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Letter from Masset, Queen Charlottes — 8y eivira Bryant

How nice it is to see the
flowers blooming again. We
are no doubt quite lucky to
be living in this part of the
country. According to a
letter received two days ago
from Amherst, Nova Scotia,
there was about two feet of
snow in the woods and a lake
was slill frozen over. The
people there had had a six
months winter up to that
time. Even a phone call to
Okanagan Falls on Saturday
last informed us that plants
were just coming up through
the ground. The
perature there though, was
warm enough for sun
bathing.

Most of the early tulips
are now in bloom — the ones
that managed to survive the
ravages of the hail and
windstorms we were sub-
jected to earlier. Yesterday
Tt spent several hours in the
garden after the bread was
out of the oven and the
Masiet Meuinderings
column had be -n mailed for
the current w: ek, So far this
weck I have managed to
i’ ‘eaway ,uitea number of
clumps uf primroses to
peop!> -.n0 are just starting
garde .. It is very easy to
maxe many plants from one
clump since there are many
individual root clusters
together. In no time one is
able to have many bushy
plants to admire.

For the first time I have
been able’ to divide up
Shasta daisy plants as well.
We used to call these ‘‘dog
(laisies’’ as their perfume is
not the best. However, in the
garden their whiteness
creates quite a bright spot.

By the time summer
arrives this-year, I believe I
will have almost attained
the type of Old English
garden that has been wished
for. “Helen’s’’ bleeding
héart plant is covered in
buds while “Vesta’s” lily of
the valley plant is sending
up both leaves and flowers.
The mint from Okanagan
Falls will this year provide
mint for early potatoes and
green peas in several other

- gardens. The Friendship

garden is now helping to
make other friends happy.

The weather yesterday
was quite exceptional for a

Sunday. This morning was ’

quite misty but by early
afternoon all was fairly
clear once again. The
weather is warm enough to
bring out many. family
groups on bikes ~- several
went past in front of the
place yesterday and loday.
It is also warm enough to
bring loiterers out on the
side-hill across from the
Post Office. Today I noticed
that one of the boys from the
8C class who quit school on
Friday has now joined the
group. | suppose society is
supporting them all — which
means you and I who
happen to be working. What
a waste of potential man-
power!-I am reminded of
George Bellamy’s two
books, ‘looking Backward”
and “Iéquality", published
somewhere in the eighteen
hundreds to do with life in
the year 2000.

In one of the doctor’s
many conversations with
Julian concerning the new
economic system: ‘Even in
your day capitalists knew
that the best man was not he
who was working for his
next dinner, but he who was
so well off that no im-
mediate concern for his
living affected his mind.
Self-respect and pride in
achievement made him a
far better workman than the

tem-,

man who was thinking of his
day’s pay But now all
work for the common fund,
the one who evades or
scamps his work robs every
one of his fellows. A man
had better hang himself
nowadays than get the
reputation of a shirk.”
When I see the shirkers of
today who lack any kind of
incentive, I keep wondering
just how long it will take for
social reform to take place.
The slough is very calm
this evening and three
graceful white swans are
gracing its waters.
Yesterday four snow geese

ene

stopped in during the day -

and fed for awhile in the
fields. We had not seen any
of these birds here for way
over a year. They took to the
air twice during their brief
stay, when the eagle flew
overhead. Last week a large
flock of Canada geese
distrusted the eagle and
easily took to flight. We
were thinking then that the
geese may have come fram
somewhere in the United
States where there are very
few eagles, since the patrol
made here by an eagle
caused them to he so
‘flighty’’. Local geese do
not react this way.

Vie has just been out
mowing the lawn. It is lucky
that I happened to be out
before supper using the
grass shears around the
small junipers and at the
edges of flower beds. Now
the grounds present a very
pleasing appearance. We
are hoping the holes made
by the cows will soon cover
over with new grass. It was
just a few weeks ago that
Vic and the dog were out to
chase cows away from our
side of the road. While Vic

‘was watching, one of the

cows deliberately jumped
right over the wooden fence!
(We could see where
someone got started on the
story about the cow that
jumped over the moon.)
That particular cow must
have been the one that had
been in over the fence the
previous night. Presumably
she had liked the grass
sampled then.

Next time the owner of the
herd came along, Vic spoke
to him about the matter and
asked W. Feyer if he might
happen to have some barbed
wire that could be put u
above the woaden part. Well
apparently he could do even
better than that and so gave
Vic a very nice bundle of
proper fencing wire. As a
result, that particular
corner has a proper fence
put up - and let us hope it is
above the height that any ef
the stray cows can jump
over!

Last week necessitated a
number of vonsultations
with the manager of Delmas
Cooperative concerning the
increase in freight rales as
announced by Rivtow. Since
then increases have been
verified by wrilten com-
munikation, The average of
the varied increase rates
happens to be 44 percent, so
it sounds as though we are
going to be malized still
further for living in this part
of the country. Subsidies
seem to be quite readily
paid to people back East
who need to obtain many
supplies of freight by water
transportation, but not go in
the West.

Time out for a visit with

the Ming Leungs who came .

over for a few plants for
their new garden. We first
met in 1975, but since they
both work, it is not often we

week.

see the family. ‘Their son
Stanley 1s now nearly two
and a half years old - ata
bad age! Ming is the fellow
who built our book sheives.
He is an excellent car-
penter; had apprenticed for
some seven years in Hong
Kong. His wife does
secretarial work at D.D. We
shULD HAVE A GET
TOGETHER SOMETIME
WHILE Lucy Wong (Art
teacher at George M.
Dawson) has her father
staying with her, as we
could get two tables of Mah
Jong going. Last time the
latter family was over for
supper with us, we played
this game in the evening and
Kwok Chie Kan showed us
how to use the bambco
sticks for counting. Since he
can only speak Chinese, his
daughter Lucy was the
interpreter.

(An interesting comment
made by young Annie Wong

was that her grandfather -

knew more Chinese birds
than her mother did.

Her mother reaiply agreed ,

that this was true.)
A beautiful sunset in pinks

-and mauves is now reflected

in the still calm water. It
has heen a very nice
evening, but:: there were
some bugs flying uround us
soon as the sun started to go
down. According to Vic
though, the few we have
here are nothing like those
he observed last week at
Nass Camp!

To try to prompt a little

more response from my
reading class lately, I'read
to them a few of the
highlights from the “In-
terrupted Journey” book
about Betty and Barney Hill
and their experiences as
revealed under hypnosis.
Tomorrow I will probably
take along Hans Holer's
“The Ufonauts”’, as there
was a request made for
more of this type of reading
today.

The only time Betty really

felt pain was when the:

doctor inserted a long
needle into her navel for
what she was told was a
pregnancy test. Apparently
it wasn’t a pregnancy test.
An article appeared in Gook
magazine for May 18, 1971
by David M._ Rorvik,
emitled “The Test Tube
Baby is Coming”. The
article talked about ob-
taining eggs from fertile
women, sloring them in
banks, and ‘‘inducing
pregnancy independent of
the original donor at_a iater
date.” In discussing British
experiments of this kind,
apparently D. M. Rorvik
also referred to an
American, Dr. Shettles.

“Like the British, Dr.
Shettles plans to obtain his
eps in the future via
laparoscopy. This ‘involves
a pencil-like viewing device
that, once inserted through
the umbilicus or navel,
provides a panoramic view
of the peritoneal cavity and
its contents. Once the
scope is fixed on the ovary
the doctor inserts a needle
through a tiny incision in the
lower abdomen. - Then,
looking through the scope,
he guides the needie and
uses it to aspirate the egg
from its follicle. The
procedure generally
requires only one night in
the hospital and minimizes

scarring.” Hans Hower
believes it was entirely
possibie that the alien
doctor had been collecting
specimens from Betty Zi]
for future use in his own
world.

FLEET OFFICERS

Ferry wal kout looms

VICTORIA CP: - A
shutdown Thursday of
British Columbia Ferries
service between Vancouver
Island and the mainland

.- moved closer to reality

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
100 years ago in 1876, It he-
came a best seller in the same
year!

By 74700, wild turkeys were
becoming scarce in America.

“, on
’ Thursday.

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today as the fleet's officers
served 72-hour strike notice.

On Friday, the officers
voted 89 percent in favour of
‘walking off the job. The 500
officers would be able to go
strike at 10 a.m.

Union spokesman Peter

Marshall said he was given

a cool reception by BC,
Ferries Corp. general
manager Charles Gallagher
and corporation officials
when he served notice.

He said the management
seem to be “suffering under

_ the mistaken illusion that

the Labour Relations Board

will declare the strike

illegal.”

Marshall said the union
believes that the LRB will
not step in, if it intends to do
so, until after the strike
begins. oe
_ Therefore, some stoppage
in service appears
inevitable, he said.

“This is a serious
situation and the possibilit
oi a strike grows with eac
passing day,” said
Marshall, spokesman for
the marine-licensed
component of the B.C.

Government Employees
union.
Gallagher was not

available for comment.

Marshall said those
ferries under way at 10 a.m.
Thursday will complete the
trip to their home ports and
then tie up, The officers on
ferries already tied up will
walk olf the job at that ime,
he said.

There will be no pickets,.

he said. The officers will
simply not report for work.

Marshall said the 1,700
unlicensed personnel would
be welcome to turn up for
work but obviously they

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would not be able to operate
the vessels. ;

Affected by the strike
would be service between
Swartz Bavind Tsawwassen,
Ne:aime and Horseshoe
Bay, Kelesxy Bay and Prince
Rupert, as well as ferries
serving the Sunshine Coast.

The only ferry service
would be provided by Black
Ball between Victoria and
Port Angeles, Washington,
or by Washington State
Ferries between Sidney and
Anacortes, Washington. As
well, CP Rail runs a service
between Nanaimo and
Vancouver

The legality of the
officers’ strike vate was
rendered uncertain last
week when the LRB ordered
the officers into the same

bargaining unit with the
unlicensed empl; es.

’ Marshall said today the

licensed personne] have
been invited to a meeting
with the LR” on Wednesday
afternoon wien the whole
matter will be discussed.
Under current legislation,
the provincial government
could step in a declare a $0-
day cooling off pericd'in the
dispute. The Railway and
Ferries Bargaining
Assistance act allows such
action ‘‘if a substantial
threat to the economy and
welfare of the province
exists or is likely to occur.”
Marshall said the ferries
management appears to be
foreing a confrontation with
the officers, adopting a
policy of ignoring their

Young appointed —

forest service officer

. William E.L. (Ted) Young
has been appointed Chief
Executive Officer of the
B.C. Forest Service, Forests
Minister Tom Waterland
announced recently,

Young had been Chief .

Forester since February,
1974 and assumed Chief
Executive Officer duties
when the then Deputy
Minister J.S. Stokes was
appointed to the position of.
consultant to the Forest
Policy Advisory Committee,
whichis studying the Pearse
Royal Commission on

forestry.

tokes plans to retire
from government service
when the Forest Policy

Advisory Committee has -

completed its work.
Robert 8S. Wood has been
appointed chairman of the
Forest Policy Advisory
Committee and Technical
Forestry Consultant to the
Minister of Forests. Wood
and Stokes have held their
respective positions on the

committee since its in-
ception in January this
year, Cabinet orders-in-
council of April 6 formalized
the appointments.

_As Chief Executive Of-
ficer of the Forest Service,
Mr. Young will report
directly to the Minister of
Forests.

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requests for the resumption
of negotiations.

The officers have “been
without an agreement since
July 1, 1975, and their main
grievance is a charge that a
wage increase is being held
back to try to force them to
accept recommendations of
an industrial inquiry
commission conducted by
lawyer Hugh Ladner.

The officers wrote to
Gallagher on April 15 asking
for a resumption of
negotiations, but have not
yet received even an
acknowledgement of their
letter, said Marshall.

He said the officers will
attend Wednesday's
meeting with the LRB and if
the board declares the strike
illegal, they will go along
with it. ;

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