gaiety of this occasion was Joe's

GORDON EDWARDS RETIRES attire, which portrayed one of the
{ mod group.

Saturday, October 30th, was A, (Kinky) Borsato then pre-
another milestone in the life his- sented a portable bar set on behalf
tory of one of the company's well of the fire department, as one of
known long term employees, Mr. the many posts Gordon held was that
Gordon Edwards. It was 10 years to | of Fire Marshall.
the day that Gordon started to work Gordon's last assignment, on
here as Equipment Superintendent. behalf of Andre Beguin, one of the
He later acceded to the position of | company's executives, was the pre-
Plant Maintenance Supt., this pos- sentation made to Cpl. Ed Kokoska,
ition he held until his retirement. a memento of their recent hunting

At the invitation of Mr. and trip.

Mrs. A. C. Caron, many of his friend The crowd then Sang ''He's a
and work associates met to bid him jolly good fellow", Truly all will
farewell and happy days of retire- join with us in saying nobody can
ment. this deny.

Mr. Caron spoke of Gordon not Good luck Gordon and the best
only as an employee who gave his from all of Cassiar.

best in the service of the Company
but as a very valued personal friend
whose presence will be greatly miss-
ed. He then outlined some of
Gordon's many community services
since coming to Cassiar. These in-
cluded his years of service as
magistrate for this area, his faith-
ful support and participation in
church affairs, as well as other
community activities and the fine
job Gordon did as official company
host. Also mentioned was the well
known ability of Gordon as a public
speaker and of his service as
official M.C. for many social occas-
ions in the community during the
past 10 years.

In appreciation of his service
to the company and community Mr.
Caron presented Gordon with a beaut-
iful engraved punch bowl set and
tray and mentioned Gordon's answer
to his quiery some while back on
what he would like as a personal
gift. Gordon's answer, of course,
was a Cadillac but after reconsid-
ering settled for something along
the lines of a Volkswagon. Two of
Gordon's friends were then asked to
drive the car in. The blast of a Retirement: When you awaken in the
horn announced the arrival of this mornina with nothing to do and
spectacular gift, the small vehicle retire without doing it.
which turned out to be a fine golf
cart was driven in by Henry Wood and! Old Age: That time of life when a
Joe Fitzsimmons. Lending to the man flirts with girls but can't

remember why.

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