Page Two THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER Fadysmith IWA Sets Example For Union Help In Community Work IWA ORGANIZES WELLBURN TIMBER DUNCAN, B.C. — At a meeting spon- sored by IWA Local 1-80, held in the Glenora Hall this week, the employees of the Wellburn Company near Duncan es- tablished a Sub-Local and signed up the overwhelming majority of the crew. The meeting was addressed by Tommy Mc- , Donald of the Chemainus Sub-Local. Brother Jack Atkinson of the Ladysmith Sub-Local was chairman, and Brother Kermit Thornley of Chemainus acted as secretary, Following the address by Brother Me- Donald, in which he explained the bene- fits of organization, the following officers were elected: Chairman, Jack Vaux; vice- chairman, Alec Hyde; secretary, Paul Cyr; warden, A. Browlin; conductor, Glen Spinks; trustees, T. D. Getz, J. Jordan, P. LeRoy. The meeting discussed the question of wages; reports being given of choker- men only getting $4.00 per day; whistle- punks $4.00 per day; grade crew $4.00 per day; high rigger $6.40; head faller by machine $6.40; second falling and buck- ing $6.16; truck drivers $5.30 and $6.00. It was unanimously agreed to have the IWA make application to the Regional War Labor Board for an increase in wages and it was decided to distribute a wage questionnaire amongst the em- ployees, Found?! Pocketbook belonging to Ernie Asplund. Owner may reclaim by calling for same at Room 300, 529 Beatty Street, Vancouver. ‘To the Editor: | At the regular monthly meeting of the IWA-CIO Ladysmith Sub-Local on December 12, 1941, attended by 112 members, the Lions Club Beach Project was discussed and endorsed, and a motion unanimously carried that the membership volunteer a day’s labor towards fulfillment of the project. Early last June our services were called for and a “Sunday Work Party” was ar- ranged, An area of dense underbrush and an immense entanglement of tame(?) blackberry bushes soon. disappeared. Brother “Two Ton” Simon, chief car- penter, was on the job and with the co- operation of the fallers soon had the bath-house under way. Before nightfall it was completed, shingle roof and all. Another gang got busy on the beach proper and removed driftwood, boulders and other rubbish, At night, during the week, toilets were built and on the fol- lowing Sunday, another work party com~ pleted the dressing rooms within the bath-house and erected picnic tables. The highlight of the day was the unearthing of a bottle of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky of pre-prohibition days. And was it good! Mmmm! Today Ladysmith can proudly boast of having one of the finest bathing beaches on Vancouver Island and the townspeo- ple really make use of it. One's labor is well repaid just to see the children splash- ing joyously in the water or romping playfully on the beach. The IWA-CIO Ladysmith Sub-Local has long taken the stand that our mem- bership, together with our wives and children, comprising as we do a substan- tial majority of the population of the community, should take an active interest in its welfare, A year ago last January, one or our brothers was accidentally killed, leaving. two orphaned children. A collection was taken and, as a result, those two chil- dren have a véry substantial sum of money held in trust for them until the This advt. is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control .) Board or by the Government of British Columbia. day that they will need it, This money will assure them of an education such as their father would gladly have given them, had he lived. Just recently we got behind the Red Cross drive and helped to put the Lady- smith quota over the top. At the same time, we also took up another collection, amounting to a considerable sum, for one of our brothers who, through illness, may never work again, Today our brother has no mortgage on his home. We are also solidly behind the war ef- fort, Many of our members are in train- ing in the Reserve Army, and a consid- erable number are’in the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers. We all stand ready to repel the Fascist Japanese, should they arrive. Ladysmith Sub-Local will continue to give their every effort to foster and further true community spirit, and, in so doing, make our locality a finer and bet- ter place to call home. PRESS COMMITTEE, IWA-CIO Ladysmith Sub-Local 1-80. Crew Protest Co. Failure To Act A. A. Dougan & Sons, Anderson Bay, Texada Is. August 21, 1942. To the Editor: : ‘The cook at this camp molested a small seven-year-old girl In the afternoon, about, 1:30, and was reported to Mr. | Dougan about 2:00 for action to be taken. As nothing was done, the father of the child had to give Mr. Dougan and Son the ultimatum of getting the cook out in one hour or having the men put him ‘out themselves. What kind of a camp is this that we have to force the bosses to take action in a case like this? Fraternally yours, Aero Timbers Limited, recently ized government-owned agency for g ting vitally-needed airplane opened its first camp in the Queen lotte Islands last week. Six sets of lers, four three-man sets and ty men sets, left on Thursday for the which will be located on Massett Bushellers have been hired at 85¢ per with Osborn Krogstad, former bi from Rock Bay, in charge of the falli gangs. A It is reported that Olson's Camp the West Coast, Einar Johnson’s, D Sawchuk’s and Zorn's camps have s\ to transfer their operations to the camps in the Queen Charlotte Islands, take part in the great drive for B.C. valu. able airplane spruce, An interesting and very welcome report was received from our delegate at Oscar Johnson's Camp at Allison Harbor this week, Believing in the principle of giving credit where credit is due, we wish to quote from our delegate's letter, which will no doubt be of interest to all lum- _ ber workers along the B.C. coast: closed please find cheque for $64.00, for dues and initiation fees for new mem- bers. I am out of dues stamps but we are looking forward to a visit from the Log- gers’ Navy shortly. Regarding this camp, it is one of the nicest little outfits in B.C, _ Actually more like a home than a logging camp. We don’t wear cork boots in the dining hall or bunk houses, which are equipped with library, radio and hard- wood upholstered furniture.” A far cry from conditions a few years ago and a big improvement compared to a number — of other operations on this coast today. The Ladysmith Sub-Local reports dues collections for July, 1942, are fourteen times as much as for July, 1941 — an ex~ cellent report and one for which we ex- tend hearty congratulations to both the — officers and members of the Sub-Lox A number of serious forest fires broke out last week; one of the worst of which burned over eleven hundred acres of the Elk Timber Company's claim at Camp 8 Twelve cold-deck piles were destroyed by the fire and all the felled and bucl timber was burned by the blaze. Two hundred and fifty fighters, who had been battling the fire, announced at the week= i THREE EMPLOYEES. Office and Stand Phone PA ci Moderate 444 Carrall Street Ask for “GEORGE” * WEST TAXI * Cars Fully Insured . . . 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