‘This great event should be on TV
says A. A. MacLeod at PT celebration

By BERT WHYTE

“J wish this great victory cele-
bration of Pacific Tribune sup-
porters could be televised so that
Toronto readers of the Canadian
Tribune, who are now in the
middle of a financial campaign
for their paper, would become
inspired by this magnificent de-
monstration.” A. A. MacLeod,
former Ontario MPP, said to
me last Saturday night at the
PT smorgasboerd-dance. We were
watching 400 people jamming
the dance floor: in the next room
the smorgasbord was still in full
swing (some 600 people were
fed during the evening).
_ The 300 Press Builders, Honor
Press. Builders and press work-
ers who were on hand for the
6.30 p.m. smorgasbord broke into
cheers when it was announced
that the 1953 Pacific Tribune
drive for $17,500 had gone over
the top. They cheered again and
gave PT editor Tom McEwen a
etanding ovation when A. A.
MacLeod, guest speaker at the
“selebration, said “You have done
a fine job for yours paper, and
that is as it should be, for you
have a magnificent paper. I
_ think we should pay tribute to

Tom McEwen and the members
of the PT staff for the tremen-
‘dous job they are doing in pro-

ducing a paper which should be
in the hands of every worker in
B.C. That’s the task that faces
you now, to win new readers for
the PT during the coming weeks
and months.”

The enthusiastic guests ap-
plauded time and again as PT
business manager Rita Whyte
paid tribute to outstanding press
clubs and press workers, and an-
nounced -that a final tabulation
showed that during the drive 290
supporters had become Press
Builders (by raising $25 or more)
and 30 had become Honor Press
Builders ($100 or more).

Tom McEwen presented the
Honor Press Builders seated at
the head table with token gifts
on behalf of the paper. Top HPB
was Bill Hreherchuk, who raised
more than $500.

McEwen also presented a cor-
sage to Mrs. Henni Bell, who was
celebrating her 75th birthday;
and chairman Bert Whyte pres-
ented a similar corsage to Mrs.
Mary (‘Ma’) Flanagan, veteran
worker in the progressive labor
movement who is returning to
Toronto later this month after
an extended visit to the Pacific
Coast.

HPB Bill Stewart led the de-
mand that ‘Ma’ Flanagan sing

BILL HREHERCHUK

“1 want to thank all the peo-
ple who gave me donations dur-
ing the PT drive.”

Wearing o’ the Green. “I will, on
condition that you sing a Scot-
tish song,” she told Bill. So when
‘Ma’ finished her song, Stewart
broke into | Belong to Glasgow
and the audience joined in sing-
ing the chorus.

A big fon was given to the
many volunteer workers who
worked all day long in the kit-
chen preparing the sumptuous
smorgasbord spread. And when
the first sitting was over and the
dancing began, these volunteers
and others continued working
until 11 p.m., setting table after
table in the adjoining hall and
washing thousands of dishes.

x * *

Winner of the shield presented
annually to the top Vancouver
press club was the Grandview
club, which raised $1,000 on a
$700 quota. (Past winners: 1945,
Grandview; 1946, East End; 1947,
Grandview; 1948, Grandview;
1949, West End; 1950, Central
Burnaby; 1951, Advance; 1952,
Grandview.)

The provincial PT shield was
won by Nanaimo, which in the
face of terrific odds (there are
more than 1,700 jobless in their
city) surpassed their target of
$1,000., (Past winners: 1948,
Brookswood; 1949, Sointula; 1950,
Campbell River; 1951, Nanaimo;
1952, Campbell River.)

Honorable mention went to
Advance press club in the city
and to three Surrey clubs —
White Rock, Port Kells and
North Surrey—in the province.

“Tom McEwen.

“Dozens of clubs and indivi
duals did outstanding work,
Rita Whyte. “I cannot possib
pay tribute to them all, but
look at the — final tabulations
shows that the majority of
press clubs deserve praise
the devoted, consistent efforts |
their members.”

Clubs which topped their drive
targets include A. E. Sn
Building Trades, East End,
ectrical, Fairview, Forest +
ducts, Georgia, Hastings East,
Kitsilano, Niilo Makela,
Philip Halperin, Point Grey, D.
Dock, Victory Square, West
South Burnaby, Vancouw
Heights, Youth, Campbell Ri
Courtenay, Ft. Langley, §
Arm, Victoria and North vaq
ver.

The total of 30 Honor
Builders is the highest ever *
corded in a Pacific Tri ribune
drive.

‘Despite difficulties caused !
unemployment in many \
tries, our supporters cl
through again this year, ee
have every year in the et sal
“We on the
of the paper pledge that in the
coming year we will do
our power to produce 4
Pacific Tribune.”

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Building Trades
Dry Dock ....

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PB’s HPB’s
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Turned In

$ 811.15

225.00

269.00
407.70

— 413.65

533.35

470.31

_ 286.00

235.00

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Honors
List

TOP VANCOUVER CLUB

Grandview press club

mention: Advance,

Forest Products, Kitsilano, Point

Honorable

Grey, Victory Square, South Bur-

naby.

TOP PROVINCIAL CLUB
Nanaimo press club
Honorable Campbell
River, Courtenay, Fort Langley,

Victoria, White Rock, North Sur-
rey, North Vancouver, Victoria.

mention:

/
TOP HONOR PRESS BUILDER

Bill Hreherchuk (Advance)
HPB’s: Harry Seland (Forest Pro-
ducts); John deWever, Frank Pol-
itano, Nick Stoochnov (Grand-
view); Kay Rankin, D. G, (Hast-
ings East); Tom McEwen, Rita
“Whyte, Bert Whyte (Kitsilano);
Lena Lipsey (Point Grey); Hal
Griffin (Capitol Hill); Bill Stew-
art (Dry Dock); Nigel Morgan
(Victory Square); May Leni,
Rhea Dear ,West End); Dusty
Greenwell (Electrical); Alec Ku-

cher (South Burnaby); J.S., V.S., -

Mr. and Mrs. E., A Friend, (Van-
couver); Grace Tickson, Walter
Tickson, Mort McQueen, Irving
Mortenson, W. C. (Nanaimo);
Nancy Hamilton (New Westmin-
ster); Dorothy Lynas (North

$17,544.57

PROVINCE

Press Club
Alberni
Britannia
Campbell River

_ Copper Mountain

Courtenay

Fernie-Michel-Natal ....
Fort Langley

Grassy Plains

Haney District
Kamloops

Kimberley
Lake Cowichan

Mission

New Westminster
North Vancouver

Notch Hill
Powell River
Princeton

Prince Rupert

North Surrey
Port Kells
Vernon
Victoria

Tom McEwen‘s Column
Provincial Miscellaneous

GRAND TOTAL

Turned In
$ 227.00
99.50
175.00.
32.00
210.72 —
2.00
24.00

409.20
148.25
52.40
97.28
120.00
62.25
120.50
22.00
19.50
1,071.69
12.00

355.32
796.93

75.50
60.00
35.00

75.00
40.00
75.40
43.00
52.15
142.50
158,04

$17,544.57