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Royal visit thrills Chilliwack Cheering thousands present inspiring panorama of colour as monarchs visit city • May 31, 1939 Waving and smiling, they stood there, taking one last look at the fifteen thousand cheering, shouting, deliriously happy people. They looked at the four thousand frantically waving flags of the school children. They looked at the crowd and the mountains and the setting sun that threw shadows over the valley. They – a bronzed, young, eager, happy-looking King and his smiling beautiful Queen – stood on the platform and waved and seemed reluctant to go. That is the final picture of a history-making event; an event unparalleled in the short history of the visit of Their Majesties to Canada. For it was to mingle with the crowd, to meet civic officials, war veterans, nurses and other that they extended their visit to eighteen minutes, not ten, as scheduled. Nowhere, under any circumstances, have the King and Queen acted so spontaneously, shown such profound interest and consideration as they did here today. Nowhere have they gone out of their way to be so gracious, so completely charming. Fifteen thousand British hearts were thrilled to the core with the unexpected demonstration. It will be long remembered by this community. The big blue and silver streamliner bearing the royal crest on the engine chuffed in the station at 5:24 p.m. The
appearance of the King and Queen on the platform of the observation car was signalized by deafening cheers. The Queen waved, smiled. Their Majesties chatted for a moment, then walked down the steps to the station platform, where they were greeted by Mayor and Mrs. C.A. Barber, after the latter have been presented by Prime Minister MacKenzie King. Their Majesties walked up the steps to the stand followed by the Mayor and Mrs. Barber and the Prime Minister, where they stood at the salute as the bands played and the assembly sang lustily “God Save The King,” followed by a sustained and ringing acclaim from fifteen thousand proud and joyous citizens. Reeve G. Nobal Ryder and Mrs. Ryder were the first to be presented by the Mayor, they taking up a position to the left of Their Majesties, following which His Workshop presented the beautifully illuminated address from the citizens of the municipality and city, Mrs. Barber presenting Her Majesty with a gorgeous bouquet of pink roses... The first departure from the normal was in the presentation of Municipal Clerk S. Leslie Brice and City Clerk Peter J. Brown. Then came David Richardson and Mrs. Richardson whose son, Piper Richardson, won the Victoria Cross on the Somme.
If there was ever a thrill, it came in Their Majesties’ next move. They stepped down from the platform at the north end and mingled with the people. First they met A.S. Conway, who had given the King a physical drill in England. Sergeant Thomson of Chilliwack detachment, B.C. Police, one of two Canadian survivors of the marine attack on Zeebrugge, was next presented. The King chatted and joked with James Wilson, parade sergeant who led the Canadian Legion’s three hundred men to the scene earlier in the afternoon. The Queen, meanwhile, talked to members of the overseas nursing sisters and V.A.D. group. Her Majesty shook hands with E.H. Pearson, who was attempting to take a photograph of They Majesties. It was a distinctly local celebration. The vast majority of the huge throng which roared its acclaim of Their Majesties at the station were the business people and farmers of Chilliwack and district. It was possibly the most genuinely rural crowd that Their Majesties have yet had the opportunity of seeing. There were people from outside points in that crowd. A sprinkling of Americans, a number of people from the Interior and the Coast, but it was the shop owners and the men and women work the soil that dominated....
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) depart Chilliwack after their pre-war visit in 1939. CHILLIWACK MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES (P102)
Welcome brings tears This observer viewed today’s epoch making events 100 feet above the level of the railway from a point of vantage that gave an unobstructed view of all that occurred. These eyes witnessed a panorama of events today which reached a peak of human emotions as thousands of Chilliwack’s citizens, young and old, from near and far, joined with visitors from nearby states and provinces to give Their Majesties one of the most tumultuous welcomes and send-offs since the commencement of their tour. A welcome that brought tears and misty vision to hundreds of observers, and at the end brought tears of joy to that gracious, lovely woman, Queen Elizabeth. An indication of what was to come came a full hour before the arrival of the royal party, when a rousing reception was given the pilot train.
Their Majesties’ Parting Words In bidding farewell to Their Majesties, His Worship Mayor C.A. Barber said, “I wish to thank Your Majesties on behalf of this assembly for a wonderful visit with us and especially for its gracious informality.” “Do not thank me, sir” said His Majesty. “It is for me to thank you. Will you kindly
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Excited cheers, which kept up in a never ending crescendo, came continually from the throats of the fifteen thousand men, women and children gathered in the colourful, sun-kissed setting which greeted Their Majesties. First news of the near arrival came at 5:14 when it was announced that the train had passed Arnold, five miles away. A minute later the first faint whistle of engine number 5117 was heard and brought forth a burst of cheering which continued in wave after wave, reaching a peak when Their Majesties started down the rear platform of the coach onto the station platform; the tumult kept up all during the royal stay; reached a new height when after an eighteen-minute stop, nearly twice the time scheduled, the train eased its way gently toward the east and the last stage of the Canadian journey....
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Helpful hints on etiquette • Taken from an 1891 issue of the Chilliwack Progress: In conversation avoid gesticulation and cultivate an agreeable tone of voice; do not talk too much and when you are addressed listen attentively and pleasantly. Never talk to a gentleman about his occupation unless he refers to it first. “Young people should be taught to say, ‘Yes, mama,’ accent on the last syllable. If you wish to be popular talk to people about
what interests them, not what interest you. In conversation, all provincialisms, affectations of foreign accents, mannerism and exaggerations are detestable. In conclusion, the most certain means of becoming a good conversationalist is to possess yourself of knowledge of the world and the knowledge of books and acquire a facility of imparting the knowledge. In this age of cheap literature there are widespread avenues of knowledge open to all.
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Victoria Day at Harrison • May 28, 1902 The general observance of Victoria Day is good evidence of the great affection entertained by British subjects of the world over for the late Queen Victoria. The present generation has so long been accustomed to look forward to the 24th of May as the greatest holiday of the year that it is sure to be perpetuated. The weather had been somewhat threatening all week, but Saturday was an ideal day for an outing, and was taken advantage of by an exceedingly large number of people of Chilliwack. The baseball teams who were billed to play New Westminster at the Springs chartered the steamer Defender to carry an excursion. The boat left the landing at 7:45 a.m. and had over 150 passengers all told when she reached her destination. The crew of the Defender was very courteous and the trip was a most pleasant affair. Messrs. Trethewey and Jackson of Harrison Station were along and spared no pains to make everything agreeable. The route is thoroughly known by
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Chilliwack on the railroad map Electric line to Vancouver opened this week • October 5, 1910 Monday the 3rd of October will rank as the greatest day in the history of Chilliwack, marking as it does the commencement of rail communication with the outside world, by the inauguration of the British Columbia Electric Railway service. For the occasion the company had invited a large party representative of the cities of New Westminster and Vancouver and the rural municipalities between Chilliwack and the Coast, and headed by Lieut.-Governor Paterson and Premier McBride with Hon. Price Ellison, minster of lands. Mr. Ralph Smith, M.P. of Nanaimo also was in the list of guests and of course the local representatives for the federal and provincial houses, Mr. J.D. Taylor, M.P., and Mr. S.A. Cawley, M.P.P., were in attendance, together with Mr. Thos. Gifford, M.P.P, for New Wesminster and Mr. F. J. MacKenzie, M.P.P for Delta. Mayor Lee and the aldermen of New Westminster, acting
Mayor Ramsay and the aldermen of Vancouver; President Lusby of the New Westminster Board of Trade and VicePresident McLennan, of the Vancouver board were with the party together with the publicity commissioners for the two cities. The special excursion train left New Westminster at 10 o’clock in the morning, the Vancouver guests having come by regular tram via the Eburne line. This special train consisted of three gaily decorated coaches; two passenger and one baggage. Stops were made at Cloverdale where the company’s sub-station was inspected, and at Milner, the Langley Prairie station, Mt. Lehman, Clayburn, Abbotsford and other points. Good time was made along that portion of the road, the track being down for considerable time and well ballasted. From a short distance east of Abbotsfored the road was not so good owing to the heavy rains of the past week and slower time was made, while at Sumas Mountain it was found that a pole had fallen
across the track owing to the storm the night before, thus destroying the electric communication for the last stage, so that the train was pulled in by one of the company’s steam engines, arriving shortly before 3 p.m. At Sardis a stop was made to enable the councils of the city and township of Chilliwack to come aboard and experience the pleasure and honor of being the first passengers to enter the city on the new line. All along the line as the train passed the residents turned to cheer and welcome it. Chilliwack turned out en masse and with a brass band, handkerchief waving and steam whistles shrieking showed their appreciation of being able at last to get out of the woods. Little time was lost in detraining and within a few minutes Premier McBride stood bareheaded with sledge hammer and spike and well and truly drove to the head the last spike that connected the Garden City of Chilliwack to the commercial cities of New Westminster and Vancouver.
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Upon completion of this task Mayor Munro, on behalf of the councils of Chilliwack and the Board of Trade of the City of Chilliwack, presented General Manager R.H. Sperling with an address of appreciation and welcome, which was suitably replied to by that gentleman and the invited guests repaired to the hall of St. Thomas Church and partook of a bountiful spread tastefully set out by host McLennan of the Empress Hotel. The choir was occupied by R.H.
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Sperling, Lieut.-Gov. Paterson and Premier McBride being seated on either side of him and the guests to the number of 150 taxing the capacity of the hall. The repast being done justice to, the chairman proposed the toast to the King, which was received with musical honors, the Chilliwack orchestra, which was present for the occasion, leading. The next toast, proposed by Mr. Sperling, was that of the Lieut.Governor of the Province of
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Snow and ice storm paralyze Chilliwack • January 24, 1935 Chilliwack is isolated today, a city unto itself. One of the worst “silver thaws” in the history of the Fraser Valley struck the district Monday and by eight o’clock that evening light, power, telephone, telegraph and interurban tram connections had been completely disrupted. Heavy rains, which fell during the day, turned to ice, and all through Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning the tremendous weight of ice which had accumulated brought down wires and poles in a mass of twisted, crystal-coated wreckage which strewed the city from end to end. Even an approximate estimate of the damage done is out of the question. Poles and wires are down on practically every street in the city and a vast amount of clearing up will be necessary before it would be safe to turn on power again, once the main service lines of the B.C. Electric are restored. The severe weather of Thursday and Friday, when
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official temperature was given at zero and many thermometers registered as low as five below, was followed by a veritable blizzard which fell Sunday and through the night.
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damaged which followed was all by inevitable. Buildings throughout the city suffered severely. The tremendous load of snow which the roofs were carrying
has been taking steady toll since Monday. The Empress Garage, better known as Lillie’s Garage, came down Monday morning, piling roof and snow on nearly twenty cars stored there. Throughout Monday snow shovel brigades fought a desperate battle on many roofs of the city, the Empress Hotel, Brett’s Limited and the Star Garage all being threatened before morning was over. Monday afternoon the lean-to at the Broder Canning Company’s plant went in, and one of the men at work on the roof at the time sustained leg injuries. During the night the auction rooms formerly occupied by Hugh Smith on Young Roady fell prey to the snow load, and caved in completely. Tuesday morning the large auction barn formally occupied by Jack Thompson came down with a crash which could be heard all over the city. Damage done in the country is unknown at the time of going to press. Unconfirmed reports state the roof at
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Atchelitz Community Hall came down Tuesday, and a number of barns throughout the district are reported down. These cannot be verified, however. No mail has been received in Chilliwack since Sunday. Communication even with Sardis is impossible, though a number of hardy souls have been walking the tracks to that point. Four B.C. Electric trains are stuck at Sardis, helpless from lack of power. A snow plow was brought over Canadian National lines Tuesday morning, and the weigh freight from Vancouver to Hope followed the same day, bringing in some badly needed supplies from Vancouver. All other means of contact with the outside world have been shut off since Monday night, however. B.C. Electric officials in Chilliwack are frank in stating that they have no idea when power and light service can be restored to the stricken district....
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All-out search for airliner as clear weather prevails •December, 1956 RCAF Search and Rescue are using every available airplane in an effort to locate the missing TCA North Star. For the first day since the airliner was reported missing, almost perfect weather conditions prevail in the Cheam and Silvertip mountain areas. As the search entered its tenth day, and RCAF spokesman commented: “If we are going to find the plane at all, this is the day.” About eight Chilliwack Flying Club planes are also engaged in the search. Ground parties, too, are taking advantage of the favorable weather. Art Butler, game warden, has been leading a three-man search party for the past five days, and many other parties have been organized by RCMP operating out of Hope and Chilliwack. Mr. Butler’s party reached the base of Mt. William Knight and also searched some of the country around Jones Lake.
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One of hockey’s all-time greats left here this morning, taking a little piece of Chilliwack with him and vowing never to forget the Fraser Valley city. Maurice “Rocket” Richard, idol of the Montreal Forum, 18-year-veteran of the mighty Canadiens and sometime ambassador at large for the NHL hockey club, was enchanted with Chilliwack. “I will never forget it,” said the man of many hockey records last night, after a whirlwind tour that took in the Empress Hotel banquet room,
the Coliseum, the Riding Club lounge and a visit in a private home. This was a large statement coming from the man who has visited half the cities, villages and hamlets in the country. However, Richard’s forehead had an earnest wrinkle and his voice a ring of conviction when he said it. Should he be in danger of forgetting Chilliwack, he will be able to draw on his beautiful natural wool sweater, knitted for him by Mrs. Francis Kelly of the Soowallie Reserve and presented with the compliments of the Chilliwack
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SEARCH from p27 was presumed to have gone down, hope was diminishing.” A TCA spokesman in Vancouver declares this is not to be interpreted as meaning the company has given up hope. Oil slick detected on Chilliwack Lake, but test prove valueless because of too much water in samples. Ground party will attempt to secure another sample. Monday: Queen Elizabeth sends message of sympathy “to all relatives of those who lost their lives” in the crash of the TCA North Star. Ground party hears “hoarse shouts” on Silvertip Mountain, but deep snow prevents further checks. Tuesday: Constable J. Harvey leads party into the Slesse Creek area. Members of his team are George Pettit, E. Erickson, T. Erickson and V. Lundstrom. Editor’s Note: The crash site was eventually located at about 7,600 feet on Mt. Slesse. There were no survivors.
company with regard to the service and stated that chair cars in addition to the regular passenger cars would be used on the road in time. The Chilliwack line was but a beginning of the work the company would undertake in the Fraser Valley. After the Lieut.-Governor had been toasted that gentleman in returning thanks, referred to the good work accomplished by the B.C.E.R. He thought they had made no mistake in building through the Fraser Valley to Chilliwack. Transportation was one of the greatest needs of the province and the solving of it was one step towards knitting closer together the districts of the province. F.R. Glover proposed the toast to the province of British Columbia, and in response Premier McBride acknowledged the great compliment paid him by the B.C.E.R. by asking him to drive the last spike in the Chilliwack line. In looking into the future he could see it augured well for
the success of the Fraser Valley line. He spoke briefly of the transportation problems of the valley. A great development had already taken place and with the aid of electric power a very great deal more could be expected. T.J. Trapp in proposing the toast of the Dominion of Canada, coupled with it the names of Ralph Smith, M.P. of Nanaimo and J.D. Taylor of New Westminster. Both gentlemen replied in brief stirring addresses, loud in the praises of the of the B.C.E.R. and their firm faith of the future of the province. L.B. Lushby, president of the New Westminster Board of Trade, proposed the toast of the three cities, Chilliwack, New Westminster and Vancouver. This was responded to by Mayor Lee of New Westminster, acting Mayor Ramsay of Vancouver and Mayor Munro of Chilliwack. All three thanked the B.C.E.R. officials for the honor extended to them and complimented the company and the despatch with which the road had been built and equipped. Mayor Munro stated the valley had been
waiting 20 years for this event and building hopes for better transportation facilities. They were often disappointed, but at last the hopes of the residents had been realized.... Tuesday morning the regular service was commenced from both ends. Three trains daily will be run. A milk train will leave Chilliwack at 7 o’clock in the morning and make stopes at all the sidings and way stations along the way. The morning passenger trains will leave both new Westminster and Chilliwack at 8 o’clock, arriving at the terminals at 11 a.m. The evening passenger trains will leave New Westminster and Chilliwack at 5 in the afternoon, arriving at the terminals at 8. This will give a three hour through service, and the fare charged will be $1.85 single and $3.00 return. Accordingly, as the needs require, the service will be increased and the objects of the company will be to give different municipalities through which the line passes as good a service as can possibly be given.
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