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112
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and
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inance
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and
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n
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the
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of
the
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of
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services.
a:
stvicm.
.
nd
dlagnos-ventative
si
training
C
iumbla.
a
'
nlie.
study
ial
group
insane,
the
chronic
In
public
un
me
reveal-.
fur
feasl-
si
furmer
ti'tw
presl-jvrr
Junior
rr
rstmally
In-'mg
of
th
r
a'
uin
1
found.
whose
tiny
craft
a
rowboat
was
swamped
In
heavy
seas
af
ter
putting
off
from
Shushartle
Day
to
meet
the
steamer.
No
names
were
given.
Capt.
John
Boden
was
tn
command
of
the
Venture.
Navy
Orchestra
On
Deck
Again
After
an
absence
of
a
month,
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
orchestra
resumed
activities
last
night,
playing
for
a
dance
In
the
Naval
Drill
Hall
which
w
as
well
attended
by
service
personnel.
Under
the
direction
of
Bandsman
Oeorge
Arlss
of
Toronto,
the
dance
band
played
a
number
of
new
swing
orchestrations.
Numbered
were
people
adlan
services
and
auxiliaries.
;
and
the
United
States
Army.
Newest
members
of
the
organ!
satlon
Is
Norm
Hathaway,
of
E1-
mlra.
Ontario,
who
played
alto
saxophone.
Personnel
of
the
band
follows:
Saxejt
Lin
Jackson.
Toronto;
Tom
Roe,
Toronto:
Norm
Hatha
way.
Elmlra,
Ont.;
Lei
Daren.
Bowmanville.
Ont;
Harry
Irwin.
Peaticton;.
trumpets;
-
OorrcL
Arlss.
Toronto:
Maurice
Maekay,
Nelson:
Al
Fisher,
Toronto.
Trombones;
Charley
Carney,
Chatham.
Ont.;
Ken
Oray,
Toronto.
Drums:
Ed.
White.
Vancouver
Piano:
Frank
Dutton.
Toronto.
String
bass:
Oeorge
Dutton,
Toronto.
Provost
Car
Is
Purloined
lip
ware
the
enemv
at
home
WAR
NEWS
RAID
0T
lUtlTAIN
pWX-llnmh,
were
dropped
by
enemy
raiders
lat
nliht
,
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siul
a
nuihrn.i
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nian
rntatril
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aim
injurrii
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nrliuli
he,
i
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t
"hll"K
In
the
soullmest
Pacific
against
the
I
tl'e
war
ends.
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MANY
NAZIS
DOWNKI)
I.
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.
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l'lon
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'ierman
flghler
planes
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court
nf
l.
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n.
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nr
Crr-
'"riiory
;urop(,
AatinK
(he
past
two
wrfks.
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AFLOAT
AGAIN
larp...
"
'
-me
iliirty-year-old
battleship
onia-
"r
7,
i,
I,,,nk
l
Iarl
llarbor-
In
the
attack
of
l)e-
hi
'
Hllllill
Soul..
extensive
repairs
havlnj
been
com-
VICTORIA,
Feb.
1
0
-
T.
D.
Pattullo,
former
Premier
and
Liberal
menfber
for
Prince
Ru
pert,
will
be
the
first
speaker
on
the
resumption
of
the
Throne
Speech
debate
in
the
Legislature
on
Monday
On
Friday
Olen
Braden.
Liberal
coalition
member
for
Peace
River,
urged
British
Columbia
to
boost
for
the
Alaska
Highway
because
one-third
of
the
road
Is
in
British
Columbia
and
none
is
in
Alberta.
Arthur
Turner.
C.C.F
mem
ber
for
Vancouver
East,
advocated
the
construction
of
an
Alaska
road
running
along
the
coast
and
through
the
Atlln
dl.
trlcL
Canadian
Casualties
among
the
dancers
,f
HeaVy
e
from
the
three
Can-
OTTAWA.
Feb,
12
r
Hon.
J
L.
Ralston,
mlnis-
ter
of
national
defence,
an-
nounced
yesterday
that
Can
4-
adlan
casual
Um
In
Sicily
and
Italy
up
to
January
8,
totalled
1354
dead.
299
miss-
lng.
88
presumed
dead
and
4.655
wounded.
COMPLAINTS
ARE
HEARD
The
civic
court
of
revision,
sitting
this
week
to
adjust
complaints
of
assessed
land
and
'property
values,
sustained
tne
.assessor's
valuation
of
tour
of
the
twelve
pieces
of
property
reviewed,
deferred
Judgment
on
five
until
a
later
date
and
reduced
the
assessed
value
of
will
no
doubt
be
the
watchword
three.
of
two
members
of
the
local'
Members
of
the
court
were
military
provost
corps
from
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
chairma
i,
now
on.
a"d
Aldermen
J.
S.
Black,
W.
Last
night
while
making
the
H.
Brett
and
Thomas
Elliott
rounds
of
the
entertainment!
The
assessor's
valuations
centres,
the
two
military
police
were
susuunca
in
me
louowing
stopped
their
Brown
Maria
In
cases:
front
of
the
Oddfellows'
nan.
Francis
Millard
and
company
where
a
dance
was
In
progress,
blocks
A,
B,
F
and
H,
land
and
went
Inside
to
look
the
value
$11,015,
Improvements
Feb.
12
01
place
over.
;valuc
$5,630.
ivernment
of-
When
they
emerged
a
snort
H.
C.
Parsons,
lot
18.
block
20
:1
In
a
shake-
time
later
they
found
nothing
section
1.
land
value
$2,825,
lm-
utionary
re-,
but
fresh
air
In
the
place
where
provements
value
$920.
f
Col,
Alfredo,
they
had
parked
their
wagon.
M.
A.
Turgeon,
lots
17
and
18,
F
"re
chief,
re-
Someone
had
driven
away
In
U.
block
10,
section
1,
land
value
:'
in
tendency.
This
morning
there
was
no
re-
$24120,
Improvements
value
$2,
itcd
minister
of
port
that
the
vehicle
had
been
370:
T.
H.
Johnson,
lots
11
and
12,
block
5,
section
5,
land
value
$1,175,
Improvements
value
$2,-190.
Deferred
until
a
furUicr
sitting
of
the
court
on
February
21
were
the
following
cases:
Dybhavn
and
Hanson,
lot
1.
block
0.
section
5.
Canadian
National
Railways
j
and
United
States
War
Depart
ment,
a
number
of
properties.
E.
C.
and
P.
Coats,
lots
21
and
22,
block
13,
section
1.
J.
L.
Blair,
lot
1,
block
1.
section
1.
T.
II.
Elliot,
lot
2,
block
B,
section
7.
The
following
assessments
were
reduced:
L.
Becker,
lots
17
and
the
cast
half
of
lot
16.
block
30i
section
8.
reduced
on
the
appeal
of
the
assessor
from
$1,500
to
$750,
on
Improvements.
Leno
Colussl,
lot
11.
block
4,
section
8,
Improvements
assessed
at
$1,390
reduced
to
$1,250.
Phllnott.
Evltt
and
company,
waterfront
Improvements
assessed
at
$3,925
reduced
to
Ig&r&SclgPggggl
Bi
fggLalgglgggH
gggggggrliv'-
!gVLgggH
KLfM
-
gEgSIHgggSH
FLYING
AERIAL
BURMA
ROAD
One
of
the
carro
planes
of
the
Infiia
-C
V...ia
winn
air
transport
command,
flying
the
aerial
Burma
road
flying
the
1.000
mile
round
trip
that
is
mad
in
ai.
kind,
of
weather
over
some
of
the
most
treacherous
terrain
in
the
world,
but
getting
supplies
to
China.
MEETING
ON
WAGE
ADJUSTMENTS
rii
rounrll
Consider
Emolov-
employees
as
well
as
feasible
eei'
Ware
Adjustments
From
from
the
standpoint
of
city
fi
Standpoint
of
Fairness
to
nances
cannot,
it
was
pointed
Workers
and
Economy
of
out
by
City
Clerk
H.
D.Thaln
nix't
fund.
ithk
morning,
be
arrived
at
Meeting
in
committee
of
the
whole
last
night,
the
city
coun
cil
tackled
the
problem
of
adjustment
of
the
wages
of
the
citv's
70-odd
employees.
The
adjustment
has
been
requested
for
the
adjustment
of
all
city
at
Intervals
during
the
past
:
employees
wages
and,
If
It
year
by
the
employees
Individ-
proves
too
costly
to
tne
city,
ually
and
collectively
as
a
result
the
idea
or
parts
of
it
will
be
in
changes
in
living
cosU
since
J
scrapped
and
a
new
basis
used.
the
start
of
the
war.
:The
idea
is
to
be
lair
10
tne
Last
night's
meeting
was
the;
city
employees
and
yet
stay
first
of
at
least
two
such
meet-,
within
the
llnyts
of
practical
ings
at
which
the
highly
com-1
economy."
plex
problem
will
be
discussed.
The
committee's
second
meet-
The
determlnaUon
of
a
wage
ing
is
scheduled
tor
next
rues-
scale
which
will
be
fair
to
all
day
night.
rVl
CI
v
1
1
1
n
y
ALGIERS,
Feb.
12
Allied
headquarters
said
today
that
German
troops
were
Installed
in
the
Papal
Palace
grounds
at
Caste!
Gondolfo
and
the
grounds
were,
therefore,
a
legitimate
bombing
object.
The
Vat
Iran
radio
on
Thursday
reported
that
Castol
Gondolfo
had
been
bombed
for
the
third
time.
It
is
the
Pope's
summer
home.
PEACE
TALK
IN
FINLAND
Social
Democratic
Party
Urges
Negotiations
Russia
Gives
Warning.
HELSINKI,
Feb.
12
Members
of
the
Social
Democratic
partv.
in
4-
4-
4-
4'4'
ncuiviuam
-Nazis
In
Pope'sHome
t
Confusion
MOSCOW.
Feb.
12
Russians
fighting
at
approaches
to
Korsun.
big
centre
of
German
1
was
reported
today.
!
.
DRUG
RING
UNCOVERED
o-
the
last
re-
slstance
in
the
upper
Dnle-
per
Bend,
caused
wild
con-
fusion
In
Nazi
ranks
sep-
I
i
i
!
Tills
is
Said
Following
Arrests
Made
by
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police.
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
12.-An
International
drug
ring,
smuggling
opium
from
United
States
Into
session
yesterday,
expressed
the
j
Canada,
is
believed
to
have
been
desire
that
the
government
of
Finland
should
ascertain
Russian
pence
terms.
Later
the
cabinet
had
a
brief
session.
Meanwhile
came
warning
from
Moscow
that
the
Soviet
air
force,
now
less
than
one
hour
away,
was
prepared
to
deal
punishing
blows
to
all
Finnish
ports.
USED
IN
EMERGENCY
When
the
head
of
an
ordinary
worm
is
c,ut
off,
he
simply
grows
another.
uncovered
In
Vancouver.
Maurice
Irwin,
customs
cle;k.
has
been
taken
Into
custody
at
Glendale,
California..
Five
others
have
been
arrested
by
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
Including
a
man
and
woman
taken
into
custody
in
the
west
end
Friday.
ORIGINATED
IN
ESSEX
Tradition
places
the
castle
of
"Old
King
Cole"
of
the
nursery
rhyme
In
Colchester.
Essex,
Eng
land
Churchill
Statement
On
Battle
OUT
OVER
GERMANY
TWELVE
JAP
SHIPS
SUNK
Destruction
of
Further
Is
Announced
by
States
Department
TRIED
HERE
Newly
Deslened
Railway
teria
Equipment
for
Line.
LONDON,
Feb.
12
Mak-
ing
a
statement
In
the
House
of
Commons
today.
Prime
Minister
'
Winston
Churchill
stated
he
had
been
assured
by
-Generals
Sir
Henry
Maltland-Wilsori
and
Alexander
were
confl-
dent
that
the
great
battle
for
the
capture
of
Rome
would
be
won.
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Keep
Up
Pounding
Reich.
LONDON,
Feb.
12
Oi
-
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Mosquitoes
attacked
objectives
in
central
and
western
Germany
during
the
night
without
loss.
Other
Allied
formations
head
I
ed
uus
morning
towaras
rTance.
The
night
objectives
were
not
named.
Vessels
United
of
Navy.
WASHINGTON.
D.O,
Feb.
12
O
The
destruction
of
twelve
fsAaiitf'5''-'"
"
'
I
Japanese"
vesself
by
'American
auuuciujr.
,
.
.
.
f,
"A;
last
night's
meeUng
the,u"
'r,""-
rZY
council
considered
the
outside
I35
announced
FTidayjilght.
cmploj-ees'
wage
scale."
Mr.
---
--Thaln
said.
"They
will
use
that
'
I
I
Ik'TU
TAD
adjustment
as
a
tentative
basis
(
Mechanical,
architectural
and
dining
car
experts
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
have
e
designed
a
new
type
of
lunch-
counter
car
and
the
first,
com
ing
out
of
the
railway's
Trans-eona
shops,
is
due
here
tonight,
going
Into
service
on
the
Jasper-Prince
Rup?rt
run.
The
second
will
be
ready
shortly.
'These
cars
converted
from
all-steel
parlor
cars,
will
accommodate
a
greater
number
of
patrons
than
is
pos-
I
sible
in
the
standard
dining
car.
says
C.
H.
Worby,
superintendent
of
the
sleeping
and
dining
car
department
for
the
Western
Re-
I
glon,
"and
they
are
designed
to
I
speed
iip
service
to
passengers
We
are
using
It
on
this
particular
j
pert
wilt
lend
Itself
to
giving
a
I
good
all-round
test
to
the
new
type
01
dining
car
seivice
wnicn
we
are
offering
to
the
travelling
public.
We
fully
anticipate
that
this
car
will
prove
a
very
welcome.
Innovation."
One
end
houses
a
modern
kitchen;
the
centre
of
the
car
pro
vides
accommodation
for
nine
teen
patrons
at
the
counter,
which
resembles
a
city
cafeteria;
and
the
opposite
end
to
the
kitchen
has
four
alcoves
with
tables
providing
seats
for
sixteen
patrons.
All
necessary
service
equipment
and
cabinets
are
located
back
of
the
lunch-counter.
The
Interior
cole-
scheme
is
pleasing.
The
celling
is
light
cream,
the
body
harmonizing
grey
and
blue
grey
lined
with
accents
of
tomato
red
and
the
floor
is
covered
with
midnight
blue
linoleum.
The
table
and
lunch-counter
tops
are
or
black
linoleum
with
red
edges,
and
the
seating,
consisting
of
stools
with
comfortable
seats
ana
backs,
is
covered
In
rust
leather.
The
car
Is
mounted
on
six-wlieel
Com
monwealth
steel
trucks
for
rwnoth
rldln.
Warships
Assisting
At
Anzio
Local
Tides
Sunday,
Feb.
13
High
3:47
30.0
feet
15:49
19.0
feet
Low
'.
9:56
6.8
feet
22:08
5.0
feet
ii
.
.
.
.
40
38
mm
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
XOLTJM
BIA'&
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY
KBUAl
12,
1914
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
)IAN
NG
BRIDOEHEAD
IN
TROOPS
NETTUNO-
AREA
ARE
McNaughtoti
Medical
Report
TV
Scoops
ates
souu-s
.
ne.
l
Press
war
cor&sA
t,
troops
are
part
of
a
Canad.
VT.,
i
I
"i
i
i
in,
ivm
jii
w
v
luuaijr
til
4,
"
c
Armv
front.
i
1
'
T.a
a
men,
"rjjlas
before
.".
wear
com-"
ited
State
.J
design.
:d
.he
Cana-,i
the
nd
shared
In
d
the
Applan
heavy
fighting
.
counter-at-
Committee
eaun
is
I
Formed
Rescue
By
Steamship
VANCOUVER,
Ftb.
12
-The
Union
steamer
Venture,
on
her
last
(rip
down
the
coast,
rescued
three
adults
and
a
child
ALASKA
llir.HU'AV
1
'
4
4
V
North
Road
4ln
Victoria
House
lalk
Canadian
General
Was
Suffering
Exhaustion;
Admitted
It
Himself
Official
Statement
on
Case
is
Made
to
Parliament
By
Minister
of
National
Defence.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
12
(CP)
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
read
to
the
House
of
Compons
yesterday
two
medical
reports
on
the
health
of
Lieutenant
General
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton,
former
Canadian
Army
commander
overseas,
and
a"
message
from
General
McNaughton
saying
he
had
not
1
the
strength
to
look
after
the
NAVY
TAKES
HAND
ALGIERS.
Feb.
12
(CP)
Allied
naval
units
helped
repulse
a
German
assault
on
the
invasion
beachhead
below
Rome
and
a
headquarters'
officer
reported
Allied
front
lines
remained
relatively
unchanged
in
the
past
few
days.
On
the
main
Fifth
Army
front
the
Americans
made
new
gains
within
Cassino
and
drove
within
a
mile
of
Cassii-ina,
the
only
German
corridor
into
the
town.
Last
night
it
was
reported
that
the
Allied
forces
had
rtde
slight
ca
ins.
in.
two
sections
on
the
bridgehead.
rain-In?
control
of
a
road
network.
At
Cassino
it
is
a
fierce
battle
of
tanks
and
artillery.
A
45-mile
gale
with
snow
and
rain
is
slowing
down
the
'fighting.
Heavy
German
mechanized
equipment
is
bogged
down
but
crack
Nazi
infantry
is
fighting
hard.
There
was
indication
today
of
improved
weather
which
would
allow
the
Allied
air
forces
to
get
into
action
again.
,
:
j
Stanley
Roper
Passes
Away
Was
Husband
of
Lady
Member
Of
Board
of
School
Trustees.
The
death
occurred
in
IT
,
Deceased,
who
was
56
e-
years
of
ror.
Alberta.
He
was
a
worker
at
the
dry
dock.
Born
at
Ingonlsh.
Cape
Bret
on.
Nova
Scotia,
the
late
Mr.
Roper
came
to
Alaska
about
1910
and
worked
there
lor
some
years.
He
lived
in
Vancou
ver
for
some
time,
then
went
to
Mirror,
Alberta,
where
he
resided
until
coming
to
the
city.
Surviving
In
Prince
Rupert
are
his
wife,
who
is
a
member
of
the
board
of
school
trustees.
two
daughters.
Mrs.
Connie
Busslnlch
and
Miss
Ellen
Roper,
and
a
son
Emerson.
Deceased's
mother
lives
at
tlrror.
Alberta,
and
a
brother,
Milton,
in
Alaska.
ACCRA,
Gold
Coast
(CB
During
the
past
year,
mobile
cinema
units
have
travelled
more
than
11.000
miles
giving
650
shows
to
rome
500,000
people
in
the
native
villages
of
the
Gold
Coast.
They
show
propaganda
and
news
films.
.
GO
OX
DIET
Anteaters
can
go
for
long
pe?-
iods
without
food.
Army
properly.
j
CoL
Ralston
said
he
would
answer
"No"
If
anyone
asked
If
i
McNaughton
and
the
govern
ment
were
always
in
absolute
agreement
on
everything.
A
first
medical
report
dated
lastNovember
26
said
that
McNaughton
was
suffering
from
fatigue
and
showed
hypertension
as
well
as
other
evidence
of
being
definitely
below
par.
A
second
medical
report
dated
December
11
said
that
the
gen
eral
still
showed
signs
of
exhaustion
and
retommended
that
'
he
be
relieved
of
his
military
responsibilities
a
soon
as
possible
for
not
less
than
three
sible
for
not
less
than
three
months.
McNaughton's
own
message
was
dated
December
7.
Col.
Ralston
said
General
McNaughton
had
been
granted
leave
of
absence
from
his
mili
tary
duties.
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SOUTH
PACIFIC
i
Resistance
Of
Japs
Is
Weakening
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC.
Feb.
12
ff)
Headquarters
announced
Saturday
that
more
than
250
bombers
and
fighters,
the
largest
raiding
force
ever
assembled
from
new
Allied
bases
in
the
Solomons,
struck
at
Rabaul's
two
airdromes.
Twenty
Japanese
planes
were
'shot
down
and
seven
more
were
probably
destroyed.
The
Allies
lost
two
planes.
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Wake
Island
were
also
subjected
Stanley
Roper.
1140
Sixth
enue
East,
following
a
protract
ed
illness.
He
had
been
in
hos-
Military
autnonues
nave
De-come
puzzled
over
the
absence
pltal
v
a
week
prior
i
to
his
death.
Marshall
,
Islands.
,
..
No
JT
fighting
.
.
..
.
.
.
l
planes
are
now
belne
sent
ud
nrafed
"
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U
Wt
that
the
traffic
-
-
by
the
enemy
and
no
shore
4-
rom
the
main
body
;
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Jatnpr
arm
Prlnrp
Ru-
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.
...
puns
are
ilrpd.
of
the
trapped
enemy,
11
,
,
,
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.
,..,
ihere
with
his
family
irom
Mir-
steel
1
Treasure
Chest
Sales
Are
Big
Prince
Rupert
At
the
regular
meeting
of
the
ladles'
Orange
Benevolent
Society
held
Thursday
evening
In
the
Oddfellows'
Hall,
It
was
te-
wjrted
that
Mrs.
E.
A.
Evans,
Immediate
Past
Mistress,
had
sold
tickets
to
the
value
of
$100
'.n
the
Navy
League
Treasure
Chest
drive.
This
was
considered
a
very
worthwhile
effort.
A
letter
was
received
from
the
Loyal
Protestant
Home
In
New
Westminster,
thanking
the
Lodge
for
the
grand
support
given
in
the
past
year.
Mrs.
s:
V.
Cpx
resigned
her
office
of
degree
captain
owing
to
111
health
and
Mrs.
Vic
Menzles
was
elected
to
succeed
her.
Plans
"were
completed
for
the
holding,
of
a
dance
Monday
evening
In
the
Oddfellows'
Hall,
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