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NOVEMBER i6, 2016 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOL. 13, NO.4 What's Inside IT'S A WRAP LIGHTHOUSE NOW PAINTED PAGE 6 - page 6&7 7 PAGES OF MEMORIES AND PHOTOS IN EMAIL EDITION West Vancouver in World War II "War-time West Van was a virtual small-town: one high school, one bank, one chapter of the WCTU (and fifty bears). The employees that made it function lived in it: police, teachers, firemen, municipal workers, tradespeople. It was unusual to walk down the street without seeing a familiarface or old acquaintance. Events brought people together in common celebratory cause, particularly May Day, which was run by local volunteers. For most of us the war brought discomfort and inconvenience: we were often cold, and we had to "do without": gas, butter, sugar, and meat were all LLVA___ rationed. For others it delivered unimaginable loss. Close to seventy Victory Loan flag dedication in the spring of 1942 at the boys died while serving in the armed Hollyburn Post Office (site of today's Royal Bank) on the forces. Among them was a boy who corner of 17th and Marine Drive. 3330.WVA.PHO wanted to become an electrical engineer; another, a commercial photographer; another an archeologist. Typically, they showed great promise at school. Theirs, and the promise of others who died, was the price many communities had to pay. West Vancouver paid dearly." I These quotes are from Tom Taylor's book on his youth in West Vancouver during the war, "Glimpses World War II West Vancouver through the eyes of the papers and the paperboy". "Glimpses" is sold at the West Vancouver Museum. - continued on page 3