The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Taylor, Dave
issued: 2023-03-21
issued: 1931-01-08
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note: THE PRINSTON STAR A COMMUNITY PAPER B^ Published every Thursday in the interests o? the $imilkameen; the valley of sunshine; scenery un- quailed; center of famous Princeton and CoaJ^oi^cpal, Granite Creek and Tulameen placer fields Copper Mountain and Hedley Gold Mines; Kei%hieos-Cawston fruit area, j An inland empire. // It Will Help the Similk^een The Star Is for It Thirty-Second Yeaj- No. 9 PRINCETON. B.C., THUR$£)AY, TANUARY 8. 1931 I Eed Paddy " Has Passed On BUP.NS' WELL KNOWN LOCAL CHARAC TER WAS ONE OF "OLD STAG- ERS" "And the days of thy years shall be j three score years and tem'f" &£& David Wihitley, known to everyone in the Similkameen.as "Red Paddy." cheats Father Time by seven years before a remarkable existence was lerm.nated quietiy at iTinceton Hos- p.tal with the passing of the old year. "Red Paddy" was a civiliz-.d vagabond If there -ever was one. Diminutive, egotistical, old fashioned, and the incarnat.on of independence. "Paddy" was one of nature's "queer fellows." "The last two years of Paddy's life were without a doubt the happiest,'' said Neil McFadden discussing oft handedly the death of "Old Paddy." He had a comfortable- cabin—but Paddy was estranged from any degree of comfort. It was a common thing to see Paddy of a Saturay nignt slooping about Bridge Street, -pi obably muttering to himself, here and there erecting an acquaintance, head down, socks over dirty trousert, shaggy hair forcing Its way from under a battered cap carelessly tossed on -his head. More than once have we. left an after-midnight press run to let him in, for Paddy was a printer in his youth. At that, Paddy has a remarkable tareer—and he was not one to make light oi any Incident. His story in many cases parallels, the early development oi our British Columbia interior. tie was from an old Irish family— born in Be fast Nov. 20, 1853, one of a family of ten. .He served an apprentice^ as ,-machinisL. aaii. ..iron worker, and as a full-fledged journeyman he set out to sso th…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), The Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1935-08-29), The Similkameen Star (1935-09-05 to 1939-12-28). Newpaper cut at an angle resulting in cuf off of text on page 1. Date misprinted as January 1 on pages 2-6.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0428505
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [Princeton] : The Star Printing & Publishing
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text