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April 1997 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Page 9 MEMBER’S CONTRIBUTIONS Those Were the Days My Friends In 1912 my parents emigrated from Scotland to Vancouver and were married here after my father returned from the War in 1919. During the war my mother’s and father’s families camped during the summers at Dundarave and Ambleside. Fortunately I still have pictures taken during that time.Early in the 1920’s my parents bought property on the south east comer of 31st Street and Marine Drive, to the top of the hill, including a creek I now believe to be called Hper Creek. What a great place for me, my brother John and our friends to spend endless hours amid trees and creek. My first school in 1928 was Dundarave School at 27th and Nelson Avenue. There, from grades one to four, our teachers were Miss Jones and Miss Naira. I still have class pictures and report cards. Walking to school I passed the homes of Russells, Courtenay Grey, John Robson, Gordon Cunningham, the Coles, and of course McCartney’s Grocery Store, the site now of the Presbyterian Church at 29th and Marine. After grade four it was on to Pauline Johnson School where Miss Crewson and Mr. Brown tried to instill in us the desire to learn. Then on to the high school at 17th and Inglewood. So many memories of those years! Mr. Ed Lane the art teacher, who hoped I’d never follow art as a career; Mr. Leslie Brooks, who left me with a love of poetry; Margaret Wilson, who somehow groomed us to sing and perform at Christmas concerts (I’m sure I never will forget / Passed By Your Windowl); Mr. Gillespie, who spent evenings with the Gym Club, Judson Armstrong, Ross Rathie, Audrey Corlan and Betty Woodbury being star members; Mr. Wright our Science teacher; Mr Kershaw, who I met recendy and wondered why I had been worried over our Math classes; Vice-principal Miss Maycock and our principal, Mr. Mitchell. I’m sure all of us who spent our high school years there will remember with gratitude our teachers at West Vancouver High. ^Me*Uco.i Secicttf' o^^^AtccC UA e€ift (55^ ieoA ^cie^ftotCeH. o^o4k. Ruth Payne, Exhibition Coordinator, Ferry Building Gallery By: Jeannie (AUan) Moss Weather permitting, we always walked to school. Past Mrs Freeman’s, Mrs. Busst’s in Dundarave, the apple orchard at 23rd and Marine. Then past the Orange Hall, later to be Ferguson’s, where Molly Edwards held dancing classes for us future Fonteyns. Then past Garthome’s Garage, Dr. Stainsby’s, now library, the Cenotaph where, on November 11, we always froze, Mr Fletcher’s Hollybura Theatre where we watched the goodies and the baddies and threw darts on Saturday afternoons. Sununer holidays came and with them all the relatives from Vancouver to spend a day out at West Bay swimming. We always packed a basket and Mrs Blow, who had a small store, would boil water, also sell pop and ice cream. Dundarave Pier was also a place to meet your friends to swim and pass the time of day. The Clachan, later Peppi’s and now the Beachhouse Cafe, was a more formal tea room. Remember May Day? What excitement to choose the May Queen - Norma Minions in my year, the road race, the crowning. Maypoles and maybe the May Day Ball that night if you were lucky enough to be asked. My mother formed the United Church Young Peoples Society which convened social evenings at our house. Among the members were Rupert Harrison, Charlie Baldwin, Grace and Gertrude Thompson, Violet McNair and Lucy McDougall. They always seemed to enjoy these meetings, especially when singing Riding down from Bangorl Lastly I’d like to mention the “Blue Bus” drivers, an important part of our lives, living farther out. Frank Ellis, Bill Green, Bert Gisby, Harry Nesbitt and Art and Charlie Ridley. They were very good at “waiting” or honking if they knew you should be there. Also the crews of the ferries. What a great way to wind down after a day in “town”. Unfortunately time passes and we all went our different ways but remembering always “That those were the days”. Snapshots From The Past Excerpt from the WEST VAN NEWS FRIDAY, MAY 29,1931 BABY COMPETITION The High School Dining Room proved an ideal setting for this function. The four nurses looked very picturesque and business-like in their uniforms and Dr. Millar and Dr. Kinsmen examined and marked twenty-one babies on Saturday morning. The following babies received their prizes from the May Queen at Ambleside Park on May 25: Class 1, up to 6 months â€" • Linda Ann Ridley, 1st; Ruby McGregor, 2nd. Class 2, up to 1 year â€" Virginia Ward and Joanne Donna Clement, 1st Class 3, up to 2 years â€" Betty Bartlett and Don Garrard, 1st. Bevan Johnston, 2nd