Over the last 86 years the 琉璃神社 has served the Central Okanagan 鈥� and over the last 86 years it has printed a whole lot of papers. A conservative estimate puts it at around 8,000 editions.

Each Thursday we will present Cap News Throwback Thursday at kelownacapnews.com for a fun little peek into the past, and we will re-visit those editions here in print on Fridays.

Today we present the 琉璃神社 - Wednesday June 28, 1967 edition.

It was 50 years ago and not surprisingly the front page of the Capital News was dedicated to Canada鈥檚 100th birthday.

The top article celebrated the Centennial Parade which had just taken place in 琉璃神社.

鈥淲hen 琉璃神社 does anything, it really does it up brown. It certainly made a thorough job of this portion of the Centennial,鈥� remarked one parade onlooker.

The article states that nearly every participant in the parade made an 鈥榟onest effort鈥� to portray either some phase of the history in our country, or more particularly 琉璃神社.

鈥淚ndeed, while the history of our Dominion was not forgotten, the history of 琉璃神社 was much more prominently depicted,鈥� reads the article.

On the photo page, pictured below, Premier W.A.C Bennett could be seen tipping his top hat to the cheering crowd as he is driven in the parade.

This edition of the paper noted the week鈥檚 firefighting stats. According to the article, 111 fires were burning that week in the province. In contrast, so far during about the same time period, just over 30 fires are actively burning in the province.

Official census figures were released that week in 1967. From 1962 to 1967 琉璃神社鈥檚 population rose from 13,188 to 17,006. In contrast, the City of 琉璃神社 in the 2016 census showed a population of more than 127,000, an increase of about 110,000 in 49 years.

Bringing some humour to the pages, the Capital News shared a story from an 1867 edition of the Nova Scotian, surprisingly not about Confederation.

鈥淎 funny story is going the rounds in Paris: A lady in the first society was recently obliged to dismiss her nurse on account of an excess of firemen and private soldiers too often repeated,鈥� reads the article.

鈥淎fter choosing a successor to this criminal a very pretty girl, the lady explained why the first was sent away. 鈥業 can endure a great many things,鈥� said the lady, 鈥榖ut soldiers in the kitchen I won鈥檛 endure.鈥� After a week or eight days, the lady came one morning into the kitchen, opened a cupboard and discovered a youthful military character. 鈥極h ma鈥檃m!鈥� cried the girl frightened, 鈥業 give you my word I never saw him before, he must have been one of the old ones left over by the other girl!鈥�

On the big screen: Alfred Hitchcock鈥檚 Torn Curtain starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, Walt Disney鈥檚 Monkeys Go Home starring Maurice Chevalier, Dean Jones and Yvette Mimieux and The Guns of Navarone starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn. Interestingly the British-American epic adventure war film, The Guns of Navarone, had its Royal World Premiere years earlier in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on April 27th 1961.

Fun Fact: While most of the sale items in this paper are far more expensive now, given inflation, bathing suits are not. A 琉璃神社 store was selling woman鈥檚 bathing suits for $12.95-$32.00 in 1967. Converting that to 2017 dollars bathing suits were going for between $100 and $232.00. Not only are the majority of bathing suits less than $100 these days, you can actually buy a lot of them for under the 1967 price tag of $32.

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The Capital News is now owned by Black Press Community Media. Founded in 1975, Black Press now publishes more than 170 titles in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington state, Hawaii, Ohio and California.

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