The Similkameen Star
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contributor: [Taylor, Dave]
issued: 2024-05-22
issued: 1953-03-04
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note: Olympic Jump Champion Is Holder Of Princeton Hill Record; Is Coming Back Here I DRINCETON may not have 1 made good its b d to produce an Oympic ski champion, but though it (did not know it then, it had one—for a day. Arnfinn Bergman won the Olympic jump ttle for Norway. Though you probably did not associate it. you read that name • • * fn these columns just about a<* year ago. This was the same Bergman who set a new record for the big Princeton hill. And that jump of 242 feet was considerably better than the one that won him the Olympic crown. Indeed, so was i the jump of 235 feet by 17-ye_r • • * old local Alan Rines, who held-!* the Princeton hill record till 3ergman came along. Of coutse such things as style ( which nobody understands ) count with distance at the erudite Olymp'cs, bat it is nice to know that the O vmpic champion did better right here. • • Bergman came out Norwegian team to eyent at Lake Placid in toured after that and came to enterprising- Bergman stayed there rled a local girl. He is a personable with a head ojj him • • • • with the* he was here last year he was; the world dickering with an attractive in- 1950. They vitation from the Eastern U.S- when they But he was smart enough to go Revelstoke back to Norway and take advan- and mar- tage of his Oympic eiig'bilhy. He proposes to come back now youngster and the next Olympics wil1 pro- and when j,aiy see him jumping for the U. * • • ;S.A, or possibly even Canada. He could probably be attracted here af the right job were offered. He makes frjends fast and he'll certainly remember Pr'nceton. After his record-breaking jump he made an even longer one — awd broke his specialy made skis But he thought it worth it too rRF * CAPITOL THEATR Ag <r Capital En ertainm. nt * For The Latest i« f Pvery Week Night *****X-*****+**-y?-+**-* ■- JS Tim a -PllllllflllCCII CTA'h m***^****V&************************************+^^ ************************** till ^MlfilUUflYlLLil <M/i " CAMERON'S GROCER * THE MODERN STO…
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
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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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