City Council Continues Deliberations On Fire and Streets
August.fire incidents at Hanson Garage and Cranbrook Street homes report no major damage and hydrants. month covers cleanups, quarantine cases, and fire safety talks. Works and streets teams finish tarred surfaces and drainage work. electric light upgrades, water service adds, and sidewalk projects advance. Police and council discuss Recreation Club taxes and memorials, with adjournment after routine business.
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Hanson
Mr. Jordan
Cranbrook Street
Pam
Mr. Saunders
City
Cranbrook Sash & Door Company
Fire Committee
Works Department
Water Department
Baker Street
van Horne
Cranbrook
Hanson, Armstrong
Norbury
Louis Street
Armstrong Avenue
van Horne Street
Jackson
Mr. Mott
Edwards and
Louis Streets
Norbury, Watt and
Burwell
Children’s Park
Armstrong Land
Norbury Avenue
Dennis Street
Electric Light Department
Alderman Flowers
Kain Street
Watt Avenue
Burwell Avenue
Department of Public Works
Grand Master Visits Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
The event featured Grand Master and local officers addressing Odd Fellows and Rebekahs with an encore for Sister Park. Bro. Pontus Johnson extended invitations to Kimberley for the next night’s official visit to Sullivan Lodge. A supper praised by all followed, with tributes to the late Bro. Davey, and dancing to an Odd Fellows orchestra continued into the early hours, ending in a pronounced success.
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Park
Bro
Fred Russell
Bro. Perry
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Order
Pontus Johnson
Kimberley
Key City Lodge
Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Sullivan Lodge
Perry
Davey
Grand Lodge of
B.C
Wardner Raffles Highlight Local Westinghouse Prize
Raffles of varying sizes are common in Wardner with this week’s sale run by Fred Harris and Paul Storey agents for Westinghouse Radios. They are raffling a three tube Westinghouse set. Rev Rowland, the local minister, has returned after district travel and officiated publicly during his absence at an ordination ceremony at Y.
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Wardner
Fred Harris
Paul Storey
Westinghouse
Rev. Rowland
Cranbrook
F. Thompson
Alec Daye
Fred Wynne
H. W. Birch
Messrs
Ben Daye
F. Coe
J. Moir
H. Headdon
Fred Leard
Margaret Leard
John A. Lawson
E. Mickleson
Kimberley News Notes Reflect Local Social Roundup
Kimberley residents reported on a busy week with visits to Edmonton Vancouver and Cranbrook. Events included Shriners dinner dances at Odd Fellows Hall, a Scandinavian Brotherhood banquet canceled by a lodge member’s death, and plans for a Wardner Parent Teacher Association.
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Shriners’ Dines
Oddfellows’ Hall
Kimberley
Wardner
Iverson
A. Anderson
Gust Johnson
A. Moberg
Mickelson
Cranbrook
Scandinavian Brotherhood
Mabel Stoneberg
Lodge
Winners of Attendance Prizes at Fall Fair
Prize list from the Fall Fair drawing outlines winners by day. September 16 awards include an adults prize of 76 dollars for a McClary Range donated by F Parks & Co and D Mac Gregor, and a children's prize a 40 dollar wrist watch donated by W H Wilson, Mary Hatchcroft. September 17 adults prize a camp outfit donated by Fink Mercantile Co and E McCartney. children's prize a 50 dollar C C M Red Bird bicycle donated by Patmore Bros Fern Simpson. September 18 continues with adults prize details not shown.
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F. Parks & Co
D. MacGregor
W. H. Wilson
Mary Hatchcroft
Fink Mercantile Co
E. McCartney
C.C.M. Red Bird
Patmore Bros
Fern Simpson
Prize items and donors listed for school fair
The notice lists prizes including a $115.00 Brunswick upright phonograph donated by Scott's Drug & Book Co and a $2.20 Autographic Kodak Special with carrying case donated by Beattie Noble Ltd and Eileen Gray for a children's prize event.
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Brunawick
Scott's Drug & Book Co
Prank Marsh
Beattie-Noble, Ltd
Eileen Gray
Society of Cranbrook Young People to Be Formed
A Cranbrook meeting at United Church discussed forming a non denominational youth society focused on social and educational work. An organizational meeting is planned for next Tuesday to appoint officers for the first year, with Rev Bryce Wallace and others named on the temporary executive.
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The
United Church
Cranbrook Young People's Society
Cranbrook
Bryce Wallace
Martin Harriley Moffatt
Murray McFarlane
M. McCaslin
Ivy Dezall
Daddy Blair the Adventurer Remembered in West Canada
Fragmentary obituary recalls "Daddy" Blair born 1852 in Ottawa, a scout soldier and adventurer linked to Hudson's Bay Company. His life spanned circus turns, Barnum shows, and exploration from Montreal to Edmonton, ending amid faded recollections of a bold era.
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Onela
Wiet
Akmonton
Daddy
Alexander Blats
Asinehes
Hudson's Bay Company
Gueen
Nedas
Blair
Wilkine
Ottawa
Tom Scott
Hudson's Bay
Edmonton
Scott
Montreal
General Stratec
Lord Strathcona
Donald Smith
TP Hy
Newt Tal
Barnum
Ciry
London
Tony
Been
Reward medal honors Partridge for brave voyage
W. Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, presented Partridge, a company employee, the Royal Canadian Humane Society gold medal for risking his life to rescue workers and avert a train disaster near Yoho. The feat, paid twelve months earlier, involved navigating dangerous rocks to reach the oncoming train.
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Cc. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Partridge
Yoho
Canadian export recruits Scottish lads for agriculture aim
A damaged clipping notes 23 boys from Scotland sailing to Canada aboard the Canadian Pacific under Dr. G C Cossar. They seek football as a secondary pursuit while aiming to work in Canadian agriculture, with mentions of Montclaire and plans ahead as the voyage proceeds.
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Canad
Tule
Glascow
G. C. Cossar
Morettuye Dr
Fiatu Dominion
Montclaire
Sunng
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Recreation Club
Cameron
MicPherson
Vink
Ty Gill
War Memorial
City Transfer Co
Worden
Wilson
Mantis Anderson
Mrs
Culver
Manistie
Mich
Blaylock
Trail
M. Pennock
Prairie
Mr. A. Lilly
Ab. Lilly
Mrs. Blundell
Spokane
Mrs. Lilly
Margaret Roycroft
Gordon Armstrong
Mud Lake
Shriners
Gougeon
J. S. Fisher
Vil
Party
Windermere
Mya O'Neill
Miss Soles
Pat Holland
Yerbury
Mrs. Holland
Sam Alexander
McDougall Heights
Miss Daniels
Miss Donahue
Hollywood
C. A. Foote
H. Mott
Washington, D.C
Mr. Gates
Lethbridge
Town
P. Burns & Co
Curling Club
Chas, Morrison
Calgary
Monsieur Pluvius
Old Man
December
Pluvius
Plevius
Wardfer
Foster
Tom Coffee
Yahk
Ole Renstrom
Arthur Welsford
Rnest
Jack Rogers
Michel
Mesars
Ropers
Fred Babick
Bull River
Mothel Dow
St. Eugene Hospital
Mrs. Dow
Miss Ethel
Chas. Simpson
Skookumchuck
Morrissey Hill
Shorty
C. Hamlin
H. Haney
Theo. Thompson
Sam and
Geo. Thompson
Elko Falls
Vapeere
Nick McKengie
Chapman Camp
Winnie
Mildred Burdett
Vancouver
University of B.C
Elmer Thompson
Roy
Keith
Slner
E. G. Montgomery
N. W. Burdett
Bridge
Howard Street
Honolor
Douglas Dunlop
J. F. Wright
Dyer Elderking
Seattle
Herbert Headdon
Harris
Mr. Geo. Smith
Moyie
Ralph
New Westminster
Leard
Columbia College
U.B.C
Cranbrook Golf Club
Kimberley Club
Marysville
Society OF
Blair of
the Wild and
Daddy Ua
Malliontan
Lyrum
Sidine
Ead Nially
Miss Chathim
Combes Fairly
Hudson Hay Parade
Tla
Mileary
Fioherty Magewali
Lars Heen
Beatty
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