for $22,018.50

Cash:

PRESS CLUB

Bex bernig’ ot $ 250
Britannia _.... 125
Campbell River ............ 175
Copper Mountain. ........ 100
Courtenay eee 225
Cumberland 0... 150
Bernie 2.2. Seeds 250
Fort Langley. ...............- 125
Grassy Plains ...\.......-.... 50
Haney district .............- 175
Kamloops eee ere 150
LCF se ae 100
Lake Cowichan .............- 206
Range Bay, 22 hice: ay 50
Michel-Natal _................- 250
mission <<. 2 oe AS 50
EVA TS Sa Sa 700
NEI Son Re le 200
New Westminster .......- 500
North Surrey ...........--- 150
North Vancouver. ........ 800
Noteh Hill © ..ch.... 100
Parksville ...... 100
- Port Kells ......... 50
Powell River 150
Brincaton:. 25:°%
Prince Rupert ..2::c.-..-+: 100
Salmon Arm oo. 75
Boiprulas fe Se Oe 125
South Panoley 0:25 106
Steveston wees 50
Trail-Rossland ............- 400
Minite Rocke 125
Mitton yes) ae | 250
Ramtorlanse ee 500
Correspondence ............ 150

neers Column
_Provi i
. nee Mises: 02522

BAT ALS ect ia ci
PRESS CLUB TARGET
oS ae ¢ 500
Be Smith’ 3.3... 225
Building Trades ............ 250
BAY Dock ces. 300
mest End 350
Hlectrical fc csccscn x 650
Forest Products .. 450
Rotation 225
Grandview Ries 500
Hastings East: 2.452%. 300
Sistihe 550
Little Mountain ............ 500 |
WI@Y 2c oes 250
Mt. Pleasant _............ 250
Niilo Makela ...:.0..2200. 150
STE aide ibe fees et 250
oo SS 200
Meng Pay sc 50
Philip Halperin ..........- 200
POI Grey eo esses 350
Pear men ne  se —
Ship and Steel ......:... 300 »
Strathcona oss: 250
ictory Square .............. 1000
Sterfront cece 200
West End |. 500 |
Capitol Hill 275
275
150
50
50
500

TARGET

THANKS EVERYONE!

$20,046.99 -- Subs: $1,971.51

PROVINCE :
- CASH SUBS TOTAL PBs HPBs
$ 279.50 $ 21.00 $ 300.50 8 fl
125.00 3.00 128.00 2 2
258.52 45.60 304.12 8 ne
178.00 12.00 190.00 ea 1
252.00 16.80 268.80 5 oe
921.85 50.60 272.45 5 em
212.90 15.60 228.50 4 as
132.00 24.60 156.60 3 ae
51.00 900 5 see e000: 1 sat
222.03 27.20 249.23 2 ee
152.40 4.60 157.00 3 i
125.83 16.60 144.43 3 a
272.00 18.20 290.20 4 1
83.00. 9.00 92.00 2 ie
220.00 19.60 239.60 4 ne
73.00 6.00 79.00 1 ie
700.56 102.91 803.47 We 1
164.71 11.00 175.71 q, a
547.00 48.40 595.40 2 3
173.65 10.60 184.25 3: a
981.00 105.40 1086.40 23 2
95.00 24.00 119.00 1 is
73.00 27.20 100.20 1 a
76.40 19.60 96.00 2 yea
292.00 15.00 307.00 5 1
50.00 6.00 56.00 1 me
68.00 16.60 84.60 aig ely ee
94.00 19.60 113.60 2 Ee
159.16 42.20 201.36 5 me
106.00 24.20 130.20 2 a
70.00 1.60 71.60 t ate
307.20 72.80 380.00 6 1
137.00 9.00 146.00 2 oe
242.00 24.00 © 266.00 5 —
563.50 62.40 625.90 9 1
42.50 4.60 47.10 oe eo
177.90 a3 177.90 1 De
69.90 141.00 213.90 oe fd
$8,049.50 . $1,087.51 $9,137.01 140 "1
GREATER VANCOUVER
CASH SUBS. TOTAL PBs. HPBs
$ 706.13 $ 45.20 $ 751.33 8 2
226.00 18.20 244.20 x 3 tes
208.40 38.00 246.40 3 ae
356.60 29.00 385.60 9 1
"3it.74 21.00 332.74 4 eo
480.72 18.20 488.92 8 i 1
385.43 18.20 403.63 10
272.00 30.00 302.00 5 =
982,29 36.20 1018.49: ies
300.00 9.00 309.08 GRR
700.00 70.40 770.40 WW 3
466.60 48.40 515.00 7 1
328.46 38.00 366.46 7 1
231.56 27.40 258.96 6 pas
150.00 32.00 182.00 2 2
277.77 50.00 327.77 8 ih
215.00 9.00 224.00 ¥ ie
31.37 3.00 34.37 ae ae
201.02 22.60 223.62 3 oe
540.60 62.20 602.80 8 1
170.00 — 170.00 — 1
701.40 19.80 221.20 r at
204.28 18.00 222.28 4 +
1111.80 53.00 1164.80 15
210.51 12.20 222.71 7 <
556.45 16.80 573.25 10 ;
283.15 57.20 340.35 6 1
610.88 47.60 658.48 r3 2
160.40 9.20 169.60 4 =
1.00 Be 1.00 a -
50.66 1.60 52.26 3
87.00 3 87.00 2 et
978.17 22.60 1000.77 16 2
$11,997.49 $884.00 $12,881.49 195 25.
$20,046.99 $1,971.51 $22,018.50 335 36

Some 500 sat down to a sumptu-
ous smorgasbord at 6.30 p.m. and
other hundreds kept arriving. After
the speeches had concluded and
awards had been presented, one
room was cleared for dancing
while the banquet continued into
second, third and fourth sittings
in the adjoining hall.

“This is not only a great fin-
ancial achievement, it is also a
political victory,” said McEwen.
“The job now is to go forward and
extend our circulation.”

McEwen paid warm tributes to
the 36 Honor Press Builders who
raised more than $5,000 during the
drive; the 335 Press Builders who
turned in over $9,000; and “the
thousands of others, including dis-
abled persons, old age pensioners
and unemployed workers, who
gladly gave all they could afford
to keep our presses rolling.”

He also praised the leadership
of PT business manager Rita
Whyte: “I am in a position to know,
and can therefore say, that with-
out the drive, vigor, enthusiasm
and push which Rita put into this
campaign, we would not be cele-
brating this signal victory tonight.”

As in past years, Bill Hreher-
chuk won the top Honor Press
Builder award, with a total of
$288.40. Close behind him were
veteran PT supporters John De-
Wever and Frank Politano.

Seated at the head table with
the Honor Press Builders was nine-
year-old Georgie Hewison from
Campbell River, who raised $50
by his own efforts.

And a few seats] away from
young Georgie sat Mary (“Ma”)
Flanagan — “a good deal older
than Georgie in years but just as
young in spirit,’ said the chair-
man — who received a terrific
burst of applause when she was
asked to stand and take a bow.

A bouquet of flowers was pres-
ented to Mrs. Mabel Darwin, widow
of the late Charles Darwin, in
whose memory North’ Vancouver
press supporters turned in more
than $100.

Business manager Rita Whyte
announced that Powell River press
club had won the provincial PT
shield by raising $307 in cash and
subs on a $150 target; and the
Greater Vancouver press shield
went to South Burnaby press club
which raised $658.48 in cash and
subs, far overshooting a $275 tar-
get. :

Labor veteran Duncan Maclean,
celebrating a birthday, was pres-
ented with a small gift from the
PT. He has been the paper’s
mailer for many years.

Hubbub of the incoming crowd,

squeezing into every available cor-

Part of the crowd at the Pacific Tribune celebration.

‘Workers rate
21-gun salute’

Close to 1,000 supporters of the Pacific Tribune jammed into
two halls at Hastings Auditorium Saturday night to celebrate the suc-
cessful conclusion of our 1954 financial drive, cheered and applauded
when PT editor Tom McEwen read this congratulatory telegram from
A. A. MacLeod, former Ontario MPP: “Have just learned you are over
the top. Three cheers and a tiger for the press builders.
a 21-gun salute from Parliament Hill.”

me

You deserve

ner of the two halls, made it dif-
ficult for all to hear the speeches
and greetings.

Messages of congratulations on
the. success of the financial drive
were received from Nigel Morgan,
LPP provincial leader, and John
Stewart, managing editor of the
Canadian Tribune. “Thanks and
warmest greetings” also came from
Combat, the progressive French-
language paper in Quebec, to
which the Pacific Tribune had
donated $500 out of drive funds.

There was applause for the vol-

unteer staff which had worked al]
day preparing the banquet, and for
the kitchen staff which continued
serving the overflow crowd long
after the dance was under way.
More welcome than the applause—
and indicative of the spirit of the
gathering — was the spontaneous
stream of people who headed for
the kitchen to lend a hand. Others
dismantled tables, folded chairs,
and swept the floors in preparation
for the dance.
: Scores of people eame from prov-
incial points to attend the affair —
from places like Copper Mountain,
Cumberland, Powell River, and
many towns in the Fraser Valley
and on |Vancouver Island.

In his brief address McEwen
spoke of B.C. labor papers of the
past, such as the Cariboo Sentinel,
Western Clarion, B.C. Federation-
ist and B.C. Workers’ News. . . .
“and into each went sacrifice, de-
votion, support to keep it alive.”

The Pacific Tribune carries for-
ward the work these little papers
began, said the speaker. “For B.C.
and for Canada—the Canada of the
working people—the success of our
drive for. funds represents a double-
barreled victory; a great moral
victory of endorsation for what the
PT represents, and a great political
victory because it has brought
hundreds of new people into a cam-
paign for a Canada dedicated to
peace, progress and socialism.”

The list of 36 Honor Press Build-
ers (supporters who had raised
$100 or more) included these
names: Bill Hreherehuk, John De-
Wever, Frank Politano, Lena Lip-
sey, Dale Schnee, Bill Stewart,
George Anderson, Tom McEwen,
Bert Whyte, Hal Griffin, Rita
Whyte, Nigel Morgan, Mona Mor-
gan, Harry Mackiewich, J. Kowalik,
Alec’ Kucher, Ronnie Leblanc,
Dorothy Lynas, May Leni, Rhea
Dear, Nick Stoochnov, Jack Rock-
endal, Alf Dewhurst, Dusty Green-
well, Mike Gawricki, Myrtle Ber-
gren, Grace Tickson, Al Haystead,
Nancy Hamilton, John Anderson,
Jeff Amy, Al Warrington and Jim
Blakey.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 28, 1954 — PAGE 11