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Circutating in the District of Vancouver--Amhleside ̂ Hollyburn^ Weston ̂ Dundarave $1.00 per CypresYPark, CaulfeUd, Whytecliff, Etc. , ?pber tê - Vol. XI HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY,- JANUARY Mth, 1937 No. 41 * v r E)UUOPE STEWARDSHIP MEETING In tho midst of a world fearful of war Messrs. Hitler •md M ussolini pursue: the even tehor of their way, tha t way Ivliich is'littered w ith broken promises, torn up treaties, eva­ s i o n s 'invasions/and' a raped African kingdom. And so; as njio looks back on the record of these two dictators "for the n istyear and a half, it is very difficult'to see ju st why British .nurKurooean diplomatists should be a t suoh evident pains to m lL airi-eemehts w ith them. . , ■ > Respecting only force and confident or their -own strength ' ' •uul the world's fear, the two of them have repeatedly com­ mitted acts of war while p ro testing . their desire" for peace. " Tin l r e i r ~ p h i y - d isG.ussions-.:re_agr eem e n t 3 a r e* only_.a,con-_. had reduced the old bank debt by $5,000, so that it now stood a t $7,000. Taxes* collected wereDue probably to the snow and ______ ______ . . . . cold there was not a largij at- $123,602, or 67.6 of the levy, as f veiiiont'smoke screen behind which to make an accomplished i'lct of tha t which the; proposed agreements are designed to i)i'-evciiti If their past record is any criterion--and they have never fedv^h any sigh of a real change of heart--it i^ extremely unlikely they will en ter into, any non-intervention pact in tendance at the annual steward­ shipjnectipg of the Council and School Board, which.took place, last night in Inglewood Audi- torium ,^he^atter body's reports occupying tne first hour. ScinOOL BOARD Chairman W. N. McDonald --"Bsypnd-stating'that'the-ma jo r problerh in 1936 had been the compared with 60.65 for 1935, the net debt being, $967,370: It was a report of which any muni­ cipality might be proud, especial­ ly in these times. Councillor R. Flddcs Councillor Piddes, as chair­ man of light,.„said there were 236 street lights costing,$10,000, COMING EVENTS IT'iday, February 6th--Barbari­ ans Rugby .Club Valentine Dance a t Ilollybiirn fPavilion. THE MUNICI1»AL ELECTIO/N " -While so far wo ' have been unable to obtain any definite in­ formation as regards the rcove- sh'ip, Councillors Dickinson and Piddes are both standing for re- election to the council;-a third m atter of accommodation Chair­ man N. McDonald left most., of, the .reporting, to his commit­ tee chairmen. -He did, however, I • ^ Ir .• i J ^Spain' until they have"first, unofficially of course, landed suf- > .draw particular attention to the ficient troops to bring Franco victory. Should then events good work done by Trustee Mo- lep o rtin g -fo r-th e - board of iriuulidate being, K. A. Ray. Trus- works, the total expenditure had too Nasmith will not soek..j'e- been $27,233, an increase o f : , oloction to the School .Board ow- $6,000 over 1935. He explained ing to -his w ife 's ' illness,. but that this had.been caused by the Trustee McTavish is offering unusual activity in .building-and himself again for a further term, the growth of pppuldtion in 1936, and John Richardson . will also West Vancouver was the hardest;..run , .In.addition, Police Cpm^^ piTivctlater a niiscalculationrhas: been-made,: the-pact-will be..... "Tavish who'Had spent practical- "'plnce"ih'theLo^^^^^^^ Joy is seeking re'-eieotioh m o s t promptly broken. , , j ' ly every day in the^surnmer sup -: regards Voad maintenance due t o . -- ------------------------ * Consequently, it W'O'uld appear to be unwise to regard ' .................. - • . - , ---------- the present relief from the long tension caused by' their ap- . parent backing down as, anything else but another example Of ".smoke screeri." - * , ■ F>or they have gone too far with the plan they have been working on so long, to,\now withdraw. -ThaPplan, a^'everybody realizes, is the absolute control of the Mediterranean with th^ ervising the building of the new addition; He also thanked his fellow trustees for their,loyal ef­ forts. ' , * . ■' Trustee Mrs. A. M. O'Donnell Trustee Mrs, O'Donnell as the general slope and rook, form­ ation,^ yet our • roads were the best of any. The hew System oft gravelling had worked well, and .d l the wooden , sidewalks had been removed and black' top laid WEST Va n . m e r c h a n t s TO s p o n s o r c o n c e r t BY SCHOOL BAND obiecT of inserting a wedge between Great Britain and her • bossossi&ns'in India,and E ast Africa while cutting .off France entirely from her colonial empire in Northern Africa. They I started at the 'eastern end with Ethiopia and now are finishing '-iiVthe west-with Spainr .- , • r ■. Only a display of Superior force certain to be used against them w iirhalt the ir progress. Unfortunately, it is a doubtfpl point w hether th a t superiority exists a t the.present moment, - while in sizing up the situation, it hiust not be forgotten tha t internal -conditions in Germany and ^Italy are forcing them to go forward ' or meet assassina^on h t the hands of their own countrymen. - t » ' • One| thing, however, is sure,, namely,--that, with; their Nemise^upon them they will go ou t'with guns ablaze like the clangercicig'gan^ters"they' are. RRF^EAT PERFORMANCE SOCIAL CREDIT CLUB DICKENS' SKETCHES ' The ̂West-- Vancouver. Book Club as the result of numerous requests are giving a repeat per-.- formance of six sketches from Dickens' "Our . Ip itual Friend"', =in - S f = S t o p h c n ¥ ^ H s h ^ H a l l . ^ t o . ,8 p.m.--next Thursday, January 21st. Some of-the^ sketches'por- The weekly ineeting of the W est Vancouver Social d*€d.it Club will take place a t -8 p.m.' next Monday, January 18th, in H unter's Tea Rooms. The speak­ er'w ill be Mrs. Brooks of North Vancouver. A large aT-tendance Interested In the '^e lfa re and progress of the Boys' Band about chairman of the health commit- down. There^^were 70 miles of forty,,of the Ipcal merchants and k tee said that the children's teeth roads to look after. '• business people'have agreed to ^ •had been found to be-generally . , Councillor S. Gisby sponsor a concert pri perhaps.Ji better. They had been troubled bouncillor Gisby as chairman ' series of concerts to be given by with epidemics of mumps, Ger- of fire, said 64 calls had bw h i*e- '̂ the West Vancouver Band in the . .mafi measles and whooping ceived. They had speht"$ l,263, . Hollyburn Theatre.. . . .L._. . cough,.in which .the school nurse bf which about $900 was for ' Admission to these concerts had done good work. ' - ■ ..wages. ' - ' will-be by ticket only, which may . . As ,chairman of the band com- ' As chairman of "Water, he re- be secured, without charge from m ittee she reported.that ninety ., ported" there w ere/43 miles of .; any .of the merchants sponsoring boys were now being trained, and . miains, 175 hydrants, and 523 the scheme, a list of whom will, tha t the band held the High gate valves. The to ta t number School and B. C. ,championships, -o f connections was 2234, or an Trustees S. "J. Nasmith increase of 94 for the year.. Re- Trustee Nasm ith/chairm an of-' ceipts were $25,27Land expend!- ____ the managemeht>?coihmittee;:fexrLL_tures: $13,900, mostly for main each of these boys and their . iSaihed'that the new a d d itW a t replacements.- „ J ' ' p a re W becoming TdcaT boosters Inglewood had allowed specialist Councillor G. D. Elgar and the merchants in turn sup- _f.P5in.hPTig_tr>_gpt_hnth.in " rnnnniiinr T?:ip̂ gr P>haiVmflTi of porting the band a. new era of and higjh schools. /The total at-.--'parks, said they had built a-new oo-operation should be.dewtoped" tendance was 4036,"an increase ̂ bathing house a t Ambleside cost- between the public and local for the year of 49, and^ they haeP ^ng $2,034, also had spent "$547" -^nnsiness.-- ,. ^ 30 teachers as,before, the form- a t Duri(|arave Pier Tor, convfeni- Anyone, doing business* in week's>be-"publisKed, in next issue of The News. ̂ ' - There are now ninety-one members- in the-band and -with West Vancouver and interested is requested. er-cut in whose salaries had been ences. - . .w - a vr"*";",;"" .--r "i*------- ~"~ redtiOed from 37%' to 25% as v '- As chairman'of transportation, _ m -the Boys B an d ^o u ld get in from April 1st, while night class- he 's ta led the Hollybu-rn which touch with Mr. Condon some 'orivere""bejTigTh'eld^W o^^®^ter~^'^"Prov^ ■so"satisfactoryriiad" -time-th is-weekr- tray the sordid waterside life of the _Thames, while - others deal with the shabby-gentoel. AmOnfex these taking , p art are V*" -^hsy^T -^ltsh ire ,-/W ^ ilt- IMPERIAL VETERANS jects. Trustee D. Mc'Tavish Trustee McTavish, chairman of the'building oommittee, i^at-. The ImperiaL Veterans' , As 'sociation and their.. Ladies' Aux- ed the net cost of the new Ingle- iliary branch-are hblding meet- woo'(kadditi<m for which-a.$10,- cost $44,789, while the'Sonrisa had been -sold for $2,100. The total of passengers carried was 1/557>000,. an increase of over . 150,000 over 1935, total revenue being_$l13,339, which was $9^00,0 -more than the previous vear.-aud ' , Watch for full particulars in next week's issue. . For Re-election Sparrowe - " - both ' organraations a t a social m the anne^^asem ent, remoqsl-- support and hard work,, Togeth- There will also be a musical a fte r the meetings. All Ex-Im- led one of the lunch rooms, and ed wRh him they represenfed^^ 4̂ ^̂ those "T aking-part be-- years of elected ̂ experience. Tax- , are invited to attend.'--- p r o g r a m /:ing Mrs. F. F. Lovegrove and _____________ _ ~ ^ u r c h T d m i s s i o f f * ™ i S e S^& R H Y /"T" 'A'boy was about to purchase a seat' for a movie in the afternoon. The -- box-office--maii asked: Why aren't- built a new fence .a t Paulii ~Johnson and Inglewood girttoofs, also had exchanged property .on the north side of Pauline John-' son for property lying to the east bf the school on-22nd Street. Miss |Marjorie_ , McGilliyray, -associate' e f the J._D. A._ Trtpp_ yoii in school?" ^ "0_h, it's all,right, sir," replied the boy. "I've got the measles." ' ■ ' __ ,,_3Trustee H. G. Barker -- Trustee-Barker,'-chairman of fihancer-said the" totaH revenue had been-$68,598 and the-total es had noit increased and there was-a surplus to' carry forward, no improvement tax, the bank lo an , had been reduced $5,000, $10,000 worth of ferry bonds re­ tired, and they were carefully in­ vestigating' _-the- ■ Metropolitan Health~""Sch®m€7 '~Th"e~B ritish : Pagific Properties, had spent al- Fqr Re-election-to School Board Piano Sphool, announces jn this issue th a t following the^C iiaii uccix_vv/<j - * * - mas'holidays she is^startii^g here expenditure ."$68,445, of which together $1,600,000, bf which special introductory piano emirs- lynchers' salaries were $45,181, . $884,000 was for roads, etc. es 'includfng rhythm b^nd. to r flJ^jng a balance of $153. TheT^This year their proposed outlay children-of- pre-school -age ahd additional cost in transportation ~ _was $200,000, $100,000 of which school-children^The courses-m-- -foy-the"sbcond"biis-was $230.'" , -- :-would be in connection -with-the elude music theory With ^ o r - A vote-of thanks.to-the-Board golf property. The latest-report Councillor W. Dickinson o u ^ drill in timb and notation, • p r o s e d by T., Russell was-ear-^^was th a t' the bridge wbuld- be also, supervised practice. In rtru- nnaniipously. ' . started before th e end of this - ments are supplied to thelptipils. Aliy" interested ale asked--to COUNCIL "m o n th r kindly phone her a t West 585R1 or call a t the-studio, 2667 Hay- Commissioner "G7 B /Joy - ..wood AvenueX F 6r t i ^ j th e i^ a ^ sorted the total expenditure/as/ ticulars please) refer^ to the .ad- 261,' of which $8,127 Was fo:^" j - Both" the .Reeve and all the councillors thanked .the depart­ ment staffs for their excellent work. ■' [ - -- vertisement_in this, ii^sue. "Riches' take ' unto themselves salaries.-He Explained that, _ow •ing to threemen^having to patrol , HOLLYBURN HALL _i'___ ' Tljere wUI.beThe ubuaL Young- • W»» imnnssibll'to d v e ; People's ^rvioe illustrated with.wings," said the teacher, "and s o f t ly -j im p o ss ib le 'to g ive.; » ^ " ^ e e " lu s tr i c'naari Qwnvr :nan . anv boy tell me. o/amnngs • la n te m y ie w s_ a t I .oUspeed away. ^Gan- any what kind of riches' are meant ? , '"'yes'in,"""ansWered/rthe fap-eared i i t t l e '-^ap'/'^o^tfiches.S.-fe===---- really , effective service. plm_._t(> -W: Councillor W. Dickinsonr ~ chair-*ICbuncilioy ' Dickinspn^ mprrow.i(Priday), in. Hollybum Hallr"the""speaker». Jack Ander- son.rtaking as his s^ubject "Only "'what iS' your idea/of .an honest m an?" ^ = & a s t § s J > . j « c T a v i s l ii ■..................... .... - ' ^ An honestHrhan,'7'replidd̂ "Mr. Kipp, "is 'one -whoTikes the sam^. music -in 7 "Tjribate th a t he says heTikes-when his* s in k in g -T U g^vin^ -an musical ev en in g " ' ---$800 m o r e : x"'■ X. :; ; X■ : l ," jrtan of finance, said they...-n^ an ^Ass;" Sunday School ^ d b a l a n c e d the budget and earned Young People's Bible Class forward a balance of $7,751, had 10 a.m. next Sunday. Jack'And- -paid all interest and other ;erson will give [a Gospel address bharges, had maintained the" a t th e>-7^0 p.m. 'service' next b ihk in^fund surplus, this being Sunday. Tuesday a t 8 p.m. pray- than 'la st year, , and ̂ .er-andLBihle.,AtiidyX_____ Councillor ,R> Fidfles