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-are ‘shown entering Community Hall to strains of “Here Comes
the Bride’. Mr. Clifton wears Coronation Medal issued in honor
of Queen Elizabeth...  — §taff photos by Dick Ayres

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fiuitful life together. To the noted missionary it was one of the more impor
weddings among a people to whom Christianity was still new... 7 See

_ DAUGHTER;
‘ Robinson, left; and son: Lewis, ©
right, help’ Mr. :and... Mrs:
Heber Clifton, cut..bridal- cake...
at 70th wedding anniversary .~.

S OF HONOR, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Clifton of Hartley Bay

‘Entire village attends party
~ to honor Heber, Lucy Clifton”

ee Managing Editor of The Daily News. |
Nearly 70 years ago on September 1, 1891, in. the village:o

 
 
  
 
 
   

 

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a Por Heber Clifton, not yet 20, of Hartley Bay ‘and his teen-age bride Lu- me
cille Buckston of Klemtu and Kitamaat, it was the beginning of a wonderful and °

 

 

‘ “Tuesday, April 4. was a historic | = rr
occasion to the ‘more than 200 tried: to pass‘ on..to their child-.
_desétndents of Heber and Lucy ren. | OOP vim

“Clifton, who gathered at-Hartley
VBay, 100 miles south” of Prince
Rupert, to honor the couple who
il have .been wed 70 years on
September le we or,

@’ The anniversary was celebrated
rematurely during the Easter

 

strict. disciplinarians and: recall-
ed the hymn-singing sessions his
mother had insisted on for the
family. So S,

Mrs. Simoi Rees, the Clifton’s
I ee first grandchild’ and Charles
Holidays as the best. time. for all) Robinson, ‘their first grandson,
members of the Clifton clan to}made a joint presentation of a

He described his parents asi

 

gather at the home village. For] pitt. .
=the rest of the year they will be gt money to Mr. and: Mrs.
isy fishing, working in can- aera Anecragar
merics and will be scattered far], On behalf of W. J. McGregor
assistant’ Indian Commissioner

for British .Columbia, and- also
: . the Skeena Indian. agency, sup-
randchildren, and great-gtand-| erintendent. R. H. S. Sampson
children, in-laws and. relatives] presented Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
‘with a:bouquet of red carnations

Nearly “150. sons, ‘daughters,

 

 

athered.to pay. tribute to Hart-
ley, Bay's patriarch and matri:|and gladioli. 9°.)
: h. . Only the. tiny children , Por Dr. and Mrs. W.S. Kergin,
tayed home, waving through the, | ee ee eel gS
indows of the 30’or more houses of Prince Rupert, both adopted
Ee anna ple ep. members of the Clifton. clan, J.
scveryone else, dressed in thelr} aoa Gigs im ee
ter’ best, made their way to R. Ayres, managing editor of The
‘Community Hall Ir way *°) Daily News, presented Mr, and
mamuniy oe Mrs. Clifton with a dozen and a
IVER. GAYER.-. - > [half yellow roses. ria
he Community Hall never} Mr. Ayres expressed the regret
éd gayer. Streamers and bal-|of Dr. and Mrs. Kergin at: being
Toons decked the ceiling» and} unable to be present “at such a
valls while the tables were cen- momentous occasion.” -
red with artificial flowers. Atl HONORARY CHIEF |

the far end of the hall, behind: a
Hie: banquet table was a heart-; DY. Kergin has becn an honor-
dhaped arch of artificial tulips, a'y chief of the Clifton tribe

 

 

A iiiiés of the valley and roses. | Since @ few days after his. birth!
“wit

h a card inscribed. “Happy and Mrs, Kergin is an adopted

binson, eldest daughter of
Clifton were escorted into the and Mrs. Clifton and as suco i
Community Hall to the strains a granddaughter of the “bridal
6f “Here Comes the Bride.’ Mrs. couple.” |

- @lifton wore’a corsage of carna- |. Rev. R. A. Burrows, chaplain
tions, iff from her sons, while) Of the Thomas .Crosby IV, on
Ay Clifton boasted a white bou- behalf of the Mission Board of
Yaniiers snd his “Coranaiion the United Chiitehy of Canada
Medal, a gift of Queen Klyabeth. pnd also the eluren a Klembu.
“Out of the 150 persons who sat] the village which he said, still
© down bo the hot, full-course fur ~ looks o1 Mrs, Clifton “ig moth -
* key dinner, only 10 of them were er,” presented Mrs .Clifton with
4 whites and two of those were) an iNuminated plate,
“enptives” of the Cliftons. | 1 ane tresh flowers, flown down
There was Rev, R.A, Burrows from Prince Rupert, were, speced-
> of the mission hoab. Thomas Cros- | ily arranged In vases to flank the
i by IV, who asked grace: for the! three-tiered wedding cake i
assembty i the ‘Tshapsean ton- rront-af Mr. and Mrs, Clifton,
wie, Mes. Burrows; Mand Mes. SO At-Lho head table, ts the bridal

Proud and happy Mr. and Mrs.

J, A. Mindlny, “ndopted children" Peouple ent the cake, were all the
of the Clifton elan,; Mr, and Mrs. tsons and danghtors of (he guests,

J. A, Macheod, teachers alo the pot honor hut ve, There were
Hartley Bay school, & HW.8, Same | John CHiton, Mrs, Herbert, Rid-
pson, . superintendent of the} ley, Bdward CHibon, Mrs, Am-

Skeenn Tndinn. agency, Rey, Dr. | brese -Roblnsen, Lowis . CLSton, xia ‘ aa mM
R, W. K, Pelt, of Fheab United | Mrs, Wiliam Robinson and Rob- ! appreciation for the flowers to | Saskatchewan
Ghureh, Prince Ruperk, Jo Re] ert. CHO, farmer president of
Ayros, Managing’ editor of ‘Phe! the Native Brotherhood of Brit-

@ Dally News, and Capt, Bart Ben- | ish Columbia,

gon, pilot of the Pacifle Western); Tn front at the wedding cake,
Airlines “Bonvor” in whieh the; in a. frame carved by the late
wines Rupert purky Mew down, | Joseph Anderson, was the faded
PD ophe tons. to. the bridal cou- marringe certitiente of Hebor L.
ple" was piven by {hetr adopted | CHMMon and Luellle Buckston,
son J, A, (aeky. nelly, who | elaned by te Rev, Thomas Grose
anon 10. yonrs of his Hfe, fram lby, 16 wea witnessed, as far as
1096 Lo 148 ny a loacher-miks- | ane contd sea, by Nellie B.. B.

fonary at Harblay Bay. ° Bolton (wife a! Dr. A. w, Bolton)

~ Now, superintendent of Atarh nid Mark Taner, and datoad

pay Indinn agenesy,. Mt Mindlay | September t, 180,

BY ograndehitelrean, PIS aren be Py Ure: TO MY

 

 

 

gr ndehidran and 8h l-laws, vay Willlania president of the |
“Wa wished his adopled: father Nitty Msrotherlyand “at Brittah |
Golumbli, thera with Mra. Wil-
ee re ar ions, pata Lribrite ho Ae part
WAVTY RECORLECTIONS = | Hobor Cftan had pial in icing

And mother many good yeres
 foraama," ns

AR nnator-of-caramionias, don Lhe Tacan Game,

Rohort Clifton, now a ‘momber of} He sald {hint hoon xe of the
tho Comox band near Courtonny, maroge af. dhe banwtlful
Virncouvor Island, recaliod many young wamiin huey Ciitton and
ofthe Incidents he, is prothers| the. handsome: but probably
and sistors had anjoyed during wayward, young Heber ontton
tholy childhood at’Harbloy Bry, in. Port. Shinpaon, " ov
"Ho paid tribute.to his parenta} Thema Croshy, (he blitery 9

for-bhalr "loan Wing and Chrise| not only Hartley Bay. hut Write.

 

 

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| liams said.
| MOTHER TO TRIBE

Ahniversary—1891 to1961." daughter of Mrs. Ambrcse Rob- |

lLmake it what it is today .

‘moulded and shaped ‘for oa
brighter future.” mo

the time: the various ‘churches ©

split the Natives so..thatsome...
“went with the great ‘Duncan "
(Father William Duncan) to New ©

Metlakatla, Alaska, some stayed.

to Hartley Bay.”

most. of them. Cliftons.: 9°32

‘ing the demise. of the..British.

Mr. Clifton helped found the.Na-
tive: Brotherhood: of.:British Col =:
umbia: which had: grown:
was the senior Indian’ organiza-
tion in Canada 2 8

“At a’ time when. ‘the’ white

man has found: ways.and means
of destroying the entire. world

time, we need the stabilizing in-
fluence of the Cliftons,” Mr. Wil-.

He lauded Mrs .Clifton for hav-
ing devoted her lifetime to “being
a mother:to the entire tribe at
Hartley Bay.” Cs

Robert Clifton, Mr. Williams
said, had carried on the family
tradition and had helped stren-

“smile at’ members: o

to offer’ congratulation ;on

ae f Port Simpson, ~
‘ue I ol , fof Mag ' ‘ 1 ob ‘ 7 . os * ° ’ ky vo : oe
capital of the Tsim psean Indians, famous Methodist missionary Thomas:Crosby |

ed in marriage a young Native couple in a ceremony that was historic only

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

 

 

  

pson,. of Skeena Indian agency. presents bouquet. o
n. Other fresh flowers were. sent by.

to Mr. an Oth
: o'obtained for their. father and m

Heber Clift
-Prince Rupert and: were als

  

     

   

Mr. Williams traced the growth Be
of Christianity on the coast from ..

in Port Simpson and some came:: -

‘He said that when Heber. Clif’: .
ton and: his family“and friends .
returned to Hartley. Bay there Bo
were only five houses and 27 peo- *
ple, ‘including ‘children, Today:
are 241 persons in, the village,..

“Mr. Williams said thatfollow- |

Columbia Allied, Tribes. in. 1929,

  

  

 

until ith # oe aoe
‘by asking the blessing, Dr. Elliott
raised Mr. and Mrs. Clif ton for
the example they had shown.the
rough’ their..own~ ef-

 

. SEVENTY-YEA
~ wedding cake si
- ley Bay at, beginning’ 0

which began September. 1,;.1891.
urs for. feast,attended’by mo

R. OLD~ marriage | certifi
tin front of Mr. and: Mrs.
fobanquet hono
village th

ce as ‘servite
by pressing a button at the wrong |:

“Their lives have “been well:

  
 
   

    
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
    
 
  
  
   
   
  
  
  
     

 

   

 
 
  
  
   

 
 
 
   

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lived, well. invested
warded,”

“pr. Elliott

and. well re-

said that Heber and
Lucy Clifton - had = lived) 1
matching the words: -
Let your light so shine. .
men, that: they may. sce your
good works, and glorify your Fa-
ther which is in heaven.” - ,
The festivities continued Tucs-

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you want for.,your home. or family through the
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All: that's» required
«which you are ‘able
without hardship .

 

ethen the Native. Brotherhood to

“There was no prouder man
than I, when Princess Margaret
went to the hospital in Comox
Lo visit Bob Clifton and later
when Queen Elizabeth shook his
hand,” Mr, Williams sald.

However, after extolling the
virtues of the Clifton family, Mr.
Williams warned -the younger
generation of the village ‘not: to
get the idea that just because
you are a Clifton that you have

rranged. So, if-y
at your neighbourhood B of M branch.
you how you can put all your credit nee
Dank of Montreal Family Finance Plan,

DON'T BE FOUND GUILTY of neflecling the dangerous germs

day night when all of Mr, Find-
lay's former. pupils gave a party
in honor of ‘their onetime teach-
er-missionary ,who hadn't paid
a visit to the village in/15 years.

eget ee OTe aN CEA TI

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nasistant Indian Commissioner
McGregor. ' _
COLOR DOKSN'T MATTER
“The gift makes us realize that

color doosn'h mitter vs long as
people wre friends," he sald,

 

acl ho was proud:to be a mem} Wormer member of the village
bepeat the Glitton band which counel and an elder of Hartley
Tie anid, now nanibered 217, bes | Bay, Wilor Rabtisan gave an ad:
oa , ‘ \ \ wey 4
ne Made un of nthe. ehlidren, | dress tn the 4 sy pseu TWN,

He nlso asked Mr, Ayres to
extond his. parents! thanks to
Dr, and Mes .Kergin for the roses,

He said thit the flowers re
minded his: father of Dr, Ww. T,
Korgin, who - first. treated the
family and satel tint his mothor
aud father belleved tat en
waen'h for Dr, Wargin most. of
thet children. wouldn't ba hare
Lacdey,” oO , °
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