Today W is for Winners
Blogging about British Columbia Genealogy Resources
Another quirky topic. What could winners have to do with British Columbia genealogy?
For years, I've been indexing interesting articles from BC newspapers on film; sometimes about BC people listed as winning contests. Many are local event related contests; a few are national advertising contests.
National X-ray System for Dentists Contest
Here are the two winners in a Vancouver contest promoting a new dental office in 1927. (A few readers here with Scottish roots will see why this ad caught my eye.)
National X-ray System for Dentists,
112 Hastings St. W., Vancouver
First prize - Islay Dorland - 1963 Venables St. - $150 dental work
Second prize - George Hay - 2125 51st Ave W. - $75 dental work
Ad, in the Vancouver Sun, Tuesday Evening, 9 August, 1927, page 18.
I suspect those prize amounts would pay for quite a bit of dental work in 1927! Here we have an address and we can be pretty sure they went to the open house (or someone in their family did). And I hope they were happy to win.
Or perhaps their parents were happy?
The 1927 directory shows the only Dorland listed is Wesley at that address. (A vocal teacher - now there's an interesting occupation. Wesley Dorland was well known in Vancouver.) Wrigley's 1927 British Columbia Directory, page 886. BC City Directories, Vancouver Public Library database.
No 1927 listing for Hay at this address but in 1928 Charles (Chas.) is listed there. He was a weighman at the Alberta Poole Elevators. Wrigley's 1928 British Columbia Directory, page 1110.
I went back to 1926 and found Charles Hay, listed at 2220 W. 51st. (weighman, Vancouver Harbour Board (Van. Harb Bd), page 983. I think I see another relative, but not George.
I suspect both Islay and George were youngsters.
The Dental company is not listed yet in the directories. It had only recently been incorporated in British Columbia as National X-Ray System for Dentists, Ltd., (1927). The British Columbia Gazette, Government of BC, Victoria, 1927, Vol. 67, No. 27 (July 7, 1927), page xi (Index), ref page 1301. It did not last long.
By February of 1928, the dentist, Dr. T. Glendon Moody, had taken over the premises and equipment. That month his ad said: "We will be pleased to handle any complaints from patients of the National X-Ray System." He and his wife, Katherine Alyce (Mitchell), who worked with him, were both well known in Vancouver; he was from a long established BC family. He had great ads; one slogan was " If It Hurts, Don't Pay Me." The Vancouver Sun, Saturday 25 February 1928, page 24.
Ogilvie Oats "Missing Answer" Contest, 1937
The other winners I have for today entered an Ogilvie Oats "Missing Answer" contest in 1937. This national contest went on for months.
People were asked to answer a question. In May, the question was: Gee, Jimmy, where'd ja get the muscle?" I'm guessing most answers sent in mentioned Ogilvie's Oats!
This was a national contest. I'm only listing the British Columbia winners for May and June 1937 here.
BC Names Only
PETAPIECE, A. W. 1007 Douglas Rd., New Westminster
BECK, Mrs. Elizabeth Fernie
BECK, Thos. Fernie
COLLIE, Mrs. A. E. 2829 Stephens St., Vancouver
JONES, O. 423 E. 20th Ave., Vancouver
RITCHIE, Mrs. May 526 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver
FROST, Miss A. O. 766 28th Ave. E., Vancouver
HARPER, L. R. 1415 Monteray, Victoria
CLARK, Mrs. B.M. 3143 Clinton, New Westminster
PHILLIP, Mrs E. P. P.O. BOX 392, Duncan
LIFFORD, Mrs. W. J. Box 378, Kamloops
SMITH, Violet Blanche 1115 E 26th Ave., Vancouver
From the Vancouver Sun, 7 May, 1937, page 11 and 4 June, 1937, page 10.
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