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‘ THE FIREMEN’ S BALL

: ‘On April 6° members of the Sidney Firemen’s Volunteer
Brigade will entertain at their Annual Ball at Saanichton..
“A great deal of time has been consumed by these busy |
“people: in. “making the: necessary arrangements to ensure
-a@-happy. time for all who attend. Considerable expense
has’ also been entailed to the same end.
eet béhooves-us-all to support these firemen.’ The: funds
“vaised. from the affair. will help. ‘them in many ways to
-make easier the task of preserving our homes from the
‘ravages of fire.
A great deal of credit is due the men who, quite volun-
“tarily, man the fire trucks when the call arises. It is little
“enough for us to support their annual] ball. Even if it is
impossible to attend, the purchase of a ticket is an almost
must.” . For who knows, fire plays no favorites, the next
call may. be. ours. .

Plan now to attend the gala event. The mere buying
of a ticket is not enough. Your presence will make the
evening the. success it undoubtedly will be. Support to
“the. full the. local : fire brigade. They are always ready to
oe serve you. ee ; a i

Of Canada’s Indian population
of 120,000, approximately 2,550
are in the fighting services. © War

“. Meterans of this war may now,
-obtain.;insurance.at low rates in

°“multiples~ of. $500 .up: to: $10,000°
“oynder the °Veterans’? Insurance . industries: have absorbed many

Act ‘administered ™ by the Depart-- others who have proved adept
“ “ment of Veterans’ Affairs. workers.

On. behalf of the Canadian Red Cross - Society, ‘we
wish: to: express sincere thanks to the: people of °
North: Saanich for.the generous response: they have
: made: ‘to the: 1945 Campaign.

The: total sum - raised is $4, 414. 94° which:is better
than we have ever done in’ previous: Campaigns:
it-shows. that our community is as steadfast as ever
inthe. performance of : its patriotic duties.

We ‘also wish to thank. ‘the 20 ladies and gentlemen :
who. so thoroughly. canvassed.‘ the: district in’ spite
f' the unusually poisterous. March weather. The.

Slightly Injured

According to a recent casualty
list released by the Department of
National Defence, Ottawa, Rfmn.
Graham Campbell Smelser has
been listed as ‘slightly wounded
while serving. overseas with an
Alberta regiment. His mother,
Mrs. Mary mein: ‘is a restient
of Sidney. ~

~ Cash | income of Canadian farm-
ers reached ‘a new: high level in
1944, . Returns’ from the-sale of
farm products are estimated at
$1,752,000,000. ~Additional gov-
ernment payments raise the total
farm cash income to $1,817,000,-.
000.

LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR

The Editor assumes no respon-
sibility for the views expressed
by correspondents. All letters
must be signed by the writer
for publication. Writers are re-
quested to be brief and to the
point. Kindly write or type on
one side of -your paper only..

Sir:—There are two “items in
your very interesting ‘edition of
last week upon which I should like
to comment. First your corres-
pondent’s. reference to the C.C.F.
not intending to expropriate the
family farm. If your correspon-
dent had lived in the Province. of |
Saskatchewan during. the ‘years
1984 and 1985 up to the time of
the Provincial Election in the lat-
ter year he would have had many
opportunities of hearing M. J.
Coldwell,' the present National
leader of the C.C.F., explain very
carefully the C.C.F. proposed
“Use Lease”. system. By . this
system his government proposed
to take over the land and grant
the farmer a ‘Use Lease’ of the
same, when elected. . However,
they were not elected and in fact
were practically annihilated by the
farmer vote of the province. Since’
then nothing has been -heard of
the “use lease” system. One.won-
ders whether it has-been. conven-

_ iently forgotten. the same as the |
advocacy of sending no troops

overseas in 1989 has also’ been
forgotten. I hold'.no. brief. for
any political party but the two
' points above mentioned are mat-
ters of record and should not be
forgotten.

Comer rw rr rer rere re cere

CANOE
COVE
LOG

By BARNACLE

Today we must follow the fash-

‘jon and “accentuate the positive.”

It IS-a lovely day and it. really
looks as if the weather has de-
cided to behave‘in time for Easter.

There has been. much. activity
here in spite of biting winds: and
hail storms.

Mr. Fred Johnston has waved
his magic wand over the. Club
House and has it well on the way
to completion.

“Tethys II.” was hauled and a
new bearing fitted. ‘Hyacinth”
was hauled and Mr. and Mrs. Har-
field had a busy day painting her.

Mr. White has been working
hard, so he says, with the help of
Bob Nichol.

Several suits of sails have been
seen flapping in the breeze—a
comforting sight ufter a long
winter.

We had.a visit from Mr. Olsen
on “Echo”? At the moment Mr.
Olsen. is the echo for having rush-
ed round to obtain a fitting which
he urgently needed—we are sorry’
to say that so far he has forgot-
ten to collect it!

We are all keeping our fingers
crossed in the hope of a fine
Easter, when many of our friends
will remember that a coat of paint
judiciously applied removes years
from the appearance of a boat as
well as from a woman.

do I live in Sidney, being four
blocks off Beacon Avenue? How-
ever when one looks at our side-
walks and roads and the murky
darkness in which it is necessary.
to navigate at night over ways
which are none too safe in day-
light.and suggestions for the erec-
tion of community halls and other
public expenditures it provides at
least’ anv argument for’ the. estab-
lishment of an elected: publie body
representative of all the inhabi-
tants. A properly-elected Coun-
cil could even ‘settle the vexed
question of early. closing by, .mak-
ing the appointed day legally en-
foreeable. Of course: 1. know -the

for them.

improvements cannot be made
without someone having to pay
But with every im-
provement to the district the
value of property will improve
also.

Yours truly,
FRANK E. COLLIN.

‘Thousands. Wait
for Home _
Telephones

©

We regret that
war
restrictions.
still prevent

relief.

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B.C. Telephone Co.

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argument will at once be advance,

Secondly .with.‘regard © to ‘your ed that ‘tdxes will. go.up: Of
invitation’ to ‘a debate on: “Incor- course they will. . Unfortunately
poration.” . Noone who. has-re-.: = re
sided, in: Sidney. for any length of: —
«time would.attempt: to deny. the.
good: work “accomplished -: by: the
- Sidney : Businessmen’s Association.
‘Their support ofthe Fire Brigade —
+ alone ‘would: ‘justify. their: -exist-.
““énee; .However, the. fact remains |
that. by » their own qualifications: °
for: membership - they.do:not:and
cannot:in: fact: represént. one: -per

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m4 Chairman Sidney Unit. -
JS OGILVIE,
ans Campaign ‘Organizer. we

“APRIL 6.
..For the,. ~
- Sidney: Volunieer

FIREMEN’S BALL

—make it.a point
to attend.

> Fora. |
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some appetizing
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from the

WHIRD | in- ‘population, Canada’s Pacific,

‘province ranks. first: by a wide margin in.
the number. of her heroic. sons ‘to win the S oe
highest award of ‘the British Commonwealth meh
—the Victoria Cross. RNs 3

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Merritt of Vancouver, though twice wounded, remained
on a Dieppe beach under heavy fire covering the with
clraawatl of his unit. Te was Aaken prinaner.

November Sth, 1942 t Capt. i rederick wv hornton Pet Lens,
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