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Page 8 IT SEEMS YOU JUST GET ONE MYSTERY OFF YOUR HANDS If there is a single topic that kindles a more spirited response than any other, it must surely be the Capilano snakes but sorting out the information is not a simple task. The two snakes we've shown in our newsletters 'lived' in North Van, on the south side of Marine Drive, at the same location but not at the same time. Was it at Garden Avenue or was it at McGowan? The best known snake is the SNAKE ON THE MOUND (Mar. '90 History-onics), the one that comes with all the baggage - woman draped on the cross; pond with miniature islands; French and American flags. The consensus is that this was the original snake of one Napoleon St. Pierre and which, incidentally, was once tarred and feathered (which, not who). The SNAKE ON THE GROUND (Jan. '92 History-onics) "is Nap's new snake" replacing the first which, since "it was partly on the street had to be removed when the sidewalk came in". In writing that St. Pierre's "house DID burn down", Mr. L. J. MacDonald of Gabriola provides the perfect explanation for the bewildering absence of the house in the almost identical photographs we talked about in the January newsletter. No one disputes the rivalries existing between St. Pierre and his neighbours particularly one Bill Wilkins who, with his wife Olive, owned the Dew-Drop-Inn across Marine Drive. But exactly where across Marine Drive - "east of Garden"; "north-west corner of Marine and McGowan"? Not to be outone by the Frenchman who "sold anything he could" and who was busy raking in the francs with his fortune telling ("lOo and up"), VJilkins, too, hired a fortune teller. But what really fuelled the flames of the fued was when Wilkins made a snake about "half the size, just to the west of his store". If until then, the intersection hadn't been known as HELL FIRE CORNER, it sure was after. So now, "The Great Mystery" continues. We have a third snake but no photo of it. Do You? WELCOME NEW MEMBERS David and Christina Andrews' 10 gift memberships have provided an unprecedented boost to the number of new members acquired since the publication of our January newsletter. Sorted alphabetically as well as by location, we extend a very warm welcome to the following 34 new members:- Alec L. Andrews, Mrs. Bettina M. Brolly, Dorothy Colins, Miss Pamela Dewdney, A.J.B. Forsyth, Dr. J. H. Greig, Gregory Howard, Kim Jow, Mrs. M.E. Langley, Norman Learning, H.J.B. MacDougall, Mrs. Jacqueline S. McGregor, Ed A. Newcombe, Donald R. Graham (Point Atkinson Lighthouse), Frank Rustad, Mrs. Bernadette Sanderson, Derek L. Scrivener, John and Elisabeth Seddon, Mrs. Edna (Slater) Smith, Ernest Sones, Ms Jane J. Srivastava, James R. Thomson, John R. Welson and Mrs. Elsbeth Wiegand, all of West Vancouver. Mrs. M. Buck, Keith and Sally Carswell, Mrs. Muriel S. Layden, Ms Bonnie Lilley and George T. Woolstone all of Nort^ Vancouver. Mr. Toni Cavelti of Vancouver, Mrs. Claire (Fournier) Fleet-wood' of Sidney, B. C. and Mrs. Mary (Condon) Pauls of Creston, B.C. * many of you will recall this new member as the former owner/manager of Maurice's Park Royal restaurant between the years 1950 - 1963 and before that as Mme. Fournier, French teacher at West Van High fron 1943 - 50. Lacking in the GLH lunchroom; A small micro-wave oven and a small refrigerator (space 26" wide x 34" high) to provide our volunteers with cold food in hot weather and hot food in cold. To borrow a favourite phrase from the late author, Nevil Shute, "it would be ever so lovely" if someone could donate these items.