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World Day Of Prayer

"Tomorrow, February 21, Protestant women of White Rock,
‘Ocean Park, Crescent Beach, Sunnyside and Douglas, in unison
with other women of the world will observe the World Day

of Prayer for Women.

i They will pray for peace, for righteousness, and for the
Coming of the Kingdom of God. Services are set for 2 p.m. this
Friday.

The Day of Prayer begins in the Fiji Islands near the

‘of praise will rise from continents and islands around the
world) They will die away on the St. Lawrence Island in the
frigid Arctic and in tropical Tonga Islands where the Christian
Queen Salote will lead her people in the universal observance.

The Day of Prayer is sponsored in Canada by the Women's

Interchurch council of Toronto.
a small group of women who ,in 1920, envisioned an inter-

denominational service. In 1922 this group was joined by the
women of the United States. By 1927 the World Day of Prayer
was universally established.

The theme of this year’s observance is “The Bread of
Life” Over 3000 groups and uncounted thousands of indivi-
duals will link themselves spiritually in this great world chain.

In no year in the history of the world has there been such
a need for such prayers for peace and guidance.

Getting That Car Licence

We have it on reliable authority that a man can get mar-
tied in White Rock by a provincial government official. He
ean also buy a dog licence at the city hall and he can be
certified dead at the local office of the keeper of vital statis-
tics. He cannot, however, get that badly-needed car licence
as the dead-line for the 1958 licence plates approaches.

Regardless of his own personal commitments, or weather
conditions, rain, sleet, fog or snow, the unlucky resident of
White Rock must travel all the way to Cloverdale—once the
seat of municipal authority for this area—to obtain his new
licence plates. |

Now that White Rock is a city, with a population climbing
steadily into higher brackets, this situation is in need of a
complete overhaul. If a driver can be tested for his driver's
licence here there seems no good and sufficient reason why a
temporary office could not be set up where he can also buy
his licence plates. “Ef

If there are any reasons why we cannot have this conveni-
ence we'd like to hear about them, for it would seem it is
another progressive step which ought to be taken by the city
of White Rock.

We doubt if there will be any such reasons put forward |
which cannot be surmounted.

Confusion About Jobless

Recently pulished statistics show how wide of the mark |
current statements about unemployment in Canada may be,
the Financial Post has pointed out.

In December the Dominion Bureau of Statistics showed
886,000 people out of work and looking for jobs. In the same
month the Unemployment Insurance Commission showed
755,000 applications for work on file. These are the latest |
totals available from the two sources. |

The Commission figure includes many people who are not |
genuinely unemployed in any reasonable or commonly ac- |
cepted sense of the word It includes married women who
thaye worked in the past, but now wish to stay at home and
claim unemployment insurance; retired persons collecting in-
surance; those seasonal workers who freely choose to be idle
in the winter months and claim insurance; and, finally, persons |
who registered for employment, found jobs on their own initia-
tive, but neglected to notify the commission. |

Sensible people will keep in mind the fact that it is only |
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics figure which is the real |
index of the jobsneeded-wanted picture in this country. |

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DOGS

Why all the fuss about the dogs, let's look at this with reason.

‘The arguments of pros and cons we've had season after season.

Now some dogs are really friendly, we pet them when we meet,

Then them for their excretion, filthing up our beach and
Loe

ee

parking dogs that disturb your peace and

‘Test,

plain y ice force and have this pest oppressed.

Summer, winter, fall.
have them’ on a leash,
ir dogs tied up along
‘ ;

‘but this subject we must face,
: better go some

residents here,

e our city grow.

Clintock.

“Washington Avenue - Phone WI. 8-9701

International Date Line. For forty-four hours prayers and hymns |

This council developed from |

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FREIGHT CARS remove thousands of tons of rock and gravel
4s hardrock miners bore second 2% mile tunnel under the
| Mission Mountain. Tunnel is part of a $56,500,000.00 second-
| Stage development of Bridge River which will add 345,000
horsepower to B.C. Electric's hydro-electric
tem when completed in 1959,

generator sys-

COMMENTS HEARD
the man on the street
days indicate that he is
dering who will be

It is conced:

necessary at this point. In
day time when people can see
it the new sign will well serve
its purpose. But unless a light
or large reflectors of some
kind are placed on it, those
motorists wanting to make a
left hand turn onto Oxford |
Street could very easily dam-
age their car because head-
lights do not pick up the sign
until the driver has started to
make the turn.

WITHOUT EITHER a light or
jreflectors the new sign is a
jreal hazard on very dark or
\foggy winter nights, especially

traffic problems
their works’ departm
there is a heavy
such matters which
neglected for too mi
A consistent attempt to
them now will avoid the
tion of the mistakes of

|to out-of-town motorists. Paint |P8st
the pavement at |

ed lines on

ger to cars and drivers.

"LETTERS 10 THE EDITOR

DECISION of a property-
owner at the corner of Kerfoot | : “ha
and Marine to donate a piece) I Ris and That
of land for widening the road | Wannnrnnnnnrnrnnnne,
there making this irritating SEA MOODS

ie oe Columbia Ave. |and judged in less than 80 min- | traffic trap less a hazard is a\1 walk by the sea,

ae ee esas Per utes. gesture worthy of highest com-|A thundering sea,
TER hos ‘ ; wes in However, our assessor tried |mendation. If and when the |And part of the sea am I!

ite Rock when there was no |to cheer up the people whose |corner is properly widened my-|On a day of storm and crash
bus service, have been able to |a ments were raised 40% to |riads of motorists will bless and boom,
appreciate the courteous and | 200% by an assessor who wan-|the tax-payers’ generosity. Of racing sky and high
efficient service which has been |dered over the line on Stayte | NOW THAT city council have spume =

in effect until recently.

The courtesy is still as evi
dent as ever, but the efficiency
of the service is being seriously
curtailed by stringent and what
appears to be, ill-advised traffic

|Road for a day before he

assessor told the ill-used re:
dents of that block that th

as
quickly pulled off the job. The

would have plenty of company
as he intended to re-assess the

decided to put
parking signs

Avenue,
thing if they considered es
lishing a 15minute parki
rule in front of the post office.

in one-hour | A wind that rips—
on Washington |There’s salt on my lips —

it would be a good | And part of the sea am I!
b-

Si-
ey

|1 walk by the sea,
A singing sea,

regulations east half of the city this year |This is the case in other cities | And part of the sea am 1
The aged, the infirm, those |on the same basis giving spe-|and the rule has worked there |On a day new born ;

with cardiac trouble (and what | cial attention to the home own-|to the advantage of all con-| Out of rack and storm

a lot of us there are) anders on Victoria Ave. as they | cerned. A calm and golden gift of the

school children have until re-| were far too low so he will IN THE HILLTOP area park- dawn

cently been allowed to alight |likely be recived with open|ing probems are also rearing |And part of the singing

and to be picked up y |arms when he calls this spring. | their heads. If it is illegal to am I

point, within reason, nearest} He mentioned sev
their homes. This was a great
service and most certainly of |duce the taxes. About the s
a no greater traffic ahzard than | attitude as displ
that of private cars who may |landlords in V
stop and discharge passengers, |Traised the rents to
practically anywhere. cre

If the bus service fails to be
of sufficient convenience to the
older citizens and others, it
means that patronage will fall
off and the end of the service,
for it is certain the owners can
not afford any loss of revenue.

As an instance of the “new
regulations” there is no stop
between the corner of Foster
and Columbia and a point near
the Overwaitea Store on Hill
top which, to put it very mild
ly, is absolutely ridiculous.

—Disgusted Taxpayer.

Dear Edtor:
Your issue of W.

jinst. was full of interest

cially the concise one in whi
|you remind us that “being
grown up driver is not eas.

That is why I strongly fav

in school the art of driving.

eral times
the $28 rebate would help re-

se in pensions last summer.

White Rock, February 16, 1958.
R. Sun, 13th

jusual. Your editorials too were
indeed worthy of study, espe-

the teaching of our teen agers |

park on roads surrounding |As I was part of the storm!
school playgrounds why is it |15160 Prospect . Sylvia Walton

YOUR
BIGGEST
INVESTMENT

as

ich
a
To most of us our home

ahs or business is our biggest investment.

There are many ways in which this

Se These lessons being given investment can be lost.
premais Hope, for RUN outside school hours, they do
sears toils not in any way impinge on A a
LEWIS H. WARD. school studies. I would rather | |
ahi = trust myself to the ering of Your independent Agent or Broker
a trained ‘and level-headed teen PSR) aero i en
White Rock, Feb. 11, 1958. |ager than to some alcoholic Can iadvise: yous atid Deca Dosa
Dear Editor : idiot who should be hounded sents not one, but several insurance
We were surprised to hear at | off the road | companies, he can provide protection
the recent Court of Revision I was also very pleased to to suit your particular needs.

that our Mayor didn’t know
what he was talking about. The
statement was made by Reeve
Nesbitt. Someone mentioned
that the mayor said at two pub-
lie meetings and through the | twenty years ago Stan was
press that the raise in assess- | enthusiastic member of t¢
ment this year was 6%. Wolf Cub pack of which I w

see the picture of Stan Eva
being installed as President
White Rock Board of Trade
jour Mayor Wm. Hodgson
|the reason that more th:

for

ns
of
by

an
an
he |
vas

Look for this emblem
before you buy fire, one
or general insuranct

Reeye Nesbitt made the state-|cubmaster. Naturally I have

ment that it should never have | been keenly interested in all ea Sn en
been made, that it was not true. | phases of scout work and wel- THE INSURANCE AGENTS’
Pretty crude when made in our }fare for more than twenty ASSOCIATION

own city hall The whole meet-
ing was a farce Between twenty
and thirty protests were heard |

years.
Yours truly,
—Wilfred Attwell.

OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE WHITE ROCK
Can be sung to the tune of “Galway Bay’)

“tough one, this is a seaside resort | Now someday I'm going to move that darned old White Rock,

. That's sitting all alone beside the sea
To a place of honor up beside the station,
‘Cause that's where that old rock should ought to be.
For the people who come down here in the summer,
Gaze with wonder at the beauty of our town,
But unless they find someone whose glad to show them,
Can’t tell you if the thing is white or brown.
So let’s put it up on top for all to look at.
Instead of hiding it, as if in shame,
With a fancy plaque explaining to the people,
That's how this gol-darned city got its name.
* —Norm Pyrah, 14753 Washington Ave.

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