SAANICH PENINSULA AND, GUL, F ISL. ANDS REVIEV

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2 MAYNE

Galiano was honoured last
ek ‘ina Visit by our Lady Minto -
i ospital Board members: Chair-
man. Doug Cavaye, Administra- *
rold: Hoffman’ and several
others” from’ Salt Spring Island: a
“Mrs. Douglas Wilson, Mrs. War-
“ren Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. Mark -
Holmes, ‘Mrs. French, ‘Mrs, ‘Irl
S Bradley. ear

ever commuting | over to ‘Hawaii
for ‘back sunning; lolling ‘on: thes .
‘beaches ‘and the lushy life - .. Extensive renovations begun
some even buy. property over -last fall. at. Mayne’ Inn’ are now
there. - Now: Here This:. Recent “*almost. ‘completed. All -gliest
newcomers to’ Galiano’are Mr, rooms ‘have heen redecorated,
and. Mrs. S.E; Gillmar from. colors ranging from Spanish Gold
-¥ ou’ve guessed it) the Hawai- to Antique Blue with furniture. to
ian Islands. Mr. Gillmar was match. Rooms with extra long
born in: England and had been beds for tall people are avail-

~. By ELSIE BROWN,

paring ‘the years 1968 and 1967;
“In-patients increased 23%, out-
~ | patients “up 64%; total patients
cup. 61%, laboratory. units. done.
‘were up 147%, x-raysup 47%,
x births in 1968 doubled those in
£1966..-Work is being: done in”
i onstruction of extended ‘care
MAb “beds. "and « “it is hoped toe
‘soon” increase | the “acute ‘care

for- some’ years. At present
they ‘are en-route to: England
on a-visit. And now we learn
of another Hawaiian who-is com-
ing to: Galighos.. Mrs. Mervyn
Conner. of Honolulu has’ been
visiting Miss Clare ‘Bennett on
Active Pass Drive and. while
‘here has succumbed to our idyl-
“Me lite “and has just: purchased
“beds.” There are: 40 now on the. property | wn. Active, Pass Drive
“permanent payroll: including Ad-"" and: expects. to move here “with:
“ministration, . Nursing, Dietary, Dr: Conner’ somé.-time. soon.
‘Housekeeping. - Over. 3,000 ‘Imagine Galiano “28 retirement.
eople were ‘treated last «year. Island for weary Hawaiia HS.
nd + "Now Hear This: © births

spending time at: Mayne Inn re-
cently “report thai Bennett Bay
on Mayne Island. abounds with
a tremendows volume of marine
life. For’ instance, last week
they came up with: king crab
considered {to be native” tu the
Arctic regions, 7

"Divers state. that the waters
Bennett Bay. are the most

"ot

«Marine life not found elsewhere.
The. underwater structure con-
- tains plateaus: at various.depths

, all Ss other in-
increased ‘progressively. _ WINDS HIELD © sMeresthig fo wiatione h .

ie years.” . Which’ says. “SHATTERED ‘Gordon. Duckl hai
ething- for the’ young g people. : ordon Ducklow is chairman
; ; “ers: Betty Parsons of Knapp. of our ‘Mayne Island Fun-Walka-~
emeimber the newspaper : Island : Teported” to. Sidney’ . thon and there is -a lively.com-

maxim “When dog bites man it. R.C.M.P. that while her vehicle petition going on among the lead-
s. not news;. but when man bites Was parked ‘on Canoe Cove Road ers of Mayne Islandorganizations
at is -news’ ?.-Well, it’s : someone through a rock-throtigh. t0.see. who: is foing to wheel: him:
happened on Galliano Island, our the. windshield. OR, C, M, P.. are 7 down thee main street at (the
iteh-footed Galianians are for-' investigating. a “ elose of the big event.

~ For. exciting holiday variety, your -
home province has it all. From big
: city fun i in Vancouver to relaxing
“ranch life in the Cariboo. From
“historic sites like Fort Steele to
natural wonders like the Fraser ao
_ Canyon. F From warm, sandy beaches

* to magnificent mountain reaches..

” Name your favorite kind of holiday
7 ‘country - chances. are you mH find”

et Tent in your own back yard.

| “B.Cee-ing is Believing”

- Tight

OTA ‘Hospital . ‘meeting \ was: Held identified in the Buildings Sup-. able Bunk beds for children.
: “An the Galiano Community Hall,” plies trade in Honolulu, , Mrs.. and- nursery service when ree
Chairman: Doug. released some ; Gillmar was horn in the Orient. quired,

yery} interesting Statistics ¢com-..: They. had been living: in Hawaii ~ Skin ‘divers whoo h have been .

y

“lations to the, Pender: people for
“golf
We're. coming: “back! :
Events on Mayne™ included the:
Spring Dance! which
“Was: very much: enjoyed: by: ai ;
Not. too. much
money ‘made but a start. _ tom,
“Wards “the furnishing of. i"
- brand new:

interesting in which to dive-as_
“they contain many specimens of.

‘dens,

Jeffreys,
-‘Phompsons, the H, Juergens;: the
Jim -Caplettis,- the Art Knights,
“the C..-Mundies, - the Don Glad-'
mans and the Al Paggetis. Cherry
Tree, Bay. Tegulars included, the

| Its Worth . Turning
|The Paper Upside

Everything j is back to” normal
"after ‘last week’s influx of week
enders:and visitors and we hear
that’
“ported: safely to “their vy
2 destinations - eventually

allthe tr avellers were tra

ferry crews: must: be glad of.
return to some’ degree of n

mal opérations after the hectic -

weekend to celebrate .. Victori
Day.

- islands:
truly and‘friend husband.

"We would have to pick ona
sy weekend to play golf on.
Pender Island, And what.a grand~

busy

day it was too. Not as rus
we thought we - would” be
plan to. doit more often but.no
Holiday, Weék"Ends! Congratw

a. beautifully.
course.

cared: for:

Firemeni's

who attended.

fire hall- pres
under’ construction.

. Weekenders over for the first.”
time . this year. found: plenty tor

do around their: homes and, gar-
Noted down Bayview. Drive
were the David Laidlaws, «the
the © Dolls,

Ray Cheeks and ‘the Stu’ Frys.

The Allan Thackrays, Vicky. and
“Muriei, the John. McLoughlins;

and the Rolfes were over to their
Horton Bay summer homes and

» We hear just about. all the Ben-

nett! Bay people were over.. - «

Welcome to new property own~
ers on Cherry Tree Bay, Mr,

and. Mrs.. Norman-Fry of Co-|
quitlam, brother and Sister-in-

law of the Stu Frys.’ Stu and

‘Betty have a spanking new camip-
“settlers were commencing to take.

er truck and hate found: a “good
use- fort for transporting Varin

ous items to and from the island.

. (Continued on Page 9). "

Down To Read The

Ad For Special
Dinners

“TRAVELODGE

They did a magnificent :
_job of getting people back to thes
including ~-yours

the W,:

entrance is hidden ‘behind dense

ss BY ED KETCHAM

7 Where is. Murderer’s Cave on
Galiano Island? ay, theré’s the.”
rub?: This is a’story of maraud-
ing Indians in the last Century
and the hideout of the. perpetra- -
tors of two massacres... But
iirst, let’s~ find, the’ Cave, Its”

undergrowth and was almost -se~.
cure:from detection until some--
one last year painted a large
arrow with the’ ‘letters’ CAVE
on a ‘nearby rock. .Oné must

‘crawl on hand and knees to enter.

but once inside the cave opens
up into a roomy cavern.. It is

Well: ventilated by..a high.cre’

vice opening on Trincomali Chan-
nel. :
Over 100 years ago. when white

up land‘on. the Gulf Islands: the _
“Lamalehi tribe of Indians. were.
“hiving on Kuper Island; they were-

~@ branch .of. the Cowichans and
“their: Chief was a proud

and
haughty. rian named Ot-chee-wan,
They shared Kuper Is. with an-
other Cowichan tribe, the Penel-.

_ekuts,. with whom. they warred

frequently. “Besides this ~ the
Lamalehis had .a little piracy
racket going of preying on In-

“evening. i
“ehéred: hair Ysloop east of the
little canal: that separates.

t into Bed eli Harbour one
pril, 1863 and anc

the
Penders - and : were. soon : sound.

‘asleep ‘oUly to be awakened short~
ly by the:sound of ‘Shots and ear-.

splitting. Indian war cries. Brady

» Was ‘killed ‘instantly.-but Henlee
escaped’ :to make his ‘way into’

Victoria and report:the incident.

A day or: so afterward, asen~..

cond | incident. oceurred. Two

small sloops heading. tip from ©

Waidron Island “got caught in a
storm in the ‘Haro Strait. One;

manned by Collinson (destined

to be the Tirst white settler on

Mayne Island), rode before the

~-<;. oo

LANDSCAPING

.New Lawns,
-Rockeries

A Specialty

—R. JACKSON -
656-2818

* dian and. white: canoes’ travers-

ing Trincomali. Channel... And it
Was a marauding foray that pre-
cipitated -the everits that ended

“-iregiving -the>Galiano Cave" its 9
-notorious natne.

An”. American _landseeker,

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

ADULT DANCE |

"Saturday May 3Ist.
Bee Gee's Band ~

9PM,

Importers and.
Wholesalers of
~Unusual Giftwares,

Shells. Z

wish= to appoint.. Sole ~
Dis trfibutor for Galt Spring
Island.

Interesting Part-time em~
“ployment. Some Investment

“badly. battered. -by the storm,

“i dians and killed.

: gedy: reached Governor Douglas :

FIRE OFFICERS

_ Water ‘Taxi operator,

“department.

sooment~ © District. meeting report . ia oo. Indians were ‘publicly
° given by. Mr. Chatwin. all fires... 6
 Wad-“been extinguished With dis- —
~ patch and’ meetings had been FOUR TIRES SLASHED
“held regularly and attended faith- Mrs. E Elsie Cane, staying. with.

: fir e. chief.

Wednesday, May 28, 1969"

11D INDIANS |

in the ‘other ‘sloop, in. Victotia-he acted: swiftly. He
immediately . dispatched -HMS
'“Forward”. to..search for the ~
murderers.’ They were: oy ‘
-to- Kuper - Island : and “identifi Beas
“as ‘Lamalchis.' Two of the mur=""
derers’ were taken’into custody

-but~ the” ringleader, Chief Ot .
chee- ~wun had vanished.

decided’: to’ “seek shelter along:
he shores of Saturna Island. He
had -with:-him Mrs, Marks: and.
veral - small children. They.
went” ashore ‘and. were starting
ie] prepare; a™’meal when -they
vere ‘attacked.’ by: lurking In- |

Then began the great manhunt,
starting at Piers Island and con-
tinued from island to island until,

_ finally they got'a break: a canoe-
ist: from: Montague. Harbour had”
observed a faint: wisp of smoke
emanating from. the hillside.on
Galiano north of Parker Island.

Armed. boats were sent to in-*
vestigate and. the police were .
able to force Ot-che-wan ind>
his brother Shee-na~-se-luk out

When word of this second tra- .

AAYNE ISLAND.

~ Bob Saterberg, Mayne Island
was) ap-
- pointed to .the position of fire
‘chief at the. Annual Meeting of
~ the. Mayne Island Volunteer Fire

~Deparunent held recently. As- --into the open where. they were”

Sistant “fire chief-is “George taken into custody.. They were

“Douglas: captain, Gordon taken aboard a‘ warship and into: i
‘'Punch’’ Robson; lieutenants, . Victoria to stand trial. - no

‘eil Imrie and. Fred Hansen,
~ Ron Mitchell, Gallagher Bay,.
S a new member of the fire
“At the Improve-

‘The. tinal act was staged in
the Colonial jail yard~ in. Vic~
toria: on ‘July 4,-1863 when three

fully.” George Douglas was com~
mended for. this: work: in the de- -
partment during his -term | as

Mrs. Christian MeGowan of East -
View Ave, ‘Sidney; reported to-
Sidney R.C.M.P. that all four i
tires.on her automobile’ had been i
slashed between 5:00 p.m., May |
22 and 8: 00. a.m. the following :
morning, .- Damage amounted to" fad
$280, eee

R, CM. P. are vestgatng.

, Work is “progressing favors.
cably on the new fire’hall being =
built on. the property. opposite.
the school and Bert Girardi was

-also “congratulated on the quality

“of-his workmanship.

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