to work, his skill, his ingenuity and in- tegrity will carry him. We have the right to work when and where we please, to worship as we want to, to speak our minds on any subject, to meet with our fellow men for any peaceful purpose, to be secure in our possessions. We consider that the individual is• superior to the State and that public officials are Pub lished quarterly at Flin Flon, Manitoba, b y the servants of the people, and that they Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Limited . Printed by The Wallingford Press Ltd., 303 K ennedy derive their powers from the consent of St., Winnipeg. Engraving by Bridgen's Ltd ., Winnipeg. Entered as second class matter , Post Office Dept. the people. Ottawa. These things taken together have cre- GEORGE MAINWARING, Editor. ated an atmosphere of freedom and an Vol. 11 SEPTEMBER, 1952 No.3 economic climate in which is possible the great production and diffusion of wealth known only to advanced democracies. Here we have a higher standard of living, even for the lowest paid worker, the world W E got to thinking the other day that has ever known. in spite of our seeming isolation in Why? Because in the last hundred Northern Manitoba, there was not much years free men in a free country - and lacking in the amenities which go to make we have 42 nationalities employed here in up the full life. There is little to be had Flin Flon - have been working together elsewhere that is not available here in Flin to provide this better way of life. Let us Flon. Here, we may be slow in getting the hold on to what they have given us and go finished look a"nd the gayer lights of the forward in the new faith that our way of city, but we are young yet, and it takes life is the greatest blessing known to man time. anywhere on the face of God's earth. And then we realized that our Canadi.an * way of life is made up of many things, bathtubs, and automobiles; big cities and small towns like ours; farms and gardens; big industries and small machine shops; While the primary purpose of Labor big universities and little red schoolhouses Organizations is to promote the economic at the side of the road; churches and hos- and social interests of their members, they pitals; railways and airlines; chewing gum are dedicated to democracy, the protection and ice cream; department stores and little of our free institutions and the promotion corner groceries; specialty shops and of the dignity of man. Free men and free beauty parlours; pool rooms and race industrial competition are the strength of tracks; musical festivals and the school our free society. play. Yes, and laughter and sorrow; eager- system of private, free enterprise ness and despair. And people, millions of has contributed to our high standard of all kinds of people gathered together from living and offers the best opportunity for all over the world, drawn by the magnet future economic progress. It must con- of freedom, opportunity and justice. tinue to be the foundation of our nation's Our Canadian way of life provides each economic and social progress.- GEORGE M. individual with an opportunity to go as HARRISON, Grand President, Brotherhood of far and climb as high as his willingness Railway Clerks. Page One MINE R. G. AsH ITH more leisure time this Wpast summer than ever be- fore due to the 44-hour week, we thought we would talk with a few of our Underground men and find out what they have been doing with this extra time away from the job Pete Stevenson and family. This was taken two years and what their hobbies are. ago, but is such a pleasant group we couldn't heLp The first man we talked to was Pete printing it. Stevenson, "Fiddling King of the North" Chi ldren start fishing as and an underground man for the past five soon as they can /toLd a string. Gunnar Johannson's years. Pete says most of his spare time is two children prove this. devoted to looking after his seven children and music. His "Old-Time" Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in town and has recently been playing, with a good deal of success at the dances on Saturday night at the Jubilee Hall. Pete is one of those fellows always in demand for the many types of gatherings around town and is always ready to play a jig on his fiddle and help with the entertaining. The younger generation of Stevensons are now starting to come to the fore in the musical world and the two oldest daughters, Mil- dred and Marlene are singing, accompanied by their dad at most of the local Stage Shows. We have often admired the clean look of Harry Hanson's home on Beaver Lake Road, as it is painted white and the yare is neat as a pin. In talking to Harry he tells us that practically all his summer spare time is spent at his new camp at Baker's Narrows - in fact, he drives back and forth every day to work, a distance of 20 miles. He is at present finishing the cal::in, building a dock and doing the odd bit of fishing. He says he was fishing in the Glory Hole for old Athapap just half an hour before Fred Constable pulled out 1he 37-pound trout which won him a nice new car. Better luck next year Harr. We talked with Gunnar J ohannson, who tells us that this summer's spare time has been spent levelling his lot and driving ·'Gene" Gagne, cheery cagetender at N orth Main. Page Two Harvey Pollan d id a lot of di g- gin g u n der hi s house before h e got this far. H ans Crone, S.M. S. shift-boss, spent 2 or 3 years building his home. H arry H arrison's h ome on B eaver L ake Road ltas few W atson G ilmore' s project sltows ltaw to equals for beauty . a bi g house from a small one. his family out to the lake where a great feet, put a foundation under it, enlarged deal of fishing and swimming took place. the old part of the house, put in running A lot of Gunnar's time is also spent in water and finished up with a very nice music. He sings and takes an active par t house plus a basement suite. Watson used in the Lutheran and the H .B.M. & S. to be a star baseball player but now he uas Choirs. He has two girls and a boy. The a family of four and a cottag at the lake. oldest are taking pian~ lessons and with His spare time is spent there, cutting wood, · Gunnar on the trumpet and the kids on picking berries, hauling gravel, swirr.ming the piano there is a lot of music around and fishing. the Johannson house, 91 Green Street. Driving around town we saw under- Bill Lazaruk, one of our Diamond Dril- ground men working and relaxing. Dick lers, tells us that he enjoys his spare time Woloshyn built his house, opposite Willow working with woodworking tools. This Park Rink, practically by himself. Harvey spring he decided to build himself a boat Pollon raised his house and put in a solid and ended up with a 16-foot Sea-Gull foundation. Wilf Lipton and Doug Cam- design, 64-inch beam, 33-inch deep sturdy eron spent most of their time fishing and and seaworthy enough to stand the rough- caught a few over 20 pounds. Eddie est waters of Lake Athapap. He has m ade Chlan spends two or three nights a week a dozen or more trips from Channing tak- playing b 3.ll for ~he Mine Ball team. Jack ing his three children or three or four of Betteridge and Walter Tokarek spend a his buddies down on a fishing trip. He lot of time at the Golf Course. also found time to visit his father down The Mine men are a very active lot. on the farm at Preeceville this summer. Most of them own cars and a drive of 600 Watson Gilmore, a South Main ~01stm1m miles over a long weekend is not unusual. and a Flin Floner for the past 23 years, is At the same time it would be hard to guoss one fellow who planned to do a lot ctu ring how many fish have been caught by the the spring and summer and has carried Mine Crew who prefer to stay and enjoy his plans through. He raised his house 7 the pleasure of our many local lakes. Page T hree Summer is the time for youth COMMUNITY CLUB J. MULHALL OMMUNITY Club activities in the parks noticed at the July 1st outing where they C and playgrounds are having another handled all water sports. good season for the children during holi- The Recreational Instructors are work- days. Tony Dojack and his four capable ing hard to schedule games of every sort assistants Eleanor Kepper, Flora Dahlgren, to keep the young ones amused and teach- Donna Whitaker and Betty Jo Wasylenko ing them all types of athletics - the ball are out every day, weather permitting, leagues being very popular. The one keeping the little tots interested and the shortage that is most noticeable is Wading ball leagues going full swing. Pools. It is almost impossible for the Mr.