22 - Sunday, November 29, 1998 ~ North Shove News

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MURRAY Knowles, who served in the air force during
the Second World War, was recognized in '68 for his
extraordinary service to the youth of the community.

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3, North Shore Hea!th, 6th
floor, Ed. room, 132 W.
Esplanade, 1:30-4 p.m.
Free to persons 65 years
and over or under 65 with a
chronic health condition.
Info: 983-6700.

Heritage Tour to
Leonardo’ da Vinci
Exhibit: Dec. 3,7 a.m. to 7
p.m. Pre-register at 925-
7270. Fee of $58.85
includes bus, ferry and
entrance fee. Bus loads ar
the W.V. Seniors’ Centre
and the W.V. Museum and
Archives.

Christmas Carol Cruise:
Dec. 10, 6:15-10:30 p.m.,
North Shore Neighbour-
hood House, 225 E. 2nd
St., N.V. $34.24 includes
desserts and beverages.
Info: 987-8138.

B.C. Seniors Medication
Information Line (BC
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icensed pharmacists to
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and caregivers with infor-

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Vikki Finkbeiner
Contriouting Writer

MURRAY Knowles was
born in 1918 at Leader,
Saskatchewan and
moved with his parents
to Yellow Grass, Sask.
in 1920, where his sis-
ter, Kay, was born in
December of that year.

asa youth, Murray joined
the ¥MCA and remembers
playing hockey in -40 F
weather on an Outdoor rink.
He enjoved dances and cow:
boy movies ther: anf still
does. He attended tleasant
Hill elementary school and
was active in school sports.

Murray graduated from
Saskatoon Technical School.
Jobs were scarce or non-exis-
tent so as a young man he
joined the air force and went
overseas in 1940 only to
return home as an invalid in
1944.

He retrained with a watch-
makers course at a school in
Toronto, While there Murray
met Helen at a western
dance. They married in June
1946,

After graduation, Murray
worked as a watchmaker for
Stacys Jewelers i in Saskatoon,
but his war injury forced him
to leave this work. They
moved to Vancouver in 1947
and Murray started another
career in accounting by
attending Shaw Business
School, then joining a firm of
public accountants. He and

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Helen moved to the North
Shore in 1950.

Vhe tollowing December,
Murray joined the District of
North Vancouver as an
accounting clerk. During the
ensuing vears with the dis-
trict, he held the positions of
tay collector, deputy treasurer
and retired in 1976 as person
nel director, the position he
held for 12 vears.

Murray has seen a lot of
changes in his community, In
1953 he and Helen bought a

“He recalls the
‘Halloween
rumbles’ in

Delbrook ‘Village’
in che “60s.”

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Now 45 vears later, they ars
the last of the original hone
owners,

He abso recalls the
“Halloween rumbles” in
Delbrook “Village” in the
*60s, when the police had to
turn on the fire hoses to quiet
the party down.

The mayor, Ron Andrews, -

delegated Derek Inman and

Murray to come up with a
plan for sate Halloweens. This
led te organized functions in
the ensuing vears. Murray was
recognized publicly in 1968
for his “extraordinary service
to the vouth of the conumuni-
ww."

Through the Kiwanis
Club, Murray was active in
the formation of softball for
girls, being a coach for several
Vears,

He has been a member of
the North Shore Winter Club
Since its inception, He was
treasurer for four years and
on the board tor seven vears.

His entire tamily was
involved in curling: two
daughters being on the
Canadian Championship
Team in 1976 and 1979,
Murray is still president of the
Chartered Institute of
Secretaries and
Adniinistrators, president of
the Public Personnel
Asscciat. on, president of the
Highland Kiwanis Club and a
utctime member of the
Municipa, Officers
Association, Vhe years 1978
to 1990 fourd hir: president
and treasurer of the Victorian
Order of Nurses and the
North Shore Home Support
Services Society.

His travels have taken him

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to South Africa, England,
Ireland, Scotland, New
Zealand, Australia, Thailand,
Philippines, Fiji, Tahiti, Hong
Kong, Htaly and France. He
has enjoved various cruises
through the Mediterranean,
Panama Canal, Caribbean,
Rhine River and the Baltic.

Murray and Helen have
two daughters and seven
grandchildren. Both daugh-
ters attended UBC.

Nowadays, Murray keeps
himself busy as an integral
part of Helen's accounting
firm. The irls threw a sur-
prise birthday party tor him
this June with the theme
being "80." Imagine
Murray's excitement when
one of the gifts, a lottery tick-
et, was a $10,000 winne

—Vikki Finkbeiner is seere-
tary with Lionsview Seniors’
Planning Society, a non-profit
society that encourages North
Shore seniors to become involved
in planning and decision-mak-
ing concerning issues that affect
their health and independence .

Ste phen Wong

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