eat a aa Labor mourns death of Mrs. The progressive labor move- ment in this province has lost a devoted worker by the un- timely death on Tuesday this week of Mrs. Effie Viola (Kay) Rankin, at the age of 48 years. A woman of considerable talent, Mrs. Rankin was widely known as the director and ac- companist of the Children’s Choir, which she first organ- ized in Vancouver in 1953. Born in Castor, Alberta, in 1910, she married Alan Rankin, then an oil worker, in Cal- gary in 1930. When the oil wells were shut edown during the depression years the young couple were drawn into the unemployed movement, in which both played an “active ~part. In the war years, after her husband had gone overseas with the Calgary Highlanders, Mrs. Rankin worked as a machinist in Calgary and later as an aircraft worker in Van- couver. After the war ended, she and her husband and their two children made their home in North Surrey, sub- sequently moving to Vancou- ver. As. an assistant in the People’s “Cooperative Book- store in Vancouver for seven years, Mrs. Rankin became known to thousands of cus- tomers and it was out of her discussions with people of similar musical interests that she undertook to organize what was to become the Children’s Choir. ‘ For her it meant the sacri- fice of much of her own leis- ure time but, as she told her friends, “It’s the thing that’s closest to my heart and it FOUR - TEN COFFEE SHOP 410 MAIN STREET Spotlessiy Clean Booth Service Try Our “HOT” CORN BEEF ON RYE and other fine dishes LOUIE and MOLLY 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Sunday Ges Installations FURNACES — STOVES WATER HEATERS Harry C. Weinstein GAS CONTRACTOR 692 East Hastings MUtual 3-5044 es.: AL. 2991-L FREE ESTIMATES Kay Rankin gives me the greatest satis- faction.” It was. also a self-imposed task that brought out to the full her great qualities of pa- tience and persistence. From a modest beginning, the choir grew until its Van- couver group was overshadow- ed by the New Westminster group, which now numbers more than 100 -children and has the enthusiastic support of a large group of parents. At the same time, Mrs. Rankin found time for simi- lar activities in Hastings Com- munity Centre -and for -the Women’s Auxiliary of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union. One of the most memorable of her experiences in recent years was her visit. in 1955 to the Soviet Union, where she saw her own __ necessarily limited cultural efforts magni- fied on the scale possibly only. in a socialist society. 2 Like her husband Alan, who stood as an LPP candidate for Vancouver - Burrard in the 1953 provincial election, Mrs. Rankin was a member of the Labor-Progressive party. In a tribute to her service in the People’s Cooperative Bookstore, Merwyn Marks, bookstore. manager, said this week: “Kay Rankin was a woman of absorbing cultural interests. She was always ready to dis- cuss:a book, a play or a film and her wide reading and knowledge earned her the respect of all.” She is survived by her hus- band, Alan; a daughter, Mrs. Donna MacDonald, Alder- grove; a son, Dennis, at home; her mother, Mrs. S. Ice, Walla Walla, Wash.; two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held this Friday, August 29, 1:30 p.m.,. at Woodlawn Fun- eral Home, New Westminster, with cremation following. PATRONIZE CEDAR FUEL & -TRANSFER Phone: 566-R-3 Cedar, B.C. ) ROOFING & SHEET METAL REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel _ Gutters and Downpipes Reasonable NICK BITZ BR. 7-6722 BYELEC TION SET FOR SEPTEMBER 6 NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.—Three ca cassie apices Lynas, former board 1 wel Dorothy M. Elinor and Robert S. Thorpe, will contest a district vacancy on North Va School Board in a byelection to be held September 6. School composed of four North Vancouver Board is members from the District of * North Vancouver and three from the City of North Van- couver, Over many years proposals have been made for merger of the City of North Vancou- ver with the District of North Vancouver as a logical and natural step. Amalgamation of the two school boards was a step in this direction. The city, which is» the older in development of the two muni- cipalities, is surrounded + by the district, which is roughly shaped like a giant horseshoe around the city with the har- bor facing the open part, of the . horseshoe. The city will soon be near- ing the saturation point in its development, but the dis- trict is growing very rapidly and ultimately will: have a much larger population than the city. : This éxpansion has already created problems, particularly in providing adequate’ school accommodation to keep pace with the growing school en- rolment. School boards, because of a lack of long-range planning in the past, have had pay high prices for some new school sites and only recently ‘has the board taken some steps towards better long range planning. - A big part of the district’s population is now coneen- trated in the Capilano area, the north, westerly portion of the giant horseshoe, composed in the main of middle class and luxury homes. Since the defeat of Mrs. Dorothy Lynas, who sat on the board for~two years, in the elections last December, the whole easterly portion of the district, embracing . the rapidly expanding areas of Lynn Valley, Seymour Creek, Lynmour and Deep Cove, has had .no representation on the ncouvel board, although this area be cause of its rapid rate of of pansion, has many urgen problems. Most of the Wmam™ ing class homes are i section. But board members for the district come from the Capilano. area. dee One of the ° city’saumas members on the boat Harold Dean, 4a who has’ been with a number of and civil rights cases past years. In_his short time on. the board, Dean has_ pagned for "improved pla ning, increased grants | senior governments, an improvement of sae facilities. Mrs. Dorothy Lynas been an active commu worker for some yeals ant during previous elections OM. paigned for increased at | from senior government» this occasion she has coe the support of labor 4? many active supp? rte throughout the baie CLASSIFIED AG VER TiSe A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each ad- ditional line is made for no- tices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later ‘than Tuesday noon of the week of publication. NOTICE DEADLINE FOR COMING EVENTS COLUMN — All copy must be in the Pacific Tribune office not later than 12 noon Tuesday. THE UNITED LABOR PIC- NIC COMMITTEE announces the winners of the draw: First Prize: M. Martin, 321 W. 17th Ave., North Vancou- ver; Second Prize: A. Kursik, 2057 W. 2nd Ave., Vancou- ver; Third Prize: M. Spoga- rich, 767 Keefer St., Van- couver. COMING EVENTS AUG i Baad tay Party at . Soderholm’s, 23 Ave. North, Webster’s Corners, Sunday, August 31 fram 1 p.m. onwards. Good food, music & games.. Everyone invited. Aus- pices, Maple Ridge LPP Club. BUSINESS PERSONALS NEW WESTMINSTER READERS Patronize ALEX’S SHOE RENU 815 - 12 Ct., New Westminster Reasonable Rates 34 TRANSFER - 1420 Commer- cial Drive. Call Nick - HA. 4058. TASTINGS BAKERIES LTD. —Scandinavian products a specialty. 716 East Hastings Street. ‘Phone MU. 4-9719. REGENT TAILORS LTD. .— Custom Tailors and Ready to wear. For personal ser- vice see Henry Rankin at 324 W. Hastings St., Van- couver 3. MU. 1-8456. 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