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Page 4 A THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP AT THE GARAGE SALE So many helped out at our garage sale that it's risky to try to thank everyone lest someone be left out - but here goes. The collective effort v;as so splendid that I was moved to v;rite this little piece. In the sorting and pricing and sales department there was a team with few peers in the annals of garage and rummage sales. Christina Andrews, Dot Sayers, Dorothy Nelson, Sally Seguin, Do' Ferguson, Hazel Baldwin, Daphne Cue, Susan Dirassar, Katie Dickinson, Else Mangles, Joan Skipper, Frances Hall, Denny and Sue Dennison, the Wilsons, Bill, David and Georgia - all faced what looked like a seemingly unmanageable mountain of goods crammed into an impossibly small space. Thanks go to those v/ho braved the sale day outdoors. November 16th was likely the wettest, windiest and most power-disrupted day of 1991 yet it didn't stop the likes of Denny Dennison who worked indoors and out, almost simultaneously. We would like to acknowledge Denny's over-all help and particularly to thank him for providing essential marking pens, tags and labels, etc. Also spending chilly hours outside dealing with a stash of books, sporting goods, large appliances (they all sold!) and furniture were Katie Dickinson, Cathy Tocher, Reg Meek, Ross Minions, Jack Leyland and Van DeWest. Van also lent a helping hand to Sue Dennison and Georgia Wilson, blue with handling 'cold' cash. The garage sale v/as a new experience for most of us. When we asked for help in planning, the response was unstinting. Van DeWest and his partner at Mini Storage , brought forth a sizeable supply of unclaimed goods to bolster our own items .... Janis Johnson, for example, donated 14 boxes of books from the Gar Ingledew estate. Publicity Director Jim MacCarthy heralded our cause clean across the North Shore and the measure of his success was demonstrated by the excellent turn out despite the terrible weather and competition from three other major bazaars. V/ell before the event, all of the display signs were completed by Florrie Mitchell. The signs that were posted at strategic points around the community were from the talented hand of Laureen Jones who also distributed them - for the most part, in pouring rain .... at least the signs were weatherproof! Very early in the day Joan Skipper fetched our order of baked goods from a blacked-out Safeway and, together vjith Dorothy Nelson and Barb Johnson, sold coffee and doughnuts throughout the day. Pandemonium reigned mid-morning v;hen a false rumour spread like spilled ink that everything had been marked dovm 507o. Before the rumour was quelled, a few nimble customers got away with some "Manhattan Island" bargains. As usual, Hugh Johnston did yeoman service. Besides helping to plan the event, he was one of our four truck drivers along with Sally Seguin, Ted Meglaughlin and David Wilson .... again, our special thanks to the McKenzie Family for the loan of a vehicle. Hugh was also the guiding spirit in sorting and categorizing the merchandise and was invaluable in display and pricing. A 'fifth wheel' was Eric Lashbrook who v;as of enormous assistance - particularly to David Wilson - in helping move furniture out of Cedardale and into the Gertrude Lawson House and in the distribution of garage sale items and the disposal of garbage.