BRITISH COLUMBIA'S ENCHANTING GULF ISLANDS-GALIANO,MAYNE,the PENDERS,SALT SPRING & SATURNA CO • O • CD H t? »« JL^P •«* w to B Thursday, October 6th, 1966 Vol . 7 No. 30 per copy WHERE DO YOU STAND? An Editorial Even the casual observer of the day and times of Salt Spring lias hearcFjmuch talk lately about whither this community of ours, and many points of view as to just how the powers-that- be should go about getting there. There are those who feel that the island should remain much as it always has been and that any signs of rapid development heralding the dreaded change from an idyllic rural lotus land to freeways and neon should be nipped in the bud. There are those who couldn't care less and who want only to make themselves a fast buck and ride the bandwagon of plen- ty as long as it lasts. Then there are those more thoughtful types who are realist- ic enough to know that change is inevitable and the major em- phasis of those same "powers-that-be" ought to be on a planned sensible controlled development. It is a good sign when any community is concerned enough about the future of the place in which they live to become in- volved and active in the planning of its ultimate destiny. That's why it is so important that all of Salt Spring, and not only just those who live and work here, become interested and involved in the question of village status for Ganges. After all everyone on Salt Spring realizes that Ganges is the busin- ess centre of the island and that, to some greater or lesser ex- tent, the island is judged by its appearance and the manner of its administration. A'short glance at the past will reveal many of our present problems stem from the simple fact that the administration of a small area such as ours from Victoria is like comparing the traditional molehill to the mountain. Most of the time we are just too small potatoes for the administrators in Victoria to get very excited about. Consequently many of our urgent needs and problems simply don't get met or solved until the mistakes caused thereby grow to unsolvable proportions. It is possible to cite several examples of this, but one or two will do here. Some of us got very enthusiastic and hopeful about the possibility of a solution to the problem of the contamination of the waterfront and the danger of contagious disease from faulty drainage. The "administrators in Victoria" gave that enthusiasm the kiss of death by their apathy and conflicting advice. The proposed solution was eventually found to be ex- pensive without financial help from senior governments. (Cont'd. to Col. 4) Remember When? - Mr. V.Case Morris loaned us an old print of the Ganges Cenotaph taken in 1923, the year it was dedicated. i A glance at this picture answers the oft repeated question heard today as to why it was placed on this site. The bluff of trees directly behind the cenotaph is where Ganges Pharmacy stands today The building in the bush on the left of the road is a blacksmith shop, located close to where Salt Spring Motors is today. The picture suffers a bit from age but one can just make out a load of hay on the road opposite the blacksmith shop. At present tne cenotaph is being dismantled and re-located in the centre of the Centennial Park on the Boat Basin fill area. This will allow q major reorganization of traffic routes in the village centre a plan of which is now being discussed. Some of us get somewhat frustrated and ashamed of the piles of refuse and unsightly garbage that tends to gather and hang about the premises in and around our town. We don't have any real solution to this problem and it often appears' that our only alternative is to dig a hole and bury it in your back yard (if you have one). Yes, we have'a pile too that we have been trying to get rid of for more than a year. There has been some consid> erable time and community ser- vice put in on the planning of our centennial project on the boat basin fill. A good part of the frustrations and concerns here in the planning and exe- cution of the details, concerns the problem of how is the fin- ished product to be administer- ed and supervised in, the future. We also sure the present hard- working Centennial Committee will want a well earned rest from the job as soon as it comes ~~to a conclusion. Then what? Does the work and effort spark- ed by Canada's Centennial go for nothing and our park grow r* nothing but weeds because it has no administrative body? Part of the problem, for example of how to provide very necess- ary rest rooms for the visiting public in this connection is the simple fact that such facilities have to be supervised and there is simply no source of funds for it. Many of these problems of Editorial continued pg .2 col. ] "CADDY" COMES FISHING IN ACTIVE PASS Victoria's famous sea monster, Cadborosaurus, has been reported fishing recently in the Active Pass- Trincom- ali Channel area. He was seen by fishermen off Porlock Light on Prevost Island, and near Mary Ann Point between Galian and Miners Bay, Mayne Island. The closest sighting of the mysterious creature occurred around 3 p.m. last Wednes- day when two fishermen in dif ferent boats noted large flocks of gulls following what they thought was a sea lion fishing near the surface of Active Pass, Both boats circled clos- er to get a yyswof the animal and the .men were astonished to see it rear a very large i head shaped somewhat like that of a horse, with a very long neck, and blow twin streams of water from its nos- trils. The "thing" held a large salmon crosswise in its mouth. It dove from sight with a greatj thrashing of water. The fishet men backed away hurriedly, i he two men were Lawrence Joe from North Galian and Stan Coochli frorr Duncan, both of whom have trolled in this area for many years. They headed for Stur- dies Bay and compared notes on what they saw with local Galiano fishermen, and de- scribed the "thing" too Driftwood reporter. Both were very excited - and cold sober.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA'S ENCHANTING GULF ISLANDS-GALIANO,MAYNE,the PENDERS,SALT SPRING & SATURNA
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T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r 6 th , 1966 V o l . 7 No. 30 per c o p y
WHERE DO YOU STAND?An Editorial
Even the casual observer of the day and times of Salt Springlias hearcFjmuch talk lately about whither this community ofours, and many points of view as to just how the powers-that-be should go about getting there.
There are those who feel that the island should remain muchas it always has been and that any signs of rapid developmentheralding the dreaded change from an idyllic rural lotus landto freeways and neon should be nipped in the bud.
There are those who couldn't care less and who want onlyto make themselves a fast buck and ride the bandwagon of plen-ty as long as it lasts.
Then there are those more thoughtful types who are realist-ic enough to know that change is inevitable and the major em-phasis of those same "powers-that-be" ought to be on a plannedsensible controlled development.
It is a good sign when any community is concerned enoughabout the future of the place in which they live to become in-volved and active in the planning of its ultimate destiny.That's why it is so important that all of Salt Spring, and notonly just those who live and work here, become interested andinvolved in the question of village status for Ganges. Afterall everyone on Salt Spring realizes that Ganges is the busin-ess centre of the island and that, to some greater or lesser ex-tent, the island is judged by its appearance and the manner ofits administration.
A'short glance at the past will reveal many of our presentproblems stem from the simple fact that the administration of asmall area such as ours from Victoria is like comparing thetraditional molehill to the mountain. Most of the time we arejust too small potatoes for the administrators in Victoria to getvery excited about. Consequently many of our urgent needsand problems simply don't get met or solved until the mistakescaused thereby grow to unsolvable proportions.
It is possible to cite several examples of this, but one ortwo will do here.
Some of us got very enthusiastic and hopeful about thepossibility of a solution to the problem of the contaminationof the waterfront and the danger of contagious disease fromfaulty drainage. The "administrators in Victoria" gave thatenthusiasm the kiss of death by their apathy and conflictingadvice. The proposed solution was eventually found to be ex-pensive without financial help from senior governments.
(Cont'd. to Col. 4)
Remember When? - Mr. V.Case Morris loaned us an old print of the Ganges Cenotaph taken in1923, the year it was dedicated. iA glance at this picture answers the oft repeated question heard today as to why it was placed onthis site. The bluff of trees directly behind the cenotaph is where Ganges Pharmacy stands todayThe building in the bush on the left of the road is a blacksmith shop, located close to where SaltSpring Motors is today.The picture suffers a bit from age but one can just make out a load of hay on the road oppositethe blacksmith shop.
At present tne cenotaph is being dismantled and re-located in the centre of the Centennial Parkon the Boat Basin fill area. This will allow q major reorganization of traffic routes in the villagecentre a plan of which is now being discussed.
Some of us get somewhatfrustrated and ashamed of thepiles of refuse and unsightlygarbage that tends to gatherand hang about the premises inand around our town. We don'thave any real solution to thisproblem and it often appears'that our only alternative is todig a hole and bury it in yourback yard (if you have one).Yes, we have'a pile too thatwe have been trying to get ridof for more than a year.
There has been some consid>erable time and community ser-vice put in on the planning ofour centennial project on theboat basin fill. A good part ofthe frustrations and concernshere in the planning and exe-cution of the details, concernsthe problem of how is the fin-ished product to be administer-ed and supervised in, the future.We also sure the present hard-working Centennial Committeewill want a well earned restfrom the job as soon as it comes
~~to a conclusion. Then what?Does the work and effort spark-ed by Canada's Centennial gofor nothing and our park grow r*nothing but weeds because it
has no administrative body?Part of the problem, for example
of how to provide very necess-ary rest rooms for the visitingpublic in this connection is thesimple fact that such facilitieshave to be supervised and thereis simply no source of funds forit.
Many of these problems of
Editorial continued pg .2 col. ]
"CADDY" COMES FISHINGIN ACTIVE PASS
Victoria's famous seamonster, Cadborosaurus, hasbeen reported fishing recently
in the Active Pass- Trincom-ali Channel area. He wasseen by fishermen off PorlockLight on Prevost Island, andnear Mary Ann Point betweenGalian and Miners Bay,Mayne Island.
The closest sighting of themysterious creature occurredaround 3 p.m. last Wednes-day when two fishermen in different boats noted large flocksof gulls following what theythought was a sea lion fishingnear the surface of ActivePass, Both boats circled clos-er to get a yyswof the animaland the .men were astonishedto see it rear a very large ihead shaped somewhat likethat of a horse, with a verylong neck, and blow twinstreams of water from its nos-trils. The "thing" held a largesalmon crosswise in its mouth.It dove from sight with a greatjthrashing of water. The fishetmen backed away hurriedly,
i he two men wereLawrence Joe from NorthGalian and Stan Coochli frorrDuncan, both of whom havetrolled in this area for manyyears. They headed for Stur-dies Bay and compared noteson what they saw with localGaliano fishermen, and de-scribed the "thing" tooDriftwood reporter. Both werevery excited - and cold sober.
Thursday . October 6 th .Gu l f I s l a n d s O R I F T W O O D page 2
BULBS WALLFLOWERSFORGET-ME-NOTS
WINTER PANSY PLANTS
GULF ISLANDSFLORISTS
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Workman of the Highways department breaks the cement base with a jack hammer to loosengranite base.
-just growing up as a communityhave to have the concerted andcontinuous thought of avaiablepeople, preferably those whohave a real stake in that com-munity. In the past the local
• Chamber of Commerce ha« beenassuming a major part of thisplanning and administration,but by the same token this hasbeen a source of irritation withthe rest of the community,si neeithe Chamber is not an electedbody and has no real power orofficial status.
A village administration,with a legally empowered Boardof Commissioners, who wouldbe officially charged with coming to grips and solving manyof these problems is, in theview of this paper, the right
source at this time. We wouldthen have a body responsibleto the electorate for their act-ions, a group of citizens whocan give some time to the de-velopment of a village that al-ready has a natural charm rivalling anything in the province.
We can do this if we wantto.
We can do this and stillsave on our present tax load,according to the sample bucgetworked out by the organizingcommittee.
We can do this if enoughresidents sign the petition com-ing soon to every resident.
Do we go forward with re-sponsible planning or do wejust grow like topsy?
APOLOGY -to Mr.P.G.James, for
getting his name under thewrong picture in last week'sissue.
MR. TOM Me DONALDDIES IN ENGLAND
Mr. Tom McDonald whoformerly lived at ArbutusCourt, Vesuvius for about nineyears died on Wednesday,September 28th at SouthseaHants in England. Burial tookplace there.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonaldleft Saltspring for a trip toEngland last March. Mrs.McDonald will be returningto Hamilton Ontario to live.
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Renovations to Catholic Church at Fulford goes on apace. As we passed we got two industriousworkmen, Jim Stewart and Norman Shaw high on the scaffold.
ARRANGEMENTSCOMPLETED FOR
CONFEDERATIONCARAVAN VISIT
Representatives of five or-ganizations at South Salt SprincIsland met last Thursday,September 29th in Fulford Hall,.together with representativefrom the Centennial Committeeto discuss the feasibility ofhaving the Confederation Cara-van at Fulford. The Caravanwill visit Salt Spring next May24th.
Mr. Doug Dane of theSouth Salt Spring Associationchaired the meeting. Centen-nial Committee Chairman, Col.•M.F. Peiler explained that theConfederation Caravan will bemade up of 8 large semi trailervehicles, each 53 feet long and*10 feet wider than a normaltraffic vehicle.
For over a year the Cen-tennial Committee has beennegotiating with the surveycrews to arrange to have thesehuge vehicles set up at Shaw'sField. It was finally agreedto, provided the field belevelled. Chairman Peiler andMrs. A. Horrocks of Fulfordattended a meeting in Van-couver a week earlier wherethey got this information.Mrs. Horrocks phoned toShows to see whether theywould permit their field to belevelled. This co-operative fafamily said they will go alongwith anything they can do tohelp the committee makesuitable arrangements. Onhis return, Col. Peiler withBob Akerman and Jack Rolandlooked the field over again,and decided that to level therequired 200 square feet ofspace, it would affect about2/3 of the field. The Chair-man also noted that about2,000 people were expectedto view the Caravan.
Following discussion as topossible damage to the fieldand the possibility that thetrailers could mire down ifthe ground is disturbed at this »time, the group decided ag-ainst having the Caravan atFulford.
The sc\ith Island organi-zations will carry on as usualwith their May Day celebra-tions on the Monday preced-ing the visit of the Caravan.
Col. Peiler was warmlythanked by the group for hiswork and efforts to get the
GARDEN CONTbjTWINNERS ANNOUNCEDAT GALIANO .
Winners of the annual gardencontest were announced atthe quarterly general meetingof the Galiano Chamber ofCommerce last Wednesdaynight by the organization'spresident,Miss Jean LockwoodTop cash prize of fifty dollarswent Galiano Golf andCountry Club for first placein the commercial class.The cheque will go to Mrs.Robert Aston who was respon-sible for the magnificent showof blossoms in the club gard-'en all season.Honourable mentior 'n thecommercial class WCK jivenGaliano General Store.First place for large gardenclass, residential was award-ed to Mr.and Mrs.ArthurHale,"Wywanda", Ellis RoadHighly commended was thegarden of Mr.and Mrs.Ger-ald Steward at Mary Ann Pt.with honourable mention be-ing made of the garden ofMr.and Mrs.Hubert Lawrenceand Miss Jean Eaton at Geo-
rgeson Bay.Under small gardens, thefirst prize goes to Mr.andMrs. Riley Ausmun, follow-ed closely by Mr.and Mrs.Jack Kingsmill. Highlycommended in this categorywere the gardens of Mr.andMrs. G . Phi lippson and Mr.and Mrs.Joe Williams.In the new classification,neatness and general appearance, first place winnerwas the garden of Mr.andMrs. Emret Safer; highlycommended - Miss EnidSealey, and honourablemention Mr.and Mrs.Ed
Lee.
Caravan at Fulford.Groups represented at the
meeting included the southSalt Spring Association,Womens Institute, FulfordAthletic Club, Fulford HallCommittee and Beaver PointCommunity Association.
These arrangements weremade for the Federal Confed-eration Caravan which startstouring all of Canada in1967. The B.C. CentennialCaravan which tours onlyBritish Columbia for the 1966celebrations will visit SaltSpring November 2nd at theschool grounds in Ganges.
FULFORD NEWSMrs. Pat Kyler
Visiting "Mr.and Mrs. RonnieLee for a few days are Mr.andMrs. Frank Taylor of Richmond.Mr. and Mrs. Bob Akerman hadson-in-law and daughter, Maxand Roberta Allard, down fromPort Alberni for the week-end.The winter season of carpetbowling is under way at BeaverPoint Hall. Anyone interestedshould go along to the hall at8:30 P.M. on Saturdays.Mr. and Mrs.Pat Kyler had Mr.Kyler's sister, Mrs.BeatriceVincent, visiting them fromSylvan Lake,Alberta, for about10 days.Mrs. A.J.Mollet is visitingher sister Mrs. E.Simington inVictoria for a few days.
RECREATION COMMISSIONNEWS-The first meeting after the sum-mer holidays was held in theMahon Hall on Sept.26th.Mrs. E. Deacon gave a reporton the Childrens1 Swimmingclasses held during-the Summer,The classes-are sponsored bythe Commission with Mrs. E.Deacon instructing, and werevery successful. The enrolmentwas 68 this year; more thantwice last year's figure.Mrs. J.V.Brown has purchaseda used ceramics kiln on behalf
G u l f Is la ndsof the Commission. This was toreplace the former smaller kilnwhich has now been sold to theGaliano Commission.An earlier advance to the Ganges Married Women's SofballOrganization was approved.Dr.Holmes and P.H.Arnellattended the Annual Vancouv-er Island Recreation Commis-sion Conference at Parksvi Meon October 1st where theyheard and interesting talk bythe Minister of Municipal Af-fairs on regional District ancfRecreation Commissions. Thedelegates found contact withother commissioners stimulat-ing and hope that the stimulat-ion will produce tangible re-sults.
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FULFORD TIDE TABLEOctober, 1966 P.S.T.
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MUSINGS OF A GOOD FATHER ON A BAD PAYThere's nothing sadder than a childless couple. It
breaks your heart to see them stretched out and relaxedaround the swimming pools in Florida, sitting all sun-tanned and miserable on the decks of their boats, trot-ting off to Europe like lonesome Seals. It's an emptylife. There's nothing but more time to enjoy, a wholelot less to worry about and more money *,o spend.
The ppor childless couple gets so selfish andwrapped up in their own concerns that you have to feelsorry for them. They don't fight over the child's dis-cipline, they don't blame each other for the child'smost nauseous characteristics and they miss all the funof doing without for the child's sake. They go along intheir own dull way, doing what they want, buying whatthey want, and liking each other. It's a pretty pathet-ic picture.
Everyone should have children. No one should be alo-lowed to escape the wonderful experiences attached toeach stage in the development of the young. No oneshould miss the happy memories of the baby days ...sleepless nights, coughing spells, debts, diaper deliv-eries, dipso baby sitters, saturated mattresses, spilledfood, tantrums, emergencies and never-ending crises.Then comes real fulfillment as the child grows, like alittle acorn, into a real nut! The wonder of watchingyour overweight ballerina make a fool of herself in aleotard... the warm smile of the small lad as the sunglitters on 500 bucks' worth of braces he's just ruinedby eating peanut brittle... the rollicking, merry, care-free voices oT Hysterical kiddies stampeding at a birth-day party... happy little people to brighten the cock-tail hour by brushing the martini from the shaking hand,massaging potato chips into the rug and wrestling forthe olive.
How dismally vacant is the peaceful home withoutchildren! Without the constant childish problems thatmake for a well-rounded life... and an early breakdown!The tender, thoughtful discussions when the report cardreveals the progeny to be one step below a half-wit...the close-knit family gatherings around the fireplaceto roast hot dogs (and the puppy, when he isn't fast onhis feet)... the end-of-the-day reunions with all thejoyful happenings related., like well-placed blows toyour aching temple.
Children are worth it all. Every moment of anxietyevery sacrifice, every complete collapse pays off whenthe child reaches his fine, steady adolescence. Remem-ber the feeling of reward the first time tyou took theboy hunting? He didn't mean to shoot you in the leg...he was excited, that's all. Remember how sorry he was?How he cried? How i disappointed he was that you wer-en't a deer? Those are the times with a growing sonthat a man treasures. The poignant memories that arecaptured forever in the heart and in the limb. Thinkback to that night of romantic adventure... when yourbudding beautiful daughter eloped with the villageidiot. What childless couple ever shared anything suchas the stark realism of that little drama? Aren't youa better man for having lived richly, fully, and ac-quiring that tic in your left eye? Could any woman with-out children touch the strength and heroism of yourwife as she tried to fling herself out of the bedroomwindow? Only a father could have stood by, ready andresolute ... to jump out after her. The utmost in "to-getherness" comes when you are drawn really close inthe realization that, after all is said and done, yourbaby girl is now a woman... with the mind of a pygmy!
The childless couple lives in a vacuum. Their onlyrecourse is to fill their lonely days with golf, vaca-tion trips, dinner dates, civic affairs, leisure, tran-quility...-and money. They contribute no addition tothe human race., which is, in itself, quite a satisfac-tion.
There is a terrifying emptiness in a marriage with-out children... but the childless couple is too com-fortable to kifow it! All you have to do is look at themand you will see what the years have done. It's notnatural! He looks boyish, unlined and rested. She'sslim, well-groomed and youthful. If only they had kids,they'd look like thr rest of us... tired, grey, wrink-led and sagging. In other words... perfectly normal!!
SEPTEI.aJER WEATHER.Ganges weather re-
porter Howard Carlin tellsus the high temperaturefor September ytas 77de-grees and low was 45 degngrces. Precipitation was1.46 inches. 1966 hadonly .66 inches of raiiu
Maximum mean was 6oland minimum mean 54.7
GARDEN CLUB NEWS •Mr. J.E. Wallner of Ced-
ar Hill Nurseries, Victoria,will give a lecture on shrubsat the forthcoming meeting tobe held Wednesday, October12th at 7:30 p.m. in UnitedChurch Hall. All interestedare cordially invited to at-tend .
WHEN GRANDFATHER WENT TO SCHOOLby Elsie Worth ing ton.
S c h o o l days , s c h o o l days ,Dear old golden rule days;R e a d i n ' and w r i t i n ' and ' r i t h m e t i c ,Taugh t to the tune o f the h i c k o r y s t i c k ....
Sounds romantic, doesn't it? However, there was an-;other side to those "good old days. " The long walks to andfrom school in heat, c o I d,snow and rain probably had a tough-ening effect on children, that older people, several decadesremoved from the discomfort of the toughening ,process,some-times recommend for today's youngsters. But there were alsothe health-crippling, death-dealing diseases virtually un-knn^n today.A picture of one such epidemi<that no doubt struck terror intothe hearts of parents, is con-tained in the 1892-93 BritishC-'-imbia public schools an-mual report:"The slight increase for thepast year in cost of each pup I... (based) on average dailyattendance, is accounted forby an outbreak of smallpoxshortly after the close of theprevious school year. The feel-ing of unrest caused by preval-ence of this disease materiallyaffected attendance at schoolduring the year."The 74-year-old copy of thereport, from which the above
man of 18 or 20 who obtains acertificate and yet scarc-ely know the difference be-tween a register and a recitat-ion record book are cer-tainly not properly preparedfor the profession."Some pungent observations onteaching of certain subjectswere recorded: Reading:"Thepupil gradually becomes famil-iar with the words of the les-son and finally the meaningmay dawn upon him.... buthe should be made to under=-stand what he is required toread. " Writing: "Most potentreason why teachers do nottrain children to write correct-
paragraph was taken, wasfouna5 ly is that they cannot writeduring recent restoration workcarried out by Salt Spring Is-land Lions Club at the oldBeaver Point schoolhouse. Thebook is now in the possessionof Gulf Islands School Board.The volume contains much ofinterest to Gulf Islanders andBritish Columbia taxpayers ingeneral. Teachers' monthlysalaries averaged $61.36. Ofthe 234 teachers employed 98were OD a $50 monthly salary.Rates increased by $5 or $10to $100 monthly, paid to 11teachers.The top four teachers
well themselves". "Amongour teachers.. (are) some, ofthe best penmen in the Provinceand .. .some of the worst. "Geography:"Beginning at theunknown and to the child,theunknowable, the teacher ad-vances by slow and uncertainsteps toward the known , atwhich he does not always ar-rive." Physical Education:"To a limited extent hasbeen chiefly left to look afteritself ."Hygiene: "With respectto teachings of temperance...the sentiment of the schools is
received $115 to $125 permonth sound. The conviction thatThe report listed 168 schooldistricts in the province withan enrolment of 11,496 pupils.Boys and girls were about even-ly divided in number.Minimum age for teachers wasset at 18 for men and 16 tor wornen. Teacher examinations wereheld in Victoria, Vancouverand Kamloops. The examiningboard comprised the superinten-dent of education and threeclergymen. Successful candid-ates were awarded "A" or "B"certificates, graded first,sec-ond, or third class. The reportstates: "The number of certific-ated teachers about equals thedemand." Inexperienced teach-ers were advised to "spend asmuch time as possible visitingorderly and well conductedschools. " "The youngwoman of 16 or 18, or the younc
alcohol and tobacco are badthings to use is universal. "Indealing with this subject teachers were warned to aim at"clearness of statement andexactness of knowledge" toavoid "danger of reaction ofsentiment."Extracts from the chief in-spector's report: "Progressmade by schools is most appar-ent in rural districts where.
report continues: "Pleasure tofind at many schools.. .pupilsbeyond school age who arestriving to fit themselves fortheir life work by taking ad--vantage of opportunities ofimprovement which perhapsthey did not have in their earlier days. "On the subject of schools:"The presence of a school inany district seems.. . to in-duce a better clqss of sett- ' <lers to reside there." "It isquite possible to judge of thecharacter of the work donein the school1 by the appear-ance of the outside of thebuilding. -Litter and rubbishswept outside but left lyingaround the doors; paper scat-tered about the grounds;broken fences and windows,are sure marks by which thequality of the work donewithin the walls can be es-timated."
Un the subiect of teachers:"It becomes our teachers to be
careful that every word andaction of theirs tends towardsurging their pupils to lead amoral life and to see thatneither by example or preceptthey shall ever give one manor woman cause to regret hav-ing been under their influence
during the impress ionab leyears of childhood".One part of the school reportdeals with the duties of trust-ees: "It cannot be too muchimpressed upon trustees thatit is their duty to the votersof the district and to the com-munity at large, to see thatnot only intellectual advance-ment is being made alsothat the moral atmosphere ofthe schoolroom is kept pure. "
Progress reports t.om allschools in the province in-cluded the six Gulf Islandsschools(listed alphabetically):Beaver Po.'nt iTeacher RobertWatkin was succeeded by MissKatie Fumase. Salary $50 permonth. Enrolment:9 boys, 11 <g i r l s average month ly attend-ance Id.Passed to High SchoolMiss Agnes Ruckle,Miss EllaRuckle, Miss Clara Trage.Burgoyne Bay:Alfred W. Cocke
was teacher to 12 boys and 16
teachers are somewhat i so I a ted ?ir/s for which he receivedfrom all advice and assistance... .yet with increasing suc-cess they continue to urgetheir pupils along the road tolearning. " "Truth of thisstatement is evident.. .numberof candidates passing HighSchool entrance examinationsafter being taught in ruralschools only is continually in-creasing." The inspector's
Ga I iano School: was openedNovember 1892. The year'sreport showed 13 boys and 9jirls enrolled with averagemonthly attendance of 15.Teacher Domitian Gallant wasemployed at $50 per month .
cont'd.Pg.5,Col.l
Thursday, October 6th, 1966 Gu l f I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D page 5
SALT SPRING LANDS LTD.S E R V I N G A L L T H E I S L A N D S
DID YOU KNOW?Tha t some y e a r s ago on one o f t h e s e i s l a n d s a loggerwas out p i t l a m p i n g ven ison one night when by mis-t a k e he s h o t a f a r m e r s h o r s e . E a r l y n e x t m o r n i n g heappeared at the f a r m e r ' s house and sa id he hadn o t i c e d a dead h o r s e on h is way to w o r k and c o u l dbury i t w i t h h is b u l l d o z e r r ight a w a y . The f a r m e ra c c e p t e d what he t hough t was a very , k ind o f f e r andthe logger go t the ho rse bur ied be fo re a n y o n e saw thebu l le t ho le be tween i t s eyes .
B O X 6 9 , G A N G E S
R I G H T I N G A N G E S2 B E D R O O M - L IV ING ROOM - S E W I N G ROOM
COMMERCIAL S ITE
T R Y $8,5OO.OO
P H O N E : 5 3 7 - 5 5 1 5
SALT SPRING INSURANCE AGENCIESFIRE, AUTOMOBILE, LIABILITY, MARINE, LIFE, etc.
Mayne Island's teacher, MissElsie N. Patterson,resigned
December 31st 1892. Theschool remained closed during
January and February 1893 un-til James W.Sinclair was en-gaged at $50 per month . Amonthly average of 15 of the9 boys and 14 girls answered
the roll call.Vesuvius: Raffles A.R.Purdy
was teacher. He too, waspaid $50 monthly. Enrolment:
15 boys and 14 girls with aver-
age attendance of 20.Thomas Mouat passed to High
School -Vesuvius North: Teacher MissKate M.McKinnon received$50 per month. There were 8boys and 14 girls registered ,
with 15 noted as average attendance.
Three pupils in each schoolin the province were awardedthe roll of honour for "(a)De-
Recipients must have been inschool for more than half thenumber of school days. No
two honours awarded to onepupil. The honours list for
Gulf Islands schools containsnames of several present day
well-known Island families:Beaver Point:Alexander Me Lei-Ian, AdoIphus Wm.Trage, EllaRuckle; Burgoyne Bay:WilliamFurness, Annie Furness,ThomasAkerman; Galiano:Eliza E.Georgeson,Robert J.GeorgesonOliver Winstanley; Mayne Is.:Stanley Howard Robson, Eliza-
beth Heck, George AlexanderRudd; Vesuvius: William MouatEva Jenkins, Dorothy Norton;Vesuvius North: Li I lie FrancesSampson, May F.Sampson,
Martha Cecelia Rule.School cost figures revealed in
the old report, issued long be-
fore the days of school taxequalization, should make in-teresting reading for today'staxpayer keen for statistics.School expenditure for educ-
ation proper for 1892-93 yeartotalled $190,558.33.Capital
expenses (for school houses,furniture and repairs) were$24,497.89. Grand total wasreduced by refund of $40,280.79from city school districts.One item of interest,especial-
ly in these days of rapidly ris-ing school costs: "Of amount
voted in estimates for educat-ion-~proper during the year,
$21,231.67'were unexpended."We have added much of valueto our school system,materially
and academically, since those
far off days. Perhaps duringthe passage of the years we
have also subtracted much thatwas worthwhile. One wonders
PHONE: 5 3 7 - 5 5 1 5 DAYS o r 5 3 7 - 2 1 4 2 EVENINGS
CHURCH S E R V I C E SSunday, October 9th, 1966
SALT SPRING ISLANDANGLICAN
St. Nicholas Vesuvius Holy Communion 9:00 a.m.
St. George's Ganges Harvest Thanksgiving IhOOa.m.St. Mary's Fulford Evensong 2:30 p.m.St. Mark's evening service CancelledUNITED
Ganges Sunday School 9:45 a.m^
Thanksgiving Service IhOOa.m.ROMAN CATHOLIC
Our Lady of Grace, Ganges Holy Mass 9:00 a.m.St. Paul's Fulford Holy Mass IhOOa.m.FULL GOSPEL CHAPEL
Sunday School and Adult Bible Class 10:30 a.m.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
* * * * * * * * * * *GALIANO ISLAND
St. Margaret of Scotland, Rev. H. Doody
Holy Communion 8:00 a.m.Morning Prayer 11:00 a.m.
MAYNE ISLAND
Waima Buy a Horse?Get a Hi-Ho Silver! Loan from
SAANIGH PENINSULACREDIT UNION
B R A N C H''SALT SPRING I S L A N D537-5431
St. Mary Magdalene, Rev. H. Doody
• Harvest Festival 9:30 a.m.
NIGHT SCHOOL NEWS -
'Adult Education supervisor,MrsA.M.Brown says that there hasbeen some interest expressed a
that the Night Schools makeavailable a course in guitarlessons for youngsters.Classeswould be run after school if en--ough children are interested,
with an instructor coming over
from Carters Music Store inDuncan. Contact Mrs. Brown
before October 8th if you want
lessons.A class in woodworking to be
taught by-Mr. Graham Rogerson Thursday evenings is still
taking registrations. If youwant to learn furniture making
from an expert you shouldn't
miss this class.Golf classes can use a few
more pupils too.Class in sewing is completed
and will start shortly with Mrs.
Page as instructor. Upholstery,Vintage Arts and Driver Train-
ing will all start within thenext week . Each person will tbe contacted by phone before
the class starts.
Ganges I.O.D.E. honoursMrs. T. F. Speed
H.M.S.Ganges Chapter I.O.D.E. honoured charter mem-ber Mrs.T.F.Speed with aprimary life membership in
the Order, which was pre-sented at a tea recently held
at the home of Mrs.ColinI King, Scott Road.
The regent Mrs.F. K.Parkerpresented the life member'sbar and paid tribute to Mrs.
Speed's 53 years continuousactive membership in thechapter, during which timeshe has held every office ex-ceptj-egent.
An illuminated certificatewas also presented Mrs. Speed
by another life member, Mrs.
W.M.Mouat. Present for theoccasion was charter memberMrs. V.Case Morris who waswelcomed by the regent.Third remainina charter mem-ber of the chapter Mrs.FrankL.Scott, formerly of Salt
Spring now resides in Lady-smith .Dainty corsages, made by MrsLaurie Mouat were presented
fo Mrs. Speed and fq the host-
ess Mrs. King by Mrs.Parker.
VOGUE CLEANERS' P ICK UP AND D E L I V E R Y
EVERY WEDNESDAY
CALL
Free Mothproo f ing
ZENITH 6788 ( T o l l F r e e )
Chartered Accountant*O F F I C E A D J A C E N T TO TUR N ER S .ST ORE
IN A T T E N D A N C E S A T U R D A Y SPhone Ganges 537-2831 or Victoria EV2-2625 COLLECT
kerfielclsREGULAR DELIVERIES TO SALTSPRING EVERY TUESDAY
D U N C A N - C A L L T O L L F R E E Farm & Garden
SuppliesZenithMrs. V.C.Best and Miss HelenDean presided at the tea tablecentred with chrysanthemums,roses, heather and marguerites
arranged in a low silver bowlon a guipure lace and linencloth.
The giant bingo game sponsor-
ed by the Royal Canadian Le-gion (Branch 92) and the Lad-
ies Auxiliary held in the Legion,Hall. Saturday,Oct. 1st,proved
a most enjoyable evening.Proceeds of this successful Bin-go Game will go towards the
moving of the cenotaph to thenew site in the centennial park
Winner of the lucky draw tick-et of the 22 Ib. turkey was Mr,Pat MacLafferty. Among those
winning turkeys in the bingogames were Mrs.Fred Kirkham,
Mrs.Jeffery Baker, Mrs. JohnWaterfall, Mrs. Oscar Wa I laceMrs. S. Quintan, Mrs.T.J.
Sharland, Mrs.Libby Marcotre,Mrs. Butch Taylor and others.
Charlie Archer was the "caller"of the games, assisted by FredKirkham and Bill Bates.
Doughnuts and coffee were ser-
ved by Mrs.Edith Barber, Mrs.H. Sounders and Mrs. D. Seawrdmembers of the .L.A.Already plans are being madeby the L.A. for a Xmas TurkeyBingo game to be held early inDecember.
FALL
~t «'
PAINT SALE NOWDUNCAN PAINT SUPPLY
ON
YOUR DECORATING (CENTRE\•-...
FLOOR & DECORATING CONTRACTORDUNCAN S H O P P I N G P L A Z A PHONE: 7 4 6 - 5 5 2 1
T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r 6 th , 1966 G u l f I s l a n d s ' D R I F T W O O D page 6
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
GULFPLUMBING & HEATING
F R E D LUDDINGTONFurnace and Oil Burner
S e r v i c eF R E E E S T I M A T E S
Phone: 537 -5314
Salt SpringFreight Service
Mo v i ng to a l lVancouver Island PointsInformation - 537-2041
(Dave's Record Service -by Rec Centre)
A A G E V I L L A D S E NBUILDING CONTRACTOR
Qua I i ty HomesRenovations - Additions
Cabi netsF R E E E S T I M A T E SGanges 537-5412
W.J.MOLLISONR E A D Y - MIX
CEMENT - G R A V E LSUPPLIES - ROAD FILL
e tc .PHONE: 537-2031Box 73 , Ga ng es
BURGOYNEDAIRY
RAW MlLK-27$ quartJERSEY-GUERNSEY-30$
Delivery-Mon.Thurs. Sat.PHONE 537-2867
"CHIMNEY"CLEANING
SERVICEROOFING
Gutters Cleaned & Repaired
W.G. Mossop,R.R. #1, Fulford Harbour
Dutch BeautySalon
9 a . m . to 5 p . m .
TUESDAY TO FRIDAYWednesday even ing
by a p p o i n t m e n t, Phone: 537-281 I
ScarffEquipment
Ltd.
- WORLD WIDE MOVING - jMoving to the Gulf Islands? j
LET
REID'SMOVE YOU
Local & longdistance moving jPhone: PHONE: 255-4651 i
992 Powell St., Vancouver
I
W.C.CARLSON
S H E E T M E T A LOIL & GA.S HEAT ING
G A N G E SPhone: 537-2914
FOR ALL YOURBUILDING N E E D S
C O N S U L TC R U I C K S H A N K
C O N S T R U C T I O NPHONE:
537-2950 or 537-5628
VICTORIAPAVING CO.We s p e c i a l i z e in
D R I V E W A Y ST E N N I S C O U R T S
P A R K I N G LOTSPHONE: 537 -2031
STARLITESALON
EXPERT HAIR STYLINGFor AppointmentPHONE 537-2815
GULF ISLANDSWINDOW
CLEANINGRUGS, FLOORS, ETC.
PHONE: 537-5417
Dick'sRadio & TV
S A L E S & S E R V I C E' P H O N E : 537-2943
W. BANGERTCONSTRUCTION
F I R S T C L A S SR E S I D E N T I A L
AND COMMERCIALAdditions & RemodellingPHONE: 537-5692
ZENITHHEARING AIDS
S A L t S & S E R V I C EFRESH BATTERIES FOR ALL
MAKESE N Q U I R E
C . A . M E L L I S HJ E W E L L E R G a n a e s
BRADLEYBULLDOZINGHAVE CATSWILL WORK
537- 2O58
S A L T SPRING
GarbageCollectionS E R V I C E
PHONE: 537-2167
NELS DEGNENBULLDOZINGLAND C L E A R I N G
E X C A V A T I O N SR O A D BUILDING, e t cP. O. Box 63, G a n g e s
PHONE: 537 -2930
W.BILL SAWYfcR
B U I L D E R
j CABINETS - WOODWORK
Alterations and RepairsCemen t Wo rk
Phone : 537-2881
N O R T H W E S T E R NC R E A M E R Y
P R O D U C T S
Delivery twice weekly
Contact: G.M. HEINE KEYP H O N E : 537-5732
ESSO S T O V E OIL
ESSO F U R N A C E OIL
M A R I N E DOCK
Norman G.MOUAT
IMPERIAL ESSO SALES
AGENT
5 3 ^ - 5 3 1 2
BOX 347, GANGES. B.C.
HOME LUMBER CO.Buy Direct-Wholesale Prices
LUMBER - PLYWOODEverything for the home bui Ider
BEFORE YOU BUYC H E C K O U R P R I C E S409 David St. Victoria
3 8 3 - 2 2 1 1
BEACH HOUSEREST & CONVALESCENT
HOMEComfortable Surroundings
Home-1 ike AtmospherePhone 537-2847B E A C H R O A D
R E
Haircu
G A N G E SC C E N T R E
10a.m. - 11 p.m.
Monday to SaturdayS N A C K B A RB A R B E R S H O PB I L L I A R D S
by appt. if desired
PHONE: 537-5740-
B R O W N ' SS E P T I C T A N K a n dSEWER ROOTER SERVICE
Ern ie Boo thP l u m b i n g & H e a t i n gP H O N E : 5 3 7 - 5 7 1 2
S H E F F I E L DRADIO- TV
SALES &SERVICE
YOUR RCA VICTOR DEALERGuaranteed Manufacturers
Service to all makesF u l l y L i c e n s e dColour TV SpecialistPhone: 537-5693
DAVE'S RECORDSERVICE
L A T E S T IN R E C O R D SL . P . ' s a n d s i n g l e s
K E Y S C U THours-9a.m. to 5p.m.Sat. - 10a.m. to 4 p.m.
5 3 7 - 2 0 4 1
KNUDSONCONSTRUCTION
•J A L I A N O I S L & M U
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION
B u i l d i n g R e n o v a t i o n sC A L L HAN K
5 3 9 - 2 3 9 4 - . G a l i a n o
C L A S S I F I E D ADS MUST BE IN lit F O R E 5 P.M.ON T U E S D A Y S . W R I T E TO DRIFTWOOD *BOX 250 . G A N G E S , OR P H O N E 5 3 7 - 2 2 1 1 .
FOR SALESpecial good top soilPhone 537-5431 between 9and 5.2 bedroom house with Ige.living room, oil furnace,5 min. walk to GangesStores, landscaped garden.Phone 537-2003 or applyP.O. Box 45, Ganges,B.C.Good winter apples
Phone: 537-545940 inch electric stovewith warming oven andbuilt-in pressure cooker.Good working order, mustsell $35.00 or highestoffer.' Gus Nitsch
537-5685Order your fresh Thanks-giving Turkeys now.Limited quantities.Valleyview Ranch1 Enterprise wood rangehot water tank and heatinccoil. Phone 537-530448 base Borsini accordianwith case $79.00. Pianoin good condition $350.Phone: 537-2084Good condition older typeelectric stove 210 W.Kitchen sink, insidemeasurement 12 x 19 x 6.Both $14.Phone 537-5686Boiling Fowl 60<j: each or$6.00 per doz. alive.Phone: 537-20434 pee white & goldflecked table and 4chairs $40.00 Moffat elec-trie stove 220 V. $60.00Washing machine $5.00 "St. Mary Lake ResortCabin 2Beautiful brown squirrelcape-stole; like new $95Phone 537-5318Siegler Oil Heater, com-plete with drum and stand$65.00 Phone 537-5469Clam Shell for SalePhone: 537-5663
New 30-30 Winchester;12 guage Parker shotgun;.22 repeater rifle.Living room suite; BenHur 18 ft. freezer; builtin ironing board and lawnmower. 537-2231
E. WATS-ONB U I L D E R -
- 537 -2030 .
BACK-HOEING$7.00 per hour
ROTOVATINGBRUSH CUTTINGI?7.00 for tirst hour$5.00 subsequent
ALSO AT THE SAME RATES
plasticpipe laying
& sub soilingJ . H . H A R K E M A
CALL 537-2963
M . B . E a s t
Construction i; Residt-.t-.fiaI and Commerciatl
AIte;-:-tions and RepairsP H O N E : 537 -2908
FOR RENTLarge modern house, 4bedrooms, 2 bath., oilheat, wired 220 volts$75.00. Available October15th or sooner. 537-2009Trailer space with septictank etc. in Ganges cen-tre.Modern 2-room cottage onlake frontage. Details537-5617
WANTED TO BUYPiano Wanted
Phone 537-5469Ancient toy trains, 20years or older, old traincatalogues and magazines,scale stationery steamengines. Also AmericanFlyer 1960-1966. Ihey maybe worth money. Send de-scription to Box 250,Dept. "T". Ganges. B.C.Oil Heater
Phone 537-2812
HELP WANTED - FEMALEAVON For information andservice write Alma Legg,Departure Bay Rd., Nanai-mo.. 758-7712 Collect.Nurses Aide required forLady Minto Hospital. Ex-perience not necessary.Reply to Matron, LadyMinto Hospital, Ganges.BC,or Phone 537-5545
CARD OF THANKSThe Womens Auxiliary toLady Minto Hospital wishto thank 'all those whosupported the BargainSale - by donating goodsand by attending.I wish to extend mythanks to my friends onSalt Spring Island whohave been so kind to meduring my recent sad ber-eavement. Mrs. Jack
McNulty.To the Executive and fourmothers who attended theannual Guide Parent'sGroup meeting last Mon-day, our thanks.
FOUNDOne small child's whitecardigan in field nearStark rd. - Apply Drift-wood.Custom made wheel trimfound last week on NorthEnd Rd.
The dependable
workers you need
are as close
as your phone.
Dial 537-2211, ask afriendly Ad-taker toplace your Help Want-ed Ad.
GULF ISLAMJS DRIFTWOOD
REMOUNTy o u r o ld D iamondsin a new s e t t i n g fo r
C h r i s t m a s g i f t ,est styles. Quality
workmanship. Convenientf plan.
C. A . M E L L I S HJ E W E L L E R
T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r 6 th , 1966
SATURNA ISLAND-by Papa John
Well we groused and kicked
about too many cows and hor-
ses running loose all over the
Island last year. BUT there
was nothing edible, to a cow
or horse, growing on emptylots and roadsides. This year
one group of our populationwish they were back and that
is the senior school kids whohave been busy cutting grass.
Our new Doctor was over on
Friday. He is Dr.E.R.Dick-son. He will be coming over
every two weeks from now on.
Fridays at 10:30 A.M. and
as he has to be back in Gan-
ges on Friday afternoons will
anyone wishing to see'him
please contact Mrs. Lou Mooney
or Popajohn before Fridays.(Thanks dear Editor for this
free plug).
Mr. and Mrs.Roy Howard who
have sold their cottage here
have of all things bought on
Salt Spring and are busy mov-
ing away. We hope this gen-
ial ocouple find their new
home as tranquil as Saturna.
At their cottages this week-
end at Lyall Harbour are the
Lihou family, the Maytum
family of Vancouver and the
Barton's of Victoria. All
busy huntin1 and fishin1.Benny Begon drove off the
ferry the other night so slow
and. carefull someone yelled,
"Hey Benny what ya got,dyn-amite "."No" says Benny, "a
case of plateglass mirrors".
He made it too.The City of Victoria had a
high honor last Wedn esday.
They were visited by some of
the most charming and beau-
tiful ladies of the outer Is-lands. Our Womens Club had
their annual trip to town.
(They ought to make me anhonorary member at least af-
ter that one).Sunday Oct.2nd being Harv-est Sunday, St.Christophers
Church congregation collect-
ed a wonderful display of
fruits, vegetables and home
preserves which was sent
over to Lady Minto. Our
thanks to the ferry crews for
making this delivery possible
MAYNE ISLAND NOTES
by Elsie Brown.Bill and Marguerite Morson,Cherry Tree Bay, have been
entertaining their daughter,Mrs. Margaret Morris of Corn-
ox. Margaret was helping to
celebrate Bill's birthday. He
was 39.
Visiting the Johnny Anguses ,
Laura Point Rd. were Mrs. R.
Thompson and Mr.James Rod-
gers of Victoria.Weekending at their summerhome at Campbell Bay were
the Fred Craigs of Burnaby.
Visiting Marion Kerby fromVancouver were her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
John Helliwell and son John
from Oxford, England. With
the Helliwells in a 30 ft.sloopwere Mr.and Mrs.Meakin and
their daughter Catherine from
London, England who are on
a world tour. Not in the mag-
ic Dragon" however. Also vis-
iting were Marion's nephewand his w.Te, Mr.and Mrs.
David Helliwell and the threesmall children of Vancouver.
Mr. and Mrs.John hHayhurst,
formerly of Armstrong are new
property owners on Fernhili Rd
They attendees the rtnnual Fall
Fair at Armstrong last week.
Visiting them fron Armstrong
is John's brother CliffoixJ. Wr.
THE PENDERS-by F.Seville
The annual meeting of file
Pender Island Players, and el-
ection of officers, took place
on Sept.29th, at the home of
Mrs. Cornaby. Mrs.Olive
Auchterlonie was elected pre-
sident for the coming season ,
and Miss Joan Purchase vice-president, with Mr.John Cop-
ley Secretary There was a
very full attendance of memb-ers. After the adjournment of
the business meeting, a one-
act play, 'Heaven on Earth'byPhilip Johnson was very well
read and proved exceedinglyenjoyable.
Mr.and Mr. s.P.H.Grimmer,
accompanied by Mr.and Mrs.H
Cullerne, and Mr.and Mrs.Ar-thur Sutcliffe, having returned
from a few days at Long Beach,
Vancouver Island. Mr.and Mrs.Arthur Sutcliffe, of Albion,B.
C., have been house-guests atthe P.H.Grimmer Home.Miss Jean Ferguson from West
Vancouver, is a house-guest
with Miss Joan Purchase.
Mr. Elmer Bowerman has goneto visit Mr.and Mrs.Art Bower-
man in Alberni.
The United Church Women had
their first meeting of the season
and are planning a coffee par-
ty early in October.
extend a welcome to Mayne Is-land.
Over with Nan Dunne last
week-end were her daughter
Mrs. Diane Kershaw and small
sons Jamie and David of Rich-mond .
Away on a holiday to the Ok-
anagan are Jim and Betty Ross
of Fernhili Road. Betty willattend the School Trustees Con-
vention in Penticton and be-
lieve they plan to visit Seattle
The Bill Morsons will be incharge of the Gas Station andTaxi in their absence .
Mr. and Mrs.John Currie of
Winnipeg,Manitoba are pres-
ently staying at the Terry Lar-
monts cottage at Cherry TreeBay.
Mrs. Jenny Botterill is gal lav-
anting off to the mainland sono Bennett Bay news this week
She is probably over to get mat-erial for her Centennial Sam
and Sue Dolls which have beenvery popular.
Jack and Joan Mummery are
off on a trip up in the Cariboo.
Looking after Pat and Paul in
their absence is Mrs.Grace Ev-
ans of Cherry Tree Lane. Help-
ing are husband Jack, Heatherand Bill.
We regret to report the passing
of Miss Lucy Underhill in Van-
couver. She lived on Mayne
Island between rhe years 1945
3nd 1955 in the no.ne now oc-
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Filtness, corner Village Bay Rd.jnd Fernhili Road.Mr. and Mrs.Gary Gallant
have returned to their home at
Richmond after spending a holi-
day at their summer home atReef Bay.
Don't forget the Pot Luck Sup-
per and Community Association
Meeting Saturday, Oct .8th atthe Community Hall .
Margaret Hopkins has kindly
consented to send in the news
during me month of October
so will all those ha,'ing news
items please 'ec- -e them n*
Hopkins Trad: , , jst . Friend
.lusoand and I w i l l be off the
islaiid loi a rnonfn L.nc we nope
to see lots of n^ivs of MayneIsland.
GALIANO AND GOSSIPISLANDS-
L>y Jean Lockwood.
With the beautiful autumnweafher, Galiano remainspopular witn visitors and part-
time residents. Last weekend
was no exception, with crowd:of folks over from rhe mainland
taking advantage of the sun-shine to work on their proper-
ties here. On Thanksgiving
holiday, next weekend,therewill be extra sailings to Tsaw-wassen to accommodate every-
one. Telephone the Gulf Is-
lands reservations office for
information.Recent house guests of Mr.and
Mrs. W.Cottrell included Mr.
and Mrs.Fred Jones of England
who are now enroute to Calif-
ornia to visit their son; and
Mr. and Mrs. J.Overlandfrom Big Bear Lake,California
who returned home last Friday
A warm welcome to C.F. "
"Chuck "Webb who "bought
his one-way ticket" to Gali-ano on Monday. Chuck has
wound up his jewelIry and
watch repair business in Van-couver and taken early re-
tirement because of his health
residing full-time now at"Chuckles Inn" on Bluff Road.
He brought some of his work-
ing equipment with him and
will still do repairs and en-
graving to order, so long as
it does not interfere too much
with his golf.Speaking of golf- Mr. C.D.A
Tweedale is home again afterseveral exciting days at his
former club, Shaughnessy,
while the Canaidian Open g
Golf matches were in session.
Dudley is president of the
Galiano Golf and Country
Club. Son Ross was down fromCampbell River for the week-
end.Hank Knudsen was home forthe weekend from his current
work at Piers Island.Visiting
the Knudsens on the weekendwere Mrs. Haze I Hocksma and
son Tom from Vancouver.
The last of the local fisheimer
has arrived home: Jackie Haw
thorne in the trailer Flat Top
Isles returned this week after
four months fishing in thePrince Rupert area.
Miss Benta Nyrup of Vancouv
er was the guest of Mrs.M.E.
Backlund at Peaceful Valley
Ranch for several days last
week.Mr. E.Haszard of Edmonton
is visiting his nephew AlanHaszard on the old Montague
Road. He came to Vancouv-
er recently to attend the
wedding of Alan's daughter
Margaret.Misses E.CIarkson and J.Wy-
ckoff left on Friday for an
extended tour of the States
and Mexico. During their
absence their home will beoccupied by Mr.and Mrs.
Wickenden of Calgary.Mrs. B. Stallybrass is home
again after several days on
Salt Spring visiting the W.A.
Sampson family.
The St.Margaret's Guild annu-al bazaar will be held late in
November, out the ladies areConi 'd . Pg .o. Col. i
G u l f I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D page 7
SOUTH PENJLK -by F.Savi lie
Mrs. D.S.Mooney, who had
come i'o South Pender from
Vancouver some montiis ago,
died suddenly at Bedwelf, onSeptember 26th. The funeral
was held in Richmond on Sept.
30th.
Miss Edna Ladher is week-end-
ing on the Island with two
friends from Vancouver.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYOctober lOtr
Next Monday is the Thanks
giving Holiday. Together withmost Islanders, we'll enjoy the
last of our summer visitors and
plan to take the day off. That
means Driftwood will be a day
late next week. It will be in
the mail on Friday rather thanthe usual Thursday.
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.now soliciting useful articlesfor the sale. Gal lection depotit Hie home oi Mrs. David Bellhouse on Madrono L»rive.On October 1st Dan Petty andDave Laughlin took over theChevron Service 'Station in thevillage. Owner John Menzieswill retain the house-warmerservice but the boys will behandling the garage and areprepared to carry out completeoverhaul service of all vehic-|les. Dan and his wife are re-siding in one of the cottages onthe Menzies property, and Dav«who was married on Saturdayto Linda Snell of Vancouver,will be living with his parents,ithe Hugh .Laughlins, in the vil-lage for the time being. Wewish the boys well in their newventure.<The quarterly meeting of theGaliano Chamber of Commerceheld last Wednesday night wasvery well attended and a fullagenda of community businessdiscussed. Les Ramsey, VicePresident of the Salt SpringChamber of Commerce, was aguest, together with severalother visitors to the Island.Speaker of ,the evening wasRCMP Corporal Fred Rhodes of'Ganges, who handled thequestion period for the memberson the subject of hunting deerand shooting firearms in the re-sidential area'at the south ofthe Island.. The residents hadbeen expressing'their concernover a number of near accidentsand the allegedly careless man-
ger of some of the hunters.Much of the evening was spentin a discussion of road condit-ions and various recommendat-ions voted upon which will beconveyed to the Dept.of High-ways at Nonaimo. Among theseis a strong plea to acceleratethe black-topping program onPorlier Pass Drive.A most gratifying report Jin the _work of the Health and WelfareCommittee was given by itschairman,Mrs.H. D.Barner.The"inhalator fund" with its goal
•of $250 which was started lastJune, far exceeded expectat-
ions. Three portable and onestationary piece of life-saving,equipment has been purchased,as well as necessary first aidsupplies for the benefit of thecommunity. These have alrea-dy seen good use in emergency.Well over $500 was received
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TREASURES AT LOWTIDE
The Sand Dollar, thelovely little shell that isfound on beaches here on thewest coast has inspired sever-al stories by its very distinct-ive markings and interestingconstruction. Here is one ofthem which Mrs. W.H. Soun-ders brought in to us.LEGEND OF THE SAND
DOLLARThe Holy Ghost Shell, i
otherwise known as the Sand iDollar is one of nature's most [unusual specimens of marinelife, The markings on theshell symbolize the birth and ccrucifixion and resurrection ofChrist.
An outline of the Easter :lilly is a five pointed star thairepresents the Star of Bethle-hem. The narrow ellipticalopenings are reminiscent ofthe five wounds made in thebody of Christ during crucifi-xion. On the underside of theshell is an easily recognized
and the fund is now known asthe "first aid fund", held intrust by the Chamber of Com-merce to be expended on supp-lies as required.Electrification committee chair'man W.D. Beach reported to*"1^the meeting that the volunteereffort to bring power to thenorth end of the island is nowin the home stretch after more .than a year of work. It is ex-pected that the power wi 11 beon by Christmas, provided theremainder of the poles can be ;erected and the wires strung byHydro crews within the nexttwo months.
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outline of the Christmaspoinsetta. When the shell isbroken open, cells are foundeach holding five objects thailook like five birds in flight.These represent the doves ofPeace. Another interpreta-
tion of these bird-like objectsconnects them to the angelswho sang to the shepherds onthe first Christmas mornin
Gul f I s l ands D R I F T W O O D Page 8
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PLEASE CALL Howard Byron*V 4-7128 Collect or Ganges 537-2054~(Residence)
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An extensive search and eradication program for this pest is in progress.Eradication takes time — the Golden Nematode eggs may remain alive inthe cyst for over 20 years. To limit the spread of this pest a Federal-Pro-vincial quarantine is in effect in parts of Lower Vancouver Island.The quarantine bans the movement from the area of soil, plants or plant parts, con-tainers and machinery or- equipment with soil attached, unless approved by an Officerof the Plant Protection Division.The quarantined land districts are North Saanich, South Saanich, Lake, Victoria,Esquimalt, Metchosin, Goldstream, Highland, Malahat, Otter and Sooke.
For further information contact the Canada Department of Agriculture, Plant Protec-tion Division, Room 374, 816 Government St., Victoria, B.C.
T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r 6 t h . 1966 G u l f I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D p a g e ?
Our photographer was Johnny on the spot on Sunday with this picture of one local fire truckcalled out to a fire last Sunday. A small shed on property near Cushion Lake went up in smokewhen a grass fire got out of control.
The Girl Guides star-ted their regular weeklymeetings September 29thwith an enrollment of 40guides. Mrs. Eleanor Dea-con is leader.
Badminton enthusiastshave got together, and *plan a regular weekly Clubplay each Wednesday nightat the School Auditoriumat 8 p.m. They have threecourts and a fine hall toplay in and will welcomea large membership. PatLee is the man to get intouch with if you are int-erested 537-5302. About 15players turned out lastw^k. Pat says they haveplenty of room for around60.
Mr. and Mrs. AndyJohnson, Ganges Hill, re-cently enjoyed a visit frfrom their oldest daughterBarbara. Barbara is fromMontreal and now plans tomake her home in Vancouver.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hal-dorson of Harbour Grocerygot news last week of anew granddaughter born in .'BBurnaby,Heather Rosedaughter of Mr. and Mrs.Norman MacDonald.
Doctor and Mrs. DermidBingham of Kingston, Ontar-io were visiting Col. andMrs. Peter Bingham, Mel-combe Cottage Churchill Rd.this week.
The Cunningham homewill miss two of their sons- Don left Wednesday, Seot--
ember 28th for Victoria totake a position in merch-andising and as a producemanager. Then, followingthe settlement of the car-penter lock-out. Alan ret-urned to Rock Heights, Esq-uimalt on Monday to resumehis carpenter apprentice-ship with E.J. Hunter &Sons. Mrs. Cunningham tellsus the boys will get homeveek ents. feest wishes toboth in their new ventures.
Mrs. R. Bourdillonhas got news from theCliff Huxtables who leftSalt Spring over a yearago to travel across Cana-da and on to England be-fore going to the Islandof St. Helena. She saysthat Mr. Huxtable hasstarted his job as assist-ant education officerthere and the family issettled in their new home.
W01 Ken Byron of theBlack Watch (RHR) of Can-ada has moved from Gage-town N.B. to the Base atWainwright, Alberta totake up a new appointmentas Garrison Sergeant Maj-or.
The Gagetown Gazettesays Mr. Byron's firstacquaintance with militaiylife dates back to hisenlistment in the 2ndBattalion (MG) The Canad-ian Scottish Regiment onSalt Spring Island on ableak day in February1937.
Mr. Byron went over-seas in 1939 and waswounded in the D-Day inva-sion of Normandy on June6, 1944. He rejoined hisunit and remained with ituntil VE Day. Mr. Byron
didn't return to Canadauntil 1946.
W01 Byron continuedin the interim force andbecame a member of theRegular Force in 1946. In1955 he transferred to theBlack Watch and servedwith the 2nd Battalion inAldershot, N.S., Gagetown,N.B. and in Germany. Hewas appointed TrainingWing Sergeant Major in theSlack Watch Depot at BaseGagetown in March 1965.
GSM Byron is the sonof Mr. and Mrs. J. ByronNorth End Road.
Received a newsclipping the other dayfrom the Daily Sun in SanBernardino, Californiashowing the apple harvestincluding picking, sortingand pressing for cider.Our donor says this is agood idea for Salt SpringIsland where the BESTapples grow.
FIRE PREVENTION WEEKOCTOBER 9th to 15th
Sitters!Fire Protection ground rulesfor parent and babysitter:
• Sitter has sense of respon-sibility, likes children, pre-ferably lives in neighbour-hood.
• Instructions in writing:How to reach you. Fjre de-partment number.
Exit locations.
Furnace or stove operation.Flashlight handy in powerfailure.
SALT SPRING ISLAND GOLFAND COUNTRY CLUBW I S H T 0 A N N O U N C E T H A T
Coffee CounterWILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE WINTER FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF MEMBERS AND
THEIR GUESTS, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. AND MRS. BOB FOULIS.
PRIVATE COFFEE PARTIES, BRIDGE, LUNCHEONS, TEAS, COCKTAIL PARTIESCatering AND BUFFET DINNERS CAN BE ARRANGED AT ANY TILE SY PHONING
MRS. LOUISE FOULIS 537-9700 or 537-2173
LADIES DAY PLAYED. SOCIAL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO PLAY BRIDGE,
THE CLUB MOUSE WILL 3E OPEN FOR MEMBERS AND GUESTS EVERY SATURDAYEVENING FOR 3RIDGE, MUSIC, ETC.
ONCE A MONTH An Orchestra"!^ -E PLAYING
WATCH FOR DATE OF DANCE IN OCTOBER CLUB
RESERVATIONS ARE 3EING TAKEN i<OK THE
NEW YEARS EVE BALLMr. ReginaJd Stone of Radio Station CJVI will be present at the console ?i
of the organ to supply music for dancing
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MAGGIE MORRIS will be back again as a panelist on the popularCBC-TV program, FLASHBACK, when it returns this fall for its fifthseason. Maggie was born in London, England and was sent to Canadaat the start of the Second World War as a child evacuee.
If there's a fire, get the kidsout. Don't wait to dressthem.
Call for help. Say exactlywhere you are.
If you can, turn on thefront lights to attract at-tention.
Don't re-enter the place.
CENTENNIAL MEMOVancouver Island's first
through train over the E & NRailway was dispatched as SirJohn A. Macdonald drove thelast spike near Shawnigan Lak«August 13, 1886.
BUYS YOUA CANADASAVINGSBOND ATCANADA'SFIRSTBANK
BUY YOURS FOR CASH OR BY INSTALMENTS.DOWN PAYMENT OF 5%-$2^o FORA $50 BOND; $5oo FOR A $100 BOND, ETC.BALANCE IN EASY INSTALMENTS OVER A YEAR.BUY YOURS AT ANY BRANCH OF THE B OF M.
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T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r 6 th , 1966 G u l f I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D page 10
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 'JOURNEY'S END
Dear Editor:I note I last wrote you from
Adelaide on the 15th. Wespent only a day and a halfthere, but it gave us time torealize that this was a beauti-ful town with far less hustleand bustle than Sydney. Ithas a delightful location on thelarge estuary that runs inlandas far as Port Pirie about 150miles or so. There are exten-sive docks and the town is builtalong the foot of a low rangeof hills.We found that train accommo-dation was available on the'16th and as we were anxious toget done with travelling aftersome 6 weeks steady, we tookit. Knowing the demand forhotel rooms etc., I got the tour-ist bureau to book ahead for meand it is as well I did. Theyjust managed to get me into a
'cheap hotel in Perth. We leftAdelaide at noon on the 16th,changed trains at Port Pirieabout 4.45 (different gauge).Had a good nights sleep in atwo berth compartment (thereare no upper and lower cars asin Canada, just one and twoberth "roomette or twinette").Meals were included in theprice of the ticket. All day onthe 17th we traversed the Null*arbor plain. This is a vast son -dy waste, practically level,•nore or less covered with aihrub that looked like sagebrush and is called salt bush.Fhere was no sign of life exceptJt great distances we came ontoa small settlement composedof the railway's section crews.A very lonely life indeed.Thefew people we saw looked Eke
a lot ' long shipwrecked ma-riners. For one stretch of 297miles, the track ran deadstraight. Must have been astrain on the crew of the twindiesels. We reached Kalgoor-lie, the goldfield town at 7.45p.m. quite dark, so didn't seeanything of it. Here again wasa change of trains due to dif-
ferentguage. One objection-able feature of this last stretcrstretch, the train had only 4berth sleepers, so that Phyland I had to separate for thenight. Fortunately we bothgot in with folks we had madefriends with on the train. Onecouple went so far as to sug-gest that we share a 4 bertherwith them, but that wouldhave mixed up another four-some, so the idea had to bedropped.
We have found the Aust-ralians very friendly and help-ful in the main. When we ar-rived in Perth, we found ourhotel was only across the roadfrom the station. The cloak-room attendant insisted onleaving his post to carry ourluggage across for us. I can'tthink that would happen any-where in Canada. This toowas done "for free" they don'tgo in for tipping here. Ourhotel was old and gloomy,and the bed was the old fash-ioned woven wire spring type.However, the meals were ex-cellent and plentiful and at$9 per day all in for the twoof us, we certainly didn'tfeel we were being robbed.(That's $10.80 Canadian).
Perth is a delightful cleanand sunny city built on theSwan river, 12 miles in fromthe sea. The streets are wideand there are some impress-ive buildings. I joined theR.A.C. and the returned sol-diers' league here. Wewalked about the shoppingdistrict and out to the fam-ous King's Park; a large openpark with wide avenues, alarge open air restaurant andextensive views of the cityand surrounding country.
This month is equivalentto our March. The tempera-tures are in the 60-70 degree 'range but the nights are cool.So far we have seen no wi Idanimal life, although the daywe arrived in Adelaide a mot-orist was killed when heswerved to avoid a kangaroo.Nor have we seen much of
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the well advertised wild-flowers which are supposedto be all over the roadsides.Maybe we are too early forthem.
On the 22nd we startedthe last leg of our trip. y\oPerth by motor coach at8:30 a.m. made a number ofstops for refreshments and ar-rived at Geraldton at 5:45p.m. a distance of 311 miles
Unfortunately, the coach wasair conditioned and as a resultof having cold air poured dowron our heads all day, fromoverhead vents, we both gotbad colds. I had to stay in bedall the next day. Phyl wentover to the real estate dealerwhom we had made contactwith before we left Salt Springand he arranged to run us ar-ound the district. We foundthere is no bus system here,except long distance ones, sohad to give up our idea ofliving in the country. Welooked over a number of pro-perties and decided the firstone we had seen was the bestbuy, so we signed up for it.
The owner took my offer of$500 less than his asking price,as I was paying cash. Thehouse has 3 bedrooms, lounge,well fitted kitchen with elec-tric stove, hot water system,bathroom with toilet andshower. Very large aluminumwindows all with screens.Floor coverings and drapes gowith the place which stands ona 1/4 acre lot in a quiet resi-dential I street only threeblocks from the beach. Thereare literally miles of sands.Real sand, not shell. For thiswer are paying about halfwhat we would have had topay on Salt Spring. We cannotget possession for about amonth, as the owner is movingabout that time, so for the present we have rented a delight-ful cottage on the beach, with3 bedrooms, lounge, kitchen,and washroom with shower andtoilet, all electrically equip-ped and fullv finished, even
IS WORLD PEACEPOSSIBLE?At this hour of choice, we face
two roads—a creative peace or thehaunting fear of armistice. The oldmethods by which we sought toachieve peace, based on the tyr-annies and divisions of moral andpolitical philosophies belonging tothe childhood of the human race,tave failed us.
In the world of the atomic bombmen must be united, not divided,rear cannot serve as an enduring>asis of unity. Men must be unitedin trust. The world's populationmust have a .clear and firm basisior trusting each other. Trust isthe answer to the atomic bomb.
Millions around the globe arefinding that basis of trust in theteachings of the Baha'i WorldFaith. The building of an enduringuniversal peace begins with theindividual human heart. The elirn^ination of the causes of war is thesupreme task of this century. Itbegins with you.
We cannot afford not to achieveworld peace. But the price ofworld peace will be world faith.For information, {
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' More Outboard Motors are dam-aged through improper care andmaintenance during storage in thewinter months than most peoplerealize.
Your Outboard motor requiresthe same service and maintenancethat your car needs and gets.Phone us NOW! . - Havtyour Outboard in ' shape andready to go in the - ring.Inquire about our LOW Cost 28point tune up.
WINTER BOAT STORAGES E E U S N O W !
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T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r 6 th , 1966 Gu l f I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D page I I
What is reported as the first installation of a product, madeon Salt Spring Island, called "New Brick", is shown here onthe outside wall of the home of Mr.AI Sheffield at Fulford.The new product, resembling a fancy brick, is manufacturedat Fulford by Mr. Norman Shaw, who perfected the processand runs his own plant. The design is unique, we understand,and can be applied over new or existing wall finishes.
LETTER
cutlery^, crockery pots andpans. As you may imagine weare feeling quite elated athaving so soon found a homethat suits us. This place hasdoubled its population in thelast five years and is expectedto double again in the nextfive, so that if we decide tosell again, we will have nodifficulty in getting our money
back and probably a bit more.However we don't feel that weare likely to cnange our mindsfrom what we have seen so far,I was pleased to find that myheavy baggage had arrivedsafely in Perth by road expressfrom Sydney, and the chargefor 1500 Ibs. was only $153.We shall now go out into thesunshine and start baking ourcolds out. Regards to all -Phyl and Harry Dickens.
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This beautifully feathered kingfisher came to an untimely end last week when it is reported tohave flown into a window. Master Robin Roper brought it along to show us. "
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Pacific Piledriving CompanyLimited of Victoria has beenawarded a $58,805 contractfor wharf reconstruction atGanges, Public Works Minis-ter George J.Mcllraith an-nounced today.
The successful tender wasthe lower of two opened onSeptember 14. Work will con-sist of reconstructing approx-imately 10,800 square feet ofthe existing 15,900 square ft.of wharf.
Reconstruction of this port-ion of the wharf will permitlocal businesses to continueusing this wharf for freightservices.
Plans and specifications .were prepared by the DistrictEngineer in Vancouver for thefederal Department of Pub-lic Works.
Work is to be completed infive months.
FERNWOOD NEWSby Jessie Sayer
Doris and Bill DeLong arrivedhome after a most enjoyable5"week holiday. They visitedrelatives on both sides of thefamily and travelled to Colum-bus, Ohio, north and south Ontario and north Saskatchewan.They brought back their nieceSharon Jewell of_Goderich,Ontario who will stay for somemonths and attend GangesSchool. While in the East they
COMINGS AND GOINGS- PJ.MCNULTY dies aged 61
by Doreen Morris.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Royle andMr. and Mrs.Harry Madden,Vancouver were visitors lastweek of Mr .and Mrs.J.W.Davidson,Ganges Hill.Mrs. W.C.Wells who has re-sided at the Vesuvius Bay forthe past II years left SaltSpr'njIsland Oct. 1st to take up re-sidence in Vancouver.Mr.and Mrs.Graeme White*"^and young son Alan,Cowichanwere visitors last week of Mrs.White's parents,Mr.and Mrs.Alan Hedger.Miss Mary Stokes has been vis-iting Mr. and Mrs.Warren Hastings for the past few weeksleaving next week for her homein Somerset, England.Visiting Mrs.Elsie WorthingtoriGanges Hi 11 last week-end wasMrs. Frank Libby, HorseshoeBay.Mrs. D.S.Rylands returned toVictoria Monday after visitingher son-in-law and daughter,Mr.and Mrs.G .S.Humphreys,Vesuvius Bay.
CENTENNIAL MEMOCoal was discovered on'
Tumbo Island (near SaturnaIsland) December 18, 1886.
Patrick John McNulty,for-- mer Crofton resident, who had
lived for the last nine and ahalf years at Vesuvius Bay,Salt Spring Island, died Sept.22nd in King's Daughters'Hos-pital, aged 61.He was born July 15th, 1905,at Edmonde,Ont., and apprenticed as a blacksmith, work-ing at this occupation.from 18until 32 years of age.He mined at Timmins and thencame to B.C. in 1943,to Van-couver. He moved to Victoriain 1945 and lived for a timeat Crofton before moving toSalt Spring Island.He was a foreman for the Pub-lic Works of Canada for thelast 18 years.He is survived by his wife,Sydney; two sisters,Mrs.J.(Bridget)Grenier, Douglas,Ontand Mrs.R.(Mary)Benny,Rolf-ton, Ont., and five nephewsand nieces.Father H.Mclntee conductedfuneral services Sept.26th atHirst Funeral Chapel. Inter-ment took place in Cedar Val-ley Memorial Gardens, DuncanPallbearers were Herb Skuce,Bob Ganderton, Bert Collin-son, Bud Sondergaard, DougHalliday and Doug Greeg.
visited Darrel Byron at CampBorden.Trincomali Channel and Fern-wood docks are pretty busywith hopeful, if not so luckyfishermen.
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Hall, 7p.m.FRIDAY, October 7th - IODE Meeting cancelled.
Next meeting November 4thSATURDAY, October 8th - Mayne Island Community
Association Annual Meeting and Pot LuckSupper, Community Hall, 7p.m.
Wagon Wheels Square Dance, Mahon Hall, 8:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY, October 12th - Garden Club Meeting
United Church Hall, 7:30 p.m. Mr. J.E. Wallner-guest speaker
Chamber of Commerce Quarterly General MeetingLegion Hall, 8:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, October 13th - Mizpah Group, U.C.W.^ United Church Hall, 2:30 p.m.
Christening at St.Mark's.St.Mark's Anglican Churchwas filled to capacity for theHarvest Festival Service heldat 11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2nd.During the service the youngdaughter of Mr. and Mrs.Larry Hedger was baptised bythe rector Doctor R.B*.Horse-field. Jacquilene Agnes werethe names given to the child.Godparents are Mr.and Mrs.Graeme White,Lake Cowicran
and Miss Ju.dith Whitmore,New Zealand.Following the service a fami^luncheon was held at the hom<of the child's parents,Mr.and
'Mrs. Larry Hedger.
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