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2nd Issue
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WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

Local 7

Mainland Camp Notes

The coverage of the mainland camps with Green Gold

and Green Gold II got off to a later start this year than we

had intended due to BGereeaty shipyard work to both boats.
on

reen Gold was damag

her last trip of 1959, both
through collision with a rock in
Humphrey Channel one fog
night, and.through the results
of a flash flood at Oskar John-
son’s Camp in Seymour Inlet,
which not only damaged our
boat but took out two bridges,
considerable road, and damaged
Oskar’s camp. The repairs to
the boat are still not completed
but are progressing nicely at
the Lund Machine Shop and we
hope to have Green Gold back:
in service approximately the
end of March.

Green Gold II was equipped
Jast year with two 30 h.p. Mer-

* cury outboard motors which did

not prove to be too satisfactory
for the amount of work the
boat was required to do and it
was evident that some better
source of Bowes had to be
found.

New Engine

The boat is now. ‘equipped
with a Volvo Penta aquamatic
unit which consists of a4 cylin-
der 8. h.p. Volvo fresh water
cooled inboard engine and a
Volvo Penta outboard type
bottom end.

This unit combines the advan-
tages of an inboard with the
advantages of an outboard.

The engine itself being -en-
tirely within the hull, is easy to

BEAVER COVE Camp Chairman, Jim Atkinson (left),
John T. Atkinson, Regional Safety
Secretary.

whose father is
Director, and George Ward Camp

soon. We had quite ; a bull ses-
sion in the bunkhouse after sup-
per with Bro. Mike Kuzonski
giving us all the dope on the
organization of Bloedel in 1934,

overcome by the Loggers
working to improve wage, hours
and conditions at that time.

Listening to an oldtimer like
Mike, I couldn’t help but com-
pare the conditions he was
speaking of with what wé have
today in the camps, and neither
could I help but. reflect that so
many of us take.these things for
granted as if they had always
existed or been freely given’ and
fail to realize what a struggle
it was to establish the condi-
tions that we enjoy.

St. Vincents Bay

M. & B. camp at St. Vincents
Bay in Jervis Inlet was in pro-
duction. with: a. normal crew on
the 29th of. February, and
BCFP camps at Vancouver Bay
and Glacial Creek are also log:
ging, but not with full crews yet.

It was reported that Vancouver |

Bay will be-running about a 40
man crew this year once they
get loggin,z. full bore.

and the difficulties that were}:
in|

LOCAL 1-71, IWA, Business ‘Agent,
membership meeting at Camp Wess
McIntosh, Camp Chairman. ;

4

Jimmy ‘Ray, sight, addressing the
aie On the left is Frances

-O; & O. Log. in Narrows Arm
had-a full crew but were. strug-
gling to keep going in the bitter
cold weather and on the ist of
March, “with all the cookhouse
and’ washroom ‘water: supply
frozen, and the cook about ready

water for dishes:or cooking and
a hungry crew on his hands.-

Osborne Log, had a small crew
but should be going again soon:

Fleetwood -in. Salmon Arm’
sent their crew. out on 4th of
March, but there was :too much

monkey wrench and maintain,
while the outboard type bottom
end tilts if a submerged object
is struck and allows the boat to
go dry in a slough or tide flat
without damage to a ‘strut or
shaft. This last advantage is
important in places like Cana-
dian Collieries camp at the head
of Toba Inlet,

The Volvo also uses far less

‘fuel than the outboard did and,

of course, being a 4-cycle engine,
it is no longer necessary to mix
oil and gas as was the case with
the Mercurys. _ -

Ramsay Arm

Greén Gold II has just com-
pleted a trip through all the
mainland camps between Howe
Sound and Ramsay Arm and
we found on this trip that the
camps are opening nicely and
the state of organization ‘gener-
ally is good. ;

L. and K. Lumber camp in
Redonda’ Bay was’ operating
with married men and one or
two bunkhouse boys on the 27th
of February, but expected the
main crew in soon, Cattermole’s
camp in Ramsay Arm was
closed on the same’ date but
Henry Larson’s camp in Ram-
say Arm had about 25 men and

they expected more ‘in before
the end of the month.

B. P, & W. camps in Toba are
now called Canadian Collieries.
The camp at the head of Toba
will not be opening much before
May, but the camp at. Salmon
Bay, about half way up the In-
let, had a crew on the 24th of
February and the boys there re-
ported they were working in up
to 30 inches of snow on the back
end.

Camp Conditions

Camp conditions at this opera-
tion are improving with the in-
stallation of a new approach
ramp from the float to the road,
but the toilets are: still the
Panicky Bell barrel tipping
type and it was noticed that
there is no dry room here. The
grub is excellent though, with
Bro, Joe Petershofer doing his
usual good job both in the cook-
house and on the Committee.
and we are confident that condi-
tions will’ continue to improve

with time as the Company has|

an opportunity to make neces-
sary changes.

Vasseur Bros. Camp in Hum-
phrey Channel was operating
with a small crew on the 26th
of February, and expect to get

going with the main crew again

Westminster

CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY
IWA Credit Unions and other Credit Unions
supported by IWA Local Unions in B.C,

Alberni District Credit Union, 209 Argyle Street, Port Alberni

IWA 1-217 Savings, Broadway & Quebec Streets, Vancouver 10

IWA (N.W.) Credit Union, Room 21, 774 Columbia Street,
New

Local 1-118, IWA (Victoria), 904 Gordon Street, Victoria
Chemoinus & District Credit Union, Box 229, Chemainus _
Lake Cowichan and District Credit Union, Lake Cowichan, ce (of
Courtenay Credit Union, Box 952, Courtenay

Duncan & District Credit Union, Box 1717, Duncan’

Prince George & District, 1046 - 4th Avenue, Prince George
Noncimo & District Credit Union, 499 Wallace St.,. Nanaimo
Ladysmith & District Credit Union, Box 154, Ladysmith, B.C.
- United Labour Credit Union, 1475 East 43rd, Vancouver

a fine job for the members.

UNION CHAIRMAN at Camp “N”, Englewood, Bert Brissett, who is. doing

snow. They should be going
again in a few days.

Enemark Log had opened a
small camp in Hotham Sound
and Canadian Collieries ‘has
opened a camp which eventually
should employ about 60 men in
Indian. Arm across from Wig-
Wam Inn, :

Sechelt Peninsula

The situation on the Sechelt
Peninsula with Jackson Bros.
Log. and L. &. R. Log. will soon
be reaching a climax. and we
hope to be able to report suc-
cess .in our efforts toward get-
ting contracts for these opera-

tions signed soon. Brett Broker-
age has joined the other two
companies just mentioned in
their adamant refusal to. sign a
Union’ Agreement — for their
operation. 3

.Well boys, that’s about it for
this ‘time. To all you fellows

Mainland, we.again express re-
grets for the delay in getting out
to your camps, but as previously
mentioned, we hope to’ have
Green Gold in service again .by
the end. of March, and will be
starting out with her as soon as

possible after that.
. —Submittted by Local 1- 71.

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‘During his 12 years and one

in - office. | President .

Franklin D. Roosevelt travelled

243;827 miles by rail, a total

greater than that of any other

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High Street in Oxford pre-

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The largest item in the aver-

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Thirty-five million Americans
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The repineeeanie of Ken-
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varies, remaining at 54 degrees
both winter and summer.

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A chemical laboratory in
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for making soft water out of
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In 1957 there were 373 separ-
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