Whi e Rock Su All Postal Services are can- r st the refer-| 7 | completed. and also the elected council, " = endum while 842 were in favor. °° 64 icing ieee will \ “Nobody gave me instruc-|| am very proud of my record.| in Surrey, which includes|, % = 4 \ : ar | ] F appt open to the public from 9:00 tions to go ahead and make the| “1 am also proud of the fact L i ;Barnston Island,, 5,809 favored \ jam, te 11:00 am, Mails will about the werk until if was |both on the provisional council Jidents voted aga ‘ ‘00% B.C, OWNED AND OPERATED im SUPER VALU Serving the City of White Rock and the surrounding districtsof Crescent Beach, “Wh lit, i " + . ar paisa ie alana eis: Ocean Park, Sunnyside, Douglas, Elgin and Meridian ‘ a Vol. 21; No. 51 White Rock, B.C., Thursday, December 24, 1959 $3.00 per Year; Copy, 7c mat oC Ei 2h fi ' | ] in-aid i an te F oni sun ne d for Washingto THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WHITE ROCK urge or as. Ing on - . A strong recommendation by {tion on Washington,” Ald. John n ecem er { Mayor William Hodgson that |Hynds asked. IVIC ec. ya yf the 1960 council press for a| Hodgson replied conditions complete grant-in-aid from the|were serious and Bob Howse M provincial government for con-|was concerned. For MEAD SOS RD we pte be struction work on Washington | Victoria had earlier offered —— = oe i! Silver M Buena Vista No. 15869 Avenue was supported by the | to grant $5,000 in aid of the CANDIDATES eg ee wofall Campbell Riv, Ra,” totalg|Cty. Tuesday” night work if White Rock would mS Ral 2 3 Council passed a resolution |agree to match the grant. 17 47 26 195 |urging the new members to| Mayor Hodgson suggested the BURROWS, John David \ 16 30 10 12 7 80 85 972 |8ive top priority to the issue |new council ask for a complete DOUGLASS, Harry Thorburn 121 UTES 165 | “186 y{864 64 tai 954 |sfler Mayor Hodgson termed | grant-in-aid of $10,000. HODGSON, William Tickner 141 127 129 127 84 88 a4 4 existing conditions as “very ser-| “The city will automatically ee 1 5 | ious.” |get. 50 percent from Victoria Spoiled Papers 1 Council will also ask Works|and maybe even more, aan SanSainnni we Superintendent Bob Howse to| “As this is a secondary high- investigate the safety of Wash-|way, action must be taken,” he For Alderman Era 3B a nig ington in the vicinity of D/|said. BROWNE, Lilian Edith 104 97 94 87 7 : 672 |Street and bring forth a rec FENNELL, Sidney Charles le 207. 88-207 108 ic 8 a ; 57 _|ommendation. | Active church GRAHAM, John Edward 164 Bt eG) aH a ae ow Ald. Ed Irwin stated that if HALL, Bruce Woolfred 180 200 209 220 97 91 there was any immediate dan- ee eee Isabel 164 187 171 180 98 98 118 123 1139 | ger to life and property heavy worker passes REUSCH, Alfred Richard 117 106 118 126 72 61 119 120 839 |traffic should be prohibited) Funeral service was held 7 from travelling on this portion |Monday for a long time and Spoiled Papers 1 42d 2eaes 1 13 and a load limit enforced un-| active worker in the United PERCENTAGE OF ELECTORS VOT! °* tL safety measures are car-|Church of Canada who passed Rs ESE pall J ed out. away on Dec. 20. ‘scussion arose from report|” James Trail Pirie has been | 48.7 pes cent ut to ig 1 provincial engiveers cor-| prominent in church work for S SO e ame) 2 |\aining all negotiations and rec-lmany years and was an elder enne | White Rock recorded one et, Mr. Jones said this year’s! ommendations between the 80V- of the White Rock First United jthe heaviest votes In Lowerjvote could be considered quite |ernment, city council and the Church at the time of his k hit t rs civie elections iast |heayy especially in view of the | Creat Northern Railway to | death iF al : _ poate. Mr. Pirie, who resided at OY WOrk, NITS ra epaye Thursday {het that soproximately 900 @¢| "Provincial engineers carried | th SNiauwh™, Rea } I, Returning oes John iz the epee Votermein ey, {out testing operations on Wash- years of age , | a fi hat a /Jones reported 48.7 percent of |do not reside in ute ock. ington near D Street earlier i . r vi } gel Poa deermel as cleared) cNebedy anes dented shi lee aliolbie reotes< Perea Surrey recorded a 3118 per-{this year, sig Sa sunived ia aslaging | the mayor and city council of | mistake was made. I may also to the polls to elect Harry |eentage vote bocce Weaki® Eee cance wis one son, Charles, North TS wy Se Eee aan esate that the work was not /Douglass as mayor and. Bruce Mayor William Hodson asked | position if trouble resulted 3 atten Vannes ea De ies com Ec pases ee ed Zone 1|49ne by contract. Hall, John Graham. and Jessicy fora regount. shortly hefore | result of the weakened condi: and’ one sister i) Retedayers” with eeetbg only| ““fvanyone wishes to check |Lee as aldermen for two-year midnivh: Thursday after ot | Rey. A. R. Laing’ officiated | one way in their efforts to un-| and find what the labor charges!| eam te Gb tey eg {results ee Douglass lead- Publi t \\t the last rites,” Cremation ] seat me in the election.” |were, } can also furnish that] This percentage’ was an in-|ing by ee ee __|£ Ube votes |followed. In lieu of flowers, { ‘Alas Fennell’ who had de-|tntermation. crease over the two previous Afte a ing a pesos re: Ms donations to the organ ‘fund = ' clined comment on the issite| “Zone 1 Ratepayers could ap-|“lections held in the city. count the re Hy eee sgt] aS AMSt Schools: - ||weresackea capac } | earlier, gave the following |parently see only in one dir-|_ nly 37.5 précent turned out nounced ortly before 3 a.m.) : : .|were in charge of arrange. written statement to the Sun lection in their efforts to un-|‘0 elect th aldermen in |Triday that there was no| The City of White Rock woe | Res ek seat me in the election which | (958 and 46,71 of the eligible change in the results, taxpayers voted strongly against |" Laing’ y words was . | “I wish to make it quite |they succeeded in doing very |Yoters cast their ballots in this] See chart above for a com-| the District 38 $1,281,000 £chOOl lihie: wellcndisa roe wet } clear that the’ contentious Is-|nicely. jeity’s first election in Septem-| plete breakdown of election re-|construction referendum in Pace toupahenics ? sue regarding the electrical in-| “They didn’t bother to look |Der, 1957 _ eas Was (8 we Thureday's clvle ‘elactions:/ "| ee | stallation at the public works |both ways, ‘If this is the only | Feprepee A BG re, | ; fd to city council Tuesday t ostal Service | storage shed was @ mistake due |mistake 1 made and 1 didn't m ‘ sday by " t fo a misunderstanding and the |hear of any others during my 2- Holida he | 3|fey Returning Officer ser! for holidays mayor and council knew nothing |year aldermanic term of office zx me 0 $$): hester, 1121 White Rock res | installation. 1 was told that |that 1 was part of the council : jthe pogrendiim: and! 4271: wate 7.9. dispatchediash tau & the shed was ready for wiring |that helped create the city from Is Christmas time in ‘the {displaying the al yuletide }*8einst it. Peat 4, |. Special delivery service will | and as | knew time was of the jthe start and see it progress |city - and White Rock is no | decorations Percentage vote in White Rock be in effect but there will be jno letter carrier or rural route service. | 0 percent while in Sur- it was 5542 percent in nk of Commerce down: ve |{own and the Royal Bank of| this | © la on Hilltop are bright a50n festive trimmings | s premises, hanks, gar ank of Montreal's ma and y shington Avenue, Itop Branch on Buena|the referendum for a total pe not else the work in order to expedite | position as commented on by the laying of the concrete floor |Premier Bennett. } 4o get the machinery under! “My sincere hope is that the |; cover for repairing and main-/new mayer and council will tenance. keep the city in this position.” | icos mbined figures for the en- F, School District 36 showed | Perfect Hand _ 3,151 in favor and 5392 against Mr. Cutter got a perfect crib- on I bage hand in a game Monday at and the sI agency centage in favor of 53.28.|Gcean Beach Hotel. George c N fee eee ee are| There were 538 rejected or| Buck dealt Mr. Cutter three 5's enne praise or g aQils Wor decked out in the best of holi.|sPolled ballots in the district. |and the Jack of Diamonds, and | i . colors, The bank staff is} The referendum required athe lucky gent cut the five of onsible for the work at the|®® Percent majority in fayor. | Diamonds. no suppor! for Zone } request nearer 1959 progressive ; year Gecorations and nearly all bus Ald. Sid Fennell received |take no action on the request. | ¢ity a unanimous vete of thanks! Council also told J. T. Me-|\ > inesse: a diealevin tide from city council Tuesday for |Duife, president of White Rock vane On Lene aulees 7 all the “gratis work” he has |Ratepayers Association, that it again Christmas Fan-| or ] e oc = 0 son carried out for the city. }would not provide Zone 1 Rate-| g ltasvland has come to life in| Ald, John tynds pi he wal payers with a copy of the sol-| “Did the solicitor say the | White Rock's Hilltop on the} Now that the year 1959 is ed fo move a vote of apprecia-|icitor’s opinion work had been done legally and|pround of m alae ale close, I believe q BH ASO ratte iresh ouaM caster conctala arene jad been done legally and|eround of mayor-elect Harry |drawing to a trim of $ up to the: f did he say council had acted!Douglass’ residence at 15081 |we ean all look back on it as al work he has done for the city |that the solicitor’s opinion was legally in allowing it,” McDutfe [Buena Vista ing hs RN Pan shecestal and progressive free of charge during his term |not giv a public meeting |asked Santa with his dashing rein-|year for our new city | ef office and prior to Incor- and its nature was confidential| Ad,’ Jessio Lee said she fett|deer plays a prominent role on| We have seen our city take | poration. as it was a document between |the ratepayers were entitled to}the floodlit front lawn while Mayor Hodgson joined with |solicitor and client aldermen in expressing their! “Mr. Wilson is the solicitor thanks and pointed out that |4nd council is his client,” Hody Fennel) had worked nearly 12|son id. E hours one day setting up a! MeDuffe argued that council |that the Ratepayers ux vice | (See HOL r > Civil Defence display and had|was merely the public's ““em-|frarn cq emepayer 3 |(Seo HOLIDAY THEME E ever submitted 9 bill for the|ployces” and the issue was be-| Ald. Alex Mitchel) and John | eae: jiween the ratepayers and the|Mends pointed out it was net {Lucky winners in # solicitor, tha dutv or polie ouneil | ay . Gity council will o sup-) Ald, Max Zack pointed out |+ aN gs eee Ledze proje-ts port to @ re solution PY ie |the delegation wanted cor "| White Rock Elks Bineo $400 1) Ratepayers asking that all |to give an immediate an 7 if he was to! ot was won ‘Tuestav| JU belieys these accomplish: | e iB paid to Ald. Sid Fen-|lust week without first obta'n-l-nno-t hack to Zone 1 Ratepay-|ninht by M~« Witliom H. Byrne | ents mke 1959 a year we J for electrical work carried |ing legal advice and now the | ors that re'l refttsed t9 sive |15834 Pac Avenue mav all be proud of, “out for pe oe be refunded jratepayers want the solicitor’s|. fall icnomrs to the Tequest?| Arneld Piner, 15239 Pacific! I take this opportunity to | “White tee kak «| 9Pinion, | f Mayor Hodonan snid epane!l| Avenue, was. winner’ of. the|wish all the residents of White | ‘Acting ah eee gf elt Council considered. referring |hed made its decision and cal-|seven transister deluxe radio|Rock a very merry Christmas | the ratepayers to the solicitor lod for the next order af bus-/in the Elks Christmas Cheer jund the happiest possible New unanimously Tuesday tolwith costs being borne by the liness draw. Year, look with a record an : from the city sol-|multi- ed lights outline his Cape Cod style residence agreed and Ald.! High in the rear of the house streets opened, miles of withdrew his motion |stands a massive cedar tree aut-|streets paved and flushcoated g)|and many new blocks of side- walks built. | the help of moneys re- | during the Centennis have finished the fix ntre. which also. ac s the city hall Mayor William T. Hodgson f eS. at ¢ cami i sk il RRS :