Cumberland Trustees Hear November Report And Plans
Cumberland School Trustees meet with three members present. Principal Apps outlines November report and staff proposals. Library grant discussed and ash-paving for tennis courts approved up to 100.00 with tenders due December 7. No Christmas concert this year. coal for furnaces scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Banks
J. C. Brown
A. McKinnon
Cumberland School
Apps
McKinnon
P.T. Association
W. A. Owen
Owen
Banks
Victoria
P. T
Hassel Lang
Toronto
McLellan
Special Meeting of Cumberland Basketballers Sunday Evening
An important meeting of all connected with the Cumberland Basketball Association is called for eight o'clock Sunday evening in the Lecture Hall of the Cumberland Literary and Athletic Association. Attendance is requested due to weighty league matters to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Basketball Associations
Cumberland Literary and Athletic Association
Aunt Susan to Arrive in City for December 16 Visit
The city awaits Aunt Susan’s visit on December 16 with a cast led by her nephew and his wife. The article teases Mary Alice and Rebekah Jane as contrasting nephews and hints at Mrs. Highborn’s refined role. Readers are urged to attend for a full evening of Christmas era entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Our City
Mary Alice
Rebekah Jane
Priscilla
Wee Sammy Smith
Mrs. Highborn
Robert Burns
Pioneer Trails At Ilo Ilo Theatre With All Star Cast
Pioneer Trails is a film about the fortitude of early settlers who journeyed to the coast during the 1849 gold rush and life in the Far West from 1849 to 1870. Shriners Electrical Pageant adds a second attraction. The Shriners international conclave was held in Los Angeles in June featuring a grand spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilo-Ilo
Pioneer Traila
Far Weat
Shriners
Los Angeles
Shriner
To Grow Old and the Glory of Beauty
A reflective verse line asks whether aging equates to cherishing beauty, with a challenge to beauty herself—foregoing her wreath—only to suggest that aging speaks to more than mere appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Plump's Orchestra Promises Fresh Dances This Holiday
The Cumberland United Football Club hosts two special dances on Christmas and New Year s night at Ilo Ilo Hall. Patrons can request any dance from old time country to modern charleston and the master of ceremonies will supply the tune. Plump's Orchestra will perform with new tunes for a lively holiday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland United Football Club
Plump
Ilo-Ilo
Cumberland United Set To Resume Play In Vancouver Test
Cumberland United soccer restarts after seven weeks with a trip to Vancouver to face the undefeated Varsity eleven. The team departs Friday night aboard the Charmer from Union Bay, using the St. Regis or Canada hotel as headquarters in the city. Players Voyagers include Walker, Mortimer, Stewart, Monaghan, Conti, Blake, Fowler, Plump, Graham, McDonald, and Hitchens under manager W Walker and trainer H Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland United
Vancouver
Varsity
Cumberland
Charmer
Union Bay
St. Regis
Canada Hotel
Messrs
W. Walker
H. Jackson
Walker
Mortimer
Stewart
Monaghan
Conti
Blake
Fowler
Plump
Graham
McDonald
Hitchens
Competition To Elevate City Music Standards
A Cumberland resident urges raising youth music levels. An Instrumental Competition for children 14 and under will be at Ilo Ilo Theatre Thursday December 17. Any instrument allowed. prizes offered. judges unnamed. Entries to Music care of the Cumberland Islander. Event may become biweekly with broad civic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Ilo-Ilo
Io-Ilo
Old Time Dance New Year's Night at G W V A Hall
An old time dance will be held at the G W V A Hall on Friday January 1st 1926. The orchestra includes Messrs R Goodall C Newman 8 L Robertson and T McLellan playing Waltz Two Step Three Step Circassian Circle Polka Minuet Lancers Quadrilles and more. Dancing starts 9 30 pm with Mr Thos Carney as master of ceremonies. Admission is 1.00 per couple with 25c for an extra lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.W.V.A. Hall
Messrs. R. Goodall
C. Newman
Edinburgh
Jersey
Thos
Carney
Four C G M M steamers to be converted to oil burners
Prince Rupert December 1 Four Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamers will be converted to oil burners at the local drydock. The contract awards cover the vessels Canadian Farmer Canadian Observer Canadian Rover and Canadian Coaster with the work to be done locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Canadian Farmer
Canadian Observer
Canadian Rover
Canadian Coaster
Hunters Fined In Courtenay For Game Law Violations
At Courtenay Magistrate W A W Hames, J Larrigan of Cumberland was fined 25 dollars plus costs for big game license violation. A R Stacey, also of Cumberland, was fined 10 dollars plus costs for possessing venison hind-quarter without proof of origin. Wardens Monks and Stewart laid the charges. Stacey kept the venison hind-quarter and bear skin along with Larrigan’s bear skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtenay
W. A. W. Hames
J. Larrigan
Cumberland
A. R. Stacey
A. Monks
R. Stewart
Larrigan
Stacey
Carnival Dance at Hlo-Ilo Hall Cumberland Tonight
The carnival of the season returns with a dance at Hlo-Ilo Hall Cumberland on Friday December 18. Dancing from 9 30 until 2 00 am, admission 25 cents for spectators. Gents pay 140 and ladies 25e3. a lively evening promises fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlo-Ilo Hall
Cumberland
School Attendance and Activities Report from Local School
November roll 444 with 95.15 attendance. perfect 298. Gallivan class 98 percent. Library books procured for public school. parents urged to read and care for them. Senior public school and high school girls plan a tea to raise funds for grass hockey equipment. Board to prepare playground for tennis courts and lay ashes for spring. Div 1 Grade 8 H. EB Murray attendance 96.49 perfect 20. honor roll Stephen Jackson Kishio Kaga Harold Conrad Norman Frelone Gordon Horwood Lowe Long. Div 2 Grade 7 T. A. Gallivan attendance 98 perfect 27 lates 11. Honor roll Tadao Doi Oswald Reid Lena Merletti Sadako Iwasa Mary Sweeney Mary Jackson. Div 8 Grade 7 I. McFadyen attendance 97.1 perfect 22 lates 1. Honor roll Alda Mitsuiji Sarah Lawrence Jean Brown Magnus Brown Victor Tomassi Hatsumi Musahara. Div 4 snr 6 Mac Kinnon attendance 97.19 perfect 22 lates 1. Honor roll Cazuko Iwasa Katherine Brown Muriel Partridge Nina Shields Mary Small Hatsuo Nakano. Div 6 BE Hood attendance 97.8 perfect 27 lates 0. Honor roll Lorna Osborne Jennie Lawrence Nellie Jackson Muriel Harrison Mad Duck Lang Helen Morrison improvement. Div 6 V J Aspesy attendance 95.7 perfect 25 lates 1. Honor roll Junior 6 Tommy Adamson Maria Tomassi Marion Comb. Div 7 4 B M Bickle attendance 93.74. (Continued on Page Two)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. EB. Murray
Stephen Jackson
Kishio Kaga
Harold Conrad
Norman Frelone
Gordon Horwood
Lowe Long
T. A. Gallivan
Tadao Doi
Oswald Reid
Lena Merletti
Sadako
Snr
MacKinnon
Cazuko Iwasa
Katherine Brown
Muriel Partridge
Nina Shields
Mary Small
Hisako Nakano
Hood
Lorna Osborne
Jennie Lawrence
Nellie Jackson
Muriel Harrison
Mad Duck Lang
Auto Accident Injures Cumberland Residents Near Nanaimo
A Studebaker driven by Frank Dallas overturned three miles north of Nanaimo on Monday injuring Dallas his wife and daughter Mrs Wm Gordon and two others Mrs Balagno and Mrs Aspesy. Mrs Aspesy and Mrs Dallas suffered serious injuries while Mrs Balagno recovered after unconsciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Nanaimo
Studebaker
Frank Dallas
Dallos
Wm. Gordon
Balogno
J. Aspesy
Shriners Electrical Pageant to be Shown
The Shriners International Conclave spectacle the Shriner's Electrical Pageant is now distributed nationwide by Warner Brothers. Iloilo Theatre will screen the pageant tonight and tomorrow with the feature Pioneer Trails, promising a stunning display that attracted a million in Los Angeles and drew interest from Shriners Masons and the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine
Warner Brothers
Shriners
Masons
Ilo Ilo Theatre
Mrs V Tapella Laid To Her Rest In Cumberland
Funeral for Mrs V Tapella a Cumberland resident who died in Granby last week was held Monday at McAdie's Undertaking Parlors Nanaimo The Rev S Ryall officiated at St Pauls Church and at the graveside Pallbearers included P Agnallotto T Salvati J Conti A Zacarilli B Conti and A Amanasco Floral tributes came from numerous relatives and church groups Also mentioned is Mr Leo Lang of Seattle visiting his Cumberland brother Robert C Lang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. I'Tappella
Cumberland
Granby
McAdie
Nanaimo
S. Ryall
St. Paul's Church
P. Agnallotto
T. Salvati
J. Conti
A. Zacarilli
B. Conti
A. Amanasco
Dorini
Gildo
Nivelli
Balagno
Aspesy
V. Frelone
L. Francescini
J. Balagno
John Bo
Altar Society of the Catholic Church
Zacarilli
Wellington
Lockner
Cross
Cuffalo
Morretti
Salvati
Leo Lang
Seattle
The
City
Robert C. Lang
Big Bill McKenzie Stops Buskins with Two Lethal Blows
In Everett on Wednesday evening Big Bill McKenzie weighing 238 pounds shut down Charlie Buskins in a six round bout. McKenzie knocked Buskins down for a nine count with the first punch and fractured his jaw with the second uppercut. If he can take hits as well as he hits, many heavyweights may face a quick end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bill McKenzie
Charlie Buskins
Everett
Bill
Buskins
Blout
Vancouver
Big Bill
Junior C G.LT Group Entertains Seniors
The Onwego Club of the Junior C G.LT Group of St. George's United Church hosted the Pas a Pas Club from the Senior Group for a Friday social. Members enjoyed a most pleasant evening with all expressing satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onwego Club
St. George's United Church
Gold Heels to Feature Culver City Races Cast
California's Culver City track hosts paddock and track scenes for the film version of Checkers titled Gold Heels. Jockey Bobby Agnew stars as Checkers Campbell with Peggy Shaw opposite. Lucien Littlefield and William Norton Bailey also act. release set for December 9 and 10 at the Io Itlo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Culver City
W. 8
van Dyke
William Fox
Bobby Agnew
Checkers
Campbell
Peggy Shaw
Lucien Littlefield
William Norton Bailey
Io Itlo
Linger Longer Club Dance Hall Evening On Cumberland Island
The Linger Longero Club held an elegant event in the 1lo-1lo ballroom with Moody's Five Piece Orchestra playing a varied program of waltzes foxtrots and one steps. Guests from across the island attended a moonlit reception with Chinese lanterns, fashionable gowns, and a well planned invitation list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Moody's
Foxttrot
Al-ha
Copenhagen
Farmer
God Save the King
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cumberland Scholars
Sim
Witifts
Jolir
Pioneer
C.G.M.M
Miss. T. A. Gallivan
Iwasa
Even
Mary Sweeney
Mary Jackson
Mr. Dallos
Gordon
Vincent Tapella
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Buskin
C.g.1.t
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