-FIFTY- SIXTH YEAR, No, 18 10 Pages |

~ SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C. Wednesday, May 1, 96s

SPORTS CENTRE PLANNED
FOR CENTENNIAL PARK

__ An. ambitious® programme for

“othe near future was. outlined. by

ithe Central Saanich Chamber of

-... Commerce. when they . met last

. Thursday evening»:

qo The chlef project would be the

. erection of: a=$100,000. sports
: centre, the possible location be-

ing - ‘Centennial Park, complete |.
with Olympic size: swimming... -
pool, facilities: for_sports and.

“entertainment for all age groups,
and’ providing a meeting place

ey for all community organizations.

“AS. Central: Saanich. has =.no

service clubs, the Royal. Can-.
adian Legion wili be approached.

with a view to establishing a

_. Branch in the district; also the

-Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.- will be

up a satellite organization in the
municipality. -.

The: showing. of films 1n tne
. Women’s Institute Hall will also

be investigated. .

"= Discussing the matter of set=
ting up shop classes, H.G. Gibson
expressed willingness to teach

_. woodworking in the evenings to”
” both... young people and adults if

suitable premises | can’ ‘be _pro-
_cured, *

HK, Laatsch, vice- president, in-:

mated that films: dealing with

“safe and defensive driving were

“available to him which could be

“sponsored: by the: chamber: for _

.. Showing. to -SToups: of young
: people. _ : :
“As several. firms tn the Brent-

: ‘wood Bay area. are subscribers ~

to; the: “Welcome “Wagon, it “was

suggested ‘that’a sign be erected’
t designating: Brentwood - _Bay.., AS)!

a Welcome. Wagon Community.
: Mayor R.- Gordon: Lee: spoke
of: the. late: Chief: Thunderbird,

“a world renowned athlete, whose...
“home was onthe Tsartlip Reserve ;

DRAINAGE.
APPROVED

--At-- an ~-estimated—

“has ‘agreed to: ditch and drain

+ san area. in'the vicinity. of John
-.. Dean Park and the East Saanich. .
Road ‘which has presented flood-
ing. problems for several years... .
“Phe. municipal engineer - prom.
posed. that a ditch be cut across.
Dean Park Road, down Lowe Road ©
<2 and then down the: south ‘side of.

the: Experimental. Farm, ‘At one

point. it .will:-be five feet’ deep. ave
~. Mhe estimate included culverts”
East.

under Dean. Park Road,
Saanich “Road and a number of

oo private. driveways and although.

“some .aldermen expressed con-
cern that the actual cost ‘might
well exceed $3,500,”

“project wds approved.

“was. approved.

: - cost-of--
. $3, 500, ‘North «Saanich ‘council.

, 26; were;

the - work:
">: was: considered essential and. the

“at Brentwood. . He said that the
Brentwood Women’s Institute had
instigated the maiter of erecting

a: ‘Thunderbird totem inhis mem-

Mayor Sits In Historic Chair On New Rostrum —

ory." An Indian carver.is avalle°*

able to-make this totem; which
the council has, agreed to. have

‘mounted and placed in the grounds
Of the municipal hall:s 0,

“The . council will provide half.

_ the -eost. of the “erection-if_ ine.
“dividuals and other organizations
will. make up the other half, said -

Mayor. Lee. It was suggested

that ..provided the .Women's  In--

stitute: is in. agreement con-

“tribut fons. to: the’ project might _
_be left at the Brentwood Branch:

of the Saanich Peninsula Credit

- Union.
“approached with a view to setting:
260 businesses operating inCen-

The business. directory. listing

tral -Saanich is - now complete _
and “will: shortly be mailed: to:
all householders in: the mun-
icipality.. ao

The ‘annual’ meeting will ‘be.
held ‘at Brenta Lodge’ on May
23, and all interested residents
are urged to attend.

GRANT AWARDED
TO REST HAVEN

~ Mayor: IB. Cumming of North.

Saanich: has reported. that at. ‘the

- Tecent. meeting of the» -Capital
‘Region Board, a recommenda-
ition of “the ‘Hospital . Advisory”

‘Committee that’ Rest Haven Hos

. pital receive the sum of $35,000,
It is to be pro-.

vided. for new. X-ray equipment

While the hospital is now apar-
ently considered. to be obsolete, »

7 the -new boilers will extend the
*~ useful - life’ ‘of the “plant for a

period. of five years. This is
expected to be the transition.

‘time to’a new establishment after
-which the boilers will be salvaged

and re-used,
The- X-ray equipment will be

transferred to. the new building -

when it is complete..
: Recommended grants to atotal

value. of $90,000 for the various
in..the’ area werge -.

hospitals.
approved _ on. the highest priority
basis. :

BRIDGE RESULTS

Winners at the. weekly game -

“of the’ Sidney Bridgé Club, held
at the ‘K. of P. Hall’ on-April-
1, Jack Woods ‘and:

Molly Collins,’ 2.: Paul“and Joan
Smith, 3. Len and Ruth Hellyer,
4, Tom-Perry and Florence. Ed-

wards, 5. Phyliis Staines. and

Mabel Ness.

NEW BLOOD BANK AT REST HAVER

New blood bank recently installed in Rest Haven Hospital is to

gral area.

be paid for from the proceeds of Ladies Auxiliary Annual Sale of
Work and Tea to be held on May 8 Seon here depositing containers

.of whole blood in the bank ate Mts. Charles Turner, convener
.. $e Mre, HR, Ewans, President. _

-and “new. boilers’ to replace the —
: present ones which are: ne longer

- satisfactory, : “B. (ome - legislature. but as it. -was . “recentl replac

“three » Peninsula | municipalities -

&,
aes . While - Saanich School Board ©
has ‘announced a reduced mill |
“rate for. the~ current. year ° ihe:

» are at. the point:of finalizing

“their ‘annual budgets for general

purposes. :

‘total $2,709, 499,
$2,233,742 °in= 19675"

‘dual muntctpality set ;

. school: mill-rate appropriate to -
sum of ‘money ‘required: by the:
School Board. Under procedures
introduced by the provincial gov-:

ernment this year the Board
_.<. declares tha: mill-rate- for. the:
School “Board. “requirements Je
vagainst-
“Phe mill- ~

whole School ‘area, but the muni-
ciplaities are still respo il

“Fate is 29,98 | compared with 30.34° =

last™ year, ‘a ‘reduction of +36, :
drastically: :

and: is’ applicable’ to Central and

North Saanich, the Town of Sid-_
-. ney, and the rural areaofSaanich
: municipality north of Mann Ave. a

‘In former years each indivi-~

cipalities. must suffer financially
As a’ consequence “each of: the:

‘Subject only to: Victoria Coun- :

cil’s ratification,” Thetis" ‘Lak

“= Park-is: to: be purchased by: the:

put) for $100,000.

and, Corporal Ken- Morrison, ‘RCMP.

Central Saanich Favored For
Commercial. Trailer. Parks _

- Two’ general areas in Central
. Saanich and: one immediately..to

the south, have been designated.

by the Capital Region Planning
Board: as suitable for trailer
“park development,

Area 1l:is the Indian. Reserve

“at Saanichton Bay, described as ~

a good ‘location for a lower den-

sity. camp site with” good tree

cover,

Area. 2s - -the well. ‘wooded

acreage adjacent to the: ‘head of
Tod Inlet, Brentwood Bay; rec-
ommended as being close ‘to:a

main tourist route and to marina-”

and. boat launching. facilities.

‘An area ‘within walking dist~
ance o? Prospect Lake, with some -
tree cover and a piped water
supply ts ‘the third location, and.

a fourth is west. of Langford in
the area of. established Gold-
stream Park.

In April of last year. the

Minister of Recreation and Con- -
«trustees included architects and
structural engineers, all ofwhom .

servation spoke with some em-

_ phasis..on the need for more

private trailer parks in this gen-
A number. of ap-
plications were subsequently
received by various municipal
couhclis: and referred by them
to the planning board for evalu-

~ ation,

The report of the Board anulys-

~ detail,

es the problems involved to some.
. and: always within the:
Scope of. the. provincial - health’
regulations for camp. sites form~
“ulat ted- in. 1967.

provincial ° “requirements »

lower. ‘density. rural- type. trailer:
park it should: enact. ‘subsiduary_

“Its: said ‘that:
are.
-. suitable for. the urban type of
‘development, but: that if amun-:
_icipality wishes. to encourage a

_ regulations to lower, ‘the permit-
ted number. of units : per acre,
& “The provincial requirements.
for. santiation, service buildings,

etc,; could not, be reduced, which:
“means that. the more. primitive
“type of. rural camp ‘site could
“not “be created,’””
‘report, .

states : the

vat present ‘Saanich an and Central
~ (Continued on Page ue

DESIGN TEAM STUDIES |
FUTURE CLASSROOMS :

experiment are encouraging, said .

Significant. and. new- departure

‘in the work of the trustees of

Saanich School Board is the.con-
‘vening ‘of a. professional design
team to study classroom -con~

-Struction particularly adapted. to

the new. conception of opencarea
instruction. oo

Consultants meeting: with the

have entered -fnto the technical
discussions witha good deal of.
enthusiasm, said Board Chair-
man. Mrs, Nora Lindsay. :

The Board currently has one”.

Open-area- pilot: classroom in

operation at. Beaver Lake ele-.

mentary school and results ofthe

~ remarked.

Mrs. Lindsay.

Representatives rom Nort i

May Ist. “and~ will, c

force” for ‘six mo! hs

“end of October,” it’ was *sta’
last week by L.F. Swannell, Chief
Forester of the B Cc. ForestSer--

; __three Penlnsels. councils S_expect..

“Saanich ‘who re

IT -— During - this: “period ‘everyone p

“must. have a fire‘rermit before

_ they ican light ‘a fire of any sort °

‘in: the outdoors.

-these may be obtained, free of
charge, - from. any Forest Service
_or Fish and Game Branch office

-and from many. sporting.

: stores. ‘Campfires set inthe pro-
no per, facilities in Provincial.

S exempt from’ t

ment. :

. Burning» permits, wh ho are
required. for. _ clearing and
burning debris, and simila

- The ‘conception of open-area, :

teaching if widely adopted in the

~ future “will demand :a new type

of component construction, she
The design leam is
considering all aspects of buiid-

“ing, both internal and external,

and including the required modi-
fications to plumbing and heating
and electrical wiring,

“The consultants have shown
a great interest, even excite-
ment, and Iam sure the study
will result in the drawing up
of a standard plans that-willsave
the taxpayers money in future
con said Mrs, Lind-

may be obtained from local
orities.

-Permits’ are? |:
required , for. all campfires | and -

MUNICIPAL DRIVEWAY. .

TO BE PAVED.

A plan to blacktop the com-

plete driveway from. the ap- °
proaches at Mills. Road ‘to the

North Saanich municipal office.
door was considered too expen- 7
sive by: council members when.

they last met. A more @conom-.
ical and less extensive plan was
however approved.:

‘Cost will be $647.00.

SYDNEY VISITED BY SIDNEY

Office of prewier * joey Small-
wood in the magnificent Confed-

eration Butlding in St. John's,

Newfoundland, is a sight to
behold. The structure dominates
the entire city and the Premier’s
office is on the eighth floor.
’ This writer joined forces with
the erudite and immaculately
garbed publisher of The Vernon
News for a short Maritime tour
following the highly successful
Liberal convention in Ottawa ré-
cently. Mr. Smallwood had sent
along a note to his secretary,
Mrs. T., asking that we be made
welcome. She catried out the
instruction to a ''T’’.

The Premier's office, reputed-
ly the most untidy in Canada,
is very large. His desk is also
commodious and covered with a
litter of papers. Nearby is
another large desk which bears
50 times as much paperwotk.

Mrs. T. admitte4 that the. vist-
tors. were not seeing {t at its
worst, because she had tidied it
up a bit during his absence.

‘Most of the remaining floor space

in the giant cffice is covered
with a muinibo =jumbo of litter

CABLEVISION
GETS APPROVAL

Approval to éxténd its service
into the Deep Cove area was
given to Saanich Cablevision Ltd.,
by North Saanich council at its
last meeting,

The ofiginal application was
submitted earlier and given ap-
proval in principal pending prov-

_isfon of cértain other details.

These have now been given to
council’s satisfaction. Monthly
cost to users will be $5.00, the
established rate for customers
outside the city area,

of all sorts: There are shovels
and a grandfather clock and all
sorts of things. “Prominent are
statues of John and Charles
Wesley, founders of Methodism.
This writer feit right at home.

Mrs, T. displayed the cabinet
room and the legislative cham-
ber, which seémed small by B.C,
standards. There are four mem-
bers of the opposition so the
séating arrangement is somewhat
lopsided.

A drive northward from St.
John’s was intensely interesting,
The little fishing villages are
unique and the people frléndly but
their accent is a little difficuit
to understand.

One evening it was agreed t6
allow the head waitress of the
C.N.R. hotel, The Newfouwsiiand-
et, to select the various courses,
The resultant meal was ufique
and beautifeliy served. First

REPORTER:

course was cod fish ‘soup, an

excellent starter. Next came a.
small casserole of cod fish with
cheese. It was superb. . Main

course proved to be fried cod:

fish tongues with sultable vage-
tables. ‘This dish appealed more

to the publisher of the Vernon ~

News than this writer. Ap-
parently they eat anything in
Vernon. Having dined adeque
ately at this point, it was agreed
to decline the dessert of cod
fish in cheese cake, The meal
was an excellent one and will
long be remembered.

Mailing @ parcel home at the
St. John’s postoffice was afi ex-
perience, One man weighed it
ahd stated that the postage would
be $1. Subsequently it was weigh-
éd by another clerk who stated
that the fee would ba 707. BR

was clearly addressed to Sidney,

British Cotambia.
(Contineed on Page a

“ Pre-deceased by.
1965, Mr. Diekson is

member of the University: Cone:
gregational Church and Queen

City Bowling Club in Seattle, : tenn

VETERANS. REMEMBER

BATTLE OF YPRES .

< Red: Chevron . Association at
Vancouver Island commemorated

the Second Battle of Ypres ata
special dinner last Tuesdayeven>
ing in the Army, Navy and Air

Force premises. in. Victoria,
Lieutenant Governor. George R,
Pearkes was in attendances and .
President Borkuiey Monteith was
in the chair. ; :
, Following dinner, RW,
. Morris, Lieutenant Commander —
R.C.N.V.R, retired, of. Sidney
entertained the group with sey
atal oid songs which {ncluded &
huinber from the Dumbell’s rep~
arwire titled When I Was Stoney
Broke in No-mane Land’?, 7
Others attending from Stdsay
were A.W, Sharp, Wing Com=
inandér tetired, ahd Liwat. Col-
onal A,G, Jacoba, retired,

“revised = “and. “pro-* ct
“cedures are changed. it-is.clear
“that: On balance the smaller muni-