Nelson Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [Gibbon, A. W.]
issued: 2024-05-09
issued: 1966-05-19
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note: TEMPERATURES Published at ^^^^yvernment, financial, trading and educational centre of the Kootenay-Columbia area 0tt sia FORECAST Kootenay: Sunny, little warmer. Light winds. Low and high at Cranbrook 30 and 70; Nelson area 35 and 75. Friday: Sunny. NELSON, B.C., CANADA—THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1966 10 Cents •"N5T24. CAROL BARNES CORLISS ALLEN ELAINE PERRY JUDY KRANABETTER iillliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitmiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiililllilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil An Editorial LYNN ELLARD LESLEY SMITH m MARY IWANIUK All Roads Lead To Creston Today The anniversary theme of the 1966 edition of the Creston Valley Blossom Festival that gets underway Friday night is an apt one Indeed, and serves as a perfect illustration of the success that can be achieved through the concerted effort of a community. .; During the 25-year course of its life, the Blossom Festival has brought renown to the Creston Valley, publicizing its agricultural industry and the amenities to be found in both the town and the surrounding area. It has, in fact, achieved virtually every aim for which it was designed. Its success did not come easily. A succession of festival committees have devoted countless hours, faced untold adversities, and have won through to produce a festival second to none in the interior. The effects of its success have been far-reaching indeed, for it has contributed substantially to the economy of Creston and the Valley by bringing in a welcome flow of cash at a season of the year when business would normally tend to be on the slow side. It has brought an increasing flow of visitors to the valley, many of whom have returned year after year to partake of the fun and frolic that pervades the entire celebration. ;. In addition, the Creston Valley Blossom Festival has served as a pat tern for other communities producing similar endeavors. It ib undoubtedly with a feeling of pride that residents of the Creston Valley and the town, as well as membe…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442597
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Company, Limited
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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