| With $50; Rita

Ti

DRIVE —
NEWS

Pea. Leader:

On the day our drive opened
this week Bill Hreherchuk walked
Into the Pacific Tribune office and
turned in $107 to become our first
Honor Press Builder. Congratula-
tions, Bill! Now, who’s next?

Before the drive was 24 hours
old, we could count 15 Press Build-
ers, many of whom are shooting
for the magic $100 mark.

Early PBs in-
clude John de
Wever, now
Visiting Mexico,
Who mailed in
$50; TK. (Geor-
Sla Press club)

Whyte (Kitsila-
no) $35.25; Jack ~
Paulson (Powell River) $30;
Ken Gibson (Powell River) $30;
Roy Lawryniuk (Advance) , $25;
Bert Whyte (Broadway) $25; Har-
old Pritchett (Forest Products)
25; Frank Politano (Grandview)
$25; Albert Truman (Victory
Square) $26; Mike Eagle (Water-
front) $25; C.F. Coleman (Salmon.
ou $25; Jim Blakey (Victoria)

While touring Vancouver Is-
land recently | was given $25 by
Q-year-old Georgie Hewison of
Campbell River, who thus be-
came the first Press Builder.
Georgie, who has been saving
Up the money in a PT collection
can ever since our last financial
drive ended, told me that he is
determined to raise $100 this
year. How he intends to do it is
& story in itself, which Ill tell —
You in a couple of weeks.

* * *

_ Our PT friends in Powell River
afranged a fine meeting for Tom
cEwen earlier this month, and
later we had a good discussion on
the drive. I'm confident that Powell
Iver will go away over its $200
target.
Tom McEwen and I also visited
hite Rock recently, and plans
for the drive are underway there.
St year our White Rock support-
fs won the provincial shield by
Taising $307 on a quota of $150.
Is" year theyll be fighting to
}Tetain the shield. |
New Westminster friends are
qponsoring a banquet March 18 and
©m McEwen and I will be there,
With hearty appetites. Our editor
sa be guest speaker at the affair,
Afsiaie is intended to kick off the
‘ive in the Royal City.
. On March 20, Tom McEwen will
soe in Webster’s Corners hall,
A We hope for a good turnout
People from the area. Per-
8Ps we'll bring back some drive
Money, too.
yee visit Langley Prairie on
arch 27, and a meeting will be
In Brookswood Hall that

€vening, where Tom McEwen will.

sive a report on his recent trip to
1€ Soviet Union.

S243 * *

Let's not forget that while we

Reed $18,000 in cash, we also want

t aes up 500 new subs and re-
eg during the course of the

in vateréront press club brought

ha and three new subs this

other setting a fine example for

‘are 1)ewubs to follow. New readers
like gold to us.

ey the threat of war hangs

‘the all mankind. You can help

ing Bee for peace by extend-

th he circulation of the paper
at fights for peace!

ee

| — Reta Whyte

This is where the Liberal
policy of ‘integration’ leads

“External Affairs Minister Pear-
son said today the neutrality of
Canada or the United States in any
major war in which the other is in-
volved is unthinkable. . .

“He dealt with economic. and
military problems brought about
by what he termed the ‘increasing
‘interdependence’ of both coun-
tries... .

“He said continental defense
will involve stationing more U.S.
military personnel in Canada.”

—Canadian Press report of a
speech made by Hon. Lester
B. Pearson to the Canadian
Club in Toronto.

To end U.S. domination

_ Support the paper
that fights for

* PEACE
te DEMOCRACY
INDEPENDANCE

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