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wonder every man, woman,
child and new-born babe
‘*consumer’’ in Canada is in
hock to the tune of $1,000

News item: Canadian comsumers were nearly
$22 billion in debt at the end of 1976, 17 per cent
worse off than at the end of 1975.

apiece. A recent independent survey of question -- showing. whether -. you
By the time my labors came to an end last HEARTW ARMING 1,225 North Shore residents, commis- | appreciate or enjoy”, dislike’’ or
, ders i GTN0TES sion by the North Vancouver are “‘not interested’.
Sunday l understood exactly how it had happened. MINUTES Sioned os Y scccviation, showed the : _
There’s nothing like cleaning out half the 4. ie ihe amicest aan Shore News to he way ahead as When all eritries have’ een
basement with an eye to a spring garage sale for us

teaching you all about the consumer society.

Just for fun I took my
pocket calculator downstairs.
ltotted up the originai prices
of all the junk items I’s
accumulated there over the
past two or three years -- and
that was the end of the fun.

Over 400 of Alexander’s
hard-earned dollars clean
down the drain, said the
calculator. Lightheartedly
squandered on things I
thought I wanted, but didn’t
‘really; things I didn’t need at
the time, but bought because
they looked like bargains;
things that simply don’t work
well enough to bother about
any more.

My big: weakness is tools.
I’m congenitally incapable of
passing a tool counter
without picking up at least

one memento of the occasion .

-- convinced that it offers the
perfect solution to 4 number
of work problems expected to.
arise at any moment. .

The trouble is that they
don’t. Ninety-nine pef cent
of my limited repertoire of
do-it-yourself projects seem
to be. completed perfectly
successfully with a faithful
old saw, screwdriver, ham-
mer, drill and pair of pliers.

Result: enough unused
gadgets and gimmicks
adorning the shelves to start
a modest retail tool counter
of my own. All I need is the
business licence. .

PROMPTLY LOST

Similarly with small hard-
ware all those nails,
screws, hooks, hinges, elec-
trical plugs and tap washers
that are never there when I
need them urgently. They’re
never there, of course,
simply because I’ve forgot-
ten where I put them. So I
buy a new supply and
promptly lose most of that,
too, in hidden cardboard

boxes and unlabelled tin
cans.

Paint is a little different,
though the end result in
dollars is the same. I can’t
resist ‘‘specials’’. So it’s a
case of grab it now and save
a couple of bucks -- there are

Hospital women donat

The West Vancouver
Branch of the Lions Gate
Hospital Auxiliary recently
held its annual luncheon and
installation of officers for
1977-78 in St. Stephen’s
Church, West Vancouver.

President Joy Sheldon
presented a_past-president
' pin to Dorothy Plumm and a
spoon with the hospital crest
to Margaret Graham for
meritous work she has done
for the branch.

The chairmen” of — the
committees reported that 173
voluntecrs pave 11,996 hours
of service. The handicraft,
thrift and garden proups

contributed $6,437 from their.

annual spring and Christmas
sales.

I get round to them.

But there’s the rub, as
Shakespéare said. So I now
have a dozen unopened
gallons of the stuff (average

e o .
price $10 apiece) slowly

turning solid while 1 figure
out where and when = to

embark on my next paint-in. |

Even when the plan has been
made, it may take months.

before the right weather and ©

the right mood coincide. -

FOLD-UP BIFFY |
Then, there’s the battery-
operated grass clipper that
takes three times as long to
edge the lawn as a pair of

hand shears, and _ needs
recharging halfway through.

The carpet shampooer that

doesn’t shampoo. The car
vacuum cleaner that doesn’t
suck. ~
+

Elaborate packaged gam-
es, tried out once on Boxing
Day and never played again.
The snorkel masks we
haven’t ‘used for three
summers. The fold-up biffy I
bought on impulse for some
theoretical future camping
trip. It looked.so neat - but
we never went camping.»

And, as I say, the darker
half of the basement still has
to be explored next weekend.

With the help of a North
Shore News classified I
reckon our eventual garage
sale may net us twenty bucks
-- if. it’s a fine day. No

The . branch contributed
$40,000 to the central fund
and $600 for the Hospital
Medical Social Services.
also helped decorate the
hospital at Christmas.

The purpose of the Auxil-
lary is to render service and
effect ways and means of
adding comfort to the pati-
ents, and to raise money to
obtain medical equipment for
the hospital.

Joan Fenner, president of

the Lions Gate Hospital
Auxiliary, installed. the fol-
lowing West Van officers:

President: Joy Sheldon;
vice-president: Mary Turn-

always loads of painting jobs .
waiting to be done as soon as -

It:

-Mount Baker

thing that happened last.

week was attending a small
‘‘family’’ wedding that be-

gan at the office of the North.

Vancouver registrar.

The civil ceremony itself.

was a pleasant surprise.
Brief and simple, but very
dignified. Held in a small
room decked out like a tiny
chapel, which holds just
eight guests plus the three
principal performers.

It’s a solemn, heartwarm-
ing five minittes -- leaving
you in no doubt that a very

f important thing has just

happened to the two people
standing before the pulpit-

like lectern, with its bowl of
flowers, at which the regis- ©

trar records. their spoken
vows.

For the wedding lunch,
which followed, our little
party rode up the spectacular
new Skyride to the top of
Grouse.

the sun

wees

shone brilliantly on
that breathtaking panotama
of the Lower Mainland from

to Bowen
Island.

NEW INDUSTRY?

The people’ up Grouse
have taken a. financial beat--
ing during this snowless
winter, so they deserve a
little plug for the way they
looked after our’ special
occasion.

I won’t mention surnames,
because the ‘North Shore.
News doesn’t carry regular
wedding reports owing to
space limitations. But -- with
flowers, champagne, a delic-
ious menu excellently served

and (free of charge) that .

unforgettable view -- Grouse

Nest hostess Sophie and her |

colleagues spared no pains to
ensure that Jennifer’s and
Jamie’s first meal as a
married couple would be
remembered.

I think they succeeded.

If we have any more
snowless winters, they might
be on to an idea for a whole
new mountain-top industry.
During your first hour or two
of matrimony you should
start right up on the heights.

bull; secretary: Eve McKin-

non; treasurer: Jacqueline
Granholm.

Volunteer chairman: Flor-
ence Eddy; volunteer vice-
chairman: Olive Morris:
membership chairman: Mar-

garct Dafoe.

Dogwood Shop — chair-
man: Diana Ritchie; vice-
chairman: Margaret Ryan;
2nd-svice-chairman: Ruth
Aldrich; treasurer: Winni-
fred Butterfield; personnel
chairman: Florence Whittle.

Past president and policy
representative: Dorothy Lee;
Publicity chairman: Donna
Altman,

From the picture |
windows of the restaurant ©

the North Shore’s most popular
newspaper.

Almost half the respondents (48 per
cent) said they were ‘‘more inclined to.
read’’ the North Shere News. The .

Citizen followed with 40 per cent of the
_voies, and The Times trailed with 12
per cent.

Now, we’d like to know why -- and
we're offering a prize of $100 to find
out. Plus two runner-up*prizes of $50
and $25 respectively.

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