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May 1995 WESTVANCOUVERHISTORICALSOCIETY Pages COMING EVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 25 at 7:00 pm WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY -NEXT GENERAL MEETING > In the Auditorium of the Cedaidale Centre, 595 Burley Drive, Sponsorship of this Meetii^ will be undotaken by: THE BANK OF MONTREAL DATE OF FOLLOWING MEETING: Thursday, September 21,1995 SATURDAY, JUNE 3,1995 - See times Below WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY DAY- - Parade leaves Ambleside Park at 9:45 AM, route is up 13tb Street to Marine Drive, then west to 22nd St - D^lay at Community Centre -11 AM to 5 PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14,1995 -10 AM-4 PM WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ROYALHUDSONEXCURSIONTOSQUAMISH Leaves BCR Pemberton Station at 10 AM For Full Details See Page 4 of this issue CURRENT MUSEUM EXHIBIT WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM & ARCHIVES ‘The Sporting Life: Summer Recreation in West Vancouver, 1910 - 1950^ For Details, See WVM&A Enclosure with this issue STARTING JUNE 15,1995- Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun's GREATER VANCOUVER WATER DISTRICT TOURS Capilano and Coquitlam Watersheds, By Bus For Details see Below From tho Capilano Watershed Tour Hal Johnson reported last year that he had discovered one of the bett^ known secrets of the Greater Vancouver Water District Starting June 15 they will again begin bus tours of the Capilano Watershed and this year also the Coquitlam Watershed. Registrations are necessary and after May 18 may be made at a number unavailable at press time. Look to the Sun and Province for their ad or call the GVRD after May 18 for the number. These tours will be run daily,Thursday, Fri^y, Saturday and Sunday starting June 15 and will alternate weekly between the two watersheds. The C^ilano tour leaves the Grouse Mountain Sky Ride Terminal twice a day, 8AM and 12 noon on alternate weeks. The bus stops at predetermined spots five or six times with a chance to stretch the legs but nothing demanding. There is a guide and points of interest are noted during the trip. And best of au this tour is free. West Van Hi Grads, '48, '49 & '50 Editor's Note: The following comments by Tom Taylor, Chairman of the WVHS 'Grand Reunion 91illustrate well the reasons for our Society's interest in school reunions. We hope that 'The Reunion Scene' will become a regular feature of our Newsletter and that we will have the opportunity to promote West Van School Reunions whenever possible. The Historical Society connects us with our past and with each other. Sometimes it semns impossible to know where the first function ends and the second begins. Sdiool reunions, e^>ecially when done three or four decades after graduation, combine both. History-onics will gladly publish information about West Vancouver school reunions, past or present In May of 1991 the WVHS graduating classes of 1948-50 had a three day reunion which could well have been an historical event in itself. One of the great successes of the reunion was that it produced several *spin-offs*. In addition to the inscribed park bench **Reunion 91’* gave the community (13th & Marine Drive), its members also initiated and funded ’’the Kathleen Kermode Memorial Scholarship”. As at May 15, 1995, this fund showed a balance only pennies shy of $10,(XX). What has been very important to the West Vancouver Historical Society is that the reunion members also showed great intoest in joining and participating in it. One of the members is our president; another is our desktop publisher of this newsletter, while two other members regularly help to assemble and mail. Yet another is a mainstay on the general meeting transportation committee. A Sidney member has provided inestimable help with our newsletter graphics. Another cemtributed a vast array of items to the 1992 rummage sale, which added about $6,000 to the GLH furniture fund. Still anodier smiously thought of commuting to West Vancouver from Qualicum to continue t^dng minutes of monthly Society Board meetings. We’ve recently learned that the West Van High 1945 graduating class is planning a fall get-together. As there are members of that group who belong to the West Vancouver Historical Society, we would encourage them to keep us iq) to date on their reunion plans, which we could then promote through the Newsletter. The answer to the question about ulterior motives is ” Yes, we do want to inaease our membership in the Society, and yes, we do want to increase participation in it” It’s obvious who benefits. ly HISTORY-ONICS ... IS PRINTED BY jr Quill M Printing limited 250 The Village Square, 1425 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C. V7T 1B9 922-0611