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The Semiahmoo

& White Rock Week

Serving White Rock, Sunnyside, Ocean Park, Crescent Beach,
Panorama Ridge, Colebrook, Newton, and Surrounding Districts.

Vol. 19, No. 51

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Indians Willing To Spend
$5,000 On Foot Bridge

A resolution
Council of Semiahmoo Indian the danger
Tribe to spend up to $5,000 to |bridge
replace the existing bridge |ACTION ;
Which joins the Reserve and/ Mr. Jones informed the So

of the

George Hahn, Social Credit | White Rock to the Reserve.
MP for New Westminster, in-} “The Indian
formed the Semiahmoo Sun took imme
this week he had been notified jrepairs to the
by H. M. Jones, director of the |ture commence

existing stru

‘Mr. Hahn asked that the mat-jwill be pleased to hear of th
ter be investigated following a|laction the Indian Affairs branc
letter from George Burnham of ‘has been prepared to take.

ANNUAL MEETING of Pacific National Exhibition was
attended by these residents of Ocean Park and ‘Crescent.
John Dunsmuir and Mrs. Dunsmuir of Ocean Park, con-
gratulated new PNE president Joseph F. Brown, and Mrs.
Brown, who reside at Crescent.

Centennial Project Deadlin
Extended To March 15

ent -entennial project ‘ollow-lavailable in 1953.
ing an announcement by the lout the remaining third of
BC. Centennial Committee in|B.C. Government grant,
Victoria that all communities in jounting to about $2,000,
the province woud! have until
March 15, 1958, to submit pro-|budget is adopted.
Fosals.

would give White Rock the ne- javailable. He emphasized

tiations with Surrey for a site receiving the grant.
on which to build the perman-| 4 Sela

Ment with Surrey for land prior
to arbitration. Deadline for
submitting proposals was orig:| Council will await the
fnally Dec. 31, 1957. jendment of a section in

White lock Centennial Com-\"°% Municipal Act which
mittee recommended to Council |f9F @ money bylaw for

the Centre.

Centre be erected on the Le-

ee —

by the Band the Indian Reserve pointing out
i existing

Campbell River Road brought /red MP the Band had agreed

Commissioner
diate steps to have

d and I sincerely

fare case.
wee |Council to pay $140 for the bur-

White Rock has 4 tw lease Federal grant and two-thirds of
On life i; deciding its permvi.-|the Provincial grant would be Of the fire and police commit-|Rock as a whole, however. But
He pointed |tee, declined from making fur-lif the taxes go up any higher,

pach Theh Director said this share
The Committee informed the | would have to be financed until

Council Tuesday their decision |the Cabinet made the moncy

esary time to enter into Ledo- |there would be no question of

Dr. Kennedy said such groups

baby clinics would make use of

that a 000 to buildings as Health Centres.
2, Be Oe eats erney Act will. be: amanded fal

White Rock, B.C., Thursday, December 19, 1957

Accidental Death: Some Negligence,
InkCity Traffic Fatality Jury Claims

COUNCIL

|

A coroner’s jury brought in a

‘ = r verdict of dental death
Council decided Tuesday to] itn some degree of negligence
hold over the final adoption of linvolved in the fatal accident

the dog licensing bylaw until} | 2 eens :
Jan. 7 so Mrs. L. Neil president las Johnston Road early Satur.

of White Rock SPCA can be
contacted to clarify several sec

that claimed the life of a
-old Crescent Beach man,
Killed instantly when he was

ic

action from the B.C. Indian |to contribute a sum of money tions of the byla Mrs. Neil crushed’ Between hislietalléd
Commissioner to have immedi: {to replace the bridge w ith a |told council she objected to the idle haleton plekipiones
ate repairs to the bridge car-| structure which would main-!section that called for dogs to 4 is McWilliams
Tika out tain pedestrian traffic from |be muzzled. The president did aeristreat

jnot think the Surrey pound of-} The jury d 1editneethatane
jficial should be responsible for | ‘Monday =

letenendon Thite Je. The |auest at Chapel Hill
|stray dogs in White Rock. The |r ineral Parlor that McWilliams
council pointed out the bylaw

had died accidentally but some
calls for dogs to either be muz-|

Cc

i i at thi event any |zied jon a leash or “under |
rtment of Citizenship and |hope that this will preven | on ;
Toniation in Ottawa, that|serious accidents from occurr-|control |City Hall Has Own
t 2 wa} te
Band Council had agreed ing,” Mr. Jones said c &
e contribute financially from] Mr. Hahn said he was. sure| Ald. William Offer was in (eee Tree
Band Fund to the repair work. |many pedestrians of the region |structed by Council to contact) It's White Rock's first Christ-

he |Dudley Evans, owner of Chapel/mas as a City and the City
ch }Hill Funeral Parlor ,in regard |Hall staff is ng full advan-
to funeral expenses for a wel- tage of the occasion
Mr. it A Christmas Tree has been
obtained and will be erected in
he It will be trimmed
provided by White
Rock Board of Trade, City Clerk

Evens

ial but the City maintained the i}
amount re rend:
social welfar

maximum
the

ed by was

said Mr. Evens ‘John L. Jones reports.
Surrey $100 for| City office: closed
such burials prior to incorpor-jon Christn Bo: 3 Day

ay as staffers

jation and New Year's
| enjoy the holiday season with
Ald. Offer told Council there |their families

New telephone numbers of
the City Hall as of Friday, Dec
20 will be WIL. 82511, Make a
note of it.

B|was no ruling in the
cipal Act which the
city to operate an ambulance
| (Continued on Page 8)

new Muni

How Taxpayers Feel
‘About Fire Protection

assisting, like

voluntee!

(By VIN COY with

| In an effort to obtain thewe have now.”

public's feeling toward the Mrs. D. A. Crawford of Pacific
jcontentious problem of fire | Avenue:

\protection for this city, the) “1 feel we would get more
|Semiahmoo Sun has contacted \protection from the metropoli
10 citizens at random and ask-|tan system providing it could
ed their opinion on this mat-|\he set up on a satisfactory basis
ter. lfor all concerned. If each area
Five of those interviewed fa- \is assured of ample protection, I
\vored White Rock setting up|think it would proye the best
jand administering its own fire arrangement.”
department, two suggested the |Mrs. Hugh Armstrong of
|metropolitan system now being |Nichol Road:
investigated by City Council! Metropolitan? Definitely not.

E

ly

degree of negligence was in- Franks from Holy Cross Roman

volved on the part of the driver Catholic Church, Crescent
of the third vehicle which \Beach to Sunnyside Lawn. i
crashed into the rear of the \Chepel Hill Ltd. was in charge 7

dead man’s car. City Coroner |
is Dr T. R. Blades.

i
FIRST FATALITY |What's Different In

Driver of the third car was} .
Anton Jaschimsky of 2178 King (eee Semiahmoo Sun?
Notice anything different

George Highway. He was ac-

of arrangements.

companied by another male |about the Semiahmoo Sun this
passenger at the time of the | week?
accident. |

That's right, there’s a differ-
McWilliams was the city of/ent type being used, Those of
White Rock's first traffic fatal- |the printing profession call it :
ity. ja new font of mats. It’s a Spar-

An RCMP spokesman said on ton eight point body with a
Wednesday McWilliams was Metro black face.
evidently in the act of tying a| This is a very popular face
tow rope between his car and of type which makes for much
the pickup truck when the ac- easier readability.
cident occurred. | You will notice this week’s
| He was reported to have edition is mixed. Some of the
backed on to Johnston Road old type is still in use. The
from the Canadian Legion build- entire front page is all in new
ing when his car stalled. The face, however.

{driver of the pickup truck pull-| This is just one of many
fed in front of the car and of- changes being planned for tho
fered his assistance, new year by the Sun.

Both the driver of the truck
and MeWilliam’s young daugh-
ter narrowly escaped injury.
\They had been standing next to
lthe victim seconds before the
jctash occurred

City Council Ravctens
(Until January 7

Next regular meeting of City !
Council was set for January 7,
| Chapel Hill Ambulance rush-|1958, by Council members on |
led to the scene and took Mc- |Tuesday. é : |
|Williams and the two oceup-| Council decided to adjourn
lants of the third car to White for three weeks to allow the
Rock District Hospital. Mayor and Aldermen time to f
| Mr. McWilliams is survived |attend their own businesses t
by his wife; two sons, Joseph |during the busy holiday season
and Robert; five daughters, |and enjoy the Christmas vaca-
| Barbara, Patricia, Margaret, |Hon with their friends and fam-
\Donna and Beverley, all at lilies.
home; and his mother, Mrs. J.| Council holds regular meet:
|McWilliams of New Westmin |ings on the first and third
\ster. Tuesday of every month ang

Requiem High Mass was ce-|committee meetings on
lebrated Wednesday by Rey. J. second and fourth Tuesday.

Stan Evans President
R. Board of Trade.

|
|

and three would make no com-|wWe need a department of our | BR

\ment on the issue.
Ald.

own. Til with

Alex Mitchell, chairman jthing that

go along

will

any-

the \ther comment as to the advant
am-|8ge or disadvantage of a metro.

we'll have to go on relief.”
Mrs. Ruth Johnson of Cliff

might | Politan system until the other | Avenue:
not be available until the 1959) municipalities

involved had
been contacted and expressed
their feeling. t
Ald. Mitchell said he would
be glad to hear of the public’s |
feling on fire protection.
er ne)

How do you, the taxpayer,
feel about fire protection? Here

“There's no question that we
mst haye our own Perr) tment
It's protection we want. The
‘The metropolitan system would
not be any cheaper because the
fire rates would increase. We
must remember loss of property
and loss of lives are at stake.”
Albert Gay of Vida) Street:

that

ent project. is what your neighbors think: | «up, ic y

as the Red Cross, CARS, Cancer For the sake of efficiency,
Mc opacl had pan ioe Society, TB. Soviety, St, John Be M. Robertson of Johnston iy favor White Rock having its
the city Bala reach 2 Bile: Ambulance, home nursing and fs jown department. Direct control

“We must have our own fire |
department. We are now incor-
|porated and separate from Sur-
rey, therefore we must assume
‘our own responsibilities. I see
no reason why White Rock can’t
set up and administer its own
department.”

W. W. Jenkins of Campbell

over such a department is es-
sential. From the insurance
underwriters point of yiew,
should there be the least doubt
as to the efficiency of a metro:
politan department, the under-
writers would look upon such a
set up as most unfayorable.”

am-

the
calls
such

‘ the next sit Kon ‘ Don Murro of Blackburn
(anaes property and $153) of | tera ting of the B.C. |River Road: Crescent, Ray. Ardiel lof Stayte
the grant be spent on school “Personally, I'm in favor of |Road and Mrs. Mark Gelfond of
Sound improvement. THMLWEATIER the metropolitan system. Th¢|Marine Drive had no comment
Dear eee trend is toward metropolitaniz-jto make.
a a Kennedy, director Max. Min. Rain jation in park development and eS
Boundary Dec 11 51 36 10 |numerous other organizations A: Warni
Dec 12 48 36 Y's a better dea} for everyone.”|  S-P.C.A: Warning
Dec 13° 45 33 15 |Len Long of Martin Street: The S.P.C-A. asks you not to
Dec, 14 47 40 - “If the metropolitan system |fed turkey or chicken bones to
Dec. 15 4 833 15 |means a volunteer force atjdogs, They sometimes splinter
i tee 18 51 38 05 |White Rock, I'm against it. We |inside causing great pain, and
ec 17 48946 43 53 need a full-time department in some cases, death,

benefit White |

Stan Evans was elected pre-, NO TRA
sident of White Rock Board of] The
Trade at the annual general |fro
meeting held Tuesday in the
Silver Moon. eee i

Other officers named for the
coming term were; A. P. Atkin:
son, vice-president; Mrs, D.
Crawford, secretary; Jim
,vich, treasurer; Jack Burco'
William Bush, Len Parker,
nie Payton, H. J. Plante,

Sully and Don Crawford,
tors. /

R. P. Stanifc

dent J