Cumberland Islander Looks Back On 1928 City Governance
The Cumberland Islander reports the 1928 council will again guide Cumberland for 1929 with retiring aldermen confirmed in office and two resigned school trustees replaced without a vote. It notes ongoing talks with electric and water companies, optimistic trade prospects, and critiques Liberal press influence on provincial patronage.
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Cumberland Electric Lightning Company
Cumberland and Union Waterworks Company
Cumberland
Minto His Mother Florence Cliffe Mentioned in Comox
A fragment references Minto and his mother Mrs. Florence Cliffe in Comox, suggesting a family or locational note within the local record.
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Florence Cliffe
At. Comox
Welsh Singers Visit Cumberland Amid Local News
The Welsh singers toured Cumberland and were hosted by the Welsh Society with a banquet. A critic blamed the conductor for being Scotch. Miss Margaret MacLennan visits from Courtenay as Corporal Matthews relocates to Ashcroft after police district transfer. Maple Leaf Orchestra attends a whist drive and dance at the Old School Hall on Jan 16. Harold Walter departs Vancouver after sixteen years with Canadian Collieries.
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Cumberland
Corporal Matthews
Ashcroft
Police District Corp
Matthews
Scho
Maple Leaf Orchestra
Campbell River Public Meeting Notes Local News
Mr Wm Douglas announced at a meeting that Mrs Hassell from Vancouver is visiting. Mr Beavan plans to extend the city sidewalk along Lewis Park and the River to the Sandwich corner. The government log scaling department reports an accident at Paper Town on Tuesday where a worker slipped on a log and suffered possible broken ribs.
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Wm. Douglas
Hassell
Vancouver
P. Beavan
J.T. McLeod
Genge
Lewis Parkell River
Sandwich
Campbell River
Courtenay Newsynced: Local People and Signs Update
Courtenay locals discuss Pioneer lantern slides, Neill heads to Ot to attend Parliament, Hagarty seeks Vancouver for medical care. Visitors include Welsh Singers and Marconi radio engineer Leo Main. Traffic signs installed citywide amid industrial outlook and logging progress fuels Campbell River optimism.
Local Births and Community News from Parksville Area
Parksville notes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Arrot on Sunday January 13. Mr John Thomson of Courtenay is in the district. Mrs Roy Ball and family move from their residence. Miss Helen Adkin of Qualicum visits, leaving for Vancouver Thursday. A list of party guests and a lively evening of games and music are recorded. Also reported are a fur-carrying flight from Manitoba to Winnipeg, a motor trip by Walter Crawford and H Weeks, a bridge party with prizes, and a gasboat explosion in Campbell River injuring a worker and destroying the Ariadne with losses around five thousand dollars. Further Elk Falls development interest noted.
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Vancouver
Ottawa
Ocal
Victoria
Civil Service Commission
Campbell River
Dorothy Barfoot
Hilliers
Va Valley
Miss Magnitude
Barfoot
Falls
Campbell Lake
Docker
Prince Those
Rupert
T. W
John Thomson
Courtenay
Roy Ball
Harry Pearson
California
Carl Thulin
Quathinski Cove
Frank Gagne
Charles Gow
Beatrice Hall Weds Thomas Cole in Courtenay Union
Beatrice Hall of Campbell River married Thomas Cole of Campbell River at the United Church Manse Courtenay on Thursday January 10. Rev W A Alexander officiated with Mr and Mrs Bird as witnesses. The couple will honeymoon in Vancouver and reside in Campbell River.
Cumberland Board Audits 1928 Finances and Staff
The Cumberland Board of School Trustees reports audited finances for the year ended December 31 1928 with a net balance of 3121.44 after outstanding cheques 319.26. The statement shows accounts vouched and settled by treasurer B F Banks with committee chair A McKinnon secretary C H MacKintosh and auditor James Dick. Included are teaching staff and salaries for public and high schools and technical school janitor and medical officer salaries and audit fees.
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Keise
Escor
City of Cumberland
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Edward W, Bickle
Minto
Union Bay
Wi.GilMoores
Ray Glover
W.wengimo
Automobile
C. White
Wain
Walter Pearse
A. Jack
Jordan
Auto- Piven
Orae
Orca Becr
D. R. Haggart
Tontae
Jean Ve Aug
Department of the Interior
Campbell
St. George’s Church
George Smith
Mr. Chard
Ray Dawson
Portland
Ste
Margaret MacLennan
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Chemainus
Port Alberni
David Walker, Jr
Harold Walter
Walter
Dave Walker, Jr
Leslie Carter
Ward
Medrich
C. Reid
Harvey Walter
Board of Traces
A. W. Neill
Wood
Native Sons
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Mr. Neill
Ot “Estowa
Mr. Hagarty
Mrs. Hagarty
Hugh Stewart
W. G. Whittle
Mr. Newbury
Mr. Hughes
Mrs. Whittle
Old Country
Capt
Tom Cliffe
Revelstoke
A. Slicer
Mr Slicer
Alex. Robertson
Walter Lang
Big Horn
W. R. Cooke
Leo Main
Marconi
Thurston Bay
Mr. Gibbs
Lillooet
Mrs. Beattie
Parksville
Mrs. Arrot
Helen Adkin
Qualicum
Edna Butler
R. Rushton
Rudyard
Anderson
Pettigrew
Trill
Mrs. Abernethy
Ben
Gwen Harrison
A. Rushton
Josie
Rushton
Cheney Park
Cheney
Muriel Ponsford
Ryall
J. Hickey
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Holick Kenyon
Cranberry Portage
Brocket Settlement
del Symonds
Walter Crawford
Mr. H. Weeks
Alberni
Nanaimo
Cowichan
Oscar Thulin
Fitzgerald
Shaila Fitard
H. Brown
Sidney Johnson
BE. Anderson
Elk Falls
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Crown- Willamette Paper Company
Mutual Life of Canada
Mutual Life
William Henderson
Vancouver-Courtenay
Transportation Telephone 144 Co
Mill St
A. B. Ball
Powell River
Alert Bay
All Way
Comox
Moats
Bidwell Street
B.C
Riley
Henderson’s
David Hunden, Jr
Sun Life
Montreal
T. B. Macaulay
SUN Life Assurance Company
Canada
Board of School Trustees
Sirs
Mesdames
B. F. Banks
Royal Bank
A. McKinnon
McKinnon
James Dick
C. H. Mackintosh
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