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frorinoUl library Victoria BC J\m7? This week: 36 Pages 5800 Circulation Vol. 20 No. 13 Wednesday, March 30,1977 The Aldergrove^Star "our twentieth year" Thb Week: Special Garden Supplement Phone 856-8303 or 856-5212 IS* per copy 7N A FEW YEARS" Aldergrove expected to grow larger than Langley Chairman resigns LANGLEY — Chairman of the recreation commission, Ross Jewel resigned last week following a closed meeting between the commission and district council. District mayor George Driediger told open council this week that some conflict had arisen but council had pointed out to the commissioners that it is the "elected (council) body, not (commission) appointees that will make policy decisions," Jewel's resignation had been accepted by council, and other commissioners had promised to continue working in their advisory capacity, Driediger said. The mayor also told council that the recreation commission's bud- gel will be increased during the coming year, with the emphasis being put on an "upgrade of parks for major use by the public." Driediger said he would "not bc afraid of going before the voters explaining" the reason why his counci thought the community could not afford an aquatics centre at the present time. "And I hope IDEAL (Independent Electors Association of Langley) will meet me head-on on this," he said. "Frankly, I do not think they know how to add two and two together without coming up with five. Separatist speaker cancels'meet ABBOTSFORD • Quebec separa*, list speaker Pierre Bourgault who was to appear as a guest speaker at the campus of Fraser Valley College here today has sent hit regret's. The meeting slated for Thursday, March 31 has been cancelled. ALDERGROVE — This community within a few years will grow to a population of 15,000, bigger by far than Langley city when it is fully developed within its present boundaries, says district mayor George Driediger. The mayor says his council is "very, very concerned" about the nodules of growth right now taking place within the township of Langley, and is equally concerned that the people living in these communities, Fort Langley, Brown-Otter, Brookswood and Aldergrove receive services from the municipality in an egalitarian manner. Driediger told a council meeting this week that it "has been very disturbing to us" that some centres in Langley in the past have received recreational facilities while others have obviously been slighted. "In the future everybody in the community will be equally , served," Driediger said. AQUATICS CENTRE OUT The mayor said that there would be no referendum held this fall to determine if the taxpayers want to support an aquatics centre. "We simply do not have the funds," he said. Driediger told the meeting that there is no provincial assistance for such a project available in the form of grants or other concessions. With the high tax millrate and high interest charges at the present time, he said, it was just not practical lo expect the taxpayers to build a $1-million-plus indoor community swimming pool at this time. And there would be no public referendum for the simple reason that such would require $100,000 worth of drawings and plans to be completed before fall. "We cannot spend $100,000 for plans when the taxpayers will not Soccer clubs to pay rent? spend SI-million-plus for a centre," he said. Driediger said he was confident that his analysis of the situation was correct and that he would no bc afraid of going before the voters this fall explaining his position. Driediger will be up for reelection in the November 1977 civic elections. He promised "a complete review of where we arc going in recreation" and indicated that his council was more in favor of providing recreational facilities "where people reside", rather than building huge centres in isolated or specific areas of the township. Driediger said that to his mind it would make more sense to build swimming pools in the various urban communities rather than "a gigantic complex" in any specified location. Recreation director to serve one master MURRAYVILLE - Some people talk about amalgamation. Other, and among them Langley district councilmen, have another approach in mind. Last week council here informed their colleagues in Langley city that they are taking another step towards total separation. From May 1 this year recreation director Darch Oborne will no longer "serve three masters", city aldermen have been informed. Oborne will after that date be an employee only of the taxpayers of the district, and the city fathers will have to hire their own recreation director. District mayor George Driediger told council Monday afternoon that the work load which in the past has been heaped upon Oborne's shoulders has been too great, and that the residents were confused, as to who d'd what in ■retrci'tiwiV'".' •••>"■- -•"•• . "He (Oborne) has been abused ' and criticized severely," Driediger said. 1 , With a current' population of 36,000 it is about time for Langley district to get its own full-time recreation director, Driediger said. "It just doesn't work, to work for three bosses," he said. (Oborne, in the past, has served as a co-ordinator between city and MURRAYVILLE— "You think it would bc fair to ask the soccer clubs to pay rent (to the public) for the use of soccer pitches?" an alderman inquired of a representative for the Langley Soccer Association who came before council here Monday afternoon. "I thought that was what we paid taxes for," responded Keith Richardson. "That's what the hockey bosy say, too." said Aid. Jim Lee. Other sports enthusiasts, hockey players, skiers, and curlers had to pay a fee for the use of facilities whenever "a demand for certain standards" was raised, Lee said. "Rather than throw the burden on all the taxpayers, perhaps you should ask yourself: 'Is there anything we can do to contribute?' " Lee said. Mayor George Driediger suggested that one thing the soccer clubs could do to maintain standards of existing fields. Peter Friesen of Aldergrove was re-elected vice-president of the Canadian Dairy Foods Service Bureau at that organization's recent annual meeting. would be to repair holes in the turf whenever the games were finished. He said many times following a soccer game "it looks like a rotovator has gone through the field". Teams could repair damage themselves rather than expect a high-priced public works crew to come out and level the ground, he said. Richardson answered that many parents were doing their share in teaching youngsters to play soccer, serving as coaches and referees in addition to hauling the boys around. "Now you want us to be a groundsman, as well?" he inquired. Driediger didn't like this answer, saying that Richarson was being "way too cocky". "We have already slated funds," he said, "but I am a bit upset about the way you jumped at us." Richardson had come before council to ask for additional public funding for improvements and maintenance to existing soccer fields and the construction of additional pitches. Driediger said changcroom facilities would be built in major parks, but only where caretakers were at hand. Vandalism is too prevalent in the district for buildings to be constructed in parks where there is no control, he said. In the past, he added, destructive elements had "tried to burn down changerooms in three places." Driediger added, "We could build, and it would be wrecked again within two weeks." Soccer players, he said, could change into their uniforms at home before a game, and visiting teams would have to play at one of the major parks where facilities are slated. "That's all we want," said Richardson. The club representative said 800 boys play soccer in Langley. This does not include independent teams and teams in the Aldergrove Soccer Club. Zero's history last week when Hwy took all three coveted trophies in the 6B division, these were the league champion trophy, Ihe Lower Fraser Valley Cup play-all championship trophy and the Lower Fraser Vallay Westminster , District challenge trophy. Zeros, L. to right, coach John Potter, Mike Zackon, Ian MsDonaW, i house, Jim Show, capt. Alan Alderson (holding trophy) Andrew Hanon at back, Mark Uprichard. John Smail Photo Handicapped*' Ass'n. split widens ever management 'Grove shopping centre construction underway LANGLEY - The split in the local Handicappeds' Association which developed over the last few months and came to a head at a general meeting two weeks ago has not yet been healed. Thirty members of the association reconvened last night to complete the business which went unfinished at the tumultous general meeting of March 15 when five members of the executive walked out of Langley Central School. A motion of non-confidence in the association's president, Bill Richardson was then passed by an overwhelming majority and Richardson left the meeting followed by Bruce McAninch, Norm Armstrong, and Steven Metcalfe. The majority of the membership voted to continue the business meeting and elected as pro-tern chairman Jim Jordan- Knox. Contentious issues were alleged mismanagement of the association's affairs by the executive officers by hiring on a one year contract a full time campaign manager and in authorizing the completion of a $14,000 set of architectural drawings for a proposed $440,000 workshop for the handicapped people which association members feel might not get off the ground. This week the reconvened meeting heard a letter from Richardson, McAninch, Armstrong, Metcalfe and Robert Thompson which indicated that this group did not recognize the meetings held under the chair manship of Jordan-Knox. The five officers claimed the latter part of the March IS meeting and the reconvened March 29 meeting be out of order and invalid. They suggested instead that a general meeting be held on April 19 following an executive meeting on April 5. The thirty members present voted to disregard this since the reconvened meeting, to their mind, did not require a mailed out notice fourteen days in advance as claimed by the absent executive members. The meeting tried Richardson in absentia on charges levelled against him at the previous meeting. They also expressed concern that the association might not be able to meet its payroll commitments to campaign manager Reg Mawer and his secretary. Mawer is paid $1,334.00 per month, his secretary $600.00. No monies have been forthcoming from the fund raiser, executive member Archie Alexander reported. Meeting also approved a motion to re-employ Ellen Osterhuis as temporary manager of the association's achievement centre near 44th Avenue and 236th Street. "We are going down hill without a manager," a member said. What about the future of the association? Well, if the absent executive members stay that way for three consecutive meetings they can and will be expelled from membership in the association, spokesman Ernie Bryan told the Star. If this happens the association will look towards electing a new executive slate of officers. The membership is presently looking into the legal possibilities of terminating Mawer's contract which runs until December 14 this year. As everyone by now must be aware, the new Aldergrove shopping center is under construction. This is just the very,early stages with the foundations going in. Over the next several months the Star will keep you informed on the progress of the construction. This new center will be a boon to the business of Aldergrove and the residents will no longer have to travel to Langley, Clearbrook or Abbotsford for major shop ping. Of course this means a saving not only in your time but also the wear and tear on your car, also reducing the gas bill. Being centrally located it will be very convenient to most residents of Aldergrove. There is also another aspect to this, the center will bring more tax dollars to the area and of course create more jobs, helping the Aldergrove area to prosper, which benefits every- district councils and Langley school district no. 35 in addition to his main function as a director of recreational activities in the two Langleys). The two councils will still be served by the same recreation commission until the end of 1977, Driediger said. REPORT CRITICIZED "1 am not rejecting the (Langley parks and recreation) comprehensive plan as such," Driediger further said, "but all the plans this should contain just are not there." Driediger added that inspite of the $10,000 cost of the plan which was prepared last year by Northwest Research Analysts of Eugene, Oregon, council recently had to spend an additional $750 to have a parks development plan prepared for the Aldergrove and Fort Langley community parks. The district mayor said locally efforts and money would be applied towards a parks improvement program, with $28,000 immediately being set aside for the building of changeroom facilities at the Aldergrove community park and a similar amount allocated towards a project of the same nature in the Fort Langley park. These building projects will be undertaken shortly by the local Lions clubs who have pledged their volunteer labor on the construction jobs. The change- room facilities are expected to be finished by July 1, well in advance of the expected heavy use of the ballparks in August. Driediger said major parks in Langley district will be upgraded and "put into A-1 condition for all-weather use." "This will be our top priority, to inject a large amount of money into the parks," he said. Besides changeroom facilities for visiting ball teams, the fields themselves as well as adjoining parking areas will be improved, Driediger said. The basic foundations ol the Aldergrove Shopping Center are being laid now. Completion Is hoped for early fall ol 1977. Merllyn Anderson Photo TKE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 Charley's aunt will be here April 5th WENMAN REPORT Arts Council working on local performing theatre VICTORIA — Al Major of DODGM-2T0N VAN SlU.OOMonlhly !6 Monlh Uoso LANGLEY CHRYSLER LTD. Ph. 534 5355 0. I. NO. I08UB THURSDAY at 8] ODDFELLOWS |HALL, LANGLEY] BRING THIS AD FOR ONE EXTRA CARD The Steering Column by Ken Huber Excessive play in your steering wheel (more than three inches) may be dangerous. Have the steering system checked out. For year-round use in most sections of the country, the best grade of oil is SAE IOW-30. Does the brake pedal feel spongy? That means air in the system, a serious defect. Have it checked. When a fan belt is too loose , and a load is applied suddenly, the belt may snap from the shock. If your lire tread has bumps or bulges, the tread of sidewall may be working loose from the tire body. Have an expert look at it immediately. We're experts, too, at Langley Honda Cars Ltd. No. 10 Bypass & Fraser Hwy. Dealer License Number 00839A. You can depend on our well-trained mechanics for all your auto maintenance and service. Dealer licence Nurnber 00829A. Aldergrove points out to local representative Bob McClelland in his ministerial office, the total memberships of 1,413 actively engaged in the Langley Arts Council and its affiliated groups. Six members of the theatre steering committee: Sylvia Anderson, secretary; Bill Clark, Betty Cox, Al Major, Rosette MacDonald and George Pres- RECREATION RENTALS ton, travelled to Victoria recently to meet with the minister of recreation and conservation, Sam Baulf, and his executive director Walter Donald. The purpose of the trip was *o learn the mandate the provincial government would require in the building of a performing arts theatre and art workshops for the Langley area. The group was also introduced to minister of finance Evan Wolfe. Last Wednesday G. Wooten, and his assistant, along with the city representative on Douglas College, Bob Duckworth met with the entire committee to discuss the plans of Douglas College in the establishing of a mini campus in Langley. Rosett MacDonald Photo Surrey tables rate bylaw After being told rental rates at municipal recreational facilities are not being set according to the law. Surrey council tabled a bylaw Monday which would have set the rates legally. For six years, rental and admission rates in municipal arenas and swimming pools have been sel by Surrey's park and recreation commission. But municipal manager Dan Closkcy told am lei I tiie municipal act has been misinterpreted. Closkcy said municipal solicitors found that all rates myst be set in a bylaw passed by council, not by the commission. Council gave first reading to the necessary bylaw and then tabled it pending a review of fees ^COMPLETE * : AUTO. in the municipal act regulations concerning the facilities came after Mayor Ed McKitka threatened last week to unilaterally lower rental rates in Surrey skating rinks. McKitka, who was sparked by a delegation from figure skating groups protesting the rental rates as being the highest in the Lower Mainland, never made good on his thread. The council chambers were packed again with parents of young figure skaters, who pressed their case again for lower rates. McKitka attacked the tabling motion, saying,"use the rates they asked for, the rates the people had asked for." The tabling motion passed 4 to 5, and Watkin's motion and the fees bylaw were tabled until all rates charged in municipal facilities can be reviewed. Closkcy said after meeting he believes many municipalities have interpreted section (>28 of the Municipal Act to give their parks and recreation commissions the power to set rates. i When asked whether current rates will be maintained in the rinks and pools while council considers a bylaw, he said,"we'll just continue." By MERILYN ANDERSON ABBOTSFORD — The senior secondary school is putting on a student performance of Charley's Aunt. This famous funny play will be performed on April 5 and will no doubt be enjoyed by all. The board of school trustees has approved the attendance of up to 10 drama students from Abby High to go to the B.C. high school drama festival and conference at UBC on May 18 to 21. Many parents apply to remove their children from school for one or two weeks, usually for an exotic holiday. The board reaction to this is on the negative as they say it can be detrimental to the student trying to catch up after returning. It is most difficult on the teacher as well because he must then spend extra time tutoring the student, and this is% not fair to the other children in the class. The board was presented with an architect's concept for new color scheme for Dormic Park school. It was obviously designed by a man without a throught that half the population in the school is girls. When 1 saw the color scheme, my reaction was yechhl! Discussion came up at the board meeting about the mildly handicapped children in the school system and it was stated they should be in regular classes and not segregated. The boundaries between Abbotsford junior high school and W.J. Mouat is in for a change. There seems to be a need for larger number of incoming students at the grade 9 level as was stressed by Peary. There is a new locally prepared report card to be issued for September 1977. I must say it appears to be an improvement over report cards now in use. At least it will tell the parents something about the progress of ihe child instead of dealing in vague generalities. The committee has recommended that vice-principals be given all the powers and duties assigned to the principal during his absence from the school, so that as emergencies arise the vice-principal can legally handle any situation that might come up. BO??, *<# IJ223H 6* mm 1 ICBC AUTO CLASS INSTALLATIONS If MODELS* FREE ESTIMATES } DON'S AUTO BODY & PAINT SHOP LTD. !i27*mi FRASER HWY. OC4& OCAA ALDERGROVE OSO'fiS?! Income Tax Prepared reasonably and personally for: "Wage Earners 'Salesmen "Farmers "Businesses "Limited Companies No Production Line No Advance Fee No Rush R.J.K. TOMS OFFICE SERVICES LTD. 5617176A Street, Cloverdale, Surrey Telephone 576-6525 (Across from the Cloverdale Justice Building) In our 9th year and growing LANGLEY HONDA CAM LTD No 10 ByPau I Fr««r HWy Ption* 130*6281 CFVR 850 ABBOTSFORD there will be time schedule change on an experimental basis for McMillan elementary school. Classes will start 12 minutes earlier each day commencing April 4, and dismissal of classes one hour earlier on one day a week, in order that regular teaching staff discussions on curricular matters may take place. This will only be for the balance of the 1976-77 school year. Approval has been given for the proposed trip by the Yale junior secondary school band and choirtoCourtenayon April 28-29. Coming up in October, "A Lteracy For Communications Third Annual Regional Conference of The International Reading Association" will be held. One of the speakers will be Gwen Fulwiler of Abbotsford. A change in board policy covering compassionate leave of absence is allowed with pay for a period not exceeding three days on the death of a close relative, i.e. parent or guardian, wife, husband, brother, sister, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild. The present projected construction of elementary schools is as follows: 1977 - new 300 pupil school, 1981 - new 300 pupil school. With spring break having started on March 25, school reopens April 4. Have a nice break from the school routine. Middleton reported on a meeting with Susan English, president of the Kindergarten Teachers Association re: proposals for pre* registration to determine class size. There are certain areas where kindergarten classes may have to bc established. Peary reported on the background leading to the Pelton Memorial Fund being set up. Donations are tax deductible and coming in from school staffs. It is hoped to complete the fund drive by the end of March, and so far close to $1500 has been collected. There is a beautiful sea painting hanging in the school board office that has been done by one of the students, lt is for sale if anvone is interested. Midnight and the oil pumpkin Vander Zalm to officiate at Bradner Flower Show BRADNER — The dates for the annual Flower Show has been set for April 15. 16 and 17. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This year's show will again take place in the Bradner community hall on Bradner Road, approximately three miles north of Fraser Highway. This will be the 49th Annual show of daffodils as grown in the Bradncr area with some 400 varieties on display. The show usually incorporates displays of many other spring flowering bulbs, flower arrangement displays and African violet displays. But most important are the daffodils. This show has won national fame with feature articles in magazines such as Beautiful B.C. and has an attendance of 4*5,000 people from all over the lower mainland! Vancouver and points in Washington state. This year the show will be officially opened by the minister of human resources. Bill Vander Zalm, who was raised in the Bradner/Mt. Lehman area. The opening will take place on Saturday, April 16 at 2:00 p.m.. although the show will open the doors on Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. Hours for the three-day show arc from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Others may hurry ■ 856*2698 But we ore always 0|»en 6:30 a.m. Speedie's Service Groceries • Gas • Oil John Speedie Says: "Some doctors are just too independent. Like my doctor, for instance, who is well-known for his bedside manner...but you gotta go to his bedside." By BOB WENMAN, MP In the last five years it would seem that the oil exporting nations decided to unload indis- criminantly their guns into our bellies. However real this illusion may feel, it nevertheless is far from reality. The oil exporters suddenly caught onto the notion that their wealth would be turning into the proverbial pumpkin at some midnight in the future. Inevitably oil prices had to rise to the level which the industrialized nations were willing to pay. What is surprising is that the OPEC members didn't wake up sooner. Revenues generated from the price rise arc intended to build an economic base which can support the nation, when the oil runs out, in the style it has become accustomed to. And it will run out. Today only Quebec and the Maritimcs are dependent upon the OPEC nations for their oil supplies. The oil compensation program permits their citizens to enjoy the same wholesale oil prices as more fortunate Canadians to the West. Presently the gap between the Western Canada and international prices is being narrowed. This action is inevitable if we arc to witness an efficient use of our existing energy supplies and the maintenance of sufficient incentive for development of non-renewable and renewable energy. An OPEC price increase inevitably means a rise in the price of the Canadian crude. What reaction should we have to this process? lt depends on how much wc identify not only with our neighbours, but also with the community which extends over time from the past into the future. Unless wc identify with some community of this kind we should be mighty upset. The oil price rise detracted from our generation's welfare. However if we identify with posterity, which we must do, if we wish to retain our capacity to deal with present problems, the action of the OPEC members should be examined in a different light. Before 1972, there was little or no incentive to invest in alternative energy sources - the price differential was too great between them and the conventional sources • oil and gas. When the price was jacked up to levels the oil consuming market would bear, interest in alternative energy sources naturally followed. As Canadian energy prices are permitted to rise to world levels, interest in such formerly exotic items such as heat pumps, solar collectors and methanol fueled cars will become rampant. Ontario Hydro last year completed a study which estimated that a solar heating system providing 70% of a house's requirments would cost $1800 annually. An electric furnace was said to cost $700 per year - not a particularly good advertisement for solar energy. However because of the variables which affect the future estimates - costs of electric, oil or gas power, technological advances and possible economies of scale in the solar heating field - the gap could bc narrowed in a blink of an eye, energetically speaking, well before the last drop of oil is wrung from the earth. There are 3 basic components in a solar heating system: a series of solar collectors for gathering heat from the sun's rays, a storage system to retain the heat until it is needed, and an arrangement that will transfer heat from the collectors or storage reservoir into the building's environment. The most common collector system is constructed by soldering a network of copper piping to a blackened sheet of metal (often corrugated metal). The blackened surface absorbs the sun's rays in the form of heat. The transfer medium may be water, antifreeze (glycol) or air. The storage facilities depend on the composition of the ground that the structure is built upon. Rocks are a suitable storage medium for ground which is difficult, to escavate and therefore too expensive to install large water tanks in. TERM DEPOSITS 8Wc 0 3 or 5-Year Term Early withdrawal permitted $1000 amounts Other terms and rates available O.F.I. CREDIT UNION 2941 - 272nd St. Aldergrove, B.C. 856-7724 3528 ■ 248th St. Aldetgrove, B.C. 856-2558 Open Tues. to Fri. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.., Sat, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Rates subject to change B.C. Hydro has taken some tentative steps towards renewable energy research. Last year's PNE home was constructed with the assistance of B.C. Hydro and will bc monitored by them. The crown corporation is also carrying on discussions with a private developer's group. The joint development of some solar energy heated homes in Coquitlam in the near future is what they are aiming for. Wind generation systems experiments undertaken by B.C. Hydro have not been too successful lo date. An electricity generating windmill on the Queen Charlotte Islands apparently was being supplied with a little too much energy as it was blown down. A similar project at a remote microwave installation in the interior was utilized as a target by some not very responsible hunters. Stay tuned for next week's installment which will star Heat Pumps, Methanol and playing the villain will be nuclear energy. *** ALL IN THE HOUSE Mr. Clark: (Leader of the Opposition) So have more than one million Canadians, the highest total in the history of this country, who arc now out of work because of the policies of this government. I ask the Prime Minister again, if not out of courtesy to this House then at least to demonstrate some care for the plight of the million Canadians, and millions more dependent on them, who are now out of work, to give us an unequivocal commitment right now that the major thrust of the budget which is shortly to bc brought down and of government economic policy will be to break he pattern created by the government by its words and by its actions and create conditions as soon as possible which will find jobs for those who need work now in Canada. Some Hon. Members: Hear, hear! Mr. Trudeau: The first intervention of the opposition was properly called a rhetorical question. And now, that is a rhetorical suggestion. Thank you very much. Some Hon. Members: Oh, oh! Mr. Clark: The Prime Minister plays word games while a million Canadians arc out of work. An Hon. Member: What's a million? Mr. Clark: My colleague asks the Liberal question "What's a million?" lt is now "What's a million unemployed?" WEATHER By NORM GREEN 1977 Temperatures Precip. Oate High Low Rain Mar. 24 9.4 3.6 5.8 22 10.5 5.6 16.3 23 10.6 4.0 11.2 24 10.0 2.1 3.8 25 8.0 1.6 3.0 26 7.8 3.8 12.4 27 10.3 2.3 - 28 - -1.6 Fain has been frequent this month but not heavy. Only four days in the 35-day period, February 20 to March 26, have had no rain. The monih's tolal so far Is 148.3mm, close to the normal 153.2 mm. February had only 100.8mm and last March was below normal with 125mm. No day so far has been warm with 10.6 on the 23rd the highest, compared to February's high of 16.8 on the 19th. Highest last March was a record low of 12.4 on the 15th. Only ten days so far have had frosts (normal 17) and only five days have been mostly sunny (normal ten). The six months, October through March, normally have 47.47" ol preclpatallon, 73% of the annual total. Since October 1st we have had 30.04", 63% ot normal. The driest on record at this station (1953 to 1976) Is 31.16" of 1969-1970. Estimating totals for our area back to 1907-1908 give the following low amounts (or the six- month period: 1928-29 30.40", 1943-44 29.50", 1936-3733.50". Normals for the period: High 10 5 deg. C, Low: 0.2 deg. C, Precipitation: 32.5 mm. mmm Dog bites child MURRAYVILLE—A dog that bit two children and attacked a municipal patrol officer was sentenced to die by a decree of, council here Monday afternoon. The dog's owner, Plante, of 4574 -1% Street, tried to save the animal, a doberman pincher, by appealing to council. He said the six-year old dog was a "very valuable dog" and if its life was spared he would build a kennel to contain it. Langley city's patrol officer said he had received two complaints on the animal, one of its attack on two youngsters who required a number of stitches at a doctor's office, and another of "barking and what not". The patrol officer said when he went to look at the animal it was tied up but tried to attack him. He said it was "mangy, scarred and not properly fed" and that he sent for dog catcher Tom McMath to inspect it. McMath subsequently impounded the dog. The apparent condition of the animal indicated that it was not exercized and fed properly, he said. In the end Plante agreed to sign a letter of permission for McMath to destroy the dog, saying that "perhaps it is for the best." Raft race in high gear BySTANCROSSLEY After a couple of weeks of relative inactivity due to some difficulty in securing financial support, the Fraser River Raft Race preparations arc once again in high gear. President Jim Norquist has announced the acquistion of another major sponsor in British Columbia Forest Products in the amount of $1,000 to complement Engineered Homes $3,000 obtained earlier as well as the S2S0 contrabution of Ridge Building supplies. That, he added, is three times the funds as compared to last year. These developments, only strengthen my belief in the statement he made that this is the greatest event of its kind in the world. In keeping with that thought, time is fast approaching therefore to begin preparations to enter the 4th annual event to be held May 22. The best place to start is to fill out an entry form to insure yourself of being fully informed rather than having to ask many questions during the hectic pre- racc activity. Deadline for entries is April 30 and a 10 percent penalty will be applied for late filing because of the extra work involved. Entry fees are payable with registration and are: International and open $60.00. novelty $50.00, two-person, $20.00. When you think about it, its a small price to pay for the manifold dividends received. Tell your friends about this event, for anyone who has had anything to do with it in past years, is ambassador enough. We arc also still in need of sponsores, Norquist added. Anyone wishing to add their name to the festivities is asked to contact me at 467-3477. Along with the entry form goes a set of rules as well, for a copy write to the Fraser River Raft Race Association, c/o 11876 - 223 Street, Maple Ridge. B.C. or telephone Ray Vandenberg, rules committee chairman at 467*2061. So, don't delay, get your entries in and start building your raft today. Half-course dinner LANGLEY — District council voted Monday to grant $65 to the Langley secondary school for a rugby team dinner. The school had asked for $130, but councilors approved 50 percent of the request. Aid. Jim Lee and Jock Lindsay voted against the expenditure. "When we get an invitation to attend, you two birds aren't going," laughed Mayor George Driediger. Jimmy Rynn and teacher Mrs. Farenhollz with Ganton and Wallor trophy from the Upper Fraser Valley Music Festival in the Junior Soprano division. Tank truck cut in two in collision with train MATSQUI — Matsqui police said a milk tanker truck driver "miraculously" escaped with fairly minor injuries when his vehicle was sheared in two by a B.C. Hydro freight train last Thursday. Ian McDonald, 42, of Aldergrove, a driver for Palm Dairies, required 48 stitches for face and head cuts but was released from Matsqui-Sutnas-Abbotsford hospital. v Police said the accident occurred at a crossing on Harris Road about 2'/: miles west of Matsqui. They said the tanker was sent flying 368 feet in the collision. The road was blocked for 2'/i hoars because power lines were brought down and fell across the train, police said. Do not over-fertilize house plants. Two or three timet a year is usually enough. Crosswalk to be manned MURRAYVILLE - A request from the local PTG for re-painting of the road crosswalks in front of the elementary school here was forwarded Monday afternoon by council to the municpal engineer's department. Aid. Bill Blair, however, told PTG representative Bobbi Kala- man that council would only consider painted crosswalk if an assurrance was made that the crossing would be manned by a patrol'. "" 7* '' : I "Crosswalks without patrols are very dangerous," he said, adding that they gave young students a false sense of security. Kalaman said she had discussed the matter with the RCMP and they would train a school patrol to man the crossing. Engineer Wayne Randell will be consulted on the best possible location for such a crosswalk across 48 Avenue. You are the public, and the police By Cst. RICK SCOTT, RCMP LANGLEY — Since its inception in late summer of 1976, the Langley Block Parent/Neighborhood Watch Program has grown to over 725 active participants. The basic intent of the program is to make Langley a safer place in which to live by promoting public participation. By residents displaying a Canada Safety Council, red and white colored Block Parent sign in their window, when available, and 1 stress the word available, as opposed to displaying the sign whenever a person is home, children, and for that matter anyone, can go to that house and be assured of responsible assistance in an emergency • for example, an unknown person attempting to lure a child into his or her car. By exhibiting a greater awareness of neighborhood activity, a resident can assist the police by reporting any suspicious activity in an area. lt is far better to have the same incident reported to police three times, rather than it not coming to our attention at all. From January to July, 1976, prior to this program, there were nine reported, sexually-related incidents in our elementary school areas. From July to December, there was only one, a reduction we hope is attributable to the program. Applications for the Block Parent/Neighborhood Watch Program are available at the Langley R.C.M.P. office or your nearest elementary school, and we encourage all responsible adults, not necessarily parents, to take an active role in their community. Remember, the police are the public and the public are the police. Bdrichello president of cattle club GRANBY, QUE. - Ralph Barichello of Langley was elected president of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club at the annual meeting held March 12. The evening banquet was at* tended by 225 Jersey farmers from all parts of Canada. An Aldergrove farm, Valtallina Jerseys, received a constructive breeder award for excellence in Jersey breeding. California university band at Trinity FORT LANGLEY - The California State University Long Beach Symphonic Band, under the baton of Larry G. Curtis, will present a concert of outstanding wind instrument literature here on April 2. Curtis has been a music educator for nineteen years and is currently a professor of music and director of bands at California State University, Long Beach. His accomplished style and technique as both a professional musician and an educator has merited continued invitations throughout the United States as a conductor and clinician. He has conducted area honor bands in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Washington, Arkansas and Utah. He has also conducted the all-state honor bands' in Oregon, Arizona, California an Nevada. Additionally, he has been appointed director of the Western United States Junior College Honor Band, the Mid-American Inter-Collegiate Honor Band, and is music director for the international Youth Musical. of Geneva, Switzerland. The Long Beach University Symphonic Band has been acclaimed as one of the nation's finest and has performed for the national convention of the music educators national conference, College Band Directors National Association, and the National Wind Ensemble Conference. The band has also toured throughout the western and southern United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The location of the Symphonic band's concert will be Trinity Western College and begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets arc $1.00 and available at the college by phoning 534-5381 or at the door. Come rain or come shine SQUAMISH — Soon the aroma of hot cakes and maple syrup, sugar-cured bacon and hot chocolate will drift across the Garibaldi Highlands as the staff of the British Columbia Lions Society for Crippled Children readies Camp Squamish for its regular season of more than 300 disabled campers from the north and the lower mainland. These handicapped youngsters have been looking forward to a holiday at the Lions Easter Seal Camp for several months. Some of them will be returning for the second time. The Lions bought St. David's school for boys and turned it into a year round camp for the disabled of all ages last year. The summertime is reserved strictly for the traditional Lions Easter Seal Camp for handicapped children. One of its main attractions is riding Kelly the horse. The children also like the hikes in the woods by wheelchair, games, competitions, arts and crafts, and singing songs around the fire at bedtime. Within days the ground digging will begin for the new $260,000 covered swimming pool with special wheelchair ramp that goes right into the water. With luck the pool will be open for this summer's campers. The Lions operate three Easter Seal Camps in the province, Camp Winficld in the Okanagan, Camp Cowichan on the Island and Camp Squamish. The camping program costs in excess of $340,000. When you give to the Lions Easter Seal Appeal, you are helping almost 1,000 disabled youngsters have a holiday. Highway crosswalk approved OTTER — Provincial department of highways has approved the installation of a pedestrian traffic signal at the crosswalk across Fraser Highway near the elementary school at 244 Street here. The cost of the installation of the traffic signal has been estimated at $10,000 - $12,000 and the provincial department has asked Langley district municipality to share the cost. "Why are we being assessed 50 percent?" Mayor George Driediger asked in council Monday afternoon. "Everytime the nickels have to be spent they (provincial government) are right there." Driediger pointed out that the highway is provincial jurisdiction, and rightfully, he though, Victoria should pay the entire shot for improvements of this nature. Clerk Derek Doubleday said it was general policy that costs of this nature were split 50-50 between Victoria and local government. Aid. Jim Lee said when the matter first was brought up a year ago council voted to go along with the proposal. It was referred to council's protection committee for further consideration. THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 Astonish yourself "It is a mark of genius not to astonish but to be astonished." Aubrey Menon DODGE ARROW HAYCHBACK &8V.8. rvlontlily 36 f/iouiii .Lease !ANGLEV CHRYSU 534-5355 \nm rwserwt/ Mine SftR BU>6 l':-v.A)J>£R<51jov£*' i Tel.: 856-5811 NlEW AMD USeP <Stsz 5i=jjs*7fi©e> FOR FRESH FISH Fraser Sea Foods Opposite Sears, Aldergrove 856-5817 Son Francisco! CPAirmA will fly you there m RETURN EXCURSION FARE Let m tell you how... Call 'ALLEY for only $12» 1 RAVEL SERVICE LTD. 27275 Fraser Hwy., Ahfagnm- 856JJ74TJ Values That Will Sond You Spinning! Ladies — Men — Children BUY ONE GARMENT AT REGULAR PRICE & THE SECOND ONE IS ONLY ONE CENT! APRIL 1 st S 2nd ONLY ON OUR SIDEWALK ALDERGROVE 5«-$l STORE 27253 Fraser Hwy. 856-2412 FOR UL TYPES OF INSURANCE CLOVERDALE • LANGLEY • VANCOUVER • WHITE ROCK ...including LIFE Established 1909 mmammmmammmmmmmm Comment The Aldergrove Star From the back porch 3io6S AkNON£ KMoui AB61!rgr^TUMg'2<, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 Skilled manipulations BY LYNNE WESTLUND At the risk of sounding small-minded, can one ask why Mr. Trudeau's recent Washington speech received such acclaim? Despite the resounding bravos from American and Canadian politicians and the fauning of the press in both countries, surely there must be some who have a few questions. Or is everyone .iftaid. to risk the nigh tide of emotion that bur Primfe'Minister's rhetoric has aroused? No one denies that the speech was eloquent, articulate, almost poetic, or that it was delivered with a polish any professional actor would be hard-pressed to equal. But, aside from the effusive praise uttered by politicians like NDP Leader Ed Broadbent who found the speech "an elegant and sensitive description of Canada's problem", What did it really say? It told Canadians that "we have not created the conditions in which French-speaking Canadians have felt they were fully equal or could fully develop the richness of the culture they had inherited." And it suggested that "from generation to generation there has been handed down a belief that a country could be built in freedom and equality WITH TWO LANGUAGES and with a multitude of cultures." Bearing in mind the recent sagging popularity of Mr. Trudeau and the fact that his American address was for Canadian digestion, one might conclude it was an election speech in defence of his bilingualism policy. Americans listening to his oratory probably concluded the separatist problem can be laid at the door of language and cultural differences alone and that with his pragmatic, if not specific approach of "revising some aspects" of the Canadian constitution, Trudeau can save Confederation. However, the speech did not recall that a Trudeau government, when first elected almost a decade ago, had one of this country's largest mandates because both French and English-speaking Canadians were led to believe Trudeau was the Messiah to unite east and west. During these last 10 years of Trudeau rule, radical and costly changes have been instituted in our country for the sake of the federal bilingualism program. It is safe to say it has not met with success. Not only has the program failed to dispell the separatist need for some in Quebec but it has caused a growing feeling of alienation among some Canadians in the west. For Broadbent to comment on Trudeau's grasp of the separatist problem is correct, for hasn't our Prime Minister held the reins of power and watched the Parti Quebecois evolve from a party crying in the political wilderness to become the government of that province? Our Prime Minister made reference to the fact Quebec elected a party, not on its separatist policies, but because it stood for good government. If one concludes the people of Quebec rejected the provincial Liberal party because it was inefficient and indifferent, then one might ask if they won't reject federalism because it is represented by a federal Liberal party which has been accused of demonstrating the same characteristics. Also, it's interesting to note that our federal leader, who not so long ago initiated a new foreign policy known loosely as the Third Option which stressed less dependence on the U.S. and more assertion of Canadian identity, chose to articulate Canadian problems in the American Congress. Although Mr. Trudeau's international rhetoric gives an appearance of credibility to his wornout "Saviour of Confederation" mantle, there are many who appreciated his address for what it was—the effective manipulations of a skilled politician. Pinion Down and out Newfoundland had to absorb the jolt of the closedown of the Come by Chance oil refinery last year In what might be the largest bankruptcy ($600 million) in Canadian history. But the average Newfoundlander also faced a year that produced a record number of personal bankruptcies, reports The Financial Post. Richard Fifleld, regional director of the federal department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, says there was a 385 percent increase In the number of personal bankruptcies in January-September, 1976, vs the same period In 1975. The department has processed 127 such bankruptcies since January, 1976, with another 33 pending. This compares unfavourably with 38 bankruptcies In New Brunswick and 171 in Nova Scotia for the same period. (The population of Nova Scotia is about 50 percent greater than Newfoundland's.) The majority of people who find themselves in the unfortunate position of having to declare personal bankruptcy are under 35 years of age, married with two or more children, have little education and are basically unskilled workers, Fifield says. They generally have "borrowed themselves into an artificial lifestyle" modelled on what they see and hear on television and read In the other media. They also failed to realize the impications of extensive borrowing, he says. If the debtors were actually meeting all the payments due, they would be spending as much as 35 percent of their income. The Aldergrove Star Established 1957 Published every Wednesday at 27120 Fraser Highway, Aldergrove, British Columbia. CENTRAL FRASER VALLEY STAR PUBLISHING LTD. Rudy Langmann, Editor Inge B. Langmann, Business Manager Alfred Flamond, Sales Manager A politically Independent weekly newspaper serving the Langley and Matsqui districts in the beautiful Central Fraser Valley. Telephone: 856-8303 or 856-5212. Mailing Address: Box 220, Aldergrove, B.C., VOX 1A0. Subscription Rates in Canada: 1 Year - $4.50 2 Year-$7.00 O.A.P. per Year-$2.25 Second Class Mail Registration numbers 1270 (Aldergrove Star) and 1983 (Fort Langley Star). Postage paid In Aldergrove, B.C. Pearly grey suit fer the Perly Gates t-fOWABflOr 1M6 MUSIC "Maw ihe weir ta/ASWOlU" MMji&4^4<+Ate4eJtfi£<ZTMl'>' A TQROMTO £AM\i£lvffiOM Well, sir, there is some things jest sorta linger after the event has come an gone. F'rinstancc, you cud tak Christmas. Some people is still payin' the bills... an the kid is havin' trubbels with the corduroy outfit wot the wife ruptured the budget t get him. The kid is sorta comin' out frum the rig all over. There's yards of feet an arms stickin' out, wich ain't too good becus wen he first fiang it on he looked like sumthin' frum Playboy an the wife wus real pleased. Trubbel is. there is anuther critikal area arount the belly butlon. wich is where ihe wife an me has a slite disagrecmint. Up where they hoists a Martini before lunch, this is knowd as an "intra-marilal discussion in areas of domestic friction". Down where I hang out, snappin' the cap frum a bottle of Lucky is a big thing an folks call it "havin' a scrap with the wife". . I spose, like usual. I bru'ng it on myself. Like I said, that suit wus gettin' a mite tite arount the gui fer the kid, so 1 ses I knowd jest how to fix it. "How's that?" ses the wife. I ses it's real simple, becus you jest start workin' on the feet...an you get them frum under my table. Wot with the kid cussin' and the wife hollcrin'. things get real unsettled fer a spell. The littel dog gets wot you call indiscreet on the floor an I heads fer my littel room in the basemint, wich is the smartest thing I done all nite. My littel room is fer jest plain scttin' an thinkin', and 1 thunk about the suit they buried by Granddad in. Seems like yestiddy an 1 recall it wus a sorta pearly gray an in real good shape. This wus because he ony wore it onct a month, wen the penshun check cum in an he took his teeth frum the Edgeworth tin an went to Sam Lee's fer a store boughten supper. Well, sir, the folks had to deliver the suit to the undertaker an 1 gotta admit my Granddad looked real nice, layin' on the satin with his mustache combed an his teeth in. The only trubbel is, 1 ain't never trusted undertakers since, becus fer years after, every time I saw the local undertaker cum down the street, I thot it wus my Granddad. That pearly grey suit shur looked familiar. A gleam of hope for mankind Ever since that fateful August day In 1945 when the first atomic bomb hurled in anger destroyed Hiroshima, mankind has lived in fear of a nuclear holocaust. Countless numbers of young people around the world have shunned the society built by their parents because they are convinced that the frantic arms race will prevent them from living to that magical biblical number of three score and ten years. Now President Jimmy Carter offers us a gleam of hope with Is proposals for arms control, including an immediate halt to all atomic testing, and a substantial reduction in U.S. and Soviet nuclear might. This was one of President Carter's first major proposals upon moving into the White House in January, and it must be hailed as a vital milestone in humanity's attemps to control its destiny. Nuclear war by error remains a possibility as long as tests and arms stockpiling and competition continue. Quite apart from that, global defense expenditures are a wasteful economic drain in a world where the poor cry out for more justice. The United States and the Soviet Union alone spend more than $200 billion annually on nuclear arms and other defense expenditures. The U.S. military payroll Is now more than $50 billion a year. And the weapons madness is infecting much smaller nations. Since 1972, Iran has spent more than $15 billion on military equipment — and experts wonder how such a relatively small nation can absorb so much new and sophisticated military hardware. If we are to move gradually to a more peaceful and genuinely secure world, it will be the superpowers such as the United States, the Soviet Union and China who will first of all have to silence and then dismantle their grisly thermonuclear status symbols. No nation in its right mind could possibly use these weapons, and thus risk the destruction of large parts of the planet. President Carter has therefore struck a blow for realism by his eminently sensible proposition of halting all nuclear tests. Atmospheric tests by the United States and the Soviet Union already are a thing of the past. And public opinion has forced France and China to reduce such tests. If President Carter's aims to reverse the buildup of arms by the superpowers, and to help reduce the conventional arms race on a world wide basis, succeeds, he is surely on the way to becoming one of the great U.S. presidents. Letters \ welcome We encourage and welcome Letters-to-the- Editor as a community ; . forum for readers' opinion. [ We reserve the right to edit letters to maintain standards of brevity, good taste, and legality, regardless of political content. You may use a ■ nom-de-plume, but unless accompanied by your.: name, address and : telephone number, un- ! signed letters will not be : published. Costly red tape LADYSMITH — What began as a means of protecting the consumer and establishing a standard in the construction Industry has, in fact, given birth to a whole new industry — those whose responsibility it is to interpret and enforce the tangle of regulations. If this new industry Is intended as a means of bolstering our economy, we think the money could be better spent. If the ever-increasing proliferation of bylaws, codes and inspections is Intended as the ultimate solution to urban and rural development problems, please, take it back to the drawing board. Something else is needed. -The Chronicle Social assistance- is it a pension or charity? "How basic is the 'core' of education?" The Conference Board in recent studies on education asks why we take a young child and place him in school for a set number of years to study a certain fixed variety of subjects. There is a suspicion that education is primarily a babysitting service, designed to took after young humans during the years they pass from helplessness until they reach the point of contributing to the well-being of our society. This idea is dismissed as unworthy. The role of education is twofold. First, it is a process of imparting basic skills as preparation for later life. Second, it is a means of helping he individual to reach his or her fullest potential. Education should give children a chance to understand themselves, to relate to others and to know something about the world in which they live. It should, presumably, help students to choose and find work that seems to them worth doing; so that they can be happy and productive members of the community. The current controversy and discussions on education in this province touch us all. Whether we arc parents, students, educators, employers or employees, we are involved and should be concerned. Money has never been able to buy happiness, credit cards are not doing much better. Credit is an area of considerable misunderstanding and abuse. The Credit Bureau has stated that excessive debt is responsible for a high proportion of marriage breakdowns. It is not unreasonable to suggest that students should be taught the role, function and risks of credit. Credit is a fact of life, running a close second to the birds and bees. Ignorance of either has never been proved to bc an advantage! Money is said to go around and around. How? This is the question that students should be able to answer before they enter the, workforce and become consumers. They should know and appreciate that industry and governments pay wages which arc used to purchase goods and' services or are put aside as savings. Know that savings, through many types of investment, finance industry and government in the same way that monies received from the sale of goods, services and taxes do. lt is a circle, money does go around and spiral, as it has regrettably become. Is it possible that lack of basic economic knowledge has encouraged some people to make excessive demands upon the economy? We live in an independent enterprise system. A system which absorbs students when they eventually enter the labor force - or become entrepreneurs. Is it too much to think that school education should give them some understanding of the economic system under which they will be living and to which they will contribute? Taxation has been described as the government's taking with one hand what it appears to have given with the other. It is, of course, a method of financing the essential services which we all demand. It is also a means of income levelling; although it is hard to consider taxation a competent means of achieving social equality. Tax measures are often a major plank in election platforms. The voting age has been lowered and young people are voting for candidates whose platform is often basically economic. The right to vote is inherent in our democracy but arc we not shortchanging our students if we do not ensure that, as far as is possible, their votes are informed and intelligent? The teaching of economics in high schools varies across Canada, both in course content and student enrollment. This may reflect reluctance on the part of teachers to include it in the course of studies or it may reflect lack of encouragement to include it from economists and the business community. We cannot say. The provincial department of education in British Columbia stated that in 1974/75 there were 38,000 students offered an economics course with only a 5 percent participation. The figures from other provinces are equally dismal. Those aspects of the economy which may affect students as consumers, voters, employers and employees, borrowers and lenders should be included in the basic tools of learning • which is, after all, one of the objective of education. lt seems logical, therefore, that there should be support for the teaching of basic economics to high school students and that it should be included in the core curriculum. Vancouver Board of Trade By GORDON GIBSON, MLA Leader of the Liberal Party There has been much talk over the last few weeks about the levels of assistance paid to senior citizens and handicapped persons in this province. There was the extra $22.50 per month which was being paid by Ottawa to the provincial government for handicapped persons in the province, and not one cent of it was going to provide for increased benefits to the handicapped persons. Then, there was an extra $35.00 per month which was being paid by the federal government in respect of senior citizens between the ages of 60 and 64. Over one and a half million dollars has already been received in this respect and not one cent has gone towards increased benefits. Due to public pressure, the changes are coming. Mr. Vander Zalm has, for example, announced that effective July 1, 1977, handicapped persons will receive an extra $57.00 per month shelter allowance. (Even though $51.00 will be coming from the federal government). What bothers me more than anything else is the attitude that the provincial government is taking towards this type of social assitance. They seem to treat it as a» charity rather than one of equalization. It should be recognized that some people in our society have not been afforded the physical or mental capability the oridinary person has. There should be a concept of sharing, an equalization of opportunities, lt should be a matter of right, not a question of grace anf favor. I endorse the concept of an equalization pension for the handicapped. It is a concept which is not tied to employment or means, but guaranteed and connected to the extra expenses created by a disability. It would take into consideration such items as attendant care, homemaker services, special transportation, prosthetic devices, prescribed equipment, service and repair to devices and equipment, special diets and home renovations, where and when they are necessary. This equalization pension would not be withheld by reason of marital status, employment or unemployment, inheritance, size of income or assets, or necessity to receive income replacement or subsidized housing. This concept is being promoted by the Social Planning and Review Council of British Columbia and it is a concept which 1 heartily endorse. The minister of human resources has directed much of his attention towards the single employable person on welfare. As a result of his appraoch he has denigrated the reputation of all those who are in receipt of social assistance. The minister knows very well that by far the majority of the social assistance money is spent on the elderly, the- handicapped and single parents. It is time for the minister to show a change of attitude. Those who are in receipt of social assistance, through no fault of their own, deserve better. I 0 I i vi %■ THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 Wife phoned, told $5,000 must be paid for release So you have thought of going to Mexico on your holidays this year? Or perhaps yon have heard about business opportunities a- walling south of the Rio Grande? You have also heard about English-speaking North Americans languishing away In Mexican Jails [and you have an Idea that Mexican jails are not the most comfortable abodes on this earth], but those Jailbirds probably only got what they deserved. They should have known belter than trying to smuggle marihuana or even hard drugs In or oul of Mexico. Right? Well, perhaps you should read this story about Stanley Parker Gamwcll, a Texan missionary who lives In Ihe border town of El Paso. He, loo, thought that nothing evil could befall a man who walked the straight and narrow path, even if that path sometimes took him across the U.S.-Mexican border. Gamwell learned — the hard way. And so could you. You still want to visit the land of the Aztecs? Only two more bits of advise before we wish you Godspeed: 1) You do not have to be guilty of any other crime than that of being a YanquI (Canadians, by the way are 'Yanquls', too) and look slightly prosperous In order to end up Inside the dark and dank confines of a rat-Infested Mexican Jail. 2) According to Ihe Mexican Judicial system system you are not 'Innocent until proven guilty' but rather 'guilty until proven innocent', a fact which according to reliable reports from the country has caused the death and permanent disappearance of numerous North Americans. Have a good Joupicy, a nice time In the sun, and at least one safe return. U.S. man held for ransom in Juarez jail By WILLIAM C. McGAW -El Paso Journal- Stanley Parker Gamwell is named after two missionaries and he himself spreads Ihe Word of God throughout the world, but what happened to him in Juarez while trying to get the Lord's Word printed shouldn't happen to Stanley in darkest Africa — or even Hell. Parker Gamwcll has eight children, four of them still at home with him at 2215 Marr, and he keeps The Dally Light, a religious calendar, on the kitchen wall for guidance to those in his household. Under Saturday, December 18, there was a quotation from Ephesians 1:11: According lo Ihe purpose of Him who workelh all things after the counsel of His own will. This was followed by a verse: My illness. Lord, Thou dost permit: How strange it seems tome! But every single circumstance Is ordered, lord, by Thee, It was on this morning the Lord worked in a strange way by having a foreman in a Juarez printing shop telephone Gamwell and tell him that a booklet he was having printed in the shop, titled, "Como Sc Que Dois Contesta la Oracio," or "How I know God Answers Prayer," would not be printed if he didn't hurry and come over here before the lady who owned the establishment closed up shop and left for Mexico City, where her husband was an important politician. The Juarez printer told Gamwell that the lady had paid off all the help, was preparing to remove the equipment and apparently had no intention of completing the printing job on the Lord's Word, despite Gamwell's having paid her in advance some $2,000 in American money to get the job done on a contract which originally was to cost about 40,000 pesos, at 20 to one dollar as was the peso price then. The Job didn't get Finished, but the telephone calls telling why it didn't were endless, each notification causing a rise in the cost of doing God's work. Gamwell agreed to various increases in the total cost as the routine of a phone call and price increase became as regular as the days on Gamwell's Daily Light calendar. The price rose to 50.000 to 60,000 to 75.000 to 80,000 to 90,000 and finally to 95,000 pesos. Inflation probably had something to do with this, as Echevarria's going away gift to his people of another "float" caused the peso to hit 25 to 28 there for a while, but still Gamwcll accecdedtothc new and higher prices. This new call that the job might not now get finished after ail, was taken as just another round of the rising spiral by Gamwell, and he didn't become too alarmed. The Gamwell's have a young daughter who is retarded in her physical actions, named Joy, and every Saturday Gamwell takes her to a special class at Washington Park where she seems to enjoy herself at play in the open. He did so this Saturday, leaving Joy with the people in charge and explaining that he would return later in the afternoon for his daughter, after visiting in Juarez to discover the true meaning of the new "problem". Upon arriving in the printing plant, the lady owner demanded $5,000 in payment immediately, or she was going to have him thrown in jail. Gamwcll speaks Spanish, so there was no possibility of misunderstanding, and he was somewhat taken back, but began an inward prayer and tried to reason with the woman and her two employees, one of whom'had lured him into the establishment with the phony phone call about closing up shop. ♦ ** As Gamwell tried to reason with the woman, telling her that even if he wanted it, he didn't have $5,000 to pay her, and during this explanation a lawyer and two policemen came rushing in, telling Gamwcll he had better pay the money or suffer the consequences. Gamwcll accompanied them to the Chihauhau State Police station and the discussion continued, but remained the same: Gamwcll must pay $5,000 in American money immediately — or else. The lawyer then suggested that they find a judge, directing Gamwell to the Juarez Juzgado. They stepped inside and the door shut behind them. The lawyer suggested they move forward in the hall, and they went through another door, which slammed shut, then another, and finally Gamwell was ushered through an iron barred door and it slammed shut behind him. The lawyer remained on the other side of the bars, and Gamwell realized he was in jail. For what he still didn't know. Nobody seemed inclined to tell him, either. No charges were read to him, no reason given for his sly and step by step incarceration. Gamwell prayed. He asked that he be given the right to telephone and it was denied him. He called for the lawyer and explained to him that he had taken his daughter, Joy, to Washington Park and that it was time to pick her up. He told the lawyer this was more important in her case than if she were an ordinary child, that she would not bc able to explain to anybody who she was or where she lived. "That is your problem," said the lawyer and walked away. Gamwell prayed some more. *** Later In the evening a guard finally allowed him to make the call. He telephoned his wife, telling her where he was and that Joy should bc picked up immediately. His wife called two of their older sons, Dan, who is a news announcer for Channel 8, the International Christian TV station, and Gordon, a student at UTEP. Later word was received by Tom, another son, who has completed work on his master's degree in physics at UTEP and is beginning his doctorate work. They all dropped what they were doing and rushed to Juarez. By this time, it was nearing midnight and the Juzgado was closed to visitors. They came back ->*£jM 1 1^1 m- Am md ■ 1 1 | Ha jBjIfiBEe ' *"' til «fSStttpi e»B Stanley Parker Gamwcll holds here a copy of his , praytrbookin Spanish. early the next morning and inquired of their father. They were informed that he had pulled a gun on the printing house woman, had tied up two employees and demanded some mysterious "negatives" they were supposed to have in their possession. The boys were incredulous. They knew their father not only didn't own a gun, and had never owned one, but was against all forms of force and the story was ridiculously untrustful just on the fact of it. The authorities insisted, however, pointing out that a foreigner pulling a gun in Mexico was a high crime and could get you years behind bars. One of the boys asked for proof there was a gun, said he wanted to see it. They couldn't produce one, but the police affirmed the fact that Gamwell had pulled a gun on the lady and the employees, tying them up and making demands. *** This Kafekaesque scene was not funny, but was getting scary and the boys decided it was time they marshalled whatever forces they could to obtain their father's release. This was Sunday, December 19, and The Dally Light had this message for them: Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;...that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,...hut that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:25, 27. The verse: O Hour of Richest Blessing! When Brought to Thee so Nigh, To Bc Thy joy Forever, Wc share thy throne on high: To rest in all the brightness, And ever there abide: To Find Thy heart delighting In us. Thy Ransomed bride. It was at this time the demand for ransom was transmitted to Mrs. Gamwell by the attorney for the print shop, who telephoned her and warned the woman who owned the shop was related to the governor of Chihauhau and that if the $5,000 wasn't paid pronto, it would bc a long time — if ever — before she would see her husband again. This was too much and calls went out to everybody the Gam- wells knew who might intercede, including the message delivered from several pulpits in El Paso this day. asking that prayer and influence be brought to bear upon the case. *** Churchgoers got busy. One notified Channel 4 T.V. news and they brought the case to light on the evening news, but without specific detail, mostly because at this point there wasn't much detail available. * Governor Dolph Briscoe relayed a message to the governor of Chihauhau and Congressman Richard White was also on the line to tell that top official what he thought of such miserable treatment. One of the church members was a friend of Sam Young, Jr., of the El Paso National Bank and Sam was instrumental in getting a message to the governor that this was the wrong course, and the wrong person for the police of Mexico to charge with being a gun-toting thug. Monday, December 20 dawned and Gamwell was still being held against his will. Periodically the woman and her lawyer would drop by to insist on his paying what amounted to a $5,000 ransom. The Dally Light calendar quotation was in capital letters this day: KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD. I Peter 1:5. The lord CO BEFORE YOU, Isaiah 58:11. The Lord is ROVND ABOUT his people. Psalm 125:2. UNDERNEATH are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 32:27. His BANNER over me was love. Song of Solomon 2:4. *** Gamwell's son, Dan, read the calendar and thought the U.S. Consul in Juarez should be enlisted in the Lord's Word and Work and he got on the telephone and spent several minutes imparting a message which sent Consul Shapiro down to the jail house, where he sought out Gamwell and spent the remainder of Monday with him. Messages began getting through to the governor, who issued an order to release the minister at once. Somehow, though, the minions of the law were not tuned in to the same save length as the governor, for Gamwcll was retained longer, much longer, because, he was informed, the Mexican police and guards couldn't release a man of Gamwell's known criminality without having him accompanied by a Mexican Immigration Inspector to the bridge and turned loose half-way over the crest. There was not, Gamwell was told, such an Immigration Inspector immediately available. *** Gamwell went back into the jail, but by now he was feeling overjoyed by the adversity. "I felt as though I was there for God's purpose." he explained to the Journal, "so I talked with the prisoners and prayed with them. And do you know, I received two converts to Christianity that night. Two people came 'forth to do God's work, and I realized that this was my mission and I was at peace." Tuesday dawned and The Daily Light calendar declared: That He might make known the riches of His glory, even us. Romans 9:23,24. Followed by the verse: The Poller has the power. The Knowledge, and the skill, To fashion every vessel According to Ins will. A vessel marred and broken We may not understand. But ail can be commuted Unto the Potter's hand. *** Finally on Tuesday, December 21. just four days before Christmas, Parker Gamwell was finally released and rejoined his family. Before crossing over to the U.S. side of the border and back to sanity. Parker insisted on putting $2,500 inescrow with a Christian ' friend in Juarez to pay the printing company for the job still not finished. This was $500 more than agreed in the 95,000 peso settlement, but "I wanted to do it," he said, "to try to show thai poor woman you can get money without going to such extremes." Consul Shapiro advised him a* gainst rewarding this terrible animosity with a good deed, but Gamwcll thought his course was better. "After all." he explained. "It is the best way to show that mcntlrs is at the base of mordlda and the people of that country will never live in grace until they learn to live outside the lie." WE'VE GOT A VERY COMPETITIVE SHORT TERM DEPOSIT RATE! With a minimum $5,000 deposit, you can earn a very healthy 8 per cent per annum for a term deposit of 30 to 364 days. You choose the length of term. Redeemable at 6Va per cent after 30 days; no lock-in. If you've got some money you won't be using right away, look to a Surrey Credit Union term deposit for an excellent interest rate. Interest paid on maturity; rate guaranteed for period of term. SURREY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST BRANCH FOR COMPLETE DETAILS CLOVERDALE WHITE ROCK NEWTON LANGLEY FORT LANGLEY BROOKSWOOD 576-2861 531-1404 594-5461 530-2365 530-5141 533-1211 Quoted rates subject to change without notice. ■mHHIMi mmmmmmmmmmmm ■■HM Wmmmmmmm THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 Bus uneconomic FORT LANGLEY - Bus service between here and Langley city cannot be maintained on an individual fare basis alone, says Lyal Penzer of Langley Bus Lines Ltd. One hundred and twenty people from the local Community improvement Society recently petitioned municipal council for such a service, but it is just not feasible, says Penzer. If the petitioners would each contribute 50 cents per week this could provide service for four hours for a minibus return trip to Langley, Penzer says. This could be arranged for any day of their choice. Penzer says that if this is not satisfactory, then perhaps the society could solicit more passengers from the area who would'be willing to contribute to the proposed run. Langley Bus Lines is the only small bus service in the district providing weekly runs of this nature. The company is already being subsidized by the city and the municipality of Langley. Swingers dance April 2nd The next regular dance of the "Valley Golden Age Swingers" will be held Saturday night April 2 - 8 p.m. at Aldergrove. The "Rhythm Rascals" will again provide the always popular entertaining dance music. There will be a door prize, spot dance prize, refreshments will be served. Socred groups urge right-to-work law Pictured above is Horst Sculptures called .Sunflower Neumann with one of his Art Cluster. Merllyn Anderson Photo Art form of metal sculpting manufactured in Aldergrove Bv MERILYN ANDERSON ALDFiRGROVE — In 1974 Horst Ncwmann went looking — the way many of us do - for that "right kind of job", one that would fulfill his aspirations and provide ;i good living. Horst didn't find it right away in the usual manner. He located it in the classified ads of the local newspaper under the listing "Unusual Opportunities". This led to his extending the knowledge he learned through the ad. He expanded, developed, sold and created an art form that is now sold in major department stores across Canada. As it looked like a good enterprise Horst's father provided the capital for him to start his own business. His shop today consists of two enterprises, the first is making trailers of every si/.c and shape and the second is Harwood Metal Arts. His place of business is at 26975 Fraser Highway near Mt. Lehman Road. Horst Neumann was born in Europe in 1949. came to Canada as a boy and lived in Edmonton where he was schooled in metal trades and apprenticed in metallurgy. He is also a graduate of Metallurgical Bonding in B.C. Last year young Franz Langmann joined him as an apprentice to the art form of metal sculpting. From the work that Franz has show me it is obvious that he is learning a great deal from Horst. Their combined work has been described as "distinctive, decorative, elegant, contemporary, balanced in form as well as in beauty. The present of a lifetime If you would like to view Horst's and Franz's work they are on display and for sale at Planter's Furniture iitorc on the Fraser Highway in Aldergrove. Between Horst and Franz they will do custom work to meet your specific needs and will design something for you that is distinctive, original and each item will be entirely hand crafted. I spent a very interesting afternoon viewing their many sculptures and listening to stories concerning the many beautiful works. Horst is hoping to have a booth at the P.N.E. this year if room can be found amoungst all the American imported business, lt seems that it is very difficult for a new business to gain access to the P.N.E. unless you've been around for many years. Well, here is hoping you have luck in your Canadian enterprise, Horst, and can prosper with your new and unusual art field. By ANDREA MAITLAND Seven Lower Mainland Social Credit consituency organizations have asked the provincial government to pass right-to-work legislation. A convention of Region Four of the Social Credit party voted Saturday to ask the government for legislation which would ensure that: "No person shall be required to become or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of employment or continued employment." Region Four includes Coquitlam, Surrey, Richmond, Delta, Langley, Chilliwack and Dewd- ney. A Chilliwack delegate said that although a right-to-work resolution was defeated by a provincial Social Credit convention, it was now time to bring it up again. Labor Minister Allan Williams has had a chance to bring harmony to labor management relations, and it is time to introduce right-to-work legislation, the delegate said. Ken Funk, another delegate from Chilliwack, said it was a misconception to think that such legislation was anti-labor. "The issue is compulsion," he said. "We are not opposed to labor." The convention also asked the government to hold off on any tuition increase for students at universities, techical or vocational schools. Rick Hockey argued that because not enough professionals are being educated in British Columbia, many people from England and Europe are finding employment in educational and other key insitutions in the province. Many of these people bring socialist and communist ideas with them, Hockey said. Several delegates spoke out against the education resolution. "There are too many people in the art courses right now," said Jim Mulligan of Coquitlam, Another delegate spoke out against "supporting a bunch of educated bums and one man asked "Why should we raise a bunch of illegitimate students to go out to UBC?" A student and an administration official from Simon Fraser University spoke in favor of the motion. Kevin Keen, a mathematics and physics student at SFU, said he was in favor of the resolution but he warned against neglecting science students, A psychology student seemed to have no trouble getting a job as a social worker for the government in the summer, but science students have a hard time finding summer employment. Keen said. Darrell Anderson, a field coordinator at SFU, .said that perhaps universities should keep salaries for faculty and staff down rather than increase tuition fees. Anderson said students are finding times are tough because costs are rising and it is harder to find part-time and summer work. The convention also resolved to urge the "provincial and federal governments to find solutions to Canada's problems in order that the country "shall remain a united nation from sea to sea." Delegates also voted to urge the provincial government to try to improve the climate for small businesses. Another resolution called on Vicotira to study building on slopes rather than on farmland in the Fraser Valley. Region Four delegates voted to increase financial support to constituency offices to $1,000 a month where it can be shown there is some need for an increase. Delegates were told consituency offices now get $728. SCIENCE MAGAZINE THE UNEXPLAINED by ALLEN SPRAGGETT At six a.m., on Wednesday, May 10, 1967, James Lawson, a ship's engineer, left his home near Lake Arrowhead California for work. That was about an hour before his wife, Patsy, left the house with their nine-year-old daughter Susan and two-year-old son Gerald. Patsy Lawson and her daughter were doomed. It was a foggy morning. A misty drizzle was falling. Mrs. Lawson's car skidded on a curve, plunged down a nearly vertical 30-foot cliff In the San Bernardino Mountains, and came to rest half-sumberged In an Icy stream. Both Mrs, Lawson and her daughter were killed. But her two-year-old son, Gerald, had a different destiny. With James Lawson away froip home and unaware of his wife's accident, there was nobody to miss the dead woman. Few, lf any, cars used the road she had. And her vehicle was almost hidden by the swirling waters of the stream. Later In the day, nearly eight hours after the accident, James Lawson was returning home when he became aware of a peculiar sensation. Che he had aever had before. "It seemed to me," he said, "that I could hear my wife calling to me. I had this feeling that she, was talking to me, telling me to: hurry, hurry, for God's sake hurry..." Impelled by his wife's *:e Inside him, Lawson stepped oi the gas. He didn't know what was. wrong but he was sure it was - something very bad. Then he came on the scene of the accident. Suddenly. He glimpsed the top of his wife's car stick* big up out of the waters of the stream below. From the clifftop, the dazed man took in the dreadful scene. He saw his wife under the water. He. knew she was dead. She was frozen with her arms up, and'she was holding the two-year-old —Gerald — so that his head was Just out of the water. 7 James Lawson rushed to the half-submerged car. He freed his son from his mother's death grasp. The child was alive. His condition was critical. i Later, it was determined that the boy's body temperature had dropped to 58 degrees. But he survived. As his father was certain he would. " "There was some reason why I heard my wife's voice'telling me to hurry," the bereaved husband said. "She wanted me to save Gerald." Of course, while James Lawson was hearing his wife's voice Impelling him on, she bad been dead for eight hours. But what Is dead? Don Logan, a self-employed Langley businessman, waited more than two months after his birthday before getting the present of a lifetime. He found out Saturday a ticket he had carried with hime for dO days had been drawn in the provincial lottery and was worth $250,000. Logan's mother, Lillian, gave him ticket number 1739127 on Jan. 25 as a birthday present. "She told me it was a winner when she handed it over." said Logan. He carried the ticket with him for the next two months and even though his ticket was drawn Feb. 28 he did not know until early Saturday of his windfall. "1 was listening to the radio, CUC. at 7:30 this morning." he said Saturday, "and that's when I heard my number read out." His mother is returning here from a visit to the East and she does not know about the family's good luck yet. he added. "I haven't made any plans yet." Logan said when asked what he would be doing with the money. Logan is co-owner of Coast Utility Service, a tree-trimming company. Roaring twenties nostalgia at Abby ABBOTSFORD — Vintage car fans, photographers, theatre enthusiasts or anyone with nostalgia for the Roaring Twenties can indulge their interests on Friday, April 1. The Valley Musical Theatre Guild is putting on a parade which features the Chilliwack chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada and cast members of "The Boy Friend", the guild's big spring production. The parade, with the cast in costume, will start at the old curling rink on McCallum Road in Abbotsford about six in the evening. It will tour Abbotsford and Clearbrook and arrive about 7 p.m. at the Sevenoaks mall. There, the cast will open the Sevenoaks fashion show with fifteen minutes of exerpts from "The Boy Friend". The climax of the event will be the arrival of the parade at Motorcade, also on McCallum Road, for the grand opening of "The Boy Friend" box office. (See the advertisement in this issue.) The opening will bc very "1920V with displays, balloons and noise-makers. Members of the public are urged to attend. "The Boy Friend" was a hit musical in the 'fifties and includes several very well-known numbers. It's bright and energetic and boop, doop dee-lightful. Production dates are April 21.22.23.2S.29 and 30 and tickets arc $3.50 each. In keeping with its tradition of service to the community, the guild will provide a free performance for senior citizens and the handicapped on April 27. Readers arc asked lo spread the word about this so that those concerned may benefit. There will be a special student night on April 20. Next month tunc in to CFVR radio for details of "The Boy Friend" contest. SSSx CENTRE Member or not, it pays to shop at OTTER r*M J District Farmers' Institute Grand Opening 26930 Fraser Hwy., Aldergrove TRUCK LOAD TIRE SALE DOOR PRIZES All sizes in stock SLASHED PRICES While quantities last CJJC Mobile Unit here Sunday Afternoon 856-8155 Master Charge - Charge* - Mohawk - O.D.F.I. 856-8155 Fri.: 7am-9pm Sat.: 8am-9pm Sun.: 10am-6pm Each week David Suzuki introduces us to people and ideas that span the outer reaches of human thought and imagination on 'Science Magazine', Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. 856-6068 400 FKT NORTH OF rmMMK mm mi on u huvri ro. jjj AimG»ovi OKANAGAN APPLES SPARTANS, NEWT0NS & GOLDEN DELICIOUS OCC m £50 Ib.XJ 371b. box W SPECIAL ON RED DELICIOUS Me or c50 37 lb. box 9 Ib. POTATOES-IDEAL FOR SEED FROM FOUNDATION STOCK lb. IV CARROTS - ORANOES - BANANAS TOMATOES, CELERY, TURNIPS, CABBAGE GOOD SELECTION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES OPEN EVERY DAY 9:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. Come in and see our many new arrival for Spring & Easter We have some Easter Specials for the weekend! Chargex & Master Charge accepted 3092 - 272 St., Aldergrove Phone 856-2201 mammmmamammmmammammmmmmm mm Garry's Men's Wear Aldergrove OPENER*1* A&aesAW&i THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 ON THESE BUYS... us do our Spring Cleaning this Friday and Saturday! noon Here's a real give-away Friday morning only! Men's lined jackets, including Corduroy, Vinyl, Poly- Vinyl, Chloride, Wool-Melton Pea Jackets and some Leathers! This entire collection will be sold within a few hours at the lowest, craziest prices you've ever seen. So come early to avoid disappointment. This is a first-come first-serve deal, so if you miss it don't say we didn't warn you! Every Down Jacket in our stock will be sold by the weekend! We've dropped the price by at least one-third (even on jackets already marked down.) There is no excuse in the world to wear down jackets of poor material when you can have the very best at these low prices. We have them in all colors and in all sizes from 36 to 54. They are Canadian Branded Lines, such as Pioneer, Rice, Mercury and Sprung. Drop in and have a look - they're all priced and ready for you. Lots of other bargains in Denims We know a sale doesn't mean much if popular items are excluded, so as well as cleaning out all winter wear, we're going to give our customers a break on Denims of all kinds...Vests, Jeans, Wide Legs, Scrubbies, Pre-Wash and Washouts! GARDENING? See us for garden gloves and boots, North Star Joggers, etc. Garden... and then look good enough to scoot into town without changing! % AND MORE OFF And Something New "Right On" young men's Dress Slacks, just arrived and very, very stylish. These fabulous slacks will give you a sort of preview of the Men's High Fashion department we plan to open soon. We're tremendously proud of these slacks and urge you to come in and try a pair on. WATCH FOR OUR BARGAIN TABLE IN FRONT OF THE STORE... Ifs a Wkhlll Men's Jackets at the Craziest, lowest prices! We can't be stuck with these beautiful Ski Suits any longer!!! ....It would be nonsense for any man to go skiing in makeshift clothing when we are selling these lovely ski suits for only $49.99. And they're the best! We've kept dropping the price again and again. You couldn't find these anywhere for less than a hundred bucks. Good choice of colours and sizes! 99 $49 Another Weekend Special! We are selling the popular Levi's 14 oz. Denim Bell Bottom Jeans for only $14.88. These come in sizes from 26 to 34 and make a hit with men and women too. $14 88 MOST ALDERGROVE BUSINESSES ARE COOPERATING TO MAKE THIS A WORTHWHILE ALDERGROVE WEEKEND! WE'RE PLEASED TO DO OUR PART. SPRING CLEANING SALE LASTS FOR TWO DAYS ONLY FRIDAY APRIL 1 and SATURDAY, APRIL 2. Store Hours: Mon. to Sat. 9:30 to 6 p.m. Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Garry's Men's Wear Aldergrove 3086 - 272nd Street, Aldergrove Phone 856-7606 ^ .jiftaaaaaaaaaflaMHaHHaiflMMi mmmmmmm THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 Eternity By STANLEY H. CHURCHILL "From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." (Ps. 90: 2). What is eternity? Does eternity have any beginning, or ending? Is time any part of eternity? - the infinite and immeasurable? The following story gives a glimspe of understanding of the spiritual immensity wc call eternity: Imagine a little bird once in each hundred years, alighting upon the highest crag of Mt. Everest to sharpen his beak upon the rock. By the time that tiny bird has worn Mt. Everest completely down to sea level, ONE SECOND OF ETERNITY will have passed. What docs eternity mean to man? A human life-span is but the tiniest passing flick of eternity. How and where docs man fit into the picutrc? The first chapter of the first book of the Bible records the eternal realities about man. in these words: "And God said. Let us make man in our image, after our likeness "So God created man in his own image; in the image of God created he him..... "And God saw everything that he had made. and. behold, it was very good. (Gen. 1: 26.27,31). And the first verse of the next chapter adds this finale: "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." Based on the truth of this record of man's place in eternity. Ihe Christian Science textbook makes this revealing statement: "When speaking of God's children, not the children of men, Jesus said. "The kingdom of God is within you:" that is. Truth and Love reign in the real man, showing that man in God's image in unfallcn and eternal. Jesus ANGLICAN CHURCH ST. ALBAN'S - OTTER Sunday Service and Sunday School 9:30 a.m. ST. DUNSTAN'S Aldergrove Holy Communion 8:00 a.m. Church School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Rev. Arthur J. Nash 856-8612 Norm Green 856-2051 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 5806-200 St., Langley 11:00 a.m'. — Sunday Service 11:00 a.m, — Sunday School 8.00 o.m, — Wednesday Reading Room 1-4 p.m. Tues. Fri. (ex. Holidays) EveryonB is Welcome Aldergrove — Mt. Lehman UNITED CHURCHES iMt. Lehman Services 9:45 a.m. Aldergrove Services 11:15a.m. (Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.) Babysitting and Nursery provided Rev.Jim Ford 656-6957 beheld in Science the perfect man who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Savior saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy." (Science • and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Marv Baker Eddy.) Actually. NOW is a part of eternity. The church service at Christian Science Society, Langley. this Sunday, April 3. is based on the subject. "Unreality", as set forth in the Christian Science Quarterly. The Lesson-Sermon, consisting of citations from the Bible, and from the Christian Science textbook, will bc read by Harry Chandler'and Ellen Pryce, who were elected as Readers at the Annual election meeting last November. Family services need more volunteers LANGLEY — If you have extra time to give to volunteer work and are interested in people and their problems Family Services can use you. Co-ordinators work on four- hour shift each week between 9 a.m. - I p.m. or 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Family Services especially needs volunteers for the afternoons. A group of spare co-ordinators arc available to work a shift when a regular co-ordinator wants time off. Some training is required before shifts are taken. If you are interested in helping this way, call 534*7522 and talk to a co-ordinator about it. conscience comment N0EAULT DIVORCE ■ By REV. K.NEILL FOSTER The Canadian House of Commons has recently been discussing divorce. And because there was .no chance of passage all kinds of opinions came out of the woodwork. The consensus was that a syslcm of no-fault divorce, based on marriage break-down rather than adultery, was desirable. Members of all parties joined in the chorus of frustration over Canada's present laws. No one is saying it, but Canada's present divorce laws are based on biblical concepts. It is the Bible that says, "What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder." It was Jesus Christ who declared that the man who repudiates his wife and marries another commits adultery. No wonder the politicians are howling. And perhaps ultimately the divorce laws in Canada will be changed. But let no one call it progress. Because divorce is never that. Let it be called what it really is. Divorce is a deep, personal tragedy, lt is a violation of God's plan and moral law. And it is a departure from biblical standards. Sticking a label on a bad package doesn't change a thing. Aldergrove Baptist Church Pastor Rev. R.G. Wilkinson Services Elks Hal! - 10 A.M. Bible School II A.M. Worship Service OAP Hall - 7 P.M. Service A meaningful ministry of God's Word to the whole family! To have rfBl* *,.(o given genuinely warm 1 •'■'*' sympathy in addition to a ,, I meticulous attention to details ..this is a part of our creed. I J \ ""7 Five churches agree to let the hungry feed themselves../ With money from Canadian churches, people in other countries are leaving water taps running, building bulletproof houses and helping non-existent persons. The taps are in Malawi, the houses in Turkey, and the people in Brazil • and although they don't sound like worthwhile projects for churches at first glance, they're ' all examples of the way five Canadian chruches would like to spend the money raised during their $9-miIIion world development appeal this month. Tapes Instead of terror Last month, the possible assassination of an arch-bishop in Uganda made headlines around the world. But during the past few days, an event took place 1.100 miles south of Uganda that may ultimately have more significance in history. Peasant farmers in the village os Sombani in Malawi began digging a trench as soon as March rains softened the baked earth. In that trench they will lay plastic pipe. Through the pipe will flow water from a mountain, far enough away to be often hidden by dust and heat haze. The water will flow from 300 taps in villages, supplying 50,000 people in that part of the world with the first pure running water in the history of mankind. Ron MeGraw of St. Catharines, Ontario, recently visited Malawi on behalf of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, one of five denominations co-operating in a i9-million fund-raising appeal for international development. He saw several similar piped water projects thai are already operating. Ho also learned how lack of water handicaps any hope of progress in other villages. *'I saw women who had to walk eight miles or more, to bring a bucket of water back to their homes," MeGraw said. "I don't sec how anyone can do that, day after day, and have any energy left for better agriculture or education." Not for bloated bellies Most recent news from Africa has been bad news. If people aren't being killed in Idi Amin's Uganda, they're dying in guerrilla fighting in Rhodesia, or rioting in South Africa. Not surprisingly, many Canadians sec little reason to help others who would apparently rather fight than eat. A common reaction would be, "Let 'em feed themselves." . Freezer Meats Ltd. 1 J.F. Butler & Sons Ltd. PLUMBING & HEATING WATER PUMPS Sales & Service Sales & Installation of HALLMARK i rnmiASS pools 856-2685 27412 Fraser Hwy., Aldergrove BAKERVIEW GARDENS Floral Arrangements for All Occasions* 26641 Fraser Highway 856-2215 Aldergrove Radio & TV We"sell the best & service the rest. Electrohome & Admiral Products 856-8533 Surprisingly, the leaders ' of Canada's five main Christian chruches said the same thing, when they opened their annual campaign for overseas development funds on February 23, Ihe first day of Lent. "Let the hungry feed themselves," said a joint statement from the Most Rev. E.W. Scott, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada; the Most Rev. Emmett Carter, president of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops; Dr. Fred Scholc, president of Canadian Lutheran World Relief; the Right Rev. Lome MacKay, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada; and the Right Rev. Wilbur Howard, .moderator of The United Church of Canada. Though the words sounded callous, the intention was not. "We're trying to get away from the 'bloated belly' approach," said the Rev. Bob MacRac, spokesman for the five-chruch appeal, "If all wc do is give food to starving people, we've done nothing to prevent those same bellies from being just hungry and bloated tomorrow. "Instead, we have to enable them to feed themselves." Produced a grain surplus The development aim of the Anglican. Roman Catholic, Lutheran. Presbyterian, and United churches is to provide at least a few groups of people around the world with the basic knowledge and facilities they need, so that they can start taking care of themselves and improving their situation. Piped water from taps in Malawi will give local villagers more time to learn better nutrition, to gel better education, and lo work on other community projects. Water, during nine months uf summer, will let them keep kitchen gardens growing, reducing malnutrition among (heir children. Not long ago. massive drought in Nortli Africa threatened millions of lives. But in western Ethiopia, one region produced its First grain surplus in history. Willi funds from world chruches, farmers bought oxen for plowing, fertilizers, and better storage facilities. They learned about irrigation, soil erosion, and improved varieties of seeds. The live chruches in this financial appeal had also, taken part, earlier in February,, in a separate education program called "Teii Days for World Development". Its theme was that the world can produce enough food for everyone. "Even the poorest countries such as Bangladesh and India." Ten Days' national coordinator Bob Gardner has stated, "can grow food for all their people on their own land, if they have the knowledge and the skills, and if they aren't handicapped by having to use their land to grow products for wealthier countries." Equipment rusting In the fields MacRac. secretary of the inter- church fund for international development, explained that while government aid might be bigger than church aid, it sometimes overlooked essential details. In Bangladesh, he said, much of the expensive equipment rushed into the country after the famines in 1974, such as pumps for wells, has fallen into disrepair. "It sits and rusts, because no one knows how to maintain it," lie said. "Meanwhile, the people are no better off than they were before." That's why Canadian chruches gave $137,000 last year for an apprentice mechanics' course for young men in Bangladesh. Similarly, they gave 520,000 to help black students attend a multi-racial school in Swaziland, within the borders of South Africa. Because of the school's high academic standards, white South African families send their children to it. Church bursaries enable numbers of gifted black students, who could otherwise never afford the fees, to attend also. Rosalind McLcod. chairman of the United Church's World Development Service and Relief Committee, referred to other problems. "There arc people in Brazil who don't exist!" she said. "Because they don't have birth or baptismal certificates, they can't vote or own land or get a loan. They can be standing in front of a judge, but legally, they don't exist! "With a jeep provided by chruches here, Roman Catholic priests in Brazil have been able to travel into rural areas, to gather people together and to help them seek out the documents that they need to have a legal existence." Bulletproff houses built When Canadian chruches, working through the World Council of Churches development agencies, tried to help Turkey's people rebuild their homes and villages after the 1975 earthquake, they ran into a unique problem. The houses had to be bulletproof. "That area has so many feuds going on, and so much shooting, that the people simply would not move into the flimsy protection of the houses built with government aid," said Rosalind McLeod. "So we ended up helping them build cement block houses." But the problem, she said, alsor reveals an advantage of aid through the churches. Government aid programs may impose solutions on people, whether or not the solutions are what the people want. Non-governmental organizations (NGP's) such as the churches can be flexible enough to respond to the people's own priorities. According to the Rev. Bob MacRac, secretary for the inter- church development fund, "In many third world countries, the churches are not only the closest non-governmental organization to the people, they're the only NGO available." "Wc get our support from the grass roots here in Canada," MacRae said. "And it goes right back to the grass roots when it's delivered overseas." Not empire building "No Canadian church owns any of the projects we support in other countries," MacRae explained on behalf of the five church international development appeal, "The projects are all locally owned, controlled, and initiated. We see our job as helping them. not as building empires for ourselves. "And at one end or the other, il is always ecumenical." Because the various churches in Canada and overseas already have staff at work, MacRac added, they can keep their administration costs down to between five and seven cents per dollar of aid given. "That's the lowest administrative cost of any NGO." he said. "By contrast, the Better Business Bureau of America has publicly stated that it costs the U.S. government $3 to deliver each dollar of aid!" During the 1976 campaign, members of the five Canadian churches gave approximately $8 million. Matching grants from the provincial governments of British Columbia. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and from the Canaidan International Development Agency (C1DA). raised the total channelled through the churches to $15.4 million - to let the hungry get started on the job of feeding themselves. HOBBIES & CRAFTS Artists Suplies, Walter Foster Books Macrnme Supplies Gomes Ik Hobby Kits THE TREASURE SH0PPPE 27102 Fraser Highway Aldergrove 856-6931 Cleaner cattle with com stover Management of a beef feedlot is the most significant factor in the production of clean cattle. Beef producers like Richard His* cocks, of Lakeside Ont., have found that good feedlot manage ment can mean quicker turnover feed costs. Hiscocks uses corn stover — a plentiful resource on his farm — as bedding for his cattle. ■•***••***•********•**********•**• Bride? Order your wedding invitations and other accessories at STAR PRINTERS 27120 Fraser Highway, Aldergrove Ph. 856-8303 or 856-5212 •27J/8 W&MM .!INTH£SIARBU>6 :i~ALD*sR61?0V£* '., Tel.': 856*5811 JN&tf AMD USA? R& LTD. CAR AND TRUCK TIRES NEW, USED & RECAPS Phone 956-5011 (Res.) 856-8531 (26827 FRASER HWY ALDERGROVE Two blocks-west of Alder Inn Hotel Guide to Aldergrove To locate the businesses advertised here, find their number in their ad and locate same on this map. illililiiiiiui In the case of streets having more than one name, all names have been provided for your convenience. ■ mill mmmmmmmmmmimmmawmmmm Aldergrove ; i PHOTOHOUSE I complete ; photography I 27314 Fraser Hivy856~5715 Municipality of Langley Kohler's European Custom Kill & Cutting Wrapping & Freezing We sell locker orders 3338-272 Street 856-8938 16 TRICITY PAVING LTD. RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL PAVING Custom Work - Grading Gravel Hauling Free estimates without obligation Coll 856-7158 28157 Boundary Road (0 Ave. ) K&H TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD. 856-8674 28761 Fraser Highway ; COOWJL'HV hubzbr nanAi*** Complete service to your convenience. 2245 Ross Rood, Aldergrove Phone 856-7413 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, Br. 265 BINGO Every Tuesday night. Penny-Ante Game: -7 pm Regular Bingo: 8 pm We cater to Weddings, - ■ Banquets, etc. Pit.: 856-8057 or 856-2826 Sunny Days Flowers 856-8360 Aldergrove Dreg Mart OPEN 9 - 9 Monday to Friday 9 - 6 Saturday 12 - 6 Sunday 2987272 St., AUtnrmt 856-7000 LANGLEY FUNERAL HOME PHONE LANGLEY: 530-6488 HENDERSON'S FUNERAL HOMES ABBOTSFORD LTD. PHONE: 8.53-838J 6 SPEEDIE'S ilfifih SERVICE 6:30 a.m. mp Groceries - 9 p.m. itr Gas ■ Oil Cprner Fraser Highway & County Line Road 856-2698 8 Farm-Fresh White & Brown Eggs CACKLEBERRY FARM (1974) LTD. Open dally 1 to 6 pm 2883-264 St., Aldergrove 856-5265 PT We buy Beer Bottles, Copper, Brass-, Aluminum, Lead, Radiators, Batteries and all types of steel and cast. HI-VAY SALVAGE We pay highest prides and we pick up.. Just phone: 856-8308-. 29092 Fraser Highway, Aldergrove, B.C. FERGUSON'S COLD STORAGE Locker Meats & Groceries 856-2424 21 VILLAGE SPECIALTY MEATS Retail meats & custom cutting Phone 856-5082 Opposite N. Otter School Aldergrove Better Shoe Store A.M. Courtemanche Practipedist 856-2616 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 Local contra! of education gets boost from McMath commission i W. Local communities should continue to have a voice in the operation of their own school systems and they should continue to contribute to school costs through their property taxes. This is the first of 75 recommendations contained in the McMath Commission Report on Property Assessment and Taxation, which was filed in the legislature Jan. 25. At least 25 recommendations relate directly to the school property tax. A special cabinet committee is reviewing the report, with the intent of introducing legislation that will, in the word of Finance Minister Evan Wolfe, "produce equalized property assessments without causing serious dislocation for property owners and taxing authorities." Undermine control The seven-member commission, headed by Richmond alderman and former MLA Robert McMath, sat from April 1975 to August 1976. It held 47 public hearings and heard over 200 briefs on property taxation procedures in B.C. and on the ramifications of assessing property taxation procedures in B.C. and on the ramifications of assessing property at market value. Its plans to continue working beyond 1976 were cut short by the present provincial government. Many briefs opposed the use of property taxes to finance education, a move which the B.C. School Trustees Association, on behalf of the province's school boards, said would undermine local control of education. The commission accepted the argument that the autonomy of school boards would suffer and recommended that local property taxes and the provincial equalization grants should continue to bc the source of public school funding. In support of its recommendation, the commission said: "Most of us believe that (school board) autonomy now exists and all of us believe that for practical purposes it would virtually disappear if the provincial government were to pay for the entire cost of the public education system. The fact that school boards have to raise some funds through taxation for which they arc politically responsible, both confers and restrains the freedom they have in spending. "lf all funds came from the provincial government, the school boards would be making perpetual pleas for more provincial support, safe in the knowledge that they did not have to face the political hazards of raising any funds locally." The commission added that such a situation would increase the conflict which already exists between the legitimate demand of the provincial government for reasonable control over expenditures and the legitimate demand of school boards to expand their range of services. Increase share The commission, however, recommended that the provincial government's share * of school operating costs be increased from the present 45 percent to 75 percent within the next five years. The commission argued that while provision of public education is a local service, the benefits from public education do not all remain in the local area. "Education...may be regarded as of general benefit because the people of the province benefit socially and culturally, as well as economically, from an educated population," the report says. The commission also recommends that: • Land and improvements should be taxed at 100 percent of assessed value. At present, for school purposes, improvements are taxed at 75 percent of assessed value. Assessed value is supposed to be 50 percent of actual or market value. If this recommendation and the following one are implemented, there would need to be a downward readjustment of the provincially- sct mil rate or the school district needs would be met solely from local taxes. • Assessed value should be 100 percent of market value. To ease the problems that may arise as a result of sharp fluctuation in market values, the commission also recommends that assessed values be averaged over two years. • Home-owner grants should bc continued with an extension to include tenants or, alternatively, the grant system should be replaced with a tax credit system similar to the one in Ontario. Under the Ontario system, owners or renters may receive a tax credit based on a combination of property taxes or rent and their taxable income. For example, an owner whose taxable income is $10,000 and whose property tax is $800 would receive a tax credit of $40. Business tax • A business tax of "significant scale" should be introduced on all business property, with some relief for small business. The commission believes this move is necessary because its recommendation for assessment and taxation at 100 percent of market value shifts some of the tax burden from business to residential property. • Full taxes or equivalent grants in lieu of taxes should be paid on all federal and provincial properties. This recommendation would increase the tax base for school districts in which property is located, thus lowering the tax rate for another property owner. • All local governments should . pay grants in lieu of taxes to those local governments in whose jurisdiction they own property. Schools would have to pay full municipal, hospital and regional district taxes but collect school taxes on municipal, hospital and regional district properties. However, in the opinion of many observers this move would create more administrative cost than revenue. ' Universities and colleges should pay taxes on all' their property. However, the taxes should bc paid by the provincial government without a corresponding reduction in government grants to these institutions. In effect, the provincial taxpayer, by supporting these insititutions, would be lowering the tax rate for those residing in the school districts where the institutions arc located. Private-school tax • The provincial government should review the tax exempt status of private schools. A majority of the commissioners believed private schools should pay property taxes but they were unable to agree on now this should bc done. The commission offered these alternatives: have the provincial government pay the private schools* property taxes, in effect, treating them like a university or college; allow those who send their children to private school to pay their school property tax to the private school of their choice; maintian the status quo. • The provincial government should pay the property taxes of public and private hospitals. • All lands and improvements classified as farmland should be assessed and taxed for school purposes. The commission recommends that any land used for farming purposes should be classified as farmland. If it is zoned for other purposes, the commission recommends that the provincial government pay the difference between its actual assessment and the assessment the land would have if it were zoned as farmland. However, the taxes paid to the government should be reimbursed to the government if and when the land is removed from the farmland classification. • Mobile home owners should bc required to register with the local government of the area in which they reside and its should be an offence to move to another jurisdiction without a valid tax certificate. This would eliminate the problem in some school districts where some mobile homes have been moved without the payment of property taxes. ftlOlfc FANTASY 859-1605 OFF Developing & Printing COLOR FILM! CUP THIS COUPON THIS COUPON ENTITLES BEARER TO 1.29 OFF DEVELOPING AND PRINTING OF ANY SIZE ROLL OF COLOR FILM - FUJI OR KODAK. Offer Expires April 30,1977 COUPON MUST BE PRESENTED WITH ROLL AS COME IN... SEE OUR NEW STORE AT No. 12 Meadow Fair • The Department of Municipal Affairs should study the effects of unconditional equalization grants to municipalities whose per capita equalized assesments are lower than the provincial average. The implication here for school districts is that out of this recommendation a formal system - of equalization grants could be proposed for school districts whose assessed values per pupil fall below the princial average. • The commission was split over the issue of church exemption from the property tax. Three commissioners recommended that churches retain their tax exempt status, while three others believed chruches should pay full taxes. A seventh commissioner recommended that chruches be subject to a tax of one percent on the total collections of the congregation and that this tax be divided among local taxing authorities .in proportion to their tax rates. The commission recommended that taxes should be phased in over five years on all properties that lose their tax exempt status. All other assessments and tax changed should be phased in over a three-year period. In addition, there are recommendations for: an ombudsman to deal with problems related to the administration of the real property tax; revised tax and assessment notices; a billing system which provides for more frequent payment of taxes; and a public information campaign to explain revisions to the assessment and tax system. - Education B.C. 0AP0 69 meeting AprH7fh Tiie monthly meeting of B.C. O.A.P.O. Matsqui Branch #69 will be held Thursday. April 7th at Pinegrove Hall, I p.m. instead of Monday. April 11 because of Easter Monday. Some members will be on holidays at Easter. Looking forward to seeing ail members attend April 7th. For further information please contact scc't. 856-6674. Pushing to prepare ground (or a new housing development, three Caterpillar D3 tractors level land on 276 Street at 28 Avenue. Total of 150 single family homes are being built under the Assisted Home Ownership Plan for the project that will be called Springfield Village. Langley company Hoolsema and Sons, is developing the entire project. MT- LEHMAN 4-H HORSE By SUE CHARLES Mt. Lehman 4-H Horse Club will be holding a fund raising luncheon on Friday, April the first. The food is donated by Super Valus all over B.C. and is prepared by the members themselves. The luncheon will be held at the Veterans Hall on Mt. Lehman Rd. and will start at twelve o'clock. Tickets are a dollar and a half each and are available from any 4-H member or by phone to Cheryl Thompson at 853-2820. There will be a draw for prizes as well as games. I hope you can attend as this is a major project for the 4-H members to raise funds for various activities, Sec you there. 2x6x10' no. 3 FIR 120 00 MBd 2x6x8' no. 3 HEM 95 00 2x6 RANDOM ECONOMY CEDAR 85 oo MBd 1x12 RANDOM ECONOMY ROUGH CEDAR 69°° Sling lots^# # MBd 1x4, 6, 8 ECONOMY DRESSED 1 SIDE CEDAR AO00 Sling lots%J M MBd 1x8 ECONOMY SHIPLAP 69 00 MBd OLD ENGLISH BRICK 6 sq. ft. carton :95 Z0N0LITE INSULATION 3 cu. ft. hag 139 INTERIOR no. 2 PREHUNGS with profinished jnmb &, casing 16 95 plus tax PLASTIC LAMINATE 4x8 SHEETS 9 COLORS 95 each 13' PLASTIC LAMINATE 2x4 CUTTINGS Numerous colors fit patterns 129 LET US QUOTE YOU ON YOUR PREHUNG DOOR REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPRING GARDENING HEEDS COME TO HIGHLAND NURSERY ui our stock or • Japanese Flowering Cherries • Cedars • Alberta Spruce • Maples • Rhododendrons • Azaleas • White Birch • Junipers ...AND A LOT MORE!! SPECIAL! Spreading Juniper i I gal. ilza I yellow. grey, gram and yi " 95 10 for •If* BUY DIRECT FROM THE GROWER & SAVE! HIGHLAND NURSERY 29858 Fraiar Highway • '/> mil* watt of Ml. Lahman Road Closing soon... YELLOW PAGE LISTINGS Central Fraser Valley Directory THE YELLOW PAGES SECTION of your new telephone directory is about to close. Now's the time to check your listings. Please let us know right away if you need any changes made in YOUR LISTINGS! Would you like to be listed under other headings? (So that customers can find your business more easily) Do you wish to list other firms you represent? (So that everyone knows exactly what businesses you're in) Have you checked your present listings for changes? (Names, positions and addresses can change in a year) EXTRA LISTINGS COST SO LITTLE — MEAN SO MUCH. CALL OUR BUSINESS OFFICE ABOUT YOURS TODAY! &GTEI® - • - •-*-- *- .. . .... -.-■-. . ■■ ■. ■ ■,■-■-■, .^._;_*_^^^_^^^, -yyMja-*iiitfiilltiMikidiBMHM*£[ay 10 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 AjfflOjjB FOR fVjWOMl Treenware-products for the old-time kitchen B)chris potter Lynn Davis cooks the three course oven dinner You won't find the word in Webster's, or the Concise Oxford dictionaries but believe roe it exists and "treenware" is the auctioncse for wooden kitchen ware. In fact the word conies from England and is used here among dealers and collectors. Relic rolling pins, butter pats, spoons and stirrers, bowls and bastcrs all come under this category and so, often, do items not necessarily made from wood such as peelers, shredders, choppers, and so on. One obvious advantage of collecting old kitchen stuff is its availability and its low price. Probably because of its questionable aethctic value kitchc pieces have not always enjoyed the label of "collectible". However, the situation has now changed. And just as in other areas of collecto- mania, the buyer should exercise discrimination. (I tend to question the value of ten or twenty-year old bread boards which can bc seen to fetch about $10 each at auction, although some of the older decorated boards can be interesting pieces.) Perhaps in Canada wc have an advantage in that pioneers who could not afford to buy china and pottery pieces made many articles from the abundant woods in their backyards. Thus our own variety of treenware is more extensive than that found in England. Cedar was a wood often used to make washtubs, pails and buckets because of its ability to withstand water. Burls from maple trees lent themselves well to bowls as the grain ran in all directions and prevented splitting. Burl bowls are hard to find, and worth hanging on to if you own one. Shallow roots Nearly all members of the rhododendron and azaleas families are very shallow rooted. Roots feed just below the soil surface and this is the reason why great care has to be taken if any hoeing is done. These plants benefit more from mulching than most others. A leaf mulch is ideal, especially if made from oak leaves. Peculiar to Canada and obviously more available in the east than the west arc sugar molds. These were carved in Quebec by maple sugar farmers, and designs included geometric patterns as well as thematic ones. There's no typical style, although the basic design consisted of a bottom and four sides made to shape blocks of one. two, three or more pounds of sugar. Butter molds were made in, most places and designs are often quiet beautiful. They range from the small round 'pats' used in home kitchens to the larger circular or rectangular ones for dairy use. Marzipan molds were used by European bakers for shaping sweetmeats. They usually were made in a strip with several designs allowing the batch of 12 or more sweets to be formed in one go. Old eating utensils were often made of wood, including plates and mugs as well as spoons and forks. Mortar and pestle sets are still fairly easy to find and the small ones for such things as spice and herb grinding arc more common than the large ones. Not necessarily of wood but interest to the trcen collector are the many gadgets from Victoria's reign which produced a large number of inventions and inventors whicli never really got anywhere. Such as the honey or jam baited fly trap with a mesh dome, or the mousetrap with a wooden mallet to hit the rodent over the head on impact. A patent number on such things is usually marked, which makes aging and identification fairly simple. While on the subject of wood, the following arc also considered collectible antiquities - hand- carved wooden duck decoys and cabinetmakers tools such as the wooden molding planes of the last century. A good rule of thumb is this: if it's old, made of wood or metal, and in reasonable condition it likely has some collectible value today. Next week I'll bc reviewing some books on antiques currently available through the bookstores. Readers' queries will be answered provided they are accompanied by a stamped, self addressed envelope. Mail questions to Chris Potter, c/o The Star. As fuel prices increase and time to cook decreases, you need not give up home cooked food. Here is a meal with variety in taste, texture, and colour which is also economical of ingredients and method. The three hot dishes may bc put together early and refrigerated until 30 minutes before dinner time. The coleslaw is a colourful, nutritious change in temperature which should be made in advance. The ingredients arc economical because most are domestically grown and seasonally available. Our ancestors relied upon these foods, and Canada still produces excellent pork, barley, cabbage, and apples, so enjoy the fruits of your countrymen's labours. Tangy Tomato Broth 1 - 48 oz tin tomato juice 2 beef bouillon cubes I tbsp lemon juice I tsp dried basil 4 whole cloves I bay leaf Combine all ingredients in large container, cover, and refrigerate. At serving time pour into pan and heat slowly to develop flavours. Stir in soup and pour into serving bowls. Makes 6 servings. Barley Pork Chops I cup pearl barley I tsp salt 2'/< cups water or stock 6 pork chops paprika Pour barley into large baking pan and stir in salt and water. Carefully tri.n outside fat from chops and arrange chops on barley. Sprinkle chops generously with paprika to encourage browning. Place pan in oven and set oven at 375 degrees F. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, or until all liquid is absorbed by barley. Makes 6 servings, lf your taste and budget permit, add a tin of mushrooms and some chopped green pepper to the barley just before removing pan from oven. For advance preparation, do not add water until just before putting pan in oven. Evcrcrlsp Coleslaw I medium head green cabbage I large white onion I large carrot I tbsp sugar I tsp prepared mustard Vi tsp dry mustard 1 cup vinegar I'/. tsp salt I tsp celery seeds y. cup oil Thinly shred the cabbage. Peel and thinly slice the onion. Wash the carrot and grate it, or use a vegetable peeler to make thin strips. In a large bowl alternate layers of cabbage, onion, and carrot. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Pour the mixture over the top of the cabbage layers. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight. To serve, toss slaw to n.ix and taste seasoning. This slaw is gently spicy and stays crisp and appetizing for several days. Apple Crunch . 4 or 5 medium apples '/< cup orange juice I tbsp lemon juice '/. cup sugar '/. cup flour '/. tsp ground cinnamon Vt tsp ground nutmeg '/, cup butter or margarine '/< cup nuts, finely chopped Grease 9" pic pan. Core, peel, and slice apples. Place apple slices in pan. Combine orange and lemon juice and pour over apples. Stir gently to insure all slices are coated. Cover pan tightly and refrigerate if preparing ahead of time. In medium bowl combine sugar, flour, and spices. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in chopped nuts, cover bowl and refrigerate. At baking time remove covers, spoon flour mixture over apples. Place pan in oven and bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes, or until the topping is crisply golden. Remove from oven and serve warm with cream or ice cream. Makes 4 - 6 servings. Another time add '/. cup grated sharp cheddar cheese in place of nuts. TRANSPLANTING Transplanting anything is better done in the cool of late afternoon or early evening. If, for any reason, transplanting has to be done in warm sunlight, protect the plant from direct sunlight by using shingles or pieces of cardboard stuck in the ground. TRACE ELEMENTS One of the easiest methods of applying many of the trace elements necessary for plant life is by using a liquid seaweed fertilizer. Go strictly by the instructions. DESIGN TODAY The language of design By ELIZABETH HAWKINS Put cattle on grass! Now you may not know what a bergcre is if you fell over one -but five little words, commonly used but frequently misunderstood, hold the secret of a really successful room. Do you know what they mean? UNITY - simply...togetherness, in a nice, friendly, compatible way. The arrangement is good, nothing appears to be lost or left out. There is a sense of order and purpose. (And frustration! Unity is probably the toughest of all to achieve in a room.) SCALE - size. A small woman sitting in a massive chair - an enormous buffet in a tiny dining room - arc problems of scale. Since space is getting smaller, this is why you should avoid any piece of furniture that even looks big! PROPORTION • frequently confused with scale, proportion refers to the relationship of parts - the back of a sofa may bc too high for the rest of it, a chair seat may bc too low for the arms. A tape measure 'round our middle after a holiday binge is, ah, also a matter of proportion! LINE...is direction. And "unity" can be more easily achieved with most lines repeating the same direction. A high ceiling room with formal furniture may bc vertical, a bedroom with a long and low bed and dressers may be horizontal. (The reason why tamps should be the same height and pictures never staggered!) BALANCE...easy to understand, difficult to achieve - in very subtle ways. Even though we don't stack all the furniture at one end of the room, those "empty" spaces we sometimes create don't need knick knacks or potted plants. By being left "empty" they are in fact balancing the occupied space taken by furniture, people*..and strong elements of design, color or texture. So your living room may not look any better, but at least it's nice to understand its problem. Now, anybody out there know anything about points and plugs? New in Surrey... ...a branch office of EDELWEISS CREDIT UNION For 34 years, the financial institution for people of German language descent living In British Columbia. will open April 5 in the KING GEORGE CENTRE [10012 King George Highway - at Old Yale Road] EDELWEISS CREDIT UNION Head Office: 4837 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, Phone 879-6896 Vancouver Branch Office: 5963 Fraser Street, Phone 324-7491 BUSINE88 HOURS Tuesday lo Thursday Friday Saturday Wednesday evening CLOSED MONDAYS 10 a.m. lo 5 p.m. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 9 a.m. lo 12 noon 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ABBOTSFORD — Market was active and stronger at McClary Stockyard last week on all classes of cattle on a slightly reduced receipts of 550 head. The following prices were noted on slaughter cattle: Good to choice veal (290 - 400 lbs. 32% of veal) 55.00*68.00, medium to good veal (250 - 470 lbs. 28% of veal) 50.00*52.75. plain veal (200*550 lbs. 28% of veal) 40.00- 47.00. processing veal (280-520 lbs. 12% of veal) 32.00*37.25, light medium butcher steers C.30-980 lbs.) 33.00-39.00, light butcher heifers (660-810 lbs.) 31.50*37.25. good heavy Holstein steers (1050*1250 lbs.) 31.80- 35.90, medium heavy Holstein steers (1080*1270 lbs.) 26.80* 27.90, good fat Holstein heifers (1140-1300 lbs.) 27.00-27.90, good Holstein & Hereford cows (24% of cows) 26.00*28.00, medium to good cows (21% of cows) 25.00*25.90, good cutter cows (24% of cows) 24.00*24.90. canner cows (13% of cows) 23.00- 23.90. shelly canners cows (10% of cows) 20.00-21.60, cows of doubtful health (8% of cows) 14.90-19.10, good breeding bulls (1030*1060 lbs.) 30.00-32.25, light slaughter bulls (1060-1200 lbs.) 26.20-30.60. thin bulls (780-1500 lbs.) 20.75-24.90. Feeder cattle sold as follows: good light feeder steers (720-780 lbs. 72% of steers) 39.00-39.80, medium heavier steers (800*1000 lbs. 21% of steers) 35.60-36.90, plain steers (870-1060 lbs. 7% of steers) 34.25-35.25, Holstein feeder steers (780-980 lbs.) 24.25- 25.50, good Hereford feeder heifers (510*660 lbs. 69% of heifers) 34.00-37.25, dairy crossed heifers (520-710 lbs. 31% of heifers) 19.25-27.00, good stock steer calves (320-600 lbs.) 40.00* 42.00. medium stock steer calves (290-480 lbs.) 37.50-39.00. Angus bull calves (500*530 lbs.) 33.00* 35.00. good stock heifer calves (240*540 lbs.) 30.25-37.74. common Holstein bull calves (340-520 lbs.) 24.00-29.25. Replacement cattle were priced as follows: Open Holstein heifers by the hd. 137.00-175.00, small springing beef type heifers 145.00-182.50, good week old calves bv the hd. (4b% of calves) 20.00*42.00, medium week old calves by the hd (41% of calves) 10.00-19.00, small week old calves by the hd. (13% of calves) 2.00-8.00. There seems to be a very good demand for steer calves weighing 450 to 550 lbs. to go on grass. McClary have sold quite a number of stock steer calves and feeder steers and the demand is good. Feeder steers now are very much in demand as feed lots are empty. The rapid increase in the price of cattle has encouragd farmers to put cattle on grass especially this spring when the price of local hay is so low. Next week a load of those good feeder steers from Australian ranches are expected. FRfffZIA MEATS ITD. 6234 -264 St. Aldergrove (Oiw mlUnorth of fh« Vancouver Com* Form) PHONE; 856-2116 or 530-6113 WHY PAY MORE? All Meat Guaranteed Tender TOP QUA1ITY GRAIN FED SIDES OF STEER BEEF .. Cut, wrapped ondfroion ID* TOP QUALITY, GRAIN FiD SIDES OF HEIFER BEEF .. Cut, wrappod and froion ID • GOOD QUALITY, GRAIN FED SIDES OF BEEF .. Cut, wrappod andfroxan ID* GOOD QUAUTY. GRASS FED SIDES OF BEEF .. Cut, wrappod and frozen ID* GRAIN KD SIDES OF PORK .. 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Dancer above wishes to remain anonymous, been putting on courses in is a student of the classes and Merilyn Anderson Photo BCyFNEND f A Valley Musical Theatre Guild Production BOX OFFICE OPENS APRIL 1st! 2525 McCallum Road, Abbotsford PHONE 859-2079 TOWNS ■crrrfT3RfiF UHTSNIBD CINEM CINEMA BLUE ■ CINEMA RED Mar. 31 ■ Apr. 2 ™s"rtV 7&9 PM [Mar^Ajir^J^^7&9PM Aces High MATURE Apr. 4, 5,6 Kbn.-wed. 7&9PM Carry on England MATURE Warning: occasional nudity and suggestive dialogue. FULLY AIR CONDITIONED Of cinnabar, mercury and colors galore Twenty candystripersj By TOOTS TUCKER ALDERGROVE — The regular monthly meeting of the Fraser Valley Rock & Gem club, held on March 18 at the OAP hall, turned out to be a thoroughly interesting and educational evening for the many rockhounds attending. Holden Lindstrom gave an impressive talk regarding his earlier mining experiences in northern B.C., of cinnabar finds. He said cinnabar is the principal ore of mercury (80 percent), and sulphur, and is generally found in massive, granular, or earthy form, of bright red color, but it occasionally occurs in crystals with a metallic adamantine lustre. Mercury, a metallic element, is the only common metal that is liquid at ordinary temperature, and in the late thirties, he mined it working with hand drills. Cinnabar with mercury is found in many places in B.C. - near Kamloops. Bridge River, and the largest deposit is located by Fort St. James. Some of the local members who just returned from an eight week holiday in Arizona, brough various rocks for viewing to our Merryficld table. Olive Ferguson presented pieces of purple agate, magncsite, and red agate from Utah; Alex Rose displayed rainbow onyx, mexican coconuts, (with crystals), amethyst lace, picture rock, fire agate, and ironwood. Norm Young's collection consisted of jaspers, dendritic materials, and pastalite from Arizona. Included also on the exhibit table were Louis Mill's finds of agate from Monti Creek, and garnets from Ruby Creek, and lastly. Elsie Young's interesting displays of scapods, ornamental melons, and a real (dead) tarantula preserved in a jar of alcohol. The program, which consisted of three films, was a very interesting and educational one. The first, entitled, "Glacier Water and Melting Ice", showed studies of slow moving film of ice melting, and in it's constant movements, the changes it brings about to the glacier's surface in three to five years. Glaciers occupy a total of 5,800,000 square miles, of ten percent of the earth's land surface, and of the present, 96 percent is concentrated in Antartica and Greenland. The exact volume of glaciers is not known, but conservative estimates suggest that there is enough ice to incase the entire earth in a mantle between 100 and 200 feet thick. Variations in the existing amount of glacier ice are highly critical to man because appreciable changes, either increases or decreases, would affect the distribution of people and their economic relationships, for example, if all existing glacier ice were to melt, the resulting rise in sea level of about 200 feet would submerge every major coastal city in the world. Scenes of ice bending and being forced through a cylinder were also very impressive. The film "How solid is Rock?" produced by Charles L. Finance was also very impressive and answered questions such as, "can solid rock bend and flow?" Evidence exists in marble, for example, of the bending and flowing patterns therein and tests of placing slabs of rock under an hydraulic press proved that rock is elastic, and will, indeed, bend, before it breaks. When high temperatures and pressure is applied, rock can be bent permanently, and rock on the earth's surface is just as hard as when 20 miles below. Earthquakes will also effect the behavior of rock in ANNOUNCING -,.-., The Jones Boy's SPRING and SUMMER| FASHION SHOW Monday, April 4, at 8:00 p.m. In The ALDERGROVi UNITED CHURCH HALL the rapid or slow movement - some areas compared in several years of study, have proven to literally change in the slow continuing pattern of the earth's movements. Expressions of sympathy are conveyed to Elizabeth Janzen, in the great loss of our good friend, and past member, Jacob Janzen of Clearbrook. We will sorely miss and remember him for years to come. Jim Greenwood, workshop chairman, has generously volunteered as an instructor for lapidary lessons to some of the grade 12 students of Aldergrove secondary school, the sessions with adult education in lapidary lessons are soon completed and we look forward to the next session to be presented this fall. Displays of the rock identification cases may still be seen at the Langley Centennial Museum. Mavis Street, in Fort Langley, until the end of this month. This display will then be replaced by another rock and mineral exhibit, and interested persons are especially invited. Refreshments were prepared and served by Elsie Young, Peggy and Ted Morrow, Jean Rivers, and Mrs. Hanson. Our next meeting date is scheduled for April 8 (Good Friday), at 8:00 p.m. at the O.A.P. hall in Aldergrove. Guests and visitors are always extremely welcome to attend. ALDERHAVEN ByEMILIEMOHR A fun nigh celebrating my birthday on March 23. Friends, neighbours and the residents of Alderhaven were entertained by the Aldergrove Orchestra, Casey from Plaza Bakery, Mrs. Borgel, choir leader of the U. Church choir with the junior trio. Mr. Jeffrey our hymn leader. We had singing and dancing and refreshments. 1 want to thank you all for making my day a happy one. Susan Kondylis from B.C.H. was my guest. I hope everybody enjoyed the party, I sure did. Thank you all for the lovely cards and presents. A Mock south of Fraser Hwyl REFRESHMENTS DOOR PRIZES For further information Ph.856-79101 Wc hope you can make it' The Jones R(?y Boutique RESTRICTED Warning: many gory and frightening scenes. WINNERS! Congratulations to Valerie Miller - San Francisco Ronnie Knutson - Los Angeles Rodney Taylor - Reno Frank Bernesey - Victoria CFVR/850 LANGLEY RECREATION COMAUSfON 4914 • 221st St., langley Phone 534-3211 Tennis Lessons The Langley Recreation Commission and the Langley Tennis Club offer joint lessons, Pre-register now in person Monday thru Friday, 9-4:30, at the Municipal Hall or mail a cheque and information to Langley Recreation Cotmiission. Limited enrollment Qualified instructors make learning easy! 1st Series: April 4-23 2nd Series: May 2-21 3rd Series: May 30-June 18 4th Series: June 27-July 16 5th Se(ries: July-August 13 (C) Children 9 yrs. & up: $6.00 (T) Teens: $6.00 (A) Adults: $10.00 •6 ONE HOUR LESSONS •7 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU Aldergrove Park Fort Langley Jr. Sec. Brookswood Jr. Sec. Douglas Park Poppy Jr. Sec. H, D. Stafford Belmont Elementary Pre-Registration Form Call 534-3211 for times at locations. Name Address. awarded LANGLEY — Twenty young girls last week received awards for their volunteer service to Langley Memorial hospital in the candy striper program. On Monday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. the conference room of LMH was again filled to capacity for the quarterly meeting and awards AIR SHOW Amin not invited A report that Idi Amin has been invited to the Abbotsford International Air Show was called "totally erroneous" Sunday by the show president. "We send invitations at least a year in advance and he's never been considered," Al Corbett said. "It's a shocker to me." Vancouver Sun columnist Jack Wasserman reputed Saturday a "semi-serious invitation to Uganda's president for life" had been amde by CHQM announcer Bill Phillips. Wasserman said that Phillips had already launched his campaign to invite Amin by sending an "informal" cable. In an interview, Corbett said Phillips had no connections with the air show organization, much less its sanction. "I don't know what would possess that man to make that statement," Corbett said. Ron Thornber, the show's secretary-manager, said an invitation to Amin has never been considered and would not be in the future. "He's just not the kind of person we would seek," Thornber said. presentation. Parents, famililes' and hospital auxiliary members were in attendance to share this candle-light event. •* Lenore Pratt brought greetings from the board of trustees and congratulated the girls for their friendly service to the patients in ' the hospital and Cedar Hill', centre. Volunteer coordinator, Evelyn ' Daly reported during the business session that the total number of; volunteers hours contributed by '( the candy stripers in 1976 was' 5,035 — 878 more hours than in ' 1975. During 1976 there were 58 ' new girls, 46 terminations and a'' total of 66 currently on the roster. The total number of awards [ presented during 1976 was 82;, the breakdown revealing 40 caps ' (for 50 hours), 22-100 hour pins,; 10 - 150 hour bars, 8 • 200 hour bars, 1 - 250 hour bar and 1 • 300 ' hour bar. The candy striper program is sponsored by the' auxiliaries to LMH and the ladies' pay for all the awards. Agnes Aberdeen, Vi Bairner,' Evelyn Fransen, Joyce Mayne,' Alvcra Sundstrom and Ursula Ward presented the awards to the; girls as follows: CAPS (for 50' hours service) — Tracy Cameron, Laurie Dutton, Amber Gooden, Debbie Hayward, Terry Howard,' Debbie Isaak, Penny Packham,' Kim Sloan, Sandra Spring, and' Kim Thomas. Brenda Tenia was'. unable to attend. 100 hour pins — Kim Gervais, Debbie Hunter,/ Tracy van Diepcn, Terry Wien-' ecke and Mary Yusko. Jane Kitsul was unable to attend. 150/ hour bar — Sharon Gronlund. 200' hour bar — Brenda -McDonald.'. 250 hour bar — Cheryl Kimble.; Kathy Wootten was unable to; attend. Following the presentation of! awards the candystripcrs repeat-' ed their pledge. OAPO 71 Phormocare concern The monthly meeting of the Aldergrove O.A.P.O. #71 will be held in the Hall at 273rd and 30th Ave., on Friday, April 1st commencing at 1:30 p.m. With special reference to the changes in Pharmacare, this could be a very important meeting. As the _ m proposed legislation now stand special thank you to S.S.F. for the Gain Senior Citizens are to be birthday present and card. charged with a portion of the cost MAGIC! Play the new Hammond Family Fun Organ that you can afford now! n: j „t Mu-thTis now an authorized 244 note Keyboards - Music Lamp Rhythm - Hammond Music Course Earphones £'1 1 AK Free Organ Lessons -^ ■ I *9 Come in to see this Beautiful Organ and ask for a fRII MAGIC BILUFOLD. Sound of Musk 20251 Fraser Hwy., Langley 534-9296 and also the senior citizen has to pay the full prescription cost and obtain a refund from Victoria. So. come to the meeting and instruct, the Directors to get some protest off to Victoria and do not forget to"• send some yourselves. The tournaments at Branch 71 generated some stiff competition, with the following results: ■ Carpet Bowling winners: Mr. Maes and Fred Benjamin. Run- ncrs-up Frank Corbett and( George Campbell. , Shuffleboard Winners: E. Cor-I bctt and H. Lundcberg. Runners-* up: Dolly Cross and Karl Chris-, tensen. \ The Hard Times Dance turned ■ out to be an outstanding success.. The enthusiastic dancers and an; equally enthusiastic seven piece* orchestra nearly rocked the Hall! off its foundations. J The winners of the spot dance • were Mr. & Mrs. Brown. The best', costumes were Mrs. H. Lunde-; berg and Mr. A. Cross. A big thank you to the ladies for. their lovely lunch and a very big; thank you to the orchestra who * turned the proceeds of a silver' collection back to the funds of the' O.A.P.O. #71. The Birthday table. was decorated and held a large'. birthday cake in honor of a ■ member of the orchestra Mr.! Dave Payee who attained his 79th ; birthday. > We were also honored with! visitors from Whitehorse. Mrs. | Crawford, Diana & Cindy. • Phone (home) Series: 1_2_3L Loca t ion: (work). „4_5 Beg. Int._Adv_Cost:_ Time:. (C)_(T) (A)_ Langley Arts Council presents. The Barkerville ^m^mw «( Puppets < £fgf ^^ g> i- ?^\# Dowie W\ Saturday, V April 2 at 2 PM DOUGLAS HALL Admission: $1.00 each CLOVA THEATRE 5732 Pacific Hwy., Cloverdale .' "Fun with Dick & Jane. General; entertainment. Showing from * March 31st to April 7th, 2 shows! 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. SURREY DRIVE-IN Showing March 31st to April 7th.; "Fun with Dick and Jane." • General entertainment. 2 shows! at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. HILLCREST DRIVE-IN 18694 Fraser Hwy., Surrey Showing March 31st to April 7th. • "Airport '77". Rated Mature. 21 shows starting at 7:30 p.m. and ■ 9:30 p.m. TOWNE CINEMA 1518 McOdlun., Abbotsford '. Showing March 31st to April 2nd. ■ "Aces High". Mature rating. 2 ■ shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. * TOWNE CINEMA 1518 McGdlom, Abbotsford . CINEMA 1 CINEMA 2 Showing March 31st to April 6th.! "Sentinel". Restricted rating. 2', shows starting at 7 p.m. and 9 * p.m. SURREY DRIVE-IN 8197 King George Hwy., Surrey MtHMMMMM 12 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 ASR ABOUT IHE FOREST New children's hospital variety project Earn a living growing frees? How much land would you need to cam a living growing trees? This question came from a Salmon Arm reader, Mr. Walter Black. It is a difficult one to answer specifically, because many variables arc involved. However, by looking at a number of known averages and by doing some simple arithmetic, it is possible to arrive at a fairly reliable ball park figure. For purposes of our calculations, let us first decide you need $15,000 a year to live. Let us also assume you could net SIS. for each cunit (100 cu. ft.) of wood you cut. (Figure could vary up or down with changing conditions.) This means that to earn the desired income, you would require a yield of 1,000 cunits (100.000 cu. ft.) or wood a year from your land. (1,000 x S15). You would next need to know the average number of cunits you could cut from each acre of forest. Here wc have government guidelines to help us because the amount of wood that can be harvested on our productive timherland is determined by the Forest Act and regulated by a formula known as the "Allowable Annual Cut". (This is explained in an earlier article — write for reprint, if you are interested.) Very briefly, the purpose of the government legislation is to make sure that as and when trees mature for harvesting, there will always be a fresh supply coming up to replace them. By the "Allowable Annual Cut" calculation, the volume of wood cut will never be more than the amount of new growth, making allowance tor insect losses, fire and other damage. In practise, foresters use "yield tables" that have been drawn up from studies of growth, species and rotation age in different areas. ("Rotation age" is the age at which tree growth begins to slacken and the forest stand is said to bc "mature".) Around Salmon Arm. many stands have a "rotation age" of 100 years. It would therefore be reasonable to base our calculations on a 100-year rotation age. in which case wc find that yield tables show an average acre would yield a volume of 34 cubic feet per year. Dividing 34 into 100,000, we discover that in your area, you would need 2,941 acres to get a continuous harvest that would earn you $15,000 per year. One could no doubt agree with the assumptions made in the above rather simplistic calculation, but 1 think it provides a reasonable guide. Arc there people who are making a living In this way? I am not aware of any individual who is making a living in the way you conceive above. The closest example we have in the Kamloops Forest District is the Farm Woodlot Tenure. This is mainly designed to provide bona fide farmers with work and income that will supplement their farming operations. Unfortunately, in practise it has been less than successful for a number of reasons, one of which is the restriction piaccd by the Forest Act on the size of woodlot — i.e. 640 acres or an area capable of producing 100 cunits per year annual harvest, whichever is the lesser. Send your questions about the forest and forestry to Ask About the Forest, c/o Canadian Forestry Association of B.C., #410 - 1200 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 2S9. A professional forester will reply and a book prize will bc sent to each person submitting a question that is published. This column is a joint project of the Canadian Forestry Association and the Association of B.C. Professional Foresters. As of the printing of this newspaper more than $675,000 has been received and invested in sound short-term holdings that will make the dollars grow while they are held in trust for use in Variety Club projects, the major one being the new Children's Hospital. ' Just by way of comparison, the 1977 result is substantially higher than the $754,000 pledged during the 1976 Telethon and above last year's receipts of $766,167. In the ten previous telethons staged by BCTV and Tent 47, receipts have totalled more than $2.9 million. Most of the 1977 receipts are to go toward the Tent's $5.5 million commitment to the new health centre for children of all B.C. — for that is what the new Children's Hospital will be. The new 200 bed hospital, complete with diagnostic and ambulatory treatment facilities, is expected to cost the total of $30 million. Health Minister Bob McClelland has said construction is expected to start this spring. Completion is scheduled by 1980. Currently, work is going ahead on the site moving existing water and sewer lines. ' There is no doubt that the people throughout B.C. are anxious to see the new Children's Hospital in place and operating. Tent 47 expresses its thanks once again to all who helped so much to make the show a success. Thanks to all the entertainers who worked so hard. Among them Bob McCrath of Sesame Street, Canada's own Blake Emmons and Bobby Curtola, Rita Moreno, Rolf Harris, Kay Turner, Gloria Kaye, Barry Morse, Leon Bibb, Jim Perry, Big Miller, and Dame Vera Lynn, (she was certainly excited by it all). Variety Club Women President Carole Fader reports that VCW has signed up 18 new members since the Telethon. A Bingo night, at St. Mary's Auditorium, 5251 Joyce and Boundary, Vancouver on April 14th is planned. Variety Club Women have been guaranteed $2,000 for the evening — mote if the "take" is larger. So come out and have fun. Everybody is welcome. More Sunshine Coaches are now on the road. Coaches #34 and #36 are out and #35 is ready to go when the recipient is identified. #34 went to Children's Hospital and it was contributed by Ernie's Kentucky Fried Chicken people in B.C. #36 has been donated to Tent 47 by the Elk's Club of B.C. which raised $15,000 between 1976 and 1977 telethons, bought the bus for $12,000 and donated the balance to the telethon fund. Thanks to everyone. From the bottom of our heart's a very big and warm THANK YOU for all the work, hours, donations and effort that you the people of B.C. have put into this effort. It shows you care. vr*v^**._ i$* «*'i^*!23Pf*'^*jL • U\HBN! TWO HUUPRED 1EAR5 •ago homemakers m EUUOPE OFTEN USEO RU0S IMPORTED FEOM THE ORIENT »« -IABUECUJTHS.But RAKELV AS FU»K COVEKIUGS.' Aldergrove Sports Center have enlarged their store taking in the former Jells Realty premises. They now have a large selection in bikes on display, everything in fishing tackle including fishing licence. A large area also displays Tennis rackets and baseball equipment. In short everything for the coming ball season, fishing and camping season. Drop in and tee them, they are right on the corner ol Fraser Highway and 271st Street. DOCGf 1-2T0N VAN LANGLEY CHRYSLER ITt (J. L. No. lUSUH (SOW-* CARPETS APP A PCCOPATIVE PtAIEtOAPKOM ..AMpTHEV'BE EA9WC THAN EtfER TO CufiAN WITH 5PRAVNVAC, a ppopuct ™at combines 0mampooin& ahp vacuuming. JU&T $pf?AV ON THE K*M,HVAIT ABOUT AM HOUR WHILE IT LIFTS GKEASV SOIL TO THE CARPET ■S>UKFACEy AWPTMEM VACUUM THE PCIEP FOAM AtiP$OH AWAY! FLOWERS 5343633 Langliy Flower Shop| Ladies' Winter Hats 25* Ladies' Winter Boots 25« Skirts 25* Children's Shoes 05* Senior Citizen's Thrift & Gift Shop 27100 Fraser Hwy.. Aldergrove Phone 856-5292 ANNOUNCEMENT II WAYNE D. CARPENTER Mr. N. A. Bastien, president, Surrey Credit Union, wishes to announce the appointment of Mr. Wayne D. Carpenter to the position of general manager. He succeeds Mr. C. B. Welch who has retired. Mr. Carpenter has extensive experience in the financial field in a wide variety of positions. He has been with Surrey Credit Union for five years and most recently served as assistant general manager. With assets in excess of SI20 million. Surrey Credit Union is the province's second largest Credit Union. SURREY] CREDIT UNION The edible (airy mushroom, usually found growing In circles or area In grassy areas such as lawns and pastures, Is a favorite among mushroom esthusiasts. Agriculture Canada's Blosyste- matlcs Research Institute in Ottawa offers a mushroom Identification service for the public. Mushroom identification The only safe way to eat wild mushrooms is to know a few common species well and leave the rest alone, say Agriculture Canada fungus specialists. The department's Biosystcma- tics Research Institute in Ottawa provides a mushroom identification service for the public and for the Poison Control Centre of Eastern Ontario. Last year, the service identified more than 400 specimens. Among these were a number of poisonous What COlltd have been a species, proving it's wise to have tragic house fire last Sunday, unfamiliar mushrooms identified turned out to be just a fast way before eating them. to demolish an old house Instead of tearing It apart nail by nail. Merllyn Anderson Photo GET ACQUAINTED with PALMER'S MORE THAN JUST A Fame .... Ideal for Family Room, Living Room. Den. 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NllMI Scill 27119 Fraser Hwy., Aldergrove Phone 856-5855 m DRIEDIGER'S A-1 Freezer Beef A.1 Beef Sides 89*ib. 3088-272nd St., Aldergrove |For Personofized Service Phone John of 850-7616. The Aldergrove Star Sports ■ Classifieds WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30,1977 OUR TWENTIETH YEAR 13 COMPLETE SELECTION OF LACROSSE AMD SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT cAUerqrov Sperta Centre 856-6516 27130 Fraser Hwy^ A record triple for Zeros) Zeros capt. Alan Alderson div. 6 being presented wllh the Aid Fraser Valley Play-off Trophy 0. at Newton Park. . Zeros 1, S.U. Flushers John Small Photo By BOB WHITEHOUSE AND JOHN POTTER Last Saturday. March 26. saw the Aldergrove Zeros complete a record-setting triple by defeating the Bel-Air Rattlers 4 - 2 at Miller Park in Coquitlam to win the Lower Fraser Valley Westminster District Challenge trophy, Div. 6 (II yrs.) This trophy complements the 6B division league championship trophy, and the Lower Fraser Valley Cup play-off championship trophy, which the Zeros won last week. This is the first time in Aldergrove soccer history that any one team has won all three trophies in one year. The game was played in atrocious weather and was switched to Miller at the last moment as the original park, Munday. was waterlogged, which resulted in a delay of 1 'A hours, spent mostly in the pouring rain and blustering winds. However, despite being soaked through and cold, the local lads played possibly their finest game in this, their most successful season so far. Attacking from the very start the Zeros pressed hard but could not score, when a sudden turn of events saw the Rattlers take the lead because of a mix-up in the defence.' But the Zeros did not give up at all and before long equalized with a goal by Jim Shaw, thanks to a beautiful pass from the defence. Moments later Mike Brady put the Zeros ahead 2 -1 with a quick shot from the right wing with goal keeper being screened by big Jim Shaw. h.T. - 2 -1 Zeros. In the second half the majority of the play was in the Bel-Air half of the field, but the Zeros could not finish some excellent chances. Then fate stepped in, in the shape of the referee who. true to most of the game, made what could have been a disastrous call against Aldergrove, by awarding a very dubious penalty kick to Bel-Air. None of the spectators could see any possible reason for the call, but then again no-one could understand half of his decisions anyway. Bel-Air connected the penalty kick, tying up the score 2-2 sending the game into overtime. The Aldergrove boys were determined to win despite the referee and attacked hard in the first overtime half and were rewarded with the go-ahead goal from Mike Brady, his second of the game. Moments later, Brady took the ball down the right wing and put a perfect cross to the feet of centre forward Jim Shaw who first-timed it to notch his second goal. The final whistle went with the score 4-2 for Aldergrove with a lot of chances missed in the final period of overtime. Although the entire squad played a fantastic game, coaches John Potter and Bob Whitehouse feel that special praise should go to the half-back line of Mark Uprichard, Bobby Smith and David (cool-hand Cronk) Cron- kitc. who controlled the game masterfully, and were the backbone of this great victory. Also wingers Brady, Casey Jansen and Jeff de Vries were outstanding in feeding the ball into the centre. Alan Alderson played his usual flappablc captains' role at inside foward connecting well with his half-backs and Ian McDonald at the other inside forward position. also with Jim Shaw at centre- forward. Goalie Brian Smail played with confidence after his early mix up with his defence, Nelson Vallance and Dwight Dancy, who both played steady games. A pre-game' accident and a warm up accident occured to the other two players Andrew Hanson and Mike Zackon. preventing them from playing although Andrew made a brief appearance at full-back until his sore ankle forced him to retire. Missing was Robbie Limpright who is holidaying in California. Coaches Potter and White- house extend their congratulations to the entire squad and would like to say how proud they arc of each and every one of them. As John Potter says "It took a lot of hard and dedicated work, on the part of the boys and the coaching staff, but this makes it worth every drop of sweat that we all exuded." Bob Whitehouse adds "We would also like to xpress our appreciation to Ihe parents who turned out week after week to support us, especially team mother Susan Zackon, Mr. and Mrs. Dc Vries, who supplied the oranges every week, and Bill Uprichard who supplied some welcome transportation." A special word of thanks goes to Casey Jansen for his work on the telephone all season long, and his happy disposition at practices. Thanks Giggling Gert! Next season the boys will be in SA division so lets hope for as good a season as this one has been. Well done Zeros! You've done Aldergrove proud! Final Stats (by Statistician Mickev Alderson). Students slaughter teachers Referee Fred Boyd avoids Katie Thompson's bank clear ing oil Ihe boards as Mrs. Palmer and Mr. Saumler give chase. The students won this game 12 - 8. Limit 6 each customer Example: SUPER TACKS Size 9 Reg. 129" 6500 SUPER BLADES by Cooper Limit 5 to each customer 69* GIANT EXPANSION SALE! FREE SUN VISOR with each tennis racquet. WE SELL FISHING LICENCES. with all new bikes. 2 FREE NHL HOCKEY TICKETS to the first person presenting this coupon when buying a new bike — game between Vancouver and Denver, Friday, April 1st. ft i ^9&.a*^M*.L% ■NHMK1 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 Brahma Ringettes place second in tournament Aldergrove was represented in the Belle division in ringette by sports centre, this team finished second in the B.C's. The team from left to right, Cont. from page 13 W I. T For Ast. Pts. II I 2 31 8 24 Exhibition games 4 I 1 20 II Q Cup Plavpoffs 5 0 0 27 3 10 Total 2(1 2 .1 78 22 43 Top Scorers Regular season: Mike Brady 7, Alan Alderson 6, Ian McDonald d. Mark Uprichard 4. Casey Jansen 2. Exhibition play: Nelson Vallance d. Alan Alderson 4. Mark Uprichard 2, Ian McDonald 2, Mike Brady 2. Jeff de Vries 2. Cup play: Jim Shaw II. Ian McDonald 5. Mike Brady 3, Alan Alderson 2. Mark Uprichard 2. Nelson Vallance 2. David Cron- kite I. Jeff de Vries I. Most valuable player - Alan Alderson. Mosl improved player - Robbie Limpright. Suzie Hoeppner, Debbie Nikkei, assistant coach Helen Gergely, Sharon Tucker, Maureen Hall, Bridgot You are reminded... LANGLEY — The recreation commission would like to remind the residents of the district of their spring programs, commencing the week of April 4. The wide variety of programs are in the offing - swimming, arts and crafts, gym, socials - something for everyone from the wee tot lo Ihe adult. An extensive schedule of tennis lessons, which will run from April 4 thru to August 13 (five series) for beginners, intermediates, and advanced, is featured. It' you have not acquired a program brochure through school distribution, you may obtain one at Langley city and municipal halls, or your local library. For more information contact the Langley recreation commission at 534-3211. ext. 24. Saunders, Veronica Gergely, Dolly Wirson, Debbie Muench, Bev Goldstone, Debbie Johnston, Debbie Kerslake, Debbie Parkin, Jackie Brandscome. Marilyn Mayer, Betty Isinger, and coach Fred Boyd, are obscured in this photo. The team played well In the tournament and almost won it as the final game was almost pulled out. Tennis season is here! This past weekend, Aldergrove's Brahma Hay and Grain travelled to Langley for the final time this ringette season for the B.C. Ringette Tournament. Brahma played four games in all, winning two against Langley and losing two to Port Coquitlam. The stands were packed with cheering parents which helped the girls play some of the best games of the season. The first Tween game was played on Saturday at 9 a.m. against Langley Form Rentals. There was no score in this game until late in the first period when Brahma's Angela Moore, assisted by Kim Ross managed to send the ring into Langley's goal. For the rest of the game, both teams wnet an a scoring frenzy, as the ring literally flew from one end of the ice to the other. Brahma's goals were scored by: Kim Ross from Pat McDonald; Sherri Johnston from leasa Dahleseide; Pat McDonald from Patti Scott; Laura Young from Donna Johnston. Penalties were handed out thick and fast - at one point Brahma had three girls in the penalty box - but thanks to Lisa George (hang in there Sweet-pea) and one defence, Langley didn't score on this advantage. Final score in this game: Brahma 6 • Langley ? The second game at 11:15 a.m. saw Brahma meeting Port Coquitlam for the first time. Aldergrove LANGLEY — Spring has arrived and with it comes an awareness of how unfair we have been to ourselves during the winter months. When it conies to fitness, exercise, and conditioning, an excellent way to get yourself in shape for the summer is by plaving tennis. This spring the Langley Recreation Commission and the Langley Tennis Club'are offering joint lessons in the Langley area. There arc seven locations to serve you: Douglas Park. Aldergrove Park. Brookswood Jr. Secondary, Fort Langlev Jr. Sec, Poppy Jr. Secondary. H.D. Stafford, and Belmont elementary. . Instructional levels are geared for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Families are encouraged to learn together and scheduling of lessons is such to accomodate this. The first series begins April 4. Pre-registor in person Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. ■ 4:30 p.m. at the municipal hall or mail a cheque and information to the Langley recreation commission - GRAND OPENING! GROVE OEAHHtS Now under the new management of »»/ *'•■•! i hi. ^■rj!?!!*- '•*■ QUALITY DRY CLEANERS ALDERGROVE ABBOTSFORD 856-8777 27266 Fraser Hwy. Sanitone Certified Master Vryctraner Special Offers: •Two suits cleaned for the price of one. •Two dresses for the price of one. (This offer expires April 2,1977) •Every Monday — Two pants cleaned for the price Of One. (expires April 25,1977) We thank all our customers for their patronage during the renovation of our store. Please Call 856-87777 or 853-1391 For any cleaning assistance and 'Steamex' Rug Cleaning rental. 4914 ■ 221 St., Langley. Lesson schedules can be obtained at your local libraries, sports shops and Langley city and municipal halls. For more information about this and other spring programs being offered, contact the Langley recreation commission office at 534-3211, (ext. 24). Trophy presentations Ringette highlights The Aldergrove Ringette season has come to a close for another year. On March 19 the Ringctters had a wind-up dance in which most of the girls participated and had an enjoyable evening. The Association felt that each girl had worked so hard to make this year a success, they presented every girl with a T-shirt to show their appreciation, These T-shirts were specially made with the Aldergrove Ringette crest on the front of each red T-shirt. When you sec our red T-shirts coming down the street — "look out hockey: Here comes Ringette!" 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The winner of this game went on to play PoCo at 11:45 a.m. to determine the B.C. Tween Champions. Langley zoomed ahead 4 - 1 very quickly in the game, scoring their first goal just seconds into the first period. Brahma somehow managed to pick up and begin to play as a team again bringing the score to a 4 - 4 tie in the last few minutes of play. An overtime period was called. Nerves were to a breaking point as overtime play began. Both teams played desperately, but a super shot by Angela Moore put Brahma in the winner's circle. The Brahma goals were scored by Kim Ross (a very determined player!), Angela Moore. Joan Masztalar and Kim again. Final score was Brahma 5 - Langley 4. Game #4 was to see PoCo fresh on the ice against a tired Brahma team again. It was a frantic close game, however, with Brahma putting every ounce of energy into this game. Both goalies were in top form and saved a good many attempted shots fired at them. Aldergroves five goals were scored by Kim Ross (2 goals). Joan Masztalar (2 goals), and Pat (big Mac Attack) McDonald with a well-earned goal. The final score was PoCo 6, Brahma 5. The spectators were in an uproar all during this game, with cowbells, airhorns and cheers. At the end of the games, all of the 1st and 2nd placing teams were presented with individual player trophies. PoCo claimed the banners and huge championship trophies in both the Tween and Belle divisions, while Aldergrove was runner-up and Langlye teams placing third. A big thanks from the Tweens to Ccka Butt and Kathy Tucker, Jim and Willie Wright, Fred Boyd. Margaret George and Sandi Wright for all their encour- agment throughout the year. (Wc enjoyed the pop and cakes, too!) A special thanks also to Mr. "Doc" Mcunch for patching up the casuitics in the tournament games. Hang in there, Sweet-pea — we'll beat them all next year! Parents: Don't forget the Ringette meeting at St. Alban's Hall corner of Otter and Fraser Hwy. Wed., April 6 at 8 o'clock. Very important meeting ■ please plan to bc there.' Aldergrove second in Ringette tourney The B.C. Ringette tournament was held at Langley Civic Centre on Saturday and Sunday. When the smoke cleared, PoCo had won both divisions, Aldergrove second, in both, and Langley third. Lets look at the Belle division first, Aldergrove received the first round bye. so Langley and PoCo squared off, and Langley beat them 9 - 6. So Langley then played Aldergrove which turned out to be an exciting game, as Langley opened the scoring as Brenda Gabriel scored from Carol and Fern Gabriel at 14:12. Aldergrove evened it up at 9:55 as they scored while Shelly English was off for tripping, Debbie Parkin scored it from Betty Isinger and Bev Goldstone. Less Cont. page 15 two trophies for Sports-gal-ship. The final decision was very difficult to make but the final winners were: Petite Division - Susan Butcher; Belle Division • Kim Ross. Keep up the good work girls, it could be you winning this trophy next year. On Tuesday, April 12,1977 the Annual General Meeting of the Aldergrove Ringette Association will bc held at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Alban's Hall on the corner of 248th St. and Fraser Highway. This is an important meeting and hope al] the parents will participate in this final meeting. We are making decisions involving your girls, so please lets get your ideas. -eW. *< % \ Dianna Young and Patti Scott light for the ring with two Langley players as Alder grove finished 2nd in the tournament, Langley finished 3rd. LANGLEY RECREATION COMIHOSION 4914 • 221st St., langley Phone 534-3211 Tennis Lessons The Langley Recreation Commission and the Langley Tennis Club offer joint lessons, Pre-register now in person Monday thru Friday, 9-4:30, at the Municipal Hall or mail a cheque and information to Langley Recreation Commission. Limited enrollment Qualified instructors make learning easy! 1st Series: April 4-23 2nd Series: May 2-21 3rd Series: May 30-June 18 4th Series: June 27-July 16 5th Series: July-August 13 (C) Children 9 yrs. Et up: $6.00 (T) Teens: $6.00 (A) Adults: $10.00 •6 ONE HOUR LESSONS •7 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU Aldergrove Park Fort Langley Jr. Sec. Brookswood Jr. Sect Douglas Park Poppy Jr. Sec. H, D. Stafford Belmont Elementary Pre-Registration Form Call 534-3211 for times at locations. Nome__ Address. Phone (home) Series: 1_2_3_4_S. Loca t ion' (work)_ Beg. Int._'Adv Cost:. Time: (C)_(T) (A)_ LITTLE BRITCHES RODEO LANGLEY — The Langley Riders Society has announced that the dates have been set for their annual Little Britches Rodeo. The rodeo will take place on June 25 and 26, corresponding again with the Langley Days festivities. There will be many special attractions. Watch The Star for details. OAP BOWLING LADIES' HIGH*.SINGLE Helen Martin 248 Wanda Rinke .242 Margaret Roth 208 Emilv Elmore......... 207 Helen Vaydo 203 Helen Hoock 201 Helen Segeden 199 MEN'S HIGH SINGLE Bill Ferguson 348 Clarence Jeffrey 302 Dave Morrison 287- MacSkillbeck. 219 Chris Madsen 214 Art Nott 208 Albert Brandt 201 LADIES'S HIGH THREE Wanda Rinke 643 Helen Martin 637 Helen Hoock .541 Helen Vaydo 539 Margaret Roth 533 Kirstcn Madsen 514 Helen Segeden 513 MEN'S HIGH THREE Bill Ferguson 900 Dave Morrison 720 Clarence Jeffrey 648 Chris Madsen . 606 Art Nott 598 MacSkellbeck ........ 586 William Bray 535 _L wmmmmmim^^t^^^*^**~**~> THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 15 ...Aldergrove second Cont. bom page 14 than a minute later at 9:08 Betty Isinger scored it from Bev Goldstone and Suzie Hoeppner. Langley scored a very controversial goal as it was scored at the line change buzzer. The buzzer went off at least two seconds before Karen Bens shot but the ref didn't here it but Maureen Hall, the Aldergrove goalie did and stood up not expecting a shot, the Aldergrove team protested as the shot was definitely after the buzzer, but the ref paid no attention and let the goal stand, this let some steam out of Aldergrove and they didn't pick up until the second half. Langley then scored two fast goals to start the period, to make it 4-2, the goals Karen Bens from Debbie Paget and Joanne Uhren at 20:52 and then Debbie scored her own goal at 19:07 from Karen and Joanne. Aldergrove got moving at the 10 minute mark as Betty Isinger scored her second from Debbie Kerslakc and Susan Hoeppner. Six minutes later Marilyn Mayer tied it from Bridgot Saunders and Debbie Kerslakc. Then with 1:40 left Susan Kerslakc scored, at first the ref waved off the goal stating she wasn't in the crease, in the ensuing discussion the goal stood up. and Aldergrove won 5*4. On Sunday Langley and PoCo had to playoff again but this time PoCo won 5-4 with a goal with 7 seconds left. PoCo then advanced to play Aldergrove, Aldergrove lost 4-3. PoCo opened the scoring at 20:46, Kathleen Terry from Bev Velandcr. Aldergrove tied it up at 7:01 on a goal by Debbie Nikkei from Bridgot Saunders. Early in the second half Aldergrove went ahead as Suzie Hoeppner fired a low shot that left the PoCo goalie with no chance. Less than a minute later PoCo scored, then Aldergrove scored again, Suzie Hoeppner again from Betty Isinger and Bev Goldstone. PoCo scored the last two goals the winner coming with 4 minutes left. ALDER LANES BOWLING Aldergrove Zero's and the Fraser Valley New Westminster Challange Trophy presented last week. John Small Photo RUGBY Aldergrove moves up The Aldergrove Senior Rugby team moved into second place in the "B" league by defeating Semiahmoo 11-0, Dave Boehm scored the game's first try in the first half then Arwit Dueck added one in the second half. The only other scoring was Mark Moore's Atom Rep winners of trophy The Atom Rep team finished off a very successful season last week, receiving the trophy for the most achieved team. The team had finished fourth in their league and were eliminated from the playoffs in their first round. The team were presented the trophy last Tuesday night before the start of a game against the Atom All-Stars. The Rep team played very well half. MOVING? SEE Porson's Moving & Storage Formerly Bowes Moving & Storage FOR LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE YOUR ALLIED MEMBER FOR THE FRASER VALLEY penalty goal also in the second Tuesday night scoring six goals on the All-Stars. The All-Stars played well scoring two goals and kept the game very exciting. Philip Ross scored two goals in the first period, and Billy Clarke WE ALSO HANDLE Overseas Crating & Shipping one to put them ahead 3 - 0. The All-Stars tried hard to score but could not get past the Rep defence. Larry Jones added their fourth goal early in the second, just minutes befoe M. Susani and S. Bessie added singles to make it a close 4 - 2. In the third period the Rep's kept the play down in the All-Star end where Clarke came up with some fine saves. Brent Muekl- baucr and Philip Ross scored the only two goals of the third period as the game ended 6-2. The team would like to express their thanks to the parents of Mr. & Mrs. Johnson who supplied the team with cakes & cookies after Tuesday nights game and also to the coaches and parents who supported the team so well all season. Sunday Fun, March 13: PlnPala lead wiih 19 poinls followed by Bushwackers with 16, and Pita wllh 16. THT - Maybees 3662, SlampedefS 3575. PlnPala 3567. THS - Stampeders 1387, Maybeea 1296. PinPals 1282. MHT - soapy Smllh 886, Ryan Dolby 858, Phil Constanllne 844. MHS - Ryan Dolby 356, Oarry Javelin 342, Soapy Smllh 336. . LHT - Judy Seaman 716, Helma Walison 671, Rose Wautier 664. LHS — Louise Peltz 310. Rose Wauller 307. Helma Walison 302. Monday Nile Mixed, March 14: Doollllles lead wllh 65 poinla, lollowed by Hot Roders with 67. and Stingrays with 61. THT - Strikers 3,705. Eggheada 3,680, Hot Roders 3.658. THS - Eggheads 1,339, Strikers 1.329, Hot Roders 1.276. MHT — Teari Preast 883, Dennis Ringrose 837, Chuck Dupuis 815. MHS - Bob Dupuis 379, Chuck Smaill 358. Tear! Preasl 349. LHT — Reta Meyer 941, Connie Dolby 803. Karen Westendorp 788. LHS — Reta Meyer 339, Karen Westendorp 323, Elanor Funk 303. Hundreds of frees The arboretum at Agriculture Canada's Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa attracts thousands of visitors each year from across Canada and around the world. About 4,000 different varieties of trees and ornamental plants are on display in the 65-acrc arboretum. While most of the plantings are considered hardy, there are some surprises such as magnolias, tulip trees and Carolina spice bushes — plants not usually considered suited to the region because of their low winter survival rate. Spring brings birds Parson's Moving & Storage ABBOTSFORD LANGLEY 853-7137 530-1320 "New Modern Warehouse Facilities to Serve You" TIRES SALE SEE US FIRST RECAPS 12" NEW froml6°° RADIALS IN STOCK 34™ 2000 Spring is in the air and that's a good reason to tour the country sides if you have not atrcady been active the year round as a Birdwatcher and naturalist. Many attractions can bc found in local parks, country side-roads or even in the city in your own back-yards, if you will only take the time to look for it. Pleasure can be found in birdwatching, the migrating, nesting and feeding habits. Identifying a wide variety of the many species of wildflowers, and their locations. Taking day-hikes and field trips on various Mtn. slopes, where you are usually sure to find sonic type of animals and observe their habits. Or just a leisure walk in the outdoors can bc most rewarding, and refreshing. The Langlev Field Naturalists had a picnic supper on Saturday As we arrived at the farm three ring neck pheasants and Bewicks wrens were seen. Among several starlings, five house finch, chickadees, robins and a downy woodpecker. Starting out in the open meadow a dead skunk was seen and 5 deer were grazing at the edge of the meadow. One appeared to have a limp as it ran into the woods. A grouse was heard drumming and 9 mallards flew to a pond on the farm. Two marsh hawks circled the back meadows and a Red-tail hawk was also noted after several crows flushed it from some large fir trees. A second dead skunk was found on the other side of the meadow. They may have been the victims of poison. The Indian Plum, flowering currant and Trillium were well Clastic, Monday 9 p.m., March 14: No Names lead with 162Vi points, followed by Hoi Squad with 159. and S's with 158ft. THT — Family Alfair 4.788, No Names 4,522, Swingers 4.324. THS - Family Affair 1.313, Swingers 1,229. Tom's Team 1,200. MHT — Rich Wrislen 1.268, Larry Lewthwaite 1.252. Bill Ferguson 1.132. MHS — Rich Wristen 408. Larry Lewthwaite 380. Al Burn 366. LHT — Norma Fenlie 1.259. Gail Bourgeois 1,174, Gail Daugherty 1,165. LHS — Barb Keith 388, Lynne Lacey 371, Debby Wristen 363. Tuesday Coltee, March 15: Scrubbies lead with 27 poinls. followed by Gold Diggers with 23, and Yo-Yo's with 22. THT — Gold Olggers 3.589. Rookies 3.589. CoffeeMates 3.501. THS - Yo-Yo's 1.339. Rookies 1,304. CoffeeMates 1,300. LHT — Edna Cull 791, Brenda Chench 757, Wendy Greer 755. LHS — Edna Cull 343, Judy Seaman 332, Inge Arbour 326. Tuesday Mixed, 7 - 9 p.m., March 15: Twosomes lead with 10 points, followed by Fearless Five with 9, and Bonetli Meals with 8. THT - Misfils 3.678. Twosomes 3.656. Underdogs 3,642. THS - Underdogs 1,350. Misfits 1,333. Bonetti Meats 1.329. MHT - Italo Bonetli 868, Terry Smith 771, Lome Dolby 770. MHS - Italo Bonetli 388, Lome Dolby 333. Rob Venaro 319. LHT — Betty Skworak 879, Jeniffer Epp 812, Louise Roulston 767, LHS - Belty Skworak 377, Isabel Crawford 344. Jeniffer Epp 341. Tuesday 9 p.m., March 15: Bom Loser tead with 86 points, followed by 5 Oaks with 72V;. and Gatlers with 69. THT — Born Losers 3,777 and 3.569. Headpins 3,559. THS - Born Losers 1,551, 1,348. 1.338, MHT - Bob 853. Tom 782, Vern 776. MHS - Tom 383. Willy 346, Bruce 338. LHT - Doreen 795, Gall 782, Norma G. 776. LHS - Doreen 401. Karen 341, Gail 334. Wednesday Collee League, March 16: Blooming Ends lead with 118 points, followed by Sunny Girls with 110, and The Splits with 109. THT - Sunny Girls 3,614. Kitty's Hbrt. 3.480, Late Starters 3,46t. THS - The Splits 1,272, Sunny Girls 1.255, Late Starters 1,252, LHT - Connie Dolby 835. Judy Mutter 815. Sandy Harper 773. LHS — Gertie Fraser 353. Connie Dolby 331. Sandy Harper 326. Ladies Wednesday Evening, March 16: Nobodies lead with 204ft points. Weekly High Team was Turkey's with 3,474, high average was Norma Fentie 248. High Games - Norma Fentie 255, Karen Wandler 274-306-218^798, Donna Morelll 183-266-259 = 708. Hazel Baird 234-227- 249 = 710. Wednesday. 9-11 p.m., March 16: Mash II lead with 190 points, followed by Aoulcasis with 186. and 25'ers with 162. THT - Outcasts 3,629. 25'ers 3.578, Mash II 3.576. nna THS - Oulcasis 1.346. Otters 1,308. Mash II 1.284. MHT — Richard Wristen 1,029. Len Betker 811. Terry Perkin 797. MHS - Richard Wristen 410. Len Betkin 341. Bruce Keller 336. LHT — Dlanne Jones 778. Tannis Percival 777. Kit Harvey 751. LHS — Dianne Jones 338. Tannis Percival 309. Kit Harvey 305. Thursday Ladles. March 17: Floosey Five lead with 23 poinls, lollowed by 1-Hr. Martenizing with 22. and G Alley Cats with 21. THT — Williams Nursery 3,596, Almost 3,576. THS — Happy Hobos 1.305, Unpredic- tables 1.298. LHT - Gail B. 802. Marlene H. 787. Dolly S. 781. LHS - Wendy M. 341. Phyllis M. 333. Gail B. 328 A.H.A.B.C, March 17: Pendulums lead wiih 12 points, followed by Hoi Shots with 9. and A-Rabs with 9. THT - Sharpshooters 3,867. A-Rabs 3.603, Beginners 3.647. THS - Sharpshoolers 1,389. A-Rabs 1,335. Beginners 1.316. MHT - Norm 391. Hank 840, Jack 823. MHS - Hank 361. Jack 358, Ed 356. LHT - Inge 763. Kit 760. Bev 731. LHS - Kit 381, Inge 306. Marg 305. Thursday Mens, March 17: Wipe Outs lead with 86 points, followed by Swimmers wllh 69. and Livingstone Service with 67. THT — Swimmers 4.443, Wipe Outs 4.418. I.D.GA.S. 4.336. THS — Super Chargers 1.340. Swimmers 1.247, Fearsome 4 1.245. MHT — Barry Munroe 1.283. John Anderson 1,218. Rich Wristen 1.199. MHS — Barry Munroe 405. Harry Meerkerk 39B, Bruce Gromely 395. Monday Ladies, March 21: Alder Balls lead with 146 poinls. lollowed by Hush Puppies with 144. and Odd Balls with 141. High Three - Gerl. Beerslra 858. Liz Avery 838. Zinnia Denny 821. High Single - Liz Avery 366. Gert. Beerslra 335. Liz Ferguson 331, Weekly High Three — Helen Marlin 683, Alice Charpentier 681, Erika Bakke 648. LHS — Alice Charpentier 683, Fran Kirchmyer 271, Kay Dupuis 251 and Shlrely Walton 251. evening March 5th on the 16th .advancedan some were in bloom. 650-16 750-16 NEW 950-16.5 20" & 22" CAPS 3©oo 7000 6500 R. & M. TIRE LTD. 26827 FRASER HWY., Office 856-5011 JAIDERGROVE Res. 856-8531 Ave. picinic area at Campbell River Park. Then starting off into the woods just at dusk and equipped with tape recorders, the members set out to 'call Owls'. Once in the woods, the tapes were played of owls calling, then wc waited for a reply. It took several tries, then finally a rcsponcc, 'a Great Horned Owl', A saw-whet Owl was also heard. Upon returning through the park some of the Van. Natural History members were met who were also out to call owls. Forslund Farm, March 13 An outing to the Forslund Farm was quite successful. Sumas Mtn. and McGilllvary dike, March 20 A wet day but a rewarding one at Sumas Mtn. Several types of mosses and liverworts were noted, the moisture was excellent for the many species of moss and lichens. On returning from the woods a very small Owl was sighted. It was perched about 7 ft. off the ground in a young cedar tree. The Owl was only 6 in. high Cont, on page 23 BUYING A HOME? fl_J FOR 1st & 2nd MORTGAGES SEE CREDIT UNION For 34 yoan Iht financial initltutlon lor poopla ol Gorman language dotcom living In B.C. 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EXTRErtlELW COLt> WEATHER IHE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HAS ORDERED GAS OUTBACKS INALLTHESCH0OL5I SO A5 A RESULT-THERE (WON'T BE ANV REPORT FROM IHE curriculum enuDg COMMITTEE I iM THE STAR, WEDNE8DAY, MARCH 30,1877 (|—^tmmmmmmim mmmmmmamammammmmmmm 18 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 i II II -H ii ALDERGROVE BETTER BUYS IN HOME SUPPLIES »V -A: - - — — -' ^MMaa «««■««■«■ MW mmmmr jbip m • -'■ ■■■■■■ ■ a *■'-"*■ "'','.'.' ' '-"*■■'■■'•.■'.•-.—TT.'v'-.*:*"?"?''" THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 CENTER CASH 'N CARRY STRETCH The easy to use no-tape sundeck coating GAL. See it Applied this Sat. & ^L^fe 71/4" Builders Sawcat with Electric Brake SUGG. LIST $179«) $ !00 26900 Old Yale Crescent ' ALDERGROVE | 2m BUILDING CENTRE^^ , <^Hil EACH RttUHHIIII MM ■MM 20 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 CLASSIFIED ADS 31. Jobs Avoiloble 32. Rentals PUBLIC WORKS INSPECTOR An immediate career position vacancy exists for an individual with strong technical and administrative skills lo provide inspection service for the full range of Municipal utilities. The successful candidate will assume primary responsibility for the acceptance or rejection by the Municipality of construction of roads, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, sewers, waterlines, etc. If you possess a strong background of education or experience in utilities construction, or Civil Engineering technology, we would like to hear from you. This position carries a salary range of $1,233.00 to $1,481.00 per month (currently under review) with a full range of fringe benefits. Interested applicants should forward a comprehensive resume of background and experience, including references, to Ihe undersigned prior to Monday, April 4, 1977. T. C. Rainey, Administrative Assistant, Township of Langley, 4914-221st Street, Langley, B.C. V3A 3Z8 13-04895-1 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY TENDER FOR ASPHALT PAVING 1977 PAVING PROGRAM PHASE"A" Sealed Tenders for the supply and placing of asphaltic concrete paving in the Township of Langley will be received by the Undersigned until 2:00 p.m. on April 7, 1977, and opened in public at that time. Specifications available from the office of the Municipal Engineer. Tenders to be marked "Tender - 1977 Paving Program", Phas "A". Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. D.J. Doubleday Clerk-Administrator The Corporation of the Township of Langley 4914 - 221st Street, Langley, B.C. 13-03445-1 Consultant for health spa must have sales experience. Phone 853-7174 for interview appointment. 13-03440-1 Bookkeeper - steno for building supply company. Books to trail balance, including pay roll, A/R, A/P, typing and general clerical duties. Must be able to work some Saturdays 530-5347. 13-03488-1 32. Rentols , OFFICE SPACE In new Aldergrove office building, 650 sq. ft., $4/am. 536-1314. 6-16 1-bdrm. deluxe ste. for rent in Aldergrove. Phone 856-4270. 48-TF For Rent — 2-bdrm. furn. units from $65. to $70. per wk. Blue Star Motel, 28044 Fraser Highway, Aldergrove. 856- 8125. 42-1746-TF 34. Miscellaneous for Sale Rough split cedar fence posts $1.00 each. 856-2674. 13-6 One outdoor rabbit hutch, 3 sections, $35.856-7592. 11-3 Phone 856-8303 or 856-5212 Professional Oflice Space available SEVENOAKS SHOPPING CENTRE reasonable rates for information call 12-4890-3 853-8141 V: duplex for rent $160 2 bdrms., centre of Aldergrove. 876-9825. 12-1 House for rent 2 bedroom house with cabin n Alder- grove $500 month on five acres. 856-6694 12-2 Wanted to Rent May 1st, couple, one child, older 3 bedroom house, acreage. Mile radius Aldergrove. References reasonable. 856-4857. 12^ 1 bdrm. older home centre of Aldergrove $185 per mon.' unfurnished. 856-8506. 12-2 3 bdrm upper V2 house. $340 mo. includ. stove, frdg, drapes. Ref. req. avail. April 1st. 856-4683. 12-2 1-br. house complete with kitchen stove and water $150/mo. Phone 856-7375 evenings. 12-2 2-bdrm. duplex, fridge, stove, drapes, broadloom. Avail. May 1, $250 per mo. 856- 6290. 11-3 Cabin for rent suitable for adults, no pets. 856-2282. 12-3 34. Miscellaneous for Sale 3 bedroom townhouse, centre of Aldergrove $287.50 per month. Phone after 5 p.m. 856-4680. 13-2 One bedroom cabin suitable lor single person or working couple no pets. 534-5093. 13-1 Farm for rent. One mile outside of Aldergrove. 10 acres pasture (plus 30 treed) older style farm house and outbuildings. Available May 1st for $350 per month. 856-2480 or 856-7512. 13-03450-3 House available for rent April 1st. Downtown Aldergrove $275. 856-7388 or eves. 856-5317. 12-3 Wanted room and board for young working girl. General area of Fraser Hwy. and 248 St. Phone Sonya at 856-7605 between 1 and 6. 12-03482-2 1 bedrm. small house for rent. Available April 1st. $150 per month. Phone324-1254. 13-1 Modern home, with three bedrooms on main floor - furnished or not. Basement in use. 856-7169. 13-03442-1 3-br. home on V4 acre $350 per month, 27272 - 32nd Avenue. Call 584-1783* 13-03443-2 Self-contained, air cond. trailer. 17Vz ft., sleeps 8. 856-7827 13-3 73 Admiral B.&W. T.V. in cabinet, like new cond. Ph. 856-6187. 11-3 Fibreglass low-slung Datsun p.u. canopy, $225. O.B.O. Also, shallow well pump and pressure tank. 1/3 motor. 856-7552. 11-3 New Eliminator men's 10-spd. Also, boat for sale. 856-4880. 11-6 Large bandsaw suitable for cutting meat or wood, $250. One new meat block 30" x 30" x 6" on chrome stand, $125, one office desk $40, 4 white tire rims 15x8, fit ford bronco $80.856-6644* 12-03475-2 b/W console T.V. as new $175,856-6521. 12-4 45-gal. steel drums for sale. $2 each. Apply Matsqui 4-H Holstein and Tractor clubs. 853-1693. 13-TF Scotts 1976 stamp catalogues. Volumes 1,2 and 3. $20.00. 534-5404 after 5. 13-4 2 -650 by 16 truck tires $10. 2- 250 gal oil tanks $75 each. 856-7251. 13-2 2 pair full length drapes 10 ft. wide, one pair light green and one pair silver, one pair 11 ft. drapes, gold, full length, gold $25 - $70. Also lawn mower, 21" blade, 1 year old, $40. Storm doors size 32" - 36". 853-8660 noon. 13-03458-3 Fridgldare washer and dryer good condition $150 for both. 856-5634. 13-2 New 3 way portable fridge, tank hose & guage. Ideal for van or truck $150. 853-5578. 13-3 General electric washer spin dryer. Ex. cond. $85. 859-6024 13J Used rafters 7' & 8' lengths. 50c pee. 856-2315. 13-2 For rent 8 rototlller; also Auto sump pump with hose shampooer at Aldergrove near new $55. Umbrella cloth- Hardware, 3147-272 Street, es stand $15. 856-7692. ' Phone 856-2411. 16-2230-Tf 13.2 JOE'S SECOND HAND Now open for business Buy-Sell-Trade Also consignment Call anytime: 859-1825 33634 Busby, Abb. Large bandsaw suitable for cutting meat or wood, $250. One new meat block 30" x 30" x 6" on chrome stand, $125, one office desk $40, 4 white tire rims 15x8, fit Ford bronco $80.856-6644. 12-03475-2 For Celebrity Jewelry call Evelyn, 856-6734 for further information. Baycrest boxspring and mattress, 4V2'x61/2', in good cond., $40. O.B.O. Phone 856-5645. 7-TF Handknittlng and Macrame Barbie and Ken clothes, swag lamps, plant hangers, special orders welcome. 856-7801. 4-46 HEALTH CONSCIOUS? Weekly Delivery Service of ORGANICALLY grown fresh fruit and vegetables, flours, grains, dried fruit and juices dried goods No Sprays No Chemical Fertilizers to families, groups of friends 591-1607 or 39900 Old Yale R.R. 2, Abbotsford Your choice of good used bikes, phone 856-6516. 6-TF 34.MiscellaneousfprSa!e ALDERGROVE HARDWARE LTD. ♦General Hardware *China • ♦Sporting Goods ♦Electrical Fixtures ♦Appliances KEY CUTTING Jackman Road, Aldergrove 856-2411 BOU-MATIC MILKERS Rubber replacements for most milkers. MURPHY and WAKEFIELD 32393 S. Fraserway, Abbotsford. 853-3321 1-TF, 2 G & L house, captains beds, perfect cond. with mattresses $110 without $95. 856-4263. 12-2 R&M TIRE Ltd. Car and Truck Tires New, Used & Recaps Phone:856-5011 [Res.] 856-8531 26827 Fraser Highway. Aldergrove 35. Livestock 2 good Hereford cows both in calf due in May $600 obo. 856-2176. 13-2 Pinto pony for sale. 856-6344. 13-4 Monthly horse and tack auction consignments welcome. Monday, April 11, 7:00 p.m. at Fraser Valley Auctions Langley 530-8271 or 530-9081. 13-03444-2 Nanny goat 1 year old ready to breed. 533-2068. 13-2 Misc. beehive equipment gloves, hat, foundations ect. 530-0427. 13-1 Buying and selling livestock, Phone Rick, 856-6249. 7-TF Garage sale, Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. double bed, single bed, teH- coffee table plus other furniture. Rock tumbler, chest set, incubator, hand carved table lamps, hand made outdoor lamps. Nursery shrubs, trees, and perennials, plus years of collections priced from 10c and up. 84 - 232 St. Langley. 12-13474-2 B/W admiral T.V. good cond. $75.856-6250, 12-3 Handcrafted quilts all sizes. 859-7328. 12-6 Portable open arm sewing machine zig zag $35. Convert- able bed lounge $65. 856-5326. 12-2 Good cond. near new restonic queen size bed 8. sealy instamatic bed frame $125 O.B.O. 856-5384 after 6:30. 12-2 WHEEL & DEAL Second Hand Store We buy and sell Pick up and deliver Phone: 856-4015, 27257 Fraser Hwy., Aldergrove. 23-2514-Tf Assortment of ceiling tiles $7.00 a carton. 525-0361. 12-03484-8 Kitchen aid portable dishwasher, harvest gold as new. 856-4067. 12-3 An assortment of stainless steel sinks $29 a piece. S8S-0361. 12-03483-i- 9' x 12' rug & underpad avacado green ex. cond. Piano stool, tabe and extra leaf no chairs, price reasonable. 856-2365. 12J_ 1 A.G.S. AM/FM, 8 track recorder player, electrohome turn table 8. stand $175 or offers. 856-2282. 12-2_ 10' x 45' mobile home $4,800 O.B.O. can be seen at 6021 - 256 St. 856-7446. 12-4 Good baled hay $1.00 per bale. Service station garage 10' door. Needs some repair $75. 826-7896. 12-03437-2 1 thermo window 3 by 4 with screen $40. Old fridge working cond. $20. 856-6855. 12-2 Brown nylon chesterfield and chair, $75. Washer/spin dryer, $100. Kenmore dryer, 4-yrs.-old, $125. 856-2202. 1_1-3 Camper lift (apparated with one crank), utility trailers, split cedar fence posts, dry fireplace wood. 856-8118. 11-4 35. Livestock Reg'd half Nubian doe kid milks 16 lbs. reasonable to 4H member. Phone 856-2252. 12-3 c>*n v ■rW 856-5511 <P WE SPECIAUZEI Complete supplies for Ihe horse and rider with a (lair for English riding. 27124 FRASER HWY. ALDERGROVE 584-1295 Norsemen h.t. tent trailer. High speed tires, sleeps six, extra zip-in room. Good cond., $550. O.B.O. 856-5575. 11-4 Fraser Valley Furniture "Used Furniture and Appliances at Reasonable Prices. BUY-SELL Open Monday thru Saturday 9:30 to 5:30 — Open Fridays 9:30 to 9:00 p.m. 33789 Essendene Avenue Across from Fraser Valley Inn Abbotsford, B.C. v2S 2M1 "Del" 853-8420 "Jim" 25-2617-TF Langley horse boarding, 28 acres of pasture, boxstall, riding ring, $35. per mo. 856- 2889. 5-26 Selling entire herd of goats. Milkers, yearlings and baby goats from $15. - $450. Ph. 796-2640. , 11-3 Cert, horseshoer, Kelly Wilson. 576-6648, or 859-5919. 9-3301-TF 36 Poultry 40. Building Supplies 42. Homes for Sole Hourly Horseback riding. Webb's Holiday Acres. 1128 256th Street. Ph. 856-8733. 8-3231-TF. Fir Shavings Available immediately. Best bedding for horses, cattle or chickens, also in paddocks. Special rate for large orders (over 30 units). Also available pure Cedar Hog Fuel. Approved by GVWD. SARAI TRUCKING phone anytime 585-3414 Will custom hatch fertilized eggs. Ducks, geese, chickens. Also, would like to buy fertilized eggs. 856-5580. 9-12 37. Pets Male. Seal-point Siamese cat. American Registry. Excellent stud. 533-1873. 9-4 Chinese pug for sale. Phone 859-4920. 10-4' RITE WAY FENCING Free Estimates 27030-34 Ave., Aldergrove W. Scarff Phone 856-4883 41. Property for Sale Horse boarding, box stalls & full feed $100 per month. Phone 530-2898. 12-03487-2 FARM AUCTION Friday, April 1st -1:00 p.m. Dave Lockhart -1374 -256 St. [Coghlan Rd.] Mr. Lockhart having sold his farm will dispose of all his livestock, machinery & misc. items. Farm is located 2V2 miles south of Fraser Highway on 256th St. LIVESTOCK 5 yr. old Polled Hereford bull. 8 cows, fresh, mldmilkes & bred. 3 yearling steers 5 calves. MACHINERY 8 250 International diesel tractor with loader. N-H 275 PTO baler. M-F side rake. Ford 6' sickle mower. Hay wagon. Blanch lely hay tedder. Case PTO manure spreader. 7' single disc. 8' chain harrows. M-H 2 bottom 14" plow. Buzz saw. 21 cu. ft. deep freezer. Viking dryer. Elec. grinder. Elec. table saw. 240 berry scale. App. 300 bales of local hay. Misc. small tools. GE wringer washing machine. Elec. water pump. 20" pioneer chain saw. Forge & anvil. Approx. 50 cedar fence post. Small garden rotovator. Dave Lockhart, Owner, Ph. 856-8785 Fraser Valley Auctions Ltd. Ph. 856-8860 or 534-3241 12-03480-2 Free to good home. Black 14 20 ACRE FARM month old Lab & pointer. 1832 - 240 St. - 2 bedroom, Neutered. Friendly, needs 1050sq. ft. bsmt. home-5 box company. 856-7361. stall barn, quality fencing. 13-2 $102,000. One Irish Setter for sale. 2.5 ACRES 856-8592. 13-2 with 2100 square feet. 5 bedroom home, creek on To give away to good home, property and numerous large without other cats or dogs trees. 1188-252 St. $69,900. purebred Siamese male very OLDER HOME 3 BDRMS. gentle. 856-2425. on 4.9 acres. 4210 - 244 St. 13-1 $87,900. Siamese stud service phone 856-5700. 13-30 Sheltie cross pups $15 ea. 856-6164. 12-2_ Fraser Valley Dog Fanciers Dog obedience and handling Wanted to buy — unwanted horses. Top price paid. Bud Noel: 530-8271. 47-TF Reg. 7/8 Arabian gelding, 2-yrs. Reg. 3/4 Arabian mare, 4-yrs. Pinto pony gelding, 8-yrs. Western saddle. 856- 6961. 10-4 Wool for sale 60c a Ib. 1524 - 272nd St. 856-4300. 12-3 Weaner pigs for sale. 856-7453. 12-2 We Buy livestock, cattle, ' hogs, sheep and calves. 3328- 272 St., Aldergrove. 858-8938 1-TF HAULING HORSES AND CATTLE ANYWHERE ANYTIME HERD RATES PHONE 856-2801 Goat buck service. Alpine,' Saanen, Toggenburg, Nubian,. LaMancha. Top blood lines from Canada, U.S. and England. 856-7939. 39-3092-TF AVz year reg. %-Welsh pony. 13.2 h.h. High point winner. $400. O.B.O. Ph. Terry at 856- 8968. 11-3 Reg. Toggenburg kids, does and wethers, also yearlings. 534-6841. 9-TF For rent one box sian individual pasture. Use of riding arena. Ideal for brood mare. 856-8709. 1W Welner pigs for sale. 856- 6161. 11-3 36 Poultry Brown eggs, "Hubbard'. Golden Comets. White eggs DeKalb, White Leghorns Meat birds, "Hubbard' White Rocks. (Any quantity-Orderearly) Established 28 years in Langley NAPIERS HATCHERY 22470 -,64th Ave., Langley 534-6268 5-2090-T' Starting Thursday, March 31st at Matsqui Armouries Beginners obedience at 7 p.m. Handling at 8 p.m. Advanced obedience at 9 p.m. Pre-registration at 6:30 p.m. (bring your dog) For information phone 856-8001 and 859-9111 12-03429-2 Great pups, Pyrenees/Col lie cross. Beautiful, cheap, see the parents at 2017 - 272 Street and 20 Avenue. 10-4 ALDERGROVE KENNELS •FULL GROOMING SERVICE •FLEA CONTROL PRODUCTS •ALL PET SUPPLIES Ph. 856-2448 or 534-2630 26306-56 Ave., Aldergrove Matlemute 856-2136. pup for sale. 12-2 HOT DOQ — One deaf dalmation needs a good home. He may be, deaf but he Is young and lovable. Phone 856- 2697. 8-TF 39. Musk 4 BDRM ON 1 ACRE Bsmnt. home - excellent hobby farm at 7146 - 200 St. $72,000. WALLY MARTIN 856-7832, 534-7491 BLOCK pa BROS. langley 13-03447-1 9.5 acres, 3 bdrm home, workshop, animal shelter. No reasonable offer refused. 856-2888 to view. 13-12 WALLACE MARTIN Specializing In Langley, Aidergrove properties Phone: 856-7832 BLOCK (2) BROS. 180 acres, Alberta, $15,000. Good terms. 530-9684. 10-8 2 BDRM. STARTER - $29,900 Cute as a bug and nestled In a hidden valley in Matsqui. 750 sq. ft., fruit trees and garden. View with JIM KAYE 530-6529 or 530-7191. UJOLSTENCROFJ Aldergrove townhouse-$31,900 JUST LISTED - 3 bdrm. plus den, 1 % baths, fridge, stove, and fenced rear yard with patio. Assume 1st mortgage of $27,000., 9V2% , 253. PIT. Located in Aldergrove and close to schools, park, shopping, and Ice arena. View with JIM KAYE 530-6529 or 530-7191. mOLBTENCROFf Aldergrove 13-03449-1 By owner 3 bedroom home finished basement, 2 fireplaces, 1 full bath, 2 halfs. 856-2322. 13-3 $41,900 2 bedroom home with full basement nearly all finished on 80' x 120' lot. Ready to move Into. WILL TRADE TAX SHELTERS Have revenue properties for sale. Will take trades as down payments. Duplex #1 - 62,500.00 Rev. $450.00. Duplex #2 - 75,000.00 Rev. $650.00 Duplex #3 - 114,000,00. Rev. 1,300.00. These can be depreciated against personal Income for tax shelters. Call: LORNEWILLMENT 856-7306 530-7147 sahlJrealty ltd. HIGH & DRY - ACREAGE 4.6 acres parcels between Langley and Aldergrove, cleared and in pasture - Some have small creek and a northern view. There aren't many like these around. Call: LORNEWILLMENT 856-7306 530-7147 sabjlJrealtyltd. 13-03459-1 Save on Real Estate commission, spotless, 3 bedroom home In Aldergrove, 2 fireplaces, IV2 baths, rec. room, $47,900. 27057 - 28 Ave. 856-4867. 13-2 For Sale, by owner, secluded 2-bdrm. bsmt. home on 4.8 treed acres. About one acre cleared. Interior renovated. $64,000. 26692 - 58 Avenue. 856-7463. 11-3405-4 3 male poodle pups 8 weeks old. No papers. 856-8308. 12-2 Great Pyrenees/Collie cross pups, beautiful, cheap, see the parents at 2017 - 272 Street and 20 Avenue. Phone 856-7071. 11-3 WANTED - Piano suitable for student. Have cash. Phone 534-9296. Black Hagstrom electric guitar for sale. Slim neck, Telecaster pickup, custom mounted with original pickup for wide tone sounds, volume, tone and pickup switches. Strap, cord and lined case Incl., $200. O.B.O. Phone856-5645. 7-TF Sho-bud steel guitar, single neck, 10 strings, 3 pedals, one lever, 9 mos. old., as new, with case, $530. Phone 856-2840. 13-6 Accordlan lessons In my home for beginners Bradner area $2 per lesson. 858-8446. '_ 13-03486-1 Wanted voluntary musicians - violin, piano, accordlan, perfection not necessary - practice with musicians who play for pleasure. Phone 856-6674. 12-3 Rent or sale, bright 2 bedroom bungalow, newly remodelled Interior. Super fenced V4 acre landscaped. Quiet area, 29541 Sun Valley Cres. Aldergrove, 856-4473 or 943-8652. 10-03348-4 4.44 acres, 2 bdrm house Ige heated workshop with 220 wiring, 3 other buildings, good well, good water, some fruit trees. Price reduced to $61,500,853^6367. 12-03433-4 5 acres, 6 box stalls barn, 2 bdrm home, cottage, 40 minutes to Vancouver. $79,500 open to offers. 856-4687 or 856-2112. 12-4 2 acres with house and shop. Beaul*,u| 3 d |de Year-round creek on Bradner. home 2-bdrms. 5 acre hobby farm. 4.5 acre seclusion. Ranch & Revenue. 12-03472-1 Vacation lot, Mt. Baker Rim, Wash., $7,500.856-7641. 6-6 42. Homes for Sole AHOP- by builder 29th Avenue & 264A Street, Aldergrove. Bungalow to occupy, others avail. We build to suit — open house. Please call by or phone 530-7684. Stock Family Homes 4-TF 856-6877. 11-6 856-8890. Aldergrove. 10-4 ALDERGROVE FUTURE SUBDIVISION 1 ACRE ■ 18$ This 1,590 sq. ft. home has a heatilator fireplace, beautiful teak cupboards, ensuite and Is located on selectively cleared all landscaped acre. Priced for auick sale at $72,900.00 LORNEWILLMENT 856-7306 530-7147 13-04928-1 SAHLIREALTYLTD. - a ■- -' ■ -—i - - -: S •-''- ^Mi mmmt ^*WKF^r"»"" THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1977 21 CLASSIFIED ADS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTORY 1. Announcements and 28. Accounting and Book Coming Events. keeping. ? Personals. 29. Finance. 3 In Memoriam. 30. Situations Wanted: 4, Engagements and 31. Jobs Available. Weddings. 32. Rentals. <i Births. 33. Wanted to Rent. 6. Lost and Found. 34. Miscellaneous For 7 Legals. Sale. R Travel. 35. Livestock. 9. Business Services and 36. Poultry. Miscellaneous. 37. Pets. 10. Lessons. 38. Garden Produce. 11. Landscaping and Nur sery Supplies. 40. Building Supplies. 1? Tractor Work. 41. Property For Sale. 13 Well Drilling. 42. Homes For Sale. 14. Septic Tanks. 43. Mobile Homes. 15 Gravel Sales. 44. Furniture. 16. Paving. 45. Household Applian 17 Bldg. Construction. ces. 18 Brick Work. 46. Holiday and Utility 19. 20. Gyproc and Stucco.. Plumbing. 47. Trailers. Miscellaneous Wan ?1 Electrical. ted. 22. 23. Topsoil and Manure. Hay Sales. 48. 49. Boats For Sale. Machinery and Equip ?4 Fuel. ment. ?5 Auction. 50. Automotive Supplies. 26. Professional Services 51. Motorcycles. Miscellaneous. 52. Cars. 27. Appraisals. 53. Trucks. AGREEMENT Phone 856-8303 or 856-5212 9. Business Services Fireplaces Free standing - built in. Supplied or installed cultured stone, brick veneer facings. Feature walls. Residential, commercial, inside or out. 530-8970. v 12-03479-4 Johnston's Ft nring ltd. Farm Residential Industrial Free Estimates 856-5356 47-1904-TF 11. Landscaping & Nursery Supplies Ed's Custom Landscaping & Brickwork Complete landscaping, fireplace facings, etc. Also, custom rotovating and dirt moving. Call 853-1657. 31-2801-TF It is agreed by any advertiser requesting space that liability of the Central Fraser Valley Star in event of failure to publish an advertisement or in event that errors occur in-publishing of an advertisement, shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by incorrect item only, and that there shall UrFICE HOURS Office hours for The Star are 9. a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Deadlines for classified ads are 2:00 p.m. Monday and for too late to classify 12:00 noon •Tuesday. The classified telephone numbers are 856-8303 or 856- 5212. 1. Announcements &, Coming Events - Swingers Dance 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. O.A.P.O. Hall - 273 Street, Aldergrove. 34-TF ARTEX — Liquid embroidery demonstrations. For further Information call Joan at 856- 6844. « 5-46 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS is a fellowship of. men and women...that solve their common problems and help others to recover. Phone 856-8240 or write box 782 Aldergrove. 4-46 Parents! Please remember appointments for immunizations at the Health Centre. For appointments or cancellations call 534-4177. 4-46 Pregnancy, babies, labor, delivery, nutrition, exercises. Langley Health Unit has information about Pre-natal classes. Call 534-4177. 4-46 Travel Trailer spots with telephone and T.V. service. Close to Guildford in Surrey and Vancouver Hwy. No. 1, Dogwood Campgrounds. 588- 1412. 6-2147-8 There will NO smorgasborgs at the Aldergrove Legion hall this month. 11-2 Anyone wishing to have a Fashion Two-Twenty make-up show in their home, please contact Evelyn Kaetler at 856- 6734. 11-12 The Alder-Cats C.B. Club meets every 2nd Tuesday, coffee breaks fourth Tuesday, Elks Hall, Aldergrove, 7:3Q p.m. New members and guests welcome. 37-TF Garage sale. April 2nd. Weajher permitting. 4330 Bradner Road. 13-1 Salvation Army, Newton Corps, 12417 - 72 Avenue, Surrey, B.C.' Sunday School: 9:45, Morning Service: 11:00, Evening Servlce:7:00 p.m. 31-TF St. Ann's Catholic church, 2826 - 272 Street, Aldergrove, 856-2841. Masses: Saturday 8:00 p.m. Sunday 8:30, 11:00 a.m. Confession: Saturday 7 - 7:45 p.m. 11-TF be no liability in any event beyond amount paid for such advertisement. No responsibility is accepted by the newspaper when copy is not submitted or verified In writing. Phone your ad to: 856-8303 or 856-5212. Central Fraser Valley Star, Box 220, Aldergrove, B.C. V0X1AO Aaction OFFICE EQUIPMENT Sales & Service Typewriters, Calculators, Adding Machines, Dictation Equipment ALL ELECTRONICS 27124A Fraser Hwy., ALDERGROVE 8567764 Classified Advertising Rates per March 15,1977 10 cents per word; $2.25 minimum charge for first insertion. Consecutive repeats — 10 cents per word; $1.75 minimum charge. Box Numbers — $1.00 extra. 2. Personals Gent, 55, seeks younger lady — smart, medium built — for outings and companionship, etc. Write P.O. Box 1081, Aldergrove. 11-3 6. Lost and Found Davey Crockett Cabaret, gold charm bracelet with childrens name inscribed. Great sentimental value, Reward 856-8091. 13*3 Found male cocker spaniel dog. Approx. 4 years old, 20 lbs., cream coloured. 856-5447 12-2 We buy and sell. Pick up and deliver. 856-4015. 19-2418-TF TYPEWRITERS Repaired and Serviced Free Pickups and Delivery 534-6663 KEN-ROD OFFICE EQUIPMENT SHARP-ROYAL-ROCKWELt •SALES •SERVICE •RENTALS Typewriters-Calculators -Cash Registers -Adding Machines 20350 Logan Ave., Langley 5304)794 , Legal* NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of ARTHUR DINGLEY, formerly of Aldergrove, British Columbia. Creditors and others having claims against the above Estate are required to send full particulars of such claims to Alice Dingley, Executrix, c/o G. Alan Major, Barrister & Solicitor, Suite 201, 27211, 30th Avenue, in Aldergrove, British Columbia, on or before the 22nd day of April, 1977 after which date the Estate's assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been received. G. ALAN MAJOR Barrister & Solicitor Suite 201 27211, 30th Avenue Aldergrove, British Columbia. ; 13-04894-1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of LYDIA EMELIA JOHNSON, formerly of Aldergrove, British Columbia. Creditors and others having claims against the above Estate are required to send full particulars of such claims to Fred Johnson, Executor, c/o G. Alan Major, Barrister 8. Solicitor, Suite 201, 27211, 30th Avenue, in Aldergrove, British Columbia, on or before the 22nd day of April, 1977 after which date the Estate's assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been received. 3. ALAN MAJOR Barrister & Solicitor Suite 201 27211 -30th Avenue Aldergrove, B.C. 13-04893-1 9. Business Services (Miscellaneous) Domestic garbage service, weekly and special pickups. Top service at competitive, prices. Call 856-6627 between 3and7p.m. 43-TF VALLEY BUSINESS SERVICES Public Stenography Typing - Dicta-Typing Bookkeeping - Xerox Invoicing Telephone Answering Rn. 203-27115 Fraser Hwy. Aldergrove 856-5514 Penzkofer Fast Saw Phone 856-8430 Lawn mower fit small engine repairs. 38728 Fraser Hwy. Aldergrove Reimer's Fencing Al types Free estimates. 8564015 594'/ Mt. Lehman Road OTTER POWER DIGGING • Light excavating & Backhoe • Levelling • Loading • Backfilling • Power Poles supplied & erected • Perimeter drains • Water Lines NO JOB TOO SMALL PHONE 856-6959 3- 2033-TF Brick & Block Work Commercial & Residential phone; 530-3998 16. Paving 23. Hay Sales GROVE DOORS LTD. Overhead door sales and installations. New and used springs, rollers, bearings, tracks, etc. 856-4754. 9-3292-8 JIM FAIRHURST& SONS Backhoe Service EXTEND-A-HOE • Ditching • Water lines • Perimeter drains • Drain fields • Wells • Basements • Backfilling Weekdays or weekends 856-6477 5-2107-TF TRI-CITY PAVING LTD. FREE ESTIMATES Residential 6. Commercial Phone 856-7158 DOGWOOD NURSERY 2280-272 Street ALDERGROVE Evergreens for hedging and ornamental flowering and shade trees, fruit trees, herbacious and evergreen pe- renials. Of Special Interest Mugo Pine 24" to 30", compact and of excellent quality. Globe cedar 30" to 36". Many varieties of spreading junipers. "You Dig" - 25% Olf Come and see for yourself I am sure you will be pleased with the quality and price of our stock. Open seven days a week until dark Superior Landscaping, residential and commercial complete mulching and rockeries. 856-6506 or 853-5825. 12-03477-8 Mushroom manure for garden and lawn. Phone 856-4529 after six. 12-2 Bark, mulch, limestone for driveways. Good selection of. shrubs, poplar trees, azaleas, junipers, rhododendrons, flowering trees: fig and cherry. Also, full landscaping service. 534-2672. 10-3314-4 Totem strawberr plants big beautiful berrys order now. 856-2941. 12-6 Flowering shurbs, red & black currents, pansies, sweet Williams, primroses, Siberian wall flowers, rockery plants. 856-7077. 13-2 12. Tractor Work Custom Rotovating, plowing, discing, chain harrowing, fert- lize spreading, seeding, manure spreading, complete haying operation. 856-8778. 12-10 Bulldozing, Land clearing, excavating, back filling, road, building, rototilllng and landscaping. 534-6546. 12-12 Backhoe Service and trucking, trenching, septic fields, hauling, sand, gravel, fill. Phone days 856-8672 and eves 856- 6575. 2-16 GENERAL CONTRACTING CUSTOM BUILT HOMES BARNS - COMMERCIAL FALK BROS. CONSTRUCTION Phone Bus. 859-5947 Res. 859-7510 17. Building Construction OTTER CONSTRUCTION We build all kinds of farm buildings, 856-7478 or 856- 6378*. 4-2058-12 FOR SALE - 108'x60'x16' high green steel clad pole, bldg. rate F-One. High hazard Industrial, $40,000. 856-6814. 6-TF Your satisfaction is my guarantee and reputation. Custom built homes also additions and alterations. Residential and commercial. S.P. Construction Ltd. 856-7964. 13-03493-8 18. Brickwork FIREPLACES • Built ins • Franklins • Free standing Chimneys for all types of wood or coal burning heaters & stoves. Home builder inquiries invited. Sales & installation. Dru Industries 856-4886. 13-04922-2 19. Gyproc & Stucco, , THOMPSON HAY SALES (1976) Ltd. Alfalfa Washington barn stored 2nd & 3rd cut. Excel, for goats, sheep, calves and racehorses. By the bale or ton. Deliveries on 1 ton and over. Straw Washington wheat, bright in color. INFO. AVAILABLE 1840-256 St. Aldergrove 856-7843 11-3422-TF Vanderveen Hay Sales The name in Hay 18726 -#10 Highway Surrey 576-1177 DRYMLL Textured Ceilings FREE ESTIMATES Ph. 530-4790 Complete Drywall Services Boarding, filling, spraying, old and new. 856-6356. 2-1984-TF DRYWALL FINISHING Si SPRAYTEX CEILINGS coMF*. Phone Bus. 859-5947 Res. 859-7510 22. Topsoil & Manure Black topsoil, $6.00 yd. delivered. Well-rotted cow manure, $5.00 yd. delivered. Topsoil mixed with manure, $6.50 yd. Brown topsoil, $6.00 yd. Also dirt fill, minimum delivery 5 yds. Add $1.00 per yd. additional charge for all orders under 10 yds. 531-2111. 10-3347-TF 11.Landscaping and Nursery Supplies Dwarf apple trees, several varieties, one and two yrs. old, $2. and $3.856-7189. 7-10 MUSHROOM MANURE available at 26275-24th Ave., Aldergrove. 856-2454. 8-12 Custom rototilllng and levelling. 856-8135. 41-TF See or call Mike for power, ditching, sewer lines, bulldozing, sand and gravel. 856- 2210.29374 Fraser Hwy* 9-TF B.P.L. Custom Rotovating, Plowing — Disc — Harrow — Seed — Spread fertilizer and manure. Complete Hay Operation. Phone 856-5387 or 853- 8908. 8-TF • Ted's Tractor Work, Rotova- 'ting, Post Driving, Augering, Ditching, etc. 856-6694. 37-TF Orango Excavating Track mounted hoe with 20 foot reach. Cat and backhoe work! trenching, excavating, wells, septic fields,' backfill and light clearing. 856-8327 '■ - 14-2211-TF Mushroom manure for sale. 26079 - 36th Avenue, Alder- grove. 856-6536. 12-12 For Sale TOP SOIL orders taken.856-8078. 8-6 23. Hoy Sales 15. Gravel Gravel Hauling, etc. Clean-up yards, basement, warehouses, etc. To discuss your requirements at down to earth prices, please phone 534-4489. 5-2116-TF 13-TF 200 bales upland green hay. $1.65 per bale. Dave Lockhart at 856-8785. 11-32 For Sale — Highland hay, large bales, $1.50 per bale. 856-8668. 10-4 Choice quality Washington hay. Also, straw and alfalfa. No rain. Will deliver. 856- 5509. 9-5 Sunrise Farms 24. Fuel fir Shavings 584-1295 28. Accounting & Bookkeeping C.I. WATT & S.M. BUTCHER CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 27306Frnser Hwy Aldergrove P.O. Box 26 Ph.: 856-4141 Handy Office Services Ltd. Complete Bookkeeping Services For Small Businesses Specialized in: • Payrolls • Accounts Receivalbe • Fast Service • Reasonable Rates 27273 Fraser Hwy. 856-7903 Aldergrove, B.C. or 530-0505 30. Situotions Wanted Former Assessor will prepare your personal or corporate tax returns. Pensioner's special rates. 856-7377. 3-? 3a Situations Wanted Will babysit in my home,' Fraser Hwy. 856-4324. 2-18 Experienced dressmaker. Get your spring wardrobe made up now! 856-8471. 10-4 Fencing of all kinds built. Phone 856-8015 for free estimate^ 3-50 Wanted - remodelling, wall, papering and painting. Reasonable price. B56-7360 1-1843-TF interior and Exterior painting.; Frank Bond - il you want the finest. 856-6874. 36-1540-TF'. All phases of carpentry. Also framing crew available. No job too small. Ph. 856-7887. 8-8 Reliable girl wanting full time work. Preferably in dining room ask for Denise. 856-7358. 12-3 Typewriters cleaned and repaired in my home, eves. 856- 4230. 5-12 Bale Sales Mon. - Sat., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 853-5991 SPECIAL For higher milk production get high protein hay testing 22% protein. Can be seen at 29010 South Fraser Highway. Inter Provincial Hay Co. 856-6064 • 48-3186-TF Good Highland hay, no rain, first cutting. Ph. 856-2669 or 856-4888. 2-TF Hay bales must sell! 1st and 2nd cut, no rain, have no cattle. Call at 25721 - 38 Avenue, Aldergrove. 2-TF Hay for sale. No rain $1.75 bale. 856-7814. 13-2 Carpenter work wanted, $6.00 per hr. Ph. 856-2279. 11-20 Mother will babysit evenings or weekends in my home. 856-6693. 11-3 Interested in free babysitting call 856-8620 or 856-7534. 12-2 31. Jobs Available Carpenter work, repairs, alterations, specializing steps and rec rooms. 856-6805 1 -TF Qualified painter. Free estimates. 856-4324. 9-8 Urgently needed — Rawleigh Distributors. Minimum capital. Ph. 853-3917. 11-8 Available Immediately. Best bedding for horses, cattle or chickens also in paddocks. Special rate for large orders (over 30 units). Also available pure Cedar Hog Fuel. Approved by GVWD. SARAI TRUCKING phone anytime 585-3414 2-1992-TF LIMPRIGHT THE MANURE KING LTD. Chicken and Turkey delivered 11-TF Mushroom manure avail, at 26275 - 24 Avenue, Aldergrove. 856-2454. 11-9 Shavings by blower or push out. Also, fine resaw sawdust. Ideal for bedding. Ph..856- 4509. 11-3412-TF Maple fireplace wood for sale. Delivered in Aldergrove area. 856-8749 1-17 26. Professional Services (Miscellaneous) CEDAR ROOFS — free estimates — Shakes supplied and applied. Built-in gutters only installed. Guaranteed workmanship. CaJI 826-8476* 45-1830-TF Window Cleaning Painting General Repairs B & W Contractors 530-8249 FREE ESTIMATES TIME TO PAINT? Jobs big or small, interior or exterior, excellent work, free estimate, immediate attention call Andre 856-5458. 13-03439-1 WEDDING INVITATIONS THANK-YOU NOTES WEDDING ACCESSORIES call STAR PRINTERS 27120 Fraser Highway, Aldergrove. 856-8303 or 856-5212. 1-TF Young man would like any type of work near Town & Country bus lines. 856-6693. 13-2 TIME TO PAINT? Jobs big or small, interior or exterior, excellent work, free estimate, immediate attention call Andre 856-5458. 13-03438-1 16 yr. old would like any part time work. 856-7821. 13-8 Man to do drywall, taping, filling and sprayed ceilings. Additions and renovations only. Reasonable rates. 856-6172. 13-2 Will babysit a child in my home on/North County Line Road, as a playmate for my 2 year old. I have a large yard fenced with 4 ft. chainlink, plenty to do and provide hot lunches. $6. per day. Call Sylvia at 856-5645. 3-TF Wanted janitorial work, monthly or hourly. Phone Dianne at 856-4816. 12-6 Day Care In my home. Fenced yard. 856-8415. 1-1-3 Young man wants any type of work in Aldergrove or near Town & Country bus line. 856- 6693. 11-3 Business Administrator part time reg. by Langley Com- • munity Music school. Fund raising experience essential. Applications to be received by • April 15, 1977 Box 3184'' Langley B.C. 12-03471-2 Expanding Canadian oil company needs dependable person,, who can work without super-: vision. Earn $14,000 per year- plus bonus. Contact customers, around Aldergrove. We train, write R.W. Dick, Pres., Southwestern Petroleum, Bramp-. ton. Ontario L6T 2J6. 13-03461-1 Wanted - experienced cook, phone 856-7502. 134 No experience necessary, career opportunity we train. Old established multi million dollar organization has immediate sales openings in Aldergrove and surrounding areas. We off excellent com*, mission earnings, potential, with renewals, modern training and opportunity for ad: vancement. If you are mature, aggressive and own a car, call 299-1933 between 6 and 8 p.m., Thursday, March 31. 13-03452-1 Dependable person who car) work without supervision; earn $14,000 per year. Contact customers around Ft. Langley. We train. Contact R.S. Dick, Pres., Southwestern Petroleum, Brampton, Ontario. 13-03460-1 K Good local hay for sale. $1.25 per bale and up. 356-2198. 6-8 Flying Dutchman Gerry's Corrective Horseshoeing & Trimming 859-6105 Learning Resources Centre TEMPORARY POSITION: 31st August 15th - December PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN: Responsibility for: the Public Services areas of two campus Learning Resources Centres; overall responsibility for the Chilliwack Campus Learning Resources Centre; liaison with the Hope, Agassiz, and Mission Regional Offices; extensive reference work; wer^ active library orientation and research skills programmes; preparation of bibliographies and other Learning Resources Centre publications. QUALIFICATIONS: Accredited library science degree; considerable relevant experience; enthusiasm and initiative; ability to work harmoniously In crowded conditions. The applicant must be prepared to travel a lot (approximately half time at each Abbotsford and Chilliwack Campuses) and work non-regular hours. REWARDS: Faculty status and pay scale; exciting milieu of a new, but rapidly developing, community college learning resources centres system. If Interested, please request application form from: W.E. Hanafi, Director, Fraser Valley College L.R.C., 34194 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 5E4 Closing date for applications Is April 15, 1977. TWE \ ALLEY COLLEGE1 ■MUigjMtftfMittai mmmmmt^m mammm^m^mm^m^mn 22 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 42. Homes for Sole " zmvfl. 46. Holiday & Utility Trailers. TOWNHOUSE Close in, 3-bdrm., 1,150 sq. ft., drapes, fridge, stove. Financing avail., $33,000. MUST SELL! Try your offer! ALMOST '/2-ACRE Near new ranch style, 3- bdrm., landscaped, fenced, many trees, private, 1,540 sq. ft., garage. Price — $51,900. COMFORTABLE HOME 2-bdrm. roox" older type home, ga'vV area, trees, landscap'^All services. New furnace, .-"rice — $42,500. CARIBOO PROPERTY • 2Vi-acre building lot — Hwy. 97. • Five 10-acre lots — excel. • One Vi-acre lakeshore lot, Canim Lake — $12,500. • Near New, 4-bdrm. home on 29 acres, barn, fenced, stream, landscaping. Very nice — $98,500. • Lakeshore home — Horse Lake. A quality built home, 3-bdrm., 1,120 sq. ft. on 'A-acre. Very private in trees. Price — $56,500. • All Cariboo Properties in 100-Mile area. LISTINGS All types ol Property are our specialty. PARIS REALTY Aldergrove Cliff Wright 856-2525 853-0248 9-4748-TF For Sale or Trade. Bldg. treed lot in small subdivision in Point Roberts, 65'x130'. ?h. 856-4466. 11-3403-8 Approx. 20 acres, two titles. 7051 Sanberg St., Matsqui. 1,344 sq. ft. home, 2-bath and enste. Barn 52x80. Good water sandpolnt, $130,000.00. Ph. 856-7896. 8-3258-TF 46. Holiday & Utility Trailers One hardtop tent-trailer for sale, $500. O.B.O. Phone 856- 8518. 11-4 11'/2" ft. Scamper camper fully equipped with shower, furnace & hot water tank. Asking $3950. 856-8216. 12-4 Birch Bay leisure pack lot & trailer 1976 Layton trailer with tip out sleeps 6, self contained. 856-5282. 12-4 Tent trailer, open 3 sides, has storage, table, sink and add-a- kitchen, $600. O.B.O. 530- 4604. 10-5 8'9" Slumber Queen camper new. 3 way fridge, furnace, 3 burner stove with oven, jacks, boat loader, 2 propane tanks. 856-7361. J3-2 Utility trailer $125. 853-4824 pager 385. 13-03455-1 8 ft. 9 in. Slumber Queen camper, new 3-way fridge, furnace, 3-burner stove with oven, jacks, boat loader, 2 propane tanks. 856-7361. J3J 1963 Shasta 16 ft., sleeps five, 3-burner stove and oven. Furnace and ice-box. Also, 30"x8' canopy, insulated. 856- 4818. 11-3401-4 Insulated homemade plywood camper for 1/2-ton, $50. 856- 2998. 11-4 JHiicjellojieous Wonted! 327 C.I.D. or larger, Chev. motor, '63-'67 Chev p.u. box. 12-volt battery. 856-6525. 11-6 Wanted: electric adding machine and 1 or 2 drawer file cabinet. Phone 856-4331. 12-03431-4 Want used fridge. Will pay up $60 - $70. 856-5737. 13-2 Pensioner would like to rent small garden pad not more than 1 mile from Aldergrove. Phone 856-6832. 13-1 Duck eggs wanted for human consumption. Will pay .70 cents a doz. Phone after S p.m. 856-2341. 44-25 Wooden wall clock working or not. 856-7114 or 853-8151. 12-4 WANTED - Older style furniture misc. odds 'n ends. We pay cash! Top Prices! Fair dealing! Also, buy entire household and estates. 856- 6172. 10-3387-4 BRIGGS & STRATTON MO TOR - repair, parts. Also V-belts and pulleys. Murphy and Wakefield, 32394 South Fraserway, Abbotsford. 853-3321 5-TF Clearance Sale Everything Must Go! Come In And Make An Offer One - 12'X64' - 3 bedroom Used mobile home One - 12'X68' - 3 bedroom new, Gendall Vista Villa mobile home One - 24'X40' - 2 bedroom Gendall One - 24'X40' - 3 bedroom Gendall No reasonable offer refused ALDER MOBILE SALES & Rentals 26857 Fraser Hwy. 856-6903 Aldergrove 856-6233 48. Boats for Sole 12' ALUM. boat. Road runner trailer with winch 1976. 9.8 mere motor sell as unit only. $1,400*859-4187. 12-2 Outboard Evinrud 5Vi-h.p., for sale. In top shape, comp. w. tank (5-gal.) and hose. 856-7927. 11-3 49. Machinery & Equipment Farm-all tractor & hay mower. Good running order. 856-6690. 13--5 D10 Allls-chalmera tractor 3 pt. hydro hitch rear p.t.o. complete with malotte roto- tlller good wnd. 856-5530. 1M Egg washer, one dozen brooders for sale $500 O.B.O. 859-7789. 13-1 Manure spreader $950 rope $15 wet grinder $45.533-1877. 12-3 5th wheel trailer, rotary seme- ka hay mower, utility trailer. 10" feed grinder. Sileage corn cutter. 859-8481. 10-8 Complete winch assembly with mount. 2 cream separa- tors. 856-7939* 12-2 51. Motorcycles 3 trail bikes, yamaha 80, $300, Honda 90, auto, $400, Honda 70, $350, all In good condition. 856-6644. 12-03476-2 52. Cars 1973 Barracuda, ps, pb, low miles, look & runs good. D. Lie. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03489-1 75 Renault 12TL, 4-spd., asking $2,500. or trade for truck. 856-8438. Ask for Randy. 10-5 1968 with '69 motors, Austin 1100 auto. Top shape. Also, 1962 Corvair, spotless, best cash offer. 853-0996. 11-2 52. Cars Come in and see our Vintage Car 1951 Rolls Royce Bentley Mark VI The car that never loses its value. A very rare automobile in the community, and well worth examining. The manager says: for those interested in purchasing a newer vehicle these are some of this week's specials — 1973 Corvette Stingray '7350 All factory options, including air conditioning. 1970 Chrysler Convertible $1495 V8 auto., P.S., P.B., P. Windows, bucket seats. 1968 Thunderbird $2500 Very good condition, one owner. 1974 Dodge '/i ton '2200 1976 Ford Pickup Loaded '4300 Three 1976 Camaros PLUS OVER 30 MORE OOOD BUYS TO CHOOSE 1966 Ford Fairlane V8 auto., 2-dr. h.t., buckets, console, good body, excel. Interior, must sell. Offers 856-6038. 12-2 1967 Beaumont sports del. v8, 4 spd, no rust, mag wheels. D-Lic. 00804A 856-2594. 13-03489-1 O.M.C. snowmobile, needs little work, cheap. 856-6430. 10-8 1972 Buick Skylark, excel, cond., $2,500.856-7172. 10-6 1966 Dodge Monaco, good cond.530-5910. 10-4 1970 Tempast 400 4 spd, must sell, best offer takes. D. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03489-1 DATSUN SAVES • DATSUN SAVE! TO RISE SOON! BUY A NEW 77 FROM STOCK, OR AAAYBE ONE OF THE REMAINING 76'S AND SAVE A BUNCH! VALLEY/ -__ -A-_ 534-7957 20188 FRASER HWY. LANGLEY M.D.L. no. 00767A Sales open 9-9 Mon.-Fri. 9-5 Sat. Parts & Service open 8:30-5:00 SIX DAYS A WEEK| DATSUN SAVES • DATSUN SAVES * TRUCKS help you make It In a tough business CARGOSTAR High Yield Investment PERFORMANCE A series ot hard-working models with an unbelievably wide choice of engines, transmissions and axles provide almost limitless combinations to put you miles ahead ot your competition. Maneuverability and control are unequalled because ol a unique combination of features — a turning angle as sharp as 50 degrees, only 70 inches from bumper to back ot cab and an 80 Inch wide-track front axle sel well back to provide superior load ■distribution. COMFORT Once inside, you'll be Impressed by the clean lines of Ihe tully-instrumental dash and the spaciousness — there's room tor three husky men. Large windshield and side windows provide picture window visibility, and the deep foam cushioned seat gives real driving comfort. The exclusive "Island shift" positions the shift lever conveniently between the driver and passenger seats. VERSATILITY There are hine different models where capacities range from 17,000 to 44,860 lbs. GVWR and 30,000 to 65,000 lbs. GCW. Add the body ol your choice to make It into a milk tanker, refuse packer, flatbed, van or whatever. Pick your transmission — 4-speed to 13-speed manuals, 4 and 5-speed automatics. Choose from a variety of engines, gasoline or diesel, from 150 to.232 h.p. RELIABILITY We offer an axle (or every application, I including a rear 2-speed, and the rugged chassis is built to last. The entire cab lifts 45 degrees with the aid of a hydraulic lifter, making most components accessible, and that reduces downtime. Routine service can be performed with the cab down. Add tough, reliable brakes, handy (use box and a large battery shield, and you have Cargostar. DURABILITY Cargostar has a rugged frame, cross flow radiators and wrap-around contoured bumpers reinforced into the frame. Call on Kish Equipment for a demonstration and discuss your requirements with our knowledgeable sales staff. We'll set you up with quality equipment, and keep you going strong I EQUIPMENT LTD. Sales & Service EOHEIS 44954 YALE ROAD WEST, CHILLIWACK 792-1341 ABBOTSFORD: .859-5711 NEW WEST: 526-1212 • LANGLEY RONDA CARS • LANGLEY HONDA CARS • LANGLEY HONDA CARS FRASER LANGDON AUTO & TRUCK LTD. j 32260 SOUTH FRASERWAY, CLEARBROOK PHONE 853-8164 LANGLEY HONDA USED CAR SELLOUT 76 HONDA G.T. Louvered, moon roof, radials, spoiler and lots more. Jet black. 76 HONDA AUTO. A/T Trans., radio, low-low miles, met. gold. SELLOUT PRICE $4384 SELLOUT PRICE *3125 75 GREMLIN X 74 AUDI FOX Std. trans., V8, radials, chrome wheels, Low miles. Dark red. 2 dr., 4 speed, complete valve train overhaul. Dark green. SELLOUT PRICE $2364 SELLOUT PRICE $23*5 74 ASTRE AUTO. 2 dr., dark blue, runs A-1. $1476 73 CUTLASS SUPREME 2 dr., H.T. vinyl roof, V8 auto., P.S., P.B., low-low miles. SELLOUT PRICE SELLOUT PRICE '2589 72 DATSUN FASTBACK 69 T0T0TA COROLLA Sharp red, 4 speed, clean unit. SELLOUT PRICE $1222 Auto, trans., needs some motor work, as is. SELLOUT PRICE $350 very reasonable prices | » WE DO ALL MAKES IMPORTS SERVICE. "Nobody drives away unhappy" Come in and test-drive a Honda, and give us your opinion. We think you'll love it! LANGLEY HONDA CARS AT NO. 10 HIGHWAY AND ||jfji . 530-628? Motor Dealer licence 00829A B FRASER HWY., LANGLEY * LANGLEY HONDA CARS « LANGLEY HONDA CARS » LANGLEY HONDA CARS ; LINCOLN MERCURY [3245?SOUTH WISER WAY I I ABBOTSFORD 853-07111 (VANCOUVER S15-P37| B.C. Discount Car Centre GIGANTIC DEMO SALE GRAND MARQUIS 2 DOOR LIST* 11,570.00 now $9665 GRAND MARQUIS 4 DOOR LIST* 11,875.00 now $9595 COUGAR XR7 LIST* 10,425.00 now $9125 COLONY PARK WAGON LIST'10,845.00 now $9280 MONARCH 4DOORGHIA LIST'8375.00 now $7515 MONARCH 2 DOOR LIST'5975.00 now $5566 MONARCH 4 DOOR LIST'5950.00 now $5600 SUPER CAB 150 LIST'9361.30 now $7700 PICKUP 150 LIST'7036.00 now $6010 BUY HOW AND SAVE TRADE IN'S ACCEPTED AT WHOLESALE DEAIEHOIMJA ■ - ■ ■*----- .;■ nil M, .a.,. « nw> * w. r ■■ THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 23 52. Cart 52. Cart 52. Cars 53. Trucks 1964 Pontiac oonvertable $600.1965 Vt ton Chev. truck $550. Sat or Sun. 856-6908. 12-2 66 Falcon 6 standard, 61,000 miles, new clutch, alt., reg., brakes, no rust $595. 856-2423. 12-3 1971 Ford Pinto 2000 cc motor needs some body work $400. Call after 5 856-6870. 12-2 1964 Valiant for sale, good cond., 6 cyl. stand. 856-5763. 12-3 '76 Honda Civic, radio, hatchback, 6,000 miles, excel, cond. $3,200,856-4754. 11-3 '68 Thunderbird, 4-dr., p.w., air cond., new 429, trans, and front end, $750. firm. Ph. 856-6172 after 5. 10-4 '65 Galaxie convert. P.S., P.B., mags, excel, cond., $1,300 firm. 1*56-4243. 10-5 1969 Cougar 351, 4 spd, above average condition, low miles. D. Lic 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03489-1 1965 Chev. '/2-ton, p.u., for sale. Good cond., $800. O.B.O. 856-6656. 3-20 '67 Fiarlane Wgn., 289, auto, trans. Guaranteed. Many new parts, good transportation. $595. O.B.O. 856-4984. 11,-3 FOR SALE— y$—1/3 engine, $350. Also, 302 engine and trans, for 71 Mustang, $425. 856-2674. 11-3 Mercedes 190D for sale. WANTED - MG Midget parts. 1772 Clearbrook Road. . 853-7844. 11-3 53. TrUCKS 1955 Pontiac 2 dr with corvette 327 - 4 spd. 856-2049 after six. 12-3 302 motor for 71 mustang runs good. 856-2674. 13-6 71 Toyota Corona 51,000 miles, $800 obo 856-2083 after 6; 13-03441-2 63 Volkswagen ideal for bush comp with tow bar $75. obo 856-2825. 13-2 302 motor with transmition 3 phase Vk hp water pump. 856-8418. 13-4 1964 International crew cab P.U. v8, ps, rusty but runs well, good tires $350.856-7856 13-2 72 Datsun, runs like new $1300. 853-4824 pager 385. 13--1 68 Chrysler, 383, ps, pb, pw, air cond. $600. 856-6255. 13-6 1970 Cougar XR7 loaded ex., air, low miles, real clean. O. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03489-1 1970 Maverick 6 cyl, auto, ps, runs good, make offer. D. Lic. 00B04A. 856-2594. 13-03489-1 '70 V.W., AM/FM radio, gas heater, two new tires, very clean, good cond. $1,100. O.B.O. 856-5575. 11-4 SCRAP QARS WANTED See Bradner Salvage. Phone ■856-8378. 1-TF 1975 two rotory Mazda p.u.'s, one auto, one 4 spd, must sell. D. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03490-1 1965 Chev. '/2-ton, p.u., for sale. Good Cond., $750. O.B.O. 856-6656. 3-20 1973 Chevrolet, half ton, pickup for sale. Phone after 4 p.m. or wknds. any time. 856-6866. 1?J 1972 Jimmy 4x4, auto, ps, pb, high mileage, runs good. $2,995.00 D. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03490-1 1966 GMC half-ton pickup with metal toolbox, 283-3 speed, $635. 856-4341. 13-1 69 Ford pickup, heavy duty V2 ton, 360 cu. engine, 4 spd, near new canopy both for $2500.856-4619. 15M 1975 Ford one ton cab & chassis dual tanks, ps, pb, 390, 4 spd, D. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03490-1 76 GMC p.u., new condition $5250. 853-4824 pager 385. 13-1 1973 Chev ■ posi trac, owner. D. 856-2594. '2 4x4, pb, 4 spd, low miles one Lic. 00804A. 13-03490-1 69 Ambasador, ps, pb, air con., sound, clean car. $895 O.B.O. 856-8278. 12-2 65 Thunderbird good cond. $2000.856-4451. 12-3 1972 Buick Skylark 455. 400 HP, mags, 400 turbo trans, p.s. radio, 3 spd. auto, $2100 obo. 856-6566. 12*3 1972 Torino motor, body in excel, cond., new paint w. stripe $2,000 o.b.o. 856-4221. 12-4 Dodge Monaco, 1967-318-2 barrell, ps, 4 new tires. Very good cond. $650. 856-4763. 12-3 Gas saver 1966 Volks p.u. new eng. Good shape 31 mpg. no rust $650 firm. 853-3621. 12-2 1974Chev Vi tone p.u., 4 spd, ps, pb, dual tanks, $3,600.00. D. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03490-1 _ . : =^-_^ ( 1976 Vt ton heavy duty Chevy van. Like new, windows all around. Only 6,000 miles, 2 new extra wheel rims and snow tires, manufacturers roof lining, $6,000. O.N.O. Call 859-9640 after 6 p.m. 42-1765-TF 1976 Ford E 150 van., ps, pb, high back buckets, 17,000 miles. D. Lic. 00804A. 856-2594. 13-03490-1 1951 Dodge p.u., $100 obo. 856-4910. 12-2 1974 Dodge club cab & 8 ft. camper. 22,000 miles, 2 batteries & other extras. $6,400. 856-5715. 13-4 Too tote To Classify Pool tables, 4x8 - Vt" slate, $585. Also, air hockey, foos ball, your home recreation centre. Leisure Land Games 20218 Fraser Hwy., Langley Sundel Square 534-7314 T^fflJP' "^^^^ '^^^W' *^^^§r ^B^f 'yrt^^P' ""^J5« COUNTRY PONTIAC Country^ Country^ Ponliacj HEAVY DUTY GMC TRUCK MARATHON SALE All Hew 1977 CMC "General" 1977 1977 GMC Trucks New factory Fresh MODEL CE 51403 WB149" CA 84" MODEL CE5I703 WB167'CA102" MODELCE61003 WB 125" CA124" MODEL CE 62003 WB 189" CA 124" MODEL CE 66413 WB 149" CA84" MODEL 66713 WB 167" CA 102" MODEL 67013 WB 189" CA 124" k Pontile. .Buick . AIL READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY PLUS JIMMY'S, '/- I V. PICK-UPS. VANS, 4 X 4'i, SUBURBANS .Buick 1 DEMONSTRATOR SAVE (ttl - '76 LiMMS SPORT COUPE ■ DEMONSTRATOR SAVE •»«» - '76 ACKDUN HATCHBACK Auto., radio ond mony more oplloni. low, low milt*. Slock H35S USAYE$$$ U SAVE $$$ U SAVE $$$ 1 DEMONSTRATOR SAVE Mil '76 GRIND UMMSSIFMI Fully .tqulppod Incl. air cond. low, low mll«. Showroom cond. >GMC TOTAL PRE-0WNED CLEARANCE SALE! kOMC| 1976 ChevKS Blazer 1976 GMC Sprint V8, auto., p.b,, 4x4, radio, low low mllii. Stock 1633. UI AVI PI CAA1P C»"'**■' •'* ««-'» *»# fli.4-fcMV.fJfe only8400milfs Showroom«"d-<-c $3/5 ■* E:i5272 u save $$$ 1976 Chev. V* ton PU ami Canopy Vanguan ^Volume. 1970 Valiant 4Df.Stdoo.VI. Auto., good toed. U SAVE 8$ 1976 Firebird VB, outomolle, p.*., radio, WAV llr». low mllti. Slock No, 1644 UIAVIPI 1971 Nova 4 Dr. Sed. N»w condition. Only 11.300 mllti ^ ^ ^ U SAVE $S$ U SAVE ffl FlalDeck.VB, Auto,, dual whwlf, radio. A) cond. UlAVIKiCI 13895 1976 Chev. % ton PU Auto., P.S..F.B.. dual tonki, only 3,000 mlln. Showroom cond. U SAVE $$$ 1977 Comoro 2 Or. Hdtp VB Auto., P.S.. P.B.. radio, only 6400 mllti. Showroom condition. 1969 Datsun .!695 1973 GMC 1 Ton 1974 Ford Super Cab CltanMl one In B,C. U SAVE SSS 1976 Chev. Mallbu vanguan Volume^ 4 Dr. Woo. V8 Auto.. Rodio,P.S..P.B..only a 1.000 mllH. Now -ond. UMvintta M495 VOLUME MERCHANDISING SAVES YOU $$$ • IMMEDIATE DELIVERY I FMNCING 0AC County Pontiac Buick GMC m WI5Uiigle» Bh«ss, SUMREV • 534-7431 (Dealer No. 15207) TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU 19545 Langley By-Pan, Surrey Phone 534-7431 Corner of 178th St. and 58th Ave., Cloverdale Phone 676-5104 Both locations open 8:30 a.m. to9 p.m. Monday to I Friday. Saturdays 8:30 a.m. | to 6 p.m. '•f^fey t^^Ejr " ^^*y ^y^p> "^rfw^ wfflLp ^jmtf Too late to Classify Ewes, lambs also black and white wool for sale. 856-4346. . 13j2 50 series Chevrolet, V8, 5, 2, ps, pb, 15 ft van, power tailgate, trades. 530-1573. 13-3 For sale 400 - 10" clay tile. 856-6139. 13-1 1967 Chev 6 auto, clean, good cond., $495 obo. 856-8744. 13-2 Reg. Hackney ponies best of american breeding. Reason- able. 856-2706. 13--2 Wanted wooden play pen for tired grandma. Must be reasonable or donate. 856-8339. 13-1 Wanted to rent house with in-law suite or 2 houses on same property between Langley - Aldergrove - Abbotsford. 856-4390 or 856-7910. nz One bedroom house near U.S. Canadian border $150 per month. 856-7375 evenings. 13-2 White continuous clean stove $200.856-6058. 13-8 Reliable teenage girl for baby- sitting. 856-7136. 13-4 House lor sale 856-4442. 13-03448-2 Lombari poplars 25 for $10 up. Norway spruce $1.00 per ft. Mountain Ash for $3, $6, $8 and $10 each. Chestnut $8. Junipers $3. Globe seeder $4.75 each. Blue Myerie $3 each. H. Wierenga, 3426 - 232nd Ave. Langley. 13-03491-3 1967 Econo line van, $700 obo. 1971 Datsun auto 510 $800 obo. 856-4447 after 4:30. 13-2 Person to share travel into Vancouver five days per week. 856-4592. 13-03491-3 For sale 1800 sq. ft. house, barn, crossed fence, acerage in Bradner. Near school, park and store. 856-7807. 13-3 Purebred spayed female Weimaraner, free to good home. Wanted - white Chinese gander. 856-6760. 13-2 Hobby farm 4.89 acres. No agents. 856-5217. 13-2 OBITUARIES JOHN J. REIMER REIMER — Passed away, March 21st, at MSA General hospital. Service was March 24th at 2 p.m. from South Abbotsford MB church. Burial, South Poplar Cemetery. Officiating priests: Pastor Don Balzer and Mr. Abe Stobbe. The deseased was born in Russia on November 18th, 1913. He was a farmer In the area, and lived at #420, Columbia Road, Abbotsford. Survived by his wife Tina. One son, Bob, Vancouver. Two daughters Mrs. Ed (Evelyn) Balzer - Clearbrook, and Irene at home. Two granddaughters. His father, Mr. John Reimer, Winkler, Manitoba. Five sisters - Kay Reimer, Winkler, Mrs. Margaret Wall, Winnipeg; Mrs. Jenny Pries, Calgary. Two brothers, Henry Reimer, Clearbrook and Pete Boissevain, Manitoba. ARE YOU A CANADIAN CITIZEN? Applications for Canadian Citizenship or proof of Canadian Citizenship may be filed at Chilliwack, Court House, 77 College Street on Mondays, April 4th, 18th and 25th and the Matsqui Sumas Abbotsford Community Services 2420 Montrose St. on Tuesdays, April 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.'Documents required for examination are birth certificate, passport, immigration landing record, and marriage certificate (If applicable). Fees in cash, certified cheque or money order. Please bring two identical photos size 1-%" x 1-%" PLUS Vi" signature strip. Phone 666-3971 (dally) or 253-4391 (afternoon/evening). DEPARTMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY Notice to Motorists 201 St., 96th Ave., to 100A Ave. Motorists are advised that 201st Street from 96th Ave., to 10OA Ave., will be closed to through traffic from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. daily. Local traffic will be accommodated. Single lane traffic during other hours. Detour via 208th Street. Motorists are advised to use caution. This closure is to facilitate sanitary sewer construction and will be In effect until April 7,1977. D.W. Randell, Municipal Engineer Design & Planning THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY HAY FOR SALE Person to harvest hay from Langley Municipal Airport, and to keep runways and taxi areas cut short. It Is necessary to cut grass frequently on runways and taxiways. PLEASE SUBMIT WRITTEN QUOTATIONS TO THE UNDERSIGNED BY 2:00 P.M., APRIL 5, 1977. STATE WHETHER FOR THREE OR FIVE YEAR TERM. (Miss) E.V. Coates DEPUTY MUNICIPAL CLERK 4914 - 221st Street, Langley, B.C. V3A 3Z8 ME CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY 1977 Frontage Tox Assessments Please take notice that the first sitting of the Court of Revision for 1977 Frontage Tax Assessments will be held in the Municipal Hall, 4914-221 st Street, Langley, B.C., on the 12th day of April, 1977 at 10:00 A.M. If you deem the property improperly assessed for Frontage Tax purpose, you, your Solicitor or Agent may notify the Treasurer In writing. All appeals and/or complaints must be in the hands of the Treasurer at least 48 hours prior to the time appointed for the first sitting of the Court of Revision. Appeals may be made only as to: 1. Names of owners of parcels of land. 2. The actual foot-frontage of parcels of land. 3. The taxable foot-frontage of parcels of land. L. CRUIKSHANK, MUNICIPAL TREASURER 12-4891-3 OBITUARIES JOHN E. HILDRUM HILDRUM — Passed away in the Langley Memorial hospital, February 26, 1977, John Einar Hildrum, aged 48 years. Late of 23584 - 20 Ave. Langley. Formerly of Surrey. Survived by his loving wife Edla; 2 sons, Nick and Allan also 2 daughters, Karen and Joanne all of Alberta. 3 stepsons, Conrad, Prince George; Miles, New Westminster; Marvin, at home. 1 stepdaughter, Gail Hientz, Cranbrook, B.C. 4 grandchildren, 1 brother and 2 sisters, his father Einar Hildrum of Haney, B.C. and great uncle Nels Hildrum of Surrey. Funeral service was held from the chapel of Henderson's Langley Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 1 at 3:00 p.m. Rev. Fred Kingston officiated. Interment followed in Langley Lawn Cemetery. CARL I. CARLSON CARLSON — Passed away in the Langley Memorial hospital, March 21,1977, Carl Ivar Carlson* aged 79 years. Late of 2673 - 240 St., Langley. Survived by 4 brothers, Leonard, Langley; Nestor, Auburn, Mass., Magnus and Victor, In Finland. 6 sisters, Mrs. Hilda Haughn, Saskatoon; Mrs. Annie Carlson, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Selma Oman, Holden, Mass.; Mrs. Jennie Llndquist, and Miss Alma Soderlund, both of Portom, Finland. Mrs. Olga Ericcson, Sweden. Nephew Lars Soderlund, Langley and numerous neices, nephews and cousins. Funeral service was held from the chapel of Henderson's Langley Funeral Home, Friday, March 25 at 1:30 p.m. Pastor Frank Schmitt officiated. Interment followed in Langley Lawn cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the B.C. Cancer Fund c/o Royal Bank, Langley, B.C. MARGARET CORMACK CORMACK — Passed away in the Langley Memorial hospital, March 24,1977, Margaret Cormack, aged 85 years. Late of 19810 - 44 Ave., Langley. Survived by her grandaughter Carole and husband Henry Ginzel of Toronto, Ontario. Predeceased by her son George P. Jackson, January 1977. Funeral service was held from the chapel of Henderson's Langley Funeral Home, Monday, March 28 at 1:30 p.m. Rev. J. Ellis officiated. Interment was followed at Murrayville Cemetery. ANTONVENAAS VENAAS — Passed away in Simpson's Private hospital, Fort Langley, on March 22, 1977, aged 93 years. Late of 22889 Old Yale Road, Langley, B.C. Formerly of Saskatoon. Survived by 2 sons, Ralph of Clearbrook and Norman of Moosamin, Saskatchewan. 2 daughters, Mr. W.E. (Esther) McGregor of Shamrock, Saskatchewan and Miss Josephine Venaas of Langley. 15 grandchildren, 5 great granchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral service was held from the Chapel of Henderson's Langley Funeral Home on Friday, March 25 at 3:00 p.m. Pastor Leroy Lebeck officiated. Interment in family plot Murrayville Cemetery. If so desired, donations to the Gideon Society may be made in lieu of flowers. INFO HEALTH STUART H.EVANS EVANS — Passed away March 23, 1977 in extensive care unit in Abbotsford. Stuart Hamilton Evans, aged 81 years late of #105 - 33554 Switzer Ave., Abbotsford formerly of Mt. Lehman district. Born In Hay, Wales, he moved to Canada In 1912 and then to Mt. Lehman in 1945 and was a retired mixed farmer. Serving also in the 1st and 2nd World Wars. Passed member of R.C. Legion Branch 15, also passed president Meadow LakeSuskatuen. Survived by loving wife Irene, two daughters, Mrs. Harry (Audrey) Vander Hoek of Abbotsford, and Mrs. Don (Marjory) Oryall of Mt. Lehman. Two sons, Jack of Abbotsford and Trevor of Kamploops. 11 grandchildren, one great granddaughter, 1 sister, Mrs. Thelma O'Rourke of Manchester, England and two nephews. Funeral services were held Friday, March 25th at 11 a.m. from Chapel of Henderson's Funeral Home, Abbotsford. Charles W. Brice officiating followed by internment In Veteran Section of Hazlewood Cemetery. Graveside Legion honors held by Branch 15, R.C. Legion, Abbotsford. Pres. Cliff Hendy presiding officer. Ankle sprains 1 have treated many ankle sprains in my time, but one suslaincd recently by an old friend was unusual. The patient is a teacher, and after spending a solid three hours at his desk marking papers he pushed his chair back, stood up. and sprained his ankle. His leg had 'gone to ilecp', and when he tried to weight-bear his ankle buckled under him. The resulting sprain took a month in a cast to fix. Injuries to the ankle joint are exceedingly common. Fortunately the majority of them are minor and the pain, swelling, and associated limp disappear in a few days. I am sure that most need not be seen by a doctor. Sometimes sprains of the ankle joint can bc serious and disabling. If treatment is neglected or is insufficient, long-term problems such as ankle instability and recurrent pain may result. An ankle sprain involves stretching, tearing, or rupturing of the ligaments around the joint. The amount of damage done has a great bearing on the correct treatment, and undertrcatment of ankle-joint injuries is common. X-rays are sometimes the culprit. When no fracture is found there is sometimes a tendency to say 'it is only a sprain', and forget that the sprain needs definitive treatment in its own right. Determining the severity of the injury requires some skill, and at times a few days is required to fully assess the situation. The injury may have been a brief dislocation of the ankle joint, an injury capable of doing considerable harm to the normal anatomy. Occasionally local or general anesthetic is used to allow the doctor to manipulate the joint without causing pain. X-rays taken during such manipulation can be of great help in determining how much ligament damage has occured. Management of an ankle sprain involves resting the area, taping or strapping the joint to ease the strain on the damaged ligaments, or in severe sprains, placing the lower leg in a cast. Previousiv damaged joints should bc taped before athletic activity to help prevent reinjury. Sports trainers are frequently well trained in doing this. It is important not to ignore ankle sprains. Proper initial treatment speeds up the recovery process. SPRING Cont. bom page 15 with very dark eyes, short ears and tail and spotted wings, lt resembled the Flammulated Owl in 'Birds of North America', which is not to common. It was not frightened and remained on the perch so our camera fans could 'shoot' from many angles. Even after returning 2 hours later, he was still there 'in the rain'. A short hike at McGillivary slough, we noted over 40 heron nests. A nature display will be set up in the Langley Library commemorating WILDLIFE WEEK, from April 10 - 16th. Future field trips...Mar. 27 Campbell River Park, meet 10:00; a.m. 16th Ave. parking lot, bring lunch. April 3, Langley Bog and; heronery, meet Highland Village Shopping Centre, 9 a.m., bring lunch. April 8,9,10, Easter weekend, meet at Similkameen Valley, camping either at Stemwinder campsite or Forest camp on east side of River, final arrangements at April Sth meeting. April 17,. Green Timbers, meet 9 a.m. at; Woodwards Service Station Guil- fords. April 24, Campbell River Park, meet 9 a.m. at 8th Ave. parking lot. May 1, Bamston Is. meet 9:30 a.m. at Ferry slip on Hjorth Rd. bring lunch. May 7, Skagit Valley & Thacker Mtn. Hike up Thacker Mtn. on Sat. morning and then proceed to campsite called Silver Tip (27 mi. on Silver Tip Rd.) for Sat.; evening. May 8, tour Ross Lake area and Skyline Trail, meet on Sat. 8 a.m. information centre on Highway 401 or Sunday at Silver Tip campsite 9 a.m. May 15, Ft. Langley-MacMillan Is. Glen Valley for lunch and Heronry on way home. May 21,22,23, Annual Rock Creek weekend at Kettle River Park. Next meeting at 8 p.m. in Langley Arts Centre, April 5th. Visitors welcome. Program! Guest for the March meeting was Madeline Schouten with an excellent program on Birds and Shorebirds in our area. April 5th ... will be Pat Yeomans with a programm on Poisonous Plants. tfaaMMMieMIMlMiMMH MMtM ■MM mmmmmmm *-n^h...*.-y.v. *.- tmvmfai IMP 24 THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1977 The main entrance to Alder- grove Building Center from Old Yale Road In Aldergrove ^Samt^mtimi'9^' AIDERGROVE BUILDING CENTRE , Half century of business experience ALDERGROVE — Five men with a tolal of half a century of experience in the building trade and supply business behind them have started a new business here. The Aldergrove Building Centre Ltd. The five principals arc the president: Donald (Don) Smith, vicc-prcs*. Roy Wilcox, sec* trcas.: Walter Clark and the directors: Robert (Bob) Hayes and Harold Van Dokkumburg. The Aldergrove Building Supply Center is having a Grand Opening on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2. lt is located in the former Kustom Koach building on the corner of Old Yale Road and Fraser Highway, the entrance is from Old Yale just past Williams Nursery. It is predominantly a 'cash and carry' business although they will deliver large orders. Their large 6,000 sq. ft. showroom displays everything from hardware to finishing lumber including plumbing and electrical supplies, garden tools paints, stains and wall paper. They also have the agency for Homelite chainsaws, Yard-Man rototiilers and lawn- mowers and weed-cater. An additional 12,000 sq. ft. of under cover warehouse holds vast selections in wall panelling and kiln dried stock, moldings, cedar products and materials for rumpus rooms, etc. By the time one has been through the large building center one realizes that they indeed are living up to their slogan 'Better Buys in Home Supplies'; not only is the selection great but their prices are extremely competitive. Outside there are piles and piles of rough lumber and later they will carry selections in garden furniture and other garden needs. Don Smith has had ten years of experience in the building trade as a general contractor building custom homes. He is married, has three daughters and resides in Langley. Roy Wilcox is married and has two sons and one daughter,* he resides in Aldergrove. Roy has 20 years behind him in the retail building supply business. He specializes in estimating the builders requirements for barns, residences, garages and alterations. In other words, if the customer brings the drawings in for his project, Rcy »"" estimate the amount of material and the cost for the customer. Walter Clark is married, has two daughters and lives in Langley. He has a total of 15 years of experience in the building supply business, retail, wholesale and construction as a comptroller and credit manager, and in estimating and costing. Robert Hayes just finished ten years in the Canadian armed forces where he spent five years in New Brunswick and five on Vancouver Island. He is now making his home in Aldergrove. His expeience in the building trade is in the line of cabinet making and furniture, although he also built houses from start to finish. Harold Van Dokkumburg is married and resides in Surrey. As a carpenter he has worked for the past five years in framing and finishing, but his real pet is custom building of furnitures and cabinets. Be sure to drop in during the grand opening Friday and Saturday April 1 and 2 and meet these guys, they're a real friendly bunch of great fellows and most important of all, they know their stuff. No matter what your project is large or small, or whatever problem you may have run into in your construction or remodelling these people can help you and they will have in stock the material you need at a price you can't get any better anywhere else. Remember their slogan 'Better Buys in Home Supplies'. And to the five fellows at A^WpWRSf Ideal Mobile Home Site 2.38 acres; one of the better lots available in Aldergrove area. Seasonal creek and treed in ideal location. Only $32,900. For more information call Gene or Audrey Barfoot at 856-4106/530- 2717 or eves at 856-8403. Aldergrove Realty Ltd.1 Zoned Service Industrial — Aldergrove (under land use contract) Appiflx, 11 acres with 636' frontage. Situated on Fraser Hwy. with older home & buildings presently rented. Vendor will look at offers • '/a cash and trades on commercial or industrial property. Priced at $310,000.00. For further information please call Gene or Audrey Barfoot at 530-2717/856-4106 or eves at 856*8403. Robert Hays and Roy Don Smith looking over the Wilcox preparing shelves for display of yard-man mowers the kiln dried lumber in the and Homelite chain saws, covered warehouse. 4.4 Acre Starter Attractive small farm with a raspberry crop of 4 tons a year. 2-bdrm. cottage and small barn and workshop. Asking $67,900 with financing possible with $10,000 down. For more information call Larry Jeffs at 530-2717/856-4106 or eves at 856-7983. Acreage and Design Almost 5 acres with a 2,200 sq. ft. cedar and glass home. Designed with living in mind. Privacy to spare, on this high rolling land with a view of Mt. Baker. 19x35 H. & F. swimming pool, separate 1,000 sq. ft. guest house. Assumable 10% mortgage and so much more. Far below replacement costs. Call Larry Jeffs at 856-4106/ 530-2717 or eves at 856-7983 (collect). 2 View Acres With a 6,000 sq. ft. barn and 2-bdrm. mobile home. A good opportunity for an enterprising family to earn money from their land. F.P. $71,000. For more information call Ken MacDonell at 856-4106/530-2717 or eves at 531-4237. ■ ■■«!■■! Stop Looking This is the place in the country you always wanted, older style 4 bedroom house with a basement on 4.55 cleared acres. Good freeway access. Land all fenced with some outbuildings and a pond. FP $67,900.00. For more details call Ken MacDonell at 856-4106/530-2717 or eves at 531-4237. S Prime Location Office space for rent in the center of Aldergrove. New building, 2 offices of 480 sq. ft. and one of 830 sq. ft. Rent $4.50 per sq. ft. per annum plus a pro rata portion of annual taxes. Call Ken at 856-4106 or 530-2717. £ Business Opportunity Available — well-maintained building, 40x80, located in the central commercial core of Aldergrove. Lot size, 64x164, with lane access, ample parking. Commercial on main floor and four apartments up. Good value at $185,000. For more information call Gene or Audrey Barfoot at 856-4106/530-2717 or eves at 8564403. *•■...; Boast a Little!!! If you owned this home you could boast a lot. A truly grand home of majestic size and quality. All on 4.8 acres with a barn. Asking $149,500. For more information call Larry Jeffs at 856- 4106/530-2717 or eves at 856-7983. Offers! Terms! Value! — 20 Acre Farm Owner says "Bring me an offer on my 20-acre farm". Try 25% down with mortgage to owner at 10% on balance. The property features a good solid basement home and a caretaker's cabin, 32x64 older barn plus smaller out buildings. The land is excellent, high rolling pasture with perimeter fencing only VA miles from town. Asking $129,500. but try your offer. Call Larry Jeffs at 856-4106/530-2717 or eves at 856-7983. Own a Piece of the Mountain 20 acres on Veddar Mountain. Ideal site for a weekend retreat or permanent home. 5 miles to 401 access. 10 miles east of Abbotsford, $39,900 — tor more details call Ken MacDonell at 856- 4106 or eves at 531-4237. Townhouse Immaculate, 3-bdrm. townhouse, across from park, pool and school. Close to shopping. F.P. $34,900. For more details call Ken MacDonell at 856-4106/530-2717 or eves at 531-4237. AU You Really Need! 1.29 acres in an area of good homes, one bedroom house with finished loft area, all appliances included garage, workshop, and root cellar. FP $57,900.00. For more information call Ken MacDonell at 856-4106/530-2717 or eves at 531-4237. 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Aldergrove Building Center Ltd. we wish you all good luck with your venture and welcome you and your business as a real contribution to the consumer services of Aldergrove. STAR CLASSIFIEDS WORK WONDERS - CALL 856-8303 FOR ACTION §BJJNLITE CONSTRUCTION WILL BUILD ON YOUR LOT 3 Bedroom Home with fireplace and carport Priced from 23/500. pall Chris PH. 856*2888 . fcja ftgaMfla - -. -***■ -i / I ■■ iiii ii i ■ ■■**—^a^j^^M—^^a—m—■—I—■■ -■** Vol.20 No. 13 The Aldergrove Star Circulation: 5800 "our twentieth year" Wednesday, March 30,1977 ck«.mc Inside this issue- •Bedding Plants •Compost •Hothouses •Planning your Garden •Asparagus •Gladiolus -and much more! ■'■ '■'•4 ■ f - -i »i >w$s m 1111 .i...,,,.. i.... .i . Fraser Valley Farm & Garden ..J)LU YOU KNOW THAT? To apply a good dressing of rotted manure or compost to the soil means about one really good wheelbarrow load to 10 square yards. If your perennial phlox plants produce a lot of weak growth with the lower leaves discolored there About the author Author of this garden supplement is Don Anson, retired editor of the Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui News. Since retiring last year, he has devoted much of his time to gardening in all its aspects. He lives in Langley and writes regular garden columns for three newspapers. In addition, he instructs courses of gardening at Langley Night School. Don has been an eager gardener since he was a small boy in England and finds gardening in the Fraser Valley to be quite similar to that in southern England. Don Anson was commissioned by this newspaper to write this supplement which is directed to gardeners in this area. Too frequently garden articles are written in far-away places where climate and soil conditions bear no relation to those prevailing in this valley. We hope our readers can find some articles of interest in these may be eelworm present. Do not propagate these plants by division but take root cuttings and plant them about an inch deep. The new plants will be perfect teplicas of the old plant when at its best. Never transplant any plant in the same hole it came from before. * » » Fruit trees or bushes that are not pruned will come into cropping far quicker than a tree that is pruned. Over-pruning is frequently the clause for non- bearing. • • • If fruit blossoms are out and the weather is too cold for bees and insects to do their pollinating, it greatly helps to do this yourself with the aid of a long pole to which has been tied some fur-like material. Just brush this lightly over all blossoms. Roses are easier to control if kept together in beds. In this way their feeding, pruning and spraying is more effective and less of a chore. « « * Ivy will grow in dense shade, full sun and in almost any type of soil. 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Why do we need a garden at all? There are so many reasons.'We need a garden as a setting for the home. We need it to provide color and foliage. We need it to provide fruit and vegetables. We need it for recreation and as a playground. We can make our garden simple or elaborate. As with most endeavors, it pays off handsomely to start a garden the right way. To do this, it is essential to have a good knowledge of the soil in your garden. Your geographical location and your average climatic conditions cannot be changed. But your soil structure can be changed to suit your requirements. We are fortunate in the Fraser Valley. There is very little we cannot grow here provided the correct preparations have been made. All plants have their likes and dislikes. Don't expect to do well as a gardener until you have mastered at least their basic requirements. Man will quickly develop rickets, scurvy and dozens of other diseases if he does not get his basic requirements. The medical world has long realized this and has given us the answers. Very often it has meant a long period of experimentation before the answers were found. All gardeners must experiment. They will get nowhere unless they do. There is far too much to remember about gardening for anyone to know it all. It is not simply a matter of digging a hole in whatever sort of soil you have and dropping a plant in it. You may just happen to be lucky but chances are you will be disappointed. Thousands of gardeners every year buy plants and are upset when they don't do what was expected of them. This business of people being born with a green thumb is a myth. Anyone can have a green thumb, which means that plants will grow for them. All it means is that they have taken the trouble to find out what the plant likes and dislikes, whether it has been sun or shade, high or low moisture, rich or average soil, lime or acidity and whether it is a hardy, half-hardy or tender plant. Many tender or heat loving plants are put in too early and just as many hardy plants are not established early enough. Seed packets instructions cannot give you enough information for sowing in the Fraser Valley. They are sold all over the continent so how can the seed people know where they are being planted. Yet gardening is not a difficult science. It is mostly com- monsense and finding out things for yourself. You can learn an awful lot from successful neighbors. Find out how they did it and do likewise. Last year was a miserable year for many gardeners in the Fraser Valley. We had far too much rainfall at the wrong time and not nearly enough sun for the sun-loving plants. Just because certain plants failed in your garden last year, don't give up trying. They may make a wonderful showing in 1977. Beginners should not try to grow too many different plants at the same time. Everyone should, to a certain extent, specialize. Learn all you can about a certain plant and grow it better than anyone in the neighborhood. It may be rhoden- drbns, primulas, roses, sweet peas, onions, shrubs or grapes. It is possible to buy good, detailed books about most plants. This I strongly advise as well as the investment in a good, general garden encyclopedia. It must be remembered that British Columbia is a new country as far as garden cultivation is involved. We have not a great depth of topsoil. Our heavy rainfall quickly leaches out many of the valuable chemical nutrients so necessary for plant life. European gardens have had the advantage of hundreds of years of cultivation and added humus. What we take out of our soils in any year must be replaced and remember that inorganic chemicals alone will add no humus to the soil. Aim to build up the organic content in your garden soil and incorporate it thoroughly with the top foot or so. Pay particular attention to drainage. Very few plants like, poorly drained land. Given adequate drainage, it is good to know that whatever soil problems exist, they can be rectified. There is no reason why soil with too heavy a sand content, too much clay, too acid or too alkaline, cannot be gradually turned into a rich loamy soil. Don't try to get immediate miracles. The whole garden does not have to be transformed at once. Do it step by step, one bed or border or part of a vegetable garden at a time. But do do it thoroughly and reap the just benefits. Most people who read this garden supplement already have gardens of their own. This newspaper wishes them the best of luck and hopes they may pick up some hints in these pages. mmmmmm Fraser Valley Farm & Garden Planning your new garden So you've purchased a new home cut out of virgin territory, probably from bushland or land that has very recently been treed. What do you do about making a garden out of it? This is the problem that faces thousands of people in the Fraser Valley every year. By and large, contractors are careless about the garden part of it. They may be asked to preserve certain trees and to save all the topsoil. They will do this and at the same time they will run trucks over tree roots, pile up soil around trees and leave no end of debris lying around. Some of it gets buried. Much of the subsoil from excavations finds itself on tiie surface. So the house is ready but the grounds look a mess and the owner decides something must be done very quickly. Mistake number one. Unless you are a millionaire, you cannot produce a garden quickly. What generally happens is that a lawn is put in on an insufficient depth of topsoil; evergreens are planted as foundation trees and shrubs without much thought being given to their eventual height; the soil is not suitably prepared and the yard looks exactly the same as thousands of others. My advice to anyone with a new home is to put up with a fairly long period of drabness in order to finish up with a good, easily managed garden. If the move is made in the spring, I would suggest preparing for a fall planting ol everything. I would take considerable time in getting conditions right for a lawn and I would immediately invest in about six bales of peat moss, a large bag of ground limestone and as much mushroom manure as you can get hold of. Next thing to do is carefully to plan the garden. This should be on graph paper. Not to the nearest yard but to the exact foot. When, the plan is made and checked and rechecked, preparation can begin. Instead of trying to do everything quickly, it pays handsomely in a garden to do it gradually and to do it thoroughly. It is no good putting in permanent foundation trees and shrubs unless the ground is ready for them. So this should be number one task. Why should we submit to the thinking of many landscape "experts" that front yards should be planted in the same way and with identical materials? Most homes have a considerable overhang of roof so that little rain falls near the foundation walls. With eavestroughs carrying away the water there is little if any remaining for any ground near the foundations. This means that nothing should be planted close to house walls. Concrete and brick walls in particular have an affinity for water and will absorb most moisture from soil near them. Nothing in the way of shrubs or evergreens should ever be planted within tliree feet of the foundations. Any bed near the house, and there is invariably one in front, should be dug deeply and well supplied with humus. It will almost certainly require lime unless lime-hating plants are to go in. This bed should not be too narrow. A narrow strip of soil looks mean and plants will have to go in far too close to foundations. Make it at least five feet in width. This bed should have plenty of time to settle down before planting is done. It is better to leave this until early fall while you get on with other important work. However, if you decide you must have something to relieve the monotony, do plant low- growing evergreens under the picture window and any other windows and plant them about three feet from the wall. If you want evergreens on either side of your entrance, think of their eventual height, Keep to your plan closely all the time. Clean up the front yard of all debris and now make preparations for your lawn. This can be sown either in the fall or the spring. Main thing to remember is that to do well, a lawn must have plenty of humus underneath for at least six inches. If you just get a load of topsoil and spread it thinly over the existing surface, you will never have a fine lawn. It will require frequent watering and will go brown in hot spells. Get the planned lawn rototilled to a good depth, incorporate plenty of rotted manure and peat moss and certainly include some ground limestone but not too much. Lawns like a medium acid soil but any land carved out of bush is likely to be too acid. Your lawn is always going to be with you so do take plenty of time in its preparation. Levelling and grading is important Don't mess up a fine lawn with small flower beds or individual trees and shrubs. One specimen shade tree is all right but several will make mowing difficult. When the ground for the front bed and the lawn is prepared, I would suggest attention be given to such things as pathways, playground, compost heaps, cold frames, patios, garden sheds and whatever you have included in your plan. These are permanents and must take preference over vegetable garden and herbaceous borders. One thing I have forgotten to -include and which must come first is drainage. If drainage is bad, this is the very first problem to be remedied. Although keeping to your planned garden is important, this does not mean you cannot have temporary plants. Supposing, for instance, you buy a house in the spring and decide to do all your preparatory work in order to do your planting in the fall. There is nothing to stop you from .spot planting. This will entail digging holes and preparing the soil for individual plants, knowing that later they will be removed. Many shrubs are easily removed without damage, particularly the decorative maples. Any perennial flower can be given a tem porary abode before being planted in its permanent quarters. Bright colors can be obtained by making temporary beds of annuals. Boxes and containers can be used to house all kinds of plants. Even if your garden is going to be one of the easily-maintained type consisting of lawn and evergreens plus a few flowering shrubs, it really pays handsome dividends to delay planting until your soil is ready for it. Of cabbages It is not really known what causes early cabbages to burst. Quite possibly it is due to heavy rains following a long dry season. This could probably be countered by making sure the cabbages are watered during the dry season. Some people claim that the best thing to do is to wait until the cabbage is a fair size and thai pull it just sufficiently for the roots to be disturbed. This will delay over- rapid growth. When the first small pin-size cauliflower heads are seen, many people bend over a large leaf to shade the centre from the sun. A better method is to pull the leaves above the centre and tie them loosely! If your potato and tomato plants are too full of leaf, it is almost certainly due to an excess of nitrogen. Poultry manure is too rich in nitrogen for these plants. They need more phosphates and potash. Fraser Valley Farm & Garden Some plants love to be pinched Perennial and annual flowers have one main job in their life cycle and that is to produce blooms and seed in order to propagate themselves. Leave these plants to themselves and they will do the job as quickly as they can. They will shoot straight up, flower, seed and die back. This is not what we want though. We want many blossoms and prolonged blooming. So what we do is to prevent the plant from sending up one single stem. We prune them when they are young by pinching them bade early in their youth. This is usually done when the plants are about four to six inches tall. It is simply a matter of pinching out the leading shoot, making sure to remove the flower buds. Sow seed at the right time Packets of flower seeds don't tell you nearly enough. Seeds are very individualistic. Some have to be sown in cold wet soil, otherwise they won't germinate. Others will not germinate if the soil is not warm. Some have to be sown early, others late. Among those flower seeds that should be sown vtry early are sweet peas, wallfloweis, annual chrysanthemums, California poppy, larkspur, stocks, verbena, African daisy and Shirley poppy. Early planting is recommended for sweet alyssum, candytuft, annual phlox, bachelor's button, Virginia stock and calendula but these flowers can be planted later in the season as well. Some plants don't like being moved, so it is better to thin out tiie seedlings and leave the others to bloom where they were sown. This group includes early sown California poppy, sweet peas, larkspur and lupins. Most other seedlings can be moved without harm including alyssum, calendula, stocks and verbena. Frost will damage the seedlings of many plants, so some must be sown after danger of frost but the ground can still be cold. Such flowers as aster, ager- atum, anchusa, clarkia, cosmos, delphinium, annual gaillardia, gypsophila, hollyhocks (annual), nasturtium, petunia, scabiosa, statice and sweet sultan come in this category. Then there is the group that must not be sown until the soil is really warm. This group includes tiie popular zinnias, marigolds, sunflowers, celosias, portulacas and morning glory. This pinching out ensures bottom growth. It will mean several side shoots will take the place of tiie leading shoot that has been pinched out. Not only will you get a better balanced plant but you will get far more blossom and a longer period of bloom. This should be done with most annuals of the bedding plant variety. It's a must witii sweet peas and should always be done with snapdragons and petunias. If you haven't been doing this before, try it with all tall growing annuals and note the difference. Take clarkia, for instance. Without this pinching back the plant will grow straggly with few or no side shoots. Pinch the leader back once, then pinch back the side shoots and you will get a wonderful plant with a mass of blooms. Low growing border plants such as alyssum, lubelia, arabis and many others need -"hearing promptly after they have flowered. This will not. only keep them tidy but prevent their strength going to seed and frequently means renewed flowering. It's the same thing with many perennials. When delphiniums have finished flowering, cut off their flower heads immediately. They will probably bloom again later in the same season. Nothing runs like a Deere* 8 hp RIDER whh rear bagger The John Deere 68 Rider is 'human engineered' for comfort, safety and quiet performance. A grass bagging attachment mounts behind the rider where it's out of the way for close-in trimming. The 30 inch mower has a deep tunnel for good lift and strong discharge of grass clippings. FRIESEN EQUIPMENT LTD. conies a full line of tractors and equipment from 8 to 20 h.p. WE HAVE IN STOCK: Ready for delivery, 40 to 125 HP Tractors with tikge, seeding and planting equipment. See us now for that best deal. ALL OUR PRODUCTS ARE BACKED BY JOHN DEERE'S ONE YEAR WARRANTY 'Service Is The Other Half of a Great Product - Count On It" FRIESEN EQUIPMENT LTD. 620 Sumas Way, Box 56, Abbotsford 859-7644 Toll Free Phones: Langley 530-1012, Chilliwack 792-3481 Growing asparagus is not difficult Have you got a spare piece of vegetable garden about 10 x 20 to grow a so-called luxury vegetable? If so, try asparagus. Tliis is one of the most permanent and dependable of home garden vegetables and one of the three perennials, the others being artichokes and rhubarb. There are only two real disadvantages to growing asparagus - it takes up space and plants take three years to come into full production. The great advantage is that once established, asparagus will go on producing year after year - sometimes for 15 years or more. Asparagus will grow in any type of soil but it must be well drained. It prefers a fertile, limed soil that has been well manured. Prepare the ground for asparagus carefully. It will remain there a long time and will not be disturbed. Get rid of all perennial weeds in the asparagus bed before planting the sets. Work in some good rotted manure or compost in the bottom six inches after digging trenches one foot . wide, 20 feet long and about a foot deep. Lime should be added, but only a sprinkling. You should have two of these rows in order to provide enough asparagus for four lovers of this vegetable. You now have two 20 foot rows spaced four feet apart and ready to plant. It is not too late to plant right now although early spring is the best time. It does not .really pay to grow this vegetable from seed because it takes a long time. It is better to buy one-year old asparagus crowns from the garden shop. These suffer less in transplanting than older crowns. Buy plants that are not wilted or moldy and that have many roots. Now for the planting. Your trenches are still about one foot deep with good rotted composted worked in underneath. Before planting thoroughly soak the soil then set the crowns in the bottom of the trench, with the roots very well spread out and the tops about eight inches below the top of the trench. Space the crowns this way every foot and cover with loose, loamy soil that is also free from weeds. Now water slowly and deeply. Leave the plants like this until the asparagus grows and gradually fill in the trench but don't ever completely cover the tips. By the middle of summer the trench should be completely filled. Never let the plants dry out. During dry periods, water thoroughly every week. Don't cut any spears the first year. Foliage will turn brown in the late fall. The stems should tlien be cut back to the ground. However, don't cut back too soon because the foliage manufactures food for the roots for about six months following the harvest period. Asparagus is a plant that loves growing near the seaside so an occasional dressing of common salt is appreciated. Don't overdo this though. If you can get it, a mulch of wet seaweed is also beneficial. . Next March is the good time. You can harvest your first crop but only for four to six weeks the first year. The following year the harvesting period can be extended up to 10 weeks. Cut the spears when they are about six inches long. Do this at ground level or an inch or two below the soil. Never make cuts closer than two inches from the crown because new shoots are developing there. To keep weeds down, it is better to liand-weed. Hoeing can cause damage to tiie crowns. Mulching is also a good means of keeping weeds at bay and conserving moisture. Don't expect a heavy crop the first year of cutting. Some spears will appear every three days or so and they will appear more rapidly as tiie weather warms up. With our unpredictable winters in the Fraser Valley, it is wise to mulch the crowns in the winter witii well rotted manure. This will help replenish the soil in the spring. Tliere are a few pests that like asparagus. Most of them can be controlled by the use of rotenone, a safe pesticide. Slugs are also enemies and should be picked off and put in salt water whenever seen. This is another reason why light dressings of common salt serve a good purpose. Asparagus plants are fully mature when they are three years old. Good varieties to grow in the valley are. Mary and Martiia Washington. Owing to the fact that asparagus is a perennial and will remain in the same place a long time, it is really essential to prepare the land thoroughly before planting. The end result is well worth the trouble. MAKING IT HOT If you like really hot horseradish sauce with your beef, it is a simple matter to grow your own. There is no comparison between the horseradish sauce you buy in bottles and the homemade sauce. This plant is so named because it is a member of the radish family. It is a hardy perennial and has long, dark-green, shiny leaves and long, much-branched fleshy roots. It is from these roots that tiie sauce is made. Buy one plant from the garden shop and that will last you a lifetime. Don't bother raising it from seed but if you know someone who grows it, maybe you can get hold of a piece of root. Horseradish plants are propagated by pieces of root, called thongs, about half an inch in diameter and nine inches long. They are taken off old plante in winter and laid in ashes or sand until March. By that time they will have produced a ring of buds at the top end. Each piece can be planted in rich soil, well firmed about 18 inches apart. This plant spreads, so grow it in an out of the way place. Every single little bit of root left in the ground will make a plant. Some gardeners make mounds about two feet high and plant the horseradish thongs on top of them. This will prevent the roots from spreading. Alternately, each piece of root can be sown in a piece of old piping or tile. Give the plants a sunny position and plenty of moisture. They can be lifted in the fall, stored over winter or taken up as required. Horseradish sauce is made in various ways, the simplest being grated roots beaten up with whipped cream. mm Fraser Valley Farm & Garden surface. Obviously it will have to remain in position and eventually rot down. If an attempt is made to remove it; undoubtedly some of the grasses will be pulled out. Grass seed will easily grow through this material or even through a very thin burlap- covering. You will find that by uisirtg this method, even heavy rains will not wash away soil and seed. Even a small greenhouse can bring forth fantastic results as witness this lemon tree grown in Mission. It has regularly produced an abundance of large lemons. When this photograph was taken there were upwards of 100 lemons on the tree and most of them were double the size of store bought fruit. The greenhouse, owned by Bob Lock of 5th Avenue, Mission, boasts a small heater. SEEDING GRASS ON STEEP SLOPES It is frequently very difficult to sow a steep terrace to grass without having rain washing away the seed and the soil. If possible, don't sow grass.- Try a ground cover or make the terrace into a rock garden. However, if you have to sow grass, the best thing to do is to spread a thin material such as cheesecloth over the area after grass seed has been sown. This fabric is then pegged down to the- FOREST PLANTS Many gardeners are disappointed when they bring back a plant found in the woodlands and try to grow it in their garden. Invariably the plant won't grow because it has not got the right growing conditions. Take the beautiful trillium, for instance. This can be grown in your garden but it must be given similar conditions to its native habitat. Firstly you need a fairly shady spot under trees. After working over the soil to a depth of about eight inches, you should stir in plenty of peat moss and leafmold. If possible, bring in some forest soil. It will be black and acid. A couple of garbage bags of this stuff and then you can have your wild garden spot. It is best to plant trilliums in the fall about six inches apart. Wild orchids could be put jn at the same time. Hotbeds for an early start Lucky are the gardeners who have hothouses. They are in a position to grow all their bedding plants besides being able to grow a great variety of hothouse plants that are too tender to place outdoors. Those who do not own hothouses can do the next best thing. They can get a jump on nature either by the use of electrically heated hotbeds or, more simply, by the use of hotbeds made of fermenting material. I can thoroughly recommend those little miniature greenhouses about 18 inches by one foot that are on the market today. These have a buried cable to sustain a temperature of about 22 degrees Celsius under the soil. They are easy to operate, are thermostatically controlled and allow many seeds to be sown indoors early. They are also excellent for cuttings. However, they are small and do not allow for much variety to be grown. If you are clever enough to make your own, you can make it any size you want to but it requires too much electrical knowledge for many people (including myself). So what else is available? For decades the European gardeners relied on hotbeds made from fermenting manure and these are simple to make. Most satisfactory hotbeds of this type are made from fresh horse manure and not much of this is needed. Manure is heaped up as it becomes available and is turned several times during the course of a week. If dried out it should be moistened but not saturated. You need a heap about three feet high and the manure should be trodden fairly firm as it is placed in position. After about a week, place your cold frame over the manure pile so that the manure will project about a foot beyond the frame. Then cover the manure with about six to eight inches of Cont. on page 6 PENZKOFER FAST SAW SHARPENING SPECIALIZING IN REPAIRS AND SALES OF ALL TYPES OF CHAIN SAWS CIRCULAR SAWS PUMPS HAND SAWS LAWN MOWERS CARPENTER TOOLS ROTOTILLERS OPEN SATURDAYS — '. 8 AEa OitfMi 28728 Fraier Hwy., 850-O49U Aldergrove (Aberdeen Lumber Building) Rent-it Centre COMPLETE line of Rental Items of the Fraser Valley a a You Wont It - We Rent ft Rent-it Centre "The place to call" 2777ALLWOOD CLEARBROOK Tel: 859-5510 » 853-7454 OHiofl Trnlun 1 Mixm Fraser Valley Farm & Garden Give seeds a chance Glads do well on sandy loam "They never came up," and "I had to plant half the row again", are comments frequently heard during the sowing season. Believe it or not, there is always a very good reason why seeds sometimes never germinate and why others are irregular. One of the commonest causes of seed failure, particularly on heavy soils, is sowing too deeply. In nature the seed is deposited on top of the ground but some go through chinks in the soil. Small seeds only require a small covering, almost a dusting. In fact, most very small seeds will germinate with no covering at all provided the soil is moist and not allowed to dry out. So if the seed packet says sow one-eighth on an inch deep, don't sow at half an inch. It is too much of a struggle for the baby seedling to push its way through. Never sow seeds if the soil is thoroughly wet or too dry. The soil must always be friable, i.e. can be pulverised in the hand. After sowing, the soil should never be "stomped" on by foot. This will make too tough a skin for the sprout to push through and stops air from reaching the soil. In order to germinate properly, the seed must have the right proportions of moisture, temperature and oxygen. Ideally, after sowing, seeds Should not be watered again until growth has shown, otherwise the seed might rot. If the soil is too dry the seeds will not germinate. However, they stand more chance of success than if planted when the soil is too wet. Another cause of seed failure is the use of too much fresh manure which can cause the developing roots to be burnt off. Excessive doses of inorganic manures can do the same thing. Personally when sowing seed in rows, I make sure the soil is thoroughly damp underground for at least a foot but the top inch or two can be dry. When furrows are drawn out to plant the seed (vegetable in this case), I thoroughly wet the seed furrow. Half an hour later I sow the seed and cover with dry peat moss. The seed only needs moisture underneath.' It helps germination to cover the whole row with black plastic but care must be taken to remove this immediately the seedlings show through. At this stage a light sprinkling with water can be given. Anything more, can easily drown out the seedlings. Lastly, germination might take place but the seedlings can be demolished by soil pests such as wireworms, leatherjackets, cutworms and slugs. In the case of peas, the culprits could be mice. To deal with these is a long story but I find that rotenone and diazinon will take care of most seedling problems. Most vegetable and flower seeds germinate without difficulty but some can be given assistance. Sweet pea seed has a hard coat and germinates better if cracked and soaked overnight. Beetroot seeds should first be rubbed in the hand to separate the clusters and also do better if soaked overnight. Some seeds need to be frozen before they will germinate. Certain primulas and auriculas are affected this way. Some diseases can be transmitted from seed surfaces or from within the seed and may have to be specially treated. For instance, corn smut and cabbage root rot can be transmitted through the seed if it has not been treated. Similarly, alfalfa seed has to be inoculated. If the seed you are sowing is dark and you want to see easily how far it is being spaced, rub it in lime before sowing. It will then show up easily on the soil. * * Never mix fertilizers with lime. * • * Don't dig in lime. Put it on the surface because it washes down into the soil very quickly. Gladiolus corms should be planted in the spring when frost is out of the ground. By the way, I understand they don't use the plural gladioli any more. Glads, as they are popularly called, should be planted in the open sunshine. You won't get much success if you plant them in shade areas or close to trees and shrubs. Again, they don't appreciate low-lying, poorly drained areas. Best soil for glads is a sandy loam and if your soil is heavy clay, it is wise to break it down with sand and peat moss. They can be planted in the same more on hotbeds ••• Cont. from page 5 garden soil. Leave the top of the frame open for a few days in order for any fumes to escape. Quite a high temperature will develop. When the heat of the bed has dropped down to about 30 degrees Celsius is the time that seeds can be sown in the soil on top. Alternately, seed may be planted in peat pots or flats and these are placed slightly buried in the top soil. Hotbeds should always be located in places not exposed to cold winds and should face to the south. Heat at night can be conserved by placing matting over the frame. If the days are sunny, the heat might build up too much inside the frame so ventilation must be provided by opening the sash a little. Ventilate gradually and always close up early enough to trap some of the sun's heat. Don't watte?.lyith cold water. Sare*20 on a power-drive Toro Whirlwind' •While stock lasts* You'll get a pretty tough value to beat: Toro's precision engineering at a reasonable price. No fancy frills or gadgets. Just the essential features you need for good cutting. Give the Whirlwind a good look-over. But hurry, we have a limited supply. Safety deflector bar help!, direct stones downward Wind-Tunnel* housing vacuums grass Fingertip starting Front wheel power-drive Haven't you done without I a Toro long enough? I TORO ARTISAN EQUIPMENT LTD. Lawn and Garden Equipment COMPLETE SERVICE FACLITES.. •Lawn Mowers 'Tractors •Rototillers •Chain Saws 5665 GIOYER ROAD, LANGLEY TEL: 534-7033 Choose a mild and preferably sunny day to do this. Hotbeds are very useful at this time of the year to secure early vegetable plants and for hastening the development of seedlings and rooted cuttings. There are so many horses in the Fraser Valley now that it should not be very difficult for anyone to obtain such a small amount of fresh manure. It can easily be transported in garbage . bags. I suggest making a frame about three by six feet. This size will enable many seeds to be grown either directly in the soil or in seed flats or peat pots. Manure should be spread very evenly under the frame so that heat will emanate uniformly. It is a good idea to have a cold frame alongside the hotbed in order to harden off plants sown. Hotbeds can also be made from pressed down leaves but the heat generated is not nearly so high or so prolonged as that from fresh manure. Seeds sown in a hotbed come safely through a really cold spell. ground as the previous year but it is better to change site every year. Before planting, dig and loosen the soil at least 12 inches because the roots go deep and are fast growing. If growing for cut flowers, it is best to dig a trench and fertilize at the rate of a pound each 25 feet of row. This fertilizer should be at the bottom of the trench and should be covered with soil before planting out the glads. Glad corms should be planted in rows of three about six inches apart. If another row of three is required this should be nearly three feet away. Plant the corms four inches deep. Glads like frequent cultivation to conserve moisture and during very hot weather must be watered thoroughly. They appreciate more fertilizer just before they come into bloom. This should be worked into the soil around the plant. For a rough guide, one tablespoonful of fertilizer per plant is needed. . When cutting, always leave at least four strong leaves on the plant. Gladiolus corms are lifted after the first killing frost. If placed under cover for a week or two, it is easy to remove the soil and old stems before storing them for the winter. Stems should be cut off about half an inch above the corm. Small corms found at the ba-.*. of the original corm may be saved, stored for the winter and planted in flats in the spring. They will generally bloom in two years. When grown in rows, it is a simple matter to give glads some support by fixing a post at each end of the row and stretching a. >> wire between. aK This is probably the easiest method of staking pole beans. Push the poles into the ground firmly at the same time you sow the seeds. Tie the poles to the cross poles laid on top at about five or six feet (see top right hand corner). m-m-m* -w-m.-wjpj.^cwi n-rK-t-uft-ia.il*-' M«M mm Fraser Valley Farm & Garden It's hard to harden off What do you find the most difficult task in gardening? I'm talking about difficult tasks, not arduous things like digging. Some people will undoubtedly say weeding, which at times can be both arduous and difficult. Overgrown borders can be an absolute menace. Unless one has a greenhouse and a cold frame, I believe the most difficult task for the amateur gardener is sowing seed indoors and bringing the seedlings safely through the hardening off period. It is comparatively easy to get seeds to germinate and it is not too difficult to counter the dangers of damping-off. But the business of keeping the young plants free from too much heat or too much cold and giving the right amount of moisture is a tricky business even for the experts. Average temperatures inside the home are usually too high for over-wintering. Then again, basements are often too dark and lack humidity. If a child is kept in wet clothes it will probably suffer from colds. If the child gets over-heated and goes out into freezing temperature, there is a possibility of pneumonia and other ailments. A diver coming up from the water too quickly gets the bends. Human beings have learned how to "harden themselves off in all kinds of circumstances. You don't put frozen limbs in hot water, you don't go to bed with damp sheets. In other words, you take care of yourself. Unless the needs of plants are thoroughly understood, they will suffer, especially baby plants. So what happens? Many of the young seedlings that have started off so well come to a sorry end. They grow leggy because of lack of sufficient light. They suffer from sudden changes in temperature. They are placed too near the window on frosty nights and cannot take the cold. They don't appreciate some of the household smells, aerosol sprays for instance. They are planted too close to each other and haven't got room for root development. There are dozens and dozens of reasons why young plants can't take it. What can be done to counter this? Are there alternatives? Yes, there are. Most hardy perennials and biennials do far better if sown outside in June or July. With a properly prepared seed bed and careful attention to moisture requirements, any number of fine plants can be raised outside. Some of them might require some protection over the winter but all surviving plants will be hardy, sturdy, specimens, better than those raised indoors. They are transplanted in the fall and have time to make a good root system before being placed in their permanent positions the following spring. I have grown aquilegia, pansies, pentstemons, primulas, hollyhocks, sweet williams and many other plants this way. Think of all the trouble you save by not having to coddle them indoors. Even if you have a cold greenhouse, it is often better to do your sowing in the open. What about the annual bedding plants? Some of the half-hardy and tender annuals cannot be planted outdoors until all danger of frost is passed. These, such as petunias, nasturtiums, salvia and zinnia must be started indoors or bought as plants because if sown in the open in May, their flowering period will arrive so late in the season. However, nearly all the hardy annuals can be sown in the open early in tiie season or, better still, in the fall, either where it is intended they should bloom, or in nursery seeding beds from whence they can be transplanted to their permanent sites. What does nature do about seeding? Why do we get so many seedings of annuals such as clarkia, bachelor's button, poppy and hundreds of others, coming up the next season after planting. The reason is that they throw their seeds on top of the ground in late summer and the fall and some of these seeds fall in little crevices in the soil and germinate.. Are they killed by winter frosts? No, they are perfectly happy. At least, the better seedlings survive and make wonderful plants the next spring and early summer. It's a matter of survival of the fittest all over again. So why not do what nature does? Sow your hardy annuals in the fall or even in the winter. Any seeds ttct you have sown indoors in January, February or March should be given daily inspection. Any changes in their environment should be made gradually. Remember that this, naturally, is their dormant season. Don't expect to force them with fertilizer out of season and expect good plants in the garden. Keep them always at a temperature above freezing but as cool as they can stand. Don't over-water them but never let them dry out completely. They are babies and, as such, need special treatment until they become adults and can look after themselves. Camouflage that spout It an uttly down spout or drainpipe needs to be camouflaged there are several Wtiys to do this. Without any addition, one can plant anything that entwines as long as it is given a start. For instance, if in full sunlight, why not plant pole beans and get yourself a crop? The beans will have to be planted about a foot away from the drain sump itself. Plant three of them at two inch intervals and train them towards the downpipe at first. When they have reached the pipe they will look after themselves. If in shade or partial shade, how about planting climbing honeysuckle with its sweet smelling flowers? Vines with other means of attaching themselves require more support. In this case, all that has to be done is to wrap See us for ideas and advise on your Landscaping k bp@Cial Spreading JUNIPERS REG 279 !*w»tp. 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It took a long time for soil to form on bare rock. It took rain to dissolve the rocks and-produce chemicals for the first vegetation to grow. It took millions of years of decayed vegetation, water action and the rotted remains of all forms of animal life to produce even a small layer of soil. We are lucky, in the Fraser Valley. Our basic soil is composed of sedimentary deposits brought in by the oceans and aided by large rivers and many tributaries. What nature has achieved, man can also achieve. He can speed up the process of providing more and more topsoil. Nothing worthwhile will grow on pure sand alone. It needs body and we can provide that body. One doesn't make pea soup with a gallon of water and two peas. Asiatic races know all about recycling natural products and wastes to improve their soils. They don't waste anything that will rot down quickly. We must face the fact that composting has gone out of fashion in the western world. It's considered too messy, too smelly, too time-consuming, altogether too much trouble. Yet the benefits are enormous and the costs negligible. What nature has accomplished in millions of years, we can achieve in one iota of the time. Some people take their grass clippings regularly to the garbage dump. They burn their fallen leaves, dump their kitchen wastes and care not a jot about replenishing the good earth. All of this material and much more can be returned to the earth in the finest form of plant food. It can be recycled without having a smelly, fly-producing corner of the garden. But it must be done properly. It's no good chucking everything on a heap and leaving it. Every garden should have at least two compost heaps, one for current use and one in the building stage. There are numerous methods of enclosing the heap but it must be remembered that to rot down properly, a compost heap must have air and moisture. Bacterial breakdown of vegetation will not succeed if these two elements are not present Good solid compost heaps are easy to make. Here are two of four seen in a Surrey garden. Note that the front boards are removable. Before using the compost, the top few inches are removed. The remainder is the finest stuff you can get for producing good healthy plants. FENCING! Ware Holdings Ltd. Has What It Takes PENTA TREATED POSTS & RAILS Treated with a dean oil carrier #12V2 Baited Wire Double strand 4 point 6" space 00 per roll Bundle Lot Prices $23 5480 Olund Rd. 85641853 or 8594282 21/2-3x7. 95%a. NO 2x7 Wea. INCREASE M , en FROM • ea* LAST 3V24x7. 1.80ea. YIAR 4-5x7 2.25ea. Selection of Rails also available Small gardens can get by with small containers, even close- mesh wire frames but it is far better to build compost bins where they are to remain, in some accessible but not too obvious corner of the garden. Dimensions are not all that important, say three by six or four by eight feet in outside measurement and about six feet in height.. Make sure the corner posts are stout and firmly in the ground.' Enclose with any available timber but preferably cedar and have half inch gaps between boards to allow tiie free entry of air. Leave the front open but board it up as the compost builds. There are many methods of building the heap. The simplest is to start with about six inches of compacted green matter spread evenly over an open surface. Cover this with an inch or two of soil. This soil already contains millions of bacteria and they will quickly work on the unrotted green matter such as grass mowings, leaves, etc. To speed things up even more, you can add a sprinkling of sulphate of ammonia or any quick acting chemical fertilizer. When once you have got the heap started, you can add anything that will rot in layers with occasional additions of soil A sprinkling of lime or wood ashes is beneficial. It is important to keep the mixture moist without being soggy. Each layer should be sprayed with a garden hose if there is no rain about. If it will rot, the compost heap will do it. The greater variety of material, the better the end result and the smaller the material is, the quicker will it rot. Cabbage stumps, for instances, should be mashed up first. Anything smelly that is likely to attract flies should be put in the middle of the heap and covered with soil or vegetation. This includes such things as fishheads, kitty, litter, fresh manure or kitchen waste. Don't put on anything containing fat or grease. Perennial weeds such as crabgrass, dandelions etc. will rot down but put these near the centre too. Hedge trimmings, eggshells (flattened), banana and orange peel, feathers, shredded paper will all be good for the heap. But use imagination. You don't want detergents or pieces of soap in your soil. It is amazing how quickly the Cont. on page 9 o4>Um gaZ-n equipment Emperor Riding Mowers - 2 Models Vinyl-covered toam test Dependeble 4-cycle engine Dlsc-O-Mallc Drive speed shift control 8H.P. ELECTRIC OR RECOIL START Gear and Pinion steering Mower clutch lever Blade height adjustment. 1V to 4' Separate clutch pedal — also serves as a brake - 'Flex-N-Float Plus mower deck Full front fenders Heavy-duty welded steel frame Heavy-duty positive action brake pedal Join the growing trend JET GEAR DRIVE TILLERS vaxoIm. 624SR-6HPJet with 24"tinewidth and swing handler-art 524$R-5HPJet with 24" tine width 424SR-4HPJet with 24" tine width Select the one that fits your needs PHIL'S LAWNMOWER SALES & SERVICE 31772 South Fraser Way, Clearbrook, B.C. Phone 853-0616 Fraser Valley Faim & Garden ...more on compost Cont. from page 8 bacteria work in the heap and how -ugly muck turns into fine, loamy, non-smelling soil. In very wet weather, cover the heap with plastic and keep this over the heap in winter otherwise it will get too soggy. Ideally you should have two compost heaps side by side (or more). Then when the first heap is ready you can throw off the top layer of a few inches to start the next heap. This top layer will not be fully rotted and may contain weed seeds and harmful bacteria. If the heap heats up too much in the centre (and it really gets hot), it is probably not moist enough. Always see that the compost is moist, not wet and that it can get air through the sides. Most people who see good, finished compost for the first time are unable to believe what was put on the heap. Apart from the small layer not completely rotted at the top, the remainder will be good, friable soil, chocked full of plant nutrients. Man has done quickly what nature does slowly. It is true that all the materials put on the compost heap would eventually rot if buried in the soil. But it is a very slow process. In the heap, bateria will multiply at an incredible rate with so much matter to work on. You can buy compost heap activators at any garden shop. Many of these contain dormant bacteria, only awaiting the right moist, warm conditions to start on their job of decomposing vegetable matter. Using these activators will mean that your finished compost will be ready a few months earlier. Everything organic should be turned back into tiie soil and a compost rich garden is the best garden of all. Shrub Tidbits Brooms (cytisus), of which there are some 50 species, are members of the pea family. Give them the sunniest position possible in well-drained but poor soil. They live longer and flower better when the soil is not rich. • ». ♦ Another plant that does better in poor soil is heath (erica). Most of the heaths grow best in sandy peat and will then make compact plants. If grown in soils that are too rich they sprawl. ■ • • • Buddleias, one of the few lime loving shrubs (others include lilac and deutzia), grow well in the Fraser Valley. They like the sun, have fragrant blossoms and must be severely pruned every March. This shrub attracts butterflies more than any others. It comes in many varieties and colors. Camellias ate shade loving. Although hardy, they flower early and early blossoms are frequently, damaged by spring frosts..They like a slightly acid soil and revel in a peat moss mulch. Plant them with their upper roots close to the soil surface. Propagate them by terminal shoot cuttings taken in late July or August. After planting out camellias they should have their foliage sprayed daily until the plants are well established. Over-watering of camellias will always cause their flower buds to drop. At the same time, their roots must never be allowed to dry out. Some lime loving plants Owing to the fact that there are hundreds of lime loving plants it's a good idea to memorize those in your garden that like lime and to give it to them occasionally. It is doubtful if anyone could possibly memorize all the lime loving plants so here are some you might be growing in your garden. Give the smaller plants about a cupful and the trees and shrubs about two cupf uls of ground limestone or hydrated lime. Flowering plums (prunus) and flowering cherries (cerasus), mountain ash or rowan trees, laburnum, filbert nuts, maple (except Japanese varieties), hawthorne and sumacs all like lime. Give it to them twice a year in spring and late summer. Berberis, firethorn (pyra- cantha), yew and boxwood are among the popular evergreen shrubs that like lime and among the deciduous shrubs give lime to clematis, cotoneaster, privet, mock orange, smoke tree, lilac, viburnum (snowball), spirea and ribes (flowering currant). Easy ways to make a pathivay Most gardens have some areas that are well-trodden. Some of these in areas where clay abounds become muddy. All become thoroughly compacted and exclude air from the soil. When air cannot be admitted, nothing will grow. These trodden pathways may be across a lawn or to tiie vegetable garden or to the garden shed etc. An inexpensive way to deal with these walkways is to put down some form of irregular path. In England the use of "crazy paving" was all the rage at one time. Flat irregular slabs of concrete were let into the soil about a foot or two apart. They were buried at surface level so that the mower could run over them. Although "crazy" they looked attractive. We can do far better than that over here with very little trouble. Rounds of cedar can be purchased at any garden shop. Holes should be dug to fit these rounds which come in all sizes. It is better to lay sand or fine gravel at the bottom of the dug holes before setting them in. Another idea is to use native rock from British Columbia. These can easily be picked up from any of the gravel bars on the Fraser River in a great variety of colors. Choose the thin, flat stones of hard rock. Red and green rocks are readily obtainable for this purpose from the Hope area. Usually it is possible to put half a dozen or more in the trunk of a car. Measure out before you are up-country how many you need to make a pathway. When set in, fill up the edges with sand. Among the common perennial border plants that should have lime are all members of tiie di- anthus family (pinks, sweet Williams, carnations, etc.), michael- mas daisies, sunflowers, peonies, perennial poppy, sedums, lewisia and catmint (nepeta). Most annuals need a certain amount of lime and all vegetables except potatoes and parsnips. Strawberries and blueberries are also a no, no. 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Abbotsford Tel. 853-7134 10 Fraser Valley Farm & Garden When to sow those vegetables We have such a variable weather pattern that it is difficult to lay down rigid rules oh when to sow or plant out vegetables. However, there are certain things we do know for sure even if we do not know the last day we will get frost. Frost or not, some vegetables can be sown very early provided you can get a good tilth in the. soil and it is not too wet. Very hardy vegetables include cabbage, broccoli, broad beans, lettuce, onions, peas, spinach, potatoes and turnips. All these can be sown now or earlier. They won't come to much harm even if there are slight frosts in May. Potato tops should get some protection if showing through. In the hardy range, usually planted mid-April in the Fraser Valley are beets, carrots, swiss chard, parsnips and radish. With protection and the right soil conditions, many of these can be sown earlier. It's wonderful what plastic will do if a frost is suspected. There are some vegetables that cannot be sown or planted out early. They are the heat-loving plants and it does not pay to take any chances with these. Snap beans, corn, squash and tomatoes can be sown or planted out on the first frost-free date, whenever that is. Where I live I reckon that date to be May 10. Another group of vegetables like warm soil right from the start and these should not be sown or planted until the soil is warm to the touch. They also like a night temperature of around 10 degrees Celsius. In this group are your lima and pole beans, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers and melons. I believe we have to experiment more with our sowing times. Last year, I sowed carrots and beets in late February with success. However, the sowing was made in shallow trenches with glass laid over the top for protection. This could equally well have been clear plastic. Carrots in particular like a long, cool growing season, so do members of the cabbage family. Late planted carrots seldom come to much and are subject to too many pests. Cloche gardening is very popular in Europe. I cannot understand why it is not used in British Columbia. Special wire clips are used to hold together squares of glass over early-planted crops. By this means many plants can be grown out-of-season. Kids and birds love them Giant sunflower (helianthus) blooms are always the centre of attraction in a garden. It is not advisable to grow many because they can reach 12 feet in height and have flowers up to a foot in diameter. Two or three seeds sown in a 'sunny corner or beside a shed provide a bright spot in the garden and will delight the kids. Sow the seeds at least 12 inches apart at a depth of half an inch in moist, rich soil. Their culture is very simple. All they require is an occasional watering and possible staking if in an exposed position. If you want to eat the seeds, place paper bags over the flowers just before they are fully ripe. Otherwise the birds will get them for sure. Flower heads can be dried in the oven under the broiler. How to grow better carrots Everyone who grows vegetables wants to grow good carrots and most do because it is an easy vegetable to grow. However, some gardeners still have part failures with the crop and these are frequently due to other causes than pests. By the time you read this article, all carrots should have been planted. In the Fraser Valley they can often be planted (sown) in kite February. Carrots are a cool season crop and it is difficult to get seeds to germinate if sown in hot, sunny weather. This is largely because it is difficult to keep the sesded soil moist and crustless while the seed is germinating. It takes quite a long period for seeds to germinate, about two to three weeks, so soaking the seed or mixing it with moist sand prior to sowing helps considerably. Don't use last year's leftover seeds. Carrot seeds must be fresh. They quickly lose their germinating powers. As the seeds are small and hard, they must never be allowed to dry out after planting. This is the major cause of seed failure. Use of a black- plastic sheet over the rows will help but this must be inspected USE THOSE DAMP SPOTS Most vegetables will not grow in damp, partially-shaded spots but these are good locations for growing parsley, mint and chives. regularly and removed immediately germination starts. Carrots like a. rich, loose, loamy soil. It should be free of any kind of manure and rocks. The moment a carrot hits fresh manure or a stone it will fork into all kinds of odd shapes. Ideally the soil should be sifted or seeds planted in holes that have been filled with sifted soil and sand. Unless growing for exhibition, the home gardener will not have the time for this. The least that can be done is to prepare the site in advance and remove all stones. Sow the seed half an inch deep in a sunny location in rows a foot apart Sow fairly thickly because many of the seeds will not germinate. Until the plants show in two or three weeks, the rows must be kept moist. Some gardeners cover the seed row with about half an inch of leaf mold or damp peat after sowing in order to retain moisture. Give some thought as to the type of carrot you want to grow. This will largely depend on how much top sod you have. If your soil is fairly shallow it is better to grow short, stumpy carrots. If your soil is deep and good, then the longer varieties can be grown. Carrots, to be good, must be grown rapidly and picked early. They need plenty of moisture and are benefited by applications of a suitable fertilizer, not rich in nitrogen. Doses of liquid manures at weekly intervals will promote fast growth. Many gardeners in this region suffered last year from carrot root fly. This is a serious pest, especially during warm weather. Those who sowed their carrots early are not so likely to be troubled by this pest. It usually takes hold during transplanting or singling when the carrot fly is attracted by the strong smell of the carrot. Its larva attacks the carrot underground, tunneling into the roots. It is advisable to grow onions next to carrots as the carrot fly does not seem to like the smell of onions and keeps away. When thinning, be careful not to disturb the ground too much and do not leave any part of the carrot root showing. Finn the ground after thinning and draw up some soil to the plants remaining. ' Unless you want young, succulent carrots, you might as well buy them from the store. It is the young, tender, sweet carrots that make this vegetable so worth growing. There is no comparison to the large, bought carrots. Carrots should be thinned at first to an inch apart when very small. The next thinnings should leave the main crop three inches apart and it is these thinnings that provide the gourmet's delight. When mature, and don't leave them in the soil too long, a ten- foot row should provide about 15 pounds of large carrots. Maturity time varies with the variety but most carrots are ready about 70 days after planting. It is not necessary to have a vegetable plot to grow carrots. They do exceedingly well if planted in containers with good drainage and a light, stone-free soil. It is recommended that about three feet of soil should be used, if grown in boxes or containers and that the bottom three inches or so should be peat moss. If grown this way the seed can be broadcast instead of being planted in rows. Hand weeding is simple in a container and the risk of pests is greatly reduced. Some parts of the Fraser Valley have heavy clay soil. Where this occurs, the best method of growing carrots is to nick out a shallow trench with a spade. 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If you have overplanted such crops as cabbage, cauliflower and sprouts, it is possible to delay maturity for a time by cutting the roots on one side of the plant and bending the head over. If green onions are picked after the tops have died down naturally, they should be cured in the sun for a few days. They will then keep in cool storage indoors for several months with moderate humidity. Bring unripened tomatoes indoors before the first frost. Many of them will ripen at room temperature. Squash, marrow and pumpkins will keep a long time indoors but they should first be placed in a warm room for a week to cure. They keep best at a temperature . around 15 degrees Celsius, Root crops, except parsnips which can be left in the ground, may be kept in storage for up to five months at a temperature around two degrees Celsius and 90 percent humidity. Don't attempt to store any potatoes unless the tops of the plants have ripened. They will store for about four months at about 10 degrees Celsius under high humidity. If the temperature is below this, they will become sweet and darken when cooked. If sprouts are seen on potatoes when spring approaches, these should be rubbed off, otherwise the potatoes will shrivel. When cucumbers turn yellow, throw them away. Much of their value has gone, even for pickling. Pull parsnips before new growth occurs in the spring, otherwise they turn toxic. Cherries can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks after picking but are not suitable for freezing. It is a bad practice to store dahlia tubers in open boxes in warm basements. This will cause them to shrink and lose strength. This common practice also causes premature soft top growth. A better method is to store the tubers in damp sawdust, peat moss, sand or vermiculite in a cool place where there is no chance of freezing temperatures. Dahlias can be left in the ground all winter if a heavy .mulch is placed over them. However, the following year's plant will need thinning drastically. Tuberous begonias, lifted in November after the first hard frost, should be stored with some soil on the roots until all green growth is cured. After this, wash soil away and place in full sun until thoroughly dry. Store them in a dry place in perforated plastic bags at 10 degrees Celsius. If you attempt to store soft, watery tubers, they will quickly rot. Any left over seeds should be stored in a dry place after the packets have been resealed and dated. » ♦ * If you have no sterilized soil available for seed boxes or flats, use a mixture of good garden soil and peat moss and pour boiling water over it at least an hour before you intend to sow seed. How to increase bedding plants Nearly all annual and perennial plants can be increased by means of cuttings. Taking a cutting means taking a part of the current growth of a plant and placing it in such a position that it is forced to make a root system and grow into a plant duplicating its parent. Most of the common plants we grow can be increased this way by rooting soft tip cuttings from May through to September. Here are just a few plants that will propagate very easily either for late flowering plants or, in some cases, to be retained for early flowering the following year. Ageratum, alyssum, campanula, carnation, celosia, candytuft, dicentra (bleeding heart), chrysanthemum, delphinium, geraniufn, lobelia, marigold, nasturtium, petunia, phlox, pansy, rudbeckia, snapdragon, salvia and many, many more plants can easily be increased this way. Cuttings may be struck outdoors or indoors. The procedure is similar either way. Cut off the top three to five inches of new growth, making the cut just below the point where a leaf comes from the stem. Do this with a sharp knife. Take off all but the top leaf or two. If the top leaves are big, cut half of them off. Now fill a flat with a mixture of sand and peat moss, about two- thirds sand and one-third peat Dip the cutting in a hormone preparation and insert the cuttings about half an inch deep in the sand. Take care not to rub off the hormone when inserting the cutting and make sure there are no air pockets below. If indoors, place the flat in a warm, light place, shading for a few days from direct sunlight. Cuttings must at all times be kept moist but not over-watered. They need a humid atmosphere but can keel over if the surface, is kept wet. Covering the flat with glass or plastic will retain a humid atmosphere. As there is no nutrition in the mixture, the cuttings must be taken out soon after they have rooted and either "potted up or placed outside where they are to* grow. There is really only one way to tell whether or not a cutting has rooted. Give it a gentle pull and if it does not come out immediately it is probably rooted. Do this two or three weeks after insertion. Don't expect everything to root. Even the most accomplished nurserymen have some failures. It is all largely a matter of experimentation. Before the advent of hormone preparations for cuttings, it was very much a hit-or-miss affair. Nowadays the odds are far greater for success. One of the bugbears is still the matter of damping-off. When this occurs the cuttings turn brown at the junction of soil and stem and keel over. This also occurs with seedlings and can be very discouraging. Fortunately there are several ways of preventing this disease. Use sterilized soil that may now be purchased from any garden shop or treat the rooting mixture with any one of several preparations that can be pur- chased to combat damping off. If you intend to fake a lot of cuttings, you can easily make your own mixture. Simply incorporate about one ounce of formalin to about four flats of rooting mixture. Yet again, if only one or two flats are to be used for cuttings, pour boiling water over the mixture about an hour or two before inserting the cuttings. If you do this, you must scuffle up tiie surface otherwise no air will be able to enter the soil. If you are striking your cuttings outdoors, choose a shady place out of direct sunlight but use the same mixture of sharp sand and peat When lifting the cuttings after they have rooted, don't pull them " out Cut them out in squares with a knife, making sure not to disturb the roots. They may be transplanted into peat pots filled with good soil, or planted directly in beds. Shade them for the first few days and keep well watered. Most of the plants mentioned earlier root easily. Others are not so easy. " . Let Green Valley do it for you! Our bulk fertilizer application service saves you time, money and effort. 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Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
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