Kimberley Chronicle

Your Biweekly Source for Kimberleys Past, Present & Future Monday November 19 Volume 19

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Welcome to our nineteenth issue. We hope nobody was offended with last issues headline so close to Remembrance Day. We at Kimberley Chronicle thought that it was noteworthy that Hitler may have seen a Nitros game, however we in no way think that anything Hitler did was appropriate. We had hoped that Ghandi or Jesus had seen a Nitros game but we could find no proof to substantiate that claim. Just to be clear Hitler was a bad dude and we are very thankful for all those that helped stop that angry little German. This issues topic is of a lighter note, one that is near and dear to myself. Having milked a Jersey by hand before school as a child and working on larger dairy farms throughout my teenage years, I have a warm spot in my heart for most things milk-related. So it gave me much pleasure to find out that there used to be a dairy farm within 200 m of the Kimberley Chronicle office. We love hearing from feedback from our readers, questions, comments or rants can be directed to kimberleychronicle@gmail.com. Be sure to check out our Facebook page, we are in the process of adding digital copies of back issues to that site.

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Times were tough in Marysville 101 years ago. The smelter had recently shut down and work was scarce. Ben Keer was forced to find work at the Lucky Boy Mine in Lardeau (North End of Kootenay Lake). He would religiously send money home for his wife Laura and their young family. Laura, at some point decided to buy two calves, and thus started the first dairy farm in Marysville. Ben eventually Angus Hay, his sons Billy and Angus Jr and the milking staff posing in front of moved back home and ran the the brand new barn. Photo courtesy of the Kimberley Heritage Museum. farm with his family. He would sell the farm to The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (C.M.&S.) in 1925. The company would go on to build barns, silos, bunkhouses and cookhouses for the staff, and a home for the manager of the farm. continued

Milk From Marysville

Angus Hay took over as manager of the farm in 1927 having been the District Agriculturalist in Cranbrook prior to moving For advertising rates, questions, to Marysville. He organized a raucous community barn dance comments & complaints contact when they erected a new barn in 1930. On a trip to Quebec writer, publisher & paperboy he bought a show herd of 20 Ayrshire cattle that were the most Wade Jarvis prized dairy cows in the East Kootenays. The Lord and Lady kimberleychronicle@gmail.com Stairs of Scotland paid them a visit when they were in town. The company had their own vetenarian on staff to look after Kimberley Heritage Museum both the dairy herd as well as the hundreds of pigs they raised. The pigs were fed scraps from the company cookhouses in 105 Spokane Street - above the library Marysville, Kimberley & Chapman Camp. The company was Monday-Friday 1-4pm selling milk to residents at 10 cents a quart delivered to their Phone: 250-427-7510 doorstep. Email: kdhs@shawbiz.ca When the depression hit in 1931, the company decided to sell Entry Fee - By Donation off the show herd and Dave Suttie would take over as farm manager in 1932 until 1948. In that time the dairy herd went from Firewood For Sale Seasoned, Split & Delivered 50 to 70 head and was the biggest herd in the area. In 1943 the company offloaded the delivery portion of the business to Pine $150/cord Stewart McLure who would also go on to build a state-of-thePine $80/half cord art dariy processing facility in Kimberley that would pasteurize and bottle milk from five dairy farms in the area. Larch $250/cord In 1944 disaster struck. A fire broke out and engulfed all of the 250-427-5430 barns. Thankfully the herd was saved from the blaze but the Happy Hands Tattoo cattle had to be milked outdoors until new barns were built. Any miner that had ever milked a cow was assigned to this task until the new barn was built that fall. A month after that fire one of the employees moved to another dairy farm that also burnt down. Finally after 15 fires the arsonist was caught and he confessed to the destruction that he had caused. 418 - 304th St 778-481-5000 The farm as well as the processing facility changed hands a few more times and eventually George Roberts baught the farm in 1951 which by now consisted 125 head of cattle. In 1957 George died in a car accident and the last remaining barn burnt down that same year. For 45 years Kimberley was self-sufficient in regards to dairy products, a fine testament to the hard-working nature of our forefathers. Thanks to Willa McLure and her wonderful book Memories of Marysville. www.basininstitute.org

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A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. AN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what? A COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows. A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. The Kimberley Branch of the Order of the Eastern Star is collecting postage stamps, Campbell Soup Labels and Pop Can Tabs for various charities. These items can be dropped off at Curves or at 960 Rotary.

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Friday November 23: Kimberley United Church Annual Fall Fowl Supper at 6pm. Serving Roast Tom Turkey & all the trimmings as well as pie for dessert. Tickets $20.00 each at Shoppers Drug Pharmacy and church. Doors open at 5 pm. Gift Certificates Now Available. Saturday November 24: Nitros vs Castlegar Rebels, Civic Like us on Facebook to stay Centre @ 7pm. tuned for our opening date. Saturday November 24: Homegrown Coffee House at Centre 64, 8pm. www.onelovehotyoga.ca Tuesday November 27: Nitros vs Creston Valley Thundercats, Civic Centre @ 7pm. Kimberley Forest Tuesday November 27: Have Camera Will Travel, Centre 64 @ 7:30pm. Consulting Friday November 30: The Economics of Happiness - WildYour forest expert. sight One Planet Film Series. Centre 64 @ 7:30pm, admission by donation. Wildfire Assessments, Saturday December 1: Harmony Chapter #45 OES Annual Forest Development Plans, Pre Christmas Sale. Kimberley Elks Hall 11am 1:30 pm Ecosystem Management, Christmas Gift Baskets, Recyclables, Christmas decorations Surveys. & gift items. Proceeds to cancer and Harmony Charities. Wade Jarvis, RPF

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