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Established over 14 years.-- A, Weekly Newspaper Circulating in the -D istric t o f West Vancouver--Ambleside., H ollyburn , Weston, D u n d a ra ve $1 . 0 0 per yoar. Cypress P a rk , C a u lfe ild ,W h ytec liff, E tc. bc per copy Vol. XV H O LLY B U R N P .O ., W EST V A NCOUVER. B.C., T H U R SD A Y . JU N E 27th. 1940 No; 11 PEACE WITH DISHONOR TRANSPORTATION I.O.D.E. WAR SERVICES ........... ..Ml wniimBiiiii t jmn SWIMMING "Th(* armistice with honor" promised by Marshal Petain ho. iiirned out to be for all intents and purposes an uncon- ' iSti s rrender, in which the harshest ^terms. possible are ! i v X l from the defeated. Truly it is a "phoney" war, lliere has been more treachery and double dealing 11'" ' „'v conflict in history. Mr. Churchill has deprecated "iVJVici'sm of the Bordeaux Government, and, therefore, f h I'lnt oll'i^province to .pass'judgment. But there is this to *Li,l tliiit had l^Vance fought to the b itte r end she could lost more than all H itler and Mussolini hope to take wont However, the descendants of those who stormed B'lsti le wm be quite oapable of dealing, w ith Petain and h i frienil.s when they realiiie all. that has beeji done in their """'hS'.uicc.is oufof the fight, bu t the French colonial empire i, ,taying with us, and probably much of the rh.ench, fleet. A t ' tile Smo time Hitler has gained very much in prestige and ilouiw s by his victory, as is evidenced by the yecent/action of sonic of the smaller European neutrals and now tH p ro b r ahlAnlrance of Japan into the war. Undoubtedly also the French collapse Will prolong the war, and make » greater call ' on the Empire's -man' power necessary.. On. the -other hand the German dictator m ust ,feed the Frenoh lest pestilence a t­ tack them and so the.German army apd he has one -more coun- trv filled with hatred of him and his which he m ust police, and whose population will revolt the moment his power show s, any signs of weakening.. . Indeed, the Germans., have reached that point where,one m ajor defeat means the beginning of fo 'fa r as we of the-Britiph Em pire.are concerned therp 1̂7 mu6h.3iKd for individual . sacrifice 'and 'effort;, "but" none whatever for fear or worry .about final Victory. G reatB rita in ic, now a huge armed camp, surrounded by the- seas. •, 1 he Ger- --mans hkve heitheiH:h«"slnps--nor-the-^Tamed7pei?sopn€^ with the Frencli warships^.to destroy o iiriiav y which will render impossible invasioiii.by any large ^hree.- ^ e y may set UP guns on the French coast capable of shelling England, but such guns^tjould-only be used a few times, 'and the parabola ot --t4q̂4ii-shellMv-ould-be_so.Jhigfi_as tp be useless to r t he purpos^ of closing the Channel to our w pships. ^ n ^ can never-bomb their, way by- air into the tig h t little .island, t h e y -'Ganvandv'will "do-great --damagc-^sto liie ..and; property. And possibly not only there. ' n v, - Hitler now has his .d a y f o r . which he and the G e ^ a n nation have been preparing fo r twenty long years. His, h w- «ver is not an enviable position. Behind him there is rising the spfectre.of famine, and in fron t a,commonwealth..of nations incomparably superior in fighting ability and resources, while at his RideJRJik Achilles heel, the Italians. Our day is The Council held a special meeting Monday night regard- Jn g the extension of the bus ser­ vice, 'having been granted per- , mission' by the Public Utilities Commission to run a full sched- 1 jT Classes for beginners and in Through the knulness of . advanced swimming and plain W, Kissick who has given oyer* diving are being held Monday, his premises to Duncan Lawson 'ruesilay, Wednesday and Firi- Chapter, I.O.D.t). W ar Service day afternoons a t Dundarave Headquarters'are now establish­ ed a t 1451' Marine Drive. In ule of buses between the city, and charge are the iHigent, Mrs. W. West Vancouver. Aflcr consid- g. Small, Mrs. Percy Jennpr a n d . erable discussion, however, i t Buyliss with Mes- was decided not to put a by-law George E. Griffin and G.' for $40,000 to the people for the peakc forming a substitu te purchase of the four new buses gtaff. ' On Friday, June 28th will required until the situation set begin, the I.O .D .E . Paper Drive up by the new Federal taxes had under the. convenorship of Mrs.* "been clarified, and the reeve was j , Lang. K. A. Ray has kind- masked to wire the Department of y jbonsehted to the use of one of Finance on the m atter. On Tues- his stores as headquarters fpr day morning he despatched; the ^his drive and Boy Scout mem­ bers have volunteered their ser? I vices as collector^, Mrs. E. A. ^Ve8tlake^^and^'i«'Miss«J;».Gr . - . low supplying cars. Call West would strongly urge exemption I.O.D.E. H eadquarters, and of tax on buses;, for pumicipally your paper donations will be owned transportation system, called for. Pieces of fine leather Arrangem ents being considered c^n still be left* at^ Ferguson's or for purchase of 4 new passenger brought to headquarters a t buses for route between West 'above address. . ,, Vancouver and Vancouver City, chapter Red Cross Unit Piey. l^Jione Eileen Body, form er assistan t, to, Molly Edwards, West U27-L."**. UKCITAL BY PUIHLS OF MRS. KNIGHT-HODGE following telegram to the depart ment:. , , ' , / "Re^.war .tax on automobiles.;if provision not already, made Don't forget th e recital to be given by the violin and piano pupils of Mrs. F. Knight-Hodge at 8 p.m. tonight (Thursday), in St. Stephen's Parish Hall. The assisting artist will be Bernard Smalley, the boy 'cellist, and the net proceeds will go to St. Steph­ en's Cubs' and Scouts' Auxilary. Admission, 25 cents; ohildren, 1.5 cents. • . THE BIG BEND HIGHWAY Sinoe^tie-'barliest days of B rit­ ish Coinmbia colonization,- the "Big.Behd" of the Columbia _____ . w*..- Rivei'yha^ been destined to be- but,-extr^ -tax-w ould-m ake. cost. , jg. busy making up supplies r-^em e-dne-ofi-the--great--travel-- too high, fo r'ra tepayers to ap- Red Cross H eadquarters, route's of the Province, prove and would be very detri- Mrs.-Leyland, local convenor, is On 29th June a .46-year-old mental to municipally owned naVjTio- fnr th^ use of th ree or #*eam will be realized---a vehicu- . transportation , system. - PleaSe sewing m ach in es, as ^ar road w i i n e opened per- the five in use now are not siif- niitting travel between the.rail- ficient to accomrnodate tl^e large.- ;way centres o f Golden, and̂ ^̂ R̂ ̂ number of workers who m eet in- :rtoke,;^m route of the ----------- ̂ ̂ the Dundaraves School every C om n^ias Big Bend. to-Ja^merfincla;ii7Hl\FrP7ri^eqn^^ -- Monday At 2 p.m. Refugee gar^ ^-TerCanada, the compMion and. ing his cooperation. m ent making is now linder way, opening of the Rig Bend High- ; Reply advices say, new taxes^ the ,LO,D.E,.supplying'their:QVjm trenaendous-import-p wiii'bi' your decision by return as by-law , for submission to ratei- payers now' pending." ^ He also sent a eppy of the wire . do not HOLLYBURN HALL . ing, and, when, it does arrive, it is; to be hoped, th a t the . Gcr- man nation "will be cruslied intp nothingness, not in 'any spirit of revenge, but because there can ^be' no decency in human or international relations so long , as they remain a people. N ext Sund'ay, June 30th, a t Hollyburn Hall there will be Sunday School and Young Peo- ple's Bible - G t e - a t - H) a.mr-and- m'aterials. Dnnation collections fo r the Bolingbroke Bomber continue the balance of this week. In terest­ ed contributors may call in a t ance.. It will make possible Uri-' interrupted, afi-Canadian auto travel from the Pacific Coast, to the head of the Great Lakes and i t only remains for modern en- RED CROSS" SHOW ING_------- OF FILM "LLOYD'S OF LONDON a t 7.: 30 p.m. Leslie Richmond will give a Gospel address. Tues­ day a t 8 p.m'. prayer and Bible study, the subject , being "The^ Psalms." the I.O.D.E. Headquarters, 14lb gineering to solve the problems Marine Drive with same. granite and bog in W estern ■Ontario toJlidiija!vabout the en RECITAL BY PUPILS OF NELLIE HARRISON On Monday, June 24th, the --following-pupils-:OfLNe.llie_.HAlTi-., son,gave their annual'recital in visioned Highway from the- Pacific to the Atlantic. - Thousands of cars will carry American visitors over the Rig Bend Highway bringing new wealth and increased business - into th is province. The already LEGION NOTES LEGION ACTIVITIES. A general meeting of the branch will be held a t '^ p.ni: to­ morrow (M day). in J h e Legion Hall, which wfiFalsb be attend­ ed by the North Shore execu­ tives and the executives of the Zone Council to. hear the secre­ tary's report on the- Convention and other business. ■ Will those having ^completed books for the Legion drawing please turn them in a t th is meet- as this will help the commit­ tee m charge. _____ _________ . English grand*? We burn wood, in a grate. We grate a coepanut. Some 0 ̂ are great;--others grî ate oh our nerves. En there's the irigrate. The W est Vancouver Branch of the CanadiancRed Cross an- nouhce_a showing at- 9 o clock on Sunday night of "L ^yds of London" at- Hollyburri 'Theatre. Thi^ is one of Hollywood's finest films and stars Tyrone Power and Madeleine Carroll. If you have, seen it, it 's worth seeing agaih If vbu 'haven't-seen- it, bomb Sunday night, and enjoy it.' i t 's all for our own m atenal fund* Tickets may be bought a t any • store_ displaying cards or from members of the Barbarian Girls' Auxiliary. ' Mr. Fletcher ..has on this occasion donated both the film and the lise ot Hollyburn "'pieatre. Exam Paper Asked to paraphrase the sentence, "The teacher was highly incensed," a scholar wrote, "The teacher was heavily perfumed." EVACUATED CHILDREN Hotel Georgia, Elsie ' . ' . Shirley Kitagawa, Maureen M ur-, R^velstoke, Yoho, Kootenay, The Eeeve^is calling a meet- pjjy, .F red Davis, Henry and Banff"and Jasper, ,may be pVe- mg of the Council and S ^ooJ phiijp Giroday, Dorothy Owen, p^red to see their' travel stat- Board a t the Council Chainb^^ Sylvia Harper, Diana Walters, ' istics gO sbarihg to hbw -̂'highs " a t 8 p.m-tomorrow (Friday), to Elsie Iwasaki, Apidry Good,-^at:^,. - -------- -- d isc u ss the question,of eyacuat- rick ■ Erridge, Donald Howes, Tif a qq p AT'RiATPir' p a t t v ed ch ildren, .at which m eeting Maybelle Grist, Kiruko Alda, MA&b i A i m u i lC RALLY he has asked to be present one jy ^e Simpson, Harold Hugh . representative froin each the H am er, Beverly Brown, Helen la s ^ F r id w n i?h t I t a S S following organizations: N orth . Richmond,. Phyllis TakenSka,. p S k Shore Local Council of Women, Raymond Hui-ry, Irene D'Aoust, the WeW W e s t Van Red C ros^ Duncan Dorothy Mae Armstrong, Sheila I ? th l F w f Lawson Chaptei I.O.D.E., Can- Dines, Jean McKellar, Louisa adian^ Legion, Legion W. A., * innes, Nobuko 'Matsubayashi, " Ruth Parnum, Edna Simpson. Amy Iwasald. ' , ' Vocal pupils of Claire Loben, A.T.'C.M., assisting on the pro-* gramme were Irene D'Aoust, lowing telegram on Tuesday to Patricia Palk, Jane t Golos, Do- Dr. Geo. Davidson, B-C. Director reen Scott, Reana Sharpies. of"Sociai Services, O ttawa; -- - - -A t the close of-the programme,; "Meeting being called here twelve pupils who had coni- PViday evening of all local or- peted in the B.C. Musical P'esti-; ganiz'ations to consider registra- ̂ received a g ift from their tion for care of"such'̂ vacuated teacher. Special prizes Townswomen's Guild,' Toe H,. all churches, Chamber ' of Com­ merce, Lions' Club„.. and Kins­ men Club. ' , The Reeve also sent the fol- Ju ly . 1st F eriy and ^ iis Schedule EERRIes--Leave West Vancouver: 6.30 a.m., 7:30 „ _ 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., then every Vt hour un tq 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9:30 i .̂m., 10:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m. T.«.ovr.. rr o A ™ 10. a.m., 11 a,m„ thenLeave City: 7 a.m., 8 a.m;, 9 a.m.", - _, liAirt*; iiriffil Q, « O ' n tin. . XO XX P* Wl»5; ®yery 54 hour until 8 p.nu, 9 p.m., _ wccsav midnight. ST BAY BUSES--̂ Leaye Ambleside Wharf:' 7 a-m. 12 and every 54 hoiur until 12:30 midnight. - v ,, L ^v e West Bay: 7:15 a.m. ^ every 54 hour until IZ.iu BUSES--See tim e table .(holiday schedule). ^ITY BUSES--Leave W est Bay: 8:45 a.ih. And every hour until U.-jS P.m* Leave City: 9:45 ajn : and eveiy h o u r until 12:45^ midmghW (Please .cut th is out fop r e f e r e n c e ) ______ / _____ children as may 'Oome to the municipality: If you have any in­ formation for' our -guidance as to Government plans re home and! e'ducational eostsl. plfease wire were^ presented to Dorothy Mae Arm-,, strong, Doreen Scott, Jean Mc- Kellar, Beverley Brown and Irene D'Aoust, -winners of first, sec­ ond and third places in the re­ cent B. C. Musical Festival. Miss Harrison wishes to ex- EAGLE HARBOR -------- press,- -through the columns of | the "News" her earnest ap- ___ Y Vancouver .Unit of the Flying. Column. The la tte r marched do\vn from the Legion Hall, wearing medals and berets, to Ambleside- wharL where they m et a large contingent from the Vancouver units of the Cdlumn, and together the whole, body of veterans inarched to Ambleside Pafk. There a flag bedecked grand stand had been erected in the centre of the football grounds, from which Colonel M. ^Tristram took the salute, the grand stand opposite being fill-, ed . w ith ^people. P a t r i o t i c ^speeches were made by Colonel School Trustee Hugh Reeve Leyland, Reeoe Jwaig, Gus Ribertz, Mrs. W. B. Small, and Mrs. A. T. Cushing. Aubrey Clarke led t he com- sihgirig, fo r w'hich the W est Vancouver Boys' Band sup- 1- opened for the s u m m ^ a n d is Ramsey concluded the rally withhaving a busy season...There are pupjls an makmg^^^^ . y . S S n ic ? ir d u n d s , tennis courts, a success, and to thank all her bathing, boating, fishing, sandy pupils for the lovely flowers and b e a c h e s 'and tea rooms,., where gifts., ^ home cooked meals can be had, ^ ' a prayer, chairman. Alec Gleam acted as Mr. and l ^ s . G. D. Elgar haye ------ rniiTitpr " An auto Any young ladies wishing to received a cable from their son r o a V l i a d f off Marine Drive give I I hou? of their time to Desmond, who is. with the R.C. r ig h t to the beaches.. Cottages the A ir Supremacy Tag Day on can also be obtaififed for rent by Saturday are asked S h i o X o r Week. . " Mrs. Sheasgreen,, West 547-L. A.P., th a t he has landed in Eng* land." ̂ He hopes ^his-.chums will w rite to him.