ee ye TTC, Captain Cook’s parade announces Francoféte Captain Cook’s Bicentennial parade, in Coquitlam, was a good time to rehearse the coming Francofete parade. hae + Be ee aaa ; went Parade du Captain The float seen here is pulled by Jean T. Aussant, General Manager of Caisse Populaire de Maillardville Credit Union. The ROPE FR ESTIAL ANNUEL FRANCOPHONE OF U/AMITIE ANNUAL FRANCOPHONE FRIENOSHP FSM b Cook- children on the float are | to r, Yannick Malboeuf, Karine Aussant and Jen-Lou Martin. Avant-goat de la Francoféte La parade du bicentenaire de l'arrivée du Capitaine Cook sur les cdtes de la Colombie Britan- nique était une occasion toute trouvée pour faire un peu de publicité autour de la FRANCOFETE qui s’envient a Maillardville. Le char allégorique que vous voyez dans la photo est tiré par notre Directeur Général, Jean T. Aussant. Les marmots que vous L’economique intéresse aussi les jeunes Quatre éléves du cours d’im- mersion frangaise de |’école Alderson ont fait six sessions hebdomadaires d'une heure, tous les mercredis apres-midi, a la Caisse Populaire de Maillard- ville, pour discuter, avec |’Agent d’Education, Roméo Paquette, des vertus des coopératives, en particulier les coopératives d’épargne et de crédit. Ces discussions se sont faites en francais, afin que ces éléves de frangais puissent se trouver en situation d’utiliser leur langue seconde sur des sujets d’ordre pratique aussi bien que théorique. Sur la photo, de gauche a droite, M. Léon Lebrun, directeur de l’école Alderson, Sandy Cavalaris, Laura Street, Tracey Matovich et Roméo Paquette. Etait absente au moment de la prise de photo, Cindy Racine, qui n’était pas encore revenue d’un voyage avec ses parents. La Caisse Populaire de Maillardville est heureuse La Caisse Populaire encourage les sports mineurs La Caisse Populaire s’identifie de plus en plus avec la communauté qui |’en- toure, particulierement avec la jeunesse et les sports. Ainsi, les photos des ligues mineures de hockey et de baseball de Coquitlam en témoignent. Ces jeunes portent fierement |’écusson de la Caisse Populaire de Maillardville sur leurs gilets. COQUITLAM LITTLE LEAGUE BRAVES MAJORS 1977 voyez dans la boite sont, dans ordre habituel, Yannick Malboeuf, Karine Aussant et Jen-Lou Martin. d’avoir contribué a |’éducation économique de ces jeunes et félicite la direction de |’école Alderson de I’initiative. How it all came to be When Caisse Populaire de Maillardville was founded, 32 years ago, the French-Canadian population of Maillardville was in great need of a financial institution. The population of this area was already aware of the role played by the caisses populaires, since the turn of the century, on behalf of the or- dinary people of Quebec. People have short memories and very few, today, are aware that the idea for a _ caisse populaire to be founded in Maillardville probably sounded far fetched at the time. But it was born with the help of three citizens who, meeting socially, resolved that a caisse populaire would serve the population. They were: Arthur Cheramy, now residing in Prince George; Uldéric Charpentier, still active as a parishionner of Our Lady of Lourdes; and Jean-Baptiste Goulet who, later, became a member of the Board, the chair- Economics for the young Four 7th grade students from Alderson Elementary School's French Immersion course discussed economics. with Caisse Populaire Education Officer Roméo Paquette during six one hour Wednesday after- noon sessions. The subject was related to co-operatives, particularly sav- ings and loan co-operatives, and the language used was French. The object of the exercise was to give an opportunity to these students to practise their French on a practical extra-curricular subject. Shown left to right in the photo are: Léon Lebrun, Principal, Alderson Elementary School, Sandy Cavaleris, Laura Street, Tracey Matovich and Roméo Paquette. Not in the picture is Cindy Racine who was absent at the time the photograph was taken. Caisse Populaire de Maillard- ville Credit Union feels proud of this contribution and = con- gratulates Alderson Elementary for its initiative. man of the board and held the position of manager from 1957 to 1971. The foundation took place on April 6, 1946. Twenty- two names appeared on the peti- tion for incorporation. The objective being to pro- mote the welfare of the French Canadian community, the credit union was highly inspired with the principles and aims of the Desjardins movement in Quebec. The first identification was with the local parish. However, the foundation of a second parish, in Maillardville, the same year, caused the caisse populaire to identify with the community of Maillardville as a whole rather than with one parish only. The first office was located at Mrs. Alma Fontaine’s home. Mrs. Fontaine was the first manager. She was_ later replaced by Mr. Victor Muller, and the office was moved to Mr. Muller's home. One interesting note might be to list the names of the first Board members. The first presi- dent was Mr. Henri Goulet, the vice-president, Mr. Paul Velay; and directors: Victor Muller, Ernest Lambert, Emmanuel Parent, J.M. Schwab, and Arthur Fontaine. The caisse then had a supervisory committee: its members were Gustave Van Nerum, Alcide Gamache and Mrs. Marie Cormier. The first Credit Committee members were Donat Doucet, Maurice Lizée and Arthur Cheramy. Many of the pioneers are still with us and we would like to recognize their foresight. Some years ago, the common bond of Caisse Populaire was changed to admit English- speaking members. The com- munity around us had changed into a more pluralistic makeup. We then became the first bil- ingual credit union in British Col- umbia. In the beginning, caisses populaires and credit unions were waging war against usury. This social disease now under better control, social stabilisa- tion is now one of the objectives of the co-operative movement at a time when communities are deeply affected by urbanisation and real estate speculation. However, if we, today, can tackle some of the problems that face our society, we owe it to those who, before us, endeavoured to make their en- vironment a better place to live. CAISSE POPULAIRE SUPPORTS MINOR LEAGUE SPORTS time. — see sais These pictures show how proudly Coquitlam Little League Braves 1977 and Co- quitlam Minor Hockey Midget Hawks exhibited the Caisse Populaire de Maillardville Credit Union crest on their sweaters. Caisse Populaire de Maillardville Credit Union has been supporting minor league hockey and baseball in the community for some