as

Trees Uprooted, Quicksand and Rocks! stvosnr anovares
: Hurled To Banks Of Creek In Matsqui . """™"*"

place on i
‘Bpmpoting many trees and stumps, filling the creek with a quick-| | Royal Canadian Naval Col-

Sumas and Matsqui News
4 Abbotsford, B.C. Wednesday, July 10, 1946 Fourteen Pages

STUDENT ‘RADUL Abbotsford and District Chamber of|a w. saucer
APPOINTED SECRETARY

Commerce Is New Name For Group|tumect os sent.

Reeieaiteny
Cadet Joserh ‘A. Stachon, son
, eae T of Mr. rs. Anthony” Sta- sont ie
~ chon, Riverside At an emergency meeting ot ©. W. Benedict. who had
. Area By Recent Earthquake remor A e Road, Matsqui,| GENEROSITY OF MSA Fe, Abbotsford Businessmen’s been identified with various
% Sars. 8 full RESIDENTS SENDS Cnt cea et, - Trinity! businessmen’s organisations

fledged midship- last week, it
nm in the Can-| MEAT OVERSEAS was decided to change the na; during his long residence in
adian Navy. The seen} of the organization to the Abbotsford, has been appoint
19-year- Ca-| wsa Area residents are keep-|botsford and District Chamber] ed secretary-treasurer of the
a graduate | ing up the wood work. For the |of Commerce”. Decision to make Abbotsford and District Cham-

il past few months they have been |the change was unanimous. ber, of. Commet
4 It was also decided that the| >® ee
to the office of the Ration Board |same officers would be retained| Mr. Benedict is a past presi-
Blin ge yg and their ag is their fespective positions in| dent of the Abbotsford Board
osity @as made it possib! for |the new organization. Officials f Trade secre.

ents WhO! large amounts of meat to.be sent }of the group were instructed to pe Kite Pg tae es A for

Were yuonored at | trom|Canada to the United King-| apply for a charter in the cat) | °F ee =
dom. adian Chamber of Commerce,| Sumber of years.
During the past two weeks, 217] and it is expected that the char-
coupons have been turned back |ter will be received in the near

a miniature forest on ‘the old Coghlan
been fi

of
Matsq le evidence has mn found to prove
= the earthqnake ‘tremor which was felt .in many parts of

van
Columbia and W: State June 23 did not leave the
M-S-A Area without visible sgn, the shock, An ee took
, w bust,

the;
midshipman. Young Stachon is Py eael reskaeista; as follows: | future. SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Mrs. i

Those who have investigated | Seit-known, among ‘the younger Sm: —————————___ LONG SESSION
7 ave thatts . T. ; 2 HAVE
|the eruption damage believe a set in the M-S-A Area, coupons; Mrs. A. Israel, RRi 53g SUMAS COUNCILLORS | 8

MUD IS DEEP, force of the tremor wa: — Lehman, 21: coupons: c |
A 4 ipons; J. F. ic~ i Lane 68
DARK AND DIR felt at a point where the main Abbotsford Ai Rae, RRI Aldergrove, 25; D.|BEAL WITH ROUTINE |_ Contracts with bus drivers,
bran of the creek has its rman Rempel 55, H. Wedel 23, Mrs. M. BUSINESS FRIDAY Sanitary conditions in the schools
AT ERUPTION SCENE Source in a small pool north of Ruben &—all of RRi Abbotsford, and repairs to be made to var-
oleae hg ey bg ee Is Honored At H. M. Wiebe, RR2 Abbots: —>———. ious buildings during the sum-
‘If you are interested in geol- | there a fissure 50 feet in ford, 53. An anonymous donat-| . Members of the Sumas Munj-!mer vacation period kept mem-
ogy and are thinking of invesi- | length, two feet in width and ap- Scene of Crash or’ also tured in 15 coupons. | cipal Council were not called| bers of the Abbotsford-Mission
gating the eruption which took hee oe two by a half feet Sek. bi at eg gp r ions on mat-/| School Board busy until the wee
deep. © |
bes Br Toles mie tke sa [of the eruption, however, is that} Two years and six months af- . F their ogi eae — thel e ee: pores Hoppin, Xe
— those who can say, “I |S0me of the fissures cut across|ter their ge aac eorener ae ui armers municipal hall last Friday even-| o'clock Monday evening and from
y watch your stream rij crashed in‘ yu: ne: St ing. ou- meetin,
Aig nced and the “cut” can ‘be Soke Donat, Que., 24 members of the P | tine frrssrar yy pte that, | atime ud pred ot temtaees
step. It's gummy gooey the bed-of the Ano! RCAF who lost their lives in rotest ncrea kept the councillors ot t low! other ey
elong the creek bed. x creek. ther 1 homiicret leat Dt | S$ occupied for} followed the and
curious angle is that one or two a tragedy were lg several busy hours, was never a dull moment.

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stream | Wednesday in a ceremony which ki Ch
were untouched by ibe tae took place a few feet from the Dy ing arges
Sie Wipes: Pushed Oe wreckage of their aircraft. Abbotsford Tax e P Pr
Among those honored were PO Meeting In Mi payers ay
ee eee |p ee, naan SURO -A the scene lig Dome Soee nie, were FO Hand rane
to Y 6 ln etl gm oa yetlcceng | Brg eo ay mag pana fondey anon To Set UpT E c
from Sa pushed up and over. Apparent. | Kee 2, Dro! ; Presen‘ation of Brief ° Piwo Ex or 46
Sh ete at ese REY: SO | even trey ene yn, tote Beg sree
5c to be te in [ae Prtetnt mins, [aid ar. stated om the Mate [Promina of ipa "rrgeis i pying ii then ponent.
to il with a clay , qui Dyking Area met in Mats-
hich Fushed | RCAF chaplains, was “held” near {24 ed to rote an Bad, 36: which: may oven axe iat, o_ excellent marks, etal elrlog

piled up on the! which the 24 victims have been | Gocco retest the Provincial | Here they are: eee

Will Be hank to a height of from two to buried, and 24 neat, gleaming |Gverament’s decision to collect 1. yy Saturday, Corporation Clerk

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three feet. Stones which were wd " capital and interest charges’ on r me
on Contin St the reek now | inst below "the “mound” in’ aces [ie accumulated debi ce «or cent of ail uses’ Snies | Construction
{Continued on Page Four) | rows of ‘six. Png ayniena A. Papealitne oh T ESG "been epee aise .

. ive was elected to draw up a a
joan : prief for presentation to theDean,|* Qn the same date, records Firm Continues
fst |Game Warden Charced Wi Sate tee, Saris | ey, cele Sone wea

ar rg ith Assault | vine. Drainage ommision, 28 bepks. ab ter” eens

On the Committee were Emil figure is said to represent an

Anderson, W. Page. R, i pe Work is ta
‘goons sess ma nw Sy /On Steve Karafa, Sumas Area Farmer id ee oo Ge som new tae Be

eff ll

new road in Su-

lander, proprietors . Beharrell of Matsqui. mas Municipality which will give
Sepeeneed plans imi. Ch ‘as Enea to the | White Rock Man motorists using the Trans-Cana-
and larger building on Special Committees + ip sasault a sitting held in : da highway a direct link with
Jaen Street in the near fu-|~™ 5 M he council chamber at Mission, Gets Year In Jail Paved roads in Whatcom County,
ture. present store is on] Now gs On Ee seaaicipallty, : on Wednesday morning. wn, by way of the Huntingdon-
See. Their pres Negotiating ut seagusted_ hat, there are] For Local Robbery a yt SIS
i i bay ree be leat in a Sabian is now being constructed to Oe

Two lots, one of which is now! Teachers Salaries day) morning to . e Area “under dyke.
home, y! it

ts, whose property is} Program of summer mainten- place rmiuldted aces [in Okalla jell when. he apeesean | tendent Archie McEachern. Cre-
Fane gist South of the Fibish | ance work and repairs to various |last Wednesday, n Data ty ik [befine dudes Jk ate esoted piling is being used to
og A one-story Bulld-| snoois- in the area was ‘mapped | + ast 13 years. }COunty court at New Westmin- |Support the bridge and large con-
the lots. The building wili| Ut at a meeting of the Abbots- :"|ster last Tuesday after pleading|¢tete abutements will be placed

in at both ends of the structure,
be divided into two stores, one | ford-Mission School Board, held The bridge will have concrete
to be occupied by the 5e to $11 in the board offices in Abbots- “no tape
Store, the other to be rented. ford Tuesday evening,
sieaut arated -: oe . Ww Society in Vancouver
Wa used was reported that salary jtaken place in the bush on the Monday, Chief Justice Farris of
the British Columbia Supreme 3 razor and a|
10) Court sdvopsted: the establish. | pair of gloves were Game Later, | owing year in order to give the
ment of a central assize court in Constable J. H. Armstrong of the Srade a chance to settle.
‘ancouver. Abbotsford detachment, Provin. a Ala
$ x ae Ba spect MEET IN VANCOUVER

wa eure ar eh guilty to a charge of breaki

WANTS CENTRAL COURT j2nd entering the Nelson Elec
pon Sie wg my ford June é
Speaking & meeting of the |!0fe_in Abbotsford June 3

The hearing will open
am. standard time

ill
the space available in the present|between a special committee
5e to $1 store. * [board members and a simil

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SELL MAYFIELD FARM

|NEED ACCOMMODATION —= bathe |

committee from the Abbotsford-
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Mission local, B.C. Teachers’ | acti. rey HEAVY TRAFFIC ai in 2 «t|, Members of the Orange order

E. J. and D. H. Collister of | Federation. | Surrey School Board is ier- —— thad a bleeding righ wi it|ffom all parts of the f. ower

New Westminster have sold Resignations were received and P ancouver civic air- | was. alleged that bloodstains were Mainland will meet in Vancou,

“Mayfield,” picturesque dairy! sccepted from Miss C. Pearson. | di t 0 Sea Island in 1931!also found in the store. Shaw ker Friday to celebrate the

farm on the Simmonds: Road,| Mission High’ Schaal staff; Miss }of pu added to|nearly 500,000 passengers have | wa i that (Glorious Twelfth.” ‘They will

Murrayville. Purchaser was H|I1 J. Blanchard ond ais. jthe school rolls in the district|arrived and. departed by plans the : store Sather at Brockton Point for their
Dodd, MacDonald Road. Walker, Mission Central. Ithis Fall ‘trom that poiat. were found on his person. annual celebration.

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tower righthand corner are the local and visiting
thanked the vetera ir services in the great
welcomed them back Area. Left to
noky” Smith, Vc Commander D. J. Wil-

F R 5 a; Lt

. 9 8 dopts an at E
Celebration lon Jubilee Grounds yy py _— oes
iow, Ray & MmManding vi v
Servicemen game bet Pine « i

bel a
and Women of the M-S-A Area were lauded for! ball durin iden

their efforts during the second Great’ War; a good program of | Other Pin Hon. Les H
sports and platform entertainment was enjoyed and everybody had 4 no area jougen of Shore the Ab
@ grand time at the “Welcome Home” Pield Day heid on Jubilee| New Westminste Pipe-Major James Duncan in| botstord Board of Commi: Alvin Webb, chairman of
grounds in Abbotsford recently, Here are some interesting “shots” | charge. They rendered’ Highland music throughout the day and| the general committee in ch e Pleld Day. H. E. Beetle~
taken by the A. S. & ML News cameraman during the day. i were given a good reception. | stone officiated as chairman eption comunittee,