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Democracy and the Franchise

As election time draws near Mr., Mrs, or Miss Average
Citizen have a plain duty laid squarely on their shoulders.

Zt is to sce that they and all others they can influence,
wall get out and vote on June 10.

When Canada went to the polls in 1953 it was reported
that 2,500,000 citizens failed to cast a vote. This is surely a
point beyond, or below, which it would be national suicide
to go.

When we look around the world today and note the
confusion, the evasion of responsibility, and the apathy on
the part of so many it is often hard to realize they are adults
With supposedly adult re-actions to signals of danger. And
one very great danger today is that we will eventually lose
the freedom for which our franchise stands.

Maybe it's too much to hope for that between now and
June 10, thousands of our fellow-Canadians will lose their
@pathy and decide, this time, they'll get out and vote.

If they do, we'll change our minds and begin viewing
the future, not with alarm, b ut with some semblance of op- |
timism.

. .
The old saying “Up tw the skis in meory, down to the
@arth in practice is just as true woen appilea to communi-
hes @ mt is in the case of individuals.
hever peen a

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“Adventure in Two Hemi-
spheres,” by James and Carrie
Marshall of Vancouver.

It covers the expedition to
the Pacific by Captain Van-
couver, sponsored by the Brit-
ish Government, during the
early years of the seventeen
nineties, Vancouver was plac-
ed in command of the sloop
of war Discovery 340 tons,
with a complement of 100
men, she was accompanied
by the tender Chatham, 135
tons, with a crew of
sailed from gland on April

New Zealand
an Islands they
Pacific Ce
in

on the
America
spring of 1792 and commenced

arrived

North the

of

st from C;

1792,
with

the

botanist
so named
of

the
the expedition.
b because

On June 12 at 5 a.m., leay-
ing the ships at Birch
Vancouver set out with a yawl
and a launch in command of
Lieutenant Puget. They ex-
plored Semiahmoo and Boun-
dary Bays landing for lunch

tty }0M Point Roberts which Van-
either, no matter how attractive or beautitul tne community |@

or ine person may be.

7, shly {Commander of the Discovery.
No community On the Pacific Coast has been more richly |

endowed by nature with beauty of natural setting and cli- |
mate than White Hock,

Yet an that very fact lies one of our greatest dangers.
it is that as a community we rely on the bounteousness of
mature and do little to bring our human standards up to
her level.

We all know towns, or cities, or communities, with little
to offer from the standpoint of natural beauty or weather.
But these same communities remain in the minds of visitors
@5 progressive and enterprising. |

They have none of the “banana belt” or “manana” atti- |
tude towards community under‘ gs. They make their
practice live up to their theory, and sometimes go far be-
yond it,

If anyone in White Rock demands a case in point in
this whole matter, let him remember the inaugural ball re-
sently sponsored by the local Jaycees to mark the birth date
4 White Rock as a city. |

It matters not that the week was a busy one, nor that
some people may have thought such a ball should have been
held after the election of te tirst Council. Nor should it
matter that a strong anti-incorporation feeling prevailed |
here before the vote for self-government was taken.

What did matter was that many official visitors attend-|
€d to represent neighbouring towns or cities, and only a
pathetic handful of White Rock residents turned out to greet
and meet them.

*If we want to live this down in the eyes of our neigh-
bours we had better start righ t now on practising before we

. . .
iT RAINED ON THE HOLIDAY.

What's to do in this Place, when it's raining all day long?

Rain is called “pennies’from heaven” according to the song,

That's right for sure in any case, when a dry spell we
have had.

The gardens and the lawns need rain, yes, need it real baa, |

But anyway a rainy day, is not for a place like this,

By that I mean for holidays, rain is one thing we could mis.

For there's nosplace in Particular, for amusement we can
£0,

So we stay indoors and read, while

the ladies knit or sew.
Those who have television sets,

can at least be entertained,

But with clear skies they'd do othe » if just it hadn't
rained. ,

Of course, we like the rain at times, but not on holidays,
we'd say,

The seaside is no place to be, on any rainy day.

W. F, McCLrn
.

Tides of White Rock District

May TimeHs. Time Ht, Time Ht Time Ht

20 Th, 0 10,9 12:38 1,2

31 F. ' 1.3

June ‘Time Ht. Time Ht. Time He Time Ht.

1 Sa. 5:58 13.0 20:57 15.5 10.7°-13:17 1.5
2s. 634 125 21:39 15.5 2:26 103 14:04 -2 “4
3M. 156 31% 22:21 154 3:30 9.7 14:50 3.3
Tu" 8:15114 23-03 153 4.41 87. 15:41 45
ue 10-52 10.7 23:48:15.2 5:51 74 16 39 6.2

1233 10.2 B i 7

(Tides 6:55 61 17:43 7.8

St Crescent sre 20 minutes

4 c "
Rock. Ret Nits Ral nea: in advance of White
° *

nson. Standard Time),
.

couver named after a form
The late Professor Henry of
UBC., the author of
standard botany for this pro-
nee, told me he was con-
vinced the party landed for
breakfast on the beach below
his garden at Ocean Park

Tt was customa for the

‘SPRING ON AN ARCTIC
ISLAN by Katherine
Scherman.

Here ts an absorbing account

of a scientific expedition in

1954 to Bylot Island, 450 miles

north of the Arctic Circle in

the Canadian Eastern Arctic.

Axel and Katherine Scherman

with their friend Rosario Maz-

zeo, who are amateur ornitho-
logists, organized the expedi-
tion, and with several other

Americans, who were trained

ntists with experience in

Northern field work. sought

to study wild life on the is

jland. Certainly there wa
work to be done, and pe
haps years would be ne

{Sary to go fully into all the

= and habits of the birds

seals. They flew to Ot-

with an untold quan-

of provisions and equip-

jm ot. and what a loa® They

jhad 3000 Ibs. of canned and

dehydrated
kerosene, 6

foods, gasoline.

primus stoves, 1
Coleman stove, tents, i-
cal equipment. a shovel,
axe, snow hoes, ice
climbing rope, radios, willow
stake: ky radio

mammal.

inition,
rproof clothing. |
Baffin Is-
ached
began

work determined
fashion, the doctor studying |
the condition of the Eskimos
who came to the post to trade.
He found some

ina

tuberculosis.
many with colds and occasion-
al cases of arthritis Bad eyes
were common, but on the
whole they were a healthy lot
of people. Katherine tells us
how the young minister built
his mission house, He combin-
ed his ministerial duties with
that of part-time schoolmai-
ter, teaching the children Eng-
sh. Arithmetic and Geo-
ie in-
had

; Know Yours coe
British Columbia
Captain Vancouver in Semiahmoo Bay.

By “DOM.”

Recently I was reading ajCaptain when charting the
very interesting book entitled |coast to

5. They |

the |

On The Bookshelf |

start out very
early in small boats landing
for breakfast on some point
of land about 8 am. Unfor-
tunately the records do not
mention this landing on the
day in question. It is interest-
ing to remember that they
crossed that morning the 49th
parallel which has since be-

two friendly nations,

After lunch they tried to
ail directly to Point Grey but
were impeded by extensive
jshoals filled with logs and
roots of trees, They were for-
ced by what we now know a
the summer freshet of the
ise to land on one of the
Gulf Islands for the night
reachi Point Grey, named
by Vancouver after a naval
|captain, the next day June 13
They obtained some large
sturgeon from some Indians
they met, in consequence they
jealled the area between Point
Roberts and Point Grey, Stur-

geon Bank, never izing
they had crossed the mouth
jof a great river.

The same was true of the

aniards whom they met at

Spanish Banks. Jose Maria
vaez explored the same
region the year before and

could not find the great river
yet at Point Grey they were
only a short distance from the
jnorth arm of the Fraser.
These few excerpts gleaned
from this most delightful
book may be of interest to
Some of your readers in White
Rock and Surrey.
Crescent Beach, B.C.
Martin W.

Holdom.

;“LIVING OFF
TRY,” by.
gier.

Now. that Spring is well ad-
vanced the great outdoors will
|be calling to innumerable B.C.
|people. Here js a book which
any outdoor man will find
helpful, should he some day
find himself unfortunate
enough to be lost in the woods.
The author divides his book
Hinto four very interesting
"parts;  sustenanc warmth,
orientation and safety. The
St includes such “delicacies’
as dragon flies, grubs found
under rotten logs, crickets, liz-
jards, roast antlers, rawhide
and spruce tea! rtainly he
mentions the ell-known
jmeatsand fish which abound
in the forests and rivers, and
with a little knowledge and
|foresight, one could live for a|
reasonable time in the woods. |
There are also plants
which may
vegetables, a
ing tea. A whole chapter is de-
|voted to fish and to
fish traps

Bill

THE COUN-
Bradford An-

making |
Carter, \
| Pc R trapper
that “When I
Mounted Police,
ment we got wa
and a pointed

Sourdough |
tells us
joined the
all the equip-
a@ paper bag

. we used

the bag to boil the stick
: and if |,

» son, you
é There is
also a chapter called Thirst.”
4nd how to locate and purify
Water

Part two is called “Warmth,”
¢ tO light fires, the making
helters, and the choice of |t
ing. also. keeping warm
with feathers and furs

Part three includes “stay-

sjern could profit thereby, and

ja tm two-deck patking - area.

agree with the idea that the
G.

of lawn” between the pier and
the station, is a park area and
does not belong to the rail-
way company, Many thanks |05
for your kind letter.
Rock appreciates your atti- | te

having you as a resident.

4

‘ture all around the world,
which for people like myself
were always eagerly antici-
pated and brought a tinge of
romance (in the true sense of

come the boundary between|/that word, not in its present

day corrupted meaning) into
the work-a-day world. And
there's one comfort his
stories will still live—for un-
like lots of other adventurers
he got them written down.

SEEMS we can never get
away from tourist talk in
| White Rock. Thats understand-
lable, too, since a major por-
tion of our income derives di-
» Or indirectly, from the
ling public, be they from
near or far. Thus it is heart-
ening to learn that Canada’s

LETTERS 10

7121 N. Denver Ave,
Portland 17, Oregon.
May 19, 1957.
To the Editor.
Semiahmoo Sun.
Dear Sir:
The possibilities of White
Rock are evident more and
more every day—it is a great
place to live and play and is
blessed with good air to
breathe and bright, even-tem-
perature weather conditions.
No wonder folks are contem-
plating spending their “sunset
years” in such environment,
myself included.

I notice on periodic trips to

White Rock the many im-
provements being progressive-
ly made, such as modern

buildings, beautiful homes and
paint-up jobs, not to mention
district roads and streets—but
why doesn't the Great North-
€rn paint the station? They
could help brighten their
place of business; after all,
they get their share of returns
to and fro through White
Rock. I notice their stations
along the line going south are
kept painted white and clean
and they are hardly used for
lack of business. But the G.N.
Station in White Rock is a
bee-hive of activity many
times a day, and it ought to
look the part.
White Rock
beaches and parking problems
in season are something to be
coped with. There again the
Great Northern could help by
allowing
t piece of lawn property
between pier and station; mo-
torists would gladly pay nom-
inal fee for parking privileges c
and the city and Great North- |5,

pay for construction of a mo-

But first
Railros
fix
eve;
Rock.

of all, Mr. GN.
i, please paint up and
up your station, to the
Sting praises of White

is

Cc. Ww.
Editor's Note:

Boardman,
We heartily

$$$ $$$

then found, on my suggestion -

ed and one four leafed cloy-
er,

= again on my statement where
lives off her /to seek them, within 5 min-
utes,
clovers. All these within the
Fairy
Further it appears to me T
double-deck use of |3r near approaching the time
when the Campbell Fairies
will gather the Clans to help
us to drill for Oil, ete.,

Scotland, bearing the word
Oil’ thereon. 7

of interest too, but the

‘Occult ee
through our lives, —
A,

than they did last year.
This and That
POI ene
SCHOOL BOY HOWLERS.
The greatest miracle in the
;Bible is when Joshua told his

|Son to stand still and he obey-
éd him.

The driver's license exami-
ner was taking a test ride
with an applicant, A woman
driving the car ahead put her
hand out of the window.
|. “See that?” asked the exam-
iner. “What does that mean?”

“Only one thing for sure,”
Said the applicant. “The win-
dow’s open!”

THE EDITOR

a
But I had better go back a

day or so. Yet must mention

in this connection, of what T
am about to reveal.

For long years past I have ~
found specimens of rocks in
the shape and form of the
Human Foot. All these are
unmistakeable, with per-
chance some imagination to
sult the weaker ones, such as
Jack of a definite Heel,

On the 2ist May past I
found another such ruck foot.
Not a very good one, however,
compared to many of the
others. Yet there it is,

I submitted about a dozen

of these t> the Curator of j
Vancouver Public Museum, f
thinking they would greatly

interest the public and the

school children _ especially. t
The Museum people appeared f
to definitely not be interested.
I, of course, still hold my
fairy feet. The specimen is in
the perfect form of the Gnome
Ear. It once contained a dia-

mond.
On the 22nd May again I
found two excellent large

four leaf clovers, Mrs. Bell

to seek them, two five leaf-

Our neighbour's daughter,

found 11 four leafed

Glen Clover Patch.

as
lose to White Rock as Lots 9
nd 10 here.

Thave an old hotel key from '

There is attached as!

almest lacking Faith in
World | und +

tation here badly needs:
a face-lifting, As for the park-

lie “piece |The Editor.
ng, We understand the “piece thmoo Sun.
Dear Sir;

¥ :

White | 1
ude and will look forward to |™

seme

1782 Bergstrom Row

ing found, knowing where you
Gre. compass reading, camping
and signalling, and Betting out
by yourself!

Tho last part comprises get-
ting and keeping out of trou-
ble, emergency aid. backwoods
medicine, and val kit;
and the book finishes with |}
jenn ready” which after all |B
is @ very pleasant part of all.
holiday activities. tee 38 2»

To the Editor,
Semiahmoo Sun.
Dear Sir;

name

‘Fairies or F
them.

15181 Columbia
May: