Wednesday, November 4, 1964 SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW _ PAGE SEVEN

Flanders Fields

\Awards For Saanich ©

Sheep Club ‘Members

~ Saanich 4-H Sheep Club held its’ ‘only associate: member, Brent
Awards: Day tea.on Sunday’ after- Mock ford. ‘ .
noon, ‘Oct. 18;.at-the ‘Farmers ‘Pa-|“! ‘The, George Chatterton | “Achieve.
vilion, Experimental Farm, Saan-| ment: trophy.was. presented’ to~
ichton, The meeting was opened|Kathy Smethurst. Mr. Hemstreet
by the.chairman, Kathy Smethurst. presented Saanich Farmer's’Insti-
The members repeated -the : 4-H | tute trophy to Kathy Smethurst;
pledge and the acting president, |this trophy: was. for Judging: ‘and :
{Don Fairbairn, gave a report on showmanship. : re : ,
|jthe first year of the sheep club. DOUBLE WINNER »
Secretary Lynn Greenhaugh gave]. B,: Peterson,:4-I- supervisor,
a resume of the club's activities presented the Smethuest trophy. to
for the year. a Don Fairbairn, ‘the best all--
| One of the club’s junior leaders, | around: member, “The trophy for
| Dena Crenk, spoke on 4-H in gen-| the best effort: was also won’ by
eral and tue meaning of the four! Don © Fairbairn, donated’ and -pre-_
-H's. The other junior leader, Mar-|sented by: John — Gelling. *
ian McDowell, gave an informa-|-~y, 1, Landon, from thé exten-
tive talk on one of the competi-| sion branch of the. department. of.
tions’ in which the ‘club’ competes! apriculture presented a trophy for =

Some Views On ae |
———— Strange Ports, Of Call
By THE OLD GULF ISLANDER

ED, KETCHAM oo .

instalment XLIX

Guanajuato, Mexico, — Altitude
6,855 feet: population 28,135 plus year’s cruise to strange lands.
Mama G., Dutchie, the Beard and I. They’ are well known resi-

| alarming angle of ascent—for there
One Guide Book we. saw. says: ° dents of Galiano Island. .Mr..

is nowhere else to go but up. Re-
member? -Guanajuato is built on a
steep creek bed. And as they ascend
they’ narrow and soon: tile paving
gives way to cobblestones. If you
persist you will find yourself up on
the rocks and dirt. paths ‘of -the
mountainside. And. you. will . find

roadman turned writer, has
left with Mrs. Ketcham on a

“An unusually attractive town with Ketcham | will .send back . to

: The. Review. each week a
an inexplicable air of isolation about lively account of his travels
it, with its narrow, winding -streets

Ed. Ketcham, retired rail- |
which .are. eertain to ‘enter. |
—so narrow that dogs have’ to wag |

tain his. readers. as a whole, the educational -dis- | shieveme in husbandry ~
their tails up and down, with its - ; ee ° ; re senior, achievement. in| husbanary .

; ; os ; a : people. there, too, living in abandon- a play. 7 oa, to. De Ovgnk. "PRs. trophy...was
Moorish architecture... .. it-seems a ~~ es : ara cot Oo. Dena Cron Ms: trophy was .
like’ an vold--S) il 1 ni 1. city. |: sorish hands SENIORS ne ms donated by... ‘M:-Sands.:°Mr..Lan-".’
ike ano. panish colonial . city | into. Moorish hands.it was buried in| chickens and a cow: or two with a S. oh S ‘don als presented « Christie Gell-.

("
that has been dumped -lock-stock- 7
and-barrel. on \a°Mexican’ hillside’.
Wonder if: this; author : knew. that}
Guantajuato:; was colonized: by. An- |,
dalusians which: accounts’ for.’ the
Moorish influence in much of the
‘earlier building.: And then there “is
the. ‘little matter -concerning. the
origin of “La Virgen. de Guanaju-
ato’’ which is known to have been in
existence before the Moors overran
Spain. In fact, to escape falling

. GR E G G 1s

_ WINDOW and FLOOR
» CLEANERS

864. Swan Stoo. + —

—— PHONE EV “$-5023 |

The | pr esentations ‘began: with
District © Agriculturalist K. --R.
Jameson, presenting «three -mem-

: WSon. ;
bers—Marian MeDowell, Kathy |(onated by Doug, “Lawson.

s. bbe ler oft Le
| Smethurst and Dena Cronk. certi- iE tre fat eb. reader ois wae
ficates.-for ‘senior™: membership. |, .

These certificates. were given. on atrophy donated: by. Tony: Trace
the basis of a written examination ™ Rick Peace for second in show- :
oi sheep husbundey. manship. -S: Smethurst, club: lead-.
; Fer, presented the club office. tro-

In preparation of the CBC radio series Flanders Fields, Gregory. bs andr aes eS preached hue phy to.Lynn Greenhaugh, ae club's :
Clark recalls, to broadcaster Frank Willis, tne days of the First World | unior cieathern, Rick P Ch : secretary. This trophy. was. s ‘also
War, Clark was one of those who witnessed the period. of the .war. j wali ease, UAuck | donated by Tony Trace.

“Wilson, Kathy “Smethurst, Lynn .
‘from the first enlistments. in 1914 to the entry of theCanadians into Greenhaugh, . Keith - Peace Chriss GUESTS the |e ests: ‘ Suent were.
_ Mons. on ‘No ovember.11, 1918, and he.is one ‘of 600 interviewed’ in, this . tie. Gelling, ‘Bruce Mockford and KOR: Foane Bi te. res a gri icul-

first person narrative of the’ Canadians who Jought’ in. that) war. Barry Wilson. turist; S.-B.. Peterson, 4- He super- a

Flanders Fields, a 17-part. series: begins on‘ the..CBC. radio, network © Showmanship hadges. pee -pre-| visor; J. L. Landon; Mr. and Mrs... a
November 1, marking ‘the Soth, 3 anniver: rsary of the outbreak of: ‘the: . |gented’ to Rick Peace; Kathy Sme- bald: ‘of. Cobble - ‘Hill: 4- -H: Lambe 2:
Great War. BOE ae ee “| thurst,: Chuck Wilson, °K ei t-h| Club; Mrs. ‘B. G.. Borden, repre 3 0).

ot | Peace, - Christie Gelling, = Bruce senting ° the club .sponsor,: ere os
wvell forever: to his: beloved Dona Mockford and Barry.Wilson.. Mercantile. Co oLtd.; Capt.
Ana So that is why that® place is}. y udging badges we e presented to. ;
called ‘The. Kiss. Narrow’ Street’) | Kath ~Smethurst, Rick” Peace; | 0
isn’t. it?) And last night v we. Chuck Wilson, “Lynn: Gr enhaugh | a2
saw .the two windows |and_ -sure.’nuf,” ‘and “Br race “Mockfor d= A’ special
ares ‘Carlos could: get close” enough award was ‘presented to:.the: club’ E:
to: Dona Ana we give her’ a he-man. piace ene es

Andalusia ‘at the time of the invasion; burro. thrown in. It is quite fascin-
and ‘lay buried and forgotten dur- | ating—and dirty. And there will be
ing the: 700.:years. of. the Moorish| dozens of little squirts (four and
occupation.” Then: it::was excavated | under) always properly clothed: in a:
by accident and in 1557 King Philip | little shirt, but the boys are naked
II presented it to the~people “of from the belly down. x
Guanajuato as recognition of the! But we started to tell about ‘one.
new colony. particular. narrow - street: Callejon |-
It may now be seen in the Cath- | del Beso (‘‘Street of the Kiss’). We
edral here, mounted ona. pedestal| found: it last night, partly from
‘of solid silver’. .-. if not out. on ; memory, partly. by direction—it’s
tour, as. at present.. These famous | down back. of the big Market. Ask-
images -quite often tour. through | ing directions from passersby is de-
their own state and draw thousands |-lightful. Mexicans are. always so
of the faithful. |... re helpfal,: especially : when. we address
And ° ‘about those narrow streets— them ‘in our own: inimitable brand
burro width. We have poked around | of Spanish ‘which, ‘strange to. be-
a number. of’ them... They lead’ off | lieve, ‘they understand—or guess at.
the’main streets and bear. such’ in-| The* Street of. the. Kiss“ is a short.
triguing names as “‘Callejon de San | one, about 50 feet long and leads
‘Juan’’. (“Little Street'of St. John’) | off a little plaza up from the main -her ‘to
‘or “Cinco Senores Calle’’ (Street. of | Street to a larger street: above. °
the. 5 Senores’’) ‘and. their entrances | Entering from® ‘below: it is about. | the sea to: marry: him. “Desperate
|| look -quite impressive. But enter, |10 - feet’ wide ut as it rises and | pon Carlos madé. friends. with qe
.and follow’ them ‘for: a:way.and they. | turns it. natrows . and” becomes... So. family. in ‘the opposite. house - and:
are. wont: to. make . Ae sudden: Cae | steep. that ‘stone, “steps have’ “been ‘one. “‘night..sent.: word through | ‘the

ing with a trophy- for achievement. ones
under: 12° years. This trophy . AVaS beet

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