Serving a Progressive and Growing Boys, Area on B. C.'s Southern Coast. Covers Sechelt, Gibsons, Port Mel­ lon, Woodfibre, Squamish, Irvines Landing, Half Moon Bay, Hardy echeli Girls Island, Pender Harbour, Wilson Creek, Roberts Creek, Granthams Landing, Ej.n_ontjT__op-.ins Landing. Brackendale, Cheekeye, etc. PUBLISHTPD BY THE COAST NEWS, LIMITED Win Bali Game Business Office: Sechelt, B.C. National Advertising' Office, Powell River, B.C. THE GIBSON High School boys handed Sechelt High a 9-4 drubbing in an inter-school soft- Vol. Ill No. 43 Sechelt, B. C. Tuesday, May 24, 1949 5c per copy, $2.50 per year, by mail ball game at Sechelt Thursday night. The Sechelt girls avenged the boys' loss, however, by driv- homer to cinch the old ball game, ing heme 14 runs to the Gibsons Dick Clayton starred for the girls' 10. locals with a home run. JamesSutherland Iri the boys' game Pat Slinn The Gibsons girls were spark- was the star for Gibsons, taking ed by the playing of two rookies, over the pitching from Jack Beverly Gray and Grace Grey, Nestman after the fifth inning but were' not strong enough to Of Halfmoon Bag and showing an exhibition of hold the Sechelt fireballs who 1 smart pitching with a change of won quite handily. pace that had the Sechelt boys The girls' game was marred/AT A MEETING of the Gibsons Passes in baffledall the way. In the last by an accident in the lasMialf Board of Trade Wednesday auet will be the hiehlieht of the inning the same Patt Slinn slep- of the last inning when a foul night, C. John Coleridge was evening Members were urged to AN OLDTIME resident of Half- •' ped up to bat with two out and tip hit the Sechelt catcher on elected president for the com- suoport their board and five it moon Bay, James Sutherland, th+!••__e» baseVv»_'ros« loadeT _-*r_ s3 st_>d3 an«-.«-k_dJ blasteUlr.n4-ndJ a••» th+V_ r\e •v\r\c>r\nose . .«____• -_____.__.- T TT _P* J. ___• ir " J O assed awa at \ ing year; L. Howarth, first vice- SUpport> there are many things P _ ^ Shaughnessy president, and James Drummond, that the board can do in the in- Hospital, Vancouver, May 17. Might Agree to Delay secretary-treasurer. The installa- terests of the community and Mr. Sutherland was in his 60th tion of officers will be held June should get the wholehearted year, and had served with the n 2t 1S tQ be h Ped a ban su rt of the | gm^ _ *«* 1 VWT1 I* ° " PP° village and area. 72nd Battalion overseas in the Sinclair Studies Wharf SkM 0, the Pf JS&J^L SU "£ - ™ by his wlfa: Council asking endorsation of *wo brothers in Vancouver. Dan- Will Echo at Fair the board in their fight for a if1 and William; four sisters in Problem at Sechelt PLANS ARE > almost complete hospital for this area The beard Vancouver, Mrs. Backie, Mrs. for the Fal1 Fair Rose Mrs N _, . .„-_., ,_,-., ,^KIP. ...... • _* to be held at promised to suDoort this verv > - - McDonald and N A TELEPHONE conversation on Wednesday morning Mr. Gibsons August 19 and 20 un- S^StSt issueand letters will Mrs. J. McDonald. James Sinclair, M.P., told the Coast News that he per- der the sponsorship of the Howe be written to Archbishop Duke Requiem mass was celebrated Frida ' sonally would like to see work on the new Sechelt wharf Sound Farmers' Institute. in Vancouver to find out what y at 9:00 a.m. at St. Vin- f completed immediately so that he could begin working for The usual high standard of ex- is being done re the proposed • cent's, Vancouver Rev. A. F an appropriation for a breakwater and small boat harbour ™*>m"*»> -»«* J^ h-PUal site held in Gibsons at Carlyle,^ celebrant^ !«£ fe for the area. Mr. Sinclair declared that he had made numer- weaving and pottery spinning Mountain View Cemetery. f ous enquiries around the district and realized that the business will be demonstrated among oth- .The Farmers' Institute Fair ! people of the district had had a poor summer last year, a er interesting attractions. ™lU bf glver\ «5oards suPPcrt fvery bad winter and were not favorable to the prospect of A school section, junior poul- AuSust 19 and 20- t clu &1 d the Gibsons Legion 1 beinq without a wharf during the summer. ^ ^,'1 ?i u Junior garden The municipal beach project l « A pnntraPtor will j?uaran- : — club Wl11 a^ have exhibits. is going ahead, and will be com- lfT th ho The L t %™?iff^^qpntPmbpr • " • • «. , u v _. « bagpipes will be in evi- pleted by the board this sum- Se Elect New |tee to start the job P^mbei start_ng the work has been caus- dence and there wiU be a demon_ mer ^ is much first I will agree to a delay in by inability to obtain suitable Highland dancing. and volunteers are asked to turn ed stration of an- out, and get this worthy project |Vthe work until then, he told piling for the ]ob. Further details will be finished. Executive Body | the Coast News. The Department of Public nounced at a later date. I The wharf that has. been con- Works have indicated that they AT AN emergency meeting of Itracted for this year is a much are neither pushing for a delay the Gibsonse branch of the Canadian Legion held on Thurs­ jf larger wharf than that planned m the work or for immediate lifor last year. It will take two construction, but are anxious to Maclntyre Makes No Rash day,- a complete new slate of of­ ficers was elected. |months to complete. Delay in know the feeling of the people in Sam Fladager was elected thindicatee districtd tha. Tht hee contractocan andr hawills, president; Eric Inglis, first vice- Students Plead start work, as soon as suitable Promises to Gibsons Crowd president; Wilf Gray, second piling has been located, but that vice-president: E. Sergeant, sec­ he too is willing to postpone the By E. NESTMAN retary; C. J. Coleridge, treasurer, __ ___ __.___,. work until September first if the and E. E. Mainwaring, sergeant- For New Schools THE. FIRST gun in the provincial political campaign opened ! at-arms. INOT ONLY the adults realize the Local bpi_iioh is divided. The here Tuesday night with the presence of Batt/VVaclntyre, The previous executive elected . need for. new schools. Below executive council of the Sechelt provincial Coalition candidate for the Mackenzie Riding. Mr. last January resigned as a body •are three expressions from Peninsula has requested that the Maclntyre, a businessman from Powell River and resident and the meeting elected the new youngsters on the school situa- work commence as soorr as mat- f h f oyer 3] newcomer to the political slate to replace them. tion. Read them and then decide erials are available. Local busi- _. , , . ' . ' . j .... *.u *. u L. to vote hn ^+p »Yes" for the ' new ness people have urged that the *ield, and is not a bit backward in admitting that he has a Schools on May 28. S Y firswort ks ob etha delayet summed untir businesl Septembes wilrl loHt teo madlearen abouno rast hpolitics statement. s p^misld **** I Stop! Look! Listen! not be interfered with. He felt that Canada and Am- f Ynu nrobablv never saw our . or promises, if he knew nothing was learning more about thefmat erica tod had the fi t | You probably never saw °^r Union Steamships are planning about the subject, he admitted each day. He felt the people of ernment any country ever en- ^chool. Come and look it over. regular day trips to Sechelt dur- his ignorance of same, and his Mellon were as much interested joyed It ^as a battle between My dad thinks it is tne mosL . th surnmer but it is felt only promises were that he as we were in getting this road Socialism and Free Enterprise & Vmshackle^ school he had ever ^ would be ^ancelled if the would certainly if elected, bend through. °M? Maclntyre 7s^a free^ mem- eG?>, ^Jy^^ AS7H i« wharf was out and i4 was neces" fvery effo.rt.to giv^ thi? area thf During his speech, he stressed ber, no strings attached either j,eacneeacnerr ss nousenuut-e. Anynotxuyuuw w IZi_ __is• dock at Wilson Creek. best possible service he could, the fact that the CCF statements Conservative or Liberal a lupposed to be one of the best in sary to Socialism, had certainly straight Coalition candidate. j,he district. He agreed that the appropriation on Socialism, had ,,_._, kev-wrench into the wheels of lnadecfor roaduates m anthd e whole riding was shown on what they based their The concensus of opinion after | You, the generation of today, Dr;Xress Please vote YES You l > would press for hopes of election, and he stress- the meeting when people visited ,w v.,.™.™ +HP +>.ir.« r-ic.1.. r,mx. v "& » . much more. ed the fact that a close look at around and discussed the meet- p-'ZH^P^^lc ^ «*t find a„ better investment ™^ ™- y The Port Mellon road issue he socialism in England had pro- ing and the candidate was that your money. jpye, the generation of tomorrow, Allan Nuotio, was not very familiar with, but duced anything but the Utopian (Continued on Page 7) take over. Would it be nice gor you to feel sure, you can rely Age 11, Grade VII $in us; that we can run the things Silver Sands Schol.