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A high-flying drum majorette is pretty Shirley Eckel of

University of Toronto, who was a member of Canada’s Olympic
Games team last sunimer. She may compete in the 1954 British

Empire Games here.

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SPORTLIGHT

By BERT WHYTE

The Major Women’s Softball League opens May 10 at Kerrisdale
Park, when Nut House and Western Mutuals clash. Missing from
the Nut House gang will be ace hurler Ethel Ramsay, and I can

tell you ‘why.

A couple of months ago I ran into Ethel at a meeting of the

Negro Citizens League, and asked

her if she’d be playing softball

this spring. “If I do,” she said, “It won't be for Nut House. The

fact is, I need a job.”

“I thought most of the outfits signing up girls gave them jobs,”
I said. ‘Nut House has several stores. Surely they need clerks.”

Ethel smiled. “How many Negro
girls do you find clerking in Van-
couver stores?” she remarked quiet-

ly.

With Ramsay off the line-up, Nut
House manager Danny Rose will de-
pend on Grace Granberg and Eileen
Seheelar to do most of the chuck-
ing. Grace is a veteran who doesn’t

usually hit her stride until the hot %

weather sets in, while Eileen, a
clouting outfielder, has both good
and bad days on the mound.

Western Mutuals, the smoothest
team in the league, will have to be
rebuilt from the ground up this
year, and are hoping that Gordie
McDonald, who just returned from
Toronto with his Eilers Canadian
champion girls’ basketball team,
will take on the coaching chore.

Among the former stars who will
not be back with Mutuals are Mear-
nie Summers, the square-dance kid,
who has been asked to instruct a
summer course in dancing at Uni-
versity of Saskatchewan, Elaine
Irving, Marg Callaghan and Gerry
Burroughs.

Kerries will be strong contenders
this year with a revamped team,
which will probably include Ethel
Ramsay. :

Crowhursts have thrown in the
sponge and two of the players from;
that team, Shirley Pike and Jerry

JEAN RITSMA

Gilmore, have signed with Nut House. . Jean Reitsma will again be

on first.

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PT press workers will celebrate
drive end at smorgasbord-dance

On May 16 some 200 Press Build-
ers will sit down to a wonderful
smorgasbord supper at Hastings
Auditorium to celebrate what is
expected to be a successful “over
the top” effort in the 1953 Pacific

Tribune financial drive. Later in

the evening dancing will begin,
and hundreds of press workers,
between dances, will sample the
smorgasbord.

“Between now and the Victory
Dance, we still have to achieve
our victory,” PT, business manager

Union-raider accepts
U.S. low-wage pact
for oil pipeline labor

There’s trouble on the Trans
Mountain oil pipeline — and all
because of trade union agreements
signed in the United States which,
ignore British Columbia wage

rates and accepted labor pro-
cedure.

Some 185 laborers working on
the pipeline between Chilliwack
and Coquahalla Pass get only
$1.17 an hour, although the regu-
lar Canadian rate for laborers in
that area is $1.30 per hour.

And who is the man who repre-
sented these Canadian laborers
when this low wage scale was
agreed to and contracts were sign-

\ed in the U.S.?. None other than

Carl Berg, whose last “union”
activity in British Columbia was
an unsuccessful union-busting raid
conducted against Vancouver Civic
Employees Union, Outside Work-
ers. .

The laborers are now in concil-
iation with the company, and have

appointed R. K. Gervin to repre-
sent them. But for several weeks
the Comstock Company — oil line

point a representative to the con-
ciliation board.

Meanwhile the laborers are still
working for $1.17 an hour.

contractors — have refused to ap-|

Rita Whyte said this week. “That
will require a heroic effort on the

part of our supporters in the next

few days. If everyone does his oF
her share, we’ll make it.”

At noon April 28 the sum of ©

$10,745 had been turned in, 4S

compared to $11,180 in 1952 om
that date, and $10,198 in 1951. Both —
those years we hit the drive target ”

by May 15.
To date we have a record of 133
Press Builders, including

Honor Press Builders ($100 OF” iM

over). This is the largest total
we have ever achieved at this

stage of the drive. We hope tO —

more than double this figure 12
the next 10 days. .

In order to check the number
of people expected at the smorgas-
bord and dance, ticket stubs
should be returned to the PT office
no later than May 12.

Winners of the Crossword Pur
zle Contest will be announced 4

the dance. at

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PLANER ENDS:

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is made for notices appearing in
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accepted later than Tuesday noon
of the week of publication.

NOTICES

DURING PRESS DRIVE THE PT
OFFICE WILL BE OPEN SAT-
URDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL
4.30 P.M.

POSTAGE °STAMPS wanted. Don-
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any country, including Canada,
particularly values above 5c and
perforated OHMS. Stamps should
not be torn or mutilated and are
best left on paper, with perfor-
ations not cut into in trimming.
Resale proceeds go to Pacific
Tribune sustaining fund.

COMING EVENTS

MAY CELEBRATE MAY Ist.

: Friday, 8 p.m. Capitol
Hill, Community Hall. Movies and
Refreshments. Collection. Pro-
ceeds PT. Drive.

MAY 2 Fae AND DANCE

ussian People’s Home,
Lower Hall. 600 Campbell Ave.
Proceeds Press Drive.

FILM SHOWING —

MAY Saturday, May 2, at

2580 Trafalgar St, just off Broad-
way, 8.30 p.m. Refreshments.

Everyone welcome. Proceeds Press
Drive.

MAY 3 WHEN THE MAY DAY

PARADE IS OVER, and
you are weary but want some fun,
drop into 1760 Alberni for Weiners

and A Bun. Auspices West E
Press Club. : =e

MAY 4 BURRARD LPP NOMIN-

. ATION MEETING,
White Rose Ballroom, 1236 West
Broadway, Monday, May 4, 8 p.m.
All LPP members in Burrard ask-
ed to attend.

EVENTS CONTINUED

BUSINESS PERSONALS

MAY SOCIAL - DANCE - EN-
TERTAINMENT. Hast-
ings Auditorium, Lower Hall, Fri-
day, May 8, 8.30-12. Auspices Vic-
tory Square Loggers’ Club. Re-
freshments. Admission $1.00.

MAY MOTHER’S DAY CON-

CERT, Friday, May 8, 8
p.m. Pender Auditorium. Auspices:
Mother’s Day Committee. Proceeds
to Help Retarded Children. Ad-
mission 35c.

MAY DANCE AND CONCERT,

Saturday, May 9. Port
Kells Hall. Music by Pitkanen’s.
Admission 50c. Good Food. Every-
one Welcome.

BUSINESS PERSONALS

FOR A FULL VARIETY OF LUG-
GAGE, LEATHER GOODS,
ENGLISH BONE CHINA AND
CUSTOM JEWELERY. Reason-
able prices. See DUNSMUIR
VARIETIES, 519 Dunsmuir St.
PA. 6746.

HASTINGS BAKERIES LTD. —|
716 East Hastings St., Phone
HA. 3244. Scandinavian Prod-
ucts a Specialty.

O.K. RADIO SERVICE. Latest
factory precision equipment
used. MARINE SERVICE, 1420
Pender St. West. TA. 1012.

“A TRIM FROM ME HELPS THE
PT.” At Kucher’s Barber Shop,
611 Smythe St. Proceeds Press
Drive.

MINOR CARPENTER REPAIRS.
Any kind. Phone HA. 1939-M.
Proceeds Press Drive.

“HOTEL ACCOMMODATION —
PENNSYLVANIA, 412 Carrall
St. Hot and Cold Water. Rea-
sonable Rates. Daily, Weekly,
Monthly.

JOHNSON’S WORK BOOTS —
Logging and Hiking and Repairs.
Johnson’s Boots, 4183 Fraser

Ave.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 1, 1953 — ‘

RUGS AND  CHESTERFIELDS
CLEANED. All proceeds for :
Drive. Contact Pacific Tribum
office, MArine 5288. One th
off!!

S (Save) O (On) S (surplus)
New Air Mattresses, $9.95; A
Ground Sheets, $1.49; Recon
tioned Army Boots, $4.95; US a
Army Shirts, 97¢ and Numero’
Other Values. 3-VETS, 826
St. MA. 0856.

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