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, PREPARE FOR (
|NEXT SHOWING

Peninsula | Players ‘are busy re-
hearsing for their next production
to. take place on Friday and ‘Satur-
day, February 5 and 6, in the North
Saanich high ‘school.

“Three one-act plays’ will be pre-
sented... ‘The Old: Lady Shows -Her.
Medals,” -a light drama, by Sir James
Barrie, this play being directed by
Clement May.

-The play entered in the Provincial

SAANICH PENINSULA
BRANCH NO. 37

LEGION NEWS
y (By. Bill Stewart)

The annual Christmas party of. the
Legion was held in “O Road. Hall
- on Saturday,. Dee: . ‘with . nearly

100. children present, |

-A- movie was .shown prior to the
~ivisit of Santa Claus.and -was enjoyed
. by old and young -alike. The’ presi-
~ dent.extended ‘his’: thanks to the fol- : st ae
--s lowing. for their assistance in -making| Drama Festival, ‘Tail of Fire, a
the party. such -a-.success: Mr: and| comedy, by: T. B. Morris and directed
Mrs. E. Ly Clarke. Mr..and Mrs. K.! by. Ailsa Rothery will be included,
O'Halloran. R.C.M:P. Constable Geo, | and “Susanna in Napoli.” by Arthur mox. B.C.
Kent, A. W. Murphy, Mrs. H. Puck-| Swinson. This play will be directed Mr. and Mrs.
ett, Mrs. W. Stewart. C. Inkster, G.| by Nellie Horth.
Burkmar and Mrs, H. Puckett, Sr.| jThe scene takes place in a hotel
The draw was made by Santa! in Naples | The role ot Luigi, an
Claus, and A. W. Murphy and V. J. Italian waiter, will be portrayed by

IN AND

»Reay

home for .Christmas.

day period.
Mrs. S.° Gordon,

Musclow, Third St.

‘Redwood were the winners of a Donald A. Smith. Susanna, the Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
turkey and ham, respectively. tegen ian role eS oer Carol, Vancouver,

cter, wi e take y Margaret! oo. ; allie?

All members are requested to get jeune Barer; guests of Mr. Challis

in. touch ‘with E. L. Clarke at Sidney | -
14Y for tickets for the annual New
Year's Eve hall to be held in Mills
- Road Hall on December. 31. . There
“are only a limited number of tickets
“available, so please order your tick-
~ ets: early,

- The regular monthly meeting: of

“the branch was. held in Mills Road

Hall on Monday, Dec. 14, with the

_ president, Com, William. Stewart, .in

‘the chair. The custoinary silent trib-

» ute: was observed and ‘the following

new members were initiated:

-rades H, Dawson, J. Windsor, G. B.
Sterne and W. Harris,

Com. W.-C. James gave a very :full

and Mrs.
Highway.
Miss Alma Gurton

Supporting cast for this comedy
will be Muricl Smith as Tessa.
Arthur Byford as Sir George Pepard
nd John Kenniard as Neville Cun-.
ene i Mr. and Mrs. N
The ‘next meeting of the Players| a W
will be held in the old Sidney school} ie
on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 8 p.m.

. Gurton,

‘of Colwood, and Mr.

all those members, L.A. members, :

drive.
Com. BR.
Com-} and

agh. All Bay Road.
Sgt. W.

Victoria
commander, was!

B. Longridge,
District zone

tivities of the B.C. Command. Other} Szt.

H. P. Bell,
couver, spent Christmas in Sidney,
the guests of Mrs. Bell's brother-in- | 4S visitors to Vancouver,
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.

Hetman, Sea Island, is a:
guest speaker and gave a very inter-‘ member of the crew on the R.C.ALL.
esting talk on the problems and ac-j crash boat on temporary duty here.
Hetman was for a number of!

Around:

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and Tan, ° sons of the Rev.
and Mrs. W. Buckingham,. were at: ene at Forbidden’ Plateau.
Principal Ivan |
Knight, of Qualicum -College, was a! ine
guest at the. Manse during: the holi- spent: the Christmas week-end at his

; Fifth St. spent! trip to Europe.
the week-end, with relatives at Co-; gone to Edmonton where he is em-

Van-

J. D.

Challis and
were Christmas
parents, Mr.
A. E. Challis, Patricia Bay

C. Whiteside, Edmonton,
Mrs. G. Albers. Port Angeles, Mr.
| and Mrs. S. M. Vallis and Helen, ;
and Mrs.

ho ¢ Lh the} Vallis and baby Ronald, Vancouver,
and friends who assisted him in the] were holiday guests of Mrs. J. Men-

~ and comprehensive report on this; guests included Com. L. Fieldhouse, years stationed at the marine base |

year’s poppy campaign in which total
'.collections amounted to.more than
_. $1,200. ‘Comrade James was thanked
‘by. the president for-his fine effort

and G. MacKay. at Patricia Bay.

After the meeting the members of! The
the L.A. prepared a fine social in the, \dmirals Road,’
main hall. The president wishes to! scene of a
+ in’ the campaign..and “was accorded. al eXtend his thanks ‘to the ladies for | Dec. 22
os hearty: vote’ of thanks. .Comrade|the extra work involved at
ow James: expressed his appreciation to' meeting .

reception

this | Mrs. J. A. Mason, R.C.N,,
‘Terrace. on ‘the occasion -

ter, was the centre of

A New Year’ s toast to

ur friends and their

- families | s -. Joy, health :

and. prosperity. for the - a

a: | children.:

365 ‘days ahead. |

aT Ryan,

Vv ancouver,: ‘are’

| ‘East: S

aanich Road: :
M !

Dencross
of their
Sath wedding anniversary. A beauti-!
8 | ful two tiered wedding cake, suitably |
f | decorated; and made by their daugh- j |
? attraction,
| Many lovely flowers, cables, we | Fancy Dress Party
. grams were received, also long dis- |
; tance telephone calls from their ab-
sent members of the family.
7 {friends called to offer their felicita- |
f | tions to :the couple, who were mar- |
a ried-at Holy Trinity Church, London,
| England, Dec, 22;:1918. Lieut. i |
ma: | ‘Mrs. Mason have four children, three

home of Mrs. W. H. Barclay,

Forty!

|

was a recent j Mr.
guest at the home of her parents,| \Vj innipeg.
McTavish

ALi

i Mrs. H. McGill, Ganges.

A. Mason, Den-;
{cross Terrace, had as their Christmas

ja holiday visitor

Lee. Pope, spent the Christmas: week-

C. Dickeson,.son of Mr. and,
D. C..Dickeson, Fourth St.,!

home here -following a six-month 8.30 p.m.
Mr. Dickeson has - ‘Mount N

ployed.
Mr. and Mrs. W.
family, Shoreacre Road, were Christ-:

The Misses May
Bushey and Gwen Pearson are holi-
daying at their respective homes here. '
Guests of Miss Rosa Matthews,
Third St,
were her brother, Mrs.

sister and

John L. Dolenc and daughter, Miss | , zade,

Arlene Dolenc, of Seattle, and Mr.!
and Mrs. Sydney Matthews, of |

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bell,

SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

‘TWO CONCERTS

t

W. Gardner and’ fo, the Royal Oak concert.

Villers, Sheila y:

for the Christmas season, :

Seattle, -
spent the Christmas week-end at the! Sixth St.

home of Mrs. Bell’s parents, Mr. and |

j Mrs. W. Dickenson, Wilson Road.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hill,
St. have returned
aw week's holiday
son-in-law and

spent with
daughter, Mr.

Lieut. and Mrs. J.

;guests, W. E. A. Barclay, Sr.: Mrs. |

Fifth: guests of Mrs. Webb’s parents, Mr.! Falk of Victoria, Miss Florence and
home following: and Mrs.

their |

and in Vancouver, is spending the Christ-
4
;mas holiday

/ spent Christmas at the home of her

W. H. Barclay with David and Rich-:

and Mr.
Jorgensen with Jan,
Andrew, of Pender,

ard, all of Esquimalt;
TMrs. A. R.
| Christine and

Esquimalt, was the, Harbor, B.C. The latter famfly will |
on Tuesday, |

22, for her parents, Lieut. and:

remain until after New Year's.

and’

1

Major J. G. Butler, Edmonton, is;

with his parents,
i Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Butler, Fourth St.t

G. Moore, Edmonton, isa holiday
' guest at his home on, Third St,’

For Players Group
A: very. enjoyable fancy dress
party was held at the home of Mr.
and’Mrs. John. Gray, Centre Road
on Boxing Night, by members and
friends of the Peninsula Players.
Sey veral one-act skits were. enjoyed,

daughters, one’ son. and 10° grand: those. taking. part. were -Pat. Gray,

- | Dav id Smart, Jean Christie, : ‘Nellie

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-Prizes® “were awarded | to the fole!
“winners: ‘Ailsa Rothery.

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Wednesday, December 30, 1953

SCHOOLS PLAN ‘ROTARIANS IN

iFESTIVE MOOD

iKindergarten Party
Is Acclaimed

The Saanich Peninsula Parent-| Twenty youngsters, eager and en-| (Contributed)
Teacher Council. held their mecting | thusiastic, staged their Christmas, Sidney Rotarians donned ~ paper
at Mount Newton high school on! concert and party on Thursday, !caps and: pulled crackers as they cele-
Monday, Dec. 14, with George War- Dec. 17. "| brated Christmas at the Hotel Sid-

nock -presiding.

Two dates were set. for the forth-
coming concerts .by the. Meistersing-
ers which this organization is. spon-
; soring. The North Saanich end will
stage a musical evening at the Gem
Theatre, Sidney, on January 17. at

Another will be held at
ewton high school auditor-
ium on Friday, Feb. 19.

No date has been arranged as yet

The scene was the Sidney Kinder-} ney, last week.
garten, where, before an interested}. The meal was even more sumptu-
-audience-‘of parents and friends; each, ous than usual, and the caterer, Gor-
child recited and sang carols:
Gaily decorated tables held treats'¢d by President V. C. Dawson, who
for the children. presented Christmas gifts to them on
During the proceedings Santa] behalf of the club, for all the splen-
Claus made. his entrance and was)‘ meals served throughout the year,

noisily greeted by the children. Pres-| There was one guest only, D. M.
ents were distributed from a pretty | ‘ Anderson, son of J. C. Anderson.
tree by Santa. Eddie Eng welcomed him in a brief

The Sidney Kindergarten is under | rand witty specch. ;
the guidance of Mrs. A. E. Heal and| _ The program was in the hands of
the enrollment is open for more| George Hafer in collaboration with

i T. Overman.
. pupils, sod.
Programs Branch a the Department oe | Four members spoke on various
of Education. He explained what his

. subjects, ids h good-natured
office hoped to do in any community. | DEATH CLAIMS | heckling Pal their fellow lubes.
OCTOGENARIAN

Spr. J. A. Stilwell, of the 27th Bri- | bers. However, the four Rotarians
has returned from Hanover,’ Death occurred in Sidney on Satur- | concerned, J. C. Anderson, L. k.
Germany, where he had served with, day. Dec. 19, of Mrs. Clara Montague Christian, Harold Fox and W, J.
the engineers’ for 12 months. “Hej Pusey, wife of Leonard Pusey, Deep! W akefield, proved themselves to be
) will ependl two weeks’ leave with his) Cove. Mrs. Pusey was 88 years of; j Citective orators. Pie Anderson
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Stilwell, | age. A native of London, Eng, she, Made some pointed references to
had resided in B.C. since 1888. - | Christmas cheer and called for a

Besides her husband she leaves to collection, which swelled the club's

~ contributions for this purpose to $62,
mourn six daughters, Mrs. Edith }
Padre W. Buckingham made some

The meeting was addressed by Mr.
i Batchelor, regional consultant for
ancouver Island of the Community

Mr. and Mrs.
Jennifer,

Webb and!
were week-end |

Doug.
Esquimalt.

EH. Webb, Fifth St. I Mrs. F, i
Fred Gane, who is attending U.B.C.; Fyffe. Mrs. J. Denny and Miss Nor-| Eset eh te: a, .
ma, all of Vancouver: two sons,! The Penny Pageant. which was

Leonard §S., of Butte. Montana, and; @ppropriate to the season, was given
| Sydney of Victoria: 14 grandchild-| by Norman Greenhill. The evening
ren and 10 great-grandchildren, {was brought to a close with the sing-
Last rites were observed at Hay- ing of carols, led by the effective
ward's B.C. Funeral Chapel on Tues Hartette, ae E. Gile. ~ C. James.

(Continued « on _ Page Eight) lav. Dee. 22 when Rev. E :D..A. Smith and President V. C.

Munn’ 5 _
- - STAFF | officiated. Interment followed in, ‘72'¥5°"-
MANAGEMENT and #) Ross Bay Cemetery.
of the

Lines of Sidney, ie

with his mother, Mrs.
Gane, Fifth St.

Gilbert.

ALF.

Miss Donna Essondale,

SET PLANS FOR FIRST

Veterans Stage i MEETING OF NEW YEAR

. | H.M.S. Endeavour Chapter, .1.0.-
Christmas Party

'D.E., will hold its business meeting
E( The. Christmas: tree party: for the

on Wednesday evening, Jan. .6, at
: | children of the members of the Army. me rome of Mrs. E. Gray, Centre
fi Navy and Air Force Veterans was | ‘*°4¢ . : .
Al held on Saturday, Dec. 19. in the Plans will be laid for the coming
: K.P. Hall. A large number of chil-| ¥¢@" and the election of officers will)

#: dren and parents was present. take place.

Tombola winers held in conjunc-|:
tion with the party were numbers |"
491, 715, 1028, 1988, 2490, 3388.

i | A film was shown, followed by
R the arrival of Santa Claus, who dis-
Bt tributed gifts to all the children. Ice
H| cream and. soft drinks weré-served.

SIDNEY

“WHERE GOOD SHOWS
ARE BETTER”

Wish All ‘Their Friends
and Patrons

A VERY HAPPY
NEW. YEAR!

Thursday. and ‘Friday,

; Dec. 31, Jan. 1 745 p.m.

: Saturday, Jan. 2— 7 and 9. p.m.

WE EXTEND _
THE SEASON'S.
GREETINGS

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and FE riends :

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