1945-1946 PERFORMANCE The following statistics .are inter-

esbing i·n that they represent the per-formance ·of your Municipal Transpor-tati<>n Department during the two years of its adjustment period. During these two years a complete change<>ver ha~ been accomplished by gradual transition from a ferry operati•on served by local feeder buses at the end <>f 1944 to a c<>mplete Blue Bus <>peration as at February 9th, 1947.

1945 1946 Operating P.rofi:t--

Buses $16,541.64 $ 8,990.03 Operating Loss-

Boats 15,554.24 10,995.45 Net OpQrating Profit or Loss (after pt'oviding f<>r all charges)

$ 987.40 (P) $ 2,005.42 (L) Trans-Bridge Bus Passengers .............. 695,070 947,256 Ferry Passengers .. 516,317 256,451 ~umber of Buses in service, Decembee 3ltit, 1945 ········································ 13 Number of Buses in service, December 31st, 1946 ............................................ 15

(3 new buse-s added to fleet and 1 old bus retired during 1946)

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WEST ·vAN CARTAGE Formerly WEST 110 THOMPSON'S TRANSFER 1185 Esquimalt ~RED HARJRINGTON

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safe and easily accessible, we suggest t.hat you keep them in record storage albums. This is a g:o.od way to start building your library of the music you want. These albums, which c<>me in sizes to acc·ommodate both 10- and 12-inch records, are readily stored in cab-inets like books, to which you can add as your library g-rows. See the variou~ types available at

BROWN & MUNTON 1542 Marinco Drive Phone Wt?st 366

The various local organizations and groups are in vi ted to submit items to be listed in this section that wHl be of ge-n-eral public infiQrmation. This is a cour-tesy service at no C(}St to tihe organiza-tiOJi.s concerned. Any further particu-l<!rs regarding space may be secured from the offiee of the West Vancouver Municipal Tran•sportation Manager.

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Mondays: Archery Club, 7:30 p.m.: Panthers, 7:00 p.m., 998-14-th St. ; Sparkplugs, 7 :00 p.m, 1477 Inglewo<>d: Do Do's, 6:30 p.m.; West Van Aquatic Club, 5-6 p.m., Crystal P<>ol.

Tuesdays: Baby Clinic, 1. 00 p.m.; Fun Yettes Girls' Club, 3:30 p.m., 2650 Mathers; 6th B.C. Scouts, 3:45 p.m.; Jr. Forest Wardens 7:30 p.m.; Ma.rks-men's •Club, 7 :30 p.m., Stanley Pk. Armories; Whizzbangs I, 7:00 p.m., 2067 Kings.

Wednesdays: Maple Leaf Yettes, 3:45 p.m., 2380 Nelson; Diamond Yettes, 4:00 p.m.; Sentinel Hill Yettes. 3:45 p.m., 997 Anderson Cres.; Pansy Yettes, 6:30 p.m., 2212 Ingl-ewood: Whizzbangs II, 7.00 p.m., 993-20th Street; Thunderbirds, 7:00 p.m., 2994 Park Lane; Bo,ys' Club, 7:00 p.m. : Girls' Pro Rec, 6:30 p.m., Ladies' Pro Rec, 8:00 p.m.

Thursdays: Juni.or Pro Rec, 7:00 p.m.; Willowettes, 4:00 p.m.; Fairy Yettes, 6:30p.m. ; Blue Jay Yettes, 6:30 p.m.; Dogw-ood Yettes 6:30 p.m., 1437 Kings; Park Lane Yettgs, 3:45 p.m .. 2994 Park Lane.

Fridays: Ahmiks, 7 :00 p.m.; Toma-hawks, 7:00 p.m., United Church: Busy Beaver Yettes, 6:ao p.m., 1086-17th St.; Louise'5 Yettgs, ~.'15 p.m.:

Adult Leathe~· Work, 8:00 p.m.; Club Qu' Appelle, 9:00 "W.m.

Saturdays: Soccer, 2:00 p.m., Amble-side Park (wealher permiUing).

0-------0THER ACTIVITIES

Yette Roun.dup (6-9 years) 3rd Sat-Tur day in the t:noruth at 9:30 a.m.

Yette R-oundup (10-13 years) 1st Sa~urday in the month at 9:30 a.m. Men's Chrysanthemum Club: 1st Mon-day in the month at 8:00 p.m. Band Auxiliary: 1st Wednesday in the month at 2:00 p.m. United Nations Meeting: 2nd anJd 4th \Ycdnesdays in the month at 2:30 p.m.

Ladies' Chrysanthemum Club: 2nd Thursday in :the mon·th at 8 :00 p.m.

Townswomen's Guild: 3rd Monday in the month at; 8:00 p.m.

Ladies' Scottish Dancing : 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in the month at 7:30 p.m.

----------0----------Wol:f: "How about your phone num-

ber, cutie?" Slick Chick: "It's in the book." "Good! What's your name?" "That's in the book, too!"

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€-d to our modern librar.y, including the current best sellers and the more popu-lar r.on-fiction. We also carry a regular stock of the late~t books and popular reprints as well as a wide selection of children's books.

Library rates: Monthly 75c; Daily, 3c per day, minimum lOc.

WEST VAN STATIONERS & LIBRARY

1644 Marine Drive Open :to 8 p.m. -Advt.

DUNtDA1M VE PHARMACY Your Fami·ly Drug Store.

(Alex. Stephen, Proprietor) Prescriptions, Drugs, Baby Supplies.

2494 Marine Drive Phone West 606 -Advt.

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Published Monthly By West Vancouver Municipal Transportation

Volume 2 February, 1947 Number 5

GREATLY IMPROVED BUS SERVICE FEBRUARY 9th.

With the passing of the ferries, much greater demands are to be made upon the Blue Buses. In anticipation of the increased burden many changes have been planned. These are to become ef-fective with the new schedule on Feb-ruary 9, 1947, subject to the consent of the Public Utilities Commission. Chief emphasis will be on more ade-quate schedules but at the same time certain changes are directed towardh streamlining fare collection methods in the interest Qf economy and faster ser-vice.

1. TRANS-IBRIDGE . SERVICE--Subject to the consent of the Public Utilities Commission. changes will pr<>-vide speedier, more frequent service, M<>nday to Saturday. An additional trip will leave West Bay for Vancouver at 6:55 a.m. Two "EXPRESS OVER-LOAD" trips have been included, which

are scheduled to leave 25th and Mathers at 7:57 and 8:17a.m. for Vancouver, proceeding via Mathers Avenue, 20th Street and Inglewood Avenue to 17th and Inglewood, thence down 17th Street to Marine Drive and along· Marine Drive to Vancouver. Better ac-commodation for the evening rush hour service bet;ween 4:25 and 6:15 p.m. has also been anticipated with pro-vision for a ten-minute service on both West £ay and Upper Levels routes, which will overlap into five-minute ser-Yice between Vancouver and Amble-side. Sundays and holidays will find a half-hour service from 10:00 a.m·. to midnight on both West Bay and Upper Levels routes overlapping into fifteen minute frequency between Vancouver and Ambleside.

2. UPPER LEVELS SHOPPERS' SPECIAL-For the convenience of shoppers returning home from Amble-side Village a special bus will leave 14th and Marine daily Monday Lo Saturday at 12:15 noon proceeding in a . clockwise direction along Marine Dnve up 25th Street retm·ning via Ma-thers and Inglewood Avenue.

3. HORSESHOE BAY SERVICE-With the inaug-uration of a Blue Bu!3 Service between Ambleside and Horse-shoe Bay a long-cherished ambition will be realized. As contemplated the sche-dule calls for buses to leave 14th and Marine for Horseshoe Bay at 7 :00 and 8 :35 a.m. daily except Sundays and holi-days, . and at 9:45, 11:15 a.m., 12:45, 2:15, 3:45, 5:15, 6:45, 8:15, 9 :45, 11:15 p.m., daily including Sundays and holi-days. At 1:15 a .m. daily a bus will leave Ambleside proceeding as far as Caulfeild only if required by passengers. Return-ing from Horseshoe Bay buses will leave Bay Street and Royal Avenue at 7:30 and 9:05 a.m. daily except Sun-days and holidays and at 10:30 12:00, 1 :30, 3 :00, 4 :15, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00 10::30 and 12 midn.ight. Ten-ride Com~ mutation Tickets will be offered at

reasonable rates, in addition to the regular cash fares. It is hoped that .this new service will encourage residents from west of West Bay to visit Amble-side V!llage to do their shopping; and make It easier for them to attend meetings and various forms of enter-tainment in the evening in the Amble-side area.

4. FARE ADJUSTMENTS-(a) Altamont Commutation an d

Gash Fare rates will be extended to the West Bay Bus Termjnus, subject to illhe consent of the Public Utilities Com-mission.

(b) Local adult str·ip tickets will sell for 5 for 25c or 10 for 50c instead of 6 for 25c. Children's local strip ticketc: will be available at 12 for 25c instead of 15 for 25c. The local cash fare will rema.in at 5c.

(c) All bus fares, city and local, will be deposited in the fare box. Beg·inning· February 9th city cash fare receipts will not be issued.

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,4m!Jkd-«ie 'WH.all/ Beginning with the new schedule on

February 9th, Blue Buses will not make any regular calls at Ambleside Wharf. These calls, which have been made in the past mainly for the c·onvenience of ferry pasengers, have become a source of annoyance to through passeno·ers on the Drive or Upper Levels ~·e!{ular rout~s. In the interest of the majority <>f r1ders, therefore, all buses will go straight through on their reo·ular run!' in future .instead of makin.,." the short diversion down to Ambleside"'Wharf and out again.

Horseshoe Bay buses, however will arrive at and depart frflm the wh~rf in all instances.

ANOTHER FRIENDLY DRIVER To the travelling public the greatest

asset in a transit system is the friendly co-operation of a courteous ariver. It •Is our pleasure to present a member of our organization whom unanimous o p i n i o n has ac-claimed as the acme of even, calm g·eni-ality. No-one who has come into con-tact with Harvey S a n k e y has re-mained untouched by his in tense en-thusiasm for his job and his desire to act as perfect host Harvey Sankey to all his passengers.

Years of experience with the needs of the travelling public have conditioned Harvey. He kn1ows just what people seem to expect from a bus driver and ?tl·ives to g ive them just. what they want m the way of serv,ice plus that little extra th~ t makes life just a bit more pleasant for us all.

Harvey is a native son of B.C. and xeceived his education at. the old Stl'a-thoona and Britannia High Schools in Vancouver. H.is first job with F. R. Stewart, fruit wholesalers found him 1acting as driver and salesi~an. He soon made up his mind t,hat he preferred driving and has been doing just that, off and on, for over three decades.

His first contact with the West Van-couver Municipal Transportation Sys-tem was made as a part-tjme (holidays and weekends) driver for ·the ferry feeder service which then travelled only as far as Dundat'ave.

War service in 1918 intenupted thi!' stage of his cnrcer, which he resumed

upo.n cess~tion of hostilities, and up unt,Jl 1942 remained with F. R. Stewart as. driver when he took on the Boeing An·craft Company bus carrying war workers to and from Sea Island. After three years of this, he joined the West V.an Blue Buses as driver, pledging himself to make his passengers feel as proud of bhe system and of West Van as he felt himself.

From the many favorable comments we might add that he seem11 to have succee.ded.

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Our new local Blue Bus timetable to Horseshoe Bay has been planned as simply as possible with buses at regular 1% hour intervals all day long (with one or two minor excep~ions in the early morning and late afternoon). We hope that the times arranged will be as convenient as possible for west end passengers, but we realize, of course, that we are not yet as famil iar with the riding habits of Horseshoe Bay citizens as we hope to be in a few weeks time.

We want you to knovv that we will welcome any .suggestions you may have as to the timing of any particular bus trip on this new local run. If there is any group of riders who would benefit by a change in timing, we want to do all we can to fit in with your own iJarticular requirements.

We'll be hearing from you-Yes??? - -------0

Rc>d & White Store Welcomes the Blue Buses to Horseshoe Bay!

"If it's for the Bay, we're for it". HORSESHOE BAY TRADING

COMPA~Y LTD. PHONE: WHYTE CLIFF 278-'M

RIDE THE BLUE BUS-TT'S YOURS! --.>ldvt.