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THE QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER - THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 1968 - 7<br />
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By MABEL RICHARDS " ••:>•'-\<br />
I came back from a few days spent in Montreal with ;<br />
a variety of impressions:<br />
••<br />
The girls are Twiggy-chic. ;<br />
Dress shops do not cater to any lady who has allowed<br />
herself to eat beyond a size 14. \<br />
Montreal makes o<strong>the</strong>r Canadian cities appear as over- ;<br />
grown farm villages, but <strong>the</strong>ir wea<strong>the</strong>r makes Saskat- J<br />
che.wan air feel like <strong>the</strong> banana belt. \<br />
* * * •<br />
Place Ville Marie, that swarm of underground shops I<br />
where you can spend a week without coming up into <strong>the</strong> I<br />
sunshine, is a marvellous hodge-podge but <strong>the</strong> prices •<br />
are beyond <strong>the</strong> reach of <strong>the</strong> average woman, in my opinion. I<br />
The specialty dress shops were featuring, <strong>the</strong> week I t<br />
was <strong>the</strong>re, gorgeous creations in black and white, all of I<br />
<strong>the</strong>m designed for <strong>the</strong> very young. White lace frills at I<br />
neck and wrist marked coats as well as dresses. Had I<br />
<strong>the</strong>y been less mini, <strong>the</strong>y would have been a barkening I<br />
back to <strong>the</strong> days of <strong>the</strong> cavaliers.<br />
•<br />
With <strong>the</strong>se stunning outfits, <strong>the</strong> tiny madamoiselles wore '<br />
thigh-high white boots, and on <strong>the</strong>ir heads wisps of black I<br />
or white fur.<br />
I<br />
Jn cities fur<strong>the</strong>r west I saw few of <strong>the</strong>se black and white I<br />
creations, so perhaps it is anew style, or perhaps some- •<br />
thing uniquely French-Canadian.<br />
I<br />
* * * J<br />
Anyone who attended Expo will not have to be told of •<br />
<strong>the</strong> marvellous eating places in Montreal, but to <strong>the</strong> new- •<br />
comer <strong>the</strong>y are a source of delight. I gained <strong>the</strong> impression •<br />
that <strong>the</strong> worst of <strong>the</strong>ir restaurants was an improvement •<br />
over <strong>the</strong> best in some western cities. Montreal is worth visiting - simply to<br />
eat' 1 , much less for tourist rubber- •<br />
necking.<br />
I found a tiny spot which in English would be called<br />
"The Laughing Bull", where charcoal steaks were a<br />
speciality. With <strong>the</strong> steak <strong>the</strong>y served a marvellous sauce,<br />
and potato baked in charcoals, and a salad with a very<br />
special flair. I am afraid that in this little cafe, and o<strong>the</strong>rs,<br />
I ate my way through a budget which had been optimistically<br />
designed to carry me across Canada, and by no means<br />
did.<br />
* * *<br />
If Montrealers carry any animosity towards <strong>the</strong> non-<br />
French - speaking Canadian <strong>the</strong>y certainly hide it well. I<br />
met no one who did not speak English, and no one who<br />
They<br />
showed<br />
are<br />
<strong>the</strong><br />
without<br />
slightest<br />
exception,<br />
resentment<br />
I found,<br />
because<br />
a friendly<br />
I spoke no<br />
and<br />
French.<br />
courteous<br />
people who go out of <strong>the</strong>ir way to make things easy<br />
for <strong>the</strong> visitor.<br />
In a small coffee house I met students who were strongly<br />
separatists, and who had little respect for ei<strong>the</strong>r Reni<br />
Levesque, or Pierre Elliott Trudeau.<br />
"How", I asked <strong>the</strong>m, "are you going to get along without<br />
v American investment if you separate from <strong>the</strong> rest of<br />
Canada? If you have an answer to that one, <strong>the</strong> rest of<br />
us will be very interested!"<br />
"Socialism 1" said <strong>the</strong> young men in unison.<br />
While ,1 was in Montreal Lanier LaPierre made a speech<br />
in which he warned his listeners that any attempt to take<br />
over American investment in Quebec would see <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />
Marines on <strong>the</strong>ir soil <strong>the</strong> next day. The young separatists<br />
scoffed at <strong>the</strong> idea.<br />
^4 sjc )fi ,<br />
All of Eastern Canadaj indeed as far as <strong>the</strong> Lakehead, j<br />
was ba<strong>the</strong>d in snow last week, and icy sleet, and cold j<br />
winds which pierced one's very marrow. But <strong>the</strong> prairies-;<br />
were nude, and all across <strong>the</strong> land early golfers were ;<br />
enjoying some untimely warm wea<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
Back to Vancouver, -- and rain, of course. But <strong>the</strong> mag- ;<br />
nolias and Japanese cherry, .and <strong>the</strong> forsythia is in bloom, ;<br />
and one can easily forget <strong>the</strong> rain before such beauty^ ;<br />
Truly, Canada is a land of contrasts, some of it dull J<br />
and some of it fascinating in <strong>the</strong> extreme. I am glad <strong>the</strong>re ;<br />
is such variety; I am glad that French Canada is apart ;<br />
of our country and I hope to Heaven <strong>the</strong>y never leave us, ;<br />
and I am glad that, however briefly, I was able to take |<br />
in this panorama of a land. ;<br />
I know it is a cliche, but it makes one happy to be part ;<br />
of it. :<br />
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• White Dinner Jackets<br />
. •• Day-time Formals<br />
• Evening Formals<br />
• Charcoal Suits<br />
and all accessories<br />
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NAME OF CITY<br />
IS WELCOME %<br />
Birth:<br />
Births at <strong>the</strong> G.R. Baker<br />
Memorial Hospital:<br />
FERRIERA—To Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Manuel Ferriera, on March<br />
27, a daughter.<br />
MARCH—To Mr. andMrs. Fred<br />
March, on March 27, a son.<br />
THIDEMAN—To Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Dennis Thideman, on March<br />
28, a daughter.<br />
MAERTINS—To Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Daniel Maertins, on March<br />
29, a daughter.<br />
WARD—To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd<br />
Ward, on March 30, a son.<br />
PENNER—To Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Edward Penner, on April 1,<br />
a son.<br />
RAWLING—To Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Ken Rawling, on April 2, a<br />
daughter.<br />
Third<br />
Winner<br />
Time<br />
Louise Cash, a perennial winner<br />
in public speaking events,<br />
has done it again.<br />
In competition with o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
speakers from <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn 4-<br />
H Region held in PrinceGeorge<br />
last week, Louise walked off<br />
with <strong>the</strong> Nechako Valley Kiwanis<br />
Club trophy. Points which are<br />
included in <strong>the</strong> region include<br />
Smi<strong>the</strong>rs, McBride, Clinton and<br />
<strong>Quesnel</strong>.<br />
This was Miss Cash's third<br />
successive win in this event.<br />
During <strong>the</strong> month of April,<br />
she will attend a 4-H Seminar<br />
to be held in Dawson Creek.<br />
Dates To<br />
Remember<br />
APRIL 4 -- Meeting of <strong>the</strong><br />
Rod and Gun Club, 8:00 p.m.<br />
at <strong>the</strong> Clubhouse, Six Mile<br />
Road.<br />
APRIL 6 — <strong>Quesnel</strong> View W.I.<br />
Cribbage Trophy Playoff Friday,<br />
April 6 starting at 7:30<br />
p.m. Social evening to follow.<br />
All interested people are invited<br />
to attend.<br />
APRIL 7 — <strong>Cariboo</strong> Coin Club<br />
will meet at 7:30 p.m. at<br />
1301 Johnston St. in Johnston<br />
Subdivision. All persons<br />
interested in coin collecting<br />
are invited to attend.<br />
APRIL 9 and 10 — Red Cross<br />
Blood Donor Clinics at <strong>the</strong><br />
Legion Hall, Tuesday and<br />
Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30<br />
p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.<br />
each day.<br />
APRIL 10 -- Regular meeting<br />
of <strong>the</strong> United Church Women<br />
in St. Andrew's Church Hall.<br />
A member of <strong>the</strong> School Board<br />
will speak on <strong>the</strong> coming<br />
referendum.<br />
APRIL 15 — Meeting of 4-H<br />
Leaders, Room 208, <strong>Quesnel</strong><br />
Secondary School, at 8 p.m.<br />
APRIL 19 — St. John<strong>the</strong>Divine<br />
Anglican Church will hold<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir "Niger Delta Night'<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Parish Hall. Everyone<br />
welcome.<br />
APRIL 24 — Film, "Summerhill"<br />
and Panel Discussion<br />
on "Education in all its<br />
Forms Functions", on April<br />
* 24 1 at St. Ann's Parish Hall.<br />
APRIL 26,27 — The Musical<br />
"Oliver", at <strong>Cariboo</strong> Junior<br />
Secondary School.<br />
A cigarette smoker at <strong>the</strong><br />
age of 25 has a life expectancy<br />
of 4 years less than that of<br />
<strong>the</strong> non-smoker at <strong>the</strong> same<br />
age. If he is a heavy smoker,<br />
his life expectance may be 8<br />
years shorter, says <strong>the</strong> Cana<br />
dian Cancer Society.<br />
Local Kinsmen Attend<br />
Mo<strong>the</strong>r's March Meet<br />
At <strong>the</strong> annual meeting of <strong>the</strong>,<br />
Rehabilitation Foundation of<br />
B.C. held in Vancouver recently,<br />
approximately 200 area and<br />
local Mo<strong>the</strong>r's March representatives<br />
and Mo<strong>the</strong>r's<br />
March campaign Chairmen<br />
were present to assist and formulate<br />
policy for <strong>the</strong> distribution<br />
of funds derived from<br />
<strong>the</strong> recently held Mo<strong>the</strong>r's<br />
March appeal throuhout <strong>the</strong><br />
Province.<br />
Among <strong>the</strong> delegates at <strong>the</strong><br />
Kinsmen-sponsored foundation<br />
meeting were four members of<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Quesnel</strong> KinsmenClub,Carl<br />
Foote, president of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Quesnel</strong><br />
club, Fred Baxter area rep.<br />
Bill Bass, observer, and George<br />
Owens, local rep., and 1968<br />
Mo<strong>the</strong>r's March Chairman.<br />
The total figures of this<br />
year's Mo<strong>the</strong>r's March Appeal<br />
will reach an all time high of<br />
$240,000. Of this total $1,867.<br />
19 was raised in <strong>Quesnel</strong>.<br />
The objective of <strong>the</strong> Foundation<br />
which began in 1944 as <strong>the</strong><br />
results of an epidemic of Poliomyelitis<br />
in B.C., is to pioneer<br />
research and build special<br />
health centres towards assisting<br />
handicapped people, especially<br />
children. Once <strong>the</strong> program<br />
has attained its goal, <strong>the</strong><br />
Foundation turns <strong>the</strong> services<br />
over to <strong>the</strong> government or a<br />
hospital. The G.F. Strong<br />
Rehabilitation Centre of which<br />
<strong>the</strong> Foundation, through <strong>the</strong><br />
Kinsmen Clubs inB.C.,bought<br />
<strong>the</strong> land and donated <strong>the</strong><br />
swimming pool especially built<br />
for handicapped people in<br />
wheelchairs, and <strong>the</strong> Travelling<br />
Clinics throughout B.C. are<br />
examples.<br />
Two programs that will be<br />
turned over to Responsible Authorities<br />
will be <strong>the</strong> speech<br />
and hearing clinic to <strong>the</strong> Vancouver<br />
General Hospital and <strong>the</strong><br />
Vancouver Training Workshop<br />
for <strong>the</strong> handicapped to <strong>the</strong> government.<br />
At <strong>the</strong> luncheon held on Sunday,<br />
March 24, <strong>the</strong> guest speaker<br />
was Dr. Pat McGeer MLA<br />
and director of <strong>the</strong> Kinsmen<br />
Laboratory of Neurological Research<br />
at <strong>the</strong> University of B.C.,<br />
a project started in 1967 to .<br />
conduct research in field relating<br />
to diseases and disabilities<br />
arising in or involving nerve<br />
tissues.<br />
Dr., McGeer spoke on <strong>the</strong><br />
"Changing Roles of Volunteering<br />
Service Foundation." He<br />
stressed that with diseases becoming<br />
more prevelant as days<br />
go by, <strong>the</strong> foundation must keep<br />
pace to save lives by phrasing<br />
out <strong>the</strong>ir present services<br />
quicker and go into <strong>the</strong> pioneering<br />
field. He states that it is<br />
<strong>the</strong> government duties to look<br />
after health and welfare in <strong>the</strong><br />
country and said not to fear<br />
<strong>the</strong> loss of <strong>the</strong> services for <strong>the</strong><br />
government will see that <strong>the</strong>y<br />
are kept on especially when <strong>the</strong><br />
services are dealing with handicapped<br />
children.<br />
At <strong>the</strong> close of <strong>the</strong> meeting,<br />
all delegates were invited to go<br />
through <strong>the</strong> various clinics such<br />
as <strong>the</strong> Vancouver Training<br />
Workshop for <strong>the</strong> handicapped,<br />
<strong>the</strong> speech and hearing clinic<br />
Welcome Wagon<br />
We welcome <strong>the</strong> following<br />
newcomers to <strong>Quesnel</strong>:<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cayen,<br />
formerly of Surrey, B.C.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Valance Tetroe<br />
and family, from Ontario.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stuart,<br />
from Terrace, B.C.<br />
Mrs. Ruth Pennington and<br />
daughter, from Vancouver.<br />
and <strong>the</strong> G.F. Strong Rehabilitation<br />
Centre.<br />
The comments of one local<br />
delegate sums up <strong>the</strong> whole<br />
meeting. "It is a- big - shock<br />
to see at <strong>the</strong>se clinics children<br />
in wheelchairs, deformed<br />
and handicapped. One wonders<br />
above what is done and thinks<br />
about what can fur<strong>the</strong>r be done<br />
to help <strong>the</strong>se people especially<br />
pre-school children if <strong>the</strong><br />
money needed is available.<br />
When one talks about thousands<br />
of dollars spent at <strong>the</strong>se clinics,<br />
it is only a drop in <strong>the</strong> bucket<br />
what can be spent. It is sad<br />
indeed, when one's future is<br />
hinged to <strong>the</strong> price of adollar,"<br />
Trip<br />
CPA Stewardess Pat Adams<br />
and Mo<strong>the</strong>r's March chairman<br />
George Owens were present<br />
Saturday morning to see fouryear-old<br />
Neil and his mo<strong>the</strong>r<br />
off to Vancouver. Through <strong>the</strong><br />
assistance of Mo<strong>the</strong>r's March<br />
campaign in <strong>Quesnel</strong>, Neil will<br />
now get special speech <strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
at <strong>the</strong> Children's Hospital in<br />
Vancouver.<br />
-<strong>Observer</strong><br />
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