ar ae 7 Wednesday, Septembet 24, 1969 Published at ‘Sidney, Vancouver | . Every: Wednesday . : eview y Printing and: Publishing Lid, 99825, Third ‘Street, . “J on Manning - Publisher Managing Director. H V3 Green - - “Editor “ “Member ‘of BC. Division, ‘Canadian “Weekly. ‘Newspapers Assn; Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association ‘Member of - -Audit Bureau. of Cireulations ~ Member Class “A” ‘Newspapers E = , » Pelephone 656-1151 > ‘SUBSCRIPTION “RATE: $4.00.-per year by. mail. “SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NUMBER 0128 | aon ~ Display advertising rates on application. 7 “Wednesday, September 24, 1969 Epic Voyage The icebreaking tanker ‘Manhattan, : in n becoming the commercial ‘ship to navigate the fabled Northwest : Passage, has opened : up: ‘tremendous possiblities for 2 sea transportation. ‘ 7 Primary: purpose of the: voyage , of the 115,000 -ton tank r.was to investigate: the. feasibility ‘of using heavy ankers. to. carry “oil cargoes ‘from the’ developing“ elds: of. northern Alaska eastward across the Aretic; ; - to! arkets of eastern North America. © : oa This” ‘historic. voyage is of major significance to. the. whole. world but it affects Canada more: tnafvany. ‘country, It raises the issue of Canadian sover= ignity over the waters of the Arctic. archipblago lying off. ‘Canada’s northern mainland. If. such a. route is to be opened up, it is through iple ‘its. ownership of the islands situated off ‘its orthern coast. But. there. is a _Possibility that the voyage of the E rime Minister: Trudeau has promised a statement : Canada’s claims: to sovereignty over the: ‘waters. , Tt is. expected to: be’ made when, Parliament resumes Oct, 22, ~ officially, there. are. reports that it will ‘claim "sof the: ‘Arctic archipelago as inland waters | “but: oncede the’ Fight of ‘Annocent passage to foreign 7 That. ‘would : be: a . modest ‘claim of. ‘sovereignty ‘and ” likely: to. lead to international bickering, : : “S /hatever form: the. ‘statement: takes, - Canadians are: waiting for it eagerly and impatiently. or side from this legal: angle, the voyage of the Man- hattan brings far. closer to reality the long-held dream West to the Orient. ‘Opening of this route would change the pattern of world sea traffic. The route from Li ndon. to" Tokyo - now. that the” “Suez Canal: is closed - is about 14, 650 miles. _ - Via the Northwest Passage it would be only some 8,000-miles. Le “The implications _ in world trade’ are just stag- “gering,” says Frank Mrukowski, Alaska commissioner of. ‘economic ‘development. . “Its: a milestone for Alaska -= not only ‘for ‘Alaska, but for the whole - . “transportation | world.) +> Ard. it could mean:a vast. spurt, in development of. » Canada’s s immense northland, - Sate Boating ‘Each 3 year more and more people are taking advan- and> putting to sea. Unfortunately not all.of-these “sailors are as experienced as they might be: accidents happen: people are drowned: yachts are wrecked. - Too often such tragedies could easily have been avoided had the master of the yacht known a few basic principles in the art.of seamanship. He can learn these in classes on safe boating. Such a course is scheduled to begin September 30 at North Saanich Junior Secondary School, so if youare intenton putting to sea next summer, why notattend? It could save your and — continuous: “more than eight hours flying time, driving, : mal: BBC-English heard over: the. one: which - the. government . apparently feels 4 is least ae | many tourists are led around the -|Stratford-on-Avon,-Chester: and ‘| Suly of last year. Although we had ‘; and swamping the roads and fields ~ tage of our Guif Island wonderland by purchasinga boat ral “set three cows’ have calved,Har- “vest'Home ‘has beén celebrated; “truth. to tell we needed just. such. ‘a relaxing atmosphere after'a not, : too comfortable journey ‘from home to Gatwick ‘Airport, : The actual flight was: perfe as @-Smooth’ means. of. tvans=* . portation, although | ‘the space al- lowed per passenger, seemed: to- be unusually restricted; ‘neces- ‘sarily -so, b’suppose, With over 200 passengers on board. Hospitality. was’ tremendous ‘too much: we thought after:-my wife had a rye-" on-the-rocks spilled. .down her ~ back while trying to siatch forty- winks. during the brief. hours of darkness, 2 In. the: three seats immediate- ly behind, threé voung men made . merry throughout . the trip, their conversation “and movements lively and erratic the whole while. No rest for the weary in con- sequence, "= : Actually we ére not quite up to the mark when-we boarded the. |- plane at Vancouver “Airport, the preliminary. manoeuvers from ‘Brentwood, ‘luggage ‘handling and ‘waiting about had taken nearly six hours. .Once on the wing we were ‘in ‘England: non-stop. in a little well ahead of schedule, ~ Another hour and.we had se- cured and loaded up our! mini- car-and were prepared to tackle: the intric acies of left of the road . Driving on the new ‘motorways: is fast, safe and enjoyable, buton the older. trunk reads. . . be- ware! ~The traffic is congested, thrusting and incredibly noisy.. Make-a wrong | move and. you've had it. ~All. things. considered we were glad to reach our rustic retreat, where apparently not'a blade of ‘grass. had altered ‘since our last: visit: “The permanent pasture is lush and emerald green, the cider. orchards are laden: with apples, - and the ‘speech of the locals has+ absolutely no affinity with the for- radio and TV," ° - 2 What.a pity, we ‘thought, that $0 eternal Circuit of London, Oxford, Edinpurgh . and’ do fot therefore. savour the: real England, We- were astonished when told of the -great.flood hereabouts in seen pictures of the consequences not recognized the scene. ‘The people still speak with awe of the torrential cloudburst when five inches of rain fell inas many hours, ‘pouring down chimneys Down’ on. 1 the: farm 1 in Somer=2 : “and the. usual quantities ‘of beer” : and cider have been qua ffed, Not®. very exciting happenings, “but. ‘of his trip. : nich Road home next Week. ; “Review. ‘Editor, Bert Green, ‘has* been ‘holidaying in his} *native® England’ ‘since-.the beginning of September ‘and, ‘ like: the “busman’ had. an. uree. to. report on some: phases “He and* Mrs. Green’ will return to. their ‘old West Sas - Cattle and chattels were ‘swept : in all diréctions by. the “tmighty -torrént,and the Vicar was float~"~ ed from’ his bed through a window: into the adjoining cemetary. AIL. “was chaos) in. the darkness, ‘ tle had instinctively herded on.a -knollof higher ground, but, said. soon as us - ~ could: we -waded - out tothe or- our--hostess, | ‘AS -chard to see if them ducks had drownded, " "passing the Isle. of Avalon,” . ’ This isthe country. of King. . ‘Arthur and his knights... “.. reminder. of Camelot, At this isolated farm the cat-_ on embankments. Actually, they : were more for-- tunate than the few farmers who “live on ‘the “peat. moors to the. “south of Wedmore. is absolutely flatand criss-cros=" The region i sed by narrow willow-lined roads [t. is now ef--. fectively drained by a network of © watercourses, but in ancient salvaged their chattels of iron,’ times’ it: was a vast Take ¢ encom- the village of Queen Camel isa where Somer set people | like to believe. the king and his followers: made the:last stand of. the Romanized - Britons against the Saxon invad- ers.- wee It, was on these same wastes that the lake dwellers. of the. first century. B.C. dwelt in cir- cular wattle huts built on raft formations: Excavations. have bronze, wood and stone ina re- markable state of preservation. . “The hundreds of objects are of astonishing variety and ingenuity and may be seen in the museum “Nearby -* the Holy Hillof the pilgrims. On “Joseph. of. Aramathea.. Christmas: our little, tour of the southern ‘counties and South Wales. and ‘EDITOR. BERT 7 > The scene for ‘miles. around is dominated by Glastonbury Tor, its grassy slopes. grew the holy thorn, . reputedly: planted by From: a- ‘cutting, its Successor flourishes in the grounds of ruined Glas tonbury ‘Abbey and in accordance with. tradition it blooms “every: We will: not® register’ a very impressive mileage this time on probably ‘will not'be sampling the doubtful pleasures of London un-. til. the last days of our holiday. It is the city'we.shall leave with the least regret, of Glastonbury. Os ;| RUTH ENKE VIEWS — ‘the: program-of Audubon Wildlife on Canadian TV: we had certainly- I enjoy. the September “shift | away. from ‘summer. activities, It?s fun, I think, to.discover. what . the public is likely to be doing in the way of .adult education classes, winter “club programs and general entertainment, | Always, I watch especially for films shown in the .Newcombe Auditorium of. the ‘British Co- lumbia.Provincial Museum, - The. next series, beginning on Qctober: 2, marks the start of the 24th season of such films shown in Victoria. 7 The Victoria Natural History Society ‘sponsors the: films and, . for the’ first. time, each of the. five illustrated: lectures’ will ‘be - turday. necessary because, last year, two ‘showings were: - not .. enough. | People® had“ to ‘be turned away.” Perhaps the. modest. cost was larity. “see ail five films are $3.50 for’ adults, $1.00 for students. These of the Provincial ‘Museum (382-— 6111); Local 2512), and at Ford's Book Store Lid., ‘641 Yates St. (385-3779)... at the door are $1.00-for adults, 25¢ for students, .. This year. - in-addition to the ‘regular -series. but not included in it. - .Victorians will have a hedge-high. ; sturdy plants - 31.25 doz. BURIAL PARK FROM THE PAST Files of the Review we only hope you will have as many years happiness in serve In an interview with a Review ing as we have had? ~ Hugh J. reporter, Mr. GA, Cochran of and Elizabeth G, Melntvre. i the Sidney Trading Company, 10 Years Ago stated with regard to the locaj Two men came close to death shortage of sugar that he was shortly before midnight Monday confident the Sidney merchants when their English car ran over would be able to supply their the edge of the road at Ganges customers with sufficient of the and dropped 20 feet to the rocks commodity for table use, but below, The car was a total 50 Years Ago # f that no supply was at present wreck but both or: supants egn B available for fruit-preserve caped serious injury, Assist- e ing purposes. ance was called by a sick: . an, i 25 Years Ago Mrs. Effie Wilson, she: had not & previously walked for three “With this issue we say ‘Good- months, , Bye’ to our many readers and friends of the Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands Review, who for: the past 20 years have followed the activities of this area through our efforts....To our successors, Mr, and Mrs, Fred C.E. Ford, wa say ‘Welcome’ and turn over TWO CHARGES On Saturday, Brian Edward before Judge D.G, Ashby He was minor in li 1 es ANN me et Rep rT TEE censed premises an September 26 Martin appeared and was fined $35 on two counts, charged with being a d the ‘teigns of service te you and a minor in possession of liquor THE ROYAL NURSERY AND FLORAL MKT. OPEN DAYS A WEEK Q- 9 WW inter. hardened Pompas plants ready now - Field grown English Wall Flowers. ~ 6 varieties - Good - SPECIAL THIS WEEK Thuva Lobbi. - Excellent for hedges. Reg. $2,509 Sale Price $1.75 each. . 4660 PAT BAY HWY. “OPP. ROYAL OAK- Phone 382-9168 chance - $1.75 and up, | ‘Plant 3 feet apart. PHONE 658-5415 FREE DELIVERY shown on three consecutive even= : ings, Thursday, Friday ‘and Sa- The three showings were made o partly responsible! for their popu Re Season tickets, entitling you to 4 tickets are on: sale at the office, Single admissions, ‘Ghalaable ‘cn See Chess. Lyons’ | “Conservalion Message _ Audubon Wildlife Film, “This Earth,- this -Realm, This Eng- and.” ‘ ““Phis film was shown in last year’s: series, but it was so popu- dar and so many people failed to get admission to ii, that it will be shown again on September 29 “and 30 at 8 p.m. inthe Newcombe Auditorium. Tickets cost $1.50 _for-adults, 75¢'for students, The five films in the regular series concern areas which are’ unfamiliar-'to..most ‘of us locally . ~ They include Africa, Tidewater jo Virginia, Florida’s Everglades, and a coral reef in the Bahamas. -, The proven popularity of.such. “films” is encouraging. For each _ demand for wise,enforced and en~ - add: to ‘the - beauty of our: land. carries its own conservation message, And, until a conser=" vation minded» general. public produces. a strong popular forceable measures to protect the fragile ecology of land and.sea, governments tend to push such measures aside, - Polluted lakes, river’ and coastal waters do not _ When we get down to the old nitty-gritty, we are only tem- porary custodians of the living land... We-have no God-given right to befoul and ruin it to the point of no return, And that, if we don’t watch out,: is where we're heading. ; ) “LOOK OUT, BOATM 2 “Island range next ‘week end from: ‘Oct. oS - Defence advises. ». if MN, Westwind, EN! | 2 “Hombing will be ‘carried “out at the Jexada - : ‘Practice 6 to 10 inclusive - “between: 8.a.m, ~and= 4: PoMy the Department of : National The: bombing will, be practiced ‘at 1,000 feet ‘and pelow. : 7 : —Texada ‘range: is: situated in. Georgia . Straits. west . of . Texada Island. The! Geophysi¢al Service Inc. advises that starting Saturday es and continuing for approximately one month, 2 seismic sur=. “ “vey will be’ conducted | throughout Georgia Straits from the. s «/~ During the survey the Westwind will be towing a 2 detector ; cable 2,400 feet long, and: boat owners should use extreme ~ eaution when : navigating in the area, giving Westwind a - wide berth.” ee ao ne | South Saanich The Rev. Canon A. W: Atkinson | COMING | ca moe a great week... COMING . oh GREAT FAMILY CRUSADE - SEPT. 29TH TO OCT. 5TH» Evangelist: Alex-J. Rasmussen Lllustrated: Sermons each evening along with many ~ interesting features in the ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH — : 9182 EAST SAANICH ROAD v.- Come along: Parents, Young People & Children, let’s Rally for EVERYONE. W ELC OME : COMING TIME 7 P.M. 39-1 va Loe I ft At EEA EE ‘CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL CRUISE VANCOUVER ON JANUARY 29,1970. What could be better than an ‘‘After-The-Holidays Holiday’’? Invest the month of February in the blue-chip Caribbean a- .s, Oriana, board the festive s with vast open decks where Barhados, and San Francisca, Call today fer a brochure. Paulin Travel Service "YOUR P & O AGENT IN VICTORIA™ ports of call include Palboa, Cristobal, Curacao, La Guaira, Martinique, St. Thomas, Fares from $590.96 U.S, tourist class and $1130.00 US, first class. Early application ts advisatle, 1006 Gov't. Street | * Twenty-seven glorious days vou can swim and snooze. Your Acapulco, Los Angeles 7 CHURCHES ee _NORTH SAANICH = “SIDNEY Anglican-Episcopal = - Church of Canada. Canon-F, Vaughan-Birch -Phone 656-1014. SEPTEMBER 28 - TRINITY 17 ST, ANDREW'S - SIDNEY. . : Holy Communion 8.00 a.m. : Sunday School... 9.30a.m. «Morning Prayer 11.00 a.m. ‘Thursday 9.00. a.m. HOLY TRINITY - PAT BAY Moming Prayer and » Sunday School 11-00 a.m. Parish of SEPTEMBER 28 ~ TRINITY. 17 St. Mary’ s Mattins St. Stephen’ s Mattins 11.30 a.m. 10,00 am. | ‘United Church: of Canada - SIDNEY and NORTH _ SAANICH “Rev. R. Hori Pratt Churen Office - 656-3213" “Manse - 656-1930. * ST, JOHN’S, DEEP COVE Service of Worship 9: 30 a.m, ST. PAUL'S, SIDNEY. Service of Worship 11 a. m." “(Chureh School at St. Paul’s . : -9:30 a.m, ) hs . CENTRAL SAANICH _ UNITED CHURCHES “Rev. John M. Wood Church Office ---652- 2713: Manse 652— 2748 ‘SHADY ‘CREEK, 7180 East Saanich Road, Family Service and Sunday : School --------: 9:45 a.m, BRENTWOOD, 7162 West Saanich Road. Family Service and Church School -------~ 11:15a.m, Seventh-Day. | - Adventist Church RESTHAVEN DRIVE | .. ‘(PASTOR.H.C. WHITE | Sabbath School 9.30 a.m. Preaching. Service 11:00 . am. ! “ : Prayer Service - 9330.p.m : : Visitors Welcom Wed, PENCE Lutheran Church - seats eatee SANSCHA HALL ~ SERVICE-- 9 asm. ~~ Sunday School ~ 10 a.m. REV.A:F.OTKE 478-4480 Bethel Baptist Sidney 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship service 7:00 pem. Evening service ‘ Wed. 7.30 p.m. ‘Life of. - Paul and Prayer’? Pastor John. Ballard ' Ph. 656-4455, _ Jesus, The Light of the World WORSHIP AT BRENTWOOD BAY Sluggett Memerial Baptist 10:60 a.m. “Sunday School 11:09 a.m. Morning Worship 7:00 p.m. Evening Service 7008 West Saanich Rd., Ph. 652-1510 ATTEND YOUR CHURCH THIS SUNDAY VICTORIA EV 231 ASSEMBLY OF GOD, ‘9182 E. Saanich Road Rev. F.R. Fleming, Pastor 656-2545 : Sunday School. 9:45 a.m, Morning Service 11 a.m. - Evangelistic Service "3 230. p.m. .* ~ Rev; Alex J, ‘Rasmussen will conduct ‘A. Family Crusade’? from Sept. 29th. to Oct. 5th. Service each: - evening: at. seven o’clock, - Bring Your Friends .to our _ Friendly Church and wor- “ship with us. -. | “Foursquare Beacon Ave. Rev. Roy Millar 636-3544 SERVICES Sunday School 10:00. a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Cadets - Friday 7:15 p.m. Prayer Meeting ~ Tues. 7330 p.m. oo 7 Gospel crureh. THE BIBLE SPEAKS TO YOU ; 9:05 to 9:20 a.m. C.K.V.N.1410 k.c “A Choice of Values”’ CHRISTIAN SCIENCE RADIO SERIES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 | 9830 FIFTH STREET. SIDNEY EVERY SUNDAY Sunday School and. Bible Class 10:06 a.m, The Lord’s Supper 11:30 a.m. , Evening Service 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Septernber 28 Mr, Tom McPike, Victoria and Bible Study. | ‘Seek ye first the King- dom of God’. Matt, 6-33 SIDNEY BIBLE CHAPEL | Wednesday, 8 p.m. Prayer’ Three Funeral Chapels dedicated to thoughtful and understanding service. SIDNEY GoA-2938 COLWOOD GR 8-s91 CL pam ea remengttee fie tt 2 5 F: # Bs