24 - Nerth Shore News —- Sunday, May 14, 2000

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selves around the local area,
the Sunshine Coast, Harrison
Lake area, and Orcas Island.
On one particular outing,
August 18, 1935, they pad-

’ dled their canoe through the

Narrows, but because it was
too early to go home, they
decided to stop for awhile on
Deadman’s Island in Coal
Harbour — and their lives
changed forever. It was a love-
ly moonlit evening, and at the
exact dime as the 9 o'clock

SENIORS
Couple paddied their own nuptial! canoe

gun went off, George pro-
posed marriage to Dorothy.
They were married in 1938.
In 1936, George and a
friend started their own firm

— Wolfe and Dobson, Quality

Furniture and Lamps, located
at the corner of Drake and

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never looked back.

The Dobsons, in 1945, on
Lennox Street, North
Vancouver, built a lodge that
they used during summers,
with George travelling back
and forth ro Vancouver on

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business. They also bought —
something new in those days
—a trailer with a wood-burn-
ing stove in it, to take their
voung children on short tips.

Dorothy says: “Nature —
appreciate the miracle of
nature, it truly can be a spiri-
tual experience.”

During the 1940s,
Dorothy joined the Y's
Menet.*s Club and George,
the Y's. sen*s Club. In the
°40s, black and aboriginal peo-
ples were not allowed in the
hotels in Vancouver. On one

* occasion when out-of-town

club members visited the
Vancouver Y’s Men’s Club,
Dorothy and George invited a
black family from Seattle and
an aboriginal family from
Medlakala, to stay with them in
their home. It provided a
good opportunity for the chil-

- dren to gain an understanding

of other races. fi

ey were fine people and
the Dobsons kept in touch
with the families for years.

Dorothy and Gearge also
sat on the committce of Camp
Howdy, a 1940s YMCA pro-
ject — a boys’ camp which still
exists.

During the 1950s,
Dorothy became a member of
the Women’s Federation of
Shaughnessy and was secretary
for many years. She was also
an active member with the
PTA and the United Church
Explorers, and later became

-_ one of the chief counsellors of
the United Church Explorers. «

The Dobsons, in 1953,
bought their waterfront prop-
erty on Eastridge Road in
Deep Cove, with 124 steps
from their carport down to

. the house. They renovated the

existing house, including

building a large porch which -

also served as a deck for
pce dances. There was a

“place to keep their canoes and, :
bater | boats. The Dobsons . -
», belonged to various
‘dancing clubs and danced for

square-

43 years, at least once a week.

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During the early 60s,
Dorothy and George became
involved with Young Life, a
Christian organization for
young people of high-school
age. Their son joined the
Magee High School club —
the first Young Life Club in
Vancouver. The club held their
meetings in members’ homes.
Ateach meeting there would
be music and a skit before a -
short Christian talk by the
leaders.

When their oldest daughter
married in 1965, the Dobsons
sold their Kerrisdale home,
and moved into their cottage
at Deep Cove. The following
year Dorothy and George
along with their youngest
daughter flew to Ghana, to
visit with their son, then *
teaching nearby. They contin-
ued their flight, renied a car az.
Johannesburg, and spent two .
months touring Africa.

Through the years they vis- -

ited the Holy Land, the Dead -

Sea, enjoyed three trailer caras*

vans, including one with a
wagon master to Mexico.
Their travels have taken them

. to Cairo, the great pyramids of:

Egypt, and to Luxor —the ~
valley of kings and queens. ‘In
1980, Dorothy and George
toured New Zealand with a
group, and also joined 2» ©
square dance group to the
four Hawaiian Islands. The .:
Dobsons also bought into the

Venture Out Trailer Park in -
- Mesa, Arizona and became

snowbirds for 2) winters.
‘Then Dorothy !ost her
George, to leukemia in 1994.
Dorothy is still 2 charter:
meniber of Alpha Gamma”:
Delta and recently attended * °
their 70th reunion. She is:

- active in the Mr. Seym«
- United ‘Church and belongs

the Heritage Asodation of

- Deep Cove and Area.

attends two seniors’ “keep

' well” classes 2 week, relax
>with massages, often en

“) chatting with her frien

“1 coffee, and still ves hi