Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1980-10-15
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0420761/source.json
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note: XegislatlTO Library, Parltanontj Bikings JANl & 60 Vol. 23 No. 42 Wednesday, October 15,1980 24 pages, 24 page insert 25c per copy SAYS WENMAN We are sitting ducks OTTAWA • Canadian authorities would be totally unprepared in the event of a nuclear attack, according to defence .department information uncovered yesterday by ^ L73 By FRANZ LANGMANN ■»<• »'CK McILWAIN This week's question: With the passing of Thanksgiving, what do you personally, or everyone collectively feel there is to be thankful for? JUDY LA7.ARUK: There is a lot to be thankful for. There is a lot of bad news but as long as you arc healthy, you've got h all. I'm happy because I feel good. JESSIE CUSSACK: Personally, the thing 1 can be thankful for is my daughter. My family is healthy. We definitely have it a lot easier than a whole lot of other countries. DOUG MALLOCH: There is a lot to be thankful for: good health, good weather for a good harvest. I really can't think of anything to complain about. There is no doubt lhat even with all the trouble going on in the olher countries, this is the land of plenty. We have good health care, what more could a person ask for? GERTIE ENS: Wc havc a lot to be thankful for. I think everyone is living better today than ever before. The standard of living is much higher. People take two-week holidays in the summer and Iwo weeks holiday in the winter, where you couldn't havc done that 10 to 15 years ago. There are two new cars in driveways instead of one old clunker, even the young people. Canada is definitely the land of plenty in comparison to other countries. Thanksgiving has lost its meaning, as have most celebrations; people forget, they can't relate, especially the younger people. \ r OLIVE GOLDING: Canada We are not the greatest nation Yet our country's vast and wide, Though wc bicker French and English Don't let strangers us divide We are free to work and worship Live our lives; to each his plan Let's be thankful as a. nation So our children love this land.…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420761
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text