wo . Hospital at Saanichton,’ x 3 Peminmnswia, @& smuwuilf isianas = Serving the Municipalities of Central Saanich, North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf Islands Wy |. THAT TOWN HALL 4 FERMENT SMELLS LIKE = GRAPES OF WRATH ¥ PHONE: 656-1151 SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C., Wednesday, August 6, 1969 Subscriptions, in advance, year $4.00; Copy 10¢ Reluctant goodbye is waved by Sidney area youngsters to short summer playground program which ended Friday. All Stages Now At GO , On Hospital “As far as the Capital Region District Board is concerned all systems are at ‘Go’ for the building of an enlarged Rest Haven mn Monday 3 Engineering study is already under way, Mayor A. M. Gal- braith told Central Saanich coun- cil Monday evening. He indicated that the site selected by the Re- gional Board is on the north side of Mount Newton Cross Road be- tween Patricia Bay Highway and East Saanich Road. According to the Board’s re- commendations, said the Mayor the position is favorably re- garded. Road access is deemed ‘excellent’, it is approximately Seven miles from Sidney and Brentwood, a trunk sewer is ‘planned immediately south and the four miles distance from the airport guards against noise from aircraft. ACUTE CARE FACILITIES About the proposal to adda 75- bed acute care facility there ap- pears to be less confidence. Ma- yor Galbraith read a letter from B.C. Hospital Insurance Commit- tee to the Regional Board, signed by Mr. Loffmark, in which itwas indicated that there are pertinent matters to be settled before ap- proval is given to the complete 150-bed hospital concept. Particularly questioned was inclusion of maternity beds in view of the fact that Rest Haven Continued on page 2 ~ BSS Farm north of Mt. looking eastward from East Saanich Road is expected to be the scene of activity A ES 7) Newton Cross Road said Hospital Administrator T. J. Bradley Word=of approval for construction of the 75-bed extended care "unit on a selected site at Mount Newton Cross Road is awaited from “Health Minister Ralph Loffmark. Rest Haven Board Change The new Peninsula Hospital is at last developing momentum and While we have many other hur- ‘dies to cross, we can safely say that we are on the way. This was the gist of a report given to North Saanich council on Monday night by Mayor Jas, B. Cumming. Speaking as a member of the Regional Hospital Board, he said “Of great interest to this area is the approval received fromthe Minister and the Board of a 150 bed hospital to be built on Mount Newton Cross Road.”’ “There will first be construc- ted a 75 bed extended care unit. Tt will be followed with a 75 bed acute care section making a gen- eral hospital of at least 150 beds to start with. Population increase and demand will govern its future.’’ Continued on page 2 soon, Instructors agreed the three- a a This is the probably location of the new Peninsula hospital, SAUUVETAUALATUUELAUONEUATUAUT OCEANA EEA EAE ETT Duster Comes Down The ‘‘Red Duster”’ has flown from its mast at Central Saa- nich municipal hall for the last time. By resolution of council on Monday the ensign which un- =til now has been regularly = flown beside the Maple Leaf flag will be ‘laid up’ in the council chamber of the muni- cipal hall. The action of council will retire a controversy that has continued at intervals since the ‘*Red Duster’”’ was super- ceded by the new national em- blem. Monday’s decision followed council’s endorsation of a = change of position for the flag = poles consequent on erection of the Chief Thunderbird me- morial totem pole on the site = previously occupied. Alderman Ted Clayards proposed that council now erect three poles of equal height so “that the Maple Leaf national flag, the Union jack and the Provincial flag may in future be flownaccording to =protocal. The motion was adopted unanimously. Q UTNE HUUOTAAAOUUADADULADAOUEAALATAATA A TOUAEAVAVUANDACAUAUUAUUAOUTADAUADUALATODU TT AAOCUUU CAPUTO GA CO OTTO ETE TAAUMA ADEE EAC CA LUO MME OETA TAA SATO DADO AMORA TOME OORTAAA DADA AT AOA NO AAO GAO OOS DOAOOAOTOOOUADODAOOOROGOUEOODNGUALEAUN UMUC week session should have been longer. everyone chorused. See other pictures, story on page 6. (Review Photo.) But it was fun while it lasted, RESIGNATION DIVIDES TOWN COUNCIL _ Cireumstances surrounding the resignation of Municipal Clerk A. L. Ferner have split Sidney Town council right down the middle. Alderman W, W. Gardner said Tuesday he is *‘disgusted at the way Mayor A. W. Freeman treated and used the clerk,’? and intimated he is in two minds about resigning. He said that both he and Al- derman Stanley Dear disagree with the majority decision of council at a special meeting on July 30 when the services of Mr. Ferner were dispensed with im- mediately. It is my view that he should have been retained until Geof- frey Logan, the newly appointed clerk takes his oath of office on Sept. 1. Al Ferner, appointed clerk in 1966, quit in June, because he couldn’t get along withthe mayor. He disclosed Tuesday some of the reasons for resigning. The mayor, he said, attempted to interfere too much with the business and affairs of the muni- cipal clerk, CIVIC CEREMONY SET FOR CHIEF The memory of Jean Baptiste Paul, Chief Thunderbird of the Tsartlip Indian Band, will be honoured at a civic ceremony next Saturday, August 9 at 11 a.m, in the grounds of Central Saanich Municipal Hall, Saanich- ton. Mayor A. M. Galbraith has in- (Review Photo.) vited Island Indian Chiefs, distin- guished guests from surrounding areas and the public of Central Saanich to attend the raising of a totem pole memorial which is to be conducted according to an- cient rites by members of the Tsartlip Indian Band. Following the ceremonies the Tsartlip Band will be at home on the Reserve to the general public for the Chief Thunderbird Memorial Days of Saturday and Sunday. “The duty of a clerk is to abide by the Municipal Act,’’ he said. ‘‘Time and again I found myself in conflict with the mayor over the interpretation of the act.”’ Ferner also said he found that Many municipal bylaws were weak and needed to be revised and amended. “T asked that the bylaws be Submitted to our municipal soli- citor for checking if they don’t hold water,”’ he said. ‘The Mayor refused to do this.’’ Mayor Freeman told The Re- view, ‘‘In view of today’s state- ments I cannot find anything in the record to suggest Mr. Ferner has requested the solicitor to check the bylaws. “