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THE REVIEW

Wednesday, December 8, 1982

- ESTABLISHED 1912

~ PUBLISHER — Roy Spooner...
EDITOR — Peggie Rowand

ADVERTISING SALES — John Tate

-The Review is published every Wednesday at Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C.
by Review Publications Ltd., 2367 Beacon, P.O. Box 2070 V8L 385

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“Telephone: 656- 1151

Subscription Rate: $15.00 per year by mail; $25.00 per year out of Province
SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 0128

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Member of 8.C. Division Canadian Weekly jones Associaton
i Member Class '‘A'' Newspaper

~ It’s ironic that while some people.in North Saanich are doing.
_ everything they can to keep Bob Wright from expanding his
marina in North Saanich, Sidney would hang out the flags for
him if he’d just bring his money and expertise to Sidney and
~~ help us build:a breakwater-harbor. -
Because unless private money — ‘together with possible han-

~douts from B. C. Development Corporation and maybe the ©

| Town of. Sidney - — builds it, it seems as if we can abandon. the —
Project for some time. |
For ‘years we’ ve been told the federal small craft harbours.

: ~ harbor. That information previously came from the Vancouver —

= ‘ same thing Monday when they. visited here.

ve : target”

Review Sidney Lions, Christmas Fund: ‘It is widely recognized

the : eee

ble for unemployment i insurance, those who have been on it for.

some time, older people — especially middleaged people who.
have lost their jobs and don’ t qualify for pensions — handicap-
ped folk. and just generally those down. on. their luck who are

looking out ata bleak world because they're having, a tough:

‘time. providing life’ s necessities. °°

To sum up, anyone inn regardless of ‘their. age or cir-

k K for, chelp, if. they, need i

‘und. please con-

ihe: :

the: Worst: winter’ since |
ote

c.
Dirty. “Thirties, and Im:
referring, to the, weather,»
soho “The “unemployment rate: in
0 British Columbia: ‘is. creeping

~ towards 13 per cent. and: ma
reach the 15 percent mark bef or
"spring. et es
Our major: income producers,

forestry. ‘and mining, © are suf:

> fering-from the worst slump.in 50:
- Yearse
— And to. really make you Wi ant
toe weep, our’ political ‘leaders
seseem to be- wandering: ina thick:
“fog, looking: for something tov
hold on toe.
AML in: all, not ‘the: "onightest
praspetis for, uw nnew yeuty you. will»
Ut there's. a frlendly joker in: :
the deck. Economic recovery, the’:
lusive turnaround, 15 8o.close we

— branch: ‘of small craft harbors but officials from Ouawa, said the: -

We ‘suppose | they could just as Bie have written a letter. a

thers i in need — people. becoming cligi-

y apply for: eee sift vouchers and. toys, |
; Lom and, please,

(656. 0) a4) and jell,

aly is confidelice’ in nthe: irae
of tecolery, And of that sounds
oo ike the naive mumbling of ane

“one out and slap. it on your
eee windshield. : a
ae / Others, (not: many, thankfully) :
: would’ go about their. business
‘for ‘The ~sour faced, ‘grouchy, |
public ‘relations as. Attila the
Hun, But our..most. recent ad-. me
dition to these male meter maids
“has to..be the ‘best yet and the.
: Santa Claus I mentioned earlier:
do not know his name, ‘buthe.
_ is one of the nicest. and: most.
courteous the Town: of. Sidney
has so far employed. He is one of:
_ those rare breed of men who not.
only seem to. like doing their job,’
>but doing it well,’
_- pleasantly,. and. without. the usual
fe overbearing * attitude that. seems
to overcome, those. who dona’.
uniform. be epee os
_ But. the thing. that ‘impressed ork
me so was one day. watching, him Bea

economic»
explain further, we ue

oe - authorized,
doesn’t have’ enough. money to fund a Sidney breakwater- —

Waves pound beach near Sidney “Ar nacortes ‘fer? y stip duri ing stor m last Thursday’. .

"Employee
of the year?

Being as I normally am sucha |

devout detester :

uniformed,
bureaucratic,

organized,

The ‘signs: for

“seasonal rather. than.

stabilize investment,’ wis

Ayer, | A

Aha what,

“the recession, The collapse cui a
yi

of anything |
~governmented, ©

“legalized, I...
“natually’ find’ if difficult to say.
anything complimentary | about. .
- those who: are part. of. these, |
_. fraternities. However, since. it is”
getting near. to that time of. year
- when: man is: suddenly ‘supposed.
oo to be nice to his fellow animals, —
with the spirit of Christmas and
all that: humbug, I_must.confess
“that it is quite posible there

‘scratch: or.

. this

efficiently,

nitwit, allow me to 2

oy possible a
“recovery are ‘all there: Interest
“© rates have dropped to. a. three-
year low, assuring, - once again,:
“an adequate:
. vestment. Pe on
~The rate of inflation; officially

nt about 10. per cent, is really -
s “eloser to six per cent, if: you use |

~~ small
return on ins

‘annual
comparisons. That, too, serves to

The bank, vaults. are busting: -
“with money waiting to be hauled
off by investors willing to take a a

Soe what's ‘Keeping’ 18 Gown’ ine fe
oo ihe dumps? L ack of confidence, og

i. a restoration
. _. fidence.” .
result of too many people being |
burnt by the sudden onslaught of |

“That tack of confidence is the

vi (hat.
Columbians is out of a job, but it

ide. swath through our society, «also meang that seven out of eight Rady

: ines wom

doing his round at Safeway’s

parking lot, taking the time and.
to: of the.
shopping carts that had been left,

effort. to’ remove = all
many of them jammed between
‘cars.

When I asked hina why. he did

that when he didn’t really. have
to, he replied that so many people -

would: drive: away, unaware.of

~ the. carts” and would quite often —
otherwise damage
theirs, or someone else’s car.
There. are many residents of
‘today who. would ©
‘probably have had. a sizeable bill -
fo fOr bodywork: or paint on their:
- cars were it not for this man, and _
_ | think it is a nice touch from'a
_ man: who obviously cares about
ee other people and their Property, a :

area

trying Politics to save face.

That is not:what air cadets are
about. ‘Air Cadets’? is ‘good
citizenship in the squadron and in:

the community, with: the” local,
Sidney) ©
sponsoring them, It is not being.
best at any cost to the: truth or.

civilians © (that’s you,

traditional methods of behavior,

In my. opinions:

shop keepers !
manufacturing industries,

i
i!

“mortgages” ‘and an army of
os unemployed ‘who couldn’ t af ford”
anytiing. ecen tgee

type

Our uncmployment rate means ,
cone in. cight. ‘British!

; URE if the published bal and
-untruths: were ‘not enough, these.

so-called © military © ‘People © are ©:

“Dec;

Let's add up. the cost! tof this fodaeaet
flagrant behaviour she tate

_ ©The Kinsmen have been ah en

leaving, in its wake vietims a
“every socio-economic. level. jones

The victims’ were. high-flying
“giants, such as Dome Petroleum —
and Daon Investment, as well as-
and as

doing’:
the consumer. level, : the.
mf ion ‘struck. home: owners |

- who couldn't afford 20. per cent 9 “from creating jobs,

Sooo $LOVeS,
“cannot be. ace
cornplished hy government alone. aoe
nor, by investors, The first step is
of public con:
2 tut result in more employment,” 7

Investors .

> Murray Sharratt Photo

a black eye and have quit..
Under the present  ‘‘leader-
ship’’ 676 is doomed to the cellar.
°The military stance is un-
tenable for Pacific Region.
An unpaid and conscientious

B.C. Committee has been

_ dragged: through the mud. for

doing its job as laid down.

Sidney. cadets. have. been

besmirched by their adults.

| eVictoria® ‘cadets: have” every

reason to be insulted.

caltycis: high time ‘the ratings ©
between. the two squadrons were

_ published ‘in your’, columns. to

illustrate the disparity, ifi it exists.”

Sidney military mark 98 per cent, o

Victoria 97. 5 per cent.

eines! ‘these “troubled | times.

Please keep the food coming —

‘apart from the concern shown for

“those down on: their luck, it puts’:
a smile. on so many faces. a

especially mine when I come. to”
sortitall. foes :

“>There. will be another. food.
“bank day Saturday followed by
18. There will be no further
food* pane lee until Jan is:
1983,° ol nae

~ Bless youth,

 Cohihied & on Page AD :

“have jobs.

their money for. dear - life,
Expecting | things. to’ get. “worse, -
they put their money in the bank
for’an even, rainier ‘day, And by ©
80, they. make things: .

worse, because they deprive their:

“money. from’ being» eirculateds',

Recovery has: to start rye
those seven’ out’ of cight people —

: “who. still have jobs, starting to. .
~~ Buying stopped: at every. evel
Car sales. slumped, retail ‘Sores |
saw a lot of. window shoppers,
but no one bought. A bs

on Recovery.

“spend their. money. They: must

trade in their old cars for new”
ones, ‘buy new refrigerators and |

houses” and
dominiums, 7
oA restirgence | ore doenalnig

“would give industry the necessary
inerease in. production and, in.

And- belleve ING,
~wouldn’ Ube far behind, They can
smell a buck from amile away:
~ Continued on Page AS:

. such: well.

- From the Dec. 7

- Ken Vv. Cater S

oe Sonia Townsend,»
10947 Madrona Drive os

Those seven now. hold ‘on. to”

“The Review Pete net
That. glass of Canadian wine is ive

60 YEARS AGO
From the. Dec. 7, 1922 issue, of
The Review.

Mr. G.E. Goddard has secured
the Canadian rights to an English —
boiler fluid manufactured by his
brother and his partner which has
been used with great success for
the past 20° years. all . over
England, on land and sea, as well
as in France, the United States
and’ Mexico, and endorsed by. .
known © people - as. °-
Vickers Sons and Maxim Naval

~ Gonstruction Works in France. A

plant for the manufacture of the
fluid) has been established: in
Sidney by Mr. Goddard.

The fluid will loosen, dissolve
and. remove scale and preserve
tubes, plates, rivets and stays of
all steam boilers...

50 YEARS AGO _.:

» 1932, issue of
The Review. - os

~ Relics of local pioneer days are

- at last going to have a permanent
resting, place, which will be in the -
- form.of a log cabin to be erected
-on the North and South Saanich
Agricultural grounds and when.
completed, will also. serve as

: “headquarters for the" Saanich
“Pioneer meetings.

: : KK : whe

‘Owing. to the. ‘increasing

~ popularity of North Saanich Golf :

Club and inability to secure anf
- extension ‘of the lease - on: the.«..

property, the committee. found it
Necessary to.» look | for fresh
" premises and were fortunate in»

“subdivision. The. property —

ey delightfully. : one ; eas tg ao =

Glae

“Tf oo. Bennett ‘

"Cook, aged 90 years.of Sidney. .
“Jonah. “celebrated “his

_ of Sidney. Social’ Credit group.

- He was. honored. by his fellow. ;

Socreds at the mecting, a han-

dsome birthday cake was cutand ~

“he addressed the gathering:
- briefly, thanking them for. the. re
- honors. bestowed on vhim, ” eee

20 YE ARS AGO Be
‘From the Dec 12, 1962, Assue of. any
The Review. _

~ Tenders. have’ ‘been ‘called ‘by
“the provincial government for the»

H installation of lighting systems: on aie
Patricia’ a.
“McT avish Road and Beacon ‘Aves a

“Bay Highway
This. ‘announcement was made
press time last week by Saanich :
MLA’ John Tisdalle, - heel
~The lighting sys stems have been
, sought... by: various -
organizations since the highway.
as detour.” was : “opened several’
caonths ago. Ha

The. calling: ‘of: tenders: isthe: et
“first move | 1o be announced: by
the government towards relieving ©
the traffic hazards of the highway ;
“through Sidney.” oe
-VOVEARSAGO.
“rom ihe, Dec. 6, 1972 sue, 0

improving every year =—-and it is:
“not: just a matter of maturity!
© Much of: the research and cx-
~ perimentation which - goes: on

“behind the scenes: actually begins a
: mn me peninsula.”

Scone

“ds 60> years since.

> Manking: Kast Saanich Rd; The

local. station is now’ the ‘hain

~ Canadian centre for screening, ay

‘nursery stock imported. to this

“ycountry before release to. plant.
breeders, Industry 0
ce WOCkerne nadiegdlne

“securing 50. acres on the. Animote Ee

province’ ’s senior - Social Creditor, oo
-he™ should. not. overlook Jonah ead

“90th |
/ milestone last: Thursday, Dec. 4, 0.
“by attending the monthly meeting

locals:

the eesee
‘Daminion Experimental : Fam
“wag established) on: '120. acres 2

or research thecets