SALT SPRING ISLAND

T h u r s d a y , A u g u s t 27 , 1964 Vo

SCOTT - CROFTONNaval officers with

crossed swords formed a guardof honour on the steps of St.Mark's Church, for Lieut.Robert Montagu Scott RCNand his bride, the formerSharron Diane Crofton, fol-lowing their marriage vowsmade before Archdeacon G.H. Hofmes last Saturday aft-ernoon, August 22.

The bride is the daught-er of Mr. and Mrs. DermottK. Crofton, Ganges. Thegroom's parents are Mr. andMrs. Ian J. Scott, Victoria.

Given in marriage by herbrother, Lieut. P.D. Croft-on RCN, Dartmouth, NovaScotia, the tall dark-hairedbride made a charming pic-ture inherfloor length gownof pure white French brocade, .designedwith classicsimpli-city. The fitted bodice, dip-ping to a point at the back,featured rounded necklineand elbow length sleeves.The graceful line of the skirt'splain front was accentuatedby soft wide pleats at sidesand back falling into a shorttrain. The bride's full lengthveil of illusion net, held inplace by a chaplet of fi ligreelace net, was worn over herface during the ceremony.She carried a shower bouquetof pale yellow rdses andstephanotis.

The bride's cousins, MissDaphne Williams, Vancouver,as maid of honour, and Mrs.Peter Bowsfield, ShawniganLake, matron of honour,with bridesmaid Miss GillianScott, Victoria, sister of thegroom, wore identical fulllength gowns of champagnegold French brocade, de-signed with straight line frontand worn with back-buttonedbolero, matching shoes andheaddress. Tangerine carna-

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MISS JOSEPHINE OVERENDRETIRES.

Miss Josephine Overendchief telephone operator forthe Ganges exchange since1958, retired this monthwhen the telephones changedto the dial system.

Admired and respectedfor the efficient and carefulway she did her work, MissOverend's friendly voiceanswering calls will be great-ly missed by patrons of thisexchange.

Miss Overend took overas chief operator from MissEffie Turner after workingas opergtocrsjnce 1943. Sheand her sister Miss MaryOve/end came fo the Islandfrom Vancouver in 1939.

Their early years werespent in Ninette, Manitobawhere Miss Overend receivedher education. She workedin Wirtni pe§ as secretary tothe principal of the Suceess

Business College for sometime before coming to B.C.

Miss Overend has takena keen interest in photo-graphy and is a member of

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MAYNE ISLAND FALL FAIRMayne Island Fall Fair

was attended by over 600people in bright sunny wea-ther August 15th. The eventwas officially opened by Mr.Dave .Stupich, MLA, whoalso awarded the trophiesassisted by Mr. W. Hunt-Sowrey.

Main attractions of thefair this year was the WhiteSpot Junior Boy's Pipe Bandof Vancouver, under instruct-or Don Bel lamy; and MadameGressel's Highland Dancers,also from Vancouver. Per-formances of these youngsterswas a major highlight andgreatly enjoyed.

122 people entered 560exhibits in the various classesof home arts, cooking, live-stock, needlework and pho-tography.

Miss Sylvia Aldridgetookmajor honors by capturingfour of the nine trophies of-fered for competition. TheFoster Cup for most points;

c o p y

WELL ATTENDED SAT. AUG. 15McGill Trophy for Best Bread;Mathews Trophy for mostbaking points and the Will-iams Trophy for most HomeEconomics points.

Mr. G. Jennens of SouthPender Island took the Mc-Grath Trophy for best Lambor Ewe and the Bank of Mont-real Trophy for most points inlivestock and produce.

Colleen Piggott of MayneIsland wond the DoddsCup formost children's points. TheMemorial Trophy went to Mrs.M. McAmmond for most Flo-ral points. The Photolec Tro-phy for photography went toMiss M. McConnell andMichael McConnell who tiedin this event.

Door prizes and drawswere won by Mrs. J.Brown,

' North Surrey, B.C., Mrs. A.Picco, Portland Ore., USA,Miss H. McPherson, Vanc-ouver and N. Georgeson,Victoria, B.C.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

the Camera Club. She alsoen joys her garden and needle-work as hobbies.

At present she is enjoy-

ing a wetl earned holidayin Vancouver.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

MEMORIAL SERVICE FQRSSI PIONEER.

A Memorial Service inmemory of Mr. Harry Noonwho died recently in Vict-oria, is announced by Arch-deacon G.H. Holmes, forthis Sunday, August 30, at

11:15 a.m. in St. George'sAnglican Church.

Taking part in this ser-vice will be the Old AgePensioners Ass'n. and theRoyal Canadian Legion,Branch 92. It will providean opportunity for the manyfriensof the fate Mr. Noon,who were unable to attendthe funeral in Victoria lastweek, to pay tribute to hismemory.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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964 D R I Ftions and fern formed theirbouquets. Four-year-oldMarietta Crofton, niece ofthe bride, was sweet in along, full-skirted frock ofchampagne gold sheer withmatching sash and slippers,and a circlet of flowers inher hair. Siie carried a min-iature bouquet of tiny yel lowrosebuds with touches of tan-gerine carnation petals.

Lieut. Julian Rangel RCN,Ottawa, was best man. Ush =ers were Lieut. M. L Crofton,Mr. C.M. Scott and Lieut.John Cameron. During sign-ing of the register, organistMrs. V.C. Best played "OPerfect Love" to the Croftonsetting.

Following the ceremonya reception was held at"Winfrith", home of thebride's parents. Guests werereceived by Mrs. Crofton,attired in reseda green woolsheath, worn with wide-Drimmed hat of fine biscuitstraw, shoes en tone, andcorsage of talisman roses.The groom's mother chosebeige chiffon gown withmatching picture hat. Whiteroses formere her corsage.

Lieut. Col. D.G. Croftonproposed the toast to nisniece. The bride used nerhusband's sword to cut tnethree-tier wedding cake,decorated with anchors andchain.

Pierre Belmain dress ofmariner blue fine cottonworsted, styled with pleatedskirt and fitted jacket withbelt and buttons of suppleblack calf, was chosen bythe bride for the honeymoonto be spent motoring in Cal-ifornia. Velvet brioche style

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A GOOD PHONY CHEQUEby Bea Hamilton

Mr. W. Palmer tel ls a'foney1 story about the earlydays when the GovernmentTelegraph started the tele-phone system on Salt SpringIsland, (which was about1913 or so).

Anyway, Will ie was ayoung man and i1 was duringthe days when Miss DonaLayard was head-telephoneoperator: there was sometrouble on the lines in con-necting and Miss Layardwanted help pronto, so youngWill ie went down to LongHarbour to fetch linesmanJim Horel (who was the firstlinesman on the Telegraph).That being accomplished,Willie sent in his bill to theoff ice. Well, two months

•went by and there was no'response from the office,then one day an off icial look-ing registered letter camefor Wi l l ie ! With f lut ter inghands, he tore open the env-lope and drew out a chequefrom the head off ice in Ot-tawa - for all of ONE Dol-lar! It had taken the fu l ltwo months to get the thingOK'd at Ottawa ! (A largesum like that, the Govern-ment nad to be careful ofcourse). As for Wil l ie, thatwas nis pay at that time, andas le says, Si meant a lota ,a went a long way in thosedays. He didn't say what heoought with that $1 but itwould surprise the modernyoungsters if they knew howmuch a dollar could purchasein the days when it was fun

hat and accessories en tonecompleted the ensemble,worn with white gardeniacorsage. On their returnLieut, and Mrs. Scott wi l lreside on Admirals Roadl,Esquimalt.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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to shop. All the same, Mr.Palmer is a little sorry tnathe didn't have that chequeframed. "But I needed that$1 ivien ", he said .

That 's one t imea 'phony'cheque was a good one.

And old timers te l l usthat the first operatorwas Miss Mary Hughes, andT .F . Speed remembers whenshe was sworn in (or what-ever they did to insta l l op-•••? rotors). She was followedby Miss Dona Layard, thenMiss Kitty Allen took over.Jim Horel, who was firstlinesman, died on the joboutside a subscribers gateone day.

During the first telephonedays, the hours were short,say two hours in the morningand two in the afternoon.

Then shifts were takenfrom 8 a . m . to noon and 1p.m. to 8 .m. etc. The lateGeorge West took over afterJim Horel passed on, about1929. Miss F. Aitkens hadbeen assisting Kitty Allenfor several years, from 1922and by 1925, Miss Aitkenswas chief operator.

She spoke of the dayswhen things went ratherslowly in the office and Mrs.Weatheral, (Beryl Scott)wasan assistant. She used tobring her peas to shell be-tween ca l l s ! Miss Aitkensremembers getting the measlesduring an Island epidemic &she had to ca 11 Vancouver tosend the late George Westover, as he was the only onewho could handle the switchboard, outside herself.

So the Vancouver officedecided to let "George doit" and that was the mascu-line voice we used to hearon the "Number Please" line.George used to go in andrelieve the operator so she(Cont'd page 9,col.4) '_

ISLAND WELL DRILLINGW A T E R

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T h u r s d a y , A u g u s t 2 7 ,VERY NICE BUT. . . .

by Bea HamiltonJust too late for the

Garden Fete came the sum-mer weather at long last.The St. Mary's Gui Id annualfete was he Id in the FulfordHall, which was very nicebut not a bit like having itat Roseneath Farm. However,as Archdeacon G. H. Holmessaid when he opened theaffair On Wednesday, Aug.22nd, we were "lucky tohave such a lovely hall tohold it in".

Introduced by Miss DorisAnderson, head of the Guild,the Archdeacon spoke of themany years of hospitalityshown by the Shaw familyand the enjoyable gardenfetes held there. He spokeof the progression and won-

1964 D R l F Tderful community work inboth the. Church and the Ful-ford Hall, and of all thechanges during the lasttwenty odd years. The Hallwas ful I and teas were servedat prettily decorated tablesby members of the Guild,"with Miss Gladys Shaw astea convener.

Col. Des Crofton andmany others from Gangeswere present and they col-lected the sum of $247, dur-ing the afternoon, from var-ious sta I b, teas, sales, etc.

Mrs. B.D. Gallagher ofMorningside Road turned outto be a good guesser and shewona5lb. lOoz. plum cakeby guessing its weight. Mrs.B. Gibson of WildwoodHome, was another cleverguesser - she won 383 pennies

Marshall Sharp receives his prize from President FredKirkham of the Local Legion, Branch 92, at the con-clusion of their annual fishing derby.MC Fred Morrislooks on,

W O O Din a bottle - she came with-in three of being correct.Conveners at stalls were:home baking, Mrs. A. Ste-vens, assisted by Mrs. L.Mollet and Mrs. J. Lehbauer;sewing, Mrs. A. Davis. Gar-den produce, Mrs. D. Sling-sby and Mrs. A. McManus,Sr.; flowers, Mrs. F. L Jack-son; miscellaneous, Mrs. J.French, Mrs. A.D. Dane &Gillian French; candy, Jay-ney French; cake raffle, Mrs.W. Mossop; penny guessing,Mrs. J. Fraser. Mr. RegPrice was at the door.

A hearty vote of thankswas given to all who con-vened and helped with thefete - and to those who tookthe trouble to come andbrighten the afternoon withtheir smiles and chatter —

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EDIT OR IA LBEATLEMANIA

Last week the Beatles came to town to kick off the an-nual PNEcelebration in Vancouver. Their particular contri-bution lasted one-half hour for which they became reported-ly $90,000 richer, and left leaving a trail of damage, in-jury and emotional disturbance which can be impossible toestimate.

The arrangements made for their safety and< security weremore elaborate and bizarre than would have been the case ifit had been Mr. Kruschev. Barbed wire entanglements on thefire escapes to the hotel in which they were supposed to stay;dozens of policemen, who could ill be spared from busy PNEduties, plus many other security officers; a 'moat', no less,and a high wire fence between the stage on which they per-formed and their audience of yelling, screaming, fainting,hysterical youngsters.

All this in the name of good clean fun and so-calledhighly popular and acceptable entertainment fare for ouryoung folk! In this writer's opinion, at least, this spectaclewas highly symbolic of the sickness of our age.

Even more frightening is the almost universal illogicalfrenzy with which a large group of our young people defendthese fugitives from the barber chair. Asked what is so all-fired wonderful about these entertainers, it is readily ad-mitted they have little talent so far as stage presence goes,and even less vocal or instrumental ability. The answer tothis question, the only specific one I've heard, seems to be,"Who else could stand up before an audience in the thousandsand get $90,000 for half an hour's effort?" This gem wasoffered as an answer by an adult to this question in a TVinterview just prior to last week's debacle.

It's beyond us. Something seems to be very wrong withthe way we teach human values. The worst of it is theredoesn't seem to be any great protest or willingness to cometo grips with the problem.

Shades of Sodom and Gomorrah !* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ....PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its en-vironment, following the fashion in thought,'fee I ing andsentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequentlyproperous,commonly clean and always solemn. Ambrose Bierce.

WORDS OF INSPIRATION"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed bethe name of the Lord". Job 1:21

We are ready to praise when all shines fair; but whenlife is overcast, when all things seem to be against us,when we are in fear for some cherished happiness, or inthe depths of sorrow, or in a season of sickness, or theshadow of death is approaching, -then to praise God; thento say; "This fear, loneliness, affliction and pain are assure tokens of love, as life, healthand joy: The Lord gave,and the Lord hath taken away;1 on either side it is He, andall is love alike; 'blessed be the name of the Lord."1 - thisis the true sacrifice of praise. What can come amiss to asoul which is so in accord with God? In all the changes ofthis fitful life, it ever dwells in praise. H.E. Manning.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ̂

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CONTRIBUTEDFOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLED?

por w e e k s on end they came and wentOn our new d i a l i n g s y s t e m ben t ,Up and down our w o o d e d Is le

' S t r i n g i n g c a b l e by the m i l e ,

I nvad ing h o m e s and f a r m s and s t o r e s ,I n t e r r u p t i n g p l a n s and c h o r e s ,D i a l i n g out , r e w i r i n g in ,

' T i l l y o u f e l t y o u c o u l d n ' t w i n .A u g u s t s i c t e e n t h was the i r a im," I t w i l l f unc t i on " , was the i r c la im.So w i t h two phones , one no t wo rk ing ,And the o t h e r b a r e l y perk ing,O p e r a t o r s s t r a n g e l y s i l e n tW h i l e you wa i t ed - meek or v io lent ,S o m e h o w we managed to s u r v i v e" T i l l m idn igh t D-day d i d a r r i v e

W h e n , t r i u m p h a n t w i t h ou r p l i e r sWe cu t the d e s i g n a t e d w i r e s ,And by do ing so did s e v e rAl l t ha t a g o n y f o r e v e r -

So we t h o u g h t - But Sunday mornWi th our p a t i e n c e rough ly shorn ,We in horror did d i s c o v e r

Gone was ne ighbor , f r i end , or lover ,In the i r p l a c e came s t r a n g e r s b l ea t i ngL ike l os t sheep , or came the f l e e t i n gPhantom of a vo i ce beseeching,

"I did NOT d ia l for Mrs. Lard !I w a n t e d Moua t ' s Lumber Y a r d . "" I 'm T R Y I N G to l o c a t e Dr. Cox -I never heard of Mr. R o c k s ! ""The re must be G rem l i ns in the cab les ,I D I A L E D the Duncan R id ing S t a b l e s ! ""1 A S K E D how do you d ia l North Pender?I do not KNOW a Mrs. B e n d e r ! ""You say t h e y ' r e coming on WHICH f e r r y ?And hope I f e e l l ike mak ing m e r r y ?But what NAMES d id they g i ve you? W H A T ?A f a m i l y by the name of R U T T ? ! ""My name is Mary El len S h a k s i e ,They must mean Har ry ' s Wate r Tax i •'"And so i t wen t the Is land 'round'T i l l l i nes were c l ea red and lost were foundBy Monday night most l ines were stable,The Grem l i ns ous ted f r om the cab le .For whom the be l l t o l l e d ? Now you see ,It did NOT to l l for thee or me.

by Jean Lambert,"Kenerin", Ganges Hill.

C H U R C H E SSUNDAY, A U G U S T 30, 1964.

ANGLICAN - St. Mark's: 9:30 a.m., Matins; St.George's: 11:15 a.m., Memorial Service; St. Mary's:7:30 p.m. Evensong.

UNITED - Ganges, 11:00 a.m.ROMAN CATHOLIC - Our Lady of Grace: Holy Mass,

10:45 a.m.; St. Paul's, Fulford Harbour, 9:00 a.m.CHRISTIAN SCIENCE - Mahon Hall, IhGOa.m.FULL GOSPEL CHAPEL - Sunday School and Adult Bible

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FULFORD NEWSby Bea Hamilton

Mr. & Mrs. W. McCul-lock of Port Alberni, havebeen recent guests of Mr. &Mrs. R. Gibling.

Back from a weeks holi-day are Capt. and Mrs. L.Mollet and family - theytravelled to the Okanagan,had a lovely time, some ex-citing experiences, andtook Ronda Lee with themfor the trip.

And visiting Mr. & Mrs.R. Lee and family last weekwere Mr. & Mrs. GeraldWakelin and family fromPenticton. The Wakelinsvisited relations and friendsbefore returning home.

Mr. and Mrs. Archer ofVancouver were over visit-ing Mrs. Archer's father,E.H. Smith recently.

Mrs. P. (Lois) Nadin andher wee daughter Dawn,twere on Salt Spring Islandvisiting". They stayed withMr. and Mrs. R. Lee andfamily. When Mrs. Nadinreturned to her home inLund (north of Powell Riv-er) she took her little sis-ter Elizabeth Lee back fora visit.

Miss Mhora Hepburnspent the week end at herhome here. She returned toVancouver on Tuesday.

Ladysmith married ladiesSoftball team didn't show upon Sunday at the sports field- the hot weather must havemelted some of them, and it'sno wonder. Anyway, it seemsthey couldn't rustle upenough players. So whathappened? The local girlsplayed the grandpas in asizzling game & the grand-

1964 D R I Fpas won - a hot 35 or so to19. That should hold thegirls for once !

"The men have suchstrong batting arms and sentthe ball so far," explainedone lady player. They hada good time and lots of fun.One thing about it, thoseFulford gals are game -they'll take on anyone andwin or lose, they alwayscome up smiling and readyfor the next ball game.

The Fulford Hall andAthletic Club are gettingtogether on a Seafood Smorg-asbord coming up on Sept-ember 4th, in the FulfordHall. So if you like clams,fish, oysters and the like,remember the date, aboutsupper time - Sept. 4thwhichfalls on a Friday.

The Roller Skating iscontinuing as usual in theFulford Hall just to keepthings going round.* * * * *_ * * * * * * * * * *

The day before yesterday a I -ways has been a glamor day.The present is sordid and pro-saic. Time colors history asit does a meerschaum pipe.

Vincent Starrett

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Did you ever see a "pur-ple people"? I've heard ofa purple cow, but some timeago, about May, I saw awarning printed in the Col-onist, "if you turn purpleget out of the sun. " It seemsa Dr. Stuart Maddin quiteseriously explained to theOntario Medical Assn. thatpeople could turn purple inthe sun (instead of brown) ifthey had been taking toomany tranquillizers, certaindrugs or foods, even eatingcarrots or fiqs - or drugs

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biotics, can cause this pur-ple shade, but only to veryfew. But how does one knowif one is one of the 'few1?Imagine coming in from aday in the sun and lookingin the mirrorto face a "pur-

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0 V A u g u s t 27, i 9 o 4 U

FAREWELL PARTYMrs. !. Devine enter-

fained at her home last Fri-dayeveing in honour of Mrs.Dorothy Fanning who leavesthe Island at the end of themonth for Victoria.

Mrs. Fanning has beentelephone operator here forthe past 15 years. She trans-fers to Victoria followingchangeover to automaticphones.

Mrs. Fanning, the form-er Dorothy Elliot grew upon the Island. She is leav-ing the olf family home,occupied by the Elliot fam-ily since 1918, and is thelast member of the Elliotsliving on the Island.

Mrs. Fanning workedfor Mouat Bros., the Vesu-vius Lodge (when it was op-erated by her aunt) andTurner's Store before sheleft the Island in 1928. Sheworked in Victoria from1942 to 1947 when she re-turned here.

On behalf of her friendspresent at the cocktail party,Mr. John Sturdy presentedMrs. Fanning with a farewellgift.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *COMING E V E N T SSATURDAY, Aug. 29th -Roller Skating, Fulford Hall,2 p.m. and 8 p.m.SUNDAY, Aug. 30 - Mem-orial Service, H.W. Noon,St. George's, 11:15 a.m.WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2 -Chamber of Commerce meet-ing, 8p.m., Mahon Hall.

TO WAfCH*FOR IN SEPf."School opens Tuesday,

September 8th.Library opens Satudays

between 10a.m. and 12.* * *..*..& * *^fc * * * * .*...*_*

W U (J Uand relatives in their nat iveHolland.

Mr. & Mrs. Norman

Best and their children,

Shirley, Roger and Michae!

of Minneapolis, Minn, spent

COMINGS AND GOINGSVisiting Mrs. Dorothy

Fanning is her neice, MissRosemary Elliot from HackGreen, Cheshire, England.

Mrs. A. Anderson andthree children will sp^nd aweek at the home of herparents, Capt. & Mrs. N.Fiander, Churchill Rd. Sheis accompanied by Miss Hol-ly McFarlane.

Recent visitors at thehome of Mrs. J. deMacedoand Mrs. M. Corbett werethe formers daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. LesMcDonald of Lang ley withtheir 3children, Jane, Don-atd and Josie. Their sister,Mrs. J.S. Pearce of Clear-water was also a visitor.

Mr. & Mrs .J im Mo 11 i -son recently enjoyed a week-end in Victoria visiting

friends, ten days visiting Mr. Best'sMr. &Mrs. Frank Schwag- parents, Copt* & Mrs. V.C.

ley of Dutch Beaoty Salon Best/ the Alders, Gangesreturned Wednesday from 2 Hm> They returned home

months holiday visiting friends by way of California.

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Lacy and family nave re-

turned to their home in Ful-fordfo.llowing an enjoyableweek holiday spent in theOkanaqan.

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POLICE NEWSAllan Home was fined

$10.00 and costs for failingto stop at a stop sign.

Mr. James Reid, Vesuv-ius, had a traffic violationcharge dismissed by Magis-trate Ashby.

John Quesnel was fined$30.00 and costs as a minorin possession of liquor.

Tuesday last, Mr. DavidSmith of the top end of LangRoad on St. Mary Lake, hadhis summer cottage driveninto by an unknown vehicle.The rear wall was pushed inabout 13 inches causing a-bout $500 da mage. Assist-ance of anyone who may beable to supply information asto the owner of the vehicleresponsible is requested byRCMP.

Mr. R.M. Olson of BeaverPoint has found a 10 ft. ply-wood rowboat floating nearRusSell Island. The boat is..freshly painted green andgrey and is in new condition.Owner is asked to contactRCMP.

1964 D R I FJOHN ROBtRT MURRAY

Mr. John Robert Mur-ray, age 76 years died atGanges August 25, 1964.

Mr. Murray, born atPicton, N.S. spent thepast 7 years on Salt SpringIsland.

For many years ofhis life, he worked on therailroad, receiving an in-jury to his leg while so oc-cupied. He also worked atlogging and fishing on thewest coast.

Funeral arrangementsare not yet completed.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Many ideas grow better whentransplanted into anothermind than in the one wherethey sprung up.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.

A report of vandalism inSt. Peter's Church, NorthPender Island is presentlybeing investigated by RCMP.

An accident on the Ful-ford-Ganges Road resultedin four cracked ribs sufferedby Mr. Ronald Bonar, Gan-ges when his car left theroad and plunged into anadjoining field. The injurywas treated in the localhospital.

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HEN AND NOWough the courtesy ot

.-Col. Alan-Williams^eenloaned g very

crure album depictingon Salt Spring aroundoi-ly part of this centu-

ry. It is a most interestingvolume, containing manypersonal mementoes of Col.Alan-Williams, but alsomany early pictures of gen-eral interest.

Recently we were takingsome shots of Ganges vi I lagetwo of which are publishedhere. These are in high con-trast to the Ganges viewsfound in the album.

Ganges village, at thatearlier time comprised most*-ly the dock area with Mou-at's Store. One picture showsthe Inn that occupied thepresent parking lot immedi-ately west of Mouat's andprobably taking up some ofthe space now occupied bySalt Spring Lands. Anotherbuilding pictured is anotherhotel which lasted exactlythree months, since after itwas barely completed itcaught fire and burned to

the ground. It looks like avery modern structure for itsday and had its own watersystem complete with separ-ate outside tower for waterpressure.

Anat her interesting viewwas the shot of the old S.S.Joan. She is one of the firstboats to ply the waters aroundthe Island; steam of course.She was described by Rev.

E.F. Wilson, minister hereabout 1894, as a cofnfort-ably fitted passenger ship ofsome 544 tons registered.

She came up trom Vict-toria on Tuesdays, calling atBurgoyne Bay at noon en-route to Nanaimo and Comox.She made the return trip onSaturdays, taking the route

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down the east side of the Is-land, calling at Fernwood,Ganges and Fulford Harbour.The fare for the full passagewas two dollars one-way orthree dollars return. Mealson board were described as"very good, well served for50$". Staterooms were alsoavailable to passengers,for an extra 75$.

One of the pictures heresuggests that Ganges Harbourwasa more popular swimmingbeach than it is now. The

swimmers shown appear to beenjoying themselves greatlyin the saltchuck.

The last picture, anotherview of the Ganges coastarea, is practically devoidof buildings such as one nowsees from the water. Also inthe picture in the distance

the British man-o-war,

No furniture is so charmingas books, even if you neveropen them or read a singleword. Sydney Smith.

is

HMS Rainbow, which was afreguent visitor to thesecoasts.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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R O Y A L C A N A D I A N LEGIONS a l t s p r i n g I s land B r a n c h No. 92

Members of the above Branch are requested to attenda Memorial Service for our Late Comrade andCharter Member, Craven Henry Wilson Noon,On Sunday, August 29th, 1964, at St. George'sChurch, Ganges.Members will assemble outside the Church at 11:15a.m. Berets and Medals will be worn. The publicis invited to attend this service.

W.H. Sounders,Secretary.

T h u r s d a y , ATHE GOODLY HERITAGE

(Concluded from last week)by Elsie Worthington.

As the anxious man fought

his way throug the densebush he blazed a trail for

his sons, while they, fol-lowing behind, slashed a

path for the returning men.

The doctor's courage isworthy of note: the report

states he had only one leg!

Once every three monthsthe Beddises set sail in the

sloop tobring mail and sup-plies from Victoria - a realfamily outing and shopping

expedition !

Mariners of those days

had few beacons to guidethem. Large schooners were

taken through Active Pass

by tugs guided chiefly by

echo sounds and "Beddis

Light" - a lighted lamp

placed in the farmhouse

window the year round as a

guide to ships. Today, an

official marine signal, the

Beddis Buoy, stands on a

shallow rock near Beddis

Beach.

In common with many of

their contemporaries the

Beddises were a devout fam-

ily. About 1890 Mr. Beddis

with his sonsand brother-in-

law, Mr. Purdy, helped with

the building of St. Mark's

Church at Central. The fam-

ily worshipped regularly;

rowing each Sunday morning

across Ganges Harbour to

Fruitvale (now the Scott Rd.

home of Mr. & Mrs. Ted

Parsons) and then travelled

by foot to St. Mark's some

four or five miles further on.

Mr. Beddis passed away

in May 1893atthe compara-

tively early age of 43. The

epitaph on his tombstone in

St. Mark's Cemetery reads':

"My sun hath set while it is

yet day". During his fatal

illness when it became evi-

dent that Mr. Beddis was in

need of hospital care, his

two eldest sons and their

uncle wrapped the sick man

in blankets and tarpaulin,

placed him in an open boat/

and accompanied by Mrs.

Beddis, rowed to Victoria,

a journey lasting from mid-

u g u s t 27 , 1964afternoon until 7a .m. nextmorning. A month after Mr.Beddis1 death his son Geof-

frey was born.The farm remained as the

family home until 1961,when Miss Beddis and herailing brother Geoffreymoved to Duncan to be near

other members of the family.

The recent passing of MissBeddis (Decie)recalled many

stories she told of her "wild

friends"and their antics: Tfie

cougar who dined on two

choice spring lambs and then

rolled on the grass underMiss Beddis1 window purring

with contentment: The coon

who tore shakes off the hen-house roof, finished off thebantams, then went through

boxes of apples and pear:

picking out the best fruit for

dessert: The night, when

alone in the house, Mis;

Beddis was awakened by loud

squeals from the pig-pen. Sus-

pecting a bear attack, anc

armed with lantern and gun,

she reached the pig pen in

time to see Mr. Bruin disap-

pearing into the bush anc

not a pig left in the badly

battered pen. Next morning

however, all the pigs turnec

up for breakfast, each in c

sad state of disrepair - mang-

led ears, torn limbs, badly

gashed backs and sides, but

none missing!

Looking over the peace-

ful settlement now rising on

the old estate it is hard to

believe that such things ac-

tually happened. How much

we owe to our undaunted

pioneers who conquered the

wilderness; faced peri I day

and night; endured loneliness

and suffered many privations

to wrest a home and living

from what they knew to be a

well-favoured and pleasant

land. Truly they left us a

goodiy heri-tage. Is it not

time that we paid tribute to

their memory in some defin-

ite and lasting form? Plans

will soon be considered for

Salt Spring Island's part in

Canada's Centennary cele-

brations. Could we not use

this opportunity to express

our gratitude to the brave

D R I F T W O O D

men and women who by theirlives, and sometimes withtheir lives, laid the founda-

tion for this strong and pros-perous country we call home?

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The writer is indebted toMrs. A.H. Lowe, Victoria,

who provided the inspiration

and material for this articlefrom notes which Mrs. Lowe

had taken in an interviewwith Miss Beddis in 1951.

My thanks are also due to Mr.

Lionel Beddis and his daught-

er, Mrs. CliveJustice, Dun-

can, who supplied pictures

and further notes; and to Mr.

Purdy's daughter, Mrs. Guy

Cunningham, St. Mary Lake,who helped to place related

incidents in chronologicalorder. E.W.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * l r - \ r r\ !•CENTENNIAL SUGGESTION r Uellverv musf be in by Noon, day of Delivery.

FROM FULFORD.A number of people are

favoring the possibility of

using the Indian Reserve as

a public park or marine park,

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for the 1967 centenary. It

is an idea I spot and could be

fitted up with picnic facili-ties. Fresh water is running

nearby and it all seems like

a feasibleand practical idea.

The suggestion comes

from several directions andthose in authority might look

into the matter -itwould be

a most suitable project for

the whole Island and be to

the benefit of everyone.It's a nice thought.

could get off for a breather,

which was kind of him.

George wasa very nice fel-

low and we all liked him,

The first telephone office

in Ganges was built by the

Water Co. the next, and

last, office recently closed,

by Mr. H. Bullock.

After Miss Aitkens re-

tired, Miss Turner was the

chief Dperator, followed by

Miss J. Overend.

The original cable was

laid at Burgoyne Bay to

Maple Bay, and from Beaver

Point to Port Washington, &

Isabella Point to Swartz Bay.

So you see, the Island was

we 11 hooked on the tel ephone

system. The B.C. Tel came

in 1932. Mr. Arthur Hep-

burn has been trouble shoot-

er on the B.C. Tel since

1940 or so. And that brings

up up to date pretty well,

with maybe a few mix-ups

but it's the way it was told

to me.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * - .

Pve never met a healthy per-son who worried much abouthis health, or a good per-son who worried much abouthissoul. JohnB.5. Haldane.

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