Collected Notes From A. Aly and Co Ltd
Fragmentary entry lists a collection by A. Aly and Co Ltd with unclear context and references to an index or ledger. No clear event date or location is established in the readable text.
03 Sep 1915
Page 1
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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
1
Fragmentary entry lists a collection by A. Aly and Co Ltd with unclear context and references to an index or ledger. No clear event date or location is established in the readable text.
Net funds collected in Abbotsford Huntingdon Matsqui Sumas and surrounding municipalities totaled 4209.60 with multiple donors including A Hulton Harrop J A Millar F Wooler F Gordon Kilgard G F Pratt and H Fowles. Payments include a cheque to Depots 1004.00 and rent for Alexandra Hall 1091.50.
A letter from Abbotsford District in British Columbia dated August 1915 thanks William Taylor for a $1000.06 donation toward a Machine Gun to equip the 7th Battalion in France. It notes plans to inscribe the gun and extends government thanks for patriotic support.
On Wednesday evening August 23 local boys including Jas Vacher, Hughes, Shaw, and Vacher left via Mission for Vernon camp. Jimmie is mourned as a popular district youth, grandson of Mrs Ham of Clayburn. Also noted are aluminum ware demonstrations by Mr Noble of Vancouver, health brief about Mr Davids Blair, rain easing dust, upcoming Presbyterian and St Pauls church services, and town updates including shop window improvements by Spencer and Hill and a temporary immigration official replacement in Mission City.
Several American Institutes for the blind promote Red Cross work led by the New York Association for the Blind and the Western Pennsylvania Institute at Pittaghore. Blind Boy Scouts roll bandages and blind girls sew shirts socks and compresses while institutes donate 4000 for blind soldiers of France.
The Mission City High School started term with 44 pupils, up from two rooms when the school began eight years ago. Now five teachers in the public school and two in the high school serve growing enrollment, with many graduates joining the province teaching staff. seven of eleven Mission district teachers are former high school graduates.
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