Ernest Hann, Garth Rands, and Fred Fowler with the Seeley & Doodson Challenge Cup

Scope and Content: Ernest Hann (left), past president of the Fall Fair Board, with Fred Fowler (right), former Smithers Village Commissioner and later Smithers' first Mayor, accepting the return of the Seely Doodson Challenge Cup.

History / Biographical: The Seeley and Doodson Challenge Cup for the best fat steer was donated to the Fall Fair in 1921 by Smithers merchants John Clark Sealy (spelt 'Seeley' on the cup) and Bill Doodson. It later went missing and was rediscovered at a second-hand store in Victoria by former Smithers resident Garth Rands, who returned it to the Fall Fair Association on a visit to town in 1969. The cup was lost and rediscovered again before being donated to the Bulkley Valley Museum in 1982 (artifact 1982.18.1)

Scope and Content: Ernest Hann (left), past president of the Fall Fair Board, with Fred Fowler (right), former Smithers Village Commissioner and later Smithers' first Mayor, accepting the return of the Seely Doodson Challenge Cup.

Notes: Seely and Doodson operated a meat store at the present site of 1156 Main St., Smithers. This was also the site of the Marshall Wells hardware store.; This photo was published in the August 27th 1969 and August 15th 1979 editions of the Smithers Interior News, along with articles on the history of the cup.