END OF SUMMER?

BRITISH COLUMBIA'S ENCHANTING GULF ISLANDS-GALIANO,MAYNE,the FENDERS,SALT SPRING & SATURNA

Bit of nostalgia for anothersummer gone and fall rushingupon us. Readers will note wehave shed our front page sum-mer dress banner this week foranother year.Note to tourists - we can stilloffer wonderful fall weatherand tolerable living all yearround.

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SCHOOL REFERENDACOMING DEC.1O

by Elsie Washington

R e f e r e n d a s e e k i n g a p p r o v a l t o bu i ldi ndus t r i a l e d u c a t i o n w ing and th ree add i t -ional c l a s s r o o m s f o r t h e S e c o n d a r y s c h o o l ,and a t e a c h e r a g e for Fender I s l a n d w i l lbe p r e s e n t e d to G u l f I s l ands v o t e r s s h o r t l y .E s t i m a t e d cos t of i n d u s t r i a l edu ca t i on w i ngis $60,000; t e a c h e r a g e $11,500; s i t e s andd e v e l o p m e n t $6,000. T h e s e a re app rox im-

- a te c o s t s . E s t i m a t e for th ree c l a s s r o o m s is''not yet a v a i l a b l e . I tems w i l l be s u b m i t t e d

sepa ra te l y to v o t e r s . I t is hoped n e c e s s a r yp repara t ions can be c o m p l e t e d in t ime topresent the r e f e r e n d a on December 10th,when b a l l o t t i n g w i l l t ake p l a c e fo r t rustee 'sin a l l the v a r i o u s s c h o o l z o n e s . Mot ion byt r u s t e e Sam Hughes to comb ine e s t i m a t e sand p resen t as one r e f e r e n d u m was not s e c -onded .

Discussion centred on num-ber of class rooms to be addedto the high school .Mr. Hughesfavoured .two rooms, notingthey could be built for $46,000.George Heinekey,chairman ofbuildings and grounds commit-tee, felt strongly that threeclassrooms should be added."I'd be shot at dawn if we havero go to the voters in a year ortwo for another classroom," hedeclared.

Principal D.L.Hartwig wasasked to outline present class-room situation in the school .Hestated there is a minimum of10 classes going on.The gymn-asium stage is unsatisfactory asa classroom, home economicsand commerce are unsuitablefor other classes. There are on*ly seven classrooms and ten areneeded. The meeting was toldthat crowded conditions in thehigh school had made necessarythe use of elementary schoolhome economicsroom;also thatthe library of the new schoolmay have to be used as a class-room.

Mr. Hartwig 's request for an-other teacher for secondaryschool was granted. He told theboard that home economics,in-dustrial education and typing,

classes,,are overloaded and clas-ses and teachers are doublingup. There is no.- teacher for A view of the traditionalshorthand and senior art. Ganges, last Saturday.

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Tenders called for purchaseof 4-room house bui It by last

year's industrial arts class,brought one bid of $885. Thiswas not accepted. Some trust-ees considered the sum out ofproportion to cost of $1500spentfor materials. The board decid-ed to re-advertise the house.

Trustees supported a motiunto ask Department of Highwaysto close Kanaka Road, fromRainbow Road to the school bu:shed, for greater safety to thechildren and to make one com-plete playing ground forschool.

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No firm proposal regardingwidening of Rainbow Road hasbeen received to date from thehighways department. A stripof school property is requiredto widen the road .

Effect of school populationexplosion is being felt on Satur-na Island . Trustees were toldstudent numbers there have in-

creased from 13 to 21.The schoolnow has two rooms.

Saltspring trustees will vis-ite schools on the other islandsSeptember 21. Court of revis-ion for school district voters'list will be held September 23.Next school board meeting isscheduled for October 13.

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HOSPITAL L.A.BARGAFNTDAYSALEThe annual Bargain Day Salesponsored by the Ladies Auxil-iary to Gulf Islands LadyMintoHospital held in the Mahon HallGanges, was the scene of alarge crowd of people as theyrampaged about looking, push-ing and buying the many artic-les that ranged from clothingof all descriptions, hats,jewellery, shoes, pots and pans,books, antiques, vegetables,fruit, furniture and many otherdifferent oddities.This successful affair was organized by co-conveners Mrs. E.Booth, Mr.s.E.A.Jarman andmembers of fhe Lcdy's Auxiliarto the Hospital Osvwe.ll as manyother willing helpers.Winners of the lucky ticketswere the electric blanket, H.CGiegerich , quilt,Mrs.H.W.Harris and dressed do 11, Mrs. S.A.Thompson.Over $1300 was taken in bythis annual sale.Left over clothing was sent tothe Unitarian Relief Fund.

horde of bargain seekers a few minutes after doors opened.at the Hospital Sale held in Mahon Hall,(Driftwood)

SOCIAL CREDIT STILL INPOWER

What can be interpretedas a rebuke to the presentSocial Credit administrationwas administered on electionday as the government forcesfailed to gain a single seat.This was the result after Mr.

Bennett's appeal to the votersfora stronger mandate, evento the extent of eliminatingthe opposition.

The opposition, insteadof being eliminated gainedall three of the new seats,made up through redistributionwith the NDP gaining two

(Continued to P. 2, Col. 1)

Hunting season opened last weekend and it was only a few hours old when a number of the localRod and Gun Club members had their first kill. Herewith Bernie Reynolds and friend with theirfat animals. Other successful hunters Saturday and Sunday included Herb Skuce,Gavin ReynoldsJack Reynolds and Charles Archer.

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The Great Trebini

MAGICIAN-HYPNOTISTHERE NEXT WEEK .

Tuesday and Wednesday ofnext week the Fulford Hall isthe scene of a novel show. Aprofessional magician-hypnot-ist by the name of the "amaz-ing Trebini". The show,about2 1/2 hours in length will runfor two nights,September 20.ind 21 beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Home town Regina, Sask.,Trebini is billed as a masterhypnotist, mind reader and ma-gician and has amazed audien-ces all over Canada with hispowers.

One of his favourite tricksis to ask a member of the audi-ence to select a number fromthe telephone book and seal itIn an envelope. Later in theshow he repeats the numberwithout having seen it. Afterone of his shows about 40people stayed to be cured of theirsmoking habit. He is repbrtedto have driven a car blindfold-ed through Prince George toget publicity for a benefit per-formance. It is s"a'd-he canpredict the headline of nextday's paper and has done soin the Prince Albert Daily Herold.

EI»FCTION RETURNSseats and the Liberals one.The NDP gained five newseats mostly in the Lower Main-land but lost three outside,end-

. ing up with a net gain of two.Locally, as was largely ex-

pected, Mr. Tisda He, SocialCredit,piled up a healthy majority over Ed Haw, NDP, hisnearest rival. Mr.J.M.Camp-bell, local Saturna farmer,carrying the Liberal banner,ran last, losing his own immed-iate Saturna to Social Creditby 3 votes.

These figures havenot been finally checked butwere as official as they couldbe the morning after.

PLANS FOR NEW DORMITORYCANCELLED.

Schoo l t r u s t e e s un-a n i m o u s l y r e j e c t e d amot ion to build a$200 .000 d o r m i t o r y f o ro u t e r i s l ands s t u d e n t sa t t e n d i n g s e c o n d a r ys c h o o l a t G a n g e s .S p o n s o r s o f the mo t ionw e r e George H e i n e k e yand M r s . J . R o s s . Theproposed building would,house 48 s tuden ts .

Trustee Sam Hughes advoc-ated purchase of present dorm-itory and enlarging and moder-nizing the building up to costof $60,000,including purchaseprice; subject to Departmentof Education approval. Thematter was sent back to build-ings and grounds committeewith George Heinekey,Char-les Moat and Robert Patterson.

Mr.Heinekey reported ap-plications received from 38students for dormitory accom-modation for the comingsdioolyear. By turning the formerkindergarten room into a bed-room for five, a total of 30students can be housed in thedormitory.Remaining studentsoil boys, are to be boarded inprivate homes. Mr.Heinekeysaid an attempt was made toplace extra students under oneroof, with school boarH super-vflion, but this was not pos-sible. He said every likelyplace on Salt Spring had beenapproached without success.Boarding in private homes ison a 30-day probationary per-iod.

Mr.Heinekey warned theBoard that more students willbe seeking dormitory accom-modation in the future.

COMINGS ANDljUlNGS...by Doreen Morris.

W.A.Monthly Meeting--The Women's Auxiliary month-ly meeting was held in theParish Room, Ganges,Sept.9thMrs. G.H. Laundry,the president was in the chair.The rector Dr.R.B.Horsefieldand 13 members were present.Mrs. Laundry and Mrs. E. Worthington took the devotional period. Dr.Horsefield gave aninteresting talk on church sym;bo Is.The Congregational Pot LuckBuffett Supper will be held.inSeptember. The committee incharge of the supper consistsof Mrs. Laundry,Mrs.E.Adams.Mrs. E. Barber, and Mrs. Worth-ington.Dr.Horsefield is in charge ofthe program for the eveningentertainment.Mrs. W.Norton and Mrs .Har-bin offered to help tag for theC.N.I.B.,Sepf.l7th. An in-teresting letter was read fromCanon and Mrs. D.Whitbread,prayer partners.

WOMENS INSTITUTEFulfqrd - The Women'sInstitute started theirseason by meeting at thehome of M s.A.McManusSr. on Thursday. Round-ing up plans for futurecard parties and vari-ous affairs were thechief items of business.Getting back into harn-ess after two monthstakes a bit of doing.The meeting was shortand pleasant and endedwith some members atten-ding a surprise showerfor Mrs. Dale (Cathy) Cook(nee Akerman) at thehome of Mr. and Mrs,Robert Akerman, with Mrs

Gibson as hostess.

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FERNWOOD NEWS...._ by Jessie Sayer.Mrs. Req Taylor returned homeSeptember 7th after an excitingtrip of four months. She visitedfriends and relations in Englandand Ireland and went on a con-ducted tour with her mother,Mrs.Atts, visiting Hoi land, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg,A surprise anniversary party wasgiven by Marg and, Joe Nicker-son of Cedar Beach Resort onSeptember 10th, honoring Mr.abd Mrs. Lloyd Loiselle. Theparty was held in the loungeand everyone spent a jo My evening of dancing . Refreshmentswere served and a cake presen-ted to Mr. and Mrs. Loiselle.Those present were Walter Can-trill, Mr. and Mrs. J.H.Byron,Mr. and Mrs.T.Byron,Mr.andMrs. H.B. Deacon, Mr. and Ms.R. A. Spencer, Mr .and Mrs.H.L. Timbers and Bob, Mr. and MrsKen Whyte, Mr. and Mrs. J.McConnachie of Victoria.The majority of the Fernwoodneighbours enjoyed themselvesat the Hospital Bargain Saleand were glad to add their miteto the grand total .We are also pleased the Shop-per's Bus is back in service.

SURPRISE SHOWER _

FULFORD - A delightfulshower was held for Mrs.Dale Cook, (nee CathyAkerman) , at the homeof the bride, with Mrs.Bev. Gibson as hoste=ss.Corsages were presentedto Cathy, her mother,Mr. s.Robert Akerman andthe groom's mother, Mrs.Nick Cook of Duncan.Many useful and -lovelygifts were received aridMrs. Cook Jr. thankedthe crowd of friendsafter the presents wereopened. She was assist-ed in opening the giftsby her sister, Mrs. TimO 'Donne 11 and her moth-er in-law, Mrs. Cook Sr.Refreshments were serv-ed, highlighted, by aspecially decorated cakecut by the bride. Theflower arrangements were,beautiful around theroom. _ _

Tea hostess for the afternoonwere Mrs. W. Palmer and Mrs.Worth ington.

New Principal of Salt Spring .Elementary Secondary School ,J.E.Hartwig who has succeed-ed J.M.Evans as local principal,

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COURT OF REVISIONNotice is given that a COURT OF REVISION will

be held in the School Board Office, Ganges, B.C. forthe list of electors for the rural School District No. 64(Gulf Islands)

on

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd 1966from

9:OO am to 5:OO pmAny person who wishes to appeal in respect to the

list of electors shall file an appeal in writing with theSecretary-Treasurer before the 20th day of September,1966.

Lists of electors are posted on Saltspring, Galiano,Mayne, Pender and Saturna Islands, as well as theSchool Board Office, Ganges,' B.C.

Mrs. John R. Sturdy,Secretary-Treasurer.

Thursday , S e p t e m b e r 15th , 1966

A series of shots showing activity that would make a Victoriamerchant jealous, at the Hospital Sale. One lady approachedus in the middle of the din and said, "Boy, you really see themhere, don't you?"

, ' (Driftwood)

Misses Eleanor and DorothyHepburn of Vancouver andMaster Peter Ritchie of Toron-to have returned to their hom-es after spending their summerholidays with their uncle and _aunt. Col.and Mrs. Peter Bing-ham, Melcombe Cottage,Churchill Rd. Also visitingwere Mr.and Mrs. CharlesMackay and daughter Sheilaof Lachine,Quebec, and Mrs,James Hepburn of Vancouverand Mr.and Mrs. Duncan Mackay and their daughters Cfebrapnd Michelle of Coquitlam.

ENGAGEMENTMr. and Mrs.F.J.P.

Schwagly of Victoria andGanges, announce the en-gagement of their daughterJohanna Maria, to Mr. Ken-neth G. Smith, son of Mr.and Mrs. W.K.Smith of 910Foul Bay Road. The weddingwill take place in St.Pat-rick's Chjrch at 1:30 p.m.on Saturday, October 8th.Father William Mudg^e willperform the marriage ceremo-ny.

L.A.MONTHLY MEETING —The regular monthly meeting ofLadies' Auxiliary to Royal Cana-dian Leg ion, (Branch 92) washeld in the Legion Hall, Sept.6th.The president Mrs.H.Emers-;und was in the chair.Mrs. L. Loiselle, convener ofthe August Breakfast reportedapproximately $200 net proc-eeds from this event. A heartyvote of thanks was tendered bymembers of the L.A. to Mrs.Loiselle, for all her work,alsoa vote of thanks goes to theGirl Guides for their wonderfulhelp at this successful breatfastThe afternoon card parties willresume at the Legion Hall inOctober and will be held the2nd and 4th Wednesdays eachmonth.Mrs. Loiselle was elected tothe executive council and willtake on oil publicity in the fu-ture for the L.A.Mrs. E.Barber reported 28hoursof work done by the libraryteam in July and August.

GANGES NEWSMrs . Laurie Mouat and Mrs.Joyce Parsons left Monday fora weeks holiday. The embarkfor Prince Rupert at KelseyBaytravelling by bus to PrinceGeorge, Williams Lake, Kam-loops and branching off at Msrrit and returning via the FrcserCanyon.Mr. and Mrs.Ben GreenhoughJr., and family left last Sun-day for a ten day motoringholiday to San Francisco andSouthern California.Recent visitors of Mr. and Mr:*Douglas Wilson, Ganges Hillwere Mrs.Wilson's daughterMiss Patricia Crehan and MBSDaphne Clarke,Vancouver;also over from Vancouver forLabour Day week-end wereMr.Wilson's son-in-law anddaughter,Mr.and Mrs.JamesKamm.Mr .and Mrs. P.H.Knowlesand daughter Valerie, accorrrpanied by Mr.and Mrs.WafrerMai ley and their sons Normanand Bruce enjoyed severaldays cruise in the San JuanIslands on the Knowles yacht."Valdolyn".

Miss Gillian Humphreys is o--erin West Vancouver visiting Mr.and Mrs.Alec McRae for a fewdays.

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Visitors last week-end of Mrs.R-. Bidwell were her brother-in-law and sister Mr.and Mrs.JimTregear, Nanaimo and herdaughter Miss Joan Bidwell,Vancouver.

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DRIFTWOODPublished weekly on Salt Spring Island, James D. Ward,

Editor, Post Office Box 250, Ganges, B.C.—Phone 537- 2211Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department,Ottawa, Postage paid at Ganges, B.C. Subscription rates ,$2.50 per year in Canada; $3.00 elsewhere. Advertising rates

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E D I T O R I A L P A G EWe had decided, since there seemed to be so little in

the way of real issues discussed in the progress of the elect-ion campaign just completed that it really had little place .among the important items in our little old news sheets. How-ever, even though the shouting and all has died and by thetime you read this all the questions will have been answeredwith respect to who's who in the next legislature, we cannotallow one issue to go unchallenged.

It is most disheartening to hear this government make anissue in the elevtion of the fact that they have a wary andsharp-eyed opposition that they devoutly wish was not there.. .Mr. Bennett himself, on a number of campaign appearan-ces, inferred it would be a grave mistake for the electorateto vote anyone into the house who was any other brand butSocial Credit. In this connection, one recalls reading a pre-diction shortly after the conclusion of World War II, whichmaintained that the world's foremost democratic governmentsof the future would tend to become more and more fascist astime went on. If this latest bit by the Socreds is any criterbthe prediction was not inaccurage.

We wonder how many people who heard this plea, made<by numbers of Socred candidates, recognized it for what itwas — a tacit admission of the fact that this governmentwould far prefer not to have to answer to anyone in the house

and of course it follows sooner of later... .to anyoneperiod. Presumably by that time they feel we would be sohappy, or should we say, slap happy with our shining newroads, bridges, hydro installations and the like that wecouldn't care less what went on in the halls of the legislat-ure.

There are those who will admit that the situation islittle different in the country to the south of us as they claimthe real power of action is based in the pentagon and thecongress is becoming more and more a rubber stamp.

We think this trend to weaken the pillars of democracyis largely the result of our own making .. .when we insist onmaking our choice on the basis of "what's in it for me,Jack!"

rather than what's best for the country.

For our part we are of the opinion that any candidatewho spent most of his time making promises during his publicappearances should not be trusted ... let alone given a vote.Some may have seen Norris' lucid presentation of this prob-lem when he has three people sitting in a bar with refresh-ments/ reading the latest paper. The headlines showingshout all manner of new promises made by various and sun-dry hopefuls. The lady in the party says, "They close all

the pubs on election day because they are afraid that some--one will buy your vote with a beer!"

MORNING FOLLOWING ELECTIONsome initial reactions

Pleased that:— David Stupich beat back Social Credit competition

and took the Nanaimo seat.' He's much too good to be wasted now that he has one legislature under his belt.. .Congrat-ulations Dave !

— Tom Alsbury, erstwhile NDP man in the ord CCF inVancouver, and ex-mayor of that city was repudiated sound-ly at the polls. It looked so much as though this guy isafterpower at.any-price ar|d will run on any ticket that looks likea winner. Go back to your typewriters Tom.

-- Allan MacFarlane, another good man running for theLiberals was successful in Oak Bay.Disappointed about:

—The success of one ex- beauty queen and one ex- profootball player running under the Socred banner. This could

-only happen here and it is even rumoured the young lady isto have a cabinet post. I wonder what her portfolio will be

Attorney General ?— John Squire's inability to overcome the massive high-

powered opposition thrown at him in his traditional NDP rid-ing in Alberni .

A LAST WORD::::: We hope that, if Mr. Banner runs in a .bi-election, made vacant by a Socred resignation as Mr .Ben-net has requested, he gets soundly defeated again. ..'. . we .are not in favor of defeated candidates getting a secondchance not even if they are "the best Attorney-Generalany province ever had".

Remember when?Princess Mary docking at Sturdies Bay, Galiano.

Dear Editor:You get more than gasoline

at the Ganges B/A marine gasstation. The otfier day we ac-cidentally left our little dogon the gas dock after refuelingat Ganges and we didn't findout about it until we got' toRoche Harbor. So we phoned '•the B/A station and the ladythere took the time and troubleto go and locate our dog andlook after it until we got backto pick him upT several hourslater. For which we are verygratfull.

(sgd.)Mr.and Mrs. Roy BritenBe I levue, Washington

YacHt "Lapoel"

Waiheke IslandAuckland, N.Z.

James D.WardEditor

Driftwood:Congratulations on your

fine new paper. I receivedone copy of the old "Drift-wood" some time ago andhave been exchanging withthe departed "Gulf Islander"since not long after Ed. Ketch-cm started it.

Yours is a newsy,beauti-fully printed paper and de-serves the support of all yourpeople.

It's 30 years since I wasin B.C. but around 1970 Ihave hopes of a holiday thereagain.

Regards,(sgd .)Gordon Ingham,

Editor."The Waiheke Resident"

Fulford Harbour, B.C.Sept. 9th, 1966.

To the EditorDriftwood. .Dear Sir:

A small red school-house• at the south end of Saltspring

Island, having had a long andinteresting life, can now lookforward to many more years asa building of historical inter-est. Built in 1885 to serve thefamilies of Beaver Point, theschool was in use until 1951,but since that time had falleninto a sad state of repair.The Beaver Point CommunityAssociation, whose enthusiasmoutweighs its membership,haslong, felt the need of restoringthe building, and decided thata start would be made by re-shingling the roof. At thispoint the Saltspring IslandLions Club offered its assistan-ce, and the result is completerenovation.Thanks to the many hours ofplanning and labor so gener-ously donated by Lions Clubmembers, the school-house nowpresents a bright new appear-ance, with paint,shingles, anew porch and windows, and a

OPERATION SEARCH 1964by Ray CheekCherry Tree BayMayne Island

It was the summer of 64that my wife Dorothyand I first set foot onany of the Gulf IslandsMany times we had sail-1

ed or perhaps I shouldsay steamed betweenthem while travellingbetween Vancouver andVictoria but this yearwe had decided the timewas long overdue forand investigation ofthis part of BritishColumbia.With our minds made upit then became necess-ary to select the is-land which we wouldmake our G.H.Q. a jump-ing off place fromwhich to visit otherislands.It took but little timeto decide on Mayne Is-land. Here the"Queen'of the Islands", thegovernment owned ferrycalled at Village Bayon Mayne three timesdaily during the winterseason and here alsothe smaller ferry"Pend-er Queen" called to makeconnections to severalof the other islands.Without doubt Mayne wasour most strategicpoint, and with two lod-ges offering accommod-ation to visitors, thewhole thing becamesimple and straightfor-ward so a letter to Mr.and Mrs.Baldwin at Ar-butus Lodge, and ourreservations for aweek's stay at MayneIsland became a fact.Very little informat-ion on the Gulf Is-lands could I find butI had read a short ar-ticle in a BeautifulBritish Columbia maga-zine in which a warningwas published aboutMayne Island, whichread: But visitorsshould be warned, afew have arrived topay Mayne Island avisit and have neverleft it. Beware itscharms.Did we heed this warn-ing? Why should we,after all were not weready looking for thisvery peace and quiet-nness, that VancouverWest End was denyingus with increasingstrength each year as

general clean-up of the sur-roundings.This letter, therefore is to pub-licly express appreciation tothe Lions for once more doingtheir part in a worthwhile pro-ject.

Beaver Point CommunityAssociation

per Kathleen P.Sounders,Sec .-Treas.

more and more high-rise apartments reach-ed for the heavens,andtheir occupants roearound the streets inhigh powere.d. sportscars making all hoursof the night impossib-le for peaceful sleep.?eace and quietnessneld no fear'for us,besides another wordwas looming in ourminds neW'Retirement"which was giving usthe urge to look arounda bit for that likelyspot.Yes - we like thosebefore us were grow*ing older so with thisnew word that now be-gan to occupy ourthoughts we coupledwith it the wordsPeace and Quietnessand without any qualmsh aded for Mayne Is-land and What?Our week's stay at.Arbutus Lodge was mostenjoyable, relaxingin the grounds over-looking beautiful Ben-net Bay where theoccasional .bark of adog or the caw of acrow were the onlydistractions through-out the week dayswas a rare treat to•we townites.' Theweekends brought more'activities as peoplelike us escaping fromthe cities invadedthe quietness withhammers and saws,benton finishing thatsummer cabin or doinga bit more work ontheir retirement home,these intrusions weforgave for who knowsmaybe_ we might j ointheir ranks also oneday.The time went all tooquickly although wemanaged to cover a lotof ground with a visitto Saturna, Saltspringand the Fender Islands:plus a well conductedtour of Mayne Islandwhen Mrs.Baldwin droveus everywhere a carcould possibly go andat times where wethougt a car couldn't goReturning to Vancouverwith our thoughts pack-ed with many pleasantmemories of places weliked so much amongthe Islands,we discov-ered we had contractedthe fever as night af-ter night we scannedthe evening paper sear-ching for lots for saleon Mayne Island! Whatsin a warning? Younever can be sure.

C.N.I.B. TAG DAY

SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 17th

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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?The me'n of S c i e n c e p lan a l ong , long r o p e .One end in orb i t out pas t g r a v i t y ' s scope ,T h e o t h e r e n d t i ed f i r m t o E a r t h ' s g r e e n p o c k e t .And A s t r o n a u t s w i l l c l imb ins tead o f r o c k e t ,W'i th a l p e n s t o c k , a y o d e l and a s m i l e ,T h e y ' l l c l imb to w e i g h t l e s s n e s s , a h e m p e n m i l e .T t ' s good to know tha t m o d e r n m a n ' s so q u i c k ,He ' s f i na l l y s o l v e d the o ld Hindu rope t r i c k .

B O X 6 9 , G A N G E S

FIRE,

S P L E N D I D S M A L L HOMEIN SHINING NEW CONDIT ION

R I G H T I N V I L L A G E

T H I S P R O P E R T Y IS ON A S M A L L K N O L LO V E R L O O K I N G T H E H A R B O U R

A N D I S I M P O S S I B L E T O R E P L A C E A TTHE A S K I N G P R I C E OF

$11,25O.OO

P H O N E : 5 3 7 - 5 5 1 5

SALT SPRING INSURANCE AGENCIESAUTOMOBILE, LIABILITY, MARINE, LIFE, etc.

PHONE: 537 - 5515 DAYS or 537 - 2 1 4 2 EVENINGS

^ CROFTON CUP WIND-UP.Twenty entrants in the Fall GolfTournament took to the rainswept fairways over the Sept.10th week-end at the SaltSpring Island Golf and CountryClub in quest of the eight qua-lifying berths in the Champion-ship Flight of the Crofton Cupwhich is emblematic of theClub Championship.Scores of 89 or better evadedthe cut-off and,led by Ian Shopland with a well played 80,thefollowing shotmakers joined thecharmed circleand will battleit out in match play competit-ion over the next few weeks :Mark Crofton, Mac Mouat,

'Geo. Jensen, D. K.Crofton, D.Parsons, C.Simpson, and Ed.Richardson.

First Flight competitors andtheir opening round opponentsare as follows:b.Hewett, vs. T. ButtP.Cartwright (Bye)A.McManus (Bye)C. Hqrri son, vs. T. ParsonsV. Bishop, vs. W.lrwinL.Phinney (Bye)H.Alexander (Bye)Buzz Brown, vs.W.Trelford.

The piece de resistance of el-ection stories concerns the oldgentleman who wanted to placea wager on the outcome. Hehad some difficulty in gettinga taker since everyone said itwas a shoo in.Finally he got a taker on thebasis of wagering that the pres-ent opposition would increasethel number in the new House.He won a chocolate bar.This same gentleman told usyesterday was the 60th anniver-sary of his enfranchisement and.that he had never missed a bal-lot in his life. He maintainshe is a non-partisan voter,andto back it up he swears he hasnever asked for nor accepted aride to the polls from anyone.And, knowing our friend as wedo , we believe him.

McMANUSSHELL SERVICE

COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVEREPAIRS & SERVICEPROPANE AGENCY

HOME LITE CHAIN SAWS

- OPEN -EVERY SECOND SUNDAY

We ac c e p t EssoCredit Cards whenI s l a n d Garage i s

closed .

TAG DAY FOR THE BLIND ON SATURDAY.SaturdaySeptember 17th the I.O.D.E.

will conduct their annual tag day to aid theC.N.I.B.This is the only appeal for the blind madeon Salt Spring Island and it is hoped thatyou will make your contribution now to aidthe work of C.N.I.B.

C.N.I.B. helps the very young who aresightless to learn to use their hands inpreparation for their life ahead. But C.N.I.B. aid is not confined to the very young.Thousands of adults handicapped by blindnessturn to C.N.I.B. for the many kinds of assistance they need. The blind and near blindhave been helped to build new lives in manyand varied occupations, from the housewifewho learns to carry on in the home, to theoffice worker who finds with thankfulnessthat there is a place for him in todaysworld.

Your donation will aid in C.N.I.B.'sgreat work of rehabilitation and prevention.Your money will provide the solid, firm cor-nerstone upon which many satisfying success-ful careers are dependent.

Do YOUR Childrenhave savings accounts?

If not, let theifl join a School Savings Cluboperated by

SAANICH PENINSULACREDIT UNION

SALT SPRING ISLAND BRANCH5 3 7 - 5 4 3 1

Piano Tuning is one of many skills practisedby the blind. CNIB arranges for the coursesand also will aid financially.Until the newPiano Tuner is well established.

1STChartered Accountant*

OFFICE ADJACENT TO T U R N E R S S T O K tIN A T T E N D A N C E S A T U R D A Y S

Phone Ganges 537-2831 or Victoria EV2-2625 COLLECT

ISLANDS

537-2211

DRIFTWOODBOX 250,GANGES, B.C.

J O B P R I N T I N GR U B B E R S T A M P S

B ' U S I N E S S C A R D SP e r s o n a l i z e d R e t u r n A d d r e s s L a b e l s

This plan will doeverything to getyour youngster acollege degreeexcept pass hisexams for himYou can't guarantee that' a youngster now in highschool will get his college degree. But you canguarantee that he will get the chance to. try.

That's the essence of the Bank of MontrealUniversity Education Programme — a comprehensivesavings-loan plan that enables you to spread thecost of a university education over periods up tonine years.

You start payments when your boy or girl is stillin high school and make the final payment a yearafter graduation. From the first deposit, the speciallife insurance feature guarantees that his or hereducation costs will be covered.

Your low monthly payments include interestcharges totalling a small fraction of what you wouldpay on any straight loan programme.

This is a flexible programme ... adaptable to in-dividual education costs and payable over a varyingnumber of years.

If you have a youngster in the first two or threeyears of high school now is the time to start. Dropinto your neighbourhood branch of the Bank ofMontreal and let us fit the plan to your needs.

Then convince your youngster the rest is upto him!

PS: If you need help financing a student alreadyin university — or planning to register this year —talk to your Bo fM Manager. Chances are he canarrange a tuition loan with extended paymentsadapted to your circumstances. Or, if your youngsterqualifies for a loan under the Canada Student LoansPlan, send him to see the B of M.

BANK OF MONTREALCanada's First Bank

Canada's World spectacle/Monlreal, Canada, April 28-Octob«r 27, 1967

T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r 1 5 t h , 1966 G u l f I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D Page 6

GULFPLUMBING & HEATING

F R E D L U D D I N G T O NFurnace 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 vi 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

Q u a l i t y HomesRenovations - Additions

C a b i n e t sFREE ESTIMATESGanges 537-5412

W.J.MOLLISONR E A D Y - MIX

CEMENT - G R A V E LSUPPLIES - ROAD FILL

e t c .PHONE: 537-2031

Box 73, Ganges

BURGOYNEDAIRY

RAW Ml LK-27$ quartJERSEY-GUERNSEY-30C

De I! very-Mon. Thurs. Sat.PHONE 537-2867

CHIMNEYCLEANING

SERVICER O O F I N G

Gutters Cleaned & Repaired

W.G. Mossop,R.R. #1, Fulford Harbour

Dutch BeautySalon

9 a . m . to 5 p . m .TUESDAY TO FRIDAY

Wednesday e v e n i n gby appointment

Phone: 5 3 7 - 2 8 1 1

ScarffEquipment

Ltd.

537-2920

- WORLD WIDE MOVING -Moving to the Gulf Islands? j

LET

REID'SMOVE YOU

j Local & long distance movingPhone: PHONE: 255-4651

i 992 Powell-St., Vancouver jJ 1

W.C.CARLSON

S H E E T METALOIL & GAS H E A T I N G

G A N G E SPhone: 537-2914

I

DIRECTORY

FOR ALL YOURB U I L D I N G 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 L O T SPHONE: 537-2031

STARLITESALON

EXPERT HAIR STY LINGFor 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 EiPHONE: 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 C O M M E R C I A LAdditions & RemodellingPHONE: 537-5692

SHIPS ANCHORINN

HOTEL AND RESTAURANTC A T E R I N G

T A K E - O U T O R D E R SIna & Bob Marshal IPHONE: 537 -5338

BRADLEYBULLDOZINGHAVE CATSWILL WORK

537- 2O58

SALT SPRING

GarbageCollectionS E R V I C E

PHONE: 5 3 7 - 2 1 6 7

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, Ganges

PHONE: 537-2930

W.BILL SAWYERB U I L D E R

CABJNETS - WOODWL ••...Alterations and RepairsCement Work

P h o n e : 5 3 7 - 2 8 8 8

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

•OX 347. GANGES. B.C.

HOME LUMBER CO.Buy Direct-Wholesale Prices

LUMBER - PLYWOODEveryth i ng for the home bui Idev

BEFORE YOU BUYC H E C K O U R P R I C E S

409 David St. Victoria3 8 3 - 2 2 1 1

BEACH HOUSEREST & CONVALESCENT

HOMEComfortable Surroundings

Home-like AtmospherePhone 537-2847B E A C H R O A D

GANGET"R E C C E N T R E

10 a.m. - 11 p.m.Monday to Saturday

S N A C K B A RB A R B E R SHOPB I L L I A R D S

Haircuts by appt. if desiredPHONE: 537-5740-

B R O W N ' SS E P T I C TAN K andSEWER ROOTER SERVICE

E r n i e B o o t hP l u m b i n g '& Heat ing

FVHONE: 5 3 7 - 5 7 1 2

S H E F F I E L D

RADIO-TVSALES &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 CUTHours - 9a .m . to 5p.m.Sat. - 10a.m. to 4p.m.

537 -2041

KNUDSONCONSTRUCTION

C - A L I A N O I S L A N DGENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Bu i ld ing 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 B E F O R E 5 P.M.O N T U E S D A Y S . W R I T E T O D R I F T W O O D ,BOX 250 G A N G E S . OR PHONE 537-2211.

HELP WANTEDFOR SALE

Baby Carriage, likenew Phone 537-2994Unusual tree seedlings'Pawlownia (Empress"Tree) and orientalwalnut - 2 & 3 yearsold. Grant's NurseryJPhone 537-55651962 MGA Mark II,Radio, new paint job.!$1100. 537-2347End of Season Sale-16 ft. Glascraft boat'Special $995.00JPhone; 537-2932 _135 Gal. stove oil;$31.00; 3-45 gal.idrums (heavy) $35.003 - 45 gal. drums(light) $15.00IPhone; 539-2244 _

Anybody interested inworking in the meatdepartment of the SaltSpring Island TradingCo.?Must be physically •'able to handle quart-ers* of beef and withsome experience inmeat cutting prefer-able.Caretaker or care-taker=gardener wantedfor farm on GalianoIsland. Phone collectto 266-4682 after5 p.m. or weekends539-2241

[21 cu. ft. deep freeze'excellent condition$150.00 Phone 537-5638weekday evenings. _Plectrum LongNeckBanjo, nearly new,good tone, plastichead, with casePhone; 537-2917 _Split cedar fenceposts 50C delivered.Phone; 537-5732 _

FOR RENTAvailable Sept. 23rdor sooner - 2 bedr.house in Ganges.Phone; 537-5620Trailer space withseptic tank etc. inGanges centre. Also'Modern 2-room cottageon lake frontage.Details 537-5617

WORK WANTED .Experienced cashier,familiar with officeprocedure wants workon Salt Spring Island.Has own transportat-ion. Available immed-iately. 537-2347

HELP WANTED FEMALEFor information andservice write AlmaLegg, 2640 DepartureBay Rd., Nanaimo or758-7712 collect.

E. WATSONBUILDER,^

-537-2030.

BACK-HOEING$7.00 per hour

ROTOVATINGBRUSH CUTTING

I $V.'ju for first hour$5.00 subsequent

ALSO AT THE SAME RATES

plasticpipe faying

& sub soilingu

J. H. H A R K E M A

CALL 537-2963

FIRE INSURANCE AGENTThe Mutual Fire Ins-urance Company ofBritish Columbia isin need of an Agentto replace the late.Mr. H. Price. If youare interested in-spare time work and >would care to lookafter the small agencywrite to Post Office TBox 278, Postal Sta-tion "A", Vancouver,B.C.

. WANTED ;Load of good top soilPhone; 537-5352Wanted one to tenacres -_bluff or cliffside property.Phone F. Robinson,584-0968 or write11225 - 92A Ave.,North Surrey, B.C. ',.

NOTICESGuild of Sunshinemeeting, Monday, Sept19th - 2:30 p.m.Upper Hall, UnitedChurch - Special busi-ness,.Shopping is easy theAVON way. For serviceand information PhoneMrs. Rita Dods

537-5609 ,The Candian Girls inTraining are starting ;again for the fall &winter term. Tues.3:15 - 5 p.m. A leaderfor intermediate is•urgently needed. Anywoman, young or other-wise, who has goodChristian principles .and interested in teen-age girls please con-tact Miss Corbett

537-5506

LOST j_A month ago a whiteIndian wool turtleneck sweater - browntrimming. If foundcontact 537-5425.An umbrella on votingday on the way or at'Legion Hall 537-2926Reward

. FOUND ,Outside Mahon Hall,turquoise cardigan.Owner may claim atDriftwood.Brown homburg hatfound Upper Gangesfcd.'537-5575

M. B. East

ConstructionResidential and Commercial

Alterations and RepairsP H O N E : 537-2908

-lligence without the ability toand receive affection leads to

•mat and moral breakdown . . the,id absorbed in and involved in it-

a self-centered end, to the ex-sion of human relationships, can

only lead to violence and pain.Daniel Keys

T h u r s d a y , Sep tembe rTHE RENDERS..

by F. SevilleAt the recent Pender IslandsFall Fair, it was omitted fromthe news then submitted thatMr. J.Dunn, of Otter Bay,won the door prize, which wasa lovely ham, donated by BurnsFoods Ltd.Miss Norma Douglas had Mrs.Donald Bruce from Vancouveras her house-guest. Mrs.Brucehad been holidaying onGaliancwith Mr.Bruce. She also hadMrs. Phi lip NeM of Victoria.Mr.and Mrs.Neil and familyhave enjoyed several holidayson Pender during the past year.WOMENS' INSTITUTE HANDI-CRAFT EXPOSITION.

The September meeting of theW.I. was well attended in TheHall at Port Washington. Onconclusion of regular business,ther was a demonstration ofhandicrafts. Copper enamel-ware was displayed by Mrs. J.Freeman. Spinning by Mrs.M.Gallinger. Pottery and Ceram-ics were shown by Mrs.G.B.Jennens. The magnificent quilt/vhich was made by individual•nembers is now completed and

was on display.Mrs.P.H.Grim-mer had some beautifully madeand embroidered aprons in theDorcas stitch . Mrs. E. Kynastonsent in a lovely hooked rug.The whole display was a de-lightful experience.

15th, 1966

able evening, and everyonepresent wished Miss Busteed avery happy future in her newVictoria home.

I t I s l a n d s D R I F T W O O D Page 7

SATURNA ISLAND NEWS • - •by Papa John

Well you can't get anywhereneedling the ladies so I had bet-ter give up on our Hobby HouseMural. They will paint it whenTHEY feel like it. Another oneof the things a poor mal e has tosndure is watching Peyton Racebut lately when we expected aFew minutes of a bre6k listeringto the commercials lo and be-hold it was a politician explaining the financial system of theHottentots etc.etc.At Lyall Harbour this week wehad a devoted Islander from To-ronto, Jean Howarth of theGlobe and Mail. As an Editor-ial writer Jean filled us i>n onall the inside newsback East.In fact with her lucid and smil-ing way of talking some of usare going to subscribe to theGlobe and Mail instead of Timeetc. Also in from Victoria ourneighbour John Barton,who in-cidentally mails my epistles ev-ery Sunday for me.At East Point Kathleen and An-dy Ritchie have come homefrom their Alaskan jaunt with a3/4 oz. of real gold which theypanned. They had also flownin to Point Barrow, saw thePeace River Damsite and nowhope to settle down and becometranquil Islanders again.Also at East Point, Jack Vine-

Mrs. R.G.Straker had guestsall the way from Queenslandat Pine Haven —Miss IreneStraker, and Miss Phyllis Bees- ent of Everett, Mike Morganley. They will be leaving for (Dr.Radke's son-in-law) andEngland on conclusion of their Jack Middler of Vancouverholiday here. have their foundations in, WeMiss N.L,Hawkins-and Mrs.J. will soon have quite a littleKellamn, from Vancouver,spent village way out there,the week end at Wi Id Acres. Freida Hall is away on a tripOn September 2nd,at theGbde back East and poor young Fredthe Pender Islands' Players gave Sr. is batching it.

;a dinner, and a small gift, to Just To Jog the minds of ot|r inhonour Miss Marjorie Busteed habitants the Hall is open on(Dawe). Thirty-two members Wednesday nights. Startingof the group had a most enjoy- this week there will be Shuffle-

CHURCH SERVICESSunday, September 18th

SALT SPRING ISLAND

ANGLICANSt. George's GangesSt. Mark's CentralSt. Mary's FulfordSt. George's GangesUNITEDGanges

ROMAN CATHOLICSt. Paul'sOur Lady of Grace

Holy Communion 8:30 a.m.Matins 11:00 a.m.Evensong 2:30 p.m.Evensong 7:3O p.m

Rally Day Family Service 11:00

Fulford Holy MassGanges Holy Mass 11:00 a.m.

FULL" GOSPEL CHAPELSunday School and Adult Bible Class 10:30 a.m.Evening Service^ 7:30 p.m.

* * * * * * * *PENDER ISLAND"United Church 3:00 p.m.

St. Mary Magdalene Evensong

REGULAR DELIVERIES TO SALTSPRING EVERY TUESDAYDUNCAN - T A L L T O L L F R E E Farrn & Garden

Supplies

S U B S C R I P T I O N F O R M

Name

Address

Mail this form to The Driftwood,Box 250,Ganges, B.C.Subscription rates: $2.50 in Canada

S3.GO elsewhere.

board contests, Ping Pong Con-tests, Crib Contests etc.etc.with prizes???. Also our Lib-rary is open to all. ContactAndy Johnson or Popajohn.

MAYNE ISLAND NOTESby Elsie Brown .

The J . R. Dunnes are enjoying aweek at their new summer homeon Fernhill Road. Nan has beenpainting fhe outside while hus-band Jack has been insulatingand doing other inside work.Judging from the material andworkmanship it will make an excellent all year round homeforthem in the future .Congratulat-ions to the Dunnes.A Surprise Birthday Party washeld at the J. L.Menzies,Ben -net Bay last Friday for DorisGardner. Husband Cec, theRedmans, the Harold Houghtonsrhe Stu Frys and Amy Sissonswere among those present.Betty Fry says they had lots offun. Imagine Stu regaled thefolks with stories of his latestcatch - fish, that is. Dorislooked tanned and healthy afterher summer on the island whenwe saw her at Arbutus Lodge re-cently.

Swimming classes arranged byMayne Island Community Asociation under the Provincial Re-creation Commission were very

. successful with attendance ex-

ceeding that of last year. RodneyFiltness was the instructor and w<(fextend our appreciation to himfor his efforts. Rodney has nowreturned to University school inVictoria.

Visiting Mrs.C.Murrell and Mar(Kline recently were Mrs. H.G.•Shannon and son Jack of Van-couver, also her brother GeorgeHocking of Soj/th Carolina,USA'iMr. and Mrs. Shannon were theFormer proprietors of the store^which used to be on the cornerabove the wharf.Former Laura Point Road resid-ents, Mr.and Mrs.Oscar Will-iams of Ganges were visiting onthe island during the week.John and Richard Dodds havereturned to Vancouver wherethey will attend St.George'sCollege.Due to lack of ferry transport-ation for Muyne Island HighSchool students they have to goto Galiano by water taxi to cornect with the Queen of the Is

lands. This matter was broughtto the attention of Mr.JohnTis-dalle at the Social Credit meeting and we presume next yearbetter arrangements can bemade.Dick Randall of Lang ley wasover for a few days staying athis summer cabin on Cherry TreeLane.The Stan Lowes and the BobHalls were visiting their summerhomes on Bennett Subdivisionover the holiday week end .Miss Dorothy McRobie spent theweek end in her trailer on herproperty on Bay view Drive.The Frank Cottons have spent agreat deal of time on the islandthis summer supervising the con-struction of their beautiful newsummer home overlooking Ac-tive Pass. Congratulations, neighbors.

9:00 a.m.

Service

GALIANO ISLANDSt. Margaret's of Scotland (Rev. H. Doody)

Holy Communion 8:00 a.m.Holy Communion 11:00am

MAYNE -ISLAND2:30 p.m.

SANDY'S AUTOWRECKING

CO. LTD.

R E B U I L T

P A R T S

CUSTOM MADE

S E A T C O V E R SFLOOR MATS

385-44781023 V iew St .

V I C T O R I A

Summer time residents have leftthe island and many,will returnfor the Thanksgiving weekend.We trust they feel renewed inoody and spirit after their holi-day on the island.

(Notice to subscribers:Pleasedo not use your unwanted copesDf Driftwood to wrap garbage.It would be appreciated if un-wanted copies were left at Hop-kins Trading Post or the Post-Office. June 2nd and July 28tlissues are especially requested.Thank you. E.B.)

Mr. J im Mur ray ofT h e W i l d l i f e Feder -a t i o n w i l l s p e a k onC o n s e r v a t i o n a t theRod and Gun C lub-h o u s e S a t u r d a y e v e -n ing a t 8:00 p . m .P l a n t o a t t e n d .

ISLAND WELL DRILLINGW A T E R W E L L S

O w n e r - O p e r a t e d R i g R e a s o n a b l e R a t e s

FREE ESTIMATESW. J. Williams W. J. Williams

W r i t e : R. R. # 1, L a d y s m i t h , *. C.PHONE: CH5-2078

Contact Doug Parsons, R. R. #1, Ganges, B. C.

GALIANOGENERAL STORE

C O M P L E T E S U P P L I E S f o r t h e V A C A T I ONER

GROCERIES - MEATSDRYGOODS

PHONE:539-24139:00 - 5:30 Tuesday to Saturday7:00 - 9:00 Friday Evening

AIR TAXI• C H A R T E R S E R V I C E

VICTORIA FLYING SERVICESRat i South Galiano, Mayne, North and South

Pender Islands, Saturna and Ganges — toand from Victoria International Airport...

s i o . a o lS i n g l eThree

P a s s e n g e rP a s s e n g e r s $15.00,1

(Average $5.00 per person )656-3032

V I C T O R I A I N T E R N A T I O N A L A I R P O R T

HOME BUILDERSSUPPLY CENTRE

LUMBER - P L Y W O O DE L E C T R I C H E A T I N G EQUIPMENT

LUCITE PAINTSMODERN E A S Y - T O - I N S T A L L

F I B R E - G L A S S S E P T I C T A N K SA N D F I B R E - G L A S S W E L L C A S I N G S

GEORGESONBUILDING SUPPLIES

LTD.G A L I A N O I S L A N D 539-5556

B A M B R I C KF R E I G H T S E R V I C E

s e r v i n gGALIANO - MAYNE

VANCOUVER - VICTORIALicensed Carrier

B A M B- R I C KINSURANCE SERVICE

Complete PerfectionCome in and discuss

your needs.

BAMBRICK STORES LTD.GALIANO ISLANDH A R D W A R E - T O O L S

A P P L I A N C E S - BU ILD ING S U P P L I E SPLUMBING & HEATING FIXTURES

alsoG A R D E N S U P P L I E S

PHONE 539-2616

Thursday , Sep tember

GALIANO AND

COS IP ISLANDS.

G.L.Pretty quiet around the Island

this week with most of the sum-

mer folks gone and only a few

late vacationers in the cott-

ages and at the Lodge.Monday

was kind of exciting/( what

with tfie election that every-

body knew would come out the

way it did. One small consol-

ation to our friend Jimmy Camp-

bell who ran on the Liberal

ticket for this constituency.He

swept the poll at Retreat Cove.

Kay Brackett was returning of-

ficer, husband Ross was poll

clerk, and Alfie Cundie swel-

led the voteto three all told.

Jimmy did not do too well at

North Galiano which was over-

whelmingly NDP; and South

Gafianb was overwhelmingly

"Socred, with Jimmy at the bot-

•om of the pile. Now that it's

a l l over we can get back to the

•ishing, which is still good,and

he golf, which is also good nov

hat the weather is cooler.

\mong visitors to the island inrecent days: Miss Juliette Pre-

fonti of Edmonton visiting grand

parents Tuffy and Janet George

son; Mr.and Mrs. Neil Col left

and childreo of Vancouver vis-

iting the Con Parrel Is at Moun-

tain Farm; Mr.and Mrs. Evan

Hughes of North Vabcouver in

The Hut at Rip Point; a whole

passel of friends from the Main-

land spending the day with Ffof,

and Mrs.Willie Maier on Surdaj

Mr. .and Mrs. Gerry Carlyle and

children of Burnaby at Mrs.

Helen Morton's.

fhe George Patmores have had

their friends the Glazebrooks

sver visiting from Vancouver;

and at Benroy Mr.and Mrs.John

Robinson have had Mr.and Mrs.Robert Simpkins from Toronto.

Mr.and Mrs.Fred Jones of

Cheshire,England,arrived on

Monday night for a holiday

with Mr.and Mrs.Billie Cott-

rell.

The George Philippsons are

home again from their summer

holidaying and are entertaining

Rodney's fiance for a few days.The will take off for England

soon.

From England - word has been

received that Mr. Victor Zala

is still in hospital there,but is

feeling much better and plans

to return to Galiano early in

October.

Misses Olivia Harvey and

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Irene (_r6Eb of Vancouver were

weekencf'guests at Upsan Down:

Mr. and Mrs. J.McLennan of

North Vancouver-ate visiting

the Joe Dochertys at Wildwood

A real happy thing to report:

Ross Parminter and Connie

Good left on Tuesday for Van-

couver Island and are to be mar

ried in Victoria this week.The>

will then take a trailer trip

around B.C., returning home

in October. Warmest good wish

es for their future happiness

from all the Islanders who have

known them both for sp many

years.

Our local recreation commis-

sion, through The Galiano

Club, is now arranging night

school classes and other activ-

ities for the winter months.

Anyone for bridge, square dan-

cing, arts and crafts etc. etc.

wishing to arrange a class and/

or instructors, please contact

Mrs.Fred Robson.

Weekending with Hugh Home

at Cliff House from Vancouver

we re Messrs. Norman Bushe 11,

Bob Payne, Stan Copp and

Walter Adrian.

Things seem to have settled in

nicely at the local school.

Miss Minnie Switzer is back

and teaching the junior classes,

The new principal is Mr. G.E.

Tidswell and he has taken up

residence in the new teacher-

age in the valley - he's a bachi

el or. Formerly from New Zea-

land he has spent the past two

years touring the world,partic-

ularly Europe, and last winter

was a ski instructor on Whistler

Mountain. We wish him well

on Galiano.

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B.C.T.F. LOCAL 64 MEETSON GALIANOLocal 64, B.C.Teachers Feder-

ation met on September 8th at

Galiano Lodge with twenty-

five teachers from the Gulf Is-

lands District in attendance.

Entertainment included a tour

of the Islands in the Barbara II

and a smorgasbord in the fancus

Lodge style.

At the business meeting the fol-

lowing officers were elected

for the coming yeanPresident-

Mrs.Florence jHepburn; Vice-

president: Robert McWhirter;

Secretary:Miss Isabel Smith;

In-service: Mrs.Taimi Hind-

march; District Council Repres-

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Relations - Ron Stacey; M.S.A,

-Mrs.Jean Barnes; Agreements:

Len Woodley, Graham Rogers,

Eric Foster and John McRae.

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lis.Stafford, Anne Beach, DorisTothill,Margaret Robson andAmy Inkster. Milly Harrisonwas Salt Spring captain, withplayers Toni Quinton, MargaretFrattinger, Mary Pike, BettyMouat, Donnajtass, Irene Bshopand Madet.ene- hjjardie.A committee of ladies from theGaliano Club served supper for•he two teams, following which•he trophy was presentee* to Mrs\ston by the donors, Mrs.B.itallybrass and Archie George-'.on of Galiano.

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home to MtvScott Slarke,Ganges Hill whs^,spent thepast several weeks travellingin the British Isles. Mr.Clarkegot back to Vancouver Sundayabout 6p.m. He, says he wasin Picadilly Square just a fewhours earlier. In his tours ofIreland and Scotland, Mr.Clarke particularly enjoyedScotland and Edinburgh wherehe got together with a groupand gave them a taste of hisbanjo music.

Mrs.Nanette New of Gal-iano, another traveller fromthe Gulf Islands, sent us anote from Leningrad,Russia .The News left England a fewweeks ago and spent five cbystravelling up the Baltic Seaand Golf if Finland beforecontinuing to Russia. So farthey have enjoyed their trav-els a great deal - and planto go on to Moscow.

Mrs.M.Norton has retir-ed as Sunday sdhool Superin-tendent at St.George's aftereight yea ijp the xjob. Takingover fcom «rwi 11 'be MissGail Timbers*di Rjperintend-ent, assisted by Miss GloriaHarrison, Miss Susan Town byand Miss Lillian Cunningham.

Darrel Byron, now withthe armed forces and posted inEastern Canada sent Driftwooda piece of birch bark throughMrs.Ada Ryan of Walker HookRd. Darrel had been spendingsome time at Christian Islandon Lake Huron when he pickedit up. Thanks a lot Darrel —it makes us nostalgic for thoselovely eastern birch gjoves.

The first Deer story of theseason that comes our waytells of three stately bucks thatwalked out from the govern-ment office ^last weekend andstalked across the road to theI umber yard. Observing; themone lady said, "They've prob-ably been in the the govern-ment office to protest so manylicenses being issued on theIsland".

At this time of year,whenwild berries are at the peak,we wonder how many ignorecompletely the very plentifulsola I berry. Mrs. Phyllis Hoff-man, Walker Hook has beenkind enough to send along arecipe for salal berry jelly.Believe me, it is worth the ef-forj as it is a very tasty jelly.

• Recipe follows-SALAL BERRY JELLY-

To obtain juice wash ber-ries and add water to cover.Cook for 10 minutes crushingberries while cooking. Pour in-to jelly bag and press out juiceAdd one cup of sugar to eachcup of juice. Boil sugar andjuice until it jells. Pour intosterilized jars and seal.

For anyone interested, wehave heard that salal berriesalso make good wine. Does any-one have a recipe?

We hear that cat distemperis causing concern to cat own-ers io this area. The veterina-rian from Duncan Dr. D.Reedwas on the Island this pastweek giving shots. It is sug-gested that your pet have abooster shot at this time.

Night School Classes are_underway on Galiano withthe Ceramics held last Friday.Registrations will still be ac-

t cepted for all classes - eithersubmit your application formor phone Mrs.A.M.Brown,537-5360.

Bridge classes will starton Salt Spring Monday Sep-tember 26th . You are urgedto get your application in ear-

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ly for this class ,which iwillbe held 2 nights a week andwill consist of 20 lessions. Mr.Charles Moat will again in-struct the class.

On Galiano Island you maycontact Mrs.Oddney Grahamto register for classes.

We continue to wait witheager anticipation to hear theend of Papa John's story aboutthe abstract blue Hobby Houseon Saturna. It's beginning tosound like this particular artwork should be eligible for aCanada Council grant. Keepit blue, ladies —

THINGS WE DON'T LIKEIt seems natural for human

beings to dislike certain kindsof wildlife, at least so far ascontact is concerned. Someaversions are justified bydangers; others do not seem tohave any practical reason.Most of even the most repul-sive creatures are useful intheir way.

Take spiders. While allare poisonous, most of themare quite harmless to man-kind, and, moreover, spiderlovers say the little creatureshave no wish to hurt us. Thespider's looks are against it,but nature is tolerant of ap-pearances and spiders are a-mong the earth's most valu-able citizens. They attendstrictly to their business of

doing away with untold num-b ers of insects.

Snakes are disliked,There are 135 kinds in Canada and the United States, ofwhich only 20 are poisonous.Compared with the 7-footreptile with three eyes foundin the Karro desert, SouthAfrica, in 1932, they are notterrifying in appearance.Small Canadian snakes feedon insect larvae, crickets,spiders and earthworms. Themedium kinds range up to adiet of frogs, toads and fish;largfr-srjakes feed on squirrelsrabbits and--birds, whi le someseek birds' eggs", -fkejon-poisonous, rodent-eatingspecies found in Canada areof economic value and shouldnot be killed.

Earthworms, which aretoo much like snakes in ap-pearance to become greatlybeloved, stir up the soil andmake farms more fertile. Dar-win found that worms on anaverage pass ten tons of thesoil on an acre of groundthrough their bodies everyyear, and remarks "it may bedoubted whether there are

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David took 17 yearsof love from hisparents, first classhonours from hisschool and $8,000from your pockets.Then he left.

David left for good.Brilliant high school student dies in car crash

said the headline. All that love, all that brilliance,all that money; allgone for nothing.

Automobile accidents kill moreyoungCanadiansthan anything. More fhan disease; more than allother accidents put together.

It costs some $8,000 in tax money just to pre-pare a student for university. A thorough highschool driver training program costs $40 perstudent, and takes 50 hours of instruction. Smallcosts against the losses.

The automobile insurance industry promotesyoung driver training. Bursaries, text books andfree instruction are given to high school teachers.They in turn teach the students.

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186711 IQR7 bv JOHN w-F|SHER.

"I expected that everyone herewould speak with a real Englishaccent and I didn't think Torontowould be as friendly as it is."

The quotation above, from a16-year-old visiting Toronto fromnorthern British Columbia, wasused by Michael Ignatieff writingabout centennial "youth travellers"in the Globe and Mail. From an-other, a young Montrealer, camethis comment: "After visitingVancouver I realize we have themost beautiful country in thewhole world."

This year more than 4,000young people in 160 groups willhave participated in the Centen-nial Commission's Federal-Provin-cial Youth Travel program. Thetotal since 1964, when the pro-gram was started as a pilot pro-ject, will be more than 8,000 bythe end of 1966.

The aims of the federal-pro-vincial program are to give youngCanadians the opportunity to meetand know other Canadians andto develop an understanding oftheir countrymen in regions otherthan their own. Another is toprovide them with a fust handknowledge of the geography of thecountry and of the political, edu-cational, cultural and artisticachievements > of other provinces.

The Centennial Commissionunderwrites costs of travel, paysa per capita grant for incidentaltravelling expenses and a percapita grant for reception costs inhost communities. It co-ordinatesthe program at the national level,provides travel bags, manuals,song books and name tags, one-day tours of Ottawa for groupspassing through, and makes alltravel arrangements.

Each province or territory se-lects students and escorts (usuallyhigh school teachers) through itsdepartment of education, conductsorientation and briefing sessions,supervises reception arrangementsin host provinces and looks aftergeneral co-ordination within theprovince.

Provincial departments of edu-cation choose by lot the schoolsthat will take part in the program.The principal of a school choosesa number of students and hischoice is not based on academicrecord alone. All-round students,who meet people easily, usuallyare selected.

The federal-provincial programis not the only Centennial schemeoperating. Another one, calledVoluntary Youth Travel, providesfor Commission grants to privateagencies or organizations. The ob-

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The voluntary program differsfrom the federal-provincial pro-gram in that the Commission isnot involved in administration.Well over 10,000 young peoplewill have participated this yearin these association travel pro-jects as a result of the Commis-sion's 1965 grants program underthe Voluntary Youth TravelScheme.

The young man from northernBritish Columbia visiting Torontotold his Ontario hosts: "What sur-prises me is that you people aren'tany different from us." If we ac-complish only what is implied inthat sentence among the thou-sands of participants, Canada's in-vestment in the youth travel pro-erams wi" be well worthwhile.

The coloring of theleaves in the fall results whenthe leaves in the trees stopmaking chlorophyll. Pigmentsleft in the leaves, orange-red and yellow carotin andxanthophyll, brown tannins,red, purple and blue antho-cyanins, then become visible.

VALCOUKT - HO LUNGSMarion Elizabeth Mailings,

daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Fred Rollings of Fulford Har-bour was married on Septem-ber 10th to Mr. Noel EdmondValcourt, son of Mr. and Mrs.Leo E. Valcourt, 3056 IrmaStreet, Victoria.

The marriage took placeat St. Joseph's Church, westBurnside Roadwith the RightReverend Monseigneur M.T.n'Connell officiated.

For the small familywedding, the Church wasbeautifully decorated withflowers in autumn colours.

The bride, given in mar-riage by her father, wore asuit of winter white withwhite accessories and a cor-sage of red rosebuds. For"something borrowed" she wor«a short chapel veil which be-longed to Mrs. ElizabethTutts, a family friend.

Miss Jennifer Hoi lings,her sister's only attendantwore a russet suit with .blackaccessories and a corsage ofpeach carnations.

G u l f I s l a n d sThe best man was the

groom's brother, Mr. StewartValcourt and Mr. GilbertMarcotve ushered.

Following the wedding,a family reception was heldat the home of the groom'sparents. A 3-tier weddingcake flanked by red rosesand white candles in whitecrystal holders highlightedthe bride's table.

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Mr. Gilbert Marcotteoffered the toast to the bride.Telegrams came from friendsand relations across Canadaand were read at the recept-ion by the brother of the brideMr. Lawrence Hoi lings.

Fpllowing a honeymoontrip to the Okanagan, thecouple will make their newhome in Victoria.

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LautokaViti Levu.Fiji

Aug.29th/66.Dear Editor:

We left Suva yesterday at6 AM and arrived here at 4PM'We had quite a job docking,asthe wind sprang up and swungour stern away from the dock.For a while we nearly groundedand churned up a lot of mud.The weather was dull so that Iwas unable to get many photos.I did take a couple to show themiles of reefs with heavy swellsbreaking over them.

. Suva is very hilly and con-sists of a number of ravines andridges. Phyl and I walked our-selves lame after a couple ofweeks sitting around. We walk'ed up several hilly roads andadmired the houses in settingsjf coconut palms, pawpaw treesand bananas, all with fruit on.There were many trees all inflower; orange, red, white and

• flame. Everywhere there wereflowering shrubs. The town isfull of Hindu shops selling duty-free goods and I bought a taperecorder and another pair ofbinoculars ^or'ridiculously lowprices. The thing to do hereis to turn up your nose at thefirst price quoted, and keephaggling until they won't comedown any lower.

There are Fijians, veryfriendly; many Hindus, most ofthe women in very colourfulSaris, quite reserved; very fewEnglish, all damned snooty asusual.

We like Lautoka and thesurrounding country more thanSuva. In fact, we would liketo come back here for a Holidayone day. We took a bus out toNadi (pronounced Nandi) 18tiiles for 2 Shillings each.Thats25<f! We rode with Fijians,Hindus, 2 English and oneAustralian. TKpre's no colourbar or segregation here and theEnglish live right in with thenatives, shop wifh them andvisit too.

In Suva we were amused tosee MOUAT'S PHARMACY!Around Nadi we went walkingand photographed many nativestraw houses. There are manymango trees, and acres of sugarcane from the green shoots tothe mature stalks. There's ahuge sugar refinery at Lautokaand with four other mills in Fijithey produce over 200,000 ton;of raw sugar annually.

The hills around Lautoka

Dear Editor: I am not much atwriting letters for publicationin a newspaper but I feel Iwould like to put in my twocents worth in the Driftwoodjust to let you folks knowwhat a pleasant, homely andpersonal sort of paper you areputting out and how it manageto bring you somehow into afellowship of the SaltspringIslanders. We have beenreading the Driftwood off andon for several years now aswe are regular summer visitorshaving built our own summerhome at Fernwood, this oper-ation taking several years tocomplete as we would only dojust so much each summer, butnow all is finally completedand this summer we had ourfour children out there for thewhole summer, having se-cured the excellent servicesof Miss Paula Waterfall in thecapacity of "babysitter" (shecalled it referee), my wifeand i coming over on all ourtime off work and our twoweek's holidays. It has beena great summer to remember.Well, that's besides the pointI wanted to tell you aboutDriftwood. In '63 we wereaway for a year over in Lon-don, England, my wife and Iworking and the children inan English school. During the 'week we were just ordinaryworking family folk but onour weekends we were "Cana-dian tourists" and we reallydid live it up seeing all thesights of and around Londonand some other parts of Eng-land.

But you know after 6 or 7months of this we began tofeel (at least my wife and Idid) just a. mite homesick forVancouver and Saltspring. In-cidentally it was about thistime that we drew up the de-sign for the top floor and roofof our cabin which we had leftwith a flat tar-paper roof theyear before and sent our order

look exactly like those in theOkanagan except for the greenfields of sugar cane and thepalm trees.We expect to leave here Aug.30th and arrive Sydney aboutSept .6th.

Regards to a I I(sgd.)Phyl & Harry Dicker*

Phyl bought a very colourfulFijian print for $1, enough fora skirt and jacket.

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direct from London to ourfriend Harry at Mouat Bros, toget the necessary lumber readyand have it sent out to ourplace at Fernwood in time forwhen we should arrive backthat summer of '64. He did anexcellent job - delivered allOK.

Well do you know one ofour last of a terrific list ofplaces of interest we had visi-ted whilst over there we arr=ived at B.C. House, it wassomewhere around Haymarket,and not too far from CanadaHouse by Trafalgar Square (anice refuge for any Canadianaway from home). Well in B.CHouse they have besides agiant relief map of B.C. and apleasant staff to greet you,there is also a really comfort-able and modern quiet readingand writing room where weall six of us settled down topost-card and letter writing,I think I finished mine firstand so started to browsethrough the papers and what

G u l f I s l a n d sdo you know --? You guessedit, there it was the (a|most)latest copy of dear old

.DRIFTWOOD.Do you know it took me

right back reading there in thevery heart of London, I wasoblivious to the sounds of thegreat metropolis about me andwas lost in the importantmatters of life, the littlethings of just little ordinarypeople on Saltspring.lt wascomforting in the extreme tobe absorbed with your localgoings on.

Just this week I receiveda letter from my Mum who isstill living in England and towhom I had recently sent acouple of copies of Driftwoodas they contained a jjont pagephoto of two of her fourgrandchildren in Mrs. Crosbysart studio out on Tripp Rd. an<an article about our wander-ing cat (big fat cat) Tommywho got marooned out onJackscrew Island when welost him. (He's OK now and

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at home here with us, thanksto the kind Samaritan fromChemainus who fed him andphoned Doris DeLong atFernwood to tell us where hewas hiding (under the oldcabin). .

My mum says in her lastletter, and I quote: "The ,Driftwood papers arrived thisweek, thank you very much.They are very interesting andam reading the adverts etc.which give me a good insightas to what S.S. is like. Thecomings and goings of thevarious people make it seema homely paper."

And there you are, that'smy two cents worth andthank you again for keepingthe paper the pleasant styleof writing as always.Frank Clarke, North Van-couver.(P.S. Thats a jolly good ed-itorial about strikes and

% Union men not being toobadly done by these days-,how right you are.

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JACK REYNOLDS MOSTSUCCESSFUL HUNTER

In the Rod and Gun Clubcompetition for the heaviestdeer brought in on the firstweekend Mr. Jack Reynoldswas top of the field with abuck weighing 150 pounds.

The weekend was a goodone For The hunters with anumber of successful trips.

John Bennett weighed inhis deer at 131 pounds comingsecond in the competition.Third was Don Irwin with 123pound animal and Herb Skucecame fourth with one weighinc103 pounds.

EARLY PLANbCHRISTMAS BAZAAR.

The September meeting of theMizpah Unit of the UnitedChurch Women was a busy oneThe Chairman, Mrs.John D.Reid, welcomed the members,thanked them warmly for theirgift to her of a Life Member-ship in the United Church Wom-en, and then reviewed the aim:of that organization.The Devotional Period, underthe leadership of Mrs.E.W.MacQuarrie, stressed friend-ship and service.A letter was read from Ip KoonHung, a high school student inHong Kong whose school expenses are paid by the Salt SpringIsland United Church members.His main pieces of news werethat final exams had been de-layed by floods, and that hehad passed with good marks be-cause he had worked hard.A part of the meeting that mem-bers have come to look forwardto is the report on Brazil givenby Mrs.H.Ashley. At'this meet-ing, information had been cul-led from various periodicalsandnewspapers. It showed,in a ve-ry interesting manner,the prob-lems rising from changing gov-ernments and grasping landown-ers. The spread in income bet-ween the verv rich and thevery

Kids enjoy the arrival of a seaplane at Solimar Resort recently.(Bea Hamilton)

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S.S.I. TRADING CO.P H O N E 537 -2822 o r PHONE 5 3 7 - 5 5 2 1

MUSIC AT MICKIFS T H E

A M A Z I N G

THE BIN IMAGICIAN AND

HYPNOTISTT U E S D A Y A N D W E D N E S D A Y

8:30 p . m . - 2 1/2 hou r s h o wF U L F O R D COMMUNITY H A L L

A D U L T S - $ 1 . 5 0 C H I L D R E N $ 1 . 0 0

Mickie Finn and her husband Fred present lively old-fashioned melo-dies, honky-tonk style, when CBC television presents Mickie Finn'seach Wednesday on the CBC television network.

A driver's field of visionpoor is almost unbelievable and js reduced greatly at increasedif not remedied may finally speeds, says the B.C. Auto-cause Brazil to become another mobi le Association."world trouble spot".Parcels of clothing are to bepacked to send to FriendshipHouse in Prince Rupert wheregarments will be distributed to•those in need.The Christmas Bazaar, to beheld ^n Saturday, December 3,was the main item of business.Under the convenership of MrsJack Catto, plans are beingmade for decoration of thehall, for tea, and for a numb-er of stalls.Tea was served by Miss JOverend.

At a crossroad post bear-ing the names of severaltowns, how many would yoube able to read at 60 mph?The B.C. A.A. says you haveremarkably good vision if you"grab" even the top one. Theothers would be a mere blur.

If you slowed dowi: to 40mph at the next crossing, youwould probably read at leasttwo names. At 30 mph, youmight take in three or four.

The auto club says thisproves that one part of yourvision goes to pieces at high

"As .won ns you hear me fire, thick!"

( f r o m W i l d l i f e R e v i e w )

speeds.It is the part which allows

you ro distinguish objectspassing you at the sides of theroad.

At high speeds you aredriving through a kind of self-created tunnel, your "corner-of-the-eye" vision virtuallydemolished, and even yourdirect vision thrown into con-fusion when you turn your at-tention to fie side.

The very junior size boywho was observed recentlyin the Rec Centre trying hisfirst dill pickle and makinga wry face about it beforeasking for more^may be en-couraged to know that Cana-da's Department of Health ancWelfare condones the eating

,• of dill pickles. They say thatdill pickle lovers may indulgetheir passion and feel virtuousknowing the dill contains sig-nificant amounts of vitaminsand minerals, particularlyVitamin A and iron.

We doubt the small frywould much care about thehealthy properties of thepickle snd still wonder if hewas eating it because hissenior size friend gave it tohim.

HARBOUR HOUSESATURDAY NIGHT

TO FEATUREC H I N E S E F O O D . S

P L E A S E PHONE F O R R E S E R V A T I O N S5 3 7 - 2 1 3 3 6:30 to 8:00 p . m .

ALSO REMINDING YOU OF THESE COMING EVENTS -Friday, September 16th - I.O. D.E.Meeting

2p.m. -United Church- HallSaturday, Sept. 17th - CNIB TAG DAY

Conservation Meeting Rod and GunClubhouse - 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18th - SOCCER Men vs. High School, SchoolGrounds, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 19th - Guild of Sunshine meets, United ChurchHall, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 20th - Trebini, Fulford Hall, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 21st - Trebini

FIVE MEN MADE MISTAKES -One man struck a match to seeif the gasoline.tank in his carwas empty - it wasn't.One man patted a strange bull-dog to see if it was affectionate- it wasn't.One mand speeded up to see ifhe could beat the train to thecrossing - he couldn't.One man touched an electricwire to see if it was charged -it was.

One man cut out his-advertis-ing to see if he could save mo-ney - he didn't.

CONTRACT BRIDGEC H A R L E S G O R E N

Home EC.Room New School Gang

A D U L T E D U C A T I O N P R O C - K A M ( S p o n s o r e d b y S c h o o l Di s t r i c t 6 4 Gu l f I s l a n d s )

C h a r l e s Moat ' A c c r e d i t e d/vi r

Go i-en I n s t r u c t o r

TIME Monday Sept. 26 Friday Sept. 30 8 p.m. sharp

Mr. Moat will give a complete course in contractbridge designed for ALL players including beginners.Classes will be twice a week. Particulars 537-5360.

$10.00 for . 20 l e s s o n s