save money and sleep outside the hostel. The Japanese boys in charge decided this would not do. and collapsed his im- provised shelter on top of him their daily allotment of food money to buy souvenirs. Flying from Seoul to Tokyo, the group split up into parties to visit the Kabuki theatre and company with peasants enroute to Pusan, the students were put below decks of ‘“Arirang Maru when the winds whipped to’ hurrican- terrible living conditions. Many people have nothing better than a piece of cement culvert in which. to. shelter, said. Leslie. There - is no the Toba Peninsula was at home, they saw many girls similar with its tall pines, to displaying just as much leg as British Columbia.’ in Canada! Long-haired The girls, were. warned youths are also common but BY PAT MUNSON Sleeping on tatami mats, eating bowls of rice and travelling peasant-style buildings was beautiful and she saw Emperor Hirohito there, but she enjoyed much more the mingling. with through Korea and Japan crowds in town, visiting the beforethetrip to dress with Leslie liked the uniformed » ; oon » gave Clarmont students a pearl industry headquarters discretion, the Japanese being school children with their force. We slid up and down middle class in Korea and the other downtown attractions, ~ with much argument and first-hand look at living at Toba and seeing religious a modest people. However, ‘“pudding-basin’’ hairstyles. the floor as we tried to sleep on extreme poverty made a deep or.to climb Mount Fuji. Leslie exclamation as a result! Next morning, the descent took only one hour. Filled with enthusiasm by the early impression on the. Canadian group. There are some tatami mats,”’ recalled Leslie. “But not many of us were sea- ' sick.”’ Later, they were elected . for the . three-hour climb “which she found exhausting as the air thinned shrines. although they left their shorts Travelling in a small boat in Travelling on money raised conditions in the Orient. * Leslie Hulme, daughter of - wealthy Mr. S. themselves, with Claremont 2480 Sauer, cee on nombe teacher Mrs. M.D. Phillips allowed to sleep on the deck, _ residents who live in elaborat at 11,000 feet. morning sunrise, the students of the 86-member contingent and several other — ac- and the beauty of the island houses well barrica sa ‘In the middle of. the night, ‘leaped and charged” down and admitted that, at times companying adults, the coastline made up for the against enemies. A righ everyone was bedded down in the steep slopes, completely — ’ ’ -hardships of the trip. curfew at night is in force all the mountain-top hostel when ruining their shoes in most teenagers sometimes found food and accommodation primitive. the going was uncomfortable. “But it was worth it,”’ she added, remembering the view from. Mount Fuji after steep ascent, and the still beauty of the Korean Coastline after being tossed for hours in a over, South Korea and the a military police shoot first and ask questions afterward, said Leslie with a’shudder. ‘But during the six days spent on the island, the students enjoyed wandering cases! The tour group arrived home somewhat thinner but _ laden with lengths of beautiful fabric, carvings and many memoires. For all of them, it was worth a year of saving the sudden commotion of shouting woke the students. In the darkness, panic prevailed. “T was terrified,” admitted Leslie. ‘‘We all thought the volcano had begun to erupt.”’ The trouble was over one of Arriving. in Pusan,. the Korean customs exhibited the nations’ hatred of Com- munism, by ripping out the U.S.S.R. pages in the students’ Expo guide book. Staying in hostels, the Canadian were Several adults accompanied the students and shared the hardships and the fun with equal good humor! Assisting boat in hurrican force winds. Mrs. R. G. Phillips, tour i nur . . . ' > the rer about the. towns, sav > ; i F -tri . Expo ‘70 in Osaka was not organizer, were Mrs. Joan saddened by the poverty and vee the enone who had decided to $550 round-trip fare - the highlight of the three-week tour. for. Leslie. The ar- chitecture’ of the display Eagles, 10447 Alibay, Sidney, David. Young, teacher from ‘Royal Oak Junior High School and Sister Margaret Sitton of Tsartlip Indian School. ol Phone 656-1151 vs Second Section a The Japanese, said Leslie, seem a very tolerant people but the pace of life there ‘is frightening, ‘‘abnormally fast.”’ They seem _ materialistic yet make no fuss about leftist citizens who openly sclicit donations to the Communist Leage on. the Streets. At the famous Ise Shrine, the worshipping place of the - Emperer, the countryside on Ex-Sidney Girl Dies In Fire Word has. been:received. of. the death: of Mrs. Maxine’ Mary McDonald, 28,..(nee Magee) in -Atikokan, Ont., ina house fire.j in “early August. . Mrs: ‘McDonald was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Magee who. were. Sidney ‘residents for many: years. sok. - Mrs. MeDonaid went to ‘school - in. Sidney: Her father will be Wednesday, August 12, 1970 PAGE SEVEN - Two roads in search of aname. are the east and west access... roads which are “under con- ‘struction parallel to Patricia Bay ; Highway. _» To the west of the highway is the entirely new route cut from = ‘| the East Saanich. Road to the ~~ “north, and. bisecting. Mount. Newton Cross Road to link with : Bourne. Terrace and McTavish ae : Road. S : “East of the highway, ‘the no Those To. : enefit “Seek loney For Centre BY PAT MUNSON . “Sidney Silver Threads are spearheading. a. Money-raising campaign for the senior citizens. Py activity centre. : Walter S. Villers, Silver Threads ‘Volunteer Corps president and building committee trustee, : - rallied members in Sanscha last Friday. Agriculture Minister Cyril M. | thward access road maintains a Shelford’ stated: that the new: “devious course. as it: utilises 66 5 2 “eLe We who will benefit the most will help. campaign ‘| faboratory: will provide | Collins: Road at Mount Newton . SOIL TEST LAB | MOVING 7 TO. KELOWNA | The - BC. Department of Agriculture. Soil “Testing _ Laboratory’ will be moving from Victoria to new premises & at’ Kelowna on- “September 1. In. announcing the. move,’ - Shoemakers and . Pastry bakers, -- Undertakers and Oyster cultivators Are just some of the workers | employed in industries covered. © _ by Workmen's. Compensation... _ With free medical treatment. ‘Special therapy. And. financial aid. If you are unsure. of your. ‘coverage phone the WCB. woRKmMeNs ‘remembered: ‘as a teacher .at- - for t ” 7 COMPENSATION | North Saanich Senior Secondary | _ | efor the: money, "said Villers, | greatly improved facilities for | Cross. Road, deviates clbse| to the . BOARD Suns School. and was’ leader of the}: IT WAS BROCADE. instead of: breakfast for Leslie Hulme, ae Money-raising » scheme: residents. “They” ean: ‘obtain. ‘soil testing work. 0 - “dit ne nae a gens Sra le eons The” laboratory will he _ | Gseance en curves to make use covumBia “> “Claremont graduate, - -who. enjoyed bargain-hunting | during ~~ “three-week. student tour. Leslie models. a' piece of fabric She ‘bought i in an Oriental bazaar. (Review Photo). a “proposed ‘by. Bill: Gibbons: -will | involve the selling of “bricks” by accommodation, “ ‘advice | on” ‘members under a committee financial. assistance ~ and,. | ~ | composed of. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Pete probably most. important of: all, ae _Middlemiss, Pegsy McLeish and companionship. : counselling, help with finding ‘school band as well as Ss having an In. 4 : electrical store. of Dencross. ee a located . “the. new. ‘Agricultural. ‘Services Building on Spall. Road. lt will. continue to be operated by the - Field Crops. Branch. John. the ¢ action taken. Since the’ 254 ‘member. ‘group | ‘moved: out’ of the: “1, Knights” of Pythias Hall: this: “spring because. of increased: senior ‘citizen: Many of. these. rental ‘charges, the. activities” small, comforting tasks are’ | chave taken‘ place - in. Sanscha. 7 d‘ out’ by the 60-member “auditorium; ‘this is a hospitable: carried out by | =volunteer Corps, an autonomous’ ‘hall but over-large for the varied. a said that meetings have been arranged | with the Sidney Silver organization and with the Royal ‘Canadian. “Legion ment accommodation — for front, within a-block-.of the main - by the promoters, during which it, ‘was found that property values in: Threads ; represen« talives. who haye shown interest. in provision of suitable apart- the. “We want to provide day-long: activities and also a hot meal at Barker. ‘Many. older people just. do. not bother meals for themselves." PLANS DISPLAYED sketch, plan of the new. building ‘whieh. will. provide separate | “hobby shop, kitchen, frat’ ald. reception centre, The 00 by 60 foot : building will also, house a stage and auditorium, .. Sidney. Silver began in) 1987, ts open to all persons 60. years of age or more. | netivities in. Vietoria, Kequimalt, Saanich or sidney Centers. + “Assixted by Mrs. Pearson, Pauline Barker directs a service which is the focal point elderly Sandal dasshasenpsanuldtatacalstds EXPORT: Cunedes Vitel REGULAR AND KINGS Garde the new center is completed. ~ Juneh-time.’”’ explained: Pauline ~ to cook, proper _ Mr. Villers showed members a : areas for. library and lounge, | room, power lool workshop and y. Silver, Thread ‘Dorothy : Threads, which fl. It has a monthly magazine edited — -by Russell Stingon and Is growing - by Jeaps and bounds, For $2 per. -year, a member may take partin § of daily life for many Peninsula WHEN YOU HAVE SENT . YOUR DONATION FOR. THE “SENIOR. 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