the boats were unable to fish. Having no radio, telephone, or modern conveniences back then we spent most of our time outdoors. Many of the games we played have disappeared, and forgotten in today's modern world of entertainment. As much as we enjoyed living so close to the fishing harbour, our territory ended at the cannery. Not only our parents closely watched us, but also the fishermen and workers who were made aware of our limits. This proved true when tragedy occurred at the harbour in 1929. With hundreds of people arriving we were not allowed to go any further than the family raceway. Father was one of the first fishermen called to the scene, when two young brothers got caught in the dangerous channel. Unable to swim, both were reported drowned. Father being a strong swimmer was able to rescue one of the boys and bring him to shore. He immediately applied life saving skill he learned while sailing, to the younger brother and kept up the technique until he saw signs of life two hours later. The older boy was pronounced dead by the local doctor when he arrived. We were not aware of father saving a life until he arrived home exhausted. Realizing no life saving skills were used on the older boy had a serious effect on father. It took away some of the joy in being able to save the one life. Little did we know at the time that father would be called on for two more life saving rescues. It is rare a person has a second chance of surviving a drowning, but it did happen in two most unusual ways. A fisherman named Eddy, in his first experience of fishing with father, fell overboard and stayed down. Again father, with his great swimming ability and strength, was able to dive 55