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UusinesH ftnd Bditpriftl Office! 1704 M»rfn« Drive Phone West 56 A__W.eeklyJN.ewspaper PublisherF. F. LOVEGHOVEPhone-West'-a6»'-- Circulating in the District o f W est Vancouver--Amhleside, Holl^burn^Weston^ Dundarave $1.00 per year. ' ' Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. 5e per copy. Vol. XV H O LLYBURN P.O .. WEST VANCOUVER. U.C.. TH U R SD A Y . M A RCH 6th. 1941 iHhwaniT No. 47 BMiit THE MACHINE AGE Ours is a machine age. Wherever we turn there is mach- inprv built by man and controlled by him. through the turn- 0- of a few controls or dials. Almost daily new machines are invented for this and that purpose, but always with the ultimate object of saving time or labor. Machinei-y makes for quantity with quality as a second- nrv consideration, and has, therefore, a certain demoralising itilhience. The old pilde of craftsmanship has largely gone, which is why the greatest works of art belong to the past. This treneration has "scarcely turned out anything either in literature, art or music that .will survive the benturies. not because man's brain capacity has iri Any way lessened, but for the reason that machinery has made, him lazy. He simply will not give the long effort necessary to produce perfection or near perfection in any one thing, desiring rather to make R (luantity of things which will pass ihuster m an age m too irreat a hurry to cast more than a cursorary glance at that which it sees and which objects to thought. The great idea iq lo produoe something utilitarian or "different." It matters not in the slightest: degree whether it offends all the canons of art which never change, the standards.of good.taste*\r even of common decency. As a result, for instance, we have the ; skyscraper with nothing to recomnaend it but its height and canacity to house the greatest number'of human beings in the smallest possible space, cubist paintings resesmbling nothing on earth or heaven, and statuary, which in . its blatant in­ decency would piit a gargoyle to"shame. ; ■ . With machinery hqs come in standardization, because a machine can only perform a certain .function over and oyer again in a certain fixed way without thought,, so long As it is supplied with the necessary driving force. It produces and only can produce the same kind of article day after day and week after week with monotonous regularity. It was only natural that in the passage of years an ever increasing multi- - ~ tude of machineOhmild-ijeiidrf:oT?roduce-a-h^^^^ creasing standardisation in the manner of life. We dress the same way, have the same enthusiasms, live the same^way and ' do"the~same"t'hihgs~as~our--neighbors.--What-is-approved-my them is ouHaw and what is anathema to thein must be anath­ ema to us. We are ruled by mass thought, whiph in the^last analysis is largely as far from reason Jf ness. He who dares to act or think independently is a menace and an enemy to be boycotted and f e t r o y ^ . ;' ̂- - It is true the machine has made life less laborious and more comfortable, but, of course, at the cost of a slackening _ in moral fibre. To-day we shy at hard work, we try to turn a ; blind eye to the disagreeable, and life for us must be as far as possible one of pleasure with work a« a side issue. We ex­ pect to keep all we have without effort and to obtaimmore just L the asking. ̂All of which: is. .chiefly responsible for the in­ creasing chaos in our social relations. j. And it won't do. Man is an individualist placed in a worU..which has for its fundamentaljaws. thp necessity of labor and the survival of the fittest.^He creation but only under the laws under which that creatio^^ - moves.- Those laws are much greater and far-plder than he i^ and, if civilisation refuses to abide by thena or dareŝ ^̂ ^̂ ̂tmnk they can be improved upon', then that civilization will mo •assuredly perish,, ; , ___________ _ Are yjou 'a renter or a property owner? Property owners ride bii the Municipal Transportation System. MR. WILLIAMS TO TEACH VIOLIN HIGH SCHOOL DRAMATIC WEST VANCOUVER WINNER ^>R0i;)UCT10N FOR EIGHTH TIME COMING EVENT'S . Tuesday, March 25th--United On Wednesday evening of During the past four years, Church W.A. Daffodil Tea. next week, March 12ih, the victory in the annual traffic ser- --;---------------------- diama groups of the West ;Van- v vice competition for smaller of- ELECTRIC OPENS NEW oouver High School are present- ficcs of B.C. Telephone Co., has STORE ing two one-act p lay s ,'Tmagiiia- alternated between North Shore , tion" by Warren B<^k, and 'The offices. North won in 1937, West ^ great many residents call- Spinsters of Lushe by Philip in 1938, North again in 193J, , new store of the BC. Johnson. The latter play is the and now West is victor again for ' V " " ^ siou, o tnt li.u school's entry in the Greater 1940, It was West's eighth, vie- Electric Uail\vii,v Co., at lOih and Vancouver High School Dramatic tory in 15 years. ̂ Muriiio 1. rive, which was opened Festival. Leonard Miller, a prom- West won the 1940 contc.st or the first time to the. puŴ ineiit dramatic critic and pro- with a service percentage mark nst hrulay and Saturday. Ihe ducer of Vancouver, will be pre- of 96.2. Kerrisdale was second, hanilsome nê y (luarlol^s are wo sent to judge tE^qilay. Inter- with ,9.5.3, ̂ .set oil by thoiiTight yellow t ^ 'mission music will be provided A cash prize of $10 goes to 'and the chrome littuvgs aildul bv an instrumental group which Mary Carmichael is chief opera- distinction to the ensemble. A will play "Italianna ni Algiers" tor. , , n*- large »tock ol the late.st in and "Masinello." " , the West staff, of which Miss tried appliances w as/m . view. . Considerable time and thought Winners of this contest for Cofioe was served on h riday and have been devoted to this pro- the past 17 years: 1924, North; duction, and itT s hoped that 1925, New Westminster; 1926, there will be "a good audience to West; , 1927 and 1928, New encourage the young people in Westminster; 1929, Marpole,; their efforts. An advertisement 1930 and 1931, West-; 19512, Glen-■ • i 1 *' • g . I ' . 7 * 4 f \ O O \ T7; 1..^'... 4< m ̂fT O A 1A# t\ n i*appears in this issue. Saturday aftemoons. HORTKUILTUUAi. SOCIETY BRITISH-ISRAEL emu t, v.ou, ____ Tlio Wcs t VaucoLivcr Horti- burn; 1983, West • 1934, ' West cultural Sooieiy will present a and Marpole; 1935 West; 1936, lecture on gardening with mo- Marpole; - 1937, North; 19518, ' tibn pictures, on March 14th in ______ West; 1939, North; and 1940, the ly i s h Hall of St. Stephen s Miss Janet Landsdowne will West. ■be the speaker next Monday ------- ----------------- M. Eddie ol Sardia will be, the evening at 25th and Marine TENNIS CLUB lecturer. . Drive The subieef: "The Druids The annual meeting of the The aunuiri mceliiig and elec- 6f Britain.-" ■ You. are cordially West^Yancouver Tennis- Club, tion ol direclers will ho held --Inv-ited-^tb-hear--th4.s-inte£estmg-jvilLbelJield-atXp,m,.,to-mprrpw .. a ------ -- _ -- ^ shaker on this appropriate sub- (Friday) in St. Stephen's Parish Fwerybody welcome. A silvei ieS; Prayer meeting on Thurs- . Hall. A good attendance is ask- collection will be taken to pay -day:evening-as^usual.5L*JL^^ e d r f o r . _ _ .--------- .._.__fqr _the .hall. LEGION NOTES A general n i^ting of the. branch will take place to-nigm at 8 p.m. in the L e g io n Hml. A good attendance .is requested. __ HOLLYBURN BUSINESS COLLEGE Allen Ford, representative ̂ of le Dictaphone,Corporation Ltd*. 1 Tuesday is giving a talk at ollyburn Business College on le use of the Dictaphone; and also showing a couple of reels connection with its use and leration to the students. LEGION W:aT ̂ 1 Frank Williams, teacher of the violin, has opened a studio for beginners and advanced pupils and asks that those^in- terested phone W. 364-R2 in the mbmirigs for appointments. BARBARIANS' AUXILIARY The auxiliary will, hold its next meeting on Tuesday evenr ing, March 11th, at the home of Mrs. Douglas Macdonald, 9lo Sinclair Ave. - The recent draiy^ng was won by Miss Thelma Porte, 232 Drake Street, Vancouver. WATCH WEST VANCOUVER After tea was served, Reeve rPOW Sears expressed the hope that^ iTivv/n appreciated L a s V S a t i d a y ^ s ^ -b j„the outstanding days m histo y beauty spots that lie behind of West ® Marine D riv e and showed to ad- „fulfilment of the dream of e healthy expansion t S n s S ^ "^bich was everywhere e v i t o ted the- local t ^ s p o r t^ iw number o f new homes;: system in the 1 passed en route. He pointed but a passenpr capacity of seven. system was not es-; In contrast to this, beet o ge^tially a profit making vent- ffve modern streamlined buseb ^ but one whose watchword lined up at Ambleside to convey service to the residents of the Reeve the Municipality. BoardWd other municipal^ thV T^ and their wives on the inaugyal blen trip of the extended .West Bay "̂ 7, W a c tn s T n "tringi^^^ ^ r a d '" rov^d ite " r i h l p a " ing of Acting-iVJjayor unas. ^ ̂ ® .. residents crave loyal sup-and Mrs. Jones, Aldermen Cory, ^ the resiaenrs gave loy v Greyell and Miller, Dr. W. A. Oarrothers and Major R. M; Tay­ lor of the Public Utilities Com­ mission, R. Rowe Holland and members of the Parks- Board, members of the School ■ Board, go a long way tovvards cheaper transportation and a much in­ creased service. Our patronage was growing month , by month and he-hoped it would continue Cffl^T^ssioner - G. Wr-Vanpe of--to__do_so.------ ---------------- ---------- North Vancouver and P. D. Wil- Complimentary ^eeche.s were Ibiighby newly-appointed man- made by Acting-Mayor Jones, ager of the British Pacific Prop-. Dr. Carrothers, Commissioner erties Ltd. were greeted by : Vanoe, Park Rowe Sears. * Holland, P. D. Willoughby and Returning by the Lions Gate the visiting aldermen. . Bridge and Taylor Way a tour Councillor Dickinson .said this of the British pacific Properties was a red letter day in the his- was made thence through the tory of the Municii^lity. It was S ir f p a l i t y to Horseshoe Bay delightful to see the incr^sed where a reception was held at interest that was being taken in Whytecliff Lodge under the the tran.sportation problern ai^ direction of the genial host, Dan augured well for the days aliea^. s S Councillor Richardson in his, re­ marks commented on the trans­ ition from water, travel to buses and forecasted the time when the transportation system would open up to us the many beauties of Hollyburn Ridge. Councillor Harvey Smith replying to some of the earlier remafks was of the opinion that West Vancou­ ver would strongly oppose any move for'inclusion in the larger City. The company .greeted with ap­ plause the remark.s of ex-Reeve John Lawson? who -told of his .dream of development - in ' the early days, when, the transporta­ tion system even carried a cow- across the water. Ex-Reeve Gisby told of his ef­ forts in reserving. Hollyburn Ridge as a park area fpr the: pleasure and pa.stime pf the Municipality and Greater Van­ couver. The remarks of ex-Reeve Joe Leyland were much appreciated as he outlined briefly some of his efforts during hi.s term -in office* Associated, in the success of t he tour was the Westl Vancou- yer Boys' Band under the leader­ ship of J. Condon. They arrested the attention of the citizens of Vancouver as the tour through the city was made and enter­ tained the official party at Horseshoe Bay. Considerable credit i.s due to, Reeye J. E. Sears and his a.s-_ sociates on the excellent--pro­ gramme provided and-' the ̂ ef­ fective publicity that was given to the Municipality and the Transportation System. The Soldiers' Comfort Group will meet in the Legion Hall on Wednesday, March 12th, at 2 o'clock. ' The final collection of clothing for evacuee children in London, England, m \ \ be received in th e - Legion Hall on_ Wednesday, March 12th from 2 till 5 o'clock. This is the third shipmerit "of ; clothing sent by "the W.A. Canar,, dian Legion. . ;' . Children's clothing is urgently needed, we do not need to re­ minded of-the suffering at Home, at least, to most of us, it is still .home. • V r. '