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Pierre DeLorme, came
to Lumby in 1907, looking for land. He happened to stop at the Coldstream
Hotel and there he met George Leger
who had a farm with a huge house. They made a deal and Pierre moved in
paying $15 dollars a month rent. He worked here and there, if not on the
Leger's farm then at Bessette's Saw mill close nearby. By this time he
was also the leader in the church choir.
Early in 1908 he sent for the family. They arrived in Vernon in on
a lovely January day. They stayed at the Coldstream Hotel for a week
until their furniture arrived from Winnipeg.
They stayed at the farm until May, then they moved into a new house in the Village of Lumby. He then moved to Vernon a year or two later and acquired shares in the Royal Hotel, now known as the National Hotel.
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