Union plans gathering to commemorate longtime Deep Cove resident Payne A gathering will be held in Vancouver Dec. 19 by the B.C. fisherman’s union to commemor- ate Reg Payne, a long-time resident of Deep Cove who died Dec. 3 at Saanich Peninsula Hospital after a brief illness. The well-known Payne was bom on Saturma Island in 1909, the son of Gulf Island pioneers Ruth Maude of Mayne Island and Har- old Payne of Satuma:. He attended Shawnigan Lake school and went to sea when he was 15 years old, first serving on tankers travelling to Chile and then on coastal towboats. On the towboats he owned his _ Skipper’s licence. During the second world war he man on B.C.’s west coast. He was president of the B.C fisherman’s union in the 1950s. In 1988, at the age of 79, he finally sold his fish boat. However he still wanted to help other fishermen, so over the past few years he learned Spanish, travelled, and helped with the construction and delivery of a fish boat for fishermen in Nicaragua. He was predeceased by his wife Nona Payne. He is survived by ember 11,1991 — A2I1 BS was the skipper of ships serving on _ sisters Audrey Pollard, Dora Payne GREETING VISITORS TO the marine mammal section of the the American Transport Service and Margaret Irving and by step- Sidney Museum is the completed, reconstructed killer between Seattle and Alaska. children Madeleine Warren and by whale skeleton. The skeleton, and new narwhal and killer After the war he bought his grandchildren Geoffrey Warren whale murals by artist Jan Vriesen, were unveiled in a Civic fishing boat, the Saturnina and and Susan Jennifer Warren and reception Wednesday. The murals were made possible by enjoyed a long career as a fisher- many nephews and nieces. a donation from Thrifty Foods. Sidney 27 YEARS SERVICE TO THE Prices PENINSULA AND SIDNEY AREA. mye FOODS HELPING YoU AND YOUR FAMILY EAT BETTER We Heserve FOR LESS EVERY DAY. SHOP 7 DAYS AND SAVE ne Hight EVERY WEEK AT SIDNEY SUPER FOODS. Oo Lim . Quantities 2531 BEACON AVE. “Sidney Bythe Sea” THURSDAY & FRIDAY OPEN TILL 9:00 PM. FRESH HEAD sos BUTTERBALL FROZEN BUTTERBALL FROZEN 99 | YouNG LETTUCE A8¢ i TURKEY BREASTS sois.3'= | TURKEY gr