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Circulating in the D istrict o f West VancoUmf^Amblesidcy Holhburnj.W ^mn-, Dundarave Cypress Park^ C aiM ild, WhytecW, Etc. "" ISc per copy at newsaUrtds.$1.00 per yemr* H Q L L Y B U R N P .O . , W E S T V A N C O U V E R , B .C .. T H U R S D A Y , M A Y 2 na* W 35 No. 1 Next Sunday imd Monday w e in ooinnion w ith that g a lW ' r «nAons knovm as the British Em pire-w ill celebrate the Silve/jubilee of our King, George V, And it is to hoped ?hat everyone of us will do so in a spirit o f loyalty and thank- Depression m ay be rampant in the land, but it is none nf the King's doing. In so far as government is responsible our ills, the blame is ours, since we are a sovereign poeple, IrH hi the last analysis we rule ,both, ourselves aad him, " " H i s is the m kit difficult position to fill of any Jn the Vŷ -nirp today. H e is bat the voice of his peoples, an influence, S u reh ead '^ if em^ will. And y e t . - - ,God help h m, tho realises it more than can any o f h is subjec^$, and the rJi* ns who fail to grasp it, -- he is the cornerstone of mrlrch of empire. W ithout a king the Britjish Ckimmonwealth of Nations would inevitably, disintegrate and lose their h en t- i e of fT eIdZ . For, taken singly, they are only small nations of as in the case of India, merely a collection of many races, bit all of them inhabiting lands containing much real and potential wealth, and, as such, each a rich prize for the other ^̂ "^TL"^Sng^ato6l t throughout his feign , has -had to ^ e more difficult tim es than have anj/ of his Great War came alm ost before his people had had tim e to Wrovv him But they learnt to know him then in those four S i c years, and how well he, a man not trained for kingship, a m f S g h that world catastrophe, which sw ept ^almost pv -̂v other dynasty out of existence, was shown w hen he lav â t d e S ' s door, worn out by the strain imposed upon him. ^ He has always "played the game." Had we, his su b je c t , o n ly played it half as r i^ n ly and honestly, we should not l̂ e hrthrthroes of the present depression. Yet there are th ^ e flmone-st us who laugh at him and. kingship, not realizing that it is their kingship as free men and not his w^hioh^s a t fault. The B iltish Enipire and to a lesser exten t France and the United States are the only true democracies le ft in the world today, however much We and they-inay have misused the rights of self-government: And there is a subtle poison , working in our m idst to place^upon oUr. necks a-form of dic­ tatorship misnamed Communism. How great the present free­ dom we^enjoy is attested by. th e fact that it is allowed to be ̂ >e^ch€d a m W s t us at all, in m any ^ a se s^ y Side by side w irifritas muchf first place by our enemties to % ^ ken us to our undoing"^ ^ carried on by man^ o f ou r some in^high- - t t o s , who do not r^ liz e Whither It is leadmg. - , _ ̂^ ^ ^ u r contihued.existence a s free men is in We can only keep it by being loyal to • not be loyal to ourselves unless we are firatJoyal to our In that spirit aiid yrith a great thankfulness let. us keep his =^^ubiieer^-- His Majesty King George V. YOUNG U B E R A L S ASS'N The Young Liberals Associa?* ■ Buy your flags Disabled Veterans. from the tibn-got- aWf^^o^ n good start ^BROWN & MUNTON when a large crowd o f young people; m et at th e ILegion Hall la st Wednesday night. Mr. Peck of the Vancouver Young Liber­ als, was elected chairman and did a fine job'by getting all busi­ ness m atters cleared up by 10 riVJock when a dance was sta.ri> RADIO STORte MAY QUEEJN ELECTION Dale Ericksen,'aged 13 years, daughter of Mr. and -Mrs.: V iggo Ericksen, Travers AVenue, was elected on Tuesday as W est Vancouver's May Queen, for 1935. Reeve Leyland had charge of the drawing a t th e schools. Other results were as follow s: Maids of Honor -- Dorothy Messinger, daughter o f Mr, and Mrs. C. R. Messinger, , 1590r Mar­ ine Drive; Doreen Kerley,daugh-* ter of Mr, and Mrs, . A. B. Kerley, 2836 Marine Drive., Both- J2 MUSHROOMS W est Vancouver residents can now purchase Iwklly grown .fresh m ushrw m a in -W^est Van­ couver.: .They are delicious, inex- pimsive and nourishing and can be obtained from the Red & 1/^liite Stores or any local dealer. t e a A N 0 ^ |A L E ^ ^ BOOKING Messrs. Brown and Munton, i ^ o conducting Barraclough's Radio Shop for the past year at 15.42 nri€H-K wii«ii Marine .JDrive, announce they ■ a T t o ' W ^ W i f . T C e " B I a c r * « 7 n 8 k e r i - 5 W ^ Diamond Orchestra. Mr. Sargent ises, where they are featimmg a 6f Vancouver outlined' the aims complete list of Marconi, DeFpr- and objects o f th e association, est Crosley, and Victor radios. A vote was taken as to whether Convenient terms may be ar- N,West Vancouver-should start a ranged. They sta,nd ready to Young Liberals Club and was supply all electrical require- passed una:nimously.. The elec- ments from curling irons to re- tion of officers w as carried ou t _ frigerators and carry a full stock in a very business-like manner of lamjp globes, etc., also tne w ith the members nominatinig latest sh eet music.. their choice and tak ing a vote. TO OUR READERS AND ADVERTISERS At this time, when we arc starting on the tenth con- secutive year of the. publi­ cation of this paper, we wish to thank all our adver­ tisers and renders for their Very loyal support. Nine years is quite a space of time in the life of our young niuniciimliiy, and we are sincerely thankful for the kind way in which our ef­ forts have been received. Our faith In W est Vancou­ ver and our liking for it have never faltered, and, having that faith and lik­ ing, we have done oUr best to forward what we consid- er/ed were its best interests. That naturally included the support of thpsc who ap­ peared to be working along those: lines. Our policy throughout the years h a s / been to boost whenever wV' ' could and only knock whe necessary, and not then ui less we had som ething coi -strucUve to offer. Fortun­ ately there has been very, very little occasion for ad­ verse criticism. For the rest, we have endeavored to treat all alike regardless of political creed, race or re1* • . . . . 1 4 ,. . . . . . _____ . ___ ;___* 1__________ I t X ' iigion; feeling, as we have^ always done, that our c o l­ umns belong to the, people of W est Vancouver and not ourselV^. T hrtttttffe is ill the lap of the gods> but we trust to receive p. continua­ tion o f the support- so far given us, as we h o p e ' to maintain these sam e poli­ cies for so long as we retain the sole control of this paper. F:TR A N C ISrtO V EG R 0V Bt .. . . . •• •• A i I ,4 , / : | i I. jiii-f. li■ ' 'j' L , i. . . ' ! 'P> i " V * V; n1" I H' "RATEPAYERS'=MEETING= l i i V*. years. ' Pauline Johnson Guards of H onor~R uth Par- num, Nancy Grieve, Freda Jen- :yey. ; . Flower Girls-- ^Betty Bradley, June Penn, . ' _ - v ' ' Hollybuni School Guards o f Honor -- Norma Minions, Kathhleen 'Lowdon, Dorothy Nejson. . Flower Girls -- Nancy. Falck, Velma BosHier. Crown Bearer (Pauline John* -son)7-Gwen"Jenvey." Chancellors -- Grordon Fletch­ er, Frank Kerley. Retiring Last year's Queen Margaret Curry, and Maids o f Honor Joan Thompson and Delwin B ^ fry . •: Th€ A nnual Bt^rd of the Inglewood Junior High Schw l are holding an A ftern ^ n Tea. and Sale o f Home C w k i n g ^ .Wednesday, May 8th, 1935. The tea will be opened at 3 p.m. A fine program is being arranged, and several comnuttees are :w6rlring! hard to make this an odtsfanding success. Tea is 25c. The proceeds are to be turned •over to the Annual funds to s u ^ ̂ piement the amount that is need- ,ed to publish the book. A plea is made to every parent and friend -.to help in this first social event th e students have attempted. If anyone would be willing to help by donation of hom e-m ^e ca to ^ b rea d ,? pre^rves, e t c , please phone W est 696R2 after Provisional officers were elected TUBERCULOUS \ VETERANS^ to carry oh until the next m ass -- --̂7- meeting. The asspeiation signed The Tuberculous * Veterans The W est Vancouver Ratepay­ ers' Association .will hold a mieet- ̂ ing at- 8 p.m.' ton igh t in Dun­ darave Hall, when Lou Smith of the .C itizen's Progressive Asso­ ciation will be the speaker, tak­ ing as his subject "Higher Tax­ ation and Illegal Assessm ents." All members and those interest­ ed are asked to attend. ' ',5* . :m w ' I'. (.< 61 applications for ra/embership Section through their^ adjust- ' f 1 4̂. f ' 5 ■ at the meeting, bringing : the grand totdl to; well over 75. Any person desiring to join the •Young Liberals please get in touch with Miss B. Savory, W est 143. Duly elected: President, C. Baldwin; Secretary, G. W edley; ------ ______ . Sports Committee, B.Grentleman Seyrhour 4205. Debates, Miss H. R itz; Enter- ment officers, , in Ottawa can handle all cases of veterans suf­ fering from any disability of the respiratory organs. These offic­ ers contact direct with the Pen-" sion (Commission; Phone North Shore Gut-Post, W est 367L1 or W est 629X, or Headquarters, Buy your flags Disabled Veterans. ' SPONSOR A TREE from the ' AS/ ̂ j »■/ 'V : : taiiiment. Miss L, R ay; Member- g l ENEAG LES GOLF LINKS ship, Miss B. Savory. ̂ MINSTREL SHOW ________________ . ______________ . The Kiwanis Club of the though the course was at no Sybil Chapman *25 North Shore, always interested time crowded. There was- a I. M. S herw ood ........................ 25 There was a good turnout o f■ players last week and on Sunday Already received . . . . . . . . . $33>75 Mrs. H. L. Salter.........................25 Anon, per V. F ............................. 25 Anon, per V. F .............. .............. Anon, per V,. F .............- -25 "Geo. Bulkley ......................... -25 Mrs. George Bulkley .. .. .25 Audrey M...... ^ ................... *25 Reid M........ .,........... -25. Joan Durbin ......... ...... - -20 Mrs. Gordon Gray -25 QtrKil Ŷ Vi'oTirviQn * • •. , 'f i'* r- f ' t •' >«• i' / *' -I in the welfare of th e youth, have steady strWm of golfers from Mrs. J. E. Durbin. /i* { J . L E G IO N W iA . The LegioiL W. A.; W est Vani. couver B r^ ch , held, their.resni- lar < m a tin g last-M onday after- _ncK)n J iL th e Legion. Hall. Mrs. OTcnnan was adm itted to mem­ bership; considerable , business was transacted, and there w as'a ° good attendance o f meinbersL NAOMI CHAPTER TEA iNadmi Chapter No. 26, ()rder of the Eastern Ster, ^h .hold ing their annual Spring Tea at ^ home of Mrs. Duncan 772 20th Street, o n /8 th May. Adm ission 25c. Ill uu; steaay stream 01 m i ». u. ii*. TadIy^onsented~to"'b rin g^ h eir ^ i t e early in ^the^mofning." B etty^ G fay....... minstrel troop, ^ t t e r known as There is no doubt that the im- Daphne & Chas. 'Graham the "Dusky Derelicts,'? to W est provements which have been R o b in & G e o ffr e y P a r t- Vancouver for a p e r f o ^ n ^ on have proved attractive ington, St. Stephen's both ito old and new habitues o f Cubs ........................... Mr. & Mrs. J, B. Leyland 25 725 .25 . 4 l IdBBKAL MEETING '.A general m eetin yriU be b ^ ' in the Dundarave Hah, M y, May 9th, at 8 p.m. A. . M w n , M .P , wUl «>ye cS the Ottawa situation. Menir bers and friends invited. Friday night in th e Inglewood School.' This show packed the K.P. Hall in North" Vancouver for two nights running and should prove very popular in W est Vancouver, The story is woven around a shipwrecked ~ crew o f darky sailors and con­ tains many popular darky songs and dialogues. ' ' The minstrel show will be pre­ ceded by a short band concert to welcome back the school band :stnd will be followed by a. d a n ^ .\. the local course. _ We; understand that the sev* Josie Leyland ...................... enth green is next in line for Jackie L ey la n d ................. attention: when completed th is ' G, D. E lg a r ..................... should make a very pretty Robert F ro u d ................ punchbowl Florence Parker ............... A number o f keen players Marion Parker-.............4,... have indicated their intention o f , ̂> ' playing golf on the .Jubilee holi** ______ ' diay. May 6th, in spite of nunier- ous counter attractions e l ^ where in th e Municipality. .25 .5d\ , (5 Sf- - ^.25\ .25 - • - - V, ^ .25 . ^ ,25 , / " If • 425 1 .25 Ci $39.75 , Buy your flajgs Disabled Veterans. from the