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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
5
Mr E C Blair a traveling photographer and well known local figure traveled through the Okanagan by car and spent Thursday in Cranbrook before continuing to Bull River where he will establish his head quarters for a period.
Times for trains Nos numbers 7 and 8 with standard sleeping cars between Montreal Toronto and Vancouver will resume with the first departure on May 20 1923 Trains Nos 13 and 14 on the Mountaineer between St Paul and Vancouver resume with the first through westbound train past Calgary on June 13 and eastbound on June 12 For further details consult any Ticket Agent.
Local Cranbrook notes report Moorhouse surveying plans in the Lumberton and Wasa Skookum districts for two to three months, with contact at his Armstrong Avenue office. A Fernie accident injures 8 year old Little Vern Barnstead nearly costing an eye. she is improving in hospital. New son born at cottage hospital. Judge Thompson attends Anglican synod meetings in Nelson. Miss Dorace Staples named successful civil service stenographer candidate. Presbyterians enjoy violin solo by Vincent Fink. UBC play praised by Prof Wood. UBC touring group hosted by Cranbrook families. four High School staff are UBC graduates. Knights of Pythias hall foundation work underway. office move of Moorhouse echoes. Stephen Garnham infant dies. funeral held privately. Columbia River road work progressing. bridge due this week and roadway by mid June. Norbury Avenue to get new confectionery shop The Gandy Box run by Mrs Wolfer and sister. Amateur baseball league games urged to attract larger weekday attendance and better support.
The Presbyterian Church boys won their opening game in the Boy Scout league by 5 to 4. A series for the Schooley Cup, donated by Mr. Fred Schooley, continues over the coming weeks with another match set for Wednesday at 4 15 p m behind the Y between Presbyterians and a Baptist Methodist combined team.
Dan Stewart of Cranbrook died when a weakened track failed near Skookumebuck while he was a hoisting engineer for the Crow’s Nest Pass Lumber Co. He leaves a wife and five children in Slaterville. The week brought heavy rains, a boon to farmers.
The Girls' basketball team played the spare team on Friday evening in a very fast game and won 1 to 4. The usual monthly service was held at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday with the Cranbrook Baptist minister preaching. Attendance was fair but could improve.
A. Earle Leigh announces the new watchmaking and jewelry shop on Norbury Avenue will open Tuesday after the holiday weekend. The interior alterations are complete and stock arriving this weekend. Leigh brings twenty years in watchmaking and fifteen years regulating, trained in Brantford and Toronto and previously with Black in Calgary, then Raworth Bros. since 1917.
A tight match between Kim berley and Cranbrook drew a good crowd with proceeds to a hospital. Cranbrook won 1 0 on Bob Watsons twenty minute goal in front of Kimberley s net. The game was clean and sportsmanlike with Kimberley supporters claiming they deserved the win.
Elko and Fernie district residents and visitors are noted for Victoria Day outings at a new camping ground due to construction. A moving picture show drew children. many locals including R Hutton Kastille Pickworth Pirie and Miller are listed as visitors. A bush accident injured James Birnie and a Dumbbells exhibition in Fernie drew crowds as locals traveled and entertained guests in Elko and Cranbrook.
The day featured a 6 to 2 baseball win by Cranbrook over Wycliffe after dramatic innings. Patrons cheered as Pennington shone for Wycliffe while Mitchell held Cranbrook near victory. Afternoon races drew a large crowd with smooth heats, despite Indians’ free-entry protest causing a financial loss to the G W V A. A dance at the Auditorium capped a highly successful celebration.
Three Kimberley men answered charges after a disturbance on Armstrong Avenue. John A. Griffith was fined 100 dollars or three months for resisting arrest and assaulting an officer, Richard Mackinnon 75 dollars or three months for obstructing police, and Angus MacDonald 75 dollars or three months for failing to assist an officer. Nat Earnhardt’s vagrancy case was adjourned for legal clarification. Bert Matson paid 75 dollars for speeding, risking license cancellation on a fourth offense. A lumber team accident injured Mills of Otis Staples Lumber Co. and several staff changes were planned in local schools due to resignations, including ending the commercial class at the high school.
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