Vol. 20; No. 20

Province Will Pay

White Rock

Formerly The Semiahmoo Sun & White Rock Weekly

Serving White Rock, Sunnyside, Ocean Park, Crescent Beach, Panorama Ridge,

Douglas, Elgin, Colebrook nd Surrounding Districts

White Rock, B.C., Thursday, May 15, 1958

Half Of

Hospital Construction Costs

Planning to expand the White Rock District Hospital must |

be undertaken at once, ee ae eat agreed at their |
thly meeting held in the Hos} K ra |
ares ‘sully, board chairman, stated that initial steps |
had been taken by the Board and an ae made to the
at Victoria for approval to expand.
Bean ae Biro, chief of the medical staff of the hospital,
in discussing the report of the Lower Mainland Regional Plan-
ning Board made at the request of the Hospital Board, stated
that on the basis of the present estimation of population of |
14,000, there should be at least 100 beds in contrast to the 42
at present. | ————
While discussion was under-| that the initiative in the plan
way in the Hospital Dining} ning of expansion stemmed
Room, two of the doctors were | from people and commended
ealled away to do an emer-|the Board for undertaking .a
gency operation in the hospit-| planned hospital development
al of a patient who had been/to the existing hospital facil
admitted on a stretcher. Two | ities.
other patients were also admit-) Mayor William Hodgson and
ted, and patients had to be| Councillor Ted Kuhn support
discharged to accommodate/ed the need for expansion of|
these more urgent cases, at 7| hospital facilities. Federal and
o'clock that evening. |Provincial aid was available
Mr. N. G. Massey, MLA. of| and advantage should be tak-

Deas Island Tunnel fame, stat-|en of these grants. Both cau-
ed that the growth of the Dop-| Continued on Page 7
ulation south of the Fraser will

HILLTGP YOUTH
SOCIETY ANNUAL
MEETING TONIGHT

Hilltop Youth Society will

}hold its annual general meet-

ing tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Hilltop Youth Centre, Johnston
Road.

Purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers for the coming
year and to discuss plans and
prospects and
members .

Mrs. L. Taggart,
reports the building commit
tee has partially completed the
Youth Centre during the past
year. Active support of mem-
bers is needed to complete the
project .

Mrs. Taggart states the build

ing committee and the Youth |

Centre needs members, inform-
ed sympathy, active participa-

tion, determined support and
attendance at tonights mect
ing.

be phenomenal after the Tun-

ma" wncma or <All Miss White Rack

within three-quarters of an

hour from any part of Vancou-) _. 5
ver, he claimed. He stated| g4 - &
that the Trustees were taking} oil eS ail §

the right approach in planning
ea aes oa et Al seven contestants in the
Pree able, he stated: no pro-| Miss White Rock Contest now
gress, no’ prosperity, He felt| bav¥€~ sponsors, “Atrst*" Joyce
that planning by the Board Prior to the sponsoring-Jaycee
must proceed and’ commended | Committee bas announced
Board members for their fore-| Frances Smith will be spon-
sight. | sored by White Rock Teen
SHARE COST Town and will have the title of |

; Miss Teen Town and Sharon
z, Dr. G. 1. Gibson, in address: McGee, who will be sponsored
ing the Board members stated) ). To. Diner, will be known
that the Province will share ,

as Miss Don's Diner.
Sa re een ea: ropes Other contestants and their

ernment will now give a grant SPonsors to date include; Sha
of $1500 per bed towards the |9n Kissack, Miss Lougheed’s
cost of hospital construction, | Pry Goods, Donna Barry, Mi

He stated he was glad to see|Silver Moon; Myrna Brisbin,
Miss Firefighter of 1958; Shar-
|. jon Wahl, Miss McAdam’ Ap-
Provincial Centennial parcel; and Barbara Walters,

AT Cortezsecta took part tn Bo!
1) Eee lingham's annual Blossom Time
cial Government grant to be| Parade Saturday. =

séd for this city’s 1958 per. The White Rock float, decor-
aeaeat arora ated by the aspirants, and con

test advisors Mrs. Connie Phil-
pe Pee Creare eat lips and Mrs, Elizabeth Woode,
teé, announced last week that |~ Tas
a cheque for $3,263.40 had been| Semiahmoo High
received from Victoria. This 5
grant represents 60 cents per| Graduation Banquet
apie ot White Rock's 5439|OQn Friday, May 23
gi vie aN gs iSweres| Mayor William Hodgson will
is tbe guest speaker at the Sem-
the building to house a health) jsnmoo Hi;
: igh graduation ban-
centre on the Letourniér Prop-| guet to be held on Friday, May
shor nlllioys 23 at the Panda Supper Club.

The city must now match Mayor Hod, :
e ¥2 igson will address
this ant, Other grants willl « graduating class of 72, the
also obtai 1 ;
Gating’ largest in the history of the

Cont:

resided 30 years in BC., of}
which the last 10 have been|
eet ane Rock, has) neta at the school on Friday,

Thhe secretary said, how.\7""° ©

ever, she still wishes to hear

‘hike Se ing with Blood Donor Clinic

Mrs. Crawford said there/ Planned For June 16/

Graduation exercises will be

enrollment of |

secretary, |

|Linda Bickerton To
|Give Piano Solo

|At Centennial Concert

Linda Bickerton of Crescent
Beach, talented student in
piano solo, will perform in a
Centennial Concert which will
be held on Tuesday, May 20, at
| Vincent M: High School
| Auditorium, New Westminster,
at 8 p.m.
| The program will also  in-
clude recent festival and
scholarship winners,
Philip Beckman; Mar
Terry Fullerton, Sherron High-

sted, Carol Bradwell, Michael
Longton, Joseph Bayer, Ralph
Grierson, Walter Hardy, pian-

ists; Kenneth Perry and Diane
Hudson, vocalists; and Maurice

(¥ nn | Boise, violinist.
ave oOnSOrS This event is sponsored by
the New Westminster Chapter

featured a May pole in the cen
tre with orange and white
Streamers held? by the contest.
ants. The float was pulled by
Roy Long of White Rock

The parade, which wound
through Bellingham down
town area, drew entries from
throughout BC, and Washing
ton State.

A small carnival will be op
erated by the Jaycees at Mem
orial Park on Saturday, May
17 and Monday ,May 19, open

$ ing both days at 1 pm. Pro

ceeds wil go to the Miss White
Rock contest. Ian Donald and
Howard Kennett are in charge
of arrangements.

Requiem High Mass
Held For Mr. Cameron

Requiem high mass was cel
ebrated Friday from Star of
the Sea Church for Gordon A
Cameron of 15707 Columbia
Avenue who passed away sud
denly on May 6 at White Rock
District Hospital.

Mr. Cameron was born in
Chippewa Falls in 1890 and
moved to Cour d’Alene, Idaho
| with his father and sister when
a boy, He later moved to
South Central Saskatchewan
and became a naturalized Can:
adian 45 years ago

He and his family resided in
Saskatchewan until coming to
the coast 12 years ago, Mr.
and Mrs, Campbell were mar-
ried on June 13, 1918.

. Robert of
Twain, California, four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Marg Blok, Vancou-
ver, Mrs. Catherine Williams,
| Pitt Meadows, Mrs. Rita Reed,
Westminister, Caifornia, and
Mrs. Tan Dawes. Westminster,
California; 13 grandchildren
jand three sisters in the U.S.A.
Mr. Cameron's eldest son,

had been’ some misunderstand-| White Rock Branch of the|; fil? Gordon, was accidentally

in regard to the pioneers. The| Red Cross is planning a Blow peas ere
honor | donor clinic for Monday, June|

Committee wishes to

senior citizens. 60 years of age! 16. The clinic will be
and older, who reside within|ed by White Rock Lio

sponsor-) Tuesday with burial

pilot in the
RCAF in August of 1942.

Rev. J. Franks officiated
taking

ns Club,
the boundaries of the City of | George Alcock ns been apie Coote Ocean View Cometery.

Hill Td. were in
charge of arrangements.

of the Royal Conservatory of
Music Alumni, and the New
Westminster Kiwanis Club. It
has received official” rétégni-
tion by New Westminster Cen-
tennial Committee.

+| White Rock, by officials of the

$2.50 per Year -

“Indiserimina

|

of this issue, will be resumed,
starting tonight,
May 15, at 7 p.m.

Indisciminate sprinkling on
the part of a minority of house-
holders has been blamed for
the current water shortage in

| Water Works Company.

| During the past week when
| all sprinkling was prohibited
many people chose to disregard
the regulation and use their
hoses indiscriminately at all
hours, the company said.

| This action is unfair to the
| majority who abide by the
| regulations. In order to protect
| those customers who have co-
operated, the company will
| have no alternative but to in-
| stal water meters on all those
| services whose occupants per-
|sist in ignoring the current
|regulations, the spokesman
| said,

| The company warned that a
|further complete sprinkling
| ban would be necessary if some
residents continue to sprinkle
whenever they please.

“No home should be without
water if people use common)
| sense and abide by the regula-|
tions,” the official said.

te Sprinkling”

Blamed For Water Shortage

All water sprinkling regula-) gallons of water per hour.
tions as advertised on Page 9

Future policy of the Water
Works Co. in co-operation with

Thursday, | the White Rock Sun will be to

inform the public of any con-
ditions Which might affect
their supply of water and also
to kep them in the picture con-
cerning future plans for the im-
provement of the system.

Protest Against Sully
| Subdivision Grows

| Protest against the proposed
Lynn K. Sully subdivision be-
tween Best and Finlay Streets,
north of Buena Vista is being
carried to the area west of
|Best Road by Mr. Busse, of
| Buena Vista Avenue, who is
| securing many additional sig-
natures against the project.
|Formerly 66 petitioners, east

| of Finlay Street, signed a pet-

ition against the proposed sub-
division. :

Mr. K. Monck, 15670 13th
Avenue, spokesman for the
petitioners, reports they have
obtained the services of law-
yer Joseph Oliver to advise
them on theematter.

Mr. Monck points out that
City Council voted 4 to 2 in
favor of closing Roper Avenue
and when approached by the

Hilltop residents were left
without water after 5 p.m. last
week and families could not
even make tea. a

‘The company said a one-half)
inch garden hose will use 2560

teSesigg

Facilities

Needed On Pier |

Lack of life-saving facilities
at the end of the White Rock
pier has been scored by wharf
inger, Thomas H. Wilson.

Wilson reports, the ladder
formerly located at the far end
of the pier has been out of
commission for the past three
years and in the event of a near
drowning there would be no
facilities available for the res-
cuer to bring the victim to in
order to obtain help.

Summer swimmers at the far
end of the pier swim around
to the floating dock adjacent
to the breakwater, Wilson re.
ports, but this constitutes a
hazards due to speeding boats

Another accident
tive, and hoodlum
would be a spotl
of the pier, on

preventa-
deterrent,
at the end
pier at the

assist boat owners coming in
at night.

The spotlight would also di
courage out of town youths
who drive out to the ond of
the pier after dark, Wilson
claims.

Adequate steps down to the
beach near the pier could be
constructed by proper placing
of the huge rocks on the shore-
line, Wilson claims. Such
| steps could not be washed away
by the tide, as wooden steps
would, and would be inexpen:|
sive to construct. |

Wilson suggests that clear-

bank down from the tracks be
undertaken at intervals along
beach,

down without injury.

} Council in the adoption of the
Annual Rates By-law, for 1958.) tember 16, 1959, the collector

‘allowing beach-goors|® imposed upon the full as,
an opportunity to get up and sesed yalue of all taxable land)

Need for the provision of
benches at the end
White Rock pier was urged by
him, Wilson reports there i
no respite for White
hundreds of senior citizens
who enjoy a regular stroll on
the pier, but who find they re
quire a rest

petitioners to open the matter
for further discussion defeat-
ed the issue by the Mayor
casting the deciding vote which
Was split 3-3.

City Council points out that
the road will not be closed but
will merely include a jog 240
feet south of Roper Avenue.

Council To Pave

Martin Near Pier
Council agreed to blacktop

the portion of Martin Street,

adjacent to the Great North-

of the|ern tracks at the shore end of

the White Rock pier. Request

was made by Thomas Wilson,
Rocks | official wharfinger.

Mr. Wilson’s other requests

for a ladder at the pier’s end
and a spotlight to aid incoming
at the far end boats will

receive Council's

before proceeding back to the backing when he applies for

shore.

same to the

Department of

Mr, Wilson suggests such a Transport.

project if undertaken by
White Rock service club would

GC
be very much appreciated by ’ a,
the city’s senior citizens, d

A request for seats on the

pier was turned down by Coun-

il who felt that would just be
n invitation for further van-
jalism.

Peneral and’ School Tax

ciitneictats Rate Approved hy Council —

A general tax rate of 38 mills ) of the assessed value of all

and @ school tax rate of 18
mills has been approved by

The rate of 38 mills will be} Sh
imposed upon the full assess- | of

ed yalue of all taxable land of
}and upon ay, peresntice We
|assossed value of all taxable
improvements, respectively in| P#d; and) the said unpaid |
|the City according to the as:
sed value thereof as shown in
the Assessment Roll
City for the year 1958. Such

rate shall be known as the
|ing of the rocks against the) eral Rate.’ -

of the

The 18 mills school rate will

thereon.

The tax
sae
at the x
Tector_ at the
and upon sevonty-five percent | ific Ayenuo,

a Better Community” - SHOP A

taxable improvements’ respect-
ively within the City.

The bylaw adds, that on Sep-

all add to the unpaid taxes
the current year, in respect
each parcel of land and the —

improvements thereon, ten per
cent of the amount then un-

es, together with thi
added as aforesaid,