ember. of. BC. Division: “Canadian Weekly ‘Newspapers’ ‘Assn. : “Member : ‘of. Canadian Weekly: Newspapers’. Association Member of Audit Bureau of . Circulations: : Member “Class “A’ Newspapers : : ~ Telephone 656-1151: , SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per yzar ty mail, “Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, -' Ottawa and for postage paid in cash.. _Display advertising rates on application. “2 "Wednesday, June 26, 1968 Pleasant Retirement Scores of= friends. of ‘Norman E. West, ‘many of 2 yrmer: ‘pupils,° will unite in wishing him- many é of. ‘pleasant | retirement, After teaching , in. Sidney _ for the past 29 years, . Mr.. West is retiring at” the: end of ‘this: ‘month, With Mrs. West he will ith: the students alike._ He instilled in the: gsters a desire to work hard and get ahead in . Many of them,: today adults, have much.to thank» “for. His. activities were not only centred on ‘lassroom : for he always found time to engage is. “contribution. to Sidney and district has been notable one. Lge the field of. proposed hospital construction in this’ 4 week ago it appeared to be generally agreed w_ hospital to. take the place of aging Rest for hospital planning unquestion- new - hospital, e- sooner that the puzzling situation: is clarified, : better for, all concerned. : Noteworthy Cor Contribution’ | At the recent’. annual - ‘inspection of the Sidney - Squadron, Captain. Reid Hannan who had commanded the unit: for the entire 10 years since-its 2 german, . His departure is regrettable but order. Ss - “best: squadron in B.C.’’ a few years ago. Indeed, . the last ‘splendid performance witnessed by several ; hundred members of the public could again win top _ ‘provincial ranking. With -the ‘competent staff of officers and instruc~ - tors which he assembled, he has organized the training of several hundred boys from North and Central Saa- “nich. and ‘Sidney in the fundamentals of aviation, discipline, citizenship and leadership, Without doubt “his efforts have greatly assisted the development of confidence, | pride and bearing in large numbers of , Our young men. These qualities will serve them well in the years ahead. Reid Hannan’ S handing over ceremony and departure was not without considerable sentiment which clearly rents and all associated with him. He will not be ~ forgotten easily and in the years to come, many “young men who -‘‘found’’ themselves under Captain Hannan’s command will credit him for the instruc- _tion he gave, the fine example he set and the personal sacrifices he made, Xmas Pantomime To Be Performed The Peninsula Players are al« Directed by Nell Horthand pro- ready beginning the preparation duced by Vivian Cowan, the pan- of their next production,aChrist- tomime will require the enthu- mas Pantomime, “Dick Whitting~ siastic backing of the whole com ton’, which will be put on at maunity for its suecesstal pre- Sanscha Hall in Decernber. Sentation. The director and pro« This is a most ambitious ven= ducer wish it to be known that ture and will iavolve many lo~ anyone with a talent for design, - . al organizations, such as dance acting, or other Stagé-crafts will and music groups, be welcomed to the club, : 5 YEARS AGO™ : 7 nized. inthe’ new. St. ae pher’s church on Saturna. Island, . . Mrs. Geraldine | Dick, daughter: "and |. Mrs, united “in ‘Marriage to John Hul= ‘ “cently ve good, sound, . sane reasons: ‘for all their - L pital on June 20. At -is -no- ‘wonder that the.’ 5 Handed over the reins of office to anew he has: earned a ‘Test and: leaves the house in good © : ~ During: his: tenure of office, Mr. Hannan led his. “squadron. “to -many honors - ‘including the rating of . Showed the respect he has earned from. cadets, pa- . ce “Reflections | From The Past (TAKEN "FROM THE BA RLY. -. ‘FILES OF THE REVIEW) | "AL the . first wedding. solem-. : Christo-. of pioneer, residents the late Mr, Gerald Payne, was: bert of Koksilah. Mrs. Arlene Ward, Mrs. Elsie ° Worthington and’ Miss Bea. Ha- ae milton of Salt Spring Island jour- ° neyed to Yellow Point Lodge re-'; to attend. the - annual - meeting of the Canadian Women’s ' Press Club, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Webb, Clayton -Road, Deep: Cove, cele- brated their 50th wedding anni-_ versary. They were married by . .. Bishop. Matheson, St. John’s Ca- Winnipeg on June 2 thedral, 1913, . Referendum calling for ‘the. . provision of additional school ~ facilities at Ganges. and a. tea- cherage at Galiano was defeated ‘on Saturday. The by-law was to. provide for. the. borrowing © of - $179,246: fora -science. room.. and an auditorium-gyminasium at Ganges and the. teacherage at Galiano. 10 YEARS AGO This year has established a record in weather, J, J. White, one of Sidney’ s oldest citizens re- calls no previous summer’ since leaving Ontario when it was un- comfortable to sleep at. night with more than a sheet over him, The record ‘is a long one for » Mr. White left Ontario, around 1890 and has. lived in Sidney ever since. Plans have already been pre~ pared for the runway extension at Patricia Bay and an entirely new access road to the.site of “the new administration buil- ding on the south side of the airport, ; _ William Joseph Walker, who : was born .in Jersey, Channel Is~ lands in‘1883 and who: came with . -"his- family “at the age: of: nine to Martindale Road, Saanichton, passed. away in Rest Haven Hos- “Gordon Webster roturtied k to the’ - Dominion Experimental Farm on June 16, He has been on edu- cational leave jor the last two “ years. attending Oregon State Cal- “Jege at” Corvallis. . ee his’ Ph.D: ‘and his’ thesis” was a® He received soil ‘chemistry problem dealing: “vwith certain properties of acid, soils in relation to lime: require- .- ments. 25 YEARS AGO ‘Flying Officer and Mrs. T: B: Toye have returned from their honeymoon trip to Banff and Syl- van Lake, Alberta, and have taken up. residence inthe Beacon Apart-_ : ments, Fulford Harbour spiritualist “Camp. starts its fourth succes. “sive year. on July 1st and will remain, open during July and _ August,” NLA, Brand, deputy controller, has. warned that everyone should order. his coal now and be pre- .. . pared to accept any kind type or size that is: available, Custo- mers: will be: fortunate to get -coal, 45 YEARS AGO | - Rapid progress is being made in the construction of the road into Sidney. The work will be completed by the second week in - July. On Thursday ‘evening, last week, The Pender Island Straw~ berry.: Festival, under the: aus~ pices of the Women’s Missionary Society, was held in the grounds of Valley Farm, the residence of Vv. W. and Miss R. Menzies, Among those present and parti- cipating in the musical program were; Mrs. Will Moliison and Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. Heather- bell of Victoria, Mrs. W. B. John- ston, and Mr. A, Hamilton. From Galiano Island came. a report that The Dibola Logging Co.’s teams arrived last week, the heavier team weighing about 3600 pounds. With the ar- rival of the teams they are now able to get the logging properly underway, The sports committee of the Sidney Amateur Athletic As- sociation has made arrangements for the field day to be held on Dominion Day, Several open races have placed on the pro~ ‘gram and the Indian War Canoe Race should be an excitingevent, The day will wind up with a dance in the Berquist Hall. Upwards of 50 of the leading dairymen of the province met for their annual tour of inspection of ‘dersey herds. Each year a dif- ferent section of the province is visited. This year it was de- cided to inspect the hetds in the North Saanich district. “ture, Early in June; a very impressive ceremony took place at Sanscha ' Hall when Jill ‘Tomlinson, past Honored Queen, conducted the cere mony ‘of Betiiel 54. of the International Order of Job’s Daughters, ’ Honored . Queens and.Past| Honored ‘Queens - from Victoria: and Laneford took ‘part, Pauline: Marshall, and Junior Princess, after the installation. centre; For the next term the Honored Queen will be Senior. Linda Ball, Princess, - Diane’ Doney, - left; with Masonic relationships are eligible to join the order. Anglican Guilds Jointly Sponsor Garden Party BY PARISHIONER At the. meeting of the Holy Trinity Guild, held on Thurs- day, June 20th, at the home of Mrs, PJ. Burchett, members were informed of, and warmly approved, plans ‘for the sum- mer garden party, to be spon- sored jointly by the Anglican parishes of St, Andrew’s and Holy Trinity Churches. : Saturday, July 20th, at 3 p.m." is the::date set, and the spacious © lawns of: the home of Alderman F.C. Adams and: his. son-in-law and daughter, Lieut. Comm, and Mrs, I. McPhee, 9690 West Saa- nich Rd. have been made avail-_ able -as the: locales. Sitting areas with comfortable. chairs will be provided as. well as the many tea tables, and soft emusic will be a, background fea~-. 7 Mrs.. K.R.H, “Roberts “as: co-corivener with Mrs, McPhee - reported "to Mrs. .J.M. _the membership. Harvey reported as “tea-convener, and accepted vol- ™ . unteers for kitchen-work, as well as the offer of young workers - for serving. The two altar guilds, or Mrs, T.R. Melville, 656-1020, as delivery points. The garden- produce stall, organized by Mrs. J.D. Pearson, 656-2043,. will be glad of donations of fruit, vege~- tables, cut flowers and plants, Also discussed at the meeting was. the excellent. and inform- ative ‘talk given by..Mrs. W. Osler, . St. Stephen’s: branch of the Canadian Anglican Women, at the last meeting; and as a re- sult it was decided to have an- -other speaker in the fall, social work being. the subject chosen. The next meeting of the Holy Trinity Guild will take place on September 19th,. at.the home of - Mrs. J.W.C. Barclay. In the meantime, hearty in- vitation is extended to all mem- bers of both parishes to bring - their friends.to:the garden party and enjoy. what promises to be a - very pleasant event, . Refreshments were served: Girls between the ages of 12 and 20 and . "Famed Bells “By RINGER.” ~The: people ‘of. the diocese of : Exetér have -good reason: to be “proud of the bells of their cath- edral. - In, the north tower they have the oldest bell of its weight “lin the British Isles; and ‘in the south tower they have the second heaviest ringing peal of, bells “J: inthe. world, and many people « « think it the finest in tone. What -is. more, this ringing peal of 13, . though its. bells: blend together iso Sweetly, is the product of four different. centuries and six dif- = ferent founders. - *Peter,’’ or “the Peter bell’, ‘is the name of.the great clock- bell in the north tower, He is- hung ‘‘dead’’ and is struck with a hammer, though. the gudgeons _ in his: huge headstock show that “he was once’ swung, : bell in the kingdom comparable The. only in age and weight is “Great ~Tom’’ of Oxford, which is four years younger than ‘Peter’, An- other much older “Peter’’ at Gloucester; dating ‘about 1450, ~is-no more than 58 hundred- weight. Our “Peter’’ has not been weighed in modern times, but with a diameter of 74’ must . be in the neighbourhood of four tons. His inscription includes a Latin leonine hexameter: Plebs patriae plaudit dum Pet- rum plenuis audit. “The people of the land ap- plaud when they hear Peter loud- er.” ° St. Andrew’s Anglican Church officials have long. been. looking for a recording of some famous bells and now have been pres- ented with a tape recording, one hours playing time, of the above bells, courtesy Mr. and Mrs. J. Taverner, Orchard Ave., who taped’ the above bells on their recent trip to England. St. . 7 these. bells for the next~ few Sundays and members feel that ‘they are well worth listening to. ‘Breaking. wooden. maiches™ in two after use ensures that they are out. | [Meditation ‘Read: Luke 6:27-36 Andrew’s will be playing . Rev. A. Schoap, “The- Drakes”, p.m, FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH Fifth Street, 2 Blocks North Beacon — ‘Rev. Irene Smith, 656- 3216 . “ -Rev.L. Johnson, 656-3544 “Youth Evangelist and soloist, also Western Singers, will be with us on ' Friday, June 28, .7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 29, 7:20 and Sunday, June 30, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. . om under Mrs. G:R. Stuart-and Mrs; F. McCombie will provide deli- - cious sandwiches and squares | for the tea. Members of both parishes are asked to donate to the home- cooking stall, convened by Mrs. R.B. Walsh, and if unable to deliver goodies on the Satur- day morning to the garden party, ~ may use Mrs. Walsh, 656-3566, = —-- nt BAHA'I | FAITH THE WAY TO PEACE } Nature is warlike, nature is bloodthirsty, nature. is tyrannicul, for nature. is unaware of God the Al- -mighty, .That is why. these cruel qualities are natural to the animal world. .. Therefore the Lord of mankind, having great love and mercy, has caused the - appearance of the prophets and the revelation of the Holy Books, so that through divine education humanity may be released from the corruption of nature and the darkness of ignorance, be confirmed with ideal virtues and spiritual at- tributes, and become. the dawning place of merciful emotions. ‘tA hundred = thousand ‘times, alas! that ignorant prejudice, unnatural dif- ferences and antagonistic ‘principles are yet display- ed by the nations of the world toward one another, thus causing the retard- ation of general progress, This retrogression comes- from the fact that the prin- ciples af divine civil- ization are completely ab- andoned, and the teachings of the prophets are for- gotten, ( | , —