—- HE Scott Kennedy, Production Manager » MEMBER r BO. Division of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, «BG. Weekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau, ‘Vancouver Office: 508 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C. _ Authorizéd—Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa. Subscription (in advance) Canada $2.50 per year; US.A. $3.56 A Unique Group with A Unique Purpose “A unique group with « unique purpose” might well be the phrase best used to describe the Hilltop Youth Centre Soc- iety who Will stage its annual mile of dimes campaign all day Saturday, August 15 throughout this city. This group is unique because is it a non-profit “housing organization.” It’s purpose is unique because it is solely to provide a meeting place for every Scout, Guide, Brownie and Cub in White Rock The Society which is made up of a small number of hard- working local residents receives no remuneration whatsgever for the Youth Centre. The Centre is not rented to outside groups nor are any other organizations permitted to use the building. We again emphasise it is maintained solely as a home for the members of the world’s finest youth movement Thanks to the generosity of Branch No. 8 of the Canadian Legion, who own the land on which the Hall is located, Mr. Hal Downey who donated the original building, and the many volunteers who have labored to make the building a fit place for the various troops and packs to meet, the Society is slowly but surely ensuring the security of the movement in White Rock It has been a hard struggle and the Society has faced many difficult, and seemingly impossible problems during the past two years. The group has, however, overcome every obstacle in its path and won another triumph Tuesday night when city council, recognizing the important work the Society is carrying out, agreed to give a grant-in-aid to the Centre in October pro- viding funds are available. This may seem of little significance but it was actually a major victory for the group, as council, not having the funds available this year for grants-in-aid, had earlier agreed to turn down all applications, for assistance from organizations in the city. ‘ | Council unanimously, and we might add most wisely, decided Tuesday they could not afford to overlook the work the Society has accomplished in the past and the program is is achieving and hopes to achieve in housing Scouts and Guides both at the present and in the future. One Alderman pointed out that in taking this action coun-| cil was leaving itself open to requests for aid from all organiza | tions. Ald. Ed Irwin, in our opinion, summed up the situation |. perfectly when he commented that if these organizations proved | as worthy as the Hilltop Youth Centre Society they would have No trouble in receiving assistance from council We ask you to bear this comment in mind when you pledge your support to the mile of dimes this Saturday Beauty Not Restricted Twe weeks ago the Sun featured a byline story quoting an | | | | } “est to ag incen| Coyne, Editor ‘Pollard. ° aaneent E Fire alarms responded to in- cluded one mercantile, two res- idential and four bush and grass fires, stated the chief. There were cight fire’ pro- tection and prevention inspec- tions and 39 burning permits issued. Oil and gas permits is- sued totalled six. There were no inhalator calls during July. led as of July 22 with the pos- sible burning under the direct supervision of the department of public works or the city fire department but only to the ex- tent of eliminating any spec- ial fire hazard, he said. Report on convention heard by Rotarians RayBowell, president of New Westminster Rotary Club, was guest speaker at the White Rock Rotary luncheon Tuesday at the Silver Moon. He spoke on the 1959 Rotary International convention which: he attended in New York. Over 16,000 Rotarians from 73 different countries attended this convention An opportunity to promote fellowship throughout the world Was offered at this 50th anniyer- sary of Rotary International, he said Theme of the convention was understanding and world peace Ww Burning permits were cancel- eae The following is a comple! report released recently by the holding a hearing into matters concerning the White Rock Waterworks Company here in June, The report was prepar- ed by H. F. Angus, chairman, and P. E. George and A. B. isan commissioners for the The Public Utilities Commis- sion held a hearing ‘at White Rock, B.C, on June 20, 1959, on 4 number of matters concern- ing White Rock Water Works Co. Ltd. The decision of the Commission on the two ques- tions as to the rates of the Com Pany is set forth herein The first rates matter is the application of the Company to file annual rates for fire pro- tection of $72 per hydrant and }$20 per standpipe. The other is the complaint of the small |domestic consumers that the domestic water rates, if applied to them, will increase their | minimum monthly bills by elim- inating a discount which they had previously received. These consumers ask for a minimum rate of $1.50 (as compared with the minimum flat rate of $3.00 subject to a discount of 50 cents for prompt payment) for 500 cu. ft The background for the re- jeent hearing is two-fold Tie Advantages of retiring to White Rock are well-publicized in the June issue of “Canadian Pacific Spanner,” official organ of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, The article is entitled “West- ern Veterans Find Shangri-La,’ and shows a picture of some 35 |members of the White Rock Branch of the Canadian Pacific Pensioners Association taken outside their meeting place at |Buena Vista Hall The article appearing below | the picture says: “White Rock, B:C., situated in the extreme southwestern corner of the lower mainland is unique for its abundance * of sunshine, fine mild climate, and large concentration of retired folks who have discovered a West coast Shangri-La “A letter to the editor in The Semiahmoo Sun (now White Rock Sun) some years ago sug: gesting a meeting of retired CPR employees impelled some jof them to discuss the idea over the garden fence, and so on November 20, 1955, 34 Com- pany and subsidiary pensioners showed up and proceeded to or- ganize “The Canadian Pacific Pensioners Association, Whi Rock, B.C." on a formal bas! with the assistance of the pai ent body from Vancouver. “Membership fluctuated bo tween 45 and 50 and monthly jmeetings are held on the first | Thursday, expect for July and August Entertainment con- Sists of lectures, film showings, }and a seemingly inexhaustible flood of reminiscences. Films jare obtained through member- ship in the Surrey Film Coun- cil and two obliging members | Were trained by them as oper- ators with the result that pro- jectors and films are properly handled” advisor of the Miss White Rock contest as saying the young Jady chosen as this year’s winner was a good choice and has| @ strong chance of winning the Miss PNE title, Immediately after this artcle appeared loud cries of protest “ argse from the Miss White Rock Committee, the advisor, who she did not realize her opinions would appear in the press, and parents who felt the story was in very poor taste | ‘The Sun feels this article has been sadly misinterpreted and some very wrong conclusions drawn by those who protested. If the advisor didnot realize she would be quoted and stated suca then the writer is in error and so is this newspaper for publish ing the article. We will willingly take our share of the blame and extend our apologies to any person or group who feels an injustice was done. We hasten to point out, however, that just because the wi is considered a good choice (and naturally she would be hav- ing won by a fracti ccording to the judges) then the other contestants would not been “considered equally as profic jent had they won the . ‘The brticle does not imply that Street Did I dream that I saw a man dressed as a chef rolling pie dough on Washington Ave. last Saturday? And that the doors of two space age ovens were flicking open every few minutes ejecting steaming gol- den’ brown apple pies while steadfastly into them? Did I alighting from the Great North ern exclaim eestatically as they sniffed the air — “My, Whitd Rock air smells wonderful, — winners of past contests have not been as beautiful, pleasant matured and poised, ete as this year's wihner. Nor does it imply that girls in future contests haven't a chance of reaching the standards set by Miss White Rock of 1959. Read the stor ‘and not just the headline, you critics. and we are sure you will agree there is nothing detrimental contained in it _ There have been many lovely entries in all the past con- fests, and the girls were of the finest calibre again this year ‘We are sure they will fall into the same ¢ategory next year and|To check up on myself | phon- me! every year there is a Miss White Rock contest. If we consider the article in question as being a little boost a charming competitor who was lucky enough to be chosen te sent our city at the Miss PNE rather than erroneous af , You Know Mf the pier is 22 feet and that the width is 12 feet and ‘feet? That-a squared block containing hg ae 3960 cubic feet? ‘That as the the icgrds snes 5/8 cubic almost like apple pie, boy I'm hungry already!” Did ! dream all this? Well, [ though so until IT saw a crowd of unexpected guests munching apple pie in my living room on Sunday. Could it be this was no drean? willing hands fed raw ones! dream that I heard passengers | Scene by Sylvia Walton ed the house of Franklin John- | son, famous director of the White Rock Players. “What on earth for,” I hear you say. Well | dear reader, it is just one of} those things — The voice a the other end of the line said, | “Yes, quite correct, Mr. J. mad} almost 300 pies on Saturday.”| noises from the living room I asked if there were any left, “Sold out” came the answer, | ‘there were no more pie | plates.” I'm so glad it wasn't all a dream, the horrible thought of isiting a psychoanalysist had joccurred to me — bad enougn} to have been born with a rioe jous imagination, but to suffer from pie eyed dreams - deliver No Lawn Sprinkling? si toe with the purpose of slamming other contestants,| The ad says “water should not be used to water lawns,” now parents, and the Committee, then that nasty taste left in| It does not say “must not,” will all ‘play bal), holy cow, mouths has no chance of still being around at next year's) As much chance as a snowball inell, Yes sirec-bob ; White Rock contest. Regulations don't mean anythin Printed in the largest type, puts all squarely on the map, You're told abuse of the regulations warns you that All sprinkling privileges will be cancelled, it ready “all” ‘the maximum length of the famous white rock on the| So everyone is to be penalised, for those not playing ball, ist of We all know of wartime measures, Hitler's sure were raw These new sprinkling regulations, smatter of Martial law. | ‘Good regulations are respected, That one cubic foot of this rock will! By all fairminded citizens, and we have them without doubt, jeréfore the actual weight of the white Who always will co-operate,but when all is done and said ng to the water-hog. 0 carried out ater situa White Rock Water Works Co | White Rock get boost in issue of Canadian Pacific Railway organ tio eu esti Lit Ltd., must improve the qual- ity of its service and for thi expenditures over a period of Public Utilities Commission after |PUTPose must incur substantsal| a years, and the Company must|part of the rate base m (in the meantime at least) rev strict the consumption of wat- er in the summer months, METER RATES The Company has been pro- viding inctered serviee to oniy about ten percent of its users and in order to accomplish the above purposes, it proposes, aver a period of about two years, to provide meters for the remaining customers and trans- fer them from flat rates to the meter rates already on fiie. The application of the Corm- pany’s meter rates'{o all custom- ers will produce additional rey- enues but these will be offset to some extent by additional costs. In order to be in a position to judge of the Company's rev’ enue requirements the Commis- {sion has conducted an apprais- al which establishes a rate base as at March 31, 1958 of $374, 954. The earned return for the year ended on that date was $19,969 or 5.33 percent of the rate base. The fire protection rates ask- jed for by the Company would have brought the earned return \to $23,600 or 63 percent had they been in force throughout that year, As a result of a jsmall increase in the rate base land a substantial increase in an- nual expenses the actual return jfor the year ended March 31, 1959, was, according to figures adequately controlled, some recognition should be given | the Company to the inadequacy if protection service result- excessive domestic con- sumption. The Commission therefore does not accept for filing ‘the’ ‘rates *as submitted but (subject to the conditions required in the next para- graph) would be prepared to accept for filing a schedule specifying such rates and pro- viding also for a reduction of 30 percent until such time as 50 percent of the ordinary con- sumers in the whole area sery- ed by the Company shall be on metered service and there- after of 15 percent until such time as all such ordinary con- sumers shall be on metered ser- vice. SPECIAL CHARGE As regards the complaint of the White Rock Ratepayers As- sociation and the Old Age Pen- sioners Association that when metering is applied to small consumers the minimum rates will be too high, the Commis- sion accepts the view that, dur- ing the immediate future per- iod of perhaps two years, when |the entire system is being con- submitted by the Company and checked by the staff of the Commission, 4.2 percent, and with fire protection rates would have been 5.5 percent CHARGE TO CONSUMERS The two municipalities con- cerned objected to paying any rates for fire protection on the ground that the franchise |agreement of 1922 obligated the Com; to jnstall hydrants whic all have a capacity of not less than two inches and shall be connected to a two inch or larger main” ‘The agree- |verted to metered service, it | would be unduly discriminatory |to charge unmetered custom- ers less than the minimum for jmetered customers. The Com- |pany might have met this prob- |lem by ‘proposing’ an increase in the flat rate, or an elimina- |tion of the discount, but it has jnot done so. The Commission considers that the discrimina- tion during the transitional per- jiod should be eliminated by adoptine charge for ‘very small users. |The acceptance by the Commis- a special “minimum * ment,however, says nothing as |Sion for filing of the new fire to the charges which the Com-| Protection rates will therefore pany might make and is not,|be conditional on the filing by in the opinion of the Commis-|the Company of a special min- sion, a bar to reasonable charg- | imum rate for metered domestic es in accordance with the “Pub- | Consumers of $2.50 for not more lic Utilities Act,” the effect jthan 650 cu. ft The normal of which would be to reduce |™minimum may then be retained the charges which the Company | for consumption over 650 cu would otherwise be entitled to|ft but not over 1,000 cu ft make to domestic consumers. It is not anticipated that the The municipalities further |impact of the Companys’ total contended that many standpipes |revenues of such a revision of and some hydrants had such low | minimum rates will seriously af- pressure as to virtually unfit|fect the Company in carrying for use, particularly during the|on its operations and finance summer months when domestic |ing the necessary improvements. consumption was unrestricted. |In the long run, ie. after the The progressive use of meier-|transitional period, the whole ing and the improvements of | the Company's facilities shouid | reduce the force of this com-}| plaint. But it is necessary to | decide what charge is reason-| able at the present time DON’T ACCEPT RATES | For a system which was com-) Pletely adequate for both dom- stic and fire protection pur | poses a high proportion of the rate base might be assigned for | fire protection. For the system question of domestic rates will have to be examined to ensure that they are in accordance with the “Public , Utilities Act.” Exact date ‘for this purpose |will, however, not be available until complete system metering has been in operation for a full year. In accordancé with the usual practice, it is ordered/ that the costs of the Commission of and incidental to the hearing shall In response to mouth watering | ®t White Rock which has some!be paid by the Company. \ro i Phone WI. 8-9701 WHEN IT’S A MATTER OF FORMS, SEE US! We design forms to fit your business and expedite hem to perfection... de- liv ur operations , . . print ev, them promptly at | 14961 Be cyracauny ae. > 14899 Washington Ave. — ately 140 tons? Don't believe it? Then will you when asked 10, a gun pointed to your head, . a W. F. MeCLINTOCK. tpn et le ir Shee seme ew a RO, i