Page 6, ‘May 9, 1979 - North Shore News The. B. Cc. (Thursday, May provincial 10) resembles, ‘omorrow’s ele election tomorrow as much as anything else, the kind of family fight with which many loving parents and their kids are completely familiar. Dad and Mum are fighting again about who shall run the. household. -- with a couple. of bright teenagers also demanding a share in running it: ._ Dad, Mum and the teens have at least one thing in common: they all want a happy household (who doesn't?) and they are all convinced that their own plan for a happy household is..the.only one that will work. Dad is severe and un- smiling - except that he unbends a little and even hands out a few goodies to -_ the rest of his difficult family at times like the past five weeks. Aside from that, Dad is deeply. preoccupied with money, like most other Dads. Dad doesn’t actually earn the stuff himself, but he collects a whale of a lot of it from everyone else and -- like other. conscientious fathers — he’s determined to use it in the way he considers the wisest. The. other members of the family. don’t understand about money, says Dad. If they got their hands on it, they’d merely waste and squander it. Dad can never forget that dreadful occasion just a few years back when Mum and the kids. ac- _cidentally got loose in the ‘candy shop and = almost bankrupted the family before they were chased out. After that, Dad. felt it his duty to discipline the family, so that they would never be . so maughty again. He bumped up their sales tax, doubled their car insurance and ferry fares, and when they came begging to him, he handed them a shovel. All for their own good, of course. : After three years of hard work along these lines Dad claimed he’d balanced the family books again and, indeed, had enough money left over to distribute cheques all round. ~ in order to make his re- election as head of the household a happy affair. He even gave everyone some stock market shares. Dad is also high on the idea that all members of the family must stand on their own two legs and earn their own keep. If their legs, for whatever reason, are too weak, they must be exer- cised until they are stronger. City can do little’ about election signs It appears there is little the ‘City of North Vancouver can do about oversized election signs which contravene City bylaws. In a_ council meeting Monday night Mayor Jack Loucks said it was difficult for the municipality to in- tervene in the elections of senior governments. He said he had received complaints from some people about election signs which were bigger than the four feet square size allowed under City bylaws. Mayor Loucks said he had been informed of a Supreme Court decision which placed in some doubt the City’s . right to prosecute people under the bylaws. He said the decision only affected the provincial and federal elections and did not mean the bylaws had no effect in municipal elections. Personal loan sale i our reguiar loan interest rate May2to26 at Canata Trust Details on page 31 finally- TTTITITITLTI TULL LLL IAL hiiohed Noel Wright Dad doesn’t hold with molly- “Goddling. In all these ways Dad is undoubtedly an admirable character. But a parent, too, who will never spoil the child by sparing the rod. The family must be kept in line ~ which in Dad’s book means the bottom line. Dad takes housekeeping job seriously. He works 15 hours | a day at his bottom line. Seldom Never _ relaxes. smiles. stern~ his. very. ee EE ANE RB TG Mum i is just thé opposite: warm, ‘cuddly and full of laughter;; brimming _ over. with humanity, like all good Mums. - Whatever Dad may say. about her earlier period in the candy shop, Mum is convinced she can run the household’ just as well as Dad -- in fact, better. She’d run it very differently, of course. Mum isn't too concerned about bottom lines. She ‘wants to use all the money she can get her hands on to make everyone as com- fortable and happy. as possible (since it’s their money, anyhow, she. figures that makes sense).. _For this purpose Mum: would spend as she goes along, right up to the hilt. She’s not interested in stashing extra dollars away for the next election cam- paign. Mum also. believes that people have to be organized for their own good. She ~ doesn’t subscribe to the law of the jungle. If someone's legs are not strong enough for him to stand on his own -- as a result of. physical or mental handicap, or of old age -- Mum thinks the rest of the family should help along. @ ae or anuaae oe ’ a) 980-2625 : ‘Laurie — Eugene _ nn Hh ngage, Me i Uy Mh peop Tate it ' ‘lith p " Suma! Rhassan ‘ sake, cee tnt a OER" DARE LOAN TE st emer inne a nt gn prema sentme nme te mae 08 Pram em re : " . : : pee Mum doesn’t accept the idea of everyone for himself, which she: considers old-. fashioned. She believes members of the family have obligations to one another -- and if that.means a few new rules of family conduct, so. . beit. ~ Arithmetic isn’t Mum's strong point, as Dad is always-pointing out. But she says it’s improved a lot since the last ‘time she ran the household. *And, arithmetic or no arithmetic, Mum has a marked gift for making friends -- especially among . people who think themselves more important than bottom lines. Mum, of course, is more | emotional and outgoing than Dad. She comes across as a * “fun” kind of person. The two bright teens in tomorrow's four-way family fight tend to take after Dad . rather than Mum. They believe in things like “fiscal responsibility”, _ “individual enterprise” and, above ail, something they. call “good government” - Their main reason for joining in the fight is their feeling that Dad is getting too big for his boots and needs cutting down to size a little -- but not, for heaven's in the drastic way a RAO SADA PARADA RADA SAGA CATA RARADA SA IAOA 0A A RERACARA CARA RAVARAGAGS CARRERA OAGAOR Lynn 125 EAST 15TH, STREET, NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. de ville HAIR PARLOR for women and men ion - allin the family _ Mum would cut him down to size. They simply want Dad to be forced to listen to them. On the North Shore they’re represented by Joy Gilmore, Bill Nichol and Chris England (Con- servative);.and by Jev Tothill and Frank Warburton (Liberal). Mum's name (just as if you hadn't guessed) is Barrett. If. you like Mum’s lively angle on things, vote on the North Shore for NDP. candidates Joy Langan, Mike Copes or Lawrence (‘‘Minch’’) Minchin. . _ Dad’s name, needless to say, is Bennett. If you think it safest to stick with Dad’s | bottom-line approach, the North Shore names to mark on your ballot: paper are Socreds Jack Davis, Angus Ree or Allan Williams. Wherever you put your cross, it’s all in the family. , “protect | ; | CANADA'S | . so {| FORESTS 980-2625 O10 00 00 WW Wl Wd WW WW WWW AS Be re eee Oe eee oe Wee