Visiting Okanagan Fruit Districts Excursion
On Saturday August 26 editors guided by E Trautman of the CPR publicity department toured Kelowna Summerland and Penticton aboard the S S Okanagan. They viewed districts in Glenmore Rutland and K L O, enjoyed a sumptuous fruit repast at the Aquatic Club, visited Agar estate, and received fruit baskets from Summerland hosts. Welcome addresses highlighted community cooperation to promote district produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viv~iling Editora
Vernon
P. RR
S. S. Okanagan
Kelowna
Summerland and Penticton
E. Trautman
Summerland
Agar
Penticton
Aquatic Club
Board of Trade
Municipal Council
Penticton Herald
Press Convention Meets at Vernon
A joint convention of the B. C. and Yukon and the Alberta Press Associations met at Vernon on August 24 to 26. Attendance exceeded a hundred. Editors toured the surrounding district, joined by ladies at the County Club for lunch praised for the fruit display by the Okanagan United Growers. Officers were mostly re-elected with W. J. Rines the only change on the executive. list includes Burd, Ball, Walker, Savage, Bates, Hindmarsh, Jordan, and Rines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Yukon
Alberta Press Associations
Vernon
Okanagan United
B.C
W. J. Rines
F. J. Burd
Vancouver
L. J. Ball
Vernon News
H. M. Walker
Rich rancher in Florida to star in The Women Who Waited Alone
Letty Plynn, former Yale athlete and All-American fullback, works on the Paramount production The Women Who Waited Alone with Dorothy Dalton. The feature comes to Abbotsford Theatre next Saturday September 16. Flynn owns a 2600 acre ranch in northwestern Colorado with fine cattle and pedigreed stock but enjoys acting. The cast includes Milton Sills and Wanda Hawley. Will Ritchey wrote the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letty” Plynn
Yate
Paramount
George Melford
Dorothy Dalton
Abbotsford Theatre
Flynn
Colorado
Milton Sills
Wanda Hawley
Will M. Ritchey
Invermere Currants and Gooseberries Trade Report
J and Johnson of Invermere shipped rate Black Currants and crate Red Currants on August 26. Black Currants sold best on Calgary market. Red Currants large sized. Each crate wholesale at 4.00 dollars. Vernon Bruit Co handled them. Mountain side ranch up in Kokootenay region. Late currants in demand. large clean gooseberries urged. Recommend shallow pint hallock for shipping. avoid small scrub varieties. Windermere farmers urged to grow late ripening currants as a specialty along with high grade potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. &. Johnson
Invermere
Calgary
Vernon Bruit Co
Johnson
Kootenay
Windermere
Want Column Advertisements Cost 26 Cents Per Issue
Classified note states advertisements under the heading cost 26 cents per issue. The line implies a pricing scheme for repeat notices in the column, with no additional details on size, duration, or deadlines.
Fruit market report from Winnipeg August 30 1922
Winnipeg market notes large quantities of fruit at low prices with Ontario and British Columbia shipments. Elberta peaches from Ontario offered for shipment at 75 cents per bushel box. Car receipts include peaches pears apples prunes plums grapes many entries by origin. Ontario and B C prices listed with Ontario apples Duchess Duchess bbis six dollars per bushel box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
B.C
Ontario
Concord
B. C
Duchess
Mr. McCulloch Reports on Hospital Convention
The MSA Hospital board held a general meeting at the Bank of Montreal Chambers on Thursday evening. President R L McCulloch shared insights from the D C Hospital convention in New Westminster. Government reps Fr R Whitefield and James Higginson were named to the board until next July. The hospital is proving a valuable local service as residents seek treatment near home. Also noted, the Abbotsford Lodge No 20 of the Maccabees met, with visitor Mrs R P Pettipiece of Vancouver. Roads to the Mission ferry are in good condition, and the fall fair dates Sept 21 and 22 were announced. Mrs T Bradwell is visiting Portland, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S.A. Hospital
Bank of Montreal
R. L. MccCulloch
D.C. Hospital
New Westminster
Fr. R. Whitefield
James‘ Higginson
Ab Hotsford Review No
The
Maccabees
R. P. Pettipiece
Vancouver
Here
Mission Ferry
Buck Jones Stars in The Square Shooter at Abbotsford
Buck Jones brings silent drama to Abbotsford Theatre on September 13 in The Square Shooter. The comedy adventure features horsemanship and a ranching plot where a ranch manager’s trickery is exposed by a true cowpuncher, with Pretty Patsey DeForest in the lead female role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Jones
William Pax
Abbotsford Theatre
Buck Ropes
Gillany
Patsey DeForest
Frederick Starr
Test Shields
Lon Poff
Chas French
Alfremont
Denison Clift
Paul Cazeneuve
Band Dance Promises Excitement For Evening
As going to press, chatter centers on the Band Dance to be held this evening with band members flushed with excitement, hoping for a successful event.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers
S. F. White
Abbotsford, B.C
Okanagan
Kelownd
Rich
Ahice Newsstock
Nash
A. R. Gosling
Abbotsford
R. A. & L. Society
Queen’s Park
Westminster
Snapp Bros
Nels Nelson
Box Son
D. E. MacKenzie
Scribblers
Hes
Pez
Albert Lee, Baker and Groter
A. McCallum
Fox News
London
Man Who
the Sheik
MR. McCulloch
Mrs. T. Bradwell
Portland, Ore
Cowboy Star
Square Shooter
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