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0001 . 4kf4yihyfbum:~ .'.~e 'df -:S" VA!k.h( A Weekly Newspaper CJ'rcfglafiyfg I'yJ fhc District of West VayfcoufJcr-Amblefide, Hollyburn, Wcffon, DuyfdarafJc $ 1.00 per year. CJPrcss Park, Caff If'd, Whytecliff, Etc. 6c per copy at newsstandtz ~Vol, Vll SIX PAGES PRE-PAYMENT OF TAXES The council are passing a "Pre-Payment of Taxes" bylaw which allows property owners not in arrears to make a pre- payment of the 1933 taxes. Those doing so wiU receive int- erest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ss from the date of payment until 30th June, 1933. An advertisement relative to this appears in this issue. %FST VAN(,OUVER ORCH ESTRAL SOCIETEY The West Vancouver Orches- tral Society is giving a concert on Thursday evening, 23rd Feb- ruary, in the Orange HaU. The assisting artist will be Miss Eileen English, soprano. A string ensemble composed of members of the society will give a group number at the Feb- ruary concert of the Philhar- monic Society in the Vancouver Hotel. Those members taking part will be violins Miss hfar- garet McIntyre, hire. F. Knight Hodge, Mrs. T. E. Snelgrove, Leslie Brooks; violas, Mrs. L C. Raid, Miss Winnie Brealey; cd- los, Alan McIntyre, J. C. A. Long. LEGION NOTES The second and last general meeting for the current month of the local branch, Post 60, was held in the Legion Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. January 18th, with Comrade Bill Attwood, president in the chair. Business of the meeting was mostly devoted to clearing up unfinished business from last year, in preparation for the active poiicy adopted by the present executive for the en- suing year. Entertainment, comprising drives, dances, etc., under Com- rade Colin Turner, is again com- manding attention, and is deser- ving of increased patronage. Pensions, allowances, etc., pro- vides a lively topic each meeting and the Legion's vigorous pres- entation, in the defence of the justifiable claims of ex-service men and their dependents, should serve to convince the most skep- tical of returned men not a(filiat- ed with any other organization, that this branch of the Legion, stands ready at afi times to serve the best interests of the ex-ser- vice man in the length and breadth of the Dominion, while Legion records, testify to recog- nition having been secured on their behalf. Comrade Walker is also active along simflar lines, with a weath er eye open for present, and fut- ure distress sigpals for the un- certain-.times ahold, rekbtnyora the general welfare of thh mtrm= bere and their dependents. Unemployment problems. und- er the capable supervision of Comrade Grant MciVeil are of vital interest to aU returned men who have been deprived of the means of earning a livelihood, and these are also receiving tact- ful consideration, co-operation and prompt action from the powers that be. The next general meeting will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 1st, 1933, and matters of real importance will be brought up for discussion and subsequent solution, pertaining to the immediate needs of the branch. Members and also ex- members are again urged to be in attendance, to assist the ex- ecutive in making these gather- ings truly representative as only thereby can the comradeship so requisite to success in the Legi- on be maintained. Remember these meetings are yours, and you get out of them what you put into them, so the executive requests that you pack up your troubles in your old "kit bag" and bring them along on the a- forementioned date. EDUCATIOVi v Of late years there has been a tendency afi over Canada to relegate to the school and the church the bringing up of children. The fact that they spend at most thirty hours per week in the day school during term time and one hour every Sunday in the church school is ample proof that those re- sponsible for the fostering of this tendency have not even stopped to weigh the mathematics of the situation apart from other considerations, It is just about time we got down to facts. No day school can do much towards the formation of a child's character, nor, for the matter of that, can a Sunday school help very materially on account of the short time spent at either school. In spite of afi the educationalists would have us believe, the province of the day school is to give solely such instruction as will train the minds of the scholars to . think and by games to make their bodies strong and healthy. The Sunday school in the very limited time at its disposal can only teach the fundamentals of Christianity. AU the rest, including the formation of character, the making of good citizens, and, what is most neglected in our land, that discip- line which makes a child respect himself and consequently his elders and superiors as well as a real knowledge of Chris- tian truths are chiefly up to parents. If they will not do their duty in these respects the school and the Sunday school teacher are alike helpless. As regards discipline there is far too much interference with the school teacher on the part of parents and some organizations in Canada. Sooner or later the child has got to go out alone into life, and he cannot learn too soon to stand on his own feet and, most important of afl, to "consume his own smoke." At the present time the likes and dislikes of children receive a deal of consideration. As a result they go out into the world prepared to receive instead of to give, and there can be no greater cruelty. One can hardly find a business man who has not had, time and time again, the choice of breaking to harness or of firing some youngster just out of school. Sometimes he breaks but more often he fires. and it is not the teacher's fault although the latter usually gets the blame. The teacher at any time has a difliaulb-task, but Ite~ ahtscau-do it if not hampered by parents or by regulations which never took into consideration the fact of original sin. These are the cold hard facts of the case, and no amount of fallacious arguments can take away from their truth. They sre nvitten simply and solely for the benefit of the young, and in the hope that parents will train their children in the home, that they and organizations will leave the children in school hours to the teacher, take oif government hobbles, and so have their children go out into life prepared to give and therefore to receive the fruits of their labors. I- O. D. E. The regtdar monthly meeting of the Duncan Lawson Chapter I.O.D.E., wss hekl at the home of Mrs. A. E. Young on January 9th with the Regent in the chair. Splendid reports were given by the Visiting Hospital and various other committees. The chapter nominated Mrs. Curtis Sampson as councillor of the National Chapter. An invitation has been receiv- ed from the Rev. Hillis Wright to attend the evening service in the United Church on Sunday next, January 29th. Members please note. The Hospital Committee have arranged a military whist to be held in the Legion Hall on Thursday, February 2nd at 8 o'- clock. Music and refreshments and dancing. AU cortBafiy in- vited. The next meeting of the chap- ter is to be held at the home of Mrrz Gordon Gray, 26th and hiathers on Monday, February 6th at 2:15 p.m. This being nomination meeting aU members are urged to attend. WEST VAN. A.A.A. ENTERTAINIIIEiVT Last Friday night, consider- ing the weather, was the largest turnout at the ever-popular West Vancouver A.A.A. Whist Drive and Dance, sixteen tables of whist being in play. The prize-winners were as follows: 1st Lady', hfiss Grace bfcMil- lan; 1st Gentleman', W. Curry; Consolation prize, Mrs. H. Chis- holm and Lorne Scott. After the Whist Drive refreshments were served, The snappy music kept every- body on the floor until weU past tried-nig)th, . inc eflfkrtafnment cominittee and members of the West Van. A.A.A. appreciate our patrons'upport in their endeavor to fos- ter sport in West Vancouver. The next Whist Drive and Dance will be held in the Legion Hall, 18th and biarine on Friday, February 3rd, at 8 p.m. Come along and bring your friends and afi have a real good time. Watch for the advertisement in West Van News next Thurs- day. FIRST BIG DAVCE LV 1933 The first bis dance in 1933 will be held tomorrow (Friday) evening in the Orange Hall, when the music will be supplied by the Delaire Rhythm Boys, a local orchestra who have become deservedly popular. Dancing will take p)ace from 9 to 1 a.m. Admission, 35 cents. MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL PROBI.EhIS IN 1933 It is quite safe to say that at no time in Canadian history has elected authority, either in the federal, provincial or muni- cipal ilelds, been faced wih quite such bewildering problems as just at this present. On the one hand decreasing revenues and business generally in a disorganized condition from the trade slump and on the other the financing necessary to look after the unemployed, a growing disrespect for afi authority, and an increasing demand for afi kinds of social services.'-i. Our Council in West Vancouver have a diificult year ahead of them. At the outset, as the reeve said in his inaugural address, they are faced with the impossibility of estimating revenues. The extent to which provincial grants will be cut is so far not known, and no reliable estimate can be made as to the proportion of the tax levy which will be paid, Added to this is the fact that so far no definite arrangement has yet been arrived at between the federal and provincial govern- ments as regards unemployment relief costs, and, until this is done, afi municipal relief plans must remain largely up in the air. Their past record can give us confidence that, until the general situation is clarified, our reeve and council will move very slowly in the matter of a program and with due regard as the reeve stated, to the necessity of such economy as will prevent sny increase in tsx rates. We were, however, pleased to read that It is proposed, lot, ances permit. to do further work on Ambleside Beach. .es newspaper has for years been pleading for the clearing ouyour beaches, and the results of the small amount of work done last summer at Ambleside were just what we prophesied. It is not too heavy work which csn be done by our unemployed, many of whom have untfl recently been engaged in oifices or stores, and in addition It will yield a heavy return to the municipality both financiaUy and In other ways. Our School Board appear to have the diii'icult choice be- tween severe salary cuts sfl round or closing the high school. Considering that many of the young wUl have to go on the land, we believe that manual training should be maintained as more useful than much of the book work, but domestic science could well be discontinued. Under afl the circumstances it is fortunate that men can be found who are wflllng in spite of the odium attached to aU public oifice to look after our various interests, and we be- speak on behalf of the Council snd School Board the full sup- port of afi our residents in the dilficult task upon which they have just entered, BURNS'iIGHT IN WEST VANCOUVER The West Vancouver Scottish Society will celebrate Burns'ight with a military whist and dance at the Clachan tomorrow (Friday) January 27th, starting at 8:15 p.m. There will be re- freshments and the admission will be 25 cents. Sons and daughters of members, admitted free. The regular business meeting of the Society will start at 7:45 p.m. ihIembers are requested to note the time, as cards begin at 8:15 promptly. S. P. OF C. NOTES The regular meeting of the Socialist Party of Canada will be held on February 2nd, at the headquarters 1453 iMsrine Drive This meeting wiU be of excep- tional interest to members m view of the recent party conven- tion held in Vancouver, January 21st and 22nd. ST. STEPHEN'S A.Y.P.A. IN AhlUSING COhlEDY St. Stephen's A.Y.PA. are giving "The Tightwad," next Thursday and Friday, February 2nd and 3rd„ at 8:30 p.m. in the JOHN TAYLOR................ biRS. TAYLOR EDNA TAYLOR......... ELMER TAYLOR blAhllE HARRIS...... TOMMY JORDAN ORVAL STONE................... LARS ANDERSON MRS. ANDERSON Servants. MARTHA ANDERSON J TAXI-DRIVER colnedy in three acts, and con- tains many amusing situations. The members of the caste have been practising steadily for some time, and an enjoyable evening is promised to aU who attend, Admission, 25 cents. The following is the caster LEGIOV TO GIVE MILITARY WHIST ltt DANCE The Canadian Legion, West Vancouver branch, is giving their second military whist drive and dance next Saturday, o28th instant, starting at 8 p.m. There will be refreshments, and a good time is assured to aU who at- tend. Admission 26 cents. ...........Ats Robertson .......Betty Edwards Jeanne Oariett ..-...Terry Criebmay Eeelyne Btaeb ........Smn Leaser ------.--. Tnl Beanl HOLLYBIIRN HALl. James Gibson of Hard isty, Alta., will conduct evangelistic services next Sunday evening, January 29th at 7:30 p.m., and every evening during the week. except Saturday, at 8 p.m. A hearty invitation is extended to afi to be present. PARTICULARS TlblE AND PLACE- ACT l.--Living Romn of Taylor Hmne In gainer, HL ACT IL--The same. One year later. ACT ill.--The same, One weob tater, CohHVG EVENTS Friday, Feby. 17th--Concert to raise funds for the United Church organ. HOLY YBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, JAN.. 26, 1933 ~ No. 36