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Boards, Boxes and Bins; Stanley M. Simpson and the Okanagan lumber industry. Sharronj. Simpson. Keloma, Manhattan Beach Publishing, 1850 Abbott St., Kelowna, BC VW IBS. 152 p., illus. $29.99 paperback.
As ambitious newcomers set about freeing up British Columbia's natural resources early in the twentieth-century, emerging settlements often as not came to be dominated by super achievers. A good example would be Stanely M. Simpson, who rose from relative obscurity to assemble Kelowna's major industrial enterprise. Simpson drew his fame and fortune from the forest, and devotees of local history are indebted to Sharron J. Simpson for this sympathetic telling of her grandfather's role in the growth of the Okanagan's largest centre.
Born in Ontario in 1886, Stanley Merriam Simpson saw his formal education end at Grade Eight. However, early personal development and many lifelong attributes were a legacy from his devoted widowed mother. Simpson...