I’ve never met. Joe Clark, let alone -been a
member of his party—or any other party for that
matter. Like Bruce Hutchison, I prefer to watch
the antics of all of them from the other side of the

street. However, the

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contrived to get during his recent visit to

page 6 - February 2, 1977 - North Shore News

lou usy press that

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Vancouver makes me suspect that he may prove to
be the smartest, most indéstructible politician
we’ve had since Mackenzie King.

Our morning daily asked
tartly ‘‘Is Joe worth waiting
for?’’ Its big evening sister
dismissed him with heavy
sarcasm as ‘‘A ship in the
night.’’ My distinguished
fellow-columnist Allan F.
said he (F.) had never had
brain surgery but a day spent

with Mr. Clark made him feel

like it. .

These distinctly unfriendly
comments are all the more
remarkable when you rem-
ember that the last Gallup
poll gave the Progressive
Conservatives a whopping
lead of 14 percentage points
over the bruised and batt-
ered federal Liberals. If

Gallup is right and an
election were called to-
morrow, Mr. Ciark wouid

presumably become prime
minister of Canada simply by
continuing to breathe.

WITHDRAWAL
SYMPTOMS

The reason for the lam-
basting Mr. Clark received
from the local news media is
quite simple, of course.
News’ people need heavy
daily injections of COPY.
When deprived of it, they
suffer withdrawal symptoms,
which in turn can lead to
frayed tempers and invective
(you've got to fill the blank

spaces in the paper with
something).

UJAUUEGAAUUOUUOGEONAUENANOUROOUENOTEE

COMBA - Neill Mervyn of
454-East 21st Street, North
Vancouver. Passed away Jan-
uary 27, 1977, Aged 83 years.
Predeceased by his beloved
wife Margaret in 1974. Sur-
vived by 1 son Nelli M. Jr. of.
Hawaii, 1 daughter Margaret
of North Vancouver, 3 grand-
sons, Val Comba _ Johnson,
North Vancouver. Neill Comba
3rd Carlos Comba, North.
Vancouver. 2 granddaughters
Kim & Karen of Reno Navada.
3 great grandchildren, Bethnee
Aaron & Kyle Johnson. 3
sisters, Violet, Tillie & Jessie.
1 brother Howard of Ontario.
Nephews & Nieces. Funeral
service was held Tuesday
February tst. at 2 p.m. in Boal
Chapel, 1505-Lillooet Rd,
North Vancouver. Rev. D.
Mcinnes officiated. Internment
North Vancouver Cemetery.
Arrangements through Mem-
orial Society of B.C. & First
Momorlal Services Ltd.

MERRITT-- Dorthy Clara of
West Vancouver, passed away
January 29, 1977. Survived by
her loving husband John, 1 son
Rick at home, 1 daughter Mrs.
'G. Weaver (Carol) of Zephyr,
Ontario. 2 grandsons, Russ &
Cam. 4 brothers In England
and New Zealand. 1 sister of
West Vancouver. Memorial
service will ‘be held Wednes-
day February 2 at 2 p.m, In
Boal Chapel, 1505-Lillooet
Road, North Vancouver. tn Jleu
of flowers donations to the
B.C. Cancer Foundation or
charity of your cholce would be
appreciated. Arrangements
through First Memorlal Ser-
vices Lid.

Mr. Ciark committed the
cardinal sin of denying to us
scribes the strong dope we
require in order to keep
functioning—offering us,
instead, merely a few mild
sedatives. To every question
about what he. intended to
do, he had, for the moment,
no specific answer. His most
exciting piece of news
concerned the establishment

of a ‘‘policy advisory coun-
cil.”’ so

This high-sounding body

—headed by a lady psychol-
ogist and business executive
from Toronto, Reva Gerstein
—got down to work the other
weekend by announcing it

‘Anastazia of North
years,

GACH -
Vancouver, Aged 71
passed away peacefully ‘on
January 25, 1977 in Lions Gate

Hospital. Survived by her
loving. family; _Daughter &
Son-in-law Mary & Jim Land of .
North Vancouver; her daughter
Stella Gach of New West-
minster; sons, Freddie of
-Burnaby & Nick of Oregon &
her 6 grandchildren, also by
other relatives in Europe.
Memorial service was held
Saturday January 29 at 12:30
p.m. in The Boal Chapel, 1505
Lillooet Road, North Van-
couver. Cremation. No flowers
by request. Donations to The
B.C. Heart Foundation would
be appreciated. Arrangements
through Memorial Society of
B.C, & First Memorial Ser-
vices Ltd,

Mc CULLOCH - Guy S. in his
87th year, passed away peacoe-
fully on January 26, 1977. Mr.
McCulloch was a resident of
North Vancouver for: 67 years.
Survived by his loving family,
daughter, Ruth Lucking; his 2
grandchildren Wendy &
Michael & 3 great grand-
children; also by his nephew,
George Sevens & friend Ron
Bradwoll as woll as many othor
relatives. Memorial service
was held Monday January 31,
at 2 p.m. in the Boal Chapel,
1505-L tllooat Road, North
Vancouver Cremation. Flow-
ers gratofully declined.
Friends so wishing may donate
to the charity of thelr choice.
Arrangements through First
Momorlal Services Ltd.

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WIG DS

would need six months of .
preparation before proffering
its advice to the opposition
leader on anything.

a

TIMING WRONG
Clearly, Mr. Clark has no
intention of painting himself

into a corner, especially not
ahead of time, in order to

make the daily grind easier

for a bunch of reporters. Sad
things can happen to good
men and true who get their

case of poor Bob Stanfield:
who lost the 1974 election
when he came out swinging
for the right policy (wage and
price controls, as parliament
decided later) at the wrong
moment.

With the next election

away, Mr. Clark isn’t about

| to fall intothat kind of trap.

Even Milo Kovar, the News’
resident astrologer, wouldn’t

predict what the really hot

| election potatoes will be a

year. and a half from now.
The only. thing certain—
given the Trudeau govern-
ment’s track record to
date—is that there will be

plenty of them around.

The question also arises as
to how far the general public

‘is interested at all in

cut-and-dried programs and
policies, impeccably typed on
legal-size paper. My hunch is
that they’re more interested
in simple good government

probably still 15-18 months |

stick his neck out by trying to -

timing wrong, as witness the |

—which no size of paper

seems, so far, to be able to
provide.

. DOG’S BONE

The news media naturally

like cut-and-dried programs

continued on page 8

HUGUELTRAUUUUUAAORTOGONGUEEODDEAGOTONULL:
LAITY - passed away January
26, 1977, Doris Catherine.
Beloved wife of Richard R.
Laity of West Vancouver in her
51st year, Also survived by 1
‘son Eric J. Laity of Burnaby; 1
daughter Arlene G. Spence of
Langley, 5 grandchildren; 4
brothers, Bert Squire, Goder-
ich, Ontario, Harold Squire,

_ London, England; Fred Squire,

London, Ontario, 1 sister Elsi
Fisher, Collingwood Ontario.
Funeral service was held
Saturday January 29, at 3:30
p.m. in the Boal Chapel, 1505
Lillooet Road, North’ Van-
couver. Rev. McKay Esler
officiated. Cremation. In lieu of
flowers donations to the B.C,
Cancer Society would be
appreciated. Arrangments
through First Memorial Ser-
vices Ltd.

LEIGH - passed away January
27, 1977. Robert Blackwell
Leigh of West Vancouver in his
88th year. Survived by his
loving wife Margaret (Peg) 1
son Rob, North Vancouver, 1
daughter, Mrs. Pamela Fearn,
West Vancouver, 6 grand-
children, 3 great grandchildren
Deceased was a past Grand
Mastor of Western Gate Lodge
A F & A M, Vancouver.
Funoral service’ was held
Monday January 31 at 11 a.m.
in St. Francis in the Wood,
4769 Piccadilly, Wost Van-
couver. Rev. A.C.E. Wild
officlated. Cromation. Flowors
gratefully dectined. Arrango-
ments through First Memorial
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