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Mary beat the last spike

jby more than six years!

{ iN THE LONGEVITY CONTEST we still trail Goshen,

Indiana, where Orpha Nussbaum — listed by the Guinness
Book of Records as the world’s oldest. person — has just |
Aied at 112. But we're catching up.

Mary Horton, who now lives
' with daughter Ruby Horton in the
« West End, is the widow of Rev.
-; H.E. Horton, 1922-1925 pastor of
| the then St.Andrew’s Methodist
/ Church, North Yan, prior.to the
_union of Methodists, Presbyterians
' and Congregationalists | into the”
United Church. In February the
congregation of St-Andrew's sent
"her a birthday card with its good
wishes. A few weeks later came a
thank-you note from Mary, which
was read from the pulpit on Palm:

a Sunday, March 27. Written in her: /
.’ turned 106, Any more North Shore

own shakey but mostly legible

handwritin ead

. very much for the birthday

"Dear Friends: Thank you so
message from St.Andrew's United .
Church... My eyes are so old they
cannot help me, so please excusc/ fi
more and know you have mad me
happy. God bless the church >
Mary Horton.” |

She was sicaring her seventh bi
thday when Donald Smith/drove |
the last Spike of the transgontinen-’
tal railway at Craigellachic. This
one was her 109th! j mat.

Meanwhile, on “January 7 of this
year West Van's Anni Wilcox .,

compctitors out here whom we:

separated or. explained of West Vancouve

_ The pylaw. would: merely make legi imate’( the

seul t heard from?

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don D-YOU- so Department -— re
our March 18 column which criti-
Ieized the i incopvenient scheduling
(two hours a pight, four and three
/ nights running) of the CBC's

otherwise magnificent production.

’ “Chasing Rainbows". CBC had

estimated that the seven- part
mini-series would draw a nation-

/ wide audience of two million. But

figures released by the network
late last’ >month showed its best rat-
ing was only 1,066,C00 and several

evenings it fell well below the onc j

milllon mark. Programs as cn- ij
joyable as ‘‘Chasing Rainbows"’ _/
deserve scheduling that better fits
the schedules of busy viewers —/

_ who'll earmark one ne night per ./'

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week, or even two, for top quality.
entertainment, but are NOT
prepared to spend four nights i ina
row glued to the tube.

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POSTSCRIPTS: Exhibiting her
latest oils, watercolors and graph.
ites this month at West Van
/ Library is well known West Yan

/ artist Valerie Brouwer. Noted for

their impeccable draughtsmanship °
and strong, vigorous colors, her
paintings of B.C, landscapes and
seascapes are owned by collectors
across Canada and the U.S. ...
‘Weicome to new North Van

“neighbors Mariette ‘‘Mat'’ Wilcox

and husband Johs from Alberta.
PR lady *‘Mat’* — fresh from
working on promotion projects for.

the Winter Olympics in Calgary — /
has been appointed Public Rela- / :

tions Director for the Hyatt

_ Regency./She takes over from

Nancy Spooner who retired last

wise known as the Loggers Sports
Days, July 28-Aug.1 ... And happy
80th birthday tomorrow, April 9,
to West Van pioncer Mildred on
“Mid"’ Hughes who arrived in
West Van with her parents (the late
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ford) from |
Toronto in 1913 when the | :
municipality was one year old. A
couple of years ago ‘‘Mid"’ and
husband Leslie — married Sept. 1,’
1936 in St.Stephen’s Anglican ty
Church — celebrated their Golden. }
Anniversary. if
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‘WRIGHT OR WRONG: Those | /
i who spend all day looking for easy
| work are always dead tired by bed-

month to spend more time with her +

family’ .,.Cariooking a bit soiled?
One of) e most efficient **chari-/
ty"’ ca washes on the North Shore
operates again all day Saturday,’ |
> April S$, when the West Yan |
Kiwanis hose-*n-sponge brigade:
+‘goes into action at Terry Higgins’
Petro-Can station, 22nd and |
Marine — with donations going to
- Kiwanis good causes .. Rose |

* "Fattow rerpinds all native sons and

former residents of Squamish

about the community’ iY upcoming _ .
Centennial and invites them to join |:

the celebrations, ff you quality (or
even If you don't) the special-event’.
fun days to mark on’ your ¢ calendar

u
, are Canada Day weekend, July 1-;
3, and, buzz-saw weekend, pother- ;

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‘Barrett Fisher
‘Noel Wright

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