Vapaus, March 15, 1956

              Six PJays Enfered
h Yoiifh Drama
Feslival ^
;Easter weekend and the Drama
ftstival of the Finish Organization is
. »pidfy drawing neared. A glance a;t
the calender will iadicate that there
»re/only two weeks left to go In
•«hich to get ali entiies into perfect
diape.
„ . 'Sudbury has again been chosen as
the 8ite for thls annoal festival and
of course the weIcome mat will be
out for . performers ^ and spectaton
alike.
,Six plays have been entered thls
year j ^ t h . one brand new newcomer
In the gpoup — Cobalt Drama is
.: by. no toeans a new thing. in Cobalt.
' ^ r i many years the finnish popula-
: t i o n i n : Cobalt was eztremely activp
b u t i n more recent yeais as the F i h -
- ulsh population moved away ia search
of jobs, activities. dled down to a
: veiy ,low-ebb.^ are veiy pleased
-to ;hear that the younger, generatlon
in Cobalt has mustered up the i n -
tcrgst andenergy to produce a play
to enter in the festival. It has pro-mlse
of activities again picking up
i n Cobalt.
'Port Arthur is again to be repre-sented
at the festival, and that toö is
a^notable achievement when the long
journey is taken into consideration.
Two y6ars:ago the Port Arthur group
aoiade its debut at the-Toronto' festi­val
and put on a creditafole perfor-inancä.:
WeIcome back agahi! '
Toronto is agalh entered wlthtwö
plays and we can be asgured that
öie Toronto folk will live up to their
repntation on the stage.
' ;TtoeJh6st town; Sudbury. will be en-teringTtwo
other plays and the em-phasls
has beenpTaced on presenting
plays vithslzablecasts as there are
no <travelllng .expenses to overcome.
Howev*r,' finding enough young peö-^
pl6 has been somewhat of a task that
was -not' easy-: to overcome.- Butre-hearsals
are finally In full swing. .
Aleris and Echo
Ne^KiTI Wind
Up The Ski Season
Only two cross-country mcets are
left on the cuirent skiing Schedule,
although Judging from the quantity
of snow that has fallen in the last
few;weeks ski conditions will remaln
excellent until the middle of May.
^ Alerts members: have been busy:
• iaying out their track at Työn Puisto
for.-theinvitationmeet the club is
«pOnsorlng.Sunday, March 18. The
events will get underway at 1 o'clock
i n rjUbe aftemoon and there will be.
events for most classes.
; ;3kler8 claim that this year the snow
conditions are excellent for. a good
track aroimd Trout Lake, so a big
ttimout is'expected.
r The final meet is the Echo spon-sored'
meet at Rouhd Lake the -fol-
Iowing weekend and it is expected
that several carloads of Sudbury dis-trict:
stders .will participate in this
meet.
After that the skis will be racked
away and thoughts will retum to
track : and. field and other summer
fiports.
GENEROV8
A generous tipper at a resort hotel
found a new w4iter serving him at
br^kfast one moming ; and . said:
f!Where*s my regular waiter, that boy
caUed Lew?'''
' The new. waiter replied, "Sotrs air,
Lew 'Won't be:serving:you any more.
I won you in a crap game last night."
50 Y E i ^
A Greeting to Yritys
Xext vre^^k the Finnish cc<mmunity in Toronto fvill be c^lebrating
a spscial occasion — the SOthanniversaiy of t i e Yritys Athletic Qut^^
. The commemoration of tiiis important iiistoric XKcasiott^ vrill BOt
beUmited to Toronto alone, for the name and t^e adiievements « f
the Yritys Athl-*tic Club are known throughout th|s expansive land
of oursine\'ery Finnish commanity. Yes; ali Finnish-Canadiaris are.
. proud of tbe traditions and achJevements-of Yritys. And evetyone
will be marking this historic occasion.
Tiie event of course bearssfjccial significanc* to the people of
Toronto vehere thousands of people throughout the:yearsiutve been
associated with the broad program of activities that has hejnxarried
out.
Fifty years is a long time for any organization^to function con-tinuously
and especially one that has been founded and m^tained by;
iouni^ant vvorkers and their families. Yritys is probablyth^secondf
oldest organization of Finntsh-Canadians to c::lebrate such a long pe-i
riod of continuous activities. Only the Toronto branch of the Finnish^
Organization of Canada can lay a claim to being older.by a few years.
It is also interesting to note that Yritys is one of the oldest work-ing
dass i)rganizations in Canada. Itwas founded at the turo of the
ceptury at a time whjn the vrorking class movement was coming in^^^
its own. Yes,_ beiiv^ it or not, such unions as the Automobile AVock^;
ers and the Mine-Mill were Tion?«xistent in -^ose days vrith only a
sniall fractiott of workers belonging to unions; Also political activities
wcre in their embryonic stage.- *
: The Yritys has a proud tradition in supporting the organizational
aspirations of the working people of Canada as weJl as providrng posri
sibilities for participation in sports.' Especially in tlie earlier days:
when tjie question of unemplftyment, poor wages and job discrimina-f i
tion was a daily matter, the m-jmbeership of Yritys adopted a cons-cious
policy of vvorking hand'in hand with those organizations of, the
vvorking people, wfaich strived to improve the • lot -of the vvorking
man. Today the membership of Yritys can look back at many achie-vements'that
have been brought about by this unit^d effort and be
proud o f the fact that they have had a hand in attaining them.
Jn more recent years, as the trade union movement^d political
activitifes of the workingp:»ple have stabilized, Yritys has devoted
itself primarly to sports and cultural activities. Although it must not
beforgottenthatthroughout its long history the club has devoted most
of its energies to these two fields. "
The character of the cFub has also changed a greatdeal in these
fifty years. '•. Although in its earlier days Yritys^ was not cohsidered' •
as an organization of yoiithj the actrve anembership T)articipatit)g in'
^ r t s was nevertheless the yÖuth; In more recent years. as genera-;*
Uon after•generationhaSigrown^upthrough Yritys it has taken onflrore^^^
and more-the character of a'youth organization of the
generation. Today this development has advanced to ;^the point
Tvhere English is the language of the activo membership and the broken
Finnish spoken today by the membership could ^robably -be compar-ed
to the broken English of the founders of Yritys.
The activities of the dUb have also und^rgone a similar change;-
In the early days vvrestling and gyajinastics were the two main forms
of activities with some track and field thrown in. In the past few, years
hockey has probably be^n the activity that has aroused the greatest
amount of interest, while gymnastics has continued to flourish among
thevromen and girls vrithonly ahandfulof men and boys takingpari.
More erophasis has also been placed on cultural activities.
The Yritys fmembership has also workjd hand in hand with the
Toronto branch of the Finnish Organization of Canada in building
and marntaining both the Don Hall and«Tarmola, where club activi-tiesare
centered. Throughthis dose co-operation the Finnish people
of Toronto have b^en able to overcome what'attimes has seemed to be
an insurmountatlefinancialproblem; the building of a fine :hall and
summer camp which is Jbeyond a doubt the finest one built by Fin-nish-
Canadians.
Looking into the future one can only come to the conclusion that
dubs*£tichäs Yritys will more and more be calbd upon to carry on
the fine traditions built upby the Finnish-Canadian in thisjand of
ours; The younger generation as exemplified by Yritys has already
accepted the challeng3, and working dosely with other organizations
dedicated to advancing the cultural and sports standards as well as
the living standards of the Canadian people, will continue to carry on
these traditions.
' Hats öff to those forward thinking early immigrantswhower3
instrumental in forming this club which today is celebrating its 50th
anniversary. Itisnatural that most of these early founders have since
f alien by the wayside, but two of them are still in tb> actrve ranksojf
YritySj despite the ^^ears that have piled up on their shoulders: In dof-fing
oui- hats to Carl Lehto and Enoch iLöppönen we pay tribute to ali •
thos3 who have made Yritys what it^ IS today.
6ifni R^earsat
Planned During
Drama Festival
The Liittojuhla committee of the
Alerts A.C. has. suggested that fdl
centres participating I n , ! ^ Youth
Drama Fötival make efforts to have
someone to the jToiiji coming to Sud­bury
to participate in: a:massgym
rehearsal
: As was earlier announced,the mäss
gym program has been prepared bjr
£Ivi and Jack Hymander. who »ni be
on hand to show the eorrect .way of
interpreting the instruetions.
Almost every year different centr^
have interpreted the program in a
different way and it has been diffi-;
cult to get eveiTthlpg cleared up
before the t>erfonnance at the Uitto»!
Juhlas.
;. I t :would therefore help.matt^rs .a
gteatdealif such a rehearsal could
b^ held. It might also be added th»t
the mass gym^program. includes;'a
wand driU for mön which is done-to'
the- same music as the "mass ' ^ nu
Boys aiPb welcome tb, use this oppor-f:
tunity to leam the movements; -
iINTARIO YOUTH W i U .
CELEBRATE A T J4AIVELT
Itoonto. — Wednesday eieolng;
l ^ c h 7. rcprejenlstii-es of progres-w
«ivc youth organizations met at £3
Ctnlste Street in Toronto to draft
plans lor the Thlrd Ontario Youth
ftetival for a Greater Canada.
' : The meetlng adopted plans for a
youth festival at Camp Kaivelt, near
.Srampton, Ontario on Satorday and
JSuhday, June 30 and J u y 1, 1956. '
' I n a n^ort presented on beihalf of
the Festival Majnägement Committee,
Ben SheJc llsted some of the positive
achievements of provincial youth fes-tiva^
s. (The Management Committee
ha4 been establisbed for the Second
Ontano youtai Festival). Mr. Shek
stated that in 1955; there wereslx
provincial youth - festivals.. They
helped spark interest among youth
lu:the positive achievements of Ca-;
nadians. strengthened the unity of
various sectlons of Canadian youth
and' helped bulld the organizations
which particlpated by developing ac­tivities
'tThese feslivals." .continued Mr,
Shek. "are linked tothegreat World
yout^ festlvals.*' As an example, he
-pointed to the fact; that/two Pollsh
young people had attendcd :7ast yeafs
festival in Ontario as fraternal dele-gates
of the Polläh World Youth Pes-
'tival Committee.
Plans adopted by the meeting i n -
clude a concert on iSaturady evening
June 30, in honoir of Canada*a blrth-day.
cultural competitions for song
groups and dance groups, an essay
contest and a.painting contest.
A aew foaiure of the «poit» pro­gram
is a «vimmingioMt;!^^
be a track and fleld meet and team
competitions for softhan. «oUeyball
and tnsketba*!. Casual «aines such
as ping-^pong; lioffieshoes «lul mn»-
tionai swimining «in also t» Indu»'
ded.' ^ % •
Other fesUval htgSiUgbts a » a wie­ner
roast for Saturday night after the
concert and a dance Sunday eveniniT»
At the Wednesday meeting, com­mittee
chainnen - were: säected for
financea' (Steve:. Endlcott, National
federation of Labour Youtta)|pubU-city
(Stan linkovioai; Edltor, Xaiam-pion>;
cultural (BiU Ceegledl, Birn-garian-
Canadian youth group). The
Management Committee v^intlude
ali these people, plus Anitar Horrlck
from the Finnish youth. A spor^
Committee. under the leaderShip of
A member of the United JewiShl^-
ples Order Youth Division .wiU be set
up shortly. Sen Shek elected manag.
ing-secretary of the StotivalCommit^
tee. . ,
During dlscussion; it wa8 proposed
to have a hoe»down, pf Canadian
square dancing in ;tihe Festival pro­gram.
Another suggestion «as that
a regional conference be held in 6ou
them Ontario, to alUntr groups out­side
Toronto to have a hand in «orkb
ing out the program.
A dclegation of slx attended the
meeting from the Rtissian Youth Club
of London, Ontario.. Stan Llnkovioh
was chairman of .the meeting.
F B I G I D I V E A T O E R B P T WAIWVI W E L C 0 ME
The Youth pf Finland Have M a ny
AchievemVnts to Their Credit
THE IVEaXIOME MAT IS OUT
Toronto is Celebrating
Toronto. — Oldtimers say that it
iakes -Spring Pever" to get activities
' xolling to some parts of Ontario. Ihls
time theh- predictions are very wTong
iwfaen i t comes to Southern ^ Ontario,
' Ttoonto to he etact. AU kfnds of fo:k
« t e folk;-yoimg.folk, and (hrmp!)
middle age folk have been commuting
to Don 'Hall th^e past f ew months
paktog prcparaäons for the "Yritys
klUi Anxiiversary^ celebrations taking
plaee Mäit& 23rd, äod 2Sth. It is u n -
donbtedly the most talked about af-
4 jair of the year. Maybe you'aiaven't
read mudi to Club Vtms, trat the
grapevines. have sure been acttve,
E^cryone to TO Is up to their ears to
«oik, «bitih is begtontog to glve re-siäts.
A Special SOth Annivefsary*i8-
Afeoe of Vapans is being published.^Adäu
•'g.<yHffT-<M»ff been coming to from as far
aa Ptoland Itself. The thihg to do
these days when you see; an Old-thners
approäch is nm f or cover. For
years very little has been talked about
the päst history of *'Yrit5^butsudw
denly personal cxperiences are being
reläted at every opportunity. Maies
U5 under 30 feel mighty toexperiencr
ed-
Priday nigiit March 23rd the "aya^;
jaistanssi" are lietog held, and we
are expecting to see many out-of-tcwncrs
there. Sunday is the day for
the Grand Concert. The programme
consists of dance, «mg, music recite..
tions. and gymnastfcs. A "juhlaruno"
has been writtenby«XeonardHjortb
espedally for the occasion.
Tliere isn't any doubt, a great deal
of ihterest has arisen fromthe Con-
.cert ^Fi»ter ahowing three women>
gyxnhastic groups on the progtannne.
T l * young people have a <r«ry humo-;
rotis "kylän juoru''sto teli you about
We are just mentiontog.a few. of :jthc
numbers as an appetlzerfor your cu-
'riosity. You're not the kind of ^a guy
'wlu) likes to get thtogs second tiand
are you?' Naw!, The t h i i ^ to do is
to' hop into that.old jalcpyof yours
and hföd for TO yourse'1 and Joto
to the celebrations!
f Any öelegates to the recent
tajakokous'! can vouch for Toronto.
Hotels ehey^ are reputed to^ entertato
guests;with'tlie almöst invisible.type
of bed fellowÄ,
During : the ^ past. ,6eaii&n'young
people to Toronto have taken a-veiy-active
part^ to. dramatic activities at
the Don Hall. Last fall audiences
were llteraUy thrilled « i th '^Mnstal^
Manja"^ Since 4hen't3iere have'been
yonng people to'iust; about eveiy play
presented this season. Ttoehrpartfcl-
:. • By-'STEVE' ENDICOTT.
Toronto.'— Last month. t had; the
opportunity to visit Hdsinki to at-^
tend the . executive meettog •, of ^ the
World Federation of Democratic
Youth. Together «ith 'youth leadeai
from over 40 countries «e^discussed
how to ^ strengthen- • cooperation r and
frie|idship between the youth of the
World to the toterests pf peace and a
better future.
Many, constructive " proposals for
cooperation were made. / Undoubtedly
orie; of' the things:«hlcÄ;will :be of
gtieafinterest tp aU Canadian yovng
people is the proposal tq.hold the
next World Youth Flestlval to Afoscow
to the summer of 19^7 and conciurent'
with it the Third Interpational
Friendly Sports Meet, These events
are open to ali youog people and their
organizations to participate: to ac-cordtog
to their own« toterests and
program.
The young people of Finland are
also deeply toterested' to this coming
Festival and several: thousands'^'of
them are preparing to 'go.' The ' ^ c ^ l -
dent -of Finland; shdwed his interest
to the work of the WFbY by toJdUng
adelegation from theexeeutive meet­ing
to his residence for an totervieW;
Dtu-ing my brief five day- vtsit; in
Helsinki -I; leamed' many v interesttog
things about .the tliriving Finnish,
youth movement whlch may be' of
toterest to ^ the readers of Vapaus. ^
The 65 youth organieäUonsöf Fto-land
are tmited to one 'Finnish You^h
Cotmcil some of whä5e leaders'are
elected members of Parliament.: This
powerful group: of youth organizations
has-somesplendid.achievements to
its Credit. In 19^ there w|is a Joint
campalgn against unemployment and
as a result there ]& now a govemment
sponsored - trades-tratotog program
for unemployed youth.
At the present time there is a
campaigti against "gangster culture"
äs they call it; They have fought
corfupt films and magfizines, de-man^
dlng government action to stop!
thehr importation;. As <a result some;
of the pornographlc magazines got
lilgher taxes imposed upon them,
others'were warned and some banned.
Theyfeel this is one Important way;
to'fight against juveniledellnquency.
. 'jBeing a Canadian I'supposed that
the^dixnate of Finland would hold
no.SUrprises for me. What a mlstake.
.When we got off : the plahe from
Amsterdam at. '*wo o'clock in the
morningitwas about 30 degrees be-lo*
izero at- Helsinki airport not;
the^^Ai^^cbld of the priilrles > but damp
cold as* to Toronto or Montreal.
However, the frigid weather was
'more<than made up for th? warmth of
our hosts; On the very f Irst day they
took us for a tour around Helsinki,
-down by the harbour wherd the ice-break^
rs were churnlng away;
through; the parliament buildings
and up to the top of the wind-8wept
tower: to the Olympic Stadium. : O n
this tower we took plctures and liad
a beautiful view of the city and coun­tryside
for miles around.
One evening the Finnish Democra­tic
Youth organization sponsored a
concert and dance in honour of the
WPDY. I have never seen so' mäay
numbers taeked into ;öne';W'ohd6rfui
evening. Of course .the concert be
gan at 7 o'cl'ock Instead t>f at JB or
8^0 as in Canada, .Sutevei^ tiheh,
there was an instrumental trio of iaö.
dem music a male quairtet dolng sar<^
castlc ^ake-offs,' boys and girls musi:
cal skit group8,^gymnastlcsi'a.;one act
play. speeches of «elcome and tfhen a
dance' «Ith several hundred IPltmish
youth tektog part.
The FtoniSh ^ d l o was toterested
to leam that tihere «as a Oanadian
in town; SO along «ith a' young num
from-SenegafYAfricä) 'I,;«as intte-vlewed
on k ilews of the day pro­gram.
The announcer had two ques
tions for me: «hai are the mato pro
blems of Canadian youth and secondr
ly ihe wanted to know if I knew and
had any co-t^eratlon «lth( iPtonisb-
Canadlan young people. : On this last
question I told them of the Ftonlsh-
Canadian Amateur Sports Federation
about your annual sports meet and
?how various organizations liave co-operated
together to oi«anizing the
Provtocial Youth <Festlvala for a
Qreatcr Canada. They «ere.very tor
terested to hear that one of the club9
Yritys, is ceiebrattog its SOth Anni­versary
this March.
A BUSY SKI SEASON IS
DRAVVING TO A CLOSE
pation to p^ays has proven their own
artJsiic abilities and that;;Uie5e can
further be developed tmder pätient
directorEfhip^ Certainly to. most, ^ the
greatest dlfficulty has beeti the tm-derstanding
of the Fmnish text itself.
They have found plenty of hard
«orktovolved but on:ttie other hand
a great deal of satisfaction is enjoyed
from these ef forts. Sometimes criti-cism
is a little hard to take> and yet
it should be kx^iped upo^ as a Jaixe
guide to improvements.
imien "Onnl-^as being east there
was a>great deal^ of controversy as to
«hether the leadlng roles «ould be
given to three young people^ Sirkka
Saima, the directorundertooka'great
task to casitog Irma Laakso asv^Leila,
Eila Horn as Lilli, and CEeor^Kau-to
as Ragnar, "Onni" Is a Ibfidöayer
«hote young wife Leila is a doctor's
(iaughter. She faces ttmsy ~01fficul-
Ues to adjusttog to a poor maa'sf^ay
of life. Her fonner fiancec with~hls
bigh rank and sodal padtioii is a
ipreat temptatton.' UUi her ^ster, is
a,i«ry ^»iled young «omanrf«ho,.is
sotocwhat'«urpnscd to ftod «orking
people quite human: and the rple of
a brickl8yer's wlffe most Intrigulag.
How Leila manages to BAve^itetjaxfii;
lems and adjust hettiU --^ / makeat a
vety interesting
March ISth. '
aftemoon.. comes
ISeaver Lake. — The skiing season
is agato rapidly drawtog to a close.
As u.sual to the sudbury distrlct, sonje
very: good competitions have been
seen. «The-most Imporfiint meet of
course «as the Dominion champion-ship
meet. Clarence fiervo'd who
competed very creditabiy in ali three
cross-country events at the. Winter
Olymplcs at Cortina, Italy, Succcss-fuUy
defended-hls 15 km. championr
ship, but; was forced to drop out of
the 30 km. race after coverlng 25 km.
Arvo iiyräntö went strongly on to
finish edging out North Bays Elmer
Ypyä to the Ia«t few kllometres.
Wide8pread interest was also fo-casseed
to the U, S. Junior champion-ships,
where Canadian repregenta-tion
was «eak in ali events but thö
cross-country; Bob Gray two-time
Canadian junior champ came through
to wm this event,
Karl Krats, elnewy 16 year old Jehu
Siiicr placed a creditable 8th, <;on-sldering
an unfavourab'e 7th start-ing
position. Gray, tay some myster-ious
(Shuffllng of starting numbers,
had ä^: liastp^iSLce starting position in
a field of some 50 skiers, which was
qujt€ an advantagc after a heavy
snoTvfali/the nfght Ijefore the race.
Howevcr,.Nbotfa these boys are due
for plenty:of credlt for taeJng selectcd
to representtheJr country in inter­national
cömpetitlon, Karl Krats, is
tmdoubtedly the flrst F. C. A . ' S ; F.
skier to represent Canada in interna­tional
cömpetitlon.
Anol*er, s^ meet of Wide interest,
especiallyiamongtlie Fsnnish popu-lation
«as the F> C, A. 3, F. champ-ionship
meet at tiie Lakehead. ; Very
fine cömpetitlon was seen ia eome
classes,;: In some claases such as the
ladies,' .girls. .and under 18 c'asses,
there «ere iew entrles.
- Elmer Ypyä of the Laurentian Bkl
Club North Bay. «on both 10 and 20
km. men's events «Ith a good margto
but because he does not belong to an
F, C, A. S. F. club, «as Inellglble to
competefor thechamplonshlpmedals
or the handsome trophy donated by
the bushworkerB of Port Arthur. ThJs
fine trophy «as «on this year by
6peed's Karl Palom&ki"' for his f toe
performancc in the 20*km; event.
It seems to be tlbe hopeof evcryone
concerned, inciuding yours truly, to
see Ypyä competing for this fine tro­phy,
as «eli as champlonship medals
in the years to come.
The races «ere run off on a some-
«hat easy cross-country^ course on
Port Arttiur's Mount Baldy «Ith good
«eather conditions prcvalling. The
meet «as «eli' oiyanlzed and «as
started off * n both days «Ith the
playing of 0'Canada over the P. A.
systera, «hich also added an air of
importance.
I woukl like to take the libertr to
exlend very sincere thanks on iMihalf
of myself and the members of the
Sudbury distrlct cluhs for the fine
hospitality tiiat «as extended-us dur­ing
our stay at the Lakehead.
— JehuitCy—
W1NG£D BICHE8
"Rlches," said the teacher as lie
«as reading to his dass, '^take; tmto
Uiemsdves «ings ' and .fly avay.
What kind of riches does the «riter
mean?"
Blank looks met his gaze,
"Surely someone dtn ans«er a
question like thät Yoa, 'Btovm, «bat
kind of riches auliiut «riter mean?"
Brown hesitated for a moment, and
thcn plunged, "Ostrlches slr?^'
JiiklekkoUa on nosl orheilDala. Jota on YrliykseaA harrastetta vastSknttVla^;
B»vitosl.nattasiitft:haollraatto Yrityksen
canadalalseenurheilmm hyvällä menestyiudlä. Seoran JookkneVonlllstitn.-
riUtonSIIIsaiU Toronton ja&klekkoyhdistyksen JärJestämUn ottdolhla |a .on
usein idUbnyt loppuotteluihin. Kuvassamme < Yrityksen reippaita poiki» n.
«vuottasltteq. . , :'^,\
LINJA-AUTOLLA
LIITTOJUHLAAN
Ton»nto. ~ No. mittts erikoista tuos­sa
sitten on? Onhan niin menty mon-
U kertaa; Mutta minii nyt muistelen
äitfi, aikaa,'kun teimme'sen matkan
linja-autolla ensimmäisen kerran ja
matkan pftäm&ar&näo^iBeavcr Lake.
V. 1038 keväällä cräässt^ Yrityksen
kokouksessa pääteUlto, että ei nyt
mennftkftän millään peukaokyydillä
eikä kuorma-fautoilla: Olkea kulku­neuvo
se olla pitää, Johon voidaan
kunnolla sijoittaa se <;uuri voimiste­lijoiden
Ja urheiltjold») Joukko, Joka
silloin tototija harjoitteli haolUa. .
: Kun otimme selvää hlnnastarnito
heikkohermolscnunat; pyörtyivät,
mutta päätäs .oli päätös eikä niitä
nlto vain peruta. Komitea valittiin
maUtan rahoittamista varten, sillä
rahastonhoitajan sanojen mukaan
seuran pussi oli melkein tyhjä.
Rahoituskomiteaan siis valituin
Ville. Henry Ja minä. «uuri urakka
oli edessä, mutta pojat-sanoivat, että
aiä sinä. likka, sure, kyUä näin suu­rassa
kauputiglsstC rahaa löytyy. Mei­dän,
ttlydjV'«aln'keksiä jffiiao, miten
me soamihe slM tarvittavan määrän.'
'/No, miten? Minä olto aivan ym­mällä,
että inistä päästä' eitä .pitäisi
aloittaa. Ville tuumasi, että Jostakin
llUUteestäeqammc lahjaksi vaikka esi
merkiksi radion, Jonka sitten' arvom­me
kansalaistemme' keskuudessa Ja
nlto lähd^ine • liikkeelle etsimään'
sitä radlo^. ' . ^
' Monen liikkeen ovon avasimme Ja
samoin suljimme, mutta et yain ku­kaan
meille sitä lahjoittanut. Pldlm-^
me? kokouksia, Ville teki clidotviksla,
Henry kannatti Ja minä Ittih kiinni.
Jtf ölto uudemman kerran lähdlmmo
matkaan. Nyt kcräjslmmc pIcnemiJä
tavaroita, mitä vain, Ja siinä onnls
tulmmekln niin hyvin'cttjl: saimme
pystyyn arpajaiset, Joissa oli 12 voit­toa
Ja 2.000 arpaiul Jotka kalkki myy­tiin;
Loput rahat Wräslmme, tai ker­jäsimme
melkein kalkilta vastantu-lijollta
Ja vähitellen sc kassa karttui,
niin että pääsimme kutopääslmmckin
matkalle sUIä Unja-autölla, Hyvät oli.
vat liittojuhlaa ja hauskaa oIl% ka4-
kil'a. Kyllä siellä oU Becaver Laken
emännät lujilla, kun oli niin paljon
kansaa Ja kaikki aina iiälkälslä. Slel-
Jä se "mojakkapata*; kiehui päivät
pitkät Ja aina vain piti lisätä perunaa^
Ja vettä.
Kotimatkalla ajuri pysähtyi Sud-buryssa
ravintolan eteen ja V sanoi,
että nyt minä menen syömään vaik­ka
kananpaistin(, kun .olen elänyt
vato"mullfgan" syönnillä kolme päl-väÄ.
Niin saavuimme kotiin,; JUttöJuhlat
oli pidetty Ja kaikki oli tyytyväisiä
saavutuksiin, -
seuraavana' kesänä oli Juhlat Jär­jestetty
Tlmminsiin. Taas oli CdC89ä
sama matkakysymys, mutta paljon
kalliimpi. No,Vnhän arvaa, että V i l ­le,
Henry Ja' min^- taas valittiin sa-tnaan
hommaan, koska kuulemma
meillä oli siihen kokemusta.: Siihen
aikaan piti ottaa tehtävä vastaan,
kun ehdotettito,^Joten el siinä ollut
muuta keinoa kuin;taas ar<aa siiun-nitella
hyökkäystä. Pojfia oJi jo
suunnitelma valmiina ja niin läh­dimme
liikkeelle. Teimme..matkoja
jDlonen moniin kaupungin IlikcIiiiT
toksiin> Ja aina halusimme päästä
presidentin puhille. Useinkin kontto-rlneitoset
yrittivät meidät pysäyttää,
mutta pojat osasivat puhua niin, eitä.
perille pääbimme.
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Tavallisesti Ville aina aloitat.astan
selostamalla Yrityksen ioUntotaa-nvuy.^
rison keskuudessa Ja %un- Ville 'yV^
syl, nlto Henry Jatkoi. lSto& bun^dn \; M'^v^J
mukana kuuntelemassa, sUlä P*Ja> ^ 1 '
sanoivat että onnistumme parezntoin > ,vc''|^'''
kun on tyttöväkeämatkassa.'Nlin?^tÄ» - ' >|
l i lahjoituksia, suuremplaja iilenein^
plä.' <Mtousta- tuntui, tolstoaan„<e(tj|"
ne herrat maksoivat mcUle v»9s^',^ :
seen meistä eroon.'Ja nitositfir ktoi-r*'" f ;|
paniaa Jatkettiin päiyastä teiseen'. ' ^
koko kesän, tehtiin pienempiä,Äirpä^^... ,
jäisiäkin 4a käännetUto monen'jiUe-'
nen taskut, tyhjiksi. J a nlto sitft vulxk 4 '
mentiin kohieasti linjo-autolta kultk-pcrukaUe,
vaikka siellä oli siihen .af- t ;
kaan tietkin niin huonossa kuonossa» ' '
että muutamien' siltojen s y l i ' ffiettt||^-
fiä täytyi tyhjeiitätl bussi Ja.JcttvelUU v
Joukkoa oU paljon, nuoriso>uloi ko<-. ^
ko matkan. Kilp^lut olivat kir^lt(L
Muutan, kun sUloto^Hunnakon AJk;^. -
le huusimme ja hurrasimme»^
.Olen tämän Jälkeen ollut m i ^ n a ' '
moheasa Mlttojahlakomlteassa J& nftb*. \
nyt monet lUttoJuhlatr' touitaynftto&:'^
kaksi ovat säilyneet ,mul^^ls8ani,par* , '
haltcn. Mutta nllnhäif sitft sanotaan; ^ ^
että k(m Ihminen Sranhence^ ioiinnub- ^;
ruusälkoja 'siroto/mlclellftän -Äauls-i,:
telee, ~ Helen. ^ -
Port AHhuriii MM
mä
Fort Arthur. ~ Kllpollut lyhenevät ' > '|
loppuaan,'^mutt)i ennen sitä'oh kui'— - T_ §
tcnkJn vielä monta koitosta nlln^IS'*/ ^- X;f •
kurclUÄ kuin puslturcnakln. ;i
olisi, luvallista pistää noki«wnWts- J ^ J,i
kurien osioihin, mutta ajattelin Icii- r ^
tenkin sanoa, tässä, että iskurien Juh: ' i
la on Jo aivan ovella; sillä kuulema- ; \ \
nl mukaan sen pitäisi olla ttiaoUi-' "^"^
kuun 18 -pnÄ. Lienevätkö Xskttrlt„lti,
sekään muistaneet, ,kun>ly^t ble
^lelä mikään: maininneet,, vai iienc-\
vätkö , ho I^kurinlmen takia nUn
ktiululsiai; etttt; heidän' Juhi'8n»-el \ ]
mainostusta iarvlöe, • - - ,
Ue Puskurit olomme )qrll& sitoä \
asemassa, että mcidda Jiihlamme^t^rj -
vjtsevat mainosttista. Älitä otikiii ;
koetettu pitää huolta,'>Jottc|i? c i :;ltii- "
kaan voisi sanoa ettet /ole t i e n n y t , ^
mainostuksen puiitteen' takia/ ' ,hi i ^ ^'
Ki-hoitfln kuitenkto. teltan koUjljj^ / /|
saapumaan nlto tskurien kuto PiiSkti. V ' %
rlcnkln tilaisuuksiin, erikoisesti k u ^ ' . '''S
mankto joukkueen JuhlaohJelmatUal- ' . r|
suuteen. Iskurien juhla' on,' kuten |:
sanottu, maaliskuun''}^ pnä-Ja pusku. ' \r
rlcn. Jotka puskeVat perässä^ mäalls^ \ - -
kuun 25 pnä, s^pukaalian siis kaik.' . ; f
fci Jiihllmaonf ^ '\ , ' \ |i
Sekakuoro Kaiku on Järjestänyt' \ i l
hauskat tanssit maaliskuun- 17 päin
vän lilaksi. Joten on niitä Juhllajjtu- , : >|
lossa, eikä ketaenkään tarvitse sanoa, '
ettet o'c minne menlst > 'f'-* ' ^ ^,
Mutta entäs ne Puskurien iuntet -
raojakkalllaillset! Nehän ovat ^ ,
ilskuun 24 pnä. Siellä pelataan myösf l\
kin hauskoja 'seurapelejä. Puskurien ' , !(!
laattikkopälyäilinen on sitten huh^lf 5v
kuun l pnä alkaen kcllö 11 ap. -"' \ \ |^
Odotamme kalkklto nälhto tllal- , ' k
suuksiin paljon vieraita niin kaupun^.»
gista kuin farmiseudultakto. ~- T A S \
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