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DRIVE.
ROUNDUP

| Dear Keader;

UR annual financial drive
opened Wednesday this week,
and already 11 PT supporters
have turned in $25 or more to
become Press Builders. They in-
clude John Anderson (New
Westminster); Georgie Hewison

(Campbell River); Ray Neita ©
* (Victoria); Margaret McDonald —

(Grandview); A Friend (Grand- ~

view); Bert Whyte (Broadway);

Walter Bjarnason (Victory

Square); Rita Whyte (Kitsilano);

: and two mem-
bers . .of .. the
Point. Grey
press club.

So far about
100 people
have pledged
to become
Press Builders.
When all
a pledge cards are returned to the
’ office we hope the figure will

reach 300.
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Tom McEwen and I recently’

completed a tour of Vancouver Is-

. land centres and found high en-

thusiasm for the drive every-
where.

We started off with a success- .
ful meeting in Victoria, where
we met many veterans of the
labor movement and where our
press club accepted a $650 quota.
Seven members pledged to be-
come Press Builders and two
more are aiming at becoming

t ‘
Premier Press Builders (a new 4 '
category for those PBs who raise mf \ t é
over $50 but don’t hit the $100
mark). : * :

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At Nanaimo 12 supporters made
Press Builder pledges and the ©
press club accepted a target of
$700. They are kicking off the
campaign with a dance Friday

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ag ee vat ied In Januai y 1925, when Leonhardt Sepalla mushed 650
ing big quota of $400 and we miles in 70 below weather carrying anti-toxin to combat an epi-
Held a-gpne meine HAN. Gee _ demic of diptheria, it was a question of life or death for the
a | people of Nome, Alaska.
Next came Parksville, where —
tase anel ee ione sete nd AeeS ; It's a question of life or death too, for the Pacifi ic Trbimé
opens as dareet! ses in its annual campaign for a $20,000 sustaining fund. And the
inet: $a7s: ductuding oie HRES issues on which the Pacific Tribune fights — development of Can- —
At Lake Cowichan another adian resources in the interests of Canada, outlawing of atomic
HPB signed up, 14 people set up weapons — are issues of life or death for th ]
a PT press committee and ae ss < Or e€ people.
ned a banquet Easter weeken : Y
end’b ence to ind upahe cam: The teamwork of Sepalla and his dogs overcame all ob-
' Paign in Mey. Bed - stacles in the race for life to Nome. Teamwork — the team-
Wea a eae aa ge work of all our readers in raising money for our campaign —
Cumberland arranged a, fine \ will enable the Pacific Tribune to surpass its goal. -
meeting for us, and we met with
many old socialists whom we : You're on the team. Do your part now!
hadn’t seen in a long time. One
friend pledged to raise $50; an-
@ other put his name down for |
¢@ $40; and four pledged to become a

Press Builders.
While at Cumberland we visit- .
ed Ginger Goodwin’s grave. ae : ;
At Campbell River 12-year-old _
Georgie Hewison handed over :
$25. 81 to become a Press Builder, J
and announced he intended to Sintec next we @ Ss i iS Ss
i: surpass. his 1955 total of $1386 be- =~ t |
fore the end of the drive. Five e.
other people made Press Builder

8 the $275 target ae _ i | for details of our

:

While in Courtenay we met an-
other young man, Georgie Spro-

tf Sis, who will be 12 in September. ~ :
a. He pledged to become a Press
. _ Builder, as did. five other sup- oe
_ porters, a

Tom McEwen and I
Spent a couple of pleasant hours
Visiting old timers at the Glacier , ee a re ¢ : ; tas ‘ : =e.
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