WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ist Issue June, 1960 iy 8 Vo IWA LOCAL 1-424 Financial Secretary, Howard Webb speaking on the Northern Interior programatic re- solution, at the Interior Wage and Contract Conference, May 14, in Kelowna. Other delegates from Local 1-424 are left, A. Negard; Webb; W. Rudeloff; J. Holst, President; R. Inglis; S. Ball. ote ? ; {he distinctively Canadian beer — now brewed in BC! Its the Canadian taste in beer — and now its brewed right here. Naturally brewed, so it's clear and smooth. sak ra aos bs heif oy tale the fimek anlare (00 jorZ Sho ; 3 tase V bree makes its owe frtewt> (lero s 4 - Enjoy Molson’s Canadian beer tonight— look for the red, white and blue case! MOLSON'S CAPILANO BREWERY LTD. What's New For You LITTLE SCHOOL house keep children out of the weather while they wait for the school bus. The shelters, made of corrugated al- uminum and with two benches along interior walls, protect 10 to 15 school children. Bach minia- ture school house also has a 96- sq.-ft. billboard on the roof for advertising. * * * PLASTIC BAG users can make their own bags now. One in- tegrated system starts with resin granules and delivers finished printed bags at the other end. Controls your inventory and out- put schedule, the maker says. * * * REMOTE CONTROLS are of- fered on a new window air con- ditioning unit. A small 2-Ib. con- trol panel at the end of a 30-ft. cord plugs into the room air con- ditioner, has three knobs and three switches which control tempera- ture, air volume and direction, and operation of the fan and the ex- haust. No need to budge frony your chair, PRECISION OILLER comes to the rescue of hobbyists, handy men and others, who have been burdened with the problem of oiling “hard-to-get-at" places. It utilizes a hypodermic-type stain- less steel spout that is only .035 in. in diameter, and thus can reach many places where a conventional oil can might find it a tight squeeze. ; * * * WHAT'S YOURS: Identifying guests and what they are drink- ing at crowded cocktail parties and barbeques is no problem with labels put out by U.S. firm. The adhesive labels, decorated with gay little cartoons, are plastered to the glasses where they stay until the party is over. They can be re- moved without marring the glasses. * * * BIRD LOVERS can now take their pets for a stroll in carriage cages. They are about 2% ft. long, 1 ft. wide and 2 ft. high. The baby carriages. for birds have four wheels and a brake. Inside they are equipped with perches and seed — and water - troughs. The cage part can he detached from the Wheels and hung up. * * * COMBINATION depth gauge and thermometer is intended to help fishermen find the best spots for catching the “big ones.” The pocket-size device is cast as a plug or can be dropped on a hand line. * fe * PAPER PLATES no longer soar from the backyard table at the first gust of wind if fastened to the table by a paper tape that is sticky on both sides. ‘1-80 Report Ballard ‘Installs Officers | IWA. International 3rd Vice- president, Claud Ballard attended the Installation Meeting of Local 1-80, IWA, Duncan, May 15, and installed the following newly el- ected officers. Brother George L. Smythe— President. Brother Lorne John- ston—Ist Vice President. Brother Lorne Atchison—2nd Vice President. Brother George Zizac—3rd Vice President. Brother Edwin Linder—Fin- ancial Secretary. Brother Robert Bouchard—Recording Secretary. Brother Leonard Baker—Con- ductor. Brother J. Ross Davis— Warden. Brother Bert Schofield —Three-year Trustee. The Regional Council No. 1, Third Vice-president, Fred Fieber also was in attendance at the meeting and spoke on “Talkie- Tooters” and the -\pprenticeship -\ct. At Parksville Squire Guest Speaker | IWA member John Squire, CCF-MLA for Alberni, was the guest speaker at the Parksville Sub-Local Meeting of Local 1-80, May 11, and spoke on the activities and legislation during the last session of the Provin- cial House. Local 1-80, President, George Smythe and Eric A. Marzinzik also attended the meeting which was chaired by Arthur Butler. This World We Live In Reporters _ interviewing shapely contestants in a Philip- pines beauty contest at Manila discovered that one thought Syngman Rhee was a fashion model. Another had _ never heard of Nikita Khrushchev. * x Local authorities really should be more careful how they word their communica- tions. A friend of mine was recently asked to provide “a list of tenants broken down by age and sex.” —Punch, London. Leland A. Grayson, a candi- date for the state legislature, said .at Hardeeville, N.C. his campaign slogan would be “I may not be the best candidate, but you’ve got to admit I stand head and shoulders above my opponent.” Grayson, who weighs 340 pounds, is seven feet, three inches tall. * cy * The Brazilian government has announced that henceforth it will substitute coins for all one and two cruzeiro notes. It said it cost 1.2 cruzeiros to print a one cruzeiros note. Anything having to do with boats and ships still seems to be a matter for British concern, Thus it is that the Association for the Protection of Venetian Gondoliers against the Menace of Motorboats has its head- quarters in London. * * * In its annual report, Mohawk Airlines states: : “Mowhawk’s 21 aircraft in 1959 made 55,990 takeoffs and 55,989 landings.” Mowhawk untangled the con- fusion: ‘ “The apparent discrepancy in totals was caused by a New Year’s Eve flight that took off late in 1959 and arrived at its destination an hour later by the clock—a year later by the calendar.” A } a ~