While rummaging through the City Directories I noticed a
1927 Social Register listed, and had a quick look at it. I didn't "know" anyone
in the first two pages, but there were an amazing number of groups and organizations
listed (over 500). It seemed like an interesting idea to list them as a "snapshot" of social
activity in Vancouver from almost 100 years ago. This was the first Social and Club
Register published in Vancouver. Only people who provided information and approved
their entry were listed.
Many prominent Vancouver artists are not included in the Register, including:
Spencer Percival Judge
(B.C. Society of Fine Arts, Vancouver School Board)
Jock Macdonald
(B.C. Society of Fine Arts, Vancouver School of Art)
Charles Marega
(B.C. Art League, B.C. Society of Fine Arts,
Vancouver School of Art)
Grace Melvin
(Vancouver School of Art)
Charle Hepburn Scott
(B.C. Art League, BCSFA,
Vancouver School of Art)
G.L.T. Sharp
(AIBC, BCSFA, Vancouver School of Art)
Kate Adeline Smith
(BCSFA, Palette and Chisel Club,
Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver Sketch Club)
Frederick Horsman Varley
(Group of Seven, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts,
Vancouver School of Art)
William Percival Weston
(B.C. Society of Fine Arts,
Provincial Normal School, Royal Vancouver Yact Club)
Many organizations are not listed in the Register, including the B.C. Hunting
and Fishing Club, B.C. Provincial Rabbit Association, B.C. Salt Herring Packers
Association, B.C. Holstein Breeders Association, B.C. Hardware Club, B.C. Cat Club,
B.C. Beekeepers Association, and the Communist Party of Canada. Also absent are
members of the Kanadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at 1324 West Marine Drive.
It is noteworthy that there is also a complete absence of Oriental groups, such as the
Chinese Actors Society, Benevolent Association, Chamber of Commerce, Empire Reform
Association, Masonic Club, Dart Coon Club, or Nationalist League. The same goes for Japanese groups such
as the Japanese Merchants Association Club, Pacific Mariners Club, Traders Club of Canada,
and the Japanese Workers Union.
Fraternities and Sororities are listed in the Register but not included here.
7th Batallion Badminton Club
32nd Degree Scottish Rite
100% Club
A.F. & A.M. (Ancient Free & Accepted Masons)
Air Force Club
Alexandra Orphanage
Alexandra Orphanage Board
Alexandra Parent Teacher's Association
Alliance Francaise
Alpine Club of Canada (Fred Bell, Rev. Sovereign)
Altar Society of Holy Rosary Church
Altar Society of St. Augustine's Church
Alumni of Sacred Heart Convent
Alumni of St. Paul's Hospital
Amalgamated Civil Servants of Canada
Amateur Athletic Union of B.C.
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
American Women's Club
Ancient and Honorable Order of Blue Goose (Club)
Anglican Canadian Girls in Training
Anglican Church Auxiliary
Anti-Narcotic Association
A.O.F.M.
Army and Navy League
Army and Navy Veteran's in Canada
Art Historical & Scientific Association of Vancouver
(Mrs. F.T. Schooley)
As One That Serves (A.O.T.S.)
A.O.T.S. of Ryerson Church (As One That Serves)
A.P.E.O. Sisterhood (see P.E.O.)
Archery Club
Art Club (Mrs. J.J. Banfield, Wilma Clark, Gertrude Griffin,
Adelaide Langford)
Art Students' Club of Vancouver (Frances V. Gatewood)
Art and Letters Club
Astecks Service Club
Badminton Club
B.C. Academy of Science
B.C. Art League
(Mrs. W.A. Clark, Mrs. E.O. Cornish, Mrs. A.M. Creelman, N.G. Cull,
Elsie deVeu Forbes, W.F. Gardiner, A.E. Griffin,
Mrs. R. Garnham Harvey,
Mrs. Jean Mollison, Irene Moody, Mrs. M.W. Morton, Mrs. A. Murray,
F.T. Schooley, P. Sillis, Mrs. J.J. Thompson,
R.P.S. Twizell)
B.C. Anglers Association
B.C. Automobile Club
B.C. Branch of Canadian Bible Society
B.C. Chamber of Mines
B.C. Conference Board
B.C. Council on Tuberculosis
B.C. Cricket Club
B.C. Electric Railway Tennis Club
B.C. Fairs Association
B.C. Field Trials Club
B.C. Graduate Nurses' Association
B.C. Historical Association
B.C. Hospitals Association
B.C. Institute of Journalists
B.C. Ladies' Lawn Bowling Club
B.C. Library Association
B.C. Mountaineering Club (Rev. Sovereign)
B.C. Music Teachers' Association
B.C. Musical Festival
B.C. Philatelic Society
B.C. Products Bureau
B.C. Provincial Conservative Association
B.C. Rugby Union
B.C. School of Dramatic Art
B.C. Teachers Federation
Bible Society
Board of Trade (H.A. Stone)
Boy Scouts
Boy's Tuxis Square of Chalmers Church
B.P.O.E. No. 1 (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks)
Bridge Club
British Sailor's Society at Home and Abroad
Brockton Point Cricket Club
Burnaby Golf Club
Burrard Field Naturalist Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
Catholic Women's League
Canadian-Armenian Near-East Relief
Canadian
Author's Association/Society
Bible Society
Club of Vancouver (R.P.S. Twizell)
Daughter's League (Assembly No. 8)
Girls Club of North Vancouver
Girls in Training (C.G.I.T.)(Gertrude Lawson)
Legion of British Empire Service League
Manufacturers' Association
Missionary Society
National Institute for the Blind
National Social and Athletic Club
Officers' Association
Order of Foresters
Scottish I.O.D.E.
Womens' Press Club
Carey Circle First Baptist Church
Cascade Masonic Lodge
Catholic Womens' League
Central City Mission
Central City Mission Board
Cheerio Circle United Crosby Church
Children's Aid Society
Child's Welfare Work
Chilliwack Club
Christ Church Parochial Society
Christ Church Tennis Club
Christ Church Women's Guild
C.I.M.M.
Commercial Club
Committee for Fresh Air Camp Crescent Beach
Committee on Laws for Federation for Womens' Institute of Canada
Concordia Club
Connaught Skating Club
Conservative Association
Constance Waterman Musical Club
Corinthian Club
Cornwall Club
C.P.R. Tennis Club
Credit Men's Association
Crippled Children's Association/Society
Croftonian
D.A.R.
Daughters of the Empire
Denman Tennis Club
Dominion Board of Mental Hygiene
Dominion Branch Canadian Women's Press Club
Dominion National Council of Women
Douglas Lodge
Do What You Can Club
Dunbar Heights Tennis Club
(Order of) Eastern Star of British Columbia
Edgewater Beach Club
Educational Association/Club
Elk's Club (see B.P.O.E.)
Empress Club
Excelsior Club
Fine & Applied Arts (Mrs. F.T. Schooley)
Fleur de Lys
Fourandex Club
F.P. Sisterhood
G & C Club
Georgian Club
Girl Guides
Girl's Auxiliary
to Infants Hospital
to Vancouver General Hospital
to Vancouver Rowing Club
to Women's Building Ltd.
Girls' Friendly Society
Gleneagle Golf Club
Governor General Hospital
Graduate Nurses' Association
Grand Army United Veterans
Greater Vancouver Horticultural Society
Great War Veteran's Association (G.W.V.A.)
Gyrettes
Gyro Club
Harmony Service Club
Hermes Lodge Theosophical Society
High School Teachers Association of Lower Mainland
Historical Society
Hong Kong Club
Hoo-Hoo Club (lumberman's group founded USA 1892)
Horticultural and Farmers' Institute
Hyacks Athletic Club
Imperial Veterans
Infants' Hospital Committee
International Club
International Order of Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.)
(Kay Brydone-Jack, Mrs. R.G. Harvey,
Beatrice Lennie)
(e.g. chapters Connaught, Ruskin, Seaforth, Sir Arthur Pearson)
International Order of Foresters (I.O.O.F.)
(e.g. M.U., Encampment No. 5)
Ivy Lodge Baby Home Auxiliary
Jaffa Gate Club
Jericho Country Club (Lilette Mahon, R.P.S. Twizell)
Jewish organizations:
Hebrew Athletic Club
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
Jewish Community Chest
Jewish Immigration Aid of Canada
Ladies of the Royal Purple (Hadassah Chapter)
Ladies' Auxiliary to Temple Emanuel
Ladies of the Synagogue
National Council of Jewish Women
United Hebrew Athletic Club
Vancouver Hebrew Aid and Immigrant Society
Vancouver Jewish Community Chest
Vancouver Section of National Council of Jewish Women
Vancouver Zionist Organization (Hadassah Chapter)
Western Canada National Council of Jewish Women
Young Judes Organization
Zion Lodge - Kerrisdale
John A. Macdonald Club
Junior Committee of Infant's Hospital
Kerrisdale Lawn Bowling Club
Kerrisdale Tennis Club
King Edward High School Women's Organization
King Edward Old Boys Club
King George Athletic Club
King George Club
King's Daughters
(e.g. Brownie, Dorcas, Princess, Silver Cross, Vancouver Circles)
Kinsmen Club
Kitsilano High School
Cadet Shooting Team
Dramatic Club
Hockey Club
Kiwanis Club (R.P.S. Twizell)
Education Committee
Big Brothers
Knights of Pythias
Knights of the (Ye) Round Table
Knight Templar
Ladies' Auxiliary to Gyro Club
Ladies' Auxiliary to I.O.O.F.
Ladies' Laurier Club
Langara Golf Club
Last Post Fund
Laurel Tennis Club
Laurier Club
League of Nations Society
League of Women Voters
Lewis Masonic Lodge
Library Board
Lions Club
Literary Society of Columbian College
Local Committee of the National Council of Education
Local Council of Women
Standing Committee on Soldiers' Pensions
Loyal Knights of Round Table
Magee Badminton Club
Mainland Cricket League
Marine Drive Golf and Country Club
Marpole Bowling Club
Marpole Tennis Club
Masons (Masonic Lodge)
M.E.I.C.
Men's Musical Club
Meraloma Club (rugby)
Merchant's Exchange
Merchant Service Guild
Minister's Wives Association
Missionary Society of Chalmers Church
Most Noble Order of Crusaders
Mother's Pension Association
Mother's Union
Music Teachers Association
Native Daughters of B.C.
Native Daughters of Canada
Native Sons of B.C. Post 2
Native Sons of Canada
Native Sons of North Vancouver Basketball Team
Naton Badminton Club
Naval Officers' Association
Navy League of Canada
Needlework Guild
New Era League
New Era League for North Shore
New Westminster
Exhibition Association
Little Theatre
New Westminster Club
Rugby Association
North Shore Cricket Club
North Shore United Football Club
North Vancouver
Badminton Club
Board of Trade
Bowling Club
Chorale Society
Conservative Association
Cricket Club
Ex-High School Association
Football Club
High School Rugby Team
Hospital Auxiliary
North Lonsdale Ratepayers Association
Ratepayers Association
Recreation Club
Red Cross Society
Teacher's Association
North West Commercial Travellers
Odd Fellows (Indeendent Order of Oddfellows, are Masons, e.g. Western Star No. 10)
Old Country Club, K.A.C.
Orange Benevolent Association
Orange Order
Overseas Nurses Association
Pacific Coast Kennel Club
Pacific Coast Theological Society
Pacific Northwest Library Association
Pacific Fisheries Society
Parent Teachers Association
Aberdeen School
Home Economics Committee
Lonsdale
Prince of Wales School
West Vancouver
P.E.O. Sisterhood Provincial Chapter
(Philanthropic Educational Organization)
Philharmonic Club
Pioneers Association
(James Bates, E.D. Braden, J.J. Hanna, O.S. Hanna)
Pioneer Association Auxiliary
Playgrounds Committee
Point Grey
Conservative Association
Golf and Country Club
High School Teacher's Association
Horticultural Association
Musical Club
Tennis Club
Town Planning Association/Commission
Women's Institute
Poppy Day Relief Committee
Poultry Breeder's Association of B.C.
Press Club
Professional Engineers' Club
Prohibition Association/Society
Property Owner's Associaiton
Prince Rupert Club
Publicity Bureau
Quadra Club (H.A. Bulwer)
Queen of Clubs (card club)
Quilchena Golf Club (Kay Brydone-Jack)
Ratepayers Association of North Vancouver
Ratepayers Association of West Vancouver
R.C.H.A.
Rebecca Circle of Chalmers Church
Rebekah Assembly of B.C.
Red Cross Society
Red Cross - National Committee
Religious Education Council of B.C.
Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for B.C.
Riverview Football Club
Rotary Club
Rotary Auxiliary
Rotary Clinic Auxiliary
Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society (Provincial Exhibition)
Royal Bank Rugby Team
Royal Life-Saving Society
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (R.V.Y.C.)
Seaforth Overseas Club
Seaman's Institute (Mrs. R.G. Harvey)
Scottish Rite
Scottish Society of Vancouver
Second Mile Club
Second Narrows Bridge Company
Shakespeare Club
Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club (Adelaide Langford)
Shriner
Sir John A. Macdonald Club
Soccer Football Club (Sapperton)
Social Service Council
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A.)
Sons of Canada
Sons of Scotland
Soroptimist Club
St. Andrews Society
St. Andrews Women's Guild
St. Augustine's Altar Society
St. Johns Ambulance Society
St. Johns' United Guild
St. Vincent de Paul Society
South Vancouver Junior Liberals
South Vancouver Womens' Liberal Association
Stanley Park Bowling Club
Suffrage League of Canada
Terminal City Bowling Club
Terminal City Club (H.A. Stone)
Terminal City Gun Club
Thirty-Third Old Boys' Club
Toe H. (Vancouver)
Towers Athletic Club
Trail Riders of Canadian Rockies
Trallano Club of Fairview Baptist Church
Turner Institute
Tuxis Club of St. Paul's Church
U.C.T. Auxiliary
United Church
Educational Association
Educational Club
Guild
March Circle
Oriental Missions for United Church of Canada
Social Service Work of
Women's Educational Club
Women's Missionary Society
Women's Missionary Society of St. John's United Church
Young Women's Missionary Society of St. John's United Church
Ryerson United Church Society
Wesley United Church Society
Wesley United Church Badminton Club
Wesley United Church Women's Association
Wesley United Church Women's Educational Club
Young People's Society of St. Stephen's United Church
Ladies' Aid of United Church of Lynn Valley
Ladies' Guild of St. Stephen's United Church
St. Stephen's United Church Basketball Club
United Commercial Travellers
University of British Columbia (U.B.C.)
Alumni Society
Boxing Club
Faculty Women's Club
Letters Club
Player's Club
Tennis Club
University Association Football Club
University Club
University Women's Club
Vancouver
Amateur Swimming Club
Angling and Game Association
Art Club (Mrs. G.D. Moir, W.B. Wilson)
Athletic Association
Athletic Club
Automobile Club
Baptist Bible Institute
Bowling Club
Branch Town Planning Institute of Canada
Choral and Orchestral Society
Civic Research Bureau
Club
Community House
Conservative Women's Club
Executives' Association
Exhibition Association (N.G. Cull)
General Hospital Alumni Association
Golf and Country Club
Graduate Nurses' Association
Horse Show Association
Institute
Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club
Vancouver Liberal Association
Vancouver Little Theatre
Medical Association
Military Institute
Museum (R.P.S. Twizell)
Natural History Society (John Davidson)
Parent Teacher Federation (Lilette Mahon)
Poetry Society (Irene Moody)
Polo Club
Preparatory School Cricket Club
Preparatory School Football Club
Principals Association
Riding Club
Riding and Driving Club
Rowing Club
Rugby Union
School of Decorative & Applied Arts
(Frances V. Gatewood)
Teacher's Association (Daniel Johnston Pres, principal KGHS)
Tennis Club
Town Planning Commission
Vagabonds Club
Vancouver Women's Musical Club
Victorian Order of Nurses (V.O.N.)
Fraser, Patricia Auxiliary
Victorian Order Patrician
War Veterans Association
W.B.A. (Vancouver Review No. 2)
West End Riding Club
Western Canada Press Association
Western Hospital Association
Western Society of Naturalists
Westminster Automobile Club
Westminster Club
Westminster Hall Auxiliary
Westminster Lacrosse Team
West Point Grey Musical Society
West Vancouver
Conservative Association
Cricket Club
Dundarave Regatta Committee
Liberal Association
Tennis Club
White Shrine (Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem)
Women's Auxiliary
to Alexandra Orphanage
to Anglican Church
to Army and Navy Veterans' Association
to Canadian Missionary Society
to Children's Aid
to Church of England
to Great War Veterans' Association
to Missions of Canada
of North Vancouver
to Pioneers Association
to Rotary Institute for Diseases of the Chest
to St. Mark's Church
to St. Paul's Church
to Vancouver General Hospital
Womens'
Benefit Association
Building Ltd.
Canadian Club (Kay Brydone-Jack,
Mrs. F.T. Schooley, Mrs. R.G. Harvey)
Chorale Society
Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.)
Conservative Association
Educational Club
Forum
Guild
Guild of St. Andrew's Church
International League for Peace (Vancouver Branch)
Liberal Club
Literary Society
Missionary Society of Chalmers Church
Missionary Society of Kerrisdale Baptist Church
Missionary Society of St. Stephen's Church
Musical Club (Lilette Mahon,
Mrs. R.G. Harvey)
Musical Club - Advanced Junior Section
Pioneer Association (Mrs. W.A. Johnstone)
Press Club
Society of First Baptist Church
Y's Men's Club/Brotherhood
Y.M.C.A.
Physical Committee
Swimming Club
Y.W.C.A.
Young People's Society, Chalmers Church
Young Women's Auxiliary Baptist Church
Young Women's Christian Temperance Union
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