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Page 2 West Vancouver Historical Society June 1999 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Offices 'Gertnide Lawson House' 680 17th Street West Vancouver, B.C. V7V3T2 Phone-925-7299 Principal Officers President Helen Davies Vice President Tom Taylor Secretary Anne Vernon Treasurer Mia Bonettemaker Past President Ian Macdonald Hon. Archivist Rupert Harrison Director, Special Events Laureen Jones Newsletter Team Publisher / Editor Anne Vernon Contributions Editor Barbara Johnson Assoc. Editor Waring Pentland Production and Distribution Tom Taylor Graphics & Display Laureen Jones Printer Quill Printing Ltd. West Van., B.C. Editorial Policy It is Society Policy: That every effort is made to ensure that all articles are accurate but the Society takes no responsibility for inaccuracies. That opinions expressed in contributions and presentations are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Society That corrections, contrary opinions and contributions are welcomed. That excerpts from HISTORY-ONICS must be attributed to the WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY and reproductions in whole or in part are not permitted without the express authorization of the Society. EXECUTIVE REPORT: Meet Your New Board of Directors By: Helen Davies I am pleased to report that the April Annual General Meeting was well attended, with over fifty people in the audience. This year we welcome two new Directors to the Society Board. Recently retired School Principal A1 Hasley is a West Vancouver resident and a member of the local Rotary Club. At the first board meeting, A1 was elected to the position of second vice-president. Also new to the Board is longtime West Van. resident Dave Barker, Vice Principal of the West Vancouver Senior Secondary School and also an active member of the Museum & Archives Community Education Committee. On behalf of the membership, I would like to take this opportunity to thank them both for agreeing to serve the Society. Returning to the board is Mia Bonettemaker who has graciously agreed to serve as Society Treasurer for a second year. Thanks Mia, we all appreciate your hard work as our official "bean coimter." In addition to publishing History-Onics, Anne Vernon will continue as Secretary, and keep track of the Directors at the Exectuive meetings. Past President, Ian Macdonald has also agreed to continue his work on the board, as has Tom Taylor, Gerry Kidd, Waring Pentland, Don Graham, and Bob Tapp. Director Laureen Jones returns too and will continue to organize Society special events, and serve as our "artist at large," producing her wonderful historical panels. Membership Chair, Joan Skipper, also returns this year to make sure everyone is paid up and in good standing. I look forward to serving again as your President and working cooperatively with this great group of people to make every effort to promote and preserve local history. Finally, a big thank you to all members for your continued support. Without your ongoing enthusiasm and interest, the Society would not be the success it is! Speaking of member support... thanks to Carolanne Reynolds and Faximum for donating heritage mugs to the Museum & Archives and our Society to help celebrate Heritage Week this past February A Note From the Editor: Our National Historic Site, Point Atkinson is well covered in this issue, sometimes these things just happen! Your Board, together with many others, (as outlined in Don Graham’s article on pages 4 &5) has, and will continue, to spend many hours developing a plan which should conserve this unique landscape, one which means much to West Vancouverites. We promise to keep you posted on our future progress. CORPORATE MEMBERS We gratefully acknowledge the support of our Corporate Members whose names appear here in order of joining Chapman Land Surveying Ltd. Hollybum Funeral Home Ltd. West Van Florist Ltd. Wetmore Motors Ltd. Murchie’s Tea & Coffee Ltd. Crawford E. Laing Ltd. British Pacific Properties Ltd. VanCity Savings Credit Union William Meek Printing Ltd. B.C. Rail Ltd. Drs. Rovinelli & McRoberts Faximum Software Inc. Dr. Robert N. Hicks, Inc. The Square Rigger Pub Dave’s Auto Body Shop Ltd. The North Shore News Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Quill Printing Limited The Capilano Golf and Country Club Simpson Home Hardware