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by Valorie Lennox

Benign ghosts and gentle spirits
lurk within Memorial Park and
Sanscha Hall, celebrating the joy
of life despite the memory of
death, .

That is how Andreas Boas sces
the war memorial: a ‘tribute to the
many who dicd, including 94 of
his family and friends, inthe First
~ and Second World Wars,

“This thing, the Memorial Park,
is a treasure, The memorial should
slay, forever and ever, to give the
people the joy of life. Those who

‘did not come back would want it
that way,” says Boas.

Since 1951, Boas has devoted
countless volunteer hours to the
park and to the construction of
Sanscha Hall. Yet, in telling the
tale, he trics to make light of his
contribution.

“Tt was really terrific what the
people have done all these years.
There were an cnormous: number
of people who. worked on it.”
‘The land for Memorial Park was
donated by E. Blackburn, who
wanted 10 create a permanent tri-

World We
~The park was opened on July 1,
1921, during the annual Dominion
Day celebration. In his speech to
mark the opening, then MPP Jack-
son, said, “Ever let us, in this act
of dedicating this War Mcmorial

splendid. tradition of our gallant
. fathers and brothers and sons who
diced. that“we: might-live and pre-
serve what we hold most dear.’
The park was used for sports, as
the site for the annual: Dominion
Day. celebration and for. the, annual
Remembrance Day:service...

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“~ field. stones gathered by local resi--:
ents, ‘The: cairn-w as, dedicated, Ons.

Remembrance Day that year.
By 1950, when Andreas Boas
arrived in North Saanich from
Holland, the seven acres of park
was scldom used. Boas attended
the 1950 Remembrance Day ser-
vice at the park and soon volun-
teered to help maintain the site,

He had come to-Canada with a
personal vow to contribute to his
new home. Helping preserve the
Memorial Park let him serve the
community — while paying. tri-
bute to the many who had died in
the recent war,

Five years after coming to Can-

as a carpenter at the age of 10 in
Noland, was asked to supervise
the project. He agreed. |

“Tt was all volunteer work.
There was no moncy in it.”

Work started in 1956. Initially
Boas worked on the project eve-
nings and weekends. But, as the
work progressed, he found himself

-spending more and more time on

the hall. Finally he sect his con-
lracting business aside in order to
finish the project.’

With the help of volunteers andl
a few hired carpenters, the walls of
the hall were constructed in sec-

&

This thing, the Memorial Park, is a treasure. The
memorial should stay, forever and ever, to give the
people the joy of life. Those who did not come back
would want it that way.

g

ada, Boas .was approached by the
local parks board to help with a
new project: the building of a
community hall on the Memorial

Park property, using some. miateri-

als from an old: recreation hall on’

the Pat Bay Airport.

Parks board members Art Gard-
ner, Jack Kingerlec and Norma
Wright were representing a com-
munity that: had, perhaps, 1,000

people on the voters’ list, A com-..
munity hall would have tobe.»

financed :and eonsttneted largely,

“by volunteers.

The: Sidney: and North: Saanich

Community Hall Association
(Sanscha) was formed ‘and plans”
for.the new hall drafted by. archi- =

“tect Pat: Burley’-of Victoria.

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ured 72 feet long and: was 27 feet
high,

The main’ beams for the roof
were the largest ever uscd inthe
arca, measuring 72 feet in length,
four feet in depth and nine inches
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“In .16 hours, two: days’ “work:

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