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Wormsworth, the intrepid book-
worm who insists on literacy for
all, will lead a worm dance

#ihrough the park after a read-in at
the Brentwood-Central Saanich

g Worm dance celebrates literacy

Library next Wednesday.

Children of all ages are invited
to attend the library event, which
Starts at 3 p.m. Several books by
Canadian authors, most with a
humorous theme, will be featured.

Following the reading, Worm-
sworth will head a worm dance in
the park.

Before attending the read-in,
children should obtain their library
cards, which are now required to
take out books.

Application forms and cards for
children under 13 require a par-
ent’s signature and identification
showing proof of residence in the
area.

For more information call 652-
2013.

The Review provides this community
calendar free of charge, space permilling.
Preference will be given to local, non-
profit clubs and organizations. Upcoming
event notices are printed in the edition
prior to the event; continuing announce-
ments run no longer than four weeks.
Please submit written information by 5
p-m. Thursday.

Sept. 5

& CARE GIVERS
=" Care Givers Support Group of Sidney
meets at the PCA building, 9751 Third St.,

Sidney, from noon to 2:30 pm. Refresh-

ments. All welcome. Info, Ruth, 656-4859.
PIONEER GIRLS
Registration for Pioneer Girls at Bethel
Baptist Church, 2269 Mills Road, 6:30 pm
to 8 pm. Girls in grades one to six welcome
for singing, Bible study, crafts, games and
outings. Meetings every Wednesday.

Sept. 6

GS.T. SPEAKER
The Saanich-Gulf Islands Progressive
Conservative Association hosts a dinner at
Colombo’s restaurant with guest speaker
* Garth Tumer, MP. talking on the Goods and
Services Tax. Cocktails at 6 pm, Dinner at
7 pm. Tickets $30. Info and tickets, Reg
Teeney at 655-1808.
NEWCOMERS COME
The Peninsula Newcomers’ Club holds
FF its monthly luncheon at Colombo’s in
Saanichton at noon. Call 656-3095 for
more information.

BIRTHDAY

LA LECHE LEAGUE
The moming group of the La Leche
League of Sidney meets at 10 am at 2253
Malaview; the evening group meets at 7:30
pm at 8615 East Saanich Road. New and
expectant mothers welcome. Info, Kathy,
656-7982.

Sept. 8

LE CERCLE FRANCOPHONE

Francophones and Francophiles are
invited to meet for a social gathering from
2 pm until 4 pm at 10030 3rd St., Sidney.
Guest is UVic professor Gerald Moreau.
Admission and refreshments is $2 for
non-members, Info, 656-5714.

STAMP CLUB

First meeting of the Sidney Stamp Club
in the Knights of Pythias Hall, 9760 4th
Street, Sidney. Parking at the rear of the
hall’ Juniors, 11 am to 1 pm, seniors 1:30
pm to 4:30 pm. Swap and shop, bid board,
plize draw, door prizes and refreshments.
Visitors welcome. Info, 655-3851 or 656-
2067.

Sept.
CRAFTY FINGERS
Sidney Handycraft group starts at 1 pm
in St. Paul’s United Church, comer of

Malaview and Fifth St., Sidney. AFtemoon

tea served. All welcome.

Sept. 11

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
The first fall meeting of the Auxiliary to

the Saanich Peninsula Hospital will be held
at 10 am in the Saanichton Bible Fellow-
ship Hall, 2159 Mt. Newton Crossroad.
Come early and have coffee.
CHRISTIAN WOMEN

The Peninsula Christian Women’s Club
invites all ladies to attend brunch at the
Glen Meadows Country Club, 1050

McTavish Road, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am.
$6.95 inclusive. Special feature is on sew-
ing, music by Emelene Ellwood, speaker is
Jan REith. Reservations by Sept. 7, call
Nancy at 656-8899. Babysitting available.

Sep

SAVE THE CHILDREN

Local members of the Save the Children
Fund of B.C are invited to the first meeting
of the fall from 2 to 4 pm at the Marparet
Vaughan Birch Hall in Sidney. Retired
nurse Joan Aitkin will talk informally
about her 15 years of nursing in Malawi,
Africa. Tea will be served, visitors wel-
come.

WOMEN AGLOW
Sidney Women’s Aglow, an intemational,
inter-denominational Christian Women’s
organization, will meet at 9:45 am in the
Sidney Travelodge. Guest speaker is Carol
Clausen. Cost is $3.50. Info, Tine Holmes,
479-8434 or 479-6070.

DIABETIC AUXILIARY

The regular monthly meeting of the
Peninsula Diabetes Auxiliary will be held
in-the clinic lecture room of the Saanich
Peninsula Hospital starting at 7 pm. Guest
speaker is nurse Edna Futcher of the
diabetes day care at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
Visitors welcome.

SCHOOL TIME
Good supply of reasonably priced back-
to-school items available at the PCA Thrift
Shop, 9751 3rd St., Sidney. Open Monday
to Saturday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
BEDDING
PCA. requires blankets, sheets etc. for
needy families. Drop off at 9751 3rd St.
between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
ISLAND PARENT
Free copies of September Island Parent
available at the PCA. offices. Essential
reading for parents of young children.
ANNUAL MEETING
Reserve Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. at St. Eliza-
beth’s Church for the Peninsula Commun-
ity Association’s annual general meeting.
Memberships available at the main office,

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who was a court dressmaker. She

recalls her mother sewing
* hundreds of seed pearls on a ball

gown.

Curtis’ own work includes knit-
ting and crocheting, some of
which was entered in this year’s
Saanich Fair.

4 She and her sisters were brought
4 up to be ladylike and modest.
7 They were not allowed to swear or
g use slang and Curtis still recalls
g being embarrassed when she first

release her baggage which con-
tained her wedding dress.

“So I got married in the same
dress I had been travelling in for
three weeks,” she said. The wed-
ding was held in St. Mark’s
Church the same day she arrived.

House painter Harold Nix built
the couple a small cottage in
Saanich. After their second child
was born, they moved to a larger
house but always lived in Saanich,
Curtis said.

The couple raised three chil-

‘When I hear something

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years old | think, gosh, that’s old,
then | think of me and | think, that’s
not so old’

3 changed from a child’s dress to a
@ skirt and blouse.
@ ©“ T_ walked with my shoulders
= hunched to hide my breasts. We
were very modest,” she explained.
She was so shy that she didn’t
realize why longtime friend Har-
old Nix left England for Canada
When Curtis announced her
ngagement to another man.
When Nix learned that engage-
ent was broken off before the
edding, he wrote Curtis inviting
1 to come to Victoria and marry
m.
She arrived on Easter Sunday,
arch 23, 1913 — and found no
stoms officials available to

dren, sons Herbert and Alf and
daughter Hazel Paterson.

Harold helped build Marigold
Hall in Saanich.

Curtis joined the Women’s
Institute as charter member. She
belonged to the institute for 70
years.

The couple were together until
1943, when Harold died of cancer.

Then 53, Curtis started working
at the Empress Hotel.

~ Then an old boyfriend showed
up and wanted to marry me.”
Edith and Charles Curtis enjoyed
10 years together before he sud-
denly died of a heart attack in
1961.

One of her treasured memories
is a letter Charles wrote to his
sister shortly before he died in
which he described the 10 years of
his marriage as the happiest period
of his life.

Her son, Alf, died in 1966.

When Curtis was 72 she sold
her home and started travelling,
sailing to Australia on a freighter
and visiting her brother for a year.

“You had to strip your bed at
night to make sure there were no
snakes in it,” she recalled.

She also went on trips to Alaska,
Fiji and Hawaii. When she was 90
she travelled to Britain and when
she was 92 she flew to New York
and travelled on a freighter down
the east coast of the states, through
the Panama Canal and back to
Vancouver.

“Tve had a full, happy life.
Some sad times but I’ve had a
good life,” she said.

She has always enjoyed good
health and had no major illnesses
or Operations, except for a bout of
theumatic fever when she was a
child.

-She moved to Resthaven Lodge
in 1987 and continued to do
needlework until recently, when
her sight started failing,

She credits her good health to
avoiding cigarettes and alcohol.

“T never tasted strong drink in
my life,” she said. “I smoked a
cigarette when I was 16 to win a
sixpence — that was my smok-

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NOON OPENING
The PCA office is open at noon as of
Sept. 4.

HOST OR HOSTESS

Victoria’s First Sports Card
Collectibles Show
sunday Sept 9 1990

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3020 Blanshard St.

BUY SELL AND TRADE
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Door Prizes Donated by
Victoria Cougars, Victoria Vistas
and Vancouver Canucks

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Queen Alexandra Children’s Hospital)

10 AM to 4 PM

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Please reserve for public bowling times.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE 656-2431

Miracle Lanes
2375 Bevan Ave.

PENINSULA SKATING CLUB

FALL REGISTRATION

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10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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