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The West Vancouver branch of the Royal Canadian Legion should cooperate with the people who started the Memorial Library 30 years ago as far as putting up memorial plinths is concerned, Alderman Ann Arnott advised the Legion Monday night.
SUNDAY NEWS stelae and might prefer instead a living breathing memory of those who fell in the two wars, Alderman Arnott said. The West Van Memorial Library was such a project.
She told Legion representatives they should seek the advice and opinion
of the original committee members who raised funds for the library. “Together you can resolve a fitting memorial,” Alderman Arnott added.
The Legion agreed and also indicated that the plinths would be smaller than six to nine feet high.
The Legion said earlier they would like to erect two plinths or “stelae” in Memorial Park with the names of West Vancouver citizens who were killed in the two world wars.
Council agreed two weeks ago to pay half the cost. Some people are upset at the idea of six to nine foot high