Larges Whist Drive At Tsolum Lady Knights Event
Wednesday night event drew many players at the Tsolum Lady Knights of Pythias hall. Twenty nine card tables offered prizes: turkeys geese cord of wool chicken and chocolates. Mrs Sen Piket won first prize turkey among the ladies. Mr J Scales won first prize turkey among the gentlemen.
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Tsolum
Knights of Pythias
Sen. Piket
J. Crockett
Gwilt
Percy Foreman
John Crockett
Gilmore
Courtenay School Children Present Seasonal Concert at Gaiety
Courtenay December 21 The Courtenay public school staged its annual Christmas program at the Gaiety Theatre drawing a large Valley crowd. Principal William G Stubbs and teachers led a two act show featuring Why the Chimes Rang with Bishop Cameron McPherson and Angel spoken parts, a parade of wooden soldiers, and songs by Kitty Williams and Miss Hildebrand Carroll classes. Student performers included Iona McNeil Willie Morson Mabel McKenzie Sidney Williams and a corps of junior girls in colorful costumes with Japanese loaned outfits.
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Cameron McPherson
Willie Morson
Jack McPhee
Willie Bell
Warwick Revie
Ralph Carter
Fred Stephens
James Rushton
George Hutchings
Kitty Williams
Sandman
Hildebrand
Carroll
Boy Blue
Iona McNeil
Mabel McKenzie
Eugene Field
Honore Fechner
Dorothy Hames
Mary Morrison
Barnadine Shannon
Gladys Perez
Kathleen Moore
Margaret McKenzie
Sidney Williams
Miss McPherson
Why the Chimes Rang Sketch Cast and Plot
A late day scene in Holger's hut features Holger and his brother along with several village figures. Holger declines a chance to attend a Christmas service to care for a poor stranger as chimes ring and a moral is spoken about love and self sacrifice.
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Holger
Peasai Stern
Cameron McPherson
Sydney Williams
Jack McPhee
Kathleen Halley
Violet Trotter
Honor Fechner
Geoffrey Osler
California Rainbow Gone Into Eclipse
Vancouver readers note California’s rainbow of opportunity fading as times grow hard in Los Angeles. The Hook editorial roasts advertisers who lure settlers with false promises and fees, urging a return to Vancouver for steady work.
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Vancouver
Los Angeles
Canned Fruits Pack Totals in British Columbia
Last year BC canned fruits and vegetables reached 600000 cases with each case equaling 24 two-pound tins. The jam pack amounted to about 14000000 tins. A dozen factories operate in the province with tomatoes pears apricots peaches apples strawberries and raspberries among the main products.
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British Columbia
White Gift Sunday at St George's Presbyterian Church Courtenay
A Christmas White Gift Sunday service at St George's Presbyterian Church Courtenay featured a winter snow scene church decor and a cross with gifts carried by children. Gifts were directed to the Children's Aid Society Vancouver for Christmas delivery.
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St. George's Presbyterian Church
Courtenay
Horace Everett
Kathleen Beasley
W. T. Beattie
Jesus
Children’s Aid Society
Vancouver
Mah Jong Chant Amid Bamboo and Wind
A reflective poem fragment describes wandering near a broken wall among tall bamboo. The speaker encounters strange characters and a flower motif while chasing the dragon and listening for a bird’s piping call shouting Mah-jong in a playful, rhythmic scene.
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