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EIGHTH YEAR

GAZETTE

4 FHURSDAR, FEBRUARY 65, 1920.

RE

SIDNEY, VANCOUVER ISLAND,

Children’s
Dance Feb. 14

St. Valentine’s Dance Committee
Has Big Time in Store for

Children.

‘The Beaches committee have de-
clded to put on a character dance,

and they intend to give the children |

of this district a real jolly time on!
St. Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb.
14.

The doors of Berquist big hall will
be open at 5 o'clock and tea will be
served at 5.30 p.m., after which
dancing and games will be indulged
in until 9.30, when the juveniles will
give over the floor to the older folks.
Mr. Geo. Dickson and Mr. D. Roberi-
son have kindly consented to be floor
managers for the occasion.

The character juvenile dance is in- |

tended to interest and amuse. the
children, and prizes will be given for
the best character dressed girl, best
character dressed boy and a prite for
best comic dress.

will be given for best dressed giri un- Hall under the auspices of the Catno- | that the end of the year 1920

der tén years and the best dressed
boy under ten years.

It is hoped that the children of
Sidney and the district will turn out

in large numbers, and in order to | commodate those

make it convenient for tne children

-of the district who will be especially |

cared for at the hall by a competent : .
evening.

committee, the Deep Cove bus ser-
vice has been engaged to leave the

hall at 9.30, also a bus service to|prize had twenty-five flags in their
These trips are bpecial-: home fort,

Saanichton.
ly arranged for and anyone wanting
to aavil themselves of this service
will be carried free of charge to their
destination, whether children
adults,

Any funds left over after paying

or

[Bes the Sidney laundry has not been

Two special prizes |last Monday evening in the Berquist

,winners being Messrs.

CARLOAD OF CANNED CLAMS.

The “Saanich’’ Brand Canners
was busily engaged last Tuesday
loading a carload of canned clams
for Vancouver. This shipment was
the result of a trip to Vanco1ver last
week of Mr. C. C. Cochran.

DELAY UNAVOIDABLE.

Owing to transportation difficul-

n

ast. Year; Mill Practically
able to commence _ business. The ° be ie
‘plant will be put in full operation Rebuilt Sitik> May, 1917

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‘just as soon as possible after the ar- : va). ’
‘rival of the necessary machinery.

aie

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pPOET oe ee 6,000,000 During last summer a large new |
Mili 500 j1918 e bese FHS HEH 15,000,000 stock shed was erected.
1 itary , 1919 2.6... -e, 19,000,000 The special improvements eine |

arried out at the present time tn- |
rhe above ngures tell the store | Hie the installation of a new boiler, |
I atinis, Ltd. since it came under ti ‘4 which will make a battery of five In-
prenent ownership ‘stead of four as formerly. Installa-
, tion of new twin engine, and placing :
Previous to May, 1917, the m&y

" MET the old engine in the plauing mill.
Catholic Ladies’ Club Held Very En- ad been shut down for about thres| which will give greatly incroased ;
joyable Tournament and Dance jand a half years. With the greet db-| power in that important department |
Last Monday Night. ‘mand for lumber from Europe alg

- both ia th ; of the industry. A new atr com-
{othtr parts of the world the Sidt#y | presser is being installed tor the au-
The military 500 and dance given! yi{ils has been increasing their a |

jJtomatic trim tables, also new head |
bloeks for carriage. In addition al |
this the entire plant ts undergoing:
a general overhaul.
wA new edger has been ordered,
and it is expected to have this ma-
chine installed about Easter. !
Throughout the entire establiah-
ment there has been the closest co-
‘operation betweon Mr. Walton anid
his employees, and to this fact is due:
a'the immense strides made by the in-
HPs | dustry ‘in Sidney during the

and Dance’

put year by year, and it Is expectaq

lic Ladies’ Club, in
church, proved a

of show the production of 1919 th.

aid their

;creased between two and three min
great success. |

jon feet.

Sixteen tables were required to ac- ah §
Since commencing operations “Ay
attending, @nd‘1917 the Sidney Mills have bé@by
though the time of startling was a lit-; practically rebuilt, and it is wort) y
of note that this has been acconty..
lishe® while the plant has bee .fin
operation, with the exception of~'
lbrief shut-down fer overhaul.

tle late, all present reported a jolly

The lucky table to cairy off first:

past | '
\fact alone speaks volumes for he | three and one-half years. Mr. Wa]
table being Mong we Hambley, |efficiency of tho entire staff and the{ton has a number of able men at the |
“Dr. Blossom Walter McAdams and progressive spirit of the manager @hdihead of the various departments, |
Herbert North director, Mr. G. H Walton ‘tur. MeMullen, the superintendent, ,
During that period the followzkg | who has been with the firm since.
The booby price was won by

3 improvements have been made: ‘} about August 1, 1918, being one of
censor), the|

score of (deleted by Installed lath and shingle milis,'the best of men for that position.
Loosee, Wal-!

purchased the property of

‘tion,

‘BE. F.

YOUNG , PROPERTY SOLD.

Mr. Geo. Mitchell,

of Victoria, has
Mr. LL.
Young, on the Bast Road, adjacent te
the B. C. E. Co. Tripp station Mr.
Mitchell tntends shortly to oo cem-
mence building operations.

LECTURE TOMORROW NIGHT,

Mr. Wm. Ritchie, of Victoria, will
give an illustrated lecture tomicrrow

inight in Wesley Church on “Ancient

and Modern Egypt.” Mr.

all whe

attend.

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Nearly Opp. :
theBank ;

PRICE ‘FIVE CENTS

‘Are Not. |
Leaving Here

Report That Rabber Roofing Com-
pany Will Leave Stdney Has
No Foundation

A repert appeared in a Victoria
paper last Tuesday morfiing to the

Ritchie isieffect that the Sidney Rubber Roof-
,an interesting speaker and the lec. |

,ture should be enjoyed by

ing Company would establich a plant
sksewheres.

Inquiries at the office of the com-
pany here elicited the Information

Donation to

Hall Fund

Handsome Donation to War Memor-
ial Hali Fund Reccived by the
Treasurer.

The canvassers, treasurer,
retary and chairman of the Sidno:

‘and North Saanich

Io.

Victory WLoan

“Unit have placed in the hands cf the

treasurer of the War Memorial Hal)
Fund the sum of $206.90 as a dona-
thus demonstrating a public
‘spirit which is worthy of every work
‘ot praise.

Following is a copy of the lette:
‘which accompanied the donafion:

Sidney, B. ¢.. Feb. 2, 1920.

Lesage. Esq.,
Treasurer Memorial Hall Fund

Sidney. B. © |

Doar Sir?
Herewith flind cheque for $206.99
as a contribution towards the fie

-morial Hall Fund from tne convas:-|ing.

ers, treasurer,

that the report was without founda-
jtion, as Mr. Mayhew is at present in
the east, and consequently could not
Viet information (o.members of the

Victorla eity council.

While there has been some dis-
satisfaction over the water question
it is not Hkely that the plant will be
removed on that account as the mtat-
la being daall with and will no dagbt
end satisfactory to all concerned. *

Entertained

By S. D. Chib

A Very Pleasant Evening Passed by
Thase Who Were Guests of
Dramatic Club.

The Sidney Dramatic Club enfter-
tained a number of guests in the
Berquist Hall last Friday evening,
progressive whist and dancing form-
ing the entertainment for the even-
A delicious supper hed. bean

all expenses will be spent this spring ter North, Wm. Watson and Charies
on the children’s beaches, Reid.

Anyone wishing any help, informa- | At the conclusion of the cards the
tion or suggestions as to dresses will guests adjourned to the supper room

kindly so inform any of the com- , where refreshments were daintily
mittee.

People who have no children to
send but wish to lend a helping hand
may do so by sending cakes or other
refreshments to Mrs.
fore 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
These donations will be greatly ap-
preciated.

Those wishing to help out in the
preparations for this event will kind-

ly inform any of the following ladies: |

iserved by ladies of the club.

After
this pleasant part of the evening the
floor was cleared for dancing, which
was continued till the small hours

Bowcott's ve- of the morning.

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LEAVING FOR SEATTLE.

Having disposed of his property in
Deep Cove, Mr. S. M. Jones, accom-
,panied by his family. left yesterday

Mrs. Hambley, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. for Seattle where they will take

Simlster, Mrs. E. Blackburn, Mrs. up thetr residence indefinitely.

Whiting. Mr. Jones has been in the Deep
——————_ Cove district about five years, pre-

Sidney Won
in. Fast Game

‘

Sidney Team and Several Enthusiasts
Journeyed to Sooke Harbor
Last Saturday.

“Can't say nything too good
about the Sooke Harbor people,
and especially the basketball team,”
said an enthusiast who accompanied
the Sidney basketball team to Sooke
Harbor last Saturday. *®

The game, which was played in
Charter’s hall, was clean and fast ull
through, and although the Sidne:
team won by a score of 13 to 10. ft
was anybody’s game right up to the
last minute.

Prior to the game the = Sidney
delegation were served with a dae-
liclous chicken supper, thia being pro
vided by Mr. Charters. At the con
cluston of the game a dance was held
at the hotel, and everyone enjoyed
themselves every minute

The game, which was witnessed by
a large crowd, was referced by Mr.
1). Robertson, who gave
satisfaction.

Sooke Harbor--T. Wright, J

universal

Len-

nan, P. Lennan, M. Lennan, RK.
Acreman.
Sidney —W. Munro, J. Gehrke, M,

Simpson, f Norton, M Norton
Goals were scored as follows
For Sooke Harbor--T Wright. 1;

J. Lennan, 6; P. Lennan, 2, M Jen-
nan, 2 Total, 10.
for Sidney~ M., Simpson, 4, 1H

Norton, 4; M. Norfon, 5. Total, 13

The Sidney team dre very onthuat-
aster over their reception at booke
Marbor and are looking forward to
the tima when thoy may hava tha

pleasure of making the Journey
again Theefforta of Mr t) Hobart.
son were responsible for arrlinging
this game. and he waa very pleased
with the reaull of the visit ef the

Bidney team

J operation.

vious to which time he was at J@mes
Island. Mr. Jones still retains his
interest {n the Deep Cove Motor
i\Service, which he and Major Hock-
ing inaugurated last August. This ,
service has developed considerably

| single ones.

box factory, two planins meenings,
(No. 91 and No. 94, Yates).

Two derricks have been erected aithe mills about

small one on the wharf and a late
one in the yards.
Installed log stop and loader, iit
matic spotters for trim,-tabled-@p&
edger, live rolls and refuse conveyd,
Erected a huge new smokestock jf

place of the former method of tofjr

School F R

Formal examinations were géi¥eu
in a few subjects only last month.
The list below reflects, with fair fye-
| curacy, the standing of éach pi pa

during the few months it has been tn |!0 all subjects.

The service was com-
menced with a one-ton Ford truck
and it has been found necessary ‘c
replace this with a two-ton Com-
merce truck. About one and a quar-
ter tons of milk are taken to Victoria
by this motor service every day.

The large circle of friends and ac-
quaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Jones
will wish them all prosperity in their
new home, but hopn to see them re-
turn to the Deep Cove district again
some day.

Closing-on

First of March

Mr. C. J. Mosodale, B. C. Blectric
Agent Here, Leaving on First
. of March.

The B.C. Blectric Company has
decided ‘to close its offices here at
the end of this month, and fn con-
sequence of this decision Sidney will
lose two of {ts popular citizens, Mr
and Mra Mosedale, who will leave
here to take up their residence in
the Capital city

Many of the Sidney business men
are of the opinion that the company
will be forced to re open here later
1on, as the Saanich Industrial Seat

- and the surrounding district ts grow

ing so rapidly that tt will be imprac
ticable to look after this dtatrict un
lens they are right on the ground
‘when tha officas are re-opened here,

it {a hoped that Mr and Mra Mowe
dale will return to Sidney to re
t

matn permanently

Bruahes and

the druggtat

Hnen of
Lesage

Hea our

(Combs

ENTRANCE CLASS. q

Edna Blackburn~ “|
Walter Bavis. {
Nanay Simister. 5
Jas. Anderson. p
Lavinia Mellmoyl.
Walter Lind. ; wtf
Phyllis Whiting. i.
Stewart Hill. Ah
Absent from part or whole ofjx-
amination: 4
‘Doris Bowcott. 5
Wiiltam Bowman.
Bertha Anderson.

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HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.

No formal examinations. «bre
princtpal, Mr. David Hoyle. reniite
that the attitude of the students ype:
ward their work is both gratify
and encouraging. particularly a
the case of the advanced grade.

A full report will be forthco! uf E
next month. 4

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JUNIOR FOURTH. il
Examined in spelling, Bramti,
arithmetic and writing. ,
Kathteon Williams
Agnos Willlama
Gladys Pantels
Colin McKenzle.
Hazel Hill.
Alice Jackson «t-
Ruby Lopthien.
Kleanor Blackbutn
Herman Lind
Mabel Crooks.
Doris Blackburn
Gordon Bowcolt
Victor Pohl

.

SENIOR THIRD.
Examtned In apelling, compa
‘Arawing and writing
Verna Clanton
L.deette Watts

r, plies reaching the Sidney

‘l will be sent out next month as usual

At the commencement of work in
May, 1917, there were employed at:
seventy-five men,
and this steff has been more than)
doubled since that time, one hundred ,
and sixty men now being employed.
« Jt.ia expected that the. general;

, overhaul and fmprovements now tak- |

‘ing place will completed about Sat-
urday and that the plant will be in
j full operation again early next week. |

oe

ort
For | Last

~ Gordon Reid.
Lilah Pohl.
Amy Yornerl.
Doris Cavill.
Thomas Wylie.
~ Lionel Crosaley, Cyril Letts, equal.
Iris Goddard.
Sidney Willlame.
Phyllis Molillican.
Blizabeth ; Logan,
son, equal. |
John Lopthien.
JohneFacksons +’
John Crossley.”
Frederick Clanton.

Robert Ander-

_SUNIOR THIRD.

Dxamined in arithmetic,
reading and spelling:

Chartes Moggridge.

Adeline Crossley.

Caroline MeKenzte.

Cecily Mosadale.

Stanley Willlams.

Anah: Jackson.

Raymond Brethour.

Mélville Clanton.

Robert Love.

Evelyn Stacey, Rhoda Craig and
Bertram Ward, equal.

writing.

On account of some delay In sup
school
from the Provincial Government, the
teaching staf’ were unable to send
out the usual monthly card dhowine
the standing of the scholore it te
axpected, however, that those farde

MEETING OF ROARD OF TRADE

The snnual meeting of the &ld
ney Board of Trade will take place
naxt Tuesaday evening at the fidne:
Hotél, when the work of the past
year will be reviewed The election
of, offfcors for the enauing year wil!
‘Valeo take place. Previous to th:
mosting the members will partake of
@ supper at the Hotel.

‘ling of the opinion that the donation

secretary and chair.
man of the Sidney and Nerth Saanich
Victory Loan Unit.
Yeurs faithfully,
J. J. WHITE,
Chairman.
The namescot the gentlemen mak-
ing up the Unit are ‘as follows;
Messrs. J. J. White, chairman,
W. H. Dawes, secretary, GS. Roberts,
S. M. Jones, E. L. McKenzie, F. Moi-| which was much enjoyed.
ton, H. J. Stewart and F. C. Parke. Everyone present voted the evep-
Mr. kK. Blackburn, who has takeniing a very enjoyable one..and téok
a very ptominent part in the War|occasion to thank the members jpt

Memorial Hall proposition. has sig {the club for the pleasure afforded
nified his intention of donating the/them.

sum of donating $300 just as soon
Held Special

provided by the ladfes of the Clip,
and this was a very enjoyable p
of the evening. In the ereene
whist, which was undér the able
direction of Mr. W. Hambley, BS
J. Perry, won the ladles’ prize ee
Mr. W. Veitch the gentlemen's. 4
Dancing was indulgéd tir “for gn
hour or so after supper. Mr. Singis-
ter gave a very amusing recitat(} n

as building operations commence cn
the hall. In some quarters there
seems to be a slight misunderstand-
ing regarding this donation, some be-

would not be made until the build-
ing has been completed. As stated
above, this is an error, as Mr. Black-
burn intends to donate the $300 as
soon as building operations com-
mence.

Question of. Securing Sidney as Base
tor Aviation Was Discussed |
at Mecting.

BIDNEY TEAM MAY PLAY.

”

A special meeting of: the Council
— of the Board of Trade was held qu

The Saanichton and Victoria All- Wednesday tn the office of the preal-
Stars will moet in a basketball gamc| gent, Mr. G. H. Walton. | +
next week. The Sidney team may| he question of securing Sidney as
BO. a base for aviation was discussed and
. the secretary instructed to take -tho.. .
matter up with the Canadian Ajr

TT Board.

Winter fires in barns, stables or} Other matters of local interest Ip-
outhouses are usually caused by the | cluded the question of makipg sida-
knocking over or explosion of kero-/ney the point for transportation for
sone lamps or lanterns. Keep a few! James Island, and a committed was
pails of dry sand on hand. Dry sand|appointed to interview Mr. Halls,

will not freeze. In the inciptont|manager of the Canadian Explosives,
stages of an oil firé, sand wilt) td. ~

amotner, whereas water will spread The secretary was instructed to

it. notify all members that at the an-
nual meeting next Tuesday, the quep-
“Our Canadian bacon has gained [tion of municipality, fire department
the goodwill of the British, peopie| grant and changing the rule of the
who prefer {t to the American pro" road would be discussed A full at-
duct and it therefore commands tendancs of members ts expected.
better price, but it ta imperative oat Supper to be at 7 o'clock abarp.
supplies should be regular.’--Mr. H.
B. Thomson, former Food Controlter,

ae enamandl

WINTER FIRE PROTECTION.

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Bee our lines of Brtuthes and
now back tn Cannda from England |Combe Lesage. the drugaist.
=e 2S een ee + — a Ee

Go to Victoria

AND RETURN TO SIDNBY
On 15c Worth of Gasoline

YOU CAN DO THIS ON A

Johnson Motor Wheel

Turns Any Bicycle Into a Motor-
cycle.

Price, $150

Plimley & Ritchie, Ltd.

Phone 1707

611 View St.
Victoria, B.C.

Meeting

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