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A MROGnGesivs Newsreaper IN A Proaressive District

Vol. 4, No. te

"White n vk, BG, Friday, August 28, 1942

FAREWELL TO MISS STOKES Successful Day
The members of tho oongresa-

tion of the Presbyterian ehurolh For Lawn Bowlers
Tast Wednesday gathered at the
home of Mrs, Stokes, Martin St, | We wish to thank all those who
in honour af her dawghter, Miss | teabonded so heartily to the oll
Jessie Stokes, whe has long been /of the Semlahmeo Lawn Rowling
one of oun popular White Rook club in attendiig and taking an
active part In their tournament

teachers,
Misa Stokes, who is leaving us j}last Wednesday, In aid of the

to teach In Kelowna High School, | Queen's Children’s Mund, making It

Was presented with a beautifully jthe success that it was.

bound Rhynm book by Mry MoT. | The games wore keenly content

tosh A pleasant evening of music |ed, the winning rink being skipped

Was enjoyed by all including the |by My. J. Fred Higginbotham, our

solos of Miss Mavis Gre |
Mr. Melatesh, Mr. J, D. MacMis jon the jack. Ruqner-up waa the
Jan gave some of his amusing rink skippe@py Mr, Rakor,

Woe also wish to extend our ap

ham and |eve spectaligt. Wo sure had his oye

|
eharacter scketches, Refreshments (
were served by Mrs. McCallum, | Preclation to the New Westminster

assisted by Mrs. Harcus. The even- {Lawn Bowllng club, who were ably

ime concluded with the singing of /Tepresented by Mossrs, Bowell,

Auld Lans Syne and many good | Bews and ory, they showed

wishes for Miss §

club must be. extremely high. In-

re in Kelowna
eldently Mr. Rews has reached the

j novice finals in his club, this being

LEAVING FOR VICTORIA his first year at lawn bowling, if |

he continues as he is now going,
Mrs, W. S Bradshaw and her} ne
family eave on Monday ao join |
he

is

will reach great heights in the

ame

husband in Victoria where he
for the
Legion War Servi

Thanks must be given the ladies
Canadian | ror the able manner in which they

his main’ took care of the refreshment. end
utiles dealing with entertainment. of

the programme, which was

very

It is seven years since the ad~

tasty and thoroughly enjoyed by
ume to White Rock. Mrs. a}

@shaw will be m:
cle fri

shaw's

sd among | Some yery good ‘snapshots of

her ctf

the tournament

e available at
worker Garner's Studio on W:
bei

conscle and willir

in whatever she undert

nue

conne
stit
Legion

The Pier Auto Camp which they
have been operating will now be

with /the Women's In-

ee eee
Red Cr

and Canadian
Read the new Blackout regula-

tions on page 2 of this issue.

Auxillary

Bob Sheppard, R.C.N., is home

under the managership of A, E
= ‘ on two weeks Ieave from Halifax.

Allen, who is handling the boat
concession of the Canadian Legion
Their many friends extend to them
every good wish in their new

in Vancouver.
sphere of life.

A. Edwardson has gone to Seven
Persons, Alberta, to look after his
farm interests there.

Recently a party of local fish-
ermen on their way out to the
spot chosen for fishing, were dis-
cussing among themselves what |
they would do with the fish the
caught. It was a hot day, but not
a fish could they entice with their |
lures, the fish must have been en-
joying the cool depths. But the
beer tasted good when they got to
it after the blistering heat,

rail, B, C. are on a two weeks
holiday here in White Rock.

Mr. and Mrs; Walter J. Atkin-
son, of Seattle, Wash. have’ been
visiting White Rock for the past

week,
|

When a Scottish barber was en-; Mrg, Frank Hassall spont a: de-
gaging a new assistant he pointed yenttud week-end at Vancouver
out: and Bowen Island with her niece,

"I pay lower wages in the stim- yyjgg Caxton,
mer because the work's Jighter.” ee

“But surely people get their hair Messrs. J. D, MacMillan, J. 1,
cut quite as often, If not oftener, Wright and W. A. Smith enjoyed
in the summer than in the winter?” thelr motor trip to Harrison Hot
protested the applicant for the job"; Springs last Sunday,

“Ay'' agreed the barber, “but |
you dinna have to help them on wi’ ,
their overcoats.”

Misses Barbara and Margaret
|Grant; Miss Doris Hanslow and
| Mr. Reg. Hanslow motored to Cul-
tus Lake Sunday last.

ROTATE YOUR TIRES

Mr. and Mrs. Plantec and daugh-
ter and friend from Vancouver, are
qj ROTO a week at their summer
cottage. on Sunset ayenias

A general meeting of the Wok

okes in her now | that the grade of bowling in thelr |

Mrs. J. W. Altken and daughter, |
Mary, spent this week visiting |

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson of |

LI8BT OF
SUOQOCESSFUL STUDENTS

LORD TWEEDSMUIR

Gordon La Verne Ar
Marlon Gumlakey
Netty Iwabet Daniel
Mavenerite Mary Parkand
Rowe Marte Tobina Kelowna

Thomas Alexander Klopp
Irene Yvoune Lane
Hdwin Geoffrey Maine
Mildred’ Haney Maine
Kenneth Meltinnon
Annie MeKinnon

oyee Pointer
Annie Dorlas Wales

QUEEN ELIZABETH

Marjorie Ava

Muriel Eleanor Harley
Glen Alan Kirkbride
Goshlyukl Okamina
John Pidruchny
Marguret Bllen Shepherd
Helen Elizabeth ‘Thorne
May Webb

William John Wright

SEMIAHMOO

Clarence D. A. Blue
Eleanor J. Bradshaw
Lillian Christianson
Werner Ernest Kloess
Jean G

nclair

VIA CRUCIS

shington |

I he
Bewildered, stunned with grief,

rd my best beloved had died

T turned te from

il the world,

To tread the Via Dolorosa of my
grief alone,

I sought alleviation for my wound.

Lo here, lo there.

jAnd, finding none, I cried, |

“O, God, I'm lonely, my loss

Is almost more than T can bear!”

| And He who never fails to hear
His childrens’ y
tears.

yers or see their

|Breathed on my broken heart,

|And whispered, “My child,

Your loved one is not dead,

He's safe with Me, and now,

Come, take my hand, I under-
stand!”

May C. Preston.

Capt, and Mrs, Wooster, of New
Westminster, are spending two or
three days at thelr cottage, Island
View, Marine Drive, and has as
their guest, Mrs. P. A. Beall, of
Garrow Bay.

| Safety glass is now in much de-

mand; it is made of two layers of
! glass with a tough, transparent
cement between them. Also, tem-
|pered glass is made which is very
jhard to break, and which, © finally

broken goes Into small, ratfler
harmless grains of powder.
RED CROSS SUPPLIES :

FOR THE PACIFIC \

Mrs. H. A. Ramsden. Chairman
of the Proyincial Red Cross Work
Committee recently

lesa Columbia fo oa navy blue

$1.00 per year, 6 cents Single copy
| NEW EQUIPMENT

NO HALLOWE'EN FIREWORKS

iat week the fire department
received some new

link for apples, spin he platter,
equipment, play all the old-Mine games—fit
consisting or a trailer with w new don't #hoot off fireworks thia Hal-
force pump and a thovaand feet of loween Reluctantly Mr. W. @
new hose. Mainwaring, Chatrmap, Advisory
)Counell, Provincia) Chvilian Prox
tortion Committee, Was decided
permiesion will not be grant-
A brinh fire wax seen by Mr. ed for the ase of fireworks. War
Marshall of the White Rock hotel, ' conditions In the Pacific, and pow

| in ibility of Diackent orders at that

BRUSH FIRES

on the bank by the

front of the hotel about Hat- time have mode this decision n

woe burning atend- | ees

urday night, 1
fly when Mr, Mat

m to dealers who

jal turned In ysuelly stock op on fireworks
the arm, fortunntely there

notice te given thus far in ad-

Jno wind, After .the fire brigad $i

arrived it wha soon under control _ ee
ae)

Wehnesday
engine we
| time It y

morning the fire

gain called out, thi Sinclair

hax corn grow-

a small brosh fire on ing where diready a splendid crop

the Hope property, Over a thous- | of potatoes been harvested

‘and feet df hose w
ee the bla
j
|

needed to corn which is of

inshine variety was

the 8th and Sth of

93rd Co. P. C. M. R. June A lot of ft is now e nt feet
tall nd looks as if it would be
An instructor with a Sten gun pe

was out to Cloverdale on Wi

nesday night and the Rangers had

On afternoon, Mrs. Dor-
quite an eyening gett detail of | ity, ds entertained a few
this weapon and shoot with ft! timate for Miss

At a later

e ther be «

w teach In

Stokes

| Practice in White Rock ané left on ‘Thursday

mornin ar for her new posi-
PETITION TO REPAIR tion. Miss Hans

ed on Monday evening for Miss

ow also entertain-

CAMEBEEC, RIVER BBIDSE Stokes, who leaves followed by the

good wishes of her many friends.

A petition is in civeulntion

the Dominion Government to hav

On September ist the Red Cross

jthe Campbell river bridge put into
a state of repair so that it may be. Work room returns to {ts regular

of use to the travelling public, At Schedule. The rooms will be open

present it is in a dangerous con-|each Tuesday and Thursday fvom
dition, , 1.80 to 4.30. ‘The needs are increas
ing every day. These is much mat-
Mur. |erinl on hand. Old and new work-

ers should if possible resume their

| J. H, Mufford and J. R
ford, of the Mufford and Son
Hatchery, Langley Prairie, are

spending ten days holiday here ii me itam
J. R. has his family with him as| When France fell tn ee

Mufford, of WS left alone in the Near East
: with a forée of 40,000 men against
260,000 Italians in Libya and more
than 360,000 in Abyssinia, During”
General Wavell’s campaign In Tab-
Out of the thousands of ships ya his striking foree never exceed
convoyed by the British Navy less ed 30,000 men. In eight weeks he
captured 130,060 prisoners,

programme at once.

well as Mrs. Chr 5
Milner, and Miss Mildred Mufford,
of Moose Heights.

‘tha one in 200 has been lost.

issued an
emergency call to the knitters of | |

yto pick in about three weeke.

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