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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
4
Cerivers schools face disparaging comments as a committee is appointed to handle the issue. The reeve supports consolidation and favors it. A proposal to buy one acre of old school property at the corner of Lilovet and Dewdney Trunk roads raises doubts that the land was donated for school purposes. The secretary will investigate.
Ms D Morrisey cites her son reporting 166 patients sent to England, 422 Taft Orders received May 7 to ready all remaining patients for draft by May 12. He expects hospital clearance by May 15 to turn in equipment within ten days to five weeks. Homeward by July 1 if no new hospital need in England. Weather improving, France sunny in name only. He vows to write before leaving and share definite news.
The Matsqui council warns that the government is pressuring municipalities to accept trunk road maintenance, echoing tactics seen in Mission and Maple Ridge. Critics question Premier Oliver and the agriculture minister, suggesting the Dewdney scheme may move to Chilliwack riding as elections near. Matsqui fears reduced local control and awaits future policy shifts before the next vote.
Victoria June 2 final engineering plans and specifications for the Sumas reclamation project will be ready for provincial executive review in a few weeks. Agriculture minister Iloa W D Barrow and Land Settlement Board chair M H Neloms toured Sumas to inspect progress and indicated an invitation for bids may come within a month. About 32,000 acres feed the scheme, with farms averaging 40 acres, creating over 800 new settlers and aiming for superior agricultural holdings.
The Maraser Valley School Trustees Association schedules a June 26 convention at the Board of Trade Rooms in New Westminster. A Burnaby delegate will discuss the Danish school system. Resolutions urge provincial financing of high schools, centralization of education, free education for Orientals, and training for returned teachers. Member districts include Burnaby, Chilliwack, Kent, Langley, Maple Ridge, Matsqui, Mission, Sumas, Surrey, and Richmond.
Maple Ridge school trustees rescinded a March vote to join Hammond and Haney into a single system at Maple Ridge. Trustee Goffin of Haney blamed the issue for his election, calls to leave Haney open to year end, and a new contest at the 1920 election. Discussion urged consolidating eleven schools into one central institution with transport concerns noted and examples from Chilliwack and Surrey cited. Several teachers resigned with thanks for their service as sanitation and water discussions arose.
The wedding of Robert R. Payne of the Canadian Fishing Co. and Annie Law, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Lann of Silverdale, was held at St. Andrew's Church in Vancouver on the 2nd. Rev. Dr. Dunn and Rev. Dr. Henderson officiated. The couple will honeymoon on Vancouver Island and reside at 573 Eighteenth Avenue West.
The firm advertises a price rise for Hepatola from 1.20 to 6.50 per unit due to confusion in mall orders. It states it will pay all charges and promises faster service, claiming sole manufacture.
An old time small ad offers partridge bantam eggs for ig birds that resemble partridges. Good Tayors claim easy to keep and ten eyes cost one dollar. Mail order from Gedor in Abbotsford with billing to Pear donville B and C.
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