I Facts, fablesft foibles

A recent visitor fromCalifornia, a man who suf-fered from our rain, madeour "How's that again?" de-partment when he was over-heard saying, "Dry humidi-tcan stand, but this wet

Idity is enough to kill aperson".

Mr. $eo. Wells7 Front Street r- *<AYLMER (EAST)PUEBEC

Thursday, January 17, 1963

In case you are curious,the drilling, the cementbusting and the bustle aroundthe bank is not an attemptby Nels Vodden and crew torob th bank. They are inthe process of placing pil-ings underneath the 20 tonvault -to halt its sinking in-to the sea and pulling thebank building in with i t, soto speak. It's an expensivejob, but undoubtedly thebank has a sinking fund.

**********A social note that ismuch too good to report inour normal columns - TheErnie Lowe's of Lakeridgeentertained recently with acocktail party which feat-ured entertainment by ChiefHummingbird and his famousIndian dancers. The inter-pretive dances were enjoyedby the assembled guests -after they got over their in-itial shock of having fivewild, yelling, war-paintedIndians come charging downthe stairs. Three guests have-n't touched a drop since.

Pozzo Ian plantbegins p r o d u c t i o n

Jack Scott sadly ad^vises, "Never take your go Ifclubs to the desert." Hisfour fairly new, expensivewoods literally exploded a-part when he smacked agolf ball while playing at acourse in Calif. Not that hewas stronger in the sun -

ably because of the ra-dry-out of the woods

by moving the clubsfrom wet hither to dry yon.

**********The recent cold snapbrought out the ice skatersand it wasn't bng until itwas obvious who were West-erners and who were East-*erners. Jane Jarman, house-wife, quickly won the S.S.I.

Sonya Heinle award.

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The long-awaited andlong-heralded start of actualfull-time, production at thePozzolan Plant at WelburyBay was probably startedlast Tuesday midnight whenshale was fed into the kilnfor processing.

According to Fred Rob-ertson, Plant Manager, hesees a long continuous run,24 hours per day and fore-casts the kiln will not beshutdown except in the caseof breakdown or necessarymaintenance. The shale pre-sently being processed is tofill an order for 1600 tons ofPozzolan to be exported toSeqttletobe used in a Seat-tle Metropolitan sewer pro-ject.

A CLASS FOR PARE NTSA.L. Carrier, Adult Ed-

ucation Branch of the Dept.of Education, offered hissupport to young parentsconsidering the forming ofa Parent's Night SchoolClass to study EducationalGuidance for pre-schoolchildren. Mr. Cartier madehis offer at the ScienceClub meeting last Friday fol-lowing a discussion of Dr.R.B. Bourdillon's addresson, 'Development & Train-ing of the Human Brain fromBirth to Age Six".

At the recent annualconvention of the Corpora-tion of Land Surveyors of B.C. held in North Vancouver/local land surveyor, Mr. A.W. Wolfe-Mi her, was el-ected as one of three direct-ors.

In the past, the SaltSpring Island plant of Hold-fast Pozzolan, Ltd. has beenbedeviled with financialproblems, uninspired leader-ship and a history of falsestarts that made many peoplehere skeptical of its begin-nings and certain of its end.

Robertson said, "We arenow on the doorstep of hav-ing all our past troublescleaned up and . . . thingsare looking very bright."

t The Salt Spring plant,which now employs twentypeople, working on threeshifts, has a capacity of"cooking" 180 tons of shaleper day and milling 132 tonsof the cooked shale into.poz-zolan.

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The monthly payroll, atpresent, is about $7500 andRobertson stated the payrollshould reach an average of$15 - 16,000 per month ev-entually, even without in-creasing the capacity of theplant.

Presently working at theplant are: Forman, SteveWarrick; Firemen, WayneBradley, Rick Rylands, SteveLaFortune Sr., and ErnieClark; Utility men, Bill DeLong, Bill Mossop, AlbertBarber and Lazlo Bedors;Millers, Larry Anderson,'Howard Byron, Steve LaFor'-tune Jr., and Tom Low;Mechanical Maintenance,

Art Heal, Jack Tomlinson, &Paul Blais; Swing Utilityman, Jack Roland; Loader-man, Jimmy Stewart; -andoffice clerk, Walter Mailey.

A R C H I B A L D W A L L A C E B A R B E RMr. "Arch ie" Barber , a member of " tha t

c o n t e m p t i b l e l i t t l e a r m y " w h i c h d e f i e d pow-er t h i r s t y K a i s e r W l l h e l m in 1914 p a s s e daway Jan. l l th in Lady Minto H o s p i t a l a f -ter s e v e r a l months o f i l l - hea l t h .

Mr. Barber, aged 73,served for 12 years with theImperial Army as a soldierof the Roya I Horse Arti I lery.Born In Manchester, Eng-land, he came to Canadain 1921,and retired to SaltSpring Island ten years ago.He is survived by his wife,Edith at home; three sons :Wallace, Stroud, Ont.,Albert B., Ganges; andBernard A., Victoria; twodaughters, Mrs. Nell Mor-ris (Florence), Angus, Ont.and Mrs. Jas. Kennedy(Joyce), Barrie, Ont.; 25grandchildren and 1 greatgranchlld.

. Mr. Barber was a mem-ber of the Royal Canadian

Legion and the MasonicLodge. Funeral service withfull Legion Honours was he Id

in St. George's AnglicanChurch, Ganges, with Rev.S.J. Leech officiating. Lt.-Col. D.G. Crofton andstandard bearers, Ben Greerrhaugh and Peter Cartwrightescorted the flag-drapedcoffin from the church .Pallbearers were: H. Loos-more, F.L. Jackson, A.L.Campbell, Dr. R.W. Brad-ley, C. Brewshaugh and W.H. Sounders.

Cremation followed inVictoria. Arrangements werein charge of Goodman Fun-eral Home, Ganges.

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KING - C O U S I N E A UA wedding of wide inter-

est on Salt Spring took placein Sidney on Jan. 11th, whenConstance Pamela, youngerdaughter of Mr. & Mrs. D.J.Couslneau, well known for-mer Island residents, became

* the bride of Robert Da I tonWai Us King of Vancouver,formerly on the staff of theBank of Montreal, Ganges.

Archdeacon G.H. Holmesofficiated at the evening cer-emony, held in St. Andrew'sChurch, Sidney, and was as-sisted by the Rev. F. C.Vaughn-Birch. Several friendson Salt Spring Island attendedthe wedding, and the recep-tion which followed at Cor-dova Bay.

L.ATMEETlNG

Twenty-eight membersanswered the roll call as Mrs.A. Ashby chaired the regu-lar monthly meeting of theLadies Auxiliary to the Roy-al Canadian Legion Branch92 on January 2nd. A chequefor $50 was received fromDr. W. Lockhart to be usedfor auxiliary work with vet-erans.

Mrs. Loosmore reportedhaving made 4 visits to theLadyMinto Hospital duringDecember, seeing 27 pat-

ients. Mrs. Bradley wentto the Veterans1 Hospital inVictoria twice in Decem-ber and once in January.Eight Christmas parcels weredelivered to hospitalized "veterans. Mrs. L. Camp-

. bell reported having packedand delivered four Christ-mas hampers for Christmas.Mrs. W. Wells and herknitter turned in five pairof socks for the VeteransHospital. These socks wereincluded in the Christmasparcels.

Mrs. Sharland thankeddll those who assisted withthe successful New Year'sEve Dance, especially mem-bers of the Branch.

The Annual Meeting ofthe auxiliary, chaired byMrs.C. Springford follow-ed the monthly meeting.The auditor's f i n a n c i a lstatement was presented,

together with the annual re-port of the year's activities.The election of officers for1963 took place with Mrs.J.B. Acland assisting Mrs.Springford and Mrs. A.M.Brown and Mrs. V. Bishopacting as scrutineers. Mrs.F. Kirkham was electedpresident. Mrs. L. Camp-bell and Miss D. Andersonwere chosen as 1st and 2ndvice-presidents with Mrs. A.Ashby, past president. Mrs.S. McNultywIII continueas the auxiliary's secretarywhile Mrs. E.E. Groff willcarry out the duties ofTreasurer. Mrs. I. Devineis once again Sergeant-at-Arms. The executive com-mittee for the ensuing termwill consist of Miss DorothyFanning and Mesdames T.Sharland, V. Bishop, W.Sounders, K. Dods, F. Em-pey and B. Empey.

Mrs. W. Jackson waspresent to install the new

slate of officers. Mrs. A.Ashby presented Mrs; Jack-son with her past president'spin and a flowering plantwhile Mrs. Kirkham present-ed Mrs. Ashby with a floralarrangemert.

The Auxiliary will cel-ebrate its 16th birthday InMarchanditwas interestingto note that eight of the ninepast presidents were in at-tendance at the meeting,The missing past president,Mrs. Colin Mouat, was ab-sent because of distance.

Following adjournment,delicious refreshments wereserved by the tea committee.

GLEANED FROM CHAMBEROF COMMERCE MEETING.

Survey work for the newferry road has been Partedin the direction of Scott Rd.to be completed by March31. Unofficial word has beenreceived that the newTsawwa-ssen - Long Harbour ferrywill be based at Salt SpringIsland.

The Chamber will In-quire into the necessity ofpermits for the wholesaleharvesting of oysters off thespit in Ganges. More In-

(Contd. to P., 3)

' Just for a pleasant changeMrs. J. S. Jones of SharpRs. sent a long this news fromher daughter in Guernsey,Channel Islands.

They had the first whiteChristmas in a hundred years,She said the snow was love-ly, four Inches thick on theclothes lines, and very dry.But In two days it was allgone.

Mrs. Jones adds: Howlucky can some people be,

not to have to shovel it allaway?

And from the Guernsey

paper:-A man was fined 5 shillingsfor throwing a sheet of news-paper in the road, with in^tnet to abandon - "no litt'louts there".

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, ,. CHAMBER(Contd. from P. 2)

formation will be soughtconcerning a request forrental of the freight shed on

wharf, forselling of oy-sters and other sea foods.

Donation of $50 was re-eive'd from Mouat Bros, to-"

ward cost of the tourist in-formation booth. The Cham-ber donated $25 to Belling-ham Christmas ship for pur-chase of candies to be dis-tributed at the ship's portsof call.

Complaints about thenumber and placement oftraffic signs on Salt Springhave been laid before auth-orities, but no action hasbeen taken to date.

Seeds are now beingsown to provide for summerplanting of the flower box-es along the sea front atGanges.

B.C. Telephone Co. hasinvited representatives ofGulf Islands Chambers ofCommerce to a "question &answer" luncheon confer-ence to discuss installationof automatic telephones onthe islands.

Election of officers willbe held at the quarterlygeneral meeting on Tuesday,Feb. 12th. A.E. Walters ofB.C. Associated Chambersof Commerce is expected toattend at guest speaker. EW.

C H U R C H N E W SElsie Worthington Phone:264

Our Lady of GraceCatholic Church annualcatechetical school is nowin progress. Eight teachersare instructing fifty child-ren in weekly classes. Old-er boys meet after churchon Sundays; girls and young-

er children are taught,

following school, on Tues-days. Teaching is based on"The Confraternity ofChristian Doctrine".

Classes will continueinto June, to be climaxedbya weekof summerschool.Mrs. Frank Bonar is gen-eral convener, workingunder direction of Rev. W.Mudge.

World Day of Prayerservices will be held onFriday, March 1st, bywomen in ISOcountries a-round the world. The ser-vice for Salt Spring Islandwomen will be held this

year in St. George'sChurch.

Once upon a time SaltSpring Island boasted anexcellent orchestra. Todaythere exists a definite needfora good dance band com-posed of local musicians.

It has become almostimpossible for Island clubsto secure an orchestra forspecial events; arrangementmust be-made many months'ahead to achieve any suc-cess in that direction. Thelocal branch of the RoyalCanadian Legion has decid-ed to tackle the problem, &is investigating the feasi-bility of sponsoring an or-chestra formed of local mu-

sicians. Two instrumental-ists have already come for-ward. There is a specialneed for a pianist.

Persons interested injoining the proposed orches-tra are asked to telephoneJ.H.M. Lamb, at 17-R

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Plans for a Valentinetea, to be held Feb. 14th,

were made by AnglicanWoman's Auxiliary at theJanuary meeting, held inthe Parish Hall. Mrs. W.Norton and Mrs. GeorgeLaundry will be co-conven-ers, assisted by Mrs. W.H.Sounders.

Donations of $50 wasgiven to the W.A. Mission-ary pledge fund, and moneyfor sewing materials wasvoted to the convener, Mrs.A.R. Price.

Mrs. E. Worthington &Mrs. N.A. Howland werechosen as delegates to theDiocesan W.A. annual meet-ing, to be held in Victoriain March.

Tea was served byLaundry and Mrs. Howlandafter the meeting.

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Published weekly on Salt Spring Island, W. Fisher, Editor,P.O. Box 250, Ganges, B.C., Canada. Phone: 176.Author-Ized as second class mall, Post Office Dept., Ottawa andpostage paid at Ganges, B.C.

e d i t o r i a l sNo one has asked our opinion but .... . . . . .

We see that once again the LOLAS (Little Old LadlesAgainst Sin) are trying to shoot CBC down In flames fordaring to produce a show that does not measure upto LOLA'S1 moral codes.

These self-appointed guardians of our manners andmorals have been protesting recent "Quest" programs suchas "Crawling Arnold" and the more recent profile of HughM. Heffner, the proprietor and progenitor of Playboy, amagazine for uh, sophisticates; a magazine that has par-layed Mr. Heffner's original Investment of $800 Into sever-al million dollars.

The LOLAS, in their eagerness to sniff out sin, whichthey vicariously enjoy even if they do not admit it, forgetthat Hugh Heffner and his various Playboy activities is anestablished fact, a phenomenon that has made a terrific Im-pact on a great segment of North America. Being an estab-lished fact and an indicator of our' times, CBC made, andrightly so, the decision to show this phenomenon to peopleacross Canada.

A main function of CBC is to present to us a picture ofour times. If the picture offends some people, the offendedones should not attack CBC for holding a mirror for us tolook at ourselves. The of fended ones should look unto them-selves, the LOLAS or whoever, and attack the ones whoare^mlsgulded enough to want to suppress facts simply be-cause the facts are distasteful.

TRIBUTE TO JOHN BROWN by V.W.G.A few trite lines announced that a funeral service had

been held for John Brown: he had no relations and no po-ssessions. JOHN BROWN -1 wonder how many people knewJohn Brown - at 82 he was a wonderful man; terribly In-dependent, honest-eyed and with a quiet sense of humour.He was caretaker up at the Emsley's place above StowellLake. I used to visit him from time to time/ he would comeup to borrow "the catalogue", or bring me a book. I haveone here he gave me, "The English Village"-we had manythings we could chat about, though he was from the northof England and I from the south; and I found his dialect ex-tremely difficult to follow. He was such a neat, tidy man:his shoes were always polished: he was always shaved: hishouse immaculate. In the cold spell last winter, my waterpipes were frozen - I was struggling to keep the housewarm and I wondered how he was managing. He -alwaysfelt the cold so-he was 'spare'and one felt the wind blowthrough that fragile frame. I put a few things in a haver-sack and went up to see. His house was hot-all the wind-ows covered tightly with plastic sheeting - water runningfrom the tap - the fire going merrily and the table cover-ed with a morning's baking - pies, bread and buns. Hewas doing betterthan II That morning he had been out andthawed the pipes at the other cottage (where the tenantwas away), put a fire on to warm it up and fed the cat *He alwqys cut the kindling and took the wood over to thisother cottage every day, anyway, because he thought itwasn't right work for a woman. He was a grand old man.

He found the hills up and down to Fulford too much for

IfTTfRS-TO-THE-IDITOR"Dear Sir: Those of us whoen|oy reading magazines likeReader's Digest, Macleans,Chatelaine, Good Housekeeping, Newsweek, Satur*day Evening Post, PopularMechanics, etc. etc. willbe glad to know that we canspread the facts of our demo-cratic way of living amongthose who maybe vulnerableto the communist lies told a-bout us in uncommittedcountries by mailing ourmagazines to readers in saidcountries as soon as we havefinished reading them.

One country where Eng-lish Is taught as a secondlanguage Is India, and, Inthe communist-Infested stateof Kerala the Indo-Amerl-can Clubof Chengannur hasrecently opened a ReadingRoom which Is used by peo-ple of all walks of life, -about 30 or 40 a day.

The Club Secretarywrites me: "A good numberof University students, schoolteachers, professional menand women borrow periodic-als available in our ReadingRoom. This service Is entire-ly free and as our funds arenot so elastic we, of course,depend on friends like youfor the receipt of books andmagazines which they read

and no longer need."Will those willing to

spread their good fortunekindly mall their magazines(not more than six monthsold, please) to:-Mr. T.J. John,The Indo-Amerlcan Club, Chengannur,Kerala State,S. India. (Signed:O.W.W.Mayne Island)

"Dear Sir: Please, Mr. Ed-itor, where is your gardenexpert? I need him bad. Y'see, It's like this. I binstudyln'up on gardenin1 andit sez first of all the earthgotter be friable. Well, Isez to meself, let's find out.I used up about a dozenspadefuls of earth and about3 pounds of lard, Crisco andbutter and it didn't evenbrown.

So I sez to meself, "Howam I gonna make Itfriable?"Well, sir, I got a lot of potsfilled 'em with earthan1 put'em In the oven for aboutthree hours and tried fryin1

it after that but it just alntno good. I'm all choked upwith smoke and the ceiling'sa mess so please get the gar-den editor on the job, Yoursexasperatedly, (Signed) TloPancho.PS: Why don't they explainthings better?

him and, finally, he had Just moved to a cottage in Ful-ford village. I last saw him down by the store, and hewaved a large key at me with a triumphant smile, "See,I'm not up there anymore - I've got the key too betterplace". That was December 12th, he died on December22nd. Yes, he certainly had the key to a better place.

Goodbye, John Brown - I shall miss you. )

C H U R C H E SSUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1963

ANGLICAN - St. Mark's: Matins, 11:00 a.m.; SundaySchool, 9:45 a.m.; St. George's, Holy Communion,8:30 a.m., Evensong, 7:30 p.m.; St. Mary's, Evensong,2:30 p.m.

UNITED - Ganges, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.ROMAN CATHOLIC - Our Lady of Grace, Holy Mass,

10:45 a.m.CHRISTIAN SCIENCE - Mahon Hall, 11:00 a.m.FULL GOSPEL CHIAPEL - Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.,

Evening Service, 7:30 p.m.JEHOVAH WITNESSES - Mahon Hall, 2:00 p.m.

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L O O K I N G TOT H E I R F U T U R E

Children are fun to raise-expensive too. Doctor's bi! Is,dentists' bills,; new clothes. . . no need to remi nd you.Makes you wonder some-times where the money is: com ing from, especiallywhen you 're short of ready-cash.

There is, though, a goodway of looking after thoseunexpected expenses, andalso of f inane ing those thingsyour family needs. Withthe:.Bank of Montreal Fam-ily Finance Plan, you canplan your purchases, takecare of ; those sudden ex-penses and have only onepayment a month to meet.

The Family Finance Planprovides low-cost, Si fe in-sured ioans with repaymentsarranged f9 fit in with yoursalary.

If you \ ould like tofind out more about thismodern, approach fo betterliving, drop in at the Gan-ges branch of the Bank ofMontreal, .Lome Earle, themanager there, is well in-formed on fami ly problems andwill be glad to discuss theFamily finance Plan with you.

adv.

COMING AND GOINGEjsie Worthington Phone: 264

Mrs. C.J. Zenkle has re-turned to her Rainbow Roadhome after an extensive visitto relations and friends In Ot-tawa, New York City, Mid?land Park and Leonie, NewJersey; Brookfield, Mass., &Vancouver.

Mr. &Mrs. S.H. Hawkins,St. Mary's Lake, are sailingthis week on the HOrsova"fora nine-day cruise to Hawaiiwhere they will spend thenext two months.

Recent guests of Mr. &

Mrs. F.L. Kennedy, SoutheyPoint, were Mrs. Kennedy'sbrother-in-law and sister, Mr.& Mrs. W.H. Draper, PowellRiver, B.C.

Archdeacon & Mrs. G.H.Holmes have returned to Gan-ges after spending two weekswith their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. ArthurHolmes, Richmond, B.C.

Miss Grace Solly, Vic-toria was a week end guestof Rev. & Mrs. StanleyLeech, Ganges.

FERNWOOD NEWS . . .by Doris DeLong.

Mr. & Mrs. Alf Grahampf Tall Trees left beforeChristmas for Vancouver.They will spend an extend-ed visit with their familydue to Mrs. Graham's IIIhealth.

Mr. & Mrs. S.A. Thomp-

son of "Journey's End" havereturned home after threeweeks spent with their son,

Lyle and his family inQues-nel and with their son, Alanat Aldergrove. They are re-joicing in the safe arrivalof another, grandson on Nov.20th, Robin Hugh, born tothe Rev. Canon and. Mrs.Whitbread at Spence Bay,N.W.T. and also a great-granddaughter, Kelly ElaineGerrits born at Snpqualmie,

Washington on Dec. 27th.Mrs. Cameron has gone

to Victoria to visit herdaughter, Mrs. Ray Donnely.

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Water-f^Jl had as holiday visitors,their sons from Surrey, Alanand Dick and his family.

Miss Emily LI Hie ofMarathon, Ont. Is" visitingwith her Aunt and Uncle,Mr. & Mrs. W. DeLong.

Mr. & Mrs. W. Leachhave received word thattheir son, Howard, in theair force at Centralia, Ont.has been promoted to Flight-Lieutenant.

ANNIVERSARY PARTYA party in honour of Mr.

& Mrs. Joe Lloyd-Walters,who celebrated their 17thwedding anniversary, Jan.12th was held at the home ofMrs. E. Sampson, whosewedding anniversary falls onthe same day.

Mrs. Chester Martinmade the anniversary cake.

The twenty-five guestsattending enjoyed an eve-ning of cards and dancing.

Out of town guests in-cluded Mr. & Mrs. CharlesSampson of Duncan and Mr.& Mss. Kenneth Johnson ofSaturna Island.

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Winter carrots - 50 Ib. sack or more - 4<£per Ib. Murikami. Phone: 217-H

Small wood & coal range - white enamelfront & high shelf - $12.00 Phone: 226-Q

Joe's Notebook - sponsored by C.W.L. atthe Trading Co. Vesuvius & Fernwood stores.$1.00

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HELP WANTED

Write your own pay chequewith a Fuller Brush route atSalt Spring, Galiano, Pen-der, and Mayne. Man orwoman wanted. Training tostart end of January. Write:Steve Cole, Manager,Fuller Brush, 811 Beach Dr.Nonaimo, B.C.

WORK WANTED

Any odd jobs done. Casuallabour. Phone: 42-M after6:00 p.m.

NOTICES.

At stud - registered Shetlandstallion, dapple sorrel, silvermane & tail. Also palominostallion. Call W. Besler,Galiano. Phone:Gulf 51-Q

I have buyers waiting forproperty 3 to 20 acres.Priced from $50 to $100per acre. Contact :J. Spencer, Salt SpringLands. Phone: 52

Magazines subscriptionsspecials (limited time): Sat-urday Eve. Post, 50 issues$6.00; Ladies Home Jour-nal, 40 issues $6.00; Hol-iday, 15 issues, $4.35;American Home, 21 issues

$4.25. Elsie Worthington,Phone: 264

Notice is hereby given that the Third Annual Meet-ing will be held in the Legion Hall, Ganges, B.C.on Wednesday, January 30th, 1963 at 8:00 P.M.to elect one Trustee to the Board of Trustees of theSaltspring Island Fire Protection District and tohear the Annual Statements and Reports.All owners of land in the area comprising the Salt-spring Island Fire Protection District who are Can-adian citizens, twenty-one years old or older andentitled to be registered as voters under the Prov-incial Elections Act are notified to attend a meet-ing to be held in the Legion, Hall, Ganges, B.C.on the 30th day of January, 1963 at 8:00 P.M. atwhich place and hour nominations will be calledand votes of the electors present taken. The votingat the said meeting will be closed as soon as thevotes of the electors present and voting when votesare called for have been counted.Dated the 10th day of January, 1963. J. Vodden,

Secretary.

To All Fulford Residents:The annual meeting of the Fulford Community HallAssociation will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29th at8:00 P.M. in the Fulford Hall. Support your com-munity by attending this important meeting.

Fulford Community Hall Association.

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T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 7 , 1963 D R I F T W O O D Vol . 3 No . 43 Page 7

'CLUB NEWSElsie Worth!ngton Phone:264

Critics who describeour youth as "pampered andflabby" have surely missedmeeting the modern scubafan. Many self-disciplined

«ople would shudder at theDught of probing-the nor-ern ocean floor in mid-

February, not to mentionstoppi ng around long enoughto photograph it! The skindiver, product of our mod-ern age, takes it all in hisstride.

S.S.I. Fathom Phantomsare planning a second star-fish hunt in Island waters,to be held next month. An-nouncement of date and lo-cation will be made later.Residents are invited towatch the Club in action, &to purchase the starfish foruse as garden fertilizer.

Diving enthusiast, DonIrwin, has purchased an un-derwater movie camera, andis working hard to get goodshots of Salt Spring Island'smarine life. (Camera Clubtake note!)

Three local skin divers,enjoying thier sport nearFernwood last week, discov-ered they were sharing theirplayground with three largesea lions. The huge mamma Ismoved quietly away in searchof less crowded waters.

Don Irwin is president ofthe loca! Scuba Club; BobEast is vice-president andSteve La Fortune is secretary-treasurer. Equipment andpublic re lotions are in chargeof Wayne Bradley.

Year-round sport of deepsea diving is fast becomingone of Canada's leadi ng pas-

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chairman of S.S.I. PublicLibrary Association, in hisreport to the annuai meet-ing held last week in St.George's Hall, paid hightribute to other officers ofthe Library Board, also tothe volunteerstaff who keepthe library functioning weekby week. Special praise wasgiven by the chairman toMrs. R.C. Hill and Mrs. R.W. Bradley, fortheir valu-able work in catalogueing

able work In cataloguingnon-fiction books; and toMrs. M. Atkins for super-vising the juvenile section.

Dr. R.W. Bradley,Maurice Atkins and S.H.Hawkins also receivedthanks for constructing ad-ditional shelves, and forother practical help donat-ed to the library during theyear. Dr. McAllister saidhe regards the local Ifbraryas one of the most efficient •for its size in British Colum-bia.

Mrs. S.H. Hawkins,treasurer, said in her report-that the library is maintain-ed by membership fees and

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Mrs. H.T. Minchin,secretary, reported a totalof 9673 books circulatedduring the year. There are235 adults and 465 child-ren listed as borrowers, in-cluding many short termvisitors to Salt Spring, Gen-erous donations of bookswere received, and 63 newvolumes purchased in 1962.

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Club News(Contd. from P.7)

Several visitors, filled withadmiration for the small li-brary, and appreciative ofits services during their stayhave sent gifts of books up-on return home. One suchgift has just been received

from England.Mrs. M. Atkins was ap-

pointed as secretary to re-.."place retiring officer Mrs.Minchin. Mrs. R.W. Brad-ley was re-elected to theBoard. Also chosed was Dr.Norah Hughes, a newcomerfo the Board.

Following the meeting,tea was served by Mrs. Brad-ley, assisted by Mrs. A.L.Campbell, Mrs. Atkins andMrs. Minchin.

**********Hundreds of spring bulbs

have been planted , in thegrounds of St. Mark's Churchbetween the Sunday Schoolroom and the road, it was re-ported at the annual meetingof St. Mark's Chancel Guild.

During the year, fifty newprayer books arid sixty hymnbooks were purchased by theGuf Id for church use. Anotherten prayer books were donatedby Mr. & Mrs. J. Byron, inmemory of their son, ColinByron.

A brass plaque was placedon the oak door of the church,by the Guild, in memory ofthe Icte Patrick Birley, whodonated the architecturalplans Tor the church ponih &Sunday School room.

Fortnightly bridge games,held by the Guild in St. Geo-rge's Parish Hall, are contin-uing under convenership ofMrs. John Sturdy and Mrs. L.Springfo'-d.

Following is the slate ofofficers for 1963: Honorarypresident, Mrs. S.J. Leech,President, Mrs. C. Spring-ford, vice-president^ Mrs. J.

B. Ac land; treasurer, Mrs. J.Sturdy, secretary, Mrs. L.F.Nicholson. Tea was servedby Mrs. Graham Shove andMrs. M. Atkins after themeeting.

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ers, used only occasionally,should be emptied of salt be-fore storing. Salt left in theshaker may harm the plating.

To reduce unpleasantroom odors, try adding oneteaspoon of ammonia to one

cupof water and let stand In *the room for two or threehours.

A piece of ribbon or tapemay be ironed in a hurry bycampening it, and rubbingover the surface of a hotkettle.

Cutlery should be wash-ed in hot soapy water andrinsed to remove the thinfilm of polish left aftercleaning. People wlrh sen-si

sltlve palates will appreci-ate this extra care on yourpart.

NEWS IN BRIEFFirst edition of 1963

"British Colubia Calendarof Events" is now under pre-paration by Dept. of Recre-ation and Conservation.Communities and organiza-tions are invited to list spec-ial events scheduled forthis year. These events couldinclude such things as fish-ing derbies and f lowershows.

1 Information should be sentto R.L. Corby, Director,before the deadline, Jan.25th.

Donations of paperbound books are being re-ceived by HMS Gangeschapter 1ODE for shipmentto Canadian servicemen in

Germany. Books may beleft at Driftwood office.

"Losers weepers, find-ers keepers" say* the oldnursery rhyme, but honestpeople like to return foundarticles to the losers. Drift-wood will be happy to co-

operate, by inserting grat-uitously in the classifiedsection'any notices receivedfor the "Found" column.

H E A L T H C L U B

A new organization hasbeen'formed to provide gym-nasium exercise, tumbling &weightlifHng for anyone int-erested in keeping in shape.

The new health club shouldappeal to the tired-blooded,pot-be!lied businessman aswell as the more youth-ful type who wishes to buildup a set of muscles by usingthe bar bells.

Mike Byron, Physical Ed.teacher at the Ganges schoolwill instruct the gym exer-cises and the tumbling. ErnieClark will head up the les-sons on his speciality, weightlifting.

The club will meet at theFulford Hall every Wednesdayevening & is open to anyone15 years of age or older.

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CLUB (cont'd from p. 8) A delicious tea was servedmoreabout the new organiza- by Mrs. Moilefr, assisted bytion'may do so by contacting Mrs.E. Lacy and Mrs. A.the two gentlemen mentioned Stevens,above or Bob Akerman at 16M.

Vo l . 3 No. 43 Page 9

tFULFORD NEWS

by Bea HamiltonThe 500 card game at the

Beaver Point Community Hallbrought both first prizes in-to one family-Mrs. J. Kla-ssen won ladies first andJohn Klassen won the mens.W. Shaw won the consola-tion prize. Mrs. T. Butt wassupper convener.

The annual meeting ofSt. Mary's Guild was held atthe home of Mrs. L. Molletlast Tuesday, with 21 pres-ent, and the Rev. Leech andMrs. Leech. The President,Mrs. F.L. Jackson, wel-comed three guests, Mrs. J.Geer, Mrs. Edna Fraser andMrs. H. Mossop. The Presi-dent's report for the yearshowed many projects accom-plished and much activity inthe Church. Mrs. A. D. Danegave a very fine SundaySchool report. Mr. Leechtook the chair during the el-ection of officers. All offi-cers were re-elected by ac-clamation and are as follows:Mrs. Jackson, president;Miss Gladys Shaw, vice-president; Mrs. Dane, secre-tary; Mrs. Alton, treasurer;Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Rod-dis are on the committee.Mrs. Leech was appointedhonorary president. A com-mittee is going to arrange fora plaque to be made for theMemorial Organ, with asuitable inscription. Thenext Guild meeting will beheld at the home of Mrs. F.L. Jackson, on March 12th.

KICK IN THE STERN . . .by Bea Hamilton

I do not always agreewith the editorial in Drift-wood, and I am with the sai-lors when they say no shipshould have its name changed.That means the MV MotorPrincess and the MV DeltaPrincess. These names havehistory and purpose behindthem, so why confuse thingsby changing names in mid-

ocean ? Sea faring men willtell you It is bad luck - Theybelieve very strongly in luck- good and bad. Only a landlubber would change thename of a ship. A marineman has a "thing" aboutsuch things, and many asailor will tell you it is abad omen, to re-christenany vessel. ...... so whygive Lady Luck a kick inthe stern, so to speak?The Motor Princess was ,named the Motor Princesswhen she was the first CPRvessel to take this coastrun. The Delta Princesswas on fhe Ladner ferry ser-vice and well named theDelta.

The Toll Authority hasbeen considerate in manyways. They extended the .times between ferries to &from dock to dock at SwartzBay - They built a warmrest room for passengers.Now if they will leave theferry names a I one, and givethe people a short cut fromdock to*dock, we'll all a-gree they are very fine fel-

And whilst we are onthe vital subject of ferryservices, did you know thatthe Victoria bus meets the10 a.m. ferry from Fulforddaily? The bus calls atSwartz Bay about lO past

•eleven, so there is a shortwait for passengers. The bus

(doesn't stay long so passen-gers have to be up by thebus stop. It is very handy forthose who just hate earlyrising. «DRIFTING DRIFTWOOD

by Bea HamiltonIt must have been a real

inspiration which named thisnewspaper the Driftwood -for it surely drifts into manyplaces and countries. Inmany Christmas cards thisyear, were notes of appreci-ation for the news and arti-cles we took the trouble tosend in. All mention howthey enjoy reading aboutSalt Spring Island, itspeople,places and things. Amongstthe notes were names well-known to many - Like Mrs.M. McTighe, up at Progress,B.C. (Nee Tilly AkermanXTillytellsus about the spec-tacular northern lights andsays the snow is reallypret-fy In the Peace country.There is Mrs. V. Rathwell,

(nee Kathleen Lacy) in faraway Kingston, Ontario.Kathleen keeps in touch byreading the nevvs and likesit. And at the RCAF stationin Holberg, B.C., Mrs. Mc-Dermott, (nee Gladys Bor-redaile) sends her messagein a lovely hand-paintedcard. (Gladys won the Sta-tion Christmas Card Contestand her excel lent cards wereselling In the Hudson Bay

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Stores). Congratulations,Gladys, and good luck!And from Eng land, comes anote from the well-knownand loved Dr. Meta Bryant,who likes reading news ofher old stamping groundhere. Dr. Bryant was atBeaver Point area for years,

She sent picture., of wildlions and other African an-imals taken durirvj a recentvisit to Kenya v here shesaw the animals in theirnatural state in the NairobiNational Park.

Salt Spring Island Brown-ies will resume meetingsnext Tuesday, Jan. 22, at3:30 p.m. in St. George'sParish Hall. Only registeredBrownies will meet for thepresent. For further inform-ation please telephone Mrs.S. Hughes at 229-Y.

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THE INDESTRUCTIBLESI envy movie ladies whoEmerge from deeds of der-

ring-doAs neat as when the show

begunNot even with a stocking

run.They dodge through jungles,Scram up trees,Fight smokey fires,Get dunked in seas,Yet show no signs of wear

and tear -No rips or wrinkles any-

where .Shenanigans like these

would startMy very bones to fa 11 apart.

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A MOMENT OF SPRINGby Bea Hamilton

The W.I. members met atDromore on Thursday, Jan.10-with fifteen present andtwo new members welcomed- Mrs. M. Skelton of Ful-ford and Mrs. H. Andersonof Beaver Point.

Business was quicklygone over with reports fromall conveners. Refreshmentswere served by Mrs. F.L.Jackson and Miss Bea Ham-ilton, assested by membersof the family.

Then the members weretaken on a tour by Mrs. Vi-olet McClaron, who showedher delightful colour slidesof spring gardens at Dromore.These included Mrs. Davis1

spectacular dahlias, Violet'sown lovely flowers, cornersof the neighbours gardens,Mrs. Betty Drummondand herfledgling hummingbird (.vhichdidn't live, sad to say), deerin their natural surroundings,Tsawwassen in the sunset,

Hugh Smith's gorgeous cle-matis, Bert Davis1 bee hiveamong the fruit trees, fox-gloves, growing down towardSounder's place at CusheonCove, the big Beaver Pointpicnic and scenes from PierreTimp's Dutch gardens atSaanich.

The members came backreluctantly to the cold real-ity of f reezi ng wi nter weatherwhen the last picture wasshown, after wanderingthrough summer scenes withViolet's camera.

The next W. I. meeting willbe held at the home of Mrs.R. Low in February.

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Royal Canadian Legion is considering the formation of anorchestra for our Island. Interested adults please contact J.H.M. Lamb, Phone: 17-RNext Legion Bingo game will beheld Jan. 31st at 8:00 p.m.in the Legion Hall.

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FRIDAY, January 18 - CWL Bingo, Church Hall, 8:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, January 19 - Roller Skating, Fulford Hall,2 - 4 p.m. and 8 - 10:30 p.m. Card Social, BeaverPoint Hall, 8:15 p.m. Wagon Wheels Square DanceClub, Mahon Hall, 9:00 p.m.

MONDAY, January 21 -'PTA Meeting, Home EC room,8:15 p.m. - Mrs. Doris Coombes, PHN, guest speaker.

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