.*, the way such diverse spin

6 -/Friduy, May 6. 1988 — North Shore News.

INSIGHTS

A study of the dynasty |
that’s. shaped West Van

WITHOUT HIM, WEST VANCOUVER might still be

largely clusters of. modest cottage-type homes/i in Ambleside

and Dundarave — a ferry still its only link with Bigtown .
“across the Iniet. . f y
He was an 18th century Anglo- Heavily into; overseas investment

Irish rent collector, Richard Guin- . to avoid British inheritance taxes,
ness of Co. Kildare, but over cight this is the dynasty that created
generations his descendants have “ modern West Vancouver from the ,
become one of the world’s 1930s — building Lions Gate
+ wealthiest and most powerful Bridge, developing British Proper-
commercial aristocracies — walk- ties and opening Canada's first
ing with kings and producing along shopping centre, named after the’
noffs as a huge’ Guinness brewery:at Park.
novelist, a priest, a rock’ Singer,’a
mathematician, a poct,/an Oriental’
" mystic and a girl friend of the heir
to the:throne. Its ‘‘constituency's;
far bigger than that of any politi-' i.
~ clan, consists of every pub-goer
taught to believe that. “Guinness i is

“the foundations of Wes! Van today
and Guinness landholdings still
define much of its future,

The Guinness story is
"fascinatingly told by Frederic
Mullally in his book The Silver
Salver (Granada Publishing of

ubmitied

NORTH ‘SHORE DEBS. (standing) Anita. Tveit-Petterso . ‘Tracy
Yard, Erin Hickey; (seated) Marianne Guy, Judy: Eaydsi (foreground)
oo Alla Gregson, Jane Jackson, we ; eo”

cabeidision tab toes f oF senior. students vatten:
) ons and by deferring payment

gto instit TAR
ntly/’ $300. ‘short of i its. $700»
rt of ‘school parents ‘and
to bes a success. Add

five, B.C. eh school
‘uses alcohol at Teast. once per. week.

_ Royal outside London? These were.

‘ London, 198). F or the moment,
alas, it's out of print and notin
any North Shore library. But Van-

couver Public Library hastwo /
copies (929.2 G 96 M) and West’
Van Library already has it on its
‘ “want” list. Used bookshops may
‘also have copies and apparently a
teprint-might be possible if enough
people ask.

For the true blue Tiddlycovian
who !foves his community it would
be well worthwhile to keep on ask-
ing. :

i
THE MAGIC NIGHT arrives
tomorrow. (Saturday, May 7) for
seven young North and West Van .
ladies. Resplendent in long white
BROWNS | and gloves — and along

_ with eight others from the Lower

Mainland and Fraser Valley —

, they/tl curtscy to.Li. Governor

Bob Rogers as they're formally

.. presented to him at the glamorous

Military Ball in the Hotel Van-
couver. An evening to tell their
grandchildren about for/North
Shove debutantes Judy, Eayds, Aila
Gregson, Marianne Guy, Erin
Hickey, Jane Jackson, Anita —.

. Tvelt-Petterson and ‘Tracy Yard —
‘and have fun, girls/too! ~

ee

POSTSCRIPTS: Sad loss to the !
"B.C. and West Van Chambers of

Commerce was the death last’

month of Chartered Accountant
Bob Young. who ‘opened his first,
accounting office in Vancouver. in
1949, After taking in various part?
‘| ners he finally merged with’ =.
Deloiite; Haskins and Sells in

1972, remaining with that firm as a”

‘consultant after retiring from ac-
tive partnership.13 years ago.-A\ ;
‘*Soyful personality’’, Bob did. ’
_Mmost of the.accounting over the |

Publisher: .
Managing Editor.
Associate Editor .

. Barrett Fisher,
>. Noel Wright ‘
‘Advertising Director’. Linda Stewart

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past nine years for both Chambers -

.. Hard at work organizing West °
Van's annual Community Day

frolics.— this year on Saturday,
‘June 4 — is Gioia Gregory (926-

9391). Call her with ideas and con-
tributions to the fun, all gratefully
received |...
the stork shortly are Mike and Lisa
Reynolds of North Yan — which
will make Hon. John Reynolds,
West Van-Howe Sound MLA and
Speaker of the Legislature, a
grandpa for the second time in less
than a year. Not bad for a-,
youthful 46-year-old! ... If anyone
out there should happen t to bea

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