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EBt»l(H#l>?^™®X«JI Established over 16 years. Circulating in the District of West Vanccuver̂ Ambleside, HollyburnsWeston, }i.oo per year. , Cypress Park, Caulfeild,Whytecliff, Etc. ** Dundarave5c per copy. Vol. XY HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER lith . 1940 N o . 22 BUS BONDS CORRECTION The Council is now offering for sale to the residents of West Vancouver $40,000 worth of the municipality's bonds, the proceeds of which will be used to purchase the new buses authorized recently by the ratepayers fo r the increased city service. .They are cent, serial bonds in denominations of not less than $ 'W each, due over a pecriod of from one seven years, and will be purchasable a t par. Applications therefor will be received a t the Municipal Hall. These bonds offer to the purchaser tho two premier re- Quirements looked fo r by the investing public, namely, security 'and an attractive ra te of interest. The municipality's bonds have always been- regarded as one of the soundest and most desirable of any in the province,' because the sinking fund, on which their prompt paym ent a t m aturity depends, has always been up to or above requirem ents and the inunicipality's fin­ ances have always been maintained in good shape. There were prophets of evil during the depression who stated that* but for the annual paym ents from the B ritish Pacific Properties' deal "VV̂est Vancouver.^would have been, bankrupt like so m any other ..municipalities in British Col­ umbia. These paym ents beased years ago while the depres­ sion still continued, yet there was no bankruptcy. W est Van­ couver was and, is today out of .the red and its bonds are be­ ing met as before a t m aturity . Again, many said, as they are saying today,' th a t the reason for this desirable financial condition was th a t no money was being spent, such as. should have been expended on neces­ sary improvements. . , As a m atter of fact the real reason .why West Vancou­ ver is still solvent, when other municipalities have fallen by the way is tha t th is . Council and its predecessors " in office have always pursued the wise business policy of keeping their expenditures within the bounds of their purse strings. We, ~Whcrhave~in" the~past" had~much~experience~in~Tnunicipal7 fin- In the article In our last issue regarding Mifs. Bur^iridge resum­ ing her teaching we stated that 'H e r pupils have won complete successes in the Toronto Con­ servatory exams for the last two years, 90% being first plass hon­ oris or honors."'.This should have read "ten years" instead of "two years" the same i applying to her advertisement in anotheil. part of the issue. We regret the errors in question. SCHOOL OP SPEECH ARTS DOG SHOW AT AMBLESIDE PARK Mrs. Margery R. Clark, P?lllr ■ cipal of the School of Speech „ Vancouver boys and A rts announces th a t she is girld aie asked to bring their opening the School for the fall dogs to Dr. Ballard's Amateur f CORRESPONDENCE anoe in Eastern Canada, have, seen so many councils proceed on the theory tha t municipal funds were inexhaustible w ith the result that by October they had reached the limit of the ir borrowing powers, coming out a t the end of the year w ith a deficit which took years of economy to make up. If, on the -other-hand--West Vancouv^M ias-not all-the-improvements i t- should have, the onus, is on the ta ^ a y e rs , .who. ref Use to have their taxes raised. _ So long as 'th i^ cpndition exists, no coun-, cil can do anything^ T hat th e tUxes* bf the municipality will go up is certain, as th<^hW e~been g6ing""up~for~years" in'~ other municipalities, bu t th a t is not so much the fault of their councils as the rooted objection of the West generally to all improvements being placed on 'a frontage basis, such-as is in force, for instance, in O ntario .; Under this la tter system the taxpayer only pays for those im provements he asks f o r , ; 4he-general-t3x > rat^is~for all practical purposes not affect- ed, and municipalities and towns grow from the inside out in­ stead of being scattered all over the countryside with_a con- Trenton Ont., Sept. 4th, 1940. The Editor, W est Van. News. . t)ear S ir : Please accept my most sincere thanks, for, the assistance so gladly given by your paper in connection with National Regis- . tration. The forceful manner in which you stressed the national importance of this-measure was a major'^contribution to the suc­ cess of the registration.,;,. May I a t th e same time be perm itted, through "your^ Qol- ■ umns, to thank all the voluntary workers in the, West Vancouver "areaT'who-so'generbusljrgave^so and winter session a t the studio. Dog Show to bo held a t 2 p.m. ^2365 Bellevue Ave. Mrs. Clark on Saturday of this week, the is a gold medallist and M istress 14th instant at Ambleside Park, of Elocution a t the Theological Eleven classes with valuable College, U.B.C. The courses of prizes consisting of flashlights, study include correct speaking, baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, which includes breathing, dO- cameras, dolls, theatre passes, portment, enunciation, pronunci- etc. The si)ecial attraction will ation, and corrective speech for be a mutt race for all contest- those suffering from Impedi- ants. For full particulars of ments in their speech. Children entries and classes, etc., kindly are prepared-for the exams of refer to the advertisement in Trinity College,^ London, Eng­ land. In the beginners' classes in dramatics Miss Merrily W ebster will assist. Any desiring fu rther this issue. HOLLYBURN HALL information are asked to kindly < Sunday i School and Young phone W est 468-R, People's Bible Class will be held ------------------:------ at 10 a.m. next Sunday, Septem- CAN. LEGION W.A. ber 15th, in Hollyburn Hall, and a t the 7:80 p.m. service on,that day Mr. Melville of 'I'langsfci)-Don't forget t h e m ilitary ««.r whist drive to be held a t thO China will preach the GpsUelf.l, home of Mrs. Rippon, 23rd and On Tuesday, the 17th in s t ? J ^ ^ Inglewood Ave., on Saturday 8 p.m., John Reid will speak on evening, September 14th. ^Pro- " A Model Church." ceeds will be used for •soldiers ------------------ ---------- ^ comforts. RED CROSS UNIT PRESENTATION--TO TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD much of their time to this task. I have heard nothing but ̂ praise fo r the speed and ef­ ficiency with which registration was conducted, and have receiv- ed -a- letter--from--the-M inister- congratu lating . ine bn the ef- N. NEWMAN' Mrs. Nightingale,. President of the Unit, entertained the fectiyeness pf th^^j organi;pa^^ ̂ in Vancouver North.' -- I ~am " especialIy"T)leased . by this, since I was unavoidably ab­ sent from the riding during the_ time of' registration. ' I therefore wish to convey .my personal appreciation to everyone who helped make the St. Stephen's Church choir members last Friday a t a social after the practice on Wednsday after the regular meeting a t the evening, the 4th instant, held a home'of Mrs. H. Ostrom, 17th -rsocial -in-the-parish-halLto-w eL- and - -Esquimalt - Ave., during come their new conductor, Mr., which she read a very interest- Keefer . of Vancouver. Mr. New-i . W papor on the activities of man; the re tiring conductoiv whlb ' th e "Red Cross throughout the has left to take charge of St. Empire during the last three Helen's Church choir in the city, months as contained in a radio was presented by the choir with broadcast. At the social contests a desk lamp and a morocco and music were eh joy edj each leather tobacco pouch and pipe, member making her contribution after which refreshm ents were to the entertainment, after •which dainty-'i'efreshments -wereserved. / sequent undue expenditure for services. The Council whoyhave Issued these bonds a t th e -ra te - registration so successful _in W est Vancouver. -^-Ypurs sincerely. TABLE TENNIS served. Mrs. Nightingale on be­ half of the Unit presented Mrs. Ostrom with a lovely g ift in ap- JAMES'-SINCLATRt-- ---- A meeting-of--the^Wesf-Van---preciation-of--her--kindness^in payers' solidly expressed m andate are now giving them an op­ portunity to become directly interested, as they are already indirectly , concerned by virtue, of being ratepayers, in th e ir own bus system. Such an investm ent should make them the more anxious to give th e ir whole-hearted support tojtheir^pym, buses .' We say "wholerhearted support" advisedly becauserif that mandate is not to implemented, the sooner it is known the better. '̂ FOr the $40,000 is only the beg inn ing-o t. exr penditures which will be; necessary to making the bus service across the bridge a success. As we stated in a previous edit- onal, the whole success of the extended service depends on its rweiving the full support of the travelling public. And our citizens could not give a better earnest th a t they intend to implement their own m andate than by investing any spare tunds they may have in the bonds which are now being offered ;them-by-thelCouhdil: MISS D. COWLEY TO TEACH SINGING Mfss D ̂ Cowley, teacher of singing, announces in th is issue th a t she has vacancies for a few pupils. _ Her studm is, a t 2312 "Marine Drive, where anv in ter­ ested' are asked to kindly cal]. couver ^able^Tennis Associa- loaning her home for their i:ioh""to~arrange--for the forth- meetings, while the la tter also coming season will be hefd at 8 presented Mrs. Nightingale and p.m. next Monday, September Mrs. Brooks the sewing con- 16th. All th o ^ ' interested are vener, with g ifts in appreciation asked to please communicate. of their efforts. A pleasing gest- with Jimmy Baxter a t West ure was the presentation to each 156-Y- or H arry Wells at West member present of a sachet of "548-M. --------------------------------^ lavender and a boutonniere made --------------I;-------- by Mrs. Nightingale and Mrs. TELEPHONE^ PARTY - . A. E. Young. Anyone, whether _ MISS NASH TO TEACH PIANO ANlil THEORY Miss Gertrude Nash, associate Mrs. George Bennett has re- home in Moose pw, Saskatchewan, after spend- as the guest of her Latham, of 25th and Marine Drive. H'. Richmond, Standard Bank Building, who resides a t 6th and Duchess Ave., was appointed Cro;wn Prosecutor a t the meet­ ing of the West Vancouver Polifee Commission on Monday. of the KenhSK Ross Pianoforte School of Music, has opened her studio a t 1891 Marine Drive for the teaching of piano and theory. Any desiring fu rth e r In ­ formation are asked to kindly phone her at West 300 o r call a t the studio. . The West Vancouver Tele­ phone operators are giving a "Friday 13th" Party tomorrow atiGliff-Hous€,-Why-tecliff-Park,__Ostrom a member of the Guild d r not, will be welcomed to the Unit, which meets every Friday a t 2 p.m. a t the home of Jk^s. the proceeds "of ̂ h ic h will go to the W est Vancouver Red Cross. Supper a t -7 :30 p.m., followed by dancing and games. Tickets $1.00 each. , . UNITED CHURCH W.M.S. Ths August meeting of the W.M.S. of the United Church . was held on Tuesday, 20th ult., a t the home of Mrs. Hadwin. Ex­ trac ts from the Missionary CORPORATION OP THE DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER BRITISH-ISRAEL FREE DEMONS'TRATION DANCE LESSON Monthly July number, reporting work- in Africa, Japan and Can- The Corporation of the District; of West Vancouver offers lor sale a t p a r the. .following Bus Purchase Debentures guaranteed by the Municinalitv and bearing interest a t 5% : $ 5,000.00 5.200.00 5.400.00 5.700.00 6,000.00. 6.200.00 6,500.00 due.u Sept. 1st U it it 44 it' it it ti Hi 1941 1942 1943 1944- 1945 1946 1947 $40,000.00 . Sinn AA®®® issued$100.00 each. . . ^ in denominations of not less than^ R..A; HARRISON, Acting Municipal Clerk. Regular Monday e v e n i n g meetings will be resumed a t 25th and Marine Drive. Mr. Ba*ereton of N orth Vancouver will be the speaker oh Sept, 16th. We would like to see all old friends. Everyone is very cordi­ ally invited. , - BUILDING PERMI'ra, $10L610 The Municipal Hall last month issued i 36-buildmg iierm its for a total of $101,610, .m ade up as follows: 27 dwellings, $99,175; 4 garages, $460; additions, $775; 2 alterations, $1,200. This com­ pares favorably with A ugust of lasVyear, when $79,950 worth of permits were taken out. 'The value of the perm its fo r th is year up to 31st A ugust was $570,709, which wps $55,769 liigher than the figures fo r the same period in 1989, Betty Cavendish, well known ada, provided an interesting dis-' , dance teacher, is opening the course, and Mrs. J; Hobden was fifth season of the West Van- in charge of the Christian Stew- couver branch of her school with ardship programme, a free demonstration lesson a f The September meeting w ill ' 4 . p.m. next Wednesday in be .held on Tuesday 17th inst. the Legion Hall. Prospective when the regular meetings will pupils and parents, especial- be resumed, and it is hoped that ly are invited as well as all there will be a good attendance form er students, .all types of of:m em bers and friends in the dancing being included . in the congregation. courses offered. A specia] . in- --------------- -------- ducement for early registi;ation R. Dawson, 2408 Bellevue is the 10% discount on fall term Ave., has returned from the fees if paid on or before Oct. 1st. Vancouver General Hospital and For information .phone West is showing marked improvement 308-R2. - • a f te r his recent illness. > j'-- ' ♦ V- / Of in terest to many in . West Mrs, R. Dawson, 2408 'Belle-- Vancouver, is the announcement vue Ave', has returned home of the birth of a son on Septem- a fte r visiting with M r^^Patter- ber 9th to Mr..-and Mrs. A. J, son Pout of Vancouver for the Barker (nee Eleanor Barclay); past week. Mr. and Mrs. Barker, though , , . * ♦ * ^ now living in the city were ' T. A. Brazil of the West Bay residents fo r many , years of Store ig confined to his home West Vancouver, ^ through sickness.