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Circulating in the District o f West Vancouvef^Ambleside^ Hollyburn^ Weston^ Dundarave $1.00 per year. Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytiecliff, Etc. 5c per copy at newaatanda. A ,. flsî ol. XII HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 24th, 1938 No. 51 THE BRITISH FAMILY LEGIOIS NOTES NOTICE THEATRE NIGHT > ■ ■ ■ ' , ,, We of the British Empire are a family somewhat give^i . to quarrelling am ongst ourselves. But the children have all loft their old mother and have made homes of their own, which they rule according to their own ideas, although these are largely bas(^ on w hat they learnt under the- old ro,of tree And it is in this that they are different to other races, ' who so far have not flown the nest in any appreciable numbers, unless to live under another flag, as in the case of the Germans i)i the United S tates. . The family is, by nature very independent, as man^r kin&s and other temporal and spiritual leaders have found in the past. All the children '.like to stand up on their tijp toes and tell the world how much better and more up to date they are tluin the rest of the fam ily. Listen to an Australian talking about his nation and country, and you realize that it is a fighting matter to express doubt as to anything he says. The other members of the fam ily, while not quite so assertive, in their hearts are just as independent" and satisfied w ith them­ selves and.their countries. It is something-which the Ameri-; can.s have yet to appreciate. In. spite of what happened in* the Reciproicity Campaign, they still have an idea Canada will one aay join the United-^States. And they could not suf­ fer from ;a bigger delusion, because Canadians are much too proud of their nationhood, to think of joining anybody else. Taking it-by and' large,^the children are quite satisfied to stay with Mother England, although the old lady is sometimes a bit exasperating. For, unlike the, children who assert their, superiority, she "is som etim es apt to assume hers to be Such a fact that there is no need to talk about it at all. For the rest the old lady asks for very little, and then there is the blood tie, which in spite of everything is as strong as eyer. But all this strutting and quarrelling about trade and other matters, w-hile perfectly understood in the family, gives rise to all sorts o f misconceptions'among other nations. Their intelligence meii are scattered aniongst us in every Dominion, and as outsiders they report on th e apparent trend o f thought and the expressed, ideas of qur people at their face value just , \ag their governments take as a true statem ent of policy the utterances of our political leaders. A Canadian in a street car may "say we would be better off as a part'of the United States or as an independent state, a young man that he would An Executive meeting ^will be held on Monday, March 28th, at 8 p.m. * ANNUAT. DAFFODIL TEA The Women'k Association of the United Church plana to hold its annual Daffodil Tea in the Church Hall bn Wednesday, 80th instant, at 2 fSO p.m. The guest sboakCr for the afternoon is Miss A. J. Dauphiiiee, Supervisor of Special Education, who will give an address on "Women in Public Life.", Mrs: Colin Mac­ le a n will render several vocal selections. Mrs. D; Dewar is in charge of the decorations o f the hall. Mrs. Harris is convener of the Home Ob|Oking: stall, and Miss Philip convener of the Afternoon 'Tea. A cordial invitation is' extend­ ed to all members and friends. J. Edward Sears, barrister and .solicitor, of 3120 Ti'avers A ve­ nue, has opened ,a brunch office-, with IT. P, Blower & Co. at 1405 Marine Drive. His city office is located at 409-410 in the Rogers Building. Those desirous of get­ ting in touch with him are asked to kindly phone Seymour 6184, West 21 oV West 663-R-l. A fantasy, a comedy, and a tragedy! all will be presented at • ' * * ' (lit ■ EX-SERIVICE MEN, ATTENTION!! CLEARlivJG, ETC. \ Bert Summers is prepared to do clearing and excavating. Any w anting "work , of this, kind done ' are requested to' kindly phone him at-W est 703-R or Bay view 360. The West Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Legion extend a cordial invitation to all ex- service men of W est Vancouver and, to members of the D.V.A. and.,Toe H to attend an open nieeting on Thursday, March 31st, in the Legion Hall , a t 8 'p.m. sharp. The speakers of the evening are Capt. F. M. JTann and Capt, G. S. Larder, '̂ who served in the Secret Sqrvice during the-Great War. Dp, n o t miss hearing them as th is is fne last meeting they can; address after this date. ' There , will be m u sica l. num­ bers, etol,,ahd refreshm ents will be served at the close Of the m eeting.' '■ . the Inglewood Auditorium to­ morrow, March 25th, at 8:15 p.m. by the W est Vanoouver. High School. Dazzling costumes, enchant­ ing .scenery, lilting music, .and. soft lig h ts; all these will ensure a successful presentation of this si)len(lid program. An advertisement relative to I his .appears in th is issue. Tic­ kets are selling fast, so g e t yours now. CORRESPONDENCE AN EVENING OF MOTION PICTURES WEST VANCOUVER SEA SCOUT GROUP never fight for Canada under any. circumstances, or a politician that Canada "Will'suit herself as^^to^juslTwhat; she w ill do in the'event of England's'finding herself-ih trouble o f• any kind. -^AlI-of-thisHis-^in -the-haturerof--a-lit-tlerfamilv^bickering7::be^ cause each and' everyone of us /knows that: th e fam ily will just naturally stand togeth er-for mutual protection either in peace or war, if for, no .other reason than that, any other course would be plain insanity. There has, however, been tc.o much loose talk t^e last The Mothers' ;Auxiliary to the 1st W est Vancouver (St. Steph- -en ls) JBoy-Scout^roop-are-spoh-- -soring an ev^nii|g,. o f exception­ ally ^ n e motion pictures-- ^alTin color-- on Friday, ^April 1st, in - S t^tephen-'s-P arislM all.-T hese pictures tell the day by day story o f the work which is being carried on by the Columbia Coast (Medioal) Mission amongst.- the isolated settlem ents o f the Committee: Capt. C.-Olaxtoh (Chairm an); Capt. R. Jackson (Secretary); Capt. McDonald -(-Instructor-and-Originatorlj-MFr Fagan, who will take on the duties Of Cubmaster as well a's-- being Cubmaster for the No. 2 W o s te V a n c o 'u v e r ™-:Group Parnum, Mr. Dawson* Mr. Car- caud.„ ^ - ' Sea Scouts m eet every Mon- . day at 7 p.m, at the Legion Hall, 18th Streetr At .present the • r̂he Editor West Van News. ' ' With reference to Subadar's recent article and Anglo-Saxon's iM3ply, there is much more to be said. Subadar .said, "I've never been able to .see that our .Anglo- Saxon forefathers were anything to be proud of." Why not? Our ancestry goes back to the Indo- European and Aryan peoples -- the oldest civilization on Parth. He says, they lived oh "hogs" and , "guzzled." What is his authority for that? Certainly ■not the facts contained in origin­ al Anglo-Saxon documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He says we got most of our cul-- ture and temperate living from Norman and Celt;. that before -the--Battle--of--H astings--there~ were "mighty few" churches, 'batbedralk jiaffd' Stone "castles ; that Joseph of Arimathea's story T S = uot= to~ be~ f ou n d^ in^nG r^n^ History; that Christianity came first, not to England, but to. :Ire-_' land. I, would like to comment on each of these statements: : With reference .to his remarks' .year -or two throughout the Empire, and unfortunately some .Northern Coast of B.C., am idst Seput Crew consists'of ten boys, about "mongrels," the term of it has come from those who sboulcLknow better. Just at this time we should ifem em ber that a peace-at-any*price a t­ titude is the surest road to war. A s a m atter of fact it always has been,_ boith w ith individuals and nations, but how much more so while there -are such men as H itler and Mussolini'-in the world. scenery" -which i s . acknowledged * to be unsurpassed in its beauty. For tqo much independence,: unless tempered with com­ mon sense, may well result in the loss of" it. . It is so cold on th e planet of Those who have already seen Neptune, a chem ist points out, these pictures are loud in -their that rubber in that frigid atmo- praise and it is .felt that resi- sphere would be brittle "df china, -dents--of-4¥e&t-^Vaneouv:er--are-^eloth-eouId-4»e-brok-en7-a-ntl^mer=- fortunate' in having an oppor- cury would make good material- jtunity of„viewing.them soon. . _ tgihammer with, BRITISH - ISRAEL HOLLYBURN HALL The regular Monday evening meeting of .the Dundarave' Branch of the B ritish r Israel World Federation as usukljat-8 o'clock, Marine Drive and 2 ^ h . As speaker' we are pleased to anneunoe Envoy W. H . ' Neill, n̂d his subiect. "Thiners' 'That Sunday School and Young People's ̂ Bible Class will be held, as usual, at 10 aim. next Sunday, March, 27th, in Hollyburn Hall. A t the ,7:30 p.m. seiVi.ee next Sunday, V. Phillips, a missionary from Greece,T will g iv e a Gospel prayer and Bible study, NEW LINGERIE SHOP The Milady's Lingerie Shoppe has opened for business in the store at -1474 liferine - Drive, they are carrying'full lines of hngerie, house and- afternoon Presses, smocks, hosiery, arti- hcial flowers, e to .; all new stock snd selling at city-prices. 'The patronage of 'W est Vancouver residents is solicited. LIBERALS TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING A public meeting under the auspices of the West Vancouver LiberaLAssociation wilLbe held in the Legion Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30th. The speakers will be Howard For­ rester, M.L.A., and_ Harry Col- gan. i.--- XkM'poration of th e D istrict of West Vancouver To P<Brsoiis t e - P o s s e s s i o n ^ f - D o g s "^AKE NO TICE that Dog Licenses for the current year are dye and payable at the PoHccrOffice, Municipal Hall. Any person,who owns, possesses or Harbours any dog over the ^ e of tour months without having the same licensed and taxed, is liable to "prosecution under, the By-Law. The fees are as follows:--For Male..j. .-$2.00 ______ , ' . 7 For "Female--;$3.00 W i HERRIN, Collector. Anglo-Saxon" first a literary one, indicated-.the- union-of the Anglian and ' Saxon'/ languages, not a .nation or even a tribe at the time of Alfred. English, the -CQrrect7designatian-of-thie-people- was won by Egbert o:f W essex in 800, Today, we use the term/ "Anglo-Saxons" somewhat loose­ ly but it is not correct. - As regards our debt to Nor­ man and Clelt-- Alfred the Great 871-901, was a Sax'on king. Dur­ ing his reign, while .Dunstan, keenly interested in learning, was Abbot of Glastonbury and later of Canterbury, Oxfo,rd Uni­ versity was founded,- forty ab­ beys and monasteries were end- dow.ed..-andJ:o-men tion-jn-st-tvax date -- Peterborough in WuIL here's reign 657 and Ely in Eg- frith 's reign 670. Bede, called "Father of~EngIish learning" lived from 673 to 735. All this preceded the Battle of Ha.stings which o/;curred in 1066. Green's history entitled "A Short History of the English People" begins with the coming of the Angles to England in 449. It could not therefore tell of Joseph of Arimathea for he and his companions reached England about _35^A.D. C hristianity-as a doctrine or term was unknown before "th e p ir th o*f Chriist, hu t Irish historians tell us that learn­ ing, together with a belief in one God came to Ireland _centuries- b^ore th is time? Subadar in his story o f the arrival of the Stone of Destiny with that of the ar­ rival of Christianity. Siich a short letter is quite in­ adequate to discuss this biroad- . s n b je c C t r b u r T r correct some IS an/;effofrt ® - - - - - - -- of the-ver-y--mis- leading-statem ents made regard­ ing our early history.. - . 7 ANGLO, SAX(jN No. 2