A.
J.
CROXFORD
Hrince
Kupert
Daily
New
Monday,
October
16,
1950
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pine
SiUa
spruce
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yellow
and
teak-the
wood
tr,
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at
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norlave
been
brou
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Zls
out
by
skilled
workmanship.
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Croxford.
who
works
s
b
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trn
...
o
rar.
ana
Hon
from
tiu
Wood-Carving
Hobbyist
Derives
Much
Satisfaction
From
Interesting
Work
(By
MIKE
HOLM
AN)
Although
A.
J.
Croxford,
Eighth
Avenue
and
Claude
Street,
has
been
given
a
life
membership
in
the
Canadian
Legion
Prince
Rupert
Branch
27
for
the
work
he
has
done
in
making
war
memorial
October
14,
1925
Halibut
at
the
exchange
hit
the
highest
figure
in
many
a
month
this
morning
when
the
Wabash
disposed
of
12,500
at
27.1c
and
10c-
Meeting
of
the
board
of
trade
last
evening
with
the
city
council
represented
passed
a
resolution
that
Vice-President
J.
H.
Pillsbury
and
Mayor
Newton
appoint
a
permanent
committee
of
seven
with
the
view
to
starting
grain
movement
through
Prince
Rupert.
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7.7.-.
r-
mis,
o.
nurton,
Mr-
and
Mrs1
-'"id
maker
at
the
CNR.
drydock.
..Carpenter.
collected
the
wood
-during
the
war.
pne
piece
of
Ontario
elm!
that
came
Into
Prince
Rupert
as
i
scrap
wood
lor
flat
car
props
was
I
Old
rye
whisky
I
J
maae
into
an
ornamental
vase.'
While
turning
the
wood
Mr.
mrc
iM
plaques,
he
believes
there
are
far
greater
ways
of
Croxford
left
some
of
the
elm
YAK
preserving
memory
of
the
dead
The
most
fitting
memorial
for
Mrs.
K.
E.
Birnie
Is
in
the
city
from
Smlthers
for
a
few
days
renewing
old
acquaintances.
bark
on
the
base
or
the
vase,
which
contrasts
between
the
circular
grain
of
the
wood
above,
j
"When
I
had
finished
the
1939-
'
45
memorial,
it
didn't
seem
right
i
unless
we
had
one
for
the
first;
war."
noted
Mr.
Croxford.
An1
old
st.
Andrew's
Society
plaque'
B
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;,s
Aiivciiiseinrnt
is
not
published
or
displayed
by
the
Liquor
Control
Board
or
by
the
Government
of
British
Columbia.
with
the
names
of
A.
Brighton,
C.
Dennis,
W.
Elliott,
J.
October
14,
1940
Lieut.
James
Bryant,
who
went
overseas
last
spring,
has
completed
his
training
and
is
now
in
charge
of
his
own
motor
torpedo
boat,
one
of
the
Wasp
type,
operating
in
the
area
between
Britain
and
the
European
dead
veterans
would
be
looking
after
the
living
ones,"
Mr.
Croxford
suggests.
"The
Legion
has
helped
the
world
war
two
veteran
100
percent
over
the
help
given
after
world
war
one.
But
hundreds
of
aged
veterans
are
hardly
able
to
eke
out
their
living.
They
could
be
helped
by
building
them
rest
homes,
something
like
sana-toriums
or
old
age
homes."
"These
homes
would
almost
be
self-operated,
-since
they
could
look
after
the
heating
and
care-taking
themselves
there's
no
handier
man
than
the
old
army
or
navy
trained
vet,"
says
Mr.
ueo.
Heggie,
H.
Hunter
..-..,
J
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,
Florence,
Florence,
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,
N.
Keith,
j
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I.
W.
Mc-j
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n.
F.
F.
Mc-
Mc
F.
Watt,
N.
MacKay,
Kenzle,
R.
O.
McKinnon,
am
Vittie.
Jas.
Russell,
R.
A.
Stalker,
Jas.
Stewart
and
J.
S.
Watt
sent
him
the
stump
of
a
crashed
trainer
plane's
propellor,
stamped
at
the
factory
'1943."
1
received
it
September
of
that
year-some
of
them
don't
last
very
long,"
noted
Mr.
Croxford.
"I
thought
it
would
make
a
good
memorial
for
the
pilots."
WAR
MEMORIALS
On
the
propeller
he
mounted
the
names
of
M.
Hudema,
A.
Leighton,
R.
Morin,
E.
A.
Smith,
William
Brown,
R.
F.
Warne,
G.
B.
Finley,
W.
A.
Hadden
and
O.
J.
Zbura,
men
from
here
who
were
lost
with
the
alrforce.
Mr.
Croxford
says
that
more
names
are
to
be
added
with
names
of
men
who
died
later
from
wounds.
Metal
letters
of
Latin
and
English,
print
out
"Lest
We
Forget"
on
the
mahogany
base
of
the
propeller.
By
1945
he
had
finished
a
third
members
of
the
Trlnee
Ruuert
society
killed
n
the
1914-18
war,
l:J.
Miss
Tona
Blain
was
hostess
at
a
delightful
shower
in
honor
of
Miss
Margaret
Fritz
whose
marriage
to
Ray
Montgomery
will
take
place
shortly.'
TO
HELP
THE
mij
I
Croxford.
He
feels
that
monuments
or
j
drinking
parlors
do
little
to
help
was
mounted
on
another
panel.
"To
add
to
this,
part
of
Mac-
rea's
poem,
"Flanders
Field,"
which
goes:
"To
you
from
falling
hands
"We
throw
the
Torch'
"Be
yours
to
hold
it
high,"
was
written
below
the
1914-15
Thi;
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Many!
Books
A!
Library
MfnyJ
new
baok3
of
curront
:ntcrc?t-l'icUori
and
non-fiction
have
(been
added
recently
to
the
shrl'ves
of
the
Princo
Rupert
Fubl'c
Libiary
Here
are
some
cf
then!:1
BarkUig
"The
Doctor
Has
A
Family."
Bowl4,rTT-"The
Sheltering
Sky."
Bmwn--
'I
Married
a
Dinosaur."
:
Campbell
"The
Saskatchewan."
Chut
9
."Shakespeare
of
London."
i1
Clift-r'HiRh
Valley."
Crrbott
-"The
Reluctant
Landlord."
?
y
,
iint-fKupcrt'soptome'
I
Crawford
"The
Little
Princesses."
JJickens
"The
Happy
Prisoner."
,
Foley
"The
Best
American
Short
Soiies."
Kelly
"Eleanor
of
Aquitaine
r.nd
the
Four
Kings."
i
Larson
"Wild
Flowers
in
the
Rockies."
Loring
"A
Certain
Crossroad.'
I
Loring
"Unchartered
Seas."
'
McCcnnell
"Never
Marry
A
.Ranger."
I
Mackay
"Great
Lady,
j
McNeilly
"Each
Bright
River."
I
Miller
"The
Horns
of
Capricorn."
j
Moray
"Untamed."
)
Peachock
"The
Story
of
H.R.
H.
Duchess
of
Edinburgh."
Peale
"The
Art
of
Real
Happiness."
Rinehart
"Episode
of
the
J.
H.
BULGER,
SIDNEY
G0NICK
Wandering
Knife."
Robinson
"The
Cardinal."
Sitwell
"Left
Hand,
Right
Hand."
.
Panel.
Then
in
an
answer
for
thp
i
me
oid
vet.
"But
a
rest
home
where
they
could
work
with
tools,
or
do
a
little
fishing,
would
be
better
than
these
memorials,"
he
said
indicating
what
he
made
for
the
Legion
auditorium.
Near
the
end
of
the
second
war
1939-45
panel
these
words
were
dimension
gothlc-arch
memorial
plaque
bearing
the
names
of
deceased
Prince
Rupert
army
and
navy
veterans:
David
Oland,
Al-
FINE
PRINTING
AT
I
Slaughter
"That
None
Should
I
Die."
!
Stegner
'The
Women
on
tne
;Wall."
i
.
Thayer
"Within
the
Vault."
Trapp
"The
Story
of
the
!Trapp
Family
Singers."
1
Warren
"All
the
King's
Men."
wrmen:
i
-
"The
Torch
you
threw
we
naught,
"Passed
It
on
burning
clear,
"Rest
In
Peace."
j
Mr.
Croxford
denies
havlna
Mr.
Croxford
remembered
how
'
do
Compagnola,
Frank
E.
Hod
I
i
REGAL
Pill
easily
veterans
of
the
first
war
kinson,
D.
J.
Edlund,
Thomas
H.
were
forgotten.
His
daughter,
Ryan.
James
Suden,
Jack
Camp-who
was
then
in
the
alrforce,
bell,
Whitfield
Elder.
D.
Mont-
literary
talent.
"Why,
when
I
read
anything
except
the
Daily
:
-a
Phone
24
222
Second
A.
News
I
fall
asleep,"
he
states.
But
when
cornered
Mr.
Croxford
admitted
wriUng
the
answer
to
I
Macrea
poem.
,
HONORED
BY'LECION
The
Legion
life
membership
BOH'
I
was
given
to
Mr
Croxford
In
1946
after
he
madi
n
original
i
flag
standard
f
ir
'the
Prince
.
YSr
vVvWW
7-
'
COHME
4-
Worm.
Wim
Rupert
branch
out
of
scrapwood.
Upon
the
base,
made
from
stained
while
pine,
are
printed
in
metal
letters
Oeneral
Currle's
words:
"They
served
till
death,
hy
not
we?"
At
the
top
of
th.;
standard
is
the
Leelon
emblem.
weight
Combinotio'
'
mm
a
1
JIT
-
I
om
f
j
U
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1
,From
this
to
the
base
run
the
2
to
5
years
...
$1.
6
to
10
years!
$1.
12
to
16
years.
$2.
Now
at
letters
'
In
clear
yellow
cedar,
"Prince
Rupert
27."
contrasting
1
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hi
-k.
v
,
x
a
1
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.
vf.'.v.'
-
m
mm
a
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mm
m
mw
am
ai
aw
mm
mmw
mm
mm
mm
a
a
m
a
ar
aw
aar
mmr
mm
mm
m
a
aar
mm
;
against
the
varnished
yellow
ce-Jdar
background.
In
the
ccntr?
or
the
standard
an
ornamental
i
vase
embossed
on
the
wood.
The
Sport
Shoj
slides
out
to
show
the
crossed
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AUCTION
SALE
OF
HOUSCH0LD
GO0I
Thiisday,
Oclobcr
19,
at
Bh
1044
3th
E.
(Back
of
JoSnson's
Grocery)
Instructed
bv
the
owner
I
will
sell
by
h:
Auction
the
following
articles:
1
Chr'.(erfl-ld
Suite-
3
pieces.
1
Hoover
Varuun
Clcawr.
1
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I.amn,
Gilvrr
Wure,
Cid;ir
Oir-t.
Jardinieres,
Dining
Room
fu'le
umki
China
Cabinets,
9x0
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R.T
Monarch
Ranee
Oil
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and
railway
carl
are
made
of
Nickel
Steel
stronger,
lighter
in
weight.
Springs
and
roller
bearings
are
of
cough,
long-lasting
Nickel
Steel.
Man?
modern
trains
are
largely
built
of
Stainless
Steel,
containing
a
high
percentage
of
NickeL
This
dvrrtisement
is
not
published
or
i
displayeo
by
the
Liquor
Control
Board
cr
by
the
Government
of
British
Columbia
Dhantom
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those
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with
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yearly.
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iron
and
steel
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other
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and
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