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P B O V iN C IA l Circulating in the District o f West Vancouver^Ambleside, Hollyburn, Weston,' Dandarave $1 .00 per yiar. , Cypress Park, Caulfeild,. W^hytecliff, Etc. *® p®" ®opy newsaiandn. V o l. X I I HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, 1937 No. 32 THE WELFARE CAMPAIGN lA'tlorH arc being sent to householders in the municipality b\* the West Vancouver Welfare Association aa)<ing for their sui>i)orl again this year. Payments are to be made to the iioyal Ihmk here and acknowledgment of all sums will appear in inir columns, the same arrangements for distribution being ill force as in the past. Strange as it may appear in a time of increasing pros- IH'rlty.'the need for Welfare funds is stronga'r than ever. This is because the main work of the Assooiatioii has^never been among the unemployed, but for small war. pensioners, m others'̂, pcMisiohers, old age pensioners, elderly people of small means ami others who through some technicality cannot obtain a pension, all of them ineligible for relief. Their small incomes niay be sufficient to provide food and shelter, but not the diiially necessary optical, dental and medic'kl attention, and replacement of clothing and worn-out. stoves,* etc. Family j)i'(>bloms will also have to be considered, although next year will be taken care of by the Vancouver Welfare Associ­ ation. ' , y r .■ , All these people are entirely dependent on the Welfare Association'for funds, if they are^tO avoid such suffering and- hardship as can only end m disease and death. And in the great majority of cases They are .the victims of misfortune and ii civilization out of jo in t from lack of adjustment to the neyv conditions set up by the machine. They fire the worthy poor, who suffer and die ̂in silence, the poor for whom, "if we afe the Christians we profess to b e ,. WG shall have to one, day render- an account. They, will n o t ­ ask, and so on their behalf we earnestly requesTra-generous- support tQ the present-W elfare Campaign. THE BURNINO BUSH ̂ By Subadur WEST VANCOUVER L.O.L. No. 2090 * COMING EVENT'S A jury the other day in New Zealand gave a man damages for the death of his three-year-old child in a motor accident on the score tha t "life was a boon." Now what's your reaction on ,that, brother? Most persons find life a very tough proposition. I Will the members of the above lodge please take notice . th a t there will bo an initiation a t the next meeting which will l)e held Tuesday, ICth Novem^»r, i.u the Orange Hall. It is requested th a t all the bi'cthren be on time 'rimrsdajv Doc. 2nd -- Sketches "' from "Bleak House" by Dick- <Mis Book Club. BRITISH - ISRAEL Kegular Monday night nKHjt- ing, November Ifilh, 8 p.m. at- have anyway, and to be handed ness fo be gone through. Visitr a tough proposition is no| exact- ing brethren will be made wel- prOmptly at 8 p.m. as there will -'dh and Marino Drive; speaker be a very busy session of busi- Mrs. Hamilton, nubjeot "The of Cizoh." .............Tyramid come All wel- ly a' nice kind of birthday pres­ ent. My father.said to me when I was six years old and up for pouring hot soup down the back of the. cook's neck because she had refused to give me some tarts I fancied ; "My son, I think you'll go a long,, way, ebut which way I don 't know* I'm going to come. , served. Refreshments w^l be BARBARIANS RUGBY TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD* A special business nrieoting of the .West Vancouver Towns-' women's Guild has been called Barbarians took Rowing Club sivonds in their stride last Sat­ urday at Confederiition Park to- Ihe tune of .19-0, to stretch their nnbealvn .record to six straight game.s. 'J'he game was strictly- - V------- for Friday, November 12th, a t . give you a good-thrashing, lest The Clachan oommencingat 7;45 , forwards game, the^heavy nun some day you grace a gallows." .sham. At. thi.n meetimy resolu- mud making ball, handling. day you grace a gallows." sharp. At this meeting resolu- , , . .. . He did, and for a week after- , tions will be considered, and ahno.st irnpossibUi, ihe scores wards I eat standing with my nlnnjs laid for tha annual meet- by Johnny Robson THE GATHERING OF THE EAGLES meals on the nursery mantel­ piece. That was a kind of tough introduction to life, and it' has "bben tough with nie ever since. My face was most distinctly not my fortune and I have found th a t the sign "Beware of pick- The forging of the new world triangle,for jo int action on "necessary defense measures" against'Communism is a definite step against peace, since tha t "phrase with the dictators can be made to-include anything. I t is not so much the fact of the now announced union between them, because for all prac­ tical purposes th a t has existed for some time,-as the blatant way in which the gage of baiftle has been bluntly thrown down to Russia. • ̂ ' ■ " ' ' ■ ' This time, i t is-not bluff.-Recently-Japan set, herself out •deliberately to goad England into war. ■ Now, having failed, re-4mjl^er-=allies=are=:concentrating:s^on^ussia^in7-d:heT:same-- plans laid for the annual meet­ ing and birthday banquet. A t the regular meeting held at .the Clachan last Friday over a hun­ dred members were present, when Mrs. Gordon Bell of Van­ couver gaye a most interesting, talk on her impressions of the Coronation gleaned from the choir stalls at W estminster Ab- (Iwo), Bud d'Easum, Vic Black and Montgomery, with d'E'usum kicking two converts. N e x t, Saturday a prilctice game has -been arranged to be played at Lower Brockton with Varsity Thirds. All the boys who have been turning out to practice -this season and who A pockets" was never up in the places it should have been. The au . ... . only reason niost of us have for bey. Trustee W. N. MacDonald ' getting -m the thinking life a ,booa is--the-:num- explained the work of the Metror. have a chanoe to play. \vay~altiToug-h t;he real object of "their attack is still England. And,' because they are concentrating on Russia, the na­ tions of the Little Entente will soon be receiving the ir atten­ tion. o ■ . ■ ; , Russia has no desire to fight. She is engaged in a-vast ber of other persons who try to politan Health Unit in the take our living away from us, schools. Two members of the . which is as bad as taking away Junior Guild, Miss Drucilla Daw- our life or worse, according to son and Miss Stella Bruce, took the point of view. • About the part in the devotional section. . . ..only time. life, seepis a reap boon MrsT Rankine jcead a paper on is when the auto is about to bu tt . "Outstanding Women." -Other --An-Lelep_honezpole-atzsixtyrper,-0]Ciizrep.or_tszzrincIuded-- NeedlecraftTz the liner hits a . rook and the- Mrs. Nightingale; N orth--Vaii-- Please be on hand at Brockton Point at 1 :30 p.m. LADIES' COUNTRY DANCE . ^ SOCIETY Today, Friday, at 2:30 p.m. _the---West--Vancouver-^Ladies- ^ap ta in says,_/'Save the women and. children,- and the rest of us will starve!" and messes like that. social experiment and~bas all fh e"lands she needs. B u t^ h e , couver Hospital, Junior W.A., Mrs. Kyle; Book Club, Miss M. Barrow. Mrs. ■trffered~hef Branch of th e , Scottish Coiintry- Dance Society met for practice a t the Clachan. At the .last meeting held on '.■-E. 'Young graciously October 29th, a letter from 'the ■ rdiome 'oh'~'K'ing ŝ~iAve---■ 'Towna-women-s--Guild---was--read-.---■ cannot afford to get into the position of Germany with two |_f __ppwerful enemy nations-to-east and west of-her, any advantagei. I - - of interior lines being nullified by the hugO breadth of her territory. She dare not, therefore, allow Japan to aeoure much- . niorf of China, and hence the massing of troops by both ' _j)owej:s_onTheir_borders.J-just- as_En gJanf a n d r i^ a nce- nue for a bridge and whist fbr - The- good wishes expressed in Guild funds on Saturday even- this-letter for the success of the ing, November 27th 7------- i^^rioe Club_wm;e very much ap- The Book . Club met Monday- preciated. afternoon a t the home of Mrs. massed their fleets in the Mediterranean to keep their life jjines of empire open. Japan is fa st bleeding to death in China, for Shanghai in spite of its capture has been a Verdun. Italy has lost much ;biood"in"Ethiopia7'and' still more in'S painr Germany"alone"has" suffered little in battle. Moreover, the th re e ^ u s t win with. ■ttKrresources they^traverscr . Talking of tough propositions', -Jthe- Duke- of -Windsoi:;._,-is-just- starting up to learn it's not so ho t' not being a kiiig, when you've opce beennne, unless you cave and try to unscrew the in- i- w scrutable_.__L donT-see_th_e. Duke foi* J b g book reviews and dis- Donations of toya tor Duncan orOinor in for the hoiv« man stuff • oussion. led by Miss E. Barrow, Lawspn ,-,Chapter,f-: .l.' 0 . D. E. and still less his wife, w h o :! Mrs. S. MaoKay and Mrs. A. J. ,Santa Claus Toy Shop ar^ " thinkT: w o - u l d ~ b d " m o s r ^ W h a p W " ~ ^ ^ ^ ? ® - t o y s requiring, repair- arrayed in a-coase c a lk a sh ift met Wednesday afternoon at the will be gladly receivech, at A.-J..loRowse,--Lawson Avenue. SANTA_CLAUSj'OY-SHOIjt. when "France" was the subject away much more of their man power and treasure on such minor wars w ith 'th e major conflict against the great powers still to come. Their greatest enemy is time, for which reason their foes must be forced to fight now. And as the United States was the most likely to hesitate, they, have made sure "Of her by interfering-with"the-Monroe Doctrine in Brazil.' miwin _4-l____________________J 4-Û ' .rl of the demonstration was "making something new from --oc-raoies. ^Time._QiLJ:b£.jQthenJiand. is the great frieim of the dem- -with-rice-and-eold--spring-^ate as a perpetual d iet;' Besides, hermits--never have wives, be­ cause women have too much . . . sense to*cut themselves off and something old. sit down all day getting cross- . " ;eye(i from -t-rying--to-look wise.------- 2nd WEST .VANCOUVER Like has-been singers, out-of- ' SCOUT- TROOP home of Mr s. J. W. Parkinson, either of the undermentioned 20th Street, when the subject depots: Sm ith's Confectionery, Ferry' W harf, Hunter's Coffee Shop, Dundarave. Donors are invited to leave the toys on Mon-, day, November Ifith, when\they will be. collected. Donations of c a ^ ' will" be gratefully accepL anotheTTTiave taken insult aftei^ insult, have alkiwed the ,VeJGrri__j _ 1 I ■- ' ' 1 1 •! *1 ___1 ■____ 1___•! __sailles Treaty to be tom ,up, and meanwhile have been building up th e ir 'figfiting forces. The Brussels Conference was tori pedoed before it__ever. -started,--but Japan in torpedoing-, it proved herself the guilty party , so falling into the diplomatic trap laid for her, out of whiph Hitler vainly tr^ed to save her by offering his services as mediator. This studied application of the pincers a t the nerve centres of the democracies by the dictators will not be allowed to con­ tinue. The eagles are gathering togeth^fer. = champion boxers, Edward~seems At the regular troop meeting to be trying to stage a come- held on .Tuesday, November 2nd, . back, and, brother,* it can't the Scouts welcomed Rover; =ed7=TheHieed4s-a-S(^gpea4-as-evG-iv ARTS & CRAFTS LEAGUE dawn BOWLING CLUB . ANNUAL SOCIAL of the feature attractions • *̂̂ 0 'vyint^ months-in-which ah unusual atmosphere 1 friendship and camaraderie, be annual social -evening and ance of the Lawn Bowling Cliib committee' having decided th a t any card game may be played provided the guests ,make up their own tables. Bridge and whist,--of--course, jwill be the- principal games -played. be doner more particularly when-- Scout Steve Derbyshire, the~ATS.~~ An" A rts & Crafts league is you s ta rt off by hj)bnQbbing with M .-of'the 1st West Vancouver being organized at 1706 Marine suchAa very unpbimlaF^erson" as Troop. Steve showed the boy.s a ' Drive--next door to the "News" ffitler. That does not look like lively new game, and finally office. Anyone jyishing to earn an Edward touch to me, with ̂ challenged the boys of the 2ml ex tra Christmas money by sew all his diplomatic, experience.- Troop to a football game with Vniffino-o maUinrr Somebody did him dirt th a t time. _ th e 1st Troop, the game to be What it comes down to is th a t played--weather permitting--on he ̂ nd Wally can live in palaces, Saturday, November 13th, ̂at but when they leave the grounds Hollyburn School grounds, their activities henceforth " will On Sunday, November 7th, mg, knitting- or making any artistic or useful article for the home, is invited t̂o call a t this address during the day or phone- West 153-R evenings. have to be quite incog. The evening is open to all int­ erested in bowling. Members of - --------- ----- - th e club wijl have^tickets for sale Novem- but they will be available also a t >, ̂ ■'9th, I t "Will be~heId-ii^Lhe--theMbbrs. Prospective-members- TO OUR READERS the 2nd W est Vancouver Troop attended the -Remenibrance Day: service in St. ^tephen^s"Ghur.ch" a t 3 _pim.____ HOLLYBURN HALL Any householder not receiving . a copy of thfs paper on any arid' Nordgarden--Pickersgill usual. The even- spent in cards and opening gun being S ^^^ .^opo ff a t 7:45p;m . Be^ tween 10 and 11 o'clock the ^"4„cups won during the S which the to fo r dandril .orchestr/ n "cardci" '^^0 word^̂ -rds „means ju s t tha t, the 'are especially invited. Thiircflav PVPnina- ' io ^ marriage was soleriinized , 7 - , .J ,, "77"̂ ' Tnesday7i!'^'DV^riibeT~9th7j5y""Rev:~next Sunday" Noyeniher r4ilrf :__There will be a Lantern Ser­ vice, for boys and girls a t 7:15 p.m. ton igh t in Hollyburn Hall, Hi is being conducted by John Rae. Sunday ^hoo l and . Young People's Bible class a t iO ,a.m. VOTERS' LIST, 1938. A notice appears in this i^p e from The Municipal Hall dra\yiag attention to the fact th a t the Voters' L ist for 1938 is now in- cou'rse of preparation, 'VVill voters kindly refer to the notice for full information on the sub- jd it. ■ . quested to kindly phone us a t w . L. McKay when-Mrs."0. L. A t the 7,:30 p.m. service next West 363, in order th a t the omis- Pickersgill (the daughter of Mr. Sunday Evangelist Thomas H. sion may be corrected. shall ■ and. Mrs. "W. N. Norris, 1476 ̂ Hacey of Washington,'D.C.7 will esteem any such phone as a fav- Marine Drive, West Vancouver, ^Ive a Gospel Address. Come and "drraS it is our only way of check- bring your friends,' _ J' - . the bride, of Mr, _E. Nordgarden ------^ ^ ------- of, Spokane, Wash., The bride P. R. Henke with son Gordon, boys haye strict instructions to,, and groom left immediately after from Nakusp, who ha.s been place a paper on the verandah the * ceremony '"b ^ car for the visiting his sister, Mrs. Harvey- of every\house on their routes. - States where they will make Smith, returned home on Mon- . \ __Rdifnr their fu ture home. , day. . r~-' t ■asmimimamM jsstsiiammB mam