Established 1925

REAL ESTATE
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AUTOPLAN -
2489 Beacon Ave.
Sidney, B.C.

656-5511

'120 ACRES KISPIOX RIVER, 26
‘room lodge plus two self con-
\-tained suites, new four bedroom
:2500 sq. ft.. house. $250,000 or
‘will. consider. trades. P.V. SER-
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“NOTICE OF SALE
~~ Pursuant To The

~ REPAIRERS LIEN ACT

WHEREAS the following —
debtor is indebted to the
|: undersigned in the following §
sum, for storage, work done
and. materials: supplied in’ J
repair of the following motor
a vehicle:
Gary Kilgor; $1,470:45:
1964 Chevrolet Nova
_ (stock: car):
Serial Number »
~ WRN233348:

| and the said sum ought to have |

| made in the payment thereof. |
Inotice is -hereby given that |
T signed, sealed bids. for the §.
| purchase of the above describ-
Jed motor vehicle. will be ac-
} cepted until 5:00 p.m... on Fri-
day the 28th day of October,
11983. al the place of business §

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THE REVIEW

® The cobbler quoted Robbie Burns ‘by the yard’

The reason I have chosen 1912 for this article is
because that is the year my parents brought: their

“children here from England to live here. References for

my statements are my memory and the first four issues
of The Review which are from December, 1912, when
the paper was first published.

Beacon Ave. ran.west to east froma B. C. Electric
Railway station called ‘‘Sidneyway’’ to the sea and
Sidney wharf, a narrower structure located in the same
area as the present one. There was a beacon light on the
wharf to guide mariners. the fuel was coal oil probably
and, I think, tended by the local wharfinger, but that 1
have not been able to ascertain.

The Brethour brothers, John, Julius, Wesley, Henry
and Samuel all had farms’ parallel to. one another. ex-
tending from the old. Road down to the sea. Beacon
Ave. ran between the farms of Juliusand Wesley.

When the Brethour brothers subdivided,
Avenue was. made and was intersected by Sth, 4th, 3rd,
and 2nd Streets. The V.and’S Railway ran along Ist St.
which started where the Sidney Hotel was and still is,
and ran south to Bazan Bay and on to Victoria.

The Canadian and Southern Lumber Co. Ltd. builta
lumber mill and yard on the property bounded by the
north side of Beacon Ave. and 2nd St. so that logs could

be brought by sea and hauled right out of the water into.
the mill. The V. and S Railway hauled milled lumber:

away. to Victoria and.scows and: tugs hauled milled
lumber to the mainland.

The Village of Sidney grew:from ‘this jadustry and ;

was. named: after Sidney: Island ‘and © the. straits.
Employment at the mill brought people to live and their
needs prompted business establishments and enterprise

..So that in 1912 they were as follows:

On the north side of Beacon A ve. Starting at the east <
“end: :

«The wharf where the beacon light \ was.
‘Lumber mill and yard. The mill. whistle blew. at 6

a.m. to rouse workers, and again at 7:a.m., noon, Loe:
‘p.m. and 6 p.m.:No coffee breaks. then. :

- Crossing 2nd Ste, ‘proceeding west:

®Bob Sloan, the cobbler. He quoted Robert Burns by eee

the yard and wrote poetry himself.
-eP, Burns Butcher: Shop-run ‘by. Arthur Harvey and

Ed Blackburn. The Review. commented that they ‘‘were - 3
--clever.men who could cut 3 pounds of beeft to look like.a *-
. 10-pound roast. 9) gol Hoe
- - @James Critchley’ Ss General Store, built i in 1899, with: Bee
living. ‘quarters above. Son Aldred (Nip): helped in the

— ee Button
eas Mute Button

Beacon ©) school concerts, dances, etc.

started in 1912. Their number one project was a

©The. Merchants’. Bank: on the corner of 3rd and
Beacon was built in:1912 with living quarters above. The
manager was Mr. Roach and the teller was Billy Lait,
both ‘eligible bachelors”’

@Across 3rd St. was a vacant corner lot iced asa short

‘cut to and from school and stores.

Bevan, Gore and Eliot,
estate.

eSidney Water Power Co.,
manager, Samuel Roberts Jr.

ej, McNaught,
Steam Laundry. Mrs... McNaught operated. a swit-
cchboard for B.C. Telephone Co. which was there until
the telephone office was built on Sth St. in December,
1912. Miss.McKay operated it until relieved by Miss
Maude Hootonin January, 1913. Above the McNaught
business premises was-the small Berquist Hall used for

stocks, bonds: and real

established: 1912,

*A store stood on the west corner of 4th St.
cannot-recall the. occupant-and have not found anyone
who does. More research needed.
¢Drug Store, owned and operated by John Williams,
chemist, and his brother.
Dry Goods Store, operated by W.H. Dawes, who
also was secretary. of Sidney. Board of Trade. which

water! | ;

*Scottish Stores, H.G. Hannan, at the corner of 5th
and Beacon. Beyond:that it was fields: all the way.to the
East Road, belonging to Wesley Brethour: These fields,

during the 1914-18 War, were used as an army camp by
‘the 143rd Battalion (known as ‘“‘The Bantams’’), the

23 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and a-unit known to us as
the ““Yukoners’’ because they had been recruited in the
Yukon, and had a number of husky dogs with. them.
Some of the ‘‘Yukoners’’. were accompanied by: their
wives and:‘one of these stayed with us.

Crossing Beacon Avenue to the south side:

-eChinatown occupied the block between 5th’ and 4th...
“has ‘Streets where now is the post office, Toronto Dominion

*. Bank, etc. Kwong. Lee Yuon advertised in The Review oe
as “General Merchandise, one for, labour. Tel

22”.
Chung: Lee Ling’ advertised: as “«Tmporting agency,

employment of Chinese labour. Cooks and farm hands

found. : ‘Hardware, vegetables - ‘and. waterlilies.’ The

waterlilies were. not the plant with which: we associate ae
the name. They were: probably: of the: narcissus : family oes
and. were grown in bowls of water and pebbles. : :

sing 4th St. “going east...

arge ‘Berquist ‘Hall upstairs . i Fletcher North’ S

Regular $20, 95
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expressman and agent for Standard

‘but 1. while both teaching school here.

break-

eDavid Evans — ‘‘Sidney’s Pioneer Tailor’
superior material’. >

eBlacksmith shop, house and garden, owned by Mr.
Berquist. Site now occupied by Bank of Montreal.

Crossing 3rd St.:

eSidney Restaurant run by Mrs. Simister:

®J.F. Simister Dry Goods. Advertised ‘‘unbeatable
values in boy’s trousers”’

eMcKillican and North, real estate and insurance.
Advertised ‘nice grassy lots close in $200 per lot: $20
cash, $10 per month’”’

Blacksmithy: with
Kierstead.

¢Vacant lot on corner.

Crossing 2nd St.:
¢ Another vacant lot with large { fir trees on it.
-*House - Mr. and Mrs. Converse.

eHouse - Mr. and Mrs, Spencer. —. where Arthur
Currie (later Sir Arthur Currie) and his sister had lived
Later it. became a

— “only

rooms above. Mr..and. Mrs.

chocolate shop...»
eHouse of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Cochran.
ase Trading store owned by C.C. Cochran and

White. The post office was attaches to this store
va 1913..

-®Hotel Sidney, P. N, Tester, prop. $2 per day. terms

by month. ‘‘High Class Dining Room, Choicest Wines,

Liquors and Cigars’. Sidney Wharf.
Addenda:
eThe Sidney Review started Dec. 1912, ‘somewhere on
Beacon, manager. W.N. Bohannon. ~
-eJ.B. Kelly, Feed Store, Ist St.
building, now Sea Chest Marine Store. °
eAngus Ego’s Billiards and Barber Shop, Ist ot and
Bevan. Retired Sidney policeman.
-eDavid Craig, Blacksmith.
Neilson Fralick, watch repairs, 4th St.’

~ Sidney Bakery, H. Ingamells, and St., now Salvation
: Army, Bldg.:

St. Andrews Anelican’ Church, 3rd St Rev. Des.

Baires, rector. 2...
eSt. Elizabeth’s (Roman Catholic) Church, 3rd St.
-@Methodist Church, Rev." James. Hicks,

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~ Berquist small hall. ‘Parsonage Ha in 1904" on 3rd St. eo
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-eDr. Gordon ‘Gaimmines: the. ron ‘doctor; built a at
cottage hospital: (now:-Shore Acres) on 3rd St. Took
: private patients. Later. built Resthaven. of
®@The Experimental Farm started October. i912 on. 134
= acres bought from. WwW. Ve ch.

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Open house
at
Garth Homer

The Garth Homer:
Centre, Arbutus Crafts,
invites the public to an open
house 10 a.m. -.2°p.m. at
813. Darwin.. The open
runs. the third
Tuesday of each month,
October » through. June.
Visitors are invited to. tour
the centre and learn what is
happening in the
workshops. Finished
products are on display and
may be purchased. at any
time.

Bazaar,
flea market

Saanich Peninsula Parish
bazaar will:be held 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. Oct. “22 at St
Elizabeth Centre, 10030-3rd. -
St., Sidney. A flea market is.
also planned 10.a.m.-4 p.m.

~ Oct: PS at the centre. -

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