John Moon is an interest.
_ ing critter. He is manager of ©
Copley: News Service; down :
‘in San. Diego, California. |
They supply. fascinating tri-

via to newspapers around the ws
world. .

‘Want. a trivia’ for the
rumpus room? Call John.
Mecon!

He’ s also in | my secret file.
All writers have secret files.
' They contain the names of

the pitiful few who under- | :

- tense

_ Stand the pure hell that -
writers live with. They iry to
~help.

_ Here’s a fragment from his
latest letter ‘‘.....liked your.
letter... It. got to the point
quickly and was lively. It had
the timing of a_ stand-up
comic. The staccato sentenc-
‘es pierced the long ‘ones.

: page 18, January 25, 1978 - North Shore News 7

ee

‘bills

. mailbox, you can say “To
~ hell with itt”

a * gold medal ‘from Ike: ‘Eisen-
cs. hower.. He « has ©

: profit from a_ little ‘thing:
‘called. ‘‘This is the. Army.”
oS “He's s finished. a

ace vas

iB like to think it’s.the one he
preferred.” H

ra

ee special -Mother’s | Match ©
Boy Scouts of-America.. It’s dinners on Sunday, January ;
And when the Christmas — Called ‘God Bless America”. — 29,. to Mother’s March:

It’s also a helluva tribute
from a skinny immigrant kid
toa country he loved. Then

erupt . through the _

--0and dance -

‘Suggest you use your. letter- _ the new. year in ~ with — he Signed it: ae
i . “** Alexander’ Ss Ragtime - °
writing ",,style in your Band.” eum IRVING BERLIN:

Now the CRUNCH! John
Moon. suggests that: folks
today haven’t the patience.
for a story told leisurely and .
gently. They want it snapped
at them like a whiplash. Like >
the TV. commercials. that.
leave your eyebalis spinning
and your nerves shattered!

OK, folks, John wants me
to try it. He’s interested in
YOUR response. Should. be —
fun! Let’s try it with a little -
story ° of a boy who fell inte 7

———es

name was isi ore
aline. He was the son of an
impoverished Jewish rabbi,
who brought His starving —
brood from. Russia to Aiieri-
ca. From: a tenement on the
East Side, Izzy | helped
sustain the family fortunes
by shrilling the latest head--
‘lines while he _ peddled
newspapers. -

:

_V'll_ steal fragments from . §

Woollcott (an understanding fF
man) to tell the story..... i

7 ..:..he cannot resist loiter-
ing, saucer-eyed, to watch a
reeking merchantman set.
sail for China. 5
catches him in its swing and | &
knocks him’ into the East
River. While unsold papers’
float out to sea a nearby {|
hospital pumps a consider-  f
able portion of the East River
from the kid and notes a
prophetic clinical detail:

His right fist still holds the
five pennies from ‘the last
sale!

weeee OUF hero is now four-
teen. His father has school-

ed the boy’s voice in the

synagogue chants which are
the laments of a people
oppressed’ ‘from the begin-
ning of Time.....but he has
run away from home.

He pays for food and
lodging by singing ballads in
Bowery saloons and on street
corners. After cleaning the
spittoon at Nigger Mike's, he
picks out tunes of the day on
the piano with one grubby
finger.

He never pets beyond that
one finger. With it he creates |
both magic and immortality
-- using only the black keys!

let's look at that magic,
and listen:

Always", “Cheek to
Cheek", "A Pretty Girl is —
Like a Melody’’, ‘*Marie’’,
‘Say it with Music’', **Oh,
How I Hate to Get Up in the
Morning!"’ ....and, while the
snowflakes gently fall, don’t
forget ‘*White Christmas!"’

a

‘TervyeTrrree CT TEE RPP eee S Sr

ae

A crane.

: - But Izzy Balirie has come a oe
tong way.’ ‘He ‘is tired. He’ 's
“almost sixty-years old. He’s

uy E But he has a one in ‘the bag. . support activities.
e unveiled it

‘wrote it. He’ gave it to the.

part. to support the 1978.

Kinsmen . ~Mother’ Ss March

” scheduled © January (29°
~~ $10,000, 000. to the Emergen-
cy Relief. Fund:-- the entire

February 4:

The: 400-member - British -
_ Columbia’ Hotels’.
" unon. has- .
Mother’s: March in aid ofthe ~~

7 ‘physically disabled as its.
". -. major fund-raising. project of
_ 1978, with members under-’ |
_ taking .a wide variety of

endorsed _ - the

=

- These . range from hosting

pancake breakfasts, —Moth-
er’s March brunches, Moth-

_er’s March ‘banquets, ear-—
_ marking licensed premises

Hotels ‘thrdaghout British

March. program. ‘and organiz
“ing. Mother’s March. collec-
. tions in licensed ‘Premises,

~ Associ- .;

LO and food. | procéeds for speci-
. Columbia will be. doing their
“received: the Medal of. Merit. 7

from” “Harry. “Truman ‘and a’

fied: periods: to the ‘Mother’

In ‘addition, “some. ‘hotels

- Area’ Kinsmen. clubs are.
assisting hotel ‘operators. in
organizing .Mother’s: ‘March. :
support activities. with. pro- ”
7 ceeds going to the: Program. ~

operators throughout. B.C. in
organizing . this. program,

said. BCHA President Ken.
Noble. of Kelowna. _

o “It is. s very ‘much: a project :
to be ‘undertaken at

community level, ” continued

“hi telmen. and Kinsmen. By

or. attending .a - Mother’s
will make’ special ‘donations: ~
“to the Mother’ Ss. March fund. . “pating « hotel,”
: °making’a: ‘direct. ‘contribution

“to the Mother’ s March. on

_ Alberni =.
2 yepresentatives. have atten-

_- throughout «
outlining ©

March Program to hotelmen.

loble. “The | money: raised
ill be. spent. locally - which

aking’ your, family” to dinner |

March: function at.a_partici-
“you: will be

‘The: “BCHA. is working
closely..with the Kinsmen

‘Rehabilitation ‘Foundation of
_. British... Columbia .
“We. have. ‘received’ ‘maxi- S
mum-co-operation from,hotel:.

in co

ordinating the Program.

Honorary. Chief Marching
Mother. Sandra Willis of Port

‘and - Kinsmen

ded’ BCHA. zone “meetings

the - province,
the.» Mother’s

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