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Twelfth Year, No. 10 GANGES, British Columbia Thursday, March 18, 1971 $4.00 per year in Canada, 10$ copy

CENTENNIAL CARAVAN COMES TO SALT SPRING ISLAND

Next Wednesday is Caravan Day.Centennial '71 Caravan^will come to Salt Spring Island

aboard the Queen of Sidney, making a special call.The Caravan, consisting of three large trailers set to three

sides of a square, will be open to the public at the Centen-nial Park in Ganges.

It will be on view from 10 am until 10 pm on Wednesday,Mar. 24.

The interior of the caravan shows the passing history ofBritish Columbia from the early Indian era to modern times.

Only restriction offered is that children must be accomp-anied by an adult.

LEGION BIRTHDAY

Gen. PearkesTo Be Guest

Grand president of the RoyalCanadian Legion, Maj. Gen.George Pearkes, V.C. and Mrs.Pearkes will be the guests of theSalt Spring Island branch of theRoyal Canadian Legion at their40th anniversary.

The special event will be cel-ebrated with a wine and cheeseparty Saturday, March 20 at 8p.m. in the Legion Hall, Gang-es.

Other special guests invitedare Zone Commander, J. Cass,from Nanaimo and past Zonecommander Phil Johnston, Ma-ple Bay.

Branch members and membersof the Ladies* Auxiliary are re-minded to pick up their ticketsfrom Fred Morris at Mouat'sStore, Ganges.

BINGO WINNER IS YOUNG LADYAttendance was down at the

Lions Giant Bingo on Saturdayevening in Fulford Hall. About150 islanders attended to seeNancy, the young daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Jim Merston takethe jackpot prize of $100.

'Prizes were $10 each game,with a consolation of $2 when

RED CROSSDRIVE

Red Cross Campaign, alreadyclosed on Galiano, is about toopen on Salt Spring Island. Incharge of the campaign in thenorthern Salt Spring area is Mrs.W.J. Stepaniuk. At the southend Mrs. Evelyn Lee is chair-man.

It is hoped that a door-to-door canvass will be carried outon the island and volunteers areurged to call Mrs. Stepaniuk at537-2885.

there was a tie.In charge of the event was

Lion Mel Topping.Winners were L. Kyle, F.

Middleditch, Mrs. W. Sampson,"1

Harry Williamson, W. Mailey,L. Mouat, D. Gear, KenTara,Mrs. A. Wood, Mrs. L. Wood,T. Middleditch, Mrs. B.-Samp-son, Bill Sampson, G. Cruicksh-ank, Mrs. J. Darbey, Mrs. D.Bartle, B. Cantrill, Mrs. B.Bains, Harry Williamson andfinally Nancy Merston.

HORSEMEN TO MEETFormation of a horse riding

club on Salt Spring Island willbe proposed at a meeting inGanges Elementary School nextThursday evening, Mar. 25.

The meeting will be enter-tained by a film show, "FortyMen on Morgan Horses". Meet-ing will be staged at 7.30 pmin the science room.

He's blowing his own horn.And he blew it while parentsand others visited the schools atGanges during Education Week.

The young musician is MichaelDougherty, son of Mr. and Mrs.Pat Dougherty of Mansel Road.

ChargesAf WharfProfesfed

TO VICTORIA

Wharfage charges to fisher-men were discussed by GalianoChamber of Commerce lastWednesday. Fishermen, bothsports and commercial, hadprotested charges at Galianowharf where a fee was leviedand no services offered.

It was agreed that there areno facilities, and that a requestshould be made for a better ser-vice to those who tie up to thewharves on the Island.

The meeting recommendedthat the president, with GeorgeGeorgeson, go to Victoria in thenear future, and express the fi-shermen's views to the depart-ment of transport officials.

What WasLight AtGanges?

What was the light overGanges last week?

Mrs. Rachel Robinson, ofCranberry Road, reports hav-ing watched a brilliant lightwhich appeared to be overGanges Harbour on Wednesdaylast week at about 6.30 pm.

Mrs. Robinson is a formernewspaperwoman and familiarwith reports of mysteriouslights. It is the first time shehas seen such a phenomenonand she could offer no explan-ation. The light hovered ov-er the harbour for a time be-fore moving away quickly.

TWO SERVICE CLUBS HELP

LACROSSE IS ASSUREDFinal move in the establish-

ment of lacrosse at Gangescame last week with a contribu-tion from the Salt Spring IslandRotary Club.

Lacrosse League on Salt SpringIsland was sponsored last yearby Geoffrey Howland, a Gangesbusinessman who has never play-ed thz game.

He encouraged youngsters totake part and stirred up a consi-derable interest. In order tocarry on with the game on theisland a lacrosse box was neces-sary, but it proved expensive.

Gulf Islands School Districtallocated a plot of land for the

Cross Country RunnersBY BILL ARNOLD

Bob Olsen and Bill Arnoldwere the Gulf Islands secondaryschool representatives at lastSaturday's Central Saanich Cen-tennial cross country races. Ab-out three hundred athletes tookpart in the six different categories ranging from open men tounder fourteen girls. Thecourse started at centennialpark, Saanichton and wound itsway through woods, and farm .-land, over fences, throughstreams, along pathways a footdeep in mud and water, ending

up at the local fairgrounds.Bob ran strongly to finish

ninth in the boys over sixteen,five miles with a time of 34minutes 42 seconds while Billfound the senior competitiontough finishing the same dist-ance in twelfth position with32 minutes and four seconds.Winners of these two races wereJirn Thorn, 29-24 of MountDouglas H.S. and brother Char-lie Thorn 28-37 of U.Vic.Any high school runners interested in competing should contactBill Arnold 653-4346 or Mr.Harrison at the high school.

CAPITAL REGION CALLS ON SALT SPRING -

ALL ARE ISLANDERS- ONE WAY OR ANOTHERBY FRANK RICHARDS

There was Jim Gumming, Ma>yor of North Saanich and Alder-man Wilkie Gardner, of Sidney.Mayor Stanley Dear of Sidneycame along as well as MayorHugh Curtis of Saanich. Alsofrom Saanich was Alderman Ed-ith Gunning. From Oak Baycame another woman in munici-pal affairs, Mayor Frances El -ford.

They were all part of the Ca-

pital Regional District Board whocame to inspect Lady Minto Hos'pital and to tour the island aweek ago. Regional District andHospital District are the samepeople.

They all arrived on a bus fromSwartz Bay and Salt Spring Isl-and conjured up enough rain tomake them all feel thoroughlyat home.

First port of call was HarbourHouse, where lunch was served.

I didn't know them all. I

knew some and I knew of others.Jim Gumming was works and

bricks officer for the RCAF atPatricia Bay Airport when hecame here in uniform after aspell at Terrace. A Lethbridgecontractor, he retired to NorthSaanich and developed an inter-est in civic affairs.

Jim is the first mayor of themunicipality. He has gainedthe approval of ratepayers ofthe municipality on a number

of occasions . Beyond the af-fairs of the North Saanich mu-nicipality he is chairman of theCapital Region Hospital Boardand has worked long and hardfor improved hospital facilitiesfor the district.

He still hopes to see a newPeninsula hospital for Saanichand a new St. Joseph's Hospitalfor Victoria. He is confidentthat the extension to Lady Mintc

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project and funds were raised bythe players and others interested

Last week Mr. Howland ap-pealed to the two service clubs,explaining that another $1,500was needed. The Salt SpringIsland Lions coughed up thefirst $1,000 and the Rotarianspromptly forked out the rest.

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Wallace Island author whomade world fame with his firstbook is awaiting the publicationof his second. David Conover'sOne Man's Island will be on thebookstands in May. Followingthe established pattern, it willdeal of his early days on Wall-ace Island, following the SecoirWorld War. His first, Once Up-on an Island, has been translat -ed into almost every languageand has been hailed in manycountries by book clubs.

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And there was $£2.14 leftover.

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it over to the Centennial Fund.Others offered other means ofdisposing of it.

This week Mrs. Phil Valcourtcame up with the solution...give it to the Salt Spring IslandRatepayers Association.

And unless contributors to thefund express any objection thisis probably what will happen tothe surplus funds.

CHRISTMAS SEALSSHOW REDUCTION

Duncan Christmas Seal camp-aign last fall raised a total of$4,525 for help in the fight ag-ainst respiratory diseases. Figurerepresented a decline of $514from the 1969 figure of $5,039.

The provincial total exceededlast year's, although it did notcome up to the hopes of thesponsors.

In Duncan, which includes th«the Gulf Islands, ths campaignwas directed by the Duncan Kin-smen Club.

BYBEA FULFORD HAMILTON

A baby girl was born to Mr.and Mrs. Bruce Grant of Brent-wood Bay, on March 7, at theRoyal Jubilee Hospital in Victor-ia. Happy grandparents are Mr.and Mrs. Frank Grant of Isabel-la Point road. The baby weigh-ed 6 Ibs. 9 oz. and mother anddaughter are doing well.

Mrs. Jack McDonald visitedher parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.O.Lacy over the week end. Shewas accompanied by her youngsons, Alec and Ralph. The Mc-Donalds returned to VancouverIsland Sunday afternoon.

Lots of robins around now andthe ourole finches and house fin-ches are beautiful - blush pink,bright red and a mixture - quailcome by the dozen and severaleagles are around - seem to bemaking a permanent home inthis vicinity. One bald headedeagle snatched a duck out of thesea recently - s. swoosh, a dipand poor ducky was airborn andthe eagle had a dinner.

Mrs. Lillian Winfiald, whoused to teach in the BurgoyneValley School in 1903, died inVictoria last week. Mrs. A.Dav-is and Miss Mary Walter, attend-ed the funeral service. We allremember Mrs. Winfield and thehappy times we all spent togeth-er throughout the years. It is anice way to remember people...she was a thoroughly nice person.

The crocuses are out at lastand now the Glory of the Snow isshowing blue in the grass soSpring must be here despite thecold winds that try to discourageany such thoughts.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Souleand small daughter Erin, recent'ly spent two weeks on the Isl-and visiting Mrs. Soule *s par-

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By the time he left, Mr.Soule had seen most of SaltSpring Island and although theweather left much to be desiredthey all enjoyed the change.On leaving the Island, theSoules flew to Penticton, wherethey spent an extra week visit-ing relations on the Soule sideof the family.

Bon voyage parties seem tobe the thing these days as peop-le flit away on travels to othercountries; Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeTruefitt left on Sunday onboard the S.S.Oronsay, for amonth's trip at sea with manystops en route and the PanamaCanal to England.

On Thursday, a farewell par-ty at the Ship's Inn at Ganges,saw about 18 friends and neigh-bors of Mrs. Elsie Thacker sit-ting down to a delicious dinnerwith George and Hazel True-fitt as guests of honor, and adaffodil corsage for Mrs.True-fitt.

On Sunday, the members ofthe W.I. had an impromptu bonvoyage tea party for the True-fitts at the home of Mrs. A.Davis and the Hamilton familyat Dromore.

Decorated cake presented tothe guests of honor, had beenmade and decorated by Mrs.Gladys Slingsby. The high-light was a ship. The W.I.pinwas presented to Mrs. Truefitt,with a host of good wishes forthe travellers.

I am not through yet.During the past week, memb-

ers of the St. Mary's Guild gath-ered at the home of Capt andMrs. Edwaid Lacy to hold thequarterly meeting and this turn-ed into a Bon Voyage party forthe Truefitts! A pretty scarf waspresented to Mrs. Truefitt and

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to be frank

By Richards

It must be spring. On Mon-day Barbara Blundell was soconcerned with choosing a pairof sun glasses she hadn't evennoticed that the sun had left thescene.

* * *In a world of bigness, where

size is what matters, DRIFT-WOOD must come awful closeto being the original sin!

* * *The Janice Ann was moored

at Ganges last week and someisland sailors were happily cov-eting it. A fish boat, she isequipped with freeze lockers,central heating and two diesels,one to drive the vessel and theother to drive the freezer. Thevessel can stay out of port forweek after week if she has to.

* * *While half of Canada already

stands in fear that some foolishleader of some foolish nationwill pull the trigger of a nuclearweapon and bring about a globaldestruction, the other half is re-sisting the establishment of nuc-lear power plants for fear of theradio activity they could bring.In the meantime the CanadaPost Office announces a new po-stage stamp in honor of ErnestRutherford, who pioneered nuc-lear physics. There does seem adiscrepancy in thinking, some-where.

* * *Olive Clayton got chopped in

two last week. She wrote of theforthcoming Salt Spring IslandMadness and listed every detail.Unfortunately, by the time itappeared in print the final para-graph had been lost and the storyended with a comma.

* s *I'm so old I can remember

when an acid drop was a bitter-tasting candy.

* * *Papajohn was relieved to get

through his recent hospital visitwithout dire results. He was alittle indirect in his report ofhospital procedure. The Satur-na writer explained that he onlyhas to walk past a bottle of cas-tor oil to gain its full benefits,but the hospital insisted on pro-viding him with a full-scale ser-vice. He was just thankful he

REFUGEES FROMEARTHQUAKEIN CALIFORNIA

BY CULTUS COULEE

Quake news from Pasadena,and thz Charles Bureses. HelenBures, writing to Jack Orton,

The Ridge, said: "It wasterrifying. I have been out heresince 1935; and it was the sharp-est I've known. I was still inbed, and needless to say, I roseup fast!"

Water sloshed from the toilet.There was breakage in smalldishes and vases. Jars leapedfrom cupboards, breaking on thefloor. Lamps were knocked offtables; books from shelves; pic-tures dropped from the walls.

"But we were the lucky ones.Pasadena is on the very edge ofthe most devastated area. Ithad a good deal of structural da-mage. Church steeples camedown; plate glass windows, li-quor stores and china shops, werewrecked, as were many grocerystores. . . "

Better they should have beenat their Heron Tree, on the Klo-she bluff, in the latest south-.east gale.

had taken his false teeth out,heexplained.

« * *' I am developing a disease ofthe mind to be known as theDoctor's Office Syndrome. Ithave made two visits in the pastweek to a doctr's office. I walkin and the comfortable seats in-vite me to take my big feet offthe carpet. I sit. I wait. No-thing happens. There are nowindows, music plays gently atconsiderable decibels and I sit.A nurse looks in and before Ican speak she has gone. Then Iknow she's the technical staffand can only act in my behalfwhen the receptionist, adminis-trative staff, has introduced me.But the administrative staff ispowdering her nose and Lordknows when shel be back. AndI sit. The room grows smallerand I can feel it closing in onme. The next face to dash inand out before I can say any -thing is faceless and featureless.The music grows louder... theroom grows smaller. SuddenlyI know I must get out before I'mtrapped. I rush, screaming tothe door, dash into my car anddrive like the milltails down thestreet. I reckon I'll wait untilI need an ambulance, then Iwon't have to face that terribleordeal of the faceless room.

* * *B. C. Caravan on Wednesday

will bring a lot of informationto Salt Spring Island.

The statistics are also avail-a ble. Each caravan unit weighsapproximately 13 tons, includ-ing the tractor. Islanders willenjoy 39 tons of history cover-ing an area 58 feet wide by 63feet long. It is open for 12 hoursof the day, which is roughlythree tons of history an hour.Each unit is 73 feet overall by10 feet wide and there are threeof them. This makes 2,190square feet. And that's 35pounds per square foot of B. C.history. Let's hope the parkingarea doesn't sink under theweight!

SCHOOLS PROJECTSARE APPROVEDBY GOVERNMENT

Two projects for schools onSalt Spring Island have beenapproved by the provincial gov-ernment.

The covered workshop area atGulf Islands Secondary Schoolhas been given the green lightat a cost of $2,500. Acousticalsystem in the same school hasbeen approved at a cost of$2,813.

Premier WAC Bennett madethe announcement as chairmanof the treasury board at the sametime as release of funds amount-ing to $188,612 for the gymnasi-um addition to Royal Oak Sec-ondary School in Saanich SchoolDistrict.

Centennial Year Going AheadBY FRED ANDERSON

Salt Spring Centennial "71Committee is working hard tomake this a good year for theisland.

The Drummond Children'sPark project is progressing well,and plans now are to have itfairly well developed by the endof June.

As for celebrations, alreadyseveral groups have sponsoredevents in keeping with the fest-ive year.

The Fulford Hall Committeestarted things well with theirCentennial New Year's EveDance. Then there was a lunch-eon honoring all who registered

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there was something for George(he was absent) but all this hap-pened after the meeting hadclosed.

However, a bit of business hacto be gone through so after theRector had opened the meetingPresident Mrs. Kathleen Rath-well welcomed the membersand guests. Arrangements weremade to hold a tea -ind homecooking stall at the home andgrounds of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.Hepburn in June. A donationwas sent to the Theological Col-lege. Mr. Dane was going tobe asked to fill the post of Peop-le's Warden. Tea was servedafter the business was concluded.

Next bon voyage party was forMiss Doris Anderson who is soonto be travelling just about ar-ound the world and we hopeback again. Miss Anderson willbe gone for a year. Members ofSt. Mary's Guild had a tea forher at the home of Mrs. R. R.Alton on Saturday. A heatherand primrose corsage and a col-orful scarf were presented withgood wishes from all. A specialcake highlighted the tea and Ithink that's about it. We hopeall parties travelling from theIsland have a real Bon Voyageto wherever they are going whiletile rest of us settle down to thecall of Spring gardening.

The swallows are arriving!The first swallow reported comesagain from Mrs. C. G. Brabandlof Beddis Road; the bird arrivedMonday with the sunshine, allby himself as he? did last year.So spring is about here! Some-thing else is nearly here - theMusic and Drama night at theMahon Hall on Friday and Satur-day nights and the whole thingsounds a bit unusual and excit-ing. Probably be a lot of fun.

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as Pioneers on the island. .Andlast month the Lions made ar-rangements for the very success-ful Barkerville '71 Show.

Yet to come are the Centen-nial '71 Caravan which will beon display in Ganges on March24. Then the S.S.I. Commu-nity Players will be presentingan historical revue called "SaltSpring Madness" on the lastweek end of March.

The Canadian Armed Forceswill probably be sending twominesweepers to visit Gangesfrom April 27 to 29. And thenthere will be a big day at Ful-ford on July 21 when the Drum-mond Children's Park is offici-ally opened.

Other celebrations are still inthe planning stages. The Cent-ennial '71 Committee hopes thatall Salt Spring Island groups willhelp to sponsor events in keep-ing with the Centennial theme.In that way the whole year can

become one big celebration ofB. C. 's one hundredth birthday.

Bill Hubbard is CelebrationsCoordinator for the Centennial*71 Committee. Any groupwishing either information orassistance could get in touchwith him either at the secondaryschool or by writing to him atBox 541, Ganges.

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FUDDLE-DUDDLE TO THE LOT OF THEM!Fuddle-Duddle! And a pox, say many pious prating

Canadian prigs, on the man who would introduce suchexpressions into parliament.

And a pox, we say, on the prigs who spend everySunday afternoon mouthing woolly, meaningless prosein their pompous condemnation.

The parliamentary term, "Fuddle-Duddle", rightlyor wrongly is now a part of Canadiana. For as long asthere are years left to Parliament, "Fuddle-Duddle"will be part of the fabric of law-making.

Yet, few of the painful pomposities expressed in rep-udiation will last out the year.

If "Fuddle-Duddle" is devoid of wit, so are the res-ponses. If "Fuddle-Duddle" was in poor taste, so havebeen many of the criticisms.

Even the simpleton who expresses himself in a surfeitof four-letter words, is uttering obscenities in his oppo-sition to "Fuddie-Duddle".

The standard of parliament is low. In the provincethe only substance from this present session of the legis-lature has been a rapid exchange of charges of improp-riety. And who has gained? The cynics of the prov-ince have been still further convinced of the basic dis-honesty of their elected representatives. Others havebeen entertained by salacious tales of massive profitsand dishonest acts.

Left to a free choice between this childish exchangeof unsubstantiated accusations and "Fuddle-Duddle",wecould only paraphrase the Prime Minister, "Fuddle-Duddle to the lot of you!"

Letters fo the Ed/forLEAVE THEM ALONE

Editor, Driftwood,Our not-so-distant ancestors

believed strongly in public ex-ecutions; of people, that is.There were lots of time-honoredtrimmings, all stoutly defendedby traditionalists.

The best we can do is displaythe corpse of some unlucky "pre-dator". It will satisfy the sameatavistic impulses.

One question is: Should thoseimpulses be encouraged? A sec-ond: Should just anybody witha gun be encouraged to run outand shoot any species, or shouldit be an official matter?

Sheep are not on the averagecougar s normal menu. Neitherare small children. Just leavethem alone and most will keepout of sight, and leave the sameway they came. This is theircountry, too, and they can't beexpected to read signs.

W.B. Woodward, ;R. R. 1, G nges.March 8, 1971.

A TAIL OF WOEBY CUTHBERT COUGAR

A s a member of the Cougar Clubof Cowichan Lake, I must prot-est the inhuman treatment re-cently meted out to one of ourvisiting cats on a tour of SaltSpring Island.

It seems that one of our younggullible members, Cuthbert byname, decided to give SaltSpring a whirl, obviously misled

by the adverts in the DRIFT-WOOD for succulent savourySalt Spring sheep.

We warned Cuthbert that ma-ny of our members had left forthe Island but that none had re-turned, we considered that mthrter ominous, but Cuthbert beinga young cat, felt that us oldercats had done nothing to improvethings around the Lake, thatwe'd all gone to pot, and werealways talking about the olddays. He was off to greenergrass on Salt Spring.

Cuthbert reported afterwardsthat he swam over by way ofCrofton, not to be recommend-ed , since he was nearly rundown by a tanker, two chip bar-ges and a pulp scow. However,he was heartened by the affluentlook of the sea gulls around theIsland. All went well for a fewdays, the sheep were indeed sa-voury and succulent, but oneday he was aroused from a plea-sant after lunch nap by the bark'ing of dogs. This was alarming,especially as the dogs were fol-lowed by a group of people wav-ing banners, the banners werevarious and mentioned such it-ems as - NO OIL HERE, PLAN-NERS GO HOME, DOWN WITHPIGS, PEACE, YANKEE GOHOME, LEGALIZE POT, NONATIONAL PARK HERE, CHAMBER PROTESTS, SKEPTICTANKS FOREVER, MAKE LOVENOT WAR, RETIRE TO SALTSPRING, 1/4 ACRE WATER-FRONT $40,000, and the lastbanner which gave heart to

Cuthbert, COSSETT OUR COU-GARS.

Cuthbert figured the peoplewere going to the dogs or afterthe dogs but to be on the safeside he climbed the nearest tree.

•He knew it was no use going toVesuvius, it was Dangerous Car-go Day and no chance of a trip.So there was Cuthbert forty feetup, and all these people anddogs milling about, one manwith a stick but no banner, poi-nted the stick at Cuthbert, Cuth'bert then felt a sharp pain andliterally fell into a deep sleep.

He awoke with a raging head-ache , three teeth loose, onefront and one hind lag in splints,half of his tail gone, severalpatches of hair missing from hishide and a metal clip in his ear.It took Cuthbert three days tofind out that he was back inLake Cowichan.We pieced it all together later,and apparently Cuthbert was avictim of the Cossett our Coug-ar brigade. As nobody wantedto capture Cuthbert by climbingthe tree he was shot with a tran-quilizer pellet. Of course Cuth-bert fell forty feet out of thetree and on the trip down, hebashed his head on a branch, andon landing fractured two legs.The dogs immediately set uponhim, tore out several patches ofhair and nipped off part of histail before oeing controlled bytheir owner.

We understand the group usedthe banners and sticks for splintsand now we have the only coug-ar out of captivity on a soft dietmainly mice, and supportingtwo wooden legs with the words"love and war emblazoned onthe wrappings on the front andhind legs.

One other peculiar thing ab-out Cuthbert and that is every-time anyone mentions SaltSpring Island he murmurs some-thing like FUDDLE DIDDLE ormaybe its DUDDLE.

Signed the Cowichan Cats<yo ?000 Rothwell,Duncan, B.C.March 15, 1971.

Editor's Note: Letters must nor-mally carry the signature of thewriter. As this appears to havebeen written by a den of coug -ars this restriction has been lift-ed for this occasion only.

Having now heard from eachside of the hunter's record andfrom the hunted as well, thiscorrespondence will now beclosed.

SATURNABY PAPAJOHN

The news you all read lastweek was two weeks old andlast week's news will be twoweeks old when you read this ifthis gets in on time. It takesabout the same time for a letterfrom here to get to Ganges as itdoes to Calgary.

Feb. 7 being the 25th wedd-ing anniversary of Benny anddemure Donna Begon, about 40Saturna Islanders threw a surp-rise party for them on Saturdaynight and presented them witha silver tea service. Besidesourselves, from Vancouver wereBen's mother, melodious MamieBegon, demure Donna's father,John "Pop" Galloway, and sisterJacky. Also over were Phil andlilting Laura Frizell and A IfHamilton. It was a grand partyfor a grand couple.

Our Padre, Rev. J. Danger-field christened Richard Pauland Christopher Douglas Bertrarrthis Sunday a. m. Besides theparents, Bert and willowy Wen-dy Bertram, were the grandpar-ent, lacy Laura Coombs and thegreat-grandaprents, Mr. andMrs. Ingham. Also presentwere Uncle Merril and Auntdreamy Diana Ruggles. Grand-father Em Coombs nad had to gcinto Lady Minto by water taxiearly in the a. m. When wefind out how Em is will let youall know.

Al and musical Marg Kerr hadMarg's sister, benign Betty Zib-bron and nephew Steven visitingfrom Edmonton last week. Itwas Betty's first visit here andno one had told her that youhave to lug your own luggage

JuvenileSoccerThe Salt Spring Lions team

gained their first point of theseason by holding the ButlerBros, team of Duncan to a score-less tie.

Playing on a muddy field, the

fame featured end to end playut neither team could score on

breakaways.

Kathy Anderson played her us-ual strong game with good sup-port from Tommy Shelby andWarren Kyle. This was the lastgame of the regular season andthere will be one more playoffgame for the right to participatein the Duncan Soccer Jamboreeon April 10.

off at Village Bay. This is ssomething that should be ann-ounced over the ship's loudspeaker. It would save every-one a lot of work and worry.

Over working and spring clea-ning were Alec and engagingEmily Close and Bev and ench-anting Eileen Campbell. Bevhad bought some cutlery andother kitchen utensils for theHall at such a thrifty price thateven made shining Shirley Mo-ney's Thrift Shop prices lookhigh. Thanks Bev, this gestureis really appreciated.

Newcomers to Saturna fromVancouver are Ray and minikinMillicent King and family, Teena and Timmy. See that Rayhas a guitar so that is good newsfor our orchestra. Welcome toSaturna, folks!

On Saturday, March 20,there will be a DANCE in theHall with our own razzle-dazz-le, toot-tooting, jiving, spen^diferous, way-out, heavenlyorchestra. Give your feet a resttill then.

Home from Mexico in time tccatch a little bit of wintry wea-ther are Steve and mellow MyrtMaskow. Myrt has a lovely tanthat makes her look lovelier ifthat is possible. Do believethat Steve had a couple moreinches around that waist. Buthe took that off fixing some fro-zen pipes.

Also glad to get home wereDon "Snowball" Barnett from La-dy Minto and Frank Froezefrom a Victoria hospital.

In a Victoria hospital for abothersome operation is DickGaines. Dick was sitting downvery gingerly when he left andwill be still ;s itting very ginger-ly when he gets home. Aintcushions wonderful things!

Nothing else but morbid curi-osity tempted me to figure outmy income tax last week andnow I wish I hadn't. At leastwe will have a little time tocool off before we send it in. IfMr. Benson don't do somethingsoon he will sure lose that haloand those wings won't do himmuch good where we would liketo see him.

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CHURCH SERVICESANGLICA_N_"5t7"G"eorge GangesSt. Mark CentralSt. Mary FulfordWEDNESDAY, March 24St. Mary Fulford

ROMAN CATHOLICSt. Paul's FulfordOurLady of Grace GangesUNITED CHURCHRev.FredAnderson GangesBox 461, Ganges Ganges537-2439

COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHAPELRev.M. V.Gilpin Ganges

Holy Communion 8:30 amMorning Prayer 11:00 amEvensong 2:30 pm

Ecumenical ServiceRev.F.Sutherland 7:30 pm

Holy Mass 9:00 am11:00 am

Worship Service 11:00 amInformal Family Worship

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Evening Service 7:30 pm

Thursday, March 18, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Five

YOUR SCHOOL BOARD

QUESTIONCORNER

DID YOU KNOW?"The school system of British Columbia was organized in

April 1872, and was modeled largely upon that of Ontario.The legislature struck a liberal keynote by the generous voteof forty thousand dollars for educational purposes. This isdesigned to supersede the levying of rates by school trustees,and to cover, in part at least, the cost of school erections."(From Wm. H. Withrow's "A Popular History of the Domin-ion of Canada - 1884).

The cost of public education today is staggering by comp-arison with the financial statistics of 99 years ago quoted ab-ove. During these years the economic growth of our prov-ince has reflected unbelievable urgency and haste. Whenone realizes that all this has happened within living memoryit is easy to appreciate the incredible expenditures that havegone into the building of our province now in her centennialyear. Such economic growth and material progress couldnot happen anywhere if men were not educated.

At this point the increase in the cost of public educationcannot be stopped. The compelling need for expansion ineducational facilities and instruction must make ever-in-creasing demands upon our financial risources for manyyears to come. The development of our public school syst-em is complemented by our economic growth. We cannothave one without the other.

Published as a community service

SATURNA( From Page Four )

We can pnly hope that thisepitaph gets in on time as thelast few weeks every epistle hasbeen an epitaph, two weeks old!

Despite it being the 13th theladies bake sale (you can readthe announcement about it inthe DRIFTWOOD for the 18th!!)was a big success. As usual theysoon sold out and raised a goodlysum for the school kids' trip thissummer. A lot of our bachelorswill have that well-fed look fora few days now.

The sad news this week is dif-ferent?

Eight of Mayne Island's fairestbridge players challenged eightof our fair ladies. The battletook place in our Hall Thursday.In all seriousness it was a goodgame and whether one side wasmore skilful or got better cardsdoesn't matter, they all had agood time. The Mayne Islandladies were melific MargaretBennett; emulative Evelyn Mus-sick; multifarious MargueriteMorson; handy Helen Buckland;electable Edith Crispin; munifi-cent Marguerite Menzies; perkyPearl Brau and winsome WynneMinty. The Saturna battlerswere devilish Donna Begon; Lou-isa Gal Money; Granmarie Mc-Mahon; luminous Lucy Smith;azure Anne Bavis; irrestible Ir-ene Lawson; trim Trudy Bentumand lovely Lorraine Campbell.A few of the boys offered tocoach our ladies but were rudelyrepulsed. Hence the sad news,Mayne won.

The other sad news this weekisn't as sad. Em Coombs is

L home safe from Lady Minto'sr charming nurses but Don Barnet

couldn't resist and is back ingetting the rest of his tonsils out.Dick Gaines is back from a shortstay in Victoria and may have togo back into hospital later. Gor-die Campbell is back from thedoctors in Vancouver.

Saturday, March 20 is thenight of our Big Big Dance inthe Hall. Come on out andhave a big time. Our own grandBand will oe playing. Therewill be refreshments and lots offun.

A P.S.: Jack Musselwhitewon a door prize at the youngladies' bake sale. This gloriouscake, made in the form of aShamrock, was made by bafflingBernice Crooks who had organi-zed, with lots of help, the veryprosperous sale of goodies. Jackdoesn't know now close he wasto not winning it, - it was incurfridge overnight and I was sorely

HOCKEYINTERMEDIATE LEAGUE

Ganges Gulls continue tohold first place as they defeat-ed Fulford Cougars 10-9 onSunday. It was an extremely

f ood game with referee Paddykerman doing an excellent

job. Ganges took control ofthe game at the beginning withthe score standing at 6-1 intheir favor at the end of thefirst period. In the secondperiod the teams scored 1 goala piece but in the third periodFulford showed their power byscoring 1 to Ganges* 3. Scoringfor Ganges were Jay McManus5, Julian Valcourt 3, and GaryHagan and David Girard 1 each,Karl Kitchen scored 5 for Ful-ford, Roger Kitchen and PaddyByron each getting 2. Stars ofthe game were Jay McManus,Roger Kitchen and David Gir-ard. _

CHAMPION TEAMSIN PLAYOFFS ATSECONDARY SCHOOL

After two years as basketballchampions, Campbell River Jun>ior Secondary School lost in thefinals of the Vancouver IslandJunior Secondary Schools girlschampionships to Lansdowne Ju-nior Secondary of Victoria.

Both teams came into theeight-team tournament, hostedby the Gulf Islands SecondarySchool, unbeaten, and both hadan easy time winning twice toreach the finals.

tempted but did not get a chanc?to do what my nefarious instinctsprompted!

GOOD TURN-OUT AT MEETING

Jack Roland Heads Hall GroupBY BEA HAMILTON

Annual meeting of the FulfordCommunity Hall on Thursdaynight drew 22 residents. It washeld in the small meeting roombelow stairs at the hall.

The writer was asked to takethe chair for the election of offi-cers after the minutes and busi-ness were concluded.

It was decided to elect thecommittee and pick the officersfrom the ranks. Out of a dozenelected, unanimous choice forpresident was old-timer andlong-time past Committee man,Jack Roland.

Bob Tara was chosen vice-president; Mrs. Dale Codd, sec-retary and Dale Codd, treasurer.The committee are Mrs. GladysSlingsby, Mrs. Rosemary Reeves,Mrs. Marguerite Kitchen, Al-fred Temmel, Roy Lee, Ray Si-mard, Bob Akerman and BernieReynolds. Mrs. M. Gyves wasnamed honorary president in to-ken of her long service to thehall committee.

Retiring officers, Mrs. JeanHollings, Mrs. Nancy Patterson,and Mrs. Kit Moulton with tenyears standing on the committeewere given a vote of thanks.

"Well still help when we cart,'said Kit.

President Jack Roland predictsthey will need all the help theycan get and he is "planning tomake plans". The hall needsfinancial help and a full-timecaretaker. It is a good hall andspacious, capable of taking careof sports and banquets, recep-tions and exhibitions.

The records show names of al-most every business firm and as-sociation on the island as havinghelped in the past with the LionsClub doing a tremendous job fin'ancially.

Lumber yards, electricians,plumbers have all chipped in

Campbell River defeated Dun<smuir of Sooke and then OakBay while Lansdowne-got by A.W. Neill of Alberni and thenReynolds Road of Victoria. Des-pite the absence of a local tearrin the tournament, attendanceat the games was good, withover 200 fans watching as Lans-downe overcame the frustration;of losing two consecutive finalsto Campbell River by winning31-30.

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The same NDP member, thissession, accused a representat-ive, who has been appointed tothe new Auto Insurance ReviewBoard, as being biased becausehe had an insurance actuarybackground. The NDP memberdemanded this man's resigna-tion because he would be oias-ed in his decisions.

There is something wonderfulabout Liberals. They have agreat ability to get us intothings and then tell you it's upto us to get ourselves out.

For example, it was the Lib-erals, both Federal and Provin-cial, that got us into the SkagitRiver Valley proposition. Theytell us now—"get us out".

They get you into the HarborsBoard, then tell the ProvincialGovernment —"get us out".

They get us into unemploy-ment, and they tell us it is upto us to get them out. The bestrecord this government has is thttremendous recommendation forothers to come to this province,and they come by the thousands.

From 'time to time I hear cri-ticism about the attitude andcharacteristic of debate in thelegislature. The common com'plaint is that too much time isspent on personalities. I agree.This year is no exception to therule. The NDP have attackedpersonalities year after year.This year it's the Premier's sons.The hit and run technique, therumor, the innuendo. They al-so consider fair game anybodythat makes profit, especially thespeculator is hunted in seasonand out of season.

Ask yourself, are the NDP sin-cere in their angry protests ag-ainst profits?

I would like to know. Whatdo you think? Let's be candidabout this system.

The profit motive is to befound at the bargaining table.The employee hopes to takehome a profit in his pay cheque,and why not. He hopes that hisprofit will see him through a ha-ppy retirement period, or anoth-er investment outside his presentjob. The problem with our soci-ety is not the profit motive. Thecause of the ailments in our ec-onomic society is a result of themoney system. Not being allowed to function through the Bankof Canada so that it could dist-ribute the goods and services we

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Salt Spring Leos staged a successful spaghetti dinner recently inthe Legion Hall at Ganges . Here are the Leos eating their own.

The DollsThat Lost Their Heads

BY CULTUS COULEE

Of Mice and Women. TomThumb and Hunca Munca strikeagain!

When Elfriede "Hoffmann dugherself out of the snow, andcrossed the road from her cabinto the Treasure Chest, every-thing in the boutique seemedtickety-boo. What a relief!

But hold! A chilling sight.The apple dolls have lost theirheads.

When the boss is away, miceeat the display; and an apple aday, keeps hunger at bay. Signsof Two Bad Mice are evident.Stoned out of their gourds, withcider, they'd been larking aboutsqueaking the gravenstein song.

Miss Hoffmann turns pale, re-

are so abundantly able to prod-uce. While we are busy fighting;each other over the remedies ov.er the symptoms, poverty comesand goes for many of us. Econ-omic cannibalism is practised.Soft money, hard money, tightmoney, no money. Hardearnedsavings are gobbled up in run-away inflation.

The money system must bemade our servant. It has beenour hard task master too long.Our constitution does not prevertthe Federal Government fromimplementing the necessarychanges. They are already em-bodied in the Act.

High finance and the powerof party-political persuasion on-ly prevent the shareholders in thegreat corporation of Canada fronsnaring in their hard-earned div-idends. Think it over and thinkit through, and let me knowwhat your thoughts are. Thankyou.

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calling it. "I was numbed withshock. Just a wire sticking upfrom the costume. A little plas-ter clinging to part of it. Thedoll faces had been so beautiful-ly made. Ora won prizes at theMayne and Pender Fairs withthem.

Ora Symes, who has appledoll commitments, is bakinganother batch. "The apple mus-n't be too juicy. Winter Kings,Winter Bananas; russets, aregood.

"You peel the apple; core it;carve the face; dip in vinegarand rubbing alcohol, - a dailyswig, - until they are cured.Hang them in an airy place. Oruse an oven. When dry, inserteyes, - beads, or pins withblack or blue heads. Fill centrewhere the core came out, withplaster of Paris. Put wire in,for neck, running down into thebody.

"The torso is twisted wire, oldnylons, striafoam. Then coverwith the costume of your ;hoice^The clothes, not made by TheTailor of Gloucester, and toobig for mice, are good as new.A witch, with broom; an IndianChief; Chinese.

"Here are the five carcases -left after the massacre! Amouse nibbled this one's faceaway, except the beads." Onehad half a face of plaster, Left,but was beyond plastic surgery.

Ora has been putting newwire in old bodies. Each supp-orts an apple-cheeked head.She hopes to grow another prisewinning crop. It's too cold togo sketching, and this keepsher out of the doldrums.

TWO STUDENTS ATUBC FOR BRIEFINTRODUCTION

Two Gulf Islands SecondarySchool pupils, Ettie Smith andVeronica Nickerson visited UBCfor four days in February.

Sponsored by the university,the program was designed to ac-quaint potential university stud-ents with several aspects of uni- —versity life.

Their stay included accommo-dation in a university residence,a portfolio of information reg-arding the university, a campustour, attendance at a biologylecture, a visit to the universitycounselling service, a student-faculty coffee party, a talk bythe registrar at U.B.C., and aninvitation to attend a universityhockey game.

Also included were tours toSimon Fraser University and theB. C. Institute of Technologyand a banquet and a dance atthe residence hall.

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Thursday, March 18, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Seven

INSTITUTE ON SALT SPRING

SHE HAS SERVED FOR 50 YEARSBY BEA HAMILTON

Members of South Salt SpringWomen's Institute attended theFounder's Day Luncheon heldnear Victoria.

Over 200 members from Up-Island branches of the Women's

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Mr. and Mrs. P.G.James ofSalt Spring Island attended ameeting of the directors of MajreIsland Fall Fair to help revise thefloral, fruit and produce sectionof the Fall Fair book.

A very profitable afternoonwas spent and many problemswere ironed out. It was a coldmiserable day and a long tedioustrip for the James and we wouldlike to take this opportunity ofthanking them for their invalu-able advice.

The Flower Show slated forApril 17 has been changed to Ap-ril 24 as the 17 is the date set forSalt Spring Flower Show. Buddinjhorticulturists on Mayne plan toattend. Phone either MarjorieHaggart or Grace Evans if inter-ested.

Report from the CentennialCommittee: Calendars, cookbooks, medallions, flags, sou-venir spoons may be orderedfrom Vic or Marjorie Haggart,phone 539-2283.

A happy social hour was enjoy-ed at the home of Mrs. EvelynMussick when she entertained ata surprise party for Winnie Hay-hurst last Tuesday. MargaretBennett, Val Baldwin and DorisCampkin combined their effortsto assist the hostess and a del-ightful array of sandwiches, coo-kies, tarts and Birthday Cakewas the result. Evelyn made thecake and Doris iced it. We areall going to let Evelyn knowwhen we are having birthdays.

The island was shocked by thesudden passing of Jack Dunne inVancouver last week. Our sym-pathy to Nan and her family intheir loss. He will be greatlymissed..

Mrs. Marguerite Morson anddaughter Betty attended a perf-ormance of Swan Lake by Amer-ican Ballet Theatre at QueenElizabeth in Vancouver on Tues-day. They were disappointedthat Russian ballerina, NataliaMakarova was not on the prog-ram that evening. Before ret-urning they visited Doug andShirley Forma n at North Van-couver. Weather in the main-land was worse than on the isl-and!

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Institute attended.During the ceremonies that

took place we were delighted tosee that Mrs. M. Gyves, onlycharter member of the Island In-stitute was called up, with sev-eral others, to receive a certifi-cate commemorating over 50years* standing in the organiza-tion.

The certificates were the han-diwork of Mrs. Stephen Hardingof Quick, B. C. ,who was a form-er Provincial Board member.,_Attending from Salt Spring Is-fand W.I. were Mrs.Irene Stew-art, Mrs. Evelyn Lee, Mrs.Gyves, Mrs. A.Davis.Mrs. Gla- •

dys Slingsby and Miss Bea Ham-ilton. Mrs. Maggie Lee, one ofour out-of-town members, wasalso present and Mrs. Stewart'sdaughter Betty was a guest. Con-gratulations to Mrs. Gyves!

Founder's Day comes up year-ly to celebrate the founding ofthe Women's Institute by Adel-aide Hoodless Ln 1897.

Institute was born in StoneyCreek, Ontario and today has afinger in every country, or justabout, doing great things tohelp the destitute, lonely, or acommunity, for " Home andCountry" is the mono.

RENDERBY CULTUS COULEE

Mrs. Mary Coleman is backat Windsong. On Sunday, Feb.28, she attended the christeningat St. John's, Duncan, of Ed-ward Arnoldi, born August 15,1970. He is the second child ofMichael and Barbara Colemanand is the younger brother ofCharles, 41/2.

Michael Coleman has just be-(Turn to Page Thirteen)

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ence felt that only a beginningwas made in the areas of jobstudy and career planning, andthat further meetings with great'er attendance and participationby students were necessarv.

When a Driftwood photographer saw the school bus at Beaver Pt.Road,he was a day too early.Driver Jack Smith reports that he wascaught in the mud the following day. Road repairs and heavy rainwere responsible for the sea of mud.

STUDENTS SEE FURTHER NEEDMiss Margaret Sitton, Coun-

sellor at the Gulf Islands Secon-dary School and two pupils,Wendy Sawyer and David Bartleattended a Student Career Dev-elopment Conference in Victor-ia on February 24.

Sponsored by the VictoriaChamber of Commerce, thiswas one of a series of Business-Education conferences with em-phasis on student participation,with particular reference tobusiness trends and employmentopportunities, as they will aff-ect our young people.

This was a conference repres-enting not only students and tea-chers, but also people from business, labour and social services.

The keynote speaker, L.S.McGill, Director, General Dep-artment of Manpower and Immi-gration, Pacific Region, discuss-ed "Career Planning — Fact orFancy". After his speech, smallgroups met and used brain stor-ming sessions to react to themost practical suggestions.These suggestions were thenbrought back to a general meet-

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Mrs. Milton Hunt is in chargeof the telephone committee.

John and Nancy Rainsfordmade the most of the weatheron Monday morning, cleaningup church property with theirtractor.

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Just as we were getting realtired of that old cloudy sky, andall of the cold and rain, the pasttwo days have been just heaven-ly, and we wonder if that littleLeprechaun, who hovers near usall on March 17, has anything todo with it after all.

We know of one lady, who isnot Irish, who will celebrate herbirthday on the day of St. Pat-rick, Mrs. J.P. Hume. Thenext few days will also see greet'ings to Mrs. Sophia Rustad, andFreddie Stevens.

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UNITED NATIONS IN INSTITUTEMonthly meeting of the Fen-

der Island Women^ Institute washeld on March 11 at the homeof Mrs. H.G. Jarrett. Therewere 15 members present, withMrs. A. A. Grimes in the chair.

The subject for roll call,"Your maiden name and birth-place" showed a wide geograph-ic range. There were six oornin England; four born in Canada;three in B. C.; two born in Chi-na; one born in USA; one inNorway and one in Australia. AUnited Nations roster was pres-ent.

After a discussion of compet-itions it was left to the memb-

Arthur Price is home after be-ing in the hospital for a littlewhile, and feeling better. AtPeaceful Valley, Bill Walkus,or I should say, Chief Bill, aswell as Miss Arlene Brown, ofVancouver, spent the past week

end visiting.

Kitchen shower was held atthe home of Mrs. W.H. Day, onSaturday, Feb. 27 to honor MissPatricia Deas, whose marriageto Leonard Bellhouse will takeplace on Match 12.

Co-hostesses were Mrs. Day,Mrs. Jessie Bellhouse, and Mrs.Dave Laughlin. Seated in achair decorated with centennialcolors of blue and gold, andsurrounded by the mountain ofgifts, the bride made a prettypicture.

She was presented with a cor-sage made by her sister, fromthe flowers of spring, taken fromthe garden at this famous Inn.

Many ladies came from Vict-oria and the mainland for thisday, includuig the bride herselfalong with sister, Kathy, andMrs. Jim Deas, Mrs. Elsie LloydMrs. John Rees, Miss ArleneRees, Miss Mary Day, and MissSonia Manns.

Coming from Duncan, Mrs.Jev. Tothill, and from Victoriasister of the bride, Mrs. DonDay, and Mrs. Tom Williams.From Galiano, among the hugegroup, grandmother of the brideMrs. Ann Deas, and mesdamesJ. Bickerton, S. Rustad, KenSater, Allan Sater, L. Baines,R. Graham, Ches Williams, Ro-ger Smith, Jack Shaw, E. J.Bambrick, A Plan, F.E. RobsonJ. F. Jones, Maury Lupton, G.

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Letters were read from an ex-member lately moved to NewZealand and from our pen palinstitute in Teston, England.

A discussion was held on thematter of the Centennial proj-ect for the district. The mem-bers had been asked to do thequilting if a quilt were decidedupon.

The forth-coming flower showwas discussed. Mrs. R.M.Russ-ell, agriculture convener, haddone a great deal of work onthis enterprise. John E. Bosher,of Sidney, had kindly agreed tojudge again this year.

Mrs. M.E. Coleman read amost interesting and amusingbooklet on St. David.

The next meeting is plannedin the hall rather than in a pri-vate home.

After the meeting was adjour-ned Mrs. Helen Grimmer, onbehalf of the members, present-ed Miss Marion McKechnie witha card and cheque as a token ofour thanks for her very hardwork and much travelling on behalf of the Institute and withthe very best wishes for a happyholiday on her visit to Ontario,and later, England.

H. Snell, L. Neale. Tnerewere many others who were un-able to attend.

Pouring tea at this sparklingand joyous event was Mrs. AnnDeas, and assisted by severalfriends.

Mrs. Clare MacAllister waspleased to have her son and fa-mily over recently for the weekend. Dr. J. H. Montgomery,with his wife and daughter camefrom Vancouver.

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Bambrickare back home again, afterspending a holiday in Mexico.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Callagh-an, and children of Vi ->ria,came last week end to _ieir summer home on Manzanita Hill.Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willis, ofVancouver, spent several daysat their home on Montague Har-bour.

Mrs. Al Killick recently hada little operation on her foot,which seems to be doing well.

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STORMY DAYSBY W. M. NEW

In 1927 I was teaching on Van-couver Island, in a one roomschool out from Duncan. I hadspent the Christmas holidays athome on Galiano, and nowschool was to re-open on the fol-3—ing Monday.

At that time, Gulf Islandtransport was by means of asmall and slow CPR steamer,theOtter. She was a friendly littleboat inside. The Captain, thePurser, indeed the whole person-nel, made the few passengersfeel at home right away.

I boarded the Otter Saturdayafternoon, en route for Victoria.There was a fair number of pas-sengers. We called at MayneIsland, but before we reachedFender, the wind, which hadbeen rocking us gently, increas-ed so much that half of our Vic-toria bound comrades decidedto stay at Port Washington overthe weekend. Faced with thisproblem now, I would do thesame, but not then. This wasfun, and to leave the ship neveroccurred to me. I'd set out forVictoria, and there I would go.

As we remaining hardy soulsleft the port, a fellow passengerconsoled us. "This Otter's aseaworthy old tub, built at Harl-and and Wolfe in Belfast. She'sbeen to the bottom severaltimes, but always come up ag-ain smiling!"SHELTERED WHARF

We plugged along doggedlytill we reached Saturna, wherethe boat tied up by the shelteredwharf. Then the Captain cameinto the small saloon below,where we were sitting (Therehad been too much spray ondeck), and delivered his ultima-tum. "We're going to stay here.all night. An 8 knot boat can'tbuck a ten knot tide and a headwind. We'll have to charge youfor your supper, but we'll prov -ide free bunks and free break-fast. I'll give you a deck ofcards and leave the saloonlights on till ten o'clock.

mere were lour passengers oesides myself, a married couple,an elderly woman whose sonwas an Otter deck hand, and anunattached man. We enjoyedour supper in the saloon. Thenthe Captain went ashore tophone the Victoria office abouthis plans. As the ship was notdue for another sailing till Mon-day, this did not really upsetanything. Soon he came back.

"The phone lines are down.If Victoria thinks we've beenwrecked they'll have to think it."

Four of us had a good card

f ame that evening, the deckand's mother was visiting with

her son the while. The lightswent out in the saloon on sche-dule, and we left for our bunks.I was paired in a double cabinwith the deck hand's mother,who turned out to be a genialand pleasant companion.OTTER'S WHISTLE

We wakened at 5 AM as weheard the Otter's cheerful whis-tle. The engineer had startedup his engine with his crowbar.Every child on the Island knewit was always started that way,

though it had not been proven.The wind had blown itself out,

.and we were on our way, butwe stayed in our bunks till amore reasonable hour for ourfree breakfast, which *as agood one. We spent the morningsitting on deck enjoying the sun-

Mrs Snell Heads Galiano ClubAnnual meeting of the Galia-

no Club was held at the hall onFebruary 20.

President Tom Carolan thank-ed his committee members fortheir help and support during thepast year, and gave a report onsome of tile activities when hepresided at the annual meeting.

He recalled an auction salefor the Centennial park, two artshows, one for the children'sschool work, and one by thelively art group on the Island.

The presentation of the Nar-whal story by Alan Best was en-joyed, and a puppet show, arr-anged by Arthur Platt,- was suc-cessful.

The children's Christmas par-ty was attended by almost 100children.

It was reported that there weie95 members during the past year

Director for recreation, Mrs.G.H. Snell, then told of themany classes held in the pastyear...swimming, keep-fit, artsewing, badminton, chess, andpower squadron.

Election saw Mrs. Snell as newpresident; Earl Young, vice-pre-sident; secretary, Mrs. PeterDarling; treasurer, F.Bond; com-mittee, Mrs. J. Bickerton, Mrs.G. Georgeson, Mrs. H. Knud-son, Mrs. M. Wells, Reg. Bran-nan, Jim Ripley, and ArthurPlatt.

Mrs. Snell paid warm tributeto Mr. Carolan for his help dur-ing the past several years, andsaid that she hopes this Centen-nial year will be successful.

The meeting then decided tosend a strong letter of protest tothe authorities about the prop-osed route of oil tankers, andthe fact that the prevailing windis from the southeast, thereforeany spillage will surely come

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directly to Galiano Island shores,Refreshments were served by

members of the committee.

shine and a beautiful, calm sce-nic sail, reaching Victoria intime for lunch.

This little trip had, for me,an interesting sequel. Severalyears later I was teaching atFernwood on Salt Spring Island.These small schools had notthen been consolidated at Gan-ges. One afternoon I went withmy landlady, Mrs. Smart, tovisit friends of hers at the Cen-tral Settlement. There wereseveral guests, and I was intro-

ARTS AND CRAFTS GROUP'TO AID HOSPITAL

BY ELSIE BROWN

An interesting event is slatedfor Saturday afternoon, April 3at Mayne.

The Arts and Crafts group,which has been meeting on Mon-day evenings at the school, planto have a sale of some of the it-ems they have made during theseason.

There will also be home cook-ing, fish pond, white elephants,"hot dogs on a stick" (for chil-dren of all ages) and tea.

Raffle tickets will be sold on adaisy afghan, hooked rug and anafghan made by the school chil-dren.

Contributions to any of thestalls would be very much appre-ciated.

All proceeds will go to the La-dies' Auxiliary to Lady MintoHospital.

Mrs. Margaret Bennett can of-fer information on the event.

The following Saturday, April10, will offer a further an proj-

Donald New's picture of Shop-lands Road, North Galiano, afterthe storm of 1933.

duced to a proper-looking gent-leman, who said, "Miss Newand I have met before."

I was puzzled. "I don'tthink so."

"Oh yes! Don't you rememb-er the night we spent at Saturnaon the Otter!"

ect. The Mayne Island Art Clubwill stage its display.

Hasti-notes featuring scenes ofMayne Island and Centennial mo-tifs will be featured along withsketches and paintings. Schoolchildren will also have a display.

Mrs. Ron (Joyce) Mitchell isMayne Island's representative onthe Gulf Islands Arts Council.

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District can only proceed whenthe province gives its approval.

The visiting board enjoyedluncheon at Harbour House andthen examined the islands hospi-tal.

Harold Hoffman, administrat-or, drew the attention of the vi-sitors to the absence of trimm-ings at the hospital, where eachpart of the structure was design-ed and built to perform its func-tion and nothing more.

He also pointed out instanceswhere some parts did not ade-quately perform their function.

Guests were welcomed by thechairman of Lady Minto Hospit-al Board, Doug Cavaye who di-rected them into groups for atour of the building.

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shortcomings in the hospital,particularly in the operatingroom area, where he felt therewas insufficient space allocatedto surgeons preparing for an op-eration.

The visitors were informedthat the hospital was constructedin 1958 to replace the originalstructure on Ganges Hill, erect-ed in 1912.

They were also offered infor-mation on various features ofthe building.

The board room serves forboard and committee meetings,medical staff meetings and formeetings of the hospital staff,and Women's Auxiliary. Sewingand linen repairs are also under-taken in the board room.

It will be converted to an ad-dition to the staff dining roomin the future plan.

The kitchen is staffed bythree cooks, with one full-timeand one part-time kitchen aide.There were 31,833 meals servedin 1970. The present staff din-ing room will be brought intothe kitchen to increase the spa02available for food preparation.

The food rises to the mainfloor by means of a dumb wait-er "barely adequate and incon-venient."

Kitchen stores are held in thearea which gives access to theemergency generating plant.

The generator is driven by prop-ane and was installed in 1964.It is entirely automatic, cuttingin when power fails and cuttingout when power is restored.

The laundry is staffed by onelaundress and one part-time a idsThe 2C'*pound washer-extractor,gas-fired dryer and gas ironerhandled 70,000 pounds of laun-dry in 1970.

Maintenance man is also en-gaged in cleaning duties.

The morgue is inaccessible

from within the hospital and isused for the storage of oxygen.

On the main floor, visitorswere told that the waiting roomis small and inadequate andthere is no provision for privateconsultation with patients.

The administrator shares hisoffice with the bookkeeper andpart-time clerk.

Everything is too small. Thecentral supply room is too smallto be used as a central supplyroom. The laboratory is toosmall and cannot adequately -handle the present volume ofwork. It is staffed by two i;ech-nicians.

Seven doctors and seven con-sultants use the small doctor'sroom. The maternity ward isflexible. It is equipped withfour beds and only two are nor-mally used for maternity cases.The other two are used for cleansurgical cases.

There are 20 beds in the me-dical wards.

The sun room was constructedin 1965 and furnished by theWomen's Auxiliary.

Outside the hospital parkingarea is inadequate.

It was a critical view of thehospital. It was intended to becritical. The staff have beenwaiting for improved facilitiessince the ratepayers agreed thatan extension was needed. Butapproval of the ratepayers didnot authorize the project. Ithas been long delayed by policyand finance restrictions of thegovernment.

On the credit side, boardmembers were told that thesewage disposal system is in ex-cellent working order; that thenurses' residence affords acco-mmodation for nine and is occu>pied by two and that the ambul-ance service is maintained bythe Lions Club on a contributorybasis.

To Display Legion TrophiesBY LEGIONNAIRE

Gulf Islands Branch, The Roy-al Ca/hadian Legion, held a reg-ular meeting at Saturna on Jan-uary 26.

President John Dought occup-ied the chair, and more than aquarter of the branch memberswere present.

Last year the branch promisedto donate two trophies for annu-al competition at the combinedschool sports of the four islands.Two very nice trophies werechosen, one for the winning boy,and one for the winning girl,and it is hoped that we mayhave them on display at thenext regular meeting. In addi-tion to the cups, each year thewinners will be presented witha miniature cup, which theywill retain.

Quite a large part of the meet-ing was spent on congratulatingComrade Art Ralph, our oldestmember, and the sole chartermember who is still a memberof the branch, on the Goldenanniversary of his wedding. Artmarried a Saturna girl, MissJoan Gerogeson, who was bornat East Point Lighthouse.

The president gave a n oticeof motion regarding social even:

ings which are partly planned.They will be discussed in detailat the end of the month. Bethere, and give the executiveyour valued opinion, and makethese little shows a success.

It is expected that the nextregular meeting will be held atSaturna on Thursday, April 1,but due notice of the date willbe given when final arrange-ments are made.

We regret to have to mentionthat a small number of ourmembers have still not paid

their 1971 dues, and we wouldbe very glad to receive them.If they are not renewed, theirLegionary subscription expiresthis month.

Once again our President hadthe pleasant task of thanking ourSaturna ladies* ration fatigue.

GANGESMr. and Mrs. Mac Mouat are

home after a five-week holidayspent at Thousand Palms, Cali-fornia. Staying with the Mou-at's last week end was theirdaughter, Laurie, of Victoria.

Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Parker,Scott Road, returned home lastweek after a three-month holi-day in Phoenix, Arizona.

Members of their family visit-ing Captain and Mrs. V. C. B<=-stare their five sons and other .members of the family. Thosehere this week are Mr. and Mrs.Vincent Best and son Eric, NewYork; Gordon Best, Vancouver;Mr. and Mrs. Alan Best, Van-couver; Norman Best, Los Ang-eles, and Dr. Raymond Best,Vancouver.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Henderson,Westbank are guests at HarbourHouse this week and visitingfriends on the Island.

Mr. and Mrs. Art Parsons,Beddis Road, have returnedhome after a two-week holidayin Puerta Vallerta.

ST. PATRICK'S DANCEMayne Island Volunteer Fire-

men are busy making prepara rtions for their St. Patrick's Danceat the hall on Friday, Mar. 19.Fred Hansen and Neil Imrie arein charge of arrangements.

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La bienvenue, to the OdilonRoys, who left the rigors of Ed-monton, for the soutn-easters atOtter Bay. They are with daughter Albertine, and son-in-law,Norman Haslam.

Bill and Sybil Willson, LittleSolash, visited Sybil's parents,

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CRUICKSHANKCONSTRUCTION

L. G.Cruickshank 537-562SG.D.Cruickshank-537-2950

RAY'S EXCAVATINGCONTRACTING

* SEPTIC TANKS* BACK HOE* GRAVEL* DRIVEWAYS

539-2110Box 3, Mayne Island

LANCER

CONTRACTINGLTD.BUILDERS OF

New HomesSummer CabinsCommercial BuildingsAlso Complete Plumbing &Hot Water Heating Service

653 - 4413 Box 352, Ganges

FINN PLUMBING* New* Repairs* Renovations

FREE ESTIMATES

David HeikkinenJOURNEYMAN PLUMBER

Serving All The Gulf Islands

537-5315W . C . C A R L S O N

SHEET METAL LTDO I L H E A T I N GI M P E R I A L O I L

S E R V I C I N G

RES: 537-2914 OFF:537-5621

SIGNSTRUCK LETTERINGSHOW CARDS

Art SimonsFulford Harbour

653 - 4283

N E L S D E G N E N

BULLDOZING* Land Clearing* Excavating* Road Building, etc.

Phone: 537.- 2930

GANGES

H.L.REYNOLDS* TRUCKING* BULLDOZING

*Gravel"Fill

"Shale"Building Rock

537-5691Box 284, Ganges

S . W A W R Y K

BULLDOZINGB a c k f i I I i ng , et c .

Box 1 3 1Ganges

537 - 2301Evenings

FRED'S

BULLDOZING* LAND CLEARING* EXCAVATING* ROAD BUILDING* HAULINGFree Estimates

25 Years Experience537 - 2822R.R.2 Ganges

BRADLEYULLDOZING

* LAND CLEARING , _._* ROAD BUILDINGx/ T|

1<-<•-•». *Free Estimates

537- 2995 Box215JJ/ L77J Ganges

PAINTING &DECORATING

TEMMEL & VOLOUARDSEN

653-4239653-4402

GULF ISLANDS CUSTOM SERVICESSpecialists In -

DRYWALL - SPRAYED CEILINGSCOMPLETE RENOVATIONS

Vancouver Prices

246-3402 Crofton - Call collectSERVING SALT SPRING,GALIANO,FENDERS,MAYNE & SATURNA

Esso STOVE OILEsso FURNACE OIL

MARINE DOCK

NORMAN G.MOUAT

IMPERIAL ESSO SALESAGENT

Box 347, Ganges537 - 5312 "

G.I.WINDOWCLEANERS* FLOORS* WALLS* GUTTERS* RUGS & CARPETS

Free Pick - up &, Delivery

COMPLETE CLEANING& JANITOR SERVICE

Home or Business

653-4381

SHEFFIELDFulford Harbour

R A D I O - T VZENITH & RCA

Sales & ServiceColor - B/W - TV'sGuaranteed Service

TO all of SALT SPRING ISLCALL 653 - 4433

VICTORIAPAVING CO.

WE SPECIALIZE IN -* DRIVEWAYS* TENNIS COURTS* PARKING LOTSPHONE: 388 -4464

HALVORSONDRILLING

* WATER WELLS* CABLE TOOL

DRILLING

5 3 9 - 2 9 9 4Box 48, Mayne Is I.

NORTHWESTERNCREAMERYP R O D U C T S

Delivery Twice WeeklyC o n t a c t

G »M.HeinekeyPhone: 537 - 5732

GEORGE'SBULLDOZINGEXCAVATINGLAND C L K A K I N C i

Any joblarge or small*

George: 537-2562

Norm: 537-2535

* Power Digging* Trenching* Water Lines* Drainfields* footings* Digging of all types

Lloyd Kinney537-2662liox 254, Gauges

TRACTOR SERVICE*Brush Cutting*Post Hole Digging*Plastic Pipe Laying*P low ing & Discing

Ron Cunningham537 -5310

SCARFFDRILLING BLASTINGDIGGING LOADING

BULLDOZINGTRUCKINGTOP SOIL

* Concrete Septic Tanks* Culverts* Concrete Well Casings* Land Developing

537-2920

Page Fourteen Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Thursday, March 18, 1971

DEADLINE FOR -CLASSIFIED - TUESDAY NOONNEWS - MONDAY, 5pmDISPLAY - MONDAY, 5pm

CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE

WATER TREATMENTTaste, odor, iron removal filt-ers, water softeners, CSA ap-proved. Electric Ekco heatingpanels. R, R. Alpen Ind.Equip. Ltd. , 560 Stevens Drive,West Vancouver, B. C.922-7088 _ tfn.SPEED 0UEEN AUTOMATICwasher, approx. 2 yrs. old.Needs some repairs. $75. 653-4246 10-1

GULF ISLANDSFLORISTS

&HANDICRAFTS

537 - 5751

Fresh Cut FlowersWe wire flowers everywhere.

WEAKER PIGS - $16 EACH.D. Simpson, Mereside Farm.653-4419 __ tfn

S E E U S FOR:'Second-hand goods of all kinds'Collector's Items'AntiquesWe BUY - SELL - TRADEOpen daily 9 am - 9 pm

246-3967CORNER CUPBOARD

8254 Crofton Road, Crofton,just before Pulp Mill, tfn

"•SMITH-CORONA ELECTRICPortable Typewriter. Elite typecomplete with metal travelcase. Recently cleaned andchecked. Excellent condition.Private sale price $97.50 cash.Bargain. Phone 537-2373, anytime. 9-2

LOW'S FURNITURE, HUNDREDHills. We buy and sell furnitureand appliances and attic treas-ures of yesteryear. Phone 537-2332. _ tfo

16 FT. CABIN BOAT WITH 28h.p. outboard, also one handi-hand winch. 537-2329 tfn

All Wine-Arts Supplies, con-centrates, etc. All Artistssupplies - Posters, Hobby crafts,Books, Gifts, Indian and Eski-mo carvings. Any mail ordersgiven prompt attention.Antique silver and furniture(bought and sold). You mayhave $$ in your attic! Pictureframing & matting done to ord-er.THE HOBBYHORSE, 231 CraigSt. , Duncan. Phone 748-9713.

$4000 MORTGAGE <interest, paying $90 a month.537-2036 10-1

Try the new Wine Art Goose-berry Concentrate, 100 fl. oz.$4.29. Also a full supply ofCalifornia French, Italian andSpanish concentrate from $4.1919 oz. of concentrate make onegallon, - $1. 19.Wine Art Apple Cider:100 fl.oz. Apple Cider cone.& sugar syrup; 7 tins (700 oz.)water; 1 oz. acid blend; 1 oz.yeast nutrient; 4 campden tab-lets; 1/2 tsp. grape tannin; 2tsp. pectic enzyme powder;1 pkg. Andovin yeast.Yield: 5 Imp. Gals, sparkling

Dry Cider.Apple Cider Cone. - $3. 99Other ingredients - 2.14

Total cost: $6.13GULF ISLANDS

FLORISTS &HANDICRAFTS

537 - 5751

SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK: -Hummingbird FeedersReg. $4.95 Special $4. 50

2.95 2.50Mod'n'Lavender. 537-2523

FOR SALE

21" FLEETWOOD TV IN GOODcondition, $49. 653-4208.

10-1

VESUVIUS STOREOpen every day 1 1 - 7pm

OVER 40 VARIETIESof fruit & vegetables.Try our little store forsome of the hard-to-getvegetables . You willlike our VARIETY &you "I I love our PRICES

*CARROTS ...2#/25<:*CABBAGE...2#/19<?*TURNIPS ..

* Better Buy MARGARINE2# /49<:

*Swift's LARD ]# / 19<:

537 - 5742LITTLE GNOME NURSERYIsabella Pt. Rd. , 1 mile pastRoland Rd. 653-4289.Now available for Spring plant-ing:Fruit trees, small fruits, poly-anthus, rhubarb, rhododendrons,shrubs, spring bulbs, lilies, etc.11 am to 4 pm. Closed Wed.& Thurs. _ tfn

PROPANE GAS REFILLSPhone 537-2460 or call at theHarbour Grocery Store in GangpsAll gas appliances sold and

serviced.Gulf Islands Propane Gas, tfn

A.M.SHARP - PHOTOGRAPHYPassport photos, child portraits,weddings, air photos, real est-ate • 53

12 FT. FIBERGLASS BOATwith trailer, 18 HP Evinrudemotor, $.525 or nearest offer.537-2389. _ 10-2NEED ANY SUPPLIES FOR YOUREaster Bonnet? There is a prizefor the most beautiful and themost original.Mod'n'Lavender, 537-2523. 10-1MARE AND COLT, $SOO.653-4419. _ 10-1ONE SMALL UTILITY TRAILER4*by 6' $55.00. 537-2041.10-1TWO HAND WINCHES, ONEH.D. Chain and sprocket drivewith cable, $60. One gear drireno cable, $25.00. 537-2117evenings. _ 10-1

COME IN AND SEE THEHandsome Display of

Oil Paintingsat

MOUAT'S, MAIN FLOOR.Paintings by Hans Furcht. 10-1

23" DUMONT TV CONSOLE$75 or near offer. Phone 537-5330 _ 10-1YOUR HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERshould go out in the next week.Get yours atMod'n'Lavender, 537-2523.

LOST

BLACK AND ORANGE FEMALEcat with bells, lost at VesuviusBay. Phone 537-2842. 10-1

CARD OF THANKS

THANK YOU, ALL OF MYfriends on Galiano Island, whosent letters and cards during myrecuperation from breaking bothmy wrists. I am now feelingbetter and home on the Island.-Mrs. Williston Haszard. 10=1

WANTED

LOOKING FOR GOOD HOMEfor 8 months old torn cat.Please phone mornings to 2 pm537-2626 10-1WILL BUY SECOND-HANDhigh fire (cone 8) POTTERYKILN. Phone Chris, 539-5702after 5.30. 10-1USED SEWING MACHINE INgood condition. Phone 537-2979 _. 10-1WATERFRONT LOT OR ACRE-age with or without older typehome on any of the Gulf IslandsWrite 13445 - 24th ^e., WhiteRock, B.C. 9-2

MISCELLANEOUS

NEED ANY CERAMIC TILING,Floor tiling, wallpapering orpainting done?

LET TOM DO ITPhone 653-4402 or leave

message at 653-4425, or writeTom Volquardsen, Box 385,Ganges. tfn

PLOUGHING, ROTOTILLING,Haying, brush cutting, pestholedigging. 653-4403 tfn

F E R N W O O D STORETrade your beer bottles in for

Gulf Gas.GROCERIES — - GIFTS —

CONFECTIONERIESTues. -Sat. 10 am - 7 pmSundays 1 pm - 7 pmMondays Closed.Dial 537-2933. tfn.HOME MAKER SERVICECall 537-2950 or 537-5616. tfn

DRAFTING DESIGNof House Plans.

Garry Kaye, Box 624, GangesPhone; 537-2607 evenings. 9-5

CREATIVE LANDSCAPING ANDASSOCIATED DESIGN

Gardens, garden preparation,original fences, rockwalls,unique lawn furniture and play-grounds. Service to all Gulf Is-lands. Phone 653-4467 bet-ween 6 - 8 p.m. 10-1

COMING EVENTS

C . W . L . B I N G OSat. March 2 0 - 8 p.m.

Church Hall, Drake Rd.Jackpot $25.Caller: Michael Valcourt.Refreshments. Everyone wel-come. 10=1

ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALEMay 29 Legion HallFor pick-up phone 537-2455 or653-4358. tfnOLD AGE PENSIONERS ORGAN*zation, Branch 32 Meeting,March 25, Thursday, 2 p.m.at St. George's Hall. Followedby a " Crazy Bakery". Bring afriend or neighbor. Everyonewelcome. Mr. E.G. Blish,prov. board member will cond-uct the auction. 10-1

WORK WANTED

LET GEORGE DO IT!All those odd jobs around thehouse, don't let them get youdown; call George Bryer at537-2672. tfn

15-YEAR-OLD SOY WOULDlike odd jobs, weekends. Phone537-5395. 10-1

LANDSCAPINGLawns, shrubs, rock gardens,expert grounds upkeep. Forinformation write Landscaping,Box 642, Ganges. B.C. tfnCHIMNEY CLEANING, FIRE -places a specialty, stoves clean-ed, eavestroughs cleaned, andrepaired. Bill Mossop, 653-4427. tfn

FOR RENT

ROOM & BOARD - VACANCY1 double room (single or couple)Park Drive Guest House, 537-5747. tfn

NEW DUPLEX WITH LARGEliving room, roomy bedroomand utility room. Electric heat,range & fridge supplied, close tcGanges. Phone 537-2662. tfn

SOME ACCOMMODATIONavailable for responsible adults.Cusheon Lake Resort. 537-2539. tfnTRAILER SPACE: OVERLOOKINGBlackburn Lake. All services,garbage collection, laundry faci-lities, self-contained trailersonly. Cedar View Trailer Court,R.R. 2. Ganges. 537-2329. tfnFURNISHED ALL ELECTRIChouse for rent $150. Lovelyview, available now. 537-5338

rfn

FURNISHED 2 BEDROOM, ALLelectric cottage for 3 months.537-2832 tfn

NOTICE

DANGEROUS TREES TOPPINGand removal.

Do it Now - Tree Top, T.V.antenna installations. Freeestimates. 537-5511. tfn

GENERAL HAULINGR. K. Price, R.R. 2, Ganges.Phone 537-5663. tfn

DRESSMAKING AND ALTERA-tions. 537-2068. 9-3

It is with regret that BedwellHarbour Lodge must accept theresignation of Mrs. Donna MooreShe has been employed as ourdining room supervisor for thepast eleven months and duringthat time has made many goodfriends. Upon returning fromher three weeks holiday in Mex-ico, she has decided to take afurther much-needed rest. Shewill be greatly missed both bymanagement and staff. 10-1Young college couple lookingfor CARETAKER'S JOB of a cab-in, house, or island. ContactDan Mayo, General Delivery,Thetis Island, B. C. 10-1

Notice is hereby given that Ca-nal Bridge between North andSouth Pender Island will be clos-ed to all traffic from 9:00 a.m.Monday, March 22, until appro-ximately 4:00 p. m. March 26,1971, in order to facilitatebridge repairs.E.A.LUND, P. Eng.,District Engineer,Department of Highways,280 West Burnside Road,Victoria, British Columbia.March 8. 1971. 10-1

S A I L I N G A N Y O N E ?A meeting will be held TuesdayMarch 23 at the Toynbee's resi-dence, Churchill Road. Thereare a number of interesting pro-posals to discuss: Sailing less -ons, sabot races, .a sail-in, asmall craft rendezvous with theRoyal Yacht Britannia? 10-1

OBITUARY

MRS. CLARA E. SHORE diedMarch 6 in Victoria. She issurvived by her loving husband,Tom of Isabella Point, Fulford,four sons, John, Leslie, Kennethand Raymond, 8 grandchildren,10 great-grandchildren. 10-1

aaos

WANTED TO RENT

YOUNG COUPLE WITH BABYtrying to find a place to live.Willing to rent or lease (or withoption to buy?) Do you have anold place that you haven't con-sidered renting? Wide know-ledge of building trades, willingto do repairs if necessary.Michael Hogan, Box 387, Ga1

ges. Ph. 537-2179.

WANTED TO RENT - A SMALLhouse or cabin until the end ofJune on Mayne Island. ReplyDept. P, Box 250, Ganges,B. C. _ _ 10=1FREAKY FAMILY WITH LOTSof pets and long-haired friendsneeds pad. Dig? Write Dept.Q,BOX 250, Ganges, B.C. 10-1

HELP WANTED

FULLY QUALIFIED HAIRDRESS-er wanted, must be experienced.Full time. Apply Dutch BeautySalon, Phone 537-2811. 10-1

ANNOUNCEMENT

MR.AND MRS. R. J. MILLERof Richmond Hill, Ontario, arepleased to announce the engagement of their only daughter,Sheila Elizabeth, to Mr.' DavidWeatherell of North Galiano,B. C. The wedding will takeplace in the autumn at Rich-mond Hill. 10-1

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dearson and brother, Colin Buckley,who was called away March 22,1969.The day of remembrance is sil-

ently kept,In the hearts of those who will

never forget.Sadly missed by his family and

friends. 10-1

LEGAL

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of JACKSON, Margar-

et Agnes, deceased, late ofSoutnwind Road, Galiano IslandB. C.

Creditors and others havingclaims against the said estateare hereby required to send •them duly verified, to thePUBLIC TRUSTEE, 635 BurrardStreet, Vancouver 1, B. C.,before the 15th day of April,1971, after which date the as-sets of the said Estate will bedistributed, having regard onlyto claims that have been re-ceived.

Clinton W. Foote,PUBLIC TRUSTEE. 8-4

CLASSIFIED RATES4 <£ per wordMinimum $1.00

•Semi-display

$1.50 per

Minimum 1 inch

DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIEDMIDDAY TUESDAY

537-2211WRITE BOX 250,GANGES, B.C.

Thursday, March 18, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Fifteen

CLASSIFIED ADSWrite to DRIFTWOOD

BOX 250,GANGES, B.<

Phone: 537 -2211Or

REAL ESTATE

Must sell this beautiful bldg.lot in Hundred Hills. Complet-ely unobstructed sea view, ful-ly seryjced, paved subdivisionroad.' ere. tested. $7,500,generous terms.

Over 2 acres on a high ridgeoverlooking Vesuvius Bay. Aprivate and secluded bide, siteamid Ig. evergreens & arbutus.Most attractive at $11,000 ontms.CALL BOB TARA 653-4435

Select small acreages from 1/4to 1 3/4 acs. on village watersystem. Partially cleared.These are exceptional buys at$4,750 to $5,750 with goodtms.

Superb waterfront estate of 5 &3/4 acres, sloping gently tothe view & safe pebble beach.Open fields and trees. One of akind. Price $35,000 tms.

CALL JIM SPENCER 537-2154

30 acres scenic unspoiledcountryside. Easily accessibleyet very private. A very goodbuy at only $20,000 tms.

Most attractive & gracioushome on spectacular sea viewsite. 2 or 3 bedrooms, Ig. LRwith W/W, rumpus room, spa-cious utility rm., indoor work-shop. 11/2 baths. Plus doublecarport, boat or trailer garage& a tea house. Superbly land-scaped with path, ponds & pati-os. $42,500 ex. tms.

CALL MEL TOPPING 537-2426

Over 10 large serviced lots,nicely wooded, easy bldg. sitesfully serviced & only a fewshort steps to pebble beach.Your choice from $3,950 to$5000 excellent tms.

Large quality built home onglorious beach front lot. 3 BR'slarge L/R, rumpus room, twofireplaces, all built-in kitchen,Ig.deck, carport..Sunny south-ern exposure with old orchard.Good value at $55,000

CALL DICK POOLE 537-2643

GALIANO

Several attractive retirementhomes now available on viewlots - not far from Golf Course,Shops & Ferry. All are modernwarm & well-built with 2 bed-rooms and sun decks. Pricedfrom $17,500 to $35,000. Forfulld^ils Call CollectJean Lv,ckwood, Eves 539-2442

Days 539-2250CHANNEL PARK ESTATESParcels over 2 acres on Trinco-mali. Giant Douglas firs & ar-butus trees. Secluded beach-front homesites. Priced from$18,500 on terms.Call Collect Al KillickEves 539-2952 Days 539-2250

SALT SPRING LANDS LTD.Day 'Phone 537-5515, Ganges,B.C.

SOUTHBANK DRIVE - LOTSwith a lakeview and south.These are good lots. G. How-land. Box 71. Ganges.B.C. tfn

. Deadline for ClassifiedMidday Tuesday

REAL ESTATE

MAYNE ISLAND POTENTIALRevenue:1. Unfinished home, wired,cement foundation.2. Cottage3. Log cabin, drilled well,4. Approximately one acreparklike on paved road nearschool, stores and fishing.Terms, $9500 F. P.PLUS LOTS OF LOTS.5. FRY REALTY LTD.539-2962 Mayne Island.

HOMESWITHA

VIEW

$13,500.00 - new two bedroomhome.

$26,000.00 - two bedroomhome, short walk tostore and ferry.

$22,500.00 - three bedroomhome close to Ganges

$23,000.00 - two bedroomhome, nicely land-scaped grounds.

$25,000.00 - two bedroomhome, Vesuvius.

For Terms or AdditionalInformation contact:Bert Timbers or Harvey Hend-erson at Cam Bastedo AgenciesLtd., Box 353, Ganges, B.C.T ?lephone 537-5541.Evenings: 537-5391 or 653-4380

B. C. LANDAND INSURANCE

AGENCY LTD.

"Serving B. C. since 1863"Box 63,. Ganges.

REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE

Beautiful lots, some cleared andsome in natural state, fir andarbutus in abundance. Withwater and power and pricedfrom $4,000 withgpod terms.

115 ft. lake frontage on CusheonLake. This 1 acre lot is readyfor building and priced at only$7,500 with terms.

Close to Ganges - 3/4 acre lev-el lot. Fully serviced and only$4,500. Try your terms.

1/2 acre in Vesuvius with anocean view. Start building nowand enjoy your new home thissummer. Full Price $7,500.

1.2 acres wooded and servicedOnly $5,500.

For these and other islandproperties call: -BRAM OUDSHOORN 537-2540

orPEARL MOTION 537-2248

OFFICE: 537-5557

DEADLINE FOR DISPLAYADVERTISING - MONDAY

DRIFTWOODFOR

RUBBERSTAMPS

REAL ESTATE

BLOCK BROS.REALTY LTD.

1800 BlanshardVictoria, B.C.

• 386-3231

VESUVIUS - Two PrimeProperties(1) 3.1 acres plus house at

Ferry Terminal $32,500(2) 4.73 acres overlooking

Vesuvius Bay $20,000

3.73 acres on main road - wawater & hydro $8,300

1.17 acres treed view lot -water & hydro $5,800

Semi-waterfront home - 3 BRplus family or hobby room.Large sun-'deck with good viewover harbour. Close to ferry, .stores and marina. Terms orTrade - $27,500.

WAYNE PEARCEAREA REPRESENTATIVE

Box 33, Ganges 537-2355

ALL ARE , ONE WAY OR ANOTHER( From Page One 1

hospital is imminent.Stan Dear, of Sidney is a tea-

char. I had known him as such,but not as the chief magistrateof the town. Wilkie Gardnerhas been a grocer in Sidney foralmost as long as there has beena Sidney. I have argued manya community dispute with himand at times I have been bitter-ly at odds with him. On otheroccasions we have been in com-plete accord.

Hugh Curtis, the GoldenVoice of CFAX in Victoria wasnew to the radio business in Vi-ctoria when I was first feelingmy way around the news paperbusiness there. I have knownhim as a radio man and as anadministrator. Don"t always goalong with him, but if the maj-ority of ratepayers in Saanichdidn't figure him the same way,he wouldn't have held officethese many years.

Mrs. Gunning is the wife of aVictoria dentist. She came in-to the Saanich picture since Iquit; and I met her at lunch inHarbour House for the first time.

Mayor Frances Elford of OakBay rules her council with amore flexible rein than in thedays when I attended the coun-cil meetings there. Reporterswere not allowed to smoke inthe council chamber and mostbusiness was handled in commi-ttee. The place is almost hu-man today under the Elford in-

GALIANO CHAMBER

Riddefl Named AgainFirst meeting of the council

of the Galiano Island Chamberof Commerce at the school,March 10, named the officersfor 1971.

Steve Riddell was electedpresident for another year, andDr. H.D. Earner, vice-presi-dent.

Secretary is Mrs. Ann Platt,Georg Plange will be asked tobe treasurer and membershipchairman. Roads chairman isBill Beach, with Dr. Earner,Bill Stafford, and Dr. Hart Scar-

row on his committee; healthand welfare, Mrs. A. MacAllis-ter, along with first aid.

Parks chairman is GeordieGeorgeson; publicity, Mrs. HankKnudson, public relations andevents, Max Wells' transporta-tion, Bob Clarke; planningboard, Dr. Scarrow.

It was decided that each alt-ernate meeting will be held inthe hall, and be an open meet-ing to the public, giving themembers a batter chance tofind out what is going on in theorganization.

fluence.Alderman Les Passmore, sept-

uagenarian and one of the seni-or administrators of VancouverIsland was there from Saanich.Rarely excited and always pre-pared to hear the other side, Leswas a Councillor in the days Icovered Saanich council. Laterhe was elevated to the rank ofAlderman. He started into mu-nicipal affairs in 1936 and abott1941 was Mayor of Saanich. Hisrecord indicates a warm confid-ence in his abilities on the partof the people of Saanich.

There were lots of others atthe tour of Salt Spring Island.There were representatives fromevery area except the city ofVictoria.

Last week Director Joan Pur-chase wrote describing the func-tions and responsibilities of theCapital Regional District. Hersummary described the func-tions of the board and its chainof command.

This summary of some of thepeople there, explains the kindof people who serve on the regi-onal board. Some are verybright and some are quite dull.Some are wealthy and some arebroke. Some are warm andfriendly and others are cold anddistant. All have gained theconfidence of the people in thearea they represent.

In addition to this list are thetwo islands directors, MarcHolmes and Miss Purchase.

The board is not a distant,impersonal group, indifferentto the needs and problems of is-landers. They are a group ofpeople, not vastly differentfrom the people of the islands,doing a job with little rewardand all imbued with the urgentdetermination to do what theythink is right for the people thejhave been named to serve. Andto look to the future.

And they are all islanders;Gulf or Vancouver...

SALE CONTINUESUntil

MARCH 20

GANGESPHARMACY

British Columbia

Centennial Caravan

BRITISH COLUMBIA IS COMING

CENTENNIAL 71 IS COMING o o o o o

See the CARAVAN at

CENTENNIAL PARK, GANGESWEDNESDAY - MARCH 24

10am—10pm

The Caravan offers a quick view of Britishhistory. Each phase ....

laid out forColumbiaeach partyou to

brilliantof the province

see and remember.is

1 8 7 11 9 7 1

Caravan is brought to Ganges by Salt Spring Island Centennial '71 Committee

Page Sixteen Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Thursday, March 18, 1971

They also serve.. .Theseyoung ladies were serving tea at

last week's open house in Gangeselementary school.

SERVICEMAN IS PROMOTEDRoss Lyle Deal, son-in-law of

Mr. and Mrs. Patchett, of UppeiGanges Road, has been promotedto the rank of Sergeant in theCanadian Armed Forces.

Sgt. Deal first entered milit-ary service in 1957 in Regina.He has served on several shipson the Pacific Coast and wasemployed for a period as a sail-ing instructor at Royal Roads Mi-litary College in Victoria,B.C.His present employment is asbosun aboard the 75-foot motorvessel "NIMPKISH" at CanadianForces Station, Holberg.

The Radar Station at Holbergis part of Air Defence Commandthe Canadian Component of theNorth American Air DefenceCommand (NORAD).

NORAD is the joint Canadian-

U.S. Defence force chargedwith the Air Defence of NorthAmerica.

There's a Long Search AheadTransmission engineers, tech-

nicians, and splicers have beenworking on Salt Spring Island forthe past three months trying to

CHAMBER CHOOSES

IT IS FASTENOUGH!

Speed zones on Galiano Islandhave been discussed by GalianoChamber of Commerce.

It was decided that a "safeand sensible speed" is not over30 miles per hour, anywhere onthe Island.

Steve Riddell told the councilthat a meeting had been held onthe Island recently, to discussth<; formation of a municipality,or village on Galiano. No infor-mation was available. Councilwill investigate the proposal andascertain more details. It willbe discussed at a future date.

Next meeting will be held inthe Galiano Hall on April 7.

CLOSELY LINKED

BEAVER AND ISLANDS

Mutual Fire InsuranceCo. of B.C.

Founded in 1902 by theFarmers of British Columbia

GULF AGENTFenderSalt SpringGaliano ..Saturna ...Mayne ...

D.G.Dodd,H. J.Carlin.Donald NewJ .McMahonJ.Pugh

To any who have lived withinsight of Siwash Rock, the pictueof the "Beaver", stranded on thereef at its foot, is so vivid as toseem almost a memory.

Three years she hung thereuntil a spring tide and the washof "Yosemite's" great paddleslifted her clear and let her slideinto deep water.

But much of British Columbi-a's history had been carried inthis little steamship- -the firston the Pacific—between her ar-rival under sail from England atFort Vancouver, Oregon Territ-ory, in April, 1832, and herquiet end in the waters of Bur-rard Inlet in June, 1892.

For the tale of her long car w

eer, the Gulf Islands Branch ofthe Association is indebted toWm. Barraclough of the Nanai-mo Historical Society whose de-tailed narrative was made avail-able to us and read by the Rev.John Dangerfield, whose long

The Sorrento —3 bedrooms, 1172 sq. ft.

Westwood homes go up in sections. Erection isspeeded, on-site labor reduced. This is the way tobeat inflation and get the maximum house for yourbuilding dollar. Don't procrastinate any longerthere will never be a better time to build. Get the fullWestwood story. No obligation.

VALCOURT BUILDING SUPPLIES LTD.Box 350, Ganges Phone: 537-5531

connection with the Hudson'sBay Company gave "him a speci-al interest in the subject.

Trader into the many inletsof the rugged B.C. coast; mini-ature man-of-war against Amer-ican rivals and Indian raiders;passenger ship from Victoria tothe Fraser during the Gold Rush;flag-ship for Governor Douglaswhen he travelled in state to vi-sit the Russian governor of Ala -ska and journeyed to Fort Lang-ley for the inaugural ceremonieswhen British Columbia becamea separate Crown Colony; surveyship with the Imperial Hydrogr-phic service; tow-boat for thecoast's logging-camps, she wasspared the last ignominy of the"bone-yard"; and in the medalsmade from her copper sheathingher memory is preserved in mu-seums and private collections.

FULFORDTIDE TABLES

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20

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MARCH 1971

TIME

0040032507101600

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0235070009001810

0305080510351910

HT.

0325084012402005

0345091514152100

0400095015352145

9.69.49.72.6

9.99.69.62.5

10.19.39.32.3

10.28.8

9.02.2

10.28.08.92.4

10.27.09.02.8

10.35.69.33.6

locate intermittent transmissionproblems on the telephone cir-cuits.

"It's like looking for a needlein a haystack," reported a B.C.Telephone Company spokesman,—"after exhaustive checks, cir-cuits are quiet and about threehours later the noise returns."

Cable splicers are opening ev-ery splice in the cable betweenGanges and Beaver Point to loc-ate trouble.

Switchmen have spent hourstesting and checking switchingequipment in the Ganges andFulford Harbour central offices.Cable splicers have anotherthree weeks work before all spli-ces have opened and checked

for poor connections.Subscribers were urged to re-

port problems by dailing 114.'

OPENTuesday

toSaturday

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HarbourEnjoy fine

dining

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