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Henne Bell

Last week, following a long
Iness, death came to Henne
n her 82nd year. One of
Columbia’s pioneer
man, the name of Henne
has been known in pro-
ssive Finnish-Canadian and
well over

or circles for
fifty years.

Born in Finland in the year
8 Henne Bell came to Can-
a when still a young lass in
I early 20’s, working as a
cook in logging and construc-
tion camps, out in remote
rolling back the

her

fron

tiers of a new and rich land.
For a short time in her early
pioneering years she _ resided
in the U.S. but Canada was |
the land of her choice.

When Henne Bell came -to
British Columbia at the be- |
ginning of this century, thous-
ands of Finnish immigrants
had come to Canada, fleeing |
the persecution and terrorism
of tzarist despotism.

In the founding of the little |
hamlet of Sointula on Mal-
colm Island, sometimes hum-
orously referred to as the
‘Republic of Sointula’ because
of the socialist and co-opera-
tive ideologies of its Finnish |

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| the Finnish people, but has en:

| worked as-a dynamic driving
| force. -

| Sointula, and later when. she
| moved to Websters Corners to

| that pioneering Finnish com-
| munity, Henne Bell saw the
| necessity
| tion in the struggles of Canad-

| dation members of the Com-
|munist Party of Canada, hold-

| pelled her, even then reluct-

; tireless life of service to her
| fellowmen.

|} for the Finnish language ‘pap-
|er Vapaus and the progressive
%| press generally,
| was a devoted worker, as she

bor struggles.

| last Saturday for Henne Bell
) at the Bell Funeral Home in
| Vancouver. Special tributes to
jher life work was paid by
| Matt Taari and Henry ‘Lahti

founders, Henne Bell was one
of the early residents of that
famed community,

Loggers, fishermen, renown-
ed boat builders, taking an ac-
tive part in the formation of
the Finnish Organization of
Canada, an_ organization
which, through the medium of
its press and cultural activit-
ies, not only preserved the}
great cultural achievements of

riched the cultural and labor
heritage of all Canadians.
Much of the pioneering work
to build B.C.’s early unions
in logging and fishing was
done by the pioneers of Soin-
tula, among whom Henne Bell

In .her pioneering work in
become one of the founders of

of broader associa-
ian labor, and in this she took
her place as one of the foun-
ing continuous and ‘honored

membership until illness com-

antly, to end a dynamic and

In the current campaigns

Henne Bell

was in all other party and la-

Funeral services were held

representing the Finnish Or-
ganization of Canada. She is
survived by two brothers, one
daughter, Mrs. Malcolm Mc-
Leod, and one grand-daughter:

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Harry Rankin TV

‘Interview Sunday

Harry Rankin, incependent
candidate for WVancouver
school board will be inter-

viewed on Channel 8 TV.

| Sunday, December 11, follow-

ing the 11 p.m. news.

He will be questioned by
Gwyn Watkins and Jack Law-
son on school board issues.

‘Act On Atom Waste:

A demand that Vancouver.
city council immediately in-
vestigate “whether atomic
waste materials are being
dumped in adjacent waters”
to Vancouver was made this
week by Mona Morgan, inde-
pendent aldermanic © candid-
ate.

Pointing to recent disclos-
ures that.the U.S. Atomic En-
ergy Commission was dump-
ing atomic waste materials
150 miles off the coast of
Nova Scotia, Mrs. Morgan-said
in a letter ‘to council that if
the same ‘thing is being-done
on the Pacifc Coast .a strong
protest should be launched
wth Federal and provincial
governments.

Mona Morgan’s
shortly come before city coun-
cil. rg

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A call to all working people
to unite behind the railwork-
ers to “wipe the Tory strike-
breaking law from the Statut-
es of Canada,” and to “grant
the wage increase justly com-
ing to the railway employees”
was made this week by the
National Executive, Commun-
ist Party of Canada.

Accusing the government of
having sided with the rail-
ways against the workers the
Communst Party statement
said:

“In freezing railway wages
until May 15, the Tory  gov-
ernment has in-mind. that at
that time it will be able to
use the. report of the Royal
Commission on Transportation
as a pretext to allow further
hikes in freight rates, and the
“equalization” of freight rates
through abolition of the
Crows’ Nest Pass Agreement
under which prairie grain has
moved to seaboard at relatiy-
ely. favorable rates for over

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workers today who af
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sive. against. the people
ring standards. It will be
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a situation in which
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