| Class Mall, Post Office Dept, Ottawa e), Canada, $2.00 per year; USA $3.00 SICK ATKINSON, Editor and Publishor. ‘CORDAY M, ATKINSON, Associate Eadlitor. | Soe ‘Member BC Division of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and B.C. Weekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau Vancouver Office: 207 W. Hastings Our School and Hospital Building Programmes ‘The passage of the two By-laws on Satunlay by the voters ‘of Surrey is a clear indication that in the matter of both Hos- pital and school facilities..White Rock especially realized a crisis had to be averted. In the case of the hospital the vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the additional mill rate for the completing and equipping of our ‘very fine hospital building. Even residents in the north of the Municipality whose ownership of property in the White Rock area entitled them to vote, voted largely a Seas ‘This ty as it should be for White Rock has been so “hos- Pital minded” for over five years that the wish of all residents is to see their hospital open as soon as possible, With the school By-law or Referendum the issue was not Geeta wees etuh ta poasage the celta, In acnco! affairs is only partly averted. ‘There is no doubt that much of the difficulty which i creating such a critical condition in the educational policies ef the Province stems from the government’s long delayed Sear Perreten crass Since (the ‘abandonment ot the socalled Rolston formula little has been done to resolve the difficulty. Thus we saw, and still see in some quarters, Sear eare tases Enea Tc, IVGISAGAIaG. the Thigh (costs, of ting programmes in many sections of the province. = zon is still mot fully cleared. New legislation has been ised. but with no autumn session in Victoria no action eerie st aPaN Se stag 6111055) -Tatapayers/in\ miany eet et seit areleineasNie| hey) ia) cut for/some delay junlil the Provincial government made up its mind. The Building programme mapped’ out for Surrey is for} three years only. With the rapidly increasing population of EhalwholsUeresSthigizoaylwelll’prove ai'mere stop-gap, and a| fairly expensive one for the loc: tax-payer. It is surely up to the Provincial authoritics to find a RENEE Marsa Cae (quickly, as (possible. Civic Pride And Civic Housekeeping ROME estimaieal tna! ino tourist. industry represents almost thirty per cent of the total exports of esi Me Calcot ould nat loo moral tric than of White Rock which has unlimited natural attractions aehetetiieiicoery irlall ral whio|aaiac|Canatn al our, vory ston, ‘Tt ts just as true that there is not a resident of White Rock who does not benefit directly or indirectly from this im- eee Mras iat rtuallor bsinses man who says he receives no benefit has certainly not thought the matter Feta csoxing Peacilantiesousel 10 avoid ai ce sponsibility, Bechet mocreViand (sors visitors? Poshaps tho Beem Mies Miacastion couse Sei found iby pulsing’ oursolved in the shoes of the other fellow for a few minutes. i Seen NoyeeNinoviripaiyoul uavel (akon. Te Is. in ai) probabil, itis) clean (res6rtal and’ towns wilh altractive| parks you remember best. and the ones you will want to id and third tine, pe tee eal fo eal pe foc own city, ox lown\ but all taclitew psople nealizelorinccopt (thelr own. individual re- IEA EBAReIeIosaNeeplog Tiiog say, Ws uy (10 or the Public Works’ Department, and leave it at] hat. The job of everyone is to co-operate with the civic authori-| aisiskiag (Peatty//and) altractiag cur’ many viallors. OlA, eapaietad Vabedalong past thele. usefulness, fences in pees Of both paint and repairs, mud-coloured public buildings. aii are @ blot on the reputation of a good town. Wills Petsckthsaal many Beautifull Cowers znd’ gardens: No ne would deny list, We may have \comé a long way. But Paar Naletitla) long’ iroed aaa’ of us before. we reach tho con: (Aileen! lyse oeaty that the natural beauties of cur satting tema to demand, Certainly in this’ matter of making and Leophog nr Los (cleans and attractive: tha aadlsiance of overy realdcat. Ig aceamary. CIVIC VIRTUES. “Force of m civic virtue, allowed to go to seed," ‘These words in our local paper, which so many of us read,” Grech me tnoat impressively kept running through my mind, So I applied them to this town and what did I really find? Hirst take the workers tor our Hospital, there's civic virtue apd then some, Faithfully carrying on, since first the work wax begun. The promotors of our Vestival, wall deserve our words of praise, They too, ave many hour, of work, and money they must raise, ‘The Ratepayers’ Association, calls for work and thought and time, a For our civie needs are many, and so on down the fine, ‘Then take the Parent Teachers, upholding rights for schols A movt worthwhile civic virtue, tho’ the cost comes high Jn