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Page 3 West Vancouver Historical Society March 2004 Reverberations Peter Hall’s fine item in the November newsletter the Jog at Inglewood at 2P' ? j elicited the following response from John Hunt, one of Peter’s fellow graduates from W.V.H.S: Dear Peter, I thouroughly enjoyed your article on Pauline Johnson school yard. It brought back happy memories. And as I remember I was in the back urging everyone forward. A bit different from your recall. Your words did remind me of the fun we had in that bush. It was mainly vine maples growing on the old rotting fir logs and not many evergreens or alders in that bush. We would pick out the biggest vine maple, climb as high as we could, and throw ourselves out into space, grab a smaller vine maple on the way down, and swing gracefully down for a soft landing on the bush floor. The maple would snap back up to its original place for the next kid’s flight. Endless fun was had and I cannot remember a maple being damaged or a kid hurt. Another memory was of the area between the soccer field and the bush. The ground was not hard like the soccer field, so we could dig holes in it with a stick to play a game called “Peggy”. You probably remember it better than I do. Thanks for awakening my memory. Yours truly, John [Hunt] And a Note from Hugh Doherty in Victoria: I remember that wooded area next to PJS as having the best Vine Maple Grove in the district. We had lots of fun swinging from tree to tree. (Tarzan!) As for Inglewood hill (20th to 22nd), I remember that in the winter as a great sleighing hill. The school had a couple of toboggans that they stored in the basement of the annex. When the snow fall was enough, 20th Street above Inglewood, and Inglewood from 20th to 22nd were closed to traffic. At noon hours and after school, men teachers would pilot these (having been hauled by students a couple of blocks up the hillâ€"maybe even to Mathers) with about ten kids aboard, down to 22nd. This intersection was sanded to stop the sleighs. 20th and Inglewood was banked to make the comer. It was a student project. I lived at 2057 Inglewood in those years (late 1930’s, early ‘40’s). Re: Ferry Captains. Another was Capt. Skeet. He lived at about 2080 Haywood Ave. His son was Philip Skeet, a graduate of WVH in 1945. Capt. Skeet and wife moved to Victoria about 1947/48. Sincerely, Hugh Doherty A Blow to the WVHS Owing to sudden illness in her family, Anne Vernon has sub- mitted her resignation from the Board. The loss of her able presence is a real setback for all of us. For many years Anne’s work producing the newsletter brought wonderful results in every issue. She is, as the saying goes, “a hard act to fol- low”. Anne’s contributions were not confined to the newsletter. She has been our recording secretary for some time now, and has set a standard which will not be easy to follow. She is meticulate and preciseâ€"ever aware that the records of our meetings are permanent and must therefore be accurate. I’m sure you will share my feelings when I extend best hopes to Anne and our appreciation for the superb work she has done for us all. TT Our March Speaker We thank Bud Langley, our committee member in charge of inviting guest speakers, for coming up with our visitor for Wednesday, March 24th. That night we will be able to hear one of Canada’s foremost authorities on golf history, Mike Riste. For some years now Mike has been a director of the BC Golf Museum. His interest in the history of the sport in BC is infectious, and his collec- tion of golfing memorabilia and artifacts invariably sparks interest. We urge you to make a note on your calendar, whether you’re a golfer or not. A Unanimous Board Decision At the last meeting of the WVHS board on February 12“' unqualified support was given to archivist Lois Enns’ request for volunteers to help catalogue the District’s collection of reports and studies. These are public documents representing different themes in the District. There are about 45 boxes of these items, and will take a lot of time to catalogue. (The average rate is about 4 items per hour!) If you wish to volunteer, or have any questions, please call Lois at 925- 7298 or email her at lenns(^westvancouver.net. Otherwise you could attend a meeting at the archives on March 5th, either from 10:00 am to Noon, or from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm. Do not think that this work is in any sense tedious. It is not. Those presently involved in it find it extremely interesting. Several members of the Board of Directors have expressed their desire to volunteer for Lois’ programme and will do so as soon as they have time. Society members currently volunteering have had years’ experience, and wish to continue on, especially as each day produces something new and different. An added fillip is the “boss”; few are more congenial than Lois and her assistants.