" 0-- Vol.. No.5. Publshed by the Cordova Bay Communty Club, Cordova Bay, B. C. SECESSON PLEBSCTE On Saturday, June 10th, all regstered property owners n Saanch wll be afforded the opportunty of votng on the queston of whether or not an ntegral part of Saanch shall be separated from the. remander n order to form another Muncpalty by tself. There wll be two questons, each requrng a "yes" or "no" answer, on whch all qualfed voters are expected to express ther opnon. The wordng of the questons s "Are you n favour of Ward Fve beng organzed as a separate Muncpalty?" and the same queston agan, substtutng Ward Sx for Ward Fve. (Ths, we judge, refers to the areas f lrly known as Wards Fve and Sx, be ore elmnaton of the Ward boundares). There are several ponts whch we feel should be consdered n formng an opnon, vz: (1) Local mprovements, s u c h as Sewers, Street Lghts, Sdewalks, etc., are pad for by the people who beneft from them. Others who vote on the money bylaw.nv.olv~ merel~t g'j..jar3j1tee at tm cost wll be pad, thus enablng those of ther fellows who need somethng to get t on the tme-payment. plan. (2) Overall-servces rendered to an area must be pad for by the resdents of that area. Most Taxpayers seem to feel that they receve lttle enough n return for the taxes pad, though f t were feasble to r 'de these for ourselves, we should p't-,,-,jably fnd the cost vastly ncreased. t s now proposed by those who favour secesson of former Wards Fve and Sx that ths area, comprsng two-thrds of the total area of Saanch Muncpalty but havng only one-seventh of the total populaton (.e., Taxpayers), shall be operated as a separate muncpalty, presu- SPRNG Sprng announces her arrval n many ways. Scents, sght, sound all combne to tell us she s here but perhaps the sounds of Sprng are the most potent heralds. The croakng of frogs, the honkng of geese, and the songs of lesser brds, the buzzng of bees proclam the glad tme. Over the fence we hear the whrr of our neghbour's lawn-mower and hastly thnk of an excuse for leavng our own n ts shed. But from the house another sound of sprng strkes omnously on the ear. Low, but nsstent, t pervades the ar wth the threatenng ntensty of a war-drum. We mably wth no loss of servces and coupled wth a reducton of taxes. Ths, n the wrter's opnon, s somewhat Utopan, not to say msleadng. (3) The statement has been repeatedly made that former Wards Fve and Sx contrbute more n taxes than they receve n return by way of servces. Ths s not so today, nor was t so twenty-fve years ago. An analyss authorzed by the Saanch Councl was made for the year 1948 and ths showed that former Wards Fve and Sx receved n servces $7,834.32 n excess of what the taxpayers n the area were asked to pay; rather nce arrangement for Wards Fve and Sx! (4) f secesson were granted to an area of Saanch" the Provncal Government s on record as nsstng that such area must be organzed as a separate muncpalty, thus duplcatng, n perhaps greater degree, the aches and pans of whch so many of us now complan. (5) s dvson nto smaller unts the way to accomplsh the socal, 'communal, and economc ntegraton whch s the nevtable need of today? We thnk not. Tlr~ Cordova Bay Communty- Club- has expressed ts opposton to the secesson movement n Saanch, and has joned wth other groups of smlar vews n the area, n an effort to prevent what s consdered to be a retrograde step. Be sure to use your' vote on Pollng Day, June 10th. For those ownng property n former Ward Fve, free transportaton to and from the pollng booth wll be provded on request to one of the followng: Mr. H. D. Radford, Cordova Bay Rd., (Cordova Bay), Phone Col. 296R. Mr. R. F. Ketcheson, Normandy Road, (Royal Oak), Phone Col. 99K. Mrs. J. B. Hll, Goward Road, (Prospect Lake), Phone Col. 145T. know t for the voce of the vacuumcleaner and gloom descends on us. The Hoover gong at ths tme of the mornng can only mean that the annual calamty s upon us. The dread summons comes swftly, "Can you help me for just a moment?" Sadly we leave the brave new world of the garden, and go to our doom. The house whch was to us a shelter and pleasant retreat has become a concentraton camp. Chars and tables we know and loved have become mpassable barrcades n the halls and passages. Everywhere s a grm assortment of devces f or cleanng, sweepng and polshng, and we know that escape s mpossble. Gone the song of brds, gone SCHOOLS A school s not a luxury. t s not somethng about whch we can say "we wll buy one later." The chldren that need the accommodaton need the accommodaton now. We have bult some new homes, bought some new cars, new rados and many other thngs but the replacement of obsolete and nadequate schools seems to be somethng that we endeavour to put off ndefntely. The school populaton n ths area Of Dstrct 63 has almost doubled durng the last fve years. t s possble' to calculate wth reasonable accuracy the requrements for the future. At the present tme what s obvously unsatsfactory accommodaton s beng used and there s no provson for the ncreased attendance due n September, and surely we can afford to get away from what s so dscreetly referred to as "outsde plumbng" whch stll exsts at fve of our twelve schools. The Provncal Government pays half the cost of school buldngs. The proposed new schools do much to requl:e the "1:ranspurmtr6n mleage. Tme spent n a school bus s certanly not educaton. Our chldren do not complan much about the condtons but that does not prove that they are not enttled to a better deal. K. R. GENN. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Spndrft acknowledges wth grattude the followng donatons: from Mr. and Mrs. E. McWean, Cordova Bay Rd., $2.00; from Mrs. Margaret Gllan, a Vancouver reader, $1.00. the cheery song of the lawn-mower, lfe has become a dscordant medley of the swsh of brooms, the slap of the pant brushes (to whch we are attached as by chans) and the clank of the pal. Sprng-cleanng has us n ts ron grasp. Where and when dd ths vernal fever lay hold of our race? Dd our Neolthc ancestors suffer as we suffer today? Dd our forbear the great cheftan Ugg lay asde hs bow and war-club to help Mrs. Ugg clear the cave of the wnter's accumulaton of bones and skulls, or was the aforesad club an argument to let well enough alone? Perhaps- wonder! E. F. L. H.
Page 2 Publshed by the Cordova Bay Communty Club Chahman. Publcaton Edted By Harold Gorse Davd Radford,.-{ Commtte~Davd Radford Commttee Memben: Kay Carter, Hlda Andrew. Hlda Snknson, K. R.,,,," " '"'/1 Deadlne lor Materal 15th 0/ Each Month,.'/ Gen~nllj Contrbutng Edtors C. ~fl, '/" Howorth-Communty mprovements N. Andrew and D. Fletcher-Sport Lllan Dyer and Lllan Ross-Socal L.~~!==? Bus. lanager: Edgar Buckle Treasurer: K. R. Genn ED'fTOR'S P A.& Drop materal n Spndrft Malbox CORDOVA BAY ROAD or mal CORDOVA BAY P.O. Advertsng-Frederck O. Sutton B.C., CANADA Crculaton-Hlda Andrew and Hlda Snknson Edtoral: DANGEROUS DRVNG At the present tme the authortes whose duty t s appear to be makng a concerted effort to reduce and f possble to elmnate the accdents caused by those who persst n drvng motor vehcles whle under the nfluence of drnk. n ths they deserve and are enttled to the support of all rght thnkng people. The problem would be solved f everyone who had taken a drnk would refuse to drve unless and untl he had taken a good meal or f that were not possble, would get another person to drve hs car, but human nature beng what t s very few people wll admt, even to themselves that one or two drnks wll affect ther drvng especally as the effect of a small quantty of alcohol s to make the person who takes t thnk that he s a better drver whle n that condton than at any other tme, snce he feels that hs reactons and percepton are qucker whereas they are actually slower. The Blood Test to determne the quantty of alcohol n the blood, about whch there has been so much dscusson recently, does not appear to be relable, n addton to whch the suspect cannot be compelled to submt to t and f he s not n a condton to know what he s dong when the test s made the Doctor makng t s lable to be charged wth assault. As far back as the records go attempts to prove drunkenness have faled n the Courts for the smple reason that the quantty of alcohol requred to make a person drunk vares, not only wth each person but wth the condton of hs health at any gven tme and often wth the tme of day and the amount of work he has done and the nervous stran to whch he has been subjected. Wth so many factors enterng nto the queston the problem of provng drunkenness becomes so complcated and so dffcult that two dangers arse, frst that a person who s gulty may escape convcton and second, whch s worse, an nnocent person may be convcted. t seems therefore that the only certan atttude to adopt s that a person charged wth beng drunk whle drvng a car must be planly and unmstakably drunk before beng charged but even ths wlll.not catch the small proporton of people who are able to walk and talk as f they were normal n spte of the fact that they have taken enough drnk to float a shp. t also makes t too easy for the person who; s under the nfluence of drnk but s not actually drunk to escape the consequences of drvng a car when he should not have been drvng. A very dangerous suggeston was put forward recently. That anyone charged wth drvng whle under the nfluence of drnk should have the onus placed upon hm of provng hs nnocence. t has for long been one of the frst prncples of justce that a person charged wth any offence shall be assumed to be nnocent untl he has been proved gulty and any suggeston that we depart from that prncple should be strenuously ressted. Untl some scentfc genus nvents a gadget whch wll prove beyond peradventure how much drnk a person has taken and how much t has affected hm there appears to be no alternatve but to go on as we have been dong and to ncrease the penalty where a convcton has been obtaned, to such an extent that no one wll accept the rsk of beng charged wth such an offence. OUR SYMPATHY We learned wth regret of the passng of Mr. H. R. Savage. To hs wfe and famly we extend our sncerest sympathy. KNGHTS OF PYTHAS PUBLC SPEAKNG CONTEST Mss Edth Rodstrom, a Cordova 'w Grl and student at Mount Newton ~ /h School won the Dstrct Fnals whch were held n the K. of P. Hall on Saturday evenng the 29th. Aprl aganst stff competton provded by James McMullan of Duncan Hgh School, Frederck Graves, of Vctora Hgh School and Doreen Smth of Ladysmth Hgh School who placed second, thrd and fourth respectvely. The subject was "Ffty Years Hence" and the speakers were lmted to ten mnutes each wth one addtonal mnute of grace. Those judgng the Competton were Dr. Henretta Anderson, Organzng Drector of the Recreaton Councl; Dr. Henry Johnson, Englsh Professor at t~e Normal School and Mr. Geoffrey D'l,-", Drector of the Carnege nsttute. Mr. George Hawkns of the Knghts of Pythas stated that the speakers were of a hgher calbre than any who had competed durng the past four years. Mss Rodstrom was presented wth the Perpetual Cup whch s awarded annually to the wnnng contestant and a replca. Edth, wnner for Vancouver sland, wll, under the auspces of the K. of P. go to Pentcton on May 18th, to compete n the fnals for B.C. for the Slver Trophy and Gold Medal and f successful wll compete wth other wnners n Canada and the U.S.A. The fnal wll be held n Grand Rapds for a Frst Prce of a $1,000. The contnuaton of the Contest took place at Pentcton on the 18th nst. There Mss Marguerte Webe of North Burnaby defeated Mss Edth Rodstrom and the two other contestants. Edth, who represented Mount Newton Hgh School and the sland s to be congratulated on havng got so far.
MOUNT NEWTON P-T.A. Mount Newton P-T.A. held ts regular busness meetng for May, on Tuesday the 2nd, n Mount Newton School, wth Adran Butler presdng. Members decded there would be no admsson charge to the Country Far, Frday. Treasurer, J. L. Newton reported a net balance on hand of $68.49. Mss Edth Rodstrom was formally congratulated on her success n the Knghts of Pythas Publc Speakng Contest. The sum of $10.60 was voted to the Keatng School for Sports' Day, May 26th, and an addtonal $40.00 for school needs. The followng were nomnated as offcers n the newly-formed Dstrct 63 Sub Councl of the P-T.A.: Presdent, Mr. R. Snknson; Vce-Presdent, Mr. J. W. Lott; Secretary, Mrs. O. Thomas. The group approved of a sub-councl proposal to rotate meetngs durng the next year at the dfferent P-T.A. centers n Saanch. Mr. A. E. Vogee nvted parents and r"'ers nterested to attend Mount New./s Sports Day on May 23rd and ts dsplay of work on June 13th. The presdent announced that Mr. Stan Shner would delver a Hortculture Talk llustrated wth Sldes on May 17th at the meetng of the Brentwood P-T.A. The sum of $50.00 was voted to the Mt. Newton School for the purchase of annual awards. Mr. Wastell, presdent of Cordova Bay P-T.A., was ntroduced to the group and wll be n charge of the Publc Address System for the Country Far. Commttees reported that fnal arrangements were completed. A. E. Vogee. ST. DAYDS WOMENS GULD "Dlans for the annual Summer Sale, to held n St. Davd's Hall, June 7th at half past two, were dscussed at a meetng of St. Davd's Women's Guld, held recently at the home of Mrs. C. Hll, Walema Avenue. t was decded to have stalls of fancy work and aprons; superflutes, plants and green vegetables, home cookng and candy. Tea wll be served all afternoon. Mrs. A. Taylor s plannng a large fsh pond for the chldren and adults. Two valuable pastel tnted homespun blankets wll be gven as przes late n the afternoon. A specal meetng of the Guld to complete plans for the Sale and to make arrangements to entertan The North Saanch Muscal Socety, who wll gve a Concert n the Church Hall, Frday, June 2, wll be hela at the home of Mrs. K. M. Lews, Thursday, June 1st, at 2 :30. Mrs. L. J. Owen, Walema Avenue, was welcomed as a new member of the Guld. At the close of the meetng, tea was served by Mrs. Hll asssted by Mrs. B. J. Dyer. The next regular meetng of the Guld, wll be held at the home of Mrs. A. N. Westwood, Parker Aveenue, June 31st, at 2 :30 p.m. Lllan Dyer. SAANCHTON FAR; EDUCATONAL EXHBT COMPETTON Classes for the Educatonal Exhbt for the 82nd Fall Exhbton of the North and South Saanch Agrcultural Socety were released to-day by Secton Charman Nat Grey. About 50 classes have been worked out by mutual agreement wth the Saanch Teachers' Assocaton. Entres are expected from a wde varety of actvtes commencng wth Prntng by Grade One pupls and extendng to complcated projects by classes n Home Economcs and ndustral Arts. Teachers n all Saanch Schools have been requested to encourage ther students to make entres and to assst n the completon of entry forms whch wll be forwarded to Mr. Ed. Oakes, Far Secretary. The number of entres from each school for each class has been lmted to three,. owng to lack of space. Selecton of work to be entered s to be made by the frst Frday n June and all tems are to be handed to prncpals of schools not later than the second Frday n June, who wll arrange for ther despatch to the Far Secretary. ndvdual schools are not held responsble for arrangng the exhbts; ths work wll be done by a Commttee of the Assocaton headed by Mrs. W. bbetson and asssted by members of Parent-Teacher Groups. Przes for Wnnng Entres wll range from 25c to as hgh as $3.00. A. E. Vogee. CORDOVA BAY COMMUNTY CLUB The next Monthly General Meetng of the Club wll be held n McMorran's Coffee Shop on June 7th, at 8 :30 p.m. Please note the change n the tme. ST. DAYDS SUNDAY SCHOOL PCNC Parents and Frends! Remember our Annual Sunday School Pcnc near the end of June. Watch for partculars later. M. French. ~t.,abb'5-h!!-tlre-~ta CORDOVA BAY Rev. C. B. Prce, M.A., B.D. Sunday School every Sunday l0 :~O a.m. 1st Sunday of Month, Evensong... 7:30 p.m. 2nd, 3rd and 4th (& 5th) Sundays, Mornng Prayer 11 :00 a.m. Holy Communon, 3rd Sunday 11 :00 a.m. Huteb QJ:qur.cq of QJ:auaba For the tme beng servces are beng held n the Mnster's Home on Gordon Avenue, just off Walema, every Sunday mornng at 11 o'clock. Hymn Books provded. Everybody Welcome. Rev. W. H. Day, Mnster Electrcal and Mechancal Contractng Ol Burners and Ar Conatonng Hot Water Tanks am1 Heaters, Etc. Page 3 _~oo;;;;:s-"- j! s the place to take your car when your fender s dented or you need a pant job. _' NO JOB TOO BG OR TOO SMALL!.~~------~~..-<_~.:. CORDOVA BAY P-T.A. Monthly meetng of Cordova Bay P-T.A. was held n the school Aprl 27th, Mr. J. Wastell presdng. Plans for the Sprng Tea to be held May 3rd at the school were completed. Mss M. Scholefeld reported on the Oommttee Meetng for a Sports Day to be held May 26th at Saanchton. Mr. Paul Wharf, tenor, delghted wth two songs, accompaned on the pano by hs son, Bran. Mr. C. Lyons of the Forestry Department showed coloured sldes of the Fraser Canyon and gave an nterestng Travelogue, Vancouver to Kamloops. Refreshments were served. SPRNG TEA The sum of $70.00 was realzed at the Cordova Bay P-T.A. tea, held n the School, May 3rd. Guests of honor were Mss R. Smpson, Mrs. D. Bryce, Trustees of School Dstrct No. 63, and Mrs. K. Sturgeon. Mss Smpson offcally opened the tea at 2 :30 p.m. Mrs. J. Wastell and Mrs. Bryce poured tea. The entertanment was enjoyed by all. Mss W. Denys sang two songs accompanyng herself on the pano, Sdney Swft played the gutar, Roger Brammall, Gordon Swft, Lnda Tucker and Joy Anderton gave pano solos. Pupls from Dvson 4 contrbuted Acton Songs and Dvson 3, Choral Readngs. Our sncere thanks to Mrs. R. Swft, Programme Convenor, and Mrs. J. DeVane, Socal Convenor, and all those who helped make ths tea a success. H. M. Cleland( Publcty) 14 Gordon Road Colq. 305W Cordova Ba~'.:..-~-..<_-).-.:-----_.... We Delver at Cordova Bay Mlk, Cream, Fresh Farm Eggs SHEPHERD'S DARY 164S Fort Street G 3039 ~~)~...(..-.(...-.()_(_C_~)_C.: :._C_C J_C_C_().-C_C C_C6 PARKV'EW STORE Groceres - Fresh Meats Hardware - Electrcal Supples Rado Servce - Tubes Tested Free Phone Colqutz 97X D. Lotzer
Page 4 SOCAL NOTES At the same address are Mr. and Mrs. CONCERT C. Larson and famly from Sydney, and A concert wll be gven by The North Mr. and Mrs. W. Peter and famly from Saanch Muscal Socety, n St. Davd's Salt Sprng sland. Church Hall,n ad of the Buldng Fund Best wshes for a speedy recovery are Frday, June 2, at 8 o'clock. ' extended to Mrs. C. B. Prce after her The Programme wll nclude numbers recent operaton. by well known artsts. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hll, of Nanamo, Panoforte Solos -lv's. F. D. Tll, were recent vstors wth Mr. Hll's sster, G.R.S.M. & L.R.A.M. (Selected). Mrs. George Fox. Voln Solos - Mrs. Grace Beswck, Mr. C. R. Sbbald, of Cloverdale, B.C., (selected). has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Soprano Solos - Mss Vera CharlesFrench. worth, "Who s Sylva", (F. Schubert); Vstng Mr. and Mrs. Grexton were Mr. "The Ash Grove," (Welsh Folk Song). Jas. Red Sr., and Mr. Jas. Red, Jr., of Bartone Solo-Nevlle Shanks, (HumSprngwater, Sask. Mrs. Ethel Moore s at present stayng orous Selecton). Choral Numbers Wll nclude wth her daughter, Mrs. W. Tucker, Agate Weddng Chorus (Cantata) "Rose Lane. ' Vstng her daughter, Mrs. R. Ban, Maden". "Deep Rver" (arr. H. T. Burle). was Mrs. A. Ncoll of Vancouver. "When Song s Sweet" (G. Sans Souc).. From Fort Wllam, Ont., vstng ther Wynken, Blynken and Nod" (Feldmece Mrs. W. Mackntosh, were Mr. and Macy). Mrs. E. A. Bell. "Rose n the Bud" (for Lades Vor For a short holday at the "Look Out" (D. Forster). were Mr. and Mrs. W. Westwood and Mrs. "Bohemenan Grl" (selectons), (N. W. Westwood's brother Mr. C. Jones, Mrs. Balfe). Jones and daughter Lnda. "Moonlght," (Eaton Fannng). The Msses Fern and Jean McDarmd "Wth Jockey to the Far," (Gordon were recent vstors to Vancouver. Also Jacob). journeyng to Vancouver to vst relatves "0 Can Ye Sew Cushons," (G. Bantock). were Mrs. R. Barker and famly'of Doumac "Song of Rem e m b ' a nee," (E. V. Avenue. Edwards). Mr. and lv's. J. C. Shaw and famly "0 Sng Unto the Lord," (Artaban), D'Arcy Lane have returned after an ex~ (E. V. Edwards).. tended holday n Toronto. lv's. Shaw Accompanst: Mrs. Murel Flby. spent Easter week vstng n New York. Conductor: Erc V. Edwards, L.R.S.M. lv's. J. S. H. Reynolds of Cordova Bay Admsson: Adults, 50c; Students, 25c. Road, left for a four month's vst wth relatves and frends n England. lvr. Reynolds accompaned her as far as VanA WORD FOR OUR SPONSORS couver. The Tradespeople whose advertsements P.O. Ken Brambleby has left for hs new appear n Spndrft have made the publ; postng n Halfax. Mr. and Mrs. R. Penney and son Crag ton of Spndrft possble. f ths thought to be a good thng, readers of h~ve left for Toronto where they wll vst Spndrft, when n need of any of the Wth Mr. Penney's father and sster. Members of the Cordova Bay Communty servces or merchandse offered, are urged Club held a socal evenng n McMorran's to favour our advertsers. Hall when a very pleasant tme was enjoye~. Communty sngng, games and, T"-'''-''''--'-''''-''''-''''-''''-''''-"''-''''-'--''''-''''-''''-''-:'' d~ncll1g were the evenng's program. The, AMAZNG! Lll1dstrom orchestra provded musc for SLACKS Talored n ONE DAY! the dance. Delcous refreshments were SUTS Talored n ONE WEEK! served under the' convenorshp of Mss Almeda Lndstrom. Lllan Dyer - Lllan Ross J Men's Better Class Clothers MYCOCK-NCHOLLS - Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ncholls, of Agate Lane, wsh to announce the engagement of ther twn daughters, Dorothy (Dot) Alce and Elzabeth (Betty) Louse, to Donald Adran and Norman Henry Mycock, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mycock, Tanner Road, Saanch. The weddng wll take place June 9th at 8 :00 p.m. n St. Mchael's and All Angels' Church, Royal Oak. CLAYTON-FORREST-On May 20th at 2 :30 p.m. n St. Davd's-by-the-Sea, the marrage rtes were solemnzed between Margot sabel Forrest and George Wllam Clayton by the Rev. C. Prce. The lovely brde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Forrest, Lochsde Road, was gowned n cream whsperng taffeta" styled wth a trple-tered skrt, slghtly en tran. She also wore a slk net vel, and carred a bouq uet of lles of the valley and pnk roses. For her attendants, Mss Forrest had chosen Mrs. Dgby as matron of honor, and Mss Dorothy Bayne as brdesmad. The groomsman was Mr. Lorne Provost. The weddng musc, rendered by Mr. George Peake' was played on the organ kndly loaned by Mrs. E. Buckle. The recepton was at the home of the. brde's parents, where one hundred guests ~ssembled to mpart ther good wshes to the young couple. A three-tered weddng cake centred the brde's table. For a honeymoon motorng n Oregon, the brde wore a pale green sut as her gong-away outft. Congratulatons to Mr. and Mrs. W., Mattck, Cordova Bay Road, who celebrated ther 15th weddng annversary on May 15th. Congratulatons too, to Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Polson, Claremont Road, on the brth of a daughter. Among the new resdents we welcome to the Communty Mr. and Mrs. L. Hallng and son Peter, and Mrs. E. E. Stephenson. from Comox, now resdng at "Vew Pont," Cordova Bay Road. Tmber Lane s the new address of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bonface and Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Anstey, of Vctora. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod and daughter Audrey have taken up resdence on Gordon Road. Mr. and Mrs. Lews and famly are now on Walema Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. Tyrell and baby are now lvng on Doumac Avenue. From Vancouver to take up resdence n. the Bay are Mr. and Mrs. Phllps and, the latter's mother Mrs. Clara Taylor. r::~~~~~:~~-;~:::: :l1 From.Essex, England, we welcome Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Grant and ther sons Athos and Stuart, now resdng at McMorran's Auto Court. CHOCOLATE MLK H EAT l relr BAN K t!8rts4 ]mporfers 641 Yates Street Vctora, B. C. C.B.C.C. MEMBER-B, T. ROGERS f l lth-llt--ll-lln-1-lm-ltll-111-1111-1l-1lu-11l1_ll_u11_1+ F ARMS DARY, LTD. 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~ - May, 1'950 Page 5 REPATRATON away was to turn to each other and cry n everyday lvng, to most of us the and cry and cry, do not thnk there was word Repatraton has lttle actual meanng, and then suddenly t happens that a dry eye amongst us all. Nerves were straned to breakng pont and ths was t means the dfference between a lvng an opportunty for emotonal outlet. death and lfe at ts fullest. Ths s what A most uncomfortable journey of nne happened to us. hours n a tran when no one was allowed When a war breaks out and people off at any staton to get even a drnk of caught n outlandsh places are nterned, water, and the scanty food had run out at frst, they do not take t very serously. long snce. Hours of watng on the hot Hope des hard. The chldren and were sand frst on one foot and then on another and a long trek to the Japanese caught just lke ths. Somehow t dd not seem possble that anythng as unpleasant Repatraton shp watng out at sea. as fallng nto the enemy's hands could Loaded nto open steel barges, too hot to last long and wth ths hope we saw the touch almost, and slow movng, but all gates of the camp shut behnd us.. ths was forgotten for the moment at the sght of hundreds of other repatrates t was 21 months before we realzed from Chna and other places wavng and the dream of freedom, and when t came, greetng us as we drew alongsde. wth t came heartache and sadness because all of those wth whom we had Those we hoped so much to see were not there, but many frends who gave assocated through the hard months were not able to have ther lberty granted at good news of others left behnd. A nghtmare journey of three weeks, pckng up the same tme. other refugees on the way to Goa, the 't of a blue sky, lterally, a message Port of Exchange, but always we were ~e from the Offce tellng me to call drawng nearer to freedom and the present dscomfort seemed very small com there at once. Wth tremblng knees and my heart thumpng all over my body, wonderng f had slpped up somewhere, pared to the future whch lay ahead. And or f bad news awated me about my husband, got there. was greeted by one We watched the slow majestc approach at last, Goa. of the kndlest men n the camp, very of our Mercy Shp, the Grpsholm, a large and very gentle. He looked down beautful whte shp wth a huge red cross at me and asked me what connecton panted on her sdes. Most of us were had wth Canada. repled that had too full of words, and some shouted and none whatever except carred a Canadan laughed and our hearts joned wth them. Passport, and that my husband had lved A frend who had gone all through the n Canada some years before. was then camp days wthout physcal harm. n her told our names were on the Specal Lst exctement at seeng the Grpsholm slpped and broke her shoulder blade and had of Repatrates O.K-d by Washngton and Japan. to spend the whole of the trp wth a cast Whenever we had thought or talked of and had to arrve n New York wth t. beng free we naturally thought that we the gnomny beng worse the hurt. -'ld shout t to the world, but strangely The moment we set foot on ths grand f '- ugh when the moment came, there were shp we were FREE, and as we were about no words, only a huge lump n the throat to enjoy the wonderful banquet (buffet) and tears streamng down the face. the shp's company had prepared, the frst managed to get suffcent control of my sght of real food we had seen for so voce to say a very feeble "thank you," long, a spontaneous burst of grattude and walked away, beng told that nstructons would be ssued as the tme drew as The Doxology resounded through the rose from the throats of 1,500 odd people near to leave. Then the heartache, how shp. Ths seemed to be the only adequate way we had of expressng our feel bear the grand news, news that meant gong back nto lfe agan, and yet how ngs and every heart responded, and am share t wth those others wth whom one sure the Captan and hs staff realzed had lved so closely and who had to reman behnd by some qurk of crcumtude we could have shown. L. L. that ths was the hghest form of gratstance. Those others who deserved t so much more and those who were sck and ~G-~,;q;~S~7~& ought to be got out, but Orders are orders S EDS. FER'r~~F.RS - BEDDNG PLAN:rs and the enemy doesn't show a heart n ~AND SHRUB ARDEN T00o/ETC war. Dawn arrved on the great day and S~~ & PE'D~N-1.'D we were up by 3.30 a.m. gven a meal of,.x!wne G-7l81 Contact Ed. J~ the usual Mush and coffee( ground rce and peanuts). The trucks drove up wth armed guards. The three hundred odd of us clmbed n, and all we saw were thousands of upturned faces n the glarng floodl'ght, wavng and callng out. 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; _( (_(_(~(_(~C Page 6 SPORTS Every Monday and Thursday evenngs a group of the local boys gather at the Cordova School grounds for softball or fastball as t s now called. Mr. Vc Lndal s ther combnaton coach and manager and from advance reports he has a hustlng bunch of youngsters turnng out. Ths team wll be entered n the Saanch League, but as yet no other team has entered for league competton, and exhbton games wll have to be arranged aganst Cty teams untl play-off tme rolls around. The school grounds are n farly good shape for fastball and some boys were observed on Sunday, May 14th" wth a wheelbarrow pckng and cleanng up the larger stones around the nfeld. All the local grls who are nterested n formng a softball team are asked to get n touch wth Noel Andrew at Colqutz 305K, the Saanch league have four other grls teams entered ths year and are anxous to have a team from Cordova Bay to round out the league Other grl entres nclude Royal Oak, Saanchton, Margold and Salt Sprng sland. Mr. Harry Carmchael wll agan be approached to coach a grls entry f enough players are avalable, Mr. Carmchael dd ~ ~ommendable job last year and the prospects of more competton ths year may pont to a successful season for all concerned. Noel Andrew. MOUNT NEWTON p..t.a. COUNTRY FAR Upon completon of accountng, proceeds of approxmately $250.00 are expected from Mt. Newton's Country Far held recently. Mr. J. L. Newton, Treasurer, s preparng a detaled report whch wll be presented to the members at the June Meetng to be held on Tuesday the 13th. On ths occason the staff and students of Mt. Newton School nvte parents and all persons nterested to a dsplay of work. Classrooms, the Home Economcs room and the Shop wll all be open for nspec Hon. f you are nterested n school work please keep ths date free so you may attend. A. E. Vogee. '1:"-<>FRENCl~s-STORE<>-<>-"'" MOTHERS' DAY TEA A very enjoyable Mothers' Day Tea was held at St. Davd's Church Hall, Monday, May 15th, when the members of the Junor W.A. and ther leaders Mrs. A. Taylor and Mrs. R. H. Shaw entertaned ther Mot her s and members of the Women's Guld. There was a dsplay of ther handwork and a sale of home-made candy and varous artcles'the Junors had made. Ann Mattck and Jean Ross were n charge of that stall. Other members asssted n servng tea. The guest of honor was Mrs. P. Raven, of Vctora, Docesan Secretary of Junor Grls Work. She was accompaned by Mrs. Fulthorpe of James Bay. Corsages were presented to Mrs. Raven and to the grls' Mothers by Ann Mattck and Yvonne Loundes. A Mothe~s' Day poem was rected by Sandra Shaw. N. Taylor. VOTE "YES" Saanch School BY-LAW June Z4th FOR TRANSPORTATON PHONE Col. Z9ZM REAl, ESTATE - NSURANCE - MORTGAGES LOANS - VALUATORS Offce Telephone Garden 4159 304 Jones Bldg,. 723 Fort Street. Vctora. B.C. -.ttn-llll-llll-_lll_ul_l11_m_l_ul_lln_lll_u_um_tl_l_ r-<>-m'-'~g'-,,'-!,!,~'t'-e'9'-<>~=-" E.. T NSURANCE.. +-t11_u -.-l-4-ull-llll-llll-llll_u_ull_lu_11 tj). All Classes :1:; T ~ ~ RTHET CONSOLDATED LTD. REAL ESTATE - MORTGAGES s:: l! 706 Fort St. B-4251!! +U-ll-Ul-Ul-llll-MU-nn-111-11R-llU-11ll_l_ml_ntl_1l1_1l+ ~ 1-1l-a11-lN-ll_nl_1_lm_ull_ll l_11_lu_u+ t ORDER YOUR COAL N THE f SUMMER MONTHS When we can GUARANTEE the Best 'j n Qualty and Servce!{ RCHARD HALL & SONS t Servce and Satsfacton Snce 1882 Dry Cleaners, Lnen Supply, Launderers ( Fl::;:;---l CEMENT for mmedate Delvery M'MORRAN'S BULDNG!, / SUPPLY New Cement Mxer For Rent '----'", 746 FORT STREET Phone Garden 1431 '1"--"-'-'-"-"-'-'-'-'-"-'-"-";' '1--lll-lll-llll-U-lm":"'lln-1l1-1111_1111_ml_lll1_111l_11ll_1l+ Standard Steam Laundry Lmted Our de""r calls n the Cordova Bay area on Wednesdays 841 Vew Street Phone G4161.:.~'_{J_)_'_~(~(.._{ () ()_(_)_(_(_(_(_-':_C~:. Cordova Bay Garage HARO~D GtANGElt, Propretor Repars - Servce Calls - Gas & Ol Phone Coltlutz 1328 Douglas Street * 22-1 Y ( (.:. :.~('_{)_(_(_{_C"-C_(_'_(_(_(~_C)_j f you'd be better dressed...... you'd better be dressed by us. o. H. Dorman Ltd. Vctora, B.C. Groceres and Confectonery ~~ U "'- Fresh Meats Gfts PRf'CalP1l0H CHfN\JT.;- The store that's always busy C'~('-(-'_()_.:. Phone Colqutz 97 M We Delver Fort at Broad We Delver Phones; G1196-7 There's a reason.:.>.-.(~~l""'_(_( ~_~~"-'(.!..:.~"-"""(_C ~(_~t~_..!. +. c.-..-.u..-.c_cj_o'-'~c._.u_cl_~:. /!