Work {a progressing the extensive for the American side of the Peace Areh Park Peter Barbeau, Park Superintend| he developed in exact keeping with ent, has an active force of men at) the open plot on the north aide of work, moving and hauling progress is being made towanl the goal set by the ) mission. When completed "es tional Peace only be the most Goubtedly one nice grounds in the Before the season is well along work will be started on a modern community kitchen which ts being planned as much on the order of a club house as on Kitchen idea. to be MUt of * M by 40 feet eplace with complete and sewerag Cons Hing about thr added to the plans include work with the s the highway artistic sightly ditches tiled This is purposed general view of the expansive vista as one approaches the park from | ance + Vol. 4, No. 18 Work Progresses on Peace Park : To Conform with Canadian Side On) the south development plans excellent) expanse of ure Park Com-)semblies as attended the Interna and cooking plates, ion of water d light service Landscaping renting onto lly tapered off with all un- All yoses will be moved up on tis higher land, and the plot of ground immediately south of the Areh will the Aveh, whieh will provide a vast Haward on either Jaide of the Arch for stich great as }Uonal Peace Arch program last | September, Improvements on the railroad aide of the south highway will tn: jolude grading and lawn extensl on the rightofway tracks as the danger Mne will al- low with a shielding hedge hiding the tracks and serving as a divid ing line between the park and rail- road. The railroad company has} ement on that por- elose to th }sranted an tion of the right-of-way sufficient to make this improvement possible. Annual perennial plantings will be on much more extensive plan ‘than has been possible in past and will be largely in keep- ing with that of the Canadian side} of the park. An extensive pool and years, jscenic gulch is to be constructed where the old gulch cuts down just | east of the present park property, and in general the south side of the park will be developed so as to present a general uniform appear- H O. R. Merklin, station agent for orthern Railway here} H. Milliken, 1120. Barclay Street, the Great for the pas month to Mount Vernon. | Merklin’s new _ Easter holidays. er's grocery, EB 4 Fred Kalley, some time, b 5 Army life ther duty. LTT | aatism. ONE NE AWAR years, leaves this ke over the station at} Mrs. Merklin and!in Britain with a contingent of Beyerly and Alice Cooper will leave | Royal Canadian Air Force men. shortly to take up residence at Mr. | Sgt. Milliken is well known in Mr. Pravitz| White Rock, where he resided for will take over Mr. Merklin’s duties|over a year, and was an active at White Rock for the time being. | worker in the Community Club. Under the management of Mrs W. Taylor, a new restauraht wlil| open in White Rock during the To be known as } Kalley’s Tea Rooms, the new busi- | ness is located in the former Rog-| Mrs. Taylor's reputation as an Ree excellent cook is well known, es- # pecially around the Peace Portals club, where she ran the kitchen for is over for another nea White Rock boy, Ronald “Scotty” Wilson, son of Mr, and Mrs, T. Wil-:tog deftly done for child robbers son, who has been with the Medical! (though in one case they were Corp at Nanaimo, nas been dis-' seen), and in another, fifty or more charged as medically unfit for fur- blooms were cut at one tlme—pos- Word has been received by Mrs. | Vancouver, from her son, Sgt. Ralph Milliken, that he has arrived ~ White Rook, B. Os, COMMUNICATIONS Editor, The part of Washington avenue on which we reside, and nearby |houses on Victoria avenue have suffered severely at the hands of sneak thieves who have wantonly plucked every daffodil within sight, quite often in the daytime. A poor return for untiring effort, and de- serving of severe punishment for the offenders. Our neighborhood jis now on the alert, and will take great pleasure in handing them over to the police. The work in some gardens seems to have been sibly to sell, Let us have no more of this van- Yours very truly, —WIDEA WAKE, eke Dear Sirz- If the A.R.P. wardens who are complaining that the sand piles are being little used, they might con- sider the weather of late and the fact that wet sand is hard to carry jand not so useful for bomb elim- m THE SEMIAHMOO SU A Proaressive NEwsrearer In A Prooressive District Wriday, April 8, 1942 * Jeweller Opens Business Here A want long fell i White took wis filled this week When Mr 8 H, Crosby opened a Jewelry store in the Kalley block Mr. Grouby who oporatod 4 fowolry buatnouy in| Fite Brigade Training Twice Weekly brigade is getting some strenuous workouts in fire fehting says and ‘Thirsdays, under the able dt Mission Clty for a miumber of yours has a well stocked store of wate The fire om, clocks, diamonds, Jawelry, eut flan, allverware, china, Ivory goods] practice, twiee weakly and souventrs, and speaializen tn jowelny repalying of all Jdndy ragtion Of-T, Hoggarth The fire company hopes to be With thelr many other duties, the} able to find some way of adding Roy Scouts under Beoutmanter| another 200 feet of hose to the Bruce found time during the week-lequipment, A spokesman for the end to make a start on clearing up| brigade deels ‘om that they will the plot of ground West of the|hiave to elther have to have more police station, where they plan to| hose or more fire hydrants tn led build a park, On completion of the \throughout the town. [t is also clearing operations, Mr, Hassell! hoped that several more fi fight has promised the use of his truck to| ers will volunteer thelr services to ‘haul a few loads of earth for the} the company fill. Mr, Hassell has shown his co- operation in all the Scout activi- ties and turned out again during the week-end to offer lits truck for, the salvage compaign The Ladies’ Auxillary to the) me Army & Navy Veterans, White parracks, on Saturday, March 28 Rock, held the second of the series wos the nratey of military whist drives on Wed- yeqaing when Mary Lucille, only s March 2b, at 8pm. in the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice vetergnsy hall, with five tables in winters, of Hedley, B. C., became play. Winners were Mrs. M, Alt- tne pride of Pte. George Charles r, Mrs. D. Whiting, Mrs. N. angus, elder son of Pte. and Mrs. Robinson and Mr, J. B, Melvin hay- + G angus of White Rock. Cap- inere te torelsn gees tain Robertson, Chaplain of the Last month the winners held 31 jcont Regiment, New Westminster, flags, March being only four flags’ ..9q the ceremony. lower than February's winners.| jor her wedding the bride chose pilerer a ane amore) Panee USL a princess dress of rose colored series to be played in April, Come’ sin: and wool traille; trimmed with ou fol ks panda Gorse vet lf covered buttons. Brown acces- fuse and walk home with the .ories, with a corsage of Talisman pSacka aisey rose buds completed her costume. She was attended by her cousin, Miss Hal Wager, who wore a queen’s blue ensemble with pale rose trimming, with a hat of match- ing shade, and a corsage of pink carnations. Pte. Robert N. Addie of the Army Service Corp, was best man. Mrs. Angus, mother of the groom, and her two daughters, Norma and Jean, attended the wedding, Following the ceremony a recep- tion was held at the home of the bride’s cousin. The groom is a member of the Army Service Corp, and the happy couple will reside at 1274 Barclay Street, Vancouver. Chapel in the Vancouver scene of a V¥ nesday, my The bi-monthly meeting of the Overseas Birthday Club was held at the home of Mrs. J. Marsh on Wednesday evening, March 25, Mrs. Pinkney winning the evening raffle. Another batch of cigarettes and remembrances to the Navy boys are going forward. It was decided to hold a Whist Party at the home of Mrs. A. Sheppard, Johnston Road, on Saturday night, April 11. t The picture, “How Green Was My Valley,” which appeared this week at the Park, held more than usual interest for Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Watson, whose son Allen was one of the principal singers in this On Lig: ve of thaleawaditines Picture. Manager Graham states! wiich took place in Vancouver, that, this) showswellly be beck 10! pte, George Angus, and his bride- White Rock as soon as it has fN"} to-be, Miss Lucille Winters, spent {ahead jhe: frat ‘muni ipossibly. \sonte Friday evening at the home of the time In August, Mr. Graham has’; ners mother, Mrs. T. G. Agus. made arrangements for all first rtm in.4y were accompanied by Mrs piclires (usu 280m Maurice Winters of Hedley, who was spending the week in Vancou- Spring Weather Brings Crowd yer to attend her daughter's wed- The lovely spring-like weather ding. over the week-end brought the! BL: Fete ee largest crowd to White Rock ‘this!’ When the unusual in garden season. A glance at the beach dur- flowers are wanted, Rey. and Mrs. ing Sunday afternoon would make F. Hardy can usually supply them” one feel that summer was here, as from their interesting garden at the several hundred people were sun- “Manse.” Noticed this week was ning themselves on the warm sand, 40 uncommon primrose, “Wanda,” and even a few hardier people a deep wine purple in color. A dis- were in the water for their first dip. tnctive tulip is also in bloom, Adding to the general outburst named “Marjoriletta.” ‘This is the the original tulip from, where our every- ng day tulips originated. It came first from Africa, and not Holland as taste _ | Rock, a Ving’ Reman: $1,00 per year, 5 cente Single copy Takes Twenty Years To Complete Worlds Largest Crochet Work a | Thirty-two millon crochet stiteh ox and 6,252 balls of cotton will have gone Jato what has been estt mated as the world’s Jargest single- handed plece of crocheting when Mrs, Jules Mascaux completes a@ bedroom set she has been working on for twenty years next June 3rd. Mrs, Museaux, whose huashand and daughter, Frances, operate a fish business here, plans to put her work on exhibition in Cloverdale and then make a tour of the major clties in Canada, Pi # will be divided on @ 50-50 basis between her family and wome form of war effort One thousand square feet of ma- terial comprises the complete set ot twenty-two pieces, including three bed curtains, bed spread, unner, A dresser set of two curtains, canopy, runner, tool top and two lamp tops. One window curtain, chiffoniere runner, pillow, night table top and five cur- tain holders Desi 2 of roses 1% in- ches wide requiring 716 stitches each. Leaves 1% by 2 inches each, requiring 700 stitches. Stars 1 by 1 inches, requiring 270 stitches each. Curtain loops required 210 stitches. Remainder of set consists of double lovers’ knots, One hundred and sixty-five square feet of material has gone into the bed curtains, while the bed spread required 212 square feet of mate- rial. Window curtains are 8 by 7 feet. Blue and fawn are the dom- inant colors. Design is Mrey Mas~ caux’s own, She commenced work on the bed- room set while in Coleman, Alberta, in 1921 and has been working on it ever since. Mrs. Mascaux in- tends to put the finished article on exhibition in competition with any hand work of 500 square feet or over. canopy, pillow, r Bn cons A family reunion was held at the home of Mrs. J. McAllister, Colum- bia avenue, last week-end when several members of the family were present for the first time in forty years, Among members of the family present were Mrs. Pattison ot Ottawa; Mrs. Reid, of Milner; Mr. and Mrs. George Hope and daughter of Vanconver. One daugh- ter, Mrs. Thompson of Ottawa, and four grand-daughters could not be present. ——— Norman Carpenter has been ap- pointed district warden, replacing — W. S. Bradshaw, who leaves the district soon for Nanaimo to take a position with the Canadian War Services. ¢ : x That newspaper man, the other — day, who got down in print and — breathed a prayer of thanks thar the paper shortage would mean the: end of the paper napkin, found him? self echoed by a lot of ferv bo fe 5 ate. Ce eee