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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1985
Page
3
An anecdote describes telephone installers riding street cars to travel over a mile with up to six telephones hung on their shoulders using wire and screw holes. The author recalls carrying as many as eight sets on one trip and being refused admission on a street car for taking up too much space, with the conductor quipping about a freight car.
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A season ticket to the Chetwynd Concert Series for 85 86 provides 90 percent discounts for Tumbler Ridge concerts. Prices for TR shows drop to about 2.50 per person, with events including Vancouver Chamber Choir November 3 and others through April 26. Tickets via Arts Council, Chimo Village Art Gallery, or Ms Jean Campbell.
Council passed a motion approving the D Neighbourhood Pub at 47 St and 47 Ave with proper zoning and no objection to hours from 10 am to 12 midnight Monday through Saturday. A range of district infrastructure and procurement items followed, including street upgrades, pavement repairs, land policy, water treatment, parking Lot acquisitions and a new dog control contract.
On August 11 the Hudson Hope Seniors hosted curling bowling and card games with a pot luck at 6 pm. Ray and Laverne Fowler attended as guests, a birthday cake was shared for August birthdays, and Bill Kelm thanked Ray Fowler for driving a horses team in the rodeo parade. Plans to invite Dick Cages and wife failed. The group announced upcoming bingo, crib, curling, and bowling events with potential modest membership fees.
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