—~ Vol. 19. No. 4, A refusal by the White Water Works Co. to supply ‘water to three homes on Dow- ney Road will be looked into by the Utilities Committee of Surrey Council. Councillor Aubrey Stevens brought the matter before Council at the request of Jim | Carruth, an applicant who had been refused by the Company. The Water Works Co. in- formed Mr. Carruth that the area was too sparsely settled and 850 feet of main would hhave to be Jaid in order to sup- ply the three homes. The Com- pany was not in a position to say when the water would be supplied until the matter came Council Investigate Downey Road Water Supply &White R and Surround jallow Mr. Carruth to hook to a neighbour's line, at his own expense, Councillor Stevens said. “One man on Downey Road was forced to have a well dug, because he couldn't carry water fast enough to supply his five children,” the Coun- cillor said. A resident on Marine Drive must pay a water rate to the Company, although he is hook- ‘ed to a neighbour's line, Ste- vens pointed out. Councillor Jack Burrows Said that it was his opinion that a clause of the Company stated that water must be pro- vided to any applicant within before the Company directors. The Water Works will not) Sewer Plant May Be Enlarged Utilities Committee of Sur-@ rey Council will investigate the possibility of enlarging th White Rock sewer plant which is now coping with a double- flow of water every rainfall. Councillor Jack Burrows and Municipal Manager Percy Liv- ed that an inspector he em | check the are the plant is now ope the water area. Capacity Councillor Burrows sugges Indications Good For Oil At Abbotsford Possibility of striking oi! in the Lower Fraser Valley looms nearer today as officials of the Key Gas and O}l Com- pany of Vancouver report de- finite hints of an oil bed at Abbotsford. A. R. Reusch, president of the Company, told the “Sun” by phone that the 7750 level has been reached and soft shale and sand, not unlike the Fort St. John strata has been encountered. The Company has drilled some 30 feet into this shale. Raymond Shaw, drilling su- perintendent at Abbotsford, is optimistic about the outcome. “We may hit oil when we get under the 8000 foot mark, and what happens during the next 300 feet of drilling will be very interesting,” Mr. Shaw said. It has long been the opinion of many that parts of the Low- er Fraser Valley are sitting on a vast oil field. Betty Allen To Appear Here & ployed by the Municipality to 1800 premises that connected to the system. Mr. Livingstone st: ingstone have been concerned sat Sele over the problem of water), The extr is from down t have} coming from homes that have heeniconnec from ‘the root| illegally “hooked up" to the to the sewer,” the Manager | iM sewer system. Said. | Way Co. to reach an agreement on the proposed widening of Washington Ave. in the board- walk area and the black-top- Ping of GNR property along the business section of White Rock. White Rock Councillor Jack Burrows, Municipal Manager Percy Livingstone and Public Works Superintendent John| Furtak, have met with J Winkler, Great Northern Sup- | €rvisor .of Engineering from | Seattle and discussed plans to| have the road widened. Surrey officials are now | @waiting plans from the En-| ‘and this spac GN parking ar Burrows said. |Park Pavilion. Planning Board To Elect Slate Lower Mainland Regional | Planning Board will hold their | annual election of officers to- night at 6 p.m. in the Stanley J. W. Wilson, executive sec- retary of the Board will be guest speaker Zoning By-law To Be Amended Soon Surrey Council will recom- 10 at ahmoo I ium, Just tour popular popular at home ert is the third in the eS Sponsored by the Semiahmoo Bay Overture Concert Series COURGI BREVITIES ooP®_LI Surrey Council will ask J. W. Wilson, execulive-secretary » con- Gee Weel Serving White Rock, Sunnyside, Ocean Park, Crescent Beach, Panorama Ridge, Ee - ing Districts. White Rock, B.C., Thursday, January 24th, 1957 Surrey Council will letters to C.H. McElhinney, former secretary of the now- dissolved, White Rock Incorp- oration Committee and present secretary of the Provisional Council, White Rock Citizens’ Committee and the Hon. Wes- ley Black, Minister of Munici- palities, stating their opinion of the legal status of the In- corporation referendum pass- ed by the voters in Decem- ber election under the present Municipal Act. Action by Council was de- cided upon after hearing a de- Jegation from the Citizens’ Committee, the group opposed to White Rock Incorporation, at Monday’s Council meeting: John Hynds, Parks | the anti-incorporationists, ask- ed Council |assistance ,beople in December a valid mandate or was it an expres- Traffic: He | | Tom told the Sun by Victoria that he ts RCMP enforce a no and turn law in and out ne parking lot turned down a Surrey Council t the exit be ‘0 Roper, on the Council Refus p ; lax Office For Crescent White fiock Incorporation Vote send sion of opinion?” Mr. Hynds Board Chairman, and spokesman for for their speedy in contesting the _|matter of Incorporation. j “Was the Bill put before the Roper St. Exit Not Solution: !rwin gineer for the proposed pro-|Mend to the Town Planning of the Lower Mainland Regi- ee : dum for opinion under the pee Act and not under © Incorporation Act, they asked for. On a request by White Rock Councillor Jack Burrows, Municipal Manager Percy Liy- ingstone defined the difference asked Council. “We believe it to be an ex: pression of opinion, if so it fives this Committee the right to lodge a protest against In- corporation ,at Victoria,” the Spokesman said. “No Reeve, Councillor or jtaxpayer in Surrey will stand by and watch White Rock cut off from the rest of the Muni- cipality,” he said. Second delegate, Percy Mic- |kleburgh, read a petition to Council that his Committee is forwarding to Minister Black. | The petition stated that no ple- biscite has been put before electors to decide on Incorpor- ation and that such a plebiscite should be held. The Commit- tee asked that no further ac- tion be taken before this is done. Reeve R. M. Nesbitt said it was his opinion that when the Incorporation Committee met with Council that it was un- derstood it was just a referen- “direct and binding vote of the electors.” Councillor Burrows suggest- ed that Council seek the ad- vice of the Municipal Solicitor as “I don't feel capable of making a decision on the mat- ter.” Mr. Hynds reminded Coun- cil that “haste is imperative and time of great importance.” Municipal Solicitor Ken Thompson said that a referen- dum was an expression of the electors’ opinion and a plebis- cite a vote on/a concrete pro- posal or on legislation already drafted. “The ruling factor here, is not the words used, but un- der what section of the Muni- cipal Act the matter falls,” Mr, Thompson said. “Until it appears on the floor of the house, I'm just as much in doubt as you,” the So- =|licitor concluded: that six parking] Jt was decided that a letter would be lost. Hilltop | will be drafted and sent to s Association brought}those concerned stating these atter before Council, and now awaiting a report rom the Traffic Committee ts a Property owners on the Hill- | Liberal Candidate Mott top have circulated a petition. Presses for Federal Aid signed by five of six owners who wish a lane between Roper Thrift to be put for the pro- which is blocking the will be forwarded to A. K. Bissett, who is acting for jthe Hilltop group. es Sub opinions. Surrey Council Monday re- fused an application by A. F. (Pete) Cotton of Ocean Park Realty for a sub-tax office at Crescent Beach. mote the office for the regular ine dect. They will mark on the |C°mmission that an amend- Plan where the Municipality |Ment be made in the present \ will encroach on the G.N. pro-|70ning by-law in regard to j erty with the fill necessary |Parking regulations for pre- to carry out the work. mises that were demolished Public Works Dept. will then |4%d rebuilt. €stimate the entire cost. !remuneration of one-half of 1 nominatio) per cent. The Realtor pointed candida’ out in a letter to Council that) fed an office would be of great/he ‘service to the taxpayers who |; couldn't travel’ to other offices 5 or wished to pay their taxes ii ° i f installments. zi onal Planning Board, to attend the ‘next Council meeting and explain more fully why he Stated that “Surrey lagging behind governmentally” at a North Surrey Board of Trade meeting recently. Peace Arch again The United States are sponsors of this year's celebration. “MEDITATION,” by Sylvia Daoust, RCA, SSC, noted Can- adian sculptor, is the Calvert ‘British Columbia Regional Trophy in the Dominion, Drama Festival and will be ted that, in the case of old that are to: do not i od My ai ages L apply. | nounc flonday. . Lee Alec Stewart said|was nominated by the White to'see more re-|Rock Branch of the B.C, His- Applied by the Com-|torical Society. Mr, Claude ope where multiple |Harvie was also named to the are permitted to be | Committee.