SUPER-VALU “Where Quality Costs No More” & White Rock Weekly Serving White Rock, Sunnyside, Ocean Park, Crescent Beach, Panorama Ridge, Colebrook, Newton, and Surrounding Districts. —— Vel 19. No. 18. . “White Rock, B.C No Official Complaints In ‘Teen-Age Terror Spree report no complaints mesa aia against thrée | Three of the gang were iden- White Rock teen-age girls who tified as White Rock residents. are alleged to have joined)The victims said they were with several other girls be-!stopped on the pier by the jleved to be from New West- girls who formed a chain minister in terrorizing child-jacross the pier preventing Ten in this area with pipe nce from passing. The gang | knuckles and switch knives: |then pulled the knives and An unofficial statement; took thé girls wallets and made to the Semiahmoo Sun money. The gang were said J Tuesday stated a 12 year-old have threatened to “kill” the girl had been beaten about the girls if they reported the in- | head and face with brass cident. knuckles by a group of teen-| It is believed the gang age girls who accosted her on could be recognized by their } Campbell River Road. The white jackets and tight black | child was reported hysterical | pants. | when she reached her home. ‘The hoodlumism startted short Another incident occurred/ly after it v reported during the Ea weekend | Burnaby that younger children when two teen-age girls were |wete being forced to pay “prc allegedly threatened with/tection money” to teen-age switch knives by 12 other girls. | gangs Hunter Recommended For Magistrate's Job t Police tion left gnation of F Mr. Hunter Reeve and Rock Rotary ly appointed stipend trate for White Ri pected to hold bot Surrey Council with regret” the of Magistrate } il-health and number of prompted his a served 1947. Surrey New United Church Hilltop Site Chosen approval t or a new churc’ d by the F cour Hahn to Address Elgin Comm. Assoc. George Hah address the meetting of munity and Rate sociation, May 7 a Elgin Community Hall, Cres-’s cent Road. Don Johnson Wins B.C. Drama Award Award for the best actor i @= the One-Act Drama Festival Ocean Park S.C. staged in York Theatre, Van- coiwer, last week, went to|Blect Slate White Rock Players’ Club | The Ocean Park Social Cre- member, Don Johnson. Black-| dit group met and re-organiz- Rie ect: éd at the home of Mr- and Mrs. The local uctor won the; CObP at 13333 Stokes Ave, Mr. z area at the rea Krumreich of = 4.) 09c% Burrows, zone director, award for his role an mel took the chair to elect officers eo Mra. O. Cobb was elected presi- Adjudicator was Miss Esther Nelson of Edmonton who also named Freda Butcher, of dent, Mr, James Ayers vice- President, and Mr. H. Cobb Secretary and treasurer. meeting at the |4y, and Prime Minister Speaks in Vancouver Prime Minister Louis Laurent commences his four- day visit to B.C. on May 3. Main centres on his intinerary a f couver Douglas Group Hear Councillor Kuhn * Celebrate Anniversary that the In ome Park an Reserve day be another | | | Health Unit Reports Dectors .. Dentists In Short Supply Continuing and serious short-@—— age of |dentists was reported vital statistics tables released by the Boundary Health Unit Unit Director, Dr. H .< Kennedy, revealed there are 34 practising physicians In the unit, giving a population of 2153 per physician. There are only 18 dentists, which means each dentist would have a pos- sible population of 3,893 to treat. Average one dentist can handle {s considered to be 660 patients. Dr. Kennedy said. Population in the Boundary ealth Unit, which comprises Delta, Surrey and Langley municipalities as well as Langley City and Barnston Island, today stands at 72.074, show. This is an in- crease of 11,374, or 18.7 per both physicians and Thursday, May 2nd, 1957 St. » [eent ~ highest at 22 per cent; Lang in the /iey, 85 per cent and Delta 55 White Rock City Council Pacific Ave. The ROMP offices will build a sheltering wall at would be on a 50 by 33 foot ROMP offices following pro- lot facing Buena Vista Ave) tests by Surrey School Board,! In a letter to Council the White Rock PTA and Dr. D. Crawfords' pointed out such a A, Crawford, optometrist, construction would be directly against such a construction 86 adjacent to the office and jclose to the schools and busi- apartment they now lease. {ness offices. They asked Council to con- Mrs, R. S. Harris, president Sider other tenants, school chil- jof the PTA, said Tuesday she dren and future building sec- jhad been assured by Mayor C. tions. |M. Defieux the wall would be Appearing before Council |constructed. The president said last Wednesday. the Crawfords her organization would not|were told nothing was yet |protest further, as it was quite |finalized. A fire and police junderstandable that the City was not in a position to build Hall at this time. ol Board had writ- ten to Counc their der ion and} building on another recon locate site | Mr | si Schoo] Trustees de- ~ |cided use frame construc- neir 1957 building pro- rather than the con- building. following * |tion in mme. yn with architect Ri} pointed out the ol construction can in the original » frame type idea ct. The trus concrete build- would be more economical and fireproof, but higher ten- der biddng forced the idea, into ef: felt the 1 {is put 7 tees were only n operation b lay wo roughout there are the Boun- Unit. 12 clinic: in 1953-54; in and in abandon Lowest bid for a 6-room ele- men concrete structure came FO. White Construction who j |bid $156488 for standard con-| Mr. Bennet said this rked out to $775 a ion offe quare foot as compared with |Surrey Burn iliar size construction. is direct Crescent Couple Mr. and Mrs. Fred ih Cedars, Wil Crescent Beach, are ing their 45th wedding ‘ Monday April Little Rothie Campbell Browning Road is their great- ddaughtter, ams of the All-American Lawn j Bowling Association was guest} at the White Rock Lawn} Bowling Club's grand opening Wednesday at green. Other dignitaries included Surn increase stands | Council Proposes Shelter Wall For RCMP Offices committee meeting of Council was held Tuesday night at which the project was discus- sed, “We protest construction of the entire building, but our main concern {s the possibil- ity of gaol cells also being in- cluded. We cannot see how Council can give permission for such a building on this lo- cation,” Mrs. Crawford said Wednesday. The Committee is expected to make {ts recommendation at Tuesday's Council meeting. “School Trustees Revert To Frame Structures Sewerage System Serves 250 Acres Provincial Health Depart- {ment granted approval’ for Sewerage systems to serve a total of 250 acres in White | Rock with an extension to the jexisting system, according to the annual report of Bound- jary Health Unit. The Department approved service for 1650 acres — 1100 acres In North Surrey and 300 in Delta in addition to the them to | White Rock extension. These systems were approved on the Hbasis of 15 persons per acre ‘y school at Newton of|and a potential’ increase of from /15,000 population is provided forthe report states. The year 1956 was a signi- ficant one for progress in’ sewerage disposal in North and Delta area with uby's cost of $875 for sim- |some six large housing deve- lopments started: Charles Middleton Harry Vidal pio: Rock resident and on Club's founders was: to throw the firs bowl White Rock Mayor C. M. De-|petition, players/and ests fieux and Mrs, Defieux and/|tired to the eli per cent Something Fo There were 1.880 liye bab~ ies born. an increase of 145 or 8 per cent over last year. Birth rate was 26.0 per 1000 popu- lation. HEART DEATHS Heart discase still stands highest in causes of death, be- ing 273 or 40 per cent of the total mortality, ‘statistics show. Others are: strokes, 99 or 15 u per cent; cancer, 88 or 13 per | Saturday sents\ aceidiente, 90 cer (5) per!| auction st cent. i to'5: the field | ports. White Rock Junior Ci of Commerce's mammoth tion sale slated for Saturd May 18 at the Silver will have sething everyone,” Biggest change in of discase was in poliomys In 1955 when polio- first became ai were 10 cx report D's > ty sal