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‘Springtime is Garden Time

A PAGE FOR WOMEN:

WORK IN 1942; WOMEN’S

In 1941 the Canadian Red
Cross Society spent $6,778,000 on
wartime activities and $11,135’-
303 on peace time work—this
totalling almost $9,000,000. This

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was revealed at the annual meet-
ing of the national Red Cross
Central Council in Ottawa last
week. The Society will require
an equal amount to carry on its
vital work during the ensuing

year and a campaign to raise
$9,000,000 will be launched on

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BERYL’S
© FASHION
CENTRE

May 11.

Food for Prisoners
Food parcels for British | pris-
oners of war will be the largest
service from a financial stand-
point. Last year 647,790 were
Shipped to German prison camps

at a cost of $1,701,425. More
than 120,000 acknowledgment
post cards have been received

from prisoners. The British Red
| Cross has appealed to the Cana-
dian Society to pack 80,000 per
week. Every effort also is be-
ing made to send food to pris-
oners in the Far East.

TREMENDOUS WOMEN’S

WORK

The tremendous Red _ Cross
work of the women of Canada
last year is shown by the fact
that 6,816,804 articles—hospital
supplies, comforts for the forces
and Women’s Auxiliary services,
clothing and necessities for air
raid victims in England—have
poured into Red Cross ware-
houses throughout Canada. The
sum of $2,503,g04 alone has been
spent on materials, and it is es-
timated that the finished ar-

of

Canadian Red Cross Spent $9,000,000
War and Peace Time Work Last Year

REQUIRES AN EQUAL AMOUNT TO CARRY-ON VITAL

WORK IS TREMENDOUS

How Can
We Best
Serve?

Canadian housewives, big-
gest Army unit on the Home

Front, are asking, “How can
we best serve?”

The consumer branch of
Wartime Prices and Trade

Board advises:

e Buy as carefully and intel-
ligently as you know how.
© Don’t be a hoarder, of start
rumors about impending
shortages. You can create
shortages that way,

@ Get as much out of your
possessions as possible,

© Don’t waste anything. Sal
vage anything you can.

e If you cannot use some-
thing you have, or make it
over, give it to someone who
cat use it.

¢ Buy as many war savings
certificates and stamps as pos-
sible.

MRS. A. WHITSON’S
NIECE “TANDS BY”
IN FALL OF MALAYA

The fall of Singapore ahd the
evacuation of the Malaya Islands
has been of particular
to Mrs, Andrew Whitson of Mats-
qui. According to Haréld Guard,
United Press correspondent, Mrs.
Stanley Baillie, niece of Mrs.

unsung heroines who refused to
seek
Singapore. She indignantly re-
fused to accept advice that she
leave a hospital base where
wounded soldiers could not be
moved. Mrs. Baillie said fare-
well to most of her friends and
said she would stand by in one
of the most dangerous
Her husband is in the army. We

the opportunity of joining a de-
parting unit.”

CORNBOROUGH - SUMNER
A quiét ceremony took place
at 4 o'clock, April 18th at St.
John’s Anglican Church, North
Vancotver, when Barbara, young-
er daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C,
Sumner of Abbotsford,” became
the bride of Mr. Jack Noel Corn-
borough, second son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Cornborough
of North Vancouver, B.C.

ed by Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wall,
sister and brother-in-law of the

} ticles clothing have three

the value of materials.
DISASTER RELIEFF PLANS
Red Cross relief preparations
have been extensive. Large
supplies of bedding and first aid
necessities are stored at strategic
points. Eleven mobile surgical
units, each unit carefully prepar-
ed to provide for an operating
team to work continuously for 24
hours, have been set up at suit-
able points. The Canadian Red

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Polls open from
8am. cw 8 p.m.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Issicd under authority Department of the Secre tary of State, Ottawa.

bride.

The Rev. T. L. Rimmer, form-
erly of Abbotsford, was the of-
ficiating clergyman.

PRAIRIE SOCIAL CLUB
ENJOYS CONTESTS AND
AUCTION OF ARTICLES

The Sumas Prairie Social Club
held its regular meeting on

of Mrs. T. York with Mrs. Cc.
Baynes as assisting hostess. Mrs.

bers answered the roll call, The
highlight of the afternoon was a
guessing contest of a miscel-
Janeous assortment of wrapped
parcels. Mrs. E. Austin won first
place and Mrs. J. Watson second,
Later these articles were sold to
the highest bidder, Mrs. (Caw.
Blinch proved an efficient auc-
tioneer and kept the bidders in
good humor. A substantial sum
was realized from the sale. A
second contest was won by Mrs.
J. T. Hunter and Mrs. M. Nelles,
At the close of the social hour
refreshments were served, The
May meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. M. Nelles.

GILMOUR-TAYLOR

A profusion of Spring flowers
made the. setting at the home
of the bride’s sister and brother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. G. Winton
in Vancouver, for the wedding
of Ella Priscilla Louise Taylor,
R.N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George w. Taylor of Peardon-
ville, and Sgt.-Observer William
Gilmour. son of Mr, and Mrs.
George Gilmour of Powell River,
B.C. Rev. Robert Moses Offic-
iated at the rites on the evening
of April 6,

For her wedding the bride
chose heavy white satin fashion-
ed on princess lines and cut
slightly en train. Her  floor-
length veil fell from a coronet
of orange blossoms and she car-
ried a bouquet of pink roses,
freesias and heather,

Miss Margaret (Peggy) James
Was bridesmaid and was attired
in periwinkle blue crepe. She
carried pink carnations and blue
hyacinths.

Mr. David Milne
River was best man,

Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Gilmour

of Powell

received the guests at the re-
ception, Mrs. T. or wearing a
paisley silk dress with corsage
of pink and white carnations,
and Mrs. Gilmour, beige silk
with a corsage of white carna-
tions and blue bells. Mrs. W.
Baines of Abbotsford, aunt of
the bride and Mrs. Burke of

Powell River, aunt of the groom,
poured tea. About 50 guests at-
tended the reception,

For her Wedding trip to Pow-
ell River and the Fraser Valley,
the bride changed to a gold crepe
frock with camel hair topeat
and brown accessories, The
bride will later accompany her
husband to Halifax,

Cross
"3,734
tions:

Corps, which now has
enrolled in its four sec-
transport, nursing auxil-
Y, office and food administra-
tion, is also keying its organiza-
tion fit into emergency
vice.

RED CROSS BLOOD BANKS
Approximately 1,700 donations
blood a the Red
Blood reported
Blood Donor ix
It is in-
crease them to 3000 per

iar

to ser-

of for
Cross

from

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provinces, hoped

interest | 3

Whitson, was “among the many | 3

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saluted her as she turned down 3

The bridal couple were attend-|

Thursday afternoon at the home|}

J. Watson presided and 15 mem-|:

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