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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
4
Classified column shows multiple listings including 148 Abbott street for sale items. Raspberry plants offered at 7.00 per thousand with No 1 plants from Cuthberts. Also solid silver flatware including spoons forks and teaspoons offered by M Millar and the Royal Bank of Canada Abbotsford B C for immediate sale.
Printed notices from the Postmaster General announce further information on proposed contract conditions. Tender blanks may be obtained at Abbotsford Post Office and at the District Superintendent of Postal Service office in Abbotsford at the BC district office. J F Murray acting district superintendent dated March 1922.
The M-S-A Hospital directors held a Monday evening session appointing W. Coutts and J. C. Winson as directors replacing resigning J. Brydges and J. J. Preston. J. W. Wells was named temporary janitor and routine business was completed.
Canadian Pacific Railway announces a traffic accommodation increase benefiting the Fraser Valley fruit and produce trades. Beginning April 20 a mixed train will run Vancouver to Kamloops via Mission Junction and Huntingdon with passenger, freight, express and general services. The Agassiz local continues, driven by requests from North Fraser Valley business and farming interests.
May Day celebrations move forward with a planning meeting at Mrs J Vanetta’s home next Tuesday evening open to all. Local Theatre management plans to install a radio phone system while Pacific Milk Co factory may reopen within two weeks. A hospital fundraiser dance is set for Abbotsford Theatre Friday May 1. Chautauqua dates for Abbotsford appear May 30 and early June with Hon Barrow and a government engineer visiting town this Saturday around 11 o'clock.
Charles Stewary stars in Paris Green at the Abottsford Theatre tonight. Luther Green, a farmer boy turned actor, travels from France to Paris and back, quarreling with rivals, meeting Ninon, and seeking love after military discharge.
A fragmented, satirical note on poetry and productivity rails about sun and moonshine crops. It comments on paid stamps and the rarity of blond poets, suggesting poets are born not made and critiquing extravagant living as a modern prodigal behavior.
Matsqui Council meeting at Municipal Hall addressed petitions and delegations urging road repairs and grading. Grants awarded for Ross road at Abbottsford junction, Baines Hill graveling, and Mt Lehman road work. Officials set bids and planned fence removals, widening of Marah Landing road, and possible store development at a corner. An extra meeting at the Agricultural Hall, Gifford, was scheduled for Easter Monday.
Betty Compson stars in At The End Of The World at Abbotsford Theatre on Saturday April 15 presenting an oriental Shanghai setting with Cherry the English proprietor's daughter in glamorous Chinese gowns. Milton Sills Mitchell Lewis and Casson Ferguson lead a notable supporting cast with a story spanning a Chinese cafe, gambling den, lonely lighthouse, and intertwined destinies. Hon Oliver opens a new hospital tomorrow. Mrs Shore visits New Westminster. a home cooking sale is planned April 11 by the Ladies Missionary Society.
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