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BRITISH COLUMBIA'S Centennial celebrations are well under way: and silver doliars of the
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VICTORIA —A full history of:
. the art of British Columbia, frony
, cariiest paintings and carvings

to contemporary works will be i¢ .
exhibited by the Vancouver Ai ry| More. |
, Gallery from June 10 to August, |

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‘The exhibition will be the Art
Gallery's major part In the cele-

‘\brations of British Columbia's! ikameen and the Cariboo road,:

100th Iirthday,
Gallery officials said the show,

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oe . ust 2. Plaster mould of award-winning design i. top photo | fealures a totem pole against a
a style ‘d background of B.C.’s mountains, The d@ sign of the silver ‘dollar was the work of Ste-
e “plien Trenka, of Thornhill, Ont., and was chos nn from. 150) entries, Mr. Trenka, shown in
4 riddle picture, above, was born in Budapest. He came to Canada in 1929 and since: he com-
‘pleted his studies at the Ontario College of Ar’. his works have won acclaim at many national
‘and international exhibitions. Bottom photo s iows Victoria,-B.C.’s capital city” which 100 years
rn a@co was the busy hub for activities of miners sting out-on the feverish quest for gold, Its |
wo nutural harbor, casily accessible and ice-free te year round, made the town, in those days,
fy ft ponnlar polnt of entry for prospectors. The town previously ‘had -depended largely on the.
as. _ fur tr ade. - “National Film Board or Canada photos.
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aw VICTORIA. ‘This is the mertie yins bearing historteal treasures | The Vaneouver:

ext month of May British Col-
wWobia has ever had,

‘Never in the past 10
walttis (here been a May so shock:
friull of opportunities to play--
hawell over 200) centennial eele-
Re neross the province,

* Pho month started and will

fy ° Hal With dare scale productlons,

onda Jon of meat is sandwiehed
“abubween,

The ble TAG. Mntermational
wr rade Walp started dua Viancouvet
aw May Land ends Saturday, Some
mt countries pre oxhiblting the
i product la they make best, trom
aesya0r ta ens to women's fashions,

Aw the tah enc af the month,
mathe Fraser Brigade, probibly the
“biggest spoctneuar of fhe year
evogins: vt Punee George. ‘This
wWl béo May 88, when men in
Mltivea fndlan eanoos start a six

Woek (pip dawn the history, and
pital Feoser River, tna

slulth tbl re-onactinent,

‘\ Vpanted by grant \ woleomling volo.
murations it polita along tho way,
Of Explorer Blmon Frases ftyst
Atria down tt in 1808,

‘oe The historia earavans started

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and extdbits from the provinelal
arehives,

Anolhber celebrations event in
the grand senate, the stage coneh
ran trom. Vietorla to .storted
Burkervillo, started — yesturday,
Victorla riclingy clubs bunded to-
gethe, for a massive torehight
parade and stage  coneh ball
Weinescday, Yeaterday tho. stage
left after a colorful send-off
from the Legislative Budlding,
ateps, "

Welecomlug celebrations =e
cluding mock holdups, shootings |,
and hangings and very authen-
Le beef barbecuos—will- bo hold
it polnts along the way’ to the
ghost down that one, was ‘the
flourishing, brawlug: contre | Of
Lhe pol rush,

Anelent gus buggyled will mine
way from Mernto May 1 oneu
T00-nuile, alx-day vintige | se
wie bo Vietoria, Awards for edn
Hidun, — pertormenanea, boat=Of-
elses and suceessful complatign

af the youte will bo at abil 1
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Orchestra will vistt ‘vurlous cen=

{tos in: the: Okanagan and ine

torlor, bringing matty of them
‘thely first live, classical. niuste,

v Scltools and’ eompumity gioups
are’ staging centennial piggants,
mainly the “From ‘Wilderness. to
Wonderland" pageant provided
by the 3.0, Centennial. Com-
mitlea, | May Queens will be
crowned ht scores of ventres and
Vietorin Duy. celebrations: Ure
many and varied.

“yy 'the bir Vancouver sland In-
dian, Festival,
Park on tho Bonghees. Roserve
near Victoyla, Whore. sports of
Wi) sorte will be mixed With ‘fons
of Warbeeued poet and salmon

{and Tndina gvines, 1: vs

“Namie nad a ; iemorlal
sorvica, ‘May, ‘3 and a playetto
reunthing | thd 1987 mine oOXplo-
sion Qlanstern, The Natlanal Bale
lot (dt: Canadn played Iw Tradl
Inst night, Port? Alberni: plany
W Incian Potlateh May 13 and
Olaton colobratos. ita -D0th annus
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a: Before. Vancouver Island” .be-
‘tcame. united: with the mainland
colony” | in "1866, ‘a naturalized
citizen on the Islaid ‘was. still-an
alien in British’, Columbia, and|
vice-versa,’ : tn
‘This situation ‘is. one. of. the in-|
6, teresting aspects | of B.C. history
“4 presented:in: “The Stary of: Citi
'|zenship. in’ British :Columbia”—
ed dramatization: for. Citizenship:
‘|Day on: July''1, 1958. ,
| The script: has been’ ‘published
by the B.C. Centennial. Commit.
tee," ‘int co-operation. with -

    
    

    
   
 
 

   
 

 
   
 
 

  

 
   
 

  

 
 

 

 
   
   
  
 
 

 
 

 

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Oruluve douar, for these carvings. by. British: Columbia’s Indians: -

have become ‘synonymous with, Canadir's. West!’ Soast:. ‘Above;
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B. C's COLORFUL, Gold: ‘Rush’ o
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VICTORIA Descenaan 30
the Royal’ Engineers, ' who. were .do
among the | architects of” Bri- | building. trades in B.C; and a
tish - Columbia’s. ‘birth. will. ‘bel few. drifted down - to: Washing- 4
\epenin, of honor. at. the - time’ ‘of ; ton, and California. .

opening. the Royal “ Enginecrs’| . The. Royal Engineers Museum

at RCSMS'‘,. maple
[Camp Chilliwack in June. - is located ° at ‘Camp. ‘Chilliwack |

| The original Royal Enginees. in the” village. of Vedder Cross~

‘were a picked body of 165 offi-: ing, four” and -one- -half miles '
‘cers and men, ‘selected from’ vol- | south of the City, of Chilliwack. .
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‘sion and calling, Thy weie sent: ) © —
‘here to ald Governor Sir James:
‘Douglas in 1858 when the Fraser |
1 Gold Rush suddenly brought |
more than 30,000 people to the}
;aren, He needed them for strict-
‘ly inilitary “duties onty tivice—a |
trivial affair at Yale dnd action |

in the San Juan Island dispute. |

But the group, under Col, Ri- ;
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‘routes into the Interlor—Ike the:
‘road from Hope into the Sim- |

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