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001B6C3A THE WEST VAN NEWS Janus'4, 1927. F bk 4 ~ I ice PERSONALS CORRESPONDENCE Mr. TV. Gourlay, of 23rd and Bellevue, who has been home during the Christmas holidays, left Wednesday to return to Pitt River. Miss Macaulay is visiting-Mrs. T. Dauphinee, at the lattei"s home. Bellevue and Waterfront. ~ o o The house of Mr. Mark Phil- lips on Inglewood near 23rd, is about finished. o o o Mrs. Emery, 23rd and Belle- vue, moved to the city last Tues- day. The office that is being built for Dr. A. C. Nash on the Marine Drive at Dundarave is almost completed. u ~ Rapid progress is being made at Memorial Park, in the newly cleared portion. The stumps left after the trees had been chopped down are being pulled out and burnt. ~ o Mr. G. W. Kissick has suffici- ently recovered from his illness to be out and around again. o u Mr. Richard Merritt, baker, of Coquitlam, was visiting Mr. Straiton, Marine Drive, on Tues- day. He was very much im- pressed with the progress that )Vest Vancouver is making. Mr. and Mrs. Riley, who have come from Leduc, Alberta, have moved into Mr. Charles Hay's house at 14th and Duchess. It is rumored that a company is being formed in Vancouver to operate a car ferry between Whytecliff and Grantham's Landing. If the scheme materi- alises, it will be an added attrac- tion to bring tourists and Van- eouverites over to view the beauties of the North Shore. The Sunday concert arranged by the West Vancouver Musical Society has been indefinitely postponed on account of so many of the members being indisposed with colds. Mrs. Young, who resides with her son, Mr. J. Haydn Young, is very seriously ill with pneu- monia. Dundarave, P.O., January 10, 1927 The Editor, West Van. News: Dear Sir:-- Being unable to attend the public meeting on January 6th, I would like to express through your columns what I would have felt it a duty to do, had I been there. This was a meeting where the Council gave an account of their work of the past year, and where the ratepayers expected to hear the real facts concerning Muni- cipal afFairs. The Reeve is to be congratu- lated for his frankness and cour- age in explaining what he (and many ofus) considered weakness- es in certain departments. Under the most favorable conditions the Reeve's position is one of dif- ficulty, and this year, many will agree, it has been unusually so, through lack of co-operation. Besides voicing my own appreci- ation, I am also expressing the opinion of his many friends, who elected him to this difficult post, and have followed with under- standing, his untiring effoiqs in behalf of the municipality. Yours truly, THOMAS DICK. Editor West Van. News: Having just returned from Portland, I was unable to attend the Council's Annual Meeting which I much regretted after seeing your account in the "NEWS." I think ii, a blot on the intelligence and common sense of the. people who refused to let a man have dn opinion of his own without getting annoy- ed. I have often expressed to different ones that West Van. people were broad-minded and sincere. Don't let us get the name of restricting liberty of speech and action, as some ap- parently wished to do with re- gard to our Reeve. If that were his opinion and thought, let him say so. Be- cause he says so doesn't make it so, either one way or the other. It just sets people thinkingwhich is good for all of us. The more criticism the better work, I say, and by all means let West Van. have the best there is, and that is no doubt but what Reeve Mor- gan wants. Another thing, Mr. Editor, Mr. Morgan has done great good service for the muni- cipality in the past and also has done his uttermost for Lions'ate Bridge. Even if he is wrong, put SERVICE against it and call it square. I should like to see other letters re Mr. Morgan' speech, especially the objective part from citizens who have lived here with him and have known him longer than I have, but please let us have fair play and freedom of speech as becomes British people, or else, what'6 the use. Smcei ely M. BULKLEY. Dundarave. Lieut. E. B. James has Passed Away Military honors were paid at funeral services for Lieut. E. B. James, 39, who passed away at Essondale Mental Hospital on Saturday morning. He was transferred from Shaughnessy Military Hospital a week ago suf- fering from the effects of shell shock received in Italy during the Great War. The deceased served with the Royal Field Artillery in France and was attached to the Royal Munster Fusiliers assisting the Italian army against the invad- ing Austrians. Born in London, Lieut. James was educated at Clark's College. He came to British Columbia after the war and was employed for a time at Kimberley. He suffered a breakdown in health and moved to the Coast. Funeral services were held from Centre & Hanna's chapel on Tuesday at 2.30 p. m. Inter- ment took place in the Returned Soldier Plot, Mountain View Cemetery. The pallbearers were i members of the West Vancouver branch of the Canadian Legion and a trumpeter sounded the "Last Post" at the graveside. The deceased is survived by his wife and four children, Olive, Doreen, Billy and Herbert, all in West Vancouver. A brother and sister reside in London and a second sister lives in Stock- port. Mr. Herrin, 14th and Haywood has taken Mr. Wells'ouse at 18th and Fulton. News ives received by cable last Saturday morning of the death of Mr. Barwell Clarke, a pioneer resident of Ban~, Gla- morgan, Wales. A highly respected citizen, Mr. Clarke has for years been active- ly connected with Community and Church work in Barry. His loss is deeply mourned by two younger children in Wales, and by three sons, W. A. Clarke, winnipeg, George Clarke, B. C. E. Rly., and T. C. Clarke, North- ern Electric, of Vancouver, also his brothers, the Rev. Harry Clarke, Halifax, N.S., and Aub- rey Clarke. Messrs George, T. C. and Aubrey Clarke are all resi- dents of West Vancouver. Ferry Delay The one o'lock ferry on Sun- day had to be cancelled owing to the fact that the intake on No. 5 ferry became blocked and was unable to make port. Fortun- ately No. 6 ferry, upon which work had just been started on some repairs, wus able through quick work on the part of the engineers to proceed to the as- sistance of No. 5 aml Io bring the passengers in. When this ivas accomplished, though, the time was too close to the regu- lar schedule (i.e. 2 p. m.) to make it advisable to &lisputch the boat due out «t one o'lock. IVe und- erstami that the cause- of this blockuge was due Io having had crude oil sup;ilied in error instead of Diesel oil by the oil supply people. ~un louulmiojtlucoluoilullilil&uuu«luliillil iououuculululu&uMl The Value of Forensics By Dr. Frank Craneul~wulu&ugugggululioul1MtluoiiulugmEEM8&g&gl!'Otoouig&gpgigugggggulÃlulwoouoousg An earnest little book has fallen into my hands called."An Outline for Self-Education." One of the points given most stress by the writer is the value of forensics for developing young men. Most of America's self-made men, from Benjamin Franklin to Abraham Lincoln, have testified to the benefits they received from debating. Ever since, and probably long before, Bacon wrote that "speaking maketh a ready man," the value of argument as a sharpener of the wits has been recognized. Besides this, the study of debating does a number of other things. It teaches where to find information. It drills in the im- portant art of knowing where to seek. Its training in where to find facts you are looking for helps in everyday life later on. It trains students to give attention to details. It demands a challenging of every accepted and seemingly guileless point that may harbor a fallacy. It requires an exact definition of terms and a clear understanding of what is included and what is left out. It cultivates orderliness. It requires that weeds be kept out of the garden of the mind. It demands straight rows, solid foundations, consecutive links. Facts must be marshalled one, two, three. It inculcates the valuable lesson of seeing the other side of an argument. The surest man in u debate is ahvays the one who knows the other a&&le best. Moreover, it gives training in seeing from another's point of view. In trying to get an idea across to a listener the spenk- er gets training in putting himself in the other's background and seeing the problem from his viewpoint. It also gives exercise in expressing yourself, putting youriileas into words, and making your thoughts clear to others. In a debate you have a test of your ability under conditions where weaknesses are made apparent an&1 results are evident.Earnest young people who are striving for self-develop- ment can do few better things thun following this writer's ad- vice to join a class in forensics at night school, extension ivork,or Y. M. C, A. classes. The Hollyburu Lumber Co., LDIITED LUMBER--SHINGLES--SASH--DOORS--FINISH DEALERS IN C Pembina for StoveTulumccu for Furnace Foot of Eighteenth and Waterfront Oflice Phone: WEST 64 Residence: WEST 92R2 SAVORY c%. 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