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HIGHLIGHTS

pening in the press drive this
year even though we haven't
reached the half-way mark we
were aiming for by this date.
However, when we look at Tom
McEwen’s Column, which is
already over the top with $557,
and ‘Old Faithful’? Mike
Steven’s $525 up on the board,
and with Steve Nikyforuk, our
supersalesman, rapidly closing
the gap, and Rita Tanche not too
far behind, it really brightens the
picture!

In addition, donations in
memory of Mrs. Ivy Kaila and
Henry Meyer from good friends
and relatives have come in as
well as dozens of others large
and small. Not least is the pledge
record, which this year sees 37
persons, to date, pledging $100
andgpore’:. nce

Participants in the drive will
appreciate a prize which is a
special this year for everyone
who raises $100. It is a colored
8x10 photo of the late great Ho
Chi Minh of North Vietnam, in
company with Tim Buck and
P.T. editor Maurice Rush.

The photo was taken when Tim
and Maurice visited North

Vietnam a few years ago.

And then there are bronze,
silver and gold medallion pins
for everyone who raises $35., $50.
and $100. respectively.

Contest tickets are going well.
That’s the big one, remember.

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A very encouraging sign this
spring is the number of clubs
which are ordering hundreds of
copies of the paper for distribu-
tion in their areas. Some clubs
are handling as many as 500 of
the May Day issue.

Perhaps they have found out,
as did a good friend in Kamloops,
that wherever organizing work
is a top priority, “The Trib goes
before us’’.

In Campbell River, a centre of
the coast loggers’ struggle with
bull-headed bosses, sales and
subscriptions have gone up and
up, thanks to the good work of
comrades and friends who know
how to make use of a labor

aper.

Just a final gentle reminder to
all of you who haven’t yet sent in

z your drive funds . . . please get
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Lots of inspiring things are hap:

Community group concert
is answer to terrorists

The benefit concert staged in
the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Sunday in aid of the recon-
struction of the Russian People’s
Home was a breath of fresh air
in the Vancouver cultural scene
too long marked by phoniness
and tin-ear music.

In still another way it was an
outstanding success. It was a‘
strong public answer to the reac-
tionary force which chose to
bomb the People’s Home last
New Year’s Day — an answer
given by the people of Van-
couver in a noteable way. As
Alderman Harry Rankin put it in
a short welcoming address, the
co-operation shown in the
organization of the concert was
all the proof needed that people’s
culture would grow rather than
be discouraged by the attacks of
terrorists.

The alderman announced city
council had agreed that the
Russian People’s Home would
not be taxed this year due to the
bomb damage which made most
of it unusable.

MAY DAY
GREETINGS
to ALL My
Comrades & Friends

from

GEORGE GIDORA

MAY DAY
GREETINGS

From the

Niilo Makela Club

As for the concert, the
swelling voices of the Russian
Folk Choir, the Bellman Male
Chorus, and the organ-like notes
of the Voykin family from the
Kootenays were sounds one
almost forgets do still exist after
months of canned noise from
radio, records and T.V.

The United Ukrainian Folk
Orchestra was another highlight
which made the affair so
memorable. The delicate notes
of the flutes, the polished perfor-
mance of the members who
played the stringed instruments
and above all the choice of
music, left the listener
wondering why we hear so little
from this talented young or-
chestra.

Dances which represented the
folk tradition of the Chinese, the
Russian and Ukainian communi-
ties were colorful and gay, and
spoke volumes for the dedica-
tion of the young performers and
their instructors.

Musical numbers by
representatives of the Polish and
Yugoslav communities rounded
out the program. We hope
Sunday afternoon’s concert will
happen again — and soon. Many
hundreds more would enjoy it.

QUILT CASE

Cont'd from pg. 3

Each and every one of us must
share the guilt— if we do nothing
about it except talking piously
about it, or worse saying that
we’ve got to stand up for ‘law

and order’’, when law and order ~

are being undermined by
racism.

The racism of our society will
not be eradicated by one step but
I am sure some improvement
would occur if the law as it is
were upheld to ensure justice
and a fair deal to the Indian
people in this case.

Classified advertising

NOTICES

HALLS FOR RENT

New Westminster P.T. readers
who wish to contribute to the
Pacific Tribune Sustaining Fund
Drive, contact Bill at 526-5226.

COMING EVENTS

April 29 — SEE BEAUTIFUL
_B.C. —‘slides by Pat O’Kane
—mountains, rivers, lakes,
shores, trees, flowers, people
at work and at play. SATUR-
DAY, April 29th at 832 Cal-
verhall, North Vancouver,
EATS and DRINKS, prizes
and a mini bazaar. $1.50 per
person— proceeds PT Drive.

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S
HOME — 600 Campbell Ave.
Now under Renovation.
Watch ‘PT’ for details re-
garding re-opening re: Rent-
als for, meetings, banquets,
weddings, etc. 254-3430.

WEBSTER’s CORNER HALL
—Available for banauets,
meetings, weddings, etc. For
rates, Ozzy 872-5064 or 685-
5836.

BUSINESS PERSONALS

Young man wants Hohner Har-
monica lessons. Phone
732-0839.

May Day Greetings

To Our Friends & Customers

_ TED HARRIS LTD.

Paint & Wallpaper
Wholesale and Retail

enseenpanienininieonabeibitist Soest

757 East Hastings St., Vancouver 4.

The
Campbell River Club
Extends

MAY DAY
GREETINGS

To Canadian Workers
and the Pacific Tribune

ae PHONE 255-2627

MAY 5— Keep this date open—
Friday, May 5th, ANNUAL
BIRTHDAY PARTY _ for
ALDERMAN HARRY RAN-
KIN. Smorgasbord,  enter-
tainment, prizes.

REGENT TAILORS LTD.-
Custom Tailors and Ready-to-
Wear, 324 W. Hastings St. MU
1-8456 of 4441 E. Hastings - CY
8-2030. See Henry Rankin for
personal service.

MAY 16TH — You are invi-
ted to attend a Film Showing,
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO BUY
WAR, MRS. SMITH!’’, SUN-
DAY, MAY 16th at 8:00
P.M. at CONNAUGHT COM-
MUNITY CENTRE,  2ist

- Street & London, New
Westminster, PROCEEDS
P.T. drive, Ausp. New West-
minster Press Club.

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UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE - 805
East Pender St., Vancouver 4.
Available for banquets, wed-
wee meetings. Phone 254-

FOR SALE — Electric range,
House Trailer running gear.
Proceeds to Trib. Drive. Ph.
531-4178.

_PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1972—PAGE 15

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