GANGES, British Columbia Thursday, May 15, 1969 $4.00 Per Year
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Mrs. ii«ii.. B.C. (glllf nfttuoob Tenth Year, No 20 GANGES, British Columbia Thursday, May 15, 1969 $4.00 per year. Copy: IOC SATURDAY'S EVENTS FRIDAY IS HOSPITAL DAY ISLANDS SCHOOL FULFORD IS CAPITAL Friday is Hospital Day. Visitors will be welcomed to Lady Minto Hospital throughout MILL RATE DOWN Fulford will be the capital ble in the field at 1 pm and the the afternoon to see the hospital of Salt Spring Island on Satur- queen will be crowned at 1.30. Taxes are down! day. At 2 pm there will be a baby and to inspect new equipment islands schools has increased and services. School taxes in Gulf Islands from 484 in 1960 to 690 in Annual Fulford Day parade show, followed by children's School District have dropped featuring the May Queen will The open house marks Hos- 1969. races. Bingo and bowling are pital Week. It also coincides about three mills this year. take place on Saturday after- also planned. Queen's Ball will Mill rate is down by 3.2. Development among the is- noon, early. commence at 9 pm in the Ful- with the series of annual meet- lands has parallelled the growth ings of the hospital board. Last year the rate was 30.45; Parade of cars and floats ford Hall. this year it has been set at of school population. In 1950 will lead the May Queen, Ni- 27.25. Average throughout the the net taxable value of the dis- cola Toynbee and her princes- LIONS HEAD ISLAND BOWLERS province is 31.72. trict was $2,781,870. By 1960 ses, Fiona Seward and Patricia Assessments in the district it had quadrupled to $8,559,- Deas, to tie park opposite have risen to $20,699,768, 999. This year it is almost Fulford Hall. There, they will bringing the level down when a three times that figure at be crowned by last year's levy is needed. Budget amounts $20,699,768. queen, Carol Moulton, now to $621,997. Mill rate in 1950 was 9.64. Mrs. Allnut. The Gulf Islands remain one By 1960 it had risen to 15.15, The afternoon will then be of the highest taxed school dis- to be double that level last open to sports events and the tricts in British Columbia, with year. midway. only 6.6% being met by the For the remainder of the province. Ratepayers of the dis- ONE SAYS DO AND week donations for the Fulford trict are taxed to meet the Queen contest will be accepted remaining 93.4%. ONE SAYS DON'T! at Harbour Grocery, in Ganges, Government grant has slowly Patterson's Store at Fulford or been reduced during past years. Opinions of Salt Spring Is- Driftwood. Trustees of the district have landers vary. bitterly cited the decreasing Department of highways re- In past years the queen has provincial help as the substance cently received two separate been selected by the sal e of of government economies. In communications from the is- tickets. Each contestant would 1960 government grant repres- land. sell as many tickets as possible ented 52.4% of the costs. It has "Please eliminate some of in her name. Top seller be- steadily fallen since that time. the road hazards," pleaded the came queen. Highest assistance offered dur- chamber of commerce. This year the pattern was Bob Lawson, Wayne Bradley, ing the past nine years was less " Please leave our roads al- changed. A committee of part- Theresa Rooke, Aage Villadsen than one-tenth of the budget. one," begged the South Salt icipating organizations eariier . See Of and Doris Bradley are seen re- Number of children attending Spring Island Association. in the year decided to have the ceiving their bowling trophy queen selected by her fellow from Leisure Lanes proprietor students at Gulf Islands Secon- Bishops Howard Byron. The Lions team AT GALfANO dary School. The cost of fit- Salt Spring Island bids to be the Prowlers took the award ting out the queen and provid- floating in a see of bishops dur- last Thursday evening. Bever- ing a royal entertainment must ing the next several weeks. ley Sage started out with the DANGERS FIGHT FIRE now be met from donations to control, and the fire nearly out the contest. First to arrive will be top team on tie island, but she The Waggon Wheels Square Bishop de Roo, of the Roman dropped out towards the end. Dance group from Salt Spring "No one seemed to know Catholic diocese of Victoria. Doris Bradley took her place. Island became fire fighters who was camping away up there Schedule of die day's events near the entrance to the Park, starts off at 12.30 pm, with Bishop Remi de Roo will be on last week. the island on Monday, May 19, They were on the spot and but it is a pretty stupid place the assembly of decorated floats , to administer confirmation and saved Montague Marine Park for anyone to walk even, much in the forecourt of the Fulford less camp out," reported Mary Drive-in. to meet members of the island HOSPITAL from what could have been a Catholic churches. nasty fire on Sunday afternoon. Backhand, "and to add to all of At 1 pm the parade will He will attend a parish dinner Fortunately, some of that this stupidity, to make a fire move off to head to the scene in the basement hall of the MEETING group are Galiano Islanders, under these huge magnificent of events, Shaw's Field, oppos- Ganges church on Monday even- and knew where to telephone trees, THEN go away and leave ite the Fulford Hall. ing. Hospital meetings have al- immediately they found a fire it burning!" Children's classes will assem- Second to be here will be ready started among the islands burning away up in the woods, Fire Chief Dave Laughlin Bishop H. Hives, of the Angli- First trip was on Wednesday right out of the designated area and friends gathered up some can Church, who will preach at and the hospital board was out for campfires. Alfonso Sencio belongings, and waited some St. Mary's, Fulford on June 1, on the high seas again on noticed the fire first, and Ger- time for the people to claim Plenty Of to mark the 75th anniversary of Thursday, ry Keeping went to the tele- them, but they were not that church. Salt Spring Island is the last phone to summon the fire en- claimed by early this week. Plans of Bishop J.O. Anderson island to be visited. Hospital gine. It was neither of the groups Fish Left to make his first visit to die An- meeting will take place here Meanwhile, David Weather- of Boy Scouts, or Girl Guides glican churches of Salt Spring Is- on Friday evening in Mahon ell, who brought some of the who were also in the campsite There are plenty of other land have been postponed. group over there in his new for the week-end. fish in the sea... and in the Hall. New Bishop of British Columbia Election of board members troller, "Tralee", rowed out to lakes. is sick at Winnipeg. his boat and got some buckets, MADE WELCOME and the presentation of the an- and the square dancers became Two bass have left St. Mary nual report are the main busi- firefighters, caller Bert Barber To honor and welcome Mr. Lake for good. They were MAYNE FIREMEN ness of the annual meetings. Baking command of the situa- and Mrs. Richard Toynbee and caught by a Victoria fisherman. This year has brought a special tion. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Marr, of Len Wyler during the week-end Big event of the season for the resolution to transfer the cloak Mouat's Trading Company, a volunteer firemen at Mayne Isl. of authority from the Gulf Is- By the time the fire engine, and will be the Spring Dance on followed by about half of the cocktail party was enjoyed The big lake fish weighed lands Hospital District to the Islanders, some to fight fire, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 3 Ibs., 3 ozs. and the little Friday evening. Regional Hospital District. Laurie Mouat, Churchill Road one was 1 Ib. 4 ozs. Dancing starts at 9.30. some to look, got there, the square dancers had all under on Wednesday, May 7th. TISDALLE BRINGS BLACKTOP TO DUSTY GALIANO New" program of blacktop- Knudson, Mrs. G. Snell, Mrs. committee chairman Mrs. Ches Social chairman Bill Stafforc on Vancouver Island. ping Galiano roads was announ- Peter Darling, Mrs. D. Walton, Williams reports 66 members said that activities have not Mr. Riddell said that Joe ced by John Tisdalle, M. L. A., also Mrs. K. Benger, Mrs. S. so far this year. been finalized for the year as needs no introduction on Gali- at the Chamber .of Commerce Rustad, flower arrangements by Health and welfare chairmar yet, and mentioned that due to ano, he is well-known on all last week. Mrs. M. Robinson. Steve Riddell reported a stretch- business, Jim Deas, chairman of the Island, and mentioned The chamber held their The blessing was said by C. er is now at the post office, anc for the South End, was unable that he is a retired contractor, dinner in the Galiano Hall on Morshead, and the toast to the available 24 hours a day. He to attend. and past president of Duncan Wednesday, May 7, with a Queen by Mel. Spouse. voiced concern over the pollu- Reports were also heard from Chamber of Commerce.