THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

WHO WAS THE GREATEST LOGGER?

Who was the greatest B.C.
Logger of them all?

A search for the Paul Bun-
yan of the province has been
launched by the Pacific Na-
tional Exhibition in connec-
tion with the Festival of Log-
ging, a feature of the 1966

PNE from August 20 to Sep-
tember 5,

1WA_ Regional President
Jack Moore and 2nd Vice-
President Del Pratt are mem-
bers of the PNE Forest Ad-
visory Committee charged
with setting up the ambitious
plans of the Festival.

The Festival will showcase
loggers’ skills in three free
one-hour shows daily. Some
€15,C00 in prize money will be
shared by winners of the
speed climbing, axe-throwing,
birling, power saw bucking,
pole falling and other sport-

BIRLING

ing contests. Contestants must
reside in B.C. and will come
from all over the province.
Winner of the 1966 Festival
will receive the PNE Chal-

lenge Cup, to be named after
the logger judged to be the
best in B.C. history. The win-
ner will also receive a cash
prize.

The committee selecting the
name for the challenge cup is
seeking assistance in choos-
ing the greatest logger of
them all. Details about some
of the early loggers are
sketchy and the committee is
hoping that people who have
worked in the industry and
who remember the old timers
will add to the province’s
store of history by forward-
ing their reminiscences to the

“=. PNE,

The rules are simple. En-
tries must deal with real log-
gers who worked in the B.C.
woods at any time in the past
or present. Candidates must
be loggers who were capable
as well as colorful.

The committee has already
received the names of some
candidates. They include

George Moore, the Shake-

speare-spouting logger who
saw the image of Falstaff in

AXE THROWING

the face of a leering hook-
tender, or that of Cassius in
the approach of an over-anx-
ious salesman.

Our Founder died in the Spring of 1966... .

» » « » But his spirit goes on

helped build one of the it.
est timber empires on
coast for Bloedel Stewart and
Welch Ltd., which later be-
came a corporate parent of to-
day’s giant MacMillan Bloe-
del Ltd. And there was Eus-
tace Smith, the famous tim-
ber cruiser who left his mark
all along the coast.

There were colorful char-
acters, all top loggers, like
Roughhouse Pete and Eight
Day Wilson and Spooky
Charlie and Blackjack Slim
and the Sheik, and there were
famous superintendents like
Panicky Bell, who  bossed
many of today’s loggers.

Information on these or
other candidates can be sent
directly to P. G. Martin, Fes-
tival of Logging, Pacific Na-
tional Exhibition, Vancouver
6, B.C. }

The committee intends to
continue promoting the Fes-
tival of Logging in the future.
Plans are underway to have
the Festival used as the cen-

tral theme in the PNE’s 1967
Canadian Centennial Show.

being built into every pair of
boots that proudly bear his name.

PIERRE PARIS & SONS

51 West Hastings Street
Vancouver 3, B.C.

Family Teamwork in Craftsmanship since 1907

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