ey _Wednesday, April 30, 1969 ae ‘Published at Sidnéy, \ Vancouver ‘Island, BC : eos Every Wednesday s By Saanich Peninsula. and Gulf Islands Review : 9825. Third Street “John Manning, : ‘Publisher H. ,V.Green, Editor Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association “ z.‘Member: of Audit ‘Bureau of .Circulations Member Class “A” Newspapers : Telephone 656- 1151 "SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year by mail. _ SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NUMBER 0128 Display advertising rates on application. “ _ Sd ent Art” Member of B.C. Division, Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Assn. _ Wednesday, April 30, 1969: a Revelations of ‘hospital jugeling”’ were prominently displayed in? a Victoria newspaper a few y days ago. Hospita ‘District for ‘but : a . brief period. “Only to the xtent_ of this period. ‘may his ‘Assessment: of the ‘Realization of hospital inadequacies burst upon the last: autumn. ‘The call for a crash. program ; of new hospital construction had been presented to mun- icipal councils much earlier. Subsequently, | ins' ructed to: make. a comprehensive survey and the luminous Agnew-Peckham report became the basis fOr the successful referendum.. nces back ° to the consultants. Attempts to obtain “revised recommendations. or modified conclusions “must inevitably breed feelings: of suspicion and “mistrust. - “Secrecy and ambiguous public statements “added to the confusion, Hospital 7 Committee did: an. excellent job both in. organization and expres- .. ion The consolidated opinion of Peninsula residents. . ties enjoyed locally: for. the past. 50. years was b ought : to the’ notice of: Health Minister. Ralph, Lofi- ark. within the doors of the: legislature. - “indi ridually- watchful. We suggest: ‘that the committee should: re-convene- ‘and’ again exercise a collective vigilance. At this late stage ‘of the proceedings it : people ¥ were disrupted by default, eneral p blic ina flash in the $9 million referendum . eminent. ‘hospital consultants were: “The. record” ‘since has. ‘been one:.of frequent refer- my A the me ‘of the. October referendum the Peninsula : under. chairman” Wid. _Larnick ‘call g for the continuance and. updating of hospital’ embers ‘of this committee have of late been’, -would be tragic if the ‘best interests of the ‘Peninsula [es TE Ihave been. asked ‘by a: num- ber of your subscribers andother Galiano residents to. protest the . effrontery to the. ‘Island. of. your ntributor, Ed Gould, and -your.. own: lack of finésse: in publishing: ” his article in last week's Review titled, ‘Always a Cheerful Wave. Before the Crash." > = Jt was -as bad taste as “his _ article’ the previous week in that they: both: showed a city smarty- ity you maliciously malign . to do your. dirty work. . Galiano Island. The - ‘fellow’ ‘that: shows off at i the expense of another isa bloody “boor and quite insensitive togood Ea "taste in social relations. :.We are sorry you had to use a fine little . weekly : paper like the REVIEW. ED KETCHAM, pants . trying to make capital ‘at the’ ‘expense of acommunity about “ “ *The Gazebo'’, a comedy-my- stery play by Alan Coppel, was the Peninsula Players Spring production in Deep Cove school auditorium on Friday and Sat- urday. The plot is highly en- tertaining in its absurdity and the success of the play in London and New York can be easily understood. Tricia. Lawrence . played the leading feminine role with evi- dent enjoyment and complete suc- cess. As her husband, the cause of all the trouble and the unfor- tunate victim of his own fertile imagination, Jack Christian had a more difficuit assignment. He was always fully audible and uni- formly entertaining, but quite obviously: more could heve been made of the character. Chuck Swannell was suitably aloof and circumspect as his friend and neighbor, the District Attorney. Ofthe supporting play- ers, Vivian Cowan was an enter- prising ferninine realtor to the life, and Joe Fenton on his brief and unexpected appearances made the best possible use of tis role. In summary, it was & most enjoyable peformance. One never knows quite what to expect in a murder play, but certainly the most ghastly aspect of The Gazebo was the incidental 25 YEARS AGO Officiais of the North Saanich War Memorial Park Soctety have every reason to be optimistic of the outcome of the May Queen Contest, for there are now nine in the running and there {s yet time to accept further nomina- tions. Candidates to date are: Agnes Knutsen, Marian Gardner, Violet Yeoman. Olive Egerton, Dorothy Norbury, Dorothy Vil- lers, Frances Morrey, Thelma Olsen and Corporal Gay Mec- Master, 5SOYEARS AGO The great volume of business which was done through the port of Sidney during the fiscal vear 1918-19 is eloquently attested in the annual report of Sub- colle¢tor of Customs J.J. White recently completed. The mag- nitude of figures, though silent, is impressive, and it will come with some measure of surprise to Review readers to learn that the value of dutiable imports received at this port during the year was $2,168,439.94, and that on this ameunt of goods $435, 104.04 in duties was coliected. The first Douglas fir plywood . music which came through as mull in British Columbia was amplified Edison-Bell of the located at Fraser Mills, near eatliest vintage. New Westminster, in 1313. The Vancouver School. _peonle and the B.C. teachers Federa- ction’ have © gone=cr= record ex-. pressing. their. dissatisfaction with the present system of read- ing the Bible in school at the The objection -not to “the Bible or to they aie not allowed: to explain anything they read. There must. _be absolutely no discussion ‘of ‘meaning, “if might “What . should ingless:. This. the teachers claim is worse than a period of. reli- instruction by priest or teacher. .l.am inclined to agree. _* We say that familiarity breeds contempt and. this can be true, unfortunately, of Most things. If the Bible is to be scanned for a message then mere perfunc~ tory. reading is just not enough. -The. language of the King James - version is glorious and flowing. ‘ It: is the language of Shakes~ _.peare yet who would read Shakes-_ peare~. without explanation to. classes of Grade 1, 2 or 3 stte dents. -Is it believed. that ‘the hope ‘something may rub off (on the: listener is justified by common sense judgement... A. book which. is’ difficult to. understand is quickly discarded by. the child and an antipathy . to that. volume grows as vears goby. What.-has. all: this to do with the Political silly season. Well our Premier has jumped in where angels fear to tread and accus- ed those who would drop the present system of being: Godiess Socialists’ trying to destroy our Christian Principles. Now even for our Premier this hip shoot- ing goes a little far. He seems tu equate change with Socialism. if so he obviously is one of the * most socialist premiers the pray a" vince has had. . Not only in the obvious Nationalisation of B.C. Electric and the Socialist Ferry system but. in’ many other changes initiated in his regime. a aa <<-m = a a _ of the horse racing Season!” “BOOK CHAT ‘By E. PHILIP TEECE- Sherlock Holmes was the first best-loved and most. famous of -them. To many. readers (in- cluding a legion of schoolboys) ‘Sherlock Holmes amounts almost to a hobby; his fans collect his adventures as other enthusiasts “might ‘collect’ rocks or. stamps. The Baker Street addict will * find a gold mine in Michael and Mollie. . Hardwick’s | “Sherlock ‘Holmes Companion.’’ This hand- book is to the Holmes reader what Scott’s. Catalogue is to the stamp collector. Its first section is a who’s who, providing exhaustive hio- - graphical details ‘on every. char- “acter. who has appeared in the . The bio-: Conan Doyle stories, “graphies- are illustrated by the original Sidney Paget portraits, formerly unobtainable except in Second-hand ‘copies of the. old ‘Strand Magazine. . The “second part of the ‘hook contains, in: capsule” form; the: “plots of all the. Sherlock Holmes. To My. Sister Frances “Like sudden white butterflies «Are thy thoughts, oh my: “beloved, They hover round the flower of , ‘thy mind, Then, in their beauty, rise. And, as-aloft they spring, . ‘To others carry joy ; ‘On every velvet wings = 0. ~MARY GARLAND, COLEMAN: mysteries, -Paget ‘illustrations showing the “great detective. in his most. fa- _mous triumph. The authors have slyly _mystery; with the original moments of danger. and omitted: the conclusion of. each. the Companion’ * “is intended to enhance, not’ spoil; the pleasure of reading Conan _ ‘Doyle, A sampler of quotations fol- lows--more than forty pages of Holmes’. drollest. sayings and most memorable gems of philo- sophy. The ““Companion’? concludes _with biographies of Holmes and his: creator, Arthur Conan Doyle. ~In constructing the life of Sher- lock ‘Holmes: from: information scattered through dozens of sep- arate stories, the Hardwicks have done.a masterful piece of work. (The section even includes por- traits of the detective in.a va-. riety of his. _professional diss guises.) ; The hobby of gathering anden- jo ying Holmsiana will be enrichea*** by “The Sherlock Holmes Com=4. | ‘panion’’. f- that the true enthusiast will prob-. | It is the. sort of book. ably. want. to’ own, but the casual reader will find’ it on the library a shelves. ee “Aladdin Travel 2442 Beacon Ave. ‘SIDNEY Your ‘Air Canada Agent. O38: ANS 10.00 a.m. Sunday School national Trio”. TUESDAY 7:30 poem. Bible Study Sidney Foursquare Gospel Gud] 656- 3544 9925. Fifth, St., 7 REV. VINCENT DeFANTE, MINISTERING SUNDAY. MAY 4TH. 11.00 avin. 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The Minister -of Municipal.» “Affairs recently announced that © augmented gr ants to the smaller. - municipalities would be contin-. ued for the ‘current. year,: at least.: This special grant was inteded io ease the hardshipcre-_ ated by the change in the Welfare _ Grant Formula in 1968, “It may be: remembered that there’ was a graduated per cap- ita grant formula whereby small- “er runicipalities Gi 000 or Tess) ; were: given aone ‘dollar: increase,. -to* $25 from $24, ‘and the larger municipalities were raised from an average of $12.50 per capita “sto the same $25 base per-capita... ‘In the case of North Saanich, . for example, in.the yéar 1967, previncial ‘assessment .and. .ad- 20 2° ministration was $13,169 / ; .“In° 1968 it was $26,649, less special: grant of $8,640 for a net assessment of $18,009." | “The 1969 provincial assess- ment and administration is $32, 875, less special grant of $8,640 giving a net charge of $24,235. 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