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_ Abbotsford

umas and Matsqui News

‘Eighteenth Year, No. 34

Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, August 21, 1940

$1.20 per Vear

Two Carloads Bradner Bulbs
Shipped To €astern Markets

Bradner and Mount Lehman

bulb growers attained an objective

toward which they have been striving for some 15 years when they
made carlot shipments from their bulb gardens last week. The same
war which hit their industry a hard blow last year was instrumental

in helping them establish a record for Matsqui

this season. Hol-

Jand’s misfortune in being overrun by the Huns has turned the eyes
of bulb buyers toward British Columbia and is giving the Bradner
Bulb Growers’ Association an important toehold on Eastern markets.

MILLION BULBS

Approximately 900,000 bulbs
from the Bradner and Mount
Lehman gardens of about 18
growers are represented in the
two shipments to Toronto made
over CNR on. Monday and Thurs-
day of last week. About 460 sacks,
each containing around 1000 bulbs,
were loaded into each car “spot-
ted” on the Matsqui station sid-
ing. The sacks carried the name
of Bradner Bulb Growers’ Assoc-
iation in bold, black letters print-
ed on the sides.

Purchase of the bulbs was ne-
gotiated by W. Van der Zalm, re-
presenting N. C. Van der Zalm of
Canada Ltd. Mr. Van der Zalm,
whose home was in Noordwyker-
hout, Holland, now occupied by
the Huns, thas been selling Dutch
bulbs to Canada for 17 years. With
shipments from Holland out of
the question, he says he naturally
came to British Columbia in order
ato fill his customers’ requirements
as far as possible. He will be out
again next season and is planning
to bring his family and make his
home in B.C. He made Abbotsford
his headquarters during the local
negotiations.

EXCELLENT BULBS ~

In addition to the Bradner-Mt.
Lehman shipments, Mr. Van der
Zalm also purchased about one
million bulbs on Vancouver Is-
land this season. Asked by THE NEWS
how he rated the quality of the
Matsqui-grown bulbs “he deolared
them to be “excellent.” He added
that “British C bulbs can

Volunteers Are
Great Help In
Registration

EVERYONE IS FOUND
ANXIOUS TO ASSIST
FEDERAL ROLL CALL

At noon today it was reported
that National Registration in the
Fraser Valley district was work-
ing to a smooth conclusion and
it was expected that all citizens
over 16 years old would be
enrolled by the time the booths
close at 10 p.m. tonight, Wednes-
day.

Reeve George Cruickshank, M.P.,
was leaving for Fraser Canyon
points this morning to check up
on progress there after several
busy days since his return from
Otawa last week. He said that
registration on ‘Monday and Tues-
day had averaged one-third each
day of the estimated total for the
three-day roundup so no final rush
beyond the ability of the regis-
trars to handle was expected.
Beyond a little confusion at some
points during the first hour or
two while deputies and their as-
"gained and
routine no difficultuies have been
reported from any MSA point.
There was an early rush at Ab-

Meet any competition with Dutch
bulbs because they are as good or
better.” While climatic conditions
in Holland and the British Colum-
bia bulb-growin districts were sim
ilar, he thought they were more
favorable here. “Holland, he said,
has more rain and the winters
are more raw due to the proxim-
ity of the North Sea.

BODY OF MISSING
KILGARD INDIAN
FOUND IN FRASER

The body of Sol. Miller, 30, well-
known Indian of the Kilgard: Re-
serve, who had been missing since
Jast seen on the Fraser river alone
in a canoe on Aug. 6, was found
Tuesday on the south bank just
below the Mission bridge. Prov-
incial Constable J. Blezard took
charge and an inquest conducted
by Dr. Eacrett of Mission was ad-
journed after establishing Miller
had met his death by drowning.
Deceased is survived by two young
children; Mrs. Miller died about
a year ago. The funeral was held
from Mission to Kilgard Indian
cemetery.

RAIDS UPSET HIS
CONTENTED COWS

Hailed into Berry Police Court,
Glamorganshire, on a charge of
offering or sale milk deficient in
fat, Charles James pleaded that
his cows had been demoralized
by an air raid.

James said that during the 24
hours previous to the time the
milk sample was taken, eight Ger-
man bombs fell on his farm.

The case was adjourned so that
an expert could take another sam-
Ple 24 hours after the next raid.

HONOR MATSQUI
COUPLE ON THEIR
30TH ANNIVERSARY

Mr, and Mrs. K. Flodin of Mats-
qui were pleasantly surprised re-
cently when a few friends and
relatives gathered to celebrate
their 30th wedding anniversary.
The guests enjoyed an evening
of song and music, especially the
vocal solos by Roger Flodin. Gifts
from the assembled guests were

Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Flodin
Those present included Mr. and
Mrs. H. Flodin, Mrs. L. Nelson,

Virginia Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. T.
Jacobson, Evelyn Jacobson, Mrs.
J. Meston, Darleen Meston, Mr.
and Mrs, E. Flodin, Miss C. Flo-
din, Miss P. Flodin and Roger
Flodin,

LIQUOR CHARGES
Four convictions were secured
by R.C.M.P. of Abbotsford detach-
ment at Agassiz last week. They
Were against Indians charged with
possession of liquor on the Sea-

on Mi during which
day 1,100 persons were registered
here. Several rooms in the high
school were utilized to advantage
with a divisional routing desk in
the hall. Ten volunteer registrars
assisted at the Sumas hop yards
division.

49 Patients In
MSA Hospital
During Month

TOTAL OF 479 DAYS
TREATMENT GIVEN;
ELEVEN BABIES BORN

There were 49 patients treated
at the MSA General Hospital dur-
ing July, it is revealed in the
monthly report of Miss K. Moore,
acting matron, submitted to the
regular meeting of the Board of
Management. Of this number, 10
remained in the hospital on July
1, there were 28 patients admitted
during the month and there were
11 births. On August 1, a total of
15 remained in hospital, 33 had
been discharged and one died dur-
ing the month,

Matsqui patients to the number
of 21 received a total of 224 days
of treatment in July, according to
the report while 14 patients from
Sumas received care for an aggre-
gate of 159 days, and two from
Abbotsford received 17 days of
treatment, three from Langley 22
days, two from Maple Ridge 25
days and one from Mission three
days, Six patients from unorgan-
ized territory were given 29 days
of treatment.

There were nine out-patients in
July. Average stay per patient was
9.7 days while the daily average
was 15.

Sumas Guernsey
Sets Canadian
R.0.P. Record

“Duchess of Grandview,” No.
9145, R.O.P. 2479, an 8-year-old
Guerns owned by W. C. Pey-
ton, 1451 Straiton road, Sumas
Prairie, has established herself
as leading Guernsey producer in
Canada, according to the quarter-
ly ROP report. Milked twice daily
her records are: Milk, 13,844 1b
fat, 689 Ibs.; test, 4.98,
DISTRICT HERD

Better part of a district herd
being entered at the Vancouver
Exhibition from this Area will

comprise animals from the herd
of G. A, Paull & Sons Ltd., Mats-
qui, Balance of the entry will be
made up by F. Machell, Matsqui,
while Bears Stewart's herd sire
from Sumas Prairie will head the

bird Island Reserve,

herd.

“GEORGE” IN HIS OTTAWA OFFICE

Snapped in jhis office, Room 565, in the House of Commons, Ot-
tawa, just before adjournment of the 1940 session of Parliament,
Reeve Geo. A. Cruickshank, M.P., of Matsqui, is observed to be keep-
ing in close touch with a large part of his constituency by read-
ing the Abbotsford, Sumas & Matsqui News. Already back on the
job at home, the member thas been very busy assisting complete
arrangements for National Registration which concludes today.

Sumas Field Ruled Out
By Air-Training Experts

Sumas Prairie is not likely to see

on its lal

ed acres of a large unit of the British Commonwealth Air Training

Plan; there is

yet on of a of

the Non-Permanent Militia in the MSA Area; all

Members sacri-

ficed the usual grants for works in their ridings in the interests of

the national effort to help defeat the Nazi threat; war depart-

ment members of the cabinet are among Canada's most outstand-
ing men and are working night and day to make the Dominion’s

contribution effective. These are
with Reeve George Cruickshank,

highlights ef a NEWS interview
MLP., on his return from Ottawa.

Broad, level acres of Sumas re-'
claimed lands, extensive and con-
venient of access as they are, have
been ruled out as a site for a
unit of the British Commonwealth
Air Training plan, is the news

brought back from Ottawa by
Reeve Cruickshank, “I said from
the election platforms that I

would urge that the Sumas pro-
ject be included in the Air Train-
ing plan only if endorsed by the
experts. I enjoyed a full discus-
sion with them, going over all
data they and I' could produce
and I was told why they ruled
out Sumas—it would not be fair
to the pilots in training. I know
that no one would want me to
press the matter further if it is
to mean the death of fine, young
men, our own and from other
Empire countries. There igs a big
difference in the training require-
ments of this war and the first
Great War. Men have to handle
planes that go 400 miles an hour
and they need lots of room in
which to learn to do it. The moun-
tains are too close in all direc-
tions at Sumas to permit the site
being acceptable to the experts
though they studied ‘the conditions
carefully as it has many advan-
tages.”
MILITIA UNIT

As regards the possibility of a
company of the 2nd _ Battalion
"Westminster Regiment (MG) in
the MSA Area, Mr. Cruickshank

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Presentations
To Departing
Librarians

REORGANIZATION OF
ABBOTSFORD STAFF
NOW COMPLETED

Reorganization of the head-
quarters staff of the Fraser Val-
ley Union, Library was completed
at the quarterly meeting of the
board of management held on
Wednesday at the home of Mr,
William Hepstonstall, representa-
tive on the board for Hatzic
Prairie and McConnell Creek. The
reorganization, necessary since the
resignations of two members last
month, was completed with the
appointment of Mr. R. W. Mostar
as cataloger and f.rst assistant.
Mr. Mostar was born in Vancou-
ver, where he received his early
education and graduated from the
University of British Columbia in
1939 He obtained the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in Librarianship
from the University of Washing-
ton this year, and he also holds
the Vancouver School Board dip-
loma of typing and bookkeeping.
He was an employee of the Van-
couver Public Library for some

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New Teachers
Transfers Are

and Siaff
Announced

Appointment of six new teachers including two principals to fill
vacancies created through resignations from the staff of the MSA
Educational Area is announced by Inspector A. S. Towell, director of

education,

Promotions and transfers of half a dozen former mem-

bers of the teaching staff are also.made known today by Mr. Towell
as well as regulations governing..the entry of ‘beginner’ pupils. In

common with public and high schools
schools of the MSA Area reopen after

Tuesday, Sept. 3.

through British Columbia,
the summer holidays on

Only 15 Days
Until Annual
Exhibition

JUDGES APPOINTED;
JR. GARDEN PRIZES;
TROPHIES FOR DOGS

With National Registration fin-
ally out of the way as an all-ab-

sorbing topic of interest and of:

patriotic endeavor, directors of
the Central Fraser Valley Fair
look forward to a rush of interest
in favor of the annual exhibition
on Sept. 6 and 7, now only 15
days distant.

Judges for the dozen divisions
are announced by Coun, L, J. Ket-
tle, secretary, as follows: Horses,
T. Nelson, Agassiz; cattle, E. H.
Barton, Chilliwack; sheep and
hogs, C. L. Sterling, Agassiz; poul-
try, Chas. Good, Vancouver; field
products and vegetables, E. R.
Freeman, W. Sandall, G. E. W.
Clarke; fruit, J. W. Winson, flpw-
ers, Fenwick Fatkin; cooking,
from B.C.E-R. Home Cooking Div-
ision; women’s work, Mrs. Les.
Eyres, Chilliwack; dogs, A. S.
Dainard, New Westminster.

Geo, J. Busby, who will again
Superintend the dog show, an-
nounces that, in addition to the
first and second prizes of $1 and
50c, respectively, several trophies
have been donated for winners in
the various groups shown in the
Prize List.

SCHOOL GARDENS

While the Garden Contest is not
listed in the 1940 prize list, the
classes are same as last year and
the prize money and trophies are
the same. For boys and girls 13
years and over there are prizes
ranging from first prize of $1 to
10th prize of 10c in the following

classes: 53—corn; 54—beets; 55—
carrots; 56—Green Mountain po-
tatoes; 57—Early Epicure pota-

toes; 58—most points, Rennie cup.

Similar prize money is available
for boys and girls under 13 years
in the following classes: 59—corn;

60—beets; 61—carrots; 62—pota-
toes, Green Mountain; 63—pota-
toes, Early Epicure; 64—Most

points, Rennie Cup.

$150 DAMAGE
TO TWO CARS

Damage amounting to about $150
Was caused to a car driven by
John Fibish, tailor, Abbotsford, and
a truck driven by LoySew, Chinese
Vancouver, when the vehicles col-
lided Saturday morning at the
Clearbrook and Old Yale road in-
tersection. Drivers contended road-
side brush obstructed their view.

:They’re Ready to Defend America’s Coast

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of the United States.

their duties. A number of regiments of the National Guard,

Manning coast defense guns will be one of the important military operations in the new defense program | t
Members of the 207th coast artillery of New York are shown receiving instructions in
particularly along the Atlantic seaboard, are | ¢

being transformed into coast artillery units, They will be trained to repel

or the alr,

Regular army ooast defense units are likewise being expand

attacks coming from either the sea
ed.

The following new teachers have
been appointed and will be plared
jin the schools stated: Mr. R. D.
| Cleland, to be principal of Aber-

}deen school; Mr. R. H, Jones, to -

be principal of Huntingdon school;
| Mr. D. T, Kennedy, Upper Sumas
ecaoek, Miss Helen Woodward,
Aberdeen school; Miss Marjorie
|Johnston, Jubilee school; and Miss
June Smith, Bradner school.
STAFF TRANSFERS

The following teachers previous-
ly on the staff have been trans-
ferred as follows:

Mr. A. Buck, rom Huntingdon
school to vice-pricipal of Abbots-
ford elementary school; Miss M.
Anderson, from Peardonville to
Abbotsford elemtnary school; Miss
E, MacColl, from Bradner to Mats-
qui elementary; Miss M. James,
from Jubilee to Peardonville; Miss
E. Blatchford, from Aberdeen to
Upper Sumas; Miss A. McDonald,
from Aberdeen to Upper Sumas.
TEST BEGINNERS

The Public Schools Act requires
that children be 6 year old at the
time of their admission as begin-
ners to Grade 1. It has been de-
cided, Mr. Towell states, to allaw
two months leeway in this con-
nection, and beginners will be ac-
cepted provided that their sixth
birthday falls not later than Oc-
ober 31, 1940,

While it is considered had pol-
ley, the director of education
points’ out, for most children
younger than 6 years of age to
start school, many parents are
anxious to have them start at
ages younger than ag stated above.
Principals are, therefore, being in-
structed to admit five-year-olds
whose sixth birthdays fall between
November 1 and December 31, on

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Must Register
All Guns Now
With B.C. Police

NEW ORDERS CALL
FOR DETAILS ABOUT
ALL TYPES OF GUNS

With distribution of the neces-
sary forms, embodying the provi-
sions of a federal Order-in-Coun-
cil passed at Ottawa on July 29,
registration of all rifles and shot-
guns is now proceeding in British
Columbia as part of the internal
security plans recently outlined
by Attorney-General Wismer and
endorsed by the Dominion Gov-
ernment. All owners of firearms
should apply at once to the prov-
incial police or officials of the
game branch in order that all
registrations may be completed by
September 15. Any person in pos-
session, after that date, of a rifle
or shotgun for which a certificate
of registration has not been issued,
will be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable, on summary con-
viction, to a fine up to $50 or to
imprisonment, or both.

GIVE DETAILS

The Order-in-Council stipulates
that owners of rifles and shot-
guns must state the type of wea-
pon, make, name and model, num-~-
ber or year, calibre or gauge; if
a shotgun, whether single or dou-
ble barrel, pump gun, automatic,
cut or sawed off. Rifles must be
described as single-shot or slide
action repeating rifle, bolt-action
repeating rifle, automatic or semi-

be specifically stated,

sire to

automatic, The serial number of
Weapons must be given in all in-
Stances. If the weapon is a com-
bination shotgun and rifle, cali-
bre of each barrel must be given,
IN PERSON

Applicants for r tration cer-
tiifeates must appear in person,
although it is not necessary to
produce the firearms intended for
such registration, long as full
deta et out above are made
readily available to the peace or

ppointed officer, It

is » however, that each
applicant state whether or not he
or she British subject, while

1 origin must in eVery case
Applicants
iso will be required to explain
he purpose for which they
retain such firearm
hey may submit for rn

de-
as
stration.

WIDE POWERS

It is important to note that the
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