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November 1995 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Page 3 SOCIETY NEWS Current (^airs and news of general interest to members Museum Gift Shop Christmas Sale For a year of enjoyment Why not give your friends something very special for Christmas? Purchase gift Memberships in the West Vancouver Historical Society and each recipient will receive a Gertrude Lawson House Christmas card, a membership card, acknowledgement of your gift, and a subscription to HISTORY-ONICS with all its news of early West Vancouver and current Society activities. EDITORIAL COMMENT For lots of special gifts at great prices, shop at the Museum Gift Shop! Members are now entitled to a 10% discount on all items purchased there. Among other larger items, we have a special order of beautifully crafted linen shopping bags with First Nations paintings on the panels. These are attractively priced at $20 for the smaller size and $25 for the larger. Hand-carved wooden bowls and vases for that “special” person begin at $50. These prices cannot be matched anywhere. Also on the shelves are cards, little decorations, and sachets for your clothes closets. Beautifully illustrated books by Anne Cameron are only $6.95 each but just right for reading to the younger grandchildren after the Christmas dinner! Do come and browse! The sale runs from November 28 to December2. Our publisher out of commission Our hard-working publisher. Waring Pentland, has been having extensive surgery at Lions Gate Hospital and will be unable to produce HISTORY-ONICS for a few issues. However, we are very lucky to add a new co-publisher, Dorothy Robertson, to the team. Dorothy, who has recently retired from West Vancouver Secondary School, has newsletter production experience so you can expect that Waring’s high standards will be upheld. Welcome aboard, Dorothy! MEMBERSHIP REPORT Allens among us You have no doubt heard that Santa Waring is at home at the North Pole, recuperating from his knee surgery ... and we wish him a speedy recovery! We do, however, have a Secret Agent from the Outer Regions who is willing to be our Santa. Try to guess who he is! Christmas events reported by Laureen Jones, Director Special Events. Welcome to our new members Our membership is growing and as of October 27,1995, totals 456. This includes Regular, Life, and Corporate Members. Please extend a very warm welcome to those who have joined since our last newsletter. They are: Arthur Fraser Elizabeth Bimie Bert Jordan William Macinnis Naomi Macinnis Janet Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Frank Millerd Hongkong Bank of Canada Raymond Rogers Bank of Nova Scotia Mary Miller Jill Baird Ronald Grisdale Daphne Grisdale Dorothy Robertson Michael G. Smith OF SPECIAL INTEREST In this issue And This Is the Way It Was.4 Christmas on Eastcot Road .... 5 From the Reunion Scene....6 Bowen Island Days........ 7 Museum Report.............8