BOOK COMMEMORATES ST. MARTIN'S 75th ANNIVERSARY

Local author expounds
N. Van church’s history

NAMING the contractor who wired electricity at Saint
Martin’s Church is one of the many details author Roy
Pallant spothghts in his history book on the local Anglican

church.

“Usually the workers are not
mentioned in a book of this kind
but for me that's someone's dad,””
said Pallant.

“We're talking about people.
It’s not the heads of state who
make it work, it’s the ordinary
people."’

Pallant, one of the church’s 400
parishioners, said he began resear-
ching The History of Saint Mar-
tin’s Church last August.

“One has to write
these things — social
histories are
absolutely essential.”

The book, commemorating the
church’s 75th birthday, was also
written for Reverend Gerald
Haworth’s retirement this year.

“YT recognized 1 had a deadline
for the book,’’ he said, “had |
not, the book would be twice in
thickness.””

Pallant said the book, a chur-
ch-sponsored project, was Original-
ly to be 100 pages, but it expanded
to 180 pages.

Rather than do a second prin-
ting, the England-born author said
he is considering Volume II, deal-
ing more in depth with the people

By KIM PEMBERTON
News Reporier

who founded the church.

“One has to write these things
— social histories are absolutely
essential,’’ he said.

Pallant said 16 copies of his his-
tory book were ordered by the
North Vancouver District Ar-
chives.

Although more than 400 were
printed, he said only 40 are left.

Pallant, who has a Masters of
Arts in Community Development,
was transferred to North Van-
couver from Edmonton three years
ago.

At the time he noticed the need
for a formal history book to be
written on the church, and after
600 hours of research, Pallant
found he had more than enough
material to write a book.

He collaborated with North
Vancouver calligrapher Irene
Alexander and artist Ken Pool,
who provided the illustrations.

Paltant said one of his favorite
illustrations and stories in the book
concerns the St. Martin's church
bell.

The bell was salvaged from the
SS Zafiro, a ship which took part
in the Spanish American War of
1898. Since. 1912 it has been hang-
ing in the church’s bel! tower.

The book, which costs $9.95, is
available at the Queensdale Shop,
Mount Lynn Antiques and the
North Shore Museum,

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31 - Sunday, April 20, 1986

ROY PALLANT, a member of
Saint Martin's Asglican
Church, holds 4 copy of a book
he’s written detailing the history
of the North Vancouver church.
The book was published this
year, in time for the 75th an-
niversary of the church.

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