001B6C4D February 4, 1927 'est Vancouver Girls'uxiliary Plan Scottish Society Bridge for Feb. 26th THE WEST VAN NEWS Meeting of Ratepayers'ssociation YOUR t i 1 IIF'he third annual Burns'up- per held at the Clachan Hotel on Saturday, 29th January, was a great success, over one hundred members and friends being pre- sent. From the skirl of the pipes announcing the arrival of "the Haggis" to the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" there was not a hitch in the well-ananged programme. Nr. James Russell gave "the spiel" to the Haggis in a mster- ly fashion that was a delight to all, and of Mr. W. R. Dunlop's address to "the Immortal Nem- o&~" we can hardly find a fitting expression. It was indeed won- derful. He took his hearers back over the years, picturing Burns as a lad at the plough and on through his life, touching on his great genius as a poet and his greater genius of character. He portrayed that splendid out- pouring of human love and hu- man sympathy that was pecu- liarly his, the great reverence that characterized all his work, whether it be tilling the soil or wiel&ling the pen. In conclusion, he stated that the great hope and wish of the noble bard was living down through the ages, namely that: "Sense and worth o'r a'he earth "Shall bear the gree an"hat. "It's comin'et for a'hat, "That man to man the world o'r "Shall brothers be for a'hat." In his eloquent address Mr. Dunlop delighted his audience nnd later his rendition of "The Cottar's Saturday Night" left nothing to be desired. A true exponent of Scottish : ~ song, Mr. James Lowden sang "The Star of Bobbie Burns" with fitting fervour and kindly re- sponded to several encores. Mrs. H. Legatt sang two num- bers and was in splendid voice, as was evidenced by the repeated encores. A feature thoroughly enjoyed was the singing of several num- bers by the quartette, assisted by the entire company. Reeve V. V. Vinson toasted the Empire's Navy and Army in a rousing speech and was replied to by Mr. A. H. Prentice, who, as on a former occasion, ably took care of the subject and de- lighted his hearers. Rev. A. M. O'Donnell gave the toast to Canada in a very fitting manner and in his usual happy vein delighted the company. Mr. Norman Leggatt responded to Mr. O'Donnell's toast and as a native son and a very worthy citizen replied in true Canadian fashion. Mr. John Lawson toasted "Bonnie Scotland" and incident- ally one always feels inspired with patriotism when Mr. Law- son speaks on the land of his forefathers. In this instance the company thoroughly en- joyed the toast. Mr. J. T. Watt replied to the toast, emphasing the feeling of pride that char- acterizes the true Scot in re- membering the land of his birth. Mr. J. McGowan toasted "the Lassies" in a very able manner. In replying to the toast Mrs. H. Selwood provided a real treat. Her speech was a mastetyiece of real wit and was thoroughly en- joyed by alk The music was admirably at- tended to by Miss Nary Frame. Past President Mr. W. L. Mc- Quaker gave the toast to "Kin- dred Societies" and "Brither Scots." This was very interest- ing an&i instructive, as Mr. Mc- Quaker has taken part in a great many Burns'uppers in other countries. Mr. W. Mc- Neish of North Vancouver, an ol&l favorite with his %Vest Van- couver friends, replied to Mr. McQuaker's toast. «~ In conclusion Mr. Robert Mc- Vean is to be congratulated on the very able manner in which he filled the position of chair- At the last regular meeting of the Girls'uxiliary to the North Vancouver Hospital it was &le- cided to hold a bridge in the Lonsdale Pavilion, Third Street East, on February 26th. Miss Margaret Rae was ap- pointed general convenor of this afi'air. Parties wishing to make reservations kindly phone the president, Miss A. Archibald, North 209, or Miss E. McCready, North 1099. Every effort is be- ing made to make this event an exceedingly interesting and pleasing one, and it is hoped a goodly number will avail them- selves of the privilege of being present. During the evening refreshments will be setved. A special meeting of the Aux- iliary will be held on Monday next, February 7th, at the home of Miss Evelyn Mord n, 443 Seventh Street East. Every member is earnestly requested to be present. Death of Mr. C. G. Henshaw Mr. C. G. Henshaw, who was one of the first to purchase land in Caulfeild and has lived there for a number of years, died sud- denly last Friday in Rome, Italy. Both the deceased and his wife were skilled horticulturists and their property in Caulfeild was remarkable for the beauty and variety of its flowers. Mr. Henshaw came to Van- couver first in 1888 and for a time was actively interested in building in the west end of Van- couver. He is survived by his wife, who is a well-known author, lec- turer and alpinist, and one daughter, Mrs. Grant Morden, of Heatherdon Hall, England, wife of a well-known Canadian member in the House of Com- mons. If eveiy young girl had a hob- by at home half our saxophone players would be tout of work," announces a daily paper. Then I suggest that every young girl should have two hobbies at home. --P.S. Auto Accident Mr. Harrison, who delivers for Stratton's Bakery, had a nasty accident late Monday afternoon, when his Ford sedan slipped off the road on Inglewood between 11th and 12th Streets and fell over on its side in the ditch. Mr. Harrison and Raymond McNail', l who was with him, were both thrown through the roof of the car, the former receiving a cut on the arm and the latter being cut on the head. Besides the damage to the roof, the fenders, glass windows and the frame on one side of the car were badly smashed. The West Van. Auto Service took charge of the wrecked car. What, oh what, is this genera- tion coming to? The newspapers all say the fair sex are getting more wanton every &lay..... Take my girl, for instance, she's been wanton a seal skin coat ever since last winter, which reminds me "IVhat is the past tense of Marry? Divorce, man of the evening and for the entire arrangements for the sup- per. The evening was brought to a close with the singing of "Aukl Lang Syne" and the National Anthem. The next regular meeting of the society will be hekl on Fri- &lay evening, 18th February, at 8.15, in the Clachlan. Mrs. D. C. Ritchie will lecture on the poems of Sir Walter Scott. This meeting is open to the friends of the members. A meeting of the IVest Van- couver Ratepayers'ssociation was held in the Ambleside Hall last Tuesday, when reports of the committees on "Improved Postal Service" aml the "De- velopment of Ambleside Park" were received. The report of the postal committee was as fol- lows: "The foliowing members of the committee, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Lefeaux, Mr. Rut- ledge and Mr. Nasterman, met by appointment Mr. Murray, superintendent of postal ac&vice for British Columbia, and his assistant, Mr. Middlemiss, on Thursday. January 28th. The deputation put forward your request for improved mail service for West Vancouver and more particularly a regular house-to-house delivery. Several examples of delay and inconvenience t o residents caused through the prevailing conditions of service were quoted by your committee and sym- pathy and knowledge of the facts were expressed by Mr. Murray. Our geographical situ- ation, the revenue derived and the population of West Van- couver were factors against im- provement of the service, as far as a general house-to-house de- livery, and not much hope of betterment was given until the population had reached about 12„000 and the revenue in- creased to about $20,000. At present the revenue de- rived from all the West Van- couver post offices is about $4,000 a year. The hopes of the delegation were raised somewhat towards a betterment of the service by installing two deliveries and two collections of mails daily, the additional cost for this not be- ing so large as the house-to- house delivery. The information was gathered that districts such as ours were judged from the following standpoints: Area, population, and revenue to be derived. As regards the latter it is good busi- ness to ourselves to purchase our supply of stamps, etc., at the local post office, thereby build- ing up its status. The committee recommend that the association petition the Postal Department for improved service in the way of more col- lections and dispatches daily, and more facilities for the gath- ering and distributing of our mail. That statistics be gathered showing our rapid growth and that the general disadvantages at present prevailing be shown to the postal authorities." Mr. W. R. Hamilton gave a vet~ interesting and lucid ac- count of the findings and rec- ommendations of the park com- mittee. He used a map plan to illustrate the development of the area proposed and gave figures to show the approximate cost of the work. The following is a summary of the report of the "Ambleside Park Committee" as presented by Mr. Hamilton: "Approximate area: Acres. Owned by Municipality north of P. G. E.......... 11.4 Owned by Municipality south of P. G. E............... 12 Block 28, Subdivided ivater- front ...........................,...... 3 Block 29, unsubdivided wa- terfront .....................„..... 4 30.4 "This total area lends itself naturally to very easy aml in- expensive development for an all-rouml pleasure resort un- equalled in Greater Vancouver. The municipnlity now owns all the area except blocks 28 an&i 29. These should be purchased. Where this is not practical by mutual agreement, expropriation can be ci?ecte&l and 'the eyesore'pproachto IVest Vancouver can be macle attractive and prof- itable. "The area north of the P.G.E. should be drained and filled in to an elevation sufficient to en- close a level firm surface. This can be done most economically and effectively by drejging out a small yacht harbour and bath- ing pond, commencing at the Indian Reserve, immediately be- hind Block 29. A small dyke and gate would separate the har- bour from the pond. "Between this harbour area and the P. G. E. is situated a splendid high natural picnic ground with a number of trees aml some shrubbetg'. At small expense the rubbish may be cleared off and additional trees and shrubbery planted and pic- nicking equipment installed. "Following is an estimate of the cost: Dredging a surface area of about 100 feet by 500 feet to an average depth of 5 feet below low water mark, begin- ning at 10 feet and reducing to nothing, viz., 250,000 cubic yards at 10c per cubic yard ..............025,000.00 Equipping the area north of the P.G.E. for athletics, in- cluding grandstand 5,000.00 Equipping area south of P.G.E., including c h 1 I d re n's play- ground, dyke gate, floats, etc............... 5,000.00 Total to develop muni- cipally owned area..$35„000.00 "As this would be a perman- ent improvement, it could be covered by a forty-year bond issue and would represent a sum of less than 01,600 annually for interest and sinking fund. "This sum would probably be made up from additional fares on the ferries during slack hours. However, we expend large sums on purely material conveniences such as roads, bridges, etc., and forget too often that the building up of the physical, moral and social life of our community is our first and greatest responsibility. "Nowhere else do we know of such an opportunity for the de- velopment of an unrivalled pleas- ure resort at such small cost, and it should be undertaken at once. "Blocks 28 and 29 should also be added to the project, but will require the working out of some scheme of financing, which, while essential, can readily fol- low later." DAILY ORDER We carry a complete hne of Fancy Grocenes --All the seasonable Fruits and Vegetables -- Everything that' good to eat, and at the right price. Our relia- bility will give you great satisfaction. tiREENW000'g GROCERY West 16 Phone your orders. We dehver Hollyburn Theatre Friday and Saturday February 11th and 12th "THREE FACES EAST" with Henry B. Walthall and Clive Brooke Pearce's Drygoods lett te& son& sttw vsw& Test 1st WINDOW BLINDS Made to Order. Pat&testee Free. LOTS HOUSES ACREAGE C-0 AL SAND GRAVEL NOTARY PUBLIC West Van. Investment Company 18th and Marhte Drive Phone &yes& ioe Day or Night OH BOY! This is the phce for TOBACCO, CANDIES MAGAZINES, ETC. CHET SHIELDS 14th St., right at the Railway Crossing WEST VANCOUVER BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES Notice to Contractors Tenders are hereby invited for the following work: Clearing, grubbing and rough-grading the Southeast Quarter of District Lot Ten Sixty- one (D. L. 1051), amounting to 4.iJ1 acres approximsteiy. Copies of Spe- cisications, Fornt of Tender, ete., may be seen at the office of the Municipal Engineer, Honyburn. A deposit of 55.GG will be required for the safe re- turn of any Specifications given out. Each tender must be accompanied by a certified cheque in favour of the West Vancouver Board of School Trustees for 5 per cent. of amount of said tender. A bond guaranteeing the due performance of the work to the amount of 50 per cent. of the con- trast price tviu be required. The lowest or any tender not nee- essaruy accepted. Tenders to be in not later than 5 o'clock p.m. of Friday, 11th February. 1SS7, st the office of the Municipal Clerk, and ntavked Tender for Ciear- ina School Site JAS DUNCAiN Municipal Engineer FUEL DryBark, Coal 8 Wood of all kinds, Marine Woodyard (G. E. Currie, Prop) 26th and Manne Phone West 112 Satisfaction Guaranteed HARRON BROS. a- iVILLIAMSON gIincIal BIrectars North Vancouver Parlors 122 West Sixth Stree) Phone North 134 Vancouver Parlors 65 Tenth Avenue East Phone Fair. 184 PHONE 4SSL J. H. REID Sand, Gravel and General Teamsvork