Page 4 August 1980 Cassiar Courier

CASSIAR

Bits & Pieces

From the “| Can’t Believe It’’ department. K.K. has a friend who tapes The Edge of Night'every day for her, so that she will not miss an episode while she is at work, K.K. says that although she can’t see the characters she can recognise all the voices. A big bonus -- no commercials!!!!

Colleen and Fred Hewett were guests at a surprise party in the form of a progressive dinner, During the course of the evening Fred and Colleen were presented with a City Slick- ers Survival Kit --- far North,

an absolute must when moving from the

Generally when there is smoke there is fire. However that’s not always the case, Nowadays, where there is smoke there is Mary Marvel.

Congratulations to Mary Elhorn on receiving her Canadian Citizenship.

We may think that we’re doing badly in the weather depart- ment but it seems that the sunny south is not so sunny either,

We all join in congratulating Fred and Vivian Cousins on the occasion of their thirtieth wedding anniversary. The happy Cousins’ will celebrate the event on the 30th August.

Father Pauwels and John Nuyens are taking a Kayak trip on the Dease River, starting at Lower Post.

MARCEL, FRED AND ERNIE.

While on holiday Fred Cadoret and his wife Simone went to California where Fred the baby of the family at 62, met his big brothers Ernie 69, and Marcel 67. Fred and Ernie had not seen each other for 54 years, When curious neighbours questioned the closeness of the family bonds, they were re- minded that everything is relative since there is a clan trad- ition of living to be in their 90's.

Overture

The Cassiar Concert Society is once again busy organizing the upcoming concert season. This year we will have six concerts - five of which have already been confirmed.

These are:-

CHINESE MAGIC CIRCUS - a companys of sixteen - This really is a circus with the added mystique of oriental over- Tones,

SARABANDE - Canada’s newest vocal ensemble hit, with a thoughtful background of horticultural programme building. Two elegant voices with piano present a unique blend of music from medieval to Beetleavel.

SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET - A new en- semble to dazzle guitar lovers. Voracious research has created an astonishing new guitar quartet repertoire, pre- sented in a distinctive colourful style.

FELIX POSSAK - a unique one man show with ten dif- ferent instruments , variety and fast paced commentary - a miraculous entertainment.

FRASER AND FRIENDS - smooth Jazz and Folk. We hope that the sixth concert will be STRINGBAND.

Many friends attended the farewell party hosted by Cassiar Resources for Brian Chandler. Brian is flying his own plane to Eastern Canada before returning to England. We’re sorry to see you go Brian but wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours.

We hear that a few husbands around town are feeling ne- glected, It’s a bit much when the only thing on the table when they come home for dinner is the ongoing Scrabble game, Rumour has it that Dee is to blame!!! Too bad she didn’t stick around long enough to defend herself although the hubbies in question say things haven‘t improved since she Jeft.

Seems that while parents are in the store shopping, their children are wandering around the construction site ad-

jacent to the store. Sure hope it doesn’t take a tragedy to make the parents realise the dangers of such a practice.

Welcome to Pat McGuires wife Liz, and his two daughters, Cheryl and Heather who have arrived in town.

Congratulations to the newly married couple, Eileen

Wojcik and Al McKay.

VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN ARE:-

Kate Seviers Mom, Mrs. McCarthy, from Sydney Australia.

Mr. and Mrs, William Curry, from Oakville Ontario. - visit-

ing son Joe.

Also from Oakville are Mr. and Mrs. D. Prince - visiting-

son Dalt.

Dorothy Young and Heather Boardman are visiting the crew in 38. They're up from Victoria where the ‘sun never

stops shining”.

Chris and Mable Spycher - with the Daums for three weeks.

Mr. and Mrs, P, Glatzer - former seven year residents of Cassiar - were also visiting with the Daums. They thought there had been quite a few changes since they left.

Michelle Martin from Princeton B.C. is visiting with her friend Sian Jones. They sure take trips at a young age these days.

Cheryl Davies Mom and Dad are here from Holland.

Dee Ellis from Miami, Arizona. Dee was visiting with family and friends.

Corrienne, Vance and Brandon Thedell from Vernnal, Utah. They were visiting with sister and Aunt Sherry Sethan.

Sherri’s Mom, Mrs, Lorraine Chiles was also visiting from Prince George.

Jean and Don Glaa® were here from Collingwood Ontario, - visiting with son Mark and family.

Gorcerts

When all six concerts have been confirmed, a price will be set for the season tickets. This year only three hundred memberships are being sold. Many people have already expressed a wish to buy memberships for the coming season, If you are interested in purchasing a membership please contact one of the executive members listed below or the Town Administration Office. A membership will be reserved for you and you will be.informed as soon as the price is confirmed and the tickets are availabie.

As well as the regular concerts the society is planning their .

fund raising ventures for the upcoming season. Watch the next issue of the Courier for more information,

Frank Buckley 778-7605 Tony Coran 778-7456 Lee Vujanich 778-7572 Katy Sevier 778-7645 Wendy Zabot 778-7249 Sandy Crawford 778- 7731 Tim Riordon 778-7683 Kerry Jones 778-7371

Gertrude Martschin 778-7639 Roy Clements 778-7313 Town Admin, 778-7477

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OLDTIMERS WEEP

Recently, Silver Repolusk and Reg Ash heard that the old Sheet Metal Shop, located in the Cassiar Mine Plantsite, was soon to be demolished. Upon hearing this, Silver ap- proached me requesting that I take a few pictures of his old shop. I agreed, stipulating that he be included in the photograph. To make the scene complete, Silver also included Reg Ash. The two old timers sadly stood there while I snapped away. Silver spent twenty years working in this shop along with his friend Reg Ash who put in almost fifteen years.

To most, this building is considered a shack but to Silver and Reg it was home for many years. Silver complained that he wished they were still in the old shop, while Reg agreed, adding that the shop was quiet with less people

running through it all the time. Well, Reg and Silver, I

hope you’re both happy now, because if nothing else at least this article gives you a souvenir of the good old days, the way they were. by Don Toth

FAREWELL

Fred and Colleen Hewett would like to say Good-bye to all their friends in Cassiar. Thanks for making our time here so enjoyable and fulfilling.

Government Building

The contract to build the new Government Building in Cassiar has been awarded to Wayne Watson Construction Ltd. of Prince George. Their tender was $583,000 - ap- proximately $79,000 less than the next lowest bid. }

From the time of being awarded the contract, the con- struction company has three hundred days to complete the building. The contractors have assured us that the building will be ready for occupancy by December 1 Sth. - just in time for Christmas. However there will still be a certain amount of inside work to be done. The date given for total completion of the building is April 1981.

The architects are Greenwell & Bryan Architects of Prince George. At the present time we do not have an arti: ts con-

ception of the building.

Churhes

WORSHIP

Summer Service Schedule

8:30 p.m. Evening Worship

Sundays:

Rev. -Bill Morrison

Our Lady of Lourdes Mission

169 Elliot St. Phone 778-7239

MASS Summer Schedule Sundays:

11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Father O, Pauwels Phone 778 - 7388

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THE MYSTERY of the

GREAT STOLEN ACORN HOARD!

(A story for children of all ages) | BY JOHN STURROCK

THE CHARACTERS

A Humming Bird Sputsy Red Roofus |

A Mosquito Dizzy Izzy Zitts

A Fox Flash Palloo

A Bat A day time night time universal Bat called Big Basil Glurp!

A Squirrel Peeper the Squeeker

A Momma Porcupine Miz Pinky

A Garter Snake Bullseye

A Camel Homer Nathaniel Sweetwater Brown

A Skunk Little Whiffer

A Tree Sprite Flopper

A Raven Dr. Squawkz-Rawkus and

A Green Plant called Argus!

Ernie and Edgar Ant and last, but certainly not the least by any means - PRANKTOR the Sky Spirit!

THE LOCALE The Smiling Meadow The Tittering Brook : The Drowsy Bank NA The Swamp Monster‘s Swamp why The Feerfull Forest >

ACORN HOARD

CHAPTER ONE Introductory

It was one of those dreaming momings. A warm sun pulsing in a big blue sky. The dew steaming off the grass. Bouncy breezes, awake and lively, chasing each other through light and shadow like a clutch of puppies. _ And the whole blooming Smiling Meadow danced and buzzed and thumped and sang!

“Such a day” rumbled Homer Nathaniel Sweet- water Brown.

“Mmm.” sighed Bullseye, who was lazily coiled up on Homer’s hump cracking and eating sunflower seeds.

Homer Nathaniel Sweetwater Brown was a Camel of vast integrity! and Bullseye was dainty, darling little

' green and black Garter Snake. They were the very best of

friends, and they took the very best care of each other! Homer Nathaniel took care not to tread upon Bullseye in the green grass, and Bullseye took the very best of care not to be treaded upon in the green grass, It was a friend- ship founded in the very best of mutual esteem and unsul- lied respectful trust.

‘And so, with all that under their comfortable and contented belts (or hides), they stood or reclined, or sauntered around the meadow blinking and beaming in the sun, nibbling on grass, or yawning, or eating sunflower seeds, or whistling, or just anything they wanted to do. Rain was gone, night was over and the day was good. Summer was here and everything felt, looked, and acted easy. Like the weather does in the work week!

That is until, Dizzy Izzy Zitts buzzed the meadow

and made the scene. He was a loveable little Mosquito

whose only ambition in life was to establish a new air speed record for 2 or 4 winged denizens of the Feerfull Forest or The Smiling Meadow’. He owned a little sport- ing goods store that sold pine wax, dandylion fluff, and oil of strawberries.

He flew slowly around the meadow testing the — air very carefully, sensing stinger quiver and membrane ripple. He squinted at the sky, he sampled ground level humidity, he flew upside down to estimate turbulence, he looked for crosswinds, air pockets and bouncy breezes. It was good, the day was good, conditions were ultimate and perfect and just fine.

“This is IT” he screeched, “today is the day for

. IT”!

. He tugged his orange and black B.C. Highways ski- cap on tighter, adjusted his round green goggles and flew up to the nest of his friend Sputsy Red Roofus. Sputsy was a Humming Bird of great calibre. He was also inter- ested in air speed records over the Feerfull Forest-Smiling Meadow designated distance of 35 Bazzurtkins at the es- tablished height!

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He was in the 2 winged feather and tail class and therefore was not in competition with Dizzy Izzy, who was in the 4 membraneous Aileron category! So there- fore naturally they were friendly, and, having a mutual interest minus competitiveness were kept busy all sum- mer long doing the designated distance enjoyably at the established height.

So therefore naturally they were at times danger- ous to the rest of the community. Especially Homer Nathaniel, who had been punctured several times by either Red Roofus or Zitts. So therefore naturally you can see that a Humming Bird or a Mosquito zipping along, flat out like tiny cruise missiles, at speeds up to 4 Billion boomozonks per sec can inflict pain to the denizen who happens to cross the designated distance or rise above the established height.

Feerfull Forest-Smiling Meadow designated dis- tance is FFSMDD — So 1 (FFSMDD = 4368 Kraznits.

7 Boomozonks X 22 Bazzurtkins

now : the Established height is EH 2(EH= _ 127 Palloopsies

4368 Kraznits X FFSMDD 3 &. 4368 K FFSMD

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ave Sputsy was asleep when Dizzy reached the nest. So, Dizzy leapt upon Sputsy’s head and jumped up and down several times to waken Sputsy, who woke up im- mediately of course! “What! What! What!” shouted Sputsy. “It’s the day for IT” squealed Dizzy, ‘“‘it’s IT

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today! Sputsy threw back his robe of purest dandylion fluff and peered over the side of his purest Thornberry twig nest. He looked out over the quiet dreaming spark- ling green meadow. ‘ “It’s IT” he squeaked “It’s IT”. “Have you checked the Thermal layers carefully?” he asked. S “Yes! Yes! Yes! screamed Dizzy. “Weather?” asked Sputsy. “Scattered clouds at midnite” shouted the little loveable Mosquito. “Turbulence?” asked Sputsy. “Zero Turbulence” answered Dizzy, “some heavy air at 1565 gloppas!”” “Good!” said Sputsy, “Fantastic, immemorable, super swell!”

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Meanwhile, as our two rockets were busy measur- ing FFDD, another denizen of the meadow was pushing his happy way through the glowing grass.

It was Little Whiffer the amiable, jolly fun loving kindly innocent serene little skunk! Chuckling was a way of life for him, and he was beautiful! Glossy purest white, and glossy purest black he was! Little snapping beaming black eyes and large wide inquisitive twitchy whiskers he had, and a friendly friendly little grin! He was on his way

~ to visit Miz Pinky Parky Pine and her neat of 8 Parky

Pinelets.

Miz Pinky always had a nice hot « cup of tea for him. Underneath the Acorn tree she would set out a little table covered with a white table cloth of soft gossamer, and stacks of tawny buttery toast smeared with golden mar- malade. And they would sit and sip and munch and talk about everything all morning, every morning and there she was, glasses on her nose, pouring tea, and keeping a watch on her little ones at the same time.

“Why good morning Miz Pinky” said Whiffer cheer- fully. “you surely do look just fine and respectable this lovely moming, and I swear you look younger every morning Miz Pinky, I surely do believe!”

“Oh thank you Mr. Whiffer, I purely do feel just fine and I thank you for your thoughts. Would you care for a mug of hot steaming tea?”

“I surely would Ma’am” replied Whiffer, “and your young ones seem just fine and snappy, with clear eyes and white teeth and beautiful little quills, they surely do!”

“They had a fine father, Mr. Whiffer, they purely did.” *

Miz Pinky leaned back against the Acorn Tree and cradled her cup of tea on her tummy and Whiffer sat on his haunches, elbows on the table and sipped his tea.

“Yessir Miz Pinky” he said, “he was a fine Parky Pine, he surely was. May he rest in peace!.

“Indeed he purely was Mr. Whiffer” replied Miz Pinky, “and have some more toast. I purely do believe Mr. Whiffer, that you don’t eat enough!”

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“Why Miz Pinky” replied the amiable little skunk, “how Miz Pinky could I eat less than enough at such a table of tea and toast Miz Pinky, I surely do believe that less than enough would be insult to you!”

“Ah Mr. Whiffer, life is such a blessing, it purely is when I think of all the blessings that Life purely is Mr. Whiffer!”

“To life” chuckled Whiffer holding up his mug of tea, ‘and to the memory of your late great husband Dynamite Parky Pine, may he rest in peace Miz Parky!”

“May he rest in peace” replied Miz Pinky, “may he purely do!”

“Ah indeed” quoth Whiffer fervently, “he’s surely in the loving care of Pranktor by now, I surely do believe!’

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As these two beautiful children of the leaves were thus enjoying their tea and each other, and the day and the little ones, Homer Nathaniel Sweetwater Brown approached them carefully, minding where he stepped be- cause the place was wall to wall Parky Pinelets.

« “Good morning Miz Pinky, good morning Mr. Whiffer, good morning, good morning” rumbled Homer N, his long mournfull kindly face cracking into a big wide smile that ran up one side of his face and down the other.

“Likewise’”’ echoed Bullseye from the hump, where he was stretched out reading the sports page.

Homer N lowered himself carefully, with many a grunt and creak.

“Such a morning” he said, sighing with pleasure, such a good good morning Miz Pinky.”

“It purely is Homer” sighed Miz Pinky.

“It surely is ” Chuckled Whiffer.

“Likewise” agreed Bullseye turning to the soccer results.

*

So they sat theré’in that drowsy morning. In soft murmuring shadows and dancing sun they talked and drank tea, ate toast and generally enjoyed themselves be- cause nature was a good thing to them and they didn’t have to do anything if they didn’t want to!

Bullseye the Garter Snake had finished the paper , and stretching out on his dainty little green and black back, was preparing himself for a quiet snooze. And, as he stared sleepily upward into the branches of the Acorn tree he saw a Mosquito perched on a branch. The Mosquito was wearing a B.C. Highways hat turned backwards, and a set of round green goggles was strapped to his little arrow shaped head.

Before Bullseye could blink even one: of his own bright Garter Snake eyes, the little Mosquito leaped from the branch, screeched “adoe dominy”, and plunged at full speed straight down at Bullseye! He bottomed out just a- bove Bullseye’s head and roared across the Smiling Meadow and into the bushes pabloom!

Before Bullseye could even breathe, a Humming Bird appeared. He was also clad in a B.C. Highways hat turned backwards. He was also wearing round green goggles strapped to his little arrow shaped head. He also leaped from the branch, shrieked “Rumble Bunny” and plunged straight down at Bullseye. He also bottomed out roared across the Smiling Meadow and he too crashed into the bushes pabloom!

A few minutes later, the two of them came march- ing back, climbed the tree and disappeared without a word! :

“Something like that can’t happen twice in one morning” thought Bullseye.

So he closed his eyes and went to sleep. He was right, because it was two days before Sputsy and Dizzy could repair damages to their feathered wings and mem- braneous Ailerons, and, also, recover from bumps scratches and shock. But, it was wonderful!

-” While all this was going on, another denizen of the Smiling Meadow had been watching. It was Dr. Squawkz- Rawkus, who was a scholarly, austere, ascetic Raven of enormous merit. He had been reading a 35,000 page book of the ‘Philosophy, Life and Times of Danny Dungbeetle, deceased, with 210 colored illustrations in full gloss. At page 18,075 he had been interrupted by the noise created by Sputsy and Dizzy.

Dr. Squawkz-Rawkus lived on the very utmost tip of the acorn tree. His home was a huge untidy bundle of twigs, lined with bookshelves. He knew the denizens who were clustered at the base of the acorn tree very well, simply because he knew everthing very well.

served everything! He also knew that his morning was absolutely and AUREL shattered because of the. air speed trials. ¢ Cont. on page 10

From his «7 vantage point, or you might say his twiggy patio, he ob- ~