1906
The beautiful new Baptist church building was crowded to capacity both morning and evening at the Sunday dedication service.
1911
Louis Eholt, founder of the town of Eholt, died in Myers Falls, Wash., at the age of 71.
1921
J.A. Coleman of Hill View Orchard was indeed inclined to believe that “money grows on trees” when he received a cheque for $9,747.55 from the T. Eaton Co., for seven cars of apples shipped to the company during October.
1926
Tom Bowen, veteran poultry fancier of Grand Forks was the king-pin exhibitor and prize-winner at the annual district poultry show which passes into history as one of the classiest showings of poultry and rabbits in the B.C. interior.
1931
Averaging over 41 ounces of gold to the ton, the carload of ore recently shipped from the Union Mine at Franklin camp to the Bunker Hill smelter, netted the Hecla Mining Co. $43,178, this being by far the most valuable car shipment of ore ever made in B.C.
1936
Rev. D.M. Perley received a letter of appreciation from the Boney Creek Rural Volunteer Relief Committee, thanking this city for its recent contribution of a carload of fruit and vegetables to the Saskatchewan drought area.
1941
The congregation of Holy Trinity Church gathered in the Parish Hall for a farewell social evening in honour of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Scott, who were leaving to reside in Kellog, Idaho.
1946
Messrs. Norris and McLellan of Vancouver advised city council that a compromise had been reached with Gardner Brothers regarding the slag pile in Grand Forks and that permission had been granted for a car of slag to be shipped to the Glacier Rock and Insulation Co. of Moose Jaw, for experimental purposes.
1951
The climax of the sportsman’s season was achieved at Rock Creek when 147 guests assembled for the third annual game banquet, sponsored by the Greenwood and District Rod and Gun Club.
1956
RCMP this week began enforcing a city by-law which forbids those under 18 to be on the streets of Grand Forks after 8 p.m. during November, December, January, February and March.
1961
The proceeds from the Seniors Men’s Basketball Club game against the Harlem Globetrotters was donated to the Projects Society for the new arena.
1971
In a sincere and very costly effort to create a non-smoking burner, Pope & Talbot Ltd., has converted the old burners in Midway and Grand Forks to the Rees-Medford method, which consists of a beehive-type incinerator equipped with air and draft controls designed to intensify and maintain optimum combustion.
1975
With the first anniversary of the crippling fire which destroyed the hardware and feed building, the board of directors of Sunshine Valley Cooperative Society has reported to members that the society has now paid off all its major debts.
1981
Autoplan premiums are going up by an average of 20 per cent, the direct result of mounting highway accidents and the spiraling costs of settling claims.
1986
A freak windstorm lasting no more than half an hour wrecked havoc at the southern end of Christina Lake, Monday.
1996
Camouflaged clothing could have contributed to the death of a Greenwood hunter after his hunting partner accidentally shot him while the pair were tracking deer through a moderately wooded area.
2001
This week, GFSS drama students put on their production of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Will Salikin as Jack, Chris Fofonoff as Algernon, Kim Knox as Lady Bracknell and Kristen Dobbs as Gwendolyn.
2006
Grand Forks is joining a number of B.C. communities in considering a bylaw that would prohibit feeding deer.
Community of Kimberley and Sparwood are looking at similar bylaws. Patrick O’Doherty says he would only support such bylaw if means were found to help enforce it.
The latter is key in making any deer-reduction strategy sustainable, he said, as deer will keep returning to environments promising both abundant food and a lack of predators. He also said the MoE needs to see commitment before stepping in to address the problem.
