Church Notices and Services for Sunday January 29
Holy Trinity Church led by Rev W Leversedge lists Holy Communion at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 2 30 p.m. Evensong at 7 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass at 9 a.m. St George s Presbyterian with morning service 11 a.m. evening service 7 p.m. Bible Class 1 30 p.m. Choir practice 7 30 Friday. Also a humorous line from The Ladies Home Journal about a child praying for his mamma and keeping an eye on the old man.
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Holy Trinity Church
W. Leversedge
Holy Communion
Father Beaton
St. George’s Presbyterian
Jas. Hood
Grace Methodist Church
G. B. Kinney
Ladies’ Home Journal
Willie
Pleasant surprise party at Miss Blodwen Williams home
A surprise party honored Miss Blodwen Williams at her Bevan home on Saturday evening with music games and dancing lasting into the early hours. Mrs. R L Young visits her mother in Bevan and Mr Fred Pils travels to Nova Scotia. Burns banquet set for Bevan Hall Saturday at 8 pm with a large crowd expected and dancing to follow assisted by a special Cumberland train at 7 pm.
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Blodwen Williams
Fred, Pils
Nova Scotia
Bevan Hall
Cumberland
Nearer to Danger in a Short Moral Tale
Leslie fears dogs and faces a harsh reply from his mother during a street encounter. The tale ends with the saying that the good die young and that good resolutions fail to stick.
Comox District Basketball League Reorganizes Schedule and Dances
The Comox District Basketball League held a meeting in the Athletic Hall to rearrange the schedule with two intermediate games in one evening. Exhibitions include Presbyterian and Methodist boys versus Meth odist nurses. a forthcoming dance was announced with details to follow. The second round is drawn, with a full schedule except Denman Is. vs. Five T's left for team arrangements. In recent Band Hall games, High School defeated Riff Raffs 18 to 7, Brownies lost to Five T's 27 to 11, and Owls beat Methodists with Owls leading 15 to 6 at half.
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Comox District Basketball League
Presbyterian
Methodist
T's
Keystones
Denman Is
Five T’s
Five T's
High School
Riff-Raffs
Owls
Methodists
Nurses
Presbyterians
Brownies
Harry Varmer
Thompson Troop
Bill Walker
Farmer
Plump
Gough
Brown
Jackson
Walker
Slaughter
Armstrong
Mortimer
Bannerman
Birds
Denholme
Weirs
Coastwise Shipping Notes and Union Bay Wharf Clippings
Maritime items list coastwise trades at Union Bay Coal Dock with vessels Charmer Olive M Progres sive Clayburn and scow Vancouver plus a Vancouver route. A fragmented dialogue on school funds and evening games hints at community matters and local humor.
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Charmer
Coastwise
Cheerful
Olive M
Progressive
Clayburn
Vancouver
Clayburn Scow
Active
Couth
High School Club Receives Talk on McGill Medical Course
Dr Hicks spoke to the High School Club about the McGill Medical Course outlining two years of anatomy and normal body study followed by two years on diseased bodies under medicine and surgery. His clear explanation impressed the group as they discuss Oriental immigration and enjoy lively sessions.
Famine Urgency in Volga Region Prompts Aid Appeal
A Vancouver Friends Branch receives an urgent American Quaker appeal detailing drought and war devastation in the Volga area. It cites 500000 in one district needing food and pleads for funds to ease starving children dying from grass bread.
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Volga
Friends
Samara
Vancouver
Society of Friends (Friends’ Church
American Friends Service Committee
Famine in Russia Prompt 10 Dollar Gift Per Child Appeal
Relief workers report drought worsened famine across 800 by 600 mile region with 20 million inhabitants. Quakers feed 25 000 in Busuluk district while 400 000 need assistance. $10 funds one child to next harvest. Donations to paper editor or Molson Bank East End Vancouver. Friends pledge no admin deductions.
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Russia
Volga
Busuluk
Molson’s Bank
East End
Vancouver
Society of Friends
Returned Soldiers Officers Elected at Cumberland Society Meeting
The Cumberland Returned Soldiers Friendly Society held its annual meeting in Memorial Hall Tuesday night. Elected officers include President Frank Slaughter Vice-president Alex Johnston Treasurer T W Scott Secretary A J Fouracre and trustees J C Brown J McWhirter and J Emily. The society, incorporated last year, controls Memorial Hall for returned soldiers regardless of other groups.
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The
Cumberland Returned Soldiers’ Friendly Society
Memorial Hall
Frank Slaughter
Alex. Johnston
T. W. Scott
A. J
J. C. Brown
J McWhirter
J. Emily
Appeal for aid to starving people in British Columbia
The Society of Friends in Vancouver urges citizens to provide prompt aid. Signed by GEO. D. ROYLAND, Clerk, 100 Powell Street.
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British Columbia
Society of Friends
Vancouver
Geo. D. Royland
Powell Street
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Edward W. Bickle
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
England
Great American Fire Company
Canadian Fire Insurance Company
Winnipeg
Newark Fire Insurance Company
London Guarantee and Accident Company
Boston Fire Insurance Company
Queen Insurance Company
National Fire of
Hartford
Heintzman & Co
Gideon Hicks
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Victoria
Nanaimo
Bevan
R. L. Young
I’, Vahle
Leslie
League
Winningham
Stevenson
Burns
Hunden
Robertson
Richards
Stewart
Watson
Wilcox
Hood
Union Bay
Lewis
Mounce
O'Brien
Henderson
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Charles Chaplin
Riders OF the Dawn
Zane Grey
Yukon
Robert W. Service
Buster Keaton
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