10 WHITE ROCK SUN

Prelude to a

by Margaret Lang |painting » ceiling to emptying |apropos.
While standing atop the ris-)who insisted that he would be|the septic tank or felling a tree.

ing slope of land that is part of
our garden a few days ago, I
looked down at the scene be-
fore me and suddenly realized
that in just a fow weeks my
husband and I would be able
to celebrate the first anniver-
sary of our coming to White
Rock. As I looked over “our

THURSDAY, MARCH S$, 1959 three uionths. During {bat
time we hag endicss reasons for
being grateful for his stucdy
youth and willingness to help

although we cannot claim cred
it for any of the natural boau
ty which abounts at “Langhav-
en,” we do feel we have done
our part well and the Latin

i
New Home :: SW Cee
jhim to take on, either inside | phrase “finis coronat opus” ithe

\the house or ovtside - fromjend crowns the work) seems

| Those first three months

thie aera Oke Us some) were the busiest 1 can ever re
Despite the heavy downpour |call and the most rewarding,
wo managed to see scveral|for when our nephew left us,
charming houses but somehow |the inside of the house was in
none had that ‘special some-|800d order, and the garden was
thing’ that I was unconscious-|showing the result of all the
ly seeking, so after a couplo of love and labor we had bestow

hours of getting in and out of /¢d on it

domain” I was warmed by the|of the car in the rain, we de-| There are few chores my hus:|
pleasant, soul-satisfying glow |cided to say our thank you's tolband and I failed to tackle
that is the reward of a jobjour obliging companion, and|those first months in our new

back in time—
As many retired couples are

head for home. | Such was not|home, but however weary, dis-
to be however, for our inten-|courage dor bewildered we be
tions to leave scemed to spark came, we could always forget

wont to do, my husband and I|the young man's memory andthe way we felt, at least for a
talked off and on of some day |we were invited to see just one time, by just pausing long

owning a home ‘near the water,'|more house.

somewhere away from the city.

enough to look out at our own
“It's an old house,” said our special view of Semiahmoo Bay

Our planning, if it could be|young man, “and it's in another |While breathing deeply of ihe

Ss 5 2
called that, was vague and|part of White Rock; the old/Magic air of White Rock. 0 j
formless and we did nothing|West End. I'd like you to see} Even through the weeks of
was

about it beyond letting the idea it.” excessive heat, when water

creep into our conversation now

And see it we did! It was a!so restricted in use that the

and then sort Of “love at first sight” |thirsty garden shrivelled and
Since White Rock rated high|view for me. The house, set the lawns were singed brown

h us as a possible location |b

below the road, but protected by the simmering heat, ther:

forugur ‘home near the water,’|from it by a row of small fir was always relief for us in the)
it was quite natural that one/|trees, was surrounded attrac: |cool, clear water just below our |

somewhat overcast morning in|t

April last year, having nothing|my fingers fairly tingle to get ute:
of greater importance to do, we busy gardening. The overall! tre

ively by a garden that made front windows; or a few min
est in the shade of
nd the filtered sun would

decided to drive out to White|picture of house and garden, relax our tired muscles anc
Rock and have a look around. |with the backdrop of sky and/aching bones, while we watched
We had only driven a few water presented a scene so rur jthe small still clouds clinging

miles when it started to, rain a)

and by the time we had reach-/fore 1 saw the inside of the| There wer

1 and reposeful that even be-/to the brililantly blue sky
many times inj

ed Johnston Road and turned house I felt the stirrings of real 'the first hectic weeks in White
off the King George Highway, | interest. Rock when I questioned the

our enthusiasm was somewhat

Later, when we had looked wisdom of our -moye. Years of

dampened . However, we de-|through the house, feasted our soft living had not conditioned |

iced that having come so far c:
we may just as well go a little a
farther and so we stopped by |o:

a

yes on the beauty of the view |us for the work of restoring
nd listened to the faint swish |large, unkempt garden to a
f the waves as they lapped thing of beauty, nor for all the

the first real estate office we against the beach about 100 feet other arduous jobs that ure

noticed and my husband went bi

in. Very shortly he was back it! And, as I learned later, my

to our car accompanied by ah
friendly, personable young man al

AMPERIAL
Esso
PROD ‘

|

ag

of living in a city apartment-jed with molten gold, was

as part of redecorating and gett |
ing settled after a move. Then
usband felt the same way the the lost feeling of
bout it being far away from our fay
The doubts and misgivings orite friends and haunts to con

elow, I was sure that this

experienced after we had com-|tend with. However, there was
mitted ourselves to purchase always comfort in just watch
the property were more or less|ing @ sunset. Watching the
normal I suppose. It is quite Western sky afire a
an undertaking for a

sundown,
idle-| with pink clouds suspended ov-
ged couple, pampered»by years |er the dark blue water splash

jouse, to, take on a surburban enough to inspire a fresh store
ome with a large garden, and of energy and determination to

hi
th
we will always be grateful for|carry us through another day

Regalar Deljpery tthe warm wélcome, the encour-\0f doing all the incredible and
y agement and help given us by |sometimes unpleasant jobs that

ur neighbor, who has never |Kept cropping up.

. 0
WhiteRoc failed to praise the unparallel-, It was certainly proof of our
ed merits of life in White Rock.|enchantment with our new

u

Fuel :

WI. 8-9606 of 8-3157 |

This wa:

One of the first things we hon hat we were able to sur
id after completing the pur-|vive the day the septic tank
hase of our new home was to|was cleaned out.

nlist the help of a nephew, 4) Jt was one of those sizzling
niversity student on holidays.|days of last August, when te
certainly proved 2 sun was hot enough to sap the
reat blessing. He came with)sirength of any living thing.
s the dey we moved from Von |The location of the tank was

couver and stayed with us for finally found by the ‘trial and|

|, UF more than 800

_ Our Personal Loan service is organized
‘Yo meet the wide range of needs of a
_ Tange of peop

Personal Loans are available at any one of

error’ method, and the tribula-|
tions of getting all the neces-|
Sary pipes and so forth un
earthed was enough to deter
stouter hearts than we. But by
the time we reached the tank
itself we found the disinterr |
ment so fascinating that we
were almost enjoying it and
then we were spurred on by the
thought of how much good the}
unattractive contents of the
tank would do the garden

As the days sped by, bring-
ing completion to so many
necessary jobs, we felt a grand
sense of accomplishment that
compensated for the many body
aches and other aggravations
we had suffered, and when we
‘downed tools’ toward the end
of summer for a well-earned |
rest, we knew we could give
our full attention to welcom- |
jing old friends into our home. |
Happily we regaled our
|friends with details of our ex-|
wif |periences and let them help us

|

\decide on a name for our ‘home|
by the sea.’ Proudly we dis-|
played the results of our ef-
forts while we sayored the joys|

of being able to share a place |

so richly endowed by nature. |

Many words must have paid
tribute to the natural beauty |
of White Rock, but words|
alone cannot communicate to
others the happy emotional res-

And when we do celebrate
the first anniversary of the
move to our new home we Will
remember to be thankful that
we set out one overcast April
morning last year to have |
look at White Rock.

WI. 8-0563

City of White Rock
Community Planning By-Law

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will hold a
Public Hearing in the Silver Moon, Martin Street, White Rock,
on Monday, the 9th day of March,
to consider the following proposed amendments to Schedule “B”
of the “City of White Rock Community Planning By-law, 1958,

No. 32”:-

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

All that area bounded by Anderson Street, North
Bluff Road, Martin Street, Thrift Avenue, Oxford
Street and Oxenham Avenue, except 3.855 ac. Pt
4, N.W. N.E. 10, Tp 1, Sk 12042.

Lot C, Blk 11, N.E. Sec 10, Tp 1, Map 15100, (Cor-
ner of Thrift and Martin)

Lots 1, 6, and 7, of Lots 6, 7, 8, Biks 47B and 48B, of
the E ec 11, Tp 1, Plan 19279; The E. 171.46
feet of Lots 9 and 10, of Biks 47B and 48B of the
E%, Sec 11, Tp 1, Plan 8235. (Stayte Road)

Lot 3 of Lot 2, Blks 17 and nN E¥ Sec 1, Tp 1, fan
10470; Lots 1, 2 and 3, of Lo41, Blks 17 and YF Ez
See 11, Tp 1, Plan 14850; Lot 1, 2, 11, 12, 194fnd 14.
of the S, 418 feet of Blks 17 dnd 18, Fe 11, Tp
1, Plan 8269; Lots 19 and 20, fi 16, EX Rec 11, Tp
1, Plan 1334. (Stayte Road)

Lots 19 and 20, Blk 16, E%, Sef 11, Rp 1, Map 196,
(991 Stayte Road) i ee

Lot 3 of Lot 2, Blk 17 and 18,
10470 (1107 Stayte Road)

‘Lot 7, of Lots 6, 7, 8, Bilks 47B Bnd 48B of the E}
Sec 11, Tp 1, Plan 19279, (1455, 1459, 1471 Siéyte
Road)

Lot 10, S, 418’ of Blks 17 and 18, E%, Sec 11, Tp 1
Map 8269.

Lot 38, Blk 1, S.E. %, Sec 10, Tp 1, Map 6464, (15187
Washington Avenue)

Blocks 12, 21 and 26 of S.W. %, Sec 11, Tp 1, Plan
2525, (south side of Royal Avenue, from “B” Street

to “E” Street)
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, of Blk 30, Sec 11, Tp 1, Map
11883 (north side Pacific Avenue between “) and

“F" Streets) and Lots 7 and 8, Bik 31, Sec 11, Tp 1,
Map 7197 (south side of Pacific Avenue between “E”
and “E” Streets)

South 398 feet of Part 1 of Blks “A” “C” and “D",
N.W. %, See 10, Tp 1, Plan 3469, 7.5 ac; Lot 5 of Lot
1, Wi, N.W.%, See 10, Tp Plan 4170; and Lots 6,
7 and 8 of Lot 1 of Blks “A” “C” and “D”, N.W.%4,
Sec 10, Tp 1, Plan 4170 (between Duprez Street and
Bay Street)

Part 1 of Blks “A”, “C”, “D”,, N.W.%, Sec 10, Tp 1,
Plan 3469, N.W-D. 7.5 ac, (1302 Duprez Street).

Westerly 110’ of Lot 1, Blk 1 of N.\W.%, Sec 11, Tp
1, Plan 8437. 0.176 ac, Pt. (1510 and 1520 Johnston

Road)

Lots 8 and 9, Blk 4, N.E. 10, Tp 1, Map 1864 (corner
of Buena Vista Avenue, Pacific Avenue and Johnston

Road)

f ee =
fSec 11, Tp 1, Map ReYential-

— Phone WI. 8-0040 —

EVENINGS

Present Zoning

Residential-
Single-Family

Residential-
Single-Family

Resigghtial
Sig@le-Family

Residential-
General

Residential
General

fgle-Family

Residential-
General

Residential.
General

Commercial-
Class 2

Residential-

General

Commercial
Class 1

Residential-
Single-Family

Residential-
Single Family

Commercial
Class 1

Commercial
Class 1

Consideration will also be given to proposals to amend the

Pream!
1,1, 13, 14, 1.7, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 5.2, 5.3A, 6.2, 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 81, 82, 9.6, 9.8,
102, 10.3, 10.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 12.5, 126 and Schedule “C” of

ments.

is who deem themselves affected by the proposed amen /
‘the’ Public Hearing when they will be afforded an opportunity to be heard on matters

1959 at 10:00 am.,,

amendments may attend

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