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_ the western werld. The: triumphant maiden
voyage of the space shuttle Columbia is
| welcome: proof that:some things are still
"going ‘very with us: If the same skill,
_ tenacity and ledication could be applied to
our other problems, this would indeed be a
bright, hope-filled Easter.”

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not without . Br sents of obli-

One of, the nice S* things
about: buying a lottery ticket

inspires in the buyer. -

‘Whether you are control-
ling shareholder in Great
Northwest. Guano Consoli-
dated, or  All-Sorts-Garbage-
Call-Fred-Anytime makes no
practical difference. _.

“We are all equal before
the tumbling balls of chance.
And we- know with absolute
inty . that, sooner or
later, our ; aumber will come
up, don’t we?

All we have. to do is hang
in there, see Harry on the
corner, and keep our fingérs
crossed. In fact, I for one
would be hard-pressed to
keep getting up morning
after morning and throwing
a washcloth ‘behind the ears

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thrill this occasion provides.

For those who might feel
envious let me hasten, to
assure you. that forthcoming
wealth i is not: all brunch and

brandy;" ‘Far from it. We

soon-to-be-solvent types are

assume’ ewe behoore and

consider our. -less: fortunate ee

MEMO FOR DEBRETT:

When our editorial writer, a
week or two ago, mistakenly

how close to home his goof
was. “An erudite West Van
gent promptly pointed out
that Spencer Perceval,
British PM from, 1809 to 1812
under George III, met a
‘sticky end at the hands of a

bankrupt madman.
The Percevals, it emerges,
were related to the

Mathesons, a baronet clan
whose family tree goes back
to William the Conqueror.
So when our editorial
correction appeared, who
should call us next but the
local descendant of the
Mathesons — West Van
resident and former airline
hostess Diana Monk.

She wanted to let us know
she happens to be the great-
gercat-great-granddaughter
of the unfortunate Spencer
P. No doubt about it, Tid-
dleycove has class .,.

one

As the real estate market~
levelled flat a few weeks ago,
a local realtor called a

prospective buyer of two

years carlicr. “I'vo got just
what you were looking for,”
he announced ,Proudly. “A

mathematical

. flexibility.

had. ‘ever. been |
assassinated, he little knew. -

succeeding relative receives

-infinitely less than the one

before.

Starting. with myselt as

reasonable ninety pel
and progressing | in.
reduc

cording to merit.
One of the main ad
tages of the system, lie

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Flo who sank to number
seven for begging off baby-
sitting chores may well be
elevated to a worthwhile
number four this week by

‘dropping in with a hot fig

pudding, whereas cousin
Ernie, riding high at number

nice little starter home for
only five thousand down.”

"Client asks about payments, ©

“Can you handle two
thousand a month?” Long
‘pause before he client's next
question:
“Does that include food?"
St. James’ Church on
Cordova celebrates its
centennial this year and
there’s a fascinating
reference to North Van
(then known as Moodyville)
in a commemorative book
by P. Reeves, Every Good
Gift: A History of St. James’,
Vancouver 1881-1981.
Writing in 1885 for a
publication in England, St.
James’ parish priest Father
Ditcham describes his
sabbath schedule as follows
(the bold type is ours): “The
parish of St. James’ ... in-
cludes three distinct  set-
tlements: Granville,
Moodyville and the North
Arm of the Fraser ... My
usual plan on Sunday is:
morning at Granville; to
North Arm and back in the
Moody row. across to
oodyville for cvensong,
seven p.m; and home again

re very good to me..."
So they darn well should
have been in those pre-
SeaBus days!

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Richter Scale, in which each -

National,

Petar”

sy

then, who's perfect? And as
any chief justice will readily
affirm: if one can’t be just,
then, at least, one can be
arbitrary.

Consider how Solomon
felt.

Neighbor Stan .Burke —
one-time CBC correspon-
dent and anchorman for The
. now turned
‘publisher (Nanaimo Times,
Saanich Tribune) — is mad
about the “spray-can
desecration” of the Whistler
highway. Many of Van-
couver’s better ‘known
names, such as Ladner, haye
been sprayed on the rocks by
“young hoodlums who
should know better”. Why,
asks Stan, doesn't the
highways department paint
them over as they do in
Ontario? He's going to start
carrying his own spray-can
in his car for that purpose
and recommends likewise fo
the rest of us...

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SCRATCHPAD: No less
than 13 North Shore
residents dominate the

newly clected executive of
the Downtown Vancouver

Association (formerly
Downtown Business
Association) — including

almost the entire slate of
v.ps. From West Van come
Treasurer Michael Evison. ’
with v “ps. Robert Jackson,
Morley, Ron
Granholm, Victor Bart,
Barry Wall, Rod Senft and
Ros Webster; North Van's
contribution is exec.
director Bill Woodroff plus

as

_ strategic Ye ~ to

Pa i re, i ae ae Od
Sr rr cr

ving “secured:
othe

passed t tactics. 4
The sale items, being:

displays. The cash registe:
open for attack are con

‘Muzak tune of the con
ing’: heroes. ., They | h
escaped to “regroup”
attack another day, 3 an

V.ps.- Jim - : Pollock, Sim:
Rattenbary, Jack Cariile and. .
Don Murray ... British:
Properties “Tally Ho” editor
Wilf Ray, now recovered '
from the heart attack that ©
culminated: his 25 years as:
PR honcho to.
multimillionaire conglome-*.
rater Jimmy Pattison, has :
finally hung out: his own |
shingle, Wilf Ray “En:
terprises, as a business and »
audio-visual consultant ...
Congrats to Whytecliff's Dr.’
Geoffrey Bursill-Hall, SFU's
first. professor back in 1965, _
on being awarded his second.
prestigious Killam Research
Fellowship; he's engaged ina
massive study of the writings
of Robert Kilwardby, 13th.
century scholar and cleric
who became Archbishop of |
Canterbury... In_ lighter
vein, don't forget’ Van-
couver’s fabled VanDusen
plant sale next Sunday from
10 a.m, to 6p.m..— you can
park at Oakridge and catch a
free shuttle bus every 15
minutes ... and happy Easter
Monday anniversary ‘to
North Van Kiwanis Dave
and Lyna Bonner.
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WRIGHT OR WRONG: AS
the chicken said to the
eggshell, sorry about all that.
~~ but a very happy Easter to
you just the same.

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