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“SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW |

president, was in the ‘chair. vies

» Incoming . officers for 1968-69

president. Dud- Johnson, ~ and

~.. directors John Askew, Walter:
- Bloxham, Peter Burchett, John

‘Graeme and Donald Smith; treas-
“urer, Peter Siemens and sec-
- retary, Mrs.’C.F, Chappell. °

Mayor A.W. FreemanandMrs.
Freeman, Reeve J.B. Cumming

and Mrs. Cumming, and Coun-

cillor Percy Lazarz and Mrs.
Lazarz. were representatives of
*the:Town of Sidney. and the Dist-
* riets of North and Central Saan-

ich. respectively. The blessing |

was invoked. by Rev. Canon F.C.
Vaughan-Bitch.

Tables had been tastefully dec-

- Orted by Mesdames: Bea Bond,:

D.W, Hammond, Vivian Cowan |

-and A:R, Spooner, ‘and the ac-

commodation.of the handsome -

dining. area. was. taxed to the
limit.
7 at the piano. :

“Success of the Chamber of ;

- Commerce: is. governed by. the

“= degree’ ‘of. the support of jits =
““..membership,’”? said Mr. Larnick,

_ in reviewing the activities of the
7 past year.
the Chamber has an active ‘inter-

caste dn. all. the” affairs.of~ the

community, and that its attitude
“must always be independent and
impartial, .

on Myr, ‘Larnick: paid high tribute
~to. the work of Mr.- and. Mrs.

Tavener in conducting the Visit-_

‘ors’ Bureau,: which he said had

pac been of inestimable value to thou-

sands of. callers in. the past
tourist season. Noteworthy also

was the annual Christmas’ Party”

“and the unqualified success of
ovo the. visit” of. the Bellingham
Christmas ship...

In the matter. of. the proposed.
breakwater : at the foot of Beacon:

~ Aves; Mr, Larnick said that the
‘brief for. presentation to the auth=
~orities:

for support to the.fullest extent,

Mrs. Flo Shingles, was

He suggested that..

: is nearing completion,
and -he complemented the coun-
‘ceils of Sidney and North Saanich ;
“dollar ” value: of: touris
breakwater .

Mayor Freeman added hi $ con-
gratulations. to Mr.

public relations... “The. Cham=.

ber has been: doing a. wonderful ©
‘job, and personally. I welcomeits |”
suggestions. and con- —

support, .
structive. eriticisms,’’
mark ad.

“Reeve Cumming ‘intrigued the
diners: with a learned and witty
chaim of remarks tracing the

he. re-

“evolution of reeves and mayors
.from. Anglo-Saxon and ‘Norman
French beginnings. His dissert-*
-ation is: reported elsewhere in

The Review. The regards” of
Central Saanich council were ex-

pressed. by Councillor Lazarz.

Niness prevented the attend-

ance of the announced guest
“speaker, M.Es Heppell, director

of Victoria Visitors’ Bureau, but
his‘place was most capably-filled
by ‘his assistant, John. Balloch,

‘who.confessed that he was making .
his. maiden address.

“He -said that “the. tourist in-

‘dustry. in Victoria’s second, if

not first, dollar earner, and quot-

ed some amazing statistics to.:

prove his point.
‘Today we must. revise our
thinking about what we so loosely

‘@all tourism," said Mr. Balloch.
«We need’ also: to revise. our
standards of what:we can‘offer,..°
as we are no longer dealing with ‘
: people from the U.S.A. and Can-
but ‘with people from
“allover ‘the world.” :
“He revealed that over 82, 000

ada only,

persons visited the Bureau: last

” year, and that enquiries dealt with

by mail’ totalled 102,311. Some
900,000 brochures. and trans~:

portation schedules are distrib~
uted by mail and counter service

annually, said the speaker:

‘At question time, Mr. Balloch |
“agreed that there is-a great need
for. well appointed trailer parks | ae

in. the, Peninsula are:

“particular “accommodation” the
_Greater:: Victoria: area. is sadly :

lacking, he remarked,

and Mrs.
year of office were thenewpres-° Tavener for a wonderful ‘job in

"ident, ...Wilfred..D; Price, vice-

He was placed qa one year of

eran ‘Chamber ‘member Georges

Cochran was called. upon, and.
his remarks. were heartily ac~
claimed.

- Magistrate's |
‘Court

Sidney magistrate’s court hada’ _
busy session on March 30 with ~
most cases associated with the
operation of motor vehicles.

James Gullingford was guilty.
of driving of when under sus-.
pension and fined $150 ‘or -21-
days. 7

Wesley Downey and ‘Robert
Boehin were each fined $25: for

‘speeding and Richard Assman

was. fined $18. for a similar of-
fence, :

James Chester was convicted
of driving. without a drivers lic~
ence and fined $25.

_Betty. Dawson. was. fined. $15

_for’ failing. to stop. at a-stop © 2

‘sign and’ Allan Johnstone“ was
fined . $25. for driving without
insurance. me
Wellington Boulier » was con-
victed of driving without due care
and attention and fined $25. .
Finally a juvenile was charged =~
with breaking, entering and theft. 7

probation. Set A ‘eos

DUDLEY JOHNSON

Hazardous: “pasition” of mot=

~ orists*wishing to turn: from: the

-north-bound :traffic lane off Pat-

icia Bay. Highway.onto Tanner ..

‘Road- was brought to the-atten-
tion. of Central Saanich . council
“last. Monday~'in' a letter from
Mrs: Isabel Watson, 629 Elaine
Way...
“Immediate: concrete - action to
correct the situation. .

To the suggestion: that the’ traf- “

» fie division’ of the department of

highways should be pressured in):
the matter, Councillor C.W. Mol-~
lard. remarked, ’"if we are going.
to apply pressure it should be°
for another. four -miles ‘of four~

*Yane-highway,"? -»

-“T read.a statement from the s

ex-minister © of highways to the
effect that Patricia Bay Highway

will not be improved for some.
‘considerable. time," commented :

_ Reeve R..Gordon Lee.

“Councillor Mollard remarked ~

that provision of a.turning Jane

_ gat. Tanner ‘would: bring pressure: “
for the same thing at other inter- &
: Motorists have’ the.

"alternative of going on to Keating =
_and swinging left there, “he ad-
vised.-Couneil voted to forward
the- letter: to the. traffic, depart- :

sections.

_ment,

From: recent surveys the total ;

inthe: Victoria: and”

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