ar Phone: Whito Rock 56-3696 Adtburieed—Setond Class Mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa. Sutseriptions (In advance). Canada, $280 por year; USA, $35.00 A. PRICE ATKINSON, Editor and Publisher. CORDAY M. ATKINSON, Associate Faltor. Member BC Division of Canadian Weekly Newspaners Association. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and B.C. Weekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau. Vancouver Office: 207 WW Hastings Street. Support Your Guides And Scouts ‘There is no cause for which most people feel greater af- fection and respect than that of Guiding and Scouting. And fn that attitude we most heartily concur, ‘That is why it giv support of everyone in White sampaimn this coming Saturday, July 28. It takes so little, if every one gives to build up tho right kind of total—in this case a very substantial sum for the erection of a much-needed Guide and Scout Hall in White Rock. There will be man; will want to give much moro than the title funds suggests. tf they do, and if eve Rock for the Miles of Dimes y —indeed there should be many — who of this drive for ry resident of this town and area will pause for a few seconds on Saturday at one of the many Stations put up for the collection of the contributions, both large and small, then the result when counting time comes, will Mterally be “Miles of Dimes” for a very worthy cause. Congratulations To The Langley Advance be a bit in offering thom—our sin he Lang! fon of th ugh We vance nose last | congratulations go to | twenty-fifth year of punced the celeb: for beir good © our own ignora: z our best wishes can only b hand in offe eighbour, maybe their own bit to blame. ance and its staff have every done in the past few be proud of what wishes for a conti J. Cox, members of his community work of get- members of: his staff. » publisher, h him in goes to y associate: out the weekly paper, and ti Sunnyside Lack Of Water It seems a bit ironic that the severe lack of water in unprecedented ‘hot ng Sunnyside area during the recen’ should have been caused by the mere lack of a valve. | Yet that appears to be the case. We have been told the | hook-up with the Vancouver water system, long-delayed but | this summer brought to the environs of the Sunnyside on the arrival of a certain type of connecting valve. engineera we don ecessary piece of equipment should be 50 difficult ve also know from experience in a plant wt {s a vital factor, all kinds of gremlins can set back production. If this was the case with the delay in connecting up the water system in Sunnyside, we are all sympathy. But if on the other hand it was a case of neglect or poor planning, then that és another matter altogether. Especially when the wel: fare of a whole community was at stake. Oo get. ere ma- SPECIAL AUGUST DAYS. August 1—National Holiday of Switzerland, Confederation 1291. August 2—Death of Alexander Graham Bell, 1922. August 4—Birthday of Queen Mother Elizabeth, 1900. August 5—Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 1045. August 10-—St. Lawrence River Discovered by Jacques Cartier, 1497. August 14—V-J Day, 1945, August 14—National Holiday of Pakistan. August 15—-V Day (Provincial Hollday, Newfoundland). MORE PARK DEVELOPMENT? Top Priority for development, of Semidhmoo Park Including the Indian Reserve, worth while I'd sure romark. vas front page news, in last week's Semiahmoo Sun Looks Uke our hats are off to our Park Board, to it we'll say “well done,” 2 in our minds eye, see Campbell River get a break Ivs been useless now for years, a change will be just jake A Native Village {s included, handicrafts to be for sale, No doubt there'll be the usual, ice cream, candy, ginger ale. Employment for the Natives, making totem poles and swoators. {t should be well worth seeing them, industrious, go-etters. Having the river deepened, moans real access to the Bay. The picture's moi alluring, and very practical rd say. es us peculiar satisfaction to solicit: the | a bit | FAitors. in not sounding forth on their nuation of that ser- |" jlocated Municipal P: t pretend to know why this kind | The view of the bay from the cliff lterally took my breath ” away with its beauty and quiet grandeur. The sky was the col our of a Kitten’s ey a deep. Jintonsive blue. In the west little white clouds played catch with the sun, as lambs might with flowers in a meadow. The last threw a haze of Jrays of the Sunset On Semiahmos Bay with the committee In charg of programme sales if they” Printed all tho data she asked for. Some folks “just ain't reas- onable!” THE BRAVE SHOWING of youngsters in the children’s parade, once again bereft of pink mists over the deep blue appeared below tho hills) right music as they marched staunch~ hills beyond the Bay. Below me, in front of me, I saw a canoe ly along the main street in the waves’ danced in greeting dling tranquilly in the set- their ingenious and cojourful to a western zephyr. tling dusk. And, far off in the Costumes, Haven't yet heard On the right in the distance, distance, the mighty, snow-;What happened to the local like a pointing fin- capped mountains stared at me }band who let them down. Good . the cannery, with its build. with silent eyes of ice. | Soing, young fry! ing t g the sunlight, still| I turned away, afraid of be-| THE YOUNG LAD, who, aw with the action, ing overcome with the quiet and (given a plastic sand pail Per called me, Suddenly the sun dis. grandeur of this beautiful place jShovel for a prize in the cos- jtume contest, announced loud= By Pat Crowe. jutting out Letters To Letters published in this col- re the sentiments of tho © not umn writers themselves and 4 necessarily subscribed to by the To th Dear S' CAN Can a hi Rock to provide ac tion for grow! Brown € 3 and Wolf Cubs | It is proposed to |such a building on | Scouts, Board property through the generous co-operation and participation of all interested White Rock residents, both young | the planning and construction of jsuch a building. ‘This Saturday the “Miles of Building Fund Sub- ye located at stations in the a, collection Committee will }nine sepa White Rock | Letter From Ottawa Hahn Urges | |Dear Friends: | Undoubtedly constituents are interested to know just what jaction is taken by your mem: ber when certain problems are brought to his attention, and | whether or not st is worth one’s |time to write his member. Any \doubt that one might have is Jundoubtedly the direct result of the speed with which the rovernment acts. | In fairness to all govern: lments, I think that I should jtell you that I am satisfied that jshould ‘each case be dealt with on {ts individual merits, then surely action could be expected |very quickly. But such is not Ithe case, for a policy establieh ed for one case automatically |becomes a precedent for all Jother such cases, and tho con |aequence of action in one in stance must be measured eare fully and accurately before it is applied to"Canada as a whole. Youn Cam soup Shy tbs pbell River was a good pay roll for Treasury Board, which makes this place, Tt can be made one once again. so why Iet it go to waste, Ww. F. Mi Tides of White Rock District Reference Station. Point Atkinson. Standard Time. ‘Time Ht Time Ht. Time Ht. Time Ht. Th. IMT 86 6: 119 6 48 20:18 144 a PF. 2:26 80 743 116 13:49 5.7 20:41 143 14:22 69 21:05 142 Se. s tad T™ funds available, is of course the over-riding factor. INEQUALITY NOTED ‘Thus when a constituent drow to my attention the question of tho payment of Com- fort Allowance to Veterans unfortunate enough to be in hos- pital at the wrong poriod of the month to collect, it was my privilege to draw it to the at- tion of the department and the nd old, in ;ment to the contrary this munl- maintenance account without jand participation in creative |ward which elected him. Comfort Allowances e h ward in the municipality !ty “Pd rather have the cup!” allotted $10,000 for main-] OUR BANDS should be a ance. By a sloppy mothod Of cause of real pride on the part ecounting somewhere there/of each and every pérson in ared terrific over-expendi-!white Rock and district who in one ward. This was by ‘contributed to the financing of ef adhesive March 23, At this time it was both tho present fine young decided to place the mainten=| peopje’s bands we saw march= fund on © municipal basis. |ing in the big parade on’ Satur= 1 by now had spent |gay, The Kinamen’s Boys! Band 000. ‘in their very smart blue uni- nis fund was still to be un-|forms were a credit to the looal the control of Council. On| group who sponsored them and over. | April 12 a further $20,000 PER|thelr bandmaster, Bruce Hall WARD we ted for main-|Their playing has come along CECIL PARSONS nce and projects, proving | splendidly under his tiftion and Sile of Dim rd costs are available. Ithelr drill performances were Committee. | On April 17 of this year the |@ pleasant surprise and varia— maintenance fund was set up)Uon in the parade. The Eagles’ White Rock, July 23. |$175,000 to bo spent in all of |Girls’ Band, too, looked equally Doar Sir: Surrey with control in the |Smart in their blue and white To the Editor. hands of Council. By March 31st |and red outfits and their play~ AN OPEN LETTER TO THE 8438875 had already been,ing also, under Band Leader TAXPAYERS OF SURREY spent before even the fund was George Currle, proves once MUNICIPALITY. set up. To date, July 19,,more that our young people to- Notwithstanding any argu- $118,723.13 has been spent on the |day need only the leadership ihe Editor tt which hand. | dor Ip of every pro put this WILL YO) cipality is still on the ward consulting Council or showing | activities to make us all very system and ch councillor is where this money was spent. ,Proud of them. responsible for an accounting Oy May 14 the Surrey Coun-| CAN'T RESIST A MENTION of his term to the particular oj) by a majority vote asked/of the Dog Show and the mar— the Manager for an accounting. |vellous display of yet another inning of this year p,. motion read: “That an ac-|example of training and disci- counting of maintenance e¢x-jpline of the right kind for good penditures per ward to April 30, |/performance. Couldn't begin to At the beg 1958 be made available to Coun-|mention all the dogs, both big jell at its next meeting,” which)jand little I saw which nearly |would have been May 28, 1956. }"stole my heart away.” Maybe V eterans By-law 1261 which sets out /{f I had to make a choice 1 |the duties of the Manager says Settle for one of the fitters in part under Section 2, para-\tie Collies reared by a | graph (L) “To report to tho|Rock couple, Mr. nd \Gouncil and account for his,G: Darts, Coast Meridian Sins arm Sian |stewardship by presenting reg- who without a doubt 1 oe ee roeete, gno must ot /uiar Monibly: reports to countiljiala) | epartss | Bebe |necessity take, it 49 gratifying ;Ceereoe Sill) matters ahesels Rock's first’ vory; suacesstulitn fm be able to poss on! the infor) re rerzod ean) und an aoe and , ternational Dog Show.» mation that I received in a re (oem special reports, = —- respecting . . s ; This and Tha cent mail, viz, TWICE — MONTHLY | matters herein contained, at re- “The alléwance for comforts Jis pald in arrears to elig}blo jveterans, as is the case with |similar benefits, and the De- tment makes payments only |at regular times of the month to the pationts actually in hos= pital altho therg could be! special circumstan: which Sed produce a very accurate account would warrant payment at the [Nimo of discharge from hospital; it nos desired and it hesesh.6 /igp sore at it areca not m regular then. he has) violoted (his: trust cid pay day, and it ln possible chat |, byidntormation,/and) XeBellavai fome departmental | districts {> tebe tue, ian thar Cone Mey have been giving a libpraldnters Souda Vesa et ea Noo u Raa \pretation in, dis ‘eanneotion, . ;CoUDUEE RCtia hea mae sie | “In most departmental dis- fund within 24 hours. léclote- piyment’ is) sndde secnila| 0) 5 Phos om non stm tutallen tmonthly. nearithe zmiddle or/ends 0 Counoll snraa Una ias jot the calendar month. How= lever, in the Vancouver district ll Of payment is made towards the, end of tho month only and your g example ckarly shows that In- spent Bothy quest of the Council.” ~ Council's request for an ae-| Spend not’ too! ‘counting of the maintenance’ pining {fund was refused, and the Man-|Phat fortune yo ager stated he could not be re| gay, ; sponsible for an accurate re= just make pert {| dollars Porsonally I am inclined to /qhat seem believe that the Manager conta way. maui equity between distriots. could) TEBE tk jexint. Consequently, all depart= Today, mental districts are being in- structed to pay twice month! lin the future and this stan: ization will remove which now exist.” You will appreciate eases do not x