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001C95F1 A Wee& y .'.'Iewsvaaei Nemsataada Sc per Copy $1.00 per year. Circ((latirrgiu the District of N~est Varrcourrer-Ambleside, Hollybrrrrr, Westor(, Du(rdarave Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. Vol. III EIGHT PAGES HQLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1928 No. 27 PERIOD OF EjNROLiIENT FOR NIGHT CI ASSES EXTENDED UNTII. jest EXT TUESDAY The enrolment for the night school class's has not met with as good a response as was ex- pected. There were twelve ap- p)icitions 'for the Commercial Course and eight for IlIanual Training. Classes will be formed for these two courses as it is expected that others will present themselves to fill the class for Manual Training. There were just a few applica-'ions for the other courses, hence it is doubtful if any of these will be organised. A special endeavor is to be made to form a class in dress- making. If this is successful it will be in charge of bliss Davidgt.. the Domestic Science teacher. bliss Davidge will be at the Ing- lewood School next Tuesday at ~ 7.30 p. m. to interview any pros- pective applicants for this & course. The period of enrolment for aU classes has been extended un- til next Tuesday. If you wish to join any of the classes you can do so by presenting yourself at Il the Inglewood School next Tues- day night at 7.30. AIR. HADDEN THANKS VANCOUVER COUNCIL Thanks of Air. Harvey Had- - den, who recently donated two blocks on Kitsilano foreshore to ~ the city for park purposes, were . received by City Clerk william ~~ ~~ ~ Illcgueen on wednesday, on re- ceipt of a resolution from the ,.'ity Council praising him for his generosity. ll lr. Hadden says: "I write from the train to g thank you for sending me a copy of the resolution passed by the City Council thanking me with ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ reference to the beach property at Kitsilano. I much appreciate having had the opportunity ofdoing something for a city I have known for forty years. "I feel I have only supplement- ed the efforts of the Parks Board to acquire the property and given effect to the generosity of the Canadian Pacific Railsvay , Company in holding it for the public for so many years." I g tVEST VANCOUVER THE HOGTIE OF CHAWIPION HAHY hlollie Jane Johnston, the 3- ,. month-old daughter of Air. and Mrs. C. H. (Tat) Johnston, 27th and Nelson, was awarded first place in the Hetter Baby Show at the New IVestminster exhibi- l'ion this month. ! 5iollie, who was born on June ,515th, received 99i/~,c, almost a hundred per cent of perfection. IVest Vancouver is noted for healthy robust children, but it 4 rarely indeed that any com- munity can bomt of a baby which gains 99',rq g of excellence in these days of intensive effort for the welfare of children. IVe congratulate the father and mother. The members of the Naomi Chapter Order of the Eastern ,Star, are holding their annual "dance in IIollyburn Pavilion to- night (Friday). W ~ ~ ' p ( ' ~ ~ ~4 ~- g it ) / /( ( L ~ 'oung Musicians of West Vancouver Praised by Examiner &, IUest Vancouver divas favell rep- resented at the annual distribu- tion of certificates held by the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music at the Hotel Vancouver on wednesday afternoon and evening; blrs. Knight-I Iodge having no less than three pupils on the programme, all of whom had gained distinction. AIurray Allan elementarv grade, who played a delightful piece very expressively. These appeared in the afternoo. Joan Jefferies, who is only 11 years of age played in the evening so artistically that j~lr, ~linchin was moved to pass spec- ial comment on the musical tal- ent emanating from IVest Van- couver. Joan obtained the highest marks in the higher grade in all Vancouver, and incidentally gen- Gertrude Nash, primary grade a small girl who played with ex- ceptional technique and author- ity for her age. erally tops her class at school. 9'e wish her all success in her musical career. Each performer received a bou- quet or box of chocolates and in addition Joan was the recipient of a silver medal--one of which is presented each year by j~lrs. Hodge to the pupil obtaining the highest number of marks of those whom she enters, the med- al being suitably engraved with the name of pupil, date and grade in which it is won. &. C'.---A Fisherman's Utopia IVest Vancouver is the angler's paradise. There is no place in the province or indeed in Can- ada where such excellent sea and river fishing can be obtained. From the Capilano River to Horseshoe Bay, a stretch of fifteen miles, deep sea fish abound, and can be caught in their sea- son either from a boat or one of the docks. Salmon, the king fish of them all, come in to these waters during the summer, and afford the best kind of sport to our many local fishermen as well as those from the city and and more distant points. For anglers who prefer quieter and less strenuous sport there are ling and rock cod, sea bass and other varieties in their thous- ands, not to mention an occasional large skate tipping the scales up to fifty pounds. Any fine Sunday in the summer and in the long summer evenings, the docks are filled with anglers of both sexes and all ages engaged in their favorite sport. As many as thirty boats have been counted off the mouth of the Capilano when a salmon run is in. For that is the tme when the local anglers and the enthusiasts from the city and elsewhere come over with their rods and spoons to do battle, and they do not often return empty handed. EUhile the largest salmon are caught in Horseshoe Bay, fish ranging up to twenty-six pounds and over are landed every year off the mouth of the Capilano, and for some years now the proprietor of the Ambleside Tea Rooms has offered prizes for the three largest salmon captured off Hollyburn and Ambleside. There is also the Capilano River itself, where amid scenes of unparallelled beauty the fisher- man can obtain good sport. In these waters the steelhead is awaiting him who knoivs hoiv to handle his rod, and many a fine fish ends his life there in a fighting finish. If you want a real holiday, if business worries assail you, and you wish to abolish care in the pursuit of good sport amid the finest scenery on the Pacific Coast, come to 4Vest Vancouver One short half hour of travel on the ferries, and you pass from the noise and hum and stress of a large city to a sportsman's paradise. Many people in many countries travel for days to obtain just such sport and they count neither the cost nor the time. Here it can be obtained by a short half hour's journey, a condition that ive venture to say does not obtain in any other part of the world. -Photo br courtesy ot B. C. Electric Rr. Co. CHAIRIIAjN ELGAR TELLS OF TRUSTEES CONY EiNTIO.'lt Delegation Enquires About School Text Hooks. Chairman G. D. Elgar and Trustees ~lrs. Robinson, J. ~I. Edington, and Secretary Gar- land, were the KUest Vancouver representatives at the annual convention of the B. C. School Trustees held in Penticton last week. They report a most suc- cessful convention, and much progressive work accomplished dealing with school matters in the province. The following re- port by Chairman Elgar will be read with interest by our read- ers: A few days before leaving for Penticton a delegation repre- senting Parents and Taxpayers, called upon me as chairman of the School Board and asked if I would be agreeable to allow the use of School Auditorium for the purposes of a Public Meeting to dscuss the question of School Text Books and the cost of same. I suggested that application be made in writing, in accordance with the rules of the Board; that sanction to hold meeting in Aud- itorum would no doubt be given: and that as the matter to be dis- cussed.was one of importance the Trustees would attend and take part in the discussion. I pointed out however that the questio» of Text Books was being brought up at the B. C. School Trustees'onventionand that before call- ing a meeting they should wait until after the convention. At the convention the follow- ing resolution was submitted by the Vancouver School Board:-- "That the Department of Educa- tion be requested to take the necessary steps for the estab- lishment by the Department of a Book Bureau, which would pur- chase books in large quantities from the publisher and put them at the disposal of School Boards at cost,'nd carried. The Min- ister of Education Hon. Joshua Hinchcliffe attended every ses- sion of the convention and at the close made special reference to above resolution, stating that it would not be a wise policy for the government to stock its shelves ivith thousands of Text books and then find that some of the large Retail Stores on a bar- gain day were selling the same books at say 25 cents less than cost and charging the loss up to advertising, and from what he knew of the ladies they would certainly not buy from the gov- ernment if they could get cheap- er elsewhere. He was of the opinion however that the Text Books authorized for use in the schools should be made more un- iform so that they could be u.ed in all the schools of B. C. and for longer periods, and assured the delegates that this would be giv- en his personal attention. The Board of School Trustees has accepted the tenders of H. hlcGowan and A. H. Albin, $ 10 and $S respectively, for the two heaters from Pauline Johnson school for which tenders were asked. The Annual Tax Sale was held last Ilonday but very few parcels were disposed of.