News and [Vancouver] Island Review Magazine, January 1951, Vol 1, No. 2

A wonderfully rare and quirky issue of this presumably short-lived publication which billed itself as "The Nanaimo Fortnight Newsmagazine". 22 pages. Features: Front cover illustration of the Woodward's store in Port Alberni, "The most modern and complete store on Vancouver Island"; Two-page ad for Standard Agencies Ltd. which sold Kaiser cars at the corner of Crace and Haliburton Streets; Article on the first ever woman to serve as a Nanaimo Alderman, Elsie Hall; Business card-sized ad for Herbalist Isobel Bradwell, located at 204 Commercial St.; Three pages of info on movies of the day and the local theatres where they were playing; List of Best Selling Books of the Day; Article on H.R. MacMillan experimenting to get more pulpwood from forests; Brief article on plans for a $150k rest home for Fords Cove on Hornby Island; Ad for Endrizzi's Grocery and Confectionery at the corner of Selby and Franklin opposite John Shaw High School; Ad for Central Dairy - operated by J. Dunbar & Sons; Two-page centerfold ad for Acme Motors Ltd., a Plymouth dealer located at 5 Commercial St.; Article about rising passenger fares on B.C. coast vessels (ferries); Ad for Wilton Motors - an Austin dealer at 175 Fraser St.; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Batey of 3435 Carter Dr., Victoria, in the log home they built themselves; One-page ad for Johnson Bros., a Javelin car dealer at the corner of Comox and Howard; Travel schedules for local ferries, trains, buses, and flights; Large ad for Crescent Motors, a Studebaker dealer at 16 Nicol St.; Ad for Weeks Motors, a Morris car dealer at 322 Selby St.; Ad for Thompson Lumber Company, located at 1 Prideaux St.; Two-page ad for Newcastle Motors Ltd., a Pontiac dealer at 26 Front St.; Back cover ad for Woodward's, 'Your Family Shopping Centre", in Port Alberni. 25.5 x 18cm. Printed on newsprint. Unmarked with average wear and soiling. A great local vintage conversation piece! Book