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SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

PAGE SEVEN

Wednesday, August 23, 1967

MEMBERS OF RESPECTED SIDNEY FAMILY GROUP

SUE CHAN

Members of a respected Sidney family group are pictured here.
They have long operated Beacon Cafe and taken an active part
in community affairs. Eddie Eng and his energetic wife, Mary,
are senior members of the group. Mary’s brother, Herbie Chan,
married Sue several years ago on her arrival from her native
China. Their family increased with the arrival of much loved
Tommy last Thanksgiving Day. The youngest member of the group
appears very happy with his life in Sidney. His responsibilities
in the Beacon Cafe are not as onerous as those of his relatives
pictured here. --- PHOTOS BY G.A. GARDNER.

Sidney Ladies Enjoy
Gay New York Visit

BY BEA BOND--- IN NEW YORK

(CONTINUED FROM LAST when we returned home, So on
WEEK) Sunday morning we arose bright

Since we were on a lightning and early and decided to
tour, we decided that we could experience the wonders of an

always catch up on our sleep Automat. From there we headed

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for 29th Street to view the Church
of the Transfiguration, better
known as “The Little Chureh
Around the Corner’’, scene of
thousands of weddings and con-
taining stained glass windows and
other memorials of famous
actors and actresses who have
worshipped there. Itreminds one
a bit of our Trinity Church at
Pat Bay, with its lych gate, etc.
We also saw the Marble Collegi-
ate Church where Norman
Vincent Peale is the pastor.
From there we decided to take
a stroll along Fifth Avenue to
see if we could locate Fiffany’s
and revel in window-shopping
(which we could afford). After
enjoying our stroll for a number
of blocks and since it was
approaching lunchtime, we decid-
ed to return to the centre of New
York for more sightseeing from
that point.

Upon referring to our Guide
Book, we discovered that we were
not too distant from Rockefeller
Center and made our way there,
to take a three-hour sightseeing
trip which was indeed a revel-
ation to us.

This is a city within a city,
composed of seventeen buildings,
each of which bears the name
of the principal tenant. It is
located on ground owned by Col-
umbia University to whom an
annual rental of $2,000,000. (two
million) is paid. Workers may
travel by subway and find it
unnecessary to brave the weather
at all during the day as every-
thing is available by travelling
under cover from one building to
another. There are hairdressers
and barber shops, doctors, den-
tists, 25 restaurants, 2 theatres,
all types of shops providing
everything from zippers to live
pets and furniture. One may
obtain steamship, railroad or
airline tickets and even pass-
ports. In fact they boast that
there are only three services not
available -- jailhouse, morgue
and undertaker! There are FOUR
sub-basements, permitting park-
ing, deliveries, heating equip-
ment, maintenance supplies, etc.

NOTICE

VAN ISLE

under new management

QUARTER DECK CAFE

HARBOUR VIEW ROAD

COME IN AND MEET EL. AND BUNNIE WHITE

and sample their STEAKS,
SALADS, BURGERS and

HOME MADE PIES in a
pleasant relaxing atmosphere

Charter Boat Service Available

There are no less than 56,000
telephones in the complex.
Included here is the famous
Rockefeller Plaza which we fre-
quently see on T.V., and where
our huge 40’ CanadianChristmas
Tree was seen last year. There
is an outdoor dining area in
summer and _ ice-skating in,
winter. A promenade with chang-
ing floral displays and bubbling
fountains connects the Plaza with”
5th Avenue. This is located on
a privately owned street which
must be closed for atleast twelve

hours each year so that it does’

not become public property.
There are four roof-gardens
where shrubs, flowers and lawns
are well kept and which provide
a lovely outlook from towering
offices in this complex. An
interesting aside mentioned by
our guide was the fact that these
lawns are planted concave to give
the illusion of larger size and the
pools are painted green to give the
appearance of greater depth.

When we entered the main lobby
of Radio City Music Hall, it
was pointed out that the lights,
carpet and pillars were all in
diamond design and, placed near
the main entrance, at the foot of
the stairs leading to upper bal-
conies were three pillars, closer
together than the others in the
lobby. These were called “silent
ushers’’ because their shape and
position helps to disperse the
huge crowds. At the conclusion
of our tour we were taken to the
observation roof of the 70-stpry
R.C.A. Bldg. where we could
look out on the skyline of Man-
hattan with Empire State, United
Nations and Chrysler Bldgs.,
observe helicopters taking off
from a heliport on the Pan-
American Bldg. and haveabird’s
eye view of Central Park.

By this time it was close to
3:00 and after seeing the main
lobby of the Radio City Music
Hall, we decided we would try
to obtain tickets and return in
the evening. As we had been
approaching Rockefeller Center,
prior to our tour, we had noticed
several lines of tapes forming

NOW OPEN

MARINA,

MARY ENG

GANGES

Archdeacon R.B. Horsefield,
D.D. and Mrs. Horsefield
returned to the island last week
after a motoring trip through the
State of Washington and also spent
5 days in Vancouver before com-
ing home.

Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Mouat
with Peter and Gerald, North
Surrey have been spending their
holidays with Mr. Mouat’s par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. T.W. Mouat,
Welbury Bay.

Mrs. Paul Weeks with Cathie,
Debbie and Micheal from Comox,
spent last weekend with Mrs.
Week’s parents Mr. and Mrs.
P.D. Humphreys, Crofton Road.

~—_——

Miss Gill Scott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott, Lon-
don, England is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W.F. Therburn, Vesuvius
Bay Road for several weeks.
Gill will attend Simon Fraser
University this fall.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Beusfield,
Cobble Hill were over for a few
days visiting Mrs. Beusfield’s
parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Morris.

Visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.W.
Catto, Tripp last week was their
daughter Mrs. A, B. Newton with
Ann and John from Richmond,
also Mrs. Jack Vincent and three
children from London, Ontario.

Mrs. Dermott Crofton left last
Friday for Ottawa to spend three
weeks with her sonand daughter-
in-law Lieut. Commander Pat-
rick D, Crofton, R.C.N., and Mrs.
Crofton and family.

Recent visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. R.A. Foulis, Beach Road
were Rev. and Mrs. Ross Manth-
rope and son Dahl, Coquitlam,
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Marshall and
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Adams
all from Richmond.

lanes on this private street,but
had more or less dismissed it
from ourmind. Now, when we
went to make enquiries regard-
ting tickets, we discovered a
lineup extending the full length
of one city block and then winding
three times across the length of
another city block, between the
above-mentioned tapes! When we
made a fairly audible remark that
it appeared useless to stand in
line with a crowd like this, a
gentleman with a party infrontof
us remarked, ‘‘you girls are
really lucky as the show is just
about finished and you will be
seated in a very short time.’’
It was at this point that we
recalled the fact that this theater
seated some 6,200 and we shuffled
along steadily and were seated
in this magnificent building in
about half an hour. (As you may
see, we quickly changed our
minds about attending in the even-
ing, with a prospect of a longer
wait facing us.)

An interesting sidelight we
observed while standing in line
was the presence of hawkers with
small carts, offering sucha com-
bination as bagels and Eskimo
Pies to the waiting crowd! The
bagels were unwrapped and
strung on a stick at the side of
the cart, while the chocolate-
covered ice-creams were inside,
awaiting children’s hot, sticky
hands. We were also enthralled
at the various styles (and other-
wise) which passed back and
forth and would you believe it,
WE were girl-watching! For the
fashion-minded, let me assure
you that the mini-skirts in New
York are MAXI-mini -- as a
matter of fact we were some-
what ashamed of many members
of our sex -- Short fat ones,
tall, skinny ones, forty-ish and
even seventy-ish, with tops down
to here and skirts up to there.
In such hot, humid weather, some
of them would have been more
modest in bikinis!! Of course
there were others (probably tour-
ists) complete with hats and
gloves, while the men appeared
in everything from shorts to blue-
denimed, sandalled or even bare-
foot hippies.

(To Be Continued)

MEETS HARRY

BELAFONTE

(BY MARY BACKLUND)

It is truly a wonderful experi-
ence to see in person the man
who has kept thousands of people
in his web of magic for the past
two hours at a concert in the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Harry Belafonte weaves his
own special type of magic, the
moment he steps on the stage,
everyone keeps very still, and
listens to every word he says
or sings.

The concert this year included
a lot of favourites we like to
hear him sing, also a new one,
by Gordon Lightfoot, “My Lamp
is Burning’. To see him sing
‘“Tsland In The Sun’, ‘‘Hava
Nageela’’, ‘Maryanne’ and
“Jamaican Farewell’, is an
experience no one could ever
forget You find yourself sitt-
ing without moving a muscle,
listening so intently it is a sur-
prise when the lights dim down
to Belafonte’s face, then go out
with the last note, you automa-
tically break into thunderous
applause.

Guests on the show were one
of his 12 Belafonte singers, Mil-
ton Gracie, Miss Ester Marrow,
and the lovely Miriam Makeba.

At the end of the concert the
applause was so deafening that
Mr. -Belafonte agreed to sing
some more, which was an added
treat.

When it was finally over, I
took my little note that I had
prepared to the stage door, just
as I did two years ago, when
he appeared there. This time I
was not sure, aS it was just a
note from inconsequential me,
and not from a friend of his,
as last time.

The man at the door took the
note for me, then in only a few
moments, he asked me to come
in. There stood the big man
himself, the one who had rendered
me speechless two years ago!

He was so gracious, and his
voice is so soft and magnetic,
I again almost forgot what I
wanted to say. But I did manage
to say that I had enjoyed the
show, and asked him if he would
autograph my program, which to
my delight he did. He did not
appear to be either tired or warm
from his long appearance on the
stage, and said that he enjoyed
coming to Vancouver.

Arthur W. Jones
Funeral Is Held

Funeral services were held
Friday, August 18, at 2 p.m.,
for Arthur William Jones, who
died at Rest Haven Hospital on
August 15. He was 86.

Mr. Jones was born in Berk-
shire, England, and had been a
resident of North Saanich for the
past 58 years, living at 8705
East Saanich Road. He was a
member of the Pentecostal
Church on EastSaanich Road, and
a member of Mount Newton Lodge
No. 89, A.F. & A.M., B.C.R.

Mr. Jones had been a brick-
layer by trade, although he
farmed until 1939. The original
Jones farmhouse became the first
bar acks in 1939, and the original
barn was Patricia Bay Airport’s
first hangar. The structures
were located on what is now
Cresswell Road, then known as
Centre Road.

He is survived by his wife
Ada, at home; a son, Wesley of
McTavish Road; six grand-
children and two great-grand-
children, and several relatives
in England.

Rev. R.F. Fleming took the
funeral services at Sands Funeral
Chapel of Roses inSidney. Inter-
ment was at Royal Oak Burial
Park.

To reduce swelling immedi-
ately after dental surgery, apply
cold compress or ice pack to
your face over the area of oper-
ation. Keep cold pack in place
for 20 minutes and off for 20
minutes. Repeat if necessary.

Anniversary Is
Marked At
Ganges

In honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank L. Trethewey, Victoria,
who were celebrating their golden
wedding anniversary, 2 family
dinner was given at Harbour
House recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Trethewey were ©

married July 17, 1917 in the
Church of St. Martin-in-the-
Field, London, by Canon Dick
Shepherd.

Mr. Trethewey’s sister Mrs.
Frank Secord, who was abrides-
maid at the wedding, was here
from Toronto for the special
occasion, also Mrs. Trethewey’s
two brothers and three sisters
were present.

The dinner table at Harbour
House was carried outinagolden
motiff with gold and bronze chry-
santhemums arranged in low
bowls flanked by golden tapers.
Prior to the family dinner Mrs.
R.T. Meyer entertained at her
Vesuvius Bay home.

Members of the family and
cousins present were: Mr. and
Mrs. George Mickleborough and

Miss Cora Trethewey, Van-
couver; from Victoria were Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Mickleborough,
Mrs. K.G. Mickleborough, Mrs.
H.L. Webster and Miss Beatrice
Brown; from Salt Spring Island
were Mrs. R.T. Meyer, Misses
Dorothy and Sally Mickleborough
and Mr. and Mrs. P.G. James.

Majority Of Taxes
Collected In Area

Most of the taxes have been
collected in both North Saanich
and in Sidney.

Each area, reports that most
property levies were in before
the 5 p.m., August 17 deadline.

North Saanich said that as of
Friday morning, 90.8 per cent of
all taxes had been collected, that
they bad come in ‘‘extremely
well,’? and that there would be
no tax sale in the district this
year.

Tax sales take place whenever
the taxes are in arrears three
years and more, and under con-
ditions laid down by the Municipal
Act.

Sidney reported that as of Fri-
day afternoon, 87 per cent of its
revenue had been collected, ‘‘and
there’s just afew hundred dollars
outstanding at the present time.”

Tne town also reported there
was no instance of taxdeliquency
which would qualify for the possi-
bility of a tax sale.

‘cWe exoect the remainder of
the taxes in within a very short
time,’’ added a town spoxesman.

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SEPTIC TANK

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School District No. 63 (Saanich)

List Of Electors
Rural Area Only

The 1367-:8 List of Electors for School District No.
63 (Saanich)is now being prepared for the Rural portion
of School District No. 63. (Saanich).

qualified persons, other than property owners, residing
in the Rural portion and wishing to have their names

as either Resident-Electors or Tenant-Electors for
1967-68 must file the necessary declaration or con-
firmation with the Secretary-Treasurer, School Board
Office, Third Street, Sidney, B.C., ON OR BEFORE
59 P.M., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3lst, 1967.

For the convenience of the public, declaration forms
may be obtained and completed free of charge at
the School Board Office, Sidney, B.C.

Property owners are automatically placed on the List

All enquiries regarding the list should be made to the
office of the Secretary-Treasurer, 656-lI111.

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(Saanich) List of Electors

land under the Veteran’

or before August 3lst, 1967.

Spouses of veterans holding an agreement to purchase

hames entered on the list of owner-electors.
your local V.L.A. office immediately. The declaration
must reach the School Board Office, Sidney, B.C., on

Land Act may have their
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