Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2010.001.1241

Title

The Elks' Ed Cummings presenting Mrs. Dagmar Umphrey with bingo winnings.

Date

4 Feb. 1960.

Description

B&W photograph of Ed Cummings, Elks' Lecturing Knight and chairman of the bingo committee (left) presenting bingo winner Mrs. Dagmar Umphrey, first curator of the Langley Centennial Museum, seen on the right, a cheque for $235.00 at the Elks' Hall on January 25, 1960. The headline on the Langley Advance reads "Big Bingo Winner" and is dated Thursday, February 4, 1960.

People/Subject

Elks Hall

The Elks Hall was located in Aldergrove (Elks Lodge No. 66) and opened in 1926. It was demolished in the 1980s. Later there was just the one Langley Elks Hall, near Murrayville. Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-152/950)

Umphrey, Dagmar (Mrs.)

First curator of the Langley Centennial Museum.

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