First Annual Employee Picnic at Canadian Collieries Royston
The First Annual Picnic of Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir Ltd employees and families was held at Royston Beach on July 20 with free transport, waterworks, swings, races, a dancing pavilion, and free refreshments. A grand prize drawing honored winners while the event praised management for welfare efforts and coordination by Mr A Hamilton and Mr Thomas Graham amid favorable weather and strong community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunsmuir Limited
Comox Mines
Royston Beach
Wellington
Cumberland
Royston
A . Hamilton
West Cumberland
Water Front
Dunsmuir, Ltd
Yurself
Bey
Nat Bevis
Canadian Collieries
Dimsmuir), Ltd
Graham
H. R. Fleming
New York
Dunsmuir Ltd
Thos, Graham
B. C
H. S. Fleming
Pioneer suwoel Denman Island election results
List of election results by location and candidates. Denman Island shows 3 candidates with supports 556 for Alma Scott and Josiah Corrigal and 550 for another. Fanny Bay reports 6 candidates with 4 passes and scores for Hastings 660 and McLaughlin 655. Union Bay has 4 candidates all passed with scores including Searle 660 and Haggart 676. Courtenay Centre shows 5 candidates all passed with Campbell 726 and Fitzgerald 618.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Mary Haggart
Dorothy Renwick
Courtenay Centre
Elizabeth Horbury dies after long life of family ties
The late Elizabeth Horbury's funeral was held Monday from the family home on Third Street with service at Holy Trinity Church. Pallbearers included Geof Clinton and A H Peacey. Born in Wakefield England, she came to Canada in 1882 with her husband, lived in Cumberland two years, then settled here. She leaves a husband, two sons Joseph and John, three daughters in Canada and the U S, and many grandchildren. Floral tributes and thanks follow for support during bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Horbury
Third Street
Holy Trinity Church
Archdeacon Collenson
Geof Clinton
A. H. Peacey
Daniel Stewart John Bennie
Richard Coe, Jr
James Maxwell
Pythian
Rebecca
Wakefield
Yorkshire
England
Cumberland
Joseph Horbury
John Horbury
John Freaner
Vancouver
Harriet Horbury
Frank Jaynes
Nanaimo
W W. Anderson
Hazelton
Minnic Norbury
Roberto
Loss Anderson
Balogna
Harmony Rebecca Lodge
Crosses
J. Stewart
G. W. Clinton
Sprays
H. Parkinson
J. Bruce
BE. W. Bickle
Scavarda
D. McLeod
D. Hunden
Joly Trinity Church
D. Martin of
Ladysmith
Local and General News Highlights and Attendant Notices
Long list of candidates and passes for district schools with names and numbers. Local arrivals, visits, and departures include A F Owen, F O Mackay, J M Savage, Thomas Spruston, A F Martyn, and others. travel between Nanaimo Victoria Vancouver and Ladysmith noted. Postal disruptions and telegraph use rise amid strikes. Chin See Yen to visit. Bowser tours Comox Courtenay Campbell River. S S Cowichan shifts schedule. weather and local social notes referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Spruston
Canadian Collieries
Dunsmuir), Ltd
Ladysmith
Auto
A. F. Martyn
Vancouver
Canadian Engineers
Engin Sing
W. Harrison
Nanaimo
W. Robinson
Chandler
Fernie
Points
Crows Nest Pass
Robert McNeil
A. J. Taylor
William Mordy
Thos. Mordy
George Knox
Grace Methodist Church
Knox
Toronto
J. Lange
Canadian
Linotype, Ltd
New York
San Francisco
Hazel Frame
Penticton
John Frame
Robert Grant
Royston Beach
Victoria
B. Dando
Powell River
J. A. Gillespie
Michel
James Potter
Pres. E. Hunden
McNeil, Donnelly, Miller and Harrison
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Willows Camp
Bert Jones
William Rickson
Fingoh Wang
S. S. Cowichan
Union Steamship Company
Union Bay
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Chin See Yen
Campbell River
Bowser
Union
West Cumberland
Dominion
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. Dunn
E. G. Prior & Co
Can. Rock Drill Co
Mrs. Heaps
N. Thompson Co
North West Supply Co
Wm. Marsh
Canadian Explosives, Ltd
T. L. Peck Co
Willis
Blue Print & Map Co
Bradley
James Irwin
van. Portland Cement Co
T. McMillan
British- American Paint Co
T. Malpass
McColl Bros
J. Miller
Can. Cons. Rubber Co
National Drug Co
Miss Balogna
5. Gomm
Wellington Comox Agency
D. Morgan
van, Milling & Grain Co
W. Coe
Wood-Vallance Co
Sprustex
Miss Stevenson
Wood- Vallance Co
W. Robertson
Mr Hamby
Mathieson
Wood Vallance Co
A Hamilton
Wood Vallance
King
Jin Laing
Woot-Vallance Co
Spurstex
Searle
Lance Co
Carruthers
Woot: Vallance Co
Brakman, Kerr Co
Wood-Val- Mist
Berklund
Brakman
Kerr Co
Brackman, Kerr Co
Johnstone
J. Balagna
Brackman
Laing
McNally
J. McMillan
Secy
May Macdonald
Penticton Centre
Kaslo Yasse
Edith F. Lockard
Cumterland
Mabel G. Michell
Edith F, Lockard
Mabel C. Michell
Hannah F. Lockhart
Cyril Michell
Edith Horbury
John Stevenson
Orpha V. Lewis
Genevieve McFadyen
Charlotte Carey
Ellen Clark
Alice M. Williamson
Vivian Aspesy
Blodwen Williams
David S. Lockhart
Union Bay Centre
St. Joseph's Hospital
Comox
Iloilo
Rom Cumberland
Linotype
Alsace
United States
Tugh D. W. Forde
Isadore Luton
Flora Piercy
Winfred Ball
George R. Davis
Lazo
Winnifred M. Good
Roy A. Cliffe
Audrey L. Grieve
Laura V. King
Winnie M. R. Parker
A. F. Owen
F. O. Mackay
Douglas & Mackay
James M. Savage
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