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“Twenty-Third Vear, No.26

Abbotsford, B.C. Wednesday, June 26, 1946

Fourteen Pages

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Servicemen, Women Welcomed Back to Peter Grossman Tells Servicemen They
Abbotsford; Fallen Honored in Silence Must Be Prepared to Make Own ‘Breaks’

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ittended a In urging veterans of the Second Great War

Case ee naiosay ame | et Se eat ete

‘a ‘id ‘a number of ing | in government affairs and to keep well informed,

later took in a get- Peter Grossman, speaker at w
in many of the battles me og poe ve “ape *
Seer wh, bart ‘sonaa Se he ronal ge “The only freaks that we get will be ‘owe that
Force swapped remincentes we make ourselves,

= of tenia all joined in the sing- Mr. Grossman, who served overseas with the

ing of many numbers which recalled their servic- Westminster Regiment and’ is now regional direc-

8 on the battlefield at sea and in the air. tor of the Fraser Valley Union Library at its

enh and seated that the’ est aces I

Oe uae i among veterans today is: “We

Mrs. Webb; aren’ break.

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Shore, Abbotsford;

Deharrell, Matequi; Hon.

4 lorran'

and H. W. Ellis, secretary
jn memory of those re enough who are

lost their lives lissa to the question

Great War a worth investigation.”

"Teast to The Major Grossman listed th

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b: ti f t
egy ig xpeiatons ‘of the

Legion Hall

COMMISSIONERS EXTEND
TAX PAYMENT DATE
TO TUESDAY, JULY 2

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Plans Now Complete For
Veterans’ Field Day July 1

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1. To be able to take advan-
some of -

expecta:
recently discharged serviceman as Fr.
follows:

ford-M.
in

School,

Ata

‘ission
board

. B, o
Mrs. H. M. Cut-

tage of as Uber Sumas.
behead ilitation scheme, | eve of absence for one year.

2. pref eB
a job—either his old job back or
which suits bet-

in finding

of life at a reason-

it received by the Veteran
there is a wide gap which
caused by mi: nding, cler-

for the noble and outstanding

ical mistakes and errors in hu-

can live decently and purchase | ®™

mics instructress at Philip Shef-
Ss Dassetttie field High School.
Miss D. Purse, North .
was also granted a year’s leave
of absence at a previous meet-
ing.

Continued on Page 4)

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Upper Sumas; Miss H. W. Soe.
Me Su Mrs. J, F.

|, Matsqui; Miss R. Brat-
ten, Kil |; Mrs. ._ Fitzsim-
mons, Al ; Mrs. G.

J. Baird, Home Econo-

lar.

GEO. CRUICKSHANK TO
COME WEST BY PLANE

BERRY PICKING IS
DELAYED BY RAIN

Strawberry
by ii

picking was halt-
i showers in

area
mpia, hing.
to Wigiheaivn a ee
throughout ti ower Mainland
‘ancow Island.

the

United Church in Ab-
@ fairly old building,
and creaked considerably

school also going through
the roof and into an empty schooi
room.

BODY OF ABBOTSFORD.
AIRMAN IS FOUND IN
WRECKAGE OF PLANE

-» in October,
been found.
Teckage of the boniber, which
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BUSINESSMEN’S GROUP
TO HOLD SPECIAL
MEETING JULY 2

ve
Ses
United “Church Hall. Teresa
evening, July 2, at 8 o’cloc!
to question of

> | minutes,

formers and |
ice for some time.

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telephone and electric light wires and tra
many farm homes without light, power or te’

bits at the George Spenst farm
on the Hi Road. A

blown off and came to rest on
the lawn. and cross-arms

were
Drain at the bottom
of one sink in the residence was
also ly twisted. Switch box
in the feed room of the farm
buildings was put out of com-

mi %

Lyle Lobban and a BCER re-
pair crew were
working until ,
went home for a rest and were
at

to home:
and farm buildings in the dis-
trict.

Many of the residents said
there had . one 4
tinct shock, that which occurred
at 4 p.m. but others claimed tha.
there had been three one
following the other within a few

At one time, 17 houses were
i t light and power and al
phones in the district were
rtially out of order, Wires
Cangled from cross-arms and two
poles were split from top to bot-
tom by the lightning,

Ri ents of the area affected
limited to phone calls be.

neighbors.
lerground cable which runs
F Huntingdon was

by lightning, preventing
ons with the Abbotsford

Gilfillan, Abbotstord-wire
r BCT, is repairing the
ind cable and hopes to
it in working order in a
wt time.

At the Peter Krocker farm jt
was reported that a

flame 8 foot long come fren °t
at the height of the
st and a car in the .

motor which supplies the draft
for an oil stove was burned out
and 15-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spenst,
fell over from the shock during
the storm.

Mrs. A. Mariette was anoffer |
Huntingdon resident who saw al
ball of fire during the storm.|
“It shot out from the top of an|
electric light pole and then the
lights went out”, she said.

many parts of the M-S-A Area

over the weekend,

a

weather

STELLAR STAGE SHOW
e-|FOR FIELD DAY BILL

show at the Field Day

Ss!
Gplattation on Jubilee

‘robats,
is well-
as an ac-

meeting of the Abbots- | |§
School Bo: held | |
t

1, was granted

the com.

vi ie commissioners. that
Councillor L. J. Kettle had been
appointed to represent the Mat-
squi council on discussions re-
garding the upkeep of the Ab-
botsford garbage dump. The
commissioners had
written to
m

that if the i
ities are unwilling to contribute
direct financial assistance, some
help in maintaining the roads
leading to the dump would be

acceptable. .
All’ other business
by the Commissioners

completed

evening's meeting was of a rout-| in bundles. It can

ine nature.

Local Servicemen, WwW

ed men and w
union with their
songs of the ser
welcome from M
local residents a

way.

omen Honored At Banquet

u hy
that the event had been a success in ev

pportunity for a re-
ades, T
heard b
M. M,

d declared

ts con:

ry
(Staff Photo)

cision to affiliate’ was made at

were discussed at lengih, Both

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Sports, Welcome Home Addresses, Aquatic Events
_ For Juniors on Abbotsford Jubilee Grounds Program
Everything is i adiness for the M-S-A Veteran's Welcome
Home Field Day Celebration to be held on Ji Grounds in
Abbotsford, M » July 1, and from present indications it will
be one of the bi events in the district in recent years. Pro-
gram of sports will commence at 10 a.m. and from that time on
tee in charge has promised that events of interest
veterans, civilians and the children yal. follow in rapid
.by the Muni-
MEADS BUSINESSMEN [ipa at Moga and Sumas,
ot ‘
Tee Canadian Legion,
Lions’ Club, Abbotsford
men's ‘Association,
Athletic secon sa
of the M-S-A Area.

The committee has issued
ae
take part in the celebranor.

One of the feature i
will be the Langley Pipe Baa
ability to render
The Dandsmen ot par ll

eed of all
ki used clothing. War
conditions have reduced the peo-
ple of many parts of Europe to
® condition bordering an desti-
tution and many persons are
wearing clothes little better than

rags.

Men's vests, jackets, overcoats,
Suits; ladies’ dresses ‘and coats
clothing of all
among the items

of

rural couriers or brought to the
in Abbotsford for
verseas.

a.
ies “in the Pavilion at Cultus
A toast to the ladies w
besed by Lion EI
and was suitab
irs, Vie
A take-c

Was performed
Henderson, Mrs
rs. y Cant

Har

th
joyed af

PEOPLE OVERSEAS
in all valid meat ratior
you can 3
an authorize
them to the Loca)
card office. Coupon di ns
ee an equivalent mount of ex.

Gin

‘ra meat for shipment abroad,

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