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Cumberland Islander in Cumberland, British Columbia

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Newspaper

Cumberland Islander

Location

Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Feb 11, 1922

Page

3

Saturday basket program features school boys win and nurses edge

In Comox League action the High School boys defeated the Methodists 26 to 10 as Burns Stevenson and Donald Watson led Cumberland High. In the women’s game the City Nurses lost to the We Help Others Club 4 to 4 with Beatrice Bickle and Beatrice Mitchell starring for the W H O Club and Fanny Strachan dominant for the Nurses. Referee Toots Plump officiated both contests.

Methodists Lewis Jock Stevenson Burns Cumberland High Stevenson Donald Watson Cyril Michell Montomery Hood Reg O'Brien Hudson Bert Wile x Freddie Dallas We Help Others Methodist Church Cumberland Bannerman Fanny Strachan Helen Reece Lizzie Henderson Beatrice Mitchell Miss Mitchell Beatrice Bickle Toots” Plump

Courtroom Quip and Theater Troupe Clash Over Water

A judge nods off after luncheon as a lawyer burles the court with the line What we want, my lord, is water. A separate scene has Mandy and Rastus debating attendance at a theater chorus, with racial slang included in the dialogue.

Mandy

Green Rug Divides Browns and Child

A family story centers on the Browns who buy a vivid green rug admired by guests. Their four year old visitor John Henry visits, inspects the rug, and bluntly declares it does not make him sick.

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Penman Stanfield Lisle Brown and Slack Sildren Goodyear Model Clothing & Shoe Store Presbyterian Methodist High School City Nurses W. H. O. Club Cumberland and District Messrs. Hargreaves & Smith Tommy Dunsmuir Avenue Fire Brigade MacKinnon Tat Pring Riswwar Ae Chinatow City Chinatown City Victoria Sundries Geo Mason Buckley Wik Beckley, Limited R. E. Frost New Zealand Mumford’s Grocery T. H. Mumford J. Walton Furniture Store A. MacKinnon Gordon’s Winnipeg W. Gordon
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