CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 13, 1983 amounts of and pliparsieg the Stanley. Humphries Secondary’: Sctiool; ; Junior ly missed ing, their 1H ish at the ive West. Koot zone finals held’ in Trail last weekend. + The girls surprised everyone by. crushing - ‘the tough +} ‘Trafalgar. Totems 44-23 in'the semi-final. In the champion- ship final the Rockettes took the lead several times’ before losing a 47-44 heartbreaker to J.L. Crowe (Trail) Jr. Hawkettes. In the morning semi-fi nal the girls avenged two previous losses to the Totems with a powerful display of _ offense and a swarming, aggressive defense. After leading LAURA SIMONEN ..- good effort 12-6 at the quarter, the Rockettes broke the game open as they surged toa 23-10 halftime margin. |“ The domination continued with the third quarter. ending 34-15. Karen Wilson arid Laura Adams each scored 11 points while Gayle Wigen added 10. Michele Maloffand Tanya Rogers chipped in-with four points each. Despite the.* second.” pater ‘the team: ee team's dofense: _ “This was by far the’ girls' best; defensive gamo; of. ‘the: wy season,” she said. There was a consistent ‘effort throughout’ job the gamo. Laura Si did a ‘Trafaigar’s centre'and holding her to only 12 points, Karen ‘and Gayle held their checks scorless. Michele Maloff; played “the best game of her career.” ‘The victory over Traflagar advanced the team into the championship final against the J.L. Crowe Jr. Hawkettes. who d,by endging a team. : Wilson and Wigen got the Rockettes off toa good start’ -by combining for 10 points to give the locals a 18-8 halftime lead. Trail came back to 'regain.a narrow 20-17 lead:\at ‘ halfiime, Adams held the hot scoring hand ‘in the third | quarter, netting 6 points’ to cut the Trail Jead fo 82-80 at the, end of three’ quarters. - The final quarter waa exciting and secined to nsist, of s gome' fine . playera!-moving “u) ¥ will ‘once again chall O'Keefe romps} to 10-4 win By CasNews Staff Mal Stelck, Jerry Antig- nani and Vince Antignani each scored two goals to lead Carling O'Keefe to a 10-4 romp over Williams Moving Thursday in one of two Castlegar Commercial ‘League playoff games this week, . In the other match-up, Mountain Sports Hut and V&H battled to an 8-8 tie Tuesday. In the Thursday game, O'Keefe led 3-2 after one period and 6-4 after 40 min- utes before putting the game away with four unanswered goals in the final frame. Other scorers for O'Keefe included John Horcoff, Bill Cheveldave, Cy McConnell and Tony Darosa. Horcoff led the assist-get- ters with four, while: MeCon- nell, Vince Antignani and Jerry Antignani each had three. Darosa counted two assists, while singles went to Cheveldave, Tim Keraiff, Dan Haines and Phil Perras. two distinct phases: in ‘the first few .min SELKIRK MINOR SOFTBALL League need » By CHERYL WISHLOW oS Stat Weiter Selkirk'Valley “Minor Soft- ball’ A players in the bantam, maid: get and junior divisions had only 50 Players last year, said may not see its, 19th season if enough interest isn't shown in play- ing and helping out with competitive softball. © ‘ The association has launched a major publicity ‘to attract. more Don Savinkoff led Williams. with two goals. In the éarlier game, Chief Mercer's second goal of the night with just over thre miunutes left to play lifted V&H. into an 8-8 tie mich Sports Hut. Other V&H markers went to Yuri Jamieff, Bill Nazaroff Jim Nazaroff, Nick Voykin and Ray Gregoire. Upcoming sporting events of meetings can be listed here = y of Dixie Lee Chicken‘&Séafdod Castiggui.’Pliaie ” 3 submit notices to Castlegar News by Friday noon for Sunday ee or Twesdoy noen for Wednesday. Contact Cheryl Wishlow, 7. SUNDAY # FOOTBALL — USFL: 10:30 a.m., channel 4 FIGURE SKATING — WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, 4:30 p.m., channel 13. HOCKEY — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Carling O'Keefe vs. Williams Moving, 12:30 p.m., arena + complex; Mountain Sports vz V & H, 9:30 p.m., arena complex. WEDNESDAY * HOCKEY — NHL: Canucks vs. Ed Oilers, 6:30 p.m., channel-13, players and supporters such as coaches, assistants ‘and umpires. If enough interest is not’shown by March 28, the organization will disband, .ac- -cording’to Alex Cheveldave one of the organization's founders. : The softball association, which once boasted an. at- tendance’ of more ; than 450 The league is competitive, as opposed to Ot, | Castlegar girls up 36-82 with six minutes 3 play; in the final few: minutes the. Trail.team, broke'the Rockettes press and were able to feed their top scorer to regain the lead. Late baskets by Adams and Wilson cut the margin to three points A7-44 for Trail. : After the game Pilatzke noted that the close result was the’ culmination. of everything the players had_ learned during the 28 game season: “The girls not only improved their basketball skills and gained. valuable experience, they learned how to prepare themselves: =. Phynlealy “and. mentally’ for, an important ballgame;:The girls | worked yery hard’ this year. They are ‘much: Improyed from’ the team that’ began the season,” he said.» ‘ With four ‘players, ‘ret ning to inext year’s squad and up: from’’Kinnaird Junior Secondary School next year: 's edition ‘of they junior Rockettes nee for the’ West Kootenay title. Se MICHELE MALOFF «four ret for KISBL in 83 The Kootenay Interna- tional » Senior ‘Baseball League will once.again oper- ate with six teams in the up- leagues, which many times leads to provincial Castlegar teams . compete “with others from South Slo-’ éan, Trail, ‘and Fruitvale and opened its doors to boys, who ’ Cheveldave: said, take-up softball after completing .. Salmo ‘during ‘the regular . di season which runs from late April or early May to July. Players must be at least 12 years old to play on a. team and may not be oldérthan ie by Jan. 1, 1983. Cheveldave, a father of five daughters, said.the,asso- ciation was originally. in- tended for ails because. it British skaters simply perfect HELSINKI, (CP) = ayne. “oryill and Christopher Dean; of Great ..,Britain-...climbed .. higher up the lader of skating. immortality Saturday, reel- ing off perfect marks for in- terpretation on every “judges card during the ice dance final of the world . figure skating championships. The British. couple, who won their third successive world championship, re- ceived nine 6.0 marks on the. first set of marks and nine. §.9s for merit. IF YOU LIKE FISH!!! come down to our both locations We are doing something SPECIAL JUST FOR YOU! we now CUT & BATTER, OUR OWN FISH ENGLISH STYLE - RED MOGUL JUNIOR SKi SCHOOL Mar. 19,26, April 2; 9, 16 * 4 COST: Season Ticket Holders........... Non-Season Ticket Holders Rental Special Rate ......... CHILDREN 6-14 YEARS OF AGE Lessons will be 1% hours long. DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. CALL NOW 362-7616 Since there were still two- couples to go,:the judges had to leave room on_ ‘their technical mark. cards. for higher marks, in case of a better Performance, unlikely as that seemed. * Natalie ever. seen. before in: dance competition. Theyiended the ° . final withya behind-the-back flip by Dean that brought the audience to its: feet. “We just couldn't -believe the marks,” said-Torvill. “It was a great feeling.” “This program was a pro- gression over last years be- cause. I thought we ap- ‘proached it‘in a ‘more pro- fessional. way, with many meetings, costume discus- sions and 0 on,” ‘said-Dean. “We'll’ start. thinking ‘about - next year's Program tomor- row. “We've already got some ideas.” -- : ON THE MOVE The performance by the Pte couple overshadowed rise by Canad Andrei Bukin of the at Union had the misfortune to skate after the British couple but managed to climb into second place from third. Americans Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert, last on the program, fell to third. Torvill and’ Dean, who scored 16 perfect marks in the competition, a record for aby; skating discipline, have ternational competition in od perfect marks f G°thon macy Wilson of Port Moody and Rob McCall of Dart- mouth, N.S. “Tenth in’ the world in their debut last year, the Canadian couple used a touching interpreta- tion of Michel Legrands Les Uns et Les Autres to move to sixth’ place. Such leaps in position are uncommon, in ice dangin, nsdn and John th “of Toronto, were 10th their first world the last three. seasons.. They ; champignship. are being hailed as the great- est skaters of all time in any + discipline. Their interpretation of the music from. the Broadway “A lot of our rise was to do with our rock and roll pro- gram Thursday,” said Mc- Call, 24, “It caused a lot of controversy and we were musical.‘ Barnum - included happy with the way we several moves and steps skated it. ization now that their: chil dren:have grown up.» club is’solvent. It's a matte: of help ‘and participants,”. ° The teams are ‘in leagu play two! evenings a; week’ throughout the ‘playing: re-..‘sch« gion, unless the players de-: cide to travel. to exhibition ‘tournaments: elsewhere’ throughout the province. It has been only within ‘the. past.15 years veg me league Although f foi one ae provincial © Cheveldave said at least 50 ‘players. are needed to keep’ . ‘sports priority, over: softball: when ‘stude ts are iG Grade. 11 and” coming:1983 baseball season. m Formal applications -by the Trail Seth Martin's Cardinals and the Selkirk Selects were ratified by the KISBL at the ‘League's Annufl Spritg™ ‘Meeting ‘held in ‘Trait,’ sit urday, ‘atatus quo as thd'two ore lletes «sion ‘gains were equalized b; the league granting a year’s leave-of absence to both the $e ‘Enderby. Legionnaires’ and | KISBL roster will be the in fending League’ Champions, ns, ‘as ' Orioles, Grand ’Forks Slag’ ©: Dusters and the Chewelah Lumberjacks. » The league will also once The association. “will be. more Pronounce an evenly holding eting ‘at 7:30" Cres. balanced 20 games per team regular season schedule. The top four teams will qualify for ld - post ‘season play, with first - Goose Creek With just three weeks left ” in ‘the. season, the-fight- for top spot in the. Castlegar Gentlemen's Hockey League . is heating: up. Gander Creek: hélds down * first place with 21 wins and three ties in 87 games — good enough for 45 points and a two-point bulge over second place Goose Creek. Goose Creek has’43 points in 39 games and’ is three ‘points. up on third: ‘place Trans: X. But Trans X. has two games in hand on Gooso Cree! Meanwhile, Dairy Queen, ~ and ® ‘Maloneys are battling it - out for fourth and fifth Spot, . Dairy Queen has 98 points in 40 ‘games, two better than Malorieys. But “Maloneys, has three games in hand. Kalesnikoff brings up- the rear with 28 ‘points in: 38 - games: : oo games this week, Gan. der Creek, top) Goose Creek 11-6 ina crucial affair, .Earlier, Kalesnikoff crushed Trans X 12-2, VISIT OUR SHOWROOM 2228 - 6th AVE., CASTLEGAR 365-3110 Let us bring , lie" with a iif long experience ef quality and I latest moisture resistant fnon-mete! marking cabinet intevlors. Free Estimate & Design Service CASTLEGAR SENTINEL MINOR BASEBALL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NEW. ARENA, ARTS & CRAFT ROOM MONDAY, MARCH 14-7:30 p.m. ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE ~ ARE INVITED TO ATTEND ANNUAL. MEETING © ‘ot, Castlegar and District _ Carling Clab CURLING CLUB LouNGe 7:30 p.m. all members please altend. | ARE YOUR : VALUABLES COVERED? IF YOUR HOUSE ” ” BURNED DOWN Protect yourself ‘from tire, best way to tne secu REPLACEMENT VAL burglary, ate: A photographic f: In two. games Friday night Maloneys trounced Kalesni- ‘koff-9-3 while Trans X: took revenge for the earlier loss.to : Kalésnikoff \by- drubbing Dairy Queen 10-2. meeting’ fourth ‘and: second - facing third in. respective ~ best of three semi-final ser- ies. | The. successful _semi- finalists will then tangle for the KISBL title in a best of five championship- anew: down, The 1983 slate is to be released in. mid: -April_and the opening action will be pencilled: to For complete’ statistics see Weekend Wrapup ‘page Be. "Baseball meeting Monday © = It's that time again! Base- “ball: season is. arriving. .in Castlegar. : Beginning. with the Annual General meeting Site. Monday night: of: Castlegar Sentinel Minor Baseball asso- ciation, at the arena complex, baseball season'in Castlegar is underway for-1983, _ Be SERRY BREE SRUER fyy start the first weekend in May. The league “an bership, , meanwhile, unanimo ly ; ported the Trail Crown Point’ Orioles bid to host the: 1988 British ‘Columbia - ‘Sonior Baseball ‘Championships ‘ on . behalf of the KISBL..The re- jmaining four Canadian. fran- :: chises in the league will also . be given the ‘opportunity. to ra compete in the Provincials, thus allowing the KISBL'two representatives at this year's . B.C. Championships .: sched- uled for July 29- Aug.'1. The’ KISBL is also very pleased to announce that league’ secte:, a tary, Art Mercer; has ac " eepted the role’ of'-tourna-: ment chairman for’ the 1983 Provincial play-offs. “The KISBL's Annual Spring session was also high: lighted by the wheeling and dealing of the Beaver Valley: Blazers. transactions, KISBL Champions dealt Ed : Lemoe! and Brian Muskeyen < Rp ne Cardinals ‘for Larry: acquired E ilcox fe i me ioles in wi Ferraro’ and ‘algo obtained. Randy Huston from the Sel-. ects by: forfeiting their first pick.to Selkirk in. the next supplementary free ng draft. The Orioles and Cardinals : also completed a four player, swap. BERR UBEEH 3 eeegse szese sees eggs pegausy gece’ Last: year, the organized league and playoff £ ball ‘for 17: different teams from. Tadpoles (six. to eight years old) to Colts (4-16 years: " old). League play takes place in . the months of May and June. Playoff ball’ begins in July. : ~ Last’ year ‘teams ‘ repre- sented this area well in play- ‘off -ball.‘The ‘league: fielded ‘strong teams inthe Bronco, seseseeare® gyygas gypy 33322a805e B8ES2RERERR Ns! nt Cleveland Browne c Wiltom site o's artes one year Com: usr New Jersey G f vilken deseny, Generate: stan fullback fs Hoody B ‘NL Vancouver Conuchs recall left wi beosie ee Gomes ner 189; Average Pony, and Colt divisi League: play ‘involves two or three games per week for each team. Games take place on several local ball fields.. : ‘American Hockey League, ASL ‘soccer ASL Montreal Manle set forward Thompson Unlyan to Tulse Roughnecke f , dudiogedomountolmeney, 1" SPY Many local coaches with nat-.. ©. ional ‘coaching certificates helped players develop ‘the necessary skills to play base- Registration. for, the 1983 baseball season is taking place from’ March’ 28 to March 81. Register now- to insure a'place in an excellent call 365-3926 office and at local schools. For further information con- tact Paul Phipps at 366-6128. < VBHCont Wed. 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VE xchange: Mor fe Boe Davidson ‘and Ed": CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 13, 1983 idan OTE ME “NORA MAJESGEY ‘From the marcel to the punk look’ First they take little bite of your hair and thread them through rubber rectangles called “protector pads.” Once these are snugged up dgainst your scalp, your hair is wound tightly, very tigtitly on metal rods. ‘Ther a large * gray clip is attached to the rods.and a series’ of gears enables them to wind your hair ‘even tighter.’ Long electric wires are attached to each clip'and then to a machine, Finally the switch is flicked and'the heat is on. No, you: aren't hooked up to some fancy brain-wave * machine down at the hospital, nor are you a volunteer for an experiment in Electronics 100, The year is 1940 and you're getting a permanent wave. I just had a fascinating visit with Nora Majesgoy who's been hairdressing in this area for nearly 40 years, and who in the course of‘her career has given many. of ! these “machine-waves.” She said that if you. preferred | * you could have instead the “machine-less” wave, which used unknown chemicals for the heat source. “They never told us what was in them: It doesn’t even say on the can.” The ‘principle behind the process — in a word — was stretching. “The hair was stretched with the heat, but it was very hard to control the cur. There was no body waves, Everyone came out ‘gurl i While | we chatted’ she. into a bottom cupboard and_ brought out, some of the old metal implements used in those pecms. “Hore, let me show you the chemicals we used for’ the ‘machine-less’,” aiid she snapped off” the metal key from the bottom’ of the years-old can, hooked it into:the tab and unwound and ‘opened the can. “I don't know if this will work. These pads are s0 old.” She managed to extract one smtall white rectangle envelope sealed with black chemicals inside, and plopped it into a glass of water. A moment later she placed it ‘on the counter and within minutes the pad had swelled to twice it’s size and sat steaming like a cup of hot coffee. ““In' the machine waves, hair was heated by | “electricity -and: in the machine-less ‘it was ‘heated by * chemicals.” And yes, it did hurt. A lot. “It was just as uncom- fortable for the’ hairdresser,” she confided. “And in the -machine waves, there was always the danger of getting ‘electrocuted if there was a loose wire. I mean we were working with: water and electricity.” Norah got her start in hairdressing almost 40 years ago. when, she was 15 and living.in Nelson, she enjoyed helpi ou it 'ab'the Yocal beauty. salon on Saturdays. ““That'was the busiest day. They worked from nine in.the morning to nine at night. There were no phones, so everyone just came in on Saturdays.” Pincurls were. the most. popular way of curling. hair then, and Norah remembers winding up many sections of hair into curls and to;fasten them. “We used straight pins, real STRAIGHT pins!” she said, “and we used long metal curlers :for flat waves.” Norah | remembers that when she war came styles . left. “Everything was pointed to ue war. Styles were forgotten. Only the very well-to-do could vo to a beauty salon. The rest just chopped off their hair st home.” As soon as the war ended, however, fashion and % hairstyles came to the fore once more. The “hot-wave” was laced by the nd-imp d “cold ” the ‘forerunner of the current. permanent wave. . Norah explains the technique: “The hair was shrunk into a curl. The first solution softens the hair down to a jelly. condition. Then the neutralizer puts hair back to the original way it was.” But these waves were just as their name implied, cold. “We had to: rinse, the hair in cold water. We would just about freeze our ladies. I used to . feel.so sorry for them.” She continued: her : ‘Saturday work in the shop in Nelson, and.the proprietor of the salon saw that Norah _ - seenitall . definitely had the knack of doing up hair. “She urged me. to‘go on and become a hairdresser.” Norah did. She'enrolled in Molnar's Schoo! of Beauty in Vancouver when she was 18. “When I ‘took hairdressing we had to learn everything;, the “ “shingle,” cutting, curling, scalp treatments, facxials,- manicures, pedicures.” She recalls,.“In my class there were a lot of veterans, After the wara lot of men stepped in| beauty viwwork, Yt really opened up for the' ten ‘at. that'time.” In: “19847 he came back to thé Kootenaya: her’ eertifi ieate in” hand, ready to begin. “I learned there was a girl from Molnars working in in Castlegar. I went down to visit and I opened the door and she took one look at me and she said, ‘Oh, you're a lifesaver!" She was working but wanted. to quit.” Norah took over the management of the Colnay (“Columbia- Kootenay”) Beauty Salon, which was located in the “heart of downtown Castlegar,” the area near the Castle Theatre and the Castlegar News office. “All of the town was down there then.” In the Colnay you could get a perm for $5 and a wash and set for $1.50. Nora used small curling irons ich sh she heated inthe oven for the popular technique of “ celling,” which resulted in a head full of perfectly inter locking waves..“We always had two rods on the go, the one in the oven, and the one we were using.” And to test the irons for the right heat, Norah said, “We smelled them. We put them just under our nose and you could tell if it as right.” Norah admitted to me that she still prefers . those old oven-irons to the new electric ones. “I'm always getting tangled up in'the cord..Those were so easy to handle. You had the full movement. of your wrist.” Norah has fond: memories of the town at that time: “Caatlense was small; there were dances every weekend: ~ BRRUUEEETTUUaenangegaaeeaaenann EAT itt mT EARLY DAYS .. : Nora took over the Colnay Beauty Salon-in- ihe. tate 1940's. The saton was located in the “heart of downtown Castlegar”, the area where _ the Castle Theatre and Castlegar News now stand. TOOLS OF THE TRADE. ; . Some of the oldtime haird used by Nora Majesgey when she started out in the trade nearly 40 years ago. Everything was-new and young. Everyone had so much energy. We were so glad to come out of the war. I think it was a beautiful time; the long dresses and the hair. We worked hard on hair in those days. We were lucky if we did two or three ladies in a day." Fashionable then was the “beehive,” an ipswept hairdo which, in direct contrast to our easy-care hair of today, required a lot of work. ----In 1948: Norah married Peter.Majesgey and moved-- her salon fromthe downtown area‘to-her-home in south Castlegar where she has worked ever'since. She likes:'the freedom of working out of her,own home, and can'keep . flexible hours if she wishes. Now she works: half-time. Because styles constantly change Norah must reer “ eurrent.. She belongs to an‘ association - of: hairdressers who continually plan and attend seorkabons on the newest techniques, but as Norah muses, “the techniques have always been there. We were doing razor cuts way back there and just last month we were shown “how to do razor cuts. And hair coloring has been popular since Cleopatra. Queen Victoria colored her hair.” What styles are popular now?. “Wash, and wear. People don't have a lot of time like they used to; so many working girls now, and they don’t have time to fuss with their hair.” In a short essay. on the art of hairdressi: -She.also stated that she feels more comfortable with the ° older clientle, and knows the needs of the slightly older woman in regards to hair-care. * She has awaye enjoyed her work, oe says that at times a beautici “Sometimes I say. ie a palettes ‘Do yok inal it ene and they say, ‘Well, not too long.’ I have to fi igure out. what that means,” she laughed. * 3} The 'Majesgeys have ‘one son, Bob,’ a . psichiatris i. * nurse‘in"the Vancouver area, and yes, Norah perms his hair on a regular basis. Perms are her specialty, she.says. “T've been, doing them so long. You get to know little tricks.” Like what? I asked. “Should I give away my secrets?” she winked. , Currently Peter is with Currier’s Insurance i in Trail, and Norah keeps busy as a member of the Women's Auxiliary to the Trail Eagles. She is also a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and has served in year's past on the Women's Auxiliary to the Castlegar and District Hospital. _Noral attests to the fact that we have a lot of Nora writes: “59 per cent of adult women are wearing a perm; 31 per cent color their hair. Our 1982 clients survey show that over 90 per cent rate 1 as important to them, a in this area. “We're lucky to have so many. Some have won competitions.” And her advice in finding a hairdresser? Go to them two or three times. It sometimes takes a few visits for the hairdresser to le that-can be mail d wit) effort.” Nora believes in bringing the “personal touch” to her work. She has many. loyal and devoted clients, some who have been with her ever since she. began at Colnay. “I have a dozen or so women who started with me and still come back to me.” Norah reflects, “Because I have gotten older with them, I've had to adapt to what’ they want.” d your needs and your hair type. Then if things aren't working out go to another one. “It’s only fair to yourself and your. hairdresser, if you give them that chance.” Nora writes that she has’seen it all — “from the elegant. marcel to the punk-look, I have seen many changer: - WAITING FOR SPRING: reporter oe h by Ce Cheryl Wishlow captures mood of changing seasons as Raven sits serenely overlooking Colum- bia River. BOOK REVIEW n-praise ‘of: older men : "ti? By ROD CURRIE TORONTO (CP) — Little more than a year after The Man was Charlotte Vale Allen is back on the stands with another book — Intimate Friends. “It makes me sound like a factory,” she laughs, and, indeed, she is something of a travelling cottage industry. . Her ‘publishers say Vale Allen has churned out 19 books since she started writing six years ago. . “That's what the publishers say but, really, it’s 21 books — they can't keep count,” said the Toronto-born author who had an unhappy childhood and an adolescence in search of a singing-acting career. She now lives a relatively sedate life, splitting her time between homes in Toronto and Connecticut — although she has weakness for blowing bubble gum while being chauf- feured about in her Mercedes. Just about everyone except Vale Allen seems surprised by her success in producing and selling fictional dramas about women and their contemporary problems. She has publishers here, in New York and in London and her books, in paperback and hardcovers, are also sold in’ Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, Australia and France. i WROTE OF INCEST Her first, and possibly best, was an autobiographical account of her childh ip with her father. But the publishers wouldn't touch it, although they kept saying if she ever wrote anything else to send it along. She wrote something else and sent it along. All of a sudden she was a best-selling author. Eventually her original book, a poignant. account of her home and school life, was published as Daddy's Gi Part of the plot of Intimate Friends is that the heroine, Lynne Craig, at 38, is torn between a much younger, ic man and. an older, wealthy one. ‘At a Toronto literary luncheon, Vale Allen, trim and petite at 42, gave her own views on the situation. “At 40 gravity does terrible things to a woman's body,” she said, tongue in cheek. “Who wants to be with someone _ who looks better with his clothes off than you do.” Anyway, she said, “older men are so grateful.” In the book, Lynne is devastated by the suicide of her husband, , Alec, particularly because he didn't leave a note — no words, no goodbye. But his ending is just the beginning of the story, which takes us behind the scenes of big-time American television in - the early 1960s when Lynne and her hard-bitten pal Dianna were among the first women in the male-dominated medium. NOVEL THROBS Of its type, Intimate Friends is a fast-paced, throbbing novel of contemporary life, love and dirty dealings and is bound to satisfy Vale Allen fans. If nothing else, it will be remembered for one of the most remarkable bits of pillow talk in: a long while. Lynne, pi in a love-lock with Ross, the older man, chooses that delicate moment to ramble on about her dead husbaiid’s birth control methods; confess that she has another, younger lover; allow that she may he pregnant and wonder aloud who the daddy might be. Ross, put off his stride not at all, confesses that he knew call along that Lynne’s first husband committed suicide and, even worse, that he had her thoroughly checked out by a private investigator. Given the passionate circumstances, it must rate as one of the most unlikely fons since the ii of writing. Maybe, even, since the discovery of sex. Intimate Friends, by Charlotte Vale Allen. Published by McClelland and Stewart; 292 pages, $16.95. °