LOCAL 1-417 MEMBERS in the Kamloops’ area turned out with their families July 10 to hear Regional president Jack Moore report on negotiations in the Southern In- Regional educational director, . terior. Moore and Grant MacNeil, have attended , a number of such rallies throughout the Interior to provide the members and their families with a complete progress report on negotiations. AUGUST 19 - SEPTEMBER 4 PNE PREPARES FOR "BIGGEST EVER" FORESTRY SHOW Japanese woodsmen who birl on square logs. The roar of power saws in the log bucking contests. The soft hiss of hand saws as.singles and doubles teams zip through thick logs. Flashing spurs as loggers scamper up and down 80-foot tall spar trees. The thunk of razor sharp double-bitted axes in the block chopping contests. The roar of the crowds for the winners. All this and more will be part of the Pacific National Exhibition’s thrilling Interna- tional Festival of Forestry August 19 until September 4. The 14-day feature event, which will be staged in the three acre Feature Attraction Area in the Centre of Exhibi- tion Park, will showcase log- gers’ skills in three; free one- hour shows daily as they com- pete for $30,000 in prize money. Co-sponsored by the Cen- tennial Forestry Advisory Committee (representing all factions of the forest indus- try) and the Pacific National Exhibition, the show will be held at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. each day, ex- cept Opening Day when they will be held at 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. More than 210,000 PNE visitors saw the forestry show at PNE ’66, and an even larger audience is anticipated this year because it becomes an international competition for the first time. Competitors will come from all parts of Canada, New Zea- land, Japan and the United States to compete in the 11 categories. The big festival will be broken down into three main events: The B.C. Novice Logger classification, which will be held August 19, 21 and 22, will be restricted to B.C. residents and only those who have never won a prize at the Sooke, Duncan, Squamish or the PNE loggers’ sports days. half of Canada’s Centennial. The B.C. Championship Logger division will be held from August 23 to August 26 and will be open to any B.C. resident. The “Greatest Logger Of Them All” trophy — the George “Panicky” Bell award named after one of B.C.’s best known loggers—will go to the overall winner in the. B.C. Championship Logger divi- sion, The International Woods- man division, which runs from August 28 until the final day of the Fair, September 4, will be open to all competitors and will attract loggers from vari- ous countries of the world as well as British Columbia. The Hawk ae Craftsmanship | A-series from the Masters dedicated in Canada's Centennial Year to the men privileged to wear footwear created by the skilled bands of Paras craftsmen, working in living leather for over WILHELM LEEBL, Pencil, VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON, ENGLAND SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER OUR PROUD BOAST: “WHEN BETTER BOOTS ARE MADE, PARIS WILL MAKE THEM” PIERRE PARIS & SONS 51 West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C. Categories for contestants in the big Festival of Forestry will include: standing and horizontal block chopping, ob- stacle power saw bucking and straight power saw bucking, birling, speed climbing, spring board chopping, pole falling, axe throwing and two-hand saw events, singles and doubles. Visitors to the Fair will also get a picture of what goes on in the logging camps of B.C. every day of the year. Huge mobile machines, steel spar trees, log loaders and logging trucks, will be displayed and demonstrated daily in and around the Feature Attrac- tion Area.