Wednesday, May 20, 1970

SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS

REVIEW

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‘FRANK ECK

Bell

Alberni-Born

No stranger to Vancouver
“Island, Frank Eck the newly
appointed postmaster at Brent-
wood. Bay. was born at: Port
Alberni 36 years ago. For 10
years he served the post office in
his home town, and for the past
seven years he has worked ‘in
various postal offices..in- the
Vancouver region, most recently
at West. Vancouver.
The quieter environment at
Brentwood Bay. appeals to him
-and.he is pleased. with the’
- comparatively new. building
“which was erected while Philip
Benn was postmaster.
As yet, the Brentwood office is .
_only Grade four in category, one
step below the Saanichton office.
As such it ,does:.not rate a.
telephone. However, the growth ~
-potential;. both residential. and .
commerical is considerable, and
“the volume of mail handled is”
~ continually increasing. oe
NO OTHER CHANGES Gay
_ There are no other changes in.
the staff at Brentwood. Mrs. Fay
. McClintock is the postal assistant
_of nearly three years standing,
and therural route is handled by
Mr... ‘and: ‘Mrs.: Eldon. Chapman.
Mr. Eek. is a bachelor, and. for
© the” present, he. is~ Basen in

. Bell- ‘Ringer,’
intricacies. of,:

: Cathedral in. Vancouver, and at
>the monastery at: Mission, two of”
the three. celebrated. Peals. of
/ Beth Columbia.

LE TTERS

Continued from Page 4

~ April Mth is: devoted: to “The |
‘fortunate Isles’ of the. -70’s.””
Liverpool has embarked: on the
: ae ambitious city centre plan
of any ‘large municipality in the
‘British’ Isles, Leicester has even
found out how to run a public bus
‘service at a profit’ with a
~ twopenny fare, ‘The Monitor,”
ares » whose © writers. are travelling
4 f- throughout Britain, say they find |.
ous” Vife there invigorating '‘There is
such a- wide range of cultural
 getivity.) “The “counties — are
beautiful." “Their theatre [.
~, unequalled, their inventiveness
‘unexcelled, their . politics
civilised,” .
The European chief oof an
American broadcasting network

said ‘These islands are the best
‘places of all these days for a man

ode" and his family. to. live.” The
oo writers then go on to say “In both
po Seotland: and Kast Anglia we
» «found people” enthusiastic vbout
the. future.” .
pos Ane article = of ‘special
significance. concerns — the
thousands af se ientists wha, lured

to the U.S. by salaries that looked

ooo RO enticing, now wantto return
home. After seeing. what Jife is

like in North America “home
“pastures Jook greens” Their,
“ragedy, is that they ave’ not
aes particularly wanted. Britain's
oo ys Minister. of Technology said “1
hoofs egantt employ. Chem in my
eo), ° department. Industry hag a flood
" _ Of now graduates to choose from,
ete.” A- dircetor-general said

“ “We are absolutely Noaded with
vw Po people who want to come
back...and we cannot place them
all, Incterms of scientific

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production London is second only
to Moscow: Britain, though
small, has #1 per cent of all the

- world's scientists, Above all, the

_ people who want lo rein would
‘Uke their children educated in

Britain.
The: British people dissolved

«the empire because time and

celreumstances made. such em-
pirés ohaclete, Would thal olhers

had read the signe of the times ag |

clearly!
SoG. Wondesan

‘BY JACK

‘SCOTT

By a curious combination of

coincidences, which wouldn’t
interest you in the slightest, 1
found myself compromised last
night with a beautiful blonde.

The name of the dear girl is

Mary, she’s two months short of
being five years of age, I was a
volunteer baby-sitter and my

nstructions were to read her a

bedtime story.

““Here,'’ said her father,

Ri handing me the book. ‘‘We’ll be
back in an hour. Read her a story

i.)
inger or two and I'll reward you with
the biggest Martini ever made by

Postmaster ~ | human hands.”

So there 1 was--me, Bo-Peep
and, as it turned out, a hand-
some edition of Grimms’
Fairy Tales which, I want to
tell you right now, is an awful
way to send a kid off to
dreamland.

To begin. with there was the
charming tale of The Twelve
Brothers and as ‘1 read the title
little Mary. snuggled down | con->
tentedly.

‘“‘Once upon a time there lived a
king. and queen very peacefully
together, ’’ Tread. ‘‘They had 12
children, all boys. Now the king

Said to.the queen one day, ‘If our.

13th child should be a girl the 12

boys shall die so that her riches:
‘may be greater and the kingdom

fall to her alone.’ Then he caused

12 coffins to be made, and they

were filled with shavings and a

little. pillow laid in each...

“ My voice trailed off. This would

never. do. I babbled. something
- about looking for a better story |
‘and. -flipped.: the -pages- ‘to

Sweetheart. Roland which

suitable: «°°. ;

“Once upon a: time there
was’ a woman who was areal =.
--witeh...”” I began. My eyes ©

. skipped forward .a couple of ——
paragraphs... where, it.

developed, the wicked oid
_ witch lopped’ off her: child’s

|. head with an enormous | axe.

: “Oh , that’ 'S not “a good. on

mL said.
“Why,” said Mary, the
king put the. shavings i in the little
boys’. coffins?”
«4‘Here’s one!” Bt croaked: and
‘began desperately . to read. about”
Sorinda and Joringel.. cde
Well, Jorinda and ‘Joringel, as L
“was soon reminded, isthe story of
one of the» Grimms’, “nastier.
witches. who changes | into a cat by ©
| day and a screech-owl by: night

-sforming. nice. little. girls: into”
birds. and shutting. them up ine
cages in’ ‘dark: rooms...
“Idida quick switch into The.
“Goose Girl in. which a sweet’

a

street until she Is- dead. ae

At this point, to ‘my astonish:
‘ment, I noted ‘that Mary Was |
. showing every sign. of departing

pected her to be- plucking —
frantically at the counterpane or .
‘screaming in terror.” Instead,
incredibly, the stuff was acting as
a sedative,

“The tot’s father found. me. deep
in-the black pit of the Brothers
Grimm on his return.

Twas trying to figure. out”
whoever got the iden that this:
was u book for children when. .

- observe the good lady forced to

sounded as. if it might be: more.

and makes: ‘a hobby: of tran- 9.

“old lady is. put-and 1 quote, :
“stark naked. into a barrel of
“nails and draggedalong by twol oes
white horses: from ‘streets to co

to the land of nod.- 1 had ex. |

‘death and sadinm. peck from” :

the shrouds of every page.

Story after story seems
guaranteed to keep a child awake
forever and with the beginnings
of a life-long anxiety complex.

Here, for example, is ‘‘The
Golden Bird’ in which the two
brothers, having been rescued
from hanging by the Prince,
throw him into a deep well.

And here--a chuckle a
minute--is a typical Grimms’

Heroine, ‘‘a crooked old

woman, skinny and yellow,

with. big red eyes and a

crooked nose whose tip

‘reached her chin.’ Look,

kiddies! She is setting fire to

that nice old man!

Onward I went then to the saga
of the magic dance where we

dance faster and. faster with the
thorns tearing at her clothes, her
feet bleeding, until she falls down
dead! Happy dreams, little
children!

Mary, my beautiful blonde,
slept on, but I knew I'd be awake
all night listening for the whirr of

General Pearkes

To Take Salute
Of Legionnaires

Governor-General — Roland
Michener officially opens the
Royal Canadian Legion’s 23rd
national convention in Ottawa on
May 31. His excellency is Grand
Patron of the Legion.

Canada’s most. distinguished
soldier, Major-General George
Pearkes, V.C., will also be in
attendance: He places the wreath
at- the National War Memorial
during the Remembrance cere-
mony, scheduled. for the after-
noon. Mujor-General Pearkes,
‘Grand President of the Legion.
will also take the salute at a
march-past of an estimated 1,500
Legion members.

_ The five-day. business sessions
start. Monday morning. at the
Civic Centre.

_ Among the chief items on the
agenda will the progress made in
the implementation of the Woods
Report by. the federal govern-
ment. The Woods Committee was

Commission... A comprehensive
report came down over two years
ago. This was followed by a White
Paper. and the. matter is” still

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