oe Popular: - Brentwood. -couple,
Rev." ‘and Mrs. Harold Marshall, i>. ¥
~ were. guests of honor. at arecep-
tion. at= the ‘home of® “Rev. an ind:
Mrs, . John. Wood, The. Manse, =
. Verdier Avenue, on Sunday after-". @
~Noon, March-Srd. Mr, and Mrs, .
- Marshall have: made their home
-in-- Brentwood tor ~ ‘the: “past: 15°
. years and.are now moving. to an.
apartment in Victoria. * A gift’.
from the members of the Brente

The most favored source of eee

: : ds: located “in ‘the Pacific ‘states,
ithe “lub is seeking more play- and the pricé‘of a promising mount
ers, and any interested. persons is likely to be -as high as. $500.
are invited to: get in touch with: at the present time.” :

“Mr. ‘Yonge. Instruction © will” be Amenitie fanned 8!
given when necessary, and the |, di tude planned at the’ polo
executive. is- particularly inter- “eld includea members’ enclosure

“has! leased 10 acres of ‘fine,: level:
- pasture on. the farm of Maurice
“Michell: at Saanichton, “Phe ‘land
was cultivated ‘and seeded last
October, but satisfactory progress:

y
. RA

a interesting.

OA A ‘showing - of ‘Slides by > Mro"

“ wood . United “Church ‘was pre-

sented’ to ‘Mr. Marshall by Mr.

-. Wood, who- paid tribute to. the: -

services rendered by ‘Mr. Mar-
shall. to the church .throughout
the years. .Mrs,. Roy. Tidman

° _. presented a bouquet to Mrs. Mare

TRANSFER FROM SHIP- TO. SHIP BY
. : BREECHES BOY on

Air cadets from 676. Squadron,
~ Sidney, 89 Squadron, Victoria and:

aimo and Powell River went to

sea recently. by kind permission

> of. the -Maritime: Commander ~
_ Pacific. ~~.

‘The “weekend trip “included a
day sightseeing in Seattle and a
~ dance’ put: on by the Seattle Hos-:
-pitality ‘Committee and. an At
Sea’’ ‘transfer from ship to ship
by breeches boy.”

A successful bingo. was held

_ by. the. senior N.C,O.’s: club. at

the Legion hall, Mon. last. ;
- The president: wishes to thank

all.the parents and friends who.

‘turned out to’ make" the. bingo a
success,
The results of.the flying scho-

Jarship. exam have been received

“We are all very pleased with the -
-- Squadrons. from ‘Ladysmith, Nan="_. results..and all. three lads* had we
We now have -

very: high marks.
to wait until the other. squadron’ s
“results are in before we find out

--df any. of- our boys have obtained

_a flying scholarship. ~

- We are pleased to announce |
-that-we-are able to-accept three ~~
~ more: cadets from our waiting fe

list and we are able to take a
‘few more names: on the list.

Any boys between the ages of 13°
and.15 from ‘Sidney, Brentwood ~

or Saanichton who wish their

names to be included please come ™

to the Air Cadet.Hall any Thurs,
evening between 7:30 and 9:00
or. contact Lt. D. Price at 662-

1043,

‘served buffet style.

shall and paid tribute to the con-.

_.tribution she had. made to. the
- musical life-.of the community.-

Brentwood residents welcome

~. Mr. and Mrs. A.W.H, Dymond,
formerly of ‘Edmonton, now living

at 7143 West Saanich Road.
Major and Mrs. W.M, Parker
London, Ontario, are spending
alweok's holiday | with Major Par-..
ker’s~ parents, Mr. and Mrs,

W.M: - Parker, 972..Marchant
Road. “"Major™ Parker. returned

to. Canada. last: October. from *

service in. the Middle East with
the United Nations Observer
Corps. :

The Brentwood Women’s Insti=
tute will hold their spring tea in’
the W.I. Hall, West Saanich Road,
on Saturday, March 16th. The
tea will be cpened at 2 p.m. by ©

“Mrs. E.H. Ma-docks, There will

be: stalls of home baking, and
white’ elephant articles, and @

“display of paintings by Brentwood

artist, G.F. Draper. Tea will be
A silver
collection will be taken. i

ST. STEPHEN’ s LADIES ©

_ PLAN FASHION SHOW ©

Members - ‘of : St. - Stephen’s
A.C,.W..-met at.the home of:Mrs.
- Guy. Shaw, Goodacre, ‘Towers,
Victoria for their. March 6 meet-
“ing. It was reported: that plans

“had been made to have the name

of Mrs, Harriett’ Barwick, their ~
late honorary president, added

to: the: Book of Remembrance.’

_ Mrs. Wm. Osler and Mrs. Lorne

Thomson reported on “a most.
‘ informative...°)°.
meeting: of the. Saanich . Deanery”.

“and -

‘they had - attened “at All Saints
Church, View Royal.

and Mrs. E,A, Chatwell on their
trip across’ Canada, Expo’ and
Upper Canada. Village will be

“~~ held- in St. “Stephen’s: Memorial”
Hall on Friday, March 15, ‘at ~

eight p.m. Refreshments will be

served and a collection taken to”

help defray the cost of new cush-
‘fons ‘for the church pews, It

is hoped that there will be a’

good . attendance . at this - “most ,
interesting show. . ae

Plans were made for the fash-~

‘fon show. which will: be: held at «
the hall on Saturday, April 27.
“The show will open. at. 2'p.m

and tea will be served during ie
There will also be a.
. home baking’ sale...

afternoon..
. Tickets to:

i include the: show and tea will -

be $1.

After. the business meeting a.

- social hour with a delicious tea ©

served by the hostess, Mrs. Shaw,
was enjoyed,

~ Other times other ways, par-) ¢

‘tieularly- when it comes to gold
“fushes;; <8
Thad some~ friends, they're

“dead now, who took part in the.

"great stampede” ‘to the: Yukon ~
in ninety-seven and ninety-eight.

‘I think that that-experience made ©

such: |. mark ‘in, each. of - ‘their

‘course’ ‘the “motive |

was a very old one, the desire

for.. quick. wealth, but. it. was
given some dignity. by the dogged
courage * and ‘fortitude that so
many of the men displayed in
Homeric’ © journeys . across ‘a
wilderness. of “snow and ice, -

_ aren't

IT’S” END

_ By WINDSOR —

was hindered ‘by the recent tor-
rential rains, states Tony Yonge,"
“the- club president...
to be sown as soon as conditions
permit, and. it.is. hoped. that the
field. will .be in condition for.
-play: to. commence .by late June.

- Maurice Michell has been el-:
ected: honorary . president, Jonty
Parker, vice-president, and Eoin
Ruthven, secretary--- treasurer.
Membership approaches . the 50-
“mark aleady.- >="

Tony Yonge, of English birth,
‘emigrated to Canada in the fifties,

but it was in Vancouver. that: he.

learned to play. polo; He and his
wife -have since. become. enthus-
iasts.”. On returning: to England;

Tony was privileged to play num =~

‘erous games at: Cowdray* Park, a

house polo and cricket fixtures of
the highest. standard:

‘He has high hopes of establish- :

ing the ‘strenuous. sport on a ‘firm
basis. at.. the. Saanichton ... head-.
quarters, . He has found. the re-
‘sponse of Pacific Northwest clubs
to.. be. encouraging... Vancouver
and Portland clubs have promised:
to visit, and’: there are: strong
indications than. Toppenish. . and
Tacoma will come over. .- -

There - will be~ no problem in
providing stabling for visitors’
mounts, Said the. president, as

" accommodation has been offered
) by Major Ken Webber, and by

North - and South * Saanich’ Agri-
cultural Society.

‘New. seed is.

. meeting . of . St.

ested in starting teenagers; with
a view to a possible boys" team

in the. future. - .
‘Prospective players should have

adjoining, and facilities for Serv-
ing tea at the conclusion of each
game. - While waiting : for the grass
to mature, club members are plan-
ning a visit to the Vancouver club,

at least one horse, although a club and at least two of the American.

“pony is available to mount them “clubs, -

CLERGYMAN REPORTS. ON

EVANGELISM CONFERENCE.

H.C. “McDiarmid pre-_
~ ‘sented a°very interesting report —

“Rev.

“on the ninth annual conference on
Evangelism, held at Parksville in:
February, to the regular monthly

“Paul’s U.C,W.
held in St. Paul’s Hall-on Wede."

-nesday;: March 6th.

-Mrs.-J.C, Palmer reported on

a’ the literature committee and ‘the:
-Sussex venue renowned for country :

books available’to U.C.W.. mem-
_bers as displayed at the Sixth
Annual . Victoria: Presbyterial,
held -- in*’ Metropolitan . United
‘Church in Victoria on February
7th and 8th,

Mrs. A. Ostrom read’ reports
from Mrs.-H.M, Sheiman on the

evening ‘session of the Presby- -

terial and from Mrs. W. Veitch:
‘on the theme of the Presbytertal, ©

- Scouts Bottle Drive —
First Tsartlip’ cubs and scouts

~ will hold a bottle drive on Satur-

day, March 16, Proceeds: will

.be used for scouting activities
“and collection will'-be* made-in

the Sidney-North Saanich areas:

CENTRAL SAANI

cH VOLUNTEER  ;

few or of the vast majority whose FIREMEN: ‘HAD. BUSY YEAR

The ambulance. had ‘abusy year ques

‘only reward was disappointment,
» what ‘they did what they gained,
“and what they: suffered really =
only. affected. themselves and
their own families. ~

© Unfortunately. the-same. thing

can’t be said for the results of. .
the modern. gold rush that is

*"going on. in Londoa, . Paris, “New...

- York, Zurich” and” “other ‘world ©
-financial ‘capitals, nor are. the
type of. men. the same. ' These
‘tae rough, tough, but
- colourful fortune seekers who
pursued . Eldorado along a bar-

ren northern frontier.~ The for---

tune;seeker in today’s gold rush

“battling the elements and some=

‘times each other.in their stub-.

-born quest for a richclaim which
would give them a golden future.
Those were rugged | times ina

rugged land where ‘it was a real °

achievement to even stay alive.
ok remember : one.” of -the old
-menul know, “who. had gone in
“from Edmonton when ‘it was no--.
.thing more. than. a one. street

_ village, © and.{t°had taken - him :
. fifteen: months, sometimes close

to;-death from. cold. and .star-,
vation, on another occasion hav-.”
Mog to: battle. for his life- with

grizzly,

to ‘take away anything: but a lot
of memories. : For most of them
“it! was like” ‘that, - only.’a very

small fraction found. ‘wealth, but-

whether they were of the lucky

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before © he finally:
Teached the: Klondike only todis-

- ‘cover. that’ he had come too late . seekers,

is a very different type, sleek,

- well manicured, wearing an'ex-

pensive suit, living in an -ex-

pensive home in an expensive _
“suburb and driving up ‘to the city”
in an expensive car to do his ~
prospecting on the value of the
gold bars he is rushing to° buy
up. It’s a very nice gold rush -
- for this man and for his- kind.”

~If. these - speculators. can force -

some. shaky currencies into de~

valuation, or force an increase .

in the price of gold,: which will -
“be about the same thing, they.
stand to. make such profits as —
would ” be.” beyond . the: wildest
dreams of the old time ‘gold |
On the other hand, if.
such threatened currencies as

_the ~ pound --and- the ° dollar do.

“manage to resist the pressure -
and hold their value, - they can

easily sell back their : “hordes .

of gold at the fixed price. Sort
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~ Annual report: ‘of Central Saa-

“nich: Volunteer Fire Department:
-reveals a strength of 29 men.
At. the.. present.-time there are
openings: for.” two. or three “men—
who .are available in the district ..

during- the working day, states

Fire Chief Don Facey. >

“Very ‘good: attendances ‘at. the.
50. regular. ‘practices. held in 1967.
is reported. Several were held:
‘at Tod Inlet, and practical drill
included. the. ‘burning . of. 10. Old.
houses. .

Total . of. 87" fire alarms
occurred in 1967, including six

- with: 118 calls for service, and

“the: - older vehicle”. proved exe.

_ tremely useful also..as:a ‘hack
up ambulance at accidents ando
Inspection work, Total of 64 am

. siren, ineluding 1 calls fs

car. accidents.».

Joseph’s and six to D. Vv. Ag Hos
- pital.

‘OUTREACH’. SAD total of 10.
“members - “of St. Paul's’ U.C.W.”
attended various parts of the two
day meetings.

Mrs. A, Ostrom chatred: the.
~ business part of the meeting fol-".
lowing-the program, Mrs. OW,
Veitch; “the president; “being “at ~
U. C.W - Conference: at. ~Shaugh-

nessy = United : “Church: ine Van- ~~

couver.: The proposed’ budget
for 1968, as presented by the.-
finance committee, was accepted. |
The various ‘units then reported -
activities, with Bazan Bay. Unit.
~ giving details. of the preparation:
for the St, ‘Patrick's. Tea, to be
held on Saturday, | March 16th,

~ Plans” were. discussed for. a:
Spring Think-in’ to be held-on
the regular. meeting. day next”
month, April -Srd., : from::9:30
a.m.=until 2:30. p.mo- with re=
presentatives from Presbyterial
in’ attendance and ladies ‘from |

the. various United Churches on _

the north end of the Saanich Pen-
insula and the Islands.:. -

An evening meeting is planned”

- for May 1st. It is hoped. to‘have--

ae film pertaining . fo 4 s year.

In -an- isolated. casein ~:

July when the Naden ambulance
broke down on Patricia Bay High~..

way the Central Saanich vehicle

_ false.alarms,..Themajority_of. _transterred the patient a:

incidents were of minor charac-.
“ter,:such as grass and chimney:
outbreaks, but one basement fire-
. resulted in $500 damage in pe-
culiar circumstances: -A spike.
had been driven into live wires
‘inthe thermostat:: circuit, and
over a period of. six: weeks 2.
“2x. 4 plate ‘was ‘ charged and™:
finally started to-smoulder. —~

Three. automobile fires. with
“total loss of $975 were attended: -

{tn the period, and last December :

“there was an explosion ‘in an un-
attended’ camper resulting in.
about. $3,500 damage. The. de-
partment was not actually called ~
to. this incident; but: the fire.
chief was in attendance and made =:
a report to the fire marshal’ s

, Office.

On one occasion the Central
Saanich department was called in-
error. to a house fire in the Sid-
hey area,.and provided the initial
attack until Sidney and North
“Saanich Volunteer Fire Depart~
ment took over. .

him to Naden Hospital. ~°
_Of © the. remaining. _ambulane
calls,

-accident; one patient: was”
veyed. to Doctor Mclister’s

fice; two were false alarms, and -
on three: calls there is no record s

- of destination,” possibly. because.”
““the ambulance on arrival was not
~ needed, states - the: report; Saa

nich and Sidney were. each assis- -

“ted with one:call.

During ‘the year. the e fire chief.

made: 30 ‘school inspections: and
20 fire drills were heldon school:
- premises, Total. of 68 gas andoi
‘inspections were “made. and: the
Anstallations approved. *

~ Statistics. reveal that average :

: attendance » at. fire drills. was

“20 1/2 men, while ‘the’ average

turn-out. on alarms was 14°1/2°.

men,”
Recorded man-hour attendance’ :

-was 1101 on ambulance. ‘service,

556 on fire alarms, ‘and :1891-

on drills, for ‘a: total of 8548
man-hours, :

savings and wages suddenly be- PONY CLUB is LAUNCHED
1 FOR DISTRICT YOUNGSTERS |

came worth.a lot less than ney
had been on the day-before. -
suppose that this is a sort of
tax that we average unenlightened
men have to’ pay to the sharp
operators, or might they better

be likened to blow files corrupting ‘

the body economic.
I am no financial expert, in

fact if I have more than. ten’

dollars in my pocket I get into
a panic and want police pro-
tection, but it-seems wrong to me
that the activities of these specu-
_lators can adversely affect the
well being of innumerable mil-
lions.

BROWNIE PACK MEETS

The First Keating Brownie
Pack recently held an enroli-
ment ceremony at Tne Church
By.The Lake. Enrolled were
Jackie Bohnet, Catherine Boon,
and Mariene Robertson,

Sixer Stripes were presented
te Debbie Butler, Wendy Callen=-
der, Corinne Ferris and Wendy
Monych,

Seconder Stripes were presen
ted to Laurie Elifot, Brenda Fow-
ler, Laureen Patterson and Terri
Poison.

Branch of. the Pony Club is

now. being formed in Saanich ~

under the sponsorship of the
Cowichan branch Pony Club. ‘The
club wishes to extend an invitation
to all young people under the age

: of 21 who are interested in horse-
manship and riding.

Object of the Pony Club is to
encourage young people to. ride
and learn to enjoy all kinds of
Sport connected with horses and
riding. The club will provide
free instruction in riding and
horsemanship and insti] inmem~
bers the proper care of their
animals, The highest ideals of
sportsmanship will be prompted.

The Pony Club has over 1,000
branches, setting common stand+
ards in 2% countries, - With a
membership of over 73,000 it is
the largest organization ofriders
in the world. Standards of effi»

“elancy are set to encourage mem
bers to improve thelr knowledges
and ability and to stimulate inter
est. Certificates are issued as
each level is reached.

Inter. club. shows and rallies
ate plated far the future both
on Vartouver Island and the-

“mainland, as well: as weekly club.
rallies and other events such as
trail rides and gymkahnas. It
is also hoped that.a junior polo

team can be fielded in the future.

-_For. further information as to.
times and location of activities

readers may contact Mr. orMrs, -

Alf Pink at 479-1990,

Church Ladies .

Learn Of Japan ,

Two films on Japan were
shown at the March meeting of
the Shady. Creek U.C.W,,. “The
New. Age in Japan’ and ''The
reation of New Wealth Sh Jap-
an,?*

Mrs, V.A,. Beaumont, presi-
dent, conducted the devotional
period,

An invitation was received to
join other U.C.W,’s In the diste
rict ata ‘Think-in* in St, Padl’s
United Church on April 3.

It was amounced that a Choir
concert would be held in thé
church on Mareh 29.

two: subjects - were pro-"
_hounced dead on the scene of the’:

with a. low of 10 ‘men. : A.

" practng the history’ ¢ of black
and. hite. Photography from ‘be
fore’ the- war, -he ‘told.’
‘“épictorial Salons’ held all:ove
the world. Competition was kee!
and: the judges . well known.
audience was - privileged to:
many. -examples of Dr, Bird’
prize: winning pictures from these.’

__stiows, as he developed his them

*. that, photography © “and: all
medié

a
~ do

‘0 ects, ‘birds, ar
wild ate forms,: in
-tural ©

was: marine: life in th
‘pools: of Long Beach. :
“Dr. Bird has spent'some tin
and his animal photc
“graphs ‘and. his” painting: aw
quite outstanding A

<

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All important ‘savings tn please the

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