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Page 2 West Vancouver Historical Society November 2002 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Offices Gertrude Lawson House 680 17th Street West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 3T2 Phone-925-7299 Principal Officers President Dave Barker 1st Vice President Ian Macdonald 2nd Vice President Tom Taylor Secretary Anne Vernon Treasurer Joan Cox PastPresident Hon. Archivist Rupert Harrison Directors: Rod Day Don Graham Hugh Johnston Laureen Jones Bud Langley Doris Lewis Joan Skipper Newsletter Team Publisher / Edi tor Anne Vernon Production and Distribution Tom Taylor Graphics & Display Laureen Jones 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 contribu- tions 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 HISTORICALSOCIETY and reproductions in whole or in part are not permitted without the express authorization of the Society. EXECUTIVE REPORT: By: Dave Barker It is nearly that time again - your 2002 membership is nearly up for renewal. You may wonder where this fee goes. Here are a few examples from this past year. • Support of the Museum and Archives. This is our main reason for existence. We respond to their requests for financial aid to enable them to keep up witli current technology and their ability to best serve West Vancouver citizens. • Repair to the winch at the Point Atkinson Lightliouse. • Purchase of a headstone for West Van’s first Reeve. • Assistance witli the financing of the new information kiosk at John Lawson Park. • Presentation of Historical material for the kiosk. • Publicity for and presentation of our bi-monthly general meetings and guest speakers. • Publication and distribution of History-onics, our bi-monthly newsletter. • Planning and financing the presentation of books on our area to the Museum and Arcliives and eventually to West Vancouver schools. Renew your membership, give gift memberships for Christmas, and encourage family and friends to join. Your dollars are well spent. Meeting Room Problems We are sorry for the mix-up regarding our meeting room, in September. We had arranged for our future meetings to be held in the Audio Visual Room at tlie Seniors' Centre as we feel tliat this room would be more suitable for us. However, we have to return again to the Activity Room, and this must continue until at least next spring, we are told. It seems that classes take precedence over meetings, and so our "best laid plans" have had to be put on hold. We are working veiy hard to arrange for the use of the Audio Visual Room for our AGM in May, and for meetings thereafter. Ed. Note: As always, when we predict an improvement in facilities something goes wrong! This will change, we trust. CORPORATE MEMBERS We gratefully acknowledge the support of our Corporate Members, whose names appear here in order of joining Chapman Land Surveying Ltd. Hollybnrn Funeral Home Ltd. West Van Florist Ltd. Wetmore Motors Ltd. British Pacific Properties Ltd. B.C. Rail Ltd. Faximiim Software Inc. Dr. Robert N. Hicks, Inc. The CapilanoGolf & Country Chib Dave’s Auto Body Shop Ltd. The Palm Guest House Simpson Home Hardware Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 60 Vancouver Historical Society West Vancouver School Board, District # 45 North Shore Driving School