MUIR

Gladys vacationed here back in the early twenties when her father rented a house each summer on Marine Drive for $25 a month. She fell in love with the locale and decided to share it with her husband Frank many years later. The price of their 70'x140' lot far exceeded what her father paid but their $3,000 investment has served them well. They built their dream house overlooking Semiahmoo Bay where they raised two sons. Gladys recalls the first time she saw the property and thought, "it's going to take a lot of work," which it did, burning scrub brush, alders, and competing with Typhoon Freda while building in 1962. They still share their original home with family.
Both Muirs were United Church Missionaries serving in Japan and China. Active in our community, they taught school, and founded the Semiahmoo Bay Senior's drop in centre. If you're looking for them these days, check out the White Rock Community Orchestra.
Somehow Gladys has found time to serve as a director of the White Rock Singers and become a published author: 'Yun-Nan, South of the Clouds' - my life in S.W. China, '39 to '51; 'Bridges to the Rising Sun' - A Canadian family in Japan, '53 to '62; 'Summer Sun and Winter Wind' - growing up in Calgary, '20s and '30s; 'Where the Rivers Meet' a novel set in North-Central B.C.
- Dee Walmsley