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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1930
Page
2
The Cumberland Islander carries a poem about a poplar scene by Dilys Williams and an editorial by Richard S. Bond praising early telecommunication advances. It extols the telegraph, telephone, and the telechron clock as modern time savers and calls inventors to perfect future “teles” for family life.
Burnaby Municipal Council discusses provincial plans to take over arterial highways and urges pedestrian safety regulations. The debate cites a judge in England who suggested tail lights for walkers on country roads and notes English walkers using white belts with red reflectors. The British Minister of Transport, Mr Morrison, has proposed further steps.
The minister noted England lags behind some nations on penalities for reckless walking and warned that if fatal road accidents rise, penalties on pedestrians who endanger others may be imposed in the public interest.
In Cumberland a town of about eighteen hundred, residents fill spare time with sports and clubs. Football, baseball, cricket and more compete with social events, while groups like the Canadian Club and Cumberland Literary and Athletic Association offer libraries, galleries, and gymnasiums. The Rod and Gun Club, whist and cribbage circles, lodges and societies enrich life along with aquatic and school sports, errands, and talkies, proving leisure thrives in this busy community.
A student Mary Hutton from Cumberland High School submits a June 1930 poem celebrating spring. The verses describe snow leaving, flowers blooming, birds singing, and the world returning to life as spring reigns again.
Miss Viola Campbell former Cumberland resident and public school alumna is staying in the district for three weeks to visit friends while pursuing nursing in Hollywood. Also noted are updates on local residents including T Cooper in St Josephs hospital, Harold Bersey on a Vancouver business trip, Rev G R Bourdillon returning to Esquimalt, and George Grieve becoming Daily Province carrier for Sandwich. Miss Lucy Pickering returns home until her wedding and Kathleen Cooper resumes her place after an Edmonton visit.
The Cowichan cricket team defeated Courtenay XI 101 to 84 in an away match with Leggett and Freeman top scoring for the visitors. Courtenay started strong with Idiens and Bourdillon but collapsed as the innings progressed. A birthday gathering for Mrs. T. McMillan and other social notes follow, including visits from Mrs. Cunliffe of Nanaimo and Mrs. W. Hudson.
A gang digging a ditch at Steveston cut a wooden duct containing a 200-pair telephone cable, causing about 200 telephone lines to go out. Workers then spliced in a new section of cable, restoring service by morning after a four hour shift.
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