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6 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS Oct. 18, 1944

Beautiful Plants

2 YEARS OLD

SIX VARIETIES
Each, $1.85 * 3 for $5.25
Any Six, *9.90

Jackmani, purple

Henry I, large white

Mme. Andre, violet red

Ramona, velvety clear blue

Mute. Veillard, rose .
Duchess of Edinburgh, double white

NEW, beautifully illustrated
Catalogue now ready.

A complete line of nursery stock.

EDDIE'S NURSERIES

P.0. SARDIS, B.C.

| : TRAVELLING WARDROBES Canadian girls will examine these

at Four identical wardrobes, each | wardrobes which have been de-

| comprising 23 items made from signed by the continent’s lead-

discarded garments, has began ajing pattern companies. These

| trans-Canada tour of 212 high | garments will be shown in Brit-

ai Schools. Between now and next | ish Columbia during December
Spring hundreds of thousands of }and January.

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MATSQUI VOTERS LIST 1944
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All persons, not Registered Owners of property or Regis-
tered Owners of an Agreement to purchase, who wish their
names added to the Voters List for the 1944 Municipal
Election must register as Licence -Holder or He hold

RETURNED FLYER'S MESSAGE

Folks At Home

pilot, Wing

centre,

Wing-Cmadr.
young man, fiercely independent
(a noticeable trait on solo fight-
ers) and his post-war ambition
is to be in business for himself,
whether it be as the master of
his own humble fishboat, a mer-
chant or a logger. He wants to
be his own boss and he sees in
the return to the coast of the
Japanese a threat to this ambi-
tion.

It is an ambition shared, he
said, by thousands of overséas
men, most of whom are con-
fident that already those of us
at home have taken steps to
see that there is no question
of a Japanese return.

Before the war, Bob Buckham
was one of the few Canadian boys
well versed in the Japanese art
of judo. He took membership in
a Canadian-Japanese Club to
study it. But that association with
the Nips has no softening effect
—if it might be expected to—
upon his attitude toward them as
fellow-residents after the war.

“Will Be Sore”

“The boys overseas think that
all these Japs in Canada are in
camps on public works at a very
low wage,” he said‘ When they
learn how well the little yellow
(men) are being treated some of
them are going to be pretty sore.”

“So far as I’m concerned
there won’t be room for one of
them on the same street with me
after the war,” he ended.

and pay or have paid the Poll Tax and Road Tax imposed

- by the Municipality or hold a subsisting Trade Licence. This
registration may be effected by taking the necessary declara-
tion before a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Commis-
sioner for taking Affidavits or the Municipal Clerk and
must be delivered to the Municipal Clerk on or before the
31st day of October 1944

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Proper Declaration Forms may be had upon application §
to the Municipal Clerk, Municipal Hall, Mount Lehman, B.C.,
or the NEWS OFFICE, Abbotsford, B.C.

J. W. PENNINGTON,
Municipal Clerk.

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| Fir Sawdust

$5 per Unit

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PHONE 125 BOX 96, MISSION

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BC Eleclez

Base Pensions

On Degree of

ar Injary

This is one of a series of
articles written especially for
this paper by Richard Hale,
chief pension officer of the
Canadian Legion, Ottawa
headquarters

The question of pensions for
men of the armed forces who are
wounded or injured, become sick
or disabled, is one of the most
discussed in Canada today. At
the same time there is probably
no other problem relating to men
of the forces that is less under-
stood.

In the first place the amounts
of pensions payable are general-
ly grossly exaggerated in the
average mind. Whenever a pen-
sion is mentioned the uninitiated
visualizes some sum ranging be-
tween $40 and $150 per month.
While it is true that pensions do
run as high as $150 in except-
ional cases, where the man is
totally disabled, it is equally true
that the majority of pensionable
disabilities are much smaller,
Disability pensions are fixed in
accordance with the degree of
disability deemed to exist as re-
lated to the ordinary labour mar-
ket.

The determination of the a-
mount of a disability pension in
respect to a disease is a very dif-
ficult and highly technical mat-
ter based generally on medical
opinion as to the degree of im-
pairment of the organs affected.
While pension rates are not
made public by the Pension
Commission the Canadian Legion
has, through thousands of cases
handled, been able to arrive at
pretty definite conclusions in re-
gard to specified types of wounds
or injuries.

Here are some of the percent-
ages of pension generally allow-
ed. A marriel man with no
children getting a 100 per cent
disability pension receives $100
per month. For the first de-
pendent child he receives an ad-
ditional $15 per month, $12 for
the second child and $10 for
each additional child with NO
Maximum amount. A single man
on 100 per cent pension gets $75
per month: the loss of a thumb

Is 20%; loss of index finger
10%; loss of middle finger 5%;
loss of fourth finger 5%; loss of
little finger 3%; loss of hand or

foot 50%: the 50% rate applying
up to just below the elbow or
below the knee; if the amputa-
tion is above the knee it is 60%;
above the elbow 60%; middle of
the arm 70%; middle of the leg
70%; and above that 80%: at
the shoulder 80%; loss of an
eye 40%, if a glass eye has to
be worn; 30% if the natural eye
remains in the socket; stiff knee’
joint—absolutely stiff—can’t be
bent, 20%; stiff ankle 20%; stiff
elbow 20%,

EAVESTROUGHING

Restrictions on the purchase of
eavestroughing have been re-
moved by the Wartime Prices
and Trade Board, It is no long-
er necessary for farmers mod-
ernizing their homes or building
new ones to secure a permit be-

fore buying eavestroughing.

Boys Overseas Confident That
Japanese Return To B.C. Areas

Extremely reticent about his part in the war as a Spitfire
Commander Robert Buckham, DFC and Bar, DFC
(USA), is extremely outspoken about one thing, says The Powell
River Town Crier, following an interview obtained when the noted
Canadian ace recently visited the B.C, newsprint manufacturing

His dislike for the Japanese exceeds anything he feels for
the Nazis. He deplores any thought of a compromise with the sons
of Nippon regarding their post-war residence in any part of Cana-
da. “It's either them or us’ he said. “That’s the way the boys
overseas feel about it. And they’re not fooling. Neither am I.”
Buckham is a®

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TEAMS DEFEAT
MISSION PLAYERS
With a record of no defeats

for the past two seasons, both
the boys and girls basketball

—— BE SURE TO BUY YOUR ——
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS AND CERTIFICATES
EVERY WEEK —— —
SAVE MONEY AND HELP THE BOYS

teams of Philip Sheffield High
School defeated their opponents
in games played in Abbotsford
on Friday evening. The girls
team defeated the inexperienced
Mission girls by a score of 50-6.

Phone 8

Weir’s Rexall Pharmacy

ERIC T. WEIR, Phm. B.

Norma Delair of Abbotsford, the

only team member remaining

from last year, had a top score
of 15 points.

In a close, lively game, Philip
Sheffield boys defeated the boys
from Mission 24-17 with John
Kish of Abbotsford scoring a high
of 11 points. -At the end of the
first quarter the Mission players
were leading by 6-4.

POTATOES

delivered to the

PACIFIC GLUCOSE REFINERY LTD.
South Westminster, near Pattullo Bridge

AID CANTEEN FUNDS

Upper Sumas W. I. has contri-
buted $9 to the Social Centre,
“Hut”, Canteen fund for special
Christmas delicacies, :

ean do so.
Phone New West. 2983.

The B.C. Chemurgy Co-operative Ass‘n is paying to members
$15.00 PER TON POTATOES (ANY SIZE OR KIND)

Any potato grower who wants to join the Association

Office at plant, South Westminster

BRITISH COLUMBIA’S

Health and Welfare

PROGRAMME

Pe mo province in Canada has developed a better foundation for an
over-all Social Service programme than British Columbia, expressing in a
Practical way its faith in the truism that the People’s well-being is a nation’s
most valuable asset. ‘

Experience gained during the depression of the 1930's, when governments

(Dominion, Provincial and M ) were d into the d field
of social services, has been used as a basis for more died and i
plans, and steady, consistent progress has been made.

In the above i Y. when legislati licies and admi

tration were admittedly haphazard, little or no co-ordination of social welfare
activities was undertaken. But it was during these pioneer days that the neces-

sity for a p 1: was realized. Gradually plans have
evolved to ensure against a recurrence of the want, suf: g and deteri i of
health prevalent during periods of economic depression.

Apart from activities primarily co 1 with ed) and p: i
here are some measures adopted by fhe Provincial Government of British Colum-
bia to cope with social welfare problems: .

1. The Legi has ized the need to provide for the welfare of

the people of this province by i ing it ‘iation for health and

ng Us app
other welfare services from approximately $2,500,000 in 1933 to about
$4,500,000 in 1943. These figures do not include old age pensions, but as
the Old Age Pensions Act is now administered by the Provincial Secre-
tary, these pensions are included in 1944-45 health and welfare estimates
amounting to $12,000,000.

2. Throughout the province, five health units have been developed in ad-
dition to the Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area, staffed by Public
Health Physicians and Nurses, Sani I and Statistical Clerks,

Y
The Central Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert units were fortunately
organized in time to cope with problems arising out of war conditions in
these areas. After the war the complete programme will be put into
effect as quickly as pe! l can be obtained. The f i of such
P is to rdi al dical and other resources of a com-
munity with the technical and specialized services of the Provincial
Board of Health.

For the ad. ion of Social Assist the province has been divided
into five regions, in which have been established nineteen District Offices,
so that rural as well as urban residents may be served by Social Work-
ers when needed,

3. Social assistance is available to help families or individuals who through
illness or other exigency are unable to maintain a standard of living
compatible with health needs. Such help may be in the form of financial
assistance in the home; boarding, foster home or institutional care; hospit-
alization,

5. There is authority and personnel to protect child ithou di
guardianship, and funds to provide foster home care.

This ized and i description of the services available will
nevertheless indicate that a health and welfare programme broad in scope is being
developed that will place British Columbia in a position to take full advantage
without delay of any Federal action to implement a Social Security plan.

Further announcements on this subject, containing more detailed informat-
ion, will be issued in the near future,

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C,

HOM. G. 8. PEARSON,
Minister,