The Cumberland Islander
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-18
issued: 1925-05-15
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note: ... [ft TEF CUMBERLAND ISLANDER 1 Jani ■,, ?3 With which Is consolidated the Cnmberland Mews. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR—No. 20. CUMBERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY, MAY 15. 1925 <Pfe^feMi> SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM V WAGE REDUCTION TO BE DISCUSSED AT MEETING A mass meetthg of vital importance to the citizens of Cumberland aad vicinity will be held in the Ilo-llo Theatre by tiie employees of the Comox .Mines of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.. to consider the request for a reduction in wages of sixty cents per da/. The men held u meeting a few days ago to consider MOTHERS ARE HONORED BY W.B.A. OF MACCABEES Mother!!' Day was fittingly celebrated Thursday evening by the Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees when ahout one hundred and fifty members and their friends were present at a banquet held in the Fraternal Hall, Dunsmuir Avenue. The large room was beautifully decorated with the colors of tlie Order interspersed witli large dog-wood flowers aud the word "mother" was artistically design ed of red colored dowers at each end of the hall. There were four large tables set in the form of a square, one side of which was the special table for mothers who had daughters in the Older. This was prettily decorated witli rut ilowers and held a huge white cake on wliieh the word "mother" was again seen. There were fourteen chairs at this table while tlie other three were set to accommodate seventy-five. About one hundred ami fifty guests in all were presenl, necessitating two sittings. When the mothers were seated at their special table the remaining ladies sang "How do you do, Mother, how do you do," a popular song which had been re-worded to suit the occasion. Mrs. Maxwell, as the oldest mother at the honored table, suitably implied. The other mothers at this table were: Mrs. A. Lockhart. Mrs. Heaps, Mrs. Ecclestone. Mrs. Coe, Mrs. Baird, Mrs. J. I). Davis, Mrs. Bate, .Mrs. Balagno, Mrs. Sudworth, ■Mrs. Young, and Mrs. McLennan. Each of these ladies was pres…
note: Title Note: "With which is consolidated the Cumberland News"
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cumberland (B.C.)
spatial: Cumberland
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0068037
language: English
lat: 49.6186111
long: -125.0325
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cumberland, B.C. : Islander Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text