2 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS

June 12, 1846

Something We Can Do About Strikes

For the second time the Fraser

¥alley

Member at Ottawa has secured adjournment
of the House, in Parliamentary circles an ad
mittedly difficult feat, for the purpose of dis
cussing a jeal situation in the B.C. berry
growing industry Such action has been
granted but few times over a period of years.
While on this occasion Mr. Cruickshank
centres. interest on the plight of our berry
grow which is the most immediate men-
ace to the livelihood, directly or indirectly of
a large proportion of the population of the
Fraser Valley) the cause of his effort is the

logging and lumber strike in this province.

It should hardly be necessary for us to
State that the indefinite shutdown of these
eperations has already assured most of us of

discomfort if not hardship this winter, There
will be shortages of more or less essential
foals through lack of materials for contain-
ers, » There will definitely be a shortage of
fuels. Lessened quantities of foodstuffs and
inadequate heating will lead to widespread
illness.

We each and all have our own opinions
of the right and wrong of the strike. Whether
or not it flaunts the laws of Canada, it does,
in this time of world shortages and bitter
hardships in other countries, break all moral
laws. The fact that such things can happen
im any country left unsearred by the bombs
and shells of the recent war forms the out-

of man's ity to man.
We have strayed far from the text that we
are our brother's keeper.

But we have this strike and, through fai-
Tare of our governments to find a prompt
solution, it has reached the stage where it is
up to each individual citizen to do something
about it for his own welfare and that of his
or her family this coming winter.

we take advantage of the fact each of us has

& spokesman in our Houses of Government
At Ottawa we have George Cruickshank;
whether or not we voted for him, makes little
difference. He represents us at present and

he has shown a willingness to speak o® on

our behalf. It is up to us to supply him with
the ammunition tell him what we think. At
Victoria our representative in the Legislature
holds Cabinet Rank. He is in the guiding
circle of the Provincial, He had the courage
to enlist in two world wars, is eonscientous to
a fault, works more than he speaks but is
listened to when he does voice opinion. We
should write him also just what we think.
From the many letters they would thus re.

ceive our Members can get a cross-section of
opinion on what the average individual be-
lieves must be done.

Our way of government
of a testing time. Because of this way of
government we enjoy freedom of speech,
thought and action and we may write within
reason what we think. We have been lax as
citizens in the interest we have taken indivi-
dually in our citizenship but have ‘‘muddled’’
through faitly satisfactorily to one of the
highest standards of living, and possibly the
greatest degree of individual comfort, in the
world today. We cannot, however, continue
to dodge our individual responsibility and re-
tain our way of living in the face of what
threatens it ‘today.

Through our representatives in Govern.
ment we must speak. We must write them
and tell them we want this strike’ and any
similar affairs dealt with, not necessarily in
the interests of the employers or of the em-
ployees that may be concerned, but in the in-
terests of all the nation, of each and every
one of us. We should also add that we will
help the government enforce a fair trial of

is in the throes

M-S-A ASKED TO HELP CLOTHE EUROPEAN
\ —. 2 or

More le lp and
the National Clothing Lo gpea gy
found in te nar cupboards ani

in the M-S-A
send
in. depot, wi

bongs can be relieved by the p toon to
=< the serviceable garments to be |

L.A. eee oy ane placed in charge of the collect

tion |
id has requested all residents of district to
in bund dies of vase clothing to the Abbotsford Post Ottice local } the

All we can suggest at this moment is that

whatever action it takes.

wrapped in peat co and

Bo gpa oe oF June 17, Bundles should be
securely tied.

‘The summer schools for teach-
ers from all parts of the Prov-

ince, will be held in Victoria
and Vancouver starting July 3
and continuing until August 4,
it was announced by Hon. Dr. G.

will’ attend the bide nd courses
that have been provid
Three new courses have been
established this year, one dealing
with the adjustment of school
courses to, individual child char-
acteristics, another dealing with
and juvenile
a aa the third dealing with
child psychology.
see
The Public Works Department
bas received tenders for the bit-
uminous surfac-

PUBLIC ing of roads in
wo: the eo
TENDERS Lillooet, cana

No. Oka-

gan Nortl
nagan South, Revelstoke, Salmon
Arm and aero” roa tes
it was announced sy ems i
Carson, Minister of Public Works.
Dawson, Wade and Company
of Vancouver submitted the low-
est tender of $141,022
The contract, which will prob-
ably be awarded shortly, will be
for spray coating 25.8 miles new
work and 24.2 miles respray, and
for mulch surfacing 27.37 miles
aren and one mile resur-

pes

r he firm of Columbia Bitulith-
f Vancouver submitted the
tender for bituminous sur-
g and resurfacing of high-
y, New West-

and
being

to undertake the survey
now being con-
ducted to deter-

P.GE.
SURVEY mine the

suitable
for the extension of the Pacific
Gr

route

it Eastern Railway, it was
need by Hon. Leslie Eyres,
er of Railways.

Two of the parties will work
om the Pine Pass route; another
will survey between Quesnel and
Hudson Hope and the fourth in
the East Pine area.

As
Tenders for the bituminous sur-
facing of Vanco
SURFACING
CF ISLAND
ROADS

bes

The lowest tender
from the General
Company, Limited, with a bid of
$69,694. The work covers roads

4 | ection during the offertory. }

in the Alberni, Comox, Cowich
Esquimalt, Nar
aime, the Islands, Saanich areas
ané the Gulf Islands.

ROY ELGOOD NOW
PARTNER IN LOCAL
TIRE SERVICE FIRM

posed of his
‘Abbotstord Tire
tee shop ontrose Ave.,
to Roy Bigood | | Vancouver, who
wil carry on the business with
Dew Richi

Mr. Elgood will mave his farn-
ne as soon as

es tor the summer

Ken Richier
interest in the

LETTERS to the EDITOR

ae reed | under this
not necessarily en-
mer by y The News. The full
— and address of the writer
accompany contributions
although a nom de plume may
be appended for publication
purposes if the writer does not
wish to support his opinion
with his own name. IC
should not exceed 300 words in
length.

EXPRESSES THANKS
Editor, A.S. & M. News.
Dear Sir:

On behalf of the members of
the Solarium Junior League, I
would like to extend our most
sincere thanks to each and every
one who so kindly contributed to
our “April Shower of Dimes”
fund in aid of the children at
the Queen Alexandra Solarium.

The most generous support we
Lo ca ge from the individual,

lt and school children, the

Tetons; gr Groups, Ser-

Clubs Organizations,

Associations,

newspapers, and

business offices, throughout the
Province was most gratifying.

This very splendid co-opera-
tion from the entire Province re-
sulted in this year’s Shower real-
izing the sum of -8,487.65 — an
amount unequalled in past yeurs.

We do indeed thank all our

sympathetic supporters who have
made our work so successful and
worthwhile —- backed by this
very splendid and kind Uunder-
standing, we feel confident of
being able to accomplish more
and more in our efforts to help
the handicapped child find his
rightful place in the sun

eazy Wharton, Convenor,
“April Shower of Dimes Comit.,
Victoria .C.

most | MT. LEHMAN UNITED

CHURCH OBSERVES
50TH ANNIVERSARY

The fiftieth anniversary of Mt
Lehman United Church was cele-
brated on Sunday afternoon, and
the church was filled to capacity.
Rev. R. Moses of Grandview
United Church, Vancouver, for-
merly of Mt. Lehman, conducted
the service.

The Sunday School choir gave
two pleasing numbers, and Mr.
Bruce Kennedy, soloist of Grand-
view United, rendered two solos.
The church orchestra was in at-
tendance and gave a special se

%
L. Stewart was accompanying
organist.

NEW TELEPH:

Stretch from Vancouver to Halifax,

proved | Seema. vhen each was giv
tion with Vancouv

INE CIRCUITS

Adding new circuitS to the trans-Canada telephones lines, which

the B.C. Telephone linemen above,

are shown stringing new wires on the transcontinental telephone
route, through Mission, The B.C, Telephone
* job, in which the seven major telephone systems of Canada are par-
ticipati:

‘Company's part of the

en a new direct telephone connec-

bringing the total of direct circuits between each
these points and Vancouver to three. A

of circuits,

Three Bands to
Play at Mission
"Berry Festival

With nearly 40 representatives of
nizations

rogress
made in arrangements for the big
June 26 event.

on the subcommittee chairmen and
Tepresentatives for their reports it
was indicated that arrangements are
well in hand to entertain a very
large crowd.

It was reported that Mission Mun-
icipal Council had declared Wednes-
day, June 26, a holiday and that, in
view of the objective of the Festival
te aid Hospital Building Punds, all
merchants had agreed to closing on
that day also. Permission has also
been obtained to close to traffic and
utilize the three principal blocks of
Main Street for festival features.

Mr. McInnes displayed an 8-foct
plan indicating placing on the street
of 31 stands for games, berries and
food, the Strawberry Bowl entertain-
ment centre, Strawberry Express
miniature railway and over 500 feet
of trackage, and other aftractions.

Proposition cf a carnival company
to take part was rejected by almost
unanimous vote.

Three bands, Kitsilano Boys’ Band,
Pea City Rube Band and Mission

as the result of the acquisition of former Pacific Communicatinos Sys-
tem lines, made the additional links possible.

“Gravity of situation fully appre-
ciated. Every effort being made to
bring about restitution of operation.”

This was the reply received Satur-
day from Hon, Ian MeKenzie, minis-
ter of pensions, Ottawa, to an urgent
appeal made Friday by Praser Val
ley berry growers to federal and pro
vincial members fer a settlement of
the deadlock of cooperage operations
which has resulted in an acute short-
age of barrels for packing processed
berries.

‘The appeal was made by the Pa-

cific Co-Operative Union, Yarrow

Growers’ Association, Fraser Valiey
Growers Ltd. and Central Fruit Dis-
tributors, when the sudden stoppage

of barrel production threatened to
halt the packing of some 3000 tons of
Processed berries, shipment of which
has been definitely confirmed to the
United Kingdom.

Failure to retain this order would

Valley growers and would leave a
surplus crop which could not be ab-
sorbed in the local market, L. R. Wil-
son, manager of Fraser Valley Grow-
ers Ltd. states.

The order cannot be filled without.
more barrels, as there is nowhere
Bear the 15,000 necessary to pack the
fruit.

Text of the telegram sent by the
igrowers is as follows:

mean a loss of one million dollars to| ,

Berry Barrel Shortage May Cost Order

“IWA strike called over two weeks
ago has resulted in absolute deadlock
of cooperage operaticns causing
acute barrel shortage. These barrelz
absolutely necessary for packing of
thousands of tons of berries definit-

lack of barrels will cost berry grow-
ers of the Fraser Valley one million
dollars. Loss to the United Kingdom
Food Ministry cannot be considered

value alone but will re-
loss of food stocks ab-
ecessary to Great Britain

in mone

dustry so that barrel manufacture
can begin at once as every hour of

depending upon these food supplies.”
Packing of the — fruit has
tour large berry

minister of Tioance: Hon. Humphrey
Mitchell, minister of labor; Hon. Ian
McKenale, minister of pensions, Ot-
tawa; Geo. A. Oruickshank, MP

wa; Hon, Geo. Pearson, minister
of labor; Hon. Leslie Eyres, minister
of trade and industy; and Hon. R. C.
MacDonald, minister of mines, Vic-
torta.

Band will take part as
cell as an orchestra for the street
@ance at night.

A baseball tourney of three games
will be staged on the Pair Grounds

As Chairman A. G. McInnes called |}.

ALM. & D. Co. si 38
cars of lumber between first
~ Boge of this month.

W. S. Hill-Tout ey two
children left this week a
trip to the Old Country.

Canadian Legion members are
planning to hold an inaugural
dance BJ July 5.

ecommendation that mail

in ik out of Abbotsford be car-

wee ek the B.C. a Speard a
at

the
Trade’ moet

Canadien lop Growers =
end ead 300 acres in hops this

15 YEARS / AGO
June 10, 1991
—e re, won the
onze medal highest
Rangers

resigned
open his own ae
macy next to King’s meat mar-

i at the Hatzic

Purchased prop-
e near Teint eh reh manse
Pe preparing» site for a new

. ng Casselman of Matsqui
appointed ‘ipal of

Mission High Sch
10 YEARS AGO
June 10, 1936
H. S. Andrew: Pangman,
Sask., has poraniiek the Delt °
Grocery in Abbotsford.
Gangs of men answered the

Deliveries of lumber for
high school auditorium are vet
bond made by Abbotsford sabes

Lorne Vanetta took part in the
fame graduation exercises at

jumas, Wn,

E. Ss. Rippon of Vedder Moun-
tain has chosen a judge of the
farhious Hen ns esasciad a Portland.

received by Jas. Reid, treasurer, to-

talling over $800,

ORGANIZE DRAMATIC CLUB
Efforts are being made to or-

om a dramatic society in Fort

ingley. Temporary officers
have already elected.

DR. C. P. FENWICK
Maj.-Gen. C

Army in the late war, hi
for the

C. P. Fenwick, C.B., C.BE., M.C., E.D.,
who was director general of og

STAFF CHANGES ANNOUNCED

DR. H. A. BEATTY
of Toronto,
lical services ‘for

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