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. BY Elsie Brown

- Now: that our. annual fall ‘fair
- iis over, ’-we will now sit back
“and ‘assess ‘the pros and.cons.of

“fall fairs, their advantage to the »

~, community and vice versa..."
Most of our young people down

le Chevry- Tree: Bay’ way and. the:

 Ngnthouse ‘acquitted : -themselves
“ably and the spirit of competition
‘remains keen. There was no lack

ete OE. entertainment at our fair, and:
“the = biggest. ‘problem for older.

to. survive the

folk was. how
' Most. of the

“stroke of midnight.

“incidents were minor and haven’t .

heard of any. serious casualities.
For those who weren’t thanked

es feel neglected - I .-hereby

‘acknowledge | “their.
- Here's io bigger and better fairs!

Our most: recent .. off. island. ..

: gallavanting “consisted of visiting

“Pender: Island for their. annual |
“fall fair and a: most. interesting Ys,

Y experience | it-was.
“Those: ‘attending °
‘builder “Marion: Kerby ‘with -her

very good friends Mr. and Mrs.

o” Eric “Atwood of Victoria.

oo The Atwoods went over with”
Marion in: their. camper and:.we

“got a glimpse of them occasion-

a ally during the: ‘day. “The Ferry
* Schedule being. all out of whack,

oo we were on, Pender from: noon
“ until 8 p. mM.

wake Se Others” attending from Mayne a
Bee (on foot) were Mrs. Nancy Jones,

ene “Mrs.
all climbed-in their little Volks-

‘of Mr. and Mrs.

long ‘time. ‘residents of Pender, _ 7
_Rev. H. Doody, organist was Mrs.

Support.”
“we. were driven
“Underhill.”
. excellent

Ww ere S palio:

~ ing.

/Rond, arriving at West Sc

Mayne Fall Fair
‘esulis Assessed

Mrs. R. (Hazel) Jarvis), Mrs.

“John (Winnie) Hayhurst and Mrs.
With...”
= the Jesse. Browns : was. sister :

Harvey (Meg): Drummond.

‘Winnie of Edmonton, “more

: recently of. ‘New Westminster.
were Capt. .

fficial greeters
W.I.R.. Beech, .-We
wagen.and took off for the home
J.B. Bridge,

and .were. treated “to a most
delightful. repast. Along with
Mrs.. Beach, Mrs. Bridge was

assisted by her daughter, Mrs.
Betty Underhill and young ‘son
Timothy.

“Although. the «Port: ‘Washington
Hall: is within walking distance
there by Mr.
‘The exhibits were of
quality

The.-young. ‘people were.

Thanks © for: your

build. .on’ his’ present ~site.

Islanders are aware of the efforts.
* put’ forth bythe community..to

sethrough®

a = 2 armed forces,

Faeh:

anieh op Ea 1

rN ~ oe he Fit 1”
. “alr ¢

Falls.

and Mayne,
‘Island ladies had better look. to
their laurels in the baking depart-. -
“ mente
well ‘represented and the” “arts,
‘erafts:-and baking. Were wout-
craits and baking were outstand-
- Congratulations fora: job..
‘well. done.
hospitality. Pender Island.
~ Jonn McSween lost everything
in a fire of unknown origin, We
‘are “most “anxious to: help John :
‘try to” ‘replace - or “at ‘least re-

Floral Funeral Chapel

‘Boy @aine all the. ‘advantages Of as military
training with. ‘none: of : its. implications.
© routine “is a Military. pattern, tested ard proved’
peacetime: and conflict. :
voluntary. and. cannot, dead. ato service |

Carlet > receives the
» the “Royal: Canadian Air — — faught |
oto wear, it with, pride, BP

i. na Wallace Drive at’ 6.55. pam.
saong Wallace ‘Drive to Mount. Newtan Crosy: Road, Pr atric Bay Highway,
Tachside Trrivn,’ arrivt fv at Poacon wae

ote be wos dl

cadet. hall, he

LAST RITES FOR
— SAMUEL FLECK

Friends and relatives” came
from. points. all over Vancouver

_ Island, Victoria; Vancouver,: and

Saskatchewan, Galiano and al-..
most ‘all. Mayne residents to the

- funeral of Samuel Fleck on Aug=—
cust, 24th, inthe St. Mary Madge-
“ine Church, Mayne Island..

-People filled. to. overflowing

“the Church,. attesting to the high
esteem in | which the deceased was :

held. - a

The ‘service was conducted by
Jack Evans. Pallbearers were:
‘t Paldwin, Earl Howard, Gor-

don Odberg, Wilbur Deacon, Ken-
neth Silvey, and John Harms.

Mr. Fleck died suddenly aboard

“his boat while fishing at. Gillen

not far. from: Ocean
It was a. shock to all
when the sad news .was’.sent
down by his friend, David Wea-

Harbour,

~therell.

“Mr. Fleck waS-a good friend,

“a loving father, and worked hard
all. of his life being a helpful:
-neighbour. to: all who knew him.
. He: went-fishing in’ the summer. .
months,

-and~ during. the : winter
operated. a. sawmill.. at Mayne

Island... He will be sadly missed.

help out inthis emergency. Check
at both stores and the Post, Office
for information...

Our’sy mpathy 0° Miriam Fleck
‘and - other. members of the Fleck
‘family in their recent loss.

~ Service © is’

Parades. are. held: ‘each: Thur sday- evening: at
Patricia: Bay; Armories,
are held wa wether PeONINe od...
~_ training An. Aandling: rifles and marksmanship,

These include

neil uniter of |

or, FL

ams "ea, lw. Keating Crosp,

ew

Then:

ah 710 | B. a

-Slanski,. of Fernie.-

- Georgeson:

. Peaceful Valley Ranch |

Scene Of Fall Wedding

Peaceful Valley Ranch, home

“of. Tom-Carolan on Galiano Is-.-
‘land,,
attractive. summer. wedding on: .
Saturday, September 2.-Patricia’:
Maureen Arnfinson became the

was..the “setting for .an

bride of Robert Stephen Slanski
at 7 p.m., the vows heard by
Rev.: H.R. McQuarrie, of the
United “Church at Salt Spring
Island. ;

Patricia is the. eldest daugh-

ter. of Mrs. Dora Arnfinson of.

Vancouver, and Robert is. the
eldest’son of Mr.and Mrs. Steven
The bride
was given in marriage by _
Carolan, a family
wore a street- length light ‘beige
dress pebble - crepe, with

ate tane. dainty coat of fine lace;

Her small hat’ was beige,. gloves:
She wore. 4-corsage °

dark. pink. .
of dark pink carnations. © Her
only jewellery was ruby earrings.

The bride’s aunt, Mrs, George
swas
honour, she wore.an attractive
dress of turquoise pebble crepe,

matching headpiece and-° white

accessories. .

Best man was George George--
son, ;

During: the signing of:the. reg-

ister. Mrs, M.E, Backlund sang.

The Lord's Prayer. ;
Immediately _ following the

: w edding ceremony, a buffet sup-
fe ‘per was served, all prepared by
Tom “Carolan,.. 7 assisted bye ‘the.
5 bride’ s mother.” 7

The bride’ s table was deniers

friend... She .

“B.C,
--matron-of-:

ed with the wadding cake, two.

tiered; topped with wedding bells,
It was decorated .by the bride’s

mother.

“Toast to the bride was’ given

by Dr.-H.D, Barner, toast to the
groom hy Archie Georgeson.
They. were nal to by the
groom. ;

‘The ‘rooms 5 Were decorated with
white and pink ‘streamers and
bells, chrysanthemums of yel-
low, and other fall flowers,

Following

per, .a- reception was held at

the Galiano Rod-~and- Gun.Club.
‘room,. which -had been attract--

ively | decorated _ with pasiel
streamers. ras
The. radiantly “happy couple

danced: until ‘midnight; then went

io an unknown:. cottage. for: one
night.:

wore a ‘deep purple: suit of light
wool, with white accessories, Up-_
on their return, they. will. reside
in: Vancouver.

Guests coming. over. for. the

wedding were the bride’s broth-

er and friend from Fort Nelson,

B.C.; Bertram “Arnfinson and

Robert Poper; sister of the groom

and her husband and two daugh-

ters, Mec. and Mrs.. Henry Beard, .
of ‘Nitnat, David, John and Paul :
. Adank, -of Vancouver,

Mrs. G.W, ‘Georgeson, of. Sidney.

the wedding sup- |

They: took the late ferry .
“on Sunday. for.:a° honeymoon to
‘the’ United. States’ and. Fernie,
For. going-away, the bride :

Mr. and -

a *. About 40. ‘people attended the
“wedding and reception. Bent

FLOWER DANCE
AT GALIANO.

Galiano Hall was gaily decora-
ted: for: the first Flower Dance
to be held.on the Island.: ° :

Misses ‘Tanta DeStaffany,; Pri-.

gid - and: Penny Parner worked:

hard: to. make» all. ofthe beau- .
tiful paper flowers that covered -

the walls. Streamers’ flowed
from. the ceiling, to create a

very pleasing effect.

The ‘orchestra, © Called “The

Spectres’? four exuberant young
_ men,

came from Vancouver.
They brought their own light-
ing effects, making the Hall at-
tractive indeed.

The crowd numbered.more than
70, all of whom.had a wonder-
ful time.::°The music was de-
finitely “modern. “It was really
“gratifying to see young and old
do the ‘frug, swim, ‘twist,.and all
‘of -the ‘modern: dances. - The or-

chestra were guests of Dr. :and™
Mrs. H. Dz Barner for the week-

end.

PPO

_Mrs. Kennett, from North Van-

couver, and Mrs. Rogers, from
England, and Nurse Rogers; from
Sechelt, are all guests of Mrs.

. Ruby Hatcher, .faithful. corres-
‘pondent-organist.. -

Miss: Edna Bailey, -
couver,

from Van-
is .again at’ Ill-a-hae.

of -relief..-.at least’ we erent’;
. being bothered! ©

‘little’ strange,
F around, for. two, months underfoot?

“race-in® "he city, I ‘have
ti hearty, dislike for clocks or sche a
oe The ferry. docks» at :
“A Saturna’ three. times. each day...
“Three ‘toots-of the foghorn to me,.
“means: it*is. time. ‘to make lunch,

oS dulesvs:

The: “

Jn. the: A

J town,
Additional parades

tout. a .

_ the ears. go. blithely. through,
with: all: kinds of. green: goodies

othe dawy

~tropleal |

= wiglpeine”

“Well, thé : youngsters: are back:
t* school and doesn’t it feel a®
after. having. them’:

~The summer. people have gone

without them.
were friendly types.”

: ‘and ‘the rest’ we
me another year: a
By: ‘the; “way;:

-are required, why, not. ; search the
trunks © -Of: cars: “as well: so ivs
“Ww olly. controlled? rae :

‘soc M yrtle. -wouldn’t re-"
member 2 anyway; “she.was soused!

Em-Cée. “accordionist,

three. _toots”. in, “the: afternoon,
supper “should ‘be. “started ; and:
three: toots. in the. evening means:
ive somewhere” betwe “10: ‘and:
:30 and ‘the: TV late ‘hews will:
be on. shortly... Uniortunately,
‘? owas ‘forced “toy “buy

“an ‘alarm’

but:

In, the -past.J’?ve_ poked fun about

bringing home bags of nematodes, :

clock in order. to. get Ricky. off
. to ‘school! noe _
The season'id paséed dtorbring- 2
“ine: hame.. bedding: plants’ from:
‘come. Spring again,
‘the. whole business: will start up.

but it. ismt:aufunny: matters Ito

dyes see a wat ridiculous though

» doesn't-it, that.a foot passenger.
“brings.” back’. a oe
: potted plant or bedding plants;

“who ‘Gnnocently

“without duthor{zation, has, todis-
card it’ at ‘the ticket gate; while

MANE

rertllzed, BO, its
Bo Syow * nots
Red? tape

Te brogght)
plane a
tuteomy bul Sy vee aipt
The
Unithe “plant was. sterilé,

Wag na ehang eornematodes being

““wresent, but because Thad no.”
authorizations Toran the: righ of. 9 /

TAY Hig it, vouthscated, ete
The residents af? Saturna

Sait othencguant telands arg a

; ati OTe Th
the. ga eden
“ponerally: § speaking, ‘aweut

yor

cregulations, ..
ally “broaking =
a yod ares
ark a. fairly large ~
Yong bon,

‘said To
had:. paid die sum. Of money. for
: a ‘toilet pr anger| goth
therd ess:

oa Bue YG hee ee a Yet alte °

Swine

The ‘appointment of Douglas C. Watt as s Vices President, ‘Marketing:
and cf Terence F.Heenan as.Vice-Presidant, Staff (Operations) is.
announced by J,\Ernest Richardson President.and. Chief: Executive:
Officer ef the B.C, Tel | . Bosh’ aa
effective: Sept, ae

cl his--new capacity, Mes 5 : ‘responsible for. the
Company's Marketing Department operations. Born in West Van
“eouver he”.

ritish Columbia in 194). After: several yearson the” accounting

- }94G-and’ has: served the Company: since in..various: capacities,
-|ngluding.. Executive Assistant, General. Commercial. Engineer,
Coastal. Distrie¢ Noe 1 Manager, Coastal Division = Manager, -

“ Presigent, Staff AOperations),...

: plant, traffic.and: cammercal- statf SErvicRs. Gorn and raisedsin:
oe dda, he .chtainad his Gachelor of Science . cogree {rom St.
Mary's

in 1945, The same year hg

Cees old Pe at St ee ee
w

ie mearraers ha oat

~ eran Wd CR I Nt heue an .

Chiefs Engineers with that. company in. 1983.01n,-1965,. he was’.

4 ADU eg. ays aie:

: oe tits WL AG AU iba ata ig teas: and. Ne: Nee
Nar else UAtaen A had

Apaomtment with 8 Tel.

= home, and the valley seemsempty.. °
IT must. say, they.
Some of.
~:them .will come back week-ends; -
won't. see: efor

the: - cabaret “wer |
 had:here was’a real happy.time.

: ich had. a’ real’ sock. in»
Myrtle: it: “wasn’t a: ‘Teal’? a

We all: thoroughly enjoyed: our:
“Ron. |.
Berod, ‘who did: a ‘grand ‘job; ‘and a

attended’ elementary and high: schools there and 9"
gracutt ted with a Bachelor-of Arts: degree: from: the University: of:

and payrolt staff of Burrard Dry. Dock Co. Utd: hejoined B.C. : Tel” aaa i
in, Augus t,.2945.a8. development. éngineering. clers,. After-a.brief.
: period with another company, he retur ned. to 8.0, Tel.in February,

Assistant Director. of. Personnel and, since: January. 1966. Mice. Oy

: Uniwersity, Hattay: in’ 1947" and: h's ‘Bachelor’ of Electricals:
“Engineering degree from Nova Scotia’ Technical College; Halifax, 002
jomned. g. the. Maritime, Telegraph. and]

‘engineering and. ‘tralfle departmants betore. becoming. Assistants:

appointed chairman: Of the Advisdry: Group. Of tha: Trans-Canada. a

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Wednesday, September 6, 1967

Centennial Medals Are
Presented On Pender

“Lieutenant- Governor GRE: ‘Pearkes, ONC.) leaves Sidney wharf in _

R.C.. M, P. ship for Pender Island on Saturday.

‘On Saturday, September.2, a
very pleasant’ garden tea was
held . at “Waterlea” on | Pender
Island, home of L:J; Armstrong
and with Mrs, Keith. Armstrong
as hostess.

The occasion was the présent-
_ation by the Lieutenant-Governor
for. the Pender Island Centennial

Committee of. Pioneer. medals: to

~ several: residents of the Island:
who have lived in Canada for.75

“years or more, and: are now living.
in British Columbia: .

~ Bishop” Michael Coleman wel-. ‘
eoned, ‘the: guests, and parents -
and families o7. the children and
medal 1 recipients. eqs ‘

“Note: : “Pender”

YOUR. WILL”

Is ‘One of the Most Important. Documents You
cS AWD: Ever Execute

ee Estate. ‘Planning ‘Service:

own help you plan a will best suited to your: ae
ie ieateamern| Fequirements a.

So Lvs” TagwWasten! 8: 00 p.m me for b
Village Boy:

-+ PHOTO BY & A. GARDNER

Following the presentation. of

the Medals a. short and amusing

‘speech by Nep. Grimmer speak- -
‘ing ‘on ‘behalf of the recipients

was much enjoyed.

‘Mrs. Pearkes graciously pre- ~

sented each of the Island children
with-a centennial spoon, ‘the gift

- of the Women’s Institute, to com:
‘memorate 1967.
-heim, the’ great-granddaughter of

“Perey Corbett presented: Mrs.
‘Pearkes with .a bouquet of roses’

--and gladiola. from Island gardens.’.

“was ".served after His = 080:

* Honour. ‘the Lieutenant-Governor

.and Mrs.. Pearkes. were. thanked”

for visiting ‘the: island and” offi~ os

Mona Frotzen-

Tea

ciating on this occasion. Unis

“OUR:

‘Island traffic. will. be

: ‘carried on the 10: 00 pim. sail-

ing upon. completion of. the re-. .
s to the wharf at Otter Bay .

pairs

Phone ;

Mr, Heenan will be in charge of future pldnning ind engineering, ee

* Sundoy, September. 10°

“trans fer. point, for. "pender,
oa jand. traffic. (via: Pte
7 ye FON aboard the Mayes. Queen, a

- BRITISH COLUMBIA “FERRIES.
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Gut dslands - ot 837-2159

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Reservations: required.

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Swartz, Bay ¢ 656- 71194 forme

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