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February 1996 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Pages WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEXT GENERAL MEETING FEBRUARY 22,1996 at 7:00 pm In the Auditorium at Cedardale Centre, 595 Burley Drive Speaker - Marc Denhez, Author of The Canadian Home DATE OF FOLLOWING MEETING Thursday, AprU 25,1996 FOR COMING MUSEUM & ARCHIVES EVENTS See Calendar of Events Insert with this Issue BOOK REVIEW THE CANADIAN HOME From Cave to Electronic Cocoon By Marc Denhez Dundum Press 254pp $39.95 Marc Denhez is not only an acknowledged expert on Canadian heritage but an accomplished author. IBs latest book, thoroughly researched and documented, could be the textbook on Canadian Housing and yet is as readable as a good novel and full of Mr. Denhez’ rather wingy humour. He covers 20,000 years of houses from caves to igloos and teepees to mobile homes and the most modem of electronic cocoons, as he calls them. Mr Denhez does not forget the people who owned the homes. The book is full of peeks and humourous pokes at the people who have lived in The Canadian Home. As Siskel & Ebert say of great movies, “Two Thumbs Up” Note: Marc Denhez will be speaking at the Historical Society meeting on February 22nd at the Cedardale Centre. See Page 1 for more details. By: Ian Macdonald From the West Van Hi Grads, '47 Editor’s Note: There is a rumour at large that the West Van High 1947 Grad Class is organizing a “SO Year Reunion** for the summer of ‘97. We have not been able to confirm this as yet but are following several leads. Watch for more information here on the ‘Reunion Scene’ If you have Info on a ‘47 Reunion, call Waring - 987-2810 A v Historical Society Members And Volunteers A very warm welcome is extended to all West Vancouver Historical Society Members and Volunteers by North Vancouver Museum & Archives and Eldercollege persoimel who, working in conjunction, have organised a two part series of interesting public lectures which will be held on Mcmdays in February and April ’96. Part 1 will take place at the North Vancouver Museum, 209 West 4th Street at Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver where there is plenty of free parking at the rear of the Museum. Part 2, which is a Talk and Walk series, will be at the North Vancouver Museum, Gertmde Lawson House and the Deep Cove & Area Heritage Association premises in Deep Cove. Places are limited so registration is essential. If interested please phone Brenda at 984-4906, Anne at 926-3718 or our own Jill Baird at Gertmde Lawson House. We will all be able to supply you with further infcmnation. Great Northern Memories â€" Reported By: Anne Vernon by Frank MiUerd Editor’s Note: Frank Millerd has been forced to cancel his engagement to speak, February 20, because of ill hecdth. We expected a repeat of the morning in October when he spoke to the Museum Docents as reported below. If you were not there in October, here is a taste of what you missed These “behind the scenes’’ meetings and lectures are fascinating and impart a real flavour to our understanding. All you have to do to join us is become a Museum docent. Call the Museum at 925-7995. On a dull, wet morning last October about 30 Museum docents met in the “upper room” at Gertmde Lawson House to listen to fascinating memories of the West Vancouver Cannery from Milled family members Frank and nephew Don. We were enthralled as we listened to tales of the Cannery operations, fish camps, the effect of the war and post war rebuilding, until the final end when the Fisheries Department took ova* and put in place their present-day Research Centre. The history we heard that morning was too good to keep to ourselves so here are one or two highlights we would like to share with you. Frank Millerd’s father was bom in Coik, Ireland. He fought in the Irish Cavalry in the Boer War, afterwards leaving for Australia on a sailing ship which had to call into Vancouver for fresh supplies. He landed, explored a bit, decided to stay and found himself a job as clerk in a small store, working for Mr. Bell-Irving. He was sent north to woik with local Indians for 2 years and when he came back to Vancouver met, and eventuaUy married, a lady who had nursed the victims of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Eventually, in partnership, Mr Millerd, Sr., built a few canneries - one at Steveston. Later, Mr Millerd, Sr. went into business alone and built a floating cannery. This was so successful that he met much opposition from other fish packers. The Dominion Government cancelled his business licence and threatened to come out and fire a “shot Continued on Page 7 - See Great Northern Remembered