ie! men and women who attended the “Welcome
Home” supper and dance in their honor at Matsqui Hall re-
cently were given a ce trad which aoe it quite clear that
their services in armed forces had been greatly appreciated
Pictured above at some of the tables are the guests of ba
their Fetatives sed friends t e

|Servicemen, Women Are Honored) ****::*:
;: At Matsqui Welcome Home Party

chairman during the evening and honored guests an

speakers

eve L. T. and Mrs. Beharrell of Matsqui,
By Bert Far
ds

banquet, after which dancing

was eh

Bovncsnry
present © stand and observe

en of the district who had
Penis Great

Chetan, Inglis requested all
's silence in honor of the
“y the supreme sa ce in the

g

sau Ten t the head table included Major Jack Mahoney, Harry In welcoming the men and women of the services back

bee | tee sat Mot the M-G-A" Citizens” Hehabilitating Committee; Fred | Reeve Beharrell said that they had made a mame for tho

four comm | Hottabeum, president of the M-S-A branch, Canadian Leg-| selves on countless battlefields on land, at sea and in the air.

James Inglis, veteran of the first Great War, presided as J ic ¥ id Mrs. Holtsbaum; Mrs. J. Inglis; Rev. and Mrs. D. Don- (Staff Photo)
Twenty-Third Year, No. 14 Abbotsford, B.C. Wednesday, April 3, 1946 _Fourteen’ Pages

Railroad Workman Killed In Speeder-
Freight Train Collision Near Sumas
Sub-Station On B.C. Electric Line

Four Maintenance Me Men Jump to Safety; Inquest
On Accident Victim to be Held in Abbotsford

Joe Augustino, 3a pioneer resident of f the Vedder Mount
district, was Ctantiy Killed and Oscar Johnson, 58, was slightly
injured when a BCER i er oa and a speeder carrying five
=: the company’s workmen a head-on collision at 2:45

lay. The accident gh about three-fourths of a
Palle east of the Sumas power sub- station. Augustino, who had

Narses Move
To Prevent
Small, [pox

Arrange Va

Nurses in ch

re of

rge «
ith Office in

have

350 SERVICE
MEN, WOMEN
RETURN TO M-S-A

Pg ne 350 men «: men and women

Samir armed forces have
returned the M-S-A_ Area
since May : 1945, according to
figures which have been sup-
plied to H. W. Ellis, secretary
be the M-S-A Citizens’ Reha-
bilitation Committee, by the
of Veterans’ Af-

Vaccination

Ab Department
the podstble con-| fairs.
a nallpox epi- As each veteran returns to
t which has| the area, Mr. Ellis is notified.
ths i ttle| With other members of the

taken committee, the secretary then

adequ:

New Brick Mill Starts Operations
In Plant Located On Clayburn Road;
Firm Owns 135 35 Acres es Shale Prepert

Abbotsford Fire and Pressed cull eae Company

Plans to Erect Kilns During Summer; Will
Specialize For Present on Building Brick

This

week saw the official start of another new inaeey,

in the Abi ord District, when the machinery at the Abl
Fire and Pressed Bri Company started rolling, pM ern ao
iamond Ace Bricks”. The plant is situated on the Old Clay-
urn Road, in icipality of Pac approximately three-
quarter: Sof a ego Considerable credit for the
of tt D’ e t is due to ex-Reeve, James

and the C nell v7) Matsqut

been BCE! surv by wife
og wen by the R since 1920, is survived by his wy hak Ay ogra rag om oto rs contact the
ee The accident took place when |rer.ce here a! jonally as-
ve? ~ hoy peepee east, met| Clinics for smallpox vaccina- on wal eee with ir rehabili-
| the treigt freight just ae: the small-jtion will be held at the Health ition problems.
New Dates et Jer machine had a cor-| Office on Thursday, April 4th,
on the line, wna winds a-|and Wednesday, April 10th, from
eset the base of the mountain.|2 to 4 p.m. on each day. WINS $100 PRIZE
For bbots r a freight train was travelling | Medical authorities throughout tales
the Lower Mainland are Harvey Henderson,

Augus-

Flower Show °° 2, 20. we
tuno, Bernie
Peter

all persons who
inated within

take

s possible.

the money!
prize in an Air F
Vancouver,

irae win
which have just been announced,

the treatment

in

Marshall,
bap cag
Bradner Bulb Growers’

Display To Be Held
April 13 and 14

Originally scheduled for this
Bpks. Flower Show sponsor-
by. ‘the Abbotsford Lions’
Giub ein now be held Saturday
amit Sunday, April 13 and 14 in
‘the Orange. ‘Hall. Postponem:
ot the event for one week
unavoidable
Thousands of flowers crown by

Vedder’ Mountain
members of a mainten
As the men on the speeder
ited the oncoming freight
train, all jumped
‘copt

collision,

The speeder v
the freight tra:

have met
the line

Members of the Bradner Bulb |e 1
Growers’ Association will be on |2"4_ the tenance crew was
display at the show, the first of |t@ have unloaded railway ties

its type since 1942, ' Datfodils of |‘°™ one of the cars attached.
many different varieties, inclua-
scores 9 of rare and new kinds

hletic

Association

Abbotsford nd District Athletic
“S gaape med To Foster Many Sports

| Drains Festival
Adjudicator

spies Players

eld “
ight, |

, ; Dormant since war
mn, and other flowers |the body of Augustino was n curtailed sport ev
ii So" ue shown moved to Henderson's funeral t ment
Members of the bul> growers’ eh a Mstord: at
foup have been speci ig i and audience, there w

ye industry for many years ‘and |

ir products are now in de-
mand in many parts of Canada

The show will be cpen after.
moon and evenings.

The Orange Hall was secured
for lower Show through

‘speeder was prac- ma
tically demolished but little dam.
age was done to the locomotive
of the BCER freight train.

Motorman Howard Mortison of

esident

honorary p

a

. ed house Thursday night t the

id was elected | Se “~sotsford Fraser Val

her officers Dr ama <«<iival held in Phil-

lent, H. e id High Schoo! audi-
encretary, Dick orium last week,

Daly named
weddeut te was|,,Three plays were enacted gn

courtesy of Lieut. T. A. Harris evel reported that a satisfac peutsday evening and each drew
Th the, Reece squadron, which of thet ight onthe controls ipo remained. from { -| hearty applause from the aud-
he building as a drill hall, {Cf the freight, which was in and this will bony eh, ond the
n nge of Conductor Jack Stefan in the finance Fish commended by the
ol yet in the district mg ter fi
,E. T. Weir, coroner, und ajury| of com d ~
A. C3 ] owell At viewed the body of Augustiny ix see alle
Henderson's Funeral Home bo es of the club
ne ‘th ow a
Conference of wes then caiecaa coal a Harvey Henderson Pamper:
esiay Ace ee ine e Blacklock; hard- Ay jovial play from
P al, Bill Sayce; la-| start to finish, the audience hed
choo icials . Roberts; basketball laughs 'from the cha
lacKenzie; badminton, Michael Har

$2100 Donated
To Red Cross
In M-S-A “A Area

Enapeciors Study Siedy,

Various School Areas

M-S-A Area
spent four and

: Ll,

Angpector,

@ half busy days in Victoria last

week, where with a large num-
inspect

ber of other 3, he con-
ferred with government offici:

Over $2100 has ‘already been

@ provisions of the bill subscribed in the a resident a
will put into effect the major | bership campaign of the MESrA | {Be Past a
recommendations of the Branch, Ca Cross | 5 °K, Passec
report, Society, according 110 thgures "re lay

leased Beetle-

though ret =

Nougl Urns a ot ti

Mr. ‘Beet war a

to the response which
n made to the Red Cross

ap.

inspdctors went to
toria to disguss with Col. F
', depiity ministe

Complete returns ar ted
to be in the hands ot Red’ Cros:
officials early Mi week

n
the

ne
Funeral

F. W. FOOKS DIES

servi

In Matsqui Manicipality

Three Named To Contest By- Election

the sections of
redistribu
tion of ‘ool districts
aie ne and s
SALARIES INCREASED take oe og Raped tg
Mayor of Kelowna wil) receive election to be in Ward One, Matsqui Mun
beg pad Be Sk yy ee 400 All of those nomin
ture of municipal.
tawult of a decision w expected ‘to be keenly
Pn been made by the coune: with be
mayor previously received Polls open from 8 to 8 pm. and
= and the aldermen $250 per| W. E. Baynes will be in charge as Feturning of-

swimming,
membership, Phi

tennis, T. Lin

Towell. Maple Rid;
pea Stirling dia ge

il players did a fine
ion of their play
The Princess and the Woo

ter” rding to ca
The Sumas was un-
ey der ion of Tom Lindsay.

Good Performance

inal night, a

Voting will take place in the following poll
ing
Aberdeen School House, Yale
School

Lola
ume necessary when Matt.

hew n Ward 1 One Councillor, was tem-
porarily 4s @ councillor following the
sale of his .

lant has under
tion fo st

initia
completed;

T. Conway Takes
Fourth Prize In
Plowing Ma Match

of pressed

building
which they d
he

The three-storey

Fueas designed to permit further Competition Is | Is Keen
extension, and it is understood In All Events Held
hat the kilns e built this At wi riday

ummer
f these,

com:
the produ ction of
ill be ui gpemc ere

e for the pres

[en and future development, and
electrical installations have’ b
made to take c: of fut
needs. prize in the class.
ee is| George Thomson was second and
she epeatuting is Ripper Sdn wi yis| Archie Stevenson third. Compe:
tition was exceptionally keen,
Tes:
B see. ~ Bes _ tg es enly six points separating the
ne Clay” with a capacity of| {St four contestants in the
8.000 per day, have been install- | ™#tch
Jock McBride was judged
The Company own champion plowman.
of ota a property Ed Gamble, veteran Abbots.
if two miles ford plow handler, was honored
factory. This shale nown for|#s the oldest plowman on the
standing qualities in the | field.
n of pressed face brick] The contests were held in @
and ceramic ine _prodedts riving rain.
7 Ag
of the highest See cut_and story on } story cn Pap 12
half mile
been
: lee Club T
x Glee Club To

rece
erial, a develo;

work hi
been undertaken
shale.

open the

Sing In Lions’
Show April 13

making a
employment

Clement Q. - Williams,
Judy Wright, Other
Stars Baibars Perform

will
of produc’

crea

to presented
Sheffield High School
in Abbotsford

13, at 8

ditorium

spensared
“Liens bowed
seats are now
by_members.

rs in

Are Veterans

Glee Club, which has an
ive repertoire, be
dir ted by Ifor Robe with
as accom t
he artists will
“during = s
Q.

baritone,
= wide ge net

nee in this country,
ving shortly for his

ing
hill-billy
pe wie §

Langley Lions’
exhibition game at

Y. grounds Sunday after-
noce. ee members of the local
been asked to meet shov Oduced
a the page ad bost Ran at} in Vancottver “Theatre-Underthe
1 in readiness to leave for | Stars”, dan
FR “3 ave for pong tS is to be d in sopre~