3 ~ Wednesday, November 6, 1985 ~ North Shore News

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Business ........... 26
Classified Ads.......43
Entertainment ........ 38
Lifestyles...........31
Mailbox.............7
Sports............5.13
Sunshine Girl. ......41
What's Going: On... .40

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| Weather: Lifestyles: 31

‘Risinly cloud today with

& faw showers.

* Thursday, mainly cloudy, ..

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~Lareer Training: Program

sit ‘isolated showers.

free”
. Sundays ° appéars ready. to:
take the : plunge. into Open...

general shift” in pw

_ attitudes. towards: mopping

chants ‘organizations ‘as. the

West Vancouver Chamber of. -

approval‘ of Sunday shop:
ing. ‘in West Vancouver evei

News in ‘December’ 1984 and -
1985. ‘showed, an°

per.cent.(from 32.25 per cent
84 to 65. per cent: ine

Chamber of Commerce
Sunday, ad Mon Commit-

is proving a success.

Monday: that as

million in retail'sales during ©

1985; $18 ‘million of which

-; Will. be, est Vancouv directly

The competition is really
“starting to be. felt. Overall;
"business is down a good: 38
per. cent.”?.... .

- Bakewell- added that retail :

‘space in neighboring No

oi My God, the whole thing ‘
: 4S against > 200. years of 'Ca-:
We've:

nadian ..tradition. |:

il - always J had (our. Sundays. It’s

t per.
business Wyllie ‘added,

day shopping‘in North Van- | ;
couver, they say why bothe! .

ing-is that ‘West Vancouver

has’ only two sources from

eal ‘and: “residential. If.

‘the commercial base suffers -

- and dwindles’ then ‘naturally

“Bob: Willie; owner. and -
manager | of the Super ‘Valu
store in Park Royal’s ‘south
‘mall;** ‘echoed’ Bakewell’s::
: ‘concegns, saying | that. sonst.

consuiners -

LAWN: BOWLING ladies’ continue to take a back

“At a ‘recent’ special general
meeting, men of the. West

_ Vancouver “Lawn Bowling
Club : narrowly” defeated © ae

motion’ to -allow: women to
become-full voting members.

Presently _women - belong
to the private club, but only

as associate, members, ' pay-
voting ,

ing , fees’. Without
“power, 6.40

seat to men.in West Vancouver.

' The men’s vote ended in a’

tie with club president Syd
Walker casting the deciding
vote against allowing women
full membership.

In voting against, Walker
said he couldn’t see changing

the. constitution for an even -

.. merchants

“How. can :we compete
.when they are open a total
‘of 112 hours seven days per

.week.: and ..we’re open. 56.

hours’ six days per “week? If
Sunday shopping. is defeated
this. time around, we are in
deep, deep trouble.” .

‘'. Such financial and social

persuasion, however, has
failed to sweep all West
aVancowuver: “residents “and ©’
into. Sunda
Shopping states of mind. —
West . Vancouver alder-
manic candidate Bert Flem-,

‘50 per cent of. the vote.
Women’s ‘president | Hilda .

Monder ‘made’ little - com-".,,
"25. -year member Mayor Der-

ment, saying publicity. would

only cause .- had ‘feelings’ :
: :., the vote'was carried, women

‘ would have to wait until the’

within the club.

The women, Monder: said,
were approached by the men
in the spring. They asked the

women to think over : the’.
possiblity of Joining - the:

men,
Earlier this fail,
voted in favor of joining the

* anonymous, -

* annual
Humphreys said, where the

women © 1, wh
" issue: may . be brought up .

“Fleming. said. small.
businesses ‘were being for
into. ‘backing Sunday shopp-

cing and suggested: a.ballot.be.

- said |, she- was,
diametrically: ‘Opposed | tobi

ing open.on Sunday, but ‘had’
been" warned by., Park Roya!

chants would be required by”

Park Royal: administration

to remain open on.Sundays.

But: economics, according -
to. Ald. ‘David Finlay, now.
dictate « West’. ~Nancouver:

-merchants . be: open Sundays’

if they are to survive. ©
“Vm - satisfied that} “mer-"

-chants . out..here- are’: suf-.
‘fering.’ ‘ Shopping: patterns:
are changing. Personally, I:

do not like Sunday shopp-.

. ing, but now that it’s’ here”.

West Vancouver merchants :
must be allowed to compete :
fairly.”

West: Varicouver: ‘residents |

the = issue.

© men, “but the men failed 't ‘to

‘ratify the vote.
“Honorary _ president and:

rick Humphreys said even if.

club’s annual general

. meeting in-November.

The club’s constitution .
can only be changed at the.
general _ meeting,