Ready for the Big Fair at Kootenay Exhibition
The seventh annual exhibition promises a wide program with nail driving contests for men and women, two races renamed Indian Horse Race and Horse Race Open, special green saddle race, and prizes up to 16 dollars plus goods. Special prizes include Pantry Queen Flour and a year’s Calgary Herald subscription. Entries close September 5 with secretary W C Marshall handling entries at the Agricultural Association office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootenay Pall
Cranbrook Robbers
Calgary
Calgary Herald
P. Burns & Co
International
Frank Dezall
Cranbrook Band Dance promises good value and music
The Cranbrook Band announces a Thursday evening dance with a nine piece orchestra led by Mrs. F. Lister and others. Tickets cost one dollar per couple with fifty cents for an extra lady, including refreshments. The event features a band concert from 730 to 9 with dancing 9 to 1 and benefits the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Women Institute Event Praised And Fundraises At Parish Hall
The Women Institute event at the Parish Hall featured Mrs J A L King and speakers from Creston and other members lauding cooperation and wartime efforts. They highlighted Red Cross work, suffrage support, and the Allies’ women while a musical program, tea, and a well attended dance raised funds from cut flower sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Institute
J AL King
Varius
King
Boquet
Jean Russell
Downs
Creston
Wol Maclarlane
Dowie
Miles
Europe
Belgium
McFarlane
Institute
Red Cross
Mesdames Wallinger
Wdamondson
A. B. Macdonald
Whitehouse
Nesbit
J. T. Brake
Town Topics Notes from Cranbrook Area Events
Town Topics previews upcoming local happenings including Labor Day Fair Day festivities, a seven piece orchestra for the dance, a nail driving contest, and a prohibition maps meeting. Also mentions visits by Crent and Morris families, a Cranbrook Band dance, and a quiet wedding at the Methodist parsonage.
Creamery Success Boosts City Dairy Industry on Norbury Avenue
The Norbury Avenue creamery has built a thriving market for cream and butter, supplying local demand and shipping to markets beyond. It operates on sanitary lines, invites visitors, and has aided farmers by providing a reliable cash market, likely boosting dairy cattle in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbury Avenue
Rammier
Lavin
Cranbrook Butter Company
Red Cross Lecture in Cranbrook by Henshaw and Vigneux
In Cranbrook on Friday evening September 1, Capt Mrs Julia W Henshaw will present an illustrated Red Cross lecture at the Rex Theatre with 100 lantern slides detailing behind the lines work in France. Capt M J Vigneux will speak briefly on collecting the wounded in trenches with a trench drawing. Admission for both show and lecture is 25 cents with doors at 8 45.
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Cranbrook
Red Cross
Julia W. Henshaw
France
Rex Theatre
Henshaw
British Columbia
Vancouver
M. J. Vigneux
Capt. Vigneux
MacKinnon
Bex Theatre
Cranbrook Schools Reopen With Large Attendance
The Cranbrook schools reopened Monday with good attendance and a full staff aside from a missing manual training instructor. Enrollment totals near last year are Central School 850, South Ward 67, Kootenay Orchard 2h, with several more to come. New teachers include four additions across Central, South Ward, and Kootenay Orchard, and the manual training position is advertised as Titson without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Titson
Central School
South Ward
Kootenay Orchard
Cranbrook Schools
Dean
Ethel McDonald
R. W H. Ashmore
Porter Porter Hickenbotham wed in Glasgow wedding
Charles Allen Porter of Cranbrook British Columbia to Ada May Hickenbotham eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Hickenbotham of New Westminster British Columbia and Winnipeg friend exchanged vows at two bowling green Whiteinch Glasgow on 2 August performed by Rev Alex W Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Parsonage
Dolor Brault
L. A. Brault
Celia Carson
Edward Carson
Gracie Carson
Tennis Club Wins Interclub Tennis Tournament
The Tenwi Club defeated the Golf Club to win the series by seven points in a Saturday finish. The event boosted younger players’ interest, praised golf members for good sportsmanship, and featured a lengthy Indies doubles match that took 46 games and over two hours to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Club
Tennis Club
Indies
Miss Green
8. L. Staples
Mrs. Moth
Miss Pye
Mrs. Staples
Notice to Subscribers on Delinquent Accounts
The Herald informs readers a collection agency holds a list of overdue subscriptions and asks others in arrears to settle promptly. It cites rising prices and says the newspaper cannot carry overdue accounts any longer, urging payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
Kimberley Labor Day Sports Day Planned
The Kimberley Miners Union plans a Labor Day program starting with children's races in the morning. An afternoon schedule includes a Kimberley versus Cranbrook baseball game for $50, a Kimberley to Marysville pony race, a married men versus single men tug of war, Caledonian sports, and Labor addresses by prominent speakers. The day ends with an evening dance featuring Cranbrook orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley
Cranbrook
Marysville
Allan Crichton Dead in Ontario Typhoid Death
Allan Crichton formerly of Athalmere died of typhoid in Parry Sound Ontario. The notice from Invermere British Columbia dated August 28 reports the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Crichton
Invermere
B. C
Parry Sound
I O D BE report on weekly sewing and knitting work
The report details Monday to Friday ladies sewing sessions with conveners and participants. Work completed includes suits pyjamas eye pads fomentation wringers hot water bottle covers day shirts night shirts towels knee pads socks and related items. A five dollar first prize is announced for the Ladies' Nail Driving Contest at the fair next week.
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the Bair
J. F. Smith
Brake
Fink
Crebbin
Her
Christie
Miles
Smith
McGuffie
Phillips
Dow
Stender
Gilpin
McBride
Mesdames Barber
Hinton
Balmont and
Bancroft
Thursda
T. T. Brown
H. W. Wilson
J. P. Fink
Leslie
Cherrington
D. Sutherland
C. H. Philips
J. I. Palmer
T. S. Mackey
R. T Williams
Scott MacDonald
Mesdames Barney
J. MacDonald
Henderson
Surtees
Powell
Tisdale
G. Taylor
Parks
R. Simpson
Opportunity in Farm Credit Act Loan Details
The document outlines loan options under the Agricultural Credits Act with interest at 61 percent above cost to the province. It explains single season loans repayable in 12 months, short term loans over 3 to 10 years, and long dated loans of 20 or 30 years. Amortization plans apply and payments can be made on any due date in amounts of 25 dollars or multiples.
Loan Application Fees And Commission Meeting Notice
Don not delay your loan application. Fees range from $2.50 to $10 based on loan amount. H H Pitts will return in ten days. A Commission meeting is set for Sept 5 to review loans and will meet monthly. Write for application forms to the Agricultural Credit Commission Victoria BC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Pitts
Agricultural Credit Commission
Victoria
B.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lailies
Caven
Mrs. A. Crent
Bull River
A. Braga
J. J. Warren
Kettle Valley Railway
S. Morris
Medicine Hat
W. J. Leonard
Aed
Mr. Leonard
J. ©. Patmore
Patmore
Randolph Bruce
Cranbrook Band
Percy Perker
Agustno Casino
Natal
J. &. Beaton
Boston
New York
Nova Scotia
Hanson Garage
Methodist Church
A. B. Smith
Nelson
Brandon
Julin W. Henshaw
Tenwi Club
Graumes
Miss Ye
M. A. Beale
H. Mellwine
Mellwaine
Beale
Kivrserley
Georgette Crepes
Derwear
Cranbrook's Dry Goods and Clothing Stores
Norbury
Cis
the Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
Cranbrook Drug & Book Co., Ltd
W. J. Atchison
Cranbrook Trading Co., Ltd
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