Wednesday, November. 8, 1961. SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF. ISLANDS REVIEW — | ‘PAGE THREE fo ee wer wr rrr wr or ee oe _ “Thursday, Nov...9.- :- aa Saturday, Nov. lee = ‘Monday, Nov. 13 = - : Tuesday, Nov. 14 - - PIS IRS OOOO IIE ONS ee TT ee . 7 | WHAT'S ON TONI - Cor. Sluggett Road and Wallace Drive 4 Brentwood Community Hall ’ ‘President: ‘Ted Holloway - THURSDAY, NOV. 9 ‘to Wednesday, Nov. 15 - / Ghamber ae Fnac To Co-operate kook Badminton—Ladies’: afternoon’. Badminton—Intermediate Badminton—Family. night :: Basketball Boys—Pre- Midget. 1 Badminton—Senior - Basketball—Girls—Pre- Midget. ; Girls—Juvenile - : GHT?.. at. a : ' 4 : | -. Brentwood . Seer etary: Mrs. M. Peard WEDN ESDAY, NOV. ; vo, 00- 4.00 p.m. _— _ Vek 2.00-" 4:00 p.m? ..7.00-11.00 p.m. -6.30-. 7:30 p.m. Boys—Midget .. .......7.00- 8.00 p:m. Boys—Bantam —..; 2... 8.00- 9:00 p.m. Men —Senior _..... cease 9.30-11.00 p.m. wwe ce eens 7.30- 11.00 p.m. . .6,30- 7.30 p.m. | Girls—Midget §...2.0... 7 00- 8.00 p.m. Girls—Banzam . .8.00- 9.00 p.m. peat cr 9.00. 00- “10. 00 00 p.m. m. ote oe —— COUNCILLOR | VICKERS IS OUTCLASSED — 7 Councillor A. G: ‘Vickers, of | a tral Saanich,. is outclassed by his ; wife when it comes to bowling.» Last week.:a ‘party of Brentwood bowlers’ attended Loomer ‘Lanes in : Saanich to see Mrs: ‘Vickers roll a | 342 game. Included in the’ score “were eight straight strikes.. Councillor Vickers is’ silent in re- | spect. of his own prowess on’ the alleys. “| | | nl Warm Reply Comes After Long Delay | ! cone * Cocopetation: ‘with other Chambers { -. of. Commerce is the keynote of Cen- ., tral Saanich Chamber of Commerce, . ara agreed on Monsey eve- ; ning. ~~ theater attained BRENTWOOD -.The South Saanich ‘Anglican ‘Men's s ‘Club are holding an open meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in the’ parish hall. Mr. Seymour will ‘give an illustrated talk on our provincial parks. Refreshments will be served and ‘all: members ‘are cordially invit- ed to attend. and bring their’ friends. St: Stephen’s | W:A. held the: regu- The ‘question arose following a.re-. port“in’ The. Review: recently. con- cerning - communications the chambers. Retiring’ president of Sidney. and North-Saanich Chamber : -\2 Commerce,.A. R. Spooner, stated local: chamb ers haat Not been _.| answered. — reply from Central Saanich.-. Fol: ‘lowing. is the reply, over. the-signa- ture of Roderick Pri ice pavict, secre- tary: between" several weeks ago that his-letters:to |- Mr. -Spooner received a prompt | -@0-oper ation - | chamber: s.. “Tt is. with donsiderable’ regret that we note the apparent. omission to'reply to your letter, nevertheless, we ‘hasten to'do so now. “We of this chamber wish to evidence in the friendliest terms.our. | wishes towards mutual success in | sharing ‘the common problems of | our areas.: In. working towards this goal may I therefore reiterate the: sincere expressions of altruism; and between _ “our - various follows: comic: Patsy Buxton (aunt | Jemima), Mandy Linnell (hobo), | They stopped off to visit friends in Peter ~ Rayburn. (beatnik): best '| Sidney.:and=.spent some time with { good. fellowship, . evidenced” at our, council:. meeting, and: a: wish’ .to* co- ‘operate. to the-utmost:in future: com-. mon endeavors.. To the Sidney. and “At-a meeting of: the: “execulive council of the Central Saanich Cham- “ber of Commerce, -on the 30th of this | month,. considerable discussion:‘was. Owe wr wer rem. s ieatnettt re re _SAANICHTON The ‘hallowe’ en: party,, ona ‘Anhalt. banquet ‘of Central Saan- | ich: Chamber of Commerce will be: staged in. the. spring of 1962. The: chamber ~ had» earlier ‘planned: the by the Community .Club,.‘and ably | function for this ‘fall, but the spring assisted by-members of the Saanich- | proved. a “more convenient time :for ton.elementary |P.T.A., held” at. the | the: necessary. arrangements, mem- Agricultural Hall, on October 31, was |-bers were informed on 1 Monday e eve- an outstanding success. yning: There were over 100 children a5 as Rene mer ree ee a a re JAMES ISLAND a ee ne Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Yates, accom- ‘panied by twin sons, Henry and Ted, together with the latter’s wife, have just returned from-ian Asian tour. costume, and the judges, Mrs. Helen Turner, Mrs. Florence Dadds and R. Boutillier had. the very: difficult task of choosing the winners: from: a crowd .where every child might be a.winner. The results of the judging were as dressed: Morgan Breitenbach (torea- ; Mr. and Mrs. R.:B. Carpenter ‘on | dor), Russell Johnson (indian). and |-James. Island... Their trip. was an. ‘Marlene Johnson (witch) ;: most, ori- especially. interesting one, as .they | ginal: Ronnie Bell (snowman), Terry ; Visited to. the Taj Mahal and, be- Bompas. (knight),. Graham Foster cause of the:-time. differential, they | (skeleton) - -youngest girl: Laurene | were visiting. James Island, -osten- Patterson (bride): youngest boy: | ey before . they: had eft Hong Stephen Hitchin (monk), a fae vat ne a . enry ‘Yates -was one “of ‘the at- oeeial ‘mention bith, Hatley | tendants at the wedding of his cous- Cuthbert as Robin Hood. Friar ‘Tuck | in, Max Fleming, to the former. Miss and ‘Little John; John .and..Mary Janet Carpenter, .and enjoyed “his. Lyons ‘(as a‘lion and lioness), Cathy stay. on James Island at that: time: Godfrey (autumn), Heather. Harrison He was, therefore (beatnik), and David Gaw (headless family to -visit this small island in man). The -prize’ for youngest in the Pacific. costume went to Peter Milburn, | tan Palmer was.a week-end Vise: dressed as a little indian. itor at the home of ‘Mr. and Mrs.. W.. E. Sidwell. Following the awarding of prizes | Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Scott of Brent: the children. went out-of-doors where wood. revisited their~ old home and; an immense bonfire was lit for them spent. some time with various friends | and there was: a display of fireworks. Hotdogs:” and” pop, . cookies, cake ~ Chamber Banquet | | | | | | Herbal ‘Medicines C ‘oming -In. an article by Elizabeth Martyn | on .the.-growing use of -herb - medi- cines, which: I. read. recently, men- tion’ was made of yarrow: as a cure for. colds. RS In my ‘childhood | in Englarid, we knew. all the wild flowers, and yar-: row,: or milfoil, with’ its .bunch-.of pale - mauve- or white: flowers’ and: fern-like leaves’was quite familiar. And so, with this:added .information T looked it up and found quite -a lot of. folk ‘lore’ and. interest connected with: this wayside ‘and wasteland weed, : 4 Achillea Ageratum is_ its = cal name; called after Achilles. who was taught the virtues of plants by the. - famous ‘‘centaur-schoolmaster, Chiron. Achilles is remembered for the fact that his mother, Thetis, dip- ped him..'as-.a” baby, in, the. river Styx, thus. making him invulnerable, except for: -his ‘heel;: _by:. which’: his mother’ held: him: To this day. we talk of. an ‘Achilles heel" to denote some - weakness, physical. or..-moral,- in.at otherwise str ong. character, : SNEEZEWORT : Achillea millefolium is the. more usual name, . and ‘in’ English books, the yarrow. is often known as ‘Double Sneezewort. Ah! there you have :it: » anxious for his; Sneezewort, that certainly has to do with colds, sniffles, sneezes. So our fathers of old (or more likely, our mothers!) made‘infusions of yarrow and administered it when: their fam- ilies had colds. | on. the island, including Mrs. oW: al Penman. ey a Uk gh ost, inven | .. lar- monthly: meeting “in the. parish: North: ‘Saanich ’:Chamber;:. together |.and apples put the” finishing touches “Rall: on Wednesday, Nov.'1. A dona-. in the recent issue. of The Review, given to an article: which appeared.| with: the Chambers of Commerce on ~ tion’. .was-.made. Brentwood: -every=: hour, from 7.80.1. LO. G0) Pane Leaves MUL. Bay: every hour, = fran BOW aime ta 7.00) panies Sundays: and Holidays-Extra ae hig AYP as oh Leaves Trontwood. a 7.90 pan, ANGE DSO pate: Ave! #. MN Duy. al vy pan, and pune. bebe iain, he os ae ‘: Nie initt w “yew: ns pital ati. hancen Charlotte City Dirty that: nm, jhe University: of British Columbia, Coast } F erties. call Th May, 1994, he was ordained at _ . ; jthesds, C.-Conterence ‘of the’ ‘rite |} Vaneanee i ol Vieterta {{ Chur oh erat on Special author | ent: ‘the P.T.A,. prize: of “$10 for* the: on the walls, in: Miss*Lane’s:room,: » “The next: meeting: will he on No- -ventor war.Gy WeGe ‘orrisy of ‘Pitta. burgh, This was: the: largest Ferris ‘Brentwood-Mill Bay shown. and iti ‘is hoped - as: many as.) f°". > The. ‘couple have. three® ‘sons,: Rob-' in-class; both’ in: Beacon: Hi: Park: rs Gee Back Into. Public Favor? -I find itis used in “potency”, ie. © very concentrated ‘solution :for. colds, fevers and also hemor rhages by our:~ native’ Indians. os The. Thompson Indians Have been known: to have_used ‘the yarrow. tea many, many years ago. Strangely enough the French name for yarrow .. is‘ Herbe- aux .Charpentiers,’ because... a balm made from the plant was - found to.cure wounds made by car- penter’ s tools. Those who find ‘an interest din “Medicinal and Food Plants of B.C." 0 7 by Irene Bastow Hudson’ will/ share with her the urgent need to. preach conservation and preservation of our: wild plants.’ As Dr. .Hudson. says... “Nothing in nature is idle: or: use--” less." Nature offers ‘all her “gifts: to US for our ‘use and pleasure 25." °. So, if: any is us. were: suddenly, plunged . into’: Crusoe life bereft of pharmacies and’ ‘medical practitioners, and had. man-. ° = : aged to. pr eserve Dr. Hudson's small BRAY VES paper. covered book,:or even. remem:: ° ‘| ber. some® of the’ uses’ of our’ native ~ herbs, we: might.set: up as. useful.” “medicine “ men’? ‘and: cure common ailments." Dae eS “So. much: for. yarrow... 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