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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1924
Page
8
The notice mentions Murray Shoes priced at 5.95 and a $9 value bargain at Fink s sale running today and tomorrow. It notes Mrs A J Balchent traveling to the Coast for a short holiday and several local names and places connected to schools and residents.
Clyde MacKinnon, recently a patient at St. Magene hospital, was discharged to go home for the weekend. Miss Porter, Mrs. Wesley, and Miss Henderson of the local school staff left Friday for the Coast with Mrs. Wesley continuing to California for the summer.
Commissioner Meveh praises Cranbrook tourist camps for cleanliness water and wash facilities on the All Red route during a 1300 mile ten day trip. Camps charge 25 to 50 cents daily with hot and cold water and some showers. Cranbrook plans more showers. Miss Magee recovers after surgery and local churches prepare for transfers of ministers.
West of the city a patient at the hospital is listed with an injured side. Mr and Mrs Sam Fyles plan a three week coast motor trip starting Sunday. A son was born July 1 at St Eugene Hospital to Mr and Mrs Harvey Whitehouse Lumberton. Catholic Young People announce a Lawn Social at the Rectory on July 16.
The Methodist Sunday School picnic is set for Wednesday next at Green Bay. Cars will depart the church at 1 p.m. Major Turner of Fairmont was a Cranbrook visitor last week. Fleury has resigned Cranbrook staff for Nelson schools. Mrs Briggs leaves for two months in Detroit and Minneapolis. Mr and Mrs Paterson return from a trip along the Bant Windermere road.
The notice lists today and tomorrow at Finks with plums and a sale of fabrics including Ginghams Chambrays Cretonnes Potter Prints Ratines Voiles Organ dies Flannels Homespuns and Shir tings. Rev Y N Kwan of the Methodist Mission Vancouver visits Cranbrook for a social evening with English speaking friends and plans a daily Chinese newspaper soon. A sale at Mrs A Williams offers reduced prices while a hospital patient is noted.
Governor General Baron Byng will tour Cranbrook on Thursday August 7 arriving at 10 o clock and departing at 12 noon. He will be accompanied by Lady Byng Miss G Byng and aides. City officials expect an official welcome address and possible district drive during the short visit.
The Corporation of the City of Cranbrook opens subscriptions on June 28 1924 for 8000 of debentures at par to fund a new steel main in Slaterville. Debentures dated July 1 1924 mature July 1 1944 bearing 6 percent interest, with coupons payable semi annually at Imperial Bank of Canada. Subscriptions start at $100 and must be received by July 1, 1944 at the City Treasurer.
Mrs McCarthy of Elko was a Cranbrook visitor on Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr Justice Murphy of the Supreme Court of British Columbia was the Rotary luncheon speaker on Thursday on Canadian Citizenship. The address urged broad Canadian unity within the empire and traced the nation’s growth from birth to prominence.
A Canadian Pacific Railway engineering report shows construction costs per mile of road soaring since 1907. It notes freight and passenger equipment price doubles, wages and labor for grading and bridges also jump, pressuring rail rates while service quality improves.
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