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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 ;
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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
28, a daughter.
MAERTINS—To Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Maertins, on March
29, a daughter.
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.
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