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by the Department of Education to H. C. Green
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Not what to think, but
what to think about...

B.C. Division, Canadian Weekly Newsyapers’ Association.

Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, November 25, 1942

Even W. L. Macken Changing His Mind

Months ago, when coming events were al-
ready casting dark shadows ahead and even
then there were some who thought it past
time to convince Ottawa something must be
done about the slaughter and export of Fra-
ser Valley cattle, W. L. Macken, general
manager of Associated Dairies Ltd., vice-

_ president of National Dairy Council of Can-

ada and advisory committee member of the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board, had this
to say:

(As quoted in The Vancouver Sun of
Map 8, 1942) Fears of a possible shortage
of milk in British Columbia have been great-
ly exaggerated, in the opinion of W. L.
Macken, vice-president of the National Dairy
Council of Canada and recently appointed
to the advisory committee, dairy products
division of the Wartime Prices and Trade
Board. ‘‘Don’t be worried about any pos-
sible shortage of milk for your mush,’ he
told Kiwanians at luncheon Thursday in
Hotel Vancouver. ‘‘As far back as I can re-
member the Vancouver milkshed has been
able to produce twice as much fluid milk
as it has been able to consume.’’

Kiwanians and others in Vancouver have
probably commenced to worry about the
milk for their mush — if city businessmen
use that good old farm standby—since Mr.

Maken spoke on the milk situation last
week. His story had altereed considerably :

(As quoted in The Vancouver Province
of Noy. 18, 1942) Milk production in the
Fraser Valley is definitely on the downward
trend, with little prospect of any improve-
ment till the spring, when the flush of grass
again becomes available, W. L. Macken,
president of the Fraser Valley Milk Pro-
ducers’ Association, told the Canadian So-
ciety of Technical Agriculturists at a meet-
ing last night.

Mr. Macken surveyed the farming situa-
tion as it exists today and touched briefly
on the outlook for the industry ... there was
need, he said, for a thorough studying of
the whole farming situation... Ministers of
the Crown might urge increased output from
the farms, but that was almost impossible
when labor was not available to do the work.

“Tt was not about the present moment
that we need be concerned,”’ the speaker
added, ‘‘but what the situation may be by
another fall with more men gone from the
farms, with reduction in the number of ani-
mals in the dairy herds...”

Well, there is hope that when all the
cows have gone from the pasture, someone
will turn up with a padlock for the gate.

Found Time to. Aid His Fellow Men

Many people and many organizations in
the Matsqui- Sumas - Abbotsford Area will
miss ‘‘Jimmie’’ Loach whose untimely death
removed him suddenly Friday night from
this community in which he was such a busy
citizen. { nm

George Howard Loach, but Jimmie to all
who knew him, came to Matsqui more than
thirty years ago and absented himself only
long enough to serve in defense of his coun-
try for the second time in his, then, still
young life. Throughout the years here he
associated himself with almost every initia-
tive for the improvement and good of the
community both as a whole and in the dist-
rict he chose to live in.

He had been a member of the M-S-A Hos-
pital Board for many years—a faithful at-
tendant and outspoken director. Vice-presi-
dent of M-S-A Branch of the Canadian Leg-
ion, he was a tireless worker on behalf of
ex-servicemen — personal experience in the

‘aftermath of two wars giving him conviction

The Fifth

The democracies, it has been said, are
battling for four freedoms — freedom of.
speech, freedom of religion, freedom from
want and freedom from fear. Upon these
freedoms will be established the world of to-
morrow, the good life that it is hoped when
the war ends will approach, *‘the parhament
of man, the federation of the world.”’

But to attain that lofty goal we must
gain a fifth freedom that is not mentioned
by name above. It is freedom from disease.
For if mankind cannot free his body from
crippling illness, »what do the other four
freedoms profit him? How can he enjoy
them if his body is ravaged by dis It
seems obvious that he must add th ifth
freedom to the other four as his objectives
for a better world.

In the struggle for the fifth freedom, one
of the greatest obstacles to victory is the
rising threat of tuberculosis. Through the
smoke and din of the present world-wide
conflict rides a silent, sinister figure which
takes toll of warriors and civilians alike.

Last year the death rate from tubereulosis
in Canada rose from 50.6 per 100,000 of
population to 93.1. The total number of

of the urgency of one strong union of veter-
ans. For years he presided over Matsqui’s
police court, succeeding through his deep-
yooted British instincts and tolerance of his
.neighbors’ shortcomings in both upholding
and tempering justice.

His obituary lists other activities but can-
not. tell: in its factual comment of the deep
enjoyment in living that Jimmie demonstrat-
ed. It does not reveal the affection which
was held for him ~ throughout the Area
wherever his little ear carried his jolly per-
son, or of the innumerable services he ren-
dered friends and associates. Nor does it de-
scribe the seriousness with which he viewed
home defence amd worked to provide a last
line through organization and training of

i Militia Rangers in this Area—he had had

personal contacts with our enemies and

knew thei menace.

Yes, Jimmie Loach will be missed on the
highways and byeways, on the farms, in the
homes and offices of the M-S-A Area.

.

Freedom

manpower was strained to meet the exations
of the war effort, tuberculosis struck a tell-
ing blow.

Unless something is done quickly and en-
ergetically, tuberculosis will gain this year,
and the next. It can, and must, be stopped.

What can we do? We can support to the
limit the preventive measures that were so
successful in reducing the tuberculosis mor-
tality rate from 87.6 in 1921 to 50.6 in 1940,
In British Columbia we can support the pro-
gram of the B.C. Tuberculosis Society, that
last year supported field nursing services in
New Westminster and the Lower Fraser
Valley, assisted with a similar project at
Creston, supplied educational moving pic-
tures to lf shown in schools throughout the
province, and distributed pneumothorax sets
where needed. In addition it purchased an
$18,000 ambulatory unit, delivery of which
has been promised for December, which will
make X aminations possible for thou-
sands of citizens as it travels through B.C.

The secret of aiding in this magnificent
work lies in Christnias Seals. These stickers
each furnish one cent for the prevention of
tuberculosis. The total sum (last year $38,-
000 was raised in British Columbia) is a
war fund that will provide the means to
keep our worke free from tuberculosis,
keep our factor in full opération, and
bring nearer the day of the five freedoms.

Horse Before the Cart

deaths increased from 5789 in 1940 to 6057.
The effects of the war upon the population
was clearly shown in these figures. As our
industrial effort approached a peak and

The federal organization in charge is to

be commended, says The Penticton Herald,
for its somewhat revised approach to cur-

tailment of non-essential industry in Can-
ada. But—and this is what is so vitally im-
portant—it will take no action unless and
until National Selective Service officials
can demonstrate their ability to place the
ier st sd in productive industry.
There has arisen in all too many quarters

an unreasonable and unrele nting notion that

wiping out of this, that and the other thing

is all to the good, even if it can be proven
that the curtailment will bring no compen-
sating benefit to the war effort or anything
else and actually create injurious disloca-
tion. ‘This sort of wubalanced hysteria is as
reprehensible as the obstinate ostrich-head-
in-the-sand refusal on thé part of so many
to agree to make the sucrifices needed for
the forwarding of the war.

project such a building, possibly as a Dr. T. A.
Swift memorial. Dr. J. M. McDiarmid was ap-
pointed superintendent and to the Board, suc-
ceeding the late Dr. Swift.
- Net proceeds of the M-S-A Hospital W. A.
bazaar are reported to be $585.

Honoring Mrs. J. McGarva, a recent bride, a

* miscellaneous shower was given in Clayburn,

patronesses being Mrs. Sam Young and Mrs.
Frank Thompsor.

A pretty wedding was solemnized at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Curtis Bowman,
Upper Sumas, at eight o’clock Saturday even-
ing, when their youngest daughter, Barbara
Allsop, was united in marriage to Charles Hayes
Beldam, youngest son of Mr. F. W. E. Beldam,
Cambridge, England.

Revaluation of Soldier-settler land through-
out the district is underway by Capt. A. Ber-
ner, S.S.B. supervisor.

Five acres of stump land on an elevation east
of the town owned by Abbotsford Athletic As-
sociation has been*sold to G. A, McKay for
$440, part payment to be made in work on the
Jubilee Grounds, M-S-A Branch of the Canad-
ian Legion has increased its holdings in the
Jubilee Hall & Recreation Co. Ltd. by seven
shares bought with proceeds of a dance. A rol-
ler skating rink operator of Wickersham, Wn.,
has made a proposal to lay a maple floor in
the Jubilee Hall at a cost of $1200 and operate
a rink here two or three days a week.

Subscription rate of the A. S. & M. News,
four local pages, is $1.50 a year, $2 in USA.

Revitalize Parliament
(Toronto Evening Telegram)
* 2 &¢ &

In the frequent discussion on post-war
reconstruction and the establishment of a
new economic order, very little has been
heard about the necessity for improving the
institution which is to mold the coming
Utopia. The supreme will of the people be-
ing expressed through parliament, it is logi-
eal to look at this instrument of demoeracy
to see whether it is equal to the task.

Observation of parliament at close range
leads to the conclusion that it labors under
three major handicaps:

The private members are lacking in inde-
pendence of thought and have become rub-
ber stamps for the party leaders. —

The cabinet, which is a committee of the
House and which should be the servants of
the chamber, has become in practice its
master. It has become so powerful that “‘su-
premacy of parliament’’ is’ nothing more
than an empty phrase.

The rules of procedure in parliament are
antiquated and make it impossible for pri-
vate members of the Opposition to influence
government policy or legislation. They exert
no real control over expenditures.

In the United States, the Senators and
Congressmen display far greater independ-
ence of party lines than do members of par-
liament in Canada. Frequently they take a
position opposite to that desired by their
leaders, including the President. On many
occasions his own majority in the two
Houses have defied him. Somewhere be-
tween complete independence of the execu-
tive and complete servility to it there ought
to be a point where the Canadian private
members should take a stand.

A new approach to the management of
Canadian affairs will have to be made.
Quite probably it will require a majority of
new men with new viewpoints. The place for
them to start will be in the re-establishment
of real supremacy of parliament.

resigned from the chairmanship of the school
board to accept the contract. J. P. Carr will be
acting-chairman.

Eighty persons met in Copping hall, Abbots-
ford, at meeting which decided on formation of
-a Ci ity Chest A for Abbotsford
and district. H. W. E. Bryenton was chairman.
Rev. Baker was elected president and A. H.
Horn ary. E ive will be:
Mrs. J. Rowley, Mrs. J. Wilson, Mrs, H. Fra-
ser, E. Mann and E. Webster.

Bruce Dixon, Sumas Commissioner, invites
tenders for completion of a bridge across the
Sumas Lake Canal, west of the old highway,
on Tobacco road.

Sumas growers report export of sugar beets
has not been entirely satisfactory.

Duncan Donald McGillivray, 77, of Hunting-
don, a veteran of C.P.R. construction days,
died in M-S-A Hospital. The family settled in
Huntingdon 43*>years ago. John F, Macey, a
resident of Aldergrove for 34 years, died there
aged 83 years.

At a meeting of Matsqui Ward Two rate-
payers held in Croy hall, Reeve Cruickshank
said $500 would be allotted for road work.
The meeting decided shovelling should be done
by voluntary labor and trucks hired. -

Excavation for the new Canadian Legion
hall has commenced, O. Olund has the contract.

strictly off the —
beat...

Dont try to kid him about what goes on in
your home nights. He knows.

At least it would seem that if he wished to
sit down and figure things out he’d be able to
tell you a surprising lot about yourself.

“He” being Kenny Shore who reads your
light meter, month in, month out, summer,
winter, spring and fall—come rain, come seven
come eleven.

From Langley Prairie, half way to Chilli-
wack, even across the Fraser to Mission -dist-
rict and south to the border, Kenny goes into
every electrically-equipped home and office—
{o read more than 300 meters, or 12,000 little
dials. C

. If there’s a baby at your house, he can tell
if you have to get up much at nights for the
‘changing of the guard.’ He knows if Lucinda
is getting more sparking in these cold nights
because the light consumption would drop.

And there’s a lot of other personal things he
might be thinking when he goes out your door
after reading the B.C. Electric’s revolving cash
register.

Kenny knows just about every housewife in
this part of the valley—and every dog by his
teeth marks. He also knows a lot of the men,

oe @

but those he doesn’t know, know him when it —

comes time to honor the “please remit.”

Seems he would have a perfect set-up for

making odd change. Wonder if there would be
any money in running a one-man Gallup poll
through Kenny; or delivering haydbills door-to-
door; or corresponding for The News with the
gossip he could pick up—or would it be better
to hurry home and spend a meter-reader’s
evening watching the face of the clock?
es *¢ &

It has been suggested that when Abbotsford
begins another street i i
that the names “Dim-out Drive” and “Blackout
Boulevard” could be used in a number of in-
stances. si

* s 8 @ °.

Imagine, in the days of the ancients, going

2000 miles on a galleon. F
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Come the second front, at least we'll get in-

to some town names we are familiar with.
Cs) t+ 6

Ellioitt M. Little apparently slipped up on
his own regulations when he resigned from his
post with National Selective Service. He forgot
to give seven Mays’ notice. :

‘Fellow’ of Many Schools

James Sutherland Thomson, who recently
took over the position as general manager of
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, was
born April 30, 1892, at Stirling, Scotland. He
was educated at the University of Glasgow and
Trinity College, Glasgow, and was *graduated
in 1914, M.A. with first class honors in phil-
osophy, having been prizeman in economics,
political science, logic and philosophy. When
he was graduated, he was elected Clark Fel-
low in philosophy for four years. i

In 1920, he was graduated in theology from
Trinity College with honors and was
elected Paterson Fellow in theology
for one year.

He served in the Great War of 1914-
1918 in the ranks of the Queen’s Own
€ameron Highlanders and as a com-
missioned officer in the Rifle Brigade,
and returned with the rank of cap-
tain. He now holds the rank of hon-
orary lieutenant-colonel in the Canad-
jan Officers’ Training Corps.

He was ordained in 1920, served as
minister in Coatbridge, Scotland, until
1924, when he was appointed secretary
for Youth and Education to the
Church of Scotland. In this post, he
visited and lectured in Canada and
the United States, several European
countries and the Near East and at-
tended the Youth Congress in Helsin-
fos in Finland and the International
Missionary Council at Jerusalem.

He was invited to Canada in 1930 and for
seven years was a professor at Pine Hill Col-
lege in Halifax. In 1936 James Thomson was
given the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Vice-
toria University, Toronto, and the following
year he was elected president of the Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan.

This year, Dr. Thomson was elected a Fel-
low of the Royal Society of Canada ‘and is the
Chancellor's Lecturer. at Queen’s University, _
Kingston. Next year, he is, to be Nathaniel
Taylor lecturer at Yale University, the first

- Canadian to be elected
to this distinguished lec-
turship.

Dr. Thomson is the
author of many articles
and has contributed “To-
pics of the Day” to the
Dalhousie Review for the
past eight years. He also
wrote two books, “Stu-
dies in the Life of Jes-
us” and “The Way of
Revelation.”

He was married to
Margaret Stewart Troup
in 1922 and they have
two children,

Latest act of the CBC
has been to take over
station CFGP at Prince
Rupert.

Bill Hambly |

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