CASTLEGAR NEWS, Novem ee maemencen Tie = /Erma Bombeck Women who work outside of thelr homes. . . all 42 million of them... have a unique set of probleme. They have to deal with how to stretch Saturdays Into a 36-hour day... how to cook when they're too tired to eat... . how to look great on a budget, handle guilt, get time to themselves, and get to the bank, doctor, dentist, and the cleaner when they work the same hours as they do, * But possibly the greatest problem of working wofnen everywhere is one that is rarely talked about: The Office Food Pusher. < Every office or place of business has one. She's a woman who usually weighs about 36 pounds ho comes in every day with a supply of food that she eeps on her desk to tantalize you. ‘Need a cookle fix? She's the connection. A Danish injection? She's the supplier. The Office Food Pusher works slowly at first to gain your confidence. She may amble up to you when you're having your first cup of coffee at the desk and say, ‘Tell me what you think of this strudel. | Just tried a new recipe."’ othe next time (two hours later) she brings out a - -butter-sugar cake and says, ‘‘Today’s my birthday. You wouldn't refuse a piece of my cake, would you?"’ As the weeks go by you are drawn to her desk by garlic dips, homemade breads, sandwiches and candles. It Is only ane day when you accuse the office of moving your typewriter and someone polnts out that It is hidden under your stomach that you know you have the ating-on-the-Job habit. But it's too late. You're already “dependent on the Office Food Pusher. You find yourself at 9 in the morning stalking the ffice Food Pusher's desk saying, ‘‘Got anything to take he taste of stamps out of my mouth?"’ | know what | have become and It's too late for me. But for the women who are Just entering the job market, let me give you a plece of advice. Before you accept the position, wander through the office. Is there a thin girl at a desk? Does she have a letter opener with Icing on It? Are there crumbs In her outgoing fite? Is she putting a -homemade taco In aluminum foll on the radiator to melt . he cheese? Run as fast as you Competition seeks research proposals The Science Council of Way, Richmond, B.C. V6X British Columbia is conduct- 129. Telephone: 273-0788/89. ing a province-wide competi- tion for the distribution of a eee ee over a million dollars in Weeke Mitcet ctenbein research funds. " publis! ea by the Castle jews Lid r. Vogt, a physicist an ‘ail subscription rate to a vice-president of the Uni- | $cstleaar News is $15 per y: versity of B.C., said the council is seeking suitable research proposals from in- terested research workers in industry, research institutes and consulting organizations, Second-class mail registration number 0019, The Mid-Week Mirror is o A. 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Life In The Suburbs By AlSmith PULL THE BRIMOF YOUR HAT THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE GETS SOME SYMPATHETIC ADVICE we FROM THE SPOUSE 13g ww)" SM Patrol members are treated to movie . New Denver-Silverton Union in New Denver for Kinsmen Club treated 21, handling the funds. safety patrol members to the movie Sleeping Beauty in Nakusp on Nov. 9, The group, all members of the Grade 5/6 class of Lucerne Elementary-Second- ary School, patrol the high- way crossing to the school three times a day. As'a reward for this important job, the Kinsmen gave them anall-expense paid trip to the movie, The safety patrol ori- ginated two years ago when to further aid their duties. Grade 6 student Vickie Wilson is the captain of the patrol. Catherine Wiens, Ken Wilson, Daniel Hellyer. and the group's teacher, Robert. Moyer, provided. transpor- tation to the show. e, * . Elementary students from: the Lucerne Elemen- tary Secondary School col- lected $218.87 for UNICEF on. 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Shealsothanked now undergoing $1.5 million the Kootenay Savings Credit . worth of improvements. Retirement TO BE or not to be? Retired, that is, This is thé question: that many codgers of my age or near it grapple with in those lonely dark hours of the night when you've had too much coffee and can't get into the ravelled sleeve of care, as Shakespeare put it. It’s a question that has What ‘about retiring? Some are happy as also stirred a great deal. of : hummingbirds and ‘swear agitation among sociologists, medical reporters, and old): guys who are healthy as trout, and are about to be kicked out at the age of sixty-five’ with> a speech, a copper watch, and a pension that will have them’ cating dog food by the time they are sixty-eight. It used to be a gold’ watch. Not no more, not with gold hovering around the $400-an-ounce mark. - In fact, just the other day, I dug out my father’s gold watch, which was given me on his death by my mother, because I was her favorite. | have never.worn it, because 1 don’t wear\vests, and it's a big, heavy briste that must be slipped into a vest pocket. You can't wear it on your wrist, or put it in your hip pocket. It’s as big as. an alarm clock. I took a long look at it, and if it hadn’t been Sunday, might have hustled down to my friendly gold buyer. But Roots, or Conscience, or Common Sense, took over, “Iam, however, holding in Teserve a broken tooth with a gold fnlay.; When I came back from overseas and was discharged, I was given a form to present to my own dentist, listing the dental work to be done, at govern- ment expense. ~ He was a typical WASP. He looked at the list of work, which was quite extensive, after a term on short rations in prison camp, and laughed. “Ho, ho, Bill. You don’t - want.all that gold cluttering ‘up your mouth, I went along with. him, and instead of having a mouthful of gold, | got one little inlay. *** If he'd fol- lowed directions, and count- ing the teeth that have been pulled, or fallen out, or broken, my mouth would have been worth about $4,000 today, instead of maybe $6.00. - : Well, this hasn’t much to do with retiring, which we started on away back there, but it does show what infla- tion can do toa man. ‘EATON'S ANNOUNCES THURSDAY N SHOPPING TIL IGHT | 9 P.M. Eaton's is pleased to announce that effective November 22, we will begin opening the downtown Trail storé until 9:00 p.m: on Thursday nights for your shopping convenience. - ~ STORE HOURS: ~ Monday to Saturday — 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday — 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Phone 368-5232 The Castlegar News/ Mid-Week Mirror in co-operation with Helen’s Flowers & Cameras presents the . Good Neighbour Salute Do you have an exceptional nelghbor? Someone especially good, kind, and thoughtful? Has someone recently gone out of his or her way to help you? Write and tell us about it. © The. selected Good Neighbour of the Week will receive an arrangement of flowers courtesy of HELEN'S FLOWERS & CAMERAS of 73 Maple St., Castlegar, along with the ‘Good Neighbour’ certificate from the Castlegar News/ Mid-Week Mirror. 3 Send your letters to: GOOD NEIGHBOUR SALUTE ox 3007 ‘ CASTLEGAR, B.C, VIN 3H4 : This week's Good Neighbor Salute goes to Bill and Lavinia Thompson of Rossland. “Since we moved here they have been friendly and invited us to din- ner," writes Christine Couston, “They have also been my three children’s adop- ted grandparents and give them a lot of love.” they would not even put their. noses back into the old shoe factory (high school). Others are miserable, plagued by ill- ness and a feeling of being useless, The latter drive their wives out of their respective nuts, hanging around the house, getting in the way, edging into senility. pies Why don’t we all give up, we old gaffers?. You know’ why? Because we are not old gaffers at all. In my chest . beats the heart of a fifteen- year-old maiden (who has been smoking since she was two.) rect In the old days, we'd be retired, happily playingchess or shooting pool, because our sons would be looking after us, and our wives would feed us well, and know their place, and our daughters-in- law would be producing hordes of grandchildren to light us on our way. ese days, we are still looking after our sons, and our wives are avaricious and “Treasure Houce SS fe. Christmas Gifts for your shopping convenience 6 1234 5678 90) CLAIRE ROY 5.09 Saving On Men's Knit Shirts Warm & comfortable long-sleeve knit shirts in 100% Acrylic or Acrylic/Wool blend. 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