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HISTORY-ONICS » ’ ____L___ VOKli^ NO. 1 JANUARY l0()4 The Newsletter of the West Vancouver Historical Society A MAJOR CHAPTER Your Participation Sought We want to hear your stories, complaints and sug- gestions, as regards both the newsletter and the Society. Elsewhere in this issue is an item about the November newsletter quiz. There are doubt- less members of our organization who can elabo- rate on people mentioned there. These old-timers were colorful folk, adding much to West Vancou- ver as it once was. Anecdotes surely abound here: we’d like to put some of them down. Complaints we receive generally have foundation. Many of our sins are of omission, and often cleri- cal in nature. We make apologies in advance to our Life Members, who receive the standard form for membership renewal. They understandably wonder why they are getting a form asking them to pay when they have already done so. We welcome being brought to book where we are guilty of inaccuracy. In any journal concerned with historical matters inaccuracies are an athema, be- cause they have a tendency to be perpetuated. The problem is much worse in print than in speech, where the word is heard and then disappears into the ether. A propos, it should be remarked that voice to text transcribing is not as awful as it once was. If you doubt this, have a look at the Vancou- ver City Directories between 1889 and 1899. The Next General Meeting Will be held on Wednesday, January 28th, 2004 at 7:00 p.m in the Audio Visual Room of the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 685-21st Street (parking off Fulton Avenue, between 21st and 22nd Streets, & also off Marine Drive). All Visitors are Welcome. We have two speakers, both of whom are outstanding teachers, who know how to capture the attention of an audience. (See p. 9) This year marks the fifty-first anniversary of Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity, wliosc eight charter mem- bersâ€"all graduates of West Van Highâ€"were in- ducted into the new chapter in 1953. In a phone call to Jack Farley, a two-time president of the fraternity, 1 said what a pleasure it was receiving a booklet commemorating its half-century incep- tion. Sometime in the not-too-distant future it is hoped that there will be a newsletter about the public-service achievements of the members, es- pecially the work they did during the ‘seventies in preserving May Days. , Pag^ 2; ;‘f•; fpiliij? - :'t: I;?,' flilii' ], Page 3: November (Jiiiz Answers and Rev||u|| berations.^;, . Page 4:, New Odeon liTheatre; Dundarave s Sidewalks, by peter Hall; Late>Reported Anni- t versary; Red Cross"Concert 1940 in|, n., im|,|||| !,!i , V,., 'iJ'”” Page 5: Executive Report; Mercia s Milestone; ^e November Geiieral ^^eeting. ^ V ^ Page 6: Help Wanted; Old Timer Passes. I ,,,, Page 7; Three famous W,V-H-S. Graduates; Re| | markable Womap TVckpowleged; W.V.H,sl| |j| Notes 1932, I ;; ^3|| i'«’ ^^ ^ ,1 '"'â-  â- â-  â-  ir- â-  ' â- > , Page8:The“OtherVet.” , : â- â-  â-  P'l- Page 9: Museum and Archives News; The Janu» i, ary'peneral Meeting; FT A. Notes 1932. â-  â- -I::i' ' :i'|j,11 '"M'f. â- â-  iijili:â-  :':ii V!"'^(‘iii|ijjjj | Page 10: The Christmas Party; Hollybum Ridge j Clean-Up.