‘SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW CUE ESD gf Z es PAGE NE enn pmmaaroamocnere of ‘Familiar Snow Capped Mountain’... sowie : PYJAMAS © AND. PROBLEMS — Recently The Review published the © “story. of a “couple who used ‘electric ~ ‘blankets ‘with individual. switches. to - maintain: a. temperature differential... ‘in-bed.: The problem .-arose when the»... switches -were switched ‘arid the. ! ‘colder -Mrs. * Sleeper. became, | the ::.- ‘more heat. she turned on, ‘to the vacute discomfort of: Mr. Sleeper. ‘Another anonymous North Saanich couple experiences the same prob- lem. HE was too warm, SHE was too cold.. To settle the problem with- out. electronic: aids, SHE purchased for her husband a suit of short pyjamas. ; “To her conster nation, the pleasing shade of green which attracted her eye to the pyjamas was transferred overnight to: the.. sheet.) In high . dudgeon she wrote to the manufac- turers complaining of the dye which was transferred without: even wash- ing. the material... .The manufac-: turers ‘promptly. exchanged | the PY- ig for ‘a snew pair. . Whereas the’ first had transfer ved their. dye: to. the sheet; there-to re-~ “/main, until “laundered, ° the- second’; , ‘represented * a “material improve- : ment. The dye renrained in the sheet even after: laundering. '. There’ en- sued a. long exchange of correspond: ence. Finally . the manufacturer .saw ° ; : -| the light and exchanged. the pair of Vue a-volcano, now a-while sentinel beneath most of the year from this area, the 10,750- foot mount- - | pyjamas for a totally different ma- * * * * se | its blanket cf perpetual snow, Mount: Baker. in Wash- ain lies off to the north-east, BLaneEne south of Chilli- | terial. IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT, THEY'RE GETTING IT ington, is a. zacanlion landmark from here: Masibie wack. “Unfortunately success was late and. ———-———-- | the new pair will not wait for next By DORIS LEEDHAM: HOBBS - sure she would hot mind my passing | three” awful . years following,” that |: it.on, was when she, and:many other | Singer. performed ‘super: human’ ‘Two things happened this week to Europeans, were being: herded by.| feats in sewing rags and. blankets, ‘the Japanese to the trucks that were | Shoes and clothing. When the camp listening to the quarter. of an hour | to take them far inland to a deserted e liberated by. the Americans. the ; ‘remind me of the last war.. One was “interview “on CVI with. Mrs. Van mission which was to be the home old: machine had to'be :left. in China, '” Ditmars, one of the ‘Interesting Per- | of. 2,000 for three years. but what ‘stories it could tell—The sonalities” series. , other reminder was in-a remarkable SEWING MACHIN E ey: on: . book called’ ‘‘White . Coolies’” by oo Lilli Van bitmars re a bata lady, She’ had.an old Singer sewing ma- | Betty Jeffrey—the first published ave now a member of the. White Cane | chine, when she was first interned, | count of the experiences of an. Aus- Ciub, whose sight was ruined during |’, + l and had. been told by .the: Camp : . three years in .a Japanese intern-| Commandant that she would -not be ralian ae nthe er ipalicie. "'Stacne ment camp in China. Malnutrition permitted to take it with her. Her| with the sinking of the “Vyner accounted for many such cases! | worldly goods—a few pots and pans, | Brooke” evacuated from Singapore, anes. Van Ditmars spent all her adult | her bedding and few clothes were to | Sister Jeffrey was swimming. for fife in the jungles of Sumatra, where 7 | a ae ee etn -~ ee ‘three days:and on reaching land with : be packed in a packing case. her- husband was:a’planter.. Rubbe .. : P ber another nursing sister was taken and palm. oil plantations were ‘her “home, and. there, surrounded by. natives and wild animals, she raised “two sons .and.a daughter.” What. is :30 ‘wonderful .is_ that;-since-she -lost her sight she has learnt to type and has > written: her autabiography in ; English. ‘POWER OF: SPIRIT . Ihave had the pleasure of end: “ing this interesting life and am glad “to hear: it:is.in the hand of:a pub-: “lisher, This woman is an‘example * of the: power’. ‘of spirit and character ' in overcoming obstacles. One lovely | - ” Education In Coustanas-. little story..she told: me, and Iam NOT DAUNTED Nothing daunted Lilli van pit- | PMsoner. mars, she got a screw driver, and | LIFTING OF SPIRIT. : unscrewed ‘all: the screws on’: her In this” simple’ narrative.’ “whieh machine, putting them-in’ her coat | has fine illustrated chapter headings, pocket... Then, with the machine dis- } one. can read ‘with indignation. and mantled, she packed the works: into.|.with-a lifting. of the spirit-of the ‘vic- her packing case and covered it:with | tory ‘of these “many. inter ned nurses her. bedding .and< pots and» pans: who. with . civilians: overcame and ‘Along came the Commandant, looked | endured» unspeakable humiliations around, and saw no” “signs of “the | and: degradations at the hands of the sewing: machine . 24 During. the. sEupanese ‘soldiers. By TED GASKILL . | proach to things, 1 consider myself the collision. ‘knocked the body off year’s summer months before they _ “In Courtenay Free Press | "ather_ modern, in’ that T like fare | _the chassis of the Sidney truck. will be of any value. i n Vv Vou" must forgive me: if I sound and: believe in the reno ation of the slightly bitter today. - liquor, laws. He os we . ce a “> .My-pr ide has been wounded rather | But oh, dear, I'm so out of date, Pt a ee badly: oe it seems. Of ‘course. 1.may be. wrong bat Recently I had occasion to be in'a ve always thought of ‘inyself aS be- | School where ‘a teacher was handing ing. reasonably well: brought up, as out boos . and. such things ” to} opposed to the typeof person whose s oT sea adie thoes te 7 manners. indicate ‘that -rather ; than: pete i ose few “minu es being brought up, he has be kicked | that, the words, yes, please, ‘thank and told. to get up.. you. ‘and no, are - no. longer: used:. It. oo > a.m, win. front: “of” -the»: Town | and | ‘T “try. ‘toy give’ ‘Heasonably intelli: isn’t-a fad of students. The teacher’ § Country. Shopping centre. oe | ti ly if it -acceptance: of the this indicates that gent: answers to. aes’ aons.only this ‘deletion of: these words is: ap- ‘E. Beattie driver for. Dan’s. De- ‘is “yes” or’ ‘‘no” and most of. the . livery Sidney, was proceeding south ati tC hild-: proved in schools»: as’-are: the» -sub- “6 a9: ee 29 ‘é as 1 ‘time the indoctrina ion: 6 my. child- ‘stitutes | ‘yeah, OK? and) “uh; | Douglas:St:- The: logging’ “truck hood prompts me. to say. than hw? in: varing inflections “meaning belonging to the.” Hewlett “Logging ‘when I want something and: ‘thank «| either,“ “yes”? or no” as. the case Co., Sooke, “which had turned east: you”. when I get. ite ‘ ae i “aye | Off the.» ‘Trans-Canada: ‘Highway, “Despite this old... fashioned ap- may: ‘be. Please: -and thank: you are struck the Si : round “with: r intersection. either. their eae open or. chewing |. - Mr. ‘Beattie, who: emained: at: the. gum, sometimes ‘both, three! or. "four: scene, of the’ accident, “transterring. i i ane Sidney delivery: truck ‘turned « over; ‘Hamilton: “were on’ “hand. directing ‘on Douglas: St., Wednesday morning, i traffic: around: the debris. 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