SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C., Wednesday, April 12, 1950. SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW PAGE ELEVEN

War. His recollections of South 1c
MORE ABOUT Africa are very pleasant. He re- Successful First

calls it as being a beautiful place, Shoot of Season ..

MAIL TROUBLE and one where the residents have | “ty priniant sunshine the. North

. . learned how to relax.
(Continued from Page One) Saanich Rod and..Gun. Club held
- : Visits. Australia its:-first: ‘shoot ‘of. the. season ; on

. ; ° | .. Shortly after‘ his’ coming to
: Easter “Sunday. “afternoon at. the >
‘took:10 lots and for. many. years.| Canada::Mr.. Johns. returned. to club’s grounds on Beacon Avenue. :

[paid taxes_on.them. Finally he | England: for a holiday. He made - |
| those which have’ proved. -to' be.| the journey by cattle boat-and the aati Che ent npetitor vandea ec 4
. oilbearing Today. they are.among cargo | “was” his. charge. . He had joyab Slike wen ilor’s sP eh
~ | oil-bearing. - een in England for a very brief |’ “en “hy ~
“The -retired land: agent ‘yecalls | visit: ‘when he wanted to acl back. | 2” ~ hin Se event N. Parsell. :
'|that-hé: made a move. to. Fort | Vainly he attempted: to-return.in falar eer - nee 6 competitors.”
Fraser, from. Vernon. . At that | the same manner as he had come.; 2 ishing ‘doublet ze. sy En
time the steel had not been laid | Finally he went to Australia. »The | gaines a bait-box priz eel, "hile.
right across. and Fort Fraser. was | only. berth he could. find was. to . ning : took hone n ‘reel-and
in. the line of construction. It! the land. “down under.” He had bost eso n roceries. "Joe Johns:
was:a thriving township of some no. particular. desire’ to -live in on a patf- ifook: C. Pears, a creel;
thousand ‘or so people. “Immedi- } Australia, .but: he’ was happy. to and De Betchel a-toaster:: Se Gi.
ately the railroad was completed } visit. the southern hemisphere. pault was the winner of a pair of
the population commenced to fall. | During his stay in Australia he subber’ boots and -A. of SD and
For many years there was only a |saw most of the country. T. McFeely each eame up with a
handful of residents. Today the} Today he is living in the house | pox of a rocerics ‘B. "Boweott :
population is building up again. | he built on the waterfront at Deep gained a flashlight.
., Bye Trouble Cove, nearly 12 years ago. A “In the doubles H. Pottinger was
While in that area Mr. Johns | widower, Mr. Johns lives by him-|the winner with 22 out of a os-
experienced trouble with his eyes, | self. ; During the recent cold win- | ciple 24. .
nder the impression that he had|ter he was without contact with _
developed snow blindness hej the world outside his home. In Pe saa event will take place :
hitched his team of ina ponies January pe ran out of food, ‘as }~ ” ae
and made his way to Fort St.|also did his neighbor, Mrs. J. C.
John. At the fort he was taken | Rivers. Together they. braved: FAMO Ue AC ATT een
in and put to bed.. The medica- | the blizzard for two miles or so rier, “Ark Royal,” which earned «
ments and. treatments failed to|and procured further - supplies. much fenown: during the ‘war,-is #2
materially better his case. .The | The following day. his leg was in- | not to be forgotten. A new vessel. |
transient: priest and physician of:| capacitated. An old wound, legacy | with the same name isto be’
the area was called. but could} from-the Boer War, had swollen) jaunched: by’. Hier’ Majesty: the -"~
offer. neither -reliet nor . -explana- | badly. For. weeks. he was ‘obliged Queen on May.3.°.The Admiralty *
tion. to. attend to his. daily. chores.{has issued: a: special. Fleet order | °.
Still almost blind.. Mr. Johns j while - hobbling . around on | inviting all officers and men. who -
returned to his home and arranged ‘crutches. ; 7 Lo .S served in the original carrier to: 2
a journey to Vancouver. When,| Fit again now, he spends most |'be’ present at .this’ceremony. A. :
ultimately, he received treatment | of .the day working-at his garden | similar invitation ‘is beingissued ©
in Vancouver, he was told that and. pursuing the attendant tasks |{o members of the Royal Marines -..:
he was ‘suffering from iritis and|that.are never completed. who helped ‘man the “Ark Royal.”
that his one eye would a

function again. He can still use ;

NO ERUPTION HEALTH STATICTICS - Giant Tractor for Iraq

FROM MOUNT BAKER ‘| New health records were set up
in Britain during 1948-49 which
was the: first. year. of -National
Health Service... The Chief Medi-

Pictures of Mount Baker in
eruption were botnet on Sat-
-urday, April.8, when passengers | 641 officer, Sir Wilson Jame

, son,
at Patricia Bay the ‘peak of the describes’ the health. statistics as
smoke aroun e: peak. 0 © | wonderful... The death rate of 10.8
mountain. was the lowest on record. . It in-

“The -visions. were later. dissi- dicated .a smaller. number
v.- . of
pated when the staff of the Dom- | geaths than in -any-. year. .since

inion . Astrophysical _ Observator:
attributed the ymoke to cloud fob. teen pe te ieee eee ae
tation, .moved by. the prevailing | mortality index for all ages show-|}-
_ strong. winds. ‘They. added that | oq-a- striking decline. Compared}
there was: little likelihood of | with 1938, which: had’ the lowest
Mount Baker erupting... -_|rate known, there was a.20 per |

cent decrease.
- ANTIBIOTICS

A new antibiotics. research lab- NAIROBI BECOMES. CITY
oratory being set up near London,| with 50 Africans from the
England, is expected to be in op-'| Kenya Battalion of the East. Afri-
eration this year. The unit will] can Rifles forming a guard of
be housed in a large mansion and | honor, the Duke of Gloucester
will include three main chemistry | recently presented the Royal
labs.and microbiological labs. Charter to Nairobi, capital "of
Kenya, thereby. raising the town

fhe first newspaper. straw poll} to the status of a city. Nairobi is
was conducted in Harrisburg, | the first capital town in the Col-
Pennsylvania, in 1824. onial Empire to attain this honor.

A new giant tractor built by Thornycroft Ltd., of London, Eng-
land, was recently demonstrated at Bagshot, Surrey. This new tractor
is designed to meet the requirements of the Iraq Petroleum Co., for
use on the pipeline between Kirkuk and the Mediterranean Sea. It
can carry a load of 32 tons and for.a gross train weight with semi-
trailer, of up to 100 tons. This picture shows the giant tractor under-
going tests on rough ground during a demonstration at Bagshot
recently.

THE SANDS FAMILY “AND ASSOCIATES - :
_ FUNERAL DIRECTORS _ a The Wonderland Of Botany
“THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL OF CHIMES” |
Serving All Faiths With Consideration and Diligence THE MIRACLE OF SPRING

. “T saw God in His glory passing j; of, bearrtieee its color is is as the
_ ' near. me, and bowed my head in wooing blush and rose lip, its por-

DAY OR NIGHT SERVICE E7511 ot worship.’—Linnaeus, on the.un-| tals. are decked for his coming,
folding of a blossom. and_ its sweet hospitalities hum-
A great wave has washed over |ored_to his tarrying; and as it
the. world drowning it in a sea speeds its’ parting affinity. rests

ANE only one eye.

of color and song. Over all hangs ee en ied Mr. Johns has not only seen TIRES me us NOW about a new set of, Good-

a haze of beauty; of new life and }. ; : this part of the world. He was |#- years — Ask us about trade-ins on your.

the wonder of coming days. So ives, Ms HART, | in South Atrica during the Boer S HELL ° your old set.

-great-is the glory of spring! * Division of Botany an : :

' There is a ‘rapid, miraculous Plant Pathology, Challis had nothing: but praise. | f}- ‘BE ACON es P E. R. Ss E RY Vv. I Cc E :

lengthening. of daylight;. silvery Science Service, During his visit to the city of Tor- | a HIRD STREET PHONE 205°:
| |showers.and bursts of mild sun-| | Dominion:. Department) quay, in Devon, he saw flowering | ===" z s : :
{ shine; a dance of daffodils tossing| © ©. of Agriculture, Ottawa. plum and various other blossoms ;

‘| their ‘downcast -heads, and prim

tulips. catching:.the showers in’ eee ee
‘their glowing cups. ° MORE ABOUT -

-All living things seem. ‘moved A. E.: CHALLIS -

by a restless urgency ‘to express

out in February. He. would. be
‘happy to live in’Devon, he said,
if it were not for the fact ‘of’ his
family all -being on: this side* of
the: Atlantic:

Tl the essence of ali the beauty that | — _ (Continued from Page One) | Of. their three sons and ..two
Yes, everything’ s BETTER WITH ; oe, - «+ ids in them; a wealth of scent and : rrr : daughters, one ‘son: was lost in!@.
BUTTER . . .-because butter alone - ~~ [’color; a ‘wonder and.a glory. : |the Central Canada » Exhibition | the war. Flight-Sergeant Clifford) :

Challis . was: killed. on: his ‘return'} 4
from Bremen. Flying-Officer .C.| #-
‘H. Challis, who lost a‘ leg: during |}
the ‘first’, 1,000-plane:*raid. over ||
“Cologne, ‘is: living. at Patricia Bay:
The remainder of their dovaty is.
back.east: *.”

Mr. Challis: -is : ‘ puilding: on ‘his
‘property: ‘recently: purchased: fro:
Douglas John.:*He.has three maint: §
‘hobbies:: bridge, fishing.and horse- | §
racing. :-He:is a:Royal Arch. Mason’
‘and:is ‘a past-master: of St. John’s
“‘Liodge;: Cobourg, Ont,., : and. -P.G.S;, |.
,Ontari «District: He: a :

is made from the rich cream of
fresh, pure milk — nature's best, |
_ . most complete. food. Only. _
", ¥ butter can add that distinctive,
“wholesome: buiter flavour
mS and” goodness. ae

j|. .The ‘woodland, brimful. of ver- ‘for over 20 years. He also acted.
‘nal: loveliness, is stirring in a jin a similar capacity. in: Montreal
| green dream’ of resurgent life and |.and ‘many cities :and towns’ of:
‘throbbing with: spring. delight: Eastern Canada: He was awarded’
The. green. of, the trees is-as bril-.| the diploma ‘of. the Ontario gov-
liant;as: “illuminated new. paint’ ‘ernment - for. his: voluntary ‘Ser-
| while between the leaves the sky | Vice to: agriculture.)

“| shows:'soft, .delicate. and: tender. “In 1948 Mr: Challis. retitied: Bee
: The * "spring-decked larches: are of |.fore coming.to'settle on ‘the Penin-
a’. delicacy of shade. - which ‘sula-he and ‘Mrs. Challis: made.'a
Nature’s © palette alone. :can* mix. | tour of England. For 18 months.
When: glittering ‘in ‘their’first: rap-.|‘they :: visited‘ ‘their - families’ and
| ture:of young: green, light dwells: friends: in* various:: ‘parts: :
| in’ them: as “in its “proper shome,-|-land:::So “far ‘did they. ‘travel “on’
‘as. “it “does~: in: “the: beech leaves’ the. railways that .a.facetious. rela-

‘seems jto: “drag
‘sweetness
'Only-a.littlewhile ago: the ‘apple:
‘trees looked: ‘like ‘old, almost dea
things}: just. gnarled.-black.. “wood:
d¥énched. by® winter.: storms ‘and:
twisted ‘into: ugly, fantastic shapes.
When‘..Jo,. spring: with. one: quick
wave:of her magic. wand: trans-
forms’:them. into ‘foaming: ‘Masses
of, delicately pink and’ exquisitely

sete
Ae.

i scented loveliness; so fugitive and. |’, ’
bias therefore : so «precious that: each i
feet | ‘|:tree: seems like a morselof: para- |:
i

| dise,*dropped: from: the’ cool : blue’ uf
of heaven, . 3
-As‘all:the world:is: ‘purring with’ |...
peace and: joy; - ‘the singing of} 2.

{thes humming ‘of ‘bees; “let: us' in |:
“thes ‘spirit > of © William - Hamilton of,
Gibson, once again, start in quest:|° ‘°°
‘L-ofour‘old -but ever new. and trusty. Tee
friends: ° =
“Tet: us content: ourselves: no
. longer’ with being ‘mere’ botanists
‘}=ehistorians of structural facts,
The flowers are not mere comely
or “curious vegetable -ereations,
with colors, odors, petals, stamens
and innumerable technical attri-
butes.’ The wonted insight alike
of seientist, philosopher, theolop- |
jan and dreamer is now repudi- |.
ated in’ the new” revelation,
Beauty {s not ‘its own excuse for
belng,’.. nor’ was fragrance . ever
‘wasted:..on the. desert air’... he
---) seer. has at last heard.and -inter-;
a fpreted:the voice In:the wilderness;
“TRE flower is no longer.a simple,
gS passa victim: ine the ‘busy: bee's
‘sweet “pillage, but rather) avcone |.
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