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nftluoobEighth Year, No. 47 GANGES, British Columbia Thursday, November 23, 1967 $3 per year. Copy 10<:

AMBULANCE CREWS UNDERTAKE COURSE IN FIRST AID

Here is a happy group of am-bulance drivers. They are allvolunteer drivers for the SaltSpring Island Lions Ambulancescheme. When an ambulanceis needed they will be on thescene. They are seen here dur-ing the St. John Ambulancecourse at Ganges, offered by theadult education program ofGulf Islands School District andinstructed by Mrs. V. J. Harra-way. A second class of SaltSpring Island men is held onTuesdays when the volunteerfiremen take the same course.The prone figure is a life-sizeinflatable figure used for dem-onstration purposes.

Taking part are ArchdeaconR. B.Horseheld, Jim Merston,Norman Mouat, Oscar Wallace,J. Low, J. Woods, Ted Earwak-er, Irl Bradley, Wayne Bradley,K. Luton and D. Goodman.

Rod & GunClub Awards

The annual S.S.I.Rod andGun Club banquet and dancewas held at Fulford Hall Friday,November 17.

Over 60 members and friendssat down to the delicious game

' dinner consisting of fried oystersgathered that morning from loc-al beaches, salmon, roast veni-son and moose. Mrs. CarolineReynolds, chairman of the ent-ertainment committee, was con-vener, assisted by many helpers.Dennis Andrews president of theClub presided at the banquetand called upon various memb-ers of the committee to presentthe trophies.

First prize in the shootingderby for the heaviest buck ofthe season was won by BernieReynolds; best set of horns (fourpoint) was won by Dennis And-rews. Trophy for the heaviest

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ISLAND FUTURELIES IN FARMING" Salt Spring Island had large

fruit farms in the past, and thisis still an ideal area for raisingapples and small fruits," GeorgeHeinekey, president of IslandFarmers* Institute said at lastWednesday's meeting in the Le-gion Hall.

Mr. Heinekey noted that whilethe family farm has become vir-tually extinct, the demand forfruit continues. He believesthat fruit farming can be broughtback to the islands and operatedsuccessfully under modern con-ditions.

" Putting acreage into fruitcould bring the land back intoprofitable use," he said.

Several factors contributed tothe decline of the family farm,said Mr. Heinekey. Labor is ex-pensive and hard to get. Luxur-ies unknown in former years arenecessities today. Cost of bring-ing in feed and fertilizers, andshipping produce off the island,is a serious economic factor.High freight rates have severelycurtailed, and even eliminatedprofit, he observed.

Salt Spring had 170 farmers in1900. Today they can be coun-ted on one hand, said Mr. Hein-ekey. Referring to agriculturalexhibition schedules for 1900, henoted the local fair had offered332 classes, ranging from live-stock to cookery. By 1913 thenumber had increased to 448. In1958 only 168 classes were listed.By the 1960's the fair had ceasedto function.

There was a first class cream-ery on Salt Spring in those days,recalled Mr. Heinekey. WhenKing George VI and Queen Eliz-abeth came to Canada in 1939they were served Salt Spring Isl-and butter on their trip acrossthe country.

Salt Spring Island lamb was

famous too. The island had thefirst R.O.P. (Registered OfficialProduction) flock of hens, alsoa champion Leghorn layer.

"It is unfortunate that farminghas disappeared on the island,"Mr. Heinekey said with regret."But it can be brought back,"he added with emphasis.

NOW OR NEVER

NOMINATIONSNominations close for Gulf Is-

lands School District on Friday.Property owners ot the district

who are pla'nning to seek elec-tion to trie school board of trust-ees must file their nominationpapers by noon on Friday, Nov.24.

Although the terms of fivetrustees expire at the close ofthe year no newcomer has yetannounced himself and not alltrustees have decided to seek afurther term.

Even if all trustees now reach-ing the end of their terms shoulddecide to run for a further termthere would be no election un-less others should contest theseats.

Nominations for two seats onthe Capital Region Districtboard of directors must be filedby noon on Monday, Nov. 27.Both incumbents have announcedplans of running but no othersnave appeared yet.

GULF ISLANDS BRANCH

ISLANDS POPPY SALESHIGHEST IN HISTORY

Gulf Islands Branch 84 of Roy-al Canadian Legion has ex-pressed thanks to all those whoassisted in the sale of poppieson and around RemembranceDay.

They particularly thanked allthe ladies and gentlemen aroundthe islands who gave of theirtime and energy to sell the pop-pies, and those who so generous-ly donated.

This is the only demand theRoyal Canadian Legion makeson the general public, and thefunds so gathered are placed ina special account, the funds ofwhich can only be used to helpany veteran in urgent need.

The results this year were:Galiano, $125.50; Saturna,$40;Mayne, $30.

The executive and membersof the branch were particularlygrateful for the largest collec-tion made in the many yearspoppies have been sold by thebranch.

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Soldier and his bride Ig

look back on 50 years I* :*

BY ELSIE WORTIIINGTONFifty years of married life,

with all its ups and downs trulyshared, was celebrated Wednes-day, November 22, by Mr. andMis. Jesse Byron, well-knownSalt Spring Island residents.

Mr. Byron, 84, has been con-fined to a wheel chair for thepast three years.

Mrs. Byron is still hale andhearty at 83. They were marr-ied in 1917 at Aldershot, Eng-land, and came to Canada in1919. After farming for severalyears in Saskatchewan, theyleft the drought-stricken area in1934, and with their five youngsons began a new life on SaltSpring Island.

Kenneth, the eldest son, iswith the 2nd Black Watch, RoyalHighlanders of Canada, station-ed at Wainwright, Alberta.Ter-ence, Howard, and Franklin(Mike), live on Salt Spring. An-other son, Colin, was killed ina logging accident, December,1960. The couple has 23 grand-children, all but one living onthe island. Grandson Darrell iswith the Air Force.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron were chil-dren together in the same Lanca-shire town in England. In 1902,Mr. Byron, then a lad of 19, de-cided to try his luck in Canada.Arriving in Winnipeg, he soonfound logging work in the NorthWest Territories.

Eight months later the youngman acquired 180 acres of home-stead land at Stockholm in southSaskatchewan.

I [is first task was to fence theland, using a thousand posts hehad cut for the purpose, and twostrands of barbed wire. Swedishneighbours built a house for him;one and a half storeys with base-ment, for $80.

"And a well-built house too,"declared Mr. Byron.

With the help of a yoke of ox-en he ploughed land in summerand returned to logging in wint-er.

After ten years working in thewoods from Ontario to BritishColumbia, he decided in 1912 tostop roaming" and settle downto farm life. War came in 1914.The young man was stirred by

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TWO PLAYSAT SCHOOL

BY GROUPNewly formed Salt Spring Isl-

and Drama Group will present twoplays as part of the Gulf IslandsSecondary School Bazaar on Fri-day, December 1.

The first play, "The Sandbox"is a bit of modern theatre by thefamous American playwright,Edward Albee, who wrote"Who'sAfraid of Virginia Woolf" . Theleading part will be played byLois Pharis, supported by SheilaFraser, Bob Pharis, Don Cunn-ingham, and Ray Hill.

The second play is a wildlyhilarious farce, entitled " Pass-ion, Poison, and Petrifaction"by George Bernard Shaw, whowrote it as a spoof of Victorianmelodrama. In the cast areBeth Hill, Ed Gould, Brian Staz-icker, Kay Booth, Sheila Fraser,Herb Strain, and Gerry Clayton.

Both plays are directed by Ol-ive Clayton.

They will be presented in theMahon I lall three times eachduring the evening of December1 at 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30. Ad-mission will be 25i/-.

FERRY ISBACK ONSCHEDULE

Ferries have come back tonormal this week with the ret-urn of Vesuvius Queen to hernormal run.

The Vesuvius-Crofton link hasbeen running on a temporary,irregular service for the pastthree weeks while repairs werecarried out to the Vesuviuswharf.

The Queen is now running onthe hour from this side and onthe half-hour from Crofton. Inthe meantime crews of FraserRiver Pile Driving Co. have al-most completed the reconstruc-tion of the wharf.

Page Two Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Thursday, November 23, 1967

MR. AND MRS. JESSE BYRON LOOK BACK ON 50 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE

(From Page One)the story of the retreat from .Mons. Next day he hitched uphis three-year-old colt witli its

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patent leather harness, climbeainto his smart buggy and set offfor the recruiting office somemiles away. Several monthspassed before the call-up noticesame. By Christmas, 1915, hewas a soldier.

Sent overseas in April, 1916,ic headed for his old home townon his first leave.

"It was wonderful to walk ag-ain along the narrow Englishcountry roads, with the nawthornledges just coming into bloomand the blackbirds, the thrushesand larks all singing," he rec-alls.

While visiting his sister andBrother the young soldier wentacross the road to call on aneighbour, Mrs. Davies, andthere met again her daughterLizzie, his childhood playmate.

"She looked so nice and neat,I thought to myself: 'Here's thegirl I've been looking for!*

By the end of his six daysleave they were engaged, andplanned to be married on hisnext furlough. But it was eight-een months later before theknot was tied.

Before his next leave camearound, the soldier, servingwith 10th Company CanadianField Engineers, had beenthrough the hell of Ypres,Somme, and Vimy Ridge. Atlast the 14-day leave camethrough and on November 20,1917, lie set out for England.

In the meantime, his fianceehad joined the Women's ArmyCorps and was stationed withQueen Mary's Unit (Q.M.A.C.)at Aldershot, After the couplewas united, two days were lostwaiting for the Bishop of Chich-ester to give the vicar, Rev. Mr.LeFflann, permission to hold themarriage ceremony in St. Geor-ge's Military Church. It wasthe second war wedding to beheld there.

The bride arrived at thechurch with her attendant, afellow W.A.C., and the Com-mandant, who was to give thebride away. About 300 unifor-med women were gathered forthe wedding. All appeared tobe in readiness for tlie cerem-ony when it was discovered thatthe bridegroom had no best man.

Mr. Byron tells the story: "Idashed outside, saw a soldier offduty walking along the streetand asked him to be my bestman. I didn't know him, andto this day I still don't know hisname!"

After the honeymoon, it wasback to war duty for the couple

until Armistice Day, a year lat-er. Another six months' armyduty in Belgium followed forMr. Byron before he was dis-charged in May, 1919.

A few weeks later he and hiswife set sail for the homesteadin Saskatchewan.

Between 1920 and 1930 theirfive boys were born in the farm-house.

"There were no hospitals ornurses there, and the doctor wasa long way off," explained Mrs.Byron, "But we had a fine Swed-ish neighbour and she was a goodmidwife."

For ten years the Byrons prosp-ered. They had invested theirsavings and the war bonus in thefarm, and the money, alongwith plenty of hard work, hadbrought good returns. Then prai-rie drought and the depressionstruck together in 1929. Cropsfailed year after year and thingswent from bad to worse.

"Somehow we got by," saidMr. Byron, without bitterness.

By the fall of 1934, with sixyears of crop failure behind themthe Byrons felt they could takeno more. Mr. Byron loaded histotal wheat crop for that year ina waggon box and took it to themiller, who gave him 800pounds of flour in exchange.

"I still had a lot of livestockbut no grain to feed them and nomoney to buy feed," he recalled,"I offered the storekeeper every-thing on the farm, including thefurniture, for $500. But hecouldn't buy it. Like the rest ofus, he had no money."

An auction sale was arranged.Close to 100 head of cattle,sheep, and horses, as well as alarge flock of hens and turkeys,

the farm implements and house-hold goods, Drought the meagresum of $425.

The Byrons were reluctant toleave their neighbours. Thefeeling was mutual, for in spiteof the scarcity of cash, theirfriends managed to collect a fewdollars and presented the moneyas a parting gift.

After settling their debts, theByrons paid $125 for rail ticketsand headed for Vancouver with$200 to start a new life. Thefamily stopped off in the FraserValley and stayed for a shorttime in an auto camp at Abbots-ford.

At the local branch of the Le-gion Mr. Byron met "an oldchappie of 86" who had 80 acresof land and a house on SaltSpring Island he wanted to sellfor $800.

"I thought this would be awonderful place to hide myselfand get my family under cover,"said Mr. Byron. A trucker head-ing for Vancouver offered totransport the family and theirpossessions to the C.P.R. dockfor $5.00. They stopped in Vancouver to buy a used kitchenrange and loaded this on thetruck. The family boarded the" Princess Mary", and arrived atGanges on November 22, 1934,the Byrons 17th Wedding anniv-ersary.

The promised haven on SaltSpring turned out to be an ab-andoned chicken house, withonly two of the 80 acres of landcleared. The late Gavin Mouatoffered the family a house onthe North End Road (their pres-ent location) with more landcleared and a barn full of hay.The next day he sent a truck tothe Ganges Inn to move thefamily to their new home.

"We took some groceries withus. All essentials, no frills,"said Mr. Byron. "He didn't ev-en buy butter," added his wife.

It was a very wet November.Damp wood made fire-lightingdifficult. "We slept on the floorat first," recalled Mr. Byron."Not me!" interjected his wife,

"I found an old door and put iton two orange crates and usedthis for a bed, with a blanketand pillow."

Beds, table and chairs, werepurchased from a sale at Vesuv-ius Lodge.

"We nad beds to sleep on anda table to eat off," Mr. Byronremembers. "I borrowed a shov-el and that winter I dug half anacre of land for a garden. Wewere not the kind of folk to sitdown and expect the Almightyto put food in our mouths andclothes on our backs."

In the spring Mr. Byron gotsix days' work on the roads andwas paid $19.20. " That waswonderful money, I signed thecheque and turned it over toMouat's. They had kept us go-ing with groceries all winter."

By summer the Byrons had twocows milking; a flock of layinghens, and a good supply of veg-etables from the half acre.

"We lived well that year, salMr. Byron with pride; "Milk 'and butter and eggs, and allthat garden produce."

From then on the family for-tunes made steady progress. In1939 a small legacy made itpossible for them to put a downpayment on the property, andthe couple became landownersonce more.

The war years were filledwith sunshine and shadow. Tim-ber and cattle brought good pri-ces and the property was soonpaid for. But two of their sonshad gone to the war, leavingthem with anxious hearts andfrequent foreboding.

The couple knew only toowell the horrors of war. At lastit ended, and with thankfulhearts they welcomed their boyshome again.

In 1947 the Byrons set aboutfulfilling the dream of rebuild-ing their house. Proudly theydescribe the improvements madeto their comfortable home overthe years.

Looking back, Mr. Byron saidsimply: "We've had it good,Lizzie and I." His wife noddedassent.

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UNIQUE SCHOOL PLANS TO EXPAND

EMPHASIS ON MORAL VALUESIs the western democratic tra-

dition likely to be sustained bya generation raised on ice creamTV and plastics?

A group of prairie people sev-eral years ago decided that aconcentrated course in moralcharacter as well as academicswas essential to society. Thisgroup established a school inManitoba where the studentsmaintain their own premises,feed themselves and learn agreater variety of subjects thanare attempted in the publicschools. They turned their backbacks on the ice cream, TV andplastics and substituted a tightphysical training program and a

k broad academic course.' The sponsors called their asso-ciation the Company of theCross and established it underthe banner of the Anglicanchurch.

Prominent Fulford couple,Mr.and Mrs. A.D.Dane, have foll-owed the fortunes of this groupand their unusual school. When

the Fulford couple received abooklet from the Company ofthe Cross seeking recruits, theypassed it on to Driftwood withthe hope of gaining a wider int-erest.

The community is planningthe establishment of furtherschools on the prairies and the

TWO MEN WILL APPEARIN COURT HERE FORGALIANO INCIDENT

Due to an error in typographytwo stories became one in lastweek's Driftwood.

The story, as a result, ref-erred to an incident takingplace during the week-end ashaving already had a sequel incourt, three days before the all-eged offence was committed.

Two men have been chargedwith pitlamping on Galiano Is-land. They have yet to appearbefore a magistrate on thischarge.

SPECIALTY CROPS AND SEED GROWINGLOOM AS POSSIBILITIES FOR SALT SPRING

In the 1920's a large seed farmexisted on what is now the GolfCourse, said P.G. (Jack) James,speaking to the November 15meeting of the Farmers' Instil-,ute at Ganges.

This seed farm was one ofthree on Salt Spring Island oper-ated by Mr. James1 family. Theothers were at Fernwood Farmand Vesuvius. Contracts werefilled for large seed firmsthroughout Canada.

" The Gulf Islands area is thefinest in the world for growingquality seed," declared thespeaker.

Mr. James, retired agricult-urist, is now Gulf Islands consul-tant for the provincial Depart-ment of Agriculture. He hassuccessfully developed and mar-keted an early, non-staking var-iety of tomato; "Salt Spring Sun-rise," especially adapted to

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Mr. James believes there is astrong possibility that agricult-ure will make a comeback onthe islands, particularly in spe-cialty crops. "Flower, tomato,and onion seed do well here.English firms declare this is thefinest place in the world forsweet pea seed," he said.

Mr. James is confident thatthe daffodil industry can bebrought back to Salt Spring. Henoted that herbs also grow wellhere, especially lavender.

The speaker warned that grow-ers must establish a reputationfor fine quality. The marketwill not be retained if qualitydoes down. He advised would-be growers contemplating seedfarming, or other specialty cropsto start with small acreage;Women should consider this worktoo, he said.

"The ladies are just as good"growers, or even better, thanthe men."

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need for volunteers is increasing.The volunteers earn $1 per dayand they are housed and fed.They work some 16 hours dailyfor seven days a week and fre-quently pass an entire year with-out a vacation. Members of theCompany of the Cross must beAnglicans, Associate membersmay be of other denominations.

The school is possibly uniquein its concept of education,training, logic and morality ina Christian background, by vir-tue of the emphasis placed onstaying with a project and theextent to which the studentswork in the maintenance and ad-ministration of the school. Thereare few other schools which ex-pect students to become expertin travelling by canoe or snow-shoes.

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Thursday, November 23, 1967

HOSPITAL

Importance of Lady Minto Gulf Islands Hospital tothe islands group has never been better illustrated thanby the statement of the chairman of the hospital board,Mr. Douglas Cavaye last week.

Mr. Cavaye explained that the hospital has alreadytreated a number of patients far beyond the numbertreated last year. He cited an increase of 60% interms of in-patients treated and 50% increase in out-patients.

There are more people among the islands today thanwere to be found here a decade ago. Continuation ofthis trend will undoubtedly call for an extension to thebuilding within the foreseeable future.

Foresight of its sponsors has been fully vindicated.

COMMUNITY SERVICEOn Monday evening a group of Salt Spring Island

men were busy in their classroom learning the proced-ures to be used in an emergency. They were volunteerambulance crews, mostly members of the Salt SpringIsland Lions Club.

Instructor Mrs. V. J. Harraway was explaining theapplication of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with theaid of a large inflatable dummy and the ambulancemen were practicing.

The routine followed by the ambulance men is a lesssignificant factor than the circumstances. These stud-ents were donating their time during the evening tolearn the best methods of protecting the people of SaltSpring Island should they ever need ambulance service.Not only was their time given freely to the course,butthey were enrolled in the adult education program andeach man paid his own fees in order to learn to servehis fellows.

The ambulance service is supported by the sale ofmembership tickets at $5 each.

This is the least the rest of the community can do.In terms of money spent and hours given to the protec-tion of the community, each volunteer ambulance mangives vastly more to his fellows than any individual inthe community normally gives to the ambulance service.

It is a poor reward for their service to the communitywhen half the residents are too indifferent to pay thefee.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORROYAL TREATMENTEditor, Driftwood,

After the letter of condemna-tion of the B. C. Ferries on thetreatment that lady got, Iwould like you to print one ofpraise on the treatment we got.

My husband, who is recover-ing from a heart condition, andI had occasion to go to Vancou-ver recently via Swartz Bay.

Knowing that my husbandwould be unable to climb thestairs on our ferry to the waitingroom we took our car to SwartzBay and parked it there.

After parking the car wefound it was too much for myhusband to walk the ramp to thewaiting room to wait for the bigferry so the lady in the ticketoffice-brought us chairs and inthe meantime phoned ship toshore for a wheel chair to bebrought to the ticket office whenthe ship docked. This was doneand my husband was wheeledaboard, right into the dining-room then to where we wantedto sit. On our arrival he waswheeled off to where we wereto be met.

Hi-Lites of Island LifeTHURSDAY, Nov. 23 - 7:30 p.m. Teenagers panel discussion, St.

George's HallTHURSDAY, Nov. 23 - 8:15 p.m. "The Sandpiper", Fulford HallSATURDAY, Nov. 25 - 8:15 p.m. "The Sandpiper", Fulford HallSATURDAY, Nov. 2 5 - 2 p.m. Centennial Bazaar, Galiano HallTHURSDAY, Nov. 3 0 - 2 p.m. Anglican W. A. Bazaar, Parish Hall

I want to thank the B.C.Ferr-ies and their crew and especial-ly the lady in the ticket officefor the kind consideration andattention they gave us.

We are all quick to write aletter of condemnation, butseem loathe.to write one ofpraise.

I hope you will print this.-Mrs. George L. Sproule,Cusheon Lake Road,R.R. 2, Ganges, B. C.November 17, 1967.

QUESTIONABLE WISDOMEditor, Driftwood,

May I comment on your shortarticle about the pound law ap-plication on South Fender Island.

I was surprised to read that"sheep (as well as the odd deer)have become a traffic menace."As a constant driver on SouthFender I am satisfied that notsheep but fast drivers representthe real traffic menace here aselsewhere.

But the pound law may come,in spite of opposition, and thesheep may disappear from theroadsides. One wonders thenwhat will happen to "the odddeer" and the odd child too. Wedo have children who dare towalk on our roads, especially inthe summer months. No doubtin the interests of fast drivingthey should be put behindbarbed wire fences too.

Your article concludes withthe statement that "this moveseems wise and inevitable" . Itmay possibly prove to be inev-itable. But some of us willcontinue to doubt its wisdom.

The pound law application isdescribed as a "noteworthy step1.1Yes, it is a noteworthy step inthe direction of the urbaniza-tion of the once peaceful andquiet and rural South Fender Is-land.- John Smith,

South Fender Island. R.C.November 14, 19li7.

VIET NAM WAREditor, Driftwood,

A very prominent and thought-ful American commentator isquoted as saying that the onlychance for peace in Viet Namwould be the election of a diff-erent American president. Ifsuch were to occur the new pre-

sident would be well-advised towear a bullet-proof vest andhelmet and shut himself up inthe White House before takingsteps to end the invasion. His-tory repeats itself and has eversince Julius Caeser, especiallywhere economic interests areconcerned. History also showsthat presidenticide is almost ahabit in the U.S.A.- F.H.A. Collins,

Box 51, Ganges, B.C.November 21, 1967.

books"Canada's First Bank", Vol. 2,by Merrill Denison, McLellandand Stewart, 453 pp. $7.50.

It is 150 years since the Bankof Montreal, " Canada's firstbank", was established. It is a-bout a year since the first vol-ume of this history appeared.This is the second and final vol-ume.

The story is well-presentedby Merrill Denison who has in-vestigated the Bank of Montrealmore minutely than any of itscreditors. He must have spenteons delving into records andearly documents.

The story is of the bank. It isalso the story of the past 150years of development of the vastcountry that is Canada.

The book offers a selection oiearly Canadian paintings, manycommissioned originally by the

bank during its rise to authority.Every reader of history, whe-

ther he possesses a bank accountor not, will enjoy the book, forit offers a new approach to manyof the already well-known fea-tures of Canadian history. Insome instances it emphasizes theinternationalism of finance ascontrasted with the nationalisticcharacter of bias and prejudice,far beyond any conventional taleof Canadiana.

The two volumes will be apart of many a library in yearsto come and they will form ahandsome and informative addi-tion.

Contributing to the volume isthe selection of early Canadianpaintings and scenes which havebeen reproduced for the duo.There are also some interestingreproductions of early currencyissued by the Bank of Montrealand other agencies. - FGR.

Farm and Home Almanac,Simon and Schuster, 35<£.

At least, this is a publicationof a different nature!

There was a time when theannual almanac, with its wordsof warning and advice to house-wives and help for farmers wasthe most broadly read publica-tion in any farm community ina score of countries.

Today, with too much comp-etition in the printing and pub-lishing business, the almanachas slipped behind. It is stillproduced in various places, butits wide appeal has been watereddown by competition.

Perhaps,today, the readingaudience has a wider awarenessof fact and is less receptive toanecdotes.

If the reader is convinced ofthe influence of astrology in hislife the book would be of moresignificance, because it offersinformation on the location ofstars and their theoretical influ-ence on the individual. Nonthe-less, the editors, in Lewiston,Maine, decline any acceptanceof astrology and emphasize thatthey are astronomers and not as-trologers.

The almanac is surviving, butits place in modern life is peril-ous, indeed. -FGR.

QUO VADIS DRAWS

FAIR ATTENDANCE

ON SUNDAYBig audience at the showing

of the film, "Quo Vadis" in Ful-ford Hall on Sunday evening byno means filled the hall.

Film was sponsored by theCatholic men's club on SaltSpring Island and G. A. Simm-ons furnished the facilities,while the hall committee alsocontributed to the showing.

The evening's show of theearly Christian era brought inabout $50 for the sponsors. Halfwill be devoted to cleaning upthe cemetery at the St. Paul'schurch in Fulford and half willgo to the men's club.

CHURCH SERVICESGULF ISLANDS CHURCH SERVICES November 26, 1967

ANGLICANSt. Mark'sSt. Mary'sSt. George's

UNITED

CentralFulfordGanges

Ganges

Burgoyne BayROMAN CATHOLICour Lady of Grace GangesSt. Paul's FulfordCOMMUNITY GOSPEL CHAPEL

Ganges

Holy CommunionChoral CommunionEvensong & Sunday

SchoolDivine Worship&

Sunday SchoolDivine Worship

Holy MassHoly Mass

8:30 am11:00 am

2:30 pm

11:00 am2:30 pm

9:00 am11:00 am

St. Andrew's Day Thursday, Nov. 30

Sunday School & AdultBible Classes 10:30 am

Evening Service 7:30 pm

St. George's Ganges "Holy Communion 11:00 am

Thursday, November 23, 1967 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Five

BRIDGE BY ALICE HAMMETT,

CARD PROMOTIONSome players consistently

hold poor cards yet can find thegame very interesting by play-ing a good defensive game andpreventing the opponents frommaking contracts. One oftenhas to do away with the old slo-gans as " Cover an honor with anSonor"; "Secondhand play low'V"Third hand play high"; "Whenin doubt lead trump"; etc.

This lesson will deal with" Whether to cover an honor withan honor". One must listen tothe bidding carefully and, oncedummy goes on the table, tryand figure out what high cardspartner might hold and in somecases what the distribution is incertain suits.

Cover an honor with an honorif it will promote a trick in yourown hand or perhaps in partner'sDo not blindly cover an honorwith an honor and make it easyfor the declarer. When declarerleads the top of two touchinghonors in dummy do not coverthe first time if holding morethan two cards. When declarerleads a card from dummy andyou know he is going to finesse(and will win if you have themissing card) by all means coveithe honor and perhaps you willpromote a card in partner'shand.

There are instances whereone should not split honors.Should dummy hold AJ9, for in-stance, and you hold King andQueen small, if a small card isled do not split honors in thehope partner may make a tenspot, declarer making a deep fi-nesse by playing the nine spot indummy. Always give declarer achance to mis-guess.(a) N.

105K72A93AJ763W. AJ763 E.

Q8632 AJ9)84 J6531076 J852104 K8

S.K74AQ10KQ4Q952

Bidding:S. W. N. E.

INT P 3NT PP P

West leads his fourth highest .spade - the 3. East having tenh.c. points and seeing dummywith 12 h.c. points, also Southbid 1 no-trump and must have16-18 h.c. points, realizes hispartner cannot have more thanthe King or Queen of spades withno re-entry. East has a naturalClub re-entry so does not play"third hand high" but covers theten with the Jack and South can-not afford to pass up the trickwith the King (not knowingwhere the Ace is). South im-mediately finesses the King ofClubs and when East gets inleads the Spade Ace then thenine which West overtakes withthe Queen and runs off two moretricks. Had East played the Ace(third hand high) on the firstround South could have held upthe next round of spades thenKast would be exhausted on thenext round and when he got inwith the Club King would not be

able to give West a spade lead.(b) N.

AK83A62Q3

W. AK95 E.Q1072 K95Q3 K9875K642 85J104 S. Q86

64J104AJ1097732

Bidding:N. E. S. W.

1C P ID P.2NT P 3NT PP P

North's hand was too strong toopen 1 no-trump, but showedsize of his hand on rebid. Eastleads Heart 9 (top of inner se-quence) dummy plays the ten.West should not cover with theQueen as he is trying to preventan entry in dummy. Should de-clarer play the Queen of dia-monds, West must not take thetrick first round but can take thesecond diamond trick. East playshigh-low so West knows Northhas only two diamonds and can-not make balance of diamondsin dummy. Had West taken the

first diamond trick or played theQueen of Hearts on the firsttrick North would have had re-entries in dummy and made his icontract. If North, had three Dia>monds then nothing could pre-vent declarer from making hiscontract.(c)

N.Q103Q108641085109W.

AK5J72KQ92AJ7

E.J62K5J73KQ842

A93A64

„ . , , . 653Bidding:W. N. E. S.

INT. P. 3NT. P.P. P. P.

North leads Heart 6, 5 fromdummy and Ace from East whopromptly returns a Heart to getrid of the King. Dummy runsfive Clubs, East discardingthree clubs and hi-lo in Diam-onds. East leads a diamond andSouth plays the Ace and returnsx Heart to North who sets thecontract. Even if South had ex-tra Diamonds the play was toput up the Ace immediately

(second hand playing high). Tolet West get the first Diamondtrick meant giving him the con-tract.(d)

N.A424109643

W. A753 E.J73 KQ10985AQ7 953QJ75 AKJ104 S. 86

6KJ1086282KQ92

Bidding:E. S. W. N.

IS 2H P. 2S4S P. P. P.

West's hand is not strong en-ough to bid 2 no-trump over the2 Heart overcall. In any case itis always better to support part-ner's bid suit and give him anopportunity (as in this case) torevalue his hand.

South leads Club King. Partn-er knows the Queen should bebehind it so overtakes with theAce then leads his singletonHeart. This is taken by dummywith the Ace. Trump is thenled and North immediately goesup with the Ace (second handplaying high), returns a Clubwhich trick the Queen holdsthen a Heart is returned for aruff by North and the contractis set.

It will be noticed that an hon-or is not always covered,-secondhand sometimes plays high andthird hand sometimes plays low.

Next week: Counting theCards.

•V FIGHT TUBERCULOSISAND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DOMINIONVICTORIA'S WONDERFUL

HOTEL*Newly Renovated

•Dining Lounge

* T.V.

*Free Parking

759YATES ST. VICTOR IAEV4-4136

FULFORDBY BEA HAMILTONMrs. F. L. Jackson has recent-

ly returned home from a pleas-and week's visit to the homes ofMr. and Mrs. H.B. Jackson,Haney, B. C. and to Mr. andMrs. M, C. Jackson, North Sur-rey. She was joined by herhusband at the week end. Theyenjoyed a week of perfect wea-ther, says Mrs. Jackson.

A much-loved black cat ismissing from the Victor Ameshome. Pussy was boarding outfor a week at a kennel in Gan-ges and somehow slipped away,causing hours of search for theowners of the kennel with nosuccess. So if you see a big cat,mostly persian, black and wan-dering, do be kind to the ani-mal and owners and get in touchwith Mrs. Ames. The cat maybe trying to find its way home.

Hunters, don't shoot a blackcat. Motorists, don't run ablack cat down on the highway.It may be the Ames' pet! Itwas a sad home coming for Mr.and Mrs. Ames who had been ona lovely holiday trip. Cats havea way of slipping out of sight sosilently that they are gone be-fore you know.

It is hoped that a good numb-er of parents and friends attend-ed the general meeting of the

First Fulford Sea Scouts lastnight (Wednesday). The boysneed encouragement and like tohave a little interest shown intheir efforts by the adults.

Driftwood is publishedevery Thursday fromGanges, on Salt SpringIsland.It is circulated anywhere in Canada atan annual rate ofonly $3.

SALT SPRING AUTOWRECKERS & GARAGE

Stewart Rd., Ganges

SEE US FOR:* Complete Motor Overhaul* New & Used Parts* Welding* Trailers Built to Order

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The Reef Fish & ChipClosed Mondays

Weekdays12 Noon - 11 p.m. 537-2314 Sat.& Sun.

2 p .m. - 1 a . m .

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W H E E L AL IGNMENT & BALANCE

Complete AutomotiveService

OPEN SUNDAYS 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

GANGES 537-2911

SALT SPRING LANDS LTD.SERVING ALL THE ISLANDS

DDBIG) TOW) KINIOW?

That the cut firewood in the Hundred Hillsdoes not belong to Salt Spring Lands Ltd.but a local contractor. During the daylightand by the truck load it costs $16. Duringdarkness and by the trunk load it could costyou $100.00!!

BOX 69, G A N G E S , B. C.

FOR SALE

Not for next spring. This one is going now, then tryto match it in the spring under $20,000.Over 1 acre, waterfront, comfortable, ramblingcottage, lovely gardens.

ONLY $15,000

P H O N E : 537-5515

Salt Spring Insurance AgenciesFire Automobile Liability Marine Life Etc.

PHONE: 537-5515 Days 537-2142 Evenings

Page Six Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Thursday, November 23, 1967

BUSINESS DIRECTORYA NAME IN A FLASH * HANDY GUIDE TO LOCAL SERVICES

GULF

PLUMBING & HEATINGFred L u d d i n g t o n

Furnace and Oil BurnerService

FREE ESTIMATESPhone: 537-5314

SALT SPRING

FreightSERVICE

Mov I rig to a l lVancouver Island Points

Information: 537-2041(Dave's Record Service

by Rec Centre)

Vi Had senBui Iding Contractor

Q u a l i t y HomesRenovations - Additions

Cabinets

FREE ESTIMATESGanges 537-5412

W.J.MollisonR E A D Y - MIX

CEMENT - GRAVELSUPPLIES-ROAD FILL

etc.PHONE: 537-2031Box 73, Ganges

B R O - W N ' SSEPTIC TANK and

SEWER ROOTER SERVICE

E r n i e BoothP l u m b i n g & H e a t i n g

P H O N E : 537-5712

CHIMNEYCLEANING SERVICE

ROOFINGGutten Cleaned & Repaired

W . G . MossopR, R. #1. Fulford Harbour*

TRACTORSERVICEBRUSH CUTTING

POST HOLE DIGGINGPLASTIC PIPE LAYINGPLOWING & DISCING

RON CUNNINGHAM 537-5310

WORLD WIDE MOVINGMoving to the Gulf Islands?

LETMOVI-: YOU

Local &. long distance moving2741 Skecna StreetVancouver 12, H.C.

437-3756W.C. CARLSON

SHEET METALLTD.

OIL HEATING

IMPERIAL OIL SERVICING

Res.537-2914

Off.537-5621

FORALL YOUR BUILDING

NEEDS CALL —

CruickshankConstructionL.G. Cruickshank 537-5628G.D. Cruickshank 537-2950

VictoriaPaving Co.

We s p e c i a l i z e inDRIVEWAYS

TENNIS COURTSPARKING LOTS

PHONE: 537-2031

SIGNSTRUCK LETTERING

SHOW CARDS

ART SIMONSFulford Harbour537 - 2 3 7 0

S.WAWRYK

BULLDOZINGBACKFILLING ETC.

Box 131Ganges

537-2301Evenings

Dick'sRADIO & TV

SALES&

SERVICE

ADMIRAL RADIO & TVDEALER

Phone: 537-2943

W. BangertConstruction

FIRST CLASSRESIDENTIAL

AND COMMERCIALAdditions & Remodelling

PHONE: 537-5692

Salt SpringEquipmentEXPERT REPAIRS TO

POWER TOOLS - ALL MAKE!LAWNMOWERS

Air-cooled Gasoline EnginesFree pick-up and DeliveryJON SNEYD 537-2313

Esso S T O V E O I L

Esso FURNACE OIL

MARINE DOCK

Norman G.MOUAT

IMPERIAL ESSO SALESAGENT

BOX 347, G A N G E S

537-5312

NELS DEGNEN

BulldozingLAND CLEARINGEXCAVATIONS

ROAD BUILDING, etcP.O. Box 63, G a n g e s

PHONE: 537-2930

Before you damn the can..Call PISTELL...The Septic Tank Man

SEPTIC TANKCLEANERS

Spec425 - Reg. $35VALCOURT BUILDINGSUPPLIES 537-5531

NORTHWESTERNCREAMERYPRODUCTS

Delivery twice weeklyC o n t a c t :G . M . H E I N E K E Y

P h o n e : 537-5732

MAYNESAWMILLBUY DIRECT & SAVE

Lumber all sizes

T & G Cedar Decking

539-264OBRADLEY

HAVE CATSWILL WORK

WE AIM TO PLEASESubdivisions

General Bulldozing537-2058 or 537-2995

GangesR E C C E N T R E

10 a. m. - 11 p. m.Monday to SaturdayS N A C K B A RB A R B E R S H O PB I L L I A R D S

Haircuts by appt. if desiredPHONE: 537-5740

Alfred'Temmet

SCARFFDrilling Digging

& & 'Blasting Loading

WE ALSO HAVE IN STOCK

culvertswell casings

fibreglass

septic tanks

537-2920

SHEFFIELDRADIO - TV

ZENITHRCA VICTOR

Color Television"Brings the theatre to your

home"Guaranteed ManufacturersService to all Makes, Trades

Accepted.

537-5693FIBRE GLASS

SEPTIC TANKS!SUPPLIED & INSTALLED

*******Ditching - Loading

Well Digging******

Rototilling

Brush Cutting

J.H.HarkemacAu.537-2963G.I. WINDOW

CLEANERS^C WINDOWS

C FLOORS

CARPETS

Jf WALLS

ji GUTTERSCOMPLETE FLOORMAINTENANCE

Rugs Cleaned In Our PlantOr in your home

FREE Pl'CK UP & DELIVERY

537-5417

FOR

CHRISTMAS CARDS

CALENDARS

GREETING CARDS

OFFICE SUPPLIES

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

STATIONERY

HASTI NOTES

POCKET BOOKS

LETTER HEADS

BUSINESS CARDS

RUBBER STAMPS

537-2211

POPPY FUND ISUP BY $450 ONSALT SPRING

The monthly meeting of theLadies Auxiliary to the RoyalCanadian Legion, Branch 92,was held November 14 at 8 p.m.in the Legion Hall.

The president of the LadiesAuxiliary, Mrs. C.W. Archer ex-tended a hearty vote of thanksto Mrs. H. Emerslund and Mrs.R.T.Cook for convening thevery successful RemembranceDay dinner. They in turnthanked their many helpers.

Library and hospital visitingcommittees gave their reports.

Mrs. Archer, convener of thePoppy Campaign reported $450,was realized by the sale of pop-pies. She also thanked all herhelpers.

Members were reminded ofthe Turkey Bingo to be held bythe Branch December 2 at 8p.m. in the Legion Hall.

A social evening will be heldSaturday, November 25 in theLegion Hall for Branch 92 mem-bers, the Ladies Auxiliary, andtheir spouses. Mrs. A.E.Marc-otte will be in charge of the en-tertainment for the social even-ing.

LAST RITES FOROLIVE POTVIN ATSAT URN A CHURCH

Four members of the crew ofMayne Queen served as pallbear-ers when last rites were observedfor Mrs. Olive Potvin. Mrs. Pot-vin collapsed and died aboardthe Mayne Queen on Monday,November 13, while on duty.

From the ship were Capt. J.Pollock, Russ Lucas, and MervHughes. From Saturna Islandcame Walter Warlow, JohnnyKlassen and William Lawson.Officiating was Rev. J. Danger-field in St. Christopher's Angli-can Church.

Mrs. Potvin was a well-knownresident of Saturna and a popul-ar member of the small ship'scompany. A native of Dunst-able, Alberta, she had been liv-ing on the mainland before set-tling on Saturna. While livingin North Vancouver she was pro-prietor of Hollyburn Grill, inWest Vancouver.

She came to Saturna fiveyears ago and had worked ab-oard the island ferry for the pastfour years.

She is mourned by her twodaughters, Mrs. Chris (Joyce)Woodburn and Mrs. Peter (Jean)Greer and a son, Roman; fourbrothers, Frank Silvester, Vict-oria; Leslie, George, Australiaand John, Saturna; four sisters,Elsie, Clairsholme, Alta.,Mil-dred, Portland, Oregon; Doris,Lethbridge, Alta., and Madge,Lac La Nonne, Alta.

B.C. HYDRO TOAWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

B.C.Hydro scholarships total-ling $2,000 will be awarded tostudents at the Victoria Univer-sity next year to help pay theirtuition during the 1968-69 term.

Eight scholarships of $250each will be awarded for gener-al proficiency to students whohave completed at least oneyear at the University.

Students at the University ofBritish Columbia will receive$6,000 in scholarship funds andstudents from Simon Fraser Uni-versity will receive $2,000.

Three graduate scholarshipsof $750 each will be awarded tostudents at the University ofBritish Columbia as well as 15undergraduate scholarships of$250 each.

At Simon Fraser Universityscholarships totalling $2,000will be awarded to students ofhigh scholastic standing in anysemester or faculty of the Univ-ersity.

Thursday, November 23, 1967 Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Page Seven

CLASSIFIED ADSMUST BE IN BEFORE 12 NOON ON TUESDAYS

WRITE TO DRIFTWOOD, BOX 250, GANGES, OR PHONE 537-2211

FOR SALE

I S L A N D S H O E SMcPhillips Avenue

2 0 % OFF A L L S T O C K

SALE STARTS FRIDAY NOV.20for one week

Get your gift slippers now whileselection lasts.

Rubber Boots - Ladies -Childrens Shoes - Runners

Work Boots - Childrens PartyShoes

v' - • • • -_

bt VILLBISS PAINT GUNCommercial - $50. 1 Ton Bud-git chain worm hoist - $50.Excellent shape, practicallynew. Fred Hartley, 537-5569

1955 DODGE 2-DOOR HARDTOPgood condition, good tires,$150OT offer. 537-5479

TWO USED NYLON TUBELESSsnow tires 560-590-600 x 15,

condition. 537-2043

SHALE, GRAVEL, FILL MAT-erial, building rock. Smallcat available for back-filling,excavations etc. Phone HarveyReynolds - 537-5691

2 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH O/HElectric H.W., Electric stove,1 acre $6500. 537-5714

20 FT. SAILBOAT. BEST OFFERnear cost. 537-2010

GRAIN FED PORK, WHOLE ORhalf - 400 Ib. Mereside Farm537-5484

12 CU.FT. MARQUETTE UP-right freezer, like new. $50.537-5667

PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATER$10 - 537-5332

14 FT. (1967) ALUMINUMBoat, 6 h.p. (1967) ChryslerOutboard, $570, complete.539-2633

MISCELLANEOUS

PARSEY'S PAINTING AND DEC-orating. Interior and exterior,by brush, roller, or spray. Freeestimates any time, anywhere.Phone 537-5684

H.O. MUNGERBOOK EXCHANGE9948 Fourth Street, Sidney, B.C.Mail orders accepted.

P & K ROOFINGAsphaltDuroid Free EstimatesShinglesShake537-5684 or 537-2347

TYPEWRITER REPAIRS & RENT-als. Special students rates.Pick up and delivery. PhoneCollect, 385 - 3471.

LAMBERT CARPET SERVICEFree Estimates. 382-2855NEED ANY CERAMIC TILING,wall papering or painting done?Let Tom do it. Phone 537-5344or write Tom Volquardsen, Box385, Ganges, or leave messageat 537-5742

FOR RENT

IN GANGES FURNISHED ONEbedroom apartment. 537-5620HOUSEKEEPING SUITES. FUR-nished and heated. Winter ratesor permanent rentals. Adults.Arbutus Court, Vesuvius, 537 -5415.

NOTICE

N O T I C E

W e regret to advise you thatwe are discontinuing our turkeybusiness and will not have anybirds for market this Christmas.We wish to thank our manycustomers for their patronage inthe past.- Ted and Daisy Gear,

Valley View Ranch.

WANTED TO RENT

TWO BEDROOM HOUSE WANT-ed immediately on Salt Spring.Write Dept. 3, Box 250,Ganges.

WANTED

LADY COMPANION AROUND60 years old, for gentlemanliving 20 minutes from Ganges.537-5607

SADDLE, AND MILK COW537-2265

T R A D E

22 FT. HEAVY DUTY INBOARDcabin cruiser, older model, 40h.p. Palmer engine, sleeps two,galley, head, trade for view loton Salt Spring Island. 537-2382

LOST

IN VICINITY OF SCHOOL -grey pleated skirt. Finderplease phone 537-5615

CARD OF THANKS

OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TOall our friends and neighboursfor the sympathy and floral trib-utes received during the loss ofour dear sister, Olive.

- John and Bertha Sylvester

MY GRATEFUL THANKS TODr. Jarman, the nurses and hos-pital staff of Lady Minto fortheir kindness to me during mystay in hospital. Also to myneighbours for their cheerfulvisits.- Mrs. Nora Jebson,

Fulford Harbour.

COMING EVENTS

LADIES OF BURGOYNE BAY UN-ited Church are holding a tea,bake sale and sale of knick-knacks at Nan's Coffee Bar onNovember 22 at 2:30_p.m.

ANGLICAN W.A.CHRISTMASBazaar in the Parish Hall, Nov-ember 30 at 2 p.m. Tea 350.Everyone welcome.

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

S A T U R D A Y , D E C . 2at 2 p.m.

United Church HallHome Cooking, Sewing,Knitting, Novelties, Country

Store, JewelleryT E A ROOM

SOCIAL EVENING TO BE HELDNov. 25, 8:30 p.m. RoyalCanadian Legion and AuxiliaryMembers and spouses.

Refreshments served.

FOR SALE

AVAILABLE THIS WEEK: LARGEWood Burning Herald Heater,McClary Wood & Coal CookStove, Inglis Washing Machine,with Pump. Table Model CreamSeparator & Churn, PitcherPump, 100 gallon Oil Tank Complete witli Stand.Low's Used Furniture, 537-2332

WEIGHT CANNOT

BE LOST

MECHANICALLY

How much do vibrators help infat loss? None at all says Get Fit-Keep Fit, a national health andwelfare booklet.

Research has shown that theaverage woman would have to beshaken for 500 hours to lose onepound of fat. There is no mech-anical way that fat can be poun-ded, slapped, or shaken to redis-tribute it or to lose it. If the bod-body takes in food and it is notused in the function of the body,then it is stored as fat. The fatis mobilized chemically fromthe storage depots as it is neededfor muscular work.

SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF GROWTH

Farming prospectsBY ELSIE WORTHINGTONProspects are good for the far-

ming of small fruits, vegetablesand flowers on the Gulf Islands,Charles Carter, provincial hort-iculturist, told the Farmers' In-stitute last Wednesday. Quest-ioned on the subject by the aud-ience, Mr. Carter gave the foll-owing advice in reply:

Loganberries are worth plant-ing. More loganberries aregrown on this coast than any-where else in the world. Farmershave had an excellent year forthis fruit. The crop of 1. 6 mil-lion pounds went mostly to win-eries who paid 17 cents perpound. There is great potentialin shipment of frozen berries toEuropean markets, also in thelocal pie market. Mr. Carterwas quite optimistic about log-anberry farming.

Blueberries are also an up andcoming crop, reported the hort-iculturist. Four million poundsof high quality fruit wentthrough the market this season.The blueberry industry is well-established and finds a goodmarket in Europe.

British Columbia cranberrymarket is in good shape, saidMr. Carter. This fruit yields agood crop in peaty bogs.

Grape growing lias good pot-ential in the Interior, but isstill at the experimental stageon the coast. Bird damage is aproblem.

Good prices are available forstrawberries, but growers needto get together. The one-timefavorite, British Sovereign, liasbeen largely replaced by North-west, a more disease-resistantvariety. Most of the strawberrycrop goes to the processingplants. Only ten per cent goesto the fresh fruit market. Redstele disease is a major problemin strawberry growing.

Raspberries do poorly west ofLangley. Root rot and borersare serious problems on thecoast.

Field grown tomatoes are im-portant, said the speaker.Thereis a market all over British Col-umbia for this produce but itmust be grown in quantity to beprofitable. Mr. Carter waspleased to see such excellenttomatoes grown on Salt SpringIsland.

There is also a market forBritisli Columbia grown aspara-gus. This is much superior to

YOU ONLY GO WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO EITHER

HOSPITAL AND PRISONby FRANK RICHARDS

If you've got to go, you'vegot to go.... and it appliesabout equally to hospitals andprisons. Otherwise you are bet-ter off out of both.

The similarity ends there. Youcome out of jail a better man,chastened, but fit to face societyagain. You leave hospital withthe sneaking suspicion that youwill never be the same managain. All the aches and painsand ; soreness of lying in bedare multiplied and magnified asyou set out for home.

You come out of jail convinc-ed that they couldn" t have donea smarter thing than let you out,but you leave hospital convincedthat you came out so early in trustony of your recovery that youmav never fullv recover.

The comparison is not alto-gether accurate because I havejust come out of hospital and Ihaven"t been in jail...at least,not recently.

With so much discussion and

debate about the relative meritsof an islands hospital districtand a capital region district,there was no better way of find-ing out the truth of the picturethan going i n to take a first-hand look. I had another mot-ive in going in... Dr. Dixonadvised me to do so.

Getting in was easy.Mrs. Tomlinson and Hospital

Administrator Harold Hoffmanwere all smiles. They could af-ford to be. They were not dest-ined for the operating room onthe morrow.

The hospital proved smallerthan it was in 1958, when it wasopened by the then minister ofhealth, Eric Martin. There isnot nearly as much unused space.

The service was excellent.Good sharp needles, chilled bed-pans, sympathetic grunts wereall up to standard. They wakeyou up at the crack of dawn towash and then again at breakfasttime to tell you that you are having no breakfast.

The operating room was cool,

but Dr. E.A.Jarman assured methat once I was sleeping itwould warm up. I couldn'tprove him wrong!

Meals were excellent. Theworst day I experienced was thaton which I was obliged to missmy lunch. Last meal I took inthe Lady Minto Hospital wasroast lamb. It was not only roastlamb, but it tasted and looked

crops grown elsewhere, said Mr.Carter.

Onions and beans grow wellhere and command a good price.There is always a market forcorn and the price holds up well.

Herbs flourish on the coast,butgrowers must compete with largemechanized farms in California.Mr. Carter said a phenomenalamount of parsley is used in res-taurants.

Flower crops have a place too,said the speaker; crops fromsmall growers go through theDutch auction in Vancouver.Bri-tish Columbia's annual flowercrop is worth three milllion dol-lars.

Marketing tree fruit nurserystock is a tough and competitivebusiness, said' Mr. Carter, hutthere is a definite place for or-namental stock, if grown inquality and quantity.

Mr. Carter advised anyoneseeking information on any cropto write to Department of Agri-culture in Victoria for literature.

FERNWOODIt was suggested by several of

the ladies who were lucky en-ough to obtain a seat on lastweek's bus trip to Victoria,thatour new bus and taxi operator,Ed Williams, deserved a heartyvote of thanks for the expensivearrangements he made for anoth-er bus when our local bus was infor repairs.

Everyone enjoyed the trip,which would otherwise havebeen cancelled or at least post-poned.

Mr. and Mrs. McCahon, ofDuncan, were visitors at thehome of Mrs. E. Sampson. Mr.McCahon enjoyed the Armisticedinner at the Legion hall. Alsovisiting their mother were Mr.and Mrs. Ken Sampson and fam-ily of Crofton and Mr. and Mrs.Geo. Sampson, of CowichanLake Road.

Mrs. Charles Sampson is nowrecuperating at home after anoperation at Lady Minto Hospital.

Mrs. Vic Bettiss is finallyhome to her friends after a longabsence.

like it. I don't recall findingmeals to equal those at LadyMinto in any hospital anywhere.

From Matron Annie Barnes toward maid everyone was helpfuland eager to help. Only realproblem in the whole place wasthe patients.

Two features marred mypleasure in undergoing a minorsurgical operation. I don't likethe problem of entering and leav-ing the bath without any support,or holds. The patient can usethe towel rail to assist his move-ment and hope that the thing isnot as weak as it feels andsounds.

The other was purely petty. Af-ter hearing one unfortunateyoung patient complain of spen-ding COi/t on the pay telephone

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Page Eight Gulf Islands DRIFTWOOD Thursday, November 23, 1967

First Candidate FromOuter Gulf Islands

First representative of the GulfIslands to be named director ofthe Capital Region District,MissJoan Purchase, lias announcedher intention of seeking electionto the office. Miss Purchase willappear for election as director atthe annual elections in the outerGulf Islands on December 9.

The Islands are divided intotwo units for the purposes of theregional district. A representa-tive will serve on the board forthe outer islands and a seconddirector is named from SaltSpring Island.

Miss Purchase entered the re-gional board through the hospit-al door. Representative of Pend-er Islands for the Lady MintoGulf Islands I lospital board ofmanagement, Miss Purchase hasbeen concerned with the admin-istration of the local hospital fora number of years.

When the islands were broughtinto the Capital Region HospitalDistrict, the Pender Islands rep-resentative was named to thelarger board by the provincialgovernment. Several weeks lat-er the minister of municipal af-fairs announced that the islandswould come into the regionaldistrict for all purposes and MissPurchase, with Douglas Cavayeof Salt Spring Island, wasnamed a director of the region-al district.

Last week she announced thatshe would seek to remain a dir-ector of the district. 1 lers isthe first name in the race.

The candidate explained thatshe has enjoyed serving on theboard of the hospital and that

she has learned considerably ofthe problems of hospitals andadministration during the pastyears. She feels that her exp-erience will stand her in goodstead as a director of the region-al board on behalf of islanders.

The regional board can offerlittle to islanders at the presenttime, she agreed. The provi-sion of parks could come withinits function among the islands ifislanders should request this ser-vice. In such a case availableland for park property could beacquired by the board at asmall charge on the taxes here.There can be no such provisionunless the people of the islandsask for it, she added.

Function of the board in rela-tion to sewers has no bearing onthe islands. TheGulf group cangain nothing from VancouverIsland sewers.

Miss Purchase told Driftwoodlast week that she is very con-scious of the need in the futurefor community planning. Whenthis service is recognized by is-landers the regional districtcould be an established agencytlirough which a form of plann-ing might be brought into forcehere.

The candidate explained thatthe attractive residential char-acter of the islands has broughtmany people to the islands andthat they will be vitally con-cerned with any developmentwhich could threaten the resid-ential character here. Planningis the only protection available,she observed.

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The only function of the reg-ional board which at present ap-plies to the islands is that ofnew hospital construction.

While Islanders will be requ-ired to share in the cost of hos-pital construction in the Great-er Victoria area, she said, thelarger area will also be requ-ired to contribute to the cost ofnew construction here amongthe islands.

Miss Purchase has residedhere for some 20 years and is awell-known figure on Penderand among the other islands.

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Mrs. Peter Carter had a housefull of guests over last weekend,Mr. and Mrs. G. Weberg andfamily from Victoria; Mark Car-ter, their nephew, who is a firstyear University of Victoria stud-ent; John Carter, third year UBCstudent, a nephew of Peter Cart-er and Miss Joan Elvins, fromDuncan, Mrs. Carter's sister.

Mrs. Peter Stevens has heraunt, Mrs. James Lowe as herhouse-guest. Mrs. Lowe hasbeen spending the past two anda half years in England, travell-ing all over the British Isles, butis thrilled to be back on the Isl-and.

The Pender Islands PTA pres-ented a feature film on Friday,Nov. 17 at the Hall in Port Wash-ington. The film was Walt Dis-ney's wonderful presentation,'The Vanishing Prairie'.

About a hundred people atten-ded and were spell-boundthroughout the evening.

SOUTHPENDERThe Ladies' Guild of the

Church of the Good Shepherdheld their general meeting onNov. 16. Bishop M. Colemanpresided. Mrs. R. Hatcher re-tired as president, and Mrs.H.A.Spalding was elected to thepresident's place. Mrs. R. Hat-cher was then appointed treasur-er, and Mrs. R. Campbell wasre-appointed as secretary. Themeeting was well-attended.

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The O'Keefe Centre Presents Belafonte in an hour-long color special,to be seen on CBC television Thursday, Nov. 23. The great enter-tainer sings songs of many lands and also presents South Africa'sdazzling Miriam Makeba and folksinger Esther Marrow, with theBelafonte Singers.

The Women's Institute meet-ing, annual bazaar and sale ofwork, was held on November 15,at 2:30 p.m. in the hall. Mrs.D. Cretney, was in charge ofhome cooking; Mrs. H.G.Scott,the Christmas stall; Mrs. Stally-brass, Mrs. J. Pert and Mrs.H.G.Jarrett, handicrafts; the raffles,Mrs. J.B.Bridge and Miss Hose.Tea was convened by Miss M.Tolputt. The bazaar was openedby Mrs. Betterson from England.The hall was filled and everyoneenjoyed the entire afternoon.

The members of the LadiesGuild of St. Peter's held theirNovember meeting at thehome of Mrs. W. Cunliffe onNovember 17. The meetingwas well-attended, and every-one was delighted to welcomeMrs. James Lowe back on P«^^Lder, after her two and a half"^years absence in the old coun-try. Mrs. Irene Christiansenwas welcomed as a new mem-ber. The guild's financial sit-uation is satisfactory, althoughthere was no garden-party thisyear, the members have allturned their talents to accountand consequently the guild willbe able to carry on with theirannual support of the charitieswho look to them for help.

Mrs. Bettison, from Devon,England, has been a guest ofMiss Joan Purchase at Sunnynook;Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones,from Vancouver, were also herefor the week-end.

Miss Eleanor Bowerman, fromVictoria, has been spending theweek-end with her grandmotherMrs. S. Bowerman, for theweekend.

Mrs. Myrtle Wilson has hersister, Miss Alice Noble, fromVictoria as her house guest.

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LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN* * • « » » « * «

STORY TO BE TOLD AT ST. GEORGE'S HALLBY BEA HAMILTONA recent magazine story ab-

out four women mountain cli-mbers, who ventured to reachthe top of Mount Saskatchewan,3,187 feet, to try to plant theflag of Saskatchewan at thepeak and who never made it,made intriguing reading.

This particular mountain wasin the St. Elias Range in theYukon and the climbers foundso many peaks clustered aroundthat they had difficulty in find-ing their chosen mountain."Wedidn't want to climb someoneelse's peak," said GertrudeSmith who seemed to think thewhole thing was a great lark.

Miss Smith is coming to SaltSpring Island on December 2 toshow about 30 of her pictures of

^eir mad scramble amongmmntains. Show will be in St.George's Hall in Ganges at 8p.m.

This climb was one of theCentennial ventures that tookso many doughty people scram-bling for the high places to hon-or Canada's birthday '67.

They called it the Yukon Al-pine Centennial Expedition.

What struck me as so reallyfunny was to read that when itrained and they couldn't do anyclimbing, they "shampooedtheir hair." Otherwise theyslept. "I never slept so muchin my life" was a remark madeby Miss Smith.

Well, she'd better not sleepon Saturday December 2, asmany of us will get the chanceto see the ragged peaks of theYukon and hear a bit about hertrip with her companions. Miss

Smith was the leader of thisgang that journeyed into theland of the midnight sun.

They started out about 7 p.m.and climbed until 2 a.m. inFULL SUNLIGHT.

All this while most of theworld was either watching alate, late show on TV or sleep-ing.

The evening at St. George'sHall will be sponsored by St.Mary's Guild, who invite thepublic to come and enjoy a gettogether with friends. MissSmith is a lively and entertain-ing speaker.

Doug Cavaye to seek

first Salt Spring seatOnly candidate for the Salt

Spring Island seat on the CapitalRegion District Board so far ann-ounced is incumbent DouglasCavaye. Mr. Cavaye has ann-ounced plans to seek to retainthe seat.

Mr. Cavaye is also chairmanof the Lady Minto Gulf IslandsHospital board of management.

When the hospital was broughtinto the Capital Region Hospital

ARCHDEACON HOLMES IS NAMED HEADOF PENSIONERS' GROUP FOR NEW TERM

The annual meeting of theO.A.P.O. (Branch 32) was heldin St. George's Hall November15 at 2 p.m.

J. Cranswick took the chairfor the election of officers.

The following officers werereturned by acclamation: presi-dent, Yen. Dr. G. H. Holmes;first vice-president, Mrs. E.Barber; second vice-president,Mrs. F. Westin; secretary treas-urer, Mrs. E. Thacker, who hasheld this post for the past tenyears.

A special entertainment com-mittee was formed, consistingof J. Thomson and Mrs. J. Cran-swick. Mrs. B.L.Krebs was re-turned as tea convener and Mrs.Gordon Scarff, hospital visitor.

Arrangements were made forthe O.A.P.O. Christmas tree

and party to be held December21 in St. George's Hall.

The annual dinner will be heldheld on January IS, also at St.George's Hall. The group willbe entertained after dinner byW.D.Timms and his concertcommittee from Errington, Van-couver Island.

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NEW OPERATOR FOR SERVICE STATION

First He Wrote About Them-Long-established Ganges serv-

ice station has changed hands.B.A. Station next to the Cen-

tennial Park is now operated byIb Knoblauch, veteran automo-tive man from the interior anda resident of the Island for thepast six years.

The station is now known asSalt Spring Auto-Marine andwill be engaged in boat serviceas well as automobiles.

The station has been latterlyoperated by Andy Johnson.

Mr. Knoblauch has a wide ex-perience of the automotive in-dustry in B.C. He came to Can-ada in the 1950's, after workingat the Chrysler plant in Detroitto familiarize himself withNorth American practice.

The station operator had star-ted out in an entirely differentdirection. He is a graduate incommerce and studied for ayear at the Danish University inLondon, England. He is a stu-dent who has also served his ap-prenticeship.

Following his studies he be-came closely interested in mot-oring as a sport. In his home-land he entered journalismthrough the garage door and for

now he works on themseveral years wrote for a motor-ing magazine.

When he came to this contin-

LAST RITES ON THURSDAY FOR RETIREDSEA CAPTAIN OF FULFORD HARBOUR

Captain C. J. House, age 90,passed away in the Lady MintoHospital in Ganges on Saturdaynight.

Starting his seafaring life atthe age of 16, Capt. Housesailed in the ship Lady Isabella,leaving Greenock and boundfor Esquimalt, Victoria.

Later he sailed with the B.mkLine, after which he went onthe Heathbank Line belongingto Andrew Weir.

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He knew what it was to climbhigh into the rigging in stormyweather. He sailed in sloopsto the Queen Charloote Islands,on prospecting ventures; heknew the sealing days of theAntarctic.

In 1906, he met a girl fromScotland and married her in theFirst United Church in Vancou-ver with Rev. Dr. McLeod off-iciating.

In 1910, they returned to theOld Country but finally cameback to spend 35 years in Van-couver. In 1965, Capt. andMrs. House came to Salt SpringIsland, where the Captaincould spend his last days be-side the sea that he loved sowell.

"I sailed out here on the'Lady Isabella' and found ahome on Isabella Road," heused to say. It was here thatthey celebrated their DiamondWedding Anniversary, in Julyof 1966.

Capt. House leaves his wife,at home; four sons, HerbertGeorge, and Cyril James inCalifornia and Bill and Al atFulford; three grandchildren,

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ent, he brought his enthusiasmfor cars as well as his special-ized knowledge of commerce.He brought the two togetherwhen he came west to the Okan-agan. In Penticton he obtaineda dealership for Volkswagen,Mercedes and Studebaker. Forsix years his Volkswagen dealer-ship was the largest in the Ok-anagan Valley.

Ib Knoblauch. . . the name Ibis an ancient Danish name dat-ngtillstill had the wanderlust in his

feet and moved west to thecoast.

In Vancouver he establishedhimself with two automotivebusinesses. He directed awholesale parts distribution ag-ency as well as a car sales out-let with four franchises. For sixyears he operated his Vancouverinterests and came home atweek ends. Now he is back

'home all the time. Mr. Knob-lauch and his family live onDouglas Road, in the BeddisRoad are.a. 4fc

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for presentation to the Hon. W.A.C. Bennett, Chairman of theB.C. Ferry Authority, Victoria, B. C.

"We, the undersigned, earnestly request that the B.C. FerryAuthority as soon as possible;

(a) Institute a one-hour round-trip service from Salt SpringIsland to Swartz Bay, using existing facilities, or

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SATURN A —SEEN BY PAPAJOHN

This week we had anotherFirst on Saturna. Through per-mission from the Heads of OurAnglican Diocese and BishopRemi de Roo of The RomanCatholic Diocese, Father L.Schmidt, of Salt Spring, heldMass in our St. Christopher'sChurch for those of The RomanCatholic faith on Saturna. I hadthe very welcome privilege ofhaving lunch with FatherSchmidt after the service. Fath-er Schmidt is a Franciscan. Oneof my favourite books is called,"Blessed are The Meek" whichis the Story of St. Francis. So,little as I know about theology,I found Father Schmidt a verysincere person and wish himwell in the "JOB" he has takenon and may my Presbyterian an-cestors please remain quiet in

Ir graves as I mean what Ihave said.

Elsewhere in our paper you

will read about the death of oneof our Islanders. What I want tosay here is that Olive was a"Friend". Need I say more?Popajohn.

One of our senior citizensfound he had to do the washinglast week. Mind you his wifehas NEVER complained abouttheir washing machine but afterjust one washing our friend deci-ded that as he is going to haveto do the washing for a while hehi-tails it into the city and buysa new "Automatic". Ladiesthere is a moral here but justtry to use it!

I must be getting old. Wentover the other night and as mytwo wee lady friends were goingoff to bed I asked one for a goodnight kiss and she replied " Igave you one this morning".

None of us knows just whatand why etc. etc. etc. about thisregional set-up. As "Outer Is-

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landers" we will have one mem-ber, duly elected, on thisboard. Originally it was a hos-pital deal only "BUT" now itseems that we are a "COUNTY"or somepin? The outer IslandMembers of The Lady MintoBoard of Directors at that timechose Joan'Purchase, of Pender,to represent us and eventuallyrun for election on what wethought would be a purely hos-pital set-up. Neither DougCavaye nor Joan Purchase hadany idea what they had letthemselves in for. But MissPurchase has decided to go al-ong with the idea and run foroffice. Personally "I" thinkJoan Purchase will be a goodperson to have on this board.

As I still have several quartsof "INK" on hand I am preparedto use it up for Joan Purchase inthis election.

Two of our S aturna Islandershave their b'days on or aboutthe same time. We have neverbeen able to figure out whichfrom what or wno on a very in-definite date. Leastwise BarryCrooks and Tommy Cowan cel-ebrated their birthday last weekand most of the Islandershelped them.more about

HOSPITAL(From Page Seven)

without ever getting a messageout, I figured the best serviceto the more mobile patientswould be to take out the paytelephone altogether. It wasstill not working when I left.

Having undertaken a minor at-tention here, I left with apleasant recollection of some 10days lost to medical science anda sense of gratitude to the staffwho manfully held back thehearse on my behalf.

Hearing the comments of pa-tients and staff on the necessityof moving to a Victoria hospitalwhere a major operation was in-dicated, I felt that the incorpor-ation of the Islands into the Cap-ital District Hospital Region,was not unreasonable. We enjoythe added security of the cityfacilities and I find it not unrea-sonable that we contribute asmall fraction of the cost of pro-viding them.

More urgent, it appears, isthe question as to whether thenew area board is going to listento the inevitable pleas for in-creased facilities here, amongthe Islands.

ISLAND FARMERS' INSTITUTE

* * *Fruit tree plantingModern farmers are now plan-

ting 300 to 800 fruit trees to theacre as against 30 to 40 in for-mer years, said Charles Carter,provincial horticulturist, in anaddress to the Farmers' Institutemeeting in the Legion Hall, onWednesday, November 15.

Cutting machines, moving upand down the orchard rows, Keeptrees to a standard height andwidth convenient for harvesting.Top grade fruit, yielding 2,000boxes to the acre, is the objec-tive. With land price high,thefarmer must have quick returnsfrom his investment, said thespeaker.

Mr. Carter said it is true thata farm must be highly compet-itive and intensely cropped tosurvive, but there is also aplace for the small grower.Early apples are one crop thatbring a good price, but the mar-ket must be found in advance.

Most popular varieties of app-le planted at the coast in thelast five years are Titan, Mac-intosh, and Sparton, said Mr.Carter. He discussed the prob-lems of disease and pests that

fruit growers are up against, andalso the question of marketingcrops grown on the Gulf Islands.

P.G. (Jack) James, Gulf Isl-ands consultant for Departmentof Agriculture, also addressedthe meeting. Mr. James toldof successful seed farms operared on Salt Spring Island in for-mer years.

"Conditions are still excell-ent for seed growing on the GulfIslands," he declared.

Alan Littler of the Depart-ment of Agriculture, was sched-uled to speak to the meeting,but was unable to come, due toillness.

Chairman George Ileinekey,president of the Farmers' Instit-ute, said the meeting had beencalled for the benefit of a num-ber of people in the area whoare interested in fruit growing.

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After41 Years

Thursday, November 23, 1967

Salt Spring

LegionIt is 41 years since a retired

newspaperman now on SaltSpring island joined the RoyalCanadian Legion.

Last week Ed. Stephenson, ofGanges Hill, was presented withhis 40-year pin, to mark nearlyhalf a century of membership inthe veterans' organization.

Here is Mr. Stephenson withthe president of Salt Spring Isl-and branch of the Legion, FredMorris. Mr. Morris is drawingattention to the Fust War veter-an's long-service pin.

Mr. Stephenson has lived onSalt Spring Island for the past 11years, during which time he hasbeen active with the Legionbranch here. Me has been act-ive in other directions as well.

Besides supporting a numberof campaigns and drives here,he has been the driving force be-hind the lawn bowling clubwhich he hopes to establish nextspring at Centennial Park.

In supporting the provision ofa bowling lawn, which is alread-y in preparation, the veteran ofPaschendaele has been a valu-able supporter of the centennialcommittee.

Ed Stephenson is an easterner.A native son of Orillia, in Ont-ario, he was an indentured prin-ter's apprentice before the turnof the century. By the time theFirst World War broke out he wasemployed in Toronto as a journ-yman printer. He was also mar-ried with a family at that time.By the end of 1915 the warshowed no signs of an abrupt endand his own domestic affairswere in order so he debated hisenlistment at great length withhis wife. He recalls that he dis-cussed the problem of serving in

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the forces for an entire night.He convinced Mrs. Stephensonand on January 1, 1916, he hadenlisted.

His first allegiance was to the169th Battalion, but on re-forming in England he was transferredto the Second Pioneers. It waswith the Pioneers that he gainedhis " Blighty" .

On October 25, 1917, he wasone of an "expendable unit" en-gaged in laying a plank road inbroad daylight and within sightof the enemy's guns at Paschen-daele.

The enemy soon picked himout and knocked him out. Hewas wounded in the lung andthe liver and for days he lay inthe advance dressing station,where his first-aid nursing order'lies remained uncertain whetherto ship him to hospital or to themortuary. After six days he hadthem convinced and he wasshipped out. In short order hewas in England and soon after,home in Canada again.

The wound cost him sore. Thelung deteriorated and he hasspent most of his life with onlyone lung.

He was wounded within as!iort distance of the point whereLieutenant-Governor GeorgePearkes showed the couragewhich gained him the VictoriaCross.

In June of 1918 Ed Stephensoncame home for good. If he wasnot the man he had been on en-listment, he had also gained byhis military service. He hadlearned a comradeship from thearmy which prompted his appli-cation for membership in theCanadian Legion 41 years ago.

Moving from one communityto another, he never let his in-terest in the Legion die.

For many years the blunt-spoken Ontarioan was publisherof a weekly newspaper in Kap-uskasing, Ontario. Those werethe days when population wasthin and money was scarce.They were the days when the

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Now retired, Mr. Stephensonhas never forgotten his com-rades from the First World Warand he has never forgotten thebusiness he entered nearly 70years ago. Until very recentlyhe could still walk into a news-paper plant and do a good day'swork.

His comrades of the Legionbranch in Ganges joined togeth-er to show their appreciation ofhis service to the Legion hereand in Ontario at the ArmisticeDinner on November 11, whenhe received his pin.

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buck for the first week-end ofthe hunting season was also wonby Bernie Reynolds.

Trophy for the largest salmoncaught during the season waswon by Nels Degnen; second,Wayne Bradley; third, RonnieLee. Junior fishing trophy forthe season was won by youngKeith Winter

Winners of the annual trophyshoots were: trap singles, Gord-ie Scarff; trap doubles, BernieReynolds; handicap, Albert Kayerifle shoot, small bore, R. Nor-en; big bore, Herb Skuce; pistolshoot,. Con Ackerman. All ev-ents aggregate was won by JackReynolds.

The centennial rifle luckydraw was won by Joe Moulton.

At the conclusion of the ban-quet and the presenting of tro-phies, an enjoyable dance foll-owed to the music of Eva Tah-ouney's orchestra from Victoria.

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nature's equiliDrium and haswrought many changes, notonly in the extent but in thevery 'nature of our forests. For

instance, light-seeded trees,such as poplar and white birch,have come in after fires overlarge areas in Eastern Canada,replacing the more valuablespecies of the undisturbed for-est. Likewise because of fire,

lodgepole pine has coveredthe slopes and valleys of theRocky Mountains at the expenseof spruce and balsam. Natureis ceaselessly striving to restorethe original forest. Through theapplication of scientific prin-ciples man can exert a construct-ive force in the forests and dir-ect their growth towards pro-duction of the kinds and sizesof trees most useful to him.

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