Parks Brief calls for three Areas for Sport, Landscaping ; Hynds THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959 WHITE ROCK SUN 9 that in other cities and mun-, icipalities, playground and park bylaws are being endorsed. In melusion, { would like to from a speech by Paul ¥ , Superintendent of Parks, Seattle, I quote “Work and play are insepar- 3 that playgrounds and parks are frills and luxuries are not based on facts. These publicly owned areas and facilities in- erease the economy and pleas- ure of each and every one.” So it should be with us here in While Rock. Strive for the able, playgrounds and parks are the outward sign of democracy. We must endeavour to develop to’a high standard what we now have, we must constantly strive present afd prepare in some measure for the future, it is the feeling of the present Council that we beautify and improve our city, let us by all means at Ald, John Hynds, chairman sis well to review the basic pursjmake an area of approximately of the parks and recreation! poses we muat seck to serve]? acres which would be our committee of city council, hasjand provide, and how we must/major park within. the City prepared a brief urging develop endeavour to enlighten the gen:|RUTH JOHNSON PARK; would have in the fate spend today In anothe ar greater than what value we area of Ruth John ment of park sites in White /oral public that adequate play This 27 acre tract, adjoining|son park, an unusually natural |t9 aequire and reserve the|our disposal include parks and Rock, ground and park spaces are a/Mann Park, lenda itself to aloutdoor theatre setting is pos Is of the future The charg-'open spaces as well Here is the text of Ald. /necessity to our way of life -| wonderful park potential, The | sib The south section offers io me ok 2) Hynd’s brief: jall of us realize the need for}northern section lends itself tolattractive scenie views and Is 1 Would like to begin this/roads, sewers, schools, water, |field sport development, a Y%4|well sulted for picnic and pas-| —— brief by saying, in addition tojeto, and we should align our|mile track, baseball, soccer and|sive recreation | the record of accomplishments | parks in our and playgrounds, as Of}any type of field sport could be importance, for it i) easily invorporated in this area, COLDICUTT PARK; parks 4 : jon, ie parks and recreatio This revine it equal a contains 8) | Peocision will be necessary for me to say|through thee things that We land this 1 might say is in the|aereg and provides an access to| What we hope to record and ac {all strive for a better way of| ‘ . | the bench for residents in the complish in the general develop: |life | vicinity, 4 trait dy ivatntaliied ment of a Park and recreation! High on the list and which lnvclight irere ana Ceoetee s ur system in the City of White this city should take notice, is | ? . velopment could make a natural Rock the lack of space, To acquire he | pauty spot here W Pe We in the city are really |jand now is vital to a progres: | ze HEMGHAL PARC atchword 8 from zero and anything /sive park development and this ie ‘ in parks and recreation that/Council should give serious Ae | This is a@ green spot of great this and the next succeeding |study to the purchase of land 4) |value and with the addition of 3 Council undertake, the Coun-|area that could be set aside for some trees lends itself to a spot We fill every pre- a of the future will undoubt-| that purpose. herd Se lad ae residents scriptio: With the edly give thanks and praise to L realize that to purchase land ean find relaxation the Councils of the past whe at the present time the price is CAGE Panis : | utmost#/care to al- wad the fore to look to but it could be much This is in the same category, | ‘ ae the future in setting up a park SF ANH Mesto sequine: in| 1 green spot with benches for | ive you “just . and recreation res ip the future and T would strongly [relaxation for our residents. wi! the doctor In any summary on parks it/recommend that money be set hese and other areas however | re ee tsleecRoe thiE -pucpoues SIVReil| small should come under the red” for your realizes that the regulations control of the city and be de alth. At your a that th z y 10 acres per thousand veloped as little green spots “ 33 population for parks, you will| It is amazing how little areas| ervice any time, frestile aurea’ that! what) | We such as these can help to make! day or night. t present is totally inade- our city beautiful | To sum up, it will be neces-| sary for our city to purchase at least three areas of three acres or more, one in the west end, | west of Nichol, one in the neigh- borhood of Russell, Merklin, & the other in the Thrift and Cook | area, not only for sport but al-| so for potential landscaping. | I have left Letournier Park to the last. If the new City Hall| won't be entertained for-a year | or so, we should proceed with} some form of development with- in that area | The information included in| this report will, I hope, serve | jto sive a fact summary of what | we have and what we hope to| acquire for the future. It is sig-| 7 nificant that at this period. of | Phew WI. 8-9636 our booming expansion to note! © take care of the pres alone the future t us summarize what the it present and perhaps | go on from there and|urgent category when one real a look at the future in’izes that 20 teams of different nn Park which has 8.8 acres,|sports are ready to play this es not lend itself to too much |summer in White Rock, and ential for the large ravine |only one sport field to take care runs its full length, but the |of them, the urgency is brought} tennis courts and prospective|yery near, and having no con- bowling green are of great ad-|trol over that sports field, vant to the city, and the/makes it all the more serious - rest of the park lends itself to|so let us go forward in provid- trails and perhaps a small pic-|ing these areas where sport pot- nic area, this entrance could|ential can be satisfied - as the serye a dual purpose with Ruth|saying goes, “parkwise” Heal- Johnson Park if the city pur-|thy bodies make healthy minds chased one or two acres at the |and if through sports we can south-west corner of Mann Park|control delinquency to an ex- it would to an extent square |tent, the money and effort that Mann and Ruth Johnson and!this city puts into this field Bring Us Your Films, 24 Hour Service 11 Giscuss ce “Plan Open evenings till 8:00 p.m. t Insuri | MOSIER DRUGS 1U. 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