Up, to-a ouple. of years ago
a | looked: upon-Tibet as a’ ‘strange:

- and mystical and, ‘perched high”
_ onthe - roof of: the: world ‘and.
~ possessing
asteries and’ monks.’
“reading on the Subject. since then
has given. me-a better and ‘truer.
idea cof the country, while the -
“hance I had last summer to meet

and talk with’a very charming :

“and intelligent Tibetan. girl,
Tseten Dolkar, has made me feel

better acquainted with the people

and their problems.
- ‘Tseten is one of a handful. of

Tibetans, mostly studentsor offi- .

cials;-in the United States, but

she represented for me, the near-

-ly one hundred thousand: of her

“people who, with their. God King

the Dalai Lama, - have fled .into

India and- Nepal to’ escape: the.
rule ‘of the Chinese - Communist «

“=, conquerors of their country,
: Unfortunately -they  couldn’t
have. chosen a land that was

|..poorer,. or more. plagued. with...
problems.of over population: than.

India,.. which. cannot adequately.
‘look after its own people,” let
alone these unhappy exiles. For.
. this reason their plight is de- °
-moralizing, ~ terrible poverty,
ttle work, ‘little hope, in. fact
little of anything. save the pros-
_ pect of a dreary existence in the
refugee camps.

es

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little» - Save _mon- :
‘Alot of

-- Only_one country so far, Swit

zerland, has done anything posi=
-tive* to try and: help ‘solve ‘this

_ problem. | She ‘took five hundred ~-

Tibetan: refugees some years ago,
and | the experiment proved so
successful: ‘that she has- since
“doubled ‘this number.. They-have
“been. settled in ‘anumber of alpine

‘villages where they. have been.

well received by the Swiss in-

‘habitants and have proved. good

workers, both on. local farms
and in light industry...

Interested people in both Cans
ada and the United States have
_ urged their governments to make
a similar. gesture, and while the
matter is under ‘consideration, ©
there has so far been no > posi-
tive action. --

I was. interested therefore,
when I heard that.an. American
company, Great Northern Paper,
had actually brought in six young
Tibetans to work in its logging

operations in the Maine woods.”
The motives were both humani- -

tarian. and. practical, with the
practical . being that they. have
long’ suffered from:.a chronic -
labour.-.shortage in. the rugged
backwoods where. the work is to
a- large extent manual, and hard.

To. find how it: was working
out, I. wrote to Dr. Ernest Dale,
a professor at the University of
_ Pennsylvania's: ‘Wharton School

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“The: Evening and afternoon "
branches of the Brentwood Col- .
‘lege Memorial » ‘Chapel: A.C.W.”
were gratified. with: the: results.
oftheir Dogwood Tea’ held last.

Saturday ‘afternoon and thanked
all those who. helped in any way
to- make the affair such’ a suc-
cess.

The tea was opened by Miss”

Jané Leigh of Sidney and guests
.were welcomed by Mrs. .E.H;

Maddocks and Mrs. ‘W.S, Barker, _

President .of
Branch. ~
“fully decorated with the dogwood
blossoms, and tiny vases of dog-
. woods were on the. pretty - tea
tables. Several visitors ~ from
Victoria motored out to enjoy
a cup of tea with friends.

the Afternoon

. The Evening “Branch was in: :
charge of the tea and also a

popular novelty stall; while the
Afternoon Branch did a thriving

“business at their plant, needle=

-work, ‘home cooking, white ele-
- phant-and book stalls.-

and a director of the Tolstoy
Foundation which ‘is keenly. in-

* terested in the re-settlement of

refugees. He, along with the
_ Office’ of Tibet in New York,
had played a key role in the
selecting and bringing in of these
young men, their age’s run from
the early: to late twenties, and
- had -kept a check on their pro-
gress,-

When they first arrived, about

a year ago, they were given an
eight

weeks — indoctrination
course. All spoke a little Eng-
lish and this was improved, They
were taught” the job they would
do, and familiarized with North
American customs, while the
company on its side, endeavoured
to learn what problems it might
-encounter’ with: its» new em-
“ployees. ‘

“As it’ turned out, the: men

‘fitted in- with. very. little diffi- .

culty, quickly adapting to Ameri-
can ways and cooking. Possibly
their only difference from any

..other. workman was their obser-.,
‘vance of several special religious ;

holidays .such as the. Tibetan

New Year and Buddha’s birthday.
“In the twelve months that they

“have? been’ employed they have,

odin? ‘the . -opinion: of the company, -

‘proved themselves both satis-
factory and reliable. They draw

.-normal wages, about six hundred’

a month, and have bought among

other. things,. a- television set, .

while one has learned to drive

is any problem it-is that some

are too intelligent for the job .«

that they are doing, and. it. is
planned to give™them aptitude
_tests to -see how they” would

make out in handling more come . .

plex machinery,

This is only a_ very. small |
scale experiment, but so far it”

“has proved .encouraging, and

- apparently Canadian government.
+ officials “have been. watching it

closely... Maybe some of these

“refugees could fit into our. giant.

forest operations, and if they did

‘ there’ would be'a bit of a twist.’
‘because some. anthropologists.
believe that the very first people

‘to ever. come. to this. continent .
- originally came from somewhere
in the general region of Tibet. ;

Rom Knott Park
Commemoration —

Program of special events will
mark Mother's Day at Rom Knott

‘Memorial Park, Brentwood Bay
on Sunday, May 12. .

Following a softball game be-
tween Brentwood Bantam Girls
and View Royal Bantam Girls

at -12:30-p.m. the special com- .

memoration program will com-
mence’ at 2:50 p.m. with Vic
Dawson as M.C. There will

‘be a surprise feature approp-

riate’ to Mother’s Day and the
mothers of all participating ball
players are requested to attend.

_ Following refreshments, there
. will be a softball game between

-plenic, ..

The ‘hall was’ taste-. |

Everyone. is welcome.

for play.

-Af- there -

Victoria, B.C.

° The. old Age Pensioners basket
_sponsored - - by... Sidney”

Branch #25, will be held in Cen-

~tennial Park, Wallace -Dr.° on
-June_ 1st.
sof being a gala event.
programme of entertainment has .
been arranged; Eighteen. prizes :

This has the promise

with a. totalvalue of over one
hundred dollars..can be won.
Bands,
dancing on the pad, will be the

_order of the day. Bring a basket

lunch and meet old friends..
- Winners at the South Saanich

LW. I, 500 card party jast Wednes-~,

day evening. were Mrs. JE.

Nimmo, Mrs. J. Bryce, M. John-...

son ‘and S;°Fox. Hostesses for the
evening Mrs. C.. Meiklejohn and
Mrs. H.F. Young served refresh-

ments, : The next card party.will::

be’ on Wednesday May 15 in the .
Institute hall and this will be the
final card party for the season.
Come
and bring your friends.

=,’ Mrs. G.° Hansen, East Saanich ‘
Rd., is a patient. in- Resthaven

hospital. i

Mr? and Mrs. J. A. LaFortune,
former well- -known residents of
the Cobble Hill area are now mak-

_ing their home at 6908 Pat Bay

Hwy. Mr. LaFortune’s connec~
tions. with this. area’ date back
to the early days of Saanich.
His mother was Miss. Francis
Verdier,

Their family name is incorpor-
ated into: the history of the dis-
trict by well-known Verdier Ave,
in the Brentwood area.

Brentwood and View Royal juven-
ile boys.

~ Shortly after the tragic acci~
dental death of Rom. Knott in
March 1964, ~ many interested
people of the community resolved

to perpetuate his dedicated sports’

activity with .the youth of the

area by creating a softbail park Gua

as a. memorial.

Land next: to “the ‘Community on
Hall..was. purchased and made.
ready — for softball. use and in

about. a year the field was ready

administered ° by: a ~board -
trustees,

“The park was dedicated of=
ficiaNy. on May. 8, 1966...
turned over to

property : was
Central Saanich municipality, but
the - maintenance, development,

-tn.faet the whole future.of. the

park. depends entirely on the
“support, interest. and © partici-

‘pation of the people of the area, |
“remarked Trusteé J.H, Neufeld,

Offers: of contributions to the

‘maintenance and development of
«the -park will be gratefully re~
ceived by the treasurer, S._
West Saanich ~
Road, and comments or suggest= :
-Jons made to the-secretary, Mrs.:
-M.. Peard, 800. Delamere. Road,

Bickford,» 7011-:

will be ‘carefully considered by
‘the trustees. .

PTA. Meeting

“The. "regular, ‘meeting of the’

, MeTavish Road P.T.A, was held

April 29,
The main topics: for discussion

were the purchase of a coffee”
: urn, art “Scholarship and Sports

Day, which is. to ‘be held May

17. Sansbury and McTavish Road

schools will participate, . ;
The. speaker for the. evening

“was the principal Mrs. McKinnon

and her.
Utilization.”

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Leaves Mill Bay every hour,
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A fine

a ‘the.
community sing-song,

All ‘the work was:
entirely voluntary, ‘as was the -/
- financing, . and. the. park is now «

of:

The.’

St. Stephen's Tea

~ Scotia’ ‘recently. ata bathroom.

Financial. Success

- hear that ‘their spring tea had net=
ted them approximately twot hund-
red dollars: -°
Generous donations were made
to the Columbia Coast. Mission,
‘Carolyn |: -Macklem - Home
7 ‘Building Fund, St. Stephen's Hall
~ maintenance, .. and. their. pledge
to. the Diocesan Board. 7
- An inventory. will be taken of

additional three dozen cups “and
saucers will be bought.

‘« Coffee. will: be. served by the...

. ladies in the hall following-the
Ascention Day Service to be held

“o'clock on May 23rd.

TE NOT OF |
THE ESSENCE

There are not enough hours
in’ the
Saanich council.

Early. last -Monday evening”

_Atotheir ‘meeting : held’ in St...
- Stephen’s Memorial Hall on Wed~
. nesday, May Ist, St. Stephen's
A,C.W, members were pleased to -

crockery now in service, . and an.

in: St.. Stephen’s Church at ten

tained: co-workers. of Miss Bar-,
bara Neufeld at:the Bank of Nova

“shower.”

_ Guests were’ Mrs; J, Neufeld,
‘mother ¢ of the bride, Mrs, Gill-,
“ingham, and the Misses Judy

“Taylor, .:.: Cathy. MacPherson,
Sandy Cubbins, Shawn Rasmus-
~ ses, Jan Tapping, Marilyn Linn,

Sue Martin, Anne Mills and Marg .

Brewster. ; -_

uy

Rose corsages were presented
to both Barbara and her mother.

doors. of the council chamber
were opened ~ to the public at
8 p.m. :

For the next three hours ‘there
through .. an
“agenda,

_session was agreed,

- At 11:50 p.m.- the agenda. was
“finally wrapped up. and Alderman
-Mrs: MES “Salt ‘made. for- home

“vo-hostess:
Windsor, Penny Campbell, Helen =~

was an interrupted progression |

abnormally: Jong .-

and at.11-p.m. there .

was an adjournment and the nec-  ~
essary resolution to continue the

80th, at the home of Mrs.
Watts, Marchants Road, .whose ‘©
was. Miss: ‘Janet
Harris, |. = a
A corsage: of bronze chrysane
themums was presented to Miss~

“Neufeld, while her mother, Mrs...

HY “Neufeld, and: her: grand-
mother, Mrs. J.P, MacFartane,
received corsage’ of gold chry- a
santhemums, ;
The many delightful gifts were

‘wheeled. {n in a. shopping cart.

Invited guests were Mrs, R.
Scholefield, Mrs. S. Hills, Mrs;

~-John Tidman, Mrs. Charles H

on the council: adjournment. - It’.
was: not. the end, however. Ald-
erman.C.W,: Mollard, called. a)

evening for’ Central _;meeting of the water committee, .-

jpand when The® Review reporter

retired at midnight precisely its a
council met in committee, and the deliberations were @ continuing.

‘the first. white baby “°°”
“reported born in Saanich and as.
sister to the late Frank Verdier.

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