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T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 24th

1966 L E G I O N P A N C A K E D E R B Y

A big crowd, both spec-tators and racers were onthe causeway Tuesday atnoon for the Annual Pan-cake Derby sponsored by theLA. to the Royal CanadianLegion.

Mrs. F. Kirkham wasconvener and Mrs. H. By-ron was "Aunt Jemima".

Jack Evans won therace for the perpetual tro-phy which will go to Salt1

Spring School. In the 1965 |race Jack dropped his pan-cake just before he crossedthe finish line and was beat-en out by Ganges Pharmacyrepresented by Jean Brown(nee Galbraith). SusanHarcus of Bank of Montrealfollowed Jack across thefinish line. Mrs. Beth Woodfor the Chamber of Com-merce came third. Les Arm-strong represented Pender Is-land and Fred Robson camefrom Galiano.

An innovation this yearwere races especially forthe Cubs, Brownies, Scoutsand Guides who were out in

force in their uniforms inhonour of Lord Baden-Powel1

ell, who founded the move-ment.

Winners of other raceswere:-Guides - Doreen Ralph, An-<drea Harkema, Ann Haigh.Scouts-Alan Jackson, Pet-er Booth, Mike Schneider.Brownies - Susan Jarman,Joan Knoblauch, Debbie

Jeffery.Cubs - Robbie Wood, Har-old Harkema, Peter Ramsey.Girls over 10 - JaniceSmith, Ginny Horel, PatDeacon.Boys over 10-Richard Carl-son, Ian MacQuarrie, JohnBuitenwerf.Girls under 10 - DebbieDuncan, Margaret Ramsey,Marlene Moulton .Boys under 10 - Toby Sew-ard, Robbie Wood, GarryHagan.Preschool - Ross Stacey,Kathy Ramsey, ShirleyPhelps.Grandmothers - Mrs. Ellen

(Cont'd. to P. 2, Col. 3)

1966 V o l . 6 No. 49 10$ per c o p y

CHAMBER ANNUAL MEETINGMRS. BETH WOOD

„ . At their annual generalTieeting held Wednesday,February 16th at the LegionHall, main concerns of theSalt Spring Island Chamberof Commerce were transpor-tation and parks.

Norman Mouat, chair-man of the transportationcommittee reported on thework of the Islands JointCouncil to establish a rea-sonable schedule for theferries. He reported thatthe schedule on the halfhour from Fulford Harbourmakes good connectionswith the Mayne Queen tothe other Islands an<d alsowith the buses to Victoria.

President T. Portlockreported that Ferry officialshave been approached tochange the sciseoWe again,to quarter to the hour. Itwas recommended that thepresent schedule be retainedas approved by Joint Coun-

•ci l .Both Mr. Mouat and

Mr.Portlock made strongrecommendation to the in-coming executive tocontin-

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ue efforts to have the Salt, Spring terminal moved toI Isabella Point for greaterefficiency in transportationto Vancouver Island.

Parks Committee chair-man Ernie Booth reportedthat the Chamber is attemp-ting to interest the Depart-ment of Recreation & Con-servation in a 400 acreblock of land as an exten-sion to Mouat Park. Thiswould includea lovely viewoverlooking Ganges villageand the other Islands fromthe ridge above Charles-worth Road.

Mr. W.M. Mouat rec-ommended that urgent at-tention be paid to efforts to

acquire property suitable toa marine park with accessto a good beach .Mr.Mouatpointed out that availablewaterfront property is be-coming rare and a marinepark is most desireable onSalt Spring.

Mr.Booth also extendedappreciation to the Rucklesat Beaver Point who allowpeople to use their property.A picnic table will be plac-ed in this area for the com-ing summer.

Other reports includedmembership,publicity, (Toadsand services, the latter not-ing that power to the boatbasin should be on nextweek.

Mr. C. Horel, chair-man of special committeeon sewage disposal, madehis report, and receivedrecognition of the membersfor the work he has put inon this project.

ELECTED PRESIDENT

(RED CROSS!IS ALWAYS THERE

WITHYOURHELP

Three experts at flippingpancakes in Tuesdays races/from the left Trudy Jackson,^Doreen Jeffery and JoyceVeiselmeyer.

Mrs. Beth Wood, a re-cent welcome resident ofSalt Spring Island and for-mer mayor of New Westmin-ster,was unanimously elect-ed as President of the SaltSpring Island Chamber ofCommerce at its AnnualMeeting last Wednesday inthe Legion Hall.

Mrs. Wood, with herhusband, John bought asmall farm near Central and"retired" to the Island lastsummer. They fell in lovewith Salt Spring on a visitthe previous year.

Mrs.Wood is no strangerto civic affairs having servedthe City of New Westminsteron the School Board and asan Alderman prior to being

j elected Mayor in whichjcapacity she served for fivei years.I She says she and Johnalways wanted a small farmto raise some sheep, but

I never planned to have aj sizeable orchard that camej with it. She hopes to add! turkeys and chickens. Shehas appreciated the friendlywelcome and wants to beaccepted as "just people. "

She feels that everyoneshould contribute somethingto the community they livein and hence was unable toturn down the invitation tolet her name stand as Presi-dent of the Chamber.

Asked what some of her1 (Cont'd. to P. 2, Col. 4)

T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 24th, 1966 S a l t Spr ing Is land D R I F T W O O D Page 2

GANGES WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PANCAKE RACES

PH ARMAC Y a"d M™9™ ̂ Speed0whoare celebrating their Diam-ond Wedding on Sunday -27th February.

They came to S.S.i. 59years ago and have residedhere continuously ever since.

Mr .and Mrs. Speed willbe llAt Home" on Sunday,

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27th, between 3.30 and6.30 p.m. at the home ofMr.& Mrs.Graham Shove.

Bennett, Mrs. MadelineBarber, Mrs. Edith Barber.Ladies Open - Doreen Jef-fery, Joyce Vei>selmeyer,Trudy Jackson.Mens Open - Les Ramsey,Ken Ralph, Rod Pringle.

Following the races the Annual campaign forL.A. served a delicious funds for the Red Cross startspancake luncheon at the Tuesday, March 1st and

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will continue for the monthof March, reports Mrs. P.Lazenby, the convener ofthe campaign for north SaltSpring', Mrs. Lazenby andher twelve assistants willmake a house to house can-vass. Mrs. Ron Lee is in

| charge of the drive for theI south end of the Island.

When a canvasser callsjat your home, please haveiyour donation ready. Mrs.Lazenby,537-2217 may becontacted if the canvassermisses you.

Last year the Islandturned over $1100 from themonth long drive.

At bottom the world isn't a joke.We only joke about it to avoid anissue with someone . . . to disarmhim by seeming to have heard anddone justice to his side of the stand-ing argument. Humor is the mostengaging cowardice. With it myselfI have been able to hold some of myenemy in play far out of gunshot.

Robert Frost

BETH WOOD

goals would be, she dodged1 nicely by saying she had

only generalized purposesat present.

She would place solidcommunity planning at thetop of the list and thinks itis time to lay down a longterm plan for progressiveIsland development.

The Villages of Gangesand Fulford are "beautifulspots"and should have care-ful planning for the future.

She says she will workfor a united island andwould like to see quarterlymeeting held at Fulford.

The matter of villagestatus for Ganges should bedecided on the basis of acarefu I study of advantagesand disadvantages.

Other officers electediwere vice president LesIRamsey, treasurer Bob Clark-;son; Directors -IT. Agar, E. Booth, R. Hill,,J. Nicherson, M.E. Peiler,Z. Kropinski, A. Johnson,A. Wolfe-Mi Iner, Cam Bas-tedo, Fred Luddington.

Sue Ramsey , happys p e c t a t o r . Baby cou Idw i n t h a t r a c e , ifg i v e n a chance .

Aunt Jemi ma (E l lenB y r o n , p r e s e n t e da w a r d s t o w i n n e r s .

Les Armstrong, v is i -to r f r o m Pende r Is -land a p p e a r s s c e p t i -c a l abou t t h e w h o l eth ing .

T h u r s d a y , Feb rua ry 24th, 1966

Mrs. E.G. Woodward, editor of the B.C. Women's Insti-itute News, and vice-president of the Provincial Board ofthe W.I. being welcomed by Mrs. Ron Lee, president ofthe South Salt Spring W.I. Mrs. Woodward was guest ofhonour at a luncheon of the local W.I. Executive at thehome of J^rs. Lee last Thursday.

EMERGENCY VEHICLESAGAIN ENCOUNTER

"ROAD BLOCKS"Every year about this

time some driver of an emer-gency type vehicle encoun-ters the worst sort of "roadblock." This year it hashappened to the fire truckthat has been effectivelyblocked on two recent occa-sions. Driver of a blue Volk-swagen at the bottom ofLee's Hill refused to pullover to let the truck pass andagain a Ford Econoline nearthe Hospital blocked thetruck.

Unless drivers co-opera-te by getting out of the wayof fire trucks, ambulancesand police cars when thesiren is on or the red flash-

er light is blinking, charges)will have to be laid againstoffenders.

BRANCH 92, R.C.L.BRIDGE TOURNAMENTWeek-ending February,

19th, Winners Class A -Col. and Mrs. Peiler, Mr.and Mrs. D. Cruickshank,Mr .and Mrs.Emerslund, Mrand Mrs. A. M. Brown.Winners Class B -Mrs. Hawksworth and MrsHook, Mrs. M. Gardner &Mrs. L. Mouat, Mr. W. M.Mouat and Mrs. C. WaggMr. Westin and Mrs. Monk,Mrs. Ash by and Miss Lees,Mrs. Stafford and Mrs.Ross,Mr.and Mrs.St. Denis, Mr.and Mrs.Trelford, Mr andMrs.Stone, Mr. and Mrs.Reid.

LAWN BOWLINGBY THE SEA .

Enthusiastic supporterof lawn bowling,Ed Steph-jenson, envisions a bowling ;green in Centennial Parkthat could be unique inCanada - bowling by thesea.

Mr. Ray Hill who hasundertaken to study thefeasibility of including abowling green in the park,reported that he is losing ,his initial scepticism aftertalks with experts on lawnbowling. Mr. Hill .statedthat a green could be con- <structed at an estimated ;cost of $3500 to $4000.'This figure includes labourand drainage tile. Volun-teen labour and materials^could cut costs.

Other points about lawnbowling:-it.takes two yearsto establish a green beforebowling can take place.- a clubhouse is desireable.- competition with otherclubs is good.- the chosen area can ac-commodate 8 rinks.

Mr. Hill with Mr. I.Cawker and Mrs. M. F.Peiler will form a committ-ee to investigate the mat-ter fur ther.

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One of the companions ran 'to the home of Mr. Topi ,Harcus,Beddis. Point to callthe ambulance. ConstableNieckarz, RCMP, who waspatrol Ung the area at thetime assisted in gettingthe injured boy up the cliffand into the ambulance.

Blaine was transferredby Sunday evening ferry tothe mainland for further

I treatment,

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SCOUT INJURED INCLIFF FALL

Tragedy hit three RoverScouts hiking last weekendon Salt Spring Island whenone of their number, PeterBlaine fell down a cliff inthe dark and was seriouslyinjured.

It is reported he fell onhis head and there were in-dications of internal injuries

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'SALTSPRING ISLAND DRIFTWOOD

Published weekly on Salt Spring Island, James DWard, Editor, Post Office Box 250, Ganges, B.C. --Phone: 537-2211. Authorized as second class mail, PostOffice Department, Ottawa, Postage'paid at Ganges,B.C. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year in Canada;$3.00 elsewhere. Advertising rates on request. Liabilityto advertisers limited to space bought.

E D I T O R I A L PAGEOne of the primary objectives of any editorial page,

is to stimulate thought and discussion on interesting topicsof the day. So often an editorial writer feels his effortsare somewhat like speaking in a vacuum. It is encourag-ing therefore to have readers reactions on points discussedhere from time to time.

This week we have an interesting reply to last weekseditorial which we are pleased to feature

Dear Sir - "Since your edit- 'pect the youngsters to respect

by David D. Stupich, M, LA.Nanaimo and the islands

.1 started writing thiscolumn as a report to myconstituents when I firstentered the legislature inJanuary of 1964. It wouldappear that it is being much,more widely read than I atfirst suspected.

In the last week twocabinet ministers have re-ferred to different columnsof mine, and lam beginningto suspect that it is now re-quired reading for cabinetministers.,

S a l t Spr ing Island D R I F T W O O D Page 4

iwifh private capital has notbeen sufficiently explored, .

sinthe opinion of Mr. Turner. loc°l Island Churches are-Q-; making history during this

i Some time ago I predict- Lenten season' Each LWed~

ed that the rfew Budget nesdaX £Pecial combinedwould give some relief to ^'ces for the

those paying school taxes at Catho'1?' Aungl'Can T^

ithe local level. While the United Church congregat-A

iBudget Speech itself revealed ions wi" be helc

various churches. The fir'*service on Ash Wedne^Vwas held at St. George's. _

Church with Fat-

a nominal increase in gov-ernment contribution to localeducation costs, it did notgive any specific information •--CB/—;• -and I wondered for a while |her Mudge preaching,whether my forecast would ' Wednesday, March 2ndbe in error. Archdeadon R. Horsef.eld

In his speech in the leg- will take the service at theisiature this week the Mini- United Church at 7:30.

orial of last week may bemisconstrued by 'some as acriticism of present localjustice, or law enforcementmay ! use some of yourspace for a few comments.

You, and many of yourreaders, may have been un-aware,of the incidents tak-ing place some two yearsago brought about by asmall element of youngstersinterpreting laxity and len-ience for license. Dragstersraced their cars nightly a-1

round Ganges. Vandals con-tinuously damaged Galianoparks and frightened camp-ers, mailboxes were shotfull of holes on Sunset Drivea group of young psychotics

1 tried to break down a doorto beat up a lonely store-keeper they believed had

the law if the. adults don'The vigorous program

effected by the present off-icer and the firm dispensa-

tions of the present magis-trate have greatly alleviated

these difficulties.Many of us are very

much in favour of existingpersonnel and it is debat-able that a system of trav-elling magistrates, with thefa'celess anonymous and im-personal procedures entail-ed could lead to a mechan-istic catalogue of offencesand sentences without reg-ard for the individuals inv-olved. While "Fearless Fredis liable to ticket us.nextfor transporting bananaswithout a license, this is asmall price to pay in order

i that the little old ladiesreported them for speeding, '\considering phoning the Po-hoodlums veered their cars \ |JCe need worry, not aboutat ladies in Vesuvius fore ing reprisals, but the fate ofthem into the ditch, young the hoodlums,drivers sprouted wings on Incidentally, your oth-dangerous, narrow roads.fer point is well taken - noBut the very serious aspect i system of law enforcementof the situation lay in thefact that the Vesuvius: ladieswere actually afraid to callthe police because theyfeared reprisals and the reck-less drivers went unreported

should ever have policemenact as prosecutors."

; Signed - "Concerned.

because "nothing would bedone."

We must admit also thata good many of our maturefolk had developed sloppy

Fire really hurts Cana-dians.

Scandinavia (Sweden,Norway, Denmark) has acombined population nearlythat of Canada, wi thgenerally similar climate. |jIts overall fire loss is lessithan half of ours.

The fire death-rate oom-driving habits and while weshould not need it,we should! parison (deaths per 100,not complain when caught upj 000) puta Canada to even

. . . greater shame. Ours is threeindeed, we can hardly ex- ' fimes as great.

=0=During the 1963 elec-

tion campaign the Premiertravelled up and down theProvince warning peopleagainst the New Demo-cratic Party on the groundthat we represented social-ism-something to be fearedand opposed.

When I first entered the* legislature I was determinedthat I would continuallyremind people that I am asocialist, so that they wouldnot be caught off guard byany such campaigning.However, the best socialistspeeches during the currentsession of the legislaturehave been made by Mr. Tur-ner, NDP M LA for Vanc-ouver East, and Mr. Shel-ford, one of the backbenchSocial Creditors. The onlydifference, is that Mr. Tur-'ner- knew what he was do-ing, whereas Mr. Shelfordwas simply complaining a-bout the inherent evils of

'the capitalist system with-out realizing that he wasparaphrasing the ReginaManifesto (the originalstatement of principles ofthe C.C.F. Party when it

1 was formed in 1933).Mr. Turner was dis-

cussing the Budget, andmore particularly the Prem-ier's emphasis on building upa surplus as a cushion againsta recession. Mr. Turnermade the point that anycushion, regardless of how

• big it might be, could dis-appear very quickly in timeof need. He urged upon thePremier that the revenue sur-p I us should be used to influ-ence our provincial economyin an effort to a void a reces-sion. For example govern-ment participation in indus-try through joint enterprise

sterof Educationdid say up-ward revisions would be madein thecalculations of grantsto local school boards. Oneof the worst features aboutthe present scale, and onethat has been complainedabout by local school boardsfor years, is that the govern-ment grant for teacher sal-aries is still based on thesalary levels of 1961.

I assume this is one ofthe changes that will bemade to bring things moreup to date. It would appear

The Ladies Guilds ofthe Anglican Churches havedone it again! This time•hey have captured Brigad-ier Miles Smeeton, formerresident at Musgrave, worldtraveller and well known

^author to give an illustrat-ed talk on his sailing exp-eriences in the Shetland Is-lands and Scandinavia.After the sell-out crowd.they had last year for auth-

or L. M.Patterson,'s lecture,they are holding this lect-ure in the more spaciousFulford Ha 11, March 18th at

ot

now as though the EducationTax relief at the local levels

.,1 i i L 8p.m. Tickets are avail-will not be nearly as much • , » * • * 'i i 'i MI ab e at Driftwood. Miss D.as I expected, but there will

be some. Wewill all be eag-• r. GUI derly awaiting more specific

information.Did you hear the latest

;couple of ferry tales? - A'happy island visitor of last

is

St. Mary's

convener

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MORE ON ISABELLA PT.TERMINAL

by Bea Hamiltonfall, recently wrote to a

saying, "I wouldn't, friend ,_/...i,,What a wonderful sight need a house on the Gulf

see the old Island Prin- Islands.I'd be happy to live"Pender Queen" Dn the ferry and enjoy the

aeautiful trip."- The "Queen" was an hourlate into Tsawwassen lastSunday. The Reason? Anlirate Galiano traveller whoinsisted he had a reservation

tocess alias,steaming into the harbour -now why can't we keep thatnice comfortable ferry onour run? She does the tripin 30 minutes and is morecomfortable with betterspaced seats. There would be 'and refused to let the otherno stumbling over feet as jcars board the ferry untilpassengers make a dive for 'space was found for him.the washroom, and no mix- (Our tattler friend reportsups with "his'n" or "her'n" (the argument lasted 40 min-when the Company periodic- lutes. . \ally switches a twin to the - |t reminds us of th"Salt Spring Queen" -and !|ady with reservation, gett-forgets to warn about chan-ge of position of said wash-rooms . Dashed awkwardmoments have developedwhen some male goes toport when he should havegone starboard. All this

'would be eliminated if wekept the nice Pender Queenon the run. On top of this,ten minutes would be savedand that bothers the C of C

j(cont'd. to P.,7, Col. 1)

ing to the terminal a fewminutes later than the re-quired time for reportingand who was all preparedfor just such an argument.It was a bit disconcertingwhen the young man incharge made no comment ashe handed back tickets andchange.

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(cont'd. to P. 7, Col. 2)

Thursday, February 24th, 1966

HOCKEY NEWS |Pee Wee League

Although they againfailed to score against Ful-ford Warriors goalie KarlKitchen, the North StarRovers played a much im-proved game over last week.

final score was 6-0.three stars were Deme-

tri Stevens,Tony Faganello,and Karl Kitchen.Senior League

The first game of theafternoon saw the highestscores made so far this seas-on, when the cougars def-eated the Leftovers 19-11The stars were Ken Kyler,Dan and Morry Akerman.The second game saw theHawks and the Dynamiterstangle in their second 18penalty game of the season.The Hawks were the winn-ers 13-5. The three starswere Brent Hartley, JohnMarcotte and Keith Stevens.Hockey Standings

The Senior League isnow at the halfway point inthe season. The followingare the standings -Cougars 12 pts, Hawks 8,Leftovers 2, Dynamiters 2.Goals -- Ken Kyler 22,Morry Akerman 21, Pat Sjin-gsby, Norman Stevens andDan Akerman 17 each.Penalties — John Roland16, Pat SlingsbyBob MotionNorman Stevens 10 each.Morry Akerman, CameronHumphreys 8 each.

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ANGLICAN - St. Mark's Central, Holy Communion -8:30 a.m.;St. Mary's Fulford, Choral Communion - 11 a.m.St. George's Ganges, Evensong - 2:30 p.m.St. Nicholas1 Vesuvius, Evensong - 7:30 p.m.

UNITED - Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Morning Service. Ganges, 11 a.m.

Burgoyne Bay 2:30 p.m.ROMAN CATHOLIC - Our Lady of Grace Ganges,

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BUSINESS DIRECTORYGULF PLUMBING & HEATING

FRED LUDDINGTONFurnace & Oil Burner Service

F R E E E S T I M A T E SPHONE: 537-5314

F O R A L L Y O U RBUILDING N E E D S

C O N S U L TCRU1CKSHANK CONSTRUCTION

PHONE; 537-2950 or 537-5628

E R N I E B O O T HPLUMBING & H E A T I N G

LENNOX-SPEED QUEEN DEALERSUPER HOT WATER HEATERS

PHONE: 537-5712

Salt SpringFreight Service Ltd

Moving to all Vancouver Island pointsAll Enquiries -537-2041

Centre)

A A G E V I L L A D S E NBUILDING C O N T R A C T O R

Quality Homes,, RenovationsAdditions, Cabinets, Free Estimates

GANGES PHONE: 537-5412

STARLITE SALON]E X P E R T H A I R S T Y L I N G

For A p p o i n t m e n t

PHONE: 537-2815

WJ.MOLLISONREADY-MIX, CEMENT, GRAVEL

SUPPLIES, ROAD FILL, etc.PHONE: 537-2031' Box 73, Ganges

GULF ISLANDSWINDOWCLEANING

Rugs, floors, etc,Phone: 537-5417

Pafehett Plumbing;NEW INSTALLATIONS - REPAIRS^

FREE E S T I M A T E SPHONE: 537-5724

BURGOYNE DAIRYRAW MILK - 25$ quar t

JERSEY-GUERNSEY MILK 28$ qtvDelivery - Monday & Friday

P H O N E : 537 -2867

CHIMNEYCLEANING

S E R V I C E :•••«.,Roofing, Gutter Cleaning & Repairing1

W.G. Mossop, R.R. n, Fulford ./

Dick'sRadio & TV

S A L E S & S E R V I C EPHONE: 537-2943

LEISURE LANES5-PIN BOWLING

Monday th rough SundayReservations if desired

PHONE: 537-2075 or 537-5305

Sea rftEct u i pm e nt

Phone: 537-2920

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Garbage CollectionS E R V I C E

PHONE: 537-2167

W. C CARLSONS H E E T M E T A L

OIL & GAS H E A T I N GG A N G E S Phone: 537-2914

Nels DequenBulldozing

LAND CLEARING-EXCAVATIONSROAD BUILDING, etc.

-2930 P.O. Box 63

BEAVER. fO/HT RD.

NORTHWESTERN CREAMERYP R O D U C T S

Contact: G.M. HEINEKEYatPHONE: 537-5732

D e l i v e r y t w i c e w e e k l y

G A N G E S R E C C E N T R EJlOa.m. - llp.m. Mon. to Sat.

SNACK BAR BARB£R SHOPm - "B ILL IARDS -

Haircuts by appt. if desired.PHONE? 537-5740

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S E W E R R O O T E R S E R V I C E970 Dunford Ave., Victoria

PHONE; 537-57.12.

W BANGER!CONSTRUCTION

First class residential & commercialAdditions & Remodelling 537-5692

SHEFFIELD RADIO TVSALES & SERVICE

YOUR RCA VICTOR DEALER1

Guaranteed manufacturers service toall makes — Fully licensed

Colour TV Specialist Phone 537-5693-

D y t eh! Be a u t y[ Sal o n• 9 a . m . to 5 p .m. ~"f;

TUESDAY TO FRIDAY(Wed evening by appointment)!

Phone: 537-2811 i

BELGROVE HOUSE RE

" B R E N T W O O D BAYSerene, Homelike Atmosphere

Private and Semi-private^Mrs. PA. irvina.f R.N. 652-1552j

F O R S A L E N O T I C E S

Green chesterfield chair,good condition. Largebrown corner chair, withright hand tray. Singlebed and mattress, cleancondition.Phone 537-537526 ft. cruiser - ChryslerCrown power $1500 cashPhone 537-2211Fir and Aider fire wood.Phone: 537-565922 gal. galvanized hotwater tank $10; McLaryEscort oil stove $25;Utility trailer with re-movable 6'x7" shed and6.00x 16 tires $40;Hand wringer $5; sprinklercan 50$; 1 pr. size 8men's gum boots $1;1 quart oil-measuring can50$Phone: 537-5449

'58 Plymouth sedan, oneowner; never in accident;V-8 auto, transmission,good shape,Ph. 537-5363 or 537-5649Red honeyscuckle, pinkphlox, variegated peri-winkle, double kerria,forsythia, and other shrubs.Mrs. F. Grant, 537-556517' 6" cedar piank boat7 - 9 Wisconsin. Good seaboat, in good condition.Phone: 537-2108

F O R R E N TThree room cottage,furnished. Rainbow Road.Phone 537-5772 after 5pm.

W O R K W A N T E DExperienced gardener andlandscaper. Wally Rogers,(temporary address) Dep't.B, Box 250, Ganges,B.C.

FOUND10 Ib. sledge hammer.

Phone 537-5504

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( B E E R B O T T L E P I C K - U P5 d o z e n or more

CALL 537-2902 after 6:00 p.m.R . C . R I D E R

Salt Spring Auto WreckerGarage. Complete moverhaul; new & used parts;welding; trailers built toorder; day & night wreckerservice.Phone: 537-5714ANNUAL MEETING ofFulford Hail Committeewillbe held Friday, March 4that 8 p.m. Fulford Hall.Please come.Thank you to all my friendsfor being so kind. •>Love, Jane Deacon.C.W.L. BINGO Friday,February 25th, 8:15 p.m.50% proceeds as prizes.Jackpot $20. Refreshmentswill be served.

HELP WANTED-MALEOILER required forB.C. Ferry AuthorityFULFORD HARBOURSALARY: $355 per month.Applicants must be Canad-ian citizens or British sub-jects and have had someengineering experience,either in a shipyard, marineengine repair or on boardship.For application forms applyIMMEDIATELY to Capt. G.A. Maude, Gulf IslandRepresentative, or to TheChairman, B.C. CivilService Commission,544 Michigan Street,VICTORIA; completed formsto be returned to The Chair-man NOT LATER THANMarch 2, 1966.COMPETITION NO. 66:173

.Provincial Government OfficeOPEN SATURDAY

for sale ofMOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

m- WEEKBy BEN WICKS

Do we HAVE to keepwatching Batman?"

T h u r s d a y , Feb rua ry 24th , 1966 S a l t Spring I s land D R I F T W O O D Page 7

Ranging far and wide over B.C. highways during the next nine months will be the British Columbia Centennial 'Caravan, two 55-foot truck-trailerunits decorated with a colourful descriptive mural. Inside the big caravans wif l be animated displays, with special lighting and sound effects, high-lighting the province's past, present and projected future.' The Centennial Caravan wil l visit 200 communities after its first appearance in Victoria.

ISABELLA POINTand other businessmen whoare trying to turn IsabellaPoint into another Long Har-bour fiasco.

A short refreshing runover the water is far moredesireable than a franticrush over a highway with apossible crackup en route.On the sea you get thefresh air to clear the lungsof that city smog; you canrelax and forget your worr-ies and enjoy some fine sce-nery as the ship pulls intoFulford Harbour.

Before you 'start seream-ing at these remarks, thinkof the poor pedestrian whowould be stranded at Isabe-lla Point with nowhere togo, just as they are at LongHarbour. Things are finefor people with cars butthere ARE people who nev-er have and never will ownor drive cars.

Lets not cut relaxationand beauty out of the island

• travel - You'll get whereyou are going fast enoughand still enjoy life withoutchasing after the everlast-ing dollar.

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Sunday was a day whenthe golfers were golfing,the gardeners gardening andSunday visitors were trav-

elling slowly over the by-ways wishing they lived onthis lovely Island. An earlybus load of QAPO visitorsfrom Victoria is makingplans to visit Saltspring,March 19th.

How long will it be un-til farming as a commercialenterprise becomes a thingof the past on Saltspring?This week another prizedairy herd leaves the Island.Mr. and Mrs. Harkema , ofFernwood Farms spent manyyears building up their herdto the point where they wereoften listed among the topproducers. Sadly they nowfind they are no longer "bigenough" to keep the herd soare shipping them out-thisweek.

Perhaps the best $23.00the Chamber of Commerceever spent was en the flow-er boxes last year. The bri-ght beauty of the flowersalong Ganges Causeway costthat amount to purchase.Appreciation to the volunt-eer woorkers for keeping theflowers growing.

Fulford Hall Committeewere forced to cancel theirAnnual Meeting on Mondayfor lack of a quorum. Onlynine people showed up. The

meeting will be reconvenedon Friday March 4th at

8 p.m. Fulford Hall.Please make every eff-

ort to attend says Mrs. Jean.Hollings. Everyone is wel-come.

This is Boy Scout Week.Local Scouts and Guideshad Church Parade on Sun-day. Tuesday February 22ndto commemorate the birth-day of Founder, Sir RobertBaden-Powell, the Scouts,Guides, Brownies and Cubswore their uniforms toschool. Special races forthem were held in the An-nual Pancake Derby. ,

Mrs. Ken Ralph was thelucky winner of one week'sfree groceries in the PayCheck draw at Mouat'sStore last week. Congrat-ulations to Ken and Flo.

Harry Loosmore enjoyeddinner in Victoria on Sat-

jurday, February 18th tocelebrate the 50th anniver-sary of his depature fromthat city for overseas serv-ice in the First World War.

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Initial survey on theBoat basin grounds has beenstarted this week. It is re-quested that cars and peoplestop using this area as lev-elling is now going onyandtraffic spoils work already

done. .

VOGUECLEANERS

W E E K L YPICK-UP & DELIVERY

E V E R Y W E D N E S D A Y

PHONE537-5549

FREE MOTHPROOFING

THE GOVERNMENT OF

THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

B. C. D E P A R T M E N T OF A G R I C U L T U R E

FARMERS' LAND CLEARING ASSISTANCE ACT

LAND CLEARINGFARMERS CONTRACTORS

Contractors interested in carrying out work under theterms of the Act in 1966 for the Saltspring Island areaand who are suitably equipped to clear, break and/odrain land, must obtain tender forms and instruction:from

K . R . J a m e s o n ,B . C . D e p ' t . o f A g r i c u l t u r e ,

S t o n e B u i l d i n g , Duncan , B . C .

Farmers wishing work donein 1966 should obtain ap-plications and informationfrom

Forms must be COMPLETEDand returned to the DistrictOffice not later than

Forms must be COMPLETED and submitted in a sealedenvelope marked "Tender for Clearing" to the LandClearing Division, Parliament Buildings, Victoria,B.C. Postmarked not later than

MARCH 15, 1966In order to receive priorconsideration for work un-der the Act in 1966.

A.H.. Turner,Deputy Minister

Equipment in the advertised area must be availablefor inspection during the period March 28 to April 1in order that it may be inspected and considered forapproval under the terms of the Act in 1966.

Hon. Frank Richrer,Minister of Agriculture.

Thursday, February 24th, 1966 Sal t "S p r i n g I si a n d I D R IF T W O O D Page 8

FULFORD NEWSby Bea Hamilton

The daughters of Mr.&Mrs. Cliff Lee were homefor the weekend. Sharon,who is employed at the Ec-onomy Printers in Vancouv-er, and Colleen who is inVictoria. The Lees had areunion dinner with their.family.

Over at Mrs. J.(Edna)Fraser's home,Heather Fra-ser visited the family. Hea-ther works at the MSA inVancouver. Miss Terry Mo-llet was also home to seeher parents, Capt.and Mrs.Les Mollet. Terry is empl-oyed at the offices of theR. C. M. P. in Victoria.These girls all like theirjobs but were thrilled to behome again for a weekend.

Our good neighbourshave returned from hospitalby now - Mr. A.O.Lacy ishome, Mr.Hugh Smith is aguest at the Frank Grant's,and Mr. Grant himself ishome again. Major MarkHolmes is back - and thePat Lee's little baby is do-ing well. Mr. Paul Rolandis expected home from hos-pital in a few days. NickProceviat is still in LadyMinto but coming along

nicely.The recently formed 1st

Fulford Sea Scout Troop, held their first Church Par-

ade in St.Mary's on Sunday,The full troop of 15

scouts were present withScout Master James StewartMarching in the parade the

>,troop were led by the colorparty carrying the scout flag'and the Canadian emblem.

! HISTORY OF THE BANJO,TOPIC OF O.A.P.O.

MEETINGThursday, 17th February

members of Branch 32, metin St.George's Hall at 2 pmThe President, F. Goddard.was in the chair. More than50 members attended.

Rev. and Mrs. Under-hill, Calgary and Mr. Sad-ler from Dryden, Ontariowere received as guests.

After the meeting Mr.Frank Hayward entertainedthe group with the "Historyof the Banjo" in Music,which was both interestingand enjoyable.

Mrs. Machon at thePiano assisted with the groupsinging,and all the old timetunes were really enjoyed.

Plans were formed in res-pect to the free trip whichwill be given to all membersin good standing.

Cards will be the enter-

'COMINGS & GOINGSby Doreen Morris j

Mr. and Mrs. A.V.Ag-ar spent this past week end Iin Victoria, guests of Mr,land Mrs. Alan Cox.-

Mrs. L.G. Scott, Van-couver and Mrs. P. KnightBurnaby were weekend vis-itors of Mr.& Mrs.F.Morris,

Visiting her parents,; Mr.and Mrs. E. Booth last;week end was their daught-jer Janice, of Vancouver.

Mrs. Ernest Cook, Fort;St.John was a recent visit-|or of her mother, Mrs.E.J.JHumphreys, Crofton Road.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L.j Paterson had as their guestslover the weekend, Mr.Pat-terson's two brothers, S.G.j Paterson of West VancouverJand E. A. W. Paterson of'Toronto and Montreal, the'occasion being the birthday!'of their mother, Mrs. S.B.Paterson, who resides with

.her son on Beddis Road.

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[Algebra and money are essentiallevelers; the first .intellectually, tlsecond effectively.

Simone Weil

O F F I C E S U P P L I E S

F i l e sFile CardsFile boxesTyping Supp l iesS c o t c h tapeLabe Is .S tamp PadsAccoun t B o o k s • (

Time BooksAdding Machine t: a p <C o l u m n a r PadsS t a p l e sPaper C l ipsTac kse t c .DRIFTWOOD BOOK STORd

537-2211

Masuire MotorcltdDUNCAN VOLKSWAGEN

'64 PONTIAC Laurentian,std. trans., radio,LIKE NEW $2495

* *'63 VW Deluxe Sedan

radio $1395

* *'62 VW Deluxe Sedan

1 owner $1195

'58 FARGO 1/2 ton,auto. V-8, long box

$ 895* *

'58 VW 1/2 ton Pick-up$ 495

* *'54 NASH Station Wagonexceptionally good $ 295

DPEN THURSDAY & FRIDAMto 9:00 P.M.

PHONE: 746-5141

{tainment after the next meet-ing , March 17th, 1966.

Tea was served by Mrs.Krebs and the tea committee

JOHNRAINSFORD

Phone 753-4621R.R. #2, Nanaimo

SALT SPRING ISLANDH a s t i - N o t e s

Reproduction by local artistConnie Kelly

12 assorted notes & envelopes85c?

EIGHT DESIGNS

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Thursday , February 24th, 1966

IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT LAWN BOWLING

Sal t Spr ing Island DRIFTWOOD Page 9

Mrs. Madeline Barberwas fined $25 on a chargeof failing to stop while aschool bus was unloadingpupils at the Kindergartenentrance on Ganges Hill.

Noel Valcourt appeared

t charge of unlawfullying in a manner likely

to cause danger to the pub-lic. He pleaded not guiltyand was remanded for oneweek on bail of $200.

Robert Charles Moultonwas charged with breakingand entering plus two char-ges of committing an indic-table offence. He is alleg-ed to have broken into theGulf Island Cleaners on twoor three occasions and stol-en silver from the cash dra-wer. He pleaded guilty to

The Committee recentlyappointed by the Chamberof Commerce to organize aLawn Bowling Associationmet Monday, February 21st.Before calling an open mee-ting for the purpose of form-ing the Bowling Associationincorporated under the Soc-ieties Act, the Committeewill investigate the role ofsuch a club as a member ofthe B.C. Lawn Bowling Ass-ociation, the procedure forincorporation, a constitut-ion, the costs of establish-ing and maintaining thebowling green and whetheror nor prepared turf is pref-.erable to seeding grass.

The Committee will meetagain in March and it is ex-pected that the formation of

all three counts and was re- the Association will take

place in April. The outlookis bright.

Committee members areRay Hill, Ivan Cawker and

80ATTEND BUFFET SUPPER

manded in custody pendinga probation report.

Edward Lumley was ac-quitted on a charge of imp-

aired driving and convicted ; /Ws. M. F. Peileron a charge of driving on "the wrong side of.the road.

Dave Winter was fined

$25 on a charge of careless -Qver SO^oIFdriving but was acquitted on Qnd guests attended a de|ic_a charge of failing to sub-)ious buffef supper Qf fhe

mit accident reports. -~ | S > $ > L Go|f Qnd Country

S.S.I. SOCIAL CREDIT Club,Saturday February 19.LEAGUE -rne enjoyab|e affair was

The annual meeting of convened by Mrs. E. Booth,the Social Credit League j^ R- Fou,is catered forwas held at the home of Mr. the supper< Spring f|owers

and Mrs.J.B.French recent-were anractive|y arrangedly,with 13 members present. on the buffef tab,e and

Election of Officers put Al sma|| tables dotted around.House back in the chair as J.. R. Nickerson playedPresident, Jake Buitenwerf, , j j •

., the organ and dancing wasVice-Pres dent, and Mrs. ' . ,

T enioyed during the evening.French as Secretary-Treasu M * 2_rer.The ladies are forming aWomen's Auxiliary shortly.

GUILD OF SUNSHINEThe regular meeting of

the Guild was held in theLower Hall of the UnitedChurch with Mrs.W.Norton

WILLIAM VICTOR McKAY

in the chair.Twelve memb-ers were present and onevisitor,Mrs. Underhi 11,fromCalgary who is visiting her

ster-in-law, Mrs. F.Fred-

Passed away suddenlyin London, England on 17thFebruary, William VictorMcKay, formerly of St.Mary's Lake, Ganges.

Survived by his lovingwife Sally, one brotherJohn M. of Surrey, onesister, Mrs. R.L. Kyle, of

'ickson. The Annual Meet- Richmond, two nieces, Ish-jng of the Guild was post- bel and Sheila, and one

by Bea HamiltonDid you ever attend an

eagle's convention?My sister Violet and

I did, last Tuesday on SkullIsland where the bald eagl-es convene.

Half a dozen huge whiteheaded adult bald eagles,one big brown golden eagleand about 25-30 youngbrown eagles out on theirown for the first time, grad-uation you might call it.

It was the mating seasonand all the young bald eag-les lined up like a lot ofpenguins and just sat staringat each other. Skull Islandwas crowded. We could seea number of eagles movingwalking and fluttering be-low the lineup of females.On the highest point of therocks sat a large grandaddyeagle, his white head tur-ning constantly as he watch-ed the young ones and anyapproaching boats. Otherwhite headed guardians sathere and there, away fromthe young birds but watch-ing closely.

Up on an old snag abovethe Indian Reserve, sat twobrown eagles close togetherevidently chosen mates.

These birds mate for lifeso it was a serious occasionfor all the candidates formatrimony.lt was ValentinesDay, exactly right for amating rendezvous.

As we drew near therocks across the other side ofthe harbour we saw twoyoung eagles rise and swoopacross to the Reserve and,settle on a branch of a tall

fir tree. That white-headedold daddy eagle came skydiving over our heads andsettled above us in a tree -,"Sk-RR-K" he said and bentlis head' down towards us.He looked pretty fierce andvhen the five others, flew>ver and backed him up,wedecided to go no closer to,-he Island. I don't thinkthey would attack but I

ISLAND

water wellsOWNER - OPERATED RIG REASONABLE RATES

W . J . WILL IAMS, L a d y s m i t h , B . C .P H O N E : CH 5-2078

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

OPERATIONDOORSTEP SURVEY

TUESDAY, March 1st — Vesuvius Bay 2 - 4 p.m.Mahon Hall 5 - 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, March 2nd --Mahon Hall 1 - 4 p.m.& 5 -9 p.m.

THURSDAY, March 3rd — Fulford Harbour 1- 4p.m.& 5 - 9 p.m.

TRANSPORTATION COURTESY LIONS CLUBVesuvius - Phone Oscar Wallace ~ 537-2863Ganges - Phone: Cpl. F. Rhodes — 537-5555Fulford - Phone A. Sheffield - 537-5693

CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT CHEST DISEASE

wished one would come clo-ser for a picture. How bigthe birds look. One, gold-en eagle, had a jagged tearat the tip of his wing, helooked quite different tothe bald eagle, a few lightfeathers underneath and agoldish sheen over his backand head. He wasn't assleek ana seemed more

loosely feathered.The young eagles all

this time were hurrying upproceedings and pairing offwith encouraging crys fromtheir white headed chaper-ones. The rendezvous lastedthree days, the second be-ing the liveliest and mostcrowded.

poned until March 21st. nephew,Lindsay of Ganges.

SpecialSHOPPER'S— TO VICTORIA

TUESDAY, MARCHBUS L E A V E S T A X I OFFICE 7:55 a .m .

F A R E S : f r o m G a n g e s $ 3 . 5 0f rom F u l f o r d $3 .00

(Fares i n c l u d e f e r r i e s )

FOR R E S E R V A T I O N S PH O NE : 537-5511

BILL'S TAXI ltd.SAFETY CHECK

BRAKES, STEERING, SHOCK ABSORBERS,

WHEEL BALANCE & ALIGNMENT •

Salt Spring Motors Ltd.PHONE S37- 2012 BOX 391 GANGES

T h u r s d a y , February

LIBERALS TO INSTITUTE 'NEW METHOD AT

CONVENTIONAt their convention iri

Victoria March 4 and 5 theB.C. Liberals will hold res-olutions workshops of 40 to50 delegates in order thatevery member will have anopportunity to be part ofpolicy making decisions.

Termed 'fireside polities'by association president,L.C. Jolivet of Vancouver,he says, "This will be afirst in Canadian politicalconvention history".

AT THE PANCAKER A C E S

24th , 1966 Sa l t Spr ing Is land DRIFTWOOD Page 10

J O E N i C K E R S O N

i ! '

B A C K W A R D G L A N C E S (B.C. Centennial Feature)One hundred years ago in the Cariboo it was either a

feast or a famine, depending on whether the pack trainswere able to bring in supplies. The Cariboo Sentinal re-ported May 14, 1866: "For the past week there has notbeen a pound of beef or mutton to be had on the wholecreek, and all the butchering establishments have been

shut up".The town's stock of candles was exhausted but, it was

noted, there were still a few pair of gumboots on theshelves at $25 the pair.

The Creek was Williams Creek and the town was Bar-kerville, still a bustling community four years after BillyBarker had made his big strike. Thousands of miners hadcome and gone since then, but the population on thecreek still numbered 1,876, the newspaper noted.

Many of the miners were taking off for new adventuresin the Big Bend country of the Columbia River where anew strike had been reported. It didn't pan out well. Butat that time no one kneVthis and a resident of Clintonwho kept score on travellers reported 200 men had comeout of Barkerville already that spring, heading for the BigBend.

The Western Union Telegraph Company wanted 25"good axemen" who would be paid the princely sum of$60 a month to extend the telegraph lines.

Flour was selling at Lillooet for $11 for 100 pounds,butter was often $1 a pound, but you could get a poundof tobacco for $1.50.

The Sentinal on June 7 noted the end of the mostrecent famine'. Since the previous Monday, it said, packtrains and travellers I jd been arriving, numbering 357animals in all, each carrying an* average load of 300pounds.

Suddenly all was right with the world again in Bark-erville.

TOWN HOUSEC H O I C E

24 > s " $4.79

5 for 99 C

TRADING COPHONE: 5 3 7 - 5 5 2 1 / P H O N E : 537-2822

BY R E S E R V A T I O NO U R P O P U L A R C H I N E S E FOOD

in a d d i t i o n toR E G U L A R D I N N E R MENU

DINE IN C O M F O R T S A T U R D A Y6:30 to 8:00 p .m. 537-2133

= 0 =ALSO REMINDING YOU_OF THESE COMING EVENTSTHURSDAY, Feb. 24 - Children's World Day of Prayer

United Church, 3:00 p.m.FRIDAY, Feb. 25 - World Day of Prayer, United Church

2:00 p.m. C.W.L. BINGO, Church Hall, 8:15SATURDAY, Feb. 26th - Roller Skating, Fulford Hall

2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.W.I. Card Party, Nan's Coffee Bar, 8:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, Mar. 1 - RED CROSS DRIVE STARTSOPERATION DOORSTEP - Vesuvius, 2 - 4 p.m.

Mahon Hall, 5-9 p.m.WEDNESDAY, Mar. 2 - OPERATION DOORSTEP

Mahon Hall - 1 - 4 and 5 - 9 p.m.THURSDAY, Mar. 3 - OPERATION DOORSTEP, Fulford.

1 - 4 and 5 - 9 p.m.

HOW TO SAVE GASOLINE(from the B.C. Motorist)

JANE J A R M A N I R E N E H A W K S W O R T H LINDA W O O D L E Ywith 1970 Champion

Driving techniques candously important:

» Use the choke as little as possible—certainly don't leave it out for miles.

® Don't pump the accelerator pedal.• Keep below 60 mph, whenever

possible.« Maintain a set throttle opening

climbing a hill and ease back slightlyiapproaching the apex. -

be tremen-l » Use the "gears strictly in accordancewith the manufacturer's recommenda-tions — sporty 'dropping a cog,' roaringthe engine, etc., is ridiculously silly andwastes fuel by the bucket.

9 Drive on the minimum throttle:opening necessary.

# Anticipate changes of terrain androad and traffic conditions so that youwill obviate, as much as possible, vari-ations in the accelerator position.

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