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J5. I t-;; * *' ' Circulating in the District of fVest Vancouver-^Ambleside, Hollyburhy Westop, Dundarave $ 1 . 0 0 ' . " ■ "'.r̂ Cypi'esŝ Park, C d d ^ e i l d y W n y t e d i f f i wy*tn«w M unds'. # \^oL X . ' HOLtYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER. B.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19th. 1935 No* :JV : tf̂ CiTtfelmaa to All ®ur IRea&era. I ' * J * . '* , , / ' « , * I, 4,* fV 4 CHRISTMAS A dark; starry night over nineteen hundred years ago in* the little Roman province of Palestine, a few shepherds guard­ ing their flocks on the Bethlehem hills, while in the crowded caravansary of that village a child Was born in a manger to a poor douple come there for the taxing. Such was the set­ ting for the greatest event of all time, the birth of the child Jesus. ' ^ It is often so with those happenings which change history. Nature, which is God, knows and Nature is hushed With awe on these occasions, even as man frets and fumes, over, his own ' puny affairs, quite uncuUscious of the inner reality of what is going on around him. „ . , - . There was no excitement in that Bethlehem inn. The Itravellers under the crowded arches arid "their "animhls made themselves as comifortable*. as possible against the-night chill i and would not make way. for-the Son of r.God. Even when the " shepherds, arrived in the/small hours talking pf having seen | -angels and proceeded to worship.>the newly born child, they only cursed them with.Oriental,thoroughness as crazy dream- ' ' " ers who had disturbed their rest. , Christmas Day comes this year to' a world torn with foreboding, for man has never fully iearn t the lesson of • Christmas, w^hich is self-sacrifice; Nations ? and vindividuals il alike are chiefly, concerned with getting instead of giving. The peoples of the earth stand glowering at "each other, while in­ ternally there is doubt and suspicion everywhere between man and his neighbor. - . ' And it cannot go on. That we realize. But we will not faCe up to the fact that the only way out is by the stony: road of self-sacrifice. . -, _ ' For one day only,'Christmas Day, we forget our strivings and animosities. For one dâ y we really feel the brptherhood of man and deny ourselves that the less fortunate'ampngst Us may be made ' ' i ..-i - -back.to.our * NiBW YEARS ISSUE The next issue of The West Van News, which will be our New Year's^ issue, will come out on Friday, 27ih instant,, instead of Thursday, owing to W ednesd^ being Christmas Day and Thursday being kept also as a holiday. Will advertisers and organ- izatioiis, ..therefore, ..kindly note that copy must be in for next week's issue by noon on TuesdayrDecember 24th; .....} LEGION NOTES COMING OVENTS Celebrating the^Legion Tenth Saturday, December 28th---Legii Anniversary,, a fine program, of entertainment together with a grand buffet supper has been ar­ ranged by the ladies of the Legi­ on W.A., and members of the on Party and Christmas Tree, Friday, January 3rd -- I.O.D.E. Dance for the Younger Set. WEST VANCOUVER branch, which will be held at 8 CHILDREN'TO SING CAROLS, p.m. Saturday, December 2lst, in the Legion Memprid Ifall.. Robert CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL. Under the able direction of Macnicol,; Provincial Mrs. Tv Snelgi^v%tvvehfe^ ^cretary , B. C. Comlmand, will boys and firls, playing their give -a short address, and also acbompahinaeht, swill be hear^ one other speaker from head- Friday and Saturday nights, in arfer^r"""* ^ - / 'y m 'io u i'f ip l^ t lW W iS t* V a ^ Unattached ex-servioe ,men, in a delightful program of and their wives, also the'Widows Christmas ; carols.sThe~pr6ce of returned men, ai^ ' cordially are in aid of ( the Ib̂ invited to be present, by obtain- Claus Fund, so if these small ing invitation cards from Legion helpers appear in yourf neighbdr- ̂ . , members or a t 'th e Legion ClUb hood and chance at y/our row (Friday) , in the Inglewood, room from the secretary, Satur- home, your pecuniary iaesisti^ce Auditorium in ^bid of the West bay evening. j will make it, the morpr certain Vanoouver Saipta Claus Fund. See advertisement, in the col- that no kiddies will be toyless" Dancing and bridge will take umns of the WeirtVan Newa.' at Christmas time. - ' ' Mrs. Snelgrove is to be highly The Girls' Auxiliary to the Barbarians Riigby Club are giv­ ing a Christma^ Carnival tomor- place from 9 tpT, and the music virill be, provided by Dean Cairns and his Band of-Vancouver. Ad­ mission. 36 cents. • , Patronesses for the affair will be: Mesdames J. B. Leyland, A. ; ,Chilton, F. Er^W chester, R, ,S. ̂ McCall, W. DMinsoh, , W. H. , Meikle, G. Cole,-and J. Russell. LEGION DRAWING DANCE complimented for her good work and the results she has obtained. The annual C hritoas^ Draw- Last Tuesday, the first time out, ing .and Dance in aid r ofi the the children collected five dollars children's ' Christmas ' Tree and and ten cents in half ap hour. party will take place in the Legion hall tomorrow ' hight (Friday) 'at 8:30 p.m* Drawing SANTA CLAUS BURLESQUE DRAWS RECORD CROWDle happy with the good things of lifeu Then we ^ A Special te a w e ot ̂ of prizes about 9 p.m^ Command ______ Suppose we oontinued .f ta t Christmas spirit .fQE/i:he i i * t ; . the' aumerous . prizes, of ™ . v. „ three hundred-and siicty-five days. Suppose we all of us tried t^ere are too .many,to ,list here, .flight ir to give up the dog-eat-dbg attitude; which is so surely wi*eck- ing Civilization. i ̂ . Could that spirit once be established among the individu­ als who make up each nation, it might be possible later to extend it to the external relations between the nations. And then there would indeed come tb pass in the world tha t peace on earth, good will toward men, which was the burden of the angels'̂ song oh the first Christmas niorn. . . - ' . ; a Studios 4n Vtaiicouver. At the close of the dance bus .will be waiting to convey dancers from'the school to West Bay. Hour over F-L-G-P' ;on Saturday night in aid of the West'Vancou- SANTA CLAUS FUND -REV. W._G;-W*-FORTUNE__„m.CapilanoView-Cemetery.jrhe ______ PASSES " - - - active pallbearers-were ::Murray Previously acknowledged-$22.50 Contributions to Santa Claus Fund in B. C. Electric Sales Rooms-:^ Tickets may be had^frbm mem- ver Santa Claus Fund drew the of the Legion,^and,W. A. or largest crowd ever seen in the a tthedoor. Itif^requeste^ Inglewood- A uditorium ,' The those holding tickets or stubs whole show was: to quote a please turn same m by 8 :30 p ^ phrase much in vogue these and oblige so as not to delay the days, ^'a wow" from' start to fin- d**aw. , ̂ . . . . ish. Aubrey Clarke as Major _ HOLLYBURN HALL speed all the time,, in fact he John Anderi^on^ will conduct' sometimes raced away to such a Rev. William George Wallace Inch, Dr. F. W. Brydone-Jack, Fortune, B.A., B.D.,- passed away Francis W. Henderson^ H. C. Monday after a long , illness at 'Webber, M. Grainger and George the family residence,^ 3281'Mar- Huliiigs. ^Honorary, pa|lbearers ine Drive, aged *78 ;y^f^/ff The - were/Bey.- Jv W. Miller, Rev. J. deceased, a'graduate of Toronto 'S. Muldrew, Rev. William Stott, University and Knox- College, Rev. H. M. !|^e, Rev.,A. D, Archi- m.m ■ > « ■ > • • • • ' ■ was a missionary/in Manitoba, Pntario and B, (?., and later be­ came interested in-temperance- work in Alberta; He. toured Ontario and New:\ZeaIahd in ; the interests of the movefiient, and bald and Rey. A. Dunn. JUNIOR HIGH: SCHOOL CONCERT W.A. United Church '̂D. M. J . " ......... F riend............... Dundarave Junior Dram- / atic Society................. . F riend.............•.ni.,........... Mr. G. H. H e w i t t ..... .:' Municipal C o u n c i l ...... W. C. T. U....................... Senior Girls' Class - United Church............ Mr. G. V. Cole.... .......... Committee 2nd Troop 5.00 2.00 1.00 the Young Peojjle'a Se^ice at, quick start tha t he had to ring r:30.p.m ,-to^iTow (F r id a y )- in th e gong on himself; AffnOun'oer- ^TTaii falrin#y* act i - " _ i ̂ t. __ 2.00 .10 2.00 25:00 5.00 Hollybiirn Hall, taking as subject "The. FHrst Christmas tide," the same being illustrated with lantern views. ' Sunday Cliff Welsh also had a busy time throughout the evening, as did Jim -Holt in charge of airange- ments.^.The th irty or more per- ;,The pupils of /the Inglewood since 1915 had been general"sec-, Junior High School are putting ' Boy Scouts ........i.r.;.... retary of the People's .Prbhibi- a concert' a t 8 o'clock tonight W. A. St. Stephen's,. ^ 2.36 1.00 School and Young'Men's Bible formers, who'faced the gong-- Class a t 10 a.m. next Sunday, as ' and-^sometimes got it-^^included usual A t the .7:30 p.m. service refeveral well known- local artists r i e x t Sunday eyemng, the 22nd;^ as.well as a humber,of 'resi(Ientsi instant, Wemyss Reid will speak:, who so far,have been keeping on "The Birth of the Gospel." their . igh t' under a bushel, in ' 2.00 He hi« inea iii'a Auditoriiim. Special feat-s to mourn his loss his be Christmas mksque y?The Holy , Nig®^ and a, play : "The Goose Girl." Included also s on the program will be chpruses sand a display of tumbling. Silver gcbllection. , wife, three sisters, Misis -Mary and Mrs. M; Ai Walker of Van-< ^uver, and Mrs. A. Inch^ of Hamilton, also two brothers, Charles and Robert in-Ghtario. tuneral services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday In West Vancou­ ver United Church. , the "Rev. 5.00 2.00 5,26 1.00 5:()o 10.00- ̂ 'The Bible tells us to love our HiliisWrigkoffteiatmg^^^^ , ^ighbors, also to love our Vancouver Presbytery in attend- ;^nemies; probably because they anc ,̂ and interment was made ,% e generally the same people. Hi Church Mr. I. T. Meglaughlih..... 'Boys of the Old Brigade' Mrs. Forsyth..... Mr. Waugh Whyllie ....... "W" ......................... ;..... Mr. T. Gray ...... Mr. A. H. Albin .1.... ....... ; 2^00 St. Anthony's Altar Society...........5.00 Mrs. W. A d a ir............... ,1.00 "Anon" .................... .26 M_k Bottles- marked "Santa Glaus-Fund" have-been-placedlh prominent places ., for : your ENGLISH RUGBY Some .fine games will be played on Saturday in Greater Vancou­ ver. Of particular interest to fol- which' latter must be included Reeve Leyland. There was plenty of Variety; Songs, serious ana comic, tap dancing, clever turns and quips of a local nature, etc.. lowers of English.Rugby on the etc., comprised the program', and North Shore is a.combined team. ' the audience enjoyed every min^ of eight, members of the Second .^ute.bf it. Over $110 was raised Division North Shbre All Blacks ,.for the fund, and in this Connec- and seven of the "Barbarians" tion the oomtmittee wish to thank who'wiljiplay the winners of the -the merchants who so generous IfOO. League, South . Burnaby, ^' kt Jy.gave their support.' I t should Queen's Park, New Westminster, ' be also stated tha t the idea of a t 2:30 p.m. The following Bar- holding the burlesque originated barians will represent West with Mr. and Mrs. J, D. Donovan, ^ u v e r; Ffaser, Lightly, Lettnef, who with their friends organized ^ p ^ ,_ A t w - O o d ,- - V ^ u g h a n - A i] 'd -- the^shbw ^:--- --------------------------- -- --In keeping^witlr--all--other b o v e^ iv e re it^ ^ srP ^ S ^ 'f Groc- ' i II-IIII II i - I i! II WEST VANCOEVEE FERRIES &*■>& hourly SERVICE: , . Heave West 'Vancouver.^ , , midnight , Leave-.Vancouver change West VangNews* 1 Previously acknowIedged..$ Margaret - . f P- J..Sohool 6:a.m. and eveiy hour until 5 J M. Bulldey . , jbhn 4.00 1 .001 ' .25 8.00 rugby ^ m e s the entire process ery, Lettneris Meat Market, Dun- go to Santa Claus and ih this darave Drug, Buckerfield's Me- game New,Westminster Elks will,, Gpwen's T^R oom s? Cozy /..Akf4' A A ^ .,y«7 S u tto n 's Bakery,,H. Long,.Veg/ . Store, Red. & White, ave ,Vancouver -- 6:30 a.m. and every hour until ^ " ̂^ pasfemidnight; . v / & Mrs. $20.25 Da:^ Schedule CHORAL^SpetETY A ta,m eetingof the West Van*i 'iPiggIy Wiggly. Alf Searl couver Horiioultural Association: /West Van. Ferry, Spear & j S - : held last Monday a t the Munici-:;; son>v :Fofsis Radio, Geriimelle's pal H all, the followring/officers :- D ? g r " R^ ̂ Dairy, Mr rwere elected for the coming : 'Rhodes:.