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Page 3 West Vancouver Historical Society January 2005 little wooden table whose top comprises a ten-drawer card index file. The wood looks like maple or birch. The table’s dimensions are as follows: 17 inches deep, 33 inches wide, 37 inches high. We are telling you this because it is too good to be tossed out. Instead, we plan to “Dutch auction” it off. If you’re interested come into the museum at the times indicated above. If you choose to make a bid, place it into an envelope showing your name and phone number. If you win the auction, one of us will call you and make arrangements for you to pick the item up. The School Photo Project We spoke of this project in the last newsletter. It is now underway, with two West Vancouver Secondary School students taking the pictures. The start of the work was done on the photos closest to deterioration. The Hillside composites were in the worst shape. Fortunately, the work on them has been completed. Hugh Johnston is to be credited with emphasizing the need to treat the original composite photographs as archival material and stored as such. Thanks to his suggestion, we now have the first of a number of map storage cases to protect these irreplaceable items. (And of course we thank Lois Enns for tracking down these very useful containers.) What the Historical Society executive committee did not want to see was eventual consigning of the composites to uncontrolled temperature/humidity storage. If you walk through the halls of West Vancouver Secondary School, despite the fact that the building has grown enormously over the decades, you will notice that the graduation composite photos have so filled the corridor walls that they are now making their way into the general office area. Remember too that the photos are much larger than ever: typically they now contain 400 individual images. What is probable is that the oldest composites will be the first to go, 1925, 1926 and 1927 being likely candidates. A word or two about the individual, digitized photos the students are taking. Each of these will be put on to CD’s, where they can be kept indefinitely. Ten or fifteen decades from now descendents of WVHS or WVSS students will be able to retrieve photos of their forebears (for a fee, of course) from the West Van Archives. Have a look at these pictures if you get the chance. You’ll likely notice that the resolution of the 75-80-year old black and white photos is at least as sharp as that of more recent colour images. TT We Welcome the Following New Members Fred Hume Vancouver Lois Enns North Vancouver GeiTy Barber White Rock Ron Defieux North Vancouver Jim Harrison Vancouver Ron & Daphne Grisdale West Vancouver Patrick McCue West Vancouver Gertrude Frost Nanaimo Jane Jardine West Vancouver Douglas Brooks North Vancouver W. Barrie Chapman West Vancouver Lulu Fader Victoria Paul Harper Brackendale Mary Bowman Lantzville Carolyn Chase Moncton, NB John Edwards Comox Tad Letson N. Saanich Fred Strike West Vancouver Frank Harvey-Smith Kelowna COAL PROSPECTING NOTICE Take notice that I, Charles L. Tireinan, intend to apply to the Commissioner of Lands fora license to prospect for Coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas over the following prescribed lands: Commencing at a Post planted at the South-east cor- ner of District Lot 1089, Municipality’ of West Vancouver; thence south 80 Chains; thence East 80 Chains; thence North 80 chains; thence West 80 Chains to the point of Commence- ment. CHARLES L. TIREMAN EC. Tireinan, Agent Located 6th December, 1922 Where Mr. Tireman commences-the south-east corner of DL 1089-is just across Mathers Avenue from the TA. “Dean” Spencer estate (as it then was), which occupied the south-west corner ofDL 1088. An eighty-chain square piece of land is one square mile, so the area sought by Mr. Tireman for prospecting possibly comprised the area delineated by 21st Street on the west, 20th on the east, Mathers on the north and Kings on the south. The “Spencer House”, as most readers will know, is still there: 2089 Westdean Crescent. It was built in 1913 on prop- erty that extended as far south as what is now Mathers Av- enue. At that time it sat on five acres of ground. THANKS To Andrew Pottinger and British Properties Association for their grant which sponsored this year’s Christmas Party-one of the best we have ever had. The BPP generosity was given full-hearted follow-up in the enthusiasm of the volunteers doing the bull work. A medal must surely be due Joan Skipper, who not only did the overall planning of the event, but was onsite at Spuraway from early-morning start until late-night finish. Also up for citation: Bettina Brolly, for whom work is second nature.