My PARENTS' WORK - District of Saanich

hat we lived to help us with that. It's
rewarding to see our children grow up and
become independent and successful."
JOHN PEN DRAY, 75
"I was in the navy so the wife had to shoulder
most of bringing up the children. In fact, I was
home only for the birth of one of them- we had
three boys and three girls. It was pretty tough
and, of course, the youngest one used to ask
'who's he?' when I came home. They were
brought up under fairly strict rule; they had rules
co live by and go by, and they abided by them."
RICHARD 'BUNGY' WILLIAMS, 80
"It seems like it was a breeze now. We had a
wonderful backyard and my husband loved to
build. We had a sand box and a climbing
rhing. We got a cup from Be Electric for the
best playground so kids came to our place to
play. The most difficult part, I guess, was
sending the friends and neighbours home."
EDNA RIX, 84
"We'd never raised children before so we didn't
know what we were supposed to do. We just
tried to be fair with them, tried to teach them.
r he most difficult part, I suppose, was when they
,tarted to want certain things and we had to draw
the line between what was discipline and what
was being fair. It's not easy raising children."
KEN STOFER, 79
"It was rewarding watching my son and
daughter grow up and accomplish things.
T hey're both musically inclined. They take
after their mother. The most difficult part was
having enough time to spend with them when
they were growing up."
LIONEL C. SPELLER, M .M ., 81
"You have to temper discipline with love and
give them respect. In turn, they will give you
respect. We have two wonderful boys who
bo th went to Colquitz. To see them grow up
in to fine young men-not that they're young
now, they're 40 and 45- but they're doing the
same thing with their children that we have
do ne with ours. We're proud of them, and
we're proud of the grandchildren too."
GRACE LOUISA (SINCLAIR) NICKELS, 77
"I don't call it dating, but I had my first boyfriend when I
was in Grade 6- but it wasn't really a relationship.
Basically, you wouldn't talk at school because you were too
shy, and if you went to a party you'd sit together and hold
hands. I have a curfew of 12, but it would depend on what
I'm doing. I always have to call home and tell my parents
where I am, what I'm doing." CHRISTINA BURKE, 18
"Probably around 16 when I'm in Grade 10 or 11, that's
probably when my parents would let me start dating and,
yeah, I'd probably have a lot of restrictions on me because
of my parents' values." KATHLEEN KOLEHMAINEN, 12