é Ms Bs EPEAT AY Hiexad nt nndlahpemsateenit tte gh Sok anne Tengu Had riety abe ae edad | Wednesday, October 11969 Sidney Scout Hall | To Be Moved » Soon| ~ Sidney Cubs ‘and Scouts: group: committee held its first meeting of the: new: season with 30 par... ents and leaders present,» - Tt was reported that- 80 boys: have registered, the majority be-. ing cubs,” per boy.” Many leaders who have served in the past will again be taking charge but with rising: registration more leaders are needed. Anyone wishing to help is asked to contact Don Grif ~ fiths at-656~2084. Cubs currently registered will be notified: within the next-few weeks: the name of their pack’ leaders and méeting time. Ron Gardner will. start. Scouts next Monday, - October “6 ‘at ~7 Pem, Dues are 10¢ per meeting, - The new hall will soon be moved and private donations are being received -to help with. finances. Dench who has donated the clear- Views Exchanged . On Recreation For Young, Old Among those attending the con- ference of Vancouver Island Rec- reation Commission at Courtenay on Saturday were Mrs, J. E,Sow- erby; secretary of Sidney. Recreation Commission, and ‘William Young, Saanich muni- cipal recreation manager, who is a Sidney resident. Around 100 delegates repre- senting 80 recreation com- missions on Vancouver Island attended the conference which closely followed a recreation seminar held at Island Hall, Parksville, from Wednesday to Friday of last week, Len Ryan, assistant. director to ‘Vancouver Parks and | Public Recreation Board presided. ~- ‘The: topics of. ‘teenage and : senior « citizen ‘recreation “prve gramming. were = “examined in detail. . ‘This proved to beatre- mendous_ opportunity: for the ex- change. of views,’’ said Mrs, Sowerby, . Mrs, Pamela Barker of ‘Sidney represented the local -branch of the Silver. Threads or-. : ganization, . 7 AR dn |N {DS jo | 1P E ‘IN l IN 1G 13 A L E- Pe Those: -wishing. to-help are asked “to contact Tom Robinson at 656- Registration is $3:50 ~ “Will be around to collect and in Mrs. Thanks. were extended to Mr. . -ing and backfilling. of the loca~ tion ‘and ‘an appeal was ‘made to all Dads “to help... with. labour. 1692, October 18 is the date set for a bottle-drive. Cubs and Scouts this .way help. with -the money needed to’ move ‘and get the new building in shape. The executive of last year! s group committee Was extended an _ enthusiastic thanks and the new executive for the forthcoming year were.announced as follows: chairman, D. Griffiths; vice= chairman, G, Beddoes; secre=- tary, D. G. MacKinnon; trea~: surer, Mrs,’ H, Stanhoe; finance & ways and’ means, Ted: Robin- son} Mrs, DuTemple; H. Nunn; A. Rawcliffe; hall com= mittee, Tom Robinson, Jim Hun- ‘ter, T. M. Gill, D, Langtry, K. Berger,: A. Tomsett,’ J, Pedlow, K. MeCarthy; camping commit= ‘tee, B, Akam and "B,. Tiffany; ; public relations, Mrs. A. Tom- sett; telephone & transportation, Mrs, A. G. Moffoot; quartermas- ters, Mrs, D,. Langtry and Mrs. dD. Bowcott; entertainment & ban- quet, Mrs, Tom Robinson and Mrs; McCarthy, Deep Cove | Brownies “In May, Deep Cove Brownies had.a visit from their Commis- sioner Mrs. I; McRae, who pre- sented Becky Smith with a prize for coming’ second in the dis~ trict for-her cookie poster. The pack had a busy May and June. .The girls enjoyed a trip to Rudy's Zoo, a hike to. the Cha- let beach for a wiener roast, a pack holiday at camp Kingswood and closed: the: season with a Mother’s picnic, , = The following. badges | were earned: Housekeepers Badge; -Gill Hayes, Writers Badge; Tara ‘Spicer, ‘Janice Hackett, Becky Smith, Gill Hayes, Diane Gour- ley;- Gardners ‘Badge; Jeanette ‘Edwards;. Collectors. Badge; ‘of farm machinery and research Brenda Green, Becky Smith, Gill Hayes. : “This year Brownies are meet= ing. on Thursdays at 2 "PIONEER DIES Pioneer. in agricultural, de- 10351 All Bay Road, Sidney, pas- sed away suddenly on September 21, “The late Mr, Kemp’ wasa gr ade uate of the University of Man- itoba, He worked for many years at the Dominion Experimental Station, Swift Current, Sask,, and Saanichton Experimental Farm, and was known throughout West- ern Canada for his developmeni in grain improvement. Ne was a member of Sidney Lodge No. 143, AF & AM, BCR; Swift Current Lodge’ No, 26, AF & AM: Unity Chapter and the Ki- | wanis Club of Swift Current, Sask.; a life member of the Cand- dian Agricultural “Engineering Society of Canada,.The B.C. In- stitute of Agrologists, a fellow of. the. Agricultural. Institute. of Canada, and an honorary. lHfe member of the. Saskatchewan Field Husbandry ociety.: The deceased is survived by his. wife, Eva, at home; sons, John George, Frederickton, NB, and Frank Norman, Murdoch, Sask; two grandsons’.and. two prand- daughters of Frederickton, N.B,. Services were held in the Sands Funeral Chapel. of Roses, Sid- ney on Tuesday, Sept. 23, Rev. R.H. Pratt officiating. | Inter- ment. was in the Royal Oak Bure iI Realen Government [ Expansion oy Incoming Union ‘of B.C, Mun-= icipalities’ president. Mayor Hugh Curtis” of Saanich told. the final Kamloops... convention session “the regional ‘district: concept is- solving local problems: ‘+ Already in many areas of-the province: municipal representa- tives who once thought only with-. in the narrow confines. of their own local jurisdiction have made the transition into a regional at- titude,’’-he said, Further development of ree gional districts will be one of the major changes in local gov- {ernment structure this province will - see. ‘in’ the 1970s, Curtis told the reeord 1,294 persons at the convention. “The prospect of stich change does not give me-any sense of alarm,’ he said. ‘‘Thus far, . with minor exceptions, the con~ cept has proved its worth. There’ is no reason why region- al government should not con- tinue to develop alonglines which are of great benefit to all citi-. zens.” Curtis also ‘said he will ask _the Minister. of Municipal Af- fairs to recognize ‘*the contin- uing urgency’? of the. munici- pal ‘money market situation and ‘to undertahe temporary mea- sures. to assist municipalities to raise ‘the money they need for jal Park. important capital projects. : He" stated his own endorsa- ‘tion’ of. the minister’s ‘inet - would: recognize the con- Predicted) plan to establish a municipal. and re- gional district. debenture mar-: keting agency but noted. that the move. will have to. await. legis- lative approval,’ which: can't be given until next spring. — “Municipalities: and: regional districts therefore still face the prospect of unsold debentures for several more months at least,’” he said, “Tt would be: most welcome if, the minister and provincial cab- tinuing urgency of the. market- ing. situation.and undertake tem- porary measures w relieve it,” he said, ; International Vv illage Talent Night The third annual Talent Night of the Vancouver Island Chapter of the Children’s International Summer Villages will be held in the’ McPherson- Playhouse, Cen- tennial: Square, Victoria, at 8: 15 P. m,, November 14, : : “ Eliminations will be held in ad- vance ‘to choose the performers. Application forms . may. - be obtained from the McPherson ‘Playhouse. or by phoning Mrs, A.B. -McKinnon, . Victoria, 385- 8849; or Miss Anna Wootton, Victoria, 386-1465 (office hours), |. Aren't there another couple of ‘‘booters’’ in the district? A number. of 19 and I1-vear- old. boys are going to. be de- prived.of play in league compe- tition of Saanich Peninsula Soc- cer Club unless a coach and man- ager can be found. ; Enough boys in this age group have turned out to form a team but, as club secretary Bill Akam points out:..“We have to find someone to guide them.’? Akami. said he” had - ‘