a EXPERT FARM LS" MACHINERY REPAIRS _ HORSESHOEING EXPERT WORKMANSHIP PROMPT SERVICE Phone: New Westminster 330 NEW WESTMINSTER 826 Royal Ave. J Purity of seed includes not only freedom from weeds but al- so freedom from seeds of other cultivated crops. With regard to seed-testing for germination, Can- mination under favourable conditions”. adian regulations state that “the object for testing seeds for ger- is to determine their ability to develop normal plants H. J. Humphrey when D. “special duties’’. ears headquarters in Montreal. e is succeeded as vice-president, and have devoted their entire liv C: jan life. TO BE GUIDED BY TRUE VALUE B&K Full Pail Dairy Mash J Contains A Variety of Ground Grains, Mill Feeds, CG ATE a1 Mi 1 You are assured of maximum production when you feed a complete Dairy Mash. Increased milk flow and a fine, strong calf crop are the pay off. TheBrackman-Ker Milling Co. Ltd. Abbotsford & a Phone 52 \ ¥ Place your order NOW for your winter’s supply of FIRMILL-WOOD PAUL BROS. Phone 125 ‘Box 96, Mission PACIFIC. STAGES SAVE ON ESSENTIAL OPERATING TO RRYING GASOLINE AND .RUBBER .WHILE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE LONG-RANGE planning for the transition of the Cana way Coapany from a war to a peacetime basis was foresha . Coleman, Chairman and President, it H.J. Humphrey, formerly Vice-President of the Company’s Bastern Lines, to “Mr. Humphrey’s sxcepuonelly wide experience, and comprehensive knowledge will be devoted primaril problems that will confront the Company in the period of transition from war to peace”, Mr. Coleman said. _ Mr. Humphrey is now located at the Com- E. D. Cotterell an Pacific Rail- lowedrecently he Jan. 3, 1945 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS 9 B.C. HORSE BREEDERS FAVOR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PLAN The British Columbia Horse Breeders’ Association re-elected Claude Worthington, Chilliwack, as president, at their annual meeting in New Westminster. Other members of the execu- tive are: Vice-president, Rupert Fisher, Ladner; Secretary-treas- urer, W. H. Hicks, Agassiz; dir- ectors, Frank Farrell, Ladner; Geo. Shannon, Cloverdale; Wm. Shepherd, Sea Island; Jack Py- bus, Ladner; Alex. Montgomery, Ladner; George Jackson, for the upper country; James Cassanave, Vancouver Island. That the time is coming when the horse will again be economic in value, was an encouraging statement made by Dr. N. S. Wood, U.B.C. Artificial insemination was urg- ed by W. H. Hicks, superinten- dent of the Experimental Farm xtensive public contacts to the solution of Eastern Lines, by E. D. Cotterell, formerly general manager, Eastern Lines, who is promoted to vice-president, and general manager, with headquarters in Toronto. f and Mr. Cotterell report to W. M. Neal, C any. The appointments became effec ‘These changes again bring into the spotlight two officials who have each made great contributions to the steady advancement of Canadia ive> to the development of th: o. Both Mr. Humphrey 5.B.E., Vice-President of the Com- ve October 1. ailroading vital phase of FOOD FROM FARMS FOR WAR PRISONERS By arangement with the British Red Cross Society, the Canadian Red Cross Society supplies two-thirds of all the food parcels sent to allied prisoners of war, except those from the United States. Clothing and medical supplies to Canadian, Brit- ish and other Ailied prisoners are supplied by the British Red Cross. Much of the food in the parcels or- iginates on Canadian farms. A total of 190,000 parcels are sent from Canada to prisoners of war every week. This year the cost will be, it is estimated, $24,700,000, of which the Canadian Red Cross will pay $5,500,000. ‘The 190,000 parcels go to 80,000 British and Canadian prisoners of war in Europe, 80,000 for other allied prisoners in Europe, 30,000 for British prisoners and ciy- ilians in the Far East. The parcels are not sent individ- ually to prisoners, but are distribut- ed by the International Committee in Geneva, Switzerland. The food in the. parcels is intended to supple- ment the meagre prisoners’ diet, Each parcel weighs 11 pounds and contains: 16 ozs. whole milk pow- der, 16 ozs. butter, 4 ozs. cheese, 16 ozs. jam or marmalade, 10 ozs. pork luncheon meat, 8 ozs. salmon, 4 ozs. sardines or kippers, 8 ozs. raisins, 8 ozs. dried prunes, 8 ozs. sugar, 12 ozs. corned beef or other meat, 16 ozs. pilot biscuits, 1 oz. salt and pepper, 4 ozs.,tea, 2 ozs. soap, 8 ozs. eating chocolate. In the first ten months of 1944 the Canadian Red Cross had sent 13,797,974 parcels. Bradner Mrs. J. A. Carmichael, and Miss Mildren Carmichael were visitors to Vancouver for a few days. The Annual meeting of the Red Cross unit will be held in the School kitchen Tuesday after- noon, January 9. Please make a special effort to attend. Miss Lawrence is spending a few days in Vancouver visiting friends. Mrs. J. Glazebrook, and son Barry, and Miss Edith Donald- son, spent the Christmas week- end at the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Donaldson. Miss Doreen Carmichael, Van- couver spent Christmas at her home here. The Community Club held a very successful Dance in the Hall Boxing night, for the benefit of Hall funds, using the P.A. Sys- tem. Mrs. Colin Carmichael, and young baby are visiting at the home of Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Car- michael. Mr. and Mrs. F. Sloggett Sr. were guests of their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs, C. Branch No. 15 (Contributed) Annual Turkey Draw A large crowd gathered at the Legion Hall on Friday, Dec. 22, all eagerly listening to the an- nouncements of winning tickets. Prize winners were as follows: Ticket No. 762 W. Chalmers, Turkey; 1509 Mrs. E. Webb, Tur- key; 78 T.. Harris,-Turkey; 327 Mrs. L. Sparrow, Turkey; 142 A Ellwood, Turkey; 1649 Dan Stein, Turkey 499 Mrs. E. Bellrose, Tur- key; 1432 J. J. Swelander, Tur- key; 1147 W. Lightbaun, Turkey; 853 P. B. Thiessen, Turkey; 1181 Mrs. L. Reid, Turkey; 1366 S. Chinn, Turkey; 1546 Sonny John- son, Ham; 1466 H. Brent, Ham; 289 C. Hartwig, Ham; 110 Mrs. W. R. Mayne, Ham; 430 R. Simp- son, Ham; 692 J. Onofrejchuk, Ham; 16 A, Southon, Consolation; 917 Mrs. J. R. McDonald, Con- solation; 929 H. Skipper, Consola- tion; 1052 Mrs. S. Nagy, Consola- tion; 293 W. Towlan, Consolation; 1472 F. Forrest, Consolation; 308 A. McKinnon, Consolation; 720 Miss N. Carter, Consolation; 951 K. Richier, Consolation. Ticket Honors Honors for disposing of the most tickets go to Com. F. Car- ter, closely followed by one of our newest members, Com. F. Nagy. We wish to express our sincere thanks to these members and to all for their co-operation which made this Annual Draw a success. Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting and No- mination of Officers for the en- suing year will be held on Thursday, January 11 at 8 pm. Members are requested to make a special effort to be present on this important occasion. Membership ; A Reminder — Your Member- ship Committee appeal® to all members whose dites may be out- standing, to get up to date as soon as possible; and also get 1945 dues paid before March 31. The Secretary: will always be ready to receive your dues which can be paid at the monthly meet- ings or at any time at your con- venience, Le During the five years of the war, London’s Trunk Exchange telephone operators have handled 150,000,000 calls, remaining on duty during all types of enemy raids. Ferguson, Vancouver, over the Christmas holidays. Greetings during these trying up in our service. them all... Confectionery — Lunches Appreciation ... We express our gratitude to ie for their patience and co-operation shortage of help we have been slowed A HAPPY NEW YEAR The Glacier and times, when due to In return we wish Phone 185 Abbotsford as opposing the at Agassiz, as the answer to the problem of bringing in new blood to breeding stock in the Fraser Valley. The suggestion was warmly supported by the meeting, and a recommendation was made that the directors of the association be asked to go into the question of procuring a stallion to be used for the benefit of breeders in the Fraser Valley and on Van- couver Island. DAIRYMEN OPPOSE “COCKTAIL BARS” Nomination of four bers No Relief in Sight for the ‘phone Situation There is still a great short- age of telephones, telephone lines and central office equipment, and, unfortun- ately, there is no immediate prospect of the situation improving. Factories that previously made telephone equipment for civilian use are now manufacturing equip ment for war. And even after war requirements have been met, it will take a long time to obiain enough tele- phone equipment to catch up with the civilian demand. We, of course, cannot help the situation. We are gen- uinely sorry we cannot say “yes” to everyone who ap- plies for service. BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY to contest two seats on the board of directors and going on record introduction of intoxicating liquor by the drink in the State of Washington were the highlights of the annual meeting in Lyn- den of the Whatcom County Dairymen’s Association. The 300 dairymen present nom- inated Robert Sorensen of Laur- el, Gerrit Noteboom of Lynden, Ira Perry of Sumas and Clarence Nyhus of the Harmony district, as the four candidates for the two positions on the board of directors The election will be held in February. the sale of No one can demand that some- one else be trustworthy. But everybody can become the sort of person other people trust. SPECIAL SESSION FOR RETURNED MEN The University of British Col- umbia has compltted arrange- ments to enable returned men to begin their university work im- mediately after the New Year. The following courses willebe made available: English 1, Eng- lish 2, Mathematics 1, Mathemat- ics 2, Chemistry 1, Chemistry 2, Economies 1, Agriculture 1. Also Agriculture Electives “A” if reg- istration is sufficient. eturned men desiring to ge- gin work in January should reg- ister now. Classes will assemble in Arts 100 on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 3:30 p.m. = Moder 4 ae Phone 100 The Atangard is considered the most modern hotel in the Fraser Valley ! e FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT ® LICENSED PREMISES | Whe Hotel Atangard | ORLAND and MRS. McMASTER, Prop! tors Abboisford ABBOTSFORD FULLY INSURED Phone 100 or 243 Get a 1945 phone card at the TAXI GEORGE TAYLOR e Two Luxurious Cars Always Good Service Atangard Hotel or News office YOUVE TRIED THE REST —NOW TRY THE BEST! Breeder Leghorns New Hampshires Swensson’s Poultry Breeding that we can produce, and order your baby chicks today from SWENSSON and EVE ALDERGROVE, B.C. Eve's Poultry Breeding Farm—Capacity 3000 Layers, Both Under Government R. 0. P. Supervision Hatchery Mixed $14.00; Pullets $29.00 per 100 Mixed $15.00; Pullets $26.00 per 100 Farm—Capacity 6000 Layers.