Bandit robs West Van bank A GREY-haired bandit made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday after demanding money from a teller at the Ca- padian Imperial Bank of Commerce located at 2453 Marine Dr. in West Vancouver. The robbery occurred just after 1:30 p.m. The suspect produced a note asking for cash, received his Icot and left on foot. The suspect is described as being a Caucasian male, approxi- mately 55 years of age, 5'7’’, 160 pounds, with grey bair and a grey moustache. He was last seen wearing sunglasses, a red baseball cap, a blue sweater and jeans. Lost hiker finds way to safety A 19-YEAR-OLD Vancovver man walked down the west side of Seymour Mountain Thursday morning after he became separated from his hikiag companions Wednesday evening in the Dinkey Peak area. The North Shore Rescue Team (NSRT) and North Vancouver RCMP were called in to search for the lost hiker at about 10:30 p.m. But the 23-member search team came up empty handed. The hiker walked out of the wilderness at about 6:30 a.m. near the Rice Lake GVRD station. Said North and West Vancouver Emergency Program coor- dinator Ross Peterson, ‘‘He decided to find his own way to safety and worked his way down to the Seymour River valley. But again, you shouldn’t try to walk out. You should stay put.”” BC Rail union takes stike vote A STRIKE vote conducted June 18 to 21 by the seven trade unions representing approximately 1,700 workers at North Van- couver-based BC Rail will be counted by Monday. The Council of Trade Unions and BC Rail management have been negotiating since early spring in a bid to reach a new collec- tive agreement. The current three-year agreement expires June 30. The unions would be in a legal strike position after giving 72 hours notice any time after the current contract expires. According to BC Rail negotiator Brian Foley, negotiations have made minimal progress, with 150 of an initial 300 issues remaia- ing on the table. Some of the outstanding issues include wages, contracting out and the proposed phasing out of cabooses. Said Foley, ‘‘I don’t expect matters to reach a head until mid- Suiy. We hope we can setile it amicably.’’ The last work stoppage at BC Rail was in December 1979. MAKE Your $ $ $ COUNT ... BIG ... a0 DAYS $10,000 min. subject to availability CALL KEN GORDON 668-2055 ScotiaMcLeod uw own Mutual Funds? Cail for your FREE copy of the Mutual Fund Monitor DENTURE SERVICE R. PALLAI & R. ANDERSON @ NEW DENTURES @ RELINES @ COMFORTABLE SOFT LINERS @ REPAIRS @ FREE CONSULTATION Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9-5 Telephone 985-1710 105 - 149 West 15th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 1R6 13.20% 1 YEAR Historic house receives cheques A DRAWING of the historically significant Gertrude Lawson House was presented Monday night to West Vancouver District Council, along with two cheques totalling $45,000 to be put towards the stone building’s renovation and restoration. By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer Of the total donation, $25,000 was raised by the West Vancouver Rotary Club and $20,000 by the West Vancouver Museum & His- torical Society “It will not only serve as the community’s memory bank from generation to generation, it will also provide a focus for com- munity heritage awareness, spirit and pride both now and in the future,’”’ society president Jack Leyland said in his presentation to council. Approximately one year ago the 52-year-old house was saved from being bulldozed and replaced with an apartment development. Following the death of Gertrude Lawson, daughter of West Van- couver pioneer John Lawson, the municipality negotiated with members of the Lawson family to purchase the property for over $1 million. It was then decided that the house be administered by the municipality and run with the support of volunteers from the historical society, which is the se- cond largest in the province. The ongoing planning for the building’s restoration has invelved West Vancouver Director of Parks and Recreation Kevin Pike, cul- tural coordinator Kathy Mathieson and three professional consultants: archivist Laura Coles, curator Susan Green and architect Mike Barnes of Toby Russell Buckwell. An estimated $447,000 will be needed to cover the cost of renovating the interior to modern standards and restoring the exte- rior to its original appearance. Over half of the money has been committed, including the $75,000 goal set by the Rotary Club to be raised at its ‘Casino Nights’ events. Local artist Laureen Jones, drawing of the house has been reproduced on note paper and in a limited edition of 50 prints, which will be given to people who do- nate at feast $300 to the restora- tion work on the Gertrude Lawson house. For further information on donations call 926-2643. | TOYS "N HOBBIES 1425 Marine Dr, West Van. 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Securing the first mortgage ever granted to a woman in B.C., Miss Lawson had the home built out of stones that had come as ship’s ballast from New Zealand and the odd specimen taken from local creeks and beaches. Her father, West Vancouver pioneer John Lawson, had collected the ballast stones with the idea of constructing an ambitious dwelling with a sweeping staircase. Although he never built his own dream project, he and his wife lived their later years in Gertrude’s house, along with a number cf other boarders whom she also treated like family. Miss Lawson loved to entertain, hosting gatherings of the Ladies Scottish Country Dancing Society as well as annual September welcoming teas for new teachers to the area. 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