June 1949

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Vol . VIII, No. 6
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the onl y ones we know of that enable all races,
creeds, colors, and people ho ld ing all shades
of po litica l opinion to feet togerther on common
grounds, with common objectives which have
been striven for and achieved in no small mea sure, by a most uncommon zea l; as the reports
will show.
Leairue Office :
LEAGUE, INC.
The welding of such diversified interests
into one cohesive body is an accomplishment
unique in our modern age of clashing ' isms',
but most active office rs are so much pre-occupied with the immediate task in hand that they
are prone to overlook the tremendous ach ievement that is embodied in such a gathering as
an Annual Convention of credit unions. '
But of th is they can be su re: It is an object
lesson in itself on how to find a rallying ground
for al l shades of thought and opinion to meet
without sacrificing their cherishe'd cultures,
religious beliefs or other social organizations.
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One decade of credit union activity is behind us and will come up for sea rching review
at Convention, the lessons learned will be digeste'd and remedies for past weaknesses and
plans for future disciplined action will be made
to meet the challenqe of the second decade.
Much has been done, but that is of the past.
What of the future?
THRIFT
LEAGUE OFFICERS
J?residc n t ________ G. W . Ramsell
J s t Vice-President H . L. Macro
2nd Vice-Pres i denLF. Pilg ia n o
secretary ______ Jea n A r chibald
'T'reasm·er____ J , W. B urns
supplles _______ ____ A. W. Copp
MAGAZINE OFFICERS
Editor ....-----------Geo. Gallagher
Associat e Editor
Jean Archibald
Associate Ed itor____ Jim Gau nt
Associate Ed itor_ Jim Wallace
Ad vertising ( onl y ) _ ---------------G e orge Mah a r g (FAlrmon_t 9707 )
Director of E du catio n - - - - -----------·----A. L . Nicholas
League 1\Ianaging Director
_______ _ J , W. Burns
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FAinnont 2311-B. C. Central Cred it U n io 1~ , R . Robinso~, B . C
C redit Unionist; W. D . ::'ll cln tosh , Ser v i ces Dept. F Air. 2 441.
(Au thorized as Second C lass Mail b y the Post Office D ept., Ottawa.)
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Members on the Following Merchandise:
Chesterfields
Studio Lounges
Bed Room Suites
Mattresses
Springs
Combination Radios
Lamps
Dinette Suites
Chrome Suites
Washing Machines
Hot Water Heaters
Ironers
Occasional Furniture
Rugs
Oil Burning Furnaces
Coal and Wood Stoves
Electric Ranges
Floor Polishers
Vacuwn Cleaners
Phone New Westminster 3812
From the four po ints of the compass 'd e legates will gather in Vancouver on June 15 for
the Tenth Annual Convention of the B.C.
Credit Union League and its vi rile offspring,
the Central Credit Union and the Credit Un ion
and Co-operative Health Services Society
(C. U. & C.).
A ll parts of our far-flung province will be
represented, and all types of common bonds,
organ izational, occupational , racia l, community an'd religious, will have their representatives present.
Travel is not easy in this rugged B.C. of
ours, but these men and women wi II get there
and form a unique gatherin,g. While travel is
di fficult, it is, upon consideration, only one
of t he obstacles that hove been overcome to
make such on assembly possible.
For the
credit union and co-operative movements are
THE FUTURE IS OURS!
So we welcome whole-heartedly the delegates to our Tenth Annual Convention, and
we know beforehand that their deliberations
and decisions will be fruitful of much ,g ood
for the move ment_: and that, in the long run,
means for the people of B.C. and Canada ge nemlly.
Give the Delegates
a Good Time
DURING BUSINESS HOURS FOR EVENING APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSPORTATION WE
HAVE FIVE CARS TO SERVE YOU!
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June,
B.C. CREDIT UNIONIST
B . C. CREDIT UNIONIST -
By D A VE SIDDONS
1
SAY, NEIGHBOR
Baclr in the Office Again
be a most desirable step for the progressive people of the Cape.
T
HIS : unny afternoon finds me throttled m an office, looking with longing at the beautifully cool green fish
which decorates our latest list of cooperative reading, prepared for B .C.
fishermen . Our staff artist has managed
lo choose the softest and coolest tones Lo
illustrate her cover, and they remind me
of the wonderful weather I enjoyed last
week at Cape Mudge.
Mudge-schmudge, I suppose Roar•
ingham Fatback would say . . . but
then, he has never been there I suppose, or he would realize that the murky
sounding name completely obliterates in
the mind's eye, the beauty of the surroundings amongst which the fine native
community nestles. Last week, freshly
polished windows, red roofs and gleam
mg white paint against a background of
the coolest pine green welcomed me as
the F lying Fish daintily threaded her
way through the swirling back-eddies of
Discovery Passage. Astern, Campbell
River slowly grew smaller as Jimmy
Hovell's . trim craft bucked the fast tide
always present in the two-mile strip separating Cape Mudge from the mainland.
It's a Small World (Sic)
T he possibility of establishing a credit
union in this small community has been
buzzing around in the heads of several
of the natives in the area. Although the
community is small, the money handled
in one year by the families residing there
might make several non-native communities of similar size do a quick doubletake, gulp, and beat a hasty path to the
door of the Indian commissioner with
a request to join the tribe!
Had the surprise of my life when I
got there. T he resident church lay-worker
turned out to be Lloyd Hooper, whom
I last met in Waterloo Station in '4 3.
Prior to that we had known each other
in Lhe mines of M atachewan, 111 Nor-
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Quarler-Ccnlur:y C ommcmoration
them O ntario. He returned from Africa
a year ago, where he has organized a
producer co-operative amongst the native
wood-carvers of Nigeria and the Gold
Coast.
What a break for the Cape
Mudge people to have a former co-op
leader right among them! Naturally, he
is 100 percent in favor of anything that
can help his community. So is Miss Jean
Hill, the resident school teacher, and it
very much looks as if Lloyd and she
may well play a large part in guiding
the destinies of whatever co-op or credit
u11ion venture takes place within the community.
In a very rushed visit to the Monday
evening meeting of the Quadra Credit
Union , I had the pleasure of a good
discussion on the practical aspect of inviting natives to become members of that
union. It would seem that the temporary
expedient of inviting Cape Mudge residents lo become members of Quadra
may be more than temporary. If the two
communities together can build a solid
organization, it is debatable whether it
would be wise for the small population
at M udge to set up their own. However,
only Lime and experience can tell just
what is the best thing. Mr. Arniel, the
Indi an Commissioner for British Columbia, with w hom I had the pleasure of
severa l brief chats, appeared to think
that participation 111 c. u. activities would
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C hief William Assu, a dignified
ge.ntleman of more Indian summers than
this sprout may live to see, expressed
g reat interest in the possibilities c .u.s and
co-ops offer. This summer he is celebrating the twenty-fifth year of his people's
breaking away from the ancient longhouse tradition. A t a three-day sports
meet, held to commemorate the chief's
quarter centruy with the new code· of the
W ee Waiki tribe, natives from A lert
Bay, Comox, Kingcome Inlet, Sliamon
and other points foug ht on the playing
fields fo r athletic honors. I am glad to
say that the chief saw the coveted challenge cup for soccer supremacy remain
in Cape Mudge.
Word had somehow got around that
I had been a trainer with the U. of
Saskatchewan footballers, the Huskies,
and Mr. Hooper and myself promptly
found ourselves pre-empted to rub down
the whole darned team. Naturally we
were threatened with scalping and worse,
if the team failed to win, so it was with
wholehearted approval that we saw them
win their cup by a 1-0 score, and I
turned with a sigh of relief to my bag
and unpacked it again.
Advertising Opporlunities
Campbell River and Q uadra c.u.s
chipped in to have a large 4' x 8' display sign advertising credit w1ions made,
which was exhibited along with a similar
sign from the Campbell River Co-op,
for the full three days of the meet. It's
a good thing for the movement when
local groups miss no opportunitiy to adverti se the services that they offer whenever a large public gathe1~ng presents
itself as a likely spot at which to voice
the advantages of co-operation.
Yes, il pays lo advertise, a nd thal 1s
June, 1949
why I thought the Oyster Bay bunch
might have a very sound idea.
Mrs.
Baldry told me that they are chewing
their nails now deciding whether to build
themselves a small office such as Lhal
at Quadra h.q. If such a building can
be made to produce a small revenue, it
is one of the finest ways to advertise.
The fact that a local group have a building of their own seems to give people·
confidence in the soundness of an organization that finances their own building. A nd that, in many places, has resulted in an increased membership. It
is worth g1vmg a thought to a proposition like this.
Nootlra and Credit Unions
can't close without mentioning several other things that came up on this
trip. Father O'Brien of Nootka was
present at the sports meet, and told me
that his own community could well do
with some credit union and co-op education. He took away with him as much
literature as I had for distribution, and
I hope to be able to visit Nootka and
T ofino on my next trip up the west
coast.
Junior Savers
Central
Notes
By RIP ROB I NSON
T last the actual information 011 the
operation of our Primary Chequing
service has been mailed to all our meml:ers, our potential members and a ll Cooperative organizations. T ogelher with
that, we mailed information on our
Term Deposit accounts. A s members
or officers, we would ask you to make
sure that these subjects have been
thoroughly discussed by your d irec tors
and that answers have been sought and
obtained from the Central on any doubtful points. It is not of any use to us
if you decide not to join the Central in
its operations just because you don ' t
have a complete picture of the operations.
And the only way that we can assist you
in getting such information is by you
letting us know. It is our desire that
our members should be completely informed about us and we do attempt to
give as clear and concise a picture as
possible.
A
A word for Uncle Nick, too. Chief
Assu, and his senior men al the Cape,
thought a Junior Savings Club would
be a fine thing for their kiddies, who
now only get money when they are en
route lo Campbell River or Quathiaski
Cove to spend it. The C hief wants his
grand~ and great-grandchildren to know
that money is to save as well as to spend.
T hus, he feels that if Miss Hill, the
school ma' am, is willing to undertake
Lo form the JCC, she will be rendering
a worthwhile· service to the future fishermen, who wi ll then a utomatically think
of saving before they think of spending
those handsome cheques fishermen seem
lo get.
I am publicly apologizing to all the
people I saw on this trip, promised to
visit, and then came away without even
say ing goodbye Lo. I'll be up that way
again shortly, I believe, and will make
amends for my false promises.
Let's hope I can manage to keep this
promise.
When Jack Bums visited the West
Kootenay area- Rossland , Trail, Fruitvale and Castlegar-he gave them a
very inspiring talk on the Central's C hequing service. In fact, it was so enthusiastic
th'.lt the C redit Union people in that
area talked and discussed the subject
wi th every co-operative organ~ation there.
T hen , when they had reached the point
where it was necessary lo get more detailed in forma tion they invited me to
come up. On very short notice, they
Tell your money where to go; don't
ask w here it went.
Dunsmuir a,t Homer St.
arranged a meeting with the Management Committees of the various Transportation Co-operatives, the various Credit
U nions Boards and officers of the Consumer Co-operatives. We got down to
real facts and problems.
I came away from that area with a
pretty clear picture of the opportunities
existing in a compact area that has a
Using our
good co-operative spirit.
Primary Chequing plan and taking advantage of the fact that practically a ll
the officers work in some part of the
smelter and therefore have a centre where
they meet a lmost daily, they can organize
a clearing arrangement among themselves
that should serve most of their financial
needs. I don' t want lo go into detai l
too much here but where groups in other
areas similarly situated, are interested, I
will be pleased to outlii1e the proposals.
A Cash Withdrawal and Transfer
Voucher form is available, in lieu of an
Individual Chequing plan, which we recommend and very little difficulty will
be experienced in a change over to the
Secondary plan when we have it available. Our next step in extending our
services will be this Individual or Seconda ry Service. We know that it will mean
much to a number of the Credit Unions,
particularly those in Rural areas where
the member's income is received in a
lump sum annually or semi-an ually rather
than monthly or semi-monthly as is the
case with most urban members.
N. H. McDIARMID
P ATENT ATTORNEY
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June, 1949 SINCE Father's Day only comes once
a years perhap, you can arrange with
your butcher to buy a nice big steak for
Pop on the instalment plan-a dollar
down and a dollar a week. It's probably been a long, long time since the
poor man has had a chance to sink his
dentures into anything more extravagant
t~an pot roast or hamburger, so do give
him a break for once with a real man's
meal-steak and potatoes and thick apple pie with cheese.
Have been looking around lately for
Father's Day gifts. Saw some hand-
Women's
Point of
Vie\V
By MARY MAHARG
B.C. CREDIT UNIONIST
If your smart student is a young man
he'll like a wallet, a signet ring or ~
book.
June ] ottings
The. hig_h-waisted, low-necked Empire
dres_s. IS with us again. It's charmingly
femmme, was established as the fashion
trend during the Second Empire in
France, m the late I 700's, and has
reappeared at intervals since.
New for summer-metallic-striped cottons that still_ glitter and gleam after
frequent washings.
Most of the new swim suits are
B. C. CREDIT UN ION IST -
June, 1949
Which Wa'Y, eritish Columbia?
rhe Coalition Government, formed in 1941, combined the resources and energies
of the people of British Columbia in the execution of the wa.r effort. The same
combination has carried through the upheaval of reconstruction and the r eestablishment of returning veterans from our own province and many from
other parts of Canada.
The successful record of this Government during these trying times, stands as ample
testimony to the wisdom of the United front in times of economic crisis.
l'he people of our province have watched the remarkable increase in population.
We have abso1·bed over a quarter of a million additional people during the past
ten yea.rs.
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some gabardine sports shirts with the watch the sales and exercise your wellstrapless, with wired bras, and are
new spread collar and French cuffs known ingenuity, you can usually please
in brown, beige, maroon, green and pow- everyone and emerge not too far in the splashed with gay designs of tropical
birds or flowers.
der blue. A lso pajamas in cool cotton red.
broadcloth- knee length for summer
A shopping bag, big enough to carry
The young girl graduate will love a all your be_ach togs and your lunch, too,
comfort. Or perhaps he'd like a tool
rack to keep his precious tools neat or set of scatter pins, a ring, compact, watch folds up mto handbag size when not
a new pipe, a man-sized ash tray, s'ome bracelet of charm bracelet. If you want used as a carryall.
gadgets for his car, or a new billfold. to be mo.re extravagant, you could start
Every woman is entitled to one friv~er off with . a place setting of silverware olous, frothy and feminine summer hat
Or even a necktie.
According to statistics, women buy m her favonte pattern, for the home she all ribbons and roses and veils. To b~
about 85 percent of the neckties worn hopes to have some day.
worn with a plain tailored suit.
?Y men. The most popular priced tie
ts $1.50. Up to $5.00, they're still
neckties; from $5.00 to $15.00, they're
USE THE HOME SERVICE . .•
called cra~ats, and after that they become creations and may cost as much as
$50.00 for a hand-painted number.
• TILE-TEX FLOORS
Contrary to popular belief, .most men,
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even conservative dressers, like loud and
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HOME I NSULATION
splashy neckties, and red is the most
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popular color. Wool ties are being
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worn more than ever, as they hold their
shape, don't wrinkle and can be launEVERYTHING FOR A BUILDING
dered. Some of the smartest wool ties
on t~e market are made by a firm right
here m Vancouver, in plaids, stripes and
monotones.
Budget Blues
Building Materials - Home Appliances
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British Columbia is today at the crossroads of growth and develop.ment. We WANT
even MORE people. We must be a'b le to give them and followinSl' generations a real
chance to live and work in the best orov:nce in Canada. One false step could mean
chaos for an economy that is strainine at the leash. Only sound business manaeernent can meet this challenge. To continue the development of British ~ Cplumbia we
must ;uarantee that our province w~ll continue to be a bulwark of ·f~e~ · enterprise
for a free people.
Some people would have u s take a backward step. They demand a Socialist state
of so-called "Planned economy." We have but to look at the "Saskatchewar1
experiment" to see a glaring example of Goyemroent attempts to manage: businesses. The socialist administration of that province has already closed down
most of the original industries it seized . The theory that there a r e huge profits
to be made by Gove'nunent-controlled companies has proved a complete fallacy.
Socialist planr\ers have "Killed the goose that COULD HAVE laid the golden
egg" and even now admit their ei:ror b y beckoning private capital to invest
and manage provincial resources.
This, Then, Is Y_OUR Choice .
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YOU CAN FOLLOW THE FALLACY OF GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT BY ILLTRAINED BUREAUCRATS
... OR .•. YOU CAN ENCOURAGE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO
INVEST, PRODUCE AND COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY IN THE
MARKETS OF THE WORLD.
The latter programme has produced and w]I. continue to produce jobs for the men
and wo.men who are already here, and for the boys and girls of new generations as
they leav.e our schools by the thousands each year.
The future and welfare of ,B ritish Colwnbia MUST come ·first. Soon you will be
asked to decide not the future of any. political party or parties, but the future of
British Columbia ... The choice· Is yours.
'Che VaJJey Lumber Yards Ltd.
. June is a hard month on the budget,
wit~ sun_uner clothes, wedding and grad~tatlon. gifts, and Father's Day following
m qmck succession. However, if you
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HON . BYRON I. JOHNSON
HON . HERBERT ANSCOMB
Premier of British Columbia
Minister of Finance
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June, 1949 -
P
ROBABLY one of the biggest
obstacles that the Credit Union
movement has to contend with is the
Secretary.
Some of you may have
doubts about this, but when you come
right down to earth about the whole
thing, who is always holding everything
up? Yes, the Secretary! ! Y1ou said
it! !
I've observed them, you've observed
them. Take these Board meetings; right
slap bang, the meeting is hardly started
when the Secretary wants to read something to everybody ; the minutes of the
previous meeting of all things! Right
off the bat the Secretary has taken up
valuable time; sometimes these Secretaries even keep awake somebody who
is behind on his sleep. These tired individuals didn't come to the meeting to
B.C. CREDIT UNIONIST
-there is something the S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y
brings up under Unfinished Business,
meeting was going good until now, it
took the Secretary to slow it down. He
referred to the MI NUTES, he found
it, you'd think the Secretary would be
a little more considerate and let the
Board get down to business, but no,
Unfinished business it is- not taking any
chances either- this Secretary has an
Agenda-I guess the President humors
the Secretary too, for he lets this old
stuff be introduced.
By CLIFF
L.
BENGOUGH
Sectrelary, Stry Credit Union
Well, it gets talked over, and what
happens-these Secretaries are sure dopes
-Bill says, "Yes, I'll make that a
motion." Do you know what the Secretary said {this will slay you!). He said,
"What?" B ill says, "Just what Jack
just said, I'll make that motion." (You
Wake Up Your Secretary!
be kept awake listening to the minutes
of the previous meeting.
called for 7: 30 p.m. should start before wouldn't believe how dumb a Secretary
8:00 p.m.; some gall!!)
Why, the
can be.) He said, "What did you say,
Why, just the other night I observed bunch only get together occasionally, and Jack?" Jack says, "Oh, I just added
a Secretary who had the gall to stop there are lots of weather-gardens-babies'
a little to what Bob suggested maybe
his reading of the minutes until he teething-work problem-Aunt Matilda's
we ought to do, yes, I'll second it." The
thought he observed one of the Board sore throat and such things to discuss Chairman says, "It has been moved,
members preparing to listen to him. The before settling down to looking after
and seconded, what you have just
nerve of that Secretary! !
Hardly a C redit Union affairs. Which are mostly
heard-". (We've really got to do
minute went by when that same Secre- about money, and what's money, any- something about these Secretaries-what
tary had the nerve to ke·e p on reading way?
he came out with then really takes the
when· three different discussions started
As I was saying, it's taken this long cake.) He said, ''Mr. Chairman, beduring the reading of the minutes-in- for the meeting to get going just on
fore the vote is taken I would like to
cidentally one of the two members who account of the Secretary. Sure enough
point out that I have heard no motion
were sitting in such a position at the
table that prevented them from getting
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in on one of the discussions humored the
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Secretary afterwards {after they finished
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and Cameron Lake. Clean, comfortable i·ooms and good home.
their perusal of some· important papers
cooked meals. . . .
which the Secretary hadn't helped on
Phone or Write Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Farmer
by yapping all the time) by asking him
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to read various sections over again. He
was broad-minded about the whole thing,
and if that Secretary is so gol-darned
persistent about it, and is going to read
them anyway, and insist on bringing
stuff up under Unfinished Business, well,
let's humor him!
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To start off with, the Secretary has
taken up five minutes of valuable time
(incidentally we must have a regular
tartar of a Secretary, this is confidential.
mind, for he seems to think a meeting
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made, and nothing has yet been recorded
in the Minutes."
Delay!
Delay ! 'belay!
Why?
Because the Secretary had not written
down the various remarks made by all
the Board members-just on account of
this neglect it delayed the meeting I 4Yz
minutes while we found out what the·
motion was about.
Yes, the biggest obstacle at present
e."<isting in the Credit Union movement
is the Secretary-half the time he's asking who made the motion, and he hardly
ever seems to know who seconded it ;
why the dope is writing when he should
be listening, and listening when he should
be writing. And why is it that when he
copies it down word for word that the
dope doesn't know enough to incorporate
in the motion what Doug suggested too!
Even if it wasn't stated he should know
enough for that!
This Secretary we have even gets a
pained look when after copying down
the motion, and you just change the odd
sentence and paragraph, and strike out
that other part, and say 'when' instead
of 'if,' and 'loans' instead of 'interest,'
and a few little things like that-he
gives a pained look, makes a few hooks
and crosses (Shorthand he calls it) imagine the nerve of him-a pained look
just for little things like that!
Perhaps at the Convention this year
we can form a committee, and go into
this matter of dispensing with Secretaries,
and save ourselves a lot of time- no
minutes-no motions-no Businessthen we could attend these Board meetings and sle·ep, or discuss whether tha t
blonde is a natural or not, without a
secretary taking up our time.
We'll get onto Presidents and Treasurers another time--maybe we can do
away with them too !
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J~ne, I 949 Quarlerl]J and Annual Reports
0
N the bottom of the annual report
these words are printed and bracketed: (This report, in duplicate, should
be filed with the Inspector within one
week after the annual meeting.) There
are still a few Credit Unions delinquent
By T.' A
SWITZER
Inspector of Credit Unions
B.C. CR8DIT UNIONIST
been completed in I 949.
While the
last four years show feweT Credit Unions
organized, we must not overlook the
mergers of several Credit U nions with
others. T hese, together with a general
consisten t and steady growth, have
trebled the assets of the consolidated
-BRO.ADSIDESon this report. There are others tha t
sent in a single copy instead of in duplicate. There are others that only have
one member of the supervisory committee sign the report ; there are others that
report more directors, credit committee
or supervisory· committee than their rules
allow. Add up these shortcomings and
we have a bottleneck that holds up the
smooth flow of operations that could easily be achieved by a little more attention
to these requirements.
name to a note for some friend who
needs to borrow, but when you do so,
you should know what you are signing.
The small print on the note form reads
in part, "We hereby pledge all paid
shares, payments on shares, or deposits,
which we now have or hereafter may
have in this Credit Union, for loans and
interest, and we hereby authorize the
treasurer to apply a~y or all such shares,
payment on shares, or deposits, to the
payment of said loan and interest." A
1949 Conslitution and Rules
·Co-ma"ke1; recently wished to Withdraw
There are still a large number of his shares· but the Treasurer refused to
Credit Unions who have not sent in the oblige, as the maker of the note was
I 949 Rules for my approval.
On sadly delinquen.t.
The Treasurer was
January the twentieth, I sent a letter to protecting the Credit Union by refusing
all Credit Unions covering my require- payment, but the Co-maker is wiser toments and I wish here to repeat a para- day. Read before y~m sign any papers.
graph from that letter announcing the
200 Credit Unions Organized In
deadline date set by the Minister for
British Columbia
final approval of amendments already
made by you. "Where a Credit Union
For some time we have been slowly
has made amendments to the previous edging forward to a goal of distinction.
Rules, it will be necessary for your Back in 1944 I felt we should reach
officers to reconcile such amendments the· 200 mark within a year or so. The
with the new Rules, ·and where the new following table shows the number d
Rules do not cover the amendments and Credit Unions organized in each year
··
- you still want to use -them,-- you· will since I 939.
require to list such amendments and submit them to me again for approval. A s
it may take a little time .to check these
Rules and amendments, the · Minister has extended the adoption of the amendments that vary from the Rules until
June First, 1949, after which date any
outstanding amendments will be null and
void unless again appro~ed by - ~~:;;- Forward the three signed copies of the
Rules, with seal impressed thereo~. to .
me, and I will certify one and return it
Please
to your office for your files.
co-operate.
C o-Mal1ers' Attention
I l is a very nice gesture to sign your
1939 ~ 6
I 940 3I
1941
34
1942
14
1943
24
1944
·194.5
1946 1947_-:--.
1948 -
25
I5
14
II
17
Credit Unions into a substantial picture.
T0
quote
Revue
Desjardins,
and increase the services to the members)
It is personal interest well understood.
which co-operation does not exclude; i;
Is the members' spirit of mutual help; it
is honesty ; it is loyalty to the Credit
U nion ; it is the respect of ple-dges to
the Credi t Union in the payments to be
made ; it is further the faithfulness to
abid e by the Act and the By-Laws
_{Rules) governing the Credit Union; it
is. the sense of social responsibility which
disposes towards sincere co-operation in
spirit and with one's whole heart, ~ith
the co-members and when occasion arises,
to make the necessary sacrifice, thus
providing the Credit Union with the
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June, 1949
means to progress and do good." These
clements have all . combined to contribute
to the increase in number but more particularly in size, of our British Columbia
Credi t U nions.
When you are passing through Abbotsford, look up Credit Union N umber 200,
the A bbotsford Credit Union, and say
hello to Miss Irene Kelleher, the treasurer-manager. If you vacation in the
district of N elson, call at the Provincial
Government Offices and get acquainted
with the officers of their new C redit
Union, which is Number 201, and the
first step in our third lap towards the
three hundred mark. Let us all pull
together to build bigger, better, and more
Credit Unions.
To save, To Service, To educate,
To bring about that new estate
Where help will talrc the place of greed
And Service be our common Creed
Consistent with the Acts and Rules
Provided as the onl}) tools
To build a shrine for our co111111u11io11
To spell another Credit Union .
It Is Being
Done
AKE SUCCESS, N.Y. (CNS)The consumer co-operative organized by the staff of the United Nations is
a small thriving affair which is looked
on by its organizers and membership as
even more significant in the field of social
development than its present membership and business would jndicate.
L
More than fifty nationalities are represented in the membership, according to
J ohn Male of Australia, president of
the United N ations Co-operative.
The U N credit union organized as a
separate institution from the co-operative
has already paid a 4 .8 % dividend. Its
president is V ictor Kw ang, an Australianborn Chinese. The co-op and the credit
union have joint offices in the United
Nations building. The co-operative also
operates a service station on a section of
the huge parking area of the United
N ations.
Vancouver Chapter News
By DICK LUCAS
A
T the latest Vancouver Chapter meeting an obligation ceremony was perf~"rmed by P ast P resident Doug Baillie,
when the President and G overnors promised to carry out their duties to the best
of their ability in the interests of the
Credit Union movement. This is the
first time any Officer or member of a
Credit Union hereabouts has been officially obligated, and we hope that we
have started something that may be
copied by other organizations, as we feel
that we should do more than just elect
our officers, and let it go at that. The
Directors of Say Credit Union were the
guests of the Chapter at this meeting and
attended in a body, and gave great
assistance in the discussions, and lots of
food for thought. This idea is to be
repeated a t each meeting during the
year, when the D irectors of other Credit
Unions will be invited.
T he matter of the I 0th Annual Me·eting of the Credit Union League, and
associate bodies, was taken up and Chairmen appointed to arrange for the entertainment of the visiting Delegates. This
is where the support of every Credit
Union member is urgently needed. The
program calls for open house with music,
dancing and refreshments on the Thursday evening at our meeting hall, the
grand banquet on Friday (at $2.50 per
plate) , and another open house at the
Vancouver Hotel on Saturday.
And
this is going to cost plenty of money,
which is where the support we mention
is needed.
We are getting some enqumes for our
raffle tickets, and we would suggest
that you get your request in as soon a s
possible, as we are not permitted to use
the mails to distribute the tickets, and
must therefore deliver them to you some
This will take time, so
other way.
let's go and really put this effort over
the top, as money is badly needed if
our entertainment program is to be a
success. You can be assured that every
penny will be properly handled and
accounted for.
Peter D. Carr, D.C.
Palmer Graduate
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With Best Wishes for a Successful Convention
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SAVINGS
LOANS
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C.U. &
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11
June,
1949 -
B.C. CREDIT UNIONIST
Managing Director's Column
By JACK BURNS
T
HE past month has been a rather
interesting one from my point of
view. The greater part of it was spent
a t the Managing Directors' Conference
and the meetings of CUNA Supply,
CUNA Mutual and Credit U nion National Association. These meetings were
all held in Houston, Texas, which is
reputed to be the fastest-growing town
in the United States. But then who
ever heard of anyhing in Texas which
was not bigger and better than else-
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where? The Texas League proved to
be wonderful hosts, filling in any free
hours that were available to both delegates and visitors with entertainment,
usually of a unique nature.
The B.C. delegation of Joe Chausse,
wife and niece, and Bill Ramsell, wife
and daughter, was specially favored by
the attentions of Mrs. Drucilla Reed,
wife of the Texas field man, J. B. Reid.
As a real Texan, she was passionately
fond of riding at 5 in the morning. Each
morning at the crack ·of dawn, the B.C.
group could be found out on the wild
prairie absorbing fresh air and developing aches and pains they never knew
were possible.
time, and while my age prevented me
from going riding, I did find diversions
and entertainment along with the others.
Whether it was the entertainment accorded the delegates, or the fact that
they were satisfied with the past year's
work , the meeting was most harmonious.
Conven tion highlights were few-the
most important was the news that Filene
House will be built this year. Dues
were again set at 6 Yz cents per credit
union member fo r the year 1950. Provid ing funds are avai la ble, the field
An open-air barbecue and dance
wound up the entertainment, with many
of the Y,ankees and Northerners boldly
blossoming forth in real cowboy outfits.
I am sure that everyone .left Houston
with considerable regret a nd that many
will be back to spend holidays there.
Meetings took up a large amount of my
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B . C. CREDIT UNIONIST -
staff will be expanded to allow for one
rnan in each of the seven districts. The
new president-elect was J. Eidam, a cooperative lawyer from Nebraska; first
vice-president elected was A. Dunken;
treasurer, M. Gregory; and secretary,
H. Moses. The executive elected by
districts consists of H. Yates, P. Deaton ,
W. Cyr, E. Christoph, H. Cawley, A
Dunkin and J. W. Burns.
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He's won the quest men long have sought
In gold, in gods, in wars oft fought.
For power, nor pomp, nor circumstance
Can change Fate's lune, nor call His dance.
His life is rich rvhose light has shone
To guide foofsleps be.sides his onm.
And though his beam may be quite d'im
Whal others use, ta/res none from him.
Ta/res none from him, but adds its share
To build from dimness up lo glare.
That others stwnbling through the night
May catch the gleam, may lenow the light
His /if e is rich whose light has shone
To guide footsteps besides his own.
True salt of earth are those mho see
That this, in truth is Destiny.
Yes this in truth is D eslinyLil(e 111ovcmc11ts in great symphony
Reverberate, though music gone.
A life that Serves lives on and 011.
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To guide footsteps besides his own.
And he who serves his brother best
May cease the search-he's won the quest
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The next meeting of National Association, CUNA Mutua l and CUNA
Supply will be held in Madison, Wisconsin. The next Executive meeting of
the three groups will be held in Calgary,
Alberta, on August I I th to I 4th. Members living close to A lberta should make
it a point to attend if possible, to meet
the leaders of our national movement.
7th & MAIN
VOTE
CUNA THEME
It was decided to re-open the Filene
Fund for further contributions, and I
hope that the many credit w1ions not in
operation during the last drive will participate now. We should do our part
to make Filene House a truly international undertaking. The present quarters of the National Association and its
affiliates have for some time proven most
inadequate. L arger quarters are a "must"
or CUNA Mutual will be forced to
work staff in shifts to keep up with the
ever increasing volume of work.
THE CCF INTRODUCED THE FIRST CREDIT UNION BILL IN B.C.
AND AROUSED INTEREST IN THIS COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
WHICH HAS NOW :BECOME A FORCE IN THIS PROVINCE
A CCF GOVERNMENT IN B.C. IS PLEDGED TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT
OF COOPERATIVES TO EXPAND AND ENCOURAGE PRODUCER AND CONSUMER CO-OPS, CREDIT UNIONS AND SIMILAR AGENCIES IN LINE WITH
CCF PRINCIPLES OF BUILDNG A COOPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH.
June, 1949
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long period of time to obtain fol' you a special rate
of fire ins u rar.ce, and that o lhe1· classes be extended
to you at lhe minimum cost.
Remembe1· lhe r eplacement value of your h ome
t oday is far in excess of the orig inal purchase price
or when you buil t it. Avail yourself of the saving
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B.C. CREDIT UNIONIST
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B. C. CREDIT UNIONIST -
June, 1949
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Reduces Price
TTAWA Canadians can now
send CARE's 10-pound package
of lard to families in Europe for only
$4, Neil MacNeil, Representative of
Lhe Canadian Committee of the nonprofit agency, announced today.
"The reduction was made possible,"
Mr. MacNeil explained, "by lowered
wholesale prices on fa ts, and by the
further savings CARE has been able
lo effect in its operation cost to enable more Canadians to participate in
CARE's program of helping the people
abroad. Fats are still in extremely short
supply in Europe and constitute one of
the greatest current needs."
The CARE lard package contains
I 0 pounds of Swift'ning, a bland lard
which does not require refrigeration and
will not turn rancid. Delivery of the
parcel is guaranteed in A ustria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, F ranee, Great
Britain, the three Western zones of Germany and all Berlin, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland. CARE is
located at 73 Albert Street, Ottawa,
Ontario.
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By JACK LAINSON
W
ELL, the banquet is a thing of
the past. There were just over
200 of us out for the spread and to
collect our prizes. Seated at the head
table, one saw our Bowling President
Jack Burns and his wife, the Chapter
President Mrs. Park and her husband.
It was most sincerely regretted that
Lhe genial "G. W." could not be with
us, the path of duty having meandered
across and taken him elsewhere.
However, he was able to have Mr.
Filgiano step in and take over for him,
and it was indeed a splendid choice.
When it comes to speeches-well, both
Mrs. Park and Mr. Filgiano have nothing to learn, they were both outstandingly brief.
Mr. Filgiano presented the League
Trophy, President's Cup, to Doug
Forbes of V.C.S. No. 2.
Mrs. Park was then asked to present
the Divisional Cups to the following
Captains of Divisions A, B, C, D, E
and F , respectively, D. Forbes, W. McA dam, A Sudbury, Ian Park (who
drew more than the other Captains), B.
Credit Unionists!
S,atis faction
your shoes
McCrindle and Pearl Wattum. The
President of the bowling league, Jack
Burns, then presented the Divisional
Trophies. Then the Divisional Secretaries were called upon to receive the
pay envelopes for their members.
Ladies' High Average
A Div.- Mrs. M. Bogaski _____ ___ 192
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Div- Miss J. Innes ------------·-····
Div.-Mrs. M. Sudburg ..........
Div.- Mrs. J. Thompson .......
D iv.-Mrs. W. Taylor ---···---·
Div.-Mrs. S. H uckell _______ ___
210
166
180
18 I
196
Men's High Average
A .Div.-N. P,ame ________________ ____ 230
B.
C.
D.
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W.
R.
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WorkinR· to.Q"ether, CREDIT UNIONS are building
a Better way of life. They are De1nocracv at 'vork,
proviniQ· the Honesty and the Enterprise of Man.
CREDIT UNIONS are controlled b.v the me111bers
'vho benefit fro1n the n1any services which are offered.
CREDIT UNIONS encourage THRIFT, promote
GOOD CITIZENSHIP, and provide the essentials to
a HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING.
Membership is open to all peoples, \Vith no barriers to Race, Col'Our or Creed.
JOIN a Credit Union, or STAHT a Credit Union
in your Oon1munity.
For fZLrther information, contact Nlr. T. A. Switzer, Inspector of Credit Unions, Court House, Vancouver, B.C., or the B.C. Credit Union Lea.oue, 96 East
Broadwau· Vancouver, B. -c.
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June, 1949 -
B.C. CREDIT
UNIONIST
B. C. CREDIT UNIONIST -
Lunch-Time Confabs
By GEORGE
"HEY, Sammy, come over here. I've
got a bone to pick with you."
"Who, me, Tommy? What have
done now?"
"Yes, you. Sit down there while I
take you apart about what you didn't
do, not what you did. You didn't make
any payment on your loan last month,
and you never let us know anything
about why you didn' t. Right?"
"I know, Tommy, but I intended to
let you know, but one thing or another
kept coming up a nd I never got 'round
lo it. Sorry."
"Fat lot o' good that does. N ow look
here, Sam, I'm working my fool head off
trying to keep this credit union of ours
in good shape, but I've got to have more
co-operation from you and the other
members if I'm to satisfy my thousand
and one bosses."
"Thousand and one bosses? I suppose
you mean the general membership, including me?"
"Yeah; there's a thousand of you,
and the one over the thousand 1s perhaps the most important of all. I mean
Success to Your
Convention
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and records to be kept. When you pay
on time, the Act, Rules, and your individual contract with the C.U. are mel
the Inspector. He won't stand for any right there, and there is no extra recordslackness, and I'm all for him on that ing to be done. B ut if you don't pay,
score. H e believes that a job is worth AND DON'T LET US K NOW
doing right if it's worth doing at all, YOU CAN'T, then the extra work beand you guys have got to get it into gins, and that's where you rank and
your heads for good that being a credit file members can lighten the load an
union member is not just a matter of awful lot. Another thing about it is this.
grabbing off a lot of privileges free and All this extra and (for the most part)
for nothing, but that you have responsi- avoidable work increases the cost of
bilities to match every one of your privil- operation and lessens the amount available for distribution as dividends at the
eges. Now chew that over."
year's end. If you birds would only use
"Sounds all right, Tommy, but you
the grey matter once in a while you
knew I would pay my instalment as
would make things better for both yoursoon as I was able, didn't you?"
selves and me ; especia lly me, if that
"Yes, I knew, but that's not the point. bears any weight with you. Does it ?"
There's such things as an Act, and Rules
"Well, Tommy, I didn't think my
Delegates and Friends of the B.C. Credit Unions
WELCOME
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missing
payment and not
June, I 949
telling you
would make that much difference, but
I'll be on the lookout to do my part
in future. Now all I've got to find out
is what
my
part
and
responsibility
amounts to. Guess I've got to do a bit
of reading, of digging and brushing up
on the duties of a credit union member.
It shall be done, 0 Chief. Salaam."
"Now I ask you, boys, what can you
do with a guy like Sam here?''
" Takes the wind out o' your sails
w'1en he agrees with you, doesn't it?"
laughed Bill. "No argument, but some
progress all the same, I think. But you
and Gordon Butcher of the CU&C
should have a crying bee together one
of these days. He's up against nonco-operation from his members, too.
Seems like he's got you beat, Tommy;
in a different way maybe, but here's
a sample of what he told me.
"One member went to the doctor in
February and didn't put in his claim
to the CU&C till May 21st. Talk about
extra bookkeeping, how would tha t suit
you when you have to adjust everything
for three months back?"
"Another happy-go-lucky registered
himself with the Society, but forgot
about his wife. That would have been
all right, too, but the wrong member
of the family goes and gets sick, the
one that doesn't exist so far as the
CU&C have been informed. Then the
lackadaisical husband blows his top when
he can' t get his wife's doctor bill claim
honored."
''And what are you blushing about,
Alf, a t your age?"
because you've probably heard about it. I go pretty fast sometimes, and when
I made the mistake, and so did some you hear anything like a siren behind
others up coast, of taking it for granted you, just lean on your horn for all
that a claim for maternity benefits with you're worth. Got that? Okay, let's go.'
Lhe CU&C automatically registers the·
"So they hooked up and away they
baby; but that just ain't so, according went: 40, 50, 60, 75 miles an hour.
to what they told me. Said they: ' How
T hen weeeee, weee EE. WHEEE, came
do we know whether the baby lived the cop's siren behind 'em. Honk-honkor died unless you tell us and register
honk-honNK-HON K . goes Model T as
it with us for benefits in case it gets
Caddy whipped up to 90, 100 miles an
sick ?' Well, my kid got sick and it
hour, with the old Ford hitting only a
wasn't registered so I'm out the kid's
few of the highest spots. At 1 10 miles
doctor's bill, and I hope that wi ll be a
speed they left the cop far in the rear.
lesson to all of you, because I know I'm
And that's a sample of what Alf has
not going to get stuck the same way
been telling you, and what the poet
again. No Sir! I'll register everything in
Longfellow predkted when he wrote
future, from the <>Id lady down to the
'Things are not what they seem.' "
family cat; and I've already registered
"Yeah, but Joe, where's the point ;
surprise and disgust with my own bonethe
joke, man, if any?"
headedness. What are you muttering
about, Joe?"
"The joke was on the cop, like it was
on Alf here. When he turned in his
"Oh, just reciting a bit of poetry to
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myself. Ever hear it?
'I thought I'd seen everything, but when
'For the soul is dead that slumbers,
I see a Model T honkin' to pass a
Cadillac that's goin' 110 mines a n hour,
T hings a re not what they seem.'
it's too much for me. I q uit, till my eyes
"Longfellow sure said something that start behavin' b etter.
time, and it brings to mind that cop
"There, Pat, can you match that
who turned in his badge because he
one? "
couldn't believe his -0wn eyes. Seems
"Good story, but did I 1ver tell ye
there was a driver whose Model T Ford
abput
me uncles, Danny and Tim?
broke down, and the only guy who
T
hey
were
wrestlers, ye know."
would give the derelict a tow into the
" Better keep that one till some olher
nearest garage was a good sport in a
big Cadillac. Says Cadillac, 'Now, pal, time, Pat. Back to work, boys. "
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June, 1949 -
League
Highlights
information about chequing service, deposits and withdrawals on current deposit jaccounts. .M r. Robinson vjsited
Trail and Rossland recently, talking to
various groups there.
Difficulties of the CU&C have the
By JEAN ARCHIBALD
NLY two of the birds from Vic
toria flew in for the quarterly meeting, offsetting President Bill Ramsell
and Joe Chausse, who were still deep in
Texas clover, folfowing the Houston
meeting.
0
Looking around the tables at the Senator Grill on May the 28th it seemed
that many familiar faces were missing
from the joint meeting; maybe this had
something to do with the fact that this
was one meeting that got through in
time. The urge to finish busine·ss quickly
held good in the evening, too, and the
League meeting wound up in comparative daylight- saving time.
It represented saving in temper as well
as time to have business flow smoothly.
Reports from the various organizations
at the afternoon meeting covered many
phases.
head. A pamphlet which should be titled
"What you ought to do--your rights,
how to protect them" will go out to
members shortly. With bitterness and
frustration apparent, Gordon remarked,
"If members don' t read this any more
than they read change·s to the by-laws
and other correspondence we send 'emwe' re wasting our postage."
Pooling travel expenses will have tv
be on a voluntary basis, F. Dickinson
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novelty of being different from League
and Central headaches. They consist of
lapse of time between member paying
dues to his credit union and credit union
remitting them to the society. Difficulty
in getting hospitalization dues in, and the
consequent extra bookkeeping also help
to put the odd grey hair on Gordon's
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reported. If an organization doesn't want
to enter the pooling this year because
the convention is in Vancouver, they
can't join in next year without paying
back pooling cost.
are in very good shape indeed. Accounts
receivable are paid within 30 days with
the exception of new credit unions, which
always are allowed some leeway for organization and early operation.
Convention Lighter Moments
Financial statement presented at the
meeting which will go out to the credit
unions within the next few days, showed
improved standing for all branches of
the League with (of course) exception
of the publication. The newly improved
status of the magazine in the past few
months cannot refle"Ct in the past year's
operation, but augers well for the coming
year.
The Vancouver Chapter has mapped
out entertainment for the delegates as
follows: June 15th, dance put on by
the Danish Credit Union at Georgia
Hotel ; I 6th, open house at the Cambrian Hall; I 7th, banquet at Hotel
Vancouver; 18th, open house at Hotel
Georgia. All this requires money, so the
chapter is working hard to obtain the
necessary funds.
Each group will handle its own opening ceremonies.
League Meetings
P resident Ramsell not being back
from the National Directors' Meeting,
Frank Filgiano took the chair, relinquishing it at 8 p.m. to R. Williams with
the information that he had to go to
work.
Victoria Civic Employees, Wilfer and
B.C. District Telegraphs were all accepted as members.
Terr ace Credit Union wrote that although they were unable to send a delegate to the convention that they wanted
to participate in pooling expense. Wm.
T enney of the National Organization
expects to be in Vancouver during the
meeting. I believe that this is not Mr.
Tenney's first visit to Vancouver.
Everyone's should be in except your own.
This calls for clarification, so a delegation consisting of the editor and chairman of the publication committee will
call upon the printers, and set a deadline
hard and fast. Woe betide the unwary
contributor who tries to slip his copy in
after the date set.
That, of course, you understand means
everyone else but me!
Deadlines
Success
Just as the secondary chequing service
usually comes up at quarterly meetingsby some miracle it was overlooked today
-so deadlines take a beating at League
meetings.
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The main problem seems to be when
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of course is, when it is YOUR copy.
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Jack Burns stated that the 200th
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This
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League, and participation in Life Sav. ings and Loan Protection.
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B. C. CREDIT UNIONIST June, 1949 -
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No,
By H AL DAYKIN
"We Arc the Cha in Stores"
"I
N SWEDEN, we, the co-operatives, are the chain stores. We are
doing the job of rationalizing retail distribution. It was the co-operatives who introd uced self-service stores into Sweden;
and the private merchants are copying
us now.''
This is part of what Anders Hedberg,
one of Sweden's foremost co-operative
leaders, said in an address here recently.
Mr. H edberg is a leading executive of
the Swdeish Co-operative Union. His
main work there is in economic research
and publicity. He had a good deal to
do with the formation of "Luma ," a
Scandin avian co-op that broke the· light
bulb cartel in 1931. The meeting at
which he spoke was attended by cooperative leaders in Vancouver, and was
arranged by the B.C. Co-operative
U nion.
"W c Musi Be First"
"The self-service store," Mr. H edberg said, "is an American invention.
I saw them for the first time in 1937the first time I was there, and I thought :
we, the co-operatives, must be the first
in Sweden. And we were.''
Started in Cities
There are now about 700 co-operative store societies, and they own some
7,000 stores, Mr. Hedberg explained.
1t was not the farmers rvho starled the
store societies but, as in England, the
urban people. However, there is now
about the same percentage of farmers,
city workers, and professional poeple in
the co-operatives as there 1s in the population as a whole.
Co-opera tive Parliament
These Swed.ish co-ops have found how
to make democracy work, even when a
co-op has 10,000 or I 00,000 members.
"Take your fishermen 's co-operative federation, fo r example. Here is how we
would probably do it in Sweden. There
would be a meeting in Vancouver, one
Of
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Course Not!
Victoria, and a third m P rince Rupert-and possibly others as well."
in
"Suppose we were all fishermen here,
and assume that we could all meo.t here.
This meeting has no power. What we
would have to do it to elect rcprescntalivcs lo the parliament of the society.
The members elected from here and
other places-they are the supreme authority. They elect something we call the
Supervisory Council- it has 10 to 15
members. This supervisory body has the
obligation to appoint the board members, who are all full-time employees."
W archouses, F actorics
The Swedish store societies own a
la rge who lesale known as "Ko-operativa
Forbundet," or "K.F." This organization owns a series of warehouses in different pa rts of the country, and has
gone into many lines of manufacturing.
Costs Reduced?
In the question period, Mr. Hedberg
was asked if "K. F." had been able to
run some of its factories more efficiently
than they were being operated by private
companies. " In certain cases," he said,
"an industry was bad ly organized. Take
superphosphate-fertilizer-for example.
This material is cheap compared to the
freirs ht charges; therefore, fre ight is important. The industry was badly organized; this factory would ship to that
corner of Sweden, and that ship to this
corner. K. F. looked into this, and farced
the private factories lo rationalize. L ater
K. F. began to manufacture superphosphate itself."
Employees Ta/le Part?
•
have no special rights. I may be a member- I am a member-but I have 110
special rights apart from that. "
Union Contracls
'The co-ops," Mr. Hedberg conti nued, "make trade union contracts with
their employees. There is some feelina
that we should be model employers. Bu~
this is dangerous; the leader of a un ion
might say, 'You, the co-operatives, should
pay 10% more than the private companies.' "
"We have established a special court
of arbitration," Mr. Hedberg said, "and
we have agreed not to go to any strikes."
W ilf Peck-a d irector of CAFF
Credit Union- asked if credit unions had
made much progress in Sweden. H edberg' s answer was: "Yes, among the
farmers, but not among the city people.
Our idea in the consumer co-operative
movement is this: i f Mrs. Smith rvanls
a refrigerator she shouldn't borrow for
it; she should wait until she is able to
buy it. Because of this, credit unions
are of small importance in the cities."
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LOUISIANA
This past year saw the a ffiliation of
the Washington Parish Parents and
T eachers F C U , and the Southern Teachers and Parents FCU, the two largest
negro credit unions operating in our
slate. Their membership brought to
100%. the affiliation and support of
the l 8 credit unions in their group. This
accomplishment prompted the following
letter, which was addressed to our negro
credit unions:
"Gentlemen :
I have just been advised that there
are 18 negro credit unions operating in
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reason why they have succeeded. Almost
all the stores are cash and carry."
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credit unions in the Louisiana Credit
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our country I know of where 100% cooperation within a given group is not
only evident, but actual.
Please accept the congratulations of
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on the forward-looking attitude adopted
by your credit union, and the others in
your group. We are grateful to you for
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June, 1949 -
B.C •
B.C. CREDIT UNIONIST
B. C. CREDIT UN,
Akording
to
Archie
Dere Boss .. .
H
ERE we arr in the munth of Jewn
with all its elektions and convulsions etsettera. Aftur reeding all the
menny variouties of folshuds that the
pollytishw1s arr telling abowt each uther
in the daley press it maiks me think that
wee arr missing a gud bet in owr Kradit
Onionist Maggerzeen. Wy not invite orl
the kandydates for elektion to the Bored
of Direktors to wrikht sumthing for the
maggerzeen befour the convulsion set·
ting fourth the platfourm thay intend
to folio wen thay arr elekted? If wee
startid this a munth or twoo befour the
convulsion the peepul a ttending the an·
newal concave wud kno wot the Kandydates intendid to doo if thay werr elekted.
Party Lions
maybee wee cud organize a littel fer·
ther and set up too orr moor Partys
within the moovement. Wee cud then
say or! kineds of nasty things abowt
eech uther and akkuse won anuther of
being "Stuck in the Muds," and menny
uther things of a silimar natewr. It is
a vury intresting toppik to play arownd
with boss but I think yew arr too cawlious in natewr to doo mutch abowt it.
vulsion boss. I gess yew no that yore
Kradit Onion, the Federel Employeeees
Vancoover werr the prowd winners last
yere. I pade a visit to the offis of this
entreprizing Kradit Onion last weak to
fined owt wot thay thort abowt the prospekts for this yere. Yew wud never beleeve it boss but those Sivvil servents arr
not harf as sivvil as yew wud imajjin.
Wen I intrerd uced myself as Archie the
Rumbling Ripportur thay almost threw
me out en mess from the bilding, Wen
I toled them I had cum abowt the trofey
thay chainged thare storey. Thay im·
meediatley thort I had cum to present
it to them for anuther yere and thay
immeediately locked the dore behined me.
As if by majjick the presydent and eight
directurs appered ouwt of a littel auntie
room and began to maik speeches of akseptence. I had to eksplane that I wos
not the man woo cums arownd to giv
awai the trofey so they gave me a durty
look and diserpered in the saim majjickal
way.
fey. It seams that moast of the direktors
thort that the best anser to giv to that
kwestion wos the fakt that the spot 00
the• worl behined the trofey had bekurn
liter in culler than the rest of the worl
and if the trofey is taiken away it will
be nessisary to redekorate the hole offis.
This seamed like a vury gud reesin lo
me and I cudnt see any reesin to argew
abowt it.
Well boss old boy, I hoap I shall sea
yew at the convulsion. Doant be ashamed
if moast of the peepul at the meating
insist on corling yew Shylock or Stooge,
or uther naims indikating that yew arr
not vury jennerous in yore deelings with
yore star riportur. I promis not to tell
evrybody abowt the way yew treet me,
or doant treet me witchever way yew
chews to look at it.
Gudbye until RollCorl at Cunvuls1on
Harl.
ARCHIE.
Kwiz Progrum
The mannijer of the Kradit Onion sed
that the forms for this yeres compytition
weu or! filld in but a grate dee! of
argument has reveloped in regard to the
last kwestion on the form. This kwestion
asks weather thare arr enny moor re·e·
suns wy the Kradit Onion compleeting
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British
' Seeds
Fe.e ds
Committee. The back cover ( pag~ ~)
, ..
oz,
each
of pepper and nutmeg
Fertilizers
has a most interesting set of statis tic.~
under the headings "Watch Us Grow.
2 cakes (six ounces) soap
Insecticides
and "Success Story" giving a graphic
. .
1
lb.
cheese
outline of the Credit Union since its 1111 lb. peanut butter
ception.
By folding the repor.t. in ~wo and 14 oz. condensed milk
stapling, it makes a maih~g piece 4x7 Vz lb. chocolate
HA. 5400
inches, which is about the size of an orI Y,. oz. each cinnamon, ginger, mustard
dinary business envelope.
and paprika (spices are a rarity
The typewritten matter on th~ fron t
in Europe)
page is arranged so that after foldmg, an
address may be written and a one cent
"For a long time," MacNeil explainpostage stamp affixed.
ed, "CARE wanted to make available
a lower priced food parcel, so that more
"For so long as the world is content Canadians and Americans could afford
with the kind of leadership that now
doth guide the fashions in clothes; poli- to participate in this vital task of helping
tics and such like, the donkey will no t their relatives, friends and needy people
Only serious st.udents accepted
lack for occupation."-N ashua Cavalier. abroad. Reduced wholesale costs have
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made this parcel possible."
PA. 2513
570 Granville Street
I'm glad the sky is painted blue;
Corporations, church groups, trade
And the earth is painted green ;
unions, and other organizations interested
And such a lot of n ice fresh air
fi'
Pnnce Rupert Fishermen Win
BUCKERFIELD'S
Kenneth Ross
Piano Studios
All sandwiched in between.
Heart Function and Sirculatio.n Test
Hours: 9:30 to 5:00 and by Appointment
603 W. Hastings St.
Office: PA. 9713
Res. FA. 1679-R
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Model Annu
3924 FRASER AVE.
CHROME SPECIALTIES
Chr~me F urnilure
Upholstering
MADE TO ORDER
Your Choice Material, Designs and Color
Courtesy Discount to Credit Union Members
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Compliments of
ANY
9x12 RUG
CLEANED
IN YOUR HOME
MT. PLEASANT
BOWLADROME LTD.
$8.64
AND STAFF
Phone: TAtlow 5551
116 E. Broadway
FA. 7148
Pacific
Duraclean Co.
MILK IS A PROTECTIVE FOOD
PHONE
FA. 1000
VANCOUVER, B.C.
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HALL AND NUNN FOR FURNITURE SEE PAGE 2
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June, 1949 -
Akording
to
Archie
Dere Boss . . .
H
ERE we a rr in the munth of Jewn
with all its elektions and convulsions etsettera. Aftur reeding all· the
menny variouties of fo lshuds that the
pollytishuns a rr telling abowt each uther
in the daley press it maiks me think that
wee arr missing a gud bet in owr Kradit
Onionist Maggerzeen. W" not invite orl
the kandydates for ekhis mQQ the Bored
of D irektors !o _'ah, YAH ' "
• for the
~ aggerztfi-andpop went.
vulsion boss. I gess yew no that yore
Kradit Onion, the Federel Employeeees
Vancoover werr the prowd winners last
yere. I pade a visit to the offis of this
entreprizing K radit Onion last weak to
fined owt wot thay thort abowt the prospekts for this yere. Yew wud never beleeve it boss but those Sivvil servents arr
not harf as sivvil as yew wud imajjin.
Wen I intrerduced myself as Archie the
Rumbling Ripportur thay almost threw
me out en mess from the bilding. Wen
I toled them I had cum abowt the trofey
thay chainged thare storey. Thay immeediatley thort I had cum to present
it to them for anuther yere and thay
immeediately locked the dore behined me.
As if by majjick the presydent and e·ight
directurs appered ouwt of a littel auntie
room and began to maik speeches of akseptence. I had to eksplane that I wos
not the man woo cums arownd to giv
awai the trofey so they gave me a d urty
look and diserpered in the saim majjickal
way.
.l
Kwiz Progrum
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Complimen!s of
FRED SMITH and
BOB ARMSTRONG
EDIT UN IONIST
fey. It seams that
thort that the bes lllllllllllllPlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllITTllll~
kwestion wos 'the
the worl behined '
liter in culler tha1 Y
and if the trofey
be nessisary to re·c
This seamed like'
FAirmont 4414
me and I cudnt f
abowt it.
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Well boss old
yew at the convul,
if moast of the
insist on coding ) )
or uther naims in
not vury jennerous
yore star riportur'/ /
evrybody abowt
or doant treet n
chews to look at.
G udbye until '
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BEAR CAT TRACTOR
Save time a.nd money with the Bear Cat.
2 1/3 h.p. Briggs & Stratton motor, Parts
readily available everywhere.
Tire~
5.50xl6. Handles 8" plow. Powe1· takeoff. In stock.
Specializing in Business Men's
Lunches
322 GRANVILLE, Vancouver, B.C.
(Across from Post Office
See us 'tor demonstration
Milorganite organic fertilizer will do
wonders for your lawn and garden.
We sell Bacon hand wheel cultivators.
WORKERS
JOHNSON'S
BOOTS
Call, Prone or Write
·Willard Equipment
MA. 3231
Handmade to the Highest Quality
Specifications
860 Beaeh Ave.
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- WEAR - SAFETY
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· Enclose this coupon with your
C.O.D. orders and save 1.00
on Work Boots and 2.00 on
Logging Boots.
A. W. Johnson Ltd.
63 W. Co1·dova St.
Vancouve1·
Vancouver, B.C.
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When ordered C.0.D., we pay all
mailing costs
2429 Main Street
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YOUR HOSTS AT
Ask for them in your comissary
and at all leading stores
& MEN'S WEAR
SHOES
U SE YOUR
CI-IA:RCE ACCOU~T
F Air. 1835
N
Harl.
Smitty's Coffee Shop
LOGGERS!
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CRISTALL'S LIMITED
HARDWARE ELEarRI CAL APPLIANCES
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES
PENDER ?.t RICHARDS
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FOURTH AVE. HEATING & PLUMBING
COMPANY
A. C. (Arnie) MILLER, Manag·er
HALL AND NUNN FOR FURNITURE SEE PAGE 2
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2008 West 4th Ave.