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THE REVIEW

Wednesday, November 10, 19

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REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES >

In Flanders fields the
poppies blow.

Between the crosses, row
on row,

That mark our place; and
in the sky

The larks, still bravely
singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the
guns below.

We are the Dead. Short
days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw
sunset glow,

Loved and were loved,
and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with
the foe:

To you from falling
hands we throw

The torch; be yours to
hold it high.

If ye break faith with us
who die
We shall not
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields,
-John McCrae

It is a simple poem we have
all heard many times before.
But to people who lost
someone to the war and to
anyone who dreads what often
seems to be the inevitability of
war, the poem remains
poignant.

Remembrance
honored each year to
commemmorate those who
gave their lives in the war and
to remind us of the senseless
brutality war is.

sleep,

Day is

Nov. 11 this year, the Sidney
Legion will hold ceremonies to
remember those who died

during the war effort.

The ceremony begins at
10:50 at the cenataph in front
of Sidney town hall. General
Perkes will attend,
accompanied by Mrs. M.B.
Graham representing mothers
who lost sons. Mayors from
the peninsula have been invited
to attend,

Associated with
Remembrance Day the legion
holds a poppy campaign to
collect money to help any
veteran or his family needing
special assistance.

The poppy fund is used for
bursaries, equipment and any
worthy emergency uses that
arise during the year. For
example, the fund could
provide for burial costs if a
veteran died with very little

money.

One of the advantages of the
fund is that it is administered
without an excess of red tape
by a committee of three
people, Les Martin, J.
McWilliams and Len Rolfe
who were elected from the
legion membership this year,

They are eager to provide
help when needed. Martin said
they hope to put some of the
fund towards continuing
bursaries and senior citizens
housing. They hope to collect
approximately $4,000 and
spend about $1,500 of it on
campaign supplies.

The poppies are made by
disabled veterans so in fact
almost all of the funds are
spent in some way on veterans.

This is the legion’s S50th
‘anniversary.

METRIC CHART CONVERSION

When. the Canadian
government decided to go
metric several years ago giant
wheels: of machinery began
turning century-old traditions
upside down.

One- of the first changes
people had to learn to adjust to
was the new temperature scale
— Celsuius. °

Sun-bathers had to accept
the fact that 25 degrees was a
hot spell while mountain skiers
learned that five degrees below
was prime ski weather.

Rain began to fall in
millimetres and housewives are
learning to operate’ in
grammes, millilitres and litres.

But perhaps one of the most
awesome switch-overs is still to
come, . ‘

In an interview this week’

regional chart superintendent
Fred Smithers explained that

Flu
Shots

Victoria-Swine Flu
. immunization clinics will be
held in Sidney at the health
service office in the Municipal
. Hall from .10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
. Friday, November.19.

-A clinic will also be held in
the health service office at 780
Vernon St., Victoria on Friday
November . 19, and Saturday,
November 20 which peninsula
_ residents may attend.

Dr. A.S. Arneil, regional .

health. officer is unsure of the
number of people hoping to be
immunized. The initial supply
of vaccine is 12,000 doses with
a second supply of 18,000
doses expected in December.

Pre-registration began last
Wednesday at most Regional
Health Service offices, as well
as the Esquimalt Recreation
Centre.

To this time pre-registration
~ is no where near the -12,000
available doses, according toa
spokesman for the Health
Service department.

The vaccine is intended only
for persons 65 and over and
those aged 19-64 with chronic
lung, heart, kidney or
metabolic diseases.

At the moment no vaccine is
available for children,

at the said election, for whom only votes will be received are:

work has started on replacing
all the old nautical charts,
measured in feet and
fathoms, with new charts using
the metric scale.

The project was launched in
January of 1975 and since then
the west coast
completed one chart
Ottawa has
additional three.

The project is a long and
labourious task since the
experts must go back through
the libraries to find the original
field sheets.

It is not accurate enough to
simply go over the present
charts and convert the
numbers, according to
Smithers.

Staff cartographers must
study original field sheets,
translate all the numbers into
metric scale, and then plot
them into chart form.

‘These field sheets, which

and
finished an

compiled about 10 years ago, .

resemble a mass of tiny pin
points to the amateur.

But to the more than 25
cartographers, - photographers
and hand correction experts at

the regional chart office they - _-==<=sscencumaeecnanaianee
mean many years oft hard work &

ahead. -

In fact Smithers estimates it :
could be as long as 15 years’ &

before the west coast region’s

more than 200 charts are &

converted.
At present Smithers is

concentrating on about 30 &

charts which comprise the
heavy traffic area between
Victoria and Vancouver.

What is different about the i

new charts?

Apart from the change in
scale there is another
fundamental difference

between the old and the new
charts. The metric chart’ will
have more contour lines and
fewer soundings in deeper
water,

This will make the charts
more effective and precise,
said Smithers, while at the
same time providing a better
visual understanding of the sea
floor.

Before, the: charts were
littered with numbers and fora
boater (o determine the depth
of a specific area he had to
sean all) =the numbers
surrounding it.

The first

local chart is

office . has -

expected .to be on sale by the
beginning of January but
Smithers warned that until all
the charts are converted there
could be some confusion. .

His department is working
in large area blocks (such as
the Strait of Georgia) so that
boaters are not travelling in
and out of area mapped in

‘metres and then fathoms.

Ottawa is doing about half
of the west coast charts and
Smithers predicted that the
Strait of Georgia charts could
be finished in another year.

How will all this affect the
traffic in the region in years
ahead? :

As far as the super tankers
are concerned Smithers said
there should be no problem.

‘They will accept it better
than anyone, they mostly all
operate with the metric
system,’ he commented. :

And the fishermen will
adjust quickly, Smithers
claimed adding that they will
have to work with tthe new
figures every day.

_ But it will be different for

COULD TAKE 15 YEARS

the layman, the weekend
pleasure boater.

Smithers speculated that the
quickest answer for him may
be a conversion table or decal
to be placed on the depth
sounder.

There may be some time
spent by lay boaters learning to
work with the metric scale but
there will certainly be no doubt
about the design of the new
charts, Smithers said with a
smile.

With more contour lines in
deep water and more depth
sounding close to the shore
local boaters should benefit in
the long run, he said.

The new metric chart format
was designed in the local office
and will be applied throughout
the country. .

Smithers added. there ha¢
been a great deal of interest in
the new charts and a Sidney
group has already shown its
members a specially designed
film outlining the new scheme.

Smithers said that the film is.
available on‘loan to groups in
the area,

Mayor Jean Butler

quietly doing an effective, efficient job.

ELECT

(Boots) GARDO GURR

For Alderman

For a man eager to work WITH

and for the people

in all municipal affairs.

Central Saanich Concerned Citizens

TOWN OF SIDNEY

NOTICE OF POLL

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality aforesaid that a poll has become necessary at the
election now pending and that I have granted such poll; AND FURTHER, that the persons duly nominated as candidates

ALDERMAN —- Three (3) vacancies each for a one-year term 1977,

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ETHIER
SOWERBY
TREGASKIS
WALLACE

OTHER NAMES
Bernard HH,
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Jerry Paul

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Such poll will be opened at the Town Hall, Sidney, B.C, on SATURDAY, THE TWENTIBTH DAY OF NOVEMBER
1976 between the hours of 8:00 o'clock in the forenoon and 8:00 o'clock in the a-ternoon,

AN ADVANCED POOL will be held on WEDNESDAY THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1976 between
the hours of 9:00 a.m., and 12:00 noon and 1:00 pum, and 4:00 p.m, for those electors who expect to be absent from the
Town on Polling Day or, through circumstances beyond their control will not be able to attend the Poll on Polling Day;
or are, for reasons of conscience, prevented from voting on Polling Day,

Every person is hereby required to take notice of the above and govern himself accordingly.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AT SIDNEY, B.C. THIS TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF OCTORER 1976,

GS. Logan,
Returning Officer

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