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Resampled001B6DDE A Weekly Newspaper Circulatiugin the District of West Vancouver-- Ambleside, Holi@burn, Weston, Dundarave $ 1.00 per year. Caulfei ld, WhyteCliff, CyPreSS Par@ EtC. Newsstands Gc per Copy ol. I[ E[QHT [ AQES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBFR 7th, 1927 ~ No. 27 UBI.IC MEETING RE BY-LAIV TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK A pul&lic meeting will be called for next week--the day has not yet been decided -- when the Reeve and Council will explain to. the taxpayers their decision to submit to the electors a money by-law for $220,000 for the wid- .- ening and completion of Marine Drive throughout the municipal- ity and for the building of a new Capilano Bridge. The by-law will, it is expected, ,be voted on about the end of this month. George S. Hence has been ap- pointed consulting engineer. Mr. Robson--Municipal Solici- . tor--will prepare the by-law im- mediately. REEVE VINSON TO OPEN CHILDREN' PLAYGROUND TOMORROW Tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. the official opening of the Children's Playground at Memorial Park will take place. Reeve Vinson will of- ficiate. Members of the council and the playground committee will be in attend- ance. Rev. Harding Priest will perform the dedication service. A special invitation is given school children to be present, and it is hoped there will be a good turn- out of citizens for this im- portant event. A recreation park for the youngsters is a thing badly needed here, and, though the equipment is by no means complete, it is hoped that once the play- ground is in operation more money will be forthcoming to extend this. Councillor Ray (chairman of the Playgrounds Com- mittee), whose European trip has been postponed for a few days pending the 'ompletion of arrangements regarding the road and bridge by-law, will hI&v(e-the- satisfaction of seeing this project, on which he has worked so long, put into ac- tual op ration. The work he and his associates have put into this project will be a boon to West Vancouver chi1dren and therefore to the adults. The council is to be congratulated upon their support and assistance in this matter. I BEACH LOT LEASES EXPIRE 1st NOVEMBER I Occupants Notified The present occupants of D.L. ~v, Waterfront sites (Beach gk at Ambleside) were noti-.ed on the 4th instant by the Municipal Clerk that their leases terminate on 1st November next. Should they wish to rent lots occupied by them up to 1st November, 1928, their applica- tions would be co&.eidercd if r~ ceived in 10 days from 4th inst- ant. The terms are $100 per year payable half-yearly on 1st November and 1st May, water rates $5.00 per half year. Byrnell and May, the agents .for the Gintzburger estate, have ~ been appointed by the council as agents to collect beach camp'ite rents on a 5 per cent. com- 'ission basis. W. B. A. WHIST DRIVE NEXT WEDNESDAY The West Vancouver branch - of the Women's Benefit Associa- tion is giving a progressive whist drive at Ambleside Hall next IVednesday, October 12th, at 8.15 p. m. sharp. There will be good prizes and refreshments. Timberland Bought By Water Board Continuing its policy of secur- ing as much as possible of the alienated timber lands in the North Shore watershed, the Greater Vancouver IVater Dis- trict Board has authorized the purchase of a 950-acre tract, be- longing to the Keith estate for $20,000. The area lies at the headwat- ers of the Capilano Valley be- yond the hol&lings of the Capil- ano Timber Company. All un- alienated timber lands have been handed over to the board by the government on a 999-year lease. LOCAL NAVAL ARCHITECT OPENS OFFICE Robert Allan, who was gener- al superintendent for the Bur- rard Dry Dock Company, North Vancouver, has gone into part- nership with G. W. Stackhouse,'nd is opening an office in Van- couver under the name of Allan and Stackhouse, consulting naval architects, marine engineers, surveyors, etc. The Local Paper NELLIE HARRISON HOWARD A resident of Dundarave since last spring, Miss Howard has had a distinguished musical career. She started at the age of 5 and since then has been under the tuition of the eminent pianist, J. D. A. Tripp. When S years old she was the only one in B. C. to obtain first class hon- ors in the primary examination of the Toronto Conservatory. She won first nlac» (ei&(»1 I a'. oi 'fil a( ir t( cl w s& ce ti( Fl W pa lis st iv( pr( er( I cd pri $1( th& cip j soh'I nez clu( of val NI( 'I by ope for ing wri Tra ine Dr( Tyl on th( R(a cul One of our exchanges struck the right, but seldom pondered thought when it stated that the local paper accomplished more good for its community than was possible through the united efforts of any ten local men. Our contemporary remarks:-- "Each and every local paper gives from $ 100 to $5,000 in free lines for the benefit of the community in which it is located. No other agency can or will do this. The local editor in proportion to his means, does more for his home toivn than any other ten men, aml in fairness ought to be supported, not because you like him or admire his writing, but because a local paper is the best investment a community can make. It may not be brilliant or crowded ivith great thoughts, but financially, it is of more benefit to the community than a teacher or a preacher. Umlerstand us now, we do not mean morally or intellectually, but financially, an&I yet on the moral question you will find that a majority of local newspapers are on the right side." Sunday School Attendance The Sunday Schools of the land are getting under way again after a period of vacation or desultory attendance. Those who have taken upon themselves the burden of the religious education of youth are ready fo buckle down to what is con- ceded a real job. Young people do not turn out to Sunday School as they did a generation or two ago. The reason would be interesting and valuable. Time was when every child in every community dressed in his best on Sunday morning and started off to the church school fortified with his lesson learned during the week. He memorized the golden text, and likely as not, a considerable number of verses from the Bible--a wholesome taste for Bib- lical literature and a facility in Biblical quotation were usually imparted in the Sunday School. But times have changed. A college professor recently discovered that his class in English literature could not identi- fy 20 per cent. of the Biblical allusions to be found in a selected group of Tennyson's poems. Familiarity with the Bible and attendance upon Sunday School are marked by the same ratio of decline. The Sunday School today contends with competitors never thought of in olden days. The waning power of parental authority is another enemy of stated religious education. But the great weakness lies in the antiquated equipment and the outgrown practices of backward churches. The contrast be- tween the public school and some Sunday Schools is pathetic. The child feels this disparity even though he may not analyse it. Happily the churches understand this weakness and are boldly attacking it. The period of transition is upon the Sun- day School and upon methods in religious education. The problem is a big one but it can and will be solved. That it must be solved is the conviction of every true Can- adian, whether Church goer or not. Religious education is every bit as fundamental to the welfare and happiness of a 'emopracyas a secular education. It must not decline either in favor or usefulness. It must not even lag behind. Are You a Library Member? The Hollyburn Public Library was started in 1921 under the Public Libraries Act of British Columbia. Under this act it receives every three months from the Provincial Travelling Library in Victoria loans of books, made up of an equal quant- ity of fiction and non-fiction. IVhile the Municipal Council has no control over th eaffairs of the library, which is ad- ministered by a board appointed by the members, they have from time to time given grants to the library to assist in the purchase of books, etc. Starting from small beginnings, there are now approximately 1000 volumes on the library's shelves. The fee is $ 1.50 per year, payable in two instalments, which is small compared with similar lending libraries in Vancouver, which do not give the subscriber so large a choice of books from which to choose. Taking everything into consideration, there are few institutions ivhich ars more deserving of public support than hbraries. They bring untold happiness to thousands and not a little useful instruction to very many who cannot afford to purchase the high priced volumes in which are contained the particular subject or subjects they wish to study. Along with everything else the price of books has gone up, and the issues of cheap additions are confined almost entirely to the standard novels. It takes years for the ruan of average means to collect a sufficient library of even cheaper editions, and here the public library steps in by giving him the opportunity of a wide reading in either modern or classic fiction or works of non-fiction, in accordance with his desires and capacities. Criticisms are sometimes directed against public libraries on the score that in practice the issuance of works of fiction far outweighs that of other kinds of books. That such is the case is undoubtedly true, but at the sanie time it must be re- membered that the first purpose of a public library is to amuse and secondly to instruct. IVe live in the most strenuous age the world has ever seen, and, when school days are passed, few of us at the end of our day's ivork have either the time or the energy left for much study. Nobody can work day and night steadily without paying nature's price for it and it is usually a heavy one. Recreation of some kind is necessary for our physical health, and study of any kind after a day's work should only be indulged in where that study is recreation, as is the case with not a few of us. For the rest the public library furnishes books of fiction which amuse by taking us away for a few hours from the hum-drum of existence, and in so doing performs'a valuable public service. The Hollyburn I'ublic Library has been providing our residents ivith healthful reading matter since 1921, and an advertisment appears in this issue froni the board asking for more members, in order that the library may keep pace ivith the growth that is being made by the district. We trust that '.heir request will meet with the ready response ivhich it de ierves. The Library is housed at Gemmill's Drug Store. Ieorge Gemmill being librarian.