¥ ‘Authorized—Sevond Class Mall, Post Office iG ee, Subscriptions jin advance), Canada, $2.50 per year; A PRICE ATKINSON, Editor and Publisher. CORDAY M. ATKINSON, Associate Editor, Momber BO, Division of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and BKC. Woekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau, Variconver Office: 207 W Hastings Street. Cleaning Up For Our Birthday | . White Rock might well take to heart the advice ch the 5.C. Centenhiai Committee and get busy on pe teks for the 1958 celebration of the Provinces 100th Birthday. 2 The energetic Junior Chamber of Commerce AS BC. are sparking the move to give villages, towns and. pines & full-scale beauty treatment before the many visitors arrive to help mark the big milestone in our history. In fact, it might be as well if White Rock and lots of other communities started right now, in this early. suninier of 1957, to get some of that primping underway. B.C’s youngest city has another reason to make an early start. This is also the year of her birth. When the centenary year | rolls round, White Rock will be marking her first official birthday, as a city. So come 1958 there will be an added reason for celebration on the shores of Semiahmoo Bay. , White Rock also has an active and extremely community- minded Jaycee organization, which, ever since its inception, has taken the lead in home and city improvement plans. The cll for Jéss than one year, Was present move is in keeping with the annual Paint-up and |i, ¢rumental in preventing Clean-up campaigns conducted each year across the country lonstriction ofita isecondary, under: Jaycee sleadersiiip- airport here, obtaining a ward r The Centennial Committee in conjunction with the B,C. breakdown of public works expenditures and gaining an | Jack Burrows, forner White Rook Councillor and present Social Credit candidate nomi- nation seeker, can look back to a short but stormy career to what might result in a ma- jor political future. Burrows, who represented White Rock on Surrey Coun- Jaycees will sponsor contests. with éach area being in ¢om- : petition with others on a comparative population basis. Incorporation plebiscite for They are also producing & brochure with advice on how to ‘this City. d get the best results from concerted action. Entering. local’ ‘politic The emphasis will be on community effort with every |the first time, the 48 y : member of the family and every business firm taking part— grocery store merch 4 to clean up, and improve, homes, premises, lawns, gar- a colourful and controversial ) dens, fences, streets, parks and public buildings. In other impression on those wno fav- words, an all-out effort to present the community in its oured or opposed his issues best bib and tucker for the birthday feast. |while he was serving as coun- . . . cillor. MAN | Born in Frank, Alberta. UNION ) Freedom Of The Press |Rock in 1851. following five At times when the freedom of an editor to publish Years as a carpenter in North news which is in the interests of the community his paper Vancouver. Previous to thi Serves is questioned it might be salutary for many people he had farmed for 10 years to recall—and ponder—what some of the great, down through in the Peace River district and i the ages, have had to say on the subject in 1939 was successful in intro- Here are a few: jducing the Min Mill and Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled Smelter Workers’ Union from 2 the Lower Mainland to Vi into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palla- fora’ Burrows was employed dium of all the civil, political and religious rights—Junius. ‘° RS tee eS Give me the lberty to know. to think, to believe. and to Chase Walisouverttal uttter ae according to conscience, above all other theltimeacreia imarnkd and liberties. —Milton, ; d has three children, David, Pe- If “the general spirit of the people” is low, nothing can ter and Bonnie. by Save freedom of the press; but when the spirit is high, no | | Commenting on a recent Ls politician can lay hands upon it—Gerald W. Johnson. column by Elmore Philpott in Equal and exdct justice to all men, _ _ _ freedom of re- the Vancouver Sun in which ligion. freedom of the press, freedom of person under the a suggestion is made that protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impar- workmen should strike to ally selected—these principles form the bright constellation lower the living cost, Burrows which has gone before us—Thomas Jefferson. said he made the same sug- An enslaved press is doubly fatal; it not only takes away gestion in a letter to the edi- . the true light, for in that case we might stand still, but it tor of the Sun in 1946. He was sets up a false one that decoys us to our destruction.— informed by the c¢ daily Colton. . that “due to the present lab- When the press is gagged, liberty is besieged. —Mary our conditions,” it would be Baker Eddy. unwise to publish the letter at Our Rising Population Government that a secondary af Airport site be located betwe: To those who are inclined to boast of Canada’s rising Toinialon ce Areas population figures in recent years—it was 16,344,000 by the North of North Bluff, decided Dominion Bureau of Statistics report in January—it may Jack some St 4 shock to learn that the 1956 increase fell far short Warg 7 Councillor and strong= 9 Me + ‘tw \a\telmi ly opposed this plan. Previous In that year before World War I, a total of 400,000 im- to this he started a petition in migrants entered Canada. In 1956, a total of 164,857 “New his store. denouncing the air- Canadians” entered the countr y, This is a considerably lower port. figure than the 194,000 newcomers from abroad who came Burrows was elected to Sur- 2 1854 though it is up 55,000 from the number who entered rey Council in May, 1956, in io 5 . the by-election held following There are signs that unless the government can estab- the resignation of Col, E. A. lsh @ detinite immigration policy, Canada’s population, in Pitman, who claimed “in. spite of the big increase through natural births, will not tense sectionalism” was pre continue to rise as spectacularly as it did in the decade fol. |venting the proper deyelop- lowing World War 1. ment of Surrey. This will probably please some nati STAND SUCCESSFUL policy of “Canada for Canadians.” In doing ome Sere on Nanda overlook the fact that with the pr jbrevention of a White Rock domestic market cannot assure economic well-being to the |@%Pf and an investigation into ward allotments. He can ' nthe Merman Pe ED | successfully write both issues oe “jeff the books as “mission Burrows to stand for living were only graduated from the world trade market Time Ht Time Ht. 5:39 13.2 20:23 14.8 Ly 6:17 13.0 21:12 14.7 Sa. 7:01 12.7 22:0 14.7 7:53 12.1 22:53 14.6 M 9:06 114 23:41 14.6 Tu. 10:40 10.9 0:30 146 12:20 10.9 1:13 146 13:60 11.4 JACK BURROWS—SEEKS in municipal office and ahead id ati . . « that time, Philpott said the| recent suggestion was an origi- nal one. Proposal by the Federal Tides of White Reck District Station, Point : (Tidee st Crescent are 24 mtouier ta Cannes “ot White. ie NOMINATION completed.” “If enough people make enough noise for a long enough period of time, their protest will be heard,” the for- mer Councillor commented: Such was the case with the airport problem, and Federal authorities confirmed that be- cause of protests received, they had abandoned plans for the project. After many heated debates in the midst of Which munti- cipal manager Percy Living- stone threatened to resign and cipal public works’ superinten- dent and the treasurer, the Councillor was successful in persuading Council to appro- priate their money before spending it. QUESTIONS EXPENDITURE “No body should be permit- ted to spend the public funds unless they are ready to say where they spent it,” he said. At one fiery session, Bur- rows told Council fe had no alternative but to move that a@ representative from the de- puty minister of municipal af- fairs office be asked to con- duct an investigation into the spending of $111,641.56 under the maintenance account, The motion was defeated 4— 3, but Burrows had kept his promise to te peopie. Burrows’ term on Surrey Council ended two weeks ago when, due to the Incorpora- tion of White Rock, and being a non-property owner in Sur- sy, he was informed he no longer qualified for the posi- tion. PROV. NOMINATION He is now seeking nomi- }mation for the Social Credit} |seat left vacant by Provincial | eaker T, J. Irwin who will and in the June 10 Federal Election. Nucleus of Burrows election issues will be solution of dyk- j3ng problems between Langley jand the Ocean, ample water |supply for the entire Delta, jassurance to stand watchdog over the Iona Island develop- ment. Vancouver’s sewerage disposal system, which he be- should go through a reatment plant, and bet- ter conditi for Boys In- dustrial School offenders. On the last issue. the Social Credit lieves very strongly that criminals are sick people, and he would attempt to introduce @ plan whereby young offend- ers would be given a chance supporter said he be- The Editor. 1235) ship as part of its Cr celebrations! Funny how out- sides often know—or think they know — more about a community than do the people who actually live in it It has also been reported—quite erroneously—that this repro- ducing in dramatic form of the Vancouver and the Spaniard Narvaez, in Semiahmoo Bay, is to replace the proposed build- ing of a civic centre as a Cen- tennial project. THE LATTER is said to be “too expensive,” Well, well, well. Perhaps before they go off, half-cocked, some report- ers might brush up on a few elementary facts regarding the coming Centenary. One is that both permanent projects, such as community centres, library buildings or stadiums, as weil 48 celebrations are to be un- dertaken. White Rock’s pro- posed civic centre, now in the planning, is of the first type; the re-enactment of the meet- ing of the British Captain and the Spanish explorer, would be of the second type. WHITE ROCK may or may not undertake either or both seeing that a Centennial com- mittee has not yet been ap- pointed, So it is hardly accur- ate to say that the Committee has told Council they will put on an historical pageant of the 1792 happenings. All things in their proper order. White Rock is coming late to this Centennial feast—had to—be- cause she just became a city in charge of her own affairs a short two weeks ago. TO GO the prophesyers one LETTERS 10 Letters published in this eol- writers themselves and are not necessarily subscribed to by the Editors. Wheatley Ave. April 25, 1957, Semiahmoo Sun. Dear Sir: | 1 Permit me to express our day and if you care to print appreciation of the editorial in |it, here it is: to learn to do something they |t#¢ current issue of the Semi- like in an open. free atmos- phere ay from the city. | “BETTER WAY OF LIFE” ‘I believe Social Credit pol- jicy is the road to a better way jof life and a solution to muni- cipal financing. hospitals and sewers must be made ailable by the Federal Government at cost,” Burrows |? said. “Social Credit’s biggest stand in this election’ will be monetary reform,” he added. So the man who termed In- corporation “the will of the people.” who was always teady to break the monotony of a Council meeting with a Jest; and who survived the many storms of public office, to come out riding the crest of the wave, will try for a higher rung on the political ladder. If he fails Provincial to receive the nomination or to Money for P4858 on to the ri Mayor and Council to be elec- ted September 19 next. Mayor Defieux and his as- sociates month interim. Without pro-)a swallow picking wu gress. seasoned by vision and |hairs off intestinal Rock." The senti-| permanent have in the four-) fortitude, which, we'd like to know. be elected, Jack Burrows the seat for White Rock ma- yor in the first election in September. Time Ht Time Ht 0:54 102 12:54 20 1:39 104 13:37 2.0 2:29 10.5 14:19 2.4 3:28 104 15:08 31 447 9.9 16:04 40 6:10 9.0 17:09 61 717 77 18:20 62 8:09 61 19:30 7.3 might quite possibly contest |7e? 1 asked who'd be White Oh, well—a Rose by any othe T must change my pen And not refer to them as Councillors, men," as sweet. ‘@ umn aro the sentiments of tho!“ 5) you well. AND NOW LETS “White Rock's first Mayor was formally Such were recent first page headlines The same issue of our paper calls our As White Rock's acting Mayor, Mayor 01 ornia skilfully ‘eluded his pursuers. Coula Burrows questioned the muni-|meeting of Captain George | "02. will discover a re! visit of the English sailor simi- Jar to the marvellous find of ieneree ee above the ores of Drake's Francisco, me Wouldn't it be wonderful if such a relic wete found some- where along our Semiahmog Shores! History is fascinating! LILI PII DAA This and That late a nee “The less a fellow knows, the more eager he is to prove it to anybody who will listen.” JUST IN FUN. A small soiled youngster ac- companied by his even smaller brother stoppea an elderly lady as she was passing their house. “For a nickel I'll have my brother imitate a hen for you,”* said the boy, “And how does he do that, my little man?” said the lady. “Cackle?” “No mam,” said the little boy, “None of those cheap imitations for us _ _ Tl have him eat a worm” s Saiite “The reason a dog is such a lovable creature is that his tail |wags instead of his tongue.” THE EDITOR jto play in the future and we A. E. Reed. 2064 Stevenson Rd, RR1, White Rock. B.C. April 26, 1957, Tos the Editor. Semiahmoo Sun. Dear Sir: This happened the other “Ever see a Swallow with ahmoo Sun entitled “The City Side-burns.” of White ment could readily be lived This inci up to by the Caretaker Mayor ago and was so and Council who then would jt worth telling. . have something concrete to Blond Pomeranian Dog, who- sits on the front door mat, well the other day I heard What'strange noises on the porch chance to make real progress jand peepéd through the win- dow. . Well I have! Blond ones! I have There to my amuse nent @ mat cne by atgem