and Matsqui News

"Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1946

Twelve Pages

*=|Truck Collides
sciauties | With CPR Train
-|In Abbotsford

;

oh
|

:

Nomen
swam to shore. The

Bradner Man Is Drowned In Tragic
Accident On Northern B.C. Coast

Elmer Floe Falls From Skiff In Spiller
Channel When Seine Net Fouls Boat

were
young High School

made ittempt to swim to safety but quickly sank beneath the
an a swim to y ly
water and seen

Charles Berg, Abbotsford truck
driver, had a lucky pn from
Possible i in,

OLD MATSQUI CHURCH
WELL-KNOWN LANDMARK,
MOVED TO ABBOTSFORD

for use as a business

; gy oe alge Fg

location it was

Placed just north of the Atomic

uto Service on the Abbots-

ford-Mission ay and is
now being took his
been | PSHS, gi

year. H
school’s

e
“| William Terry of North Vancou-
ver,

a

Essendene Ave.

crossing in Abbotsford Monday
truck, owned by

» was
Engaged

in

wn
_ This

WILL BE REBUILT
the ie

lod;
ganization, has not met regularly
since 1939. Former members re-
call that there were 65 members
in the local lodge at one time
and they believe that it can be
successfully reorganized.

TO RE SHINGLE HALL
Municipal hall in Abbotsford
will be re-shingled in the near
future, it was decided at the
last regular meeting of the Board
of C issi

prei
si

A Memorial Centre
it will be recalled, stated

aid in

the Provincial Public Works
P (Continued on Page 12)

e design is such, he points
it ow

so Study Fraser

. .

»: River Erosion
Concerted action to halt eros-

jon of Fraser Valley lands the

Fraser River, will be w up-

on the ob ro Government by

to nominate
the

Avi to
Discussion followed a brief
from Agassiz Board of Trade in
which it was suggested a com.
mission be appointed by the go-

the project. 000} vernment to control the river,
was donated by the public in| De! from the lord
response to this appeal. and ‘ict Chamber of Com-
Total now available a-| merce were R. H. Martin, presi-
mount to approximately £20.000.| dent: O. W. Be: secretary:
Mr. states, Woolley, J. S. Daly and
~~ —- occurred 3 i
‘artime Controller of Stream Di:
ing rejected the Legion's request} 1 Jarman, Mission City
for @ bullding permit, contend- secretary, said the stream was be-
ing construction at that time was ing diverted by sandbars and
not essential. that on his way to Vancouver
Further delay was experienced | he had seen’ large chunks of
when efforts were made to have rth being washe -

iy by
tugboats which were
1 main channel of

TEACHERS WILL
_, ATTEND CONVENTION
iN HANEY, OCT. 11

ion declaring that day~
time should be @

ponsibility and that
¢ Dominion-wide, was

nairman of a special commit-
tee reported progress on discus-
sion with the Canadian Pacific
Railway for better commuter train
service, Mission to Vancouver,
and & more direct route by road
Final report will be made at the
next meeting,

Forty delegates trom Vancou-

Whit

ae ee

ibson’ le

lam, New Westiaiasten Burnaby,
( on Page 12)

‘Truck carrying the huge oil
tank is said to have been forced
to the outside of the road to a-
void
When the oil truck went into the
soft earth at the side of the road,
the chain holding the tank broke
and the huge cylinder rolled in-
to the ditch. Driver of the truck
escaped injury.

The truck was carrying the oil
from Matsqui to the
plant at Sumas.

and was

ents; two

hitting another vehicle.
botsford

Buckerfield

wall.

turned.
lunged into the water and Floe’s assi

ver.
Elmer's father, also a

cial fishe:

the coast of

ey notified of his son’
immed)

home in Brad:
Born

le

and activ i.
rs survived by his par-
and -
man, and one sisies inant NF

BRIGADE SUBDUES FIRE
AT LOCAL POULTRY FARM

louse
Poultry Farm, just west of Ab-
on

highway, was soon subdued by
members of the Abbotsford Vol-
unteer Fire Brigade.
started between a chimney and a

ite is said to have

‘isheries of Vancou-

x
rman, was fishing off
Vancouver Island

's death
liately returned to his

ner. cipal

Miss Winnifred by =
2. ed Lawrence, prin-

Mt. Lehman

so keenly interested
al eenly
in other

yina
on the Hill-Tout
The ch

Trans-Canada | form for

The fire | approved
Provincia!
palities,

dences, are
new by-law, which has now been

ling ft and stu- No H
i] the “Columbia Bitulithic. plant Hines: Shett Ww Collecting
near the Abbotsford , Berg} Edwin F. Wills, Mission ‘,re- to
was east on lene | ceived an injured arm about i2:- Local
Ave. at the time of the accident.| 15 a.m. Sunday n the truck
fixing ‘Atenas ae Be driver, Sin he was Seine, ge saree in
order, the passed a series crossed an it a car en L Is
regulations governing pro- northl Hunt-| by Irvin Parber of ford. ‘Covering
pa distribution egies bel ees Mision train was unable ~4 i hr
= th vehicles were dama; con- jew
co nt ; fer conviden®| to stop in time to avoid hitting siderably. ng B.C.
9 Bir flag ~ shorily "ac the venice, which was hed} Wills was treated for his, in- Mieemrinpgeat ste E
“Somls back north | juries at the M-S-A Hospital in ir system of col-
Seah to sdvices. from eo Petr ts: Ga tebe 0t. Bote Ha or tne a The. eocitent CAR, TRUCK DAMAGED ay bpm nc
three-quarters of cn ys Mel peg Sar ag oe ogee place near St. Nicholas on the| IN SUMAS COLLISION augurated Tuesday by Goslings
14-ounce tin, which ‘works out R. R. F. Sewell ot Vic-| WILL REORGANIZE Abbotsford-Mission Highway. —— Lines under an agree-
at four cents for half a dozen | toria, vet s was re- 1.0.0.F. LODGE Both vehicles were bad ment with the Corporation
tins, elected. . OIL TANK FALLS pase when a car driven by Louis Of the Village of Abbotsford.
AT MEETING FRIDAY ih, Trans-Canada way, Su- -ups are now being made
OFF TRUCK ON pee ge a Suck ariv- foe Loe ee places,
J a . 2 en by Inder new system house-
Adverse Conditions Delay Erection of «:%9:°x"mo2%% | ATKeoN aa a Re Bd ag
, be made at a the} A ten-ton fuel oil tank on a section of the No. 5 and Dixon semi-monthly. Collections will
“4 a C poo it Ab-| truck driven by E. Kennealy of | Roads, at noon Thurs. made from stores hotels
a - v 4 Ly is
New Legion Building In Abbotsford botsf on Friday, Oct. 4, at 8] Abbotsford rolled off the vehicle any. as often as ry. >
x Pm. The meeting has been call-| and into the ditch in an acci- fone of the drivers or passen- Charge will be 25 cents for
‘ ed by: Harry Peachey, Past|dent which occurred on the Atk- gers in the two vehicles were rd can
“When will a start be made on Gri ; mt Road, Sumas, about 7 p.m. | injured. (it holds 2%% cubic feet of gar-
Sua] SAWMILL AT KILGARD ee, once a thriving or-| Tuesda

cubic yard will be $1.00.

arges, which will be uni-
stores, hotels and re:
incorporated in

Bracewell,
lunici~

y B. C.
i Inspector of M

4000 Turkeys Roam Fields on Earl Farran

ee

At the right the| for mark

on weight rapidly, and many of

t’s Ware Road Farm

ready
See Story on Page 8.

The big birds
hem are now