Cranbrook notes mix local life and military postings
townsfolk exchange calls and errands as Cranbrook grows restless with recruitment for the 54th battalion and the 64th battalion forming uniforms. Various residents travel, visit relatives, and local officials urge weed control while a new Central Camp paper, the Weekly Chronicle, debuts to chronicle camp life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
Vernon
British Columbia
Cranbrook
Houston Palmer
54Th Battalion
Palmer
Crows Nest
J. D. McBride
Mr. Palmer
Cranbrook News Highlights From A Busy Week At Cranbrook
Cranbrook residents welcomed visitors and noted local comings and goings as Armour and Kennedy opened a fruit stand on Van Horne and Baker. The town prepared for community events, weather worries, and a Red Cross fundraiser while wartime news and personal travels filled the pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour and Kennedy
van Horne and
Baker Streets
Store Aims to Hold District Confidence
The business states its seventeen years of operation are devoted to earning and maintaining the confidence of every person in the district, emphasizing care to prevent loss to customers and uphold trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. Thomson
Banff
Cranbrook
Passburg
Calgary
Thomson
Prudential
Patriotic Fund
Patriotic Committee
Community notes from Alberta and British Columbia social events
Fragmented report lists residents and visitors including John Barleycorn, Jaleo, Florence Yarwood, Miss Yarwood’s new position in Bull River, and trips by Horsman, Parks, Wasson, and W Stephens. Mentions Orange lodge service at Baptist church and Rev Stephens sermon on protectant faith. Weyburn and Perry Creek referenced.
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G. Hi
Martin
J. Allen
Naples
Orerf
Neat
Cranbrook
Orange Lodges
Charel
W Stephens
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Dowweler
Beale & Elwell Steamship Agents
Miss Hunter
Jaffray
City
J. H. McClure
Hamilton's Hill
the Herald
Beale & Elwell
W. Gilchrist
P Burns Co
Grand Parks
Beale & Elwell’s
BE. H. Small
Canal Plats
J. R. Pollock
Fernie
F. W. Green
64Th Battalion
William Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Express
Dominion Express
W. K. Thomson
Edmonton
Collins
Hamilton
Nelson
Macleod
Alberta
John, N.B
Murray Tues
Ti 7
Cranston
Nils Guardianalip
Jessie Kennedy
Windermere
Mr. B. Mackereath
Wardner
Mrs. R. Tiffin
P. Conrad
Moyle
Presbyterian Church
Vancouver
Coast Points
Deale & Elwell
Gertrude Hordell
Constable Arden
Kingsgate
John Graf
BE. A. Hill
J. Parnell
Allen DeWolf
Idaho
Old Country
J. B. Henderson
W. K. Whelpley
Fort Steele
Seattle
Walter Halsall
Oscar Fiedler
Iolkstone
England
Abraham
Robert King
Bull River
Victoria
Pride of Cranbrook Circle
Companions of the Forest
Court Cranbrook No
Maple Hall
Los Angeles
Winnipeg
Man
Herald
Goat River Canyon
F. Parks & Co
Burgess
F. W. Burgess
Sarnia
Ontario
Peter Lund
Messrs. Harshaw, Brown and Cameron
Kootenay Central Railway
T.T. Mecredy
Swift
Ed. Ismay
Chas. Porter
Horn
Maurice Quain
G. W. Johnson
Lethbridge
Alta
Geo. F. Stevenson
Cranbrook Jobbers, Ltd
U. S
Simon Taylor
St. Mary's Lake
Lakeside
East Kootenay Lumber Co
C.P.R
A. C. Bowness
Wm. Steward
Elko
Rexall
Beattie- Murphy Co
Moyie
Hewitt
Shackleton
P. Adams
Whitehead
Ruth Stanton
Jack Martin
D. M. Morrison
Ashton Powers
Ashton
Captain Kerr
Salvation Army
St. Eugene Hospital
W. Gold Morton
Customs Office
Mrs. Morton
Paderewski
Galicia
America
Cranbrook Meat Market
Miss Dell Bennett
Minnie
Sam Watson
Mr. Watson
W. F. Attridge
Pittsburg
Ayres
Morrison
Nina Attwood
St. Mary's Prairie Country
R. B. Beattie
Beattie-Murphy
St. Mary's Prairie
John Solomon Sanford
Burrard
Lo Pb & Committee
Red Cross
J. H. King
J. S. Brake
J. I. McBride
Eee
Ottawa
House of Commons
M. Chester
Hanson Avenue
Calgary Beer
A. L. McDermot
Calgary Beer and Stout
T. O. Horsman
Frank Parks
Spokane
Florence Yarwood
Fred Wasson
West Kootenay Points
Canad
Wed
W. T Harker
Sprague, Wash
Bie Giraulle
Harker
Perry Creek
British Co
Canadian Patriotic Fund
God Save the King
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