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s A\^iekly ' $1.00 per year. Vol. VIII ,M • W w 'HjlMgr JL, w * ^̂IPr W * \ ,ZZ!^ ' ' Cyprus, ParkilCaulfdli, Wh^Hff, Ku. .. »■ =«■«»™ w . , . .. ■ .. . ,, |. I - ---- - 7- i* -w . , .1, , . ' th« R egatta - Satiirday$ A ag. 5th COME TO THE REGAOTA The Pacific Coast International Outdoor Championship Regatta, which is |)eing put on by the West Vancouver Ama­ teur Swimming Club a t Dundarave Pier on Saturday afte r­ noon, 5th August, is the largest and m ost im p o rtp t event of its kind ever given here. It will also be the most important swimming gala held on the Pacific Coast th is year. A lrei^y entries have been received, from^the outstanding stars of Se­ attle, Portland, and other places fa rther down the coast as well as from Vancouver champions. . . ■ ^ • ^ .. , Ever since it was organized the W.V.A.S.C. has not only, trained most of our boys and girls to be expert s)v™ ^ers and clivers, but it has organized life saving classes with the i*GSult that ' a riuhlber' have been saved from^ drowning- and o th e rs . have L S i resuscitated. The more expert of its members have lilso carried the club colors to victory in ?'! the result th a t West Vancouver has received from this souice The reea tta on August 5 th ,is the biggest event the club has ever organized,'and no effort is being spared to make the X r n o b n an outstanding success.- But, while the club ,s .livoctltf resDonsible for the arrangem ents, i t is really a com munity e f f o ? S l ^ ^ considered as such, May Day was S r b n 's dav. This is grown-ups' day. In view of the fact ihflt the finest swimmers and divers on the Pacific will be PomUting th i regatta will undoubtedly a ttrac t a very large ^ 3 from t L X and other points. Let us see th a t we of W ^ t'V am iu v e r alio- do our p a rt by attending, t p regatta the largest arid most successful ever held m this - district. H. S-WOOD AND - J. M, BRYAN NOMINATED O. lu Reports are conflicting fis to what actually occurred a t the Liberal Convention h«ld last n ight in the K, P. Hall in North Vancouver. So far as we have been able to gather, a num ber ol. Liberals forced th e ir 'w h y "into the upstairs hall before the con­ vention had been called to order. The chairman then called upon all duly appointed delegates to retire with him to the lower Imll, and it is alleged th a t the m ajor­ ity of them did, so. There they chose H erbert S. Wood, ^ Caulfeild, as the Liberal stand­ ard bearer, George Hay propos­ ing him. Meanwhile those who • "The West and North yancou- ver Orange Lodges will fipln their annual picnic a t Eaifle Harbour next Saturday, July 29th. Cars will leave the Orange Hull a t 1:45 p.m. Arrangem ents have been made for th e L.O.L.. Dance to be held in the Grange Hall, Thursday, August lOJ^, and with the B.C. Rangers* Or­ chestra all are looking f q ^ a r d to. a really good tim e ., Admission 35 cents. A special bus will leave North Vaneoiiver'at 8:20 p.m. and re­ turn a t 12 midnight. HOLLYBURN HALL JOHN S. KENDRICK Silver M edajlisl JOHN KENDRICK WINS MEDAL remained in the upper hall chose speaker a t the 7:30 p.m. J. M. Bryan as the ir candidate, Sunday in Holly- burn Hall will be Mr. Eric Hunt, who Will give a ;gospel address.^ Hearty s ing ing ' and a cordial welcome to all. No collection taken. „ .. ' ■ ^ HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S PARLOR SHOW WELFARE^ NOTES 'W EST TA N . A':A.A.' ' John Stafford Kendrick, six- teemyear-c Headquarters in the Hall Basement are open on S at­ urday mornings during Ju ly ana August from 10 to 1 p.m. Dona­ tions of food for distribution will be most acceptabe as last Saturday there was so very little '■even of the essentials of flour, sugar, rolled,oats,'lard, etc. The --Fo(^X onvenenJs-now ready to r ANNUAL MEETING' Mrs, Charles: T. Kendrick, has- donations of friiit and sugar. "This month the contributions qt cash have dropped off and as i t is most necessary to carry on the work the-Association would appreciate assistance, no m atter how small. Many thanks fo r the "wash tub. - T^e*'"annual meeting- o r 'th e " - West Vancouver Am ateur A th­ letic Association will be held a t 8 p:m. next Tuesday, 1st August, in the Legion Memorial Hall, Ihe Association has had a very active year, having organized football, softball and other team s in addition to havin^^^^^^gen re- "sponsible-foriihe-Training-#^ -- -1 ■ W/iol- Van.iSpUllOlUlc iw... --------------- eral-promising-young. West_ y am. couver athletes. Reeve Leyland and others vdlh speak. A hearty invitation is extended to all those who are interested in a ^ - brought honor to both his school and th.e M unicipality-by^wlhnto one of the GovernorrGerieral s silver medals for .'high standing in the Junior Matriculation ex­ aminations. He made the very high average of 86.3%, being butO.7 below the provincial lead­ er, and only 0.4 behind the win­ ner of the D istrict Scholarship. As .the leader of the Province was-nrrot~a~student-at--a--public--■■■ *i ■ ■ • ■ ̂ ■! . ■■ "tl ■■ The th ird of the series of parlor shows wa(s held in Dun­ darave Hail on Thursday, 2Mh July. There was a .fine exhibit of sweet peas, annual hardy bor- der flowers~and-roses. W m . iijiii- ott~~of^Vancouver--ju d g e d -th e WEST VANCOUVER STUDENTS PASS ateur athletics. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS PROTECTIVE WORK ON MARINE DRIVE .A The following West Vancou­ ver pupils were successful in passing the Entrance Examina- Tions^thfe-year:; i i o * , • -kT J u t St. > Edmund's School, N orth Vancouver -- Nadine Gemmill, 4'39 (led her school)., St. Patricia School -- Mary P. Good, 452, Freda M. Rush, 436. Hollyburn -- Agnes C. Gray 480, John R. MacLeod 465, H ar­ old A. Johnson 464, Elaine Kis- sick 452. , , Pauline Johnson-- V erscho j^ B. S. M artin 489, ^Stanley G. Patterson 440. ̂ . The maximum, marks being 600, 360 is required to pass. ; / The provincial departm ent of public works advised the council th a t they proposed to do some protective work on Marine _t i v m e Mi. v v v ^ v A T xy . . -- , , V -I Drive highway, local labor being" employed. ..The same was ap­ proved by the council. ' w This is in accordance with a Special arrangement by which the work is- done by local labor under the supervision of the municipal engineer, 75% of the expenses of same beinrborne by -the province and 25% by the municipality. High School-Kendrickjrankea_a very close second among* all the candidates from the High Schools of the entire Province. - He has been a consistent lead­ e r a t the High School, Fred J. Patterson, Principal, where he did the. m atriculation course in three y ea rs .' ^ . . is most unfortunate th"at o w i^ to the peculiar con­ ditions set down he has ju s t missed the $150 U.B.C. Scholar­ ship. He has-been for-years on TE n^iW y~5taif~of-th is-i)aper7 --■Editor. ' flowers and cornmented^qpecial- ,ly; ̂ onu, tho j exaelleni ..exhibitr >qf. sweet, peas. He, also gave a very instructive talk on growing sweet peas. George Nunn ot Vancouver who judged the roses made an interesting address on growing" and exhibiting roses, which was thoroughly enjoyeb by all present. . . , . u 4. The exhibitors gaming highest points-were-: 'T he~ T es 'u lts~ ^~ the^^^ , Matriculations j u s t ' issued' b y the Departm ent of Education show th a t the students of 'the West Vancouver High School have done exceptionally well. Fifteen candidates wrote full Matriculation. The following passed, and with â good margin, in all sub jects: M argaret Allison, Ida Boshier, M arjorie Crawford, Eleanor Eager, Philip Farm er, David Gray, M arjorie / Hill, -Sw^eetJEeas. White -- Mrs. Dr McTavish, C. S. Powell. ^ T,. rr • wPink -- Mrs. D. McTavish, C. S. Powell. T̂ , Red -- C. S. PowgRTMirsh-D. .McTavish. m • 'Purple--Mrs.D.-McTavish.- Blue .-T- Mrs. D. McTaVish. C. S. Powell. . ■„ W Lavender --- C. S. Powell, Mrs. Rehberger. , Mixed -- S. H. Trust, Mrs. R. Rhodes. "Annuals "Harry Jones, John Kendrick, -Gerald--MasonT-Jessie-JV[ac£h:ae,_ TT*- TX/Tow firavol- l e g io n WIST & DANCE BAND NOTES The Misses M arjory CncKmay and "Kathleen Hampson, princi­ pals of the F ram ar Montessori School, were hostesses a t a de­ lightful tea last Friday in the school a t 2078 Gordon Avenue. The guests were shown through "the school room, which is very, artistically finished in the school colors, light bluq and buff, also over the lovely lawn and play­ ground, furnished m th a swing, Korizontar bar, etc. Tea w ^ served on the verandah, Mrs. E. :H. Jupp and Mrs. J. H._ Smith presiding a t the urns. The ser- viteurs were Mrs. E. J. Crick- may and Mrs. J . D. H a rd y ,^ s- sisted by the hostesses. The children were served a t a table of their own in rh e school room, the , little guests being delighted with the afrangenjbuts made for their amusement and comfort. Despite the warm weather and good swimming the enthusi­ asm of _ the members - o f the school band;has kept up during the holidays. Two mstmetors, are kept busy eveir Monday from 1 :30 to. 6 o clock and much improvement is being made by the individual members. A new class will be started m Septem­ ber and will be kept as. an in ­ dividual band for the entire vpar Any interested should get Mr. ^Coridon .or better still attend the Garden p^j.'jjy Qu Vl^ednesday and see him ^^The band has been engaged to play a t a Garden P arty to be •CTven at Killarney on August 9 and wiir leave for their annual camp on the 16th.' On their re­ turn- they will defend the cup won lis t year a t t i g Exhibition representing the High School Championship of B. C. The Canadian Legion, W est Vancouver, will give another of their popular w hist drives and dances a t . 8:30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) in the Legion Memori­ al Hall. Refreshm ents will be served. Admission 25 cents. As the proceeds w ill' go to the- Legion funds it is requested th a t as many members, as possible with their wives take advantage of this opportunity of spendiflg an en.ioyable evening. A hearty invftatiop is also extended to the general public to be present. Mrs. P.' Masterman, '^rs. H, P Allen. ' ' ^ - Hardy Border Flowers Mrs. P. Masterman, Mrs. R. Rhodes. RosOs Pink -- Mrs. R. Rhodes, Mrs. P. Masterman. ; Red -- W. J. Clifford, Mrs. H. P. Allen. . . Climbers --~Mr-s. D. Mefav- ish, Mrs. R. Reid. Small F ru its ; Cherries -- Mrs. R. W alter McLintock, M argaret Saunders, Richard W heeler., While R uth Postlethw aite passed on eigh t out of ten papers. These students did the Junior M atriculation course in three years. Three candidates who wrote partia l m atriculation and passed on all subjects offered are: Beverley B arr (8 p a p e rs ); Evelyn Dickinson (7 papers); Iris Smallwood (8 papers). Five candiates wrote to com-. plete m atriculation as follo\vs: Phyllis Blo?cham (completed), ' D'Eas ' SCHOOLS BAND TO - give garden party Currants, Black -- D. M clav- ish. (Currants, Red -- Mrs--Wm. McQuaker, D. McTavi^sh. Gooseberries -- Mrs. H. G. Selwood, D. McTavish.. , Raspberries--^Mrs. R. Rhodes, Mrs. Wm. McQuaker. On Wednesday afternoon, August 2, a garden party will be held a t th e home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Condon, 1766 Esqui­ m au ave. to raise funds towards ; the sending of the W est Vancou­ ver Band to camp. The band will _ render selections and generally be a t home to their parent^ and friends during the afternoon. A. well known tea-cup reader of Vancouver, has offered her ser- , vices for the afternoon, and-thef^ will be other items of in te re s t , All are cordially ihyited. , I. D, D. E. V, The-Duncan Lawson Chapter, I.O.D.E., is sponsoring a Cruise, up the N orth Arm of.B urrard Inlet on Friday afternoon, the 28th inst., for the returned men of Shaughnessy Military Hos­ pital. ' The convener, Mrs Don­ ald McTavish, requests all mem­ bers of the Chapter to form themselves into an entertainm ent committee and leave.W eStVan- .^quver oh the 12:30 p.m. ferry. Bernard D'Easum, Ethel Lloyd,. K enneth Lopatecki, and Paul Thackeray pasaied on m ost of subjects offered. The highest aggregate of m arks was "^made* by John Kendrick w ith 863 (Physics), w ith Gerald Mason second, having a to tal of , 748 (L atin). The highest average was made by John Kendrick with 86.3%, second place being taken by Ida Boshier with 74%. The " h ighest m ark in any subject was 98 in Algebrav-also 98 in Geom­ etry bo th ,m ade by John Ken- "drick."'" '~ N.B. -- Candidates offering Physics write ten papers; those offering LatibTeleven papers. In practically all subjects the . W est Vancouver High School average was well above the prov­ incial average, which indicates the thoroughness of the ihstruc- ̂ tion given. SENIOR MATRICULATION Miss Josephine ~ L e y 1 a n d , daughter of Reeve and Mrs. J. B. Leyland, and Jack IB, Mercer, passed th e ir-sen io r m atncula- tion, the ir names appearing th is week in the list of successful candidates. u >L i i i 1(11 Wm