Home Merchant Push and Local Style Notes in Cumberland
A Cumberland Islander column urges local support for home merchants to sustain community growth and economy. It cites changing fashion styles and humor about a woman in blue overalls and suspenders, then reflects on the value of enduring deeds over personal fame, quoting Congreve.
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Cumberland
Shortt's Lament By Heck
A playful verse about frustration with a radio and its static. The speaker vows to keep listening despite the shrieks and blare, ending with the line that the radio is a total loss.
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Shortt
Heck
November School Report Highlights Attendance and Honor Rolls
November school report lists attendance percentages per division from 8 through 13 with ranges from 82 to 95.66 percent and multiple honor roll names. It records perfect attendance counts, late occurrences, and notes safety rhymes alongside student progress entries.
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G. McFadyen
Kate Oyama
Gee Doon
Ettie Buchanan
Ada Tso
Cheung Wong
Alice Brown
Miss C. Carey
Yoshi Kawata
Teruko Kiyonaga
Gordon Walker
Gladys Miller
Mary Read
Haruo Okata
Jean Miller
Miss P. Hunden
Margaret Beveridge
Isobel Vincent
Tommy
Gladys Sollings
Winnie Bird
Mable Sommerville
Betty O'Brien
Margaret Shortt
Arthur Ramsell
Miss C. Richardson
Charles Read
Wanna Williams
Fumoko Matsubachi
Billy Hunden
Annie Brown
Tsueyoshi Kimura
Eva G. Drader
Albert Hicks
Ronald Spooner
Norma Cavellero
Tetsuo Aoki
Lillian Docherty
Fannie Toi
Holiday Fashion and Gift Goods Catalog Sale Highlights
A broad sale listing features ladies scarves in wool and crepe, handbags, slippers, linens, quilts, and bed spreads alongside men s department attire with suits overcoats hats shirts and ties. Also includes toy items, grooming goods, luggage, and a grocery section with seasonal baked goods and fruits.
Champagne harvest shows a decrease in supply this year
Champagne of France forecasts good quality but reduced quantities for the year. Harvest finished amid favorable weather with grapes in cellars ready for special production. expected yield about 2 750 000 gallons. Mildew and blight caused damage though overall crop remains healthy according to the Champagne Wine Growers Association secretary.
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Champagne Wine Growers’ Association
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Cumberland Islander
Edward W. Bickle
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Harold Hughes
Lem Hing
Willie Logan
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Rhoda
Percival Sapp
Blake
Sie Edwards
J. E. Robertson
Wm. Raines
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Comox Creamery
Comox Creamery Association
Xmas
T. New Season
Robertson
Champagnes
France
Mason’s Taxi
Geo. Mason
Royal Candy Store
Royston Lumber Co. Limited
Cumberland, B. C
Courtenay
Peter McNiven
Cumberland Electric Lighting Co., Ltd
Ate Derwriters’ Laboratories, Inc
Bureaus of Water and Boiler Inspection
Cumberland and Union Water Works CO. Limited
G. W. Clinton