ru@. c LUMBER WORKER Page Seven RY REPORTS SE WOMANS CORNER LAAT NNO HOMEMAKER NEWS ASSOCIATE EDITOR: GLADYS SHUNAMAN MMM CY cam Ladies ) Hospital Auxiliary Local 1-80 de- their regular meeting on evening to help at the ng bazaar of the Duncan Auxiliary. A raffle for - will also be arranged. Mary Stevens is to be mtative to the hospital, nen’s Auxiliary. pie: kh tresses, which were Jered for one of the hospital have arrived and they are leased with them. ; Andrews, superintendent of Sola pete informed the auxili- thael Zitzoff had left it and suggested the tion of Frank Hall, aged 11. has a form of paralysis and n the Solarium for some Thus Frank Hall was chosen 2 the place of the former d boy.” previous meeting the’ or- tion donated twenty dollars district council to be used new auxiliaries to send | to the convention. Hallowe'en dance held on was an enjoyable affair. ms of the prizes were: Cos- es, Miss Parlee and Miss 5 Spot dance, Miss Syd. Ed- and Cpl. G. C. Hannah. ts at the meeting were Mr. rs. Lorne Acheson, Camp ‘Mr. George Grafton, the having attended the IWA ntion in Vancouver gave ik stressing particularly the of the Iwa and gave a outline of the convention. r guest, Mrs. Lorne Ache- made the draw for the parcel, the recipient be- Thomas Handberry, on service. Amniversary berni Local y was held in the Good iquet Room on October celebrate the IWA Ladies’ 2nd Anniversary. Over y members were present, and enjoyable evening was y all. the evening Court Whist ed, Sister D. Butterworth first prize, and Sister A. consolation. very dainty supper was A three-tier anniversary the table, and was d in green and white, the and was topped with candles. A vote of given to Sister D, But- making the cake. the evening Sister ey of the Auxili- few well chosen wofds th and progress of the ich started two years n charter members E a membership of y. It is the hope of the increase the member- ship, so wives and sisters of Union members, how about turning -out to the next meeting and joining up. : The next meeting will be held on Dec. 6 at 8 o'clock in the Union office. ‘The regular meeting of the IWA local 94 auxiliary was held Nov. 1st, and was well attended, with one new member, The social committee organized a very successful Hallowe’en party where everyone who attend- ed had a good time. The cigarette committee reported 30 local boys overseas have been sent cigarettes. Three letters of appreciation have been received from the boys in the last few weeks, The delegates from the Feder- ated Auxiliaries convention gave a full report on the proceedings. The District Council meeting held in Vancouver, Oct. 26, was re- ported and discussed. A committee was elected to see if they could be of any assistance in helping obtain names for the Municipal Voters’ List. A delegation was elected to at- tend a Plywood meeting and ex- tend an invitation to the women to join the auxiliary. The sewing groups are going very well and have some toys fin- ished. The raffle was won by Sister Saxby. Van. Auxiliary | Hears Report ‘Auxiliary local 107 held their semi-monthly meeting in the Holden Building, Tuesday, Nov. 7. Old business was dispatched With speed. Then a most enlightening report on the convention was given by Sister Morgan which was a boon to those members who were unable to attend the convention. Our St. Paul’s and Vancouver General Hospital committees are really working and Sisters Pulling and Rogers were appointed for the Shaughnessy Military Hos- Pital. ‘A press committe was appointed, Sisters Galley and Matthews. A lighter phase of each meeting is the raffling of a prize, the win- ner of which will donate a prize for the following meeting. _ We were happy to welcome a new member, Sister McLean. Our next meeting in the form of a so- cial. evening will be held at the home of Sister Morgan, 1877 Haro, on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Any lady wishing to attend will be welcome. President Brown Visits Youbou At a meeting held on Oct, 13 our District President, Edna Brown, visited us, also Sister Willson from Lake Cowichan. We elected two trustees and a vice-president, who were sworn’ in by Sister Brown. On October 27 the social in the Union Hall was well attended. Sisters Maki and Oberg . were hostesses. The evening was spent in playing games, after which sup- per was served by the hostesses. ‘On Noy. 8 the regular business meeting, was held in the Union Hall with twelve members present. ‘The two delegates and the board member elected as delegate to the convention in Vancouver gave their report. ‘The home cooking sale held on Noy. 4 was quite a success al- though it rained very hard. A cake was raffled and won by Mrs. Mann of Youbou. It was decided to raffle a Christmas cake for the next Home Cooking sale which will be held in December. Westminster To Have Bazaar iAs a preliminary to an extensive organizational campaign, Auxiliary Local 97 has has ordered 2,000 copies of the IWA’s pamphlet, “One Armed Batter.” They hope to have the cooperation of the lo- eal union in the use of their means of distribution. Several of our members are as- sisting in fitting up the small union hall as an auxiliary centre. Very ambitious plans are be- ing laid for our bazaar to be held: Saturday, Dec. 9, in the union hall. There will be aprons of all kinds, novelties such as stuffed animals, pot holders, etc.; home cooking, also a white elephant counter. Tea will be served dur- ing the afternoon, The auxiliary would appreciate all donations any one would care to make. A social evening will be held in the evening. Every union member is invited to come and bring his wife. They promise you an en- joyable evening. Sick Visited At Vaneouver Patients from the lumbering in- dustry were visited at St. Paul’s Hospital on November 1 and copies of the Sawdust Trail and other interesting pamphlets were distributed as the Lumber Worker did not come out at the regular time. Most of the patients showed a marked improvement since the last visit. Sister Elsie Economy, shop stew- ard at Uniyersal Box plant; Bro- ther Gordon Boyle, Nelson, B.C.; Brother T. Christie, Port Alberni; Brother Arthur Egerton, Port Al- berni; Brother Vermer Lund, Cow- ichan Lake; Brother John Hala- shoff, Alaska Cedar; Brother Johnson, Englewood, Camp “G.” Brother Stanley Jarocholski, Port Alberni; Brother Reid Nichol, Comox Camp; Carl Benson, Dome Creek; Brother Gus Clerf, Ter- race, B.C.; Brother Leo DeLair; Brother Ted Vroman, Queen Char- lottes; Brother “John Knutson, Queen Charlottes, Kelley Log; Brother Marcu, Port Mellon; Bro- ther Wm. Matturi, Aero Tbr. Pro- ducts, QCI, 14-Year-Old East Indian Girl Writes Prize Essay Reprinted from the magazine “Canadian Heroes,” is the essay which won for Dipo Sardar, Paldi schoolgirl, first prize in a Canadian-wide essay competition recently conducted by the magazine. It appeared in the August number of the publication and was titled “Dreams of My Future.” This is the essay: a6 , DIPO SARDAR, am 14 years old, a Canadian ‘citizen born in the Jubilee Hospital in Victoria on September 4, 1929. “My father and late mother came from the far-away land of India. I stayed home five school years after my mother’s death, and in these years did I realize my ambition. I read many books—books on the lives of great women who served their countries faithfully. To bring joy and peace to those who were troubled in mind and to those who were without clothing, without food, these great women sacrificed many comforts of life. “They thought not of themselves but of those around them, and those who needed someone to help them, to teach them the right and good way of life. HERE were stories if India—its unhealthy streets, its closely packed houses, its numberless people who knew not the way to lead a good clean life—its queer customs, which were nothing but supersti- titons carried by man down through the ages. “In the five years that I spent at home working and caring for my brother, I grew to wonder why these things were so in India, this India that they call ‘The Pearl of the East’ Ah! But those who named it so, only knew but one side of it, the side where all was pleasure and goodly living. “But did they know the side where poverty and hardships were long endured by the poor? Did they lift their pleasure-filled eyes to see those who looked up to them with eyes so sad, so weary? “In those long years a strange feeling grew in me. I thought it hallucinations but, as time went on, these so-called hallucinations grew gradually up to an ambition—an ambition to help my country’s people and to teach them how to live a better life, to give them the standard of living such as the people of Canada have. I long to give them their four freedoms, to which they have. a right just as much as any other nation in the world. LOVE my native land, but I love my father’s land more, and there I want to go to help those who need help, not because I want glory—no, but because something seems to say, ‘You must not stop hoping and believing that some day your prayer shall be answered.’ “I am going to school here in Paldi now and as soon as I get through I hope to-go to university, after which I shall train as a nurse. “I only hope and pray that my ambition will be realized. There is only one person who has believed in me and given me fresh hope, although she does not know it. I thank her with all my heart.” [.W.A. GREETINGS SENT 10 U.S.S.R. Embassy of The Union of Soviet Republics. Mr. Harold Pritchett, President, B.C. District Council No. 1, IWA-CIO, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sir: a This is to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your message of greetings to the Red Army, Soviet Trade Unions and the peoples of the USSR. I have been instructed by Mr. Ambassador to thank you most cordially for warm feeling toward our country. Please be informed that your greetings have been already trans- mitted to Moscow. N. BELOKHVOSTIKOV, First Secretary of the Embassy. Vancouver Island Film Schedule Monday, Nov. 20.—Fanny Bay, 12:20 noon, mill; 7:30 p.m, VLM Camp. Tuesday, Nov. 21, .—Franklin Riv- er, Camp A, 7:30 p.m., Hall. Wednesday, Nov. 22 — Franklin River, Camp B, 7:30 p.m., Hall. Thursday, Nov. 23.—Port Alber- ni Civic Forum, 7:30 p.m. Hall; Port Alberni BSW Mill, 12:20 mid- night, Lunchroom. Friday, Nov. 24. — Port Alberni BSW Mill, 12:20 noon, Lunchroom; APL Camp 1, Beaverbrook, 7:30 p.m, Hall. Saturday, Nov. 25.—Alberni Res- idential School, 7:00 p.tn., Hall. Sunday, Nov. -26.—Port Alberni IWA, 8:00 p.m., Eric Graf Hall. Monday, Nov. 27—Great Central, 7:30 p.m., Hall. Tuesday, Nov. 28. — Nanaimo Foundry, 12:20 noon; Lady smi 7:30 p.m., Native Sons Hall. Monday, Dec. 4. Nanaimo UMW Forum, 7:30 p.m., UMW Hall. For EFFICIENT. SERVICE call at... - JIM WATTS’ Shell Service Station VICTORIA, B.C. 601 Gorge Rd. Phone G-5325 BOB SIMPSON Cranbrook _ é o MEN’S FURNISHINGS BILTMORE HATS HEEL HUGGER SHOES © ° Baker St. Cranbrook