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NINETY-THREE ACCIDENTS ever the past year in the busy 609 block Marine, West Vancouver, have prompted the

police to seek closure of the direct access to a popular restaurant from the westbound traffic lane [extreme left]. See . story page 4. [Ellsworth Dickson photo].

page 5, April 20, 1977

_A West Vancouver woman is keeping her fingers cross-

ed about the possibility of

sharing with five others an estimated $1.2 million profit from a land deal in Montreal 131 years ago, according to a report in the Vancouver Sun.

She.- would net about. $200,000. - Mrs. Noreen Anderson

and the five other claimants, eaid

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reed VPpvit states

they are direct descendants of John Donegani, who. in

1846, solda college at Bleury

and Dorchester i in downtown Montreal to the Jesuits for

12,500 British pounds (equi-

valent at that time to about $60,750).

A $1,167,980 lawsuit filed by the claimants last week in Quebec Superior Court al- leges that the 1846 contract called for an additional.

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- North Shore News: :

payment. of 12,000 pounds if

- the property was used for

other than educational pur- poses.

The college was “recently

- demolished and the site is.

expected to become a park- ing lot.

The claimants maintain ‘that the dollar value of the additional payment sai id to have heen stinulated in the 1846 contract “has increased at ieast twenty-foid -- resuit- ing in the present S1, 167,980. claim. —

‘It would be like winning a lottery if we won,’’ Mrs. Anderson is quoted = as saying.

Contacted at her West Vancouver home by the. North Shore News, Mrs. Anderson refused further comment on the story.

The task force recently set up by . West Vancouver council to examine ways of improving public transit in the municipality wants to hear the views of West Van

residents on two proposals | that have emerged to date. -

One relates to. the possi- bility of using ‘‘mini-buses”’ to feed the reguiar Biue Bus routes. Minibuses are small . passenger. vehicles with a 10-16. passenger capacity, which would operate on fixed

‘routes in selected neighbor-. hoods, with transfers to the Blue Bus system at selected

_ points included in the cost of the. ticket, -

Hall,

- The. second’ suggestion is

for a system of ‘ ‘personalized public — transit,’ shared taxi rides. with savings depending on the number of passengers car- ried at any one time.

Both systems could be operated on scheduled routes or..on a subscription basis,

allowing individuals to. be.

picked up at a given time each day from their homes. |

Residents with opinioris or

information on either of the two systems should write to Mr. Doug Allan, Adminis- _ trative Assistant, Municipal . 750-17th Street, “West — - Vancouver, v7v 3T3 as soon ~ ~as possible.

Only another nine days to go before West Vancouver

‘Memorial Library closes down for three weeks -- from May 2 to 23, both dates inclusive. Normal service will be resumed May 24.

The closure has been made necessary by the extensive alterations and expansion which the library is presently undergoing. The Board apologizes to. patrons for the inconvenience...

jibrary . day, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. . Library ©

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Up to Saturday, April 30, patrons will be permitted ‘to take out extra books to last them during the. closure period.

“Meanwhile, Friends of the West Vancouver Memorial .

Library hold their regular monthly meeting in: tomorrow, Thurs-

The fee is only one dollar a year and_ volunteers always welcome. -

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‘North Vancouver District. -council’s most: regular visitor

has gone missing.

. The ‘three-year-old ‘male . white © known at the municipal hall. —’’District -Cat’” e hasn’ t been seen since the © Thursday | before Easter.

cat, affectionately

s “DD. On oe

His owner, Gary ‘Math-

iesen of 368 West Queens, just opposite the ‘municipal hall,

“gone: for. this long.

Kendrick phote}.

every meeting — since

“*Zipper,”’ : _ every table and sat on every Tap in the council chambers

is worried.. Although’ —“D. C."" has been missing — before, -he -has never been: :

“DISTRICT. CAT”? cozies up to Municipal Planner ‘Martin Chesworth during a recent council meeting [John

Regular council meetings have come

‘to know him well, because

“Dp.C.”” has participated in last November—never missing a

single issue that faces our elected officials .

Answering to the name of he has walked on

at one time or another. He

has become a favorite visitor. for council members them-.

No penalties, lock-in,

or ‘bonus’

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Three Locations In North Vancouver:

1100 Lonsdale Ave.

1246 Lynn Valley Rd.

1080 Marine Drive .

987-8155 980-6556 986-1116

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attenders © at.

‘hand but—unlike others at-_ tending the meeting—never

complains.

The SPCA is keeping a sharp eye open for ‘‘D.C.”

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