Vol. 6, No. 1 White

After Thirty Years In The
Customs Service Retires

phirty years of Kervico In the)
Canadian Customs Were terminated

who r

for Charles A. MeConkoy,

‘tUred from.
December S1st.
Mr. MeConkey, who wax ono of

office here Friday,

joved officers in the x0

the bos!
vice at White Rook, wax guest of
honor at @ dinner tendered him by
his friends In the White Rock hotel
December Mth, when

present,

Thursday,
includ=

we

about thi
ing a mumber of visitors from the

at Blaine.
of

mites Customs

Collector

United
Angus G. Fadden,
Customs at New Westminster pro-
posed a toast to Mr. McConkey

which was heartily responded to

Tustily
Jolly

cheers

Aer which all joined in
the “For He's a

Good

singing of
Fellow",
and a tiger,

W. B (fred) Johnson, Sub_col-
lector of Customs at White Rock,
on behalf of the Canadian officers
Mr. MeConkey with
handsome clock,

and three

presented a,
In making the presentation, Mr.
“Charllé
a he {s known to all, ix one of the

Johnson remarked that

real pioneers of the Customs ser-
vice in this nelghborhood. He and
A. K. (Andy) Westland, now Col-
Jector of Customs at the Port of
Pacific Highway had
first Customs office where the
Pacific Highway crosses the In4
ternational poundary, in 1913. No
buildings were provided when the
office wax first opened, and the
business was conducted In a tent.

Automobiles were few and far
Wetween, and most of the traffic
consisted of pedestrians and horse
‘back riders, also numerous buggies
and wagons.

How vast have been the changes
in the past 30 year will be noted
when it Ix realized tat Pacific
Higtway, in normal times, is now:

opened the |

thie third largest port in Canada|

for the handling of tourist auto-
motfles and passengers.

Officers were buried in clouds of
dunt in summer and struggled with
‘mud in winter, in the early days, it

apecint patrol work on tho Inter
National Houndary duriygs the jnat

» had

Qwar, and on several ocean

nome oxelting chnves with ¢

and Austrian allen who were
seoking to excaps thraugh United
Stites, thon nowtral, to return to
thelr home countries.

In 1926 he was transferred to
White Rook, where‘ie had bandied
Chistoma work on the Gr onth=
orn trains ever since,

Mr. MeConkey, by hin unfailing
food-nature and kindly disposition,
has enifeared himself to his fellow
Officers and to the travelling pub_

Hie alike, sald Mr. Johnson

“Gentlemen, T am deeply touchett

Rook, B,C, Mriday, January

Splendid Collection
Ot Silver Fox Furs

Taplin the well known

by these exprosslons of kindness’
and by the gift of this bautiful |
elock", sald Mr. McConkey in re-|
plying. One of the severest strains
of retiring, he added, was the
breaking of the old associations
with his friends which had been

Such a largo part of his life for so
many years.
Roy Pike, on behalf of Mr. Me-

Conk. friends

5 In the United
States Customs Service at Blaine
Presented him with a fine leatt

bi-fold. Mr. Pike referred to the

friendly atmosphere which has al-
ways prevaied between the customs |

Services in our two countries, and

sald that it was largely attributed
to the willing co-operation of men
of Mr, McConkey's type.

The meeting was also
by Jacob S. Myers, Depui
lector, Pacific Highwa
Wright and J. H. D. Tucker,
for examiners at
Douglas respectivel:

Aldergrove

and
Private Jas.
Wilcock, formerly of the Canaglian

Inmig

tlon service, now on leave
from the Armed Forces, Dave Mc.
Namara of the Immigration and
Walter BM. Girling, vice-president
[for British Columbia of the Cus-
}temsx and Excise Officers’ Assoc-
jJation.

All wished Mr. MeConkey gooa
health and many happy years to
Purste his hobbies on hin large

‘was recalled, as contrasted with
the broad concrete square and
Sovered drivewayn now provided.

Mr. Johnson related that Mr.
MoGonkey had been detalted to

and fertile farm which has been his
[Pride for xo long, and which 1%
j Woented clone to Pacitic Highway, a
short distance north of the bound-
ary where he flext enttored
Cuntomx service.

the

» Cantata “Star of Bethlehem”
i

Under the able supervision of
ire. (Rev) Hardy the performance
of the cantata ,'Star of Bethtehom'
‘Wan cared to m most nuccenn
clusion at the United echureh
on Sunday morning.
was highly creditable to the
young people who had xo faith-
Iy attended the practicon and

mand did much eredit to
ir inwtructor,—
8

Ko hard to make the whole |Brockhurnt,
ffir one of Kueh an enjoynblo| Mra. J.
ire. ‘The wololnta were well! One chair wan

ure wae fully filled and Mra, Ry

A GENERAL MEETING

A keneral mocting of the Army
and Navy ® Auxiiioe
held at headquarters on ry
January 4th,

‘There way a very ood atten
fnce for the opening of thy now
Year with five now mor
Anitintod, namely, Mra, EM. M.
Kay, Mrx, K, MeCutehoon, Mra, D,
» Mra AL Robinyon ang
Shepherd,

Ta

wan}
onny,

here boing

moant the

Mra. Howler
nated nt thtk moots,

Omwald hax beon on the

on
executive for which

was nomb

Whint Arivé, watch thiy yaner for
date and time. We aro also plan.
1 An APFON nnd home cookin

Hllvor Pox Hroodor, brownie ty one
offion the greatest display of
fot Platinam ond wilte
silver fox raw, pelts we
haye gver sen, Mr, ‘Cuplin. sayn
thoas” polty nro wOMetimén pur
chesed by Jadiox, In which ante they
are sont to Winni) to be tanned
nd qRde up ready to wear, or
they aro placed on ithe raw fur
YOU « whieh take place in
Vancouver eich month, they are
knocked down there the highest
bidder, Furs are high now, foxes
ha up 100%, and "mink 200%
but people seen to haye plenty of
money, and they are easily sold.
Mr iplin was born on Prince
Edward Uslandy and was one of the
y first ti slers of foxes. It 1s
now 4 since he first got
ini business, mm 1914 he
took th first silver fi 4 to
Statos, and had ranches
Bear Lake on the San Bernadino
Mountain ran; He aso had
ranches at Grand Raplds, Mich.

e City, Mich.

Mich,

nd Handcock
Houghton,
1932

he c

me Cloverda:

rted fox

ised some of the finest pelts
sea

fn Canada. Canada
contains the very best furs in the
world and the raisin;
foxes runs

of mink and
of
Canada

into many millions
ars annually, both

and tho United States,

in

HENRY—BLYTHMAN

A
ace

wedding of 104
D

ul interest took
11th Holy
amley Sun

on

her
¥
Tyce, daughter of
Sdith Blythm

in
church

lind, when

Mrs
Mr.
LAC Harold ¥

n and the late

timan, became ithe bride of

ney, young:

son of
Mr.

and Mrs. Nelson Henry, of
White Rock

The brid «given in n
by her byother and wore a strect

length clover pink crepe dri
brown

is with:

mores and wore white
carnations. She Attended by,
her sister and nefco as bridesmaids

who wore royal blue

dresses,

repe de chine

‘The groom wax sipportea
by LAG Honey, R.GA.F, with
L/Cpl. J. McKay, R.C.E,, of Van-

left

couver ay
reception

sroomsm
the happy
for a honeymoon in Tor

nm. AT

couple

H.M.J.S. Narbada, of Royal Indian Navy,

A Proaressive Newspaper IN 4 Procressive District

7, 1944

$1.00 per year, 5 cents Single copy

Jure Re-Elected President.

‘The annual meating of the tage

chelr in fayour of Past Preaddent

m there and |

Jon, White Jtock Trane No. , 1.| Foley, who procendad 40) comand
Hf. Jo, Nel on Ure night Of hone | the tection off offioen for tha yaar
Any at We Legion Nall with promt 14941, Attor appointing Memb
“dont ¥. Jure in the chute nnd Hi Marshall and Meme ax mePucineane
Ty, Suthiren, xocretury Ne enlled fe nominations tor
|| Jn. aaaition_ to Uw, members tl rcaent “oat ima ee Ree
Visine commden were weleamed
the meeting in (ie perms of | PrOeNted, Gat Of prenident Fare,
Mn, James, of 1, and Mr.| the chalr declared ¥, Sure re-elect=
wahall, of Manor, Sah | 4 for « Surther term of ome year
In the conrne of hix annual re-| by aeelame
port secretary Buthron Vor first and necond vien-preah-

aeted an trensu

part of the past yoar, reported that | Bak

or | dents. renpec Comnrahen Hug

were chenen,
the branch was in n natisfuctory| the former by sedamation an the
mosition and thi Other
numbers of new members had been
enrolled, He a th
formulating futu
good ofthe

and Dai

financially

Jon

n|lattor by
} a

were:

tren

destrabit- | W.

fty
th
th

¢ plans for | utlve

branch in view of | Allen

robability roof

Harra

of a num

new comrades returning from] Comrade J.B. Sinclair was added

overseas during the coming year, |to the Board of Trustees which ts
ident Jure in his annual re.| therefore 4 OP of Menssrn 5.

Port touched briefly on. the many| Sinclair, H. Vidal and Geo. wWeet-

activitfes of the branch: he offered | ward.

sympathy to those who had suffer-

ed by bereavement during the past

year nd thanked the officers and{

Homemakers’ Comer

members
the

# well as the W.A. for

pad. work they had done; also] “Time doth softly, sweetly glide.
ag the unflinchin, When there's love at heme.”
during his r of office, |

|Dear Homemakers:

n motion o Keeton a

1

arty

te of thanks to all retir-

Some time ago a bride told us

ing officers ned by a that she was seeking the saeal

ation. home on which to model her new

The president then yacated the|on, < telling us this

rl mat remembered an incident that
oceurred fn our communis

LAWN BOWLING NEWS A friend of oux is a wonderfel

| Tho executive of the Semiahmoo homemakers/bue ee

LAS housekeeper, The

n Bowling club wish to extend sual visitor to
and their friends [tls home may find Sonny's boots

son's Greetings, with the {1M Yesterday's newspaper on the

op that early In the New Year {/VIng room’ floor. And each mem-

ce will he brought to thia war|P@? Of the family enjoys the con:
torn world and contentment to all, |{¥8!n- E

Gh AN season, wo all| [8st New Year's Day our friend

keep up that feeling of compan-;;Te*?! to emulate the woman

Giananintthae ora n. the greens, /NeXt door, who in addition to

jDY meeting nt some of the members D¢!Ns the maker of a happy home:
Jhomes, also to Keep in touch with !* at the samo time "a thoroueh

The

what fs going on at the greens, In 284 Systematic touseieeoie
the way of improvements, as well take pride In her efficleney
as fostering the bowling spirit, $ Much so, It Is rumoured, that

Until such time when we start up, ter husband willingly removes Bis
shoes at the hack door before en-
tering his home.

in the spring,

The next gathering is to be at
tho home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan’ Thi8 Reed housekeeper told our
MeGrath on Wedne: the 12th, frtond! that beh onl waar
sae tay fs jaay thoroughly clean one room,

And thon sho did her washing and
baking on another day. Therefore
friend Monday morning
jheran to clean house, As the week
went dy, the house beran to sy
but the homemaker became wears)
And irritable, Her family grieved
the usual warm glow of
dminishing, When
the Mother went
worn out. And
|xhe rested on the Sabbath.
When Monday came, she v
eatd: ‘My

Tet us all gi
this

toxether and make
most en-
<1

Soming meeting, a

ble gathering of ae

on
bowlers

Deoause
homelite
| Satantay

jto bed

[her netihbour an
{Ix clean, What shia 1 don
And the netghb in a Surprised

‘leo, replied: “Now you beety al
et

The {dea wax too wich for Aur
jfriond and. xhe declted to be hers
wolf again. And very soon her
\nonse became the cox home her
|family enjoyed

The mort to this story, dear
homemakors of WHRe Rock, is thar
‘No one key WHT oven the doer tn
happy home Jif and we esnnot
all mnccoratuly follow o