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- TO young people, Ted ~ and Betty (Hunter) _Dunik advise: “Get a good education aiid be happy. Always put your family member first — < family is most impor-

- tant. Don’t be afraid to

- volunteer, it could lead to job offers.” . This cheerful and friendly

. couple continue to be an inspi- ‘ration in their family, church |. and community. Through the

“years Ted and Betty have

.. Weathered life’s storms, as weil “yas the Depression and wartime

Years, yet recall many good times during those not-so-easy periods in time...

.-The youngest of five sib- lings, Ted was born on June 29, 1919 in Winnipeg. “Manitoba: Educated there,

and after graduating from high :

school,:Ted worked for the NR earning 25 cents per working a 48-

Sunday, December 10, 2000

Out of his earnings he pai board and still had a little spending money — not bad in those days. He moved here to the coast in 1938 and lived

with his sister and her husband ;

in Vancouver.

Ted found employment - with the Mc. Pleasant Sash & Door Company, where he stayed for approximately six - years, as foreman in the door department.

Ted and his first wife, Marie Bucknall, were married in 1940 and had three chil ‘dren. In 1944 Ted joined the .favy and was stationed at

Shelburne and Halifax on

Canada’s East Coast.

However, in 1946 he was dis: |:

tharged due to medical rea

In 1948, Ted commenced :

yorking, with the governmeitt - f Canada at the. Forest 2: Products Laboratory at UBC. . and stayed there until 1974, That same year, he started his :; 2v position as senior staffing -officer with the Department of» Fisheries: *From there he. .-° aved Gn to the Publi ; Service. Commission where he was employed until he retired i December 1977 at age.58- “After a short retirement, he « returned to the swodkforce with =. ‘the Federal Dey ; “Indian Affairs for 24 years . before moving onto the partment of Public Works here he remained for seven years.’ His wife Maric died in. 194s and Ted ‘completely : retired the following y:

SENIORS

and volunteer wer

NEWS photo Mike Wokstiold

“Beep Cove, where they. enjoy gardening, socializing

Saskarchewan, on December a

..20, 1917. She had one sibling, |

a sister. Their family moved to

= the coast when she was very:

- young and Betty attended St.

~Augustine’s School and King

Edward School in Vancouver. . Years later, as a mature stu-".. |

“dent, Betry took several psy-

chology, courses at day classes. at Capilano College and SFU..

. After graduating from King -. Edward School; Betty worked.» "» was a dirt floor and not closed : ina a

“asa clerk at David Spencer's. ‘store, which was later pur-

- chased by Eaton's. She ire o

a there uosi she married Tom: ‘Hunter, on July.7, 1943. The © young couple settled inthe -« Deep Cove areca on the North”

os Shore. Lions ve

~* Betty recalls: “That first

~- “winter in our small, summe:

: .camp-style house was very :

» hard on us, as it was a terribly. - :. cold winter. We closed off "everything we could and lived »_in the tiny kitchen, bedroom -’

and bathroom: The basement’

t the harsh winter.

~ Shoes, a as did other stuff

“what's on for seniors

Valles “Seniors. Book

1491 St. Georges ‘

985-877

the’. 0 _p.m.,.

Mag mussen » recCentre. Annwen at 725-7725. .

Tuesdays

hursdays, : 10- IV : a.m.» for

ABCs of Fraud Team of. enior volunteer speakers may : by... groups: of -This is an interactive,

: second = he. pone

“enjoyable: “Spportunity for: : ~ Free. confidential * counselling ; by. trained ; peers

seniors to"learn - “about: scam

recognition, ° prevention : tips: : community’.

“and: available “resources. For more informa- toa call §21-1235.: :

“West. Vancouver: Seniors ‘Activity Centre offers a vari

ety’ of programs. -Info: 925 Ti P o :

meet’ daily, offering’

ive, ‘confidential: sessinas for.

families : and friends~ of. ‘ale

* Caring you can‘count on a

Our ‘complete family _

: “to! mind,”

left under our bed, would get mouldy and ruined from the dampness.”

Betty continues: “We did not have a furnace, and felt fortunate to have a kitchen wood/coal range, bought from a mail-order catalogue. It was wartime and impossible to get electrical appliances, stoves, ete.”

Betty stil fives on the same

“fot, in the same home, to “which she and Tom made

major renovations just prior to his death.

Deep Cove has changed a lor. Betty remembers: “In - those days, there were ditches on each side of the road in Deep Cove. For many years , the only way to get to North Vancouver was co go via the

Pacific Stage bus to Vancouver, . |

cross the inlet by ferry to North Vancouver and return the same way.

“At that time, there was no Catholic Church in Deep: - Cove, so Sunday Mass was |. held in various halls, such as

“ the old rollerskating rink.” :

-. Betty’s father owned prop-"” erty on Panorama Drive and

~ offered to sell it to her for,

$75. She bought it, then sold it for $100 as she wanted to

ne purchase a sofa for her home _ cneva sale she has regretted . MARRIED ‘since 1987, Ted 2 and Betty. Duntk live in :

through the years. --Good times were had even

-in the hard cimes in those: ©: ~ days. Betty recalls the annual “Teparta parades held Deep. Cover

“One in particular comes. : she says. “I was..: earing my homemade, paper.

E hula skirt, anid the MC for the day, a friend of mine, threw = *:_me into the water asa joke —

“well of course, my paper skirt

completely dissolved! But luckily for me, Ihad my

‘bathing suit on under the cos

deen, including twins. ‘Those : vere hard years for. Betty, wi

support:

offers ‘caring, support,’ en’

“agement and information. Fo

an appointment call 987-8138

Seniors’ One- top Line: Call

for information about. health, housing, transportation,’ sup

“port: groups, meal programs,

legal :. issue:

Weekdays 9 a.m p.m. Info: Z

a lot of strain. One nvin was handicapped and from age 12 resided in the Lynn Valley House, She passed away at approximately 34 years of age.. In 1972, Betty returned to the worktorce, this time with - the Department of Public Vorks. It was while she : worked there that she lost her first husband, Tom Hunter, who passed away in January 1981. Betty continued to “> work with the department | until she retired in 1983. Years ago, Ted and Bett met at their mutual place of employment, the Department: of Public Works. Their paths crossed again in 1985 at tthe :

Grey Cup party held at St. 7

Paul's Singles Club. A .

courtship blossomed and Ted. 4

and Betty were married i in: 1987.’ : Ted moved in with Betty. :

and the rest is beautiful history :’

sull in the making. Between them, Ted and Betty have nine

: eins and toepantely they

have life memberships i in seve:

-., al associations at the national

level as well as belonging | to local organizations, ‘the North Sho

and een, computers. Ted and Betty have lived

> their advice to the young:

“Get a good education and be: happy. ... Put family. first.”

* Excellent advice from a coup “Who has been theze, donc

and continues to be an ing i : Gon in their community, fi their