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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1922
Page
3
Labor Day events will be held on the Cumberland Recreation Grounds on Monday September 4 starting at 11 am and continuing all day under the Cumberland Junior Football Club.
The Cumberland City Band will render selections all day. A special train will run from Union Bay to Bevan calling at way points, leaving Union Bay at 9 30 a m and returning from Cumberland at 8 30 p m. All school children carried free. Entries for junior and juvenile football due by Aug 31 with a 1 25 entry fee per team.
Holy Trinity shifts Sunday evening service to 7 p.m and plans a parish canvass to become self supporting. Grace Methodist lists Sept 8 services including junior congregation and Sunday School. All Church activities to resume at St George's Presbyterian Church on Sept 8 with 11 a.m and 7 p.m services and Bible class at 1 30 p.m.
The Cumberland Junior Football Club executive thanks donors for Labor Day sports support. The list includes Canadian Collieries Employees Picnic Committee and many individuals and businesses contributing amounts and goods. Schedule notes Cumberland High School and Union Bay games through October with referees named.
A fragment honors fallen soldiers and the brave dead with lines about the Elysian fields and freedom built by their sacrifices. The piece shifts to a courtroom anecdote where Miss Wilkins denies a accusation about Mr Weaver and a playful exchange ends with a cautionary joke about wives and husbands.
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