PAGE FOUR - Published’ at. Sidney,” Vancouver Island, B.C. . ~ Every Wednesday. os . By Peninsula Printing Co. Ltd: ; J. Se RIVERS, President.and Managing, Director. of: B.C.- " Division, .Canadian “Weekly Newspapers’ Association. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association, : Member Audit Bureau: of Circulations. Telephone 28. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 per year by mail-in Canada and the Britisn Empire; $3.00 per year to foreign countries. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.. : Display advertising rates on application. 7 siembck Wednesday, July 20, 1955 SAANICH SETTLERS T was no bed of roses in Saanich 100 years ago. At that 1 time there were but two white families in the district. - Roads were unknown and ‘the ordinary. household facili- | “” ties which are commonly accepted today were only present |- “--insofar as ‘they were provided by the settlers: themselves. To the:west side of the Peninsula Angus McPhail had settled on land later farmed by L. C. Hagan... To his east ~William.and*Margaret Thomson had built a cabin which » was to. be their home until they could construct a house. The entire. area was ‘heavily wooded and. populated’ by - Indians. ° ~The latter were friendly and co-operative, ‘but there: ‘was. no guarantee at that time | that. they were os destined to remain so. ‘Last: week-end the pioneer families of ‘Saanich gath- Seed” at ‘the: Pioneer Log Cabin to pay tribute to those early settlers: .The pioneers were expressing their grati- : tude to the hardiness of the: early settlers for their efforts Sn ‘preparing. Saanich for later generations. -. “they. were paying tribute to those settlers.for the major _contribution they made to the well-being of later genera- ‘legacy, left to. them “by the ‘first. settlers. “They: saw: ‘churches, schools,:community - organizations,: the. Saanich: “Fair, ‘and the basic -eulture-of- the Scots: who: brought : a} God-fearing, honest: society. to: Saanich. : : s..-There is a private~ house ‘named: ““Bannock- ane “The church of St: Stephen’ s_ will always. be linked. withthe. Thomson: family: - The road-upon which-they first In addition, ““The scenery’s’ great Burbank (above), interview. “stables later. escorted the: party to Franklin River, where ‘the group in- ‘There. is: little: left i in Saanich: ‘to: show. ‘the work: of the “ spected’’ locomotives -and: ‘watched: a ‘trainload:. of logs’: being | dumped: | at’ these aucieg marts_ is tremen: : Const. ‘Freisen;. at rear, was formeny. with © the: iene ‘detachment | dous: ROMP.. SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW Former Mountie Here - : : and ‘the. people are wonderful,” everyone ex- The: pioneers on: “Saturday © were ooking. over: the. claimed: recently: when the California Railway. Club’s. B.C: tour reached. | the Albernis; but:apair of Mounties were still. the .centre -of interest | for the shutterbugs in the-group.. Steve Franco, Monrovia, and: Earl Mills; Constables A“ H.:Van Caeseele and E. Harry Freisen during. a stop for refreshments at the. Tidebrook Hotel, . ;Some Trends ‘In Farming - : (Farmer's Advocate) ; { While change. may: be more -pro- “| nounced at..the. moment in the ..dceable trends in Eastern Canada ‘agriculture that. are. causing both Satisfaction and’ uneasiness. : de- pending on how they affect the in- { dividual farmer. Whether for bet- iter -or for worse, these swings. iaway from standard practice are ; gathering momentum and they | threaten to alter substantially the ! i to come. ; .Poultry raising is fas} becom- ‘ing a specialized enterprise and ; the smali farm flock is dwindling :in importance. Something similar is Rhappening in the. fluid milk A market. Bulk handling of milk i will make. it difficult for the two ‘and three can shipper to hold a : place...in the larger markets, -; Small’ local markets may provide ‘|an-outlet: for the milk producer | operating on. a. modest-.scale but ! the big bulk tank will go past ‘his ‘! gate. without “stopping. oe The trend. is definitely in the | direction of bigness, As-’soon as '/ the family size farm is’ mechan- i ized the owner - operator begins to look around: for: more land so , his equipment may.:be used more 4 | hours - and the overhead thus re- | duced. From: the viewpoint of -economic operations ithe larger / ' farm ‘units: are preferable. The} ; | impact of this trend on the school, | aan and social. life of the com- munity is ‘not something to con- template with pleasure or. optimism: During.: the*.past 10 years, sales { barns have been: established all across this..province’ and’ at. these’ livestock, farm -equipment, . house- ; hold articles - | chattels. The. con- - The: total business done ‘A significant change is. taking | place right .within the long estab-. | Book, Review ? Province of Ontario.there are not- | I ‘Why Johnny © Can't Read—~and : pattern of agriculture in the years | ‘ emporiums farmers. buy’ ‘and’ sell” and ~ miscellaneous. Wednesday, July 20, 1955. She Should Know (St. Thomas Times-Journal) A Hespeler woman, 102, has -liv- Led in the same house since. 1871. She should .be one person who {knows where. everything is. | | The Revi ezu’s || | Canada within. recent weeks a | prominent Canadian educationalist summed up this book in a sweeping, challenging statement. The power-” ful reply to:Fleisch was simply that | “Finally we come to the poorest|there are always criticisms. of new - l What. ¥ou Can Do. About. It”, by Rudoli Fleisch; _ Harper, 222 pp., | $3.25, . | 'eroup. They work on some ‘story’ ! Systems. That must have really put about a boy who is terribly excited : 'him in his place! and happy because he has two new! The author draws a picture of caps, a blue one;this castrated English ‘which. is ana a brown! taught in schools across this contin- one. Theteacher;ent and was eliminated elsewhere cries her best,:in the world 3,000 years ago. He in the prelimin- / points out that it is.a system ex- ary telling of , tending right into college text books, he story, to get | where a form of “simplified Eng- the children in-| lish’. is employed to combat the terested. Unfor-|studenis’ earlier years of inade- tunately, theyj|quate training in reading. ; are not, The{ I understand that more atten- business of the{tion is.being paid to this question ‘two caps leaves of reading instruction in British them utterly Columbia. I :-had never been. en- cold.” amored of the later.system of learn- This is the author's: description | ing to read. Since perusing. this of a typical reading. exercise in any book I have reached the conclusion - | American. school today... He shows ‘ that to permit a child to attend the “pupils struggling through. a fany school where the word- -recog-: reader which is designed for one ‘nition system. obtains ds a short cut. . | purpose and one. purpose only; to} to illiteracy. ; enable the child to: learn to read | This’ volume is not written for without the rudiments of phonetic | teachers. It is written for the lay- alphabet. man and is provided with nearly The two examples given by the} 100 pages of exercises. aimed at the ‘author which are most sirikiing in | betterment of a child’s reading when this severe attack on reading by | that child is a victim of the iar word-recognition are those of anjern method. . jeastern school in the United States, How ‘easy for tescners! exclaims where one community maintained |'Fleisch . .. but how grim for stu- the. phonetic system and the other dents!—F. GR. . adopted the word- recognition sys- |- cca a The € hurches ; tem, ‘The » former. showed © pupils | - Seventh-Day considerably beyond average - in reading ability the latter were «in: Adventist Church ” Saturday, July 23: j 3 |: ES gees Cg F...G. Richards the normal American ‘school : stage of several years behind . the: inter- national average. The comparison, being odious, was later. eliminated: avhen: the school authority cancelled |]. je phonetic ' system . and brought; Sabbath School ..... “2.930 acm: lished ‘swine. indus Man rm- tall students down. to the same ‘level. ; . built their home'bears a name of no relation to. that family. || hie rs. haven't: a ape, the aah “We ‘are told that this word-recog- Preaching Service ..........10. A5 a.m, nebe Scots ‘put, ao: name tag on ‘local: landmarks. : There. is ||: | while ‘others have: herds - of . sows nition system is, now -being elite “ 7 . Sunday a ; 40 YEARS. AGO. ; Margaret Teece,” “Maggie “Falconer, | | but feed and. finish no, hogs.. This:|ated from schools in British Colum- aie Lecture wuss 80 B, m., : Dorcas: Welfare : Society. Ast and 3rd ‘Tuesday, 2: pm “Every: ‘Wednesday’ oon Par “Weekly ‘Prayer. ‘Service... 7180p. owe wy: / SEVENTH: DAY: ADVENTIST’ ; CHURCH ; “Mentioned: ‘in? “despatches - in’ “ale j King’s Birthday. ‘Honors List, Sqdn:- ef Lars’ Se. Wee Bellis” is ‘chief. flying: in- ‘structor with | a unit: at. Patricia’ * | Bas, ‘Son: ‘of: Mrs. A Bell Blaney June. Bowerman:. Marguerite: Auch= ‘| terlonie; ‘Frederick: ‘Smith™ and’ ‘Ron- nie ‘Brackett.’ Grade 1 to 2; Ruth. Mollison, ‘Peggy Steeves and: } Shirley | bia. : The alithor tells us..that ‘in‘a third: “grade reader prepared for. the. word-recognition “system. the average ‘student: is familiar with: 1,200: words. |-Under.' the. old’ system’ that third |} ‘grade pupils can read Mp to. “44,000° means, of. sourse, a huge traffic in... weaning ~pigs. * ~ Farmers are “buying: ‘them...just; as. ace do day-. ace chicks.” : faoyes a Greek: mea. he ld i ae isin thor are s erected for. a purpose oe ; I Review N cbidents gout that. if heed was paid. to every mo “season | all. over: ‘the: a Pacific coast. At'time of writing, ‘despite bright’ sun- shine, weather. still ‘does not’appear. permanently settled nd:more: rainfall-can. be: expected... With.the:higher than. normal precipitation have come unusual problems through- out the ‘area, At least two ‘agricultural, fairs have’ had to be cancelled “because weather failed to follow the normal pattern. This ‘is unfortunate because over a period.of years these annual exhibitions have: tended to improve agricultural products. “North and South Saanich Agricultural Society’s annual -*show-at Saanichton will proceed as usual but we're con- -fident that the heavy and continuous rainfall willbe re- : flected in.the exhibits, : “Another problem: caused: by: the unpree edented: rainfall ds.the: luxuriant growth: of grass'and follage. There are “places'in' this immediate area where: growth: has. ‘heen so rapld'that a traffic hazard has. been created, One. such, intersection..is that. at. Tood's. store, - ‘There are lots of} others, Motorista are: unable to: see, if. other’ cars are ap- proaching. because’ of-the-rank: growth. 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