elected’ a Shire reeve who. han led disputes between: reeves and "being elected by ‘the. people, and: a gap widened between the Reeve heir. “various. -buroughs- “and-was “accountable to the king: © This: was” the happy state. of affairs 2 until 1066 “when ~Prench:’moved:-in and bilingua- “- lism. and). “The. French ‘Fact?’ reared its ugly head for the first. d” time. or ; “England thereafter had two “Port | “lish; friendly’ — the Norman. always. -oted’ “States, * y ~ Monday “Friday th 145 PLM : HI Saturday 6:50 P.M. & 00 Pd FRESH LOCAL GRADE A ? ae & Ww HOLE or’ READY 10 EAT. | | : SHANK HALE) =~ pain ms ° = CANADA . CHOICE and. CANADA. GOOD TOP SIRLOIN STEAK .....us. “SIRLOIN TIP ROAST. BA NANAS. veces cqevensetneens 2 LBS, FOR ‘2 oe CARROTS..........012 CELLO. EACH. 39° HOME FREEZER SUPPLIES MON. - SAT., 8 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. FRIDAY NIGHT Tit 9. 00 ¥ SPICE sana SHOPPING. HOURS sented a “charter. to: “Greeted, all. burgesses within “London. both, Frénch. and: Eng=. ‘and promised to”; The system: of reeves, however, was used by: . the’ Norman kings’to collect tax- “es and the: reeve | became an... observe their:laws.> appointee’ of the king ‘rather than and his Aldermen who were still elected, © Any child today can iell you of the difficulties Robin Hood “had at. that time with the. Shire Reeve of Nottingham who wanted to collect-his taxes for the king. ; Tax collecting is a thankless job, The tilte of shire reeve ~ still: survives in® England: as a: magistrate and, of course, as an elected peace officer in the Uni- “The. diffi-. » THURS., FRI, SAT. APRIL At 12613 x] fl Greatness! “sou c ‘SIEGEL 2 PRUOUCTION Walia \ HOLDEN: RIGHARD. WIDMARK E © PANAVISION® © oe : COLUMBIACOLOR ae ‘Behind the scenes, its opening nights, its dreams.. TECHNICOLOR’ EE HEDIS LET CNY meme ED ARAGHIAM: LEGNNO LIVRONSIY LEMANDER SHPLENY GOT Spee P HED EACVORY OR DaRONOY ALDIMOKR SHLD es THE BOLSHO! THEATRE. SYMPHORT ORCHESTRAS [Prxeke ll ALSO WALT DISNEY’S FEATURETTE Yellow Stone Cubs ‘Gosforth’? treasurer, s “Reeve: of | London ‘and . as -any™-student of, * Bonanza’? can tell you., © rh “Thomas. a Beckett;. the first... o Archbishop of Canterbury mur- dered by order of the king, was - “sa son of Gilbert a Beckett, Port © ~ Reeve © of sJ.ondon." culty of bilingualism ‘and. bieul- . “zens were bound by oath to accept : ~ the’ decisions of “those™ associated. with him,> ‘dignity - of: the - new and wondering what the ‘unpredic=- : Sigg citable’ ‘stallion: cat James Bay will | “do next, wet One - notable sentence ‘still to _.be read inthe original declaration was a sheer delight from start.” the: “Magna - ‘Carta? - «Charter, “~be™ seen in: the British’ Museum os signed’ at. Runnymede. ‘over 30 . years ago: states ° “NG” Freem ~ shall be ‘seized or dispossessed : Save. by.: legal - judgment of his - a To- no. man will we sell, or. deny, *SOr delay” the right to: ‘justice. ” Community Chest ‘Hects Officers — ~ Lion Motor Inn, . bell, Minister of Soctal Welfare, . Appeal, ‘Closed On ib crt Fre ser=.. ‘vice directors, Donald M, Agnew, 28 “John D. Askew, ‘George: Hafer.and. John: Li. MacAulay. -° Sergeant-."" ; Wilfred D. “Price, turalism in those’ days ‘was re- “solved by. the. English in ‘their own inimitable. “way. “They. had meetings, conferences and tal ed, and. talked, (the Magna | Carta. in| 1215 was. part. of ‘the series of talks) .until after almost. two. centuries it had resolved itself, — the people.had intermarried and * so also had.the language....To-... . day the farmer and worker herds _ his ‘swine’! he kills a “pig’’~ good Anglo Saxon words but cook-~.** ed and on the master’s table: it” ‘becomes ” ‘porque + or ‘pork’? (French) ~' you find this in cow.-*. * beef and mutton - - sheep and many. : -other. examples of the language : ‘today. . So. also in the operation of the town of: London,: the Alder- -men objected to being ruled by the = ‘royally. appointed ‘Reeve, the tax collector.-They sought (and suc- ‘ceeded. in one of these confer-- a ences -I spoke about) to elect'a .:~ -. leader: from. among: themselves; “It is believed that in 1192 “Henry. Fitz: Alwin was--elected - “by: his. fellow’ Aldermen.” j It'is- on record that in 1193 the citi- = The. “convincing. evidence. ‘last’ ‘Friday in Sidney. “While all other civie | ‘ranks - Gray among her’ ‘Tate: hu and’s papers was of particular inter- “est to at least.two resid —ricia : -Bay. Sidney, Harvey Lutz, Shoreacres .~ Road, and Charlie Cox, ‘Oakville: ‘The: letter urged- the: establish. ment of an: 4*aerodrome’! at Pat= The man to whom | -it.. was addressed, : Bob Dodds, » er who had. drowned.:. ” was hot only a. friend of their boyhood - in “Hamilton, Ontario, “but later became a: war hero of - allied “bombing missions during _ the First World War. \, - Captain. Rob Dodds’ Royal Air - Force ‘squadron was credited with bringing down « more’ German “planes than any other bombing squadron in France, Asa fight- “er-bomber pilot he shot down 11 ~. Squadron. “with - German planes. mander of - the 101st Bombing He Was. “decorated the Distinguished Flying Cross by King George V. “Bob’s first interest in flying — .came when he was.i1 years old,~ - and he ~and- his brother: each -a- dive ‘into the swamp off the ~ ‘Beach Road, : received - $1. for dismantling and. carrying - out parts of a downed Farman machine after British flying instructor J.V. Martin took This was at the first air: meet in Hamilton in _. 1911, when Canadian pilot J.A.D. , McCurdy accepted terms but.one day housing. is still: something ¢ of a miracle. the “Mayor. and: To show ‘that it is virtually true, © ‘the: ‘above photographs provide* “This pre- ~assembled home: is: the. ‘Product. of “defeated ~ American arles. F, Willard by flying : 35 miles in 36 minutes. Mr: Lutz .recalls another oc- “rcasion ‘when a “machine ‘came At ‘start ‘of day, nothing appears above the © foundation. and ground flooring and large’ ‘truck: is unloading walls, windows; doors, ceilings, insulation: ard drywall: : The 4.30 picture -shows. the’ progress made in one.day except that.the plywood roof : panels were iully:installed.by 5 p.m. Total building time from sod : turning to occupancy. is stated to be five weeks. a -Our. word ‘Mayor™ stems: from the. French ‘‘Maire’? which. in itself reaches back to the ™ “By. DOROTHY PEARSON ithe. “'Maior.- ondary ‘School: choir, under: the’ / direction of, Don Kyle. ooo the usage has ‘The: occasion’ was” the” annual Hall:.when “Auxiliary wives ‘of ‘Second ‘World War veterans .en- reinstated ‘as. an elected officer, made by Mrs. Av Gunite These through: the years, especially as ‘by about: fifty choir members, or Great The original copy to Civil Defence. Course Completed “2 Seven local:men recently com- - pleted ‘a* Civil Defence commun-- ications ‘course at Sidney. These men, all volunteers, were. “suce ‘cessful ‘in’ obtaining the Depart- ment of Transport RRO cert ‘peers or: the law. of the land. . The: successful candidates were; Douglas Hannan, “Jim Polden, Graham, E. McCall. was re~ Lewis Grabham,’ Pat Eckert, Al elected - President. of. the board ~ Smart, Vernon Hardingham, and. Of: directors ‘of the Community Charles Douma, - - “ Chest of Greater Victoria at its ° annual. meeting “held. last week | inthe Banquet Room of the Red _Ranns, munications officer, The Honourable Dan Camp- procedure, the successful cand- was the.guest speaker. ..idates~ meet every Wednesday ' Elected. First Vice-President was L.J, Glassford, with G.F, Auchinleck as Second Vice- . President. . JR. ‘Noble was re-elected to the position of Treasurer. | : . Members of the Executive ~ ‘Committee, in addition to these four officers, are R.B, Hutchison, C.E, Wesson, Mrs, T.H. Johns and Larry Ryan. During the meeting Mayor Hugh Stephen presented an engraved plaque to Mr, Auchinleck, who headed last year’s suctessful - United Red Feather-Red Cross _in-- recognition. of his service to the community. , toom in the Sidney Town Hall, -where wireless exercises are ~ conducted under the supervision of Charlie: Douma. It-is planned to conduct acom- munications course in the Ceritral “ Persons interested should-con- tact Charlie Douma at 656-1763, In addition to the communicat- ions, there is a requirement for radiological scientific ‘officers and radiological . defence offic- _ ers, plotters and monitors. Plot+ ‘ters and: monitors can be trained locally, Radiological scientific officers must be train~ ed at the Canadian Emergency Organization College, Arnprior, Radiological defence officers can be trained either at Arnprior or at the Provincial Civil Defence College, Central Saanich. Sidney Library Good Friday the above courses or participat- The Sidney Centennial Library ing in any other aspect of Civii will be closed on Good Friday, _ Defence are asked to phone C. April 12 but will be openasusual E.C, MacNeill, Civil Defence on Saturday. Co-ordinator for Sidney, North net Saanich and Central Saanich at 656-2335, The city of Hue, in South Viet- nam, hag more than 1,000 uni- versity students and a popula~ tion almost 100 per cent Viet- namese. _ Since 1958 almost 12 million Heart Fund dollars have been channeled into medical research, aa se “standing = ‘ovation™: “was. ac- SS corded Saturday night to the young : “people “of Claremont Senior Sec- ~ some. -, Solos, Old-War Vets’ party at the Legion | , tertained over 2. hundred, includ- 7 ‘ing comrades, their- ‘wives. and os Each lady guest: was 5 presented - witha dainty, satin rose corsage, ~~ Mrs. -Gunn_.is.not.at call. well... The varied concert, presented _ -to finish. The program included ~ : ‘he - and. Mrs. : ‘portation. _licious . lunch: Course instructor was Sam. Claremont School Choir Entertains Veterans | many ‘numbers. 5 by the 5 choir, ‘both: in? ‘English and other: ‘languages, ‘unaccompanied; piano at’ the time. these songs were popular and. they: might have dif-"* ficulty with the words. A special tribute was paid by: Done Kyle to: Miss. Frances -Crampton,. youthful. accompanist.. for...the group, for. her ‘valued assistance to him and for her many. talents. - R.H. Tutte was the M. C, and, Tutte chads been instrumental in obtaining the very _-popular . entertainment and: had also -helped. to arrange trans~. - Mrs. ful program, -In ‘a’final. vote of - “thanks, the entire audience arose. -