lecheli uenire  111 Sponsor  Boy Scout Group  SECHELT   Community   Centre     =======  executive held  a meeting at   Vol. 1 No. 32  the home of Mrs. Arnold, West-  Sechelt.  Serving  a  Progressive   &.   Growing  Area on  B.  C.'s  Southern  Coast  Covers   Sechelt,   Gibson's    Landing,  Port   Mellon,  Woodfibre,   Squamish  Irvine's  Landing,  Half Moon Bay  Hardy   Island,  Pender  Harbour  Wilson   Creek,    Roberts    Creek  Grantham's    Landing.    Egmont.  Hopkin's    Landing.     Brackendale  Cheekeyt,  etc.  ���i-&  F PROVINCIAL; LIBRARY  i VICTORIA  ! ~ PU'SX.ISHBD   BY THE   COAST  NEWS,   LnVECTSB  Business Office: Half Moon Bay, B. C.      .rational Advertising Office: Powell River, B.  C.  HALFMOON BAY, B. C.      Friday,   April   12,   19465c Per Copy. $2.50 Per Year, by Mail  The Centre decided to  sponsor the formtion of a Scout  Group and a Wolf Cub pack. Mr.  Sid Butler will be scout leader  and Mr. Ralph McCulloch will  ?head the cub group.  The   Community   Center   has  an ambitious program outlined  for the coming season.   Come on  Sechelt���get   your   shoulder   to  j' the wheel!  In the absence of Mr. Brooker due to illness, Mr. Bob Kean  ' sr. took the chair.  /  Bowen Island  I By P. Punnet  |v:Mr. T. White, well-known to  Bpwen's summer visitors, arrived with the Sannies on April  1. Beginning Saturday, April 6,  ' there isya week-end ferry service between Bowen Island and  /Horseshoe Bay.  p >. .     .   .   *   ���   .   # *  Port Mellon  Citizen's Forum  Meets April 2  THE REGULAR Tuesday meeting of the local Citizens' Radio Forum, held at the home of  Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Cummings on  April 2nd featured a discussion,  on Canada and the USSR.  Members present , were Mr.  and Mrs. J. Swan, Mr. and Mrs.  W. Arrowsmith, Mr. and Mrs. S.  S. Cummings, and Mr. L. Dotto.  Consensus of opinion was that  there is a definite need for better understanding between the  Russian and Canadian people by  an interchange of ideas and information between such group*  as trade unions, cultural and  other organizations, and facilities for the exchange of university students and school teachers.  PENDER   HARBOUR  Pender Harbour school (Donley's Landing) was the scene of  the spring daffodil tea, an annual affair sponsored by ladies'  auxiliary of St. Mary's Hospital.  Dr. Leo Friesen, medical director of the hospital, opened the  affair, and in his remarks congratulated the auxiliary on the  commendable work done for the  hospital. Mrs. E. A. Sharp, the  auxiliary president, introduced  the speaker.- /  Besides the tea a home-  cooking stall arid a sale of flow-  ' The riding ponies are enjoying their new home before the  summer season gets into swin/.  Miss Sylvia Vernori; vthis year's  riding mistress, arrived with  most of the old favorites, on the  22nd of March. S  *    *    *  Mr. C. Halterman's new sum-  ymer   home,   overlooking    Deep  Cove,  is  rapidly  nearing completion.  yThe old Smithson bridge, coh-  demned for heavy loads, is to be  ^replaced by a completely new  [Structure.  ������,V * ��� .-*      * .  _^^^_Sii^&^;--   e����^ juase xne conxesx. j  piipilis' pf -the Irvine'svlkhdirig  and Pender Harbour school,   Y  The tea was well attended by  a representative group of residents from Pender Harbour and  surrounding districts.  Plans for Whar  Are Completed  By Cliff Leach <  IN ANSWER to an enquiry of  the Ratepayers' Association, ���  Mr. J. M. Summerville, of the  Department of Public Works,  last week advised that plans for  the new wharf and���?. breakwater  were completed and that the appropriation for this work is to  be authorized at this session of  Parliament:  WATER BOARD  The directors of the Association, after an open discussion on  the water supply question, decided to contact interested parties at Hopkin's Landing, Grantham's Landing and Robert's  Creek with a view to forming a  district water board.  FILMS APPRECIATED  Members heartily endorsed a  proposal to write the National  Film Board voicing their appreciation Of the films shown  this past season and requesting  the Board to carry on with film  showings next season. Last of  this season's shows will be on  Monday, Arpil 29, when thetop-  ic will be Pro-Rec.  GARDEN COMPETITION  A lover of well-kept gardens,  who wishes to remain anonymous, has offered cash prizes for  the best entries. Details oi this  contest will be announced, later  by the Ratepayers' Association,  which has been appointed to  judge the contest.  [/summer.  j Charlottetbwn  *  are  here  P.E.I^      Vyy"-'  *������*-: *y ������������������  yTheVWomen's Auxiliary to the  Canadian   Legion,   Branch   150,  ill hold its monthly meeting  ���on Tuesday, April 9, at the homye  of   the   president,   Mrs.   A.   H.  Reed.  *    * ���' *���  Mr. and 'Mrs. John Lister and  arjbrie have returned to their  own home, which has recently  been modernized.  i  Miss Winnifred Browning,  secretary of the Mobile Movie  company, was a recent* visitor  to  Vancouver.  ttW^^&bsom  provement Association, totalling*  $919.54, ywill be spent on feenhis  courts, the members decibjed; A  committee was formed Consisting of Mr. Eric Inglis, Mr. A. S.  Trueman, Mr. R. Burns and Mr.  C. P. Ballentine, and is to contact the Recreation Society re  using the upper part of the  playground for the tennis court.  On completion of the courts the  Improvement Association will  disband   and   members   would  Mr. Ed Davies has sold his  taxi business to the Union Estates.  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Jack  McNutt  are in temporary quarters until join the Recreation Society and  their new home is builtnext to so keep all recreation under one  the Henderson place. group.  GROUP DISCUSSION  m  ��  By Lester Pete-ton  1 /Branch  109 of the Canadian  fllegion held its regular monthly  meeting  on Tuesday,  April  ?.  At the meeting, a letter written  i^y Mr. Gargrave, M.L.A. for the  t>bwell^Riyer�� riding, stating to  the department of public works  that the Port Mellon road should  be cQJxstm&ti&^  ^government   engineers'survey;*  [price was  too  high,  was-read  Y and nedorsed. A notice of reso-  V lution was" tabled to the effect  that consideration be given to  ^the possibilities of keeping the  social  and recreational use by  y Legion hall open evenings for  members. Twenty-five dollars  were donated towards completing the new addition to St. Bartholomew's Anglican church at  Gibsons.  Fil  .-''������ I!  Popu!  ���T'?!**?  Ruth JacksOn and several  members of the' Virgel Lane  band wree week-end guests of  Mrs. _^%kson? the work on the racial issue���if it isn't one race  woodpii?(%;as1much appreciated it's another.  Less than 50 years  and the sm\-of the axe a change ago in this province the hot ra-  from    musjrc;Tsome    informal cial issue was the Swedish peo-  ��� snaps of all t^e boys together pie.    They were hard workers,  were takentori the boat at Se- thrifty and honest, but the big-  chelt and will no doubt interest otry of the Anglosaxon resented  local swing fans. this at the time.   Today we ac-  m r or urns ropuiar  With Audiences  THE MONTHLY film forums and discussion groups that  ;   follow ^ of the N.F.B. film features are  Meeii^ w^ Gibson's  i__ai_iing'to/'^^  The April ^howp^ of films on national unity which  dealt with; racial prejudice a^ religious^ .^  ^fin^e "recer^ionyand stimulated discussion-���after an initial  shyness members of the .  audiences are now digging  right into the subjects presented and exploring them  thoroughly after the film  presentation.  Donald Cochrane, at the Gibsons Landing forum, said: "The  film reminds me that today we  have  what some people call a  cept them as good citizens. Time  marches on."  WELL ATTENDED  The forum at Sechelt was well  attended and enjoyed by many  present. Father Baxter and Mrs.  French expressed similar sentiments when they suggested that  all races have many things in  common, .that in Canada the Indians have a vital contribution  to make to our national well-  being; that full citizenship right  should be extended to them;  that the existing discriminating  bars must and should be removed.  GIBSON'S LANDING  ropose  $40,000  By W. J. MAYNE  AT A MEETING of prominent business men and women  at the hotel, Sechelt, B.C., it was proposed to erect  a hospital to erect a hospital at Gibsons Landing, B. C, at  a cost of approximately $40,000.  The plans are already in the hands of the committee  for a 15-bed hospital building.   At the request of Rev.  Father (Baxter,  O.M.I.,  Sechelt,  B.C.,  Mr.  Percy  Ward,  ; ~- superintendent of B. C. hos  pitals to attend the meeting  and gave the committee  some very interesting facts.  The provincial and federal  governments will be asked for  finances to carry this hospital  through. The committe understands the provincial government will give a substantial  grant and, on account of the  various Indian reservations in  the district the federal government will no doubt give a special grant towards the building  of the hospital.  SERVES LARGE AREA  Pender Harbour  Shipping News  SHIPPING movements in and  out of Pender Harbour was  well above average during the  past week. Among the larger  vessels to appear in port was  the Imperial Oil tanker "Bee-  ceelite" with oil and gas for the  local station. Capt. Archie Rankin commands this craft.  The S.S. "Lady Cecelia" replaced the S��. "Lady Cynthia"  on the regular Union Steamship run, the latter vessel is on  the ways fori annual overhaul.  The Dominion Fisheries boat  M.V. "Atlin" visited the harbour early t^his wieek. This boat  is o  $m  fisheries boat M.V. "Kitimat"  The hospital will serve the  district from Port Mellon right  through to Sechelt. The plan is  to have an order of Sisters run  the hospital on the same plan as  the harbor was the police  launch "P.M.L.3" and the Columbia Coast Mission vessels  M.V. "Columbia" and the "John  Antle".  The usual number of fishing  craft and tugs were in and out  of the harbor.  The spring overhaul of all  fishing vessels is in full swing  as the owners of these craft are  preparing their bbats for the  fishing season.  Eric Willison  In City Hospital  ^henes boat M.V. "Kitimat".      doctors,   6ne   Rationed  S   $��  Among   other   craft   entering    hospital and the other to travel  the territory on,emergencl calls.  TAXES  NOT AFFECTED  The hospital will not, as some  think, increase taxation, but is  to be self-supporting with the .  exception of special grants by  the provincial government  WILL FIND NEED  The committee learned there  are about 4,000 people in the  district and that the time has  come for a hospital within easy  distance of the majority of residents, instead of having sick  people having to travel on slow-  boats to Vancouver for hospitalization. It is up to all residents  hind this worthy cause and. give  in the entire district to get be-  all assistance to the committer  .in charge, which is working for  the community as a whole.  'avis Is Head of  Pender Harbour  UFAW Union  b" V. O. L.  PENDER Harbour Local of the  United Fishermen's and Alliedl  Workers' Union^held an election  of officers at the Community  Hall on April 5.  Officers elected were : Lynn  Davis, president: James Cameron, secretary; Frank Lee, organizer; Norman Lee, sergeant-  at-arms; Fred Warnock, Robert  Cameron and Cedric Reid, trustees.  All of these officers were elected from last year except Mr���  Reid. who is replacing John Lee  on the board of trustees. Mr..  Lee is leaving the district and  declined nomination.  Members report a successful  meeting.  DURING a business trip in  Vancouver the latter part 6i  March Eric Willison of Secret  Cove suddenly became very ill  and had to be taken, to the General Hospital where he underwent a serious operation. For  several days he was in a critical  condition.' Mrs. Willison, who is  with him, reports that he^is now  progressing favorably and is on  the way^ to recovery. -\,-; .  Party Honors  Ray Stock well's  Seventh Birthday  In honor of the seventh birthday of Master Raymond Stock-  well a nice party was held at  the home of his parents, Mr. and  Mrs. Herb Stockwell on Saturday, April 6th. Those invited  were Denise and Kenneth McCulloch, Gordon Thompson,  Anne and Donna Mcintosh, Joy  and Teddy Scott, Irene, Betty  and Wynand Pratt, and Baby  Judy Pendergast. A pleasant afternoon was had by all. Page Two  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C.  Friday,   April   12,   1946  Mht (Boast Mews  3 Lines  (15 Words)  for 35c     3  Insertions  (same ad)  60c  Extra words, above 15-word min., 2c each.  Cash with ordei.  Notices,  Engagements, Marriages, Deaths, etc., 75c insertion  LITTLE ADS - - - BIG RESULTS!  \  WEDDING   STATIONERY  Engraved or standard wedding invitations, announcements. Also wedding cake  boxes, complete with cards, 95c  dozen. The Coast News, Halfmoon Bay, B.C.  PICTURE   FRAMING  Send your enlargements, photos, certificates to us for expert  framing at low cost. Prices before job is done, if you wish.  Cranberry Hardware, Powell  River, B.C.  MARINE   REPAIRS  We are specialists in general  repairs, electric and acetylene  welding. Westview Machine  Shop, Westview, B.C.  FOR SALE  GUERNSEY    bull,    15    months  old, young Guernsey cow due  , to freshen June 1.  Good milker.  Apply  J.   J.   Sutherland,   Halfmoon Bay. 32  FOR SALE  A REAL bargain, 160 acres with  one room cabin, small clearing, near main highway, %-  lime to stores, post office and  Halfmoon Bay wharf. Apply  E. Pearson, Halfmoon Bay or  Consolidated Brokers Ltd., 942  West Pender St. Vancouver.   32  / FbR%ALE  DRAGSAW With extra 4-horse-  power motor, three blades  five six and seven feet. Can be  seen at Erick Knudson's shoemaker, Sechelt. 33  FOR   SALE  P.A. SYSTEM, including electric record player, microphone.  Selma Park Store, Sechelt.     34  FOR   SALE  FORD ^ MODEL T truck. Apply  Selma Park Store, Sechelt. 34  ~~ FOR   SALE  PIANO    and   bench,   excellent  . condition.     Sechelt     Garage,  Sechelt. 34  FOR SALE  WE HAVE waterfront property  from Gibsons Landing to  Pender Harbour. E. W. Parr  Pearson, representing Consolidated Brokers, 942 West Pender  St.,  Vancouver. tfn  FOR   SALE ���:���  SUNNEN   cylinder  hone,    with  ridge  removing  stones.   New  condition.       Lincoln    Johnson,  Halfmoon Bay. 34  " FOR   SALE "~~:  RADIOS, Bicycles, Batteries,  Electrical Supplies! 1946  Stromberg-Carlson 6-tube 110-  volt, $42.50; 1946 Marconi 5-  tube 110-volt, $29.95. Record  players, 110-volt, $16.95. 1946  CCM Bikes, $45. Exide 6-volt  batteries, 15-plate, 85 arr\p,  $9.95. 17-Plate Sure-Start 120-  amp. batteries $15.45 (a real  battery!) Also Burgess A, B  and C batteries, No. 14 wire,  switches, (tumbler and knife),  solid or split knobs, tubes, fuses  etc. ALL ABOVE IN STOCK  FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.  Arriving next week���a small lot  of Marconi battery radios and  1946 Gilson Snow Bird gasoline  washers. Place orders now.  Tommy Thomas, Radio and Electrical Service, Pender Harbour, B. C. tf  WE  BUY  AND   SELL���  Rifles and shotguns bought  and sold also all kinds \ of used  goods, furniture, clothing, tools,  etc. Square Deal Store, West-  view, B.C.  " MISCELLANEOUS  SAWS GUMMED, lawn mowers  overhauled and sharpened,  scissors, shears and knives  ground. Apply W. W. Burroughs, Westview, B.C. tf  CONNOR  NU-WAY HAND  WASHERS $36, IN STOCK���  Pender Harbour Traders Ltd.  Madiera Park, Pender Harbour.  tf  KEYS TO  ORDER���  All kinds of keys made to  order. Send sample you wish  duplicated. Muir's Hardware,  at Powell River (Westview) B.C.  Coast News subscriptions ���  $2.50 per j^ear. See your community correspondent.  FOR   SALE  TWO BATTERY and 3 electric  radios.   $15 up.   Sechelt Garage,  Sechelt. . 1  LEGAL  FROM THIS date (March 30,  1946) Cook, Volen and Company Limited will .not be liable  for any debts-:>-.contracted\by  William A. Cook or Clarence A.  Cook. 1  LEGAL  Notice of Cancellation of  Reserve   : ,  NOTICE is hereby given that  the Reserve established under  authority of Order-in-Council  No. 1653, approved December  9th, 1943, is cancelled in so far  as it relates to the following de-.  scribed lands: -  Lot 4684, New Westminster  District, containing 60  acres.  10 Acres of unsurveyed  land in the vicinity of  Middle Point, Group 1,  New Westminster District.  H.  CATHCART,  Deputy Minister of Lands  Department  of  Lands and Forests,  Victoria* B. C.  March 13th, 1946.  Local Badminton  Pla^fers Win in  City Tourney  BADMINTON honors came to  Powell River last week when  Marcel Chouinard and Dominic  Simonetta captured the men's /  singles champion in the annual  tourney of the Arclidiocesan  C.Y.O^held in Vancouver, April  3, 4 and 5.  Simonetta also won the men's  singles.  . Over 140 players, representing  20 C.Y.O. chapters, took part in  the tourney which drew entries  from Port Moody, North Vancouver, Lytton and New Westminster.  Simonetta and Chouinard are  members of St. Joseph's C.Y.O.  A FINE film on the co-operative  movement, Here Comes Tomorrow, was shown to a capacity audience at Robert's Creek  on April 2nd in Kewpie Kamp  Hall.  The film dealt with the steady  growth of the  consumer co-op  movement in the niiddle United  States,    depicting   the    humble  start of the farmers in the area  in this endeavor���how banding  together  they were able to go  into the gasoline business in a  small way  and then the rapid  expansion that took place; how  other fields were entered: food,  co-op banks, feed and fertilizers,  insurance, credit unions, so that  today the communities are  almost wholly on a co-op basis.  CO-OPERATION  Harold  Box,  NFB  field  representative, addressed the meeting after the showing of the film  suggesting   that   the   next   task  facing the community was that  of  learning   co-operation.    The  speaker suggested that the problem facing Robert's  Creek  and  other   similar   communities   in  Canada was learning how to co-  \ operate; that if this did not happen then we surely faced disaster   economically   that   would  I��a^ up and other nations into a  third world war. We have just  learned some  of the principles  of co-operation in the war just  ended inasmuch as we buckled  into  things,   accepted  rationing  and  other  wartime  controls  to  defeat   a   common   enemy   and  that the same principles of efficiency must be applied in the  winning  of the  peace.   It  was  further suggested that communities such    as    Robert's    Creek  must Start with what they had  ���thafo a   fine   start   had   been  made Vith their co-op,store and  that they must' support and continue this fine work.  STOfcE MANAGER SPEAKS  Geoifge Klein, manager of the  store, r%ported briefly on the  .progress of the business���that  volume had more than doubled  in the past three months and  that the future looked very  good. However, he warned, a  lot more work would be necessary to assure financial stability and progress.  Crew Members  Are Confined  To Ships  CREW members of the Sea-Tac,  Indian, and Lutz. which were  docked in Powell River during  the past few days after voyages  from Seattle arid San Francisco, were quarantined to ships  while in port.  Taking no chances on a possible smallpox 'carrier' on one  or other of the ships, Dr. C. R.  Marlatt, port physician, issued  the order. Local workmen and  residents were barred from making any contact ������with the vessels.  Damage to Cable  Does Not Disrupt  Telegraph Service  DAMAGE to the government  telegraph cable iri Agammem-  non Channel last week caused  no interruption in service between Powell River and Vancouver, George B. Wood, local  telegraph agent reports.  These breaks happen from  time to time and wlieri they do,  auxiliary circuits are used.  The cable is being repaired  now.  ���iir C-hildren  By Adelaide  Is your baby one year old?  If so she should weigh twenty-  one pounds or about three times  her weight when she was born.  She should measure 27 to 29  inches in height. She has now  become a very active young person and can get about rapidly  by creeping, and should be able  to pull herself up and stand  alone without support���she may  even be taking a few steps by  herself���but do not encourage  baby to walk���when tier bones  and muscles are strong enough  she will walk without persuasion. She should be drinking  her milk from a cup and should  be allowed to hold the cup herself���though we advise one of  an unbreakable variety!  Every encouragement should  be given toward independence  ���let her help pull her socks off,  and put her own arms in the  sleeves of rher clothes, arid encourage her to help put her toys  away.  DIET  The following is a suitable  diet for a one-year-old:  Breakfast: Any well cooked  whole cereal ��� cracked wheat,  oatmeal or rolled oats. A strip  of crisp bacon or part of an  egg. Toast or rusk and a little  butter.^ Fruit juice ��� glass of  riiilk and one teaspoon of cod  liver oil.  Dinner: %Scraped beef or liver  or lamb chop or chicken or  fresh white fish or soft cooked  egg. One >pr two of the following vegetables: Carrots, asparagus, cauliflower, string beans, ���  peas, boiled onions, beets,  squash, stewed celery or tomatoes, cabbage, turnips, spinach,  beet or turnip tops. Potato, preferably baked or boiled in the  skin. Dessert: Stewed fruit;  sago, rice, tapioca, bread pudding, gelatine, or very ripe ba- '  nana, rusks or bread and butter���water to drink���fruit juice  or milk.    ',  Supper: Well cooked cereal  (same as mentioned for breakfast) or vegetable milk soup,  cream of tomato, potato, celery  or carrot. Rusks or bread and  butter stewed fruit, junket, or  custard. Glass of milk and one  teaspoon cod liver oil. Send  your problems to this column  and we will do our best to help  you.  "Mose," said Eph, "what an-  imule is de mbs' noted for its  fur?" "De skunk," said: Mose,  positively. "De mo' fur gits fum  it, de bettre it is fur you."  Use News classified ads to  buy, sell or swap. Quick action!  Gibson's Landing  32 Years Experience  Gibson's Only Full Time  Barber  UNION SHOP  Children 35c  Haircut 50c Shave 25c  General  Merchant  ��  Bus stop at Sports  Fishing Centre  HALFMOON BAY  Specializing in  Standard Oi! Products  ��-_i  Repairs to.  ��� Typewriters  ��� Adding Machines  ��� AH Business  Machines  Coast News Ltd.  ESSO GASOLINE  MARVELUBE  OIL  Get the best but of your  high-speed motors!  Fill up here with Premium  Ethyl Gasoline. Hose delivery from float to boat.  W. P. PIEPER  Irvine's Landing  Pender Harbour  from  Pcwell Stores Ltd  9  Powell River, B. C  The north coast's Most Modern Department Store Friday,   April   12,   1946  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C.  Page Three  ADDRESSES COMBINED GROUPS  JM jywiijl..KMiH.lm��K��.^ii ^���nw.i.i.. ���nn1J7w��.r  limiamuiiillBSMinu^amMvi^imxmTsrmamsiiuM^^miimm  DECLARING "we are either missionaries or a field for  missionaries", Clyde Woollard, Assistant Boys' Work  Secretary, United Church of Canada, last Wednesday night  stated "v/e must become conscious of our relation to Christ  and that we must be clear-cut in our relation to Him".  Mr. Woollard addressed members of the Westview and  Powell liiver congregations of the United Church, in a joint  meeting at St. John's hall at     "  Powell River.  The   subject  of  his  talk  was  "The Youth in Home,  Church and School".  . An illustrated worship period  preceded Mr. Woollard's address  and many beautiful Kodachrome  slides depicting scenes from the  life of Jesus were shown.  CRUSADE  Speaking on the current  "Crusade for Christ", Mr. Woollard stated we should ask ourselves if Christ is satisfied with  us. "If He is not, we must act  in such a way that He will become satisfied with us."  Mr. Woollard stressed the  need for a Christian up-bringing  of our youth with the statement "We must bring a sense  of Christian living back into our  schools."  MEET YOUR FRIENDS  AT  Wakefield Inn  SPECIAL BUS  Every Saturday Night  Leaves Gibson's ������6:30 p.m*  Leaves Wakefield���11:00 p.m.  BOYS' CAMP  He spoke of the boys' camp  at Deep Cove, which will offer  courses in leadership this year,  and urged every congregation  in the province to send a representative group of boys to the  camp.  Speaking of the slightly older  people in the church, Mr. Woollard deplored the minor part  parishioners , of the 25-40 age  group played.  OLDER GROUP  "This group should be the  strongest in the church," he  said, yet heretofore, it has not  taken its rightful place in  church affairs because it has  been "too young".  "That is no reason," Mr.  Woollard continued| "This group  has experience and maturity ���  those two qualities should be  used."  / Reverting to the first topic in  his address, Mr. Woollard said  that we must take Jesus as the  centre of our lives. "The key  to our happiness in this world  and the next can be found in  the personal relations we bear  to  Christ,"  he  concluded.  Rev. W. Graham in thanking  Mr. Woollard for his inspiring  address said ''You have stirred  us deeply. This.i�� atr.emendous  challenge arid we should harness our every talent to ensure  the success of this great cause.  Wm. McFADDEN  Optometrist  510  West   Hastings  Street  VANCOUVER  ���'.'���-������:  at Gibson's Landing  EACH  Friday and Saturday  Eyes Examined and Glasses  Fitted  Use   News   classified   ads   to  buy, sell or swap. Quick action!  PRINTING���  The Powell River News commercial printing department  offers the best type selection  and superior workmanship  and design.  The POWEL RIVER  NEWS  PHONE 255  Sell Now  Home or Farm  HIGH PRICES  Our Own Transportation  WRITE or PHONE  Marine Realty  HORSESHOE   BAY,   B.C.  Phone Why.  2111  ERIC INGLIS  GENERAL  TRUCKING  and FUEL  Gibson's Landing  r  "A Place I Like to Buy From"  Whitaker's  General Merchants  DAVIS BAY  WILSON CREEK  S-Sgt. Herman McArthur and  mother, Mrs. M. McArthur,  have been holidaying the past  two weeks at the summer home  of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Critchell.  S-Sgt. McArthur is awaiting his  discharge after five years overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Critchell  made a hurried trip by morning ferry and bus, returning by  Union Steamship later in the  day, .in order to spend the first  Sunday with their visitors. Last  Sunday Sap. W. R. and Mrs.  McKissock of Vancouver were  week-end guests.  *    *    *  At Woodhaven, from Sunday  to Wednesday, were Mr. arid  Mrs. C. Compton and Stephen  and Wendy. Mr. Compton is doing a bit of clearing on his  beach lot, on which he plans to  construct a summer cottage  when building times are normal.  *. *��* V ���&  Up from the city for Sunday's  wedding were Miss Marion  Ross, Miss Wilma Ross and Miss  Lorraine Ross, the, three bridesmaids chosen for the Mills-  Kigginson wedding.  Also from the city were Mr.  and Mrs. Higginson, parents of  the bridegroom and Miss Verna  Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Walter  Mills. The following family  friends were also on Saturday's  boat: Mrs. F. Davis and granddaughter, Joan; Miss Barbara  Dagg, Miss Evelyn White, Miss  Flora McLean and Miss Vera  McLean. St. John's church was  prettily decorated with daffodils . and pussy-willows. Thanks  are expressed to the church  congregation. The wedding  scheduled for Sunday was too  late for this week's issue of  The Coast News.  *    *    *        i:  Mrs. V. Boggust has I as her  guests her two small J grandsons, Alan ahd Dale.    "'  Mr. and Mrs. F. Huggins were  visitors in the ciyt lasj/week.  SELMA PARK  MRS. W. D. GILBERT  Correspondent  Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wood and  family have moved to their new  home.  * *   *  Mr. Eric Nickson, a summer  visitor for many years, is now  making   his   permanent   home  here.  * *    *  "Hilltop" is the top of the  world for honeymooners Mr.  and Mrs. Dennis Colmari, friends  of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Nicholson.  * *    *  Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sim of  Saskatoon and their two small  sons, Albert and Ronald, have  moved into the house recently  vacated by the Bob Neals. Mr.  Sirr* formerly a member of the  R.C.A.F.,  is  now  employed by  the Columbia Power Co.  * *    *  Mrs. Frank Wheeler arrived  home with her new son, Stephen  Frank.  * *    *  Recent visitors to Vancouver  were Mrs. J. Sowerby, Mrs.  George Colson and Mrs. J. Burgess.  * *    *  Georgie Young, who received  a badly fractured leg when hit  by the Sechelt Motor Transport  bus, is well on the road to recovery, and Mrs. Young is deeply grateful for all the kindness  and. help she received from  Miss Short, the V.O.N, nurse,  Mr. Alex Grey, the bus driver,  Dr. Alan Inglis, Mr. Jack Inglis,  and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson.  QUICK jaunts to Vancouver to  attend stage and screen shows  operas, concerts and sporting  events will be possible for Powell River residents beginning*  May 1, when Gulf Lines Ltd.,  the new coastal passenger line  owned and operated entirely by  ex-servicemen, intends to begin  operations.  Aimed primarily at serving  the people of Powell River and  district, the new service will  fill a long-felt want here.  DAILY TRIPS  Daily trips to and from Vancouver on each day of the week  except Sunday, are perhaps the  .outstanding feature of the new  venture.. A study of the proposed timetable, which was released to the News last week,  shows that it will be possible  to leave Westview wharf at 8  a.m. Saturday morning, arrive  in Vancouver at 1 p.m. and return on the C.P.R. boat leaving  Vancouver at 11:45 p.m.  On Saturdays, the Gulf Lines  boat leaves Vancouver, at 2:30  p.m., arrives in Westview at  7:30 and then proceeds io Lund  where it stays overnight. Sunday it comes back to Westview  at 5:15 p.m. and leaves for Vancouver at 5:30, arriving in the  city at 10:30.  Present plans call for five  ports of call, Vancouver, Van  Anda, Westview, Lund and Sav-  ary Island.  Proposed timetable may be  found on page three.  Half Breed Finds  Liquor Same as  Atomic Bomb  Mr. Kennedy's watered liquor  may prove unpopular to the  majority of liquor connoissuers,  but to Dan McDougall, a half  breed living in Kelowna, it is  still plain fire-water.  McDougall was arrested by  city police recently in an intoxicated condition in the City  Park, and on Monday morning  he was fined $25 and costs or  ten days' imprisonment.  "I had too much comical juice  from liquor store which all the  same to me as Atomic Bomb,"  McDougall told police after he  was sobered up at police headquarters.  By Mrs. F. Facer  Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. Jar-  rett, a son, on Friday April 5,  1946, at St. Paul's Hospital, in  Vancouver, B. C.  Donald Thompson was host to  a number of wee friends on  March 31, the occasion being his  second birthday.  * *    *  The bingo and dance sponsored by Local 297 was a huge  success financially and socially.  Prizes were awarded and the  peppy   orchestra   added   to   the  enjoyment of all.  * *    *  A number of good pictures  have been shown recently in  Port Mellon. One of these, A  Song To Remember, was particularly good. These are supplied*  free to the public by the Sorg  Pulp Company, and are weil attended.  * *    * ���*  Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wells, a  son, at Vancouver.  * *    *  The new library recently finished is now open evenings and  afternoons. A variety of books  has been purchased and more  are expected. This is another attraction well appreciated by the  community of Port Mellon.  Forty-three percent of all injuries in school buildings were  to  children in the 7th through  the 9th grades in schools reporting   to   the    National     Safety  Council   in    1944-45,    although  these children make up only 24  percent of the total enrollment.  Too fast-  He skids,  School zone���  Poor  kids!  ���xa/  '    v  *>*���-<.*>-;"���;    ' >- W^  K,  ^ BARNEY POTTS  and His Orchestra  featuring  ^ THORA ANDERS  "Song Bird of the Air"  WEEK N1TE  COVER CHCE.  PIUS  tO^TAX  VFR__V  > s :��',, &-mv    ',-.'   Ante's ~*^~  Sunset Hardware  GIBSON'S  LANDING  We Have a Full Line of "$  PLUMBING SUPPLIES  Order Your  FRIGJDAIRES  WESTINGHOUSE  ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES  From Us Now!  Agents for Page Four  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C.  Friday,   April   12,   1946  ��  idy  THE HON. C. D. Howe, as minister of reconstruction, has issued an order for priority  in building materials for unfinished veterans'  houses. All over the country, homes destined  for veterans stand unfinished because materials have not been available to complete them.  This, then, is a welcome action and appears as  a response to a great volume of public protest  over the present situation.  But while this new priority order is a wise  and necessary step, it makes no real contribution to the housing needs of ex-members of  Canada's armed forces. It will, it is true, permit many uncompleted houses to be finished.  But it will not ameliorate the situation as it  affects the great majority of veterans and, indeed, the great majority of Canadians whose  annual net income falls below $2,150.  These are limited by the realties of household economy to a monthly rental or purchase  instalment of from $18 to $25, Of what real  ^benefit is it to these people, then, who make  up 80 percent of the total number of Canadians,  to be able to buy building materials when they  are unable to pay for them?  To build any kind of a modern and comfortable house today costs no less than $5000.  It is impossible to pay for that kind of house on  a net icome under $2,150 a year. It is impossible for private enterprise to build and rent  that kind of a house at a maximum rental of  $25 a month.  That leaves 80 percent of Canada's veterans and civilians completely outside the present  building picture.       .  By and large, for the nation as a whole,,  there is only one possible solution���an interest-  free goernment subsidy which will produce  low-rental modern homes at a price the great  majority of Canadians can afford to pay.  Priorities for private homes are necessary,  of .course. But the real need is an immediate  government subsidy. >, Until Ottawa makes up  its mind to this step, all priority orders will not  amount to very much for four out of five families in Canada desperately in need of comfortable homes.  Reform Liquor Laws!  OUR LOCAL M. L. A. was on solid ground  when he advocated a reform of our antiquated liquor laws, together with a wide program of temperance education. Bishop Sexton  urged the reform some months ago, and it was  surprising to note that he received so little support for a magnificently intelligent proposal.  Fortunately Mr. Gargrave is inclined to outspokenness, even if it incurs criticism of the  government.  We do not intend to discuss the moral aspects of liquor here. Our point is���and it has  been amply proven, first by the colossal failure  of prohibition, secondly by wartime rationing���  that you cannot compel abstinence by law. You  can encourage temperance by leaving the  choice to the individual. In attempting to compel abstinence by law, one runs first thing into  that innate characteristic of the human race���  the more difficult a thing is to attain, the greater lengths we will go to get it, lawfully or unlawfully. Ontario's premier summed up the  situation when he said that legislation of mor?\.  als cannot accomplish what a well-planned  campaign foir temperance-can do. yi  Since we are to have the sale of liquor,  why not have it in a sane and sensible manner?  Can  you   imagine  anything  less   entertaining  than our no-music, no-food, no-entertainment,  musn't-enjoy-yourself beer parlours? What do  they do to temper drinking? Nothing���their  very restricted existence encourages it, for want  of something to do.  It was a significant thing to note that our  boys returning from overseas had the same observations, without exception. Of relative intoxication in this "controlled" province and in  the free-and-easy liquor laws of the old country, they said: "We've seen more drunkenness  in a few minutes outside a city beer parlor than  we saw during our entire stay in England."  Most of these lads, it should be noted, in  passing, went overseas as striplings, under age  for enjoying any of the benefits of our liquor  laws. But they did not return as alcoholics-  far from it! They were amazed at our unbelievably uncouth drinking habits, particularly  in-our equivalent of the sociable 'pubs' they had  come to know and eiijoy.  Our liquor control:.system is as efficient as  it is archaic. If oney province in this Dominion  .can haye> sane liquor? laws, why cyanj^yall the  ���proyM^^  It's worth a tria|, for certainly nothing can  be worse than the present farcical system.  The April Dipper  THESE mid-April nights, though warmer than  usual, are bright with the stars of early  spring, stars still glittering with the cold night's  brilliance. And the Big Dipper swings higher  in the evening sky than at any other time in  the year. Turn to the north and you can see it,  its inverted bowl well above the Pole Star.  Ursa Major, the astronomers have called  it for thousands.of years. But even in the time  of Homer it was also known, as Hamaxa, the  Wagon. A little later the Romans spoke of the  constellation- as the Septentriones, the seven  plowing oxen Both these names have come  down through the years in England, where it  was known several hundred years ago as  Charles's Wain, or the Wagon of Charlemagne,  and where it is usually called The Plow today.  Ancient Arabs saw the stars in the shape of a  coffin followed by a funeral procession.  Indians had various names' for Ursa Major,  but one of the Indian star legends called it a  bear followed by three hunters. In one version  this legend goes into detail, and points out that  the middle hunter is so sure he will be succes-  ful that he even carries a cooking; pot. v Anyone  with sharp eyes can see both the hunter and the  Published Every Friday  by  The Coast News Limited  Registered office���Powell.. River, B.C.  Business  Office���Halfmoon Bay, B.C.  Entered at the Post Office at Halfmoon Bay-  as authorized second-class mail.  A.   H.   Alsgard���President  E. W. Parr Pearson���Sec-Treas.  A FREE PRESS IS THE PRIVILEGE  OF A FREE COUNTRY  pot, which the astronomers have named Mizar  and Alcor, and which we more often .think of  as one star, the middle star in the Dipper's^  handle.   '"';..',-"  Whatever the tale or legend, the constellation hangs high in April, so high that you  can see it in the early evening above the newly  leafed treetops, spilling spring rains over an  ungrateful earth.  Springtime and Age  Isn't this spring air like wirie?  Makes a person feel just fine.  Think I'll dig my garden up,      *_  Then have a good romp with my pup,  Maybe then I'll Chop sOme wood,  The exercise will do me good.  So I chopped and worked and walked  Until my unused muscles balked,  Now I don't feel, quite so fine,  For those aching bones of mine  Creak and groan each time I bend,  I swear; each move will mean my end.  Spring you jade, you' make me sick,  Pulling such a low-down trick,  M&kingvme believe I am \  Seem like us folks can't be told  As'young and frisky as ;a lamb,  Bible Iteailiifig  The word is high-^ee, even in thy mouth, and  in thy heart: hat is, the word of faith, which  we preach; that is thou shalt confess with thy  mouth the -Lord Jesus, : and shalt believe in  thine heart that God hath raised Him from the  dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart  mart .believeth: unto righteousness; and with  the mouth cdnfession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture saifh,- whosoever believeth  on Him shall not be ashamed.        Rom. 10. 8-11  By Rev. Heber H. Greene  of the Columbia Coast Mission  The writer would welcome any  local help in identifying, place-  names as we go up the coast, to  complete  our coast files.  * ��� * *.  It was left to a Spanish Naval  officer  Narvaez  to   name  Lasqueti in '79 as Eliza had been  compelled to  retire as  part  of  his crew fell victims to scurvy.  Leaving   these   islands   on   our  left we cross Malaspina Strait-  named after another celebrated  seaman in the service of Spain���  the most romantic figure among  the navigators of the north Pacific���who is 1789 was given the  command of a scientific and exploring expiditions designed to  go  round  the world  consisting  of two ships, Descubierta  (Discovery)   and   Atrevida   (Audacious).  He  visited  Nootka  but  there was no evidence that Malaspina examined or even entered  the Strait of Juan de Fuca. He  however   fell  in   disfavor   withy  the   Spanish   government.   Per-  hops that accounts for for Galiano and Valdes in their journal  passing over him. Captain Richards,   1859  gave his portion  of  the Strait of Georgia the name  Malaspina.  PENDER HARBOUR  Pender Harbour���after Daniel  Pender���master   R.N.   who   arrived   on  this   coast  as  second  master of the H. M. Surveying  vessel   Plumper,   Nov.   9,   1857,  promoted  to   master,   June   2L,  '59 and On the death of Mr. Bull  in Nov.,  '60   succeeded him as  master,  of   the   Plumper.   Was  transferred   to   the   Plumper's  successor Hecate in the survey  of this cpasty,. At the close of the  latter^s c^m^ssiw  he (Pender); was placed in command of the Beaver, hired from  the Hudson Bay Company and  carried on the hydographic work  with the greatest zeal until 1870  when the survey terminated. On  returning  to  England  in   1871,  was engaged in many years in  the hydrographic off ice, London,  latterly as assistant-hydograph-  er. The Penders, a west of England family  have  been  in the  naval service for several generation..'- ' .;'--- y:y."'y".-  v* From this base we set: put for  Jervis Inlet. As if guarding the  inlet stands Nelson Island. Nel^- y  son Island is flanked by Agamemnon Channel on the east and  Blind Bay arid Hardy Island yon  the west.The channel commemorates the first line of battleship, the immortal Nelson commanded. It was a two decker���  132 foot keel and 160 foot gun  deck-^-64 guns���1384 tonnage.  She was busily active nearly  the whole of her career. ^_t the  battle of Trafalgar 1805, she was  of the weather division led by  Nelson in the victory. She was  totally lost at Rio de la Plata1  having; run aground and settled  on her,.anchors.  BUJfD BAY  Blind Bay reminds us of the  usefulness, sometimes, of the  useless. The immortal Nelson  exemplified this at the battle of  Copenhagen, 1801, when he put  his telescope to his blind: feye  and truthfully said, he saw no  signal for retreat.  CAPTAIN ISLAND  After HMS Captain, a ship of  74 guns which on Nelson's orders (without Jervis' authority)  made the daring manoevre of  turning out of the line of battle, thereby preventing the  Spanish fleet from escaping and  which deed was one of those  that x won for Nelson immortal  fame.  SAN JOSEF |l  From    the    "Captain"    Nelson/J  boarded   the   San   Nicolas,   and) j  from the latter to the San Jo-)}  set,  capturing both ships.   This  gallant act, boarding one enemy  ship from the other, was spoken,,.  of in days to come as "Nelson's {)  patent bridge for boarding first^?  rates."   Captain Calder pointed\!  out to Sir John Jervis that Nel-r  son  had  acted  without  orders.l  Sir John nobly replied to thisf  innuendo   "I   forgive   him, ��� sir,! 1  and if eevn you act in such a||  manner without orders I'll for-!  give you, too." \  MALASPINA  Cape  Cockburn,  sticking  oufy  from Nelson Island into Malas-;j  pina  fittingly  associates  Cock-y  burn with Nelson.  Cockburn b:  his zeal during an irksome pen  iod of service won the friend\  ship of Nelson.  He it was wh^  conducted Napoleon to his prisiji  on home in St. Helena.   Ther<i|  Cockburn was both Governor 0|  the Island, and Commander-inj  Chief  of  the  station.   He  cap/,  tured    Washington,    U.S.A.    2  1813, and destroyed governmer]  stores of immense value. \  .     : j  HARDY  ISLAND /  We  will  take  this  up  whelj  dealing with Port Hardy.  1  1  NELSON ISLAND j  Now for Nelson Island itsel-  It commemorates the immort?  hero of the. British Navy,   an'  possibly the greatest naval cap|  tain the world has ever knowif  For his victory ot the Nile, 1794  he was made a peer with the til  tie  Baron  Nelson  of the Nil*}  Then the King  of Naples  air1  Sicily created Nelson the Duk'  of Bronte with an estate.   Thrj  great square, known to so mar/j  Gahadiansp Trafalgar, commeii\  orates ��� ^Kiis^^teat victorv inyl l_j  at Trafalgar, due largely to h  gallant and intrepid behavior  in wearing out the line of batt  in attacking the Spanish flee  Recentlv  the  monument,  ere<  ted to his name in the center!��  the Square, 182 feet high, vJj  climbed for the fourth time  history to ascertain if any nee  of repair existed due to the W  blitz.    Fortunately   the   colur|  came through unscathed and  stands today as a further tribu*  to the  British  who,  down  tl;  centary^Jtiad   heeded   Nelsoxj  immortalf signal to the fleet���t  ''England, exjpects that' till  day eyery. man will do his dutjj  Men like the late Lord Gc(  and our* new governor-genera  Field Marshal Viscount Hare;  Alexander on the beaches  Dunkirk carried on that trad;;  ion. Londoners, too, nobly ps  heed to that immortal clari<  call. Faithful to the past, th  have survived.  The monument seems to sa|  "If we forget our past wej caj,  not forge w. future." ���  CULLODEN  POINT  Gulloden   Poink   comm^mo|  ates a daring feature of the iBijr]  ish attack at Cape St. Vineerd  The Spaniards were caught coij  fused because  they never hsj  expected, owing to their preporj  derance of numbers, that Jervf  would venture an attack, but  their  dismay they saw the  fl  British ships approaching wit}  intimidating order  and resold  tion.  The Culloden charged iif  to  a three-decker.   The Sps  iards   fell   into   dire   confusicj  and didn't even fire her gurf  The Spanish line was brokei  But in the battle of the Nile si  was unfortunately grounded  a shoal in Aboukir Bay. Hot  ever she was useful in her disj  tress by acting as a danger marl  for the ships following her. La|  ter she was floated.  (Continued next week) Friday,   April   12,   1946  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C  Page Five  Don't be an "ex" spurt driver,  cent in  1945,  according  to  the  Deaths in railroad accidents at  National Safety Council,  grade crossongs went up 4 per  To The Music  Virgil Lane's Orchestra  By poular request, the band is returning again to  ����� '  play in the Sechelt Pavilion  Sat.* April 20  NOT MANY families can equal  the record of this one: four  boys in the Canadian Army during World War II. Jim, the oldest, joined in 1942. He trained  at Currie barracks, Calgary,  and was stationed at Bowser,  Vancouver Island, with the  Irish Fusiiiers.   Ross joined the  EXPERT WATCH REPAIRS  Engraving and Diamond  Setting  Also Clocks, Jewelery, Etc.  Workmanship guaranteed.  Moderate charges. Returned  by* registered mail 3 days  after received.   Mail to:  1031   Robson  St.,  Vancouver  LEIPPI'S JEWELERY  Seaforths in 1939. He was overseas nearly six years, serving  in England and in the Mediterranean theatre. Bob enlisted in  1941, and Richard in 1942, both  at the age of 17.  Bob saw duty with an antiaircraft battery in England,  France, Belgium and Holland,  --and Richard, following his advance training in England,  crossed to the French coast on  D-Day  aboard  a  landing  craft  infantry. All four brothers are  now back in civilian life. Jim  is logging on Vancouver Island,  Ross a constable in the Vancouver police force, and Bob  and Richard working at Gibsons, where the family lives.  HOW'S YOUR  DRIVING ?  ������ ���'"'.':���.���*���''��� ���'������������    ���.'.'; ;��� \jt- .'���;.���:������.���.; ���<������������<���:���*." ' ���������: .   ��� ...   ��� ���,-.'���.,.������:'���'���: ������:���������.:'.���>���������">     .:.   ���  ������-'���.��� ;  ":v-* .. y- ;:.  t*w\rr*'-*Zx~ '  For a left-hand turn ease your motor vehicle over  close to the centre line, as you approach the intersection. Don't cut across in front of traffic.  Turning left from the right-hand traffic lane is  dangerous. It means cutting in front of traffic, resulting in a traffic tie-up or perhaps an accident.  Get close to the curb for a right-hand turn. Gradually  case'your motor vehicle over as you approach an  intersection so there will not be enough room, for  another motor vehicle to come alongside you on  your right.  ���*/  In making a right-hand turn, if you keep to the  centre of the road until you reach the intersection  you must cross in front of motor vehicles on your right.  You run the chance of becoming involved in an  accident.  Turning, especially in heavy traffic, calls for extreme  driving caution. Safety records show that many accidents  result from motorists neglecting to take the necessary  care when turning at intersections. Study the diagrams  above. Resolve to follow the safe and courteous method  of negotiating turns. And always signal your intentions  m plenty of time to warn other motorists. Drive "right"  .. ��� turn "right" ��� ��� ��� and help to reduce the accident toll.  Contributed by  M  BE SAFE  DRIVE  SAFELY  'CAPI-ANO  BREWERY  I! SITED  ACCIDENTS DON'T JUST HAPPEN���THEY ARE CAUSED  9fiO-A-_  Your friend Sue is not permitted to date with Tony. Her  parents have flatly put both  feet down. They've had more  than one ruckus over at their  house���but Sue is not daunted.  She's going to see Tony anyway.  And she's been doing it right  along. Meeting him downtown  in the afteroon. But she wanted  to go places with him in the  evening. And to arrange that  she needed help.  So, she enlisted your aid. If  she spent the night with you  she could have a date with Tony  and her family wouldn't know.  You thought it was sort of romantic at first. Heavy parents  trying to squelch young love  sort of thing. So sure you'd help  her. She could meet Tony at  your house. Your parents didn't  know she was restricted. They'd  never even met Tony. It would  be easy to have foursome dates.  Sue thought she was getting  away with things at a great  rate. And she was. She thought .  she was moving under her own  steam���out from under her family's heel���without any rules to  bind her. But she didn't reckon  on yours.  It came to a head the night  you went to the Pavilion  to dance. You have to be home  by eleven and Dick knows it. So  in plenty of time you started to  round up Sue and Tony. But  Sue didn't want to go home.  She suggested first that you go  on home without her���and leave  the door open for her. You  told her that you couldn't do  that��� your family would be  waiting up and if she didn't  show up with you they'd ask  questions. And they'd begin to  worry just as though she were  their daughter. Then she suggested that she and Tony would  go along with you���and she'd  sneak out to meet him again  .after your, family ,werit to bed.  To that you said they'd hear hex  and it wouldn't work. If your  family caught her pulling a trick  like that they'd be as tough as  her family. And if their suspicions were aroused they'd pry  into this Tony business���and  then spill the beans. No she'd  have to obey your house rules.  She thought you were a fine  friend.  Secretly your nose wrinkled  at all this sneaking around to  meet Tony. It didn't seem romantic any more���it seemed shoddy to you. Your family would  be furious if they found out their  hospitality was being so abused.  Sue is not much of a friend  to let you in for this sort of  thing. She's asking a lot���in involving you in her shenanigans.  That's imposing too. So you'd  be a wise girl to have no more  of it���even if it means parting  company with your friend, Sue.  Rural traffice deaths increased  24 percent in 1945, according to  the National Safety Council.  Rural deaths were 60 per cent  of the total traffice toll in  1945.  WILSON CREEK  MRS. D. ERICKSON  Correspondent  Charlie and Gladys Royal  celebrated their third wedding  anniversary recently. The Sid  Smiths entertained for them at  a small dinner party. Friends  called later to offer congratulations nad after toasts were proposed by Bob Hallet' and Al  Forbes the whole crowd took  in the dance at Roberts Creek  which too.k  on  a much gayer  atmosphere after their arrival  *    *    *  Miss Peggy Todd of Vancouver is spending a few days with  Phyllis and Sid Smith. Page Six   _  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C.  Friday,   April   12,   1946  Destroyer Welcomed  W. J. MAYNE  Correspondent  ���A  jflESESKEBa  BSEZR9  The Canadian Legion, Branch  140, Sechelt, had a good attendance at their recent whist party, the prizes going to the following:  Ladies' first, Mrs. Colson; consolation, Mrs. Sowerby. Gents'  first, Mr. Taylor; consolation,  Mr. Finlayson.  The   ladies   of   the   auxiliary  provided  the  refreshments.   W.-  J. Mayne, master of ceremanies,  announced that the next whist  drive would be held April 24.  *    *    *  Mr. J. E. Lee has been appointed linesman for the government telegraphs for this district  in place of Mr. F. Mills, who  has joined the staff of the B. C.  Power Commission at Sechelt.  Mr. Lee could not obtain a house*  at Sechelt and has taken up residence at Gibsons Landing.  JERVIS WATER  TRANSPORT  PENDER HARBOUR  TOWING  AND  CHARTER  SERVICE  I  CANADA'S most powerful des-  'troyer, H.M.C.S. "Crescent", is  steaming home to Esquimalt  naval base on the final leg of a  450-mile training cruise. The  ship visited Comox, Bute Inlet  and finally, Powell River.  For the 115 officers and men,  as well as 30 cadets from the  R.C.N, college at Royal Roads,  the visit to Powell River and  the reception afforded the ship's  company was . "overwhelming",  as one officer put it.  OFFICIAL  WELCOME  Met at the ship's side by J. A.  Lundie of the Powell River  company, the officers and men  of the Crescent were later officially welcomed to the port by  D. A. Evans, resident manager,  and members of the Board of  Trade, Canadian Legion and the  federal government.  The    planned    entertainment,  which included a banquet for  the ship's officers and dances for  the ratings, was rounded out by  many individual welcomes to  the homes of Powell River citizens.  BANQUET  The banquet was attended by  a representative group of citizens including Powell River  company resident manager D.  A. Evans and assistant resident  managers J. A.-Kyles and R. M.  Cooper, Canadian Legion Malaspina branch' president Gordon  Jones, Board of Trade president  C. J. L. Lawrence, federal gov-r  ernment representative F. J.  North, the senior naval officer  of the district, Kent Goldsmith;  J. A. Lundie, A. H. Alsgard and  A. M. Gordon, representing district military forces. M. P. Scarlett, provincial government  agent was also invited but was  unable to attend due to illness.  The Powell River company,  also provided organized tours  through the mill.  As a return gesture, the ship  held "open gangway" for the  people of Powell River.  BUILT IN  GLASGOW  Under the command of Lt.  Comdr. C. P. Nixon, D.S.C.,  R.C.N., the Crescent is heavily  armed and can do well over 35  knots. She is 363 feet long and  was built by John Brown in  Glasgow and commissioned on  September 10 of last year.  After trials and a shakedown  cruise, she made a patrol  through the Channel islands at  the invitation of the Channel  islanders who wished to express  their thanks to the Canadian  Red Cross.  The Crescent arrived on the  west coast November 7 by way  of the Azores, Jamaica, San  Pedro and the Panama Canal.  ROBERTS CREEK  A. N. COTTON, Correspondent  ___���  Operated   By  W. H. HEARD  PENDER HARBOUR  Three Power Boats  Destroyed by Fire  Two Company Boats, Jack Wilson's  Cabin Cruiser Are Total Loss  HEAVY damage was suffered at the Powell Lake floats  early Tuesday morning when fire  of undetermined  origin swept through four boathouses.  Two power boats belonging to the Powell River company, another belonging to Jack Wilson of Westview and  four rowboats as well as four boathouses were completely  destroyed. 7  The fire was first noticed al/ 1:40 a.m% by -Lprne Fee,  taxi-cab operator, when he   _  WYNGAERT'S  Cash and Carry  GROCERY  GIBSON'S LANDING  ���  Lowest Price in the District  New Location below Howe  Sound United School  was returning from a trip  to Wildwood. He phoned in  the alarm to the Powell  River fire department and  within a few minutes it was  on the scene.  Fortunately no. wind was  blowing but in spite of this,  the hard-working fire department had to fight the flames  until five o'clock before they  were completely extinguished.  Most heart-sickening loss was  that suffered by Jack Wilson  whose boat/ a 32- foot cabin-  cruiser, was totally destroyed.  For  years  now, both Mr.  and  FOR  SALE  > ���  Turkey Poults and Eggs  for delivery in April, May arid June.  Up to 300 Weekly  -:J. JU AUNE  WILSON CREEK  ���  Cooky Volen .  & Co. Ltd.  Gibsons Landing  SAW MILLING  and LUMBER  Drop in to see us  regarding your  LUMBER  REQUIREMENTS  Also if you have any  logs for sale���"any  quantity."  Wilson have denied themselves vacations and other pleasures in orde^r io build and improve their boat. Mr. Wilson, a  master carpenter, built the boat  himself in 1928 and 1929 at his  (then) residence on Maple Ave.  The finest mahogany and Australian ieakwood went into the  boat's construction and it was  launched July 1, 1929.  Not the least of Mr. Wilson's  losses was a large amount of  auxiliary equipment which he  had in the boathouse. Two new  batteries, six blankets, cushions,  fishing rods, a compass, two  chain blocks, paint and paint  brushes and numerous other  articles totalling approximately  $500 were all destroyed. When  interviewed by the News, Mr.  Wilson said he was unable to  estimate the total loss he suffered in the fire.  He had been working in the  boat-house until 10:30 Monday  night but did not use a flame at  any time and ihere were no oily  rags about.  He does not smoke.  A rowboat belonging to James  Macindoe was also destroyed.  Two boat-nouses were completely razed by the fire and  charred timbers were all that  remained of the other two.  In addition to the gas-boats,  the Powell River company lost  a considerable quantity of gear  and fishing tackle, lines, rods  and reels.  There is no estimate of the  total damage.  Courtenay Founder  Dies in Sleep  JOSEPH -McPhee, founder A of  Courtenay, died quietly in his  sleep early on Monday morningi  He would have been 98 nekt  month. For the past week or ten  days his mind had been clouded  and^���t_^bae;;;n.ear:���vt��;���:���h_ai thought  that the end was close so that  when it came it was not unexpected.  Roberts Creek branch of the  Canadian Red Cross held its  regular monthly whist drive last  Thursday, March 2,8, at Kewpie  Kamp. It was well attended, 40  persons in all being present.  Mrs. Haslam, past president,  presented the prizes, which  were won by: Mrs. Flumerfelt,  187 points; Mrs. Merrick, 142  points; Mr. Harry Smith, 190  points;  Mr.  Hewitt,  140 .points.  This is the last whist drive of  the season, but it is hoped to  resume them when the winter  season starts again.  A few friends visited Mrs. W.  Forrest recently on her birthday and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon. Mr. Forrest is again at work after his recent accident.  n�� V tp  We are glad to learn that Mr.  J. Gibb of Roberts Creek is now  fully recovered from his accident.  *    *    *  Mr. Joe Klein has moved into  his new home, just across from  the post office, which will make  it more convenient to get a taxi  on short notice.  ��� '..*���*    *  On April 2nd, Mr. Harold Box  gave a showing of National Film  Board movies in Kewpie Camp  Hall. He showed three films an��  gave a talk on the film Here Is  Tomorrow, dealing with the cooperative movement in the U.S.  This was the first showing in  Kewpie Camp Hall. About 50  people turned out; the sound is  excellent on these films, an_l it  is hoped more will attend future  showings. Next show is April  30.  It pays to be courteous. Many  people think it smart to be rude.  This is a mistake. All great men  are kind and courteous.  Mrs. Little, Correspondent  The executive of the Pender|  Harbour Community club helc  its regular monthly meeting  the hall. President James Cam-|  eron held the chair. Among!  other matters discussed werej  the arrangements for the quarterly general meeting to be heldj  in the hall Sunday, April 7.  *    *    *  Oscar Neimi of Britain Riveili  Jervis Inlet, is in Vancouver oi|  a business trip.  *  *  James. Petersen   of   St.   Vin||  cent's Bay is in Vancouver fojj  medical treatment.  * *    *  Mrs.    Elsie   Lee    of   Irvinel  Landing went to the city for  few days.  * #    *  Mr. and Mrs. William Davie]  left   Sunday   afternoon   for  holiday trip to Vancouver. Th?  made   the   trip   in 'their.-bo^j  "Lucky Strike".  * *    *  Mr.   Harold  Box  of  the  N*  tional Film board in co-oper  tion   with   the   provincial   dtj  partment   of   education  held^  show   in   the   community   h'  Friday morning April 5th.   T  show was attended by the pij  pils of the Pender Harbour ai?  Irvine's   Landing   schools.    A?  other show by the film board  to be held May 3.  MacLeod Bros.  GENERAL STORE  PENDER  HARBOUR  > DRY GOODS  >��� GROCERIES AND  MEATS  i  FISHING SUPPLIES  i HOME OIL AGENT  ��  INDEPENDENT  FISH BUYERS  Selma Park  Hairdressing Shoi  ;   VfP  ?  s<~��  A Complete  HairdressinJ  Service  DOLLY  JONAS  Phone for App&tntments  The English  Prestwich Air  Cooled Engines  Are Better  see  Wally Graham  Gibson's   Landing  Howe Sound Transport  Meservatioiis  Please note that you can still travel without making  reservations, provided there is space. There are five to  fifteen "rush' seats on each trip. BUT, we recommend  reservations for. ybizr own convenience, to avoid any  possibility of last minute disappointment. fPriday,   April   12,   1946  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C.  Page Seven  Jim Rennie, Correspondent  April 1 was a cold, dull day  |,,but hopeful as we watched the  "Flight of the Canada's", a flock  of wild geese passing high over  ythe "headlands" in their famous  formation.  *  *  , It is gratifying to know that  '/the Sunday school which started  fin   February   is   proving   very  successful   With   an   attendance  of 27.  The Harmony group of the  ^United Church W.A. met on  ^Monday, April 1, at the "guest  jhouse", the home of Mrs. L.  'Steadman.  *    *    *  Mrs. Elrnie Cooper, (Pearl)  laughter of Mrs. Fisher is the  [proud mother of a baby boy  )om at Grace hospital on Satur-  lay, April 6. The baby will  jualify for a silver jubilee spoon  7/ith the child's initials the date  nd greetings from Vancouver.  The mother will be invited to  special luncheon in Hotel Vancouver July 5 during the two-  |/eek celebrations.  EGMONT  reggn_saKgg>_Mt>vi-yflfc��'Mj wu *.'wbiih.m_���wwy  Mr. Fred Shultz with his discharge in his pocket, has just  Returned to us after doing his  Ihare in teaching the world that  Iggression does not pay. He is  Overhauling his boat and gear  hopes to be in action again  men the big silver salmon ar-  ive.  ���*'*'*  Mr. Joseph Warman left yes-  ;rday, March 1, on a business  :ip to the city. , .-\  WNf Scoff  TRANSFER  "REDROOFS"  HALFMOON BAY  GeneraB Trucking  Let us help you solve  your transportation  problems!  The READER'S RIGHT  LETTERS TO THE NEWS EDITOR  The Editor,  Coast News:  Sir���I think it might be in  order to comment on part of an  editorial in the Coast iMews issue  of March 29. You call us an  orphan community. You are  quite right, we are, or maybe it  is a step-child. I am quite sure  our governments do not know  that we exist. Some obscure  clerk may have seen the address  on a few thousand dollars worth  of bonds but the higher ups  never see such small tnmgs. We  are mostly remarkable for what  we have not got. It is hard to  believe that in these modern  times there could exist a community of. over 200 souls, turning into the world food marts  over a quarter' of a million  pounds of fish, the finest in the  world, per year, and yet have  no government service but a  dinkymake-believe post office,  no roads, no docks, no telegraph,  no telephone; truly we are an  orphan community, a forgotten  people.  But when you say we are  orphans by choice you are away  oil the beam. Sorry to have to  correct you and no offense  meant of course. And now I  will let you in on a little secret,  one that we are going to shout  from the house tops very soon.  We are here by choice because  it is the best place on the Pacific coast to live. We have the  best climate, the best scenery  and the best neighbors and that  is a lot in this world. Add to  that good water, a chance to  make a living, miles of gently  sloping hillsides, lakes teeming  with trout and a sea landing  |ield,. where,:,100:. plants, flying  in formation 'coiiict land at one  time on any day in summer and  on most days in winter and you  just as good citizens as those  where they have publicly owned  docks wherever you wish to  turn. In addition they have  roads, telegraphs, telephones,  transportation. We do not  grudge them these things, it is  their right; but so is it ours.  I wish to thank the Coast  News for opening this subject  and I will hope for a helping  hand . from them as occasion  offers, also others in these rural  areas of B. C. might like to help  and such help will be very welcome.  Yours truly,  IMER BEAMISH  * * * *  Editor,  The  Coast News,  Dear Sir:  It is a widely recognized and  a thoroughly well-known fact  that road engineering and obstetrics are as far removed as  the poles. One might, therefore,  state that as an obstetrician a  road engineer is a first class  mixer of cement. Be that as it  may, I am about to suggest that  the road engineer and his staff  be sent to some institution at  government, expense where they  will receive post graduate course  in obstetrics���be initiated into  the mysteries of the science of  receiving babies into this Vale  of Tears���otherwise known as  "Area of Bad Roads." Upon receiving their diplomas, suitably  engraved, as "Technicians in  Obsterics" or, since it (may be a  trying course, might they be  termed "Technicians in Hysterics? "), their duty it shall be to  transport in their own, private  cars, mothers who are, as so  often happens* "expecting" An a  hurry, from Thunder Bay to  the hospital''in Powell River.  In order that the government  will uderStand why we expect may disburse funds for this pur-  -���- ���-' - - ' ���L1��� --"- *~~ J;"* + pose, I propose that the legislature be called upon to pass an  act to be called, "An Act Relating to Thunder Bay and Powell  River Department of Public  Works Highway Employees  Technicians, in Obstetrics," act  and that this shall be suspended  as a flaming sword and a righteous and fitting judgment oyer  the heads of Public Works employees for their sins, past and  present, of omission and com-,  mission in  (1)   the building of  to see, in the not too distant  future the people of Vancouver  building homes on our hillsides  and coming and going evenings  and mornings in flights like  birds. Yes, we are here by  choice but not . orphans by  choice. We are orphans, partly  because we were not persistent  enough and mostly because  those we elected to high places  forget us shortly after election  day. But wie are going to change  all that.  We are going to make  starter, switched on the lights  and, on the instant, realized I  had committed my first mistake  of the trip. I should have moved  the car out of the lane before  the passengers got in. A culvert  is required at the point where  my lane enters the "highway".  Since there should be one, but  isn't, you may understand why  I feared momentarily that I  might be faced with a problem  in obstetrics until I finally had  the car worked around and facing on the road to Stillwater.  Time flies, and so, I understand, does the stork.'He would  need to in order to cover much  territory in our district. So  while time and the stork sailed  happily along on wings of light,  I lurched and bumpety-bumped  over the Thunder Bay paths-of-  glory, thinking fond thoughts of  the Public Works Department.  Keeping my ears cocked to  hear sounds from the rear seat  and my eyes desperately searching for that untold legion of  bumps which I could not possibly miss anyway, unless I were  driving a helicopter, I doggedly  racketed along hitting a bare  five miles per hour, anguished  in spirit, tormented of mind,  wishing one minute that a  Public Work's employee were at  my side, armed with the knowledge that will be his when this  new act goes into effect; the  next moment, wondering what  position my racing car held in  relation to the stork's winged  progress.  After the elapse of some time,  we hit the Stillwater road to  find���believe it or not!���a newly  graded and comparatively  smooth road all the way in to  Powell River. Yes, the car won  the race but it could have been  lost in getting out of the lane or  at almost any point along the  road to Stillwater.  I have heard it said, "All's  well, that ends well." Do you  believe these so-called Thunder  Bay "roads" can possibly have a  good end? ���     ;        ���-���������������  Trusting   this   proposed   Act  will meet  with  your  approbation  and  full   approval.  "OX-CART-EE  Use   News   classified   ads   to  buy, sell or swap. Quick action!  AND COMPANY LTD.  i    __,_���_,,,,  GIBSON'S LANDING  General Trucking  and Fuel  ��� FRESH   MEATS  H HARDWARE  ��� SHELL OIL  ��� FISH CAMP  Pender Harbour  i  Garden  Bay Cafe  9  EXPERT   RADIO   REPAIRS  Your radio repaired in 48 hours  by our expert radio engineers.  We convert battery sets to electric. Ship to:   :   *  B.C. ELECTRICAL REPAIR  Company  1061 Granville St.,  Vancouver, B.C.  SHORT ORDERS  WEEKDAYS:  {   11 A.M. to 12 midnite  SUNDAYS:  11 A.M. to' 5 P.M.  BUS STOP HERE  \  I.  J  so  much  noise  that  they  will    highways  and   (2)   the upkeep  hear us as far away as Ottawa,      -T       ���  ��� -  and we will keep it up till for  want of sleep they'll give us the  things we are entitled to. We are  "Your Western  Shopping Centre  //  QUALITY  MERCANDISE  LOWER  PRICES  BETTER  SERVICE  GUARANTEED  DELIVERY  WOODWARDS  MAIL ORDER SERVICE  r  Vancouver, British Columbia  and maintenance thereof in the  Thunder Bay district.  This addition to the provincial statues is proposed for this  reason:  Recently, a neighbor and his  wife arrived at my house one  evening after dark. The lady's  presence was urgently required  .at the hospital in Powell River,  where she was scheduled to  serve as a principal on a welcoming committee to receive a  new citizen into the Thunder  Bay area. This lady, mind you,  had an established reputation  as one who deferred action in  such matters until the final moment for action had almost passed. Her husband could relate  harrowing tales of wild rides in  taxis to beat the stork���rides in  which the taxi won merely by  a-radiator cap.  Thinking that, this time, the  matter was not of a very, great  urgency, I set about making my  preparations for the trip at my  usual rate of speed. My wife,  however, catching my eye, rolled  her's in a very suggestive way  and caused me to accelerate my  pace to such an extent, I nearly commenced the journey leaving the car behind.  The lady and my wife occup- ,  ied the rear seat, I climbed behind the wheel, stepped on the  Pender Harbour Traders Ltd.  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DOR AN S FURNITURE  WESTVIEW, B. C. - Phone 230 Page Eight  THE COAST NEWS, Halfmoon Bay, B. C.  Friday,   April   12,   1946  at*$ Cooking  MACEDOINE  SALAD  1 cup cooked peas, 1 cup cooked carrots (cubed), 1 small  cauliflower (cooked), 1 cup  celery, cut in small pieces, 1 cup  cooked string beans (% can).  1 can carrots and peas mixed  may be used.  Marindalt peas, carrots, celery  and string beans in french dressing. Chill thoroughly. Separate  cauliflower, and marinate separately in french dressing. Arrange leaves of lettuce on platr  ter, and pile vegetables lightly  on them. Put border of cauliflower around edge of platter  and garnish with strips of red  and green pepper, or celery  hearts stuffed with pimento  cheese, or asparagus tips.  FRENCH DRESSING  1 cup salad oil, 3 tbsp. vinegar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. sugar, Ys  tsp. pepper, % tsp. paprika.  Mix oil, vinegar, salt, sugar,  pepper'and paprika together and  beat thoroughly, or ut all ingredients in jar and shake well.  HAM SALAD  2 cups diced cold ham, 1 tsp.  chopper onion, 2 hard cooked  eggs (chopped), 1 tbsp. chopped  parsley and 1 tbsp. chopped  pickle.  Mix ham, onion, parsley,  pickle and eggs. Marinate in  French Dressing and chill. Garnish with lettuce and strips of  pickle. Serve with mayonnaise.  This makes a nice lunch kit  salad, if packed on lettuce in a  cold jar.  Rhode Island Red  Enters Egg Derby  A NEW HIGH in the oversize  production derby currently being staged by the hen population in Westview was reached  Tuesday when a Rhode Island  Red belonging to Mrs. T. Ber-  nier, Old Westview Road, presented her owner with an egg  weighing 4% ounces.  Three weeks'ago another biddy���a Hampshire pullet, laid a  4-ouncer for Mrs. M. Fell of  Harvie Avenue.  The latest entry measured 8^4  inches around the long way ai\d  6%; inches around the short  "circle."  Tywish they were all like that"  said  Mrs.  Bernier.  Mrs.  Ellen  Harley  Correspondent  Mr. and Mrs. W. Prendergast  left on Friday of last week to  take up residence in West Vancouver. They have had the local bakery for the past 20 years.  * *    *  Mr. J. Holland went to Vancouver last Monday to attend  the funeral services for his father.   He  returned Wednesday.  * *    *  Mrs. George Harvey and children spent a few days last weefc  with Mr. and Mrs. W. Harvey.  * *    *  Mrs^B. Dean entertained the  members of the executive of the  PTA Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. C. W. Mellish.  We notice another familiar  face .around, town this week���  Mr. Dick Corkum, who has just  returned from two years overseas.  * *    *  Mrs. J. A. Quick spent three  days in Vancouver last week.  * * sit  Mrs. D. Kirkwood spent a f<*w  days in Vancouver last week.  * *    *  Mr. and Mrs. R. Lamport left  Monday for a two-week holiday  with the latter's sister, Mrs. J.  McKinnon, at Bloedel.  * *    *  Mr. Bill Thomas of Brackendale is clearing a lot opposite his  store,  in  hopes  of building  in  the near future.  * *    *  Mr.   C.   Schoonover,    Johnny  Ryan,   and   Tom  Mateur   have  gone up the Squamish River for  a short camping trip.  **���.���*  Mrs. W. Webster was taken  suddenly ill last Tuesday and  was taken to Vancouver where  she; is recovering .satisfactorily  at St. Paul's Hospital.  IMPERIAL GAS  STATION  LUBRICATING OIL  FIRE INSURANCE  F. B. SCOTT  Squamish  FOR SAME  You are only one of our 2,500 readers to have  noticed this valuable corner. For Sale at the rate  of $4.00 per issue.  v  *  INTERESTED IN FORMING A  GIBSONS LANDING LODGE  Please write c-o Jim Craigen  General Delivery,  Gibons Landing.  James Eadie is taking treatment in Vancouver for a  strained back. His mother suffered a slight heart attack while  in Vancouver last week and is  resting in an hotel. She is expected home this week, accompanied by her daughter Marion,  who is on a month's holidays.  *    *    *  Congratluations to June Feen-  ey and Nony Castle, who have  just obtained Registered Nurses  Certificates.  the PTA. Mrs. Mellish enlightened the members of the work  of the provincial group, giving  a great deal of helpful information.  The local PTA is planning a  spring sale May 3, to raise money for the canteen. It was decided to operate the canteen until June first.  Coal mine deaths totalled 1034  in 1945, or 17 percent fewer than  were reported in the some periods in 1944, says the National  Safety Council.  Famous Last Words��� "I'll fix  that broken step tomorrow."  Enjoy Good Food at a  Good Place to Eat  Waltz-Inn Cafe  SQUAMISH 'I   *  Provincial PTA f"  President Visits (  Squamish I  TUESDAY evening April 3 the j 'v  regular meeting of the PTA was 1  held  in  the  Parish  Hall.    The |  guest   speaker   of   the   evening !  was Mrs. C. W. 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