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uiflslan&s BrifttoootrTwelfth Year, No.I GANGES, British Columbia Thursday, January 14, 1971 $4.00 per /ear in Canada, CopylO<£
/T'S A GIRL!AND THE FIRST THIS YEAR, TOO
First Gulf Islands baby born in 1971 at Lady Minto Hospitalreceived a layette and miscellaneous gifts from the HospitalWomen's Auxiliary.
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Head of Galianoweighed in at 9 Ibs. 2 oz. at 3:30 a.m. New Year's Day.She is the couple's second child and a bonnie baby.
The Hospital Auxiliary plans to make a similar presenta -tion to the Hospital's first baby each New Year.
Like father, like daughter: Charlie Head was born in thesame hospital 23 years ago. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Tom Head, Galiano.
Mother is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Imrie, ofMayne and father is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Head, ofGaliano.
Christine Gail is a direct descendant of pioneer Henry"Scotty" Georgeson, who gave his name to Georgeson Bay.
GEORGE PEARSON OF C.A.R.E.
George Pearson, of Fender Island is the originator of the CARETree on the island. He makes an annual appeal for funds for CAREand puts up a light on his tree for every contribution. He is seenwith his sheep in the picture by Margaret Patterson, of Vancouver.Donations to the fundt his year came close to $1,500.
HOLIDAY MISHAPSHoliday brought a few mishaps
to a few motorists on Salt SpringMLand.™ Extensive damage resulted
when Edward James Rahn, of Vi-ctoria, lost control of his car onLower Ganges Road, north ofCanal Road, on Boxi -ng Day,near midnight.
The car left the road on thecurve and struck a power pole.After breaking off the pole, thevehicle rolled over.
The car was nearly wreckedand the driver sustained minorbruises.
Don Irwin, Ganges, left theroad on Robinson Road at GangesBoat Yard on Christmas Eve. Thecar dropped over the bank andcame to rest on the beach. Al-though the car was extensivelydamaged, Irwin was unhurt. Heswerved to avoid a cat, he toldPolice later.
On December 22, vehicles dri-ven by Hector Gerow and IanMerritt Nicholson were in colli-sion in Ganges. Damage was
minor. The same day, LouiseAlison Foulis explained that the
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Nobody Gives A Damn!
Snow OverNine Inches
Snow came suddenly. Theweek end gave no warning ofwhat Monday was to bring. OnSunday night a blizzard was blowing in parts of the islands and byMonday morning driving was al-ready hazardous in many parts.
On Tuesday cars were strandedon the road and off it. Total ofnine inches and a half had fallenand more was in the offing.
Temperatures fell and thefrost persisted throughout the day.
By Tuesday night the high-ways crews were looking back ona desperate struggle to keeproads open and the future held apromise of more struggle.
Schools were closed on Tues-day and many meetings and gatherings had been cancelled.
Annual January winter washere.
As Islander Loses His Home
BY FRANK RICHARDS
Have you met Bill Arnold? Heis an authority on planning. Heknows more about planning thananyone else on the islands. Andwell he should...he's the onlyislander who has lost his homeand his savings to planning.
Bill Arnold came'to Salt SpringIsland from Ottawa, where hehad been teaching. On the isl-and he found a mobile home forsale through a listing with an is-land realtor.
He bought it early last summ-er. The home was to be movedfrom that lot and onto his own.
Between the time of his buy-ing the home and moving it,building regulations came intobeing.
As long as the dwelling unitremained on its original site itwas acceptable. No existentuse was to be changed. But
TWO DRY YEARSFive inches of snow fell on
Salt Spring Island during themonth of December, reportsDominion weather observer H.J. Carlin. Total precipitationfor the month of 6.88 inches in-cluded the snow.
High temperature for themonth was 50 deg., reportedon December 6 and 7. Low was24 deg., on the 22nd. Maxim-um mean temperature was 42.1,with minimum mean of 33.9.
Mr. Carlin noted that thelow mark in December, 1964,was six above zero.
Precipitation including rainand snow has been below aver;-age for the past two years. Foll-owing table is furnished by Mr.Carlin:
Year Precipitation1970 33.911969 33.361968 54.751967 41.431966 43.991965 38.86196*4 33.49
Following is an analysis of
month-by-month weather dur-ing 1970:
Precipitation Max.Tern.Month (Inches) (Degrees)
55.970097738279
0.930.181.941.995.716.88
5760628279868174736650
December weather on Mayneis summarized by Weather Ob-server W.W. Hunt-Sowrey.
Total Precipitation 4.90 ins.Snowfall 4.02 ins (= 0.4 ins.
of rain).Measurable rain and snow
fell on 20 days.Considerable gale force
winds were experienced. Whitefrosts were frequent.
Rain was slightly above aver-age and temperature near nor-mal.
when Mr. Arnold made to moveit to another location, he wastold that it could not be done.The unit does not conform to theNational Building Code andtherefore is only satisfactorywhere it is.
Provincial government permitis required in order to move theunit from one location to anoth-er because of its size. Wherewill he move it?
Building inspectors cannot is-sue a permit because the struc-ture is not within the limits im-posed.
Planners will not permit it tobe moved because if it does notconform to the building code itcannot be placed on a lot.There was no zoning when Mr.Arnold bought it. There wereno building regulations in forceat that time.
And there is no authority inthe regional di strict who canmake a ruling on the matter.
No law is being broken...only a promise.
He has asked for considerationfrom planners and from buildinginspectors. He has appealed tothe Salt Spring Island RegionalDirector Marc Holmes. But hehas found no escape. He mustmove his home to a mobilehome park or get it off the isl-and.
If you don't meet Bill Arnold,remember the name. lie's thefirst victim of orderly living.It's cost him his life's savings.
And no one in the Capital Re-gional District gives a damn!
GANGES DELEGATECOOKS FOR 1500
Dave Andrist, Ganges contra-ctor, was the chef when eightmeals were served at the recentassembly of Jehovah's Witnessesin Victoria.
His cafeteria was among the18 departments set up to caterto the 1567 delegates in a Vict-oria school on Sunday.
Assembly heard an address onChristianity and world affairs byB. C. Director William Ween-stra.
NEW COURSES FOR NEW SEASONRegistration will be accepted
February 1, for Adult Educationclasses planned for the Springsession.
A complete summary will ap-pear in DRIFTWOOD during thelast week in January.
Twenty-seven new classes arebeing offered and it is hopedthat enough interest will beshown to carry on with most ofthese.
Among the interesting new ad-ditions will be Sewing StretchFabrics and Blueprint readingand Drafting, Fibreglassing forboth adults and teenagers. A newlook at group discussion will beundertaken by Dr. H. Boughey,Prof, of Sociology, U.B.C.'Feedback* is the title of the
course and its aim is to sharpenviews by open discussion in re-action to tape recorded views ofcontroversial modern thinkers.
"Media" will be a film mak-ing workshop with the purpose ofdeveloping an awareness of theimpact of media and an under-standing of some of the equip-ment available. 8mm movie
cameras will be used as well asa video tape recorder. Emphas-is will be on participation.
Karate for both men and worn-en is the art of unarmed self-defence, conditioning the mindand body to self discipline,con-fidence and respect for others.
Adult Education is offering"Kempo", a style of Karate or-
MEETINGS ARE HIT BY WINTER STORM
Owing to the snow the St.Mark's Guild Meeting has beenpostponed until Wednesday, Jan-uary 20, at 2 p.m. at the homeof Mrs. C. Springford, providingthe driving conditions have im-proved.
Salt Spring Island Libraryannual meeting was not held onMonday evening in token of theweather.
Meeting will behe Id in theUnited Church upper hall onMonday afternoon.
iginating approximately 2,000years ago in China. Duane Rip-ley is a first degree brown beltholder and has participated inchampionships ;n the U.S.A.where he studi the art.
-Pesticide use and abuse willbe a free lecture given by Mr.J.James, Provincial Agriculturist,designed to update gardeners onthe use of pesticides before thecoming season. It will takeplace in April.
In addition to these classessome are commencing on theother islands but will not be in-cluded in the DRIFTWOOD ad-vertisement. Mrs. Snell has thedetails on Galiano. Mrs. JuneAllen on Pender and Mrs. M.Bennett on Mayne.
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Plans are being made to pro-duce two or more one-act playsunder the sponsorship of the GulfIslands Community Arts Council,
They would be presented ab-out the end of March in Gangesand entered in the VancouverIsland Drama Festival to be heldin Duncan during Easter week,April 10 to 17.
A meeting to consider possibleplays will be held on WednesdayJan. 20 at 8 p.m. in the MahonHall.
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Anyone interested in any asp-ect of theatre is cordially invit-ed to attend.
Directors so far available areDoris Andrews and Olive Clay-ton, both of whom have eachhad over 20 years' experience inthe production of plays. Readerswho cannot attend on January 20but are interested, may phoneMrs. Clayton at 5:37-2359.
LAST RITES FOR MRS.CHALMERS ATMAINLAND CEMETERY
Regular visitor to Salt SpringIsland for many years, Mrs. Margaret Morrison Chalmers died in,.San Marino, California, onChristmas Eve. She was 85 yeasof age.
Mrs. Chalmers spent almostevery summer with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.Plato Ustinov at their home onDuck Bay for the past 25 years.
She was born in the Hebrideson the Island of Lewis. She wasthe widow of William MacDon-ald Chalmers.
Every fall, when the familyreturned to California, Mrs.Chalmers would express reluc-tance at leaving.
She came back to British Col-umbia to be buried alongside herhusband in Forest Lawn Cemeteryon December 28.
Her two daughters, Mrs. Ustinov and Mrs. F. Calvin Brooks,of New York came to Vancouverto take part in the services withher two sons, Don Chalmers, ofSurrey and Bill, from Kelowna.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtt
LUCKY
ROAST SUCKING PIG FOR DINNEREver cooked a sucking pig?
When Ganges Butcher EdChew cooked a young whole pigover the holiday season, he wasso satisfied he took a picture ofit. Here it is straight out of hisoven at home.
Ed even offered the recipe forthe stuffing as well as a coupleof hints.
Recipe is as follows:
2 cans pineapple tidbits2 cans whole mushrooms2 Ibs. butter melted
Braise lightly:3 cups celery chopped1 cup chopped onions1/2 green pepper chopped
Salt, pepper and poultry season-ing to taste.
Boil rice until 3/4 done, as itwill cook more when the pig iscooking.
Cook the pig at 300 degreeswith tin foil on top, for approxi-mately four hours. Use mara-schino cherries for eyes after it'scooked and an apple for itsmouth.
Be sure to prop the mouth opaiwith a piece of wood.
And that's it!'
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SATURNABY PAPAJOHN
Another Christmas under ourbelt and the house looks so bar-ren with all the Yuletide decor-ations down and packed awayfor another year, usually in sucha way that we will again haveto waste time sorting them outproperly next Christmas.
We had a very good NewYear's party in the Hall and nocasualties, just a good times af-fair for which we thank our ent-ertainment committee.
Our sad news this week is along one. While I was in LadyMihto over New Year's therewas Slim Vollbrecht, Don (Snowball) Barnett, Steve Sinclair,roseate Rosaleen Sumislawskiand jiggling Jeannnette Carpen-tier in mere also. George Morg-an is in St. Joseph's in Victoria;Frank Freeze was in for a checkup and Gordie Campbell was inVancouver with a badly infect-ed toe.
Roseate Rosaleen Sumislawskihas had an operation but is com-
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ing along fine with no complica-tions.
While I would sooner be homefor my b-day and New Years,acclaim able Annie Barnes andher splendiferous Staff sure makea body feel so much at homethat you can actually forget ab-out the pills they may dish out.They even made me a B-daycake with a candle and I had tomake a wish and blow it out andI didn't even wish I was at home.The cake was so light that theyhad to keep a cover over it tokeep it on the plate.
Had our Magistrate, Mr. Peil-er in the bed next to me. Cannow understand why he is held insuch high regard by all who knowhim.
One elderly gentleman whohad to have a sample tested ev-ery time he could was doing hisown testing to help out the nursesand he would always look up anddown the hall then scoot into asmall room and say he was goingto play with his chemistry set.
Les Mollet, one of our ferrycaptains was also in and was do-ing fine when I left. What hosp-ital in the world would you findthe Administrator, Harold Hoff-man, willing to pick up cigs.etc.:or the patients particularly onhis day off??? I just want to addmy small share of thanks to the:riendly people who run Lady:vlinto. Thanks folks! and to Drs.Dixon, Thomson, McCaffrey andthe others who are never averseto talking and saying hello, evenwhen you are not their patients.
Our New Post Office is comingon fine and jaunty Jean Morganshould be in it by early spring.
We hear the tenders are out forour new end-loading wharf. It isstill hard to believe after allthese years, so a lot of us arestill skeptical but let's hope theyget the new one before the oldone falls down.
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Thursday, January 14, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Three
to be frank
By Richards
Libraryman George Wells hasa mystery on his hands. A mailing tube Arrived from Englandthe other day, containing rub-bings of a church memorial
ss. There was no indicationthe sender and no return add-
ress. The postmark was almostundecipherable, but might beChesterfield. George has a dimrecollection of being introducedto a visitor from Britain sometime ago, when the subject ofmemorial brasses was mention-ed. He's searched through bothbooks on the subject in the lib-rary but he is still clueless. Oneof the books shows a brass atBillingshurst, Sussex, dated 149£- is there a connection? Hemay never know, but if it ringsa bell with any reader, betterring George Wells' bell!
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If it isn't one thing, it's an-other !
There was a crowded lobby atthe Huntington Sheraton Hotelin Pasadena on New Year's Day.Artist Plato Ustinov was there tomeet Mrs. Ustinov on her returnfrom Vancouver. In front ofthe hotel was a Canadian flag.The artist was curious in viewof the fact that the flag was athalf mast. He enquired of a ho-tel staffer. "One of the topbrass of the Royal CanadianMounted Police is arriving," hewas told. "But why at halfmast?" he persisted. The en-quiry started a chain reactionamong hoteliers until the flagflew at the top of the mast. Theattendant offered more inform-ation. It was not the Mounties,he told Ustinov, it was thePrime Minister of Canada. Al-most at that moment, the Pre-mier of British Columbia walk-ed in.
• • •The policy of the department
of fisheries is to reduce the nu-mber of fish boats chasing theshrinking salmon. The ministerapparemships.
ly, objects to fish an*
New Year's Eve was unchang-ed in the Quesnel menage thisyear. By New Year's Day theturkey had gone. For years theopen house on New Year's Evehas seen the Quesnel turkey tornapart.
FERNWOODBY JESSIE SAYER
welcome to 1971 and hope itwril be better in every way toeveryone than the past year!
Friends of Mrs. E.R.Adamswill be pleased to know she isprogressing very well at thehome of her son-in-law anddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. FredSleigh, Vancouver.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Waterfalland their three children, of NevWestminster, spent a few daysover the New Year holiday atthe home of his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Frank Waterfall, Fern-wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sayer ofAlderside, Port Moody, spentthe weekend at the home ofMr.and Mrs. Lin Sayer.
Several properties in and nearFernwood have changed handsrecently and new faces will ''beseen in the near future.
Bill deLong is a three-timewinner. He came up in threedraws in recent weeks.
Jamie Stevens didn't hit thejackpot exactly, but he didcame up on the Irish Sweep.The hundred pounds sterling re-presented about $250 which wasvery welcome.
* # *Dora Sawford is a patient in
Royal Jubilee Hospital. Thehospital is in Victoria and theSawford home is on Salt Spring.But communication was no pro-blem. "I didn't realize I hadso many friends on the island,"said Dora at Christmas. Theycame to the island two yearsago, Phil and Dora Sawford.She was grateful to everyonewho had remembered her inhospital... "the Lions Club...everybody!"
* * *Youth is very aware of event
Said one young lady after mee-ting Santa Glaus at Christmas,"I never knew Santa drank!"Hedoesn't, asserted her brother."He does so," insisted theyouthful detective, "I couldsmell it when I sat on hisknee!" • * •
The oil trucks are facing thebig challenge of the year whenit snows. The housewife turnsup the thermostat and the truck-er turns up with the supply. Thedriver has no idea where thedriveway starts and finishes, re-ports Norman Mouat. He urgesthat residents drive small stakesto show the edge of the drive-way to their homes and to markthe location of the tank fillercap.
* * *Mrs. Plato Ustinov was wait-
ing for her flight to Los Angeles,Premier and Mrs. W.A.C. Ben-nett sailed into the HorizonRoom at Vancouver AirpOft enroute to California. They arenear neighbors on Sunset Drive,but the Premier had come fromVictoria and Mrs. Ustinov fromLos Angeles.
ChristmasAt Galiano
Children's Christmas Treewas sponsored by the variousclubs on Galiano, and given freeat the Galiano Hall.
Conveners for this party wereMrs. Hank Knudson and Mrs.G.H. Snell, assisted by many ofthe members of the organiza-tions. Mrs. D.A. New, Mrs.Jimmie Jones, and Mrs. TomDrew helped wrap the morethan eighty gifts for the childrerThere were so many generousdonations, that it is difficult toacknowledge them all... Galia-no Ladies Service, Club, Gali-ano Rod and Gun Club, the Gal-
Juvenile SoccerDIVISION 5Salt Spring Legion 0Stenmarks 3
After an even first half whichsaw Stenmarks score one goaland force Steven Jarman to makeseveral good saves, the local le-gion boys were forced to concedeterritorial advantage to the Dun-can team in the second half.Theterritorial advantage paid off inthe form of two second half goalsfor the Duncan team.DIVISION 8Salt Spring Lions 0Chemainus 5
The local 8/9 year olds werefaced with a four goal deficit athalf time but played more strongly in the second half to limit theopposition to just one goal. In alosing cause none played betterthan Tom Shelby.
DIVISION 7Salt Spring Island 3Crofton 1
The local 10 year olds openedthe New Year on the right noteby defeating Crofton. After a de-fensive lapse which allowed Cro-fton to scramble the ball into thenet, much against the run of theplay, the Islanders refused to beshaken and continued to playskilfully and methodically. Thqwere rewarded when the forwardspassed back for David Woodley,the centre half, to hit a risingshot from 20 yards to find themark. Prompted by Woodley,Kaye, Byron and particularlyMartin Legg who was a stand out,
iano Club, Chamber of Comm-erce, Galiano General Supplies,Galiano Lodge. Owners of theLodge gave all of the proceedsfrom the summer swimmingclasses to the Children's Party.
The new store owners at Span-ish Hills store at North Galianosent down a huge box of candies
Decorations for the tree andthe Hall were all made by thefirst three grades.
Basil Benger, principal, intro-duced the .program.
First was the primary room,with "Jeanette Isabella".Then ahilarious group of seven ideas,"Christmas Is...", mimed bythe little ones, just plain actingwith no costumes, backdrops,and no sounds. The seniorroom choir was under the direc-tion of Mrs. F. Bond, who play-ed the piano as well. Mr. Ben-ger and primary room teacherMrs. Bonnie Robson were con-gratulated for the excellent pre-sentation.
Santa arrived, truly the tall-est Santa, and looking suspici-ously like Al Eliason. He didnot forget the teachers eit her,or the bus drivers, Mrs. JessieBellhouse and Peter Denroche,or the man who keeps the schooltidy all year long, BernardStallybrass. Refreshments wereserved by members of the hallclub, Mrs. Dora Darling, Mrs.Betty Spencer, and Mrs. KenSater.
CENTENNIAL MEMO - In May1889, Japan established her firstconsulate in British Columbia atVancouver. First consul wasFukashi Sugimura.
the Islanders went further aheadon goals by Mike Rozzano and Albert Kaye. Jay Bourdin playing
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NON-CONFORMINGWhen zoning and planning were investigated, the
Capital Regional District made it very clear that the
new pattern of planning and regulation would impose a
hardship on nobody. It would not be retroactive, islan-
ders were assured.Nevertheless, when an islander acquired a mobile
home on the island last summer, before the implementa-
tion of planning and regulation, he learned later that
he was to be deprived of the use of his home because
the new regime failed to approve it.
Truth of the matter appears to be that there is no au-
thority in the Capital Regional District quite important
enough to make a decision in this case.
Let's see a whole host of important people come out
and sanction the use of the mobile home in question,
exactly as the district promised in the first place.
COMMONWEALTH PROBLEMSPrime Minister Trudeau, speaking for Canada, has
questioned Britain's avowed aim to sell arms to South
Africa.At this time, we cannot but support Mr. Trudeau in
his stand that Britain's policy is insupportable. Further-
more, Britain should not expect other Commonwealth
nations to come to order at her bidding, while requir-
ing those countries to stand aloof from her own policies
The Commonwealth has never been as sharply quest-
ioned as it is today. An autocratic British leader will
do little to safeguard it.
Leffers fo ffie Editorportation costs but it is impera-tive that the actual educationalexperience for our children beone hundred per cent with thetimes we live in: the age ofcomputers, television and menwalking around on the moon.With all these highly sopisticat-ed things going on we cannotexpect to get away with such acrude performance in ourschools.
W. J. Arnold,Ganges,December 30, 1970.
SCHOOL COST CUTS
Editor, Driftwood,Your headlines concerning
school cost cuts on page two ofyour December 24 edition typ-ifies the problem of educationin Canada today.
Teachers and instructors havebeen campaigning to reach areasonable level of profession-al involvment in such things ascurriculum and administrativeprocedures, plus a standard ofremuneration to go with it.Now that they are reachingthese hard fought for goals therug is being pulled out fromunder their feet by the effortsof penny-pinching politicians.It is not ethical to pay theteachers' increase in salary for1971 with money saved by cutt-ing corners on classroom mate-rials, school upkeep and sportsactivity money. It will alsobe as unethical for the teacher;to accept this situation.
Our children need the besteducation possible, whether itbe in the fields of the arts, ac-ademics or engineering. Nowit looks as if they will get atwo-buck education from tea-chers who are constantly frust-
rated by lack of funds and mat-erials trying to carry out a prog-ramme in classrooms with yell-owing paint peeling off thewalls.
Yes, it would be nice to givetrustees an honorarium and helppay part of the students trans-
THANK YOU
Editor, Driftwood,May I have space to let all
the kindly folks on Salt Spring Is-land know that for the eleventhtime we have gone over the topin our effort for C.A.R.E. - ourtotal being $1,470. Call it bowlsof soup, quarts of milk or sacksof flour, it all adds up to a littleover 19 tons of practical help,and while our parish has grown tofrom Fort Nelson in the North toSouthern California in the south,Victoria to London, Ontario, inthe East, Salt Spring and the Isl-ands have contributed their fullshare.
God willing, our C.A.R.E.tree will once again blossom outin 1971, sending its lights overNavy Channel to tell the worldwe do CARE.
I think everyone should knowthat the Ganges Volunteer Fire-
fighters sent me $30 towards theabove total. Thanks fellows!
Thank you all for your kindhelp. In doing this I think Godhas blessed all of us.
George & Edith Pearson,Pender Island.Jan. 7/71.
SCHOOL COSTS
Editor, Driftwood,May I apologize for being a
nuisance but when your paperprints articles such as the schoolbudget situation such grievousactions cannot go unchallenged.
In this day and age, as we ob-serve the unprecedented development of science and technologyand recognize the consequent demand for an increasingly higherlevel of intellectual develop-ment for our students to meet theneeds of this world our schoolboard, bar one, God bless her,has the audacity to cut back onour needed facilities and send uson the descent to the level ofthe South American peon.
If the only source of revenuefor our further educational dev-elopment need come from thetaxpayers pocket or if B. C.were a barren wasteland withnothing of value on its surfaceand less beneath it I could per-haps agree with the actions ofthe people's representatives tothe schoolboard. This, howeveris not the situation in BritishColumbia, We are one of themost gifted areas in natural res-ources anywhere in the world.Moreover, never in history hasthere been such a demand byforeign powers for those sameresources. The export of our na^tural resources today is at an un-precedented rate. Yet in spiteof the fantastic wealth which isleaving our province we do notask of them even the pittance itwould require to increase our fa-cilities proportionally to the hi-storical need.
Women's liberation exists. Itrests in the hands of women whohave the intestinal fortitude todefy their weak-kneed contemp-oraries and reject the whole concept of regression or depressionin the face of unlimited poten-tial social wealth.
Vic Duerden,Galiano,December 26, 1970.
IT SAYS IT WELL
Editor, Driftwood,I have been enjoying the
Christmas issue of your paper
which was passed on to me by afriend.
I would particularly like tocommend A.M. Spencer forthe poem "Avert or Abort?"which says so well what manypeople think when they hearthe vocal minority screamingfor more lenient abortion laws.We too, wonder why anyonewould conceive a child, thatmost wonderful masterpiece,only to murder it in cold blood,
Mrs. George A. McEwen,93 Bittern St.,Kitimat, B. C.January 5, 1971.
HAPPY HOSPITAL!
Editor, Driftwood,This time it is a pleasant
truth. I spent Christmas andNew Year s in the Lady MintoHospital and, believe it or not,I won't mind spending otherholidays here.
It is a friendly, comfortinghospital where patients arepeople, - not numbers.
The two doctors who took careof me are patient listeners and,what is more important, con-scientious.
Thanks to their interest andthe kindly care of all the hospit-al staff I'm getting better.
I doubt that anyone could finda hospital so well run by so ma-ny really concerned and helpfulstaff members. I simply want tcsay thank you to them all andremind us all how very fortunatewe are on the Islands to have onLady Minto and its efficient nur-sing staff.
Lillian Horsdal,Fulford Harbour,January 2, 1971.
THEY'VE GONE!
Editor, Driftwood,Recently the Fulford Hall Co-
mmittee purchased six dozen un-
breakable glasses for the benefitof the ladies who have to washthem and also to eliminatebreakages.
However, this idea of ours al-so seems to suit other people.After a Christmas party, and theNew Year's Eve dance, we arenow minus 22 glasses, mostlyfrom the last dance. Consideringthe price was very reasonableand there was lots of food to eat,you would think the public wouldbe satisfied, but, no! Some ofthem had to take home a glassor two, maybe at the time itseemed like a small matter, butto the members of the Hall Com-mittee, there is a lot of hardwork to raise money to keep Do-ha 11 operating, to those whocame and enjoyed the dance, wewish you a Very Happy New Year- to the few with the sticky fing-ers, we also wish you a HappyNew Year, but with a few otherthoughts in mind.
(Mrs.) Art Moulton,Fulford Harbour,January 11, 1971.
P L A N N I N G SATURNA
Editor, Driftwood,Saturna people are alarmed
at the Capital Regional Board'sincreased administration costs.
Most Saturna taxpayers do notreceive the home owner grant,and every tax raise is a hardshipto those who plan to build theirretirement home here. We have
fotten on for 100 years withoutuil ding . inspectors, zones
for this and zones for that, sowhy force us into Victoria-Saa-nich regulations, Mr. Camp-bell? If you have any doubts inyour mind whether Saturna peo-ple want city regulations, thengive them the vote they askedfor months ago, and let that de-cide.
We cannot afford two buildinginspectors cruising the Island inthe hope of catching someonedriving a nail without a permit,or a high priced man huntingfor an unlicenced privy.
The Premier knows you cannctpay taxes and wages on landfreezes and permits.
How about taking this octopusoff our backs, Mr. Campbell,and leave the Dept. of Highwayscodes as our guideline. We canspear the odd starfish if he getstoo bold, and the starfish neversucks all the oysters lest he tooperish. We do not want to be-come the Victoria Gulf of Geo-rgia playground, let them buy apiece of Saturna as we did anddevelop along with us withoutVictoria interference, which canonly end in tax sales. As a Cen-tennial Gift Mr. Campbell howabout leaving Saturna alone for20 years to live our own lives.Most of us will be gathered toour fathers by then, but thosethat are left will be a muchhealthier happy people.
All the Regional PlanningBoard has to offer is pollution,higher taxes, unemployment,and stagnation. More raw sew-erage has been dumped into tsea by Victoria planners, theSouth Arm of the Fraser is nowan outlet for raw sewerage to becaught on Saturna beaches, andto cap it all they would run asewer right up the center of the
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Thursday, January 14, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Five
YOUR SCHOOL BOARD
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both libraries, the gymnasium, the industrial education, theMahon Hall and the School Board Office Board Room, are be-ing used for certain phases of this District's Adult EducationProgram?
more readers1 letters( From Page Four )
Islands if Ganges can afford it.Get these planners away from usor put them to work designing awater works for Saturna, andtell us now to pay for it. Forgetthe Permits and zones and putthese people on useful work, andadd some Islanders to the graveytrain.
We need another teacher notbuilding inspectors and permitvenders.
J. E. Money,Saturna Island,January 9, 1971.
UNFAIR TO ANDERSON
Editor, Driftwood,Mr. David Anderson's propos-
al for a national park in theGulf Islands has been treatedpretty severely in your paper.I think you have oversimplifiedhis suggestion and been very un-fair in questioning his motives.
There is another possibilitythat you should consider serious-ly. How do you like the idea ofthe Gulf Islands becoming a pri-vate park? Would you like toeditorialize about this?
There have been many objec-tors to the type of subdivisionthat cuts up land into small citytype lots. I was one of them.This type of development seem-ed to destroy the countryside ina ruthless way. It appeared tobe motivated by land speculat-ors who viewed the Gulf Islandsmerely. as a good business prop-osition. And many of us werepleased when the ten acre resti-ction came into effect. But wehave had some time to reflectand to realize that there are otlver types of development thatcould be worse in the end.
I mean by this that the timemay soon come when you willhave to be in die very high in-come brackets to be able to liveon the Gulf Islands. I notice aphrase used by our planners, zo-ning committees, whatever theyare called, "Maintenance ofLand Values". This could wellbe translated into driving upland val.ues. And is it not in-evitable that taxation will tendto keep pace with increasingland values?
The unfortunate situation nowis that old residents of the isl-ands may find it hard to contin-«e "to liveMBi the land they had
FORSQUAKf DANCERS
\GBryDOdds, of Victoria, is,tbe new caller for the SaltyWheels Square Dajnce Club,
" . " . . " i$ dancing on the first aadrd Saturdays of each month,arneaing in February.
ate enthusiastic andiirylte all square dascers to'coii^jltNaace to his calls at8ie «exfe dance on January 23. "f here was a good attendance
at the first dance of the newyear and plans were made to in-vite the Swinging Singles of Vic-toria to dance with the SaltyWheels in the near future.
thought belonged to them. Ihear it being said already thatagricultural and horticulturalenterprises tend to lower landvalues. Perhaps the time hascome when the ordinary kind ofpeople who settled these islandsfor the past hundred years areno longer welcome here. A na-tional park may ultimately bethe only alternative to a privatepark for the very wealthy.
John Smith,R. R. 1, Port Washington,South Pender.January 4, 1971.
TELEPHONES: GANGES TOFULFORD
Editor, Driftwood,Apparently the Telephone
Company is fostering the inabi-lity of people in the Ganges ar-ea to talk to residents in Ful-ford and South Salt Spring Isl-and.
Since the new satellite tele-phone exchange (653) was inst-alled for the Fulford area, it isat times impossible to obtain aconnection to a number in thatarea when calling from a "537"number.
Fulford business men and re-sidents are becoming very ann-oyed at the repeated reports re-ceived from their callers that"I tried to call you severaltimes, but could not getthrough, or was told *The»num-ber you are calling is not in ser-vice' ".
This is apparently due to aninadequate system and repeatedcalls to the Telephone Co. haveonly resulted in their offer to re-fund the monthly bill.
This does not fix the system,and it is understood that untilbetter facilities are provided,any improvement is likely imp-ossible.
In the meantime South SaltSpring subscribers on the new"653'^exchange can talk to theirfriends in the Ganges area on"537" numbers, but the reverseis often impossible. Seems asif the present limited facilitiesonly allow one or two calls at atime between these parts of theisland. Any additional calls gethung up or intercepted with theadvice that indicates that the
AT FULFORD HALL
CENTENNIAL 71 COMES INBY BE A HAMILTON
Over 200 people were enter-tained at the brightly decoratedFulford Hall on New Year's Evewhen the Hall Committee spon-sored the Annual New Year Ball,with Rick Parson's five-piece or-chestra from Vancouver doingthe musical honors.
Representative of the SaltSpring Centennial '71 Committ-
JUVENILE SOCCER( From Page Three )
his first season proved a stubborndefender for the Islanders.JANUARY 10Salt Spring Lions 1Butlers 5
Butlers proved to be too strongfor the local 9 year olds in a •home game on Sunday. Brightspot for the local team was theplay of Tom Shelby and CathyAnderson, the only lady in aman's world, who again scoredthe only goal for Salt Spring.Salt Spring Islanders 0Butlers 1
The local 10 year olds excitedthe group of parents who turnedout, by proving to be a matchfor the unbeaten league leaders.Despite the conditions bothteams played good soccer and ztie would have been a fair re-sult. Playing with great spiritthe Salt Spring team surprisedButlers with their tenacity andit was unfortunate when one ofthe Salt Spring defenders putthe ball into his own net whentrying to pass back to his goalkeeper. The whole team is tobe congratulated for such afine display, showing why theycurrently hold down secondplace in the league.Salt Spring Legion 0Tsouhalem 6
In a fairly even first half.Salt Spring played quite wellbut found themselves 2-0 downat half time. Playing into dri-ving snow in the second half,the team gradually began todominate the game. In a los-ing cause. Arthur Buitenwerf,Neil Anderson and Sandy Wrightplayed well without much sup-port.
party called has an unpaid billor some reason why their numb-er is not in; service - This appearsto be most unsatisfactory. Let'skeep all of Salt Spring Island re-sidents in contact.
A. G. Sheffield,Fulford Harbour,Jan. 9, 1971.
MODERNISEWITH
PROPANE
ee, Bob Akerman took part inthe ushering in of the Centenni-al year.
"It was a good start for ourCentennial Year," said Mr. Ak-erman. He noted the absenceof any generation-gap as theyoung and elderly joined handsto sing in the Year "71. Theorchestra obliged all generation;by playing selections of both oldtime and mod music for thedances and all went with a realswing.
With this auspicious start for*71 and a delicious smorgasbordspread served by the ladies aft-er midnight, the festivites carr-
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ied on until 2 a.m., with avote of thanks to the ladies, theorchestra and all who participa-ted to make the evening such asuccess.
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Many hands make light work.Already the halls were deckedwith flowing firboughs; and soonthe 16 ft. tree, glowed and glit-tered, opposite the huge fire-
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place. From a high-up ladderrung, a long arm placed the fin-al bauble.
All went merry as a marriagebell. Et pourquoi pas? For justbefore the guests arrived, JerryShular, of Port Angeles, hadslipped a ring on Katharine Lett-ner s finger.
Also, still flicking off confet-ti, were the Leslie Parrys, Vict-oria, married November 25. Allwere glad to see Customs OfficerParry back at his old "stamping"ground, and to meet Rowena,nee Lewis.
Como de costumbre, Stan Let-tner read Luke, Chapter 2, ver-ses 1 - 14. Inscribed in the en-ormous bible, inherited fromScottish ancestors, by HelenBrebber Lettner, is "This bookbelongs to William & CatharineGrant, 26 Dec. 1812."
Manager Cliff Lupton playedcarols and songs for a group ar-ound the piano. Cliff and JoyLupton spent a year with B. C.Coastal Marine Resorts Ltd. atSecret Cove, on the SecheltSu'nshine Coast, before comingto Bedwell two m o n t h s ago.Their Lynn and her husband.Louie Baumer, were over fromNorth Vancouver. Louie mana-ges Riverside Marina, West Van-couver. . Jerry and Kath takeover at Bedwell on t h e 1 5 t h ,their job meshing with the Lupt-ons.
Kathie's unique, blajck andgold, antique ring, was admired.For honeymoon, Jerry and Kathplan on San Francisco; and inNovember, three weeks at Ma-zatlan. Buenas suertes, ami-gos!
Jerry Brian Shular is with theWashington State Highways. Foreight years, he and Washingtonfriends have visited BedwellHarbour in his 24* TollycraftPURSUIT. His boat need pursueno more.
Michael Driffield, Sydney,Australia, tended bar. John
FUNERAL SERVICEFOR JACK BEACH ATGANGES CHURCH
John Lome Beach, aged 65,passed away at Ganges, on Fri-day, January 8.
Mr. Beach is survived by hiswife Evelyn at home on WalkerHook Road; a son, Robert L., atVernon; a daughter, Mrs. R. P.(Patricia) Meyer in Edmonton;one grandchild; four brothers,D. M. Beach, Vancouver; N.M,Beach, New Zealand; W. D.Beach, Galiano, Dr. A. M.Beach,Bermuda, and two sisters,Mrs. B. L. Pearce and Mrs. A.E. Shearman, of Vancouver.
Funeral services were held onTuesday afternoon, Jan. 12 inSt. George's Anglican Church,Ganges. Archdeacon R. B.Horsefield officiated. GoodmanFuneral Home was in charge ofarrangements.
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Buckeridge, on a busman's hol-iday from the Company's resortat Secret Cove, Sechelt Penin-sula, lent a hand-
Lodge guests from Victoria,Mrs. Mickey Campbell, Mrs.Phyllis Roberts; Miss HattieStaghall, Sidney; Helen Muralt,Langley, met the locals, nibb-ling and sipping, while theyrapped. Fender's Mrs. MargeKeating, and the Ralph Sketch-es: South Fender's Gerry andGrace Ashthorpe, Mrs. GertrudeBennett, Allan Brooks, LouBudd, Bill and Rita Gill, Len
ROAD MISHAPS( From Page One )
car she was driving on Fulford-Ganges Road ran into ice andslid. Car suffered -damage, butoccupants were uninjured.
Damage amounting to $600resulted from an accident onBeddis Road on December 29,when Murray Brown, of Wild-wood Crescent, lost control ofhis car and ran off the road.
and Ann Henshaw, Donna Moorewith Dennis, Debbie, Darryland Randie; Vernon and MaryRoddick, John and Eve Smith,Jon and Marilyn Spalding withKim; Bill and Sybil willson,with Jim, Mrs. Connie Swartz.A happy 1971 to all!
DEATH OF IDA CROFJONMrs. Ida Crofton, died on
Monday, Jan. 4, in St.Mary'sPriory, Victoria, after a lengthyillness.
Born in England she came toSalt Spring Island 46 years agoaccompanied by her young sonDonald (Corky) Corbett where
they stayed with the Crofton fa-mily at Harbour House till hermarriage to Desmond Crofton.
Mrs. Crofton was a former re-gent of H.M.S. Ganges, IODE,and she was also president of theLadies* Auxiliary, Second Batt-alion of the Canadian ScottishRegiment (Princess Mary's) Vic-toria, during the Second WorldWar.
She was an ardent gardener aswell as being very fond of musicand the ballet.
She is survived by her husbandand sons, Donald Corbett and Lt.Col. John Crofton, both of Vict-oria and a daughter, Mrs. ArthurGale (Sylvia), St. John's, New-foundland; nine grandchildren, asister in England and nephewsand nieces.
A large crowd attended the fu-neral held Friday, Jan. 8 in St.
George's Church, Ganges. Arch-deacon R.B. Horsefield officiat-ed. Representatives from theH.M.S. Ganges IODE, RoyalCanadian Legion (Branch 92),and the Salt Spring Island LionsClub also paid tribute at the fu-neral.
Pall bearers were GrahamShove, Fred Morris, Lt.Cmdr.Patrick Crofton, Cameron Croft-on, Jim Morris, and GeoffreyCorbett.
Interment followed in St.Mark's cemetery, Goodman Fu-neral Home was in charge.
DEATH OF BILL MONEY AT SATURNABY PAPAJOHN
On Tuesday morning, Jan. 5thWilliam Laws Money died sudd-enly at the Money home on Sat-urna Island.
Uncle Bill, as he was calledby everyone, was born at Gill-ingham, Sussex, England, onMay 1, 1902.
He is survived by one sister,Mrs. Nancy Grey of Kelownaand her family; two brothers,Arthur Money of Bradner and hisfamily and James Money andsister-in-law, Louise, withniece Elizabeth and nephewJohn and their families.
Uncle Bill had made his homewith Jim and Louise since theycame to Saturna in the spring of1945.
The Money Family had firstcome out to Canada in 1906 andhad farmed in Saskatchewan un-til World War One broke out,when they returned to England.They came back to Canada in1919 and settled in B.C.
Before buying the old PayneProperties on Saturna with his
brother Jim, Uncle Bill hadbeen in the B. C. Forest Service.
me Funeral Services wereconducted by Rev. J. Danger-field in our St. Christopher'sChurch. He is buried in the fa-mily plot here on Saturna. Thefuneral arrangements were hand-
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NEW YEAR'S EVEAT GALIANO
A record crowd went to Galia-no Lodge to bring in the Centen-nial New Year.
The Lodge was decorated withthe Centennial colors of blue andgold, with decorated trees andcandles.
As the clock struck twelve, atired 1970, Tom Carolan, beganstrolling through the room, whenyoung and vivacious 1971, DavidMurphy, diapered and pinned,chased 1970 right out the door.Close on the heels of 1971, camethe Centennial lady, Mary Back-lund, to wish all happiness andprosperity for the coming year.
TW by Goodman Funeral Homeof Ganges.
Pallbearers were Walter War-low, Ben Begon, Andy Ritchie,Barry Crooks, James Campbelland John McMahon.
Always willing to help anyoneand with his quiet and sinceresmile he will be missed by ev-eryone who knew him. He wasfriendly with one and all andwe feel that we can say withoutfear of contradiction that allwho knew him were his friends.He had no enemies.
GALIANO CLUBWISH TO THANK
The Chamber of CommerceRod & Gun ClubLadies Service ClubGaliano Lodge
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Mrs. Ena Florence Davidsondied on Thursday, Jan. 7 onPender. She was 82 years ofage.
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Miss Shelly Ann Sharp, ofRoss River, Yukon, visited hergrandparents, Nora and MarshalSharp, during the holiday seas-on. She was travelling, Yukonstyle, with her parents. Boband Clara Sharp. They areprincipal and teacher at theRoss River school.
granddaughters; three brothers,William, Charles and JohnBaynes and two sisters, Mrs. F.M. MacDonald and Mrs. I.Hay wood, all of British Colum-bia.
Funeral service was held onMonday, Jan. 11 at St.Peter'sAnglican Church, on Pender Is-land, with Rev. O. L. Fosterofficiating.
Arrangements were by Good-man Funeral Home.
MODERNISEWITH
PROPANE
GangesMrs. T.W. Mouat was hostess
on Boxing Day at a four-genera-tion party when she entertainedher son and daughter-in-law,Mr.and Mrs. T.W. Mouat of Van-couver, their daughter-in-law,Mrs. T . W . Mouat and youngson Tommy; Tommy's maternalgreat grandmother, Mrs. J. J.Kenny; Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Mouat, Peter Mouat and Gerry Mouaiof Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. TerryClement from Prince Albert,Sask.; Mr. and Mrs. David Rav-en with hostess's two great grandidaughters Barbara and PatriciaRaven from Victoria; Robert Mouaf, Michael Mouat, ElizabethMouat and Wendy Pow of Van-couver; Mr. and Mrs. KeithGrant with Mrs. Mouat's young-est great grandchild, Keith Jr.of Coquitlam.
Laurence Mitchell, Scotlandwas a recent visitor for a fewdays of his aunt Mrs. James Mit-chell, Beddis Road.
Former residents of Salt Spring
Island, Group Capt. and Mrs.Eric Dipple, of Victoria, wereguests at Arbutus Court, Vesuvi-us Bay over Christmas, visitingold friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Dermott Croftonhave returned home after stayingwith their daughter Mrs. SharronScott, Victoria over the Christ-mas and New Year's holiday.
Miss Ann Butterfield, Vancou-ver,, iff as a visitor during theChristmas holidays of her parentsMr. and Mrs. Kenneth Butter-field, Ganges Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Paddy Guinev-an and young daughter Dolores,Richmond were visitors over theChristmas holidays of Mrs. Ge-nevan's brother-in-law and sist-er, Mr. and Mrs. Gil Humphr-eys, Vesuvius Bay. Visitingthe Humphreys last weekendwere their son-in-law anddaughter Mr. and Mrs. Div idKier, Gold River.
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THE LIGHT TOUCH <>* HJ.CARUNA young boy writing a composition on the Christmas theme
discussed some of the customs of Merrie Old England. "Tocelebrate," he wrote, "they sometimes chopped the head ofthe biggest bore and carried it around on a platter."
When a father of seven children came home one night, hecould tell by looking at his wife something was wrong."Well,Mom," he said, "I've had a hard day, so give me the goodnews - don't tell me anything that is not good." "Well, Pa,"said Ma, "Six of your children did not break a leg today."Parents these days scarely bring up children, they finance them.
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the evening carol service, con-ducted by Rev. O. L. Foster.
Organist was Mrs. O.L.Fosterand the service was several rea-dings from the Bible, telling theChristmas story. Several of thesenior children participated inthe readings.
On Christmas Eve, several ofthe older children of this choir,went out carol singing withsome of the parents. They end-ed up the carol singing at Gali-ano Lodge, where they weretreated to cocoa and cakes, andthey even had voices left tosing all the way home.
If at first you don't succeed,you're running about average,or maybe even above.
Basil Benger with the choir Mrs. O.L. Foster at the orga
GALIANOBY MARY BACKLUND
Seems that most everybodyhad a wonderful holiday season.Here l a m again, down to theserious business of telling every-one about the goings-on in ourheavenly corner of the world.
May I begin the whole Cent-ennial New Year by wishing oneand all a really blessed NewYear.
I did not by any stretch ofany imagination, get to knowall of the people who came andwent, but tried hard to get asmany as I could.
Many of my friends spent this
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season in the hospital, and Ifirstly send them special greet-ings ... Maury Lupton, in theRoyal Jubilee Hospital in Vict-oria, Mrs. W.F. Hibbs, very illin Royal Jubilee; and for justovernight, and having a littleminor surgery, Misses Lisa andErin Sater.. .in Victoria.
Jimmie Hume was ru shed toVeterans* Hospital, Victoriaand I believe he is doing quitewell now. Roy Harding is inHeather Pavilion, VancouverGeneral Hospital, and is veryill.
I was pleased to see Mrs. Ro-ger Smith looking well after about in the hospital, also Mrs.Blackie Black, looking lovely,following a lengthy illness.
As always, to begin theChristmas season, the Belling-ham Jaycees Christmas Shipcame into Montague Harbour tobring not only our favorite San-ta, but many pirates, and thegaily-decorated ship. All inthe pouring rain, but this didnot matter a bit to kids of allages, and it was a joy to see allof the happy faces for a littlewhile.
Now for a few of the comingsand goings... Mr. and Mrs. FredRobson had their families home...Mr. and Mrs. Don Robsonfrom Vancouver, and Mr. andMrs. Al Wilson and childrenfrom Kamloops. At the PeterDenroche's...Mr. and Mrs. Ro-bin Denroche from Calgary,and Mr. and Mrs. Brehon Den-roche from Fair Harbour. Mr.and Mrs. John Shaw had theirtwo sons, John Shaw jr.,andMr.and Mrs. Eric Gladman, both ofVictoria. Mr. and Mrs. JohnRees, with son Rod and daughterArlene, regular commuters tothe ranch in the Vnlley, alongwith Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tingle,from Prince George. BruceGood came from Courtenay.andMr. and Mrs. J.G.Jones fromVancouver -to visit relatives.Mr.and Mrs. Ross Parminter. All ofthe beautiful Earner girls werehome, Penny, Brigid, Rosemary,and Suzanne, also Dr. and Mrs.
ISLAND VISITORSBY CULT.US COULEE
On Plumper Sound - the H«*»;SpaJdings to Sufnrnerlaad'.'A
and son David; Isabel and *heij-:::
five, ;F.pr New Year, Jennifer.,*nd Jack Bariowi from Batwith TanLs and James; and
Jdfcie Bailey, fromBill and Sybil willson ftma
Little Splash, to Syb"sthe Claude Conerys, at1, ]G.
J»t Boxing Day,: :Jfcpm tae y;alley - H b e r t -Xeece $o .Sidney«r Kay and son-in-la*«&f
'laird arid their boys,Douglas.:'On the south side, oil'Swan-
son Channel - the Alex MacKtnnons to chilliwack, to Bertha'sson, Jack Toop, his wife Shirl-ey, and a seething mass of armsand legs, belonging to Douglas,Kelly and Stephen.
E.F.Ledgerwood and children,from Vancouver, son Michael,with his wife and family fromVancouver and Miss Derry Earn-er from Campbell River. Mrs. I.A. Murphy went to spend holid ,-ays with her son and family inRichmond, and we saw that theJimmie Jones' had sister Mrs. DO'rothy Jackson, from Victoria fora few days. Mrs. Jackson is feel1
ing better now, having been onthe sick list. We hear that Mrs.Williston Haszard fell a while a-go, and broke both wrists; she iswith her sister in Burnaby at pre-
sent. Mr. and Mrs. George Sta-llybrass flew from Edmonton tospend some time with parents,Mr. and Mrs. Bernard StallybrassThey stayed at Mrs. Sophia Rus-tad's home while they were here.This is the first Christmas for Ber-nard and his son to be together foifor many years, and they went tothe Georgeson Bay home andcooked a scrumptious New Yearsdinner for the family, too.
Captain Cyril Andrews cameone day last week to visit hisaunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.Stanley Page.
PENDEREOPLE
BY CULTUS COULEE
Mrs. Guy Moore, of Dorset,made the days be merry andbright, for Harry Johnson, whenshe flew from England to spendChristmas here. Sister and bro-ther had not met for 18 years.Both were born in Kamloops.Their Scottish mother, was bornin India. Their father, AlfredW. Johnson, of a Leicestershirefamily , was born in Madagascar,He surveyed in the Fraser Vnlleyup the Canyon and far north ofKamloops.
In byegone days, Lucy had vi-sited Harry briefly at Galiano,but this was her first exploration.She loved every minute and reg-retfully took to the skies, head-ing for home.
Lucy lives in the village ofFifehead Magdalen, outside Gill1ingham. She was crazy aboutthe islands. She was here 3weeks, and I miss her a lot. "Cheer up, Harry! After such agood time, she will return.
. The Dave Auchterlonies hadConnie's parents, Mr. and Mrs.Gordon Ezart, and her brotherTerry, Vancouver, to help cele-brate the holidays. The festivalcontinued in Vancouver when theAuchterlonies, with Debbie, Je-nnifer and Barry, attended thewedding of Connie's cousin,-,. Bar-ry Barnes, to Marilyn Craiyia..The ceremony was art St.
'$nd\cousiovHay Baraks, was
fonder family'
BoHd,:e*js boy, Ke»-
ny andM* wife Joan.The Ken Bonds spent the
night with the Donald GrimmersKen, Margaret Grimmer's neph-ew, and Joan, married in Oct-
ober, live at Keating X Roads.The Donald Grimmers were
hosts to Margaret's mother, Mrs.May Georgeson, and all herguests, for Christmas dinner;plus Walter and Kathy Craven,and their Celene and Mindy.
At the Cliff Dwellers, FrankSymes, Jr. from Vancouver.Frank and Ora Syrrks to Ora'sbrother, Ray Currie and his wifeMargaret, and Byrne, Paul andHilary, Victoria.
The Roy Guilds holidayedwith Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bensonat the Malahat.
Sharing George and EdithPearson's dindon, for Christmasdindins, were Alexander andEllen Gray. Missing, were theEdison Fralics, due to Mrs. Fra-lic's illness.
With Ted and Edwina Brook-er, their Sally and son-in-lawHugh Dyer, Sidney, with Eliza-beth and John. Elizabeth in heifirst job, since September,teaching kindergarten at Chase ,and loving it.
Norman Pollard, from Coqui-tlam, with son David, to TheMaples, Browning Harbour to vi-sit his mother, Mrs. E. PollardRobin, Diana and her Roderick.
Jack and Mary Garrod, Brown-ing Harbour, with daughter Jac-queline Christian, and her Leon;and Stephen, in Victoria forChristmas and New Year.
The Louis Nofields had ap-py Boding Day at jJrewnjne Har-DOW, *iften Katt NefieMTi younjest son, Norman Dearie, &s wifeKileen, .and Pamela. . arrive d
Staltif wd, -Cehaejcaicut.Martins bad the las
<Gordon Hanii.'their tree *sd:*«t =a j»e-
., tmas turkey, this fe a tra-•dSfeh with the two families.
when the Hunts prepare
. .re<xstip before aion in Victoria, with Barbara'sdaughter Ruth and her husbandLome Scott. Barbara's son,Framk Gibbons, teaching at
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Thursday, January 14, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Nine
BUSINESS DIRECTORYA NAME IN A FLASH HANDY GUIDE TO LOCAL SERVICES
T V SALES & SERVICE• • • A I •Admiral
Philco (Ford)Color - B/WRadios(Small AppliancesService to all makes
5 537 - 2943RADIO & TV
WALLY TWASALT SPRING GARBAGECOLLECTION SERVICE
Phone:537-2167
B R O W N ' S
SEPTIC TANK& S E W E R R O O T E R
SERVICEDave Rainsford
PLUMBING & HEATINGPhone: 537 - 2013
PENDER PEOPLE( From Page Eight )
Prince George, and his wife Ly-nsey; Barbara's sister Doreen,and her husband Val Lavender,Qualicum Beach, helped roundout the family circle. Theplace was ankle-deep in Dach-shunds. The Hobdays' two fromWorcestershire, joined four oth-ers, and were inclined to get ouiof hand and under foot.
In spite of the bark-in, theHobdays were able to tell of be-ing three months in Kempsford,Gloucestershire; and all overHerefordshire, where hurricaneshardly happen; scouting antiquesfor The Jabberwocky. They arecounting the months until arriv-al of the treasures.
Marjorie Teece Murray, atSidney, with son Robert and Sol-veig, his Song of Norway; andtheir Kim and Hans. Solveig'sfather, Hans Bruheim, WestVancouver, named her after"Solveig's Song" by Grieg.
Miss Molly Hall, Vancouver,spent 10 days with her sister,Miss Meta Hall, Hooson Road.
The Victor Menzies had Jeff-rey and Johnny Giesbrecht, fortwo nights. The little boys werehappy to be back at Hope Bayand able to play with ex-schoolfriends John and C arol AnneBradley. Wally and Jean Brad-ley gave them a warm welcome,The Giesbrechts moved to Deltawhen Bert transferred from OtterBay ferry dock to Tsawwassen.
Miss Norma Douglas to Van-^ouver, to her sister Grace andbrother-in-law John Girvin, Ker-jrisdale, at the Fontainebleau.Grace had a reception for oldFernie friends, now living inVancouver, about 30 showing upfor the reunion.
*•*A meeting at the Norman Has-
lams, Otter Bay, Wednesdaymorning January 6. MarjorieTeece Murray, reelected presid-ent; Ted Brooker, sec-treas.Pender Island Art and Recreational Workshop to sponsor paintingclasses, Mondays, 1 to 3, atPort Washington Hall, startingJan. 25, with Professor GeoClyde. How can a bunch of stu-dents be so lucky! Chomping toget started, hostess AlbertineHaslam, Mrs. Archie Grimes,Margaret Grimmer, Ann PenderHenshaw, Dot King, Dr. EdmundMorrison and Mary Morrison, Da-phne Stevens and Ora Symes.
MOBILE REPAIRSHOP
7 DAYS A WEEK* Washers•Dryers* Stoves* Fridges
653 - 4442
S A L T SPRING
FREIGHT, S E R V I C E LTD.
?MOYING?LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
- STORAGE -Call Ganges: 537-2041
Victoria: 383-7331Free Estimates
Aage VilladsenBUILDING
C O N T R A C T O RQuality Homes
Renovations - AdditionsCabinets
FREE ESTIMATES537 - 5412
BANGERTCONSTRUCTION• HOMES• CABINET WORK• REMODELLING• COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Phone: 537 - 5692
LaFortune& JangCONSTRUCTION• Homes * Additions* Renovations * Cabinets
Steve Eddy537 - 5345 537 - 5482
Box 507, Ganges .
GULF ISLANDS
SEPTIC TANKSERVICE(Al PisteII)
TRUCK ON ISLANDAT ALL TIMES
*DRAIN CLEANING
537-5537Outer Islands Call:
537-2929Pender Island Call
A. Ross-Smith
539-2225
SOIL PERCOLATIONTESTS
SEPTlfTANKSSUPPLIED & INSTALLED
DITCHING & LOADING
CALL:
J. H.HARKEMA537-2963
For All YourBUILDING NEEDS
Call -
CRUICKSHANKCONSTRUCTION
L. G. Cruickshaak 537-5628G.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
_ *RenovationsFree Estimates
David HeikkinenLICENCED PLUMBER
537-5315W . C . C A R L S O N
SHEET METAL LTDOIL H E A T I NGI M P E R I A L OIL
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
GEN.DEL. GANGES
H.L.REYNOLDS* TRUCKING* BULLDOZING
•Gravel 'Shale•Fill 'Building Rock
537-5691Box 284, Ganges
S . W A W R Y K
BULLDOZINGB a c k f i l l i n g , e t c .
Box 1 3 1Ganges
537 - 2301Evenings
FRED'S
BULLDOZING' LAND CLEARING* EXCAVATING* ROAD BUILDING* HAULINGFree Estimates
25 Years Experience537 - 2822R.R.2 Ganges
URADLEYULLDOZING
' LAND CLEARING* ROAD BUILDING^
Jfe-Free Estimates
537 -2995
PAINTING &DECORATING
TEMMEL & VOLQUARDSEN
653-4239653-4402
GULF ISLANDS CUSTOM SERVICESSpecialists In -
DRYWALL - SPRAYED CEILINGSCOMPLETE RENOVATIONS
Vancouver Prices
246-3402 Crofton - Call CollectSERVING SALT SPRING,GALIANO.PENDERS.MAYNE & SATURNA
Esso STOVE OILEsso FURNACE OIL
MARINE DOCK
NORMAN G.MOUAT
IMPERIAL ESSO SALESAGENT
©Box 347, Ganges
537 - 5312 *
G.I.WINDOWCLEANERS* FLOORS* WALLS* GUTTERS* RUGS & CARPETSFree 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
539-2994Box 48, Mayne Isl.
NORTHWESTERNCREAMERYP R O D U C T S
Delivery Twice WeeklyCon tac t
G .M.HeinekeyPhone: 537 - 5732
GEORGE'SBULLDOZINGEXCAVATINGLAND CLEAIUNC
Any joblarge or small*
George: 537-2562
Norm: 537-2535
* Power Digging* Trenching* Water Lines* Drainfields* Footings* Digging of all types
Lloyd Kinney537-2662Box 254, Ganges
TRACTOR SERVICE*Brush Cutting
*Post Hole Digging
*Plastic Pipe Laying
*Plowing & Discing
Ron Cunningham
537 -5310
SCARFFDRILLING BLASTINGDIGGING LOADING
BULLDOZINGTRUCKINGTOP SOIL
* Concrete Septic Tanks
* Culverts
* Concrete Well Casings
* Land Developing
537-2920
Page Ten Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Thursday, January 14, 1971
DEADLINE FOR -CLASSIFIED- TUESDAY NOONNEWS - MONDAY, 5pmDISPLAY -MONDAY, 5pm
CLASSIFIED ADSWrite to DRIFTWOOD
BOX 250GANGES, B.C.
Or Phone: 537 - 2211
FOR SALE
VESUVIUS STOREOpen every day
1 lam - 7pm
W/E SPECIAL
TOMATOES ... 29$lb
We still carry over 30varieties of fruit andvegetables.
537 - 5742PROPANE GAS REFILLS
Phone 537-2460 or call at theHarbour Grocery Store in GangesAll gas appliances sold and
serviced.Gulf Islands Propane Gas, tfn
SEE US 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
LOW'S FURNITURE, HUNDREDHills. We buy and sell furnitureand appliances and attic treas-ures of yesteryear. Phone 537-2332. tfn
A.M.SHARP - PHOTOGRAPHYPassport photos, child portraits,weddings, air photos, real est-ate. 537-2134. tfn
All Wine-Arts Supplies, con-centrates, etc. All Artistssupplies - Posters, Hobbycrafts,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.
41-6
TRICKLE CHARGER, $7.50537-5410 eves. 1-1
HALF AIREDALE PUPPIES, SIXweeks old. $12 each. 539-2157
1-1,KENMORE AUTOMATIC WASH-er, like new, $150; Portable TVand stand, 19, good condition,$50; Lazy Boy chair, red tapes-try, $10; Kitchen utility table,$3; Chesterfield and chair ingold tapestry, $30. 537-2409.
IT 'S A F A C TAll recent advertisements forColor T.V. are higher pricedor older models than the 1971R.C.A. and Zeniths availablefrom Sheffield Radio - T.V.Why shop off-island (especiallywhen a 5-year guarantee withlocal service is available)?Call 653-4433. 1-1
CARD OF THANKS
The Emporium wishes to thankall friends for their patronageover Christmas. Because of seasonal decline of business theshop will be closed until spring.However some stock will bemaintained and anyone interest-ed in buying, contributing orvisiting is welcome to drop inor ring 537-2512. We hope con-tributors and new craftsmen willlook to providing us with an ab-undance of stock for the comingseason. We need your supportand your crafts to keep at it.
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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 S T O R ETrade 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
WORK WANTED
LET GEORGE DO IT!All those odd jobs around thehouse, don't let them get youdown; call George Bryer at537-2672. tfn
3 YOUNG MEN NEED ANYkind of work. We will work anywhere on Gulf Islands. Hourlyor by contract. Phone 537-2629- Lane or Greg. 49-2
WORK WANTED!!!Man and wife require employ-ment. Man can labor and gar-den; wife will housekeep andcook. 537-2540. 1-1RELIABLE INTELLIGENTyoung woman wishes full timeor part-time employment.University, clerical, secretari-al experience. Anything con-sidered. Please ring 537-2512.
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WANTED TO RENT
WANTED TO RENT: A HOMEon Salt Spring Island; threebedrooms. Required for atleast one year by professionaladults. Box F, Driftwood, PostOffice Box 250, Ganges, B.C.
1-1
WANTED
WANTED ON SALT SPRING IS.by ex-Islanders, view lot orsmall acreage. Reasonable forcash. Reply to Dept. E, Box250. Ganges^ B.C. 49-2
SALAL AND FERN PICKERS,male or female, wanted. ApplyBox 563. Nanaimo. B. C. 47-10'
USED POSTAGE STAMPS WITH1/4" of paper left around them-for Leprosy Mission work.Collected by Mrs V.W.Menzies,Pender Island, B.C.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
EARN MONEY IN SPARE TIMEMen or Women to re-stock andcollect money from New Typehigh quality coin-operated dis-pensers in your area. No sell-ing. To qualify, must havecar, references, $750 to $300.0cash. Seven to twelve hoursweekly can net excellent in-come. More full time. We invest with you--and establishyour route. For personal inter-view write: B.V.DistributorsLimited, 2480 Tecumseh RoadEast, Windsor 19, Ontario. In-clude phone number. 1-1
FOR RENT
ROOM & BOARD - VACANCY1 double room (single or couple)Park Drive Guest House, 537-5747. tfn
TRAILER SPACE: OVERLOOK -ing Blackburn Lake. All servicesgarbage collection, laundry fa-cilities, self-contained trailers,only. Cedar View Trailer CourtR.R. 1, Ganges. 537-2329. tfn
H.M.S. GANGES APARTMENTSOne bedroom suite,.adults only.537-2540. tfn
ONE BACHELOR SUITE FULLYfurnished, suitable for two.537-2832. 1-1LARGE FURNISHED TWO BED-room home for rent, availableFeb. 1, $150. 537-5338. 1-1SOME ACCOMMODATIONavailable for responsible adults.Cusheon Lake Resort. 537-2539. tfn
LEGAL
NAVIGABLE WATERSPROTECTION ACT
R.S.C. 1952, CHAPTER 193PROPOSED FERRY LANDING AT
FULFORD HARBOUR ON SALTSPRING ISLAND,B.C.
The Minister of Highways, Gov-ernment of the Province of Brit-ish Columbia, hereby gives not-ice that he has, under Section 7of the above Act deposited withthe Minister of Transport at Ott-awa, and in the office of theDistrict Registrar of the Land Re-gistry District of Victoria at Vic-toria, B.C., a description of sitand plans of a ferry landing prop'osed to be built at Fulford Harb-our, Salt Spring Island, B.C.,on a line approximately parallelto and 80 feet South of the exist-ing ferry landing.And take notice that after the expiration of one month from thedate, of publication of this not-ice the Minister of Highways,Government of the Province ofBritish Columbia, will, underSection 7 of the said Act, applyto the Minister of Transport forapproval of the said site andplan.
Dated the 8th day of January,1971.Department of Highways,Parliament Buildings,Victoria, British Columbia.H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister.
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DEADLINE FORCLASSIFIED
MIDDAY TUESDAY537-2211
ORWRITE BOX 250,GANGES, B.C.
NOTICE
GENERAL HAULINGR. K. Price, R.R. 2, Ganges.Phone 537-5663. tfn
DANGEROUS TREE TOPPING& Removal.
Do it now - before winter stormsTree-top T.V. antenna install-ations. Free Estimates.
537-5511. tfnBAHA'I DISCUSSION GROUPevery Thursday at 8:30 pm atJohn and Lois Morland's, FulfordHarbour. Every Saturday even-ing at 8:30 pm at Brian andDorenRobb, Beddis Road.653-4425. tfnIF YOU CANNOT GET OURphone, please repeat your call,or ask operator to connect you.Our phone is NOT "out of serv-ice" despite the telephone re-cording you sometimes hear.A.G. Sheffield, 653-4433. 1-1DRAMA MEETING -
Wed. - Jan. 2 0 - 8 p.m.Mahon Hall
All those interested are urgedto attend. HI
DRESSMAKINGand alterations. 537- 2068.
1-3
FRENCH TUTORINGImprove your fluency and pron-unciation. Call 537-2540. 1-1THE SHELTER ISSUE OF THECANADIAN WHOLE EARTH AL-MANAC is available at the Em-porium. Each $3.00. Get yourcopy now. 1-1
REAL ESTATE
$500.00DOLLARSPECIALS
Serviced buildinglots. Close toGanges. Only$500 down. Ex"cellent terms. .monthly pay- fments $50.00,including interest
Sewered lots, Ocean view.Close to beach. $500.00 down,monthly payment, $75.00 in-cluding interest.Contact: Bert Timbers
orHarvey Henderson
atCAM BASTEDO AGENCIES LTDBox 353, Ganges, B. C.Telephone 537 - 5541Evenings 537 - 5391 or
653 - 4380. 1-1SOUTHBANK DRIVE - LOTSwith a lakeview and south.These are good lots. G. How-land, Box 71. Ganges.B.C. tfnCOMFORTABLE 2 BEDROOMhome near Ganges, reasonablypriced. Phone owner at 537-2346 for aoDointment to view.
Really Work
FULFORD
BY BE A HAMILTON
The Old Year went out like agentleman and gave way to asparkling New Born 1971 that wehope will behave with a mix-ture of common sense, goodfellowship, good health and justenough wealth to keep everyonehappy!
Impossible? Well, it wouldbe a refreshing change, wouldn'tit?
And as this is our CentennialYear, if each person offered ev-en one little thought, word ordeed of love a day, we couldall grow to be - Saints alive!What am I saying?
Perhaps it would be better ifwe tried not to aim too high butjust a little better and higherthan usual, THEN we might helpbuild a year of which we can allbe proud? That make sense? Atthe moment 1971 is a clean littleYear, bravely marking the Hun-dredth Year when British Colum-bia entered Confederation: 1871-1971.
The next twelve months willbe a test to our (and I mean theCitizens of B. C.) insight andgood judgement in many fields.
Just do the best you can in1971!
# * *Cancellation: The January
meeting of the South Salt SpringWomen s Institute has been can-celled, and the first meeting ofthe Institute will be held in Feb-ruary.
# * *
Mrs. Irene Stewart attendedthe Canadian Women's PressClub luncheon meeting held atthe Century Inn, Victoria, onMonday, January 4. She was theguest of Miss Bea Hamilton, theCWPC historian for the localbranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McDonaldand family spent the week endat the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.O. Lacy and family before ret-urning to Duncan.
* * *Open House at the home of
the A. J. Hepburns was an en-joyable event as many friendsgathered to see the Old Yearout and the New Year In. Musicdancing and meeting old friendswith a smorgasbord supper, orwas it breakfast? after all pres-ent had brought the New Year ir.with song and felicitations allaround. A star-spangled sky andcolored lights everywhere seem-ed to promise a reasonably fairyear ahead and good wishesswept across the land and sea...
The Alder catkins are lightlydancing in the cold winds, andthe other cool cats of Nature,the pussy-willows are purring intheir silvery velvet parkas asthey cuddle on the willow trees;
Spring around the corner? To-day with the temperature about25 degrees, brr-rr! I hope thetree-cats go back to sleep ontheir branches before "they getnipped by frost. Miss CreeShaw found sprays of pussy-wil-low in full flower several weeksago. Sunday, the sun shonewarm but the wind blew cold.
* * *Vlrs. Hazel Truefitt surprised
everyone by returning home fronthe Gorge Hospital, for a rest-up period at home. "It's like amiracle," she said, happy to beback, for she had expected to belaid up with her injured back forseveral weeks. She will be tak-ing things easy for some timebut to be home, is good medi-cine in any person's book!
CENTENNIAL MEMO - Col. Ri-chard Clement Moody brought165 Royal Engineers to the WestCoast in, 1858.
Thursday, January 14, 1971 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Eleven
WHAT IS IJ ABOUT AN ISLAND?The Christmas season interfer-
ed with a comment I wished tomake about an article in theVancouver Sun of December 19,written by Nan Vie.
Now that the rush is over, Imust write and send my condol-ences to the Vie family. Herarticle of approximately twoyears ago interested and charm-ed many people, myself amongthem, but now I find she hasgive- up a most delightful, res-traii. free way of life to goback to city living.
I have lived on my Gulf Islandfor five years and keep hopingnothing will occur in life toforce me back to a city.
Island life IS different.Island life is a challenge.Island life affords the individ-
ual a chance to be an individu-al - to think his own thoughtsand in his own way.
This, of course, makes thecity dweller think an islander isa character - which he is but heis a character by choice and avery good one at that.
His interest in the naturalbeauty of his surroundings, Ifeel, leaves a much deeper me-mory than that of any city - ev-en that of Vancouver or Victor-ia. His walks along the shore -
LEGION BINGOTURKEY WINNERS
A successful Turkey Bingowas held by Branch 92 RoyalCanadian Legion in the LegionHall, December 19th with seven-ty five players.
The winners were as follows:Mrs. Ellen Bennett, J. H. Hark-ema, Miss May Buckley, B. R.Smith, MacMouat, Mrs. J.H.M. Lamb, Mrs. Edna Fraser,Mrs. A. Quesnel, Mrs. E. Cam-pbell, Mrs. B. Degnen, Mrs. V.Griffen, and R. L. Kyle.
LORNA TWEEDALE SUMS (T UP
line of the Strait of Georgia,climbs along the rocks above Active Pass and the strolls throughthe woods cannot be surpassedby any.
It is possible to be alone or asNan Vie wishes, to stop andtalk to friends or strangers.
The Islands' culture is not tobe overlooked.
There are lessons in Spanish,French, sewing, painting, pott-ery, with qualified teachers onthe island and for a change ofviewpoint the occasional import'ed teacher. The organizationof all clubs, fire departments,art displays, is done by the res-idents, some of whom have hadprevious experience. Otherswho have not are enthusiasticabout a new project or hobby.Thought the population and thefinancial background is definite-ly less than in a city, the resultis every bit as good.
The Islands are very access-ible to the cities of Vancouverand Victoria and in consequencetrips to those cities for shopp-ing, galleries and libraries; at-tending theatres, symphoniesand such is no hardship whatev-er.
Personally I find one day at atime in town is sufficient and Ilong for the moment when it'sover and I can look forward tomany more weeks of the peaceand quiet of the Island.
This does not mean a "noth -ing" way of life - just simplyno rush, no noise, no smog.We read the latest books if wethink they are worm while;keep up with the financial andsocial world through today'smedia. We play bridge, enter-tain at dinner, have guests forweek-ends, take time off from
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daily duties to listen to symph-onies of our own choosing withno traffic to battle and with noparking problems.
I do agree with Nan Vie thatVancouver's soul is pure neonbut cannot agree that the Isl-and's soul is gray.
A neon soul is like the old-fashioned, now outlawed wind-mill sparkler which swirls ar-ound and through its simple de-light draws persons into its cen-tre only to find it all just "daz-
zle" ; while the soul of the Isl-ands has all the same myriad ofcolors but radiating upwardswhich makes life worth livingrather than dead, as Nan Vieexperiences it.
In summing up, it seems tome that the Vie family is possi-bly too young to appreciatetheir once-found but short-livedindependence and once theirwindmill sparkler has died theywill again long for what theyhave just left. They may find,as I do, that it is preferable tolive on an island and holidayin a city than to try to live ina city and holiday on an island.
ROBINS HEAD THE LISTOn December 22, a group of
six naturalists took part in theChristmas Bird Count of the Pender Islands.
This count was one of some850 such counts being conduct-ed throughout Canada and theUnited States by groups of nat-uralists, between December 22and January 3.
It represents a part of the 69-th North American ChristmasBird Count which is sponsoredby the National Auduoon Soci-ety. Previous counts on theseislands were organized by Mr.and Mrs. Gerry Stevens of NorttiPender. This year Mr. Stevenshanded over the responsibilityof conducting this event to Mr.and Mrs. Allan Brooks, ofSouth Pender, who enlisted theassistance of the Stevens, and,from Victoria, Dr. Jeremy Ta-tum and Mrs. Ruth Stirling.
Islanders will recall thatDecember 22 was a cloudy,chilly day. Undaunted by thewinter cold the six naturalists,working in pairs, were patroll-ing by car and by foot, theroads, fields and coast lines ofthe Pender Islands from dawn todusk. Between them they tall-eyed up a total of about 7,100individual birds, lirhich repres-ented 74 species.
The most numerous specieswas the robin with about 1,600seen and counted.
A reason for the abundance ofthis bird was the heavy crop ofArbutus berries, a favored foodsupply of the robin at this seas-on.
Second on the abundance listwas the Glaucous-winged Gull(just over 1,000), "while thirdwas the European Starling (near-ly 900) which has only been aresident on these islands duringthe past 15 years. Fourth mostnumerous was the WesternGrebe (650) and fifth, the Oreg-on Junco (455).
Unusual for these Islands inwinter, were Goldfinch, 25;Cedar Waxwing, 9, and North-ern Shrike, 3.
Conspicuous absences whichare unaccountable were Kill-deer Plover, Wilson's Snipe,Brewers & Redwinged Blackbird,Evening Grosbeak and Stellar'sJay. Mrs. Brooks reports thatsmall woodland birds were par-ticularly numerous while sea
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Following the count, the sixobservers met at the home ofMr. and Mrs. Stevens wherethey enjoyed Yuletide cheerand a sumptuous dinner whiletalleying the results of theday's count.
-A.B. andE.B.
VALENTINE TEAFOR ANGLICANCHURCH LADIESAnglican Church Women held
their monthly meeting Friday,Jan. 8, in the Parish Hall atGanges.
A hymn was sung by the mem-bers in memory of Mrs. DesmondCrofton whose funeral was heldthat day.
Arrangements were made forthe Valentine Day Tea to beheld Saturday, February 13 inthe Parish Hall. Tea will beserved at 2 p.m. Any donationsfrom Islanders for the home cooking stall would be very welcome
Sick members of the A.C.W.Mrs. H. Truefitt and Mrs. E.Adams who have been in hospit-al recently were remembered.
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MORE AND MORE
YEAR FOR THE BIRDS!BY BEA HAMILTON
Birds by the hundreds seem tobe claiming the New 1971 astheir year.
Reported from many points onthe Island are flocks of robins,several species of thrushes (a robin is a thrush by rights), manySiskins, various sparrows,smallbirds, large birds, orange-color-ed birds with stripes along thesides (reported from Walker Hootarea) and of course, the ever pe-stering starlings, noisy bluejays,flickers, buntings and many oth-ers.
The Robin red-breast is takingthe lead in numbers and thewood thrush with the Mayor'sneck-chain, and the little songsparrows, lead-ing in musicalnotes.
It is heartening to see the gar-dens and lawns so alive withbirds grubbing up the insects,and speaks well for a more pest-free gardening year.
And immediately we heargrowns - "What about the fruit?"and we visualize robins in thecherry trees. So what? the star-lings rob the fruit trees anywayand the robins always get theirshare and half ours as well, ev-ery year without fail!
Ifsa regular little game bet-ween us to see who gets the firstripe cherry first - and you knowwho wins every time? Mr. RobinRed-breast! But we usually getthe third cherry, so again, sowhat?
However, the question arisesas to WHY we are favored by somany birds all of a sudden?
We have an un-polluted areaso far and probably birds every-where are looking for pesticide-free spaces all over the world.Food has diminished to next tonothing in so many places wherepoison sprays are dusted, sprayedand squ ,irted so we can look formany more species of wild lifecoming to our islands.
For all bird watchers, this maybe the most exciting year intheir field of research.
There is just one thing: can we'Keep our land un-polluted? Willthis land, this Island, and theother sister Gulf Islands remainin their present clean, fresh andunpolluted state? Can we pursu-ade the powers-that-be to keepsprays off the road-sides?
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11.03.9
11.03.1
For there we have much feedfor the wild birds and also wildfruit which many people enjoypicking and eating.
We have seen the potentialdanger of this ghastly businessof spraying and killing thewild roses and bushes along theroads, not only to birds andpeople who consume the berriesbut the dry dead bush presentsa very real fire hazard duringthe dry months. Besides, it isan untidy and ugly sight. Talkabout littering! That deadbush takes top marks as litter.
Thank goodness no one sprayed the roadsides along here in1970, so perhaps we have seenthe end of that little tragedyin spraying!
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GANGES(From Page Seven;
Lt. -Col. John Crofton, Vict-oria, spent last week with hisfather, Lt. -Col. Desmond Cro-fton.
Mr. and Mrs. George St. De-nis spent Christmas with theirson-in-law and daughter Mrand Mrs. T.R Rixon, Port An-geles, then vis iting their otherson-in-law and daughter Mrand Mrs. S. K. Fehr, Coquitl-am for New Years.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster David-son were visitors over the Chris-tmas holidays of Mr. and Mrs.Terry O'Connor. Victoria.Th^0 Connors were on the IslandM*spend the New Years with theWebsters at their home on Ald-ers Avenue.
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