SPINDRIFTVol. IV. No.9 Published by the Cordova Bay Community Club, Cordova Bay, B. C. September, 1951

CONFESSIONSOF A COUNCILLOR

* * *The Saanich Council has asked theSaanich Town Planning Commission torecommend an area in Cordova Bay suit­able for establishment of a commercialzone.

Pin-point, or spotty, zoning is no zon­ing at all. Small businesses cropping uphere and there are not profitable, andcertainly are not attractive. By way ofexample, the shopping centre establishedsome time ago in Cadbol'o Bay is a goodexample of what zoning could do for us.

Mr. Doughty-Davies pointed out to theCommission at one of its meetings thatareas like Cordova Bay have the twofoldproblem of needing the facilities and ser­vices not only for tourists but for resi­dents as well.

In this respect it is interesting to notethat the provincial government is tryingto do away with "ribbon" development

I along its high speed highways' of thefuture. Statistics prove that such busi­nesses fail and that motorists head forthe larger centre.

The ideals of the Commission are high.It wants to protect "the garden of Van­ouver Island."

By Grace Shawequipped. We realized at once we werestanding in one of the old-time slave com- Two police officers recently asked mepounds, perhaps fifty years or more since jokingly what chances there were of athat yard resounded to the lamentations raise in pay next year. I replied in theof slaves. Back in the main building we same spirit by saying that the councillorsclimbed a short flight of rickety wooden were going to ask for one first.stairs and entered a large room floored More than one councillor has statedwith crushed coral and at different levels, that he intends to seek more take-home-­three smaller rooms. One of these had pay next year. This matter of remuner­latticed grills at the windows and had ating councillors is a difficult one. Oneevidently been used as a harem. Another ex-councillor has told me his car expenseshad been used as a kitchen. The walls for one year in office were $850. Consid­were smoke blackened and there were ering he did a great deal of work for histhree stones in a corner forming a. cook- municipality I should guess that at leasting hearth. These must have been the a fifth of that amount was incurred onquarters of the slave dealer ... We sat behalf of his office.on a stone dais and figured just how we Councillors of average means canwould fit the place up. More whitewash, scarcely afford to operate their cars forsoap and water, a stove of sorts and our the $50 annual travelling allowancebeds with mosquito nets could make a granted them.beginning at least, and so it was decided. * * *

Then our troubles started. We---each had Regarding police officers' salarv thesepersonal "boys" or servants, they decided men have a big district to cove~' - 35we were completely insane and refused square miles - and in so doing oftento j"ill I.'S but -c ...-ent:..'ftl.~· a r ~cd t.; ~o:r;eI!nu::t ark v~,~:·timt3· f0r which ttrt:rduring daylight hours only. are not paid.

Then an old Arab friend stopped me * * *and said he had heard we were to occupy It seems that we will hav·e new facesthe house. With many shakes of the head around the council table next year. Ihe muttered it was bade medicine and don't like to think of it. Your council issuggested there were more pleasant ways as councils go, a good one. It has workedof committing suicide. I became more harmoniously this year - and how im-- •curious and agreed to visit his home that portant that is!evening when he promised to bring alonganother really old man who knew the his­tory of the slaver's house. "L.". (myfriend) and I duly went along and aftersherbet and coffee we were taken intoanother room where an old and wizenedArab sat crosslegged on a heap of dirtycushions. We salaamed in approvedfashion and sat on the floor whilst he, ina mixture of Swahili and Arabic relatedto us this tale ... The long column ofweary groaning people, tired feet shufflingin the thick white dust slowly passedbeneath the portal of the compound fromthe light of freedom to the dusk ofslavery for the rest of their time on thisearth. Passed in to the blows, kicks andphysical mutilation of brutal masters andjealous bickering favorites of the harem.Ushered in by the whips and curses oftheir captors they were watched by thecareful eye of their new owner who satin a lofty perch high over the gateway.With a thought in mind of sales value hispracticed gaze wandered over the nakedbodies and lingered with a mental noteon a young girl just approaching maturewomanhood.... Her name was Fayum.

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The GHOST of FA YUMBy "Quip"

You can see the queer building fromthe harbour in Dar-es-Salaam. Just be­hind the string of wharfs along thewater's edge where the lighters loadtheir cargoes of coffee, copper, peanutsand sisal, where the chanting of theblack men adds to the noise· and bustleof a seaport sweltering in the torrid heatand glare of sun. A curious long lowwhitewashed bulk with a battlementededge to its flat roof ... The oldest build­ing standing in that ancient town and ahouse with a long forgotten history of]- "Ian tribulation and terror.

had been living in Dar as we called·It for some months and had been quarter­

ed in a rather smelly Greek hotel in theshadow of the town's mosque. My room­mate and I were tired of the comfortlessconcrete floored bedroom and also of the"call to prayer" each dawn from themosque tower looming overhead and wehad searched in vain for a quarter wecould furnish and wherein we could findcomfort and peace. Daily I halJ to pas",the old building on the water front andwondered at its being unused. One day Ipeered through the gate at its side and Icould see a large courtyard grown highwith grass and some sort of well structurein the centre. Dilapidated buildingsseemed to surround the court with ironh"lrred windows and black gaping doors.

I became curious and on arrival at theaaministrative headquarters where Iworked I asked about the place. Govern­ment owned it but nobody seemed to knowmuch about it and in spite of the short­age of housing it had remained unoccu­pied since the British took over thecountry. I asked if my friend and I coulduse the house as a quarter and wassmilingly told that if we did not mindliving in a haunted house which nobodyelse would use or go near at night, wecertainly could take it over.

I hadn't much experience of ghostsand wasn't unduly worried at the pros­pect, so having persuaded my friend tohave a look at it with me we obtained ahuge old wrought iron key and set forthto explore our new domain. A heavycarved and ornamented door groaned andcreaked as we turned the lock and pushedour way into a long dismal room whichonce had been whitewashed. Along eachwall hung rows of short chains withshackles. Undisturbed dust was every­where and I noticed a peculiar smelllingered in the air. We passed throughthe room to the open courtyard and foundall the buildings around it similarly

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SPINDRIFTEditors:

Harold Gorse Doreen Warden

Contributing Editors:C. Howorth . - Community ImprovementsN. Andrew and D. Fletcher - - - - SportLillian Dyer and Kathleen Genn - - Social

Treasurer: Assistant Treasurer:Wm. J. Mackintosh Frederick O. Sutton

Advertising:Fred Dyer Bob Macmurchie

Circulation:Hilda Andrew - Hilda Sinkinson - Nora Savage

THE MYSTERY STORYA short inspection of t.he contents of

the book-stalls would lead at first sightto the conclusion that every ninth or tenthperson one meets on the street must be awriter of mystery stories but secondthoughts coupled with our inclination toclaim as belonging to this Province any­one of note 'who was born or has residedhere for even the shortest time go to provethat although there are people who regardsuch writers as weeds, they do not growlike weeds.

Authors appear to congregate in orwithin easy distance of the larger citieswhere t ey may have ready access tothe Publishing Houses on whom they mustdepend for the sale and publication oftheir work and their number is limitedby the qualifications called for by theircraft.

Among these qualifications there mustbe the imagination necessary for thecreation of an original plot and the abilityto create characters in such a way as tomake them appear real. Add to these thegift of deductive and inductive reason­ing, a capacity for taking pains, the poses­s.ioDo of patience and the ability to write astory that will carry the reader along,with his interest engaged to the last chap­ter and we have a combination which, to

- say the least, is decidely uncommon.Granted these qualifactions, the author

has to choose and apply his technique.He must decide whether his investigatorwill be a member of a police force, withall the resources of such a force at hiscommand or a private individual.

The most interesting stories appear tobe those in which the detective belongs toa police fo·rce.

The author must then decide whether hewill confront his detective with a deadbody and require him to prove if deathis from natural causes, accident, suicideor murder or if he will make the causeso obviously murder that it could benothing else, although the latter does notdo away with the necessity of goingthrough the usual steps for proving thatthe cause of death is what it appears tobe or of arriving as closely as possibleat the time of death.

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The situation is usually complicatedby the number of people who had or mayhave had the opportunity of committingthe murder. These have to be whittleddown by questioning until they are re­duced to a reasonable number which can­not be further reduced except' by othermethods. At or about this point thereenters the question of motive and the re­lations, good, bad or indifferent of theremaining suspects with the murderedperson must be established.

Here the author has to decide what andhow many clues he will put into the story.He must create them and conceal themsufficiently so that they are not obviousand place them at intervals throughoutthe narrative in such a way as to leadhis detective on from chapter to chapter.They must be of such a nature that onlyafter they have all been discovered willthey point clearly to the murderer.

Quite often, although not invariablythe last. chapter is devoted to a summingup which exposes all the clues and windsthe story up to the satisfaction of every­body except the murderer.

This attempt to explain the apparentlysimple but actually difficult art of writingmystery stories would indicate that' tothose with. the gift of writing them thewhole affair is plain sailing. It is very.doubtful if that is the case, for it is easyto see how even with the best thought-outplot the author may strike one snag afteranother and spend hours or days straight­ening them out.

It may, legitimately, be asked if thereading of these stories is worth whileand there are those who believe or affectto believe that it is a waste of timewhich would be better spent in improvingthe mind. This raises other' questionssuch as: Do you want to improve yourmind? How much is your' mind capableof being improved? What are you goingto do with your mind after you havereached the limit of mind improvement?If, like me, you can find no satisfactoryanswer to these questions here is anotherone. What would you do with the timeyou are supposedly wasting in readingmystery stories?

September, 1951

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LETTER TO THE EDITORSParker Avenue, R.R. 4,Victoria, B.C.Aug. 14th, 1951.

Through Spindrift, if I may, I wouldlike to express my deep appreciation ofthe kindest of neighbours and friends ofCordova Bay District. It is a delightfulplace in which to live.

M. L. Hutton.

THE DAY WAS WARMThe tea was hot,Ways and means were what we sought­A really good social, some of us thought,,The resignation of Mrs. Joy Rickard

as chairman of the Ladies' Auxiliary wasaccepted. Mrs. Kitty Gem1 was named hersuccessor and will preside beginning' '~

the next meeting which will be at 2.3'--JnWednesday, October 10, in the hall.

Myrtle Dyer,Secy.-Treas. Ladies' Auxiliary.

PLAY·GROUPNEWSNew and old members of the Cordova

Bay Co-operative Play-group met onAugust 28 at· Mrs. Phillips' home onSanta Clara to discuss plans for the fallseason. The following officers wereelected: Chairman, Mrs. Pope; secretary,Mrs. Monks; treasurer, Mrs. Austin; pur­chasing committee, Mrs. Tucker and Mrs.Phillips; study program, Mrs. Tuckey;social, Mrs. Rickard; equipment, Mrs.Bethel and Mrs. Parker. After the busi­ness meeting delicious refreshments wel'eserved by the hostess.

* * * ~The first regular meeting was held onWedhesday, September 12, ir" the newroom at the home of Mr. and Mrs. AlanPottage, Cordova Bay Road. Mrs. Phillipsreported that the enrollment is now full.The waiting list will be left open to newnames in case of unexpected withdrawalsthroughout the season.

It was decided to open some of thestudy-group meetings to interested non­members. The speakers and topics will beannounced in advance and admission willbe 25c.

* * *The Cordova Bay group will be hos-tesses when the Association of Co-oper­ative Play Groups of Greater Victoriameets on Wednesday, September 26, atthe home of Mrs. Jack Shaw; D'Arcy Lane.The meeting will begin with dessert andcoffee at 7 :00 p.m. There will be a guestspeaker.

-D.W.

TACTShe: How do you like my new hat?He: It shows too much of your face.

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PRIMATE VISITS CORDOVA BAYCordova Bay was honored when the

newly elected Primate of the CanadianAnglican Church, Archbishop W. F. Bar­foot, paid an unexpected visit to 8t.David's-by-the-Sea. His Grace was muchinterested in the parish hall, now beingused for Church serv"ices. He expressedthe hope that the Church proper wouldsoon be erected, as originally designed,on the south of the present Hall.

tion to the members.The meeting was informed through

Mr. S. W. Brock who was not able to bepresent that admission could not becharged to movie shows to be given inthe Hall at present but that we could puton a show for ourselves without chargeif we desired to do so.

Harry Savage informed the meetingthat the exposed floor would have to becovered in order to preserve it from dam­age during the winter, and also that thepart of the building now in use must beput in better condition and properlyheated. A really good turnqut of workersis absolutely necessary to get this done.

The October Monthly Meeting will beheld at 8 p.m. instead of 8.30.

Harold Gorse, Publicity Director.

THANKSGIVING SERVICEThe Harvest Thanksgiving Service will

be held on Sunday, Sept. 30th, at 11 a.m.Visitors wiII be welcome at this Service,and are asked to join in the well-knownHarvest Thanksgiving Hymns. Childrenare also invited to come.

(Rev.) C. B. Price.

NEIGHBORS'"We live beside them day by day,And meet them, both at work and play.We share the weather, rain or shine,And change our clocks to summer time.

And so the days and weeks go by.We sometimes pause and wonder why,Some folks around just stay' and stay,While others choose to move away.

When troubles come, as come they may,To each one in a different way,It's then a neighbor's helping hand,

I Will show us that they understand.

Good neighbors may live near or far,But when we need them, there they are.H may be God, in His own way,Sends them to help us, when we pray.

L. N. Sharp.

Cordova Bay Community ClubVice-President - Noel Andrew

Past President - George Ross

R(>cording Sceretary-Barrie Rickard

Corr"csPolluing- Secretary-Del. And(,1'1.01l

Treasurer - Jack Shaw

Social Director - Frances Renfrew

Sports Director - Fred Dyer

Directol' of Membership -- Torrie LindalDirector of Publicity - Harol<.l Gorse

Director of Community ImprovementsRobert Renfrew

President - R. Sinkinson

CLUB AFFAIRSThe next General Meeting of the Club

will be held on Wednesday, October 3rd,at 8 p.m. Please note the change in thetime.

Anti-Secession Fund, objective $150.00.Collected to August $85.00. Collected in

. tember $2.00. Required $63.00."-At the Monthly General Meeting of theClub on the 5th September, the minutesof the previous meeting were read asusual.

George Kirkendale announced the goodnews that the profit from Klondike Nightnow amounted to $395.87 and that he wasdetermined to get it up to the even $400and proceeded to do so by disposing ofa bucket which had been purchased foruse on that night and was now surplus.George's effort was crowned with successand the profit is now $400 and Mrs. JackWard is the proud possessor of an extrabucket or will be when she gets it sinceGeorge had very carelessly omitted tobring it with him.

The President intimated that the Ex-cutive had decided that as the Hall was

now in use the whole of the taxes for thisyear could not be paid out of the Build­ing Fund and that it be suggested to theHall Management Committee that they bedivided half and half between the Fundand the Club.

The Dance which it had been intendedto hold at the beginning of Septembercould not be arranged as it was foundto be impossible to obtain an orchestraat that time and to put it off until laterin the month would bring it into the coldnights. The holding of the dance wastherefore abandoned.

It was found that Mrs. Shaw's resolu­hon "That the July and August meetingsof the Club be abandoned" could not, ac­cording to the By-laws, be intimated tothe members in the way suggested at thelast monthly meeting but required aseparate letter to each member. It wasdecided, therefore, that Mrs. Shaw's reso­lution, Mr. Ken Genn's dormant resolu­tion on Life Membership, and a new reso­lution providing for the intimahon ofsuch resolutions through Spindrift orsuch other publication as the Executivemay decide ?e combined in one notifica-

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ST. DAYIDISWOMENIS GUILD

Meeting at the home of Mrs. A. Taylor,St. David's Guild arranged to have theannual Harvest Supper, October 5th.Roast turkey with all the trimmings willbe served and the supper will be servedat half past five o'clock. Mrs. B. Dyer isin charge of the sale of supper tickets;the hall will be decoratE;d by Mrs. G.Rickard. In charge of the kitchen areMrs. J. Wyper and Mrs. Taylor who havethe privilege of calling for what help theyrequire. A canvass for supplies for thesupper will be made by Mrs. K. R. Genn,Mrs. C. Hill, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. K. M.Lewis, Mrs. Wyper, Mrs. Dyer and Mrs.K. K. John. In charge of the tables willbe Mrs. Genn, Mrs. N. Andrew, Mrs. Dyer,Mrs. John, Mrs. W. Tucker, Mrs. Brownand others. Mrs. W. Ronald and Mrs. H.Stevenson will be at the doors.

Mr. A. Miller has been asked to providea short programme of music and picturesto be given after the supper.

Mrs. Taylor was assisted in serving teaby Mrs. Rickard and Mrs. M. Clack.

The next regular meeting of the Guildwill be held October 9th at the home ofMrs. K. M. Lewis. E.M.L.

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"tive cry of a child somewhere withoutwas overheard above the storm, fo]]'owedby the bark of the sheep-dog, whichcrouched on a deer-skin rug underneaththe kitchen dresser.

"That is a child's cry I hear-the voiceof some infant in distress somewhere in

I the darkness outside," muttered thestranger. "1 must go out and rescue theinfant in distress."

"You need not trouble yourself," re­torted Macdonald, "nothing possible canbe· done now, for that child has criednightly on the hillside ever since theMassacre of Glencoe."

Note-The Massacre of Glencoe occur­red in a very black period of Scottish his­tory an outcome of the Civil War 1745.

S. W. Brock.

A LEGEND OF THEMASSACRE OF GLENCOE

IN THE WEST OF SCOTLANDA Ghost Story

Late one evening an angler was caughtin a very severe storm. Soaked to theskin, deafened by thunder and almostblinded by lightning, as he battled hisway against the elements through thebleak, barren wind-swept Glencoe, soughtrefuge at the nearest wayside cottage.Almost exhausted he knocked at the doorand begged leave to be allowed to takeshelter until the storm should subside be­fore pursuing his journey.

An aged shepherd welcomed the stran­ger and led him into the kitchen wherethe kettle was hanging from a hook on achain over a roaring peat fire. Thisstorm will not end for hours, said hishost, "and if you value your life, you willnot attempt to reach Kingshouse tonight,as you have several miles to walk. I will·be only too pleased to accommodate youhere until daybreak." The fisherman, whowas extremely cold and tired, appreciat­ing the perils entailed in continuing, wel­comed the kindly offer.

"My. name is Macdonald and I am veryglad of your company on a wild night likethis." He started to prepare a hurriedmeal (which consisted of porridge andcream followed by eggs, potatoes and ven­ison with strong tea). As the storm wasat its height, through the rumble of thethunder came a mournful cry, followed bythe pitiful whine of the shepherd's dog."Is there someone outside in distress doyou think?" said the angler, to which re­mark the Shepherd replied: "No sir, thereis not a living soul for miles around ona night like this, I can assure you."

'''Sorry,'' said the fisherman, "I onlyimagined 1 heard a baby crying."

After the meal was over, lamps werelighted round the old-fashioned fireplace,when an interesting conversation ensuedconcerning the district and history of theancient clan Macdonald of Glencoe, whenMacdonald explained that he hailed fromone of the very oldest families of theGlen. As the wind hissed and whistledthrough nearly every chink and crannyof the humble dwelling suddenly burstanother thunder-clap which almost rentthe rafters and the same weird and plain-

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OF LOCAL INTER.ESTCOMING AND GOING ... We are very

sorry to hear that Mr. and Mrs. S. Trav­ers, Dick and Sidney have left the "Bay."They have taken up residence in the Fair­field district. Their home has been pur­chased by Mr. and Mrs. Beatty and family.

Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Cole are living intheir new home on Cordova Bay Rd., andMr. and Mrs. C. Rose and young son arethe new tenants in Mr. Neuman's cottagealso on Cordova Bay Rd. Other newneighbors to be welcomed to the Bay areMr. and Mrs. W. J. Morgan who have pur­chased the property formerly owned byMr. and Mrs. W. McIntosh.

On the sick list this month we haveMr. Gosling of Francis Ave., who is inhospital. We wish him a speedy recov­ery. Jimmie Waistell has had anothervisit to the hospital but we are glad tosee him around again. August 10th wasan unhappy day for two young residentswl.,,) met with accidents. Robert Bethel is{ ospital with a fractured leg sustainedwile climbing and little Peggy Wardenof Wesley Rd., received a broken collarbone after tripping over her dog. RoyKellow suffered a severe cut on the headwhen a falling rafter struck him whilehelping to dismantle a building. We arepleased to hear Mr. W. H. Miller is re­covering, following an operation in theJubilee Hospital.

WEDDINGMcMORRAN - BURGESS- At a cere­

mony which took place on September 10th,at First United Church, Helen Emily,daughter of Mrs. E. P. Burgess, RoyalOak, became the bride of Eric Wallace,son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McMorran, Cor­dova Bay, with Dr. W. G. Wilson officiat­ing. Miss Sharleen Martindale, cousin of

." bride, was bridesmaid and the groom's'-orother, Richard, acted as best man. On

their return from a motor trip to TiaJuana, the couple will make their homein the "Bay."

ANNOUNCEMENTS ... Mr. and Mrs.H. V. Bullock, 2345 Marine Dr., CordovaBay, wish to announce the engagementof their youngest daughter, Faye Esme,to Lieut. Garry MacArthur Houghton,RC.A., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.Houghton, Lac La Ronge" Sask. Thewedding will take place at 2.30 p.m. Sat­urday, October 6th, at Christ ChurchCathedral, the Rev. A. E. Henley, rectorof St. Paul's Garrison, officiating.

CONGRATULATIONS. We offer heartycongratulations to Mrs. E. Moore, CordovaBay Rd., on her great success of her n~w

song, "Whispering Waves." Mrs. Moore,who was inspired by the waves of ourown sea shore, composed the music andwas assisted with the lyrics by her daugh­ters, Eileen and Billie. The song has beenrecorded by the "Hometowners," and bothVictoria and Vancouver have already soldout. Sheet music will be available at anytime. Mrs. Moore was one of the very

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I first to camp at the "Bay" as a child.Mr. and Mrs. Alan Pottage, Cordova

Bay Rd., are to be congratulated on thebirth of their son on August 27th at St.Joseph's Hospital. Also to Mr. and Mrs.Paul Hanson, Cordova Bay Rd., whose sonarrived on September 14th.

We are sorry to hear of the passing ofArchdeacon Western, Doumac Ave., re­cently retired from St. Stephen's Church,Patricia Bay. The Archdeacon and Mrs.Western were newcomers to the "Bay,"

VACATIONISTS ... It takes a lot ofsomething to go on a 2,600 mile trip,through the Rockies, in a model "A"crate-truck, that is, minus a top. Thatis precisely what three of our up-and­coming teen-agel's, namely, Bill Lawton,Dick Travers and Sammy Ranson,' ownerof the "vehicle," did for a three-weekholiday. Their trip took them throughmany places of interest, Calgary, Edmon­ton, Miette Hot Springs, Jasper, LakeLouise, Banff, and Radium Hot Springs,returning via the Big Bend Highway. Asthey camped all the way, and camping isnot much fun without a bonfire, theirfirst thought on entering Alberta, was toprocure a permit, if possible. In reply tothis request, of a RC.M.P., they..were sur­prised to hear, "Permit, what's that?"Evidently Alberta has had more thanher s'hare of rain.

Mr. and Mrs. V. Lindal and sons mo­tored to the ninety-three mile house onthe Cariboo Highway where their daugh­ter, Virginia, was spending her holidayswith relatives. They spent two weeksvisiting, fishing, horse-back-riding, andalso enjoyed two stampedes before re­turning home via the Hope-PrincetonHighway.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sutton and familyspent a pleasant week motoring throughWashington and Oregon, U.S.A.

Bruce Hill has just returned from anine-week holiday with Mr. and Mrs. E.Buckle and family at Long Beach, V.I.Roger Shaw of D'Arcy Lane, is also backhome, travelling via T.C.A. from Torontowhere he spent his summer holidays.

Mr. and Mrs. V. Bullock, Cordova BayRd., have been touring the NorthernStates, while Mr. and Mrs. J. Wyper alsoof Cordova Bay Rd., spent their vacationin Seattle.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ross and Ian tra­velled to Nanaimo where Mrs. Ross em­barked for Vancouver to spend severaldays visiting with friends. Mr. Ross andIan enjoyed a holiday camping and fish­ing at various places up island. Otherresidents visiting Vancouver were Mr.and Mrs. Geo. Preston of Lochside Rd.,Carol and Brian Andrew, who spent aweek there and Mrs. ,J. C. Shaw, D'ArcyLane, who flew over to attend a meetingof the B.C. Division of Community Plan­ning.

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Visiting their daughter and son-in-law,Mr. and Mrs. C. Combe of New Westmins­ter, were Mr. and Mrs. F. Pottage of thePools. Also on the mainland, travellingthrough the Cariboo, and going as far asPrince George, were Miss E. Jeune andMr. Arthur Jeune. Mr. and Mrs. C. F.Mitchell and Roy have returned from atrip to Calgary, Mrs. Geo. Fox from theOkanagan and Mr. and Mrs. Lucas andBarrie are holidaying in the Cariboo.

VISITORS ... Mr. and Mrs. W. Tucker,Agate Lane, had as their guest for a fewdays, Miss Hazel Russell, RN., from Vic­toria.

Mrs. C. Hill had Mr. and Mrs. Daniels,Mr. and Mrs. Evans and daughter fromPort Angeles, visiting for two weeks. AlsoMrs. Sarah Taylor, Mrs. Rob~nson Sr., andMrs. Hill's two grand-daughters, Karenand Trenise.

After spending several months at thehome of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.and Mrs. J. C. Shaw, Mrs. R J. Lydiatthas returned to her home in Toronto.

Spending the Labor Day week-end withMr. and Mrs. R Renfrew, Cordova BayRd., was their niece, Miss D. Ratledgewith three of her friends, all from Van­couver.

The Rev. Wm. Valentine of West Van­couver, was a recent visitor of the Frenchfamily. Dalton Kremer of Sea Island. alsospent ten days with his cousins, theFrench girls.

ENTERTAINMENT ... Guest of honorat a tea given by Mrs. P. W. Plimley, Cor­dova Bay Rd., was .Mrs. W. Mackintosh,who, with her two children, Joan andDonald, will be leaving here shortly tojoin her husband in Vancouver, wherethey will make their home. Invited gueststo the tea were, Mesdames C. Barlow,C. McShane, J. Edwards, T. Evans, C.Evans, F. Ray, R Bain, Geo. Ross, J. C.Shaw, K. Genn, E. Hayden, B. Dyer, F.Pottage, K. NI. Lewis, B. Caley, NoelThomas, D. Williams, H. Groome, A. Pot­tage, R Renfrew and N. Andrew. Mrs.Mackintosh was presented with a potteryflower bowl. Assisting Mrs. Plimley inseyv'ing tea were Mrs. C. Barlow, Mrs.Geo. Ross and Mrs. C. McShane.

Kitty Genn, Lillian Dyer.

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unkempt guard and pointing to the girlissued an order.... Late that night whenquiet at last settled he sought his bedand, as he thought, the charms of hisnew slave. In spite of whips and blowsshe, in utter terror was like a wildcreature of the jungle which had beenher home. As the slaver fought to sub­due her she snatched from his girdlethe broad scimitar-like knife he wore andwith a quick jab drove it deep into hisforearm. Maddened he wrenched the knifefrom her hand and brought it with ter­rible force across her neck completelysevering the head from the body. Thefollowing day in view of the assembledslaves he had a corner of the mud build­ing torn down and the body of the slavegirl built into the wall as a permanentwarning of the future fate of the dis­obedient.

From that day to this a headless womanfalls with a crash to the floor nightly ina room where a young girl's journeyended and no humans have lived in theold house without dire results.-So ranthe tale.

We lived in that old house a year with­out seeing a ghost or hearing a crash butthere was one curious thing. 'IJ::! 1923 weexperienced a very heavy rainstorm andour mudwalled home suffered badly. Acorner near the main gate to the com­pound collapsed and disclosed the skeletonof a young woman standing erect but withskull attached. I know it was customaryin the old days to bury alive a slave inthe corners of a house to ensure itslongevity and this may have given riseto the legend of Fayum's ghost. Two otherpoints of interest came to light when Idelved further into the history of ourhouse. A German Mission decided tooccupy the place and had a cross putover one of the doors. For some reasonthey never settlea in. The cross is stillthere. When Stanley made his famousjourney to Ujiji to find Livingstone hehad camped in the house and organizedhis safari from there.

By a curious reversal of usage I believethe old place is now used as headquartersfor the local C.LD. I'll bet they see noghosts but, you see, they don't sleep there.

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Newton P.T.A. will be held Tuesday, Sep­tember the 18th, in the school. New teach­ers of the Keating and Mount NewtonSchools will he introduced to the parents_Several recommendations will be present­ed by the executive and reports' of com­mittees made. An appeal is made for agood attend-ance of members at this firstmeeting of the current school year. Forentertainment there will be a film of gen­eral interest and at the conclusion of themeeting the social committee has plannedto have home-made refreshments. Allpersons interested are cordially invited.

- New additions to the staff of the MountNewton this September are Mr. P. Apas­tali and Mr. Fred Francis who both regis­ter Grade 8 classes. New principal thisyear at Keating school is Mr. C. W. Rob­erts.

Mount Newton students began the or­ganization of their school activities lastweek when the House organizations werecompleted as follows:

House 1: Council Representatives:Lynn Sheldrake; Senior House leaders,Colin Tyler and Carol Sinkinson; JuniorHouse leaders, Michael Wheeler andJoanne Gait.

House 2: Council Representative: KenCurl; Senior House leaders, Rod Haferand Shirley Robinson; Junior House lead­ers, Willie Mar and Mary Sandwith.

House 3: Council Representative: BobTubman; Senior House leaders, EddieCorbett and Valerie Bate; Junior Houseleaders, Victor Lindal and Marilyn Todd.

Officers for the .Junior Red Cross havebeen elected as follows: Pres., Joy Ma­hon; Vice-pres., Marlene Henderson; Sec'­retary, Marilyn Curl; Treasurer, NoniPearson. Inter-High School representa­tives are Joy Mahon, Lesley Cowlinshaw,Ann Muirhead, and Marlene Henderson.

The group is completing its schoolregistration this week.

The eledion of student council officersis scheduled to take place shortly.

House groups have arranged a tennistournament which will be played off dur­ing September. They are also selectingsoccer teams for inter-house activities. Aschedule of games to be played for theWright Trophy was posted this week byMr. Murphy.

A feature of the school organizationthis year has been the provision of ac­tivity periods on Wednesday and Fridayafternoons to prO\'ide an outlet of studentinterest from Grades 9 to 12 in drama,music, Conversational French, generalshopcraft for boys and girls, and homefurnishing for girls. Members ,of the staffact as leaders. Those who do wish to takepart in the activity groups may elect astudy period under superv"ision.

A. E. Vogee.