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Battalion/pid April 21,1 national Battalion/Page 13 April 21, 1982 Hard times troubling Canada e> 'IIGHT: WE BUY BOOKS EVERYDAY! AND GIVE 20% MORE IN TRADE ON USED BOOKS I Soupline tears down dignity BOOKSTORE Northgate — Across from the Post Office United Press International CAMPBELL RIVER, British Columbia — The Depression- era hard times troubling Canada have stripped away much of the dignity of this proud lumber town, where unemployment is near 30 percent. In disturbing resignation, some residents have opened a ’30s style soup kitchen. “I lived through the Depress ion on a farm in Saskatchewan, but this is worse,” said Marge Duval, 55, a mother of six. “At least then, we could afford to eat, but, today, it’s just too ex pensive.” Duval’s face mirrors the de spair and frustration of the esti mated 30 men, women and chil dren in this town of 12,000 who are forced to seek their only hot meal of the day in a baire, wooden labor hall. Speaking with quiet, deter mined optimism, Duval said she and her disabled husband will get by until the economy im proves. But, she notes, today a job as a cook fell through and another local business collapsed. “I haven’t worked yet this year but there’s not a day goes by that I haven’t tried,” she said. “It doesn’t really bother me coming here. We’re all in the same boat. It’s not our fault, we tried.” The world came crashing down with surprising sudden ness for many residents of this Vancouver Island lumber town. Interest rates soared, crippling the housing industry. Lay-offs and forestry plant closures fob l® PEPSI REG., DIET & LIGHT & MT. DEW 2 LITM * s 8 &" Mf, — pMF l^pORANGE JUICE .O 'Kl LARUE oUJ > I ~ r % si Uir«ulMS •3* HENPIL INC...FEATURE OF THE WEEK rw savi »r ijii HI. iQ : • io*f hhshmadi rRAWBinn •hcrtcaki IfteSSl MILLER LITE SCHLITZ LIGHT .. 6PAK 12 OZ. 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In February, a group of resi dents formed a “Committee of the Unemployed” and two weeks later opened the soup kitchen in a labor hall under a red and white banner reading: “Life with Dignity, Jobs for All.” Local merchants donate the food, but it has been difficult to attract the needy because of the social stigma of such charity. “Some people walk around outside the labor hall for quite a while before they can get up the nerve to come in,” said Sandra Nichol, an unemployed teacher and mother of two who helps run the kitchen five days a week. “After some of the media found out about us, it scared people away. One woman said her husband would beat her up if he saw her on TV getting a handout. But people are start ing to come around again. They have to if they want to eat.” The community spirit that started the soup kitchen also led to formation also of a committee to help the jobless overcome bureaucratic problems at the welfare office and the Unem ployment Insurance Commis sion. “We’re trying to tell people they have got to learn to light, or they’re not going to get any where,” said Jim Work, a truck driver who was laid off in November. “If we just sit here and take it, we’ll get more of the same.” Work and his wife, Diane, dole out meals at the labor hall and help others cope with the loss of their jobs. “It doesn’t bring any more cash home to help care for our two kids but i( makes you feel better trying to do something.” The work of the Campbell River committee has spawned a similar group, the Organization of Unemployed Workers, in Port Alberni, another Vancouv er Island lumber town of 20,000. “We had more than 200 angry people at our first meeting in February and we’re building support,” said Bill Massey, 27, one of the organizers. “It’s pretty desperate here and people are starting to realize it’s not going to change very quickly.” Defendant asks God for counsel United Press International MINDEN, La. — A north Louisiana couple accused of let ting their granddaughter die of meningitis because of religious beliefs, want to leave their legal defense to God rather than hir ing an attorney. Frederick and Docia Mae Ford told district Judge Graydon Kitchens they could afford an attorney, but prefer red to appoint their minister as legal counsel. Kitchens said he will rule on the request Friday. The Fords were charged with negligent homicide in the death of their 17-month-old grand daughter, Fredericka, after they refused to bring the girl to a doc tor when she contracted meningitis. The hearing was held Mon day before Kitchens to deter mine whether the Fords needed free legal counsel from the Indi gent Defenders Board. An attorney from the board said the Fords did not need free counsel since they own a house in Heflin on 51 acres of land and a house in Mansfield. “You have available funds to hire a lawyer if you want a lawyer, and also have received a number of offers to represent you free of charge?” assistant District Attorney Jim Johnson asked. “I have fasted and prayed to the Lord,” Ford said. “The Lord told me he gave me a defense counselor.” Johnson asked: “The Lord has spoken to you and told you not to get a lawyer?” Ford replied: “He told me if y’all had known his ways, you wouldn’t have me here today taking up your time.” The Fords, members of the Faith Temple Doctrinal Church of God and Christ, have said they decided to leave their granddaughter’s life in the hands of God rather than seek medical treatment for her ill ness.