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$13,000 IN

OVER TOP

BY OUR

VICTORY BANQUET

JUNE 13

By ERNIE CRIST
Drive Manager

- We have now arrived at the last leg of our Financial Drive
nd we still need $4,000 to reach our target of $17,000.

___ The majority of the clubs have put on an outstanding effort
'n the Drive so far.

. As the countdown to our Victory Banquet on June 13 begins
: Bevecdy have 13 Press Clubs which have reached their target
Nd many more within shooting distance.

re: The performance by the majority of the clubs so far plus
eir pledge to maintain the Drive tempo right up to the Victory
‘cnquet holds out a great promise for success.

4 Whether or not our success will be complete however, still
pepends on those clubs which are still lagging at this point and
n their ability to catch up within the next few days.

pe It is to these clubs that we now make special appeal to put
eir shoulders to the wheel and to make a last great effort.

__ Theirs is a special responsibility; for it is their efforts which
will determine the future of this paper. —

fulfi As for those clubs and individuals which have already

ulfilled their pledge, or as in some cases gone over it, we appeal
to them to maintain their fine work and continue their

Competition for top honors — the winning of the shield for the
est club in the Drive.

This year special arrangements have been made to present
peel engraved pens to all Press Builders, ($25) Premium
ress Builders, ($50) and Honor Press Builders, ($100).

ve
EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW

Many Press Clubs and individuals have distinguished themselves in
the Drive so far.

* We salute the White Rock-Delta, Mission, Vernon, Cowichan,
pe Michel, Powell River, Tom McEwen's Column, Sointula, °
Besar, Niilo Makela, Point Grey, Edmonds Press and
Orrespondence Clubs for either reaching their target or going over it.

We also extend .a very special vote of thanks and our
Radi clviotions to Rita Tanche, Nigel Morgan, Ed. Skeeles, Lil
5 neman, Wass Turple, Maurice Rush, Tom McEwen, Peggy Chunn,
; unc McLean, Mike Stevens, John Tanche, Frank Rudge, John Senkiw,
-A. Thomson, J. Maister, and E. Erickson for joinging the list of Honor

Press Builders as well as to all those who have pledged to join this list by
June 13th, .

Just as the PT went to Press we received a check of $100, from
Panish Civil War Veteran GERRY DELANEY who asked us to credit this
amount to the PT Drive in the name of the Mackenzie Papinea
Battallion,

PACIFIC TRIBUNE

VICTORY BANQUET

FRIDAY - JUNE 13th - 6:30 p.m. Sharp
YEN LOCK RESTAURANT

67 East Pender St.

« 10 COURSE CHINESE BANQUET

e Special Entertainment

. Presentation of Awards to Top

Press Builders

Buy your ticket before JUNE 7th at the Pacific Tribune Office or Co-
Op Book-store — $2.50 each.

QUEBEC TEACHERS MARCH ON GOVERNMENT. 20,000 Quebec

demonstration in front of Quebec’s Par
months of negotiations without winning a new con
all Quebec teachers. The massive demonstration united Frenc
Protestant teachers. A black coffin symbolizing the death of educ

teachers’ resignations.

school teachers staged a mass

liament buildings to express their frustration and bitterness after 23
tract. The demonstrators represented almost one-third of
h-Canadian and English-speaking Catholic and
ational reform contained 20,000 pledges of

Powell River teachers’ strike

hits Socred educ

POWELL RIVER — 220
teachers in this pulp and paper
city have declared their
intention to stage a one-day
‘‘withdrawal of services’
Thursday of this week in protest
against the Socred government’s
education finance formula.

The teachers have announced
they intend to take the day to
visit homes in Powell River and
District to explain how the’
province’s financing formula is
harming the quality of
education.

SLIDE SHOWING ©
Of Trip To
SIBERIA, AZERBIJAN &
UKRAINE in SOVIET UNION
by
DOROTHY LYNAS
SAT. MAY 31 at 8:30 p.m.
832 CALVERHALL - NORTH
VAN.

Refreshments
Ausp: North Shore Press Club

The teachers have invited
Education Minister Brothers,
Premier W.A.C. Bennett, NDP
leader Berger and Liberal leader
McGeer to meet with them on,
the morning of their strike.
Attempting to head off the action
of the teachers, Education
Minister Brothers called a
meeting last Saturday with
representatives of the Powell
River teachers.

However, Tom Young,
president of the Powell River
and District Teachers Assoc.,
said the strike is still scheduled.
He said the purpose of the
withdrawal of services is to
acquaint the public with the
seriousness of the threat to
education, not just to meet with
education officials.

Young said that defeat of the
district’s $475,000 referendum
for operating costs will result in
drastic staff cuts. Slated to be let

ation formula

go are a minimum of 27 full time
teachers, and several part time
teachers ‘might have to go as”
well.

He said that the staff cuts plus
a predicted five percent rise in
the number of students will
undermine the quality of
education in the Powell River’
district. ‘‘We cannot go on like
this. It’s an impossible
situation,’ Young said.

The crisis in Powell River
faces many school districts
throughout B.C. In many other
centres the crisis was narrowly
averted by last minute handouts
by the provincial government.

The action of the Powell River
teachers points up the crisis in
the B.C. educational system
brought about by the present
education formula which has’
been widely condemned by
labor, teachers, school boards
and PTAs.

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REMEMBER — YOUR HAIR-
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_- ORPHEUM BARBERS.

~~ HALLS FOR RENT

RUSSIAN PEOPLE'S HOME—
Available for meetings, ban-
quets and weddings at rea-
sonable rates. 600 Campbell
Ave. 254-3430.

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
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* COMING EVENTS

MAY 31— Gala WINE & CHEESE
PARTY will be held on SAT-
URDAY MAY 31st at 8:30 p.m.
at 3365 VICTORIA DRIVE. 2
Decker Entertainment. Every-
one welcome. Proceeds: Pac-
ific Tribune.

JUNE 6 — .EAST GERMANY
1949-1969 — A Socialist success
story. EYE-WITNESS REPORT
& SLIDE SHOWING by E.
CRIST, PT Circulation Mer.
FRIDAY JUNE 6th at 8 p.m.
RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME
- 600 CAMPBELL AVE. Re-
freshments. Collection. Ausp:
Vancouver East Press Club.

JUNE 7th — SOCIAL EVEN-
ING. Come and hear KE.
CRIST, PT Circulation Mgr.
report & show SLIDES. on
EAST GERMANY. SATUR-
DAY MAY 7th at 8:30 p.m. at
GIDORA’S - 13463 BOLIVAR
CRESC. in SURREY. Re-
freshments. SPAGHETTI
SUPPER at 11 p.m. Adm. at

door. EVERYONE WEL-
COME. Ausp: Surrey Press
Club.

JUNE 8 — Come to the
TRIBUNE’S BEST BARBE-
QUE. For every reader and
their families and all their
friends on SUNDAY. JUNE
8th from 1 p.m. on at TROUT
LAKE, East 19th Ave. Enter-
tainment the best. DON’T MISS
IT. In case of rain Picnic will
be held at GREENWELL’S -
3467 Oxford St.

NOTICES

FOR RENT — TENT TRAILER
Phone 299-2788.

DURING THE PACIFIC
TRIBUNE FINANCIAL
CAMPAIGN THE OFFICE
WILL BE OPEN ON SAT-
ress FROM 10 A.M. to 1

.M.

PENDER
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(Marine Workers)

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Large and Small Halls
for Rentals

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