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Page 7 West Vancouver Historical Society January 2004 At t he left is a graduation photo of Vorn Lightly, whom many of us remember after the war as a I much respected member of the West Vancouver Police Force. On February 2nd and 3rd, ,1933, he was one of the ^ stars in the St. Stephen’s lA.Y.P.A. production of the amusing play “The Tightwad”. Charlie Balwin, rt., is in good company here. Had all the students at WVHS been like this trio, the teachers could have remained at home. Brenda (Wicking) Corkill (above). All three of these photos were taken from West Van High composite graduations photos, courtesy of the History-Onics staff photographer. (Please let him know if you havecopyable items.) WVHS Notes for December 29, 1932 At the students’ Association meeting on Friday week last reports of the term’s athletic activities were read: Marjorie Paton reported that under the guidance of Mr. Brooks the girls had taken up grass hockey. While not having entered any of the leagues, a number of very good inter-class games had been staged. Dick Lester, for the soccer team, reported that a team had been entered in the Junior Division, weight under 135 pounds, and had met all the engagements of schedule, finishing third. The team was: Mr. Mitchell, coach; Wilfred Thompson, manager; Dick Lester, captain, and the following players: Aldred, Masterman, McLintock, Timbrell, Watson, Willington, Mason, Harper, Grieve, Irish, Kerr, Lennox, Hanbury, Miles, Russell, (from the West Vancouver News) A Remarkable Woman Acknowledged Perhaps the brightest of both her pre-school and graduating class was Brenda (Wicking) Corkill. She combined her remarkable ability with unre- strained zeal when it came to both her studies and extra-curricular activity. The first Inglewood an- nual (1935) would not have been half what it was without her involvement in its production (more about that in a later issue of History-Onics). Brenda’s enthusiasm for learning began very early and somewhat amusingly. Her family lived in Dundarave below Marine Drive, and from there, on several September occasions, she decided to set out for school even though she was too young to start. She made the trek up to Dundarave School to enrol herself. Each time she was hauled back home by one of the teachers. This determination (Concluded hot torn of page H)