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Writes of life

Elvira C. Bryant

Charlottes and adventures at sea

in the Queen

I don’t know if this is
the type of letter you
should be writing to all
those people who keep
expressing the wish to go
out on the boat, or not,
but the tale should be
told.

Vic, whom Ed has
dubbed the ‘‘Captain”
had wanted me to fly over
to Masset in the first
place, but with such
‘lovely weather I was all
for the boat trip. As it
turned out we neglected
to phone Masset when we
first arrived at Terrace,
so that Ed was unable to
come over to Prince
Rupert on an early flight.
When we did leave for
Masset it was eleven
o'clock. The sun was
beaming on us, but there
was a steady ‘‘chop”.

Time estimated by the
Captain for the trip was
12 hours. [ used the radio
telephone for its initial
time early that morning.
Apparently my voice
came in loud and clear at
Masset but we could
barely hear the operator. .
That was why I came into
the phoning job. Tanis
was sure it would not take
us that long to get across.
Later on we found the
telephone problem was a
minor one - the squelch
button bad been turned
up instead of the volume
control!

For lunch I used the
iron griddle that serves
as auseful heating device
-for the cabin at other
times. On top of two low
burners enough heat is
created to ensure a

-eomfortable
“temperature. The
“priddle was ideal for

toasted or grilled cheese

sandwiches.

Enroute we went past
several fishing boats. It
was interesting to hear
conversations carried on
between boats - these
seemed to be a means of
passing away the time.

Use was made of the
radar and the fathometer
in connection with maps.
Different ranges can be
turned to on the radar,
where islands in the
vicinity show up. Depth
of the water shows on the
fathometer.

Eventually the captain
was the only one awake,
due no doubt to the fresh
air and constant rocking
motion, Out in Hecate
Strait the wind was
blowing some, as had
been predicted .on the
early forecast.- Vie woke

us .when he suddenly.

found he was several
‘miles off course and
down in sight of the spit.

The tide changed at 5:30.

but he has ‘ wondered
since if some metal might
be deflecting the
magnetic needle.

Apparently on the trip up

‘from Victoria, Glen
- Dickie had- shown ‘him
that moving a knife blade:

_ hear to the needle would’

cause it to

considerably, -

‘move

Somewhere around the.

usual supper time we had

some bread and:such.for.

supper. It wasn’t smooth
‘enought to | make
anything «else. (To my
‘Tater regret, T had. new

. green onions and. Jettuce.,

; for a sandwich. ) :
Suddenly we spotted. a

: lot of white water aed .

wt a. tide. rip.
ecision was ‘made to

swing back and around to, # ... -_

avoid the worst of this. -
“This of.
-mean a longer trip across

“but. would avoid much § ve
We did this but.

“slop! Fo
around 8

.m. the. waves

were beginning to come J

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course would £ .

over the cabin. We had
experienced some
sideway rocking as well,
and of course suddenly
those nice little green
onions had caused
heartburn. I just couldn’t
seem to make the effort
to get across for any
ginger ale or milk. But
perhaps it wouldn’t have
made any difference and
of course it was not long
before I made my first
use of the “biffy”.

The second trip was
poorly timed somehow
and a lurch of the boat
found me missing the
stairs and landing in a
great sprawl. As a result
af that performance I
have a large bruise above
one knee, a bruise and
slight floor burn on one
arm, and almost a right
black eye. There is a
bruise there near the
“brow”. Well it wasn’t
long before I sat on the
steps to be in close
proximity, but | after
another lurching trip
found me with part of an
arm in the bowl, I sat
right there handy. It
wasn’t the most pleasant
experience, and
eventually I was there
with two blankets around
me for the duration!
Twice a drink the captain .
was enjoying, spilled
over to christen my head
and dribble down. my
back.

Vic commented a few
times about the very
thing having happened
that he had hoped to have
avoided. Several things
fell down during those
hours spent below. The
binoculars got me on one
foot but no doubt that was
good for their landing.
Later when I heard
something fall I
mentioned we'd lost
something. Ed told me it
was only the anchor, so of
course I thought we had
lost it. But the anchor
had been put down for the
purpose since neither Vic
nor Ed had been able to
line ‘up the lights at the

entrance to the Masset

Inlet. The stabilizers
were put down as well.

‘Tanis was phoned and

was just beginning to

worry .as it was by then
Liam —

I came up with the
blankets around me
shivering and shaking -
how nice it was to be
tucked in on the bunk,
and I did have a good
sleep, but what a horrible
dry mouth to wake ‘up
with next morning. Vic
got up early, followed the
shore along and woke us
‘when we were at the
wharf at Masset.

Since then Ihave been
a landlubber, but should

be going out sometime |

next week. It seems if
‘you watch the tides and

weather reports and plan:

the travelling to suit
these, that such
miserable experiences
may be avoided. Yl let,
you know about that
statement anon.

. Street: Terrace, B.C;

ne {JRDON W. HAMILTON «

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~ MARK. c-MAMILTON
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gaan He

THIS 1S THE YEAR FOR HIS
NON-NOVEL

Bill Smiley

Don’t hold your breath
waiting for its publication, but
this is the summer I’m going to
write a book,

It’s the tenth summer in a row
that I've been gaing-to write a
book, but this year will be
different, It's the year in which

I'm not going to write a novel.

Other summers I didn't get -
around to writing a play, or an
expose of the educational sy-
stem, or a series of pungent e-
ssays, or an attack on

‘marriage. This year it's the -
novel,

That doesn't leave too much,
does it? Maybe I'll write a

“slim” vogue vi verse. Any
dam’ fool can write poetry these
days.

The secret is to avoid capital
letter and punctuation, make
your lines all different lengths,
toss in a little erotic imagery,
and make the end result a visc-
eral experience which nobody
understands,

Here, just to show you what I
mean, If you don't get a real
charge out of it, a profound
emotional experience, that is,
and haven't a clue what it’s -
about, you’re a connoiseur of
modern poetry, Oh, one other
thing: no rhyme please. We'll
just call it

THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

Poem

yesterday
In the supermarket
a fat lady
or maybe she wasn’t really
a lady
ran over my foot
not really ran but walked
I guess it was ber buggy
laden with a quarter-ton of
cat food and orange juice
and tide and glide and
wax and snacks
and four cases of non-
returnable bottles
and twelve pounds of
pallid meat
two bags of spuds
16 cans of chunky
soup
that ran over my foot (not
the soup)
driving my seed wart into
my .
metatarsal
I wept
not because it hurt like hell
but for lovable -fat ladies
and unlovable super-
markets
and because I couldn't
do :

a
thing.

Now, don’t tell me that’s not a
poem. It was a vivid personal
experience which [attempted to
convey to the reader. It's got
everything. There’s sex in it: a
secret yearn for fat ladies; the

Arena policy

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the manager or coach have

-yeceived permission from the

supervisor or his appointee.
The teams must ieave the ice
and the dressing rooms at the
appointed time, even though the
game has not gone for the
regulation three periods, unless
permission is obtained from the
supervisor to continue, Teams
going overtime will be charged
at the prevailing rate per hour
applicable to the lessee.

6. Coaches, managers, and
team directors will be held
responsible for the conduct and
control of the respective groups.

7. All players have 4% (one-half)
hour to shower and vacate the
dressing rooms.

8. No person, team or group
shall bring any alcoholic
beverages into the building.

9. ‘No person shall go on to the
ice surface without skates
unless authorized to do so by. the
supervisor.

10, The Parks and Recreation
Dept. of the District of Terrace

reserves the right to re-.

schedule any engagement on a
temporary basis for special
events such as an Ice Carnival,
Exhibition Game, ete., by
giving 48 hours notice.

Li.’ The Parks and Recreation
Dept. of the District of Terrace
will not be responsible for the
loss or theft of any personal

property.

12, Ice Time to minor hockey
will be granted only with
permission from the Secretary-
Treasurer or his appointee.

Public Skating Rules
1. Skaters are prohibited from:

a) Playing games on the ice
which interferes with other

Skaters,

b) From carrying
refreshments on the ice.

c) From littering te ice ‘With
wrappers and papers, etc,

2. Allskaters must leave the ice
at the appointed time.

8. The Parks and Recreation -
Dept. of the District of Terrace
will not be responsible for the -
loss or theft of any personal p-
roperty.

Any violation of the above
rules and regulations could
result in persons or team being

_ barred from future use of the

Arena and liable for any
damage caused thereby.

. The:supervisory staff willbbe
responsible for the operation of

the building and‘will enforcethe ..

above rules and regulations
whenever necessary.

Manpower

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or valuable experience.
However, one employer
is even willing to employ
an apprentice to Glazier
work. Union rates of pay
apply to this job.

Other opportunities for
men exist in sales work
such as a representative
for an- automotive parts
firm. Applicants should
have Grade 11 and sales

experience in the
automotive line. .
Insurance, vacuum

cleaner sales, and men’s

clothing are other areas:

open to those interested
and qualified,

Office girls,
waitresses, cooks, and a

hairdresser are required

mostly in the Terrace-
Kitimat area. Various

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Keypunch operators, a
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These are only some of
the many jobs listed at
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Interested persons may

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word metatarsal. .
_ Plenty of concrete images.
" There’s symbolism: how about
, seed wart? a fertility symbol if I
_ ever saw one. There's mas-
“ ochism, social criticism and a
deep personal sense of futility
and ‘ustration. it's what 1 w-
ould call universal in its appeal.
They won't all be so deep and
. bit‘ +r, of course. There'll be the
hearty bucolic touch:
The garden ain’t hoed
The iawn ain’t mowed
But I'll be bloed
If she's going to goad
Me into doing any of them.
Then there'll be the fragile,
tender little lyric that makes
real poetry lovers just wriggle
and almost turn themselves -
inside out. Something like:

anyone but you
sorry baby

but maybe
it’s not even true.

Sorry about that rhyme, but
sometimes it just comes so
automatic-like you can’t hold it
back.

And of course there'll be some
dramatic narrative stuff,
working on a sort of epic called
The Day [| Shot the Black
Squirrel Thinking It was a
Black Bear. But it still needs a -

Appointment

The College of New Caledonia
College Counci] in cooperalion
with School District No. 54, has -

appointed Mr. Wiliam Sturn as.

the Director of Community
Liaison for the Smilhers area.
Mr. Sturn, who is the Director of
Adult| Educalion for School
District No. 54 will be available
available for consultation
regarding full or part time
vocational, career and
university iransfer courses, as
well as workshops that can’be
provided by the College of New
Caledonia. In addition, Mr.
Sturn will be responsible for the
continued development of CNC
sponsored extension courses to
be given evenings or weekends
in the Smithers area.

Mr. Sturn will work with Mr.
Ernie White; Coordinator of C-
areer’ Extension, Mr. Alex D-
ayle; Chairman of Vocational
Programme and Dr. Duane
Rubadeau; Coordinator of the
-University Transfer Extension
Programme at (he College of
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little polishing in the last twelve
cantos,...

Maybe you think this is “just
‘advance publicity for my book.
But «1 guarantee’ there'll . be
something for everyone, though
some of- it will be pretty strong

stuff, and you'may have to hida |

it from your teenage kids. [ was
thinking particularly of a co:
uple: Down By the Old Gravel
Pit, and Let Me Call You
‘Meathead,

But there's also some stuff
coming up that is really ha-
unting. One entitled simply
““Puke”, It is based on a greal

- storm on the Great Lakes when
I, as junior porter, did great

things with a mop after peaple |

were sea-sick. It's been
haunting me ever since,
anyway.

So, there’s a delectable
foretaste of my summer
project. Ican hardly wait to gel
started. Except that I have a -
golf date, then I’m _ going
swimming, then there’s a
barbecue, and somehow alter a
day like that, the Muse and [ are
both ready ‘for the sack.

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