_ the quality of the meat purchas-

himself

umas Matsqui News

Twenty-first Year, No. 26

Abbotsford, B.C.,

Wednesday, June 28, 1944

Eight Pages

WPTB Charges
Against Fietz
All Dismissed —

NO EVIDENCE PRICE
CEILINGS VIOLATED;
RECORDS SUFFICIENT

. Charges preferred by Wartime
Prices & Trade Board against
Louis Feitz, who operates the
butcher shop in Modern Markets
Ltd., Abbotsford, of offering meat
at higher than ceiling prices al-
lowed by the Board and not
Keping complete records of his
purchases of meat, were dismis-
sed Wednesday afternoon in Ab-
botsford police court by Magist-
tate J. W. Winson.

In regard to the complaint of
incomplete. records, the court
found no intent to deceive in the
fact that in the record book no
addresses were shown, all the
flames recorded were well known
locally and license of the ac-
cused, as testified, permits him
to purchase only locally other
than from recognized “packing
houses. In regard to the price
chart it was not clear whether
the removable strip indicating
Prices for plain meats had or
had not been on the chart nor was
there evidence that such meat
was offered for sale. Similarly
there was lack of evidence re-
garding the hamburger which it
Was charged was offered above
its price ceiling, The court noted
that there was no evidence of
Sales at all, only that the invest-
igator, Neale, had asked Feitz
Some questions.

Court, counsel for the Board,
A. K. Grimmett, the. investigator,
and Feitz debated what consti-
tuted the various cuts of meat
Specified in Board regulations,
Sought pictures of them in Board
charts and descriptions in Board
literature.

Counsel for the accused, D. W.
F. McDonald, ‘illustrated the
problems of butchers in trying
to comply with all the regula-
tions, particularly
of help. Exhibited various of the
forms and instructions, includi
a 30-page, closely-printed book,
and submitted the counter sales
slips, purchase slips, invoices and
Tecord book of the accused as
indicating his efforts to comply,

1

ed and similar details,

ALEX MacKiINNON,
HERE FORTY YEARS,
PASSES IN SLEEP

Employed 29 Years
With Clayburn Co,

An old-time resident of Clay-
burn and Kilgard and lately of
Abbotsford, Alex MacKinnon, 78,
died early Saturday at the home
of his son, Murdoch, _

Mr. MacKinnon had been in
failing health for some time, but
had recently rallied and busied
planting and ‘cultivating
@ smail garden,

Apparently the end came peace-
fully while he slept, as his daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. M. MacKinnon,
found him lying as though in
sleep when she slipped into the
room to attend to his breakfast.

Born in the north of Scotland,
Mr. MacKinnon came to Canada
in 1903, arriving in Clayburn a
year later. For 29 years he was
associated with the Clayburn
Brick Company, residing at Kil-
gard until 1942, when he made
his home in Abbotsford.

Three sons survive: Murdoch
at Abbotsford, Alex, a sergeant
in the RCAMC now in Italy; and
Neil of New Westmi is

Don Sayce Tricks Nazi Anti-Tank
Gunners; Dodges Rocket Mortar
Shells in Slit Trenches in Italy

. CHARGED BY SELF-PROPELLED GUNS AND UNDER FIRE
FROM SIX-BARRELLED ROCKET GUNS — “MOANING
MINNIES”; PRAISES TANK AND ARTILLERY SUPPORT

raphic account of the break-through by Canadian troops
nen the Hitler Line in the advance on Rome is described by
Pte. Donald A. Sayce, eldest son of Mr. William Sayce of Hunt-
ingdon, in a letter home which is reproduced below with but few
deletions by the censor. Don enlisted at the outbreak of war and
has been overseas for three years. His youngest brother, Victor, is

with shortage lai

invasion barges.

with the Royal Canadian Navy and was last reported training with

Total Of 334
Farm Helpers
Placed Tn Area

BERRYMEN BENEFIT
BY EASIER SUPPLY;
DAIRYMEN HELPED

Meeting the labor needs of
the strawberry growers has been
simpler this year than last, ac-
cording to Placement Officer P.
H. Reimer of the M-S-A office of
the Dominion-Provincial Emerg-
ency Farm Labor Service.

Mr. Reimer attributes this sat-
isfactory condition to several fac-
tors: the growers made arrange-
ments for necessary help earlier;
the local fam help office had the
benefit of the 1943 season ex-
perience; there are more pickers
available this year.

.~New Sources

The improvement in numbers
of pickers available comes from
two sources: wives of servicemen
stationed in the Area, particul-
arly of air force men connected
with No. 24 EFTS, have volun-
teered to -help harvest the crop
and 2) there has been a consid-
rable influx of new settlers with

| Westminster Regt.
CA — CMF

Good weather here. Hot!! It
used to be mud and now it is
dust. Suppose the papers have
been giving us a great write up.
Not much I can tell you about it
yet.

The platoon was working with
‘A’ Squadron of your old regi-
ment. Did we have a time of it
trying to keep up to those tanks,
And we were supposed to be
scouting for them!

Only took -about three hours
ta get through the famous Hitler
Line. The first few miles was
easy. All we did was indicate
targets for the tanks with trac-
ers, then the tanks would put a
couple of shells into a house and
finish off anything that was in it,

I was so busy driving that I
didn’t see much. It was all vine-
yards, with tall wheat that hid
everything. The infantry that fol-
lowed us in had a picnic, and
took plenty of prisoners, But
when we bumped the German
anti-tank defenses things really
started. Was sure a tough go for
a while. The support never back-
ed a foot. They Stayed under fire
in their tanks, Supporting our
infantry until they reached their
objective. We were pinned down
by anti-tank guns in our car-
riers for a while, so didn’t make
the objective first as was intend-
ed. Only saw one carrier hit, and
(Continued on Page Eight)

irge families.
While it has been ‘y on
occasion to shift pickers from

grower to grower, picking has
proceeded smoothly, Mr. Reimer
said on Saturday.
246 Registered

At the weekend, local records
revealed that 246 pickers had
registered at the M-S-A Farm
Help office in Abbotsford. The
total number of farm helpers, up
to Friday last,, was 334. This in-
cluded 22 men to dairy farms,
(Continued on Page Hight)

POTATO, CARROT
GROWERS SHOULD
CHECK BLIGHTS

W. R. Foster, assistant plant
Patholigist, Victoria, is ‘accom-
banying G. E. W. Clarke, dist-
rict horticulturist, Abbotsford, in
a check of disease factors of
small fruits and vegetables.
Early potatoes appear to have
escaped the flea beetle pretty
well but the beetles are mating
and spraying should be done.
While late plantings of carrots
seem to have escaped the rust
fly this pest will be on the wing
again by mid-July and growers
should start to dust or use crude
naptholene as a preventative
measure.

NO GAS UNIT CUT

Munitions Department officials
said last night there was no im-
mediate danger of a cut in the
value of Canada’s gasoline ration
coupons, now worth three gal-
lons each.

Se jSti
wife predeceased. him eight years
ago.

Funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon from _Pente-
costal Tabernacle with Rev. J.
Peel officiating, Pallbearers were
Tom Straiton, A. Barker, J. Kerr,
Fred Holtsbaum, A. H. Sander-
cock and Hugh McNeill.

Henderson’s Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements and in-
peeDene was at Hazelwood ceme-
ery,

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JUNE BLOOD DONOR TRIP
HELD OVER UNTIL JULY;
CLINIC DRIVE SUCCESSFUL

Unexpected success attended a
drive in Vancouver for Red Cross
recently and as a

blood donors
result the clinic
capacity to keep
number of volunteers.

is working ar

For this reason, states Percy,
organizer of the

Jones, M-S-A
blood donor service, the regular

monthly trip by donors of this
community for June was cancel-
Van-
However, Mr,
the overflow is
temporary and the local groups
will make another trip, probably

led at the request of
couver officials,
Jones points out,

the

about July 5,
WIZARD OF oz
PICTURES SHOWN
Displayed in The News
dow this week are pictures
of Abbotsford

their costumes.

up with the

win-
tak-
en from The Wizard of Oz, re-
cently presented by the children
elementary school,
showing different characters in
The pictures are

JOINS SUGAR REFINERY

Dr. Frank Peto, who was loan-
ed by the National Research
Council at Ottawa *to Bucker-
fields Ltd. to superintend the su-
far beet seed and fibre flax crop
development in B.C., soon after
the outbreak of war, has now
been appointed director of agri-
cultural research for the B.C.
Sugar Refineries.

Serato aio forieed
FINED FOR SPEEDING

Charged in Matsqui police
court with exceeding the 40-mile
Wartime speed limit, Fred J.
Frick of Vancouver was’ fined
$20 and costs and fines of $15
and costs were given Alex Dun-
bar, Peter Griesbrecht and Mit-
chel Cameron of Vancouver and
Louise C, Bonar of Ladner.

FINE AND FORFEITS
FOR CASCARA BARK
THEFT IN MATSQUI

Ernest Kroaker of Bradner
and a’ companion of juvenile
age each paid fines of $10 and(
costs when they pleaded guilty
to theft of cascara bark in the
Dennison district, following in-
vestigation by B.C. Police. In
additon they paid the price of
the bark, as required under the
Criminal Code, and forfeited
the bark, about 100 pounds,

ELECTRIC DREDGE
WILL DIG CATCH
BASIN IN CANAL

An electric dredge has been
installed on the Vedder River
where it joins with the Vedder
Canal, below the BCER crossing,
according to Bruce Dixon, Su-
mas Dyking Commissioner, The
dredge will dig a catch basin at
this point semi-annually in the
spring and fall with a view to
catching the silt coming down
the river. This silt has a tend-
ency to settle and fill in the 314-
mile, more or less, level canal.

When the basin has been com-
pleted it is hoped that the canal
will scour itself out more than it
is doing at present.

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SAYS W. L, MACKEN

Duty Free Farm
Equipment Aid
To New Settlers

Removal of all tariffs from
farm machinery, as announced in
the budget brought down by Hon.
J. L, Islsley, finance minister, is
welcomed by farmers in the Fra-
ser Valley, says W. L. Macken,
president of the Fraser Valley
Milk Producers’ Association, him-
self a farmer-dairyman.

Extent to which cost of ma-
chinery may be reduced ‘im-
proves that much more the fin-
ancial position of the agricultur-
ist. But it is in the prairies the
effect will be felt most, because
it is there that big machine
farming operations are carried on.

Most of the farmers in B.C.
are well established, with fair
supplies of all essential machin-
ery. As long as _ replacement
parts were available, and occa-
sional supplementary machines
available at auction sales, the
men in the Fraser Valley were
getting along all right.

With new settlement, however,
and provided new machines are
really available, the benefit to
the farmers will be very con-
siderable from the removal of
duty.

$6800 IRRIGATION
AND DRAINAGE PLAN
IN SUMAS COMPLETE

Carried out by Sumas Dyking
Commission, a drainage and irri-
gation scheme commenced in
March has just been completed
at a cost of $6800. The cost was
defrayed by Bruce Buckerfield
of Vancouver who recently ac-
quired about 500 in the reclama-
tion area, The property lies north
of Buckerfield Farms Ltd. oper-
ations,

It is understood that Mr’Buck-
erfield plans to develop an Aber-
deen-Angus herd. :

Free ee Noe
PAYS $400 FINE

ae

Pleading guilty to a charge of
selling liquor to juveniles, Chas.
Robertson of Abbotsford was fin-
ed $400 and costs, with the alter-
native of three months in jail,
when he appeared in Abbotsford
police court Tuesday. Fine was
Paid.

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/FOUR PAY $25 FINES

Stanley A. Kerr, Vancouver;
Thos. H, Tomb, local; Vera Man-
sell and Marie Owen of North
Vancouver, each paid fines of $25
and costs after appearing in Ab-
botsford police court on charges
of being intoxicated in a public
place.

Reforestation In Action

SREVEMP
| eS /

Plan Annual F

orest Crop In Perpetuity

A Royal Commission is at Present inquiring into ways and

means of assuring that British Columbia’s forests will continue to
provide revenue and employment in perpetuity.

Nature herself is working hard at this
of the job without labor or expense if she

Operation from man.

random, seedlings were counted
ber acre, which is

by Inspector A. S. Towell,

the seed.

New Forest Found Growing Here

PT eS

The passerby would see nothing but slash and imagine nothing but
destruction, On three widely separated 1/10-acre patches chosen at

at the rates of 1060, 1300 and 1730

more complete stocking than if planted by the
Government. The forest on the edges of the logged pateh furnished

task and will do much
receives reasonable co-

° This was revealed in a Striking
manner to a group of representa-
tive citizens of the Fraser Valley,
civic officials, Boards of Trade
officers and newspaper publishers
who toured the operations of the
Alberni-Pacifie Lumber Company
on Vancouver Island for a whole
day recently.

Included in the tour. party
were: From Chilliwack: Charles
A. Barber, publisher of The Pro-
gress; Mayor T. T. McCammon
and Frank Hall, president of the
Board of Trade; from Abbots-
ford: Commissioner H. D. Mac-
Fadyen and Lang. Sands, pub-
lisher of the A. S. & M. News:
Langley: J Ww. Armstrong; New
Westminster; Frank D. Marshall,
news editor of The British Col-

umbia: Mission: Chairman of
Commissioners A. D. McRae and
Peter Grant; and from Maple
Ridge: Eric Dunning, publisher
of-the Haney Gazette, and J. L
Brown,

Valley Forests Gone
Interest of the Fraser Valley
party in the Island logging op-

Continued on page 7

Many Guests

at Huntingdon
W. I. Meeting

SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS
MADE; FOUNDER PLAYED;
COLLECTION AIDS “HUT”

The June meeting of the Hunit-
ingdon Women’s Institute, held
at the home of Mrs. W. J, Fra-
ser, was attended by 47 guests.
including members of the Uppe.
Sumas WI, Mrs... Foy of Poplar
Manor WI, and ladies of the 4Vo-
men’s Club at Sumas, Wn., also
Mrs. G. C. Grant and Mrs. G.
MacAndrew of Abbotsford.

Mrs. H. E. Beetlestone, presi-
dent,, who was a delegate to the
WI convention, gave an interest-
hg report. A gratifying Junior
Red Cross report was given and
aunouncement of the school
nic on June 22. A circular stre
ing the need for more recreation
centres and for the broadening
of Pro-Rec education was read
by Mrs. A. S. Toweil.

Mesdames P,
bett of Sumas WI, and Mesdames
J. Brown and W. Waterston of
Huntingdon WI were appointed
to plan for the entertainment of
members and delegates for the
South Fraser Conference to be
held in Abbotsford in October,

Mrs. Grant and Mrs. MacAnd-
rew gave short talks on the work
of the Citizens’ Committee, and
explained the work and Progress
of the Servicemen’s Hut in Ab-
botsford. Both Speakers expres-
sed thanks to the Institutes for
their co-operation.

Corsages were Presented to the
presidents of each Institute, Mrs.
Beetlestone, Mrs. J. D. Leavitt,
and to Mrs. Mel Fadden and Mrs,
Cruca, president of the Sumas
Women’s Club, Mrs. Beetlestone
presented Mrs. Jean Fraser and
her daughters, Misses Janet and
Agnes, with a bathroom. set in
appreciation of their work in the
Institute during their residence
in Huntingdon, Presentation was
also made to four charter mem-
bers of the Institute, Mesdames
J. W. Winson, H. Yarwood, W.
Waterston and J, Fraser, for their
work since the organization of
Huntingdon WI.

play, “Life and Work of
Adelaide Hoodlese,” founder of
Women’s Institutes, was present-
ed by Mesdames A. S, Towell,
Stone, Scott, Crouter and Water-
ston with Mrs. Winson narrator,

Refreshments were served by
the hostess, assisted by several
members. A collection of $10 was
turned over to the Citizens’ Com-
mittee,

Hostel Opens
In Abbotsford
To Aid Growers

SMALL NUMBER OF
GIRLS HERE EARLY
HELP PICK ‘STRAWS’

To ensure an adequate number
of pickers to harvest the straw-
berry crop, a hostel for girl pick-
ers from the cities operated for
the Emergency Farm Labor Sery-
ice by the YWCA, opened in Ab-
botsford at the weekend. Its ca-
pacity is 100 girls but it is not
expected that any number will
be required or accommodated
until the raspberry season gets

underway,
Four girls arrived Saturday,
six on Sunday and four more on

Monday. With the brief but
heavy rain storm of Monday af-
ternoon dampening the country-
side there was actually a surplus
of both local and hostel girls on
Tuesday.
The hostel is again’ located in
the Philip Sheffield high school

Starr and F. Cor®

INVASION CASUALTIES

ACTING SGT. J. D.
BLACKLOCK
Died of Wounds
As reported in The News last
week, Jim Blacklock, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. S, Blacklock, Mats-
qui, succumbed to wounds re-
ceived in the invasion of France,
“Cut” courtesy Vancouver Sun.

PTE. J. WORTHINGTON
DIES OF WOUNDS IN
FRANCE AFTER D-DAY

Previously reported seriously
wounded, Pte, James Worthing-
on, died of wounds in France on
June “14, the eve of the day
which was to have been his wed-
ding day, according to advices
reaching his mother, Mrs. S, Dib-
Jey, Peardonville road.

He was engaged to Florence
Haig of Glasgow and they were
to have been married on June
15, according to pre-D-Day plans.

Pte. Worthington was born 29

years ago at Saskatoon, coming
here’ in 1936. He enlisted about
18 months ago and has been 6ver-
seas for the past year.
In addition to his mother, he
‘is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Grace Gunderson of Abbotsford,
two brothers, Norman and Rich-
ard at Williams Lake.

With the Forces

In connection with the recent
announcement that two well-
known Abbotsford young men in
the RCAF, Henry Robert Short
and Sidney James West, had
Won commissioned rank overseas,
it is now announced by Western
Air Command that their promo-
tions are to the rank of Flight
Engineer Officer in both cases.
Latest reports received by Mr,
and Mrs, D. H. Grieg of Abbots-
ford, parents of
Grigg, recently reported wounded
inItaly, is that he is improving
but his condition is still Serious.
Information received by mail in-
dicates that Joe has wounds in
his right shoulder, right hip and
both feet.

PO Bob Short, who has been
home on leave at Poplar, left
Wednesday to visit Edmonton,
after which he will return to his
duty. PO Short has been on ac-
tive service in Britain and Af-
Tica,

LAC Norman Orwick, Aber-
deen, has ‘obtained leave for the
haying season,

LAC Douglas Taylor, of a west
coast station, visited his parents
at Mt. Lehman at the weekend.
LAC F. E. Cornelson spent the
Weekend at his father’s home on
Marshall road, accompanied by
his bride. He has since returned
to duty at a west coast station.

AB Bob Massen has notified
his mother, Mrs. N, Massen of
Abbotsford that his ship took
Part in the invasion, and that he
is well and happy.

according to
word received here by his fiancee
Miss Dorothy Rumble. Pte. Tin-
ney has visited here on many oc-
many friends in

Slater is visiting his
relatives here,
AC Jack Gilmore visited Ab-
botsford this week.
Pte. Bruce Wollacott spent the
weekend with his Parents,

auditorium, utilizing the equip-
ment installed - last year when a
maximum of about 65 girls were
housed there to relieve the short-

ir are
utilized as kitchen and dining
room for the girls and a small
but competent staff supervises
the hostel.

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SCHOOL PUPILS INVEST
$1200 IN WAR STAMPS

Pupils of the Abbotsford ele-
mentary school purchased $858
worth of War Savings Stamps
during the school year, Septem-
ber 1943 to June 1944. There is
an enrolment of 340 pupils and

74¥%2% of them are war savers.
During the same period, pupils
from Upper Sumas school invest-
ed $354.25 in War Stamps.
es ge

VIOATED SCHOOL ZONE

Albert H. Aitkens of Vancou-
ver was fined $10 and costs and
Edward Mackenzie of Lar >
and costs in Matsqui police court
on charges of speeding through
School zones, Having

no head-
cost Philip
ts, and
Griving a motor vehicle other
than that remitted by his license
cost Abe Nikkell, local, $10 and

costs.

Fit.-Sgt. Clare Yarwood is tak-
ing an administration course at
Trenton, Ont.

Friends at Huntingdon have re-
ceived word that FO Howard
Williams, overseas, and AB Frank
Williams, who is training with
el RENE at Halifax, are both
well.

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MOTORISTS FINED

Sate

Failure to produce his driver's
license after being given a check-
up slip last month resulted in
Gerald R. Gordon of Vancouver
being fined $5 and costs in Ab-
botsford police court. Jos. Math-

ers of Straiton was fined and
costs for failure to have a driv-
er’s license Henry Pick of
Mission paid 50 for parking in
& restricted 1e.

SCUTCHING FLAX

Scutching of the fibre flax at
the plant at Cloverdale has been
Soing on steadily fob the past few
Weeks, i
silk-like

are ready for ship-
> spinning mills. De-
e flax was completed
ago.

a few wee

A fine of $25 with costs was
assessed in Matsqui police court
in the case of Geo. Alex, MeKay,
charged with lighting a clearing
fire without a permit,

Paratrooper Joe