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Vol.16 Number 11
Thursday, March 13, 2014
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Keremeos’ packing house legacy
Keremeos’ Ambassador program underway See pages 8, 12
HOT ROD HEAD TURNER
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Local car builder wins hot rod Holy Grail See page 3
SENIORS MEETING
This photo was taken in front of the Clarke - Ritchie Packing house, which was located in Keremeos across the street from the fromer railway station, east of Seventh Avenue. The photo is believed to be of the packing house crew, and was probably taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Do you recognize anyone in the photograph? If you do, we would like to hear from you. Give us a call at 250-499-2653. By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com The Clarke - Ritchie Packing House was located across the street from the Keremeos Hotel, site of an empty concrete slab today. Former Mayor and longtime resident Francis Peck recognized several faces in the above photo, recalling names like Dundas,
Crowder, Mattice, Pettepice, Harris and Lewis. “I believe it burned down,” she said of the packinghouse’s ultimate fate. “Keremeos once had three packing houses and a cannery,” Peck recalled, “ my first job was in a packing house, for 30 cents an hour.” Peck recalls working conditions as being quite primitive, with outdoor plumbing, and
no heat in the building housing the packing lines. “I remember ladies with their feet in boxes, filled with newspaper, or whatever, to try and keep their feet warm,” she said, “the train would pull up alongside the packing house and wait for us to finish packing. The boxes were loaded into refrigerated cars. “It was a big business at one time.”
A sure sign of spring, as Discover Camping reservations open March 15
Annual General Meeting at Seniors Centre See page 7
Ministry of Environment Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, 2014, Discover Camping will begin accepting reservations at most campgrounds. In total, there are over 5,200 easily accessible (frontcountry) campsites. This year, even more reservable campsites
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have been added to Alice Lake, Golden Ears, Rolley Lake and Herald Lake provincial parks, and campers now can make reservations at Meziadin Lake, Prudhomme Lake and Paul Lake provincial parks. For more adventurous campers, new parks will be added before the May long weekend to
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the backcountry registration system: Desolation Sound and Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. Backcountry permits for most parks can be purchased two weeks prior to your arrival date. The non-refundable reservation charge is $6 per night, up to a maximum of $18 (plus tax) per party, per campsite.
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