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KERFOOT, EDITOR & PUBLISINER of —— as Editorial RRR MORE BORDER CROSSING DIFFICULTIES ont offi fs only a matter of ax monthy or so that our Clate were fore than a lite worrled about tho traffle blocks occ Ving daring the months, portioutarly on holldaya, at t VaHous border crossings, According to our parliamentary. ropreson tative sone course of netion wan golng to bo taken to ellminate t Unnecessary trafic tle-ups, Nothing further waa heard of what setion had been decided ypon, but commencing April Fool's day fone crossing tho border waa to loarn very quickly, we are just awalt- ing the Easter holiday rush to obscrvo what a traffic Jani can really Wook like, New regulations came Into offect on April Int which now makes it nécessary for all car owners to fle into tho Customs offi minke out a form contaliing all mannor of particulars, thin ho retal during hie stay over the line and on returning he has to sign the form and hand It back to the Customs, Those of us that have tmayelicd this route for the past thirty nove n wi folind the Bordor crossing card quite m troublo, but this new bit of ret tape Is far worse, and will undoubtedly have the effect of con- festing traffic Ina manner heretofore unknown. Even if oxtra holp Were emploved fo handic the situation, the facilities are not adequate. Only two lanes of trafic can be dealt with at Douglas, and with the ; we hive on occasion walted In a line for one hour and a el from the s until clearance was made at With th tom we will not venture over This is probably what our brilliant govern- What a mor day old syste halt to tra the Canadian office. tho line at all on holldays. ment officials are aiming at, to keop us all at home, world we live in, on the one hand we are told to cement good rela- we must trade to live, otc, otc, on th as to the amount of money we can take ever the lino, and now further stupid regulations are mado which will undoubtedly stop many hundreds of people from oven trying to make tho crossing unless they intend staying for longer than a day. People should protest this latest regulation, write to your represonta- {ive and demand to know why mich regulations put Into foree which catise unnecessary trials to travellors betwoon two friendly Pations such as olrs. Regarding the facilities on the U.S. side wo have nothing but praiss, ono is passed through thelr Customs and Tmrojgration with efficiency and the minimum of trouble, let our officials at Ottawa take a leaf from their book, or better still, Tet them join in a Yine-ttp some holiday and find out how long they will spend relaxing i the automobile, we guarantee a solution would be quickly found other hand w Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, In ten years the average ‘road may be travelled by fifty thousand vehicles. How important it Is then that tho grading bo done right Not just to sult somo local person or to save some slight expense, but for tho many thousands to have easy travel where possible. Co- operation of private ownora Is sometimes a groat help. No hard llmbing or’ frequent exponse of brake linings. A fob woll done ts a lasting credit, a poor job a last- |{Dg shame observed by thousanda Yours truly, W. J. HARGOOD, durance | (rescent le HOUSE PAINT. $6.50 Gallon In writing about what ts hap: ening in a community, the frat Polnt ono hax to remember Is that primarily, people are interested. In People. Thitt makes news! Conse. quently to record somo of the events taking place tocally, and tc Bolghbours, fs the main purpone of 8 correspondent, ||, Apri tnt. 1950, nmssed off quietly 18 Crescent, many parenta, wo | fooled ty thelr children and vice |¥erm. “Among the nny” tricks played was one where n local Indy, |Wha shan bo namotens, wan in. Glidden WER. Hardware | Fans aY aire ore Ran Preamblen, the © ixcoverout [it was a well known funeral par: jour. ‘The consequences can imaxined. e RNQUERM ARS ABOT | See. cna saveeecs: necks and family, of Menkett Road ty Pure, white lead base. Self-cléan- ing. Whi Non-fade colors: MADE tay have returned to reside In Cron, ‘cant, They apent the winter in New Westminster, but could not renint the Jurew of Uiln lovely constal ro- ‘Wal- sort, and go hive returned, come tack folks, and jot's hope you ntay! nae The neikhboura and frlendy of Mia W. B. Wickham, will be sorry, to hear of her ri wil to Kerfoot Tond Hospital in White Tooke, due too at Tent when will go to her in her presont Ilnens, from ail, Many parents have bewalled te absones of any organized reeren. tlon for tho hil in Croseont, Ho the recent formation of n Hobby Glonw for girls, by Mrs, Sewall, of , In to be commend: MoBride Str ed. Here the young Indies are on: couraged to learn dresamaling, fancy: leather work, also how to mako little gifts, much ax brooches, of earrings, ote, Thix taken ea the girls, now how about the bo ‘Two years ago, a group of géntle mon, mpurred by the PTA, did run a Boys! Club at the Alexandra | Frosh Aly Camp Buildings, for one | winter, Thin how not been con-|% tinued. Any: publle spirited people | 4 night foo that thts In a chance |% » do Home good work here, Per g haps the Board of Trado, or rho | Ratepayers’ Association could g help? Tt Is good to ace Rigby conti lent health In spite of his strenu- x du r rosidents will ro n Smith, of Whit Ituting for Mr. Rigby whilst the Intter w on aslck leave. Glnd to you so well Mr, Postmaster, your shadow never row Rub; two years age With the users of water now re-| ceiving their yearly waterworks bills, it may be a good time to Mention the fact that the old Water Tower on the hill seems to bo on its last logs, The escape of er from it Is continuous, much’ so indeed that the land around is heavily saturated, When r Rate was increased to for domestic con- sumers in 1948, the Company sured the Public Utilities Commis- inquiry, that one of the for increase was to modernise its equipment, Maybe a art could be made with the old brown water tower on the hill the Feason The of rayon calls for use of 75 gallons of water, anufacture of one pound Most of tho area of Canada drains into Hudson Bay and th Aretic Ocean. CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE CHEVROLET & MAPLE LEAF TRUCKS -Come and see the 1950 models now : ON DISPLAY at your G.M. Dealer MIDWAY MOTORS Johnston Road, White Rock COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE @ STEAM CLEANING Cedar Mill Run Wood 2 Cords ... 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