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Cranbrook Herald

Location

Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Feb 24, 1927

Page

2

Wardner Social Events Highlight Winter Community

Wardner hosts a social evening in the Club Hall on Friday February 26 under the Wardner Parent-Teacher Association featuring a whist drive with prizes, a program by local performers, and a bounteous lunch. Other notes cover Wardner Bridge Club results, Wardner Pierrot Troupe rehearsals, local business moves, and staff changes at nearby camps and garages.

Wardner Parent-Teacher Association Paul Storey A. F. Churcher Association Jennie Hopkins

Wardner News Notes From Cranbrook Trips and Harsh Weather

Week end visits and a Wardner whist drive end with a birthday party at the Edmunds home. Mize Ira Taylor wins first prize while Grace Taylor and Jennie Hopkins tie for second. Local dancing follows, with a sleigh ride back to Mayock. Frank Moore seeks medical advice in Cranbrook, and a crick with his left hand flares up. The planer mill closes three days due to weather and fuel car shortages. The new Moffat Tunnel opening in Utah draws radio interest. Weather shifts from snow to rain then back to snow after a warm spell. Mrs. John Lawson suffers a flu bout. Ed Renstrom heals a hand cut, then returns home. The Wycliffe Wardner hockey game is postponed due to bad weather.

Wardner Miawook Mayock Jonnie Hopkins Miskes' Grice Len Taylor J. Gordon Helwan Moffatt Utah America Salt Lake City Coolidge

Wardner Notes: Whist Drive Aids PTA Event

Local items report a postponed game hoped to occur after a freeze up. George Thrasher of Bull River plans to rebuild the Bull River Hotel starting Monday. Wardner PTA hosts a Friday whist drive in the Club Hall with prizes and a silver collection. Bert Johnson of Wycliffe visited Wardner about P W Willis clothing business. John A Lawson drove to Muagook on business. George Rawson travels to Fernie to visit parents Mr and Mrs Wm Rawson.

George, Thrasher Bull River Wardner Thrasher Bert Johnson Wycliffe P. W. Willis, Clothier Cranbrook George Rawson Fernie Mrs Wm. Rawson

Lumberton Club Weekly Meeting and Social Calendar

The Lumberton Club held a well attended Wednesday meeting featuring seven tables of court whist with prizes for ladies and gents. A post meeting dance, games, and a special prize set followed. Upcoming events include March meetings, Ladies' Aid on March 8, and a March 18 musical evening led by Miss Amy Fleming with local talent.

Lumberton Club Jones R. Mitchell Ladies’ Aid Amy Fleming A.C.A.M Columbian College British Columbia Jim Bartle Kim Tom Hazell Jack Robertson

Bridge Play and Bid Rationale From a Rubber Game

The article discusses bids in a rubber bridge setting with 144 clubs A7 4 and varied suits. It weighs one diamond as a sound action despite weak diamonds, compares no trump with a singleton ace of spades, and analyzes how heart and diamond bids affect game chances while detailing hand play and discard strategies.

Las Thse Sueh Nantis Nile Soden Mcivor Tol Ayrall Osfa Anobsuunel Deeen Lily

Death of Yahk resident’s child shocks community

The Yahk notes report the death of the only child of Mr. and Mrs. William Parnaby on Thursday morning at 71 a.m. The family led the funeral procession to Cranbrook for burial on Saturday February 1. Rev. F W Harrison of Cranbrook officiated. Mrs. Herb of Erickson, visiting Seattle, returned home with her sister for a visit. Community farewell parties marked the week as Mr. and Mrs. Crowe prepared to move to Jaffray. The Beech brothers visited Cranbrook and a Glenlilly schoolhouse dance drew a large turnout. Mr. Barnhart of Glenlilly spent Saturday in Yahk briefly. Mrs. Lawson and son Cecil returned to Yahk.

Baker Lumber Company Wardner Tony Hepner Cook Kingsgate Vera Renatrom Cranbrook F. M. MacPherson William Parnaby Yahk P. Herb Erickson Seattle Wm. Crowe Jaffray Beech Brothers

Dancing Party at Company Staff House Noted in Movie Notes

Over forty guests attended a Monday evening dancing party at the Company staff house with Mrs Wise as hostess. Mrs Whitehead and Mr Mathieson led piano, Tom Wilson played banjo, Orthophonic music featured, and songs included For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow and Auld Lang Syne. Mass was said locally and the mill closed from the 16th to 19th inst due to lack of power amid a snowstorm and road closure between here and Cranbrook.

Annie Smith A. Weir Miss A. Smith Gladys Ruth Nicholson Pauline Wise Ellen Braiden Marie Conrad Jessies Esther Weir Jack Bill Patterson Ernest Danielson George Whitehead Wilfred St. Dennis Nelson Boake Jack Braiden Tom Rube Shore Philip Conrad Whitehead Mrs. Wise Thomas Mathieson Tom Wilson Percy Father Cullinan O.M Wacnalley

Overseas demand for Nash cars sets new records in 1926

Overseas buyers show rising Nash orders as export demand climbs. January export orders rose 2014 percent over 1926, and February early orders exceed total February 1926. Nash attributes growth to their seven bearing crankshaft motors and broad model line setting a pace for the auto industry.

NASH Mainy

Treatment Claim for Vicks VapoRub Relief A Home Remedy

The note advertises Vicks VapoRub for sore throat and chest colds advising external use on throat and chest with a warm flannel. It states the product works directly as a liniment and as a vapor inhalant providing quick relief for family cold troubles.

Vicks Minnard

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