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September 1997 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Page 5 From the WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEXT GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1997 at 7 pm At the Senior Activity Centre, 695 21st Street, West Van. - Artiiur (Art) M. Tmgg, Authw & Historian Subject - Union Steamships^ Remembered DATE OF THE FOLLOWING GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1997 At the West Vancouver Senior Activity Centre THE NEW SPIRIT: MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN , VANCOUVER, 1938 TO 1963 NOV.8 - JAN.18, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY For more details see announcement on Page 6 Local Heritage Weekend Events, Sept 21722 Development of the West Coast Modem Style Local Heritage Weekend events begin on Friday evening at 7:30 with a slide show and presentation by Joel Lawson. Joel, of the planning department at the Municipal Hall, will chronicle the development of the West Coast Modem style. Fire Hall Open House On Sunday morning, all the West X^couver fire halls will be open to the public fi'om 10:30 to 12:00 noon. Stop in an meet your friendly, local fire fighter. Then, stroll over to Gertrude Lawson House between 12:00 and 4:00 pm, because the Museum and Archives is hosting a display of antique fire tmcks and apparatus, and staff are organizing events for children, young and old. Historical Tour of Municipal Hall Fire Hall #i During the open house, I, along with longtime Society member, Heinz Berger, I will lead walking tours of the Municipal Hall and Fire Station #1. The tours, leaving at 1:00,2:00 & 3:00pm, will trace the history of the Municipal Hall and Fire Hall #1 and explore how these two important West \hncouver buildings exemplify the principles of modem architecture. Grassy Knoll Heritage Weekend Information Booth On both Saturday and Sunday, from 12 noon to 4:00 pm, a heritage information booth will be located on the “grassy-knoll” beside the Ferry Building. The West Vancouver Historical Society, the Museum & Archives and the West Vancouver Heritage Advisory Commission will combine their talents and join forces to provide information on West \hncouver heritage. Representatives from all organizations will be on hand to answer your questions and provide information about our local heritage. Laureen Jones will also have a selection of her historical panels on display at the information booth. For PuU Schedule, See WVM&A insert nio« Sce«® West Van Hi Grads '46 & '47 Our Members wish you, one and all, a very happy 50th Armiversary reunion as you pick up threads of a half century &bric. Enjoy yourselves, as you spend the weekend making a little more history! Mountain Oldtimers’ Reunion, 1997 lola Knight The 5th Atmual Reunion for all those who enjoyed fim on our local mountains, Hollybum, Grouse and Seymour, was held ^on Wednesday, August 20th, at the Day Lodge on Mt Seymour. It was hosted by Mt. Seymour Resorts, with Alex Douglas the organizer, assisted by Naomi McGitmis from Hollybum. This year's attendance was over 200, continuing to increase each year. Inside the lodge, excellent displays had been mounted; Hollybum ski racing cups, newspaper clippings; similarly Grouse with its Kandahar Cup and Seymour Mt. with its “new” highway. In addition. West Vancouver Museum & Archives had a comer. Karl Ricker was busy at another table collecting new information to add to his excellent volumes on the history of all the cabins on Hollybum. Each cabin has its page - with a recent photograph in which KarTs dog, Skoki, is the figure; and information pertaining to the cabin; date constmcted, builder, owners, and present state. Lastly, there was a table for “Save First Lake Lodge” -headed by Bob Tapp and assisted by Gordon Knight. Their mandate is to put together a committee devoted to the preservation and restoration of this venerable lodge, built on the shores of Fust Lake on Hollybum in 1926 from lumber recycled from the James Nasmyth lumber mill and flume further down the mountain. Over twenty oldtimers indicated a desire to help with this project. Delicious refreshments were available and although it threatened to shower, the “big picture” of all those present was taken at 3 pm. Things wrapped up at 4:30 pm with the echoes from dl of “See you next year!” The Archives Library Bookshelf For some time, the Archives have been accumulating a limited number of books relevant to West Vancouver's heritage that are available on loan to Society members. Some of these are duplicates of archival items and some, while possibly not archival, are of general historical interest. These volumes are donations and are greatly appreciated. Many of the donations are archival and are available for in house research, but are not available for circulation. David Wardle has advised us that he is continually looking for general histories of B.C. He is particularly anxious to acquire A History of British Columbia, by Margaret Ormsby and hopefully, the (Canadian Encyclopedia. Good Luck David!