W is for Winners - Blogging from A to Z April 2020 Challenge!

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.

Ogilvie's Book For A Cook, first published in 1905, .Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd.,

Montreal.  McGill University Cookbook Collections,  This cookbook is the best kind - well loved! with notes and clippings. You might also have an Ogilvie's flour sack towel, quilt or ? At one time, they were printed with water soluble ink, so they could be more easily reused. See a printed one in this exhibition, Narratives Threads, Textile Museum of Canada. 

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My Blogging from A to Z April Challenge for 2020

Yes! I've decided to enter the A-Z Blogging Challenge next month, April 2020, here on CanadaGenealogy. This will be my first time in this Challenge although I've blogged other types of Challenges. In fact, I just finished one at my Saggers One-Name Study site.

Officially this is the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge! hosted by a team of 6 intrepid leaders at http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/  The Challenge theme is 2020 Vision! and there is a list ready for all the participating blogs and for their themes.

Many different kinds of bloggers participate - so far 15 genealogists and family historians have signed up. I look forward to reading their posts next month. The deadline to enter is Thursday, March 26th, so if you are interested, join now.

My Blogging from A to Z April Challenge theme is:

British Columbia, Canada Genealogy On-line Resources, 

A to Zed¹, 2020!

Weekdays, through April 2020, I'll be highlighting my favourite on-line resources with some hints and tips for genealogy and family history set in British Columbia, Canada. I've created an A to Zed list of websites and topics I could cover so I might do this again as it's quite a list now. 

Oh! Except for Zed - but I know I have a postcard from Zeballos, BC! If you have an idea for another genealogy topic for Zed, do let me know! 

During these trying times, many of us are extending our genealogy time so these will be helpful to many now, and I'll compile them afterwards so they can be easily accessed later.

REFERENCE

^1.  If the Zed thing seems odd, watch this video by Simon Whistler of the Today I Found Out channel which explains it.