The Oliver Osoyoos Branch of the Okanagan Historical Society is having its Semi-Annual Meeting on Sunday November 17 at 2:00 pm in the lower level of the

Oliver United Church located at 511 Church Avenue

The guest speaker is Ernie Rotheisler and his topic will be “The Evolution of the Cherry Picker”. He will start with the Trump Giraffe, and then talk about the Girette, Chipmunk, Squirrel and of course the Kangaroo, which was designed and manufactured by the Rotheisler Family.
The design, manufacture and use of these machines are an important part of Oliver’s Heritage and Ernie’s father, John played a role in their development. There are still people in the South Okanagan who worked at the Trump plant where it all started and  Ted Trump had a very high profile in our community for several years. Also many of us have memories operating these fascinating machines.