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ion box for

THE SPIRIT of Ebenezer collection box out in these Prior to that, their office
Scrooge, the Christmas economic times without it was burgled by someone
meanie, appears to be alive _ getting stolen. who took their typewriter
on the North Shore. “The stories of people we and food vouchers.
have had come to the

A thief maintaining the Christmas Bureau this year
Scrooge tradition stole the are just incredible,” she said.
collection box from the “People are starving out
lobby of the International there.”
Plaza on Marine Drive over- All in all it has been a
night last Monday-Tuesday. _ trying year for the bureau.

a They were displaced from

The box, measuring about _ the offices they were using at
1 ft. by 1 ft. by 3 ft.. the North Vancouver
wrapped in green aluminum Chamber of Commerce
paper with Christmas when the building caught
designs, was for donations to _ fire recently.
the North Vancouver
Christmas Bureau.

It had been in the hotel
lobby for about 2 weeks,
during which time hundreds
of patrons had made
donations.

The cash box was about to
have been handed over to
the Christmas Bureau, which
uses the funds to brighten up
the holiday for needy
families. Last year the hotel
collected about $350 in its
box for the bureau.

None of the gifts left
nearby to be received by the

Christmas Bureau’ was ‘At Great Outdoors, we feature the
stolen.

North Van Christmas most ex Ss line of CTOSS country skis
bureau Chairman Gerry
Miller said she was unaware
the hotel had a collection
box out and that she had
assumed that when a che-
que was sent last year it
had been on behalf of the

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