The Similkameen Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [Taylor, Dave]
issued: 2024-05-22
issued: 1952-03-04
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note: i f!8Sj ^ Olympic Jump Champion Is Holder Of Princeton Hill Record; Is Coming Back Here DRINCETON may not have,* * made good Us b d to produce | an Oympic ski champion, but! though it Aid 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 ! $ CAPITOL THEATRF k Capital En ertainin. nf i £ For The Latest i*> £ J?very Week Night ***************** * j-*-*,- n these columns just about atf j-ear 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 the jump of 235 feet by 17-year • • * old local Alan Rines, who held-? the Princeton hill record till jiergman came along. Of couise such thnigs as style ( which nobody understands ) count with distance St the erudite Olymp'es, but it is nice to know that the Oympic champion did better right here. . • • * Bergman came out with thef Norwegian team to the world event at Lake Placid in 1950. They toured after that and when they came to enterprising Revelstoke Bergman staved there and mar- ried a local girl. He is a personable youngster with a head or, him and when • • • he was here last year he wasi dickering with an attractive invitation from the Eastern U.S. But he was smart enough to go ' back to Norway and take advantage of his Oympic elig bility. He proposes to come back now and the next Olympics wil1 pro- baly see him jump'ng for the U. • • • S.A, or possibly even Canada. Ha could probably be attracted here if the right job were offered. He makes friends fast and he'll certainly remember Prnceton. After his record-breaking jump he made an even longer one — anM broke his speeialy made skis But he thought it worth it too %s 1 III, ailfilU&illTlLLil O |?i * G MERON'S GKOCEP £ THE MODERN STORE * PHONE 137 % — See Our Advert — • j ********************** Fifty-Second Year; No. 6— PRINCETON, B.C.…
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: 10.14288/1.0443718
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
type: Text