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“1491 St. Georges’

°.985-8771-

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on the -
scene

A longtime North
Vancouver resident,
Raymond (Ray) Harris,
has many colorful sto-
ries to tell about his

_ life in British

Columbia.
Ray was born in 1914, in

: Mission, B.C., the youngest

of seven children of John

. Harris, who came to

Vancouver as a-midshipman’
in the British Merchant

' Marine.

Ray went to schoo! i

Chilliwack and to Lord
Roberts School in Vancouver. ©
At age'17,in the height of.

the Depression, he went to
workin relief comps, where’
unemployed men were paid
‘20 cents per day in exchange

: for ‘odd jobs. .

~. He/started his lifetime
career as a professional cook

~* when he provided food for- ,
- the: unemployed men who
“marched
“Valley to downtown

.” Vancouver to protest the’

ie unemployment situation. ;.

om the Fraser:

They occupied the Vancouver
post.office, and many'men

"Were, injured i in the riot that
fi broke: out.”

i SENIORS

RAY Harris cook hed for farmer ‘premier, Bill Bennoit and iis cabinet oni a historic rail trip liv
pictured at Gutah, a BC Rail work camp on the Fort Nelson line ee

” Ray. spent the next few: ”

year’s travelling back and”

forth from various parts of
B.C. to Alberta, mostly by.
“riding the rails.” This meant
“hopping onto the top of a
freight car; hanging on for
: dear life, and hoping that he
~ wouldn’t fall off. When he '
frived in Edmonton this -
“way, he was arrested for *

 vagrancy, thrown in jail and,

the next morning, was given
12 hours to get out of town
‘By the time Ray was 20,

River‘and many other place
ooking in logging camps,

“canneries; fish boats, and tg.

sbeats.’All this time he was |:
learning how to:feed large
snunibers of people under
often difficult conditions.

‘He tells the story of com-
th into’ Vancouver harbor. on
a herring packer, loaded ‘with
‘140 tons of fish;when it was
so cold that the boat was
‘covered with ice and they had
“to! use axes to chop open the

His first steady job in
Vancouver came at the begin-
ning. of Worle War, Il.

All wheel drive
Air conditioning -

Power windows, lacks &

mirrors |: :

héswas working in the Peace / .

: River Country, the Skeena

politicians and business lead-,

Ray ivas turned down by.
the military for medical rea-’

“sons. However, he got a job
fat Now Repair Depot, at
RCAF headquarters at*-:,”

Jericho, Here he was respon-

'sible-for feeding 6,600 men.

gach day. a
All was not work,. howev- :
r. Ray became a sports car
enthusiast, racing his TR2 at’.

"Westwood and, at one point,

going in a car cally. LO.
Acapuléo. This is how he niet
Joyce, his future wife.

_ They were married in’
1964 and sooii afterward,
Ray got a job.as a cock on’
the (CNR. His abilitics were
soon recognized, and in

. 1970, he went to the ‘Pacific

Great. Eastern Railway, ‘now.

“BC Rail, as.chef on private:

cars for VIPs, ” on
Over the years, he cooked :
for many well-known:3.C.

ers, among | them. former pre:
mic: W.A-C; Bennett and his

son, Bill, and former lieu-

tenant-governors Nicholson,
Robert Rogers and Henry «.
Rell-Irving.

«After retiring from BC :
Rail in 1984, Ray coritinued .

4 speaker; 80 watt AM/ FM

cassette

Tilt wheel...
60/40 split'seat
Front air bags
Rear wiper washer

. many: local. and vi

~ spacious apartment'on 13th:

: anniversary cake d
"Emcee Bill: Esaw’ paid tribute to other pioncering: parish,

to cater for private parties, for:

ng dign

Ray, and Joyce t
many cars in Lynn Valley,
with their. dogs, cats and:
beautiful garden, Now: in a”
Mary Sega
Street, they. are both very Lionsvicm Seniors? Phi
busy.
Joyce g
does line dancing and ‘tai. chi
Ray. is still the chief cook fe

the household, wi

Sixty" year North Van resident Wonk ‘Tremblay,
g last: month's celebrations
joners and to Father John Kilty, fou der and Pastor of,
from 1948 to 1982."

The parish held its. fi

chap el ‘of a home_at Windsor and. Lonsdale From-a;nucle