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Ol' Mr. Sol has done itwith a vengeance. This weekthe mercury climbed to thelow eighties in contrast toten days ago when sleet andsnow fell on the Ganges-Fulford road. The sudden hotspell is causing gardens tosuffer, to say nothing of uspeople. Even the school chil-dren are being driven out ofthe school to the shade treesin,the yard for their classes.

It is also.noted the firehazard rating at* the localforestry station has jumped to"high" reminding us to watchour outdoor fire habits.

The fine weather for ourfirst long summer weekendbrought boaters, campers &vi si tors from mainland & Van-Isle points. Scott Point Mar-ina reports that their dock-ing faciliHes were filled up,including about 40 boatsfrom the Burrard Yacht Club.

Fulford Harbour also re-ports a busy boating week-end, while visitors at CircleK Park found it unnecessaryto go home with the proverb-ial "fish story". They broughtin 15 bass from St. MaryLake, the largest 3 poundsand the rest over 1 pound.

«aver at Work? The Flet-er Bennetts at St. Maryke lost their only tree -4 to5 inch weeping wil-

low-when it was cut downlast week by some animal,unseen, but believed to bea beaver. Or, the tree-ber-eft couple ask, could ithave been the work of someunknown monster inhabit-ing St. Mary Lake? Cham-ber of Commerce publicitycommittee take notice!

Vol . 4 No. 10

ARCHIBALD WILLIAM£O_DD_S

S a l t S p r i n g I s l a n dp i o n e e r s c h o o l t e a c h -er,. Mr. A r c h i b a l d . J .

W. Dodds M.A. (Camb.)p a s s e d a w a y s u d d e n -ly a t h is Nor th Endhome on May 15, age88 .

Following five years asschoolmaster in England,Mr. Dodds sought a less re-stricting life. Travelling bysteerage to Canada he ar-rived in Victoria in 1901.Through a letter of introd-uction from his former school-master, Lord Strathcona, heobtained a teaching posit-ion at the old Victoria Col- *legiate School, but resign-ed within a short time totake up more active work.

Without any farming orland clearing experience hetook charge of a farm at Co-mox and during the owner'sabsence cleared ten acres ofheavily wooded land.

In 1905 Mr. Dodds mar-*ried an English lady, MissWilkinson of Mill Bay, whopredeceased him several yearsago. The newly wedded pairtook up residence on SaltSpring Island where Mr. Doddstaught school at Central. In1906 the young couple mov-ed to Coldstream,, B.C. butreturned to Salt Spring Islandthe fdlowing year, convincedthat the Island offered thebest place to make their home.

Mr. Dodds taught at Cran-berry School for a short timeand transferred to North EndSchool in 1908 where he re-mained as teacher for eightyears. He and his wife con-verted a sheep shed oppositethe school into a 3-roomhouse and a home in whichthe pupils found a warm wel-come.

Sedentary work began toundermine the teacher's hea-lth and following medical ad-vice to seek active outdoorwork he purchased ten acresof land by St. Mary Lake;

(Cont'd to P 2)

May 23, 1963

ONLY 2 P9RATES AT MAY DAYOnly two s m a l l S . S . I . p i r a t e s a r r i v e d at

t h e 4 1 s t a n n u a l F u l f o r d C o m m u n i t y H a l l V i c -t o r i a D a y c e l e b r a t i o n , M a y 2 0 t h t o p u b l i c -i ze P i r a t e D a y s , A u g u s t 9 , 10, 1 1 .

In spite of fewer entriesin the parade than in prev-ious years, the spectatorsenjoyed the colourful dis-play. According to the co-ordinator, Mr. Doug Dane,the committee was disapp-ointed in the support theparade received from busi-nessmen and organizationssuch as the C of C. From 12floats last year, there wereonly 7 in the 1963 parade.

Heading the parade inregal splendour, Queen Sha-ron and her attendants grac-ed a beautiful floral floatdonated . by B.C. Hydro &Power Authority, Duncan.By kind permission of Capt-ain T. Berg, cadets of the 'Canadian Scottish Regimentof Duncan formed an honourguard for the Queen, tog-etherwith local Sea Cadets,

the Legion float, feat-uring "Ol1 Bill &A! f " tothe moon was awarded firstprize. (Ol1 Alf was stuck on'the rnoon by hisself 'causeol' Bill refused to go). Thebeautiful "Garden of Eden"float entered by BeaverPoint Community Assn. welldeserved 2nd prize. Thirdprize was awarded to WagonWheels Square Dance Clubfortheir appropriate & well-decorated entry. A 4th awardwas made to the Fire Dept.for their humourous entry ofan old-fashioned hose reelcrew - "The Goonges*f&*<.Tei*. Fire Dept." FernwoodFarms cart driven by Derek

& Harold Harkema & drawnby palomino pony Pacific

Paddy deserves special men-tion. Their entry carried areminder of pre-motordays onthe Island. Other entries inthe parade featured the 2 firetrucks and the Lions ClubAmbulance.

The children's parade in-cluded everything from ascarecrow to chessmen. Forthe prettiest costumes, Philip& Denise Kyler dressed asgypsies were awarded 1st prize&Denise Evans, as clown inorange & black, second; firstfor the best comic was upside-down clown, Linda Slingsby,2nd, scarecrow, Dawn Kyler.Duffy Brown came first forthe most original costumedressed as a tennis player,(ivy league syle), 2nd werea tiny minstrel, MicheleFrench from Victoria. Spec-ial prizes were awarded toBrenda Sharp as an Eskimo,Lillian Cunninghamasa Mex-ican, and Karen Dyck as aScandinavian. The youngBooth boys as SSI pirates toboost Pirate Days received1st for couples with 2nd go-ing to Jillian & Dawn Frenchas the King & Queen of thechess board.

Highlight of the after-noon came when Queen Sha-ron Reynolds accompaniedby Princesses Betsy Quesneland Lois Hedger mounted thedais for the crowning cere-mony. Crown bearer wasKerry Akerman. RetiringQueen Nancy Reynolds plac-ed the crown on her sister's

(Cont'd to P2)

ISLAND ICONAn Island visitor on the weekend uecame an initiate m thelocal Polar BearClub following an expert log-rolling demon-stration. The lady walked on a log to get aboard a cruiser.The log happened to be loose and startea to roll. After a val-iant effort to regain balance, the lady toppled into the ocean.

The visitor accepted a pair of dry coverall from her res-cuers at the Ganges Boat Yard but on I yon condition they pre-cede her from the dock to the office!

T h u r s d a y , May 23, 1963 D R I F T W O O D Vol . 4 No. 10 Page 2

DODDS (Cont.'d from P I)cleared the forest and estab-lished his family on his newfarm.

Mr. Dodds, a man with-out pretense, always in com-mand of a situation, a firmbut kindly disciplinarian anda true teacher, created anenduring bond of affectionwith his pupils. Four yearsago severe I of his former pu-pils, including the late Ga-vin C. Mouat. held a reun-ion dinner in nis honour.

Surviving are three sons,Alexander and Robert, Vic-toria, and William, Saska-toon; one daughter, Miss D.L. (Lassie) Dodds at home;12grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. Funeral ser-vices were he Id from St. MarksChurch with Rev. S.J. Leechofficiating. Burial took placein the family plot, St. Mark'scemetery. Pallbearers were:Robt. Wood, JohnCaldwell,Jas. Warner, Robt. Whims,Chester Martin, Lindell Bit-

tancourt. Goodman FuneralHome, Ganges, in chargeof arrangements.

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head.(Cont'd from P I)

The fun & festivitiescontinued for the rest of theafternoon with an excellentshow staged by Wagon WheelsSqware Dance Club, child-ren's sports, tea in MahonHall, games of skill & bin-go.

Doug Dane, Mrs. M.Gyves & the Fulford HallCommittee are to be comm-ended for their efforts in org-anizing this day of celebra-tion. Appreciation also tosome of the many hard work-ers: to the Beaver Point lad-ies for serving tea in MahonHall; to Mike Byron & BobAkerman for running off theprogram of children's sports;to the Lions Club & C.W.Lfor their booths on thegrounds.

Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Wilks,Issaquah, Wash., were week-end guests of Mr. & Mrs. F.Bennett, St. Mary Lake.

Alec Davidge, JacksonAve., spent the holiday inVancouver as guest of hissister, Mrs. L. Cusworth,Kerrisdale.

Duncan Hepburn, UBCstudent and son of Mr. and

Mrs. A. J. Hepburn, Fulford

Harbour, left on Monday forToronto where he will be onthe staff of Dept.of Transport

for the summer months. Duncanis known on Salt Spring as acapable young man with ahabit of picking up scholar-ships. He is remembered byDRIFTWOOD for his good 'work with the paper, espec-ially at a critical time whenthe owner-editor was ill. GoodLuck Duncan!

Miss Jean Patterson,rec-ently of Vancouver,and newowner of the weekly paper"Gulf Islander" published onGaliano Is. will takeoverthis week from former publish-er Ed Ketcham.DRIFTWOODextends greetings and goodwishes to Miss Pattersonher new venture.

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S.S.I. Brownies enjoyedthe thrill of making a pieceof pottery for Mother under

direction of Mrs A -M.Browrf,assisted by Brownie leader

Mrs. P. Dyckand Mrs.S. E.Hughes. The girls gathered inMrs. Brown's ceramics work-shop and made and decoratedtheir little gifts which wereglazed by Mrs. Brown in theRecreation Commission kiln.

Guest speakerat Chamber

of Commerceannugl dinner ,June 5, will be Lt«-Col.G.S. Andrews, Surveyor-Gen-eral for B.C.The dinner willbe held in Ganges UnitedChurch Hall at 6.30 p.m.Tickets $ 1.50, available atS.S. Lands office and storesin Ganges.

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YOO HOO! ANYBODYHOME

by Bea Kami I ton.The unexpected is al-

ways startling.Recently theusual serenity of the FulfordPost Office was rudelyshattered when a surprise

isit was paid to the building

y Mr. G. Rowland ofGanges, who barged in

literally-car and all!

The brakes of Mr. How-•land's car failed to hold

as it was qoinq down thewharf hill, en route to

the ferry docks. And ratherthan risk a cold plunge intothe' sea below, or maybe

crash into another car, the

drivermade a quick decision

and swung into the emptydriveway of the Post Officeand consequently into the

«idedoor of the building,hurting only the equilibrium

of Postmaster Percy T. Jones,and the door. The car es-caped with minor damage.The driver wasn't hurt and

was able to get his car safelyparked elsewhere.The opin-ion, if anyone is interested,is that the driver and car

had a lucky break.

CHEERFUL SPOTby Bea Hamilton.

A cheerful spot in Fulford1

is the enlarged and brightly

decorated Fulford Drive-lndown on the corner. Friday

.night saw the opening of the

first weekend for the Drive-

\n. Bright lights shone as anumber of visitors took adv-antage of coffee, ice' cream,or a hamburger.

The new large extension

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holds a Juke Box where the ,young people enjoy them-

selves in the evenings.Thereis alsoa new coffee bar,with

seats,to make the place morecomfortable in future.

Mr ,&Mrs .G .C. Bastedo,the owners announce that theDrive-ln will be open each

week-end. At the end of

June, the owners hope to be

open every night.This vent-ure was much needed in thecommunity. Driftwood wishes

the Bastedos a naPPX an^profitable season and con -

gratulations on their enter-prise. v

WILD GOOSE FLIGHTby Bea Hamilton

Birds and animals alwaysmake cute stories, and Mrs.J. Harkema of Fern wood

Farms, says her wild goose(that stayed behind last Octo-

ber, after that bad "hurricaneFrieda" left her exhausted),

sailed off finally after ignor-ingflight after flight of wild

geese that flew low over the

farm all these weeks. Thelittle lady took no notice and

seemed quite contented with

farm life.She seemed to thinkshe owned the feed bin andwaddled and hissedand gobbl-ed around-then last week bna moonlight night,aflight of

geese came a-honking over

and the rusticated farm goose

gave forth with a glad cry and,

. with a fluttering and a honk-ing, making sounds that had

a different tone, the ladygoose arose and greeted thepassing geese- and there isa sneaking suspicion that the

special gander-friend might

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have been up there,and the

femcMe had been waiting for

his call ... .for she sailed upand over and away.. .makingthe night alive with the crysof the wild geese as theyflew into the night.....

The sound of the wildgeese overhead each seasonnever ceases to thrill all.

A lovely new colored

East window has .beenplac-

ed in St. Mary's Church inFulford. The colors are ex-quisite and .the Virgin Maryand Christ Child are depict-ed in the picture,with flor-

al sprays on either side.This window was donated bymembers of the congregationand will be dedicated on

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T h u r s d a y , May 23 , 1963 D R I F T W O O D V o l , 4 No. 10 P a g e 4

Published weekly on Salt Spring Island, G.A. Ward, Editor,P.O. Box 250,, Ganges, B.C., Canada. Phone: 176. Auth-

orized as second class mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa,postage paid at Ganges, B.C.

e d i t o r i a I"May Twenty-fourth is the Queen's birthday, If we don't

get a holiday we'l l all run away."

Many of us can remember reciting this rhyme outside theschool room window, about this time of year reminding our-selves and our harrassed teachers of the holiday coming up.In those days,some thirty or more years ago,we neverseemedto be sure whether the powers that be were going to comethrough with a day off from creeping unwillingly to school.

One thing was sure. We were all well aware of thereason for the holiday, that it was because Queen Victoria

had a birthday and we were quite prepared to help her cele-brate it.

Nowadays the reason for this day off is much moreobscure. Due to a commendable unwillingness to let such apopular tradition disappear we have switrhed the focus ofour celebrations to a quite confusing number of ideals, somehighly desirable, some less so. The Queen's birthday, theEmpire, the Commonwealth and Citizenshipareall properlylauded by games and fun. It is not therefore surprising tolearn that the average youngster today hasn't the foggiestnotion about the reason for May 24th parades and queens.

To overcome this lack, the IODE and the teacherscombine their efforts in some sort of school general assemblyduring which appropriate speakers try to sharpen the under-standing of our youngsters as to why we do these things. We

suspect however that most of the time we fail miserably todo much more than bore the listeners with long speeches ofpretty meaningless material.

We were therefore quite agreeably surprised and pleasedlast week, when on this special occasion at our local schoolthe main speaker, Mr. Gil Humphreys, came up with whatto us was a highly interesting and meaningful explanation inshort simple terms and we think he left his widely variedaudience wit h much to think about.

In spite of the heat of the day, the completely inade-quate assembly hall which always necessitates teachers,students and visitors leaning against the walls or sitting inthe corners on the floor,the speaker made very real the ideathat freedom is only possible when we are able to understandand accept greater responsibility for our behavior. Mr.Humphries skillfully drew on the quotation that withoutresponsibility there can be no freedom: (emphasis ours) byshowing what this means in real terms. That to scream downthe roadwith burning tires endangering the lives of othersshows the reason and need for the present driving rules andlaws. These and other laws are there only because we areunable to accept sufficient responsibility for our actionswhich would make them unnecessary.,

Letters-to-f he-Editor—"Dear Madam" You mention that we have local poets, are

there any potential composers, also. If there are what aboutgetting them together, to give us for the present a song of theisles, also for longer range, a song for Canada's centenary

in 1967?Not like that awful thing used for B.C.'s 100 years, but

mn Imht nnd contoinina some humour, (signed) W. J .M.

CONTRIBUTOR'S COLUMNAll too often we tend to accept some statement without

giving it close examination, merely because it is made byone who is prominent in his particular field. Thus, becausesome scientists have stated that it is man's destiny to go outand colonize the Universe, many non-thinking readers haveaccepted this premise which implies not only an egotisticaleffrontery, but too, a complete disregard of easilyfacts. If man is indeed to go out to colonize the UniveIt is believed that the planets in our own solar system,

generally are unsuitable for sustaining human life. Thereforeit would be necessary to seek others. Now the nearest solarsystem to our own is so far away that we do not know if itdoes indeed contain planets,b,ut the chances are that it doesand a start has to be made somewhere, so let us considersome of the problems facing the first voyager. Earth milesare not much use when dealing with vast inter-stellar dist-ances and for this reason astronomers have developed a"yard-stick" of their own which they have termed a "LIGHTYEAR". This represents the distance which light can travelin one of our years. Light/which, has the almost unbelievablespeed of 186 thousand miles PER SECOND, or nearly 670millions of miles per hour, will in one year travel 5.9millions of million miles, using round figures. This distancetherefore is the LIGHT-YEAR. The nearest sun to our ownis four arid one third of these light years away,so that if you 'were courting a lady or gentleman on one of its planets(assuming that it has any) using a signalling lamp it wouldtake almost nine years to find out whether he or she would,or would not. (this might compare favourably with the timeit would take here too IF you were using a signalling lamp!)However, let us take it that you have received a favourableresponse and are anxious to take off for the distant fields,and that additionally you can travel at the rate of fiftythousand miles per hour. How long will you be on the way?A mere 55,750 years.That is only the beginning. In our ownGalaxy (a grouping of solar systems) which is termed theMilky Way, there are now known to be millions of millionsof suns (we call them stars). Our galaxy is in the shape ofa huge pin wheel with the fantastic diameter of one hundred

thousand light years. Late discoveries indicate that there isan almost unlimited number of similar galaxies,some of themmuch larger than our own .Over fifty thousand of them havebeen photographed in an area of sky no larger than the bowlof the big dipper. The number of suns involved and thepossible planets revolving around them is completely out-side of our feeble comprehension.lt was discovered recentlythat man has existed on this earth for at least one and three- "quarter million years. That seems a long time, yet if that

early man had started across our galaxy and had maintaineda steady speed of fifty thousand miles per hour until now,hewould at this time be only one 600th part of the distance across

it.So thatjthe statement that it is man"s destiny to colonizSme

Universe is so puerile, one wonders at the intellect of jjfe"scientist" who had the gall to make such a wild and utter-ly senseless statement.Considering some of the implicationsof the immensity of the Universe,puny man ought to havesome second and even third thoughts about his assumptionthat he is a very important entity in the scheme of whoeveror whatever created such vastness. Actually he counts forvery little and if completely wiped out by atomic warfare,probably never would even be missed! H. B. D.

Ed. note: What about this? Watch for WJ.M.'s versenext week

T h u r s d a y , May 23, 1 963 D R I F T W O O D Vo l . 4 No. 10 Page 5

SCHOOL ASSEMBLYby Sally Barker

On Friday afternoonthe whole school assembledto celebrate Commonwealth& Citizenship Dayunder theauspices of the IODE. Mrs.Best, the regent, gave a

«ief speech to the studentsi the origin of this day. Rev.

S.J. Leech led the schoolin prayer. Guest speaker,Mr. Gil Humphreys gave aninformative & interestingspeech on "Responsibility &Freedom" with the emphasison the responsibilities free-dom entails. "What's in aName" a TV Show enactedby the Grade 5 students gavethe origin of each of theprovinces names, the reasonsfor them and theirfloral em-blem.

Through these celebra-tions we sere made to seethat May 24 was more thana holiday but a tribute tothe Commonwealth and thosewho worked for the freedomwe now possess.

Mrs. M. Mosley, PowellRiver has been a guest ofher neice, Mrs. Bob Mar-cotte and family.

Mr. & Mrs. B. Marcotte,Vesuvius Rd., had Mr. &Mrs. E. Pendray & Mrs. E.Forgue of Victoria for theweekend.

Local school teacherswere guests of IODE membersat a tea held in Ganges Un-

ited Chuch Hall followingthe Commonwea I th "Day cere-mony at the school, May 17.

A beautiful centrepiececomposed of red tulips, blue-bells and white broom arrang-ed by Mrs. O.L. Stanton, a-dorned the tea table. Servingthe guests were: Mrs. LaurieMouat, Mrs. E.H. Gear,Mrs. Ed Richardson and Mrs.M. Fellows.

FULFORD NEWS

Mrs. Mary Hersey ofRobson St. Vancouver, isspending a few days in hercottage at Dromore.

Visiting Mr. and Mrs.M.Gyves last week end weresome of the family,Cpl. andMrs. Robert Dodds, of Vict-oria/with theirfamily ,RobertDodds,Jr. who is in the R.C.A.F. in Coldlake,Albertaand daughters Donna, Marie,Valerie, Linda, and youngerson, Mark.

Mr.&Mrs.Dennis Gardnerof New Westminster, withtheir sons Rae and Kenny,spent the weekend campingon their property in Fulford.They returned to Vancouveron Monday.

ON B.C. PUBLIC ITY TOURTommy Port lock, own-

er of Booth Bay Resort, hasreturned home after an int-eresting experience as amember of the "KnowYour -Western Neighbour" prair-ie tour, May:5 - 1 I spon-sored by Dept. of Conserv=ation & Recreation and B.C. Toll Authority, to pub-licize British Columbia.

The group, travellingby CPA chartered plane,visited Brandon, Winnipeg,Regina, Saskatoon, MooseJaw and Swift Current. Themayor of each city was pre-sented with a Cowichan In-dian sweater. Minister ofAgriculture, Frank Richt-er, was chief spokesman for

the group, which includedgovernment men, hotel andresort owners, aldermen,and Chamber of Commercedelegates drawn from coas-tal points, Okanagan andcentral B.C. Mr. Portlockwas the only Gulf Island-er in the group. A similartour, made by bus, cover-ed chief cities and townsof Alberta.

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On Friday & Saturday I willbe at Ganges from II A.M.with bedding plants,flowers& vegetables. J. D. Reid.Canal Rd. Phone 92. W.Old model ice-cream cab-inet, complete with comp-ressor & motor, as is $25.-phone - 33 -Y.20 ft .Cruiser type boat,car-ve! hull-28 HP Morris mar-ine conversion power-goodsize cabin-hull scraped &ready for painting-can beseen at Ganges Boat Yard.What offers ?Phone 207Mor 176. ;Very small electric Hooverwashing machine-like new-ideal for small daily wash.$35. Phone 429-Q.Quaker oil stove-good con-diition $75. Phone 261-R.20ft Aluminium Trailer in-cludes electric fridge,oilheater, bunk beds, sink,good rubber. $500. cash orbest offer-Phone 38 Q orwrite R. McFadden,SaturnaIsland.

N O T I C E S

Adult Koller Skating Uubwill hold a skating party to-morrow, May 24 at S.OOp.min Fulford Hall.Adults int-erested in joining the Clubinvited to attend".Scott Point Marina-Swimm-ing pool will be open foruse of Island residents untilfurther notice. Admissionper day -under 13 Yr-35<i,over 13 Yrs-50<:,Family$2.

SALT SPRING ISLAND PIRATE DAYS - August 9, 10, 11.

' Friday-May 31-8 P.M.-C.W.L. Bingo game, in Cath-olic church hall, prizes 50%of proceeds for renovationof church-refreshments.

June 25,1963 is the last datefor the return of old typebeer bottles-Brinq them into Salt Spring Safes Room,Me Phi 11 ips Ave.(Rex Theat-re Bldg.jFree pick-up on20cases or more.Phone: 177.Please NoteThe New Stub-bles are Returnable at 20<|:per doz.-same as the old-Bring in your new ones too.

HELP W A N T E D

Strawberry pickers wantedplease apply at Murakami'sfarm or phone 2|7-H.

J O B S W A N T E D

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IN" A P P R E C I A T I O N

"I wish to express my sincerethanks to my friends and nei-ghbors for their acts of kind-ness, cards and expressionsof sympathy in the recentpassing of my dear husband.Richard T. Cook. Specialthanks to Dr. E. A. Jarmon,Matron and Staff of Lady Min-to Hospital;Rev.S. LeecnandArchdeacon G.H.Holmes.Elaine Cook."

My sincere thanks and grati-tude is extended to all resi-dents of the Island who per-formed many and varied kind-nesses to myself and my hus-band during my recent acci-dent. Forget-me-not of sweetdearest friends, leaves mewith the feeling that the worldis good and every friend istrue. Special thanks to Dr.Jarman and staff of LadyMintcHospital for excellent careand kindness.(Mrs.E.E.)Kathleen Graff. ^^^Thanks to everybody whoturned out and helped to makeour anniversary a success.S.S.I.Trading Co.

L O S T

lOFt Ladder on Walker HookRd. - Phone - 12 Y.

S.S.I. Recreation Com-mission will sponsor swim-ming classes for local schoolage children during thesummer holidays, Commis-sion officials announcedthis week.

CONQUER CANCERCAMPAIGN

Final count of the can-vass carried out on SaltSpring Island by CanadianGirls in Training amountjto $346, including cheqiin denominations of $5$50. The girls and theirleader, Miss Mary Corbett,wish to thank all donors fortheir encouraging support,also car owners who drovethe canvassers around theIsland.

CGIT members takingpart included: Louise andLynn Lorentsen, JoyceKaye, Georgina McCall,Audrey Scarff, Sandra Ear-waker, Margaret Reid,Gloria Harrison; Beth, Rose-mary and Marily Brigden,Rosemary House, Pat Stew-art, Dorothy Ann Warren,Jean Stevens and Lynn Ben-nett.

COMING E V E N T S

DAY, May 24 -Adult Roller Skating, 8 p.m. FulfordHall. Camera Club, 8p.m., home of V.A. Bish-op. Guide leaders training course, 7p.m., St.George's Parish Hall.

SATURDAY, May 25 - Roller Skating, Fulford Hall,2-4 p.m.; 8-10:30 p.m.

MONDAY, May 27 - Pirate Days Committee meeting,Mahon Hall, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, May 29 - St. Mary's Guild Tea, homeof MrsfRoddis, 2:30 p.m.

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T h u r s d a y , M a y 2 1

GOOD CARE FOR YOURROSES-byElsieWorthington

The following notes weretaken from an address givento SSI Chrysanthemum Soci-ety recently by Mr. FredParker, Chemainus, rose ex-pert & grower of the "Queenof Flowers." for 40 years.

Begin by purchasing goodstock. Mr. Parker stressedthis point. Choice of site isimportant. Roses require fullsun for 3/4 of the day andlike shelter from hot after-noon sun. They will not tol-erate wet feet and must havegood drainage. Good soil isessential. To prepare the si-te, dig a wide deep hole;fill with compost mixed withbonemeal and hoof and horn.Old turf, chopped, is verygood.When planting make a cone

of the soil, shake roots freeof soil and packing material,place rose on top of the mou-nd, spread roots carefully andfirmly fill earth around theroots, setting the crown atsoil level. Prune back, leav-ing about four of the bestshoots with three eyes on each.Do not feed the plant for thefirst year.Spraying and dusting to pre-vent pests and diseases is anecessity. Spray onlydt nightor in the early morning. Dus-ting may be done at anytimewhen the air is still. Severalfungicides and pesticideswere recommended by thespeaker; a few are namedhere: Captan used as dustgives good protection againstblackspot; phalton is alsogood and will serve for mil-dew; use 5% Undone or mal-athion for aphis; DDT forwireworms, caterpillars andthrips.Give roses a good deep wat-ering at the roots every fewdays. Avoid the "little andoften" method.

During the first year rosesshould not be cut with long

963 D R I F T W O O D Vo l . 4 No . 10 P a g e 7

stems. In the fall, roses, re-gardless of age, should be cutwith short stems.Disbudding is necessary for

exhibition blooms. Removeside buds to give strength tothe centre flower. If sidebudsare I eft the centre flower willdie. Do not disbud floribund-as. Pruning is very important.Many good qualities are de-veloped by proper pruning,including a steady bloomingseason. Use sharp secateurs.Inthefall cut off tall growthto prevent wind shake whichcould bend the plant andloosen the roots; also cut offall small twigs. Main pruningshould be done in March oras soon as growth buds beginto swell. Cut back all deadwood to green pith- to theground if necessary-also cutbelow any blue spores whichmay be on the wood. Removebranches which cross or rubothe branches. If large basal •canes were vormed during theprevious season remove oneold cane for each new oneto renew the plant. Cut outall suchers. These grow frombelow the bud union. Remove

soil and cut sucker off cleanat the base.Provide winter protection forroses by drawing soil up ar-ound the roots and placing afour-inch mulch of peat orsawdust around the plant. Mr.Parker credits sawdust withelimination of blackspot am-ong his roses.

The home of Mr. andMrs. E. Parsons, Scott Rd.,will be the location of theUnited Church Womens Miz-pah Circle Donation TeaJune 1st, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

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T h u r s d a y , M a y 2 3 , 1963 D R I F T W O O D

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 64 (GULF ISLANDS)

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31. 1962

AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Board of School Trusteesof School District No. 64 (Gulf Islands).

Ganges, B. C.

We have examined the books and records of SchoolIvistrict No. 6k (Gulf Islands) for the year ended December 31,1962. Our examination included a general review of the accountingprocedures and such tests of accounting records and other support-ing evidence as we considered necessary in the circumstances.

Act that:We report in accordance with the Public Schools

(a)

(b)

(c)

We have received all the information and explan-ations we have required.

In our opinion the Capital Funds and RevenueFunds balance sheets and related statement ofrevenue and expenditure are properly drawn upso as to exhibit truly and correctly the stateof affairs of the Board of School DistrictMo. 64 as at December 31, 1962, and the resultsof its operations for the year then ended,according to the best of our information andthe explanations given to us and as shown bythe books and records of the Board.

The several forms of accounts -in use' and theaccounting procedures followed in the Districtare adequate.

Chartered Accountants.

February 20, 1963.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6*4 (GULF ISLANDS)

CAPITAL FUND

BALANCE SHEET

DECEMBER 31. 1962

A S S E T S .

Cash in bank

Due from Revenue Fund

School properties

S itesLandLand levelling, drainage and fencing

B u i l d ingsFurniture and equipment

Loss: Accumulated depreciation

School busesLess: Accumulated depreciation

V o l . 4 N o . 10 P a g e 9

Archdeacon G. H. Holmes

is receiving congratulationsfrom a wide circle of friendson the 50th anniversary of

his entry into the Anglicanministry.He was ordained asdeacon May |2th, 1913 byBishop J. A. Newnham inSt. John's Cathedral, Sask-atoon/and became priest thefollowing year. ArchdeaconHolmes served the first, andlongest, part of his ministry

in Saskatche wan before com-ing to Salt Spring Island in1941.

A hearty "thank you" to

Charles Moat for his volun-

tary work in planting theflower boxes erected a long

Ganges sea front. Mr. Moat

spent a considerable amountof time on the job to providefor a wealth of bloom during

summer months./

CBC-TV program "Heri-tage", featuring work of

women in the church,sched-u led for viewing last Sunday,

has been postponed until

June 16 at 3.30 p.m. Partof the program will show

pastor and congregation ofGanges United Church atwork.

Statement "A"

$ 10,219.67

217.22

$ 10,436.89

$ 8,908.1513.321.00 $ 22,229.15

194,809.11$ 19,905.67

2 5,991.35

$ 30,200.9027,183 ._24

223,029.61

3,017.66

$ 236,484.16

li Jo,/ , M a y 2 3 , 1963 D R I F T W O O D

(Capital Fund Balance Sheet, Cont.) L I A B I L I T I E Su

DebenturesBy-law number 1By-law number 5By-law number 6By-law number 7By-law number 8

Current Capital expenditure fund - non-shareable

Excess of capital assets over capital l i a b i l i t i e sBalance, December 31, 1961

Add: Debt reduction $ 10,300.00Grants received re Public Health

portion of new office building 8,13^.10Bank interest 64.3̂

Vo l . No . 1 0 P a g r I 0

I8,!;:09.006,000.00

27,000.0015,300.008,800.00

$ 75,600.00

2,000.00

Deduct: Depreciat ion

Balance, December 3 l , 19&2

$ 160,055.^81 , 1 7 1 . 3 2

158,88^.16

$

Approved

"J.M. Campbell1

"Roma Sturdy"

_Chairmon

Secretary-Treasurer

This is the Capital Fundbalance sheet referred to in our reportto the Board of School Trustees datedFebruary 20, 1963.

f&& ,

SCHOOL D ISTRICT NO- 6^ (GULF ISLANDS)

DECEMBER 31. 19&2

REVENUE FUND

BALANCE SHEET

A S S E T S

Cash

Accounts receivable

Loan to teacher - for educational purposes

Inventory of supplies - estimated

L I A B I L I T I E S

Accounts payable

Debenture and debenture coupons outstanding

Due to Capital Funds

Reserve for teachers' educational leave

Surplus at December 31, 19&2 (Statement "C")

Chartered Accountants.

Statement "B"

$ Il.it93.03

532.09

2,080.00

2,500.00

$ 16,605.12

$ 1+.538.33

810.00

217.22

14,800.00

6,239.57

$ 16,605.12

Approved

"J.M. Campbell" Chairman

'Roma Sturdy"

This is the Revenue Fund balancesheet referred to in our report to theBoard of School Trustees dated February20, 1963.

.Secretary- "Ismay, Boiston, Dunn & Co." Chartered Accountants

(Cont'd. to P. 11)

T h u r s d a y , May 24 th , 1963 D R I F T W O O D Vo l . 4SCHOOL D I S T R I C T NO. 64' (GULF ISLANDS)

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 . 1962

R E V E N U E

NoP a g e

Statement "C"

t

Operat ing revenueProv inc ia l Government

Local taxat ionEducuc ionul grants

$ 205,268.0050.010.00

480.00249.25

6^7.50101.50

Department of Indian Affairs - tuition fees $Rental of bu i 1 d ingsTcacherage rentals $ 1,037.50Less: Teacherage rental expense 390.00

Sundry income

Total operating revenue

N i g h t School - operating grants $ 254.25- t u i t i o n fees 933.00

Surplus at December 3 ' , 1961

E X P E N D I T U R E

Operating expenditure (Schedule 1)Adm i n istrat ion!nstruct ionOperationRepairs and maintenanceConveyance of pupilsAux i 1 iary serv icesDebt servicesTransfer to Current Capital expenditure fund - non-shareable

Total operating expenditureNigh School - instructors' salaries

Non-operating expenditureText-book rentals $ 923.00Less: Revenue from text-book rentals 923.00

$ 255,278.00

1,478.25

$ 256,756.2;,

1,187.25257,9^3.50

11,229.04$

$"269,172.54

19,488.39152,957.7222,644.8620,601.9621 ,157 .05

8,40114,411

0792

2,000.00

$ 261,662.971,270.00

$ 262,932.97

S u r p l u s - excess of revenue over expenditure (Statement "8")

SLriOOL DISTRICT NO. 64 (GULF ISLANDS)SCHEDULE OF OPERATING EXPENDITURE

VFAK ENDED DECEMBER 31. 1962 •

Adm in i strat ion - sals a a r e s .of f ice expensetrustee expensegeneral administration expense

Ins t ruc t ion - teachers ' sa la r ies- school c le r i ca l sa lar ies- teaching suppl ies- other instructional expense

Actual

6,239.57$ 269.172.54

Schedu le

Budget

$

$$

$

6

37

19

139192

152

,660,7bl,390,676

,488

,600,248,715,393

,957

.26

.07

.98

.08

.39

.82

.00

.86

.04

.72

$

$

$

$

613~ti

19

142193

155

,800.,970.,600.,445.

,815.— — - .• .. JS5

,100.,248.,600.,025.

,973.

0000.0000

00=

00000000

00

(Cont'd to P. 12)

M a y 73, 1963

(Schedule 1 -Cor.r.

D R I F T W O O D

Opera t i on - jan i to r s a l a r i e s- j an i tor suppl its- l i gh t , power, .water and fuel- insurance, renta ls , etc.

V o l . 4 No. 10 P a a e 12

$ 11,331.48 $ 11,679.001,595.25 1,600.007,413.96 6,650.002,304.17 2,650.00

Repairs and maintenance - grounds - wages and supplies- b u i l d i n g s - wages and supplies• equipment - wages and supplies

Conveyance of p u p i l s - bus operating expense- transportation assistance- other conveyance expense

A u x i l i a r y services - health services- boarding allowances

Debt services - debenture principal- debenture interest- bank loan interest- bank charges

$ 22,644.86 $ 22,579.00

$ 3,903.47 $ 4,645.008,741.71 8,520.007,956.78 8,020100

$ 20,601.96 $ 21,185.00

$ 18,996.88 $ 19,900.001,603,17 1,811.00557.00 1,000.00

$ 21,157.05 $ 22,711.00

$ 1,994.85 $ 2,475.006,406.22 7,200.00

9,675.00

I

0,300.00 $3,990.00102.4619.46

0,300.003,990.00

15.00

$ 14,411.92 $ 14,305.00

Transfer to Current Capita! expenditure fund - non-shareable $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00

Total operating expenditure (Statement "C") $ 261,662.97 $ 268,243.00

ABOUT NEWSPAPERSOf all the words that

have been written about therole and responsibilities, ofnewspapers, none has definedso well as tne words writtenby Morton Thompson in abook titled "Joe the Wound-ed Tennis Player".

" The function of anewspaper is in its name. Itis a newspaper._ The perfectnewspaper supplies all factsabout a community, stateand nation, treating .-thosefacts as painstakingly, ful lydetachealy as a surgeon srepor, on an operation. Out

of the sale of these fac t s onthe daily stare of the nation

and the woi Id ^he newspapermaintains an editorial staffand paysfo: nk, paper andlabor. Shift ing prices in

commodities are also newsof keen interest to citizens,and so are facts about mer-chandise/ new or old,andall of this comes under theheadinn of advertis-ing . A

puul.i5.ri'1 jr an editor mustb<; j . ' ; ( man. He mustbe so stior. , fha t his honestyis more important to himthan his opinions;he must besuch a leader that the onlyissues he ventures are truthsnot his truths, not the com-munity's truths,but the twotruths that are involved inevery issue .For if hedislikesdrink,then his paper is aptto play up any story in whichliquor appears at a disad-

vantage; if he is opposed toSiberians his alert editorswill be quick to please himby shucking a run-of millnews story to replace it withone blasting hell out of thosedamned Siberians. Every manis a bundle of prejudicesand conceits but a areatpublisher's public canTindno reflection of all his pre-judices or conceits in allrne news his journal publish-es "

"..... . . .A newspaper isnot a business. It is a livingfact. It does not belong tothe man who bought it. Itbelongs to the public., It isthe breath ot heroes,the treecry of the free newborn, themargin of justice., the day'sreport to tne nation."

INo one can pwnart agency such as this, justas no one canowna church,no matter how solidly hesupports it; just as no tax-payer can own a governmentsuch as ours, no matter hpwlarge his stake may be in itor Row greatly he contributesto its support" .

C W L MEETSRegular meeting of the

Catholic Women's Leaguewas held in Our Lady ofGrace Church Hall, May 14with Mrs. Bab Marcotte inthe chair. Rev. Father W .Mudge, director/Dpened themeeting with the League

prayer.The chairman reported

the new slate of officers and"conveners for the comingyear is now complete.Presi-dent is Mrs. Bob Marcotte;vice-president, Mrs. Chas.Marcotte; recording secre-tary, Mrs. Jas. Spencer;secretary-treasurer, Mrs. A.E. Marcotte.

WHATS COOKING ONSALT SPRING?

East Indian Rice; You

have probably heard about

the boy who phoned his

mother and said; throw some

more water in the stew Mom

I'm bringing Bill home to

dinner ."This recipe which

Mrs A. W. Wolfe-Milner

kindly sent along has the

same flexible qualities as

the good old pot of stew.It will take care of une>p.eci

ed guests without trouble.

INGREDIENTS:

2 tbsp.instant minced onion

stirred in 1/3 cup water, or

1/2 minced fresh onion, 1/2

cup butter or margarine 1/8

tsp. each nutmeg, ginger,

cinnamon and thyme, 11/2tsp

salt,1/4 tsp. pepper,! Ib.

ground beef (if hamburger

is used less margarine is

needed), 3 cups boiling

water, I cup long grain,

rice, 1(12 oz.)package peas

METHOD: A Really large

frying pan should be used.

Let instant onion stand in

water 15 minutes. Melt 1/4

cup margarine in pan, add

spices seasonings, & onion .

Cook and stir over low heat

until onion is lightly brown-

ed . Add ground beef stir

and break meat into smal!

pieces. Cook 10 minutes,

add boiling water,

and simmer.Melt

butter in heavy skillet,ad

rice and brown slightly

stir to avoid burning- add

rice & peas to ground beef

mixture, cover and simmer

until rice is light and fluffy

and no liquid remains .about

25 minutes. Makes 4 to 6

servings. If more people

turn up for dinner add me e

rice and water. Serve w : ' " <

soy sauce and green salad

May 23,

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGSchool trustees at their

May 14th meeting, with Jas.Ca.mpbell in thechai^decid-ed to inform Hon. LesliePeterson, Minister of Educa-tion of their displeasure at{he I7%school grantallotedo Gulf Islands district for

1963. Mr. Peterson will bereminded of his accusationof School Board extravagancewhen last year's 19.5% grantwas protested, and that,although non - shareableschool costs have been paredconsiderably -resulting in alower budget- and Gulf Is.land assessments have beenincreased, the only resulthas been a slight cut in themill rate and a further reduc-tion in the school grant.Board members noted thatschool districts with highestincreased budgets receivedthe highest grants.

Trustees dec ided,ef feet-ive Sept. I, to award a;special increment of $ 25per unit fcr S. A. or P.A.Teacher certif ication^rovid-ed the Board is satisfiedthat such advancement is ofbenefit to the Board.

In the interests of prof-essional improvement, dis-trict school teachers willbe requested to attend sum-mer school every two years.

The chairman declared

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that Gulf Is. school districtoffers the most generousprovision for professionalgrowth made by any schoolboard in the province, withexception of Peace Riverdistrict.

Night school non-voc-ational subjects, heavilysubsidized to date by theBoard jCame under Trustees1

scrutiny, It was agreed thatin future this part of thenight school program mustbe self-supporting. Earlyregistration will besoughtfor non-vocational subjectsin order to assess costs andfees before night school re-opens in September.

A letter of censure willgo from the board to aschool bus driver involvedin a recent accident for hisfailure to notify SchoolBoard officials of the mis-hap . The school bus,emptyat the time, was in colli-sion with an oil truck on anarrow road.

Resignations we re tend-ered by K. Matsuzaki, Ind-ustrie I Arts teacher at SaltSpring School,

Buildings and groundscommittee chairman Geo.Heinekey, 'reported allschool alterations requiredby the fire marshal have

been completed. The largerocks in front of the schoolboard office have been re-moved preparatory to seed-irig the area to grass.

An attempt to rescinda previous motion restrict-ing school buses solely toschool use was defeated.The motion, made by Geo.Heinekey and seconded byC. W. Harrison receivedno support..

Details for presenting thegymnasium-science room re-ferendum June 22 were leftto the management committeeto arrange.

Trustees decided to openthe School Board office forpublic business in future onlybetween the hours of I Oa.m.to 12 noon and I p.m. to 3pmMonday to Friday inclusive.

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-COMING AND GOING-Miss Daphne Stewart

Williams and John StewartWilliams, West Vancouver,were holiday guests of theiruncle and aunt, Mr. & Mrs.D.K. Crofton, Ganges.

Dr. &Mrs. R.W. Brad-ley, Baker Rd., left SaltSpring Island on Tuesday fora leisurely motor trip to Hal-ifax, N.S. where they willspend the summer with theirson and daughter-in-law &three grandsons, returning inSeptember.

Dr. Norah Hughes is onthe mainland this week at-tending United Church B.C.Conference at St. Andrew'sUnited Church, North Van-couver. She is accompaniedby Miss A. Herd and by MissMary Corbett who is lay del-egate from Ganges Church.

Mrs. Gordon Best, AlanBest and son Robin, Vancou-ver, were weekend visitorsat The Alders, homeofCapt.& Mrs. V.C. Best.

Mr. & Mrs. T.W. Mou-at, Welbury Bay, receiveda surprise visit from theirson-in-law and daughter,Mr. &Mrs. R.A. Diffin, Co-mox, B.C. They were accom-panied by Mrs. Mouat's cou-sin, Mrs. John Stevenson,also of Comox.

1 Mr. &Mrs. W.J.Hogg,Vancouver, with childrenBrian & Brenda, spent theweekend with Mrs. Hogg'sparents, Mr. & Mrs. P. G./Jack) James, Vesuvius Bay.

Holiday guests of Mr. &Mrs. H.C. Giegerich, Bed-dis Rd., were Mr. GKeger-ich's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Michael

Giegerich anrd grandchild-ren, Cathy, Monica andJohn Sloan, all of Vanc-ouver.

Spending the holiday atthe home of Mr. & Mrs. LomeEarle, Ganges, were Mr.Earle's mother, Mrs. M.C.Earle, Kelowna, andhersis-ter, Mrs. Ward Miller, Ren-ton, Wash.

Mr. Henry Hill, Church-ill Rd., has returned homeafter visiting his daughter inHighland, Calif, for severalmonths.

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Stor-back, Campbell River, spentthe long weekend with Mrs.Storback's mother, Mrs. C.D. Devine, Ganges.

Miss Betty Gait, Ganges,&hersister, Mrs. G. L Good-win, Beamsville, Ont., whowas Miss Ga I t's guest for sev-,eral days, attended the gol-_den wedding celebration heldin Victoria for-their parents,Mr. & Mrs. John Gait, whowere'married May 13, 1913.

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Mr. & Mrs. Alan Franc-isRichmond, B.C. with twinsons Ronald & Arnold, & lit-tle Brian, spent the long week-end with Mr. Francis1 parents,Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Francis,Ganges.

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