Boxing card grows with semi final added for June 14
A strong semi final bout was added to the Mon day boxing card at Courtenay featuring Harry Pollett against A Gallagher of Vancouver in an eight round match. Harold Jones vs Harry Anderson of Vancouver is a six round bout. Three four round bouts are planned including Nanaimo featherweight Young Towns end versus Sutherland of Vancouver, who is blind. The home cooking stall raised 40 dollars under Mrs. George Francis and Mrs. R. Zeigler with tea served by several volunteers.
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George Paris
Jones
Townsend
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Brownies Tea Stall a Notable Local Success
Campbell River reports a Brownie Committee tea and home cooking stall at Mrs. George Francis’s home on Friday afternoon. Tables featured California pop pies and a doll’s woolden bed raffle donated by Mr. [surname unclear], highlighted a successful community event.
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Campbell River
Brownie Committee
George Francis
Campbell River Personal Items Report
Campbell River notes list local residents and visitors with travels to Vancouver Battle Lake and Campbell Lake. Frank Cross of the Campbell River Trading Store returned from Vancouver. J Phelps Elk Bay and J Lewis Vancouver trips noted along with visitors from West Summerland and Willows Hotel guest B Fleming.
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Campbell River
Frank Cross
Vancouver
L. Johnson
Bevan
Carl Thulin
R. Ruston
Battle Lake
J. Phelps
Elk Bay
P. Harambourne
J.harambourne
International Timber
Burns Joins Pidcock and McKenzie from Blunt and Ewart
Announcement notes Cyril Burns formerly of Blunt and Ewart Ltd now with the firm of Pidcock and McKenzie during a brief city visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Burns
Blunt and Ewart Ltd
Pidcock and McKenzie
Jersey cattle sale changes hands on Vancouver Island
Ex Alderman George Sangster sells a herd of twenty one Jersey cattle to Hugh Savage of Ladner B C If they pass the test the cattle move from Patricia Bay to the Fraser River Delta The sale includes two prize Jersey winners from the Royal Fair Toronto last year Sangster presides over the BC Jersey Breeders Association as a summer picnic and inspection event unfolds in Duncan with Island and Mainland breeders invited W H Mearns BC Agricultural Association secretary will attend the gathering
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Jersey
George Sangster
Vancouver Island
Hugh Savage
Ladner
B.C
Sangster
Patricia Bay
Fraser River
British Columbia
Jersey Breeders’ Association
Duncan
Cowichan
Island
Mainland
W. H. Mearns
B.C. Agricultural Association
Police arrest former Nanaimo officer in Port Alberni break in
George Hannay a former Nanaimo Provincial Police member with prior convictions was arrested in Port Alberni for breaking and entering. Police say Lang's Drug Store was entered on May 16 with a punch-board prize money loot including a ten dollar gold piece eight English half sovereigns nine silver dollars and one tobacco product.
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George Hannay
Nanaimo
Port Alberni
Lang
Groceries brighten a husband’s satisfied smile
A lighthearted note remarks that routine grocery trips bring happiness to a husband, keeping his smile bright and content after shopping.
Notorious Constable Hannay Remanded in Port Alberni Case
George Hannay once a top provincial police constable was arrested and remanded for eight days by the Port Alberni Magistrate. He is to await hearing at Oakalla after transfer by Chief Cronk. His past includes 1913 misappropriation charges, US deportation, a penitentiary sentence, a Duncan burglary, a jail escape, and eventual surrender at a timber camp near Bute Inlet.
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Hannay
Port Alberni
Oakalla
Cronk
Alberni
George Hannay
United States
Duncan
Bute Inlet
Gypsies Ordered From Calgary After Arrival
A group of about thirty Romany gypsies were ordered by the city health department to leave Calgary hours after arriving. Sanitary conditions at the encampment prompted the eviction despite the group traveling in modern cars and wearing colorful attire. One member, Rosie Ewena, aged eighteen, vanished briefly but later reappeared.
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Calgary
City Health Department
Edmonton
Rosie Ewena
Rosie
Hope Fades for Vancouver Logger McKenzie in Boxing
Big Bill McKenzie a Vancouver Island logger loses a recent San Diego bout by technical knockout and later is told his Los Angeles match was his last Lonnie Austin predicts a new white hope will emerge while McKenzie continues training and Austin notes McKenzie is too slow and big to succeed beyond Willard aside from Willard no other heavyweights rise to prominence.
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Big Bill McKenzie
Vancouver Island
Lonnie Austin
William
McKenzie
San Diego
Los Angeles
Lonnie Austin McKenzie
Courtenay
Lonnie
Austin
Bill
Jess Willard
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Dunsmuir Ave
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