PAGE EIGHT THE REVIEW Phil Ballam: ‘YOu PLUMBER TOO! HTS EASY! Phone 598-4581 NON-PROFIT HOUSING IN SAANICH Construction of the 80 suite non- profit. housing project, un- dertaken in. Saanich by the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia for senior olt isn’t possible. to. reserve _ specific = times. for. long. distance. calls. but: you can minimize delay by follow i i. Your family and friends will e enioy “your calls” just as much and you'll be more certain’ of f getting through phone ‘numbers (including - area. without delay. codes) of the people you: plan to. ing these. tips, ee ‘y ; FI IRST - —, _ Make a a list now. of the call. Get. these, “phone directory for dialing direct, ~ Do. this now and avoid battling mh Have your Christmas numbers your ¢ ue Christmas DS itself, when circuits pe. “across: Canada will be overloaded, - to. place all your. ‘calls, Spread them SORE 2MEMBER — ance rates Peer daily: ind all day Sunday. Check “your directory for full de etails, ° without charge. : ‘through your operator or by fol- lowing: instructions in’ your. tele: citizens, is expected to be com- pleted in March 1971. The building will consist of 72 bachelor and 8 one-bedroom suites complete with: stoves, refrigerators and drapes. Ren- tals will include heat, hot water, cablevision and free laundry facilities. University shopping centre, just a block from the building, is also nearing com- pletion. Applications for suites are now being received and enquiries should be directed to Mrs. F. A. Goodwin, 384-5247, or to Miss Marjorie Bernard, 384-4508. Suites are available to persons of any. religious denomination but applicants will be subject to a reasonable: income limitation, states the management. NEW CLASSROOMS | Aninflux of pupils at Royal Oak ‘Junior Secondary has prompted approval by the provincial government of three additional classrooms at an estimated cost of $38,000. Secretary-treasurer. of Saanich. School Gordon Blair, .said that 80 pupils arrived in September to boost enrollment over the 500 mark. Construction will begin early in the New. Year. , Seamy Side is Told _A world utterly foreign to students. of Claremont senior world.” secondary. school.:-- a "where hunger. and.cold are the daily. companions of millions of: people - was brought to them. by. Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova of. the. ~ Unitarian Service ‘Committee’on® ‘Tuesday afternoon, December 1 Introduced. by Vice- Principal L:. OO Be ‘Booth, “Dr. -Hitschmanova spoke for haif: an hour to a.rapt -) audience. of) nearly. the. full ~ student: body. She spoke of her~ sits to many: -countries,-some - places where they hha sentirely Th speaker made the students “realize how lucky they were.to: “have warm homes, good food and such’ good schools, — a-far cry” Don’ t wait: ‘until, : over the holiday season. Most long. ‘dist are: lower after 6) p.m. ready, spread alls, and have a happy ¢ ¢ ne istmas. OB a. TEL S x from ‘students who leave home. ~ eold:and hungry.to, walk several ‘miles to school without. shoes. The -work. of the Unitarian.’ Committee is to feed, educate. “and give medical attention to the underprivileged of the world. The -students were able to persuade Dr, Hitschmanova to / another half hour, stay District’ 63, . AI CHILDRENS WEAR ~ NEWLY ARRIWED “DRE SSES Sizes 2 LACE TRIMMED, HAND EMBROIDERED LINEN: » BOOKS & TOYS . Le $3.98 PERFECT FOR STOCKING FILLERS. -BRYSONS. - 2-12 241 CADBORO BAY RD, SOR GTE THERE’S NOTHING VAGUE ABOUT HARRY HAIGH! BY RON BAIRD The mischievous twinkle in his eye is undimmed. The grin, under a walrus. moustache, still flashes. And, atop it all. is the old beret that has become a trademark. At 61, Harry Haigh, Victoria’s famed junk- man of the Sixties, may have slowed down a mite, but ashe sits in his Brethour Avenue home in Sidney, some of the old zeal reasserts itself. ‘I've got more than 100 people out here asking me to run for mayor right now. But, hell, they call me the unofficial mayor of Sidney’ already,’ says Haigh, lovingly running his fingers over a batch of ripe tomatoes in the kitchen. The little house is a far cry from the rambling, 20-room mansion. on Rockland that Harry Haigh lived in for 13 years. When the shrewd, British- born junkman moved lock, stock and many barrels into the house - on a summer's day in 1952, stiff-- necked ‘neighbors looked. on aghast as Haigh turned his.-2!2 acre:.property — near: Govern- ment House — into what shocked City Hall officials were later. to call. ‘ta. ‘vast, . overflowing repository of junk.” — Haigh’s subsequent tilts with the Establishment in some 100 court appearances on charges of illegally operating a junkyard amid the neighborhood of stately . homes on Rockland convulsed newspaper and magazine readers all over North America. Beaming his perpetual smile, Haigh would merely shrug off such vile suggestions with the comment that Rockland: was ‘a wonderful place to live’. and the junk “merely stuff I use around the house:’ The heaping piles of. castoff. -metal, mountains of wood. and coal, old kitchen ‘sinks and steel. rails that littered the. property, were: complemented by the vast ‘mounds of odds and’ends that were stuffed in every nook and _cramny inside the house. . The packed court room would rock with laughter every time Haigh made-an appearance, Which was almost as often’ as. William’ » Ostler... Magistrate - himself. Beaming up at the bench ~ -on one occasion, Haigh told the. -ever-patient. magistrate... he had “spent: the previous “Six weeks “sleeping, adding: “I. ean’t » see how that:is considered: ‘operating |? ‘junkyard. rs “Haigh’s’. embattled ‘neighbors. tried every legal ruse in the book. sto ‘force ‘him. out of Rockland * “Avenue, but Haigh merely ; added more. castoffs: to his collection, Bs until the creaking,.old mansion - ‘bulged from . within ‘and. the “garden overflowed from without, a A keen businessman in his’ 37 “years as a.junk collector, Harry Haigh was never one to pass up a bargain. He once came across 200 : tons of discarded coal (worth $12 -acton).and took every: last piece the city got” wind of it. and Haigh was: fined: home. Eventually, $300, presumably for operating a -coal-mine: in his’ front. yard, - Magis strate Ostler once suggested o) to Haigh thatthe money he paid out in fines ranging, from $5 to $850, over the ves ars -- would be better. “put.: to couse. hiring professional thieves to clean up the property. © So famuus, did Haigh become that-he twice ran for civic office in Victoria, He lost both times, but a lot of peaple voted for him, As audible sighs of). relief Avenue emanated from. City Hall, Haigh shrugged off his defeats with the, comment: ‘‘Some of the boys have ribbed me a bit because I wear overalls, but a dress suit doesn’t put brains in your head.” When George Pearkes was Lieutenant-Governor, he and Haigh — although never formally introduced as neighbors — were not exactly unknown to each other. At a New Year's Day levee . at. Government House, Haigh turned up in a rented top hat. and tail. One befrocked ‘Victoria - dowager mistook him for an ambassador and almost swooned when he. doffed his topper in - her direction. And a Government House servant wrung his hand and said: “I’ve always wanted to meet you, Mr. Haigh. I voted for you. in the election.” Harry regarded such - accolades with pride. Finally came the day in 1965 when Haigh let-it be known. he was moving on. Naturally, for Victorians and City Hall alike, it was. a momentuous._ occasion. Haigh held a massive auction of of his.“‘useful odds and ends”’ and hundreds turned up to bid on the 100 job lots offered for sale. Haigh watched and muttered mourn- fully: “‘It’s-a slaughter ... beating! Sometimes, the only thing to. do is walk away.”’ His auction fetched a total of $300 —- : nowhere near the $6,000 that Har- ty had: expected. He moved to a farm in Sidney. : _ letting it be known ‘‘I’ll still do a bit of junk-collecting — I wouldn't . want to give it up entirely. # Later, Haigh sold the farm moved to Brethour Avenue. ‘My. reputation preceded me out,"he | said recently. “They even tried” bringing junk-coliecting. charges -againt “me. when I. moved te. Sidney:’’. One stuck — and he was. ] . _ fined $50. “The RCMP said I had » a rusty, old garbage: ‘can on-my: “Haigh. : Ridiculous! It’s. a stainless-steel property,’’ ee says” acid. dipping. tank.”” ‘Harry. Haigh doesn’t: miss: the old mansion | on Rockland: — ‘it ist became. too much: trouble: in: the end. ‘It cost‘me thousands of dollars in’ fines’ and~ legal. fees: fighting them over the years,” he. “Mall, : says, “Them” being: City presumably. ; Harry Haigh ia dubbed “the ‘Little “‘Man> in Overalls’? by ‘Victoria newspapers, — ~ still has of his fans. But his” most. devoted are his. “g dogs. — Chummy, Blondie: and } Blackie. They. sit starry-eyed: as]. “Harry: Haigh talks about the old days, ready at_a moment's notice ',to accompany their master on his daily reunds‘in: Sidney... j if dogs could vote, Harry Haigh would be a ‘sure het for F mayor right now, “ST. PETERS “The. Parish. Dinner’ held at St. Peter’s Anglican: ~ Church, Lakehdl, on November: 20th, 1970, and the following program ‘presented by the young people Was a beat success, Some. 174 w yun present. . THE CORPORATION or. THE Dist RICT : : Oe SAANICH | . what a. ‘Council | Proposes to borrow. by w MAIL EARLY December 13. for out-of- tewn mail December 17 for local Apart from. Christmas Day, there are two other dates to remember in December. IVY'S BOOKSHOP 1507 Wilmot Place 598-2713 (Around the corner from the Oak Bay Theatre) Birds of ‘the Northern Forest Vol. I! by Fenwick Lansdowne (Autographed) Picasso 347: Magnificent Erotic Engravings Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Vol. 1 - by Julia Childs & Simon Beck : ae : aw, ove", the. CounecH af The Carporatian of the Uistrict al bSannich intends to conttruct improvements and extenstons to: the sewer systema the ares khovwn astute Marigold and: , the Warcen-Daiais Pronk iy shown and deseribed tn Draw ingy : Nos RTM LAST TTT, WT ET, TOT, PT and SE nf prepared hy ‘The Corparation of tie Pinte it Of Ssinieh , or Saturday ..\. expert technician Mr, Guenter Rink of Victoria Camera sorvice, will test it for you with the most modern equipment. Shutter speed, flash synchronization, focusing, batteries and Reneral operation will alt be ‘checked = FRE! Tf repairs are needed, they will be ‘completed in seven working days, wel) before Christmas (suliject to availability of parts). aY ou know that you'll get ‘wood shots of holiday tun with |a camera that’s in top shape. CAMERA CLINIC | runs from nN a.m. fo 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. W lam. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dac. } 2 at — Netorta dD Plato Supply Ard, Ee 1045 Douglas Street AA TOWN 3095-34808 furan ee CoCr En Srna oe “circiimstances, Vv ate 0 attempt to. ‘vote at mor OF than one. There is a hei wy peanity for voting more, than once, . Sodas | BN ee a Polling Places wi iN be as follows; _ oy po Ear: . Cloverdale Elementary School, Quadra Street, Mount View Secondary School, Carey Road Cordova Bay E lementary Sehool, Cor dova Bay Prospect Lake Elementary School, Prospect Road ; Lake Road. Krank Hobbs 5 lementary school, Hare Ku. Royal Oak Junior Glanford Elementary Sehool, Glanford Saanich 2 oad Avenue wea St. Joseph's tardan Head i lomentary School, Kenmore Ms i Road. Lansdowne Jr. Secondary School, Lansdowne Road we ts AND THAT said drawings TTR he viewed during, vee a huiglness hots at that Muntelpal Gfflee. : ANTS 1M, AT to finance! the constenetion of the said works the Caine proposes ta barraw CENG0.000.00 repayable not later Wiad oO Nein uN vy Uist date il Ismaie a mts baled: mie Un, Secondary Schou, Wes | ‘yrish Hall, Burnside Road, West Pake's Holl Cedar Hill Crass Road: St. Martin'sin-(he-Ficlds Hall, Obed Avenue Tilicum Elementary School, Orda. Street het ASD HAT ites tein thirty lays af-the second and last 9 pitication of (his Sadice lina hewspaper not leas Chan ones f Wweatheth da minther of the awnerelvetors petition the Council far the salintission of the sald by-law for the assent of the Owners oe ; ot ée pape Me Caanelt nat ndoye eel he Ins Information regarding the List of Mlectors may wy be obtained by tel ephoning the Muncy Wait SA2es1, Ml ballots 3 must be markcd wi Crags Any ballot. improperly ‘marked WW Mt be. 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