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Local 1-405 Holds Successful

: First Annual Convention

Thirteen resolution were dealt
with by the delegates which
will be submitted to the IWA
Regional Convention, being held
in the last week of September,

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They reported too on the policy
established recently by the Re-
gional Council of supporting the
formation of a new political party

ee _ First Annual Convention of
Local 1-405, IWA, held to hear
a report on the Union’s activi-

ties, August 27-28, in Nelson,

‘ of those noninated are as follows: the Local’s Banquet and Dance.
President, Art Damstrom. by ac-
; clamation; Ist Vice - President, Guest speakes at the Local] be giving safety “pep” talks to the .
F. I. Anderson, by acclamation; Convention included George|crews of all the Kootenay opera- -
U 2nd Vice-President. Helmar Mitchell, Regional! Secretary-| tions in the next few weeks.
¥ Holmlund and John Osachoff; Treasurer; Clayton Walls, Interior] Following the Convention a
‘ 3rd Vice-President, Armand La- Regional Director, and Regional Banquet was held for the dele-
d babee; Financial Secretary, Elmer Safety Director, John T. Atkinson.| gates and their wives in the K.P.
Atwood and Norman Thompson; The Safety Director in his ad- Hall.
, Recording Secretary, Len Lan- dress was highly critical of the
caster. lack of safety interest displayed qe PeGhiC Shecdhine of Ute
i The two-day meet also heard by some of the employers. This :
reports by President Damstrom attitude, he pointed out, would U.S. from Mexico to Canada
{and Finaicial Secretary Atwood eee eo their pga high] extends 1,700 miles, but the
concerning details of the various accident trequency rates. : eg
{arbitration ana = grievance pro- To combat this thinking on the National: Park Setyice fonad achat
4 cedures carried out by the Local part of management, John T. will'1,448 miles is privately owned.
$ Officers during the year.
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| What's New
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| For You
| DIRECTION of the legs in a
new stapler makes all the differ-
f ence. Unlike conventional kind,
they point the same way. Advan-
| tage: In a stack of stapled papers,
the top sheet can be removed
: easily without disturbing the re-
mainder. All you do is pull top
sheet in direction of the two staple
legs.
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HOW LEAN do you like your
| meat? Sensitive device just de-
veloped measures very low levels
i of radio-activity, can assess the
lean content of meat by its natural
i potassium 40 activity. One unit
now in use by U.S. Agriculture
) Department for market quality re-
search. Developers say it could
' be made in modified form to take
live animals and so assist selective
‘ breeding. The existing unit, unlike
: chemical analysis, does not destroy
4 samples under examination. Al-
ready at design stage: New model
e capable of taking the count of
whole pigs.
* * *
: ONE-MAN grain cleaner, in-
’ vented by a U.K. farmer and now
ready for market, works at rate of
3.5 to 4 tons per hr. In normal
t harvesting system, it allows one
man to cut, pre-clean and store
¢ several tons of grain daily. It con-
sists of a length of metal tubing,
» about 4 in. in diameter, with single
; spiral blade running through it.
¥ A centre section of tube is en-
larged to about 8 in. and extends
te some 4 ft. The lower or ground

was attended by over fifty dele-
gates representing all the major
forest operations in the
Kootenay-Boundary area.

One of the highlights of the
Convention was the nomination
of the officers for the year. Names

side of the enlarged section is
formed by a metal screen with
several hundred drill holes. Tube
end is placed in storage bin from

~ where uncleaned grain is drawn to

be sereened in the tube’s enlarged

can get partial training with new
device without driving their cars.

_ An 8 ft. by 4 ft. sereen in front

picture of a typical road-
complete with road signs,

and working for the election of a

CCF Government in B.C. for consideration.

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