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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

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