SUTTON’S

Courtenay Underiaking Parlours

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A Third of a Century of Service in the
Comox, Courtenay and Campbell River
District

Mc & Mc

Sporting Goods
Furniture, Home Furnishings

Home Appliances

COURTENAY, B.C.

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Cleanliness and Courteous Service
Ice Cream, Tobacco and Confectionery
7 Fountain Service
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COURTENAY B.C.

249 Fourth St.

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Flowers for All Occasions

Courtenay, B. C.

When on Vancouver Isiand, Make Your
Headquarters at

THE LORNE HOTEL

COMOX, B.C.
F. R. COY, Manager

Licensed Premises

Day Phone 404

astern,’ and the engineer jumps to it, and
you just avoid a nasty bump. Then finally
the float and you tie up, fagged out. Per-
haps another call awaits you, who knows?

Just One TuHinc ArrerR ANOTHER

You are in a heavy sea. Everything has
to be lashed down. She’s rolling and
pitching and there is no horizon. Just
a foam line of angry wave. The engine
stops. If she turns her beam to these
seas, capsize she must. So while the
engineer is repairing the defects, hanging
on with one hand and working with the
other, or braced against stanchion or hot
cylinder to keep his feet, you scramble
forward and rig up a sea-anchor, and
drop it overboard hoping that it will hold
the boat’s head into the wind till the
engine is repaired.

You have just been out on a three-
week patrol, and think of a day or two
with your family, resting. Perish the
thought. There’s that small leak in the
pilot house deck that must be patched
with canvas and painted. The bilges
should be pumped out, and its about time
you fitted a new tackle on the boom. The
lifeboat is pretty heavy and the rope is
getting frayed. Then there’s work on
the anchor line, and the engineer needs
a hand in taking off that cylinder head.
And so it goes.

You are working like a beaver on the
boat, when one of the boys comes down
from the District Office. “Say, you fel-
lows,” he calls out, “there’s going to be
a big dance tonight, and we expect a lot
of cars. Will you come down and give
us a hand?” So that night you attend the
dance, helping to park cars, and see that
the revellers don’t behave too badly.

Next morning, a call bright and early
from the sergeant. “We just got a call
that there is a boat in trouble off Long
Point. I know it’s blowing pretty badly,
but do the best you can,” and so off you
go again. And as you purr out of the
harbour and feel the rise of the sea you
toy with the idea of asking for a transfer
to shore establishment. Fairly regular
hours. Home cooked meals. A few hours
a day to work in the garden and . . . then

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Phone 170

COURTENAY

PLATEAU LUMBER CO. LTD.

ROUGH AND DRESSED
LUMBER MANUFACTURERS

PHONE No. 206 — Cumberland
P. O. BOX 100 — Cumberland

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Yard and Factory: The Bridge, Courtenay

INKSTER LUMBER CO.

LUMBER DEALERS
SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTURERS

EAUFORT —
TASTY PASTRIES, |

AKERY CAKES AND

ETTER BREAD COOKIES

Cleanliness, Quality, Tempting Goodness
Is Our Motto

COMOX

B.C,

ALEX McLEAN

MEN'S WEAR—FINE

SPORTS CLOTHES

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C.

WOOLLENS AND

- O. F. Thulin

REPAIRS AND ACCESSORIES
GAS, OILS, Etc.

Phone Campbell River 4

CAMPBELL RIVER
GARAGE

E. Anderson

CAMPBELL RIVER MEAT
MARKET

E. LAMBIE and HERB. HIQUEBRAN, Props.
Government Inspected Meats

Phone 45
CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C.

General

Efficient Service
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CAMPBELL RIVER

Allan’s Cash Grocery and

PHONE 35

Store

Prompt Deliveries

B.C.

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GENERAL STORE

Complete
Shopping Centre

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