Glover, Sara Lee (Tidball)

Sara Lee Tidball was the daughter of Albert Edward (A.E.) Tidball and Laura (Black) Tidball. She married Robert Glover.

The Tidball family came from Bowden, Alberta, in April 1939. Her father, A.E. Tidball, purchased Princeton Meat Market and the Princeton Cash Store and operated the business under the name of “Princeton Market.”

Sara Tidball was a member of the Canadian Girls in Training (C.G.I.T.) in January 1942.

She was musically and academically accomplished. In June 1942, she was awarded an academic crest in junior high school. The Similkameen Star reported in July 1945 that she had passed the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 1 Theory with First Class Honours. She won the Princeton Schools Academic, Athletic, Citizenship and Fine Arts Awards in 1945. She attended Grade 12 in Penticton and won the South Okanagan Scholarship for academic proficiency in 1946. The Similkameen Spotlight carried a story from the Vancouver Province on September 5, 1946, reporting the creation of a special University of British Columbia entrance scholarship – a scholarship that was created especially for Sara Tidball. 

She was also a skier, winning the Junior Girl’s downhill competition at the Princeton High School Annual Ski Tournament  and coming in second, to Lindy Harman, in the slalom race in March 1943. She won the slalom race two years later (1945).

In May 1944, she participated in the Princeton Player’s Club’s performance of “Personal Appearance” – a fund-raiser for the Elk’s Overseas Smoke Fund. And, in May 1945, she directed the Princeton entry at the first Similkameen Valley School Drama Festival. 

She led the Girl’s Band at the Dominion Day celebrations on July 1, 1944. And was the drum majorette for the Princeton Girls’ Bugle Band in August 1944. The band travelled to Hedley for the Labour Day celebrations in 1944, and again, Sara took part in the performance of the band. 

After their marriage, Robert and Sara Lee owned and operated the Princeton Hotel until 1978 when they moved to Coquitlam and the business was taken over by their son, Robert Sheldon “Don” Glover.