Community Notes on Visits and Local Changes
Mr. and Mrs. Clark traveled to Fernie by car on Sunday with their two daughters visiting Mrs. F. Dennison for a week. A youth group offered good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones on Tuesday night. Mrs. Yager took Monday’s train for a vacation in Swift Current and other points. Repairs and a front porch were added to the teachers house. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Staples visited Cranbrook on Thursday. Mr. G. Jewell of Jewell Lumber Co. visited Wycliffe on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Staples toured Premier Lake, the summer home of the Staples family, on Sunday. Mrs. PL Franzen visited Cranbrook on Saturday. Engie Johrens returned to Fernie on Saturday, serving again as pitcher in the Fernie versus Lethbridge game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Clark
Fernie
F. Dennison
J. E. Jones
Sterling Staples
Cranbrook
Pak
G. Jewell
The
Jewell Lumber Co
Wycliffe
C. C. Staples
Premier Lake
Mrs. L. Staples
Engie Johrens
Mernie
Lethbridge
Jack Hamilton
Prairie Points
Edmonton
Howard
Calgary
W. L. Allen
Expedition to Ashantee Recounts Its Ancient War and Rise
Recollections describe Ashantee a western Africa kingdom once shut from the coast by British rule. It details the Volta Prah and Assinee rivers, fertile land, and a history of slave trade conflict with Britain from 1807 to 1874. Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley led a notable expedition arriving in 1873 and carving a path to Coomassie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashantee
Africa
Gold Coast
Volta
Prah
Assinee
Coomassie
Kapanda
Salaga
Asai
Tula
Garnet Wolseley
Coomussie
K.C.A.G
Army Arch
Burma
Crimea
Muntiny
Lucknow
China
Canada
Red River
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Protectorate
Sir Garnet Wolseley
Charles MaCarthy
Dodawah
Accra
Denkera
Assin
Maclean
Great Britain
Sweet River
Elmina
Dahl matriarch gravely ill at son’s home
Mrs. Dahl senior is very ill at her son’s home in town. William Cox is spending a few days in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cox
Yahk Notes Social Roundup Aims at Moyie Church. Accidents and Visits
Miss Haywood and Miss Ogilvie returned to Great Falls Montana after visiting Mrs Rattray and the Yahk Hotel. Several locals travel to Cranbrook for Frances Baum’s tonsil surgery, while Fleming forms a CGLt choir and plans Sunday services in Moyie Hall. A Liberal meeting at Hotel Yahk featured Dr J H King and Capt Ilan Mackenzie. Plus minor traffic mishaps and visits from Nelson and Fernie figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yahk
FE. A. Lythgoe
Mr. Lythgoe
J. H. King
King
Ilan MacKenzie
Capt. McKenzie
Vancouver
Dr. King
God Save the King
Wycliffe Notes and Local Adolphated Visits
Wycliffe notes greet visitors and residents with a stream of social mentions. Mr. and Mrs. J E Jones thank Oii Staples Lumber Co employees for wedding gifts, while Wilmot and Woodstock, Ont. return visits and acquaintances recur in the district. Local residents travel to Green Bay and Cranbrook, with Cranbrook illness delaying a Ladies Conservative meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot
Woodstock
Ont
Wycliffe
C. C. Staples
A. G. Wilmot
Canfield
Vision 2 and Mr First Move From Division 2
Vision 2 and Mr First, former teacher of Division 2, are moving to Division 1 this year. Miss Helen McGrath and Miss Sylvia Baker left Tuesday for Nelson to attend business college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vision 2
First
Helen McGrath
Sylvia Baker
Nelson
Business
Roosville Notes on Travels and Local Socials
Mr J McDonald motored to Fernie on Thursday. Mr and Mrs H J Hyde and family toured to Vancouver for a weeks holiday. Miss Irene Hubert of Elko visits Mrs Campbell. Mrs W Horan returns to Washington after visiting Campbell. T Sinclair left for Alberta. Dick Sinclair and party were in Flagstone. Albert McGuire and party in Eureka. Miss Mildred Nolan of Fernie stays a few days at Grasmere. F Roe weekend visitor at Flagstone. Bob McDonald in Flagstone. Many people motor to Grasmere for a political meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McGuire
Eureka
Mildred Nolan
Fernie
Grasmere
F. Roe
Flagstone
Former Kootenay surveyor A. W. McVittie dies in Victoria
A. W. McVittie 67, a pioneer land surveyor of British Columbia and early Kootenay resident, died at 1411 Mitchell St Oak Bay Victoria after a brief illness. He surveyed Calgary townsite, worked in Fort Steele Cranbrook, and later became known for mining ventures across BC. Survived by widow, son Charles Archibald of New York and daughter Margaret of Victoria. Born Barrie Ontario educated there and in Toronto. He moved to the West in 1882 and practiced in the Kootenay region for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. McVittie
British Columbia
Kootenay
Mitchell St
Oak Bay
Victoria
McVittie
Charles Archibald
University of British Columbia
New York City
Margaret
Mr. McVittie
Barrie
Ont
Toronto
Dominion Land
Canadian West
Dominion
Northwest Territories
Calgary
Windermere
Fort Steele
Cranbrook
British Columbia Potato Seed and Bulb Show Planned in November
Dates set from November 24 to 27 for the British Columbia potato seed and bulb show in Victoria. The provincial Department of Agriculture leads the event, with cooperation from the Victoria Chamber of Commerce, the British Columbia Certified Seed Growers Association, and the Victoria Cottage Gardeners Association. The seed industry’s growing importance drives the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Victoria
Department of Agriculture
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Enna Growers’ Association
Victoria Cottage Gardners' Association
Valley prize list and seed potato awards in British Columbia
Prize categories will cover flower vegetables cereals roots and trees with extra table stock and certified seed potatoes. Entry forms will be available from Vitoria near mid September Kamloops. The Okanagan Valley Co operative Summary Association shipped the first carload of butter exported from the valley to Liverpool England as dairying grows. output is forecast to reach 6 million pounds annually in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitoria
Kamloops
British Columbia
Okanagan Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. PL Franzen
the United Church
Bryce Wallace
B.A
B.C
W. A. Fergie
Campbell-Manning Block
Drs. Green & MacKinnon Physicians & Surgeons
Armstrong Avenue
OFFIC
Grane
F. B. Miles
Hanson Blk
F. M. MacPherson Undertaker
Norbury Ave
City Hall
APT
H. W. Herchmer
Cranbrook B.C
Imperial Bank Bldg
Cranbrook, B.C
Kimberley
K. of P. Hall
0. C
KEY City Lodge No. 42
Russell Ree
See
EB. G. Dingley
P.G
U. K
W. Nichol
Zenith Cafe Cor
Baker & van Morne
Sainsbury & Ryan
Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
Wayman K. Roberts
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
M. S. Blackburn
George J. Spreull
L. D. Cafe
Women’s Institute
Spm
Norgrove
J. Coutts
Long
van Horne
John Fingal Smith
Wolseley
Eples
New
Mr. Baum
Frances
Mrs. Baum
Ruby Martin
Agnes McInnis
Frank Taurd
Frank
New Denver
Olga Nelson
Alex Rattray
Kitchener
May Cox
Rattray
Annie McCartney
Miss McCartney
Moyie
Mr. St. Clair
John Soucy
Charlie Peterson
Sr. Newby
Harold Tipper
Eastport
Wm, Plant and Daughter
Vyvyian
Grand Forks, B.C
Wm. Crowe
Laddie Dodd
Canyon City
Bill Percival
Mr. Veggable
Oii Staples Lumber Go
Mrs. Elge
South Slocan
Cg, Mawer
Messrs
Jack and
Harry Hughes
St. Mary's
Overland Town
Gus Theis
Old Town
A. Frederickson
A. Yager
R. Trew
McLean
St. Eugene
Ladies’ Conservative Association
Mrs. L. C. Piper
Green Bay
Walter Johnson
Val Anderson
Sam Wormington
Gon
Bert Lang
Mr. A. Yager
Mr. Laurie
Mr. A. Frederikson
Herald Office
PaciFic
Point Grey
Pacific Milk
Ladner & Abbotsford
MaGill van iDam
W. Gillett CO. Ltd
Can
Roosville
Mr. J. McDonald
T. Sinclair
Alberta
Dick Sinclair
Bob McDonald
Cranbrook and
Wilson's
Big Butte Dairy Farm
Society of Automotive Engineers
Studebaker
Dezan
Anbroo
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