VACATION PLANS

By EILEEN ROBINS

Whatever we may feel about the result of the election—and there is no doubt that most of us are very concerned that, as a nation, we didn’t make a real decision about our Government—I would take a large bet that everyone of us is very glad that the campaign is over. Summer is here, the children, with a whoop and a cheer, have finished school, and the holidays will rolf on until September.

I expect that most of you have already made your vacation plans. Some of you will be travelling to your cottages, for sun and fun; a few of you will travel by plane to faroff places; more of you will go by train to visit relatives or friends, But most of you—like our family—will climb into your cars and drive, comfort- ably or uncomfortably, depending on

the ages of your children, to near

or distant points.

It is difficult, with young children, to travel very far. But I wonder— when our children are older, shall we do any differently?

Don’t Travel

Thousands of Canadians who don’t have young children still don’t travel much further than the next city. If they do travel any distance, it's usually in a Southern direction, into the United States where, in recent years, Canadians have made a habit of spending far more than USS. visitors have spent in. Canada; or in a trans-Atlantic direction, to- wards the exciting sights and sounds of Europe.

Yet, nowhere in the world is there any place which surpasses Canada in its wealth of tourist attractions. From the Reversing Falls in the Bay of Fundy, through the lush fruitland of Southern Ontario and the end- lessly stretching golden prairies to the mountains and sea of British Columbia, Canada is rich with in- terest and experience for the travel- ler.

How sad it is that so many Cana- dians have never seen any of the sights mentioned above. I well re- member my astonishment some years ago when a young Canadian friend remarked that, at the ripe old age of 20, she had never been on a train. Now, having lived in Canada for over ten years, I can readily under- stand. Our six-year-old has travelled across the Atlantic twice, but IT can’t remember that she has ever been in a train—we bought our first car just after she was born.

Valid Reasons

There are, of course, valid reasons for Canadians apparently ignoring their own country; the main one obviously being the distances and length of time involved in travelling between places. About the only form of travel that overcomes both time and distance problems is air travel. But in Canada it remains expensive and, in a sense, a luxury way of travelling. Where there is no time element, vast distances can be trav- elled comfortably by train. Again, costs are high and, where children are concerned, the facilities on trans- Pontinental trains are not so won- derful,

It seems logical, then, that Cana- dians, most of whom own at least

one car, should use these chariots- of-all-work for vacationing, too. However, travelling long distances by car is not the best way to spend a vacation and it is the rare family which attempts to see Canada by automobile.

Notwithstanding all the reasons why Canadians don’t do so, there is a tremendous need for them to travel around their country and meet each other.

Student Exchange

It is a need which has been met, to some extent, by the student ex- change programs between Quebec and other provinces, which have been arranged mainly along the lines of language differences. It would seem that similar exchange programs with a geographical or social basis would be an equally good idea—stu- dents from Vancouver visiting Hali- fax, for instance; from Newfound- land visiting Saskatchewan.

Air travel should be made more economical: Canada’s airline com- panies should be making a bold effort to attract more travellers from the middle-income group of the popula- tion. It seems possible that in a country of Canada’s size, with Can- ada’s problems of transportation, the airlines may never make any money. If so, the Government ought to be ready to accept this, and to subsidize the airlines to an extent which would make air travel attractive and pos- sible for the majority of Canadians.

Above All

Above all, there must be a real effort to encourage Canadians to leave their own provinces from time to time, and see what the rest of their wonderful country is like. In other words, a much stronger program of promoting tourism by Canadians in Canada.

Of course, we want people from other countries to visit us. More im- portant in the long run, though, is that Canadians know and understand their fellow Canadians, all across the

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Sisters Pat All and Helene Lamont of the WA of Local 1-80, IWA, visited the following patients in the King’s Daugh- ters Hospital July 12, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the Western Canadian Lumber Worker.

Mike Bosson, Westholme; Mike Kral, Youbou; Mrs. Robson, Duncan; Subedar Sarwan Singh, Mesachie Lake; Hector Irving, Lake Cowichan; C. McMurtrie, Lake Cowichan; Mr. Foucher, Duncan; J, Coleman, Cobble Hill; Mrs. Flotta, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. J. Graham, Honey- moon Bay; Mrs. Moffet, Duncan; Mrs. Dodd, Dunean; Mrs. Tibbut, Sooke; Mrs. J. White, Duncan; Mrs. Wikkerink, Dun- ean; Mrs. K. Smiley, Port Renfrew; Mrs. Turcotte, Duncan; Mrs. Charlie, Dunean; Mrs. F, George, Duncan.

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accentuated by painting the walls a color most flattering to the wood.

Blond woods are enhanced by such warm quiet colors as salmon, rose, honey beige and cinnamon. Chartreuse, aquamarine and moss green are also attractive paint colors for this light wood.

The rich tones of mahogany fur- niture look best against such colors as antique gold, deep red and royal blue.

Walnut furniture looks very hand- some against a background of cream, grey-blue, nile green, desert pink or grey-beige.

Most complementary colors for white furniture are turquoise, violet, periwinkle blue, mauve and ger- anium pink.

Black furniture looks well against a background of any light color or vivid hue, depending on the prefer- ence.

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Ten miles of thread and two weeks of work by 20 to 25 people also are required to produce a mink coat, the Emba Mink Breeders’ Association reports.

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“The following list contains the names of all camps, sawmills and Plywood operations where all members will receive full Union Coverage both as to wages and Health and Welfare Protection.

Before hiring out to West Coast Vancouver Island Camps, loggers should make certain that a Union Contract is in effect. Medical Coverage and Group Insurance Coverage can ‘lapse where no Union Contract has been signed.

UNION CAMPS:

All MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River Operations. All Tahsis Company Operations.

E. J. Eason Trucking, R. B. McLean Lumber Company, Milli- gan Brothers, M. & M. Pole, Taylor Way Logging, Craig & Bond Logging, Stoltz Logging, Green Logging, Mars Contract- ing, Hamilton Logging, Rayner & Bracht Ltd., J. W. Arden, A. N. Mangles, Wamac Logging, Grossleg and Trueman,

Braithwaite & Son, Northern Hemlock, O & W Contractors (Fedge), North West Cedar. Certifications granted but no contract:

Brentwood Logging, Kyoquot Logging and A. F. Barker Logging Ltd.

NON-UNION CAMPS:

Freill Lake Logging. Inlet Contractors Ltd., Amai Inlet (Jorgenson Bros.). Jorgensens’ want and are maintaining a non-Union Camp. Bunkhouse conditions poor; one building used as combination

bunkhouse and repair shop; working facilities poor. Fallers not receiving daily guarantee. No Health and Welfare Coverage.”

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