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THE QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER - THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 1968 - 7 

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By MABEL RICHARDS " ••:>•'-\ 

I came back from a few days spent in Montreal with ; 

a variety of impressions: 

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The girls are Twiggy-chic. ; 

Dress shops do not cater to any lady who has allowed 

herself to eat beyond a size 14. \ 

Montreal makes other Canadian cities appear as over- ; 

grown farm villages, but their weather makes Saskat- J 

che.wan air feel like the banana belt. \ 

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Place Ville Marie, that swarm of underground shops I 

where you can spend a week without coming up into the I 

sunshine, is a marvellous hodge-podge but the prices • 

are beyond the reach of the average woman, in my opinion. I 

The specialty dress shops were featuring, the week I t 

was there, gorgeous creations in black and white, all of I 

them designed for the very young. White lace frills at I 

neck and wrist marked coats as well as dresses. Had I 

they been less mini, they would have been a barkening I 

back to the days of the cavaliers. 

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With these stunning outfits, the tiny madamoiselles wore ' 

thigh-high white boots, and on their heads wisps of black I 

or white fur. 

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Jn cities further west I saw few of these black and white I 

creations, so perhaps it is anew style, or perhaps some- • 

thing uniquely French-Canadian. 

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Anyone who attended Expo will not have to be told of • 

the marvellous eating places in Montreal, but to the new- • 

comer they are a source of delight. I gained the impression • 

that the worst of their restaurants was an improvement • 

over the best in some western cities. Montreal is worth visiting - simply to 

eat' 1 , much less for tourist rubber- • 

necking. 

I found a tiny spot which in English would be called 

"The Laughing Bull", where charcoal steaks were a 

speciality. With the steak they served a marvellous sauce, 

and potato baked in charcoals, and a salad with a very 

special flair. I am afraid that in this little cafe, and others, 

I ate my way through a budget which had been optimistically 

designed to carry me across Canada, and by no means 

did. 

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If Montrealers carry any animosity towards the non- 

French - speaking Canadian they certainly hide it well. I 

met no one who did not speak English, and no one who 

They 

showed 

are 

the 

without 

slightest 

exception, 

resentment 

I found, 

because 

a friendly 

I spoke no 

and 

French. 

courteous 

people who go out of their way to make things easy 

for the visitor. 

In a small coffee house I met students who were strongly 

separatists, and who had little respect for either Reni 

Levesque, or Pierre Elliott Trudeau. 

"How", I asked them, "are you going to get along without 

v American investment if you separate from the rest of 

Canada? If you have an answer to that one, the rest of 

us will be very interested!" 

"Socialism 1" said the young men in unison. 

While ,1 was in Montreal Lanier LaPierre made a speech 

in which he warned his listeners that any attempt to take 

over American investment in Quebec would see the U.S. 

Marines on their soil the next day. The young separatists 

scoffed at the idea. 

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All of Eastern Canadaj indeed as far as the Lakehead, j 

was bathed in snow last week, and icy sleet, and cold j 

winds which pierced one's very marrow. But the prairies-; 

were nude, and all across the land early golfers were ; 

enjoying some untimely warm weather. 

Back to Vancouver, -- and rain, of course. But the mag- ; 

nolias and Japanese cherry, .and the forsythia is in bloom, ; 

and one can easily forget the rain before such beauty^ ; 

Truly, Canada is a land of contrasts, some of it dull J 

and some of it fascinating in the extreme. I am glad there ; 

is such variety; I am glad that French Canada is apart ; 

of our country and I hope to Heaven they never leave us, ; 

and I am glad that, however briefly, I was able to take | 

in this panorama of a land. ; 

I know it is a cliche, but it makes one happy to be part ; 

of it. : 

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Birth: 

Births at the G.R. Baker 

Memorial Hospital: 

FERRIERA—To Mr. and Mrs. 

Manuel Ferriera, on March 

27, a daughter. 

MARCH—To Mr. andMrs. Fred 

March, on March 27, a son. 

THIDEMAN—To Mr. and Mrs. 

Dennis Thideman, on March 


MAERTINS—To Mr. and Mrs. 

Daniel Maertins, on March 


WARD—To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 

Ward, on March 30, a son. 

PENNER—To Mr. and Mrs. 

Edward Penner, on April 1, 

a son. 

RAWLING—To Mr. and Mrs. 

Ken Rawling, on April 2, a 

daughter. 

Third 

Winner 

Time 

Louise Cash, a perennial winner 

in public speaking events, 

has done it again. 

In competition with other 

speakers from the Northern 4- 

H Region held in PrinceGeorge 

last week, Louise walked off 

with the Nechako Valley Kiwanis 

Club trophy. Points which are 

included in the region include 

Smithers, McBride, Clinton and 

Quesnel. 

This was Miss Cash's third 

successive win in this event. 

During the month of April, 

she will attend a 4-H Seminar 

to be held in Dawson Creek. 

Dates To 

Remember 

APRIL 4 -- Meeting of the 

Rod and Gun Club, 8:00 p.m. 

at the Clubhouse, Six Mile 

Road. 

APRIL 6 — Quesnel View W.I. 

Cribbage Trophy Playoff Friday, 

April 6 starting at 7:30 

p.m. Social evening to follow. 

All interested people are invited 

to attend. 

APRIL 7 — Cariboo Coin Club 

will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 

1301 Johnston St. in Johnston 

Subdivision. All persons 

interested in coin collecting 

are invited to attend. 

APRIL 9 and 10 — Red Cross 

Blood Donor Clinics at the 

Legion Hall, Tuesday and 

Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 

each day. 

APRIL 10 -- Regular meeting 

of the United Church Women 

in St. Andrew's Church Hall. 

A member of the School Board 

will speak on the coming 

referendum. 

APRIL 15 — Meeting of 4-H 

Leaders, Room 208, Quesnel 

Secondary School, at 8 p.m. 

APRIL 19 — St. JohntheDivine 

Anglican Church will hold 

their "Niger Delta Night' 

in the Parish Hall. Everyone 

welcome. 

APRIL 24 — Film, "Summerhill" 

and Panel Discussion 

on "Education in all its 

Forms Functions", on April 

* 24 1 at St. Ann's Parish Hall. 

APRIL 26,27 — The Musical 

"Oliver", at Cariboo Junior 

Secondary School. 

A cigarette smoker at the 

age of 25 has a life expectancy 

of 4 years less than that of 

the non-smoker at the same 

age. If he is a heavy smoker, 

his life expectance may be 8 

years shorter, says the Cana 

dian Cancer Society. 

Local Kinsmen Attend 

Mother's March Meet 

At the annual meeting of the, 

Rehabilitation Foundation of 

B.C. held in Vancouver recently, 

approximately 200 area and 

local Mother's March representatives 

and Mother's 

March campaign Chairmen 

were present to assist and formulate 

policy for the distribution 

of funds derived from 

the recently held Mother's 

March appeal throuhout the 

Province. 

Among the delegates at the 

Kinsmen-sponsored foundation 

meeting were four members of 

the Quesnel KinsmenClub,Carl 

Foote, president of the Quesnel 

club, Fred Baxter area rep. 

Bill Bass, observer, and George 

Owens, local rep., and 1968 

Mother's March Chairman. 

The total figures of this 

year's Mother's March Appeal 

will reach an all time high of 

$240,000. Of this total $1,867. 

19 was raised in Quesnel. 

The objective of the Foundation 

which began in 1944 as the 

results of an epidemic of Poliomyelitis 

in B.C., is to pioneer 

research and build special 

health centres towards assisting 

handicapped people, especially 

children. Once the program 

has attained its goal, the 

Foundation turns the services 

over to the government or a 

hospital. The G.F. Strong 

Rehabilitation Centre of which 

the Foundation, through the 

Kinsmen Clubs inB.C.,bought 

the land and donated the 

swimming pool especially built 

for handicapped people in 

wheelchairs, and the Travelling 

Clinics throughout B.C. are 

examples. 

Two programs that will be 

turned over to Responsible Authorities 

will be the speech 

and hearing clinic to the Vancouver 

General Hospital and the 

Vancouver Training Workshop 

for the handicapped to the government. 

At the luncheon held on Sunday, 

March 24, the guest speaker 

was Dr. Pat McGeer MLA 

and director of the Kinsmen 

Laboratory of Neurological Research 

at the University of B.C., 

a project started in 1967 to . 

conduct research in field relating 

to diseases and disabilities 

arising in or involving nerve 

tissues. 

Dr., McGeer spoke on the 

"Changing Roles of Volunteering 

Service Foundation." He 

stressed that with diseases becoming 

more prevelant as days 

go by, the foundation must keep 

pace to save lives by phrasing 

out their present services 

quicker and go into the pioneering 

field. He states that it is 

the government duties to look 

after health and welfare in the 

country and said not to fear 

the loss of the services for the 

government will see that they 

are kept on especially when the 

services are dealing with handicapped 

children. 

At the close of the meeting, 

all delegates were invited to go 

through the various clinics such 

as the Vancouver Training 

Workshop for the handicapped, 

the speech and hearing clinic 

Welcome Wagon 

We welcome the following 

newcomers to Quesnel: 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cayen, 

formerly of Surrey, B.C. 

Mr. and Mrs. Valance Tetroe 

and family, from Ontario. 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stuart, 

from Terrace, B.C. 

Mrs. Ruth Pennington and 

daughter, from Vancouver. 

and the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation 

Centre. 

The comments of one local 

delegate sums up the whole 

meeting. "It is a- big - shock 

to see at these clinics children 

in wheelchairs, deformed 

and handicapped. One wonders 

above what is done and thinks 

about what can further be done 

to help these people especially 

pre-school children if the 

money needed is available. 

When one talks about thousands 

of dollars spent at these clinics, 

it is only a drop in the bucket 

what can be spent. It is sad 

indeed, when one's future is 

hinged to the price of adollar," 

Trip 

CPA Stewardess Pat Adams 

and Mother's March chairman 

George Owens were present 

Saturday morning to see fouryear-old 

Neil and his mother 

off to Vancouver. Through the 

assistance of Mother's March 

campaign in Quesnel, Neil will 

now get special speech therapy 

at the Children's Hospital in 

Vancouver. 

-Observer 

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