- Community”, Hall “Island on’?April- 22 with only a. Wednesday, April 30, 1969 ~ Historians. Meet. At Sona Annual “meeting: ‘of the Gulf . torical society. was, held at the small percentage of members og hand. : a @ ie ‘Donald New chaired the”.meeting and: the minutes of “the last meeting were read by secretary, Mrs. Helen Claxton, which were adopted as read. The report on the year’s activities was made anda very busy year it was... The main event was the Saturna: “Delve-In". held in ‘July sponsored by the Historical Society and under the leadership of Mrs. Robert Hindmarch, activities “and -interest belonging to- the. f on..Saturna. many items. of amily ¥- were on display. - guests of Victoria Horticultural Society... Guest speakers at mcet- ings during the season were Capt. © ‘Archie Phelps of Victoria who ~ showed slides of the early steam- érs and CPR boats which navigat- ed these’ water's during the past 100 vears. . President, Donald New “showed slides of his trip to the cluded the Aegean Islands and Jerusalem. Mrs. New, Mrs, Jessie Bellthouse and ‘Rev. and Mrs. Dangerfield were also along on the trip. Other projects included:a. visit - ‘to’ Victoria to visit the Museum, .. Vice-president, Middle East which in-_ “Nor ma Douglas assisted by Mrs. The election Of ‘Officers took . place’ following the. meeting and Was chaired “by Jim Campbell of Saturna, The following were elected: president, Donald New; Rev. John Dan- secretary, Mrs. Helen Claxton; treasurer, Capt. °C: Claxton. Mrs. Claxton wished to be relieved of the secreturyship and consented to remain inoffice until a new secretary is appoirt- gerfield; . ed. Jim Campbell showed: inter- ~ May “Elisabeth Flint and Mr. Gordon cand aunt, Mr. " Bride- To- Be Entertained — ” pre nuptual entertajning for a bride. .and groom, “Helen Claxton. and. Miss Marion. MeKechnie, in co-operation with the school teacher: and students “of Pender. Hryhoruk of, Victoria included a tuncheon for family and friends at-the home. of the bride‘s uncle and Mrs 7. Flint, Third. Street, Sidney’ on Sunday, April-20.. Later a-.sirprise bridal shower was held at the home of Mrs. B. Mason, -Sharp- ‘les Crescent. Invited guesis were Mesdames -L, Hillis, J, Waketield, J. Forge, J, Flint, G. Flint, T. Flint, E. Mason,?D,. Mason, and T, Mason. Misses B.- Stevenson, B. Flint, Miss will) - from the summit of Mt. “ sneakery: Queen one evening recently, We had a current REVIEW with us By ED yKETCHAM It's one thing. to ‘he talking to horse people (or should \ we: ‘say. horsey people), They get so eatnosieene over their’ hobby: that they oa invariably try te work into every conversation. Like: “Nice afternoon, isn’t this a marvellous Galiano Spring? ae ' : “Yes, ist it," replies. the equestrian, * ‘but. you should see it : Sutil, Pve just ridden Trixie up there and) oo the view is breath-taking,”’ and ‘look at Trixie, hardly panting,at =< alli’’ {or does a horse pant’ - Ed.) Vp And another instance of their “We were returning home from Victoria on the Mayne the great metropolitan centre That, cf course, is why: bed ful rural areas like Galiano Is- ~ land are beckoning: so: alluring=" cy to ‘horse. lovers / them and their equi the great open spaces. and a little group around. .our table was reading the Golf Club story - several issues back now. riends to Mrs. May Loutit, graduate of Vancouver City College Museum -Pfogram. was director of opera- tions. and spent the. week on dents, gathering artifacts, his- - and Mrs. Art Ralph were present for the open house held on the Sunday ending the week’s J. Mason and S, Flint. The bride-tu-be and her moth- er received corsages of pink carnations anda basketof prettily wrapped gifts: was presented by Jennifer Mason. =A dainty tea was served to the guests by Mrs. esting slides’ of: wild ‘towers after. the meeting which were greatly enjoyed, disproving. the -theory that there are no wild flowers on the Gulf Islands,-Am~ ong” those. shown were dolphin- Recipients of the two Bursar- ies awarded each year were Jen- nifer Willams and George assisted by the stu- “James. Treasurer's report was given toric pieces and inscribing Sat- by Capt. C. Claxton and showed jum, Indian paint brush, — mock Mason from a table centered: urna’s history on scrolls which a healthy bank balance. orange, wild. columbine, ger with a cake. decorated with the were suspended from the ceiling. Pender Island has begun a ~ lily and manysothers. Tea was : ho bs : | hames of the bride and groom tucbe and flanked by silver candlesticks with pink: tapers, Museum ‘Prograni which has been Slated tur a date early in June. ‘under the .direction’ of Miss served by: Mrs. ‘Loraine Campo bell and was’ very much appres.- ciated, ; We asked Mr.and Mrs. Fred Spencer of Nanaimo what they like best about electric heating: a 4 “uWe'v ve lived with electric heating for 13 years, and it's always been : perfectly satisfactory. vm a builder of spec homes and I'm so pleased with electric heating myself, | wouldn’ t consider putting anything else into the houses | build. My conscience wouldn’ tallow it.” 20,000 homeowners have made electric heating B.C.'s hottest seller! INDOOR- OUTDOOR THERMOMETER ~ ( retail value. $795) | The thermometer gives both outdoor and indoor temperatures at a elance. Just call B.C. Hydra to arrange an appoint. mentand it's yours ~ free. This offer good for a fimited time only, B.C. 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We huve ne idea how many horses there are ifi British Columbia but- we Yead the horse popula> tion on the Continent had risen 55 per cent in the last ten years ‘and with the rapid acceleration ° of concrete surfacing. land. old Dobbin is being pushed * further “and further: back from GALIANO NOTES © by ED KETCHAM Galianian heads Gulf Islands Branch of B.C. Historical As-. sociation for. the coming. year. At a General Meeting of the “Branch on Saturna. last? week Mr. Donald New of Galiano, who _ is u-Past President of the par- ent ‘body, was ré-elected presi- dent and all other officers were. returned en. bloc. Members ab- sent from this meeting missed ~~. .a.marvellous showing ‘of slides by Jim Campbell of Saturna who presented a number of-stides of the Gulf, Jim is a keen botanist -grapher and added interest to his: . subject. by showing first the flow- er in its natural habitat, followed "bya closeup of the. specimen. The Galiano Golf and Country ’ Glub-is announcing a social even-. ing for Saturday, May 10. for. members «and their friends, at ~ whieh Tournament . Award Tro- phies will .be. presented to the winners by. the.President, . Dr. Glenn Stahl. in charge of .the programming . for the evening and the compe-- tent hands of Roma Aston and Jean Lockwood ‘will fashion the °~ refreshment end-.of. the .deal. .-We are tipped off this will take the form of. buffet service. With _all this: going for the gang | a big > turnout is expected, 3 : “We don't usually. bother gath= ering up news of teas and: social -.. _ goings on but while the Galiano - Art Group. is currently” In: the news we can't refrain mention- ing a happy get- together, of the Artists and neighbors and friends . Fredrickson hone ~ at-the lovely F overlooking Georgeson Bay, when Mrs. C.H. Fredrickson enter- tained the group in honour of her daughter. Mrs, W.M. (Greta) Jarvis of Ottawa who flew out recently for a week 5 visit with her mother. Mrs. Jarvis returbe ed to her home last Wednesday. It is Yumoured that plans are under way to award the Galtane - ‘THING shiebe. for the seediest run-down nedse and grounds bor+ dering any official Highway Drive “on the Island, Lack of fresh paint or flowers will count 60 points... So get busy all Galfano public- spirfitediess folks, park a bunch — of old car wrecks outside your pad and establish a garbage dump across the road in plain sight of passing motorists and visitors to see what happens. . .if the Health Inspector doesn't get there before the Judrces. In one way or another the Gal- iano Club seems to be perpetually in the news. Right now Com-~ mitteemen Arthar Piatt and Bud Dat are trying to auction off the new Parking Lot or something like that. Anyway their brief reads, ‘‘The only Auction of the vear will be sponsored by the © (Galiano) Club to help pay for this (the Parking Lot). Donate your useful-to-someone trea~ sures that are too good to throw away, (for auction) and then torr out Saturday night, May 17 and buy your better pieces back oF something for sour Mother-ia- law. Refreshments and parking avatiabie.”” over ‘the ©: ~ ‘away-we went, -it we can still visualize a little squirt hanging on for. dear. life - with chubby little legs: sticking Toland where.so much: of our: . fine on the ‘siarboard: kow.’”, you! Peter Darling is“; We hate countless miles “of trails “through our vallays and. forests - hill and dale sounds’. more romantic... “And romanee® it ‘is to the traik-tiders. Ima- gine moving from a busy hustling’ metropolis like. Vancouver to‘an island out in the sea and. being. able to breathe the pure aiteas you_canter leisurely over. a quiet. country’ trail or climb a knollor ” some high. elevation. ._.birds’ singing and the scent.of the ver=.. dure in your nostrifs and ocea~”. sional glimpses of the’ great’ ocean below. -Wow! Like afr iend. of mine said once about the Bible, - Pye never read the’ book but: doggone if I don't try it some: day’ Get off. my back . you horsey enthusiasts. . es - But, we don’t know, Today’s riders seem to” emake - such.a thing out of their riding: how to” ; mount properly, how to’ sit the. saddle, how to-collect and -all kinds of strange terms to cover what you should. and should not do to ride ‘properly’. When we were a little tad, Uncle’ Ed gave us a pony, ‘Dexter’, on our fifth birthday (just because - we were named after him). The RS P PIER! DARLING AND. tion or just grin and say to your-- selt-“‘Shucks the old goof is just horse-tetched.’’. He-will go on- word-dropping. such terms ‘as day Dexter showed up Dad lifted «pastern’, ‘equitation’, ‘collec- ~_ “Topper’’; a retired race us into the saddle, wergrabbed tion’,,.. ‘dock’, ‘crest’, ‘foll’, . horse, ridden by Mrs. © Peter the reins in one hand andthe horn ‘wall’. “He may be making up @ Darlings. 3s Then there is Grey. owned’ ‘by , Mrs, R. Asten, a Palamino owned woe by -Mrs. Neil: and" a pony. owned “by: Derrié Barner. ‘There. must ° “be: iiore on the Island, ‘ofcourse;: of the saddle in .the other and Looking back on lot of these words, but we’re all for -him. After all he’s bringing: a new industry to the Island, those". _ fertilizer machines and Galiano ‘ gardens ‘and lawns were never’. straight out -in opposite direc- greener.” os gop... put we-have never” -been_on’a tions ‘and stirrups ‘dangling. We Here are some of ¢ our Galiano collision”. course ¥ with: -them didn’t -know the bow from the animals: ; Lee vyet, : = stern. and yet. by the time we . “put old Dexter away some ten years ‘later we were abie’ to | start and stop. him and steer { him to port or staboard-and no- ~ bedy: ever knew we hadn’ t taken : riding: lessons. : an then ‘there: is, this: matter * horse ‘talk’; ---Here-on-an-> Brentwood Florist Cle | = ~ PHONE 652- 2131: AUP. Ys ove pervs _ ANNIVER ata * bay SAR life: centers ‘on boats and the sea we -have developed . salty -.talk,. like ‘fore’, ‘aft,’ ‘batten’, ‘gbeam’, ‘belay’... If you. are out! in a beat and your com- = -panion - calls Ahoy; — deadhead P ruits, , Bulbs, ete: “Choice Selection of 4 ce “Bedding Plants” know he’s talking Bood | English, * But: if your neighbor. starts talk-" a ing to... you, about “that sorrel “registered — Arab rising” five” . years. 13- Me : hands, snip, into near. - NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR : TERM _ COMMENCING SEPTEMBER, 1969. 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