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Membership: 261. Active — persons in textile 

 industry engaged as executives, managers, super- 

 intendents, assistant superintendents and ac- 

 credited textile mill representatives ; associate — 

 members of the allied textile trades; junior — 

 others actively engaged in textile industry not 

 fulfilling qualifications of active or associate 

 membership. 



Meetings: October, November, January, Feb- 

 ruary and March in Montreal ; one out of town 

 meeting each April or May. 



Professional activities: $200 yearly given to 

 Textile Institute of Province of Quebec, St. 

 Hyacinthe, Que., for awards to students. 



235. Textile Society of Canada (Western Di- 

 vision). President: Wm. Ashcroft, 99 Cam- 

 eron Avenue, S., Hamilton, Ont. Term ex- 

 pires October 31, 1960. Secretary: A. Boothby, 

 175 Fennel Avenue E., Hamilton, Ont. Term 

 expires October 31, 1960. 



History: Constituted 1937. 



Purpose: To promote increase of knowledge 

 of profession and practice of textile technology; 

 in particular, those branches related to raw 

 materials and to manufacture of yarn and 

 fabric of every description. 



Membership: 220. Active^persons in textile 

 industry engaged as executives, managers, 

 superintendents, overseers, fixers, cost clerks, 

 and those engaged in similar capacities in allied 

 textile trades; junior — students of textile 

 schools, but without qualifications required for 

 active membership. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



2 36. Toronto Biochemical and Biophysical So- 

 ciety. President: E. A. Sellers, University of 

 Toronto, Toronto 5, Ont. Term expires 

 Spring, 1961. Secretary: I. G. Walker, Prin- 

 cess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ont. Term 

 expires Spring, 1961. 



History: Formed 1930 as Toronto Biochemical 

 Society ; present title adopted 1937. Society 

 of Experimental Medicine, Toronto, 1913, 

 precursor of present group. 



Purpose: Advancement of biochemistry and 

 biophysics. 



Membership: 125. Professional or amateur 

 interest in biochemistry or biophysics required. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



237. Town Planning Institute of Canada. 



President: Murray Zides, City Hall, Saint 

 John, N. B. Term expires June, 1961. Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer: H. T. Lemon, c/o Board of 

 Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, 11 Adelaide 



Street, W., Toronto 1, Ont. Term expires 

 June, 1961. 



History: Incorporated 1923. 



Purpose: To facilitate acquirement and inter- 

 change of professional knowledge among its 

 members ; to promote professional interests ; to 

 encourage original research; to develop and 

 maintain high standards in town planning pro- 

 fession ; to enhance usefulness of profession to 

 the public. 



Membership: Honorary 7; members 70; asso- 

 ciate 180; student 75. Professional training and 

 experience required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Certificate of Dis- 

 tinction awarded annually to best student in 

 planning at a Canadian university. 



Publications: Plan, quarterly, current volume: 

 1, $2 per issue. Editor: I. O. Gertler. Xews, 

 bi-monthly, current volume : 4, free. Editor ; 

 Wm. F. H. McAdams. 



238. Vancouver Medical Association, 1807 \\ est 

 10th Avenue, Vancouver 9, B. C. President: 

 C. E. G. Gould, 3195 Granville Street, Van- 

 couver, B. C. Term expires May 21, 1961. 

 Honorary Secretary: G. C. Walsh, 5780 

 Cambie Street, Vancouver, B. C. Term ex- 

 pires May 21, 1961. 



History: Founded 1898. Library established 

 1908 now main part of B. C. Medical Library 

 Service. Specialty sections. 



Purpose: To provide educational, recreational 

 and administrative facilities for its members ; to 

 promote cultivation of art and science of medi- 

 cine ; to advance character and honour of medi- 

 cal profession ; promotion of literature, science 

 and dififusion of knowledge. 



Mendiership: 710: active 504; associate 160; 

 senior 24; life 22. Active — practising in Van- 

 couver, Burnaby or Richmond ; associate — 

 practising in other locations in province ; senior 

 — -30 years or more continuous membership, or 

 aged 65 or more ; life — members the association 

 wishes to honour for service. All members must 

 be licensed in College of Physicians and Sur- 

 geons of B. C. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: John Mawer Pearson 

 Lectureship ; Annual Osier Dinner and Lecture 

 in honour of Sir William Osier; annual sum- 

 mer school — a week of postgraduate lectures by 

 eminent lecturers ; annual awarding of Prince 

 of Good Fellows Degree — an honour for out- 

 standing service to colleagues and city. 



Publications: B. C. Medical Journal, monthly, 

 current volume : 2, $3. Editor : J. H. Mac- 

 Dermot. 



