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FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR.

No. 18

12 PAGES

SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C.

Wednesday,

April 30, 1969:

Subscriptions,

in advance,

year $4.0 00, Copy | 10F

» Will Ottawa ever answer the

“eratt

ulthough peaceful here, "
smoored. at. the

pleas jor waterfront protection from Siinew area
This ‘aerial. photo by Dane Campbell shows clearly how exposed the city
fat Whip into a hull- smashing fury:
s Brsican, Avenue ‘front door’ ‘,

city's

tect. the: door’
answer come?

Represe cnt ation has been amade on mans:
groups aud individu: uls for Departaient ot: Transport action on a breakwater to -pro-
heavy~ handed solicitations of the elements.

from

“different accasions dnd from : a variety of

When wiil the:

‘Hovercraft

‘3

¢

ov erman S.He.
.- Perry agreed,
had received no unfavourable .
_reactions.

‘Sidney and downtown Vancouver
has’ been sanctioned by Sidney
- Council on a. temporary basis
commencing Wednesday of this
week,

“We agreed to give. a iem-

porary permit to Pacific Hover-

craft to carry passengers while
the Air Canada strike is on,"?
stated Alderman H.H. Perry.

Sidney - Council. received a
letter from Pacific Hovercraft
Ltd:. requesting comments re-

_garding public acceptance of the
“hovercraft ona permanent basis.

“All the comments Ihave heard
have been favourable,’ said Ald-
Dear. :
Saying. that he

Alderman W. Gard-
ner moved that a letter be sent
to Pacific. Hovercraft. assuring
them that public reaction had been
most favourable,

. Meanwhile the tempor ary ser!
vice will operate between the
Bayshore Inn. and a location. in
Sidney near. the Anacortes ferry
dock; The schedule calls for
11:30 a.m, Vancouver departure,
to arrive in Sidney at 12:50

MAYOR FREEMAN.

IMPROVED

Mayor A.W. Freeman is ree
ported to be muci better today
foMowing a heart attack Situr-
day afternoon,

He was at home when the
witack occurred and was rushed
to St, Joseph's Hospitai by am-
bulanee, He will be at St, doe
seph's for at least the nest two
weeks and then, depending of
doctor's advice, may be moved
tn Rest Haven tu convaleser,

At present his visiturs ure
restricted to members of the
family and one member from
council,

alderman S.H. Dear stated:
Gy] was into see Mavor Freeman
Monday and he was resting
tortably. We are optimistic that
it won't te too long before he
will be back on his feet again.’

conic

akes Over
“Hovercraft service between | p.m.

 Byng Heaney,

Alderman.

Works,
point of view we want to choose

ae
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Departure -from Sidney
at 1:15 pim., arriving in Van-
couver at 2:25 p.m.

‘Vice-president
of the company, said the craft
would be met-in Sidney - by a

Vancouver “fsland. Coach Lines”

bus which will take passengers
to downtown Victoria, One-way
fare, including bus, is $12,

ye

in sone

of certain individuals

Wednesday of. the

rumours brought into the open.
This did not. occur.

. their piece.
Upshot .of the meeting was
the school and its faculty.

an with the
inalicious persons’?

phn Editorial
respects: Deep Cove is
Unly gossip and unproved rumours coneerning the morals
at the
have teen making the rounds on andott for the past six months.
The situation ‘reached such an unsavory height recently that:
the Deep Cove Parent's Association called
“parents of students. at the. school.
Association said: the rumours were disrupting the community
und were having un adverse effect on the teaching staff as
well as the students of the school.

The gossip-snonzers sat on their hands
despite repeated invitations. from. the chair far‘them to speak -

Therefore is.it not time that the school wis allowed t tw geu
job’ of teaching, unfettered by

avo rather sick conumunity.

district's elementary school

u meeting last
The

The Associadon wanted the

a strong vote. of confidence: in

the tongues of

|Sianey To Have First
Treatment Plant?

Sidney Council received a let-
ter Monday night from D.W.
Thomson & Company Ltd. ad-
vising that the feasibility study
of sewage treatment facilities
is underway.

At present they are reviewing
documents on sewer plans, popu-
lation trends and outfalls.as well
as considering various sites for
the location of the treatment plant.

“We are Icoking-at five dif-
ferent sites from the waterfront
to Canora Road,” said. William
Seward, superintendent of public
"From. the aesthetic

the best passible ‘site. ° The
plant will in no way be offensive,
nor will there be. any odor and
we plan to landscape.’'

Mr. Seward. reported that it
is the intention ta eliminate the
outfalls at Rothsay Street and at
Weiler Ave. and have all sewage
go through the 21° inch outfall
at Ocean Avenue.- The effluent
will be treated sa that it wil
be nearly as pure as drinking
Water and will be discharged
into the tidal fall,

“Treated sewage will be car-
ried out to sea and will noe
affect our beaches in anv was,”
commented Mr, Seward,

He went on to say that the
public works department is at
this time in the process of sep.
arating the storm drainage sss-
tem from the sanitary system,
Prior to this there was a six
inch cuifall from Beacon Ave.
which was ai result of storm
drainage gding into the sewer,
It is impossible to treat storm
drainage and so it will be con+
centrated sewage only which will

go through the treatment plant.
“We are heading for sewage
treatment as quickly as possible,

“subject to the approval of the

Regional District Board,” said
Mr. Seward. <*‘It won’t be long
before we will sce a treatment
plant, the first on the peninsula,
in operation.”

Orderly Park

Development

In his report to council Ald-_

erman HH, Perry, chairman of
the Parks and Reereation. com~
mittee, stated that the services
of R. Jackson, former Parks
Branch employee of Victoria have
been retained to assist in future
parks and: plasground: develop-
ment in Sidnes:, :

The Parks and Recreation
commitiee are seeking to develop
the parks in an orderly manner
and fo have plans drawn up to
serve as a guideline in park
development, Pricrity areas sill
be ascertained and the committee
Will work closely with local ehubs
that in the past have given so
mueh to park development.

In the planning stage is a
garden tspe of park with em-
phasis on relaxing and smal-
ler children areas, a promenade
for the sea front with wind break
aad benches.

A detailed plan for Tulista
Park will be submitted shortly.

“- feel that some publicity
and credit should go to the vol-
unteers in the local clubs «who
have given so much of their time
and effort many umes without
proper credit’? concluded Alder-
man Perry.

KINSMEN

_ joined = the

AUCTION.

Profit of more than $1,000
was derived: fromthe. «Sidney
Kinsmen ‘Action ‘Auction’ held
recéntly in Sanscha Hall, said
organizer Bob White. :

Thanks of the Club are once
again extended to the merchants
‘Of Sidney and Victoria for their
valuable — contributions, — to the
many private donors, and. to all
who helped ty make the event the
most sticcessful “of the whole
series, :

“It was a smashing sUCCeSS,
and all profits will go to the many
charitable and community causes
supported by Sidney Kinsmen,’
said Mr. White: He wished
especially to thank auctionver
Brock Tomlin for his valuable
services,

Over $100

Damage

There was over $100. damage
is a three ear collison ei Pugth
Street, Sidney at G50 pym.
April 24, ,

Stella Lundey of Filth Street,
Sidaey was proceeding south on
Fifth when she stopped at a stop
Sign. Roy Bint of Sidney stopped
hehind her. Fdgar Olive of Qak-
ville Street, Sidney struck the
vehicle driven by Rey Hunt which
in turn struck the vehicle driven
by Stella Lumley, There were
ne injuries.

Edgar Olive was given a traf-
tie vinlation notice for driving
without due care and attention,

On

School Building Permits Granted

BY GORDON EWAN

Saanich School Board has re-
céived full provincial treasury
board approval to proceed with
its school construction pro-
gramme throu shout the district
and tentative approval for the
metropolitian health board res«
pecting certain sites where there
is a sewage disposal problem.
All that now remains to get
construction underway is for the
respective municipal clerks to
issue building permits to the
contractors concerned.

Lowest bid tenders had been

submitted to the education de-
partment at the end of March
and early in April for formal
approval to award contracts, but
they had not been processed by
the last meeting. Faced with
the prospect of having the con-
tracts expire, Chairman Rubyvmav
Parrott and several trustees cal-
led on the Minister of Education,
Donald Brothers, to expedite ap-
proval. This was done and the
necessary approvals were grante

These included the construc~
tion of activity rooms and other
facilities, approvals for which

“withhold during the

it has been provincial policy to
last! few
years,

The Metropolitan Health Board
had refused to approve sewage
disposal plans as submitted for
Brentwood, Saanichton, and Deep
Cove sites where the ground
does not) meet percolation
requirements and local pollution
problems already exist. The
only solution is tc build a hold-
ing tank for effluent and to truck
its contents away periodically it
was said.

Following a letter of intent
from Building Superintendent,

Brean Shaw, and a request to
allow school construction to pre+
ceed while the required tanks
were being designed and built,
the Health Board granted ten-
tative appreval of plans and
recommended to municipal
clerks that building licences be
issued to the contractors con-
cerned. The health board re-
quires, however, that it appreve
the alternative sewage disposal
plans and that the facilities be
completed and in operation be-
fore the new school units be
used.

~ DEEP COVE

PIONEER DIES.

Frank John Morrell Norris;
10774 Madrona Drive, , DeepCove,
passed. away on April 23, 1969.
at, Shaughnessy Hospital, Van-
couver, in.ms Bist vear-

Mr. Norris had beena resident
ap Deep Cove all his life. “He
ritlended the old Deep Cove School:
and-one of his teachers was Sir

_Arthur Currie, commander ofthe

Cunadian . Corps.
War 1. Mr.
32nd Battalion and in June, 1916
Canadian” “Mounted
Rifles in F ranee, woe

‘For some time, Frank Nor-
ris’ father’ ran: the old Sidney
‘Hotel and Norris Road is named

‘during World

“after hima. 5
0 ORERE Shon War il, Mr.Nor~

ris: was employed at the airport

working on the construction and”

development of planes,

He is survived. by
Dorothy, Gne son Harold, daugh-.
ters) Mrs.

man (Sybil) of Deep Cove,
grandchildren, three sisters in

Vancouver and one in North Bend,
Washington.

Funeral services were held at ;

Hamilton Mortuary, Vancouver,

conducied by Padre EJ, Dassett.’

on Saturday, April 26.
tion followed. ~

At
small gathering of Mr. Norris’

Crema-

‘closest ‘friends: will: take place

at 10774 Madrona Drive. .Doctor

A.K. MeMinn will officiate, fal-

lowing -which “ashes of the-de-
ceased will he: sc attered over
Spanich Inlet.

Town Grant
To Be Matched

A arant of $500 for Sanscha
Hui’ will be included in. 1969
budget for the tuwn of Sidney,
it was decided by council Mon-
day night,

Alderman HT Perry made
the motion that $500 be granted
from the town and that this sum
he matched by the recreation
commission.

 poaD’’
fOBSTROCTION

Motorists driving
Downey road this week have met
with more than one ‘obstruction’.
The first is a large upheaval
in the road itself; the second
is a rather unusual method of
spelling the Queen's English.

west oon

BUSINESS TRANSFER

The old established business
of Keobke Motors on BevanAve.,
Sidney, has been purchased by
Mr, and Mrs. George Lamberti

Norris‘served inthe ;

his wife —

AR, Holmes (Thelma) |
“of Vancouver, and Mrs. -H, Cole-
four —

2.30 p.m. this Saturday’ a

Mill” rate “for general
municipal purposes will be
raised. 1.5 mills to” 16.5
in North Saanich for 1969

Seto! Fate, already an-
nounced, will be 29,76
mills; down 23 mills from
last year. 7 :
The wiunicipality’ s an-
nual budget was presented:
to Council © Monday ‘night’
by Alderman. G.0. Cump-
ston, Chairman: ‘of the Fi-
nance Cammmittee.” It was
given third reading and will
probably receive ~ final
adoption: atthe. next regu-
lar. council. ‘meeting - now
scheduled for May 5.
Administrative or gen-
eral government expenses
are considerably: greatér,
due: mainly, according | to
Mayor’ J.B, Cumming, to
extra ‘staff ‘and increased
salaries. . ;
“Welfare costs sare - Up
again,. essentially -he said
“as° the/provincial govern-
men. now assesses mun-
icipalities 20% pf costs in
lieu. of the previous 10%.
The severe. winter. wea-
ther has created an added
burden ‘and: expenses: for
the public’ works «depart-
ment....Capital ‘expenditure
for new. equipment and
roads are also sharply in-
creased and it was reported
that a-total of $95,000-will
be “spent on new reads and
road maintenance...
With regard’ to school
taxes, his worship observ-
ed that despite statements
by the premier - ta the ef-
fect that school taxes have
heen. reduced, North Saan-
deh proparty'’ ‘owners will
pay anvextra $35,000 this
fear. This. is due, he
aid,” tothe considerable
ncrease in. property, as~
essments,
Despite the rising costs
in - many departments,
council accepted the hud-
get unanimously and Ald-
‘rman Mrs. Nell Horth
stated that in Ker view,
the Finance Committee
had done a wonderful job
to bold the ingfease to
1.5 mills. . See page two
for full analysis of bud-
fet.

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NOMINATIONS
NOW CLOSED

Sidney By-election to fill the
vacancy on rounell created by the
death of Alderman. T, Wadhams
will be held on Saturday, May 10
Polling is at the municipal hall
between the hours of 8 a.m. and
8 p.m.

When the nominations closed on
Monday three candidates had filed
papers. WJ. Larnick ant FA,
Robinson were unsuccesstul. in
the elections last December; the
third candidate to seek office is
Len Bland.

The Review will give a full
coverage to the three candidates
in the issue of May 7.

* *
Warning Lights
Provincial department of high-

ways has been requested by North
Saanich and Sidney joint fire
cominittee to Include a suitable
and adequate fire warning light
system at Patricia Bay Highway
and Beacan Avenue in the plans
for Teconstructicn.

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Citizenship i

ae

Wi inner of Sidney Rotsry Club's

“annual Adventure’ in: “Citizenship
speech. contest held on: “April: 23 |:

at Hotel Sidney was SydneyMaria

“Dr um, 10281 West Saanich: Road.

She qualifies for a four-day stay

study -of Canadian: ‘democracy and
political system’.in action spon-

-Sored: by the Rotary Club of Ot-

tawa..

Miss Drum chose : as her - topic
‘Should Canada recognize Red
China,” a subject selected also by

“Douglas- P.-Raftery..-Competing

were three - other.. students-.of
Claremont: ~-senior «|. secondary:
school: Mark S.. Watts’ and Pat-
ricia E, Rhodes,‘ who spoke on
the theme ‘Do the Arts have any

further useful Plan in our scién- |.
‘tific age?” and Colleen Li Kelly

who spoke to the ‘question “How
best .can we’ improve our inter-
national sports standing??’."-)
Judges were Dick Batey (chair-
man), Mrs. Rubymay Parrottand
Joe Phillipson. Mr. Batey suit-
ably evaluated the effort of each

‘competitor; and offered valuable

constructive —criticism.°-The
large _attendance of. Rotarians,
Rotary Anns-and guests showed

a high appreciation.

Adventure -in Citizenship was
Taunched by. ‘the Canadian advis-
ory committee of Rotary Inter-
national in 1951, and. has been
successtully operated since that
time throughout the
provinces, In charge of Sidney
Rotary's 1969 participation was
a committee comprising Don
Ruffle (chairman), John McAulay
and Harry Tobin,. In active co~-
operation in the choice of candi-
dates for the event .was Joe
Lott, Clarernunt principal, and
members of his teaching staff.

Responding to the thanks of the
Sidney Rotary Club, Mr. Lott
commended the Club for its con-
tinued interest in the students of
the area. “We are living in a
different age and are not the
same as our parents, therefore
there is no reason why to-day’s
students shguid be the same as
we were,’’ he observed. .

Poor Judgement

A collision oceurred on Loch4
side Drive at 3:15 p.m. on April
25.

Roy H. Pearson of West Saa-
nich Road, Sidney was proceeding
toward Sidney in a cement mixer
truck when he made a right hand
turn inte the driveway of a house
on Lochside. Frank Stenton of
Beauiort Road, Sidney was at-
tempting to pass him when he
collided with the truck. There
were no infufies,

Frank Stenton was given a
traifie violation notice for pass-
ing when it was unsafe to do So,

| ing in’ Brentwood ‘and’ ‘adjacent _

: ing ‘Tuesday evening.) ~

‘Canadian |

| _ Brentwood |
z At Standstill

ue _BY HY, GREEN. a

aN complet ban on new build-

areas was imposed. by. Central
Saanich council at a special meet-

‘Action was taken ‘on the urgent :
“recommendation of Senior ‘Medi-
‘eal Officer of Health, Dr. JL.
/hitbread, because of the: fear
‘ofan epidemic. of. gastro-inte
inal origin due to the serious
malfunctioning of septic: tanks

nevitable following a meeting of
- council » with “Doctor Whitbread
and: Health: Inspector Daryl An
derson a week:ago.
“Septic: tank ‘effluent is. run-;:
“ning rampant inBrentwood,”” said.

“in Ottawa and:participation:in the |--payer:

tember,” said Mayor A. M.
braith, © ---+

The mayor ‘felt, however, that
“the ‘public will surely approve
“the sewerage’ scheme. otice..the
. seriousness ..of. the situation is
_ generally appreciated. 0 2...

~ OUTDOOR PRIVIES

. The public: must:understand
that there is:no option,’’ com
mented Alderman D. J. McLaurin;
He. supposed that the alternative

al

: privies. naa
“That: As: right,”?

would bea distinct improver
on: the. present: position. ;
, indicated that Brentwood school
is seriously affected by. the pol-
tution problem, and-to'a les
-extent.the other: schools. insthe
: -‘munieipality,”
Alderman W.E, Clayards ask :
whether it. would be. possib] to
. determine: the: areas most likely
to give trouble - in the: heat. of
summer. * :
“This is: iinpossible to niodie
There could be ‘an:outbreak of |
communicable disease.in. the |.
summer or.as late as the fall, ;
“said Mr. Anderson. : .
“We shall have to ‘insist ¢ on.
holding tanks and pumping meas”
sures at the schools," said Dr. :
Whitbread. . ; : :

‘EXCESSIVE costs -

Mr.. Anderson indicated: the
only ~ satisfactory... “corrective
measure for the. private house
is either the bringing in of 100°

adequate disposal, or the come ~
pulsory ‘pumping out. of, tanks.
each week, methods which might ©
incur an expense of more than
$1,000. for each household, “it
was estimated, rt

“The municipality could ine
struct property. owners to plan
to restrict sewage to their own -
property, but it would bé neces-
sary to obtain a lot of bacter-
fological evidence if delinquents
ate to be taken to court,’’ ad«

penalty. for non-compliance is -
$100, with a penalty of $10 a day
for continued nuisance, he in
dicated.

Ms. Anderson said that the
many small and sloping dwellitg
lots in Brentwood make it im=
possible to solve the problem by
the introduction of Mil.

Sewage 1s Paaning fate thé

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yards of soil to provide. for:

vised the officer. The maxifnum | -