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Salute to Kimberley - Page 6

1926

Warren Hall is name of New Recreation Centre

Great interest is being evinced these days on Sullivan Hill in the new recreation hall, which is now completed, and awaits only the arrival of the furniture for its official opening.

Of pleasing appearance externally, the new building is a striking tribute to the interest the Consolidated takes in the welfare of its employees and it is confidentially expected that Warren Hall, as it will in future be called, will prove not only a great boon to the individual employees, but will also be a great aid to the community life of the camp.

Warren hall is fitted throughout in a thoroughly modern manner, and contains a gymnasium and a lounge room, both equipped with hardwood floors, and the latter with an open fireplace of a size which should suit the most exacting lover of wood fires. Already the badminton and basketball players have organized themselves and the problem would seem to be, not how to make use of the gymnasium, but how to fit in the various groups that desire to use it. In addition there are two full-sized bowling alleys and a billiard room, as well as dressing rooms with shower baths. The building is connected with the central heating plant.

Minstrel show at Orpheum Theatre, 1926
Crew going underground, 1926

Oughtred Hall formally opened last Friday evening

Gay crowd throngs to Chapman Camp for historical event - a splendid building

(By the Press Chapman Camp Correspondent)

The attendance was full worthy of the event last Friday night, when Oughtred Hall at Chapman Camp was opened and dedicated to pleasure. Under the lamps gaily decorated in orange and black, a great throng of happy people danced through the hours from night till morning, and when morning came, wished it was night again. A beautiful new gown for the occasion seemed to have been quite the thing, and the ladies from all three camps as well as Kimberley made such a charming and gallant appearance as to induce us to wonder if we hadn't been transported to Paris or Nice. Some three hundred dancers attended.

Opening Ceremony

Early in the evening Mrs. C.T. Oughtred performed very graciously the act of declaring the hall open. Expressing her pleasure at being chosen for this honor, Mrs. Oughtred unlocked the doors between the Assembly Hall and Lounge Room and then handed the key to A.B. Jackson, president of the Recreation Club. Henceforth, Mrs. Oughtred declared, the hall was to be for the unrestricted use and pleasure of Chapman Camp residents. She hoped, too, that our neighbors from Kimberley would often come here and enjoy themselves. Then a very pretty incident closed the ceremony. Mrs. Oughtred requested the orchestra to play the "Ladies' Choice" waltz, and she herself led the dancing, choosing for her partner the president of the Recreation Club, Mr. Alex Jackson.

When at last the festive occasion was over and the music had ceased, adventure awaited the home-going guests. Rain had descended upon the roads, and never was there such a slippery problem as driving from Chapman Camp back to Kimberley. The cars seemed to take no notice whatever of hints from driving wheels, but slipped and slewed in all directions, sometimes gliding out into the bush, sometimes sloping gently into a ditch, and sometimes making a half circle in the road as though they wanted to get back to the glitter and joy of the dance. Friday night, December 10th, 1926, will long be remembered, and also Saturday morning, the 11th.

Al Fabro, Frank Marleau, spring 1926

A Handsome Building

Oughtred Hall stands on the northeast corner of the campus and is a handsome building in stucco with red roof. The lofty Assembly Hall occupies the greater part of the main floor and as one enters there are men's and ladies cloak rooms on either side. Sliding doors running the width of the Assembly Hall or dancing floor shut off a lounge room, which will also be known as the library. One of the principal charms of the lounge room is a wide open fireplace.

The lower floor has as its principle attraction two full-sized bowling alleys. The alleys are at the present time being laid down. Then there is a canteen on this floor to supply candy, tobacco and such commodities. Later on it is proposed to divide off the boiler room and convert a section of it into a pool room.

A neat and well-appointed post office is also on the lower floor. This, while part of the Oughtred Hall building, is only reached from the outside and is thus entirely segregated from the other rooms.

The area of the dancing floor is 30x50 feet wide.

1926 TIDBITS

Ted Nagle was coach and general manager of Kimberley's hockey team and it was run with a one armed goalie.

In the later par of 26, Mr. John Morrison sub-divided Morrison's subdivision and sold lots. The families that purchased the first lots were Pearson, England, Rae, Blackwell, Radke, Carlson, Douglas, Cond, Johnson, Robinson, Taite, Wookey, Masi, Massich, McKenzie, Leach and Hall.

Curling started at McDougall with 2 sheets of ice and eventually went to 5.

Recreation halls were built such as; McDougall for $60,000.00, top mine for $15,000.00 and Oughtred Hall for $15,000.00.

A Cominco pension plan was started and a benevolent society was formed 800 men were on the payroll at Cominco. The Chapman Camp school was completed.

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Salute to Kimberley - Index Page

Front Cover  -   Inside Front Cover

Page One 1896 - 1910, -  Page Two 1900 - 1911, -  Page Three 1912 - 1920, -  Page Four 1921 - 1924, -  Page Five 1925
Page Six 1926, -  Page Seven 1927, -  Page Eight 1928, -  Page Nine 1929, -  Page Ten 1930, - 
Page Eleven 1930, -  Page Twelve 1931/32, -  Page Thirteen 1933 - 1936, -  Page Fourteen 1937 - 1939, -  Page Fifteen 1940, - 
Page Sixteen 1941/42, -  Page Seventeen 1943, -  Page Eighteen 1944/45, -  Page Nineteen 1945/46, -  Page Twenty 1946/47, - 
Page Twentyone 1948, -  Page Twentytwo 1948, -  Page Twentythree 1949, -  Page Twentyfour 1950/51, -  Page Twentyfive 1951, - 
Page Twentysix 1952, -  Page Twentyseven 1953, -  Page Twentyeight 1954/55, -  Page Twentynine 1955, -  Page Thirty 1956/57, - 
Page Thirtyone 1957/58, -  Page Thirtytwo 1958/59, -  Page Thirtythree 1959 - 1961, -  Page Thirtyfour 1961/62, -  Page Thirtyfive 1962/63, - 
Page Thirtysix 1963/64, -  Page Thirtyseven 1964 - 1966, -  Page Thirtyeight 1967, -  Page Thirtynine 1968 - 1970, -  Page Forty 1970, - 
Page Fortyone 1971, -  Page Fortytwo 1972, -  Page Fortythree 1973, -  Page Fortyfour 1974/75, -  Page Fortyfive 1975, - 
Page Fortysix 1976, -  Page Fortyseven 1976, -  Page Fortyeight 1977/78, -  Page Fortynine 1978, -  Page Fifty 1979/80, - 
Page Fiftyone 1981/82, -  Page Fiftytwo 1982/83, -  Page Fiftythree 1983/84, -  Page Fiftyfour 1985, -  Page Fiftyfive 1986/87, - 
Page Fiftysix 1987/88, -  Page Fiftyseven 1988/89, -  Page Fiftyeight 1989 - 1991, -  Page Fiftynine 1991/92, -  Page Sixty 1993/94, - 
Page Sixtyone 1995, -  Page Sixtytwo 1996/97, -  Page Sixtythree 1997/98, -  Page Sixtyfour 1998/99, -  Back Cover

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