Lumby
Hotel
After the 1932
fire the property known as the Jackson Hotel stayed
empty for three years. Harold H. Weeks of Vancouver
witnessed the sale of the property from Walter and
Marie Jackson to "Lumby Hotel Ltd." on the 17th of
August 1935 and Harry Weeks built the new
hotel.
Sometime between
1936 to 1948 Otto and Emma Schnell bought the
hotel. In 1948 Anthony Paradis bought the hotel and
it remained named the Lumby Hotel. Paradis extended
the building out the back.
On June 12, 1950
Michael Lemiski bought the hotel and Bill Borgens
was the manager, living in the back with his family
in the living quarters that had been built on. On
December 12, 1950 Lemiski changed the name to Lumby
Holdings Ltd.
Mike Lemiski sold
the hotel to Francis Kenneth Garyk on January 19,
1955, which brought another name change, back to
Lumby Hotel Ltd. January 17, 1957 saw Mike Lemiski
as treasurer and Isabel Lemiski as president, when
they purchased the property back under the name of
Lumby Hotel (1957) Ltd.
The hotel once
again changed hands on September 21, 1960 when it
was bought by Art Hutt and Bob Balance. In June of
1961 it was sold to Bill MacLennan and Garth
Tubman. Bill MacLennan sold the hotel to Stolliker
& Assoc. in 1974. Then in 1975 Scott Pringle
and Allen Sulz bought the hotel and in 1976 rebuilt
and put on a new roof.
In 1979 Al Sulz
sold his share to Strang and Tuffnel, who then
became Scott's partners. In 1981 Mr. and Mrs Gordon
Blackwell and Anne Vogel bought the business from
Pringle, Tuffnel and Strang as "Sunset West Hotel
Ltd." In 1982 Pringle, Tuffnel and Strang, along
with Scott's brother, Dr. Donald Pringle,
repurchased the Lumby Hotel. In 1986 Tuffnel and
Stang sold their share to the Pringle brothers
under Lumby Enterprises Ltd.
During this time
Kari Scott had been managing the Ramshorn Pub. In
September 1990 Kari became a full partner with
Scott and she is now manager of the Lumby Hotel,
Ramshorn Pub, Sportsman Cafe and the Antlers Cold
Beer and Wine Store which had been built in May
1990.
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