- "Sidney Airport”

PUBLISHIN LTD

ESTABLISHED 1912

Serving Th Municipalities of Central Sagnich, _Noihseete

the To n of Sid: | y

nd the Gulf islands

SIDNE

dn. the:

ia resolved, -

: ‘release | some: 20-acres - approachable ‘by a
undeveloped road a -short- distance - south. of: ‘the: entrance
to the Airport on East Saanich Road.) 2
: Encouraging correspondence passed between the Rotary -
= Club and. the federal department but + nothing definite | was ;

Everyone In The '

: With the formation last week of a representa ative Saanich
-.. Peninsula committee, ‘a far-seeing recreational project.
“sponsored - inthe first. instance by. Sidney Rotary Club has os
: been expanded ‘to: total community. involvement:: “
The project. as first conceived visualized construction

: “of an ice’ rink’ for skating. and curling on surplus Depart-
“ment of Transport property immediately to the south: ‘of
“municipality. of North Saanithe

. Some, months: ‘azo. there: were tentative enquiries: by the

“- Department - ‘Tegarding use ‘of surplus federal: government :
‘> property. in the: alr. for: Nght industrial PURPOSES, Sidney :

dedicated but:

‘Subsequently, in October on. nis visit to Sidney, Meniber |

-of Parliament: David Anderson was approached ‘by . Done 2:
Ruffle, chairman of Rotary’s project.. committee,

Anderson’ agreed to: take up the ‘matter in Ottawa and was
hopeful ofa favorable response by mid-November.

- From the first it. was the intention of Rotary to-enlarge
the concept: inte-a combined “communidy. project. “The threes.
' Peninsula municipalities were’ ‘approached and each offered: ~

and’ ata general meeting of Sanscha the members voted a ovis

tg: abandon. the idea of constructing an ice surface’ in Sans-
“cha Hall in view of the: larger scheme. -

“Objective of the: committee fornied last week ts the S002, _

ordination of all the resources of Sidney, North Saanich,
. Central. Saanich: andthe’ rural ‘area’ to the south, for pros.
--motion of a recreational centre to. serve: the entire popus 7

lation north of urban Victorla and Saanich,

Mree

—*. chatrman; Wy

“Bo ahead in any event,
‘Make no ‘mistake, - we are’

this-project,” sald -Mr. Ruif le,

"The committee. ts “still hopetul tl that the. Department. ‘Of
‘Transport. land. may -be ~Sequired, bat the Anvention: 4s: to fog dee

détermined to press on with’

ja. Sidney. and. in: Central Saanich, he declared we have’ oS
learned trom these errors, but now there is real enthusiisn’:
in each of the three munteipalities: and © loam confident

: that we shall succeed,"? 7

tink, he saw no. reason: why
OP a comprehensive | ‘communti

& thtee municipalities. we

Executive of the new ‘Peninsula: committee 1s fieaded ay” po

* Although: ‘the - original peoteet wis. ‘iintted to- an: ice

this should not be the ‘bucleus : .
iy’ recreational project ff de:

7 veloped on a’ site. equally. conventent ‘6 the residents or the : “ qo

_ My. Ruffle as. chairman, assisted by John Salvador, vice-

J. Larnick, secretary; Jean Clark, assise >

Referring to past failures... 2”

“tant ‘secreltey;. Den. Crowhurst, treasurer: and Directors
“Bob Parkinson and Oliver: Salvador. ©

- Named to ‘sub-committees were: - Don. Ruffle and Harry
© Chambers, - finance; Bob Parkinson: and Oliver Salvador, :
“public relations; John Salvador and ‘Don m Crowhursty
~ location, cag be Lok,

. Purthér meeting of ‘the committee is scheduled for 8 pam
. on Wednesday, Dec, 10, in the. Sidney, municipal hall coun-
“: qil-chamber,- A-- special Invitation to. attend “is extand
oo to- att those prepared to offer their. services

“In. the. future there. will, be presentations. ot
40. municipal, counctls, recreation: commissions, 5
ce community clubs: and ‘chambers of. ‘commerce.
“oi @yeryone. to become : Anvolved,’?: said: 0]

was gratified. at the ‘expressed: will

© SUBJECT. OF MUCH CONTROVERS
ee former. Anglican : church’ hall is expected to be. moved. soon

-- to give. Sidney. and district Scouts, Cubs and Girk ‘Guides
: much-needed larger: headquarters.

existing head-

it had agreed ‘to “burn a blind eye"? to its re- “location which -

duplication of pr -eparation “resulting from the * Sto;
._ order has meant extra expense. (Photo by Dane),

Peninsula Total At ie

Two more fatal accidents on

the Patricia Bay Highway during

the past week brings to 11 the

. Number of people who have been
~ killed on Saanich Peninsula roads :
oi this years:

Latest victims are:
2 Ethel May (Mrs,

“Margaret (Mrs, Keith) Staple-

~ > ton, 39, of 4082 Borden Street, |
-Lake Hill,

Mrs, Threadgold, who. was in

” poor health, was killed last Sun-
‘day bya car as she was trying —

to cross the Patricia Bay High-

Way at Weiler Avenue at about

1,30 pom.

“. . She was on her: way to visit
a friend, Mrs. A, Barnes, Weil-
er Avenue,

TRAFFIC HEAVY
Traffic on the highway was

’ heavy, There were several wit-
: nesses, |

- ney.

Mrs. Threadgold had lived in
Sidney the past 24 years, She
and her husband operateda super
market on Beacon Avenue for
Many years,

: She was born in Sheffield, Eng-
land and, resided in Hespero,

Alberta, before coming tu Sid-
She is survived. by her

husband,

Funeral service will be held
Thursday, Nov, 27 at 1 p.m. in
Sands Chapel of Roses with Rev,
OL, Foster officiating,
mation will follow.

FAMILY OUTING

Sidney RCMP. said the car in-
volved was driven by George An-
derson, 10722 Patricia Bay High-
way, who was southbound, en
route with his wife and their new-
born baby on an outing to Duncan,

In the Stapleton fatality there
were two cars travelling in ap-
posite directions which hit ona
curve of the highway as it pass~

‘,es through the Tsawout Indian

HOSPITALIZED

Canon F.C. Vaughan-Birch has
been a patient inRest Haven Hos+
pital for the past week and is re<
ported as making very satisfac-
tory progress after surgery.

“Albert.
-Threadgold, 78, of. 9649 First
“Street, Sidney; and

Crew:

Reserve abuut. one quarter: of a
mile. south of Mt. Newton Cross

Road, an
The collision took place last

“Wednesday: at approximately 6. 30. .
pm, :

Mrs. Stapleton, mother of two
young children and wife of- the

blind operator of a CNIB con.
_ cession at the Legislative Build-—
_ ings, was alone in her car,

NIGHT CLASS

A teacher at Gordon Head. June
ior High School, she was driving =
out’to North Saanich Senior. be~.
_ condary SchooF where she. taught

a night class in English.
~The cother -car,: which. was
southbound, was driven by Ros-
tlle Jackson, of Victoria; accord-
ing ta Central: Saanich Police.
‘Mrs, Jackson suffered multiple

fractures and is in satisfactory.

condition in hospital at. Victoria,

No explanation has been given
for the crash. - lt was dark, but
visibility was good. There wasa
slick of mud on the road at the

AN. EDITORIAL

ever,

With Two More Fatalities -

“ Spot. from highway reconstruc

tion activity, . .
FIRE PUT OUT

“Central. Saanich

Volunteer

Firemen attended .at the scene

with police. and. extinguished
smouldering wires in the Staple-
ton car. short-circuited in the
erash, 2 0.

“Both cars were crushedalmost

: beyond recognition and apasser-
“by! who happened on the accident

shortly: after it took place said
the wreckage was ‘indescribable.

“Ken McCarthy of 8433: Patricia

Bay. Highway, told The Review:
“It was the worst thing Fve ever
seen, It. made -me wonder if its
worth, driving a@ car any more."

Safety. Council. and police

figures on accidents on the Pen-|'

insula this. year are the worst
‘In North Saanich and Sid-
ney there have been 134 accidents
with 31 injuries and one death;
In Central Saanich, 27 aecia
dents, 31 injured: six killeds in
Saanich, 978 accidents, 331 ine

jared, four killed,

_ Little White Crosses

Some people don‘t believe in gimmicks,

but diere is one. that might be given some
thought by officialdam concerned with

death on the highway,

Th some sections of the United States.
the State of Montana for one, small white
crosses aré placed at the edge of the
highway where a fatal aecident has taken
Some time there are two or three
of the little crosses clustered atone joca-

place,

tion.

Lae al

Whether it is a single cross or a group of then. the
passerby cannot help but be jolted into immediate aware-
hess of the dangers that exist in driving today.

They confire up pictures of pain and violence, and more

than Ukely

the passing driver eases his foot off the ac-

celerator a little. and thinks twice about avertaking that

car ahead,

The crosses might even have a sobering effect on the

driver who has imbibed.

fe is difficult to judge «hat effect Safe Driving Cam-+

paigns have on the motoring public.
give an efeouraging picture.

Statistics don’t
Tre death toll continues

to increase at an alarming rate.
Perhaps the little white crosses might be wor th trving

‘Bud’ Michell.

‘Again Heads

Fair Board

Gordon “Bud? Michell - was re~

elected president at the 101st
annual meeting of North and South

Saanich Agricultural Society held

Thur sday at’ Saanichton, ve

John Looy returns to the e execus °

tive as vice-president.”

“Elected for two-year terms.a as
directors. are J,'A. Wright, Jack
‘Britton, Maurice Michell, James
Godfrey and Mrs, Carol Robert=
son, Mrs, Len Watson: is sec-
retary,

‘Reports | showed a record year .

both finunctally and.in attendance
at the Fall Fair-on the Labor
Day weekend. —

A total of $11,385 was disbur=

sed it prize money,

A record number of 236 young
people took part in the 4-H Club
activities, thanks to financial help
from the federal and provincial
governments, said Society manae

‘ger H. G, Robinson,

' Ground improvements during
the year cost $4,300, and plans
are made to finish a chain-link
fence around the remainder of the
Grounds, Already, arrangements

for the 10@nd Fall Fair are une

der ¢ consideration,

‘Municipality,

: attractive structures.

niet a tool shed.

Seward’s appraisal of the build.

“Charges that many - Ceune

1945. War.”

8. anvalr ‘rad warden, and

many of these t airmen. and, thel
‘vinta “and therefore too old

to: meet. “bylaw regulations. which
pula: five-year. ‘age limit.on any
building’ tobe moved into. the

OM re

tural defects. -‘A-weakening: or.
revision of the “bylaw will af~
fect our property values? ‘warned
the superintendant who said thal
other applications for the. mov~.
ing of buildings off f PatBay Algh=
way are pending, : wa fe gee

Ald. Dear moved that the a apo
plication. be rejected although
some” members. felt there. were
special circumstances; Mr. Ros-.

co-and neighbours wrote that the. e

building, to. .be: used. asa “tool?
shed, .would replace present un=

“Ald, Len’ Bland argued that
‘Council. should give an alter-
native “arswer to Mr, Rosco ‘in
view of the petition ahd usage.
Ald. Gardner pointed out that
the bylaw refers to buildings,

“We are throwing out policy,”
declared Ald. Dear. - We could:
throw out oux zoning bvlaw also,
‘but we would be overwhelmed with
decision after decision."

Mayor Freeman sugrested that
the applicant-be notified -of Mr,

ing and the application was turn«.

‘Hee verared that the Brethotic
‘hous sehold. Kept open holisa’ seven
| days: a week"at-their residence |
|e near. the Airport’ ‘during the 1939./:
:Morning and. night |:
‘there was. hospitality. to. the air-
men and also. their families an

“am n tala that’ Mrs, Brethour :

“dindorstand. w very’ ‘efficient one, |.

‘Seward “noted that. the.
; building also -had several strue-

1

x |

® WERE ONLY.TWO. | |r
‘by acclamation in’ |
the’ Dee. ) municipal elec’:

~ sula ‘municipalities. Mayor |
_ dames Cumming was unoppose
2 ed-in his bid for re-election
“in North. Saanich, and new-.
“comer Gordon Ewan was hand-.
eda Central. Saanich seat-on:
= the distri¢t School “Board. |
~ There will be contests ‘for all
_other open positions, Nomin-.
ations closed at noon Monday
and the full states of candi-
dates are. given on Page 9. °

50 In Turkey Shoot

-Destribed by Jimmy Alien as
‘the most successful Turkey Shoot
‘in‘the history of. the North Saas
‘nck “Rad and Gun Club, ‘feariy’
30 competiters took part Jn the
annual. pre-Christmas event at

ed down.

the Clubrange on McTavish Road,

tionsin! the Saani ch. Penin- ‘fe

@ new. hosp
be ‘erected on “Mount Newton Cross: Road between East

E time factor: for
ane extended | Ca

. Stal. the. “main Central 5 Saanich
_ttunk sewer: along Mount: Newton
Ctoss “Road ‘in close “proximity
“to” the hospita articular
_advantageous,: key
"AS @ preliminary on: Monday,
the ‘committee appointed. a task
‘force af. two of its. members to
prepare an outline’ of ‘the philo=-
Sophy and» basic. concepts
associated with the new hospital, . -
-for the guidance of the Hospital |.
Board and the planners. A.WeE.
Pitkethley and = T.. J... Bradley.
will combine inthis work over
next two weeks: Sasa ee oe
~ Tt was also. decided to prepare .
a questionnaire for architects to:
ascertain those: best aualified to to

Voting is simple to the vast
mMawrity of electors, vet at
every election there are dal-
lots that are rejected for one
reason or another,

Central Saanich Municipal
Clerk Fred Durrand who is the
municipality’s returning officer
explained that a voter who has
for some reason spoiled a bal-
lot may return it to the Deputy
Returning Officer in charge of
the polling station and receive
a clean ballot paper in exchange.
The PRA will deposit the spoiled
paper in an envelope kept for
the purpose and the total of
invalidated papers will be re
ported to the Returning Officer.

Rejected ballot papers are
those found to be improperly
marked when the ballot boxes
are emptied and the votes are

counted, The rule is to mark
an \ against the correct mm.
ber of candidates of one’s choice
with the penci] provided in. the
poiling booth, The vast major-
itv of electors understand this
very well, but invariably there
are those who from ignorance
or by design introduce their
personal variation,

It will be realized that scrut-
inv of rejected ballots is great-
iy intensified wher the result
of the voting is close anda re-
count is necessary, It becomes
vital when the demand is for a
judicial recount.

The subject was discussed at
some Jerigth at the Penticton
Conference of the Municipal Gf»
ficers’ Association this year,
when a number of decisions by

for the information of the dele.
gates.

“In the report of the proceed-
ings it was stated: “The gen-
eral rule is that as long as the
mark made by the voter. is an
*X' or resembles: an *X" it js
in order, but the use of some
ticks and some ‘N's’ is dis«
allowed on the ground that the
voters knew how to make an
“Nt and should have — staved
with the same form of mark-
ing.

mY; the ballot is marked ‘in
colored pencil completely, or
in ink completely, it is accept-—
ed, but if it is partly marked
in pencil and partly marked in
ink or colored pencil, it is re-
ected because the writing in-
strument was chanped and could
have been done as a means of
identification."

The Judge also ruled that where
there was an erasure, if the
erasure was successful, the
ballot was accepted.

“ot an °X's more crosses thai
there are candidates to be ele:
ected; ticks and- crosses
ifiable); two two ‘X's’ in ¢
word . written in blank
the writing: of | any
marking with a diagorsdl
or an ‘X’ with a squiggle
ed a4 matk of eerie

Funds Available For Sidney Sewers

Mayor Arthur Freetnan ane
nounced tc Town Councif Monday
the Canadian Mortgage and Hous«
ing Corporation will make funds
avaiable for proposed sewer de«

Justice Kirke Smith were noted

velnnmert

gintinetivamacaeae ee

Willis, Cunliffe and Tait have

engineered the designs which in« - 3
corporate main trunks, lift tas | ¢ises where there
tions and treanment plants. fanit on the ballet