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THE REVIEW |

Wednesday, December 29, 1982.

Most of the editors of .The
~ Review have been. ‘‘boomers’’
-who wanted to see Sidney grow,
but. none so much as’ Hugh
~MclIntyre, who bought the paper
_in November, 1924.

His hopes were doomed to.

disappointment... Far from
thriving in boom times, it was his
fate to struggle to keep the paper,
and the. town, -on. their. ‘feet
through the great depression.
None of that. was on- the
horizon, however, when he wrote

this editorial three weeks after

becoming publisher:
Are you helping to make Sidne ya
_ bigger town?
“Sidney has many advantages

that shouldbe make known 1to-
manufacturers that are looking
locate. :
Sidney has one of the finest

for ‘sites on’ which ‘to

climates in the world: Sidney is
“situated on. a. site that can: ac-
commodate a large city — a city
‘of: level: streets and beautiful

residential sections, parks and.

~ drives. :
“How can we . make: Sidney 2 a

‘city: By. inducing industries to .
is: there to-
offer? Cheap sites, low taxation, -
railway and deep water facilities.
“- For onemile south of Sidney —
ie along. the water front and parallel,
with © Canadian : ‘National

“locate here. What

1948 on the files are far fatter,

probably averaging 10.pages, and
“with plenty of local news.o on most 3

“of them.

for or:

Railway industrial sites may be.
obtained .on. exceptional terms.

By inducing industries to locate

here Sidney will automatically

become a city — Beacon Avenue
will become a busy thoroughfare

-with substantial business: blocks,

theatres, hotels etc. :
‘Sidney - will .make | great
progress — if we all get together
and act intelligently. ‘Let us not
overlook :an opportunity to help

make, Sidney the Industrial.
‘Centre’ of. the -famous = Saanich
- Peninsula.”’

MclIntyre-wasted no time.

- His first issue of The Review :
was Nov. 6. On Nov. 13 he hada -

full, page ..advertisement . for

“Sidney. as an industrial centre,
-and.he continued to hammer on

that theme for years.

In the early. months of 1929 te
was devoting two ‘columns of the
front page to. articles by various

. people. titled ‘‘Sidney Booster’ |
numbers } to 4, and on March 14

he started printing a banner at the
top of:the front page: ‘«Start your
plant in Sidney —: The Coming
Port.’

the end of February, 1930,. but

the effect of the great depression
had already made it ridiculous. -
Even with Christmas advertising .,
The. Review, at the end of 1928.

(Claire): Rivers, ‘who
: Lord, had been owner
; month. whet he.

Joc:
succen(h

~ for mer ‘pu bli ‘

Mcintyre and Fred Fo

nelpi gal feast ‘one aw a ‘week

with the: production ‘of: a paper

“having been active in ihe rioting

trade ad 66 years,

time
peninsula not ‘as an industrial.:
centre, but as ‘‘The Garden Spot
‘of Canada.”’

That banner. was cartied until:

-century. except
missing

“was also th
“ida lot

could manage: only four pages.

-The year before it had: had-10

pages with
front page.
“In August,

two-colours on the

1926, Mclntyre

changed the name of the paper. It

had always been ‘‘Sidney and
Islands. Review,’’. with | ‘‘and
Saanich | Gazette’’ tacked. on
sometime in the period from 1916
10.1919. for which. the files are
missing. McIntyre ‘called it the

- ‘Saanich. Peninsula. and Gulf.

Islands Review’’-and announced

that it would cover news of |

Brentwood Bay and Royal Oak.
In March, 1928, Elizabeth G.
McIntyre joined her husband on
The Review’s masthead. :
In:November, 1931, he started
Wednesday. publication, to. get
the. paper tothe Gulf Islands
several days earlier.
‘Things... must

have . looked

brighter “by the end. of 1934,

because McIntyre got a new press
and the paper was larger. By this
he...was~ boosting’ the

Dec. 8, 1937, Mcintyre
published.a:16-page Silver Jubilee

edition. It contained’ highlights

from each: year of the: quarter

_ files,

printed ‘in’ “1912,

fore

] 97

nounced? that ‘The Review. had:
WON WO!
‘newspaper | competitions,
“best all-round ‘Paper. and: the best >
editorial page among papers: with.
ae 000" and ene

“prizes. “in: “national

cir culation ° eDetween

2, 000.

June. 20, “1951, The: Review

“published | ‘ah -40- “page. paper.
marking: Sidney’s
* Jubilee, It credited establishment
of the Pat Bay Airport (started in:

1938), and: the. large numbers of ©”.
“air force personnel it brought
during. the war, for. starting the —

growth of the town. It-also told)»
the full story of Samuel Brethour....
~and family, who. settled the area
that is now Sidney i iit. 1873.

“In June,

Tn the early. days. the publisher
editor and. probabl

lt is sometimes ‘cont using. ‘to iy’ to waders the geography —

of stories

s in theold files of The’ Review because they. contain"

Some names that are no longer familiar, Part, atleast, of the
explanation is contained in a story printed Oct, 16, 1935 about a
“new: map. recently issued from Ottaway The map made ihe
_ following changes:
Breeds Cross Road bees ime McTavish Road.
School Crass Road became MoTavish Road;
~ Harth’s Crossroad became Mills Road, 2 wes,
Horth, Mountain and Cloake Mountain’ were downaraded ti to!
Horth Hill and Cloake Hill, wel

Notris. Rack, becune Wain Rock,
Sallas Rocks.

i

pat

and Dot. Rorks became

VA

“Saanich Arn, became. Saanich Inlet, Canoe ‘Cove: became:
Canoe Bay, Magan Cc ove be cane Hagan. Right :
4 became Shute Reef, : oT

James Point became Moses Point. ere
» Five islands: had Uieit ngs ai nee Black fae th

and Shute Rack” is

“instead of

squares in all corners: and the
centre black square left out. :

“Shortstop..
softball

those: of the.
. plus. articles-on

for the.

Soe Manniigs
Diamond. oe

many . local...businesses.. Unfor-
tunately’ there was no - article
about The Review itself.

Mcintyre published the: paper
for more than 20 years, selling it
in’ September, 1944.° His suc-:
cessor, F. C.-E. Ford stayed only
five years, before selling to the
second long-term owner of The
Review, J. S. (Claire) Rivers.

MclIntyre’s career as.a booster
was ‘not confined to his
newspaper: In 1934 he organized
the Sidney. Businessmens’
Association, and | was -its
president for 10 years. When the
Sidney Waterworks. District was
set up to take over from Sidney
Water Co. he was. its. first
chairman.

‘He also had other interests. He

invented: a. new: checkerboard,
manufactured. ‘in.

which. . was
Sidney. and used all over . the
world. It was nine squares wide
eight, with black

He also invented what he called

“Diamond Baseball,’’ with five

bases, four outfielders and no
In» 1936 there was a
-league.: playing © this

variety. of the game, with teams

~ from Saanichton, James Island,

North Saanich and Sidney, and J.

JI. White as poder

Saft ‘of nine, and ( over -the vyears-a
‘ great
° and. Price’ platen, was 4

many - historical: articles

“were > printed: besides thos
eS special edition

chairman

mayen, of the village. coundll:
« In’ 1966. Rivers. shanped™t the He
“method of ‘production. from hot.

“etal” to. “otf set: printing, “making.
“possible the: publication of: many.

more and better: pictures. eae

Two: years later. in: September, ce
-1968,-he sold The Review.to John. *
who: owned. it untiba |
ear ago. Present’ owner is David)
“Black. of: ‘Williams: ‘Lake, who.
also owns a-number of papers in:
the Interior of B.C. :ROY. Spaaner: :

is publisher...

Vas sometimes: editor.
Names that

himself

Hy, Ve Greeny Lloyd ‘Baker,

“Manning iuried The Revie

ove 10. the

vehne

eat

well as”

-ounderss thes:
During Manning’ §, Gwaership :

ners were several: editors, ‘and he sometimes:
uppeared.. on the
on ‘masthead included -A.G. Dagg,

1954) there was a 100.
~ Years of Progress Edition, andin > «
- October, 1958, a B.C, Centennial
edition, Which. included the story.
of William Thornton; first settler:
‘ ich Peninsula, and av
' history the Saanich Faire.

“aniothee “Oss the: a
Manning's typewritrer, Lt: Col.
James Browne- Hardinge, whose.

—oceasional ‘letters tothe editor’ E

from his North Saanich estate

“spellbound.

Some even went! looking for hinge:
“but wone ever found al nail, box:

‘George Manning, (no:relation),
Stephen Brewer, Bruce Obee, and
in 1978 Pepgie. Rowand, who: is
editor today.”

seen and ils: door Fe

covered: “the: “waterfront
nom: de plume: of

Joshua Perlmutter; — a name that
Even more,
“held his:

“reader Ss!

with his name on ite

aw arked for more ‘than 30 years at Review office,

lalented writer: : hie,
“beat.

“appeared onthe:
ANESTTGAS alongside hisown,

yal ‘oarsmen.

i
Me a

“Indirectly, “Manning”
created a‘real peninsula celebrity.

In-1972. he sponsored the Great -

Rowing Review Race, which saw

. 67-year-old John: Newman, | of).
~ Saanichton,: trounce his nearest:

fAMOUS -Waseo»
creations. of

rival over. a. tour-mile course. by

JO minutes rowing a boat. he had ;

built 40-years hefores

Over the | next five, years youths
trained | hard.
challenge » Newman, . and. eign
used lighter fibreglass. copies. of -

his boat, but they never ave him ae
close race. yess

also.

nd Vouny,

Aillto Brethous, Bare to Mandarie, TW: so.  Halibit ee
to Femie Ee so Me “ pobhier ‘Review owner John Manning with David Black, Phoww was taken last March. hen,

cancer a Black k purchased paper: Se ite Rey pene eae

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