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EA Botsford Sumas and Matsqui News

Eighteenth Year. No. 44

Abbotsford, B.C.,

Wednesday. Oct. 30. 1940

$1.20 per Year

MSA War
Aid Placed

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EXPECT 250 MEN
OF VALLEY UNIT :
HERE ON MONDAY

In the course of a route march
around the Fraser Valley Scen-

Circle, it is reported that

At $50,000

AREA. CONTRIBUTING

LARGE SUMS TO AID

WARTIME CAMPAIGNS
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Approximately $50,000 has been
contributed by MSA citizens
financial
‘drives during the past year, ac-
cording to an estimate submitted
to the MSA War Savings Commit-
tee by E. A. Barrett, Abbotsford
postmaster and chairman of the
committee, at a meeting held Fri-

various Win-the- War

day night.

The meeting had been called to
promotion

further organize

to

of

about 250 men of the Westmin-
ster Regiment will reach Abbots-
ford from Vancouver on Mon-

7, day and camp overnight in the

Appeal to MSA Organizations
To Assist War Savings Drive

Fourteen delegates from nine MSA organizations attended a meet-
ing held in the Men’s Club, Abbotsford,

on Friday night for the

Stress Need
Of Alternate

purpose of organizing the MSA Committee for promotion of War
Savings in this Area. H. E. Beetlestone, president of the Board of

of the

Trade, presided and he and Mr.

Orange hall. If

the i

here is desired or pe , it

is und the Ca Leg-
ion and Board of Trade may
call for volunteers to put on an

ipromp
evening. It is suggested house-
holders and merchants hang out
their flags in welcome to the
Valley unit of the CASF which
recently returned to the Const
from Dundurn, Sask., training
camp.

CEN

War Savings Stamps and Certifi-
cates sold ‘in the Area following
recent nation-wide appeals by the
authorities. It was considered
timely to launch a district cam-
paign now that other appeals for
various war services had been suc-
cessfully cleared away.

The $50,000 contribution of the
MSA Area was based by Mr. Bar
rett and Trade Board President
Harry Beetlestone on round fig-
ure returns in connection with two
Red Cross campaigns, two War
Loan appeals and partial reports
on sales of War Savings Stamps
and Certificates in the Area dur-
ing the past year, f
$35,000 FOR BONDS

It was reported: that $1800 had
been subscribed to the first Red

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: “Slim”
ELL NOD CG STU UD COS a geo sian bi a
cently-concluded compaign. ‘Local aeCunien tees

sales of first War Loan bonds ap-
proximated $16,000 and about $19,-
000 worth of second War Loan
bonds were bought by MSA citi-
zens. The War Savings effort is
believed to aggregate more than
$9000, based on $6000 worth pur-
chased through Abbotsford branch
of the Royal Bank, and about
$2800 worth of certificates and
stamps purchased through Abbots-
ford postoffice. Reports’ were avail-
able from only two other MSA
postoffices, sales amounting to
; over $70 at Huntingdon and $30
at Kilgard. Only total figures, not
names of individual purchasers,
are released by the authorities.
AID OTHER FUNDS
If contribution to other war
service funds such as the New
Westminster “barrel sweep” and
Vancouver air supremacy driveyas
well as unreported War Savings
purchasers are taken into ce@n-
sideration, the report indicated
that the $50,000 estimate of MSA
War Effort Support will be ex-
ceeded.

Seed Growers
Preparing For
B.C. Convention

VALLEY GROWERS
NOMINATE DIRECTOR
AND CANDIDATE

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A meeting of the Lower Main-
land and Fraser Valley regional
section of the British Columbia
Seed Growers’ Association was
held in the Canadian Legion hall,
Abbotsford, on Thursday evening
when growers from Langley, Sur-
rey, Dewdney, Matsqui and Ryder
Lake were in attendance,

Mr. Clive Planta gave a report
of the annual convention of the
Canadian Seed Growers’ Associa-
tion held in Winnipeg. Mr. J, L.
Webster, district “field inspector,
who is in charge of provincial

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Bonfire, Show
On Hallowe'en

Forty dollars has been raised by
the Abbotsford committee arrang-
ing the third annual Hallowe’en

which is
this Thursday evening, Oct. 31, at

Fourteen prizes will be awarded
for the best costumes entered in
the parade which will form up on
Essendene
tracks, at 7 p.m. They will be half

Stamps and range from $2 for best
costume in the parade*to $1 first

tumes in each of six classes, in-
cluding one for the best Hallowe'en
pumpkin. Other classes are: witch,
scarecrow, tramp, ghost and comic.
There will also be a prize for the

age children.

ade Marshall and, to assure right-
Efforts are also being made -to

Essendene avenue to McCallum rd.
and the Jubilee grounds where,
through
Branch of the Canadian Legion
and Manager Donaldson and staff

Proceed to the Orange hall where
each child will be prsented with

RED CROSS

women to the
Shop, Hotel Atangard, next Wed.,

Singer Store, with the co-operaj}
are presenting a style show and
tea commencing at 2:30 p-m. Hair

Styling will

while dresses, hats and accessor-
ies from the Singer Store will be

rizes, Treats

COSTUME PARADE WILL
START FUN FESTIVAL
PLANNED FOR CHILDREN

tertainment for MSA children,
to

y
for the delay (outlined in THENEWS last week) in.
Mr. Barrett announced that M. ©. Switzer,
'y, wished to be relieved of the duties whereupon the meet-
ing elected Mrs. A. W. Webb to the position.

B.C. Highway

EXECUTIVE OF VALLEY
BOARDS URGES ACTION
AT ABBOTSFORD MEETING
Reeve W. A. Jones of Agassiz
and W. Wright of Burnaby, who

Three principal developments of ¥
the meeting were: 1. To call for
contributions to a fund with which
to start each of the 1800 school
children in the MSA Area with
one.25c stamp toward a War Savy-
ings Certificate, as has been done
in Mission, Chilliwack and else-
where. THENEWS was asked to pub-
lish a list of donations which may
be made to the chairman or Sec-
retary.

2, To again circularize more than
twenty organizations Which have
not‘as yet sent delegates to these
meetings (notices were mailed
Monday) and invite other bodies
which may not have been circular-
ized to also participate in view
of the urgency of the national ap-
peal to support the sales effort.
3. To form an action committee
which will endeavor to give effect
to suggestions for War Savings
Promotion plans approved by the
MSA Committee. Member organiza-
tions will be asked to assist, whete

o'clock. Details were completed

avenue, east of the

cash and half in War Savings

id 50c second for the best cos-

st costume entered by pre-school-

Harvey Henderson will be par-

“way, the parade will be headed
y Highway Patrol Officer Butler.

cure a piper for the parade.
The parade will proceed west on

co-operation of MSA

the Abbotsford Lumber Co. Ltd.,
big bonfire will be staged. Fire-
orks may also be set off at this
age of the festival. x:
The parade will then reform and

bag of candies etc., and enter-
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TYLE SHOW AND -
EA WILL AID

An enjoyable and informative af-
rnoon which will also aid the
ed Cross funds will attract many
Atangard Beauty

ov. 6. The beauty shop and the
lon of the Red Cross Auxiliary,

be demonstrated by
tangard Beauty Shop operators

seed production work,

spoke on

modelled by young ladies. After-

Seed cleaning methods and equip- |"

ment with particular reference to
the small grower.

There was considerable discus-
sion concerning matters to be tak-

en up at the annual convention |Will also be a raffle for several

of the B.C, Seed Growers to be |#PPropriate’ prizes,

held next week, Noy. 4 and 5, at ae

Vernon. Mr. B. Cox of Dewdney PHEASANTS NEVER

‘was named as director to repre-

Sent the Lower Mainland growers BETTER BUT DUCKS

in the B.C. Association. Mr. R. H.|ARE STILL SCARCE

Helmer of Milner was proposed “Bigger and better birds and

for candidate for the B.C. Seed|more of them than have been
Marketing Board. available in years,” is the Bieta.
Mr. Clive Rogers of Langley ment of Game Warden Gorse
Prairie is chairman of the Re-|winiams regarding the pheasant

gional Section of seed growers and
the meeting elected Mr. John F.
Ormrod of Fort Langley as secre-

si

Red Cross Auxiliary and a lecture
on permanent waving will be giv-
en by Holland Green, wave expert
of Vancouver and Toronto. There

The cream of the lot
off,

oon tea will be served by the

eason in the MSA Area this year,
is already
however, and Mr. Williams

tary.

STORES TO CLOSE
EARLIER SATURDAY
NIGHTS IN FUTURE
Abbotsford merchants will revert
Yo winter season hours on Novem-
ber 2 and close their stores at 9
p.m. on Saturday nights in future,

blames the scarcity of ducks for
this, as well as the luck of the
hunters, In checking cars at the
weekend, he says, it was the reg-
ular thing to find three or four
hunters to the car each with a
limit bag of pheasants. Lack of
water here and mild weather is

by each undertaking a
project. This committee includes:
E. A. Barrett, A. S. Towell, Mrs.
T. Andrews, M. C. Walker, Rev.
J. A. Loughton and Lang. Sands,
Success is multiplied sixteen
times, it was stressed, each time
® person is started systematiaally
purchasing War Savings Stamps
(16 stamps may be exchanged for
one $5-value interest-bearing cer-
tificate).

SENIOR AND JUNIOR
SECTIONS TO ANNUAL
F.V. DRAMA FESTIVAL’

The annual festival of the Fra-
ser Valley Drama Association jvill
be held in the high school audi-
torium at Mission in the week
ending Nov. 30. The contests will
be divided into senior and junior
sections. The junior section is
open to all young people not over
the age of 19 whether in school
or not. There will be a challenge
cup for the winning cast in each
section, individual cups for the
best actors and actresses, and a
special cup for adult casts, not
previously winners. Mission high
school is entering a play and it
is anticipated that the adults of
Mission’ will compete with one or
two productions.

CANADIAN NAVAL
VESSEL WITH 30
OF GREW IS LOST

The Canadian minesweeper Bras
o'Or is missing and feared lost
with her crew of 30, a Naval Min-
istry communique announced Wed-
nesday. -

The stubby little craft which
captured the Italian merchantman
Capo Noli after blocking attempts
to scuttle her in the St. Lawrence
last June, has been unreported
since Oct. 19, and fierce winter
storms have been raging in her
operations zone, the Ministry re-
vealed.

Loss of the Bras o'Or is the
third blow to Canada announced
in as many days. It brings the
naval death toll for the Dominion
to 243 since the outbreak of war,
more than deaths in the army and
air force combined.

R. A. Baynes, Matsqui
Resident Nearly 30
Vears, Passes Away

Richard Andrew Baynes passed
away at his residence on Tuesday,
Oct. 29. Deceased was born in On-
tario on July 22, 1858, and came
to B.C, 52 years ago. He wag an
old-timer here, having resided in
the Matsqui district since 1912.
Death was not unexpected, as Mr.
Baynes had been in failing health
for a number of years. He is sur-
vived by five sons, C. M. of Up-
per Sumas, W. E., J. D, R. F.
and L. M,, all of Matsqui; three
daughters, Mrs, A. A. Davidson of
Pender Island, Mrs, M. F. McDon-
ald and Mrs. Ww. Haywood, both
of Vancouver, His wife predeceas-
ed him 18 years ago. Funeral ser-
vices will be held from Hender-
son's Funeral Home on Friday af-

causing” ducks to dally in the
north,

ternoon at 2 p.m., interment tak-
ing place in Hazelwood copnetery
Rey. McKay will officiate,

Most Plowing
Awards Won By
Chilliwack Men

TWENTY-TWO TEAMS
AND TRACTORS ENTER

interviewed the Cabinet last Thurs-
day at Victoria regarding the in-
creasing burden upon land-owners
of the cost of education, reported
upon their conference with the
ministers, to the executive of the
Associated Boards of Trade which
met in Abbotsford on Friday af-
ternoon. Twelve boards were re-
Presented by the 25 delegates at
the meeting, North Vancouver and
Langley being the only absentees.

ANNUAL MSA MATCH

Bruce Ryder of Chilliwack, who
won top honors at the _Mission-
Dewdney Plowing Match last week,
repeated at,the annual Matsqui,
Sumas, Abbotsford Plowing Match
on Friday by winning first place
in fhe high-uct class and ‘the
award for best-going team. Sim-
ilarly, L, Larson of Nicomen, win-
ner in the tractor plowing com-
petition at Dewdney, won first
Place in this class Friday after-
noon on Sumas Prairie.

Farm of Charles Gibbs on the
old Provincial highway, Sumas
Prairie, was the scene of the
match and visitors included offi-
cers of Chilliwack, Dewdney and
Rich plowing ions and
Harvey M. Streight, general man-
ager of Brackman-Ker Milling Co.
Ltd. Weather was considered ideal
for the event and helped attract
a record crowd of interested spec-
tators. Despite the recent heavy
rains the sixteen plowmen compet-
ing in the team classes found the
ground almost too dry for exhibi-
tion furrowing. The tractormen
drew the better field and the work
of the half-dozen competitors in
this class as well as of the demon-|t:
strator machines drew very fav-
orable comment.

MEMBER OFFICIATES

Thirteen teams were found by
district farmers for entrants who
brought their plows from a dis-
tance to compete but the tractor-
men all brought their own steeds.
Awards of the judges, J. Kerrand
W. McNair of Chilliwack, were
not made known until the trophy
dance was held'in the evening in
Whatcom road hall where Reeve
George Cruickshank, M.P., pre-
sented the silver trophies and
numerous other prizes before a
large audience,

President J. Murphy of Clay-
burn and 6ecretary L. J. Kettle
of Poplar, were highly compliment-
ed on the very successful competi-
tion. They, however, observed
Somewhat ruefully on the lateness
of co-operation extended by dist-
rict farmers in lending teams,
many of those needed not reach-
ing the field until late forenoon
and the last about noon. They al-
so’ said a largpr attendance of
farmers at Plowing Association
meetings would be more encour-
aging to the directors,

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ingdon to connect
port with the trans-Canada high-
way.

As an outcome of the last quar-

terly meeting of the boards, a re-
solution was adopted urging the
minister of national
submit the necessity of completing
the Agassiz-Haig
north-shore Fraser Canyon
and the 15-mile uncompleted sec-
tion of the Hope-Princeton road
to
Board as a
measure. It was pointed out that
while
lines through the mountains there
is, for the lack of these two sec-
tions, only one continuous high-
way. Coast

defence to
section of the
road

the Joint Military Defence

necessary military
there three

are railway

military authorities
lave stressed the serious conse-
uences that might easily follow

the bombing or blocking of this
one road.

H. E. Beetlestone reported that

the minister of public works had
promised an immediate start on
ditching and grading the propos-

d extension of “C” street at Hunt-
that customs

A communication was received

from the Attorney-General regard-
ing cattle straying on the high-
way on the north-shore road be-

ween Harrison river and the

Dewdney bridge. The matter will
be called to the attention of the
municipal
JUNCTION SIGNS

and police authorities,

The need of new and corrected

road direction signs at the junc-
tion of the King George VI and
the
for signs directing attention to ad-
jacent beauty spots and points of
interest on the trans-Canada road,
for the benefit pf tourists

trans-Canada highways and

and
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Twenty Persons
Face Death In
Auto Accidents

DARK NIGHTS AND
RAIN BRING MORE
HIGHWAY CRASHES

The sharp turn into the dyke

road leading to the Mission bridge
was the scene of another accident
Tuesday forenoon when Mrs. Lyd-

PRIZE WINNERS
Prize winners were

Hickman; finish, Dyble.
class; Robert Armstrong,

finish, Armstrong.

Under 21 years: J. Murphy Jr,,

announced
at the dance as follows: High-cut,
Bruce Ryder, Chilliwack; 2, J. L.
Inglis, Matsqui; 3, J.) McBride of
Chiliwalck; best finish, Inglis. Sod
class: T. Hickman, Charles Reid,
W. Dyble, all of Chiliwack; crown,
Novice
Chilll-
wack; N. Rolls, Sumas; crown and

ia Wiesner and daughter, Shirley,
of Matsqui were injured as a re-
sult of a collision between the
cars driven by Mrs. Wiesner and
Pete Carscallen of Abbotsford.
Mrs. Wiesner is reported to have
had several teeth knocked out
and Shirley sustained a broken
arm. They were taken to Mission
hospital. About $200 damage was
caused to the Carscallen car,
Seven persons had a narrow es-
cape from injury or death on Mon-
day evening when a car driven by

Matsqui, all awards. Under 18
years: E, F. Jones, Matsqui; T,
Conway, Abbotsford; R. Sibbald,
Matsqui; crown and finish, Jones,
Tractor class: L, Larson, Nico-
men; W. Hill-Tout, Poplar; W. H.
Emans, Sumas; crown, Hill-Tout;
finish, Larson.

Best-going team, Bruce Ryder;
best decorated team, T. Conway,
2. N. Rolls. Team and equipment:
T. Conway; 2. N. Rolls; 3, Charles
Reid.

A meeting of the MSA Plowing
Association takes place in the
Canadian Legion hall, Abbotsford,
on Saturday, Nov. 2, at § p.m,

Eighteenth annual plowing match
at Chilliwack will be held on Fri-
day, Nov. 1, on the farm of Ram
Ricka, Prest road, 2% miles east

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Rey. A. J, Loughton of Abbotsford
struck a stray cow on No.-1 high-
way west pf Aberdeen school dur-
ing a rainstorm. About 340 damage
was done to the car and the cow

aad to be killed. Passengers in

the car included Dorothy Arnold,
Dorothy Johnson, Dorothy Jones,
Dorothy Leary and Victor Arnold.

hey were en route to a musicale

in Vancouver.

Dr. E. Ss: Sarvis and family of

Sumas, Wn., received a bad shak-
ing up on Sunday night
allegedly blinded by the lights of
another car that had stopped at

when,

side road intersection, Dr. Sar-

vis ran his car off the pavement
on No. 1 highway at Hill-Tout
curve, three miles west of Abbots-
ford, and it turned on its side.

of Chilliwack,

eee a
Two Abbotsford business houses
more spacious
premises; Blark’s Drug Store now
occupies the former Daly’s Dry-
goods store, while Clarence Nel-
son has taken his electrical ap-

have moved into

Pliance store to the former Daly’
Hardware store,

S-the

Six persons were taken to hos-
pital as a result of a highway
smash one mile west of Abbots-

of Abbotsford and Jacob Thies-
Sen. The latter was about to en-
ter the driveway to his home when

ford about 6 p.m. Friday which in- of $2,500 or
volved cars driven by Stan Schnare by
average loan for the
$2,964,

The War
This W. eek

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—British United Press—

Glurmennmeennesmenenenetie

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Compiled by British United Press
foreign correspondents and writ-
ten for the Abbotsford. Sumas &
Matsqui News in the Vancouver
Bureau of British United Press.
This review received by wire
just before going to press this
morning, and covers events up
and including today.

AXIS STABS
AT BALKANS

Wednesday, Og¢t. 30—Britain and
Greece fought off preliminary
Axis stabs into the Balkans today
but a heavy movement of Ger-
man reinforcements threatened
stronger blows in a general Med-
iterranean offensive that may ex-
tend from Suez to Gibraltar.
BRITISH MINE GULFS

First move of the British Navy
in defense of Greece, it was dis-
closed officially in London, was
to lay mines protecting Gulfs of
Patras, Corinth and Aegean Gulf.
This threw a barrier around the
Corinth land, bridge betweem
northern Greece and Peloponnese,
guarding against any attempt by
Italians to break Greece in two
by surprise attack on Corinth.
SALONIKA GOAL
» SHarp patrol fighting reported
in Greek mountains as Italian
force sought to drive in from Al- ©
bania towards the important port
of Salonika which British are be-

“|lieved likely to seek as a base

for a counter offensive in south
eastern Europe,
MASS MILLION NAZIS

Tuesday, Oct. 29—Italians claim-
ed they had cracked hole in the
Greek line ‘and were swarming in-
to Greek mountains but these
claims were denied in Athens.
While unconfirmed elsewhere, Ger-
many reportedly massed a million
men on the Balkan front to back
up Italy's offensive against Greece.
Britain announced she is giving
Greece military aid in the “wid-
est sense of the term” but the na-
ture of the aid was not disclosed.

Monday, Oct. 28—An Axis blitz
kreig hit Greece at dawn, but the
Greeks fought back stubbornly
and Great Britain promised aid.
CANADA'S LOSSES

The destroyer HMCS Margaree
went down after a collision with
a merchant vessel, and 140 Can-
adian officers and men lost their
lives, Forty-seven of them were
from British Columbia — largest
toll in any province. é

The pride of Canada’s merchant
marine, the Empress of Britain,
blew up and sank 900 miles off
the Irish coast after she had been
bombed by a German plane. Only
45 lost their lives,

If you enjoy this column and
would like to see it continued, the
editor would like to hear from you.

WINNER IN GUN
CLUB CONTESTS

Helmer Gilberg of Matsqui won
the Ridgedale Rod & Gun Club
annual contest this year for the
longest pheasant with a bird frac-
tionally over 37 inches. from tip
to tip. This was a couple of inches
shorter than last year’s prize-win-
ner. Second in this contest was
Stan. Smith of Matsqui who nosed
out Debs Rottluff’s entry by less
than half a beak. O. Fore had the
largest duck, weight 3% pounds.

BRIDGE CLUB
HONORS BRIDE

Miss Julia Mitchell was honored
On Friday evening when 12 mem-
bers of her bridge club presented
her with a set of stemware at the
home of Mrs, Fred Saunders. The
evening was spent playing games
after which dainty refreshments
Were served, Miss Mitchell was
Presented with a corsage of chrys-
anthemums from the guests,

NHA FINANCES
372 NEW HOMES

During September, approval was
iven to 349 loans under the Na-
tional Housing Act. The number
of new applications received ad-
vanced to 413 against 381 in Au-
gust, This was also an increase
of 14 over the number of new ap-
plications submitted in September.
Of the total of 372 units approved
in September, 1940, approximately
one-third were financed by loans
less, and four-fifths
loans of $3,500 or less. The
month was

accident occurred. Schnare,

three children were taken to MSA

(Mr. and Mrs, Thiessen and their} hospital but tater released.