WHY COLLECTinG HISTORICAL maiERIHL IS SO DIFFICULT THE THREE-MIHUTE STLE" This story comes from Bas Collins. He says he was approached by Howard Fletcher who said, in efffect, " I know you are colllecting material about early West Vancouver, and I have something for you -my grandfather's axe." "Lovely," Bas replied. "You're sure that it is the original axe?" "Absolutely," Howard said. Slight pause and then, "Mind you, it has had two new heads and three new handles over the years." And that is the way it is, especially with many of the older houses. The Clachan is a good example. A first photograph shows it as a one story building with a flat roof and a railing around the top. A later pictures shows two stories and a verandah, and a still later picture, and apparently larger building and no verandah. Is it still the original building if it has been remodelled inside and out? The Society would say yes, provided the changes have all been recorded so that the history of the building can be traced back to the ori ginal . This is why pictures are so very important. They enable us to trace the changes and the modifications. After all, the development of a building helps us to recognize the development of the community - in West Vancouver, the change from summer homes to permanent year round residences. Any pictures you have may help us trace and record the changes. doke - from the High School in 1933 "Pray, what is this concoction? asHed Principal Mitchell, inspecting Home Economi cs. "Why, that's bean soup," answered Miss. "I'm not concerned with what it's been," said Mr. Mitchell. "What is it now?" The. i^otloLvhng oAthaTe Ta AepAintQ.d {^Aom "The inJe6teAly", the student mwipapeA o{^ WeAt UaneouveA Htgh School. The ciAticte iA)(U occcu>toned by a Ae-union tn the date o{^ t^^ue, 195S, o{^ people Mho had attended school tn Ue6t VancouveA be^oAe 1939. Well, here is our Westerly blowing once more. We know that this has been the High school publication off and on for some time. But in 1917, long before the beginning of the Westerly, a group of young people put out the first paper in West Vancouver and we haven't heard about it. This publication was called "The Three Minute Whistle", because the ferry to Vancouver blew three minutes before leaving the Fourteenth Street pier, to warn late comers. This paper was hand-written. The articles poems, and even want-ads were composed by about twenty 15 to 19 year old members of the only club in West Vancouver at the time, the Swastlk":: Cl ub. Strictly speaking it was not a high school paper, as the students in 1917 were of age five to fourteen but they were kids of our own age. It will be of interest to see just what the teen-agers of that era, (no, it's not the Ice Age) did for fun. GOOD ADVICE On June 1st, 1917, the Swastika Club (Ed. note: Not a young Nazi organization, by the way) hired a truck for a picnic to Haney. The truck broke down in the middle of the highway. This event was written up in the B.C. Electric Buzzer and they said: " Next ti me get a bus ." POPULAR SAYINGS This anecdote was only one of the humourous passages of the "Whistle". Some of the most dog-eared pages I saw were those containing the "popular sayings". Such gems as "What do you take me for?" (Ed. note: sounds familiar) "May I keep a parrot, Julius" (??) "Oh, Gee" "Hush, my foot's asleep" "What do you wish to make eyes at me for?" Those were the gags that our grandparents were laughing at.