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page 18, July 14, 1976 - North Shore News

T’uther day I wus layin’
under the fambly car an wen

I cum out frum under my.

joints wus hurtin’ an I had
took sum skin frum my
knuckles where the sockit
wrench slippt..

So I cums into the house an
I cranked up the kids Hi-Fi
wich aren’t any big problim
becus I got writ down wot
knobs fer to push.

First I takcles sum Tschai-
kovsky, wich is an old
faithful, so to speak, but it
don’t stop things hurtin’, so I
tride a dose of Chopin an a
smidgen of Ravel. They is old
friends, but today they jest
aren’t working, so I moves
over to Smetana an we tuk a
trip down the Moldau but
wen we got to the sea my

- back wus still hurtin’ an then -

I spots this record the kid
has.

Well, sir, wen it cums to

wot these kids are lissenin’ to _

today, I will take a sore back
anytime. They has all got
queer names like Hinkledink
Humperlkdunk and wen they
starts caterwallen an twang-
in’ electrick. guitars the ony
thing wot happens is the

SVs LY Bats VS

and the cat heads fer the
litter box.

- thirst.

It shur don’t luk like I have
struck pay dirt, becus I ain’t

never: heard of Mr. Acker.

Bilk an I find it sorta hard to
believe he ain’t jest anuther
Humpeldunk. Jest the same,
it ses he plays a clarinet, so I

gives him a chance...becus |

ain’t heard a clarionet real
gud since I wus a kid an this
feller drifted into town frum
a freight train.

His name wus McAndless
an he had jest three things: |

the clothes he stood un in; a

clarionet...and a _ helluva

He hired out -with the local

_band, wich meant he shared

the hot plate in a little room
above Wing Lung’s (Oriental
and Occidental Cuisine -
Open Twenny Four Hours).

Things wus purty good,
considerin’ it wus in the
Thirties. Satiddy nite, after
the dance, wus real speshul.
F’rinstance, Mac an the boys
had meat, wich cum onct a

- week after they counted the

take after the dance...an they
didn’t have to worry wether
the Chevallier. Montrachet
wus chillt enuf. This wus
took care of frum the jug the
pianner player kept under
the keyboard. It wus fillt with
rum, gin, rye and cold coffee

|} wich the young fellers giv

them fer doin’ it real sweet

an soft wen. the lites wus |

turnt down low.

Enyways, speaken’ of the
Satiddy nite dance, we wud
all stop an jest stand still wen
Mac wud hit it with that
clarionet, jest wailin’ and
cryin’ an the littel hairs wud
stand up on yur neck wen he
hit ._Wabash Blues.

Mac wud stand an lft the
clarionet an wen he hit a high
one it wns jest like a Inst
soul cryin’ out fer the
Elysium Fields. Us kids wud

fine

get the whole impack, with
no fancy wigglin’ arount an
playin’ fer the galleries, like
they do now. Mac wud jest
stand facin’ us, fare an

‘square, wich. wus natcheral

becus he had ony.one pair of
pants. They wus gone in the
seat an he wus ‘ashamed to
turn around,

Well, like I sed, I put on

the kid’s record, jest to see .

wot Mr. Acker Bilk cud do an
be damned if he cudn’t
squeeze notes frum that
clarionet jest as sweet as a
maiden’s kiss. Wen he cum
to the end with sumthin’
callt ‘‘Stranger on the
Shore’’ I wus a bit damp

around the eyeballs an I-got ©

to thinkin’ about Old Mac.

It shur wud be nice if they
cud work a clarionet in with
the harps up there in the
Fields, becus Mac wud shur
like. to take a break frum the
bass an lift her into high
register so it wud go wailin’
an cryin’ all over the Fields.

‘An besides, he wudn’'t
have to worry, becus the
littel clands wud he driften’

by an coverin’ up the patch

_ on his pants.

You and the law

This is the second of a
series of columns explaining
how to use the Small Clainis
Court. Small Claims Ccurt is:
a Court in which the laymen. .
can sue a person who caused

him some damage, where the -

amount involved is $1 ,000. 00

or less.

The first thing to decide is ,

in which Small Claims Court:
to start your action (claim).
‘The event which gave rise to
your claim is called the
‘‘cause of action.’’ You can
sue where the ‘cause of
action’ arises, for example, if
there is a car accident the

cause of action arises at the

scene, and if someone breaks
a contract to pay you money
or deliver goods, the cause of
action arises at the place
where the contract is formed
and broken.

You can atso suc in the
place where the other party
(the defendant) lives. There-
fore, you must decide which
place to’ sue based on cither
where the cause of action
arises or where the defen-
dant lives. If you have any
doubts, contact the Clerk of
the Small Claims Court for
advice.

The next step is to decide

‘whom to sue. This is

relatively easy where the
defendant is a person. You
merely need their full name

. and address. Where you are

suing a business you have to
determine whether or not it
is Incorporated, Incorpora-
tion means that the company
is legally registered — in
Victoria. ' .

How to start your
debt action

You should write to the
Registrar . of Companies,
Parliament. Buildings,. Vic-
toria (enclosing $1.00) and
ask for a. search of the
company’ name. The Regis-

.trar will tell .you if the
company is registered, the
- company’s legal name, its

registered office (where you

serve the papers), and the .

names of the officers and

. directors.

If the company is incor-
porated, ‘you name _ the
company on the summons
(the document that starts the
action). If it is not incor-
porated, you sue the owner
individually and indicate that

-he carries on business under

a certain name, i.e. ‘‘Joe
Smith, carrying on business
as Smith's Plumbing.”’

in a. motor vehicle acci-
dent, you will want to sue the
owner of the car as well as
the driver, To find out who
owns a car, ‘send the licence
number to the Registrar of

Motor, Vehicles Parliament |.

Buildings Victoria, B.C.
(with $1.00) and ask for a
certified extract of ownership
as of the date of the accident.

Future columns will ex-

plain how. to issue the-

summons and prepare for the
trial, For more information,
contact the
People’s Law School and
order our booklet on Small

Claims Court. A Jaw stu-'

dent’s legal advice clinic is
offered at Gordon House
1068 Davie Street on Wed-

nesday evening 7-9. p.m. —

(except in April). You can
also attend a clinic at the
Small Claims Court = in
Vancouver on Tuesdays by
appointment (684-9911).

See ;
Pye oe a |

- Vancouver |

Drive safely
this summer .

The B. c ‘Automobile Ass-

- ociation reminds: drivers that.

.the holiday months call for
special attention fo the safety
of children and young peo-

. ple, who are around in large

numbers during the daytime.

: Motorists should note the
‘hours between .11:30 a.m.

and 3:00 p.m.—the. period .

when youngsters are more

likely to- appear on_ the.

streets, and at dusk—6 to 9
p.-m.—when vision is affec-
ted and children are on their
way home after a day of fun.

There are three areas: in
particular where motorists
are more likely to encounter
youngsters during the
summer—recreational areas
(playgrounds, pools, tennis

courts); urban residential
areas where children are
likely to play near streets; , |
and: suburban _ residential:

Winning way

to make kids |

“Winner. of our recipe
contest this week is Mrs.
Connie Flett of North Van-
couver with her recipe for
Spinach Salad with Parm-
esan Dressing (it could be a
painless way to get your
children to eat spinach!)

Mrs. Flett wins $10 of
meat of her choice from the
TOWN BUTCHER LTD.,
Lynn Valley Mall, 1254 Lynn
Valley Road, North Van-

- couver.

You too could be a winner.
Just send your favorite
recipe to the NORTH SHORE
NEWS, 202-1139 Lonsdale
Avenue, North Vancouver,
B.C. V7M 2H4.

“ continued on n page 21

areas where curves and: §

driveways often create blind .

Spots for drivers.

Children—often more in-
tent ‘on fun than safety—are
even more valncrable to
mishaps during vacation
when thelr spirits of adven-

ture peak. Injuries can occur

in. a split second as they
appear from behind parked
cars to retrieve a ball, dart

across streets or, worse, take
to playing games in or near.

the streets.

A final note to parents

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your youngsters’ safety by

certain they know and
practice the ‘‘see-and-be-
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