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Thursday, February 22, 196 2 D R I F T W O O D Vol. 2 No. 48 Page 5mhum. 5SS3-FURNACE & STOVE OILFOR DELIVERY - PHONE: 124.•: -:; ' ROCKGAS AGENTFULL AUTO. ^REPAIRS & WRdCKER SERVICEPROPOSEDFORMATION OF A SCIENCE CLUB'In the last 20 years very great advances havebeen mr.de In our knowledge of the fundamental sciences.Hence it seems safe to predict that in thenext 20 ye'jrs,, there will follow remarkable changesin the applied sciences, and hence in technologyand in all branches of business. Aufomction andcomputers alone will cause major social changes, indecreasing the n*cd for semiskilled workers, end increasingthe. demand for scientific training as a prerequisitefor satisfactory employment. This trend isalready conspicuous across Canada, and must increase.It is therefore important that sciools in ruralareas should provide laboratory and scientific trainingat least as good as that now found In urban districts,Bui this is difficult to obtain in communrtiessuch as Saltspring, where lack of laboratories hinderseducation in science, and this in turn hi peersthe student's natural interest in scientific studies.p'AmLAST CHANCELot with power and wTo overcome this difficulty the formation of aScience Club is proposed, with the objects of promotinginterest in modern science, both in parents and children.Since c: Club of this type can act in many different ways, a preliminarymeeting will be hold in the Boardroom of the Mahon Hall at 8:30p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26th, in order to discuss the most suitable typeof organisation and activities.REAL ESTATE'INSURANCEDID YOU, KNOWFrom a far Eastern city, a man cameTo our chaste Isle of modest fame,And so covetted an old rail fence,An Arbutus, and a winding path,He bought the spot for a great weight of gold-Commission in addition, of course -Whereat he begat a gleaming homeOf cement, and rare wood, and glass;A bulldozer in one meal, ate the Arbutus,And the fence, and straightened the path;He's leaving now. Says he: "The place I boughtHas not the character I thought."It is hoped that ali'.gdults (of either sex) who may be interested will attend, and wifor the : activities which they, think most useful for such a Club.WATERFRONTWest Side $2850CHARLES R. HORELNOTARY PUBLICWills - MortgagesConveyancing - DocumentsPHONE: 52bring suggestionsThe Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire marked the 62nd anniversary of the order when theyobserve Founders Day on February 13.The I.O.D.E. is the first women's organization to have as their project, the building of community hallsin the far north- One has been completed at Frobisher Bay in the Eastern Arctic; a second one in the v/esternArctic at Tukuoyaktuk is at present under construction, and plans are under way for the building of a thirdhall in the centra! Arctic at Baker Lake.The Order, organized in ,1900 by Mrs. Clark Murray of Montreal, now has 975 chapters reaching fromthe Yukon to Newfoundland, !t co-operates with the National Chapters of I.O.D.E. in Bermuda and theBahamas; is associated with the Victoria League in England, and the Daughters of the British Empire in theUnited States. Thirty-one thousand women comprise the membership who raise and disburse over one milliondollars annually, one third of which is spent on education = During the past year 2,022 schools.were assisted,and 1,290 scholarships, bursaries and grants awarded. Over 1,600 prize books weregiven to 56 schools inthe far north, and 40 schools in the Federation of West indies and British Honduras have bqen adopted byI.O..D.E. chapters. Frcm I.O.D.E. First and Second War Memorial funds, $78,000 was awarded to providefifteen overseas pest.-grcduate scholarships of $2,000 each, and thirty bursaries in Canadian universities totrie value of $1,600 each. Those were awarded to children of Canadian war veterans. In the field of servicehalf a mi I lion dollars is spent annually; four fifths of this amount is used for work in Canada, the remainderfor supplies shipped to Europe, Africa, Korea.. West Indies, Hong Kong, and India. Thousands of knittedand sewn articles of clothing and quilts ere made annually by members for distribution where needed, andChapters have undertaken the sponsorship of destitute and refugee children.By its diversity of interests, the I .O.D.E. offers a satisfying outlet to any woman who is a Canadiancitizen or British subject, and who would like to be a member of a patriotic and non-sectarian prganizat'H.M.S. Ganger, Chapter welcomes inquiries from interested women. Please CONT'D TO PAGE 7