SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW Wednesday, December 31, 1952. A? see enereeeeaigeant Snr LTTE ETES Sh VERA SSA SAS rE A CL nnn nt - : Eighty-fourth annual Saanich fair New postal clearing office at Gal- MORE ABOUT 7 proves outstanding success. . ; iano is opened for business. - |Reflections From the Past|| st -1952- : Red Cross “blood clinic/in Sidney School inspector. .in report praises : is-well attended: by donors.” .. teaching. staff of Saaniclr and: Salt- | _ ‘Continued fron, Page One). _(°7Premier ‘Bennett. addresses Social spring school districts. 20 YEARS. AGO- Up, Clow, H. Mowat, George Fostck: “Winds. reaching .a “speed of ' 100; Miss E. Woods, Mrs. McIntosh, F. Credit picnic gathering at Elk Lake. | i. Acclamations looming in Central miles per hour struck the coast on | ‘Richardson’ and’ -H.) Tahouney. Suggests Frank:Snowsell resign.) | soanich ? ‘Bank. of. Montreal. buys. Sidney i New: names. for: ‘roads: in Central’ erry Wednesday" Thursday and wrought havoc: with \ High bid. prizes were* awarded to _By. Peninsula. Printing Co. Litd.. |shipping and power lings through- iC. Sanshury and G. Foster, while : Saanicliton | rural ., Saad “delivery | property for erection of new’ block. | Saanich. are: suggested. . Seana ‘route’ ‘to be split’ up and. new postal | Re-shuffle of public health nurses Rev... T.”- W..: Muir,‘ formerly . of : IAS: RIVERS, President, and Managing: Director. oo Tout. the territory: » ‘Near the-boom- | Mrs. W.) Hadley, .L. Slater and. Member ‘of. B.C: Division, Canadian Weekly ‘Newspapers’ Association. ing “ground four’ launches’were.| Miss -.. Woods won lucky-: card — Seaniey: Ne Gulf Istends | stand, to. ‘assume new _ at Alberni, . i : Published at: Sidney, Vancouver: ‘Island, B £. ‘route inaugurated ° front ‘Brentwood? in district. Cornwall, -Ont.,. arrives’ to become”: Loss -- of Princess ‘Kathleen is ; Meee of Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ ‘Association... “| shattered,, while .the home -of - Mr. 1 DEES. mourned. post of fice. ae vicar of Gulf Islands. ‘parish. : ae - Andrew Johnstone appointed. new Charles. Woods,. well’ known Sid- oe ue ephone 28, day or night. - fand Mrs. A. Gibbons was left pro-! - Carol singing was. featured in the arena allt, postmaster at. Saanichton. ; mee sedate ee bath ie death on SUBSCRIPTION RATES °$2.50 per. ‘year. by mail in: Canada. and the u uding tour. tece ayer, ae Water, | Galiano Hall on Thursday evening, | Business hums on- Mayne Island East Saanich Indian reserve, : “British Empire; $3.00. per year to foreign countries. where ‘the bank had. been washed {when Vv. Zala accompanied at the! as result of. ferry ‘service. November . : Authorized as ‘second« class mail; ‘Post: Office’ Department, Ottawa: away. Sidney . water - -busi- ‘piano: poate Ww. ies ‘and, Mr. Painters’ strike will delay opening: E J: Brewster “fired” as Islands os : Display advertising rates ‘on application, : nesses were damaged to, the extent Lala both presented solos. of. Royal-Oak School. = {of about $7,000. The rails of. the} - Neville: Mayers and. Dr. F.]- rh renee ; ; Social- Credit president. = . J. C. Erickson, of Deep Cove; | great success. ohn Speedie heads’. Sidney and _Wednesday December 31, 1952 a DG Canadian National Railway were | Munro, of the Dominion Labora- catches 32-pourid spring salmon. g Je ’. ; washed out to sea as the seasjtory of Plant Pathology at- Saan- ‘Mr.. and Mrs: F, F. -Forneri; =! : Pupils attend Brentwood School North Saanich Chamber of Com- Passing of Capt. Nat Gray widely | | NO Sidney,- celebrate golden wedding ‘an- niversary. ; Records show” sun | shone every day in August, ‘Saturna “Island Pall ‘Fair proves —_—_ for the first time. Rom Knott elected president of Brentwood Community Club. Rey. Father X. Lauzon. Indian missioner at Brentwood, assigned to new parish in Ottawa. Rev. Father J. Leclerc. succeeds him. To rebuild North Galiano property after bad fire, | “The Latch”, Sidney. is purchased hy Richard: Gile, a Texan, October © ; Vv iNage of Sidney ‘is incorporated hy’ ‘provincial order-in-council.. Sit 7 res mae, ; ” aE 7 “lpounded it to pieces for about 100 \ichton are spending’ the holiday at “WHAT WE EXPECT OF 1953 a ; yards. ‘their respective homes in Vancou- ; 2 On Monday morning little Alli- ver. NCE. every. 12. months, during the dying ‘days of these": ‘Maude,. of Fulford Harbor, ~ UW ‘Old Year and on the threshold of the Baby New Year, | “?4yeareld daughter of | Capt ‘The Review ‘likes to sit down and assess this district’s|° 0°.” merce. mourned. General Pearkes opens Mayne Is- land exhibition by presenting cod- Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Kin-/ fish. . near, of Deep Cove, have been! September . unpleasant accident when she fost spending the Christmas, holidays Kaa-Ka-Thut: attracts crowd of “progress and shortcomings duying. the past year and set) control of her bicycle on-a steep tty Jiro rouse Ganges, where 2000 visitors. “out what. ‘we expect of -its.: predecessor. a hill at the Fulford wharf. She] they were -the. guests of Mrs. Kin-| - . q { Moelit: ana . ace eye One-year ago: this: column spoke’ with regret: of the plunged: through. the. window of |Me#rs aunt, Dr. E. “M.-Sutherland. | Wood, Melita, Smith, Horace Stev- : ve “* _ Jack Stigings is honie at. Pender [ens, Leola ~Whimms, . Frances suspension from. service throughout the Gulf Islands of ee poet. fate ate ithase tie face Island from Powell River. where /Smith, Haruko 1to, Hatsu Tto, Roy “the. C.P.R.’s:Princess Mary. and: her ‘replacement: by. the SUSTAINS a 1 and head. larger.and fleeter Princess Elaine.. The regret was caused |", else, tables’ of players took |time. Island ferry service is live issue. New Mayne Island water wells are good producers. Village election campaign warms _ up. EJ. Brewster says he’s not “fired” as Islands, Social Credit president. Library referendum looms i in. Cen- tral’ Saanich. - Work. of R.A: Sansbury with poultry: receives world- wide | recog- nition. , _—— he has been" -employed:- for some Selby. -The arrangements for the He: had. the misfortune -to! reoneert were made by ithe teacher. by ‘the:fact:that the new ship could’ only touch Ganges on! part in the weekly: card. drive of ‘break his thumb in a fall on ‘the j Miss Meten lareus. ley dnd th Crews start demolition of Sidney | > Garbage problem solved by village ts Salt ‘Spring: Island and: Port Washington- on Pender Island. the Sidney Social Club‘on | Tuesday Ice, Ww hile skuting recently. gen "OE Mi - ea aoe M ry and thei wharf preparatory ‘to rebuilding: council. J We urged: that the highest. priority be. given to wharf con-fevening inthe Scout Hall Win- fo Spending ; the Christmas week with |, didney drug store purchased by » December: struction:'so- that’ regular ‘steamer service. could be: given } ners were: Mrs. G. Neeves,. Miss 25 YEARS AGO. ; I & Howard Bewley, of Trail. Announcement’ made that Gulf Ts- |. Mrs. Laundry’s “mother,-Mrs. Row- to: other. islands: enerally . speaking this wish has come | ——— Decoration of. the’ interior of | land: Fulford Harbor, : | true during. 1952, Some wharves have been rebuilt. and| ium cr be taken than to, act.) Contra! Mall ot Ganges. has been others are: in the. process of reconstruction. : aes ey pe Captain Herbert Corfield dies: in Victoria. hospital. Ferry landing at Tsabella Point is land. Ferry Co. (1951) Ltd... plans to purchase .M.V. “Fox Island”. Twenty-four hour phone service 30 YEARS AGO Jand:ponder same carefully, -:|sponsible, Members were Mrs. F. | given study. ‘for Gulf Islands. _ ~ Tnour New: Year’s issue of 1951° we spoke confidently JOHN P. GRAVES. Abbott, Mr. Penrose and N: W.| Among those who have returned Call. tenders - for Saturna wharf tf. H. Newnham maintains he is | ~ about a direct ferry connection between: the: Gulf: Islands Ganges, RRO TS a Wilson, The job was done by Ross! to -F wor d for the holiday ae Mine job. Islands “Social. Credit president. and: Sidney. “Tt seems assured. that the Elaine will extend | Salt Spring’ Island, B.C.’ Young at a total cost of $100. jure 2 ea Fisher ” fies Beck. . miss William’, Stacey. of Sidney, dies. Dr. Wm. Newton will serve with her. service’ to the’ Peninsula during’ .1952,”. -we. wrote. | Dec. .22, 1952. ae Taking part in the annual church! Cea ears MISS BECKY ary Sidney Bethel Baptist. Church is | World Food Organization in Ceylon. ‘penter, Miss. Beulah Douglas, Miss! Everyone. knows that this wish fell short of. fulfilment.: But |. ——— social of the Sidney United church {youn Hepburn, Mr. and Mrs. Nick wharf. repairs at: Sidney’ are: now. being. rushed ' ‘and today "MUST ‘CONTROL. costs -lwere Mr.. MeIntosh,; Reg. Beswick, I Stevens. and:E.