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January2002 West Vancouver Historical Society Page 7 TOM TAYLOR'S CHALLENGE TO SOCIETY MEMBERS Your directors are always meeting challenges, mostly dealling with the day-to-day running of the Society; deciding how to allot monies from grants received, and from your membership dues; how best to support the Museum & Archives - usually by supplying much-needed equipment;which preservation projects to support renting accommodation for our general meetings throughout the year; providing materials and equipment for the Society office; also mailing costs for your editions of "History-Onics". Sounds dull? Well it isn't - it is actually a lot of fun - we always enjoy our meetings which are often quite hilarous! So here we are at the beginning of another new year, and our long-standing member and director Tom Taylor thought he would start things off with some fim by throwing out a challenge to your memory! Below is "Tom Taylor's Quiz". See how many questions you can answer! Once you have your answers complete, write, fax or e-mail your answers to Tom - at the addresses given below. The first poison to have correct answers out of the hat will have their next membCTship dues paid by Tom' Tom Taylor’s Quiz 1. Who am I? I was West Van’s sanitary inspector for years; five of my children graduated from West Van High. 2. Who am I? I began my navy career apprenticing on the H.M.S. Conway III in September of 1935.1 retired from the R.C.N. as a rear-Admiral. 3. What "ultra modern (grocery) store" opened on Friday, April 30, at 1397 Marine Drive? 4. Who ran an upholstery business in the '40's (15th & Marine) and also ran a kindergarten? 5. In the forties, at 1401 Marine Drive, Messrs McNeil and McCue operated the "Rexall Store". Whatbu^ess was opposite them at 1410 Marine Drive? 6. In 1937 Kew House was built for a cost of about $50,(X)0. Who had it built? 7. What did these WVHS graduates have in common: Ross Minions (1939); Douglas Clark (1940): Robin Martin (1941)? 8. What was the original name of Dundarave Hall? 9. Both husband and wife were druggists, and ran what they called "the store of service"at 1402 Marine Drive (early thirties). What was their name? 10. Who served as a WV councillor for thirteen years, school trustee for two, and was later appointed WV assessor? 11. In 1933 both junior and senior high schools were put under the direction of one principal. Who was that principal? 12. Where did the West Vancouver Boys’ Band have their camp each summer? 13. What did the following West Vancouverites have in common? G.J. Newman; F.V. Guinan; T.A. Spencer; W.M. Thompson; R.B. Cripps; F.P. Colpitts? 14. Who was "The Radio Man" who ran a business at 1890 Marine Drive, and later worked as as a projectionist and general factotum for J. Howard Fletcher. (Hint: For some years he lived in an upper suite above 1702 Marine Drive.) 15. When Jimmy Sinclair retired from W.V.H.S. in June, 1936, he was replaced by an outstanding scholar and athlete who had been teaching in Smithers, B.C. Who was he? Send your answeers to TomTaylor: W.V. Historical Society Office, 680-17th Street, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 3T2 OR fax: 604 - 925-7299 OR e-mail: tmt@axiom.net Correct answers and the winner's name will appear in the next issue of "History-Onics".