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lie Businesŝ , und Editorial Offtcos 1704 Marino Drive A Weekly Newspape PubliBhorF. F. JkOVEGHOVE 1>Iioiie WcBl aC3 Circulating in the D h tr iit of West Vancouver-^Amhleside, Holly burn, Weston i Dundarave $1.00 per y ea r. Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. 6c per copy. voi. x n i ^i„iiiiii ...... . HOLLYBURN P.O .. WEST VAN qO U V Eft, B.C., TH URSDAY. APRIL 17th» 1941 N o. 1 VMri OUR SIXTEENTH YEAR MAY DAY CO M M llTEE This year is th e firs t in our s ix teen th year of continuous „ubli«ilion. E very w ^ k d u rin g th e p a s t fifteen years an is- C of the W est V an. News has appeared, th e circulation be- in(T maintained a t a figure la rge enough to cover e^wry hom e - n t h e municipality,Jh™W;hichj5CQnnection„we is noiw m ore th a n double th e original num ber of our first issue in A pril, 1926. O ur delivery boys a re 'not infallible n ul they som etim es m ay m iss a home, b u t the householder S 4 only to no tify us in o rder to have th e omission corrected In accordance w ith th e notice to th a t effect which appears- every week in our colum ns. T here is no o th e r way available to us of checking up on ou r deliveries., ■ ̂ ̂ . It is an axiom in th e new spaper world th a t th e advertis- i„LM-evenue m ust bie sufficiently large tp cover the to ta l cost ftf miblication. S ubscrip tions a re so m uch "velvet," ye t, of riburso none th e less desirable, th a t new spaper being fo rtu n - the subscrip tion revenue of w hich equals th e costs bf cim ilation. L ike nearly all of th e com m unity papers in Greater Vancouver, we have alw ays given a free circulation, although natu ra lly very g ra te fu l-- and m uch more so now, •with an ever-increasing circulation-- to any who have been kind enough to: subscribe. ' .̂........ .......: r.'.... :; .... ' "r Originally and fo r a num ber of y ears a fte rw ard s th e naper was issued every F rid ay afternoon . L ater, how ever, this was changed to T hu rsd ay afternoons, in order to give our advertisers, m ore p a r t ic u la r ly , those offering week-end specials, "a longer ru n f o r , th e i r m oney." ; Sensationalism does n o t appeal- to us, because i t tends with time to produce unreliab ility in news and in the long ru n does not pay, fo r 'a l l of w hich reasons it has always been our policy to conform to "th e e th ics of conservative journalism . In our fifteen y ea rs of continuous publication we have seldom criticized, and never w ithou t offering a reasoned - r e m e d y -- A ^-a-^m atter-^bf-fact-during^that-tim e^theneJias-beeiL The next m eeting of the W est V ancouver M ay p ay Gommittoo will be held a t 8 o'clock ton igh t in the Council iChamber. Dele- ..„dates_irom .all „Qrgaiiizations..are.. requested to be present. ,, A t the annual m eeting in t h e Council Cham ber, t h e following officers w e r e re­ elected fo r th is year: Chairm an, A. J. G leam ; T reasurer, Mrs. W; , B. S m all; Secretary , B. G. Chap­ m an ; F inance Com mittee, Mrs. W. B. S m all; T rustee, H. W alt­ ers, M rs. J . R. Patterson . LOCAL STUDENT'S M AKING W OODEN r i f l e s COMING EVENTS nothing in th e public o r p r iv a te life of W est Vancouver, w hich _in_our opinion ac tually justified criticism . Councils have naturally m ade m is tak es of om ission and com m ission, b u t th e -growth of th e M unicipaltiy fro m a sum m er colony in 1926 to, as now, th e m ost b eau tifu l resid en tia l area^ in G rea te r V an- couver, has been m ade cleanly. I t is a p roud record, and one which i t is to be hoped w ill long continue. ' And now a t t h e beg inn ing oltJ;ii8.,our s ix te e n th ^ ile s to n e we wish to th a n k o u r .a d v e r tis e rs and read e rs fo r th e ir loyal support du ring all the, yoars. W e have done^oiir v ery best to justify i t by boosting W est V ancouver b d th 'to its own re s i­ dents and those outside i ts b o rders , in th e course of w hich we fought th ro u g h tw o F ir s t N arro w s Bridge cam paigns and p u t out two illu s tra ted num bers , w hich w ent all oyer , th e , world, t None can fo re te ll o r logically, ju d g e ;o f th e fu tu re d n th e se days of almost un iversa l w ar and a worldwide economic im passe, .b u t we do ask th a t , as w e ;s to o d by W est V ancouver in , the lean years of th e depression , th a t so 'sh e will continue to stand by us in th e m ore p rosperous period th a t aw aits lis* -C 0N C ER T BY GIRLS' .lUNIOR C m \ R A N D GLEE CLUB . The G irls' Jun io r Choir and Glee Club u n d er ' the ir conduct- 0?,; MfsT Cdlim MacLe^^^^^^ ̂ heard a t 8 p.m. tomorrow (F ri­ day ), in th e U nited Church in th e ir annual p resen tation of fine music. This yoar they will p re­ sen t a c a n ta ta of M ozart a irs . from his g ran d oiieras and piano sonatas will be .Offered, also a group of English 'com posers such as Dunhill, G erm an and Bridges, included in w hich will be solos, duets and choruses, etc. . The -ooncerh--is^ sp o n so red --by--^the- U nited C h u rc h ' W omen's A s­ sociation. Adm ission, 25 cen ts; children, 15 cents. RED CROSS M EETING The m onthly p ieeting of the .executive of thd*^Red Cross will be held W ednesday th e 23rd of A pril a t 8 :30 a t th e H eadquar­ ters. ' b r i t i s h -i s r a e l W ith a production ra te of one wooden Lee-Enfield rifle every two hours, a "real " a rm am en t fac to ry " has-been-bu ilt-up-^ re i- cently in th e basem ent p rac tica l a r ts shops of W est V ancouver H igh School. S tuden t craftsm en , s ix ty of them , w orking on a basis of one six-hour sh if t every th re e days, have now alm ost filled th e ir firs t "w ar o rder" o f 130 rifles fo r th e school's cadet corps. C. J . M er­ rick, practical a r ts teacher, is "facto ry forem an," superv ising the undertak ing . The rifles are constructed a t a cost to the W est V ancouver School Board of only 35 cen ts .e a c h T ,h c y . are cu t to shape from .'two^incE fir. p lanks on th e band saw, are shaped, tap ered land grooved, by th e s tu d en t w orkers them selves. The b reach assem bly is tu rned on th e la the, and m etal p a r ts such as th e tr ig ­ ger and tr ig g e r guard a re m ade from th in iron. The guns are then sanded and paintedi * The- 130 rifles, will be au g ­ m ented by fifty som ew hat less realistic models supplied, to each "sChool-by^thcH3epartment-of-Nia- tional D efense. They will be used by the schools senior cadets for m usketry drill. ^ Home Economics g irls will soon h av e an " opportun ity to t r y th e ir hand a t m ass production work wh^n they get .the job of cu ttin g and f it t in g , fo rage caps fo r the school's 250 cadets. Uni­ form s will be dark blue tro u sers w ith a w hite stripe on each leg, w hite sh irts , and blue forage caps. Saturday, 261h A pril: M ilitary VVliist in the Legion Hall imdor Uio aus])icos of the Canadian Legion W.A. i . .rOlIN LAWSON "CELEr BUATES S ls i niim iDAY John Lawson, the founder of W est Vanc(Uiver, was the re ­ cipient! of congratu)ations and good, wishes last Tuesday, 15th April, from a liost of relatives and friends on the occasion of his S ls i birtlulay. Ills daugliter, Mrs. W. J. Biiman, with her hus­ band and .son llunoan, came down from Prince George to" take i)ari in the family reunion held to hiark the event. . Mr. Lawson was borji on 15th .-April ,_lJj86fl,___at:__Clicllenliam,_ coming west in 1887. He joined the. train staff of the G.p.R. in the M ountain Division the sam e ytnir and .stayed with them until his resignation in 1907. D uring his long service with the ra il­ way he resided with his wife and family a t R oger's Pass, Donald, and Revclstoke. lie first bought property in W est Vancouver in HOLLYBURN H A L L BAND V ERY H A PPY AND POPU LAR Boys' and G irls' Meeting, il­ lustrated w ith lan te rn view s will be held a t 7 :15 p.m . tom or­ row (Friday) in H ollyburh H all, the speaker being D. Shepherd. We received yeste rday m orn­ ing from theHbroys of th e W est V ancouver Boys' Band, no w 'o n a concert to u r of th e In te rio r A t the regu lar M onday even­ ing m e e tin g . held a t 25th and M arine Drive, Mr. B rereton will be th e speaker. You are cordial­ ly inv ited" to be . p resen t. Old- friends particu larly welcome. P ray e r - m eeting on W ednesday evening cfor a few weeks.*** BLOSSOM-TIME FROLIC RED CROSS NOTICE Don't fo rg e t th e Blossom- the sneaker being JJ. sn e p n e ra . a -- .-- . Time Frolic to b e given tom orrow The services n ex t S unday , A pril arid A lberta, t t e ̂ n ig h t 'f ro m 9:30 p.m ; to 1:30,2 0 th ,-w ill .b e --a s - fo llo w s :_ a :5 0 .„ .g ra a _ .w ju c ^ h will of in te re s ^ ^ ^ a.ih Sunday School: 7 :15 p.m ., to th e ir p a ren ts and f r ie n d s . .! ^ K in s m e n Club in "T he South Song S e rv ice -7 :30 p.m .. Gospel s h o w s them to be hav ing a good (Hollyburn Pavilion) to Service, Speakers, M essrs. C legg tim e a:nd to be d raw ing large funds fo r a K iddies' Beach, and Grey. T uesday, A pril 22nd, a u d ie n ^ s elKht-pmce orch- at 8 p.m., p ray e r an d m in is try , HeUo,. fo lks! A rrived es tra , a H aw aiian se ttin g and when the speaker will be M aurice g a ry T uesday n w n. ' ^ k en lo r p ionster floor show, w ill all com- Camnbell ' ~'15us' drive by M ^9f,. b ine to m ake th e evening one to _̂______ P lay in g fo r I.O.D.E. ton igh t. rem em bered. For^reseiw ations BLANKETS iPOR B R IT A IN H av ing a swell tim e. All th e kindly phone W est 84. D ress, in- ' ' g an g well. The w eather is formal. Admission, $1.50 per Seventy-five bales c o n ta in in g . L eaving fo r B an ff ton igh t. H a w including' re fre sh m en ts . a total of 3,750 b lan k e ts w ere bad a shipped last weeik f ro m .th e pro- "The Bahd Boys. vincial Red Cross w arehouse in In an . effort to ■ convert a usable artic le into cash fo r t h ^ local Red Cross Unit, The Vogue C leaners, 2192 M arine, will pay half a cent each fo r every usable hanger any can spare. Money will be paid to the Red Cross weekly as th e ir d river passes every d is tric t a t least twice daily. He will ca ll for any num­ ber of hangers a t any tim e. A phone call to Red Cross Head­ qu arte rs , W. 1018, will b ring him t(^ th e 'caller's'door" : Rememiber -- -̂ A few hangers . from each home will mean m oney fo r th e local Red Cross. MISS D A U PH IN EE ------- TEACHER-0F=THE^YEAR POLICE COURT NO TES MISS EM ILIE MADGE SPECK . > - PASSES . Miss Em ilie Madge Speck, d au g h te r of M r. and M rs. John ______________________ Spedc of 2505 Bellevue Ave-, JUNIORS DARN SOCKS ■ i-p a s s e d aw ay la s t S a tu rd ay Vancouver overland by th e Can adian Pacific to an ea s te rn p o rt from which th ey w ill sen t overseas as soon a s possible. , A t the W est V ancouver Police Court yesterday m orn ing the case aga inst a city a u to is t fo r dangerous driv ing on th e L ions' G ate Bridge was dism issed. A local m otorist, w ho' pleadedJUNIORS DARN.SOCK55 ■ L p assea away laob , jocal m otorist, w no pieaueu Powell R iver re s id e n ts ,wiU th e N orth P " w gu ilty to the sam e charge , also have no holes in th e ir stock ings H ospital. She is -survived ny ,nei B ridge, was - if they tak e up th e challenge of p aren ts , one sis" >" wS-_ ^ fined $35 or in d efau lt te n days the Junior Red Cross G uidance Crosson, all resiocn t h e r e , r m w oakalla, and to suspension 'Club which has been p resen ted b ro th ers , A lan, J " , . „ - - I of d river's license fo r s i x in this rhym e: Laiwrence,.R.C.A.F.,-V _ m onths. Two non - resid en ts - "Every home h as a sock to d a rn , . G effrey ,- Vancouver r u n e r e . p iead ed 'g u ilty to o ra ra tin g _ a So we'll ta'ke y o u r ' socks and sei:vices wore held a t * ^ tru ck w ithout a m o to r ̂ carrier darn them well, - ' Tuesday f r o m . the H ollybur a„d were fined $10, th re e K they.com e to us clean, w ith F u n era l Home of H a w n c ro s . m otorists being assessed , ffi-atching yarn . ■ L td ., th e Rev.'F._ A Bam sey ^ d riv ing a t exces- - - - the. Rey<.J-P; sive speed. ' in te rm en t being m ade m Capi- -------------- ----------- laiio View Cem etery. - ̂ p . C a rte r, who ̂ auaLvixmig yaim, At two cents per hole ou r labour we'll sell." Miss A. J. Dauphinee, super­ v isor of elem entary schools in V ancouver, who form erly resided in A ltam ont, was named Briti.sh Colum bia's te a c h e r -o f - th j^ ^ a r a t th e B.C. T eachers' F e d ^ t i o n convention luncheon a ^ H o t e l V ancouver yesterday . Miss D auphinee received the '^Fergusson Memorial A w ard in le& g n itio n of her work in fight­ ing J o r a b e tte r understand ing and tre a tm en t of the m entally deficient children of th e prov­ ince. She w as .responsible fo r th e es tab lishm en t of special classes fo r these children in 1910. She is p residen t of -the Business and P rofessional W omen's Club; ■ This aw ard was given fo r th e firs t tim e in 1933, in honor o f . th e la te G. A. Fergusson. M AKES SCREEN F 6 R RED CROSS 1905 and when' he and M rs. Law- son and fam ily moved over hei'e in 1907, th ey were the first; w h ite se ttle rs in th e M unici­ pality . Mr. L aw son. represented W est V aneonver on th e N orth V ancouver D istric t Coupcil from 1909 to 1912, pu t on the first f e r ry service to the city in 1909 w ith R. M cPherson, John Sin­ c la ir and th e late W. C. Thom p­ son, and was reeve of W est V an­ couver irrT9T3'~anff . I n - 1916 he joined th e C.E.F., se rv in g in' England and F rance, and did no t re tu rn un til 1919. The fii's t postm aster, here, he re­ signed a f te r ten y ea rs' service, and w as re-appointed po.stm astcr a t H ollyburn in 1928, which posi­ tio n he held un til his retirem ent-, la s t A ugust. He is th e senior p a r tn e r in th e real esta^te firm of Law son, W alker and P ride. All th e citizens of W est V an­ couver will un ite in w ishing Mr. Law son and h is wife m any more y ea rs of hea lth and happiness. M A GAZINES FOR RED GROSS V anderhoof Red Cross branch h as discovered a new source of / revenue -- collecting old m aga- izines and selling them fo r th ree hou'rs every .day . ' The N orth Pole is at- sea level, but the South Pole is a t an altitude of 9,O00 fee t. ^ ^ e deceased was, born in L e e i England, knd had lived h ere fo r 23 years- h a s been^appointed ac tin g rec to r of St. S tephen's C hurch, arrived w ith his fam ily on T uesday from, Bananas are picked green, be- - More than two million square Coquitlam, an,d is now oc- cause they do n o t r ip en sa tis - m iles a re still unexp o cupying the recto r^ , lactorily on th e p lan t. earth - W ith , m ateria ls collected from various friends, Dr. H. G. Mor-, r is of-Q ualicuni, V.L, a v isito r from E ngland, made a three-fold Chinese lacquer , screen w hich m ade $21.50 fq r th e Red Cross. GROW N-UP "BOYS" K N IT . F ive grow n-up "boys" a t Lake B untzen-- rB'C. E lectric Powejr P la n t have taken up k n ittin g fo r th e Red Cross. They have g rad u ­ a ted from -face cloths to scarves and some to socks. I t has proved so fasc in a tin g th a t th ree m ore a re jo in ing th e Com m ittee.