, it ‘was decided to revive rangements. No sewing conven-
The, draw: was. duly | held, aaa having been obtained,’a com=*
“mittee. was > appointed to: deal
with this work. °

A discussion regarding - the
arrangements, ete., for the
Flower Show was held. 7 .

“The ‘closing varcgraph of this
ief. account of our doings must
“remain: “the” “same, as: thes
“lunch, - when" necessary,:and the “ticks are: once. more on the ramp= «
; _afternoon- tea_have | always - ‘been age and gave directions on how
2 feature. of.our meetings almost © to remove them.
from. the inception of the ranch, « Twelve sweaters, caps
as. geography. decrees that in- “mitts. were * handed infor. the
chipeligo: one must: take _ Unitarian Service Committee.
etor It was: ‘suggested that. these
~~ articles be handed into Mr.
. Emery. at’ the ‘annual, district
fe ‘meeting “to ‘be ‘held at. “Fulford
, On April 4. , 5
=. Mr. Doug. Brook -is. in Vic-
S 4oria visiting his family.” :

_, from. the. University School’f for:
the Easter holidays. =
Mr. -R. Turner: ‘from Steves-

io Mrs.
- her: suite’ above the. Wm. Brown’s

Victoria;:

“Spring: Island Lion’s. on:
Scheduled. for” Easter Saturdays,
“draws ‘1 near. oo

“home. |

Mrs. ‘ Fred ‘smith’ spent the

‘place on the Island is. “sponsored ~ :
-Sby. Salt: Spring Island Lions Club
~and proceeds will go to the Lions
ocal. community projects. ;
The waikers may start at Gang-.
‘or Fulford,’ a: journey. of eight
in iles Each walker is sponsored: 5

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~GALIANO

Mr. ‘and Mrs. George ‘Newton

Oo cery
: Mr. and Mrs, S, Riddell,:

_ AIL ‘doing oe well, :
WINS: SCHOLARSHIP

- “of Osoyoos, ‘Spent the past week-

Rita: Morris): Beacon" “AVE: Sid- e
“ney, has been awarded by Canada»
Council. a $4; 000 scholarship for -
1) his. conttibatie in’ the: field ‘of: ~
cart. He: “ae
Vancouver.

Knudson and family. .
--Milt, Fisher, accompanied by
his brother~in- law, Curly Crys-

~Tesident- of m

>in ‘the Valley. wed
Mr. and. Mrs. John Rees ‘are

couver | every. ‘weekend. to Gal=
“Ss “This- Sunday,”

new. Chestnut “mare,
“Filly”? to. jive in the Valley.
Miss Cherie. Dyer, of Vic=
- torla,

Dyer. ae
“Mr and. Mrs. E, "Sater “spent

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ent of Britist Columbia,

ae te service at Sturdies- ‘Bz

Thanks «to the work: ‘of: the w
2 ‘council, during the. past years,
and: recent letters from the pres-

“Mrs. Scott: ‘reported that the oe

“and noe

“there =
. Master. Billy, Logan. is home -=-

ton came over for the weekend.
‘D.L. Jackson" has ‘left:
most ‘of ‘our island gathered ‘at =

and. gone. to: live An. a suite in|,
{ : et take our~ ‘parts in the memorial. :

“Mr. and: Mrs.. -H; Cullerne from :
Vancouver. are. in their: summer :

‘winter in North. Vancouver : and. :

: “left: for North ‘Pacific: Cannery, -

~here;.
retire “and spend. ‘his’ ‘remaining...
days ‘on: the. island, a. plan never’.

s family. of Vancouver are spend=

relp. Fine a holiday. with parents, Mr. .-
she. was made as comfortable: - y. parents, Mr.

"as possible and taken:to hospital. - will, spénd one week: with | his

Mrs, Clara Sater, of Vancouv- -
‘Spent: a: few. days visiting =

~Mr, and Mrs. ' Everett. Whyte,

: end visiting. Mrs: Land Mrs. Hank ve

Successful Science Fair

~ tal, both of Glen Lake, spent. . :
“last Sunday. at. the Rees. Ranch :

ae “regular commuters from’ Van- ©

: ‘daughter :
iss ‘Roma. Rees . brought: over.

“spent. the weekend_ with.

her’ parents; 1 Mr. and. Mrs. Hal:
_the ‘elementary ‘division of the 7

Greater’ Victoria Regional Sci-~
ence Fair’at University of Vic~ ;

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reports from: ‘committee. chair-
men. “and noted with= pleasure
that the new street light :

ent council, “the offensive advert-

- ising 'sign,.. which has been. on
= the-Indian Reserve landon Mayne_
Island facing Georgeson Bay, ine
Active” Pass, will ‘be . removed te

on May Ist. ;
There. are “now 69° -meriibers. .

overnight. parking on: -Sturdie
. Bay.-wharf and boaters are re-
- quired .to: pay: for the’ privilege
» of tying their. boats to the wharfs::

“Queen. of the: Islands"? is. now’.
~in for her. yearly ‘overhaul, The
“wharfs: at Sturdies and Whalers
Bay are now. ander his care. ;

“Mallett: is “the. Federal oe
_ Government wharfinger. He says :

Mr, .

that -there will ‘not be- any more.

The annual dinner, with guest
speaker, will be held at Galiano.

"Lodge on April 27th, at 6 p.m.

Norman Elmore MeCoundl —

brings’an aura of sadness. To

those close to the deceased, it”

is personal ‘loss, one which time

~ will soften, but initially hard and _
.To those further away... -
isthe same. feeling: of’
loss; the departed one. has held |
<“his~ niche in: society,” and for

_ sudden.

some time that particular, niche
will remain unfilled, , :

Such a loss was sustained by.
at: the end-of January,

‘Mayne I
and..a.. few days .ago we-were
again reminded of-this.loss when
St. Mary Magdeline’s Church to
service, condiicted : by. the Rev,

“resting place ino our quiet church-
yard. ;

to the island in more ‘than one
way: In one sense he was part
“of the island.”

“years ago, as 4 child of four.

How . greatly he. has seen the

island . change. - Some “sixteen
“years ago he purchased property
on -which: he- planned: to

heir. sons, Ole and ‘Ivor: Sater
at: ‘their new home in ithe Valley.
“Mr. and Mrs. B: Masson. and

and : Mrs, “Ager. ‘Colin ‘Masson

grandparents,

; Death,. of necessity, always. :

Hubert: ° “Doody, and to .see his.
ashes. committed to: their final:

‘His first visit.
here .was..paid more. than fifty. |

7 “His chief island delights were _

hunting. and fishing. Few people :
had wandered over it so com-

pletely’ as he had in search of

deer, - whose habits he came to
know. intimately, and whom he.

“would: rather: track and: photo-

graph than shoot as a general
rule.° “Pew were the back eddies.
‘of Active Pass. that’ he- did not ©
- know: intimately, and “his. skili

--as a fisherman was legend. He

was a quiet and thoughtful man,
as becomes one who spends much .
of: his time in the bush and on
-the water... 08 =

By. training he was. a- eivil

engineer, : but had early become . }

‘interested in’ air’ “survey. work,

and much of -his life was spent.
in the various: aspects of aerial ©
. survey. During the ‘Second World

War he answered the call ‘of his-

: : -> “country, where his training be-.
“Norman McConnell was a loss

came of great: value in the Air .
“Survey. Company of RCE, espec-
ially after the invasion of Europe.
“His island interests were given
to'a variety of matters, but more

particularly. to .MIRA, to which

he gave much time and service,
. His” last’ day onthe island was
* partially spent in chairing a quite
“long: executive meeting .of this
Association. . The. following’ day
-a heart attack claimed him,
-. To most‘ islanders and. week~"

: ‘ end: people. his? memory: will re"
everal- pleasant” days” visiting

‘main... for. / many years to: come.

“To ‘his wife,: Shelagh, : Ais chi d=.

ren, -Mike, ‘Bobby. and Melinda
he island offers its condolences.
etn his: “passing "we “nave lost, a:
oman: who had. “always time. to

> offer a ‘helping hand. “What furth-.:

cer. can one ask of ‘man?
: A FRIEND.

Deen: Cove School holds

Sixty-four. boys ‘and . girls: of

«the . school’s » second ° “annual
Science. Fair.-and selecting. win-
“ners was - no easy task. for the

7 -five teacher judges. :

enthusiastic ° ‘about. the response
to. the second. such -fair held: in

his: “school. and..is hopeful that

some of the local prize winners
will be selected to: compete in

“toria’ next month. Regional win-
-Ners then. go on to.the 7th. an-
“nual Canadian-wide Science Fair

+ to be held on May 9 +. 11 at

U.B.C, in Vancouver, :
“There are many rules regard-

“ing exhibits but essentially each

student has‘ full freedom to se-

‘lect a topic, do the necessary re-...
search, plan and develop his own -
» presentation. ‘During judging the -

“entrant is required to explain

“-all.-aspects of the exhibit. and

. answer questions.

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Deep Cove... Elementary. School. ::
voluntarily entered. exhibits in.

» Principal : A, -G. Fry: was most o

vessels -

, an.

Fields of scierce from which
Deep Cove students selected their

“subjects, were photography, soil
erosion, « weather; marine life,
electricity, engineering, mathe-.
matics, physics, hvman physio-
-logy.and animal nature, :

First prize winner was David

“ Myers. of grade. ‘seven: whose .
5 father is Lieutenant Commander
-' Myers, Commanding: ‘Officer of.
“VU
“Bay airport. °
- a time: lapse ‘photographic study ©
ofthe life of a bean’ plant, >

33. flying” unit at Patricia :

Anna-Marie ‘Alger. of Chalet

. Road won. second prize’. with a
: study’ of..the human, heart, .

Her
‘plastic model: was cleverly de-

~ signed and clearly showed com-
“partments, valves and mainblood
With the model was °
a narrative explaining the heart .

operation.

was third prize winner, She
too selected the heart, produced
ingenious operating model
and displayed a very wide know-
ledge of her subject.

Most of the entries were by
grade G or 7 students but a

“number. from lower grades en-

tered and made very commend .
able exhibits.

Principal Fry can be justi-
fiably proud of his. fair and it

_is to be hoped that some of the

prize winners will be success-
ful in the regional and national
competitions.

Red Chevrons
Celebrate Ypres

The Red Chevron Assoc. of
Victoria and District will Com«
memorate the 2nd Battle of Ypres
at @ dinner to be held at, and
through the generosity of, The
Army Navy and Air Force Vei-
erans Club at 10C2 Wharf St.
Victoria at 7 pm. (doors open
at 6 p.m.) on the 24th April.

It is known that there are
some “Red Chevrons’’ in the
Sidney area who are not mem-=
bers of this Association, They
are cordially invited to attend
by phoning the seer etary at 383+
8313 for reservation.

“His. project was - =

Francis Welle of Patricia Bay :

Hello-again and a Happy Easter ~

ll.: -#Operation Move?’ begin
this month: “which. means Mayne

“Island: will: soon be our perman= -
re sure OU ss
ad' to hear the:
news: ‘as they “will at least know:
WHERE. to.-address.- our. -mail..-:

-ent -home.. We
friends, will be”

Thanks, Postmistress Mary
“for. Te- addressing and forward-:

ing ‘during. the . past few years. .

o Have looked “in vain for an
“held ‘recently. From all reports
it was very successful.
festivities.

~ for their fine work,

Boarding the Queen of Sidney

at Village Bay “Tuesday evening
were .the. Bill -Morsons, - Mrs.

summer home owners ‘at Gali-

“ Quite
a number of folks from off. the-
-island were on hand to enjoy the ..
Congratulations ° to eos
the. Volunteer” Fire Department oe

: account | of .the’-Firemen’s. Ball ..
~~ @rosson-a> woman’s grave: that

Millie .. Robson’ and the Jesse
. Browns... Also on. board. were ...
Mr... and Mrs.: ‘‘Sparky’’ New,

ano, © =

‘Recent guests ‘of the Bill Mor=
" sons,” Cher ry ‘Tree’ Bay, were

their daughter and: son-in-law,”
_Mr.. and Mrs. -Doug Forman of:
The Formans:-

“North Vancouver,

were on hand for the Firemen’s”,

Ball.” I
Betty Gosling and Ruth Jack of:
Vancouver. :

“~The Stu Frys and Cece Gard 7
ners ‘enjoyed: a. month’s. holiday:

in Hawaii during January. They

‘returned tanned and healthy. and:
are..gradually ..coming- down -out:,**
of “the: clouds” to’ the “mundane ~ >

Grand Chancellor

Addresses K. Of P.

The’ official visit! of:

Gene | MacDonald of . Cranbrook

to Victory- -Lodge #63, Knights -

‘of Pythias recently was’ pre-.
ceeded by a well attended banquet
provided” by = Victory:
“Pythian- Sisters, - in the Centen-
“nial Banquet Room.’

and presided © over: by. Chancel-

“Grand -Prelate, of B.C.,

Victoria; 2 KY: Witham, ‘Grand

Master. of: Arms of B. ‘C.; ‘from:

Other guests: have been =.

es. A eeae ‘by. the ‘father’s ‘knife

“on -an_ old. oak tree’ towering ~

outside. their. cabin. ae
maze’ “Of: nights: “and: “days” ,
cross ‘stood out, -to_ match ‘the

that.

day below. ‘The oak tree. didn't

Aunt Kath
- - 93.

Mrs. Frank Scott “(aunt Kath ©
as she was: known -to-her many

friends and relations) will spend |

her 93rd, birthday. April 13.-in:
a rest home’ dn:Nanaimo. :
Mrs: Scott: is.the only. surviv-»
ing’ member: of © the’ late : Rev,
and: Mrs. E. Wilson's family. of
11 children, all well known plon-
gers of Salt Spring Island.
Mrs. Scott’s daughter “Mrs.

“Beryl Weatheral ‘and grandsons — .
‘David and Rennie Weatheral re~-
. side, on 1 Galiano. Island. ;

business of: earning a living.
‘Betty. has been helping friend *
husband install attractive panel= |

ling on the walls of their Cherry.

; Tree Bay. home.

“Grand —
“Chancellor of British Columbia,

The ‘Ray “Cheeks were. over. :

last. week. end. to: : visit “Tangle- —
‘wood'?. “Their } garden: is gay with -
spring flowers. which ‘blend in
beautifully’ ‘with the. natural. sur-.

roundings - and other shrubbery _

“which: they. have’ planted. Rain -. *

or. shine Ray and: Dorothy. make®
every. minute count when they
are over. :

Speaking of. spring. flowers -
the roadside blossoms at Village

Bay are a welcome sight to the.

: travellers who pay their periodic ©.

--emanate

Courtenay; D.D.G. C..G. Spinks of :
»District --No.- 2, ° Vancouver: Is--

‘land, from Duncani. Past Grand
. Chancellors’ G. Robison of Vic-

toria and J.R. LeQuesne.of.Dun-~.
can, along with visiting members. .
Ledge :

from” °C apital

City”
#61, Victoria. 7

. A new member_was.welcome...

by initiation.
Mr. MacDonald's address to
the gathering was constructive

. and inspiring.

LADY GOLFERS:

PLAN PROGRAM

OA ‘meeting. of Jadies belonging
to the Galiano ‘Golf and Country
Club was called: by. Miss: Jean
‘Lockwood . last .Monday. for. the
purpose of planning: the season’s
‘program.

Asa result of the discussions,
the following ladtes wore elected

~ to various positions: Mrs. Doris.

Tothill, handicap reporter; Mrs.
‘BE, Lee,“Team captain; Mrs. G.
Steward, co- ordinator. of. local

competition; Mrs. Jessie Bell-

house, chairman of hostesscom-
mittes,
the meeting. :

These ladies will work in con-
junction with the new committee,
named at the recent annual gen-.
eral meeting: Miss Lockwood,’
Dr. H.D, Barner, Jack Howard,
Chuck Webb, Les Walton andGlen
Stahl. together with Rohert Aston,
elected treasurer of. the organ+
ization.

- Miss Lockwood chaired :

"Mr. nd Mrs. Albert Brau, form~
erly ‘of Tsawwassen, who have -

“veritable:
“ judging from." the’ sounds
--that’ direction. -
Grace is wondering: whether: the’

J+ visits to the island as well as to-

“Temple: the- ‘residents. ‘Our thanks: to the =:

laté Dalton Deacon for this lovely

“. display. ° COS ceo
At the meeting ‘which: followed, a ; ;

Master Mechanic, ‘Jack. Evans

lor-Commander W. Hetman, vis- ~ has. a’ work shop which is a

-itors present were: RH. Abbott, ad
from.

industry’ ,
that

“hives of”
from

planned extension to their home,
will ever get underway. a

A* welcome to new- residents,

moved into their beautiful new.
home at Georgina Shoals." ~

The Stan Carpenters are back
at their home on Bennett -Bay™:
after spending the winter in
Puerto Rico.
a decided difference in the tem-
perature, Welcome back folks.

Also returned after spending

-.the winter in. Australia is: Mr.

Frank... Pratt”
Ww elcome home,

of . Miners Bay.

The island was saddened by.
the. passing of ‘two. well known

residents, Carl Agar. of Cherry”

Tree ‘Place and Norman ‘‘Mac”? ©
McConnell of Miners Bay, They -

~will ‘be greatly missed: by. their®

many. friends.
to their.
their loss. .

T.V. personality, « Jimmy Neill’
is still making his twice weekly.
treks to the village for supplies.
On hand to assist. with trans-
portation is friend and neighbor
George Slinn.

Rev, Hubert Doody will preach
his: final sermon at St.. Mary
Magdalene Church. Easter Sun-
day... He and Mrs. Doody will
make their. home in’ Victoria
where Mr. Doody plans to con-
tinue ‘his studies in theology.

Our. sympathy —
wives. and families. in

Best. wishes for success in their

new venture.

Mack Truck - _ 1929 Vintage

“They are noticing.

Venerabie 1929 Mack truck parked behind Clair Downey’s service
station on Beaton Avenue in Sidney is owned by Barry Bennett and
Maurice Collins who bought it from Evans, Coleman and Evans in
Victoria last June, drove it to Sidney under its own power and
again in the town parade in August. They plan to restore it to its
original appearance and keep it as a relic.

family and knew the sorrowwhich
“the motherless: home’ had felt.

-. When the. rough hewn coffin had~
been lowered _ “gently into. the

ground. and the last spadeful of | 7
~earth had been placed ‘and level-

“16d -~ the oak tree trembled and

: cradled the treasure with. it’s

roots and sheltered the grave with

J iPs: branches. . a a
.The boy liked to help his father

hunt and fish, They would whistle

“together » “=: a'recent accomplish- —
o “ment: for. the boy and one he was

very, proud: of... It was a chard
‘life. --but, satisfying; every day
his father ‘would teach him some-
thing new, it was exciting. - and
the ‘boy was a willing pupil, To-
day the bulbous ‘root of kelp
had been. magically turned into

‘-a horn, and°after the father had

finished, the boy. ‘was ‘told. the

Indians in days gone by, hadused ~-

this very idea ‘to signal’ back and

~ forth: to each other. Svetlana
~ Lying-in bed in the evenings, :
» they could hear the “forest,- still

awake and busy with the: ‘struggle ,
of. existence, |
prowling by day would be resting

_ for another onslaught. - upon the «~~

~ advent. of sunrise. °-Pather and

gon would ‘be lulled into slumber,

But the hand of heartbreak was
Sto: intervene. in this speacefil sett- =
“ing.

-he would follow up inte the hills, .
Taking: his. gun, he-told_ the. boy ;
to wait in the cabin for him - he
wouldn’t be gone very long.

The boy was: becoming” -rest-
less. He: looked out’the window
and watched the. arms. of time
~ slowly: passing, each hand grip=
‘ping.a. shroud of fog. It-closed -
“in’'on:, the valley, -‘menacingly,

like a threat of doom, blocking™:

out: the® “Sky. from thé lands “His”
“father. -had - now been ‘gone: ‘most ;
of ‘the day. and: he -was torn bet

ween: confidence anda. ‘sinking

feeling of despair, “He. put on his
coat in “an “unhurried manner,

© his: ears Straining: ‘for the sound :
of footsteps. Only. silence. May-

-be:his father was coming down
the path. He: would go to meet
him... He- opened: the ‘door and
“which greeted him. ; “yi
The ‘father had been tracking
and _washeedless’ of time,

difficulty, he returned home.
‘Son! .Sonl?? :
“The ‘boy’ Ss coat was’ gone.” The

father’ s heart beat unsteadily ;

He ‘rushed'out - leaving the door
‘gaping. in sympathetic horror.
. His voice.roared through. the
fog. At first with annoyance.
The boy should have stayed in
the cabin: -The young pup! When
he found him, he would thrash
him’ for. sure!
_ way to desperation. Darkness
‘join the. fog: in: an alien alliance.
- Thoughts ran rampant through his
“mind, ‘Would the boy remember.
‘the. kelp horn?. Time - - that
friend of happy leisure - - was now -
an“ enemy. -. Stumbling, “crying,
his voice hoarse, he pleaded for
“his son to answer. Thenhe heard

. & low- moan of a kelp ‘horn. His”

heart leapt.

“Over here, son, I'm over
here!"’.....silence.

“Boy. oeG0 You hear me?....
Oh, God...God help me!’

The response was quiescent.

He stumbled blindly into un-
vielding bush. His face scratched
and bleeding, he swayed unstead~
ily - which. way to go, which
direction should he turn, he
“couldn't see.more than a foot in
front.of him.

Once again: he: called out .-
feebly ~ and without hope. |
“Morning came and viewed the
scene. below - a man hollow-
_eyed with grief staring out
through a cabin window, Time
was still an enemy - the old
oak tree was ignored. And so
on moonlit nights, when restless

” spirits roam the darkness, the

sound of a kelp horn drifts faintly
over the valley and a man’s
tortured voice can be heard -
calling for his son.

BABE RUTH
REGISTRATIONS

Any boy 13, 14 or 15 years
of age and living in the Sidney,
Deep Cove areas and wishing
to play Babe Ruth Baseball this
year is requested to be at Sans-
cha Hall on Saturday, April 13th
at 10:60 a.m. for registration.

The greatest distance betweeri
any two points. in the United
States is 5,850 miles from Elliott
Key, Flofida, to Hawail’s Kure
Island.

Those” creatures -

“The tather left before daybreak ;
heading toward the creek - which

The :
fog was .too-thick now and. with |

Annoyance gave |