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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
4
Local briefs from various districts showcase community events, school activities, and civic notes reported by regular correspondents. Highlights include neighborhood meetings, charity drives, club gatherings, and updates on infrastructure projects affecting residents.
The Eighth Annual Pall Fair was held on the Dominion Government experimental station grounds and adjacent Public School grounds. Attendance from outside areas was strong, with livestock exhibits expanding significantly and several registered cattle introductions evident in the judging. Judges included Prof Saddler and A. Barlow of the University of British Columbia. A complimentary dinner was held for judges. misreported prisoner Captain E H. Carlile was later confirmed in Germany. Potatoes judging awarded James Johnston top with 212 points. Crawford and Walker placed second and third. A mix of local notes follows about dances, ads, and community happenings.
Elko Notes quotes Jim Tietlehbeak advising not to knock or ridicule neighbors or the masses. He warns that any fool can knock and that others may falter while you remain rigid. The piece ends with a caution against vanity and misplaced fame.
Mrs. Longworth of Elko visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. J Wright in Wardner. The Big Red Cross dance at Club Hall drew about 60 couples with Cranbrook orchestra providing music. A wartime line was served at midnight and the gathering ended after a lively evening.
Mr and Mrs Leard and children and Mr and Mrs Geo Sinclair and children spent Saturday to Monday at Big Sands and returned with a large catch. Walter Martin came home from Spokane after summer vacation. The Fort Steele notes report Frederick Siderke fined 50 dollars for alien enemy regulations and the local YMC A workers praised by a Canadian soldier.
A jumble of quips and cartoons note quirks of city life and war folly. The Mayor of Halifax sneers at aldermen who resign after being mocked as doughheads. A bride’s lament mocks marriage, while jokes about divorce, Germans, and naval blunders lampoon wartime figures and sea faring wit.
A historical notice lists multiple donors to a supply fund from Kuskanook Chapter I C D B with totals per donor group and overall sums reaching nineteen dollars and fifty cents plus additional donor streams totaling ten dollars and sixty cents and four dollars seven hundred sixty five cents.
Names and addresses with reg numbers and units of Cranbrook District boys serving overseas should notify P O Box 208. Do not let it be said he was forgotten if he is in hospital or changes address.
Rev J L Sinclair leads two services at the Methodist Church with sermons The Poorest Man on Earth at 11 am and The Richest Man In Town at 7 30 pm Bible School at 12 noon and a Bible School Rally Day scheduled for Sunday the 22nd with both services conducted by the pastor
The Corporation of the City of Cranbrook announces properties for sale subject to an upset price to be disclosed at sale. Terms and conditions are available at the undersigned office. T. M. Roberts, City Clerk, Cranbrook, B. C., September 11, 1918.
A long list records numerous individuals with varied small donations collected by Mrs. J. J. Johnson and others, totaling multiple sums such as $9.05, $18.60, $11.50, $10.40, and $7.55. Mentions Cranbrook City Corporation and an overall collection on Burwell Avenue.
Local Oversiow Mr J P Fink of Fink Mercantile Co elected vice president of the Retail Merchants Association of British Columbia. Mrs T D Caven returns from Spokane. Mrs S D Macdonald of Spring Hill N Y visiting daughter Mrs John Martin. Women’s Institute tag day to help boys beat the Hun on Saturday Sept 28. League thanks Great War Veterans Association for use of rooms last Saturday. Mrs A C Bowness and Mrs Whitehead of Winnipeg visit Spokane, return to Cranbrook Tuesday. Binnie leaves for Montreal area for about three months. W A whist drives for G W V A begin Oct 4 instead of Sept 20. Murdock McKinnon of Erickson opening stock next to Cranbrook Drug and Book Co. Christchurch guild bazaar Dec 4 with card party and dance at Parish Hall on Halloween.
A brief sale notice lists Dark Cornish and White Wyandotte cockerels offered cheaply by A B Smith at 36-11 with immediate pickup desired.
Notice to customers of Ira Br Manning Limited that the company has entered liquidation and all debts are payable to the executor at the offices of solicitors Harvey McCarter Macdonald and Nisbet. Accounts should be paid promptly to the solicitors who are authorized to accept payment and issue receipts. F W Burgess is the liquidator.
James Sanderson applies to take 00 gallons per day from Grants Spring for domestic use on Sub Lot 1, Lot 2873, Cranbrook area. Water diverted 63 feet from lot 2878 boundary and 640 feet from Lot 2873 north boundary. Objections due within thirty days of first local newspaper appearance dated September 5, 1918.
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