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ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 190

News of M.S.A. Schools

PEARDONVILLE

We have joined the Junior Red
Cross and have named it “The
Maple Leaf Juniors.”

On Monday, February 26, we
whose the officers for the Maple
Leaf Juniors. We chose Adalbert
Hennig as president, Verna War-
kentin as vice-president, Peter
Friesen as secretary, Peter Enns
as treasurer, John Tanaka as
service convenor, Annie Friesen
for making up the programs. Fur-
ther, the Maple Leaf Juniors will
collect coupons, silver paper, etc.,
and send them to the Junior Red
Cross—Verna Warkentin. Grade 7.
NEW ZEALAND

In Geogrpahy, grades five and
six have made a booklet on New
Zealand. We also collected pic-
tures and anything from New
Zealand. We didn’t get many
things, but we have learned quite
a lot.

FRET WORK

While the girls have sewing on
Friday, the boys have fret work.
They made a library table and
other little things like tie-racks,
games and little wooden animals.
They will sell them and send the
money to the Crippled Children’s
Hospital—Joan Prasloski, Grade
Six

SEWING

The girls at our school have
sewing every Friday. We are mak-
ing hot-pot stands, needle cases
and clothes bags for Mothers’
Day. We are going to make ap-
rons, vanity sets, oil cloths, purses
and dresser scarves and at the
end of the term the teacher is
going to give prizes for the best
work done—Mary Ratzlaff, Grade
Five.

JE. RED CROSS
Division II has joined the Jun-
ior Red Cross and we are busy
trying to be good Juniors. We
have a meeting every Friday. The
Reggie con-

HUNTINGDON

SPRING

Spring is coming and everyone
is getting ready to plant things
in the gardens. The tulips and
daffodils and many other plants
are peeping through the brown
earth. The birds are singing in
the morning, and the frogs are
croaking at night. The days are
getting longer—Elmer Zurowski,
Grade IV.
BROADCASTS

We heard a broadcast about sea
creatures. The ffisherman told us
many stories about them. He said
that when he was a boy the peo-
ple used to say that there was a
sea creature with a horse's head.
When they caught it they found
it was only a horse. Then every-
body laughed. He also said that
there are no real sea creatures as
people say in the book “Popeye,”
and other books. I believe him
because I read it in a book the
very next day. The fisherman had
a boy and girl with him during
the broadcast. —Richie Crouter,
HEALTH RACE

We had a Health Race. Each
row had to see who would get a
red valentine heart filled in first.
Row one won this time. We like

or No?” Songs, recitations, piano
and violin solos also made up the
program. After the program the
girls of Grade VII sold candy and
the girls of Grade VIII served at
the P.-T.A. tea.

We were very pleased to have
Miss Arnould, Miss Miles and Dr,
Taylor with us that day.—Doreen
Mawson, Myrtle Waterston.
FIRST AID

The boys and girls are taking
up First Aid. This club meets af-
ter school. The girls on Tuesdays
and the boys on Thursdays. We
have taken the foot, thigh, knee,
head and arm bandages. We have
also discussed internal poisoning,
such as burning poisons, irritant
poisons, drugs and food poisons
and their treatment.—Murray Mar-
tin, Grade VI.

WISE AS AN OWL

One Friday I brought a horned
owl to school, We had a nature
lesson on it. We talked about dif-
ferent kinds of claws and beaks.
I kept him for three weeks, feed-
ing him on raw meat and mice. I
named him Hooty—Frank Wil-
liams, Grade VII.

FISHING

The motion pictures on fishing
on the Skeena river were very in-
teresting. They showed how gill

LEGION

NOTES

Branch No. 15
(Contributed)

The monthly meeting was held
in the club rooms on Thursday.
H. Day, president, was in the
chair. There was a good turn-out
of members and a large amount of
business was discussed.
UNEMPLOYMENT

The unemployment committee
is going ahead with plans tomake
a survey of all unemployed ex-
service men in the district. In this
connection the committee is co-op-
erating with Unemployment Serv-
ice of Canada. When the survey
is completed, application iforms
will be received from Vancouver
enabling the applicants to state
their qaulifications for the jobs
offered. Ex-service men in this
district wishing to make use of
this service can leave theit name,
address and employment required
at the Legion hall, Abbotsford.
ZONE REPRESENTATIVE

Pat Hall, zone representative,
attended the meeting and gave a
short talk on- the progress being,
made by the Canadian Legion
War Services Financial Drive, also

MAD LU AERNE - ARTTELT

NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT MISSION CITY

ducts the meeting. Our vice-presi-
dent is David Laxton, and Yolan-
da Siska is our secretary-treas-
urer. We are going to help the
Cripple Children’s Fund. We have
@ health check-up every morning
to help us be good members.

LIBRARY

‘We are fixing up a library cor-
ner in our room. The big boys
made us a library table which is
just our size. We are making a
screen to separate the iiveary from
the rest of the room. We have
some new books to read. Our
teacher has put covers on them
so they won't get dirty. We like
to read.

MRS. A. McIVER,
VALLEY PIONEER,
DIES IN LANGLEY

Mrs. Annie McIver, wife of Mur-
doch McIver, pioneer resident of
Langley for 53 years ,died at her

home in Fort Langley Thursday
night. She was born in Sher-
brooke, Que., 76 years ago. Sur-

viving are her husband, for many
years a councillor in the early
days of the incorporation; two
sons, John Mclver, Seattle, and
Kenneth McIver, Fort Langley;
five daughters, Mrs. B. F. Camp-
bell of Glen Valley, .Mrs. Chas.
Stokes of Powell River, Mrs. Geo.
P. Ashcroft of East Delta, Miss
Mary McIver of New Westminster,
and Miss Mabel McIver of Van-

couvér. The funeral was held on|
Sunday afternoon from Fort Lang-|
Fort

the
J. H. Hob-

ley United church to
Langley cemetery. Rev.
bins officiated.

to have clean handkerchiefs and
clean fingernails—Francis Morey,
Grade IV.
QUIZ PROGRAM

The pupils at Huntingdon school
enjoy the quiz programs which
we have frequently. I was a cap-
tain once and Erwin McLean was
the other captain. Today we
changed captains. The new ones
are Frank Williams and Olga
Jackow. Frank’s team won today.
The trophy is a toy white ele-
phant. In the quiz we ask all dif-
ferent questions about all the
work we have done.—Irene Kear-
sley, Grade VII.
SPORTS

Our football team is having a
good time competing against other
schools. We had a game with Up-
per Sumas and the score was 1-0
in their favor, Then we practised
at home and our teacher entered
us in the football league. The
winners receive a silver cup don-
ated by THENEWS. We played Brad-
ner on Wednesday, March 6, at
the Jubilee grounds. They beat us
54, but we gave them a game
to remember.

When we are not playing foot-

ball our favorite pastime is
marbles, which we play indoors
and out.

We are looking forward to our
spring hike in the near ‘future.—
Erwin McLean, Grade VII.
VALENTINE PROGRAM
| Our school had a Valentine pro-
gram on Friday, February 16. We
had a moving picture film on The
Royal Visit Through Canada, also
a film on Fire Prevention.

Pupils of Div. 1 put on a dis-
play called “Soap and Water, Yes

nets caught ‘fish; how the fishing
boats went out to fish; and how
the small boats are unhooked
from the tow-boat. Then the film
showed how the back-bone was
taken out of the fish, which were
then salted —Michael Sterry, Grade
VI.
THE ACCIDENT

Verna Caul, one of our class
mates in Grade VIII, received a
compound fracture of the leg
while skating at the rink at Su-
mas. The pupils sent Verna
flowers wien she was in hospital.
The class thas written her letters
and many of the pupils have gone
to see her. We wish her a speedy
recovery.—Mardelle McConnel,
Grade VI.
THE GRAMMAR BOX

We have started a Grammar
Box. It is a big, yellow box plac-
ed at one side of the room. When-
ever any one of us hear another
Person using incorrect language,
such as “’cause,” “gimme,” “ain't,”
etc., they write the names of the
offenders, together with the mis-
take, on a slip of paper. Every
few days the Grammar Box is
opened and the slips are given out.
We count them up and see who
made the “most mistakes. It has
helped us in our Language. We
try to think before we speak.—
Clarence Bauman, Grade VI.

Dress suits, hats and false teeth
are “forgotten” articles which have
followed their owners across the
Dominion in Trans-Canada Air
Lines’ aircraft—not forgetting a
beard which an actor left behind
him, and which he neede urgent-

ly for his next appearance,

Colonists Off to Seek t

En route to East Caicos, a 125.000-acre island at the southeastern end of the Bahamas, this small group re-

cently arrived in Cutler, Fla., from Pasadena,
inhabited isle, which is a 700-mile voyage from Miami.
Seated, le

rence and Jane Irvine.
Mrs. James Lake.

Calif.

ft to right: Helene Irvine, Mrs.

They hope to establish a perfect community on the un-

Standing, left to right:
Richard C.
Mrs. Lake owns the island where the colonists will attempt building their Utopla.

Dawn Irvine, Mrs. A. E. Law-
Irvine, Mrs. A. L. Lornsten and

on the did work already be-
ing carried out by the Legion in
providing huts and educational
facilities. He congratulated the
president and members on the
good work carried on in this dist-
rict by. the Legion.
WELFARE CLUB

Ladies’ Night will be held Wed-
nesday, March 20. It is hoped to
put on military whist and other
forms of entertainment.
VIMY D

The Vimy Dinner and Smoker
will be held Friday, April 5, inthe
the Orange hall. Some high class
entertainers will be present. Tic-
kets can be had from any mem-
ber or at the club.
DANCE

A dance will be held at Matsqui
on April 19, to raise funds for the
Canadian Legion War Services.

ELECTS SPEEDY TRIAL /¢0.op HEAD DIES

Edwin Gardiner, illiwack, 4,
charged with perfury, eaten REAR
speedy trial when he appeared in |S¢retary-treasurer of the Surrey
county court before Judge David|Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Wh di at New W for 17 years, died last week at
Trial was set for March 28 Cloverdale.

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