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Page 2 West Vancouver Historical Society March 2003 WESTVANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Offices Gertrude Lawson House 680 17th Street West Vancouver, B.C. V7V3T2 Phone-925-7299 Principal Officers President Dave Barker 1st Vice President Ian Macdonald 2nd Vice President Tom Taylor Secretary Anne Vernon Treasurer Joan Cox Past President Hon. ArchMst Rupert Harrison Directors: Rod Day Don Graham Hugh Johnston Laureen Jones Bud Langley Doris Lewis Joan Skipper NewsletterTeam Publisher/Editor Anne Vernon Production and Distribution Tom Taylor Graphics & Display Laureen Jones It is Society Policy: That every effort is made to ensure that ail 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 HISTORICAL SOCIETY and reproductions in whole or in part are not permitted without the express authorization of the Society. EXECUTIVE REPORT: On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank the hundreds of members who have already renewed their membership for 2003. Nearly everyone has done so. Membership fees are the major source of revenue for the Historical Society. This enables us to fulfill one of our mandates, providing financial assist- ance to the West Vancouver Museum and Archives. An example of this is our current project of helping to finance the assessing and cataloging of the Archives' collections. When this is done, the public will be able to make better use of the Archives for research. Many articles and items that are in the Archives are found nowhere else and are unique to West Vancouver. Many of you make donations to the Society as well. These too help finance the Museum and Archives. One idea that came from a Society member was that donations in the name of a deceased loved one could be made to the Society. The name of the person in whose honour the donation was made would be published in "History-Onics". More information on this will be forthcoming in a future issue. I would like to remind all of the Society's members that nominations for membership to the Board are rapidly approaching. If you would like to take a more active part in the running of the Society, we would like to hear from you. Speak to any Board member at a General Meeting or telephone the office at 604-025-7299. We welcome new blood. May you all have a very nice Spring Season. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + PROVINCE SUPPORTS LIONS GATE BRIDGE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE STATUS (Contd, from page 1) We first requested Provincial support in May 2000. Following a rejection, we applied again in January 2002. Our success the second time around was due to the participation of additional supporters, including MLA's Ralph Sultan and Lome Mayencourt. Special recognition and thanks is due to Society director Bud Langley who assisted at a critical time by consulting with the Squamish Band and clarifying their position. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + We have some apologies to make for errors in the last issue. Firstly, on page 8, we referred to the "When Older Is Better" article as being from Don Young. Apologies to Bob Young for this boo-boo! We hope for more from Bob in future. Secondly, your Quiz Master has been gently reminded by Norma (Minions) Hamilton that she was May Queen in 1936 and not 1934 as he thought! Many thanks, Tom, for donating the membership prizes you awarded to the winners. CORPORATE MEMBERS We gratefully acknowledge the support of our Corporate Members whose names appear here in order of joining Chapman Land Surveying Ltd. Hollyburn Funeral Home Ltd. Wetmore Motors Ltd. Crawford E. Laing Ltd. British Pacific Properties Ltd. B.C. Rail Ltd. Faximum Software Inc. Dr. Robert N. Hicks, Inc. The Capilano Golf & Country Club Dave's Auto Body Shop Ltd. The Palm Guest House Quill Printing Limited The Vancouver Historical Society North Shore Driving Shcool West Vancouver School District # 45 Simpson Home Hardware Royal Canadian Legion