Decked Out for Every Holiday
During the photographing of over 2000 homes in the City of North Vancouver for the Year 2000 Project, Your House/Our Home (see March 22 Blog Post) it was noted that the house at 662 East 5th Street was decked out for every holiday. At Halloween a pumpkin scarecrow even guarded the front porch of the Wartime House (See March 22 Blog Post) from his chair next to the front door. Ghosts hung in the front bushes and side tree.
Since it was built in 1941 many families lived in this well decorated home. In 1945, right at the end of the war, it was Yvonne and John W. Mark. In 1950 it was William J. Ellison Jr., a roofer. In 1960 Ken A. and Marianne Woods were the owners. Ken was an electrician. By 1971 Donald J. and Mary Martin owned the house. Mary was a clerk at The Citizen Newspaper. In 1980 the resident was S. Dennis and in 1991 it was A. Geraldine Sandau. Perhaps Geraldine was new to 662 East 5th Street in 1991 for the 1995/96 City Directory notes that by then she had lived there for 6 years. In 1995/96 another resident is mentioned and that was Terrace S. McCabe.
In the month of June 2007 Suzanne Wilson celebrated the City of North Vancouver's 100 birthday by distributing to their home owners copies of 1000 photos taken for the Y2K Project. At this time it was discovered that the home photographed at 662 East 5th Street had been demolished and a new home had been built.
Photo: Taken in the year 2000 by SW.
