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Odds And Ends PORTRAITS OF LONG-TIME RESIDENTS - AS WELL AS SNAPSHOTS There is much to be said for the collection of snapshots as a record of history, but the Executive can see great merit in the collection of studio photographs as well. The portrait used to decorate the front cover demonstrates some of the advantages. One certainly is fashion and style. Snapshots tend to be casual both as to pose and dress. In the portrait of the Burns family, we see the style of the 1918 era for man woman and child. We would ask therefore that you give, or loan to the Society for reproduction, any studio portraits of early West Vancouver residents which you might have. It is hoped to collect enough to make an effective display for Community Day, a display which could be added to and used again and again. If you have such portraits, or know of others who have them, please do what you can to get them to the Society. DISTRIBUTION OF NEWS LETTERS Last year the Society was rather sloppy in its handling of memberships, with the result many individuals may have thought that they were paid up members when they in fact were not. Rather than lose contact with such people, the Executive decided to send all 1983 members the news letter up to the issue announcing the Annual General Meeting for 1985. That is this issue. If you do not receive the next or further issues that will indicate that you membership has lapsed and that it is time to renew. We value your membership and hope that you are interested enough in the Society to continue your membership and to assist us in collecting the history and artifacts of early West Vancouver. When you do renew your membership, you will receive both a receipt and a membership card, both of which will remind you of the period of your membership -in this case from 1 January 1985 to 31 December 1985. SUPPORT THE SOCIETY REJOIN NOW CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTION PAULINE JOHNSON AS A COMMUNITY CULTURAL ACTIVITIES CENTRE The West Vancouver Community Arts Council has made a vigorous effort to acquire the Pauline Johnson school building as the location for a cultural activities centre. Unfortunately, its efforts have been unsuccessful. The School Board really had little choice in its decision. There is a strong movement in the community for French Immersion and, long before the Arts Council made its request, the Board had made two decisions: one, to provide accommodation for the students electing the French program on a K-12 basis; and two, to provide that accommodation on a one-stream basis. This means that all the French Immersion students would be in the same school and not in schools with English taught students. How will this effect the Society? For a year or two, perhaps not at all as the classes will build up in Pauline Johnson over the years. And when Room 14 is needed again as a classroom, there is every expectation that the Board will find a room for the Society in another school.