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September 1993 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICALSOCIETY Page 5 r COMING EVENTS VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 19 NORTH SHORE HERITAGE WEEKEND EVENTS IN NORTH & WEST VANCOUVER For Details See Item on Page 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 at 7:30 pm WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY -GENERAL MEETING - at The West Vancouver Presbyterian Church at 2893 Marine Drive DATE OF FOLLOWING MEETING: Thursday, November 25,1993 OCT. 4 TO NOV. 24, MONS. & WEDS, at 1 pm WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM-BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS- For Details See Item on Page 3 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1993 CHRISTMAS PARTY The WVHS Christmas Party will be held at Spurway. Details in the November Newsletter. Hugh Johnston Named Citizen Of The Year As you can see by the picture, our own Hugh Johnston has been named as the 1992 Citizen of the Year by the West Vancouver Chamber of Conunerce. Hugh is, of course, our Vice President and one of the founding directors of the West Vancouver Historical Society. Much of his work for the Society has been his involvement in the acquisition, financing and establishment of Gertrude Lawson House by the Municipality, home of our Society’s Headquarters and the West Vancouver Museum and Archives. Hugh was named Citizen of the Year for his work for our community in many areas. He has been deeply involved in boating education and helped to found West Vancouver’s Marine Day celebrations, is a Past Commodore of the Hollyburn Sailing Club and, as a member of the West Vancouver Rotary Club, played a establishing local seniors’ housing projects. Also recognised as an authority in recording the part played in West Vancouver’s early development by the forestry industry, Hugh is also involved in tracing the first West Vancouver land titles for our Archives. We hope to be able to print the results of his labours in future copies of History-onics. Congratulations Hugh! PreparedBy: Anne Vernon THE ARCHIVES CORNER major role in By Mary Chapman Mary Chapman, Director and long time member of our Society, has been interested and involved in Archival work since the Society was formed. For more than decade Mary has been a key figure in organizing our volunteer efforts in our archival workplace. She has seen, what began as a collection of submissions during the early years grow and transform, latterly under four years of direction from professional archivist Laura Coles, and recently Christina Andrews, into Archives; in order, catalogued, preserved and available for public use. When ever our office is open you may find her at her desk in the archives, still finding excitement in the next submission to be processed. She willgiveyou an opportunity to share these feelings next month when we will publish two excerpts from the 1907Diary of 17 year old Elizabeth Lawson, daughter of John Lawson. Mary has also given us the following brirf glimpse of daily activities in the Archives. All is not work in the Archives. Some of our days have been brightened by visitors, hoping to find the Museum open, but enjoying being able to see the building and to share some of their memories. Marion Stevenson, from Victoria. Her grandfather was W. Mowe Jackman, a manber of the West Vancouver School Board, a founding members of the Hollyburn Public Library Association and a West Vancouver Councillor in the 1920’s. Her mother. Miss Leonard, also a teacher, was one of the early residents of Gertmde’s house and with whom she visited. Beatrice Stavert - Her father operated a shoe repair store near the ferry wharf at 14th Street until a fire destroyed several of the buildings, necessitating his moving to Dundarave as Webb’s Shoe Store in the 1920’s Joyce Quanstrom was the first resident of Gertrude Lawson’s house along with her mother Rhae Whittingham. Joyce continued her schooling in West Vancouver imtil joining the Armed Forces and subsequently marrying. Toshi Wilson lived in the house in the late 70’s. Clarife Delia Bingle Molina (yes, that’s how she signed the guest book), as a Home Care Worker, spent the last night with her first client, before Miss Lawson was moved to the nursing home. Marjory Gray - a twenty year resident of Gertmde Lawson House, couldn’t bring herself to see the changes made inside the building, so we met for coffee and an exchange of memories. She occupied the suite which is now the Archives during the last few years she was here. Several people who dropped in mentioned their past visits to friends here to play Bridge, Mah Jong or just enjoy a cup of tea with them.