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‘WEDDING BELLS

- Kirby-Humphrey
The first of the week Mr. and
i Mrs. Jas, E. Kirby, of Smithers,
! were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
- ‘OW. W. Anderson and while in
ve t Hazelton Mr. Kirby renewed his
a :; many old acquaintances and Mrs.
mm Kirby made many new ones.
m Mr. Kirby left Smithers several|,
m™ weeks ago on a holiday, and the
i following despatch from Chilli-
{ wack to The Province will tell its
me | own story:
wae. Chilliwack, Dec. 24.—A wed-
Ma ding of interest to many took
mm; place on Monday morning at 11
a || o’elock in St. Thomas’ Church,
a | when Caroline Jane Humphrey,
a4 ; daughter of and Mrs... J. Hum-
phrey, of thia city, was married
# to James E. Kirby, of Smithers.
fae | The ceremony was performed in
See | the presence of immediate friends
am Alderman J. H. Ashwell giving
+ the bride in marriage. The ser-
vice was choral.
=| She bride wore a smart French
of | frock of camel-colored Georgette
2: with becoming small hat to match.
' Following the ceremony, a recep-
|,tion and wedding breakfast was
* held at the home. of Alderman...
Ashwell, guests outside of the
‘family cirele including Dr. and.
Mrs. J. C. Henderson, Mrs. M.
C. Hall, Rey, and Mrs, Holdom.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirby left later for
Victoria, en route to. their home
at Smithers, where Mr. Kirby is
mining recorder for the district.”’
A large cirele of friends in this
istrict will wish Mr, Kirby a
ong and happy life.

Got Furs and Wet

f| Albert Mercer returned on Sun-
eday morning from his annual
strapping trip up Copper. River,
Rite was away a couple of months
r more and had a fairly good
atch. He also had some experi-
wences, He was thirty miles up
| he south fork of the Coprer and
without an axe. The high water

4 sie down, and he found it quite

Bicreeks. All his-temporary bridges
were washed away and several
times he had to splash through

with his pack on his back, but he}:

8 none the worse for his several
wettings. He spent Christmas
vith friends at Copper City and
F heard several fine Christmas con-
erts over the radio.

| Commencing with’ a special
ew Year's | service, which wijl
mile conducted by Rey. A. ¢. Pound.
n Sunday, the annual “Week ' rr
Prayer will be observed hy the].
nited Church in Hazelton. On
Btuesday evening, January ‘5, a
fervice will be heldin the church

ly Rey. V. H. ‘Sanaum, éf Kis*
hiox, and: ‘on- Wednesday | evenitig
Fant, and Mrs. Houiglitdn; of;

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F OMIN: ECA HER

NEW HAZELTON, B. c, JANUARY 1, 1926

Late Frank Mearns

After an illness extending over |
several years, in fact which was

/ the: result of being gassed at the

front, Frank Mearns passed away
at the Hazelton Hospital early on
Tuesday morning at the age of
58 years. After returning from
the war, the deceased with his
family. purchased a farm a short
distance from the hospital, and,
although not able to work more
than part of the time, he was do-
ing fairly well.* Recently his
condition beeame worse and for
ten days he was a patient at the
hospital, The deceased is sur-
vived by his widow, two sons,
Albert and Stanley, one daugh-
ter and one grand child, Margar-
et. To them is extenned the
sympathy of the district.

The funeral was held on Wed-
nesday afternoon and Jas. .Proe-
ter conducted services at the
cemetery. The pall bearers were
Corp, Bryee, Ed. Hyde, Arch.
Darlington, Jas. Smith, E. Myros
and F, MeNabb, all returned sol-
diers. Many others were pre-
sent at the funeral. The late
Mr. Mearns’ unit overseas was
the 131st Batt.

Fine Chriftmas Music

A particularly fine program of
music was heard ‘at the Christmas
Day and Sunday services in St,
Peter’s, Hazelton. Soloists and
their numbers were as follows:
Mrs. J. C. K. Sealy, ‘Angels
From the Realms;’’ Miss I. Smith,
“On This Night;’’ Miss M. Cox,
“Carol, Sweetly Carol,’’ and Rey.
T. D. Proctor, ‘‘No Room Within
the Dwelling.'’’ A quartette con-
sisting of Miss Smith, Miss Cox,
James Proctor and Rev. T. D.
Proctor sang ‘Holy Night,”’ and

cluded: “Joy to the World,”,
“Cradled All Lowly,”? ‘‘When
Christ Was Born,’’ “See, Amid
the Winter’s Snow,” and “Carol,
Sweetly Carol.’’? The junior choir
sang ‘‘Guardian Angels.’’ “There
Dweltin Old Judea,’’ and ''Noel’’
among others. ‘God is the Re-

Helen Grant left the first of
the week for Smithers to spend a
‘few days with her sister,

John Fowler,.a native sub-chief
of Kitwanga, died early this
morning. He will be buried from
St."Paul’s Church, Kitwanga. -

As part of .its benevolent. work

| towards that institution, the Wo-

men’s Auxiliary tothe Hazelton
Hospital will furnish one of the
matron’s rooms in the Nurses’

nf Residence, 7 a

Though as busy as could. “he,
Banta ( Claus made it a point to be.
present. at the. Christmas. Tree |:
entertginment held.on the even-
ing’-of, the .28rd by the United:
Sunday... School. A program ‘of
récitations and carols waa given
by. the.children.and was followed

slen Vowell, .will. have. sharne, a

gervice,

"by the serving ¢ of refreshments,

a numberof chora! offerings in-|'

| fuge”’ was rendered by the ladies. |
iffeult to cross: most of the;

while lighting a lamp.
standing on a’box and the box

Great Time for
Kispiox Natives

On Wednesday

One of the greatest times the
natives have had at Kispiox was
staged in the church on Wednes-
day night when a special effort
was made to impress the natives
with the fact that thev receive
much benefit from the church
and that they should contribute
to the support of the missionary
board. Asa result the natives
came through nobly and the sub-
scription from Kispiox totals $170
and its all paid but $15.

The ministry was represented
by Rev. G. G. Hacker of Prince
Rupert, chairman of Presbytery,
Rev. Victor Sansum, Mr. and
Mrs. 'lomlinson who acted as in-
terpretors and delivered address-
es, Capt. and Mrs. Houghton of
the Salvation Army at Glen Vow-
ell and James White of Hazelton.

About 250 people were present
and the finest spirit prevailed at
all times, There were songs,
speeches and more speeches and
a real good time generally.

Following the speeches there
was 4 big feed, all provided by
the natives, and the ‘whites say
it..was .a. good .feed.. Next to
making speeches the natives do
like a good feed with either band
or orchestral music, and they had
the band. The church was alao
decorated very beautifully by the
matives. Altorether it was most
‘enjoyable and successful,

OVERHEARD AROUND
NEW HAZELTON

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Mrs, Geo. D, Parent smrived
home on Christmas Eve after a
three months’ visit to Eastern
Canada, France, Rome, and other
places of interest across the At-
lantie. Since her trip she 1s more

than ever content to remain in|

Canada.

Last Saturday evening the
young people had an enjoyable
dance in the schoolhouse. Some
older people were there, too.
The music was furnished by Mrs.
A. D. Chappell. ,

is Fred. Peterson arrived in town
on Christmas Eve from Smithers,
where he has been’ working in
Fred. Griffin’ ‘atia camp. He. is
nursing two broken ribs, which
injury he sustained one morning
He was

tipped aver, .

S.- Hy. ‘Senkpiel is erecting’ a
barn at Two-mile, to aceommo-
date | hig horses, which’ will be

employed. in hauling’ cedar. poles|
from ‘the | bush to the. railway,

He proposes hauling to. ‘wo- mile

‘and then from there in the spring

othe dept, except during: t a

sleighing geason,. whan: he will - -

haul right through.

Member is Home

Dr, H. C. Wrinch, M,L.A. for
Skeena, returned Tuesday from
Victoria after an absence of over
two months. After the annual
fall session of the Legislature he
spent three days extra in Victoria
in the various departments look-
ing after the interests of Skeena.
The Doctor was on several im-
portant committees.ineluding the
agricultural committee, and those
duties, along with the legislative
duties left him very little time to
transact his district business with
the departments. As soon as
the doctor gets back to normal
life he proposes to visit several
of the larger centres of the dis-
trict and make a report on the
recent session.

Dr. Wrinch spent Christmas i in
Vancouver visiting three of the
youngest members of his family,
and with Rev, R. W. Lee. .

Winter Work at Driftwood

On Tuesday morning Paddy
Higgins, Martin Cane, and two
of the Spokane men left Smithers
for the Higgins property at the
head of Driftwood Creek, Babine
Range, to resume operations for
the winter after an enjoyable
Christmas holiday in town. Mr.

Grismore returned from Spokane,

where he’ made further financial
arrangements for working the
property. So favorable have the
reports from the mine been, and
soattractive were the ore samples
he took south with him, that the
stock has jumped from ten cents
a share to twenty-five cents.
One of the chief jobs this winter
at the mine will be to take out a
carload of the .high-grade ore
recently struck and ship it to
|the smelter.

Card of Thanks
We wish to expréss our sincere
appreciation of the liberal Christ-
mas remembrance sent us by the
New Hazelton Community League
as well as the people of New
Hazelton inuividuatly.

AMos WELLS AND FAMILY.

r | Telkwa

‘Srwinanse

Tommy Heslip, of Telkwa, is
leaving in a week to visit his
mother in Ireland. This will. be
his first visit home in sixteen
years. Tommy is the baby of
the family and he had a hard
time getting away from the old
home as a boy to come. to B.C,
During his stay here he has been
rather successful and will be able
to satisfy his mother that he can |
look after himself alright. ,

Capt. Wheeler, of the Soldier
Settlement Board, was under the
weather for a few days following
Christmas.

A good many of the boys, in-
cluding some of mature years,
made Christmas Day one of re-
newing acquaintances, and in a
body they visited the homes of
themselves and others, They
report a most enjoyable time.
The mothers, wives and sweet-
hearts are through with having
Christmas dinner at night. In
future dinner will be served at
noon, and then the boys may go
out and stay out as long as they
please.

A scraper was at work between
Telkwa and Smithers ‘the firat of ~
the week trying ‘to level up the
road before the show cores.

Mr. Macdonald, of Morcice-
town, was a visitor here the first
of the week.

Miss Thompson, of Prince Ru-
pert, is visiting friends in town,

On Christmas night Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Denno entertained a

number of their friends.

Rev. G. G. Haeker of Prince
Rupert was a guest of ministerial
friends this week.

Miss Hilda Spooner, of Smi-.
thers, was a guest at her home
over Christmas,

A. L, Thomas was in Terrace
from Pacific on business ‘during

the week,

~ written,

_. That: Mr, ‘Ball is fully,
gathered. fr f
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or three

_ weekly | in the Dominion. |

A Compliment For Us

Louis J. Ball, manager of the Canadian Weekly
Newspapers Association, with headquarters in Toronto,
in writing the Omineca Herald recently, took occasion
to pass the following remarks, which should be quite as
interesting to the business people of this country as
they are to The Omineca Herald: | ,
“LT also wish in passing to compliment: you on:
the very neat letterhead. on which your letter was
I ‘have always fell that printers and pub" .
lishers owe it to themselves and to their-business to
- send their letters out on stationery which’ will give
sone indication of the class of ‘work ‘they ¢
~ out for others, and your ‘Jetterhead 18 néat;- nicely —
_ balanced, and particularly. well printed.”

geese that his’ own niewapaper, The... “|”
ais as‘ the.

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qualified to. judge: ‘Taay. be 7

8 congecutive years won the:
neeatest, ‘and est-arranged