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Four top officers of Local 1-
85 IWA, Port Alberni, were re-
elected to office by ac-
clamation during the
nominations conducted at the
Local’s 38th Annual Meeting
March 10, in Port Alberni.

Re-elected were President
Earl Foxcroft, ist Vice-
President Lynn Larson, 2nd
Vice-President Mike Kokura,
and Recording Secretary
Henry Nedergard. Earl
Foxcroft was also elected the
Local’s Regional Executive
Board Member.

Nominated for the other
officer positions were: 3rd
Vice-President - Tom McCrae
and E. Bigelow; Financial
Secretary - Bill Hawkes and
George McKnight; Warden -
Doug Clarke and A. Fran-
coeur; Condustor - Vic
Boucher and Ernie Clark; Six-
Year Trustee - Barry Forbes
and J. Isasc.

One of the hottest debated
issues during the meeting was
a notice of motion to change
the Annual Meeting from the

meeting

ANNUAL MEETING CHANGE

Spring to the Fall. After heavy
discussion the motion was
approved and will now be
forwarded to the next In-
ternational Board Meeting for
consideration.

The meeting unanimously
approved an _ Executive
recommendation to protest to
the Forestry Department any
logging in the Cathedral Grove
area which would endanger the
beauty. Bill Hawkes, the Local
Union representative on the
Regional Forestry Committee,
said that this matter would be
placed on the agenda of the
Committee’s next meeting.

Guest speakers .at the
were’ Regional
President Jack Munro and
International Secretary-
Treasurer Bill Botkin. Munro
reported on the state of coast

negotiations and the
finalization of the tradesmen’s
revisions.

He also called on the
members to take pride in their
Union and to help make it. the
and biggest

best

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labour’

organization in the forest in-
dustry. He suggested that if
everyone in the IWA played his
or her part, unions such as the |
PPWC would no longer cause -

annoyance to our organization.

Botkin spoke on the activities
of the International and the
role it played in aiding the
regional councils on both sides
of the border. He also
presented two long-time Local
1-85 members, Bill Horsman
and Arnold Seaman, with their
twenty-five year pins.

Other business of the
meeting included dealing with
a comprehensive Officers’
Report and electing nineteen

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LOCAL 1-85 OFFICERS reporting on the Local’s progress
during the year. From left, Tom McCrae, 3rd Vice- ©
President; Mike Kokura, 2nd Vice-President; Lynn Larson,
Ist Vice-President; Earl Foxcroft, President; Bill Hawkes,

Conference Delegates. Financial Secretary; Henry Nedergard, Recording
Delegates elected were: Secretary.
* W. Hawkes, L. Larson, M. [| : er 4

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Kokura, S. Johansson, H. |
Robertson, E. Eskola, G. |
Bowen, C. Chilton, H.
Nedergard, G. McKnight, D.
Clarke, D. Stevens, B. Forbes, |
D. Green, E. Foxcroft, H.
Jonasson, H. Sester, V.
Boucher, J. Owens.

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REGIONAL PRESIDENT Jack Munro reported on coast
negotiations, tradesmen’s revisions, and the necessity of the
members to give their full support to the Union to help make
the IWA the best labour organization anywhere.

IWA INTERNATIONAL Secretary-Treasurer Bill Botkin,
right, is shown presenting twenty-five year pins to Local 1-85
members Bill Horsman, centre, and Arnold Seaman left.
Sitting in front of Arnold is Henry Nedergard, Loca
Recording Secretary. ;

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