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Page 4 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY April 1996 SOCIETY NEWS Current Affairs and News of General Interest to Members EDITORIAL COMMENT Members Ask for More Nostalgia We don't get a lot of mail from our members but invariably, no matter what the primary subject of communication, they always comment favourably on members' contributions. They always seem to trigger pleasant memories of the past. We have been fortunate in having had a trickle of contributions that have given us something for each issue, but the flow does seem to be slowing. Keep those contributions coming. Many members think them the best part of the Newsle^r! SFECIAL EVENTS ACTIVITIES PORT DAY ‘96 Vancouver Port Corporation advised us that there will be no Port Day festivities this year. The main reason is that the Port Authority is reconstructing the organization to facilitate local management. Also, space is required for two important conferences. All of this places extra demands on the existing space and staff. Plans are to have Port Day ’97 bigger and better. COMMUNITY DAY â€" SATURDAY, JUNE 1, ‘96 Our Display this year is in the Senior Activity Centre, and will be in the Visual Arts room, which is beside the lounge. There will be signs to indicate the way. Our Display will include the paintings of the West Van Ferries and Waterfront scenes by artist Charles Baker, who has kindly offered to drop in to visit the display.We look forward to meeting him. Our display will also involve photo panels of the history and growth of West Vancouver. We are also pleased to show photos of WV Histcnical Society social events. The Parade will take place rain or shine, same time, same place with B3rron Briton driving his antique car....and our guest passenger, who will join us in the display room when the parade has come to an end. SUMMER TRIP ANYONE ? Last June some of our Society members and their friends joined our Royal Hudson train trip to Squamish and the West Coast Railway Museum. We are considering another event for this year and first thought of the Hollybum, on which we enjoyed several Memory Cruises. Unfortunately it is no longer in service but has become the office for Harbour Ferries Ltd, who also manage the day cruise ships Britannia and Constitution. We are considering a field trip to Britannia Mines but would welcome any suggestions from members. Train? Bus? Cruise? Hike? ... Any good ideas ? Drop us a note at the office or call Laureen, 922-4463 or Joan, 925 -2203. Thank you. Laureen Jones - Directory Special Events. Membership Report We extend the warmest greeting possible to all new members. If you would like to be recognized, ask at the registration table at the next General Meeting and we will provide an identification tag for you. Below is a list of members joining since our last list was published in February. Jocelyn Fitzgibbon Frank Hawtin Dorothy Mehaffey Catherine Rockandel Freda Rush Margaret Sawyer Diane Smith Skipper - Membership â€"A Tour with Deborah Tuyttens Last week Gary Cutler and I toured the new exhibit with Deborah leading the way. Lead on Deb! We started with the founding collection, the Lawson family heirlooms, that came from the house when it was renovated, as well as objects that were donated. In the display are photographs, furniture, Gertnide’s violin, etc. The red book is Duncan Lawson’s diary which he kept virtually from 1912 on. We agreed that it was nice to see the fireplace again. It injects a little of the original atmosphere into one comer of the room. Picture opposite. Gary Cutler spotted his mother’s image in a picture of the Scottish dancers, part of one of the displays. We were not sure but Gary thought that he spotted Ethel Millard, fourth from the right in the same picture. She taught us in grade two. Then we came to Marguerite Cassetta's tea cup collection, all items of which commemorated royal events such as coronations or royal visits. Miriam Bergson's teaspoon collection of over 160 pieces is represented with just over 100 of them being on display. We moved on to Elaine Graham’s small animal skull display. Elaine Graham is the naturalist at Lighthouse Park, where several of the skulls were collected. There were quite a few antique cook books on display, part of an extensive collection of Joy McLelland which included ‘THE WHITE HOUSE COOK BOOK’, a copy of which we still have, handed down by my mother. Our copy was published in 1923 but the copyrights extend back to 1887. Bas Collins' hat collection takes a prominent position, all of those on display having been worn at one time or another in West Vancouver, mostly as part of uniforms. A particularly interesting part of the Porter photographic equipment collection is an early magic lantern with the operating instructions alongside on the wall. The exhibit of Stephen -and Gabriele Sinclair's Chinese paper cuts introduced me to an art form that I hadn’t seen before. The incredibly intricate cuts are hard to credit. We finished up with the Museum’s historic school exhibit which seemed familiar old although the desks have shrunk. The brush cleaner and the blackboards brought back memories of detention. Thanks to Deb, by Waring PerUland