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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
6
Town celebrates a three day Su mas festival and looks forward to visitors across the line while noting changes such as cement block plans and tree removals. School closes for summer, church and social events continue, and residents travel to Vancouver, Spokane, and Ladner for work, conventions, and races. Local trades, insurance agents, and a hardware store refresh are also mentioned with multiple residents named.
The Abbotsford Cricket Club may visit New Westminster on the tet. Fred Yeuny of the Bank of Hamilton Salmon Arm is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W Yeuny of the B C E R office here and returns home today.
Mr McCrimmon starts a two story cement basement residence while the Masonic Temple nears completion and touted as a leading Abbotsford landmark. Reports say several local firms changed hands and T C Coogan visited Sumas. Western Canada Power moves camp near Huntingdon as a 60 000 volt line is under construction.
Work on the new Presbyterian church at Clayburn has begun with a brick structure from Clayburn Works. A wedding at Clayburn saw Miss M Purver wed to Mr F W Foster with Archdeacon Pentreath officiating. The couple, well known in Vancouver, later traveled to California. Earlier in Vancouver Miss Mary Lancaster married Mr H B Sand in white silk with Miss Nellie Sherwin as bridesmaid.
A compiled roster lists numerous individuals with affiliations to Abbotsford Vancouver White Rock Mission City Sumas and nearby places. Names include J Cole J Burgess Aly Hope R Gallant H Morrison and others across multiple Canadian and U S locales. The document reads as an extended directory or committee roster with many addresses and titles omitted.
Weekly market attendance was light but buyers were active, trading quickly. Linen supplies stayed average, keeping prices steady except for potatoes which fell as new crop arrived. High land spuds sold near 25 per ton, while low land potatoes were weak. New potatoes from Clayton and Delta were good, priced at 3 per sack and 6 for 2c. Local cherries appeared first, two pounds for 26 cents, with strawberries fairly plentiful.
The report shows stable pricing for boxes at 2¢ with rhubarb prices steady, beef and veal lines improving slightly. A prime 205 lb veal sold for 28.70 dollars at 14¢/lb, pork steady with limited supply, shad absent from the fish market likely for a year. Butter and eggs remain tight with eggs at 35¢ retail and 28–30¢ wholesale. butter scarce at 35¢ to 60¢ per pound.
Notice announces availability of timepieces by Campbell the Abbotsford watchmaker at Clark’s Gente’ Purnishing store. It urges customers to leave watches for attention and repair.
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