WHAT'S IN A BOTTLE? crystal vials.
Did you know that the nonde-
Have you ever so much as given | script beer bottle, once emptied of.

a thought to the versatility of it's golden suds, can become a
bottles, their usefulness, I might [collector's prize?

sav their indispensability in the Each Saturday, summer or winter,
course of our daily lives? Where rain or shine, snow or cold, members

would we be without bottles? In our |cf the Cassiar Lions Club are system-
modern times, bottles not only carry] atically probing the porches of

the products we use but also create | residences and bunkhouses in order
an image of the product they contain/to find bottles to add to their

within their transparent anatomy. valuable collection?

Who could not, by it's shape, iden- In my first phrase, I mention-
tify a bottle of Coke, Sprite, ed the versatility of bottles. The
Vegetable oil or vinegar? lowly beer bottle is a case in point;

The Liquor store is an outstandfnot only the content wiil relieve
ing example of this image identific-| your thirst and soothe. your parched
ation. There you see straight-sided,|throat, but the container may con-
square shouldered bottles of Bordeau|tribute to the geod ot the Community
wines against shoulderless bottles ofat large, providing this same cont-

Burgundy and long tapered, slim ainer is salvaged instear’ of being
Rhine wines, round bottiss of Vodka j|thrown in the trash can.
next to the flat ovals of Rye Whis- The Lions Club gets .25 cents

keys, the shimmering tin foil caps 'for each case of beer bottles it
of the Sparkling wines next to the ‘collects and sells. The revenue from
traditional shapes of the Scotch | those sales is put to work on many
Whiskevs. Then you have the various j worthuhi te Commmity profects: the
liqueurs where the bottle designer iabiaaivake the Drum Corps, the new
has stretched his imagination to playground in the making, to mention
make the container as intriguing in |only a few; all benefit from the
shape as the content is in taste. ,;sale of beer bottles that would
Here, the bottle is so widely acc- ‘otherwise serve no other purpose
epted as to have become synonymous lthan to fil) up the dump.
to it's content. if a group gets A conservative estimate of
to-gether and the occasion calir revenue from this source is, on an
for a celebration, someone will say:] average, $2000.00 a year. This re-
"Let's zet a bot’ie!"” A bottle of |presents 8000 cases of emties coll-
what is left to the decision of the jected bit by bit, from one Saturday
majority, ene of the few cemaining :c che next, by members of the Lions
facets of our democracy. jClup. This involves a lot of time

A txttle can ke & souenplace jand etfort and the reward is fair,
object, like an empty beer satcle, pEes. only fair. With everyone's co-
that squat, brow? container o: cur ‘operation, it could be much better.
most popular and most pledeianr If one considers that che
thirst quencher. | average annual sale of bee: in the

Or it can be a thing of beauty,jlocal Liquor ster averages 40,000
like those delightful fiagons des- jcases, this means, deducting the
igned bv Dior, Chanel, Lanvin, and {8000 cases collected |.y the Lions,

other farous perfumers, who make 32,000 cases of emplics unaccouted
them of pure crystal to hold ‘heir |for, a money value of $8,000.00.
creations of exquisite fragrances. Give and take a few thousand

They adorm milady's dressing tzbia. cases taken away to camp and on

Empty, they will become collector's itrips, (and most of these could be
items. I have seen some extensive taken back without trouble) there
enllections of beautifully designed |are still many thousands of cases

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