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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
1
Dr and Mrs W Bruce Gordon escaped injury after a two car crash while driving to Courtenay golf course. One vehicle failed to stop, crashed into a fence near the memory cairn and slid into a field, both cars badly damaged.
At the Cumberland City Council meeting Mayor Alex Maxwell presided as aldermen reviewed correspondence. The Water Sports Committee requested a $100 donation to entertain sailors from H.M.C. Colombo, a grant the council approved for the event.
The Cumberland Rod and Gun Club secretary reports engraved spoons donated by Dominion Cartridge Company Limited for competition among members. One spoon per practice for high score on twenty five targets, with handicaps to level odds. Club expects strong support and a near future shoot.
A large crowd gathered at the Vicarage grounds in Sandwich for the golden wedding of the Rev J X Willemar and his wife marking fifty years since their July 1st marriage. The event featured family members, a group photograph, and listed clergy attendees.
In a snappy exhibition at Union Bay on Wednesday evening Tucker James’s Cubs defeated the Bay boys 5 to 0. L Col pitched for the Cubs with 15 strikeouts and only two hits allowed while Chick Graham allowed three hits for Bay but five errors and timely hitting by the Cubs sealed the win in the first four innings. Cumberland’s H Bates umpired efficiently.
In Nanaimo on July 3 at the Felix Dumont inquest the jury found he was struck by a running car lowered on a mistaken signal. Judges urged engineers to brake before leaving and to use the bell signaling system when lowering cars into the mine.
Courtenay Dominion Day celebration drew crowds with an all day cricket match against Nahimo and a busy program. Cumberland athletes led the track events with George Brown winning the sprint and Norman taking the 220. Tombola prizes went to G H Ellis, J R Johnson, and John Sutton.
Nanaimo defeats Cumberland by seventeen runs on the Y ground after a two innings match. Cumberland players suffer changes with standout performances by Harry Taylor and local bowlers Eccles and Heaton. Nanaimo visits Courtenay next, Burns top-scored for Courtenay with 58 in a different game.
Committees plan a July 17 garden party at Beaufort House with games Quoits Archery Aunt Sally Cocoanut shy Bowls and a fish pond. A fortune telling booth and afternoon tea run by the Women’s Auxiliary are featured amid Scout camp plans and a diverted tale from an Australian parson.
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