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mrmmmwrzaxxa Serving a Progressive and Growing tern Area on B. C.'s Southern Coast. Covers Sechelt, Gibsons, Port Mel lon, Woodfibre, Squamish,. Irvines Landing, THalf Moon Bay, Hardy Island, Pender Harbour, Wilson peniiarflor Creek, Roberts Creek, Granthams I_anding, Egmont, Hopkins Landing. Brackendale, (Sheekeye, etc.* \/lf;- * ' • f '•• S*US3iiSHE2>^B'Sr SHE COAST STEWS, _&mXT_SD 1 October 30 Bnsiaefes Office:ij^fcatt***©*368^1* National Advertising* Office, Powell Biver, B.C. POWELL RIVER-~the green light was given this week to thV Vol. Ill —No. 14 Sechelt, B. C. Friday, Oct. 15, 1948 5e per copy, $2.50 per year, by mail small boat harbor committee to proceed with their plans for the opening of the Powell River ^^ harbor at Westview on Powell River NeWS Speaks at Sechelt Jock McGoon Now At first the committee feared Wins Community On Retired List that their plans were going a- J?^Pvfria: Trrtnhir sttay when they received word "rCi V1*»& Aiupny DEAR SPIKE Malone—Noticed yours in the last issue of Coast t?i the Department of Trans- WESTVIEW—The Powell River News wondering whether I am ^?t at New Westminster th^t News has been awarded the w still at large. official government sanction Calnan community^ervice trophy VgkW «Quld not be given to the cere- for; outstanding achievement •• W* uml Mail Service To be honest, some seven gonial opening until the harbor during the 1947-48 contest year months and seven days ago I waS completely finished and this of the Canadian Weekly News- got a position (phooey) in a log By ARIES ging camp to get a little exer :?&*&* not be accomplished until papers' Association. This raised POSSIBILITIES of a rural mail wheat markets. cise and to try to acquire that a later date. British Columbia's total to 16 service and a car ferrv to Gib- He strp^ed th<* fart thnt r»pw of__r_r._r__^ "*«__*' "~ "*-^"~^ •••««» 1 & e s eci the fact hat new s tanc or foll W/^.iw.X.1,..However th* ei* committexr *u e _-was. of thJe possibl-r- e 33 Dominionotionn son____!s ! wer^^*^/e outlinedZ bZy JamerZT^s transportatiox_„!J___. _ ^n companie_. X? s such _th.e elbo?. w b_v whic°w hthroug on? hm» vwit «?nh informed that if Northern Oon- awards for weekly newspaper Sinclair, M.P. at a well attended as bus lines, the Sea Bus Ltd., unmistakably ^coimiz^tS w W 1S exce en g S3& ^wP?^ - f ^+- * <* m the national field. meeting on Thanksgiving Day and Gulf Lines had done much to ger parWarly af wtklfield ~ ?je^ntly completing installation Th announcement was made in. the Legion Hall at Sechelt. develop this area. The mail ser- T foi^^rLtf^ *ft ag Harmon E ice •MP^^^I^^ Tf• !T ^ - * > chairman of He also gave a very compre- vice nSw is much worse than it J^^c^^^^J^ & ' *J2 S,3\^^ -^ the judges and publisher of the hensive picture of government was 20 years ago when his peo- ^^^^fai0!^^^ th!* w«^ Huntsville (Ont.) Forester. activity in the past and what is pie first came to Qibsons, and ked th^mv bS?n,? ™~ £~ SlfoT * ' *-£ ?1 ^^^"^ This is the third time the planned in the future. he recommended again that linnine L^VMITLT* *T *^J££^^&-.^v.^J_^t^X7V S1311^^ * Riveawarrd paperhas com, durine tog ththe e Powelpastl heTouchin assuregd othan tht e thithreas t countrof wayr thcontracte governmens be givet subsidien to sth oen Gulmaifl SnntnS?i fn^rirta^J^l'Ji f>f*' JJS ? Say^S " t0 ™™_ ^TSS^ ^eSte?!Sr^f" five yeari. The coyest is open would as always do its part if Lines or divided among the var- fhTthne) "Jork ™ w > *f 8 e^S^^ ^^^--•£• ag'. weekly newspapers in such a calamity came to paf ious companies. ^fflL^ SLdSd^S! nada ficiSls to go ahead with the af- Sf ^rdley of size, and He+also explained fully ; the • We earned with regret that you know-go get yourself sack- fair aiid that thev^wouW co-oL *¥ award ?s made on th« merit methods of subsidizing the gram this will perhaps be the last ed." So I went to the superinten- of MfM I^^LX^^PZ"^: community projects furthered growers so that wheat keeps its time that Mr. Sinclair will rep- dent in chargeof production the 4^i^^S^^ thus resent us in the federal field, (hooker I believe he is called) tlte <>ecasioh " '^ w n to which the newspaper goes giving.. the, farmer the benefit He is a young man with his fu- and said, "Sir"—he always in- V&m receipt of this informa- f? b^ing tfaem toM successful con" and not th^ gamblers on the ture before him and nine months sisted that we address him in U .tion the committee sent out m- ^!°\- „ „. „ . „• , V-' i „m of the year spent away from this manner, "Sir" I said, "I re- vitations to James Sinclair, Mem- ,-.: ^he Powell River News is pub- Improvement MeOUS h^ne ^ quite a sacrifice especi- sign—and you can stuff your old ber of Parliament for this rid- lished by Al Alsgard and edited _-.*% v « allgrowiny wheg nfamil onye haands sucalthough ah nic wee camgunnp y intsaco ka i fbi yog usoc prefer"k or sack' — b W Re inald Jones J ."iii*it Ottawa; Herbert Gargrave, y v S - tiignei IGXeS, bays will "hate to lose Mr '"". Sinclair' , . He told m' e "t o go stick my Mr g meS g mg h3S head in ?tt.Li^., Vernier Johnson, Rus- •• •a e;r witAlsgarh Ernid ise president of the SecU^U PaTm&T UiSisXa nS° ° ^ ^e gears and even S- ; Pbwell River company, P P Pearson of Se- Editor, Coast News, ^vantages. j r:«^' ?CW^-:''««ident manager Coast News and co-owner of the Ot?^«ext JL UlUlVL fered to assigt me T natural chelt 0 6 T e p of theb f the district municipali- - .* J_T AT,! A!7IH»! T^ . u 5 meeting was conducted spurned his assistance (quite tieshead, srepresentative <_ s of ,__th_ e De - _ -- - - ~"™ ^¥ro A,,W' Aggett's letter of by Mr. Youngson, president as- right don't"you"thfakTbut when Oct 8 referring to roads, trans- sisted by secretary George Ky- I saw that hasty looking tarry tiori gompanyjtnd National Har- Worth Repeating portation, postal service, light, noch. The vote of thanks on be- substance on the gears I did not (bor Board officials at Vancou- telephone, water, fire protection, half of the Liberal Association like to take the chance of get-; ver. VANCOUVER--There are some, the gentleman is not aware that -.trench who commended Mr. what T.™T™+__.,_ t_. A ..„ „__ who like a movie so well they alschoolsl thos, ehealth thing, setc spel. etcl . taxationPossibly. Sinclaiwas mover ond hibsy untirinMrs. g Francieffortss tinhastg ym yact Tux! soiledSas . ^TThfc piously announced by the com- stay to see it twice, but seldom Now quite a majority of our on our behalf as she said he The average person wori« fnv '___.•__._._.-i--. _«___ .__ .fm •. -. ••_.-- /.n_pc Qmrnna _•».•_lr-_» +VI__P eor*.o r_aCTri«_nf<_ n__TY.__» hara tn €Tex4- Q .xr___r «.__>Ptr_QTP *n-P.,e.**A *_- x______ 1 1_ _. - o**- *"=*ov»x_. vyui__£t lUl incide with Hallowe'en night. here. So thrilled with the seen- come, or the Old Agfe Pension, was always met with kindness three decades I am r*t_r_*_ or e ea> -Transportation arrangements ery of the Inside Passage and the And did it ever occur to some and consideration. .A ^ many reddents of the other National Steamships "Prince that the little old lady-^ coastal areas to come to attend George," Miss Eileen Anderson, $40 a month, has to pay^ just as and Mr. and^MTSL Peterson; Rob- ^S^&^r^^ |the opening ceremonies and a of New York, cancelled a trip to much for a loaf of bread as they erts Creekg Halfmoon Bay, Mr. ?^ti^ ^^ ^S lu ?? full day of activities is planned the western Unjted States and do. and Mrs. Frank Lyons. 7 Feels so eoodfl^ v^ f^ *lbr their entertainment winding booked passage on the "Prince True we need roads, but do we Refreshments were served by j^jB^i^^^SrJ^1 ? Pl % tip with two free dances in the George" for a second cruise from need them iood enough so that Continued on Page 8 th* W^^T^A{\^SL^ ~ I filing. Vancouver to Skagway, Alaska, the cars can do 50 and 6060; miles Tr-- ______ n/r_ M ^d^fe^he^hape TaJ^. — an hour? Nor can we expect bur VeterahS Must verted funnel and sheds the rain. One Project Started roads to stand up to eight and Porrfc.f___r//•_*. Yours, ten ton loadfe. Naturally we help «e^JSier.IO_T. Jock McGoon, the Red Cross, V.O.N., Blue Hospital Plan Retired. _?.ab^iI^V;?2i_,the THE POSITION of War Veterans P.S,.-As for your getting web^ Two Power Extensions Set er __Floo _ d Victims••-•*•. » . under the B.C. Government bed feet- Possibly due to the We feel sorry for those people, Hospital Insurance Plan was fact that you are contracting especially the Fraser Valley made clear in a joint statement "Duck's Disease." An ailmeht For Peninsula This Year folks with their potato Boards, issued by Dr. J. M. Hershey common amongst short people or compulsory egg grading stations; Commissioner, Hospital Insur- th°se Vith a sedentary • occupaV, fGIBSONSr-Mr. Reg Jackson and Milk Associations, ( a lot ance Service, and officials of the tion, whose backsides are;tod of so 0 was chairman at the B.C.