Street Parade Highlights Cranbrook Victoria Day Festivities
The Cranbrook Victoria Day parade opened the day’s celebrations with floats from local schools and decorated bicycles, a clowns band, and red fire department autos. Winners were named for Cranbrook Public School and South Ward, with Della Greaves noted for a basket of peaches display. Speakers praised Queen Victoria’s legacy and city thanks.
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Central School Grounds
Cranbrook Street
Baker Street
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cranbrook
Navy
South Ward
D. Greaves
Cranbrook Fire Department
Canada
Misa Della Greave
Warren Bowness
Annie Laurie
Major Hicks
BP. V. Harrison
Christ Church Noid
Mr. Harrison
Queen Victoria
Victoria
Victoria the
Leason
Empire
Father Murphy
S J. Mary's Church
Ad l
Howe's English Circus Delights Cranbrook Crowd
Howe's Great London Circus and Van Amburg's Trained Wild Animals played a one day Cranbrook engagement. The show impressed locals with English acts, a long colorful parade, and twelve dancing horses praised as a London standard.
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Howe
London
van Amburg
Cranbrook
Howe Circus
Victoria
Howe Syndicate
Agricultural Hall
Damages in cattle dealer case set at 2400 dollars
Mr. C C H Coleman, a Windermere rancher, sued Norman Harrison of Calgary over pure bred cattle. Justice Murphy awarded Coleman 2400 dollars plus costs for misrepresented pedigrees and a defective animal that undermined the purchase.
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C. C. H. Coleman
Norman Harrison
Calgary
Gill
Justice Murphy
Mr. Coleman
Windermere
Coleman
Harrison
Poudre Ball Whist Drive Promises Evening of Fun
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Draine men hosts a whist drive and novelty dance in the Parish Hall on Wednesday evening. Attendees wear calico, voile or print dresses. gentlemen may remove coats. Whist runs 8 to 10 with dancing to Edmondson's four piece orchestra after. Save June 5 for a real good time.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Drainmen
Inne &Th
Edmondson
Long Seattle to Windermere Car Run Sets Season Pace
The first long distance car to reach Invermere this season arrived from Seattle on Monday. It carried W. L. Smith of Toby Creek Mining Co and Vancouver, plus two others and a tow. The 630 mile trek went via Sunset Pass Spokane Kingsgate to Cranbrook in four and a half days. Smith reported generally good roads with steam shovels clearing snow drifts in the mountains.
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the Herald
Invermere
Seattle
Wash
W. L. Smith
Toby Creek Mining Company
Vancouver
Sunset Pass
Spokane
Kingsgate
Cranbrook
First Class Racing at Local Fair Grounds Rodeo Day
Crowds at the fair grounds on Tuesday witnessed a strong program with over 100 cars in the enclosure. Indian entries featured in open horse and pony races while Mickey Argue dominated foot races with a 10 second 100 yard dash and 22.8 second 220 yard dash.
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Fair Grounds
Mickey Argue
Dr. Rutledge
Settlement urged for G. W. V. A. Celebration accounts
Notice asks all holders of accounts against the G. W. V. A. Celebration Committees to render them to secretary A. F Crowe at once so settlements can be completed without delay.
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A. F Crowe
Railway Accident Near Fort Steele Engine Overturns
A light CP rail engine derailed at mile 28.8 on May 26 on the Lake Windermere line. Fireman T Bronsdon suffered arm and leg injuries and was hospitalized. no serious injuries reported. Ambulance and wrecking crew responded. superintendent Watson Hall directed operations.
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Kootenay Central
St. Eugene
Watson Hall
The
Herald
Lake Windermere
T. Bronsdon
Get-Together Meeting Set by Associated Boards of Trade
The Associated Boards of Trade of Southeastern British Columbia plans its second annual Get-Together in Invermere starting June 3. Attendees include boards from Golden Fernie Oreston Cranbrook and Invermere with invitations to Mountain Lumbermens' Association officials and leaders from Calgary Vancouver and provincial federal parliament members.
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Herald
Invermered
B.C
Associated Boards of Trade of Southastern
British Columbia
Invermere
Boards of Trade of
Golden
Fernie
Oreston
Cranbrook
This Place
United Boards
Mountain Lumbermens’ Association
Fred Starkey
Associated Boards of Trade
Southern B. C
Kingham
Associated Boards of Trade of
Boards of Trade
Calgary
Vancouver
Lake Windermere
Piano Recital by Harold Anderson at Cranbrook Recreation Club
Harold Anderson will give a piano recital Friday at 8 45 p.m. under Cranbrook Recreation Club, with half price for Cranbrook piano students and general admission 1. Tickets from committee members, teachers, or at the door. Anderson, a Montreal trained pianist, will perform works from Beethoven, MacDowell, Chopin, Listz, and more, following a recent Waldo recital.
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Cranbrook Recreation Club
Harold Anderson
L.mus
Anderson
Cranbrook
Beethoven
MacDowell
Chopin
Montreal
Walter H. Hungerford
McGill Conservatory of Music
Plantatie
The
Recreation Club
Waldo
Empire Day Junior Sports At Central School Grounds
A large crowd watched a crowded program of races and field events at Empire Day junior sports. Winners across divisions included Evelyn Holdener, Olive Nor grove, Ruth Bond, Margaret Farrel, Reggie Shaw, Donald McDonald, Pearl Gooderham, and many more with prizes distributed by Major H. B. Hicks and J. M. Clarke at the High School and Central School.
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Central School
J. Jackson
F. W. Harrison
M. A. Beale
W. M. Armatrong
Evelyn Holdener
Marguerite Walkley
Dorothy McDonald
Willie Steveley
Harvey Brice
Carl Mullin
Olive Norgrove
Edna Baxter
Lily Mattson
Cameron McDonald
Harold George
Donald McDonald
Ruth Bond
Hazel Clapp
Kathleen Sheppard
Frank Campbell
Yael Guthrie
Leverne Lamphier
Dan Brake
Calvin McBurney
Bertie McDonald
Selina Dixon
Nettie Johnson
Madeline Woodman
Allan Gill
Jack Swan
W. MacDonald
Irene Mueller
Pearl Pritchard
Florence Binning
Mery Carson
Ira Slye
Clara Galbraith
Connie Bassett
Marjorie Burton
Florence Bradley
Frank Hartnell
Billy Taylor
Ray Beach
Spence
W. Manning
Alex Nisbet
South Ward
Pat MacDonald
Leslie Sainsbury
Jack Horse
Mach Horse
C. Fenneasy
F. Hartnell
Etta Leclerc
Mary Steveley
Pearl
Prichard
Williamene Woodman
Pearl Gooderham
May Gooderham
Angus MacDonald
Jack Moffatt
V. Woodman
E. MacKinnon
G. Armstrong
Dorothy Hodgson
Lenore Hill
Stanley Moffatt
Erle MacKinnon
Winton Manning
MacKinnon
R. Beaton
Get Together Proposed by Board of Trade Attendees Invited
W M Harris, secretary of the local Board of Trade, reports a letter from B G Hamilton of In germere inviting Cranbrook and Windermere area boards to a get together in Invermere next weekend. The program includes a dinner at the Lake Windermere Camp headquarters, a Saturday morning business session, and a dance ending with Auld Lang Syne. Members are urged to bring guests and to confirm attendance with Harris or W D Gilroy.
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W. M. Harris
Board of Trade
B. G. Hamilton
Ingermere
Associated Boards of Trade
British Columbia
Invermere
Boards of Trade
Associated Boards
Hamilton
Lake Windermere
Cranbrook Board of Trade
Harris
W. D. Gilroy
Invermere and District
Windermere
Empire Day Celebrated by G W V A Veterans
Empire Day marks the third annual event organized by the G W V A with crowds from across the district. A Fernie band absence and racing disappointments affected plans, while Calgary horses and other hopefuls joined locals for a modest but hopeful celebration. The group calls for greater cooperation next year to raise the event’s success.
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Fernie
Celebration Committee
Coal Town
Pointa
Howe
Cranbrook
Blairmore
Coleman Hillcrest
Calgary
G.W.V.A
Government liquor stores to open by July first in British Columbia
The attorney general orders operation by July 1 as the liquor board schedules permits through government agents. Rising federal duties add about $10 per case, complicating pricing. a middle course is expected. Private stock must be registered, and a Fernie warehouse is disputed. Government taxation stance questioned by Ottawa.
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B.C
Liquor Board
Scotland
Panama Canal
John Hart
Falconer
East Kootenay
Victoria
Fernie
Government Printing Bureau
Dominion
Sir Henry Drayton
Ottawa
Quebec
Sir Henry
England
Canada
Invermere Golf Club Holds Second Weekly Meet
Invermere May 25 The Invermere Golf Club saw a large turnout for the second weekly meet held Saturday on the nine hole course. Members and friends played many interesting games and light refreshments were served at the club house by the caterer.
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Herald
Invermere
Invermere Golf Club
Local men weigh choices over money and time
A passage notes many men face trade offs between earning more money and spending less time worrying about vast fortunes. It reflects on personal priorities and the pressure of wealth.
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Eckert
Moffatt
Argue
Moses
Gus Stewart
M. Argue
L. Eckert
Romano
Adrian
Manning
Red Eagle
J. Manning
S. Moffatt
Como Bingin
G. B. Jones
Edmonton
Wm. C. Mack
J. Peltaney
Geo. Hess
Como Hingin
Merry Direct
G. Cochern
Moose Jaw
Esmeralda
J. B. Jones
Hal Chief
J. Matheson
Hornjay
Kootenay Boy
Prince
Jim
Little Annie Rooney
Simon
Madeline
Justine
Mrs. Louie
Mesers
T. M. Parrett
J. P. Fink
George Hogarth
F. H. Degall
J. W. Rutledge
Timor
D. A. Sutherland
T. M. Robert
Fort Steele
Harold Andeson
Margaret Farrel
Chrigsie Charboneau
Pauline Bowness
Reggie Shaw
Eugene Kennedy
Leonard Lamphier
K. Dezall
Catherine Martin
Grace Pritchard
BE. Kennedy
Jack Hall
Nellie Miller
Mary Robertson
Lowell McCoy
Paul Harrison
Elmer Holm
Florence Findley
Winnifred Malone
Elaie Erickson
Gladys Stone
Mary Daniels
Jack Ogden
Reg, Lippett
Edgar Erickson
Evelyn Gartside
Eva Stender
Mary D'Houdt
Jim Stone
Elmer Erickson
Frank Hern
Ida McGregor
Nancy Nisbet
B. Miller
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