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Resampled001B6D29 1927 'S «I he A Weekly Newspaper Circulatittgin the District of West Vancouver-- A mbleside, Hollyburn, Westott, Dundarave $ 1.00 per year. Caulfei ld, WhyteCliff, CyPreSS Park! EtC. Newsstands 6c per Copy ee& Vol. II EIGHT PAGES / West Vancouver Horticultural Assn. Again Scores at the Spring Flower and Tulip Show. For the third time in succes- sion the Horticultural Associa- tion again scored a success in its efforts in connection with the third Spring Flower and Tulip Show held in the Drill Hall, on Friday and Saturday last. On its third attempt it secured First Prize in the staging of the Mun- icipal Exhibit, winning the Silver Cup offered by the W. H. Malkin Company. The time allowed for setting up the display is limited to a few hours and the Directors personally staging same devoted their best blooms and the great- er part of their time to this entry and to the credit of the IVest Vancouver Association it was the only one amongst all the Associations who entered two exhibits. What blooms were left were staged as the Associa- tion's exhibit and in this con- nection they secured third prize. , One of the most pleasing feat- ures in connection with the work of exhibiting is the readiness shown by residents right from Capilano to Caulfeild to help the Directors by allowing them ac- cess to their gardens and the liberty to take all the blooms they require. It is the showing of a real community spirit, and the Directors as a whole express their hearty thanks to all the donors in this respect. Prize lists for the Summer and Fall shows are well under way, and will be shortly ready for dis- tribution. The first show has been arranged for comprising flowers and small fruits, on Sat- urday, June 18th, and the judges arranged for Flowers are Messrs Renton and Moore who look up- on their officiating as a recog- nised proceeding, and whose awards have always been well received, and Mr. G. E. A. Clarke the Provincial Fruit expert. The cup is on display in the window of the Ambleside Tea Rooms, feny building. On behalf of the Directors I desire to convey my sin- cere thanks to those who unselfishly and generously donated flowers, to enable us to stage the two major exhibits at the Spring Flow- er and Tulip Show. The response to our timid requests were at once spon- taneous and gratifying. Our success is also yours and we trust when the time again comes round, our suc- cessors in office will receive just such a hearty response. Yours IVM. McQUAKER, President. A Whist Drive will be held in Ambleside Hall tomorrow, Sat- urday, under the auspices of the West Vancouver Liberal Associ- ation. Cards will start at 8.30 aha&~. West Vancouver Tennis Club was successful in two games last Satur&lsy, defeating Point Grey by 5 to 4 in the Men's Division, aml by 5 to 3 over the Jericho Club in the Mixed Division. A %Tinning Choir ,Pl iS',e ! ee, West Vancouver Choir (1926) who won the premier award at the B.C. Musical Festival last year The B. C. Musical Festival opens in Vancouver next Mon- day and continues until Satur- day, June 4th. This occasion is ahvays interesting to the people of this province. It is specially interesting to the people of West Vancouver. Perhaps the most important individual competition of the festival is the one for large choirs. The West Vancou- ver Musical Society under the able baton of Professor James M. Morgan has been the winner three out of the four times the competition has been open. This year there are eight entries in this class, and from reports a strong endeavour will be made to wrest the cup, emblematic of championship, from our choir. The West Vancouver choir is now made up of more than 100 voices, and we hope, nay, we be- lieve, but we do not wish to be over-confident, that the cup will abide in its usual resting place. Good luck to the choir in their endeavour. May . each of the members find themselves in the best of voice when they appear before the adjudicators. The Ladies'hoir Overshadowed in some re- spects by the larger organiza- tion, the Ladies'hoir of West Vancouver is a new body that was formed this spring with the idea of trying to recover for B. C. the shield for ladies choirs at present held by the Seattle Or- pheon Society. The choir under Professor Morgan has been prac- tising assiduously and has made splendid progress. There are eight choirs entered in this com- petition, and our new choir therefore will have their work cut out to bring the shield to West Vancouver. Nevertheless, most, if not all of the members are old members of the larger choir which has been so success- ful at the B. C. Musical Festival, and, if they do not win the shield this first year, they can be relied upon to worthily uphold the rep- utation of the district as a mus- ical centre. Ratepayers Want Ambleside Park Option Completed The option on the waterfront property of the Gintzburger es- tate, taken by the councilin con- nection with the Ambleside Park project, will expire on July 6th. On all counts it is desirable the council exercise their option aml buy the property, so as to ensure that in the future the Ambleside Park shall become a fact and not one of those unrealised might- have-beens which the people of most cities have to deplore. The property has on it 15 houses which at the moderate rental of 6100 per year would net $ 1500, or sufficient to pay the interest on the $30,000 worth of West Vancouver 5% bonds which the Gintzburger estate is willing to take in payment. The City and District of North Van- couver has displayed an equal in- terest in the project, and either by grant or by special legislation can be relied upon to assist in financing the scheme if such as- sistance is necessary. The property, situated as it is, at the First Narrows and giving unrivalled views of the inlet and gulf as far as Vancouver Island, is the ideal situation for a park, more particularly &vhen its prox- imity to the ferries and the Lions'ate bridge is taken into consideration. And what makes it eminently desirable for a pub- lic park renders it equally desir- able as a privately owned amuse- ment park. Many of the larger cities of the American continent The council on Monday night accepted the plans and drawings by J. Pinder-Moss for the Child- ren's Playground and Memorial Park. MOVIE STUDIO CO5IING TO WEST VANCOUVER Negotiations have been going on for some weeks between the council and the National Cinema Studio Syndicate regarding the sale of 400 acres on the west bank of the Capilano River, con- tained in D. L. 761 and 762 and the north half of D. L. 805 and 763, for a studio location. The company have been looking over several sites on the North Shore and have picked upon this as ideal in every way for their pur- poses. While so far no docu- ments have been signed bv the council, it is expected that the negotiations now proceeding wol result in the sale of the property in question to the motion picture company in the near future. The studio planned is to cost about $ 750,000, composed of four units, of which the first will cost $250,000. When the numbers employed in movie studios is taken into consideration, the im- portance to IVest Vancouver of the project will be realised. LEYLAND PROPOSES NEW FERRY At the council meeting on Monday Councillor Leyland, chairman of the Transportation Committee, gave notice he in- tended to ask the council to go on record that it is desirable to construct an additional boat for the ferry service. Therefore the manager be instructed to in- terv!ew a naval arch&tect and ob- tain a rough pencil design of a new ferry boat with a seating capacity of 250 persons under cover, a speed of 12 knots or more, and covering such im- provements on the present boats as may be considered advdsable by the manager and captains, also that an estimate of cost be submitted. have such parks and they pay handsome dividends. It will be remembered that IV. R. Hamil- ton, and the Ratepayers Associa- tion originators of the scheme, have stated publicly that the park, when completed, would pay for itself and in saying so he was stating a fact that has been proved beyond a doubt in other places. Any possibility of private in- terests purchasing the property should be forestalled now while the opportunity exists of acquir- ing the property for the North Shore. We cannot too strongly recom- mend that a by-la&v be placed be- fore the ratepayers of West Van- couver with this object in view. We would like to see the de- velopment of the Ambleside Park project started right now but if conditions are such that this is not possible we can at least ac- quire the property so that it could be developed when the op- portune time arrives. It is a good buy and we are satisfied that the ratepayers would give a handsome majority if the by-law for completing the purchase was put before them. It must be remembered that the owners will accept IVest Vancouver bonds in full payment and that the rentals obtainable from the properties at the pres- ent time would pay the interest on those bonds in fulL Horticultural Assn. Win Cup and Prize How We IVon the Cup. IVhen the Municipal Exhibit staged by the West Vancouver Horticultural Association was a&varded ".First Prize" at the Spring Flower and Tulip Show in Vancouver, another advance was made, another step gained towards our objective, of beau- tiful homes midst beautiful sunoundings--"West Vancouver the Residential Garden Suburb." Our tuhps are well gro&vn, good quahty and free from blight, spring flowers and rock plants are of great variety and incluude a few rare gems. The blooms are vigorous and re- spond well to treatment after their ordeal of cutting, trans- . portation and handling, with this ground work of good material the Directors-got down to the real hard work of placing and arranging the many colors and shades on the moss-covered ground work, 8 feet square and rising in tiers to the extreme height of 7 feet, 234 glass vases were cleared, filled &vith water and then filled with selected flowrs 4&/ hours incssant labor produced a glowing virile, mass of artistically arranged and shaded color, a delight to the eye and the subject of much fav- orable comment by many inte&wsted spectators. The exhibit staged in the class for Associations, was much on the same lines as the Municipal one the table 8 ft square and rising almost as high, received its covering of moss, but the judging'ime was drawing nigh and slightly tired hands could not reproduce their initial effort. The delicate touch, the neat tidy tucking in of the smaller blooms just a little of the life and glow was lacking, nevertheless a meritorious third prize was awarded thus placing IVest Vancouver in the envi- ous position of being the only hlunicipality to gain two aivards for major exhibits, there were abundance of flowers and moss, but nothing wasted and we are sure that the generous donors aml willing &vorkers will receive their mede of recompense by the hearty congratulations and thanks of their fellow citizens. It is a fine exhibition of team &vork and as such &ve recommen&i the principle to our friends--who will shortly step into the lime-light--the 51usical Society. HOLLYBURN P 0 WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MAY 27th, 1927 ~ No. S