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2- _- February ii, 1976-3

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past ~ week, you have heard some- thing about the Bread-Line’ Restaurant, due to’ open Feb. 23 in Gasiown.

The restaurant’s theme is the Great Depression—and — to achieve the proper effect, the proprietors are spending $350,000

._ I’m sure the irony will not be lost on those who lived through the Hungry Thirties. Whether they will be equally amused by fare such as “‘Wolf at the Door Stew’’ remains to be seen—and no, I’m not making this up.

The restaurant expects to hire a staff of about 100, to be ‘composed of 50 young people and 50 senior citizens. Although it would be easy to take a cynical attitude toward the hiring of seniors (‘It’s just another gimmick’’), I’m willing to wait before I pass judgement.

I'm inclined to feel that the hiring. policy is . simply ‘business | sense rather than a. gimmick or charity—at $2.75 an hour it’s

definitely not charity;

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‘are many exceptions.

‘The fact is, the service. industry has been on. the: wane for many years. Almost everyone in North America considers it beneath his station to wait on tables, carry luggage, pump gas, or

of polite assistance in return for money.. =

You can ask a_ total stranger to help you when your car is stuck, when you have three grocery bags and

. two arms, when you need _

change for the bus or when |

‘you just need change—or even when you desire a little |

female companionship.

But for heaven’s sake don’t expect Tender Loving Care if the person providing |

so.

That’s a terrible general- ization, of course, and there -But those young ‘people with the good nature and enterprise to. earn: their tips tend to

-move on to greener pastures

in short order (no. pun intended).

My guess is that -the American outfit behind the

these services is paid to do —

“Bread-Line has “ discovereti ‘that pensioners. are. better - motivated. ‘than many young .

shortly after the 1972" WU. s.- elections: ‘‘Don’t Blame Me, Pm from Massachusetts.” -

people: The’ old-timers ‘have |

‘been forced to retire before _ . they felt like it, or have no: ‘other ‘income outside . their .

_pensions, or simply want to get out and do something.

I suspect the restaurateurs

have found. that 70-year-old -

waiters, | ‘while they may

‘toperform any of the niceties~ Tequire shorter hours and a ~ P A higher number of days off due to sickness, are not as.

picky . about hours, less inclined to book off. **sick’* for frivolous reasons,

manner.

-e & Oe

Bumper sticker spotted on |

a Volkswagen bumper on the Upper Levels Highway: They -Couldn’t Buy My Vote, But. Pm Paying For Yours.

* *# &.

I suppose everyone has seen those bumper stickers

asking Dr. McGeer to ‘‘stick

it-in his ear,’’ and the less common ‘‘Don’t Blame Me, I’m NDP.” The. latter re-

minds me of a sticker I: ‘spotted on a Volks (they ’ seem to carry more than their ‘share of graffiti) from the States a few years ago,

and. more accustomed to dealing..

North -with the public in a dignified

Colin Gabelmann, who was, ‘visiting Cuba.

‘tT hate to blunt a good line, but for tose of you who don’t

follow U.S. politics, Massa- .chusetts.was the only state

. which George . McGovera carried. a . * * @ North Vancouver RCMP -_ Superintendent - Norman -

‘Fuchs: isn’t really browned ©:

off. He’s just back from a vacation in. Hawaii.

Also back i in town is former ; MLA |:

-‘Van-Seymour

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Birthday greetings go’ out.

to North Shore News West — ’ Van. reporter Alan Twigg,

‘who turns 24 today. , * * * : I think traffic radar is a

good idea: Ghost cars faze me not. But parking lot spies

for ICBC are too much.

The idea, of course, is to

‘make sure that anyone petty -

enough to fume over his new

_insurance rates (I know it

sounds silly, but some people. are really upset) doesn’t try:

to economize by listing his. .

ca apeget FES.

- vehicle as “pleasure only’? oe “when he. actually aes it'to

work each day.

I’m waiting for the day |

when: the Icky-Bicky Dicks

“ collar a working girl who tells

‘them that her business4s her pleasure, and. vice | versa. a (so to > speak):..

* & : Overheard at a shoe. department ‘in | lano - Mall:. “Lady, your feet are ‘killing, me.” — :

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Simon Frazer . University . -has begun a non-smoking

campaign in classrooms and .

committee rooms. President:: .

Pauline Jewett arrived at the last. Senate meeting without

her cigarettes, announcing

she would ‘‘give it a try’’ suggesting that any- men.

_ bers who wished to smoke sit . ‘im a corner. -

No ‘one. smoked. ‘Senate, . not renowned for the brevity — of its meetings, managed to wrap things up in two hours.

"Dear Sir:

The most talked of subject — in B.C. these days has got to be ICBC. No one enjoys paying more, whether it is - for insurance or, other. ser- vices, but the facts are there for all of us to see.

. This gone thetic and we are just coming | ‘ait of &...10w,' back’ ~ to consciousness and. stark reality. The . province: has been very ill, deathly ill for the past ihree years and now if the patient.is to survive, the medicine that’s before us

province has under-

tastes bad. -;

~ Come on, British Colum-

bians, let’s pull together and | give Bill Bennett _a helping. -hand; he needs it. His job is a ¢

tough one; he has to put the ©

province on a paying basis.

He has to announce to all of

us the bad ‘news of deficits and losses.: He is. an honorable man. and he is

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“The three years of social-

.ism..we have experienced | - “could ‘be -termed a bad - . investment, and‘as many of . youé, readers kitow, a bad’ . investment has to be settled ‘one way or another. oO

The NDP. and. their supporters would have you believe the debts and iosses they ‘incurred. in. the hun- dreds of millions do not have to-be settled; and as most

_. sensible British Columbians

know, this i is not true.

“We have to pay for N. D, P.

mistakes.

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Save the wolf

Dear Sir:.

A few Grade Nines, myself included, have decided it’s

“about time’ we try. to do_ . sometning. about saving the A

wolf.

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Editor _ Photographer,

Letters to the editor

The. “Save the Whales”

campaign is working - out

quite: well, but I. don’t. ‘think i people realize that the, ‘whale ‘

‘is ‘not. the only. one} on: ‘the ¢s ‘a* beautiful. animal_the. wolf. . endangered list. Sue!

The. wolf. is. “also ‘getting

‘vert y close to extinction. A lot _

of ' people . misunderstand: -

what kind of an animal the: | wolf really is. -First.of all, a: . _ wolf ,has ‘never attacked a ‘man without: good’ cause, if

even that, . “You :will ‘come

‘actoss” "people « again. and...

againwho havebeen next to'a_

_ wild ~undomesticated . wolf. . financial stupidity. We don’t |" -have to like it, but we have to: . Settle their bad, bad business

and have been very surprised | that thewolf did not attack or

_ tear them apart savagely, but - rather .

gat . “mysteriously ~ watching or ran, away - in fright.

Another fact is that: alotof .

people who have found

_ orphaned wolf ‘pups, -have -brought the pups up succ-

essfully .and observed ‘that

“ they were almost more loving, than dogs.

1 can understand. farmers — being mad’ at’ wolves. for attacking their livestock, but.

‘as far as I know, you hear

that ‘wild dogs (not wolves) do. this sort of thing tore

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Another argument is that

wolves eat all the caribou, —

_..which I totally disagree with,

because wolves eat. only the sick and. weak caribou, who

would literally destroy allthe . : a herds. if theywere kept. alive. Sp ae ee a Mrs. Gerry Miller

“Anyway, “my .. point » is; Te

_feally: think people’ ‘have’ the

“wrong ‘undérstanding of what”

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Congratulations. to.

Secretary-Treasurer. -

is,.and I hope that when the in

~: ¢.time’comes.on what is going “to become of the wolf (which.

4s. very, close), that people ~will: ‘think ‘twiceabout what Action they take.

“Marie-louise Allen (Age 1s) .

_ 2216 Windridge Dr. North ‘Vancouver

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Dear Sir:

On’ behalf of ‘the’ North

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“A special ' ‘thank-you to Guide and Brownie. groups,

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