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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1929
Page
4
Cumberland Personalities and Community Notes in Cumberland
The Cumberland district reports on the Men’s Bridge Club meetings at C H Tarbell’s home with three tables in play and plans to convene at W P Symons’ home as the season ends. A stream of local travel, lectures, recreational events, hospital and railway news, school sports, and church activities fill a busy week in Cumberland and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Tarbell
W. P. Symons
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Bill Approved
Ottawa March 19 The Railway Committee of the Commons approved the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company bill. It grants two year extensions for starting construction from Port Alberni to Comox Lake and from Sproat Lake to Long Beach on Vancouver Island, with a five year completion deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Esquimalt and
Nanaimo Railway Company
Railway Committee of the Commons
Port Alberni
Comox Lake
B.C
Sproat Lake
Long Beach
Vancouver Island
Bride-Elect Is Guest of Honor at Shower in Cumberland
Cumberland reporters note a miscellaneous shower at the G W V A Hall in honor of Miss Hazel Gibson ahead of her marriage to Mr. William Walker. Nineteen tables of whist offered prizes for top players and best toast and story. Guests included Mrs. Derbyshire and Mrs. Slaughter, with entertainment by Mrs. Vincent and Mrs. Boag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagles’ Hall
Balogno
Murray
Devoy
Saunders
T. McMillan
McRae
Anderson
Union Bay
Fraserer Watson
Valda Freloni
Gwen Williams
Davidina Derbyshire
Cleo Gibson
Dorothy Hill
Ray
Ronald Spooner
Frank
Bob
Eddie Wier
Leslie
Audrey Lewis
Dorothy Prior
Valda Frelone
Gloria Aspesy
Valerie Gatz
Violet
Charlie Scavarda
Hazel Gordon
Noreen Reese
Reggie
Carol Lewis
Gwen
Jean Marshall
Sleo
Kenneth Gibson
Dot Thompson
Birthday Party Echoes Across Cultures
Cumberland March 21 A birthday party was held at the home of an Englishman and an American friend recounts boastful lines about noble lineage. The tale centered on a great-great-grandfather being touched by the king to become an earl, sparking playful claims of ancestry and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sehl
Cumberland Hospital
Minorgan
Alice Brown
Brown
Cumberland
Also Mentioned on This Page
MY Lady
J. Sutherlands
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Marion Davies
Karl Dane
George K. Arthur
Circus
The
Katzenjammer
Hans
Fritz
Currie Sisters
Hubert and
Bechel
Richard Dix and
Mary Brian
Reilly
Janet Gaynor and
George O’brien
Charles Graham
Son Hawthorne
Vancouver
Roland Graham
Canmore
Alto
Tommy Graham
J. Marsden
Jean
Camp 3
Dean Quaintam
Victoria
Anglican Church Dramatic Society
Church Hall
Dramatic Society
Bill Sykes
Mr. Colins
Nanaimo
Bill” Walker
Veterans’ Hall
Welsh Society
Schmidt
Conti
W. Hutchinson
J. Lewis
McLeod's
Tarr
Cumberland Welsh Society
Sam Williams
Devil
Heaven
J. McKnight
No. 5 Mine
Cumberland General Hospital
Hector Treen
Frank Kuli
Thomson and Clark Timber Company
Deep Bay
Bill Hutchinson
No. 5
General Hospital
Hutchinson
John Conway
Sadie Brown
Margaret MacIntosh
Dr. Lane
MacNaughton
Sewing Club
J. C. Brown
Mrs. Hicks
Royston
Eb, T. Ellison
Courtenay
Old Country
Canada
City of
W. H. Cope
C.M.C
Alf. Pilling
Cmberland General Hospital
Shaughnessy Military Hospital
St. George's United Church
Williams
Richardson
Conrad
Dun
Cumberland High School
Cumberland Girls
Nanaimo Girls
Kelly
Miss Partridge
Tom Scott
Allan Nunns
Margaret Westfield
Lily Picketts
Dyris Williams
Gertie Davis
Barbara Martin
Margaret Drummond
Alison Geekie
Myrtle McMillan
Mary McMillan
Jean Quinn
Edith Cavallero
Margaret Smith
Preston Bruce
Wilbert Auchterlonie
John Bannerman
Lelland Bannerman
Dave Hunden
Joe Wylie
Tom Conrad
W. Clouser
Sidney Hunt
Floyd McMillan
Cyril Davis
Government of the Province of
British Columbia
Department of Finance
Province of British Columbia
C. B. Peterson
Lang
Mumford’s Grocery
Mumford's
Cumberland Motor Works
Ethyl Gas
Whippets and
Willys-Knights
Lloyd Geidt
W. Gordon
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