AM TERRACE BAY NEWS Vol. 15 No. 32 ; August 10, 1972 15¢ Per Copy COMMUNITY SAYS FAREWELL TO JOHN & ISABEL It was a full house for the farewell party of John and Isabel Ferrier, held at the Moose Hall on Satur- day, July 29th. The town turned out in full force to wish them many happy years of retirement in their new home in Renfrew. John and Isabel Ferrier came to Terrace Bay from Kapuskasing in 1956. John graduated from Queen's as a Mechanical Engineer and had worked for the Kimberly-Clark organization for 26 years. He be- came Mill Manager here in 1962. He was very active in the town, being the first Chairman of the Improve- ment District of Terrace Bay. He was one of the original members of the Ecumenical Group which started about 1965 and was responsible for bringing in some outstanding speakers such as Father Keating and also helped organize many inter-faith programs in the High School and the Arena. He was a member of the Community Church Choir. Isabel was active in the life of the Community Church, as well as being the Terrace Bay represen- tative on the Board of Pinewood Court, Home for the Aged. An avid golfer, she was a member of the Aguasabon Ladies Golf Club, and an excellent bridge player. Her friendly smile and cheerful greeting will be missed around the town. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrier were escorted into the Moose Hall by Reeve W .E. Cavanaugh and Mrs. Cavanaugh and Dr. M. McCausland. Mrs. Cavanaugh had the honour of presenting a corsage to Mrs. Ferrier. Curly Hale acted as Master of Ceremonies. Reeve Cavanaugh presented Isabel and John with some lovely pieces of Amethyst, native to this district, continued page 7 ++... UNIONS MAY MERGE Members of the two largest unions in the pulp and paper industry in Canada and the United States will vote on a proposal to merge the two organizations next week in Denver, Colorado. The proposed new union, which would be known as the United Paperworkers International Union, would have more than 345,000 members, more than 50,000 of them in Canada. The two unions, the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and the Un- ited Papermakers and Paperworkers will hold separate conventions on Monday and Tuesday, August 7 and 8, at which time each organization will be asked to approve the terms of merger. If both conventions ratify the merger separately, they will meet together on Wednesday, August 9, in a merger convention to formally initiate the new union. Leaders of both unions in Canada and the United States are confident the merger proposals will be accepted. The joining together of the two unions will represent one of the most important mergers in recent times in the Canadian labour movement. Merger of the two unions has been sought for many years and as recently as 1967 it appeared that merger might be achieved. However negotiations broke down at that time and it was not until late last year that the special Unity Committee, comprised of representatives of both unions under the chairmanship of L.H. Lorrain, First Vice-President and Canadian Director of the IBPS and PMW, again started serious talks aimed at merger. continued page 2 .......