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4 THE WEST VAN NEWS September 2. 1927 HoUyburn Theatre Open M onday. W ednesday F riday and S a tu rday Adm ission 25c and 15c. F rid ay and S a tu rd ay Septem ber 2nd and 3rd. CONRAD NAGEL in " TIN H A T S " Monday and W ednesday Septem ber 5th and 12th. The Cheerful Fraud REG IN A LD PEN N Y There's real enjoyment in a game of BILLIARDS Two full sized tables at CHET SHIELDS 14TH S T R E E T rig h t a t Railw ay C rossing Tobacco, Confectionery and Periodicals Lasts Longer Looks B etter We don't say all the good looking houses in this dis­ trict were painted with Ayres Paint but all those painted with Ayres Paint are good looking. This store is glad to recom­ mend Ayres Paint. R . S E E D S General Merchants Hardware Paint Marine Drive, Ambleside Phone West 28 FACTS WORTH KNOWING Canada produces more asbest­ os than any other country, the annual output having a value of about §7,000,000. The asbestos producing areas are districts near Black Lake and Thetford, in the part of the Province of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships. It was on April 6, 1851, that the postal system in Canada was transferred from the British government to the Government of Canada. Postage stamps were issued and a uniform post­ age rate established. The first Canadian steamboat was the "Accommodation/ built in 1809 for the Hon. John Mol- son, to run between Montreal and Quebec. On Lake Ontario the "Frontenac," beginning with 1817, was used on a weekly serv­ ice between Prescott and York, now Toronto. Prince Edward Island is the smallest province, having an area of only 2.184 square miles, but it has the densest population, the average being 40.56 to the square mile, while the average for all Canada, including the Yu­ kon and the Far North, is 2.41. The area of the principal lakes of Canada is 120,400 square miles. In Ontario alone there are 41,173 square miles of lakes. - S 'S 'S W S K S " K * * * S S X V. K X X R R R R R R R S' P E R S O N A L S Mi's. J. Watson and daugh­ ter Rita, who were former residents of West Vancouver, are visiting here from Califor­ nia. * * • Miss Lorna Thompson of the HoUyburn post office staff, is spending a vacation at Gambier Island. • * * Mi*s. Griffin. 30th and Marine Drive, moved to Vancouver on Wednesday. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McMil­ lan. 15th street, has returned from a holiday spent on Vancou­ ver Island. * * ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Killin and family, 17th and Gordon, left on Tuesday for a motor trip up the Cariboo. * ♦ * The many friends of Mrs. Harris will be glad to hear that she has again taken over the Fortune Cup Inn. Mrs. Harris this summer has had charge of the tea gardens at Fisherman's Cove. * * * John Harte, 16th and Esqui­ mau, whoi s one of the oldest residents of West Voncouver, was taken ill on Sunday and is confined to his house. A dance will be given by the local telephone staff on Friday evening, September 16th, in the HoUyburn Pavilion. Edna Hay­ wood*® orchestra will be in at­ tendance. * * • Mr. and Mrs. Knight Hodge and Miss Gwen Hodge have re­ turned from a motor trip to Mount Rainier and Mount Baker. * * * Mrs. J. Vance, Wing's Point, left on Wednesday for the Old Country. * * • Mrs. J. MeCrum of Kamloops, last week visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Newby, Marine Drive, at Ambleside. * * # Mr. and Mrs. R. Froud and family, 25th and Mathers, have returned from a holiday spent at Cortez Island. • * * Captain Hugh Stoddard, of the Imperial army, has purch­ ased John Turner's home on the Capilano River, between Keith Road and the Marine Drive. John Turner is one of the old timers of West Vancouver. * * * Mrs. Jaggor has rented John James' cottage on West Beach, near 16th Street, for the winter. Mrs. Lawson and her two daughters of Hamilton, Ontario, have returned to the east. Mrs. Lawson has been visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Dick, 26th and Lawson. * * * Mrs. Thackery has moved back from the city to her house at 23rd and Inglewood. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Spouse and fam­ ily, who have been occupying Lestock Reid's house at Alta- mont for the summer, have re­ turned to the city. * * * Mrs. White, 29th and Belle­ vue, has returned to the city. * * * Mr. Reid, 25th and Bellevue, has taken David Dawer's new house at 24th and Bellevue. * * * Mrs. Haynes, Wing's Point, has moved back to Vancouver. * * * Mr. Cornish, 17th and Gor­ don, who has been spending the summer holidays here, left on Monday to return to Winnipeg. * * * Mrs. Clampitt, who has been staying at the Fortune Cup Inn, returned to the city on Wednes­ day. * * * Mrs. C. H. Ray, Keith Road at Marine Drive, has returned from an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. W. H. Thompson, at Portland, Oregon. Mrs. J. M. Stratton returned last week from a visit to Vic­ toria. * * * The council has accepted the offer of the Royal Financial Corporation to exchange $31,- 590.00 Dominion of Canada guaranteed G. T. P. 3 per cent, debenture bonds due January 1. 1962 at 73.33 (and $341.84 in cash to cover interest and prin­ cipal adjustments) for C. N. R. 4% per cent, stock certificate No. 988, amount $24,820.00, maturing 1950. * * * Mrs. Morrison of Montreal, and Mrs. Stokes of Winnipeg, are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, Dundar- avel * * * The West Vancouver Tennis Club dance will be held next Friday in the HoUyburn Pavil­ ion. * * * The council on Monday night laid over the following: Letters from the American La France Engine Co. re engine and wagon equipments and fire hose, letter from the Union of B. C. Muni­ cipalities convention, and the en­ gineer's report on the Capilano river. * * * The question of improving the road known as Rose Cres­ cent at Sherman has been laid over by the council for the 1928 estimates. SALMON FISHING COM­ PETITION AT HOLLYHURN The annual salmon fishing competition of the B. C. Ang­ lers' Society is to be held from HoUyburn Pier on the second Sunday in September. The competition is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. The last two years U has been held at Garrow Bay. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. V. Meraw, Inglewood and 24th, last Wednesday week. August 24th. Mrs. Meraw and the baby are getting along splendidly. ♦ • * Miss Marguerite Carrico and Miss Grace Bushy, were the guests of Mrs. Maxwell, 2438 Marine Drive, over the week­ end. ♦ * * Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Upham, who formerly resided at 12th and Esquimalt, were presented with a son last Friday. Mrs. Up­ ham is at St. Paul's hospital, Vancouver. F. Buscombe wrote the coun­ cil advising them he had learnt that the contract for surfacing Piccadilly past lots 1, 2 and 3, now under way, only provided for a width sufficient to support a hard surface roadway of ap­ proximately ten feet. The coun­ cil in reply stated that as far as they could find out, no differ­ ence had been made between the paving of the road referred to and the same paving elsewhere, and that any discrimination which could be shown to exist would be gradly rectified. Lot 4 was in a different class be­ cause Piccadilly opposite that property was almost completely extinguished by the construc­ tion of the Pacific Highway, and had on that account to re­ ceive special treatment. Money raised under Bylaw 331 had been fully equitably expended and therefore no further work could be done on Piccadilly at present. If, however, Mr. Buscombe wish­ ed to improve the road, he was given permission to do so sub­ ject to the approval of the muni­ cipal engineer. NEW SHOE REPAIR SHOP AT AMBLESIDE Joseph Tite from Mortlach, Saskatchewan, has bought the shoe repairing business from his brother, Fred Tite, and has had the plant installed in the new store in the Yates building, formerly occupied by Colonel Pingle and Mr. Webster. Mr. Tite will conduct a shoe repair­ ing business here and in his ad­ vertising announcement in this issue invites the public to call upon him and get acquainted. FOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Cheap foodstuffs a re dear a t any price. Q uality should be the first consideration. You can alw ays rely upon the quality of o u r goods -- nnd - our prices a re low anil reason­ able hut we never c u t qunlity for price. Ituy here nnd ge t the m ost real value for your money. Greenwoods GROCERY W est 16 Phone your orders. We deliver. People Will Talk I t 's as easy to m ake a bad name fo r yourse lf a s it is to m ake a good one. W hen people a re pleased w ith the Laundry they deal w ith they ju s t keep on te llin g th e ir friends. And th a t 's exactly why we have so very m any thoroughly satisfied custom ers. The Burrard Laundry Lim ited F o r People Who A re P a rticu la r T H IR D ST. and ST. DAVIDS North Vancouver Phone North 1310. West Van. Representative F. RIVERS Phone West 457Y3. For Ladies, Misses and Children THE CLASSIC MILLINERY New Yates Building, Marine Drive between 14th and 15th. INVITES YOU to come and see their splendid array of the latest stvles in headwear-- SILK, FELT and PLUSH HATS. A large selection to choose from. Reasonable Prices. New Stock coming in all the time. A M B L E S ID E L U M B E R CO. Marine Drive at 16th Street SERVICE AND QUALITY IN Sash, Doors, Lumber br Building Material SPECIALS: 6 It. 10x12 Sash $1.60 each 4 It. 10x12 Sash 1.36 " 6 It. 8x10 Sash ................... 1.45 " 4 It. 8x10 Sash 1.10 " Inside Doors from................. $3.00 up Glass Doors from ..............$5.00 up We have a quantity of odd Sash and Windows on hand to move at half price. 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