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WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY. fflSTORY- ONICS ms /, VOL. 13 NO. 2 MARCH '139& THE NEWSLETTER OF THE WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Citizens Of West Vancouver Receive Heritage Award Advocates of Ferry Building Preservation Chosen for 1994 Heritage Achievement Award One of three 1994 First Annual West Vancouver Achievement Awards, presented at a Heritage Reception held Saturday, Feb. 25 at the West Vancouver Museum & Archives, recognized those citizens of West Vancouver who had advocated the preservation of the Ferry Building. Society members can take great pride in being in the forefront of that advocacy. Mr. Ted Reynolds was MC and Mayor Mark Sager and Michael Bames, Chair of the Heritage Advisory Conmiittee, made the presentations. Also recipients of an award were The Board of School Trustees, West Van School District #45, and the fredale Partnership Structural Engineers for their work in restoration of Pauline Johnson School. q Montgomery A third award was made to the architecture firm of Sharp Thompson Berwick and Pratt for their contribution to the built form of West Vancouver. The West Vancouver Survey of Significant Architecture, 1945-1975, list 24 buildings designed by the firm, including two winners of the Massey Medal for Architecture. The event was well attended and everyone appreciated the refreshments provided by the WVM&A volunteers. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Will be held on Thursday, March 23,1995 in the Auditorium of the Cedardale Centre, 595 Burley Drive (off Inglewood East of Taylor Way) and will commence at 7:00 p.m. See pages 2,5 & 6 for info. Sponsorship of this meeting will be generously undertaken by the The Royal Bank of Canada 1705 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B.C. FEATURE PRESENTATION As the upcoming meeting is the AGM we have not scheduled a guest speaker but have arranged for a showing of the critically aclaimed Heritage Feature ‘Cheers for 75 Years’. This will be accompanied by a short, never before shown, film on the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge. Needâ€"A --Ride? Because Cedardale Centre is not served by public transportation, the Society has a program to provide rides for members who do not drive. Call Larry Coles (West Van), 922-4906, or George Woolstone (North Van), 929-3642. The West Vancouver Ferry Building IN THIS ISSUE Page 2 EXECUTIVE REPORTS - AGM, Gift Shop, etc. Pages AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS - By Florry Corbett Mitchell & A Tale of Two Pigs, By BJ Page 4 SOCIETY NEWS - Membership Report, Port Day and The Revised Corporate Member List Page 5 PRESIDENT’S 1994 REPORT TO AGM Page 6 TREASURER’S 1994 REPORT TO AGM Page 7 SOCIETY NEWS - Coming Events, The Reunion Scene - WVHS Grad ’1948 - Reminiscence Pages THE JUSTICE SYSTEM - By J. Reg Grandison A Review of the Last Feature Presentation Page 9 MY EARLY ROOTS IN WEST VANCOUVER -By Naomi (Peggy Cornish) Gillison PagelO MUSEUM & ARCHIVES PROGRAMS & NEWS