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By ROBERT RICE
Canadian Press Staff Writer

‘ada’ ‘'s first blue book of blue bloods.

‘The long-touted, often- troub_
led Social Register of Canada,
‘a bread pudding of 40,000 names
‘from the upper crust, is to

‘appear at last: on the Canadian

"scene.
Malling of the first copies of

-the’ gold-embossed, blue- bound |,
, Book began today. .

“Inside the inch- thick directory
‘are the names, addresses, city
‘and’ country,. titles, decorations,
clubs and phone numbers of
:most of Canadians ‘the register
regards as socially adécepteble.
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“MONTREAL (CP)—The last shred. of secrecy has been shorn from Con. 7

 

who are not also are listed.
Emerging on a country that

never knew its elite in such

detail, the list may provoke

| pique, wrath, curlosity, contro-

versy or utter indifference.

It'll depend largely on ‘who's
‘ins and who's. out, ‘

“Phere’s no way you can buy
your way in or. out of the

Social Register,” says one of its

chief promoters, David B: Crom-.
ble of Toronto. “If the arbiters

{say your name is in, it is in.)

If they sav it is out, it is out.”

Mr, Crombie, editor of Mayfair
magazine, is vice-president of
Social Register of Canada Lim-
ited, the frankly commer¢ial out_
fit that is promoting and printing
the book, President is Peter N.
Dawes, a wealthy business exec-
utive of Montreal. There are
three other shareholders, whose

| identity is secret.’

Secrecy has cloaked the whole
operation. Some 300 arbiters ac-
ross Canada were asked—for’a
fee—to nominate notables of
their hometowns for inclusion in
the bible of blue. bloods.

Names flooded in, and the reg_
istry office sent out formal no-

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and. ‘one of. those} ‘nominated,
snorted in her. ‘column that she
was already in a’ blue. book. of.
thoroughbreds—a © ‘Holstein : cow

named after her was inthe dir- .

ectory : of. pedigree -eattle.:
A. watchman’s: wife.: ‘in. Van-

couver said she’d been ‘invited. “
to -send biographical details to |’

the registry. The Better Business
Bureau in several cities reported
that callers were inquiring about
the enterprise, .~.

‘The backers admit they expect
to"make a ‘Profit—but won't say
how much, ©

-The book itself. is not. sold, It

is available only to members’ QL.

the Social Register Association
of Canada, which. is: open only’
to people listed..in’ the book.
Membership fee is $25.’

Selection of people for the roll-

call for Canada’s aristocracy. was

on the basis of merit: and good;

deeds as well as. social graces.
Some women who've never given
or attended a cocktail ‘Part. in
their lives are listed... .

But some names that the ar-
biters -call “undesirable”. did
sneak through the careful | cur-
tain of ecnecks. --»:

“They - will disapear from fu.
ture volumes,” said: Mr. Crom-
bie.

“And fortunately, the names ||

of-some very worthy people have
been overlooked because of the
immensity of ‘the editing task.”

Once it is published, the book

will also be made available to|

“worthy. institutions” such as
leading clubs, editorial offices,
social secretaries and: embassy
officials—for $100.

‘But Sqcial Register: officials,
who. work in a cluttered, ‘sixth-
floor office without a nameplate
on the -door,: may. they reserve
the right to judge the: “social
responsibility” of. the “institu-
tions. «4...

Certain unspecified embassies,
they said, won't have a chancé
of getting a copy.

“Recognizing that publication
of one’s name in the Social Reg-
ister is tantamount to -confir-
mation of a reserved seat in the

‘first tumbril, we shall not. make

the directory available to the
diplomats of certain nations,” a
spokesman: said in a press Te-
lease.

“It is the duty of Canada’s

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BOUNDING WITH: VITALITY, “almost. ‘savagery * members of
the. Bolshot. Theatre ballet” are’ ‘shown: above. ‘performing ‘the:
“Dance of. the. Tartars” in the. Rank. (Organizations film: “The,

‘Bolshoi, Ballet”: The. 100- minute: film in.-full, ‘color, ; sponsored
by the’ Rotary. club will be shown here next i Monday @ and 1 Tuesday: 1
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READERS
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also timely. CES
mas Cards early this 6 rr
the Personalized selection now
on display at the Daily News.
Selections are complete, costs
are low. (206nc)

@ Dance for Local 708 members
and guests October 17th, at the

‘Legion Auditorium, 9:30 p.m.

(206)

e Sons of Norway Whist and
Dance, Friday, Oct. .17. Whist
8:00 p.m. Dance 10:00 p.m.
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@ UFAW.U. Shoreworkers Lo-
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Lounge Civic Centre. (205)
@ For quick results and money

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NOTICE

— The Northorn British Columbia Power Company Limited
fs advised that the Public Utilitics Commission of the Province ~
of British Columbia has approved a new: tariff of rates and reg-
ulations portaining to electrical sorvice within. the Municipal
limits of the City of Prince Rupert and adjacont arcas.

An order in council has boon passed authorizing tho
now tariff cffoctivo as from October fourteonth (14th) 1958.
Copios of tho tariff will be available for perusal, or

onquirics portaining theroto may be made at the Head Office

of tho Company in tho Besnor Building, Third Avenue Wost,
Princo Ruport, B.C, |

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