80th Anniversary

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Wednesday, July 29,1992 — 3

“Many changes to newspaper in almost 80 years

Numerous changes have taken
place since the first issue of The
Review rolled off the presses in
time to hit the streets of Sidney, the
Saanich Peninsula and the Gulf
Islands on Dec. 13, 1912.

However, one constant has
always remained. The Saanich Fair
was a thriving institution long
before the newspaper began and it
has been a major event on the
Peninsula ever since.

Bom through the efforts of busi-
nessmen in Sidney and the sur-
rounding area, The Review has

@ &xperienced changes in ownership

and changes in staff over the years.

Some, like Hugh McIntyre, who
bought the paper in November,
1924, have shown a desire to see
the Saanich Peninsula expand.

His first issue of The Review was
Nov. 6, 1924 and on Nov. 13, 1924
he had a full-page advertisement
for Sidney as an industrial centre.

In the early months of 1929
Mcintyre was devoting two col-
umns of the front page to articles
boosting Sidney as an industrial
centre.

In August, 1926, McIntyre
changed the name of the paper. It
had always been “‘Sidney and
Islands Review,” with “and Saa-
nich Gazette” tacked on sometime
in the period from 1916 to 1919.

McIntyre called it the “Saanich
Peninsula and Gulf Islands
Review’’ and announced that it
would cover news of Brentwood
Bay and Royal Oak.

McIntyre published the paper
for more than 20 years, selling it in
September, 1944. His successor,
ECE. (Fred) Ford stayed only five
years, before selling due to ill
health to the second long-term
owner of The Review, J. St. Clair

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Rivers in November 1949.

On Aug. 15, 1945, Rivers had
the pleasure of printing “WORLD
PEACE”’ in letters three-inches
high on the front page.

In July, 1947, the growth of the
Paper required a move to a new
building on Third Street.

Rivers later offered participation
in the company to Jim Wakefield
and A.A. Cormack.

Also on the staff at the time
were Mrs. Esther Berry, hired in
1949 and in charge of the front
office for many years, and Joe
Muslow, who was pressman for
almost half a century, until 1973.

In October, 1950, it was
announced that The Review had
won two prizes in national news-
paper competitions.

On June 20, 1951, The Review
published a 40-page paper mark-
ing Sidney’s Diamond Jubilee.

In_June, 1954, there was a 100-
Years-of-Progress edition, and in
October, 1958, a B.C. Centennial

. edition, which included the story

of William Thornton, first settler
on the Saanich Peninsula, and a
history of the Saanich Fair.

The initials EGR. fist appeared
on a book review in 1950, and soa

GLEN MEADOWS

Continued from Page 2

Accompanying the article was a
picture of a younger Percy Criddle
admiring his golf course.

The look was mimicked as
today’s Percy Criddle perused old
and new photos of Glen Meadows.

“When you build something,”
he said, “it becomes a part of

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before Frank Richards’ name went
on the masthead as editor in
August, 1961. He left in December
1966 to take over the Gulf Islands

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In 1966, Rivers changed the
method of production from hot
‘metal to offset printing, making
possible the publication of many

Congratulations to
The Review on their
80th Anniversary Issue!

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Two years later in September,
1968, he sold The Review to John
Manning, who owned it urtil
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