Joy
Metcalfe

JOY TELLS ALL

-» LOTS OF fun at Wednes-

* day evening’s annual Bac-
chanalia dinner and wine
auction at the Vancouver
Trade and Convention Cen-
tre (VTCC).

. It was thelaunchof the 14th an-
nual Vancouver Playhouse Inter-
national Wine Festival and it was
well organized, well attended and

“very swishy!

Kudos have to go out to co-
chairs Susan Mendelson, who

CHRIS CROMBIE... 19 years in
forest industry PR.

shone in lustrous green taffeta,
_ and the North Shore’s Jan
Zwicke!, who was dashing in a
black tux. They did a great job!
Also a tip of the hat goes to the
red-sequin-clad Kathy Burten
and West Van's Phil Bonanie,
whose wife, West Van Ald. Pat
Bonaime looked chic in soft aqua
green. Also spotted was North
Van’s so-pleasant Arthur Griffiths
in @ dark tux but with a very

COCK

Hamish Cameron and his wife,
Arlene Gladstone. who runs the
North Shore Family Services.

West Van Mayor Mark Sager
was very interested in the various
auction items ,as was the Van-
couver Museum's Redney Ward.
Deep Cove resident and Sun col-
umnist Mae Perry was busy bid-
ding on wills!

Recent Vancouver arrival Terry
Severn has just joined Mark An-
thony Wines after a career in
pharmaceuticals. And kudos too
to VFCC’s executive chef, Simon
Vermagen, who created an abso-
lutely exquisite menu and also to
the irreplaceable Barry Scott who
did such a superb job as auc-
tionecr.

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Last Saturday night in West
Van there was a very happy
engagement party that turned into
something much more.

The party was to celebrate the
engagement of BCTV’s Jenny Lo
to Capilano Golf Club assistant
pro, Michael Mather. Lots of
media types were there like BCTV
Noon News anchor Deb Hope,
CFMI’s Bill Courage and his cute
wife, Tara McQuire of Z-95,
CKNW assistant program direc-
tor, Tom Plasteras and his BCTV
PR wife, Susan.

Also in attendance were B.C,
Lottery man Sterling Faux and his
pretty wife, BCTV makeup artist
Pamela Mason, TV reporter Linda
Aylesworth and former CKNWer

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

DON SAUNDERS, Dave Reid, Chris Crombie, and Dave Laundy meet and greet during a retirement

party in Crombie’s honor.

Michael were officially married.
The wedding was originally plan-
ned for Dec. 5, but the lovebirds
decided that they simply couldn’t
wait.

and his wife Valerie, David Ho,
Denny Gaw, Jeffrey Lau, Bob
and Lily Lee, Allison and Patrick
Reid, hotelier John Dye and his
wife Barbara Booth, the pony-
tailed Brian Calder, PR person
Diana Barkley and her husband
Terry, Miss Vancouver China-
town Elaine Dur, the handsome
Milton Wong and emcee and auc-
tioneer Phil Reimer.

And the buys were phenominal!
The Cartier watches and diamond
jewelry went for half price! Wish
I could have stayed to bid.

For the past !9 years, PR man
extraordinaire Chris Crombie
has been with the forest industry’s
Pulp and Paper Bureau doing an
outstanding job in a very demand-
ing situation.

Last Thursday, Chris truly en-

joyed a night to remember at his
retirement party at the Timber
Club in the Hotel Van.

All the top people in the lumber
and PR business were there, like
Dor Saunders, Keith Bennett, Bill
Moore, Frank Walden, Thomas
R. Butler, Kathie Taylor, Jean
Cormier, Betty O’Keefe, Don
LeBlanc, Allan Sinclair, Jim
MacKeachie, and John Maunsell,
among others.

There were witty speeches and
tributes and timber tycoon Bill
Moore delivered an impressive
poem to Chris’ talents and charm.

As Bill said, ‘Chris, you are
truly loved!"’

It was also an important time
for Chris’ friend, the recently
retired veteran PR man, Frank
Walden. Frank was honored by
the B.C. Public Relations Society
as the Most Outstanding Public
Relations person in B.C.

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
PR AND lumber's ‘top people’ gathered to celebrate Chris
Crombie’s retirement. Here Jim McKeachie and Betty O’Keefe

summery cummerbund, hankie
and bow tie. His Canuck PR man
Glen Ringdal was also there look-

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ing surprisingly relaxed.

Isabeile Diamond looked sensa-
tional in cerise, Drinda Scott glit-
tered in glitzy gold and Scarlett
Swan looked perfect in pretty
pink.

Scarlett is the wife of U.S, Con.

ve: Gen. David Johnson and they did

the greatest dance numbers to the
music of Dal Richards and his or-

chestra.
Gourmand James Barber was
there along with bearded Sawyer

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The surprise for the guests came
about an hour after they had ar-
rived at the home of Boyd Mather
when Jenny suddenly appeared in
a short white bridal gown and the
wedding was on!

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