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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
6
Weather in Cranbrook and Kimberley shows a snap of cold season before Christmas. Snowless ice and road talks push provincial highway bonds for better paving. Local shops stay open late as schools close Friday and an Orpheum holiday program features a free film.
Mrs. Kerr of Calgary visits Kimberley for Xmas with daughter Mrs Jus Evans. Curling rink executive plans entertainments for visiting teams during the bonspiel. A kitchen explosion at Hedley McLeod’s home underscores zero weather perils. Miss Helen Gillis leaves for the East after a Kimberley party where she received a ring. Public and high schools suffer frozen pipes amid severe cold of 20 degrees below zero. First curling games of the season proceed with five sheets open. Socials include a Miss Gillis farewell party with gifts. The Indies curling club meets to finalize season plans. New Chapman Camp hall opening draws large crowds with a dance. Notables Dr Sutherland and party discuss roads for next summer. Various residents, including Attree of Edmonton and Phil Johnson, move about town. United Church sale nets over $125. Candy land table impresses at the CGLT event.
Fred Karpin of Lumberton is in hospital with an infected cut hand. F M MacPherson has stayed home sick with a cold. Mrs Dave Sutherland and family go to Kimberley tonight. The Sutherland property sold to T Beckingham of P Burns Company. Crescent Lodge 1 No 33 votes to form a local palace of the Junior order The Princes of Syracuse. boys are being invited for membership.
Twenty oxford ewes two years old from Mayne Island have been sold to Japanese buyers marking a new departure in the island sheep industry as the first of the home production sent to Japan. Southern British Columbia is expected to produce 3 217 000 boxes of apples this season about 700 000 more than last year. Arrangements are under way for heavy export to Great Britain the Prairies and Eastern Canada. McGill University opened its senior football season in Montreal at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on October 2 against the Old Boys with E W Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway a frequent ticket holder expected to attend the big games.
Mrs G F Marsh visits Fernie. Beads sell at 50 cents. Goodman couple home from Sirdar. Agricultural Prizes for Fall Fair available with prize card. Married William Mader to Annie Laurine Corbett at Baptist parsonage. Christmas cantata by Baptist Church choir December 26. Delany Sinclair sale on tents. Cranbrook bazaars raise $1700, up from 1925. Christmas cards on display in district. Parks stores run 25 to 50 percent reductions on hardware and other goods. W F Doran offers Simmons beds, mattresses, and springs at low prices.
Miss Duncan, accompanied by Mrs Johnson of Calgary, departs Sunday for a short Spokane visit. Mrs Johnson plans a longer Cranbrook stay with Miss Duncan. Christmas Tree Next Week at Baptist Church and Sunday School event aims to gather children at seven with adults later. Leaves for Boston Mrs Louisa Beaton departs Friday, meets son Bob in Lethbridge on the way East, then visits Boston relatives.
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