Newstand Price 25¢ January 31, 1979 Crosswalk guard hit - oe ° first in N Was escorting pupil across Third Street Tel. 980-0511 “IT WAS A LONG WAY UP (AND DOWN) last Thursday for John Carter when he successfully topped this giant 250 ft. fir (left), earlier struck by lightning, in West'Vancouver’s Verdun Park. He and the firm he works for, North Shore Tree Service, undertook the job after another com- pany's climbers had refused to go up. It took John over three hours to By STEWART McNEILL Classified 986-6222. climb the huge tree, which measures 32 feet in circumference at the base, and complete the topping -- then, with a triumphant wave to his audience on the ground (extreme right picture) he began the long descent to safety. (Terry Peters photos). An elderly North Vancouver school crossing guard was knocked down by a car while escorting a student in the crosswalk at Third and Mission Tuesday morning. Guard Peter P. Wilson, aged 72, of 32-135 West 21st, North Vancouver, is describ. ed by Lions Gate Hospital authorities as being in ‘satisfactory condition.”" He sustained head and chest injuries in the accident which occurred = shortly before 9 a.m. Ironically, was not even Wilson’s regular crossing location. He was substituting for another puard who wats til that day. The RCMP was intormed thar Wilson, with a) young pupil nder escort, was crossing Third Street from south to north when struck by an eastbound car. The driver, described 4s being in his 70s, apparently was blinded by the rays of the sun which was low in the cast at the time. The student had gone on ahead but Wilson had stopped in the miersection The accident ts under investigation by the North Vancouver RCMP and charges may be said. Norm Fulton, Supervisor of Spectal Services for North Vancouver School District 44, says since the school cross- ing guard service by adults was instituted four years ago, this is the first time that one of the guards had been struck by a car in a crosswalk. North Van has 19 adult- guarded crossings and three others patrolled by student guards, according to Fulton. Fulton urges motoris{s to be “‘extremely cautious” when approaching the Third and Mission crossing through the Indian reserve and which serves three sohools. “The solution to climinanng this havard.’ says Fulton, who has had 9S years on various traffic and safety commiutees, ts to take the trathic off Third and per the proposed Lower Road built." Two rescued by ‘copter Monday, pea By CHRIS LLOYD Two. ‘young North Vancouver men ‘spent 1S hours huddling ‘ together for warmth on Strachan Sunday lost snowshoeing trek. Mountain after getting while on a When rescuers eventually found them at about 3 a.m, the. men’ were . suffering from hypothermia and unable to move and: had to be flown out by helicopter. The helicopter, landed . on the..“field: “area ~ at, Grdiid Boulevard.and 13th. Street in North Van. and snowshoers Barry Fraser, of 328 Seymour River Place and James Szakacs, of 3980 Mount Seymour Parkway, both 20, were rushed by ambulance to Lions Gate Hospital. They were later discharged after being treated for their hypothermia. Searchers would: not commit themselves as to whether the two would have survived the night if they had not been discovered but clearly had their doubts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Fast haircut for boy A Westmount § area youngster won't be needing a haircut for awhile as a result of his flaming attempt at cleaning a paint brush with gasoline in the carport. West Van firemen say heat from a nearby kerosene heater caused a flash fire. He flung out the flaming can, escaping with his hair being singed. 7”,