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Page 8 West Vancouver Historical Society Identify the municipal employee: November 2003 1. This ferry captain was called to duty in the navy in the first week of the war. In 1945 he was appointed acting commander. At one time during his service he was on an aircraft carrier which was torpedoed. 2. A long-time blue bus driver, he was an aviation pioneer. He wrote at least one book on the subject. 3. If ever there were a man of arts and letters on the police force he was the one. He graduated from W.V.H.S. in the same year as Rupert Harrison and the Nash boys. 4. He married one of Tommy Martin’s daughters, and at one time was West Van’s license inspector. 5. In 1940 he was one of the blue bus drivers to drive new coaches from Lima, Ohio to West Vancouver. Hint; a WV street bears his family name. 6. His appointment as fire chief became effective March 1st, 1937. His pay: $10.00 per month. 7. This WV police constable was winner of class D (animal life) in the first weekly Daily Province Amateur Snapshot Competition for 1941, selected from among nearly 200 entries. His entry showed a rabbit looking into a jug and was entitled “Curiosity”. 8. He was WV’s police magistrate during the war and beyond. 9/10 From the October 23, 1941 West Van News: “An electric sign showing the arms of West Vancouver has been placed above the destination sign in the front of each of the six municipal buses on the city run, this for purposes of identification. These signs were designed by (9) of the municipal garage staff and made in the municipal garage by F. W. (10).” 11. This man was West Van’s first police officer. He was also health officer, pound keeper and license inspector. 12. He was appointed West Vancouver’s municipal clerk in the late winter of 1943. 13. He acted with heroism when on Monday, February 4, 1935, when his ferry was struck by the C.P.R. boat Princess Alice at 8:47 a.m. 14. He was the secretary ol the local Ration Board, and also owned a real estate firm. He had one of the largest aviaries in West Van. His house was on Fulton. 15. At the end of March 1943 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the W.V.P.D. At the same time, Charles Hailstone was named chief of municipal police. (Answers in the January issue of History-Onics.) Milestones Not too long ago Dick Wright marked his 90th birthday. While he doesn’t move as fast as he did when Province sports reporters referred to him as “Dead-Eye Dick”, his mind is just as agile. Ernie Kershaw, who recently turned 92, said that when he reached his 91st he decided to give up tennis. He, too, is just as sharp as he ever was. An Apology In the last issue we mentioned that an item on St. Francis-in-the-Wood was to appear in this issue. The material for it is only just now being prepared, and should appear in January or March.