The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

r THE BREAD LADY PART II CONTINUED time basis. A group of lady schoolteachers called "the Girls", used the cabin on the weekends while we stayed below in a rough room we had constructed. There was never very much money, but there was enough to survive. The other seasons were more difficult, and money was very scarce. I can remember picking wild blueberries and trying to sell them to the stores in West Vancouver in order to supplement our income. The hard part, when coming down the mountain on the rough trail, was to try to step softly using our legs as shock absorbers so that the lower layers of berries would not get crushed. I am not sure, but I seem to remember we received about ten cents a pound for the berries if we could sell them. If we couldn't, they would be preserved so they could be later used for pie fillings or jam. The years from 1936 to 1939 were the years when my mother was the "Bread Lady" of Hollyburn Ridge. In some ways they were tough years, with the wolf never very far from the door, but I don't remember them as being sad or miserable, just challenging. In fact, I remember it as a time when I learned a lot, and had a lot of fun. In 1939 World War II started and our life changed. Fred Jones was faced with conscription or working in the North Vancouver Shipyards. In order to maintain the ski lodge he had worked so hard to establish, he chose the shipyards, where he could work all week, then hike up the mountain and work at the ski lodge all weekend. To fill the midweek void, he hired my mother to manage the ski lodge from Sunday night to Saturday morning, and her career as "Bread Lady" was over. by Vincent Hernandez West Vancouver Historical Society 680-17th Street, West Vancouver, BC, V7V-3T2 Phone: 778-279-2235 e-mail: wvhs@sbaw.ca web-site: wvhs.ca It is Society policy: · that every effort is made to ensure that all articles are accurate but the Society takes no responsibility for inaccuracies. · that opinions expressed in contributions and presentations are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Society. · that excerpts from the newsletter must be attributed to "The West Vancouver Historical Society" and reproductions in whole or in part are not permitted without the express authorization of the Society. Volume 2 9 , N um ber 2 Sum m er 2 0 1 2 WE GET LETTERS In the last issue of "Memories" in the article on "Bas's Place" we talked about Cliff Searle's Vernon Feed Store as being the site of an early installation of West Van's first gas pump in 1923. We received a letter from former West Van resident now living in Australia Pam Anderson (Searle). Her father Alfred (Alf) and mother Eleanor Searle were owners of the Vernon Feed and Fuel Store in the early1940's. Pam recalls as a child that there were cork and coal piles. Her father was a mechanic and a truck driver. During the war, coal couldn't be supplied so the Vernon Feed Store was sold. A fellow called Monty bought the business where the Vernon Feed Store was located. V Board Members President: Ann Brousson Vice-President: vacant Past President: Jim Carter Treasurer: Marilyn Rhodes Secretary: Pam Dalik Membership: Wendy Topham Newsletter: David Barker Directors: Yvonne Bower Rod Day Elaine Graham Don Grant Barbara Hunter Rob Morris Heidi Neff Tom Wardell page 5 J