Langley Advance from Langley, British Columbia, Canada • 1

0 PI VOLUME 31, NUMBER 2 LANGLEY, B. C. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961 This weeks press run, 3,800 This week, 20 pages CITY ATTRACTION 9 3f4H? members Aparfo in ciry lent proposal put to council trip east Three members, of Langley 41 1 calf clubs competed with 76 others from throughout B.C. at the 4H week actiyities at Tranquille this month and all, three were selected to he part of the B.C, contingent to the national 4H week at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto during November. The trio of Langley members are Deirdre Gorsuch, Albert Anderson and Roberta Armitstead, Eleven other 0 youths from various parts of I1 C.

were also selected to rtiake the trip to Ontario. This Monday night all local 4H members will meet at the Tentative plans to davalopr an apartment araa on thaf sida of East Laigh Crascanf between Roberts and Glovar roads in Langlay city ware introduced to city council Monday night by architect Mr. Ken Laa. The property involved is the former H. S.

Williams astata, now ownod by Mrs. Moldowan of VancQuvar. Lee appeared before council to make formal application ior re-zoning the property from class 1 residential to multiple-unit residential. Chairman of the citys advisory planning commission, Aid' Dennis Linwood said he would call a special meeting of the APC as soon as possible to consider the application for rezoning and indicated that the meeting would likely be on Tuesday evening next week. Mr Lee told council that tentative plans for constructing apartment blocks on the property call for one and two storey units over open base- ments.

A play area for children is envisioned betweea the units, isolated from vehicular traffic. The development is planned at the latest fop the Spring" or early summer of next year, according to Lee. Mayor John Conder commented that the mooted apartment buildings are an ideal development for that area and he told Mr. Lee that more detailed footage plans should be submitted to the APC meeting and to council so that the public will be well aware of all facets when it comes to a public hearing on the re-zoning application. Davidson, farm on Rawlieop Crescent near Fort Langley for classes of Ayrshire cattle.

Visitors for the night will be 4H members from Peace, River who are touring the Fraser Valley. A meeting of the 4H club council has, been called for this Thursday evening, July at the LAA clubhouse oii the fall fair grounds. Representatives of all clubs are to attend the important meeting. Floor tiling contracr lot Contract for tiling floors in three elementary, schools was awarded by the Langley school board to Matts Floors of New Westminster on Tuesday evening. The successful tenderers quotation was $1,765 for the work at Langley Central, Belmont and Langley Prairie schools.

Two other Arms Who submitted bids were Renovate Floors of Cloverdale and Floors Modern Ltd of New Westminster. itftffir nffrift, fifntVie UNVEILED for the first time last Saturday was this new branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in Langley city. Between 600 and 800 people inspected the new sparkling building during open house Saturday afternoon. Business was transferred from the old now being demolished, during the weekend so the new brand) could start serving the public Monday morning Staff photo APC opposes city fertilizer plant Proposed establishment of a fertiiizor manufacturing plant on a trial basis in Langlay city is being opposed by the city advisory planning commission. Chairman of the APC, Aid.

Dennis Linwood, recommended rejection of the application at Monday night's city council meeting but the matter was placed on the table until August 14th because three of the aldermen were not present. Aid. Linwood reported that 1 hurt when convertible capsizes -One man was badly injured but the driver escaped unhurt when a car rolled oyer and narrowly missbtl a water-filled ditch on Gkiver Rd. on Saturday afternoon. In Langley Memorial Hospital with broken finger and badly eut hand is Joe Blaschek of Roberts Langley, who was a passenger in the convertible driven by Michael Turchyn of Aldergrove.

According to police, Turchyn had driven off Norris Rd. onto Glover Rd. when his vehicle apparently went out of control and rolled over into a dry ditch on the east side of the road. It then skidded to a stop just short of a water-filled ditch. Four "more teachers appointed Four teacher appointments were made by the Langley school board on Tuesday evening following recommendations from trustee Sian Taylor, chairman" of the personnel It Fetherstonhaugh and Miss Carol Ann Reid appointed to the elementary staff and Mibs Alice Isaac arfil Miss Wendy Hitchens -will serve onf the secondary staff.

All lhe apjiointments aie effec-" five on September 1st Some time was spent by the council and Mr. Lee going over possibilities of road access through the property to undeveloped land on the east and in connection with, improving the traffic pattern at the junctions of East Leigh Crescent, Roberts and Berry roads. Land to be developed by the apartment blocks does not include the west end of the former Williams estate facing on Glover Rd. Aid. Linwood pointed out to Mr.

Lee that the APC wishes to direct future traffic from the undeveloped land to the east away from Glover Rd which, it is will be a heavily travelled thoroughfare. Anticipation that land to the south of East Leigh Crescent will develop commercially was discussed and the aider-men asked Mr Lee to consider planning a road through the property under consideration to line up with a projected road parallel to Glover Rd south of East Leigh Crescent Samuel Nundal died suddenly Collision tosses boy out of car Damage of close to $1,000 was done to two cars and a young boy, thrown out of one of the vehicles, suffered facial damage and a torn car in a highway crash early Sunday morning just west of Langley city, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.

Russell and their 10-year-old son, Robert, were turning off the high-' way, when a car driven by J. D. Manly of Fort Langley, also travelling east, struck the rear-end of the Russell car. The Manly vehicle was attempting to pass other vehicles which had slowed down behind the Russell car when the latter started to make the left-hand turn The impact spun the Russell car around, laying the rear-end of it onto the familys front yard fence. Robert was thrown out onto the ground and was cut around the head Mrs.

Russell auffeied severe bruising and 'shock Damage to the Manly car was estimated at about $000 and to the Russell xar, tiie neighbourhood of $300 Club project may build now, library Construction of a new building for the Langley city branch of the Fraser Valley Regional Library may be undertaken as a local club projects Aid J. Beatty said this idea was being considered when he made his library report to last weeks city council meeting Aid Beatty reported that plans for a new branch library building are being investigated by regional librarian Ronald Ley at Abbotsford and the latter was expected to send plans for a concrete block building for the city council's perusal, Size of the building being contemplated is 25 feet by 40 feet Bills swopped still unpaid Only one gaining anything is the post ofiice, commented Aid Dick Warner Monday night when a bill was returned unpaid to city council Ilaiold Blacklock Last Week council returned a bill to Mr Blackloik declaiming any responsibility for it. The city bill to Mr. Black-lock is for $27 78 involving some work the city board of works did on a ditch and culvert on Mr. Rlacklocks property.

He claims it is not his responsibility' and he never agreed tohave the work Board of works superintendent Grant Uiquhart had told council that Mr. Blacklock telephoned him to request the city to do the work. Mr. Blacklocks bill to the city is for $85 50 for a fence he built on the property line of the new city park and for mowing a portion of the park land on which he had pastured some cows Council claims that Mr. Blacklock did the work without the knowledge or consent of council.

Senior housing units now ready I Impaired driver gets $175 fine Affine of $175; costs and dnvers licence suspended for 30 days was the sentence "meted out to a Langley man by Deputy Magistrate Hunter Vogel in Langley cily police court Tuesday. The charge was impaired driving. Two speeders from Langley and White Rock were respectively fined $30 and $25 and costs, and another local motorist was fined $15 and costs on similar charge. Citizens Housing Society will conduct lhe official openings of Langleys first two apaitment blocks for elderly people this Saturday morning Ceremonies for the unit on Brydon Crescent- in Langley city are scheduled for 10 00 a m. with the one' for Fort Langley following at 11 00 a m.

Folks who have been as- signed suites in the units have, been advised that they ran occupy the premises anytime after the ceremonies on Saturday. Each unit has accommodation for six single people and two married couples. Designation of suites for the applicants was determined by the screening committee by drawing lots so that there would be no possibility of favouritism regarding the allocation. Construction of the units, each one of. which has cost close to $50,060, was started Jast March.

SAM NUNDAL property he purchased in what is now the centre of Langley city. He started subdividing the land into city lots few years ago and the area west of Gueho Rd. became known as the Npndal subdivision. Because of his interest' in civic affairs and connected with extensive real estate holdings, Mr. Nundal was appointed by the provincial government to be one of the first five aldermen on the provisional city council when the city was incorporated in March, 1955.

Surviving his sudden death are his wife; Catherine; one son, Dr. Alfred Nundal of Langley; and seven grandchildren. Funeral service for Mr. Nundal was conducted at 1.30 oclock Monday afternoon, July 24th, in the Langley chapel of Columbia Funeral Service. Rev.

C. Venables officiated and the service was followed by cremation. Pall bearers-were Mayor John Conder, Bill Lolt, Andy van Kuyk, Clive Rogers, William Slock and John Hodge. need another type of industrial zone in the city. We certainly do not want to discourage industry from locating in the city but this would never dp in the location under consideration.

He said he believed the noise would be similar to that made by the concrete tile plant currently operating another area of the city apparently without offence to anyone. Aid Linwood said he had no doubt that if the fertilizer plant application went as far as a public hearing there would be considerable opposition expressed to it by the home owneis in the area He asscited that if nbf at the present, prupei ty values would be depreciated in the future After AU1 Noiman Sever-ldes (pquest for tabling the matter until a fuller council is present. Mayor John Conder thanked" W. C. Stevens for bringing the mailer to the council.

Even if the application'-is not tiie mayor told the real estate agent, it has drawn attention to things in the zoning blaw which need improving Mr Stevens replied that (Continued on Rage 12) Broiler men to study plan Draft of a proposed marketing scheme for broilers in C. will be presented to members of the C. Broiler Growers Association at a meeting Monday night in Milner Hail. Last June a meeting of, the association at the AI Centre in Milner requested the BCB-GA directors to study the idea of a broiler marketing board and take action on a plan for controlled marketing of the This has resulted in the draft which will be presented Monday evening. TOPOGRAPHICAL alteration at Carvolth and Mc-Clughan roads is a startling one as enormous mounds of a special meetjng of the APC during the past week reoom-rnended that rezoning the proposed site from commercial to industrial be not approved.

Mr Gillman and Mr. Robinson represented the fertilizer company at the APC meeting. Requested site is the former Ogilvie feed warehouse at the intersection of the C. Electric tracks and Devine Rd. According to Aid.

Linwood, the APC pictured the plant behind homes facing on Michaud Crescent and among other places of business on Jlevme Rd. lie said the plan could result in quite a bit of dust falling throughout the Even if we had an industrial area, it would have to be specially, located, he said It never was the intention of the hoard to have that type of industry in that aiea. We feel that this application has pointed out emphatically- that we Bridge wi be closed Carvolth Rd. bridge over Nieomekl River will be closed for a day or two according to Mayor John Conder at Monday nights council meeting and signs are meant to give users of the bridge ample fore-warning that traffic will, have to detour around the crossing while repairs are being made The mayor advised that the board of works crew started to replace a few planks on the span when they found two crossmembers were rotten and needed replacing. Further work on the bridge was stopped while the heavy timbers were-being ordered.

Mayor Conder assured the aldermen that the project is mostly labour, the timbers to cost very little. Most of the planks will be taken off the bridge deck in order to get at the crossmembers and then put back in place. Aid. Dennis Linwood commented that council will have to consider a new' bridge on the Carvolth across the Nico-mekl before very long. He described the traffic across the span as fantastic for that type of a bridge.

Mayor Conder and aldermen Warner and Sever-ide agreed with him. Aid. Dick Warner was concerned that the Berry Rd bridge will not' line up with tite straighter road that is being prepared across the Nicqmekl flats. He noted that the span was constructed to liite up with curve in the existing road which turns the opposite way to lhe curve in the new stretch. Mayor Conder reported that quits a bit of traffic has already crossed the new grade so he ordered red signs to be erected to warn motorists to keep off it.

A gravel surface is tq be' put on the new fill this summer and paving will likely follow next year. One of Langley- citys most well-known persons, Mr. Samuel Henry Nundal, 5381 Gueho passed away suddenly last Thursday, July 20th, at the age of 71 years Ills health had not been very, good for the past few weeks and he was visiting at his sons home when taken by -a heart seizure. Mr Nundal was born in I Minnesota For many years he I was a general merchant at Gunn, Alla, and came to Langley to retire 31 years ago. Instead he started farming on Permitting a minor to drive a motor vehicle without a drivers licence cost a Vancouver man $15 and costs.

A Surrey man with improperly displayed licence plates paid $5 and costs. A Langley man without a drivers wasassessed $15 and costs and a Vancouver woman on a similar charge paid $2.50. A Matsqui youth found in a government liquor store while a minor was fined $25 and costs. cle aiound Sgt. and Mrs.

Brue to sing For They Are Jolly Good Fellows" while the recipients clutched their gifts. Sgt. Brue bas been transferred from Langley district detachment to the Brandon detachment of the RCMP. a a JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS NEW INTERCHANGE Mayor John Conder, Reeve Bill Poppy and officials of U)e Central Fraser Valley Senior Fire crackers may be out Prohibition of firecrackers jn Langley city is being considered by the city aldermen. were asked to think about the matter after the Fraser Valley Municipal Association recommended that local bylaws be adopted to prohibit fireworks except in certain periods and under adult supervision.

Mayor-John Conders immediate reaction was that local control would lie impossible without a provincial ban because if youngsters were unable to buy the fireworks here they would slip over to a neighbouring area to buy them and bring them home. the McClughan, Gibson, Yur-ik and Strom farms. McClughan insignificant between these man-made mountains, has been closed Grader victim still in hospital An accident to a grader working on the new Trans-Canada Fieeway Monday morning resulted in serious injuries to jls driver who wasrushed by Columbia "'Ambulance to Langley Memorial Hospital fqr treatment. of Abbotsford was scraping a 45 percent grade when his machine tipped over about 8:00 a.m. Examination at the hospital revealed that the injured man suffered hole in his abdomen, lacerations to his leg, -sprains and bruises.

The X-ray report indicated that there might be a possibility of glass in bis 'e POPULAR Langley residents for the past seven years, Sgt and Mrs. Ted Brue, were given farewell packages at a reception in theilr honour last week in Murrayville hall, After the presentations the RCMP associates and piapy friends locked arms in a cir earth and expansive sweeps of interchange ramps and -approaches dominate the once busy rural crossroads and rolling pasture land of and traffic is now being routed around outer arms of the Interchange. Staff photo.