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Wednesday May 31, 1989

We said it first —
ion Dec. 13, 1912

_ For The Review, the ink that spawned the product you now hold
in your hands dried on a winter’s day in 1912.

Then called the Sidney and the Islands Review, the Peninsula’s
paper went to press with an “editorial announcement” on its front —
page. We leave it up to you to decide whether we’re living up to the
grand expectations envisioned by our worthy and humble

‘predecessors:

Review gO on and on and on.

produce good results.

wilderness pointing the way.

today’ s publisher, Vic Swan.

Don’ T hide.
~ old oak tree with |
_ ghybody else butn me.

Oak. ‘Apple: Day comes from the. .

“custom of wearing oak apples.or:a.-

branch of oak leaves on May. 29.°
It’s still observed by men and boys:

-in many. parts of the. United. fans. _colour, and is not sallow.

~“Scarlet and crimson are also be
“coming: to brunettes: Blondes ‘can ©
-wear green, peach, brown and pale
blue; black also suits: a fair com-

“dom: -
-This piece of information comes
~to-you from the Sidney-and North
‘Saanich Historical Society,
An oak-apple, or nut-gall, is the

small round excrescence. formed *

‘on the stems. and branches of oak
trees,
Wearing them commemorated

~ the escape of King Charles ‘II,

when he cluded his pursuers by
hiding in an oak tree,
Other: tidbits from Cassell’ s

~ Domestic Dictionary, An Encyclo-
- paedia for the Houschold (a publi- .

cation from Victorian. times),
. dusted off by Marg Herbert, arc:

“Infants: In summer time, if the
weather be warm and bright a baby
may be taken out of doors when a
is three or four weeks old;
winter it should not be taken cit
until the second month, and then
only in the middle of the day.

‘Scarlet and crimsonare |

becoming to brunettes —

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“It is important that a baby

~ should not be carried upright until...
it is at least six months old; it
should rather he laid carefully over
both the nurse's arms, and fie fat

“as it does in bed.
“Clothing: Tris most important

“that appropriate clothing should be

provided during the sensitive per
dod of infancy, The articles of ©
clothing usually provided for inf.

ants are shirts, Manned petticoats or
blankets as they. ane-often. called,

pilches, white petticoats, monthly

nowns, Manned. shawls, robes,
night-powns, and napkins, The

iyle and material ab these things

will be regulated. by the means: of

the parents.

“Complesion, hints Ou: Cant

plexions vary considerably, and
therefore it is. not wise far every:

one to. wear. any particular colour
which may be in-fashion,
Inthe day not long passed,

When ‘salmon-pink and billous:-
greens. were in vogue, the majority ~

of people. did not look their best.
“Hine: and violet suit most com.

“With this issue of The Review we greet the people of Sidney and
the adjacent islands in a spirit of Friendship and Brotherly Love.
“The Review is a little thing at present. But remember, it is yet
scarcely out of its swaddling clothes. It will grow bigger and
bigger, let us hope. And also remember, Sidney is in the infancy of
her development. As.the town grows and prospers so will The

“There are many apologies to make for the appearance of this
first issue — but we are not going to make them.
“We might tell you of our little trials and tribulations getting the

plant set up. We might mention our newness to the town as an
excuse for the meager news columns of the paper. We might tell you
| how the ad copy was slow coming in, thereby this disarranging our

~ make-up somewhat. We might say that the Intelligent Compositor

was standing on his ivory dome.when he committed some of the

typographical atrocities. Or we might say that the proof reader

and his satanic majesty were conniving at our downfall. —

“But we have nothing to say. We ask our readers to accept this
poor effort in the spirit it is meant. Bear with us till we get at least
a tail hold on the situation, and see if we don’t do better.

“For Sidney and the surrounding islands there is a wonderful
future. Of that there can be no doubt. It will be the mission of the
Sidney and Islands Review to promote the development of that
district to the utmost of its ability. The business men who have
financed this paper have confidence in the future of their town and
district. Their confidence is an inspiration, and cannot but

“There is no other agency so potent as a “newspaper for the
advancement of a country’s welfare. Publicity is the voice in the

SIDNEY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED.
W. LT. Bohannan, manager

A copy of the issue is “mounted, by the. way, on ‘the office of

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plexions; -orange’ and: ‘its: coin 2
ion tints of amber, yellow; primrose y.
“etc. look well with a dark com- .

plexion.

Peninsula PROFILE

Respect our alders — and firs, TOO

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The following is condensed from
material compiled by Edo Nyland
on John Dean Park’ § tree life.

A throwback to the great origi-

nal forest of the West Coast lives
on-at. John Dean Park.

So as you stroll through the

‘park, remember: respect your -
elders. Many of these trees were»

here before..you weré — or your
grandparents, or their grandpar-

ents, or their Brandparents' Brands.

parents.

About 1640, a huge fire dest-
royed the areca now included in the
- park. From that blackened ground

grew the stands of Douglas that —-

now stand majestically.
- But Douglas fir trees live a long
time — the oldest known was
1,400. years. So the ones in the
Peninsula park promise to be
‘around for many generations to
come.
‘Also growing in-the park, which

. straddles the border of Central and . §
is a Saanich:on Mount Newton,

“At one time, ind rea eae

 plexion, provided ‘that it has’ some occupied a narrow belt 2, 000

miles long, from northern Califor- .

‘*Brown-is not. ‘the most be |

- coming colour to. people who have
reddish hair or freckled complex- |
‘ion, drabs, greys and neutral tints
do. not suit people who have pale |

or sallow complexion.

~ “Duties of Masters to Servants:

An employer is bound to pay his
_ Servant wages agreed upon, and to

lodge and board him suitably,
according to his station, The quan-
tity-and quality. of the food. must
be in all cases of such a nature as

~to maintain the servant in health
and strength, but the supply of

extras, such as beer and daintics of

various kinds, is generally made a | -

matter of special agreement.”

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~-nia to Glacier Bay in’ Alaska. But’
“today, many of:the forest’s remain-
_ ders are confined to pare) such'a as.
John pean

ih a i dnd

At one time, a » huge, great forest
: “occupied a narrow belt — Bs
as 00 miles fong

“ig B. C's provincial tree, the west. :

park:

em redcedar. A characteristic tree’
of both wet and dry areas along the oe SAS
coast, many ‘can be seen’ in the. _

Its flared and buttressed. trunk ae
~ and drooping branches are. hard to ~&

mistake. Many large ones prosper
in the park, and a tree lives about
1,000 years.

Western redcedars don’t grow in
pure stands, so they can. be seen
mixed with other breeds in John
Dean Park, ;

Grand firs appeared in the

understory, shortly after ‘the
appearance of the Douglas fir.
_ Living only to 350 or 400 years,
this tree has shiny, dark-green
needles and is not as hardy as its
longer-living cousin.

Also watch for:

Western hemlock — secdlings
are now becoming established,
Someday, if conditions are right
for this shade-tolerant tree, it could

take over the park’s rule from the

mighty Douglas fir;
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shrub stage in the understory of
John Dean, the fruit of this tree is a
red, cup-shaped, fleshy berry-like
cone — and is very poisonous;
Bigleaf maple — the most obvi-

“ous broadleafed tree in John Dean

Park, it is fast-growing and good
for the soil, allowing conifers to
succecd it;

Red alder -— a pioncer like the
Douglas, it also shares the Doug-
las’s intolerance of shade. But it
lives a more human-sized lifetime
— just 60 years.

Also look for: the glorious, dis-
linctive arbutus; the Garry oak,
rare on the Island; the bitter cherry
and the cascara, both scarce in the
park; and the Indian plum, the
western flowering dogwood, wil-
lows, shore pine and westem | white
Pines

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