2 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Scot te f
iy ¥ :

"CHANGED
J STATUS”

In order to demonstrate the changing status of

the loggers and to stress the important role the -

1.W.A. membership plays in the economy of the
province of British Columbia, the Regional Council
actively participated in the planning of the Festival
of Logging at this year’s P.N.E. and donated trophies
for two of the seven events.

Winners of trophies were:

Harvey Livingstone ____-.--------_- Birling
James Whittaker ______ Standing Block Chop
Phil Whittaker _________ Obstacle Pole Bucking
Dick Munro -_-..-- Speed Climbing
Ghris: letziqe-: Ye Power Saw Bucking
Hugh McKenzie ______--___--_----- Pole Falling
Alan Woodrow __..._--- Axe Throwing

Chris Arnet was declared “Champion Logger”
and received the George Bell Memorial Trophy for
his 28-point grand aggregate over the 14 days of
the show while competing in pole climbing, pole
bucking, power saw bucking and axe throwing.

The forests form the backbone of the British
Columbia economy and contribute most to the
province’s income and employment.

Timber cut in 1965 amounted to 1,533,000,000
cubic feet with the following species distribution:

Douglas: Fir oo 6 he ts ae 25%
Blemilockeg sou eeu 3 22%
SS UCC a re ae | 21%
(aye FTP Ge i ele A a pea Nl a ge 13%
Belscarvtcetts, 6s es ee re 10%
Other*Species*®:.. 22 Se ot ee 9%

Of all manufacturing industries in British Co-
lumbia lumber ranks first, plywood and veneer
fourth, while sash and door and planing mills con-

stitute the sixth largest industry.

At present the province’s forest industries
produce 69% of all lumber manufactured in Can-
ada, 22% of all pulp, 14% of all paper, 79% of
all the plywood and directly employ approximately
76,000 persons.

The following statistics show the growth of the
forest industries from 1957 through 1965:

Plywood

Timber Lumber Production

Scaled Production (%" basis)

(M Cu. Ft.) (M.F.B.M.) (M. Sq. Ft.)
1957. === 958,946 4,412,387 909

1958 __. 908,485 4,849,945 986.
W959) ees, 1,049,145 4,948,585 971
1960 __ 1,199,843 5,305,118 1,122
1961 __... 1,167,051 5,619,697 1,263
ENG? 922s 1,342,936 6,003,858 1,369
1963 ___- 1,473,423 6,701 ,442 1,446
1964 _____.. 1,514,595 6,855,343 1,617
1965 ____.. 1,533,113 6,940,000 1,644

REGIONAL PRESIDENT Jack Moore pre-
sents the |I.W.A. trophy for Power Saw
Bucking to winner Chris Tetz of Chilliwack.

STANDING AND SITTING behind the display of trophies are the contestants who

took part in the competition.

In the foreground to the left is popular P. G. (Pip)

Martin, who was in charge of the Festival of Logging. —

POWER SAW BUCKING

P.N.E. PRESIDENT Captain H. Terry pre-
sents the George Bell Memorial Trophy to
champion logger Chris Arnet of Squamish.

BOB PICKERING of Local 1-71, 1.W.A., pre-
sents the trophy for Obstacle Pole Bucking

to winner Phil Whittaker, West Vancouver.

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