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put him back in saddie_

ENGLISH enfwics FINAL LY EMERGED from their
shells Saturday, to celebrate St. George’ 5 Day i in style for the
first time injyears, thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of a

“lawyer and/a Welshinan.

The lawyer is English-born —
Roger Dav/son who recently /
managed , 0 revive the local Society
of St. George from a lengthy
coma, Backing him all the way has
been the Welshman, U.K. Consu!
General Brian Watkins, now the
Society's Honorary Patron. At-

tendance at the festivities exceeded |

all expectations, with some 160
Merry English (a third from the ~
North Shore) crowding the
ballroom of the New World Har-
borside Hotel for cocktails, a
mediocre $50 dinner, toasts,
speeches, Dal Richards’ dance
band and lots of other fun.

~ Recent landed immigrant John
Hay’ proposed the toast to Canada
‘ with{touching sincerity (but please,
Mr, Hay, never praise Ontario in ;

Ray Perrault, whose ancestor ar-
rived in 1605 with Samuel de
Champlain, responded with humor

-and warmth — including praise for

wife Barbara’s English cooking.
And Consul General Watkins,
wrapping himself firmly in the
cloak of “a mere Welshman"*
delivered the toaat toE ngland and
St. George: five minutes of elegant
wit followed by another ten of
Steadily soaring poctry — some-
thing only the Welsh know how to
do convincingly. By the time he
finished, even Winston Churchill / /
might have felt a slight pang of ;
envy,

Ceremonies over, Dal Richards
swung into melody and packed the

dance floor, Comments overheard

on every side rated the party (aside

huge success, boding well for St.
George in years ahead. He's now
firmly back in the saddle — and if

rowdy Robbie Burns and pushy St.

Patrick don't start to show him
due respect at last, they could end
up where the dragon did!
STILL WITH ETHNICS |.
if great-grandpa was the iast

Even

“, member of your family able to

curse the Sassenachs in Gaclic,
you'll still be welcome at the an-
nual Highland Ball of the 80-
year-old Gaelic Sociely of Van-
couver, some 250 Scottish Gaelic
speakers and their descendants
dedicated to keeping the Gaelic
language and culture alive. ‘Bilin-
gualism thai Sir John A. Mac-
Donald would have understood”,
they call it! The ball takes place:
May 7 at the Scottish Cultural
Centre with champion Highland
dancer Jennifer Lindsay, ditto
piper Andrew Bonar of SPU and

entertaining —- and the numbers
for tickets (a canny $24 each) are
224-4173 or 434-9473, Kilts op-

tional, but why not have a fling?

WHAT WOULD THEY po
without us? Vancouver Rotary
Club, which celebrated its 75th

Anniversary President's Ball Fri-

day, has no less than nine past-
presidents fromthe North Shore:

Wilf Wassersleben, Stan Ker-
naghan, Jack Rogers, Ed Fisk,
Gordon Youngson, Mac Bird,
Frank Steele, Ken Weaver and,
Rev, Canon plankey Smith.‘Other
North Shore types organizing the
event were Andy Danytiu, John
Hoyle and Bill Wallace -- and

guests included MP Mary. Collins ‘

WRAP UP: Handsworth’ § Class
of °68 reunion happens this Friday
through Sunday (Apr. 29-May 1)
with a beer-pizza night, dinner
dance and baseball picnic — call
987- 3381 if:you qualify for the fun
. Find-out how that energetic new:
Reform Party plans to get a better
deal for the West at their meeting

tomorrow (Thursday, 7 p.m. in
“: Capilano Branch Library) ..

’ North Shore coordinator Gina
‘Simpson stili needs 50 volunteers

for the Sally Ann’s Red Shield
fund blitz May 2 — call heras,
987-6923 if you can spare two
hours next Monday ... Ani happy >
birthday today, April 27, te Northy
Van Kiwanian Gerry Williams.

Gaclic singer Sophia Alexandrova and MLA Angus Ree.

this neck of the woods!). Senator from that sad Beef Wellington) a
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NEWS photo Tom Surtey

_ MERRY ENGLAND'S | DAY... deny Bil E Booth in Cockney costermunges's pearly regalln; (right) British “TRAIL BL. AZING... Mayor Don Lanskail () and Bilt Murdoch, chair-
General Brian Watkins, hand raised, entertains (clockwise) St. George's Society president Roger Dawson {band man of Ambleside View Housing Co-op,/cut the ribbon at: 606-14th
" teader Dal Richards, Welsh, Society president Ann Roberts, Senator Ray Perrault, Christine Dawsin and’ (back ‘Steet, West Van's first co-op housing pro ect for seniors,

ite camera) § ‘Barbara Perrault. f ; ;

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Industrial benefits || \@ yey ds oe

T HE POSSIBLE "existence of an ancient Native ; Slay we WY | from BC.

: Indian midden ‘site’ on the Matsumoto shipyard
property in Dollarton is one more reason North...
’ Vancouver District should ‘think twice befére rushing ~
into/: redeveloping: the area. While archaeological eX-
cayation is being performed, it will give all involved in
the land’s development. process. time. to consider: the
_Fepercussions of rezoning the site from industrial use.‘
‘The Matsumoto property is currently under council -
’ consideration, for. residential ' rezoning. ‘The Save Our |
Shores ° “resident group, too, is. asking council ‘to
: redevelop the site — but as a park. : :
Both’ proposals. are attractive. Residential rezoning |
would: ‘create construction jobs; recreational rezoning ~’
would give much needed waterfront access to the ; .
/ public. Yet, concerned residents, council members and’
: developers should not forget the North Shore's in-
dustrial roots. . ! /
Industrial land in both North Vancouver City ‘and
. North Vancouver, District: is. rapidly diminishing /as
. their councils fall under the spell of slick commercial,
“residential ‘or recreational packages and rezone their
way into a corner from which there i is no escape. Once

. the land is gone, it is gone forever.’

Without industrial land there will be no industry;
without industry there will be fewer.long-term jobs-for -
local (residents. ‘Both North Vancouver municipalities:
need to. expand and diversify their, industrial bases jlo:

|: -foster economic stability. 4s»

The possibility of archeological treasures’ on. the/site

: will’ necessitate a postponement of ‘redevelopment. pians
* “While excavations are made. This time should be’ used

. eo wisely: to, reconsider . the benefits of, industrial: zoning on |

the site. & A

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