We ednesday, May 7

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_SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF. "ISLANDS REVIEW

= LETTERS TO :
<THE EDITOR

- (continued from page 4),

, larger metropolitan areas ‘tor
» reasons rather obvious, People

arry. garbage more damaging

: You'll find these people in any
small.community but they’re ‘in
the cities’ and. suburban’ areas

” ing that you can Separate yourself
from their company. Inthe small
community,. you’re. . stuck’ with

eventually. die from
and mouth’’ disease,
Their tongues have. all the

“hoof:

_.. who. gossip maliciously are the
parasites of human foibles and _
_ come when innocence and per-
an any. germ-infestéd insect
could possibly conceive of doing, -
and feed off the” frailities of :

as well,*the only difference be--

them’ until ‘they..move away-or.

“SENIOR CITIZEN
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poisonous. aspects of a reptile,
-but inlike. the reptile, are clothed
to ‘resemble a well-meaning citi-
zen, .This can be misleading and

_to a “newcomer who" has the
“naivety to judge people ter'them-

selves and not their failings, it
can mean sudden death! Pity these
gossipers should the day ever

fection’ of ‘mankind ‘is achieved.
no .longer able to: suck

cihers, they would shrivel away

into the very dirt they'd been “-

seeking!

Tt is ‘also interesting’ to note
that a gossiper has all the traits
of a. prevaricator. When a little
tidbit ‘isn’t shocking enough, it
is exaggerated beyond the point
-of recognition, . The listeners
fall into three categories: those

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or 30th Apri}.
your attention,

Sidney, B.C,

that aren’t interested in 1 check= -
ing the facts but are content with
what they hear; those that are
sorry they. didn’t say it. first
because | it?s a dandy!. . . and

and ignore it.
To the Jews who: were: being

“hidden bysy mpathizers when Hit-

ler. ran..rampant, the gossipers
were an enemy: that could cause .
death to a loved one...

Men have fought and died for
freedom. of speech, but there
are always those who will abuse
the. privilege for their own sa-
distic pleasure, ;

.. Better they should stand upand
be counted, and be publicly forth-
right. even at. the expense of
being verbally ‘shot down’’, than
let their gossip and rumors run
in an undercurrent of sneakiness.

. Avriel Kelly
2283 Arnelia Ave.,
Sidney.

APPROPRIATE REFERENCE
Dear Sir; ;
‘With reference to your edii- -
orial-on page -1 of your issue”:
may I bring to
and to: that of .
vour, readers, an article appear-

zine is attached for your con-
venience:

S.R. GIBBS,

10728 Madrona Drive,
“RLR. Ly Sidney, B.C;

“ANIMAL WEL PARE

‘Dear. Sir,
Because the people of Sidney

“area have been se good over the

past few years in. supporting
‘our. appeals to help the Good
Shepherd Shelter .at.Mill Bay,
we ‘feel it only fair that they
should know that we and other

- members on the Board of Dir-

ectors are having a very diffi-
cult time. right now with Mother
Cecilia Mary, 0.S.B., the Presi- -
dent, due to her reluctance ie
abide by ‘the By-laws. of the
Society.

& meeting. has been -called ~
by the Membership for May 11th,

Started,
, problem further.

“to “‘beceme so bad that we are

still 1 more new. homes are being”
only to. -compound, the

Should not a. complete. ban: ‘on

building “be put into, effect until:

perculation tests arecarriedout,

and building permits. be thenonly

issued after thorough investiga-
tion of the drainage: properties
oi the land involved? © Or is the.
general idea.to allaw condi tlons -

then forced ta vote ‘Yes’. on the
sewer: referendum, for. the sake
ef cur health?

‘With the approval of a sewage
system, land. values in Central
Saanich will undoubtably rise,
with the subsequent introduction
of NHA building and good profits
tor those concerned with the sale
of real estate. For thé present
residents, however, solving the
drainage problem with sewer in+
stallation will lead certainly to

: GALIANO. 5 HOBRIES eee,

By ED KETCHAM~

“AND speaking of hobbies, Gali-

ano hobbies, that is. ~ It is said:
“NO man is really: happy or sate

without a hobby and it makes pre-

cious little difference what (this).
may, be... anything will do: so

long as he straddles a hobby and’
/ rides: it hard.” .

We wonder if
that isn’t the reason .so. many
people retire to an.island like,
say, Galiano where we find time
to do the things we have dream-
ed about for so long.- to indulge
in our long-postponed hobbies.
Let us coin a corollary for Sir
William's quote abave, “Strad-
dle your hobby: and: ride it hard
and you will be:a happy man.”
And that's dust what so many
Galfanians are doing, Our casual

“from

century practice in. New West-
minster and White Rock.

Prior ‘to that’ he: spent many
years practicing in. the Peace
River. country. :
purchased ‘Havencrest’,

the. Bernie:sRussell's.and tock up
his residence there. Not ready
to settle down yet in his new
home he took a few months for
a cruise in Pacific waters which
took him to Australia and New
Zealand, -Tahiti, Fiji and -Hono-
lulu. -After his return home he

met and married a local girl,

Miss Margaret Good, who now
shares his interests with him.

Seeking a creative hobby he
first went to Vancouver and took

: his profession: of Dental”
Surgery atter nearly a quarter:

~ chase juniper because of its ‘fan-
tastic shapes and its tough char-
acteristics « ;
“growth. . |

‘On Galiano he.
a beau- ©
titul. home on Whaler Bay from |

we aren't sure whether the House

later studied further in Victoria

erestirs to. . display shis_ fin
“hnder ha Wielson. For his on work, Hundreds of - summer
Mie e ati ods and rll ~ people flock to his display room
arious native woods and finally during the.” ‘season: and “leave;

‘due ta. its. slow
“With, Margaret as his First >
Mate in their. little power cruis-
er. they comb the rocky ledges |
of ‘neighboring Gulf Islands to
find. the specimens needed.’ It
is not uncommon to see Les and »
Margaret homeward bound with _.
their. boat laden‘ with juniper:
bow, stern and midships.

This goes to. his workshop,
"The ‘House of Juniper’ beside —
their home. To tell the truth:

enchanted with the: wonderful e
: fects: ‘he creates out of our.nati
juniper. eo

We, Buy and Sell -
‘Old China, Silver’
Furniture. -

and Bricabrac,
9812 4th. Street, Sidney.

higher taxes and probable ruin
te the rural aspect of the area,
“with roof-to-roof. houses,
more crowded schools than we
have now. and polluted beaches,
io replace the polluted soil. -
Some. may
expressing, views contrary fo that

ing in .the: current, May, issue wonderful thing known as “Pro-

“uf 4*Good Housekeeping’. ~The gress’, “Perhaps it is. If the

“article. starts on page 12 andis:..above mentioned conditions re-

entitled ‘The Trial of Elaine present ‘progress’, who wants _
Murphy’. “A copy of the maga- it?

A Concerned Resident.

(Ed.

note: name and address

furnished).

visitors from the mainland just
can't understand it. though = in-:
variably. they ask, ‘But what do

a course in Wood Carving and

of Juniper is his workshop or - Phone 656-3515

* the addition he built on ‘Havert- ,

even vou do on an island?'’ which re-

mark is the pet joke of island-
ers. ° The typical. reply. ~ is,
“Nothing, but it takes all of our
time doing it.’

Seems Uke must every: one
here on Galiane Island-has some
sort of “a hobby or is deeply.
engrossed in some special pro-
ject. We think one of Galiano’s:
most interesting hobbies is wood ©

“-earving ag -it-is being practiced.

_ dy Leslie Robinson in‘ The House .
of Juniper’ at his home ‘Haven-
crest,” «Les’ came to the Island. .

cine - years ago when he rétired-

“see this Setter as.

late Trustee L, T. Wadhams.
Annual General Meeting in February 1970, .

14th May 1969,

The purpose of the: pecting | will be solely tO. elect one. ne Trustee’
to complete ‘the ‘ullexpired portion of the term of office’ of the”
That term of. office expires at the:

‘for THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
8. R. Gibbs, Secretary:

“in ‘the :

SIDNEY WATERWORKS DISTRICT Be

A Special General Mee eting of Sidney Waterworks District: will
be. -held at 8:00) p.m. on. ‘Wednesday,
Mar garet Vaughan= Birch Hall, Fourth Street, Sidney.

entei

1969, at 2:30 p.m., at Holyrood | -

House, 2315 McBride, Victoria.
The meéting will be open to the

Public, and all those interested |

in animal welfare § are urged to
trend.

MR” ‘AND MRS, R. F, CORNISH

Box 833

POLLUTION ELSEW HERE

Dear Sir:

With reference to the. recent
ban on building in the Brentwood ~
area. Have conditions elsewhere
in the Municipality been investi-
gated?. 2 ne
. In the.
Robin Way,
Meadowlark Way we also have
ditches running with sewage, but

veep,

Twy Gtreaen 4.
ay PRONE SESS PSL cerns

LAND ACT

Notice of Intention to
“Apply to Lease Land

tn Land Kerording District ot
Victoria and situate on-Tsehum
Harbour and ubutting on to the
south boundary of Amended Lot
1, Plan 7330. Section 20, Range
3 Fast, North Saanich District,

Take notice that Mr.
Robinson of Bex 1055, Sidney,
B.C... occupation Shipwright, ine
tends to apply for a lease of the
tollow ing deseribed lands: —

Commencing at a post planted
at the auuth east corner of Ame
ended Lot 1, Plan 7335, Sechon
20; Range 3 East, North Saanich
District thence southeri: along
the production of the east bound-
ary of the said Amended Lat 1
to its intersection with the west-
erly boundary of Bleck A, Lot
334. Cowichan Districf an ape
proximaie distance of 350 feet;
thence southerit along the west-
erly boundary of the said Block
A to the south west corner of
the said Bleck A; thence orth
wasterly in a straight lim an
amproximate -lustance of 520 feet
to the south east corner of Lot
471 Cowichan District; thence
northerly along the eas: boundary
said Lot 47) and the pro-

H withe said east boundary

eft the said Let 471 to the south NAME nn
west corner of the said Amended 2.

Lot ot a the south ADDRESS...

boundary of the Amended

Let i to the point of commences

ment and containing 2.50 acres
more or less, for the purpose cf
Marina Development.

Signed:
Edward Arnold Rothery,
hoa Tands

for Sred net meson,

urtveyor

eye ty Snes an
paced be MPs il, zt

Tanner Read, .
Springiea Road’ and.

Fred —

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