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bbotsford Sumas and Matsqui News

Twenty-second Year, No. 5

Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1945

Eight Pages

E. Public Hearing Of Educational

Cost Survey Here February 9th

Public hearings by Maxwell ducting the provincial inquiry into

A, Cameron, commissioner con- educational finance, will be held

‘in Abbotsford on Friday, Feb. 9, it is announced.

First session will open in the board rooms of the Canadiar}

session will commence at 2 p.m.

‘Legion Hall, Abbotsford, at 10 a.m. and, if necessary, a further

Hearings opened in Vancouver Tuesday and additional sessions will be held at New Westminster on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and at Chilli-

wack on Wednesday, It i d tha’

Feb. 7, both commencing at 10 a.m.

is P it icipal Councils of the M-S-A Area at

and that Dr. Cameron will take

will be made by the Mun- the hearing in Abbotsford

the opportunity himself of the pet i chen

educational system here d Area.

as an Ed ative

R. B. Swailes Heads New Locker Co-op.

ALDERGROVE GROUP COMPLETE DETAILS OF ORGANIZATION

The first general meeting of the above association was held in the Community Hall at Alder- grove on Monday evening.’

There were about 150 members present. The president, Mr. R. B. Swailes outlined the position with regard to the proposed Cold Storage Locker Plant, mentioning that all permits had been grant- ed, a site obtained and tenders called. A high priority rating has been obtained from the Selective Service Board at Ottawa. He also said that cards had been mailed to the -members stating that Shares were now due. The plans drawn by H. Cullerne of: Van- couver were displayed.

The secretary’s report gave in detail the expenses to date, the number of members, and the work done by the Provisional Directors during their 3 months in office. She thanked the Board for their co-operation and help.

The meeting was thrown open for discussion and several mem- bers asked questions and to ex- press their appreciation of the work done by the directors.

The election of 10 directors took place and the results are as follows: R. B. Swailes, Art Ross, Mrs. J. B. Savage, G. L. Hamre and R. E. Savage, to hold office for 2 years; W. R. Redman, A. S. Hansen, J. Hardy, Ole Renton and Don Eve, to hold office for 1 year. Auditors appointed were: J. McConnell and W. G. Craw- ford.

R. Armstrong of the Langley Cold Storage was a visitor at the meeting and gave an informative talk on Cold Storage Locker Plants. He- brought the good wishes and an invitation to join the Storage Locker Plant As- sociation of which he is secretary.

A Directors’ meeting followed the adjournment of the general meeting and R. B. Swailes was elected president, G. L. Hamre, vice-president and Mrs. J. B. Savage, secretary-treasuer.

CLOSE BORDER TO CALLABLE MEN

After February 1, no male Brit- ish subject between the ages of 18 and 31 who is a resident of

, will be permitted to leave the country without a written permit from the National Mobilization Board, it is an- nounced here today by H. E. Bi af lect: of

Hitherto men have been per- mitted to leave on vacations with comparatively little difficul- ty, but after February 1 a man in this age group will have to have written the permission of the chairman or deputy chair- man of a mobilization board.

Arthur MacNamara, director of Selective Service announces that a general “tightening up” was being made in the requirement that men in callable classes for military service show a written permit from their mobilization board before being allowed to leave the country.

Mr. MacNamara said it always has been the law that such men must show a mobilization board bermit before leaving the countty but added that the regulation had not been enforced in the case of those crossing the border for short periods.

“However, we find now that some of our men eligible for call- up are appearing before United States induction boards, which indicates they have gone on the pretense of staying for a short period and have remained , in- definitely,” he added.

LIEUT. J. YOUNG INJURED IN ITALY

Lieut. John Walter Young, R.CE., whose wife lives with her Parents, Mr, and Mrs, A. Harris, on the Old Yale Rd., was injured in Italy in December,

A science graduate of OF Hers Lieut. Young was mining engineer at Zeballos mine for a year be-

Fo T. L. LAYMAN PRISONER OF WAR

Flying Officer Thomas L. Lay- man, who was reported as miss- ing in last week’s News is now reported as a prisoner of war ac- cording to word received by his wife and his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Layman of Lehman Rd., Aberdeen.

F/O Layman is 24 years of age, attended Aberdeen and Mt. Leh- man High School after which he worked for a short time with a Lumber Co. on Vancouver Island, He enlisted in May 1941 receiv- ing his wings in December of the same year. After instructing for over a year he was posted over- seas. He was overseas 15 months to the day when he was report- ed missing. He was married to Jacqueline Rammell in August

ANGLICAN SERVICES STARTED AT BRADNER UNDER DIFFICULTIES

In the early days Church of England services at Bradner were started under great difficulty, and according to information given to Rev. Gordon E. Bratt G. F. Pratt and J. W. Penning- ton gave valuable service to the church in those early days. A district without a place of worship was not good enough, and it was through efforts of these men with the help of others that a barn in Bradner was ren- ovated and made suitable for worship. The work in those days was carried on under the supervision of Rev. A. F. Yates, Mr. Pratt preaching the sermon and Mr. Pennington conducting the ser- vice. Rev. Yates left the Parish to go to Golden early in 1911 and Rev. Arthur E. Bruce came from Winnipeg, and it was during his ministry that the church in'Brad- ner was really started. However, Rev. Yates returned to Abbots- ford in Noveniber, 1911 and re- mained until 1915. In commenting on these early services at St. Matthew’s Church, Abbotsford, and St. Margaret’s Church, Bradner, Rev. Mr. Bratt said, “Thinking of this humble beginning leads our minds back to the. Manger in Bethlehem Barn where gifts, praise, adora- tion and worship ascended to God by the Wise Men from the East. There was dignity in the worship in the ‘barn’ at Bradner. “There are district today in the newly settled parts of our fair land where service and wor- ship is rendered to God under conditions similar to the first days at Bradner. We owe much to those men and women, who heing faithful to God and His Church, established the church of our fathers in this fair land. May these men see by our en- deavours that their labors were not in vain.” Rev. Bratt reports favorable progress in the campaign to raise $4000 for the church and its work in the parish and he has still many families to call on.

AS Harry C. Blinch Presumed Dead

Official word has been receiv- ed by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blinch of Abbotsford that their nephew, Able Seaman Harry C. Blinch, is presumed to have perished when HMCS Athabascan was sunk in

action off the j French coast in the English Channel on April 29.

Son of Pte. H. G. Blinch, who is serving at a western disper- sal depot, AB Blinch came from Saskatche- wan when but 118 months old

to live with his AB H. C. Blinch aunt and uncle. His brother, LAC Charles J. Blinch and twp cousins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blinch, Sgt. Wilfrid C, Blinch and WO1 John C. Blinch, are all with the RCAF.

TNCORPORATED Company incorporation regist- ered last week at Victoria include

HE PROTECTED

allowance . .

Resolve now to “hold that ceiling in 1945.” men, as they return to civilian life, will receive clothing . Mustering out pay. will go will depend more than ever on how carefully Canadians at home spend theirs this year.

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Our service-

How far their money

27,000 farm Placements Handled By Provincial farm Labor Service

. When in the spring of 1943 the Hon. K. C. MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture, established the Dominion-Provincial Emergency Farm Labor Service, he also formed the Dominion-Provincial Farm Labor Committee. This Committee functions in an advis- ory capacity and consists of: Hon. K. C. MacDonald, Minister _ ot Agriculture; Lt. Col. G. M. Enda- cott, Chairman; Wm. McKinstry, Regional Superintendent, N.S.S.; Lt. Col. J. E, Woods, Agricultural Employment Adviser, N.S.S.; Wm. MacGillivray, Director, Dominion- Provincial Emergency Farm La- bor Service; Ernest MacGinnis, Secretary. . 27,000 Placements

At a recent meeting the Direc- tor reported that in the year 1944 over 27,000 placements of men, women and students over 14 years of age had been made through the various offices of the organization. These place- ments involved the handling of between 18,000 and 19,000 indivi- duals, or 270% of the 1943 figures.

Great credit was given to the valuable work carried out by

This tremendous achievement is a real tribute to the patriotic

efforts of the farmers, their wives ,and families, and their hired help, all of whom labored long hours in all kinds of

weather to ensure the production of essenttal faodstuffs, so vitally necessary to the war effort.

The Committee was very pleas- Continued on Page Five

PROG. CONSERVATIVES PREPORE FOR ELECTION; APPOINT COMMITTEES

Organizer and Candidate Heard

A meeting of the Abbotsford and District Conservative Assoc- iation was held in the Trinity United Church Hall, Abbotsford, on Wednesday evening with H. E. Taylor of Mt. Lehman, presi- dent, in the chair.

W. G. Gamble of Mission, or- ganizer for the Fraser Valley Rid- ing, was a guest speaker and Earl MacLeod, Progressive Conserva-

Area Supervisors, Pl t Of- ficers and Local War Agricul- tural Production Committees, of which latter twenty-sir are funct- ioning actively throughout the Province.

British Columbia’s agricultural production in 1944 reached an all- time high value of $100,000,000.00.

candidate, outlined his policy.

Ac 1 i Com- mittee was appointed and ar- rangements were made for the

forth election

Districts represented at the meeting were: Abbotsford, Aber- deen, Bradner, Matsqui, Mount ‘Lehman, Poplar and Sumas Prairie.

_|Mr. and Mrs,

F.V. Union Library Meeting Reveals Increased Circulation

Honor Men Home From

Active Service

PEARDONVILLE AND PINE GROVE FOLKS STAGE RECEPTION

Service at a function held

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Boynton, 3654 Huntingdon road; FO Harry R. “Bob” Cook, DFC, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cook, Pear-

Ernie Newman, RCNVR, son of A. Newman of Peardonville.

More than 130 residents of the two communities turned out to honor these men and their par- ents. Formal welcome home was expressed on- behalf of those present by J. S. Brundige. In reply the men spoke apprecia- tively of the reception and refer- red to the parcels they had re- ceived from local organizations, expressing the hope that these would be continued to local men still on active service as, from experience, | they knew the par- cels were very welcome.

A large cake made and beauti- fully decorated by Mr. and Mrs. Schriner was cut by the three men simultaneously. A _ social time and dancing rounded out an enjoyable evening.

MATSQUI FARMER __ FATALLY INJURED CRANKING AUTO

Run Over, Dragged As Engine Started

Knocked down and dragged over frozen, rutted ground by his car after cranking it into action when the starter jammed, Johann Peter Siemens, Lefeuvre road, Matsqui, sustained injuries Sun- day forenoon which resulted in his death that afternoon at M-S-A

ital to Which institution he had been quickly removed by the Henderson ambulance.

Born at Glenora, Manitoba, Nov. 25, 1879, Mr, Siemens was in his 66th year. He came here with his family about four years ago from Rosthern, Sask., an has since farmed on the Le- Feuvre road property where the accident occurred.

He is survived by Mrs. Sie- mens, seven sons, two daughters and two sisters.

The funeral will be held from Otter Mennonite Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, interment taking Place at Murrayville cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

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INCREASE BEER RATION

_ British Columbia’s monthly ra- tion of bottled beer will be in- creased from three dozen to four dozen in February. Atrangements are being made whereby any con- sumer who filed application for a liquor permit before January 31 will be entitled to his January

ration upon receipt of his permit.

time when the yards moving western Canada’s big grain crop, five new diesel-elec- tric switch engines like- the one shown above, are now helping the Canadian Pacific Railway at

Green Mountain Sawmill Ltd.,

fore enlisting in the R.C.A. in 1941, :

Mission City, B.C., 1,000 shares.

Winnipeg and Calgary. Built by

Delivered to western lines at ajand General Electric, these pow- are busy |erful units develop 600 volts from

1000-horsepower diesels and can hold their own with the biggest steam switchers. Both mechanic- al officials and engine crews who have handled them are enthus- iastic about their performance.

the American Locomotive works | They are designed to work three

shifts day

only

for 30 days and about an

a require hour's suspension daily for lubrication and checking. Photo shows 7015, first of the series of five to reach the west, as it made a trial run

Peardonville and Pine Grove commuities honored three of its men home on leave from Active in Peardonville Community Hall on

donville road; and Petty Officer

Fraser Valley Union Library Board of Management officers elected for 1945 at a well-attend- ed annual meeting held Wednes- day at library headquarters in Abbotsford, were: Chairman, J. W. Winson, Huntingdon ; Vice- chairman, Reeve J. T. Brown, Surrey; and Honorary Treasurer, G. F. Pratt, Abbotsford.

Re-election of Mr. Winson as chairman is for the seventh con- secutive time, and that of Mr. Pratt as treasurer for the ninth.

Appointed to the executive committee were: Reeve W. T. Richardson, Chilliwack; Council- lor Percy Hill, Mission; and Councillor L. J. Kettle, Matsqui.

Friday night. f Representing Langley Munici- Guests of honor were PO |pality, Councillor Noel Booth at- Douglas Boynton, DFM, son of|tended the meeting to make pre-

liminary arrangements for Lang-— ley’s rejoining the Fraser Valley Union Library after an absence of five years. Langley’s decision to rejoin the Fraser Valley Union Library came as a result of a re- ferendum on rejoining the libr- ary which carried at the munici- Pal polls last month. Mr. Booth was first chairman of the Board of Management of the library when the Fraser Valley Public Library was turned over by the Carnegie Demonstration to the municipalities and rural school districts of the Fraser Valley. Improve Service

Calling for increased revenue of $1,831.15, the budget for 1945 was unanimously passed. The total revenue of the budget a- dopted amounts to $21,270, and includes provision for an addit- ional trained staff member whom the Librarian was authorized to engage. The Librarian, R. Bruce Car- rick, reported that the year’s book circulation of 234,340 vol- umes was 17 per cent. higher than in 1943. He said that increased use of the library was general through- out the union library district. The Treasurer's report showed expenditure of $17,078.96 to have been kept well within budget re quirements; and after the set- ting aside of an ample reserve for the replacement of the book truck, a surplus of $10.05 was carried forward to 1945 operat- jon. The Librarian reported that aid from the Provincial Government would probably be increased dur- ing 1945. He stated that grants received from the Public Libr- ary Commission during 1944 amounted to $1800.

Movie Coming

The motion picture of the library’s various operations and activities taken by the National Film Board early in the fall would be available for showin, tJ in local community halls late this Spring stated the Librarian. He said that in response to the many enquiries as to when the picture would be ready, that ample pub- licity would be given by the library as to when and where the movie could bé viewed.

FIFTY MEMBERS ADDED TO ROLL OF CREDIT UNION

Pays Dividend, Patronage Refund .

Annual meeting of the Mt. Leh- man Credit Union was held in the Pine Grove Hall on Monday evening, Jan. 15, : Reports presented to the meet- ing showed a successful year. Fifty new members joined dur- ing the year bringing the total membership to eighty.

Share capital increased from es January 1 to $1766, Dec, 1

Twenty-eight loans to! $3300 were made to members during the year.

The meeting passed a dividend of 4% per annum and a Patron- age refund of 10% of interest paid on loans.

Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: Presi- dent, A. G. Ryder; Vice-President, G. W. Taylor; Directors, R. Ww" McCormick, J. E. McConnell, N. Braun; Supervisory Committee, J. E. Israel, Mrs. F. Cowin, J. © Cherry; Treasurer and general manager, J. P. Carr; Clerk, A. H, W. Moxon.

WOMEN OF THE M-S-A DISTRICT!

The Red Cross Superfluity Shop requests women of’ the Area to hunt through their houses for things that can be spared and in this way help build up the stock of the little Shop. Tea’ will be served the afternoons of Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday, Feb.

8, 9, and 10, to all ladies who

visit the Shop in Abbotsford.

Anything useable is saleable. Glen Robertson, 15, whose

father is PO. D. Robertson, Ab- botsford, has been missing from

in Winnipeg yards.

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Caulfeild School for Boys since January 14.