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SHIPMENT OF FANCY PANTY HOSE | : Patterns, Shimmers, Gold, Silver & Rhinestone. trims : FABRIC DEPT. SPECIALS All comtertors & Sheet Sets 25% Off. banks also proved: "profitability, by. re- ducing the; number, of .bran- ches and non vinterest costs, while smaller banks run fairly’ lean | operations and to cut back much ‘more. * Although ige2 ‘figures woud jindicate:” the.” major ¢ banks are ‘somehow immune The forestry, service of the De ning may enhance then nati Z growth, tributed by, the!natfonal mu “ seums, of man‘ and: nat ‘Most people still prefer re- sciences, which. this ‘season “B contly-cut live “ “trees, * but; some: fear, that’ using them ' ‘may contribute to upsetting the are combining their forces in’; 0 the old) Victoria “Memorial: Museum building here with, ae xhib! ' But. the Cl Fe sheets, with losses from ac- * tual loans in’ 1982 reaching “about $2.2 billion, compared ‘In’ addition, - Canadian ‘Provision. “= ‘-written .’ off ‘against profits — “for Joan } instead of ine. ive-year aver-° aged loan-loss : provisions. uae Corhiwrell, a banking ged ot provisic only ‘about $1.2 billion _be- cause Toan-loss experience in: — ‘instead ‘of. provisions — iad been written off, the in. . dustry’s: total‘ profit would: have been about $500 million, about 70 per. cont below. the 1981 level.\ declare 8 loan-loss | says most: natural trees | sold ‘for Christmas < decorations, are grown commercially, and are not taken from the coun- try's heritage of natural for- ests. - Where’ trees are cut ‘from the forests: the effect of thin- cl trade: has beneficial side. ef- - fects in creating jobs and, in many cases, creating forests and. stopping “erosion, the service says. The Environment Depart- -Ment’s, pamphlet in defence eee eee eee “Tay-Sachs found in, French Canada Ol tS ad (CP) = * For. 2 many years, May-Saghs -has been known as a disease that Eastern primarily. ‘strikes European Jews and their.de-.: scendants. However, the genetic dis- ease is even: more ‘common ) among. French-Canadians, » aiid has been traced back to . settlers who'arrived'in Que: bec-in the 17th century.: ”; Not only is Tay-Sachs more. common jn’ certain )areas of’) + the province than among the Eastern Ei Montreal : or: Toronto; new genetic diseases: which’. haven't. been; found else- } where have. been ‘diagnosed here and in other provinces. During an interview in-her office ‘at: the: Montreal : Ney mann explained SQuebecers histori iu sin ‘marriages: ‘were. uncom- she>, frequently found’. several links ‘between. two families in’ their. geneclogical histories. “: ‘When a person has a gene for a recessive’ genetic dis- ease, he or she does not have * the disease, but is a carrier; if he. or: she ‘marries someone with, the: same-’ recessive - gene; each child has a:25-per- . cent ‘chance of having symp- toms of'the disease.-;.* *. “Tay-Sachs: disease’ is a good:example,”*she said. It’ strikes infants. “While normal at birth, these infants stop! progressing , after: sev- +jeral months.: Gradually these rological « Institute,. Ander- ; lose) their sight, ‘suffer | sei-. mires,.and usually die before the favored species of ever.» greens — balsam fir, Norway. spruce, white spruce, Scots pine and eastern hemlock — in both indoor’ and outdoor’ settings, with decorations in Polish, German, Scandina- vian, Mexican, Japanese,’ pi- oneer ad modern styles. They also are workshops on -_creating Christmas wreaths and other , decorations. Centrepiece of the outdoor display will be a 4.6-metre (25-foot) tree in front of muséum ‘building. .*-*!) plantations using, land : ‘that | might ‘otherwise’ be unpro- . ductive. Others are cut from natural forests ‘but -are ob *. iristmna-tfee utting. creates jobs and extra. i: come for farmers and other rural. people: in’ winter, and the plantations: often provide ® scenic green: blets, prvent Pee tieln face] i t ob Flu cause of . many. diseases . ? ATLANTA (AP) — Ept- demics of influenza may leave widespread heart . disease, nerve disorders ‘and’ other ailments which can show up years later, researchers at the U.S. Centres for Disease Control say. A widespread outbreak of - a severe neurological disease in the 1919-28 ‘period prob-, =~ ably -was the result’ of ‘the Spanish flu pandemic in 1981, - Dr. William: Foege and Dr. Reimer Ravenholt, -head ‘of the \ centre's. world health surveys, said in interviews this week and’ in a recent issue of the: British medical. journal Lancet. and: ‘Spor too ing, medical sci- ence has tended to relegate: the 1881 influenza.’ puzzle to an intellectual ash heap — apparently onthe assump-- tion that these pandemics are past and of little and dwind- ling importance to: current: and ‘future, health,” the ort doctors wrote in Lancet “But” failure ; to” identity 1918 influenza: (with nerve: disorders) has crippled pro. - gress toward the understand- ‘ing of influenza” and ‘ita con- tributuion to many other. “eases,’ “they” said. demic’ may ‘have caused” a ‘variety. of ‘nervous | epidemics any are con- tributing a major portion of the disease burden: of man- kind and most of it could be prevented,” Ravenhold. said” in an interview. He. sald many: eases of: heart‘ disease in. the elderly. can ‘be: trasced to the des- tructive effects. of; the 1918” flu virus. on’ nervi jcontrol. ling heart action. ~ such as’ manic: ‘de pression and ‘schizophrenia, “and “probably caused many. later. cases” of - Parkinson's - disease. * They added that, a decline (in the number of mental ‘dis- orders and ‘heart. disease cases in the 1970s may-have «been . the ‘result of the; de-” lining ‘number of: ‘People ‘who. 8. “were alive during. the” outbreak: “Cnn, OF CAS EGAR . in history. “this for all neuer! to aha: His ger Hims and th Om will do it ‘all. - ee ae This is the Christ whose + Events ‘will now: happen: birthda: enced before;'a New it union with the Spirit of : Covenant is in the making; * G04... Bei ithas already begui: "Jeans of redemption ‘the ‘only’ begotten, ‘of the .ciliation; we have inherited Father: will open up new 2 priceless legacy. to: fur- _ highways to lead ‘all ‘men ther.. His kingdom ‘and ‘to, out: of darkness: into’ the pring ifn fli -ocess people’ _ 285 0: seh " process ele err are. a and a:happy New Year. - eae ‘cross. anid crips, ont ta; Hie: iS “Tea is -Father-to forgive the ‘sins: of all'the people of God. which the world has never, ing in prayful ‘preparation saving action to provide th fullness of life for jose who keep the. sabbath. had Herons couldn't .\'arran; days off for him. ‘He! put in for unemploy- ment insurance, but officials *veald he’ had | quit) without’. commandment,'you i them all,” sald ‘Thomson, “Alter wheeling transit: ‘chuse ‘and \ruled’that he'd ka be- Thomeon ‘collected unem- ployment cheques of $189 a week for 28 weeks, After the unemployment, benofits ran wife Ida,‘ also: an’ Adventist, ‘decided. they could get” by Thomson saw. it..as -reli- vali work asa around the city. She works: ‘was upheld: by ‘an appeal board; which ruled that his conversion had had “a drastic eticet upon his: Been and without welfare. He's been getting oceasion- Maintenance with . PROPANE CONVERSION - 3400" SAVE SAVE | ne Gov nunent parttime as an organ teacher. | “We've been, trusting. in the Lord,” ‘Thomson sald. ital Statistics oD beth tty) - boshlivd EARU ey — To: Mr, -and') Mrs. “Michael Earley: ‘of Costlegar, a ig girl, born Dec. & e| survived by. two nieces, ‘Mrs: Harry (Nettie) Zarchikoff ia and Mrs, ‘Mike’ (Olga) -Kooz- At the Slocan pase Work ‘en's Institute meeting ° on’ : Dee. '-2 members. brought | guests. They also brought a > gift for'another member and ‘one each for any ‘guest they. brought. ’ At roll “call, cards| and : stamps were handed in, and each member. told what they. liked. best ; at Christmas, as ? Paid ‘the guests: Many members will get tor! Christmas “goodies: for ‘some ‘After all business was fin- ished there was some enter- tainment' with: several hilar- ious skits, singing of Songs ‘and, guitar Mr. Konkin is predeceased Har May by. two ‘sisters, : Nellie his. ‘After” this a -repast ‘was served, and all members - brought some kind of food for it, i Raffle winners were Mrs, Heaities, Bohle and David ° tones: Linda Hicks won the tea time raffle and an extra - affle was won by Mrs. Faith Rob! Cullen. gether: to; wrap boxes