: : bilities. in New Guinea, about two:

Wednesday, August 28

1968

= ney and" at. one” time. acted as’
caretaker of Sanscha Hall; :
departed for his new Tespons

years ago.

~ Capt. “Aldhelm-White tells ofa

. disagreeable ‘experience. with an
unguarded circular: saw.

_ he was’ Tipping some lumber to”
make into a stepladder, he lost®,
half of his right thumb in ‘a
flash. [
promptly : in-hospital but: ho: is
experiencing difficulty with his
correspondence . with - no, thumb

to help in holding the pen.

The. former Sidney man notes. :

that he will be 75 years of age
..next October. Nevertheless” he
: joined. .a.-party which. climbed
Mount © Wilhelm, a summit of
“15, 000 feet:
frankly, Bill, ‘that I was. quite
-proud of myself for having proved
that, despite my. age, .which'was \"
, ‘more than half greater than my

_Repairs were effected ©

tT. must admit quite

While: |.

CAPT. ALDHELM-WHITE

compantons, I was’ able to come
through .
worse-for the experience,” he
writes,

Capt. Aldhelm- - White sends his

regards: to” numerous. friends in.

Sidney.

| Former. Victorian Retires -

“Here After Radio Career”

Recent arrivals in Sidney are

“Mr. and Mrs. .S.L. Young who”

have established © their retire-

wos ment home on Weiler’ “Avenue |

after. many travels throughout
all parts of Canada,” ;
Sid Young was’ raised in Vie~
torla, ~ attended. Victoria High
School and Victoria College in
 Craigdarroch Castle before tak-

‘ing: wireless training. at’ Sprott.

Shaw. School. in. 1924, From

communications branch of the

~ coni Company.
In 1928 he joined the ¢ Depart-
ment. of. Marine and - Fisheries

‘ yadio. services which was sub-°

_ sequently absorbed : by. -D, O.T.
-communications ‘services.

“localities ‘from coast. to coast

“> there he .went. to work’ in- the».

B.c. Forestry and later for Mar~ :

bye ‘Int-
a) years.of government work,
a Mr. . Young: was employed. in many.

‘project.
‘task was, the very: extensive re-.

and well into. the. Arctic at such

; places as Churchill and on Hud-:
_,son Strait. .
~~ His last ‘and longest tour of

duty was: to Saskatoon. where he °
first supervised the building of

.. the D.O.T.. radfo.. range station

‘and then became the chief op~
erator... At the same- time’ he

also” ‘served as Telecommuni-_

cations Area: Manager. for North-
ern Saskatchewan. we

Sid Young is also an amateur
radio operator - a-ham~-. and
with three other members of the
Saskatoon Amateur Radio Club,
produced the’ story’ of amateur
radio in Canada, Their book is

_ titled “From Spark to Space’?

and was ‘published | as acentennial -
Mr. Young’s particular

” search

the. “ordeal not much

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faded ‘to’ the point where it. will

not’ ‘reproduce, ‘clearly. but. the

players are easily recognized. in
he original. - °
© They “are: POW; “Anderson
_ Reggis . Morris, ~
“Ernie Munro, ~~
Ernie Bryce, Sidney Constable,

’ Bill Munro, Frank Morris, Jack .°

_ Rodd and Sidney Roberts. .

“ Mr; Roberts, - who is the ‘only :

surviving. member of. the ‘team,

is reported to have been the first -
boy born in the village of Sidney ; .
He’ is now _:.

after. its formation.
_b. :

praaratoly to
writing. :

. Having had ample opportunity.
to assess many communities, the
. Youngs chose Sidney and, - ace:
cording to Sid, they are very
‘happy with their decision. ve!

r; and Mrs. .G..R=L; “Bun?

pose to fly to London on Aug. 30,
where: they will stay with their.

son-in-law. and daughter and fa- —

mily. They plan to tour i in England
before going ‘to Ireland: They -
expect to return. via. Shannon
Airport.

Mr. and Mrs, GH. ‘Swainston, :
-Ebor : Terrace have -as their
guests Mr, Swainston’s brother-
“in-law: and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
“Arthur. Linsdell of. Brightling-'

sea, England, | Mr, Swainston - :
has not seen his sister in. over
380 years,

Brigadier General R.C. West-
‘on and Mrs. Weston, | en-route .
from’ Ottawa to assume new du-
ties “in: San. Frarticisco, were:
“guests ~ of» Mr. and - Mrs, A.G.
«Dage of: Land's. End Road.
"Mark. ‘and John Braun, sons of:
Mr, and Mrs. Chris Braun, Cas,
nora ‘Road,  whoe: have : spent.
~ the: past ‘nine weeks" in ‘Europe
will! return home ‘on: ‘Saturday.

~ Mr; and: Mrs.: RN, “Martman:

and: son ‘Ron have returned: to

“their ‘home on James White Blvd.
following © a holiday in Alberta,

_ Saskatchewan and “the | United -<_
_ States where they visited ' Yellow- ee
_stone Park, a
"My. and: Mrs. R; Shelton, Mani«.

 toba,: “are visiting’ friends and

“relatives in Sidneyandare guests -..

“at Craigmyle Motel.

_A. surprise: Bon Voyage party
* was” held” recently : in“ honor “of
Miss Joke Kindt- who - has: re-.

and aunt, Mr, and Mrs.C, Braun,
~.Canora Rd." The guests were
entertained: at the home of.Mr..
and: Mrs... Braun. Miss: Kindt

nation’ corsage and many. gifts.
* Games. and dancing were enjoyed
“followed by a buffet, supper. ° In<
~. vited~ guests’ included Mr. and
“Mrs.-W, Braun; -Mr. and Mrs.:
* A. Seysener; Mr. and Mrs. J,
“Vande ‘Berg, - Mr. and Mrs, M,
Philipse, Mr. ‘and «Mrs. J. Van.

: .Mr,.and Mrs, P, Pollet, Leonard
_Seysener,. Charles Johnson and,
“Herman Heemels, < :

UNESCO HELPS
.. Last year the UNESCO inCan-
ada “contributed more than
$30,000. to help reconstruction
work in. Florence . and Venice
“following floods in those cities..

Pete . Tester, 7
H; A. -Dennis,

the

‘Oo.

. daughter,
“Stewart of Quebec.”

“tired to her home in Rotterdam,
~. following a ‘holiday with her uncle .

was presented . with a _pink car~

- Gylswyk, Mr. and Mrs, P, Pass- ,
chier, Mr..and: Mrs. R. Scotton, |

ore "walléce, an instructor at ‘the Fleet. ‘School

“in CFB Esquimalt explains ‘ship hull construction
using a break- saway~ ‘model.
., Officer Cadet Garry .W. Long, _ (centre)-of 1687
- Hampshire Road, Victoria, and Officer Cadet Peter -

oThe- students are:-

J, Irelare: (right) of 2312 Grove Crescent, Sidney,”

“B.C,” Both officer cadets are taking er
and power classes at'the fleet:school as part of
“their summer - ‘training as: members of, the Uni- .
versity Naval Training Division. eeeeee a

gineering.

"(Canadian Forces Photo). -

| ~ Homesick. For Eurdpe

- After Stimulating. Tour

‘Miss ‘Rosa. Matthews, well:
known Sidney merchant, has re~
ceived copies of very interesting
letters-written to-her brother,-.
Sydney Matthews, by. his. grand
15-year-old Sydney
The young”
a member of the ..

lady . was:

me MLC. A, world .campers? . tour,” .

of Europe this summer.
“Following are excerpts: ‘from.
Miss Stewart's letters: bat must’

_ say: that this summer has been’
“the best one I’ve ever had. Eur-

ope was.a real ball!) Pm dying
‘to’ go. back. “Of all'the places
that I visited .I think I like Austria
the. best. We “only stayed two.
days but I enjoyed every minute
of it’

~The group carried with them’
their: own camping facilities: “We

~“had™ the’ finest. equipment you

could’ get. . There were. 12 two.
man :tents ‘that were: completely -
’ waterproof.and very ‘secure, goed
oar mattresses and warm. sleep :
ing bags and’ all” “our. cooking.’
equipment...

-Of the. 22 kids Sea es

the’ cooking. or helped. with the:
cooking ‘in turns,’’ .

‘Now that the group has return-
ed. home to Canada Miss Stewart
reports that: “Everyone is home=-.”
sick for. Europe and we wish we
hadn't had to leave sO: “soon.??

Silver Threads

“The centre will be. closed for
“the holiday week- ~end,
The program for the rest of the

: week will be;

Wednesday, Sept. 4°2 pm,
‘Films, » including ‘‘Railrodder’? *
a Buster Keaton comedy. | *."

Thursday, Sept. 5, the Centre.
willbe closed for the’ OA, Pe

“meeting, : : :
_Friday, Sept.. 6, 2. Pam. Jacko :

and: Sing-a-long.

Tuesday, . Sept: 10,12 asin”
to 3; 30 p.m.-registration for arts

“Supervisor Mrs. E.R. Russell 7

of the homemaker service of the
Victoria City and Distr ‘ict Branch
of the Canadian Red CrossSociety |
has announced that there are now
a number of homemakers in the
Sidney, North and Central Saan-
ich area,

_ The homemaker service is de-
‘signed to give assistance. of a
limited duration in a home, dur-
ing iness or othe emergency

such service as the mother or.2..

Yelative would give under norm-
al conditions, .

It is not a maid service, nor.
a nursing service, and cleaning
woman are hot supplied. .The
duties of the emergency houwse-
keeper may include keeping the
house clean, genera] laundry,
preparing meals for the family,

marketing, caring for the child- .

_ten, simple home nursing pro~
cedure and such other duties as
may be determined by the super-

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The nate of the aid is

“The .
“by Red Cross and wear uniforms

provided by the Society.

The ‘service. is not provided
for less than five hours: daily.

Cases involving 24-hour duty are |

taken. only in extreme urgency
and for a very limited time and
not; as a rule, when one of the
parents is at home, |

When possible, families are

‘expected to pay for the service
rendered.

Although the service already
has about 60 mature and cap-
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for additional workers, partic-
ularly In the northern part of
thé peninsula,

Anyone seeking more inform=
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RMSE Dies
In Victoria Home

Arthur Rendle ‘of Broadmead —
*. Ave, Victoria’ passed. away: on

“Atigust 22° ‘at..the age ‘of 92,
: He. was. born in, Bingley; York-

- shire, England and -had been a.
“resident. of Victoria for the past. :

48 years.

. He’ is. survived. by. his. wife ee

Elizabeth ‘at home; a son’ Frank

in“ Victoria: and “four daughter's;:
Mrs. On: Brodersonat home, Mrs... 7

F. Hunt of Sidney, Mrs, S.Bick=,
- ford’ of Brentwood and. Mrs,: Te
Brain of Sidney, 9s

“Funeral services were held in -

McCall Brothers Floral Chapel

_ in -Victoria:on. Monday, August. .
-26 with Reverend Don Rendle, _
Cre-..

“a grandson, . officiating. -
--mation followed the service.

| Re O10 VATING
~ PLOWING.
LEVELLING.

- Experien ced.

“J,C, Yates, Benvenuto Avenue
Brentwood Bay, and Mr.- Law
“rence. Gordon Emrick, son of
Mrs, Doris Emrick, Barrie, On- _
‘tario, ,

ts Involved :
In Auto Accident.’

~ Monday, Sept. % 2 ‘pam, ‘con a
“S —_ Gaining access to Patricia Bay

we :

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: Annan’ E.H: Maddocks, ‘unit

Tin® ;marriage: Diana: Yvon
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’ The bride was lovely, in a full

length. ecru satin gown trimmed

- Teen Town Asks

For Improvement

Members of Sidney Teen Town «
who -have. been given periodic -
. Uss..of° the unfinished. basement
“room beneath the R.C.M.P. of- —
_‘ fices in Sidney Town Hall, now
.. Seek.to have the space finished

and. heated. This was the plea

_ presented to Sidney council Mon- Dy

“day night.

Some . discusston- took place oh :

regarding. the most suitable type

“of flooring, panelling, and, having
- regard for the fact that there
“are three, outside walls, the heat=. oe
“Provision ‘of water. was 9

“ing.”
also considered,“

-It | was -decided. that the town Ce
clerk would. undertake: a ‘study:
to: determine the costs- of. the .--
various aspects of ‘finishing. the
‘room and report - to: council: at Ww

an early date.

to yield the right of way.

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