Wednesday, February 16, 1966

SAANICH PENINSULA AND. GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

PAGE THREE

BY. TRUSTER

Contractors came under heavy fire
-. Monday «evening: from :.a . Saanich
. School trustee as being responsible
for. escalating school Coristction

: costs.

- ‘We should : get some explanation
as I-feel sure it is possible to reduce
these costs,’’. said. Trustee Reginald
Clarke, Sidney nepresentalive on the
board.

Discussing plans for a four-room
addition to Sidney elementary school,
Buildings Superintendent. Bryan
Shaw: said architects: on Vancouver
Island this year .are basing esti-
mates for school construction at $15

- to $18 per. square foot..

Last: year :

the aver age “cost was ‘$12 per square
foot, he ‘said.

COSTS RIDICULOUS af

“T’ve been -'sore about this -point
because these charges are absolute-
ly - vidiculeus,”’. Mr... Clarke ‘said.
“Some of?*hese contractors feel -the
‘average person doesn’t know: much
about it but when they come’ up with
these ridiculous prices I get annoy-
ed.”’

A retired. foreman with the. fed-
eval public works. department, the
Sidney trustee this year is chairman
of the: school: board’s buildings and
grounds committee. He was ‘elected
to the board last December,

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Mr. Clarke said average construc.
tion costs ‘are. $12 per ‘square’ foot.
but he said contractors seem to re
gard governments and elected bod-
ies as “suckers.’’

SAME THING.

‘‘We had the same thing with the
government,” he ‘said.

“Mr, ‘Shaw- pointed: out. that the '$15
to $18 figure was only being used.
for-.estimating purposes by the ar-
chitects: .

“In. past. years estimates have
been too-low and then we have had
to chop off.this.and chop off-that to
bring actual costs into. line: with
our .budget,”’ said Trustee Cuthbert
Brown.

“If there is some ww: uy ‘costs can be
reduced we should. certainly. investi-
gate,” said Chairman Alex Porteous,

Cand if there is some way you can

assist us we ‘will -be most happy,”
he told Mr. Clarke. . * :

The” buildings chairman’ was ap-
investigate school’ con:

struction. costs with “the- assistance

of the. superintendent...

J oni Plan
For School
Endorsed _

A one-way system: for

Jak

traffic | to

Royal Oak junior secondary school.
was approved in’ principle. by Saan-_

ich’ school. board ‘Monday.

Cars vould. enter. ‘the . school

srounds off West. Saanich ‘Road ‘dir-' This was probably. ‘a defence meas- | -
-ectly.in front of the school.and leave}
and = back / to.
“West Saanich: :” Plan is. to. facilitate

parking... arrangements at. the school ;

Raymond - Road

for pom ‘students and staff.

" BRIDGE. RESULTS -

Seven tables were -in play on :Fri-

day evening in‘ the Sidney and North }
-bridge tourna~"

Saanich duplicate’
‘ment:.: Winners: Were: north-south
(1). John’ Bawden ‘and : Mrs. F: Baw-
@). Mr. sand .} Mrs:., WwW. McCon-

‘Burrows; » (2): “Mrs:

Mr. ‘and J Sy Ji. 3. Woods.

ARD- PARTY

1 hnea

oe by.

“The Tron Curtain: has’ ‘certainly
been ‘cracking in the last few years.
More and more travellers have man-
aged to squeeze’ through to -hive a
peep. at life in Mother: Russia and
one of them. just returned; is Alec
McTavish, ‘a. part-time “resident: in
Saanich. : / wo
Alee, “who ‘retired -several- years
ago after a. distinguished career in
the Royal. Canadian Engineers, . is
something ofa world: traveller; and
during a recent stay in Sweden :he
decided on a. side trip behind. the
Curtain, ft took-a-month-of negot-
jating with the officials atthe Sovict
Embassy, but finally he was ‘on his

way, driving a vintage. Opel through:

the Finland woods ‘tow ans the fro

tier,

NOOR .CHLITIES © - : oe
OAL the border, no faeilitic
“them “but. just’ a. number ‘of
barrack. huts. set: down ‘in the. trees
anda lot-of guards, he-was held up
for. hours while his. car. was thor-
oughly searched... He suspected also
that because of his colonels. rank
the: inspection: ‘was “made more
thorough. than usual, ‘but at last’ he
was* waved through. onto an.-atroe-
jously.. rutted* and. .winding...track.

ure; as after. several. miles ‘it joined
avbr oad, well paved highway, . fairly
seavily used by commercial traffic

put? with few ‘rivate cars ‘in. evi-:

dence. = ;
- Near, the frontier,
had. been
-the

-the land that
Finnish: before :the “war,

approached * them. --Further: south

though, his reception became: more-|.
‘friendly, but - speaking: no: Russian;

“any ‘directions. : he: sought “to ‘be
‘asked © for’ and: “given. :

SAt a “town vith: an. ‘unpYonounice-
able’ n

his: coupons... ‘Everything “Was pre-
paid ‘and he received coupons for. ac-
“commodation - “and meals. ‘together,
with: some, : ‘good only i in special’ tour-

p st shops, as ‘spending money.

; ax a ‘Economy | R/L.

S ax. ‘4 Shorts... 6 ft.
2x G6: Shorts. 6:
on 8 Shorts.
2X10: Shorts. |.
2x12. Shorts. |

Each...

CEDAR POSTS a :

were be foo

rina tilis

2x. 4: Economy, 8 ft,’ 100. pieces.

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Cash ond ‘Carry Price, Per’ Sheet

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96
| “156.

Sift
BO -
1.80 fare .

9 OPEN, 8 AM, ‘TMA 5.90 PM.

“be held in Montreal “this: “year ne do pe ee
q- Apri 17-to 22, the executive: felt they i"

-could not: send a. delegate. and: will| eons
ask: Col. Ri. BE Longridge, “who ‘will:|"

the going’ as a ‘delegate to! carry., our},

four" proxy: votes;

‘However; Ait “any
of’ our, member

Should» ‘be ‘going ‘to

“Montreal around ‘that:time and could: r 8
quttend::the ‘convention; please: ‘get in

touch® with: our seeretary ‘Y, Les Mar-
‘tin, °so° that! credentials: “Can, be ar-.
yanged. There’ is’)uso ay
vouclior: that wil -ontltle. you ie y halt
fare’: ; :
CENTENNIA “PROJECT, =
L,Y, James: reports fhe 20Ne.
‘hits ‘formed a” centennial: committee
‘for thie: Legions! : $1: railiion “eenten-
nial project - and: that, Comrade Gay
ais our: representative-on- (hat com-
mitiec,. Members ‘arecaskedsto: don:

ate at Jeast $4" each: to..the: project,

‘and it? would hea boost. for BoC. if
we, could presenta chequy covering
our ‘apportionment atcthe Dominion,

| MAURICE AL ATKINS |
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PRUNING. *
‘Roses THedgos, ¥ ierit.
Ornamental! meen
5070: Old: West: :
Siunich J

and:

‘BRENTWOOD.
AUTO-BODIES

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Brentwood. Min Bay
. FERRY SERVICE:

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re “Tirontwpod every.) “het,
“Team TO gm, fo G20 py a
Lavon” “Mil” Bny- every. “hour,
TOM OO Ie TOTO pan,
“Sundays: rad: Tolidayienk Mra: 4
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“Lavon ‘Brentwe hay AL EM Dam,
id gw Pal .
Lanzar MAT: nt nye at oo tv) pm, a
2 $00 PMS

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Phone: 5 Z Phones:
Mitual sat EV 27TH
Vanoouve ‘Vietoria

and

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hela ‘on: ‘March: aR int ‘the: hall:
pm. Ententai Ne! a
sntertain- |
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vided | hy. our ladies... so.vou-'!
Sweats": keep: Ahat date sin: emind. wt
ayous need -tr ningpe tly : contact
Comrade: Nor man: Calfelle

ANNUAL: BANQUET. © i ”
Our . annual banquet will, be held
‘on Friday, : Feb,..25.° You will:have ¢
reevived ‘your. invilationeard: to. at-
tend, please Heol: your tickets as’ “soon
iis possible: so: that: the: caterers “ean
be informed, the, fares far thes ban-
quel wi? be -veast. bee! sand :-York=
‘shire: pudding, “There? wilh ben a ye-
ception fron. 6 10-7 pany. Banquet
at. 7o pam. ‘Enterta tinnent At. 8:30

1pm. by Jerry: Gosley and members

Of his: “amie. Show" Collowed by. ay
dance: fill: Pavone swithemusic: by
ve

not: “ationd = thie he--priee
Avil bescut dn. hall: for (he entertadns,
ment, cand danee,. - Chante: Teriekson
7 eure “of, tho: Hickets, but quite

Swill haves: them,

iy
‘ROWLING. TOURNAMENT

The braneh «will: SPONSOR Van:
eonver! Island: Nowling: “Yournament
again: this: yer This ling proved

‘quite. popular: swith, the. branches: on.[

he Ueland; i willbe: held on 'Satur-
dy, June qe followed: by. at banquet,
“and sochtl ‘evening. vi

GATEWAY _
PROPOSE D
FOR FAIR |

meni af stone, ‘gateway. for Saan-
dehton' fair qraunds casa Diamond
ied osture was propoRed atthe
meoting of Snanlel’ eouniell Fast Mon:
day eventing) cae

“Dinmond Tubllen commniltea. eivitie |
mann Edwawl Lim said that thar sug

posted. presentation would. ho wimank].

wh racnoniiiny tae “Nowth anid f
Saanich. cMgrieuitural, Nocluty,
oldest ine Western: Canada,
“wenpranty, © Che tale tae: contr:
fy othe onjoymerit. of

Seaith
The,

ited In erredly
| Sannich residents rnd tho ‘gift would:
heen: titty’ Teéngnithon, commentest
Neove High Curtis, o

- Suptosted — oxponnitard. oP:
wis neferrod - aid he,
mittee,

‘$380
{igen “eum

: end ar:

Say Woy

people. “seemed: “suspicious or.
wary;. and would turn. away: if “he:

‘million. |

namé ‘he: pulled in ‘atthe gov-:

ernment tourist. -Office:: to;-pick up}

aks) Wi:

: sual’

Who erin H

horder,
"wok oa. thr
: ingnnd :

Nonth. American
col rundéwn and! ‘aluny dintticts.:

J rwiy prices, .

AT SCHOOL _
SUCCEEDS
FOR WATER.

- Low tender submitted by ‘Hafer
Bros. of -Saanichton.in the amount
of..$4,072. for a. water supply. system
at the new: Prospect Lake ..elemen-
tary school was approved by Saanich
school .board on Monday.

The successful bid was over $1, 000
below. estimates, said Bryan Shaw,
buildings superintendent. :

Me. Shaw said a. well head tank:
will be constructed to protect the
water ‘souree and provide. storage
and..a? line will be. laid: from the;
woll at othe ald school to tops pie
tank if necessary. :

Work: should be completed by ‘the
sMarch..and the sehool - will
pen following the Faster vacation,
oad - so approved payment -of
congineer's. fees amounting to. $460.
for designing the ‘system. Both’ the
awarding. of the: contract: and - pay-
ment of the fees is subject) to de-
peur tment of education approval:

Other tenders submitted were: W.
R. ‘Menzies and Co. Ltd., $5,377; T.
Lambie -and Sons. Ltd.; $6,281, -and
H..Ey Fowler and Sons Lid

He had lunch here.
good, rich, and inexpensive. Order-
ing borsch as. @ ‘soup course, : fol-
lowed. by: beef. Stroganoff he. found
that each was: a--full’ meal-in: itself,
but helped by ‘the eight-ounce: flask
of vodka,, which seemed: to, take. the
place: ofa glass: of wi ater; he. did. his
best--to ‘eat his -money's worth.:
‘Aided bya map, “and directions
given hin: by. ethe pretty English-
‘speaking: -girl: from. ~ the tourist
‘bureau, he . drove :on to: ‘Leningrad,
a Vast, and handsome’ city of: four:

you We on 1 have e any, r trouble. find-

: ‘ing. the! ‘Hotel “Astor,” she: told “him,

AIS “by.
dome.’ 1 .
HUNDREDS: OF ‘THEM a

- The: ‘only: ‘problem : was ‘that a are.
avere. “hundreds” of: ‘churches, “with,
golden domes. gleaming: in. ‘the ‘after-:
noon ‘sun, but he. finally | ‘Yeached

an chureh, ¥ ithea golden

“During. _the:next: few: days. he chad

‘This. own. 1 English-speaking eure

ooo he: days. “were.
full: Sand ing, | ‘but. they’ -al-.
lowed him: ‘no time.to: wander. on’ ‘his:
and: -meet; rovdlnitry. ‘people.

Re: @

he. ‘evenings after. dinner, : his:
choiee was: ‘excellent caviar:
‘and vodka, nterfainment’ was pro-

vided ‘in the hotel“ for? ‘the: guests, . a

. cosmopolitan throng’ ‘jn: which oon
“prédominated,
La Leningrad night life outside of this,

“Whether” there wa

het never: did Jearn, 2s:

Tn 1hé: hotel § ‘also, was ‘the. idur ist
shop, the only ‘place. where. | they.
could® use. thei: coupons, oF: foreign:
‘currency’ to buy: gifts, - eavine, vod-
kay fur ohats anda range of other
lems, © he: Russians - did: not seem.
‘foo. interested: in qetting. the-touriat
dollar,, and, Alee - figured :: they

COU : make:-much hut goodwill |

fro such Visitors : dS. himself, for
the whole = tour wak) nov! “expansive
and eneh, Visitor, had an Individual
 wulde, | : i

£On. Th final mor ning’ bi AK. tank
‘was filled: and: he-was given a cas
fully marked oimap do gel-bnel. to the:
“Delherately geting lokt, he
My hour, tour Lane:

Pe Wis. ae tine. ooking Gil
hawdxunne dM AM

Q “mulch traffic’. Shy ou
but Mids: Aq ainy,
uliy ‘Its’ fall: ‘shave

broad:

‘standards, .

His. jaunt came. lo: an, anid: when
her aay through: ‘a red Night: and: awas:

Blopped hy tt bulky: femme: copy he.

lectured “hin ecangrily iv Russian;

Athen: tool hiss passport and: went fo
| phone

hendquarters.: :
A tow minutes Inter sha was biel,

ot al) siitlon, tutetutted eles ina

motherly, fashion, podled him on-tho
shoulder and pointed ont: his route,
Ale the away north atthe cheeks
points, every: 2h miles: Hie eranted

i)

{confusion and some. suspicion. he

NMP he- was alnwud hours: Tate. an
such. ae shnple: journeys. eee
“Was he: just stupid; they comed
Loavondery: Cor wis (hore Rome: p Bins
istor ronson: forthe dolayerecc
ware VR HOR, *
“AL tho hordov ae ‘smiling offieint
ushored Aim ta’a apecint rtore, open:
‘ohly: to. pooplo Jeaving’ the: country,
whore: he: could: use. up diny: remalne
ing coupon to. uy. gqittss Tit: pehves
‘Fur hats whiely cost
dis: Leningrad... sold. hove: tor,
while “Oeculide Dateless of wou. .
hia Avorn available for aout dhe, oo
“Seki wp, At tho. goldmine. ‘Alo
croswed. baeli camila faniwell smiles, |
to Finland: ronllaing that be: undar
stood the © Ruaslans mind |: 1s Tittle

« ST,15T. |

The: food was

|

snow aie when: Ine Ion fret arrived.

‘YOUTHFUL GOAT BREEDERS

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS HERE

Annual meeting of the Saanich 4-H
Goat Club was held: recently at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Gurr, of
4657 Interurban Road.:

The’ meeting opened with ‘candle.
lighting ceremony; conducted’ by
Margaret Lord, .to welcome two-new
members, Elsic Stockman and: Jean-
ette Fulcher.

During the business ‘ period, “the
club chose’ new.officers for 1966:
president, Bill. Bailey;
dent,, Carol Gurr; seeretary,;. Keith
Gibbens;- treasurer, Terry Beckett,
and press reporter, Denise Bailey.

For their winter and early spring.

fund-raising . projects, members. de-
cided they, would sell Easter .greet-
ing cards and make wall plaques for
sale. Rosalyn. Logan. presented to
Cathy-Joanne Anderson, . ‘the’ preési-
dent ‘of “the new: Liixton’ 44H Goat
Club, (a president’s gavel as a gift
from: the Saanich 4-H Goat. Club. to
the new -Lusxton Club. and asked her

to-extend t6-the other nine members’

of the new Luxtog: club. the. very best
Wishes of ‘the Saanich juntor goat:
keepers, ‘

* Jean Money oa junior leader who |

vice-presi-.

was one of the 4-H national ‘dele--
gates from B.C. last. November,

gave an-account:of her trip to Ot-
tawa,.Toronto and Niagara Falls
and displayed her large scrap book
of pictures, speeches and other sou-
venirs: she had gathered during her.
trip. ;

Special:guests at the meeting were.
Mr. and- Mrs. Paul Howe who ‘had
come ito take some color’ slides of
the. members. During. the -social
period at the close. of the meeting,
Jim Bailey’ presented Mrs. Howe
with a small gift ‘from the club to
honor her 2ist birthday, and then
the. two new girls,. Jeanette: and -El-
sic, brought in a.-beautiful birthday
cake. aglow with 21. candles...

At the close of the meeting it-was ~
decided . that. .the executive: of. the
Saanich: Club would ‘meet. with’ the
execulive. of: the new Luxton Goat.
Club to’plan a skit which’ the: two.)
clubs’ will be presenting ‘for the: ‘pro-:
gram feature of, the annual meeting

of the B.C.: Goat Breeders’ -Associa- i

tion’-on- Southern Vancouver : Island
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