else. These people are the
ones who should be featured
in a community newspaper —
not females whose pictures

Rod Franske

inspire numerous snide,
crude andi chauvinistic
remarks.

Michele Desmarais
North Vancouver

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