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I Serving a Progressive and Growing Area on B. C.'s Southern Coast. Cover? Sechelt, Gibsons, Port Mel lon, Woodfibre, Squamish, Irvines Landing, Half Moon Bay, Hardy ty-Law Soon Island, Pender Harbour, Wilson Creek, Roberts Creek, Granthams GIBSONS—A $7000 water pipe Landing, Egmont, Hopkins Landing. purchase bylaw is due to go Brackendale, Cheekeye, Selma Park, PUBLISHED B"? SEE COAST NEWS, _DX_B___Fr2__2_» before ratepayers soon accord etc. '' Business Office: Gibsons, B.C. National Advertisings Office, Powell River, B.C. ing to a decision made by Village Council recently. After several weeks investi Vol. 4 — No.^T, Gibsons, B. C. Monday, April 17, 1950 5c per copy, $2.00 per year, by mail gation, council approved buying =*** the six inch, steel pipe. The money will be repaid from water Women's Institute revenue. In a move to protect future News water-supplies, originating in 20 REGULAR meeting held in the acres owned by >the jam factory, Anglican Hall March 21. Presi council decided to buy outright. dent is Mrs J. Burritt. Members The-suggestion was promoted by repeating the "Ode", 16 mem Mrs E. Nestman as water com bers in attendance. Secretary missioner; "Owing to increase in Mrs W. Haley read correspond population growth, demanding ence. A letter of commendation more water, and the enroachment from provincial supervisor Mrs of logging and clearing opera Stella Gummow, from Batt Mac lntyre, MLA, re hospital scheme tions, this is the best thing to do," GIBSONS:—Tenders for material for the new firehall will be she said. also conveying good wishes for the WI continued success. A let called according to a decision made at Village Council ter from Mrs G. Shaw inviting Board Turns meeting. Wednesday. delegates to North Fraser Con Specifications will be produced by Firechief Wilf Gray MayQueen Has vention on April 5. President M,;s and work will start immediately. Ninety percent of labour in J. Burritt was appointed dele Down Proposal volved will be volunteered by the firemen. gate. Mrs Ben Knight, treasurer, reported the building fund com GIBSONS—An offer made to Insurance for 18 firemen was ing along s&tisfaptorily. Plant Francis Drage and Sechelt taken out by Council. This cov WILSON CREEK—Shadows of sale and tea date set for the da%r District 46 School Board to dis ers brigade members in case of yesteryear were cast when of Tuesday Aprii 25 in United cuss the pending bylaw as part Sinclair Gives accident or death during a con 1949 May Queen Sundi Stroshein Church Hall. of a debate was turned down by flagration. celebrated her 11th birthday rec the Board. Warning is also given to ently at the home of her parents. Students take note. Library will Sponsored by the Gibsons and 'Plug'io Bait tradesmen who are delinquent in Mr and Mrs Paul Stroshein. be open Wednesday evening, District Ratepayers' Association MEMBERS and their wives, of payment of trades license. Sum More than 30" guests attended April 5 from 7 to 9 in School the proposal was part of that the Gibsons Liberal Assn, held monses will be issued to the the party which was attended by Board offices, this for the benefit unit's effort to clarify the "mud a dinner at English Tearooms, delinquent merchants within a Miss Turner her school teacher of the students. We trust we will dled" situation. with James Sinclair, MP, as matter of days. and Jack and Mrs Mayne who be seeing you and your note guest of honor. First reading of a building by books. The Board pointed out through showed pictures of the May a spokesman that it was not "in After dinner Mr Sinclair gave law for the new firehall was also Queen crowning, bringing' back Next meeting will be held in terested in debating with anyone (Continued on Page 8) given at the meeting. ". +. * * . , * A ^ _»/ t *f f f f ./» fond memories to the guest of the United Church Hall on Tues the pending bylaw. We will have p^ _» '«_ J _-^V_^tl yA ', honor. day, April 18. all the facts before the public Among those who visited and just as soon as they are avail helped eat the huge cake decor Christmas, ^ Carol and Jeanette able," said the spokesman. "We ated with 11 candles were: Mrs Whipple, Donna Dutz, Myona and plan to hold meetings throughout Sechelt Trade Board C.' G. Luckeii, Wendy Smith, Joan Bonita Stroshein, Donna and the peninsula—part of our plan Chambqjrs, Darlen)_ Laycock, Rita Lemmuiex, Jo-Ann Nygren, to keep everything open and Ruth and Irene Tyson, Margaret Ruby Stroshein, Roy Leen Nyg above board." Target for Sinclair Williams, Dorothy Latson, Diana ren, Gloria Bishop, Yvonne Ny Francis Drage, JP, proponent Wheeler, Donna Butler, Francis of "defeat the bylaw," branded gren, and one and only boy GIBSONS—No one may say James Sinclair, MP, is not adamant. Gilbertson, Carol Forst, Carol Douglas Deitz. the board's refusal as "afraid to have the facts in the open." Speaking at a public meeting in Bal's Hall, Monday, the The School Board have al- member for Coast Capilano touched on the touchy subject of Teady held meetings but with wharves and breakwaters. out report. Drage will hold "Despite what the Sechelt Board of Trade think in the The Sinclair Story meetings in defense of his con tention. matter of wharves/' he said, "I for one, will do all in my DURING a recent speaking tour, James Sinclair, MP, had reason to power to see that there are more wharves and breakwaters built /charge The Coast News with being "stupid" and "plain foolish," along this coast on behalf of the little boats." ahd printing "utter nonsense;" He heavily scored The Coast News in its attitude for get '^ -W si^ea_iprX_a^^ such_,thinjgSi Na Easier Party.;. ting; rids of the.' moxe^ useless wharves and attempting, witb ; doubt in parliament he runs up against mucE of th^'above: B'ut w e- Sechelt iind Gibsons _Toard of Trdde# to direct federal moriey, s©rdi_gjfback and stand for what we believe. We print what we be which would be saved, into a much needed highway here. lieve lis best for the peninsula. We are prepared to defend it. Mr Sinclair spoke on the history of the Sechelt Peninsula In this matter of wharves and breakwaters the very fluent and SECHELT — It was Indian week in Sechelt, when the Residen and its need for boat harbours along its shores. He maintained evenmore.capable politician, complete with a past master's play on tial School sponsored a four-day the Peninsula need wharves and breakwaters to a great degree. words has seen fit to twist on the tail of progressiveness. He has athletic programme complete He promised to do all in his power to have a breakwater seen fit to weave, and sway, and avoid and, what is worse, he has with the now famous Easter Play. built at Schelt, Gibsons and Roberts Creek. helped to delude the constituents he so loudly "helps and reports to." Headed by Father Viney, the £mimSmmfflkmmifflfflfflMk *f On. March 8, the Gibsons Board of Trade wrote Mr Sinclair a Indian School acted as hosts to letter along these lines. « Mission's St Mary's School pup SIR: . ils who returned the compliment It is our intention to press for support of a plan we have—partly by defeating the hosts 3-1 in a Local M.P Outlines your own idea—that the Federal Government should forthwith cease thrill packed football game in to spend hundreds of thousands, of dollars in repairing and building driving rain. wharves along the Sechelt Peninsula; such wharves being outdated Tumbling acts by the B.C. Sen and not even good sense from a purely economical point of view. ior Tumbling Champions was one GIBSONS—James Sinclair, MP, ranged all the way from Mar Further to this guiding idea, it is our thought that the Federal of the highlights which thrilled shal Tito's part in the last war to holding hands with the body responsible for wharves and the Provincial body responsible the enthusiastic crowd. Meals Queen of the Helenes, when he spoke at a public meeting in were an opportunity for a real t for roads should be brought together in ian effort to unitedly better Bal's Hall, Monday. get together when natives from In a resume of parliament's I serve the people by building a good road throughout the Peninsula far to the north and equally far -^-ceasing to operate and maintain the majority of wharves here— work during th£ last session, Mr Allowance and Burnt-out Pen inland took the conversational Sinclair outlined the steps lead and thus save the taxpayers' money. It is quite obvious that a good ball for a loss. sions, he foretold the day would road could' be built and maintained for far less cost than that en- ing up to abolition of the British Indian Chief Billy Mitchell was Privy Council as Canada's last soon arrive when Ottawa would > gendered by this wharf and road system now in operation. prominent in his part as sponsor resort of legal appeal. raise the Veterans' allowance to : That: letter was sent on March 8. On March 13, we received this of the meet. Father Hennessey letter. led the detachment from Mission He lauded the present admin equal that of British Columbia's Gibsons Board of Trade. who gave a good account of istration for its action, pointing old age pension, "one of the I am very glad to hear that your board of trade is considering themselves both in games and in out that Canada was the last Do highest and best in the Domin sportsmanship.