~ HeftyBaby Boy
Born with White
Rock City

A few hours after the
pirth” of the young |
White Rock, Monday, April 15, }
a baby boy arrived. at White |
Rock Hospital, to be the first
baby born under the new Te-

The Semiahmoo oun

. & White Rock Weekly

ide, Ocean Park, Crescent Beach,
Newton, and Surrounding Districts,

Serving White Rock, Sunnys
Panorama Ridge, Colebrook,

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+ Ee “White Rock, Exe, , Thursday, April 25th, 1957

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Vol. 19) No. 17.

gime.
Baby Douglas Blaine
dail, who weighed: in
uinds on the hos
as born at 9.06 6
Rock officially was
12.01 am |

Ken-

js their third child, the others

being Judy aged 10 Let

Wendy, aged 4.
Maternal graridparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Whittle, }
Pacific Ave, and paternal jas
are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kendall. | wt
Stayte Road Dr,
ge was the physician
charge of the birth:
Anothi coincidence of
event is that the babys aunt
Miss Connie W! hittle, was t :
first “Miss White Rock” toot
enter the PNE beauty and |
talent contest under the title /5¢
f home-town- All former
entrants had gone
“Miss Surr

in |ce:

1W:
al

the

Enumerators Busy

In White Rock
Enumerators for W
which is in the el
of New
day
vot ;
June 10 Federal |,

ing for t
Election,

district i
plete all returns

turning Officer
April 27
Electoral district also in-

des Langley, Sur

City Council
Holds First

Business Session

First business meeting of
the new White Roc City
Council, Thursday, April 18,
was highlighted by appoint-
ment of officials and commit-

augural ball.
Standing committess ap:
pointed by Provislonal Mayo

and Alex Mitchell; publi

man, and W. C. Shields; fir
and police, Ald. Mitchel)

chairman, and E. © Whit
health and welfare, Mayor D
fieux.

OFFICIALS

‘Westminster, was named c

appraiser, was appointed

committee will interview

tor. Mayor
eee Ue

Impressi

R, J. % jand impre

.|Justice Hi

the

under the |¥°
. 5

“The keynote of the young
city’s future relationship to its

be in the hands of District Re- ity of Surrey, was struck by |f
Albert Beatty Reeve R. Nesbitt, when he

tees, permission granted for |
the city’s first fag day and
discussion of plans for an in- |

©. M. Defieux were: finance, |
William Hodgson, chairman, |

works, William Offer, chair-|

chairman, and Ald) Hodgson; |
office buildings, equipment}
and personnel, Len Parker,

NOB. Seunders, former as-}
sistant accountant for New

clerk and treasurer, and John |
Neill, also formerly. employed |
in the Royal City as senior |

sessor. ~ Application for» City
Auditors by Griffiths and :

Griffiths, chartered “account- i ’ Two White Rock ©
ants, was referred to the fin-
ance committee. Public works

applicant an Ne position of
Bac. z
plumbing iiding inspec- Justice Harry Sullivan administers the tion. Taking the oath are; Aldermen Wm.

Mr. Justice Sullivan’

Serr eat |

By C.N.A,

For some of the participants
well as for many of thc
ho witne: he dignified

| which has now become

trict, his birthplace

conducted by Mr.
rc |“growing up place” gave

ry Sullivan,
hite Rock's f
derman, on

remony

| gathering.
“The day of the cory

a eee and c¢
attle for local autonomy and
lf-rule. For some terans.

gan a long time ago.
speaker declared.

traced the
ing of
from

white man
landing of

arent district, the Municipal-

said, “We will continue to live | A decisive step
and work together as brothers .
and sisters, in the future as |.
we have in the past.”
Ex newspaperma

Mayor of Wh

ns for the P.N.E. Mr. Justice |tre Society which wal

mien |Sullivan is a native of Surrey. tigate every aspect of the pro- |000. Some $200,000 was raised
but eloquent address, | Garner Studio Photo lby a money by-law, $20,000
bute to all those men = _ | ‘The Society will be headed /given by Hastings Community

; vices and their kind co-op2r- derstanding of all.” by White Rock Board of Trade | Association and another $20-

ation, Until now we have been| Mayor Deficux closed with

towards
one family. Now White Rock the timely lines from the 127th

delegates are Warren

this day.
His speech also sounded has a house of its own.” Psalm: - “Except the Lord |t€F
the right note of neighbour-| “My Lord, Ladies and Gen- buildeth the city, the puilder | 2°

the
{and V. W, Plant. The

is not a closed body a
Jone interested in the
is still invited to take

face future, labours in vain;
the continuing Lord keepeth the c

liness, for he thanked the |tlemen
Reeve and municipal staff1 would ask
“for the continuation of ser-!patience and sympathetic un- watchman waketh in v

|Mooi Banquet Room
|W hite Rock Mayor C.

r|

|presentatives attended.

ie
|need for a Community

e
1, |

e:|
e-

sporting nature to fill

ity |

as-|

an today following # violent rear~

bath of office to the six Aldermen of White
Offer; Len Parker; W. C. Shields; C.
net- ie City, From left: Judge Sullivan; Les- White; Alex Mitchell and Wm. oa B
Brice, Supervisor of Civic Administra- Garner Studio Photo.

—

it was felt|and District Dental Clinic. 1
i - labelled such tag days as a A four-man delegatl s
Sidewalks, |Surrey Cosine he had elready ;“polite racket.” He felt child- presenting White Rock J Sanka

for the jren's allowance cheques should Chi Comm appear
of eee a to hold the tag day in |cover dental cae is fed. before, (Cousell is outlin
erat nee Ce eae a
a ie defence of e to our the
Pease Clinic, stating they did “won- and City, a
discussion derful work" tn the alstrict. |" Vic Kerr, spo
William Offer JAYCEE BALL (Continued «

ve Ceremony For 1
~ = First Mayor And Aidermen

dress most appropriately |
traced the history of the area era in 1846, pointing out that

newest city. His profound | were held in Semiahmoo Vili-
knowledge of the whole dis- |age

jthe “family” feeling of the | were sworn in.

birth of your city is an Impor- |Chamber that night,, when at
|tant one but it is well for all|the first council session, pre-
of us to remember that the sided over by Mayor Defieux,
real history of White Rock be- | Alderman Len Parker, former

And Mr. Justice Sullivan |motion that By-law No: 1 be
story of the com-j|given first reading.

| Jose Narvaez, the Spanis
plorer, who met Captain Van- |Saunders and assessor John
couver in Semiahmoo Bay in|Neil were introduced:

Community Centre Society
Formed To Study Project

> Rock City, | | senate a Community Civic;Hastings East Community
Sullivan, of the B.C. Sup-|Centre for White Rock was Centre, upon which the pro-
the new city offices, Wednes-|taken Tuesday with the set-|posed White Rock project
nt of White Rock, Mr. Defieux |ting up of a temporary

President Ken Binning. Other |000 by the Vancouver Park

ter, Max Zack, Wilf Hurd, Ian|Centre is $17,000; of which
ila. George Alcock, Vin /$14,000-is paid by the ‘Park
Coyne, Mrs. A. P. Atkinson Board and $3,000 by the As-

Guest speakers at the pub- Council would give sympathe-
llic’ meeting held at-the Silver ‘tie consideration to any re-

|fieux and Vancouver architect

|Charles Steyens. Some 20) in-
dividuals and service club re- | were behind such a project.

end car collision at J

3 20: a eed
(1792, through the Boundary

B.C.’s |the first Boundary meetings
and City Solicitor Lorne Jackson
anew |presided until the new Council

| History was made again in
porate |the new, temporary Council

Chairman of the Incorpora-
tion Committee, made the first

the

here,| Leslie Brice, was appointed
Maria |Supervisor of Civic Admini-
sh Ex-|stration and City Clerk, Neil

towards; Giving cost of the “new

ry Cen-} jcould be modelled, Mayor De-
1 inves- |fieux said total cost was $209,-

Slaugh- |Board. Annual budget of the ¢

Society | sociation.
nd any-| The Mayor said he was
Centre speaking as a private citizen,
part. j|but added he was sure City

were requests by the Society to hold
M. De-|a money-law referendum,
|providing the Society could
show the majority of citizens

Mr. Stevens outlined |

Moon Banquet Room, were of purchasing suitable

Centre |building. and

in White Rock greater thanjof a Centre; giving history
that of any area in Vancou-
ver. His Worship pointed out}felt the Centre should be con-—
White Rock does not have as
many forms of amusements Or
such calendar eyents of a against White

of all Vancouver Centres. He

structed on Park pr of +h
about 10 acres and caut

Jeisure |complete te

time as Vancouver has: ily.

esidants injuri

are reported improving in|,
White Rock District pe