by Noel Wright

Premier Bill Bennett’s
announcement. Thursday of
May 31 byelections for North

. Van’s Seymour and Capilano _

tidings had all four parties

- scrambling to complete-their ©

nomination formalities. First
off the mark Friday were the
Seymour NDP..who were
scheduled to. ‘nominate Joy -

by. acclamation —.
she’s with the Occupational __
Training Council of the.
Ministry of labor. and a °
former. BCIT. - governor.
Tomorrow (Monday)

nominating meeting at 8°
p.m. at the Avalon -with at
least- two hopefuls, _ still

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the .
-Capilano. Tories hold their...

unnamed at press time, in

the ring. Four days later
(Friday,
whiz-girl Joy Gilmore and
West Van*salesman Chris
England will be slugging it

out’at the Coach House for

“Seymour—with party chief
Vic Stephens (for whom Joy

the - PC nomination in

worked) as the guest speaker.

In the Socred camp a
three-cornered fight is shap-
ing up for the Capildno
nomination between Angus
Ree, insurance man Reg

. Cooke and Dr. Keith Winter —

a commutications specialist.
Newly elected Liveral leader
Jev Tothill, an educator in
Comox but originally from
North Van, looks like a shoe-in
as his party’s banner-bearer
in Gordon Gibson’s: deserted

Liberal. nomination “—
probably i in Seymour. And all

this is just for, starters ...

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March 2) ‘Tory ~

Warburton ‘is ‘also seeking’ a .

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Incidently, Premier
Bennett is developing a nice
sense of humor to match his
more relaxed speaking style.
Thursday at the Chamber of
Commetce lunch former City
alderman Stella Jo Dean
presented him with a medal-
lion to commemorate the first
year of the SeaBus and
reminded him of his inaug-
ural trip to North Van on the

new ferry back in 1977.
‘*That,’”’ flashed back
Bennett, ‘‘was because it

was a free ride!’

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West Vancouver , where 30
percent of the population is

1979 ‘
International Year
of the Child

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as

aged 60. or. over; recently
‘launched:a.confest to find a

new (hopefully more inspir-
ing) name for senior citizens.

'.. Wilf Bennett —- one’ of the
_three judges, -

Himie, Koshevoy. -and Rev.

Tom | Oliver — tells me that
“entries are flooding.in, with

‘close to 200 alternative names
already: suggested. Prizes in-
the . contest, “which. closes
“March 7, inchide: a. hotel
weekend for two, $50,,merch-
andise -certificates and. din-

nets for two. If you haven’t —

yet done so, mail your entry
to:.

Contest, | P.O. Box 91735,

’ West Vancouver. North Van-

ners can enter, too — they’ll
beé seniors themselves one
day.

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“Talking -

of seniors, the

‘Canadian Cancer Society will-
soon, be saying 4 big ‘‘thank

you”’ toa sprightly West Van
gentleman of 95 who started
collected stamps over 80
years ago: last weekend Roy
Wrigley — a North Shore
resident for 40 years, the last
five at Beacon Hill Lodge —
‘auctioned his valuable. col-
lection at the Sheraton on

Robson Street, . with « the -
entire proceeds, estimated at —

up to $40,000, donated to the
Cancer Society. ;. For more
than 40 years he was the
of. & Wrigley’s

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“was paying an official visit to
along. with -

other available. -
’ swiftly . accosted by ‘a con-

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all who have ver run foul of
parking -restriction signs. A '
week or so.ago His Worship

Chief Constable Joe Hornell .
and parked his* car in .an-
empty stali marked ‘‘Police’”
behind the West Van’ police
station — there being none
‘He was

stable “who told him he
could not park there.
Humphreys replied, with
polite dignity, aT -am, after
all, the mayor’? — to which
the constable’ retorted: ‘‘It
doesn’t say anything about
that on the sign.” Funny
kind of way to talk to the
boss. 4

Incidently, | Humphreys’
of the 80-minute  talk-in
hosted by. Bill Joyner reveal-
ed him‘as a natural in front of
the TV camera. I’ve’arr idea
we may be seeing quite a bit
more of him on the tube.

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It’s a proud day this
Thursday for Burrard Yacht
Club which has been invited,
to escort the visiting French
naval vessels  ‘‘Jeanne
d‘Arc’” and ‘‘Forbin’’ ac-

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atchewan"’. and ‘ ootenay”’

sritish Colambia,
veral §. trade
‘Married for 68

“years, his wife died ‘just a

year or two ago. Of cancer,

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If you think oil shortages
are the orily threat from the
present upheaval in Iran,-you
should talk to Alex Mendel,
who has just moved his
Original Leather Factory
from Main Street to 17th and
Lonsdale in North Van. Alex
imports most of his fine
leather from Iran. In the past
four months alone, he says,
the price has soared from
$1.05 to $2.11 per square foot
— the kind of increase that
gets your goat, so to speak.

West Van Mayor Derrick
Humphreys, during his
phone-in program Thursday
on Community TV 10, told a

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into. Vancouver “harbour ' for
their official” visit. 2 Club
members who can meet the
visitors off. Point Grey by 11
a.m. in’ a boat capable of 10
knots or faster should call
escort captain Will Lawther
at 736-7361 (day) or 922- 1943
(evening).

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Still on the maritime
theme, Governor-General Ed
Schreyer and his wife will be
in North Vancouver next
Saturday to name the new
Coast Guard ship Franklin at
Burrard Dry Dock. What
with this and Bill Bennett as
it ‘‘MLA’’, North Van is
really getting the royal
treatment these days.

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WRIGHT OR WRONG:
**Vessels large may venture
more, but little boats should
keep near shore’’ (thank you,
Benjamin Franklin).

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