Great Soccer Game Anticipated Here Sunday At Two
A highly awaited Davenport Shield replay between Nanaimo City and Cumberland United is set for Sunday at two o'clock on Cumberland Recreation Ground. The teams last met to a four all draw after extra time. Cumberland lineup includes Blair Mortimer Stewart Monahan Conti Blake Banner man Heyland Fowler Plump Hitchens with J Thorburn refereeing.
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Cumberland Recreation Ground
Nanaimo City
Cumberland United
Cumberland
J. Thorburn
Nanaimo
Blair
Mortimer
Stewart
Monahan
Conti
Blake Bannerman
Heyland
Fowler
Plump
Hitchens
Home Cooking Sale Aimed by Pythian Sisters
Benevolence Temple No. 9 under the Pythian Sisters announces a Home Cooking Sale Saturday from 3 to 5 PM in Mrs. L Francescini's store on Dunsmuir Avenue. Proceeds support temple benevolence and community aid activities.
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Pythian Sisters
Benevolence Temple No. 9
Local Courtenay Concert Pleases Cumberland Entertainers
A Cumberland concert party organized by D R Macdonald visited Courtenay Assembly No 3 Native Sons and Assembly No 6 Native Daughters at Booths Hall. About 150 members and friends enjoyed an evening of music with solos by Thomas Bernstein Spooner and Jackson, mandolin and guitar pieces, comic songs, and juggling. Refreshments followed the program with the Canadian Daughters providing treats.
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D. R. Macdonald
Cumberland
Courtenay
Assembly No. 3
Native Sons of Canada
Assembly No. 6
Canadian Daughters League
Native Daughters
Booth's Hall
12 Reel Show At Trollo Tonight And Tomorrow
The program at the Trollo offers an eight reel feature Smouldering Fires starring Pauline Frederick and Laura La Plante. It includes three reels of comedy and an International News reel with music by the Hloflo Orchestra.
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al the Trollo
Pauline Frederick
Laura la Plante
Hloflo Orchestra
Firemen Honor F Slaughter For Vancouver Move
Mr. Frank Slaughter, captain of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade, was guest of honor at a banquet in War Veteran's Hall hosted by about 25 members and friends. The event celebrated his upcoming move to Vancouver to take up new work, with entertainment by Harry Jackson and John Walton.
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Frank Slaughter
Vancouver
Harry Jackson
John Walton
John Cameron
Slaughter
John Thompson
Courtenay Brigade
A. Robinson
Cumberland Department
Courtenay
Cumberland
Inter Club Visit Of Monday Last Very Successful
The Comox Badminton Club event Monday evening drew forty two players making equal games tough to arrange. Captain Ash and Mrs Ash plus Mr and Mrs H Idlens of Royston aided the fun, while Mrs J Spicer and Mrs L Finch ran dainty refreshments. Rev W Leversedge brought Lisle Fraser Trophy donated by BC’s premier sporting supply house. Captain Ash won men’s singles. Social planned for Comox after Easter to present tourney trophies.
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Comox Badminton Club
H. Bryan
Ash
H. Idlens
Royston
J. Spicer
L. Finch
W. Leversedge Brough
Lisle Fraser
B.C
J. B. Spicer
Wumlwand
Spicer
Shenstone
H. Tdiens
Cliffe
Joseph Lions
Owls Honor Cumberland City League Victory With Banquet
The Owls basketball team hosted a banquet at the Cumberland Hotel on Wednesday evening to celebrate winning the Cumberland City Basketball League. Attendees included W. Whyte A. J. Taylor R. Bennie M. Stewart G. Hunden D. Stevenson J. Stevenson J. Tremlett A. Sommer ville D. Stewart J. Cameron R. Robertson J. Pinfold R Robertson A. Farmer H. Stewart D. Wilson J. Foster W. Walker.
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Cumberland City
Owls
Cumberland Hotel
Messrs
W. Whyte
A. J. Taylor
R. Bennie
M. Stewart
G. Hunden
D. Stevenson
J. Stevenson
J. Tremlett
A. Sommerville
D. Stewart
J. Cameron
R. Robertson
J. Pinfold
Peanut) Robertson
A. Farmer
H. Stewart
D. Wilson
J. Foster
W. Walker
Fifty Fifty in Retail Buying Morale Challenge
A former retailer argues that merchants who buy personal items at wholesale while criticizing customers for mail order purchases cause morale problems. He warns wholesalers may itemize articles beyond a merchant's needs, risking devaluation of goods when sold to individuals. He urges local dealers to buy locally from fellow merchants.
St David’s Day Celebrated by Local Welsh Society
The local Welsh Society held a large St David’s Day event with a concert led by president W Williams and secretary J D Davis. Mayor Chas Parnham opened with O Canada and the Welsh National Anthem, followed by a banquet for over two hundred and a two-sittings dance set by Plump’s Orchestra.
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St. David's Day
W. Williams
J. D. Davis
Canada
H. Thomas
Sam Davies
W. Jackson
G. Gallagher
Mesdames Roberts and Hunden
Sam Jones
T. Edwards
Mrs. Jones
Union Bay
S. Jones
Home Sweet Home
Chas. Parnham
Professor Brock’s Malta History Talk Draws Keen Interest
Professor R W Brock former Dean of Engineering at the University of British Columbia lectured in Athletic Hall on a changed topic Malta history tracing Phoenicians Greeks Carthaginians Romans Vandals Goths Arabs Normans Knights of Malta and fortifications and sieges up to 1815. The audience was small but appreciative and the talk offered notable naval and historical notes.
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R. W. Brock
Faculty of Engineering
University of British Columbia
British Columbia
Brock
Malta
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Africa
Great Britain
B.C
Charles V
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Knights of
Christendom
Solyman III
la Velette
Velleta
Dorothey Vernon of Haddon Mall at Tio Ho Theatre
Mary Pickford fans finally see her in Dorohy Vernon of Haddon Mall at the Tio Ho Theatre. Booking spans Thursday Friday and Saturday March 26 27 and 28 with the supreme actress in a celebrated medieval drama.
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Mary Pickford
Cumberland
Tio-Ho Theatre
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Mall
Cumberland United Triumphs In B K Cup Semi Final
Davenport outmatched Cumberland United at Nanaimo as the locals won 4 0 with two goals per period. Tom Heyland revived form as top forward while Toots Plump Bannerman and Fowler scored for the hosts, who anticipate a bigger crowd for Sunday’s Nanaimo City clash.
Endeavour To Get Reduction On Fire Insurance Rates
City Council met with full attendance except Mayor Parnham replaced by Alderman Maxwell. It was agreed to renew fire truck insurance at 1600 dollars and to ask the Board of Underwriters for reduced rates now that the department has new chemical trucks. The health committee reports erysipelas at the Isolation hospital and Auditor RR Ef Selfe was re-appointed for the Board of School Trustees.
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Parnham
Maxwell
Cope
Board of Underwriters
Jeffrey
Rr.ef. Selfe
Board of School Trustees
Grent Teachers' Association Plans March Meeting Talk
The Grent Teachers' Association will meet in the school on Monday March 16. Mr H B Murray of the public school will discuss cooperation of parents and teachers in the home and school with emphasis on homework. A free discussion will follow.
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Grent Teachers’ Association
H. EB. Murray
Great Preparations For Cumberland Masquerade Ball
The Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department plans its Annual Masquerade Ball on St Patrick’s Day March 17 in the Mole Ball Room. The committee aims to make it the city’s most successful masquerade while raising funds for a year of fire protection. Prizes await dancers and spectators as the department appeals for support.
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Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department
St. Patrick's Day
City of
Cumberland
British Columbia
St. Patricks
Dance in Ilo-Ilo Hall Promises Evening With Plump's Orchestra
A dance at Ilo-Ilo Hall tomorrow night features Plump's famous orchestra. Admission: ladies free, gentlemen 50 cents. Dancing runs from 9 to midnight.
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Plump
Badminton Courts May Be Erected At Royston
Courtenay March report notes growing badminton interest in Comox and Cumberland. Royston club may add five covered courts on the dance floor allowing twenty players at once, boosting the winter sport in the district.
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Royston
Mrs J Greig Opens Glenroy Royston Lunches
Mrs J Greig announces light lunches ice cream and similar refreshments at Glenroy Royston opening date April 12th local home business invites patrons to visit for casual meals and treats
New Chemical Truck Proves Success
The local Volunteer Fire Brigade tested its new Peerless chemical truck last Saturday. Firefighters reached City Park within 87 seconds of the alarm and, with the water truck, extinguished the blaze in under 10 minutes. The truck was built by brigade volunteers, featuring two 35 gallon tanks and rapid chemical discharge. Special thanks go to Andrew Thompson for blacksmithing, W McLennan and F MacKinnon for painting, H Nash for hood lettering, Cumberland Motor Works for space, and visitor J A Stewart of Columbia Paper Co.
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Andrew Thompson
Messrs
W. McLennan
F. MacKinnon
H. Nash
John Cameron
Cumberland Motor Works
J. A. Stewart
Columbia Paper Co
Vancouver
Cumberland
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C. DeCouer
Mr. Whyte
Charles Graham
Saini
Nelson's Encyclopedia
St. David
Cunedda Wledig
Edinburgh
Scotland
Wales
Davenport
Tommy Heyland
Geo. Graham
Toots Plump
Bannerman
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