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H ence.it.tollow s that, as „.,.,.v iiiilividual has his or her part to play in the national ff ri n itional registration has become necessary, in order Z t cacii one may be detailed to th a t duty for whidi. he or Se by mmliHcations and experience is best fitW . However ,ti.V c mav regret it, th e die was oast for th is form of w w arc when f i r ^ the Eufopeah nations 'adopted conscrip, im as i^w as clinched by the use bf th e .M r^ la n e which rmd'eied every man, woman and child' an; object of attack. rHs a sad commentary th a t a fte r over nineteen hundred • „ear of Christianity so called-civilised hum anity should fight. L 1 fashion that the wprst savages would condemn as beneath L dignity of their manhood; That, hoyfeyer, is Germany a ihiet contribution to human progress as well as the mam rea- • ™ U y she must be destroyed to that, po in t where she can no ionger indulge her special facility fo r ,p r ty in g everything , she to îches.'- • We know her ways. Since her men generally speaking hek "the guts"---a'vulghr word but most- expressive;--to sbine apainst leal fighting men, every mechanicah or chemical aid that can bolster them up ihust be used, and the more norribje tho better T h e civil population must be attacked, because it is so much easier to kill the weak and old and the defenceless. Moreover, to make even the|s.e the easier to be dealt with, their morale m ust be shattered as 'm u ch by tra ito rs from within and lying propaganda as with actual 'bombs. I t has hpen thus in every country ,she has recently overrun, m all of which this procedure vvas chiefly- responsible for H itler's vic­ tories and not his armies. We fight fire with- fire pr iiidst do so if ?we are to survive. 4h}g_stmg-gle--w fiic h -^ re a te ti-S ^ __ B e c a u ^ every German man, woman add child in Germany has-been card-indexed^ n d is being used 'in the way their government thinks best to bring victory, we m ust do the same. . The more so that she has twenty years' s ta r t of us,' and all indications point to Japan and later Russia being added to the num ber of our enemies,^as we pointed out editorially years ago would! be the case. ■ _ • : . At the same time, th e re .is not th e 's lig h tes t reason,.for anything but 'quidt* cofifiden:ee-:jp -our tfinal . victory with our incomparable Navy and, Air;;!Poroe to protect- u s . while, we make ready. But everybody will be needed and m ust do his or her share. That is why national registration is now so es­ sential, and why it is the duty of everybody to register, apart from the fact tha,t, it will ■ largely help to uncover- the fifth ̂ columnists in our midst._____ _____________ Presentatioh ' t o ' Postm aster John Lawson An interesting- little ceremony.. took place on Wednesday of last week a t Hollyburn, Post Office, Tiliss Loriia ThbmSofFOifr;"when behalf of the staff, there pres­ ented Postm aster John Lawson with a beautiful Australian mulga wood mantel clock on the occasion of his retirem ent. Mr, Lawson iriad'q a brief speech in reply, expressing hi».«ain<^re:,ap- p r^ ia tid ii o f '̂ the^^ft-' 'and; the kindly sp irit which actuated the giving. . _ . ^ Mr. Lawson was the first West Vancouver postmaster, opening Hollyburn post office on September 1st, 1910, in hi& home OFFICE OF TRE REEXE a t the foot of 17th S tfeetr~ H e-----aiid-tiha4 -ee ip te^ i^^ d -tac t be WATER & BUS BY-LAWS . . : PASSED BY COUNGIL3 COUNCIL NOTES The Council ordered the mat- =Phe=Q^ndL'on=JV[onday-niglLt=.---=^ter^.^^building^,Pjr^^^ri?'C^ ° +v,iv/i under the control of the Board; at a special meeting-gave th ird , readings and passed two by- vv.orKs. ______ . laws, the first for $160,000 for remained .in charge until 1920, resuming the postm astership on September 28th, 1929. Since then he has been postm aster up , to =the=end oT-last-montKrwlien-he retired from the service. - the waterworks, and a . $40,000 The Engineer re p o r t^ to the by-lawTor the purchase of four Council Uiat the public w ater new buses for the service to-andi' taps-at--H orseshoe-B ^--were-be^ from the city.'. . . ' ing uised privately: The Council NATIONAL REGISTRATION Reeve J; B. .Leyland called a meeting fo r , dele- Freviouiy'^ the Council had ordered th e . taps shut off .and ■ gates from the various locaUor- ganizations last Thursday niglitirranged to have a new applica-' passed a recommendation for ;i6h for a $150,000 loan a t 2% the 1941 Council th a t taps be sent to Ottawa th is week for pu t in a t Ambleside Park and ivaterwork re^ilacements. • • Horsbshoe Bay> - ^ t the la tte r The water by-law .was passed ■ place' in a more suitable location, inanimously without discussion; _ f . )ut some differences of o p i n i o n T h e Council--decided to issue •at the,Council C ham berto make prelirninary arrangem ents for conducting N ational' Registra- tion here. Delegates were pre­ sent from, the SchooLBoard, the vere voiced in the Council re the. ' additional single tickets between >us by-law, during which it ; was Ambleside Dock and Horseshoe Ijsclosed th a t the city bus ser- B a y ! .in ' connection with the 'ice is th e only one a t the pre; .special ferry being run on Wed- ent m om ent on which the;pas-" hesday afternoons, these being ^nger traffic is not dropping, as follows: Adults, 30 cents; should th e by-law pass it is-the-/children, 15"cents. , ntention to run the .city buses s nwo to and from W est Bay The application made by the jith a lim ited local service^ from Technical School fo r an extension he latter place to point* -west, .o f the lease o f their^ cabin on 'hich will be increased in ac- Hollyburn Ridge was not gran t- ordance w ith t h e demand, ed by the Council. councillor Dickinson' took a' , . ---- :-- tand against the bus by-law ', Geo. E. Gudewill of 30th and mich ~hich was finally passed w ith M athers Ave. wrote the Coun- m dissenting. ' : ........... . . ciLasking th a t ' That part of ft was aranged to hold a pub- M athers Ave. facing Block 6 6 meeting on Thursday even- be .Jeept closed. He was advised g, the 22nd instant, in the . th a t! th e Council were not con- when - the. R eeve sideBng openingr the same a t will give their vi^ws, the present time, the two, by-laws, bn'which* a ' ' ^ ^ ..,:.ov/iA v:.'Xa...vj.aa.',v*av/ • r r ? r:- churches, political -associations, the L 0 . D. E., the Canadian Legion and Legion/W.A., the ,Red Cross, the Chamber Of Com­ merce; .Townswomen's Guild, the Lions'. Club and other., organiza­ tions. Deputy R egistrar R. P. Blower wafe present; to explain the arrangements made to con­ duct the registration, an^ the Reeve and he went in to-the de­ tails necessary to the work be­ ing done expedittously. and "well. I t was revealed . th a t there would bc'Six booths located, res­ pectively ht Hollybutn School, Legion ' Hall, Dundarave ̂ Hall, .Wadsley Post Office,' Cypress Park Tearooms, and Sewell's a t Horseshoe Bay. A t least four hundred volunteer workers will Municipal Itoil West Vancouver, B. C.. August 6 , 1940, The Editor, West Van. News., West, Vancouver; B.C. Dear S ir: Following upon the r e q u ^ t of Mr. James Sinclair, M.P*» and in the capacity of Hon­ orary Chairman for N ation^ Registration in W est Vancou­ ver, it was my pleasure to caU together represeptatives of twenty-two orgawssation on Thursday evening. L ,- The outline of requirem ents for voluntary workers was ex­ plained in detail by Mr, R. P* Blower, the Local R egistrar» and the urgent n ^ for as many citizens as possible to offer vtheir. services was • fully realized. It is the desire o f . the (Canadian Government .to eliminate, all needless ex p en d in brdbr!^ihat as much irtpney as possible/may be made avail­ able fo r direct w ar e ffo rt.' I am happy to make an ap ­ peal to our good citizens to ^Wfest^Vtmcouver-to4akp!-theto share by assisting in th is very im portant undertaking of N a­ tional Registration, assuring them th a t they a re making^a v e ^ worthy contribution to the in terests of Canada and the Empii^, ' ' ' • * - ; . _ P ie i entire /ad m to to trsa t^ isabkoItiteJy freofrom politics,*"' all parties having instahtan- eoiisly offered their co-opera­ tion. The only requirem ent for volunteers is ;that they wirite a legible-hand with ac­ curacy and reasonable speed, SWIMMING Classes for beginners and in advanced swimming and plain diving are being held M onday,' Tuesday, Wednesday and F ri­ day afternoons a t Dundarave Pier. Phone Eileen Body, form er assistant to Molly Edwards, West,1127-L.*** .. A BUNGALOW FOR $1,675 L. C. Stevens & Company Ltd. of 615 West Hastings Street, are carrying an adverUsement in this issue containing the picture of a four-room bungalow, which can be bought for $1,675. They giiaraniee it against all defects for twelve months. Anyone in-! teres ted is asked to-kindly phone Whyteclilf 341, SE ymour 6227 or BAyview 8637-Y. .• t ' GARDEN TEA The publi.cd^-invited'to a gar- - den! tea,, . sponsored by the Sen--. ,tfnel ,'H llf' Soldiers' Comforts / Group, to be held on Sunday afternoon, August. 11th, a t the home of Mr, and Mrs. Bi H. P. „ Robinson, 1589 24th Street. Sil­ ver collection. Attendance prize, -proceeds-- to--be" TTBed|-;fpr-- , soldiers'comforts. " ' HOLLYBURN HALL used in asking the necessary questions provided for in the questionaire. Eaeh volunteer will be required to work a totaI=of not-more^4 han=fiye hours, arid not less than 400 volunteers will be required. An office for enrollment of volunteers will be opened in the Municipal Council Cham­ ber o n Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, August 9th, 19th, 12th and T3th, be­ tween the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.^ and all vi^o,desire,to help in th is National Service are requested to register. ; In the m atter of registra­ tion generallyritis'com pulsory W everyone over sixteen to reg ister whether a Canadian citizen or otherwise, and I am quite sure th a t the citizens of our community will not be lacking in fulfilling this es­ sential duty. Y ours truly, J . B. LEYLAND, Reeve. MR. ALFRED MACE There will be Sunday School and Young ,People's Bible Class a t 10 a.m. next Sunday, August- l l t h , ' in Hollyburn Hall. A t thb 7 :30 p.m. service th a t day Alfred Mace, the veteran evangelist, will preach the Gospel, Mr. Mace will also conduct talks upon the Scriptures a t 8 p.m. Tuesday^ and Thursday, August 13th and ,T5th. . " STAFF CHANGES AT HOLLYBURN POST OFFICE $10 PRIZE The Sharpe, Realty, 1395 Marine Ebfive, are offering a $10 prize for the best photo of a ^ xucuiuci ./x W est Vancouver scene together Hollyburn postal staff for a_Ur, ̂ Hafirwr nf fl Ot ' ___ i I J, C. Clucas has been appoiiit- ied acting clerk in charge of Hollyburn Post Office, which with the retirem ent, of Post­ m aster John Lawson has become a sub office to the Vancouver ^General Post Office. Mr. Clucas comes from the la tte r office, where he has been a member of the staff for twenty-eight years. He will, be assisted by A. T. Purser, also from the Vancouver, ■office, and by Miss Lom a Thom­ son, who has been a member of with a boria fide listing 0 1 a lot num ber of years, or of a . house for sale or rent. ,4. .,V^ un w m cn'a will be taken on Saturday! itn August All entries m ust be in by noon Q|yj custoirier: "Does ̂ this lip- Monday, August 26th. stick come off easily ?" imiiuicu particulars of . Cosmetics Clerk: "Not if you understood fo r this competition kmd- put up a fight!"opened, it IS understood,,in the i., fa o^ivertisement -----Municipal Hall where. tliose d ^ the,advertisem ent in siring to offer their services ihay issue. BRITISH - ISRAEL • * In the smokeroom of .the big hotel .the Scot had been boring ̂ _ everyone with tales of the ^ e a t register, deeds he had done. 7^ An old lady . of seventy, re ­ tu rn ing a f te r sixty years' ajD- T^^^fgular meeting of th e man a t last, "suppose you tcxi federation'wUl be^held in us something you can 't do, and, ̂ B.-I Hall, 25,06 - Marine . by Jove, I'll undertake to do it j e Monday, August^, 1 2 th; mysfelf." ' « 4- s. Brereton wilTbe the .epeak-i "Thank. ye,"< replied ^the Scot, "I .Carina pay ma bill here All the delegates laresent'pro- The neW colored parsoi,; call-' ised- to secure a lis t ofrvolun- , ing fo r the first tim ^ o n Mandy^ d ^a^f ;n d "so iu ^ 'o f the wganizatlOps c h l i d r e n "Eenie," "Meenie," . Said s h e - "Though I've been h '^ th e j is t already, fii hand. 7 '<MinV'. a n d "Henry." foo'k id ?4 u la r iy ^ o s e l your aroear t o o l! next issu e ..;- " we'do! wan- no Mo." . death in the papers."' ..J*-5: Emmm "Vf. -'.7 '■s " '