Let’s go back to this day in 1971 and check out some of the things that ran in the pages of the Delta Optimist on July 28 that year.
The lead story that edition was a heated council meeting, which almost resulted in fisticuffs, when a group of Pebble Hill residents wanted to speak as a delegation to express their frustration over their neighbourhood running out of water yet again. The group said the lack of water was a serious concern and that council should listen to them. The meeting had to be adjourned.
Another story was about the tragic death of a 58-year-old man whose light aircraft crashed at the Delta Air Park. One of the other stories was about Michael Duncan being hired as the new curator of the Delta Museum. He talked about the importance of having a museum that should be more interesting to residents including young people.
One of the big editorials that issue was on the need for Delta to have its own municipal airport at Boundary Bay. Its benefits would include attracting more light industry.
Another editorial talked about how shoplifting had long been a thorn in the side of local merchants “but incidents of thefts of this kind has reached almost epidemic propositions.”
Here’s a few other things that appeared in the paper that day…
A feature story about a local hobby beekeeper whose interest in bees led to him creating seven busy hives
An ad for the new shopping mall to open in Tsawwassen. Some of the businesses setting up shop included Brighouse TV & Stereo, Big Scoop Restaurant, Isaac’s Pharmacy and The Walrus & The Carpenter Bookshop
The weather that week in 1971 was hot and these beach goers at Centennial Beach took full advantage in the latest styles
If you're of a certain vintage you probably remember this ad and dined at this Ladner eatery
Betsy Esley poses amid the styles of an earlier era in the window of Pat’s Style Shop in the Ladner Shopping Centre. Many Ladner businesses decorated their establishments in the early themes to commemorate the 100th anniversary of British Columbia’s entry into Confederation
Another ad that ran July 28, 1971. The Breakers Tavern in Point Roberts, Comfort Home Furnishings in Ladner, Porter's Hardware as well as George Hodgins Realty in Tsawwassen were also among the advertisers that edition
Winners of the $35 first prize for the best dressed family during Tsawwassen Shopping Centre's Midnight Madness sale were Vera Miller (left) with daughter Julie and father John Wilson
