Y 15, 1958

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inning Board Rebort

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May be purchased separately. The first book touches on pia

community planning bylaw and technical appendices,

Part one contains an introduction which deals to a great
extent with White Rock’s unique characteristics, and sections
on municipal development control, streets and subdivisions, and

ition,
: remainder of Part 1 covers certain matters which are
#f the greatest long-term importance but of less immediate ur-

Bency, the Board points out. In order to permit the mor:
urgent program to be dealt with ts expeditiously as possible, n
attempt has been made to do more than outine the remainin
problems and put forward certain broad suggestions.

Tt is proposed that, when council has studied these tentatiy

Proposals, it should authorize Regional Planning Board to pro-
1, the central commercial

ceed with more detailed studies of
area; 2. the waterfront; 3. small lots and summer cottages,

This report also contains maps of White Rock in the region,

land and development, zoning, streets, recreation, special stud:

areas and housing quality. A cover photograph of White Rock
from the west has been provided for the report by Ald. Max Zack.

The second part of the report is a detailed summary on a
community planning bylaw, community planning bylaw enact- |
ment, official community plan and subdivision control, zoning,
administration, appeals and amendment, the advisory planning
commission, park standards, redevelopment provisions of the
National Housing Act, population growth from 1931 - 1981, pop-

ulation structure 1956, and books and publications on planning.

Whether City Council will deem it necessary to authorize | serious
the Board to proceed with the proposed detailed studies and
adopt the recommendations already made will probably depend
considerably upon the city’s financial status this year and the |

Public's opinion on these planning reports.

Compromising On Water

White Rock is once again faced with an acute shortage of
water due to the long dry spell and residents in the Hilltop area
found themselves without the commodity several evenings last
week, x

White Rock Water Works Company Ltd. claims water has
been wasted by excessive sprinkling during the past week and
the company has been unable to keep its reservoirs and tanks
filled to the proper level. The company has prohibited all water
sprinkling until this situation is rectified.

Irate residents who couldn't even wash or make a cup of
tea, let alone sprinkle their gardens, are demanding the company
purchase adequate equipment to guarantee water at all times
or at least give sufficient notice of water shortages so as to
enable home-owners to “stock up” on a quantity beforehand.

We all have to live with the water situation in this area.
Many Surrey residents were also without water for some time
last week and public health authorities in that district were
becoming quite concerned regarding the shortage. Co-opera-
tion between the property owner and the’ Water Works Company
is the only present solution to the problem.

It would be a gross injustice on the part of the company to
Prohibit sprinkling indefinitely. The company has stated, how-
ever, sprinkling will only be prohibited for a few days, provid-
ing residents co-operate, and then normal sprinkling regulations
will go into effect. If the minority of residents who have been
sprinkling their gardens excessively co-operate, the majority
can enjoy normal sprinkling and what is more important, have
water for thetr household needs. Suggestion that the Water
Works make an effort to inform householders of water shortages
in the future should be kept in mind by the distributors. Let's
compromise on this problem.

The city could not afford to purchase the Water Works at
the present time, as was previously suggested to council. If}
the city should purchase the company, there would still be no|
®uarantee of an improved supply. Like so many other public
utilities, a tapidly-increasing population can task the supplying
bower of a commodity, whether it be publicly or privately own-
ed and operated.

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Vincent E, Coyne, Editor

Weekly Newspapers Association,

fon (in advance) Canada $2.50 per year; U.S.A. $3,50
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ited report prepared by the Lower Mainland

ning for the city generally and the second deals with a proposed

"| LETTERS 10 THE EDITOR

gs Again minute it stops raining. We

Do;
The Editor, submit to you, that we need
Sir, @ water system that will an-

a
So E. J. Cox is trying to start ticipate dry spells, and be pre-
something again regarding the | Pared for them. If the White
few dogs that are left in White | Rock Water Co. can't do it,
Rock. He or she seems very let's get some one who can. If
concerned about the children| We want White Rock to get
on the beach. Let the kids and beyond the stage of a one
their dogs alone. There is horse town, and we hope we
Plenty of human filth on the | #Fe on the way, this is one
beach such as, broken bottles, thing we will have to look af-
drug store accessories, gre ter at once, and adequately, a
Plates, just to mention a few Sufficient water supply.
things. He or she told us before| If only someone with vision |
about someone from Vancouyer | 1d authority, could look’ into |
who had a dog with the mange, | the future in regard to this sit-
only that time it was from|Uation. The day js fast ap.
somewhere else. If it was true| Proaching when all this lower
the person who told him or her | mainland will be settled, ont
was as daffy himself, Anyone | seat city. Someone should be-
would think we had a nice| gin now to think about estab-
beach. Good sand I'll admit, | lishing water resources for the
but nothing else. So let's cut | future, perhaps reservoirs in
out the nonsense, live and Jet | the mountains to the east of us,
live, let the children and their/$0 that future generations |
dogs enjoy the bricf summer.| Would have a supply, That
This place hasn't turned into| should probably be the provinc-
a paradise all at once. I notice | ial department of public works
Cox person don't put their ad-| Well, that’s in the future, but
dress, we need water now, and
We will be mighty glad to| enough of it. What can be
lure the Vancouver people | done to remedy the situation?
down to spend their money. So| Here is a suggestion that |
be fair, perhaps a dose of liver | might do the trick, and could!
Salts would help. |be put into operation. Take |
Sincerely yours, | note that the White Rock Water |

Noreen A. Burden.| Co. is operating on the prin-|

letote that the less water they |

| deliver, the more money they
| will make. That is the reason |
for the sprinking regulations. |
The White Rock Sun Every other business operates
Sir; on the theory that the more |
Apropos the water situation| and better service they give,
in White Rock. We haye all|the more they stand to make.
done our griping, and possibly | Remember that most users of
even cursed the White Rock | Water are not on a meter, and|
| Water Co. a little, and perhaps | that those on a meter can use |
|they deserved it. But now it|#s much water as they wish|
is time we were doing some | 4nd when they Read the |
and constructive think-| water regulations. Now we|

the subject, and look|Know that most homes in|
some appropriate ac | White Rock do not use nearly |
tion. |the 1000 cubic feet allowed as |
Let’s remember that water the minimum, except perhaps |
is our most essential commod.| i" the summer months, when |

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| The Water Situation
To the Editor,

jing on
| toward

ity. We need it in adequate |‘hey have gardens to water.
|supply, and we should, and can | NOW the sprinkling regulations
have’ For the Water Co. to|3%@ calculated to keep the

| say: “There is a dry spell in amount used within that limit
| progress, and you must con-|¢¥eM in’ those’ months. Keep- |
serve water,” is sheer folly, It |'% all this in mind, we sug-|
is like the electric light Co, | 8¢St that the City Council take |
|saying: “It is dark, so you | Whatever action is necessary to
must turn off the lights to save | 28V¢ water meters installed for |
elect: or the gas Co. say-| ll users of water, and that a
We are having a cold|Ptoper and revised rate be es-

ing: petor

spell, so you must turn down| tablished so that everyone
your fire to conserve gas," y ee their money’s worth.
When we have plenty of rain | 4" he water Co. would be

we do not need extra water |COMPelled to deliver the goods
it’s during the dry spells that | before they are paid. Unless
we need it, and it is the Water | the water Co. is put on a basis
Co's. business to supply it. If|of most pay for most service, |
they cannot, or will not do it.|instead of most pay for least
we all better ‘be doing some- Possible service, we will always
thing about it before we dry
out entirely, have the same trouble. 1
Every organization, business|Sure that the Public Utilities |
and individual should get into|Commission could work out a
action, The health organiza-|seale that would be fair to all
ions, business, insurance, real) concerned. Is it not better to
estate, Board of Trade, Jay |pay for something and know
end above all, the City Council, $
An inadequate water supply af-| What you are getting, than to
fects every phase of our lives,|PaY and pay, and never know
Think of the health situation, | what you are going to get?
|fire hazard, the busine: and | Yours truly,
financial angle. Let’s advertise Sa eo] Wedms
White Rock. A wonderful cli- eee seaman
mate, a beautiful view, and the

many good things you can think Plan Books On |

of. But the first week of dry 5
weather comes along, and you City For Sale

come in from a day's work in| Plan books of White Rock,
the garden, and lo, you can't| Prepared by the Lower Main-|
even get enough water to wash land Regional Planning Board |
your dirty feet, of B.C. were presented to
We cry; “Make White Rock | Council Tuesday evening, by
Beautiful.” Many of us would | Mr. J. Richardson. These will |
like to, We spend hundreds) be available to theepublic im-
of dollars landscaping our prop-|™ediately for the price of
erty . . . then comes the first | $1-50 each or $2.50 for two.
dry spell and we have to let} Council will meet with Mr.
most of our things dry up, or | Richardson Monday evening to
feel like sneak thieves because | consider the Board's findings. |
we have dodged the “water| The Public is invited to make
patrol” and given our tender their comments to the Council |
Plants an extra squirt. How and these will be considered at

am

ridiculous! A climate where!a public hearing before the|
we have so much rainfall, and Board's findings are finally
then to be out of water the adopted.

WHITE ROCK IN APRIL

The sparkling blue of springtime sea and moving sky,
Snow capped mountains crisply clear, 1
The wheeling seagulls in full cry,

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Some dreamy fishers on the pier,
The hillside gardens decked with flowers

Sure evidence of loved filled hours,
The tranquil, friendly, sunny air,

The folks with time to “stand and staro’’
The trees and Tocks, the song of birds —

O Lord, to picture it in words!
15160 Prospect Ave.

—Sylvia Walton.

New 6. |
Experience in This

mining in B.C.’s interior in 1912 | |
jand enlisted with the Sist bat-)
|tallion in 1915.

with a DCM and MM.

Rock in 1924 but spent a great

|Surrey upon the outbreak of
| World War II and joined the |

Officer

Rupert Harris, newly appoint-

ed Civil Defence officer for
White Rock, has had vast ex-
perience ‘in the field of organ-
izing for defence.

Mr. Harris came west in 1910

and worked on the Vancouver

k Pacific Railway. He went

He was discharged in 1919

Mr. Harris came to White

deal of time prospecting and
mining in the Interior.

Mr. Harris was appointed
ARP for White Rock and South

Sixth Field Company of the
Royal Canadian Engineers in
1939,

cepted and passed to Gen
He wrote the first memoran- | "> Alex:

dum for civil defence for B.C. |@24er for implement

whiche was presentedd to GOC| Mr. Harris then went over

Western Command under Gen. |8¢@8 for one year but was re

W. Greisbahe. called to take charge of the
The memorandum was ac-|Pacific Coast Militia Rangers

lat Chilliwack.
| Mr. Harris has spent a great
deal of time prospecting in re
cent years. Mr. and Mrs. Har.
TOW ris reside on Campbell River
|Road. Mrs. Harris is president

TOPICS

|funds for a float and other a
By Vin Coyne | penses for the PNE contest in
The city of Bellingham plays| which the 1958 Miss White
host to the Pacific Nortnwesi Rock will compete.
once a year in marking its an- hed

of White Rock PTA.
nual festival “Blossom Time’ -

a day in which all citizens seem
to stop whatever they're doing
and either join in or watch the
celebrations. The 1957 Miss
White Rock and six of this
year’s contestants were part. of
the opening Blossom Time par-
are, sponsored by Bellingham
Jaycees, Saturday. Entry of the
White Rock float in the parade
was part of the fine effort that
has been put forth to promote
the contest and his city’s 1958
Sea Festival.

contest activities for the girly
| warrants the full support of
| this city in providing adequate

The new PNE ruling which
lowered the minimum age for
entry into this year’s conteq
to 17 seems to have brought
excellent results as far as Miss
White Rock contestants are
concerned. At least four of the
girls who are competing have
become eligible under thix
specification. The girls them.
selves are also eager to give
other areas a preview of White
Rock's annual celebration and
have aided in the decorating of
the float for the Little League
parade recently and the Bloe
som Time entry. It is unfort-
unate that more funds were
not available to supply neces
sary material for decorating
these floats. Had there been
sufficient material, White Rock

Credit for the good publicity
these girls are winning for
White Rock's festivities goes to
Mrs. Connie Phillips and Mrs
beth Woode, contest ad

visors, and the Jaycee-snonsor :

ed Miss White Rock Committee Cowd hate been assured “of
as a whole. Tae personal in-/¢¥e" better publicity than ike
terest the two visors have Siven Saturday thanks to the

efforts of the contest’s hart
working organizers.

taken in organizing the

pre

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Meet the Prime Minister. of 20

“We think so, anyway. Whatever his future, —
our job is to provide him with the best we cam
“That takes money. That's why we're saving
regularly, and that’s why we've opened an
account for Jimmy at THE CANA