- Bage 1 10- Marsh 9,1 1977 - North Shore News

The funeral s service for Ron
Andrews, former mayor of
North Vancouver District,

Tributes to the former
‘mayor came from many
quarters. Mayor Don Bell,

 GVRD chairman
Campbell an

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Alan Emmott

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Born in Medicine Hat,

. Alta.,

Mr, Andrews came to
Vancouver at an early age,

Products from 1946 to 1962,
and operated his own finan- -

cial consulting firm.

was held Tuesday afternoon who served for six years as
at Highlands United Church. an alderman under Mr.
He was buried in North Andrews before defeating
Vancouver cemetery. him in last November’s hotly
tested election, praised

Mr. Andrews, aged 60, ro ,
died early last Friday of a- his contribution to public life

. . and noted the respect earned
heart attack in Lions Gate
Hospital. For several years by his financial and admini-

he had suffered from recur- strative | abilities.
ting circulation ailments,
which led to the amputation
of his left leg below the knee
in 1974 and treatment on
several later occasions. ©
He -was readmitted to
hospital the night before his
death with a blood clot.

attended school in Kitsilano _
and graduated from UBC in = He is survived |
during the GVRD’s formative 1938 with a bacheler of . Isabel ‘and son Rati of |
years. Liberal leader Gordon commerce degree. ‘North Vancouver, daughter |
“Gibson described him as ‘‘a 7 ; - . Marilyn Bargen of Delta,
respected opponent who was. As__ an accountant and brother Stewart and sister
always fair and: commanded business administrator he Margaret, both of Vancouver
an enormous amount. of was assistant controller and and two grandchildren.
community respect.’ controler for B.C. Forest co

the . major regional role
played by Mr. Andrews -

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Mr. Andrews served as a
North Vancouver District
- alderman for eight years and
as mayor for 10 years before
being defeated at the polls
last November by the present
Mayor Don Bell. .

As mayor he believed in
development of the District
and fought hard for a third
crossing of Burrard Inlet.

In addition to his leader-.
ship role in his own
community, Mr. Andrews
served the entire Lower
Mainland and all other B.C. - bal -_ : bay |
municipalities as chairman — 4  — & | AN | ob N a 7% re |
respectively: of the Greater | el . : De. oa
Vancouver Regional District
and of the Municipal Finance
«Authority. |

He also ran twice, without _
success, as. Social Credit.
candidate in the North
Vancouver-Capilano provin-—
cial riding: In. the 1974
byelection he lost to Gordon. -
Gibson by 57 votes, a margin
widened by the Liberal
leader in the following year’s
provincial election.

_ Mr. Andrews’ death occur-
red just over a month after he
was presented with the
_ freedom of the District of
North Vancouver at a special
civic ceremony held in his

Capilano College Wom-
en’s Curling team success-
fully defended their Totem
Conference Championship,
which they won last year, by
breezing through the college
bonspiel held in Kelowna
with an unblemished record.

The toughest opposition.
the North Shore women
encountered was provided by
the College of New Caledonia f
from Prince George. In a §&
second round contest, the
Prince George rink was one ff
up coming home, with last
rock advantage.

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