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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1976
Page
2
This issue carries an application form for the Community Birthday Calendar sponsored by the Lions Club. Fill and mail it to save volunteers foot work and possibly win gifts from local businesses. The calendar lists meetings, social events, special occasions, and profits stay in the community.
Between childhood security and second childhood insecurity the piece paints mounties as a quirky group. It mixes humor and stereotype describing their varied ages cars and roles while noting affection in towns toward them and government support. It ends with a warm affectionate closing about homecomings.
Letter from H B Earle chairing the BC Road Safety Coordinating Council urges reporters to include seat belt availability and usage details in serious accidents. The letter cites Ontario practice and argues such details inform public safety and belt effectiveness. A separate note quotes MLA Don Phillips criticizing union hiring at BC Hydro and discussing proposed transport routes through Grizzly Valley, Chetwynd, and Prince George.
Don Titus Elementary offers grades one through five from August 23, five days a week 8 30 am to 4 00 pm with drop in or phone 788-2531 Windrem Elementary provides 8 15 am to 12 00 pm and 1 00 pm to 4 15 pm with drop in or phone 788-2928 Register children before school commencement on September 7 1976 if possible.
The article notes that dental assistants must put patients first with compassion and understanding. Graduates gain intra-oral training and certification, facing possible employment hurdles. Fran remarks the need is great and hopes local retention of workers. A losing candidate quips he’s glad to have lost to avoid breaking campaign promises.
The column discusses Charlie Millar and his famous will the Stork Derby, its aim to provoke birth control legality, and the ensuing public debate. It also reports local items including the golf club raffle winner Jerry Boudreault and the Auguste Rochel golf course inspection, plus the Lumby marriage of Barbara Major and George Desjarlais at St Teresas Church on August 13.
Visitors to the Chetwynd Tourist Booth praise BC as beautiful and friendly while promising to return. The week saw 292 visitors from Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Australia, the U.S., and Canada, with many Canadians exploring their native land and some picking up Region H Photo Contest entry forms.
Vancouver faces a public health dispute over water fluoridation as Dr. Gerald Bonham argues BC ranks twelfth in dental health and urges city council to press Victoria for compulsory fluoridation or at least a 50 percent vote threshold. He cites Toronto and Prince George as precedents and notes anti fluoridation opposition has stalled provincial action. Canadian surgeons pioneered hypothermia in heart surgery.
The Ski Hill hosts a Lions Club fundraiser with proceeds from a 500 dollar monthly club. Tickets for the next draw are on sale. On Thursday August 26 volunteers from the Ski Club and Lions Club are urged to help install lights, meeting at Don Titus School at 7pm for transportation.
The Peace River Alaska Highway Tourist Association plans a gold panning exhibit at a Atlanta convention August 15 to 18 to promote British Columbia as a convention site. PRAHTA and Region H officials, including Don Ashley and Jesse Starnes, will present demonstrations and a $200 gold nugget prize to attract delegates. The effort follows praise from Berlin trade fairs and aims to boost regional tourism and national promotion contracts.
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