page 16, May 18, 1977 - North Shore News

Well, sir, she is movin’ sorta slow like into
Spring, wich I know fer damshur, becus the wife

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My joints is startin’ to hurt
already, jest frum thinkin’
about the lawn mower an
pullin’ the rope fer to start
the bastid!

T’uther nite on tellyvision
the President of the United
States is sayin’ we is facin” a
grave crisis fer Energy, an he
figgers we shud do sumthin’
about it. I wuden’t mind
-settin’ down with him an
talkin’ over this lawn mowin’
bizness—becus there’s more
room fer savin’ energy there

than a feller can shake a stick f[

at!

F’rinstance, if the ranga-
tangs at City Hall wud sorta
ease up on the by-laws, I cud
get a friendly goat wot wud
keep the lawn mowed nice an
tidy. I wud save about ten
gallons of gas, eight quarts
of oil and four er five bags of ©
lawn fertilizer!

T’ain’t only that—I cud set
quiet of an evenin’ an talk to
the goat, wich I can’t allus do |
with the wife.

Anyways, Spring is wen
things start cumin’ out frum
under rocks, chompin’ an
snappin’ at everythin’ in
sight...like the feller that
writ the Editor of the

Innisfail paper t’uther day.
CAN'T SPELL

He ses he finds the Back
Porch is ‘‘Nauseating,”’
becus I don’t spell too
good—an besides he ses I.
got trubbles with Syntaxes
and Dangling Partickles.

Now 1 don't rile up too
easy. an I figgered it wud be
best to jest set back quiet like
till this feller hit sixty years
an then ask him how HE is
doin’ with his dangling
partickles.

R. Johnston

The appointment of Robert
Johnston as West Division
Customer Service Manager
of the British Columbia Tele-
phone Company is announced
by R. H. Stevens, Vice-Presi-
dent — Customer Service.

In his new position, Mr. John-
ston is responsible forcustomer
service in the Company's West
Division, which includes the
western section of Vancouver,
Richmond, the North Shore,
Sunshine Coast and Powell
River.

During his twenty-six years
with the Company, Mr. John-
ston has served in several man-
agerial positions, including the
position of General Customer
Service Manager and District
Manager of Vancouver Central
and the Peace River.

~~

By Bill Clark —

EQNUDATAUNQONURSELAUDGUATAUEDEGTOOGGADUOTEUDETORANY

As fer Syntaxes, it don't
s’prise me none to find they
finely cum up with one that’s
fitten fer them feilers in the
Guvmint, the way they been
carryin’ on lately!

BUT “NAUSEATING”
WUS SUMTHIN’ ELSE
AGIN’...1. DIDN’T GET

RILED UP TILL I LOOKED

HER UP_IN THE DICTION-

ARY!

It ses it’s an urge to flang
up...an that’s wot I got, wen

this feller takes two-bits

worth of knowledge an tries
to work her into a ten-dallar
eae Ve wre ee BNR RRR Be Bae Seg ies
bill, by hammerin’ the Back
Porch.

British Columbia
Buildinas Corporation
appointment

John R. Pitcher

The appointment of John R.
Pitcher of West Vancouver as
Chief Executive Officer of the
British Columbia Buildings
Corporation is announced by
the Hon. Alex Fraser, minister
responsible.

The Cofporation was estab-
lished by the Legislature to
acquire, develop and manage
property for which provincial
government ministries will be
charged rent. This concept,
which is new to government in
Canada, is designed to bring
accountability to accommoda-
tion used by government
throughout British Colurabia.

Mr. Pitcher is a graduate in
Commerce from the University
of British Columbia and holds
a Masters degree in Business
Administration from the
University of California.

He has had extensive experi-
ence in banking and real estate

and operations management.

He was at one time Vice-
President for eastern U.S.A. of
the Abbey Glen Property Corp-
oration of Toronto, and at the
time of his appointment was
western Canada regional
manager for Polaris Realty
(Western) Limited.

financing, development, leasing

He sorta figgers I am
rupturin’ the English Lan-
guage, so 1 have _hews fer

* oe
Dear Writer-To-The-Editor: .-

You are playin’ with
sumthin’ that has lastid fer a
cupple thousand years—an
gets stronger an tougher
each day. ‘

It will outlast YOU: fer
anuther few thousand years,
growing in stature an
strength; the most wonderful
and beautiful instrument of

music the world has ever
known.

company has developed a
# system where such prob-
f-lems can be eradicated
7 almost immediately, by a
i simple telephone call.

Business
tems, at 3622 East Ist in
Vancouver is just ten’

moanthc ala anda ac
Basavaacase wrasse wakauws we

president Dave Newberry
puts it." we
filled the gap between the
huge conglomerates and
the. small, tiv-byv-night
companies.""

BACLLIVEIY

Simple Soiution to Service
Problem

‘*One of the reasons
people feel they have to
deal with a large, multi-
national company is to
ensure decent service
after the machine is
installed. This just isn't

' so. On the other hand, a
lot of very small compan-.
ies have been operating
their technicians out of
basements and obviously
after this kind of service,
a customer will steer clear
of any name he's not
familiar with. We've
found a simple solution to
the problem.”

Columbia Business
Systems’ answer is spec-
ialization, Where many
large conglomerates deal

lators to typewriters,
Columbia has committed
itself exclusively to cop-
iers, since, as Newberry
puts it, ““buying a copier
from someone who sells
typewriters is like buying
a refridgerator from a
salesman. It's just
good business.”"

not

Salesmen ‘brainwashed’

“When a large com-
pany takes on anew
salesperson,’* Newberry
pointed out, “they pract-
ically have to brainwash
them into thinking that

If so, a new Vancouver |

VE effectively :

in everything from calcu--

Coiumbia’s highly. mobile fleet of technicians ensures the customer an almost immediate
response to any problem they have with their copying machine.

the company's product
line is the only one that
matters. We operate on a
totally different concept.
- Since we're independant,
we can afford to pick what
we feel are the best
machines from any line
we choose. The result is
that we have twice the
selection of any company
in’ Vancouver, and our
sales people are familiar
with all existing lines of
machines. This comes
through as a big advan-
tage in service as well—
the average technician in
a big company handles up
to 250 clients. Ours
handle no more than 80,
they have their own
territories and are on a
first name basis with the
customer. If we get a call
at 5:00 and its an
emergency, we're there.”’

Cherry Picking

Being an independant
has given Columbia an-
other

edge—they = can
afford to be choosy.
‘When we're approached
to market a new = mach-
ine,"" explained = New-
berry, -we send a_tech-

nician to po through the
full training program. For
instance, we sent a man to
Edmonton — recently — to
investigate a new unit. He
reported that) mechani-

For several years
importing beautiful

shop in Victoria

and friends that

834 HOWE STREET,
VANCOUVER, B.C.

cally, it was good, but we
discovered that we _ al-
ready had an Olivetti that
did a better job for the
same price. We = feel
Olivetti to be one of the
best buys on the market,
and we carry a complete
line. Needless to say, we
turned the other machine

down. .
100% RETURN

But what if you buy a
copicr from Columbia.
and eight months: later
somcone brings out a
machine that’s exactly
what you need. ‘‘Sim-
-ple."’ said Newberry.
‘We take the old one
back and give you 100%
of its cost-on the machine
vou want. We carry a full
line of Minolta, Apeco
and Olivetti, and can get
you pretty well anything

that’s being made to-
day."’
Ready to Talk

Dave Newberry  ob-

viously enjoys his work
and is ready to talk to

and

we have been
Welsh Tapestry

clothing and crafts from Wales to our
; during that time
customers were saying you should open.
a shop in Vancouver so we did but it.
takes a while for the word to get around
so we hope you will tel! all your relatives
we: have

beautiful things like the outfit in the

picture and we’d love it if you all would .
come and see them at

Imgs TAX 7e2/ sh

lots of

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anyone about their copy-

ing machine

problems

a
Dave Newberry—president of

Columbia Business

Systems

and the man who started the

concept of a

specialized,

service oriented copier outlet.

and needs. So,

if your

copier has broken down

‘for the

third time this

week and it seems like the
technician is making his
way to your office on foot.

he's

available—291-8421

—you'll make your life a
whole lot easier.

Examples of-the great range of units carried by Columbia--tho

Olivetti 400 which

costs only $695.00

installed, while

multi-purpose Olivetti 1500 runs at $3,995.00 installed.

the