VOTE SAS you ‘LIKE, “:
~ Sos _ BUT VOTE!

~ Board regarding the allocation:
‘of new extended-care hospital.
bed accommodation were review=
“ed “by Mayor A. M, Galbraith®at_

- stantial’ aereemen with the. re=.

-:beeause’ that -
“to conduct regional business ‘on
“Ya regional basis,” explained the
Mayor.

Discussed

Proceedings ‘of the. Regional

the: meeting: of Central Saanich:

council on Monday. | He mentioned :
the -appointment “of. the ‘special -
“siting committee ‘whieh at present. .

is investigating suitable locations:

‘for’: the ‘proposed new hospital :

“north of Elk Lake.” -
-The Mayor said he.is-in sub-_

mendation - allot 75°

“extended-care: beds tothe Saanich :
“Peninsula area, and to the dis="|:

tribution. of a total.of author ized

“570 beds within the Greater Vic<-|:

teria area ona per capita basis.

- His remark: - that -Regional-

“Board Directors must. be re= |

garded as regional ‘adminis~
_ trators rather thanas represent-

: “Was challenged ~:

“1 submit that” the Letters.

Patent. do not. spell this out,” |

- said the alderman:
“T was speaking in principle,
is the only way

_ Connnlescing |

Mayor’ A.W,. Freeman.is. now
- convaiescing at. Res: Haven Hos-
pital ,where he has been trans-
ferred at his own request.”

“Ina cheerful note to The Re-~
“view he. expresses | his < deep
“gratitude: ‘to all the people who
crhave -written to him) dnd for the
- beautiful flowers, received.

The Mayor ‘mentioned that ‘he’ °

“is still under sedation and visit-
ors. are restricted. He has been
“told that he must expect to be
out of action for some weeks to
come.

~~ Marijuana Charge

A 19 year old youth was sen-
tenced to two months in. jail for
possession of marijauna.

James Patrick Blacklock of:

Wichita Falls, Texas was picked
up in: Sidney on April 27. for
‘possession of 1.1/2. ounces of
-marijauna. - He ‘appeared before

atives. ofa: particular | muni :
~ pality -
_ Alderman W E. ‘Clayards, :

“morning,”

“Magistrate D.G. Ashby Monday

U.S.A. WEDDING FOR BRENTWOOD BRIDE

“rdens is always

| wea

Where is Butchart Gar--
ns?, According to Alder-

‘qnan Tom Michell, speaking -.
at the’ meeting of (
© Saanich couned] on Monday, ©

Central

the published location: is”
ambiguous,

__ it We doots of road work
and policing and- get no -
standing .at all,"" said the
‘alderman... “Butchart Gar-

in Victoria.
“LT think it, should be meved
back: into Central Saanich

where it: bongs!

“His” protest (an “annual

~ outburst) was made on the

application of Vancouver
Island Publicity Bureau tur
an . increased
grant: {t' was referred to
the finance committee.

Municipal :

ae: wees
Shak Ue

(See Story Page 2

May 5 and was sen-
tenced-to two months in prison.
E.T.. Pailard ef Victoria appeared
for the crown and Jack Gatehouse
of. Victoria. appeared for the de-
fense. :

_ SIDNEY SPONSORS |
_ GANGES ROTARY

‘Rotary Club.in process of for~
mation on Sait Spring Island is
the first new Canadian branch of
the international organization in
li.years.

Sponsored by Sidney Rotary
Club, two organizational meet-
ings have been held at the Golf
Club near Ganges, foundation
officers have beeb elected, and
the inaugural Charter is now in
transit from Rotary  Inter-
national,

Working together in the for-
mation of the Ganges Club have
been Robert Blundell, a former
member of Marpoie Rotary Club,
Vancouver, and Dudley Johnson,
president-elect of the Sidney
Club, who is acting as the special

representative: of Rotary Inter-

nationai,

Charter. executive of — the
Ganges Club comprises: prest-
dent, Robert Blundell; vice-
president, Reginald D. Taylor;
secretary, C.G. Matthews; trea-
surer, Benjamin Greenhaugh,
sergeant-at-arms, Edward
Hamer, Directers are A,T.H,
Agar, PLE. Valeourt, - Joseph
Nickerson and Kenneth Whyte.

Os Thursday, 26 Rotarians
from the Sudney and ather Clubs
visited Salt Spring, and an en-
courgging miveting with the 22
prospective
Ganges Rotary was held, Among
those mesent were Phistrict Gave
ernor Everitt Landon and the in-
coming Governor Craig Reid.

Charter members of

Sergeant Harry Chambers, int
‘charge ef the Sidney and North
Saanich. R.C.M-P. detachment,

1, at Government House in recog-
nition of 20 vears service with
the force.

He and his wife, Helen, attend-
ed the ceremony. at Government
House where Sergeant Chamber 3,
together with 22 other R
officers fron British Columbia,
was presented with a long ser-
vice award by Lieutenant-Govere
nor John Nicolson.

Sergeant Chambers ioined the
ROC WMP, in November of 1944
and received his training in Ke-
gina, Saskatchewan and Rockland,
Ontaria, “He was then posted
sucessively to detachments in
Lac la Biche and Edmonton, Al-
berta. He has also served it
Vancouver, Fowell River, Alert
Bar, Nelson, Crescent Valley,
New Denver, Furney, Atlin, and
Fort Nelson, British Columbia,
before cuming to Sidnes.

Sergeant Chambers has been
head of the detacument in Sidney

was honoured on Thursday, May.

R.C MPL

SERGEANT CHAMBERS
HONORED AT CEREMONY

SERGFANT HARPY CHAMBERS

tor just under four years. His
residence is in Sidney He and
his wife, Helen, have
ren: David, 13, Lynn Anne, 10,
and Patrick, 3.

Rs

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threechiid+ =

‘Mill Rate
Increas e?

A moderate increase in
the Central Saanich mill
rate is anticipated. Mayor
A.M. Galbraith on Monday

made no forecast beyond —

saying that the increase
would not be excessive.
“Deadline for adoption of
the municipal budget for
1969.8 Mav

thar community.

to third reading.

of any other year
required’: he asked.

and plan for our needs,

Mrs, Nell Horth.

“Mayor - Cumming agreed and a letter wil be sent to Sidney
asking for an appointment with the mayor or aeting mayor of.

A second event took place at. the North Saanich council
meeting Monday night which aiso appeared to reflect concern
regarding the future of the joint fire agreement.

A by-law providing estimated capital expenditures for each
of the five years from 1969 to 1973 was introduced and carried
His worship pointed out that the figures,
with the exception of those for 1969 are very tentative.

Alderman FG. Adams ebserved that the figure for pro-
tection cf persons and equipment. for 1970 Is double that
“Es this for fire equipment in case it is

The mayor replied | “We must recognize our problems

“T think it is a reasonable precaution,” said Alderman

SRT TT RT =

“the seat: alt Sidney C

Couneit teft vacant. by the death of. Aldorian L.

L.T, BLAND ©”
_ Newcomer to” municipal pali-
tics bul an active member of the’

community for the past four years
is Len Bland; Mr. Bland is presi-

dent of the Sidney Kinsmen Club

‘member of the Chamber of
He. has been working

and a
Commerce.

William. Larnick,
_has lived in Sidney-f
nine years .and hasbeen: very -

wR Fee eds ~watight.

SBE Ag as

Fir HHL NNRINRUREARINEMNRENEEUNeSALMMNURETITERMINAN irss0

THE FORGOTTEN ELEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY

By PAT MANNING

“T am so thankful to
know that there is some-
body I can talk to,” was
the poignant comment of
one woman.

The occasion was the
fitst gathering of the newly
formed seli-help group
comprised of women who
receive welfare assist-
ance and who are raising
a family in a fatherless
home. The purpose of the
group is for members to
help each other with moral
and practical support, “Se
often welfate recipisnts

feel Hke the forgotten eie-
ment of society, said the
spekesman fur the group,
“Our object is to encour-
@ze one another and te nike
known the services thaturs
available to women 9 on
welfare, 7

There were six women
who attended the first
meeting Lut feters have
now bean sent to 22 women
in the Sidney community,
The wotcen ranged in age
from 25 to 46, some why
have been an welfare only
for a few months and oth-
ers who have been recelis-

stance lar  gans
years,
One oof the

the

Worn Tn
expecting a
baby and the members are
assisting her oti make a
layette and gather tozeth-
er baby clathes. Ancther
Woman was baving a creat
deal oof difticulty making
rer Welfare payments
stretch and she was heln-+
eit fo make a realistic
budget. Still anuther wo-
Nah Was in need of eme-
tional support and she was
assured that ai! uembers
of the group would be

group is

aiatighle anv tine of the
das or atght

“FP feel sure that within
& Vear. tha Women bp whe
tap awa] fy oft neliaie,”
owas stated,
fate department willasstst
take anv training we
desire,”

Perhaps
portant feature of the gronp
is the emphasis on giving
rather than taking. “‘“4e
intend to give of ourselves
ang become involved in
community activities,”
said a member,

The group has the

oThe wel

us 7D

the midst atc-

Tull

support @f the health and
‘welfare department. Dan
Campbell, orainister af
peakh and welfare, phoned
{> wish ther: ali the best
mn otheir endeavour to start
& self-help group. Glen
Johnson, social worker for
the area. mentioned haw
difficult it was tor him to
be available te all who
needed his assistance anj
felt the zroup could do a
jot to bridge the gap be-
tween the social weifare
department and the welfare
recipient. -

At present there is one

social worker for Sidney,
North Saanich, Central
Saanich and the Gulf Is-
lands, There are 34 single
peapln on social assist-
ante, eighteouples, 32 par-
ent families, di one parent
families and 130 on child
welfare aad old ave assist-
ance, In other words, one
soctal worker is respon-
sible fer 266 persons or
tamilies. Rogkhly halfwho
receive assistance are
from Sidney, Central and
North Saanich and the other

Continued On Page 2

OW. LARNICK

behalf. of. the voters: and. would.”
“meet each situation ds it arises’:

to the .best of his. capabilities.

+ [feel that the members of | |.

council are doing a good job and
¥’would like very much to. bea.
part of the team,” he concluded.

~ Narrowly: defeated .in the last

election. and running again -is

active in community affairs. He’

is past president of the Sidney .
and North Saanich Chamber’ of-

Commerce; a Rotarian. and past

_chairman of the Peninsula Hos-
“pitals Committee,-to which he has

devoted © his “interest since ‘its

formation.

In’a- statement:to The Review, 7
: Mr. Larnick spoke of his abid-.

ing interest in the affairs of the:
community and his concernat the
continual -. increase “in -taxes.-

“Speaking of the new importance “| ” passa

given to non-elected boards and
committees,. he expressed’ con-—
cern that the power of the people

_ Continued On Page 2°

SIDNEY Day. E

PLANNED ©

Bya corréspondent: : soe
The Kinsmen Club: of. Sidney ches

have announced that the ALL SID-

- NEY DAY, which was not held last.
‘yeat is*to continue this year on pe

Holiday ~
weekend with an interesting pfo-.

the . Dominion". _Day-

gram planned.

Local service “ehubs including

the Kinsmen, Rotary and Lions
have joined forces to make this
ALL SIDNEY DAY. one of-.the
biggest. !
Saturday, June 28 with a four day
program scheduled. Saturday
will feature a horse show. Sun-
day will see the offictal opening.
of All Sidney. Day and a Htue

league baseball tournament will

be. featured. .. Monday will con-
clude the baseball tournament
and see the crowning of Miss
Mermaid. Tuesday's program
will commence with the Lion's
Pancake Breakfast, followed by
a parade, a mayor's bicycle race,
and a walkathon, :

In addition there will be a
midway. . games, and = Indian
Danres. The annual Kinsmen
seafood fiesta will cater to all
seafood lovers during the after-
noon. A further feature is tha
start of the boat race to White
Rock, the winner of which will
claim all rights to the huge
WHITE ROCK, allegedly
property of Sidney © Concluding
the day will be a giant outdoor
dingo, a teen dance unti) 8:00
p.m. and anadult dance at Sanscha
hay,

Proceeds from the program
tave been labeled by all clubs
for a major recreation facility
for the enjovment of Peninsula
residents, details of which will
be announced when further stud-
ies have been completed. Your
support is needed and everyone
is urged to keep this weekend
open &s a great program is
planne3

. Mr. Larnick me
or the past’’

: and ‘the: \
"examined the. majority.

Events will kick off on ©

the |

* The alderman had ‘bee
‘requested in! “February. to
undertake . a. survey. of. all

i wecie

Tecommend. that M
© Road be opened and gravel
led from Inverness to
Bay and that steps do
-the beach. be installed |
“necessary.”

. He went on to & :
this beach is already:
extensively by people

Victorfa area and the:
of parking and toilet faci
-lities has been a problem:
"Although temporary mea
“sures: were suggested, Mr
Cumpston urged that pres
sure be brought to bear or
the Regional Board to pro-
. vide more’. complete and.
proper services.
. Perhaps as an indication
that the move to open &
number of access roads is
not being too well received |
by all residents of the =}
municipality, the report
stated In considering |/
the +... whole question: .
of opening. beach actess
roads, I suggest that thé
“members of council bear
in mind that .some .50%
of the taxes jn North Saa
nich are paid by owners
of waterfront property,”
imal, Mr. Curpston |
said “One other idea which:
appeals to me as worthy of
consideration is. the pos
sibility that the Indiats of
the Cole Bay Reserve might
be interested in developiig
and operating # parking fot”.
and boat isunching- rainp ”
adjacent tw the MeTavish
access road,