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2 WHITE ROCK SUN

WHITE ROCK SUN

(Formerly The Semiahmoo Sun)
Printed by White Rock Printers & Publishers Ltd,

Office located at 14899 Washington Avenue - Phone WI. 8-970)
Vincent E. Coyne, Editor

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H. Scott Kennedy, Production Manager
B.C. Division of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association,
B.C. Weekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau,
Vancouver Office: 508 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1959

Take the Tracks, Too

There has been a great deal of talk lately regarding the
realignment of the Great Northern Depot at White Rock but
nothing has been said about the tracks that do so much to

spoil he potential of this resort city.

If the railway depot goes, so should the tracks.
greatef hazard than the one that already exists would be created
if the depot was moved to the International Border, as has been
rumoured, and the tracks were left along the waterfront here

‘Trains pass through much of the beach area at a high rate

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of speed at the present time, but at least they must slow down

and eventually stop at the station, which is in the centre of the
most congested area as far as beach goers and small children
are concerned. Should the station be re-located and the tracks
remain, trains would pass through White Rock at a much higher
rate of speed and we venture to say it would not be long before
a fatality would be recorded. \

We join with many others in opposing the mooted station
move if the tracks are to remain. We would welcome, how-
ever, the remoyal of both depot and tracks as this waterfront
would then be available for the type of tourist development
White Rock is always trying to encourage.

The proposed move is said to be in its “early stages.”
been in its “early stages” since about 1949 and present indica-
tions are it will remain in that infant predicament for some
time yet

The Department of Transport has assured the city that if
application is made for realignment of the Great Northern Deport,
the people of White Rock will have the opportunity to voice an
opinion. It might be wise to start forming that opinion now,
just in case that application is made a little sooner than expected.

. * $ :
Another ‘First’ for The Ladies

Ladies Auxiliary to White Rock District Hospital officially
opened its bright, new Superfluity Shop Wednesday and White
Rock can write another ‘first’ in its records for the women of
this district

The many groups that make up the Hospital Auxiliary are
responsible for the financing of the spacious shop on Vidal Street
and every Auxiliary member should indeed feel proud of the
part they played in making the building a reality.

Same $6,000 per year has been made available to the Hos-
Pital through the Superfluity Shop and the Auxiliary is again
seeking the support of White Rock and South Surrey residents
in attempting to increase this amount. Any donation of merch-
andise that may be sold will be welcomed by the auxiliary.

Let us nof overlook the planning and assistance given to the
Auxiliary by the Trustees and Administrator of the White Rock
District Hospital. The excéllent co-operation between the Aux-
iliary and the “Trustees has no doubt quickened the completion
date of the Superfluity Shop.

Finally, a salute to the construction foreman, Gordon Stew-

art, who has ‘ked untiringly in organizing volunteer labor
Parties an been on the job constantly since work com-|
menaced

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‘
Tron Lung Full of Cure’

B.C. Foundation for Child Care, Poliomyelitis and Rehabil-
itation, sponsored by the Kinsmen Clubs throughout this proy-
ince, has 2 message of vital importance for all adults up to the
age of 40 years. Here is the message. Read it carefully then
help your local Kinsmen Club to fight this dreaded disease. |

‘Now that the Provincial Department of Health has made
free Salk vaccine available for all up to 40 years of age, our
Joint objective 6f having everyone vaccinated against polio can |
be met. However, this will require an all-out effort on the part|
of every man and woman as there is no vaccine to prevent Bub}
Jie complacence

“Too few persons realize that polio epidemics can oceur |
unless a large percentage of adults are vaccinated

“Your Foundation, which has provided the rehabilitation
needs of thousands of polio victims, including corrective surgery,
physical and occupational therapy and expensive appliances, is
setting up a major educational campaign to urge everyone to
obtain the preventive vaccine now. An amount of $25,000 has
been budgeted for this purpose

“There is no cure as yet for polio, which has long ceased to
be a children’s disease. Last year in. Manitoba alone, 100 per.

4 a 19 go to the beach,” a
sons were polio victims because not enough Manitobans ma

advantage of that province's vaccine service,
happen in B.C.

An “ounce” of polio prevention is indeed worth an “iron
lung full of cure” This Organization has convinced the public
of the need for iron lungs and raised the funds to provide this
vital equipment. Now me must convince everyone of the neces-
sity for polio prevention. Without this conviction B.C. will not
respond adequately to the polio vaccine program,

This must ao!

G.N. R’L’Y DEPOT
So they are considering moving the depot, where,
To the International Border, that’s over there, *
Near Blaine, really a surprise, let's ask why,
For to this well known landmark, is it good-bye
At Jeast we are entitled to know the reason that
We should lose the depot, let’s prepare to bat.
Surely there's no mystery, sub judice, or hush hush,
We're an up and growing city, no longer in the bush.
No doubt they'll produce figures of freight and express
And revenue frem passengers, are they all getting: less,
If they do remove the depot, will the Customs alsa go,
Immigration offices, et cetra, such we ought to know.

An ever

It has |

Lefters to the Editor

Little Ann Turnes admires

embroidered in red gold —as
ing and individual hassocks,

the rear compartment of the

Cadillac Fleetwood Sedan which has been adapted and spe-
cially fitted for the Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Philip. Two individually powered rear seats, upholstered in
silver grey McLaughlin Carriage cloth, are features of the rear
compartment of the car. Matching cushions and a lap rug of
the same material — the latter carrying the Royal Crest

well as grey mouton floor cover-
complete the decor of the rear

A CAR FOR A QUEEN

compartment, The car is also specially equipped yin trio. se
conditioning units, powered sliding sunshine roo! Leet
remote control radio knob at the Queen’s right Hap weer

top, left, is a rear view of the exterior of the Roya! ealllee
which illustrates the detachable bubble of optically ae oe
plexiglass. It can be remoyed or installed in minutes. aot,
left shows the car emerging from one of the RCAP’s =a
“Flying Boxcars" which will transport it to many Canadian
points and to Chicago during the Royal Tour.

Not Association
Editor, White Rock Sun.
|Dear Sir,

| The meeting held recently at
|the Tara, Re. the King George
Highway, was in no way con-
nected with the King George
Highway Improvement Associa.
tion

Yours truly,
Agnes Grandi
Secretary-Treasurer

What Does Sign Mean?

Editor, White Rock Sun. |
Dear Sir, |

Today at the corner of F St. |
and Columbia I met a harassed |
motorist

“Pease lady, tell me how to
get to Gene’s Motel on Wash-
ington?” His car was facing
east on Columbia and
directed him west, he said: “Oh,
no, that is a one way street.”

Blinking my surprise as I
Watehed cars speeding both
Ways I satisfied him by direct-
ing him all the way to Maple
to Washington and west.

Then I said to myself, this |
T must see, and on the corner
ef Johnston and Columbia I saw
an arrow pointing south to
a footpath with a sign reading
one way |
“One Way.” Not being a molor-|
ist I did not solve that riddle, |
and was soon confronted with
enother harassed motorist. This
time there’ were a number of |
youngsters. The driver was
irying to manipulate the dan-
gerous corner gt Royal and Mar-
tin

"It this the only way to the
beach?” he said, and turned up
Martin towards the alternate
vutes I pointed out.

As I continued down the hill
I looked back at the car and
imagined the conversation
Perhaps above the clamour of
the children's voices “we want
stern pur-
Lat's 40

nital volce said
home,”

Now it is not fair to throw |
a brick bat at our city coun-|
cil and forget about it. As young
and inexperienced they are
bound to make some mistakes
such as hailing peorte into
euurt needlessly (reference to
letter in your June 4) or issu
ing and cancelling licences
without sufficient knowledge.
After all, the only one who
makes no mistakes is the one
who does nothing

What I would like to point
jout is that each citizen has a
duty in making our wonderful
beach accessiblg {0 visitors.

Beginning at” our highways
end continuing at strategic cor
ners beach signs should be
paced and understood. Will
some one please tell me what
that sign at Johnston and Col-

So far it's in the “early stazes.”" no definite form" we're told
‘Will we find out later we were “down the river sold.”
W. F. McCLINTOCK

umbia means so I can explain

}for your a

jWork and a disg

Thanks from Hospital

Editor, White Rock Sun.
Dear Sir,

| Tam directed by the Trustees

of the Hospital Board and our

| Women's Auxiliary to thank you z |
istance to our Soc-| Mark Twain once wrote about| sod faith

ety In the building of the new
Superfluity Shop at 1137 Vidal

|Street.
|

This building on completion
vall be operated for the Hospital
ociety by the Women’s Auxil-

of the Hospital. The Super-

|fluity Shop in the past has al-|

Ways been a wonderful asset
both to the community and to
the hospital. ‘The permanence
of location of the shop, now
assured through the erection of
the building will assure the
continuance of this effort.

Approximately $6,000 per an-

as I) num has been the revenue made |what I said, so where

available through the operation
cf the Superfluity Shop in the
past. There is every expecta-

ion this revenue will increase, }.

and is certainly now assured

through your help, making avail-|

able to our hospital the neces
sary funds to maintain hospital
equipment; purchase new equip-
ment as needed and so maintain
a high standard of patient care
Once again thanking you for

your valuable assistance, to the
hospital and the community.

Yours very truly,

R. A. Williams,

Hospital Administrator

Denies Editorial
Editor, White Rock Sun,
Dear Sir, :
In an editorial in your paper

ent
di. As I work in
this locality and sell for a liv-
ing, I will not stand for this.
Here is what I said at the meet
ing you wrote about

1. That the King George
Mighway is a ribbon of pateh
ace for the
Western entry to Canada from
USA

2. That if the small percen
tage of traffic using the tunnel
highway dese 4 lanes, then
» does the large percentage of
affic who prefer the road
down through Newton,

&. That the peopl
have the whole Sta
ington, with all i
therefore the Ame:
take kindly to a 60
sion to Vancouver,

4. That the hill from the
Nieomekl River to Sunnyside
floesn't even have a slow traffic
lane.

5. That I have helped the
Wounded and seen the dead on
tie King George Highway and
there in enough traffic on it to
Justify 4 lanes,

6. That the people of this
province already haye enough
width for 4 Janes here without
spending millions more for land.

of B.C,
of Wash-
roads free,
ns will not
nis admis:

it to the next tourist,
_ Yours truly,
RB. V. Brydon,

7. That I asked Mr. Gaglardi
what would he do if the tunnel
highway opened, and the major:

ity of motorists still preferred
{to drive via Newton, and he
‘said “When this happens thai’s
|when he will attend to 4 lanes
on the KGH

Now, Mr Editor that’s what
I said, and there were over 100
| witness
ed our arguments for a 4 lane
highway, you just wrote a spee
fal editorial to disgrace me

jwhen we take away a maw’
right to disagree with the go:
Jernment when he thinks it
|wrong we have lost everything,
jor something to this effect
lhaextowe erent something Mr.
\Editor that will astonish you

Mr. Cohen and I wanted the
neeting for the people who
signed our petition to 4 Jane the
\iast 12 miles of the King Geo)
|to the junction, and neither Me
|Cohen nor I invited Mr. Massey,
jand how it got in your paper
{it was a public meeting is a
mystery to me

Now the foregoing is exactly

ernment? What I said is true
Sincerely yours,

Bill Conner.

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Answers Tories
Editor, White Rock Sun
Dear Sir,

I note in the last issue, June
11, of the’ White Rock Sun, a
letter from the Oak Bay Pro-
‘gressive Conservative Provine
ial Campaign, wherein — the
|quote remarks by Mr. J. A. A
jGeorge, Conservative candidate
in the Oak Bay riding, regard-
ling the WennerGren Mineral
|Survey

Mr. George says “When I ask
ed, last December, if it were
{not British Columbia's mineral
jaud timber wealth that inter
ested Mr. Wenner-Gren and his
fassociates, it was not an idle
}question.” T,will go along with
that, It was not an idle que:
tion, it was just a stupid on:
|because any one who though
|that.Mr, Wenner-Gren was oro-
‘posit build a monorail and
wdro-vlectric facilities if there
|was nothing in the
justify doing so, just was not
using the few brains with
jwhich the Creator supplied
them.

Mr. George says “Success in
jthe art of sleight-of-hand lies
jin the mastery of misdirection”
fie is quite right; and it would
appear that he has mastered the

art fairly well himself, for he
strikes off in the direction of
possible uranium deposits,

which ate speculative, and seeks
|to fasten the attention of the
|public thereto what time he
sidestops the real issue
Wonher-Gren did not get one
fonth of our province, AN he
HOt Was the right to explore ap:
\proximalely that area with an
jassuranee that thi would be
Ho “nuisance staking” in an area
that might be needed for hydro
development. ‘There is nothing
to stop anyone else from pro=
pecting the same area subject
to the same restrictions and
these restrictions apply to Wen-
her-Gren. If the Wenner-Gren
interests find anything worth.

Sthydro and con

did I
blast Mr. Gaglardi or the gov-

+|that ma

area to}

while in the area - and there
will be - they will have to com
ply with the same laws as any-
one else.

| As I understand the letter of
\intent, Wenner-Gren will re-
quire to commence develop-

s. You never mention-|ment and his railway by next

jyear or sacrifice the half mil
lion dollars he deposited with
the ‘government as a bond of
Assuming that he
dots as Mr. George suggests
and “abandons his railway and
entrates on the
|mineral and timber wealth, on
jwhich he has staked claims ac
cording to Mr, George, Wenner-
Gren will

be in the
predicament that he
quire to have some method of
transportation to get his haul
out of the district. Under the
| present laws of this province no
one can sit on claims indefin:
itely without contributing to the
welfare of province so chat
whether or not Wenner-Gren
foes to work himself, or depu-
es the work, the fact remains
that B.C. gains in development
It would be interesting to
ow what the attitude of Mr
rge and his associates would
ve been had it been the Con-
solidated Mining and Smelting
Co. which proposed to do what
Wenner-Gren proposes. 1 have
feeling that they would ha
fallen for that hook, line and
sinker merely because the CPR
is obstensibly a Canadian co
pany. And don’t forget that
the CPR got most of its back-
ing from New York in the in-
i ages of its development
s for this country.
Thos. J. Irwin

Good Editorial
Editor, White Rock Sun
Dear Sir,

Hearty congratulations to you
for your editorial “who was the
guest speaker?”

An outspoken editorial like

es one think of the
late Bob Edwards of the "Cat

'y Eye Opener,” and at times

needed

Paper to come out
from the shoulder,
you do it again, if, and

straight
} may
when occasion arises.

Yours very

sincerely,
| A, Rawlins.

Home or Holm?
White Rock Sun.
Sir,

T am writing your regarding
An article Which appeared in
the June 4 issue of your paper;
|(an article which T enjoyed
very much) about the progress
jmade by the management and
the ladies auxiliary of the
jCreseent Park - Holm Please
jNote the spelling of the name,

AS an occupant of this place
1 am interested in seeing its
hame spelled correctly. Thank
you Mrs. C. King,

EDITOR'S NOTE + Although this
development has in the past
heen known as Crescent Park
Holm, we were requested by
the writer of the article in
question to spell as “home”,

FEZSESs

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