Ss book was for Hamiltonians; — - now! had to start thinking yn: ona ‘national. level. T knew . he™ ‘that® the idea. was a great -one;, oe would do well: There was ’s° nothing else like it; a ‘big | mus ned fat book for Canadian kids, at an. amazing rate.**'We? ve~ printed well over fifty thou- — sand copies of the Canadian. Children’s’ ‘Annual: ‘1979,”" claims’ Robert F.. Nielsen, _ editor and ‘publisher: of the | ‘book, “and we. fully: expect. the best - ‘thing that. ever to sell out. ‘by Christmas. happened | This will give-us total sales children’s. for the annuals’ of just a whisker less. than, ‘two. hun: dred thousand ¢ ‘copies.”’ ice It all. began i in: 1972. when Nielsen, a Hamilton teach- er, started his own publish- ing firm -- - Potlatch Public- to. ‘produce - his. football - ations biography — of superstar | Garney Henley. “My. plan: was to. publish: one book, and then get ‘out of the: business,”” Nielsen. - resist again.” , trying © my The result was. , the “Cane - adian Children’s Annual 1975. *‘The- procedure was the same,” Nielsen recalls. ‘I had ten thousand copies delivered to: ‘my basement. But I had to change my perspective; the Henley NOTICE OF ROLAND. J. BOUWMAN Secretary "says, “But it was: so” successful that I ‘couldn’t rs luck Children’s | books are ‘ | OKANAGAN TELEPHONE COMPANY REDEMPTION OF | ‘PREFERRED SHARES | To the holders of Forty-cent Dividend Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (‘the Preferred. Shares”) of: Okanagan Telephone Company (“the | Company”) authorized and issued under the Okanagan} Telephone Company's Act (‘the Act”) and under the provisions (‘the Conditions”): ‘of.a resolution of the Company passed the 29th day of May, 1952. NOTICE js hereby given that, pursuant to the Act and the Conditions; all:the outstanding Preferred | Shares will be redeemed on the 27th day | of December, 1978,. (‘the Redemption Date"), = = The redemption price for each Preferred Share, being the sum.of the par value thereof of $9.00, plus $1.25, plus. all. accrued preferential dividends thereon up to the’ Redemption Date, will be paid on the » Redemption Date to the registered holder of such Preferred Share.in lawful money of Canada on Presentation and surrender of the certificate for such Preferred Share at the offices of the Corporate Trust Department of The. Canada Trust Company, 901 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1L7. NOTICE Is ALSO: HEREBY GIVEN that preferential dividends on:the Preferred Shares'shall cease to = accrue andibe payable from and after the Redemption _ Date, and the rights of holders of the Preferred Shares: shall thereafter be limited to receiving without interest: their proportionate part of the total redemption price | against presentation and surrender of the certificates for the Preferred Shares held by them. | DATED this 25th day of October, 1978. OKANAGAN TELEPHONE COMPANY ‘and. ‘that. ‘the book . ‘a literary. smorgasbord of entertaining | reading and” : activities.”" me ae ‘The appearance of that first’ annual was: probably: | ~ Canadian ~ literature. Nielsen. reopened a market - for Canadian writers. ‘which - _ had. completely shut down. _ At one time there had been. - ‘several periodicals for Can- — - adian children, but they had. all. disappeared. Since the appearance of the first ‘Canadian Children’s -An- nual in 1974 there has been a proliferation of magazines . for Canadian youth. The | ~ popularity of the. annual | had proven that there was a. ; large . audience . of _ young . Canadian readers. re Nielsen takes pride i in the: fact that more’ than 170 — have appeared in the’ five ed- ‘Canadian | ‘The Canadian writers | itions - of - ‘the » ’ Annual. ‘an ideal mar- ket”’ for. Canadian writers, 7 Nielsen claims. ‘‘They are guaranteed a huge reader- ship © right © across - “the: country. In addition, their work is: given tender loving « care by: some of. the best. ‘illustrators’ in’ the” “country.” PP BRE AS - Nielsen - “has | “enjoyed |. “great. critical success with his. annuals. “They | ‘have been’ reviewed. in “all ‘the - ‘major. newspapers. For the. most part, the reviews. have : been: ' very. favorable. cop - certainly don’t expect. the” ‘critics to like everything i ino the - annuals; : they: : were een deliberately designed — to. appeal to.a wide ‘spectrum 4 _of tastes, so that no ‘matter: _what the interests’: of ‘a. “particular child; there will. be. something in the’ books: for him or her. Not: every-. one is an avid. reader,” sol. include comics to hook. the | = reluctant ones. Once IT. get “them reading’ the comics, hopefully they: will n move toastory....” ee _ CONTINUED oN PAGE 4S 5 - When it comes to a contest with _. ice and snow, you can be a'winner — this winter with a four wheel drive : | oon oo ~ Station Wagon or four wheel drive oe an oe BRAT from Subaru. ° 7 | er oe ) ___ Subaru’s front wheel drive on all : models provides that positive road. . holding feeling that is sucha: | ” comfort during difficult winter - - ‘ ~, driving conditions. 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