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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1926
Page
3
Division results list from grades 1 through 8 with absent students and scores, followed by social notes. Agnes Reekie and local residents visit. hockey match details include Bear Cats versus Radiolas and Spokane Zips, with standout players named.
Walter Staples and Md Hall formerly of Wycliffe starred for Spokane in a 3-0 win as Zips, with no practice, delivered a fair display and clean hockey. penalties were all against Wycliffe. Ione Frederickson hosted a tea party for many of her young guests last Friday afternoon.
Wardner residents discuss a joke about overhyped fuel saving devices. The week features locals returning from trips, new workers at the sawmill, and several moves and visits. A winter startup for the mill marks the town's steady activity.
Attendance at the Wardner Recreation Club was low due to winter illnesses while Sam Thompson attended a Cranbrook dance with the new Kimberle orchestra praised as rivaling Banff and Imperial. Hockey games in Wardner were canceled by river ice flooding. Wardner and Waldo clubs split junior and senior matches. Mrs. Pete Shields left Wardner for Lewiston after a month visiting her daughter, Mrs. S Lee Rader.
A notable bout features a best two of three falls format with a substantial purse awarded to the winner, signaling high stakes for contestants and promising an exciting contest.
Kimberley Lodge No. 0 B P O Elks held their annual installation on Monday January 25 naming officers for the year. Visiting Brethren A Fabro C W Tough Ned Handley and Freetag of Vancouver attended with J Green of Guelph Ont. A Files night was held at the Orpheum with Brothers Bailey and Green. The lodge visited Cranbrook Lodge No 86 BoP O Files for initiation of new members.
January grades list students with scores from Grade 7 to Grade 1, names include Eudie Gartside, Frank Hern, Jin Stone, Rose Nayve, George Noyce, Hypollite Auault absent sick, May Stone, Jick Langin, Ber tha Gartside, Mabel Sakata, Evelyn Hern, Dorothy Thompson, Ernest Ruault, Alice Noyce, Arthur Hern, Agnes Noyce, Roy Sakata. Attendance average 92.4. Winnifred Lippitt.
Mr. Art Levi returns to Yahk after an extended visit with relatives. A well attended farmers meeting at Yahk Hotel featured speaker Mr. Smith of Cranbrook. Mrs. Foster arrives back from the Crow's Nest. Jean Rattray to California to join Mrs. Larson. Mogie to Yahk roads closed due to heavy snow. A wrestling match at Mill Hall pits Yahk’s Nels Jep hson, 170 pounds, against Minnesota’s Charlie Olson, 183 pounds, in catch-as-catch-can style.
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