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"Serving the Municipality of Central Saanich, the Gulf Islands, North ‘Saanich and the ‘Town of Sidney

FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR, -

No. 46. 12 PAGES

SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C. Wednesday, November 13,1968

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ailship Or

- to London, , England.

- More Observer Than Master .. . )
on Squat Hunched Gargoyle Of A Figure

BY JOHN MANNING

Although thé travel agent: is
a corpulent gentleman his girth

‘has not impeded the seating ar-

rangements, On = this trans-
Atlantic flight all bodes well
for our comfort: the stewardess
with the Yugoslav accent is in
the midship galley counting out
champagne bottles, I stare at
the bulkhead, waiting for take-
off and think about the last time
and how it was with the Atlantic,

The woman on. my {eft has
spoken little. Now that the en-
gines of this 196 passenger car-
rying jet have flashed into sound
she is gripping her purse with
white fingers and is watching the
Toronto night as though some-
thing extraordinary were about
to happen. Without averting her
page she says: “tvs my first
time in a plane. 1 don’t think
Tl like the takeoif.’*

The travel agent gives her
an incredulous look. “Lady, Pve
done the Atlantic Mip 21 times,
Pd rather sit in this plane than
in ray own livingroor, it’s safer.
This sort of fiying’s a dream
world.”

For the first time she smiles.
I sympathize with het. When it
comes to crossing the Allantic

/ {know ali sbout fear.

Fon mt swathed in ofl skins
while our spirit battles far

survival i ifs own ocean of
fear. Your ship plunges on an-
heeding of the amateur at her
helm aud yuu are pegged into
her cockpit more observer than

master, a aquat, hunched gar-

goyle of a figure whose thoughts

alternate between the meaning

of curse and prayer. Your mind .
has become the mind of a fig,

wrinkled, shrunken.

Your vessel gues blind as the
battery catapults free. of its
casing. A minor emergency.
With a darkened binnacle she
atumbles to windward groping
Sightless inte the toughest mus-
ele of the gale. Her jib threat-
ens to self destruct. lis gattling
rattle ia terrifying. |

The most wonderful part of the
flight is over, That heli bent for
leather go for elory charge down
the runway is over and Air Canada,
DC8-61 is seeking altitude, soar-
ing almost, Toronto and earth are
gone. The travel agent extracts
some change from his pocket.

“Watch this,’ he says to our
worah companion. She leans
forward, het glass of charnpagne
half-empty.

*You gotta do it with a nick-
el,”? he mutters, "Dimes won't
work. This is stabie flight, jet
flight. The nickel will stand on
ond,”

He tries once, twice before the

coin balances itself. He smiles
triumphantly. We-sip our cham-
pagne and watch the coin,

Seconds: pass. You must’ give
up the helm. to your Mate and
descend belme deck into the

crawl space bétoeen engine and™

hull where the battery has wrin-

- ated acid uper a fifty pound

sack af potatoes. Down there
the cool mine illumination de-
feate yous for on tits night you
lack the spirit. required to
juggle the battery back into its
fractured cradle, a lift of only
tea feet, Petatocs grind under
your kuees while the cloying
incense of a inute diesel begs
yew te vomit. Deckhead, engine
casing and the acid pulp of the
potats sack charge you accord-
ing to the dictate of the storm
and you are as a clown it a

' stampede chute.

You manage only te right the
battery. The ship is left iv
darkneas.

You haul yourself? back on
deck. and take orer the heim and
swivel your head about iike a
radar scanner, secking the red
and green eyes of ships, All is
blackness and crashing seas.

The travel agent is wearing a
waistcoat, This gafinent gives
him a jadgelike appearance, for
the two bottom buttons afte tun-
done and te gold watch chain

ship?

~FINTEREST GROWS

In both Sidney and North Saa-
_nich, interest in the. December

4 municipal elections i is quicken=

ing. an

‘- Alderman’ J, H, W itson, ‘who

~ has . served’ on. North Saanich :

council Since the formation of

"the. municipality, informed. The

= -election;”
_ ow. served: on: the’ council. for.
three. years and feel ‘that: this -

- dor.
“race,

. Review - this’ Week : that he will;

not “seek re-election. when his

present: term-expires: at the end
of this year, . Two other-incum- .
bents whose terms -end-at the

same. time, » Alderman Geo.

 Aylard and AldermanF.C, Adams.
will both run again,

"The Review learns that three

other. North Saanich men are:
~ likely- toe contest’ the. election,::

They are George Cumpston, ‘re-

~ tired ‘chartered accountant; John |

Forge, .school teacher; and Vin-
‘cent Patter son,: building contrac-
Others may also enter the:

In Sidney, terms of two alder-

“men “expire at. the end of-1368..
- Ald. Mrs. Norma Sealey has an-~

nounced that. she will not be a

- candidate, Alderman W.W, Gard-.

ner © informed °

“The’ Review “on |

Tuesday morning that, he is plan- -

ning to run. again. is is my.
“present | intention: ‘to “seek” re-

“he said... “OT: have .

"> past “experience. will be valuable

in: the ‘future. ““I’ sincerely; hope
hat: other strong candidates - will:

-... come forward...

a chant, reported:

eking election. to

29s also <a contender
- ‘Planning to, run, 5.
Interest: ‘in’ the” ‘Central Saa=
“ ‘nich’ ‘municipal’ eléctions: is? at:
‘a higher. level than for many .
‘years -past. Prior-to publication
- of the ‘Notice of Poll this week
there. Ware: ‘eight probable: con=-.

he said,

tenders ‘for seats: ‘on: council.

7 Others have. taken: “out. nomin-.

“ation papers and are: considering

-running for office.’ i :
With the retirement of Mayor :

fruit, -

I hei VOTE] |

Draft l
Opens

“Stephen: M: Durst is ‘a 95 year °

old “American bachelor: ‘who
firmly believes ‘that history will:
judge the role ‘of’ the U.S.A,

‘in’ Viet-Nam*to be*comparable

with some of. Adolph Hitler's
atrocities. - a :

Long an. “outspoken, opponent |
of American foreign policy, Ste-

-phen. finally decided to leave his:

worked with a ‘Quaker ‘organiza
tion. known’ ‘as © the: Society - of:
Friends. . “Essentially. its philo-
sophy- is | pacificism.. «
‘also: worked with © the..\

‘ native country. when his idol Se- ©
“nator Eugene McCarthy. failed toe 2%

win the presidential ‘nomination

‘at. the: -Tecent Democratic con- :

vention. in Chicagos* He: states

that he has come ‘to Canada to,
stay, has’ bought ; a25-acre farny in.
Central Saanich and plans to grow

“After spending * “the:<first 18°

-years ‘of. his life in New: Yor

City, “Stephen : moved’ ‘to: Call
fornia, attended Stanford Univer-_
sity and, in. 96 ,

"However, in

- he eatin: the
“William: Larnick, Sidney 't mor- "Ur
“Tam: seriously |

R. Gordon Lee the-electors will 2

choose a successor on December:

"7, - At the time of going to press

the only announced candidate for

"the ‘senior office is’ Alderman

“5” AM. Galbraith who is complet-
-' ing his’ two-year. term and, has-

” announced his candidature for the"

oa mayoralty. «

Below is the first ofa series of articles on his j journey.
Having once crossed ‘the Atlantic by sailboat to England and Ireland. :

-Aldermen.. T, G. Michell. and

J Mrs. ‘MCE, Salt are. “completing
i their, terms of .office and will.

Review Publisher ‘John Manning “recently enjoyed a courtesy Mr. Manning was invited by the: Airline to compare the two modes
“flight aboard Air Canada’s new ‘Stretch-Jet’ service from Toronto © of travel.

seek’ ‘re-election. With. the. re-
tirement of Alderman C W, Mol-
lard in. mid-term. there are four -

" aldermanic seats -to’ be filled,
“three | for two years and one of

one year to complete Alderman

/ - Mollard’s term.

across the acre of his stomach.

swings as he breathes. He ex-
tracts a silver pill box, removes

a capsule - from. it and drops it«:
~ into his mouths. .

“S) sleep,y’ he says. He
beckons majestically to the
slav-accented stewardess. SA
pillow.’

As she hands ‘it to him I
scent her perfume.

of

You then. hear a ‘different
sound, your voice. “Bloody lights
wave packed wap.”

“It will .de day ina few
hours,” answers the woman.
“TU make soup now and then
we can take turns holding the
Plashtight on the compass. Were
yon sick?”

“Close enough. Soup would dé
fine.”

You are not about to descend
again into thet jude wrenching
gailey: no, not for argone, not

' even your wife, She is more ac-

eustomed to its cell quarters.
You squat there and rattonatize
the need for your presence on
deck, Whenever her touseled
head appears through the half
open hatch she must wipe her
cyes free of spray. 11 is 0200
hoars. You emell the soup. This
sensation etanses yor to feel
ynore human than you have
since sumdoten.
(Continued on Page 2)

‘Already in the field are Ray.

served as councillor for 13 years

in that capacity: W,E. Clayards, .
-who failed to secure election last ©

December by a slim margin of
votes at his first attempt; Don

‘Jackson, a Brentwood Bay busi<
_nessman;
“Brentwood, and A.W. Sharp, fore

Fred. Reed, also of

mer municipal clerk at Sidney

~and now of Brentwood, who states
‘he will most: probably file nom-

ination papers for the one-year
seat t% be vacated by Alderman
Mollard.

New Low Air Fares
For Pensioners —

Senior Citizens Join Swingers
In Standby Jet Set -+ Air Canada
has extended its 50 per cent dis-
count Of fofmal economy fares,
formerly availiable only to Swing
Ait Club (12 to 22 years), to
senior citizens travelling in Can«
ada, according (to Cariadian
Travel Courter,

The hew prograri {5 valid for
people 65 and over any day of
the yeat on a space-available
basis if they hold a $3 identity
ecard obtained from Air Canada
on submission of pfool of age.

Like the Swing Air Club, the
half-fare travel applies only to
Standby passengers. The old-
stérs must take equal chances
ia the line-up with the young
stefs

ment: «
A. refer: “the.

-yegetables “and flowers, 7

‘and the. Hospital Priorities’ Committee,
at the. special meeting decided to leave: the 1

ciate

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| DRIVERS ARE | |
ON GUARD

“Lamont, 3 candidate who .was a |
member of the first CentralSaae.-
Nich . council. in. 1951,. and. has -

‘in-the Adult Education program
of Saanich’ Schoo! District has
been” greeted with enthusiasm,
Classes at North Saanich Junior
Secondary School with Howard
Laatsch as instructor are held

on Tuesday and Thursday even--
ings and the students are of

both sexes.
Adult Education Director
‘Frank Baxter’ said that it is

particularly gratifying that young

student drivers have enrolled
along with maturé and exper-

lenced drivers, and already it |
is planned to repeat. the course -
- next March.

LOVE 'SLABOR LOST

Break-~in at the newBrentwood
Bay premises of Saanich penin~
sula Credit Union on October 29
did not result in material loss,

Central Saanich police report
that entry was gained by breaking
& rear window. Three business
machines, typewriter, caleulatos
and adding machine valued
together at approximately $1,560
were removed but were after«
wards recovered from the grass
area at the rear of the building.
They were dried out and are now
in use again,

Police state that the thieves
probably were distrrbed and then
abandoned the machines. Ene
quirtes are being persued.

© CANOE COVE

The: defensive driving course :

° When" the ‘stout “ steel-hulled
tug "Wee “Toot? took the waters”
at. Canog ‘Cove Marina last

The craft was fabricated on

~ Sam Jordan's. farm at 6252 Old-
field Road, He and his partner in.

_the construction are former ship~ ©

“yard workers and the third mem-

‘Thursday a four-month pro= a
- Jeet was’ successfully concluded.

ber of the team was Sam’s son, o .

Wayne, 20, a welder.

with scarcely ahaltor hindrance,

The most demanding phase of the -

fob was the bending of the steel

plates .for the hall, sald Wayne. iy ‘Nov, 1 7

Jordan, ; ea
*Wee Toot? isa 30«fo0t ves«
sel of 16 1/2-foot beam, with

displacement of approximately ©

11 tons and is valued at $35,000,
She is to be used as a tug and
for the towing of salvaged logs.
Her  165-horsepower. engine is

rated to givé a top speed of —

about eight knots,

TURNED DOWN

Enquiries relative tw estab-
lishing & trailer camp on an Old
West Road property have been

considered. by the sutdlivision —

and zoning commitioe of Central
Saanich councl, aod it waa raled

that suth « project coald fot be

“entertained owing to the nstare of
the approach andi a nck ofneces>

sary services:

. Their'resoive to. undertake the co
_ project was. almost a snap de«
Cision, but the work went forward...

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