A6 - Sunday, March 25, 1984 - North Shore News GE editorial page Unions’ chance he construction unions, engaged in a massive confrontation with non-union labor at the Kerkhoff site on False Creek, could start to solve their staggering 60 per cent unemployment problem tomorrow. Three out of five of their members are jobless because contracts negotiated in past, pre-recession years have priced them — AND hei vou = out of today’s ‘On: Pr 1 thy 66 , R. SHOW BIZ” has been official- ly retired now for 14 years. The movie theatre where he hosted the giants of the enter- market, giving a strong competitive edge to cheaper, non-union firms. No amount of picket line mayhem can alter that simple economic fact. Short of all non-union con- struction work being banned by. law (which obviously won’t happen), the unions remain in a no-win situation. The only practical answer is for unions and employers to get together and renegotiate ex- isting contracts so as to enable the latter to compete effectively. This doesn’t mean ‘‘put- ting the clock back 40 years,’’ as union rhetoric claims. Even at present union wages, huge amounts could be saved by ending costly *‘featherbedding’’ practices — hotel living allowances for locally resident plumbers, engineers operating automatic elevators, elec- tricians forbidden to hammer a nail, etc. — which can add millions to major projects. Unions contend their members work faster and do a superior job with better safety stan- dards. These pluses, combined with feather- bedding cuts and a partnership spirit between unions and employers, could do much to make unionized firms attractive once more to developers. Taking the first step in that direction would show TRUE union leadership. Old Grit song iberal leadership frontrunner John Turner has ‘‘clarified’’ his bilingualism policy by enveloping it in a smoke- screen. The federal parliament, he says, must protect language rights guaranteed by the Constitution — but it’s up to the provinces to decide how many bilingual services they pro- vide. Sounds suspiciously like a replay of that famous old Grit song written by Mackenzie King — ‘‘conscription if necessary but not necessarily conscription.’’ ¢Oet WIRES OF SOETTH Jun weet VessCeNvER sunday Display Advertising 980-0511 r aw Ss Classified Advertising 986-6222 north shore Newsroom 985-2131 a | ews Circulation 986-1337 . Subscriptions 980-7081 1139 Lonsdale Ave... North Vancouver, 8 C V7M 2H4 Publisher Pete: Speck Editor-in-Chief Noet Wright Associate Publisher Advertising Director Robern Graham Tim Francis Personne! 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But the memories of the Ivan Atkery, decades at the Or- pheum remain as alive and vibrant--today as the man himself. Earlier this month, at Har- rison Hot Springs, Ivan was the guest of honor at the an- nual meting of the Motion Picture Theatre Association of B.C., which presented him with a plaque in recognition of ‘‘his long and distinguish- ed career in the motion pic- ture industry’’. For good measure he also had the win- ning ticket in the special prize draw, a trip for two to Mex- ico City plus $500 im cash. That was vintage Ackery, the man who, on the night of his retirement party at age 70, summed up his working career as ‘“‘Fifty glorious years, that’s what they were, simply glorious’’. He knew personally almost every famous name of the day in the theatre and movie business: George Burns, Ed- die Cantor, Anna Neagle, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Rudy Vallee, you name them. He took Alan Young to the races, carried Suasan in his arms, oY: Hayward POLICE CHIEF-TO-BE BOB BROLLY ... nightly social services department. counted Gary Cooper and Louis Armstrong among his friends. And in the Orpheum he also saw the birth of such top Canadian talent as Mimi Hines, Julietic, Yvonne de Carto and Chief Dan George. At the age of 80 he put them all together with himself into a highly entertaining book, Fufty Years on Theatre Row His West Van apartincni., with ifs panoramic view of Fnglish Bay, is) a picture gallery of his fun-filled past Today, hale and suall with it at 84, Ivan Ackery ts an im pressive testimonial to a lite long love affan with hte Barbara Rothwell intcrvicews him Wednesday (March 28) at 7 30pm on the Channel 10 program “Pioneers and Neighbors’ If you're suffer ing from the spring biahs. thas is one neighbor you ll be glad to mect ah ht CONCERN for the casiuon ment has won a North Van fire and three West Van testidents the provincial kovernment . TORY bn sunday brunch by Noel Wright IVAN ACKERY ... love affair with life. vironmental Awards, presented the other week in Victoria at a Government House banquet. First place in the industrial category was taken by Mohawk Lubricants Ltd. — headed by president Fred Gingell and v-p Roy Street — for their work on a system of re-refining lubricating oil without en- vironmental damage. In the public service category the principal award went to the Run Out Skagit Spoilers (*‘Ross’’) Committee — represented by West Van- couverites Wilfrid Chit- tenden, Keoneth Farquhar- son and Dr. Vernon Brink — for their 10-year battle that saved the Skagit Valley from being flooded for a hydro power project zeke QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Family squabbles, missing kids, lost purses, motorists locked out of their: cars, lone- ly little old ladies who hear funny noises outside - West Van Police Department deals with them all during the even- ing and night hours. Deputy Chief Bob Brolly, who suc- ceeds retiring Joe Hornell as eee par ~ FRED GINGELL, ROY STREFT (centre and right) . Chief on ‘May 1, puts it this” way: ‘*From 4:30 p.m. until 8:30 the next morning we’re West Van’s social services department!”’ x * k SCRATCHPAD: No arguing about it — we have class on this side of the Inlet! Of the 14 debutantes who'll curtsey to Lieutenant-Governor Bob Rogers at this year's glamorous Military Ball (May 5 in the Hotel Van- couver), no less than six come from North Van: Allison Baker, Stephani Baker, Sarah Fiona Brown, Julie Alexandra Craig, Katherine May Dane and Elaine Allison Hutchinson. North Van's score compares to just three debs from Bigtown and one each from Surrey, Delta, Richmond, Coquitlam and Pnnce George The man with much on his mind at the moment, Labor Minister Bob McClelland, is) keynote speaker Thursday (March 29) at the annual mecting of the West Van-Howe Sound Socreds, 8 p.m at Glencagies Golf Club. Registration begins at 7 p.m. and Liz Byrd clean oll accolade from Lavironment Minister Tony Brom met (left) (922-3681 or 687-2629) will be glad to fill you in ... Sheila Gilmour of Capilano Com- munity Services Centre reports they’re planning a **Seniors’ Phone Check’’ ser- vice and are seeking friendly voices willing to phone one or more lonely seniors every day. Call her at 988-7115 for details ... Price of produce getting you down? Lesley Ansell-Shepherd, chief - naturalist at the Lynn Valley Ecology centre, talks about ‘‘Planning a vegetable garden’’ at 7:30 p.m. . Wednesday (March 28) at the Capilano Library in Edge- mont Village ... Moving over to the City Library, 14th and Lonsdale, Joyce Moller has a special treat Tuesday (March 27) at 7 p.m. for the ‘‘Yester- day’’ generation — two films of The Beatles, including a musical fantasy of the famed quartet on a cross-country bus tour ... Congrats to the Lillooet Trails Toastmistress Club and president Gaye Mc- Cance on the club’s 10th an- niversary, being celebrated Tuesday, April 3, with a din- ner at Yic’s for members, guests and assorted dignitaries — call Gaye for info at 987-7505 ... Also on Tuesday, West Van Historical Society holds its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Pauline Johnson School. They need volunteers to work on the task of documenting Tiddlycove’s colorful past — phone Joan Palmer at 922-5215 if history grabs you LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR BOB ROGERS six North ony “i LABOR MINISTER BOB McCLELLAND ... a message for the West Van faithful. Winding up the week, West Van Arts Council spon- sors a Fashion Show Soiree, 730 pm = Saturday (March 3), at Kice Wyck, featuring hand-made all natural fibre clothing by tocal desingers in. cluding Shawna Henderson, Brenda Hughes and Rosemary Stackhouse. Dial 922 1110 for tickets Mean while, make a note of two special blood donor clinics: Tuesday (March 27), 10 to 4, inthe All Campus | ounge at Capilane ( ollege, and friday (March JO) 2 to Bouin Park Royal North Mall a & A WRIGHT OR WRONG Why can't hfe’s big problems all come when we're twenty and know everything?