Laas liperiire oe

gow Again Leads Unit

INVESTS $304,000

Magnificent support of the 7th Victory Loan is revealed in

practically final figures released
Mission City this afternoon.

from Unit 19 headquarters in

The Unit, embracing Maple Ridge-

Pitt Meadows Area, Mission-Dewdney-Nicomen Area and Matsqui-

Sumas-Abbotsford Area, invested
sents 113.40 per cent of quota.

a total of $850,500. This repre-

M-S-A Area again leads the
Unit haying invested a total of
$304,450 in 7th Victory Bonds. In
the 6th Loan the Area invested
$270,008. Quota this time was
$260,000 and last spring $240,000.

The Haney Area ranks second
in the Unit with a total invest-
ment of $274,800 and Mission
Area third with $271,350. These
two sulunits invested $258,000
‘and $253,090, respectively, in the
6th Loan.

By far the greatest portion of
the M-S-A investment was made
up from general canvass by the

six salesmen, $227,150. Their ag-
gregate quota was $200,000. In
the other subunits, with more in-
dustries, the respective totals in-
cluded a greater proportion from
payroll investment.

With its largest industrial pop-
ulation, Maple Ridge-Pitt Mead-
ews leads in total number of ap-
plications, 1293 of the 3400 total
for the Unit. Mission & District
stands second in this respect with
1096. The M-S-A Area, despite

loss of the No. 24 EFTS payroll,
assisted

the

which

materially

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ctured above

19 In Victory Loan

QUOTA WAS $260,000

M-S-A subunit of Unit 19 actually exceeded its quota last
Thursday, Reeve James Simpson of Matsqui, chairman of the Area
War Finance Committee, receiving a congratulatory message from
George Kidd, provincial committee chairman. This said: “Con-
gratulations to Matsqui-Sumas-Abbotsford Area on going over the
top. Our thanks to you and your co-workers for good work.”

Area in the th Loan Drive, has a
total of 1011 applications.
Difference between the $227,150
obtained by the half-dozen sales-
men and the $304,450 total sub-
unit investment is represented by

and W. C. Blinch topped his eb-
jective and Harry Taylor equall-
ed his,

Salesmen dollar quotas and
what they obtained are given un-
¥ |der their pictures, reproduced be-
the totals from the payroll}jow. Their districts are also in-
sources and the Bank. |dicated. The application quotas

Three of the salesmen exceede {| and number of “apps” obtained

the district quotas, H. Mac-!are: Blinch 105-107; Brundige 150
Fadyen, H. G. Myhre and J. S.|-117; Myhre 190-149; MacFay-
Brundige. Salésmén also had|den 185-179; Taylor 105-105;

new high quotas of applications | Trickey 115-96.

i ch aa Sai Kicsti
is the handsome plastic plaque displaying the

a
‘H. D. MacFADYEN H. G. MYHRE J.S. BRUNDIGE insignia of the Seventh Victory Loan awarded this area in recog- W. C. BLINCH H.N. TRICKEY HUE. TAYLOR
Abbotsford NE Matsqui SW Matsqui nition of its topping its quota. This Victory Loan insignia is an West Sumas 4 East Sumas NW Matsqui
$57,000 $35,000 $28,000 adaption of the shoulder sleeve insignia of Supreme Headquarters, $30,000 $25,000 $25,000
$73,150 $45,500 $35,400 Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). $27,300 $24,150 $21,650
Twenty-first Year, No. 46 Abbotsford, B.C., Wednesday, Noy. 15, 1944 Ten Pages

Pioneer Hardware
Of J. S. Daly is Purchased by
McLennan, Mcfeely & Prior

In the 20th year of his business in the Fraser Valley, J. S.
Daly this week announces that McLennan, McFeely & Prior Limited,

t British C
the province, have purchased the
‘ware.

firm with stores in the key centres of

business known as Daly’s Hard-

Mr. Daly, a veteran of Great
War I, requested “Mc & Mc” to
acquire his business but he will,
they announce, retain the man-
agement of the big Abbotsford
store and ‘further be associated
with our activities throughout the
Fraser Valley.”

Since coming to the Fraser Val-
ley from Edmonton 20 years, ago,
after partial recovery from serious
wounds sustained overseas, Mr.
Daly has won a well-earned name
for himself in both business pro-
gress and community service.

He opened a store at County
Line in May 1925, acquired and
moved to the Mill Store, Abbots-
ford Lake, in the following year,
and in 1928 he opened his first
downtown store in Abbotsford.
The building, lately remodelled is
now occupied by Copp’s Shoe
Store.

Closing out the Mill Store in
December 1930, Mr. Daly built
an addition, now Black’s Drug
Store, to ‘provide for expansion
of the hardware 1 He ac-

J. S. DALY

quired a general store at Kilgard
in 1933 which he operated for
several years.

In 1940, Mr. Daly moved his
hardware and drygoods businesses
to the fine premises since oc-
cupied. The handsome structure,
ranked as the largest in the Fra-
ser Valley, has a frontage of 58
feet on Essendene avenue and a
depth of 110 feet and incorpor-
ates the most modern features of
merchandise display and service.

In spite of the demands of such
business development, Mr. Daly
has taken time to support almpst
every community service organ-
ization and development project
in the Matsqui-Sumas-Abbotsford
Area. He is a past president of
the Board of Trade and his sup-
port of the United Services Social
Centre or “Hut” in Abbotsford

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Fit. LT. L. S, MILNE
GRADUATES FROM
SERVICE COURSE

A recent graduate from a ser-
vice course for flying instructors,
Flight-Lieut. Leonard S. Milne, is
_ known

here. He enlisted
with the RCAF
in 1940 winning
his wings at
that time. He
was then loan-
ed on indefinite
leave to the
Vancouver ele-
mentary flying
training school,
becoming chief
flying instruc-
tor for that
school and later
at Boundary

well

Bay and Re-
gina. In 1942,
when the civil-
ian flying in-
structors were recalled to the
RCAF, he received his commis-
sion as Flight Lieutenant, and

‘was posted to Abbotsford the

BIG PLANE MISSING
FROM ABBOTSFORD PORT’

A four-motored Liberator bom-
ber, with 11 aboard, has been
missing from its Abbotsford base
since early Friday.

Ten men are aboard an RCAF
Canso flying boat which disap-
peared during a routine flying pa-
trol from its West Coast base late
Tuesday.

This is the: third mishap to
RCAF planes in the Lower Main-
land and Vancouver Island areas
since Friday,

Teachers Favor
Uniform Valley
Salary Scale

A unanimous resolution to es-
tablish a uniform wage scale
throughout the Fraser Valley for
school teachers was passed at
the Fraser Valley Teachers Con-
vention which convened in Ab-
botsford on Friday.

A new minimpm, exceeding
that paid to most teachers now,
with yearly increments until a
set maximum is reached, had
been set up by a committee, and
was discussed with the teachers
by Charles Ovans, assistant sec-
retary for the B.C. School Tea-
chers Federation. He pointed
out that teaching conditions in
the Valley are similar, and that
the aim is one scale for the
Fraser Valley. The assembled
group voted to request the Minis-
ter of Education to establish that
any teacher may be granted full
increments while on active ser-
vice or while, in hospital follow-
ing active service before being
reinstated.

A program classifying teachers
according to qualifications was
presented but was referred back
to each local group with the re-
quest that they forward their
resolution to the secretary of the
parent body.

Nearly 400 teachers registered
at the morning sessions held in
the Abbotsford Theatre, and at
the sectional meetings conducted
during the afternoon in the Phil-
ip Sheffield High School and in
the Abbotsford Elementarx
School. Instructional work on
different subjects was given, and
in the practical arts room there
was a display of work. In the
library section addresses were |
given by R. Bruce Carrick and
Miss Roberta Wilson of the
Fraser Valley Union Library.
Open house was held at the Libr-

ary for the visiting teachers.
On behalf of the Abbotsford
Board of Commissioners, George
F. Pratt welcomed the group at
the dinner served by the Abbots-

ford Red Cross Auxiliary. In-
cluding guests, over 430 sat
down to dinner. During his ad-
dress, Dr. D. Buchanan, Dean,

Faculty of Arts and Science, Uni-
versity of B.C., remarked that

Referendum On M-5S-A Area Hospital Need

Will Be Submitted To Voters
At Elections In December

A referendum on the proposal to provide essential new hos-
pital accommodation for the M-S-A Area will be submitted to
the ratepayers in Matsqui, Sumas and Abbotsford at the forth-
coming municipal elections. This was decided ‘at a meeting of
reeves and councillors with Dr. H. E. Cannon Monday night when

bringing the war to a ul
conclusion was the most impor-

a repre ive which had visited Victoria last week
reported on the assistance that might be ¢ounted on from the

tant thing, but that studies of }Provincial government,

English, humanity, economic and
social work should not be over-
looked. “We must not neglect
the use of the brain” he said. He
spoke of the possibility of ex-
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EGG PRICES DOWN

Price of eggs’ has dropped five
cents a dozen in Vancouver, Do-
minion agriculture department
reported today.

“An Army of A pparently
Trained Men Available”

George Cruickshank, Liberal member for Fraser Valley, gave
the following statement to The Chilliwack Progress When question-
ed concerning his reaction to the resignation of Hon, J. L. Ralston
and the appointment of General A. G. L, MacNaughton as minister
of national defence:

“As a civilian I have no knowledge of the need of, or of the
number of men available as reinforcements, I have, however, a
vivid recollection of serving in mud and water in the last war,
under conditions apparently very similar to those in Holland and
Italy, when we did not have sufficient reinforcements to meet our
casualties. This must never again be permitted when we have an
army of apparently trained men available.

“While I have doubts what the volunteers serving overseas
might think of having other than volunteers placed in their famous
fighting units as reinforcements, yet I am definitely of the opinion
that if Colonel Ralston, in his capacity of minister of national de-
fence, after a personal inspection, and if his military advisors agree,
recommends that the Home Defence Army should be sent overseas,
that they should be sent whenever and wherever they are required.
“I believe that every Canadian will agree that no better ap-
pointment could have been made to take over the department of
national defence than that of General MacNaughton. The public
and the leaders of all political parties have at all times expressed
their entire confidence in his military leadership. This confidence
and admiration has always been shown by the men who should
know, the soldiers who served under the new minister.

“Bvery Canadian will wish the General well and do
most to assist him in the serious task that lies ahead.

his ut-

Large Abbotsford Business

Acquired By “Mc & Mc” |;

following September.

It was also agreed at this con-
ference that the equitable basis
of payment toward the local ‘cost
of the new hospital would be one
proportionate to the populations
of the three municipal districts,
working out at: Matsqui 60%,
Sumas 30% and Abbotsford 10%

Dr. Cannon was requested to
head a committee which will ac-
quaint the public with the neces-
sity of increasing the hospital ac-
commodation as soon as possible
in view of a population increase
averaging 1000 persons a year,

It_was also decided to request
D. C. Durrant to act as solicitor
on behalf of the three municipal-
ities in respect to matters relat-
ing to the hospital project, draft-
ing the plebiscite etc.
It is estimated that the neges-
Sary hospital facilities will cost
$150,000. Of this amount the,
respective shares will be approxi-
mately: Provincial Government,
$50,000; Matsqui, $60,000; Sumas,
$30,000; Abbotsford, $10,000. The
new hospital would provide 50
beds. The present 14-bed hospi-
tal is trying to handle from 20
to 30 patients daily. Cost to the
local taxpayers is estimated at
only $3 a year per family and
would be paid within [5 years.

Vv FLAGS AWARDS

Presentation of Victory Loan V
Flags were made to employees of
Pacific Milk, Daly’s and Glacier
on Tuesday. Pacific Milk also
received an over-quota penant.

OVERSEAS SERVICE
ISSUE RESULTS IN
CALL TO MEMBERS

House of Commons members
will assemble in Ottawa Nov-
ember 22—nearly ten weeps
earlier than they expected at
adjournment on August 15—
and it is expected they will at
once be asked to rule on
whether or not there be con-
scription for overseas service,

Prime Minister Mackenzie
King, in a brief statement fol
lowing a cabinet meeting Mon-
day night, said that Speaker
J. A. Glen had been advised
the earlier House sitting was
in the public interest, and now
was notifying members,

Col. J. L. Ralston, who re-
signed as defense minister af-
ter recommending that drafteus
be made available for overseas
service, will attend the session.

General McNaughton, who
succeeded Colonel Ralston, has
no House seat, but it is under-
stood the goverment may sug-
gest that he be called before
the House in secret session to
bt forth his views in support

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service.