B.C. LUMBER WORKER | ah ieee died “Mrs. Noggins” |... Bre | a SSIS MEMORIAM — Winch drsth the back row shoutin’, of course, since only the people z bigamy, bloody murder and a lot }’ave to pay it. S tetas of the death of W. J. of stuff about prices in the world Bill” Thompson, former. Busi- “Like Bennett explains, if I ’ave market and all like that, which is to find the interest and sinkin’|} "8S Agent of Local 1-417 quite disturbin’ at such a time. fund, it’s debt but if the people}| TWA, Salmon Arm, who | Weteaapaa, . “No wonder Mr. Strachan, the|’ave to find it that’s their business, |] passed away in hospital at _—— - Shuswap Lake, December 23, from a heart attack, has shocked his many friends. father of the bride, is a little put|mot mine. You can’t ’old me re- out. No wonder all the CCF’s| sponsible fer half a billion dollars relatives is scandalized when|charged against the public. they'd expected a comfortable old age livin’ on the labor unions’ campaign funds. “I never borrow money, says Bennett, because borrowin’ is im- moral, and if I 'appen to raise a “So the bride is covered with|loan in Wall Street now and then virgin blushes and falls to the|’tis a different matter entirely as floor in a maidenly swoon; and-the| anyone can see. Only a bitter, groom denies everythink, and says|smearin’ partisan would call that ‘is old love affairs was purely|debt merely because I’ve guaran- Platonic, and Wicks shouts] teed it and the people must repay through the window that it’s all|it some day in depreciated Cana- a socialist conspiracy to damage|dian dollars. Let’s ’ave a little Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Strachan| honesty in politics, says Bennett.. Says it’s all a conspiracy by big| But don’t carry it to excess. ~ business to damage the workers, Bert oe: and they drag Mr. Winch out, _Oh, no, ee BIS im es still screamin’ bigamy, and lay ’im thinkin a any Spoor tis eat in the bushes of Vancouver East Perish a ignoble thought. I'm Meee cools down and slinks off merely andin out benefits and to Ottawa where no one can ’ear roads and buildin’s and Wenner- ‘im in the din of Parliament. Grens fer the fun of it with no political intentions whatever. ~~ LOCAL 1-71, IWA President, Bill Wilson, left, presents a cheque for $1,351.50, to member Peter Ender, which the Local Union successfully won for him through arbitration. The amount awarded was for Mr. Ender’s lost time. | Old Trade Mark Goes _ The first logs which came ern Lumber has been a division out of Crown Zellerbach’s new of Crown Zellerbach Canada. Nitinat operation carried a With’ the expansion. across trade mark which is soon to Canada we feel it will be more. disappear. practical to market all our The Circle F, known by lum- products under the CZ trade ber users of the world for the mark,” states Don Schmidy, Past 50 years, is being discon- general manager of Canadian tinued in favor of the CZ brand. Western, “Altogether it’s the jolliest “A bl ckee tee weddin’ since Uncle ’Erbert mar- es ee ced. this ried the Egyptian muscle oe tub and an election is purely |] ie Rite BS “ nee we. Pe 3 cs at fT Latest copy of Crown Zeller- The Circle F is believed to ee fe : 33 : bach News, Vancouver, com- have originated with the Fraser — from Cairo only to find that she coincidental, says Bennett, and y : : 3 : : > . : “ : 2 3 ments on th h h ‘ad four ’usbins already while is | 27Y relationship with persons 1 W. J. ‘Bill’ Thompson Boer coon CHeDBE River Sawmills, which became livin’? or dead is imaginary. The whole thing is pure fiction and || 2 : : only a stupid opposition would Bill, as he was known io } everybody, was the possesser f! I oh v0 of a fine personality and was | Paul Bun an 5 Superman widely respected by all. 7 y Besides holding the office of HT Businéss Agent of Loca! 1-417, for a number of years, he was, - ; 10) eC «~p- ~ also an IWA District Execu- D> CF 1S oom [p B t tive Board member. k oS Gris ~ U er OO At the time of his death he {|| From Page 1 } was president of the Salmon ! e . | Arm branch of the Canadian i own wife raised strong objections “Since 1956, Canadian West- Canadian Western in 1910. as well. “But all this don’t worry Mr. Bennett in the least, on account at ‘e's fully occupied eliminatin’ the provincial debt out of one pocket and stuffin the other onc with “is IOU’s to the PGE, the Power Commission and the toil bridges, which isn’t debt at all. take it literally. "Tis no fault of mine if the public ’as no sense of humor. And so far as I’m con- cerned, says Bennett, there’s only one danger. I may bust laughin’ before the polls open.” brought to wou by Reprinted with permission of the Victoria Daily Times } Legion. His interest in com- | munity and political affairs saw WV e WI | him elected to reeve of the Victor } Salmon Arm district munici- | pality, and named CCF nomi- | | nee in several elections. | strike, a move that cost the U.S.| pointing out the solidarity of the|]} _For a time, Bill was also a and allied economies billions of|steelworker ranks and the futility | director of the Salmon Arm dollars in production. of crossing labour in an election| Farmers’ Exchange. The 116-day walkout which | year. ‘ a In fraternal circles, he was | Started July 15 could have been| The other version asks, *What|] an active member of _ the | avoided but for the intransigence did Nixon offer the steel coni-|]/ Masonic order, and was a past of the top 11 steel companies. panies for delivery November 2]} master of the Salmon Arm when, thanks to the steel com- Lodge, No. 52, A.F. & A.M. Talked Turkey panies, Mr. Nixon assumes the : Sine nes In some Washington circles- Presidency?” Besides his wife, Bill is sur- | Vice-President Nixon is getting} History will give the answer to |} Vived by two daughters, Mrs. much of the credit for the settle-| that one. Meanwhile the steel|{ Jack Forbes, Parent, Quebec, ment. He is said to have “talked | mills plan for a record year. The |} 42d Miss Jean Thompson, at turkey” with the companies and} union, with two years of peace| home; two sons, Robertson persuaded them that to fight on| ahead, is stronger now than a|| Thompson, Vancouver, and: was foolish. year ago. President MacDonald|] James Thompson, at home, One version of the Nixon story | particularly gained stature during |} With whom Regional Council tells of the Vice-President taking|the hard bargaining of the past |} No. 1 extends deepest sympa- a tough line with management, six months. : thy. MORE 10th CONVENTION DELEGATES — ~“S When he tripped on a stump and slid 17 miles down to the Little Big Onion River, Paul Bunyon figured logs could do the same—so he invented the Skid Road. Paris didn’t invent boots, but for 53 years we have made the finest that can be bought with mere money and a sense of what’s best. Pierre Paris & Sons 51 WEST HASTINGS ST., VANCOUVER 3, B.C. ? UNION MADE IN B.C.