Cricket To Start Monday In Courtenay Club Season
The Courtenay Cricket Club plans to begin activities Monday with the President's team facing a side chosen by the vice-president. Weather and field readiness at Courtenay Park affect May end targets while Cumberland eyes May 24 as opening match. Rev B C Robathan away for Easter. Cumberland secretary says date likely acceptable. Grounds at Cumberland are improving with seed and warm weather helping surface ready by month end.
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Courtenay Cricket Club
Courtenay Ball Park
Courtenay Club
Cumberland
Cumberland Club
B. C. Robathan
Elfry
Cumberland Cricket Ground
Cumberland Stars to Meet in Province Cup Clash
Cumberland visitors travel to Vancouver for a Province Cup game pitting Wood Fibre against Ladysmith at Athletic Park this Saturday at 3 p.m. Noted goalkeeper Stanley Tait joins Ladysmith after touring with Canada. several former Cumberland players including Monaghan Hitchens Brake and Stewart will oppose him.
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Cumberland
Vancouver
Special Music At United Church Delights Congregation
Last Sunday evening the United Church choir rendered several anthems to broad praise. The program included Easter Dawn They have taken away my Lord Lift up your heads and Christ is risen. A repeat performance is planned for Easter Sunday. Musicians Mr Murdoch cornet Mr Pilling trombone and Mr Saunders flute assisted during the offering.
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United Church
Christ
Murdoch
Pilling
Saunders
Laughing Aids Health Says Dr Walsh In Book
Dr James J Walsh argues laughter benefits health in his book on the saying laugh and grow fat. He explains laughter mechanically stimulates chest and abdominal organs through diaphragm movement. Only man laughs, he notes, making laughter a unique human trait.
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James J. Walsh
Good Attendance At Church Tea Brightens Wet Afternoon
Despite inclement weather a good crowd attended the Cumberland United Church Ladies' Aid tea and sale of work at United Church Hall on Wednesday. Home cooking candy stalls and embroidered crafts drew shoppers while an excellent tea was served. The event raised well over a hundred dollars.
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United Church Hall
Cumberland United Church Ladies’ Aid
Pheasants freed as Cumberland district club grows
The Cumberland Rod and Gun Club announces membership at 130 after a smoker at the Eagles Home. Warden W Fenton reports two pheasant shipments released locally and plans to stock turkeys and muskrats. A successful singing event, led by Watty Williams, ended with Auld Lang Syne at midnight.
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Cumberland Rod and Gun Club
J. L. Brown
Eagles
Brown
Game Department
W. Fenton
Messrs
H. Jackson
Buckskin” Gibson
W. Herd
G. J. Richardson
Sam Williams
H. Docherty
J. Murray
Alex Maxwell
Women’s Auxiliary of Holy Trinity Meets at Mrs Gray’s
The Women’s Auxiliary met at Mrs J Gray’s home with president Mrs J Shortt in the chair. They approved a whist drive for Wednesday April 11 in the Anglican Church hall and noted customary business was completed. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Gray assisted by Miss Lily Grant and Kathleen Emily.
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Holy Trinity Church
J. Gray
J. Shortt
Anglican Church
Gray
Lily Grant
Kathleen Emily
Laugh Cure Promoted by Dr Walsh In Paris Show
The article cites Dr Walsh linking a horse laugh and a laughing hyena to reduced laughter causing diaphragm massage flows and diabetes rise. He claims the laugh cure will beat new healing methods as the Cohens and the Kellys perform in Paris at Iloilo Theatre on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Walsh
Cohens
the Kellys
Paris
Union Bay Pioneer Dies at 63 in Courtenay Area
Mrs. Charles Hooper of Union Bay died at her home aged sixty three. A New Brunswick native who came to the district in 1881, she shared vivid reminiscences of early Comox and Union Bay life. Survived by husband two daughters five sons and siblings. funeral held from the family home with interment at Sandwich Cemetery.
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Charles Hooper
Union Bay
New Brunswick
Stewart Farm
Comox
Little River
Hooper
John Dunsmuir
Cumberland
Bay
H., Stewart
Courtenay
J. W. McKenzie
Cumberland General Hospital
Sandwich Cemetery
Sutton
Catnay
Calnan
Happy Valley
Nanaimo
Misner
Messrs. T. Pierce
W. C. White
Jno. Furhow
Wesley Willard
N. Harrigan
D. H. Fechner
Island baseball league forms with seven teams named
Courtenay reports a new baseball league to include Alberni Court enay Nanaimo Cumberland Duncan Chemainus and Victoria. Cumberland shows little support and no team seems viable locally. Officials backing Cumberland Ras hall Minh show enthusiasm but Cumberland lacks city backing for the league.
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Courtenay
Alberni
Nanaimo
Cumberland
Duncan
Chemainus
Victoria
Jaat Cumbartland Raashall Minh
VSL Uume
Saocuen
Hornby Island Youth Strachan Dies in Beach Tragedy
The funeral for John Ford Strachan of Hornby Island was held at Sutton Undertaking Parlors Courtenay with Rev. W. A. Alexander presiding. The body was found on Hornby Island beach after he disappeared while meeting his father. no inquest was held per coroner Dr. McPhee.
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John Ford Strachan
Hornby Island
Sutton Undertaking
Courtenay
W. A. Alexander
Mr. Strachan
McPhee
Ilo Ilo Theatre Scheduling in April Shows and Battles
The Ilo Ilo program lists April 9–10 Madge Bellamy in Colleen with Captain Kid and Home Scouts, April 11–12 May McAvoy and Charles Ray in Fire Brigade for Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department, April 13–14 Syd Chaplin in The Missing Link. Also advertised is The Battle of the Coronel and Falkland Islands drama featuring Britain’s naval might with large forces.
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Madge Bellamy
Kid
McAvoy
Charles Ray
Fire Brigade
Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department
Syd Chaplin
Battle of the Coronel
Falkland Islands
Britain
League may proceed without Cumberland this season
The discussion indicates Cumberland may be excluded from the proposed league, with plans moving forward regardless. The note suggests the league will proceed without Cumberland at this stage.
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Cumberland
Community young and old gather for Bertha Cameron surprise
In Cumberland, 25 years ago, Miss Bertha Cameron was surprised by friends on the 23rd at Mr. D. R. MacDonald’s home. The party featured games and refreshments including strawberries and cream with a list of attending locals.
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Bertha Cameron
D. R. MacDonald
Mr. Waller
Wm. Logan
Herbert
Moore
F. A
Anley
May Anley
Misa C. MacDonald
K. MacDonald
L. ©. MacDonald
H. Campbell
Jennie MacDonald
Messrs. C. Water
A. Cameron
J N. McLeod
I Surprise On Ernest McDonald
Mr. Ernest Macdonald was surprised at his home on Wednesday evening as friends gathered for a lively party. The event featured games music and dancing with a chancy supper served midway by Mrs. MacDonald and helpers Edith Hood Jessie Brown and Sadie Brown.
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Ernest Macdonald
Mrs. MacDonald
Edith Hood
Jessie Brown
Sadie Brown
Irma Knowlton
Isabel Herd
Maud Baird
Margaret Robinson
Gwen Emily
Leslie Dando
Archie Dick
George Brown
Wiliam Bennie
George W. Brown
William Brown
John Auchterlonie
Tom Dunn
Courtenay Man Is Awarded Scholarship
Six University of British Columbia graduates receive National Research Council scholarships worth over 5000. For the 1928-29 year, recipients include Brian P. Sutherland and William Chalmers, with bursaries and fellowships supporting continued research at McGill and other institutions.
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University of British Columbia
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Otawa
Brian P. Sutherland
U.B.C
McGill University
National Research Council
William Chalmers
McGill
Good English Bee At Bevan School
The Bevan School hosted a Good English Bee on April 8 under Miss Edna Gear. Vivian Oustila, 18, Grade VII, won after two oral and one written test with only one error. Doris McKenzie and Cynthia Thompson also excelled in oral work but mis spelt three words in writing.
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Bevan
Edna Gear
Vivian Oustila
Vivian
Doris McKenzie
Cynthia Thompson
Joy McKenzie
Besse Thomson
Geraldine Hughes
Marguerite Hofstetter
Ralph Gibson
John Miller
Len Harding
Vancouver Sun
V C Hero Elaine's Ship Commander From Pargust Trophies
Captain R N Stuart V C DS C RN RNR leads the Princess Elaine en route from England to the Vancouver Nanaimo run. He earned the Victoria Cross aboard the Q ship Pargust after a 1917 torpedo attack where the submarine was drawn in close and the vessel fired, with sailors surrendering and Pargust sinking. The Princess Blaine, 2000 tons, was built for Canadian Pacific by John Brown and Co Clydebank.
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V.C
England
Vancouver
Stuart
Canadian Pacific Company
Messrs. John Brown and Co
Clydebank
Princess Pat to Be Used as Excursion Boat This Summer
The Patricia due to be diverted from its Vancouver run will serve summer day excursion traffic out of British Columbia ports. Rebuilt after turbine repairs, the Patricia, once part of Clyde cruises, will enable the B C Coast Service to expand excursions for fraternal groups and employee outings from Nanaimo and Vancouver.
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Princess Elaine
B. C. Coast
Princess Patricia
Dumbarton
Scotland
Troup
Vancouver
Patricia
Clyde
Glasgow
B.C
C. A. Parsons & Co
Nanaimo
Notable Silver Medal Awarded Amid Family and Friends
A suitably engraved silver medal was presented in a ceremony attended by a large number of friends and parents, highlighting community support and recognition.
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Cumberland Soccer Stars
Doctor Walsh
W.A
Sandwich
Leonard Piket
Leonard
Ernest McDonald
Courtenay Man
Robert W. Ball
Chalmers
University of B. C
Illinois
Alfredo A. Berekly
M. H. Campbell
Leslie BE. Howlett
Ball
University of Illinois
Markham B. Ball
L. M. Ball
Bevan School
Elaine
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