@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "882b6071-d0c0-4687-b6f5-e98e73d36923"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[Sunshine Coast News]"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2012-07-25"@en, "1965-12-23"@en ; dcterms:description "Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast"@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xcoastnews/items/1.0175134/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " Library* f 7B�� ��� C. GOLDEN CUP AWARD COFFEE at DANNY'S COFFEE HOUSE & MOTEL Gibsons ��� Ph. 886-9815 SERVING THE GROWING SUNSHINE COAST Published in Gibsons, B.C. . Volume 19,. Numbers-December 23, 1965. 7c per copy 716 TWILIGHT THEATRE PROGRAM ON PAGE 8 2-Pfiase domestic water expansion outline Celebration committee prepares for big year It looks like a big celebration year for Gibsons area next year according to what the Gjbsons area Centennial - Celebration , committee- is already discussing. For instance it has been announced that beard judging' will take place on July 1 which means that some of the up-and- coming men and the older ones had better srtart ignoring their razors. Plans are already afoot for the obtaining of bands for the July 1 event and a marathon walk from Gibsons to Sechelt is on the list as well. All this and much more was given initial discussion at the last meeting of the committee. Dave Hopkin was in the chair and in his opening remarks said the object of the .committee was to plan celebrations for 1966 and 1967.-To combine the effort of Gibsons and rural Gibsons a united front is needed. All present were requested to becofne permanent member's of the committee as representatives of clubs to which they belonged. Mr. Hopkin preferred to have two,-members from each organ; ization, one member to work with' their .own club and the other with the Centennial committee. He recommended -' all clubs put a Centennial theme in their ^events and .bring ideas - f orr the committee to mull over! Charles' English ' was - elected ' treasurer. . Tidewate,r( Players:--are -consi- c deiing a Centennial theme for their March -stage production and Girl Guides may take part in the flag-raising ceremony. Gibsons and Area Firemen are working on water sports. The Museum association is considering some sort of activity and the provincial Centennial caravan will be located somewhere in the area. . Track events, baseball, soccer and other sports will get consideration in things to be arrang-. ed. The Rod and Gun club, Square Dance club, the flying cluT>, Saddle Club, and others will be invited to present ideas and work on them. A film festival is likely and other items are awaiting further discussion. Next meeting of the committee will be on Jan. 24 starting at 7:30 p.m. in room 101, Elphinstone Secondary School. First meeting .The first meeting of the committee appointed by the board of St. Mary's Hospital trustees,' with James Parker as chairman and Bob Norminton assisting discussed the early stages of preparation of a brief containing plans for the proposed chronic care wing which .is planned as an extension of the new hospital. 7This-preparation will result, in a brief to be presented to the hospital officials in Victoria for their \"approval and when this -has'been-done'thefe^will be further exploration into finances and'building plans. 1 'TIS THE ( SEASON TO BE JOYFUL! jfltorp Cfiristmag from the C.at! Hews Carols forpatients A White Christmas? High Temp Low 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 35 degrees (Sunny and 28 fair, heavy frost) 44 degrees (Mild 41 with showers) 43 degrees (Showers) 33 46 degrees (Cloudy and 36 warm day) 44 degrees '(Cloudy) 35 47 degrees (Easterly gale 35 & rain during morning) 37 degrees 27 41 degrees (Sunny) ' 30 44 degrees (Sunny, 36 cloudy periods) 36 degrees (Cloudy, 27 ocnl snowflakes 36 degrees (Heavy frost 24 and sunny day) 58 degrees (Sunny and 50 warm) 7 35 degrees (Cloudy, 22 light show) Rain . None Snow Snow on Ground Trace Trace 0.11\" None None 0.01\" None None None None None None (None None 0.53\" (None None 0.25\" None None None None None None None . None Trace Trace None None None None None None None None 0.5\" mx' St. Mary's Hospital staff held their annual Christmas.dinner|in ��� two sittings Monday \"aqd'i.fr w_^_ the seccnid'ahnuareVef-t\"oT'this ^ sort for,the staff. Doctors .and v\" members of .the hospital board were guests and members of' the hospital staff took over the Kiwanis spry The' annual Christmas Dinner and dance by Gibsons Kiwanis club in Gibsons Royal Canadian Legion Hall saw close to 90 present. The Ron Lizee three piece orchestra supplied music following a turkey dinner. Some limbering-up exercises resulted when polkas gave the elders as well as the younger ones a chance to show, their agility on the dance floor. More Kiwanians and their guests discovered their youth in these dances necessitating ample space in which to move about. Reports of weekend stiffness may be presented at the next Kiwanis meeting. The draw prizes were won by Mrs. C. Mandelkau who charged back to her seat with a rifle. The second prize was won by ticket 699, whoever that may be.- .��������������� ... iV problem, of waiting on tables. ' Three choirs have announced ^cajoljsinging in. the^hospfltal on '�� va1_ous^aays.vOne~~wi_-' be\" 'Gib/ '��� sons United Church choir, another will be from St. Hilda's Anglican Church in Sechelt and the third will be from the Reserve school. The latter two will be children's choirs. ��� Members of hospital auxiliaries have already announced they will take care of the added gaiety and color for patients on Christmas Day with favors and other' items. Four strings of lights have been hung which add to the outdoor effect. Santa Claus has announced he will make an appearance at the hospital. .*9___fc_k___ft_k_-d_��_��^^ MAIL NOTICES No mail will be received or despatched on Christmas Day or on New Year's Day . but mail will be received and despatched on Monday, Boxing Day, at 9 a.m. Mail will be sorted to boxes only on Monday's Boxing Day holiday. The post office staff wishes all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ^EtsKP_��___e-fteHe?��@c^^ Watershed areas outlined in Da The Langdale-Sechelt area is crossed by four major streams originating in the mountains and emptying in the sea. The largest of these is Chapman Creek, the next largest Roberts Creek, the third is Langdale Creek and the /smallest Chaster Creek. In the upper reaches all four creeks are confined in deep canyons but their route across the coastal plain does hot impair land development. y Continued growth is gradually ��� filling the village of Gibsons and few empty lots remain. It is; anticipated that apartment types of dwelling will become more common, particularly near the waterfront and on hillside view properties. The village waterworks serves about 475 connections within the village and about 100 put- side/ The village originally diverted domestic water from a small creek near Granthams Landing but increased demand necessitated a larger supply. A watershed was then secured about two miles west of the village, at what is -now the end of Reed Road. In this watershed several springs feed a ground storage reservoir which in turn if ills a six-inch supply main bringing water to the village boundaries. Additional growth taxed this source to capacity. A second source of water was established within the village comprising ground springs near the waterfront from which water, is pumped to the necessary service pressure. During the summer of . 1965 a temporary three-inch plastic pipe was laid from Chaster Creek to supplement the ground storage reservoir at Reed Road. All three sources of water are however insufficient to satisfy future village water demands. Because Gibsons is not favorably located with respect to water supply sources, it is necessary to expand the future ser vice area considerably. The recommended service or planning area extends from Langdale to Sargeant Bay and from sea level to either the boundary of the Sechelt Provincial Forest or the 800 foot contour. Council authorized Martin J. J. Dayton, Vancouver consulting engineer, to make his survey on October 7, 1964. A July, 1963 sewerage survey recommended that a water supply for Gibsons should be studied in detail before a sewer system was constructed. The demand for water in Gbi- sons can be satisfied by the existing system providing 1966 is not a worse drought year than 1965. There are still many sections of Gibsons water system that are deficient in fire protection by current waterworks standards but the report recommends many improvements which can be constructed over a period of time as the need arises and the money is available. These are mainly the laying of eight or six inch mains in various areas. In order to supply predicted future water demands in the present service area alone, Gibsons must look Deyond its own boundaries for an additional source. If this is not done Gibsons will not grow. Gibsons 1965 records show an average yearly consumption of approximately 35 gallons per capita per day. This is well below the 125 to 150 gallons per day in the Greater Vancouver area. As urbanization takes place Gibsons area water consumption will rise considerably. Only Chapman Creek can sup- nly the ultimate demands of Gibsons area. Development of this supply would open up a large area for growth and development and the Chapman Creek supply would be less expensive for everyone in the wider planning area. p A two-phase water development .prograna accompanied by an alternate plan for the Xxibsbns-Langdale area was presented to Gibsons municipal council: at Tuesday nights meeting. Chapman Creek and Langdale Creek are'/'thepropo^d water sources.. ��� With Chairman A. E. ISitchey he_iding council, the Martin J. J.;Dayton water survey import contaiiiihgthiE! recommendation that Gibsons proceed in^ im provement comprising; construction of a groundwater production weU, water mains, a booster station and water reservoir, was presented. , --y-' Council decided to start as soon as possible ori the development ofthe test wellas a start. The foundation ior this report was laid in 1964 when council under Chairman Ritchey decided the survey should be made.\" . ' y \" \"\" The report also recommended the village attempt to form a water committee of representatives of communities within a specified planning area with a view to implementing a second phase water scheme where water would be under control of one authority. The two-phase plan concerning Gibsons first considers the water supply system to cost $98,000 to accommodate 3,000 users which could eventually be integrated into the second phase system Langdale to Sechelt to cost slightly more than $1,000,000 to serve more than 11,000 users. An alternate plan was also offered which , would cover the Langdale-Gibsons area only to cost $392,000 including, the Gibsons $98,000. Gibsonsa retwrnmendaMon The recommended plan for Gibsons only would call for: A test well, production well, pumping station and chlorination at the existing wen field in An eight-inch water main from' the production well to the existing six-inch main ori School Road, 1,000 feet, to cost $6,000. ��� Demolition .of the oldreservoir; on School Road and construction bf a (booster pumping station, to cost $15,000. An eight-inch main from School Road reservoir to the existing six-inch main on Sechelt Highway; 1,200 feet.to cost $7,200. Construction of a l,00p;000 gallon intermediate zone reservoir adjacent to existing springs vat Reed and Henry Roads, to cost $26,000. yP;.y ,77-. ..pPp,\"��� y,'���.������:+7y[���,. .,y ;y.' An additional $16,000 is.added to coyer contingencies, administration arid ehguieeririg, maldng th��e total $98,800. The seboiid phase/j^ 'in.-', cluding the $98,800 Gi^ ^n^k^ water, main from the intake to Henry Road, G0.G00 feet to cost $266,000; a six-inch distribution main along the shoreline highway from Wilson Creek to Gibsons, 64,000 feet to cost $282,000; a six-iheh main distribution from Gibsons to Langdale including connections to existing systems/17,000 feet, to cost $83,000; two 150,000 gallon reservoirs, one in Langdale and.the other near the old cemetery in Gibsons, to eost $60,000 and a temporary booster pumping station on North Road to supply the reservoir near the old cemetery, to cost $8,000. This adds up to a total of $866,000 and with 18 percent added for contingencies and engineering it brings the total to $1,120,000 including the $98,800 for Gibsons. > Alternate plan offered The alternate waterworks plan comprising Langdale, Hopkins\" Landing, Soames Point, Granthams Landing, Gibsons and Gibsons Heights would supply water from Langdale Creek. This would amount to, including the Gibsons $98,800, a total of $392,800. A breakdown of cost, excluding the Gibsons section of $98,800 contains a Langdale Creek-intake to cost $20,000; a six-inch supply main from the intake to a five million gallon reservoir at Langdale Greek, 3,000 feet to cost $18,000, an eight-inch supply main from the reservoir along North Road to Sechelt Highway, 11,000 feet to cost $03,800; a six-inch distribution main on Reed Road, 45,400 feet to cost $2$,200; a six-inch distribution main from Gibsons to Langdale, $83,000 and a 150,000 gallon concrete storage reservoir in Langdale to cost $32,000. With 20 percent added for contingencies this totals $294,000 and with the Gibsons total of $98,800 added makes the complete total $392,800. In commenting on the Langdale scheme the Dayton survey said this first phase of a supply from Langdale, augmented by Gibsons village springs would supply about 6,000 people. There should be 6,000 people in the smaller planning area by 1975 at which time a five million gallon storage reservoir could be constructed at Langdale Creek to safeguard the supply. With this reservoir the number of people that could be supplied increases to 8,000 and the total cost to about $500,000. Financial aspects outlined Financial aspects as propounded by the survey would require senior government assistance but the first step to be taken towards implementation of the Langdale to Sechelt proposal should be the establishment of a water committee among the interested communities. Provincial and federal governments could then be petitioned for financial aid and enabling legislation and an orderly course of action. But, in the meantime the survey recommends, Gibsons should proceed with improvements to its own supply system. as outlined in the report. The initial and annual cost of the two waterworks systems, not including the cost of purchasing existing waterworks would be as follows: The plan deriving water from Chapman Creek, capital cost, $1,120,000; bond redemption and interest, 20-year bonds at six percent, $98,000 annually; maintenance cost $20,000 and overhead cost $20,000 making an annual operating cost of $138,000. Cost of the plan deriving water from Langdale Creek would contain a capital cost of $500,000 with annual bond redemption arid interest, 20-year, six percent bonds at $44,000; maintenance cost $12,000 and overhead costs $15,000 making an annual operating cost of $71,000. Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. -.}_ ,. e- ���'������/.. y v -r>, rj -, .: .-,��� .-. ���-���,��� j . * * y 7, .�� ��� ������; V .-���., :'������ -'��� >* I tf What's special Ml*. MILQUETOAST ~^ VAOAIDe��S: IP\" He SHOULD ' PLAY SAFS ANO TtJfcM oFFTFie football game ���.-��;...-;���-w. vs. ��yzj3$f ���' w*--~s?-__p^-��>vV;_^' t^^��&��' .# ��oast Metus PHONE 886-2622 Published every Thursday at Gibsons, B:C. Authorized as second class mail for payment of postage in cash, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, B.C. Weekly Newspapers Advertising, Bureau, Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, B.C. Weekly Newspapers Association. Fred Cruice, Editor and Publisher, P.O. Box 280, Gibsons, B.C. Rates of Subscription, $3 per year, $1.75 for six months. United States and foreign, $4.50 per year. Unify in the Community gets things done An amiable outpouring For people brought up, as many are, to know the Bible only in the King James' version, the angels' proclamation at Christmas is remembered as: \"Glory to. God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill towards men.'' , But it is entirely likely that those words do not represent exactly the original of the song over Bethlehem. The study of ancient manuscripts of Holy Scripture, many of them undiscovered when the Authorized Version was put forth at the start of the 17th century, to become known and loved by succeeding generations of English-speaking people, has led scholars ��� to suggest that two alternative versions have better support. One is \"Peace on earth, to men of good will,\" and the other is \"peace on earth among those in whom He is well pleased.\" Today many modern Bibles follow one or another of these in preference to King James. The change in meaning is suggestive and helpful. . z , ,, ��� y - We v/ho live in what is sometimes called a welfare state, easily get into the state of mind in which we expect everything to be .done for us, without effort or initiative on our own part. Religiously, we sit back and expect God to do everything while we do nothing. And the peace of God, that peace which is much more than .the. mere absence of war, is treated as a kind of blanket donation :fr9?1. heaven, Peace, goodwill towards men becomes an amiable outpouring, indiscriminately upon all, of the divine benevolence. How much better to believe that God does indeed give His peace ���tout to those who have made themselves ready to receive it, to men of good will, to men in whom He is pleased, because they have signified a willingness to make their own wills one with His. There is nothing wrong in suggesting that. But it does remind men to bestir themselves and to seek, by an act of their own wills reaching up to meet the will of God, the peace of God which pass- eth all understanding. St. John reminds those who read the introduction to the Fourth Gospel that the fulness of the divine gift is to as many as received him. ��� Peace, then, is a conditional thing. Do we fulfil the condition? (By NANCY CLEAVER) 'O come, little children, O come one and all, The bradle is here as in Bethlehem's stall. And see what the-Father, from high Heav'n above, Has sent us tonight as a proof of his love.\" This little verse appears be- ��� low a lovely painting by Margaret W. Tarrant in her Christmas Book. In the picture a little girl and her younger brother are standing on tiptoe to look into a manger. In the background an angel, with out-/ stretched hands, is ystaridirig looking down on the Baby Jesus too. In many homes a Nativity Scene or creche is loved by the children. The small manger and figures of the baby, of Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, the Wise Men, the animals in the stable, remind the whole family of the most important thing about Christmas��� the celebration of the birthday of the Christ Child. Unless parents, especially mothers, carefully plan to put this emphasis on Christmas, a child might easily .be misled. He might conclude that. Santa Claus, the . gifts / he : receives, the parties and festivities he attends, are the things which make Christmas special. * * * During the weeks of Advent read aloud in your family from the Bible the Nativity; story. There are many lovely Christmas tales and legends, but there is no better story than that of the visits of the shepherds, and the Wise Men bringing their gifts ��� gold, frankincense and myrrh. For the very little child there is a The Story of Jesus��� . in The Little Golden Book ser-> ies, and the first chapters contain a number of fine stories of Jesus' life for children, such as Walter de la Mare's. AH these recount the coming of the Christ child. Some families have a favorite Christmas story which they read;; aloud, as a whole or in part, when their children are older, on Christmas .Eye. ^For over' a century Charles ��� Dickens' A Christmas Carol has been enjoyed in many homes and the. figure of Tiny Tim arid Old Scrooge is as familiar as..that of a cousin or an uncle. If you have never tasted the pleasure of A Christmas Carol why not try it out on your fam ily this year? The poets have written with beauty . and simplicity about Christmas. A favorite with boys and girls is Frances Chesterton's How Far is it to Bethlehem? The questions any youngsters might well ask: \"Can we see the little Child?\" \"May we stroke the creatures there?\";/ If we touch His tiny hand, Will he awake?\" Read aloud to your child a Christmas poem instead, of a story at bedtime one night ��� ond re-read it a second time if he wants\" to hear the music of the words. Have you launched your child on the Scrap Book Habit? Early in December supply him with a new scrapbook; paste, duU scissors, pencil, crayons, paints. Suggest he put into his Christ- has Book what he likes best. /Perhaps he will print a copy of a short poem you have read aloud. He may want to; draw . and color his own picture of decorating the Christmas tree or hanging up his stocking or : playing in the snow. If you have kept last year's Christmas cards, let him have any Nativity or other scenes he would like to have in his own Christmas Book. .'���%..���''���'' * # He may feel that this book of his very own is too precious to part with��� but perhaps, if ,it is a particularly colorful, interesting child's book, he might choose next year to give it; to a Children's Hospital or donate 7 it to a box packed for overseas needy families by the Save the Children Fund. Christmas, the Birthday of the Christ Child A large poster on a signboard beside a busy street in many places tells this story with its colorful picture of the first Christmas. Beneath in small printing is the suggestion that a child should -ask- his SundayrSchool teacher to tell him this story. Why not ask the two people who gave him the gift of life? If parents are too busy, or too tired or too careless during December to share with their, son or daughter .the true meaning of Christmas y they are, indeed too busy! The D^vis Ottawa Diary ��\"You've packed my purse! ����� / (By JACK DAVIS Coast-Capilano M.P.) Several Federal - Provincial conferences have been held in Ottawa of late. The most important was. the gathering of finance ministers frorii across the nation. They came to report bn the economic outlook for 1966. But more significant still was their . description of. their own plans for the coming year. They said how much of the taxpayers money they would spend and \" liow they would, spend it in the months ahead. Ottawa no longer operates in the dark in this regard. Not only does it canvas the investment intentions of private companies, but it discusses the forecasts of the provinces as well. Armed with a much better idea of how their spending is going, it can then draft its own budget in the best interests of the nation. Assuming full employment and rising prices it will then reduce its own outlays on goods and services. Alternatively, if unemployment is on the increase and excess capacity exists in industry, it v/ill lay out more money in order to get the economy rolling again. The timing of these Finance Ministers conferences is also significant. Generally speaking, Ottawa leaves the construction , of roads, dams, office buildings and factories to others. But it can move in a big way. When it should do so must, however, be ; determined well ahead of time. ; This is why the Pearson gov- 7 ernment carried out these dis- J cussions with the provinces in , December rather than waiting ;, until its own budget is to be ' brought down well into the New Year. Also important is the fact that the provinces, collectively, now spend more money on goods' and services than does the nation as a whole. Ottawa, by comparison,' has been holding the line. Its total outlay, as a percentage of Canada's national income, is actually. on the decline. By contrast the outlays of the provinces, taiken together with that of their creatures, jhe municipalities,: have been shooting upward as never he- fore. ' ���-:.-.. The finance ministers from the provinces reported on their budget. intentions. But even more pressing, from their point of view, was the matter, of taxation. Over a year ago they agreed, along with Ottawa, to set up a tax structure committee. This committee was.to report, not only on priorities as to spending, but also where the money would come from. Most of the provincial ministers hope to get a larger share of the federal tax dollar. This is why they, along with Acting Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp, listened to the progress report of their joint structure committee with the greatest of interest recently. ' Co-operative federalism can be an empty phrase. Or it can be\"used to describe the internal relations of a federal state whose governments, at all'levels have decided to push ahead in close and friendly liaison, one with the other, and with the greater interest of all the nation's people at heart. The recent meeting of our finance ministers in Ottawa is a good example, I think, of cooperative federalism in practice. However we will need many more meetings of this kind if Canadians from all parts of pur great country are to get along together and prosper as they should. N. RICHARD McKIBBIN A Personal .Insurance Service Gibsons; B.C. FOR SALE: EVERUSTIMG PEACE Although peace of,mind is priceless, you don't have to buy any medicine or spend any money to achieve it. All you need is a sincere desire to attain it. During the coming Holidays visit the Church or Temple of your choice and listen to inspired sermons which can help you find the way to eternal tranquility and peace. ^ y \"Sour doctor can phone us when you need a medicine. We will constantly endeavor to keep abreast of the expanding activities In the field of pharmacy ��� in this era of great change. We pledge at all times to be in the position to offer the finest of pharmaceutical services. y Our Sincere wish is that you have a Merry Christmas and a Ha^y New Year KRUSE DRUG STORES Ltd. Gibsons '���'.���': Rae W. Kruse Sechelt 886-2023 885-2134 Pharmaceutical Chemists and Druggists Li H n ti F*, T-. > wjjv'inm the narrow fjords START _* ���3E. y MISSION ACCOMPLISHED The first ten correct children's answers brought fo fhe Twilight Theatre box office will receive 2 free tickets each. HALFMOON BAY NOTES By MARY TINKLEY. The Lovers > of Life League Christmas party at Welcome Beach Hall on Dec. 18. despite the prevalence-or mumps'in the Bay, saw 25 children, seven ad-- ults and Santa Claus himself turn up for- the occasion. There was a sit-down tea. The- piles of sandwiches, cakes, cookies and jugs of softr drinks disappeared in record time. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fergusson with their lively songs and guitars, delighted the audience! Louise Rutherford and Eddie Kingston were awarded prizes foiybeing the most regular attendants at GIBSONS SEPTIC TANK PUMPING \" Phone 886-2848 or 886 2404 League meetings. The organizers and members expressed their thanks to the Welcome Beach'' Community Association for the use of the hall. * * * On Dec. 18, the annual Christmas dinner of the Halfmoon Bay Improvement Association was held ,in the congenial atmosphere of the Winning Post at Oles Cove.' The room, always beautiful with its wide picture windows looking out towards Texada Island was artistically decorated in the Christmas spirit. The 30 guests were received by the president, Mrs. Ruby Warne arid after an excellent dinner of turkey and plum pudding, there were dancing and games under direction of Mrs. Pat Murphy. At midnight, many of the guests, still roaring to go, accepted the generous invitation of the Tag Nygards to the Nygard home where the par ty continued until the wee small hours. /' : ', Arriving from England this week to spend Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Alan Greene is Miss Pauline Andrews of Winchester. Mr. Ed Edmunds who had hoped to be home in time for. Christmas will remain in St. Mary's Hospital for another week. On Christmas Day, Holy Com-- munion will be celebrated at the Church of His Presence at 10:30 a.m. IN NEWS AGAIN The Soames Creek Bridge (Granthams' Bridge) is in the. news once again. Tony Gar-' grave, M.L.A., has once more written to the Department of Highways about the sharpness of the turn and narrowness of the bridge. He said he would like to see \" the turn widened and the bridge\" replaced with a culvert and filled. Mor<6 atteM Pender goctrs SUNSNINE COAST DIRECTORY EDFKDIER Custom Tractor Work & Back Hoe TOP SOIL ��� FILL ��� GRAVEL Ph. 886-7764 ������ Wiring, Electric Heating Appliance Repairs NICK'S ELECTRIC Pender Harbour Phone 883-2516 evenings R.R.I., Madeira Park We use Ultra Sonic Sound Waves to clean your watch and Jewelry CHRIS' JEWELERS Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention Ph. Sechelt 885-2151 TRACTOR WORK Clearing, Grading, Excavat-, ing, Bulldozing, Clearing teeth FOR RENTAL Arches, Jacks, Pumps Air Compressor, Rock Drill Concrete Vibrator Phone 886-2049 L & H SWANSON LTD. Backhoe & Loader Work Cement Gravel, Road Gravel, Sand & Fill Septic Tanks and Drain Fields Phone 885-9666 , PENINSULA PLUMBING HEATING & SUPPLIES ((Formerly Rogers Plumbing) on Sechelt Highway & Pratt Rd. SALES AND SERVICE Port Mellon ��� Pender Harbour Free Estimates Phone 886-9533 SICOTTE BULLDOZING LTD. Land Clearing ��� Excavating and Road Building Clearing Blade Phone 886-2357 OPTOMETRIST FRANK E. DECKER BAL BLOCK ��� GIBSONS EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR APPOINTMENTS���886-2166 GULF BUILDING SUPPLIES Everything for your building needs Sechelt ��� Ph. 885-2283 SECHELT TOWING & SALVAGE WANT SOMETHING DONE! You'll find the help you need in this directory At the Sign of the Chevron HILL'S MACHINE SHOP & MARINE SERVICE LTD. Machine Shop Arc & Acty Welding Steel Fabricating Marine Ways Automotive & Marine Repairs Standard Marine Station Phone 886-7721 Res. 886-9956 ��� 886-9326 SCOWS LOGS LTD. Heavy Equipment .Moving' & Log Towing Phone 885-9425 APPLIANCE jftadio, Appliance & TV Service Live Better Electrically GIBSONS ELECTRIC LTD. Authorized GE Dealer Phone 886-9325 D. J. ROY, P. Enq. B.C.LS. LAND SURVEYING ; SURVEYS P.O. Box 37, Gibsons . 1334 West Pender St. Vancouver 5 Ph. MU 4-3611 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE We have installed an Automatic . Telephone Answering Machine our ELECTRONIC SECRETARY will answer your call.and record your message day or night PLEASE GIVE IT A TRY TINGLEY'S HI-HEAT SALES & SERVICE Phone 885-9636 or 885-9332 P.O. Box 417 ��� Sechelt, B.C. PENINSULA CLEANERS Cleaners for the Sechelt Peninsula Phone 886-2200 CLYDE'S CYCLES Highway 101 & Pine Road Gibsons YOUR SUZUKI DEALER Serving the Sechelt Peninsula Service & Accessories for all ��� Motorcycles We pick up and deliver your bike Phone 886-9572 Open till 10 p.m. 7 days a week TELEVISION SALES & SERVICE Dependable Service RICHTER'S RADIO - TV Fine Home Furnishings Mappr Appliances pAA��� Record Bar '. Phone 885-9777 SIM ELECTRIC LTD. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ��� SECHELT Phone 885-2062 y SUNSHINE COAST TRAILER PARK 1 mile west of Gibsons on Hiway Roomy Parking, Plenty of Water Large recreation area Bus passes park site Phone 886-9826 THRIFTEE DRESS SHOP \"Personalized Service\" 7 Agents Brown Bros. Florists Phone 886-9543 NORMAN BURTON YOUR ODD JOB MAN Carpenry Work, House Repairs Drainage Tiles laid,- etc. 'A Res: Pratt Ud. Gibsons Phone 886-2048 C ��� Norm and Donna Kenny. Lorna and. Mick Alvaro. Alex and Flo Robertson. Bud and, Celia Fisher. Mrs. E. Pay. Mrs. Jessie Soanies. Kay and Ed Butler. . Pete and Diane Fromager. Mary arid- Cliff Gibson. Matt and Minnie Huhtala. Instead of sending local Christmas cards these families have donated $195.25 to Central City Mission. On Friday, Dec. 10, Pender school hosted girls from Brooks and boys from Elphinstone. We are very proud ,of the girls as they came through with winning scores. The ability of Elphinstone boys was really put to a test in the close games. However, after tough competi- tionj Elphinstone moved ahead to win by a mere six points in both games. Our school gym developed a very restive.air in preparation for the Christmas dance held Dec. 17. The Future Teachers are getting experience by going down to the Elementary School to observe. The school is closed for the holidays on Dec. 22 with an indoor track meet composed of many unusual events, such as book balance, obstacle, pick-aback and balloon races arid many more. I'll close with a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. ��� Linda Warnock. Tired? Sluggish? Feel Better Fast When you feel tired, sluggish; headachy, all dragged out���? feel better fast with Carter's little Liver Pills. Gentle, sure Carter's Little Liver Pills have been helping Canadians for well over 50 years. Each tiny pill contains Carter's exclusive formula that has a very special action on your liver. This special action stimulates the liver bile. Keeps it flowing freely. Aids tne functioning of your digestive system. Eases away that tired, upset, sluggish feeling. Helps you feel good again. So the next time you feel tired, sluggish, headachy, take Carter's Little Liver Pills and feel better fast. Carter's Little Liver Pill., only 49*. 4, Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. mmmimmmiim Christmas Greetings to all | our friends from St. Mary's Auxiliary, Sechelt. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mack- lin. Orv and Eve Moscrip. Louis and Pauline Benner. Mr and Mrs. Tom Bligh. Gord and Maureen Hall and girls. Sam and Ada Dawe. Vern and Ann Richter. Eric and Bonnie Paetkau and family. Walter and Irene Burtnick. Alan and .Rosa Swan and family. Jack and Lee Redman. Bill and Beulah Lawson and family. Dick and Vona Clayton arid-family. Cliff and Peggy Connor and Mary. Leo and Elsie Johnson and family. J Gunnar and Phoebe Hanson and Sandra. Mrs. Z. McCrea. Dave and Judy Parish and Lance. Ervine and Dianne Benner and girls. Howard and Eleanor Carter. In lieu of Christmas cards a donation has been sent to the Sechelt Auxiliary to St. Mary's Hospital Memorial fund. HOLIDAY BOWLING SCHEDULE ..ON THE RED HEADPIN . 7 p.m Mon., Dec. 27 Thru Thurs., Dec. 30 ;_sj_*i m CLOSED Xmas Day Dec. 25 , Boxing Day Dec. 26 OPEN Xmas Eve Dec. 24���7 p.m. Sunday Jan. 2���1:30 p.m. CLOSED New Year's Eve Dec. 31 New Year's Day Jan. 1 E & M BOWLADROME SUNSHINE COAST HIGHWAY Ph. 886-2086 Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. 5 GREETINGS '.:\"���\"���' We wish all our friends on the Sunshine Coast a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New: Year. Local Christmas card money has been donated to the Christmas Seal Fund. Ron and Marie Cruice Gordon and Gerry Clarke. We wish all our friends, relatives and neighbors a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In lieu of cards we have made a donation to the Cup of Milk Fund. Ray and Florence Johnson and family. ��� I wish all my many friend's: and neighbors in Gibsons and surrounding district, my doctor and nurses; a very Merry Christ mas and a Happy New Year. In lieu of local Christmas cards I have donated to the Cancer Fund. Mrs. Marguerite Myers. We wish ail our neighbors and friends on the Periinsula a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We have donated to the Cup of Milk Fund in lieu of local Christmas cards. Georgina and Bill Nasadyk Greetings, friends. Your cards are providing Christmas dinner for someone at Central City Mission. Madge Newman. Season's Greetings to all my friends on the Sunshine Coast. May Reichelt. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, with many thanks to all my friends for all the cards and kind messages received during my illness.' May Telford. We wish., our.'many friends on the Sunshine Coast a very Happy Holiday Season. Local greeting card money donated to St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Colin Wingrave, Willo and Sharie. '.:���' Oo.P- Vince and Anne Prewer take this opportunity of wishing all their friends a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Instead of sending cards; a donation has- been made to the Eastern Star Cancer Fund. .\";y':''' DEATHb HARRISON ��� Passed away Dec. 15, 1965, William Softly Harrison in his 90th year, of R.R. 1, Pratt Rd., Gibsons, B.C. Survived by 2 sons, John, Gibsons, and Thomas, Burnaby 8 grandchildren. Mr. Harrison served in the 1914-1918 war. Funeral service was held Mon., Dec. 20 at 1:30 p.m. from the Family Chapel of the Harvey funeral Home, Rsv like new, $25. A. Simp- ^kihs, 7885-2132; . 4 burner electric stove with oven Phone 886-2158. ., MARINE ACCESSORIES. Paint, fibreglass, rope, canvas, .'..:������������������;��� boat hardware WALT NYGREN SALES LTD. Gibsons, 886-9303 For guaranteed watch and jewel ry repairs, see Chris's Jewelers, Sechelt. Work done on thhe premises. Shotguns, rifles and hand guns sold on consignment. Walt Nygren Sales Ltd. Gibsons, 886-9303 JAY BEE USED FURNITURE Phone 886-2346, Gibsons Next to Ken's parking Beer bottles. We buy and sell everything YOUR, BEATTY PUMP AGENT Parts & Repairs to all water pumps A complete plumbing sales and service JIAY NEWMAN PLUMBING Davis Bay Road Wilson Creek ��� Ph. 885-2116 Wreaths and sprays LissiLand Florists. Phone 886-9345, Gibsons. Flowers for all occasions, Eldred's Flower Shop, Sechelt. Phone 885-9455. LOST __. Male pup, black with tan legs, Beam scale, wanted, weighing Dec 16 vicinity Seaview Road, up to 200 lbs. or rao'e. Phone Gibsons. Phone 886-7769. 886-7756. 38\" precast tile for septic tanks and wells Phone 886-2762. W. Warren, North Rd., Gibsons. New Singer Sewing Mach. $99.95 Used Domestic Sew. Mach. 99.88 Easy Washer 49.95 Simplicity Washer 39.95 Coldspot Refrigerator 99.95 Sanitary Refrigerator 49.95 Marswe.ll Washer 29.95 Tank type vacuum 10.00 PARKER'S HARDWARE Ltd. Marshall Weils Stores Sechelt, B.C. Fool proof Ranger Rack, eliminates roof and paint damage on your car. Holds boats, lad ders, skis, or what have you. Also headrests. Phone 885-2158. See our large selection of wedding invitations and announcements- at the Coast News. Allow 2 weeks for delivery. ��� Used electric and gas ranges, also oil ranges. C & S Sales, Ph. 885-9713, Sechelt. WANTED WILL BUY STANDING FIR, HEMLOCK AND CEDAR PHONE 886-2459 SEASON'S GREETINGS Gibsons Electric Ltd. closed Dec. 24 to Jart. 4, 1966/ inclusive. SUNSHINE COAST REAL ESTATE BOWLING PETS Good home wanted for part sheepdog and part collie. Good with children. Phone 886-2471 or 886-2539. CARS, TRUCKS FOR SALE '59 Vauxhall Victor Super. 2 tone, 37,000 original miles. $550 or offer. Phone 885-9405. y '56 Dodge hardtop, 2 door, clean good reliable transportation. Any reasonable offer. Phone 886- 2158. - 1957 Ford 4 door. Needs a little work. Make me an offer. Ph. 886-9379. '55 Chev 4 door, V8, standard shift, radio, good tires, reliable transportation. Phone 886- 2158. 1964 Ford custom 2 dr. V8, 352 motor, auto trans. Will accept trade. New paint. Call 886-2158. FUELS ~~ ��� WOOD Fireplace or stove lengths. Alder $12; Fir $14; Dry handpick- ed millwood, $14. To order ph. 886-9674. Al Cook, North Rd., Gibsons. DO YOU NEED COAL? Majestic Lump $27 ton Majestic Egg $26 ton Drumheller Lump $30 ton Drumheller Egg $29 ton Heat Glow Briquettes $36 ton PRATT ROAD AUTO WRECKERS Chaster Rd. (Honeymoon Lane) Gibsons ��� Ph. 886-9535 BUILDING MATERIALS JOHN DE KLEBR BUILDING - CONTRACTING Wilson Creek, B.C. ; Phone 885-2050 GULF BUILDING SUPPLIES Sechelt. Phone 885-2283 Everything for your building needs LOWEST PRICES Screened Gravel Drain Rock Fill Shell dirt. A. Simpkins, Sechelt 885-2132. ANNOUNCEMENTS AL-ANON Help for relatives or friends of a problem drinker. Phone evenings 885-9327. Alcoholics Anonymous. Post office Box 294, Sechelt. Information, phone Day, 886-2933, eves., 885-9327. ' 77 y '-... y ��� SEWING MACHINE TROUBLES? Call your repair man 886-2434 We buy beer bottles. 25c doz. brought to property 20c if we collect. Pratt Road Auto Wreckers 'Chaster Rd. (Honeymoon Lane) Gibsons 886-9535 STUMPING or DITCHING POWDER Forcite, Primacord, Electric Caps, etc. F. Wyngaert, Secretary, Howe Sound Farmer's Institute, Ph. 886-9340. 'Tree falling, topping or removing lower limbs for view. Insured work from Port Mellon to Pender Harbour. Phone PV Services, M. Volen, 886-9946 or Digby Porter, 886-9615 WATCH REPAIRS & JEWELRY MARINE MEN'S WEAR Ph. 886-2116, Gibsons CHRISTMAS SPECIAL One acre, 200' beach. Spacious 6 room home (3 brs.) Auto oil. carport. Try your offer on $11,- 000. The results may surprise you. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OUR FRIFiNBS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. FOR THE CHOICE PROPERTIES CONTACT K. BUTLER REALTY & Insurance Box 566, Gibsons, B.C. Phone 886-2000 CHARLES ENGLISH Ltd. Real Estate ��� Insurance Sunnycrest Shopping Centre GIBSONS, B.C. Ph. 886-2481 TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS WATERFRONrW^ EARL'S COVE SUBDIVISION Adjacent to Earl's Cove Ferry terminal on Sunshine Coast Highway. Beautiful view of; Jervis Inlet. URG^^ Madeira Park Subdivision overlooking Pender HarbouB and Gulf 10% down. Easy terms on balance. Discount for cash. For sale by owner and ;��� . developer 0. SLADEY MADEIRA PARK, B.C. Phone 883-2233 Porpoise Bay, 1Q0 ft: shelte'ed beach, flat land, with water, light and road. Suitable for auto court and marine. F.P. $10,000. Additional adjoining waterfrontage available. Sunshine Coast Products Ltd., Box 389, Sechelt. Approx 25 acres beautiful view property near beach at Gower stream or spring. 1800 ft. frontage on paved road. Ideal subdivision. Good price with discount for cash. R. W. Vernon, Phone 886-2887. . . 7 V& acres view property, near Gower Point Beach, spring water, 532 ft. frontage on paved road. Terms, R. W. Vernon, Ph. 886-2887. 7\"' WATERFRONT LISTINGS WANTED We have many clients wanting lots and waterfront homes in the Roberts Creek, Davis Bay, West Sechelt and Halfmoon Bay areas. We specialize in waterfront properties. ; For action on your property call or write N. Paterson, CAPILANO HIGHLANDS Ltd 803 Davie St., Vancouver Ph. 682-3764, Eves., 988-0512 2 lots partly cleared, on Gower Point Road. Phone 886-2762. - PEDICURIST Mrs. F. E. Campbell Selma Park, on bus stop 885-9778 Evenings by appointment NELSON'S LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING FUR STORAGE Phone Sechelt 885-9627 or in Roberts Creek, Gibsons and Port Mellon, Zenith 7020 REST HOME Cypress. Rest Home, 1885 West 10th Ave, Vancouver, B.C. Personal care home, family style, invites guests. 24 hour, care, R.N. attendance. Rates reasonable. 10% acres, Roberts Creek Lower Road, close to beach, schools shopping, 450 ft. blacktopped road frontage. Terms to suit. Phone 886-9890. Hopkins Landing waterfront on Point Road, 4 bed.. 2 bath home. Phone 733-8050 or 261-3151. FOR REN1 27 ft. trailer with 2 bedrooms and 16 ft. cabana. Bill Warren, 886-2762. Furnished 2 room suite, all electric, Rit's Motel, Phone 886- 2401. 1 bachelor suite, furnished, all electric, on waterfront. Phone 886-2887. STORE OR OFFICE SPACE AT A REASONABLE RENTAL, SECHELT VILLAGE. WRITE BOX 742, COAST NEWS. STORE FOR RENT In the best location in Gibsons. 500 sq. ft. $65. Phone 886-2559. _ , ��� it-... i.i w... ���,.i.i,-. ��� . ��� .i , i' .__., NEW DELUXE APARTMENT featuring Large 2 and 3 bedroom suites Balconies Stoves ���r Fridges Washers ��� Dryers Individual Thermostats , Drapes, and blinds $95 and up Reserve Now Phone 886-2850 WE HAVE MOVED TO OUR NEW OFFICE IN THE RICHTER BLOCK Call J. Anderson, 885-9565 Bob Kent, 885-4461 Harry Gregory, 885-9392 E. (Ted) Surtees, 885-9303 SECHELT AGENCIES LTD. Real Estate & Insurance Phone 885-2161 Box 155, Sechelt, B.C. Our oflfice will be closed Dec. 24 to Dec. 28 inclusive. For service please phorie 886-2681. EWART McMYNN Real Estate & Insurance Box 238, Gibsons Phone 886-2166. Res. Phones, 886-2500, 886-2681, 886-2393 H. B. GORDON & KENNETT Ltd. Real Estate & Insurance Gibsons Sechelt 886-2191 885-2013 R. F. Kennett���Notary Public PROPERTY WANTED Small house, waterfront lot, Sechelt area, $5000 to $6000 cash offered. C. S. Wine, 6130 Bruce St., Vancouver 15. SOCCER December 19 Results: Division 4 Sechelt Res. Tigers 12, Madeira Park Kickers 2. Gibsons United 8, Sechelt Legion 1. Division 6 Sechelt Residential 8, Madeira Park -Rangers 1. Gibsons Oanffor 7, Gibsons Legion 0. A friendly game was played between Roberts Creek and Moose 888, a West Vancouver team. After a hard fought game Roberts Creek were defeated 6-2 by the home team. The Soccer Commission extends a Happy Christmas to all players, coaohes and members. SECHELT BOWLING ALLEY (By EVE MOSCRIP) Lawrence Crucil came- within a mark of reaching a 900 series ending, up with 896 (353, 312), for a men's season high. Lil McCourt took ladies high honors with 768 (291, 293). League Scores: Ladies: Lil McCourt 738 (262, 269). Ladies Matinee':' Hazel Skytte 610, Eve Moscrip 209. Pender: Dennis Gamble 744, Muriel Cameron 558 (267), Dick Gooldrup 305, Charlie Hauka 714, (286), Dave Scoular 312. Sechelt Commercial: Dorothy Smith 717 (269, 261), Lawrence Crucil 896 (352, 312), Dave Pickard 707 (277), Red Robinson 768 (323), Dick Clayton 786 (305), Frenk Nevens 732, Lome Allan 806 (300), Sam MacKenzie 771 (289). 7-1 y Sports Club: Lil McCourt 768 (291,: 293), Ann..Pearson 277, Dox-othy Smith 254, Jean Eldred 253, 252), Ray Witt 756 (340). SCHOOL LEAGUE Seniors: Arlene Johnson 345 (217), Wayne John 380 (193). Juniors: Susan Jorgenson JL55 (89), Pat John 362 (242). ... ��� E & M BOWLADROME ! Gibsons B: Herring Strippers\\ 2878, Whizzbangs 1022. D. Lefler 672 (271), D. Crosby 604, F. Nevens 710 (305) ���, J. Wilson 248, J. Ayris 255, H. Girard 245, H. Hinz 611 (286), J. Davies 645. Ladies Wed.: F. Baker 539, M. Lee 505, R. Wolansky 587, B. Swanson 554. Teachers Hi: Pinheads 2664 (951). D: Hoops 723 (275, 248), D. Lefler 611. Commercials: Fortune Cookies 2778 (980), L. Gregory 755 (279, 276), S. Hopkin 247,7 H. Jorgenson 608, S. Rise 680 (253, 255), R. Hinks 257, K. Swallow ��� 258 Port Mellon: Misfits 2496 Winners 1029. J. Ferguson 246, T. Greig 683 (258), G. Taylor 725 (266), F; ^Gallier 259, D. Mupgrove'���243.'-> ������:���. Ball & Chain: Avengers 2833 (992), F. Reynolds 734 (263, 248) M. Jay 603, B. Benson 620 (252) M. Smith 642 (243, 252), A. Robertson 637 (251), C. McGiyern 646 (248), E. Schwindt 244, E. Gill 663 (245). Juniors: Mike Musgrove 211, Martin Kiewitz 213, Wayne Wright 355 (223), Greg Harri- * son 280. .p ypy:.r0.y.py^y ' ��� ; Roberts Creek (By MADGE NEWMAN) Unitarian Fellowship mothers entertained their own children and their friends at a pre- Christmas party in Roberts Creek school activity room last week. Fun and games were enjoyed by 32 youngsters.- The regular meeting of the' Fellowship group will take' place on Thursday,- Dec. 23 when Mrs. J. Blatchford will provide the program. The W. Crocker family will spend Christmas in. Salem, Oregon, at a family reunion of 23 members. About 18 members attended the Hospital Auxiliary meeting on Monday, nicely filling the Roberts Creek Library. The group welcomed two new members and regretfully bade farewell to one. Mrs. C. S. Shupe, a valuable worker, will leave in the new year to teach at Salmon Arm. Her office of treasurer has been taken over by Mrs. M. Forbes. Mrs. R. Hughes is in charge of the volunteer hospital workers. Plans for the Valentine Smorgasbord were discussed and the date set for Feb. 12. It will be held in the Legion hall and tickets will be available for 100 guests .The committee in charge consists of Mrs. K. Baba, Mrs. C. Beeman.Mrs. R. Hughes, Mrs. M. Forbes, Mrs. A. Reece and Mrs. Tibb. Following the business meeting Brian Swanson played sel. ections on his accordion and refreshments were served. Jeflf Newman and family are here from Comox to spend about ten days. COAST NEWS WANT ADS ARE BEST SELLERS Season *s Greetings EWART McMYNN. Jack Warn Do Wortmann EWART McMYNN REALTY -,. Gibsahs;!. ���>���������:.������������������ / am responsible!: Exessivepartiersplease note 6 Coast News, Dec 23, 1965. This message is the combined effort of a few people who must, of necessity, remain anonymous. Now, .if we have aroused your curiosity, perhaps only a little to read this far, you must read on but, first of all, we would place before you a very few pertinent situations. Christmas is here and with it the festive times, the parties and the main reason for the celebrations, the happiness of the children. Christmas is the children's day. Many of you will be attending church, while many more will be celebrating the event elsewhere. At the same time, quite a few of you will have so sore a head that, although -you had every intention of remaining sober, you fell by the way side and are too ill to even put your noses outside the front door. Again, how many of your friends and relations will,be involved iri car accidents where lives are lost and others maimed for life? All this to celebrate what should be a Holy Day. A certain few will be so ashamed of themselves that they will not be seen in public for a few days after| And then comes the old refrain, Never again. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. ' These last are the people to whom we are trying to reach in this message. If they remember much of the previous evening, they are lucky. How many of their friends have they insulted s0 badly that a renewal of their friendship, even with ��&_H_K___-_��_M-M_*_K-k____^^ /BEST WISHES TO ALL! SECHELT AIR SERVICES Ltd. g..��iC-C__tet_--_-ft_M_t_3^^ �����ew.mt. an abject apology, is virtually impossible? -How many- have quarrelled in Ntheir homes so bitterly that theh;; spouses aridj children are ashamed of their reveller? The chiilden are:even, by contact, ashamed of themselves. So what does our reveller do? He just takes another belt at the bottle to forget the whole damn incident and finds that, in a few hours, he's again in the same state as he was and has been many times before. He has not yet realized that his drinking friends are only fair- weather friends and the bottle a broken crutch. There is a myth to. which many of us are addicted that the purpose of life is to be happy. There is nothing more demeaning to man than his narcotic (and alcohol is a narcotic) pursuit of fun. Where was it ever written that life could always be easy or completely free of conflict or of pain. Those who seek this narcotic refuge can find it in tranquilizer pills or alcohol ��� or in senility which follows prematurely the use of both. The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to be useful, .. . , .. ..���:���- ' Sometimes we are asked, what is this happiness without alcohol that you talk of? Our answer must be, and is, like that given by the .little boy who was asked to define an elephant. He said that he couldn't but he would know one when he saw it. There is an organization in your vicinity, which is interested in the man or woman who cannot control his or her drinking, once started. The members of this organization \"have, promised: \"I am responsible when anyone, anywhere, 'reaches out. for help, I want the hand of Alcoholics Anonymous always to be there. And for that: I am responsible.\" The only requirement to join us is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for membership; we are self-sup- Golf club widens scope Registration of the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club is now complete. The only thing holding up the commencement of the course is a shortage of members. The directors are determined to get the required amount as they feel a golf course in this area would be an advantage to all. Membership forms have been mailed out-to summer residents and, it is hoped that a good response will come from this. CHRISTMAS SEALS FI6MT TB &OTfiER ��.F��P.P*Tn��y DISEASES _w*_-___-t��_-i@-_-e^^ let, ��Very Jcxesurt rejoio�� and Too gleccLl ROCKGAS PROPANE Ltd. Serving the Sunshine Coast J M>___ii_Mii-ii-_--.___-iii-^^ * ' toest to you! GIBSON GIRL BEAUTY CENTRE porting through our own contributions. We are not allied to any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; do not wish to engage in controversy, neither endorse nor oppose any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help \"... other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. You, and only you, are the judge as to whether you are to join us. It is all.up to you. Help and advice, with strict secrecy, is as near as your hand by lifting the telephone and dialing, at any time during the day or night, either of these two numbers ��� Days, 886-2933. Evenings 885-9327. Write for further information to P.O. Box 294,, Sechelt. In conclusion we ask those who are not affected by this message to practice tolerance to those who are afflicted with the ravages of alcohol, by remembering the words of the Bard: \"Then gently scan your brother Man, Still gentler sister Woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human.' The drink for' the road leads but to a dead end. \"Okay, let's gp, Phipps ... in the army there's no such thing as��� a drop-out! THERE WILL BE NO LEGION BINGO ON DEC. 30 NEXT LEGION BINGO Will BE JANUARY 13 Happy New Year Christmas Gifts to delight every Woman . ��� ���, ��� LOVELY DRESSES ��� KNITWEAR ��� LINGERIE HOUSECOATS -^ HANDBAfeS, Etc. For ^he LAST MINlM SHOPPERS why not surprise her with a GIFT CERTIFICATE H. BISHOP LADIES' WEARt secret, bc. LADIES WEAR IS OUR ONLY BUSINESS ' Phone 885-2002 ?&_-_&_)_9__t-K-__^^ Gibsons are ThursdayyDec&mber 23 LEGION HALL - 8 p.m, FREE REFRESHMENTS ALL GAMES $10 AND UP 59 Calls $200 60 Calls or Over 100 Silver Dollars Season's Greetings to All BILL NORTH WOOD by FRASER WiLSOr* Tortoise shell'.0,.combs are made from the shell of a tropical marine turtle, y reg ge CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE MONDAY & THURSDAY 1678 Marine Drive���Gibsons Phone 886-9843 The North Shore well require regional college facilities as early as September, 1968. This prediction is based upon: (a) an analysis of the growth, in numbers of students now in school; their abilities; and their probable educational goals; (b) a recognition of the fact Lucky Numbers! Christmas each edition of the Coast News will contain a number at the fop of Page One. If the number on your paper is the same as the numbers held by any Gibsons Merchant you will be entitled to a prize offered. Get your Coast News early and check your number with merchants^fhat is all you have to do. that the new curriculum' introduced in the secondary schools, creating six distinctive educational streams, will require post-high school facilities of a broader and moire flexible type than are currently available in the universities or vocational schools; (c) the apparently insatiable appetite of modern business for trained personnel; (d) the lack of an institution providing a broad spectrum of activities which is open to North Shore students; and (e) the realization that the new college program initiated: in the City of Vancouver which is designed to cater to the various demands generated by the new secondary school program will not be open to graduates of the North Shore se- Appliances make excellent presents for Christmas Come in and see our excellent stock of Take the work out of Christmas Give her a Di^h^asher GIBSONS ELECTRIC Phone 886-9325 7 JOINS SCOUTS Lt. Col. Albert A. Loveridge, chief instructor at the Royal Canadian School of Military En-. gineering, Chilliwack, has been appointed an assistant provincial commissioner, BjC.-Yukon Council, Boy Scouts of Canada. Col: Loveridge's duties will be principally in the promotion and\\ co-ordination of the new Ventur-, er Scout program \"which the' Boy Scouts have introduced for the 14-17 year age group. He will also advise on the ^relationship of the existing Rover Scout program to the new Venturer section. Col. Loveridge, a native son of B.C., has had wide experience in Scouting. All three of Col. Loveridge's sons are in Scouting. Two of them are leaders with the 85th Ottawa Troop and the third is a Scout in the 1st Vedder Troop, Sardis. Mrs. Loveridge is active with the Girl Guide Association. HOLIDAY THEATRE When Holiday1 Theatre opens its Christmas production of Alice in Wonderland on Dec; 18, it will be a tribute to the 100 years this tale has enjoyed fame and popularity all over the world by young and old alike. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematics professor who is known better by his pen name of Lewis Carroll, would probably be .surprised if he knew that the charming story he wote for his young friend, Alice Liddell,- was being performed as a musical play. The play will be presented at 2:30 p.m. from Dec. 18 through January 1 and on the 8th at Metro Theatre, 1370 S.W. Marine Drive. Tickets available at the Vancouver Ticket Centre. __ ��� . v '��� To All Our Customers from Egmont to Port Mellon We are very thankful and humble at this time of the year��� especially as 1966 brings us into our 20th year in business in Gibsons. We had faith in the area in 1946. it has paid us back, not simply wealth but in the hundreds of friends we have been pleased to serve. You number among these. Th management and staff wish you a Very Merry Christmas and in fhe years to come may *your wealth also be measured in many friendships. THRIFTEE STORES DRESS SHOP ; ' G'b*��ns DRY GOODS STORE n condary schools during regular sessions. At present the ' provincial legislation controlling two-year colleges is embodied in the Public Schools Act. Essentially, school boards wishing to set up a college must ask the permission of the Council of Public Instruction to hold a plebiscite to determine whether or not the people of the school district concerned favor a college. If the plebiscite favors a college, a regional college council may be formed. The council then negotiates with the various school boards on the location and financing of the college. Once an agreement has been reached a vote on the local share ��� of the financing of the college must be held in the participating districts. At present 'the financing of academic programs in regional colleges is 50 percent local for capital and operating costs. The non-academic programs are, eligible for federal support under the Technical and Vocational Training Assistance act, 1960, but each college must negotiate its own program with provincial and federal authorities to determine which programs qualify. It must be emphasized that the financing of regional colleges is likely to be reviewed. The whole matter of federal aid to higher education may change as a result of the Bladen Commission report. The recommendations of this report are obviously only the first stage. When the regional I John Hmd-Smith Refrigeration PORT MELLON TO PENDER HARBOUR Phone 886-2331 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Res. 886-9949 APPLICATION FOR A WATER LICENCE WATER ACT (Section 8 I, Daniel and Hilda C. Dick of R.R.I. Chaster Road, Gibsons, B.C. hereby apply to the Comptroller of Water Rights for a licence to divert and use water out of Chaster Creek which flows southwest and discharges into Gulf of Georgia and, give notice of my application to all person affected. The point of diversion will be located at 150' from N.W. corner of Lot below described. The quantity of water to be diverted is 500 cubic feet. The purpose for which the water will be used is domestic and garden. The land on which the water will be used is Explanatory Plan 8148, Lot 7, Block 6, D.L. 909, Group 1, N.W.D., Plan 1275, A copy of this application was posted on the 29th October, 1965 at the proposed point of diversion and on the land where the water is to be used and two copies were filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Vancouver, B.C. Objections to this application may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., within thirty days of the first date of publication of the application. , Date of first publication is:��� Dec. 16, 1965. Dec. 16, 23, 1965. College council is established further consideration will have to be undertaken under such headings as (a) staff and organization; (b) physical planning and (c) finance. Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. 7 The United States steamer San Pedro was grounded on Brotchie Ledge off Victoria in 1891 . and remained there six years, finally being. dismantled. TENDERS For sale by tender one two- storey dormitory frame build-: ing with duroid roof. Contains, 30 rooms. Maybe torn down or moved from site. Highest tender . not necessarily : accepted as we are primarily interested in quick disposal. All tenders to be in by Jan. 3; 1966. They should be addressed to '. G. R. Ruggles, townsite supervisor, Canadian Forest Products, Port Mellon, B.C. GREETINGS ey#* To Ail Our Con and Eleanor ' GRANTHAMS LANDING STORE ^BRINGING *YOU WARM: HOLIDAY GREETINGS! Management and Staff GIBSONS AUTOMOTIVE Ltd. I |_-_*__4_*a��_*____d_��_9i-X_^^ EVERY GOOD WISH FQ�� YOU AND YOURS Mrs. (IS0BE) DAWSON 8 Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. The Baha'i World Faith is 1 ������ i* 8 s S- *__ Information? P.O. Box 113, o \" 2 West Vancouver OP- o .. S3 ' _?____-* TI_���__�� /ri__. ___.!_. ''^3-���-aEi^^^fe j_.i.3ctmyer Gfourcfo settees KEN'S WELDIN0 & EQUIPMENT NORTH ROAD ��� GIBSONS Ph. 886-2378 ��� ARC & GAS WELDING ��� PORTABLE WELDER ��� MACHINE SHOP ��� 100 TON HYD. PRESS The Auxiliary to Roberts Creek Legion at its annual meeting on Dec. 6 arranged that larger donations be sent to Shaughnessy and St. Mary's Hospitals. The usual donations will be sent to. the school's Christmas tree. Christmas gifts ���will' be given to as many Roberts Creek veterans as possible. Mr. Bedford .donated a doll to be given away. It will be taken to St. Mary'., and given to any sick girl who needs it. ���;. With the help of the bingo ladies a good amount of gifts were gathered for . the mental hospital. Election of officers took place. Results are: Sergeant-at-arms, L. C. Bengough; three executive, T. E. Fossett, Atrill and Ellis; secretary treasurer, W. F. Clark ; vice-presidents, J. Crawford and G. Mould; president, J. Thyer; standard bearers B. L. Cope and W. Davidson. ���'\" >�� Let The People Praise Thee, O God ANGLICAN TWILIGHT 1HEATRE Gibsons, B.C.���WARM AND WELCOME���Ph. 886-2827 EVENING SHOW, 8 p.m. ��� SATURDAY, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. YOUR HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT FATHER GOOSE THURSDAY, DEC. 23 ��� 8 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 24 MATINEE 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. MONDAY, DEC. 27 ONLY, STARTING AT 6 p.m. FATHER GOOSE & 633 SQUADRON TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY ��� DEC. 28 & 29 631 SQUADRON al B p.m. THURS., FRI., SAT. ��� DEC. 30, 31 & JAN. 1 7 FACES OF Dr. tAO GIBSONS SERVICE Phone 886-2572 >?_ti>j**-_^_q_*_^_>a^ Chain Saw Centre has the Perfect Gift for \"DAD i5>5 BIG SAVINGS ON SAWS AND ACCESSORIES St. Bartholomew's, Gibsons 8 a.m., Holy Communion 11:00 a.m., Church School 9:30 a.m. The Festival 7of the Nine Lessons and Carols 7:30 p.m., Evensong St. Aidan's, Roberts Creek 11:00 a.m., Church School 11:00 a.m. The Festival of the Nine Lessons and Carols St. Hilda's, Sechelt Christmas Eve 11:30 p.m., Communion Christmas Day. 9:30 a.m. Communion (Bring the youngsters too!) Sunday 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Church of His Presence, ���\" Christmas Day 10:30 a.m., Communion St. Mary's Church, Garden Bay Christmas Day 11:30 a.m., Communion Madeira Park Sunday 7:30 p.m., Communion 1 Egmont Sunday 3:00 p.m., Communion SUNSHINE COAST GOSPa CHURCH (undenominational) Sunday School, 10 a.m. Worship Service. 11:15 a.m. In Selma Park Community Hall UNITED Gibsons 11 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., Nursery 11 a.m., Divine Service Roberts Creek 2 p.m., Divine Service Worship led by Miss H. Camp- bell, deacones, every second Sunday of each month. Wilson Creek 11:15 a.m., Divine Worship Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Worship led by Rev. W. M. Cameron at 3:30 p.m. every second Sunday of, each month. PENTECOSTAL Gibsons 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., Devotional 7:30 p.m., Evangelistic Service Tues. 3:30 p.m., Children's Groups Tues., 7:30 p.m., Bible Study Frii, 7:30 p.m., Young People BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST, Gibsons Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Evening Service, 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thurs BETHEL BAPTIST, Sechelt 11:15 a.m., Worship Service 7:30 p.m.,: Wed;, Prayer Rev. A. Willis Our oldsters ccmsing, r Some 66 senior citizens sat down to the Gibsons Old Age Pensioners Christmas dinner Friday night in the Royal Canadian Legion hall and after disposing of turkey and trimmings served by the Legion -��� Ladies Auxiliary, and finished off with a helping of pie, they got down to come card singing with their prasdent, William Haley at.the piano and Harry Mylroie on his;, violin. After tuning\" up on a couple of carols, Silent Nilgt, Holy Night was suggested. It was then that the full power Of 66 senior citizen voices harmonized beautifully and demonstrated that age had mellowed them to the deeper feelings of life. After the pianist and violinist had run through a wide range of carols, other types of com munity singing gave them a \" chance to give voice to some good vocalizing. . ���Games, filled out the remainder of the evening with Mrs. Mylroie as mistress of ceremonies. Before tables were cleared corsages were presented to Mrs. Daisy Crowhurst who heads the committee looking after the sick; Mrs. C. Halstead and Mrs. W. Hutchins by Mr. Haley, and one to Mrs. Haley, OAPO secretary, by Mrs. Mylroie. A consolation corsage was dreamed up by Mr. Mylroie and presented to Mr. Haley. Door prizes were won by Mrs. A. Davidson and Mrs. Hutchins. ,Door prizes were contributed '���by the Legion Auxiliary. The Chancellors car club looked after transportation-for the senior citizens to the hall and back to their homes. SGTA seeks members .Sunshine Coast Tourist Association membership forms have been sent out to businessmen on the Sunshine Coast and Texada Island. So many inquiries about Texada Island are received by the association that businessmen there have been given the opportunity to indicate if they wish to be included in the Sunshine Coast brochure. Work on the brochure will be underway as. soon as membership forms are returned. Deadline has been set for Jan. 7, in order to have the brochure ready for distribution in February, at which time inquiries begin to come in from prospective vacationers. Two promotional activities are scheduled for the spring months by the association. In March, the S.C.T.A. will be participating with Vancouver and Fraser Valley Association in a publicity booth at the Vancouver Sports, Boat and Travel -Show, and in April will be sending a lady representative on a promotional tour of the western. States., ;���/���.. - . :\\. j; Memibers of the S.C.T.A. will* ���be called upon to help staff the ibooth, to distribute literature, 'and answer tniestions about the Sunshine Coast. Slide pictures Twill be prepared for the public ftb view. Pictures from all areas are required so there will be a good representative showing of the district. Needed for the show 'is a promotional gimmick to toe given away to booth visitors as a reminder of the Sunshine Coast. Ideas and suggestions .for an attention-getting gimmick are welcomed. Economy .is a prime consideration since visitors number in the thousands. ; Leaving April 19 with the sec- fond Goodwill Tour of the Lady Vancouver Club will be Mrs. K. Butler of Gibsons, who will represent the S.C.T.A. WILSON CREEK ��� Ph. 886-9626 STATION HOURS CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY Hours Open Sunday & Boxing Day GIBSONS AUTOMOTIVE 9 lo 12 Muray King ��� SUNNYCREST MOTORS 12 fo 3 Bill Wright SHELL SERVICE 3 to 6 Charlie Mendelkau Sechelt THURSDAY, DEC. 23 ONLY -OPEN 9 Io 9 PRICES EFFECTIVE DEC. 20 - DEC. 24 GRADE \"A\" FROZEN 20 lbs. & up TURKEYS GRADE \"A\" FROZEN 6 to 16 lb. 1 lb. PKGS MBctete^e^eveses^^ CALIFORNIA lb EMPEROR 'yo- 2 lbs. lor 25 JAPANESE BOX BUNDLE ORANGES $2.09 $4.09 6&^&_3&_r__-!_-t_-K^ NIBLETS -15 oz. /} _fjf\" Corn Kernels ��'�� 39 MA1KINS ��� 4* oz. L br Oil ClARXS ��� 48 oi. 0k% QA Tomato Juice o <�� 5D of\"��:m- SSfc _.._ A OO _\\ for 0*1 MAXWELL HOUSE ��� 1 b. Pks COFFEE _-t_-t_M-M___F!e^_��l-^^ For Your Last Minute Gift Shopping ��� ^'MU -;IJ_ljiK--^:..:lV':. iulB^ - 88c TOYS LIMITED STOCK STILL AVAILABLE l<_i��*_��l_-l*^^ SEE OUR AD IN THE VAN. SUN FOR MORE SPECIALS e?*8e*3_asu-������^^ A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All from all at Shop Easy ��� Sechelt PLORRIE and DICK CLAYTON MURIEL KAY MAURICE BARRIE JOE DOREEN DOUG CLYDE MIKE MILLIE RON MARY RITA HOLIDAY CONTEST PRIZES DRAWN ON DEC, 24th ��ftftftft��ies_t-**��-t^ 4& ��� ��� ������i#��_-M��i����_^ 3�� ..._��� :������������������ ���. ��������������� 'SB' �����_*o ..._��� ��������������� \"'SB' ���'-SB* ��������������� -��- ��� ������������ -SB- ��������������� 'SB' ��������� ...*_ 'SB' --ft' ��������������� -��* >-�� ��������������� ��������������� -5ft- ��������������� ;<*_> <_B\". ������>������ O ���>��������� '��������������� ��� -��������� ��������������� -SB- 'SB ��������������� -sis' 'SB' '4_f ��������������� t��\", ��������������� 'SB' ��������������� ___\" ��� -..- ___��� .'��-��������� ��������������� ������� ��������������� ��������������� <__* ��������������� mr'- 48.' ��������������� ��������������� 4SS< ���CS' 4Bfr tt>_ ������_.-- ������������������ ���__��� ������_������ M��\" ��� ������������ $#?fl!-K#.*.ft!��.^ -SB- ��������������� 4iv __... ��-- ��������������� ��_- ��_- <-B- -SB- ���_fr -at- ������������������ -SB\" 4St\" ��������������� M1^ 10 Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. Your merchants greet you mmm\\m\\w\\\\\\\\\\\\^^ g_s_-r~'i~��~p~i~\"~ i~a~^ \"~M~ ^ \"i-*!^ ** .^^^j^, _��� �� ��� [���f�� ����� _-.__ _-|_.I|M. j_ _^_. j.|_.|_^^r_>_>-^^>���^-^^j���1 j-ij-xi-^j-u-lj���irT_l~LT--i**U*X-r>J Management and Staff PARKER'S HARDWARE Ltd. Sechelt, B.C. IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT ��� v_�� I ������ IT i_r\\i*v ��� ��� ��� BUDD KIEWITZ Shell Oil Distributor Gibsons, B.C. ring Out Our Gayest Wish To All E. & M. GROCERY & CONFECTIONERY Sechelt, B.C. _> =_ Its time to wish our xnany friends the best! Management and Staff SECHELT BOWLING ALLEYS QMkWGHUfpUeHfUoi Management and Staff Chain Saw Centre Wilson Creek, B.C. Mod 'S3. ���__ Stoutest Wisftisl L and H. SWANSON Sechelt, B.C. _i��!S^3^^^^X3SH9^_��S}M_: ���'.���' would Wishing you the blessings of the Season Management and Staff SiKHELT AGENCIES Lfd. SENDING YOU SINCERE GREETINGS AT THIS JOYOUS HOLIDAY TIME) MORGANS MEN'S WEAR Sechelt, B.C. Hltfc_����_q��B����t*^������-^ 'Hope your Chrf^titiass is merry! Ken and Larry KENMAC PARTS ��� Gibsons FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT SELMA PARK STORE ���ressmg our to all! GULF BUILDING SUPPLIES Sechelt, B.C. Fred and Dot MacKenzie DOGWOOD CAFE ��� Gibsons CLOSED: Dec. 24 ��� Jan. 3 Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. 11 A Thomson in Europe :��gjg_-3g-SS-_!l_^>---^^ en I I (By William G. S. Thomson) Many times the readers of the Coast News have been given accounts of Savary Island written by my father. The last of these dealt with our trip at Easter this year and another short stay in July, just prior to my leaving for a year of exchange teaching in England. Mention was often made of our Easter ��� provisions and high on the list was a plum pudding which my mother provided. The silver sands of Savary are many miles and many seas away and it will be several months before I can retreat from the cares of the busy world and once again stroll in peace along those wave-swept shores. Since our leaving in July, we have travelled almost 29,000 miles by train, boat, car and foot. Four days on the train, with a stop-over at Winnipeg to visit relations, took us to Montreal, where we boarded our ship for Rotterdam. After nine days of 13-course meals and almost calm seas, we arrived in Holland on August 2, ^feSigt-F^^J^iS^^-S^'-S^&'-^SiSSS^ and found it to be a very prosperous land filled with storybook windmills, dykes, canals, and barges as v/ell as modern buildings and industries. Every inch of land is being put to use, and crops grow right up to the edge of the roads. Certainly the saying that God made the world but the Dutch made Holland, and are making the most of it, is evident at every turn. We picked up a Volkswagen bus v/hich we had ordered before leaving, and spent several days seeing the sights of Holland. Rotterdam is the largest sea port in the world, and hundreds of boats of all shapes, (Continued on Page 12) r^lFy^fit: t*KT-~y^-' *-^���_ To Our Many p Good Friends �� Andy, Chris and Dianne j| CHRIS' JEWELRY I Sechelt, B.C. * ?s��_ *s_? 'headin' your way with best wishes! FRED JORGENSEN BARBER SHOP - Sechelt, B.C. May the Yuletide season bring you happiness! - TINGLEY'S Hi-HEAT ��� Sechelt ._/_ Gfi����Tinas to all of you from all of us at LISSI LAND FLORISTS ��� Gibsons _r_*_-l_Kfl__-__.___&_^^ �����CYV.INc) AN the best wishes to our good friends; Chris, Billie and Connie TASELLA SHOPPE ��� Sechelt DAN WHEELER ��� Imperial Esso Agent Gibsons, B.C. may you have a happy holiday! H. BISHOP LADIES' WEAR Sechelt, B.C. 1ST WISHES *������-* **,���t.'.a:.- ��� We wish each'^nd-'^wfy^^- ^yein^eriy Christmas j Molly and Ed MIDWAY GROCERIES ��� E and M BOWLADROME Gibsons, B.C. ;-;f3g-g!^-Ste_g4S-@_itS__-^^ BEST WISHES TO ALL! Sincere holiday greetings fo you. our good friends and patrons. 194 XG'65 Form S STANDARD MOTORS OF SECHELT Ltd. 12 Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. A Thomson in Europe >^^*~_��*i^_. i (Continued from Page 11) sizes and descriptions pass any given point hourly. As we were on a rather limited budget, we chose to camp and do our own cooking, which, with three children,x we found both wise and very satisfactory. The Dutch bake shops turn out some of the biggest, creamiest and most appetizing creations, and every day at 11:00 o'clock we would stop t0 sample something new. . .-, ��� Our first night of camping out put us to the test ��� winds up to 50 mph with heavy rain hit 'the camp site ��� and it was a sad and sodden lot that emerged from most of the tents in the morning. We had taken the advice of a friend who had camped in the Lowlands and had .\"And I say this without fear \"��� of contradiction !\",- pitched our tent on the edge of the drainage canal, at least the water had some place to go, but the middle of the field was a lake up to five inches, deep. The streets in the cities are very narrow, crowded with people and bicycles, no one takes the slightest, notice of speed limits, no parking signs, or traffic signals, so, when I found myself going the wrong way on a road for bicycles only, little reaction was registered by the oncoming traffic. Like true tourists, we went to see churches, museums, the Delft Treasures, and the House of Anne Frank, bought wooden shoes, went for a canal ride, but just couldn't muster up enough courage to try the eels. , Camping usually consisted' of trying to find a space big enough for the car and tent, along with many others doing exactly the same. It is a far cry from the spacious camp sites offered by the B.C. Forestry Service. One camp, site at the Hague had over 15,000 people in it and nowhere in Holland can you pull off the road and just camp, like at home. Southern Germany and the Rhine Valley were our next adventures. Many of the townst (Continued on Page 13) _ * 4 I with all good wishes at Qhristmas! I B and J STORE f ' ' *��� I.-\".- ���,\" -. \"'' ' HalfmoOjiii -Bay ''' $ _rSi_3��^_$_��_5_^_fr_r^ Afevuf Ifule! WELCOME CAFE and DINING ROOM Gibsonsy (B.C. wsmimmimu WISHING YOU A 1 JOYOUS HOLIDAY s IJ^fMtWtVWM.. PENINSULA CLEANERS ��� Gibsons HELLO. May our f riendship be ever green! MADEIRA PARK STORE ?&_��_ft-��5q__&>-^^ Management and .Staff KRUSE DRUG STORES Ltd. Gibsons, the Plaza and Sechelt May your hearts be joyful throughout *5fQ thohoUdgyja__U9^ ^ W��f Management and Staff PENINSULA PLUMBING AND SUPPLIES Gibsons, B.C. ^_y^$-;>7 ���^3S-.<~*_ LOTS OF FUN, LOTS OF JOY TO ALL! Gunnar and Marilyn WIGARD'S SHOE STORE Sechelt, B.C. GILMORE'S VARIETY SHOPPE Sechelt, B.C. Coast News, Dec. 23, 1965. 13 Thomson (Continued from Page 12) yutetide be Vern and Ann' RICHTER'S T.V. & RADIO Ltd: Sechelt, B.C. still show signs- 0f 'the last war, contrasting, sharply with the clean and r totally;; rebuilt Holland: yThe 7ca_-tles along the Rhine, perbhed highup on rocky points above, the river, were like pictures from a fairy story. Heidelburg Castle with its 50,- 000 gallon wine cask was a real tourist trap, even the wine, vintage of 1792? left a lot to be desired. Many of the castles are set up as youth hostels and are full during the summer months. And so, after two weeks, we found our way to Austria. Was it the mountains, the forests, or the clear cold mountain streams that held us like a spell? It is hard to say, but we liked everything about it. The houses, with their .beautifully carved wooden trim, balconies surrounded with red geraniums, and walls of shawVwhite' stucco, set in green fountain, meadows, were sights to which no picture can ever do justice. \\ Life in the small villages is slow and easy and when the cows held up traffic on the main and only through road in St. Anton, there was not a single horn toot or a raced car motor, and the cows also took their ' time. Ort a- small side road in Austria we were stopped by a young Canadian from Toronto who had been on the Continent for five months. He asked if we had an extra Canadian flag of the new design, as none were available in Europe. Much to his\" delight, we had, and his words still ring in our ears: \"'Crazy, man.\" Time was growing short, for we had to be in England for the opening\", of school on August 23, so we reluctantly headed for home by way of Switzerland, France, Luxemburg and Belgium. After ' many, nights in camp sites situated too close to main roads and crowded with humanity, we thought we would find a quiet field all to. ourselves This we did, and had just settled down for the night, when heaven and earth were rent asunder. I had picked a dandy spot right '.at-...the, ;business end of an Air Force jet field, specializing in night fighters. In the morh- ing'I read the large sign.b'jck at the main road, which even in French made it very clear that ���liflW, ml \"The, way to a man's heart, . Miss Jones, _s not through .his stomachi\" FROM YOUR MANY FRIENDS AT HILLTOP BUILDING SUPPLIES Ltd. ��� Gibsons (Continued on Page 16) THE SEASON'S BEST TO EVERYONE! Bill and Dorothy VILLAGE BAKERY ��� Sechelt ^����^g��S--_-��P--��-l��&��^^ WMgbfa 'big order' of good wishes here lor jou! Mary and Wes SECHELT SHOE RENEW ��� .���-* ' ' . ' ' : \"P-yy-y ::y,7 \"����� _^__i-__Si__^@--_____4&__^.^^ ' tftMPtt and yV^**^_>^*_'^^^*^'^^^IM*^W_-^*^*-* and the M-l and to the little village of Shepshed. The house, a small two storey place of red brick construction, is just one of many in a. small housing estate. Friends had arranged flowers and ��� turned 'on the hot water tank, and had put hot-water bottles in our beds, and believe me they were welcome and necessary, for it was cold, even in August, and it has gone from bad to worse; \" We had many adjustments to make in our daily living, for, without a refrigerator, it meant buying for. just the day and not for a week. Milk comes only in pint bottles, and one day, when we asked for 12 pints, it was met with a look of staggering disbelief. Shopping for food is not a one-stop supermarket affair, but is a one-item, one- store outing. Shepshed, once called Sheep- shed, dates back several hundred years, and the old church of St. Botolph's; built about 1200\" A.D. still stands strong as do many of the houses. Thatch roofs and Tudor exteriors are to be seen at every turn ��� a way of living which has not changed for hundreds of years. It is not . what would be called a bustling town, but it does have a theatre and 15 pubs ��� delightful places in which to spend an evening with friends for a drink arid a game of darts or dominoes. The Pied Bull, or the Plough and others look like run-down dubious places from the outside, but open any door and one steps into an old world- of custom and tradition and a warm welcome that takes in everyone from local Englishman to Canadian stranger. Terms of Luve and Ma Duck end most sentences, and Shepshed is known for its own dialect. We are just called The Canadian Family, for, like the -Sunshine Coast there is a bush telegraph here that had reached almost every corner of the village before we arrived. Most of the people we have/met have lived in Shepshed all their lives, as had their parents and grandparents. Those who have been *__ \" - _��_y*.... -'**���\"> - here for less than 20 years are referred to as new. Little can be seen of how.7^000 people are supported by this village, but on closer inspection the place is alive with factories, many of which look the sanies as the old typical red brick houses, ;as indeedmariy of; them are. Hosiery factories, knitting mills and shoe factories turn out products familiar to Canadians under the names of Jaegar, St. Michaels knitted wear, and Hush Puppies, these last marked Made in U.S.A. A ten-mile drive to the west through fields of grain, past flocks of sheep and a coal mine takes me to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, where I teach in the Ivanhoe made a short trip to Blarney Secondary School. Here also are many new situations to adjust to, vbutPitie students and teachers' have' all done their utmost to make the change a pleasant one. : ly 7 7 Each weekend .winds up on the move. London, Coventry, Wales, Oxford and Cheltenham are all tucked away in our me- ��� mories. A ten-day trip to Ireland in October took us to places of familiar name, Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork and Galway. It was the off-season for tourists Castle, where my wife, Wendy, put the famous stone to a stiff test ���. another mission accomplished. '\"'P'-ypyO 0'-\"... Christmas .will, be spent high in the Austrian Alps at Str Anton, where we met} the cowsi ~ This will be the7 first, time we have been away 'from friends and family, but one part of the usual Yule Tide Cheer - will reach out across the miles to remind us of home. No Christmas would be complete without mother's plum pudding, and this and we were more than well .year will be no exception, for looked after in the bed and one has already arrived, and breakfast places where we put will grace our table in that far- up each night. While in Cork we off land. WE WISH VOI; THE MISOYS MS! Management and Staff HANSEN'S TRANSFER Ltd.��� Sechelt <_>-CW, INC. '������ we wish you THE MERRIEST OF HOLIDAYS! Alf and Christine- Ritchey Gibsons, B.C.: HOLIDAY I GREETINGS! JOHN HIND-SMITH I Dependable Refrigeration j Gibsons, B.C. WISHING YOU CHEER! Ed ,and Celia Anderson GIBSONS HARDWARE Ltd. wxm&.H EXTENDING GREETINGS TO EVERYONE. Jerry and John GIBSONS BARBER TO ALL OUR GOOD FRIENDS WE'RE GLAD OF THE CHANCE TO SAY HELLO AND WISH YOU THE VERY BESTI BENNER BROS. FURNITURE AND PAINT STORE Sechelt, B.C. *-_(3}3&SsSl2\".S.2--"@en, "Titled \"The Coast News\" from 1945-07-11 to 1957-03-28 and 1992-03-19 to 1995-01-09

\"Coast News\" from 1957-04-04 to 1970-10-28; and \"Sunshine Coast News\" from 1970-11-04 to 1992-03-02.

Published by Coast News Limited (1945-1952), Sechelt Peninsula News Limited (1953-1976), and Glassford Press Limited (1977-1995)."@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Gibsons (B.C.); Sechelt (B.C.); Halfmoon Bay (B.C.); Davis Bay (B.C.); Madeira Park (B.C); Pender Harbour (B.C.)"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Coast_News_1965-12-23"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0175134"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "49.4002778"@en ; geo:long "-123.508889"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Gibsons, B.C. : Fred Cruice; Sechelt Peninsula News Limited"@en ; dcterms:rights "Copyright remains with the publishers. This material is made available for research and private study only. For other uses please contact Glassford Press Ltd. P.O. Box 989, Golden, BC, V0A 1H0"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives"@en ; dcterms:title "Coast News"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en .