1961 - Persistent Rumours       President Wally Youngs reported that ALS 001, Mr. A.P.C. Belyea passed away since the last Annual General Meeting. Mr. Belyea was the Director of Surveys from 1915 to 1922 and again from 1937 until 1946 and was President of the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association in 1922. Mr. Youngs reported that the past year had been a relatively quiet one insofar as Council was concerned despite the keener competition that resulted from a slackening of work in mid-year. President Youngs also reported that Council had been hearing persistent rumors regarding the violations of tariff and some members attempting to find loopholes in the wording of the tariff or other parts of the Code of Ethics. Under new business, the membership agreed to appoint a newsletter committee and that this committee be requested to distribute a newsletter to the members on a quarterly basis. While the Association first published a newsletter in 1952, the first issue of ALS News was published in March 1961. The membership also directed the Association to caution the various municipalities engaged in backsloping operations of the seriousness of destroying survey monuments.   Back - 1960 - A Professional Outlook Forward - 1962 - On Top of Scientific Developments