iat

EE ORR Sop teenth pli LRN EY

“The ‘largest: pleasure cr aft: ever. built . ‘on Vv ancouver [sland Was. lawine hed ‘Stinday=
at’ Philbrook’ Ss Shipyard near ‘Sidney, The $200, 000. vessel was built for Mr. and Mrs.
- Knute Ovale of Portland. Oregon, and: was designed | by Ww iam’ Garden.

n° (She is powered by evi = 12 cM. Diesels, Const

Erie ‘Philbrook, manager of the yard ‘told “The Review: “Wee re bringing her back” of this year.

rho dn her commenced. in January
: a “PHOTO. BY DANE.

FIVE YEAR CRISIS"

| REVIEWS HOSPITAL SITUATIC dN |

: “We have wandered away

from the $40,000 Agnew,
-Peckham report in a num-
ber of phases,’’ said North
Saanich. Mayor J.B. Cum-

ming in an interview with. :

a Review reporter, — -
“Doctor “Agnew, when

consulted about

indicated that-he prefers

his first recommendations, a
but. he has agreed to the:

changes: that have’
-made,”"
Mayor.
pened three times now, and
he is currently making a

been

further ~ study “relating = to!

St. Joseph’s Hospital at a
cost of a further $8,000."

“The years have passed;
we have had studies and
reports. on. the situation,

‘but building has not evan .
continued Mayor ~~~

--Started;"*
Cumming. ‘The people
“feel it is inevitable that
they should contribute their
share of hospital costs;
‘indeed they are willing to
do. so, but I feel that it
will be “many long months

before we will see. any.

bricks and mortar.”

Having followed closaty :

the hospital crisis. for the
past five years, © Mayor
Cumming has recorded the
progress of events from

the point of sgew of a re-.

placement. for the aging
- Rest Haven Hospital. The
following. is the text of
his statement:

About five years ago it :

was realized that Rest
Haven Hospital was ap-
proaching thé end of its
useful life and a replace-
ment would have to be con-
sidered,

The solution appeared to
be simpie: the Hospital ad-
ministration would acquire
land, and with public help
& new hospital would be
built under the terms of
the prevalling Hospitals
Act,

At that time the para-
mount need to provide more
hospital accommodaticn in
the Greater Victoria area
was being demonstrated to
maunicipal authorities by
the medical profession and
hospital administrators
and a referendum to pro-
vide the necessary funds
resulted.

Municipal leaders sen-
erally were opposed, bas-
ing their objection on the
premise that public ser+
vieess are the responsibil-
ity of the provincial gov-
ernment, It was areued
that in 1953 the provincial
sales tax had been advanc-
ed from two to five per
cent ta previde for hos-
pital construction,

This view was appre-
ciated by the electorate ard
the referendum was turned
down,

PERIOD OF
STAGNATION
There foliowed a seriod
of stagnation. Doctors con-

tinued to tellofthe shortage

changes.

remarked the | 7
“This has hap--

ist beds, n meetingswere held,”

and many conflicting state-
ments were heard. There
was ..progress,. however,
when in the Spring of 1967
it~ was. ‘resolved * io .com-
mission a survey of the

hospital needs of the en-.

tire Greater Victoria area,
at.an estimated . cost . of
$40,000. :

- Consultants,
Peckham - and:

A g ne W,
Associates

_ Ltd. undertook the assign-

ment, and the firm’s in-

terim report of November:
recommended :. that.“
Rest ‘Haven should acquire”

1967 |

land for a replacement hos-
pital building immediately

in the Elk Lake area; while”:
land could be obtained rear

sonably.

Meanwhile. the — inter-

~-municipal- Regional Board” -

had: been created, and late

_ In 1967 the provincial gov-
ernment: decided that-has-
pitals construction and.
control should be aregion--

al function... Because hos-
pitals are.a responsibility
of the Ministry of Health,
however, there urese the

odd: situation of a Regional :

Hospitals: District? separ-

ate (and “distinct / tao the’ >

Regional District govern-
ing all. other of its func-
tions.

COST DEFRAYED.

The. Agnew, Peckham
study, with half the: cost

. defrayed. by. the provincial

government, now became
the concern of the Region-
al Hospitals District, It
was revefved by that-body
on May i, 1968 ft re-
peated. the recommenda-
tion of & year earlier that
a tWo to three-hundred bed
hospital oo be - built ime
mediately north: of Elk
Like, also recommended
hy the Victoria Hospitals
Planning committee and the
Department of Health prior
to that time,
From early in 1969 po-
Litical manoeuvers were
apparent. Even before the
report appeared if was be-
ing argued that Doctor
Agnew Was wrong.
Responding to the un-
easy reaction of the pecple
of the narthern Peninsula.
publicly expressed, Mini-
ster of Health Ralph Loff+
mark. issued a letter
recommending that a hos-
pital should be built on the
Peninsula. In June he
recommended that the ne-
cessary hospital referen-
dum should be taken in
two parts, and that 600
extended-care beds should
first be approved, costing
about $11 3,4 million. Re-
ferendum fer the acute-
care heds, assumed tocest
about $35 million was tobe
taken a year later in 1965,

ACUTE CARE WING

In June also the Minister
agreéd that a sum be voted
for platining, land acquisi-
tion, and the immediate

needs ofthe acute - care
' hospitals. It was his sug-

“gestion, in August, that a .

100-bed extended-care unit -
be constructed on the upper -
Peninsula, with a 50-bed
’ acute-care wing tol be ad
ed after funds were vot
In November : this. was
recommended by: the’ pri-
‘orities’ committee of the
- Regional Hospitals Board,
“but no action was taken.
_. Early -1969- brought a
newly revised committee
which in March recom-
mended a 75-bed- extend-
ed- -care unit with provision —
for 60 to 75 beds for
acute-care ata later date,
The latter recommenda-
tion was presented to the
Minister and to B.C.-Hos-
pital, Insurance Committee
which’ also must approve,
but a reply has not so far
_ been received.

SUITABLE SITE:

A special siting. com-
mittee was appointed by the
‘Rogional Board, and sit is

- NOW reported that a suit- |.
able site has been. agreed

by that committee, and that,

the conclusion will be re-

ported to the Board in due
"course, :

It musi be remembered
that “all: of. the foregoing
is the action only of the
Regional Hospital Board
dominated by a prepond-
erance of votes trom: ‘the
urban areas, and present-
‘ing: a. rather obvious ‘lack
of interest on the part.of
representatives
smaller areas, unless their
particular local interests
“are. affected. oak

Saving. factor in this
overall situation is that the
provincial governinent ac-
cording to the Act under-
“takes responsibility for. 66
per cent of the annual debt

_ Tépayment.” With the pros-
“pect of having.” to. meet
two-thirds uf: the ultimate
cost we may be sure that -
the hospitals will be built
where they will. serve the ~
public most effectively and
economically in. spite of.

“all the political manoeu-
vering on. the -municipal
level, ° a

San Francisco Ex- Patriates
Lead Idyllic Life

By ED KETCHAM

“Get me a. story on Galiano
hippies.’ cries the City Editor,
So, out. we go to interview one,
‘Are you a hippie’ we asked,
“Hell, no,” answered our long
haired friend. “Are there hip-
pies on Galiane Island?

“Not really,’ he replied po-
litely and then went on to ex-
pain. He belonged to. the
Halght-Ashbury grour in San
Francisca several years back
and these were the true hipmes,
the original flower children of
the movement. But they gra-
dually phased cut, some to re-
turn to their homes, some moved
te fresher, greener fields and
many comunercialized the move-
ment, capitalizing on the terrific
publicity of San Francisco's
Haight-Ashbury,

‘Jack’ fiet ous call him? our
informant claims the lung hairs
on the Island are not really
hippies, but disillusioned vouths
leaving the home nests ta seek
an idvllic life here in our salue
brieus climate. Ther work when
necessary wt: bur food or neces~
sities. They are gregarious
within themselves and eladiy
share with others in the group,

We know persepally that they
giadly pitch in and help any
worthy community effert and are
always on hand in emergencies
af anv kind. We stated to Jack
that many or us believe the Is-
iands are ne place fer yeuths,
net enough werk to make a cuod
living (except for skilled labvur)
and no incentive for young peorle,
Jack disagreed, stating youth
could enjoy the Isiands Salis us
much as our retired -opulation.

He said many of their group

have ieft home for various rea-

Sons: too strict discistine, ~er-

missiveness in.the home, kicked
oul, parents working andabsence
of any interest ino their -child-
Fen... 4-.A8 he “spoke a nanny
goat strolled over and -nuzzled
his hanil; in the backgrourl was
a partially completed log house
it a cleared field, chickens cack-
hing ato the buck, a palamine
mare nursing her colt,

davk has recently purchased
this four plus. acres of hand
S@hSack a Httle fram the sea,
his a garden, lots af grazing
ground fer his antials and is
Planting frait trees, And. do
you know something: He's rieht.
He's mot a hippie at ail.

Downey Road
improvements
Progressing

Tn a brief public works re-
port to North Saanich council
on Monday night. Alde
@. Adams stated that consider-
ation is fen to extends
ing Cromar Read in the Deep
Cove area.

being giv

He noted that good progress
is being made on the widening
and grading of Dewney Road but
otserved that paving will net be
undertaken until 1970, Work on
Madrona Drive and Birek Poad
is being planned.

Although the road coiling pro-
gram igs well alivanced, a num
ber af reais ou Curteis Pa
Hiilgrove Road, and jower end
of Wain Poad ard cthers have
yet to be treated These will ©

atiendet ta in tt. near susure, .

ne said.

from. thes;

“Pnot the

‘GROUNDED
| WITHOUT |
PADDLE —

at the Public Seaplane ramp in
Patricia Bay has-offered a $50
reward for information leading
‘to the conviction of the _person
who stole equipment off the plane
Monday night. ©: cee
Paul D. Stenner, 9520 Ard-
“more Drive, told The.. Review:
I'm jolly well going to catch
the chap. who did this. The paddle
“fiself is ‘only worth a few dol-
lars but without it one. could get
into an awkward. situation: . It
makes’ me flipping made!”
“oO What bothers

one was tinkering with the. air-
eratt:
person Tl see. he is prosecuted
fo the fullest extent of the law.’

‘The paddle is °varnished, 4+
1/2:feet in length, with orange

letters ‘CF-HGH?’.

| tion "to the’ Board concerning the

foot 3 inches of water.

The owner ‘of a seaplane based

me- most: is
‘disappearance of. the.
‘paddie “but” the “fact that some--

If and when I catch. the-

tips.) In: blue markings are“tie.

By HY,

‘Fundamental changes“ in‘-ihe

: Monday evening,

“As of last October, said= Mr.
“Janzen, ‘there. were 2,800 In-
= dian children in Vancouver Tsland
integrated schools, either public
or paréchial, ‘and ‘800. in Indian
“Affairs federal. schools, _
me Questioned -by Board chair-
“man, Mrs Rubymay Parrott, the
Speaker agreed ‘that an applica--

Tsartlip Indiaii school “would be
‘unlikely owing “to. the close in-.
volvement ‘of theBand with’ the
Catholic sisters both ‘in’ othe
school and the community, :

Elsewhere on the Island, said
Mr, Janzen, Indian children \ at
Comox, .Nanaimo, Nanoose* and’

STING IN TAIL

~ Mariners .are: advised by the
Department of Transport that
the majority of larger barges
operating’ on the B.C. Coast are.
equipped with emergency. tow
lines. _ These’ ‘‘pick’ up’’. lines
are” trailed astern of the barge
and are ‘up to 200 feet in length,

‘Saanich ;
“ported that: according to 1968-|- 5

with 8 buoy at the trailing end. |

GREEN

edu¢ ational

_ Under, a new agreement last Pebr wary: ‘vetween’ the federal ‘gov-
erament “and the B Kon department of. education it istnow possible
HOR ‘loeal School boards. to ‘take over. ‘direction of Indian schools. if
SO: ‘requested by the Indian Bands...

other centres are. completely in-

tegrated. ;. 8
Of -the’ ‘four

Peninsula, it was re=’

enrolment “there = are 105

‘Indian “children in: School. Dis-

trict 63, including 5 52 in parochial

schools and "15 attending” Forest.

Edge Kindergarten, Others are
integrated in the local
schools. ° ue

~ The new agreement hag been”

explained ‘at a. meeting. with. the

Indian education committee, said
Mr.’ _Janzen;” “they have “free
choice to. retain~ the. parochial
school or join. the School Dis-
trict, but‘no- preferences have

been: expressed atthe _prosent :
-time.”: :

Further change in ‘the. agree-
ment provides ‘for an increase
in federal annual allowances. The
ainount per Indian pupil is raised
from. $250 to -$533\ per: annum _
and will. be re-negotiated ‘each
year.on ‘the. basis of operating

“costs.
Mr, ‘Janzen. coneluded his. Te-,

With the summer ‘travel season
coming,’ the” B.C. Automobile™
Association -has warned motor-
ists. not to offer: rides to hitch- .
chikersfoc os 3 : a
“Don’t take the risk of com=.
pletely ruining. your vacation trip ©
-by.-gambling. on a- hitchhiker;
BCAA president C G. ‘Conway Par-
rott said, :

“This practice is really ‘one’
ofthe. -nuisances. of-the roadside -

and. many a would-be Good Sam-

Thumbs Down. On Thumbers

“ aritan. has ended up without his

“cash or without: his car; “Even

worse, _in some cases ‘drivers oi
have. been badly: b beaten or mur

“dered. ence

Mr ° ‘Parrott added: “When 2 a

; motorist takes a stranger into his
“car, he-is putting himself at the
mercy of that stranger. The.
‘best rule to follow is one:we’ve
been reminding motorists of for

- years: “Thumbs down- “On: ‘hum —

bers, ”

nation: al interest,
‘in-an.Gttawa church. o

From Ottuwa they will fo t6
Montreal where they will spend
five day s, They plan ta put on
a concert at Man And His World,
Plans alsa iiclude a tour by char-
ter bus clown ‘the war path of
nations’ an historical trail that
leads to Plattsburg, New Yark,

Queher City is the next stap
where the gredip Wil stay for
three days. They have been
asked to sing ina-United Church
there, During their stay in
Quebec City they will take a
day trip down the Gaspe Pen-
insula where they hope to view
authentic French Canadian vil-
Tages. A further step will be
made at St. Hyacinthe where
the Casavant organs are made.
And. thea it will be back home...
# three day trip.

Inspiration for the excursion
originated with Dun Kyle, musical
director at Claremont School.

“T first thought of the idea
a year ago June’! said Mr. Kyle.
ay ithe students who are
have never been off the

IT wanted them tu have
an opportunity ta see something
of Canada, and Lats. wanted the
rest of Canada to have an oppere
tundiy to hear them perform.
There is a let of talent on this
rerinstla and we would like ta
advertise ifa tittle.’

Mr. Kyrie reported that there
S teen tremendous carental
id district suppert for the pru=
t ae heip i
iv individual :
nal anonymous The
er for the 18 day

whoa presented our. case to the

proximately ‘halt of ‘the budget,
The other half of the budget has
heen made. up by donations and
sy student projects... :
“Our higgest donation: came
from the federal government.
which guve as $2,500," said Mr.
Kyle. A lotof the credit must
go.to. David Anderson: our M.P,

government and inteurceded onour
behalf.’

Sidney Kinsmen as ‘well as

Sidney, North Saanich and Cen j-

tral Saanich mnvunicipal. councils
each donated $100. The pro-
vincial government, whlle com»
mending the project, stated that.
no funds were available for acti-
vities olitside the province,

The remaining money hasbeen
raised by the students through
bottle drives, paper dtives, car
washes and concerts, The last
big effort is a raffle, sponsored
by the Don Kyle Singers, but for
which the students are selling
tickets. Tickets may be obtain-
ed for 25 cents and will be
available at The Review, office,
and Sidney Cash and Carry, 2449
Beacon Ave., Sidney.

First prize is to be a day-
long cruise through the Gulf Is«
lands in a 48 foot pleasure craft
for the winner ane three guests.
Second prize will he a ride ina
seaplane owned by F redand Mau-
rice Mc Gregor,

FALSE DECLARATION

Patrick Gary Collins of Sid-
hey, Was fined $150 in Sidney
agistrate’s | couTt on May 22
‘or making 2 false declarattor,

on Lis immigration papers,

CLAREMONT : poe wi

“BY PAT M ANNING

A. group. of 40 se nior secondary “students will leave July 2 for an
18-day excursion to Eastern Canada,

The. students, approxi iniately halt of the: members of the Claremont
school choir, will go by” C.N JR, “day. ‘coach’ to‘Ottawa where they
will spend a day and a hall sightseeing and performing. —

They have been invited: by the federal government to go through
the «Parliament: buildings and ‘to see other places. of historic and
Arrangements have been. made for them to sing

The Claremont: school : “choir:

has earned a reputation asvan'}.
‘excellent singing - ‘and perform~ |
‘ing group. “Dr. Havelock Nelson.
at the Vancouver” festival ‘said |:
‘that: “Claremont- was: “the ‘finest’ qe
“senior . secondary~ choral group

he. had -heard across Canada.

progr Puy ‘for. Indian’
: children’ were” explained te Saanich District school trustees _ by
ictor: Janzen, Vancouver, sland inspector af Indian Se. hols, ow

“Indian: ‘Bands es

public

|. Rest Haven -Hospital - and

he “continuing their investiga=.

Mndian Band” is’ perfectly free
to continue the federal Tsart
‘s¢hool and to ‘integr. re the ole
children: in ‘District and: paro-.
-Chial schools as at presel
“os “Tt isthe parents’. choice,
L hope’ there. will be a: majority
decision ‘through the Band‘co
oye he ‘commented. =

‘booked: into. “The | Sian avelodge at”
3:50 a.m. on May 24
_ Shortly’ afterwards he left the
motel: with: a: portable: television
set, glasses, towels’ and:a.bed-

side: stand. in = his possessio
He was ° “subsequently. picked up
by ‘the’ Saanich police’ and. r
turned to the hospital, : He “will
be “charged - by’ the’ “Sidhe
R.C.M.P, for theft of, over: $5 .
at a later date, oe

_ Airport =
Car Crash

> road from the VLU, 33 Base.
“to Sidney: airport Fat"10:
_p.m.. on’ May: 25: resulted |
-in’ undetermined © injuries
~hto’ the | driver and: ‘his four-
passengers. Wo
All. except’ one ‘person.

“automobile when it: fai
‘to. round a turn. It rock-.
eted across a- deep. ditch.
“and into-a- field, © eee
a The driver, Alan: ‘Job. of
oH, M.C.S. Columbia, Esqui-
‘Pomait was Unconscious whe
‘taken to ‘Rest Haven. Hos- .
pital... but is now reported ©
_ in. satisfactory condition,
In fair condition is pas- ve
“senger,: Dianne’ ‘Zerr, 18,
of Vancouver, » She suf-
. fered ‘Stomach injuries. .
~~ Other ‘passengers in the
‘| car. were: Peter Kehler °
= Vancouver, . ‘also: taken” to:

“slater: ‘released; - Terrence.
..Zerr: of: Prior: St., Vie= :
--toria;:-who was taken” to.
7 hospital along” ‘with Linda”
“Zerr. (both were ‘Tater: rer.
leased). ;

- Sidney.

.C.M.P, “are

Stony,

Pictured in Ottawa (left to right) are Linda puiriet, Cape Breton,

N.S., Henry Janssen, Woodstock, Ont., and Sydney Drum, 10281 -

Wast Saanich Road, Sidney,

Adventure In Citizenship

' Highlights of the recent Rotary
Adventure in Citizenship at Ot-
tawa were vividly described by
Sydney Orum in an address to
Sidney Rotary Clud at the Hotel
Sidney on Wednesday.

Miss Drum was chosen by
the local Club in the annual
Rotary Club contest, and it was
particularly satisfying to learn
that she was seiected to speak
for the British Columbia group

at the representative gathering
in Ottawa, .
During her stay in the nation’s
capital, Miss Dram in company
with her companions gained a

valued insight into the theory <<. .

and practice of democratic fov~
etfment, Her story of three |
crowded days of excursions,
special events, and meetings with
exaltéd personage was related
with an easy Muency spiced with
touches of sperkling humour,