Victoria Quiz Page Reveals Local Mischief and Melodrama
Readers pore over a string of humorous questions about locals in Victoria including a Mason who learned golf, a white collar fashion assertion on a fishing trip, and a beauty parlor starter. The piece laughs at misadventures from a wrong road in Cumberland to Bevan truck stories and a Rudimentary director appointment hint.
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Victoria
Annie Laurie
Bert
J. S
British Columbia
Bevan
Royston
Hughie
Shipping at Canadian Collieries Coal Wharf
Shipping at Canadian Collieries coal wharf Union Bay lists vessels and routes from June 30 to July 6 including Dauntless Melanope Vancouver Dola Storm King Gleeful Charmer Wai tuna San Francisco Joyful Comox Transvaal Portland Princess Ena Stetson Oregon Scow Seattle Alcedo Glenboro P W Fushimi Maru Wireless Progressive coastwise entries note vessel movements from Vancouver Seattle Portland and Comox with coastal trade details.
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Dauntless
Coastwise
Melanope
Vancouver
Dola
Storm King
Gleeful
Charmer
Waituna
San Francisco
Joyful
Comox
Transvaal
Portland
Princess Ena
Stetson
Oregon and
Scow
Seattle
Alcedo
Glenboro
P. W
Fushimi Maru
Wireless and
Progressive
Fir Trees Stripped by Caterpillars In Vernon
A caterpillar pest spreading through Vernon causes defoliation of fir and fruit trees. The City Council and provincial Agriculture Department respond with spraying gear to control the infestation. Residents fear increased spread next year and rashes from contact.
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Vernon
Department of Agriculture
Royston Harbour Campers and Missing Rowboats Reported
Mr. Watkins and family camp at Gartley Point after buying Dunsmuir estate camp. Vancouver guests include Mr. Ken Dalby and Mr. Emerson Blake with F J Dalby hosts. Royston residents and visitors frequent the beach as Merrifield tours the island. Three row boats drifted away. two found, one belonging to C Campbell still listed missing. Dr Dalby and family from Victoria stay with I J Dalby.
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Mr. Watkins
Vancouver
Gartley Point
Dunsmuir
Ken B. Dalby
Emerson Blake
F. J. Dalby
Royston
J. H. Cameron
J. H. McMillan
T. E. Bate
Hicks
Jas. Hood
Merrifield
Victoria
Bevan Notes and Local Social Items
Mrs Beattie wife of George Beattie who bought the Island Supply Co arrived Tuesday to take residence here. Mrs John Waugh Nanaimo returned home after visiting Mrs Jas L Brown. Miss Phemia Brown Bevan left Monday for Nanaimo and Vancouver on vacation. Bevan Burns Club holds a bazaar on Thursday next July 14.
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Bevan
John Waugh
Nanaimo
Jas. L. Brown
Phemia Brown
Vancouver
Bevan Burns’ Club
R. P
Christie
Washington
Oregon
B .C
M. Browne
Cumberland General Hospital
B. C
Kamloops
George Michell
Milwaukee University
D. R. MacDonald
A. MacKinnon
The
General Hospital
Miss Michell
Nora Rodden
J. MacDonald
Victoria
Cecil Mulholland
W. A. Owen
Miss M. McKee
Mildred Halcrow
Union Brewery Co., Ltd
A. S. Killam
Fleck Bros
J. P. Hicks
Heintzman Piano House
J. T. Hamilton
Rev. J. Combe
Cumberland
T. Michell
Ruth Clinton
California
G W. Clinton
George O'Brien
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd
O'Brien
Ladysmith
Chas. C. Segrave
Acme Sentinel
Alberta
Mary Coleman
University
C. B. Wood
Bevan School Results Omitted From Last Week
Roll of Honor senior fourth Proficiency Sadie Brown Punctuality Regularity Preston Parks Promotions Nellie Cameron low fourth David Robertson high third Hattie Robertson high third Andrew Walker Harry Quinn Miss Harris Room Proficiency Marjorie Brown Punctuality Regularity Isabella Herd Department Clarence Quin.
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Bevan
Sadie Brown
Preston Parks
Nellie Cameron
David Robertson
Hattie Robertson
Andrew Walker
Harry Quinn
Harris
Marjorie Brown
Isabella Herd
Clarence Quin
Great War Veterans Association to Run Royston Refreshment Stall
The Great War Veterans Association has accepted the Canadian Collieries Picnic Committee offer to run the refreshment stall at Royston for the fourth annual picnic on Saturday July 23. Friends are asked to drop off pies and cakes at Memorial Hall on Friday July 22 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Great War Veterans’ Association
Canadian Collieries Picnic Committee
Stall &T Royston
Memorial Hall
Fishermen reel in 100 fish on Campbell River trip
Messrs Allan Nunns Bert Knappett Bill Wood and Fraser Watson went to Campbell River over the holiday. They had a whale of a time catching at least 100 fish. They claim the haul as a successful excursion and stand by their tale as truthful citizens.
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Allan Nunns
Bert Knappett
Bill Wood
Fraser Watson
Campbell River
Travel and Meetings Across District Bring Officials and Families
Personal notices recount Dr. R. P. Christie and Mrs. Christie traveling to Vancouver for a post graduate course at the Washington Oregon and BC Dental Associations. numerous Cumberland residents attend BC Hospital Association events in Kamloops and Victoria. Citizens plan vacations, visits, and relocations in the region as projects and meetings unfold.
Tenders for school roof repairs and painting
Tenders for repairing and renewing roof chimneys valleys water troughs and down pipes shingled walls and steps plus painting the roof with Liquid Blastigum and exterior painting. Tenders due Monday July 18 and work to start within nine weeks and finish by August 25. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Apply to Board of Trustees Secretary A Mackinnon.
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Board of Trustees
A. Mackinnon
Board of School Trustees
Nanaimo Pythian Sisters Visit Here
About 47 members of Silver Leaf Temple Na Naimo of the Order of Pythian Sisters paid a fraternal visit to Benevolent Temple No 9 Cumberland on Wednesday night. They conducted special work and shared a social supper before returning the same night aboard the Nanaimo Whizz Bangs. The visitors enjoyed the trip and invited the Cumberland lodge to visit Na Naimo soon.
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Silver Leaf Temple
Nanaimo
Order of Pythian Sisters
Benevolent Temple
Small new rowboat drifted away from Royston on Sunday
Grey and green rowboat owned by Colin Campbell of Royston disappeared on Sunday morning's tide. A reward is offered for its return or for information leading to its location.
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Royston
Colin Campbell
G W V A Meets Every Tuesday Evening
The Great War Veterans Association holds its weekly meeting every Tuesday at 7 o'clock in Memorial Hall.
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The
Great War Veterans Association
Memorial Hall
Foresters Court Bevan Meets July 16 in Davis Block
The Ancient Order of Foresters Court Bevan No. 9830 will hold its next meeting on Wednesday July 16 in the Fraternity Hall at Davis Block on Dunsmuir Avenue. Visiting brethren are invited. Frank Bond is chief ranger, P Myers secretary, and Frank Slaughter treasurer.
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Court Bevan
Davis Block
Dunsmuir Avenue
Frank Bond
P. Myers
Frank Slaughter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cluthedan & Gents Furnishings
Messrs
Marshall and
Fletcher
Fletcher Music House
Edison
Union Bay
W. M
Comox Supply CO
Marocchi Bros
J. Halliday
KERR
Burns & Brown
Nanaimo Pythian Sisters
C.r.mulholland
Cameron
Central Garage
Haliburton Street
Permanent Dye Works Limited
Fourth Avenue West
Hargreaves
Commercial St
Gent
Islander
Mitchell
Telephone
Courtenay
Trent Road
Royston Road
D. R. Pottinger
John George Reid
Ancient Order of Foresters
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