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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
3
Health Service of the Canadian Medical Association urges immunization to prevent diphtheria, noting 1010 Canadian deaths in 1927. Toxoid injections build immunity, with early treatment and prevention. emphasis on children under six and the urgency to immunize before age six.
The Welsh people of the Valley and friends enjoyed splendid weather at Minto Sunday. Winnipeg visitors Mr and Mrs Thomas Salisbury are spending their annual summer holiday with Mrs Thomas Williams. Mr N Harvey led a deputation to Nanaimo on Conservative party issues. Valley residents urge action on the road turning to the Island Highway as petitions go unanswered. See E Horwood and F Horwood visitors from Sooke.
Union Bay Mr and Mrs F BROWN entertain as guest their daughter Mrs J H Doney of Spokane Washington during a visit including social greetings and family welcome with reporting of the guest from Spokane Washington.
Courtenay Juniors win 15 to 4 over Cumberland in a Sunday afternoon junior baseball game at Lewis Park. game started late after Cumberland players arrived post 3 pm. Quinn pitched six innings, Sutton finished, and a sweltering crowd watched as Courtenay built a late run total. local notes include player lineups and a birth announcement for a Vancouver birth July 6 1929.
The department plans a tractor trail along a surveyed trans provincial road from Princeton toward the Forks of the Pasayton and Similkameen Rivers to connect with the Ashnola trail and Hedley Keremos road. Surveys are ordered with work expected this year. Mr. Moore will survey for practical placer mining use from Prince George through Quesnel and the Cariboo District. Dr Mandy undertakes new work at Prince Rupert with temporary assistance from Mr. Carmichael to review northern mining properties. San Francisco’s Henning Berg visits Forbes Landing during a vacation.
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