The British author E.M. Delafield, 1890-1943, was the pseudonym of Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, the daughter of the novelist Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. Her pseudonym is a variant on her maiden name. In 1919, she married Arthur Dashwood and had two children, a son killed in the Second World War and a daughter named Ros Truelove. In the First World War, she served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse in Exeter and later worked for the Ministry of National Service at Bristol. Delafield published about forty novels and three plays. From her first novel, Zella Sees Herself (1917), her books were consistently best sellers. Her most popular novel was The Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930). Women were featured prominently in her writing. Delafield was also a popular lecturer, travelled extensively in the United States and Russia, and wrote about both countries. She was a contributor to Punch for eleven years and was known for her satire and wit. In addition, Delafield wrote several studies in criminology and on the Bronte family, and participated in and wrote a number of radio talks and plays.

Frank Fuller was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1917. Doris Fuller was born in Stockton, California in 1922. They were married in 1945 and moved to California in 1946. The Fullers both received B.A.'s in Geography in the early 1960s and in 1963 they began their teaching careers. In 1967 they moved to Sechelt, B.C. where Doris Fuller became president of the Sechelt Teachers' Association and Frank Fuller became head of the Labour Liaison Task Force of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation. He later became the founding president of the Labour History Provincial Specialist Association of the BCTF and, in 1980, he developed a curriculum on the Sechelt Indian cultural heritage.

Founded in 1907, the British Columbia Loggers Association’s main objective was to represent the best interests and welfare of loggers in British Columbia. Based in the city of Vancouver, the association’s was geared towards considering ways and means for the betterment of the condition and the promotion of the loggers’ business in the province. The association was also involved in several economic initiatives in the logging industry. It aimed to regulate the output of Forest Production to conform to the demands and requirements of manufacturers, to secure a uniform schedule of all prices for Forest Products, and promote the sale of wood products and discourage the use of substitutes. The B.C. Loggers association was also involved in the devising ways and means to achieving uniformity in the classification and scale of spar, piles, bolts and timber.
The B.C. Loggers Association also identified key committees that were essential to ensure that the association would meet its core objectives and was able to form its activities. These included: a finance committee, legislative committee, price committee, labour committee, booming and towing committee, social committee, publicity committee, membership committee, and scaling and grading committee
In 1960, the B.C. Loggers Association became on of five organizations operating under the Council of Forest Industries. In 1969 the association officially ceased to exist as its functions were amalgamated into a division of COFI.
Sources:
Hak, George. “British Columbia Loggers and Lumber Workers Industrial Union, 1919-1922.” Labour / Le Travail 23 (Spring 1989): 67-90.

Founded in 1900 and formally registered under the name British Columbia Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers Limited in 1907, the British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers Association (BCLMA) main objective was to protect the trade of different businesses and public organizations, to promote the lumber and shingle trade, to gather and publish information of interest to the forest industry, establish standards for grading and weighing and manufacturing lumber.
BCLMA was divided into a number of branches, which reflected the organizations main activities. These include: the Shingle Branch and Lumber Branch, Sash and Door Branch, and Box Branch. The affairs of the organization were overseen by the Board of Director’s with the Secretary-Treasurer responsible for the financial and record-keeping functions of the body.
The organization changed its name in 1936 to the British Columbia Lumber and Shingle Association. At this time, the organization added trade extension, research, the promotion of favourable legislation and safety, and advertising to its activities. The organization also conducted educational classes for member company employees.
In 1947 the organization changed its name back to the British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers Association and in 1949 amalgamated with Western Lumber Manufacturers Association.
In 1960 BCLMA became a member of the newly formed Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia. At this point some of the functions of the BCLMA were gradually taken over by COFI. In 1966 BCLMA’s Grading and Education Department merged to form the Quality Control Department. BCLMA amalgamated with COFI and four other associations in 1966, however, it continued to hold annual meetings for lumber manufacturers until 1982 when it was officially dissolved.

The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association was founded in 1942, with the goal to represent the interests of companies that produce pulp, paper and paperboard in British Columbia. Its main objectives was the dissemination of pulp and paper information, involvement in workers compensation and safety, promoting favourable legislation, ensuring favourable freight and transportation rates, and maintaining statics and inventories of log production.
The CPPA was divided into several committees include the executive committee, the financial committee, the forestry committee, press committee, company comptroller committee, safety committee, traffic committee, a public relations and publicity committee and a technical section.
In 1960 CPPA became a member of the Council of Forest Industries, which it later amalgamated with in 1969.

The Plywood Manufacturers Association of British Columbia was created in 1950 and was located in Vancouver. The PMBC’s main objectives included the promotion and marketing of “Exterior-types Waterproof Glue Plywood” and plywood products through advertising trade extension and research, the gathering and dissemination of information relating to the plywood industry, the promotion of favourable legislation, and the establishment of grading rules. The PMBC’s structure included a Board of Directors, executive officers and several standing committees appointed by the Board of Directors and formed to help the organization carry out its functions and activities. These committees included: Finance, Advertising, Filed Promotion, Technical, Railway Rates, Grading, Public Relations, United Kingdom policy, and door committees. In 1963 the PMBC’s constitution was amended reducing the number of committees to four: finance, trade promotion, technical and grading committees.
The PMBC also maintained a laboratory as part of its technical development activities in North Vancouver from 1962 until the Council of Forest Industries overtook this responsibility around 1970.
In 1966 the PMBC amalgamated with COFI and became part of its divisional structure.

Formed in 1939, the Consolidated Red Cedar and Shingle Association of British Columbia (CRCSA) main objectives included gathering and providing information relating to the red cedar shingle industry, the supervision and establishment of grading rules, promotion and marketing of red cedar shingles, the promotion of favourable government legislation, the promotion of the safety of membership’s employees, and the conducting of education classes.
The structure of the association was divided into executive officers including the President, Vice President and Secretary-Manager, who were appointed by the Association’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors also appointed standing committees including Finance, Legislative, Trade Promotion, Labour Relations, and Log Export and Scaling Committee. The structure of the association changed very little throughout notwithstanding some changes in the CRCSA’s bylaws during the period 1936 to 1962. In 1966 the CRCSA amalgamated with the Council of Forest Industries of which it had been a member since 1960.
Sources:
Societies Act, Schedule A. Article 3, Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia, 1936.