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The congregation of St. Paul’s
United Churen, Sidney, will vote
next Sunday on .a. recom-
mendation of the Board that the
Church Building at Fifth Street
and Malaview be demolished.
The meeting is called for noon in
the adjoining Church Hall.

The old church is no longer in
use, and all activities now: take
place in the Hall which is com-
paratively new, said Rev. Hori
Pratt, the minister.

St. Paul’s. was the first
Presbyterian Church to be built
in North Saanich. It was built at
at a cost of less than. $2,500, and

was opened for worship in Sep-

tember, 1914.

A Methodist Church had been
opened in Sidney in April of that
year, and.some years later when.
the Rev. Thomas Griffiths had
charge of the Wesley Church he
successfully worked for the union
of the two congregations.

The first combined service was

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held in St. Paul’s on Sunday, Nov,
7.1920. This was nearly five years
before the United. Church ‘of

Canada was inaugurated in June
of 1925,

Recalling the circurns ances
later, the Rev. Griffiths said: ‘
came to Sidney irf June 1920. .. ih
my charge were three ap-
pointments, . Wesley,
Saanich, on the East Road at the
north end of Samuel Brethour’s
farm.- a lovely Jittle church with
a beautiful spire that should have
been preserved as. a memento,
but which was torn. down
sometime in the 30’s - and Shady
Creek.”

“T -held two. services each
Sunday, at Shady Creek in. the
morning and at St. Paul’s in the
evening. We opened up the North

Saanich chureh which for a while
had been closed, but as most of

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FRE WRECKER S: are “expected to move soon
on old St. Paul’s United Church at Fifth Street
and Malaview. It is considered beyond repair.

the people were as close or closer
to St. Paul’s we did not continue
this for long.’

‘Wesley Church in Sidney now
became Wesley. Hall, and was
used a great dea) for social -af-
fairs.
my. mind: how very contented
and happy weal] were together,

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and what
congregations
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enthusiasm:

the:
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- The history of nonconformity in

North. and South

is

recorded in a booklet compiled by

E.R. Halk
Valkenburg.

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. Church was built on half anacre
given by farmer Robert, F. John.
He had earlier. given one acre.of”
~ Jand to be used and cared for: asa.
cemetery for free burial; “and
open .to.all within this area
-irrespective. of creed,
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Congre egation meets in newer: adjoining hall
shown at right which was dedicated on F eb. 25.

1962. (Review Photo).

The emigration from California

to the Victoria’ area: of some
-hundreds of freedom-seeking
- Negroes in 1858 is recalled in the

booklet. Among those settling in

- what is now the Central Saanich

area were the Charles. Alexander
family,. the -Sprotts. and. the.
McMillan’
the: latter that the ‘first: Shady

_Creek Church was built, on the
old: East: Saanich Road, between

the present road of that name and
Patricia. Bay. Highway.

“In 1895 the present Shady Creek

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“The. ‘congregation © cat ‘Shady.

“Creek: was. linked. with those of |
.. Sidney and’ North, Saanich j Jn the |.
union, of 1920.

~ Samiuel. : Brethour an
acquired: the » 500-acre:

amily.

‘first school was’ built on Wain’ Ss:

| Thies, Cars Crash,

in, Morning Fog —

Rarly: niorning fog: contributed
Lo an’ accident. involving three

jumction of Beacon Avenue and

Patricia Bay Highway, causing a

total. of $27,000 damage,
Acar driven by Hans.

vehicle pulling. out ‘of? Beacon,
turned sideways on the road and
stalled. A cab driven by Harold
Gauti,. Courser Drive,
behind Greotveld's cor and we
hit from be hind by accar driven
hy. Phillip Hall of Sidney,, The
Gaudi ear sustained $2,000- in
damages: ‘and the: Hall vehicle,
S70) damage.

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‘annual. meeting last week at.S

larm: extending’ from the Sidney
‘waterfront. to. the east. Road they “
brought, with them the: ‘Huguenot :
“Protestant. tradition. Services |
‘conducted by the ‘Methodist
pastor in Victoria were held in

~ the: ‘Brethour farmhouse, and>
“were. continued . there until the:

outside the store on 1k riday,

cars on Monday morning: at the.

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of Sidney, in.swerving to avoid a»

slowed

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Henry. Brethour was the first
Sunday: School. superintendent,

and -often there. were. services”

held: alternately. for, Anglicans’
and Methodists. It was Samuel

- Brethour, Jr., who gave the lot on

the East Road, facing Mills Road

- for a church which was erected in

1891..0n demolition in the 30's the
bell from the tower was stored i in

St. Paul’s at Sidney.
There are no plans to replace

aging St.. Paul’s, said the Rev:
Pratt. He reflected on. the
changing times, and-. gave «the
opinion thatthe ecumenical

“ movement toward ‘unity -prac-
‘tically rules out the construction
‘of new churches. ona sectarian »

basis.

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Riding «Club. is Capt.
Spicer .who was. chosen ct the’

John’ ‘Hall,
“He succeeds Mrs. Jo

directors.

Meredith;
Madeline —
‘directors with Mrs. Walkef, ‘Mrs.

treasurer, of ‘Mrs.

MeCombie.”

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Patricia Bay Highway, reported
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Trustee

_ New. ‘president Sof: the Sunset. -
Robert ane

“who. will serve on the board ; of

" Vice-president is Mrs. Lorraine .
‘Soellener; secretary, Mrs. Dawn |

‘Coppinger: » vand:

Colleen © eee, and» ‘Dr, n Frank

“Marry Mow of Mow’ S Market,

Struggling witha budget which by provincial direction

must not exceed 110 per cen

faced with rising and unexpected costs, the trustees of
Saanich School District pared and pruned expenditures
for hours on Monday evening.

An item of $8,522, being the estimated cost of an ab-
sorption field as recommended by the Board of Health
for a Central Saanich school was deferred in the hope —

that the sewerage plans
mature.

It was observed that teacher's

salary increases are not, the only

cause of financial . difficulties.
John’. Pennington
presented new demands of the
Saanich ° fire
sophisticated. fire . detection
apparatus at Roya) Oak. and
Cordova Bay schools. Estimated

cost. is: .$9,2060~ and $4, 200
respectively:
Trustee . Gorden. Ewan

suggested that in this ‘matter
there should © be* provincial”
_standards, because at ‘present the.
school boards are at the mercy of.
ever-changing.
requirements.” The estimates |
‘were referred. to the buildings .
and. grounds. committee for oS
possible downward revision..
. A further economic problem |
| arose through the restraint in’
“summer ©

The annual cost ¢ of educating a 2

ae pupil in: British, Columbia’

marshal. for.

“regional:

watering of © playing o
fields and new turf to”save ex:
pense. It now. appears. that some.:
turf has not. survived ‘the Ory
‘season and: fields. have become: ae

it of last year’s total, and yet

of that. municipality _ will

Alberta has set a limit of six per ~
cent rise in teacher salaries for -
1976.

District Superintendent Mort
-Thorsel speaking of problems of fe
actommodation ‘said’ that. the =|
pressure for expansion is) °.
greatest..at: Sidney ‘elementary: he
school, and’that the use. of por-.
table. classrooms will; be con: :
‘sidered. — ; ae
Noting: that many” rooms’ in
District. schools intended: for.
library use are. In. service. as
classrooms, he said that now is.’
_not‘the time to return’ them
their Proper. use.

in other business, the’ ‘Board
“gave final reading ‘to..a bylaw.
“authorizing. a bond «. issue ‘of
- $100,000. for. 1970 capital. “ex. |
penditures, a part of Referendu I
“11 of 1968. The issue will carry
‘interest of 8%4. perc
“mature in. 1990. :

‘rose from’ $386 in’ 1965 to. $522 in.”

1967; according '

‘B.C, Teacher’s Federation.
Trustee.’ Charles: MacNeill

explained to” the . Board: some. ‘of
other |.
provinces are -altempting to cope
a “with rising costs, mentionin, that.

the | ways” ‘ink “which »

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“IMPAIRED DRIVER.
Ronald Higgins: ‘paid’ $400, in:
Sidney police court on February 2.
on a. charge of impaired driving.

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