Festival of Sports visit highlights BC events plan
Mr. Bob Groulx, manager of the British Columbia Festival of Sports, visited Peace River country touring Fort St. John Hudson's Hope and Chetwynd. He met councils observed the WAC Bennett Dam and outlined a province wide festival running late May to June 4 with 125000 participants at 330 events across 100 centres. Sanctioned events in Chetwynd include the Loggers Event May 21 and schools field days with dates to be announced.
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Bob Groulx
British Columbia
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
G Goulx
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Goulx
Festival of Sports
B.C. Sports Federation
Chetwynd
John Jackman
B.C
Dawson Creek festival presents three plays in regional drama
The Dawson Peace River regional drama festival runs April 13 and 14 in Dawson Creek with Mile Zero Players presenting The Neurotics by Lois Kerr, South Peace Senior Secondary drama club staging The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man in the Moon Marigolds, and Fort St. John Workshop Players offering Skin of Our Teeth. Curtain is 7:30 nightly, tickets 1.50 adults or 3 for all three, student 0.75 or 2 for all.
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Peace River
Dawson Creek
Mile Zero
Fort St. John Workshop
South Peace
Mile Zero Players
Lois Kerr
Vancouver
Chetwynd Jaycee Membership Night Planned
A Jaycee membership night for all interested will be held April 14 in the basement of the Chetwynd Hotel. The evening offers basic Jaycees information followed by a social. Bring your wife and learn what Jaycees can do for you both. For information call Willard 788-2359 or Frank 788-2627.
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Chetwynd Hotel
Willard
Frank
Tourism talks boost British Columbia travel plans in Victoria
The Provincial Tourist Advisory Council met in Victoria with three Region H delegates Iars Hanson Peter Black and John Jackman as appointed tourist delegates. Minister Ernest Hall opened the two day seminar stressing tourism importance to British Columbia and Deputy Minister R L Colby attended. Region HQ presented three resolutions two passed urging greater West Germany travel promotion and creation of a department director to foster recreational vehicle travel.
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Provincial Tourist Advisory Council
Victoria
B.C
Region H
I’ars Hanson
Peter Black
Taylor
John Jackman
Chetwynd
Portance
British Columbia
R. L. Colby
Department of Travel Industry
West Germany
North Central Peace Jamboree set for April in Dawson Creek
First annual jamboree at Ilks Hall features 2:30 4:30 p.m. workshop 5:00 p.m. stew supper 8:00 p.m. square dance and midnight supper all for 2.50 per person with Bob Nurse guest caller from Crane Valley Sask joint hosts Chix and Chux of Dawson. The BC Railway reports record March car loadings 12 985 up from February and up 17 5 percent from March last year including sulphur asbestos copper logs and other goods. First quarter total 37 815 ahead of last year. Lent reflection notes abstaining from petty things and unkind words.
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Ilks Hall
Dawson Creek
Bob Nurse
Crane Valley
Sask
Chix
Chux
Dawson
British Columbia Railway
Chetwynd social notes across families and clubs
Mrs Lil Wilson travels to Eureka California for a holiday with her mother and relatives while Mr Wilson plans to join later. Mrs F Oberle heads to Ottawa to accompany Frank on an Inter Parliamentary committee trip to Washington. Fred Fuchs welcomes son Felix into the Red Baron partnership and plans to pass management to Felix and wife Marie as they settle in Chetwynd. Fred Fuchs, back from a Salvador holiday, praises climate, economy, and local dining with $2.25 tenderloin in Canadian money. Spanish is spoken here, and locals invite dancers to a region wide gathering with Creek Dawson Creek Fort St John and related clubs.
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Lil Wilson
Eureka
California
Mr. Wilson
F. Oberle
Ottawa
Frank
Washington
Fred Fuchs
The
Red Baron
Felix
Mr. Fuchs
Gulf Station
Marie
Craig
Chetwynd
Salvador
Fuchs
Prenatal Classes Set at Don Titus School
A series of prenatal classes will be conducted in the Don Titus School Activity room starting April 11 from 7 to 9 pm. For details contact Peace River Health Unit in Chetwynd at 788 2650. Easter closures apply April 20 to 24. baby clinic cancelled April 24. regular hours resume April 25, 1973.
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Don Titus
Peace River Health Unit
Chetwynd
Peace River Liard largest B C district in province
Peace River Liard Regional District is the largest in British Columbia covering 80 000 square miles. Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce officials note Tourism planners target Monkman Pass area and four park locations Kakwa Wapiti Lake Blue Lakes with a requested government resource study. Farmland ratings show Sukunka favorable while Idoe River area is rated No 1 farmland.
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Chetwynd
Monkman Falls
Kinuseo Falls
Kakwa
Rocky Mountain
Wapiti Lake
Union Lake
Blue Lakes
Hallman
Idoe River
Chetwynd High French Club Paris Trip Planned
Ten students from Chetwynd High School travel to Paris on April 16 at 6 pm, arriving in Brussels April 17 at 10 30. The eight day tour includes Chartres Versailles Fontainbleu Louvre Seine boat ride and two free days in the Latin Quarter with shopping and sightseeing. meals provided and university housing.
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Chetwynd High School
Paris
Brussels
University
Chartres
Versailles
Fontainbleu
Louvre
Fort Nelson Fort Simpson Highway stalled as campaign promise
The Northern Development Council vows an early Fort Nelson Fort Simpson road while officials cite priority to the Mackenzie and Dempster highways. A Dawson Creek meeting produced a February letter from L W F Beasleigh noting completion of the Mackenzie system first. Local leaders call the response unacceptable and warn of costly missed service patterns if the link is delayed. Provincial minister Strachan says discussions with Ottawa continue on the full project.
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Northern Development Council
Dawson Creek
Dempster and Mackenzie
Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson
Mackenzie Road
Edmonton
Simmons
B.C
Jed Woolley
Peace River-Liard
Dempster
Fort Nelson
Fort Simpson
Richardson Mountains
B.C. Highways Dept
Alaska Highway
Nelson River
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Ernest Hall
Dept. of Travel Industry
Hayward
Mable Long
Tunne
Chetuynd
Ardent Horsemen
Gymkhana Club
Ringgding
Mile O Square
Fort St. John
Wynd Valley
Liard
Monkman Pass
Everett Loberg
Seine
L.W.F. Beasleigh
NDC
Don Jamieson
Bert Simmons
Treasury Board
Robert Strachan
Northwest Territory
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