this ewell ood. dnov, - TOL Al sodiivesd - El egeq Bo ow oan Reagcrs’. address them te: The Editer, North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4. Th News reserves the right to edit for length, tegality | and. tas lif mecessary. . Dear Editor: lam-writing about a recent experience I had. A year ago, I bought one huadred dollars worth of Canadian Govern- ment Bonds, figuring this to. be a good holding method for my hard-earned green stuff. Having eagerly awaited’ the November 1977 expiry date on the first coupons, I made my way down to the bank ... and guess what! Good old. Uncle Canuck wanted twenty: five percent of my $8.50 interest. What, you may ask was my grievous offence? Was I an ae ae e es income tax defrauder per- haps ..: or an embezzler?! No. ... my single error lay in the _ fact that I did not-yet possess a social insurance number. Apparently anyone without standard piece of bureaucratic info is charged twenty-five percent of any | interest incurred on Govern- : ment Bonds. ‘— "Even a member of the department of Internal Rev- enue whom we called up agreed that. the rule was pretty dumb .... couldn’t do anything about it. How does this silly law apply to children or students like myself who may not yet RE eiabeneibt ecsareia —" EEO mE wr TO OE but he. Isttera ta RIANLROX are “welcomed. Please} Dear Editor: Today our family officially became “‘health’ nuts’. Of course, we have always been a trifle nutty (we’re told) but | ~ now we’ve labelled ourselves not just nuts, nuts. How come? Well, having a few idle minutes ! began to but. health read the small print on food packages, tins, etc... and was .aghast. at what i chad been feeding” the crew. Here’s just a” few items: sodium isoascorbate .(tinned | meat); sodium carbonaie, potassium carbonate, monos- odium glutamate (instant have social insurance num- bers? Any incentive to save with Canadian Government Bonds is cancelled because of this twenty-five percent charge. Bond-holders - of Canada unite. I’m. going to write my M.P.! Yours, incensed, Erica Leiren North Vancouver classifie $4 for 12 words 986-6222 980-3464 Deadlines: Oltice Hours: Mo on. & Thurs. 9-0 ‘ Tues. ~ Sat. 0-6 #202 ~- 1130 Lonedale Ave., North Vancouver Tues. 11A.M. for Wednesday News Fri. 11A.M. for Sunday Nows north’ shore’ news - Dear Edito#: 7 -.National - “Conservative leader Joe Clarke -spent a bundle of money on a trip to ~ Reitich Columbia. - Us tw. an are BPR BURIALS. wpor wana val he announced he was here to get hit by a pie. noodles); carrageenan, polysorbate 80 (there are 79 more?), locust bean gum, mono and diglyceries (ice- cream); BHA, BHT propyl gallato (potatoe. chips); get ready now, here comes a doozer - sodium sulphite, sodium acid, sodium bissulp- hate, trisodium phosphatem, gum arabic, monoglycerce, polyphosphate an Jet. you And Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau thinks he’s | got problems. . Mary J. Prinz Vancouver research that one ... it all comes in one package) What are little boys made of? What are little girls made of? Ssdium something, Till - | wager. if they are fed on instant and canned foods. © Health’ food Store, here I come. . Mrs. N.J. Mason, DICK ROY ~ 988-7687 TRUST | - cross ‘Canada. | 524-9571 The illness you tt Ir never See © coming. Get in shape: don’t give the enemy , 7 big target. cO-OPmATIVE { owned by Credit Unions _ -a and _ wee’ : BUD. PETERS. 7 ‘968-6442 buy or sell all your sports 7 equipment in the news: What is a credit union? Initially,..B:C. credit unions — _were limited service financial institutions ~which basically _. employed the posied savings of some membes to Satisfy the restricted credit capacities. of. other members... These. early vue savings and loans institutions with a primary emphasis on. providing consumer credit in. —_ credit - ‘in. size and » assets, they expanded their services ‘substantially. With the full support and encourag- “ement = of _directors and membership, small amounts. As unions grew our. ~ eredit unions were basically: board of the North Shore Community.” . ‘Credit Union has. become a full | service financial - institution. Your credit union now prov- ides’ the. following types of services. Bill Sorenson . Savings - Share Savings ‘Investment Plans . —_ Term: Deposits and other . ae - Registered Retirement Savings Plans - Free Personal Chequing Accounts Vancouver. oN Bp Hh = | Howard Whelock, Loans Manager, Lonsdale Branch Manager. and Jackle Campo_ Loans Line of Credit Plans Personal Loans First and Second Mortgage Loans Industrial and Commercial Mortgage Loans a a ) Don Rae ‘and Cliv Y insurance represe! Other Services — .- Canada Saviags Bonds - Safety Deposit Boxes ~ Money Orders and Travellers’ Cheques - Debt Management Counseling - Travel and Social Clubs - Life and General Insurance While the North Shore Credit Union continues to be very active in the _ fleld of consumer credit, we have considerably expanded our volume of «residential mortgage lending. An added advantage to.a North. Shore " Community Credit Union loan Is the ‘no penalty or lock-in’ clauses. Truly, the sign of service for all your financial +. eods, North Shore Community Credit Union | | Three locations in North Vanouver . 1100 Lonsdale Ave. 1247 Ross Road, 1 in 986-4321. Lynn Valley - et ne Drive 980-6556