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presided: over the town and

Palak Oa Nasa At MonaT a D

SUR eeaicee!

Wednesday, October 28, 1970

BY
BAGNOLD’S

ENID
AUTOBIOGRAPHY — “I. shail
continue: to explore - the
astonisment of living’, says the
character, Miss . Madrigal,
toward the end of Enid Bagnold’s
play, The Chalk. Garden. Like
many of her characters, this one
itS creator, as

down the years through the pages
candid,
original account of her life. The
author at cighty continues ‘to
explore the astonisnment of
living’ with as much zest
yesterday as at the beginning.
Between the lines, one gathers
that she has always been
something of a handful. From her
childhood ‘in Jamaica (the
daughter of a colonel in the Army
Engineers), her growing up (‘I
simply, in 1907, couldn't get. to

grips with a man... there was a
~ battery there but it was wired up

wrong.’”), and her early. years

- away from home in London, down.
to the production of her last play,
~The Chinese Prime Minister.

(during: which she and. the

‘director quit speaking to each

other), she has been eager,
willful, intrepid, and impatient.

Enid Bagnold has, in fact, lived
‘Several’ lives: As the ‘socially’
she.

country houses of her husband,
Sir Roderick; the ‘chairman of
Jeeuters, and raised. their - four.
“children. As..Enid Bagnold,. she.
“wrote the novels: “Diary: without
Dates, Serena Blandish, National
Velvet, The Loved and: Envied, 7
“among others. Her plays have =
“included ;in addition to The Chalk
Garden, Lottie Dundass, The |
ce, and ‘The Chinese

autobiography’, Why?) 2 =:
~ have. known so many interesting
: .’‘Pshal’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because
ag can’t waste the end of my life
telling you. anecdotes. about | in-.

MARY

_Bagnold’s account of. her

“explore the
‘living’’, and she transposes’ this

KIERANS

375 pages to anecdotes about
these very people. And here is
much of the charm of this book.

Many of them: will be. un-
familiar to readers under thirty.
For others. the names of Ralph
Hedgson, Middleton Murray,
Walter Sickert, Lovat Fraser will
bring only echoes of memories.
But to Enid Bagnold. they are
sharp and clear, To be sure, she
disarrmningly admits that, ‘I have
no. straight and simple
recollections, but a memory
falsified by cross-lights and
unpredictable."’ And earlier, she
remarks. “I can plainly see him
(Hugh Kingsmill) down in the
yard,..If he says in his book he
wasn't there. I don't believe it. He
is dead. | am eighty. There's no
arguing with either of us.’

Her theatrical. life, which
began when she was in her mid-
fifties, left her with fascinating
reminiscences... Her: description
of her visit to the Lunts’ home at
Genesee is tantalizing; her ‘full-
length portrait of Irene Selznick
and her shorter sketches of Edith
Evans, Alan Webb, and Margaret
Leighton are sharpiy and_ac-
curately- etched. And.-into Miss
stage
triumphs and failures is. packed
‘so much truth, illustrated by so
many telling incidents, that it
should -be.-devoured. by a}l
aspiring dramatists. _

What a lively writer she is; and
what a memorable character she
must .be:. Certainly this.
autobiography is one of the most
vivid works published this year.
Enid Bagnold has continued t
“astonishment at

to- her. work “without: any loss of

immediacy or vitality.
BETTER PRESSURE

. Waterworks. committee

|-recommendations to improve
pressure in some elev ated areas
were» ‘approved “by
Saanich council Monday evening.
According to plans Submitted. by’

Central.

Waterworks Superintendent H.’

| Peard, the work. will. proceed. j.
ccording ‘to approved priorities

vi ine

Mi

“Mem

HAPPY HOU RS of painstaking work have been put into the

model stage coach displaved by Alf Williams.
Road. who chose cedar and dogwood for. this project.

1252 canes End
A sheet

metal worker and heating contractor. Mr. Williams first began
making miniature coaches and wagons in 1967 and his crait-
smanship shows in the fine finishing of each working model.

(Review Photo.

BY SANDRA SWAN

Club Reporter

The... Saanich Peninsula. 4-H
Beet .Club, having completed a
busy year of. meetings. training
sessions, exhibiti ng their animals
of fairs, and general fun: held its
big roundoff night on Oct. 19 at
‘Saanichton Agricultural Hall.

Chairman was Gary Cailander
who welcomea guests at - the
Achievement Banquet. There:
were 180 present: and after*a
delicious buffet supper. -club-
members were called on to report.

on special happeni ngs during the.
vear, ar
At. the end of the: reports.

awards were given:
The Imperial Bank. of Com

merce presented Bob { Lees with a, :
“gold watch for achieving the high:
ye aggregate points:

Malahat'4-H District:

steer with the e highest rate of gain

in. wieght!

“Honor pins

Russ Trace. ;
~ J. Bowles then
“prizes: to the firs

rey ee 1h ae uN
rei

in: the South ~
was won, by
‘Teddy. Bartlett won the Doney "
rial. Trophy for having the |
~ breeds,
oo Mr. Trimble’ ‘Hereford). and Mr.
were: received. by. , :
Joanne Adams, John Speller and, “

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with the highest achievement
marks: Laura. Croth Monty
Brooks and Peggy Leahy ‘in that
order} :
The “President's ‘Trophy was
presented by Tom () Reilly whose
wife is the leader of the club. to
Garrry. Callander. Richard
Michell and Russ Trdce for being
the . three ‘all-round’ top

“members:

- The Susan Street Improvement

‘Trophy was. won by Rita. Van

Bree and Sandra. Swan: the
George Robbins — Junior
achievernent Trophy went tod,

Wendy Callander. and the Baker
Intermediate Achievement
Trophy was won by Sandra Swan.
The Clark and Cordick Sponsor
‘Trophy... for senior achievement
Garrry. Callander.
Among guests. at the banquet.
who represented ‘the three: beef:
were Mr. Hay LAngus).

Brennan’ (Shorthornds :

After . the. awards’ ceremon y
was finished, -the evening. ended
with club members pariticipating

“fi

Nov. 1 Deadline
For Elk-Beaver
Riding Contest

Nov. 1-is deadline date jor
entering the annual Garden City
Horsemen's Club competition
trailride at Elk-Beaver Lakes on
Nov. 8.

Entry secretary is Mrs. Dale
Caldwell. 4822 Townsend Drive,
R.R. No. 3, Victoria. and
enquiries can be made to her or
Mrs.. Gail Wickens. 492
Brookleigh Road.

The ride will be approximately
one hour in length for both senior
and junior divisions, both star-
ting at 10 in the morning. but over
separate courses.

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Reasons for having different
courses for the two divisions is to
speed up compilation of scores 30
that results can he made known
soon after the last competitors

“arrive at. the finishing paint, and

also to provide stiffer obstacles
for the older horsemen.

The ride will start and end at
the parking !ot at the south end of
Beaver Lake, and both courses
will be in the immediate vicinity.
The Bear Hill area will. not’ be
used this vear because of near-
accidents on rocky- surfaces in
last year’s competitions.

Judges will be stationed at each
obstacle to adjudicate: on how
contestants negotiate them. The
individual scores will-be totalled
for. the awarding. of trophies to
third place and ribbons to sixth in
both divisions.

Juniors are riders 16 years and
under:

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