96:

isation of $7. 50 each for
17 sheep destroyed by stray dogs

les, Sun]

Stead ‘Farm, Saanichton, - at ‘the

~smunielpal: meeting last week, The
* dogs

re ‘Society has

‘daoided :to: confer honorary life
Seog upon -any -of their
members © who: -become -great=
grandparents, - The latest mem-
to qualify under this new
Tuling are. Mr, and Mrs, Se as
White:of Sidney. cae

of Salt Spring School

trict are concerned at the ha=”

zards. facing board members who
led” upon to travel between
Trustee ‘A. D, Dane

has! announced - his” intention ‘of
: ringing. ina special | resolution
in this. regard at the December

: tiations, . ‘and suggested that ‘the

* “lines” for

‘| putes over qualifications, ability,

what”: “the. teachers: ‘desperately
want- it: to become ora truly” ;
professional - ‘association devoted

J {to ‘Professional considerations,

“chers~school board ‘salary nego=

public ‘charges. and counter char~
ges. from. both sidés are. ‘‘not-
worthy. of: the: dignity: and: -pres=-
tige: I. would ‘like to attach to’ the
“education: system ‘of British Co-
lumbia, oe ;
Letts face. itn Brousson went
on, “‘howcana professional asso,
ciation. also be-in effect a union
negotiator?!” ;

‘He“ pointed ‘out the natural ee?

‘salary: scale’ is: running headlong
into. the very limited | room: for:
as negotiation’ by the school boards
~| because « of the tight strictureim-.
posed by the Provincial Finance:
Formula, : oe yon eae
Brousson “proposed “that the
teachers: set: up, as a separate
‘and ‘distinct’ entity, an Educa-
tional Contractual Relations Bur-
eau, which would have three
basic responsibilities:. 2s
:1, To... negotiate: each: year
first with the Department of Edu-
cation, to establish overall guide-.
‘the province, which:
would be within. the Department's
budgetary plans,” and would en-.
-able all parties to do alittle more.
long term budgeting and planning.
“2.-To negotiate individual con
tracts with each school district,
within the provincial guidelines,
but to meet the Individual school
board’s needs and programs, -.
3..To assist. teachers. an dis-

tenure and ‘soon,

. “As a result of this, I believe
a highly technical problem woula
be “solved .amicably _by skilled,
professionals, ...As an important.
secondary. benefit, ‘the Teachers
Federation ° “eould® then become

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- Aboard the sleek SS.

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TRAVEL SERVICE LTO.

HAWAI

Oriana departing from

ok Re “sports. Croix. de> Guerre;

~(In-fact, my wife says she will ©
“see that I get a-medal for creat=

ing this. scene of. devastation as”

sire’ of. the teachers for a better |

uture, my wife and I. have. decided to improve our skills in”

a the: deck’ spol S*we: expect to’. find aboard, “Consequent
: >|. been Shuttlecocking, shuffleboarding and pingponging in anticipatio :
. Although we: don’t. seem to be: getting much: better with all the:

practice, our rumpus ‘room has certainly become gamey!
» Before ‘proceeding, let's take a long hard look at that rumpu : f

Anyone. ‘abie- to lob: one over:

the net without cricking his back

onthe Maytag or bruising his
knuckles trying te backhand one
off the furnace, shouldbe entitled

s00n aS she can locate a French

general with a strong enough sto--

mach te‘kiss' me on both cheeks.)

‘In order:to’ make any sense out.
_of-our indoor games under the

flues, and’ joists, it has been:

- necessary to setuparather com-
plicated handicapping system, ;
For example, two pingpong balls
- lodged’ in the rafters is: equal to
- one plonked into the drver, ~

‘The question is, will these re-

gulations hold up under Interna-
: vonal: aw?“ What about-when we:

‘move. onto the deck?) Will two
balls in. the funnel be equal to
one. in the captain's Jocker?..

My. wife. is a dreamer, but.I

« finally gave up. the physical and
“mental impossibility of trying to

imagine myself aboard the Prin-

-cess Carla somewhere: south of
“Acapulco when I knew for a fact

that I was standing under a drip-
ping. pipe with one foot : in. the
dog’s dish.

’ With very little reluctance we

. Swept outdoors to the fresh. air:

of the backyard to get into shape

for: the volleyball tournament that
iis.sure to be held aboard the Ship,
it- is neces-:

- Unfortunately,
sary to maintain the pedal digit

*room, AS a playing.field, it’s reminiscent of the battleground i an.
- All. Quiet On The Western Front,

I biame-our inability to. compete: is

“successfully: in table tennis anywhere.< cexcept in our own foxhole)
: on this badly whit, low-ceilinged,: ill-véntilated fallout shelter.- ;

dexterity ofa broker field rv run=.

nes do-- successfully manoeuvre J

across’ our. ecurt’? which ig a’

lumpy lawn pockmarked with our

tempted to root out ‘the last. of.
the bracken, : :

". TO make it worse, our love of”

; spreading - trees and the proxi-
mity of neighboring houses sénds ;
to Umit the distance a good »
“serve,

The last time I whackeda really
good one it ended up in the back

“of a departing gravel truck, >

However, we have become used

to these conditions and our games

are punctuated with cries to team

~ mates of ‘stand tall’? (to indicate’

a brief. opening. is. available
among. the branches - :and. ‘low.

~bridge?? (a: clothes line or jutting

@aves trough will decapitate you
if-you move an inch.)

So much bobbing and weaving

goes on that people watching our
little -game of Underneath. The
Arches say it looks like a herd
of. giraffes having a-palm tree

‘picnic on an ice floe,

But a person can get used to
almost anything and my wife and

-T now can wend and weave, bow
and scrape our way through tho-

obstacle course like World Var
I vets - jumping ™ in and, out of
trenches,

“More ‘difficult is seaking our
strange. habits: when playing.un-
der proper volleyball conditions,

At. the School. Bym: last’ winter. :

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Sidney 656- 4309

Victoria 388- 5108

“Sidney
Near new 2 bedroom ree
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venient location, Full price
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Sidney
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North Saanich waterfront
Jot. 70 ft. beach front-
age. $5,000 down. Full

“it
on HAL Appraved,

. oTRUMPET CITY;

. terization,

‘sented
year’s ypolfing activities, sovia}

-$on’s construction sites, mole |.
“choles ‘and’ ‘pits. where: Vhave ¢

we ‘bobbed and crouched so much
to duck non-existent impediments
the whole team got Seasick;

Will this happen. ‘aboard ship?
Will we be awarded éxtra points

‘if. our opponents throw up over:

the railat the sight~ of us?

On the other: hand, maybe we
‘can pass. off our gyrations at
game -time as”. weird - fertility
rites from the Northland, It
may even catch on. Maybe our
style of play. will become ° the

. int thing; like the latest dance

craze, .
“Tf it does catch on I think we

; should get: somthing ‘for all the

trouble..we’ve taken to perfect:
ith ‘Hello, Canada Council?
Listen . > . how about a grant
for developing a uniquely Cana~
dian fad???

I'm going.’to think about that

for a while. If we play it smart

we can keep our peculiarities and
make a buck at-the same time,

—TTTVAHNRCRNAREN

~BOOK CHAT

omc BY. MARY KIERA NS JH

The Sidney and. North Saanich
Branch of: the -egional Library

has reer Fecelved: a new novel
. by a nfle-known Irish author,

Jar, es: Plunkett. It is called
and it isa
book which may well rank among
the masterpieces of world fic-
tion,

The “‘strumpet city? is Dublin
_in the years ‘between 1907 and
‘1914, and, in’ this: long, deeply

“engrossing work, Mr, Plunkett

portrays Dubliners at all levels .
of: “society with an almost Dick-
ensian color.

This is, perhaps, an ‘old fa«
shioned? novel, but old fashioned -

in:the best- sense of. the term,

meaning a novel with a-substans.
tial plot and a depth of charac-
The. background © of
the! story” is the. stormy ‘labor
movement of the ‘early twentieth
century, and in-its depiction of
the agonizing: struggles of- the

Irish working men. against - the

power. of -: the Establishment,
STRUMPET CITY. ‘goes. to the
heart of the struggle between the
‘haves’_and_ the - “have-nots? that.
is still relevent,

Many’ men and women move
through these pages, playing out
their personal dramas, and they

7 . oy a
460 Membership —
At Glen Meadows

Annual general mectingof Glen
Meadows Golf and Country" Chub.
Membership “Association ‘Was
held in . the clubhouse ‘fast
Thursday evening,

* The outgning executive pre-
reports regurdiny: last

events” and. financial .situation,

A new slate of officers was
elected for the coming year and
A. Gordon Blair is the new pre-
sident.. Vice president is Eric
Howitt: men's captain, AL i,
Douds; vice captain, Brian Slug-
Kett; treasurer, Ken Mac; social
convenor, Alan Gray; ladies cap-
tain’ Margaret Robertson; and
ladies vice captain, E velyn Car-
rierre,

Club owner Peres Criddte re-
ported that Glen Meadows now

has 460 members.

- Ticket Contested

A. contested traffic violation
notice for speeding was rejected
by Judge D. G. Ashby after hears
ing the evidence InSidney magis-
trate’s court on Nov, 22,

David Washington of Victoria

come ‘to life all the: more be-
lievably because they are “as

falibly human as we are: a slum |

landlord, @ priggish young priest
and a drunken older one,‘an

Anglo-Irish~ Frotastant who ‘is.

moved. to join his cause with
that of his fellow workers, and

the laboring men themselves and |
their-women who are, finally, wil= |

ling to fight: for what’ they belleve
in.

“Here® isa novel well worth

Careful. reading for. it ‘offers us:

a ‘vividly..drawn gauge against ;
“Which to. measure ‘our-own.hu-

manity - the mark of great write
ing.

Tsartip Children

In Song Festival |

/ Children of the Tsartlip Indian
Band are among the eight eth=
nic groups to take part in/an in=
ternational song festival -spon-
sored: by the International Order
of The King’s Daughters and Sons
at the Truth’ Centre, Fort Street,
Victoria, on Monday,’ Dec. 1 at
8 p.m, ; -
Chinese, native Indian; Ger=

.man, Netherlands, Norwegian,

Polish, Ukranian. and Welsh
groups will perform, = together
with the Rotary Boys" ‘Choir of
Victoria, :

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| -produced by. agrowing Indian arts
S and crafts industry.

7 j | Canadian art.

22, a Sioux Indian from the Stand=

.Slassic example of the Canadian
Indian’s. feel fer. symmetry and

of an Indian pottery teapot with

“ display’ ‘inthe Discovery Roo
: the Canadian. Pavilion at. “EXPO |

770” in Osaka, Japan, *

". Exhibited: with other artifacts
of Canadian culture: will be two .
items selected by department. of
Indian .Affairs. consultants. from)
Scores. of imaginative articles

“These are a Sioux tapestry and

a Mohawk tea. ‘getcwhich were |.

chosen because- “Of the status
they’ have achieved in the Cana-
dian art world and for their
ability, best to portray native

_ The tapestry.was designed and’
created:by Miss Beatrice Bear,

ing Buffalo Reserve 50 miles east
of Regina, Saskatchewan,
Intended as a wall decoration,
the tapestry. measures. 44 by 36
inches and featuresa black, white
and turquoise design on an ochre
backgrotind: The hooked woolen
tapestry’s traditional. Sioux ‘de-
signs and blending of shades isa

color,

The Mohawk tea set consists

.Johnis

ther, : ie a. sister’ of. Jay: Silve:
heels, better known. as ‘Tonto,
the Hollywood, estern tar.

: | SHANNON'S PRIZE «
FIRE TRUCK RIDE.

Shannon Fraser, a grade 2stu- Boke
dent’ who’ lives on, Wains Cross. oo
Road, is: the’.winner of the St. -

; ‘Brownie Pack | writing

contest.

The: Brownles we were taken to the .

airport firehall last month where;
they were shown films and: given *-
a talk on fire safety, It was Suge
gested that the Brownies: “rite

up their impressions of the visit’
and thetr. _Stories would be judged. oe

The winner was to havea ride

in. the - fire ‘truck | ‘and: help: to. os

put outa simulated fire, ©

_ Mrs, Snow, “Brownie leader, ‘
said that. nine stories had’ been oes
turned in and that Shannon’s had whe:
Shannon...
had: her ‘ide and helped: put out ~~

a fire on Tuesday afterncon, ate
‘ter. School, = : ms

been judged the best.

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