—— Sun Serving the City of White Rock and the surrounding districtsof Crescent Beach, Ocean Park, Sunnyside, Douglas, and Elgin. he: =a “White Roc SUPER-VA “Where Quality Casts'Me More” White Rock, B.C,, Thursday, July 9, 1959 $2.50 per Year - Copy 7c ‘Stage set here for record Sea Festival contest to be held on the beach west of the pier at 10 am. on a|Friday, July 17. This is the Biggest extravaganza ever held in White Rock will & apped up in the 1950 § Festival slated for this resort | first Festival event. \city Friday and Saturday, July| The coveted British Columb- \17 and 18 \an Trophy for all participants innovations galore will be|will be given. ‘The contest is crowded into the two fun-pack-|supervised by Ruth and Betty cd days slated to thrill every |Teeple beach-goer from one to one| Complementing the annual hundre | Gee STAGE SET, Page 2) Terrific) prizes nearing the | —<—<———————— $500 mark, drawings, give-aways, | chances of scores or articles will| Ladies wanted all be offered to Festival goers. | Leading off the children’s | tg sew streamers parade as well as Saturday's | mile-long monster parade will| An appeal to ladies handy ii sewing machines and a be the Victoria Bluebird Major- |W! rai Ze ettes who have proven to be| Willingness to ip _ decorate such a popular attraction in| White Rock fer the see reste many Vancouver Island centres. eas ve pri whe Rock |The Majorettes, 25 strong, |iosce of Flowers. ‘ranging in ages from three to} 4. Johnson has had over [16 will be making their first|199 yards of plastic cut into |mainland appearance. Mrs. IVY | peonants and these will require |Coyle is head of the billeting |.ewing onto strips which will i jemautie ye care of their |i stunk across fhe (Give = | overnig) ging. streets. arranging in Seattle, will perform ua Hey | Prizes in the annual They must be completed by aiipn dance at the Miss White: WP. Softhallers |house building contest the hem and is busy bird- Majore s for Friday night. Besides _ have | Monday and any lady willing to n both days of the Sea | -erforming at both parades, Rock Contest Friday night jpeea cane eauaeaal Seen help is asked to phone Mrs. Festival. Mrs.) IL H Coyle, | their leader, Marlene Kosternuk, Read further in children’s par- | y 4 ber ives to a i Johnson at WI 89700 immed- 15217 Victoria. Ave. invited! who has twirled at the Sea Fair ade story.on page 15: |r each semi finals scx plus $5 prizes with $95 | ately. White Rock Legion Softball |being offered as additional cash Girls are now ready to play tae | Puzes Judging starts at 11 F z |semi-finals with Vancouver af- 2-™ Hay pad the contest is| Strike will slow ter winning against Chilliwack |OPe" to all boys and giris un- OE. Jon Sunday, the final score’ be {der 18 years of age. local building low speed, new schedule 2)" 22's neers Park promises to popular this} IWA 2 5 |-"Rhis- is: the-second year they |year~—"The contest'is being:-held {tell what effect the TWA. sirik industry will |have won under the able coach-|from July 1 through August | anes re nbailtag emcnal Jing of Ray Ardiel. |for youngsters under 14 years | ~. tion. | The first game of the semi-|of age, with the White Rock ‘According to Jack Neill, city jfinals will be played July 18 |Sporting Goods Store, who spon: |, —occor there are 110 new | evening at 7 p.m. at Semiahmoo sor this annual derby, offering | homes in White Rock under |Park, and the second game in ja special prize during the Sea} construction and 77 additions Vancouver July 19. Festival to the youngster catch: | 5 present dwellings in various a ee ing the largest. bullhead. oie jetion. This the Department of Transport |ful. To construct a wooden ered the most practical by | | All White Ro. * ,|stages 0 comple! e | | { 4 ck and visilin, and the Great Northern Railway |floor of slats in the subway Works Superintendent Roburt| ¥- W- Plant now lenitivenjace ieeteains wartee jail SESE classed as Company suggesting that |suggsions atthe “necting Street appanch andthe Marth [xu AnUat, MS | cmergency Feeding ‘Ste ist atau wil vised but none proved to be too prac-| Street entrance to the beach ig occu very ? Z a elites > : a eetet aI z jane |Organizational committee for] Mrs. Jean Geissinger return: ll delay further construction Decision wee ae aa ea ne celse per rhe exetny He NU ae StehS | the whole province. The ap-j)ed to White Rock ate attend- He a rye which have not night following the Mayor's first| Ald. Alex Mitchell's sugges- cess to the beach whereas old. |Poimtment was made at a Pr2v-|ing the national -civil defence |yet reached the finishing staes a ‘2 Ee : } = é es S : : executive meeting held |cclle A b ms "5 s connect:cn | South-east to lessen the ep- asy a ache : Be R , where she s 2 u with ‘ikecuagie Heats tae Meanie atin of fhe'incanine tae ses popronghesdtosthe Second important role given |course jn emergency feeding. |are being checked over by city Karen Jones, who was instantly = to Mr. Plant is placement on| The course consisted of | officials, and zoning regulations killed by a northbount Great the by-laws committee andjweek’s intensive lectures and /for a new medical-dental build Northern train on the tracks in| chairman of the Fraser Valley |practical work which she found |ing facing Foster, west of this front of Semishmoo Park New water lower plans ‘2: Counell, putting him | very instructive, and as head jnew shopping centr, have been | ig: enting in charge of the organization of |of emergency feeding for White | passed. 5 es Lene ead ibouriaven valle Rock Civil Defence, Mrs. Geis-| Not many local contracting at the inquest that the speed | Mr. Plant plans to leave at|singer intends to ea course | firms are unionized, so it ai OF the irsins be xedced! to 20| a. e@ ° elfer score the end of July for a tour of |this fall to any ladies interest-|pected that most construc fon miler an hour, stated: “There df |the province, including Prince |ed in the problem of emergency |will proceed while maters was a time when they used to| Rupert, the Cariboo, Bulkley | feeding. Hasts. fence in the tracks. There are| White Rock Waterworks Cum-) John L. Jones, cit: five legal crossings in three |P@my Ltd, in a letter to the| drawing committee's Committee Probes Subway Problem Letters will be sent to both in the subway is not too plenti- against the subway was consid clerk, in| Valley East and West Kooten- attention |@¥ district: and the Okanagan —— oe miles of beach. I feel we must | be reasonable about it but we | should ask for a lower speed | Jimit. | “I feel we should ask the Great Northern to review their schedule without antagonizing them in any way” TIDES BLOCK SUBWAY The subway beneath the Great Northern tracks at the foot of Elm Street has commit- tee members wracking their brains. The problem stems from the fact that incoming tides back up through the subway leaving three to four inches of water | and considerable debris in its wake Repeated complaints reaching the mayor and council receive a sympathetic hearing and| council is anxious to solve the problem if a satisfactory solu- tion can be reached. Crippled residents, especialiy, enjoy the subway entrance on- to the beach and it is to facil. Building and Planning Commit- tee of the City Council, has ad- vised them that they are with drawing their application for the rezoning of property on North Bluff Road for the pur- Pose of constructing new water towers. Reason given by the compary was public pressure from resi- dents in the area, whose lack of co-operation was termed “regrettable.” The company had intended to sink a test well on the proposed North Bluff site if permission fo rezone the site had been ap proved, officials stated Meantime, false statements made to the editor of the White Rock Sun in a letter signed by “Ratepayer” last week were scored by members of the Building and Planning Commit- tee at their meeting at City Hall Tuesday night. ‘The correspondent stated 120 taxpayers had signed a petition against the White Rock Water- lar that a works being allowed to use a |site on North Bluff Road for the Purpose of erecting a water tower and that the petition hud been received by council. to the statements, pointed out |rsanizing branches of the Sen- |that actually 107 of the peti- | tioners were taxpayers and nine non-property owners, and that the petition had come before comnfittee “Tuesday evening, July} 7, andnot previously as the letfér inferred, The petition |did not carry 120 signatures as the writed stated, said Mr. |Jones. | Slight fire damage at city residence White Rock firemen were summoned to the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Russell, Royal Avenue, shortly before noon on Sunday when Mr. and Mrs Russell and a guest noticed smoke coming from g furnace air outlet Firemen learned that the trouble resulted from 9 defee- | tive fan belt, and damage, which ‘was slight, was confined to the heating unit, NOTICE Meeting of Sea Festival Com- mittee and all those interested in assisting tonight at 6:00 p.m, in the White Rock Fire Hall. |tor Citizen Association. | Will attend Garden Party at Gov't House Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Williains, 853 Stayte Road, will be attend- ing the ernment | Friday, July 17 from 4 to 6 pun fat which Her arden’ party at_ Gov Touse, Victoria, on Proposed widening of Buen Vista Ayenue at some | Queen and H.R.H. Prince Philip | proposal to erect a service stu jhave graciously consented to be|tion at Five Corners on White | cite for a gas station | present. Mr. Williams, who is a lieu- Rock’s Hilltop. Building and Planning Com- tenant with the Frontiersmen, | mittee members Tuesday night |Civil Defence, received the in-| discussed the matter at length | vitation from Liewt-Goy. and |with the company’s representa Mrs‘ Ross. Guest Editor for this week’s edition As White Rock Sun Editor, Vin Coyne, is presently enjoy- ing his holideys in Alberta, this weeks's edition of your paper |was edited by Mr. C, A. Warner. |Mr. Warner, former editor of the Prince George Citizen, who now lives in White Rock, kind- ly consented to take over in Mr. Coyne’s absence. tive, Mr. McCrae, who pointe? out to members that when his company first intimated their desire to construct a station on the site no widening of Buena Vista was mentioned Members on the other hand feel that company’s first pro- [posal to erect a station on ths |property included the area pow joccupied by the frame building housing the House of Flowers and Dr D. A. Crawford's of- fices. The company’s represnta- tive pointed out that the leases date has thrown a damper on | Majesty the|the Standard Oil Company's Oil company’s plans hit snag on Hilltop aon this building do not expire future {until June, 1060, with renewal leases included giving the pres- ent tenants the privilege of ne- newing their leases in spite of the company’s wish to use the Standard Qil Company feels is would be impossible to estab- |lish a station on fhe site if |Buena Vista is widened on the jsouth side of the road as the council feel is necessary. Ald. Jask Hynds felt Mr. Cot- tingham, former owner of the property in ‘question, under- stood that Buena Vista Ave. was to be widened before he sold the property to Standard Oil | Company, - Decision was made not to grant the company permission to carry out their proposed con- struction. Mr. McCrae stated of the decision and another pro. posal would be submitted.