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The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 7

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LOCK'S 'PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY Medical-Dental Centre Phone SY 2-7321 CHILLIWACK, B.C., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1961 On Canada Council Train rt Student Attend; Berry Crop At Peak Pickers Still Needed With the season reaching its i bean pickers. Vatford Festiva At the weekend, a 1362 per peak, the Chilliwack office of the National Employment Service yesterday put out a Call for fry rfmm; Him Meadows, who made an outstanding name for as an arts and music student at Chilliwack senior "hool, left Friday evening aboard the "Canada Coun- sons were registered on the NES books as looking for work 909 men and 453 women. This is 189 lower than a week previously but 147 higher than a year ago. son of Mr. and Mrs.

more raspberry pickers. A large number of workers quit the fields during last week's heat wave, and pickers are needed to replace them. The local office last week found employment for 218 men and women in all classes of work. Ten men were hired for preliminary work on installing sewer trunk lines in the city. Fish For Bargains In The Want Ads You're Bound To Make a Good Catch volumes.

SCHOLARSHIP Jim's artistic talents have also been recognized in the award of a $400 scholarship from Hallmark, greeting card manufacturers. The money is earmarked for university training in arts. One of Jim's ambitions is to vteadows, Whalley, is one CO high school students are journeying to Stratford with the train. They are spending four days, commencing today, as guests of the Canada council attending Festival productions, visiting pxhihitinns tnurinp hark. Contractors are Commonwealth Construction Co.

Vancouver. The NES reported that they are still getting orders for ex- HI Fl Largest Stock of Audio Equipment in the Pacific Northwest HI-FI SALES LTD. Canada's Most Complete Stereo Centre 2714 W. Broadway Vancouver 8, B.C. RE 3-8416 RE 3-8716 itage at the theater and lunch-iouldm a uacneior oi mumc ut- US f.

I tt; mMit jperienced loggers, boommen ng with many of the Stratford at the University of Brit ish Columbia but, said his father, "he fully intends to and logging engineers. Tentative orders have also been placed by local growers for "Handsome Profit" stars. This evening the students will attend the production of Love's Labour's Lost" in the "estival Theater. Other productions to be seen will in- ude "King Henry the ilbert and Sullivan operatta The Pirates of Penzance" and Audience at Chilliwack coliseum Saturday afternoon applauds enthusiastically during the "Grand Old Opry" performance feat uring Hank Snow and Wilf Carter. A combined audience of about 2,500 watched the country music stars during the two shows.

take art training as well'. Call Tenders For Snag Three Thousand Fans At Snow, Carter Show 2 SHOWS EACH NIGHT 7 9 TONIGHT WEDNESDAY A LAUGH RIOT! DENTIST in the CHAIR j'uonoianus Among the exhibitions will, V-IGBfinCJ THU-FRI-SAT. JULY 20-22 2 TFJgfSS NOW, Ft AR POSSESSED AS LOVE ONCE HADI Milk Output Up Price Down Western music followers turned out in their thou-i sands Saturday to applaud the "Grand Ole Opry," a Col- pi iseum presentation that brought together Hank Snow and V-T6W MOWf! In oe a special display oi me ans in French Canada. 11 will elude paintings by 25 Quebec artists and an exhibit illustrating French Canadian life in the 18th and 19th centuries. There will also be an exhibi Chief Forester, F.

S. McKin-non, of Victoria, is calling for tenders for a snag falling contract on 1446 acres alongside the Chilliwack River valley. Wilf Carter for the first time. Total Droduction of aualifv' ing milk in the Vancouver area I Nova Scotian Hank and Cal-of production during JuneJgary's Carter, for all their tion of theaterical Tenders close 3:30 p.m. 2 and it is hoped that work 1961, was 43,048,215 pounds, designs and books, including a 'special display of Elizabethan To Fight Fire A crew of 25 men, plus equipment, was flown in by helicopter yesterday afternoon to combat a 40-acre forest fire in the Skagit river area, near Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce who estimated attendance at the afternoon performance at approximately 500, and the evening performance at "around 2,000." years, were wen receivea in their regular turns on stage, and gave freely of their time for extended encores to the de- the B.C.

Milk Board reports. This was 1,529,207 pounds (3.68) more than in the same DORIS DAY-REX HARRISON will be started by August 7. The job is expected to take about 16 months. The contract will form part of a continuing program to clear areas where snags form a considerable fire hazard. A month a year ago.

Of this total. light of country music lovers JOHN GAVIN in Eastman COLOR "It will result in a hand- 26 Mlle Creek-some profit for the Chamber," Tne fire ls reported to have said a spokesman. The "take" en caused by a lightning was divided on a percentage i flasn a week a8 but il was not production 33,374,945 pounds Carter, 58, and hnow ncar-were quota milk and 50, sang all the old tavor-pounds excess over quota. Util- ites associated with their more ization of June qualifying a-half -century of record-was- ling. "Love Knot In My Lariet" similar contract was com spotted until Saturday, when pleted in the Slesse area in basis between the stars and the MYRNA LOY-RODDY McOOWAU HERBERT MARSHALL NATASHA PARRY-JOHN WILLIAMS BADDELEV Extra! Lam Cartune "CLOCK CLEANERS" Movietone News CHILDREN'S SPECIAL PROGRAM SAT.

at 2 P.M. CLIFTON SCOUT MASTER PLUS: EXTRA CARTOONS THE SERIAL "CAPT. AFRICA" 1959 and work is currently Class I 19,947,957 pounds lhe old hit of Carter's 'Chamber underway on another snag- it flared up. The men flown in yesterday replaced a crew of between 20 clearing job in the Skagit river I and 25 men who were called in (46.34); Uass 7,044, icauun 6. pounds (17.76); Class III ran through more than a dozen 15,455,558 pounds (35.90).

favorites in a 35-minute Evaporated milk placed in afternoon performance, storage during the month re- Snow brought his laments to suited in $7,942.10 and the fore as the show "winder-90 being deducted from the and h)? ld llke vain nf mmfa milk snri pxopss Im Moving On, Rhumba valley. Exhibits Arabs In Cloverdale Show A ctrinrf rf -fina nnroKpirl Jamboree Scouts Return Tonight over the weekend. Forest service personnel at Hope said that the blaze is largely confined to scrub at the moment. They added that it should be possible to contain the blaze. For the BEST in SERVICE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP Have Your Auto Upholstery Work Done at Arab horses will be entered by I lk respectively.

This, plus mnjgie, dim LiaoL iuuc jjiuv- ed a loudly-applauded finale to the three-hour performances. Members of the Fraser Val lov rrfr ti-Vtrx VturA Knnn nil. A helicopter was used for the Dr. W. G.

Newby, Sardis, in 7 J-t the All-Arab Horse Show 5L' be held next Saturday in of $1,051.27 de- Popular recording star Little tici in' tbs lhird since the fire site is Jimmy Dickens em-ceed thei IamKrt of ntt, in an inaccessible position, five Coverdale B.C. Livestock Arena. Roy Morrow -Auto Upholsterer $4.76 to $4.73 per hundred-j shows, in addition to singing uIed tQ return t0 miles away from the road, weight for milk of 4.0 per cent some of the tunes that, have, thjs evening A large portion of the new butterfat content, and from made him popular with thel 6- lCrew has been recruited from $3 09 to $3 03 Der hundred-fans. The Canadian Sweethearts I Included in the troop are chilliwack. 59 HOPE ST.

PHONE SY2 S111 weieht for milk of the same James O'Gwynn, and the Rain- "oug Unzey of 4th Chilliwack I T3 nAAr.A tl.ni. jjj uow rictiii.ii ouja auucu butterfat content supplied "Dr. Newby's horses have done well wherever they go," said a spokesman for the Arabian Horse Association of British Columbia, which is sponsoring the show. Entries are expected from all over the province as well as from the United States. troop, and David Galbraith, 2nd Sardis.

arlivitins inrliiHnH General Store MUCH COULD' YOU PROFIT FROM UNWANTED ARTICLES Find Out TODAY! ADS IN THE CHILLIWACK PROGRESS Phone sy 2-9311 special talents to making tne "Opry" a success. The show was sponsored by target shooting, archery, swim- minp. fiplfl snnrts and Hisnlavs i FCl I VJCU Icovering conservation, survival, oc, dog hailing and many other LJ' excess of quota. The weighted average (combined quota and excess) minimum producer price for all qualifying "milk of 4.0 per cent butterfat content received during the month was decreased from $4.38 to $4.35 per hundredweight. Last year at this time the average was year before $4.53.

fields of interest. r. Friday night by forcing a door. For Best Results Use This Page To Advertise Your Coming Events uur mumoers oi ine rraser Total value of the goods Valley troop shot their way into stoletl six cartons of cig. the marksmanship finals.

The arpf(! a rhinotnno nu-iano Valley boys also gave a good and bracelet, lighter and as- auuni iu ui-iiiseives uie snrtort nthinu is iuiuig a vauip lire, uieyigt 552 displayed a replica of Fort Municipal detachment RCMP 11 Million Pounds Rasps Predicted 11,000,000 pounds of raspberries will be produced in the Lower Mainland area this year, according to estimates from the horticultural branch of the provincial government. Other estimated crops are: strawberries, 6,500,000 gooseberries, 25,000 I black currants, 25,000 red currants, 30,000 loganberries, 70,000 blackberries, 350,000 blueberries, 1,900,000 cranberries, 300,000 lbs. Langley. A highlight of the trio was said the break-in was reported at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Investig- a visit to Parliament Buildings, ations are continuing, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BINGO In the of Hall Corner Hodgins and Mary Streets Thursday, July 20th and Every Thursday at 8 p.m. CASH PRIZES Plans Underway Big Entertainment Program For Fair Musical shows, talent show and a hypnotic demonstra LHIOILlI in your savings tion will be hig-hlight entertainment at this year's fair. With the Chilliwack Exhibi tion just a month away, plans! show during the evening. En SPECIAL PACKAGE FARES FROM CHILLIWACK TO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND TUTS Huses will operate from Chilliwack to Vancouver for events of the Vancouver International Festival and Theatre Under the Stars this summer. Package fares listed below include return bus fare and a good seat at the performance.

For tickets and information, see your local Pacific Stage Lines agent. are being lined ud to eive visit- tertainment will be devoted ors to the grounds three com-ntirety to Chilliwack and dis trict talent. Time of the pro pletely different fun shows. gram will more than likely run lor two hours. Get extra cash On the final night of the fair a hypnotist will entertain Plans are being laid for two evening performances up to $2500.00 Coliseum manager Fred Madden "said a Powell River group of 40 persons will headline the first night's show August 15.

He said two shows will be put on during the evening for the first night. Called "Bells Are Ringing," the musical show will probably go on to the Pacific National Exhibition from here. A main feature for all nights will be the outdoor theater lo In addition to the main lines of entertainment, a nail driv sometimes more. ing contest, trout fishing pool, Date Event Departure Time Adult Package Fare Child Package Fare July 21 MILITARY TATTOO 6:00 p.m. $4.23 July2S TUTS (Guys and Dolls) 3:40 p.m.

$6.20 54.30 July 29 MEW YORK HALLET (see agent) $3.93 $4.23 Aug. 7 CHILDREN'S CONCERT (see agent) $3.43 $2.73 Aug. 11 GERSHWIN CONCERT 3:10 p.m. $6.93 $3.23 RED ARMY CHORUS 3:40 p.m. $7.20 $3.30 midway and perhaps a horse gymkhana and band concert will round out the 89th annual Chilliwack Exhibition.

NIAGARA FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Largest All-Canadian Consumer Loan Company. 3 GORE AVE. (Boyd Bldg.) PHONE SY2 9631 Branches in Vancouver and New Westminster Open Saturday Morning for your added convenience The Agricultural hall will be cated near the cattle judging ring. No plans of the type of; featuring a home show to be stage are yet available, but it 1 sponsored by the Chilliwack is expected to accommodate Lions club. All commercial ex- PACIFIC STAGE LINES hundreds around it.

Ihibits will be housed there in i August 16 will have one 'stead of in the Coliseum..

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