106 -B . OWNED AND OPERATED SL'PER-VALU “Where Quality Cests No More” \ ofc | Seas Serving White Rock, Sunnyside, Ocean Park, Crescent Beach, Panorama Ridge, je Douglas, Elgin, Colebrook and Surrounding Districts Sali. “THE SUN WILL SHINE IN ‘59” rete White Rock Sun - Vol. 21; No. 14 Long Debate Ends Johnston Angle parking o get one year trial ~ Angle parking on Johnston offer of the taxpayers involved Road between Thrift and Roper Avenues will be given a one /Johnston Road as an 80 foot year al by the city road, which means at some fut ure date we must acquire front ommend Works committee the seven-foot by property be accept @ set back Binning probably at a he » the city, whereas now we have been offered this neces sary strip,’ Irwin: said. Mayor Hodgson replied that permit angle a on a trial ath debate /ed police better control He reminded members of parkin: erous coun: Hodgson opposed Id Alex M be set bac 80 foot mark rather of the street question had no similarity. age along its entire length, and |is expense | ny le establishing a uniform curb the /adaress the meeting on entire length of the road allow-| affairs We have already designated Meeting special w White Rock sponsoring ing*to mar sree Week on ay, @ at 8:30 p.m at the Sil- William Hodgson will civic Other speakers have been invited. In a spec 1 proclamation to regulations on Colum-|/commemorate Chamber of Com- bia Street in New Westminster | merce where the city has done away|has called upon all citizens to with angle parking on one side |lend their interest, support and Week, Mayor Hodgson co-operation in making this Ald. Irwin felt the two roads jobservance successful in every way. proposed 66 foot mark 3 mn by Ald le par! that bloc! Ken Binning, owner of the shopping block at Thrift and Johnston, has informed council that he will not consider giving to the| seven feet of frontage city. This will necessitate a} ace = = Toei just south of | official opening of this property |Rock’s atractive Council had earlier decided to instal a cement curb on e | ; and Buena Vista, west side of Johnston between! p-esiding at the opening wal North Bluff and Pacific Avenue |, and that 1 be i Centennial committee chairman and thet parallel parking Pe iN-)witt Hurd who saw the day pcan a triumph over many obstacles Following this decision Prop! which had presented themsel erty owners between Thrift and guring the course of the pro- Roper offered the seven feet ject. providing angle parking was In particular chairman Hurd described the cost of the pro- ject in contrast wth the original fic hazard on Johnston because |e figure of $28,000. He motorists back into the flow |Poimted out that in order to of traffic. Both Ald..Ed Irwin |7eceive the expected grants e Centennial committee found and Ald Mitchell denied Ald. | Pate a - SFE ESR t necessary to increase the size jof the structure to meet certain Mayor Hodgson said he'favor-).cifications ‘This. resulted ed uniform parking on Johnston |, . and as parallel parking was en- |"2 RO ee euiding forced in other areas on this |"® have today, Mr. Hurd stated road he did/not feel an excep-| Mr. Hurd praised all those tion should be made for the | had contributed in any way ThriftRoper block. jto the structure's completion Aidmicgintvemiliidedeeo init In his invocation and prayer tee members that they would E be v short-sighted if they chose to ignore the generous permitted Ald. Fennell argued that an gle parking presents a traf Boys Town B.C. meeting here A public meeting to acquaint residents of White Rock and } |district with the work of Boys Town BC. project now under- way near Hope will be held on Wednesday, April 15 at 8 Pm at the Silyer Moon, Arrangements for the meet- ing have been made by White Rock pioneer and long-time youth worker W. E, Johnson. The group of prominent B.C. businessmen who have organ- d this project are planning fo send representatives to as many centres in this province as possible in order to familiarize \the general public with the purpose of Boys Town B.C. | A. R. Hindmarsh of Ocean Park has been appointed youth \director of the Town and has \left this area to take up his new duties. Plans call for the “unwanted Lynn K. sully has been re-)boys" to eventually operate elected chairman of the Board |their own ranch and elect their of Trustees of White Rock |own mayor and council District Hospital (See story| Further education will be Page 12). provided for those requiring it and vocational training is plan: White Rock CCF Club will|ned. Spiritual education and meet et the home of Mrs. Eck-|guidance will be non-denomia- land, Royal Avenue, on Friday,|tional. All seasonal sports and April 10 at & p.m. ~ activites wll be encouraged. in | Barney Potts show is for old times’ sake’ _ Health Centre $21,000 more than first estimate A year of planning culmin- Rev. Laing, of the First United ated Sunday afternoon with the Church and president of the White |Ministerial’ Association, sought Centenuijal ;Divine blessing on the agenéfes |Health Centre situated at E St. jof héaling which will be utl2- jing thé premises. Mayor William Hodgson in ficially declaring the build- ng open envisaged several fut- ure building utilizing the Le S|Tournier site on which the |Health Centre is built Other dignitaries present for the occasion were Dr. H. K Kennedy, director, Boundary Health Unit; L. A. Atkinson of White Rock, B.C,, Thursday, April 9, 1959 = $2.50 per Year - Copy 7c ‘Two enter Miss White Rock | ‘two aspirants have wlready chtered the 1950 Miss Wh Rock contest and four toc ft have indicated their wil- noss to serve ©» sponsors st to enter the beauty eon- was 17 year old Bonnie Eb h Lorrie Will #, B53 Stay jad, being the second contes it to enter * pir re be if 21 y “NE. regulations this yar julate that 50 percent of the judging will be based on the figure and face of the contest ant with 50 percent based on deportment and intelligence. White Rock’s Teen ‘Town members have pledged their ef- forts to the success of the con- test this year. Hardworking advisors are Mrs. Elizabeth Woode and Mrs. Connie Phillips, Girls wishing to enter the contest and merchants wishing to sponsor a girl are asked to telephone Mrs, Woode at WL 3- 8545. City Hall will |be closed April 29 The City Hall will be closed Jon April 29 for the purpose of |moving to their new location in |the Centennial Health Centre. |peinted as janitor at the Health Centre with his duties to com- jmence on April 27. Bolshoi Ballet Monday and Tuesday Feature attraction at the Park Theatre next week will be the Bolshoi Ballet which appear on Monday and Tuesday jnights starting at 7 p.m. | ae |RocSea Apartments |sold in city Mr, and Mrs. George Arbique Mr. C. R. Barber has been ap-| Attending the opening of of the local Centennial Commit- White Rock's Centennial Health tee, Mayor Hodgson, who offic- Centre Sunday were (1. to r) jally cut the ribbon to open Mrs. William Hodgson, Mrs. D,|{"¢. Centre, and W. S. “Hurd : chairman of the White Rock A, Crawford, secretary-treasurer | Committee Ratepayers to ask PUC for water rale cut White Rock Ratepayers As-,unfairly. Charge on 580 cubic sociation will request the Pub-|feet at the suggested $1.75 rate |iic Utilities Commission to auth-}would be much fairer to the orize the rate of $1.75 for 580|average householder. cubic feet of water for White| The Association went on rec Rock consumers instead of the erg as fayoring the retention of suggested $2.50 for 1000 cubic|street names rather than the jfeet with three cents addition |introductfon of numbers for |for every cubic foot above this white Rock streets. } amount. ~| wee | Decision was made at the |. Members felt most ~ house: lquarterly meeting of the As- holders would not use 1,000) \-istion held in the Buena jeubic feet per month and would | Vista Hall, Thursday evening, " e 2 : peoeee ay Re Samed tie ee |April 2, Forty members attend- rater & ed the lively meeting Mayor William Hodgson was | Think there’s too jon hand to explain Council's | ned |veasons for its decision relative ;™Maeny on your line: |*o the case of fireman Alf Bard_ Ever talk to all your rela-| ——————s |tions on the telephone at the’ . es ii Chris Lea takes the B.C TB Society, H R. King|jhave sold Rocsea Apartments |same time? | of the Canadian Cancer Soc- the Red Cross Society. on Marine Drive to Mr. L. K. Sully Company completed the transaction. When Barney Potts and his troupe bring White Rock resi dents a song-full and laugh filled evening of entertainment on Friday, April 17, it will be “for old times’ sake.” The wellknown personality of stage, radio, TV and the nightclub circuit admits "sim- ple sentiment” prompted him to offer the talents of his en-| semble for a benefit show to aid White Rock Players’ theatre fund Barney and fellow’ entertain- ers Thora Anders, his singer wife, and comedienne Betty Hil- ker all “trouped’ 'together with Players Club director Franklin Johnson in service shows dur ing the war years and in early day Theatre Under the Stars. “It just goes to prove,” cracks busy Barney, who will give the entire proceeds of his two-hour show to the White Rock Little Theatre. “There's no people like show people — when it comes to being sutkers for sentiment.” Tickets for the show, schedul- ed at 8:30 pm. at the Silver Moon, will be ready this week- end. They are obtainable from any Players Club member The Players’ Building Fund has now reached $13,500, \- =——— = Jaycees’ Road-E-O here on May 3 Teenage Safe Driving Road E-O, sponsored by White Rock jJunior Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Sunday, May 3, at the Safeway Parking Lot, Johnston and North Bluff. Jayeees learned at their Imonthly meeting Monday at \Sunnyside Cafe that three tro- jphies had been donated by lo- cal insurance companies. First prize will be from L. K. Sully Co, second prize from Wolstencroft Agencies and third prize from White Rock Realty. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 20 years is invited to Participate in this Road-E-O. Entry blanks may be obtained from committee chairman Ron Stevens ut the Royal Bank on Hilltop or Jayeee president John Atkinson on McBeth Road. Dave Doman» was named chairman of the committee to organize a paper drive in this district. Doman gave a report on Teen Town activities The Jaycees went on record as fayoring street number sys- tem rather than retaining names in the city. They will forward their decision to city council. and} Jiety, and W. Moffat, president |Mrs. Herbert Grasser of Prince) Real Estate did just that the| lof the White Rock branch of |George. Thomas Goodie of Leo Halpiniout 14 permits | Chris Lea Developments has taken out building permits on residential properties in Whe Rock. Fourteen permits that wis: re- sult in development of $150,000 im buildings in the city have been issued, other day when hé and three brothers and one sister convers- jed for one half hour. | Within a matter of a few minutes Mr. Goodie had his | brothers in Bangor, Maine, Hart- ford, Conn. and Vancouver, | Washington and a sister in Portland, Oregon on the same| 4 ¢ Gay of Chris Lea De- ine |velopments plans on _ helping Mr. Goodie reports it was as to develop White Rock into a if the entire family were all in city which will ultimately be the same room together. It was! the best place to live on the {the first time in 24 years that|lower mainland He feels de- yne member of the family had|velopment of these residential heard the voice of his brother|properties wil lad greatly to in Maine. Ithe city’s tax roll Ball diamond at Ruth Johnson a possibility City council will investigate |velopment of a nine-acre park the possibility of establishing site at McBeth and Best Roads ja ball field at the northern end ‘Jack Hynds ea San vEeEs ote thi Toso RAE |Superntendent Bob Howse will Ald, John Hynds, chairman Eonar aHalcominiline the parks and land reclamation) Members unanimously ‘approv- committee, was appointed BY! ed 2 motion by Ald. Mitchell members Tuesday to look into | hat cpairatanl Hynds. ‘beviabth= the matter, F forized to look into the matter Ald. Alex Mitchell pointed 'o¢ acquiring one, two or three Jout that a ball field could be!piots of land within the city jconstructed fairly inexpensively | suitable for future park develop- jon_the site without interferring | ment. ms jwith land reclamation plans for) Ald. Hynds pointed out that the area. money from the arbitration | Ald. Ed Irwin moved that a settlement is being borrowed committee be appointed to meet to further the city’s road pro- with Surrey Council regarding|gram and he saw no reason the brief presented last week|why the same arrangement ‘by White Rock Junior Chamber/could not be made for a pari of Commerce asking for the de-| program, a ‘Sea Festival Meeting Tonight, 8 p.m., Silver