Wedding Bells Ring In at St Andrew's Sand wich
A pretty wedding united Miss Margaret Bluhm Carwithen and Mr. F R Fraser Biscoe at St Andrew's Church Sandwich on Tuesday January 28. The ceremony featured a cream silk gown with gold trim and orange blossoms. The bridal party included Miss Robina Dingwall and Miss Lizzie McQuillan, with Mr. Smith of Nickrap as best man. After a celebratory repast, the couple departed for Union Bay toward Victoria and southern California. Edith Wilson of Lytham seeks purchase rights to 320 acres in Bayward Land District Sayward, per notice dated January 11 1912 signed Reginald Carwithen Avent.
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Bayward
Sayward
Edith Wilson
Lytham
Eng
Treut Lake
Trent Lake
Reginald Carwithen
Margaret Bluhm Carwithen
Sandwich
Crtberry Lake
Manrcaner Bunum Carwithen
Catharine Alice Bainbridge
Sussex
Cararive Avice Bainsetdas
Saymard Land District
Margaret Carwithin
B. C
Trout Lake
Margaret Carwithen
Edith Lacey Bates
Said
Evitn Lacey Bates
Cumberland Receives $15,000 School Building Gift
Mayor John N. McLeod and School Secretary T. H. Carey announce a new school building in Cumberland funded with $15,000 as a New Year gift for 1912. The plan marks a civic milestone and expands local education facilities in Cumberland.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Sees New School and Sewer Aid While Chinese Oppose Segregation
Cumberland prepares for a $15,000 public and high school building and a sewer system upgrade funded by the province. Mayor McLeod and School Secretary Carey are praised for their Victoria mission. Chinese merchants hold a mass meeting opposing segregation of Chinese pupils from white students, urging equal access to public school facilities. The current system serves 833 pupils in crowded quarters, with two new teachers expected for the expanded building.
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Cumberland
John N. McLeod
Thomas H.carey
Victoria
Thomas H. Cary
Cumberland School
Petition for Wharf at Roy's Beach Reaches Public Works
A cascade of notices from Cumberland and Sayward Districts details petitions for wharfs, land purchases, and official responses. Included are letters from Hon Martin Burrell urging early consideration, updates on local officials, lost items, and multiple land-claim notices for parcels around Cranberry and Trout lakes.
Big Wrestling Bout Ready for Cumberland Hall Show
Andy Thomson, a local husky wrestler, faces Frank Bevan of Extension in a cautious match at catch weights. Bevan is backed by George Murray handling Bevan’s side, promising a square deal after months of wrangling and hot-air peddling.
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Cumberland Hall
Andy Thomson
Husky Build
George Murray
Bev
St George's Presbyterian Installs Katey Pipe Organ
The board of managers of St George's Presbyterian Church has arranged with Geo. A. Fletcher Music Co. of Nanaimo through D. A. Thomas for the installation of a Katey Pipe Organ. Mr Thomas will use his boat to have the organ ready for Easter Day services.
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St George's Presbyterian Church
Geo. A. Fletcher Music Co
Nanaimo
D. A. Thomas
Katey
Thomas
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Sandwick
St. An
Drew's Church
St. Andrew's Church
Sand
Wich
Lata
Reginald Terry Carwithen
G. W. Terry Carwith
Robina Dingwall
Lizzie McQuillan
Mer
Mr. Smith
H. Grieve
Chivari
D A. Thomas
Geo. A. Fletcher Co
B.C. Ordera
T. 2
Bute
E. W. Bickle
BE. W. Bickle
Pythin Sisters
T. H. Carey
Telanner
Ing
McIcede
China Town
Tai On
Sing Kee
Wing Chung
M. Manson
Robert ‘Grant
Young
A. Robinson
McLeod and
Carey
Orient
Canada
Roy's Beach
Martin Furrell
Cumberland, B. C
Ephor
Stanner
Hon
Mar
Tin Burrell
Agriculture
Dominion Government
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Harry Iptens
B.C
Mr. Clements
Ment
Public Works
Sam
M. Burren
Frank Bevan
Ladysmith
J. Wes
H. L. Bates
Messia
Bouswheeler
Dinlop
Lit‘trick
Bg, Telephone Co
Alberni
Mr. Thos Carey
Rev . C. Freeman
Vancouver
Mr. W. Willard
John George Hardy
Courtenay
Cranberry Lake
Joan Grorce Harpy
Reginald Carwithin
Sayward Dand
Harriet Jane Bainbridge
London
England
Said Lake
Aaid Lake
Hanriet Jane Batnprivas
Reginald Carwithon
Bevan and
Thompson
Bevan
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