Girl Swims the Peace River in Nine Minutes ~ This Week in History

The headline was eyecatching, but the article disappointing because it did not name the girl who accomplished this feat, or give many details.

Aug 22 - 2

Another article on the front page August 22, 1930 was an account of a Picnic Tea at Bear Lake, at that time considered to be in the “Clairmont area”. The event itself was interesting, as was the account of a talk by Mr. Albright of Beaverlodge about his recent flight to the Arctic. Aug 22 - blog

Written and researched by Kathryn Auger.

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