CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 31, 1980

‘B2 *.

— WAT

Continued from Page B!

The story of the Doukhobors has of-
ten been told, for they had many trials
and tribulations. it is well known that
they almost attained their goal of
becoming a self-sufficient community —
constructing their own sawmills,
brickyards, flour mills, and perhaps
what Is best remembered, the Brilliant
Jam Factory where the famous K.C.
brand of [am was produced,

The "K.C." stood for Kootenay-
Columbia, and the brightly colored
labels on the jam cans showed a.
Pp ful scene of orchards and build 1
at the confluence of the river. These .
cans are practically non-existent today,
in fact they are collector's items..

There was also a grain elevator at
Brilliant, and on the south bank across
the Kootenay was the factory for making

Loo —

Ne destroyed by the same mysterious fires
Fi retain which gradually claimed the jam factory
ate at Brilliant, the grain elevator and flour
4°" qilll'and other industries until there was
nothing left of the once busy centre.

The land which: had been aban. —
doned suffered from: lack of water and
the Irrigation system was in a state of
disrepair, Only those villages which had
a private water supply were able to
irrigate, and much of the land took on a
barren and. desol The

7 VA. Recreation News /

. With ‘the summer
months concluding it is time

Ink: ‘ahead’ to’ autumn
recreation activities, This fall
the Castlegar recreation de-
partment has a large variety
of activities in store: for all.
The autumn programs are
set to start the week of Sept:
29 with sport and’ culturl

ivities taking place in“

light soil would not support any growth
unless there was water, except for some
of the hardier weeds and the ubiquitous
“buckbrush,” more correctly
“snowbrush"” (Ceanothus velutinus):

*

Fortunately the passage of time,
and the fact that much of the land is’
‘again being irrigated and cared for, is
restoring the, appearance. of the

the wood-stave pipes used in the
irrigation systems of the different set-

tlements,.all members of the Christian: “*

Community of Universal Brotherhood

PART OF WATERLOO LANDING? This
picture: taken in 1958 shows part of a

uilding which some thought belonged
to the mining days. It is no longer stan-

Ootischenla flats. 11 is now an attractive
,and pleasant residential area. ss
Next week we tell of settlers on the
“West side of the Columbia, how West

where all would share alike thé"good
and the bad times. ‘i

However, to purchase the equip-
ment needed to get things started and
carry them until the factories were in
operation it was necessary: to borrow
heavily, making a tremendous debt to
be paid. rey .
If it had not been for the depression
years of the “thirties” they might-haye’ :
managed to overcome this, but the men’
could not find outside jobs to.help:bring
in the needed money and there was lit-
tle sale for their produce, so in 1939 the ...
CCUB was forced into bankruptcy. Many
people moved out of the communites in
their search for work while thoye who
stayed were obliged to begin. paying’ ”
rent for their homes. “at ah
} The provincial government bought:
aut the panies which had foreclosed.
and thus became owners of all the lands.
and buildings. Some years later the.
government had the land surveyed, and
broken up into lots which were: then of
fered for sale, giving the Doukhébo
the chance to purchase property, bef
it was thrown open to tf

of
@.public. After
the survey ao network of strepts and
toads was laid out and the maih streets
were paved.
| ..Thére are still some of the old
"yillages" in use today, with their
traditional two-storey brick houses in
but in most cases one -of the

irs, : se
Rouses has been removed, so that it is’ 7 ~’AT’WATERLOO LANDING — Examining
old cables anchored in the riverbank near
the townsite Is Joe Killough. An over-
fo make room for the airport and the grown road leads to the water's edge at
this point and it has been

no longer a “village.”
: Some of the villages were removed

landing strip, and quite a few were

Ann Landers =

Dear Ann Landers: Our oldest daughter just recelved her
engagement ring. We want the wedding as scon as
possible because she is, of course, pregnant. (How else
does a girl get a man to marry her these days?)

It was up to me to find a preacher who would tie the
knot. Since we do not go to church, 1 didn’t know what to
do about a clergyman, so | obtained the name of a
preacher who officiated at a wedding we attended last
summer. When | telephoned him he sald he doesn’t
‘perform weddings unless the bride will sign the
prenuptial agreement to protect the groom's financial
assets in case there Is a divorce. | said, ‘Over my dead
body.’”

He went on and on — saying, things Ilke, ‘‘These
are treacherous times and the divorce laws always favor
the woman, which is why most men prefer the live-in
arrangement rather than matrimony.”’ |. became so
incensed with his sexist foollshness | hung up on him.

Does a clergyman have the right to turn down a
person who. needs him? After all, he Is supposed to be
performing humanitarian services, Isn't he? Can doctors
and dentists refuse to take patients? Please reply.

—1Am Mad In Milpitas
Dear Milly: In a democracy [and | don’t know of a better
form of government] clergymen, dent: ind physicians
have the right to say no. Keep looking, lady.
Dear Ann Landers: | would like to comment on the letter

either true or false.

ding and the story cannot be proved

“'! Waterloo became Kinnaird, and logging
“dominates the scene.

cables may have had something to do
with the first ferry (a rowboat) or with the

across the C

the

on the west side are part of the DuMont.

—Phote by Helen Dunlop:

(Consumer Facts _/

Before complaining
about food costs, think about
the Japanese, Swedes,
French and others. Recent
figures show Canadians get
off cheaply compared with
shoppers elsewhere.

The survey of 15 world
capitals puts Ottawa third
from the bottom on the list
and, since Ottawa food costs
rank within a few dollars
either way with all major
‘Canadian. cities, the rule-of-
thumb may be applied rough-
ly to Canada generally.

If you pay in Canadian
dollars, a 21-item food basket
would cost $151.01 in Tokyo,
$185.88 in Stockholm and
$118.83 in the Swiss capital of
Bern. In Paris the cost would
be $109.87 and in London
$85.68. The same basket in
Ottawa will set you back only
$61.87.

On the basis of how long

dividual

an must work to

signed, ‘‘Honorable but Hard Up In fh
(Ul bet you'll get plenty of flak on that one.)

i Why isn’t the woman's ex-husband paying child
‘support? Why must you and | get stuck taking care of
‘kids when they have a father somewhere who is probably
wining and dining dollles left and right? There are
thousands (probably millions) of these rats running
‘around the country.

H ‘What about the law that says a man must support
‘his children or go to jail? Isn't it still on the books?

; — Mad As A Wet Hen In Florida
:Dear Wet Hen: Dry off and listen to the facts. There are
‘Naws In every state that say a father must support his
‘children or go to jail. The problem Is that too many
irnnetare fly the eson and nothing Is done about It.

= Tam In favor of the government spending serious
imoney to hunt down these flakes and force them to live
jup thelr responsibilities. If ever a faw needed teeth, this
jone

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For, example, uid ‘take,
the average worker in Ot-
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hours and the average Pari-
sian 18 hours to earn enough
to pay for his shopping bas-
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Consumer Facts is a
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local schools as well as in the
Community Complex. Regis-»
trations for these programs:
will start at 8:30 a.m. on).
Sept. 22. vine
* @ Bay ay
Watch your mail in ‘mid-''
September for a brochure
outlining all upcoming: "
vities for persons of all ages-
and interests.
* * a ORY
The Fall Figure Skating’
School is happening Sept. 2
to Sept. 27 at the Castlegar
Community Complex. This is
a CFSA sanctioned school
which will provide the ska-
ters with excellent instruc-
tion. The fee for the school is
$70 for the package which
includes Patch, Freeskate
and Dance. There is a $20 fee
for each additional Patch or
Freeskate. For further in-
formation contact Dino Zanet *
at a
* s *
Scheduled for Septem-
ber is a Tennis Instructors
Certification course. This
course is Level I and I of,
Tennis Instruction and is ©
recognized by the B.C. Lawn ©
and Tennis Association. This
tennis certification entitles a
successful participant to be.
come a certified instructor,
The course takes place
Sept. 12 during the evening
and all day Sept. 13 and 14. It
is happening at the Castlegar -
Rotary Tennis Courts with -
Professor Roger Jarret giv-
ing instruction. The fee for

| There is. $2.fee for divers

on | NERTICA
$100. which BLINDS

ny |, bro-
chures, manuals and coat of
‘ For
Home or

certification.
. -For more information
contact eee ei ats We B 4 i
Recreation Office. There is'a
liglted time toregistar eo do | OUSNOSS.
{tow 's0,you will not'be dis- | LouverDrope and a
appointed. *! i little Imagination
as ei Rams or buathens
Comming up on Sout: as decorain a beoutt:
lence,
be happening “at ‘the. Bob solid ving louvers
Brindson Pool, registration | fhan:an vrainan
starting at 10a.m. andevents | wall. Horlzontal
getting underway at 11 a.m. Hinde and zdropes:
it i
and a $1*fee for non-divers. maintenance. hon
Divers must supply their Pepto +
own gear and the general i 2
public is invited to watch | Gilda ‘mood Ad,
and/or participate. There are just pent Louver:
prizes for the winning par- | D'ol ight filter
ticipants in each event. Close tram tight for
Some of the events in- restiul privacy a
clude hockey, upto
scubs-seramble, buddy bust, | 2 fhetys ten O°
Plind man’s und, aera regular drapery,
is coapodscied ty Sentinal Esl head
Diving, Carl's Druga, Colum- J
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A.M. Stop

High Meadows.
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1.3, 5 (6 classes)
A.M, Stop

Garage

Bus #1308

Twin Rivers .........
Garage

Bus #1545

Garage

Bus #1106

High Meadows....
Castlegar Primary .

P.M. Stop

Garage ....sseecees
Brilliant School
Kinnaird Hall .

O.K: Tire ..

Po

Bus #1689 -.
Castlegar Primary ..
ibe:

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Bus #1544.

Ron‘s Motel.....

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ve September, 1980
Bas #1544, Brilliant Elementary, Grade 4 (2 classes

Apartments (6th Avenue).
Brilliant School.......0..seeee
(resumes regular run) 2

Bas #1639, Twin Rivers & Castlegar Prissary, Grades

Ponaks........seesseene
$2nd Street (16th Street)...
Kinnaird Hall (unioad Grade 6) ....
Apartments (6th Avenue)......
Twin Rivers/Castlegar Primary .

Kinnaird Hall .........00000
7th Avenue (across from O.K. Tire)

28th Street (Milestone) ......
Apartments (6th Avenue)
TWIM RIVOTS 00... cece cece cece enn esececcs

Bus #1545, Briliant School, Grade 4

MAK... ....06 oe
32nd Street (16th Street)......
(Resume regular run)
-Bus #0911, Twin Rivers & Castlegar Primary
Castlegar Primary (Silver Birch) ... .

ley
32nd Street (16th Street).
(Resume regular run)

La Ao oe .
‘|... $2nd Street (16th Street)...

Castlegar Primary oe oe
6th Avenue (Apartments)

1. All other bus runs will be the same as las‘

2. Glade students will be picked up across the
river at the first [unction at 7:55 a.m.

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Prerrrreer 12”

The cost

Erma.

3
sie

of

dread

band with an old college song with ‘‘bleeps’’ for lyrica,

Mt Johnny would offer them a dinner for two at a leading LA

would say, ‘Don't

y je
nik you have any freebles at a Mexican restaurant?"’ When
he was accommodated, he'd then Inquire, ‘Could you fix
«2 It30.1 could take my 30 fraternity brothers?"’

—_
There's one thing about Inflation that, should: be:of.

some comfort. The game shows. have really.kept: pace. :
Back in. the '50s a contestant, half-crazed with:

sae

>. For years, | watched

a show called’ ‘‘Coronary"’

where your everyday, average housewlfe would name

slicer with

George V

.. 87 attachments... or hum

High School fight song for

excitement, would jump higher than Monty Hall's head,.. Texas.for a cow-ship-throw
If he won a salami behind door No. 2. i :
The other night | saw a guy who had just won four wander around the stage confused, unable to compre-
cars, three trips abroad, a boat, a.recreational van, a hénd their good fortune.: Then they would grab the game
of

a. Guccl

home, a

personal valet and $290,000. When asked what’ he

thought of his Instant emp!
sald, ‘‘It'll come In handy."

Ire, he smiled slightly and

‘Game show contestants have changed. Even with
the ‘‘Cost of Greed’’ increases, it has become tougher

contro}.

+ and tougher to work them up to a state of hysteria. It's no
longer a game. It's a business where the contestant Is In _-

| first noticed the ‘‘aggressive’’ contestant emerg-
Ing when Johnny Carson would go Into the audience to announced to the host,- ‘1

play ‘Stump the Band." After they had-defeated the have the dune buggy instead?”’

_ Stay hon

SUMMER begins, and the
school teacher, along with
his students is reasonably
ts ecstatic. Two whole months
free to loaf, swim, golf, fish,
play tennis, scuba dive, or
whatever turns you on.

And suddenly, before
you've had a chance to hit a
ball or catch a bass, it’s the
middle of August. You
haven't been anywhere
special, you haven’t done
anything special, it’s rained
four days out of seven or
been so blasted hot all you
could do was lie around and
gasp, and there you are, a
couple of weeks away from
facing about 160 kids, fit as
fiddles and ready to make
you skip academic rope.

Lucky is the teacher who

Shas ‘no: friends, or. relatives. § j

He or she can go to Europe,
take a course in anything
from primitive sculpture to
basic Russian, or just lie
around in the backyard
watching the bumble bees.
trying to have sex with the
hummingbirds.

But most of us have
relatives, and some of us
even have two or three
+ friends, and therein lies the
sudden di: of the

ing to pile the
backyard, $spri
gas over them,
first big ba:
time: for:

-But_t have suth as

only three days: -

Then it--was a_ punishing:
trip up north to" Piék.Gip the
gtandboys. Their mother in-
sisted that 1 not spoil them,
or try toenteftain them. | did
both and we all loved it, but
it took its toll. On me.

Jal ng.
Hh a~gilt. for,
loafing that it séeméd-Aike”

A pattern of Joy developed.

"3 dentist for a

the first elght bars of the Fiji
an all-expense trip to Tyler,
ing weekend. ;

First, .they .would

show host around the throat, turning his face Into a
smiling death mask. Next came hopping, jumping,
sobbing ‘and ‘general fainting. Finally, the family was
- summoned to the stage where they formed acircte, clung

to one another and gasped

for air.

: As the credits rolled, the contestant was In the final
stages of cardiac arrest as a mode! In a bathing suit put

the box containing the vegetable silcer In her hands.

\t was a far cry from the woman who was recently

awarded a balloon trip th

eplaced by. a pizza
dry-cleaners, and a

slammed me in the rear, and
ran off in his souped-up
Zilch, hurling obscenities. 1
was wishing I had a .44 and
*d’ve put two slugs through
“his gas tank.

1 drove down, the main
street, and it could have been
Main Street, Anywhere. Like
North Dakota, That was the

 Bilk Smiles.

Next thing I know, my
brother wants a reunion,
because he's leaving the
country.

Thomas Wolfe wrote a
great novel: **You Can't Go
Home Again.” Well, you
can, but I wouldn't advise it.

Progress puts its ugly
finger on the most cherished

ies of chi and

summer holidays.

: A couple of days here, a
litle jaunt to sce some
telatives there, and suddenly
it’s last summer,

My wife is at the moment
packing bags for the eighth
time in five weeks, and she
swears that after ‘this bricf
expedition up north to the

By J.A. CHARTERS

Though it is many, many
years ago that I started
school, the first few days of
that experience are in retro-
spect an acute mental mis-
ery.

Thad intended

you'll find that the tree-
laned, sleepy litle town in
which, you grew up not only
makes you sad, but a little
angry, with all‘ its new
motels, sleazy eating places,
and fine old homes turned in-
to apartments or nursing
homes,

1 went-looking for a corner

street. where I hustled
deliveries for my Dad, when
he'had a shoe store, and he’d
give me a dime, and I'd go to
the matinee, watch Tarzan
beat the crocodiles (almost)
across the river, and go back
next Saturday afternoon,
wondering if he’d made it.
He always did, thank good-
ness,

My brother and | played
golf, badly, at the local
course.

Uf-'d had time, I'd have
‘driven around the three-mile
circuit. Jack Pope and I
worked every Saturday
morning, looking for empty
beer bottles in the ditches.
We made a fair buck in those

JOHN CHARTERS’

rough southern France and
throw up In the air. Can't |

days, probably splitting
thirty-five cents when we
turned in-our goods to M.K.,
an elderly Jewish gentleman,
much more scrupulous of his
business dealirigs with us kids
than-most trust company ex-
ecutives would be. i

1 saw nmiy sister, who, as
was always her wont, tried to
stuff more food into me than
a healthy alligator could
handle.

I drove out to an in-
credibly romantic place my
Uncle John had bought'as 2
farm. He couldn't make a
nickel from it, but it had a
huge stone house with a
butler’s pantry, and about 14
outbuildings: stables, sheds,
barns, the lot. After explain-
ing my safari to a surly chap

+, from’+ eastern’ Europe; . he:

+” said, * “Sorright, - sorright."*

It wasn’t all gone} of.
course, to be fair. Some of
the old stone houses and
hotels are still there, turned
‘into artsy-crafties or modern
eating places,

The old, smelly river-cum-
canal is. still there, weed-
infested, ‘tranquil, full of

suckers and pike, a relic of

the war of 1812-16.

-But don’t go home again.
Crowning blow was when my
wallet. was either lost or
lifted, and I’ve been cancel-
ling credit cards, getting new
licenses, and weeping over
my cash and my OHIP
number ever'since.

Stay home and be happy
with your own rotten place
and all its problems.

| Helping the wee ones

Reflections &
- Recollections

a few weeks ago writing a

few hints to the parents of -

the crowd of six-year-olds
who, will be entering our
schools on September 2nd,
but with the addition of a
couple of new paving stones
on the highroad to Hell, a nod
to ‘better late than never’
and apologies to Joe Killough
for this detor, and an assist
from an old Parent-teacher
Magazine article, I would like
to offer the following to make
suggestions on what a parent
ean do to make those first
vital few days at school
happy ones:

Physical Readiness:

A. Children need good
health habits.
> 4, The exciting first
weeks of school are very tir-
ing. for the young child.
Adequate sleep and rest are
important. Start now to

check and establish good
“habits of going to bed early.
2. Getting up in the
‘morning’ at a regular time
should be encduraged.

3. Routines. for getting
ready for school should be
established now. Going to the
toilet, washing x14 dressing
carefully without hurry and

fuss will help the child arrive
at school ready for work.

4, A good breakfast and
a good lunch will help him
through the day without the
snacking that usually occurs
at home.

B. He should have a
medical and dental check-up.

. (. Suitable school cloth-
ing needs planning. Are his
goats, overshoes, ete, large
enough for him to get off and
one by himself?

D.: Do you encourage
him to play out of doors. It is
good both physically ‘and
socially, and will reduce
chances of colds and coughs.

Social e883

E. Children are social
creatures and need other
people — older, the same age
and younger. Give him the
opportunity to socialize.

F. Developing indepen-
dence and cutting the mater-
nal apronstrings.

1. Teach him to recog-
nize and take care of his own
possessions. Put labels on his
clothing and teach him to
recognize his own label. (The

+ 2, Help him to learn to
hang up his clothes and put.
away his toys and books.

38. Help hitn to recognize
other people's rights and
possessions.

4, Help him to remain
away from mother and other
members of the family with-
out crying or being upset.

When you leave your child be:

sure to assure him you will be

back at a certain time. Don't

fail him. Be back at the time

you promised — it is a part of
id and i

J. Encourage him to use

. good English and to speak

clearly — this means good

example and patient listen-

ing. You never know, you

may learn something in the
process. —~

K. Every young child
should know and be able to
tell others his full name, his
address and telephone num-
ber. :
L. Get to know your
child's teacher. It will be of

dous benefit to all of

building.
Mental Readiness - -

G. Help the child to solve
his own problems. by saying
“You try first and if you need
help I'll be glad to help you.”

H. Develop your child's
interest in reading by read-
ing to him on a regular basis
— every night. There are
plenty of books for every age.
Your local Ubrarian will be
happy to help with selections.

I, Encourage him to lis-
ten to music and to make
music himself. It will not only
increase his interest in music

you.

IfIhad a dollar for every
time I have been asked the
question “How can I help my
child in school?", I ‘would be
wealthy. The above are just a
few common sense sugges-
tions. You can help your child
by expanding on them, by
remembering that you are
his first teacher, his most
important teacher. If you
want to learn to help your
child in school you can do as
he does — follow. good ex-
ample, ask questions and get

schools are full of
clothing).

but develop other faculti
well.

ved by doing.
Good school

CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 31, 1980 _B3. i

,

The complete Caribbean resort

MICHAELCARLTON |

First, it was Club Med
with its swinging singles,
wild beach parties and
forced conviviality.

Then Jamaica's Negril
Beach promoted its hedon-
ism with advertisements
featuring barely clad wo-
men emerging from the
ocean in dripping T-shirts,

Next it was Couples, a
Jamaica resort that used
as its logo a pair of
copulating lions.

. And now it is Puerto
Rico's Dorado Beach, with
its “Twogether” packages.

Not that Dorado
Beach? Old-line Rocke-
feller money, blue-haired
matrons by poolside, .cor-
porate power players on
the golf course? Yes, gen-
tle reader, the very same.
Dorado Beach has joined
the great Love Boat on the
shore.

_ Not that you'll be
seeing & , sexily

managers of the property.

“Compared to Club
Med and the other hotels in
the couples market, we
have much more varied
and greater facilities to
offer our couples, who are
probably more affluent and
a bit older than most of
those at a Club Med.”

The facilities of Dor-
ado — two Robert Trent
Jones golf courses, several
sweeping white sand
beaches, over 1,000 acres
of grounds, two pools,
luxurious rooms — make it
one of the more complete
resorts in the Carribean.
And when combined with
neighboring _ sister-resort
Cerromar Beach with its
disco and casino, Dorado
offers more facilities than
any hotel trying to capture
the younger, more active
market,

The promotion, which

runs through Oct. 1, is av

clad nymph seductively
crawling out of one of the
two Dorado Beach pools
purring something like:
“You've never known how
good it is until you've done
it in- Dorado.” :

-No, Dorado isn’t being
that obvious. But it is after
a younger, more swinging
image and clientele, and
sex is certainly part of the
sales pitch.

“We saw that the club
concept for couples was
catching on, that hedon-
ism, or whatever you call
it, was the future trend in
resorts and decided to cash

. in on our property's natur-

al appeal to couples,” said
Al Perry, vice president
for marketing for Regent
International Hotels, the

y at a resort
that was once the Carib-
bean’s more expensive.
For $292 (five days, four
nights) or $499 (eight days,
seven nights) per person, a
couple can enjoy one of the
newly refurbished rooms
at, Dorado, have three
meals a day with free wine
at lunch and dinner, ‘get
free use of the hotel's
tennis and golf facilities,
enjoy a variety of clinics
(from disco to gambling)
and, if preferred, do all of
this in the company of
other couples.

“We don't force our
couples to spend time with
others,” said Maria Ros,
Twogetherness hostess,
“but we do have parties for
the couples {including
guest appearances by NFL

players) and activities in
which they can participate
as a group.”

A typical day’s sche-
dule for the Twogether'
package sounds like some
thing out of the activity-
orientated Club Med
book:

7-8.a.m. — jogging and
calisthenics course,

8-9 a.m. — breakfast.

9-noon — waterskiing, :

noon-2 p.m. — luneh. +

2-5:30 p.m. — golf.

6:30-7:80 — rum‘ cock-
tail party. =~ bu

F .gt:80-9:30 p.m, — din:
yiner. ebrn
¥~. 9:80 to 1 am, — disco
"and casine, =|,

That, even by Cub
Med: standards, is a busy

~ day: Seay
< Of course, you, don't
have to participate, and
many don’t, but the activ-

ities are there and since. .

you-haye paid your money,
you might as well enjoy at
least some of the packed
schedule. ;

+ For the first week of
the T kend.

eapecially now that Dorado
is returning to her former
glory asa premier resort.
When Dorado opened’
in December, 1958, backed
by Rockefeller money, she
was hailed as the finest
resort in the Carribean.
Beautifully landscaped,
with tastefully decorated
two-storey cottages scat-
tered throughout the huge
property, Dorado became
an instant jet-set. success.
To a large extent, she

Rockefellers molded other
‘resorts after their Dorado
success, But like all rich
men, the Rockefellers
tired of their old toy ‘as

: ‘they built resorts in other

parts of the Carribean and
Hawaii. Soon they were
‘looking for a buyer, and
the buyer was, unfortun-
ately, Eastern Airlines.

Under Eastern's
leadership, Dorado suf-
fered. In a time when the
airline was having a ser-
fous financial difficulties,

this year, there were 50
couples taking advantage
of the package, including
10 male couples who came

just. for the ‘golf-.and. .

the hotel property was not
maintained, and it slipped
badly.

New ownership
brought in the Regent
International,..Hotels,

weren't seen much: by the’~“ Sroup; . spent :more- than

more romantic couples of
the group.

The golfers had dis-
covered they could avoid
greens fees by signing up
for the Twogether pro-
gram, even though they
cared less about water-
skiing, disco and jogging.

The money-saving.
aspect is certainly one of
the critical elements of the
Twogether concept. It's a
bargain in anyone's book,

$3.6 million to. refurbish
and improve the property
and Dorado Beach is now
on its climb back into the
forefront of Carribbean re-
sort properties.

You and your spouse
or lover or friend, or even
your golfing , buddy, can
enjoy that-opulence of old
this year for $292. At that
price it's hard to- knock
togetherness,

(Dallas Times-Herald)

if GhOUSeWOrK Were SO Easy...

By DICK DABNEY

She'll be back any day,
so here’s my chance. Men,
after all, are tempted to
break the moral law. when
their wives are out of
town, as mine is now. And
the one I'm about to break,
laid on me in confidence by
my great-grandfather
some years ago, goes like
this: “if you know what's

for. you, Richard,
you'll never tell the truth
about women, or to them.”

But since it’s just be-
tween us guys, a5 it Were,
why not tell the truth, just
this once, about house-
work, We men always lie
when it comes to that,
because when women haul
off and kvetch about how
dull, dirty and repetitious
such work is, we customar-
ily wring our hands and
allow as how it is a low and
terrible thing, a hard fate,
a disgrace and — we hope
—only. a temporary ar-
rangement.

Housework, mind you
—which, as any man who's
ever had his wife go away
on vacation can tell you —
is the most enjoyable and
sublime pursuit in all the

, world. The truth is that of

all the many favors we do
for women, the greatest of
these is to let them do the
housework.

I have had a lot of
experience in this field,
having spent a whole hour
on housework every day

for a week — a time in
which my new vocation has
made me blissfully happy,
and in which the only
discomfiture has been
when there was no more
work to do. For no house
needs more than an hour's
work a day, although we lie
about this, too, and when
we come home to a woman
who pretends to have
worked all day, we pretend
to believe it.

But although house-
work is, in terms of sheer
‘ a tai

occupati

happy with it for a whole
week — the wonderful
feeling of hot sudsy water
clear up to my elbows, and
the fun of twirling around
the big Hefty trash bag
and putting the little wire
thing around the top and
carrying that outside, and
with that increasingly
healthful feeling my mus-
cles have gotten from
repeatedly bending to pick
up the Racing Form or
empty beer cans, or from
agilely stepping over the
recumbent dog on my
busy, cheerful way about.
my chores.

The more things there
have been to pick up, the
better I have liked it, And
then, of course, there's al-
ways the bed to be made or
the vacuum cleaner to be
run. The vacuum ¢leaner,
as we all know, is a toy
that, in a dirtless world,

would make the invention
of dirt almost obligatory.
2 I love housework and
am always happy while I
am doing it, because it is
the great banisher of ten-
sion and worry. And if you
know how to do it right, it
even becomes a kind of
ballet, in which, starting
slowly and working with
an ever increasing sense of
pleasure, you enter into
some benign, thoughtless
Xanadu of the spirit, a kind
of euphoria that goes a

ing why there are so few
first-rate women compo-
sers or painters. After all,
who would want to bother
with a symphony or a
mural when‘ there's so
much happiness to be had
from scouring out a pan?

Most women don't
know how to do house-
work; they swear too much
and fight against it and try
to zt. through too quickly.
They don’t know the little
labor-saving tricks, like
letting the dishes soak for
three days or calling in the
dog to lap up spills. But
even in their ij

fester, may have serious
consequences for one’s
health.

Most wise men, then,
know that letting a woman
do a lot of housework is the
best way to cool her out.
Most stupid men know
this, too. Therefore, he
who steps in to dry the

-dishes when he doesn't

have toisa traitor not only
to his fellows but to him-
self, one who for the sake
of a spurious helpfulness

John Ruskin put it
best: “When women are
rightly occupied, their
amusement grows out of
their work, as the color-
petals out of a fruitful
flower.” And so, given its
benignity and usefulness,
housework is obviously
their rightful occupation,
as even feminists will have
to agree.

I write all this with a
sense of resignation, be-
cause in a couple of days,
when my wife gets back

they're better off than we
are, because they get the
healthful benefits of house-
work, even while scan-
dalously complaining of it,
and this is why they live
longer than we do. Work
around the house is a
wonderful soother of that
aager that, if allowed to

from P Tu
have to do the noble thing
and step aside from house-
work, at which I have de-
veloped a real excellence.
And when she says there is
too much to do, I'll go on
nodding my head and pre-
tending to agree with her,
as always.

— Washington Post