oat

: known. .

Thre “little White ‘Leghorn
hens laid three. little® eges this
week’ ona North Saanich chicken’
farm. One. of the eggs had a
unique . shape. Whether: the. hen
“had been fed thalidomide is not

-- DANE STUDIO,

~egg’--Was-: unsaleable: Cowper: -
wrote. in.‘‘Progress. of Error’:
“Remorse, - the ‘fatal egg by plea-
‘sure laid. ’-He -may have been |
: referring to: this particular egg.

~ Buts -the effort appeared

“Saanich Pe nsula Branch No. 37.

‘By. Permission Of The. ‘Commander
_ Canadian Forces Base, Chilliwack BC

Concert

Royal Canadian Engineers Band
Thursday, March 2st,

6: 00 p. m. 3 rae a
“SANSCHA HALES,

“ADMISSION ADULTS: $i. 00 CHILDREN so Ot

- Tickets may be, obtained at Legion, Army, Navy: and \ \
, Airforce. ‘Veterans, Len’s Smckes, Sidney. Barber-Shop,
Sidney Hardware, ‘Sidney Bus Depot and Toronto-Dom- : Z

inion Bank.

=O 1

_ munity Welfare Council annual’

For the famous WILLIAMS OIL-0- MATIC

’ FURNACE |

Completely Installed

INCLUDES: .

@ 250-Gal. Basement Tank

e. A Warm Air Registers and Ducts
° “1 Return Register and Duct

@ Wiring to Approved Circuit

e Permit. and Taxes

Enjoy convenient, economical operation and
comfort for years to come.

EASY. TERMS—NO DOWN PAYMENT |

Up to 10 years on the balance
ONE DAY INSTALLATION

~RAWLING

PLUMBING & HEATING CO. LTD.
2657 DOUGLAS ST. 388~7311

‘to be _ love’ s labor lost for the”

local businesses.
of the 20 year old credit union ©
~ had grown to 2, 693. at the end of S

safety deposit boxes,

“indicated ‘than’ in’an unanswered;

ae ‘was “never more’. clearly:

question put to the Claremont

‘and ‘Mount View Senior second

~ the eight - bright students were

“ary: schools’ teams in the recent’ - °
each for the Top enccunter ‘in’ ®

“the'CBC knock-out contest.
Asked to identify the initials

-L.B.W., with-a particular sport,

~ completely baffled; there © “was a

positively no reaction. —

“I must say. lam surprised « =

and in. Victoria of all places!’’

commented question = master
+ Terry Gardner, ‘after informing
the: students that the ‘answer was
Cricket. He did not bother to”

xplain: that ‘leg before. wicket”? oe

cause = for a-batsman’s

eight. bells would have: sounded
simultaneously ‘in® response to”

~ the: question, oa

“<-by* letter Monday: night ‘that the =
federal ‘government: has: ‘reduced

Facilites In ee

“" Growth 2of- 50% in’ 1967. ‘and ©
expansion of facilities in 1968 are

the “highlights.of the annual re~.

_-port of ..the
Credit: Union. Oe
Manager... Norman «

aanich Peninsula

sets. from’’ $900, 000: to nearly

“1967.

tion’ is the number. of. school

“Membership _

Another factor. which gives the .-!
~ management particular satisfac- ~

7 ~ several days ‘visiting Mrs. Dor-"..7
“3 othy ‘Gladman from her home in WE!

‘Shillitto
attributes the | increase “of. as-.-

a) Coquitlam, ali” visited parents, a

» children who are using | the union’s S
facilities.” aan

_-Mr, Shillitto noted. that? many

~ junior members develop. anin-
_ centive to.save and good: finan-
cial habits which they, carry with’

them ‘through life.

- “Although ‘the Sidney and Royal :

Oak branches are now. in excel-_

‘lent. condition to ‘serve . their _
members, ° the ‘Brentwéod office’.
‘will be moved: to new quarters,

For this the Brentwood Hardware: ;
“has been. Bought and architects.

have produced a design for its

- complete renovation. ‘In the news.

” office will be a maximum security
Vault “with night. depository. and’
28, It 18 ex
_ pected to open sometime in May.

TO REPRESENT SIDNEY

Alderman Mrs, NSSealey will
represent Sidney at the Com-

meefing on Thursday, March 21,

_ Banquet room: of the Red Lion
“Motor Inn. was chosen for. this

year's assembly.

A Message For You

For the Finest in floor
Coverings . . . Carpets,
Linoleums, Vinyls,» Ceramic
ar Piasti¢ Tiles vs. the firm
to contact is

HOURIGANS
CARPETS & LINOS LTD

715 Pandora Avenue
Victoria, B.C. EV6-2401}

‘For Ready Mix Coiicrete

BUTLER BROS.
SUPPLIES LTD.

Keating Cross Read

Six Days a Week.
No Preminm Charge for
Saturday Melivery
PHONE:

652-1121

- NORMAN SHILLITTO |
“Preceding the annual “meeting ~

‘in Sanscha.. Hail: ‘on .. Saturday, -
March 16, there will be.a steak =

dinner, prepared “by” Eddy Eng
and his-staff of the Beacon. Cafe;

_ Tickets are available at all three:
“eredit. union -offices.or. they. may

be- reserved by telephone call to”

any, one of the offices, ©

Hepatitis Rate
High in Victoria

Infectious. hepatitus is consid-
erably. more prevalent in British

Columbia than in‘other provinces -

of Western Canada and Victoria

has reported 276 .cases in the

past year compared with only...
171 by Vancouver, :

This was the gist of a health ;

report given to the North Saanich.
Municipal Council by Reeve J.B,
Cumming last Monday night.
-Against 1,664 cases in B.C., ©
‘Manitoha showed 355, Saskat-
chewan 867: and Alberta 868,
No: reason for Victoria's high
rate was estabiished although’
pellution of the. Gorge. was

sidered a possible cause.

AIRPORT

(continued from page one)

ome port, maintaining a permanent
cusioms s!fetal. ;

h. Communication - The South
border is bounil:d by a concrete
surfaced highway fron: Victoria
to Sidney. The West bouadary :
ameadam toad, Victoria to the
Guli Islands Ferry. | Two main
roads from Victoria sapply a net«~

ove of smaller roais, and pro- —

vide adequate facilitias fo> irans-
poftatio. The telephone main
line passes the South boundary,
with a telephone exchange — in
Sidney. Sidney has an all year

_ ist.

“GALIANO

FUNDS. REDUCED.

~ Provincial - Civil Defence Cc

ordinator’ J.D:*Somerville “ac

nett it. is probable that ne

“vised the North Saanich Council” *

he..funds; available. for civil de-

lence measures, for the ‘coming pa

This > wint | series affect sine

_ discuss and review plans:

Does this “imply that there
-may bean appeal for funds from :
“council: ‘to fill the: gap?’

Mrs. “Brian Cowan is: spending = I

~ Victoria. Mrs. Cowan isa form-

“ere resident, and her friends will” :

-be'sorry to hear that she recently 7

‘underwent: a “serious: operation .

Victoria~ and=Mrs:
M. . and Mrs: C.0. Twiss, at.

"Mr. and Mrs “Joe Garner of
~Nanaimo- ‘Spent afew days vVisit= *

ing. -Mr. and’ Mrs.: Ollie Garner. |
—-at-their- Active Pass-home :

- Mrs... Peter.“ Darling -has -Jeft: .
_to - spend, a month in Vancouver, -:

_ Another. large. subdivision ‘of.
‘Salt Spring;Lands is taking shape’

on’ the; Gulf* side of the Island

above. Taylor Bay. Bradley Cone.

They. are from. Ganges and_ the...
new. * subdivision 4s
Georgia’ Hills’.
- to'the already established “Spans
“tsh Hillst’sat North: Galiano and

another at Retresc Cove: Resi- 5,

‘dents congratulate Salt” ‘Spring:

_. Lands ‘on their. colorful, choice.

* of. names for. their subdivisions. ~
°Mrs..Clara Bell, of. Nanaimo, .-
“came. down for.a brief visit. to”

son John. Bell ‘and: hs. wife at: ©

Retreat Cove, .

The. Womens World: ‘Day, of:
Prayer.” was. observed at. .
Margaret of Scotland Church with ~
a good turnout of ‘ladies to hear -

the theme of this year’s service.

“Bear ye One Another's Burd-
ens’, The address ‘was given
by the leader, Mrs. Hubert Doody. ;
Mrs. Les. Robinson was organs |

Mrs. C, Morshead, Mrs. G, Phil-
lipson, -Miss Jean Lockwocd,
Mrs.-W.~Maler, Mrs. D. New,
Mrs, S. Page andMrs, H; Baines,

Ste

Others participating were: .

ion. to Anacortes, Wash, US.A.,.
and a Summer. auto ferry service
to the B,C. mainland at Steveston,
near Vancouver, There is a regu-.

_ lar schedule of large buses be-.

tween Victoria and Sidney passing
the site on the South boundary,
also regular bonded freight
carrier service between Victoria
and Sidney.

Rest Haven Hospital ‘Is within
two miles of Sidnéy.

Tank wagons of at least four
oil companiés supply this district.

The unequalled climatic condit-
ions and the beautiful surrounding
country make this an {ideal locai+
ity for the establishment of aft-
plane factories, small indusiries
of settling residents. The area

. dations,

7 struction is.now doing clearing.“

called:
< This will add :

dom exceed 10 above reste

that there 4s” very egre fog:

‘est pete, over

It has been continually observed.

other locality. on the Coast, t. Ther S

“proximate. ‘idea. ofthe advan
_ageous conditions of this locality,

~ and we are enclosing a booklet.
which describes the district in:

- detall.

~ After -peresal of the above, woul :

you kindly let "us, Know your opin= ;

jon of. this proposed site, and if

“you consider it worth having. one

2 GE your officials inspect it.”

Until we have , your report we-
shall. not..go. ahead..with. negot¢.
for “the lease of the
property, . but we feel comparat-
ively sure that. this can be sat~
Istactorily arranged. ©

So far as we know. there is at

present no leensed public fying

field- on Vancouver Island, - two

having been attempted in Victoria, }

but .they. were dropped. Almost

all. the Oriental mail liners touch

at Victoria on their way to Van-
couver. | Their passengers, dis<
embarking at Victoria &nd leav-
ing trom this airport, would save

from twelve to twenty-four hours §

one trans-Canada flight.

In the event of this being U-
“gensed and developed, what is
the nearest distance that a com-~
petitive airport could be estab-

round automobile ferry connect+ is rapidly being s settled by retired lished?

"Health is Wealth”
Every man is a builder of a temple called his body. We are all
sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh, blood,
Domes food and drink, What kind of tetple are you building?

sesev02t as logteat Health Foods

Dietary Food Su eve

sodas Viev

_ While we have no finances at
present, we believe that saificient

fmonéy can be falséd to put in

landing strips, hangars and cone
veniences,
Yoars very truly,
a GEORGE caay, |
industrial Committee,
Sidney Basinessmen’s Assoc«
- tation. .

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