: j Caravan Castille ................ 5 cakes for l5c Palmolive Soaps, 2 sizes ............... 8¢ & 10¢ Be oletS0ap ..0.... sve civeeen es & dor 18¢ Cashmere Bouquet Soap Ree aiee. a 1Ol 2c Lifebyoy Health Soap ....:..........., 2 for 15¢ ; Floating Carbolic Soap ................ 3 for 4c French Formula Castille, “> ............ bar 20¢ “BLACK’S DRUG STORE Phone Abbotsford 104 Prescription Druggist CARRY 0 [Bre tal} F Pacific Stages are serving civilian needs to the yery limit “ under wartime restrictions. Required frequently for the mass transportation of troops, our buses are not always available for civilian travel. We're sorry but government orders forbid special trips except for military purposes. Because the needs of our fighting forces must have priority, even with transit, Pacific aay Lines asks your ’ understanding of a service no less difficult for operators than for the public, as we endeavour to carry on. ig PS2-43 PACIFIC STAGES O-OPERATING TO SAVE GASOLINE AND RUSBER WHILE ARRYING ON ESSENTIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE ; SS rs > This blank is for use of families and friends of men and wo- men in any and all the services to provide an up-to-date record. The information will be for a series of “Thumbnail F Biographies” soon to appear in The News in co-operation with a The Teddy Bear. and for future reference in the event of «promotions, current news, or event of accident. See news story on this page concerning its use. Number. 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DON’T FORGET TO ENCLOSE A PICTURE and GET the things YOU want and need... it’s EASY through time and effort saving “NEWS WANT /DS” Service News MAY BE PRISONER MAY BE PRISONER Believe Coulter May be Alive; Letter Receive FAILED TO RETURN FROM OPERATIONS OUT OF ISLE BASE Hope for the safety of Flying Officer Leslie Coulter, RCAF, re- cently reported missing from air operations at Malta, was revived Saturday when reassuring word was received by the missing air- man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coulter of Chilliwack, from a friend. of their son serving with him at Malta. F/O Coulter, 24, well known in the M-S-A Area, having been a member of the Royal Bank staff at the time of his enlistment, failed to return from operations on December 12 and was official- ly listed as missing two weeks ago. The missing flier's friend is Wireless Airgunner Leslie Show- ell, RAF, whose mother, at his request, airmailed the Coulter family that her son believed that F/O Coulter was alive. That Coulter is a prisoner in Africa is regarded by his friend as a distinct possibility. The two birdmen had met and become fast friends when they made their first trip on ferry command on April 20, 1942, from England to Egypt. Coulter was navigator on the trip. Flying Officer Coulter has been overseas attached to the RAF for a year and a half. In letters to his parents he told of making 30 trips over Germany, before his transfer to the middle east com- mand, Following his first ferry trip to Egypt, he returned by boat to England via Cape of Good Hope. The trip took two months. In August Coulter and three others of his crew were placed in hospital ten minutes after they had landed their second bomber in Palestine. All four had contracted malaria. Coulter spent three weeks in hospital. He was granted a fur- ther three weeks sick leave and during that time he toured the Holy Land) . Holy Land Commercialized O fhis tour he wrote his par- ents that the Jews have so com- mercialized the biblical sites that "it has taken Christianity out of it,” he said. The young officer found it cost him a& least $10 a day to view many of the famous Biblical sites, Later he wrote his parents “I can truthfully say that I have helped to 8th Army chase Rom- mel out of Africa.” On December 12 he told of getting a German motorbike and described it as a “peach of a bike to run.” The same evening at 5:30 he flew with a bomber out from Malta and failed to return. Showwel wrote that he had missed that trip by a trick of fate. “I was Supopsed to fly with Les Coulter that night,” he said. Last word Mr. and Mrs. Coul- ter received from their son was an airgraph’ letter dated Dec. 6 from Egypt. WORK OF LARGEST. RED CROSS BRANCH IN THE PROVINCE Has Good Workers And 57 Units Vancouver city has the largest branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society in the province. Major accomplishments as re- vealed at the annual meeting were: Total “income” receipts have been more than a half million dollars, of which $361,305 was collected in the national cam- Paign last spring. Since October, 1939, thousands of tireless women yolunteers have made 1,152,422 of every type of Red Cross supply, 429,- 956 being made in 1942, Yancou- ver Junior Red Cross members have made 23,613 articles, The branch has approximately 9000 yolunteers workers grouped in 57 units. There were 729 messages from persons in enemy-occupied coun- tries relayed to friends and rela- tives in the province; 455 enquir- ies as to health and whereabouts of prisoners have been forward- ed to Europe and the Far East in 1942. The Superfluity Shop, salvage, penny and Christmas cards and tin banks have netted $16,097, FRANK JONES THANKS CITIZENS FOR GIFT Fit. Lieut. Frank BE. Jones, DFC, ace returned from Malta, has written the following letter of thanks to citizens of the M- S-A Area for their gift of a travelling bag. The presentation was made shortly before Jones left for the east to return to duty. He had spent a short leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Jones. “Editor, The News, Sir: May I through the medium of your pap- er express my sincere apprecia- tion to the citizens of the M-S-A Area for the very useful gift I received from Mr. Shore on their behalf. The gift will be a daily reminder for many years to come of the thoughtfulness of the people at home. For the sake of all, I hope the war will soon be over and your loved ones will be re-united once more with you.” | With the Forces | Miss Connie Plowright, R.N., has been commissioned in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and is now attached to a west coast military hospital. Un- til her appointment, Connie had been a member of St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, staff and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Plowright of Abbotsford. Cpl. Clair Yarwood and Mrs. Yarwood of Victoria visited Mrs. Yarwood, Sr., in Huntingdon at the weekend. Mrs. J. Brown of Huntingdon received word from her eldest son, Sgt. Bill Brown of the U.S. Army Air Forces that he had visited at Huntigdon, England. Pte. Muriel Martin, CWAC, has graduated as motor transport driver from the training centre at Vermillion, Alberta, Marion Louise McKay has en- listed with the RCAF (W.D.), She is the daughter of H. J. A. Mc- Kay, Horn road, Abbotsford. Petty Officer Tom Reay and Mrs. Reay (nee Alice Patterson) are visiting with Mr. George Patterson at Matsqui. Pte, Bill Bell spent a weekend leave at Matsqui. Victor and Harry Hanson, sons of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Hanson of Matsqui, left Thursday to train with the RCAF in Eastern Can- ada. Cpl. Harry Buker, one of the first M-S-A men to arrive over- seas with the Canadian Army, is now the father of a little girl. Harry married Stella Maloney of Halifax, Yorks, England. The news of the addition was receiy- ed by cable by his Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Buker of Abbots- ford. Sgt. Pilot Lorne Carmichael is home for a few days’ leave, KUNZMANN TAKES HONORS IN U. S. SERVICE GAMES Now at Las Vegas Pyt. Bill Kunzmann, U.S. Army Air Corps, who got his hoop training in Matsqui with the Fraser Valley League, is wowing the American league according to the sporting pages of news- papers received here from the south, Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kunzmann of Matsqui, rolled up record scores, first making a Post record by drop- ping 26 points and then an American league record of 39 points. Pictures of Bill in famil- jar gym uniform are on view in The News window. The Matsqui hoop star was training at tech- nical school in Sioux Falls, S.D. and lately has been transferred to bombing and gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nevada. $18,255 and $3737 during 1942. Vancouver Red Cross Corps detachments have 250 active members and 660 enrolled in the emergency reserve, in addition to the 1514 enrolment in 54 home nursing classes in 1942. Disaster Relief Committee has 2500 persons registered, trained and ready to do all kinds of emergency work; 100 vehicles which can be converted into am- bulances on short notice, 23 mo- bile first aid unit trucks; 100 pri- vate cars on call and several hundred in reserve, It has se- cured rest centres to accomm date 18,000 people, school cafe- terias to feed 1000 per day and has large reserves of food sup- plies and first aid necessi WRITE MORE AND OFTENER Did you write to your boy or girl in uniform this week? Did you write a longer letter than last time? Remember, they all expect and deserve word from home about friends and family every time the mail comes in. Don’t put it off—it’s so easy. Lieut. Bill Waterston is home for a few days visiting his family. { ONLY — NEW Canad Enishant ELECTRIC WATER PUMP shallow-well system 340 GALLONS PER HOUR $112.95 Nelson’s Hardware ABBOTSFORD —Telephone 224— Listen to Eveready _ Time ial a a ae FEB. 10th, 1943 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MAT SQUI NEWS PAGE SEVEN — 7 = 7 = genenansona00 9 SAPs... ca ).« GO TO BAT WITH WAR SAVINGS STAMPS and the score will he No Huns No Blitz No Terrors The Teddy Bear Swellest Spot in Town Phone 183 Tommy Irvine We have a supply of FRESH MEATS At All Times ROBERTS’ Meat Market Abbotsford Phone 56 If you want to live—LEND. Certify victory with certificates. 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