Unemployment relief work and provincial projects in British Columbia
Records show 24 000 men employed on relief tasks last fall and winter mainly on road work and provincial operations. Contest prizes reward essays on Mouth Health for district winners and a provincial prize. New bridges and landings advance northern rail and ferry routes. Poultry industry expands with 38 hatcheries and 1 000 000 government approved chickens. McIntosh apples top popularity in a federal survey. drought spot probes planned for Okanagan Valley. Moss agate from Montana draws interest for scenic jewelry and geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
The
Executive Council
B. C
British Columbia
Fruit
Federal Department of Agriculture
Canada
Gravenstein
Baldwin
Special Service To Open Campbell River Church
Campbell River prepares for the opening of a new church with a special morning service at eleven on Sunday March 22. The project was financed in just over ten months since the first meeting on May 12 last year. A Diocese of Columbia loan should keep the debt low for three years if promises and donations materialize. Rev. Alan Greene leads a series of services with Rev. George Knox assisting at the opening, showing Anglican openness to other communities. The event aims to foster religious activity and communal blessing in Campbell River. A dedicatory service will follow on Sunday April 19, led by Bishop Schofield of Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell River
Diocese of Columbia
Alan Greene
George Knox
United Church
Church of
Schofield
Victoria
Plan Railway Ferry England to France
London March 16 Special to the Islander The Great Eastern Train Ferries Limited and a French railroad plan a train ferry service between Richborough Kent and Calais The Sandwich Port and Haven Commissioners support the scheme which could revive Richborough Port and boost Kent coal exports and local industry opening foreign markets for British manufacturers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Eastern Train Ferries, Limited
Richborough
Kent
England
Calais
Sandwich Port
Haven
Eastern Star Hosts Social With Games And Music
Florence Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a social inviting Hiram and Cumberland Masonic lodges and friends. The event featured a photo guessing contest with prizes to Mrs. R. B. Dixon and W. H. Gage, court whist at twenty nine tables, prize winners in both ladies and gentlemen divisions, refreshments, and a short program including duets by J. Maurice Thomas and Palmer, solos by Mrs. Barnett Harvey, and recitations by Robert Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Order of the Eastern Star
Hiram and
Cumberland Masonic
R. B. Dixon
W. H. Gage
Selfe
McKay
Miss Walker
J. N. McLeod
W. A. W. Hames
R. Yates
J. Parkin
D. R. Macc Donald
Messrs
J. Maurice Thomas
Palmer
Barnett Harvey
Robert Thomas
Grand President's Official Visit to Courtenay Assembly
Mrs. James A. MacLeod of Vancouver, Grand President of the Canadian Daughters League, visited Courtenay Assembly on Tuesday evening. After a lodge meeting, members and guests enjoyed a supper with musical and humorous numbers. She spoke on the Native Sons hall and its unique appeal, then a glass cake plate was presented to her by the Courtenay Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. MacLeod
Vancouver
Canadian Daughters’ League
Courtenay Assembly
Thomas Arnold Cooper Dies Suddenly at Bowser
Thomas Arnold Cooper of Bowser died suddenly from heart failure after a morning illness. A neighbour, Mr Williams, visited him and prepared tea before a doctor arrived, but he passed away during the day. Cooper, a native of England, had been living in Bowser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Arnold Cooper
Bowser
England
Mr. Williams
Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Quartettes by Masonic Male Quartet entertain at lodge
The Masonic Male Quartette consisting of J. Maurice Thomas W. A. W. Hames J. Mitchell and Palmer performed to music and singing and dancing in the lower hall kept up until a late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic
Messrs
J. Maurice Thomas
W. A. W. Hames
J. M. Mitchell
Palmer
Fire crews halt blaze at Mrs Beasley home
On Wednesday around 11 30 p m the fire department found an outside wall fire behind a brick chimney at the Beasley residence. The blaze was controlled by chemical extinguishers with about 75 dollars in damage. Mrs Beasley and Miss Jean Beasley woke to smoke and notified the brigade soon after. A heart failure death of a Bowser resident aged 62 named Mr Cooper is noted nearby.
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M. Beasley
Courtesy Echoes In Acknowledgment Through Phone Contact
A brief note urges using the long distance telephone to thank a gift or courtesy. It emphasizes courtesy as a response and highlights telephone as the preferred method for formal acknowledgment.
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Nestle’s
Nestle's
IDC AU Arland
the Canada Starch Co., Limited
Montreal
Point
Manning-Bowman
Trical Appliances
Cumberland Electric Lighting
Cumberland and Union Waterworks Co., Ltd
Clinton
Hugh
Royston Lumber Co., Ltd
R. R. No
Cumberland, B. C
Cumberland
Courtenay
Bureau OF Provincial Information
Canadian Dental Hygiene Council
Public Works Department
Nechako
Prince George
Summit Lake
Peace River
Hagwilgate
Skeena
Galloway Rapids
Prince Rupert Highway
Lower
Fraser
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Okanagan Valley
Okanagan
Moss Agates
Montana
T Tibutary
Yellowstone River
Billings
PLAN
France
Star Livery Stable
Alex Maxwell
Cumberland, B.C
E. L. Saunders
the Family Shoe Repairers
Riley
Henderson
David Hunden, Jr
Woon
A. G
Hospital
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Cumberland General Hospital
W. Bruce Gordon
Dunsmuir Ave
Alice St
Charlie Dalton
Union Bay
Ilo-Ilo
B.C
Albert Evans
Practical Barber
P. P. Harrison
Cumberland Hotel
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