B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 21, 1978 Castlegar Area Children Write Letters to Santa TROUBLED BY HIGH PRICES ? STAY AND SAVE AT THE MAYFAIR HOTEL Dear Santa Claus. LT have been a very + good girl, And for Christmas T want a snowsuit and a new pair of boots and a new jaket a thats all, + Love: Corina Turcotte! Lam writing for my sister because she is to small . Dear Santa Claus +. She has been a very ~ good gril. And she wants a snow- ‘, suit and new boots and a new jaket thats all. ; Love Shauna Turcotte . . * * Dear Santa My name is Noel’and I'm S five years old. 1 have been a ‘really really good boy all year. + Please Santa — for Xmas I :; would like the Star Wars X *. Wing Fighter and Darth Vader. My sister's name is Jenny and she is two years old, She 2: has been a good girl too. Please bring her a doll buggy with springs on it and a new dolly. Santa how do you get your reindeers to fly? I wish I could live up at the North Pole with ou. I go to kindergarten and 'm not failing. Til leave you two of the cookies I made with my mother and some eggnog. - Merry Xmas! Ho! Hol Ho! Love Noe! & Jenny Macri _ 8 8 ‘: Dear. Santa <1 wanta pair of skis for Christmas : Thave been good. all : YEAR Love Sharon TAm6 se oe, Dear. Santa-Claus. .am.6,years.old. and.my. brother-is.3. ‘or.Christmas, I.would. 2 like-d Barble-and clothes. + andd Baby doll. t and buggy :, Christopheer Would. +: likes some Lego's. sland a truck, Have a Merry - Xmas Love Alison > Brommeland ‘i * * Dear Santa, Tam four years old I would like a Barbie doll and her clothes. 1 would also like an iron and ironing board for. Christmas. F'll leave you cookies and milk. Love Roxanna Wright. aN 12-25 Woodland Dr castlegar vin 1B9 Decenber 3, 1978 Dear Santa We will leave some cookies for you, I hope we will get lots of presents. I want a tow truck, fire engine and a box of dinky cars, lots of kids like toys, hope you have a good Christmas love Cam . * «6 Castlegar B.C. Christmas 1978. Dear Santa For Christmas, please I would like two dolls, On Christmas Eve I am going somew here. Do you heve a lot of snow? How are the reindeer? Are you coming on Christmas Eve? I cun hardy wait for Christmas Eve, Your friend Maria Medeiros . . . Dear santa Please would you bring me cross country skis for christ mas. I would also like pierced earings, and ski-gloves, I am seven years old and in grade three, Thank You Love Leanne McKinley * * Nov. 30th/78 Dear Santa Tam four years old and I would like a lite-brite for Christmas. My sister Melissa who is two would like a crib for her doll, Our Nonno and Nonna from Kelowna are coming to spend Christmas with us at our house here in Calgary. Could you please bring them some- thing too, We will leave you and your reindeer something to eat and drink, Thank-you Warren Garrison Pu iors Castlegar, B.C. Ghristmas, 1978. Dear Santa, please I would like to have a doll that can talk and eat and drink and walk, I would like a ith the Santa In Columbia Ave. o NEN Ste NZ ve EARP Ww : SN by fram paBAIGd BINA ‘ ithe home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Grant at 475 —CasNewsFoto by Lols Hughes erlb for her and a blanket that is red, and a pillow too It snowed last night, and the snow was on the cars and every- where, I hope you have a big sack so the children will get lots of toys, I will leave the reindeer some carrts and I will make some cookies for you. I hope 1 will get to see you and your reindeer, your friend Judy Mah. * *. * Castlegar B.C Christmas 1978. Dear Santa I wish for a Luv-a-Tub Doll because she has a nightie dress, and a play suit and diaper, socks and panties and a tub. I would like to have it because she has hair that you can wash. And you can put water in the tub. How is Rudolph? Thank you, Your friend. Ursula Furtner. “+ 4 Castlegar B.C. Christmas 1978 Dear Santa, Santa please may I have fou walky-talky and a C.B, that go together. How’ is Mrs. Santa and all the elves? How are you? How is Rudolph? Is Frosty OK? I-will leave some carrots for your reindeer and some candy and cookies for you. Your friend. Sean Bacon, * + Dear Santa, Tam trying to be a good boy 1 will Try harder. For Xmas-I would like, a Slinky, big loader. construction SeT. electronic robot I will Leave a gloss of milk and some cookies for you ThanK-you Love from Casey McNeil. oe oe Dear Santa I would like a telephone so I can eall my brother. And I would like a RECORD player. My brother would like a Toolset and Lego. Santa we are going to give you some Milk and cookies. Love KiM and Chris Stoochnoff 15926 - 110B Ave EDMONTON, Alberta. * * 48 December 11, 1978 Dear Santa, I love you. Would you please bring me a record player for Christmas. T will leave some cheese and milk for you beside the Christmas tree. Love Sonja Pater * * Blueberry Creek, B.C. Christmas 1978 Dear. Santa, My name is Colin. I am 4 years old and have been good still only from $19.00 up all year, Could you please bring me a toy motorcycle and a card Mostly with full kitchens game like I have already. Mine [. — at no extra cost. is getting pretty old. 5 A Se. My name is Mina, I am 2 ree, parking years old and have been pretty good all year. Could you please bring me some paper to draw on and some new crayons, We will leave you a Santa cookie we made and an orange. Also a cookte each for your reindeer. Merry Christmas! Downtown location Weekly, monthly & fami rates For brochure and reservations write: THE MAYFAIR HOTEL B45 Hornby St, V 8.6, V6z IV Tor Ph Love” Colin & Mina P.S. Don’t forget my Mom & Dad this year. Classified Ads give maximum results at a minimum price! your credit union! 934% DY % Savings © Interest Paid Semi-Annually ® Minimum Monthly Balance 1 YEAR TERM DEPOSITS 7% PLAN 24 'O SAVINGS © Galculated on daily balance and paid semi-annually. Castlegar Savings Credit Union /A FAMILY INSTITUTION CASTLEAIRD PLAZA SLOCAN PARK * All rates quoted are per annum and subject to change without notice We're doing the district proud with our flexible, no lock-in, residential mortgage loan! peacee senna ences canes weeeweeneen areas SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS were made at the annual dis- trict meating of the Kootenay-Columbla Scouting Association by Ricco Mazz regional commissioner of Scouts for the West Kootenays. Ho was assisted by Bill Ramsden, regional chairman for Kootenay Boundary and Doris Latta, assistant district commissioner of Beavers tor Kootenay-Columbla NROLMENT of 11 new Brownies into Brownle pack took place recently in the Kinnaird Hall. New Brownies are, front row, left to right, Judi Closkey, Denise Martin, Kim Hayashi, Kim Jerome, € and Leah Ford. Back row, left to right, Darcl DeJong, District. Shown In the photo, left to right, are Mazzochi, Latta and Ramsden with Gilwell award recipients Louise Gjennestad, for district service team; Mark Zurek, for Cubs; Marv Hart, for Beavers and Wayne Richards fer Cubs. Missing from photo Is Jack Saville for Beavers. Claudla Braman, Dayna Bindert, ‘Beverly Carlson and Pamela Brown. Also at the ceremonies Tawny Owl Mrs. E. Pujol-Rodriquez received her enrolment pin and Mrs. D. Latta her warrant as District Guider. —2nd Kinnaird Brownle Pack Photo depth.” Erma Bombeck The First Lady of Candid- ness has done it again. Betty Ford has done for facelifls what the YWCA did for belly-dancing. She has given it respectability. But, as I was telling my friend, Mayva, the other day, “What's so bad about wrinkles? My goodness, they're beautiful! They give you character and “I couldn't agree more,” said Mayva. “Wrinkles are the jewels awarded survivors.” “That's beautiful, Mayva,”" I said, “but be fair! We're lucky. We haven't aged like our friends, I mean some of them look like an unpaved road.” “Don’t I know it,” said Mayva. “Florence uses that cream to erase bags under her eyes, The other day she erased her entire face.” “Oh Mayva,” I laughed, wiping tears from my eyes, “I wouldn't believe we'd spent so Many years together, you look so young. Sometimes, I forget about your neck.” “What about my neck?” asked Mayva, sobering up. “You've said yourself every time you look into a miror it reminds you to defrost the chicken.” “never said that! At least I don't have laugh lines that I can plant winter wheat in.” “I'm not laughing,” I said evenly. “I can never tell,” she said cooly. “Mayva, at least my whole body isn't suffering from ero- “EROSION! I never thought I'd hear that from a woman who wore ponytails until she was 365 just to pull back the extra skin around her face." “I never did that!" I said defensively. “You tied your hair back so light that every time you opened your mouth, your eyes blinked.” ways told me my eresting,” I said. “I said the same thing about the Pyramids.” We satin silene said, "Face it, Mayva, we've got a lot of fat that doesn't fit anymore.” “I know,” she “It ike one morning I got up and during the night every- thing had fallen. I looked like someone slammed a door while “T'd consider taking a tuck here and there,” I said. “I know, I'd like to look like anyone's sister just once before I go. Incidentally, what hap- pened to'wrinkles are beautiful and create character and depth? The jewels that are awarded survivors?’ “That's before we . got them. Incidentally, I. wonder what Betty Ford did with what she didn't want?" Glenmerry NEW AND USED FURNITURE 3191 Highway Drive PHONE 364-1822 M & J Ceramics will be closing Dec, 22 to Jan. 15. Donna's Gift Shop will be open the usual shopping hours. We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and avery Happy and Prosperous New Year. — from, Donna, Jean, Eva Johnnie and Mona / COURT NEWS 7 In provincial court on Tuesday of last week, Richard Gregory, 18, of Trail, pleaded guilty to a charge of being a minor in possession of liquor. He was fined $50. * 8 « Richard Louis Moen, 21, of Edmonton, pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of stolen property. He was placed on probation for three months. . 8 «8 David Stewart Griffin, 20, of Castlegar, pleaded guilty toa charge of assaulting a police officer. He was fined $300 or in default 80 days in jail. . 8 8 Jack Richard, 26, of Ed- monton, pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudulently obtain: ing lodging and food. He was placed on probation for one month, “8 In provincial court on Dec. 7, David E, Bradford, 25, of Elkford, pleaded not guilty but was found guilty of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. He was fined $150. * 8 6 Michacl H. 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