6 z AMAA TT TT A Word with Our Readers By Grace Greenwood ATTN TTT TT DEAR FRIENDS: Ten days of April left—and I’m almost holding my breath to see whether we make $7,500 in the official six weeks of the campaign! That would be an achievement worth celebrating. I think there’s a good chance that we'll make it if the committees see to it their remittances are made promptly. : The press drive total on Thursday of this week was $4,633.85, which is a little over 61 percent of our quota, and it is made up as follows: : Subscriptions $1979.00 EF Donations 2379.89 Dance tickets 279.00 $4633.85 Of this amount, Greater Vancouver has turned in over $3,300 through the 13 committees participating, including ©’ Bill’s one- Iman show, and through donations from clubs, unions and subs and donations from miscellaneous subscribers. This is 60 pereent-of the $5,900 we hope to raise in this area. : Georgia is still the only Vancouver committee over the top, but Grandview is moving right along in that direction and now has 91 percent on the books. Kitsilano is putting on a good show too and has 80 percent to its credit. z The standing of Vancouver committees is as follows: Name Percent Name i Percent Georgia 104 Hastings East _. CO Grandview 91 South Vancouver _..__ ssi Kitsilano : : 80 West End 31 Hast End 78 South Hill 31 North Vancouver __. 68 Marpole 5 : 20 Mount Pleasant _...._. == ——ss«aGOD. Burnaby 16 Victory Square __ ss s—sC«dW_-«OOOV’-sS*Wiil] 76 But we have five more committees in the province, in addition to Courtenay over the top. The excellent work being done in various centers around the province is, I think, one of the most in- spiring features of our campaign. ‘These new hundred percenters are: Hjorth Road, 170; Pinchi lake, 114: Langley Prairie, 103; Brit-- tania, 101; and Sointula, 101. As you see, Hjorth Road now holds first place and it has such a big lead that other contenders for the honor will have to work overtime ir the coming week or so. . The standing of provincial committees with over 10 percent on the books is as follows: BRITISH COLUMBIA Name _ Percent Name - Percent Victoria 55 Vernon 16 Alberni _ 28 Michel so See ae Lil Cumberland. _-___+_+_—==—=—=—s- 5}2::«- Kimberly g 20 Courtenay eS 100 South Slocan _.. QT. Campbell River: is 10 Prince Rupert. = ae 57. Nanaimo : 28 Sointula Seite 101 Extension 52 Powell River 70 Dunean 05 Brittania: = 262 ae 101 Cowichan Lake __._._—S»s«10 :~Pinchi Lake 114 Salmon Arm _________—s—s«468:«~«New Westminster __———s«=778 Noteh Hill 30 Haney i 45 Kamloops 33. Hjorth Road 22 2 2 = 170 Malakwa 40 Langley —_._ 103 Copper Mountain ____=- _~ 16 Newton : 22 Kelowna 83 Yukon Territory Enderby 56 Whitehorse 16 “fhe returns from dance tickets are rather low—less than $300 and I think it is time for the city commitees to review their sales records. Not only do we want our dance to be a big Success, but the sale of these tickets can be a big factor in filling branch quotas. Margaret Black, who puts out the drive bulletin for the city com- mittees, would like me to remind you that she needs to know “who is doing what” in each branch in order to make up the next bulletin. Before I close this week’s letter, I want to acknowledge with Special thanks donations of $25.00 each from Victoria Labor ‘Council “and from the Victoria Machinists Union. These donations have been eredited to the Victoria committee. : That's all for now. I hope everybody is all set by this time for the final push that will put us over the top. tet’s see if we can’t make this the first drive fulfilled on schedule by getting that $7500 ' before May Day. : Your Press Drive Director, GRACE GREENWOOD. Ce 4} Tenth Annual PRO-REC DISPLAY TUESDAY, APRIL 25 8 P.M. EXHIBITION FORUM | Hastings Park Rhythmic Gymnastics — Dancing Tumbling By Canada’s Champions Harry Pryee’s Orchestra Tickets Pro-Rec Headquarters, BAy. 4686 75 CENTS SEATS NOW! 30 CENTS (Gi S RUTH ROSS shipyard unionist and executive member of Labor Youth Fed- eration here, has been chosen typical girl war worker by the Sixth Victory Bond drive com- - mittee at North Burrard ship- yard. Ruth, who intends to take a course as laboratory techni- Cian after the war, says she Is buying bonds “because I have a deep faith in the future of our country.” Plan May Day Rallies Vancouver war workers will march under two slogans when the annual May Day parade, held this year on April 30 to avoid interruption of war work, starts out from Cambie Street grounds Gn the three-mile trek to Brock- ton Point Oval, Stanley Park The first slogan, chosen to ex- press the spirit of “Worker-War- Tior” Day, is “Victory in the War —Security in the Peace.” The