![The Spicer & Son Bakery opened in 1920 in Grande Prairie when Frank Spicer bought the Johnson Bakery. Spicer’s Bakery went through various expansions and moves over the years, eventually employing 11 men and shipping bread and cakes all over the Peace Country. The business was sold to McGavin Limited in 1947. The image shows Spicer's Bakery building on 99 Avenue in Grande Prairie. Wood for its ovens is stacked outside, ca. 1930](http://southpeacearchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1997.13.05.jpg)
The price of bread seems like an odd issue to concern Town Council, but they also dealt with angle parking on main street, new street lights in the north end, and the whereabouts of band instruments purchased by council several years before. Also in that paper was a special notice from Canadian Utilities concerning static electricity which shocked people in their cars during a major dust storm. It must have been some storm…
Researched & written by Kathryn Auger
![The Herald Tribune ~ October 23, 1947](https://www.southpeacearchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/23-10-1947-HT.png)
![The Herald Tribune ~ October 23, 1947](http://southpeacearchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oie_Cw2rCW24Wf3g-205x1024.jpg)