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Published weekly on Salt Spring Island, W. Fisher, Editor, P.O. Box 250, Ganges, B.C., Canada.Phone: 176Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa and postage paid at Gang**, $.C.

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Slave marketnets over $5OOWith the likes of Bell Trelford selling for $30.40 and Ken

Aquilon for $21 ̂ 00, the Salt Spring Lions Club garneredover $500 at the Slave Auction held at Mahon Hall last Fri-day night.

. The "slaves", who are pledged to do a day's work forthe 'master' who bought them, were members of the LionsClub and were auctioned off for prices ranging from $5.00(Fred Spracklin, auctioned off in absentia and purchased byChuck Horel) to the $30.40 paid for Trelford by Mrs. J.Harkema.

The evenings festivities started off with the slaves, invarious costumes and chained together, on stage singing anoriginal song (by Ed Richardson) about their forthcomingservitude. The first slave to be pulled to the block was TedJansch, the President of the Lions Club. The pulling to theblock was a pleasant moment for the slave. Two pretty ladypirates, Mrs. Lome Earle and Mrs. Ken Aquilon, were do-ing the manhandling. The aforementioned Trelford was theAuctioneer. (At the time he was under the impression thatauctioneers were never sold as a slave).

Jansch, being the first on the block, was knocked downfor $8.00and was bought by Tommy McColm, who, we sus-pect, didn't really want the Doctor but got carried away bythe chant of the auctioneer. The next slave, Peter Carl-wright, was sold to a neighbour, Mrs. A. Thompson, who rec-ognized that this was a bargain at $11.00. The 3rd slave,Dennis Abolit, went for $12.50 to Mrs. Jim Hawksworth ofthe K-9 Kennels. Eric Faure, Mayor of Isabella Point, waspicked up by Driftwood for $8.00 and you will be seeinghim soon, selling papers at one of the busy downtown cor-ners. Jim Hawksworth went for a bargain price of $8.00 toMr. F.J. Grant and Irl Bradley, including his guitar went:or $13.00 to Armand Quesnel.

Harold Hoffman, ex-commercial artist and now Hosp-ital Administrator, went for $17.00 and to another slave,yet, Walter Mailey. Doug Dane was picked up by Mrs. A.E. Roddis for $7.00 when the expected contingent from theHarbour House Hotel did not show up with the money thatwas raised to bid upon him. Jack Tomlinson went for $16.00to Fred Morris.

A pleasant intermission was then held with Susan Fellowsand Heather Anderson playing piano duets. Following, Wal-te'r Mailey, an owner of a slave himself, was sold to Bob

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STORMS - HO-HUMStorms uproot trees, top-

ple power lines, stop ferries,destroy property and are us-ually considered news.

But this is getting to beridiculous.

A few more weeks of thiskind of weather and anotherB.C. typhoon won't rate twosticks of type on the backpage. In fact, there probab-ly won't be anybody left inthe Islands to read about it.

As long as we are catch-ing the tail-end of tropic-al upheavals we might as wd!be in the tropics. Anyone forTahaiti ?

Methinks maybe someoneup there is mad at us forshooting off atomic bombs,for orbiting astronauts, andfor probing with nosy VenusProbes.

Last Thursday, the goodold "Geo. S. Pearson", wasthe only ship in the B.C. TollFerry Fleet to keep to herschedule, crossing from Ves-uvius to Crofton.

And let us pay tribute toGeoff Fletcher and his B.C.Hydro gang for the tremend-ous job well done for thepast few trying weeks.

Just to end this dispatchon a dismal plane we mustreport that Mr. Howard Car-lin, Ganges Weather Observ-er, reports that Novemberhad 9.03 inches of rain. Thiscompares to the relative dryNovember of 1961 of 5.62inches of rain. The high tem-perature in November was60 degrees, recorded on the19th and the low of 30 was on ,

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Front littlematches big

flamed grow..Little Stevie Jarman

found a funny little box ofmatches last Friday after-noon.

Little Stevie Jarmanlost his bedroom, his cloth-es, and could have lost hislife last Friday afternoonwhen he I it one of the fun-ny little matches.

Extensive damage wasdone to the home of Dr. &Mrs. E.A. Jarman when afire was started in an up-stairs bedroom. The fire wasfirst noticed by four-yearold Stevie Jarman, sole oc-cupant of the bedroom atthe time. He let out someblood-curdlingscreams thatbrought hi» mothe'r a- run -ning.

With smoke filling thefirst floor and hot sparksdropping onto that floor fromthe upstairs room, BobbieFisher, the Executive Assist-ant to the Doctor startedmoving out the valuablefiles of medical records.

The always efficientS.S.I. Volunteer Fire De-partment was there withinseconds and soon had thefire under control, but notuntil the bedroom was gut-ted and smoke and waterdamage was rather heavy.

The Jarman childrenlost all their clothing ex-cept what they were wear-ing.

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(cont'dfrom p. 1) SLAVESAkerman for $16.00. How-ever, tater in the evening,it was learned that HoldfastNatural Resources had put areserve bid on Mai ley for$25.00 and the auctioneerhad forgotten. To avoid con-fusion, Mai ley offered towork two days, a day for eachmaster. His two days worknetted the Lions $41.00. RodPringle was sold for $13.00to John Harkema, who ex-claimed in a loud voice, "Iwant him". DesCrofton, ev-en though brought in on astretcher', with Dr. Janschgiving a simulated bloodtransfusion, brought $11 .00from Fred Morris. Earl Kayewho was absent, went for$13.00 to Mac Mouat. FredLuddington went for $8.00 toTed "the Shoeman" Earwaker& Fletcher Bennett was sold for$10.50 to Mrs. Hart Bradley.Con Ackerman went for $12.to Bob Akerman, Ed Richard-son, $11.00 from Doug Cav-aye; and Wayne Bradley drew$16.00from Dave Humphreys.

Freddie and Pete Cartwr-ight entertained" at the nextintermission with a hilariouspantomime of a recording of"I Can Do Anything BetterThan You."

After this, Ben Green-hough, dressed as'Mr. Clean"went for $15.00 to EddieJang. W.T. D.Jones (Jonesy)went for $10.00 to Mrs. IriBradley. Mac Mouat boughthis second slave, Hart Brad-ley for $14.00. Ken Aquil-on was bought by Dr. Janschfor $21.00 after some spirit-ed bidding. Rev. StanleyLeech, the new Anglicanminister and a new memberof the local Lions Club wasa reluctant slave. The pir-ate ladies were forced todrag him onto the block. Hewen{ for $1.1.00 to Mrs. R.Morris, Matron of Dr. Fran-cis Hospital. "Slim"Thor-burn was.knocked down at$14.00and purchased by Mr.

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B. Motion. Dave Pallor, thelast slave on the block wassold to Larry Cruikshank for$16.00.

It was at this time, theslaves threw off their chainsand captured the auctioneer

T record, who was then soldby Thar burn to Mrs. Hark-ema for $30.40.

Earlier in the evening,Bob Akerman was the suc-cessful bidder of $100.00 forthe use of Hart Bradley^bulldozer and driver for oneday, which had been donat-ed to the Lions by Mr., ̂ fad-ley.

An additional $73.00was rea I i zed by the Lions bythe sale of admission tickets.

It has been interesting tonote that additional tradingin slaves was embarked uponthe following day. We havelearned that Mr. Horel hassold his slave, Mr. FredSpracklin, to Mrs. IsabellaDevine for $5.15, a slightproft for Mr. Horel. It hasalso been reported that BillTre I ford has purchased a halfinterest in Harold Hoffman.

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the 28th. The maximum meanwas 49.7 and the minimummean was 40.4. The tempera-ture for Nov. 1961 rangedfrom a low of 28 to a high of54.

Of the 9.03 inches of

rain, 2.6 inches of it fell onthe 24th and 25th.

Blah!

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T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 6 , 1962 D R I F T W O O D Vol . 3 No. 38 Page 3

LETTERS-TO-THE-EDiTOR

"Dear Sin Brian Beech wrotea fine letter for his fellowstudents and himself, fromtheir point of view.

There are other pointswill see later and the

one of money will colornew views. School taxesshould not be a local af-fair, but now that the schooltax is more than all othertaxescombined on land &improvements, it is time toconsider the cost. I workedon the Duke of Connaught

"high school when buildingin New Westminster; whereis it now?Well the formersite is nowpartof the lawnnear the city hall. .It hadan auditorium with stage &I believe was also used forgymnastics. Yet a few yearsago it was obsolete and nogood for business purposes.It cost plenty to build highschools about a dozen blocksaway.

Regarding a second ref-erendum, more money wouldbe wasted, only one pollwas in favour and many whovoted there have taxes in-creased by a land tax onwater. That, could changesome school votes to "no".The voters on other Islandshave valid reasons to voteagainst it, but perhaps aseparate vote for a scienceroom and equipment wouldfare better.

I wonder how many orfew, here, will benefit fromtheir science, and of thosewhat small percentage ofuniversity graduates' liveswill be affected by scienti-fic studies.

(Signed) W.J.M."

"Dear Sir: Just for the >-e-cord, allow me to expressmy opinion of the editorialin the Nov. 29 issue of yourpaper - It stinks. (Signed)Eric Faure".

On Saturday, December1st, the United Church base-ment was festively decoratedin a Christmas theme for theannual Christmas Bazaar. In-troduced by Mrs. WilliamMouat, Dr. Norah Hughesofficially opened the Bazaarat 2 p.m. Mrs. C. Leggettacted as general convener.The various stalls displayinga variety of goods, wereframed with holly, pine andred bells, accented with col-oured lights.

In charge of the baketable, we re Mrs. T. Parsons& Mrs. M. Lees; Sewi ng, Mrs.F. Reid & Miss C. Leggetl;Novelties, Mrs. Holloway&Mrs. A. W. Barber; Cards,Mrs. C. Wagg; Corner Store,Mrs. Wai I is & Mrs. J.D. Reid;Candy, Miss J. Overend,Miss O. Mouat & Mrs. S.Wagg; JewelIry, Miss GraceMouat.

Mrs. J. Catto was incharge of the tea room assist-ed by Mrs. G. Young, Mrs.Ashley, Mrs. Scarfe, Mrs.J. Fendall and Miss Herd.

Decorated with red &white chrysanthemums in acrystal bowl and white can-dles in silver candelabra, thetea table was a beautifulsetting for the lovely ladieswho presided at it. Pouringfrom a very lovely antiquesilver tea service were Mrs.D.M. Abolit, Miss H. Dean,Miss Z. Manning and Mrs.A. G. House. Mrs. W. Mou-

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FERNWOOD NEWS - by DorisDeLong Mr> & Mrs.EAdams who have been living aComox for the past four years,have returned to Salt Springand have taken up residencein the Conover house at Fern-wood. They have recently re-turned from a month visit totheir daughter and family inVirginia and to the M.arvinWilliams family in Crawford-vtlle, Indiana. Their manyIsland friends welcome themback Mrs. Arnisonhad her son Derek, of Van-couver visit her recently. Hewas just back from Holly-wood. . . . ' . . .Mr. PercyTaylor has returned from aweek spent with his familyin Vancouver. Mrs. LettyTurnbull, his daughter, re-turned with himRecent guests at the DaveWinters home were Mrs.Yvonne Bryant and son Chris-topher of Victoria and Mr.& Mrs. I. Ross and daughterof Duncan Mr. &Mrs. Basil Cartwright spentthe past week in Victoria.

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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

by Val Haigh

Mr. Sneelock, the store own-er, 'whom likes to help out1

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BRIGHTY of the Grand Canyon (by Marguerite Henry) helping out performs as ani-' B r i g h t y ' is a h e a r t w a r m i n g s t o r y , based mai trainer, drum major, hu-

on f a c t , of a w i l d burro who roamed, a f rees p i r i t , in and a b o v e the Grand Canyon ofA r i z o n a . T h i s is not on ly a f i r s t rate natures to ry , w o r t h y o f W a l t D i s n e y ' s a t ten t i on , o f

the canyon, i ts f l o r a and f a u n a , and o f them i g h t y CoLo.rado R i v e r . A l s o woven into thes t o r y i s t he l e n g t h y hunt f o r t he b l a c k - b e a r d -ed m u r d e r e r of the 'Old T imer ' , the p r o s p e c t -o r who f i r s t made f r i e n d s w i t h t he l i t t l e burroand n a m e d h im B r i g h t A n g e l a f t e r t he c r e e k

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man beach ball and a host ofother unrewarding occupa-tions.

Dr. Seuss1 unique illus-traions and imaginitiverhymes are a constant delightMost children between theages of three and ten wouldbe delighted to receive thisbook for Christmas.

in w h i c h he l o v e d to

Brighty migrated reular-ly from his warm winter homedeep in the canyon tohis wummer place high on theNorth Rim, on the edge ofthe Kaibab forest. Over theyears he wore a trail whichwas later followed by pros-pectors, artists and geolo-gists. Some of these tried touse Brighty but he had littleuse for civilization and re-mained his own burro to theend.

Wesley 'Dennis' illustra-tions are full of genie hum-our and entirely convincing.Just so must Brighty havelooked as he skittered downthe steep canyonside, worethe hot-tempered artist'spainting around his neck <stuck his ears through tholes in the consfructioworkers hat.

Children from the age ofeight to twelve should thor-oughly enjoy this excitingstory. The Grand Canyoncan never be just a mark onthe map again to any childwho has read it.

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IF I RAN THE CIRCUS . . .by Dr. Seuss

Few children can resistthe fantasy and humour of thehilarious world of Dr. Seuss,peopled as it. is by such un-likely characters as the'Hoodwink1, who winks in hiswinkhood &the nightmarish'Spotted Atrocious', both ofwhom appear in "If I Ran the

Circus1.

This is the story of a lit-tle boy called Morris Mc-Gurk who imagines his own'Circus McGurkus1 in 'themost wonderful spot ... be-hind Sneelock's Store in thebig vacant lot.1

Since the circus animalsare fhe brain children of theinventive Dr. Seuss they area weird collection of whichthe Drum-tummied Snumm,who beats a tattoo on hi s turn,is one of the least complexwhile the Remarkable Foonwhoeatssizzling hotpebblesis a rather more complicatedcharacter.

Through the story runsthe rather pathetic figure of

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PICTURE MYSTERYMrs. H.M. Sewell of

Fulford, recently hospital-ized in the Vesuvius Roomat the Lady Minto Hospital,admired a water colourwhich decorated the wall.One evening when Mr. Sew-ell was visiting he wander-ed over to look at the paint-ing more closely and dis-covered that it was a pic-ture he had painted and soldover 30 years ago when theSewells lived in Toronto.The painting "A Jug ofFlowers" presents a mysteryas to how it arrived in theLady Minto Hospital. Theladies of the Hospital W.A.are endeavouring to tracewho donated it to the Hosp-ital. Anyone who may havesome information regardingthe painting and how itar-rived in Ganges, pleasephone Driftwood.

Mr. & Mrs. L.H. Phin-ney of Yellowknife, N.W.T.have retired to Salt SpringIsland. They are presentlyliving on Scott Road, whichis rapidly becoming a meccafor former Yellowknifers.

Mr. Phinney was a long-time magistrate in the Arctic,serving in the Yukon as wellas N.W.T.

Other residents of SaltSpring Island from the Yellow-knife area include Mr. H.Giegerich, Dr. & Mrs. O.Stanton, Mr. & Mrs. J. G.McNiven and Mr. & Mrs. A.Pikes who recently purchasedthe Homan property, and Mr.and Mrs. Hugh Ross whobought the Manning property

The Anglican W.A. an-nual meeting was held inthe Parish Ha 11 on Nov. 30'with Mrs. Holmes in theChair.Mrs. Holmes took thedevotional period. Mrs.Laundry read an interestingarticle to the group. Mrs.Ashby had a lovely displayof Dorcas work on hand andshe also showed the Dorcaswork done by the VesuviusCircle.

Final arrangements weremade for the Christmas saleto be held on Dec. 8th.

Mrs. Norton presentedMrs. Holmes with a giftfrom the members of the W.A.

Rev. S.J. Leech waswelcomed as he took theChair for the annual meet-ing. Various reports weregiven - Total receipts forthe year were $1,145.63,expenditures - $1,112.06.

Mrs. Warthingtbn gavethe report of the NominatingCommittee. The election ofofficers resulted as follows:Honorary President, Mrs. G.H. Holmes; President, Mrs.E. Worthington; First Vice-President, Mrs. Norton; Sec-ond Vice President, Mrs. E.Faure; Secretary, Mrs. W.M.Palmer; Treasurer, Mrs. H.Price; Dorcas Secretary, Mrs.Ashby; E.C.A. D. Mrs. How-land; United Thank Offering,

Mrs. Sounders; Living Mes-sage, Mrs. Faure; Education-al, Mrs. Laundry; Tea Con-verner, Mrs. Laundry.

Rev. Leech then installedthe officers and Mrs. Worth-ington took the Chair.

Tea hostesses were Mrs.Worthington and Mrs. Soun-ders. Rev. Leech closed themeeting.

The Anglican W.A. Christ-mas Sale will be held in theParish Hall on Saturday,December 8th. Stalls display-ing home cooking, home pro-duce, sewing and a specialChristmas stall will offer agood selection to choose from.Everyone Welcome. Plan nowto attend.

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DID YOU K N O W ?

That a Salt Spring mother was listening toher three year old conclude his eveningprayers and was surprised to hear this con-clusion: " . . . Thine is-the Kingdom, thePower, and the Glory-but Lord, the Pow-er's been off a lot lately - forever andever, Amen".

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Auction 3-4 p.m. Proceeds toward the new floor inFulford Hall. Many articles will be up for sale inc-luding a piano, furniture, stoves,etc.Anyone wishing to donate goods for rummage or auc-tion, Phone - 16-M. A truck will be around MondayDec. 10th to pick up your donation.

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I T O R !. A -1THE CASE OF THE MISSING MOUNTIE

Maurice Tozer, Editor of the Sooke GRAPEVINE wrotea fine editorial recently entitled, "The Case of the MissingMountie". While this editorial is about insufficient num-ber of police ia the Sooke area, the statements set forth byMr. Tozer apply equally well to the Gulf Islands. WithMr. Tozer's permission, I'll paraphrase his article.

w Our Ganges RCMP De- gain in the f iel f of law en-tachment, serving the Gulf forcement. It costs money to

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Islands-which is a wide areaextremely hard to cover ad-

' equately due to the natureof our geography, isexcell-ent except forone^reat roi l-ing: there's only one Moun-

tie in the Detachment. Theother is missing.

. Everyone interested inlaw enforcement agrees thatit's much better to preventcrime than to track down of-fenders and bring them to jus-tice. Much crime prevention1

depends on one thing: thewould-be wrongdoer doesn'tknow how far away the po-liceman is. Unfortunatelythat is not so in our district,for it is obvious that if the

Ganges RCMP car is seenheading towards Fulford,Ve-suvius is unprotected for sometime. It is a well-known factthat when some of our morezestful types plan to do some-thing that is frowned upon bythe police, one car of thegroup is assigned to watch theRCMP Detachment and rep-ort or signal the whereaboutsof the police car. When CplKen Aquilon is away attend-ing police duty on Galiano^for instance, we are withoutprotection for many hours.

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The sudden plunge intodarkness for Salt Spring Is-land on Saturday night, putthe STOP sign on severalpublic affairs. First on the

. list was the MV Delta Prin-cess. The 6 p.m. trip toget to the Mainland, droveto Vesuvius Bay and wentvia Crofton.

Roller skating at the Ful-ford Hal I had to be postponed,with the young people get-ting a rain check on nextSaturday night. And at theBeaver Point Hall, the 500card game proceeded merri-ly in the light of a gas lamp,with five babies in play Bysupper time (about 11 p.m.)the lights came on. Winnersat cards were the following:Mrs. R. Patterson, Mr. G.Ruckle, with Mrs. BettyDrummond winning the con-solation. Miss Nan Ruckleserved the supper

Oi I and gas lamps have comeinto their own once more inhomes on the Island, whiletelevision and radio take aback seat during the darkesthours. As for the fire place -many an old black kettlecomes up from the basementand takes its place on thehob, bubbling and steamingcheerily. And who cares iftea or coffee has the tqngyflavour of smoke ? We arebetter off, than the linesmenout in the dark and stormynights, where they are doinga valiant job of mopping upafter the constant storms thatkeep things on the move.. . . .Captain and Mrs. J.Clapton and family of Vic-toria spent the weekend onSalt Spring Island. They werethe guests of Mr. & Mrs. A.D.- Dane during their stay. -

The children of St.Mary's Sunday School areputting on their Christmaspageant on December 22nd in

St. Mary's Church, at 7 p.m.This is always a delightful & 'inspiring ceremony. The Sun-day school class also providethe lovely recording of bellsfor St. Mary's Church. Thesechimes are heard before theservice and are appreciatedby all who pass by or attendthe servicesMr. and Mrs. O. Heyes ofMorningside Road atFulford,are spending the winter mon-ths in CaliforniaMr. and Mrs. Walter Cud-more of Haney, B.C. spenta few days visiting Walter'sbrother, Gordon Cudmore &

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COMING EVENTS;Thursday, Dec. 6 - Cham-ber of Commerce Executivemeeting, 8:00 p.m. MahonHall.Friday, Dec. 7 - Bingo,Legion Hall, 8:00 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 8 - RollerSkating, Fulford Hall, 2-4p.m. & 8-10:30 p.m.Ang-lican W.A. Sale, 2p.m.Parish Hall; Wagon WheelsSquare Dance Club, 9 p.m.Mahon Hall.Tuesday, Dec. 11 - Guildof Sunshine Christmas Par-ty, 2:30 p.m. Board Room,Mahon Hall.Wednesday, Dec. 12 - Rom-mage & Auction Sale, 1-4p.m. Fulford Hall.

CHURCHES: Dec. 9, 1962ANGLICAN: St. Marks -Holy Communion, 8:30 a.m.Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;St. Mary's - Evensong, 2:30p.m.; St. Nicholas - Even-song, 7:30 p.m.; St. Geo-rge's, Matins with HolyCommunion, 11 a.m.UNITED: Ganges, 11:00 a.m.Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.Burgoyne Bay, 2:30 p.m.ROMAN CATHOLIC: OurLady of Grace, Holy Mass,10:45 a.m.CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: Ma-hon Hall, 2:00 p.m.FULL GOSPEL CHAPEL:Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.Evening Service, 7:30 p.m.

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As you wi l l nofe by thefollowing letter, slaves arenot what they used to be.Not only does this happy-golucky slave from IsabellaPoint show no respect for hismaster (first name, really!),by objecting to the task as-signed, but he wants to, usethe pages of Driftwood topromote a darn good scheme.At the time we squanderedeight dollars on this tooth-less one, we didn't realizehe would be able to bite thehand that feeds him. Where 'smy whip! •

"Dear Woody, Congratula-tions on securing an editori-al at bargain-basement rates,through your purchase of aslave, at the recent Lion'sSlave Auction. You seem tohave a knack for getting outof writing your own editor-ials. Oh, well, it is a niceracket if you can get it.

But - slave or nor slave,I strongly object to the titleyou .a re fore ing me to put onthis effort. "How it feels tobe slave to a good master".If you think that I am goingto flatter your ego, by tell-ing the people of Salt SpringIsland, through the mediumof your own Editorial col-umn, what a fine, upstand-ing fellow you are, youhave another think coming.A lousy eight bucks maygive you the right to orderme around, but it does notbuy my soul. Besides I donot commit perjury for any-thing under a Hundred Bucks.And furthermore, 1 am madat you for tying me to suchan unrewarding subject ,when you knew darned wellthat I was just itching to get

a crack at Harry Dickens!Talk about the height offrustration! !

After all - The only twosubjects most people here-abouts are interested in justnow are the school questionand the weather. You, youRat, won't a I low me to men-tion the former and I do notdare to write about the lahter, for fear that my wifewill get homesick for PrinceRupert.

There is however oneother subject, about which,I in all seriousness shouldlike to say a few words.

And that is the Ambul-ance service operated on'apurely volunteer basis by

"our local Lions Club. I won-der how many of your read-ers know that by paying on-ly Five Dollars per year perfamily, any resident of SaltSpring Island can get a FULLyears ambulance service ,ABSOLUTELY FREE, forev-ery member of his family.When you realise that onlyone ambulance trip to oneof the larger hospitals inVictoria normally wouldcost twenty^-five dol lars, youbegin to see what a realbargain this is. True one maynever use the ambulance,but as one subscriber; sovery aptly put it: 'It is wor-th five dol lars a year to keepthe ambulance away".

All ah interested readerhas to do is to contact oneof the Lions and he will seeto it that the new subscriberis duly enrolled.

Before putting "thirty"behind this effort of mine,let me just say "thank-you"for buying me. I had somegrim visions of having toclean out Ted Jansch's sep-

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