The Similkameen Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [Taylor, Dave]
issued: 2024-05-22
issued: 1950-03-13
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note: 1-T?7t—-^-^H :tW^' ff!W*» — *»->».>t.l»-»*>«-lM-)M-)M-*-**Jt.»>M-* * lTINlTCT PlrT, iT.PC * S * Every Week-Night " * FINEST PICTuKES at Princeton's CAPITOL THEATRE THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR it********************* * Cameron's Grocery * The Friendly »to*e J SeeOsrii j t PHON3 1!W t Fiftieth Year; No. 8 PRINCETON, B.C., MONDAY, 13th MARCH, 1950 5c per Cop •; $2.09 per Y«MT AMBER AT WAR WITH OFFICIALDOM WANTS SKISPORT NOT POLITICS And Princeton Wants Full Value From A Valuable Resource * -u * seriously iholding the bag1. We were happy o seetemergence of an organizat'on strong and self -responsible. In that time Amber kids have gone to the top. To the Olympics and highest national honors with a new crop (coming on CPU) WAR — AND ALL WET THERE is cold war in the sno.w'l every year- B1ff tournaments wt 1 sport and the ski-nanigans I haTf enterta ned. We have had mark a cross-roads in a v tal s enteramment, good pub- public resource. | hcity. B has made business. Everyone likes a scrap and We have Bad S7003 value and our dour and doughtv Ambers wc are Srateful. But it must be have won as usual. But— ' he president of the ski association kow-towed to Pop and there have been apologies from everybody but Amber, which never has anything to apologize for. And Amber again won all the prizes and got a lot of publicity—but. There are stout friends of Similkameen — and of Amber, which has done so much for us —who are a mite doubtful in triumph ana who see a dec. tension in the grand graph of Atnber ascendancy.-' Time to stop and th'nk. Now first of all ski-sport is Important: H fe everybody's business. In a democracy sport is not merely a vital element in the social weal: it "'s a major industry. Ten percentage po nts in major league standings rep remembered too that we have paid the modest tolfc. , Support makes sport possible. The public is a factor. However little Amber has asked, the publftl off?r .exceptional opportunities for has a right to suggest that it eaJ°y'n8 a W1^? variety …
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). Pages may be missing and/or misnumbered.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton (B.C.)
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0443621
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : Star Printing & Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
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