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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 13, 1923
Page
4
Local social notes list visits and holidays across Cloverdale Vancouver White Rock Bellingham and Seattle. Families Coutts Davis Williams Peters Pettipiece and McMillan appear in weekends travels and gatherings with weddings dances and garden fetes noted.
Members of the Abbotsford Orange Lodge gathered with the True Eyes Lodge for a well attended church parade at St. Matthews Church on Sunday evening. Rev A Harding preached a fitting sermon as prayers were said for harvest blessings. Local families and visitors from White Rock Vancouver Windermere and Sardis were noted with several small social movements and a school meeting upcoming.
Bro David Hipwell and other speakers address the Orange Order gathering in British Columbia. They praise Protestant liberty, criticize Roman Catholic influence, and urge support for new Orange orphanages in New Westminster and Abbotsford. The discussion notes church property, taxation, and the need for unity under the order’s principles.
Dakobert Berg alias Roy Gran, once employed by D Bouchir at Durfur, faced nine forgery charges in the Fraser Valley court. He confessed to forging cheques totaling 420 dollars, some cashed at banks and with traders around Lown, and was arrested at the boundary by Constable Broughton. He had left for Seattle and returned Sunday afternoon.
A compact reflection on the shifting forms of verbs expressing possibility and existence. It contrasts has and are with could and might have been, noting how a former state becomes a later one in language use.
Mesdames Murphy Yarwood and Symonds of Huntingdon visited the Women’s Institute at Mt. Lehman on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod and Mrs. McMillan of Bellingham were guests of Mrs. Malcolm McGillivray last Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Winson and two daughters have gone to England for a two month holiday. The St Paul’s Presbyterian church Sunday School picnic was held on Friday with a fine outing. Miss Violet Cox visited friends in Blainedaut last week. Mrs. Diggins of Vancouver, visiting her daughter Mrs. Waterson, has returned home.
The Mt Lehman public school closes on June 29 with rolls of honor for senior room and junior room. Names include John Dennison Eudora Waltera Bernice McDonald Pauline Moore Clavies Israel Dorothy Oswald Irene Moore Hazel Tract and Myrgin Bell. A June 30 outing at Mr Ginis farm featured ice cream tables and games at Nicholson Slough.
Miss Forrester tended to boys and girls needs while Mr Cartright finishes tasks for Mr Wim. Merryfields store is occupied by Raynor Bates and Edna Bates who plan berry season at Henry’s fruit ranch. Rev Jas Hyde delivered a fine sermon at Mt Lehman Presbyterian church and spoke to Orange and True Blue Lodges. Mrs Archie Campbell’s health improved and she returned home from MSA Hospital to County Line.
A public meeting in Langley Fort town hall on July 10 will discuss splitting Langley Inco into two municipalities. Supporters claim division benefits northern voters. opponents favor current governance and a free exchange of views is anticipated.
Mrs A Wiles and her daughter Miss Helen Wiles from Brantford Ontario are a few days with Mrs 9 W Benedict. Miss May Stady has returned from holiday camping at White Rock.
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