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'"■i,ffî î Ŵ̂ f̂ " f̂*< ........... '* .- -I r f ̂<r " e «W J*«̂ W*W M m INK j-i'/sW A Weekly News .,f, , , , . . . ̂ _ # ' • '. ^ ' " • ' .jn- , * ■ . 4 , , ' j Qirculating in the D istric t o f W est Vancouverr-Ambleside, Hoiiybum^-Weston, ■ D undarave Cypress Park, Caul/eild,W hytec/iff, E tc.*1 .00 per year. 5c per copy at newaatands. ' Vol. X I1 HOLLYBURN P:o., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY. MAY 27th. 1937 No. 8 THE PILOT STEPS DOWN CONSERVATIVE MEETING C.C.F. MEETING On Wednesday, May 12th, King George and Queen Eliza- hotli were crowned in W estminster Abbey, while all over the FniDire their many peoples 'crowned them in their hearts, niif there was another crowning th a t day, th a t of a great ciiro('r of public service of which few probably thought. Sfniley Baldwin, the old pilot of destiny, knew then at last tint ho had steered the ship o t state aright through one of Ihc worst storms it has ever had to'face. ■ , ' ^ It was a supreme tes t of statesmanship, for, in spite pf iĥ i vorv large sum he had given the nation during the War, iinnv accused him of pandering to a fear of personal monetary losM ' However, a sturdy old Englishman himself with hjs feet ,„'otod in' the soil, he knew.what fundamentally h ii own people would want once their, anger and disappointment had cooled, and; Secure in th'at knowledge, clo.sed up and grimly held to the course bo had set. " ' , > . ' * There is a curious destiny which watches over the Anglo- Celtic peoples, a destiny which has enabled us to achieve A Conservative meeting, dur­ ing which the audience twice sang "For he's a jolly good fel­ low," was held Fidday evening ' in the Orange Hall, L. V. Makov- ski acted as chairman the speak­ ers being J. Loutei, Alderman^ Wilson and C, H. BjQiziej^ Jack L'6ui<%/ Mr. Loutet said he was West Vancouver's ,first broker,.having sold property there 30 years ago and ever since. The City"'and 'D istrict of North Vancouver went bankrupt not by iniaman- agement but because the Harbor* Board had bought 4 miles of ; waterfront ahd had never paid ' Mrs. D. G. Steeves, A. Alls- bury and J. S. Woodsworth, M. P., federal leader-of the party, were the speaker.s a t the C.C.F. Campaign meeting held Wednes- REEVE LEYLAND'S . MEETING empire in spite-of ourselves. Its whole virtue lies in 'th e --^taxes.as'agreed,^ wh^ the 2nd Minl-irent abflity to produce, whenever the necessity arises, "^N arrow s ' bridge had been prac- Iheone man n^ded to lead us pu t of any impasse into Which , tically stolen from them by; the our muddling has brought us.' Which is'not'seldom. It acts «Tuall7 dn"the-iield; and'in- the-counoil cham ber,-A nd,-w ith a complacency th a t makes other nations not so blessed jibber, we call it luck. - ,. ,, i. * , • ,. - Today, with'an Empire more firmly welded together than . operative marketing, but to the *ver we can thank" God for Stanley Baldwin, and, now that marketing act, whiph .was the government.' He was not op­ posed to health insurance but to the present act7 witfi ite deduc­ tions from salaries, nor to oo- ,he has stepped down from the bridge, will wish him many ■ h a p p y years in-':his,retirenient.-, Men of his calibre are;not made in a day, as was said last week by a leading American writer, which coming from such a source, should make some of our ranters do a little hard thinking. ' Meanwhile,^ let us all, pray th a t some leader, like the old pilot may soon rise up amongst us, for there* never was a tim e , in our history when Canada was so sorely in need of such a ont s SCHOOLS BAND MAKES . CLEAN SWEEP AT FESTIVAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SPORTS RESULTS School of highest aggregate -Vypst VahcbuveFs'̂ Hiay^«t>d:he Phta "" MiiScal Festival. P layingj v worst type of bureaucracy. He : believed in ,.the-ihihimum wage. The present act, however, was too hide bound beyond hardships. Independents were 'only of two 4ypes, those ■ who spent their whole time log­ rolling and, those who were ignored by both sides. ■ He had no quarrel with ^the C.C.F. .and largely synm^hized with them but-split-dw r the ir policy. If elected he would,look after the public business as he looked afte r his own. / .. A ldei^an -^WiBon-' ̂ ̂ ' ^ e said the candidate while 'TS^A^iad4)ressedgfolEt4iPrGa^r" ■"■'lleeve77l^^tk^ylah(^s.inboting*' last night in the Orange Hall, was tile la rger, held here so fa r ______ _____ ___ . in the campaign and whole- day evening, the 19th instant, in heartedly behind him. - Geo; Hay ' the. Orange. Hall. Mr. Siebald ' acted as chairman, three others . acted as chairman. ' . speaking besides the Reeve. Mrs. D. G. Steeves , (knincillor DickiiiKoii Mrs. Steeves stated we had . 'Pile (knincillor said he was politioal economy but not eco- convinced tliat the Reeve Iqid all nomic democracy, the .conces- the (lualillcations m?eded in Vic- sions to the people like social toria, where lie would work fer services, etc., being little more t!u' Nortli Shore as he.had work- than street qar tickets. Big busi-. ed for West Vancouver, ness profits did not allow of (laptain Archer ..^b.eaHh insurance, so the Liberals Captain Arclier stated "a nad offered the present abortive, chance was oirered to"^elcc't a act. Labor was dissatisfied be- West Vancouver caiidhlate, who cause wages had not increased had tlie interests of the North proportionately ,to the wealth Siiore" at heart, produced and greater living ... Roy Hunit*r . costs, while capital was not feel- Mr. Hunter said the Reeve was " ihg seou f7 ' Wi th "debts up "50.0 % itoI;"] aitT uir by-irparty- in aoh i n Cr- since l9 l4 while revenue had iiot, a iiromissor, but a man free ■ only increased 150%. Public to act unci (lualified to do so. ■ works do not pay di vidends, and , , Reevcc Ley land ,B.C. was only making 1%2C Per ' The Reeve said the Noi;th \ acre out of the forests, now being Shore " had _bcen dominated too'; depleted by big business,, to $6 ,. long by party niachines, th a t ' o'btained by other countries, things could and should be rui.i The C.C.F. policy was, not to tax the small man, but to use the -profits of big business for the people's benefit. ; ■ J. S. Woodsworth The speaker dealt chiefly with Dbrhihion problems, saying small group controlled the gov­ ernment and business of Canada. The small man could only Uye, in -Victoria on their merits as in ^rrmnicipalities. He doubted if his plectio.n expenses woii'ld ex­ ceed $400, given by good friends. ■ who asked nothing in return. " Ilis platform was; - Finance •-- .Pay as you gd.'**I'Tovincial-(lebtr-' should be backed by Otbivyu ,tp; reduce interest ra te s ; 7-Social , Services -- 100/^ responsibilifi^ . must be A different agesJtheJWest VancOu- Boys of highest aggregate baldi Highway and the-establish- ver-Schools Band carried.bff the score -- Penriant; Hollyburn;^ ' ment of subsidies for municipal three-first--prires--In^-fhe-morh^-- -- G irls-p f--highest--aggregate---i^i-^L|e£yico.s,_„and-.,would_coiirL ing session the junior boys, ' score -- pennant: Pauline John- ,smer the welfare (rf the people if a t ail, a t a low standard, and__of the state; Grants -- ,.v -- the yburig could find iio-jbbsvr- Ip .^^&tored= an#Mncreased the past the opening West and Yangemeiit with Ottawa Edu- ■"̂ oyganized yiess - th an ' a", "year," son;® -befbre party. Th€~vitaHsOT€TwaB" played well, winning fiir^ place H igheslj|^ iv idual score, boy - by.orie point over the New West- --cup: Maicmih Douet- (P). School- B an d .--In -th e-- ^-Highest individual score, girl -a-fter-noqn--the boys under 17 ^ u p : Ruth Franklin (P). years of age also placed first a-^ ' * ' .head of New W estminster and BOYS the growth of debt. " C. H. Brazier He,, as a young man, said his generation had little use for party. The Liberals leant to dictatorships as in 'th e S.P. Act surplus goods. Noyr. with massed but burden on land reduced, production and decreased buying More vocational tra in ing ; Health power distribution was o u t of I n s u r a n c e N e c 0Kssarv_.. .bul̂ ^̂ ^̂ stepr' New Zealand . had .taken present a c t; Roads -- Independ- ■"6verM)ankjng--and--er-edR^im4^=^nt--TI-ighway=^Gwimms4mi-;^o bought all dairy products for ex- political roa,({fl; Garibaldi--Glad port... His^party would take ovei the big monopolies for the ,use of the people. ̂ , .. Mr. Allsbqry's address was on similar lines tq the t,wo other others were supporting, i t as he- had* done a t every opjpqrtunity. Tourist Trade --=-'-R,eturns merit- ed Tull support of it. He made no prorfiises,' but :wnnld dn pip b^st- ---- ' Although being generally much younger than ' the other bands _competingjn_theIevening-S€SsiQn_ -for--players -under- '21-7years -of_ -̂ iag_e,__tb_e West Vancouver boys 1, M. Douet, (P),; 2, S. Currie (P) ^3,-G.-Jones_( H)_ and-the-Gonservatives were the" more likely Jo save, democracy. C.C.F, FINAL MEETING ■n;. COMING EVENTS" showed tha t finish iiTpl^?^ ing-d'emanded by the adjudica-; " top^and " we r̂e "awaMed~first" place with 90Tpdiht"s77^nd""the" handsome Conn C h a 1 l e iTg e 100 yard-Da^h--Open ' 1. W. Breeden (H) 2, M. Douet (P) 3. S. Currie-(F ) . Junior Relay. 300 yard^-- _ P.J.--̂ H. Johnson,' S. Wilson, D.- Barker, G7"Sangster, R r The-final-meeting-of-t-he-GTCr^--Saturday--June--T2t-h--"-=^]Torti 12 & Trophy, ' Having won. the High Schwl Junior, championships _at -thê WghcTQuver "Exhibition last summer..-, the_W est--Vancouver " 400_ yard. Senior Relay- ' 13 years-- --- PT̂ T--School----M.-Douet,- D. JFohnstone, A. !l^ngham, S. Currie. -MitchelL-B^Nutt.- Ju'mps, 6Tand 7 years-- -- 1̂; DHBarbour (H ) -- 2, V. Cue ( H ) - . - 1 3VD: Sm ith'tP) .- E. JW-ill -take_p]ace_j,t_8 jq.m^ next .Monday, May 31st, in the Orange Hall. The speakers will--be-C cultural Show in Inglewood Auditoj^um. G rant-'McNeil. M.P;, Grace Mc- Innis, and, Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, the" C^.F.-candidate. - -ThTn^ay7JTiTKrl7th=S en's - Inglewoorcl "W.~A. Mid'^ Summer Tea. Jumps, 8 and 9 y e a r ^ SOFTBALL "Band now holds firs7-place for- every competition open to Junior Bands in British Columbia.. . „ The Civic Banquet to the Schools Band was held on Sat­ urday evening ininglewood Aud^ Ltorium ̂ a num ber. of the boys' parents being also, present. 'A happy time was spent, and speeches made by Reeve Ley- land, Trustee McDonald,; and Manager Condon, the la tte r act- l^g. as chairnian. The Reeve-ori behalf of the Municipality pre­ sented Conduotor Delamont w ith a,very fine suitcase, his wife be-r lug .the recipient- of a bouquet presented by Mrs. Leylandr'The j ̂ parents of the boys throilgh Ex- Tabloid Team-- - - - 7 ;H . S.--W. Breeden. G. Jones, ,Ru^sell_,_presented Man- F. B raden, TTPick, R. Part- ington,-E. Dawson, B. Tea- roe, W. Sloan, J. Layton, E. White, R. Froud--28. points. P .J _ A . Bingham, R. Bone, P. Waite,_J. Hailstone; H. Ros- etti, G. Bayfield, B. Uilde- - meister,,,D. Johnstone, M. ' Douet, S. Currie--23 points. 50 yard Dash, 6 years-- 1, I^Morrisoii (H) - 2, A. C,ue_(Hi___ _ 3, H. Johnston (P) ' 50 'yard Dash, 7 years-- 1, y . Cue (H) • 2, ,M. Benson (P) ^3, S. Wilson (P) • ' 60 yard Dash; 8 years-- - ITDT^BarkeyrCP) \ G. C iie-W ^3^MT.vB_tain^jM®=:L :=r^IE^onsv-TQ.st ^ t h e i i ^ f i r l ^ games last week. On Wedhes- Jumps, 10 and 11 years-^ 1, A, Henshaw (H) 2, B. N utt (P> , 3, -B. Hunt (P) " . -,v- GIR'LS. • - 50 yardfDash, 6 years-- , ■ L B.^Nield (P) - - 2,-V. W a rd W 3, D. Cruickshanks (P) 50 yard Dash, 7 years--̂ 1, V. Erikson (P) - -2, M. Murphy (P) D. P latt (H) 60 yard Da^sh, 8 years-- -1, C.̂ Gruchy (H) 2, P. Reid (P) 3, J. Garner (P) ^day7viMa-y-^19th--at-Maben-ParkT- ^Red &*White defeated, them 12-̂ 4 \and last Thursday at-Amblesid^? ■Park-JWiBiamson's Dairy ed them S' to 7 in an eleven in­ ning, tussle. -Taylor and Zielski did the "pitching for .Tritons and "Taylor--hit a-hom e-run- iii_the_ seventh Tnning. , WOMEN'S MEETING Reeve J. B. Leyland will hold -a women's meeting a t 3 p.m._ oil Orange Hall. ^ \__ WOMEN'S MEETING 60-yard Dash", 9 ^ a r s -- ager Condon with fi'verv ig e fu 1 ~ "̂ rD -Clem ent (P) vlff a^v^r-y-usei-ui^---- 3, I. Smith (P)shape _qp a heavy- b e l l i n g rug, Mrs. Condon r6- a bouquet from the band. . 'evening Russell Es- ^xylophone ,^olo 3hieh-wasTnuc,h7e„joyed.taLi ■■ - ' ■ .v\ I,:, ■ui'; i-./L s;,.- ,l,_X_Atwa-te.r. 2, J. Cranwill (H) :3;H.iStamati& Tonight a t Ambleside Park at. 6:30 p.m. Tritons play Red & ' White. Thi§ team has just-come up the junior, ranks and show p rom i^ of gi ving an ...ex­ cellent acdoqnt of themselves in senior company. Don't forget Softball every Thursday night a t 6 :30 o'clock when jarge turnouts are hoped =-forrr"!__________ ______ ______ ̂ The C.C.F. Campaign Commit­ tee invite the women ,.of.,We.si Vancouver to hear Mrs.-Dorothy Steeves a t 2:30-p.m.7ombrr(/w- ..JF riday), in the Legion Ha|l. - -Refreshments will be .served. - • f PiREMIER PATrULLO TO SPEAK HERE T h e^ HonT ■ T." D. ' P'attullor" Prem ier of B.C., wiB be among the speaker.s a t the--Liberal meeting to be held a t 8:„15 p.ni. tomorrow* (Friday), in the Or­ ange Hall. Other.s who will m - know*' i - '<?"shingiy)F-'Irdu- about y l u / - a jr e a t deal siUv"w®" '.'(a*>sently): ' "Pos- thing-"̂ ®̂ K?Y® 60 yard Dash, 9 years-- 1, -G. Cue (H) . .2,'-J. Bingham (H) __ _„_i_ 3, G. Grout (U) 60 y^rd Dash, 10 years-- . 1 ,R ._ Mitchell (P) / -- 2,"G. Mitchell (H )- - 3, A. Hibberd (H)- 60 yard Dash, 10 years-- 1, M; McTavish (P) 2, G. Jenvey (P)-. -3 , F. Parker (P) ; 60 yard Dash, 11 yO'ars-L- -1 ,-M.-t)ansey-(E)- W omfcisinath in g-bu La rrag. a bone, and a hank of hair." "M a n js nothing bu t a brag, a grban/^nd a tank of air," spealL-will_be-lMrs.-JEd £t ho^Tur-: her, the Liberal candidatc7 and rJ.-Edward-Sears.-Therc .will.ajso. be good musio; 60 yard Dash, 11. years- 1, A. Henshaw (H) 2, G. Mitchell (H) - 3; D. Chapman (H) _ , 2,^J-^Jessiman (P) . 3̂ D. Jackson (P) ----------- Jun io r Relay, 300 yards-- P.J.--B. Neale, V. Eriksen^^P. .Reid,.L Atwatbr, G. Jenvey, M. Dansey. p- . (Continued"on P a g i^ 8 )~' / " - * . 'T m sorry,* sir,7-said the con­ stable, --"b u t you'Ji -h a v e - ta _be_. summoned for driving a t fifty mi.ies an hour ;along ,this=-.road." ■"̂'Couldn't you charge me with driying eighty, officer?"--said the culprit.. TT want to sell th^ car, and it would pu t the DR. PA'TTERSON AND J. LOUTET HERE ON'SATURDAY up , Dr. Frank P.. Patterson, Con­ servative"leader, J. Loutet,* thc- C onservati'vecand idate , and others will address the Con.serva- tive Victory- Rally a t 8 p.m. Sat­ urday, May 29th,- in the Orange Hall. .fa