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.