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King’s ransom

AVING ROYALTY sisit: during the warm
months is a terrific but expensive was to
break up the doy days of summer.

Canada has played bost to Capt. Mark Phillips and
Prince Edward this spring, the Duke and Duchess of
York this summer and will host the Queen this
autumn,

The royals’ presence is usually a welcome one. The
Queen and her family bring to Canada a much-needed
break from the mundane.

Unfortunately, these brief glimpses into a charmed
world cost. The Duke and Duchess cf York's 442-hour
visit to Winnipeg recently cost the province $60,000
and officials are calling the visit a bargain. Expenses
on previous visits by the royals cost the province hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars and, as a rule, the Cu-
nadian taxpayer picks up the entire tab. Even the Duke
and Duchess of York’s private holiday in the Nor-
thwest Territories following their official visit will be
entirely paid for by Canadian taxpayers. It is no
wonder, then, that Canada has become « favorite
summer playground for the royal family.

¥t would be crass to suggest that the royal family
should pay for all of its expenses incurred while
visiting Canada. The Queen’s autumn visit 0 open the
Commonwealth Conference in Vancouver, for exam-
ple, is important for Canadian and international inter-
ests and should be financed by the taxpayers.

But financing private holiday camping trips is put-
ting an unnecessary financial strain on an already
over-taxed public. Perhaps it is time that the royals
lend a helping financial hand before they wear out
their welcome.

arion’s 1
secret: enjoy life!

THE ‘“‘CENTURY CLUB"
recruits its latest North Shore
member today, a remarkable West
Van lady born near Edinburgh,
Scotland, on July 29, 1887. Every
centenarian has his or her personal
secipe for achieving that venerable
age. Marion Lambie’s recipe — as
demonstrated by the way she's
celebrating her 100th birthday —
appears to be simply a lifelong zest
for living.

A girl in her early 20s, she
crossed the Atlantic on her own in
1911 to join her brother, who had
emigrated earlier to farm in
Manitoba. However, she soon
headed back to Toronto, a jobina

law office and, in her own words,
“the time of my life.’’ So much so
that her worried mom came oul a
year or two later and summoned
her good-time daughter to Win-
nipeg for a serious little family
talk! After which Marion returned
for a time to her brother’s farm,
eventually meeting and marrying
her first husband.

Her second marriage, when
already in her 60s, to naval ar-
chitect William Lambie took her
to live in Los Angeles for 23 years.
At age 74 she and William took a
six-month trip around the world
and after his death in 1963, she
stayed on for another 10 years with

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his family in L.A. before returning
to Canada and settling in West
Van.

Today she maintains her own
tasteful Park Royal Towers
apartment, helped only by a clean-
ing lady once or twice a month.
She has a large circle of friends
and also, happily, a sister-in-law
on the floor below. She’s an ardent
“high-rise gardener’? — her long
balcony is bedecked with flowers,
including her special pride and joy,
a rose bush. Her sight these days
isn’t quite as good as it was, but in
all other respects she seems in ex-
cellent health. Her mind, move-
ments and talk are those of a

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complex, 350 East Ist. Interested
retirees should call president Al
Fitch (987-3832) or secretary Norm
Woodard (988-5704) Yule-in-
July Department: Irene Livingston
and other Silver Harbour Centre
ladies are already hard at work
producing reindeer dolls to sell at
their Christmas bazaars in the fall
... Anniversary greetings (and then
some!) to North Van's Kiwanis
couple Rowland and Jean Astbury
who chalk up their 6)st today ...
And a double dose of good wishes

to one half of North Van. Kiwanis
couple Ken and Beth Robinson —
they, too, celebrate another mar-
riage milestone today, just two
days before Ken’s birthday on Fri-
day.

WRIGHT OR WRONG: People
who finally realize that money
can’t buy happiness usually try
their luck next with credit cards.

woman Gf 70.

The popular stereotype of a
100th birthday party is a
wheelchair celebrant with a retire-
ment home nurse in attendance.
Forget all that with Marion. On
Sunday, her church, West Van
Baptist, honored her at a_ big
reception after the service. Tonight
she presides over a dinner for 14 of
her Los Angeles family at Willi
and Martha Brueckel’s posh
Ambleside Inn.

Like the 24-year-old girl of long
ago in Toronto, she believes life is
for enjoying. Keep right on doing
just that, Marion!

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WRAP-UP; The Chinese barbecue

was better than the tennis at the

Liberals’ fundraising ‘‘Sportfest’’

last Thursday, starring opposition

leader John Turner — but

everyone agreed it was a great par-

ty just the same. Winners of the

$1,000 prize were Herb Fitterman

and Karen Kettenecher who won

all four games of their set against

Turner and Michelle Bogaard, But

with 850 spectators at $75 a head

the night’s big winner was the par-

ty's war Chest ... Red-letter day for

North Van's new Kiwanis

Evergreen Club is August 28, when

it formally receives its Charter ata = 56

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nesday morning at the Kiwanis

NEWS photo Noel Wright :

STILL ENJOYING...Marion Lambie tends her colorful

garden."

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