THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

July 10, 1944

- Mr. Webster and I are not in
complete agreement.

Doubtless he won't be unduly
upset in the quarters assigned the
writers-of-dictionaries in the next
world.

For, in truth, our discord is not
of serious proportion.

The other night I had occasion
to look up the meaning of the
word “splint.” When I read his
description, “a thin piece of wood
to keep a broken hone, etc., in po-
sition,” I knew full well he had
never been a First Aid Attendant
: in a logging camp.

Your first aid men know that
many different things can be used
as splints, and he uses splints for
Several varied injuries and condi-
tions,

When we think of a splint many
of us have a mental picture of a
piece of wood fied along a broken
limb. This is quite right. Splints
can be pieces of wood and are
often tied along a broken limb.
But such a picture of a splint is
far from complete as its uses are
not confined to breaks only.

One of the finest splints I ever
used on a broken leg was being
pounded by the ear of a husky
chokerman a few hours earlier;
Just a common ordinary bunk.va-
riety of pillow. It did an excellent

_job in easing the suffering of the
patient, preventing the existing in-
jury from becoming worse, and it
helped speed the return of a good
logger to the timberfront, and you
ean ask little more of any splint.

A rolled magazine or a folded
newspaper can be, and have been,
used as splints,

T have used axe, pick, and shovel
handles, rifle-barrels, scale sticks,
fish poles, umbrellas and fence
boards when accidents have hap-
pened away from all the equip-
ment we first aid men like to
gather around us.

If you know the idea of splint-
ing it will be a down-hill cinch to
find something that will do in an
emergency.

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When a bone is broken there are
usually two jagged ends which rub
against each, other, doing much
harm to the bone itself, the sur
rounding flesh, muscles and
nerves and cause untold suffering.

Doctors might describe this
grating sensation as “arepitus.”
But an injured logger lying out in
the bush miles from nowhere can
think of other names.

By splinting a broken limb you
keep it quiet and at rest. You must
be sure the splint extends beyond
the joints closest to the break.

Great care must be taken that
the limb is not twisted when ap-
plying a splint. Remember that
the splint should be comfortable.
It must have no sharp edges or
rough corners. If at all possible
it should be padded.

It is a good rule to handle or
moye a broken limb as little as
possible—even after it is splinted.

Your first aid attendant uses
splints for other things as well as
fractures.

A bad cut on the hand or fingers
will heal much quicker if the
wound is kept still and quiet as
possible.

I have used splints with good
effect in treating blood-poisoning
in the forearm and hand.

A fireman had a series of painful
boils on his wrist that we seem-
ingly couldn't stop spreading until
we applied a splint and kept the
wrist still.

The old-time ambulance drivers
passed on a good rule to the In-
dustrial First Aid man. “Splint’em
where they lie’—whether they
need it or not?

Experience has taught it is easier
to put on a splint than to regret
not having used one.

Ask your First Aid Attendant
about splints and splinting. If he
had practised long he will proba-
bly have some rare stories of rare
splints.

I recall one combination I faced

of a broken leg, a fat woman, a

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BEST PAUL BUNYAN
BEARD AT DANCE

Bro, W. H. Barbrick from Bloe-
del, Stewart & Welch, .Camp
No. 1, Menzies Bay, who won the
prize for the best beard at the
Woodworkers Ball.

Prize Winners At
Westmstr. Danee

The following are prize winners
drawn at the Woodworkers’ Ball in
New Westminster on July 30:

First prize, No. 3183, Alternate
3038.

Second prize, Mr. Switzer, No.
3098,

Third prize, Katherine Darreh,
908 London St. New Westminster,
B.C. No. 87.

Fourth prize, Danny Robertson,
2130 London St., New Westminster,
B.C. No. 129.

Alternate, E. Moore, 325 6th St.,
New Westminster, B.C. No. 962.

Fifth prize, J. Ustik. No. 927.

pair of whale-bone corsets, and a
petticoat torn into bandages. But
. Space is wasting.
Remember, “splint
they lie?

‘em where

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POPULAR HALL ON

JULY 5

IWA members and their friends

from all parts of B.C. gathered to-

gether on July 5 for the IWA Annual Midsummer Ball. The Hastings
Auditorium was by far the most popular of the three halls obtained
for the event. A fair crowd gathered at the Boilermakers’ Hall, but
judging by results the Howden Hall was too far removed from the
accustomed haunts of woodworkers to attract a large crowd.

Prizes were drawn for at the—

Hastings Hall with Nigel Morgan,
district board member, officiating.
Tickets were drawn from the bar-
rel by Bro. Barbrick, winner of
the prize for the best beard. As
will be noticed from the results,
many of the prizes went to ticket
holders on Vancouver Island,
where a large percentage of
tickets were sold.

Prize Winners
Woodworkers Ball

Winner of ‘best “Paul Bunyan”
beard: W. H. Barbrick, Camp 1,
Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, Men-
zies Bay.

First prize, $150 cash: Ticket No.
7816; Joyce Davidson, Box 95,
Dunean.

Seller of winning ticket, $15
cash: Ticket No. 7816; Albert Kidd,
Box 679, Duncan,

Second prize, $100 cash: Ticket
No. 6653, P, J. Murphy, Camp 5,
Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, Bloedel.

Third prize, $5 credit
Ticket No. 7445; S. Elchuk, Box 570,
Port Alberni. 2

Fourth prize, man’s wrist wate!
Ticket No. 3910; Ed. Mitze, Hol-
berg.

Fifth prize, woman’s wrist watch:
Ticket No.°8311; Mrs. C. E. Thomp-
son, 3565 Triumph St., Vancouver.

Sixth prize, pair of logger’s
boots: Ticket No. 262; E. Brenna,
Camp A-35, Queen Charlotte City.

Mannings Lumber Co. has noti-
fied us that they have received
notification from the Labor de-

partment regarding the certifica-
tion of this plant, and have ar-
ranged with Stuart Research to
act as their bargaining representa-
tives.

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Ukrainian Dance
Prize Winners

Following are prize winners at
the dance which was held Friday,
July 30 in Croatian Educational
Home, 600 Campbell Avenue, Van-
couver, under the auspices of the
Provincial Committee of Ukraini-
an Canadian Association:

First prize, Marta Kaniuga, 647
Pritchard Ave. Winnipeg, Man.,
No, 1490; second, Joe Hecimovich,
872 Union St., Vancouver, No. 1932;
third, S. Nedokis, 433 E. Hastings
St., Vancouver, No. 394; fourth, D. __—
McDonald, Giscome, B.C., No. 1015;
fifth, Doris Waren, 777 Cambie St.,
Vancouver, No. 1046; sixth, J.
Maras, 887 East Georgia St., Van-
couver, No. 1833; seventh, Duncan
Neil, Giscome, B.C. No. 2353;
eighth, N. Kawelich, Prince
George, B.C., No. 1590.

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Big British
Union Asks
For Unity

By ANNE KELLY

By Cable to Allied Labor News

LONDON. — The recommenda- _ —
tion by the executive council of
the Amalgamated Engineering
Union that the Labor Party con-
vene a conference of all progres-
sive parties to secure unity in the
labor movement has been endorsed
by the AEU national committee
meeting in Edinburgh.

The committee’s resolution —
adopted after keen debate by 27
votes to 21—“welcomed and sup-
ported” the application of the Com-
munist Party for affiliation to the
Labor Party to rally “all progres-
sive bodies against the forces of
reaction in Britain.”

The AEU, with nearly 1,000,000
members, is Britain's largest union

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