Alma Russell Letters
Letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Learn more.
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Several of our Prince Rupert members in declining invitations to the dinner gave as the reason for doing so that, owing to the heavy cannonading in Europe, the long-continued drought in their city has at last been broken and therefore they felt no need for the annual irrigation.
Toasts
The King
The Chairman
God Save the King
The Empire and Her Allies Proposed by H. H. Stevens, M.P. Responded to by M. A. Macdonald
The Province of British Columbia Proposed by A. O. Wheeler Reponded to by Hon. W. J. Bowser
The B. C. L. S. Corporation Proposed by Prof. R. W. Brock Responded to by the President
North Vancouver still maintains her splendid isolation. It is rumored that this is due to the fact that Land Surveyors, being accustomed to treading the broad way, have been unable to conceive a narrow(s) bridge.
Kindred Societies Proposed by E. A. Cleveland Responded to by G. R. G. Conway
Engineer--wears overalls, drinks whiskey (Chinese dictionary)
The Ladies (Ah, Sweet Ducks) Proposed by N. F. Townsend Responded to by D. B. Morkill
BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 9 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873 - 1964. Victoria; librarian. / Selected letter to Captain J. Herrick McGregor, and a B.C.L.S. dinner menu, 1915.