2 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS

June 5, 1946

“Stupid Policy of Patch and Delay”

We are glad to note that the ineffectual
Policies of the Public Works Department, in
to Fraser Valle highways at least, is
causing other le hewspapers to

spade a spade
ht years now this column has been
wi on behalf of the motorist and tax

payer against the ridiculous system of half-
ished jobs pursued» by the Department. Sel-
dom if ever does the Public Works Depart
ment do anything that might be considered a
permanent remedy, rather it appears to de-
light in leaving ro ads and bridges in a con-
dition that wil public i
aS protests some inadequate re-

is carried

} out
In March we stated that the Vedder
Canal bridge on the Prov ial Highway was

an outstanding example of Departmental folly,
pointing out that last summer the —
planks in the bridge stood on end but nothin
had been done to improve matters in ee
months that have passed.’’ We observed that
the Department was stalling until it would
have the exense to say that the w water was too
high, ‘‘we can’t do anything now, you know.”’
While the Department can put in elabor
concrete bridges up the Frase + Canyon
way leading to the remote, sparsley popu-
lated regions of the province, it leaves rickety,
wooden structures on the heavy-travelled high-
ways in the Fraser Valley. Just how rickety
is further borne out in an editorial appear-
ing in The Chilliwack Progress: “Those Glor-
ious Antiques our Bridges’’, which states:

ate

A loose plank which eprung up out of
the decking on the Sumas river bridge Sun
day and drove through the bottom of the ear,
causing injuries to one person, serves to focus
attention on the horrible state of disrepair of
important bridges in this area

That such a thing could have happened
on the Trans-Canada highway, fifty miles from
Vancouver, is an indictment on the department
of public works and the stupid policy of patch
and delay which it insists on following. Such
an accident could have happened on any one
of a number of bridges in this area and it
could have happened anytime to anyone.
Vedder Crossing traffic bridge, the
Canal bridge and the one on which

the accident took place—the Sumas river
briige—are all a menace to the public and a
the highway system or rather,

nce of the inadequacy of the

two Vedder bridges should have

been replaced long ago. There is some evi-

dence that the department of public works in-
tend to rebuild them this year. The last time
ind to doing: something sbout
ire propositions, the shortage
of steel was the great obstacle. Undoubtedly
now the lumber noatlgs will prevent anything
being done. In the meantime, people from all
over the province will continue to take their
life in their hands, at eight miles an- hour,
every time they use the riekety, narrow, ob

lete and totally inadequate hangovers from
horse and buggy day

Sheffield High School Class Visits
Standard Oil Refinery In Burnaby

By JO} JOHN wm, Grade x

On Wednesday, May : May 29, ‘the Science V class at Philip Loe Spend
ipervision of B. Crocker, visited

Four students Pen

‘other science classes were chosen to go with us because of their

were Audrey Tench, Char-

The trip had. been

for us by Dick Martin, the local Standard Oil Represent-| Tenders

the sty
ny's Refinery at Burnaby.

istently work in science. These w
lené Caul, Donald McNeill and Peter Pra:

ative

GHOSTS IN YOUR ATTIC

It’s Being $

aid

Nearly $1,000,000 will be spent
this year by the Public Works
on the surfacing of
provincial highways, it was an-
nounced by Hon. E. C. Carson,
Minister of Public Works, The
work, however, is dependent up-
on the delivery of asphalt.
for the surfacing work
have been called and the work

‘The refinery, situated on the

a picturesque setting.
thing we noticed upon approach-
ing the site was a tanker docked
at the wharf. As the school bus,
driven by Mr. Conroy, rounded
the last bend, the piant’ came in-
to view; a white office building,
tall chimneys, mazes of pipes,
Toews of storage tanks, warning
signs and posters. Petroleum va-
— filled the air. Four Stan-

‘Oil men were ready to
bs us through the plant
(Later we found out that they
went without their lunch in or-
der to Tet us make the most of
cur trip)

in the tank.

spection we
that we were

hall,

linger

Laboratory
Our group guide took
into the laboratory. Here
experimenting w and testing
of all the Standard Oil Products
is carried on. Hydrometer meas-
ures the specific gravity of dip-
he viscosity tester indicates

cil that all
close at 5 p.m.
fi witi
f all the oils is posh ane wre Boe ae
Gir mee sg meters

Majority of the merchants | Fisheries co-operation with
were against gz all day the Dominion
; Wednesday or day Monday, | NEW Government, will
f added to ‘gabott Jack Davies. retail bureau chair- | INDUSTNY embark
cautions against man, told the council. Staffs upon an exper-
by the wo must be staggered by individual |iment with a view to establish-
y dint sia stor: rs ‘in order stay |ing a lobster industry on the
The distillery furnaces, visited Saturday nights, it was re- | Coast
next, burn the waste sludge oils ed Fifty acres of f
The crude petroleum circulating oast bap bso imo have pc
ugh , heated to from aside for this purpose. ab-
See tees to Som ce ACRES OF PEAS ers will be imported from the
oil. pr her e then ce pum patna Atlantic seaboard with a view
3 gn hg ye Sixty «acres of p under |to establishing them here.
grades of oil and gasoline, hay cultivation at Jersey | s
different boiling points Farm, Sumas, Les |
lected ‘dp seperate ve Colebr | Tenders for the construction

point of interest.
roof floats on the oil and rises
or falls with the quantity of oil
That lessens the

MERCHANTS AT
5 P.M. CLOSING

c flliwack Board

in order to con- }shipping material.
laws

provincial Tabor
calling for a 44 hor
passed Thursday

will be pressed forward during

tthe

PRICE CONTROLS TO BE
MAINTAINED

Donald Gordon,

Wartime
in

“No

early or sudden

chairman

Prices ‘and Trade
pard, a statement

this week, said:

of
issued

removal

of price control is contemplated.

“We are making every effort

to maintain effective price con-
trol, and generally speaking, we

the fine si P1 The|are’ being very careful about

This type of}tenders cover four main peo suspending commodities from
one covering Va x provisions of price ceilings. How-

ver Island, one the Fraser Val- ever, the controls which we ad-

ley and Lower Mainland, one in

a
oer _ Provincial Department of
in

our week

danger of an explosion from gas|if,. ©; san ang tha @ tal Europe and Asia
vapours. At this point of our in-|the Uneoe Haan Vitec’ i }and there is no justifies be reclothed. Underwear, the
realized i 6 maintaining them any longer | most ‘perishable of ail ‘Sseume
late rier ter, dais, . than is genuinely necessary wore out or was destroyed per:
A gallop brought us to the mess Mr. mn to say/haps years ago. Many infants
a glass of milk was hur-| Three thousand tons of rasp-|that tt b hi ‘d. oper-|and small children haye never
riedly downed, and away we/| berries & strawberries from this ating under its instructions from| known anything but harsh make-
The ory of this day year's the government, is primarily | ship garments
long with all of = SHIPMENT British Colurabia|protect the consumers of Cana. a te toe’ be J has
every minute | FRUIT have been con-|da or pounded tree bark is all that
tracted for by “We are doing, and, will con- lable for sale even today
the United Kingdom Ministry of|tinue to do, our level best to|in Luzon in the Phil ippines.
ETT aor Food, it_was announced by Hon. |carry out these instructions,” he| From. the other dts oh. the
L Eyres, Minister of Trade|said, “but that does not mean | world Queen Wilhelmina, expres-
end Industry. These berries will !that’ we hold an absolutely | sing her great satisfaction at the
CHILLIWACK FAVOR be shipped in $02 solution but |rigid and stable price hentdu et aid being received in her Soul.
incérn is felt in ~—_. try from overseas allies, says
Boe Mg wage Berge was rauch impressed BF the dite
i contract inasmuch as 15,000 bar need of clothing, especially un-
recommendation from the| Tels are needed and the present derclothing and footgear. Men,
Trade coun-| strike situation may make it women and children are ae
storés in the city, difficult to secure the necessary | short of all kinds of it and of

~ For its f e listeners ac-
and active gasoline, is NEW PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN LEGION ross the nation, the C
distilled in a smaller tower. a . . arranged an jroeieiett ve
Heated By Waste Oils cae es Mar rgaret
Steam boilers, to generate the bar gies is es
rats to operate the pumps, are ar jn Bi
sa win ae a or iperlilir be’ beard Monday

one — was an air * apse seh
a}
w

workers in @ cor-

‘se
nonchalantly eating lunch
left quickly, and came to the

Room. Here a bewi ider-

of gauges, dials

we ©

knowledge the oper.
h — hine in the en
atching

plete

next ob-

into the

Maj.-Gen
newly elected
above
President,

into
paint

transport th ar
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being congratul
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Kenney, Minister of La’

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through

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|B.C. Pioneers With
‘Monuments, Tablets

M-S-A Residents Asked
For Used d Clothing

L A Morrant, in charge
ot the National Clothing Collec-
tion in the M-S-A Area, has is-
Sued an urgent appeal to all
pigs e to sa mi for the com-

ing cotacnign y ‘sorting out
every avail ble” piece of old
clothing wich can be spared

for the needy le of Burope.

The clothing should be tied se. se-
curely in brown paper parcels
and brought to the Abbotsford
Post Office on or after the open-
ing of the drive on June 17.
Members of the Post Office staff
will send the — to BC.

From the’ skin ox millions in
today

ering for their Evora

To Honor Roosevelt,

Do You Remember

Twent s A
In oa Bare 2 ¥

From the A. 8. & M. News of
June 3, 1926

Under the firm name of Met
zies & Plaxton, these two local
men have established as

ance and realty brokers. se
The first of four hop-drying
kilns is being built at the Live-
say hop fields.

Fall rye, grown by W. Mitchell
near Abbotsford, measures 8 feet
8 Bn ad in height.

Parte brick at
eaed starting mhadfactre
a 75,000 bricks for =

David Spencer store in Vancop-
ver.

Mrs. Shore was elected gw
Historian at the convention
the heer cae Heng ovat League
in Van

A, MeCallum i insurance com-
pany is advertising room
house and four large ‘ots, fruit

trees, electricity, in town for
$1,600,
15 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1931
Miss McCulloch was appointed

secretary-treasurer at an orgahiz-
ation oven of the tennis club
at Bo

n peotit of the Loyal True
Bie end Day celebration was

“laa Gray and Tessaro an-
nounce that they are opening a
new meat market next to Lee's
store.

At the Upper Sumas W. L

The Historic Sites and Monu-
ments Board of Canada has just
completed its Annual Meeting in
Ottawa under the Chairmanship

of the Board were
ed by the Minister of Mines and
Resources, Hon. Glen.
Board is an honorary body of
ell-re historians who
assist and advise the National
Parks Bureau in the work of
restoring, preserving and admin.
istering national historic parks
and sites in Canada,

During the war the work of

acquiring and commemorating
these national historic places
was greatly curtailed, but plans
are now under way for the car

oard’s

many = the :

of the late
_ in tgs ano Roosevelt.
6 o Lucy Maud

e issippi_ riiv
Among tablets to be erected,
will be one in the Parliament
bores at Victoria, British
Columbia, and at New Westmin-
ter. also in British Columbia, to
Judge

Phot

Canadian Army

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(Prcmy County

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meeting, plans were

for a celebration of the 18th an-

niversary of the W.I. on June 12.
During Saturday and Sunday,

1100 cars were cleared through

the port of entry at Huntingdon.
me

poll
ing withdrawn gion oe utes
here.

10 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1936

The Fraser River measures 22
feet at noon today and is rising
slowly.

Matsqui public school entrants
swept the board of prizes at the
first inter-track meet of the Ab-
botsford-Sumas. Matsqui

Young people

Grant a

surprise party in the
Orange Hall on Friday, marking
his birthday

M ‘Tre thewey elected

neral servic

ua Amelia Fe

dent of th
the
rter

n osse cl

was formed at Mr Leh.

of potatoes of
4 through the

the

of materials

n Canada

PACES AHEAD, HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN EVEN LESS ENTHUSIASTIC

COULD HAVE SEN THIRTY

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