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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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“PLANNED” |

and means of curtailing expendi-
Recommended that a Fi-
nancial Committee be set up to
put on a financial campaign. Na-
tional Council suggested to, ap-
peal to the government for a
grant of $5,000—strong objection |'
from affiliates against this. The

tures.

Council is selling life membership

at $15 each — suggested that
every organization buy one.
Showed a film named “Who Me”

on Safety.

Sister Bradley reported on the
regular meeting of the Vancou-
ver Council of Women held on
December 1; treasurer’s report
was presented. The Council re-
ceived a letter from Minister
Gregg with respect to installing
bathroom facilities in the Unem-

ployment Insurance Commission
~ buildings. He stated he definitely
opposed this, A suggestion was
made by the Council for all af-
filiates to send a letter of pro-
test. A protest was lodged
against the Council for endorsing
Mrs. Porter as candidate for
Civie election; in future all con-

tentious issues should go to the
affiliates first.

Unfinished Business
The matter of holding a Xmas
party was dropped.
‘An arrangement was made for
a meeting to wrap up parcels for
patients on December 21, at 7:00

p.m. |
Sister Alda Hendrie thanke
the Auxiliary for the flowers

when she was ill.
A withdrawal to be mailed to
Alma Bowker, Tahsis, B.C.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30
p.m.

Hospital Visiting
Two visits were made to Mr.
Basil Morgan in the Pearson’s
Hospital on December 10 and 14
by Sister Pearl Hddgson, dis-
tributed papers and chocolates.
Mr. Morgan, who worked, with
the Pacific Pine, is looking well
and seems to be progressing.
PEARL, HODGSON,
Recording Secretary,
Ladies’ Auxiliary,
Local 1-217.

1-80 W. A.

“All Reports Good”

The Women’s Auxiliary of
Local 1-80, IWA, held a com-
bination business meeting and
Christmas Party, November 29,
with hot turkey dinner being
served and gifts exchanged.
President Karen Anderson
chaired the meeting which was
attended by 48 members. The

business part of the meeting dealt |

mainly with the reports from the
Sub-Auxiliaries, which are print-
ed here in a condensed form:

Camp 6, Youbou

Donations were made to the
Red Feather Services, March of
Dimes, The Blind and the Or-
phans’ Christmas Fund. A Fa-
shion Show was held in Novem-
ber, also a Bingo game. Mem-
bers enjoyed a Christmas Party
which was held in December.

Parksville Sub-Local

Members donated money and
food for a needy family and also
collected clothing for them. Their
Christmas Party was held at the
home of Sister Peterson during
the holidays and husbands of the
members were present. The
Christmas Party for the children
was held December 19.

Ladysmith
Sister Betty McDiarmid was

| elected as Trustee for two years.
Donations have been made to the
CNIB and T.B. Christmas seals
have: been purchased by the 12
members. Their Christmas Party
was held on December 5.

Chemainus

Socials were held in October
and November with Whist, Bingo
and Quiz contests being well re-
ceived by the members. Regular
visits have been made to the hos-
pitals and the patients given
news of the IWA. A Christmas
party for the members’ children
was given in December.

Lake Cowichan

Successful home-cooking and
card parties were held by this
Sub-Local during September and
October. December 16 a Christ-
mas party for the children was
held with tree gifts for them.

Sister Lillian Sieman, of the
Chemainus Sub-Local, was elect-
ed Conductress by acclamation to
fill the spot left vacant by the
resignation of Sister Olga Paw-
lick,

The next meeting of the Aux-
iliary will be held March 14,
1958, at 10:30, in the Legion
Hall.

HOUSING LAGS

OTTAWA (CPA)—Total hous-
ing construction during 1952
Jooks like falling well below the
rate achieved in 1951, although
there is a building spurt on now.

10,000 Less

According to figures released
by the Dominion Bureau of Sta-
tisties, there were nearly 10,000
less dwelling units completed in
Canada during the first ten
months of 1952 than in the same
period the previous year.

In the first ten months of
1951, construction totalled 65,969
units, but up to the end of Octo-
per this year only 56,295 had been
completed. With the exceptions
of the Maritime provinces and
Newfoundland, every province
shows a lower construction total
for 1962 than for 1951.

Slow Start
Although construction was
started on 9,810 houses in Octo-
ber of this year against 4,977 in
the corresponding month last
year, the small number of starts
in the first five months of the

year pulled the 1952 total down.

Completions in the month of
October of this year were down
in the Maritimes and Quebec but
higher in the rest of Canada,
compared with 1951. In the whole
of Canada, 9,510 houses were
completed in October 1952 com-
pared with 8,164 in the previous
year.

So far, in the 10 months to
November 1, the total number of
units completed is: (figures for
the same period in 1951 bracket-
ed) Ontario 21,885 (26,111); Que-
bee, 16,269 (21,068); Prairie
Provinces, 9,198 (9,550); British
Columbia, 5,531 (5626); Maritime
Provinces, 2,530 (1,830); and
Newfoundland, 882 (784).

There was an old person of Hyde,
Who walked by the shore with
his bride, %
‘Till a crab who came near
Filled their bosoms with
fear,
So they didn’t wait for the tide,

q Seek

Brother B, Wilson and G.” Mc-

Entree of Local 1-363, IWA, visited

Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River,

December 28, and distributed clg-

arettes, chocolate bars and copies

of The Lumber Worker to the
following:

Phil Welsh, rigging man, Elk
River Timber Co, Ltd, Quinsam
Arthritis. Doing fine.

Gunnar Lindquist, powersaw buck-
er, Camp 6, Bloedel—Legs para-
lyzed. Improving.

Curly Daigh, boomman,, B.C, Pawer
Commissicn—Hit by’ taxi, bro-
ken arm. Coming along fine,

Don McLean, logger at Whaletown
—Teeth extracted. Going home
soon.

Brother B, Wilson and G, Mc-
Entree of Local 1-363 visited
Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River,
January 4, and distributed cigar-
ettes, chocolate bars and coples of
the Lumber Worker to the fol-
lowing:

Curley Daigle, boomman—Broken
arm, Coming along fine.
Gunnar Lindquist, power saw
bucker, Camp 5,’ Bloedel—Para~

lyzed in legs. Getting better.

L. PB. Wood, carrier driver, Beecher
Lake Lumber sawmill, Campbell
River—Appendix operation. Do-
ing fine.

Dick Hutchinson, Zanatta Logging
Co—Broken leg. Has to go to
Vancouver for treatment.
Brothers B. Wilson and G. Mc-

Entree of Local 1-363, IWA, visit-

ed Lourdes Hospital, Ca'mpbell

River, December 15, and distribut-

ed cigarettes, chocolate bars and

copies of The B,C. Lumber Work-
er to the following:

Joxeph Suranovsky, chokerman —
Broken leg. Doing fine.
John Civitarese, signalman,

Lumber C

Boyd
‘Hurt back, Coming

along. fine.

Gunnar Lindquist, power saw
bucker, Camp 8, MacMillan &
Bloedel, Bloedel,’ B. C.—Sick. In

for observation.

Judy Coombs, rigger, B.C. Power
Commission—Hurt back. Getting
better, ~

Curly Daigle, boomman, B.C.
Power Commission—Hit by taxi.
Broken arm and bruises.

King’s Daughters

Financial Secretary Ed Linder,
Local 1-80, IWA, visited the fol-
lowing patients in King’s Daugh-
ters Hospital distributing candy,
cigarettes and copies of The B.C.
Lumber Worker:

Edward Peters, Duncan, B.C.
Charlex Kleven, Duncan, B. C.
Fred Flint, Meade Creek—tliness.
Beand Singh, Mesachie Lake—Ill-

ness,

Ole ‘Anderson, Copper Canyon —
Illness.

Joe Zorisky, Honeymoon Bay.

‘Tom Willet, Camp 6, Youbou.

Sohan Sall, Mesachie Lake — Sore
foot.

Gurbach Singh, Youbou — Tonsil-
itis, =

Allan’ Heya, Duncan—Operation.

GRIM XMAS
AVERTED

Grim prospects of a Local 1-
367, IWA, member and his fam-
ily facing a bleak Christmas
were averted through the gen-
erosity of the Local Union mem-
bership, who, responding to the
appeal from the Local Union
Officers, succeeded in raising
$153.18, by selling raffle tickets.

The ‘member involved, Earl
Kelly, was fired from his job as
planerman, at the Northwestern
Hardwoods Ltd., Mission, for en-
deavoring to uphold the IWA
contract in this operation.

Kelly, married with two small
children, is a recent arrival from
Alberta, so was unable to draw
Unemployment Insurance. But
for the help of the membership,
Christmas would have been a
sad affair in the Kelly household.

UNIONS SEEK
HEALTH PLAN

WASHINGTON — The Presi-
dent’s Commission on the Health
Needs of the Nation made its
report December 18. It found, as
labor has contended, that the
present system, trumpeted by the
American Medical Association as
adequate, is woefully lacking,
that large segments of the popu-
lation cannot meet the costs, and
suggested state-federal co-opera-
tion on medical insurance plans.
The commission praised the
health plans won by labor unions
through collective bargaining as
“one of the most promising re-
cent developments in the health

field.”

List dD
St. Paul’s Hospital

Sisters Muriel Bradley and
Margaret Kamm of the W.A., Lo-
cal 1-217, LWA, visited the ‘follow-
ing 9 patients’ in St, Paul's Hos-
pital on December 18, distributing
candy, cigarettes and coples of
the B.C. Lumber Worker:

Ivor Jones-Cook, Canadian White
Pine, Room 315—Mastold oper:
tion. Coming. along.

Bror Isakson, Woss Camp, Engle-
wood, Room 316—Hye surgery.
Expects to be in another week

at least,

Ingo Brandoli, ‘Tahsis
Port Alberni — Hand
Coming along slowly.

Vernon Rouleau, Canadian Forest
Products, Harrison Mills — Had
surgery to knee, Awalting dis-
charge.

George Allard, Allen Sawmills,
Quesnel—Had surgery to knee.
Norman Duringer, Madison Planer
Mills, Quesnel—-Badly smashed

leg. Had amputation.

Bul Adkins, Mead Creek, Lake
Cowichan—Cut arteries and ten-
dons in left hand.

John Omelusik, Camp Woss, En-
glewood — Injured on November
21st. Back and head. Several
stitches as well as cast.

Harold Ferris, Seymour Inlet —
Blood poisoning in left hand.
Coming along well.

During the month of Decem-
ber, flowers were sent to Sis-
ters Jacqueline Clarkson and
Lucy Robinson, both members
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Lo-
cal 1-217. Our members will
be pleased to hear that they are

both progressing satisfactorily.

Sister Muriel Bradley and Bro-
ther Lloyd Whalen of Local 1-217,
IWA, visited the following nine
patients in St. Paul’s Hospital dis-
tributing candy, cigarettes and
copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker:
George Bullock, Columbia Valley
. Planing Mill} Williams Lake—Up

in wheelchair and quite cheer-

ful. Leaving for the holidays,

Back after January 1.

Aldin Swanson, Northern Pulp-
wood, Queen Charlotte Islands—
Expects to be discharged after
he receives a now. cast.

Harry Whitehouse, Chappell Lum-
ber, North Vancouver — Leg,
foot and ankle injuries,

Ivor Jones-Cook, Canadian White
Pine, Vancouver—In for mastoid
operation.

Iaco Brandoll, Tahsis Lumber Co.,

Port Alberni—Two bones broken

in ‘left hand, Not healing very

well.

D. Cameron, Decca Walton
Camp, Hope, B.C.—Back in again
for new cast. Hip.

Vernon Rouleau, Canadian Forest
Products, Harrison Mills—Knee
injury. Surgery on December 10
to remove cartilage.

George Allard, Allen Sawmills —
Had surgery for knee cartilage.
Quesnel.

Norman Duringer, Madison Planer
Mill, Quesnel — Badly smashed
leg.

During November, Sister
Bradley and Brother Whalen
called at the new Burnaby Gen-
eral Hospital to visit J. Carlyle
from Restmore. Unfortunately

this Brother had been discharg-

Sawmill,
injury.

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ed but the Hospital Informa-

patient. A visit was made also
to the Pearson Hospital at 700
West 57th to see Brother Basil
Morgan, member of the New
Westminster Local 1-357.

PARKSVILLE
CELEBRATES

The Parksville Sub-Local of
Local 1-80, IWA, held their lar-

Christmas Party in the Parish
Hall at Parksville, last December
19th.

Tony Poje, 1st Vice-President
of Local 1-80, addressed the
gathering and complimented
them on promoting such a fine
party. Frank Telford, 8rd Viee-
President, was very successful as
Master of Ceremonies. He also
assisted Santa Claus in the dis-
tribution of bags of candy for
the 134 delighted children attend-
ing.

The Parksville IWA Women’s
Sub-Auxiliary co-operated fully
with the Sub-Local in making the
party a success, and prepared the
lunch. Robert Mawhinney, Chair-
man of the Parksville Sub-Local,
gave a speech at the conclusion
in which he thanked all who had
contributed to the evening’s en-
tertainment, and wished everyone
a Merry Christmas.

Winners of the Turkey Draw
were Bob Doughty, A. Ham-
brook, George Sage, W. Leakey
and W. Hammond. ;

Not Enough

WASHINGTON — Pension
payments under social security
are not enough to live on, the
Joint Committee on the Economic
Report was told in a study made
by the National Planning Asso-
ciation. The xeport called the
present situation of the aged
“quite unsatisfactory.”

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