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3i) & White Rock Weekly

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

“White Rock, B.C., Thursday, May 30th, 1957
MUNRO SAYS:

COUNCIL Ruth Johnson Site Considered A
BEES “Gem” By,Park Officials

& Ruth

Park

Vol. 19.. No. 22,

$2.50 per year. Copy 7é

No School On Airport Site;
Govt. Still Interested

Souncil © ,
: tests raised by

Former White Roc}
lor Jack Burrow
ment

He said that this 36 acres
considered a “gem” by
park authorities and suggest-
ed that White Rock City
should budget five or six

Surrey Municipal
has turned down a request by
School Dis! 36 for school
site property on land former- |
ly designated for a secondary
airport.

Po y of

Parks Board Chaitman Jack
Hynds, and Commissioners
W. W. Jenkins and J. W.
Knight were forced to give up
their office, leaving the Board
unable to form a quorum.

was
)

advocated
@ Rock Post

Don Munro, only city

other

Council told the
Board that the
bounded by Jot
North Bluff Road
skirts of White R
being considere: t
eral Government as a possib!
aviation project. \s
Ottawa reported in March /000
they had dropped all plans | school to be t
for an airport at White Rock | Re Z
due mainly to the ‘ong pro- Wh

CCF Jack Jones Blasts
Liberal Immigration Plan

Immigrants should not be¢——————_____
encouraged to enter Canada|built without government aid
unless jobs and housing are | “A pul owned pipeline
available for them, New West- j would the
minster CCF candidate W. J. |cheaper rate he maintained
Jack) Jones told meeting | “In Saskatchewan, for exam-
in Port Kells. ple, where th

“The CCF,” he said, “is very owns the gas d
much in favour of immigra-|tem, the
tion, but it is unfair to lure |for a
people here with promises, | wher
only to have them become dis
illusioned when they are un-|$

School
rty

sketch plans
addition

tch plans for a new
19-room junior

bution
mer pays. $.66
feet,
, under a pri-
the rate

| Hotel

consumer |f

resident still to hold

Parks Board.
Munro told the
Sun that th

Board

Se

he ~Surre

h

block of!

board ed development

City with

way

checks
n Ra

the property

os Sea Festival

that strong rai
and steps w: needed
the boardw. to the be

brought about the recommen-
di uuld |

the

by

ea

Rock
must p:

y and would |_ White Festiva
hes claim if | Socie! x
injurec ence fee for the use of Semi-
ahmoo Park during
year’s festival activity.

hern proper
be liable for a
some one \

steps.

j

on the

Ss

the
the

Council,
Parks Board,
ee, and also

acting
decided on

|
pay |

pa

i be

half of ¢

Rive;

I
nsure the park is cleaned
following the festival

ks Admini
icholson reported to Council
at the ‘Society had not
up the park following

of two

1 be disc

the nes Jouncil meeting

3 rator

cip.
Council

fice on

|thousand dollars for its fut-
jure development,

Mr. Munro retained his seat
as a Surrey Park Commission-

allowed |er as he was the only one of
9,000 in their budget prior to |four members living in White
} Rock Incorporation for|Rock who owned property in
of | the

Municipaliity followng
ithe signing of Letters Patent,

Must Pay’ For

Use Of Semiahmoo Park

1

y a $100 lic-|that White Rock Incorpora- |

Mr. Munro said he felt a
“total re-development” of park
land in White Rock would be
necessary by future Councils,

“To send a bulldozer ont
this property would mean the
end of one form of recreation,
which is just walking. ‘This
site offers among many other
things, an excellent opportun-
ity for walking,” the Postmas-
ter said.

Mr. Munro stated that a
standard Olympie track had
also been planned by the
Board for thir site. =

The Ruth Johnson park lies
between Seymour Street and
North Bluff Roads. The park
was dedicated to the memory
of the late Mrs. W. E. John-

this
as

tuled the
must post a $100 bond

jtion requires a group within son, wife of the White Rock
the City to pay the fee and ‘pioneer resident, Roads, trails
post a bond. If an exception and paths give access to all
was made for the Festival So- ‘parts and extensive planting
ciety, other groups would ex- of trees and shrubs add great
pect the same privilege, he beauty to the site. Surrey
said. made the purchase in March,

Bob

| The Society had asked Sur-
lrey that the licence for the
midway be waived as in for-
mer years. In previous years
the group had used the park-
ing area in the park for con-
cessions and the midway.

1956.

Commenting on the Semi-
ahmoo Park, Mr. Munro re-
futed rumours that Surrey
would refuse use of the ball
diamond to White Rock teams,
and that the Board planned

> Eddie, MLA, be
manager for Jone
port on the Wenne
bate in the last B.C.
ture. He also accused

able to find work. It is also
not fair that immigrants |
should take jobs needed by
our present unemployed.
Jones went on to criticize
the Liberal Government for cial Credit government
ime ownership |British Columbia of using
anada Pipeline |closure of debate to prevent
when it had become apparent osition from d
that the gas line could not be

popula to rent tent space in this area.
This year’s festival will be| He felt that Incorporation of
}held on July 26 and 27. White Rock would haye little
affect on the park status, or
there are parks such as the|the question of park usage
330 acre-Semiahmoo Reserve} Im regard to the Letournier
which Surrey couldn't possi- Ptoperty, Mr. Munro ‘said,
bly afford to develop itself,|“White Rock will soon hav
but which could become one |'0 decide on a Citiy Hall site,
of B.C.’s finest if Provincial |@9d 2 think the Leto
aid was granted. Property should be given con:

tei ion.” ;
“Our attitude is that people |" 3°™##om-
in the metropolitan area drive |) : +
for about one hour and then Local Girl on TV
seek recreation. This brings “Tell the Truth”
most of them into the White | Celeste Evans, known
ee had point-/Rock and Crescent Beach thousands as “the dia
B.C. Govern: ‘area. Some 25 to 30 thousand Lady Magician,” was seen b
cent Of |people are using present faci-|many viewers last’ week
on is/lities in White Rock during a |iheony programme “Tell”
Mainland|normal summer weekend," Truth.” zt

mmediate funds |Mr. Nicholson said: | pare baa r
n and} “Our figures show over one | Burope and North 4
“trow)

cilities
n Ur-!million people madé use of the USAFE

ial Gov Mr. Nicholson pointed out

OVER ONE MILLION USE BEACH

Provincial Aid Sought
L.M Parks

s the Semiahmoo Indian Re-

» only the CCF and

ted I pledge my loyalty
to the programme of the
y as determined at

ilar national conventions,

Semiahmoo,

Lower

CCF Reject
LPP Support

In an official
the Semiahmoo
day, CCF New
Riding candidate
rejected the supp*

Pro

v ed the Ad-
immed

Westminster |“

Jack Jones,

9 the develop-

k sites in this ed out te

the
ed by

(LPP c
in annou
fri
asked his fe

their support to Mr. Jones).

the

|the beach last summer. Some- jing American fore
said /times the weekday crowds overseas, the fol
were almost equivalent ta|Rock eéntertaine:
that of the weekend tourists. |pearing injthe Ps
(Continued on Back Pagé ‘on New York's”

Neleome the support

qualified electorate

less of such support,
ous convictions, L m
ever, remind all :
that I was nominated by,

McGivern Launches
Attack On Opponents

Both Social Credit and Pro ———___ =
counsel, told his audience that
Social Credit is “a complex
Mixture of erstwhile Liberals
and Conservatives mixed up
with a small, zealous group
of honest students of Social | |
Credit who have followed the
teachings of Major Douglas.”
Turning his attack on the

Hilltop

One of ‘the ‘first

erected on Washington Ay
which over the years has s¢
ed as offices for a —

Hilltop, Sotuety