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IXILIARY REPORTS

HE WOMAN'S CORNER

HOMEMAKER NEWS

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: GLADYS SHUNAMAN
H CENTER

ober 7 to raise funds for parcels
for overseas. A hamper of grocer-
jes was raffled off, and President
Sister Olson donated a beautiful
‘cake which was also auctioned off.

‘The net proceeds were $32.60. ,
____An enjoyable evening was spent
us by all, which closed with refresh-

ments and community singing, and
all felt the demand for more so-
cial evenings in the future.

Plan Dance For

 Hallowe’en
At a regular meeting of the Dun-

can Auxiliary held on September
25 in the union office, the mem-
bers spent a very enjoyable time
continuing the plans for the Hal-

lowe'en dance to be held Oct. 28
in the K.ofP. Hall.

Sister Parlee was appointed
chairman of the decoration com-
mittee, It was decided lunch would
be served at this special dance.
Come, and bring your friends, as
this will be a perfect night for put-

_ting aside serious matters for a
few lightehearted hours!

Sister Edna Brown, Lake Cow-
iechan, president district council,
was a guest at this meeting. She
outlined the good work done by

~ the ladies auxiliaries and urged
each member to do their share
whether it be large or small, as it
all contributed to the success of
the organization.

A report was given by Sister
Hauk of a recent Wartime Prices

"and Trade Board meeting. A great

deal of discussion arose over the
canning sugar and butter ration
to be taken away from infants and
distributed among adults as was
decided upon at the WPTB meet-
ing. The majority of the auxiliary
members were not in fayor of this
being done.

The question of a rest room for
Duncan was again taken up. It
was learned that the city council
had secured a building but noth-
‘ing more had been done regard-
_ ing this matter. The secretary was
_ asked to write the city council de-
_ manding some action.

Plans were made to send one
Pareel a month to one of the aux-

u were put in a box and the
“guest of the evening picked 2

¥ ‘own and Edward Balliet, the
latters name appearing in the
i junded column of a recent casul-
list. He is the brother of Sis-
Hauk.
The infant daughter of Sister
1 bie was presented with a
yer spoon. This is the first mem-
of the auxiliary to which we
e had the pleasure of bestow-
baby gift.
auxiliary was pleased to
a new member, Sister

were enjoyed by

President Edna Brown
Greets Auxiliary Meeting

I hope that. by the time this ary. appears in print your
delegates will be almost finished their preparations to attend
the International Convention and also our own District Coes

ceil on Oct, 26.

I am looking forward with the anticipation that all « our
auxiliaries in District No. 1 will be reyresented and I’m also
hoping to see an equally large delegation from across ‘the

border.

This international convention will be a historic event and
should mean a very important step towards progress for all
our auxiliaries so let us go there prepared to make the most

of a splendid opportunity.

Those auxiliary members who
are not delegates should also make
an effort to attend as I’m sure
it will be of great educational
value “to us all.

The delegates will have to make
important decisions and lay con-
crete plans for an even larger and
stronger auxiliary movement. We
have a large potential membership
that as yet we have not been able
to draw into active participation.

World events are moving so
swiftly the largest” possible mem-
bership in the unions and auxiliar-
ies is needed to aid in bringing the
war to a successful conciusion and
in carrying out a democratic pro-
gram for postwar reconstruction.

We must be prepared to assist
our men and women returning
from the battle fronts to find their
rightful place in the country they
have fought and sacrificed for.

In a truly democratic world we
‘women must be prepared to play
our full role“in-helping- to secure
social reforms that will mean
greater economic security for our
families as well as increased health
and educational facilities. We
women can easily become a de-
termining factor in our families
welfare by becoming an active
auxiliary member.

‘Through the means of political
action committees functioning
jointly with our local unions, much
important work can be accom-
plished and at the same time we
are receiving an education in the
in the meaning of democracy.

Sisters! Our auxiliaries are the
guardians of the wooaworkers
home front so let us continue to
work and organize, and never for-

Names Wanted for
Comforts C’mttee

We are appealing to all Locals
and Sub-Locals to send in the
names and addresses of members
now serving overseas.

The Comforts Fund is growing
but we urge you all to send in
your contributions now so no time
will be lost in getting cigarettes,
ete. to the boys over there. The
crew at Aero Timber Products,
Camp 1, took up a collection for
the fund and sent in $106.00, and
money is coming in gradually but
Please make sure to have it in as
soon as possible so the Commit-
tee will not be held up because
of a shortage of funds,

Please send in the names and
addresses right away as we want
to make sure that no member is
missed.

_Send names and addresses to E,
Dalskog, chairman District Com-
forts Fund IWA, 504 Holden Bldg.,

Vancouver, B.C.

get for a moment how important
we really can be to the welfare
of our union, the IWA and our re-
spective communities. So get out
your new bonnett or dust off the
1943 model and let's go to the first
International Woman's Convention
ever held in B.C.

Miss
trophy for the outstanding costume
ni the children’s parade, held at
Lake Cowichan on Labor Day. The
trophy was presented by the [WA
Women’s Auxiliary. Miss Beech en-
tered the parade as ‘Miss WA.”

Irene. Beech, who won the

Camphell River
Holds Whist Drive

At the regular meeting on Sept.
21 we decided to send three dele-
gates to the International Conven-
tion in Vancouver. Those elected
are Sisters Kitty and Ethel Hall-
strom and Sister Anna _.Halstrom.

A whist drive was held in the
Blue Grouse Bar-B-Q on Oct. 6
in aid of Christmas parcels for
boys overseas. Only seven tables
were played the prize winners be-
ing ladies first by Mrs, E. Einar-

son; consolation, Mrs, A. Halstrom. |”

Men’s first, Mr. C. Copley; conso-
Jation Mrs, K. Hallstrom (substi-
tuted for man due to man short-
age). 5

Due to Jack of funds this year
we have limited our overseas par-
cels to those boys from whom we
had letters of acknowledgement
last year.

A-vote of thanks goes to Mr. and
Mrs. Graham, proprietors of the
Blue Grouse who so kindly loaned
us the use of the Bar-B-Q in which
to hold our whist drive,

Vancouver Ladies Visit
Loggers In Hospital

Sisters Stansfield and Harrison?

visited St. Paul’s Hospital last
week and distributed copies of the
Lumber Worker to the ‘members
there. They report that the sick
and injured brothers were all eag-
er to receive the paper. Visits to
the hospitals are now a regular
procedure but we were unable to
get the list of men at the General
Hospital in time~ for publication.
Reports from both hospitals will
appear in the next issue. ‘The fol-
lowing were visited at St. Paul's:

Brother Braconner, who has late-
ly been working in Vancouver.

Brother Leo De Lair.

Frank Rodinsky, from Camp 5,
Menzies Bay.

Pt. Alberni Loeal
To Purchase Bond

The regular meeting of the IWA
auxiliary, local 94, was held Oct-
ober 4, with 23 members present.
One member was initiated. The In-
ternational Convention call was
read: Sister V. Dewhurst, Sister S.
Goddard and Sister M. Biggs were

the delegates elected to attend,

the convention.

Letter of thanks were received
from Port Alberni Athletic Club
and the Queen Alexandra. Solari-
um for the donation received.

We are sorry to report the loss
of two of our members, Sister H.
Goddard who had to resign and
Sister A. Warner who has left the
city. The committee for the Al-
berni Playgrounds reported that
nine of the auxiliary members put
a day’s work in clearing the play-
grounds:

A report on the WPAC was read.
The question of children’s undet-
wear was discussed. A resolution
was drawn up and sent to the War-
time Prices and Trade Board re-
questing a larger supply of chil-
dren’s underwear for this district.

The “Remade” centre for Port
Alberni was explained to the
members the success of this centre
depends entirely on the number of
members enrolled. The auxiliary
divided into four sewing groups.
Starting next week the groups will
meet once a week and make toys
for the patients of the Queen Alex-
andria Solarium.

The auxiliary decided to pur-
chase a bond in the coming Vic-
tory Drive.

The auxiliary will celebrate the
2nd anniversary this month, a so-
cial time is planned for the 18th
of October.

The social committee have plans
under way for the union dance
to be held in Alberni Athletic
Hall, November 10.

The raffle for the Solarium funds
was won by Sister A. Nichols.

Di iil]

Brother Tuckley, North Coast
Timber Co., QCL

Brother H. Lee, Bloedel, Stew-
art and Welch, Great Central
Lake.

Brother Egerton, Port Alberni.

Brother Waterman, Camp ‘5,
Menzies Bay.

Brother Vermer Lund, Cowich-
an Lake.

Brother Johnston, Camp 5, En-
glewood.

Brother Alex DeLorme, Port Mc-
Neil.

Brother Stanley
Port Alberni.

Brother Vroaman and Knutson
could not be visited but Lumber
Workers were left for them.

Marcu, Port Mellon.

Brother Wm. Matturi; Aero Tim-
ber Products, QCI.

Most of the patients showed

much improvement since the last
visit.

Jarocholski,

Vancouver Ladies-
Adopt Resolutions

At the regular meeting of the
Vancouver Local of IWA Ladies
Auxiliaries on Tuesday night. Sis-
ters Edith Watts, Kay Rogers and
Mona Morgan were elected to rep-
resent the local at the coming
convention. Sister Hazel Pritchett
was elected as board member on
the district council and Sisters
Edith Cook and Mona Morgan
were named district council dele-
gates to the meeting on~- October
26, the last quarterly meeting of
the year.

Resolutions on political action,
child welfare centres, women in
industry, health insurance and or-
ganization were adopted to be pre-
sented at the convention and two
others, Women and the Franchise
and Hot Lunches for School. Chi
dren for consideration by the di
trict council.

It was reported that $10 had
been received from Local 1-217
to help the auxiliary in its work
of extending the otganization and
for comforts for soldiers.

The hospital committees report-
ed having visited quite a number
of loggers and sawmill workers
who were all pleased to receive
copies of The Lumber Worker and
enjoyed a short chat with the aux-
iliary members.

Representatives from the auxili-
ary will be sent to the next meet-
ing-of the Children’s Jubilee Sum-
mer Camp Committee to take part
in the arrangements for the next

summer camp,

so

GRAND OPENING, CLINTON HALL |

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2605 E. Pender St, Vancouver, B.C,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 8 p.m.—international Concert.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 9-12—Opening Dance.
Admission, $1.00. 5-Piece Orchestra, Pitkanen and Co, Re-

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 7:30 p.m—Concert.

EVERYBODY WELCOME!

Social Committee