6 - Wednesday, December 7, 1988 - North Shore News INSIGHTS imported wives to form a club — 43 years l/ater! CANADA'S WARTIME SOLDIERS, sailors and airmen in Europe were not only tough fighters but also much sought-after husbands who, on their return, imported nearly 48,000 war brides. Most of these British, Dutch and other European wives quickly settled down to raising families and often lost touch with similar immigrant spouses they may once have known. But now their children are gone, they themselves are senior citizens, more than a few are widowed — and some lonely. Today, for many of the starry-cyed overseas maidens whom our 1940-45 warriors swept off their feet, it’s a whole new bal! game. So two of them in our North Shore community have already made their New Year’s resolution. In January they plan to faunch a North Shore War Brides Club to provide a social meeting ground, friendship and support where needed for sister spirits whom Jove lured across the ocean to Canada 40 or more years ago. Like many of their group, Winifred Rose and Maureen Harvey — whose hus- band, a wartime RCAF Squadron Leader, died two years ago — hail from Britain, but war brides from anywhere in the Old World are eligible to join. If you’re one of them, and interested, Winifred (988-1671) or Maureen (926-8066) would love to hear from you. Nearly half a century of shared experiences sounds a pretty good reason for ANY club! ste UNIQUE EN CANADA, the B.C. Seniors’ Lottery is again headed by a North Van resident — lawyer Bob Mackay who succeeds North Van businessman John Leonard of Walker Leonard Advertising. A director af the Lottery Association since 1984, the new elected chair- man has just completed a term of office with the American Market- ing Association and is a council member of the Duke of Edin- Photo submitted ONE IN 8,000 ODDS!...Caulfeild’s Kerry Dennehy (centre) receives tickets for $7,500 trip to England from British Airways’ Tony Wicks, with Caulfeild Village manager Renna McCready looking on. nd think of Christmas list. line. The spirit-crippling conditions of poverty have all been thoroughly documented, and it is all the more upsetting that the holidays only serve to heighten the disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Last year, through the work of two North Shore Time to share S MANY North Shore residents get caught up in the annual Christmas hype they should stop those who aren’t The North Shore is one of the most privileged places in the world. Yet even here there are struggling seniors and tow-income families living on or below the poverty on their burgh’s Award in Canada. Funds from the spring and fall Lottery, nearly $2 million to date, go to seniors’ projects throughcut B.C., with grants already made to over 375 different groups. The next draw (noon Dec. 19 on BCTV) will have prizes of $50,000, $10,000, $5,000, and 100 at $100 — tickets on sale now at all branches of the Bank of B.C. SCRATCHPAD: For classicai music fans this Sunday, Dec. !1, at 7:30 p.m. there’s ‘*A Musical Celebration’’ once again by VSO members David Brown and Mary Sokol Brown of North Van — playing Beethoven, Mozart and other timeless composers on viola, violin, cello and double bass. Their fourth annual! concert is at St. Pius X Parish Hall, 1150 Indian River Drive, North Van, with tickets $8 ($4 seniors and students) at the door or reserve by calling 929-6734 or 929-6235 ... Lady Luck was positively beaming on Caulfeild resident Kerry Dennehy, winner of the $7,500 trip for two to England in the recent Caulfeild Village draw marking the shopping cen- tre’s first anniversary. The single ballot he entered was picked from a bin containing over 8,000... The promotion, incidentally, featured numerous anecdotes about Francis Caulfeild, the English gentleman- 10 settled the area, including hu» he designed Caulfeitd’s w.sding, meandering roads. Seems tre simply followed a cow through the bushes — so at Christmas charities, close to 1,000 local families were helped with donations of canned foods and toys. They included singic welfare mothers with two or three children to support, seniors and families without a bread winner. Every Christmas many demands are placed on our purse-strings. But we should not forget those without purses who cannot afford even the simple pleasures of the season. Although individual contributions to charitable Christmas hampers cannot bring needy families out of poverty, small acts of charity, whether canned goods or children’s hampers do make a difference. Giving — in our rather insular world — is one way that people can help others. And that is what Christmas is al! about: peace on earth and goodwill towards men. BOB MACKAY «heads a unique lottery. last you know! ... From Grace Harling, the latest funny Canada Post story. Invitations to an open house type of event last week gave the address of the North Van main post office as ‘100 East {st Avenue’’. Maybe we should tell them that North Van avenues run north-south — the east-west roads being called STREETS ... and happy birthday today, Dec. 7, to West Van graphologist Renate Griffiths, who'll read all your darkest secrets from the handwrit- ing on your greeting card! Cd WRIGHT OR WRONG: A friend is someone who knows you and still likes you. NEWS photo Mike Wakefleid DAN LENARDUZZI, Community Relations Coordinator for Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, pres- ents a cheque for $5¢0 to Marguerite Cooper, treasurer of the Capilano Community Services Society Seniors’ Hub, for the society’s socialization programs. The objective of these programs is to bridge the gap for those seniors who are isolated and lonely —- mostly with impaired mobility —- and who do not attend senior centres or other social activities in (he community. Also at the cheque presentation were: (pictured from left to right) Wil McCaig, Hub president Dennis Humphries, George Sparling, Myrtle MacKenzie, Jean Taylor and Lillian Horne. North Shore News, founded im 1969 as aq independent suburban newspaper and quaiitied under Scnedule 111 Paragraph tli of the Excrse Tas Act 1s publisned each Wednesday. 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