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L.U. No. 230 Victoria, B.C.
Editor:

On August 9, at Deep Cove, one of the many beautiful seaside resorts with which this island abounds, was held an all day picnic by the joint bodies of the Electrical Contractors’ Association and the LU No 230.

The day was ideal and under the efficient management of the sports committee the races and games, 29 in all, were run through without a hitch. The freak events as usual aroused a lot of merriment.

Our business agent, Brother Reid, has long cherished the hope of becoming a champion of the wheel barrow race, which is a race in which the hands are used in place of the head. This year he seemed destined to realize his wish, but alas! Just as he developed a phenomenal burst of speed on the home stretch his fair partner collapsed and his hope blasted again, at least that was what his voice seemed to say from out of the cloud of dust that enveloped him.

In the ball games and the tug of war the inside workers had the Indian sign on the linemen. In the base ball the score was standing 12 to 0 in favor of the inside men when Brother Casey, with a vengeful look and fire in his eye and swinging a mighty bludgeon, stepped up to the plate.

He was a heroic figure, his manly bearing like that of Ajax defying the lightning. He dared the pitcher to do his worst, which the pitcher promptly did. Brother Casey met that ball with a mighty smack which sent it sailing far into the distances and while the crowd was yet dumb with amazement he sped around the bases like Ajax with the lightning after him and scored a home run and so saved the linemen from complete disgrace.

The tug of war was finally won by the inside men. The first pull was won by the linemen easily, and then, because their avoirdupois far exceeded that of their opponents, in an ill-fated moment, in order to even up, they allowed Brother Mat Ball to join the other side.

Now Brother Mat had brought his wife and handsome son of 10 months, and this son and heir so captivated the ladies that they vied with each other for his possession; this so elated Mat, that when he joined the inside bunch, he put so much pep into the side that they won the next two pulls and the match easily.

Brother Teddie Morrison, business agent of Local 213, was present and met a number of his old friends and acquaintances. We were glad to see that Brother Robert Baxter, who has been on the sick list so long, was able to be present.

We are sorry to report that the BC Electric Company, by whom many of us are employed, having completed a program of reconstruction, is laying off a number of the Brothers. We are sorry to lose them as they are a clean, jolly bunch of efficient workers and they are card men in the full sense of the word. The phone has also lain off a number, so the outlook for work is rather poor at the present.

Shappy.



	Published in September 1930 - I.B.E.W. Journal L.U. No. 230 Victoria, B.C. Editor: On August 9, at Deep Cove, one of the many beautiful seaside resorts with which this island abounds, was held an all day picnic by the joint bodies of the Electrical Contractors’ Association and the LU No 230. The day was ideal and under the efficient management of the sports committee the races and games, 29 in all, were run through without a hitch. The freak events as usual aroused a lot of merriment. Our business agent, Brother Reid, has long cherished the hope of becoming a champion of the wheel barrow race, which is a race in which the hands are used in place of the head. This year he seemed destined to realize his wish, but alas! Just as he developed a phenomenal burst of speed on the home stretch his fair partner collapsed and his hope blasted again, at least that was what his voice seemed to say from out of the cloud of dust that enveloped him. In the ball games and the tug of war the inside workers had the Indian sign on the linemen. In the base ball the score was standing 12 to 0 in favor of the inside men when Brother Casey, with a vengeful look and fire in his eye and swinging a mighty bludgeon, stepped up to the plate. He was a heroic figure, his manly bearing like that of Ajax defying the lightning. He dared the pitcher to do his worst, which the pitcher promptly did. Brother Casey met that ball with a mighty smack which sent it sailing far into the distances and while the crowd was yet dumb with amazement he sped around the bases like Ajax with the lightning after him and scored a home run and so saved the linemen from complete disgrace. The tug of war was finally won by the inside men. The first pull was won by the linemen easily, and then, because their avoirdupois far exceeded that of their opponents, in an ill-fated moment, in order to even up, they allowed Brother Mat Ball to join the other side. Now Brother Mat had brought his wife and handsome son of 10 months, and this son and heir so captivated the ladies that they vied with each other for his possession; this so elated Mat, that when he joined the inside bunch, he put so much pep into the side that they won the next two pulls and the match easily. Brother Teddie Morrison, business agent of Local 213, was present and met a number of his old friends and acquaintances. We were glad to see that Brother Robert Baxter, who has been on the sick list so long, was able to be present. We are sorry to report that the BC Electric Company, by whom many of us are employed, having completed a program of reconstruction, is laying off a number of the Brothers. We are sorry to lose them as they are a clean, jolly bunch of efficient workers and they are card men in the full sense of the word. The phone has also lain off a number, so the outlook for work is rather poor at the present. Shappy.